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DEADLY WHILE INTOXICATED Some see tougher laws as a way to prevent more deaths on roads

City cuts ‘may well be a painful situation’

BY SHAVONNE POTTS

Some services likely will suffer as officials work with $2.7 million shortfall

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In 2007, Leeanna Newman and her husband, Brad, were raising their toddler, Mallory, and Leeanna was eight months pregnant with their second child, another girl. On a Tuesday evening in February, a drunken driver cut the 20-year-old mother’s life short and killed her unborn baby. Rigo Verto Guillen-Martinez was fleeing from police when he lost control of his Jeep Cherokee and crossed the center line on North Main Street in Landis. He collided NEWMAN head-on with Newman’s Saturn. Guillen-Martinez had consumed 20 beers that day, authorities said. His blood alcohol content was nearly three times the legal .08 limit. It was his third driving while impaired offense. While he was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison, state lawmakers say tougher drunken-driving laws might prevent people from driving drunk until they kill someone.

Laura’s Law Legislators introduced a bill Tuesday that would increase punishment for habitual DWI offenders. Dubbed “Laura’s Law,” the bill is named after Gaston County teen Laura Fortenberry, who was killed in a July collision caused by a repeat DWI offender. Rep. Tim Moore of Cleveland County introduced the bill and Rep. Harry Warren, whose district covers part of Rowan County is one of the bill’s primary sponsors. “In Rowan and North Carolina, we are taking a firm stance on habitual offenders,” Warren said. “It’s not just to protect people like Laura Fortenberry; it’s all victims of vehicular accidents involving people who drink and drive.” The bill builds on several es-

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Witnesses at the trial said Neese was speeding and driv- BURGDOFF ing erratically before his Ford Explorer crashed into the rear of Thompson’s Toyota Corolla. Patty died on impact. Neese was charged with driving while impaired and felony death by vehicle. He was also charged with felony serious injury by vehicle, a law that had taken effect seven days before the collision. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Donnie Burgdoff, Patty’s father, said a drunken driver took the life of a little girl who “was turning into a young lady.” And he left her family with an open wound that won’t heal. “The grieving process never ends. There’s no stop to it,” Donnie said. Patty’s brother, Danny, was in California at the time of her death. He is now married and stationed at Fort Bragg with the Army. When

With a $2.7 million budget shortfall looming, the city of Salisbury will face its toughest fiscal year in the past quarter-century. City Council members received the sobering financial news Friday at the end of a planning retreat at the Rowan Museum, where many of the projects and goals presented over two days may have to wait until the citys revenue streams recover from the recession. City Manager David Treme predicted the next fiscal year, which starts in July, will be the worst he’s seen in his 25 years n One of city’s with the city of Salisbury. “It’s here and it’s upon us,” goals would Treme said. “We will cut (the make big change budget) to fit, but it may well at Main, Innes streets, 3A be a painful situation.” He said staff will present a n Crumbling proposed budget in May that sidewalks a is balanced and includes no tax trouble spot increase. Closing the budget along Lee gap without a tax increase will Street, 3A mean cutting services. Council also could vote to raise user fees and cut personnel. Because the city will have to cut services, council member Brian Miller asked Treme to include in the budget process more opportunities for public comment. Council members will need to reconsider all expenditures as they “right-size” city services and not protect certain areas or programs, Miller said. “It’s about the whole city surviving this,” he said. “This is an all-hands-on-deck exercise.” Dr. John Connaughton of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Thursday told

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A cross marks the spot on US 29 in China Grove where 8-year-old Patty Burgdoff was killed in an automobile crash involving a drunken driver.

Left turn at the Square?

‘Grieving process never ends’ for Burgdoff family BY SHAVONNE POTTS spotts@salisburypost.com

A John Deere riding lawn mower parked in front of a tree in Pat Burgdoff’s backyard will likely never be moved. It was left in that spot by her granddaughter Patty, who liked to “drive” the bladeless mower. “Nobody will touch it,” Pat said. “I won’t move it.” Atop the mower are flowers placed there in memory of her granddaughter. Patricia Eleanor “Patty” Burgdoff was 8 on Dec. 8, 2006, when drunken-driver Ross Edward Neese struck the car in which she was riding. Neese is currently serving 11 to 14 years in prison. Patty, who was named after both of her grandmothers, was riding in the back seat with best friend Justen Morgan, who was 7. Justen’s mother, Shania Thompson, was driving the car and her husband, Michael, was in the front passenger’s seat. They had all just left Gary’s Barbecue on U.S. 29.

