Judge Max Cogburn released Greg E. Lindberg from a minimumsecurity prison in Alabama last month, weeks after the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated Lindberg’s convictions from March 2020 and ordered a new trial. Lindberg “looks forward to the opportunity to clear his name in the court of law as well as the court of public opinion,” Lindberg spokesperson Susan Estrich said in a statement. “The fact remains that the case against Mr. Lindberg is purely political.”Thescheduling order and tentative March 6 trial date also applies to John D. Gray, a Lindberg consultant convicted of the same two counts as Lindberg. Gray also had his convictions vacated.
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The ruling could become a powerful tool to challenge legis lation restricting access to med ical care and other accommo dations for transgender people, including employment and gov ernment benefits, advocates said. “It’s a very important and pos itive ruling to increase people’s access to gender-affirming care,” said Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, ex ecutive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality.
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RICHMOND, Va. — A federal ruling that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act could help block conservative political efforts to restrict access to so-called gen der-affirming care, advocates and experts say.
The ruling is binding in the states covered by the Rich mond-based 4th Circuit — Mary land, North Carolina, South Car olina, Virginia and West Virginia — but will inevitably be cited in cases in other states, said Kevin Barry, a law professor at Quin nipiac University. The decision came in the case of a transgender woman who sued the Fairfax County sheriff in Virginia for housing her in a jail with men. The decision is not limited to transgender people challenging jail policies, but also applies broadly to all areas of so ciety covered by disability rights law, including employment, gov ernment benefits and services and public accommodations, Barry said.
Key issues included expanding school choice, parental involvement and better communication from the state
Raleigh The State Board of Elections will hear a challenge to the residency of the Democratic candidate for N.C.’s 3rd state Senate District after the case was moved forward by the Currituck County elections board.
PHOTO VIA JAMES PIEDAD Panelists including Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson at the Durham education roundtable sponsored by Americans for Prosperity and The LIBRE Initiative.
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DURHAM — North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Rob inson participated with a diverse group of education, political and nonprofit leaders at an education roundtable in Durham on Aug. 23.The roundtable was hosted by Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina (AFP-NC) and The LI BRE Initiative-North Carolina (LIBRE-NC).Americans for Prosperity is a 501(c)(4) organization engaging in “broad-based grassroots out reach to advocate for long-term solutions.”According to its website, The LIBRE Initiative is “part of a 501(c4) nonpartisan, nonprofit grassroots organization dedi cated to amplifying the voice of the U.S. Hispanic community so it can thrive and contribute to a more prosperous America.” LIBRE’s focus areas include economic opportunity, health care, education, immigration and criminal justice reform. Joining Robinson were Rep.
Republican Bobby Hanig, who was sworn in Monday to a seat in the Senate following the resignation of Bob Steinburg, challenged the residency of Valerie Jordan. The dispute arose when Hanig’s campaign provided evidence that Jordan, a state transportation board member, lives in Raleigh and not Warren County, where she is registered to vote. The majority Democratic Currituck board heard the case last week and said evidence showed that Jordan likely lives in Raleigh, and advanced the challenge. If the NCSBE agrees, Democrats in the 3rd District will choose a new candidate.
Erin Paré (R-Wake), LIBRE Deputy Executive Director Juan Martinez, Classical Conversa tions CEO Robert Bortins, AFP Senior Education Policy Analyst Rachelle Engen and President of the NC Society of Hispanic Pro fessionals Rocio Anderson. Topics included increasing communications on education opportunities in North Caroli na, increasing broadband access, higher education options, and ex pansion of school choice options such as the Education Savings Accounts (ESA) and the popular Opportunity Scholarship Pro gram.The panel agreed that parents can and should play a significant role in the education of their chil dren and there should be more promotion of learning that hap pens outside of a classroom. “Another thing to look at is what the purpose of education is,” said Engen. “I think we all have a different reason as to what the purpose is, but I think the biggest reason is for students to develop and deploy their passions and in terests and as the other panelists said, this doesn’t just happen in a classroom.”Paréconcurred but added that “children are sponges” and un derscored parental engagement. “It’s just critically important
Raleigh The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, the state’s agency mandated to conserve and sustain the state’s fish and wildlife resources, will host two family-friendly events on Saturday, Sept. 24 highlighting NC’s extraordinary hunting and fishingNationalheritage.Hunting and Fishing Day, formalized by Congress in 1971, was created by the National Shooting Sports Foundation to celebrate conservation successes of hunters and anglers.Thetwo events will take place at the John Lentz Hunter Education Complex in Ellerbe and the Wildlife Expo at the Pechmann Center in Fayetteville.Hunting,fishing and related activities directly support upward of 123,600 wildlife associated jobs in North Carolina according to the U.S. Department of Commerce in 2021.
RALEIGH — Illegal immi gration looks to be one of the hot-button issues in the up coming midterm election cycle after federal officials reported that for the first time ever the number of illegal immigrants arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border is on pace to exceed 2 million.According to data compiled by the Federation for Ameri can Immigration Reform, 4.9 million illegal immigrants have crossed our border since Presi dent Joe Biden took office. Statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) show crimes committed by ille gal immigrants also surged un der Biden in 2021, including a 1,900% increase in manslaugh ter and homicide convictions compared to 2020. But it isn’t just adults enter ing the country illegally. Some 257,110 minor children have been encountered at the na tion’s borders, per data from CPB. In North Carolina, Biden’s Department of Home land Security intends to settle potentially thousands of those illegal minors in an old school campus near Greensboro over a five-year period. A recent NPR/IPSOS poll
NSJ STAFF GREGORY BULL | AP PHOTO Migrants wait along a border wall Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, after crossing from Mexico near Yuma, Ariz.
New Lindberg trial set for March Charlotte A new trial for a North Carolina-based insurance executive whose previous convictions on corruptionrelated charges were overturned is set for early March, a federal judge decided Monday.U.S.District
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Along with every House Dem ocrat present for the vote, Nickel voted “no” on passing House Bill 370, but it was ratified anyway on Aug. 20, Democratic2019.Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the bill just a day later on Aug. 21, 2019. In his veto mes sage, Cooper claimed, “This law is only about scoring political points and using fear to divide North Carolinians.” North Carolina Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis criticized Cooper for the veto, stating “Gov. Cooper has effectively declared North Carolina a sanctuary state.”The bill’s passage followed reports of illegal immigrants who had been arrested and then released by certain sheriffs in Mecklenburg, Durham and Wake counties. In particular, one case in Mecklenburg County was raised during committee debate of the bill by state Rep. Destin HallHall(R-Caldwell).said,inpart, “they’re re leasing folks onto the streets that shouldn’t be released. They’re releasing some dangerous folks. We saw an example in Mecklen burg County just a few weeks ago.”Hall’s reference was like ly about Honduran immigrant Luis Pineda-Ancheta, who was released by Mecklenburg Sheriff GarryPineda-AnchetaMcFadden. had been de ported but reentered the coun try illegally and was arrested again in Mecklenburg County on charges of domestic abuse and assault of his girlfriend. Two days after his arrest, Mc Fadden released Pineda-Ancheta despite a detainer request by ICE; a decision that was criticized by both ICE and the U.S. Attorney for Western North Carolina. Once released, Pineda-An cheta kidnapped his girlfriend, tied a rope around her head, and drove into a wooded area while threatening to kill her. The wom an escaped and a nine-hour-long standoff between Pineda-Anche ta and SWAT ensued. After the recapture of Pine da-Ancheta, McFadden stood by his decision, stating he remained “steadfast and confident that not honoring ICE detainers is in the best interest of the people of Mecklenburg County.”
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“This decision destigmatized a health condition — gender dys phoria — and it says that what Congress did in 1990 wasn’t OK,” BarryThesaid.sheriff’s office did not re spond to phone messages seeking comment.SomeRepublican leaders who have led efforts to limit access to transition treatment for youths have labeled it a form of child abuse. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this year, for instance, ordered the state’s child welfare agency to in vestigate reports of gender-affirm ing care for children as abuse. A new rule in Florida restricts Medicaid coverage for gender dys phoria treatments for youths and adults. The state health agency previously released a report stat ing that puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and sex reassignment surgery have not been proven safe or effective in treating gender dys phoria.And Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is widely touted as a poten tial 2024 Republican presidential candidate, recently tweeted that children should not be able to take puberty blockers “or mutilate their body by getting a sex change.”
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Just so, there is something in the heart of every one who has wandered from God — which ever floats about him, even in sin’s revels — a fair, dreamy vision, dim and far away perhaps — but as splendid as the drapery of the sunset. It is the memory of lost innocence, of the Father’s love, the vision of a heavenly beauty — which is possible of restoration to the worst and most debauched.Whenthe prodigal reached home — he found his vision realized. His father was watching for him — had long been watching for him. It is a picture of the heavenly Father’s loving welcome of every lost child of His, who comes back home. Thus He receives the worst — who penitently return. Our sweetest dreams of God’s love, are a thousand times too poor and dim — when compared to the reality. A great way off God sees the returning prodigal — and runs to meet him. No matter how far we have wandered, there is a welcome waiting for us at home!
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THE WORD: NO MATTER HOW FAR WE HAVE WANDERED The boy had, in the far-away country, a vision of his old home. As he sat there and thought of his dishonor and his ruin — a picture flashed before him, which made him very home-sick.
“But while he was still a long way off — his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him!”
The most recent polling data from July through August from Real Clear Politics shows Hines with a five-point lead over Nick el, 44% to 39%. A previous Dem ocratic Congressional Campaign Committee poll published June had Hines up over Nickel by two. Both Hines and Nickel’s cam paign websites tout “immigra tion reform” as a key issue. According to Hines’ immigra tion statement, “Our country is in dire need of immigration reform to ensure we have a sustainable immigration system that is con centrated on assimilating talent ed and hardworking individuals that have demonstrated they will abide by the law” and “Illegal im migration hurts our society and penalizes immigrants who have followed the rules and entered our country legally.”
In January, Hines’ campaign took aim at illegal immigration with a video ad on Facebook that said, “Current immigration laws are not being enforced. So, it’s time to shut down our borders and fix our immigration system once and for all.” Nickel’s campaign website doesn’t mention illegal immi gration but instead focuses on “Skilled work-visa holders com ing to the U.S.” who are “hitting an extreme backlog in visa pro cessing.”Following his statements on visa backlogs, Nickel’s site says, “It’s time for comprehensive im migration reform. People who wish to come to our country seeking a better life deserve a pathway to visas or citizenship that doesn’t take decades to com plete.”North State Journal reached out to both candidates for com ment regarding their illegal im migration positions. Only the Hines campaign responded. “Illegal immigration is an important issue to North Car olinians because — when left unchecked — the flow of dan gerous individuals and drugs directly impacts our communi ties,” Hines said in a statement to North State Journal. “We have people in our community dying of drug overdoses every day. We must address this crisis head on and that starts by securing our borders.”Hines’ senior campaign advis er Rob Burgess commented on Nickel’s“Wileyrecord.Nickel’s record speaks for itself when it comes to im migration. He has consistent ly voted against having North Carolina law enforcement work in conjunction with federal im migration authorities,” said Bur gess in an email to North State Journal. “Wiley not only sup ports Biden’s disastrous immi gration policy but plans to be a rubber stamp for anything Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi tell him to vote for. North Carolinians de serve better from their member of InCongress.”2019, Nickel did vote against House Bill 370 that would have required confine ment facilities to cooperate with ICE agents and other federal of ficials for proper detainment of illegal immigrants. It also would have authorized the removal of a sheriff for failing to comply with ICE detainers and for confine ment facilities to submit annual reports on detainer compliance to the General Assembly. According to data from ICE, nearly 500 illegal immigrants with administrative detainers placed on them were released in North Carolina during the fiscal yearThe2019.bill had the backing of the NC Sheriffs’ Association, which said the measure “provides an ap propriate and careful balance un der the Constitution for the rights of the accused and for the public safety of our communities.”
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The vision brought back the old home in all its beauty and blessedness. There was plenty there — while here in the far country, the once happy favored son, was perishing with hunger! It was a blessed moment for the debauched prodigal. It was God’s message to him, inviting him to return home. When a child is stolen away from a lovely and tender household, it may be kept among wandering gypsies or savage Indians even to old age — but there are always broken fragments of sweet memories which hang over the soul like trailing clouds in the sky — dim, shadowy memories of something very lovely, very pure — reminiscences of that long-lost, long-forgotten past, when the child lay on the mother’s arms, and was surrounded by beauty and tenderness.
HEALTHCARE from page A1 showed the majority of Ameri cans are “buying in” to the idea that unchecked illegal immi gration on the nation’s south ern border is “an invasion.” The poll revealed that close to “three-quarters (73%) of Amer icans believe the large number of migrants apprehended at the southern border is a problem, consistent with perceptions in September 2021 (72%).” In the race for North Caroli na’s redrawn 13th Congressional District, Republican Bo Hines, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, is facing Dem ocrat Wiley Nickel, a state Sen. representing Wake County. Before redistricting, the 13th District had a +38 Republican lean, however, according to an analysis of the redrawn maps by the election data outfit FiveThir tyEight, and the new district has just a +3 Republican lean.
“This health care is under at tack politically in a lot of the coun try, but medically all of the credi ble professionals involved — the American Psychiatric Association, the American Medical Association and others — have all recognized for years that this is essentially pri mary care,” Heng-Lehtinen said. In the case before the 4th Cir cuit, Kesha Williams was initially assigned to live on the women’s side of the Fairfax County jail when she arrived in Williams2018.told the nurse she is transgender, has gender dysphoria and received hormone treatments for the previous 15 years. But after she explained that she had not had genital surgery, she said, she was as signed to the men’s section under a policy that inmates must be classi fied according to their genitals. In her lawsuit, Williams said that she was harassed and that her prescribed hormone medication was repeatedly delayed or skipped. Deputies ignored her requests to refer to her as a woman and in stead called her “mister,” “sir,” “he” or “gentleman,” she said. Her re quests to shower privately and for body searches to be conducted by a female deputy were denied, she said.A federal judge granted a mo tion by the sheriff’s office to dismiss the lawsuit, finding that because the Americans with Disabilities Act excluded “gender identity dis orders not resulting from physical impairments,” Williams could not sue under the law. A three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit reversed that ruling, send ing the case back to U.S. District Court.The 4th Circuit panel said in its ruling that there is a distinction between gender identity disorder and gender dysphoria. The court cited advances in medical under standing that led the American Psychiatric Association to remove gender identity disorder from the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and to add gender dysphoria, defined in the manual as the “clinically significant distress” felt by some transgender people. Symptoms can include intense anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation. The modern diagnosis of gender dysphoria “affirms that a trans gender person’s medical needs are just as deserving of treatment and protection as anyone else’s,” Judge Diana Gribbon Motz wrote in the majority opinion. Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. dissented in part. “Whether we focus on when Congress passed the ADA or look beyond to today, the distinction Williams attempts to draw be tween gender identity disorder and gender dysphoria fails,” Quattle baum wrote.
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Trip Pollard, a senior attorney with the Southern Environmen tal Law Center, said automakers prioritize sending their electric vehicles to states that have adopt ed California’s standards, mean ing better “consumer choice” for drivers who want an EV. Pollard said it was “unfor tunate” but not surprising that Republicans wanted to undo the law, given that they tried unsuc cessfully to do so earlier this year. “We certainly will be arguing strongly to members of both par ties that this is something Virgin ia should stick with,” he said. Democrats control the state Senate by a single vote. A caucus spokesperson had no immediate comment Friday beyond noting that every Democratic senator supported the bill in 2021.
“Bottom line, the choice couldn’t be more clear.”
“In order for our education system to be successful, at the very top of that needs to be the parent.”
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Victoria LaCivita, a spokes woman for Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares, said in a statement that the 2021 law bound Virginia to California’s regulations and that Miyares is hopeful the General Assembly repealsEnvironmentalit. attorneys also agreed that under current law, Virginia would have to get in line withThat’sCalifornia.agood thing, said Wal ton Shepherd, Virginia policy di rector for the Natural Resources Defense Council. He called the 2021 “clean cars” bill the “single biggest climate action” Virgin ia has undertaken. Federal data show the transportation sector is Virginia’s largest source of heat-trapping carbon dioxide.
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Anderson remarked that her organization has been working with middle and high school stu dents to ensure their parents can “better navigate” school systems in the Duringstate.the discussion, Rob inson also drew attention to the NC Community College System’s “Apprentice NC” program that connects business with students with hands-on, skill-building paidTheapprenticeships.technicalskills students were able to obtain through the state’s community college system was also referenced by Anderson. She said the students they work with are very interest in STEM, leading them to partner with the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to create a portal for Hispanic stu dents to get more information on STEMWhenopportunities.thetopicoflearning loss was raised, Bortins comment ed that homeschoolers were re sources for other families during the“Notpandemic.onlydid we not see learn ing loss in our community be cause we were able to keep going because we’re homeschoolers, but we actually helped reduce learn ing loss for the entire country be cause we are loving and helping our neighbors through the pan demic,” said Bortins. On ESA’s, when asked if a fam ily’s income should impact access to that program, Paré said “ab solutely not,” and that is why she has continually supported pro grams like ESA’s and Opportuni ty “NorthScholarships.Carolina and national ly, Hispanics believe in the Amer ican dream,” Martinez said when asked why school choice options were so popular with Hispanic families.“When I talk to certain par ents, they think their children are doing good,” said Martinez. “But when you explain to them sometimes that your child is do ing good in a failing school, their eyes open Martinezup.”went on to say that when you show those families the educational opportunities, “that is why they came here” and they want that for their children. North Carolina is home to over a million Latino and Hispanic citizens, according to a report from Carolina Demography cit ing U.S. Census data, the His panic population in North Caro lina is growing at a much faster rate (28.3%) than it is nationwide (19.6%). 2020 census data also shows the Hispanic population in North Carolina grew by 40% over the 10 years spanning 20102020 and that population is now at 1.1 million or nearly 11% of all state residents. In an interview with North State Journal prior to the event, Robinson said of the Hispanic outreach on education issues that “this is just the beginning” and there needs to be more commu nication with other communities. “We certainly know that we want to live in a society where, of course, color doesn’t matter …ethnicity doesn’t matter. We don’t live in that society yet… you know, we’re not there yet and we were working towards it,” Robin son said. “And from my point of view, we’re in a very good place, but we know that each individual community has its own challeng es.“And we believe that in order to properly serve the people in these communities in these different communities we have to find out from them what challenges they face,” said RobinsonRobinson.alsosaid expanding school choice in the state was “ab solutely” a priority. “At the top of our agenda is ex panding school choice; putting parents at the top of the educa tion ladder, so that they can chart their children’s educational desti ny,” said HomeschoolingRobinson. is “definitely part of the equation” according to Robinson.“Ithink that homeschooling is the next great frontier in educa tion and as an elected official, we need to look at what those folks are doing,” Robinson said. “We need to look at what’s working and what’s not working, and how we can make every all of it work better.”
“She supported the Inflation Reduction Act, which should re ally be called the Inflation Accel eration Act,” said Budd. “Because it does nothing to reduce inflation and creates taxes on the middle class.”Budd said inflation under Biden has “cost working families in our state $7,800 per year.”
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A3 North State Journal for Wednesday, August 31, 2022 that parents have a role in de ciding the best pathway for their children’s education,” said Paré. “And I think that is completely in the spirit of a ‘sound, basic edu cation’ because we want our chil dren to succeed.” “In order for our education system to be successful, at the very top of that needs to be the parent,” said Robinson. He add ed that “no one — no bureaucrat — needs to stand in the way of a parent determining the direction of their child’s education.”
The Associated Press RALEIGH — Early-grade students in North Carolina’s public schools made marked im provements in reading and liter acy skills during the last school year, outpacing students in oth er states evaluated with similar testing, the Department of Public Instruction said last week. The gains came during the first full school year of a new initiative contained within a 2021 state law designed to improve reading pro ficiency.The“Excellent Public Schools Act” emphasizes scientific meth ods to teach children how to read that emphasize phonics, vocabu lary and spelling. Many teachers are still working through a twoyear professional development program to master this instruc tion.“We still have a long way to go, but the results we’re seeing from last year are clearly pointing in the right direction,” state schools Superintendent Catherine Truitt said in a news release. The 2021 law sought to ad dress shortcomings following a 2012 law designed to set the goal for all children to meet proficient reading levels by third grade. Children in kindergarten through third grade were formal ly assessed at both the beginning and the end of the 2021-22 school year on how they were doing on literacy skills, such as identifying phonetic sounds in spoken words.
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Those results were compared to how well more than 1 million students in other states per formed in the same assessment, according to a department con tractor that provides the assess ment. The results showed that North Carolina students made greater gains over the year com pared to the students in other states, DPI said. For example, the percentage of North Carolina kindergarten students who scored at or above the benchmark for literacy profi ciency grew from 27% at the be ginning of the school year to 67% at the end of the year. Elsewhere in the country, the jump in profi ciency was from 36% of kinder garteners to 60%. The news release also provided data on North Carolina first- and second-graders outpacing peers elsewhere with the growth in the percentage of children deemed proficient in literacy. Details on third grade profi ciency weren’t released to avoid confusion with broader thirdgrade test results set to come out next week, DPI spokesperson Blair Rhoades said. But she said the third-grade literacy assess ment improvements aligned with the K-2 comparisons. DPI also cautioned that simi lar assessment results from past years weren’t compatible with the 2021-22 testing because last year’s assessment more closely followed several key elements in the “science of reading” model.
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By Sarah Rankin The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Republi can leaders in Virginia said they want to change the law so the state no longer follows Califor nia’s stringent rules for vehicle emissions.Virginia is currently on a path toward adopting California’s new rules for transitioning to zero-emission vehicles because of 2021 legislation that involved adopting the West Coast state’s emissions standards, attorneys and state officials said this week. The legislation, intended to help address climate change, was a top priority of environmental advocates and passed at a time when Democrats were in full con trol of Virginia’s government. But Republicans in the House of Delegates, who opposed the legislation and now control that chamber, and GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Friday they would push to unlink Virginia’s stan dards.“House Republicans will ad vance legislation in 2023 to put Virginians back in charge of Vir ginia’s auto emission standards and its vehicle marketplace. Vir ginia is not, and should not be, California,” House Speaker Todd Gilbert said in a statement. Youngkin said he was “already at work to prevent this ridiculous edict from being forced on Vir ginians.”California regulators approved a plan requiring all new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state to run on electricity or hydrogen by 2035, with one-fifth allowed to be plug-in hybrids. The policy doesn’t ban cars that run on gas, allowing drivers to keep their ex isting cars or buy used ones. The policy approved by the California Air Resources Board is the world’s most stringent set of rules for transitioning to elec tric vehicles. It will require new charging infrastructure and a more robust energy grid, and is likely to reshape the U.S. auto market.Virginia is among 17 states that have adopted some or all of California’s tailpipe emission standards that are stricter than federal rules. California, the na tion’s most populous state, has had the authority to set its own for decades under a waiver from the federal Clean Air Act.
“It’s a really great development for consumers, relief from high gas prices and clean air,” he said of the new rules.
“By voting for this bill, ev ery single House Democrat and Senate Democrat voted to raise American taxes during a reces sion,” Whatley said. He went on to add that a num ber of groups including the Con gressional Budget Office, the Penn Wharton Budget Model, The Tax Foundation, Moody’s Analyt ics, the Minneapolis Fed CEO, as well as some Biden White House staffers have all said the Inflation Reduction Act would have no im pact on inflation. Additionally, The Tax Foundation has said that legislation will actually worsen inflation.Buddsaid the bill will “make life worse” for people in North Carolina and across the country and that his opponent, Democrat Cheri Beasley, would serve as “a rubber stamp for Joe Biden.”
“Bottom line, the choice couldn’t be more clear,” Budd said. “Democrats just want to raise your taxes and Republicans want to lower them. Democrats want to hire more IRS agents and Repub licans want to hire more police. Democrats want to help rich folks buy a Tesla; Republicans want to lower the price of gas for working families.”Referring again to what he calls the Inflation Acceleration Act, Budd went on to say, “this is not good for our country or for our state.”According to an inflation track er created by Republicans on the Joint Economic Committee, in flation under the Biden Adminis tration has risen every month for the last year and cost the average North Carolinian household $651 this past July. The Inflation Reduction Act has also faced criticism as in cluding a laundry list of ideolog ical wish-list items supported by Democrats such as $370 billion by imposing taxes on the oil and en ergy industry for “fighting climate change.”“Democrats’ Inflation Accel eration Act is deceptive,” RNC spokeswoman Taylor Mazock told North State Journal. “Whether it’s talking about fighting climate change or reducing inflation, these are all just additional bullet points to add to their long list of lies.” In a letter sent to House and Senate leadership last Septem ber, industry experts warned a methane tax included in the bill would increase natural gas costs by 17%, or “over $100 a year for the average American family.”
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RALEIGH — North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Mi chael Whatley and U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Ted Budd (NC-13) slammed the Biden administra tion over the state of the econo my and the “Inflation Reduction Act” recently signed into law by the president during a media call about the 2022 campaign. Whatley criticized the White House’s attempt to redefine the term recession, which is two con secutive quarters of negative GDP growth. He drew attention to the fact the consumer price index is up 8.5% compared to last year before going on to name a lengthy list of items being hit by 40-year high record inflation under Biden. Some of the increases listed by Whatley included fuel-oil up 75.6%, gas by 44%, eggs increased 38% and airline tickets up nearly 28%.“This inflation is very real and it is wiping out wage gains,” said Whatley. “In fact, real wages have fallen every month since Joe Biden and the Democrats passed their $1.9 trillion stimulus.” Whatley, referring to the Infla tion Reduction Act, said Biden’s response was to “pass legislation that will increase costs, increase the deficit, and increase inflation.”
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The Fox series “Welcome to Flatch” received a grant to film the second season of the show in North Carolina. Production is already underway in three counties — Pender, New Hanover and Duplin. The show will receive a rebate grant award of $6.5 million. The fictitious town of Flatch is depicted by shooting locations around the town of Burgaw. Filming in the first season also took place in Wilmington, Wallace and Winnabow.
MY 40 TV New police position will oversee school resource officers Transylvania County A unanimous vote by the County Commissioners approved a new lieutenant position with the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office. The position will be in charge of the county’s 11 school resource officers, who serve at school buildings in the area. It will allow for coverage when resource officers are pulled away from campus due to an emergency or time off. School officials reported that most incidents occur when the officer is off campus.
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Anson County A federal judge has indicated the case of a transgender inmate suing for gender affirming medical care may be likely to proceed. Kanautica Zayre-Brown sued the Department of Public Safety, claiming the prison system failed to regularly dispense Zayre-Brown’s prescribed hormones and denied her request for surgical procedure to construct a vagina. U.S. District Judge Max Cogburn said he may issue an order to reject the state’s motion to dismiss and intends to hear arguments in the case.
NCSBE Associate General Counsel Paul Cox presented the elections board’s case, saying the changes were needed to both clarify existing rules and due to a survey of county election officials.During Mitchell’s comments, she said that the NCSBE only brought generalized comments without facts of record and stated the RRC existed to ensure state agencies did not overstep theirWhenauthority.theRRC members debated whether the rules should go forward, much of the deliberation centered on not the content of the rules, but whether the elections board had the authority to enact the changes through the temporary rules process. That would end up being the determination of the board, which objected to both rules citing that the NCSBE did not satisfy findings of need. The NCGOP’s chief counsel, Philip Thomas, said of the decision, “Plain and simple: the Democrat-controlled State Board attempted to subvert the administrative rulemaking process. The voters of this state owe thanks to the commissioners who stood up for the rule of law.” The RRC’s objections aren’t the end, though, and the agency formally objected to the decision on Aug. 26. That means at the upcoming Sept. 15 RRC meeting, the elections board could make changes to the language in the temporary rules and submit those for approval.
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Wake County A second man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy. A Wake County grand jury indicted 25-yearold Alder Alfonso Marin Sotelo on a murder charge in the death of sheriff’s Deputy Ned Byrd. The grand jury also indicted his brother, 29-year-old Arturo Marin Sotelo, on a murder charge. The sheriff’s office charged the elder brother in the case last week. Sheriff Gerald Baker said Byrd, a K-9 officer, was killed after stopping along a dark stretch of road late at night. AP Transgender inmate’s suit may be likely to proceed
AP Election board moves Senate candidate protest forward Currituck County A closely divided county elections board determined there’s substantial evidence that a state Senate candidate doesn’t reside in the district for the seat she’s running for this fall. The Currituck County Board of Elections voted to forward its findings from a hearing involving the candidacy of Democratic candidate Valerie Jordan to the State Board of Elections for a final decision. Republican candidate Bobby Hanig filed the protest last week. Hanig alleges that Jordan doesn’t reside in the 3rd Senate District. Jordan says she’s confident the state board will rightly determine she lives in the district. AP TV show’s second season gets grant from state Pender County
AP Official: 4 hurt at paper mill Halifax County A fire official says four people were hurt at a paper mill. Roanoke Rapids Fire Chief Jason Patrick says crews were called to the WestRock paper mill company on Gaston Road on Thursday afternoon. Patrick says the injured people were taken to a nearby hospital. He says they were suffering from what appeared to be steam burns, but the investigation is ongoing.
WLOS Feature film gets grant from state Burke County The state awarded five new North Carolina Film and Entertainment Grants, including one to a currently untitled feature length film by the comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy. The production will be eligible for the maximum entertainment rebate grant for feature films — $7 million. Filming and production are taking place in Burke, Gaston and Mecklenburg counties.
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Forsyth County A man is charged with murder after police say he poured gasoline on his mother and set her on fire. Winston-Salem Police patrol officers responded to reports of someone being set on fire on Lyons Street and found 72-year-old Joanna Parker in flames on her porch. They put out the fire. She was taken to a hospital, where she died. Investigators determined James Parker got upset with his mother, so he poured gasoline on her and set her on fire.
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RALEIGH — North Carolina State Superintendent Catherine Truitt announced a plan to address concerns about the pay for public school principals that may have been reduced because of an updated provision in the 2022 state budget.
Per the provision, beginning Jan. 1, 2023, principals’ pay would be based on performance just for 2021-22, instead of three years’ worth of data. During the 2021-22 year, schools were still seeing the effects of COVID-19 restrictions. Due to that change, many principals could see pay cuts between $7,200 to $18,000 over 12 months.
According to a press release from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), the budget provision change “positively impacted many principals, especially those who became principals within the last three years, but negatively impacted approximately 360 principals, roughly 15%, whose schools had a pre-pandemic history of high performance.”The12-month cost to help those principals affected by the provision is estimated at $4.5 million and federal ESSER III funds can be used for this purpose, according to DPI’s statement.“Principals were given a monumental load during the pandemic, as they were tasked with leading our schools in the midst of ever-changing circumstances that included students and teachers shuffling in and out of quarantine while classrooms alternated between virtual and in-person,” Truitt said in a statement.Shecontinued, “We are thrilled that we can hold our principals harmless given the incredibly challenging and extenuating circumstances that the pandemic brought into our schools. Their paychecks certainly shouldn’t be dictated by the uncertainty they absorbed and yet heroically managed through the 2021-22 school year.” The State Board of Education will consider the plan at its next meeting scheduled for Sept. 1. Statewide testing and accountability data for the 2021-22 school year is also expected to be heard at that meeting.
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AP Southeastern NC could see new 472 area code this fall New Hanover County Regulators say a new 472 area code assigned to future phone service in southeastern North Carolina could begin getting issued as soon as this fall. The new code will serve the same geographic area currently served by the 910 area code, which is running out of available numbers. It includes Fayetteville, Jacksonville, Lumberton, Wilmington and Pinehurst. Current 910 phone numbers won’t have to change. The state Utilities Commission says the 472 code would apply to new services or additional lines and may be assigned starting Oct. 7.
AP Officer won’t face charges in fatal auto lot shooting Cabarrus County A district attorney announced she won’t prosecute a police officer who authorities said fatally shot a man during a suspected car theft earlier this year. Cabarrus County District Attorney Roxann Vaneekhoven revealed her decision involving now-former Concord officer Timothy Larson, saying he was legally justified in firing. Brandon Combs died when he was struck by gunfire while he sat behind the wheel of Larson’s police SUV. Combs had jumped in after Larson had discovered him trying to steal a pickup truck. Combs’ mother filed a federal lawsuit.
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Drone close call with copter results in warning Graham County Graham County authorities issued a warning to people who fly drones — remote controlled, unmanned aircraft, after a drone had a close call with a medical helicopter this week. The copter was attempting to transport a patient to an EMS center when the drone’s path intercepted the airlift’s, creating a dangerous situation. Drones should not be flown near the EMS base or any other aircraft.
NC COMMERCE Federal highway grants help infrastructure Rutherford County DOT secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a grant to the county as part of five projects that received a total of more than $60 million federal dollars. The Partnership for Active Regional Transportation and Neighborhood Equity Project will transform the Charlotte Road and Main Street Corridor into a Complete Street from Maple Street in Rutherfordton to Oakland Road in Spindale. The project is approximately 2.5 miles long and includes road improvements and various bicycle, pedestrian and transit improvements to improve safety for all residents.
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Rules Review Commission (RRC) objected to two rules proposed by the State Board of Elections (NCSBE) that would have restricted the movement of partisan poll watchers and made several changes to the ability of election observers to perform their duties. At the special meeting on Thursday, Aug. 25, the RRC, which has authority to review and approve rules adopted by state agencies, met to determine if the temporary rules could go forward.
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The RRC recommended objecting to both rules in communications made during the week. In both cases, attorneys for the RRC argued that the NCSBE lacked statutory authority to change the rules and that the changes were unclear, ambiguous and unnecessary.Thatechoed public comments made by Republicans, including election attorney Cleta Mitchell, who argued the changes were “vague, unnecessary, confusing, and raise serious constitutional questions.”
WEST PIEDMONT North Carolina has a total of 10 media markets in the state, with six that primarily cover the news from Murphy to Manteo. Leading the state according to the 2021 Nielsen rankings are the Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville media markets, which both rank in the top 30 nationally at #21 and #24, respectively. The third-largest market is and Cherokee County in the Chattanooga, Tennessee, market.
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ON LABOR DAY we honor the achievements of America’s workers, and in 2022 we have a historic victory to celebrate. Our nation’s working people have come all the way back from the depths of a global pandemic, regaining every job lost and more.
Ours is a remarkable story of resilience and recovery.
