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Officer of Year named BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – A 10-year High Point Police Department veteran was recognized for his work by his colleagues Wednesday. Detective Craig Lewis was named the 2008-09 Officer of the Year in a ceremony at High Point City Council chambers. Lewis, a member of the department’s Property Crimes Unit, was one of seven nominees for the award, the winner of which is determined by a vote of officers throughout the department. “It’s a great honor working with the High Point Police Department. Everybody who works here is great at what they do,” said Lewis, who has been a detective for the past 18 months

went beyond his work on specific cases. “He’s one of those people that is just respected by everybody,” said the chief. “The greatest recognition anybody can have is from their peers – the people who really know you, who you work with from day to day.” The other nominees were Detective Chris Cole and officers John Antignano, Richard Henderson, Tommy Hicks, Christina McGroarty and Jeremy Nemitz. “When I look at the nominees, I’m particularly struck by their leadership ability, diligence and humor as they go about the job,” DON DAVIS JR. | HPE said City Manager Strib BoynDet. Craig Lewis was named the High Point Police Department Officer of ton. “I say humor because that’s a the Year at a ceremony in City Council chambers Wednesday. part of the job. ... There have been some I have watched in difficult after a stint as a patrol officer. break up burglary and theft situations use humor to defuse Police Chief Jim Fealy praised rings, but said the reason he was Lewis for his role in helping chosen for the honor probably OFFICER, 2A

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Gerald Fox, associate professor of economics at High Point University, recently submitted an article that was accepted for publication in the Journal of Conflict Resolution. The article, titled “Partisan Divide on War and the Economy: Presidential Approval of G. W. Bush,” will appear in the December issue of the journal.

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New venue opens for fall market BY PAM HAYNES ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – A new entertainment spot will open in the former location of J. Basul Noble Restaurant for the fall furniture market. A venue called 100 High will open Oct. 15-21 on the plaza level of Showplace West at 101 High St. as a tribute to the High Point Market’s 100th birthday. Managed by Diamondback Grill, the operation will offer tapas, wines, cocktails, music and dancing each night of the market from 5-11 p.m. It will be located adjacent to the new High Point Market Media Center, which also will be unveiled at the fall furniture market. The media center was temporarily housed in the High Point Theatre for several years. According to Joanna Easter, chief operating officer for Showplace, 100 High is a fresh approach to serving market-goers. “It’s a great time to have a new concept and a fresh

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100 High will open at the High Point Market this fall at 101 S. Main St. from Oct. 15 through Oct. 21. Tapas, wines, cocktails, music and dancing will be available each night from 5 to 11 p.m. Private parties of up to 90 guests can be accommodated.

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look at doing any kind of business,” Easter said. “All the input I received pointed to an after-hours meeting place that allowed business people to network and relax, not wait hours on a table and hours on a meal.” The venue will hold the market kick-off party on Oct. 16 with a shrimp boil and music by Melva Houston. Easter said 100 High could open at future markets, depending on this year’s results.

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TRINITY – The Trinity City Council may designate the Trinity Museum as a Local Historic Landmark this month. In July, the Randolph County Historic Landmark Preservation Commission recommended the museum be named a Local Historic Landmark by the Trinity City Council. The council is expected to consider the designation during its regular monthly meeting 7 p.m. Sept. 15. According to Hal Johnson, chairman of the Randolph County Historic Landmark Preservation Commission, the Trinity Museum, also known as

the Winslow House, would become the first historic landmark designation in the city of Trinity. “Trinity, itself, is a historical area of Randolph County, but the Winslow House was a good example of the type of architecture that was used back in the early 1800s in Randolph County,” Johnson said. The Trinity Museum, located at 7524 N.C. 62, was deeded by Ella Richardson, the last owner of the house, in 2003 to the Trinity Historic Preservation Society for the city to have a museum. Built in 1855, Dr. Thomas Winslow first lived at the house with his wife, Annie. The ownership over the house changed hands

A venue called 100 High will open Oct. 15-21 on the plaza level of Showplace West at 101 High St. at the site of the old J. Basul Noble restaurant (bottom of photo). “Our goal is for (the venue) to be a long-term plan, but we have to get this one going first,” she said. She said no permanent restaurants were to be housed in the location so far.

“None of these things have been discussed,” she said. “For the moment, I just want this to be perfect. The rest will come.” In addition to the entertainment venue at the fall furniture market, five

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construction more than 150 years ago. Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, the Trinity Museum has been refurbished to show the history of Trinity, which is known as the birthplace of Duke University. Several rooms are dedicated to different aspects of Trinity’s history. One room is dedicated to war veterans, while another bedroom has been set up to look like a ladies bed chamber during the Civil SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE War. Another room represents how a child’s room The Trinity Museum is located at 7524 N.C. 62. may have looked in the several times during its Commission, the Trinity 1920s, and an additional Museum maintains high room is dedicated to show 150 years. According to the Ran- levels of structural integ- Dr. Winslow’s profession. dolph County Historic rity because it has been dignasiak@hpe.com | 888-3657 Landmark Preservation well maintained since its

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the seasonal vaccine for TRIAD – With H1N1 flu spread- September: The seasonal flu shot children, the elderly, caregivers, ing through schools and colleges, pregnant women, and people with contains dead flu virus particles. some residents could see signs at weak immune systems or many It is not possible to get the flu groceries and pharmacies for vacother chronic health problems. from the vaccine. cine clinics as soon as this week. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Engel, state While local health departments October: An estimated 45 million health director, estimated last are working on plans to distribute week that between 30,000 and 50,000 doses of the swine flu vaccine the swine flu vaccine to local medipeople in North Carolina have alwill be available by Oct. 15, cal providers, pharmacies and colready had the swine flu. Officials enough to vaccinate about 22 lege campuses, other providers believe it is a mild pandemic. million people. Another 20 milwill open vaccine clinics for seaGuilford County Schools and lion doses will be shipped each sonal flu. health officials are working together week after that. CVS Caremark announced this to monitor swine flu and stressing week it will offer flu shots three or prevention through good personal four weeks earlier than usual with sonal shots cost about $25. Many hygiene. A vaccine is expected to be a Sept. 15 target date for most loca- insurance plans cover the cost. available by mid-October. It can be tions. The pharmacy also said it Maxim Health Care, which pro- administered at the same time as the will offer 100,000 free seasonal flu vides vaccine clinics for hundreds seasonal flu. Two doses of swine flu shots to job seekers. Walgreens, of pharmacies and groceries, will vaccine will be given three to four Rite Aid and several other phar- offer clinics at Triad locations as weeks apart, according to the CDC. macy chains also offer the shots as soon as Sept. 17, according to the do chain grocery stores. The sea- company’s Web site. dnivens@hpe.com | 888-3626 BY DAVID NIVENS ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

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Joseph L. Abbitt leaves the Forsyth County Detention Center a free man Wednesday in Winston-Salem. Abbitt, who spent 14 years in prison on charges that he raped two teenage girls, has been set free after DNA evidence determined he was not the attacker.

Rabies clinic scheduled Saturday

Guilford County health officials have reported eight rabies cases so GUILFORD COUNTY – Several spon- far this year. North Carolina law requires dogs sors will join efforts Saturday for a rabies vaccination clinic in Gibson- and cats ages 4 months and older be vaccinated against rabies and that ville. The Guilford County Department of this vaccination be kept current. Public Health will observe World Ra- Barnyard pets such as goats, horses bies Day on Saturday by sponsoring and cows also should be vaccinated the clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fire against rabies. Unprotected pets bitStation No. 28 at 6619 N.C. 61 north in ten by a rabid animal must be euthanized at the owner’s expense, or quarGibsonville. The vaccine, good for a year, will antined at a veterinary hospital for six months. cost $5. Health officials also have urged pet The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will provide mi- owners never to touch, pet or feed wild, crochipping for $15. Pets-U-Love will stray or unfamiliar animals, whether they appear sick or not. Also, keep trim pets’ nails for $5. All dogs must be on a leash, and all garbage and food in tightly sealed containers and feed pets indoors. cats and ferrets must be in carriers. ENTERPRISE STAFF REPORT

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Bill Hefner, a former 12-term Democratic congressman from North Carolina, Southern Baptist gospel singer and radio station owner, died of a of a brain aneurysm Wednesday. He was 79. Nancy Hefner said she and her husband had attended a Democratic dinner in Guntersville, Ala., Tuesday night, after which she said he complained of being dizzy, then nauseous, so she called paramedics. Hefner was helicoptered to a hospital in Huntsville and was taken off life sup-

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WINSTON-SALEM (AP) – A North Carolina man who spent 14 years in prison on charges that he raped two teenage girls has been set free after DNA evidence determined he was not the attacker. Multiple media outlets reported that Joseph Lamont Abbitt walked out of the Forsyth County Jail on Wednesday afternoon after a judge vacated his conviction. Abbitt was convicted in 1995 of two counts of firstdegree rape, among other charges, in connection with the 1991 sexual assaults of a 16-year-old girl and her 13-year-old sister. He said outside of jail that he hoped DNA would reveal the real perpetrator. Abbitt said he does not blame the girls for what happened and prays for them every day.

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HIGH POINT - North Carolina ranked in the 10th spot for the top 10 states participating in the Cash for Clunkers program, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. North Carolina drivers accounted for about $79 million of the $2.87 billion that the federal government spent on the program, which was designed to both stimulate the economy and replace gas guzzlers with

more fuel-efficient vehicles. The program ran from late July through Aug. 24 and offered customers a $3,500 or $4,500 rebate when trading in a qualifying car for a vehicle with better gas mileage. Participating dealers were required to send all trade-in vehicles to scrap yards. In North Carolina, 18,500 clunkers have been taken off the road and across the nation, and nearly 700,000 vehicles were traded in. U.S. Transportation Secre-

tary Ray LaHood is calling the program “wildly successful.” The Cash for Clunkers program is estimated to save 6.4 million gallons of gas each year in North Carolina alone, saving customers who switched to a more fuel-efficient vehicle an average of $954 per year, according to the DOT. While the “Cash for Clunkers” program ended Aug. 24, more than 600 participating dealerships in North Carolina still are waiting to be paid.

According to Robert Glaser, president of the N.C. Automobile Dealers Association, a recent survey by NCADA shows North Carolina dealers have only received payment for 6.6 percent of their transactions, which means almost $73 million is still owed. “We were very pleased with the overall program, but are extremely anxious about being reimbursed from the federal government,” Glaser said. “According to the original program,

dealers were expecting the review process to take 10 days. It’s been over 25 to 30 days, and most all of our dealers are still waiting for a sizable reimbursement.” The Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, Toyota Camry, Ford Focus and Hyundai Elantra topped the list of vehicles purchased under the program. The leading vehicles traded in to dealers were the Ford Explorer, Ford F150 and Jeep Cherokee.

Man charged in ’72 slaying of family evidence or its source. Rascoe was being held in jail without bond and was schedRascoe uled for a court hearing Wednesday. The victims were Annie Smallwood Rascoe, 23, and the couple’s children Rita, 1, and Tony, 3. Atkins said autopsy records were either destroyed or had disappeared. Death certificates amended in May 1973 list the cause of death as “sus-

picious circumstances.” Annie Rascoe’s death certificate said, “charred body found: did not die of fire.” Her brother, Lemon Smallwood, said he remembered autopsies showed Annie and her two children had been stabbed before they were found burned in the home. Smallwood said his sister was three months pregnant when she died. Smallwood, 62, who lives outside of Ahoskie, said he believed all along the deaths were no accident.

Troubled department extends deal to interim chief

SPRING LAKE (AP) — Officials in an eastern North Carolina town have extended the contract of the interim police chief brought in to stabilize its troubled police department. The Fayetteville Observer reported Wednesday that Gregg Jarvies signed an extension that keeps him in Spring Lake through Nov. 15. The for-

mer Chapel Hill police chief took over the Cumberland County town’s department in May. The former Spring Lake chief resigned and a judge effectively stripped the police department’s powers after two supervising officers were arrested on charges that included embezzlement and obstruction of justice. Jarvies says the con-

tract permits him to work at his two other jobs as executive director of a state trade association and for the Illinois State Police. Prior to being police chief of Roxboro for five years, Thomasville Police Chief Jeff Insley was formerly the police chief of Spring Lake. Insley was sworn in as the city of Thomasville police chief last month.

RCC accepts applications for leadership program

RANDOLPH COUNTY - College students interested in becoming future leaders will have an opportunity to get a head start through a program at Randolph Community College. The college is accepting applications for its third annual Student Leadership Academy, which has been revamped this year from a one-day spring event to four evening sessions throughout the academic year. About 20 students will be selected to attend the Student Leadership Academy through a competitive application process. The academy will offer students the opportunity to learn about leadership from local and regional leaders. Participants will have the chance to identify their own leadership styles and learn how to use these styles effectively. Students will create a personal portfolio, which will be reviewed by Human Resource professionals who will give feedback to assist in developing a more professional polish. One evening will be devoted to leadership and ethics. In addition, new this year, students will be involved in a Student Leadership Project. The dates for the 2009-10 Student Leadership Academy sessions are Thursday, Oct. 22, Tuesday, Nov. 17, Tuesday, Jan. 19, and Tuesday, April 13. Participants are expected to attend all sessions. Interested students must fill out an application form

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JERUSALEM – Israel and the Palestinians on Wednesday held their first high-level talks since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office in March, pledging to step up economic cooperation despite the absence of peace negotiations. The meeting came as experts said the West Bank economy could be on the brink of improvement – if Israel eases restrictions. Palestinians said Israel must dismantle its system of roadblocks and checkpoints that are strangling their economy.

Afghan spy boss killed in suicide attack KABUL (AP) – A Taliban suicide bomber attacked officials leaving a mosque east of the capital Wednesday, killing the country’s deputy intelligence chief and 22 other people in a major blow to Afghanistan’s security forces. The brazen assault occurred as tensions are running high after last month’s divisive presidential election and a sharp rise in U.S. casualties – events that have already

raised alarm in Washington over the future of President Barack Obama’s strategy to turn the tide of the war. A Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility for the bombing, which happened as Afghan dignitaries were leaving the main mosque in Mehterlam, 60 miles east of Kabul, after ceremonies marking the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The bomber approached the

crowd on foot and detonated an explosive belt, killing 23 people, including Abdullah Laghmani, deputy chief of Afghanistan’s National Directorate for Security and the target of the attack, according to provincial spokesman Sayed Ahmad Safi. The chairman of the local provincial council and the executive director of the local governor’s office also died in the blast, Safi said.

Lockerbie release challenges U.K. leadership

EDINBURGH, Scotland – Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced mounting criticism Wednesday as the widening controversy over the release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber posed yet another challenge to the prime minister’s leadership. After staying silent for days, Brown offered his strongest denial yet Wednesday that promises had been made to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi regarding the fate of the 57-year-old Abdel Baset al-Megrahi.

China to OK single-dose swine flu vaccines

BEIJING – The answer may be near to a crucial question about vaccine for the advancing swine flu – one shot or two? Chinese officials say they are about to approve vaccines that prevent the new flu in a single dose. If they’re right, it would be good news. Many health researchers fear it will take two shots to protect people, vastly complicating efforts to stem the spread of the illness.

Flooding uproots 110,000 in Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Officials say that torrential rains have killed at least five people in Burkina Faso’s capital and forced nearly 110,000 from their homes. Minister of Social Welfare Pascaline Tamini said on state radio Wednesday that she expects the number of people affected to grow significantly. President Blaise Compaore appealed to the international community for help.

Teenagers accused of plotting school massacre

LONDON – Two British teenagers meticulously plotted “the greatest massacre ever,” inspired by the Columbine killings in the United States, a prosecutor said Wednesday as their trial opened. Ross McKnight, 16, and Matthew Swift, 18, wrote up detailed plans for what they called “Project Rainbow,” plotting to bomb a shopping center before killing teachers and students at their school on the 10th anniversary of the April 1999 massacre in Colorado, according to the prosecutor in Wednesday’s hearing.

People stand outside a house damaged by an earthquake in the town of Garut, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday. A powerful earthquake rattled southern Indonesia on Wednesday.

Strong Indonesian quake kills 44, flattens houses JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesians ran screaming out of buildings when a major earthquake rocked the country Wednesday, killing more than 40 people and unleashing a mass of rock and mud that buried villagers alive in their homes. The magnitude-7.0 temblor last-

ed nearly a minute and was felt hundreds of miles away. Many of the victims were in buildings that buckled during the jolt, and at least 10 died in their houses when a landslide slammed into their neighborhood. Thousands of panicked residents fled homes, malls and government

offices throughout the country, some screaming in fright, when the shaking began in the middle of the work day. More than 700 structures collapsed or were badly damaged in towns and villages in hardest-hit West Java, said Social Affairs Ministry official Mardi, who like many Indonesians uses one name.

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Greek conservatives call early election Oct. 4

ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s Conservative prime minister on Wednesday called an early general election for Oct. 4, seeking a renewed mandate to impose tougher economic reforms and deal with the international financial crisis. Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis called the election even though several senior members of his cabinet had publicly opposed the move.

LONDON – The remains of one of five British hostages have been handed over to British authorities in Baghdad, Iraqi officials said Wednesday. The British government said it had received remains but had yet to determine their identity. In July, British authorities said they feared two security workers – Alan McMenemy and Alec MacLachlan – had been killed by their captors. The British government “cannot yet definitively confirm either that this is the remains of one of the hostages, or which one,” Foreign Secretary David Miliband said.

‘First clown in space’ has serious mission goals

MOSCOW – The Canadian billionaire who founded Cirque du Soleil wants to turn cosmonauts into clowns when he blasts into space this month. Quebec-born philanthropist Guy Laliberte departs for the international space station Sept. 30 and is in training at a base outside Moscow. He said in a video conference Wednesday from Star City he hopes to use his 12-day stay aboard the orbiting laboratory to promote universal access to clean water. ENTERPRISE NEWS SERVICE REPORTS

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from links between at least one of the suspects and one of Iraq’s two vice presidents. Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi is a powAP erful figure in the country’s largest Shiite politi- Iraqi policemen stand guard outside a bank that was the cal party, which faces a site of a July robbery, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday. tough battle in January’s national elections under an untested new leader. Abdul-Mahdi has denied any involvement in the July robbery.

BAGHDAD (AP) – Four members of Iraq’s security forces were convicted Wednesday of robbing a Baghdad bank and killing eight guards and were sentenced to hang in a trial that could leave behind considerable political fallout. Critics of the swift judgment in the case say the government is seeking to wrap up the trial quickly to avert political damage

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Obama to give national address on health care

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama will deliver a major prime-time health care address to Congress next week, opening an urgent autumn push to gain control of the debate that has been slipping from his grasp under withering Republican-led attacks. Scheduling of the speech next Wednesday night, just a day after lawmakers return from their August recess, underscores the determination of the White House to confront critics of Obama’s overhaul proposals and to buck up supporters who have been thrown on the defensive. Allies have been urging the president to be more specific about his plans and to take a greater role in the debate, and aides have signaled he will do that in the address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber.

The speech’s timing also suggests that top Democrats have all but given up hope for a bipartisan breakthrough by Senate Finance Committee negotiators. The White House had given those six lawmakers until Sept. 15 to draft a plan, but next week’s speech comes well ahead of that deadline. It follows an August recess in which critics of Obama’s health proposals dominated many public forums. Approval ratings for Obama, and for his health care proposals, dropped during the month. White House senior adviser David Axelrod told reporters Wednesday, “We believe this is the best way to kick off the final discussions, the final debate, and bring this thing to a close in a way that is meaningful.” Listeners to Obama’s speech will have

“a clear sense of what he proposes and what health care reform is not,” Axelrod said. He declined to offer details of what the president might discuss. Axelrod said earlier that all the key ideas for revising health care are “on the table,” suggesting that Obama will not offer major new proposals. But he may talk more specifically about his top priorities, and perhaps add details to pending plans, to save a high-profile initiative whose defeat would deliver a huge blow to his young presidency. Many advocates of sweeping health care changes – which would include health coverage for virtually every American, greater competition among insurers and incentives to increase the quality of care instead of the number of medical procedures performed – welcomed the

president’s more direct role. Obama and congressional Democrats clearly lost momentum during the August recess, they say, and the president’s high profile and still-considerable personal popularity are needed to change the dynamic. “He’s got to get into the nitty-gritty and embrace very concrete proposals,” said Ralph Neas, head of the National Coalition on Health Care. Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager for the liberal advocacy group Health Care for America Now, said, “It’s really clear they understand they have to provide more presidential leadership, more presidential direction.” Kirsch said Obama doesn’t have to provide legislative language, but he must detail “the contours of the reform he needs.”

