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Despite the snow, the parking lot at Walmart was packed during the morning and early afternoon hours.

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BY PAM HAYNES ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – Phyllis McKay won’t be finishing her Christmas shopping today like she originally planned.

Instead, she rushed to Target during her lunch break on Friday just as the first snowflakes fell in High Point to find as many gifts as she could.

“I was going to (shop) this weekend, but I’ve been pushed to do it now,” she said about threatening weather conditions.

The snow and freezing rain arrived just in time for what tra-

ditionally is the second busiest shopping season of the year for retailers. Some store managers say they expect a negative impact on their weekend sales.

“We’re expecting our sales to taper off immediately after the snow falls,” said Kathleen Ridgley, store manager at Target. “We haven’t made too many alterations for our plans.

We’re just hoping our employees can get here this weekend and make the store look good for any guests that make the trek in the snow.”

The effect may be even greater this year since most shoppers had planned to finish their gift buying

by Saturday, according to the National Retail Federation.

“Now I think we’ll be seeing a lot of shoppers on Monday or Tuesday night after work,” said Robert Hayes, store manager for Kmart in High Point.

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In addition to Christmas presents, Ridgley said shoppers hurried to Target early Friday to buy other items such as bread, milk and snow boots to prepare for the winter weather. Snow boots sold out at the store that morning.

The winter weather also may cause the last few shopping days of the season to be more hectic, she said.

“I think we will definitely see people out last-minute gift shopping, more so than usual,” she said. “Our (sales) forecasts are high for all of next week, but I anticipate it to be even higher if there are heavy snows.”

As for McKay, she’ll be rushed to buy gifts next week that she didn’t find on Friday.

“Gift cards will be the thing to give now,” she said. phaynes@hpe.com | 888-3617

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BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

RANDOLPH COUNTY – A Randolph County Superior Court judge will review the arguments of two attorneys battling over the release of the dash-cam videos surrounding the death of a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student who was fatally shot by an Archdale police officer in August.

On Friday, Superior Court Judge Brad Long heard from Asheboro attorney Jonathan Megerian, who argued on the

behalf of the parents of 21-year-old Courtland Smith that the videos be permanentSmith ly sealed.

Among his arguments, Megerian claimed the videos would do more harm than good for Smith’s family.

“I know very well that if this is released to the public and media ... it goes on the CNN Web site,” Megerian said, who argued that several cases set a precedent for the judge to permanently seal the videos.

Smith, a UNC fraternity president, was stopped on Interstate 85 by two Archdale police officers on Aug. 23. Prior to being stopped,

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Smith had called 911 ask- tray interaction between ing for police assistance Smith and police during and telling a dispatcher the traffic stop and leading up to the shooting, released. Long has kept them sealed from public view.

In September, he ruled that releasing the videos would hinder the case and jeopardize the right of potential defendants to receive a fair trial but said he would release the videos if no charges are filed against the officers.

Earlier this month, Randolph County District he was suicidal, driving Attorney Garland Yates drunk at speeds of up to cleared Officer Jeremy 110 mph and armed with a Paul Flinchum, who shot Smith. Yates said the of9 mm pistol.

Since the shooting, sev- ficer’s actions were justieral media outlets includ- fied under North Carolina ing The High Point Enter- law governing the use of prise have been trying to deadly force. Soon after get the videos, that por- Flinchum was cleared by

Several media outlets, including The High Point Enterprise, have asked for release of the videos.

Market Square’s owner plans complex in Cleveland

BY PAUL B. JOHNSON ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – The company that’s the second-largest owner and operator of showroom properties for the High Point Market has embarked on an ambitious project to develop

a trade show complex in Cleveland for the medical industry.

Merchandise Mart Properties Inc., which runs Market Square and several other furniture showroom buildings downtown, is scheduled to break ground next year on construction

of a medical mart. The development would bring together representatives of hospitals, medical centers and other health care providers with businesses that supply equipment and services to the indus-

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Raymond Payne, a High Point homeless advocate, was one of three recipients Nov. 21 of the Nancy Susan Reynolds Award.

Payne, who’s with Rabbit Quarter Ministries and cooperates with Open Door Ministries, goes to homeless camps, abandoned houses and under bridges to take supplies and a message of hope to people that many others avoid.

Yates, the Smiths requested that Long seal the footage permanently.

Hugh Stevens, an attorney with Everette, Gaskins, Hancock & Stevens representing The High Point Enterprise and other media outlets, argued Friday the videos should be released to the press.

The videos would “shed some light on a very dark and troubling” incident, Stevens said, adding that Smith died “at the hands of a police officer” in the middle of the night.

Long said he would render a decision once he studies all the arguments presented to him.

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Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. owns and manages 2.1 million square feet of permanent showroom and traditional exhibit space in High Point. The company is the second-largest showroom operator at High Point Market behind the International Home Furnishings Center.

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The Chicago-based company also runs the Chicago Merchandise Mart, the largest commercial trade show exhibition complex in the world. Its High Point showrooms include: Market Square, Suites at Market Square, Hamilton Market, Plaza Suites, Furniture Plaza and National Furniture Mart.

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Snowstorm keeps city crews busy ENTERPRISE STAFF REPORT

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Snow problems Rescue crews work to clear New Leicester Highway in Asheville after a five car pile-up closed the road and sent one person to the hospital Friday. Heavy snow in the mountains caused numerous traffic accidents on slick roads.

Father speaks against releasing video tapes that. It would be very painful for me to have that be the last picture in my mind.”

Courtland Smith, a 21-year-old Judge reviews arguments. 1A fraternity president, was fatally shot Aug. 23 on Interstate 85 by

BY DARRICK IGNASIAK an Archdale police officer after he ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER called 911 asking for assistance.

RANDOLPH COUNTY – Pharr He told a dispatcher he was suiSmith, the father of the UNC Chapel Hill student who was fatally shot by an Archdale police officer in August, explained in Randolph County Superior Court Friday why he thought police dash-cam videos should not be released to the public.

Joined by about 50 supporters, including members of his son’s fraternity, Smith took the stand Pharr Smith to describe his son, Courtland Courtland Smith’s father Smith, and explain his stance on cidal, driving drunk at speeds of the videos.

“That’s impossible to say how up to 110 mph and armed with a much that would hurt me,” Pharr 9 mm pistol.“He wasn’t a quitter, Smith said of releasing the videos. so the events of that last night “As I pointed out, I have 21 years have been so truly distressing of memories of the guy who was to us because for a long time we wonderful. I really don’t want just couldn’t believe that was the last picture in my mind to our son,” Pharr Smith said. “In be whatever he looked like that fact, when we heard the voice on night. I know he didn’t sound like the 911 recording we couldn’t bethe Courtland I loved and knew. I lieve it was Courtland’s (voice). can’t imagine he would look like It didn’t sound like him. It wasn’t

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‘I really don’t want the last picture in my mind to be whatever he looked like that night.’

HIGH POINT – While Friday night’s snowstorm may have delighted kids – and some parents – across the state, city crews were working through the night keeping the roads clear.

Derrick Boone with the public services department said crews were trying to keep city street salted and were waiting for about 3 inches to accumulate before they began plowing. Boone said the city had 800 tons of salt at its disposal, but there was no way to tell how much would be used as the snow continued to fall.

“We’re monitoring the weather,” Boone said Friday night, stressing that residents should stay off the roads if possible. “We’re hoping it’ll taper off tomorrow.”

Carlton Nelson, also with the public services depart-

ment, said crews would be out “all night long and all day tomorrow” working to keep city streets passable.

From noon to 8 p.m., officers with the High Point Police Department had responded to 30 calls due to snow-related accidents, said Capt. Tom Hanson.

Most of the accidents resulted in property damages, Hanson said, but few of them resulted in injuries.

As of 8 p.m., the city of High Point said there were no power outages ddue to the weather. Hanson said some power lines were knocked down earlier in the day but that they had been repaired.

Davidson, Guilford and Randolph counties remain under a storm warning until 7 p.m. today, with the National Weather Service predicting accumulations of 4-8 inches of snow.

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his speech pattern. It was somebody else.”

Smith also explained the impact the release of the videos would have on his family.

“It would tragic for my wife,” Smith said. “I think of his younger brother. He’s of an age and in a generation that is more in that swirl of Internet, like night TV, cops shows and whatnot. He’s a college freshman that there is enough pressure in his life without having this cloud hanging over his head.” Hugh Stevens, an attorney representing The High Point Enterprise and several other media outlets, asked Smith while he was on the stand if he’d object to representatives of his clients viewing the videos.

“The only value I can see for your clients to see the video would be to report for a shock value stuff,” Pharr Smith responded, adding he trusts the justice system. “I don’t know why you don’t have the same trust in the system in this particular case where it has checked, double-checked. That’s why I’d personally object to all of you seeing it.”

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try in a single, large trade show location.

“We are starting now to get in front of manufacturers and pitch them on coming into showrooms. The concept has been quite wellreceived. It’s a new way for the medical industry to go to market,” said Mark Falanga, senior vice president with Chicago-based Merchandise Mart Properties.

Falanga told The High Point Enterprise that Merchandise Mart Properties doesn’t have definitive plans at this point to expand the medical mart concept beyond Cleveland. But if the medical mart succeeds, the company might look at future locations where it has showroom properties for regional medical trade shows.

“At this point we’re wholly focused on Cleveland.

That said, if there’s benefits where we could help intro-

duce this into another market, I think that’s our standard manner in which we conduct our business. But we don’t have a specific plan to replicate this anywhere else at this point,” Falanga said.

High Point Mayor Becky Smothers said city officials would welcome the opportunity to work with Merchandise Mart Properties on developing a regional medical trade show here. A medical mart in High Point would fit with the city’s goal to host trade shows between the spring and fall High Point Market, and High Point has the trade show infrastructure in place to support a medical mart, the mayor said.

Merchandise Mart Properties launched its medical mart concept in May 2005. pjohnson@hpe.com | 888-3528

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Belk, charities join for holiday gift wrapping ENTERPRISE STAFF REPORT

HIGH POINT – Belk at Oak Hollow Mall is teaming up with local charities to wrap holiday gift packages.

Several charities will be operating the holiday wrap outpost each day on the second floor

of Belk behind the home department.

Belk is supplying the paper, boxes, tissue, ribbons and bows, and the charities are volunteering their services to wrap packages purchased at the store. In return, the organizations will accept dona-

tions to benefit their cause.

The YWCA is using the proceeds to purchase a gaming system along with games and controllers for its after school program, for example.

Helping Hands Ministry is using the money to fill its food bank.

Partner charities include the YWCA, Helping Hands Ministry, Latino Family Center of High Point, American Red Cross and two Girl Scout troops. The event was created through Belk’s partnership with the United Way of Greater High Point.

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Man pays $72 for taco, says ‘Merry Christmas’ SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) – So much for the value menu.

A Taco Bell manager in Ohio says a man who appeared drunk walked into the restaurant earlier this week and handed him $72 for just one taco.

The manager tells police near the northern Ohio town of Sandusky that the customer who seemed to be in his early 20s refused to take back the money and told workers “Merry Christmas.”

Manager Aaron Ohm

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NC jobless rate falls to 10.8 percent

RALEIGH (AP) – North Carolina’s unemployment rate dipped slightly in November but hovered near its historic peak of around 11 percent for a 10th straight month, the state’s Employment Security Commission reported Friday.

The unemployment rate in November dipped a fraction to 10.8 percent, from 10.9 percent in October. The monthly estimate has yo-yoed slightly above and below 11 percent since February. It peaked at 11.1 percent in May. “It’s almost a nonevent.� said

John Connaughton, an economist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. “It’s where it was two months ago and three months ago.�

Since the national recession starting in December 2007, North Carolina has lost 252,000 jobs. In the past year, the state’s companies have shed 154,200 workers, with manufacturing and construction companies together cutting 95,000 jobs. “However you want to look at it, this recession has cost us a quarter of a million jobs and we have not put a dent in put-

ting people back to work,� Connaughton said.

North Carolina’s unemployment rate has been worse than the national average for more than a year. The U.S. jobless rate was 10 percent in November.

Since November 2008, when North Carolina’s jobless rate was 7.5 percent, the state has paid more than $4.3 billion in unemployment benefits. To keep up with the streams of jobless workers entitled to help, the state Employment Security Commission borrowed $1.47

billion from the federal government, making it the sixthbiggest borrower behind California, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio in turning to Washington to shore up state unemployment compensation accounts.

Connaughton is forecasting a weak jobs recovery for workers next year, with the state adding just 32,800 net jobs.

The main problem is that banks are refusing to lend to small businesses, which generate most new jobs, or consumers who may want to buy big-

ticket items like appliances and cars but fall short of peak credit scores, he said. Banks now hold more than $1 trillion in excess cash, a fivefold increase since middle of 2008, he said. “Technically, the economy is better. But because of a variety of troubles caused by this recession, particularly in the financial sector, we’re just not seeing the kind of expansion that we’re used to seeing coming out of a recession,� Connaughton said. “There are no signs in the foreseeable future that will change.�

2 police agencies offer cash for gun tips RALEIGH (AP) – Two police agencies in North Carolina plan to pay anonymous tipsters for information about illegal firearms.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that Raleigh’s police chief and Wake County’s sheriff said Friday they will offer money in exchange for tips about stolen guns,

unregistered firearms or weapons with serial numbers scratched off.

If an anonymous tip leads to an arrest, the tipster will receive up to $200.

Officials say the goal is to reduce gun violence in Raleigh. In 2008, the state’s capital city saw a record 32 homicides and more than 1,000 robberies.

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Washington’s insane spending spree must stop

I just finished reading an interview with U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. It was conducted just before the passing of this latest trillion dollar spending bill. In describing the actions of his colleagues, he said, “I don’t know how to put enough descriptors about how insane this process is. …

This is bad government at its worst.”

This 2,500 page bill had 5,000 earmarks and a 12 percent increase in spending for base budgets.

Here are just a few highlights of your representatives at work for you: • $17 million dollars for the government of Ireland under what is

Congress was able to save three jobs at a mere $5.9 million for Hillary Clinton’s pollster.

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called the international fund for Ireland. (How about using that money for jobs training? That makes too much sense for the “Washington crowd.”)

• $3 million for bike racks in D.C. • $600,000 for Sunset Boulevard beautification in California.

• $500,000 for Elvis Presley Boulevard improvement.

• $1,948,000 to Fish Lake Trail completion in the state of Washington.

Chaffetz is quoted, “This is insane … the American people need their money back” (emphasis added by me).

I wish the stupidity in D.C. stopped there, but no, there is more. The federal machine is adding about 10,000 jobs a month to the payroll. Just wait your turn and maybe you’ll land one of the ever-growing number of jobs that pay $100,000- plus. Last June,

it was 470,758 (up from 304,000 in Dececember 2007). Had enough?

But wait. Congress was able to save three jobs at a mere $5.9 million for Hillary Clinton’s pollster.

A message of change is coming in mid-term elections. There are 1,382,907 independents (as of Dec. 12) in North Carolina. Many have simply had enough.

Write, call or e-mail your “representation” and say the spending has got to stop. Do it for your kids, grandchildren or yourself.

Please. … And Merry Christmas!

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Please remember why we elected President Obama. And remember that those least able to speak for themselves are the most needy.

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Small dairy farms in N.C., nation face tough times

County Commissioners Chairman Harold Holmes (R), 6315 Roby Coe Road, Ramseur, NC 27316; 824-8121

The Salisbury Post, Dec. 13 These are tough, tough times for America’s small dairy farms. Although the demise of small farms in general is an ongoing story, we’re witnessing a bleak new chapter as dairy farmers battle a convergence of hurricane-force factors. The price they get for raw milk has plummeted.

Their operating costs have risen. And the globalization of markets has introduced new complexities. Farmers are accustomed to dealing with some forces over which they have no control, like the weather. Now, their fates also are linked to monetary exchange rates and international commodity brokers.

Stories in the Post examine the dairy crisis in both its larger and local contexts. On a larger scale, the statistics are stunning. In the past two decades, North Carolina, like the rest of the nation, has seen a dramatic drop in the number of farms with cows that produce milk for commercial consumption. In Rowan County, the number has dropped by more than two thirds. That decline accelerated with recent plunges in prices for raw milk. Earlier this year, dairy farmers were selling their product at 1970s-era prices while having to shoulder 2009 production and living costs.

What that means on a local level is the loss of dairy concerns like that operated by two generations of Rowan County’s Hoffner family. Lonnie Hoffner and his family recently had the sad experience of auctioning off the Jersey cows that grazed and produced milk for half a century at their Amity Hills Farm. While Lonnie Hoffner will be able to keep the land and remain involved in agriculture, the auction marked the loss of a way of life for his family, a loss felt by countless other dairy farmers around the country. It’s also a loss for the communities where those dairy farms have been an important aspect of the social fabric and economic vitality.

Dairy prices have always fluctuated, and dairy farmers have weathered tough periods before. What’s different this time is that many of them aren’t going to survive. Like most small farmers, dairy operators tend to be an independent-minded group. They want to succeed on their own.

Even so, some say more federal intervention is needed to help stabilize markets and support a price floor that will keep profits from drying up. In response to their plight, Congress recently set aside $350 million to help struggling milk farmers. While that will provide modest aid for some, it’s too little, too late, for others. Many say that stopping the blood bath will require new price stabilization efforts and controls on imports. Yet, from another perspective, others argue that price supports and government-purchase programs themselves are part of the problem, artificially distorting supply and demand.

For consumers, what’s frustrating – and puzzling – is that, while the price farmers receive for milk has dropped, that isn’t reflected in prices at the store – nor in the profits of major dairy distributors. Dean Foods, the nation’s largest processor and shipper of dairy products, more than doubled its earnings (to $75.3 million) in the first quarter of this year, compared to a year earlier. Obviously, somebody’s still making good money from milk, but it isn’t your local dairy farmer.

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Joy is ours to celebrate at Christmastime

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everal months ago, I was waiting for the birth of my first granddaughter. As I sat in the hospital lobby, new mothers were leaving with their babies. I watched them as they left. The babies are now experiencing Christmas for the first time. How wonderful if we could grasp their first impressions, their “greenhorn” perspective on a busy world. It is possible.

Mother Teresa said, “Joy is infectious; therefore be joyful.” Joy easily moves from one person to another and can touch many hearts. The Christmas season calls us to partake in joy as a celebration of the Christ child. We are not called to experience a rebirth as with Easter but the freshness of birth, of seeing for the first time what is before us. Let it be new.

Let us no longer call on the people who separate us, on those who divide us, because the world sufficiently is filled with doubters. It has a full measure of skeptics. Let us not urge them to speak, for they are heard everywhere, and they defuse good feelings.

Nativity scenes, lambs, shepherds and robed kings all remind us of the miracle birth that gave the world profound meaning, the deepest truth of unconditional love. We can now see our neighbors’ lights displays with a spirit of amazement. We can see decorated wreaths and think of the wonder that is coming into our lives with Christmas. We can give gifts with newness in our hearts and render them as part of the celebration of Christ. We can be like a child.

Some very intelligent people might say that we have nothing to celebrate.

Our nation is involved in two wars, and the president is taking us down a

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wrong path. Some folks say that the best leaders are corrupt and are only interested in their own benefit. Some people have lost their jobs and fault the government for sorry employOPINION ment numbers. We’re in a tough fix. We are Kristine downcast; there seems Kaiser to be no good. Yet, do ■■■ not count the negativity so much. It is always willing to steal the discourse, the joy from hearts. Let it stay in the corners and back spaces. Give it no forum or special attention. Go mildly away from it.

Gather for festive occasions, appreciating time with loved ones.

Celebrate with the people who make up our most private circles. They are fabulous and come to us with their own spiritual gifts, with touches of humanity that belong solely to them.

Some are storytellers. Others are caregivers and good listeners. We know prophets. We can mingle and share.

We can welcome togetherness. The season allows for joy, to experience giving as a sign of love.

Above all, resist cynicism and a tendency to blame. Remember that young hearts have no notion about what limits them; they can only detect possibilities and fulfilled aims. Read your favorite book again, as if for the first time. Sip hot apple cider. When jaded thoughts come to you, push them out and meditate on good feelings. Joy is ours at Christmastime.

KRISTINE KAISER lives in Kernersville.

Stan Haywood (R), 978 West River Run, Asheboro, NC 27205; 625-3665 Phillip Kemp (R), 620 Holly St., Asheboro, NC 27203, 629-3277

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Obama: US, Russia close on arms treaty

COPENHAGEN â&#x20AC;&#x201C; President Barack Obama said Friday that the U.S. and Russia were â&#x20AC;&#x153;quite closeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to agreeing on a successor to an expired nuclear arms control treaty.

Obama had wanted a new deal in place before the end of the year, but that appeared unlikely.

Emerging from private talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the U.N. climate conference, Obama expressed confidence that a successor pact will be agreed to in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;timely fashion.â&#x20AC;? Medvedev said technical details still needed to be worked out.

6 bodies found near Mexico tourist resort

MEXICO CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Police in the Mexican border state of Sonora say they have found six decomposing bodies near a highway leading to the Gulf of California resort of Puerto Penasco.

Tourists from neighboring Arizona use the highway to reach the resort, widely known as Rocky Point. State police said Friday the bodies were found half-buried on a dirt road off the highway.

The victims were males and had gunshot wounds.

The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identities and the motives for their death are not yet clear.

US on watch for Iranian meddling in Iraq vote

BASRA, Iraq â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The top U.S. military officer quizzed Iraqi leaders Friday about the influence and motives of next-door Iran as national elections approach, but made no promises when his hosts asked for surveillance equipment and other help to keep an eye on their neighbors.

Incidents have happened before along the border, which was never clearly delineated after the extended war between the two countries in the 1980s.

Adm. Mike Mullen was not specific in his comments, but the United States accuses Iran of training, arming and financing Shiite militias.

Iraq: Iran oil well takeover violated sovereignty

BAGHDAD â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Iraqi governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spokesman says the takeover of an oil well by a group of armed Iranians who crossed the border was a violation of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sovereignty.

Iraqi spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the seizure in an area of disputed territory demonstrates the need for a clearly defined southern border with Iran.

Iraqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national security council met Friday night to discuss the takeover of well No. 4 by the Iranian group in the al-Fakkah oil field. Al-Dabbagh said in a statement after the meeting that Iraq and Iran have begun diplomatic talks as a result of the incursion.

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U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pass through the main press conference room in between meetings at the U.N. Climate Conference in Copenhagen Friday.

Suicide bomber near Pakistan mosque kills 10 ISLAMABAD (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A suicide attacker set off a powerful bomb outside a mosque in northwestern Pakistan just after police officers had finished their Friday prayers, killing 10 people. The attack was the second against a mosque used

11 dead in cargo ship sinking off Lebanese coast

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Doctors to extract needles from Brazilian toddler

BRASILIA, Brazil â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Doctors prepared to perform emergency surgery on a Brazilian toddler on Friday to remove some of the 42 sewing needles that were allegedly inserted into him by his stepfather during a series of bizarre rituals.

Surgeons in the northeastern city of Salvador plan to take out a needle that punctured the 2-year-old boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart and others close to other vital organs, said Susy Moreno, a spokeswoman at the hospital where the boy is being treated in the northeastern city of Salvador.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rescue workers searched the stormy waters off Lebanon on Friday after a cargo ship sank, killing at least 11 people and leaving dozens missing.

The Panamanianflagged cargo ship carrying 83 crew members and thousands of sheep and other livestock went down Thursday in heavy rain.

An Associated Press reporter saw 11 bodies brought to shore in body bags since Thursday.

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Irish bishop resigns over sex-abuse scandal that he was going because of an Irish government investigationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s damning findings about his time as an auxiliary bishop in Dublin from 1982 to 1996. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know full well that my resignation cannot undo the pain that survivors of abuse have suffered in the past and continue to suffer each day,â&#x20AC;? the 69-year-old Murray said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I humbly apologize once again to all who were abused as little children.â&#x20AC;?

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VATICAN CITY (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Roman Catholic bishop in Ireland has resigned after an investigation into child sex abuse by clergymen accused him of ignoring reports of crimes by priests in his diocese, the Vatican said Thursday.

The one-line announcement that Bishop Donal Murray had resigned did not mention the scandal.

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pected to resign following last monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report from a government-appointed commission. It ruled that Murray had handled reports of child-abusing priests â&#x20AC;&#x153;particularly badlyâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and condemned his failure to crack down on one particular abuser, the Rev. Thomas Naughton, as â&#x20AC;&#x153;inexcusable.â&#x20AC;?

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A Christmas cantata of carols, hymns and readings will be presented by the combined choirs and youth at 11 a.m. Sunday at Saint Paul Presbyterian Church, 309 Summit Rd.

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Spener: How to live a Christian life H

ave you heard something like this? “The culture is changing and many are leaving or not coming to churches because they are finding answers elsewhere.” If so, you might be living in 2005, or in 1675. In the mid-1600s, Christianity was in dire straits in Germany. But one man introduced a Christian movement which partly reversed this trend and lives on today in various roles: Philip Jacob Spener and Pietism.