In April, I had the honor of traveling to Linwood, North Carolina, to participate in a ceremonial signing of a memorandum of understanding between Austria and the United States that will support job creation through direct Austrian foreign investment and high-quality training programs for high school students through registeredConsiderapprenticeships.theBipartisanInfrastructure Law. It’s creating thousands of good-paying jobs that don’t need a college degree. America’s workers are doing what they do best — rebuilding their communities, revitalizing our industries and securing a healthy future for our children.We’realso reducing inequality. In this recovery, wages have gone up the fastest for workers of color and workers with less than a high school diploma. We are determined to continue this progress. To unlock the full potential in our economy, we must empower all of our nation’s workers, especially those who got shut out in theWepast.advance all our goals now from a position of strength. The Inflation Reduction Act will not only lower costs for working families; it’s also going to create good jobs for years to come. America’s workers — diverse and determined — are going to win our clean energyEveryfuture.recovery has a lesson to teach. Here’s one for this Labor Day: Never bet against America’s workers. Marty Walsh is U.S. Secretary of Labor.
How does not working help them in the long-run? Democrats now want to cancel student debt for up to 43 million adults, 56% of whom took on debt to go to prestigious graduate schools such as Harvard Law or Yale Medical School. Only 37% of Americans have a four-year college degree, almost all of whom have paid off their own loans up to now by themselves by scrimping and saving over the Democratsyears.are in the unenviable position of owning the political optics of sending tax money collected from bluecollar workers to relatively well-off lawyers and doctors to pay off debt they voluntarily took on themselves. Anyone can do the “Fairness Benefit/Cost Analysis” with thoseFreefigures.market advocates believe wealth creation starts with the individual ― and should stay there. A blue-collar worker’s hard-earned dollar should not get carved up and sent to Washington or any state capital in taxes of any form to be redistributed anywhere else. Day laborers and contract workers are hit today with the most insidious “tax” of all to pay: exorbitant inflation caused by the policies of Joe Biden and left-wing socialist Democrats. Picture a recent immigrant who came to America to escape war and oppression who drives one hour each way every day to Sanford to process chicken necks in a processing plant for $7.25/hour and make $290/week. Gas prices at $4/gallon takes $60 more per week out of their $290 weekly paycheck than $2 per gallon as it was in 2020 before Biden was elected. Again, how fair is that to the new immigrant to achieve the grandiose climate agenda of Biden and the Democrats? We have had the last two successive quarters of negative economic growth under Biden with more bad news sure to come. President Obama was the only president since 1949 who never presided over a single year in which GDP exceeded 3% annual real growth. Average real GDP growth from 2009-2017 was a measly 2.1%.
As I travel the country as Labor Secretary, I talk to workers and jobseekers and — everywhere I go — Americans want a fair chance to earn decent wages, support their families, make meaningful contributions, and achieve financial security.
In North Carolina, the unemployment rate is 3.4 percent as North Carolinians are seizing opportunities like never before. This job growth has been broad and widely shared. Some said construction would be slow to return. As of July, there were 82,000 more construction jobs than before the Healthcarepandemic.workers battled bravely through the pandemic and, by this summer, nearly every single job in that vital sector was recovered.
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Since President Biden took office, we’ve added 9.5 million jobs to the economy. The unemployment rate has plunged to 3.5 percent, matching a 53-year low.
Democrats don’t know what they don’t know about economics
RONALD REAGAN would charitably say of Democrats: “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.” It is actually much worse. Modern Democrats bring to mind what Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had to say after the surprise Al Qaeda attacks on 9/11: “We don’t know what we don’t know” when it comes to economics, business and taxes. With Labor Day approaching, U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh submitted an opinion piece (right) extolling the “amazing success” of Biden Administration policies when it comes to employment. It is a good time to remember Democrats always say they want to help the little people; the poor; the oppressed and the blue-collar worker. However, their wellintentioned policies more often than not wind up hurting the little people instead of helping them. The problem originates with the Democrats’ belief that all wealth is controlled by The Government and then distributed by The Government to people ― which is categorically wrong. To them, government money is not your taxpayer money but rather Monopoly money to be doled out ― by them, of course ― to whatever cause they deem important, consequences such as inflation be damned.Democrats say they don’t believe in “trickle-down economics” ― and yet, they send government checks from Mount Olympus On High in Washington or any state capital down to every person as if they are serfs on a feudal manor.Canthere be any more of a clear example of Democrats’ conception of “trickle-down economics” than their support of extended payments to people to stay at home and not work after the brunt of the COVID pandemic had passed?
I must say, as a former construction worker, I’m not surprised. Working people are proud of their work and who they are. That hasn’t changed.
This milestone seemed impossible to reach on Labor Day two years ago. The pandemic was out of control. Millions of Americans were out of work, and economic forecasters said unemployment could remain elevated for years to come. Some commentators even lost faith in our national work ethic. Even today, some still say Americans “don’t want to work anymore.” What nonsense. This sour view of workers seems rooted in the belief that they should be happy with whatever they get. A deadly pandemic exposed the limits — and the disrespect — of that attitude. The truth is, Americans were eager and ready to get back to work. They just needed the right opportunities, the kind President Biden’s American Rescue Plan delivered. It got vaccines to the people, relief to families, and support for schools and businesses to reopen safely. With these conditions in place, America got back to work — and in a big way.
Some political parties never learn what they don’t know.
Some said thinking we could restore America’s manufacturing was naïve. Well, manufacturing has more than fully recovered — and with the new CHIPS and Science Law, we are set to lead the world in the industries, and good jobs, of the future.
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Labor Day 2022: America’s workforce is stronger than ever forecastsEconomic now estimate GDP growth under Biden will not exceed 1.7% for 2022 and be a miniscule 0.5% in 2023 ― and not 2029.presidentremainsif1.6%exceedperyearhesomehowuntil
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President Biden sure learned how to put a wet blanket on economic growth and activity from his boss. Most reputable economic forecasts estimate GDP growth under Biden will not exceed 1.7% for 2022 and be a miniscule 0.5% in 2023 ― and will not exceed 1.6% in any year if he somehow remains president until 2029. Jimmy Carter has now lived long enough to see a president capable of meeting or perhaps exceeding his dismal economic record of the late 1970s.
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“IAndexpected.”finally:cannotunderstand how any politicians who actually care about working West Virginians and the quality of their lives can trash this bill.” But there is hardly a word of truth in that statement. The law won’t extend the life of the coal industry. It is an issuance of the last rites.Ifever there were an example of union bosses looking after themselves and not the best interests of the men and women they are supposed to represent, it is this. He may take some solace that the last job in the industry that will be sacrificed at the Left’s altar of climate change religion will be his. Probably, Roberts is feeling confident he will be taken care of by the environmental groups that will get rich off a bill that sticks a dagger into the back of coal miners. The Left has made a big deal about a bluegreen alliance. By this, they mean that bluecollar workers have a common interest with green environmentalists. Yes, these have the same common interests as the frog and the scorpion. The green groups have spent two decades trying to flatten the coal industry. Despite their best efforts, we get more than one-quarter of our electric power from coal.
COLUMN | STEPHEN MOORE There are new coal jobs in China which is building 43 massive new coal plants right now.
REPUBLICANS HAVE A SIMPLE, clear path to an amazing majority this fall. First, Republican candidates should campaign at gas stations and grocery stores. These are the places where Americans of all backgrounds are reminded that President Joe Biden’s failures are hurting their pocketbooks and quality of life every day.Second, Republicans must stick to the big issues that affect people’s lives directly. These include inflation, gas and food prices, crime, parents’ right to know what is happening in their children’s schools, and massive illegal immigration. They must not allow their Democrat opponents or the propaganda media to drag them into scuffles over smallerThird,issues.Democrats now believe the issue of abortion will save them. Abortion is a difficult, complex issue because there are two lives involved — the mother’s and the baby’s. Both are important. It is the Democrats who are the extremists on abortion. Republicans must simply hammer away at this extremism. The fact is: Only 17% of Americans believe abortion should be legal up to the moment of birth (which many Democrats advocate). GOP candidates need only assert that they are with the majority of Americans. Extreme positions will lose a majority of the American people.Fourth, Republican candidates must always refer to their opponents as part of the Biden ticket. When asked about their races, they should say, “I don’t think the Biden-[opponent] ticket can win in our state or district.” Democrats are already distancing themselves from Biden because his disapproval ratings are so high. If Democrats are held accountable for the Biden disaster — as they should be — they will lose by enormous margins. This last point is particularly important in U.S. Senate races. The voting patterns of Senate Democrat incumbents legitimately tie them to President Biden and Democrat majority leadership. This also inextricably ties them to inflation, rising energy prices, increased crime, the humanitarian and security crises at the border, and woke government policies being imposed on unwilling Americans.MichaelBennet in Colorado, Richard Blumenthal in Connecticut, and Patty Murray in Washington have supported the Biden-Democrat agenda 98% of the time.
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Incidentally, the Left hasn’t succeeded in reducing coal consumption. They’ve simply moved the jobs out of West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wyoming to China and the rest of Asia. That really helps the planet. Perhaps the union was simply bought off by the leftist interest groups. Other AFL-CIO affiliates have made the same boneheaded decisions. Pipefitters, steel workers, construction workers, auto workers, truckers and many other hard-hat unions are putting themselves in similar peril.
The clear path to a red, white, and blue wave election
LAST WEEK , just three months before the midterm elections, President Joe Biden announced he was moving to unilaterally implement a student loan debt forgiveness plan that “would cancel up to $20,000 worth of federal student loans for millions of people,” according to the New York Times.Who will be on the hook for paying off such debts? You, the American taxpayer. Biden was met with criticism on all fronts. Republicans correctly pointed out that not only did Biden not have the authority to do it but that it was also unfair to the millions who had paid off their debts without the government “forgiving” it. A surprising number of Democrats agreed while other Democrats and even some Democratfriendly newspaper editorial boards pointed out that the “forgiveness” would mostly benefit people who don’t need the help. In response to all the criticism, the Biden White House took the low road, first by insulting the intelligence of millions of Americans by claiming Biden had the authority to perform this action thanks to the 2003 HEROES Act, which was written after the 9/11 attacks in an effort “to grant relief to … [and] to address the financial harms of such a war, other military operation, or emergency,” according to an Aug. 23 memo from the Dept. of Education’s General Counsel. The “emergency” in this case, according to that same memo, is the COVID-19 pandemic. During a press briefing last Thursday, however, a Fox News reporter called the Biden administration out over their justification for the loan forgiveness plan, seeing as how in the spring of this year they actually argued before the courts that Title 42, a Trump-era policy designed to limit the spread of COVID-19 from illegal immigrants who came from countries with high rates of communicable diseases, should be allowed to expire on grounds that the pandemic was over and therefore the policy was no longer needed. So what’s changed in the three months since that argument was made? We’re close to election time, and Biden — seeing a tiny bump in his approval numbers and a seeming rise in Democrat voter motivation after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade — is moving to shore up his base of support, which has been clamoring for him to act on forgiving student loans since well before he took office. Indeed, according to detailed a Washington Post report on how Biden reached his decision, “[Biden] became convinced that aggressive student debt relief would give Democrats a better chance of holding Congress in the fall through a badly needed boost from young voters and people of color.”Further, congressional Republicans who took to Twitter to criticize the plan were met with “but you received PPP loans that were forgiven” messages from the official White House Twitter account, which is now being run by a “woke” 25-year-old. Comparing PPP loans, of course, is an applesand-oranges comparison. For starters, unlike Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, the PPP loan program was passed by Congress at a time when the government was forcing businesses to either close or severely cut back on their hours and services due to the COVID pandemic. The loans were given (and forgiven) to be used to keep the businesses afloat and workers paid. That’s not the same thing as voluntarily entering into a student loan contract that you are bound to payDemocratsback. think this is going to be a “winning” issue for them come election time. I have a hunch, though, that whatever supposed “momentum” they gained in June has been blunted over this move, which has greatly angered millions of Americans who have been struggling to make ends meet and to pay off their own debts who are now going to be on the hook for someone else’s, too. North Carolina native Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah and is a media analyst and regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection.
Raphael Warnock in Georgia and Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada have voted with team Biden 97% of the time.
A Biden-Warnock ticket in Georgia is a big load for the Democrat incumbent to carry. Trying to dodge his voting record will make Warnock look like a liar and a hypocrite. The same is true in every race involving a Democrat Senate incumbent (and in Ohio, where a Democrat House member is running for an open Senate seat). Republican House candidates running against Democrat incumbents have a similar advantage. For example, Democrat Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio and so-called maverick member Jared Golden of Maine both claim to be independent of Biden. Kaptur’s claim of independence is beyond laughable. She voted against the Biden team only eight times (0.9 percent of the time in this Congress). If you are with the Biden-Democrat agenda 99.1% of the time, it is hard to claim independence from the party or its failures. In Golden’s case, he has a tiny claim. He voted against Pelosi’s will 8% of the time. Of course, this means he voted with the Biden-Pelosi machine 92% of the Placingtime.President Biden and his policies at the center of every incumbent race will force the Democrats into unbelievable contortions as they try to shirk responsibility for the disasters their team is unleashing on the American people. Republicans should stand at gas stations and grocery stores with handouts that say “Thank the Biden-[opponent] team for the higher prices you are paying. If you want lower prices, vote for me.” This will be a wave election year, but it will be a red, white, and blue American wave. Americans of all backgrounds will repudiate the Biden team’s disasters that are being heaped upon our families and our country.
Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at FreedomWorks. He is also author of the new book: “Govzilla: How The Relentless Growth of Government Is Devouring Our Economy.”
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At the end of that transition, there will be no American coal produced and no coal workers to produce it. Biden was wrong about “no one producing coal” when he became president. And there are new coal jobs out there. But they are in China, which is building 43 massive new coal plants right now.
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Maggie Hassan in New Hampshire and Mark Kelly in Arizona have supported the Biden disasters with 96% of their votes. When the lowest support level among incumbent Democrats is 96% — making the highest disagreement level 4% — these senators are clearly part of a Biden ticket. No matter what they say at home, in Washington, they automatically vote with the Biden machine.
Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan is an insult to all Americans
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Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at FreedomWorks. He is also author of the new book: “Govzilla: How The Relentless Growth of Government Is Devouring Our Economy.”
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The anti-industrial green movement will lead to higher energy costs for every union across the country. The jobs will be shipped off to China — which doesn’t care about climate change and where miners make perhaps $2 an hour. The Left calls this an “energy transition.”
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AP PHOTO President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
Speaking at a White House briefing Friday, deputy director of the National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti said student loan forgiveness would help “teach ers, nurses, firefighters, police, members of the military and more.” But not all Democrats were en thusiastic about the student debt loan relief, particularly those can didates facing tough races in No vember.Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, facing off in a U.S. Senate battle in Ohio against Republican JD Vance, criticized Biden’s order as unneces sary for some people and unfair to others. Saying he’s paying off his family’s own loans, Ryan said that “waiving debt for those already on a trajectory to financial security sends the wrong message to the millions of Ohioans without a de gree working just as hard to make endsColoradomeet.”
The contention that recipients of the relief plan were gender stud ies majors was a popular refrain among Republicans, though only a small number of students nation wide study in that field. Largely driven by comments from conservative pundits and poli ticians including DeSantis and Mis sissippi Gov. Tate Reeves, Facebook and Instagram posts mentioning the term “gender studies” received more than half a million mentions, comments and likes in the 48 hours after Biden’s announcement, ac cording to data from social media insights tool CrowdTangle.
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The Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — To Dem ocrats championing the White House’s student loan forgiveness plan, it was the long-awaited deliv ery of one of President Joe Biden’s campaign promises.
Critics said it was a long-overdue comeuppance for a politician who debased British politics with his populist disregard for ethics and the truth.“The tragedy is that whoever re places Johnson will inevitably be someone who tolerated his mendac ity, corruption and incompetence for years,” Cambridge University history professor Richard Evans wrote in the New Statesman. “The mess Boris Johnson has left behind will take a long time to clear up.” But another Cambridge histo rian, Robert Tombs, said Johnson might one day be seen as “a much underrated politician” -- especially if he publishes his own account of his time in office. “The overriding theme will be that, though afflicted with human frailties, he was right when it mat tered,” Tombs wrote on the Spiked website.Johnson, 58, has tried to sound philosophical about his exit. “Them’s the breaks,” he said with a shrug as he announced his resignation on July 7. But he has made clear that he does not want to leave, blaming a “herd” mentality among Conser vative colleagues for the “eccentric” decision to oust him. He remains a member of Parlia ment, and some Conservatives be lieve he could try to return as leader if his successor falters. Fielding said such a comeback would be almost unprecedented in British“You’dhistory.think in a sane and ratio nal political culture that would be impossible,” he said. “But that’s not what Britain is at the moment.”
Sen. Michael Bennet, in a tough reelection of his own, said the administration should have “proposed a way to pay for this plan,” adding that “one-time debt cancellation does not solve the un derlyingRepublicans,problem.”meanwhile, fo
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The posts highlight how con servatives plan to campaign off potential frustration from millions of blue-collar workers who skipped college and might not see a benefit from Biden’s student loan debt re liefFelkel,order. though, doubted the or der’s ultimate weight for Biden’s party, given Democrats’ challenges to satisfy internal factions. “While progressives on the left have been pushing this for a while, I don’t think this will give them a boost in the November elections like they might hope,” he said. “Those pushing were voting for Democrats already. Attempts to satisfy the progressives will hurt some Democrats in tough races.”
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AP PHOTO Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses his supporters prior to boarding his General Election campaign trail bus in Manchester, England, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019.
Poles, Czechs vow to protect Slovak airspace as MiGs retired Malacky, Slovakia Poland and Czechia signed an agreement Saturday to protect Slovak airspace as Slovakia gives up its old Soviet-made MiG-29 jets. The vow of protection by NATO allies comes as Russia’s war against Ukraine enters its seventh month. It is to last until Slovakia receives new F-16s from the United States, something expected to happen in 2024. Under the agreement, Poland and Czechia are providing the necessary forces to quickly react in case of violations of Slovakia’s airspace. Slovakia has a border with Ukraine, which Russia invaded in February. The agreement was signed at a Slovak airbase by defense ministers Jana Cernochova of Czechia, Mariusz Blaszczak of Poland and Jaroslav Nad of Slovakia. “In the immediate proximity of our region where we live came a war, and all of us who are standing here today either have experience with fascism or communism, and we really value the freedom that we gained after 1989,” Cernochova said at a news conference alongside her Slovak and Polish counterparts.Blaszczaksaid under the agreement, a pair of Polish F-16 fighter jets would begin patrolling Slovakia’s air space starting Sept. 1. He called the effort a way for the neighbors to “deter a possible aggressor.”Slovakia has a fleet of 11 MiG-29 jets, and last month Nad said Slovakia may consider donating them to Ukraine under certain conditions.Sincethe start of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, Ukraine has urged Western allies to provide it with warplanes to challenge Russia’s air superiority.
The Associated Press LONDON — The moving vans have already started arriving at Downing Street as Britain’s Conser vative Party prepares to evict Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The debate over what mark he left on his party, his country and the world will linger long after he de parts in September — if, indeed, he really is gone for good. Johnson led Britain out of the European Union and won a land slide election victory before his government collapsed in a heap of ethics scandals. During his final appearance in Parliament as prime minister in July, he summed up his three years in office as: “Mission largelyManyaccomplished.”politicalhistorians take a harsher“Winstonview.
cused on the higher-end income bracket on Biden’s student loan plan, excoriating it as a boon for the wealthy.Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called the plan “student loan socialism” that is “as tonishingly unfair.” He said infla tion is “crushing working families” and decried Biden’s proposed fix “to give away even more government money to elites with higher sala ries.”Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who is seeking reelection, said it was “grossly unfair to families who didn’t send their kids to college or managed to pay off their student debt.”Mike Berg, spokesperson for the National Republican Congressio nal Committee, said, “Democrats know robbing middle-class taxpay ers to give a bailout to Harvard Law graduates is an indefensible policy.”
Churchill said that ‘History will be kind to me for I intend to write it,’” said Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London. “I’m pretty sure Johnson does too, but I doubt he’ll find it’s as kind to him as it was to his Johnsonhero.” cultivated a buffoon ish public image, but he has had a serious impact on his country. He bears much of the credit, or blame, for Britain’s departure from the EU, a momentous decision whose conse quences will play out for years. “The one certain thing you can say is that his legacy is Brexit,” said Steven Fielding, professor of politi cal history at the University of Not tingham. “You can’t take that away from him — it’s just a question of whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing.”Johnson’s backing for the “leave” campaign in Britain’s 2016 refer endum on EU membership was vital to its victory. He had a popu lar appeal that no other campaign er could match. When wrangling in Parliament over the departure terms brought down Prime Minis ter Theresa May three years later, Johnson succeeded her with a vow to “get Brexit done.” He led the Conservatives to a huge election victory in 2019 and took Britain out of the EU the fol lowing year. But the long divorce feels far from “done.” Relations with the EU have soured amid unre solved disputes over trade rules for Northern Ireland. New customs and regulatory barriers are also hindering trade between Britain and the 27 EU na tions. The benefits of Brexit touted by Johnson and other supporters — a chance to rip up onerous EU rules and create a more dynamic econo my — have not yet materialized. Johnson’s promises to redistrib ute investment and opportunity to neglected regions of Britain also remain unfulfilled. His successor — either Foreign Secretary Liz Truss or former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, who are competing in a Conserva tive Party leadership contest whose outcome will be announced Sept. 5 — inherits a deflating economy and a cost-of-living crisis sparked by such factors as Brexit and Russia’s invasion of MargaretUkraine.MacMillan, emeritus professor of international history at Oxford University, said Johnson has left the United Kingdom weakened both economically and constitu tionally.“The Union is weaker, the status and future of Northern Ireland in question, and relations with the EU, which is still Britain’s major trading partner, (are) no better, if not worse, than when he became prime minis ter,” she said. The other defining event of his premiership was COVID-19, which landed Johnson in intensive care in April 2020 and has left more than 180,000 people in Britain dead. Apart from Brexit, Johnson’s main international cause has been Ukraine. He has been one of the most prominent allies of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Britain has backed up the rhetoric with billions in military and humani tarian aid to help the country re sist Russia’s invasion. The support has made Johnson a popular figure in Ukraine, though critics say any other British leader would have fol lowed the same policy. Johnson’s domestic policy achievements were few. His ad ministration was chaotic, wracked by factionalism and constantly in crisis mode, as a lifelong record of bending and breaking rules finally caught up with him. He brazened out public anger at lockdown-breaching parties in Downing Street during the pan demic, for which he was fined by police. But his appointment to a key job of a politician who had been ac cused of sexual misconduct proved a scandal too far for Conservative lawmakers, who forced him out.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who also campaigned in 2020 to “cancel all student debt,” called the plan “an important step forward” but said “we’ve got to do more.”
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS US Coast Guard cutter is denied port call in Solomon Islands Bangkok A U.S. coast guard cutter conducting patrols as part of an international mission to prevent illegal fishing was recently unable to get clearance for a scheduled port call in Solomon Islands, an incident that comes amid growing concerns of Chinese influence on the Pacific nation.Thecutter Oliver Henry was taking part in Operation Island Chief monitoring fishing activities in the Pacific, which ended Friday, when it sought to make a scheduled stop at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, to refuel and reprovision, the Coast Guard office in Honolulu said. There was no response from the Solomon Islands’ government for diplomatic clearance for the vessel to stop there, however, so the Oliver Henry diverted to Papua New Guinea. Britain’s Royal Navy did not comment directly on reports that the HMS Spey, also taking part in Operation Island Chief, was also denied a port call in Solomon Islands.Both the Solomon Islands and China have denied their pact will lead to a Chinese military foothold in the South Pacific. The Coast Guard, in the statement from Honolulu, said it respects the sovereignty of its foreign partners and looks forward to future engagement with Solomon Islands.
In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis — campaigning for his reelection this year, in addition to laying the groundwork for a possible 2024 presidential challenge to Biden — posted on his social media accounts that “It’s unfair to force a truck driv er to pay a loan for someone that got a PhD in gender studies.”
To Republicans — and even some in the president’s own party — it was an ill-advised move that was unfair to those who had diligently paid back their loans or decided not to go to college. In the student debt relief plan, both parties see an opportunity to boost their own political message ahead of the critical November midterm elections. While Demo crats contended that the loan for giveness would provide a lifeline for struggling working-class fami lies, Republicans charged that it’s a giveaway to the “elites.” For the midterms, the elitist rhetoric tactic “plays right in line with the GOP’s current brand of grievance and victimization poli tics,” conservative strategist Chip Felkel said, “giving them another rallying point to fire up their base and maybe attract some like-mind ed independents who see this ac tion as Both‘unfair.’”theWhite House and some of Biden’s top allies argued that it was instead Republicans who were focused on the elite and that the po tential beneficiaries of the student loan debt relief include more than just the “Whowealthy.paidthe piper?” asked U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, one of Biden’s top congressional al lies, pointing to Republican-passed tax cuts for the wealthy and big cor porations in 2017 under the Trump administration as the real iniquity. “I think a lot of low-income people that we are trying to help today, those families paid for that tax cut while rich people and big corpora tions got off tax-free. ... This is an attempt on the part of this admin istration to once again help work ingBiden’sfamilies.”plan will erase $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households that earn less than $250,000. It will also cancel an additional $10,000 for those who received federal Pell Grants to attend college, and it will pause fed eral student loan repayments. The rhetoric from both parties over the student debt loan relief also likely reflects the education levels of their core constituencies, though plenty of people who at tended college classes and took out student loans did not end up gradu ating from Forty-fourcollege.percent of Biden vot ers in the 2020 presidential election had college degrees, compared with 34% of Trump voters, according to AP VoteCast, an extensive survey of the electorate. Fifty-six percent of Biden voters did not have a col lege degree, compared with 66% of TrumpInitiallyvoters.hesitant to endorse broad cancellation of student loan debt, Biden gradually embraced deeper tactics to alleviate the bur den during the 2020 campaign, even expressing support for some proposals from Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who made broad-based student loan debt cancellation a hallmark of her ownWarrenbid. applauded Biden’s plan, saying she would “keep pushing for more because I think it’s the right thing to do” but noting the significance of “what it means for the president of the United States to touch so many hard-working middle-class families so directly.”
No. 13 NC State is looking for a smooth start, while ECU is primed to play spoiler at home
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Charlotte Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi scored second half goals to lead Toronto FC to a 2 0 victory over Charlotte FC on Saturday. Insigne gave Toronto a 1 0 lead in the 49th minute. Bernardeschi added an insurance goal in the 66th minute. Alex Bono finished with four saves for Toronto (9 13 6), and Kristijan Kahlina saved one shot for Charlotte (10 16 2). Toronto is 4 1 2 in its last seven matches, while Charlotte has lost four of five.
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The offense clicked and the defense got better as the game went on in UNC’s season-opening win over Florida A&M, but the Tar Heels travel to Boone on Saturday for what promises to be a much tougher matchup against App State.
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Ahlers, who was named to the 2022 Johnny Unitas Gold en Arm Watch List, threw for 3,126 yards and 18 touchdowns last season while rushing for 204 yards and six touchdowns. He ranks second all time at ECU in completions, passing yards and total yards, and he has a good chance of standing alone at the top of those lists at the end of the season. But Ahlers isn’t a one-man show. Sophomore running back Keaton Mitch ell ran for more than 1,000 yards with nine touchdowns last season with the Pirates.
“Everybody recognizes his speed on game day and it’s pret ty elite,” Houston said of Mitch ell. “But the thing people don’t see is that he has such a great feel for his own run game. He’s done a great job with his body over the offseason putting on some muscle and allowing him self to be a lot more sturdy this year than he was last year. He’s a very driven player also. I’m just excited to see what’s next forOnhim.”the Wolfpack side, junior quarterback Devin Leary is poised to take the college foot ball world by storm after last year’s breakout season in which he threw for 3,433 yards and 35 touchdowns with just five in terceptions, becoming the first quarterback in ACC history to hit the 35-5 mark. The expectations are skyhigh for Leary, the 2022 ACC Preseason Player of the Year, but NC State’s defense is per haps even more acclaimed. The trio of Payton Wilson, Isaiah Moore and Drake Thom as gives NC State one of the best linebacker corps in the nation. Add in an experienced defen sive line along with a poised and
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Devin Leary and the Wolfpack have high hopes this season, but first NC State will need to get past an East Carolina team trending in the right direction.
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VOLLEYBALLCOLLEGE Duke player: BYU response slow to racial slurs Durham The Duke volleyball player who was subjected to racial slurs during a match at BYU said Sunday that officials on site didn’t react quickly enough when they were made aware of the behavior during play. Nor did they adequately address the situation immediately after the game, Rachel Richardson said in a statement posted to her Twitter account. BYU banned a fan from all athletic venues on campus on Saturday, a day after the match. The fan was not a student but was sitting in the student section.
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While Saturday will serve as App State’s season opener, it will be the second game for the Tar Heels, who opened their season with an explosive 56-24 home win over Florida A&M on Saturday. U NC quarterback Drake Maye, making his first career start, threw four of his five touchdown passes in the first half and six dif ferent Tar Heels scored touchdowns. Josh Downs — one of the nation’s top receivers — had two touchdown re ceptions, and freshman running back Omarion Hampton finished with two touchdowns and 101 rushing yards on 14 carries. UNC announced Monday that Downs and starting cornerback Tony Grimes will both be evaluat ed throughout the week for injuries sustained last weekend and that their status for the App State game is still to be determined. If Grimes is unavailable, redshirt freshman Dontae Balfour would be asked to make his first career start. Either way, Brown knows his team is in for a tough game against one of the country’s most consis tent“They’reprograms.really strong at home,” Brown said of the Mountaineers. “They’ve got the sixth best record at home since 2014. They’re 42-7.
NBA RJ Barrett, Knicks agrees to 4 year contract extension New York RJ Barrett has agreed to a contract extension with the New York Knicks, agent Bill Duffy said Monday night. ESPN reported the four year agreement could be worth up to $120 million. Barrett is entering his fourth season with the Knicks and has seen his scoring numbers climb in each of the last two years. He averaged 14.3 points as a rookie, then 17.6 points in 2020 21 and 20.0 points this past season.
By Jesse Deal North State Journal BOONE — History will be made on Saturday when the Tar Heels enter Kidd Brewer Stadium for the first time to face App State. U NC (1-0) has faced the Moun taineers in Chapel Hill twice — once in 1940 and most recently in 2019 when App State handed UNC coach Mack Brown a 34-31 loss in his first year back with the Tar Heels.The matchup in Boone this weekend will mark the second in a three-game series between the Tar Heels and Mountaineers that was announced in 2017. The final game will be Sept. 9, 2023, when App State travels to Chapel Hill again. “It’s a two-for-one deal. We’re playing two in Chapel Hill, one in Boone, all three of those games will be sold out,” App State coach Shawn Clark said during his Mon day press conference. “And that’s really good for football, it’s really good for our state. This is a really big deal for our town, our county, that we’re bringing 40,000-plus people into Boone, North Caroli na, Saturday at noon.” On the field, it should be a com petitive and high-scoring game be tween two teams who are among the schools “also receiving votes” in The Associated Press Top 25 poll.“We’re very impressed with what coach Brown has done with that team down there in Chapel Hill and we have our work cut out for us,” Clark said. “They’re very talented at the quarterback posi tion, they have one of the best re ceivers in all of college football.”
By Ryan Henkel North State Journal RALEIGH — When East Carolina and 13th-ranked NC State meet Saturday, it will be the 32nd time the two programs have played but just the fifth time it’s happened in Green ville.For the Wolfpack, who hold an 18-13 edge in the series, it’s a chance to ease the nerves of a fanbase that often expects the worse, especially when expectations are highest. It’s also an opportunity to ex orcise the program’s past demons at Dowdy-Ficklen Sta dium.“It’s a stadium that NC State has not played well in,” NC State coach Dave Doeren said. “As a pro gram, we’re 1-4 in Greenville. My last time there, we had 13 penalties and lost in a one-pos session game. So I know this is a tough place; trust me our team knows that as well. There’s been a lot of conversation about who we’re playing and where we’re playing.”Thelast time the teams met, the Wolfpack handed the Pi rates a 34-6 beatdown in 2019 at Carter-Finley Stadium in coach Mike Houston’s first sea son at East Carolina. “We were noncompetitive in that game,” Houston said. “It was embarrassing, honest ly. The program is… there’s no comparison at all. That being said, their program has made drastic improvements also. I think they won three or four games that year. “Coming in, this is the high est preseason ranked NC State team in school history. So you have arguably one of the best teams that NC State has ever fielded coming into Dowdy-Ficklen on Sept. 3. We’re going to find out a lot about ourselves, but it’s night and day from what that game in 2019Thewas.”Pirates will also have home-field advantage, and the last time NC State visited Greenville it left with a 33-30 loss in Houston2016. has also improved ECU’s depth since the teams last met. The Pirates have a lineup full of veteran players — 16 starters return for the 2022 season — led by Holton Ahlers, the hometown senior quarter back who decided to return for one final year in Greenville.
Matt Araiza: The rookie punter was cut by the Buffalo Bills on Saturday, two days after a lawsuit was filed alleging he and two college teammates gang raped a teenager last fall. The decision to cut ties with the 22 year old comes two days after the Bills and GM Brandon Beane — a native of Norwood — backed the player based on the findings of what the team called its April’sofaallegations.examination”“thoroughoftheAraizawassixthroundpickoutSanDiegoStateindraft.
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QUOTABLESPOTENT Adrian Mannarino defeated Laslo Djere 7-6 (1), 6-4 Saturday to become the first Frenchman to win the Winston-Salem Open. The 34-year-old Mannarino downed the unseeded Djere to become the oldest player to win the tournament, which was hosted at Wake Forest University. It was the second career ATP Tour victory for Mannarino, who won on grass at the Libema Open in the Netherlands in 2019.
NFL Poe, the Baltimore Ravens’ mascot, was carted off at halftime of Saturday night’s preseason game against Washington with an apparent injury. Other mascots joined Poe for a game on the field at halftime. Poe was lying on the ground when the cart came out and he was lifted onto it and driven off.
Willie Mays: The Hall of Fame center fielder had his No. 24 retired by the New York Mets on Saturday. Mays, 91, starred for the Giants in New York from 1951‑57 and then relocated to San Francisco with the franchise and played there from 1958 72. Mays returned to the Big Apple in a May 1972 trade and spent his final two seasons with the Mets, helping them reach the 1973 World Series. Three players — Kelvin Torve, Rickey Henderson and Robinson Cano — have worn No. 24 for the Mets since Mays’ retirement.
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PRIME NUMBER 5 Touchdown passes for quarterback Drake Maye in UNC’s 56 24 season opening win Saturday over Florida A&M. Maye set two school records in the becomingperformance,thefirst Tar Heel to throw for five touchdowns in their first collegiate start and also the first to achieve the feat in opener.
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Rory McIlroy rallied from six shots behind to win the Tour Championship and capture the FedEx Cup for the third time. He closed with a 4-under 66 to overtake Masters champion Scottie Scheffler at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta and win the $18 million prize. McIlroy previously won the FedEx Cup in 2016 and 2019.