Authorities: Wife watched over kidnap victim do during her 18 years in the backyard in Antioch. Both have pleaded not guilty. Dugard’s stepfather Carl Probyn said Nancy Garrido fit the description “dead-on” of the woman who pulled his stepdaughter into a car in South Lake Tahoe nearly two decades ago. Nancy Garrido’s attorney, Gilbert Maines, did not immediately return messages from The Associated Press seeking comment. But on CBS’s “The Early Show” Wednesday, he said his client loves and misses the two girls her husband fathered with Dugard and said she saw them all as a family. It was unclear if the lawyer would claim Garrido was coerced into aiding her husband. But such a claim could be undermined by her silence about Dugard’s captivity while her husband was

Windows are boarded up in the Phillip Garrido residence in Antioch, Calif., Tuesday. Garrido, 58, and his wife, Nancy, 54, were arrested last week and charged with 29 counts connected to the kidnapping, rape and imprisonment of Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was snatched outside her home in South Lake Tahoe in 1991. held at a jail facility for six weeks in 1993 on a parole violation, said criminal defense attorney Michael Cardoza, a former

San Francisco Bay area prosecutor. “There are too many facts in the case and too many opportunities for

Stranger accused of slapping crying child STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) – Police say a 61-year-old man annoyed with a crying 2-year-old girl at a suburban Atlanta Walmart slapped the child several times after warning the toddler’s mother to keep her quiet. A police report says after the stranger hit the girl at least four times, he said: “See, I told you I would shut her up.”

Woman charged with scalding death in Vegas LAS VEGAS (AP) – A 49-year-old woman is accused of killing another woman in July by boiling a pot of water and pouring it onto her body at a Las Vegas apartment. Jackie Wilridge was expected to make a court appearance Wednesday after being arrested Tuesday on charges of killing Patricia James by scalding her with water on July 3. Police said in a report that James went to a hospital July 5 with burns to about 15 percent of her body. She died July 7. Police say James and several others were smoking crack cocaine in an apartment north of downtown Las Vegas when James announced that she had a large sum of cash.

Roger Stephens of Stone Mountain is charged with felony cruelty to children. It was unclear if he had an attorney and a telephone call to his home Wednesday was unanswered. Authorities say the girl and her mother were shopping Monday when the toddler began crying. The police report says Stephens approached the mother and said, “If you

don’t shut that baby up, I will shut her up for you.” Authorities say Stephens then grabbed the 2-year-old and slapped her. The child began screaming and Stephens was arrested. Police say an examination showed the girl’s face was slightly red. A call to the girl’s mother, identified in the police report as Sonya Mathews

of Grayson, was answered by a woman who identified herself as Sabrina Mathis, the victim’s aunt. Mathis said Wednesday that the girl is doing fine. “As of today, she has really forgotten about it,” Mathis said. “She’s been playing.” Mathis said the girl’s mother was shaken up over the incident.

her to make it right that she did not take advantage of,” Cardoza said. “No jury will believe that for those 18 years she

was under duress that whole time.” Garrido looked haggard when she appeared in court last week.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Nancy Garrido spent years caring for her elderly, bedridden mother-inlaw while a girl kidnapped in 1991 was allegedly held prisoner in the backyard of the home she shared with her husband. When Phillip Garrido went to prison for six weeks on a parole violation, the former nursing assistant watched over Jaycee Dugard, authorities said. “You can reasonably infer from the charging document that the wife was doing that,” said former U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott, who is acting as a special spokesman for the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office. The emerging details paint a conflicting portrait of the 54-year-old woman charged with her husband in the kidnapping and rape of Dugard, who authorities say had two children with Garri-

Thursday September 3, 2009

THOMAS SOWELL: Obama health care proposal is all about control. TOMORROW

Opinion Page Editor: Vince Wheeler vwheeler@hpe.com (336) 888-3517

Stop the political fighting over health care reform

Partisan wars for the White House must not stop health care reform. Government vaccination programs successfully eradicated communicable diseases of past generations such as polio, measles, mumps, rubella and tetanus. As a medical practice administrator, I see the despair of our patients who join the ranks of the 47 million uninsured Americans. Many with pre-existing conditions are tagged uninsurable. Charity care at volunteer clinics and hospital ERs can’t manage this crisis. Explanation of advanced directives as part of annual physicals and hospital admissions is already commonplace and should be included in public policy. Reform should hold insurers accountable for the expenditure of premium dollars. Corporate executives should not be allowed to divert physician and hospital payments into their pockets for financial self-interests. Medicare Advantage, “Silver Sneakers Free Gym Memberships” are ludicrous when the majority of seniors can’t afford their medicine. Administrative processes must be simplified. More “prior authorizations” won’t solve our financial crisis. Insurers should not be “held harmless” for delayed or denied tests and treatment. Patients cannot wait 24-48 hours for American Imaging Management or Radiology Health Help to approve a CT scan to diagnose appendicitis or a stroke. Financial discrimination against primary care physicians, who are most often the diagnostician, is decimating the backbone of health care. Americans will again taste crisis when our brilliant students reject medicine as their profession. Successful health care financ-

wonder they resist change. Although we have the most expensive health care system in the world, some 47 million Americans, including 11 million children aren’t part of it. Health reform is needed that will build on our current system, bring security and stability to people who already have health insurance and give access to quality health care to those who don’t. The president is committed to health insurance reform that: • lowers costs, • guarantees choice, • provides insurance for all at a reasonable rate. ing and delivery decision-making being a career politician. Lastly, protections under health must include physicians in the care reform include the following: Please don’t vote a strictly collaboration process. • Insurance companies cannot straight party ticket, but instead CATHY M. POOLE research who is running and vote refuse coverage because of mediKernersville accordingly for the good of our cal history, • Insurance companies cannot country. And don’t forget most of drop people from coverage who us retirees have served our counbecome seriously ill, Members of Congress are not try during World War II, Korea • Insurance companies will be or Vietnam. I think we deserve limited on what they can charge better than this. serving the public BILL MANGUM policyholders for out-of-pocket High Point expense, Well, here we go again. Our • Insurance companies will exbeloved congressmen in Washtend family coverage for children ington have given themselves a to age 26, $4,700 yearly raise and also raised Facts show we need health • Insurance companies will be their staff’s salaries by an insane required to renew a policy if preamount. We people of age who care reform miums are paid. have worked since teenage years BOB KOLLAR and paid our Social Security dues Do we need health care reform? Greensboro from day one will not get a cost of You decide. living raise for the next two years, Reform isn’t only about those according to the latest governwho don’t have insurance, but it’s ment reports. also about anyone who is afraid Also, there’s a report that our of losing their coverage if they Medicare insurance dues will be get sick, lose or change their jobs. increased during this same periSome 14,000 Americans lose their Thomasville City Council has od, leaving us with a net monthly health insurance every day, and halted allowing licenses for new decrease in benefits. 1 million people will die this year flea markets in order to adopt I sincerely hope all voters alone because they don’t have flea market regulations. What remember this fiasco in 2010 when adequate health care. these clowns are up for re-elecOver the last nine years, premi- should regulations require? In 30 words or less (no name, address tion. Regardless of party affiliaums have increased three times required) e-mail your opinion to tion, vote them out and try to elect faster than wages. With 437 perpeople who have no intentions of cent profits for health insurers, no letterbox@hpe.com.

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hink about it: Every hour, 100 teenage girls become pregnant worldwide, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute. More importantly, every day, 49 teenagers in North Carolina become pregnant. Thus, North Carolina had the ninth-highest rate in the U.S. in 2006, the last year for which such comparison figures are available. In 2007, it was reported that there were 63 births for every 1,000 teen girls in North Carolina. Closer to home, the teen pregnancy rate in Davidson County is 61.4 per 1,000 teen girls, ranking it 28th in the state and seventh in North Carolina’s 12-county Piedmont Triad region. An award-winning peer education program called Teen PEP operated by Communities in Schools of Thomasville at Thomasville High School has been in place for a few years now. It has been successful enough that it was recognized with the 2009 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign Award. Thomasville High School officials and CIS want to expand the two-level program to deliver the message to at-risk groups across the Triad but need about $50,000 to do so. Much of that funding would allow Mary Jane Akerman, wellness coordinator for Thomasville City Schools, to offer students a stipend and pay an adviser for them to do pregnancy prevention education sessions. Call 870-1627 for more information. To contribute to this much-needed program, send checks to Communities in Schools of Thomasville, 400 Turner St., Thomasville, NC 27360. Think about it. Such a program could help prevent your daughter from becoming a teenage pregnancy statistic, not only in Thomasville but throughout the Triad.

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nd what should we do with our monsters? That we have no answer to that question, that we lack consensus on what to do with sexual predators, is evident from the range of our responses to their crimes. From the Catholic church shielding pederastic priests to the profusion of databases that let you check if your neighbor is a sex offender, to the pseudo celebrity enjoyed by Mary Kay Letourneau when she married her former student Vili Fualaau, whom she raped when he was 12 and she was 34, our responses scream irresolution. And then, there is Miami, which inadvertently created a shanty town of sex offenders with an overly-broad law forbidding all of them – from the lowly peeping Tom to the psychotic rapist – from living within 2,500 feet of places where children gather. We don’t know what to do with our monsters. But I submit that we owe it to Jaycee Dugard to learn. We have all been duly appalled by her story, of course: she was a sun-kissed 11year-old from South Lake Tahoe who was snatched in 1991 before her stepfather’s horrified eyes. She was rescued last week, a 29-year-old woman who has spent the intervening 18 years living in a shabby warren of tents, tarps and sheds in the back yard of her captors, registered sex offender Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy. Maybe you think the most horrific part of this story is that Dugard allegedly bore two children by Garrido, the first born when she was about 14. Maybe you think it’s that authorities could have rescued her three years ago – neighbors called 911 to report children living in the back yard – but failed to do so. Maybe you think it’s the 18 years of life and education (Garrido did not allow her to go to school) she lost, irretrievably. Maybe you think it is her psychological ruination. All that is heart-tearing, I agree. But what gets me is that Garrido should never have been on the street in the first place. When he allegedly took Dugard, Garrido was on parole for the 1976 rape and kidnapping of a young woman. For this, he was

given a 50-year federal sentence and – the crime crossed state lines – a life sentence in Nevada. He got out after 11 years. Ordinarily, I am not much for mandatory minimum sentencing and other “toughOPINION on-crime” measures politicians pass when they want Leonard to look as if they are doing Pitts something. Such laws have ■■■ a tendency to remove human judgment (and common sense) from the equation and to produce as many miscarriages of justice as justice itself. I make an exception for sexual predators who prey on children. The crime is viscerally repulsive, yes; the idea of some pervert violating the body and vandalizing the innocence of a child stirs fundamental disgust. Indeed, child rapists are said to be the one kind of criminal even criminals loathe. But the bigger reason I make an exception is simply this: at least some of them apparently can’t help themselves, driven by compulsions they can’t control and science cannot yet cure. Granted, the research that exists on the subject is sparse and often contradictory. It is hard to determine true recidivism rates due to a number of variables, beginning with the question of how recidivism itself is defined (e.g., by re-arrest or re-conviction). By some estimates, as many as half of all pedophiles will commit the crime again. Others put the figure far lower. My problem is, I don’t know what figure is low enough that I would feel safe allowing a Phillip Garrido to ever again breathe free air. His alleged crime brings me out from irresolution and into a cold clarity. It makes the question easy. What should we do with these monsters? Simple. Lock them up. Lose the key. LEONARD PITTS JR., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, is a columnist for the Miami Herald. E-mail him at lpitts@miamiherald.com.

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Banking is crucial to community well-being BY THAD WOODARD

ith the seemingly incessant barrage of negative publicity regarding the banking industry showing no signs of abating, this may be the perfect time to step back and focus on the many positive contributions banks of all sizes continue to make to the businesses in their communities and to the charities and civic organizations that are so important to the fabric of life in the cities and towns of North Carolina. This enumeration will not be comprehensive; there are too many ways that banks and bankers contribute for anyone to be able to compile and report each one. Rather, these are merely a few representative examples. Banks play an essential intermediary function in our stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy. The notion that banks are not lending money now is absolutely false. Underwriting standards have been tightened for obvious reasons; the current state of the economy requires evaluation of a potential borrowerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business plan in a very different light than was the case only 18 months ago. However, good loans are presented to banks every day and the banks are funding them. Both individually and collectively, banks support activities that make a real difference in their local communities and to the state as a whole. Working together through the North Carolina Bankers Association, here are some of the things our banking industry has accomplished: Since its creation in 1990, the Community Investment Corporation of the Carolinas (CICCAR), a subsidiary of the NCBA that is comprised of a consortium of 115 banks in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, has committed or closed on 218 loans totaling over $175 million dollars in permanent financing for affordable multi-family housing, senior housing and other worthwhile shelter projects. Because of the potential for economic development, and because it is the morally correct thing to do, the members of the NCBA have worked for many years now to show support for the military and to prove that North Carolina is the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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most military friendly state. The industry has twice provided contributions to family support initiatives, including day care and wounded warrior programs, at each military installation in the state. Just this summer, bank volunteers joined the staff of the NCBA to prepare care packages for troops deployed abroad. In their local communities, banks contribute resources of all kinds to a broad range of worthy causes and initiatives. It is rare to review the list of United Way leaders in any part of the state and not find a banker who is chairing the annual campaign or in the line of succession to that position. Though comparative data is difficult to find, one study found that in 2006 banks were the second largest industry group in terms of contributions to U.S. beneficiaries, with over $900 million in contributions! The media has consistently portrayed TARP investments in banks as bailouts of the companies receiving those cash infusions. That is a complete mischaracterization. First, the vast majority of banks received no government money. Second, the money is being repaid with interest. TARP funds will be the only stimulus initiative that will actually be profitable for the U.S. government. The money was not invested to provide a benefit to the banks, but rather to enable the banks to put money into the economy. As Congress mulls how best to reform the structure for regulating the financial services industry, it should consider much more than the problems of the last few years. If should reflect upon the successes of the 150 years before the current crisis and the role that banks played in creating the greatest economy in the history of the planet. Aptly targeted response should be the objective. If successfully reached, that goal will prevent a repeat of the woes of the recent past while building on the great successes of the previous century and one-half. THAD WOODARD is president of the North Carolina Bankers Association.

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Investigators look for clues into cause of wildfire

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Investigators gathered along a remote road in a blackened forest Wednesday and hunted for clues at the spot where a gigantic blaze ignited more than a week ago and quickly grew into one of the largest wildfires in Southern California history. A trio of U.S. Forest Service investigators wearing black gloves spent most of the day beneath a partially burned oak tree at the bottom of a ravine, believed to be the spot where the fire started. One investigator shook soil in a can, while another used binoculars to get a closer look. They also had planted red, blue and yellow flags to signify important locations at the site. Deputy incident commander Carlton Joseph

said Wednesday morning that the fire was “humancaused,” meaning it could have been ignited by a range of scenarios, from a dropped cigarette to a spark from something like a lawn mower. Joseph noted that lightning has been ruled out as a possible cause. Forest Service officials later sought to backtrack on Joseph’s comments, saying they are looking at all possible causes. “If there’s no powerlines that’s something we can rule that out. We can rule out lightning if that’s not a factor. We can rule out vehicles if that’s not a factor. But we will not make a definitive determination until we rule that out,” Forest Service commander Rita Wears Firefighters work to clear a fire break in the Angeles National Forest around Mt. Wilson, Calif., Wednesday. said.

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Campus shooting injures student SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Police on Wednesday were searching for three suspects who fled a college campus after a shooting that left an 18year-old wounded. The shooting happened at about 1 p.m. when two groups of teenage boys got into an argument in a parking lot at Skyline Community College in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno, police Cmdr. Marc Catalano said.

FAA will modify rules over Hudson River NEWARK, N.J. – The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it will change rules for the airspace over the Hudson River in New York City following last month’s deadly midair crash of a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter. Under the new rules, aircraft speeds would be restricted and pilots who fly between 1,000 and 1,300 feet – the altitude at which the Aug. 8 collision occurred – would be required to tune to the same radio frequency as pilots at lower altitudes.

U.S. extends Iraq Blackwater contracts WASHINGTON – The State Department said Wednesday it has extended a contract for protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq with a subsidiary of the security firm once known as Blackwater USA even though the company doesn’t have a license to operate in the country. The contract had been due to expire on Sept. 3.

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Martie Bell, associate professor of physical education at High Point University, recently was named the 2009 College/University Teacher of the Year by the Physical Education Association of the North Carolina Alliance of Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Bell was chosen for the honor because of her qualities as a professional and her teaching skills.

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A Cleaner World extends free dry cleaning offer BY PAUL B. JOHNSON ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – During Tony Steele’s difficult months out of work earlier this year, a trip to the dry cleaner not only provided fresh clothes, but a reason for hope. Steele, a 54-year-old native of Thomasville who now lives in High Point, lost his previous job in mid-February during the crush of the recession and spike in local unemployment. He spent five months searching for a new way to earn a living until he landed a factory job in July. “During my time of unemployment, things weren’t going very well,” he said. But because of a program

launched in late March by High Point-based A Cleaner World, Steele was able to bring some of his clothes to one of the company’s locations and get them dry cleaned without charge. The free service once a week not only allowed him to have clean clothes for job interviews, but attending church services. Steele said he took advantage of the service nearly a dozen times while he was out of work. “It was a blessing,” he said. This past Monday, A Cleaner World was going to cut off its free dry cleaning program for the unemployed at its 40 locations in North Carolina and Vir-

ginia. But the company announced this week it will extend the program through Dec. 31 because of continued high unemployment in many communities that A Cleaner World serves. “We’ve always believed, and now more so in times like these, that it is important to help your neighbor,” said Chris Edwards, president of A Cleaner World. Edwards said the company and its employees, who total 425, have received expressions of appreciation from unemployed people. “My staff and I were having lunch at a Chinese restaurant one day. And a gentleman came up who saw we had on our A Cleaner World shirts. And he came up and said, ‘I’m

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for their telephone and Internet bills, Ingram said. “Thomasville is in a unique situation because of our free and reduced lunch population,” Ingram said, adding that the E-rate program has existed for about 11 years. “We get quite a bit of money to run these programs. As long as I have been doing this, for the first

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HIGH POINT – Ms. Suzanne Doreen Schulz, 74, died Tuesday in San Francisco, CA. Arrangements by Cumby Family Funeral Service in High Point.

Armey blasts health care in N.C. CLEMMONS (AP) – The congressman who formerly led Republicans in the U.S. House has told a North Carolina gathering the debate over health care reform is a fight over the role of government in America. The Winston-Salem Journal reported Wednesday that retired U.S. Rep. Dick Armey of Texas drew about 200 people to a speech in Clemmons. He also spoke Tuesday at a barbecue restaurant in Concord and a Harley Davidson dealership in Hickory. Armey is the chairman of the conservative activist group FreedomWorks, which is resisting proposals by the Obama administration to change the U.S. health care system. Armey told those in Clemmons that the federal government threatens to become too paternalistic in pushing more regulations.

Jim Wehrley, dean of the Earl N. Phillips School of Business, talks to students in the new HPU financial research center.

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HIGH POINT – With the recent opening of the Plato S. Wilson School of Commerce, High Point University students can get a real-life view of financial markets in a state-of-the-art financial research room. The Center for Financial Research serves as a Wall Street-style trading room, said Jim Wehrley,

dean of the Earl N. Phillips School of Business. “The state-of-the-art technology helps our students prepare for careers in the financial field by allowing them to track key investments with customized portfolio windows, access profit and loss statements in real-time, and to view the analytic impact of their portfolio performance in a daily,

weekly, monthly and annual manner,” said Steve Lifland, associate professor of finance at HPU. The center also is expected to attract to campus guests from the local and regional financial fields such as security investments, commercial real estate and investment banking, Lifland said. “The academic benefits

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HIGH POINT – When Moody’s Investor Services downgraded millions of dollars worth of High Point University investor debt in May, whispers began about the booming school’s longterm financial health. “I got an e-mail from a friend of mine in Atlanta who saw the Moody’s report,” said Guilford College President Kent Chabotar. “He wanted to know what I thought about it, given Greensboro College’s recent financial problems.” In August, money troubles forced the retirement of longtime Greensboro College President Craven Williams. Many in higher education wondered: Was High Point University headed down the same road? High Point University

President Nido Qubein also heard the talk and had his own perspective. “You want to know how seriously I take it?” Qubein said. “On a scale from 1 to 10, I’d give it a negative 2.” As his university begins another semester of record growth, Qubein said the school is thriving. It has borrowed heavily, he admits – carrying more than $140 million in debt. But he said that’s an investment in the future. The bonds rated by Moody’s – $4 million to be used on a new arts center – were issued in 2001, before Qubein’s tenure. In a May 15 report, Moody’s, which rates various types of debt for investors to consider, downgraded those bonds, warning investors that “protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically unreliable.”

Perdue sets trip to China RALEIGH (AP) – Gov. Beverly Perdue will lead an international trade mission to China and Japan next month in hopes of boosting commerce between North Carolina and Asia. A state Commerce Department spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday that Perdue, Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco and others would be making the trip.

More details were to be released later Wednesday. WRAL-TV in Raleigh said Perdue would be the first sitting North Carolina governor to visit China in an official capacity. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler headed a delegation that went to China last month to find more markets for crops of North Carolina farmers.

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The university has a number of other bonds that bear higher ratings by other rating agencies. For many who have watched High Point’s explosive growth since Qubein took the helm nearly 4 years ago, the news from Moody’s was seen as a rare misfire. Qubein, a self-made millionaire, CEO and motivational speaker, reacted to the downgrade quickly. “I talked with our bankers the same day the report came

out,” Qubein said. “They said if we wanted the $4 million to pay the bond holders, any who wanted their money back, we could have it to them within 24 hours.” Qubein made bondholders that offer, but had no takers. “Not only did no one want to get out of an investment in High Point University, but when we issued bonds with BB&T after that, we had an enormous response,” Qubein said.