Martin Luther ignited the Protestant Reformation (in the early 1500s), yet, a century-and-a-half later, much of the enthusiasm had left German churches.

Into this situation Spener (1635-1705) was born. He was a Lutheran minister and pastored churches in Strasburg, Frankfort and Berlin.

While at Frankfurt, he began to hold weekly Bible studies in his home and to concentrate his efforts on renewing Christians in Germany. In 1675, he published his most popular book: Pia Desideria (Pius Desires). In it, he

laid out the basic ideas of Pietism, a movement designed to focus Christians on their inner lives and, subsequently, to both stimulate Christian action and to revitalize churches. It might best STUDYING be described as “practical THE CHURCH Christianity.”

The main thrust of his book is a chapter Mark entitled “Proposals to Nickens Correct Conditions in the ■■■ Church.” In this chapter, he gives six remedies.

First: Christians need to delve deeper into the Bible in such a way that it becomes part of their lives. “The more at home the Word of God is among us, the more we shall bring about faith and its fruits.”

Second: Christians should encourage, comfort, minister to, and pray for each other more often. “Every Christian is bound not only to offer himself

and what he has . . . (but) to chastise, exhort, convert, and edify (others), to observe their life, pray for all, and insofar as possible be concerned about their salvation.”

Third: Being a Christian not only involves knowledge of Christ and the Bible, but action as well. “It is by no means enough to have knowledge of the Christian faith, for Christianity consists rather of practice.”

Fourth: Spener said it best: “We must beware how we conduct ourselves in religious controversies.” Some 150 years before Spener, Catholics killed Protestants, Protestants killed Catholics and Protestants killed each other.

As the Civil War is to us, that time of religious violence was to Spener; he knew the reality of unchecked religious anger.

Fifth: Clergy need to receive both religious education and training in holiness. “(A) holy life is not of less consequence than diligence and study, indeed that study without piety is

worthless.”

Sixth: The focus of sermons should not only be theology and doctrine but practical advice and encouragement. “Our whole Christian religion consists of the inner man or the new man, whose soul is faith and whose expressions are the fruits of life, and all sermons should be aimed at this.

On the one hand, (sermons) should be presented in such a way that faith, and hence the inner man, may ever be strengthened more and more. On the other hand, works should be so set in motion that we may by no means be content merely to have the people refrain from outward vices and practice outward virtues . . . (but) accustom the people first to work on what is inward and only then to act accordingly.” Or as Jesus said, “First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside will also be clean.” (Matthew 23:26)

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ecalling Christmases is like a magical trip down memory lane. This is a special time of the year for me and one I enjoy immensely.

It was always difficult to go to sleep on Christmas Eve. One night my sister, Marie, and I were up by midnight playing with our new toys. She had a new doll. I had an electric train and I would enjoy another one now.

Other Christmas times were hard – not much money. My two gifts combined cost $1.04 – 79 cents for black western style tin gun that “ticked” when I pulled the trigger and a small yellow-handled one-blade pocketknife. I, also, received a few nuts and hard candy in a stocking, with an orange and apple.

A very sad Christmas was 1938, a Sunday morning, when Mom and Marie returned

home early from Sunday School.

I may have been ill and stayed home with Dad. Mom was weeping openly. She had just received SHARING word that Uncle Buck, my Dad’s THE SPIRIT only brother and remaining Bill sibling, had died Ellis suddenly. It was ■■■ devastating for my four cousins whom I loved dearly.

There was the national uncertainty at Christmas in 1941, just 18 days after Pearl Harbor was bombed and we were at war with both Japan and Germany.

It was a time of national suffering and heartbreak. President Roosevelt said, “I hate war.” I totally agree.

So many times at Christmas, we are without loved ones and at the same time we welcome new family members. Christmas changed dramatically for Kitty and me when Elizabeth and Mark were born and again when grandchildren arrived.

Things are always changing.

In childhood, it was Christmas with Mom and Dad, Marie, “Whitey” and grandparents and cousins. Later, with children and now our grandchildren.

As a child, I was told that Santa Clause liked the delicious coconut cakes my Mom baked in a coal-burning stove.

He also liked hot coffee. Mom placed both on the kitchen table Christmas Eve. I could always tell when Santa had arrived. A big slice of cake was missing with an empty plate and used coffee cup. It finally dawned on me that it was my Dad’s favor-

ite cake and drink also. He was just like Santa Claus.

As I was growing up, there was not a lot of money. My Dad, being a skilled carpenter and woodworker, made sure I received several graduated toolboxes and an electric train when I was a young boy. Marie, usually got dolls, a baby buggy, dishes and, once, a small electric stove. I remember getting a typewriter that I could use by typing one letter at a time. I’m a little faster now.

The “Windows of Christmas” during the 25 years we were in Decatur, Ill., always will stand out. More than 200 people were involved in each production.

We had large plate glass windows in the church’s educational wing for this dramatic light and sound production, created and directed for years by Jim Mifflin. It could all be seen and

heard in the comfort of one’s automobile. Several thousand people saw it each year and it was featured on television and in newspapers. Kitty, Elizabeth, Mark and I never will forget those days, celebrated with hundreds of the best friends we have ever had.

One thing about Christmas never changes. There can be no Christmas without Jesus Christ. It is highlighted in Luke 2:11, “For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”

Kitty joins me in wishing the thousands who read this column every week in many parts of world a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

Instant Karma Karma is sometimes described as the total effect of one’s actions on one’s fate or destiny, or the rule of cause and effect as applied to our actions. The notion that sin will be punished and virtue rewarded is a simple way to think about karma. Religions which believe in reincarnation believe that we will return to earthly existence in a form which is the natural and just result of our actions in the previous life. If you have a penchant for stepping on insects, your just reward might be to come back as an insect, and be dutifully stepped on. Religions like Christianity and Islam, which believe in a heaven and hell which are essentially a reward or punishment for a good or bad life, are in effect, a version of the karma doctrine. But perhaps, karma is instantaneous, that is, perhaps every action carries its own reward or punishment within itself. If you lie and steal, the immediate punishment is that you have thereby harmed yourself by becoming a liar and a thief. Likewise, every good deed carries with it the instant reward of making you a better person. Karma is also a mechanism for learning. That is, we soon realize that treating others in a mean and nasty fashion has the natural consequence of attracting meanness and nastiness.

Whereas, loving kindness tends to attract loving kindness.

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John 16:33 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

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WASHINGTON – Even as Banita Jacks was sentenced to 120 years in prison Friday for killing four daughters whose bodies were found decomposing in her rowhouse, the girls’ lives remained mostly a mystery.

Investigators pieced together some details about the events that led to their deaths: The girls, ages 5 to 16, were kept as prisoners in their home, starved and ultimately killed by their mother.

Search to resume for woman shot, burned

WESTFORD, Vt. – Searchers will return to a school in Westford, Vt., over the weekend to look for the remains of a 78-year-old grandmother who was shot to death, burned and then buried.

Vermont State Police crime scene investigators are looking for the remains of Mary Wilcox, a woman who had Alzheimer’s disease and was reported missing by her family three years ago.

Woman in pet torture case held on $100K bail

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. – A judge ordered a New York woman held on $100,000 bail Friday after prosecutors cited evidence that some of the 42 dead animals buried in her yard had been tortured, with duct tape around their mouths or signs that they had drowned.

Sharon McDonough, 43, had been free without bail after her November arrest, but she was taken away in handcuffs after her appearance Friday.

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Sen. Mitch McConnell (right), R-KY., , and Sen. John McCain, R-AZ., stand next to Democratic health care bills during a news conference on Capitol Hill in in Washington, Friday.

GOP threatens read-a-thon to slow health care bill WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans accused Democrats of bad manners, bad timing and bad health care policy on Friday, then summoned images of fire and ice for good measure as they campaigned to block passage of sweeping legislation President Barack Obama’s allies want passed by Christmas.

Unperturbed, the White House and Democrats bargained behind closed doors for hours with Sen. Ben Nelson in a search for the 60th vote needed to pass the measure. “Hopefully, we’re making progress,” the Nebraska Democrat said during a break in the talks.

Several officials said

Nelson was seeking to ease the impact of a proposed insurance industry tax on nonprofit companies, as well as win more federal funds to cover Nebraska’s cost of treating patients in Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for the poor.

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Palin cuts trip short after McCain visor flap ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said she cut short her Hawaii vacation because of paparazzi, who photographed her wearing a sun visor with the name of John McCain blacked out.

The pictures were circulated widely on the

Internet with speculation the redaction was a slight against McCain, but Palin said she meant no disrespect to her former GOP running mate.

“In an attempt to ‘go incognito,’ I Sharpied the logo out on my sun visor so photographers would be less likely to recognize me and bother my kids or

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other vacationers,” Palin said in a statement.

“I am so sorry if people took this silly incident the wrong way. I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his re-election.”

Rush Limbaugh and others for failing to oppose the legislation vigorously enough, have threatened to force Senate clerks to read the entire text of the proposed changes aloud, a process that could consume eight hours or so.

Nelson has spoken openly of seeking stricter abortion curbs.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island police officer was indicted Friday on charges that he kicked a handcuffed woman in the head after removing her from a slot parlor for disorderly conduct, authorities said.

Edward Krawetz, 40, has been suspended without pay from the Lincoln Police Department and also faces administrative charges, said police Capt.

Raymond Bousquet.

Krawetz was working in uniform at the Twin River gambling parlor just north of Providence on May 31 when he escorted out a woman in handcuffs after other patrons complained about her unruly behavior, said Rhode Island State Police spokesman Capt. David Neill.

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United Ways raise more than $50,000 at telethon ENTERPRISE STAFF REPORT

HIGH POINT – United Ways in the Piedmont raised $51,293 during its “Live United. Give United.” telethon campaign on Dec. 16.

WFMY News 2, WGHP Fox 8 and WXII 12 provided the programming for the event that focused on the importance of closing cam-

paign gaps in order to meet critical community needs.

It was held from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m., and viewers were urged by the stations to call 211 to submit pledges. The total amount raised includes a pledge from Duke Energy that matched donor dollar for dollar up to $15,000.

Leah Price, campaign chair for the United Way of Greater

High Point, initiated the event. The United Ways of Greater Greensboro and Forsyth County joined as well.

“The success of the ‘Live United. Give United.’ telethon is a testament to Triad residents’ commitment to changing lives and a confirmation of their choice of United Way as the means to do so,” Price said.

“The United Way of Greater High Point is thankful to Leah Price for her initial idea to try and make this event happen in partnership with United Way organizations throughout the Piedmont,” said Bobby Smith, President of the United Way of Greater High Point. “We are also deeply grateful to WGHP FOX, based here in

High Point, for their immediate support of the ‘Live United. Give United.’ event and all the work they put into its success in a very short planning time.”

Organizers stress that there is still much work to be done in a short time to achieve campaign goals. United Ways are asking community members to continue to give.

Carr to serve 7-year term

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HIGH POINT – A judge sentenced a High Point businessman to prison Friday in a sexual abuse case dating to the 1970s.

Superior Court Judge Brad Long of Randolph County told Guy Ellis Carr Jr. that the time had arrived to pay his debt to society decades after a series of sexual assaults he perpetrated against a girl from the time she was 4 or 5 years old until she was about 12.

“You have had some fine people from High Point vouch for you,” Long told the 66-year-old Carr.

“They cannot absolve you of your actions, which you acknowledged are unlawful. They’re also depraved. ... You have been fortunate to remain outside prison walls during your vital years, while others similarly situated have paid their debt to society.

Today is your day.”

Long sentenced Carr to a minimum of seven years and a maximum of 10 years in prison. The Emerywood Baptist Church deacon and owner of Carr Mill Supplies pleaded guilty Dec. 7 to eight counts of indecent liberties with a child. Long gave him an additional 7- to 10-year prison term but suspended that part of his sentence, meaning Carr won’t have to serve it provided that he meets several conditions if he’s released from prison.

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younger than 16 without adult supervision and being confined to house arrest.

The case involves crimes committed during an era when sentences carried the possibility of parole, which they don’t any longer. Carr could be eligible for parole at some point but will have to serve “several years, at least, and obviously, parole is not a guarantee beyond that,” said Guilford County Assistant District Attorney Walt Jones, who prosecuted Carr.

Carr, who had been out of jail on bond, didn’t speak during Friday’s brief proceeding, which ended with bailiffs placing handcuffs on him and leading him out of the courtroom. Several supporters, including employees of his business who testified last week the company might shut down if Carr went to prison, attended the hearing.

His attorneys had pleaded for leniency, arguing that incarceration would hamper his treatment for the bladder cancer he was diagnosed with three years ago. Carr’s sentencing had been delayed by an unexpected, five-day stint in the hospital, from which he was discharged Wednesday.

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The 2009 Christmas Cheer Fund has received $1,560 today. That brings the total in donations to $24,054. This year’s goal is $35,000.

The fund, operated by the Kiwanis Club of High Point, provides Christmas gifts for nearly 1,500 children identified by the Guilford County Department of Social Services.

The campaign was started in 1924 by The High Point Enterprise as a campaign to raise money for needy families. “Local organizations, such as the Rotary, Kiwanis and Civitan clubs, are to aid in taking care of these families,” the Enterprise said in a front page ar-

ticle published Dec. 12, 1924. The initial campaign collected $848. The campaign has changed responsibility over the years. It was operated as an Empty Stocking Fund by the High Point Jaycees for about 30 years, after it was passed around between different private local residents and groups.

When the last local nonprofit charitable organization owner, the late Benny Braica, retired in the late 1990s, the High Point Kiwanis Club took over what’s now called the Christmas Cheer Fund.

This year’s distribution of gifts occurred on Saturday at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, 716 Leonard Ave., but Cheer Fund donations to help pay for

this year’s presents will be received through the end of December. Lists of donors will be published in the Enterprise through Christmas Eve. Donations should be made out to Christmas Cheer Fund and mailed to P.O. Box 5467, High Point, NC 27261.

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In memory of Mr. & Mrs. C.L. Myers and Mr. & Mrs. Neal Wright by Charles & Jane Myers................ $200 Balance Forward ..................$22,494 Tom & Betty Lou Blount ............. $25 In memory of J.C. Reagan and in honor of my children, Pat, David, and Randy, and in honor of my grandchildren Chris, Matt, Chase, and Andon by Edna Reagan ...... $20 In loving memory of Juanita Meredith Johnston by Yvonne Miller .......... $25 In memory of Bob Lindsay by Mary

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Jane Lindsay. Bob was an employee of the High Point Enterprise for 51 years. ............................................. $25 In memory of Floyd Evans, Sr. by Ellen Evans....................................... $50 In honor of: Stanford & Carole Turner and family, and Gary & Anita Turner and family by Anonymous ......... $50 In honor of Jaylen & Hayden Massey and Saylor Gray by Barbara & Newton Royster ................................... $75 In honor of our grandchildren: Andrew, Allison, Josh, Daniel, Cody, Jordan, Hayden, & Kamryn by John & Jackie Gillespie ......................... $50 Julius & Debra Dykes ................ $100 IHFC Marketing Department - Merry Christmas!................................... $100 In loving memory of Walt McCraw

by Gaye & Dan Outlaw............. $100 Roberson Haworth & Reese employees................................................ $190 Rotary Club of High Point, Inc. $200 North Point Dental Associates. $300 In honor of our youngest granddaughter, Emily Elizabeth Stevens

by Ed & Susan Thomas ............. $250 Total for today ........................ $1,560 New Grand Total...................$24,054

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Dorothy Adams.......High Point Edward Crook..........Lexington Marlyn Jones..............Archdale Joy Pope.........................Denton William Rollins..........Lexington Ila Russell................Thomasville Ruth Stockton..................Trinity Lissie Williams.......Thomasville The High Point Enterprise publishes death notices without charge. Additional information is published for a fee. Obituary information should be submitted through a funeral home.

Marlyn Jones

ARCHDALE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mr. Marlyn Ralph Jones, 87, of Archdale, died Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at his residence.

Born September 17, 1922, in Princeton, MN, he was the son of the late Sydney Ralph and Nan Fairbanks Jones. He was a veteran of the US Army having served during World War II; and had worked for the High Point Enterprise for over 38 years. He was a faithful member of New Covenant Lutheran Church in Archdale where he served on the Church Council and as the church financial secretary and the Sunday School Superintendant. He volunteered with COAT in Archdale and Trinity since the day that it started, and enjoyed woodworking.

On April 20, 1946, he married the former Florence McDowell, who survives of the home. Also surviving are a daughter, Norma Buttke and husband, Arlin, of Lexington; two grandchildren, Kate Clodfelter, of Archdale, and Aaron Clodfelter, of Boston, MA; a brother, Dale Jones, of Harrison, ID; and four sisters, Joyce Reiman, of Princeton, MN, Betty Loveland of Rogersville, MO, Norma Silver of Portland, OR, and Cleo Kellam, of Sacramento, CA .

A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 21, 2009, at New Covenant Lutheran Church, 10445 N. Main St. in Archdale, officiated by Pastor Sherri Knutson.

The family will receive friends following the service at the church.

Memorials may be directed to COAT, PO Box 4574, Archdale, NC 27263.

Online condolences can be made at www.cumbyfuneral.com. Arrangements

by Cumby Family Funeral Service in Archdale.

William Rollins

LEXINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; William Oscar Rollins, 90, of Swing Dairy Road died December 17, 2009, at Lexington Memorial Hospital.

Memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, at Kingdom hall Jehovah Witness.

Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington, is assisting the family.

Joy Pope

DENTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mrs. Joy Gail Morris Pope, 67, of Cedar Branch Road died December 17, 2009.

Funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Briggs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel, Denton. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.

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THOMASVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Mrs. Lissie Johnson Williams, 82, of 293 East Dr., Thomasville, went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 17, 2009. She had been in declining health since June.

Mrs. Williams was born March 10, 1927, in Mt. Airy, a daughter to the late Edgar and Lilly Johnson. She was married to Fred T. Williams, Sr. before he preceded her in death December 3, 1992. Mrs. Williams came to High Point in 1942 and worked in the furniture factories, then moved on to the hosiery mills and after many years retired in 1993.

Surviving are a son, Fred T. Williams, Jr. and wife Shirley of Level Cross; a daughter Pattie Sue Shore and husband Rickey of Trinity; a sister Bertie Skeen of Trinity; three grandsons Eric Dwayne Shore, Samuel Dean Shore, and Rickey Gene Shore; great-granddaughter McKenna Alexis Shore Due to the weather, the funeral service has been postponed until 1:00 p.m.

Monday at Cumby Family Funeral Chapel in Archdale. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to Hospice of the Piedmont 1801 Westchester Dr., High Point, NC 27262.

The family would like to give a special thanks to Betsy, Cindy, Celina, Cheri and Pastor Don of Hospice, Gay Wyche of Advanced Home Care a loving and caring neighbor.

On-line condolences may be made through www. cumbyfuneral.com.

Arrangements by Cumby Family Funeral Service in Archdale.

LEXINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Edward Lee Crook, 65, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2009, at the Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington.

Edward was born February 22, 1944, in Raleigh, WV to Theadore and Ernestine Crook.

He is preceded in death by his mother Ernestine and a son, Michael Burns.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Diana Burns; father, Theadore Crook, Jr.; sons, Daniel Baker and wife Beverly of Thomasville, Randall Baker of Thomasville; Eric Crook and wife Tammy of Beckly, WV; daughter, Cynthia Ayers and husband Sherman of Archdale; brother, Tommy Crook and wife Sarah of Layland, WV; sisters, DeAnna Meador of Hico, WV, Deloris Pate and husband Dave of Athens, LA, Alice Matherly and husband Carlos of Cool Ridge, WV; 12 grandchildren; 1 great grandchild; several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends Sunday, December 20, 2009, from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Thomasville Funeral Home. A Funeral Service will be held Monday, December 21 at 2:00 p.m. at the Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Alan Martin officiating. An Entombment will follow at Holly Hill Memorial Park.

Online audio and written condolences may be made through www.mem. com.

Ila Russell THOMASVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mrs. Ila Mazie Snider Russell, 88, a resident of Thomasville died Thursday, December 17, 2009. She was born September 24, 1921, in Denton, NC, a daughter of Robert Farris Snider and Anna Smith Snider and was a graduate of Denton High School. She was employed at Amos Hosiery Mill in High Point and was later a co-owner of Charles Russell Vending Inc. She was a devoted member of Bethel United Methodist Church where she was a member of the Living Bible Class. On April 5, 1940, she was married to Charles Russell who died in 1983. Surviving are a son, Larry Russell and his wife Elaine of Cape Carteret; a daughter, Linda Russell Finch and her husband Al of Thomasville; four grandchildren, Steve Russell, Pamela Russell Hunt, Ashley Finch Padgett, and Suzanne Finch. Also surviving are four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by sisters, Myrtle Surratt and Nell Ramsey and by brothers, Lucien Snider and Herman Snider. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, December 18, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church by the Rev. Arthur Holland and the Rev. Ben Shepherd. Burial will be in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive visitors one hour prior to the service at the Family Life Center of the church. The body will remain at J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville until placed in the church Monday at 1 p.m. Memorials may be directed to Bethel United Methodist Church, 508 Fisher Ferry Street, Thomasville, NC 27360. Online condolences may be made to www.jcgreenandsons.com.

Ruth Stockton TRINITY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mrs. Ruth Walton Stockton, age 90 passed away December 17, 2009, at Graybrier Nursing Home.

Mrs. Stockton was born in Greensboro on July 6, 1919, to Mr. John Rufus Walton Sr. and Rosa Florence Oldham Walton .

Ruth worked for over forty years at Slane Hosiery Mill, later she joined her husband at New South Furniture.

She was a member of Green Street Baptist Church.

Mrs. Stockton is predeceased by her husband Joseph Stockton, brother Joseph Edward Walton and sister Nancy Walton Brown. She is survived by a sister Elizabeth McConkey of High Point, a brother John R. Walton Jr. of Archdale, a brotherin-law George Brown of Conway Arkansas and nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Mrs. Stockton will be at Davis Funerals & Cremations Funeral Home Chapel on Monday December 21, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. with visitation from 1:00 p.m. until the service hour. The service will be led by Rev. Mel Anderson. Memorials to the Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association or Green Street Baptist Church.

Collegesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; illegal immigrants policy draws supporters RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; About 150 people showed up for a meeting about plans by North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community colleges to admit illegal immigrants.

A public hearing Friday drew 57 people who signed up to speak on the issue, with all but six favoring the open-door policy.

Supporters included Hispanic high school and college students, members of religious organizations and public school teachers.

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BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; For Guy Carrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victim, Friday represented long-delayed justice.

When the woman came forward to High Point police last year to report her abuse at the hands of Carr from 1973 to 1981 when she was a small child, it was a key step in an ongoing healing process for her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obviously something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a long time coming. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lived her whole life waiting for this day,â&#x20AC;? said Walt Jones, who prosecuted Carr. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that is, I think, very cathartic for her, and is going to help her move on.â&#x20AC;?

The victim, who is not being named because the High Point Enterprise generally does not identify victims of sex crimes, said Friday she was â&#x20AC;&#x153;pleased (Carr) is going to be behind bars and is not going to be a threat.â&#x20AC;? She said several factors prompted her to come forward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nobody wants to talk about it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easier to just kind of suffer in silence, but what happened had affected me greatly and I was struggling with it,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had nightmares about not protecting others.â&#x20AC;?

Reading about the successful 2008 prosecution of another High Point man 35 years after he committed a series of sexual assaults also helped prompt her, she said. That case involved recorded conversations between the offender and his victim decades after the abuse. Police

used a similar approach with Carrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victim, setting up audio and video recording equipment to capture a conversation between she and Carr in which they discussed the abuse. That led to Carrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s indictment in June 2008. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew that was going to be the only way (Carr was prosecuted). If not, it was just going to be me saying this happened,â&#x20AC;? said the victim, now 40. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why a lot of people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come forward.â&#x20AC;?

She said police Detective Jerry Thompson, who handled the case, â&#x20AC;&#x153;helped me through this whole process. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have done it without his support.â&#x20AC;?

She said she was â&#x20AC;&#x153;prepared for anythingâ&#x20AC;? at Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sentencing hearing for Carr. Since the case involved crimes that pre-date the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s structured sentencing laws, which set specific guidelines and ranges for determining the punishment of crimes, Judge Brad Long could have handed down a sentence that did not include prison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Considering all the circumstances (Long) had to sort through, I think he did a phenomenal job. What he said in court made me feel like he was standing up for me,â&#x20AC;? said the victim.

Thompson said the victim â&#x20AC;&#x153;was very courageous and strong for finally disclosing this very sad and disturbing case of childhood molestation. With her help I was able to investigate this case and build a very strong case against Mr. Carr. It took way too long to bring him to justice but he is finally paying for the despicable acts he committed.â&#x20AC;? pkimbrough@hpe.com 888-3531

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Although Bryan wrote extensively for several magazines throughout his career, he was best known for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friendly Fire.â&#x20AC;?

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ill you be digging or cutting your own live Christmas tree this year or digging the artificial one out of the attic? That is the question posed by Christmas tree growers this year.