Driver’s license was permanently revoked before he killed teen road,” said Terry Patrick, Brad’s father.

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Brad Patrick died in December The other driver Brad and Stacy Gainey were riding 1989 after a drunken driver slammed with 16-year-old friend Marc Katzin into the car in which he was a passenthat night. The teens had attended a ger. basketball tournament at Catawba ColPatrick was just 15. His death not lege and were traveling on Faith Road. only shook the community, it helped Charlie Anderson McBride was also change North Carolina law. driving Faith Road that night. He The wreck that claimed Brad’s life PATRICK drove his Cadillac across the center happened three days after Christmas, stealing his life and the lifetime of possibili- line and collided head-on with the car driven by Katzin. ties ahead. “When people do things, they don’t piece See TEEN, 5A together what’s going to happen down the

‘An unwarranted waste of life’ vehicle, Kenneth Wayne Walton, 28, of Thomasville, died an hour after the Jake Alexander Sr. crash. started a love affair with Alexander, 62, never rethe state Departcovered from his ment of Transportainjuries and died a tion that lasted 20 week later — it years. was his wife’s He was killed by birthday. He and a drunken driver on Doris were high the same roads he school sweetworked to improve. hearts. In late February “It was an un1987, Alexander was warranted waste injured in a wreck ALEXANDER of life that repeats on U.S 64, just west itself day in and of Asheboro. He was day out,” his son, headed home to Salisbury Jake Alexander Jr., said from his Raleigh office. See WASTE, 4A The driver of the other BY SHAVONNE POTTS

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Leeanna Newman’s white Saturn was crushed in a crash with a Jeep Cherokee driven by a drunken driver on Main Street in Landis.

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hen Robert “R.J.” Woodbury visited home for Thanksgiving, it was the best and worst of holidays. In years past, just making the trip from his assisted-living facility in Ohio would have been close to impossible, given his weight, but Woodbury made the journey this Thanksgiving as a passenger in his mother’s van. His steady progress at losing weight — today he is down to 589 pounds from a high several years ago of 1,189 — is allowing him to do things he hasn’t done in years. MARK R.J., 29, loved seeing his family in person — mother WINEKA Connie, sister Monique and father Robert — but it also turned out to be the last time he would be with his father, who died Dec. 6. “My dad was just waiting to see me,” R.J. said, “and I was happy to be there with him. I could tell his body was tired.” R.J. said his father had dedicated his life to God and is surely somewhere now free of pain. “It was a sad time for all of us,” Connie Woodbury said, believing her husband willed himself to stay alive long

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Busing-for-diversity policy the focus of gathering in Raleigh RALEIGH (AP) — At a rally on Saturday where the main issue was the end of a busingfor-diversity policy in North Carolina’s largest school district, speakers warned the large crowd that marching is not enough. “You’ve got to do something when you leave here,” the Rev. William Barber, head of the state NAACP, told a large crowd that marched from Shaw University to the state Legislature over what organizers call efforts to resegregate public schools across North Carolina, with Wake County as the model. The dispute over Wake’s socio-economic diversity policy has drawn national attention to North Carolina’s largest school district. A ma-

jority of school board members voted last year to scrap a decade-old plan that bused some students around the district to achieve socio-economic — and, as a result, racial — balance. The decision to end the policy has resulted in criticism from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and with a complaint filed with the education department’s Office for Civil Rights. The rally brought national NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous to Raleigh, who compared the contemporary dispute to the civil rights era. “We’re still fighting the old Jim Crow,” Jealous said. In remarks to The Associated Press before the march, Jealous said the outcome of