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COLFAX – Faye Rita Soviero, 92, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at River Landing. Mrs. Soviero was born in Brooklyn, NY, January 31, 1917. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Soviero. She is survived by her three sons, Clem Soviero and wife Pat of High Point, Frank Soviero of Florida and Ken Soviero of New York, a daughter, Maribeth Catland of New York; 13 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. The family would like to thank the nurses and staff at River Landing for all their kindness and wonderful dedication. Davis Funerals & Cremations is serving the Soviero family.

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He initially was charged by detectives with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and trafficking in schedule II narcotics, which in this case was the prescription painkiller Percocet, deputies said. The drug and firearms charge were consolidated for judgment, and he also was sentenced as a habitual felon, according to the N.C. Department of Correction. Hulin’s criminal record dates to the 1970s and includes breaking and entering, burglary and drug-related convictions, DOC data show.

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DAVIDSON COUNTY – A Davidson County man is behind bars after pleading guilty to drugs and weapons charges. Donald Ray “Dotty” Hulin, 57, of Regan Road in the Silver Valley community, was given an active prison sentence of at least six years and eight months and a maximum of 10 years after court proceedings last month, according to the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office. Hulin was arrested in January 2009 after a sixmonth investigation involving drugs by the sheriff’s Vice and Narcotics Unit.

Wolfpack voice visits Wesleyan Johnny Evans, radio analyst for N.C. State Wolfpack football, is shown talking with students at Wesleyan Christian Academy recently. The screen in the background shows Evans’ son, Daniel, when he was quarterback at N.C. State. Evans visited the school to kick off the Wesleyan’s annual gift-giving campaign. Evans, born and raised in High Point, played quarterback and was a punter for the Wolfpack. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in speech communications, he was drafted in the second round by the Cleveland Browns. He also went on to play in the Canadian Football League.

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Dear Disgusted: Your sister is sending a strong message that she doesn’t want to be disturbed, nor does she want any real contact with you. I’d “handle it” by taking a giant step back emotionally and contacting her only in case of emergency, in the manner she has requested. The caregiver is another matter. Because of the son’s frail health, the caregiver should be able to speak directly to your sister in the event that an emergency should arise that requires an immediate

medical intervention. Dear Abby: I am a 59-yearold woman who has ADVICE been dating men in Dear their 40s. Abby At first, ■■■ I refused because I thought they were too young for me and people might laugh. Since then, I have decided that as long as they know from the beginning that I’m not looking for a serious committed relationship, I’d be happy to go out. I have made some great friends and had some great times. Abby, why do you think younger men are attracted to older women? I’m not exceptionally pretty nor do I have a great body, but I am a caring, fun person who loves music and dancing. Do you think you could poll your readers and get some feedback from men who date older women as to why they do? – “Cougar” in New York Dear “Cougar”: Lord, I hate that word because it implies (to me) that the older woman is somehow predatory, and the men who find her attractive are helpless prey. If I were to hazard a guess, I’d say it’s because many older women are independent, self-confident, worldly and not looking for commitment. Those qualities can be very attractive if a man

isn’t looking for commitment either. Men, I’ll be interested in your comments. Dear Abby: I have just learned that my husband has lung cancer. He has known for almost a year and decided to keep it to himself. We have been separated for a while, and he lives in another town nearby. We have two children – both in their teens. I am the only person who knows about his illness. He has decided not to follow his doctors’ advice and is using an alternative treatment. I love him dearly, and I think he should tell the kids. He refuses. Don’t you think they have a right to know? Please help me! – Carrying A Heavy Burden Dear Carrying: Your children should definitely know, and the person who should give them that information is their father. People often take for granted that their time with the people they love is infinite, and your children are no exception. If their father’s time is limited, they might want to spend as much of it as they can with him – and your husband should allow them to do it. The memories they make during this precious time may be all they have of their father. DEAR ABBY is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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PUBLIC NOTICE The High Point Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (HPMPO) will be soliciting public comment on the HPMPO Priority Needs List through Monday September 21, 2009. A copy of the draft Priority Needs List will be available for public review at the following locations. • • • • • • • • • • • •

High Point Municipal Building, Transportation Dept. High Point Public Library Archdale City Hall, Planning Dept. Archdale Public Library Jamestown Town Hall, Planning Dept. Jamestown Public Library Thomasville City Hall, Engineering Dept. Trinity City Hall, Planning Dept. Davidson County Library (Thomasville Branch) Davidson County Planning Dept. Guilford County Planning Dept. Randolph County Planning Dept.

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Today’s Bible question: Who saw Elijah ascend to heaven in a whirlwind? BIBLE QUIZ is provided by Hugh B. Brittain of Shelby.

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Answer: Ouch. That’s a disease you don’t want. Rose rosette disease is caused by an unidentified virus that’s not only destructive, but also contagious to just about any rose. Even worse, there are no good controls to stop it and no way to prevent it that I know of, other than by removing infected plants. I wish I had better news. The only good news is that it’s not a very common disease (yet). Of course, that doesn’t do you any good either. First, make sure it’s really rose rosette disease. Things like bugs and herbicide injury can cause some similar mutated growth that might not be as dire. Typical rosette symptoms are elongated canes that often are thicker than usual, deformed flowers, mutated new growth that may turn red, and sometimes excessive thorns and mottled flower color. This isn’t the easiest problem to diagnose, since you may not see all of those symptoms, especially in the early going. On top of that, since the virus or viruslike infecting agent isn’t known, labs can’t easily do diagnostic testing. Virginia Tech has an excellent tip sheet on this disease at www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/plantdiseasefs/450620/450-620.pdf Rose rosette is thought to be spread primarily by a type of mite, so if you can control them, that might help the spread to your David Austin roses. The disease isn’t soil-borne, so you have a decent chance at replanting new roses (or other plants) after the infected ones are burned or bagged for removal. However, if you left behind any infected rose roots or pieces, those could re-infect a new planting. I’d personally be a little nervous about replanting any rose in a bed that had rosette infected roses, even a year later. Call me chicken, but I’d be looking at something like sweetspires or spireas or caryopteris.

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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--ing plants, which are donated by local nurseries, garden centers and volunteers. Hot dogs, drinks and baked goods will be sold noon-1 p.m. Sept. 18. On Sept. 19, remaining plants except mums will be sold at half price. For information, contact Craig Mauney, Forsyth County extension agent, at 7032850, or send e-mail to Craig_ mauney@ncsu.edu.

Carolina Cup Bicycle Races scheduled for Sept. 13 GREENSBORO – The 37th annual Carolina Cup Bicycle Races will be held 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 13 at Country Park. The race is co-sponsored by Greensboro Parks & Recreation and Cycles D’Oro, and

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A world of applause to our entire community for its generous support of our 21st annual Hospice Taste of the Town on Aug. 18. On behalf of Hospice of the Piedmont, I would like thank our 232 event sponsors, more than 300 volunteers, all 57 restaurant participants, and every business and individual who provided special favors by donating their time and resources. And a special thank you to the nearly 5,000 people who came out to Showplace on a hot Tuesday evening to support Hospice and enjoy the many “tastes” of our town. The theme of this year’s event – “Food for Comfort” – really says it all. Proceeds of Taste of the Town go directly to providing comfort and care for Hospice of the Piedmont patients and their family members. Our agency could not provide the quality care we do without community support, and we are grateful to everyone who played a part in this event. LESLIE KALINOWSKI Hospice of the Piedmont president and chief executive officer

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Swaim savors third crown at Caraway T

ravis Swaim makes it quite clear. When it comes to his championships at Caraway Speedway, the third and most recent one is the charm. Swaim became assured of bringing another title trophy to High Point last Saturday when he won a 200-lap feature and left with a 102-point lead SPORTS over Brad Brinkley. The margin Greer is 52 points more Smith than the 50 avail■■■ able for winning the final points race of the season this Saturday night. His other championships came in 2005 and 2006 when the track’s weekly March-throughSeptember schedule of 75-lap or 150-lap races typically drew less than 15 cars per week. This year, promoter Russell Hackett went to a schedule of 200-lap events that paid $5,000 to win and typically drew more than 20 cars. The longer races, bigger purses and non-weekly schedule from March to September enticed Swaim to vie for Caraway’s championship for the first time in three years. The tougher competition that included former champions Jason York, Brad Brinkley and Randy Benson plus B.J. Mackey made this title sweeter. “The competition was the toughest at Caraway since I’ve been racing down there,” Swaim said. “It was probably the toughest of any track in North Carolina this year. This championship definitely means a lot more to me.” York, Brinkley and Benson had their problems along with others who fell out of contention, leaving Mackey as the only driver with a shot of beating Swaim. The shot grew greater when Swaim suffered an engine failure in a July 18 race, allowing Mackey to draw within eight points. “We went through a stretch where we broke in two out of three races and that allowed B.J. to get really close,” Swaim said. “When we didn’t have bad luck, we were always a contender. But when you can finish in the top three or four, you can afford to have a few DNFs because everyone is going to have some of those.” Swaim gained some breathing room the next week with a win and a fourth while Mackey finished seventh and 14th. In the next event two weeks later, Swaim moved into a commanding position when he finished second and third while Mackey was 10th and 16th. “We had to have a good weekend and we did,” Swaim said. “To win championships, you’ve

got to have good runs in the clutch and fortunately we had one.” That gave Swaim an 80-point lead and put him in position to clinch when the track resumed activity last Saturday night. The title became his when Mackey wasn’t among the 21 finishers, leaving second to Brinkley. Even with the title in sight, Swaim didn’t choose to cruise during the night. He set fast time in qualifying, drew the pole position and led every lap, holding off Brinkley in the closing laps. “I had a really good car for the first half of the race,” Swaim said. “But, at lap 125, I think I ran over some debris after they had a ton of cautions. So my right front tire had a slow air leak. Brinkley had a really good car and he was all over me the last 75 laps. “He could have moved me out of the way on any of the restarts because I was struggling while waiting for the air pressure in that tire to build up. I want to thank him for racing me so clean, but we have a ton of respect for each other. But it was very challenging to win that race with a tire that had only 16 pounds of air pressure when it should have had 30. He was right on me at the finish. It was a testament to how good the car was with the disadvantage of the tire.” Having good cars played a key part in the championship run. “We invested the money to get really good cars and really good engines,” Swaim said. “I learned more about the cars over the past couple of years. And, I’ve worked more learning about the cars. Being more hands-on has allowed me to become more technical and given me the ability to give better feed-back to Ronald Fox (who maintains the cars for Swaim).” With the championship in hand, Swaim isn’t going to take it easy this week either. “The only thing we’re thinking about on Saturday is winning,” Swaim said. “Since we don’t have to worry about the points, we don’t have to worry about falling out.” He will also have the opportunity to get ready for next month’s late model race at Martinsville Speedway. “That’s another good thing about not having to worry about the points,” Swaim said. “We can experiment with some things for Martinsville. I’ve never run well up there. My goal now for the rest of the season is to finish in the top 10 at Martinsville. Doing that to go along with winning the championship at Caraway would make it a very successful year.” gsmith@hpe.com | 888-3519

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State seeks redemption against Gamecocks RALEIGH (AP) – North Carolina State couldn’t have asked for a better way to start the season. First, there’s the chance to showcase the program and all-conference quarterback Russell Wilson to a national TV audience. Then there’s the opponent: Steve Spurrier and South Carolina, the same team that shut out the Wolfpack to open last season. “It’s the buzz around town right now, to be on television and know you’re the first game that everybody’s going to be watching,” Wolfpack coach Tom O’Brien said. “It’s going to be a special treat ... (and) going to be an indication of where we are as a program.” That could be said for both teams. The Wolfpack have twice managed to overcome terrible starts to the season under O’Brien to get back into bowl contention, including last year’s four-game winning streak to end the year that put N.C. State in the Papajohns. com Bowl. The Gamecocks, meanwhile, are starting their fifth season under Spurrier but are coming off a 7-6 finish that ended with three straight losses – all

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N.C. State preseason preview; checking in on North Carolina and Duke. 5C by lopsided margins. In last year’s meeting, the Gamecocks led just 3-0 at halftime before scoring on their last four possessions to take a 34-0 victory in Columbia. This time, the Wolfpack are favored. “That definitely doesn’t bother me,” Spurrier said. “I’ve played as the underdog many times. I just want our players to know this is a very good team we’re playing. Sometimes people have a tendency to go by last year’s game when really you can’t. N.C. State became a much better team as the season progressed.” Indeed, both teams headed in different directions following last year’s matchup. The Wolfpack lost four of six before rallying behind Wilson, who left the opener with a concussion but went on to become the first freshman voted all-Atlantic Coast Conference first-team quarterback.

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starter from a unit that was led last year by now-Denver Bronco Alphonso Smith. Ghee hopes the defense will respond as it did when question marks abounded before Wake’s run to the Orange Bowl in 2006. “It is the same as the Orange Bowl year,” Ghee said. “There were some questions and people like Aaron Curry and Stanley Arnoux and Chip Vaughn stepped up. You never know who is going to step up. But I think a lot of people are going to be surprised about our defense.” The questions about the defense would seem to indicate that the offense will have to carry more of the load this season. Senior

quarterback Riley Skinner said that the offense is motivated more by improving than by taking pressure off the defense. “We’re motivated because we didn’t perform the way we wanted last year,” Skinner said. “We’re taking it upon ourselves to change that. If that helps the defense out that would be great because we don’t want to put them in tough positions. ... But we don’t expect that we are going to have to score 40-50 points to win.” The questions remain about Skinner’s prediction coming true.

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High Point University’s Megan Smith was named the Big South Conference Player of the Week in volleyball., while Holly Shelton from UNC Asheville was tabbed the Freshman of the Week. Smith posted 69 kills, hit .358 and averaged 4.31 kills per set en route to earning a bid to the N.C. Central All-Tournament team last weekend. She got her week started with 16 kills, six aces and seven digs as the Panthers downed The Citadel 3-1. She followed that with 23 kills and a .500 percentage vs. N.C. Central later that evening. The outside hitter then put down 15 kills and came up with 15 digs as High Point defeated UNC Wilmington, 3-1. She closed her week with 15 kills in HPU’s 3-0 win over Georgia State. For the week, Smith posted 14 aces, 31 digs and one block as the Panthers went 3-1.

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All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division

New York Boston Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore

W 84 77 71 59 54

L 48 54 60 72 79

Pct .636 .588 .542 .450 .406

Detroit Minnesota Chicago Cleveland Kansas City

W 71 67 65 58 51

L 61 66 69 74 82

Pct .538 .504 .485 .439 .383

GB —1 6 ⁄2 1211⁄2 241⁄2 30 ⁄2

WCGB — — 6 18 24

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

Str W-5 W-4 L-1 L-2 L-2

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

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

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

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

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Away 39-28 31-33 31-34 27-40

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

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Away 38-28 36-33 29-39 29-38 23-42

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Central Division GB —1 4 ⁄2 7 131 20 ⁄2

WCGB — 11 1 131⁄2 19 ⁄2 27

WINNER: Angie Watson 78-78–156

West Division W 78 74 70 59

Los Angeles Texas Seattle Oakland

L 54 58 64 74

Pct .591 .561 .522 .444

GB — 4 9 1 19 ⁄2

WCGB —1 3 ⁄2 81⁄2 19

TOP FINISHERS: Championship flight – Jackie King 8079–159, Betsy Gordon 83-84–167; Ann Byerly 86-92–178; First flight – Tucker Crawford 9697–193, Gina Gilchrist 99-100–199, Cathy Sealey 99-102–201, Jody Carter 105-120– 225.

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W 76 70 68 59 46

L 54 62 64 73 88

Pct .585 .530 .515 .447 .343

GB — 7 9 18 32

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W 78 67 64 63 60 53

L 55 64 67 70 73 79

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Los Angeles Colorado San Francisco Arizona San Diego

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L 54 59 60 73 76

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GB —1 5 ⁄2 6 19 21

WCGB — 3 5 14 28

Central Division WCGB —1 5 ⁄2 81⁄2 1011⁄2 13 ⁄2 20

West Division WCGB — — 1 ⁄2 131⁄2 151⁄2

AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas 5, Toronto 2, 1st game Detroit 8, Cleveland 5 N.Y. Yankees 9, Baltimore 6 Boston 8, Tampa Bay 4 Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Texas 5, Toronto 2, 2nd game Kansas City 4, Oakland 3 Seattle 2, L.A. Angels 1

Cleveland (Carmona 3-9) at Detroit (N.Robertson 1-1), 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (C.Torres 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 8-7), 2:20 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Gaudin 1-0) at Toronto (R.Romero 11-6), 7:07 p.m. Boston (Buchholz 3-3) at Tampa Bay (Price 7-6), 7:08 p.m. Seattle (Snell 3-1) at Oakland (Tomko 3-2), 10:05 p.m.

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Padres 7, Nationals 0 Washington ab WHarrs lf 4 AlGnzlz ss 4 Dunn 1b 4 Zmrmn 3b 4 Orr 2b 4 Nieves c 3 Maxwll cf 3 JPadill rf 3 Lannan p 1 Morse ph 1 SRiver p 0 Sosa p 0 Dukes ph 0 MacDgl p 0 Totals 31

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Cubs 2, Astros 0 Houston

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Houston 000 000 000 — 0 Chicago 000 200 00x — 2 LOB—Houston 6, Chicago 4. 2B—Pence (20), Quintero (7), A.Blanco (6). HR—D.Lee (27). CS—Lilly (1). S—A.Blanco. IP H R ER BB SO Houston F.Paulino L,2-7 6 4 2 2 2 7 Byrdak 1 0 0 0 1 0 Hawkins 1 0 0 0 0 2 Chicago Lilly W,10-8 8 4 0 0 0 5 Marmol S,8-12 1 1 0 0 1 0 T—2:14. A—39,192 (41,210).

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Pittsburgh 010 011 000 — 3 Cincinnati 100 103 00x — 5 E—N.Walker (1). DP—Pittsburgh 1. LOB—Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 5. 2B—Milledge (6), Doumit 2 (13), Votto (22). HR—G.Jones (18), Moss (7), Stubbs (4), B.Phillips (19). CS—Stubbs (1). IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Duke L,10-13 6 9 5 3 1 4 J.Chavez 1 0 0 0 0 1 Hanrahan 1 1 0 0 1 1 Cincinnati H.Bailey W,5-4 61⁄3 7 3 3 3 8 Rhodes H,21 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 Masset H,11 Cordero S,30-32 1 1 0 0 0 2 WP—Hanrahan. Balk—Duke. T—2:38. A—11,541 (42,319).

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h 1 0 4 2 3 1

bi 1 0 1 0 4 1

BRorts 2b CIzturs ss Reimld lf Markks rf Mora 3b Wieters c

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Q. Which man has the highest career winning percentage at the American Grand Slam tournament (with a minimum of 50 matches played)?

Milwaukee (M.Parra 9-10) at St. Louis (Smoltz 1-0), 2:15 p.m. Chicago White Sox (C.Torres 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 8-7), 2:20 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Misch 0-1) at Colorado (Marquis 14-9), 3:10 p.m. San Francisco (Lincecum 13-4) at Philadelphia (P.Martinez 2-0), 7:05 p.m. Atlanta (Hanson 9-3) at Florida (Nolasco 9-8), 7:10 p.m. Arizona (Buckner 2-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Garland 8-11), 10:10 p.m.

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Friday’s Games Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Texas at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 7:38 p.m. L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Boston at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 p.m. Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

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LEADERS: Championship flight – Kathy DeVore 79, Kitty White 87; First flight – Hilda McKnight 91, Nancy Lawhern 96; Second – Audrey Staruch 93, Phyllis Sechrest 99; Third – Dotty Beaston, Doris Williams, Hassie Cochran 108; Fourth – Rita Winston 103, Teresa Todaro 110

Today’s Games

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WHAT: Oak Hollow Ladies Club Championship

TRIVIA QUESTION

Wednesday’s Games

Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota 2 Oakland 10, Kansas City 4 Seattle 3, L.A. Angels 0 Detroit 4, Cleveland 2 N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, late Boston at Tampa Bay, late Toronto at Texas, late

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Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 3 Chicago Cubs 2, Houston 0 San Diego 7, Washington 0 San Francisco 4, Philadelphia 0 Atlanta at Florida, late Milwaukee at St. Louis, late N.Y. Mets at Colorado, late Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, late

Wednesday’s Games

San Francisco ab r ATorrs lf 3 0 Renteri ss 4 0 Sandovl 3b 4 0 Rhlngr 3b 0 0 Garko 1b 2 1 Ishikaw 1b 1 0 Uribe 2b 3 1 Rownd cf 4 1 Schrhlt rf 4 1 Whitsd c 4 0 Penny p 3 0 FLewis ph 1 0 Affeldt p 0 0

OAK HOLLOW LADIES

NATIONAL LEAGUE Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 1, San Francisco 0 Atlanta 4, Florida 3 Cincinnati 11, Pittsburgh 5 Chicago Cubs 4, Houston 1 St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 6 Colorado 8, N.Y. Mets 3 San Diego 4, Washington 1 L.A. Dodgers 4, Arizona 3

Tuesday’s Games

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

Florida at Washington, 7:05 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. Philadelphia at Houston, 8:05 p.m. San Francisco at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 9:10 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. R.Pena ss 0 1 Cano 2b 5 0 MeCarr cf 5 1 Hinske rf 2 1 HrstnJr rf 2 0 JMolin c 4 1 Totals 42 10

0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 17 10

Scott dh 4 0 0 0 Wggntn 1b 4 0 2 0 Pie cf 3 0 2 0

Totals

33 2 8 2

New York 001 000 207 — 10 Baltimore 100 000 010 — 2 DP—New York 1, Baltimore 1. LOB—New York 11, Baltimore 6. 2B—Damon (31), Swisher (28), Me.Cabrera (24). HR—Hinske (7), Reimold (13). CS—A.Rodriguez (2). SF—Markakis. IP H R ER BB SO New York Sabathia W,16-7 7 7 1 1 1 9 1 ⁄3 1 1 1 0 0 Bruney H,9 1 Coke H,17 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hughes S,2-2 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 3 Baltimore 1 Berken 51⁄3 8 1 1 2 3 Hendrickson ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Mickolio L,0-2 ⁄3 2 2 2 2 0 A.Castillo 1 0 0 0 0 0 Baez 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ji.Johnson 0 3 5 5 2 0 2 Sarfate ⁄3 4 2 2 0 0 1 Bass ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Mickolio pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. Ji.Johnson pitched to 5 batters in the 9th. T—3:23. A—21,126 (48,290).