The National Christmas Tree Association says that there are 10 big myths about real live grown Christmas trees that â&#x20AC;&#x153;...are like urban legends.

They just sort of exist and nobody really knows how they started.â&#x20AC;? Here are several myths and NCTAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (edited) answer to them: MYTH: Real Christmas Trees are cut down from forests.

To be completely accurate, in a few locations around North America, the Forest Service sells permits for people to harvest wild trees. They do this in places to create fire breaks. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very tiny percentage of all trees used.

Most trees come from a farm where someone plants them. And each year, growers plant one to three seedlings for each tree harvested.

MYTH: You save a tree by using a fake tree.

Of course, this is false, because trees are a crop. They are planted by farmers

to be used specifically as Christmas Trees. Close to half a billion trees are currently growing on tree farms in the United States alone. The really ironic part of the ads for the fake tree is one ECOLOGY of the selling points is that it comes in a sturdy Gwyn cardboard box.

Riddick MYTH: Real Christmas â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; Trees aggravate allergies.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve collected sources of information both about trees and allergies and share these with people. Sources include the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Christmas Tree peopleâ&#x20AC;? saying that the farm-grown tree itself is not the culprit. But being outdoors for years in the field, a Christmas tree can collect pollens, dust, mold or other allergens.

Of course, so can the artificial tree stored in the attic or basement. Whether you use a fresh Christmas tree from a farm, or an artificial tree stored in a

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ear Abby: With the holidays here, songs about Santa and his reindeer are filling the air. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m writing to talk about reindeer antlers.

Reindeer are unique because they are the only members of the deer family in which both genders have antlers, which are made of bone and grown annually.

In the summer and fall, you cannot identify a reindeer as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;heâ&#x20AC;? or a â&#x20AC;&#x153;sheâ&#x20AC;? without further investigation. In late December, however, only the females still have their antlers.

During the summer months, the males use their antlers to attract females and defend their harem (anywhere from five to 15 females) from other males. When they are no longer â&#x20AC;&#x153;looking for love,â&#x20AC;? the males lose their antlers. The females, on the other hand, keep theirs through the winter and into the spring, and use them to compete for food and to protect their young.

The only reindeer with antlers at Christmastime are the GIRLS, Abby.

So Rudolph would have been appropriately named â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rudolphia,â&#x20AC;? and the other reindeer would have been laughing and calling HER names until the glow from HER nose guided Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sleigh that foggy Christmas eve. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Joyce Campbell, Ph.D.

Dear Dr. Campbell: Fascinating. This clearly explains why Santa doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get lost at Christmas. Females are never reluctant to ask for directions ... ho, ho, ho.

Dear Abby: I demonstrate products in a supermarket. It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t easy, and sometimes I feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m between a rock and a hard place.

Will you please tell parents that if we do not give their children samples of food, it is for their own good. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what kind of food allergies their children may have. The company I work for will fire us if we give samples to children without a parent

first giving permission. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Trying Hard in Tulsa, Okla.

Dear Trying Hard: You have my sympathy, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pleased to pass along your message. I ADVICE recently read that food allergies among children Dear are on the rise, and that Abby 4 percent of kids today â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; suffer from one. The policy your company is enforcing is for everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protection and should not be misinterpreted. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in place so that no oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s little angel gets sick or has an allergic reaction.

Dear Abby: A few months ago, my husband and I were visiting a remote area in the mountains. We were on a narrow, winding road with no shoulder and a guardrail on one side. There was traffic in both directions. As we ambled along, we heard a siren. An ambulance came up behind us and rode our tail, blasting the horn, obviously urging us to let him by.

Although we looked and looked, we could not find a safe place to pull over for several minutes. When we finally did find a space to pull into, the crew threw us dirty looks as they drove by.

I hate to think we endangered someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life or made the EMTsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; job more difficult, but it seemed equally dangerous for us to move into a lane of oncoming traffic. What is the proper etiquette for this type of situation? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rachael In Atlanta Dear Rachael: When approached by a vehicle with a siren and a flashing red light, a driver should pull as far to the right as possible and stop.

Because there was no place for you to pull over, you should have done exactly what you did â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which was to proceed at a safe rate of speed until you found one.

box, if you have sensitive allergies to dust, molds, etc., AAAAI recommends you spray the tree down in the yard with a hose before putting up. Let it dry completely before bringing indoors.

MYTH: Real Christmas Trees end up in landfills.

Christmas tree recycling programs are available nationwide, and many are quite creative. A farm-grown Christmas tree is 100 percent biodegradable, so it can be used for all kinds of things in nature, from mulch to erosion control.

Many communities have curb-side pick up as part of their recycling program.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not â&#x20AC;&#x153;being thrown in the trashâ&#x20AC;? or ending up in landfills. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re waiting to be put into the recycling program.

Some Christmas tree Facts from NCTA: â&#x20AC;˘ There are approximately 25-30 million Real Christmas Trees sold in the U.S. annually â&#x20AC;˘ There are close to 350 million Real Christmas Trees currently growing on Christmas Tree farms in the U.S. alone, all planted by farmers. â&#x20AC;˘ North American Real Christmas Trees are grown in all 50 states and Canada. Eighty percent (80 percent) of

artificial trees worldwide are manufactured in China, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. â&#x20AC;˘ Real Trees are a renewable, recyclable resource. Artificial trees contain non-biodegradable plastics and possible metal toxins such as lead. â&#x20AC;˘ There are more than 4,000 local Christmas Tree recycling programs in the US â&#x20AC;˘ For every Real Christmas Tree harvested, 1 to 3 seedlings are planted â&#x20AC;˘ There are close to 15,000 farms growing Christmas Trees in the U.S., and over 100,000 people are employed full or part-time in the industry. â&#x20AC;˘ It can take as many as 15 years to grow a tree of typical height (6 to 7 feet) or as little as four years, but the average growing time is seven years. â&#x20AC;˘ The top Christmas Tree producing states are Oregon, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Washington. â&#x20AC;˘ The most common Christmas Tree species are: balsam fir, Douglas fir, Fraser fir, noble fir, Scotch pine, Virginia pine and white pine Myth or Fact? Yours to decide for your Christmas tree.

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erhaps my bumper sticker should read, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I brake for butchered plants.â&#x20AC;? Recently, I did almost slam on my brakes to try and save a forsythia bush â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a whole row of them â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from being butchered. A well-intentioned homeowner was attacking the bushes on his front lawn with loppers.

A few things were wrong with this scene.

LOPPING IN THE WRONG PLACE While loppers are, in fact, the main tool in pruning forsythia, this guy, unfortunately, was standing upright and using them at chest height. Lopping all branches to this height creates a bush that rises up like a graceful fountain, then loses that grace in a wild burst of chest-high growth.

As with shortening a stem on any plant, from a mum to an apple to an indoor avocado, buds just behind the cut are awakened to grow out into shoots.

Some people use hedge shears on forsythia, with equally ungraceful results.

All that a hedge shears does is coax lots of new growth right where all those cuts are made.

Why not let a forsythia bush be the graceful fountain of growth that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to be? It does need pruning, of course, to rid it periodically of decrepit old stems and make way for young, flowering ones.

But the way to prune and maintain that graceful, arching form is by using

a lopper at ground level, cutting away the old stems there. A few snips with a hand shears to shorten any stems that are too lanky completes the job.

TIMING, FOR FLOWERS A second problem with this pruning/butchering job was timing. Forsythia blooms first thing in the spring, not on shoots that start growing early in the season but on stems that grew last season. So anything cut off now translates to that many fewer flowers next spring.

For the most abundant flower show from forsythia or any other early-spring flowering shrub, wait to prune until after the burst of colorful blossoms subsides, in the spring.

(Summer blooming shrubs, such as butterfly bush and rose-of-sharon, blossom on new shoots, so nothing is sacrificed by cutting off old ones in winter or anytime before growth begins.)

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Plants are best able to face winter with their â&#x20AC;&#x153;machineryâ&#x20AC;? shut down. Any place there is activity is liable to suffer cold damage in the months ahead. For this reason, wait to prune any plant until after the coldest part of winter has passed. And for plants that are particularly tender to cold, wait even longer, until just before or after growth has begun for the season, depending on when the plant flowers.

TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS There was no critical need, however, to come screeching to a stop in front of those forsythia bushes being butchered/ pruned. Forsythia is tough, not particularly susceptible to cold. Butchering can ruin its form and sacrifice part of next springâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show, but it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t harm or kill the plants. And with correct and timely pruning, forsythia bounces back to the glorious plant it wants to be.

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DAILY QUESTION DISCARD

South has three chances and should try them in proper order. After he draws trumps, he takes the three top diamonds.

The 3-3 break gives him a discard for his queen of clubs, and he loses only one spade.

If the diamonds failed to break evenly, South would ruff the fourth diamond and lead a spade toward the queen.

If West had the king, South could later pitch a club from dummy on the ace of spades. If East had the king of spades, South would still have

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Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Marla Sokoloff, 29; Alyssa Milano, 37; Amy Locane, 38; Jessica Steen, 44 HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You will play hard and work hard, bringing spectacular results this year. It’s time to blend your past experience with your present plans in order to build a bigger and better future. Change is upon you and your ability to adapt and make the most of every situation will put you out in front. The rewards for your labor will be massive. Your numbers are 5, 9, 17, 21, 32, 41, 44 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your input will help to create a stir that helps you make a profit using your abilities. Travel and communications will lead to greater opportunities and will inject a little fire into your love life. ★★★★ TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Last-minute details added to a job you’ve been working on will make a huge difference. A budget set for entertainment and festive activities will help you stay within your means, giving a better start to the new year. ★★ GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Tie up any lastminute jobs so you can spend the rest of the day relaxing and enjoying the people and activities that make you happiest. A choice can be made that will alter your plans for the future. A move will entice you but may be premature. ★★★★★ CANCER (June 21-July 22): What you do for those in need will determine what you will get back in the new year. Don’t let the changes being made around you cause you to make an unnecessary move. Your patience will pay off. ★★★ LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The people you hook up with will have some interesting alternatives for you to think about. Changing your location or traveling a distance will not satisfy your expectations. Stay put and spend less. ★★★ VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You can find an easy way to handle a family member who is out of line or causing you grief. You don’t have to show anger but you do have to be firm. Some last-minute items you pick up are sure to please. ★★★ LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t count on getting help from anyone. If you prepare to do everything yourself, you won’t be disappointed.

Your originality, charm and sophistication will be all that’s required to drum up interest in something you want to pursue. ★★ SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t sit idle when you should be picking up additional information, experience and skills. Mix tradition with non-traditional methods. A change is possible if you follow through with your plans. ★★★★ SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Put your ideas and plans on the table, presenting your skills and your experience. You’ll be difficult to turn down if you have a slick presentation. Once you have made it, you can relax and enjoy the holidays. ★★★★ CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You will make an impact with something you do or give to someone. A problem with someone in a position of authority will fester if you don’t handle the situation as soon as it develops. Accept change.

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“Hand me a rubber band and make it snappy.” – Mabel, the manager of my club, hurriedly filing some old tournament records.

Today’s declarer attacked his slam in makeit-snappy fashion, as if he was eager to go down.

He drew trumps and led a club from dummy to his queen. West took the king and returned a club, and South was doomed.

He ran the diamonds to discard one spade but still lost a spade to East’s king.

“You booted it,” North scowled, and South had no snappy comeback.

HOROSCOPE

You hold: S Q 7 H K 10 8 7 3 D A Q 6 4 C 4 2. Your partner opens one spade, you bid two hearts and he rebids two spades. The opponents pass. What do you say?

ANSWER: You have a close decision whether to insist on game or settle for an invitation. If you deem your hand worth driving to game, bid three diamonds. But since so many players are now opening light, distributional hands. I’d be content to invite by raising to three spades.

South dealer N-S 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.

Ohio eatery offers discount for sandwich tattoos

LAKEWOOD, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio restaurant is offering lifetime discounts to people willing to make an indelible display of their love for grilled cheese sandwiches.

Melt Bar & Grilled in the Cleveland suburb of

Lakewood specializes in spins on the grilled cheese and says anyone with a tattoo of the classic sandwich will get 25 percent off.

The restaurant has hooked up for the promotion with a tattoo shop, which is offer-

ing its own discount on grilled cheese designs.

John Forgus of Voodoo Monkey Tattoo says he’s been getting creative, giving one person a tattoo of Popeye holding a grilled cheese sandwich instead of a spinach can.

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Housework counts as exercise

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ear Dr. Donohue: My wife and I are senior citizens.

I am 89, and my wife is 86. Walking is becoming more difficult for us. Running or jogging is out of the question. When you write about exercise, you regularly speak about running and walking. As the population ages, the percentage of those over 65 grows, and they are all not able to run and walk.

I do water exercise twice a week. I like to rake leaves and do other things to get arm exercise. You never write about that kind of exercise. – T.H.

BLONDIE

You are absolutely correct. Exercise at older ages has to be done with some caution and only with doctor approval.

And “exercise” doesn’t mean marathon running or hours upon hours of bodybuilding. One criterion for exercise is raising the heart rate to a faster beat than it beats at rest and maintaining that faster beat for around 10 minutes at a stretch. If 10 minutes is too long, then do what you can and gradually try to increase the time.

Any activity that burns three to six times the calories burned from sitting quietly qualifies as exercise. At rest, people burn, on average, 1.2 calories a minute, around 70 calories an hour.

Household chores fit that definition of exercise.

General housecleaning burns 4.8 calories a minute; mopping, 4.2; cooking, 3.2; grocery shopping, 4; scrubbing floors, 7.3; vacuuming, 3.2; mowing the lawn,

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8.1; raking leaves, 4.5. All of these burn more than three times the resting calorie HEALTH burn. Every activDr. Paul ity should Donohue last for 10 ■■■ minutes, and the total daily exercise activity should be 30 minutes.

You can break the exercise sessions into three 10-minute periods.

Even when watching TV, you can get some exercise by walking or slowly jogging in place.

The idea is to get the body moving. Water exercise is wonderful.

The temperature of pool water is around 84 F, and the water’s warmth relaxes muscles and keeps joints limber. Water buoyancy reduces stress on joints. Your program is fine, T.H. Dear Dr. Donohue: Is creatine safe for building muscles? My 19-year-old son is a football player in college. Some of his teammates take creatine to develop muscle mass at a faster rate. A trainer implied that it is safe, but you have to watch your hydration. Please give me your opinion. – J.L. At least 40 percent of college athletes take creatine. It’s composed of amino acids, the same material that makes proteins. Most body creatine is found in muscles. It’s made by the liver and pancreas.

Advocates say it increases the special kind

of energy needed for short bursts of maximum exertion. That kind of energy makes lifting weights possible. It delays muscle fatigue.

Studies proving that it actually builds muscles are equivocal.

It is safe. It shouldn’t be used by anyone with kidney problems. Users ought to make a concerted effort not to become dehydrated when they are taking it. Side effects are few and minor for most. On the plus side, it’s not an anabolic steroid, the male hormone favored by many athletes.

Dear Dr. Donohue: I have read your advice about taking a day of rest between weight-training exercises. I prefer doing one set of weightlifting exercise every day. Is that OK? It takes less time and doesn’t seem as difficult. – C.A. Taking a full 24 hours of rest between weightlifting exercises for the same muscles applies to those lifting heavy weights for three or more sets. Such exhausting exercise breaks down muscles, and a day of rest permits muscles to repair and grow.

Lifting only one set of an exercise every day doesn’t cause such muscle damage. You can do that on a daily basis.

DR. DONOHUE regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 328536475

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Matt Moore will make his third consecutive start at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers on Sunday against Minnesota.

Jake Delhomme was ruled out of the game Friday with a broken finger that’s kept him sidelined since Nov. 29.

Moore is 1-1 as a starter.

Cornerback Richard Marshall is questionable with a right ankle injury. Tyrell Sutton is questionable with a sore hamstring.

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HIGH POINT – High Point University sophomore Shamia Brown recorded her first double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough as the Panthers fell 76-68 to Longwood on Friday at the Millis Center.

HPU drops to 4-6. Longwood improves to 4-8.

“I thought the game was lost in the first 10 minutes, not the last five,” HPU head coach Tooey Loy said. “Longwood came out with more intensity and focus than we did. The layoff and the week of exams looked like it wore on us. That is not an excuse because you have to be ready to play every time out.

We just didn’t have it tonight. You got to be ready to go every night and tonight we weren’t.”

With the game knotted at 59-59 with just over four minutes remaining, the Lancers went on a 7-0 run to take their largest lead of the game, 66-59 with a little under three minutes to go.

The Panthers pulled within 66-63 with just over two minutes left, but could not pull any closer.

The game was tied 29-29 at halftime. Brown scored 13 points in the first half and grabbed nine rebounds to lead High Point.

High Point will travel to Gainesville, Fla., to play in the Gator Holiday Classic. The Panthers will open the holiday tournament against William & Mary on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. before facing either the University of Florida or Southern University on Monday.

UNC’s Paulus plans to leave Chapel Hill for William & Mary

CHAPEL HILL (AP) – North Carolina backup quarterback Mike Paulus says he plans to transfer to William & Mary.

Tar Heels coach Butch Davis said Friday that Paulus asked to be released from his scholarship a few weeks ago in search of more playing time.

The sophomore says he will not travel with North Carolina to Charlotte for the Meineke Bowl against

No. 17 Pittsburgh. Paulus was a heralded member of Davis’ first recruiting class in 2007. He spent the past three years as a backup to T.J. Yates, but hasn’t played in a game since 2008 and saw action in only four games during his career. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

He is the younger brother of former Duke point guard and Syracuse quarterback Greg Paulus.

Czyz to transfer from No. 7 Duke DURHAM (AP) – Olek Czyz is leaving Duke’s basketball team.

School officials said Friday that Czyz is planning to transfer to another Division I school.

The 6-foot-7 sophomore was primarily a backup forward who started the first two games this season as the seventh-ranked Blue Devils (8-1) went to a bigger lineup with guard Nolan Smith serving a two-game suspension.

Czyz, a native of Poland who played at Reno High School in Nevada, averaged roughly 10 minutes in the six games he played, averaging 2.5 points and two rebounds while shooting 58 percent.

The school says Czyz is leaving in good academic standing and coach Mike Krzyzewski says the program will support him through the transfer process.

Duke battles Gonzaga today at 4 p.m. at Madison Square Garden.

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Indianapolis linebacker Clint Session (55) leaps over Jacksonville wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker (11) after Sims-Walker was brought down by Colts’ Gary Brackett during the first quarter of Thursday night’s game in Jacksonville, Fla. The Colts staged their seventh fourth-quarter comeback of the season for a 35-31 victory.

Comeback Colts strike again JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Peyton Manning jogged off the field with a relatively clean jersey.

No dirt spots. No grass stains. Barely even sweat marks.

It looked like Manning got the night off, much like some predicted since the Indianapolis Colts had already clinched a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.

It was misleading.

Manning threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns, including a 65-yarder to Reggie Wayne to go ahead for good, and the Colts stayed unbeaten with a 35-31 victory in a wild game against the Jacksonville Jaguars late Thursday night.

It marked the Colts’ NFL-record seventh comeback from a fourth-quarter deficit this season. “We’ve had some extremely close games,” Manning said. “Do we feel fortunate to be undefeated? Certainly. Anybody that’s followed us each week can go back to a lot of games and say, ‘Boy, if we don’t make that play, we’re not undefeated.’”

The Colts improved to 14-0 for the first time in franchise history and extended their NFL-record winning streak to 23 in the regular season. They also became the third 14-0 team in league history, joining the 1972 Miami Dolphins and 2007 New England Patriots. New Orleans can match

the feat with a win over Dallas tonight.

“This is who we are,” Wayne said.

“We’re built for 60 minutes. It won’t be pretty all the time, but we’re getting it done.”

The back-and-forth game on a cool night included 714 yards, 43 first downs, 10 lead changes, six punts, several big plays and just two turnovers. “This was an old-time shootout at the OK Corral,” Colts coach Jim Caldwell said.

Jacksonville had a chance to win it in the closing minutes, but David Garrard overthrew Mike Thomas on a third-and10 play with about a minute to play. Jacob Lacey intercepted the ball, and the Colts ran out the clock.

The Jaguars (7-7) lost for the third time in four games and no longer controls their fate in the AFC wild-card race. “We were close, so close, to being in this locker room celebrating,” cornerback Derek Cox said.

“But there’s no moral victories.”

They have Manning to thank for the latest setback, which spoiled the team’s home finale. The game was Jacksonville’s first not blacked out on local television this season.

Manning completed his first 13 passes and was nearly as efficient as he was in last year’s game in Jacksonville, when he completed 17 in a row.

HIT AND RUN

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he Dallas Cowboys’ desperate December drive to make the NFL playoffs could crash in New Orleans tonight.

But I have a hunch the Cowboys will end the Saints’ quest for perfection instead.

At 13-0, New Orleans has wrapped up the NFC South title and a first-round playoff bye. One more Saints win or Minnesota loss will give New Orleans homefield advantage throughout the playoffs.

The Cowboys, meanwhile, stand 8-5. They trail Philadelphia by one game in the NFC

East and are locked in a furious three-team battle with Green Bay (9-5) and the New York Giants (7-6) for the two NFC wildcards.

Because of tiebreakers and the soft remaining schedules for the Packers and Giants, Dallas knows it must win at least two of its final three games to have a realistic shot at the playoffs.

After the visit to New Orleans tonight, Dallas goes to Washington and closes the regular season at home against Philadelphia.

A loss to the Saints puts the Cowboys on

the brink of another year of postseason disappointment.

The Saints say they are going to give 100 percent effort in their bid for a perfect season. I believe them.

But the Cowboys aren’t focused on perfection. They understand a win over the Saints goes a long way to punching that coveted playoff ticket. That should make for a fascinating showdown in the Big Easy tonight.

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Atlanta 6, Dallas 5, OT Minnesota 3, Montreal 1 Detroit 3, Tampa Bay 0 Nashville 6, Edmonton 3 Calgary 2, Los Angeles 1 San Jose 4, Anaheim 1

NFL

Friday’s Games

All Times EST AMERICAN CONFERENCE East New England Miami N.Y. Jets Buffalo

W 8 7 7 5

L 5 6 6 8

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .615 .538 .538 .385

PF 348 292 275 215

x-Indianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee Houston

W 14 7 6 6

L 0 7 7 7

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .462 .462

PF 394 266 293 311

Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland

W 9 7 6 2

L 4 6 7 11

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .692 .538 .462 .154

PF 264 319 278 158

San Diego Denver Oakland Kansas City

W 10 8 4 3

L 3 5 9 10

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .769 .615 .308 .231

PF 362 256 155 206

PA 234 306 211 271

Home 7-0-0 4-2-0 3-3-0 2-4-0

Away 1-5-0 3-4-0 4-3-0 3-4-0

AFC 5-4-0 5-4-0 5-5-0 3-7-0

NFC 3-1-0 2-2-0 2-1-0 2-1-0

Div 3-2-0 4-2-0 2-4-0 2-3-0

Home 7-0-0 5-3-0 4-2-0 3-4-0

Away AFC 7-0-0 10-0-0 2-4-0 6-4-0 2-5-0 3-7-0 3-3-0 4-6-0

NFC 4-0-0 1-3-0 3-0-0 2-1-0

Div 6-0-0 3-3-0 2-4-0 1-5-0

Home 5-2-0 5-2-0 4-2-0 1-5-0

Away 4-2-0 2-4-0 2-5-0 1-6-0

AFC 6-3-0 6-4-0 4-6-0 2-7-0

NFC 3-1-0 1-2-0 2-1-0 0-4-0

Div 6-0-0 3-2-0 1-4-0 1-5-0

Home 4-2-0 4-2-0 2-5-0 1-6-0

Away 6-1-0 4-3-0 2-4-0 2-4-0

AFC 7-3-0 6-4-0 3-6-0 2-7-0

NFC 3-0-0 2-1-0 1-3-0 1-3-0

Div 5-1-0 3-1-0 1-4-0 1-4-0

Home 4-2-0 5-2-0 4-3-0 3-3-0

Away 5-2-0 3-3-0 3-3-0 1-6-0

NFC 8-2-0 6-3-0 5-4-0 2-8-0

AFC 1-2-0 2-2-0 2-2-0 2-1-0

Div 4-1-0 2-2-0 3-2-0 0-4-0

Home 6-0-0 5-2-0 3-3-0 1-6-0

Away 7-0-0 1-5-0 2-5-0 0-6-0

NFC 9-0-0 5-6-0 5-4-0 1-8-0

AFC 4-0-0 1-1-0 0-4-0 0-4-0

Div 4-0-0 2-3-0 3-2-0 0-4-0

Home 7-0-0 5-2-0 4-3-0 2-4-0

Away 4-2-0 4-2-0 1-5-0 0-7-0

NFC 8-1-0 7-3-0 3-7-0 1-8-0

AFC 3-1-0 2-1-0 2-1-0 1-3-0

Div 5-0-0 4-2-0 1-3-0 0-5-0

Home 3-3-0 5-2-0 4-2-0 0-6-0

Away 5-2-0 1-5-0 1-6-0 1-6-0

NFC 6-3-0 5-4-0 4-6-0 1-9-0

AFC 2-2-0 1-3-0 1-2-0 0-3-0

Div 3-2-0 4-1-0 3-3-0 0-4-0

Ottawa at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Boston at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Washington at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Dallas, 3 p.m.