“People everywhere want an equal opportunity for their children. I’m hoping this will be an eye-opener.” FAY BOWN parent with three children in Wake County schools

the Wake County fight will be closely watched in school districts around the country. “The far right activists targeted a number of school boards in North Carolina, and there’s reason to be concerned that they’re using Wake County, and North Carolina in general, to send a regressive message to the rest of the country,” he said. Calls to members of the school board who voted to

scrap the policy were not immediately returned. Five of the nine board members face elections this November, including school board Chairman Ron Margiotta, a supporter of ending the busing plan. Speakers tried to hammer home the importance of voting in those contests. “We’re going to have a referendum on regression,” Barber said. An estimate of the crowd’s

CITY FROM 1a Council to expect at least five more years of slow, anemic growth in revenues. While corporate profits are up and some sectors of the economy have improved, the city doesn’t reap those benefits, said John Sofley, management services director. “We can’t touch that,” he said. The city brings in money from property and sales taxes, but new home construction has not recovered and consumer confidence remains shaky. While revenues are flat, the city’s expenses have increased. “Our base cost just to do business has jumped,” Sofley said. Finance Manager Teresa Harris highlighted expense details:

LIFE FROM 1a enough to see R.J. one more time. As for R.J.’s most recent visit: “He smiled and cried the whole time he was here,” Connie said. R.J. Woodbury has resumed his life at the Andover Village Retirement Community in Ohio, where he has been since late September 2005. The facility was one of the few weightloss programs in the country that accepted Medicare and Medicaid patients such as R.J., who is considered severely obese. He fights lymphedema, which swells his legs, and when infection strikes, the legs ooze lymphatic fluid. Back in January 2007, Discovery Health Channel chronicled R.J.’s story as part of its “Super Obese” series. The Woodburys had learned of the Andover Village Retirement Community through the story of another person featured on the program. Leading up to R.J.’s move to Ohio, F&M Bank in Rowan County helped in establishing a Robert Woodbury Special Needs Fund. Donations to the fund allowed the family to arrange the special transportation required to move him initially to Ohio. After Woodbury was in Ohio, people also sent him books in the mail and many encouraging cards and emails. In several church congregations back home, his name often was said aloud in prayers. “I’m doing pretty good right now,” R.J. said in a recent telephone interview. He faces the first of skingrafting surgeries on both of his legs in March or April. There also could be surgical procedures to remove excess skin on his chest and stomach. R.J. already has undergone three gastric operations in Cleveland that together have reduced the size of his stomach and shortened the length of his small and large intestines. R.J. said he now eats about 1,400 calories a day

size was not immediately available Saturday, but a long line of marchers snaked through several city blocks as they made their way to Jones Street. Although the school diversity issue was at the forefront, marchers carried signs touching on a long list of liberal and progressive concerns, from death penalty opposition to illegal immigrants’ access to higher education. But the school issue was paramount, and not only for marchers from Wake County.

Personnel costs The mandatory retirement contribution will increase by half a percent. Health insurance costs are projected to go up. The city closed this years budget gap by not filling vacant positions, which saved $300,000. The proposed budget will include that rolling freeze.

Operations Gas, oil and the cost of utilities will increase, and the proposed budget will include for the first time money to operate the new Salisbury Customer Service Center. Some unexpected operational expenses have hit the city, including mandatory Fisher Street bridge repairs at $303,000. saLIsBURY POsT FILe PhOTO

Robert Woodbury talks about his problems with cellulitis in 2005. and has been losing, on average, 8 pounds a week. “My legs retain a lot of fluids,” he said. “The more I lose, the better chance I have of getting fluid off my legs.” His ultimate goal is to return home for good by Christmas of this year. But he recognizes a lot will depend on how well he heals from the leg surgeries and his own requirement that he not be a burden to his mother and sister. R.J. doesn’t talk in terms of a magic weight he has to meet before he comes home. He just wants to keep losing