Mariners 3, Angels 0 Los Angeles ab Figgins 3b 3 BAreu rf 2 TrHntr cf 4 Guerrr dh 4 KMorls 1b 4 MIzturs 2b 4 MthwsJ lf 3 Napoli c 3 EAyar ss 3 Totals 30

Seattle r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

h 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

bi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ISuzuki rf FGtrrz cf JoLopz 1b MSwny dh Beltre 3b Hall 2b JaWlsn ss RJhnsn c MSndrs lf Totals

ab 4 4 2 3 3 4 2 3 3 28

r 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3

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

Los Angeles 000 000 000 — 0 Seattle 000 000 21x — 3 E—Napoli (6). DP—Los Angeles 1. LOB— Los Angeles 6, Seattle 6. 2B—F.Gutierrez (17), Hall (4). SB—Hall (1). CS—Figgins (16). IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Kazmir L,8-8 61⁄3 3 2 1 1 8 2 Jepsen ⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 2 Fuentes ⁄3 2 1 1 2 2 1 Palmer ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Seattle FHerndez W,14-5 8 4 0 0 3 6 Aardsma S,33-37 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Kazmir (Jo.Lopez). T—2:31. A—22,130 (47,878).

Tigers 4, Indians 2 Cleveland ab Sizemr cf 3 ACarer ss 4 Choo rf 4 JhPerlt 3b 4 Hafner dh 3 Valuen 2b 3 AMarte 1b 3 Brantly lf 3 Toregs c 2 LaPort ph 1 Shppch c 0 Totals

Detroit r 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

bi 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

ab Raburn cf-lf 5 Polanc 2b 4 Ordonz rf 4 Thoms pr-rf 0 MiCarr 1b 1 Thams dh 3 A.Huff ph-dh1 Inge 3b 4 WRmrz lf 1 Grndrs cf 1 Laird c 4 Everett ss 3 30 2 7 2 Totals 31

r 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

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

Cleveland 100 000 010 — 2 Detroit 100 200 10x — 4 E—Jh.Peralta 3 (17), A.Cabrera (9), Valbuena (10). DP—Cleveland 3, Detroit 2. LOB—Cleveland 2, Detroit 9. 2B—Polanco (28). HR—Hafner (14). SF—Mi.Cabrera, W.Ramirez. IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland Laffey L,7-4 61⁄3 7 4 2 4 3 2 ⁄3 2 0 0 0 1 C.Perez R.Perez 1 0 0 0 0 0 Detroit Porcello W,12-8 7 5 2 2 0 1 2 Seay H,25 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 1 Lyon H,11 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Rodney S,31-32 1 1 0 0 1 0 T—2:18. A—25,840 (41,255).

White Sox 4, Twins 2 Chicago ab Pdsdnk dh 4 Bckhm 3b 3 Konerk 1b 4 Dye rf 3 Wise pr-rf 0 Quentin lf 2 AlRmrz ss 3 Rios cf 4 J.Nix 2b 2 Getz ph-2b 1 RCastr c 2 Kotsay ph 1 Przyns c 0 Totals 29

h 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8

bi 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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

Span cf-lf OCarer ss Mauer dh Mornea 1b Kubel lf Gomez cf Cuddyr rf BHarrs 3b Rdmnd c JMorls ph Punto 2b Buschr ph

ab 4 4 3 3 3 1 4 4 3 1 3 1

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

Totals

34 2 10 2

Chicago 000 000 004 — 4 Minnesota 000 002 000 — 2 DP—Chicago 1, Minnesota 4. LOB—Chicago 3, Minnesota 7. 2B—R.Castro (2), Mauer (22). HR—Beckham (10), Konerko (24). SB—Wise (3). CS—Podsednik (10), Span (9), B.Harris (2). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Buehrle 6 7 2 2 1 2 Linebrink 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 Williams ⁄13 0 0 0 0 0 DCarasco W,5-1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Jenks S,28-32 1 1 0 0 0 1 Minnesota Duensing 7 5 0 0 2 7 Rauch H,1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 4 2 1 Nathan L,2-2 BS 21⁄3 Guerrier ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 T—2:32. A—21,007 (46,632).

Athletics 10, Royals 4 Kansas City ab DeJess lf 4 Blmqst 2b 4 Callasp 3b 4 Jacobs 1b 4 B.Pena c 3 JGuilln dh 2 J.Buck dh 2 Maier rf 4 YBtncr ss 4 JAndrs cf 4 Totals 35

Oakland r 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4

h 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 9

bi 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4

ab Kenndy 3b 3 RDavis cf 3 RSwny rf 5 Cust dh 3 Powell c 4 M.Ellis 2b 3 DBartn 1b 4 Pnngtn ss 3 EPtrsn lf 3 Totals

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Rays 8, Red Sox 5 Boston ab Ellsury cf 4 Pedroia 2b 5 VMrtnz 1b 3 Youkils 3b 4 D.Ortiz dh 3 Gthrght dh 0 Lowell ph 1 Bay lf 4 J.Drew rf 3 Varitek c 2 Ktchm ph 0 NGreen pr 0 Kottars c 0 AlGnzlz ss 4 Totals 33

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

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

bi 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4

Tampa Bay ab Bartlett ss 4 Crwfrd lf 4 Zobrist rf-2b 4 C.Pena 1b 4 Burrell dh 4 FPerez pr-dh0 Longori 3b 4 Zaun c 4 Iwamr 2b 4 Gross rf 0 BUpton cf 3

Totals

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

35 8 12 8

Boston 010 200 110 — 5 Tampa Bay 131 000 03x — 8 E—Youkilis (5). LOB—Boston 9, Tampa Bay 4. 2B—Youkilis 2 (33), Ale.Gonzalez (4), C.Pena (24), Zaun 2 (15), B.Upton (30). 3B—Bay (3). HR—Crawford (13), Burrell (13), Longoria (26). SB—Ellsbury (56), Gathright (1). S—B.Upton. IP H R ER BB SO Boston Beckett 6 7 5 4 0 9 R.Ramirez L,7-4 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 Delcarmen ⁄23 2 1 1 0 1 Saito ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 2 Garza 61⁄3 6 4 4 3 3 Bradford H,2 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Choate 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 Springer H,11 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Balfour 0 0 0 0 2 0 Howell W,7-4 BS 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 Wheeler S,2-6 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 T—3:34. A—19,148 (36,973).

South Atlantic League

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31 10 11 9

Kansas City 003 000 001 — 4 Oakland 352 000 00x — 10 DP—Kansas City 2. LOB—Kansas City 6, Oakland 5. 2B—DeJesus (26), B.Pena (9), Maier (13), R.Davis (16), E.Patterson (3).

W 3 3 2 2

Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit

L 0 0 1 1

T Pct 01.000 01.000 0 .667 0 .667

PF PA 92 58 47 26 64 47 55 70

T Pct 01.000 01.000 0 .667 0 .000

PF PA 58 49 61 37 60 61 53 81

West San Francisco Seattle St. Louis Arizona

W 3 3 2 0

L 0 0 1 3

Today’s Games Detroit at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m. Baltimore at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at New England, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m. Green Bay at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Kansas City at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Miami at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 8 p.m. Arizona at Denver, 9 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Friday’s Games Houston at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 10 p.m.

End of Preseason

L 22 25 28 31 33 37 38 39

Pct. .656 .597 .569 .508 .468 .431 .415 .371

GB — 41 51⁄2 9 ⁄2 121 141⁄2 15 ⁄2 18

Pct. .625 .585 .484 .476 .468 .462 .453 .431

GB —1 2 ⁄2 91 9 ⁄2 101 10 ⁄2 11 1 12 ⁄2

Southern Division W Asheville (Rockies) 40 Augusta (Giants) 38 Charleston (Yankees) 31 Bowling Green (Rays) 30 Savannah (Mets) 29 x-Greenville (Red Sox) 30 Rome (Braves) 29 Lexington (Astros) 28

L 24 27 33 33 33 35 35 37

Wednesday’s Games Augusta 5, Savannah 4 Charleston 4, Rome 0, 13 innings Greensboro 6, Hickory 3 Bowling Green 7, Greenville 3 Asheville 6, Lexington 2 Kannapolis 5, West Virginia 1 Lake County 3, Delmarva 1 Hagerstown 4, Lakewood 2

All Times EDT Thursday, Sept. 3 No. 19 Utah vs. Utah State, 9 p.m. No. 14 Boise State vs. No. 16 Oregon, 10:15 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 5 No. 1 Florida vs. Charleston So., 7 p.m. No. 2 Texas vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 7 p.m. No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 20 BYU at Arlington, Texas, 7 p.m. No. 4 So. Cal vs. San Jose St, 3:30 p.m. No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech at Atlanta, 8 p.m. No. 6 Ohio State vs. Navy, Noon. No. 9 Oklahoma State vs. No. 13 Georgia, 3:30 p.m. No. 9 Penn State vs. Akron, Noon. No. 11 LSU at Washington, 10:30 p.m. No. 12 California vs. Maryland, 10 p.m. No. 15 Georgia Tech vs. Jax. State, 1 p.m. No. 21 North Carolina vs. Citadel, 6 p.m. No. 22 Iowa vs. Northern Iowa, 12:05 p.m. No. 23 Notre Dame vs. Nevada, 3:30 p.m. No. 24 Nebraska vs. Fla. Atlantic, 7 p.m. No. 25 Kansas vs. No. Colorado, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 6 No. 8 Mississippi at Memphis, 3:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 7 No. 18 Florida State vs. Miami, 8 p.m.

Carolina League All Times EDT Northern Division Pct. .652 .600 .484 .400

GB — 31⁄2 11 1 16 ⁄2

Pct. .492 .492 .484 .394

GB — — 1 ⁄2 61⁄2

Southern Division W Salem (Red Sox) 32 x-WinSalem (WhSox) 32 Kinston (Indians) 31 Myrtle Beach (Braves) 26 x-clinched first half

L 33 33 33 40

Salem 9, Winston-Salem 5 Kinston at Frederick, late Lynchburg 4, Potomac 3 Wilmington 3, Myrtle Beach 1

Today’s Games Kinston at Frederick, 7 p.m. Salem at Winston-Salem, 7 p.m. Lynchburg at Potomac, 7:05 p.m.

FOOTBALL

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NFL Preseason AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

Miami New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo

W 3 2 1 1

L 0 1 2 3

T Pct 01.000 0 .667 0 .333 0 .250

PF PA 49 32 60 56 70 72 66 89

South Tennessee Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville

W 2 1 1 0

Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 3 2 2 1

Oakland San Diego Denver Kansas City

W 1 1 0 0

L 2 2 2 3

T Pct PF PA 0 .500 75 91 0 .500 40 65 0 .333 42 46 0 .000 65 68

North L 0 1 1 2

T Pct 01.000 0 .667 0 .667 0 .333

PF PA 64 36 50 44 50 27 35 47

West L 2 2 3 3

T Pct PF PA 0 .333 58 76 0 .333 55 53 0 .000 46 71 0 .000 33 47

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Dallas N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Washington South New Orleans Atlanta Tampa Bay Carolina

W 1 1 1 1 W 3 2 1 0

L 2 2 2 2 L 0 1 2 3

North

SOUTH Glenville St. at Chattanooga, 7 p.m. South Carolina at N.C. State, 7 p.m. Iowa Wesleyan at Tenn.-Martin, 7 p.m. Kentucky Wesleyan at Murray St., 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Troy at Bowling Green, 7 p.m. Coastal Carolina at Kent St., 7 p.m. Quincy at SE Missouri, 7 p.m. North Texas at Ball St., 7:30 p.m. Illinois St. at E. Illinois, 8 p.m. E. Kentucky at Indiana, 8 p.m. N. Dakota St. at Iowa St., 8 p.m. William Penn at South Dakota, 8 p.m.

FAR WEST

Friday’s Games

L 23 26 33 39

St. Cloud St. at Maine, 7 p.m. Villanova at Temple, 7 p.m.

Dixie St. at S. Utah, 8 p.m. Utah St. at Utah, 9 p.m. Oregon at Boise St., 10:15 p.m.

Augusta at Rome, 7 p.m. Asheville at Greenville, 7 p.m. Hickory at Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Lake County at Hagerstown, 7:05 p.m. Lakewood at Delmarva, 7:05 p.m. Greensboro at West Virginia, 7:05 p.m. Savannah at Charleston, 7:05 p.m. Lexington at Bowling Green, 8:05 p.m.

W 43 39 31 26

(Subject to change) Today EAST

W. Illinois at Sam Houston St., 7 p.m.

Today’s Games

Wilmington (Royals) Potomac (Nationals) Frederick (Orioles) x-Lynchburg (Pirates)

College schedule

SOUTHWEST

Greensboro at Hickory, 7 p.m. Bowling Green at Greenville, 7 p.m. Augusta at Rome, 7 p.m. Lake County at Hagerstown, 7:05 p.m. West Virginia at Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Lakewood at Delmarva, 7:05 p.m. Savannah at Charleston, 7:05 p.m. Lexington at Asheville, 7:05 p.m.

T Pct PF PA 0 .333 53 61 0 .333 52 61 0 .333 73 82 0 .333 41 63 T Pct PF PA 01.000 100 28 0 .667 73 64 0 .333 50 60 0 .000 47 68

Stephen F.Austin at SMU, 8 p.m. Prrie View vs. Texas So. at Houston, 8 p.m. Buffalo at UTEP, 9 p.m.

FAR WEST Nicholls St. at Air Force, 2 p.m. Portland St. at Oregon St., 2:30 p.m. Western St.,Colo. at Montana, 3 p.m. Weber St. at Wyoming, 3 p.m. W. Oregon at E. Washington, 3:05 p.m. San Jose St. at Southern Cal, 3:30 p.m. San Diego St. at UCLA, 7:30 p.m. Idaho at New Mexico St., 8 p.m. Stanford at Washington St., 8 p.m. San Diego at Azusa Pacific, 9:30 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Arizona, 10 p.m. Idaho St. at Arizona St., 10 p.m. Maryland at California, 10 p.m. UC Davis at Fresno St., 10 p.m. Sacramento St. at UNLV, 10 p.m. LSU at Washington, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 6 SOUTH S. Carolina St. vs. Grambling St. at Orlando, Fla., 2 p.m. Mississippi at Memphis, 3:30 p.m.

FAR WEST

OF NOTE: Low putts – Kitty White with 28; Birdies – White on No. 1, Kathy DeVore at No. 9, Nancy Bodycomb at No. 16; Chip-ins – Judy Schild at No. 14.

Colorado St. at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 7 EAST Cincinnati at Rutgers, 4 p.m.

SOUTH

AP Top 25 schedule

Northern Division W Kannapolis (White Sox)42 West Virginia (Pirates) 37 Lake County (Indians) 37 x-Lakewood (Phillies) 32 Delmarva (Orioles) 29 Hickory (Rangers) 28 Greensboro (Marlins) 27 Hagerstown (Nationals)23

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota r 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

3B—Callaspo (5). HR—Jacobs (17), Powell (5). SB—R.Sweeney (6). CS—DeJesus (8). SF—R.Davis, M.Ellis. IP H R ER BB SO Kansas City 1 3 3 3 1 1 Bannister L,7-12 12⁄3 Yabuta ⁄3 5 5 5 1 0 Chen 4 3 2 2 3 2 R.Colon 2 0 0 0 0 1 Oakland Cahill W,8-12 5 6 3 3 2 3 Kilby 2 1 0 0 0 2 Blevins 1 0 0 0 0 2 Eveland 1 2 1 1 0 1 T—2:36. A—13,920 (35,067).

Friday, Sept. 4 EAST West Chester at Delaware, 7 p.m.

SOUTH Tulsa at Tulane, 8 p.m.

FAR WEST Cent. Arkansas at Hawaii, 1:05 a.m.

Saturday, sept. 5 EAST St. Francis, Pa. at New Hampshire, Noon Akron at Penn St., Noon Minnesota at Syracuse, Noon Liberty at West Virginia, Noon C. Connecticut St. at Lehigh, 12:30 p.m. Georgetown, D.C. at Holy Cross, 1 p.m. Youngstown St. at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Fordham at Rhode Island, 1 p.m. Stonehill at Wagner, 1 p.m. Northeastern at Boston College, 2 p.m. S. Connecticut at Bryant, 3 p.m. Monmouth, N.J. at Colgate, 6 p.m. Bucknell at Duquesne, 6 p.m. Marist at Sacred Heart, 6 p.m. Stony Brook at Hofstra, 7 p.m.

SOUTH Appalachian St. at East Carolina, Noon W. Kentucky at Tennessee, Noon Methodist at Campbell, 1 p.m. Jacksonville St. at Georgia Tech, 1 p.m. Robert Morris at VMI, 1:30 p.m. Jackson St. at Mississippi St., 3:30 p.m. Baylor at Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m. Shaw at Bethune-Cookman, 4 p.m. Rice at UAB, 4 p.m. S. Illinois at Marshall, 4:30 p.m. Presbyterian at Furman, 5 p.m. Jacksonville at Webber Int’l, 5 p.m. Middle Tennessee at Clemson, 6 p.m. Delaware St. at Florida A&M, 6 p.m. Mars Hill at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m. Albany, N.Y. at Georgia Southern, 6 p.m. N.C. Central at Hampton, 6 p.m. Savannah St. at Livingstone, 6 p.m. Virginia St. at Norfolk St., 6 p.m. The Citadel at North Carolina, 6 p.m. Chowan at Old Dominion, 6 p.m. William & Mary at Virginia, 6 p.m. N. Carolina A&T at Winston-Salem, 6 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Auburn, 7 p.m. Newberry at Austin Peay, 7 p.m. Richmond at Duke, 7 p.m. Davidson at Elon, 7 p.m. Charleston Southern at Florida, 7 p.m. Southern U. at Louisiana-Lafayette, 7 p.m. S. Virginia at Morehead St., 7 p.m. Texas A&M Commerce at SE La., 7 p.m. Wofford at South Florida, 7 p.m. Alcorn St. at Southern Miss., 7 p.m. Alabama A&M at Tennessee St., 7 p.m. Indiana St. at Louisville, 7:30 p.m. Samford at UCF, 7:30 p.m. W. Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m. Concordia, Ala. at Alabama St., 8 p.m. Henderson St. at McNeese St., 8 p.m. Alabama vs. Virginia Tech at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Kentucky vs. Miami (Oh) at Cincinnati, Noon Montana St. at Michigan St., Noon Towson at Northwestern, Noon Navy at Ohio St., Noon Toledo at Purdue, Noon N. Iowa at Iowa, 12:05 p.m. Albion at Butler, 1 p.m. Valparaiso at St. Joseph’s, Ind., 1 p.m. W. Michigan at Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Nevada at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. Missouri vs. Illinois at St. Louis, 3:40 p.m. Grand View at Drake, 7 p.m. Army at E. Michigan, 7 p.m. N. Colorado at Kansas, 7 p.m. Florida Atlantic at Nebraska, 7 p.m. Connecticut at Ohio, 7 p.m. N. Illinois at Wisconsin, 7 p.m. Massachusetts at Kansas St., 7:10 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Georgia at Oklahoma St., 3:30 p.m. Ark.-Monticello at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 5 p.m. Northwestern St. at Houston, 5 p.m. Missouri St. vs. Ark. at Little Rock, 7 p.m. BYU vs. Oklahoma at Arlington, 7 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe at Texas, 7 p.m. New Mexico at Texas A&M, 7 p.m. Angelo St. at Texas St., 7 p.m. North Dakota at Texas Tech, 7 p.m. MVSU at Arkansas St., 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Florida St., 8 p.m.