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A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, the most ever paid for a piece of sports memorabilia. The rare Mantle card eclipsed the record just posted a few months ago — $9.3 million for the jersey worn by Diego Maradona when he scored the controversial “Hand of God” goal in soccer’s 1986 World Cup. LM OTERO
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THE CUP SERIES PLAYOFFS begin Sunday at Darlington, and the last two champions of NA SCAR’s top series enter the 2022 postseason as the favorites. The 10-race playoffs will snake across the country, making stops in Kansas, Las Vegas, Florida and more during the two-month race to the championship. That in cludes a stop at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct. 9 for the popu lar Roval. It ends Nov. 6 in Phoe nix when a new champion will be crowned. Here’s a look at all 16 playoff participants and their chances to win the title.
Chase Briscoe 14 • Stewart-Haas Racing Briscoe had the fewest top 10s (four) of any driver to earn a spot in the postseason, but the 27-yearold picked up his first career win at Phoenix to get into the playoffs. He enters the postseason with five straight finishes outside the top 20, and his fourth place at Char lotte in late May is the last time he cracked the top 10. These playoffs should be viewed as a learning experience for last season’s top rookie.
Chase Elliott 9 • Hendrick Motorsports
Kyle Larson 5 • Hendrick Motorsports
Joey Logano 22 • Team Penske Logano finished second in the regular season standings and did it by staying out of trouble. The 2018 champion had just three DNFs in 26 regular season races, helping him pile up points with 12 top 10s. Logano has two wins this season, including at Darlington — where the postseason’s first race this weekend will be held. The rest of the schedule favors Logano’s history: He has multiple career
Austin Dillon 3 • Richard Childress Racing Dillon squeezed his way into the postseason with a win Sun day at Daytona, marking the third time in four years the No. 3 has reached the playoffs. Dillon led just 18 laps this season, but that includes a handful in each of the last two races. The 32-yearold will always have a puncher’s chance as long as there is a super speedway on the playoff slate, and momentum is on the No. 3’s side after the clutch win at Daytona.
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Alex Bowman 48 • Hendrick Motorsports Bowman shook off two poor finishes to start the season by winning the third race of the year at Las Vegas. He followed that with five top 10s — including a runner-up at Circuit of the Amer icas — in the next eight races. But Bowman struggled the rest of the way, with ninth-place finishes at Kansas and Michigan being his best performances in the final 15 races.
AJ MAST | AP PHOTO Ross Chastain (1) had a breakthrough season for upstart Trackhouse Racing, but despite winning a pair of races this year he has drawn the ire of several other drivers and been accused of being reckless.
William Byron 24 • Hendrick Motorsports Byron is one of eight drivers to win multiple times during the regular season, getting to Victory Lane twice in four weeks early in the season with victories at Atlan ta and Martinsville. Unfortunate ly, those wins were half of his four top fives, and Byron finished with just five top 10s after posting 20 of them a year ago. He still sits in fifth place in points entering the first race of the postseason, so the No. 24 team could still make some noise if they can figure things out.
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Bowman didn’t get past the first round of the playoffs last year and will need to turn around his season to do so this year.
Tyler Reddick 8 • Richard Childress Racing Reddick claimed his first ca reer Cup win at the start of July at Road America and quickly got his second at Indianapolis’ road course. The 26-year-old seems to be figuring it out, but his an nouncement that he’s leaving RCR for 23XI Racing in 2024 has caused some friction in Welcome. His eight top five finishes this year more than doubled his career to tal and he enters the playoffs with four top 10s in his last six starts.
THE REST Christopher Bell 20 • Joe Gibbs Racing Bell punched his ticket to the postseason with a win at New Hampshire, his second career vic tory. Bell’s 14 top 10 finishes were tied for the second most through 26 races. That included doing well earlier this season at the first three tracks on the postseason sched ule: He was sixth at Darlington, fifth at Kansas and seventh on the dirt at Bristol. A performance like that in the next three weeks will allow him to coast into the second round of the playoffs.
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The 2020 champion won this year’s regular season title, notch ing series highs in both wins (four) and laps led (719). Elliott also tied for the lead with 10 top fives. He didn’t win until the 11th race of the season, at Dover, but reached Victory Lane three more times to double the number of wins of any other competitor. He was kept out of the Winner’s Circle last postsea son but still reached the champi onship race in Phoenix. NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver will have the fans behind him as he looks for his second Cup title.
It’s been a tumultuous season for Busch, who still doesn’t have certainty on if he’ll return to Joe Gibbs Racing next year and be yond. Still, who is going to rule out Rowdy? Busch had just one win this year, on the dirt at Bristol back in April, but seemed to run into bad luck — or get “Chastained” — several times during the regu lar season. If Busch can focus on redemption and not revenge, he’ll have a chance to make noise — and maybe force Joe Gibbs’ hand.
Kevin Harvick 4 • Stewart-Haas Racing No one is hotter entering the playoffs than Harvick, who has won twice this month and had the inside track to victory Sunday at Daytona before he was caught up in a late wreck. The 46-year-old has reached the Round of 8 in 12 straight seasons, finishing third or better eight times and winning his lone title in 2014. In a season in which there doesn’t seem to be a dominant team, the cagy Har vick is as good a bet as anyone.
Ross Chastain 1 • Trackhouse Racing Chastain had a breakout sea son, winning twice while finish ing third in regular season points for upstart Trackhouse Racing. So why isn’t Chastain in a higher tier of contenders? His 14 top 10 fin ishes are probably only outnum bered by the enemies he’s made with his reckless driving. Kyle Busch has already promised re venge, and the veteran will know when to meter it out when it hurts the most. Chastain will need to keep his nose clean — and watch his back — to advance.
Austin Cindric 2 • Team Penske Cindric started the season with a bang by winning the Daytona 500 and was the runaway best rookie in 2022. The playoffs will be a good learning experience for the 23-year-old, who won the Xfinity title in 2020 and was runner-up in 2021. Cindric has shown the ability to compete at all different kinds of tracks — on top of two great showings at Daytona this season, he had top fives on both a short track and two road courses.
Daniel Suarez 99 • Trackhouse Racing Suarez got his first career win in his six-year career with a vic tory at Sonoma in June. It also gave him his first playoff berth. The 30-year-old Mexican has had far and away his best Cup season, posting six top five fin ishes and 10 top 10s. Suarez is always a threat on road courses but hasn’t had much success on the one non-oval on the playoff schedule — he’s finished 21st, 34th, 25th and 13th in his four Charlotte Roval races.
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Denny Hamlin 11 • Joe Gibbs Racing The biggest moment of Ham lin’s season was the win that got away. Or rather, the win that was taken away. Hamlin was stripped of his victory at Pocono after his Toyota Camry failed the post-race inspection. It was a major show of force by NASCAR as Ham lin became the first winner to be disqualified in more than six de cades. While he only had seven top 10s, Hamlin won twice and is hungry for an elusive champion ship.
Ryan Blaney 12 • Team Penske Blaney is the only driver in the playoffs without a win this sea son, edging Martin Truex Jr. for the open spot vacated when Kurt Busch bowed out of the postsea son due to his ongoing concussion issues. The 2022 season has been a step back so far for Blaney, who reached Victory Lane three times last year and has managed a doz en top 10s this year. All that said, Team Penske is always dangerous and Blaney has two career wins at Talladega and another at Char lotte’s Roval. First, he’ll need to advance that far.
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RICK SCUTERI | AP PHOTO Kyle Larson (5) and Chase Elliott (9) will each be trying to win their second NASCAR Cup Series title when the 10-race playoffs begin Sunday at Darlington.
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The defending champion won just twice so far in 2022 after pil ing up 10 victories during his title run last year, but Larson remains a threat to repeat. The 30-year-old Californian won two weeks ago at Watkins Glen but finished last in Sunday’s regular season finale at Daytona with engine troubles. Larson joins Elliott as the top con tender for the title, but he doesn’t carry the same momentum into this postseason as he did last year.
Cups wins at playoff tracks Bris tol, Kansas, Las Vegas, Talladega and Phoenix.
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It will need to be explained in detail to the people of this state who amount of time why models predicting hundreds of thousands of cases mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about Unfortunately, when certain types of questions get asked, there is sometimes a disturbing tendency among some people to treat those simply questioning the data and asking when we can start getting back to normal as though they are conspiracy theorists or are people who
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AMERICA’S COLLEGES are rife with corruption. The nancial squeeze resulting from COVID-19 o ers opportunities for a bit of remediation. Let’s rst examine what might be the root of academic corruption, suggested by the title of a recent study, “Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship.” The study was done by Areo, an opinion and analysis digital magazine. By the way, Areo is short for Areopagitica, a speech delivered by John Milton in defense of free speech. Authors Helen Pluckrose, James A. Lindsay and Peter Boghossian say that something has gone drastically wrong in academia, especially within certain elds within the humanities. They call these elds “grievance studies,” where scholarship is not so much based upon nding truth but upon attending to social grievances. Grievance scholars bully students, administrators and other departments into adhering to their worldview. The worldview they promote is neither scienti c nor rigorous. Grievance studies consist of disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, gender studies, queer studies, sexuality and critical race studies.In2017 and 2018, authors Pluckrose, Lindsay and Boghossian started submitting bogus academic papers to academic journals in cultural, queer, race, gender, fat and sexuality studies to determine if they would pass peer review and be accepted for publication. Acceptance of dubious research that journal editors found sympathetic to their intersectional or postmodern leftist vision of the world would prove the problem of low academic standards. Several of the fake research papers were accepted for publication. The Fat Studies journal published a hoax paper that argued the term bodybuilding was exclusionary and should be replaced with “fat bodybuilding, as a fat-inclusive politicized performance.” One reviewer said, “I thoroughly enjoyed reading this article and believe it has an important contribution to make to the eld and this journal.”“OurStruggle Is My Struggle: Solidarity Feminism as an Intersectional Reply to Neoliberal and Choice Feminism,” was accepted for publication by A lia, a feminist journal for social workers. The paper consisted in part of a rewritten passage from Mein Kampf. Two other hoax papers were published, including “Rape Culture and Queer Performativity at Urban Dog Parks.” This paper’s subject was dog-on-dog rape. But the dog rape paper eventually forced Boghossian, Pluckrose and Lindsay to prematurely out themselves. A Wall Street Journal writer had gured out what they were doing. Some papers accepted for publication in academic journals advocated training men like dogs and punishing white male college students for historical slavery by asking them to sit in silence on the oor in chains during class and to be expected to learn from the discomfort. Other papers celebrated morbid obesity as a healthy life choice and advocated treating privately conducted masturbation as a form of sexual violence against women. Typically, academic journal editors send submitted papers out to referees for review. In recommending acceptance for publication, many reviewers gave these papers glowing praise.Political scientist Zach Goldberg ran certain grievance studies concepts through the Lexis/Nexis database, to see how often they appeared in our press over the years. He found huge increases in the usages of “white privilege,” “unconscious bias,” “critical race theory” and “whiteness.” All of this is being taught to college students, many of whom become primary and secondary school teachers who then indoctrinate our young people. I doubt whether the coronaviruscaused nancial crunch will give college and university administrators, who are a crossbreed between a parrot and jelly sh, the guts and backbone to restore academic respectability. Far too often, they get much of their political support from campus grievance people who are members of the faculty and diversity and multicultural administrative o ces. The best hope lies with boards of trustees, though many serve as yes-men for the university president. I think that a good start would be to nd 1950s or 1960s catalogs. Look at the course o erings at a time when college graduates knew how to read, write and compute, and make them today’s curricula. Another helpful tool would be to give careful consideration to eliminating all classes/majors/minors containing the word “studies,” such as women, Asian, black or queer studies. I’d bet that by restoring the traditional academic mission to colleges, they would put a serious dent into the COVID-19 budget shortfall. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.
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the agency could forgive all stu dent loans for everyone due to pan demic” if the agency head deemed it necessary, Chris Walker, a Uni versity of Michigan law professor wrote on Twitter. But Abby Shafroth, an attor ney at the National Consumer Law Center, said a challenge to the loan-forgiveness plan could falter in several ways, including the spe cific reference to national emer gencies in the 2003 law. Both the Trump and Biden ad ministrations have previously re lied on the HEROES Act to pause loan repayments during the pan demic and, in Biden’s case, over haul a student debt forgiveness program for public workers, Sha froth said. A separate issue may be finding someone who is harmed by the ad ministration’s action and has legal standing to sue, she said. The Job Creators Network, which promotes conservative eco nomic policies, said it was weigh ing a lawsuit to try and block Biden’s“Thisplan.executive overreach trans fers taxpayer dollars from hard working ordinary Americans and small businesses to disproportion ately higher earners with college degrees,” said Alfredo Ortiz, pres ident and CEO of the group. “It does nothing to address the under lying issue of outrageous college costs. Indeed, it rewards colleges for making education unafford able and entrenches the failing sta tusAnquo.”
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“THIS IS THE DAY the lord has made, let us rejoice I know that during this challenging time of social working from home or losing a job, it may be di be glad” as the Bible tells us to do. However, as a Christian, and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded me of just have to be thankful and hopeful for, even in the midst pandemic.Forme,my faith is an important part of my daily making. As I celebrated Easter with my family, I Corinthians 1:4, which reminds us our Lord “comforts a iction, so that we may be able to comfort those a iction, with the comfort which we ourselves are God.”Ifyou are celebrating the Easter season, I urge re ect on this message and be comforted, so that God’s example and comfort all those in need around this di cult time. Through faith and by helping one con dent we will emerge out of this pandemic stronger In this same spirit, I continue to be inspired by neighbors helping neighbors. In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make face health care workers out of his own home.
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Some of these orders extend at least through the end of this month. Virginia’s stay-at-home orders go into June. Here in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during a recent coronavirus press brie ng that “we just don’t know yet” if the state’s stay-at-home orders will extend into May. If he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked as to the justi cation for it. And the answers should not be vague ones like “we must do this out of an abundance of caution.”
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The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration is tying its authority to cancel student debt to the coronavirus pandemic and to a 2003 law aimed at providing help to members of the military. Legal challenges are expected. Skeptics of the administration’s ability to act on its own, without new legislation, had once included President Joe Biden himself and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But in a legal opinion released last week, the Justice Department said that the HEROES Act of 2003 gives the administration “sweep ing authority” to reduce or elimi nate student debt during a nation al emergency, “when significant actions with potentially far-reach ing consequences are often re quired.”Thelaw was adopted with over whelming bipartisan support at a time when U.S. forces were fight ing two wars, in Afghanistan and Iraq. It gives the Education secre tary authority to waive rules re lating to student financial aid pro grams in times or war or national emergency.Former President Donald Trump declared a national emer gency in 2020 because of the pan demic, and it remains in effect. But neither Trump nor Biden, until the president’s announce ment on Wednesday, had tried to wipe out so much student debt at oneThetime.Justice Department’s le gal justification seemed to be an ticipating criticism that the broadbased debt cancellation might run afoul of Supreme Court rulings, including a June decision limit ing the administration’s ability to combat climate change. In that case, the court declared that when dealing with such “ma jor questions,” the administration must point to clear congressional authorization when it asserts new power over an important part of theTheeconomy.justification for the debt cancellation “seems to tee up nicely -- perhaps inadvertently — a ma jor-questions doctrine challenge as the opinion seems to suggest
Virginia’s stay-at-home orders go into June. Here in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during a recent coronavirus press brie ng that “we just don’t know yet” if the state’s stay-at-home orders will extend into May. If he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked as to the justi cation for it. And the answers should not be vague ones like “we must do this out of an abundance of caution.”
Chris Doyle, CEO and co-founder of Billd, a construction finance company, said small busi nesses should be aware of what’s going on in their market and con sider pivoting to different types of projects. A small business previ ously focused on new-home con struction should try to work with renovators instead, for exam ple. And since residential home spending is set to decline, federal construction projects might also PHOTO VIA AP
The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — The chill in the housing market is rippling out to the carpenters, landscapers and other small businesses that lose out when fewer homeowners are renovating their properties. Inflation was already causing some homeowners to delay big renovation projects as prices for building materials, fixtures and appliances jumped. More recent ly, higher mortgage rates have put a damper on the number of homes being sold. At the beginning of the year, carpenter Bill Albritton, who has owned Albritton Custom Carpen try near Charlotte since 2004, was booked months in advance and completing full custom kitch en cabinet replacements in homes in the historic districts of Char lotte. But he’s seen a slowdown over the past two months. In the Charlotte metropolitan area, the number of home sold fell 19% between June and July, and are down about 21% from July a year ago, according to the Re/ Max monthly National Housing Report.Albritton is booked out 30 days in advance, compared to the usu al 90 to 160 days. Meanwhile, his costs have gone up by more than 30% across the board. Plywood he uses jumped from $72 to $140 a sheet around Christmas. It has gone back down to $85 a sheet, but that’s still higher than it used to be. And he has trouble finding hinges at any price. Albritton is trying to pivot to smaller carpentry jobs.
The issue has been under review for some 18 months, Lisa Brown, the top lawyer at the Education Department, wrote in a separate memo that was released Wednes day and called on Education Sec retary Miguel Cardona to rescind Rubinstein’s memo. Pelosi also reversed course. In Las Vegas Tuesday, Pelosi said that she “didn’t know what – what au thority the President had to do this. And now clearly, it seems he has the authority to do this.”
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The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is 5.55%, according to Freddie Mac. A year ago, the av erage was 2.87%. The increase is forcing some would-be buyers out of the market and sales of previ ously owned homes have fallen for six straight months. That mat ters to the businesses involved in home renovations because sellers can spend thousands of dollars making a house more attractive to buyers, and then the buyers spend thousands more personalizing their new home or fixing it up. Growth in homeowner spend ing for improvements and repairs is expected to slow for the rest of 2022 and the first half of 2023, according to the Remodeling Fu tures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. The center’s Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activi ty predicts homeowner improve ment and repair spending repair spending will grow 17.4% this year to $431 billion. That will slow to 10.1% by the second quarter of next year, with total 2023 spend ing estimated at $446 billion.
It will need to be explained in detail to the people of this state who are being told to remain jobless and at home for an undetermined amount of time why models predicting hundreds of thousands of cases areToreliable.date,I’ve gone along with what the state has asked and then mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about the data. State Republican leaders have, too. Unfortunately, when certain types of questions get asked, there is sometimes a disturbing tendency among some people to treat those simply questioning the data and asking when we can start getting back to normal as though they are conspiracy theorists or are people who otherwise don’t care if they get themselves or others sick.
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The cavalier manner in which China virus, covered up its spread and tried 3,341 related deaths has led to worldwide millions of Americans needlessly The crisis has cost the U.S. taxpayer debt plus trillions more in Federal markets and nancial outlets. If the currency, we would not be able to measures without immediate fear depreciation.Chinahasto pay for their aberrant economic and nancial means. Diplomacy to bring China into the civilized world and fair trade. Totalitarian communist or express sincere regret and remorse, totalitarian governments do. They they nd in adversaries and keep That is, unless an exogenous event meltdown in 1986. Some experts program of Reagan, led directly to Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl. Senators in Washington are already of China forgiving $1.2 trillion in China to “pay” for the damage they breath waiting for a Chinese “Jubilee” representatives to hold China accountable It is about time they are expected the world like any other modern nation.
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Here’s the problem: We still don’t know the answers questions that will allow the economy to reopen. First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate? important because it determines whether certain be open or closed, whether we ought to pursue — more liberalized society that presumes wide spread, We’ve seen case fatality rates — the number of deaths the number of identi ed COVID-19 cases — but both and the denominator are likely wrong. We don’t know people have actually died of coronavirus. Some sources number has been overestimated, given that classi of death, particularly among elderly patients, can sources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, Even more importantly, we have no clue how many actually have coronavirus. Some scientists suggest of identi ed cases could be an order of magnitude number of people who have had coronavirus and not comfort and Lenten and Easter provideseasonsa
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ONE THING IS CERTAIN; after this COVID-19 virus dissipates around the globe and in the United States, China will pay for this catastrophe one way or another. In order to put the crisis caused by China in perspective, zero worldwide pandemics can trace their source to the United States over our 231-year history. At least four in the 20th century alone can be directly traced to China: 1957 “Asian u,” 1968 “Hong Kong u,” 1977 “Russian u” and the 2002 SARS outbreak. There is evidence that the massive 1918 “Spanish u” pandemic also had its origins in China.
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“Instead of doing new kitchens we’re gearing up to do what we call ‘kitchen face lifts,’” Albritton said. That means just replacing the fronts of cabinets and draw ers and teaming up with a paint ing contractor to paint the cabi nets. It gives “a new kitchen look for a fraction of the price,” he said. The Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates in an effort to reduce inflation, which is run ning at almost 10% annually at the wholesale level. The fear is the Fed will go too far and the econo my will go into a slump. “I am very worried on the heels of the material shortages we have been battling to now look at a very possible recession,” Albrit ton said. He’s reaching out to oth er home renovation companies to partner with as one way to keep the work coming.
“I am very worried on the heels of the material shortages we have been battling to now look at a very possible recession.”
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Daniel Edwards, who owns a Handyman Connection fran chise in Hanover, Massachu setts, focuses on small jobs that are several thousand dollars, like building decks, swapping out windows and doors and car pentry projects. In the greater Boston area that includes Ha nover, home sales in July were down 20%. The median price of a home sold was $650,000, down 2% from June but up 8% from this time last year, accord ing to Re/Max data. Edwards said he’s normally booked out three or four weeks with jobs, but lately it’s been two to three weeks. He says customers are being tighter with money: They, want small er jobs, want to look at receipts and question the price of mate rials.Curbio is a startup that pro vides pre-sale renovations on homes that it doesn’t charge for until the home is sold. They op erate in 52 markets across the country, from Chicago to South Florida. They’ve also started of fering smaller projects as the housing market slows. “As the market starts to cool in some areas, there’s much more sensitivity to timelines,” said Olivia Mariani, vice presi dent at Curbio. “Before, a home owner may be willing to wait 8 to 12 weeks to fully gut and remodel their kitchen. Now, they’re asking for the minimum viable work.” So instead of doing a full ren ovation, Curbio has begun shift ing project types to more “re freshes” – like painting cabinets or refinishing hardwood floors. It dropped its prior $15,000 minimum price for projects and now 30% of its projects are un derMariani$15,000.said Curbio’s data shows that a cabinet refresh can help raise the price of a home for sale just as much as a bigger job. “Buyers just want a home that doesn’t require maintenance — a full cabinet redo is not really necessary,” she said.
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The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. lawmakers are anxious to hear from Twitter’s former security chief, who has alarmed Washing ton with allegations that the influ ential social network misled regu lators about its cyber defenses and efforts to control fake accounts. Leaders of several congressio nal panels are poring over the dis closures by respected cybersecuri ty expert Peiter Zatko, and calls on Capitol Hill for investigations are mounting. Zatko is due to testi fy next month at a Senate hearing. In addition to informing Con gress, Zatko filed a complaint last month with the Justice Depart ment, the Federal Trade Com mission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among Zatko’s most serious accusations is that Twitter violated the terms of a 2011 FTC settlement by false ly claiming that it had put stronger measures in place to protect the security and privacy of its users. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., called on the FTC to in vestigate.“These troubling disclosures paint the picture of a company that has consistently and repeat edly prioritized profits over the safety of its users and its respon sibility to the public,” Blumenthal wrote to FTC Chair Lina Khan. Twitter has said Zatko’s com plaint is “riddled with inconsis tencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context.” Zatko also accused the San Francisco-based company of de ceptions involving its handling of “spam,” or fake, accounts, an alle gation that is at the core of billion aire tycoon Elon Musk’s attempt to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. The Senate Judiciary Commit tee announced last week that Zat ko will testify at a hearing on Sept. 13 — the same day Twitter’s share holders are scheduled to vote on the company’s pending buyout by Musk. The Twitter board is rec ommending approval of the buy out.A trial on Twitter’s lawsuit against Musk to force him to go through with the acquisition is scheduled for October. The Judiciary Committee’s chairman, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and its senior Republi can, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a joint statement Wednes day that if Zatko’s claims are ac curate, “they may show dangerous data-privacy and security risks for Twitter users around the world.” They said the panel “will inves tigate this issue further with a full committee hearing ... and take further steps as needed to get to the bottom of these alarming al legations.”TheSEC is questioning Twitter about how it counts fake accounts on its platform. In June, the secu rities regulators asked the compa ny about its methodology for cal culating the number of false or spam accounts and “the underly ing judgments and assumptions used by management.” The num bers are key to Twitter’s business because it uses them to attract ad vertisers, whose payments make up a little more than 90% of its revenue.Twitter, with an estimated 238 million daily active users, said last month that it removes 1 million spam accounts daily. Senior members of the Senate Intelligence and Commerce com mittees, as well as the House En ergy and Commerce panel, also have publicly signaled their en gagement on the issue. The Senate Intelligence Committee is plan ning a meeting with Zatko to dis cuss his allegations, a spokeswom an said, adding, “We take this matterWithseriously.”themidterm elections looming in early November, many lawmakers may wish to ap pear before TV cameras express ing concern about online privacy, an issue that resonates with con sumers. That means camera lights glaring and outrage thunder ing from elected representatives as a lone whistleblower stands and takes the oath behind a table ringed by a photographers’ mosh pit — a scene that would mirror former Facebook product man ager Frances Haugen’s testimony late last year. “If Twitter whistleblower (and head of security) Peiter Zatko left you asking, ‘How could it possibly be this bad???,’ you’re not alone,” Haugen tweeted Thursday. “Twit ter’s problems aren’t unique, and we should worry.” The Twitter debacle has raised hopes among some lawmakers that it could give a boost to com prehensive data-privacy legisla tion, which has been stalled for years but recently cleared a key House committee — bringing it closer than ever to final passage. It has been held up in the Senate, however.
Moderna sues Pfizer, BioNTech over COVID-19 vaccine patents
The Associated Press COVID-19 VACCINE maker Moderna is suing Pfizer and the German drugmaker BioNTech, accusing its main competitors of copying Moderna’s technol ogy in order to make their own vaccine.Moderna said Friday that Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine Comirnaty infringes on patents Moderna filed several years ago protecting the technology be hind its preventive shot, Spikev ax. The company filed patent in fringement lawsuits in both U.S. federal court and a German court.Pfizer spokeswoman Pam Eisele said the company had not fully reviewed Moderna’s law suit, but the drugmaker was surprised by it, given that their vaccine is based on proprietary technology developed by both BioNTech and Pfizer. She said in an email that Pfiz er Inc., based in New York, would “vigorously defend” against any allegations in the case. BioN Tech said in a statement late Fri day that its work was “original” and that it too would defend it self.Moderna and Pfizer’s twoshot vaccines both use mRNA technology to help people fight the“Whencoronavirus.COVID-19 emerged, neither Pfizer nor BioNTech had Moderna’s level of experience with developing mRNA vaccines for coronaviruses,” Moderna said in a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The mRNA vaccines work by injecting a genetic code for the spike protein that coats the sur face of the coronavirus. That code, the mRNA, is encased in a little ball of fat, and instructs the body’s cells to make some harm less spike copies that train the immune system to recognize the realThatvirus.approach is radically dif ferent than how vaccines have traditionally been made. Moderna said it started de veloping its mRNA technolo gy platform in 2010, and that helped the company quickly pro duce its COVID-19 vaccine af ter the pandemic arrived in ear ly 2020.Bythe end of that year, U.S. regulators had cleared shots from both Pfizer and Moder na for use after clinical research showed that both were highly ef fective. Moderna CEO Stephane Ban cel said in a prepared statement that the vaccine developer pio neered that technology and in vested billions of dollars in cre atingModernait. worked with scien tists at the National Institutes of Health to test and develop its COVID-19 vaccine. The compa ny said its lawsuit is not related to any patent rights generated during that collaboration. The company said it believes its rivals’ vaccine infringes on patents Moderna filed between 2010 and Moderna2016.said in its complaint that Pfizer and BioNTech copied some critical features of its tech nology, including making the “exact same chemical modifica tion to their mRNA that Mod erna scientists first developed years earlier” and went on to use in ModernaSpikevax. said it recognizes the importance of vaccine ac cess and is not seeking to remove Comirnaty from the market. It also is not asking for an injunc tion to prevent future sales. Moderna said in 2020 that it would not enforce its COVID-19 related patents while the pan demic continued. But the com pany said in March, with vaccine supplies improving globally, that it would update that pledge. It said it still would not en force its patents for vaccines used in low- and middle-income countries. But it expected com panies like Pfizer and BioNTech to respect its intellectual proper ty, and it would consider “a com mercially reasonable license” in other markets if they requested one.“Pfizer and BioNTech have failed to do so,” Moderna said in a statement.Thevaccines have swiftly be come top-selling products glob ally.Pfizer’s Comirnaty brought in more than $36 billion in sales globally last year, and analysts expect it to bring in nearly $33 billion this year, according to FactSet.Moderna Inc. booked $17.6 billion in revenue from its vac cine last year. Analysts project more than $21 billion in 2022. Spikevax is Moderna’s only product on the market, but it is developing other vaccines using the mRNA technology. The Cambridge, Massachu setts company’s stock trades publicly under the ticker symbol MRNA.
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Stanly Arts Guild is sponsoring a Youth Art Show and Competition. Art was collected last week from area artists between nine and 17 years old. Each young artist could submit up to four works.
Prizes will be awarded for first, second and thirdplace winners in 2-D, 3-D and photographic art categories. The event started on August 24 but will continue to run until September 3.
Gov. Roy Cooper announced today that the NC Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) will award over $17 million in grants to fund 39 local parks and recreation projects across the state. Included amongst the list of local parks to receive funds was the Badin Waterfront Park.
The Legislative-Intervenors re quest also asks the court to “Strike Plaintiff-Intervenors Opening, Response, and Reply briefs filed on 1 July 2022, 1 August 2022, and 12 August 2022, respectively.” On Aug. 26, attorneys for the Plaintiff-Intervenors filed a re sponse urging the court to deny the lawmakers’ motion to dismiss. As of noon on Aug. 30, the N.C. Supreme Court had not published a decision on the matter. The state’s high court will be gin hearing oral arguments in the case on Aug. 31. The filing by lawmakers fol lows orders by Associate Justices Phil Berger, Jr. and Anita Earls, indicating they will not recuse themselves from the case. Berg er’s order was a simple paragraph, whereas Earls’ went on for 21 pag es. Earls was asked to recuse her self for her past legal represen tation of the families from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools“Plaintiff-Intervenors’district. claims are entirely unrelated to the is sues involved in this appeal,” the motion argues in the first summa ry point. “The current proceeding concerns trial court orders that di rected the State to implement and fund a sweeping, eight-year ‘Com prehensive Remedial Plan’ (‘CRP’) that would rework much of the North Carolina public school sys tem, among other things.” “The trial court ordered the CRP to supposedly “remedy” what it believed was a statewide fail ure to provide children with their constitutional right to a sound ba sic education,” the motion reads. “But, as has been made clear by papers recently added to the re cord on appeal, Plaintiff-Inter venors were only granted a limit ed intervention in this matter to pursue claims related to the con ditions in a specific subset of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School district (“CMS”).”
At the Richfield Town Council meeting last week, an idea was proposed to include funding for a school resource officer (SRO) in the budget for Richfield Elementary. The suggestion to pull funds together to have someone from the Stanly County Sherriff’s Office to work at the school was introduced to the agenda by Mayor Terry Deese. Sheriff Jeff Crisco supported the idea, reminding the town council that placing skilled law enforcement officers in schools is a growing trend across the United States. The motion was eventually tabled, with the expectation that the subject will be revisited when the council reconvenes in February to discuss next year’s fiscal budget.
Earls’ refusal to recuse order confirms Plaintiffintervenors complaint “are entirely unrelated to the questions presently before this Court.”
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According to the Tour de Elvis planning guide, rest stops will be set up every 15 to 20 miles, and support and gear will be provided along the route. For safety, all rid ers must wear an approved helmet and must obey all traffic laws and rules of the road. After the 5K race, the top male and female participants will each win a Tour de Elvis Tambourine and Gold Record, while the second and third place winners in each category will take home a Tour de Elvis Tambourine. There will also be awards for the following age categories: 14 & under, 15-19, 2029, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60plus.All proceeds for the El vis-themed run and cycle tour will be going to the Roger F. Snyder Greenway Fund; those interested can sign up for $30 (or a run/tour package for $50) at midnight.istrationtolenc.gov/tourdeelvis.www.albemarBotheventsareeachlimited200participants,andpre-regendsonSeptember8at
According to a press release from the governor’s office, the Waterfront Park will receive $500,000 in state grants. In addition to the local grants program, the Authority also approved the funding of several capital projects at Morrow Mountain State Park. The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority approved the grants at its meeting held on August 26 at the Nature Research Center in Raleigh.
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CREATIVE COMMONS Albemarle gears up for 13th annual Tour de Elvis 5K and Cycle Tour
ALBEMARLE — In what has become a Stanly County tradition for a decade-plus, the Tour de El vis 5K & 25-45-62 Mile Cycle Tour is back for its 13th incarnation on September 9-10 with support from the City of Albemarle Parks and Recreation Department. The 5K run will be held through the streets of downtown Albemar le and is set for September 9 at 7 p.m. It starts in front of the orig inal Vac & Dash location at 231 W. Main St., and it will finish on the Roger Snyder Greenway across from Market Station on West MainTheSt.downtown run will be pack aged with Albemarle’s Food Truck Friday event series that combines a variety of food truck vendors with live music. Normally hosted at City Lake Park, the September 9 line up will feature music by the eightpiece variety band The Tonez and is hosted at Market Station (501 W. Main St.). On the following day at 8 a.m, the Tour de Elvis Cycle Tour — where participants can choose from 25, 45 & 65-mile bike routes — is slated to begin at Albemarle’s Courthouse Square at the corner of Second St. and Main St.; the 45 and 65-mile routes will include cy cling to the top of Morrow Moun tain.“See Stanly County on a sum mer Saturday morning with a hun dred of your closest friends,” the Albemarle Parks and Recreation Department announced earlier this month. “With three distance options, there’s a route for serious riders as well as those who have to shake the dust off the bike before getting on. All routes are ride-atyour-own-pace, and will explore the backroads and small towns that make Stanly County a great place to live, work, and visit.”
The citation attached to the first point in the opening summa ry is labeled Exhibit A and specif ical tags Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls’ recusal response or der as supporting the motion to dismiss.“The trial court’s 19 August 2005 Order granting Plaintiff-In tervenors limited intervention in this matter was not included in the record on appeal prepared by DOJ and the Plaintiffs,” accord ing to the citation. “Justice Earls, however, retrieved the Interven tion Order from the files of the Wake County Superior Court and attached it as an exhibit to her Or der last week. For ease of refer ence, Legislative Intervenors have attached a copy of the Order to this motion.”