weight and feeling better. “Now when I wake up, I can actually get up and do what I have to do,” Woodbury said. He showers and dresses himself. He puts on his own stockings. “That’s a big deal for me,” he explained. He also is walking and no longer requires, for example, a gurney, four strong men pushing him and the scheduling of an ambulance to go see his doctor. Now the transportation van can pull up to the front door, and he uses a wheelchair more of less for balance as he walks into the doctor’s office. “They used to send for a nurse’s aide, Posters but now I can go by myself,” Keller Memorial Lodge #657 will hold an Emergent Communica- R.J. said. tion on Monday. A Master Mason Lodge will open at 7 p.m. A Third Wednesdays are R.J.’s Degree will be conferred. weigh-in day. It’s also the day he meets with a team of people — including a social worker, dietician and nurses Lottery numbers — RALEIGH (AP)—Here are the — to review his progress. “They really do care winning lottery numbers selected Saturday in the North about me,” R.J. said. “They Carolina Education Lottery: Daytime Pick 3: 4-9-7, Evening love me and want me to get Pick 3: 5-4-9, , Pick 4: 3-6-1-0, Cash 5: 01-05-13-17-18 out of here.” Powerball: 11-32-36-48-52, Powerball: 19, Power Play: 4 Life at the facility is pretty mundane. R.J. is up by 7 a.m., eats breakfast and HOW TO REACH US works out for an hour to Phone ....................................(704) 633-8950 for all departments hour-and-a-half on the stretching, weight-lifting (704) 797-4287 Sports direct line and cardio exercises he can (704) 797-4213 Circulation direct line do. He might watch Sports (704) 797-4220 Classified direct line Center on ESPN or tackle his Business hours ..................Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. homework. He has been takFax numbers........................(704) 630-0157 Classified ads ing online courses in ac(704) 633-7373 Retail ads counting and business man(704) 639-0003 News agement. After-hours voice mail......(704) 797-4235 Advertising After lunch and dinner, (704) 797-4255 News he plays rummy with a couple of the older residents. At Salisbury Post online........www.salisburypost.com night, he often tries to speak Home Delivered Rates: or text with his mother and 1 Mo. 3 Mo. 6 Mo. Yr. sister by cell phone. Daily & Sun. 12.00 36.00 70.50 141.00 Sunday Only 8.00 24.00 46.80 93.60 A recent draw of blood — Published Daily since 1905, it’s done weekly — showed afternoon and saturday and sunday Morning by The Post Publishing Co., Inc. R.J. needed more proteins, Subscription Rates By Mail: (Payable in advance) salisbury, NC 28145-4639 - Phone 633-8950 In U.S. and possessions so he has been eating a lot of • 1 Mo. 3 Mo. 6 Mo. Yr. Carriers and dealers are independent contractors boiled eggs and peanut butDaily & Sun. 29.00 87.00 174.00 348.00 and The Post Publishing Co.,Inc. Daily Only 25.00 75.00 150.00 300.00 ter lately. is not responsible for Sunday Only 16.00 48.00 96.00 192.00 advance payments made to them. The Andover facility gets Member, Audit Bureau of Circulation all of his disability income • salisbury Post (IssN 0747-0738) is published daily; second Class Postage paid at salisbury, NC except for $40 a month, but POsTMasTeR: send address changes to: salisbury Post, P.O. Box 4639, salisbury, NC 28145-4639 R.J. said coming to Andover

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probably saved him. “I think if I would have stayed home, I would have just died,” he said. “I probably would have had a heart attack or stroke. I know God has to be walking with me because at my size and weight, I should have been dead.” Even after losing 600 pounds, Woodbury knows he has a long way to go. “I’m still big,” he said. “People are still going to stare at me and look. I don’t really care.” R.J. said his attitude is better these days — “I think before I start yelling or talking ... and I can get along with anybody.” He thanks God daily for his mother and sister back home. Connie Woodbury works at the Hefner VA Medical Center, and Monique is employed at the N.C. Rest Home on the VA campus. “Those two, my mother and sister, are amazing,” R.J. said. “I don’t know how they do it, but they do it every day.” Woodbury’s dream is to some day own a facility and “help people going through what I’m going through.” He remembers one of the last conversations he had with his father: “I made a promise to Dad I would finish what I started.” Contact Mark Wineka at 704-797-4263, or mwineka@ salisburypost.com.