Phoenix at Anaheim, 4 p.m.

Nashville at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Washington at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

South PA 248 322 323 273

North PA 217 218 244 315

Sunday’s Games

West PA 259 230 316 342

Detroit at Chicago, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

WINTER SPORTS

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NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington

W 9 8 7 4

L 4 5 6 9

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .692 .615 .538 .308

PF 372 296 341 234

x-New Orleans Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay

W 13 6 5 1

L 0 7 8 12

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .462 .385 .077

PF 466 302 225 190

y-Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Detroit

W 11 9 5 2

L 2 4 8 11

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .846 .692 .385 .154

PF 389 344 247 209

PA 273 233 330 251

Men’s World Cup Super-G Friday At Val Gardena, Italy

South PA 274 305 282 356

North PA 243 243 291 406

West Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

W 8 6 5 1

L 5 7 8 12

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .615 .462 .385 .077

PF 306 269 250 146

PA 258 242 301 361

TRIVIA QUESTION

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

Emerald Bowl, At San Francisco

y-clinched playoff spot

Thursday’s Games Indianapolis 35, Jacksonville 31

Friday’s Games

Sunday’s Games Miami at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Houston at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.

Chicago at Baltimore, 4:15 p.m.

Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 4:15 p.m.

Minnesota at Carolina, 8:20 p.m.

Monday’s Game

NFL injury report

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Football League injury report, as provided by the league (OUT - Definitely will not play; DNP - Did not practice; LIMITED - Limited participation in practice; FULL - Full participation in practice):

SATURDAY DALLAS COWBOYS at NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — COWBOYS: OUT: TE Martellus Bennett (concussion), T Marc Colombo (ankle), S Pat Watkins (knee). DNP: LB DeMarcus Ware (wrist, neck). LIMITED: S Ken Hamlin (ankle). FULL: RB Deon Anderson (knee), CB Terence Newman (knee), S Gerald Sensabaugh (thumb). SAINTS: DNP: DT Sedrick Ellis (knee), CB Jabari Greer (groin).

LIMITED: T Jermon Bushrod (thumb), G Jahri Evans (foot), LB Scott Fujita (knee), C Jonathan Goodwin (ankle), K Garrett Hartley (right hip), DE Bobby McCray (back), LB Marvin Mitchell (hamstring), G Carl Nicks (back), CB Tracy Porter (knee), TE Jeremy Shockey (toe), T Jon Stinchcomb (knee), RB Pierre Thomas (hip), LB Jonathan Vilma (knee), S Usama Young (hip). FULL: RB Mike Bell (wrist, knee), WR Lance Moore (ankle, hamstring).

SUNDAY

CLEVELAND BROWNS at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — BROWNS: DNP: DE Robaire Smith (groin), S Ray Ventrone (finger). LIMITED: LB David Bowens (knee), DE Kenyon Coleman (knee), WR Joshua Cribbs (ankle), G Rex Hadnot (knee), RB Lawrence Vickers (hamstring), CB Eric Wright (hamstring).

FULL: LB Blake Costanzo (shoulder), RB Chris Jennings (shoulder), WR Brian Robiskie (toe), TE Robert Royal (finger). CHIEFS: LIMITED: DE Glenn Dorsey (knee), S Jon McGraw (hand), RB Dantrell Savage (ankle), G Brian Waters (hamstring). FULL: DE Wallace Gilberry (back).

ATLANTA FALCONS at NEW YORK JETS — FALCONS: DNP: DE Jamaal Anderson (chest), CB Chris Houston (hamstring). LIMITED: DE John Abraham (not injury related), DT Jonathan Babineaux (shoulder), T Sam Baker (elbow), G Harvey Dahl (ankle), C Todd McClure (knee), QB Matt Ryan (toe), RB Michael Turner (ankle). FULL: WR Michael Jenkins (ankle), TE Justin Peelle (head), T Will Svitek (ankle), WR Roddy White (knee). JETS: DNP: C Nick Mangold (illness), T Robert Turner (knee). LIMITED: DE Shaun Ellis (knee), CB Dwight Lowery (ankle). FULL: CB Marquice Cole (knee), S Jim Leonhard (thumb), QB Mark Sanchez (knee).

MIAMI DOLPHINS at TENNESSEE TITANS — DOLPHINS: LIMITED: S Yeremiah Bell (knee), LB Joey Porter (knee), LB Reggie Torbor (hamstring). FULL: WR Davone Bess (ankle), T Vernon Carey (back), C Jake Grove (ankle). TITANS: DNP: DE Eric Bakhtiari (concussion), DT Tony Brown (knee), TE Craig Stevens (concussion), LB David Thornton (shoulder). LIMITED: LB Keith Bulluck (not injury related), QB Vince Young (knee, hamstring). FULL: C Kevin Mawae (back), WR Nate Washington (ankle).

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS at PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — 49ERS: OUT: CB Nate Clements (shoulder). DNP: WR Isaac Bruce (ankle), T Barry Sims (knee), TE Delanie Walker (ankle). LIMITED: LB Takeo Spikes (hamstring). FULL: LB Ahmad Brooks (foot), S Dashon Goldson (chest), RB Frank Gore (toe), CB Marcus Hudson (back), RB Moran Norris (toe), RB Michael Robinson (shoulder), T Joe Staley (knee). EAGLES: FULL: DE Victor Abiamiri (knee), WR Jason Avant (hamstring), C Nick Cole (knee), DE Trent Cole (hamstring), WR Kevin Curtis (knee), LB Akeem Jordan (knee), DT Mike Patterson (wrist), RB Leonard Weaver (hamstring).

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at BUFFALO BILLS — PATRIOTS: DNP: WR Randy Moss (not injury related), RB Fred Taylor (ankle), DT Ty Warren (ankle), DT Vince Wilfork (foot).

LIMITED: WR Sam Aiken (shoulder), LB Tully Banta-Cain (shoulder), QB Tom Brady (right shoulder, right finger, rib), WR Julian Edelman (forearm), DE Jarvis Green (knee), T Nick Kaczur (shoulder), G Stephen Neal (ankle), DT Myron Pryor (chest), TE Benjamin Watson (knee).

FULL: CB Shawn Springs (knee). BILLS: DNP: WR Terrell Owens (illness), T Jonathan Scott (eye), G Kendall Simmons (shoulder). LIMITED: S Jairus Byrd (groin), WR Justin Jenkins (knee), T Jamon Meredith (ankle).

ARIZONA CARDINALS at DETROIT LIONS — CARDINALS: OUT: LB Will Davis (knee).

DNP: T Mike Gandy (pelvis), K Neil Rackers (right groin). LIMITED: WR Larry Fitzgerald (knee), P Ben Graham (left groin), LB Gerald Hayes (back), DE Kenny Iwebema (shoulder), CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (toe). FULL: CB Michael Adams (hamstring), RB Tim Hightower (thumb). LIONS: DNP: S Louis Delmas (ankle), DT Andre Fluellen (groin), DT Grady Jackson (knee), WR Calvin Johnson (knee), C Don Muhlbach (concussion), QB Matthew Stafford (left shoulder). LIMITED: RB Aaron Brown (knee), DT Joe Cohen (knee), WR Dennis Northcutt (groin), DE Dewayne White (toe).

FULL: P Nick Harris (left knee).

GREEN BAY PACKERS at PITTSBURGH STEELERS — PACKERS: OUT: LB Jeremy Thompson (neck). DNP: CB Brandon Underwood (hip), CB Charles Woodson (shoulder, not injury related). LIMITED: DE Johnny Jolly (knee), DT Ryan Pickett (hamstring). FULL: LB Nick Barnett (knee). STEELERS: DNP: LB James Farrior (not injury related), S Troy Polamalu (knee), WR Limas Sweed (illness).

LIMITED: C Justin Hartwig (knee), G Chris Kemoeatu (wrist). FULL: DE Brett Keisel (neck), WR Hines Ward (hamstring).

CHICAGO BEARS at BALTIMORE RAVENS — BEARS: DNP: WR Devin Hester (calf), LB Jamar Williams (ankle). FULL: CB Zackary Bowman (illness), DT Tommie Harris (knee), T Orlando Pace (groin), CB Charles Tillman (back). RAVENS: DNP: WR Mark Clayton (knee), T Jared Gaither (foot), CB K.J. Gerard (thigh), LB Jarret Johnson (knee, back), DT Brandon McKinney (back), S Ed Reed (groin, foot), LB Terrell Suggs (knee), WR Kelley Washington (ankle). LIMITED: C Matt Birk (neck), WR Derrick Mason (finger), NT Haloti Ngata (ankle), TE L.J. Smith (ankle).

HOUSTON TEXANS at ST. LOUIS RAMS — TEXANS: DNP: C Chris Myers (ribs). LIMITED: T Duane Brown (knee), TE Joel Dreessen (shoulder). FULL: DT Tim Bulman (hamstring), LB Brian Cushing (foot), RB Arian Foster (ribs), RB Vonta Leach (illness), QB Matt Schaub (left shoulder), G Kasey Studdard (ankle), DE Mario Williams (groin). RAMS: Practice not complete.

OAKLAND RAIDERS at DENVER BRONCOS — RAIDERS: PROBABLE: TE Zach Miller (shoulder). BRONCOS: No injuries.

CINCINNATI BENGALS at SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — BENGALS: OUT: S Chris Crocker (ankle), DT Domata Peko (knee).

LIMITED: DT Tank Johnson (foot), RB Bernard Scott (toe). FULL: S Kyries Hebert (knee), RB Brian Leonard (calf), CB Morgan Trent (knee).

CHARGERS: DNP: C Nick Hardwick (ankle), LB Shawne Merriman (foot), WR Legedu Naanee (foot). FULL: DE Alfonso Boone (knee), CB Quentin Jammer (toe), NT Travis Johnson (groin), LB Shaun Phillips (ankle), P Mike Scifres (groin), S Eric Weddle (knee).

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — BUCCANEERS: DNP: WR Michael Clayton (knee), TE John Gilmore (head), RB Carnell Williams (not injury related). LIMITED: CB Derrick Roberson (groin). FULL: LB Geno Hayes (hamstring), G Davin Joseph (shoulder), DT Roy Miller (ankle), WR Sammie Stroughter (lower back), TE Kellen Winslow (knee). SEAHAWKS: OUT: WR Nate Burleson (ankle). FULL: LB Aaron Curry (hip), LB D.D. Lewis (knee).

MINNESOTA VIKINGS at CAROLINA PANTHERS — VIKINGS: DNP: WR Percy Harvin (illness), WR Sidney Rice (illness). LIMITED: WR Bernard Berrian (hamstring), DE Ray Edwards (back), CB Cedric Griffin (neck), G Steve Hutchinson (shoulder), S Tyrell Johnson (concussion), T Phil Loadholt (shoulder),

Sunday, Dec. 27 Music City Bowl, At Nashville, Tenn.

San Diego at Tennessee, 7:30 p.m.

Today’s Games Dallas at New Orleans, 8:20 p.m.

Southern Cal (8-4) vs. Boston College (84), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 27

Clemson (8-5) vs. Kentucky (7-5), 8 p.m.

(ESPN)

Buffalo at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Houston at Miami, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at New England, 1 p.m.

Detroit at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 4:15 p.m.

Denver at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m.

Dallas at Washington, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 28 Independence Bowl, At Shreveport, La. Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Georgia (7-5), 5 p.m.

(ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 29 EagleBank Bowl, At Washington Temple (9-3) vs. UCLA (6-6), 4:30 p.m.

(ESPN)

Champs Sports Bowl, At Orlando, Fla. Miami (9-3) vs. Wisconsin (9-3), 8 p.m.

(ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 30 Humanitarian Bowl, At Boise, Idaho

Monday, Dec. 28 Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Bowling Green (7-5) vs. Idaho (7-5), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

CB Karl Paymah (knee, ankle), TE Visanthe Shiancoe (ribs, foot), C John Sullivan (concussion), CB Antoine Winfield (foot). PANTHERS: DNP: QB Jake Delhomme (right finger), CB Richard Marshall (ankle), RB Tyrell Sutton (thigh). FULL: DE Tyler Brayton (concussion), LB Na’il Diggs (ribs), WR Muhsin Muhammad (knee), RB Jonathan Stewart (toe).

Nebraska (9-4) vs. Arizona (8-4), 8 p.m.

(ESPN)

MONDAY NEW YORK GIANTS at WASHINGTON REDSKINS — GIANTS: DNP: RB Ahmad Bradshaw (ankle, foot), WR Mario Manningham (illness), T Kareem McKenzie (knee), CB Corey Webster (knee). FULL: QB Eli Manning (foot). REDSKINS: DNP: T Stephon Heyer (knee). LIMITED: DT Cornelius Griffin (shoulder), CB DeAngelo Hall (knee), DT Albert Haynesworth (ankle), S Kareem Moore (ankle), RB Mike Sellers (thigh). FULL: K Graham Gano (right foot).

NFL playoff scenarios Week 15 AFC Indianapolis

Holiday Bowl, At San Diego Thursday, Dec. 31 Sun Bowl, At El Paso, Texas Stanford (8-4) vs. Oklahoma (7-5), Noon (CBS)

Armed Forces Bowl, At Fort Worth Air Force (7-5) vs. Houston (10-3), Noon (ESPN)

Texas Bowl, At Houston Missouri (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4), 3:30 p.m.

(ESPN)

Insight Bowl, At Tempe, Ariz.

Minnesota (6-6) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 6 p.m.

(NFL)

Chick-fil-A Bowl, At Atlanta Virginia Tech (9-3) vs. Tennessee (7-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl, At Tampa, Fla.

San Diego — Clinches AFC West with: 1) A Denver loss.

2) A win or tie and a Denver tie.

— Clinches a first-round bye with: 1) A win, Denver loss or tie and a New England loss or tie.

— Clinches a playoff spot with: 1) A win or tie.

2) A loss or tie by New England, Baltimore and Miami.

3) A loss or tie by New England, Baltimore and N.Y. Jets.

4) A loss or tie by Miami, Baltimore and N.Y. Jets.

5) A loss or tie by Miami, N.Y. Jets and Jacksonville.

6) A loss or tie by Miami, Baltimore and Jacksonville.

7) A loss or tie by N.Y. Jets, Baltimore and Jacksonville.

Cincinnati — Clinches AFC North with: 1) A win.

2) A tie and a Baltimore loss or tie.

3) A Baltimore loss.

— Clinches a playoff spot with: 1) A tie and losses by Miami, N.Y. Jets and Jacksonville.

NFC New Orleans Clinched NFC South and a first-round bye.

— Clinches homefield advantage throughout NFC playoffs with: 1) A win and a Minnesota loss or tie.

2) A tie and a Minnesota loss.

Minnesota Clinched a playoff spot — Clinches NFC North with: 1) A win.

2) A tie and a Green Bay loss or tie.

3) Green Bay loss.

— Clinches first-round bye with: 1) A win and a Philadelphia loss or tie.

2) A tie and a Green Bay loss or tie and a Philadelphia loss.

Arizona

Penn State (10-2) vs. LSU (9-3), 1 p.m.

(ABC)

Gator Bowl, At Jacksonville, Fla. Florida State (6-6) vs. West Virginia (9-3), 1 p.m. (CBS)

Rose Bowl, At Pasadena, Calif.

Ohio State (10-2) vs. Oregon (10-2), 5 p.m.

(ABC)

Sugar Bowl, At New Orleans

Indianapolis Jacksonville

0 3

21 14

7 14

7 0

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South Florida (7-5) vs. Northern Illinois (75), Noon (ESPN2)

Cotton Bowl, At Dallas Oklahoma State (9-3) vs. Mississippi (8-4), 2 p.m. (FOX)

PapaJohns.com Bowl, At Birmingham Connecticut (7-5) vs. South Carolina (7-5), 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Liberty Bowl, At Memphis, Tenn.

East Carolina (9-4) vs. Arkansas (7-5), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Alamo Bowl, At San Antonio Michigan State (6-6) vs. Texas Tech (8-4), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Jan. 4 Fiesta Bowl, At Glendale, Ariz.

Boise State (13-0) vs. TCU (12-0), 8 p.m.

(FOX)

Tuesday, Jan. 5 Orange Bowl, At Miami Iowa (10-2) vs. Georgia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m.

(FOX)

Wednesday, Jan. 6 GMAC Bowl, At Mobile, Ala. Central Michigan (11-2) vs. Troy (9-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Jan. 7 BCS Championship, At Pasadena, Calif.

Alabama (13-0) vs. Texas (13-0), 8 p.m.

(ABC)

Saturday, Jan. 23 East-West Shrine Classic, At Orlando East vs. West, 3 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 30 Senior Bowl, At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 4 p.m. (NFL)

NCAA FCS playoffs All Times EST Quarterfinals William & Mary 24, Southern Illinois 3 Montana 51, Stephen F. Austin 0 Villanova 46, New Hampshire 7 Appalachian State 35, Richmond 31

Semifinals 35 31

First Quarter Jac—FG Scobee 50, 7:27.

Second Quarter Ind—Clark 6 pass from Manning (Stover kick), 14:13.

Jac—Jones-Drew 9 pass from Garrard (Scobee kick), 8:25.

Ind—Simpson 93 kickoff return (Stover kick), 8:12.

Jac—Jones-Drew 3 run (Scobee kick), 2:58.

Ind—Collie 23 pass from Manning (Stover kick), :35.

Third Quarter Jac—Sims-Walker 16 pass from Garrard (Scobee kick), 8:32.

Ind—Clark 27 pass from Manning (Stover kick), 5:28.

Jac—M.Thomas 13 pass from Garrard (Scobee kick), :47.

First downs Total Net Yards Rushes-yards Passing Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Comp-Att-Int Sacked-Yards Lost Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

Ind 18 369 23-61 308 2-8 4-147 1-8 23-30-1 0-0 3-43.0 0-0 5-40 24:34

Jac 25 345 34-139 206 2-17 5-157 1-10 23-40-1 2-17 3-44.7 1-0 4-22 35:26

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Indianapolis, Addai 16-59, Hart 3-3, Collie 1-2, Manning 3-(minus 3). Jacksonville, Jones-Drew 27-110, Jennings 5-23, Garrard 2-6.

PASSING—Indianapolis, Manning 23-30-1308. Jacksonville, Garrard 23-40-1-223.

RECEIVING—Indianapolis, Clark 7-95, Wayne 5-132, Collie 3-27, Addai 3-14, Garcon 2-16, Hart 1-11, Tamme 1-8, Robinson 1-5. Jacksonville, Sims-Walker 6-64, Jones-Drew 5-30, Lewis 4-53, Holt 3-38, M.Thomas 2-20, Wilford 1-7, Miller 1-6, Jennings 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Jacksonville, Scobee 57.

College Bowl games Today New Mexico Bowl, At Albuquerque Wyoming (6-6) vs. Fresno State (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)

St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl Rutgers (8-4) vs. UCF (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Sunday, Dec. 20 New Orleans Bowl Southern Miss. (7-5) vs. Middle Tennessee (9-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 22 Las Vegas Bowl BYU (10-2) vs. Oregon State (8-4), 8 p.m.

(ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 23 Poinsettia Bowl, At San Diego Utah (9-3) vs. Cal (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl, At Honolulu SMU (7-5) vs. Nevada (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, At Detroit Ohio (9-4) vs. Marshall (6-6), 1 p.m.

(ESPN)

Meineke Bowl, At Charlotte North Carolina (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (9-3), 4 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday’s results Ohio State 78, Presbyterian 48 Winthrop 62, USC Upstate 53 College of Charleston 87, Charleston Southern 74

Thursday’s game James Madison 78, Gardner-Webb 57

Friday’s game Bluefield at UNC Asheville, ppd, snow

Saturday’s games Savannah State at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m.

Radford at James Madison, ppd, snow Houghton at Liberty, 7 p.m., Charleston Southern at Virginia Tech, 7 p.m.

Presbyterian at Dayton, 8 p.m.

Gardner-Webb at Penn State, 9 p.m. (ESPNU)

Sunday’s games High Point at Marshall, 2 p.m.

Charlotte at Winthrop, 4 p.m.

Championship Friday, Dec. 18 At Finley Stadium/Davenport Field Chattanooga, Tenn.

Villanova (13-1) vs. Montana (14-0), 8 p.m.

NCAA D-III playoffs All Times EST Quarterfinals Mount Union 55, Albright 3 Wesley 12, Johns Hopkins 0 Wisconsin-Whitewater 31, Wittenberg 13 Linfield 31, St. Thomas, Minn. 20

Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 12 Mount Union 24, Wesley 7 Wisconsin-Whitewater 27, Linfield 17

Championship Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl Saturday, Dec. 19 At Salem (Va.) Stadium Mount Union (14-0) vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater (14-0), 11 a.m.

All Times EST Quarterfinals Saint Xavier 52, Lambuth 10 Sioux Falls 49, Morningside 21 Carroll, Mnt. 34, MidAmerica Nazarene 13 Lindenwood 64, Ottawa, Kan. 26

Semifinals Sioux Falls 48, Saint Xavier 6 Lindenwood 42, Carroll, Mont. 35

Championship Saturday, Dec. 19 At Barron Stadium, Rome, Ga. Sioux Falls (14-0) vs. Lindenwood (13-0), Noon

BASKETBALL ACC standings All Times EDT Boston Coll.

Duke Ga. Tech Va. Tech N.C. State Clemson Florida St. N. Carolina Wake Forest Maryland Virginia Miami

W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conf.

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Overall Pct. W L 1.000 6 4 .000 8 1 .000 8 1 .000 8 1 .000 8 1 .000 9 2 .000 9 2 .000 8 2 .000 7 2 .000 6 3 .000 4 4 .000 10 1

Pct. .600 .889 .889 .889 .889 .818 .818 .800 .778 .667 .500 .909

Thursday’s games Florida State 76, Auburn 72 N.C. State 79, Elon 76

Saturday’s games North Carolina vs. Texas, in Arlington, 2 p.m. (ESPN) Gonzaga vs. Duke, in New York, 4 p.m.

(WFMY, Ch. 2) Miami at Florida Atlantic, 4 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Virginia Tech, 7 p.m.

UNC Wilmington at Virginia, 7 p.m.

College of Charleston at Clemson, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s games Bryant at Boston College, 4 p.m.

Florida State at Georgia Tech, 5:30 p.m.

(FSN) N.C. State at Wake Forest, 7:45 p.m.

(FSN)

Monday’s games NJIT at Virginia, 7 p.m.

North Carolina A&T at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s games

FAR WEST South Florida vs. San Francisco at Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, 2 p.m.

Chadron St. at Utah Valley, 4:05 p.m.

Tennessee at Southern Cal, 4:30 p.m.

SMU at Occidental, 5 p.m.

Houston Baptist at Boise St., 5:15 p.m.

Portland St. vs. Washington St. at the Toyota Center, Spokane, Wash., 5:30 p.m.

Louisiana-Monroe at Denver, 6 p.m.

Illinois St. at Utah, 6 p.m.

San Diego St. at Arizona St., 6:30 p.m.

CS Bakersfield at Loyola Marymount, 6:30 p.m.

N. Arizona at Air Force, 9 p.m.

E. Washington at BYU, 9 p.m.

UC Riverside at Montana, 9 p.m.

Creighton at New Mexico, 9 p.m.

N. Dakota St. at Fresno St., 10 p.m.

NBA

Big South women

All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W Gard.-Webb 0 Liberty 0 Coastal Caro. 0 Charleston S. 0 High Point 0 Winthrop 0 UNC-Ashe.

0 Radford 0 Presbyterian 0

Conf.

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pct. .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000

Overall W L 8 2 6 2 7 3 4 4 4 6 4 5 3 6 1 7 1 9

Pct. .800 .750 .700 .500 .400 .444 .333 .125 .100

Wednesday’s result

W 20 11 8 6 2

Boston Toronto New York Philadelphia New Jersey

Saturday’s game

W 18 19 13 10 7

Monday’s games

Longwood women 76, High Point 68 At the Millis Center

LONGWOOD (4-8) Crystal Smith 7-12 1-3 16; Heather Tobeck 6-10 3-3 15; Brittanni Billups 6-8 2-3 14; Chelsea Coward 6-13 2-2 14; Krystal Garrison 3-7 2-2 10; Becky Fernandes 0-3 5-6 5; Morgan Smith 1-7 0-0 2; Erin Neal 0-0 0-0 0; Emma Zieverink 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 29-60 15-21 76.

HIGH POINT (4-6, 0-0 BSC) BROWN, Shamia 7-18 3-6 17; FIELDS, Frances 5-16 4-5 14; MAIER, Mackenzie 3-8 4-5 12; DODD, Amy 2-10 0-0 6; REYNOLDS, Erin 3-7 0-0 6; HARGRAVES, Jurica 2-12 0-0 6; CROMARTIE, Jazmin 2-2 1-2 5; SAMUELS, Ashlee’ 1-3 0-0 2; TARVER, Whitney 0-0 0-0 0; WHITT, Laura 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-76 1218 68.