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RALEIGH — On Aug. 23, leg islative leaders filed a motion to dismiss certain plaintiffs from the decades-old Leandro educa tion funding case that has made its way to the N.C. Supreme Court. The motion, filed by attorney Matthew Tilley of Womble Bond Dickson LLP on behalf of law makers, argues that the claims of the Plaintiff-Intervenors, also called the Penn-Intervenors, are “not at issue in this appeal.” Furthermore, the motion as serts the plaintiffs can’t be consid ered “a party aggrieved” and that their appeal should be dismissed for “lack of appellate jurisdiction” because the only claim they have made “was severed from the pro ceedings that led to the orders now on appeal.”
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“Someone behind me told me the victims spoke English, so I began to speak English, saying I was a doctor and I called the am bulance,” he said. “I tried to com fortAsher.”he worked, he noticed the flash of camera bulbs, of pa parazzi gathered to document the scene. A British inquest found Di ana’s chauffeur, Henri Paul, was drunk and driving at a high speed to elude pursuing photographers. Mailliez said he had “no re proach” toward the photogra phers’ actions after the crash. “They didn’t hamper me having access to the victims. ... I didn’t ask them for help, but they didn’t interfere with my job.” Firefighters quickly came, and Diana was taken to a Paris hos pital, where she died a few hours later. Her companion Dodi Fayed and the driver also died. “It was a massive shock to learn that she was Princess Diana, and that she died,” Mailliez said. Then self-doubt set in. “Did I do every thing I could to save her? Did I do correctly my job?” he asked him self. “I checked with my medical professors and I checked with po lice investigators,” he said, and they agreed he did all he could. The anniversary is stirring up those memories again, but they also come back “each time I drive through the Alma Tunnel,” he said.As Mailliez spoke, standing atop the tunnel, cars rushed in and out past the pillar where she crashed, now bearing a stencil drawing of Diana’s face. The Flame of Liberty monu ment nearby has become a memo rial site attracting Diana fans of all generations and nationalities. She has become a timeless fig ure of emancipation and a fashion icon even for those born after her death.Irinia Ouahvi, a 16-year-old Parisian visiting the flame, said she knows Diana through TikTok videos and through her mother. “Even with her style she was a feminist. She challenged royal eti quette, wearing cyclist shorts and casual pants,” Ouahvi said. Francine Rose, a Dutch 16-year-old who stopped by Di ana’s memorial while on a biking trip in Paris, discovered her story thanks to “Spencer,” a recent film starring Kristen Stewart. “She is an inspiration because she was evolving in the strict household, the royal family, and just wanted to be free,” Rose said. CRIME ♦ BAILEY, ZENARIO MARCELLO (B /M/23), TRAFFICKING,OPIUM OR HEROIN, 08/29/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ KELLY, COLLEEN INEZ (W /F/41), LARCENY BY EMPLOYEE, 08/29/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ OWENS, CARRIE NEAL (W /F/45), POSS STOLEN GOODS/PROP (M), 08/29/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ SIMMONS, BRANDI ALLISON (W /F/44), TRAFFICKING,OPIUM OR HEROIN, 08/29/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ FORSYTHE, ROBIN JOY S (W /F/35), UTTERING FORGED ENDORSEMENT, 08/28/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ CHAVIS, MICHELLE ASHLEY (W /F/37), IDENTITY THEFT, 08/27/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ HATHCOCK, DAVID ADAM (W /M/35), INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, 08/27/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ RICHARDSON, SHEENA KIANNA (B /F/35), COMMUNICATE THREATS, 08/27/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ CRELLANA, RICARDO (U /M/37), FELONY LARCENY, 08/26/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ LITTLE, LUTHER BENSON (W /M/61), SEX OFFENDER/CHILD PREMISES, 08/25/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ BAKER, MATHEW JUSTIN (W /M/33), ASSAULT ON FEMALE, 08/24/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ CARPENTER, JOHN PHILMORE (W /M/51), BREAKING AND OR ENTERING (F), 08/24/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ HARWARD, BOBBY DALE (W /M/51), PWIMSD SCH II CS, 08/24/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ HERNANDEZ, NATALY CARBAJAL (U /M/20), POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON, 08/22/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ HILLIARD, JAMISON LEE (B /M/19), ASSAULT ON GOVT OFFICIAL/ EMPLY, 08/22/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office ♦ HOLMES, DAVID GLEN (W /M/60), POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON, 08/22/2022, Stanly County Sheriff`S Office FORECAST
“And you know what? I needed the work,” Depp told the audience at the Prudential Center in New ark, New Jersey. Lizzo had Taylor Swift dancing out of her seat while she performed her new single “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready).” Lizzo won an award for video for good for “About Damn Time.”Harry Styles won album of the year for “Harry’s House.” He was unable to attend the awards due to his show at Madison Square Gar den in New York. Bad Bunny performed his hit “Titi Me Pregunto” from Yankee Stadium after he won artist of the year.“I have been saying it and I al ways believed from the beginning that I could become great,” he said. “That I could become one of the biggest stars in the world without having to change my culture, my language, my jargon. I am Beni to Antonio Martínez from Puer to Rico to the whole world, thank you!”Eminem and Snoop Dogg brought the metaverse to the VMAs as the duo performed “From the D 2 The LBC,” which was fea tured on Eminem’s greatest hits al bum “Curtain Call 2.” The Red Hot Chili Peppers took the stage as the recipients of the Global Icon award after being in troduced by Cheech & Chong as their “favorite band of all time.” The band — which consists of Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith and John Frusciante — performed several songs including their classic “Can’t Stop” from the the group’s 2002 al bum “By the Way” and their recent hit “Black Summer,” which won bestFlearock.made a speech about his love for human beings along with cockroaches, trees and dirt. Smith, the band’s drummer, dedicated the award to Taylor Hawkins, the late Foo Fighters drummer who died early this year. “I dedicate this to Taylor and his family,” he said. “I love them and I miss him every day.” Madonna, who is the most awarded artist in MTV histo ry with 20 wins, became the only artist to receive a nomination in each of the VMAs five decades. She earned her 69th nomination for her 14th studio album “Madame X.”
TAYLOR SWIFT took home the top prize at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday before she closed out the show with a sur prisingly big announcement: Her new album. “I thought it would be a fun mo ment to tell you that my new al bum comes out Oct. 21,” said Swift after she won video of the year for her project “All Too Well: The Short Film” (10 minute version), which claimed best long form video and direction. “I will tell you more at midnight.”Swiftsaid on social media that her upcoming 10th studio album would be called “Midnights,” which she says will involve “stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered through out my life.” Her upcoming album comes after she released “Folk lore” and “Evermore.” Both proj ects came out five months apart two years ago. “Folklore” won al bum of the year at the 2021 Gram myTheAwards.pop star’s reveal came at the end of her acceptance speech where she praised the other wom en in the category — which includ ed Doja Cat and Olivia Rodrigo. “I know with every second of this moment that we wouldn’t be able to make this short film if it weren’t for you - the fans,” she said. “I wouldn’t be able to re-record my albums if it wasn’t for you. You emboldened me to do that.”
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By Jade Le Deley The Associated Press PARIS — The woman was crumpled on the floor of a man gled Mercedes, unconscious and struggling to breathe. The French doctor had no idea who she was and just focused on trying to save her.Twenty-five years later, Dr. Frederic Mailliez is still marked by what happened in the Alma Tunnel in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997 — and the realization that he was one of the last people to see Prin cess Diana alive. “I realize my name will always be attached to this tragic night,” Mailliez, who was on his way home from a party when he came across the car crash, told The As sociated Press. “I feel a little bit responsible for her last moments.” As Britain and Diana’s ad mirers worldwide mark a quar ter-century since her death, Mailliez recounted the aftermath of the Thatcrash.night, Mailliez was driv ing into the tunnel when he spot ted a smoking Mercedes nearly split in two. “I walked toward the wreckage. I opened the door, and I looked inside,” he said. What he saw: “Four people, two of them were apparently dead, no reaction, no breathing, and the two others, on the right side, were living but in severe condition. The front passenger was screaming, he was breathing. He could wait a few minutes. And the female passenger, the young lady, was on her knees on the floor of the Mer cedes, she had her head down. She had difficulty to breathe. She needed quick assistance.”
Swift spoke earlier about cre ating her first short film, giving thanks to several including actors Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien who starred in the project. “We put our entire hearts into this,” Swift said. Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance as the Moon Man nearly three months after the ver dict in his defamation trial with his former wife Amber Heard. The 59-year-old actor appeared to float from the ceiling while wearing the iconic astronaut outfit with his face digitally inserted into costume’s helmet.
Point two of the motion’s sum mary underscored Earls’ own re cusal order supported dismissal. “Justice Earls held that, al though she signed Plaintiff-Inter venors’ initial complaint, she did not need to recuse herself because ‘the facts and claims at issue in the Intervening Complaint — which largely concerned student assign ment policies in CMS — are en tirely unrelated to the questions presently before this Court,’” ac cording to the motion. “In addi tion, Justice Earls introduced an August 2005 order from the trial court — which had not previous ly been made part of the record on appeal — that clarified that Plain tiff-Intervenors were only per mitted to intervene for the limit ed purpose of pursuing their claim related to the conditions in CMS.” The motion’s conclusion also takes aim at Earls, stating that by allowing the Plaintiff-Interve nors to remain a party to the ap peal “risks the appearance that the Court is granting favorable treat ment to one of the Justice’s former clients.”Ina statement about the dis missal motion, North Caroli na House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) said, “Jus tice Earls and the Plaintiff-Inter venors simply cannot have it both ways. The bottom line is that ei ther her former clients should be dismissed from this case, or Jus tice Earls should recuse herself. Anything less is an affront to our judicialAccordingsystem.”to the North Caroli na Code of Judicial Conduct rule 3(c)(1)(b), a judge is required to disqualify themselves from pre siding over a case if they had pre viously participated in that case as a lawyer.
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He ran to his car to call emer gency services and grab a respira tory“Shebag.was unconscious,” he said. “Thanks to my respiratory bag (...) she regained a little bit more ener gy, but she couldn’t say anything.” The doctor would later find out the news — along with the rest of the world — that the woman he treated was Diana, Britain’s na tional treasure adored by mil lions.“I know it’s surprising, but I didn’t recognize Princess Diana,” he said. “I was in the car on the rear seat giving assistance. I re alized she was very beautiful, but my attention was so focused on what I had to do to save her life, I didn’t have time to think, who was this woman.”
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consented to the sort of pure populism promoted by Doerfler and Moyn. The founders deplored the idea of an unfettered federal government ruled only by popular passions. That is why they put in place a system of checks and balances to forestall mob majoritarianism. They recognized a simple truth: that the best and most responsive government presides over homogeneous interests, generally locally, and that as we abstract rule away from the people, interests diverge. This means that as government abstracts away from the people, it ought to be granted less and less power.
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The Left hates the Constitution for precisely that reason. To the Left, the Constitution is a mere barrier against the utopian mission to restructure human relations and, ultimately, humanity itself. In this view, a large government is to be the leveling force among human beings, cramming down the views of one half of the country on the other half. Local governance is dangerous because it might lead to a diversity of viewpoints and practices; the federal government is the best available tool for shaping and molding. Dispense with the Constitution’s limits on the powers of the federal government, and suddenly transformational change becomes possible. The only problem is that such a viewpoint utterly disregards the history of human relations. A government that presides over 330 million human beings with a variety of different viewpoints on core moral issues is unlikely to rule either benevolently or successfully if granted the unfettered power to flatten a multiplicity of jurisdictions and ways of life. Limits are the key to both benevolence and success in governance. Dispensing with the Constitution may sound pleasing to those who seek drastic change on the greatest scale, but a drastic change of that nature typically looks more like tyranny than progress.
Richard Hudson is serving his fifth term representing North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He currently serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee and in House leadership as the Republican Conference Secretary.
And herein lies the problem for Doerfler and Moyn: constitutions “misdirect the present into a dispute over what people agreed on once upon a time, not on what the present and future demand for and from those who live now.” The solution, they say, lies in dispensing with the Constitution entirely; the proper solution to the Constitution is in “direct arguments about what fairness or justice demands.” After all, they admit, “It’s difficult to find a constitutional basis for abortion or labor unions in a document written by largely affluent men more than two centuries ago. It would be far better if liberal legislators could simply make a case for abortion and labor rights on their own merits without having to bother with the Constitution.” How can the Constitution be jettisoned?
The authors suggest packing the Union with more states, “reorganizing our legislature in ways that are more fairly representative of where people actually live and vote,” turning the Senate into a legislative vestigial organ without any actual power. At least they’re saying the quiet part out loud. The truth is that the Constitution is “antidemocratic” in the sense that it sets up a series of limits on what a democratically elected government can do. The Constitution is a charter of limited powers, delegated by the people and the states to the federal government; neither the people nor the state governments would ever have
“THE PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISM is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
This famous line by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reminds us that while government handouts may sound good, someone still has to foot the bill. Despite inflation remaining at a 40-year high, last week, President Biden announced his plan to unilaterally “cancel” hundreds of billions of dollars in federal student loan debt. This gimmick is little more than an attempt by Biden to boost his abysmal and well-deserved approval rating and will likely worsen our nation’s dire economic condition.What’smore, this debt will not magically go away but rather will be unfairly transferred to hardworking Americans across the country. According to the University of Pennsylvania Penn Wharton Budget Model, Biden’s student loan scheme could cost American taxpayers between $300-$980 billion. Yet, this tab will be paid primarily by those who either never went to college or have worked hard to pay off their own loans. Of the 332.4 million Americans, only around 45 million have student loan debt. Despite this, Biden and Democrats in Washington want to force you to pay this debt with your tax dollars. This big government socialist scheme is simply not fair. That’s why last month, I cosponsored the Fairness for Responsible Borrowers Act, a bill that will prevent the Departments of Education, Justice, or the Treasury from taking any action to “forgive” outstanding student loan balances and transfer the costs to you. Many are questioning if the president even has the legal authority to do this, including Nancy Pelosi, who last year said, “People think that the president of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. He can postpone, he can delay, but he does not have that power.”
While the Democrats pursue overreaching political stunts that will hurt our economy and unfairly punish you and your family, Republicans are focused on long-term solutions to actually address the high cost of education and get our economy back on track. At the same time, we must also take steps to help protect the health and safety of our communities.
COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO
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Over the past few years, drug overdose deaths have surged across the United States. Much of this surge is driven by synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. The trafficking and usage of it continues to plague our communities in record numbers. In North Carolina alone, there were 3,759 deaths from opioid overdoses last year. This crisis is devastating families, overwhelming medical providers, and straining prevention and treatment efforts nationwide. To help combat this epidemic, I cosponsored the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021 and the HALT Fentanyl Act, bills that will help keep this deadly drug off the streets as well as improve addiction treatment services in communities nationwide. It is more important than ever that we get communities the resources they need to overcome this crisis, and I will continue working hard to make this happen. In addition to providing resources for communities in need, we must also stop these drugs from entering our communities in the first place. This starts by ending the Biden border crisis, which is spurring an influx of fentanyl and other deadly drugs into our country. Last month, roughly 2,100 pounds of fentanyl were seized by law enforcement at our southern border — a 202% increase from June and more than double the 780 pounds seized in July of last year. Washington Democrats’ open border policies have created an avenue for deadly, illicit drugs to enter the country, and it must be stopped. This is why I introduced the Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act, which will help stem the flow of this deadly drug through our border. Furthermore, I am pushing policies to secure our border, including reinstating the “remain in Mexico” policy, maintaining Title 42 authority, giving Customs and Border Patrol the resources and support it needs, and finishing the wall. Whether it’s our economy, public health, or the border, Democrats in Washington have continued to make the problem worse. I will continue to work hard to hold them accountable and promote common sense solutions that help make our communities safer, healthier, and more prosperous.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES recently published an op-ed calling for the end of the Constitution of the United States. The authors, Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn, teach law at Harvard and Yale, respectively. They argue that the Left’s progress has been stymied by constitutionalism itself. “The idea of constitutionalism,” they correctly write, “is that there needs to be some higher law that is more difficult to change than the rest of the legal order. Having a constitution is about setting more sacrosanct rules than the ones the legislature can pass day to day.” This, of course, orients the process of law toward the past: there are certain lines that simply cannot be crossed. And, as Doerfler and Moyn point out, “constitutionalism of any sort demands extraordinary consensus for meaningful progress.”
Ben Shapiro, 38, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and Editor-in-Chief of DailyWire.com.
Those who want to destroy the Constitution
He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author; his latest book is “The Authoritarian Moment: How The Left Weaponized America’s Institutions Against Dissent.”
U.S. REP. RICHARD HUDSON
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Dillon gets into playoffs with Daytona win, Blaney nabs last spot release rookie punter after rape allegation
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Bills GM Brandon Beane announcing the release of rookie punter Matt Araiza
For a second, it looked like 2014 series champion Kevin Har vick was going to make it through the mess and grab the lead as the caution flag flew. But then spin ning Ty Dillon — Austin’s little brother — sideswiped Harvick and knocked him into the wreck age.That allowed Austin Dillon, who started the day 19th in points, to essentially steal a playoff spot. It also created a controversial fin ish — should NASCAR have halt ed the race earlier? — and provid ed the kind of “Game 7” moment NASCAR wanted when it moved the regular season finale to un predictable Daytona in 2020. The first round of the playoffs begin at Darlington next Sunday. Joey Logano won the May race at the track, with Ford and Chevy claiming 19 of the top 20 spots.
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“The facts of the incident are not what they are portrayed in the lawsuit or in the press. I look for ward to quickly setting the record straight,” Araiza said. The lawsuit filed in San Diego County Superior Court accused Araiza and two San Diego State teammates of raping a then-17year-old girl at a Halloween party at an off-campus home where Ara iza had been living.
The playoffs begin next week at Darlington
“We had some tough finishes this year, like Charlotte. … Today we finished it off.” Austin Dillon
Matt Araiza is accused of being part of a gang rape last fall while he was at San Diego State
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“We just think it’s the best move for everyone to move on from Matt and let him take care of this situation and focus on that. So, we’re gonna part ways there.”
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The Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Austin Dillon’s wife was doing a rain dance during a lengthy weather delay in hopes of getting the skies to open up again and wash out the rest of the race. “I got upset,” Dillon said. “I said, ‘Don’t be doing that.’” There was no jinxing this one. Dillon avoided a massive wreck in the rain to take the lead before a red flag and returned more than three hours later to finish off an improbable victory at Daytona International Speedway and snag a playoff spot in the Cup Series’ regular season finale Sunday. Dillon passed Austin Cindric with three laps to go and was unchallenged down the stretch. It was an aggressive move that capped a drama-filled race and set off a wild celebration for a team that’s usually a factor at Daytona.“It’scrazy,”
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Araiza’s only comment since the lawsuit was filed came in a state ment released by his agent during the game Friday.
Dillon said. “You just never give up and have faith. We had some tough finishes this year, like Charlotte. I beat myself up over that. I made a good move and just didn’t finish it off. Today we finished it off.” Martin Truex Jr. was the big gest loser. Truex looked like he would secure the final postsea son berth when rain halted the race with 21 laps remaining, but he faded after the restart and al lowed Ryan Blaney to make up ground in a points scramble. Blaney finished seven spots be hind Truex in the race but three points ahead in the standings. “You just try to stay optimis tic,” Blaney said. “Definitely a roll er-coaster of emotions that ended on a high note.” Added Truex: “We gave away plenty of points throughout the season. It is what it is.” Dillon’s victory in the No. 3 Chevrolet was as stunning as Blaney’s comeback. Running 16th at the time of the crash, he turned onto the apron to avoid the 15-car melee between Turns 1 and 2 that was caused by a summer shower everyone saw coming. Cars start ed sliding sideways heading into the high-banked turn, a result of slick tires losing grip on wet as phalt.Daniel Suarez and Denny Hamlin were running 1-2 when the pack drove into the rain with 23 laps remaining. “Just throw the caution be fore the rain came,” Hamlin said, adding that “better officiating” is needed. “We had rain down the front, so about 10 seconds before we got into Turn 1, it was raining. I’m sure the fans felt it and then they watched us all pile in there.”
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NFL Ernie Zampese of ‘Air Coryell’ Chargers, Cowboys, dies at 86 La Mesa, Calif. Ernie Zampese, one of the architects of the Dan Fouts-led “Air Coryell” offense with the San Diego Chargers and Troy Aikman’s play-caller for the last of the Dallas Cowboys’ three Super Bowl titles in the 1990s, has died. He was 86. Zampese joined Don Coryell’s San Diego staff in 1979. Fouts and the Chargers led the NFL in yards passing six times in eight years. Zampese went to Dallas in 1994. The Cowboys won the Super Bowl a year later. Aikman calls Zampese “one of the brightest offensive minds in the history of the game.”
Columbia, S.C. South Carolina’s live, crowing rooster mascot will have a new name this season — “The General.” The rooster was previously known as “Sir Big Spur,” but that had to be changed after a dispute between the bird’s old and new owners. The university did not own the rights to the mascot’s former name. “The General” comes from Revolutionary War general Thomas Sumter, who was known as “The Fighting Gamecock.” The live mascot has been a tradition at football and baseball games for some two decades alongside the human-sized “Cocky.”
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — A major public backlash coupled with the graphic details contained in a lawsuit alleging Matt Arai za’s involvement in a gang rape of a teenager last fall left Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane little choice but to release the team’s rookie punter on Saturday. The decision to cut ties with the 22-year-old represents a major re versal for the Bills, coming two days after they backed the player based on the findings of what the team called its “thorough exam ination” of the allegations filed in theAndlawsuit.itcomes less than a week after the Bills — while aware he was the target of a police investi gation — cleared the way for Ara iza to take over the punting duties by cutting returning veteran Matt Haack on Monday. “The last 48 hours have been very difficult for a lot of people. It’s been tough. And we sympathize with this whole situation, all the parties involved, this young wom an, what she went through,” Beane said during a 26-minute news con ference, while seated alongside coach Sean McDermott. “But at this time, we just think it’s the best move for everyone to move on from Matt and let him take care of this situation and fo cus on that. So, we’re gonna part ways there,” added Beane, a native of Norwood who attended UNC Wilmington and was with the Panthers from 1998 to 2016. Beane said the Bills were not aware of the allegations made against Araiza at the time they se lected him in the sixth round of the draft in April. And had they known, he said, they would have removed him from consideration. Araiza’s release begins to ease
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Bills general manager Brandon Beane walks on the field before Buffalo’s preseason game against the Broncos on Aug. 20.
Austin Dillon receives a hug from his grandfather and car owner Richard Childress, front left, in Victory Lane after Dillon won Sunday’s Cup Series race at Daytona.
TENNIS Serena Williams wins 1st match at U.S. Open New York Serena Williams won her match in the first round of the U.S. Open, beating Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 Monday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion who turns 41 next month and has said she is ready to move on from her playing days. She will play again Wednesday. Her daughter, Olympia, who turns 5 on Thursday, wore white beads in her hair while sitting with her father and grandmother in the stands on Monday, a nod to her mom’s hairstyle when she won her first U.S. Open in 1999 at age 17.
a crisis which has shaken the twotime AFC East champions. Mc Dermott was visibly upset while discussing the situation following a 21-0 preseason loss at Carolina on Friday night. “I’m hurt,” McDermott said. “It’s not easy to hear about some of the things that I’ve heard about over the last several hours. Haven’t slept a lot to be honest with you.” The Bills began distancing themselves from Araiza as ear ly as Friday when he was held out from playing. He instead watched the game from an undisclosed lo cation in the stadium rather than from the sideline along with his teammates.OnSaturday, Araiza was not present for practice even though the Bills said he was on his roster, while at the same time his No. 19 jersey was no longer available for sale on the Bills’ online store after being listed earlier in the day.
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The union’s executive board unanimously approved the minor league initiative on Friday. Clark was not available to re spond to questions, spokesman Chris Dahl said. Signed cards from 30% of the estimated 5,000 to 6,000 minor leaguers in the bargaining unit would allow the union to file a pe tition to the National Labor Re lations Board asking for a union authorization election. MLB also could voluntarily recognize the union representing the bargain ing unit, a process that typically can occur if a majority of the unit signsThecards.staff of Advocates for Mi nor Leaguers, which formed two years ago, quit and will work for the MLBPA. The union gave the minor league group $50,000 last November.“Thisgeneration of minor league players has demonstrat ed an unprecedented ability to ad dress workplace issues with a col lective voice,” Harry Marino, the executive director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers, said in a state ment. “Joining with the most pow erful union in professional sports assures that this voice is heard where it matters most — at the bargaining table.”
The game ended in the fourth in ning when Kama hit a single down the left-field line that scored Esaiah Wong to clinch the victory and an other championship for Hawaii.
283 Yards rushing for West Stanly in its 18-6 win over Albemarle
MLBPA trying to unionize minor leaguers
Gerald Oda, Hawaii manager
Albemarle lost to the Colts, while South Stanly lost at home By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal
Tony Clark, MLBPA union head
Under Little League rules, a team wins if it is leading by 10 runs or more after four innings.
Southwestern Randolph 49, South Stanly 13 South Stanly was handed a 4913 loss at home to Southwestern Randolph on Friday. The Bulls (0-2) struggled on both sides of the ball and trailed 42-0 at Cougarshalftime.quarterback Easton Clapp and running back Adam Cole carried Southwestern Ran dolph (2-0), while Bulls quarter back Drew Gaddy threw a pair of touchdown passes — one to Ezra Powe and one to Tristan Patter son — late in the game for South Stanly’s two scores. South is set to host another set of Cougars — the Carson Cou gars (0-2) — on Friday night and hopes to right the ship before the start of conference play. In their two games this season, Carson has lost 34-28 to Mount Pleasant and was shut out 30-0 by States ville.
strike settlement also has negoti ated terms for those on option to the minor leagues.
“The working conditions facing these players have been nothing short of offensive. … It’s time for that to change.”
The Major League Baseball Players Association said Monday it is circulating union authorization cards among players with minor league contracts to form a separate bargaining unit from the big leaguers.
NEW YORK — The Major League Baseball Players Associa tion is attempting to unionize mi nor leaguers, reversing decades of opposition.Theplayers’ association said Monday it is circulating union au thorization cards among players with minor league contracts to form a separate bargaining unit from the big leaguers. While the average major league salary is above $4 million, players with minor league contracts earn as little as $400 a week during the six-month season. “The working conditions fac ing these players have been noth ing short of offensive,” union head Tony Clark wrote in a letter Sunday to player agents. “Poverty wages, oppressive reserve rules, discipline without due process, ever-expand ing offseason obligations, appro priation of intellectual property, substandard attention to player health and safety, and a chronic lack of respect for minor leaguers as a whole (to name just a few) — these cancers on our game exist because minor league players have never had a seat at the bargaining table. It’s time for that to change.”
Hawaii only trailed for a few min utes. A home run from lead-off hit ter Kekoa to left field, and a shot by Kama that barely cleared the wall in center, reignited the Hawaii side and put the team from the West re gion up 2-1. It also chased Curacao starter Shemar Jacobus. “Any time when someone can score a run that’s huge,” Oda said.
“I knew Curacao was going to be a great team,” Lancaster said. “My mindset was to go out there, do my best and do my thing. I know my of fense and defense got my back.”
PJ WARD-BROWN | NORTH STATE JOURNAL South Stanly’s Drew Gaddy runs for a first down on the QB keeper against Southwestern Randolph during a non conference game at South Stanly high school in Norwood, on August 25, 2022. Southwestern Randolph won 49-13.
Jaron’s father, James Lancaster, said all the work that went into the title run was worth it. “It’s been a rough ride,” said the elder Lancaster, whose family lives about 4,800 miles from central Pennsylvania. “We ha ven’t been home in over a Curacaomonth.”took the first lead of any team over Hawaii in the tournament when Davey Jay-Rijke led off the game with what looked like a bloop sin gle, but he bolted on to second when neither middle infielder was covering that bag. Dav ey-Jay eventually came around to score on a wild“Soonerpitch. or lat er, someone’s going to score,” Oda said. “We told our kids to keep fighting and battling. It’s going to be a great day.”
West Stanly wins again, North Stanly earns first victory
MLB raised weekly minimum salaries for minor leaguers in 2021 to $400 at rookie and short-sea son levels, $500 at Class A, $600 at Double-A and $700 at Tri ple-A. For players on option, the minimum is $57,200 per season for a first big league contract and $114,100 for later big league con tracts.Inaddition, MLB this year be gan requiring teams to provide housing for most minor leaguers. Prodded by the minor league advocacy group, leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee said last month they planned a hearing on the sport’s antitrust exemption. Unionizing could limit the mi nor leaguers’ ability in future law suits. The Supreme Court ruled in the 1996 case Brown v. Pro Foot ball Inc. that unionized industries are exempt from antitrust chal lenges.The big league union had long declined to represent minor leaguers, though its labor contract specifies terms for the amateur draft and signing bonuses for am ateur players. There were 128 draft picks this year who agreed to sign ing bonuses of $500,000 and up, including 82 for at least $1 million.
SENIOR QUARTERBACK Carson Morton had both a pass ing touchdown and a rushing touchdown as West Stanly im proved to 2-0 with an 18-6 win over cross-county rival Albemar le (0-2). West used a dominant of fensive line to generate 283 yards on the ground, led by senior run ning backs Shane Mecimore (127 yards) and Matthew Parker (69 yards).West will hit the road this week to face former Rocky River Conference rival Mount Pleasant (2-0), which is now playing in the Yadkin Valley Conference. The Tigers have notched wins over Central Cabarrus (35-14) and Carson (34-28) this season. The Bulldogs will aim to get their first win of the year as they travel to Black Mountain to square off with Owen (0-1) on Friday. In their first game of the season, the Warhorses lost 57-15 to Crest. North Stanly 30, East Rowan 14
North Stanly junior quarter back Chance Blake completed just five of 13 passes, but a solid running attack — led by running back Cameron Smith’s 108 yards and a touchdown on nine carries — propelled the Comets’ offense. North Stanly travels to North Rowan (2-0), which is coming off a 57-0 shutout over South Row an, on Friday.
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Players with major league con tracts, of which there are approx imately 1,200, are represented by the union, which since the 1981
The team from Honolulu continued its dominance with a 13-3 win By Jake Starr The Associated Press SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — For a week and a half at the Lit tle League World Series, no team came close to Hawaii. The championship Sun day was no different. Hawaii got back-toback homers from Ke koa Payanal and Kama Angell in the first in ning, sparking a 13-3 win in just four innings overTheCuracao.LLWS title is Ha waii’s fourth. It won in 2018 and this same Ho nolulu team finished third last year, when COVID-19 travel re strictions prevented in ternational teams from participating.Howgood was Ha waii? In six games, all victories, the closest margin was four runs. Hawaii outscored oppo nents“We’re60-5.fortunate that everything clicked at the right moment,” Ha waii manager Gerald Oda said. “I’m very grateful that these kids played loose and relaxed.”
“When someone hits a home run, the whole team gets excited and lifts everyone’s spirits.”
The union can file a petition with the NLRB if 30% of minor leaguers sign authorization cards
Part of that run was without Oda, who missed several games with COVID-19. Oda also managed Hawaii’s 2018 team. “After 2018, I thought the next time I came to Williamsport was going to be as a spectator,” he said. “I never thought in my wildest dreams I’d be back in 2022 coach ing a Hawaiiteam.”starter Jaron Lancaster was dominant once again Sunday as he threw all four innings, allow ing three runs, three hits and strik ing out 10 Curacao hitters.
The Comets scored three defen sive touchdowns and earned their first victory of the season, roll ing past East Rowan of the South Piedmont Conference 30-14 on Friday for a road victory. B.A. Harris recovered a fumble and took it to the end zone, and both Gavyn Covington and Jay Jackson returned interceptions for touchdowns for North (1-1).
Hawaii beat Curacao to win Little League title
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In a political twist, environ mental groups that oppose the waste-storage plan also invoked the Supreme Court ruling. “No federal agency is above the law,” said Diane Curran, a lawyer for Beyond Nuclear, an advocacy group that opposes nuclear power. The group argues in a separate case before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that a license issued to Tex as-based Interim Storage Partners to store thousands of metric tons of spent nuclear fuel for up to 40 years is invalid because “it ignored the un ambiguous mandates of the Nucle ar Waste Policy Act” to store nucle
“The woke left is going full throttle in their mission to change every facet of American life, businesses and erode our democratic institutions to suit their liberal agenda.” West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey
Supreme Court climate ruling could impact nuclear waste case
USDA scattering rabies vaccines for wildlife in 13 states
“The materials license issued here reflects a conventional exer cise of NRC’s longstanding and ex clusive authority over a matter that lies at the core of its expertise,’’ the agencyCongresswrote.has “clearly and ex pressly” granted authority to the NRC to license offsite nuclear fuel storage facilities, including in the 1954 law, the agency added. An NRC spokesman declined to comment, referring a reporter to the legal filing. In formal comments filed with the SEC, meanwhile, 21 Republi can attorneys general led by Mor risey argue that the agency is trying to transform itself from the federal overseer of securities “into the reg ulator of broader social ills,” includ ing climate change
ar waste at a now-abandoned site at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain. “Only Congress can decide whether to abandon one of its pri mary strategies for ensuring the completion of a federal repository” for nuclear waste, Curran said. Like Paxton and Morrisey, Cur ran said federal agencies appear to be going beyond their authority del egated by Congress. “I do think there are policy is sues here that are enormous,’’ she said in an interview. “It’s disturb ing that the NRC put its oar in on a policy decision that belongs to Con gress,’’ namely, where to store nucle ar waste.Wallace Taylor, a lawyer who rep resents the Sierra Club on nuclear issues, said he appreciates the irony that environmental groups are sid ing with staunch conservatives such as Paxton and Morrisey in the nu clear“Mydispute.enemy is my friend” when interests coincide, he said with a chuckle.“It’scertainly a major question,’’ Taylor added, referring to nuclear waste storage. “Tens of thousands of tons of nuclear waste” must be disposed of “and there’s no author ity in the Nuclear Waste Policy Act to license interim storage,’’ he said. “All they can license is a permanent repository’’ at Yucca Mountain, a project that has been mothballed for more than a decade and faces strong bipartisan opposition.
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“The woke left is going full throt tle in their mission to change every facet of American life, businesses and erode our democratic institu tions to suit their liberal agenda,” Morrisey said. “The Biden adminis tration wants to radically transform the SEC and other agencies run by unelected bureaucrats and make them champions of climate change, regardless of what those agencies’ functions are.’’ Biden, he added, “is creating a federal bureaucracy to suit his agenda.”Aspokesperson for the SEC did not respond to requests for comment.