Buses from Wilmington to Newton, many organized by churches, brought people to the event. Fay Bown, who has three children in Wake County schools, said she came to the march in the belief that diversity in schools shouldn’t be a divisive issue. “People everywhere want an equal opportunity for their children,” she said, gesturing at the crowd. “I’m hoping this will be an eye-opener.”

could include a $1.1 million increase in capital expenses, including about $1 million for roofs, HVAC and building needs. Even if Council funds no capital improvement projects, they will face a budget shortfall of about $1.5 million, Harris said. “There are no tricks,” Sofley said. “This is a year when it’s truly a matter of stepping back and saying what services do we want to provide?” Salisbury-Rowan Utilities, the city’s water and sewer utility, and Fibrant, the new telecommunications utility, operate separately from the general fund in their own enterprise funds. They are not included in the $2.7 million shortfall, Sofley said. The water and sewer fund breaks even, he said. Fibrant has been operating for three months, and the city borrowed $30 million to launch the network and build the new Customer Service Center. The city’s budget shortfall assumes no revaluation of property values by Rowan County. If the county commissioners proceed with their planned revaluation, Salisbury’s budget gap could grow even bigger. Property values have fallen since the last revaluation, and that would lead to a decrease in property tax revenue for Salisbury, officials said. “Revaluation will put an extra burden on Salisbury and other communities,” Treme said. “I don’t know why we should not put that off.” Treme has invited Jerry Rowland, Rowan County tax assessor, to Council’s meeting Tuesday to talk about revaluation. Council member William “Pete” Kennedy said he wants Council to consider sending a resolution to the commissioners, asking them to delay revaluation.

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Bigfoot hunt draws hundreds Stuff of dreams: Turning left at the downtown Square BY EMILY FORD eford@salisburypost.com

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Matt Moneymaker directs searchers for signs of bigfoot during a search in the uwharries on Saturday.

Salisbury man’s search will be part of cable-TV series BY DAVID FREEZE For the Salisbury Post

ichael Greene of Salisbury has attracted a lot of attention in his hunt for Bigfoot. More than 300 people joined Greene and about 10 staff members of the Animal Planet cable-TV channel at the Eldorado Outpost on N.C. 109 near Troy and began a search for signs of the mysterious, perhaps mythical, creature on Saturday. Green was glad to see the crowd. “Five years ago, I joined the Bigfoot Field Research Organization (BFRO). I was just tired of doing this myself, a little discouraged, and had no one to talk to and share my hobby,” Greene said. Greene’s interest in Bigfoot began when was working toward a master’s in behavioral psychology. He wrote a thesis on group hysteria, and one of the subjects he studied was Bigfoot. He came to believe that Bigfoot was possibly a real entity, so the reading and investigation began. Greene, a lifelong public servant who worked in several government agencies, convinced the Animal Planet crew to stop in the Troy area on their way to filming a series on Bigfoot sightings. The film crew will continue on to Florida, Georgia, Oregon and Washington state. A six-show series is planned to air on Animal Planet this fall. Greene, now 69 and retired, moved with his wife to Salisbury two years ago. They wanted to be near family and to investigate Bigfoot sightings in the area. North

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Searchers file into a field before organizing into a line to search fields and woods, looking for hair or other signs of bigfoot’s presence. Carolina is a hotbed for sightings, according to BFRO investigators who attended Saturday. John Pate, Tommy Poland and Olaf Seamen all told of the excitement of the hunt. Seamen drove six hours to join the search in the Uwharries, and he usually spends 10 weekends a year on the hunt. “The more you look at something, the more the book opens up,” Pate said. While some see the hunt as pure entertainment, the BFRO researchers say the subject is no longer the stuff of fantasy. BFRO now boasts scientists and university researchers.