Longwood 29 47 76 High Point 29 39 68 3-point goals--Longwood 3-10 (Krystal Garrison 2-4; Crystal Smith 1-2; Chelsea Coward 0-2; Morgan Smith 0-2), High Point 6-15 (MAIER, Mackenzie 2-6; HARGRAVES, Jurica 2-4; DODD, Amy 2-3; REYNOLDS, Erin 0-2). Fouled out--Longwood-None, High PointNone. Rebounds--Longwood 47 (Chelsea Coward 10), High Point 42 (BROWN, Shamia 12). Assists--Longwood 17 (Crystal Smith 7), High Point 15 (FIELDS, Frances 6). Total fouls-Longwood 16, High Point 18. Technical fouls-Longwood-None, High Point-None. A-213

GB — 11 1 12 ⁄2 141⁄2 19

L 6 7 11 14 16

Pct .750 .731 .542 .417 .304

GB — — 5 8 1 10 ⁄2

W 19 11 11 9 9

L 7 12 14 14 15

Pct .731 .478 .440 .391 .375

GB —1 6 ⁄2 711⁄2 8 ⁄2 9

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

Sunday’s games

Prebyterian at Alabama, 12:30 p.m.

Elon at UNC Asheville, 2:30 p.m.

Gardner-Webb at Purdue, 7 p.m.

Radford at Richmond, 7 p.m.

Winthrop at Campbell, 7 p.m.

High Point vs. TBA, at Gator Inv.

Pct .833 .393 .320 .240 .077

Central Division Cleveland Milwaukee Detroit Indiana Chicago

Winthrop at N.C. State, 5 p.m.

High Point vs. William & Mary, at Florida Gator Inv., 4:30 p.m.

Coastal Carolina vs. Savannah St., at Myrtle Beach, 5 p.m.

L 4 17 17 19 24

Southeast Division Atlanta Orlando Miami Charlotte Washington

Friday’s games

Men’s college schedule All Times EST Saturday, Dec. 19 EAST

Howard at Loyola, Md., 1 p.m.

UMBC at American U., 2 p.m.

Villanova vs. Fordham at the IZOD Center, East Rutherford, N.J., 2 p.m.

Bucknell at La Salle, 2 p.m.

N.J. Tech at Rutgers, 2 p.m.

Mount St. Vincent at Army, 4 p.m.

Gonzaga vs. Duke at Madison Square Garden, 4 p.m.

Mount St. Mary’s, Md. at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Hampton at Towson, 4 p.m.

Memphis at Massachusetts at TD Garden, 6 p.m.

St. Peter’s at Fairleigh Dickinson, 7 p.m.

Old Dominion at Georgetown, 7 p.m.

Manhattan at Long Island U., 7 p.m.

Rider at Monmouth, N.J., 7 p.m.

Appalachian St. at Robert Morris, 7 p.m.

Temple at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.

St. Bonaventure at Syracuse, 7 p.m.

Gardner-Webb at Penn St., 9 p.m.

SOUTH

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SOUTHWEST N. Colorado at Oklahoma, 1 p.m.

Mississippi St. at Houston, 2 p.m.

North Carolina vs. Texas at Cowboys Stadium, 2 p.m.

Alcorn St. at UTEP, 3 p.m.

Stephen F.Austin at Arkansas, 4 p.m.

SE Louisiana at Texas Southern, 8 p.m.

Chicago St. at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

Louisiana-Lafayette at Lamar, 8:05 p.m.

The Citadel at Texas A&M, 9 p.m.

W 19 13 14 11 10

Dallas San Antonio Houston New Orleans Memphis

L 7 10 11 13 15

Pct .731 .565 .560 .458 .400

GB — 411⁄2 4 ⁄2 7 81⁄2

Houghton at Liberty, 1 p.m.

Vassar at William & Mary, 1 p.m.

Savannah St. at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m.

Rice at LSU, 2 p.m.

Va. Intermont at Longwood, 2 p.m.

Centenary at Mississippi, 2 p.m.

Va. Commonwealth at Tulane, 2 p.m.

Chattanooga at Murray St., 3 p.m.

Missouri Valley at Northwestern St., 3 p.m.

Shorter at Samford, 3 p.m.

Jacksonville at Campbell, 3:15 p.m.

Miami vs. Florida Atlantic at BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Fla., 4 p.m.

E. Michigan at Georgia St., 4 p.m.

Austin Peay at Kentucky, 4 p.m.

W. Kentucky at Louisville, 4 p.m.

Tennessee St. at Vanderbilt, 4 p.m.

Ferrum at Winston-Salem, 4 p.m.

Richmond vs. Florida at BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Fla., 6:30 p.m.

UAB at South Alabama, 6:30 p.m.

Florida Christian at Bethune-Cookman, 7 p.m.

St. Andrew’s at East Carolina, 7 p.m.

Illinois at Georgia, 7 p.m.

Radford at James Madison, 7 p.m.

UNC Wilmington at Virginia, 7 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Virginia Tech, 7 p.m.

South Carolina at Wofford, 7 p.m.

Coll. of Charleston at Clemson, 7:30 p.m.

Auburn-Montgomery at Alabama St., 8 p.m.

E. Illinois at Belmont, 8 p.m.

McNeese St. at Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m.

Kansas St. vs. Alabama at the Mitchell Center, Mobile, Ala., 8:30 p.m.

MIDWEST Michigan at Kansas, Noon IPFW at Michigan St., Noon Xavier at Butler, 2 p.m.

Lipscomb at Cincinnati, 2 p.m.

West Virginia at Cleveland St., 2 p.m.

Texas St. at DePaul, 2 p.m.

North Florida at Marquette, 2 p.m.

N. Iowa at North Dakota, 2 p.m.

Stanford at Northwestern, 2 p.m.

UCLA at Notre Dame, 2 p.m.

E. Kentucky at Ohio, 2:30 p.m.

Youngstown St. at Wis.-Green Bay, 3 p.m.

Bowling Green at Detroit, 3:35 p.m.

N. Illinois at Ill.-Chicago, 4 p.m.

Delaware St. at Ohio St., 4 p.m.

Ball St. vs. Purdue at Conseco Fieldhouse, 4 p.m.

Kennesaw St. at W. Michigan, 4 p.m.

Drake at Iowa, 6:35 p.m.

Duquesne at IUPUI, 7 p.m.

Indiana St. at Toledo, 7 p.m.

Md.-Eastern Shore at Wright St., 7 p.m.

Presbyterian at Dayton, 8 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff at Missouri, 8 p.m.

Jackson St. at Nebraska, 8 p.m.

World Cup Super-G Standings (After 3 of 6 races) 1. Michael Walchhofer, Austria, 180 points.

2. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 154. (tie) Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway, 154.

4. Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Canada, 124.

5. Carlo Janka, Switzerland, 120.

6. Ted Ligety, United States, 112.

7. Patrick Staudacher, Italy, 111.

8. Didier Defago, Switzerland, 91.

9. Mario Scheiber, Austria, 90.

10. Erik Guay, Canada, 86.

World Cup Overall Standings (After 11 of 35 events) 1. Carlo Janka, Switzerland, 540 points 2. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 515.

3. Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway, 388.

4. Didier Cuche, Switzerland, 384.

5. Michael Walchhofer, Austria, 288.

6. Ted Ligety, United States, 281.

7. Didier Defago, Switzerland, 247.

8. Marcel Hirscher, Austria, 235.

9. Romed Baumann, Austria, 230.

10. Werner Heel, Italy, 227.

Women’s World Cup Super-Combined

Friday At Val d’Isere, France (Downhill and slalom times in parentheses):

1. Lindsey Vonn, United States, 2 minutes, 37.55 seconds (1:44.66-52.89).

2. Maria Riesch, Germany, 2:38.71 (1:46.18-52.53).

3. Elisabeth Goergl, Austria, 2:38.94 (1:47.10-51.84).

4. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 2:39.64 (1:47.1352.51). (tie) Michaela Kirchgasser, Austria, 2:39.64 (1:48.73-50.91).

——— World Cup Super Combined Standings (After 1 of 3 races) 1. Lindsey Vonn, United States, 100 points.

2. Maria Riesch, Germany, 80.

3. Elisabeth Goergl, Austria, 60.

4. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 50. (tie) Michaela Kirchgasser, Austria, 50.

6. Anna Fenninger, Austria, 40.

7. Emily Brydon, Canada, 36.

8. Kathrin Zettel, Austria, 32.

9. Chemmy Alcott, Britain, 29.

10. Marion Pellissier, France, 26.

——— World Cup Overall Standings (After 10 of 34 events) 1. Maria Riesch, Germany, 521 points. (tie) Lindsey Vonn, United States, 521.

3. Kathrin Zettel, Austria, 362.

4. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 298.

5. Tina Maze, Slovenia, 275.

6. Elisabeth Goergl, Austria, 274.

7. Kathrin Hoelzl, Germany, 196.

8. Maria Pietilae-Holmner, Sweden, 195.

9. Emily Brydon, Canada, 190.

10. Sarka Zahrobska, Czech Republic, 168.

Northwest Division Denver Utah Portland Oklahoma City Minnesota

W 19 15 16 12 4

L 7 10 11 12 22

Pct .731 .600 .593 .500 .154

GB —1 3 ⁄2 31⁄2 6 15

Pct .833 .654 .458 .458 .280

GB — 4 9 9 1 13 ⁄2

Pacific Division W 20 17 11 11 7

L.A. Lakers Phoenix L.A. Clippers Sacramento Golden State

L 4 9 13 13 18

Thursday’s Games Miami 104, Orlando 86 Chicago 98, New York 89 Portland 105, Phoenix 102

Friday’s Games New Jersey at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at New York, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Denver at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Washington at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Today’s Games Utah at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Portland at Orlando, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at New Jersey, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Indiana at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Washington at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Villanova 14, William & Mary 13 Montana 24, Appalachian State 17

Fourth Quarter Ind—Wayne 65 pass from Manning (Stover kick), 5:23.

A—63,753.

Pct. .818 .625 .333 .556 .500 .500 .444 .333 .444 .182

Longwood 76, High Point 68 Converse at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m.

Davidson at Radford, 7 p.m.

Bethune-Cookman at Charleston Southern, 7 p.m.

Green Bay

Thursday’s game Colts 35, Jaguars 31

Overall W L 9 2 5 3 3 6 5 4 6 6 4 4 4 5 3 6 4 5 2 9

Saturday, Jan. 2 International Bowl at Toronto

— Clinches a playoff spot with: 1) A win or tie and N.Y. Giants loss or tie 2) A win and a Dallas win or tie — Clinches a playoff spot with: 1) A win and a Dallas loss.

2) A win and a N.Y. Giants loss or tie.

3) A tie and a N.Y. Giants loss.

Pct. 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500 .500 .500 .500 .000 .000 .000

Georgia Southern 56, UNC Asheville 38

Texas vs. Nation, 3 p.m. (CBSC)

Philadelphia

Conf.

L 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2

Florida (12-1) vs. Cincinnati (12-0), 8:30 p.m. (FOX)

Saturday, Feb. 6 Texas vs. The Nation All-Star Challenge At El Paso, Texas

— Clinches NFC West with: 1) A win and San Francisco loss or tie.

2) A tie and a San Francisco loss.

All Times EDT W Coastal Caro. 2 Radford 2 UNC-Ashe.

1 Winthrop 1 Liberty 1 High Point 1 VMI 1 Gard.-Webb 0 Charleston S. 0 Presbyterian 0

Cent. Michigan at S. Dakota St., 8 p.m.

Missouri St. at Saint Louis, 8 p.m.

Miami (Ohio) at Wis.-Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Tenn.-Martin at Evansville, 8:05 p.m.

Cent. Arkansas at UMKC, 8:05 p.m.

Concordia, Wis. at Valparaiso, 8:05 p.m.

Texas Tech at Wichita St., 8:05 p.m.

N.C. Central at Indiana, 8:30 p.m.

All Times EDT

Northwestern (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN)

Capital One Bowl, At Orlando, Fla.

Clinched AFC South and homefield advantage throughout AFC playoffs.

Big South men

1. Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway, 1 minute, 38.35 seconds.

2. Carlo Janka, Switzerland, 1:38.47.

3. Patrick Staudacher, Italy, 1:38.52.

4. Mario Scheiber, Austria, 1:38.97.

5. Bode Miller, United States, 1:39.04.

6. Didier Defago, Switzerland, 1:39.18.

7. Erik Guay, Canada, 1:39.30.

8. Robbie Dixon, Canada, 1:39.31.

9. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 1:39.35.

10. Marco Buechel, Liechtenstein, 1:39.37.

15. Andrew Weibrecht, United States, 1:39.67.

21. Marco Sullivan, United States, 1:39.93.

27. Erik Fisher, United States, 1:40.17.

New Orleans at Toronto, 12:30 p.m.

Denver at Memphis, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Boston, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Portland at Miami, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m.

PREPS

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Junior varsity Basketball Greensboro Day 63, High Point Christian 49

Nordic Combined World Cup Friday At Ramsau, Austria (Ski jumping and 10-kilometer crosscountry ski race results in parentheses)

1. Jason Lamy Chappuis, France, 22 minutes, 3.6 seconds (2-17).

2. Felix Gottwald, Austria, 2.7 seconds behind (4-16).

3. Magnus Moan, Norway, 7.1 (43-1).

4. Tino Edelmann, Germany, 7.4 (6-10).

5. Anssi Koivuranta, Finland, 7.7 (15-5).

6. Todd Lodwick, United States, 8.5 (6-11).

7. Johnny Spillane, United States, 9.7 (213).

10. Bill Demong, United States, 20.3 (372).

Overall World Cup Standings (after 5 of 18 events) 1. Jason Lamy Chappuis, France, 405 points.

2. Tino Edelmann, Germany, 304.

3. Eric Frenzel, Germany, 240.

4. Petter Tande, Norway, 226.

5. Anssi Koivuranta, Finland, 202.

6. Hannu Manninen, Finland, 180.

7. Bjorn Kircheisen, Germany, 135.

8. Johnny Spillane, United States, 126.

9. Magnus Moan, Norway, 212.

10. Felix Gottwald, Austria, 118. (tie) Janne Ryynaenen, Finland, 118.

TRANSACTIONS

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BASEBALL American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Signed LHP Mike Gonzalez to a two-year contract.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Claimed RHP Freddy Dolsi off waivers from Detroit. Sent RHP John Ely and RHP Jon Link to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete an earlier trade.

SEATTLE MARINERS—Acquired OF Milton Bradley from the Chicago Cubs for RHP Carlos Silva. Agreed to terms with OF Ryan Langerhans on a one-year contract.

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Agreed to terms with INF Joe Dillon and 1B Ryan Shealy on minor league contracts.

National League

FLORIDA MARLINS—Agreed to terms with RHP Ricky Nolasco on a one-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Exercised the 2011 club option on SS Jimmy Rollins.

American Association

Halftime: Greensboro Day 31-12 Leaders: HPCA – Jordan Williams 19, Rick Mack 14, Andrew Shoemaker 6, Colin Stout 6 Records: HPCA 5-3

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS—Signed RHP Garrett Holleran.

ST. PAUL SAINTS—Signed RHP Todd Mathison.

WICHITA WINGNUTS—Released OF Nick Blasi.

HOCKEY

NBA—Fined Milwaukee G Brandon Jennings $7,500 for posting a message on his Twitter account immediately following a Dec. 12 game against Portland.

BOYS

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association

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FOOTBALL National Football League

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP Pittsburgh 35 New Jersey 32 N.Y. Rangers34 N.Y. Islanders35 Philadelphia 33

W 24 23 15 13 15

L OT Pts GF GA 10 1 49 114 90 8 1 47 93 69 16 3 33 94 100 15 7 33 88 113 16 2 32 93 97

Northeast Division GP 32 33 32 36 34

Buffalo Ottawa Boston Montreal Toronto

W 20 17 16 15 12

L OT Pts GF GA 10 2 42 85 70 12 4 38 94 96 10 6 38 84 80 18 3 33 90 104 15 7 31 100 122

Southeast Division GP 34 33 35 34 33

Washington Atlanta Florida Tampa Bay Carolina

W 21 18 14 11 8

L OT Pts GF GA 7 6 48 124 95 12 3 39 108 99 14 7 35 99 115 14 9 31 81 104 19 6 22 82 120

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP 32 35 34 35 32

Chicago Nashville Detroit Columbus St. Louis

W 21 21 18 14 14

L OT Pts GF GA 8 3 45 95 67 11 3 45 101 98 11 5 41 95 89 14 7 35 101 121 13 5 33 78 88

Northwest Division GP Calgary 34 Colorado 36 Vancouver 34 Minnesota 34 Edmonton 34

W 20 19 19 17 15

L OT Pts GF GA 10 4 44 98 82 11 6 44 104 105 15 0 38 106 88 14 3 37 89 95 15 4 34 103 109

Pacific Division Los Angeles San Jose Phoenix Dallas Anaheim

GP 37 35 35 34 34

W L OT Pts GF GA 22 12 3 47 111 108 20 8 7 47 115 93 21 12 2 44 89 79 14 9 11 39 101 105 13 14 7 33 95 109

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday’s Games Phoenix 2, Columbus 1, SO Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 2, SO N.Y. Rangers 5, N.Y. Islanders 2

BUFFALO BILLS—Placed G Kendall Simmons on injured reserve. Signed TE Joe Klopfenstein.

HOCKEY NHL

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Activated F Michael Ryan from injured reserve and assigned him to Albany (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Assigned F Tom Pyatt and D Yannick Weber to Hamilton (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Assigned D Lukas Krajicek to Norfolk (AHL).

American Hockey League

ALBANY RIVER RATS—Recalled D Elgin Reid from Florida (ECHL).

ADIRONDACK PHANTOMS—Announced C Jonathon Kalinski has been returned to the team by Philadelphia (NHL).

PROVIDENCE BRUINS—Signed D Julien Brouillette and D Ryan Stokes.

SYRACUSE CRUNCH—Released C Daniel Tkaczuk.

TORONTO MARLIES—Re-assigned G Andrew Engelage to Reading (ECHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer

MLS—Named Lauren Brophy manager of communications.

D.C. UNITED—Signed MF Cristian Castillo.

COLLEGE

DUKE—Announced sophomore F Olek Czyz is leaving men’s basketball team.

ILLINOIS—Named Vic Koenning defensive coordinator.

KALAMAZOO—Named Mark Murphy women’s tennis coach.

OKLAHOMA—Announced junior DT Gerald McCoy will enter the NFL draft.

SAM HOUSTON STATE—Named Willie Fritz football coach.

THIEL—Announced the addition of men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s lacrosse for the 2010-11 school term.

TRIVIA ANSWER

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A. Jim Richter.

SPORTS THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2009 www.hpe.com

High school holiday basketball tournament schedules Asheboro Courier-Tribune Christmas Invitational GIRLS At Asheboro High Monday, Dec. 21 Randleman vs. Jordan-Matthews, 4 p.m.

Eastern Randolph vs. Providence Grove, 5:30 p.m.

Asheboro vs. Wheatmore, 7 p.m.

SW Randolph vs. Trinity, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 22 Randleman-JM vs. ER-Providence losers, 2 p.m.

Asheboro-Wheatmore vs. SWRTrinity losers, 3:30 p.m.

Randleman-JM vs. ER-Providence winners, 6:30 p.m.

Asheboro-Wheatmore vs. SWRTrinity winners, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 23 Seventh-place game, 2 p.m.

Fifth-place game, 3:30 p.m.

Third-place game, 6:30 p.m.

Championship, 8 p.m.

Bank of North Carolina Christmas Classic Monday, Dec. 28 At Southwest Guilford Wesleyan Christian girls vs. Christian Academy of Knoxville, 3 p.m.

Wesleyan Christian boys vs. Western Guilford, 4:30 p.m.

Southwest Guilford girls vs. Cardinal Gibbons, 6 p.m.

Southwest Guilford boys vs.

Christian Academy of Knoxville, 7:30 p.m.

At High Point Central T. Wingate Andrews girls vs.

Southern Guilford, 3 p.m.

Westchester Country Day boys vs.

Southern Guilford, 4:30 p.m.

High Point Central girls vs. Calvary Baptist, 6 p.m.

High Point Central boys vs. Calvary Baptist, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 29 At Southwest Guilford HPC-Calvary vs. TWA-Southern girls winners, 3 p.m.

Westchester-Southern vs. HPCCalvary boys winners, 4:30 p.m.

Southwest-Gibbons vs. WesleyanKnoxville girls winners, 6 p.m.

Wesleyan-Western vs. SouthwestKnoxville boys winners, 7:30 p.m.

At High Point Central Southwest-Gibbons vs. WesleyanKnoxville girls losers, 3 p.m.

Westchester-Southern vs. HPCCalvary boys losers, 4:30 p.m.

HPC-Calvary vs. TWA-Southern girls losers, 6 p.m.

Wesleyan-Western vs. SouthwestKnoxville boys losers, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 30 At Southwest Guilford Fifth-place girls game, 11 a.m.

Fifth-place boys game, 12:30 p.m.

Third-place girls game, 2 p.m.

Third-place boys game, 3:30 p.m.

At High Point Central Seventh-place girls game, 3 p.m.

Seventh-place boys game, 4:30 p.m.

Girls championship, 6 p.m.

Boys championship, 7:30 p.m.

NewBridge Bank Christmas Classic At Ledford Saturday, Dec. 26 Lexington vs. North Davidson girls, 4:30 p.m.

Ledford vs. South Davidson girls, 6 p.m.

Ledford vs. South Davidson boys, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 28 Southeast Guilford vs. East Davidson girls, 4 p.m.

Southeast Guilford vs. East Davidson boys, 5:30 p.m.

West Davidson vs. Central Davidson girls, 7 p.m.

West Davidson vs. Central David-

son boys, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 29 Ledford-South vs. LexingtonNorth girls losers, 4 p.m.

Ledford-South vs. West-Central boys losers, 5:30 p.m.

Ledford-South vs. LexingtonNorth girls winners, 7 p.m.

Ledford-South winner vs. North Davidson boys, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 30 West-Central vs. Southeast-East girls losers, 4 p.m.

Ledford/South vs. North loser (Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 7 p.m. game) vs. Southeast-East boys loser, 5:30 p.m.

West-Central vs. Southeast-East girls winners, 7 p.m.

West-Central vs. Southeast-East boys winnerse, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 31 Girls championship, 5 p.m.

Boys championship, 6:30 p.m.

Asheboro Courier-Tribune Christmas Invitational BOYS At Asheboro High Monday, Dec. 28 Randleman vs. Jordan-Matthews, 2 p.m.

Asheboro vs. SW Randolph, 3:30 p.m.

Eastern Randolph vs. Providence Grove, 6:30 p.m.

Wheatmore vs. Trinity, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 29 Randleman-JM vs. Asheboro-SWR losers, 2 p.m.

ER-Providence vs. WheatmoreTrinity losers, 3:30 p.m.

Randleman-JM vs. Asheboro-SWR winners, 6:30 p.m.

ER-Providence vs. WheatmoreTrinity winners, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 30 Seventh-place game, 2 p.m.

Fifth-place game, 3:30 p.m.

Third-place game, 6:30 p.m.

Championship, 8 p.m.

Pizza Hut Invitational At Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center Thursday, Dec. 31 BOYS (Court 1) Northwest Guilford vs. Northeast Guilford, 11:30 a.m.

Greensboro Day vs. Smith, 1 p.m.

Grimsley vs. Page, 3 p.m.

Northern Guilford vs. Ragsdale, 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS (Court 2) Northern Guilford vs. Grimsley, 11 a.m.

Page vs. Ragsdale, 12:30 p.m.

Smith vs. Northeast Guilford, 2 p.m.

Northwest Guilford vs. Greensboro Day, 4 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 1 BOYS Northwest-Northeast vs. Grimsley-Page winners, 5:15 p.m.

GDS-Smith vs. Northern-Ragsdale winners, 7 p.m.

Northwest-Northeast vs. Grimsley-Page losers, 4 p.m. (Court 2) GDS-Smith vs. Northern-Ragsdale losers, 5:30 p.m. (Court 2) GIRLS Northern-Grimsley vs. SmithNortheast winners, 1:30 p.m.

Northwest-GDS vs. Page-Ragsdale winners, 3:15 p.m.

Northern-Grimsley vs. SmithNortheast losers, 12:30 p.m. (Court 2) Northwest-GDS vs. Page-Ragsdale losers, 2 p.m. (Court 2) Saturday, Jan. 2 Seventh-place girls, 11:30 a.m.

(Court 2) Seventh-place boys, 1 p.m. (Court 2) Fifth-place girls, 2:30 p.m. (Court 2) Fifth-place boys, 4 p.m. (Court 2) Third-place girls, 1:30 p.m.

Third-place boys, 3:30 p.m.

Girls championship, 5:30 p.m.

Boys championship, 7:30 p.m.