TENNIS

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U.S. Open results

Wednesday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York Purse: $21.6 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men First Round Gael Monfils (13), France, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3. Andreas Beck, Germany, def. Evgeny Korolev, Russia, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-4. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Marat Safin, Russia, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Nicolas Kiefer, Germany, def. Michael Llodra, France, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Juan Carlos Ferrero (24), Spain, def. Fabrice Santoro, France, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, def. Chris Guccione, Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-0. Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, def. Richard Gasquet, France, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. Nicolas Almagro (32), Spain, def. Steve Darcis, Belgium, 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (8). Jose Acasuso, Argentina, def. Marcos Daniel, Brazil, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3. Robby Ginepri, United States, def. Andrei Pavel, Romania, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0. Daniel Koellerer, Austria, def. Rui Machado, Portugal, 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Juan Martin del Potro (6), Argentina, def. Juan Monaco, Argentina, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. Philipp Petzschner, Germany, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (6), 6-4, 46, 6-3. David Ferrer (18), Spain, def. Alberto Martin, Spain, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. Gilles Simon (9), France, def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3.

Second Round Lleyton Hewitt (31), Australia, def. Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Simon Greul, Germany, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5.

Women Second Round Flavia Pennetta (10), Italy, def. Sania Mirza, India, 6-0, 6-0. Li Na (18), China, def. Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portugal, 6-1, 6-3. Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, def. Amelie Mauresmo (17), France, 6-4, 6-0. Elena Vesnina (31), Russia, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 7-6 (6), 6-1. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Chang Kai-chen, Taiwan, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (20), Spain, 6-1, 6-3. Vera Zvonareva (7), Russia, def. Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. Venus Williams (3), United States, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-4, 6-2. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (12), Poland, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Victoria Azarenka (8), Belarus, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-1. Kim Clijsters, Belgium, def. Marion Bartoli (14), France, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2. Francesca Schiavone (26), Italy, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-4. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Angelique Kerber, Germany, 7-5, 6-3. Vania King, United States, def. Samantha Stosur (15), Australia, 7-5, 6-4. Daniela Hantuchova (22), Slovakia, def. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.

U.S. Open Show Courts Today All Times EDT Play begins at 11 a.m. Arthur Ashe Stadium Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, vs. Melanie Oudin, France Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, vs. Jelena Jankovic (6), Serbia James Blake (21), United States, vs. Olivier Rochus, Belgium

Night Session Play begins at 7 p.m. Christina McHale, United States, vs. Maria Sharapova (29), Russia Marc Gicquel, France, vs. Andy Roddick (5), United States

Louis Armstrong Stadium Dinara Safina (1), Russia, vs. Kristina Barrois, Germany Kevin Kim, United States, vs. Sam Querrey (22), United States Anastasija Sevestova, Latvia, vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova (6), Russia Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, vs. Carsten Ball, Australia

Grandstand Robert Kendrick, United States, vs. Tommy Haas (20), Germany Caroline Wozniacki (9), Denmark, vs. Petra Martic, Croatia Not before 2 p.m.: Julia Goerges, Germany, and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, vs. Serena and Venus Williams (4), United States Not before 3:30 p.m.: Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, vs. Jose Acasuso and Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina Not before 5 p.m.: John Isner, United States, vs. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey

PREPS

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Junior varsity Volleyball

Soccer HP Central 4, SW Randolph 1

Goals: HPC – Rubin Hwasser (2), Grant Fatyol, Tyson Batts Assists: HPC – Jorge Morales, Tyson Batts Goalies: HPC – Brandon Pouden

Middle school Volleyball Westchester Country Day def. Canterbury, 25-18, 23-25, 25-18

Leaders: WCDS – Julia Sagerdahl 21 points, Kayla Watson 12 points, Jessica Barker 16 points, three aces Records: WCDS 1-0 Next game: WCDS at Greensboro Academy, Tuesday

Soccer Westchester 3, Canterbury 0 Goals: Westchester – Baxter Bruggeworth (3)

Records: Westchester 1-0 Next game: Westchester at Greensboro Academy, Tuesday

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BASEBALL Major League Baseball

MLS—Suspended Minnesota minor leaguers SS Jose Murillo and P Francisco Nunez for 50 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Recalled OF Josh Reddick from Pawtucket (IL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Activated INF Bobby Crosby from the 15-day DL. Claimed RHP John Meloan off waivers from Pittsburgh and optioned him to Sacramento (PCL). TAMPA BAY RAYS—Recalled RHP Wade Davis from Durham (IL).

National League

CHICAGO CUBS—Activated RHP David Patton from the 15-day DL. CINCINNATI REDS—Purchased the contract of LHP Pedro Viola from Louisville (IL). Transferred INF Danny Richar to the 60-day DL. WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Claimed LHP Victor Garate off waivers from the L.A. Dodgers.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Signed C Mikki Moore.

FOOTBALL National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS—Released LB Pat Thomas. CAROLINA PANTHERS—Named Danny Morrison president. DALLAS COWBOYS—Waived WR Travis Wilson. DETROIT LIONS—Released CB Keith Smith and WR Glenn Holt. Claimed QB Kevin O’Connell off waivers from New England. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed G Marcus Johnson. Released C Sean Mahan.

Canadian Football League

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Released WR Craphonso Thorpe.

HOCKEY National Hockey League

FLORIDA PANTERS—Signed RW Evgeny Dadonov. OTTAWA SENATORS—Announced the retirement of D Jason Smith. PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed LW Taylor Pyatt to a one-year contract. VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Agreed to terms with G Roberto Luongo on a 12-year contract extension through the 2021-22 season.

SOCCER Major League Soccer

D.C. UNITED—Signed G Abdul Hamid. PHILADELPHIA UNION—Named Cara Joftis director of marketing.

COLLEGE

NCAA—Placed the Georgetown baseball program on three years’ probation because 26 players received a total of more than $60,000 in excess pay from 2001-07 in a work-study program. DUKE—Named Kevin Lehman assistant director of women’s basketball operations and Sarah Smoak director of marketing and assistant director of women’s basketball operations. HIGH POINT—Named Tim Teefy strength and conditioning coach. OHIO STATE—Named Pat Chun senior associate athletics director for external relations. OHIO WESLEYAN—Named Ian Miller golf coach and Seth McGuffin assistant track & field coach. SIENA—Named Dennis Bates associate athletic director of operations. SUSQUEHANNA—Named T.J. Jordan and Mark Prusch men’s assistant basketball coaches and Kristal Hood women’s assistant basketball coach.

Ledford def. Trinity, 25-18, 25-20 Leaders: Ledford – Tori Griffitts 12 points, 6 aces, 14 assists, 1 dig; Molly Holbert 5 kills; Madeline and Haylee Leonard 4 kills each; Sarah Weavil 8 points, 5 aces, 1 dig Records: Ledford 4-0 Next game: Ledford at West Davidson, today

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Knights after this one. ... North 34, East 20 If early stings from the Yellow Jacket offense don’t send the Bison into shock, Central recovers just in SOUTHERN GUILFORD AT SOUTHEAST GUILFORD We all had that scare with the Asian bird flu a few time. ... Central 24, Lexington 22 I’m flapping proof that us birds aren’t immune from years ago, and your great prognosticator flew through life’s pitfalls. The Storm leaves the Falcons feeling that unscathed, I’m happy so say. sick. ... Southern 18, Southeast 10 WEST STOKES AT TRINITY But now, this! The Great Quayle someTrinity’s offense has been running through oppohow has contracted the swine flu and nents like a bad cold through a cheap box of tissues. BISHOP MCGUINNESS AT HIGHLAND TECH been under the weather all week. Luck- Bless you, West! ... Trinity 31, West 14 All the high-tech equipment in the world won’t help ily for this birdbrain – and everybody Highland Tech survive the Villains. ... Bishop 34, else out there – I’m part of the recent WHEATMORE AT WEST DAVIDSON Highland 12 outbreak that has seen normal cases The Wal-Green Dragons deliver a hard pill to swaland nothing scarier like last summer. low for first-year school Wheatmore. ... West 35, GLENN AT CARVER Still, a healthy dose of winners this Wheatmore 12 The Bobcats’ defense goes under the knife as the Friday certainly would help speed my Yellowjackets Carve out a win. ... Carver 23, Glenn PICKING recovery. This week’s picks: 20 RAGSDALE AT WESTERN GUILFORD THE A punishing group of Tigers will keep the sports WINNERS LEDFORD AT SOUTHWEST GUILFORD medicine guys busier than usual at Western on Sat- CENTRAL DAVIDSON AT SOUTH DAVIDSON It was about 37 strains of flu virus urday morning. ... Ragsdale 42, Western 6 The Spartans have my blessing for another win, San Quentin ago – or 12 years – since the Cowboys which gives them a 3-0 start – and that’s nothing to Quayle opened a season with two wins. Look for A.L. BROWN AT THOMASVILLE sneeze at. ... Central 31, South 23 ■■■ Southwest to make it 3-0. ... Southwest Facing two tough teams in a row for the Bulldogs 30, Ledford 20 will have Thomasville feeling the “ow” in A.L. Brown. WEEKLY SPECIAL Maura Tierney of “ER” fame over Hot Lips Houli... Kannapolis Brown 24, Thomasville 16 T.W. ANDREWS AT GRIMSLEY han from “M*A*S*H” in best-nurses-to-get-me-on-theThe Red Raiders walk into the room and deliver NORTH DAVIDSON AT EAST DAVIDSON road-to-recovery contest. a Grim prognosis for the Whirlies. ... Andrews 33, Last week: 7-4 (63.6 percent) Sleep – and lots of it – almost always makes you feel Grimsley 13 Season to date: 13-9 (59.1 percent) better, and it’ll be a good night’s sleep for the Black BY SAN QUENTIN QUAYLE AAAH-CHOOZING THE WINNERS

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VOLLEYBALL LEDFORD DEF. TRINITY

TRINITY – Ledford took three close games at Trinity on Wednesday for a sweep that left the Panthers 6-0 for the season. Ledford prevailed 25-20, 25-20 and 25-23 in the nonconference matchup. Cady Ray sparked the Panthers with 20 service points, seven aces, seven assists, one kill and one dig. Also for Ledford, Carman Pericozzi had eight kills and four blocks, Stevi Williams notched eight points, two aces, three kills and two digs, and Taylor Ballard collected six points, three aces and three kills. Ledford goes for 7-0 tonight at West Davidson.

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Stevi Williams (2) leads her Ledford teammates in celebration during a match against Trinity on Wednesday. Tiffany Vanhpraseuth beating Lindsey Rose, Kathryn Stroup topping Aubria Vanstory, Elona Jones besting Christina Perry, Katherine SulDon’t miss the new-and-improved livan cruising past Samantha Wall, hpe.com, which is up and runDrew Sapp beating Ashlee Branch ning as of today. Find more stoand Brielle Anthony knocking off ries and more photos than ever Francesca Riker. before, including a slide show of The Ledford doubles team of Randi all the action from Wednesday’s Loggins and Logan Allen beat RoseTrinity-Ledford volleyball match. Vanstory, while Rebekah Mattox and Spencer Walters topped Perry-Wall. Southern’s win came from Branch Trinity High School. Justin Resor, Wesley Helmanpolar and Riker over Emily Wilson and and Michael Furr had assists for the Halle Baity. Ledford plays host to Trinity today, Warriors. Ricky Lockhart secured while Southern (2-3) welcomes North the shut out in goal. Forsyth on Wednesday. TENNIS

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JAMESTOWN – Ragsdale swept Page 25-21, 26-24, 25-23 in nonconference action on Wednesday. Leaders for the Tigers included Morgan Hooks (13 kills), Amy Bumgarner (10 kills) and Brittany Morris (22 digs). Ragsdale’s junior varsity prevailed 24-14, 25-19 over the Pirates. Both of the Ragsdale squads are 5-1 and host HP CENTRAL 6, PARKLAND 3 East Forsyth today. HIGH POINT – The Bison picked up SOCCER a win in the Piedmont Triad 4A Conference on Wednesday, topping ParkTHOMASVILLE 8, ANDREWS 0 land by a 6-3 final. THOMASVILLE – Izzy Escamalia High Point Central got singles wins scored four goals Wednesday night from Lacy McNeill, Hannah Howell, as Thomasville topped T. Wingate Miller Heiman and Rachel Corn. The Andrews 8-0 in a nonconference doubles teams of Howell and Heiman game. as well as Corn and Andrea Parrish The Bulldogs (2-0) also got two finished off the win as Central imgoals from Luis Monreal and single proved to 3-3 overall and 2-1 in the tallies from Hector Conales and JePTC. sus Jiminez. The Bison return to action Tues“High Point Andrews has strugday at Glenn. gled for years even to be able to field a team,” Thomasville coach Huey EAST DAVIDSON 9, WHEATMORE 0 Turner said following the Red RaidTHOMASVILLE – East Davidson ers’ season-opener. “Even with the cruised to a 9-0 victory against way the score ended up, those kids Wheatmore on Wednesday. never quit. They’re going to be a Singles winners for the Golden good team.” Eagles were Morgan Sikes, Summer Thomasville visits South Davidson Pope, Emma Whitley, Taylor Natonight. houm, Brittany Nobles and Alyssa Harvell. The doubles teams of SikesSW RANDOLPH 1, HP CENTRAL 0 Pope, Whitley-Nahoum and NoblesFARMER – Southwestern Randolph Harvell rounded out the victory as connected on a second-half goal East improved to 3-1 entering TuesWednesday night for a 1-0 victory day’s contest at Lexington. against High Point Central. The Bison, now 1-3, play Andrews SOUTHWEST GUILFORD 9, GLENN 0 on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the High HIGH POINT – Southwest Guilford Point Athletic Complex. picked up its first win of the season Wednesday, topping Piedmont Triad E. DAVIDSON 3, LEDFORD 1 4A Conference foe Glenn by a 9-0 WALLBURG – Travis Luck scored all score. of East Davidson’s goals in a 3-1 vicIn singles, Morgan Jackson, Jactory over rival Ledford on Wednesqulyn Pfuhl, Heather Min, Michelle day. Marrara, Sally Han and Jeanie Choi Nick Lopez and Cameron Murphy picked up the points. The doubles had assists for the Golden Eagles, teams of Jackson-Marrara, Pfuhlwho benefitted from Zak Sheppard’s Min and Choi-Grace Lim completed play in goal. the sweep as Southwest moved to 1-4 East (4-1) travels to Randleman on entering today’s match at R.J. ReynTuesday. olds.

WHEATMORE 4, PROVIDENCE GROVE 0

TRINITY – Bradley Barnette, Eric Lagueruela, Avery Musgrave and Alan Byrd each scored once for Wheatmore in a 4-0 victory over Providence Grove on Wednesday at

LEDFORD 8, SOUTHERN GUILFORD 1 WALLBURG – Ledford improved to 60 for the season with Wednesday’s 8-1 win over Southern Guilford, the first Mid-Piedmont 3A Conference match for both teams. The Panthers swept singles, with

BISHOP 6, EAST SURRY 3 KERNERSVILLE – Bishop McGuinness doubled up East Surry 6-3 in a Northwest 1A/2A Conference match. Four singles wins for the Villains came from the second through fifth spots with Elizabeth Davis, Katy Jones, Marie Petrangeli and Natalie Curnes. The doubles teams of Emily Ciriano-Davis and Curnes-Kenney wrapped up the win for Bishop, which improved to 4-1.

GOLF AT SEDGEFIELD COUNTRY CLUB GREENSBORO – Ragsdale’s girls opened the fall season with a 15-shot win against Northern Guilford at Sedgefield Country Club. The Tigers carded a team score of 120 on the nine-hole, par-36 layout covering 2,600 yards. Laura Chang took medalist honors with a 37, just ahead of teammate Lily Crane at 38. Sandy Chung’s 45 was the final counting score for Ragsdale, with Savannah Mackie adding a 54 in the match. Northern got a trio of 45s from Taylor Penzer, Nicole Kasica and Tailor Murphy. The Tigers play again today at Bryan Park against Northern and Southwest Guilford.

AT YADKIN COUNTRY CLUB YADKINVILLE – Mount Airy won Wednesday’s six-team match at Yadkin Country Club on Wednesday. The Bears shot 138 on the par-36 nine-hole layout, beating Forbush by nine shots. Starmount and South Stokes took third at 154, while Ledford was fifth at 157 and North Surry sixth at 168. Mount Airy’s Tori McGowan earned medalist honors with a 44. Ledford’s Morgan Brock was fifth overall at 47, with other counting scores for the Panthers coming from Carissa Davis and

CHICAGO — Ted Lilly pitched eight shutout innings to reach the 10-win mark for the seventh consecutive season and Derrek Lee hit a two-run homer, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 2-0 victory over Aaron Boone and the Houston Astros on Wednesday. Boone was back in a major league game five months after open-heart surgery. He played first base for Houston and was hitless in three at-bats.

three runs on seven hits.

PADRES 7, NATIONALS 0 SAN DIEGO — Kevin Correia limited Washington to three hits in 72⁄3 innings, and Adrian Gonzalez and Chase Headley hit two-run doubles for San Diego.

WHITE SOX 4, TWINS 2

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Nathan gave up consecutive home runs to Gordon Beckham and Paul Konerko with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Chicago White Sox got to Minnesota’s REDS 5, PIRATES 3 four-time All-Star closer CINCINNATI — Bran- in a 4-2 victory Wednesdon Phillips and Drew day. Stubbs homered to help Cincinnati sweep the ATHLETICS 10, ROYALS 4 four-game series and OAKLAND, Calif. — hand Pittsburgh its sev- Landon Powell hit his first enth straight loss. career grand slam to help Homer Bailey set a Oakland score five runs career high in strike- in the second inning, and outs for the second Trevor Cahill (8-12) won straight start, fanning consecutive starts for the eight in 61⁄3 innings. first time in more than two Bailey (5-4) allowed months.

Nadal advances, Safin departs NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone’s been curious about the condition of Rafael Nadal’s knees, so it made sense that his first Grand Slam opponent in three months would wonder as well. Which might explain why Richard Gasquet tried a drop shot deep in the third set of his U.S. Open match against Nadal on Wednesday. Nadal made the long run necessary to get to the ball, and flipped it back over the net, winning the point. A moment later, as if conspiring with Nadal to show everyone how fit the six-time major champion truly is these days, Gasquet offered up another drop shot. Nadal got to that one, too. Starting a bid to win the only Grand Slam title missing from his resume, Nadal encountered no apparent trouble from his much-scrutinized legs in a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Gasquet at Flushing Meadows. Gasquet, for one, was impressed. Nadal ceded the top spot to Roger Federer, whose bid for a sixth consecutive U.S. Open championship — and third Grand Slam title in a row this year — progressed with a 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Simon Greul of Germany

in front of a night-session record crowd of 24,206. Next for Federer is a matchup against twotime major winner Lleyton Hewitt, who defeated Juan Ignacio Chela 6-3, 63, 6-4. Federer has won 13 matches in a row against Hewitt, including in the 2004 U.S. Open final. Kim Clijsters was away for two years, having ended her retirement in August, and she continues to play as if she never left. Unseeded and unranked and playing at the U.S. Open for the first time since winning the 2005 title, the 26-yearold Belgian reached the third round by knocking off No. 14-seeded Marion Bartoli 5-7, 6-1, 6-2. Other seeded women sent home included No. 15 Samantha Stosur, a French Open semifinalist, who was beaten by Vania King of Long Beach, Calif., 7-5, 6-4; two-time major champion Amelie Mauresmo, who lost to Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada; No. 12 Agnieszka Radwanska and No. 20 Anabel Medina Garrigues. Two fixtures on the men’s tour said goodbye to Grand Slam tennis with first-round exits: Marat Safin of Russia and Fabrice Santoro of France, who are retiring at the end of the season.

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Struggling RCR reorganizes

WELCOME – Richard Childress Racing, which has struggled most of the season and will likely not have a car in the NASCAR Chase for the Championship after placing three the past two seasons, is reorganizing the management of its competition department in an attempt to improve performance. The teams field cars driven by Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton and Casey Mears. Bowyer, who ranks best in points of the four in 15th, can still make the Chase but also could be eliminated this Sunday at Atlanta. All four teams are winless and combined have eight top-five finishes, four of them by Bowyer, “This reorganization is the result of a process that took place over the past few months to improve our performance,” team owner Richard Childress said in a statement. “Ontrack performance is the lifeblood of RCR and everything we do is impacted by how competitive our cars are week-in and week-out. Our common goal remains the same: win races and compete for championships. The creation of these new processes and priorities, with greater accountability, will improve our perfor-

mance and every aspect of our organization. “ Mike Dillon, who is Childress’ son-in-law, retains his position as vice president of competition, but with revised responsibilities. His primary focus will continue to be competition department oversight. He reports directly to Childress. Scott Miller, crew chief for the No. 31 Chevrolet driven by Jeff Burton, has been named to the revised position of director of competition. His primary responsibility is oversight of the key areas of car performance: speed, handling and durability. Miller reports directly to Dillon and will continue his dual responsibilities until the conclusion of the 2009 season. The crew chief position for the No. 31 team will be filled at a later date. Kent Day, RCR’s technical director of competition, now reports directly to Miller. Day’s primary responsibility is in setting the technical direction of race car development. Will Lind, an employee of RCR since 1982 and the director of competition the past two seasons, will assume the new role of business director of competition. Lind will continue to report directly to Dillon.