By Janet McConnaughey The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun scattering millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes over 13 states from Maine to Alabama. The major aim is to keep rac coons from spreading their strain of the deadly virus to states where it hasn’t been found or isn’t wide spread, said field trial coordina tor Jordona Kirby. The USDA is also continu ing tests of a vaccine approved in Canada to immunize skunks as well as raccoons, said Kirby of Wildlife Services, which is part of the agriculture department’s An imal and Plant Health Inspection Service.Rabies is spread through an infected animal’s saliva, usual ly through bites. However, sali va that gets into the eyes, nose or mouth can also infect someone, according to the Centers for Dis ease Control and Prevention. Thirteen people in South Car olina were considered potential ly exposed in March because they had bottle-fed or given medi cine to a sick calf that turned out to have rabies, said Dr. Michael Neault, the state veterinarian. Globally, the virus kills 60,000 people a year, most bitten by dogs, the World Health Organi zationThat’sstates.about the same number that get shots to prevent rabies in the U.S. after being bitten or scratched by an infected or possi bly infected animal, according to theStateCDC.and local pet vaccina tion laws mean the virus is mostly spread by wildlife in the U.S.
The Su preme Court’s landmark ruling on climate change could have impli cations for a range of other issues, including a case involving nucle ar waste storage and a proposal re quiring companies to disclose how climate risk affects their businesses, advocates across the political spec trumTwosay.Republican attorneys gen eral — including the West Virginia official who successfully challenged Environmental Protection Agen cy rules restricting greenhouse gas emissions by power plants — say the Supreme Court ruling applies more broadly to other executive branch actions. And in at least one case, environmental groups appear to agree.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says the court’s June 30 rul ing, which limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emis sions, can be used to block a federal license issued to a private facility to store radioactive waste in his state. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, fresh off a win in the climate case, says he will chal lenge a proposal by the Securities and Exchange Commission to re quire companies to report on their climate risks, including those relat ed to the physical impact of storms, drought and higher temperatures caused by global warming. The court’s 6-3 ruling said EPA violated the “major questions” doc trine in regulating greenhouse gas emissions by power plants. The de cision held that Congress must speak with specificity when it wants to give an agency authority to reg ulate on an issue of major national significance.Several conservative justices have criticized what they see as the unchecked power of federal agen cies.Some legal experts suggested the Supreme Court ruling also might be cited in challenges to President Joe Biden’s announcement last week that the administration would pro vide $10,000 in student debt can cellation for millions of Americans — and up to $10,000 more for those with the greatest financial need. In the Texas case, Paxton con tended in a court filing soon after the Supreme Court ruling that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission lacked specific direction from Con gress when it licensed a private com pany to temporarily store spent, ra dioactive waste in west Texas near the border with New Mexico. The court ruling in West Virginia v. EPA “confirms that this case im plicates the major questions doc trine,” Paxton’s office said in a let ter to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is hearing the state’s challenge in the nuclear case.
The NRC, in a legal filing in the 5th Circuit case, said the Texas li cense is not an example of overreach because the agency has “longstand ing” authority on the issue, includ ing in the 1954 Atomic Energy Act.
This photo taken Nov. 1, 2018, shows veterinarian Amy Keith giving Lincoln a rabies shot at Valley West Veterinary Hospital in Charleston, W.Va.
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By Matthew Daly The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. —
The national rabies control program started in 1997 in Texas, where coyotes were spreading the canine variant of the virus, Kir by Shesaid.said vaccine drops elimi nated that variant in 2004. Three years later, the CDC declared the nation free of canine rabies. That doesn’t mean unvaccinat ed pets are safe. Canine rabies is among more than 20 variants — seven found in terrestrial mam mals and more than 13 in species of bats, said rabies control pro gram coordinator Richard Chip man. A bite from an animal infect ed with any variant can make any other mammal sick. Scratches oc casionally do so, since animals lick their paws. A three-year program in Ari zona and New Mexico eliminated a bat rabies strain in foxes, Kirby said. And Texas, with help from USDA, dropped 1.1 million baits along the Mexican border in Jan uary to keep coyotes from bring ing the canine variant back. Raccoons are the main rabies reservoir in 18 states along and near the East Coast and skunks in 21 others, according to data from 2020, the latest year available. Bats made up 31% of the nearly 4,500 animals found with rabies in 2020. But since nearly all of the 40-plus bat species found in the U.S. eat insects and the rest drink nectar or eat fruit, oral vaccines would be much trickier. Some scientists have speculat ed that bats could be vaccinated during hibernation, perhaps with a fine mist or with a gel that could be transferred from bat to bat, Chipman said. Early research is testing the idea in vampire bats, which live in Mexico and Central and South America and might spread such a vaccine within a colony by grooming each other. Rabid wildlife isn’t just a ru ral problem. A rabid fox on Cap itol Hill was caught less than 24 hours after the first report in April. By then, about a half-dozen people had reported bites or nips to U.S. Capitol Police, but oth ers may have gone to other agen cies, a Capitol Police spokesper son said by email. Raccoon rabies campaigns started in August in parts of northern Maine, western Penn sylvania, West Virginia and southwestern Virginia. The 348,000 Raboral V-RG baits in Maine and 535,000 in the three other states are being dropped from planes in rural areas and from vehicles in urban and sub urban areas. In all, about 3.75 million pack ets — coated with a fishmeal at tractant or encased in 1-inch (2.5-centimeter) fish meal cubes — will be distributed in nine states, ending when 1.1 million are dropped in Alabama in Oc tober.The vaccine has been found safe for more than 60 kinds of animals including domestic dogs and cats. Eating a large num ber of vaccine packets might give dogs an upset stomach but wouldn’t cause any permanent problem, APHIS says. About 3.5 million doses of the experimental vaccine Onrab are being distributed in parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Tennessee — which also are get ting the approved vaccine — plus four other states. Onrab comes in blister packs with green, marshmallow-fla vored coating. Wildlife Services hopes it may be approved next year in spite of lingering pandem ic-related delays.
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Robert Howell April 9, 1931 ~ August 23, 2022 Robert Lee Howell, 91, of the Red Hill community, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022. Mr. Howell was born on April 9, 1931 in Anson County to the late Jones Edward and Eddie Lee Howell He proudly served in the United States Army. He was the the terminal manager with Morven Freight Lines until retirement. He was an active member of the Ansonville Fire Department where he retired after 20Robertyears. loved his family and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren. He enjoyed working in his garden and then giving away his produce to his friends and family. He was a generous soul who always made sure others were taken care of and provided for. After retirement, he could be found daily tending to Randall Store in Egg Town. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Lucille Baucom Howell; his daughter, Glenda Howell; brothers: Donald and Edward Howell; and sisters: Rebecca Sells and Matilda Hinson.Heis survived by his daughters, Sheila Huneycutt (Eddie) of Norwood, Sandra Faircloth of Ansonville, and Shelby Howell of Ansonville; three grandchildren: Adam Faircloth, Dalton Hill, and Ava Hill; sisters: Audrey Moore (Wilson) and Lina Sikes (Bobby); and numerous nieces and nephews.
September 23, 1943 ~ August 21, 2022
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Roy Evans Smith, 70, of Albemarle, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at Atrium Health
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Gae Smith Armstrong died peacefully surrounded by her children on August 27th after a five-year journey with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born May 9, 1937, in Mt. Airy, NC to Edgar and Grace Smith. She was one of seven children and spent her early years on a dairy farm where she developed a love for the earth. She was the Valedictorian of Beulah High School and after graduation moved to WinstonSalem, NC where she attended the Baptist Hospital School of Nursing. It was there she met George Herbert Armstrong.
Stanly.Mr.Smith was born on February 23, 1952 in Stanly County to the late Boone Gaddy and Omar Lee Smith. He was a mechanic for most of his life.In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his brothers: Jim and Luther Smith; and sister Dorothy Swaringen. He is survived by his sister, Betty Bigelow of Albemarle; brothers: David Smith, Danny, Smith, and Billy Smith, all of Albemarle; and nieces Tammy Chaney, Lynn Medlin, and Cheyann Smith.
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Revonne Bowers Hatley, 84, of Albemarle, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at Taylor House in Albemarle.Mrs.Hatley was born April 15, 1938, in Albemarle, North Carolina to the late Carlie Lee Bowers and the late Edith Burleson Bowers. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ted Hatley; brothers, Calvin Bowers of Albemarle, NC and Micky Bowers of Albemarle, NC.Mrs. Hatley is survived by her daughter, Cathy Deal and husband, Mark of Albemarle, NC; a sister, Monica Layton and husband, Kenny of Albemarle NC; a brother, Hurley Bowers of Albemarle NC; three grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.
May 17, 1946 ~ August 27, 2022 Jessie Owen, 76, of Oakboro, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2022 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Jessie was born May 17, 1946 in Georgia to the late Jessie Clifton Owen Sr. and the late Gertrude Wehunt Owen. He was also preceded in death by son, Jeffery Owen; grandson, Mason Doby; and special nephew, Lamont Knotts.Survivors include wife, Margaret Griffin Owen of the home; children, Crystal (Scotty) Tompkins of Gainesville, GA, Angela Owen of Athens, GA, Mike (Jessica Stroud) Doby of Oakboro, NC, Marcus (Sonya) Doby of Oakboro, NC, and Jessica Owen of Wisconsin; grandchildren, Austin (Erin) Tompkins, Hunter Doby, Haley (Cameron) Burleson, Marlee Doby, Brice Owen-Jansen, Lexi Owen, Brooke Sousa, and Casey Hartsell; great-grandchildren, Blakelee, Delilah, and Riverlynne; siblings, William Owen, Glenda (Joel) Segars, Sue Yarbrough, and Danny (Deborah) Owen, all of Gainesville, GA; daughter-in-law, Alyssa Green; brother-in-law, Roy Griffin; sister-inlaw, Linda Baucom; many nieces and nephews; special nephew, William Griffin; and special family friend, Sybil Austin.
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Evelyn “Sis” Hopkins, 97, went to be with her Lord and Savior, loved ones, and family friends who are already there. She went peacefully on Monday, August 22, surrounded by family and friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel D. Hopkins, in 2016, and one son, Bobby Dale Hopkins, in 2001, sister, Nellie Honeycutt Thorpe and her husband, Robert, her sister in law, Dorothy Crump and her daughter in law, Mary Sue Hopkins. She is survived by one son, John P. Hopkins; her sister, Betty Lou Honeycutt and brother in law, Bid Crump. Also her extended family, Pat Harrison of Mount Gilead, Jerry Thompson of Star, and Dr. Robert Morgan of Rutherfordton. Eyelyn’s greatest joy was her family and friends, spending time with them in person and on the phone, sending cards, praying for them, and studying her Bible.
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January 16, 1946 ~ August 26, 2022 Alvie Boles, 76, of Albemarle, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, August 26, 2022, surrounded by loved ones. Alvie was born January 16, 1946, in Richmond County, NC, to the late Daniel Ratio Dennis and the late Mary Belle Boles. He was also preceded in death by grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Alvie retired as a truck driver after owning and operating A.R. Boles Trucking for over 30 years. He worked for BLM Group Inc. from 2015 to 2021. In earlier years, Alvie enjoyed tractor pulling and was known for his truck “The Red Mule”. He was a member of the American Poolplayers Association and spent many nights shootin’ at Smokin’ Cue in Charlotte, NC. His pride and joy was his motorcycle and recently completed building his own HarleyDavidson Trike. He enjoyed Bike Week at Myrtle Beach and Daytona, Florida.Alvie loved his family and friends. He cherished and adored his wife, the love of his life. He loved his sister, sons, and Survivorsgrandson.include his beloved wife of 19 years, Susi Boles of Albemarle, NC; sister, Shirley (Scott) Patrick of Hamlet, NC; son, Bren (Justin) Hipp of Locust, NC; son, Sven (Amanda) Hipp of White Hall, AR; grandson Jensen Hipp of White Hall, AR; niece Nikki Patrick (Jeff) of Hamlet, NC; great niece Whitney Gaddy (Kevin) and great, great nephew Jaxon Gaddy of Hamlet; cousin Gary Pickler of New London, NC.
George and Gae moved to Madigan Air Force Base in Washington State for a short time before returning to Mt. Gilead, NC where they made their home. Gae’s first priority was always her family. She was a proud mom and “Mimi” and loved spending time with all her family on Lake Tillery. She is survived by her children, Cathy Cochran (Buck), Bert Armstrong (Melanie), and Emily Roberts (Scott) her grandchildren Cameron Cochran (Brian), Trey Cochran, Robert Armstrong, Jenni Armstrong, and Mark Morley as well as her sisters Dorothy Hicks and Ina Edmiston. She also treasured time with many in-laws, cousins, nieces and nephews. Cathy, Bert, and Emily will be forever grateful for the loving care of all the staff at Heritage Greens as well as the guidance and support of the staff of AuthoraCare and First Light Home care who were part of her journey.
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October 17, 1929 ~ August 28, 2022 Helen Hartsell Parker, 92, of Albemarle, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2022 at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. Helen was born October 17, 1929 in North Carolina to the late Farrington Houston Hartsell and the late Lela Whitley Hartsell. She was also preceded in death by husband of 56 years, Craven Brantley Parker; son, Joel Wayne Parker; and siblings, Evelyn Hartsell, Clyde Hartsell, Ruby Whitley, Boyce Hartsell, and Claudine “Deaner” Corl. Survivors include children, Ronnie (Audrey) Hartsell, Tim (Sharon) Parker, Sylvia (Pat) Medlin, and Neal (Capri Williams) Parker; grandchildren, Sherry, Ronnie Ray, Steve, Melissa, Emily, Darrell, Tonya, Teresa, and Ricky; greatgrandchildren, Stephanie, Chase, Mason, Grace, Jacob, Mikayla, Andrew, Alainna, Zoie,Wyatt, Abby, Ryan, Blake, Brantley, Alston, and Bryson; 5 great-great-grandchildren; sister, Clara Jean Furr; daughterin-law, Kristi Almond and her sons, Bradley and Tyler; and many nieces and nephews.
Darrell Douglas Lee, aged 78 years, of Oakboro died Sunday night at 11:03 pm August 21st 2022 at the Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House in Salisbury.Darrell was born on September 23rd 1943 in Norwood to the late Clara Hudson Tucker and Jesse Tucker. Darrell was a 1961 graduate of Norwood High School and was a member of BIg Lick Baptist Church in Oakboro.Darrelland his high school sweetheart Brenda Hatley were married on January 13th 1962 in Chesterfield County South Carolina and were married for over 60 years. Darrell enrolled in the Winston Salem Barber School in 1965 and he and Brenda lived in Clemmons and later Gastonia until moving back to Stanly County in 1970 when Darrell began work at Pitney Bowes Office Equipment Company in Charlotte. Following retirement from Pitney Bowes after 19 year so of service Darrell purchased the Mt. Pleasant Barber Shop from his Uncle Carl Hudson.Darrell is survived by his wife of 60 years Brenda Hatley Lee, two sons J.David Lee of Southern Pines and Benjamin Douglas Lee of Red Cross and his brother Rodney Lewis Lee of Norwood. Memorials can be made to Hospice of Stanly and the Uwharries, 960 North 1st Street, Albemarle, North Carolina 28001 or the Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House, 1229 Statesville Blvd. Salisbury, North Carolina 28144.
Cassandra Tarleton McFarlane, 56, of Midland, passed away Monday, August 8, 2022, at Atrium Health Cabarrus in Concord. Mrs. McFarlane was born March 27, 1966, in Dougherty, Georgia to the late James Edward Tarleton and the late Martha Lou Ellis Tarleton. She was also preceded in death by her eldest brother Tony Tarleton and her brother Kenneth Tarleton. Survivors include husband, Stuart Martin McFarlane of Midland, NC; children, Patrick and Madison McFarlane of Midland, NC; and brother, Bruce Tarleton of Missouri.Memorials may be made to Providence Church of God,12474 NC 24-27 Hwy., Locust, NC 28097.
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AP PHOTO Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, right, talks with Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard, center, and Federal Reserve Bank of New York president and CEO John Williams, left, at the central bank’s annual symposium in Grand Teton National Park Friday, Aug. 26, in Moran, Wyo.
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Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan speaks at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, in Greensboro, April 14.
The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agen cy moved Friday to designate two “forever chemicals” used in cook ware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, a step that would clear the way for quicker cleanup of the toxic com pounds, which have been linked to cancer and other health problems. Designation as a hazardous sub stance under the so-called Super fund law doesn’t ban the chemi cals. But it requires that releases of PFOA and PFOS into soil or water be reported to federal, state or trib al officials if they meet or exceed certain levels. The EPA could then require cleanups to protect public health and recover cleanup costs. PFOA and PFOS have been vol untarily phased out by U.S. man ufacturers but are still in limited use and remain in the environment because they do not degrade over time. The compounds are part of a larger cluster of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS that have been used in consumer products and in dustry since the 1940s. The term is short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which have been used in nonstick frying pans, water-re pellent sports gear, stain-resistant rugs, cosmetics and countless oth er consumer products. The chemicals can accumulate and persist in the human body for long periods of time, and evidence from animal and human studies indicates that exposure to PFOA or PFOS may lead to cancer or other health“Communitiesproblems. have suffered far too long from exposure to these forever chemicals,’’ EPA Admin istrator Michael Regan said in a statement Friday. “The action an nounced today will improve trans parency and advance EPA’s ag gressive efforts to confront this pollution.”Underthe proposed rule, “EPA will both help protect communities from PFAS pollution and seek to hold polluters accountable for their actions,’’ Regan said. The rule is ex pected to become final next year. The Superfund law allows the EPA to clean up contaminated sites and forces parties responsi ble for the contamination to either perform cleanups or reimburse the government for EPA-led cleanup work. When no responsible party can be identified, Superfund gives EPA money and authority to clean up contaminated sites.
The EPA said in a statement that it is focused on holding responsi ble companies that manufactured and released significant amounts of PFOA and PFOS into the envi ronment and will not target indi vidual landowners or farmers “who may have been inadvertently im pacted by the contamination.’’
The agency also said it is committed to further outreach and engagement to hear from communities affected by PFAS pollution. Erik Olson, a health and food expert at the Natural Resourc es Defense Council, called the an nouncement an important step to clean up hundreds of contaminat ed sites across the country and pro tect millions of families exposed to the toxic “Listingchemicals.PFOA and PFOS as hazardous under Superfund law should allow EPA to hold pollut ers responsible for that contami nation,” he said. “Ratepayers and public utilities should not be foot ing the bill for industry’s decades of wonton use of these dangerous chemicals.”Sen.Shelley Moore Capito, R-W. Va., said she supports strong action to address PFAS contamination in West Virginia and across the coun try but was concerned about “the unintended consequences that to day’s proposal could have.’’ If finalized, “property owners, farmers, employers, essential util ities and individuals may be liable for unknowingly having PFAS on their land, even if it was there years or even generations prior to owner ship and came from an unknown source,’’ Capito said. She urged the EPA to develop an enforceable drinking water stan dard to promote the health and safety of all Americans.
The EPA’s action follows a recent report by the National Academies of Science that calls PFAS a serious public health threat in the U.S. and worldwide. It comes after an EPA announcement in June that PFOA and PFOS are more dangerous than previously thought and pose health risks even at levels so low they cannot currently be detected.
By Christopher Rugaber The Associated Press JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark warning Friday about the Fed’s determina tion to fight inflation with more sharp interest rate hikes: It will likely cause pain for Americans in the form of a weaker economy and job“Theselosses. are the unfortunate costs of reducing inflation,” Pow ell said in a high-profile speech at the Fed’s annual economic sym posium in Jackson Hole. “But a failure to restore price stability would mean far greater pain.” Investors had been hoping for a signal from Powell that the Fed might soon moderate its rate in creases later this year if inflation were to show further signs of eas ing. But the Fed chair indicated that that time may not be near, and stocks tumbled in response. Runaway price increases have soured most Americans on the economy, even as the unemploy ment rate has fallen to a half-cen tury low of 3.5%. It has also creat ed political risks for President Joe Biden and congressional Demo crats in this fall’s elections, with Republicans denouncing Biden’s $1.9 trillion financial support package, approved last year, as having fueled inflation. Some on Wall Street expect the economy to fall into recession lat er this year or early next year, af ter which they expect the Fed to reverse itself and reduce rates. A number of Fed officials, though, have pushed back against that notion. Powell’s remarks suggested that the Fed is aim ing to raise its benchmark rate — to about 3.75% to 4% by next year — yet not so high as to tank the economy, in hopes of slowing growth long enough to conquer high“Theinflation.ideathey are trying to hammer into the market’s head is that their approach makes a rapid pivot to (rate cuts) unlikely,” said Eric Winograd, an economist at asset manager AllianceBernstein. “They are going to stay tight even when it hurts.” After raising its key short-term rate by a steep three-quarters of a point at each of its past two meet ings — part of the Fed’s fastest se ries of hikes since the early 1980s — Powell said the Fed might ease up on that pace “at some point,” suggesting that any such slowing isn’tPowellnear. said the size of the Fed’s rate increase at its next meet ing in late September — wheth er one-half or three-quarters of a percentage point — will de pend on inflation and jobs data. An increase of either size, though, would exceed the Fed’s traditional quarter-point hike, a reflection of how severe inflation has become. Since March, the Fed has im plemented its fastest pace of rate increases in decades to try to curb inflation, which has punished households with soaring costs for food, gas, rent and other necessi ties. The central bank has lifted its benchmark rate by 2 full per centage points in just four meet ings, to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%. Those hikes have led to high er costs for mortgages, car loans and other consumer and busi ness borrowing. Home sales have been plunging since the Fed first signaled it would raise borrowing costs.InJune, the Fed’s policymakers signaled that they expected their key rate to end 2022 in a range of 3.25% to 3.5% and then to rise further next year to between 3.75% and 4%. If rates reached their projected level at the end of this year, they would be at the highest point since 2008. Powell is betting that he can en gineer a high-risk outcome: Slow the economy enough to ease infla tion pressures yet not so much as to trigger a recession. At its meeting in July, Fed pol icymakers expressed two com peting concerns that highlighted their delicate task. According to minutes from that meeting, the officials — who aren’t identified by name — have prior itized their inflation fight. Still, some officials said there was a risk that the Fed would raise borrow ing costs more than necessary, risking a recession. If inflation were to fall closer to the Fed’s 2% target and the economy weakened further, those diverging views could become hard to reconcile. At last year’s Jackson Hole sym posium, Powell listed five reasons why he thought inflation would be “transitory.” Yet instead it has per sisted, and many economists have noted that those remarks haven’t agedPowellwell. indirectly acknowl edged that history at the outset of his remarks Friday, when he said that, “at past Jackson Hole con ferences, I have discussed broad topics such as the ever-changing structure of the economy and the challenges of conducting mone tary“Today,”policy.”he said, “my remarks will be shorter, my focus narrow er and my message more direct.”
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The agency issued nonbinding health advisories that set health risk thresholds for PFOA and PFOS to near zero, replacing 2016 guidelines that had set them at 70 parts per trillion. The chemicals are found in products including cardboard packaging, carpets and firefighting foam and increasingly found in drinking water.
The American Chemistry Coun cil, which represents major chem ical companies, called the EPA’s proposal “an expensive, ineffective and unworkable means to achieve remediation for these chemicals.’’ Listing the chemicals under Su perfund could harm local fire de partments, water utilities, small businesses, airports and farmers, the group said. “The proposed (Su perfund) designation would im pose tremendous costs on these parties without defined cleanup standards,’’ the council said in a statement.TheEPA said it expects to pro pose national drinking water reg ulations for PFOA and PFOS later this year, with a final rule expect ed in 2023.
Powell: Fed’s inflation fight could bring ‘pain,’ job losses
EPA to designate ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous substances
Lara Chavis and the Hope of Eastside helped youth in the community prepare for the new school year by giving away school supplies and providing free haircuts Aug. 25 at Fraizer Park in Asheboro. Most schools in Randolph County opened Monday for classes.
US Rep. Richard Hudson stops at YMCA in Asheboro
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Congressman Richard Hudson reads a book to youth during a summer day camp at the RandolphAsheboro YMCA last week.
Randolph Record ASHEBORO — Congressman Richard Hudson expressed his vision for expanding the influ ence of the Randolph-Asheboro YMCA during a visit last week. Hudson saw a glimpse of how the facility serves residents in the region.“The Randolph-Asheboro YMCA is a vital part of our com munity, serving residents of all ages and backgrounds,” Hudson said. “I enjoyed seeing the facil ity firsthand and reading to stu dents, as well as discussing ways to support the YMCA’s growth with local leaders and employees through grants and other initia tives.”Hudson took a tour of the fa cility and met with members of the youth summer day camp. North Carolina Rep. Pat Hur ley was in attendance. Ran dolph-Asheboro YMCA execu tive director Patrick O’Hara led theHudsontour. said federal grants could support the endeavors of the Randolph-Asheboro YMCA in the future. He has been on past board member for a local YMCA. “We’re happy to identify op portunities,” Hudson said. “Any thing we can do to help you all be successful, we want to be part of it.”Hudson is an incumbent can didate in the new 9th Congressio nal district, which includes Ran dolphTheCounty.YMCA’s Labor Day hours will be 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday. However, the facility’s pool is closed through Sept. 5 for annual maintenance. It closed Aug. 26.
Second year means more identity for Trinity school
“Everybody was kind of try ing to feel their way,” Barr said. “You’re getting the culture of a new school worked out.” Classes began this week for the new school year in the Randolph County School System. Trinity Middle School, with sixth, seventh, and eighth grad ers, had about 530 students last year, and a similar number is an ticipated for this school year.
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Man charged with stealing 1K gallons of gas A man from Bunnlevel is facing multiple felony charges after stealing 1,000 gallons of gasoline from a Randolph County gas station. On July 9, the county Sheriff’s Office responded to the Handy Hugo gas station on Hwy 64 East in Asheboro in reference to a possible larceny/ theft of fuel in progress. When deputies eventually caught up with the suspect, who was identified as Jeffrey Bryan Miller, he suffered a medical event and was transported to the local hospital by Randolph County EMS. During the investigation of Miller’s vehicle, a large tank was located in the bed with a black hose running to a compartment on the driver’s side of the bed. Based on the evidence, the Criminal Investigations Division was able to obtain a warrant for Miller for Felony Larceny and Felony Possession of Stolen Goods. He was also charged with carrying a concealed weapon found prior to his transport by EMS.
By Bob Sutton Randolph Record ARCHDALE — Year 2 for Trin ity Middle School has arrived, and it should feel more like home for students and staff. “It does,” principal Aaron Barr said. “It’s a continuation of last year.”Ayear ago, the opening of the new school was a special occasion, though it also came with normal challenges. There was a merging of students from previous schools that became part of the process.
The creation of Trinity Mid dle School meant the end of Brax ton Craven School and the renam ing of Archdale-Trinity Middle School to Wheatmore Middle School. Previously, those two middle schools were feeders to Trinity High School and Wheat more High School. Now, Trinity Middle School funnels students to Trinity High School.Sothere was a transition peri od for numerous reasons last year. “You’re still finishing things up,” Barr said. “There are some finishingInsteadtouches.”ofsome of the gener ic tone that greeted students last summer, there are more areas displayed with the school colors that incorporate blue, black, and white. It’s probably more appar ent that the school mascot is the Bulldogs.“It’snot a plain wall,” Barr said. “Now we’ve gotten to put their personality on it.” The school, which is the new est campus in the RCSS, lists three administrators and about 30 teachers among the staff. Barr had been principal at Hopewell Elementary School prior to mov ing to the position at the new mid dleTrinityschool.Middle School is hold ing a clean-up day at the athlet ics fields in an effort to spruce up those areas. Volunteers are asked to bring weed eaters and tools to assist in the process, which is set to begin at 9 a.m. Sept. 10 at the football and baseball/softball fields. A pizza lunch will be pro vided to those putting in the work.
Randolph County Schools require parents to opt out of corporal punishment Randolph County Schools recently sent out paperwork for parents to fill out, leaving many surprised to learn that the forms included a section pertaining to corporal punishment. Parents were expected to approve of or opt out of whether the school system could use the discipline method on their kids. Corporal punishment is the intentional infliction of physical pain as a form of disciplinary measure. Despite largely falling out of use, corporal punishment is still legal in 19 states, including North Carolina. According to School Board Policy, corporal punishment cannot take place in front of other students, and parents must be informed before the school can perform punishment.
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♦ Richardson, Erwin Quint Jr (M, 31), Arrest on charges of Felony Larceny and Possession of Stolen Goods, at 5471 Needhams Trail, Seagrove, on 07/14/2021.
♦ McQueen, James Allen Jr (M, 35), Arrest on charge of Possession of Marijuana up to 1/2 oz., Possession of drug paraphernalia, Failure to appeal on felony, failure to appear on misdemeanor, at 176 E. Salisbury St, Asheboro, on 07/13/2021.
♦ Georgia Bernice Siler, 89, of Siler City, died July 15, 2021, at her home.
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By Bob Sutton Randolph Record LIBERTY — A Goodwill In dustries store and donation cen ter opened in Liberty a few weeks ago, becoming the fourth such lo cation in Randolph County. “We are so excited to be part of the Liberty community and have already been blown away by the generosity of the donors in the area,” said Brady Craven, dis trict manager for Triad Goodwill. “Right when people saw our signs go up, we were welcomed with bags and literal truckloads of do nations.”Thestore has gently used and new clothing for all ages and books in addition to furniture, housewares, and shoes. Nearly all the new store’s em ployees are residents of the Liber ty area. That’s considered a bonus for the organization.
♦ Findley, Caleb Gabriel (M, 18), Arrested on charge of Breaking and or Entering, on 8/24/22, at 1611 Prospect St. ♦ Foster, Deondre Quashaun (M, 27), Arrested on charge of Possess Meth, Possess Drug Paraphernalia, on 8/25/22, at I-73/74/Spero Rd Exit. ♦ Pratt, Marqui Marcus (M, 31), Arrested on charge of Possess Marijuana Paraphernalia, on 8/24/22, at I-73/74 Asheboro.
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♦ Boggs, Matthew Harrison (M, 39), Arrest on charge of Misdemeanor Larceny, at 2587 Wayne White Rd, Pleasant Garden, on 07/14/2021.
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♦ Muehlbach, Stephen Lee Jr. (M, 38), Arrested on charge of Assault on a Female, on 8/22/22, at 6663 NC Highway 42 S. ♦ Baird, Joseph Bryan (M, 40), Arrested on charge of Fail to Work after Paid, on 8/22/22, at Randolph Co Courthouse.
♦ Roark, Justin Steven (M, 30), Arrest on charge of Possession of Meth, Possession with intent to manufacture, sell or distribute heroin, Simple possession of Schedule II, III, IV CS, Maintaining Place, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, at 1029 High Point Rd, on 7/13/2021. ♦ ♦ NOTICES
♦ James “Pops” Austin Hunsucker, Sr, age 82 of Troy, died August 21, 2022 at his home.
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By Bob Sutton Randolph Record ASHEBORO — Enrollment at Randolph Community College isn’t likely to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels right away despite a school official pointing out unprecedented financial incentives for potential students.
♦ Bolton McKee, James Henry (M, 47), Arrest on charge of Possession of Stolen Goods, at 6469 Clyde King Rd, Seagrove, on 07/15/2021.
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♦ Lynch, Detrick Lamont (M, 40), Arrest on charge of Misdemeanor Possession of Schedule VI CS, Possessiong of Stolen Motor Vehicle, at I-85 Exit 111, on 07/13/2021.
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“A lot of people think that we are just a thrift store, but there is so much more that we do, and we are so happy to extend our reach and have the opportunity to pro vide more services for those in need, thanks to this community,” CravenTriadsaid.Goodwill provides train ing and employment opportuni ties.Christine Gillies, market ing business manager for Tri ad Goodwill, said that with the Greensboro-Randolph megasite in the works and the expected population growth that could ac company that, it made Liberty targeted for a potential store. It’s the first Goodwill store in Liberty. Goodwill officials said the location was considered an underserved corridor between Burlington and Asheboro. The grand opening occurred Aug. 11 in a former Dollar Gen eral store on South Greensboro Street.“The store location was ba sically the only site available in town with access for donations,” according to information provid ed by Gillies. “Our primary objec tive with the sites is ease of access for donors. Our goal is to have a drive-thru on the side of the building in the future.” The building provides 8,000 square feet of retail space. Goodwill stores in Asheboro and Archdale opened in the 1990s, though multiple sites have been used for those. The current Asheboro store was built in 2005, while the Archdale location was purchased in 2021. A store opened in Randleman in 2006. Hours for the Liberty store are 10-7 p.m. Monday through Sat urday and from 1-6 p.m. Sunday. The donation center closes at 6 p.m. daily.
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♦ Hazelwood, Elizabeth (F, 44), Arrest on chage of Misdemeanor Larceny, at Hoover Hill Rd/Slick Rodk Mtn, on 07/14/2021.
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♦ Mitchell Ray Fisher, age 51 of High Point, died August 24, 2022 at his home. ♦ James Swann, age 66 of Randleman, died August 24, 2022 ♦ Jeffrey Michael Bryant, age 41 of Randleman, died August 22, 2022. ♦ Rickey Charles Glass, age 69 of Franklinville, died August 27, 2022.
♦ Thompson, James Joshua (M, 33), Arrested on charge of Assault of a Female, Communicating Threats, Interfere with Emergency Communications, two counts Second Degree Trespass, Injury to Personal Property, on 8/23/22, at 2038 Talmer Wright Rd.
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A fall semester at the two-year school in Asheboro would often have 2,600 to 3,000 students enrolled. At the beginning of this week, that number stood at about 1,900 with about a month to go before those classes start. Williams said there’s an effort to bolster enrollment. He cited the RCC Commitment Grant, a program designed as a funding mechanism to fill the gap that’s not covered by federal or state aid to “Therestudents.has never been a better opportunity to attend RCC and not have to worry about how to pay for it,” RCC president Dr. Robert Shackleford Jr. said. “We meet students exactly where they are and help them go as far as they can possibly Beginninggo.”with the fall semester, qualifying full-time students will be eligible for up to $1,000 perThatsemester.makes attending RCC the most enticing from a financial standpoint in the 16 years Williams has been at the school, he said. He previously worked in RCC’s financial aid office. “There’s never a better time to go back to college,” he said. For the current summer session, there’s enrollment of 915. That’s off slightly from the usual number that ranges up to 1,000, WilliamsTraditionalsaid. enrollment num bers have flattened, but it’s the number of high school students in programs designed for dual en rollment that has dropped, “We’re just not seeing the level of engagement that we had seen,” Williams said. RCC held a one-week break earlier this month amid the summer semester, which began May 24 and concludes July 26. Late registration for the fall semester runs through Aug. 10, with classes beginning Aug. 16. Still dealing with adjustments made because of the coronavirus pandemic, not all 2021 fall semester classes will be in person. Some will use a hybrid model with a mixture of face-to-faces sessions and virtual sessions. Many classes provide students with options on how to attend and participate, Williams said. for more students took advantage of the grand opening of the new store in
Chad Williams, vice president for student services at RCC, said a decline in high school students in dual enrollment has been the biggest reason for a dip. “Overall, we’re still seeing a decline in enrollment comparing to previous years prior to the pandemic,” Williams said. “I don’t know if we’ll get to numbers we’ve seen in previous fall semesters. … We’re reaching out to every student we can in every way we can.”