Spencer Classic Championship bracket Play-in games Wednesday-Friday Lexington 74, Parkland 70 Carver 53, Reynolds 50 Mount Tabor 81, Atkins 28 West Forsyth 75, East Forsyth 51 Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 26 Mount Tabor vs. North Forsyth, 7 p.m. (at East Forsyth) West Forsyth vs. Glenn, 7 p.m. (at West Forsyth) Carver vs. Winston-Salem Prep, 8:30 p.m. (at East Forsyth) Lexington vs. Reagan, 8:30 p.m. (at West Forsyth) Semifinals At Joel Coliseum Monday, Dec. 28 Glenn-West Forsyth winner vs.

Reagan-Lexington winner, 7 p.m.

W-S Prep-Carver winner vs. North Forsyth-Mount Tabor winner, 8:30 p.m.

Championship At Joel Coliseum Tuesday, Dec. 29 Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m.

Consolation bracket Saturday, Dec. 26 East Forsyth vs. Parkland, 5 p.m. (at East Forsyth) Reynolds vs. Atkins, 5 p.m. (at West Forsyth) Monday, Dec. 28 East Forsyth-Parkland loser vs.

Reynolds-Atkins loser, 2 p.m. (at East Forsyth) East Forsyth-Parkland winner vs.

Reynolds-Atkins winner, 3:30 p.m. (at East Forsyth) W-S Prep-Carver loser vs. North Forsyth-Mount Tabor loser, 2 p.m. (at West Forsyth) Glenn-West Forsyth loser vs.

Reagan-Lexington loser, 3:30 p.m. (at West Forsyth) Third-place game At Joel Coliseum Tuesday, Dec. 29 Semifinal losers, 7 p.m.

OTHER EVENTS

GTCC WOMEN POSTPONED

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Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guilford Technical Community College womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball game against Patrick Henry Community College has been postponed due to wintry weather. It has been rescheduled for February 22.

Wintry weather alters prep schedules ENTERPRISE STAFF REPORTS

BASKETBALL GAMES RESCHEDULED

HIGH POINT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Due to wintry weather, all of Friday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prep sporting events were postponed.

These three games have been rescheduled: HP Central at TW Andrews, from Friday to Saturday, Jan. 23 Ledford at East Davidson, from Friday to Monday, Dec. 21 Southwest Guilford at TW Andrews, from Monday to Tuesday, Jan. 19

HP CHRISTIAN, GREENSBORO DAY

GREENSBORO DAY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Greensboro Day took the lead with about three minutes to play and pulled away for a 62-54 victory over High Point Christianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boys on Friday.

HPCA led 27-22 at the half and up by six going into the fourth quarter before Greensboro rallied by overpowering the Cougar defense in near the basket. Mitchell Oates scored 24 points in his first game for HPCA. Joseph McManu added 11 and Brandon Earnhardt nine.

HPCA (2-0) faces Victory Christian Center in the Prep All-Stars Holiday Classic on Monday in Charlotte.

Longhorns, Tar Heels collide

BY BRIANA GORMAN ENTERPRISE DURHAM BUREAU

CHAPEL HILL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; North Carolina coach Roy Williams shared some good news for the Tar Heels at his news conference Friday.

Marcus Ginyard, who missed Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win over Presbyterian with pain in his foot, was back at practice this week, and Williams said

HIGH POINT CHRISTIAN Eastern Guilford tournament Dec. 28-30 Monday, HPCA girls vs. Eastern Guilford, 7 p.m.

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Tuesday, TBA Wednesday, TBA BISHOP MCGUINNESS GIRLS Nike Tournament of Champions (Session II), Phoenix Dec. 28-30 Monday, Bishop vs. Kennedy (Wash.) High, 2 p.m.

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BY BRYAN STRICKLAND ENTERPRISE DURHAM BUREAU

DURHAM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Duke senior Jon Scheyer will get an opportunity to play close to his Illinois home when the Blue Devils face Iowa State in Chicago next month. For fellow seniors Brian Zoubek and Lance Thomas, playing close to home seems like a monthly occurrence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My family makes it to every game I play there,â&#x20AC;? said Zoubek, who will play in Madison Square Garden for the ninth time in his college career when the No. 7 Blue Devils face No. 15 Gonzaga today (4 p.m., WFMY, Ch. 2). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been nice. We have a lot of fans there, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to go somewhere so familiar with a good fan base.â&#x20AC;?

Zoubek hails from less than two hours away in Haddonfield, N.J., and Thomas is from less than a hour away in Scotch Plains, N.J. Gonzaga (8-2) hopes that senior guard Matt Bouldin, the Bulldogsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; leading scorer, can play today.

Bouldin suffered a concussion and has been out for the past week.

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Johnson reached a preliminary agreement Friday on a $5.5 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the agreement is not yet complete.

Johnson must pass a physical for the agreement to be finalized.

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Patrick gets taste of NASCAR at Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Once IndyCar star Danica Patrick figured out how to get in and out of the stock car, the rest of her testing session at Daytona International Speedway went without any problems.

Her five laps around NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most famous track Friday felt â&#x20AC;&#x153;a little slowâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; no surprise since those IndyCars go about 50 mph faster â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and her test was considerably smoother than the storied superspeedway.

Her main concern? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt most disoriented with how the heck I am supposed to get my stuff on?â&#x20AC;? she said following a rain-shortened ARCA test. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get in the car with all that stuff and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buckle my belts and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it with my helmet on. So I get in the car and I have to tuck my hair down the back of the suit and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it because I am strapped in and I am just

awfully confused, so I decided I needed everything on but my helmet and then get in the car. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It sounds silly, right? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s logistics, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re logistics I am not used to. I am used to being fully dressed and then getting in the car.â&#x20AC;?

If that turns out to be her biggest problem, then her NASCAR future might be brighter than the fluorescent, green-andorange paint job on her No. 7 Chevrolet.

Patrick started the day with a van ride around the track, getting a much better feel for the 21â &#x201E;2-mile tri-oval than she ever got testing IndyCars on Daytonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s road course or racing in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona in 2006 and 2009.

Rain delayed the start of the session, and Patrick had dozens of photographers and reporters following her every move through the garage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a bit of a circus out there,â&#x20AC;? she

said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not unfamiliar with having people around, although it does seem a little funny when there is not much else going on. I definitely feel very singled out. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m lucky for that, so it definitely felt like there is a lot of interest.

Even competitors were taking pictures during the drivers meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I definitely felt the lenses of cameras all morning,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Patrick took part in a private test session in Orlando last week, driving ARCA and Nationwide cars, so this wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t her first laps in a stock car.

They were her most anticipated. How would she handle the hefty cars on a bumpy track? How would she communicate with crew members? Would she stall leaving pit road, spin coming out of a turn or scrape the wall? Some of the concerns seemed justified when she admitted afterward that she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even

Former track owners abandon NASCAR lawsuit

Woods voted PGA Tour player of year PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tiger Woods was voted the PGA Tour player of the year by the players on Friday, the 10th time in his 13 years on tour that he has won the award.

The PGA Tour does not disclose vote totals.

Woods started and finished the season the same way â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with questions when he would return.

He was coming off knee surgery at the beginning of the year, and last week announced an indefinitely leave to work on his marriage after admitting to infidelity.

In between, he won six PGA Tour events, captured the FedEx Cup and its $10 million bonus, won the money title for the ninth time in his career with over $10.5 million, and had the lowest scoring average for the ninth time.

No one else won more than three times on the PGA Tour. It was only the second time that Woods was voted player of the year when he did not win a major. In a peculiar twist, Woods won in his final start before each of the four majors.

Marc Leishman of Australia was voted PGA Tour rookie of the year, becoming the first since Charles Howell III in 2001 to win the award without having won a tournament. Leishman was the only rookie to reach the FedEx Cup finale at the Tour Championship.

Players voted on the awards over the last month, with balloting ending Friday. It was the eighth time that Woods has swept all the major PGA Tour honors â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Byron Nelson Award for the lowest adjusted scoring average (68.05), Arnold Palmer Award for the money title and Jack Nicklaus Award for player of the year.

Martin leads South African Open PAARL, South Africa (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Spainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pablo Martin shot a 4-under 68 on Friday in the South African Open to take a two-stroke lead over Anders Hansen of Denmark Martin was 11 under after two rounds at Pearl Valley.

know the track was 21â &#x201E;2 miles around.

But there were few hiccups. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The car is different,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It definitely moves around quite a bit. It was getting some action in the rear on the bumps. It was getting a little bit loose, but I kept my foot in it and I tried not to chase it too much with the steering.

Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to have an accident, but I felt all right. It was fun. I trusted the car.

I trusted the preparation of it. I trusted the guys.â&#x20AC;?

Patrick was one of a record nine women at the first day of the three-day test.

Part-time IndyCar driver Milka Duno, twins Amber and Angela Cope, Alli Owens and Leilani Munter were among the others. But none of them received the attention Patrick got.

Even NASCAR president Mike Helton showed up to watch the sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest star.

SPARTA, Ky. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The former owners of Kentucky Speedway are done fighting with NASCAR. The group announced Friday that it will not exercise any remaining legal options in its fouryear battle against NASCAR and International Speedway Corp.

Last week a federal appeals court rejected claims by the former owners that NASCAR and ISC violated federal antitrust laws by work-

ing with other tracks to keep the 1.5-mile tri-oval in northern Kentucky from getting a coveted Sprint Cup race.

Former owner Jerry Carroll said while his group still believes in the merits of the case, it was time to move on.

The owners sold the track to Speedway Motorsports Inc., last year.

SMI owner Bruton Smith said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hopeful that with the case resolved he can bring a Cup race to the track in 2011.

NEW MEXICO BOWL

--AP FILE

East Carolina coach Skip Holtz, shown here talking to quarterback Patrick Pinkney, confirmed his plans to stay with the Pirates on Friday.

Holtz says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staying at ECU GREENVILLE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Skip Holtz has made it official: He isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going anywhere this offseason.

East Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent success has made his a common name mentioned when coaching jobs open every year, and the coach on Friday acknowledged talking to multiple, unidentified schools about their vacancies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After sitting down and looking at everything and weighing all of our options ... Greenville is the best place for us to be,â&#x20AC;?

Holtz said. Holtz, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3826 in five seasons at ECU, has seen his stock rise as he led the Pirates (9-4) to their second straight Conference USA title and consecutive berths in the Liberty Bowl.

He opened his pre-Liberty Bowl press conference by addressing the â&#x20AC;&#x153;entire rumor mill that keeps running around, that everybody has run so wildly with.â&#x20AC;? The coach says his discussions with other schools came with the blessing of East Caro-

linaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administration and added that there have been no adjustments made to the contract extension he signed last year that runs through the 2013 season.

Amid the job whispers, he has been preparing his team for its bowl game against Arkansas (7-5) and has been hearing from some old friends from his childhood.

He spent his teenage years in Fayetteville, Ark., while his father coached the Razorbacks from 1977-83.

ST. PETERSBURG BOWL

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Who: Central Florida (8-4) vs. Rutgers (8-4) When: Today, 8 p.m.

Line: Rutgers by 1.

Series record: First meeting.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at stake: Central Florida is in a bowl game for the third time, with all the appearances coming in the past five seasons under coach George Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leary. The Knights, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve won five of six following a 3-3 start, are looking for their first victory. Rutgers is in a bowl for a school-record fifth consecutive season and has won the past three postseason outings under coach Greg Schiano. The Scarlet Knights are trying to win at least nine games in a season for just the sixth time in 140 years.

Key matchup: Defense sets the tone for both teams. Central Florida led Conference USA in rushing, scoring and total defense. Offensively, UCF features 1,000-yard rusher Brynn Harvey and has averaged 381.6 yards per game over the past eight games. Rutgers leads the nation in turnover differential, forcing 32 in 12 games.

Scarlet Knights QB Tom Savage is 7-3 as a starter and has thrown for more yards (1,917) and touchdowns (12) than any true freshman in Big East history.

Players to watch: Central Florida: Harvey has five 100-yard games and has rushed for at least 129 in the past three. QB Brett Hodges has thrown for 2,263 yards, 15 TDs and 11 interceptions. A.J. Guyton is the leading receiver with 42 receptions for 559 yards and one TD. Rutgers: While Savage has had some success throwing the ball, the Scarlet Knights ask him to be more of a manager of the game at this point of his career. WR Tim Brown has 51 catches for 1,051 yards and eight TDs. Freshman WR Mohamed Sanu has had impact in the passing and running games, thanks to the wildcat formation.

He has 47 catches for 542 yards and two TDs and 49 rushes for 305 yards and three TDs. Joe Martinek is the leading rusher with 923 yards and nine TDs. Facts & figures: UCFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only loss in its past six games was at second-ranked Texas. ... South Florida beat Memphis in the inaugural St. Petersburg Bowl a year ago. ...

Tropicana Field is the home of the Tampa Bay Rays. ... Rutgers has 11 players on its roster from Florida, including four starters. ... Rutgers is one of nine BCS conference teams that has won bowl games each of the past three seasons.

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Who: Fresno State (8-4) vs. Wyoming (6-6) When: Today, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Line: Fresno State by 11.

Series record: Tied 3-3.

Last meeting: 1997, Fresno State 24-7.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at stake: Fresno State is playing in the New Mexico Bowl for the second straight year and would would like to erase memories of a 40-35 loss to Colorado State last year in which the Bulldogs were outscored 20-7 in the fourth quarter. Wyoming plays its first bowl game since beating UCLA 24-21 in the 2004 Las Vegas Bowl.

Key matchup: Fresno State RB Ryan Mathews versus Wyoming LB Brian Hendricks. Mathews led the nation in rushing average, going for 151.3 yards per game. Hendricks led the Cowboys with 11 tackles per game, and his 23 tackles at Air Force marked the best single-game effort in the nation this season.

Players to watch: Fresno State: Mathews, who gives the Bulldogs a big-play threat on every snap.

He led the nation with seven runs of at least 50 yards, including TD bursts of 69, 68 and 60 yards in a loss to Boise State. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the horse we ride,â&#x20AC;? coach Pat Hill said.

Wyoming: QB Austyn Carta-Samuels. Mountain West freshman of the year took over in Week 4, winning three straight games. He led fourth-quarter comeback wins over UNLV, Florida Atlantic, San Diego State and a victory at rival Colorado State that sealed the bowl trip.

Facts & figures: Wyomingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dave Christensen, formerly offensive coordinator at Missouri, is the second Cowboys coach to reach a bowl game in his first season. Paul Roach took Wyoming to the 1987 Holiday Bowl. ... Hill is coming off his 100th victory as Fresno State coach and has agreed to a contract extension. Details will be released after Jan. 1. ...

Bulldogs are playing their earliest bowl date since Dec. 18, 1999, a 17-16 loss to Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl... All six previous meetings between Wyoming and Fresno State came when the teams played in the WAC from 1992-97, with each winning three times at home.

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New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees (9) hopes all signs point to a victory over the Dallas Cowboys tonight.

Unbeaten Saints brace for desperate Cowboys rying postseason implications for both teams.

The urgency is greater for the Cowboys (8-5), who trail Philadelphia in the NFC East and could miss the playoffs if they don’t finish strong.

“We need this game,” Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo said. “This is an important game for us and our season, where we are in the standings, so we’re going to come out and hopefully play our best football game of the year.

“I know that guys are working their butt off and putting in the time,” Romo said. “The preparation is there. We’ll see what kind of team we’ve got.”

New Orleans has clinched a firstround playoff bye, but has yet to wrap up what could be the franchise’s first No. 1 overall seed in the NFC. Then there’s the matter of finishing the regular season undefeated, which may not count for much toward the ultimate goal of a championship (as the New England Patriots found out two seasons ago), but still seems important to the Saints.

“You don’t have many opportunities like this, do you?” Brees said.

“It’s something to consider.”

The Saints seemed all but invincible when they demolished New England on Monday Night Football 38-17 a few weeks ago. Lately, however, they’ve looked more vulnerable, nearly losing the chance to be the first NFC team to go 16-0 two weeks ago when they trailed late at Washington. New Orleans stormed back to win in overtime after the Redskins missed a field goal that could have iced the game.

Last weekend, the Saints held off the struggling Atlanta Falcons 26-23. Again, the result begged the question of whether New Orleans, which won nine of its first 11 games by double digits, is wearing down.

Injuries have hurt the defense, which has dropped to 21st in the NFL in yards allowed per game (347.6). Starting cornerbacks Jabari Greer (sports hernia) and Tracy Porter (right knee sprain) both have been out for about a month.

Starting linebacker Scott Fujita also has missed the past two games with an infection in his knee.

Dallas has to figure out how to play better in December. With their two-game losing streak, the Cowboys have fallen to 3-8 in December games in three seasons under coach Wade Phillips.

Eagles’ Maclin, Westbrook to miss game with 49ers

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Philadelphia Eagles will be without running back Brian Westbrook and rookie wide receiver Jeremy Maclin against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

Westbrook has missed the last four games and six of the last seven with a concussion. He practiced on the scout team this week, but the two-time Pro Bowler has not been medically cleared to play in a game.

Giants defensive back Ross reinjures left hamstring

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – The beleaguered New York Giants secondary may have to turn to one of its forgotten men against the Washington Redskins on Monday night: veteran Kevin Dockery.

Dockery, who has been somewhat in the doghouse this season, may get an unexpected start with the news Friday that Aaron Ross had reinjured his troublesome left hamstring.

Ross, who was not in the locker room after practice, hurt the hamstring Thursday afternoon and did not practice Friday.

“I’m concerned, yes,” said an obviously frustrated coach Tom Coughlin said.

Ross hurt the hamstring

twice in training camp and missed the first nine weeks of the season. He made his first start last Sunday, playing safety instead of his usual cornerback spot against the Philadelphia Eagles.

After cornerback Corey Webster sprained his left knee against Philadelphia and was unable to practice, it seemed the Giants were going to move Ross back to cornerback, where he would join Terrell Thomas as the other starter, and that Michael Johnson would return as the starting safety.

However, Ross’ injury has the Giants scrambling again.

Thomas did not see how Ross was hurt on Thursday, noting he participated in the entire practice.

He will undergo another test next week. Maclin left Sunday’s win over the Giants with a torn plantar fascia. Reggie Brown will start for Maclin and veteran Kevin Curtis also will be available.

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Rams back on practice field after missing day with flu ST. LOUIS (AP) – Quarterback Kyle Boller and running back Steven Jackson both missed Friday’s practice with flulike symptoms, raising the possibility that neither will play Sunday against the Houston Texans.

Boller also missed practice Wednesday, so the Rams are almost certain to go with rookie Keith Null for the second straight week.

“I’d say we’d probably have to lean that way,” coach Steve Spagnuolo said. “Let’s find out where Kyle is today and tomorrow.”

Teammates expect Jackson to play. Jackson was at Rams Park for practice Wednesday, riding a stationary bicycle while rehabbing a lower back injury that’s hindered him for several weeks, but Spagnuolo thought Jackson might have practiced Thursday except for the illness.

Jackson is second in the NFL with 1,279 yards rushing. Samkon Gado and fellow backup Kenneth Darby have combined for 132 yards on 26 carries, 51 of them com-

ing on Darby’s run off a fake punt last week.

“Steven has shown he can do well without practice and I anticipate he’ll do very well this week,” Gado said. “I’d be very surprised if he couldn’t go.”

Most of the Rams were back a day after the team canceled Thursday’s workout due to an undisclosed number of swine flu cases. Among them were center Jason Brown, who confirmed he was diagnosed with swine flu.

“I felt horrible, like crap,” Brown said. “I felt like passing out. It attacks you and it attacks you very hard and very fast. Luckily there are antiviral medications to help you get back on your feet very fast.”

Also missing practice Friday because of flulike symptoms were receiver Brandon Gibson and defensive tackle Darell Scott. Spagnuolo said four other players were limited in practice for due to the illness – Brown, tight ends Billy Bajema and Daniel Fells, and Gado.

He refused to say which players had swine flu.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) – As far as Drew Brees can tell, the season of giving in New Orleans started about 14 weeks ago.

Brees and the Saints have given this football-mad city more tastes of victory than it has ever known in a single season. The fans have responded in their own way when the players drive home from games, windows down, to share in the excitement.

“I got some pralines thrown in (the car) the other day, T shirts, CDs,” Brees began. “It’s like Christmas. It is Christmas. ... I think it’s great how excited people are. Everybody wants to be a part of this and everybody deserves to be a part of this, because so many fans have been waiting for this for a long time.”

New Orleans has long been associated with Super Bowls, but not the Saints, who are one of five teams never to appear in the NFL’s marquee game.

The Dallas Cowboys, on the other hand, solidified their reputation as America’s Team by winning two Super Bowls in New Orleans, the second of those in the Louisiana Superdome, where they’ll meet the 13-0 Saints tonight in a game car-

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) – Mark Sanchez will start for the New York Jets against the Atlanta Falcons after missing one game with a sprained posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

Coach Rex Ryan said the rookie quarterback was medically cleared by team doctors after practicing three straight days. Sanchez took all of the snaps with the first-team offense Friday after taking 75 percent of them Thursday.

“We went into practice thinking he would be fine, so he was going to get 100 percent of the reps,” Ryan said. “After talking with the doctors, they felt great. ... Mark feels strong. I asked him again, ’Do you feel strong?’ and he said, ’Yeah, absolutely.’”

Sanchez missed the Jets’ 26-3 victory last Sunday at Tampa Bay after injuring the knee against Buffalo on Dec. 3, and was replaced by Kellen Clemens.

He returned to practice Wednesday and experienced no setbacks during the week.

Sanchez will wear custom-fitted braces on both knees; he had already been wearing one on the left from a previous injury.

“It’s going to be a Joe Namath throwback game for Mark,” Ryan said. “He slid right in front of me in practice to make sure I knew he was ready to go.

He feels confident. He threw the ball really well today. He’s ready to go.”

Ryan said the Jets also are preparing Sanchez for his first game in wintry weather. It’s expected to be snowy with near-freezing temperatures at the Meadowlands on Sunday.

“We put some of the UGG boot stuff in his helmet, so he’s going to be warmer,” Ryan said, referring to the wool-lined footwear. “I’m not kidding. Look at his helmet. He’s got some of that in there. We try to make sure our guys are comfortable and healthy and protected.”

Ryan isn’t concerned about how Sanchez, from Southern California, will fare in the cold and potentially messy conditions.

“He’s got big hands, which I think you have to have in cold-weather games,” Ryan said. “In really bad-weather games, if it’s raining, you need the big hands to zip the ball. He can throw it, so he’ll be just fine.”

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DETROIT – General Motors Co. says it has repaid $1 billion of its loans to the U.S. government and $192 million to the Canadian government.

The automaker says it followed through on a commitment to begin repaying the loans by the end of this month.

Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre Jr. says in a statement that GM looks forward to repaying all of its loan balances by the end of June. He says the repayments are contingent on no downturns in the economy or GM’s business.

GM owes the U.S. government $52 billion, with $6.7 billion of that in loans.

Morgan Stanley CEO turns down bonus

NEW YORK – Morgan Stanley’s outgoing CEO John Mack has declined a bonus for the third year in a row.

In a memo sent to the investment bank’s employees on Friday, Mack said he recommended to the board last week that he receive no year-end bonus “given this unprecedented environment and the extraordinary financial support governments provided to our industry.”

Morgan Stanley was one of hundreds of U.S. banks that received assistance through the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The bank repaid the $10 billion it owed the government in June.

Broker pay $25 million to settle SEC charges WASHINGTON – ICAP Securities USA has agreed to pay $25 million to settle federal regulators’ charges that it deceived customers by displaying thousands of phony trades in U.S. Treasury securities on its screens.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement of civil fraud charges with ICAP Securities USA. The company, based in Jersey City, N.J., neither admitted nor denied the SEC’s allegations but agreed to refrain from future violations of the securities laws.

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Shopper Nicole Molavi of Sewell, N.J., opens her wallet at a Walmart in Deptford N.J., in November. As the holiday shopping season comes to a close, many shoppers are sticking to cash and debit cards instead of credit cards this year.

Back to basics Shoppers, wary of credit cards, get creative

cards. Banks have also reduced the amount of credit they’re making available, even to low-risk clients.

“Consumers are looking for discipline in their spending levels that they can achieve from using cash,” said Bryan Eshelman, managing director in the retail practice of consultant AlixPartners, whose NEW YORK (AP) – Shoppers are recent survey of shoppers revealed doing all they can to keep their their top concern was eliminating credit cards in their wallets this personal debt.

Often, the switch to cash or debit holiday season.

They’re paying with cash, direct cards means lower costs for stores, debits from bank accounts, tak- though merchants miss out on geting advantage of free financing ting data on their customers’ shopand even cashing in frequent flier ping habits from credit card transactions. miles.

Layaway and other payment A desire to stick to a budget and to avoid interest rates that have methods increase costs, but they risen sharply have helped drive can be offset by new opportunia marked shift away from credit ties to grab sales from customers

who would otherwise not able to buy.

Bill Hampel, chief economist at the Credit Union National Association, describes the consumer switch as “seminal.”

“People are trying a lot of new behavior in how they’re spending and how they are paying for it in response to a very scary economy,” he added.

Some new habits, particularly using more cash, will likely linger, with unemployment expected to remain high for several years and credit lines less generous.