Matt Kenseth lifts the winner’s trophy as he celebrates with his crew after winning the Daytona 500 in February. Following a win the next week in California, Kenseth’s season took a downward turn.

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Piedmont strip preps for busy weekend BY GREER SMITH ENTERPRISE SPORTS WRITER

AREA RACING NOTEBOOK:

Piedmont Dragway outside of Greensboro ushers in September with four days of racing over the next five days. The action starts tonight at 6 featuring one of the track’s Big Dog Shootouts. The racing switches to the two-wheel variety this Friday night and Saturday with the All Harley Davidson Motorcycles Drags Summer Nationals, featuring Open Fuel bikes. Monday brings a Pro Modified Blower vs. Nitros Smackdown, plus Top Eliminator, Sportsman, and Junior Dragsters racing.

TO THE BEACH

Myrtle Beach Speedway will revive an old tradition when it hosts the NASCAR Southern Modified Tour this weekend. It will be the first time for the tour to stop at Myrtle Beach under NASCAR sanction. But the track regularly hosted the group on Labor Day weekend while it was operated by the independent SMART Tour. Current points leader George Brunnhoelzl III and championship contender L.W. Miller have experience at Myrtle Beach in Hooters ProCup cars. Brunnhoelzl is 86 point ahead of Andy Seuss. Brian Loftin, who scored his first victory of the season Saturday at Caraway Speedway, is another 27 points behind. Miller is fourth and 153 points out of first. “I can’t wait to race our modifieds at Myrtle Beach,”

Brunnhoelzl said. “The track is abrasive, but it ought to be a great race for the fans.”

HERE AND THERE Top Fuel and Funny Cars will give a demonstration of racing using all four lanes at Lowe’s Motor Speedway’s drag strip as an exhibition during a break in elimination rounds Sunday, Sept. 20, at the Carolina Nationals. Drivers who are eliminated in the opening round will be asked to participate. The NHRA has indicated that all four lanes will be used in competition for the first time in one of its professional meets when it returns to LMS next March. ... High Point University student Austin Dillon will drive a No. 3 Chevrolet in Saturday’s truck race at Iowa Speedway as part of the celebration around the 40th anniversary of the creation of what is now his grandfather’s Richard Childress Racing. Mike Skinner won the first Truck Series championship driving a No. 3 truck from RCR. ... Chase Elliott, the 13-year-old son of Bill Elliott, won in his first PASS South Series start Saturday at Hickory Speedway. Ryan Blaney finished sixth. ... Justin Labonte finished ninth in the Carolina Clash dirt late model race won by Dennis Franklin on Saturday at Caraway Speedway. The first two races in that series’ championship playoff are scheduled Friday night at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia and Saturday night at Friendship Speedway in Elkin . gsmith@hpe.com | 888-3519

What was a storybook start to the season for Matt Kenseth is in danger of becoming a Stephen King novel. Thanks to a little bit of luck, Kenseth roared out of the gate in fine fashion. He won the Daytona 500 after taking the lead just before rain stopped the event and then followed that up with a victory in California. The magical start came to an end when his engine blew up just a couple of laps into the next race at Las Vegas. He’s struggled to get back in the groove since. Kenseth has managed just two more top-five finishes and is on the Chase for the Championship cut line in 12th place, just 34 points ahead of 13th-place Kyle Busch with this Sunday’s race at Atlanta and next week’s race at Richmond left to decide who will make it. “If you take out the first couple weeks of the season, the season

has been a little bit of a disappointment,” Kenseth said. “We haven’t ran quite as good as we hoped to. We’ve finished probably worse than we ran most of the time through all kinds of different circumstances – fuel mileage, flat tires and such. ... I’m glad we’re still in the top 12. It’s going to be a battle right till the last lap at Richmond. Hopefully we can have our cars be competitive this weekend as well as next and get ourselves in that Chase.” Kenseth’s victories came after he went winless last season. The wins are the only two scored by RoushFenway Racing and by a Ford this year. Kenseth said his team has fallen behind others in improving their new-generation cars. “When did we get behind?” Kenseth said. “I don’t know. We went winless last year, just never felt like we totally had a handle on the COT car. This year at Daytona obviously we ran really good. ... California we had a good car. We just hit everything right. We didn’t dominate the race, really. At some more of the 1.5mile tracks, it seemed liked we were

competitive. After that, we weren’t. “I don’t know why or I’d go in and figure out how to fix it. We’ve just been working on all aspects of the program, trying to get it better. But it seems like after Greg (Biffle) dominated Texas, somewhere soon after that, it seems like we as a group haven’t been as good.” Kenseth plans to just run his own race at Atlanta and Richmond. “We’ve been doing a little bit better lately, been more consistent,” Kenseth said. “I think we found some things in our cars to make them a little bit faster. I think we have good things in the pipeline coming up and are getting more competitive. “But really where we’re running, we’ve just got to run as hard as we can. After Richmond next week, we’ve just got to hope it’s good enough to get us in. We’ve just got to race as hard as we can. We’re probably going to have to run in the top five, top six both races to be safely in.” gsmith@hpe.com | 888-3519

Briscoe becomes IRL title favorite JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — At 5-foot-7 and 148 pounds, Ryan Briscoe has the prototypical build for an IndyCar series driver. You probably wouldn’t guess his favorite sport growing up in Australia was ... rugby? “I try to be tough,” Briscoe says, smiling. “I don’t know if I am. I was definitely the little guy in school, I was always the small guy. But I could take down the big guys.” The mild-mannered Briscoe is taking down the big guys in IndyCar this year, too. After beating fellow championship contender Scott Dixon in a thrilling race at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday

night – winning by only 0.0077 of a second for the fourth-closest finish in series history – Briscoe has a 25-point lead over Dario Franchitti in the standings going into the final two races of the season. Briscoe is now the clear favorite to win the series championship, a

remarkable turnaround for a driver who struggled to find a full-time IndyCar ride after an unsuccessful stint with Chip Ganassi’s team in 2005 ended with a brutal, fiery crash at Chicagoland that earned him the dubious nickname “Briscoe inferno.”

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Panthers trail Steelers in many ways

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson has long said he wanted his young franchise to emulate the family-run Pittsburgh Steelers. As the teams meet to close the exhibition schedule Thursday, the Panthers have plenty of catching up to do on and off the field. An injury-ravaged preseason full of missed tackles, few touchdowns and no wins was overshadowed this week by the stunning resignations of Richardson’s two sons from high-ranking jobs with the team. The rift in the family leaves no clear successor to the 73-year-old owner seven months removed from a heart transplant. Although Richardson hired TCU athletic director Danny Morrison as team president Wednesday, he’s yet to explain the resignations or his future plans with the team. The Steelers, meanwhile, remain the definition of front-office stability — and appear in much better shape on the field, too. Coming off its record sixth Super

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What: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Carolina Panthers Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte When: 8 p.m. Television: WFMY, Ch. 2

Bowl title, Pittsburgh, in its 76th year under three generations of ownership by the Rooney family, seems ready for the regular season. Ben Roethlisberger, recovered from a right foot injury, led two scoring drives in a 17-0 win over the Bills on Saturday. The Steelers’ defense looks as dominating as ever, too. With the Steelers to play the regularseason opener Sept. 10 against Tennessee, don’t expect to see the starters for more than a series or two Thursday. The night belongs to the fringe players trying to make the 53-man regular-season roster and the competition for backup

jobs on the offensive line. “There is no question their appearance is going to be a short one. That is the nature of it,” coach Mike Tomlin said of the first units. “They are going to have some teammates fighting until the bitter end to play well and make this football team. Those guys understand that process.” Panthers coach John Fox didn’t play his starters at all in the final exhibition game last year before they went 12-4 and won the NFC South. But the first units will play some Thursday, a final chance to gain some confidence in what’s been an unimpressive 0-3 preseason. The first-team offense has scored just one touchdown in six quarters, while the defense has been plagued by injuries and poor tackling. After struggling to defend the run in the first two games, Baltimore’s Joe Flacco picked apart Carolina’s secondary Saturday in the Ravens’ 17-13 win. “We’ll tighten it up and make sure everything is fine,” defensive tackle Damione Lewis said. “We didn’t do a lot of blitzing to keep them off-kilter. I think

as we get going and steadily put in our game plan getting ready for that first game we’ll have a lot more in our package.” Lewis could be lining up next to a new face Thursday. Louis Leonard, acquired from Cleveland, is the latest stopgap following Maake Kemoeatu’s season-ending torn Achilles’ tendon. But Carolina will again be without middle linebacker Jon Beason, whose status for the Sept. 13 opener against Philadelphia is in doubt because of a sprained knee. Running back Jonathan Stewart, who has participated in eight of 48 practices because of a mysterious Achilles’ tendon injury, won’t play Thursday. Pittsburgh has some injury concerns. Running back Willie Parker (hamstring) has missed the past two games and receiver Santonio Holmes (back) is banged up. Linebacker Lawrence Timmons (high ankle sprain) won’t play for a first-team defense that hasn’t allowed a touchdown in the preseason. But Tomlin’s eye is going to be on the backups.

UNC looks for more balance in passing game

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South Carolina (0-0) vs. North Carolina State (0-0), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Line: N.C. State by 4 1/2. Series record: N.C. State leads 26-25-4. Last meeting: 2008, South Carolina 34-0. Key matchup: N.C. State quarterback Russel Wilson vs. South Carolina’s defensive line. Wilson’s mobility and mistake-free play make him tough to contain for any defense. But the Gamecocks’ line — expected to be a strength this year — will be short-handed without Clifton Geathers and Ladi Ajiboye, both suspended following offseason arrests. Players to watch: South Carolina: QB Stephen Garcia and RB Brian Maddox. Coach Steve Spurrier has said he expects his sophomore quarterback to play the whole game, while Maddox gets first crack at sparking a rushing attack that ranked last in the Southeastern Conference last season. N.C. State: HB Toney Baker and LB Dwayne Maddox. Baker is returning from a nearly two-year absence due to knee injuries and has reclaimed a starting spot. Maddox, meanwhile, has the challenge of replacing top linebacker Nate Irving, who is lost for the season following injuries from a June car wreck.

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CHAPEL HILL — When North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates dropped back in the pocket a year ago, he automatically looked for one of his three top wide receivers — Hakeem Nicks, Brandon Tate or Brooks Foster. But the loss of those three players to the NFL left behind a receiving corps with little college experience, and its part of the reason why the Tar Heels will be looking for more balance in their passing game this year. “I think for us to take the next step offensively,

we’ve got to do a better job distributing the ball,” said John Shoop, UNC’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The offense spent the preseason working on spreading the ball more among the running backs, halfbacks and tight ends. Running back Shaun Draughn said Shoop keeps telling him he’s going to have eight to 10 catches a game this season. The most Nicks had in a game a year ago was nine. “He might have hyped it up a bit,” Draughn said with a laugh. But what Shoop wasn’t

exaggerating was UNC’s besides those three.” need to look beyond its Besides Draughn and receivers. In 2008, 74 per- the rest of the running cent of the passes went to backs, tight end Zack the wide receivers, and Pianalto could see an the year before that, 75 increased role in the ofpercent were to the wide- fense. Pianalto was hurt outs. for most of the 2008 sea“The message that I son, but he has received would like is that I would much praise during prelike us to be a lot more season training camp. balanced offense,” Coach “I feel like Coach Butch Davis said. “We Shoop is trying to spread had three phenomenally the ball around, not just talented wide receivers get it to the receivers,” last year, and they de- Draughn said. “We’ve served all the opportuni- got receivers that are ties to touch the ball. coming in, and they have “I think it would have to be acclimated to the made us even more le- system. … Coach Shoop, thal and a better offense he’s incorporated plays had we been able to in- where the ball comes to corporate other people me.”

State hopes to avoid Lewis tries to forget first college snap usual slow start BY BRYAN STRICKLAND ENTERPRISE DURHAM BUREAU

RALEIGH (AP) — Tom O’Brien’s first two years at North Carolina State have followed a familiar path: A slow start followed by a late surge that sent the Wolfpack into the regularseason finale playing for bowl eligibility. This time, N.C. State figures it can do much more, especially if it can get off to a fast start for once. The talent is there — starting with returning all-conference quarterback Russell Wilson — as is continuity entering a third season under O’Brien. So too is a favorable schedule, which includes eight home games and has the Wolfpack traveling outside the state only three times. “There was a lot of uncertainty in our first year because we didn’t know who or what we had,” O’Brien said. “In a lot of the key spots, there’s more guys returning that have played in games, which gives you the opportunity to think you can be a better football team.” Better than which team, the one that started the year or ended it? The Wolfpack (6-7, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) started 2-6 before winning four straight games to end the year, which included a rout of ranked rival North Carolina followed by a victory against Miami that clinched a trip to the Papajohns.com Bowl. O’Brien’s first team started 1-5 before finishing 5-7. N.C. State opens the year Sept. 3 against South Carolina, the first of four straight home games for the Wolfpack. “The past two years, we’ve had to dig ourselves out of a hole,” center Ted Larsen said. “I think we’re in a position where we can come out and start fast and keep our foot on the gas all year long and not have to

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Sept. 3—South Carolina Sept. 12—Murray State Sept. 19—GardnerWebb Sept. 26—Pittsburgh Oct. 3—at Wake Forest Oct. 10—Duke Oct. 17—at Boston College Oct. 31—at Florida State Nov. 7—Maryland Nov. 14—Clemson Nov. 21—at Virginia Tech Nov. 28—North Carolina come from behind.” Wilson’s return certainly gives N.C. State reason for optimism all by itself. He’s one of seven starters back for the offense, which will have added depth in the backfield with the return of halfback Toney Baker after he missed almost two full seasons with knee injuries. Jamelle Eugene also returns after splitting carries with NFL draft pick Andre Brown last year, along with top receiver Owen Spencer (691 yards, five touchdowns). The defense, however, is a bigger worry. N.C. State figured its anchor would be linebacker Nate Irving, an honorable mention all-conference pick last year despite missing three games with injuries. But Irving suffered a broken leg and collapsed lung in a June car wreck. Irving came out of the spring as the team’s top-rated defensive player. That will force the Wolfpack to rely more on young linebackers like sophomore Dwayne Maddox and redshirt freshman Terrell Manning to play larger roles.

DURHAM — Wednesday marked the fourth anniversary of Duke quarterback Thad Lewis’ first college snap, but it’s pretty safe to say he didn’t blow out any candles in celebration — given the way that he blew it. “I was so nervous,” Lewis said, recalling his first college play against Richmond, which will return to Wallace Wade Stadium for Saturday’s season opener. “I called the play in the huddle. It was a dig/post combination. I for-

got who had the dig; I forgot who had the post. “In the back on my mind, I was thinking, ‘I haven’t been hit yet. I want to see how they hit in college football.’ I got hit, and I threw the ball at the same time. “The pass was incomplete down the middle of the field. I don’t know where I was throwing it. My excuse when I came to the sideline was, ‘I got hit.’ “ Lewis settled down after the play, but four years later, he hopes to settle a score. Lewis played well enough against Richmond that night to wrestle the starting job

away from Marcus Jones, but he didn’t play well enough to prevent the Blue Devils from suffering the lone loss to a Football Championship Subdivision team in school history, a 13-0 setback on the way to an 0-12 season. “We remember ’06, and that’s just a tool to push you through,” Lewis said. “We remember that bitter taste we had after that game, although I was probably too young to have it all sink in.” That also was the first college game for Richmond quarterback Eric Ward, who, like Lewis, has started under center ever since.

ASU’s Edwards not expected to play against ECU BOONE (AP) — Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards isn’t expected to play in Saturday’s opener against East Carolina because of a right foot injury from a lawnmower accident last month. The school said Wednesday evening that sophomore DeAn-

dre Presley will start in Edwards’ place against the Pirates. Edwards was hurt when his foot got caught in the mower at his off-campus residence. Coach Jerry Moore had said he expected Edwards would be recovered in time for the opener, but said Tuesday that it was “really

doubtful” the senior would be ready. The elusive 6-footer burst onto the national scene in 2007 when he led the Mountaineers to an upset of Michigan. Last year he won the Walter Payton Award as the top player in the Football Championship Subdivision.

HPU hires strength coach SPECIAL TO THE ENTERPRISE

HIGH POINT – High Point University has named Tim Teefy head strength & conditioning coach, Athletic Director Craig Keilitz announced on Wednesday. A Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Teefy comes to HPU after two years as Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coordinator at George Mason. “Tim Teefy is an excellent addition to High Point Athletics,” said Keilitz. “He will be responsible for running a comprehensive program, which includes speed, agility, flexibility and strength. He has extensive experience and has demonstrated that he’s ready to lead his own program. We are very excited to have him

begin work with our student-athletes.” At George Mason, Teefy was responsible for designing and implementing the strength & conditioning programs for nine of the Patriots’ teams: men’s and women’s track & field, baseball, lacrosse, volleyball, softball, women’s soccer and men’s and women’s swimming & diving, as well as assisting in all aspects of the department. He conducted strength and performance assessments and taught proper techniques of various free weight lifts and plylometrics and instructed proper equipment use. In addition to his work with George Mason’s student-athletes, Teefy was an adjunct faculty member and taught two classes.

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Danaher to slash more jobs, plants

NEW YORK – Danaher Corp. said Wednesday it will shed about twice as many existing jobs and plants as previously announced and also buy a global provider of medical instruments to analyze molecules. The Washington-based company, which makes Sears’ Craftsman hand tools, dental X-ray machines and microscopes, has been cutting costs since last year. In April, the board decided that further reductions were needed in the face of “a general decline in worldwide demand for the company’s products and services,” Danaher said in a regulatory filing.

Sony sells PCs with Google browser

TOKYO – Sony Corp. is giving Google Inc.’s fledging Chrome browser a boost by installing it as the primary browser on Vaio-brand computers sold in the United States and Europe. The Sony devices continue to provide Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer – the world’s most widely used Web browser – allowing users to have a choice between the two. But many users stick with the browser that is preset as the default, meaning they are likely to experience Chrome as their primary – perhaps only – gateway to the Web.

AutoNation plans to order more cars

DETROIT – AutoNation Inc. said Wednesday it will increase vehicle orders in the fourth quarter as it seeks to restock showroom floors emptied out during the Cash for Clunkers program. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based auto retailer said it would boosts orders 50 percent in the fourth quarter from the third quarter. The company also ordered more cars than expected in the third quarter. “We had such a huge success with Cash for Clunkers that we are lean and need to increase orders of core products,” said CEO Mike Jackson.

Group: Replace mortgage giants WASHINGTON (AP) – A mortgage industry group wants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac replaced with private companies that would be able to issue mortgage bonds formally backed by the federal government. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s proposal, released Wednesday, offers a detailed plan for how to restructure the U.S. mortgage market, which has been torn apart by the housing bust.

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as bonds with their own guarantee attached, and would pay the government a fee for its backing. For investor confidence to return to the market for mortgage-backed securities, “there has to be an explicit government backstop,” said John Courson, the trade group’s president. Fannie and Freddie could be restructured into the new companies, but they would have to shed their bad mortgage assets first,

possibly in the form of a government-owned “bad bank.” Major banks like Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., could also take up this role, provided they create separate subsidiaries to do so. While Fannie and Freddie made massive bets on mortgages and associated derivatives, their replacements would only be able to have a minimal investment portfolio, according to the mortgage bankers’ plan.

Liquor company’s profit rises LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Liquor company BrownForman Corp. reported a 38 percent surge in firstquarter profit Wednesday as lower operating expenses related to job cuts and a seasonal drop in advertising offset sluggish sales for such key brands as Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, Southern Comfort and Finlandia vodka. The company said results were hurt by declines in drinking at bars and restaurants and in consumers trading down to less expensive drinks. The stronger

dollar also hurt results in export markets, which account for more than half the company’s sales. Still, Brown-Forman reaffirmed its full-year profit forecast of $2.60 to $3 per share. “We are pleased with our good start to the year, but we believe the environment will remain uncertain and challenging,” company Chief Executive Paul Varga said. Its Class B shares rose $1.28, or 2.9 percent, to $44.10 in morning trading.

Pfizer to pay record penalty WASHINGTON (AP) – Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug maker, will pay a record $2.3 billion civil and criminal penalty over unlawful prescription drug promotions. Announcing the settlement Wednesday, the Justice Department said that it included the largest criminal fine in U.S. history — $1.2 billion. The agreement also included a criminal forfeiture of $105 million. Authorities called Pfizer a repeat offender, noting it is the fourth such settlement of government charges in the last decade. They said the government will monitor the company’s conduct for the next five years to rein in the abuses. To promote the drugs, authorities said Pfizer invited doctors to consul-

Jeff Arnett, the master distiller at the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tenn., tests the aroma of whiskey taken from an aging barrel in one of the barrel houses at the distillery.

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tant meetings at resort locations, paying their expenses and providing perks. “They were entertained with golf, massages, and other activities,” said Mike Loucks, the U.S. attorney in Massachusetts. Loucks said that even as Pfizer was negotiating deals on past misconduct, they were continuing to violate the very same laws with other drugs. Six corporate whisteblowers who first brought the misconduct to light will share $102 million of the settlement money. FBI Assistant Director Kevin Perkins praised the whistleblowers who decided to “speak out against a corporate giant that was blatantly violating the law and misleading the public through false marketing claims.”