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This famous line by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reminds us that while government handouts may sound good, someone still has to foot the bill. Despite inflation remaining at a 40-year high, last week, President Biden announced his plan to unilaterally “cancel” hundreds of billions of dollars in federal student loan debt. This gimmick is little more than an attempt by Biden to boost his abysmal and well-deserved approval rating and will likely worsen our nation’s dire economic condition.What’smore, this debt will not magically go away but rather will be unfairly transferred to hardworking Americans across the country. According to the University of Pennsylvania Penn Wharton Budget Model, Biden’s student loan scheme could cost American taxpayers between $300-$980 billion. Yet, this tab will be paid primarily by those who either never went to college or have worked hard to pay off their own loans. Of the 332.4 million Americans, only around 45 million have student loan debt. Despite this, Biden and Democrats in Washington want to force you to pay this debt with your tax dollars. This big government socialist scheme is simply not fair. That’s why last month, I cosponsored the Fairness for Responsible Borrowers Act, a bill that will prevent the Departments of Education, Justice, or the Treasury from taking any action to “forgive” outstanding student loan balances and transfer the costs to you. Many are questioning if the president even has the legal authority to do this, including Nancy Pelosi, who last year said, “People think that the president of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. He can postpone, he can delay, but he does not have that power.”While the Democrats pursue overreaching political stunts that will hurt our economy and unfairly punish you and your family, Republicans are focused on long-term solutions to actually address the high cost of education and get our economy back on track. At the same time, we must also take steps to help protect the health and safety of our communities.
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Richard Hudson is serving his fifth term representing North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He currently serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee and in House leadership as the Republican Conference Secretary.
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The authors suggest packing the Union with more states, “reorganizing our legislature in ways that are more fairly representative of where people actually live and vote,” turning the Senate into a legislative vestigial organ without any actual power. At least they’re saying the quiet part out loud. The truth is that the Constitution is “antidemocratic” in the sense that it sets up a series of limits on what a democratically elected government can do. The Constitution is a charter of limited powers, delegated by the people and the states to the federal government; neither the people nor the state governments would ever have
consented to the sort of pure populism promoted by Doerfler and Moyn. The founders deplored the idea of an unfettered federal government ruled only by popular passions. That is why they put in place a system of checks and balances to forestall mob majoritarianism. They recognized a simple truth: that the best and most responsive government presides over homogeneous interests, generally locally, and that as we abstract rule away from the people, interests diverge. This means that as government abstracts away from the people, it ought to be granted less and less power. The Left hates the Constitution for precisely that reason. To the Left, the Constitution is a mere barrier against the utopian mission to restructure human relations and, ultimately, humanity itself. In this view, a large government is to be the leveling force among human beings, cramming down the views of one half of the country on the other half. Local governance is dangerous because it might lead to a diversity of viewpoints and practices; the federal government is the best available tool for shaping and molding. Dispense with the Constitution’s limits on the powers of the federal government, and suddenly transformational change becomes possible. The only problem is that such a viewpoint utterly disregards the history of human relations. A government that presides over 330 million human beings with a variety of different viewpoints on core moral issues is unlikely to rule either benevolently or successfully if granted the unfettered power to flatten a multiplicity of jurisdictions and ways of life. Limits are the key to both benevolence and success in governance. Dispensing with the Constitution may sound pleasing to those who seek drastic change on the greatest scale, but a drastic change of that nature typically looks more like tyranny than progress. Ben Shapiro, 38, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and Editor-in-Chief of DailyWire. com. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author; his latest book is “The Authoritarian Moment: How The Left Weaponized America’s Institutions Against Dissent.”
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Over the past few years, drug overdose deaths have surged across the United States. Much of this surge is driven by synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. The trafficking and usage of it continues to plague our communities in record numbers. In North Carolina alone, there were 3,759 deaths from opioid overdoses last year. This crisis is devastating families, overwhelming medical providers, and straining prevention and treatment efforts nationwide. To help combat this epidemic, I cosponsored the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021 and the HALT Fentanyl Act, bills that will help keep this deadly drug off the streets as well as improve addiction treatment services in communities nationwide. It is more important than ever that we get communities the resources they need to overcome this crisis, and I will continue working hard to make this happen. In addition to providing resources for communities in need, we must also stop these drugs from entering our communities in the first place. This starts by ending the Biden border crisis, which is spurring an influx of fentanyl and other deadly drugs into our country. Last month, roughly 2,100 pounds of fentanyl were seized by law enforcement at our southern border — a 202% increase from June and more than double the 780 pounds seized in July of last year. Washington Democrats’ open border policies have created an avenue for deadly, illicit drugs to enter the country, and it must be stopped. This is why I introduced the Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act, which will help stem the flow of this deadly drug through our border. Furthermore, I am pushing policies to secure our border, including reinstating the “remain in Mexico” policy, maintaining Title 42 authority, giving Customs and Border Patrol the resources and support it needs, and finishing the wall. Whether it’s our economy, public health, or the border, Democrats in Washington have continued to make the problem worse. I will continue to work hard to hold them accountable and promote common sense solutions that help make our communities safer, healthier, and more prosperous.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES recently published an op-ed calling for the end of the Constitution of the United States. The authors, Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn, teach law at Harvard and Yale, respectively. They argue that the Left’s progress has been stymied by constitutionalism itself. “The idea of constitutionalism,” they correctly write, “is that there needs to be some higher law that is more difficult to change than the rest of the legal order. Having a constitution is about setting more sacrosanct rules than the ones the legislature can pass day to day.” This, of course, orients the process of law toward the past: there are certain lines that simply cannot be crossed. And, as Doerfler and Moyn point out, “constitutionalism of any sort demands extraordinary consensus for meaningful progress.” And herein lies the problem for Doerfler and Moyn: constitutions “misdirect the present into a dispute over what people agreed on once upon a time, not on what the present and future demand for and from those who live now.” The solution, they say, lies in dispensing with the Constitution entirely; the proper solution to the Constitution is in “direct arguments about what fairness or justice demands.” After all, they admit, “It’s difficult to find a constitutional basis for abortion or labor unions in a document written by largely affluent men more than two centuries ago. It would be far better if liberal legislators could simply make a case for abortion and labor rights on their own merits without having to bother with the Constitution.” How can the Constitution be jettisoned?
“THE PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISM is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — A major public backlash coupled with the graphic details contained in a lawsuit alleging Matt Arai za’s involvement in a gang rape of a teenager last fall left Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane little choice but to release the team’s rookie punter on Saturday. The decision to cut ties with the 22-year-old represents a major re versal for the Bills, coming two days after they backed the player based on the findings of what the team called its “thorough exam ination” of the allegations filed in theAndlawsuit.itcomes less than a week after the Bills — while aware he was the target of a police investi gation — cleared the way for Ara iza to take over the punting duties by cutting returning veteran Matt Haack on Monday. “The last 48 hours have been very difficult for a lot of people. It’s been tough. And we sympathize with this whole situation, all the parties involved, this young wom an, what she went through,” Beane said during a 26-minute news con ference, while seated alongside coach Sean McDermott. “But at this time, we just think it’s the best move for everyone to move on from Matt and let him take care of this situation and fo cus on that. So, we’re gonna part ways there,” added Beane, a native of Norwood who attended UNC Wilmington and was with the Panthers from 1998 to 2016. Beane said the Bills were not aware of the allegations made against Araiza at the time they se lected him in the sixth round of the draft in April. And had they known, he said, they would have removed him from consideration. Araiza’s release begins to ease
Austin Dillon receives a hug from his grandfather and car owner Richard Childress, front left, in Victory Lane after Dillon won Sunday’s Cup Series race at Daytona.
“We just think it’s the best move for everyone to move on from Matt and let him take care of this situation and focus on that. So, we’re gonna part ways there.”
Bills GM Brandon Beane announcing the release of rookie punter Matt Araiza
SIDELINEREPORT
TENNIS Serena Williams wins 1st match at U.S. Open New York Serena Williams won her match in the first round of the U.S. Open, beating Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 Monday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion who turns 41 next month and has said she is ready to move on from her playing days. She will play again Wednesday. Her daughter, Olympia, who turns 5 on Thursday, wore white beads in her hair while sitting with her father and grandmother in the stands on Monday, a nod to her mom’s hairstyle when she won her first U.S. Open in 1999 at age 17.
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The playoffs begin next week at Darlington
The first round of the playoffs begin at Darlington next Sunday. Joey Logano won the May race at the track, with Ford and Chevy claiming 19 of the top 20 spots.
Matt Araiza is accused of being part of a gang rape last fall while he was at San Diego State
a crisis which has shaken the twotime AFC East champions. Mc Dermott was visibly upset while discussing the situation following a 21-0 preseason loss at Carolina on Friday night. “I’m hurt,” McDermott said. “It’s not easy to hear about some of the things that I’ve heard about over the last several hours. Haven’t slept a lot to be honest with you.” The Bills began distancing themselves from Araiza as ear ly as Friday when he was held out from playing. He instead watched the game from an undisclosed lo cation in the stadium rather than from the sideline along with his teammates.OnSaturday, Araiza was not present for practice even though the Bills said he was on his roster, while at the same time his No. 19 jersey was no longer available for sale on the Bills’ online store after being listed earlier in the day. Araiza’s only comment since the lawsuit was filed came in a state ment released by his agent during the game Friday.
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“The facts of the incident are not what they are portrayed in the lawsuit or in the press. I look for ward to quickly setting the record straight,” Araiza said. The lawsuit filed in San Diego County Superior Court accused Araiza and two San Diego State teammates of raping a then-17year-old girl at a Halloween party at an off-campus home where Ara iza had been living.
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NFL Ernie Zampese of ‘Air Coryell’ Chargers, Cowboys, dies at 86 La Mesa, Calif. Ernie Zampese, one of the architects of the Dan Fouts-led “Air Coryell” offense with the San Diego Chargers and Troy Aikman’s play-caller for the last of the Dallas Cowboys’ three Super Bowl titles in the 1990s, has died. He was 86. Zampese joined Don Coryell’s San Diego staff in 1979. Fouts and the Chargers led the NFL in yards passing six times in eight years. Zampese went to Dallas in 1994. The Cowboys won the Super Bowl a year later. Aikman calls Zampese “one of the brightest offensive minds in the history of the game.”
Dillon said. “You just never give up and have faith. We had some tough finishes this year, like Charlotte. I beat myself up over that. I made a good move and just didn’t finish it off. Today we finished it off.” Martin Truex Jr. was the big gest loser. Truex looked like he would secure the final postsea son berth when rain halted the race with 21 laps remaining, but he faded after the restart and al lowed Ryan Blaney to make up ground in a points scramble. Blaney finished seven spots be hind Truex in the race but three points ahead in the standings. “You just try to stay optimis tic,” Blaney said. “Definitely a roll er-coaster of emotions that ended on a high note.” Added Truex: “We gave away plenty of points throughout the season. It is what it is.” Dillon’s victory in the No. 3 Chevrolet was as stunning as Blaney’s comeback. Running 16th at the time of the crash, he turned onto the apron to avoid the 15-car melee between Turns 1 and 2 that was caused by a summer shower everyone saw coming. Cars start ed sliding sideways heading into the high-banked turn, a result of slick tires losing grip on wet as phalt.Daniel Suarez and Denny Hamlin were running 1-2 when the pack drove into the rain with 23 laps remaining. “Just throw the caution be fore the rain came,” Hamlin said, adding that “better officiating” is needed. “We had rain down the front, so about 10 seconds before we got into Turn 1, it was raining. I’m sure the fans felt it and then they watched us all pile in there.” For a second, it looked like 2014 series champion Kevin Har vick was going to make it through the mess and grab the lead as the caution flag flew. But then spin ning Ty Dillon — Austin’s little brother — sideswiped Harvick and knocked him into the wreck age.That allowed Austin Dillon, who started the day 19th in points, to essentially steal a playoff spot. It also created a controversial fin ish — should NASCAR have halt ed the race earlier? — and provid ed the kind of “Game 7” moment NASCAR wanted when it moved the regular season finale to un predictable Daytona in 2020.
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Dillon gets into playoffs with Daytona win, Blaney nabs last spot release rookie punter after rape allegation
Columbia, S.C. South Carolina’s live, crowing rooster mascot will have a new name this season — “The General.” The rooster was previously known as “Sir Big Spur,” but that had to be changed after a dispute between the bird’s old and new owners. The university did not own the rights to the mascot’s former name. “The General” comes from Revolutionary War general Thomas Sumter, who was known as “The Fighting Gamecock.” The live mascot has been a tradition at football and baseball games for some two decades alongside the human-sized “Cocky.”
The Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Austin Dillon’s wife was doing a rain dance during a lengthy weather delay in hopes of getting the skies to open up again and wash out the rest of the race. “I got upset,” Dillon said. “I said, ‘Don’t be doing that.’” There was no jinxing this one. Dillon avoided a massive wreck in the rain to take the lead before a red flag and returned more than three hours later to finish off an improbable victory at Daytona International Speedway and snag a playoff spot in the Cup Series’ regular season finale Sunday. Dillon passed Austin Cindric with three laps to go and was unchallenged down the stretch. It was an aggressive move that capped a drama-filled race and set off a wild celebration for a team that’s usually a factor at Daytona.“It’scrazy,”
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Montgomery Central at Randleman East Davidson at Trinity Providence Grove at Jordan-Matthews Eastern Randolph at Walkertown Wheatmore at Ledford
ASHEBORO — The Ashe boro volleyball team is moving practices and matches to South Asheboro Middle School from Sept.For8-26.the second season in a row, the Blue Comets have been displaced from the high school’s gym because of the massive construction and renovation project taking place on campus. The Blue Comets had been using North Asheboro Middle School as its home facility. This latest move comes as repairs to the gym floor at North Ashe boro Middle School are sched uled to begin next week.
GOOD STARTS Trinity’s volleyball team had only ten wins last year. It had half that many, with five across the first two weeks of this sea son.Wheatmore’s volleyball team avenged an early loss to East Davidson by picking up a road victory in four sets Monday night.In boys’ soccer, Wheatmore has secured shutouts in three of its first five games to produce a 3-0-2 record – all in non-con ference competition. Also, in soccer, Asheboro improved to 5-0 by winning its road opener with Monday night’s 5-2 triumph at Trinity. Cristian Benitez posted three goals in that game.
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Randolph Record SOPHIA — Blaise Brinkley re turned to Caraway Speedway and won the Late Models feature Sat urdayBrinkley,night. who was the 2021 track champion in the division, finished ahead of current points leader Coy Beard. Tommy Neal was third, followed by Blake Bledsoe and Dylan Ward. In Mini Stocks, Patrick Mul len claimed the checkered flag ahead of Adam Thomas and Rudy Hartley. Mullen and Jimmy Crig ger were engaged in a battle at the front until an electrical issue with Crigger’s car put him out of con 35-lap Challenger race, Corey Rose secured the victory. Kenny Bost led for a chunk of the race but finished second ahead of Toby Layne, Brian Rose, and Mat thew Smith. Jaxson Casper was the fast qualifier. In the UCAR feature, Caleb Allred topped fast qualifier, Ron Mock, with Steven Collins in third place.Prior to the racing, five new members were inducted into Cara way Speedway’s Wall of Fame. The group included Archie Adams, Sr., Bob Labonte, Banner Shelton, Ronald Fox, and Wayne “Speedy” Thomas.The81-year-old
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Southwestern Randolph 49, South Stanly 13: At Norwood, Adam Cole scored four touchdowns, and Easton Clapp threw for three scores and ran for two more as the Cougars won their road opener.Cole scored on two receptions, a rushing play, and a punt return. Sean Adkins caught the other touchdown throw from Clapp. Clapp racked up 177 rushing yards and threw for 87 yards. “Defensively, we did a great job flying around the ball,” South western Randolph coach Seth BaxterSouthsaid.Stanly fell to 0-2.
ON TARGET Asheboro’s Salem Lee shot 1-over-par 36 on Monday at Asheboro Municipal Golf Course to claim medalist hon ors in the first Mid-Piedmont Conference match of the season. The Blue Comets placed sec ond, 21 shots behind Oak Grove, in the five-team competition.
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Five new members were inducted into Caraway Speedway’s Wall of Fame. The group included Archie Adams, Sr., Bob Labonte, Banner Shelton, Ronald Fox and Wayne “Speedy” Thomas.
Madison Burgiss, left, and Trinity teammate Karrington Batten make a play at the net during a match against Asheboro.
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Southwestern Randolph’s Grant Little heads for a big gain against South Stanly on Friday night.
Trinity avenged a 50-point loss to Forbush from last season. The Bulldogs are 2-0 for the first time since 2018. East Davidson 41, Wheatmore 0: At Thomasville, the Warriors were blanked as their record dropped to 0-2. East Davidson is 1-1.
Wildcats trounce Asheboro; SWR, Providence roll Brinkley secures Caraway win on induction night at track
Providence Grove 42, Southern Guilford 0: At Climax, Andrew Can ter threw two touchdown pass es, and Zane Cheek ran for two touchdowns for the host Patriots (2-0).Providence Grove benefit ted from six Southern Guilford turnovers. Brady Collins, Chase Whitaker, Zach Lohr, and Kar son Bowman had interceptions. Lemuel Coltrane and JC Cruz caught touchdown passes. Zan der Cheek and Whitaker also scored on touchdown runs. Southern Guilford is 0-2.
BIG GATHERING The North Carolina High School Athletic Association re ported the largest crowd for its Hall of Fame banquet in the organization’s history for last week’s gathering in Cary. The Hall of Fame classes for 2021 and 2022 were honored. More than 500 tickets were re served.
Adams com peted on the dirt at Caraway and won NASCAR division titles at the track. Adams accepted his mem bership plaque, then strapped into his No. 1sc Challenger division Chevy and turned 35 more laps on the Caraway asphalt. Fox was a winner of many rac es and titles at the speedway as a driver and crew chief. After ac cepting his award, he hopped over the pit wall and finished the prerace prep on the familiar No. 21 Late Model driven by Brandon Cox. Bob Labonte was the car own er for two sons, Bobby Labonte and Terry Labonte, who climbed the ranks to the NASCAR Cup championship. His ownership of cars driven by Bobby Labonte and grandson Justin Labonte at Cara way Speedway along with the sup port he gave to many other drivers at the track earned him a spot in the Wall of Fame. Bob La bonte was unable to attend the ceremonies due to health is sues, but his award was accepted by his son Bobby Labonte. Shelton died in 1976 but not be fore his contributions to racing at Caraway Speedway earned him the honors.Thomas, most just know him as “Speedy,” was one of the bestknown car owners in the Modified ranks for more than 40 years. His cars won many Modified features at Caraway Speedway. His drivers included Sam Ard, Paul Radford, Jimmy Spencer, Jimmy Hensley, and Billy Hensley, along with three of his drivers present at the track to help with the Wall of Fame in duction. Those included Hank Thomas, Satch Worley, and Frank Fleming.Thetrack’s next racing night comes Sept. 10 with Mini Stocks, Challengers, UCARs, Legends, Bandoleros, and the Grand Na tional Super Series.
Wheatmore senior Haley Pease spikes the ball during Monday night’s victory at East Davidson.
Central Davidson 46, Randleman 21: At Lexington, the visiting Ti gers surrendered nearly 500 rush ing yards in the setback. Central Davidson (2-0) led 35-7 at halftime. Amarion Moton had a 12-yard touchdown run in the first quarter for Randleman (1-1), while Tyshaun Goldston caught a 20yard touchdown pass from Chris tian Long to open the second-half scoring.Long finished 13-for-21 for 201 yards with an interception. Gold ston gained 60 yards on four car ries. Trinity 45, Forbush 21: At Trinity, the Bulldogs are 2-0 after topping visiting For bush (1-1) behind a strong perfor mance from Dylan Hodges. Hodges had 216 return yards, 109 receiving yards, and 75 rush ing yards. Quarterback Domi nic Payne ran for 154 yards and threw for 126 yards.
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Archie Adams Sr., center, receives recognition as he’s inducted into Caraway Speedway’s Wall of Fame on Saturday night.
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Randolph Record RAMSEUR — Ervodd Cassady scored on four touchdown runs as Eastern Randolph bashed visiting Asheboro 69-7 in Friday night’s non-conference football game. The Wildcats improved to 1-1 to maintain dominance in the se ries under veteran coach Burton Cates.Eastern Randolph scored 28 points in each of the first and sec ond quarters to build a 56-0 lead by halftime. Stratton Barwick threw for two touchdowns and ran for Nicahanother.Taylor returned an inter ception for a touchdown, marking one of the three pick-offs for East ern Randolph’s defense. He also made a touchdown reception. Asheboro dropped to 0-2.
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Trinity, volleyball Burgiss, a senior setter, has been a steady contributor as Trinity has gone on a good stretch early in the season. She helped the Bulldogs to three victories last week. It began when the Bulldogs avenged a loss to Asheboro by winning in three sets at home as Burgiss provided 28 assists. Burgiss recorded 31 assists as the Bulldogs swept Southern Guilford and then posted 21 assists in a three-set sweep of High PointTeammateCentral.Karrington Batten helped finish many of the assists from Burgiss by racking up 31 kills during the week. Kaitlyn McCoy had 29 kills during the same span, while Sarabeth Johnson notched 23 kills across the three matches. After dropping a season-opening match, the Bulldogs went on a five-match winning streak.
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Left ,Uwharrie Charter Academy’s Chloe Painter sets the ball as teammates prepare to react during a non-conference victory against visiting Ledford. Right, Addison Allen of the Asheboro girls’ golf team watches a shot during a match at Asheboro Municipal Golf Course.
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Julie Johnston, left, of Southwestern Randolph also provides a presence at the net as the Cougars won the match.
Left, Asheboro’s Wrath Jaimes Gomez, left, moves the ball ahead of Southwestern Randolph’s Pedro Ortiz. Asheboro won the game. Right, Eastern Randolph’s Yanes Jaimes directs the ball during one of the goals for the Wildcats as he’s defended by Southern Alamance’s Heinzen Amaya. Eastern Randolph won 6-4.
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Early scenes from prep season Sports competitions for the new school year began in mid-August. That means many teams have started their seasons with a variety of non-conference competitions. Here are a selection of photos from some of those events around Randolph County.
Southwestern Randolph’s Riley Key, right, makes a block on return from Asheboro’s Leah George during a non-conference match at Southwestern Randolph.
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March 20, 1960 — August 19, 2022
Nellie Frances Gatlin Freeman, 83, of Asheboro, died Thursday, August 25, 2022 at her home. Born in Randolph County, NC, on February 7, 1939, Nellie was the daughter of the late William Thomas Gatlin and Emma Rosa Deaton Gatlin. She married Wesley Freeman on August 27, 1955. She retired from Acme-McCrary Corporation and was a member of Center Cross Baptist Church. Nellie enjoyed cooking and she was a fabulous cook who made the best biscuits. She was a selfless woman who always put others needs ahead of her own. In addition to her parents, Nellie was preceded in death by her husband, Wesley Freeman; daughter-in-law, Gay Freeman; great grandson, Garrett Wesley Freeman; sisters, Clara Brewer, Pauline Bowman; brothers, Ralph Gatlin, Franklin Gatlin, Lester Gatlin, Lonnie Gatlin and Ernest Gatlin.Surviving are her daughter, Frances Freeman Johnson (Doug); sons, Lonnie Wesley Freeman, Thomas Neill Freeman (Vicki); brother, Charles Gatlin; grandchildren, Aaron Freeman (Stephanie), Travis Freeman, Justin Freeman, Kenzie Freeman, Hannah Freeman, Anna Freeman; great grandchildren, Renee Freeman, Thomas Freeman, Michael Freeman, Andrew Freeman, Hayden Freeman, Wesley Freeman, Jessie Lee Freeman, and Irissa Freeman.
Kathy Sue Freeman Hefner, 66, of Bear Creek passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2022. She was born in Chatham County on May 15, 1956, the daughter of Willie and Annie Mildred Brewer Freeman. She is survived by her children, Matthew Beck, Jody Beck and wife Kim, Nikki Tavoada and husband John, Jasmine H. Packer and husband Jerry, Andy Hefner, Matthew Hefner and wife Kristen; father, Willie Freeman; grandchildren, Caleb and Caitlin Odom, Autumn Browder, Lexi and Abby Beck, Landon, Paislee, and Everleigh Hefner, Rylan Tavoada; great grandchild, Kaelynn Browder; sisters, Ann Ray and husband Dale, Betty Stephens, and Tina Gaines and husband Steve; a host of nieces and nephews; and special family friend Frank White.
November 14, 1996 — August 20, 2022 Hunter Marie Williams, age 25, of Pleasant Garden passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2022 at Moses ConeHunterHospital.wasborn in Guilford County on November 14, 1996. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Ashton Sophia Cromer. Hunter was feisty and enjoyed life to the fullest. She enjoyed her dad bringing her food from Taco Bell and Bojangle’s and loved her Pepsi’s and frozen pizzas. Most of all, the love of her life were her daughters Kambree and Ashton. Hunter was an organ donor and because of that she was instrumental in saving the life of her aunt.She is survived by her mother, Shannon Martin Harris of Pleasant Garden; father, Kenny Williams (Jamie) of Randleman; daughter, Kambree Williams; sisters, Kallie Goudey (Kyle) of Randleman and Chasity Laughlin (Dylan) of Pleasant Garden; brother, Cody Martin (Rebecca) of Randleman; grandmothers, Linda Wicker of Randleman and Brenda Williams of Asheboro; and grandfather, Billy Martin of Florida; 2 nephews, 5 neices.
Rachel Elizabeth Futrell Coggins, age 98 of Troy, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, August 27, 2022, on what would have been the 72nd anniversary of their wedding date. Rachel was born in Montgomery County, NC on April 11, 1924 to the late Carl and Bessie Futrell. She was a member of Uwharrie United Methodist Church, Troy Women’s Club and the Historical Society. She loved her church, loved to garden, crafting, and fishing. After graduating Troy High School, she finished her degree at Hollingsworth Business College in Charlotte, and was employed in Asheville for three years, then Montgomery Hospital for 9 years, prior to starting her family. She was married to the late Donald Grey Coggins. They had two children: Donald Grey Coggins, Jr. (Karen) and Ellen Elizabeth Qualls (Rodney); three grandchildren: Kaitlyn Coggins, Emily Qualls Frame (Chris), and Hannah Qualls Dorsett (Mike); four great grandchildren: Mikayla, Madison, Benjamin, and Macie Frame. She had one sister Ruth Futrell Hall (2005), and surviving niece Barbara Whitt, and nephews Scott Hall and Joseph Hall.
February 7, 1939 — August 25, 2022
April 11, 1924 — August 27, 2022
Martha Smith Hall Honeycutt, 78, of Thomasville, passed away on August 22, 2022 at her home. She was born on September 13, 1943 to Herbert Lee and Angeline BellMarthaSmith.was a native of Randolph County and had a very giving heart. She enjoyed traveling, especially taking cruises, photography and making floral arrangements for friends and family. She was retired both from Jockey International and the Caraway Conference Center. Martha is survived by her spouse Charles Honeycutt and one sister, Nina Furr of Asheboro, NC; . She was preceded in death by her first husband: Clayburn Hall and children: Clay Hall and Darlene H. Wyrick.
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Melissa Jane Strang Earliwine, age 68 of Asheboro, passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family on Monday, August 22,Melissa2022. was born on December 8, 1953 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to James Harold and Jeanne Nuss Strang. Melissa was a graduate of Chatham Women’s College in Pittsburgh where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Education. She taught in a drug/alcohol recovery program in Guilford County, and most recently taught and retired as a math teacher at Randolph Community College. When she wasn’t teaching, she loved to garden flowers and take care of her numerous fur babies. Melissa was a huge Pittsburgh Steeler fan and loved celebrating different holidays with Christmas always being her favorite. She loved to putter around and keep busy with different projects around the house. Most of all, Melissa adored and cherished her grandchildren. In addition to her parents, Melissa is preceded in death by her sister, Varyl Jeanne Rager and her brother-in-law, LawrenceMelissaRager.issurvived by her loving husband of 49 years, Gary Earliwine; children, Jason (Cleveland Rayford) Earliwine of High Point, Scott (Jennifer) Earliwine of West Mifflin, PA, Bryan Earliwine of Asheboro, and Lesley Earliwine of Asheboro; grandchildren, Shelby, Lane, Wyatt; and her brother, James Lynn (Paulette) Strang of Cape Cod, MA, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Jon Christopher Dunn(Chris) passed away peacefully August 19, 2022 at Randolph Hospital. By his bedside, was his wife Teen(of 36 years), son Jon Christopher, Jr., daughter Kelsey Christeen and her fiancé Hunter Anthony. Chris was born March 20, 1960. He was the third child of the late Joan Powers Dunn and AC Dunn, Jr. Today his siblings Dr. Cleve Dunn(Mary), Beth Rush(late Scott Rush), and Derek Dunn(Ann) feel a great loss, as do his nieces Supplies.SupplieshisattheandgraduatedHighBrocdunn(Caroline),andMariann(J.D.),Megan(Jonathan),Joaniebeth(Zac),nephewsBrandunn(Karla),andDrake.ChrisgraduatedfromAsheboroSchoolin1978.In1980,ChrisfromWingateCollegecontinuedhiseducationatUniversityofNorthCarolinaChapelHill.HetrulyenjoyedcareerdaysatElliot’sOfficeandSandhillsOffice
May 15, 1956 — August 25, 2022
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August 26, 1939 — August 28, 2022 Helen Gregson passed from life at Morningside of Raleigh on August 28, 2022. She was born April 26,1939 in Randolph Co., NC to Hubert and Hazel (nee Barker) Gregson. She was the 11th of their 12 Helenchildren.graduated from Randleman High School in 1957 and entered the nursing program at UNC Chapel Hill in the fall of 1957. She received her BS degree in 1961. Helen began her life of service to others as a nurse in the US Navy from 1962-1964. There she met her husband, John G Miller. They were married from 1963-1970. Helen’s passions were her pets, staying active, and travel. She took several biking tours in Europe including ones in the USSR and Spain.Surviving are brother Clayton Gregson and wife, Rebecca; sisters Ola Brown and Marie Shoe; brother-in-law Charles Fields, and sisters-in-law Annie Lou and Elvin Gregson, nieces and nephews.
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Harvey Lee Haddock, 75, of Asheboro, passed away Friday, August 26, 2022 at Woodland Hill Center in Asheboro. Born on September 1, 1946 in Randolph County to the late Robert and Effie Haddock. Harvey attended Asheboro High School. He went in the Navy in 1965 and served for two years, and spent time in Vietnam. In 1968 he married Kay Wicker. He worked at Asheboro Fire Department for 30 plus years. He retired as a commander and then moved to Badin Lake, where he joined as a volunteer as an EMT for the Badin Lake EMS. The two traveled in America going to the lower 48 states. Harvey loved his classic cars, working on them, and taking the cars to car shows. He was an active member of Piedmont Mopar Club. Harvey was an active member of Oakhurst Baptist Church, where he loved keeping the vans running and keeping the building looking good. He is survived by his wife, Kay Wicker Haddock of the home; sister, Joyce Coleman; and niece, Betty Ann Owen.
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June 16, 1940 — August 20, 2022 Daniel Michael Przybylowski, age 89, of Asheboro passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2022 at his home.Mr. Przybylowski was born in Milwaukee, WI on June 16, 1940 to Leo Joseph and Lucy Bolleck Przybylowski, who preceded him in death. Daniel loved being selfemployed and had operated 18 businesses in his life. Daniel loved gardening.Heissurvived by his wife of 60 years, Susan Przybylowski; children, Beth Russell (Keith), Ann Marie Przybylowski, Charlie Przybylowski, Mary Jo Przybylowski (Javier Archila), and Joel Alexander Przybylowski (Laura Fischer); grandchildren, Michael, Lauren, Max, Lilias, Leo, Roland, Ana Bridgeeth, Gabriela, Lucia, and Benjamin; great grandchildren, Maria Elena, Mario David, Lucia Belen, and Nolan; sister, Catherine von Schwind; and several nieces and nephews.
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By Christopher Rugaber
The Associated Press JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark warning Friday about the Fed’s determina tion to fight inflation with more sharp interest rate hikes: It will likely cause pain for Americans in the form of a weaker economy and job“Theselosses. are the unfortunate costs of reducing inflation,” Pow ell said in a high-profile speech at the Fed’s annual economic sym posium in Jackson Hole. “But a failure to restore price stability would mean far greater pain.” Investors had been hoping for a signal from Powell that the Fed might soon moderate its rate in creases later this year if inflation were to show further signs of eas ing. But the Fed chair indicated that that time may not be near, and stocks tumbled in response. Runaway price increases have soured most Americans on the economy, even as the unemploy ment rate has fallen to a half-cen tury low of 3.5%. It has also creat ed political risks for President Joe Biden and congressional Demo crats in this fall’s elections, with Republicans denouncing Biden’s $1.9 trillion financial support package, approved last year, as having fueled inflation. Some on Wall Street expect the economy to fall into recession lat er this year or early next year, af ter which they expect the Fed to reverse itself and reduce rates. A number of Fed officials, though, have pushed back against that notion. Powell’s remarks suggested that the Fed is aim ing to raise its benchmark rate — to about 3.75% to 4% by next year — yet not so high as to tank the economy, in hopes of slowing growth long enough to conquer high“Theinflation.ideathey are trying to hammer into the market’s head is that their approach makes a rapid pivot to (rate cuts) unlikely,” said Eric Winograd, an economist at asset manager AllianceBernstein. “They are going to stay tight even when it hurts.” After raising its key short-term rate by a steep three-quarters of a point at each of its past two meet ings — part of the Fed’s fastest se ries of hikes since the early 1980s — Powell said the Fed might ease up on that pace “at some point,” suggesting that any such slowing isn’tPowellnear. said the size of the Fed’s rate increase at its next meet ing in late September — wheth er one-half or three-quarters of a percentage point — will de pend on inflation and jobs data. An increase of either size, though, would exceed the Fed’s traditional quarter-point hike, a reflection of how severe inflation has become. Since March, the Fed has im plemented its fastest pace of rate increases in decades to try to curb inflation, which has punished households with soaring costs for food, gas, rent and other necessi ties. The central bank has lifted its benchmark rate by 2 full per centage points in just four meet ings, to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%. Those hikes have led to high er costs for mortgages, car loans and other consumer and busi ness borrowing. Home sales have been plunging since the Fed first signaled it would raise borrowing costs.InJune, the Fed’s policymakers signaled that they expected their key rate to end 2022 in a range of 3.25% to 3.5% and then to rise further next year to between 3.75% and 4%. If rates reached their projected level at the end of this year, they would be at the highest point since 2008. Powell is betting that he can en gineer a high-risk outcome: Slow the economy enough to ease infla tion pressures yet not so much as to trigger a recession. At its meeting in July, Fed pol icymakers expressed two com peting concerns that highlighted their delicate task. According to minutes from that meeting, the officials — who aren’t identified by name — have prior itized their inflation fight. Still, some officials said there was a risk that the Fed would raise borrow ing costs more than necessary, risking a recession. If inflation were to fall closer to the Fed’s 2% target and the economy weakened further, those diverging views could become hard to reconcile. At last year’s Jackson Hole sym posium, Powell listed five reasons why he thought inflation would be “transitory.” Yet instead it has per sisted, and many economists have noted that those remarks haven’t agedPowellwell. indirectly acknowl edged that history at the outset of his remarks Friday, when he said that, “at past Jackson Hole con ferences, I have discussed broad topics such as the ever-changing structure of the economy and the challenges of conducting mone tary“Today,”policy.”he said, “my remarks will be shorter, my focus narrow er and my message more direct.”