Credit cards accounted for 60 percent of transactions at malls operated by Taubman Centers so far this holiday season, down from 70 percent last year, according to an internal survey.

LONDON (AP) – The union for British Airways cabin crew said Friday it would swiftly hold another strike vote after a court blocked a planned walkout over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday travel period.

A quick ballot by the Unite union could pave the way for a rescheduled walkout in January, ramping up a dispute over pay cuts and reduced staffing levels that has grown increasingly acrimonious.

The strike, which was due to begin on Tuesday, had threatened to disrupt the travel plans of around one million festive season travelers.

Unite said it was not ruling out an appeal of the High Court’s decision on Thursday to grant BA an emergency injunction against the 12-day strike.

However, it added that it “expected to move swiftly towards a fresh ballot, believing it to be the surest way to make ensure members’ voices are heard is to reballot, so we will be concentrating on this and not a protracted legal process.”

The High Court granted BA the injunction halting the walkout on the grounds that Unite’s ballot was illegal because it included around 800 members who no longer worked at the airline.

The union argued that BA had won the day on a technicality only, pointing out that ballot disallowed by the High Court showed a 9-1 majority in favor of a walkout, with a turnout of around 80 percent of some 13,000 cabin crew staff.

States added fewer jobs in November WASHINGTON (AP) — In a reversal of earlier gains, more states lost jobs than added them in November, signaling that hiring is occurring only sporadically around the country.

Unemployment rates dropped in 36 states and the District of Columbia, but that trend appeared to reflect more people leav-

ing the work force. Unemployed people who stop looking for jobs out of frustration aren’t counted in the labor force.

Friday’s Labor Department report underscored that employers have yet to ramp up hiring, and many Americans can’t find work. The number of people jobless for at least

six months rose last month to 5.9 million, according to a separate report released earlier this month. And the average length of unemployment exceeds 28 weeks, the longest on records dating to 1948.

In all, 19 states added jobs in November, down from 28 in October. Thirtyone states and the District

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Labor said there were statistically important employment changes in four states. All four showed job losses. They are Michigan, Nevada, Mississippi and Hawaii.

The states that reported the largest jobs gains were Texas, Ohio, Georgia,

Arizona and Iowa. Those shifts were not considered statistically important as a proportion of those states’ large work forces.

Signs emerged in some states of people rejoining the work force to seek jobs as the economy slowly improves. Of the eight states where unemployment rose, five added jobs.

Mulally: Ford to speed up debt repayment WAYNE, Mich. (AP) – Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally says the automaker plans to speed up its debt repayment as its financial condition continues to improve.

Mulally also told reporters at a briefing Fri-

day on its new vehicles that Ford will keep its advantage over Chrysler and General Motors next year.

Ford has gained sales and market share while its Detroit competitors were forced to take

government aid and go through bankruptcy protection.

Ford has about $27 billion in debt. Mulally says the company repaid $10 billion this year and has sold $1.6 billion worth of stock.

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NEW YORK (AP) – The stock market broke a three-day slide as two big technology companies signaled that business was improving, raising hopes about business spending.

Tech stocks led the market higher in choppy trading Friday. Software company Oracle Corp. and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. each posted earnings that topped expectations.

The better results at Oracle, which makes software for large businesses, suggested that companies are becoming more willing to spend on technology projects. Research In Motion increased profits as it added subscribers and record sales of its smartphones. Palm Inc., however, reported a wider second-quarter loss than analysts predicted as sales fell.

Burt White, chief investment officer at LPL Financial in Boston, said the reports lifted technology shares because investors saw it as a sign that profits could grow and help other parts of the economy that are struggling.

“What is going to drive this recovery is an improvement in business spending, not consumer spending,” he said.

After a volatile morning, the market settled out in the afternoon trading. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 20.63, or 0.2 percent, to 10,328.89, after dropping 133 points Thursday.

The broader S&P 500 index rose 6.39, or 0.6 percent, to 1,102.47, and the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 31.64, or 1.5 percent, to 2,211.69.

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Foreign Exchange The euro dropped below $1.43 for the first time since early September amid ongoing concerns about European banks and expectations that the Fed will hike interest rates in the first half of 2010.

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MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

FILE L AP

In this March 2008 photo, a row of sedans sits at a Saab dealership in Boulder, Colo.

General Motors Co. said Friday it will wind down Saab after talks to sell the brand to Dutch carmaker Spyker Cars collapsed.

As it slims down, GM tried to sell Saturn brand. But the deal to sell Saturn to Penske Automotive Group fell apart this fall when Penske failed to line up a replacement manufacturer. GM is winding down Saturn.

GM did reach an agreement in October to sell its Hummer brand to Chinese firm Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machin-

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President Nick Reilly.

GM is focusing on Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC – and several regional brands, including Opel/Vauxhall in Europe.

It is part of the auto maker’s new direction after receiving billions of dollars in U.S. government aid and a subsequent trip through bankruptcy court this past summer.

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LONDON – General Motors on Friday threw in the towel on its Saab brand, saying it was unable to reach a pact to sell the Swedish automaker and will now wind down operations.

GM had been in talks with Spyker Cars but “during due diligence, certain issues arose that both parties believe could not be resolved.”

GM had earlier tried to sell Saab to another sports car maker, Koenigsegg Group.

GM said it’s now going to wind down the operations. It had said Dec. 1 it would shut Saab down before yearend if no suitable buyer emerged.

“We will work closely with the Saab organization to wind down the business in an orderly and responsible manner.

This is not a bankruptcy or forced liquidation process. Consequently, we expect Saab to satisfy debts including supplier payments, and to wind down production and the distribution channel in an orderly manner while looking after our customers,” said GM Europe

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ery Corp. Saab will continue to honor warranties, while providing service and spare parts to current Saab owners around the world.

Saab Automobile AB last week closed on the sale of certain Saab 9-3, current 9-5 and powertrain technology and tooling to Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings Co.

Oil jumps after Iranians seize Iraqi oil field

NEW YORK (AP) fore, but this is the fur– Crude prices rose Fri- thest inland that they day after Iranian troops have ventured.

Benchmark crude for crossed into Iraq and February delivery added seized an oil field.

Iraq’s Deputy Foreign 34 cents to settle at $74.42 Minister Mohammed Haj a barrel on the New York Mahmoud said Iranian Mercantile Exchange.

While there are enormous soldiers surrounded a well in the al-Fakkah oil field, supplies of crude now beonly 200 miles southeast cause of the global economof Baghdad. It is one of the ic downturn, a conflict becountry’s largest oil fields. tween Iran and Iraq would Just last week, major certainly crimp supply.

As things heated up oil companies were in Baghdad to bid on oil in the Middle East, they service contracts as the cooled off in the U.S. Energy prices increased country opens up to foreign companies for the all week as frigid temperatures blanketed the Midfirst time in 30 years.

Deals were reached in west and Northeast.

Next week, investors will only seven of 15 oil fields, and most of those were in ar- be pay close attention to the eas that have been relatively Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ meetstable and free of violence.

Iranian troops are be- ing Tuesday in Luanda, Anlieved to have left the gola. Leaders of the 12-memregion, and it remains ber group have suggested to be seen if any weight the will leave production at will be given to the bor- current levels. At the pump, retail gas prices extended der crossing Friday.

A U.S. official said Ira- their two-week slide., giving nians have crossed into up a tenth of a penny to a new the disputed region be- national average of $2.589.

WEATHER, NATION 8C www.hpe.com SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2009 THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE

High Point Enterprise Weather Today

Sunday

32º

Partly Cloudy

26º

37º

Mostly Sunny

22º

40º

Wednesday

Tuesday

40º

Kernersville Winston-Salem 31/26 31/25 Jamestown 32/26 High Point 32/26 Archdale Thomasville 32/26 32/27 Trinity Lexington 32/27 Randleman 32/27 33/26

Mostly Sunny

Mostly Sunny

20º

Local Area Forecast

41º

18º

23º

North Carolina State Forecast

Elizabeth City 47 /30

Shown is today’s weather.

Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Asheville 33/28

High Point 32/26 Charlotte 37/28

Denton 33/27

Greenville 39/28 Cape Raleigh Hatteras 36/27 54 /36

Almanac

Wilmington 46/33 Today

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ALBEMARLE . . . . . .36/29 BREVARD . . . . . . . . .36/27 CAPE FEAR . . . . . . .46/33 EMERALD ISLE . . . .51 /34 FORT BRAGG . . . . . .39/31 GRANDFATHER MTN . .30/21 GREENVILLE . . . . . .39/28 HENDERSONVILLE .34/28 JACKSONVILLE . . . .44/31 KINSTON . . . . . . . . . .40/29 KITTY HAWK . . . . . . .51/35 MOUNT MITCHELL . .32/26 ROANOKE RAPIDS .37/26 SOUTHERN PINES . .37/30 WILLIAMSTON . . . . .40/29 YANCEYVILLE . . . . .33/25 ZEBULON . . . . . . . . .37/28

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LAS VEGAS . . . . . . .62/44 LOS ANGELES . . . . .77/51 MEMPHIS . . . . . . . . .41/30 MIAMI . . . . . . . . . . . .74/55 MINNEAPOLIS . . . . . .21/13 MYRTLE BEACH . . . .47/34 NEW YORK . . . . . . . .33/25 ORLANDO . . . . . . . . .65/45 PHOENIX . . . . . . . . . .71/47 PITTSBURGH . . . . . .31/22 PHILADELPHIA . . . . .29/25 PROVIDENCE . . . . . .32/21 SAN FRANCISCO . . .61/48 ST. LOUIS . . . . . . . . .35/21 SEATTLE . . . . . . . . . .47/41 TULSA . . . . . . . . . . . .42/26 WASHINGTON, DC . .31/28 WICHITA . . . . . . . . . .39/23

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Statistics through 6 p.m. yesterday at Greensboro

UV Index

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UV Index for 3 periods of the day.

8 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Noon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 4 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0

Sunday

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New 1/15

Last 1/7

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

11+: Extreme

Lake Levels & River Stages Lake and river levels are in feet. Change is over the past 24 hrs.

Flood Pool Current Level Change High Rock Lake 655.2 654.4 -0.2 Flood Stage Current Level Change Yadkin College 18.0 2.62 -0.36 Elkin 16.0 3.00 -0.04 Wilkesboro 14.0 2.85 -0.37 High Point 10.0 0.88 -0.01 Ramseur 20.0 1.72 +0.02 Moncure 20.0 14.51 0.00

Pollen Forecast

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City

88/72 35/29 69/48 48/31 36/13 72/55 68/45 29/18 81/59 79/57

COPENHAGEN . . . . .27/21 GENEVA . . . . . . . . . .23/14 GUANGZHOU . . . . . .58/45 GUATEMALA . . . . . .72/58 HANOI . . . . . . . . . . . .61/57 HONG KONG . . . . . . . .60/53 KABUL . . . . . . . . . . .46/31 LONDON . . . . . . . . . .34/28 MOSCOW . . . . . . . . . . .9/7 NASSAU . . . . . . . . . .78/66

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24 hours through 6 p.m. . . . . . . .0.08" Month to Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.01" Normal Month to Date . . . . . . . . .1.74" Year to Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44.02" Normal Year to Date . . . . . . . . .41.82" Record Precipitation . . . . . . . . . .1.36"

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ACAPULCO . . . . . . . .86/71 AMSTERDAM . . . . . .26/25 BAGHDAD . . . . . . . .69/50 BARCELONA . . . . . .44/29 BEIJING . . . . . . . . . .33/13 BEIRUT . . . . . . . . . . . . .66/54 BOGOTA . . . . . . . . . .68/46 BERLIN . . . . . . . . . . .21/17 BUENOS AIRES . . . .84/66 CAIRO . . . . . . . . . . . .75/56

High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Normal High . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Normal Low . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Last Year’s High . . . . . . . .54 Last Year’s Low . . . . . . . . .42 Record High . . . . .75 in 1984 Record Low . . . . . . .7 in 1973

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Temperatures (Yesterday)

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26/22 31/16 60/45 71/59 63/56 62/42 43/27 35/28 14/9 76/64

PARIS . . . . . . . . . . . .29/22 ROME . . . . . . . . . . . .42/29 SAO PAULO . . . . . . .77/62 SEOUL . . . . . . . . . . .29/22 SINGAPORE . . . . . . .83/75 STOCKHOLM . . . . . . .23/21 SYDNEY . . . . . . . . . .79/66 TEHRAN . . . . . . . . . .53/42 TOKYO . . . . . . . . . . .47/37 ZURICH . . . . . . . . . . .21/15

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Today: Low

Hi/Lo Wx 35/24 42/31 86/63 34/19 86/76 25/22 74/65 55/41 49/38 27/15

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Pollen Rating Scale

Snow Likely

Monday

Air Quality

Predominant Types: Weeds

75

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

50 25 0

Today: 26 (Good) 0-50: 51-100: 101-150:

100

0

1

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Grasses

Good Moderate Unhealthy (sensitive) Unhealthy Very Unhealthy Hazardous

6 Weeds

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

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

Major storm moves up Atlantic Coast

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27 inches at BaltimoreWashington International Airport.

Up to a foot of snow was forecast in parts of Ten-

The D.C. metro area expected up to 20 inches of snow. nessee, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Appalachian Power, which serves 1 million customers in Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, warned of the potential for an extended power outage if wet, heavy snow falls.

The storm came from the Gulf and drenched

South Florida with rain starting late Thursday, leaving flooded homes and stranded drivers.

In southern West Virginia, Ron Hart’s hardware store had sold out of many supplies after a wind storm last week knocked out electricity for days. On Friday, he was swamped again as customers bought heaters and other storm supplies.

“People are having to spend money on bare essentials versus Christmas,” Hart said. “Our Christmas sales are considerably down because of what people are having to buy.”

Jim Weintraub, owner of Ace Hardware in Asheville, where a foot or more of snow was expected, said he picked up 1,500 pounds

of rock salt Friday morning. An hour-and-a-half later, “I’m just about out,” he said.

But customers were thinking fun, too.

“I’ve been told we’re the only store around with sleds,” Weintraub said.

“As I was driving back up to the store, my wife was calling me and saying, ’Where are you? People are waiting for sleds!”’

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A major storm moving up the Atlantic Coast on the last shopping weekend before Christmas threatened to shut down much of the region as officials warned of the potential for up to 20 inches of snow and significant power outages.

People stocked up on groceries and other staples as the National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings from the Carolinas to New Jersey.

In Virginia, Gov. Tim Kaine declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the storm, placing the National Guard and other agencies on standby.

Forecasters expected up to 20 inches of snow through late Saturday in the Washington metro area and the mountains of southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia.

They said it could be the AP most snow in the nation’s Kate Cheng and Lucian Hsieh watch the snow Friday in capital since a February 2003 storm dumped nearly the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Ford Mustang still cool after all these years

BY ANN M. JOB THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NUTS & BOLTS

If only we all could age as well as the Ford Mustang has.

Now 45 years old and revamped for 2010 with new styling and more powerful V-8, the “pony car” that debuted in 1964 is strikingly muscular, more energetic than before and thoroughly cool for a modern buyer.

You dont even have to pretend to be Steve McQueen, the lead actor in the 1968 film “Bullitt” who famously drove a Mustang in one of Hollywood’s best chase scenes, to enjoy the new Mustang’s unique persona.

Just take today’s lowriding, sporty and sinister-looking Mustang out on the streets amid roundly styled sedans like the Toyota Camry and tall-riding sport utility vehicles and see how the Mustang stands out as a special ride.

Surprisingly, the Mustang remains a bit practical, too.

The federal government gives the 2010 two-door Mustang coupe across-theboard 5 out of 5 stars for safety protection of driver and front passenger in frontal crash testing. The

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The 2010 Mustang GT relies on a lot of horsepower, but has a hint of practicality too. coupe gets the same high marks for protection in side crash testing.

It gets an average rating for reliability from Consumer Reports.

Starting manufacturers suggested retail price, including destination charge, is $21,845 for a base, rear-wheel drive Mustang powered by a 210-horsepower V-6 mated to a five-speed manual transmission.

Unfortunately, the real gems of the Mustang’s – models with V-8s – are priced much higher. The 2010 Mustang GT with 315-horsepower, throaty V-8 has a starting retail price of $28,845 with manual transmission.

A key competitor, of course, is the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, which has a starting retail price, including destination charge, of $23,530 for

a base model with 304horsepower V-6 and sixspeed manual. The rearwheel drive Camaro with 426-horsepower V-8 starts at $31,595.

Ford officials rightfully play up Mustang’s longevity, its status as one of the best-known nameplates in history and its notoriety over the years in film, television and even a magic act in Las Vegas recently.

The test Mustang GT seemed to have some magic, too, with its makeover for 2010. The car arrived wearing an eye-catching “Grabber Blue” paint color, and it was complemented by ambient blue lighting inside illuminating the door sills, cupholders and center console.

I couldn’t miss the big Mustang horse badge in the middle of the steering wheel as I slid down and

2010 Ford Mustang GT Premium Coupe BASE PRICE: $20,995 for base model; $23,995 for base Premium model; $27,995 for GT; $30,995 for GT Premium.

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OPTIONS: Comfort package $595; security package (includes antitheft system and wheel lock kit) $395

into the driver’s seat. The Mustang rides low to the pavement, so a driver can’t see anything but the back bumper and tailgate of a pickup truck or SUV ahead in traffic. The round, deepset instrument gauges on the dashboard looked oldschool, but in a cool, not clunky, way.

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★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Quality 1 & 2 BR Apts for Rent Starting @ $395 Southgate Garden & Piedmont Trace Apartments (336) 476-5900 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Dental Assistant II, FT Maternity fill position at busy HP Dental Practice Jan.-Feb. Fax resumes to 336841-6801

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Nice 1BR Condo $450 Convenient location Sec. Dep. Neg. Kitchen appls. furn.

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NOTICE OF ANCILLARY EXECUTOR TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Vickie J. Campbell, having qualified as Ancillary Executor for the Estate of Michael J. Campbell, deceased, late of Los Angeles County, Califor nia, doe s hereby notify all persons, fir ms, and c orporations having claims against said estate to present them to the und ersigne d, at the address indicated below, on or before March 13, 2010, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, fir ms, and c orporations indebted to said estate should please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This 12th day of December, 2009.

Vickie J. Campbell Ancillary Executor of the Michael J. Campbell Estate Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston PLLC P.O.Box 21847 Greensboro, NC 27420 December 12, 2009 January 2, 2010

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F/T Property Manager needed. Multi-Family HUD experience a must, tax credit preferred, not required.

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FOUND: Siberian Husky in the Cedar Square Area. Please call to identify 336431-1697

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ABORTION PRIVATE DOCTOR’S OFFICE 889-8503

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Britthaven Of Davidson has the following positions available: Director of Nursing: ● For a 154 Bed Skilled Facility. ● Must be a registered nurse with long term care & management. ● Must have knowledge of State and Federal LTC Regulations and survey process; Skills/Experience in Customer Service and Staff Regulations.

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Apartments Furnished

3 ROOM APARTMENT partly furnished.

476-5530 431-3483

GILWOOD NORTH Call (336) 869-4212 Now Leasing Apts Newly Remodeled, 1st Month Free Upon Approved Application, Reduced Rents, Call 336-889-5099

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Raintree Apartments Carefree living Convenient location No Security Deposit.

(336) 869-6011

1br Archdale $395 1br Asheboro $265 2br Bradshaw $375 2br Archdale $485 Daycare $3200 L&J Prop 434-2736 1 Month Free Rent, 2BR apt on Hunter St, T-vil le, Best Realty.

336-248-5373 2B R/1BA ap t, Archdale, Remodeled. $4 50/mo + d eposit.

No Pets. 431-5222 2BR, 1 1 ⁄2 B A Apt. T’ville Cab. Tv $450 mo. 336-561-6631 APARTMENTS & HOUSES FOR RENT. (336)884-1603 for info.

2BR, 1BA avail. 2427 Francis St. Newly Ren ovated. $475/mo Call 336-833-6797

Spacious 1 level, W/D conn. Appls Furn.

Sec 8 ok. 454-1478.

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T’ville 2BR/1.5BA Townhouse. Stove, refrig., & cable furn. No pets. No Section 8. $440+ dep.

475-2080.

WE have section 8 approved apartments. Call day or night 625-0052.

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5000 sq. ft. former daycare with a 5000 sq. ft. fenced in yard.

Well located in High Point. Call day or night 336-625-6076

1BR condo, $495 2BR condo, $565 NW HP sect 8 887-2033

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2 B R / 2 1⁄ 2 B A , C o n d o , Section 8 Ok. Community Pool. $675. 336-688-6695

The Classifieds 600 SF Wrhs $200 400 SF Office $250 1800 SF Retail $800 T-ville 336-561-6631 70,000 ft. former Braxton Culler bldg.

Well located. Reasonable rent. Call day or night. 336-6256076 Almost new 10,000 sq ft bldg on Baker Road, plenty of parking. Call day or night 336-625-6076 Medi cal Off/ Retail/ Showroom/Manufac.

1200-5000 sqft. $450/mo. 431-7716

OFFICE SPACES Looking to increase or decrease your office size. Large & Small Office spaces.

N High Point. All amenities included & Conference Room, Convenient to the Airport.

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across from Outback, 1200-4000 sq. ft.

D.G. Real-Estate Inc 336-841-7104

Restaurant for sale.

Equi pment included. only $18,000. Call 336-491-9228 Retail Off/Warehouse 1100 sqft $700 2800 sqft $650 T-ville 336-362-2119

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2BR townhouse in rough cond. $250/mo No dep. Call day or night 625-0052 Condo for Rent Westbrook Ct. $600. mo. + dep.

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1st Month Rent Free ONLY $300 To Move In, Must See! 3BR/2BA, Dishwasher, Den, Fireplace, LR, Huge Back Yard. $850/mo. Sec 8 ok 1707 N. Norwood Ct. HP, 1 mile from mall, Call 336-307-5862 205 Druid Dr, High Point, 3BR/1BA, Electric. 883-7646 or 886-9243 2BR/1BA, 1326 Oak St, David. Co. Ledford Area. $550 mo.

2BR/1BA, 202 W Bellevue Dr, N High Point, $550/mo. 869-2781 2br, Apt. (nice) $395.

1420 E. Commerce 1/2 off dep. Sect. 8 ok No Credit ck. 988-9589 310 Phillips 2br immaculate, gas heat, $500. mo + Sec. dep. 906-1954 316 Charles-2br 210 Edgeworth-1br 883-9602

I am Searching for Healthcare Case, not-certified, Call 861-1731 / 847-0271

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Contractor accepting applications for experienced Service Electricians. Must have 10 years experience in troubleshooting and repairing commercial/residential electrical problems. Driver’s License required.

Competitive Pay and Benefits. Apply in person to Beco Inc. at 2124 Surrett Drive, High Point, NC. Drug test required. EOE.

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The High Point Enterprise is looking for carriers to deliver the newspaper as independent contractors. You must be able to work early morning hours.

Routes must be delivered by 6am. This is seven days a week, 365 days per year.

We have routes available in the following areas: ● N. Hamilton St to Five Points Area, Approx 1 1 ⁄ 2 hours, $600 mo.

If you are interested in any of the above routes, please come by the office at 210 Church Avenue between 8:30am-4:30pm.

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3BR/1.5BA, carport. $675/mo. 211 Spencer St. Central H/A. Call 847-8421 Make your classified ads work harder for you with features like Bolding, Ad Borders & eye-catching graphics

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3BR/1BA, Johnsontown Rd, T-ville. $550 mo, $550 dep. Refs & 1 yr lease. Call 336625-0101

3BR/2BA Goldfish Pond in Garden, Cent H/A. $895 472-0224 Where Buyers & Sellers Meet

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3br, completely redone inside, elec. heat, $600., Call 8121108

4 BEDROOMS 103 Roelee ....................$1000 3 BEDROOMS 700 Playground .............. $775 4380 Eugene ................. $750 603 Denny...................... $750 1105 E. Fairfield............... $650 401 Liberty...................... $625 216 Kersey ..................... $600 1015 Montlieu ................. $575 1414 Madison ................. $525 205 Guilford ................... $495 1439 Madison................. $495 1100 Salem ..................... $495 205 Kendall .................... $495 843 Willow...................... $495 5693 Muddy Ck #2 ........ $475 920 Forest ..................... $450 707 Marlboro.................. $400 1005 Park ....................... $395 1215 & 19 Furlough ......... $375 1020A Asheboro............. $275 2 BEDROOMS

1100 Westbrook.............. $750 902-1A Belmont ............. $600 228 Hedgecock ............. $600 3911B Archdale............... $600 613 E Springfield............. $525 500 Forrest .................... $525 8798 US 311 #2............... $495 906 Beaumont ............... $475 314 Terrace Trace .......... $450 3613 Eastward #6 .......... $425 320 Player...................... $425 2715-B Central ............... $425 215-B W. Colonial........... $400 600 WIllowbar ................ $400 283 Dorthy ..................... $400 304-B Kersey................. $395 913 Howard.................... $375 502 Lake ........................ $375 608 Wesley .................... $375 1418 Johnson ................. $375 1429 E Commerce ......... $375 415 A Whiteoak.............. $350 802 Hines ...................... $350 802 Barbee .................... $350 503 Hill St ....................... $350 3602-A Luck .................. $350 286 Dorthoy................... $300 1311 Bradshaw ...............$300 1607A Lincoln................. $275 1223 A Franklin............... $270

1 BEDROOMS 3306A Archdale ............. $350 205 A&B Taylor .............. $285 911-A Park ...................... $250 115 N Hoskins................. $200 Storage Bldgs. Avail.