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Oil falls below $68 amid tight supplies

NEW YORK – Oil prices fell for a third straight day Wednesday, dipping below $68 a barrel despite an Energy Department report showing a drop in crude and gasoline supplies that suggests demand may be recovering. Benchmark crude for October delivery fell 12 cents to $67.93 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract lost $1.91 on Tuesday to settle at $68.05.

aid since they were seized by federal regulators last fall. The companies’ debt is not officially backed by the federal government, but has been effectively guaranteed since the takeover. The mortgage bankers’ plan would replace Fannie and Freddie with several federally regulated private companies known as Mortgage Credit Guarantor Entities (nicknamed “McGees”). They would buy loans and sell them

The Obama administration doesn’t expect to announce its plans for the two companies until early next year. It has listed several options, including merging them into a federal agency, shutting them down, or have their bad mortgage assets split into a new governmentbacked company. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own or guarantee about $5.4 trillion in mortgage debt and have needed about $96 billion in federal

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NEW YORK (AP) – The stock market extended its slide to a fourth day as investors worried that a weak job market will trip up a recovery in the economy. Stocks posted modest losses Wednesday, a day after tumbling on fears about the health of banks and concerns that a six-month rally of 50 percent has left the stock market overheated. The Dow Jones industrial average lost another 30 points after skidding 186 points Tuesday. A private sector report on unemployment gave investors new reason to fret about what is widely seen as the biggest problem facing the economy. The ADP National Employment Report found that employment fell by 298,000 in August following a revised loss of 360,000 jobs in July. The losses were the smallest since September 2008

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but more than analysts had expected. The report shapes expectations for the Labor Department’s monthly reading on jobs, which is due Friday. Unemployment has hit consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity. Without more help from consumers, the economy will have trouble pulling out of the longest recession since World War II. The Dow fell 29.93, or 0.3 percent, to 9,280.67, pushing its four-day slide to 300 points, or 3.1 percent. The index crossed between gains and losses 108 times as it traded in the second tightest point range this year. The S&P 500 index fell 3.29, or 0.3 percent, to 994.75, while the Nasdaq composite index fell 1.82, or 0.1 percent, to 1,967.07.

Seoul Composite Singapore Straits Times Sydney All Ordinaries Taipei Taiex Shanghai Shanghai B EUROPE / AFRICA Amsterdam Brussels Madrid Zurich Milan Johannesburg Stockholm

Foreign Exchange The dollar slipped against some other major world currencies Wednesday. Reports showed productivity rose while employers are cutting fewer workers, though layoffs are likely to continue.

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their productivity gains to bolster their bottom lines as many struggle to stay in business. This cost-cutting helped many companies report better-than-expected second-quarter earnings despite falling sales. But economists worry that such aggressive cuts will make it harder to mount a sustainable recovery. That’s because the lack of wage growth and shortage of jobs will depress household incomes and make the

prospects for a sustained rebound in consumer spending less likely. Consumer spending is critical to the recovery since it accounts for about 70 percent of total economic activity. The Labor Department said Wednesday that productivity, the amount of output per hour of work, rose at an annual rate of 6.6 percent in the April-June quarter, the largest advance since the summer of 2003. Economists expected an increase of 6.4 percent,

matching the government’s initial estimate last month. Labor costs fell at an annual rate of 5.9 percent. That’s the largest drop since the second quarter of 2000, and slightly bigger than the 5.8 percent decline estimated a month ago. The slight changes reflected that total output, as measured in productivity terms, did not drop as much as initially estimated and hourly compensation, after adjusting for inflation, did not rise as much.

Coordination worries Mercantile Exchange chief

WASHINGTON (AP) – Two agencies with oversight of the financial markets on Wednesday started coordinating their rules to eliminate differences involving similar types of investments, while the head of a major U.S. exchange said those efforts could do “more harm than good.” The Securities and Exchange Commission, the government’s primary markets watchdog, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission —

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which oversees the trading of oil, gas and other commodities as well as financial instruments – have battled in the past over regulatory turf. But as lawmakers craft an overhaul of the nation’s financial rules and consider the Obama administration’s sweeping proposal, the two agencies recently reached an agreement on sharing regulation of the over-the-counter derivatives market. Derivatives are traded in a $600 trillion unregu-

lated market worldwide. Their value hinges on an underlying investment or commodity, such as currency rates, oil futures or interest rates; they are designed to reduce the risk of loss from the underlying asset. “We believe these markets are actually highly dissimilar,” said Craig Donohue, CEO of CME Group Inc., owner of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, referring to those regulated by the two agencies. Melding their regu-

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Productivity rises most in six years

WASHINGTON (AP) – Worker productivity, the single biggest factor determining living standards, grew at the fastest pace in nearly six years in the spring while labor costs fell by the most in nine years, as companies slashed costs to survive the recession. Increases in productivity can help boost living standards because companies can increase wages financed by rising output. But during the recession, companies have been using

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lations could do “substantially more harm than good.” William Brodsky, the CEO of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, recommended the SEC – which uses a rules-based approach to regulation – get closer to the principles-based approach of the CFTC. The CFTC’s method gives more discretion to how exchanges operate and is less likely to delay the approval of new financial products, he said.

RHJ sweetens offer for GM’s Opel WIESBADEN, Germany (AP) – RHJ International SA said Wednesday it has improved its offer for General Motors Co.’s Opel unit, saying it would put more cash into the automaker and seek lower loan guarantees from Germany’s government. Arnaud Denis, a spokesman for the Brussels-based investment company, told The Associated Press that RHJ would provide €300 million ($429.4 million) in cash compared to €275 million offered earlier and expects loan guarantees of €3.2 billion from the government, down from €3.8 billion. “We are still in the race,” Denis said of the ongoing process to resolve the future of Adam Opel GmbH, whose fate has been debated during nearly six months

of sometimes intensive talks. Under the new offer, RHJ would pay back the state loans by 2013 instead of 2014. RHJ is bidding for control of Opel, although the German government has repeatedly said it favors a bid from Canadian car parts maker Magna International Inc. and Russian state-owned bank Sberbank, which have promised not to close any of the four Opel plants in Germany. Denis said RHJ’s new offer was “the best and most compelling” but added that, ultimately, “it’s now up to GM to decide.” Economy Ministry spokesman Steffen Moritz said that the German government was aware of the revised offer from RHJ, but that its “preference for the Magna offer” remains.

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High Point Enterprise Weather Today

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Local Area Forecast Kernersville Winston-Salem 78/57 78/56 Jamestown 79/58 High Point 79/58 Archdale Thomasville 79/58 79/58 Trinity Lexington 79/58 Randleman 79/58 79/59

North Carolina State Forecast

Elizabeth City 77/65

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

Asheville 76/51

High Point 79/58 Charlotte 81/58

Denton 79/58

Greenville 81/66 Cape Raleigh Hatteras 80/60 81/71

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ALBEMARLE . . . . . .80/58 BREVARD . . . . . . . . .76/52 CAPE FEAR . . . . . . .81/66 EMERALD ISLE . . . .79/69 FORT BRAGG . . . . . .80/62 GRANDFATHER MTN . .70/50 GREENVILLE . . . . . .81/66 HENDERSONVILLE .75/52 JACKSONVILLE . . . .80/66 KINSTON . . . . . . . . . .80/66 KITTY HAWK . . . . . . .79/73 MOUNT MITCHELL . .72/49 ROANOKE RAPIDS .81/61 SOUTHERN PINES . .80/60 WILLIAMSTON . . . . .79/67 YANCEYVILLE . . . . .79/58 ZEBULON . . . . . . . . .80/60

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ALBUQUERQUE . . . .89/60 ATLANTA . . . . . . . . .83/63 BOISE . . . . . . . . . . . .90/60 BOSTON . . . . . . . . . .78/60 CHARLESTON, SC . .79/67 CHARLESTON, WV . .80/60 CINCINNATI . . . . . . .81/56 CHICAGO . . . . . . . . .76/62 CLEVELAND . . . . . . .77/53 DALLAS . . . . . . . . . .92/71 DETROIT . . . . . . . . . .79/56 DENVER . . . . . . . . . .84/57 GREENSBORO . . . . .79/57 GRAND RAPIDS . . . .78/49 HOUSTON . . . . . . . . .93/71 HONOLULU . . . . . . . .89/76 KANSAS CITY . . . . . .70/60 NEW ORLEANS . . . .89/70

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LAS VEGAS . . . . . .104/83 LOS ANGELES . . . . .92/65 MEMPHIS . . . . . . . . .85/66 MIAMI . . . . . . . . . . . .93/78 MINNEAPOLIS . . . . . .78/52 MYRTLE BEACH . . . .81/66 NEW YORK . . . . . . . .80/64 ORLANDO . . . . . . . . .88/73 PHOENIX . . . . . . . . .102/82 PITTSBURGH . . . . . .79/51 PHILADELPHIA . . . . .82/63 PROVIDENCE . . . . . .79/58 SAN FRANCISCO . . .79/56 ST. LOUIS . . . . . . . . .80/65 SEATTLE . . . . . . . . . .68/55 TULSA . . . . . . . . . . . .80/64 WASHINGTON, DC . .80/60 WICHITA . . . . . . . . . .83/62

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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 +0.1 Flood Stage Current Level Change Yadkin College 18.0 1.18 +0.01 Elkin 16.0 1.29 -0.05 Wilkesboro 14.0 2.15 -0.01 High Point 10.0 0.66 -0.03 Ramseur 20.0 0.93 -0.18 Moncure 20.0 8.90 -0.01

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Precipitation (Yesterday) 24 hours through 6 p.m. . . . . . . .0.00" Month to Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" Normal Month to Date . . . . . . . . .0.27" Year to Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25.26" Normal Year to Date . . . . . . . . .29.82" Record Precipitation . . . . . . . . . .1.01"

Sun and Moon

Around Our State Today

Temperatures (Yesterday) High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Normal High . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Normal Low . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Last Year’s High . . . . . . . .85 Last Year’s Low . . . . . . . . .63 Record High . . . . .99 in 1932 Record Low . . . . . .48 in 1948

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

Hurricane Jimena swirls past southern Baja

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) – Hurricane Jimena plowed over Baja California on Wednesday, tearing off roofs, knocking down power poles and bringing welcome rainfall to a drought-stricken state. The storm made landfall Wednesday afternoon between Puerto San Andresito and San Jaunico, a sparsely populated area of fishing villages on the Pacific coast of the peninsula. Wind gusts and heavy rains blew down dozens of trees and lamp posts in Loreto, the nearest significant resort town to the area where Jimena made landfall, according to Humberto Carmona, a city official manning an emergency response center. About 500 people were in shelters in Loreto, which lies roughly on the other side of the narrow peninsula from where Jimena made landfall. The picturesque beach resorts of Los Cabos, on the southernmost tip, were mostly spared over-

captain who grew up in Long Beach, California, and moved here 30 years ago, surveyed the marina AP where his boat, the Great Workers remove wooden boards off a coffee shop a day after hurricane Jimena passed next to Cabo San Lucas, in Escape, was undamaged. “We really lucked out,” Mexico’s western Baja California Peninsula, Wednesday. Rivero said. “If it had hit night, when the roaring day’s roaring 150 mph (240 runs north up the Baja homes in the small farm- Cabo head on, this place hurricane toppled signs, kph) Category 4 blasts to peninsula, which is home ing city of Ciudad Con- would have been a disaschoked streets with mud 85 mph (140 kph), mak- to about 3.5 million peo- stitucion, Baja California ter,” he said of the hunand knocked out power, ing Jimena a Category 1 ple, including more than Sur Gov. Narciso Agun- dreds of tightly packed but did little serious dam- storm. The U.S. National 150,000 U.S. citizens, ac- dez told the Cabo Mil ra- boats, some worth millions, and the surroundage. No injuries were re- Hurricane Center in Mi- cording to the U.S. State dio station. In Los Cabos, Ariel ing resort hotels now ami said it was expected Department. ported. Winds damaged some Rivero, 49, a fishing boat basking in the calm. Winds fell from Tues- to weaken further as it

Change is seen in Atlantic from climate, fishing PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The basic makeup of the ocean waters off the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic region has fundamentally changed in the past 40 years because of climate change, commercial fishing pressures and growing coastal populations, according to a new report. The 2009 Ecosystem Status Report says fish populations in U.S. waters from North Carolina to Maine have moved from their traditional home grounds because of a changing environment and human activities. The report is the broadest study that researchers have undertaken for U.S.

waters in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, Michael Fogarty, who headed the study, said Tuesday. The findings show how interconnected the ecosystem is, he said. “We need to consider these interrelationships and connections. In some cases they aren’t obvious on the surface,” said Fogarty, head of the ecosystem assessment program at the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Falmouth, Mass. “If we ignore them or don’t understand them, then we could come away with the wrong picture of what’s driving things.” Fogarty’s research team looked at variables such as water temperatures,

circulation patterns, fishing pressure, pollution and habitat loss in a 100,000square-mile area off the Northeast and mid-Atlantic coast. The area is one of 64 regions in the world’s oceans designated as a large marine ecosystem. A recurring theme of the report is that the ecosystem is changing. Commercial fishing practices have contributed to changes in the composition of the region’s fishery population, which is now dominated by species such as mackerel, herring, skates and small sharks, the report says. The change in the fish population mix is being felt by other species. For exam-

ple, spiny dogfish sharks feed on silver hake, putting that type of bottom-dwelling fish under additional pressure. The region’s water temperatures are also on the rise, which affects where fish live. Fish that prefer warmer waters – such as croaker in the Mid-Atlantic – are increasing in abundance in the region, Fogarty said. At the same time, fish such as cod are moving north in search of colder waters, causing a shift in their population range. If the waters continue to get warmer, traditional fishing grounds could be hurt.

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High Points this week In concert CHILDREN OF THE WORLD International Children’s Choir performs at 9:30 a.m. today at High Point Christian Academy, 800 N. Phillips Ave. The choir is composed of orphaned and disadvantaged children from around the world. They perform songs in English and in languages of their native countries. The concert is free; an offering will be taken to provide clean water in children’s home areas.

On exhibit “

CELEBRATING SHAKESPEARE,” a mini-exhibit of Shakespeare dolls, continues through Oct. 4 at the Doll & Miniature Museum of High Point, 101 W. Green Drive. It includes dolls representing William Shakespeare, Bottom, Hamlet, Othello and Falstaff. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students 16 and older, $2.50 for age 6-15, free for age 5 and younger, 8853655

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rary elements of Chinese culture. $35-$99, www.ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster outlets, (800) 7453000, coliseum box office BRITNEY SPEARS brings her “The Circus Starring Britney Spears” tour to the Greensboro Coliseum, 1921 W. Lee St., at 8 p.m. Saturday. Jordin Sparks, the youngest contestant to win “American Idol,” opens. Spears’ $50 million show incorporates music, dance, magic and theatrics, with a cast of nearly 50 dancers, magicians, clowns and acrobats and a traveling staff of more than 200. $39.50 and more, www. ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster outlets, (800) 745-3000, coliseum box office

Labor Day PIEDMONT WIND SYMPHONY gives a Labor Day concert at 6 p.m. Monday at the Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem, 390 S. Liberty St., Winston-Salem. The free concert is outdoors, Titled “From Sea to Shining Sea,” it features patriotic music and music by American composers. Concertgoers may bring lawn chairs and picnics. Hot dogs and ice cream will be available to purchase. Rain date is Sept. 12

Britney Spears brings her “The Circus Starring Britney Spears” tour to the Greensboro Coliseum at 8 p.m. Saturday.

“THE COLOR PURPLE” starring Fantasia Barrino will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Sept. 10, 8 p.m. Sept. 11, 2 and 8 p.m. Sept. 12, 2 and 7 p.m. Sept. 13 in War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro Coliseum, 1921 W. Lee St. $49.50$100, www.ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster outlets, (800) 745-3000, coliseum box office SHEN YUN Performing Arts performs classical Chinese dance and music at 7:30 p.m. Friday in War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro Coliseum, 1921 W. Lee St. Costumed dancers, singers and musicians with an accompanying live orchestra perform pieces that incorporate ethnic and folk dances with themes drawn from history and contempo-

“The Color Purple” starring Fantasia Barrino will be performed beginning Tuesday at War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro Coliseum.

“The Golden Girls” all day Monday This Labor Day, couch surf your way to Miami to visit “The Golden Girls” Monday from 8 a.m. until 3 a.m. Hallmark Channel will air 19 hours of the hit Emmy award-winning show, featuring the ‘Girls’– hilarious Blanche, dopey Rose, senile Sophia, and matter-of-fact Dorothy. Their comical conflicts will keep you laughing as they bicker about men, family and each other’s zany quirks, all while remaining the best of friends.

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“If I unblock the ace of spades early,” Cy said, “I can’t use the clubs. If I win the first heart with the king, I never get my king of spades.” Cy was a glutton for overtricks, He must win the first heart in dummy, cash the ace of spades and lead the jack of clubs. If East ducks, Cy leads the ten next. He retains the transportation to take all nine of his winners.

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Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Kiran Desai, 38; Charlie Sheen, 44; Valerie Perrine, 66; Eileen Brennan, 77 HAPPY BIRTHDAY: The more you separate yourself from the crowd, the better. Present with confidence whatever you want to pursue. You have a good plan and your sound way of approaching whatever you feel will bring you good results should be sufficient to get things off the ground. Set your course for future success. Your numbers are 9, 11, 15, 23, 37, 40, 42 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Talks will lead to a better relationship with friends, lovers and your peers. Be open about the way you feel and how you see things unfolding in the future. The input you get back will help you establish what you should do next. ★★★ TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Get involved in something you feel strongly about and you will make a difference. The knowledge and experience you gain will help you in your personal and business life. Taking action will show others that you are capable of being a leader. ★★★★ GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You could easily make a mistake if you are too giving of your time, money or skills. By taking a professional approach, you stand a better chance of getting a proposal that will compensate you and allow you to help a cause you believe in. ★★ CANCER (June 21-July 22): You may be put in an awkward position if someone wants you to do something that is a little different or too exotic for you. Sticking around home can be fun if you plan to do things with someone who means something to you. Don’t argue, just do what suits you best. ★★★ LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You can come up with some moneymaking ideas if you look at what you have and what you can use to service others. Your entertaining personality will capture someone’s interest. You will benefit from an unusual source. ★★★ VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t leave anything to chance. Look at every means available in order to get the upper hand professionally. Perfection and detail will count and will lead to a better position in the end. ★★★ LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You should do something nice for yourself. Buy something that will make you feel good or sign up for a course that will raise your self-esteem or enhance your skills. Love is on the rise. ★★★★★ SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’ll have to watch what you do, say and promise at home or to people with whom you are personally contracting. Don’t leave anything to the imagination. Overspending, overdoing and over consuming will all lead to loss. ★★ SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Think before you speak. An emotional situation will cause you grief if you make a promise in the heat of the moment. Keep things honest and refrain from committing to something that you know you will not do. ★★ CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are sitting in a good position, so be prepared to follow through even if it means someone else’s loss. You have played a fair game and it’s time to collect what’s owed to you. Don’t give in to someone trying to play on your emotions. ★★★★ AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): False pretenses will lead to a parting of the ways between you and someone you care about. Be ready to compensate someone you jilted, even if it was unintentional. Clarify exactly what you have to offer. ★★★ PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ll be emotional regarding a relationship and how you are being treated. Consider your own actions before you point the finger at someone else. Don’t feud over stupid, trivial annoyances. ★★★

ACROSS 1 Google links 6 Remain 10 Sleep outdoors 14 Keats or Wordsworth 15 Rising & falling of the waves 16 __ vera 17 Main artery 18 Take apart 19 Shoe bottom 20 Congenial 22 More cruel 24 This and __ 25 Sorrow 26 Profession 29 Wild Australian dog 30 Pub order 31 Motherless calf in a range herd 33 Sidestep 37 Grasslands 39 Elbow 41 Opera solo 42 Leg bone 44 Sluggish 46 Listener’s need 47 Constructed 49 Bring to mind 51 Coloring

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BRIDGE

Cy the Cynic likes to eat, as his girth attests. Cy says there’s nothing wrong with gluttony as long as you don’t overdo it. That may be true at the dinner table but not at the bridge table. Cy expected overtricks at today’s 3NT. He won the first heart with the ace and took the ace of clubs – and West threw a diamond. The Cynic continued with the K-J of clubs, but East took the queen and led a heart to the king. Cy led a spade to the ace and ran the clubs but had only eight tricks. He exited with a heart at the 10th trick, but West had three good hearts and the ace of diamonds. Down one.

HOROSCOPE

DAILY QUESTION You hold: S Q 10 9 4 H J 10 9 7 3 D A Q 9 8 C None. Your partner opens one heart, and the next player passes. What do you say? ANSWER: The hand is too strong to leap to four hearts. There are two first-round controls, and partner couldn’t imagine a slam if he had a minimum hand such as K 5, A K 8 6 2, K 7 6, 8 7 6. Temporize with a response of one spade or two diamonds, or jump to four clubs as a “splinter” bid showing a hand with good heart support and club shortness. North dealer Both sides vulnerable

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.