AP PHOTO Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, right, talks with Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard, center, and Federal Reserve Bank of New York president and CEO John Williams, left, at the central bank’s annual symposium in Grand Teton National Park Friday, Aug. 26, in Moran, Wyo.
The agency issued nonbinding health advisories that set health risk thresholds for PFOA and PFOS to near zero, replacing 2016 guidelines that had set them at 70 parts per trillion. The chemicals are found in products including cardboard packaging, carpets and firefighting foam and increasingly found in drinking water.
The American Chemistry Coun cil, which represents major chem ical companies, called the EPA’s proposal “an expensive, ineffective and unworkable means to achieve remediation for these chemicals.’’ Listing the chemicals under Su perfund could harm local fire de partments, water utilities, small businesses, airports and farmers, the group said. “The proposed (Su perfund) designation would im pose tremendous costs on these parties without defined cleanup standards,’’ the council said in a statement.TheEPA said it expects to pro pose national drinking water reg ulations for PFOA and PFOS later this year, with a final rule expect ed in 2023.
Powell: Fed’s inflation fight could bring ‘pain,’ job losses
AP PHOTO Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan speaks at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, in Greensboro, April 14.
The EPA said in a statement that it is focused on holding responsi ble companies that manufactured and released significant amounts of PFOA and PFOS into the envi ronment and will not target indi vidual landowners or farmers “who may have been inadvertently im pacted by the contamination.’’ The agency also said it is committed to further outreach and engagement to hear from communities affected by PFAS pollution. Erik Olson, a health and food expert at the Natural Resourc es Defense Council, called the an nouncement an important step to clean up hundreds of contaminat ed sites across the country and pro tect millions of families exposed to the toxic “Listingchemicals.PFOA and PFOS as hazardous under Superfund law should allow EPA to hold pollut ers responsible for that contami nation,” he said. “Ratepayers and public utilities should not be foot ing the bill for industry’s decades of wonton use of these dangerous chemicals.”Sen.Shelley Moore Capito, R-W. Va., said she supports strong action to address PFAS contamination in West Virginia and across the coun try but was concerned about “the unintended consequences that to day’s proposal could have.’’ If finalized, “property owners, farmers, employers, essential util ities and individuals may be liable for unknowingly having PFAS on their land, even if it was there years or even generations prior to owner ship and came from an unknown source,’’ Capito said. She urged the EPA to develop an enforceable drinking water stan dard to promote the health and safety of all Americans.
The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agen cy moved Friday to designate two “forever chemicals” used in cook ware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, a step that would clear the way for quicker cleanup of the toxic com pounds, which have been linked to cancer and other health problems. Designation as a hazardous sub stance under the so-called Super fund law doesn’t ban the chemi cals. But it requires that releases of PFOA and PFOS into soil or water be reported to federal, state or trib al officials if they meet or exceed certain levels. The EPA could then require cleanups to protect public health and recover cleanup costs.
EPA to designate ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous substances
The EPA’s action follows a recent report by the National Academies of Science that calls PFAS a serious public health threat in the U.S. and worldwide. It comes after an EPA announcement in June that PFOA and PFOS are more dangerous than previously thought and pose health risks even at levels so low they cannot currently be detected.
PFOA and PFOS have been vol untarily phased out by U.S. man ufacturers but are still in limited use and remain in the environment because they do not degrade over time. The compounds are part of a larger cluster of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS that have been used in consumer products and in dustry since the 1940s. The term is short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which have been used in nonstick frying pans, water-re pellent sports gear, stain-resistant rugs, cosmetics and countless oth er consumer products. The chemicals can accumulate and persist in the human body for long periods of time, and evidence from animal and human studies indicates that exposure to PFOA or PFOS may lead to cancer or other health“Communitiesproblems. have suffered far too long from exposure to these forever chemicals,’’ EPA Admin istrator Michael Regan said in a statement Friday. “The action an nounced today will improve trans parency and advance EPA’s ag gressive efforts to confront this pollution.”Underthe proposed rule, “EPA will both help protect communities from PFAS pollution and seek to hold polluters accountable for their actions,’’ Regan said. The rule is ex pected to become final next year. The Superfund law allows the EPA to clean up contaminated sites and forces parties responsi ble for the contamination to either perform cleanups or reimburse the government for EPA-led cleanup work. When no responsible party can be identified, Superfund gives EPA money and authority to clean up contaminated sites.
Wake Forest honors ground-breaking professors with four new road names
Mannarino defeated ninth-seeded Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland 6-4, 6-1, in round two, while Djere beat 16th-seeded Joao Sousa of Portugal 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5).
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WAKE FOREST received ap proval from the city of Win ston-Salem to name four roads on campus in honor of what the school referred to as “four trail blazing professors.”
Mannarino defeats Djere to win Winston-Salem Open
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The federal government awarded a $6 million grant from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Winston-Salem to construct a 1.2-mile extension of the Long Branch Trail along the rail corridor from Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to 25th Street. The project will implement safety features and improve transportation connectivity in an underserved community, increase access to education centers in the project area, and connect residents to job opportunities.“TheCityof WinstonSalem’s Long Branch Trail Extension is a great example of federal investment from the BidenHarris saidlocallyLawBipartisanAdministration’sInfrastructuresupportingthebestgrownideas,”ActingFederalHighwayAdministratorStephaniePollack.“TheextensiontotheLongBranchTrailwillnearlydoublethelengthoftheexistingtrail,expandtransportationoptionsforresidentsinunderservedcommunitiesandconnectpeopletojobsandotherimportantopportunitiesindowntownWinston-Salem.”“Thecitywillbeabletomovethisprojectoffthedrawingboardandgetitunderconstruction,”saidWinston-SalemMayorAllenJoines.“Whencompleted,thisextensionoftheLongBranchTrailwillnotonlyprovideanewwayforourcitizenstogetdowntown;itwillcreatenewrecreationopportunitiesbecausetheywillbeconnectedtothecoreofourcity-widegreenwaysystem.”
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The Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM — Adrian Mannarino beat Laslo Djere 7-6 (1), 6-4 on Saturday to become the first Frenchman to win the Winston-Salem Open. After beating four straight seeded players to reach the fi nals, the 34-year-old Mannari no downed the unseeded Djere to become the oldest player to win the tournament, which was host ed at Wake Forest University. He became the second lefthander to win the title after Jur gen Melzer, the 2013 champion, and the fourth lefty to win on the ATP Tour this season. Four previous Frenchman had advanced to the finals — Beno it Paire in 2019, Pierre-Hugues Herbert in 2015, Gael Monfils in 2013 and Julien Benneteau in 2011 — but none won. Mannarino started his week by saving four match points in the first round. He managed to sur vive three tiebreaks in his open ing match, then did not drop an other set on his way to the title. The Frenchman finished with 20Hewinners.won83% of points on his firstInserve.thesemifinals, Mannarino dominated second-seeded Botic Van de Zandschulp of the Neth erlands 6-0, Second-seeded6-4.
The new names were need ed after the school decided to re name Wingate Drive, which hon ored former university president Washington Manly Wingate. In addition to owning slaves himself, Wingate was president when the university’s endowment was fund ed with more than $10,000 raised from selling 16 slaves. Different portions of the road will be named to honor three for mer Wake Forest professors, and a newly created road will honor a fourth.“We are excited the city has af firmed the University’s efforts to honor these four outstanding pro fessors and we are eager to share their stories through the road naming and renaming process,” said Wake Forest President Susan R. TheWente.honorees are: Marge Crisp, who was Wake’s first full-time female faculty member, joining the physical edu cation faculty in 1947. She started the women’s intercollegiate ath letics program at Wake, as well as the women’s intramural pro gram, and served as the first Di rector of Women’s Athletics. Crisp also coached the Demon Deacons’ women’s golf team. Herman Eure, who was the school’s first male, Black ten ure-track faculty member in 1974. In addition to teaching Biology for four decades, he sterved as Asso ciate Dean of the College. He’s the current vice chair of the school’s Board of Trustees. Dolly McPherson, who was the first Black woman in a ten ure-track faculty position at the school. She began her 27-year ca reer in 1974. She helped establish the Office of Minority Affairs, now known as the Intercultural Cen ter and recruited friend Maya An gelou to join the Wake faculty in 1982.Elizabeth Phillips, who was the first female chair of the English department and one of the first fe male full-time professors at Wake Forest when she joined the fac ulty in 1957. Phillips was pivotal in founding the Women’s Studies Committee, which later estab lished the department of Wom en’s, Gender and Sexuality Stud ies.Each road will run through an area of campus important to the professor it is honoring. Crisp drive runs to Haddock House, where the golf teams practice. Eure Drive runs past the school’s science buildings and leads to Reynolda House, where Eure’s of fice was when he was associate dean.McPherson Road runs past Maya Angelou Hall, and Eliza beth Phillips Way runs between Polo Road and Carroll Weathers Drive, which a statement from the school explains, “symbolical ly connect(s) her commitment to increasing visibility and access to the Wake Forest campus.”
“Our shared values shine through the selection of these honorees,” President Wente said in a statement when the university submitted the plan to City Coun cil, “and I am thrilled that many more members of our community will learn about each of them be cause of this action.”
“Our shared values shine through the selection of these honorees.”
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CHUCK BURTON | Laslo Djere, of Serbia, prepares to serve against Marc-Andrea Huesler, of Switzerland, during their semifinal match in the Winston-Salem Open tennis tournament in Winston-Salem, Friday, Aug. 26.
Van de Zand schulp would have moved into the top 20 in the world rankings for the first time if he won the tour nament. He ousted 10th-seed ed Benjamin Bonzi of France, 7-6(6), 7-6(1) to meet up with Mannarino.Unseeded Djere of Serbia, beat Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5). “I think that was a really con sistent match,” Mannarino said. “I was serving well and I was not making mistakes. I was making him work a lot for each game. ... From the beginning until the end I didn’t drop my concentration.” Djere had 10 aces to Huesler’s four, helping him overcome three double faults. In the quarters, Mannari no beat fourth-seeded Maxime Cressy of the United States 6-4, 7-6“It(3).was a good match,” Man narino said. “Maxime is a good friend and a good player. He al ready beat me earlier this year and I knew it was going to be a toughDjerematch.”advanced to the semifi nals by beating Richard Gasquet of France 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6). Mannarino cruised past eighth-seeded Albert Ramos-Vi nolas of Spain 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarters, while Djere moved on with a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (9), 6-3 win over Australia’s Jason Kubler. The tournament lost its top seed in the second round when Grigor Dimitrov retired because of dizziness while leading Domi nic Thiem, 6-0, 2-4. “That’s not the way I want to win a match, especially against Grigor,” Thiem said. Thiem was playing in his first tournament on American soil since winning the 2020 U.S. Open and lost in the quarterfi nals.Fifth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti from Italy and No. 6 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili from Georgia also failed to escape the second round.
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And herein lies the problem for Doerfler and Moyn: constitutions “misdirect the present into a dispute over what people agreed on once upon a time, not on what the present and future demand for and from those who live now.” The solution, they say, lies in dispensing with the Constitution entirely; the proper solution to the Constitution is in “direct arguments about what fairness or justice demands.” After all, they admit, “It’s difficult to find a constitutional basis for abortion or labor unions in a document written by largely affluent men more than two centuries ago. It would be far better if liberal legislators could simply make a case for abortion and labor rights on their own merits without having to bother with the Constitution.”
How can the Constitution be jettisoned? The authors suggest packing the Union with more states, “reorganizing our legislature in ways that are more fairly representative of where people actually live and vote,” turning the Senate into a legislative vestigial organ without any actual power. At least they’re saying the quiet part out loud. The truth is that the Constitution is “antidemocratic” in the sense that it sets up a series of limits on what a democratically elected government can do. The Constitution is a charter of limited powers, delegated by the people and the states to the federal government; neither the people nor the state governments would ever have consented to the sort of pure populism promoted by Doerfler and Moyn.
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The founders deplored the idea of an unfettered federal government ruled only by popular passions. That is why they put in place a system of checks and balances to forestall mob majoritarianism. They recognized a simple truth: that the best and most responsive government presides over homogeneous interests, generally locally, and that as we abstract rule away from the people, interests diverge. This means that as government abstracts away from the people, it ought to be granted less and less power. The Left hates the Constitution for precisely that reason.
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To the Left, the Constitution is a mere barrier against the utopian mission to restructure human relations and, ultimately, humanity itself. In this view, a large government is to be the leveling force among human beings, cramming down the views of one half of the country on the other half.
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The authors, Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn, teach law at Harvard and Yale, respectively. They argue that the Left’s progress has been stymied by constitutionalism itself.
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Local governance is dangerous because it might lead to a diversity of viewpoints and practices; the federal government is the best available tool for shaping and molding. Dispense with the Constitution’s limits on the powers of the federal government, and suddenly transformational change becomes possible.Theonly problem is that such a viewpoint utterly disregards the history of human relations. A government that presides over 330 million human beings with a variety of different viewpoints on core moral issues is unlikely to rule either benevolently or successfully if granted the unfettered power to flatten a multiplicity of jurisdictions and ways of life. Limits are the key to both benevolence and success in governance. Dispensing with the Constitution may sound pleasing to those who seek drastic change on the greatest scale, but a drastic change of that nature typically looks more like tyranny than progress.
“The idea of constitutionalism,” they correctly write, “is that there needs to be some higher law that is more difficult to change than the rest of the legal order. Having a constitution is about setting more sacrosanct rules than the ones the legislature can pass day to day.” This, of course, orients the process of law toward the past: there are certain lines that simply cannot be crossed. And, as Doerfler and Moyn point out, “constitutionalism of any sort demands extraordinary consensus for meaningful progress.”
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TENNIS Serena Williams wins 1st match at U.S. Open New York Serena Williams won her match in the first round of the U.S. Open, beating Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 Monday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion who turns 41 next month and has said she is ready to move on from her playing days. She will play again Wednesday. Her daughter, Olympia, who turns 5 on Thursday, wore white beads in her hair while sitting with her father and grandmother in the stands on Monday, a nod to her mom’s hairstyle when she won her first U.S. Open in 1999 at age 17.
“We just think it’s the best move for everyone to move on from Matt and let him take care of this situation and focus on that. So, we’re gonna part ways there.”
Martin Truex Jr. was the big gest loser. Truex looked like he would secure the final postsea son berth when rain halted the race with 21 laps remaining, but he faded after the restart and al lowed Ryan Blaney to make up ground in a points scramble. Blaney finished seven spots be hind Truex in the race but three points ahead in the standings. “You just try to stay optimis tic,” Blaney said. “Definitely a roll er-coaster of emotions that ended on a high note.” Added Truex: “We gave away plenty of points throughout the season. It is what it is.” Dillon’s victory in the No. 3 Chevrolet was as stunning as Blaney’s comeback. Running 16th at the time of the crash, he turned onto the apron to avoid the 15-car melee between Turns 1 and 2 that was caused by a summer shower everyone saw coming. Cars start ed sliding sideways heading into the high-banked turn, a result of slick tires losing grip on wet as phalt.Daniel Suarez and Denny Hamlin were running 1-2 when the pack drove into the rain with 23 laps remaining. “Just throw the caution be fore the rain came,” Hamlin said, adding that “better officiating” is needed. “We had rain down the front, so about 10 seconds before we got into Turn 1, it was raining. I’m sure the fans felt it and then they watched us all pile in there.” For a second, it looked like 2014 series champion Kevin Har vick was going to make it through the mess and grab the lead as the caution flag flew. But then spin ning Ty Dillon — Austin’s little brother — sideswiped Harvick and knocked him into the wreck age.That allowed Austin Dillon, who started the day 19th in points, to essentially steal a playoff spot. It also created a controversial fin ish — should NASCAR have halt ed the race earlier? — and provid ed the kind of “Game 7” moment NASCAR wanted when it moved the regular season finale to un predictable Daytona in 2020.
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Dillon gets into playoffs with Daytona win, Blaney nabs last spot release rookie punter after rape allegation
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The Associated Press ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — A major public backlash coupled with the graphic details contained in a lawsuit alleging Matt Arai za’s involvement in a gang rape of a teenager last fall left Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane little choice but to release the team’s rookie punter on Saturday. The decision to cut ties with the 22-year-old represents a major re versal for the Bills, coming two days after they backed the player based on the findings of what the team called its “thorough exam ination” of the allegations filed in theAndlawsuit.itcomes less than a week after the Bills — while aware he was the target of a police investi gation — cleared the way for Ara iza to take over the punting duties by cutting returning veteran Matt Haack on Monday. “The last 48 hours have been very difficult for a lot of people. It’s been tough. And we sympathize with this whole situation, all the parties involved, this young wom an, what she went through,” Beane said during a 26-minute news con ference, while seated alongside coach Sean McDermott. “But at this time, we just think it’s the best move for everyone to move on from Matt and let him take care of this situation and fo cus on that. So, we’re gonna part ways there,” added Beane, a native of Norwood who attended UNC Wilmington and was with the Panthers from 1998 to 2016. Beane said the Bills were not aware of the allegations made against Araiza at the time they se lected him in the sixth round of the draft in April. And had they known, he said, they would have removed him from consideration. Araiza’s release begins to ease
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TERRY RENNA | AP PHOTO Austin Dillon receives a hug from his grandfather and car owner Richard Childress, front left, in Victory Lane after Dillon won Sunday’s Cup Series race at Daytona.
“We had some tough finishes this year, like Charlotte. … Today we finished it off.”
Dillon said. “You just never give up and have faith. We had some tough finishes this year, like Charlotte. I beat myself up over that. I made a good move and just didn’t finish it off. Today we finished it off.”
The Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Austin Dillon’s wife was doing a rain dance during a lengthy weather delay in hopes of getting the skies to open up again and wash out the rest of the race. “I got upset,” Dillon said. “I said, ‘Don’t be doing that.’” There was no jinxing this one. Dillon avoided a massive wreck in the rain to take the lead before a red flag and returned more than three hours later to finish off an improbable victory at Daytona International Speedway and snag a playoff spot in the Cup Series’ regular season finale Sunday. Dillon passed Austin Cindric with three laps to go and was unchallenged down the stretch. It was an aggressive move that capped a drama-filled race and set off a wild celebration for a team that’s usually a factor at Daytona.“It’scrazy,”
The first round of the playoffs begin at Darlington next Sunday. Joey Logano won the May race at the track, with Ford and Chevy claiming 19 of the top 20 spots.
a crisis which has shaken the twotime AFC East champions. Mc Dermott was visibly upset while discussing the situation following a 21-0 preseason loss at Carolina on Friday night. “I’m hurt,” McDermott said. “It’s not easy to hear about some of the things that I’ve heard about over the last several hours. Haven’t slept a lot to be honest with you.” The Bills began distancing themselves from Araiza as ear ly as Friday when he was held out from playing. He instead watched the game from an undisclosed lo cation in the stadium rather than from the sideline along with his teammates.OnSaturday, Araiza was not present for practice even though the Bills said he was on his roster, while at the same time his No. 19 jersey was no longer available for sale on the Bills’ online store after being listed earlier in the day.
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Araiza’s only comment since the lawsuit was filed came in a state ment released by his agent during the game Friday. “The facts of the incident are not what they are portrayed in the lawsuit or in the press. I look for ward to quickly setting the record straight,” Araiza said. The lawsuit filed in San Diego County Superior Court accused Araiza and two San Diego State teammates of raping a then-17year-old girl at a Halloween party at an off-campus home where Ara iza had been living.
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Columbia, S.C. South Carolina’s live, crowing rooster mascot will have a new name this season — “The General.” The rooster was previously known as “Sir Big Spur,” but that had to be changed after a dispute between the bird’s old and new owners. The university did not own the rights to the mascot’s former name. “The General” comes from Revolutionary War general Thomas Sumter, who was known as “The Fighting Gamecock.” The live mascot has been a tradition at football and baseball games for some two decades alongside the human-sized “Cocky.”
NFL Ernie Zampese of ‘Air Coryell’ Chargers, Cowboys, dies at 86 La Mesa, Calif. Ernie Zampese, one of the architects of the Dan Fouts-led “Air Coryell” offense with the San Diego Chargers and Troy Aikman’s play-caller for the last of the Dallas Cowboys’ three Super Bowl titles in the 1990s, has died. He was 86. Zampese joined Don Coryell’s San Diego staff in 1979. Fouts and the Chargers led the NFL in yards passing six times in eight years. Zampese went to Dallas in 1994. The Cowboys won the Super Bowl a year later. Aikman calls Zampese “one of the brightest offensive minds in the history of the game.”
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Matt Araiza is accused of being part of a gang rape last fall while he was at San Diego State
Bills GM Brandon Beane announcing the release of rookie punter Matt Araiza
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Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan speaks at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, in Greensboro, April 14.
The agency also said it is committed to further outreach and engagement to hear from communities affected by PFAS pollution. Erik Olson, a health and food expert at the Natural Resourc es Defense Council, called the an nouncement an important step to clean up hundreds of contaminat ed sites across the country and pro tect millions of families exposed to the toxic “Listingchemicals.PFOA and PFOS as hazardous under Superfund law should allow EPA to hold pollut ers responsible for that contami nation,” he said. “Ratepayers and public utilities should not be foot ing the bill for industry’s decades of wonton use of these dangerous chemicals.”Sen.Shelley Moore Capito, R-W. Va., said she supports strong action to address PFAS contamination in West Virginia and across the coun try but was concerned about “the unintended consequences that to day’s proposal could have.’’ If finalized, “property owners, farmers, employers, essential util ities and individuals may be liable for unknowingly having PFAS on their land, even if it was there years or even generations prior to owner ship and came from an unknown source,’’ Capito said. She urged the EPA to develop an enforceable drinking water stan dard to promote the health and safety of all Americans.
The EPA’s action follows a recent report by the National Academies of Science that calls PFAS a serious public health threat in the U.S. and worldwide. It comes after an EPA announcement in June that PFOA and PFOS are more dangerous than previously thought and pose health risks even at levels so low they cannot currently be detected.
PFOA and PFOS have been vol untarily phased out by U.S. man ufacturers but are still in limited use and remain in the environment because they do not degrade over time. The compounds are part of a larger cluster of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS that have been used in consumer products and in dustry since the 1940s. The term is short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which have been used in nonstick frying pans, water-re pellent sports gear, stain-resistant rugs, cosmetics and countless oth er consumer products. The chemicals can accumulate and persist in the human body for long periods of time, and evidence from animal and human studies indicates that exposure to PFOA or PFOS may lead to cancer or other health“Communitiesproblems. have suffered far too long from exposure to these forever chemicals,’’ EPA Admin istrator Michael Regan said in a statement Friday. “The action an nounced today will improve trans parency and advance EPA’s ag gressive efforts to confront this pollution.”Underthe proposed rule, “EPA will both help protect communities from PFAS pollution and seek to hold polluters accountable for their actions,’’ Regan said. The rule is ex pected to become final next year. The Superfund law allows the EPA to clean up contaminated sites and forces parties responsi ble for the contamination to either perform cleanups or reimburse the government for EPA-led cleanup work. When no responsible party can be identified, Superfund gives EPA money and authority to clean up contaminated sites.
The agency issued nonbinding health advisories that set health risk thresholds for PFOA and PFOS to near zero, replacing 2016 guidelines that had set them at 70 parts per trillion. The chemicals are found in products including cardboard packaging, carpets and firefighting foam and increasingly found in drinking water.
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The EPA said in a statement that it is focused on holding responsi ble companies that manufactured and released significant amounts of PFOA and PFOS into the envi ronment and will not target indi vidual landowners or farmers “who may have been inadvertently im pacted by the contamination.’’
EPA to designate ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous substances
AP PHOTO Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, right, talks with Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard, center, and Federal Reserve Bank of New York president and CEO John Williams, left, at the central bank’s annual symposium in Grand Teton National Park Friday, Aug. 26, in Moran, Wyo.
Powell: Fed’s inflation fight could bring ‘pain,’ job losses
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The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agen cy moved Friday to designate two “forever chemicals” used in cook ware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, a step that would clear the way for quicker cleanup of the toxic com pounds, which have been linked to cancer and other health problems. Designation as a hazardous sub stance under the so-called Super fund law doesn’t ban the chemi cals. But it requires that releases of PFOA and PFOS into soil or water be reported to federal, state or trib al officials if they meet or exceed certain levels. The EPA could then require cleanups to protect public health and recover cleanup costs.
The American Chemistry Coun cil, which represents major chem ical companies, called the EPA’s proposal “an expensive, ineffective and unworkable means to achieve remediation for these chemicals.’’ Listing the chemicals under Su perfund could harm local fire de partments, water utilities, small businesses, airports and farmers, the group said. “The proposed (Su perfund) designation would im pose tremendous costs on these parties without defined cleanup standards,’’ the council said in a statement.TheEPA said it expects to pro pose national drinking water reg ulations for PFOA and PFOS later this year, with a final rule expect ed in 2023.
The Associated Press JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark warning Friday about the Fed’s determina tion to fight inflation with more sharp interest rate hikes: It will likely cause pain for Americans in the form of a weaker economy and job“Theselosses. are the unfortunate costs of reducing inflation,” Pow ell said in a high-profile speech at the Fed’s annual economic sym posium in Jackson Hole. “But a failure to restore price stability would mean far greater pain.” Investors had been hoping for a signal from Powell that the Fed might soon moderate its rate in creases later this year if inflation were to show further signs of eas ing. But the Fed chair indicated that that time may not be near, and stocks tumbled in response. Runaway price increases have soured most Americans on the economy, even as the unemploy ment rate has fallen to a half-cen tury low of 3.5%. It has also creat ed political risks for President Joe Biden and congressional Demo crats in this fall’s elections, with Republicans denouncing Biden’s $1.9 trillion financial support package, approved last year, as having fueled inflation. Some on Wall Street expect the economy to fall into recession lat er this year or early next year, af ter which they expect the Fed to reverse itself and reduce rates. A number of Fed officials, though, have pushed back against that notion. Powell’s remarks suggested that the Fed is aim ing to raise its benchmark rate — to about 3.75% to 4% by next year — yet not so high as to tank the economy, in hopes of slowing growth long enough to conquer high“Theinflation.ideathey are trying to hammer into the market’s head is that their approach makes a rapid pivot to (rate cuts) unlikely,” said Eric Winograd, an economist at asset manager AllianceBernstein. “They are going to stay tight even when it hurts.” After raising its key short-term rate by a steep three-quarters of a point at each of its past two meet ings — part of the Fed’s fastest se ries of hikes since the early 1980s — Powell said the Fed might ease up on that pace “at some point,” suggesting that any such slowing isn’tPowellnear. said the size of the Fed’s rate increase at its next meet ing in late September — wheth er one-half or three-quarters of a percentage point — will de pend on inflation and jobs data. An increase of either size, though, would exceed the Fed’s traditional quarter-point hike, a reflection of how severe inflation has become. Since March, the Fed has im plemented its fastest pace of rate increases in decades to try to curb inflation, which has punished households with soaring costs for food, gas, rent and other necessi ties. The central bank has lifted its benchmark rate by 2 full per centage points in just four meet ings, to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%. Those hikes have led to high er costs for mortgages, car loans and other consumer and busi ness borrowing. Home sales have been plunging since the Fed first signaled it would raise borrowing costs.InJune, the Fed’s policymakers signaled that they expected their key rate to end 2022 in a range of 3.25% to 3.5% and then to rise further next year to between 3.75% and 4%. If rates reached their projected level at the end of this year, they would be at the highest point since 2008. Powell is betting that he can en gineer a high-risk outcome: Slow the economy enough to ease infla tion pressures yet not so much as to trigger a recession. At its meeting in July, Fed pol icymakers expressed two com peting concerns that highlighted their delicate task. According to minutes from that meeting, the officials — who aren’t identified by name — have prior itized their inflation fight. Still, some officials said there was a risk that the Fed would raise borrow ing costs more than necessary, risking a recession. If inflation were to fall closer to the Fed’s 2% target and the economy weakened further, those diverging views could become hard to reconcile. At last year’s Jackson Hole sym posium, Powell listed five reasons why he thought inflation would be “transitory.” Yet instead it has per sisted, and many economists have noted that those remarks haven’t agedPowellwell. indirectly acknowl edged that history at the outset of his remarks Friday, when he said that, “at past Jackson Hole con ferences, I have discussed broad topics such as the ever-changing structure of the economy and the challenges of conducting mone tary“Today,”policy.”he said, “my remarks will be shorter, my focus narrow er and my message more direct.”
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“Those other leagues shut down, and we were getting guys who had a higher caliber (of experience),” Allred said. The 2022 version of the league had 13 teams with about 400 play ers. Recently, another team was added with a club in Clayton to be gin playing in 2023. Allred, who conducts baseball lessons in the offseason, said he could envision the league growing to 18 teams.
The Legislative-Interve nors request also asks the court to “Strike Plaintiff-Intervenors Opening, Response, and Reply briefs filed on 1 July 2022, 1 Au gust 2022, and 12 August 2022, respectively.”OnAug.26, attorneys for the Plaintiff-Intervenors filed a re sponse urging the court to deny the lawmakers’ motion to dis miss. As of noon on Aug. 30, the N.C. Supreme Court had not pub lished a decision on the matter. The state’s high court will be gin hearing oral arguments in the case on Aug. 31. The filing by lawmakers fol lows orders by Associate Justices Phil Berger, Jr. and Anita Earls, indicating they will not recuse themselves from the case. Berg er’s order was a simple paragraph, whereas Earls’ went on for 21 pag es. Earls was asked to recuse her self for her past legal represen tation of the families from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools“Plaintiff-Intervenors’district.
The Moore County Board of Commissioners briefly met last Tuesday to discuss the special use permit for the proposed Union Church Road development in Carthage. The meeting only lasted 13 minutes before the Board closed the meeting, and Chairman Frank Quis made the motion to deny the development. The development in question was submitted by Tri-South Builder, Inc. for a subdivision with 53 lots on over 73 acres of land owned by the Ring Family. According to Quis, the proposal was rejected because it did not meet the county’s land use plans and posed various public health and safety risks with only one entrance. It is still yet to be determined whether the Tri-South Builders will appeal this decision to the superior court.
“The bottom line is that either her former clients should be dismissed from this case, or Justice Earls should recuse herself”
Moore BOC votes against Union Church Rd development
The Sandhills Bogeys, who are based in Pinehurst, won the 2022 championship, beating the Hen dersonville Honeycrisps in the fi nal.Allred, 27, grew up in Ramseur, and his family has strong connec tions to American Legion baseball in Randolph County. “Finding a role in baseball seemed like a natural pursuit,” Allred said. After high school, he had a redshirt year at North Car olina A&T followed by a season at Rockingham Community College and then a couple of seasons with Division III Peace College. Then came time in some independent leagues.“I’mdone playing,” he said. “I
Justice Earls’ own recusal order
New 472 area code to be deployed in Moore County
By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — On Aug. 23, leg islative leaders filed a motion to dismiss certain plaintiffs from the decades-old Leandro education funding case that has made its way to the N.C. Supreme Court. The motion, filed by attorney Matthew Tilley of Womble Bond Dickson LLP on behalf of law makers, argues that the claims of the Plaintiff-Intervenors, also called the Penn-Intervenors, are “not at issue in this appeal.” Furthermore, the motion as serts the plaintiffs can’t be consid ered “a party aggrieved” and that their appeal should be dismissed for “lack of appellate jurisdiction” because the only claim they have made “was severed from the pro ceedings that led to the orders now on appeal.”
WHISPERING PINES — Alec Allred of Whispering Pines is making a career out of baseball, and it’s not on the field. He’s the president of the Old North State League, a summer college circuit that wrapped up what he called a successful season earlier this sum mer.“This is my full-time job now, trying to coordinate everything,” Allred said. “It’s a lot that goes into it, but it’s a ton of fun.”
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The North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) recently announced that a new area code would be deployed to cover the same geographic area currently under the 910 area code. Once the 910 area code has reached its capacity, new numbers will be assigned to the 472 area code. This new area code will cover areas such as Moore County, Fayetteville, Jacksonville, Lumberton, Wilmington, and Fort Bragg. Based on figures from the North American Numbering Plan Administrator, the remaining telephone numbers in the 910 will run out by 2023. No new 472 numbers will be issued until the 910 numbers are used.
Earls’ refusal to recuse order confirms Plaintiffintervenors complaint “are entirely unrelated to the questions presently before this Court.”
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Whispering Pines man runs baseball league
claims are entirely unrelated to the is sues involved in this appeal,” the motion argues in the first summa ry point. “The current proceeding concerns trial court orders that di rected the State to implement and fund a sweeping, eight-year ‘Com prehensive Remedial Plan’ (‘CRP’) that would rework much of the North Carolina public school sys tem, among other things.”
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Leandro case: Motion to dismiss appeal by intervenors cites Assoc.
Nurse arrested for stealing drugs from Moore Detention Center Deanna Marie Thomas, 40, was arrested on August 19 and charged with two counts of larceny by an employee, two counts of practicing medicine without a license, two counts of practicing pharmacy without a license, and two counts of felony conspiracy. Thomas, who is a former nurse that worked for Southern Health Partners, was recently assigned to the Moore County Detention Center. According to deputies, she was taking antibiotics and other nonnarcotic medications from the detention center and giving them to a family member. Thomas’ license did not permit her to dispense medication without an order from a doctor. She has received a $100,000 secured bond, and the court date is set for September 15.
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“Justice Earls held that, al though she signed Plaintiff-Inter venors’ initial complaint, she did not need to recuse herself because ‘the facts and claims at issue in
The citation attached to the first point in the opening summa ry is labeled Exhibit A and specif ical tags Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls’ recusal response or der as supporting the motion to dismiss.“The trial court’s 19 August 2005 Order granting Plaintiff-In tervenors limited intervention in this matter was not included in the record on appeal prepared by DOJ and the Plaintiffs,” accord ing to the citation. “Justice Earls, however, retrieved the Interven tion Order from the files of the Wake County Superior Court and attached it as an exhibit to her Order last week. For ease of ref erence, Legislative Intervenors have attached a copy of the Order to this Pointmotion.”twoof the motion’s sum mary underscored Earls’ own re cusal order supported dismissal.