COMMERCIAL SPACE 11246NMain 1200s.......... $850 227 Trindale 1000s ......... $700

KINLEY REALTY 336-434-4146

Showcase of Real Estate Fairgrove/East Davidson Schools. Approximately 4 acres $45,000.

More wooded lots available.

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

Call Frank Anderson Owner/Broker

475-2446

WENDY HILL REALTY CALL 475-6800

PRICE REDUCED ATED MOTIV ER SELL

711 Field St., Thomasville Brand new 3 bedroom, 2 bath 1160 sq. ft. Popular floor plan with breakfast nook, eat-in bar area that overlooks an open dining and family room with vaulted ceiling. Includes stove, microwave oven, dishwater, and washer/dryer combo, laminate floors. “Special” interest rate offered by Bank of North Carolina 4.75%. Priced to move at $98, 000.00 Byrd Construction 336-689-9925 Brian Byrd

DAVIDSON COUNTY HOME 1.329 acres, 3 BR, 2 BA. Complete interior renovations.

GREAT RATES! Qualified Financing Available Ledford Middle & HS/Friendship Elementary Tri County Real Estate 336-769-4663

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Financing

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

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

*PRICE REDUCTION-POSSIBLE SELLER FINANCING! Quality built custom home on 40+ acres of beautiful woodlands & pastures. Many out buildings including a double hangar & official/recorded landing strip for your private airplane. Home features 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, sunroom, brick landscaped patio, hardwired sound system, 4 car carport, covered breezeway.

You must see to fully appreciate this peaceful, private country estate -- Priced to sell at $579,000

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

3BR, 11⁄2 Bath, gas heat, central air. Utility building, French doors to cement patio. $85,900. Will pay $500 closing cost.

703 Belmont Dr., High Point

431-6331

Better than new! Low Davidson County taxes.

1 + acre lot, over 3,000 finished heated sq. ft., plus full unfinished basement, all the extras.

Wendy Hill Realty Call 475-6800

6 Bedrooms, Plus 3 Home Offices Or 8 Bedrooms 19 Forest Dr Fairgrove Forest, Thomasville $1000. Cash to buyer at closing. 1.5 ac Landscaped, 3BR, 2Baths, Kitchen, Dining Room, Living Room with Fireplace, Den with Fireplace, Office. Carpet over Hardwood. Crown Molding thru out. Attached over sized double garage. Unattached 3 bay garage with storage attic. 2400sqft. $260,000.

HOME FOR SALE 1014 Hickory Chapel Road, 2br, Florida room, dining room, fireplace, garage, new heatpump, completely remodeled. Great for starter home or rental investment. $64,900

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336-870-5260

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Owner Financing or Rent to Own. Your Credit is Approved!

- 1.1 Acre – Near Wesley Memorial Methodist – - Emerywood area “Tell your friends” -

$259,500. Owner Financing

1367 Blair Street, Thomasville Large 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, Fairgrove Schools, gas logs, large living room, large kitchen, large 2-car garage, large deck in back, and etc. Why rent when you can own this home for payments as low as $799 a mo. or $143K, just call today 336-442-8407.

Rick Robertson 336-905-9150

Call 336-886-4602 OPEN HOUSE LEDFORD SOUTH

Owner Financing or Rent to Own. Your Credit is Approved!

OPEN TUES-SAT 11AM-5PM OPEN SUNDAY 1PM-5PM Directions: Eastchester to West Lexington, south on Hwy. 109, Community is on the left just past Ledford Middle School.

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DOWNTOWN HIGH POINT In UNIQUE MARKET SQUARE building. * Penthouse* 4 BR, 51⁄2 BA, 3 balconies, 4,100 sq. ft. 2 BR, 2 BA furnished with washer & dryer. Onsite security 24/7, parking space, rec room w/lap pool, walk to restaurants.

Incredible views. A beautiful and fun place to live or work. Will trade for other properties. Call Gina (336) 918-1482.

712 W. Parris Ave. High Point Avalon Subdivision This house shows like new! Built in 2005, 1660 sqft., 3bed 2.5 bath, like-new appliances,Living Room w/ Gas fireplace, 1 car garage spacious Loft area upstairs, Great Location. We’ll work with your situation! $165,000 Price Reduced! Will will match your down payment.

Visit www.crs-sell.com or call 336-790-8764

TAX CREDIT AVAILABLE

821 Nance Avenue

3 bedroom, living room, kitchen, 2 full baths, central heating & air. Updated. BE ABLE TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS AS LOW AS $529.00 a month $95K. Call for details!

336-905-9150

NEW PRICE

PRICED REDUCED

273 Sunset Lane, Thomasville

GET OUT OF TOWN! Immaculate brick home 3br/2ba/bsmt/carport tucked away on a deadend st. w/ room to roam on 11.56 acres. Spring-fed creek along back of property, fruit trees, grapevines, several garden spots, greenhouse, workshop, Updates include HW heater, windows, hi-eff heat pump, whole house generator, vinyl flooring & freshly painted rooms. Full bsmt w/workshop, fireplace, one bay garage. MH site on property may be leased for additional income. Horses welcome! Priced to sell @ $199,500-call today.

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

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

1210 N. Centennial

4 BR/3 BA 3 level Newly remodeled; walking distance to HPU, app 3100 sq ft; FP; New vinyl siding, new gas heat w/central air, roof, windows, kitchen cabinets, appliances, hardwood floors, carpet & plumbing Fenced in yard. No selller help with closing cost. Owner will pay closing cost.

MUST SEE! $104,900 Contact 336-802-0922

NOW LE LAB AVAI 678 Merry Hills Dr.-Davidson son County 3 Bed 2 Bath 2 Car Garage. This beautiful 1900 sqft. home is well lacated in a well established neighborhood. It has a finishedd basement, Large Kitchen outlooking beautiful wooded area. Large deck with Jacuzzi. Gas or woodburning fireplace in the basement. We’ll work with your situation!

$195,000 Visit www.crs-sell.com or call 336-790-8764

25% BELOW TAX VALUE

505 Willow Drive, Thomasville

Recently updated brick home is nothing short of magnificent. Gourmet kitchen with granite counters and stainless appliances. Huge master suite with 2 walk-in closets & private deck. Elegant foyer & formal dining room. Marble, Tile and Hardwood floors. Crown moldings & two fireplaces.

Spacious closets & lots of storage.

Wendy Hill Realty Call 475-6800

Rick Robertson

Quality construction beginning at $169,900! Eight Flexible floorplans! - Three to seven bedrooms - 1939 square feet to 3571 square feet - Friendship/Ledford Schools - Low Davidson County Taxes - Basement lots Available MORE INFO @ PattersonDaniel.com Marketed Exclusively by Patterson Daniel Real Estate, Inc.

189 Game Trail, Thomasville

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

Call: Donn Setliff (336) 669-0478 or Kim Setliff (336) 669-5108 (Owner is Realtor)

FOR SALE BY OWNER

Enjoy living in a quiet, distinctive neighborhood with no through traffic.

3 BR 2.5 BA, 2300 sq’, open floor plan, vaulted ceilings & lg. windows, Oak floors & carpeted BRs, marble tiled bathrooms, lg. large master bath with separate shower, double fire place in master BR & LR w. gas logs, kitchen w. granite counter tops, double oven, stereo system. 2 car garage, large patio overlooking a beautiful back yard. Low taxes. $329,000 $321,000 Visit www.forsalebyowner.com/22124271 or call 336.687.3959

LAND FOR SALE

3 bedroom/2 bath house for sale, Fairgrove Area, Thomasville.

Half basement, 2 stall garage, also detached garage.

Call 472-4611 for more information. $175,000.

5.9 Acres of privacy and seclusion with its own creek. Ready for your dream home, or you can renovate an existing home on the property. The property is located at 829 Hasty Hill Rd. between High Point and Thomasville. Davidson County Ledford Schools $59,000.

For Sale By Owner 515 Evergreen Trail Thomasville, NC 27360

336-869-0398 Call for appointment

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406 Sterling Ridge Dr

3930 Johnson St.

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

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

Lamb’s Realty 442-5589

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

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

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

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4 BEDROOMS 3700 Innwood ........$1195 622 Dogwood ........ $895

3 BEDROOMS 501 Mendenhall ......$1150 800 S. Centennial ... $800 953 St. Ann .............$795 1728-B N. Hamilton ..$750 2705 Ingleside Dr ....$725

922 Forest ..............$675 217-B N. Rotary...... $650 1818 Albertson........ $650 813 Magnolia .......... $595 2415 Williams ......... $595 324 Louise ..............$575 726 Bridges.............$575 1135 Tabor...............$575 1604 W. Ward ........ $550 1020 South ............. $550 1010 Pegram .......... $550

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HOMES FOR RENT 212 Hedgecock 4BR/2BA Central H/A $850 280 Dorothy 3BR/2BA $700 Call 336-442-6789 House for rent in Hasty/Ledford area.

3BR/2Bth, Central A/C, Heat pump. Includes Fridge, Dishwa sher, St ove, and Alarm system. $725./$725.

Sec. Dep. No Pets allowed.

Call Brian at 4421005.

2208-A Gable way .. $550

601 Willoubar.......... $550 1016 Grant .............. $525 919 Old Winston ..... $525 409 Centennial....... $500 2209-A Gable Way .. $500 2219 N. Centennial.. $495

HP , 3BR/1B A, Brick Ranch. $600, New Flooring, Cent Air, Gas Heat, Sec 8 ok. Call 210-4998

912 Putnam .............$475 1606 Larkin............. $450 114 Greenview ........ $450 502 Everett ............ $450 1725 Lamb ............. $395 1305-A E. Green..... $395

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2640 2D Ingleside $780

811 Aberdeen ......... $695 406 Sunset............. $650 213 W. State........... $600 1540 Beaucrest ...... $525 204 Prospect ......... $500 1420 Madison......... $500 16 Leonard ............. $495 419 Peace ...............$475 1114 Mill .................. $450 1707 W. Rotary ....... $450 505 Scientific.......... $450 1100 Wayside ......... $450 111 Chestnut ........... $450 1101 Blain ................ $450 608 Woodrow Ave ...$425

205-A Tyson Ct...... $425 322 Walker............. $425 204 Hoskins ........... $425 1501-B Carolina ...... $425 321 Greer ............... $400 1206 Adams ........... $400 324 Walker............. $400 305 Allred............... $395 611-A Hendrix ......... $395 2905-B Esco .......... $395 1043-B Pegram ...... $395 908 E. Kearns ........ $395 1704 Whitehall ........ $385 601 Hickory Chapel..$375

620-A Scientific .......$375 601-B Everett ..........$375 2306-A Little ...........$375 501 Richardson .......$375 305 Barker ............. $350 1633-B Rotary ........ $350 406 Kennedy.......... $350 311-B Chestnut....... $350 3006 Oakcrest ....... $350 1705-A Rotary ........ $350 1711-A W. Rotary .... $350 511-B Everett.......... $350 1516-B Oneka......... $350 909-A Old Tville...... $325 4703 Alford ............ $325 308-A Allred ........... $325 1214-B Adams ........ $320 313-B Barker .......... $300 314-B W. Kearns .... $295 1116-B Grace .......... $295 1711-B Leonard ....... $285 1517 Olivia............... $280 1515 Olivia............... $280 402 Academy......... $300 1 BEDROOM 1123-C Adams ........ $495 1107-F Robin Hood .. $450 1107-C Robin Hood . $425

611 A W. Green........$375 611 B W. Green ...... $350 508 Jeanette...........$375 1106 Textile............. $325 309-B Chestnut ......$275 501-B Coltrane ........$270 1228 Tank............... $250 1317-A Tipton.......... $235 608-B Lake ............ $225

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Office/Desk Space

Wendover and NC 68 2376 Hickswood Rd. 800 sq. ft., Exc. Location w/parking. Call 336-454-4635. 10-6 Mon-Fri. 9-4 Sat.

2260

1 FREE MONTH $99 DEPOSIT Vista Realty 785-2862

SCOOTERS Computers.

We fix any problem. Low prices. 476-2042

4480

Painting Papering

SAM KINCAID PAINTING FREE ESTIMATES CALL 472-2203

5010

Single Plot in Floral Garden, Section F,(at entrance), Retail value $3200 . asking $2000. 869-2409

Commercial Property

Appliances

GE Electric Top Stove.

1-2 years old.

Like New $250 Call 336-240-4569

Pets

AKC Christmas Weimaraner Pups. 5M, 3F. Parents on Site. $350. 336-345-1462 Where Buyers & Sellers Meet

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Beautiful Shih Tzu puppy, Male, registered, 10 wks, $385.

Call 259-5026 Bichon, Cocker, Shih Tzu, Maltese, Malti Poo, Peek a Poo, 336-498-7721 Blue and White Pit Bull Pups, 1M, 1F, shots and dewormed, Call 987-2804/ 987-6445 Boston Terrier Pups.

Registered. Shots, Beautiful markings.

Warr. 336-434-5654

GE Washer & Dryer Ex Large Compacity.

Like New. $250 for bot h. Call 3 36-2404569 Kenmore Washer & Dryer good condition. heavy duty. $175 for bot h. Call 3 36-2259606 USED APPLIANCES Sales & Services $50 Service Call 336-870-4380

7020

Auctions

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Liquidation of: Transportation Systems Solutions, LLC 255 Swathmore Dr. High Point, NC Welders, Forklifts, Wood Working equip., Metal working & Fabrication Equip., Air Compressor, Bridge Cranes, 100’s of Tools, Office Equip., and much more...

For more infor. goto: www.Mendenhall Auction.com (special events section) Internet Bidding: www.Bidspotter.com Internet auction: Mon., Dec. 14th. Dec. 21st.

MENDENHALL ACUTION CO., INC. Chihuahua Puppies ready for Christmas.

1st shots completed. $100. 336-307-8538

9060

97 Dodge Avenger $800 dn 00 Saturn LS2 $900 dn 05 Pontiac Grand Am $1200 dn 96 Chevy Cheyenne $1000 dn Plus Many More!

Oak Firewood Split and Seasoned, Small Pickup load, $50. delivered. 906-0377 Split seasoned fire wood. Sm truck load $50. $5 delivery fee. 869-2366 Split Seasoned Hardwood, $35, $45, & $55., you haul, Thomas Hill 861-4991

7190

Auto Centre, Inc.

8015

Furniture

6 Cushion Sofa, newly Reupholstered, Maroon, skirt, 8 Way Tie, $250.

689-8829 day or 431-8195 New Flat Screen TV Console Cabinet in Walnut, $200. Call 886-4719, 8:304:30pm. Mon-Fri. Queen Bed incl. headboard, frame, mattress, box spring, bedding, ex. cond. $200. 474-7755

7210

Household Goods

A new mattress set T$99 F$109 Q$122 K$191. Can Del. 336-992-0025 Gas Grill-$75., Freezer-$75., Ladies dresser 8 drawers, 2 mirrors-$75., Like new tr eadmill -$350., K itchen t able w/ 6 chairs-$75., 336906-5156 or 336404-7453

Yard/Garage Sale

6am-Until, Friday 12/18 & Saturday 12/19. 3543 Kay Dr, Trinity, off Tobacco Rd. 861-7426 Christmas is Here!

West End Ministries Thrift Store, large selection of furn, clothing, home furnishings, Fri. 3-6, Sat. 8-12.

New Items Added Weekly. 903 English Rd., donations always welcome. For more information Please call 336-884-1105 Discount Quality Furniture 20 Fisher Ferry St. T-ville. Going Out of Business Sale, Everything less than 50 % off Who lesale, some items given away to the first people that arrive. Great Dea ls. Fri. , Sat., & Sun. 9am-6pm SALE!!

S & J DISCOUNT FURNITURE NAME BRANDS. 711 OLD THOMASVILLE RD. 336-883-0067

Miscellaneous

PO BOX 7344 HIGH POINT, NC NCAL#211 887-1165

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

CHRISTMAS PUPPIES 2F, 2M. Min-Pin. 1st shots, tails docked. $250. 910-818-0810

7180

30,000 sq ft warehouse, loading docks, plenty of parking. Call dy or night 336-625-6076

Cock-a-Poo puppies, Ready for Christmas.

3 Buff Colored Males. $250. 336-991-8211

Firewood. Split, Seasoned & Delivered, $85 3/4 Cord.

Call 817-2787/848-8147

Fuel Wood/ Stoves

Buy * Save * Sell Pearl Band Xylophone With Stand and Case.

Like new. $35.

Call 336-474-0157 Union 5 piece drum set with hardware, black, $150.00 Call 336-841-8933

7330

Sporting Equipment

A ladies 26in.

Schwinn, Frontier Bike, like new, blue, $85.

3 speed, Call 475-2028 Need space in your garage?

Call The Classifieds Beretta 9MM Pistol, Mo d 92FS St ainless Steele, Parabellam, Call 336-475-2028 $500.

Like new, very good condition, barely used, Cycle Ops Wind Trainer, $125.00 Call 336-869-3784

472-3111 DLR#27817 KIA Amanti, ’04, 1 owner, EC. 69K, Garaged & smokeless. $9000, 442-6837 Lincoln Cont. ’94.

Beautiful, dependable all new, $2200. For details 247-2835

9120

Classic Antique Cars

78 Camaro LT, V8, All orig. Runs Great. 1 owner. #’s Match. $2000/neg 434-9864 FORD ’69. SELL OR TRADE. 429 eng., Needs restoring $1000/Firm. 431-8611 PLYMOUTH Concorde 1951. Sale or TradeNeeds restoring. $2100 firm. 431-8611

9210

Recreation Vehicles

good,

$11,000.

Autos for Sale

04 Dodge Neon, very nice, auto, 50k, $4200. Call 431-6020 or 847-4635 07 Chevy Malibu, Red, 4 cylinder, auto, 35 k mi. Like new, $9,950 336-510-8794 Need space in your garage?

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01 Buick LeSabre Limi ted. 91, 800 mi., tan leather, very good co nd., $52 00. 8879568 / 906-1703

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99’ Chevy Tahoe LT, lthr interior, Custom bumper, 159k mi., $5800. 476-3468

9060

Vans

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

94’ Camper, new tires, water heater, & hookup.

Good cond., sleeps 7, $6,400. Call 301-2789

9240

All Terain Vehicles

9300

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9020

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’01 Damon motorhome. 2 slides, 2 ACs, 10k, loaded. 36ft. Very good cond., $52,000.

Back-up camera.

431-9891

336-887-2033

Hammond Piano console, Excellent Condition, B argain, $500.00 Call 8692837 or 803-6433

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’90 Winnebago Chiefton 29’ motor home. 73,500 miles,

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Coleman Generator, 5000 Power Base, 10hp, Briggs & Stratton. $350. Call 336-475-0288

GE Electric Stove Clean, good condition. $85.

Call 336-225-9606.

6030

Fuel Wood/ Stoves

Firewood-Uhaul $40, Dumptruck $110, Pickup Truck $55.

Delivered. 475-3112

7290

7015

American Bulldog Pups, parents on site, 4F/1M, ready 12/16 $100. 689-6873

3 Plots in Sundial Sec of Holly Hill Memorial Park.

All for $3900.

910-617-4143

7180

7310

AKC Toy Poodles. 6 weeks old. First shots & Dewormed. 1 Girl & 1 Boys. Indoor, Kennel Trai ning. $4 00. Call Nicole 336-410-4770

2 Cemetery Plots Floral Garden, good section, $4000. Call 8693386

Pets - Free

Avon Sales. No Territories. Up to 50% Commission. Only $10 to Join. Call 880-9514

AKC Cream short hair Retriever Pups $300$400 taking dep. for X-mas 434-2697

Cemetery Plots/Crypts

6040

Business Opportunities

AFFORDABLE rooms for rent.

Call 491-2997

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

Yorkshire Ter. Male AKC Adorable Looking for Santa $450 Cash 336-431-9848

Needs Good Home. 1 Year Old Male Terrier Shepherd mix. Good Health Call 36873876 for details.

A Better Room 4U in town - HP within walking distance of stores, buses. 886-3210.

Private extra nice. Quiet.

No alochol/drugs 108 Oakwood 887-2147

Shih-Tzu Reg Puppy.

Wormed, Shots, Beau tiful $2 75. Call 336-672-0630

FREE kittens to good homes only. Litter trained. Ask for Ken 475-8075

Rooms

LOW Weekly Rates a/c, phone, HBO, eff.

Travel Inn Express, HP 883-6101 no sec. dep.

Shih Tzu pups DOB 9/15/09 wormed, 1st shots, multi color, $325. CKC registered, 336-905-7954

4 adorable kittens free to good home, 8 weeks old.

Call 336-431-9818

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

803-1970.

3040 Eastgate Village Con dos S.Ma in/311.

2 B R , 2 1⁄ 2 B A , W / D conn $550/mo. Appliances incl. Sect. 8

Computer Repair

Mobile Homes/Spaces

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

3030

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4180

1, 2 & 3 BR Homes For Rent 880-3836 / 669-7019

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Beautiful, 3bR/2 1⁄ 2 BA, Close to Golf Course. $1250mo, 454-1478

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Rottweiler AKC pups, 8 weeks. Dewormed, tai ls docke d. $300.

OBO 336-882-6341

2BR Central Air, carpet, blinds, appls., No pets.

883-4611 LM

2220

Pets

Reg. Pekingese, York-A-Nese & Shih-Nese. 1st Shots. $350-Up 476-9591

Nice 3br and 2br houses, 1br. apt.,1 Mhome, 472-0966

CONRAD REALTORS 512 N. Hamilton 885-4111

600 N. Main 882-8165

6030

FORD Explorer XLT ’05. FSBO $13,499 4x4, navy blue.

Call (336)689-2918.

98’ Jeep Wrangler 4WD auto, a/c, cruise, ps/ brakes, ex. cond. ,$9500. 215-1892

9250

Sports

1999 Ford Explorer XLT, Dark Green, Gray Leather interior. 172K miles. VGC. $3,600.

Call 336-824-4444

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2000 Escort ZX2, Auto & Air. 59K, Very Nice. $2900 Call 336847-4635, 431-6020

96’ Freightliner Hood Single Axle.

96’ Electronics, 53ft, 102 Dock Lift Trailer. $14,500. Call 1-203395-3956

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2005 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. 14k miles.

Auto, Flip Roof. A/C, Premium Sound, AM FM CD Player, Cruise.

Call 336-906-0469

Pace 5ft enclosed trailer, ex. condition, $1000. OBO, Call 336-254-3277

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93 Honda Accord, LX. Fully loaded, 149K miles. $2950/obo, Call 336-883-6793

Men’s Giant Bute 7 speed bike, white, excellent condition, $85.00 Call 336-4752028

94 Buick Lesabre, looks good and runs good, Champagne color, 100k mi., $1200. 475-8031

7380

Wanted to Buy

98 Isuzu Rodeo, V6, 4x4, 138k mi., runs and looks great, must see, $2950 561-9637

BUYING ANTIQUES. Old Furn, Glass, Old Toys & Old Stuff.

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

98 Lincoln Continental Mark VIII, 171k miles, VGC. Blk EXT & INT, loaded, $4995, obo.

336-906-3770 AT Quality Motors you can buy regardless. Good or bad credit. 475-2338

9260

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Red Crew Cab, ’03 Chevrolet Silverado, EC, 55K miles, $11,700. 454-2342

9300

Vans

98’ Chevy Astro Van LS, loaded, clean, original owner, 160k mi., $2500. 841-5195 1988 Econoline 150, Custom Van. Drive Daily. $900.

Call 336362-8276 Ford E250, 04’, all pwr, 138 k miles, excellent condition, $5200. 986-2497 98’ Ford Windstar Handicap Van, factory lowered/buil t $5850.

OBO 672-0630

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BUY junk cars & trucks, some Hondas.

Will remove cars free.

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10X20 ....... $1699 8x12.......... $1050 10x16........ $1499

***Extra Special*** on 12x24 $2199.95 Limited Time Only Also Rent To Own. Carolina Utility Bldgs, Trinity 1-800-351-5667

CLEANING Cleaning by Deb

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CONCRETE Professional Quality Concrete Work • Tear out & Replace Concrete • Stamped Concrete • Foundations • Sidewalks & Driveways All types of Quality Concrete Work

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336-410-2851

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Wrought Iron and Metal Patio Furniture Restoration

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Special 8x12 tax included $949.

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• Exterior painting • Roof cleaning • Pressure cleaning • General exterior improvements Local family owned business that takes pride in giving customers great services at a reasonable price!

Superior Finish with UV protectants, Tables and Chairs, Gliders, Loungers, Statues, Fountains, Gates, Railings (removable) and more...

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