China allows pingpong champ a girlfriend

BEIJING (AP) – As the reigning table tennis world champion with two Olympic silver medals under his belt, China’s Wang Hao almost had it all – except a girlfriend. The 25-year-old was banned from dating until recently, when national team officials permitted his relationship with former national teammate, Peng Luyang, 23, the China Daily reported Wednesday. “Both of them are old enough and it’s normal,” the newspaper quoted Peng’s coach Qiao Yunping as saying.

Strict control of athletes’ personal lives is common in China’s rigid state-run sporting system, which grooms young hopefuls in specialized sports schools around the country to become gold medalists, providing them with intensive training and free food, clothes and shelter. Under the watchful eye of team officials, star athletes are often banned from dating or marrying until a certain age, restricted in endorsement contracts and sometimes have a large percentage of their winnings taken away.

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Yesterday’s Puzzle Solved

9 Naval petty officer 10 Ladies’ man 11 By oneself 12 Burrowing animals 13 Looks intently 21 Slugger Hank 23 Border 25 Prolonged attack 26 Cow’s offspring 27 Toward shelter 28 Paper quantity 29 “I __ suspect a thing” 32 Self-reproach 34 Region 35 Old phone part

36 James __ Jones 38 Put under water 40 Goofed 43 Regrets 45 Rent payers 48 Foot part 50 Protective environment 51 Vital sign 52 “...the bombs bursting __...” 53 Tiny flash of light 54 Praise 56 Swiss river 57 Tiny amount 58 Old Russian ruler 59 Holler 62 Of you and me

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GO!SEE!DO! Festival

Music

SMOKY MOUNTAIN FOLK Festival will be held Friday and Saturday at Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska. It is a celebration of Appalachian music and dance. Free open tent shows on the lawn begin at 5 p.m., and main stage performances are at 6:30 p.m. A list of performers is online at www.smokymountainfolkfestival.com. Main show tickets are $12 at the door, $10 in advance, free for children younger than 12.

BAND AID FOR BURN VICTIMS will be held tonight at The Garage, 110 W. 7th St., WinstonSalem. Doors open at 8 p.m. Performers are Jamie Carroll, Mediocre Bad Guys, Beaumont Brothers. All proceeds benefit the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center in Chapel Hill. $5

Show

GEM AND MINERAL Spectacular will be held 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FridaySunday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday at Whitmire Building, Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville. $3 for adults, free for children 12 and younger when accompanied by an adult

For kids

“DREAM MACHINES” will be performed at 6:30 tonight at the Stevens Center, 405 W. 4th St., Winston-Salem. The original play is performed by The Open Dream Ensemble, and it tells the story of travel at the turn of the 20th century through the eyes of Katharine Wright, the sisters of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Free

THE “MUSIC IN THE VINEYARDS” series at Childress Vineyards, N.C. 52, Lexington, features Hillbilly Deluxe (classic rock, country) on Saturday, The Ardmores (easy listening, light rock) on Sunday, all 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free A GOSPEL SINGING will be held 6:30-8 p.m. every Tuesday at Bojangles, 2630 N. Main St.

Drama “PICNIC,” the classic American play by William Inge, will be performed by Triad Stage beginning with previews SundaySept. 10 and continuing through Sept. 27 at The Pyrle Theater, 232 S. Elm St., Greensboro. In the play, a handsome young drifter arrives in a quiet Kansas town in the early 1950s and develops an attraction to one of the most beautiful girls in town. $10-$42, 272-0160

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“Picnic” actors include (from left) Matthew Carlson, Joe Tippett and Meg Steedle.

Film THE CINEMA UNDER THE STARS series at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem, features “Grease” at 9 p.m. Friday. In case of rain, films will be shown inside. Beer and wine will be available for purchase, and filmgoers may bring picnics. Gates open at 8 p.m. $5, $3 for members and students, 758-5580 “ANGELS AND DEMONS” will be shown at 7 and 10 p.m. Friday in Pugh Auditorium, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem. Free

Dance A CONTRA DANCE will be held Tuesday at The Vintage Theatre, 7 Vintage Ave., Winston-Sa-

lem. A newcomer lesson will be given at 7:30 p.m., and the dance begins at 10 p.m. Participants are asked to bring clean, soft-soled shoes. Reel Shady will provide music, and Jack Mitchell will call dances. $7, $5 for fulltime students.

Clubs THE GARAGE, 110 W. 7th St., Winston-Salem, has the following shows: • Fire Tonight, Nova Stella, Goodnight Man– 9:30 p.m. Friday, $5; • Tin Star, Cakes of Light – 9:30 p.m. Saturday, $5; • Open mic. night – 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, free. 777-1127, www.the-garage.ws

Books BARNES & NOBLE Booksellers, 3102 Northline

Ave., Friendly Shopping Center, Greensboro, sponsors the following: • What to Read When There’s No New Harry,” a party similar to those to celebrate the release of Harry Potter books and designed to introduce new series for teens with crafts and activities – 7 p.m. Friday; • Reading and book signing by Joanna Smith Rakoff, author of “A Fortunate Age” – 7 p.m. Tuesday. 854-2508

STEVEN R. FELDMAN will sign copies of his book, “Compartments: How the Brightest, Gest Trained, and Most Caring People can Make Judgements that are Completely and Utterly Wrong,” 2-4 p.m. Saturday at Pages Books & Coffee Cafe, 235 N. Main St., Mount Airy.

Steven Feldman

Feldman is a physician specializing in dermatology and public health at Wake Forest University Health Sciences, and the book is based on his experiences in dermatology and living in the WinstonSalem area.

Among fall’s TV schedule, 10 new shows

stand out as worth sampling N

EW YORK – In sizing up the new series on tap for fall, it’s worth remembering that a new show usually premieres with its pilot episode. And a pilot isn’t always representative of the series that will follow. The pilot episode is a prototype, sample and sales tool whose primary mission is to win a place in the grid for its prospective series. Then, when it airs, the pilot has another hurdle to clear. It must introduce the series to viewers in a way that induces them to watch the second episode. Then and only then can the show find its rhythm and start being a series. So judge the success of a pilot this way: Once you’ve seen it, does it make you want to come back and see more? Among the broadcast networks’ 21 fall series, here are 10 whose debut episodes just might whet your appetite for a second round: • “Melrose Place” (CW, premieres Sept. 8). Here’s romance, glamour, naughtiness, mystery and (of course) Spanish-modern architecture in trendy L.A.

It’s a smart-but-not-toosmart re-imagining of the original 1990s soap, with the apartment digs significantly posher than before. This revival could make a tired old term like “trendy” feel trendy again. • “Glee” (Fox, Sept. 9). Maybe you already saw the pilot (which Fox first aired last spring and currently is putting online). A musical comedy about a struggling high school glee club, it was pitchperfect. The series picks up Sept. 9 with the second episode. It, too, is quirky, tuneful, up-tempo fun. • “Community” (NBC, Sept. 17). No disrespect meant to community colleges, but this one (Greendale Community College) is an ideal backwater for goof balls, schemers and slackers. Sharp writing and a classy ensemble (including Joel McHale, John Oliver and Chevy Chase) earn the very funny pilot an A-plus. • “The Good Wife” (CBS, Sept. 22). Julianna Margulies has never been better as a wife and mother forced to pick up her long-dormant career as an attorney and return to work in a pressurecooker law firm after her politician hubby, played by Chris Noth, lands himself in jail. There are

a lot of human issues to sort out here – apart from the legal cases – and a splendid cast to do it. • “Mercy” (NBC, Sept. 23). A skilled, outspoken nurse, Veronica Callahan is back at New Jersey’s Mercy Hospital after a tour in Iraq, with more personal problems than when she left. “I don’t need to talk to anybody about it,” she tells her boss sarcastically. “You know why? Because, I’m on delicious Paxil.” The Paxil’s not working. But viewers, keep your fingers crossed that “Mercy” keeps on working as well as its pilot, where Taylor Schilling is terrific as its star. • “Modern Family” (ABC, Sept. 23). A lively half-hour boasting interlocked tales of three disparate families and a full-to-bursting ensemble (including Ed O’Neill, Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara). Can this ambitious comedy make the most of its rich resources, and stay as brisk and funny as the pilot? Here’s hoping. • “Cougar Town” (ABC, Sept. 23). Courteney Cox as a woman with cellulite?! This comedy about a 40-year-old divorced mom is both riotous and strangely true-to-life as it depicts youth obsession,

and how the no-longerquite-young grapple with it. Dicey material. But auspiciously enough, Bill Lawrence is a “Cougar Town” executive producer and writer. As mastermind of “Scrubs” he proved long ago he can find the familiar and funny in zaniness. • “FlashForward” (ABC, Sept. 24). It happens to everyone on Earth, including all the characters who populate this eerie thriller: They black out for two minutes, during which they see visions of their future as they might (or might not) live it on a certain day next April. What’s causing this? Will the visions come true? And, hey, isn’t that “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane in a cameo appearance? If you watch this episode, expect your future to include more episodes. • “Brothers” (Fox, Sept. 25). The premise sounds like a sitcom at its most cliche: Two brothers (played by Michael Strahan and Daryl “Chill” Mitchell) who, in adulthood, squabble as they did when they were boys, plus their parents (Carl Weathers and CCH Pounder), all living under the same roof. The appeal of the pilot is

its execution. It’s fresh, relatable, engaging. And funny. • “Trauma” (NBC, Sept. 28). Lots of action. Lots of blood. Lots of rescue. Lots of hanky-panky. The firstresponder paramedics from San Francisco City Hospital are a trauma team who, in various ways, are themselves

traumatized, both on and off the job. The pilot’s pyrotechnics and Bay Area locations make it look great. But what makes the series worth a second look: the fiercely complicated characters played by Anastasia Griffith and Cliff Curtis, who soar above the show’s formulaic melodrama.

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GO!SEE!DO! Exhibits

“REYNOLDA LANDSCAPE,” a gallery talk, will be given at noon today at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. The informal talk is designed to introduce Thomas Sears’ photographs of the Reynolda landscape. It will be followed by a brief walking tour of the estate. Sears was landscape architect to Katharine Smith Reynolds an her daughter Mary Reynolds Babcock. 758-5150

FIRST FRIDAY events will be held Friday night in downtown Greensboro. First Friday events include self-guided tours of shops, galleries and alternative venues. A market area will be set up 3-9 p.m. at the corner of S. Elm Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard.

“PAPER PICTURES & PUPPETS,” works by Barbara Tazewell, continues through Sept. 30 at Sara Smith Self Gallery, Moring Arts Center, 123 Sunset Ave., Asheboro. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.

“THE ART OF A HERO” continues through Dec. 11 in Mendenhall Building at Davidson County Community College, Lexington. The exhibit features the art of Joshua Thomas Harris of Lexington, who was a U.S. Navy SEAL who died a year ago executing a special military operation in Afghanistan. It includes paintings, charcoal drawings, woodcuts, sculpture, etchings and chalk works. Pieces are on loan from Harris’ family.

“THE ANCIENT and the Sacred: The Southwest of Britain” continues through Oct. 16 at North Corridor Gallery, Salem Fine Arts Center, 601 S. Church St., Winston-Salem. It is composed of infrared and standard black-and-white film photography by James C. Williams of British icons such as Stonehenge, Glastonbury and Avebury; Welsh castles and abbeys; lesser known stone circles, churches and holy wells.

“SELF AND OTHER” continues through Oct. 2 at Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, 301 W. 4th St. The exhibit is com-

posed of art by Associated Artists members that explores relationships. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, until 8 p.m. the first Friday of the month. “IN OUR CARE” continues through Nov. 19 at the Center for Creative Leadership, One Leadership Place, Greensboro. The exhibit is composed of art in a variety of media that features animals. Artists are Cindy Biles (sculpture), Addren Doss (pastels and oils), Louise Francke (watercolors and oils), Elaine O’Neil (textiles), Rose Rosely (folk art sculpture), Traer Scott (photography). The exhibit may be viewed by appointment during office hours; call 510-0975 “FACES & FLOWERS: Painting on Lenox China” continues through Jan . 30 at The Mint Museum of Art, 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte. The exhibit of porcelain by the American china maker includes more than 70 objects, including plates, vases and decorative wares with paintings of orchids, figures, idealized women and landscapes. www.mintmuseum.org THEATRE ART GALLERIES, 220 E. Commerce Ave., sponsors the following exhibits by four artists through Oct. 8: • “Windows,” portraits by Katie Claiborne – Main Gallery; • Sculpture by Winston-Salem artist Greg Shelnutt, digital print and mixed media pieces by Will Taylor. Both are visual art faculty members at UNC School of the Arts. – Gallery B; • Small pieces primarily in ink and color pencil by Matt Micca – Hallway Gallery. 887-2137 “HEROES OF HORTICULTURE” continues through Sept. 27 at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. The exhibit includes photographs of magnificent trees and plantings, some of which are more than 100 years old. It was organized by George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in collaboration with The Cultural Landscape Foundation of Washington, D.C. It also includes archival photographs and plans of early

Reynolda landscapes. 758-5150, www.reynoldahouse.org “AMERICAN QUILT CLASSICS 1800-1980: The Bresler Collection” continues through Feb. 6 at Mint Museum of Craft + Design, 220 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. Items from the museum’s collection include American pieces from rare crib quilts to modern Amish textiles. The exhibit last was on display in 2003, and it since has been on exhibit throughout the United States. www.mintmuseum.org, (704) 337-2009 HISTORICAL displays to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department continue through Oct. 31 at Central Library, 219 N. Church St. Displays encompass administration, athletics, special programs, special facilities, gardens, Greensboro Beautiful, Farmers’ Curb Market, recreational centers, parks, City Arts and maintenance. Free, 373-2733 CAROL HUNTER exhibits her photography through Oct. 31 at Liberty Oak, 100-D W. Washington St., Greensboro. Works by photographer Andrew Day also are on exhibit. Hunter’s pieces are digitally enhanced works designed to offer a unique view of common subjects.

Carol Hunter exhibits her photography through Oct. 31 at Liberty Oak, 100-D W. Washington St., Greensboro. mission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students 16 and older, $2.50 for age 6-15, free for age 5 and younger. 885-3655

“OUR SUBJECT IS YOU” continues through Sept. 13 at Weatherspoon Art Museum, Spring Garden and Tate streets, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The exhibit focus on participatory art, and visitors may collaborate on a wall mural. Other works are by international artists. The exhibit is designed to prompt visitors to become aware of a collapse between traditional boundaries that define spectator from artwork. 334-5770

“PASSIONATE JOURNEY: The Grice Collection of Native American Art” continues through Oct. 17 at the Mint Museum of Art, 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte. The exhibit spans art from Alaska to Guatemala and includes ceramics, basketry, textiles and performance masks. Hours are 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays. Free for members, $10 for adults, $8 for college students and seniors, $4 for age 5-17, free for age 4 and younger, (704) 337-2000, www.mintmuseum.org

“THE STIEGLITZ CIRCLE: Beyond O’Keeffe” continues through Nov. 20 at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Road, WinstonSalem. Stieglitz was best known for championing the works of his wife, Georgia O’Keeffe, but he also supported emerging modernists Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Alfred Maurer, Abraham Walkowitz and Max Weber. Six works by them from the Reynolda collection are featured in the exhibit. 758-5150, www.reynoldahouse.org

“50 AND FABULOUS, Celebrating 50 Years of America’s Famous Fashion Doll” continues through Jan. 15 at The Doll and Miniature Museum of High Point, 101 W. Green Drive. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. Ad-

“HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY’S Extraordinary Transformation” continues through Dec. 31 at the High Point Museum, 1859 E. Lexington Ave. The exhibit is on the 85year history of the school. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays-

Saturdays and 1-4:30 p.m. Sundays. Free

“BOB TROTMAN: Business as Usual” continues through Nov. 14 at the Mint Museum of Art, 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte. The exhibit is composed of human-sized sculpture designed to explore issues of power, corporate relations and the psychology of the workplace. www.mintmuseum.org

“ON EARTH’S FURROWED BROW: The Appalachian Farm in Photographs” continues through Oct. 4 at the N.C. Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh. Photos are by Timothy Barnwell, who, in the late 1970s, realized that the traditional way of life of farm families in western North Carolina was fast fading and began to document it. The traveling exhibit is based on his book of the same name. Free, (919) 807-7900, www.ncmuseumofhistory. org “SAGE IN THE BAMBOO Grove: The Legacy of Sherman E. Lee” continues through Sept. 20 at Ackland Art Museum, S. Columbia and Franklin streets, The University of

North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The multi-gallery exhibit of items from the museum’s Asian collection is in honor of Lee, an Asian art scholar and former director of the Cleveland Museum of Art who contributed to Ackland before his death in 2008. Events related to the exhibit are online at www. ackland.org. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 15 p.m. Sundays and until 9 p.m. the second Friday of the month. “ELECTED TO SERVE: North Carolina’s Governors” continues through September at the N.C. Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh. It is a look at nearly 300 years of N.C. gubernatorial history, including contributions of first ladies, campaigns, voting and inaugural traditions. Free, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. MondaysSaturdays and noon-5 p.m. Sundays, www. ncmuseumofhistory.org

“TELLING OUR STORIES” continues through December at Forsyth County Public Library, 660 W. 5th St., Winston-Salem. Organized by the N.C. Dept. of Cultural Resources, the exhibit showcases the state’s professional and amateur photographers. (919) 807-7389

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Hallmark schedules movies all day Saturday T

he Hallmark Channel has special plans for its viewers during the Labor Day weekend. It has a whole lineup of movies Saturday, beginning at 5 a.m. and ending with “Love Finds a Home” at 9 p.m.

“Love Comes Softly”

Emmy Award winning actress Katherine Heigl stars as Marty Claridge, a young woman alone in the 1800s West, who agrees to a marriage of convenience with widower Clark Davis (Dale Midkiff), who needs a mother for his 10-year-old daughter, Missie (Skye McCole Bartusiak). Slowly, the three warm to each other and build a true family in “Love Comes Softly,” airing at 5 a.m.

“Love’s Enduring Promise”

The sequel to “Love Comes Softly” finds Marty Davis (Katherine Heigl) living happily with her husband (Dale

Midkiff) and step-daughter, Missie (January Jones), who has grown into a beautiful young schoolteacher. As the rigorous trials of prairie life continue, Marty must help Missie choose between the love of two very different men – and two very different futures. “Love’s Enduring Promise” airs at 9 a.m.

“Love’s Long Journey” Embarking on a new life together, Missie (Erin Cottrell) and her new husband, Willie LaHaye (Logan Bartholomew), follow wagons west, stopping to set up a homestead on the land Willie purchased four years earlier. Willie assembles a group of misfit ranch hands to help him, while the pregnant Missie befriends their Shoshoni neighbors. Through correspondence with her father, Missie shares their adventure with the family they have left behind. “Love’s Long Journey” airs at 11 a.m.

“Love’s Abiding Joy” Tragedy strikes the LaHaye family when their infant daughter is unable to survive a sudden illness. As Willie (Logan Bartholomew) contends with the difficulties of becoming the new town sheriff, Missie’s (Erin Cottrell) heart begins to mend with the help of her visiting father, Clark (Dale Midkiff). “Love’s Abiding Joy” airs at 1 p.m.

“Love’s Unending Legacy” Life in the American West brings tragedy and hope to schoolteacher Missie LaHaye (Erin Cottrell), who returns to live near her parents after her husband, a town sheriff, is killed. Missie finds renewed purpose by adopting a pair of orphans, Jacob (Braeden Lemasters) and Belinda (Holliston Coleman). Her rescue efforts are aided by two potential suitors, but her grief over losing her husband may

prevent her from a new chance at happiness. “Love’s Unending Legacy” airs at 3 p.m.

“Love’s Unfolding Dream” Eight years after being adopted by Missie (Erin Cottrell) and Zach Tyler (Victor Browne), 18-year-old Belinda’s (Scout Taylor-Compton) life is suddenly pulled in different directions. As she endeavors to convince the town doctor to take her on as an apprentice, she begins to fall for a visiting New York lawyer, who wishes to have a traditional wife and family back East. Conflicted, Belinda begins to wonder if one dream is all you can truly have at a time. “Love’s Unfolding Dream” airs at 5 p.m.

“Love Takes Wing” When a frontier town is devastated by an unknown illness, a young woman (Sarah Jones) must stand up for those who need her help the

most, even if it means standing alone. Academy Award®, Golden Globe and seven-time Emmy® winner Cloris Leachman, Sarah Jones, Haylie Duff, Kevin Richardson and Patrick Duffy star in the Hallmark Channel Original Movie “Love Takes Wing,” airing at 7 p.m. Lou Diamond Phillips costars and directs.

“Love Finds a Home” Belinda (Sarah Jones), a rare female doctor working in the American West, welcomes her longtime friend and colleague, Annie (Haylie Duff), so that Belinda can watch over her in the last stages of her pregnancy. Annie is soon followed by her mother-in-law (Patty Duke), a seen-it-all nursemaid whose homeopathic remedies are at odds with Belinda’s scientific knowledge. “Love Finds a Home” airs at 9 p.m.