It takes about $40,000 annu ally to run each team. Players are required to pay to play, but that might tend to create a commit ment to stick without throughout the two-month season. Host fam ilies help with out-of-area players. “We’re climbing and slowly get ting better players,” Allred said. “My goal is to make it free for play ers. … You’re always trying to be better and get the league to new heights,”
“The trial court ordered the CRP to supposedly “remedy” what it believed was a statewide fail ure to provide children with their constitutional right to a sound ba sic education,” the motion reads. “But, as has been made clear by papers recently added to the re cord on appeal, Plaintiff-Interve nors were only granted a limit ed intervention in this matter to pursue claims related to the con ditions in a specific subset of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School district (“CMS”).”
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held on as long as I could.” He saw other opportunities, particularly when it came to fill ing a niche for college-aged players in a wooden bat league. The ONSL began with eight teams and 125 players in 2019, using two fields. Then during the 2020 pandem ic-ravaged season, the ONSL field ed eight teams with bigger rosters and spread out.
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In a statement about the dis missal motion, North Caroli na House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) said, “Jus tice Earls and the Plaintiff-In tervenors simply cannot have it both ways. The bottom line is that either her former clients should be dismissed from this case, or Justice Earls should re cuse herself. Anything less is an affront to our judicial system.” According to the North Car olina Code of Judicial Conduct rule 3(c)(1)(b), a judge is re quired to disqualify themselves from presiding over a case if they had previously participat ed in that case as a lawyer.
WEEKLY CRIME LOG ♦ PAIGE, SHAMIKA LORELLE, 33, B, F, 8/29/2022, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, DWI, Misdemeanor Child Abuse, $2,500 Secured, 9/28, Southern Pines ♦ GARNER, ADAM WAYNE, 43, W, M, 8/28/2022, Aberdeen PD, Obtain Property False Pretense, Misdemeanor Larceny, First Degree Trespass, Resist ing Public Officer, $25,000 Secured, 9/22/22, Robbins ♦ ATKINS, AAJA CHANTEL, 20, B, F, 8/28/2022, Out of County, Possession of Stolen Goods/Property, Shoplifitng Concealment Goods, $2,500 Secured, 8/31/22, Southern Pines ♦ LOCK, DAVEON LAMAR, 27, B, M, 8/27/2022, Southern Pines PD, Pos sess Marijuana up to 1/2 oz, Resisting Public Officer, Possess Marijuana Para phernalia, $5,000 Secured, 9/22/22, Fayetteville ♦ HOOD, SHANEKA RENEE, 34, B, F, 8/27/2022, Southern Pines PD, Pos sess Marijuana up to 1/2 oz, Possess Marijuana Paraphernalia, Simple Possession Schedule II CS, $2,000 Secured, 9/15/22, Homeless ♦ STEPHENS, CHLOE NICOLE, 18, W, F, 8/26/2022, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Breaking and or Entering, Setting Fire to Grass and Brushlands and Woodlands (x3), Felony Conspir acy (x2), Burning Other Buildings, Injury to Personal Property, Injury to Real Property (x2), Graffiti Viol, Set Fire to Woods, Lands, Fields, Burning Unoccupied Building, Contributing Del of Juvenile, $16,500 Secured, 9/7/22, Fayetteville ♦ GRAHAM, JOSHUA WAYNE, 29, W, M, 8/25/2022, Bonding Company, Carrying Concealed Gun, Go Armed to Terror of People, Possess Controlled Substance Prison/Jail Premisses, DWLR Not Impaired Rev Based, Reckless Driving - Wanton Disregard, Exceeding Posted Speed, $45,000 Secured, 8/31/22, Laurinburg ♦ GARNER, JAMES RAY, 34, W, M, 8/25/2022, Bonding Company, Break ing and or Entering, $3,500 Secured, 9/7, Carthage ♦ EZZELL, STEPHEN CHARLES, 34, W, M, 8/25/2022, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Possess Heroin, Possess Drug Paraphernalia, Breaking and or Enter ing, $50,000 Secured, 9/7, Hamlet ♦ WOOLARD, CASEY BRANDON, 38, W, M, 8/24/2022, Pinehurst PD, First Degree Burglary, Possess Metham phetamine, Conspire Sell/Deliver Schedule II CS, Possess Schedule II CS, Possess Marijuana up to 1/2 oz, Possess Marijuana Paraphernalia, Sim ple Possession Schedule III CS, Poss Open Cnt/Cons Alc Psg Area, $10,000 Secured, 9/7, Rockingham ♦ PARKER, TAMARA LEA, 28, W, F, 8/24/2022, Pinehurst PD, First Degree Burglary, Possess Methamphetamine, Conspire Sell/Deliver Schedule II CS, Possess Schedule II CS, Possess Mar ijuana up to 1/2 oz, Possess Marijuana Paraphernalia, Simple Possession Schedule III CS, Poss Open Cnt/Cons Alc Psg Area, $10,000 Secured, 9/7, Rockingham
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Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up in Moore County: September 1 Trivia Thursday at the Brewery Come6pm out for Trivia at the Southern Pines Brewery! Enjoy fun and prizes each Thursday. Southern Pines Brewing Company is located at 565 Air Tool Dr., Southern Pines, NC. Moore HouseOrchestra:PhilharmonicFallOpen Join6pmthe WellardCommunitywill18theventforPhilharmonicMooreOrchestraaFallOpenHousetocommencetheirseason.TheeventbeheldatSandhillsCollege’sHall.
offer a unique collection of special events/ acitivites, vendor displays,
September 2-4 2022 BarbecuePinehurstFestival 7pm – 9pm Come out for the 2022 Pinehurst Barbecue Festival and celebrate things BBQ! This event, hosted in the Village of Pinehurst, will food/beverage venues used by the league are vastly different from city to city. The High Point Hushpup pies play at Truist Point, which is the permanent home of the At lantic League’s High Point Rock ers. High school fields are used in Sanford and Shallotte, while fa cilities are well past their primes in places such as Reidsville and Swepsonville.“There’sdefinitely a big variety of stadiums,” Allred said. “You have some old mill-league fields.” Rosters generally hold about 30-some players. Most of the ONSL players come from Divi sion II, Division III, or junior col leges – or are about to join teams on those levels. Allred said he has embraced an underdog mentali ty. “I do get a little partial to the smaller-school guys. Large ly, players compete for teams that are local to where they live. About 25 percent of players come from out of the area,” said Allred.
options, and entertainment for the entire family to enjoy. moore happening ALLRED from page 1 LEANDRO from page 1 Neal Robbins Publisher Matt Mercer Editor in Chief Griffin Daughtry Local News Editor Cory Lavalette Sports Editor Frank Hill Senior Opinion Editor Lauren Rose Design Editor Published each Wednesday as part of North State Journal 1201 Edwards Mill Rd. Suite Raleigh,300NC 27607 TO SUBSCRIBE: Raleigh,Suite1201NorthSendPOSTMASTER:mailingatPeriodicalsAnnualMOORE.NORTHSTATEJOURNAL.COM336-283-6305SubscriptionPrice:$50.00PostagePaidRaleigh,N.C.andatadditionaloffices.addresschangesto:StateJournalEdwardsMillRd.300NC27607 WEEKLY FORECAST MOORE CITIZENS FOR FREEDOM MOORE COUNTY Remember that we live in the best country, the best state, and by far the best county. MOORE COUNTY, WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE! Get in touch Moore County Edition of North State Journal www moore.northstatejournal.com WEDNESDAY 8.31.22 “Join conversation”the The
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September 2 Blood Drive Join10amas Hollyfield Design is partnering with the American Red Cross for a Blood Drive at 103 E Illinois Avenue, Southern Pines.
Richard Hudson is serving his fifth term representing North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He currently serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee and in House leadership as the Republican Conference Secretary.
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The authors suggest packing the Union with more states, “reorganizing our legislature in ways that are more fairly representative of where people actually live and vote,” turning the Senate into a legislative vestigial organ without any actual power. At least they’re saying the quiet part out loud. The truth is that the Constitution is “antidemocratic” in the sense that it sets up a series of limits on what a democratically elected government can do. The Constitution is a charter of limited powers, delegated by the people and the states to the federal government; neither the people nor the state governments would ever have
“THE PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISM is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
And herein lies the problem for Doerfler and Moyn: constitutions “misdirect the present into a dispute over what people agreed on once upon a time, not on what the present and future demand for and from those who live now.” The solution, they say, lies in dispensing with the Constitution entirely; the proper solution to the Constitution is in “direct arguments about what fairness or justice demands.” After all, they admit, “It’s difficult to find a constitutional basis for abortion or labor unions in a document written by largely affluent men more than two centuries ago. It would be far better if liberal legislators could simply make a case for abortion and labor rights on their own merits without having to bother with the Constitution.” How can the Constitution be jettisoned?
Those who want to destroy the Constitution
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While the Democrats pursue overreaching political stunts that will hurt our economy and unfairly punish you and your family, Republicans are focused on long-term solutions to actually address the high cost of education and get our economy back on track. At the same time, we must also take steps to help protect the health and safety of our communities.
Ben Shapiro, 38, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and Editor-in-Chief of DailyWire.com.
consented to the sort of pure populism promoted by Doerfler and Moyn. The founders deplored the idea of an unfettered federal government ruled only by popular passions. That is why they put in place a system of checks and balances to forestall mob majoritarianism. They recognized a simple truth: that the best and most responsive government presides over homogeneous interests, generally locally, and that as we abstract rule away from the people, interests diverge. This means that as government abstracts away from the people, it ought to be granted less and less power.
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This famous line by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reminds us that while government handouts may sound good, someone still has to foot the bill. Despite inflation remaining at a 40-year high, last week, President Biden announced his plan to unilaterally “cancel” hundreds of billions of dollars in federal student loan debt. This gimmick is little more than an attempt by Biden to boost his abysmal and well-deserved approval rating and will likely worsen our nation’s dire economic condition.What’smore, this debt will not magically go away but rather will be unfairly transferred to hardworking Americans across the country. According to the University of Pennsylvania Penn Wharton Budget Model, Biden’s student loan scheme could cost American taxpayers between $300-$980 billion. Yet, this tab will be paid primarily by those who either never went to college or have worked hard to pay off their own loans. Of the 332.4 million Americans, only around 45 million have student loan debt. Despite this, Biden and Democrats in Washington want to force you to pay this debt with your tax dollars. This big government socialist scheme is simply not fair. That’s why last month, I cosponsored the Fairness for Responsible Borrowers Act, a bill that will prevent the Departments of Education, Justice, or the Treasury from taking any action to “forgive” outstanding student loan balances and transfer the costs to you. Many are questioning if the president even has the legal authority to do this, including Nancy Pelosi, who last year said, “People think that the president of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. He can postpone, he can delay, but he does not have that power.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES recently published an op-ed calling for the end of the Constitution of the United States. The authors, Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn, teach law at Harvard and Yale, respectively. They argue that the Left’s progress has been stymied by constitutionalism itself. “The idea of constitutionalism,” they correctly write, “is that there needs to be some higher law that is more difficult to change than the rest of the legal order. Having a constitution is about setting more sacrosanct rules than the ones the legislature can pass day to day.” This, of course, orients the process of law toward the past: there are certain lines that simply cannot be crossed. And, as Doerfler and Moyn point out, “constitutionalism of any sort demands extraordinary consensus for meaningful progress.”
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Over the past few years, drug overdose deaths have surged across the United States. Much of this surge is driven by synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. The trafficking and usage of it continues to plague our communities in record numbers. In North Carolina alone, there were 3,759 deaths from opioid overdoses last year. This crisis is devastating families, overwhelming medical providers, and straining prevention and treatment efforts nationwide. To help combat this epidemic, I cosponsored the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021 and the HALT Fentanyl Act, bills that will help keep this deadly drug off the streets as well as improve addiction treatment services in communities nationwide. It is more important than ever that we get communities the resources they need to overcome this crisis, and I will continue working hard to make this happen. In addition to providing resources for communities in need, we must also stop these drugs from entering our communities in the first place. This starts by ending the Biden border crisis, which is spurring an influx of fentanyl and other deadly drugs into our country. Last month, roughly 2,100 pounds of fentanyl were seized by law enforcement at our southern border — a 202% increase from June and more than double the 780 pounds seized in July of last year. Washington Democrats’ open border policies have created an avenue for deadly, illicit drugs to enter the country, and it must be stopped. This is why I introduced the Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act, which will help stem the flow of this deadly drug through our border. Furthermore, I am pushing policies to secure our border, including reinstating the “remain in Mexico” policy, maintaining Title 42 authority, giving Customs and Border Patrol the resources and support it needs, and finishing the wall. Whether it’s our economy, public health, or the border, Democrats in Washington have continued to make the problem worse. I will continue to work hard to hold them accountable and promote common sense solutions that help make our communities safer, healthier, and more prosperous.
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The problem with socialism
The Left hates the Constitution for precisely that reason. To the Left, the Constitution is a mere barrier against the utopian mission to restructure human relations and, ultimately, humanity itself. In this view, a large government is to be the leveling force among human beings, cramming down the views of one half of the country on the other half. Local governance is dangerous because it might lead to a diversity of viewpoints and practices; the federal government is the best available tool for shaping and molding. Dispense with the Constitution’s limits on the powers of the federal government, and suddenly transformational change becomes possible. The only problem is that such a viewpoint utterly disregards the history of human relations. A government that presides over 330 million human beings with a variety of different viewpoints on core moral issues is unlikely to rule either benevolently or successfully if granted the unfettered power to flatten a multiplicity of jurisdictions and ways of life. Limits are the key to both benevolence and success in governance. Dispensing with the Constitution may sound pleasing to those who seek drastic change on the greatest scale, but a drastic change of that nature typically looks more like tyranny than progress.
He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author; his latest book is “The Authoritarian Moment: How The Left Weaponized America’s Institutions Against Dissent.”
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November 18, 1927August 22, 2022 On August 22, 2022 the Lord invited his earth angel, Eleanor Levitsky, to join him in heaven. Eleanor was born in Pottsville PA to Frank and Bertha Bernosky on November 18, 1927. She graduated in 1945 from Soldiers Memorial High School in Port Carbon and was the class valedictorian. Eleanor was a member of St. Ambrose RC church in Schuylkill Haven PA and is survived by her daughters Ann Levitsky (wife Lisa) of Pittsburgh PA, Jean McAfee of Pinehurst NC with whom she resided, and Kathleen Condash (husband Matt) of Cressona PA, granddaughters Chelsea and Kaylee Condash of Cressona PA, and niece Fran Deitrich (husband Peter Capolino) of Philadelphia PA.
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June 28, 1931August 21, 2022 June Deloris Kirkland, 91 passed away peacefully August 21, 2022. She was born on June 28, 1931 to Carl and Anna Brekkestran in Backus, MN. Although her life began in MN, she lived and made many friends in MO, CA, CO, TX, and PA and finally retired with her husband Jack to NC. Predeceased in death by her loving husbands, Jackson Hester and William Kirkland, sisters, Edna Stark, Nancy Brandt and brother, AllanSheBrekkestranissurvivedby children, John (Debbie) Hester, NV, James (Peggy) Hester, TX, Jackson (Kristen) Hester, TX, Katherine (Scott) Howell, TX, many grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and of course many good friends.
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Edward William Marshall, 80 years old, of Pinehurst, NC peacefully passed away at his residence on Wednesday, August 24,He2022.was born January 24, 1942, and was one of six children of the late William and Blanche Ray Marshall.Edward leaves to cherish his memory his loving wife of 53 years, Jan Wright Marshall; his son Chris Marshall (Paula) and daughter Kim Botelho (Harry); four grandchildren Madison and Paige Marshall and Owen and Chloe Botelho; a sister Norma Cross, two brothers Jeffrey Marshall (Francis) and Allan Marshall (Kietny); brother-in-law Gene Perry, and a host of nieces, nephews and extended family. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a sister Joanne Perry and brother Roddy Marshall.
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Alex Del Bueno passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 24 at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst. He was born on August 31, 1930 in Chicago to parents Alex and Irene. Following his marriage to Sybil, Alex became deeply involved at The Village Chapel, serving on the Finance Committee and Human Resources committee. His tireless work and dedication earned him deep respect among Chapel members and staff alike. Alex is survived by Sybil, his second wife of 15 years, brother Richard (Arlene), and three children, Lois, Christine (Michael), and Michael (Dianne), and numerous grandchildren and nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents Alex and Irene, his first wife Susan, and sister Dorothy.
Charlotte Bess Smith Smoot, age 82 of Seven Lakes, NC passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at her home in Seven Lakes. She was born on January 16, 1940 in Kinston, NC to the late Willard Smith and Sallie Grady Smith. Charlotte was a graduate of East Carolina University where she received her degree in education. She taught in public schools for over 34 years, 30 years in the same first grade classroom. Charlotte loved going to church and her church family at First Baptist Church in Pinehurst. She loved her home in Seven Lakes and her flower gardens. Charlotte will be remembered as a social butterfly and her love of shopping. She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Donald Smoot; a step-son, David (Tonya) Smoot of Roanoke, VA; and her cousin, Camelia Sherrod of Durham, NC. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her step-son, Edwin Smoot and her sister, Edith Marie.
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Sylvia Stout Harbin, 77 of Carthage, NC went to her heavenly home on Friday, August 26,Sylvia2022.was born in Burlington, NC to Elvin & Beulah Stout. Sylvia retired from Pinehurst Surgical Clinic and was a beloved mother, aunt, nana, wife, and best friend to her fur baby Fred. She is survived by her husband of 30 years, Roy Harbin; daughter, Sherry Salyer; son, Michael Salyer (Teresa); a daughter-in-law, Karen Salyer; grandchildren, Troy Wilson, Amber Abernathy (Zack), Samantha Marsh (Brennan), Alex Salyer, Tyler Salyer (Kayla), Lauren Salyer;; She was a greatgrandmother to, Weston Salyer, Tate Salyer, Caiden Marsh, Teigan Marsh, Lillian Marsh, Journey Hardy, Josie Booth; five step-grandchildren, three step great-grandchildren; a Godson, David Barber (Ashley); four God granddaughters as well as many nieces and nephews; Stepchildren, Dana Harbin, John Harbin, Jerry Harbin (Julie). Sylvia was preceded in death by her parents, Elvin and Beulah Stout; her first husband, Louis Salyer; sisters, Julia Barnwell, Alene Rosencrans; brothers, Wayne Stout, Clinton Stout, Cecil Stout; and her son Keith Salyer.
December 4, 1939August 21, 2022 Louis Vincent Sollicito, 82, of Seven Lakes passed away Sunday, August 21, 2022 at his residence. He was born December 4, 1939 in the Bronx, NY to Vincent and Julia LaMorte Sollicito. Louis leaves to cherish his memory his wife of almost 60 years, Martha LiVolsi Sollicito; 4 children, Marianne Roberts (John) of Seven Lakes, NC; Vincent L. Sollicito, of Marietta, GA; Christopher J. Sollicito, of Norwalk, CT; Michael Sollicito (Elsa) of Wallingford, CT; 10 grandchildren Rebecca Workewicz (Mark), Louis Roberts, Sarah Payton (Chris), Benjamin Sollicito, Julia Sollicito, Christopher J. Sollicito, Jr., Krystal Ortiz, Damian Sollicito, Natalia Sollicito and Julian Sollicito; 10 greatgrandchildren; brother-in-law William LiVolsi (Barbara) and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by two brothers William F. Sollicito and Vincent L. Sollicito.
Mary Alyce Baggett, age 35, of Whispering Pines, NC, passed away at FirstHealth Hospice House on August 22, 2022. Mary Alyce was born in Ft. Worth, TX, on June 17, 1987, to Charles Rheinlaender and Mary Stallings Rheinlaender. Mary Alyce is survived by her husband of 14 years, Jamon Baggett, and their three children, Jack, Jett, and Josie Mae.
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AlbertBarberoLouis June 14, 1934August 24, 2022 Albert Louis Barbero, Col USAF (ret), of Pinehurst, passed away peacefully Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at his home, he was 88 years old. Albert was born in Haledon, NJ on June 14, 1934, to Albert Barbero and Mary Lanza Barbero. Al graduated from Central High School in Paterson, NJ, attended Rutgers University on an ROTC scholarship for two years prior to his nomination to the United States Naval Academy. Upon graduation from the Academy in 1958, Al was commissioned a 2LT in the United States Air Force. Over the next 26 years Al served in a variety of flying and command and staff assignments as a Radar Navigator in B-52G, Executive Office and Navigator for the C-123 “Candlesticks” in Vietnam with over 120 Night Combat Missions and 470 Combat Hours, Vice Wing Commander, 323d Flying Training Wing, Mather AFB, Deputy Military Assistant to Secretary of the Air Force and as Chief of Air Force Legislative Liaison Program Office. During his Air Force career, Al also attended Air Command and Staff College, NATO Defense College, George Washington University for his Master in Engineering and Auburn University where he received a Master’s in Business Administration.Albertissurvived by his son, COL (USA Ret) Michael P. Barbero and his wife, Vicki of Pinehurst, NC; his daughter, Tracey A. Pearson and her husband, Daniel, of Granite Bay CA; his grandchildren Mary Graham and her husband Kent, Michael Barbero II and Jonathan Pearson; and his great-grandchildren Gunnar and Emersyn Graham.
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♦Arlyle C Jannuzzo, of Pinehurst, died August 20, 2022.
♦Jackie Ruth Sistrunk Harrington, 84, of Carthage, died August 21, 2022.
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Last Wednesday, the State Board of Elections urged the NC Court of Appeals to reject the request from a Hoke commissioner’s race candidate to intervene in the election. Lent Carr, who finished fourth in the Democratic primary, claims that his competitor, Allen Thomas, was bribing voters to get on the November ballot. In addition to paying for votes, Carr also claims that Thomas offered to pay him $20,000 not to run. Thomas has denied the allegations, claiming that the instance described as bribery was merely a transaction for lawn services. Myra McKoy also submitted an additional affidavit claiming Thomas was paying for votes.
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THE HOKE COUNTY BUCKS got their first win of the season in game two against the Lumber ton Pirates this past Friday. After losing their first non-conference home game against Gray’s Creek High School, the Bucks bounced back by shutting out the away team,Despite30-0.both teams accumu lating 21 flags throughout the en tire game, the first half got off to a slow start. The Bucks managed to get on the scoreboard first after a War ren Avery screen reception got the team inside the 25-yard line. Ethan Wallace immediately went 17 yards for the first touchdown of the game. The Bucks’ senior kicker, Ryan Ramirez, managed to secure the extra point. Before the end of the first half, Hoke County succeeded in dis rupting the Pirates’ offense and regaining possession when Jako beion McCoy picked off a Lum berton pass. Once on offense, Ethan Wallace pulled off a 33yard touchdown run. After stifling the Pirates’ of fense once again, Ramirez nailed a 42-yard field goal with less than a minute left in the first half. The Bucks left the field for halftime with a 17-0 Lumbertonlead.won the toss at the beginning of the game, giving them a much-needed possession at the start of the second half. Af ter a couple of long runs, the Pi rates bobbled the ball, and Bucks’ defensive lineman Jalon Steward jumped on top of it. Hoke moved the ball down to the Pirates’ 14yard line when Q’monte Allen punched it in. Both teams traded drives for the next couple of possessions when Hokes’ Zion Smith sacked the Pirates quarterback and re covered the ball. A few plays lat er, Ethan Wallace scored from 12-yards out, leaving Ramirez to secure the extra point. The game ended with a score of 30-0. On offense, Ethan Wallace was the leading scorer of the game, bringing in three touchdowns and gaining 96 yards off 11 car ries. In two games, Wallace has put up seven touchdowns and 286 yards. Hoke’s quarterback Brandon Saunders was 7 for 12 with passing, completely avoid ing any interception and passing for 110 yards. Ryan Ramirez hit three extra points on the night on top of nailing an impressive 42yard field goal. Q’monte Allen also managed to get his name on the scoresheet, scoring the final touchdown of the night. On the defensive end, Jako beion McCoy led the way with six solo tackles, six assists, and one interception.“Wedefinitely saw some im provement on defense, but we still need to be consistent in a lot of areas overall,” said Head Coach George Small after the game. “We’re learning while win ning. You know, that’s what I like to see is that we were learning while winning. Every coach likes that.”The Bucks will head to Hope Mills this upcoming Friday night to take on the South View Tigers. South View is 0-1 after losing their first game to Overhills 3622. Kickoff is set for 7:30 pm.
The state’s high court will begin hearing oral arguments in the case on Aug. 31. The filing by lawmakers follows orders by Associate Justices Phil Berger, Jr. and Anita Earls, indi cating they will not recuse them selves from the case. Berger’s order was a simple paragraph, whereas Earls’ went on for 21 pages. Earls was asked to recuse herself for her past legal representation of the families from the Charlotte-Meck
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On Aug. 26, attorneys for the Plaintiff-Intervenors filed a re sponse urging the court to deny the lawmakers’ motion to dismiss. As of noon on Aug. 30, the N.C. Supreme Court had not published a decision on the matter.
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RALEIGH — On Aug. 23, leg islative leaders filed a motion to dismiss certain plaintiffs from the decades-old Leandro education funding case that has made its way to the N.C. Supreme Court. The motion, filed by attorney Matthew Tilley of Womble Bond Dickson LLP on behalf of law makers, argues that the claims of the Plaintiff-Intervenors, also called the Penn-Intervenors, are “not at issue in this appeal.” Furthermore, the motion as serts the plaintiffs can’t be consid ered “a party aggrieved” and that their appeal should be dismissed for “lack of appellate jurisdiction” because the only claim they have made “was severed from the pro ceedings that led to the orders now onTheappeal.”Legislative-Intervenors re quest also asks the court to “Strike Plaintiff-Intervenors Opening, Response, and Reply briefs filed on 1 July 2022, 1 August 2022, and 12 August 2022, respectively.”
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last week. For ease of reference, Legislative Intervenors have at tached a copy of the Order to this motion.”Point two of the motion’s sum mary underscored Earls’ own re cusal order supported dismissal. “Justice Earls held that, al though she signed Plaintiff-Inter venors’ initial complaint, she did not need to recuse herself because ‘the facts and claims at issue in the Intervening Complaint — which largely concerned student assign ment policies in CMS — are en tirely unrelated to the questions presently before this Court,’” ac cording to the motion. “In addi tion, Justice Earls introduced an August 2005 order from the trial court — which had not previous ly been made part of the record on appeal — that clarified that Plain tiff-Intervenors were only per mitted to intervene for the limit ed purpose of pursuing their claim related to the conditions in CMS.” The motion’s conclusion also takes aim at Earls, stating that by allowing the Plaintiff-Interve nors to remain a party to the ap peal “risks the appearance that the Court is granting favorable treat ment to one of the Justice’s former clients.”Ina statement about the dis missal motion, North Caroli na House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) said, “Jus tice Earls and the Plaintiff-Inter venors simply cannot have it both ways. The bottom line is that ei ther her former clients should be dismissed from this case, or Jus tice Earls should recuse herself. Anything less is an affront to our judicialAccordingsystem.”to the North Caroli na Code of Judicial Conduct rule 3(c)(1)(b), a judge is required to disqualify themselves from pre siding over a case if they had pre viously participated in that case as a lawyer.
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At the same time, we must also take steps to help protect the health and safety of our communities. Over the past few years, drug overdose deaths have surged across the United States. Much of this surge is driven by synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. The trafficking and usage of it continues to plague our communities in record numbers. In North Carolina alone, there were 3,759 deaths from opioid overdoses last year. This crisis is devastating families, overwhelming medical providers, and straining prevention and treatment efforts nationwide. To help combat this epidemic, I cosponsored the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021 and the HALT Fentanyl Act, bills that will help keep this deadly drug off the streets as well as improve addiction treatment services in communities nationwide. It is more important than ever that we get communities the resources they need to overcome this crisis, and I will continue working hard to make this happen.Inaddition to providing resources for communities in need, we must also stop these drugs from entering our communities in the first place. This starts by ending the Biden border crisis, which is spurring an influx of fentanyl and other deadly drugs into our country. Last month, roughly 2,100 pounds of fentanyl were seized by law enforcement at our southern border — a 202% increase from June and more than double the 780 pounds seized in July of last year. Washington Democrats’ open border policies have created an avenue for deadly, illicit drugs to enter the country, and it must be stopped. This is why I introduced the Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act, which will help stem the flow of this deadly drug through our border. Furthermore, I am pushing policies to secure our border, including reinstating the “remain in Mexico” policy, maintaining Title 42 authority, giving Customs and Border Patrol the resources and support it needs, and finishing the wall. Whether it’s our economy, public health, or the border, Democrats in Washington have continued to make the problem worse. I will continue to work hard to hold them accountable and promote common sense solutions that help make our communities safer, healthier, and more prosperous.
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This famous line by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reminds us that while government handouts may sound good, someone still has to foot the bill. Despite inflation remaining at a 40-year high, last week, President Biden announced his plan to unilaterally “cancel” hundreds of billions of dollars in federal student loan debt. This gimmick is little more than an attempt by Biden to boost his abysmal and well-deserved approval rating and will likely worsen our nation’s dire economic condition. What’s more, this debt will not magically go away but rather will be unfairly transferred to hardworking Americans across the country. According to the University of Pennsylvania Penn Wharton Budget Model, Biden’s student loan scheme could cost American taxpayers between $300-$980 billion. Yet, this tab will be paid primarily by those who either never went to college or have worked hard to pay off their own loans. Of the 332.4 million Americans, only around 45 million have student loan debt. Despite this, Biden and Democrats in Washington want to force you to pay this debt with your tax dollars. This big government socialist scheme is simply not fair. That’s why last month, I cosponsored the Fairness for Responsible Borrowers Act, a bill that will prevent the Departments of Education, Justice, or the Treasury from taking any action to “forgive” outstanding student loan balances and transfer the costs to you.
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Mr. Terrill “Moe” Richardson age, 44 went home to be with his heavenly father on August 27, 2022.He is survived by his daughter, Jalzia; mother, Lessie Mae Richardson; brother, Darryl, aunts: Joyce Ray, Gloria Graham; uncles: William Johnson, Roosevelt Ray along with a host of other family and friends. “Moe” will be greatly missed.
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Mr. Prince Allen Black age, 85 transitioned from earth to glory on August 22, 2022. He leaves to cherish his loving memories his wife, Doretha White Black, children: Ronald E. Black(Barbara), Larry A. Black(Regina), Allen Black, Cohilda willofgrandchildrennineBridges,Black;McIntosh;GlendiaDorothyNewkirk,NewkirkBlack(Kevin),TracieLee;sisters:SallieTi-YettaGomez,Black,DevettaBanister,Black-Flippin,Bettybrother,OwenHunteraunt,MinnieMcPhatteruncle,WillieC.Bridges,grandchildren,tengreatalongwithahostotherfamilyandfriends.Allenbegreatlymissed.
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October 12, 1942 ~ August 28, 2022
Mrs. Pilar M. Rockholt passed away peacefully, surrounded by her husband and 12 close family members.Sheispreceded in death by her first husband, LTC Raymond C. Moir, parents Florencio Miguel and Felicisima C. Miguel, sister, Paulita M. Enano, and a nephew, Marcus X. Miguel. She is survived by her husband, Joe Rockholt, of Lake Lure, NC. Stepsons, Dave (Karen) and Dean (Ellen) of Raeford. Sisters, Maria C. Miguel (Benjamin), Cecilia and Teresita of San Antonio, TX; Brothers, Danilo (Thelma) of San Antonio, Florencio Jr (Nida) of Frisco, TX and Crispulo (Loida) of Fort Belvoir, VA. Five grandchildren; Lailani, Heidi, Shania, Cherish, Gage; and six great grandchildren. There are numerous nephews and nieces, great nephews, and nieces on both sides of the family. Pilar was a wonderful wife, travel companion and friend to all. She had a heart of gold and she loved everyone without reservation. She truly was an angel walking on earth. She loved to sing and will surely be singing with angels in heaven. She loved taking pictures for memories and was a city girl who learned to love the country and living on a small farm near Raeford and planting flowers. She worked in Viet Nam for two years which became her ticket to the United States. Maria Velez May 28, 1934 ~ August 23, 2022 Ms. Maria Velez age, 88 departed this earthly life to be with her heavenly father on August 23, 2022. She is survived by her children: Victor Velez, Evelyn Sanchez, Christian Velez; sister, Belen Ramos. Maria will be greatly missed.
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Mr. Sean Gregory Eastwood of Raeford, age 36 went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, August 21, 2022 at his home.Sean was born in New Jersey, on September 25, 1985. He received his associate degree from Rowan College in Sewell, New Jersey. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Bobbie J Eastwood, and his maternal grandparents, Margaret Lois Schwab, and John J. Higgins Sr. He is survived by his two sons, Sean Gregory Eastwood Jr of the home and Liam Ryan Eastwood of New Jersey and their mother, Lindsey Ryan Eastwood of New Jersey, his father, Gregory D. Eastwood of Grays Creek, his mother Margaret Higgins Monroe, and her husband Wayne of Raeford, his three brothers, Joshua Aaron Eastwood and his wife Faiza of Fayetteville NC, Scott Andrew Eastwood of Grays Creek, and Kyle Walker Nelson of Raeford, his sister, Gabrielle Nelson of Nashville TN, his paternal grandfather Aaron T. Eastwood of Turnersville, NJ, several aunts, uncles, cousins, and nephews.
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Mrs. Pat B. Woodcox, of Hoke County, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on August 26, 2022, at the age of 71. Pat was born on October 6, 1950, in Hoke County, to the late Armond D. and Josephine B. Black. She was preceded in death, just recently, by her devoted husband of 53 years, Larry A. Woodcox Sr. (whom she called “Darlin’) and by her precious son, Larry Allen Woodcox Jr. (Allen), as well as a brother, Kenneth Black. Pat is survived by her loving daughter, Christina (Tina) Woodcox Bernhardt and her husband, Royce of Raeford, NC, a brother JD Black (Wanda) and a sister Joyce Black McCabe, both of Fayetteville, NC. In honor of Pat Woodcox, memorials can be made to Ephesus Baptist Church, 4750 Arabia Rd. Raeford, NC 28376.
August 30, 1977 ~ August 27, 2022
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June 6, 1995 ~ August 23, 2022 Ms. Ashala Simmons age, 27 went home to be with her heavenly father on August 23, 2022. She was preceded in death by her grandfather William Craigmiles and brother Asean Simmons.Ashalaleaves to cherish her loving memories her parents: Tara Denise Simmons, Kent Douglas
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