David Pardue says he has pictures of his own sighting of a family of four Bigfoots. He claims to also possess evidence of territory marking by the creature. Pardue says that Bigfoot often twists a small tree, first one way and then another, laying it down to signify its territory. He says that Bigfoot can change his eyes to red, and makes an audible sound known to the investigators. Since Bigfoot, aka Sasquatch, is nocturnal, most of the serious hunting is done at night. “I have had very little sleep for a

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Classes drum up support for at-risk students BY SARAH CAMPBELL scampbell@salisburypost.com

Mannualynn Stowe Faison is already seeing her “drums not guns,” “hope not dope” and “with dance there is a chance” approach to reaching at-risk youth paying off. “We’ve had a tremendous response,” she said. “We want to uplift the youth and give them alternatives to destructive behavior.” Faison, executive director of Sankofa Multi-Cultural Coalition, recently partnered with Me Time, a girl’s mentoring group at Salisbury High School FAISON to host African drumming and dance workshops. Sankofa Multi-Cultural Coalition is a nonprofit organization focused on enriching the artistic interests and talents of young people. The group is inviting all students in kindergarten through 12th grades to attend free workshops at 5:30 p.m.

Oh, to turn left at the Square. This dream for many motorists could become a reality. City Council has thrown its weight behind an effort by Downtown Salisbury Inc. to allow left turns from East Innes Street onto South Main Street. At their planning retreat Friday, council members named the left-turn proposal and an accompanyEast ing Innes Street corridor study as one of six tactical goals for next HEMANN year. They decided not to include as a goal a new ordinance aimed at downtown employees who repeatedly park illegally on downtown streets, costing merchants a reported $1.6 million in lost sales. Targeting repeat offenders has enough momentum on its own, council agreed. A left turn at the Square would allow motorists traveling up Innes Street from Interstate 85 to more easily find the South Main downtown business district, including the Empire Hotel, which may be renovated. The area is only accessible to traffic from the interstate by navigating several one-way streets. “It’s a major impediment that we need to remove,” said

Saturdays at Salisbury High School. Master drummer Allen Boyd and April Turner, a professionally trained African dance instructor, are on hand each week to teach the workshops. The sessions focus on improving self-esteem and cultivating a deeper appreciation for African culture and traditions. About a dozen kids ranging in ages from 7 to 14 years old gathered Saturday for the sixth workshop. Sarah Campbell/SAliSbury poSt “Involvement in Montee McNeil, 12, Kettyl Amoakon, 14, and Elijah Heggins, 12, play this initiative is rhythms from Mali on the dun-dun drums during an African drumming quickly proving to and dance workshop at Salisbury High School on Saturday. be a positive alternative to negative ence,” she said. “I really get in general and Africa speciflife practices such as seden- to learn a lot more about my ically,” Felix Amoakon, Kettary practices, gang involve- culture, which is something I tyl and Kail’s father, said Satment and drug use ...” Saki- wouldn’t normally be exposed urday. nah Shakoor Riley, Me Time to.” The family is originally adviser, said in an e-mail to Kettyl’s sister, Kail, also from the Ivory Coast in the Post. attends the workshops each Africa, so it’s important to FeKettyl Amoakon, a fresh- week. She plays drums while lix and his wife, Sabine, that man at the Rowan Early Col- Kail dances. the girls don’t forget their lege, said she looks forward “I think it’s a great oppor- roots. to the workshops. tunity for them to broaden See DRUMS, 7A “It’s a learning experi- their perspective of the world

Priorities City Council’s tactical goals for 2011-12: • Support Downtown Salisbury Inc.’s East Innes Street corridor study, including a left turn at the Square. • Support Fibrant, the city’s new fiber-to-the-home network. • Work with RowanWorks Economic Development to come up with an economic development strategy for Fibrant and Salisbury-Rowan Utilities, including seeking out new customers. • Implement the master plan for Lincoln Park. If the park plan wins an $87,000 Robertson Family Foundation grant, the city would install a splash pad near the swimming pool and make other improvements this fall. Funding would include $45,000 from the city and a $42,000 incentive payment from Southern Railroad for closing the Horah Street crossing. Future phases of the park plan call for two more splash pads, a new bathhouse and eventually closing the pool and replacing it with a larger facility at the nearby Civic Center. • Continue the summer reading program with Rowan County and other municipalities. • Continue to meet with Rowan County officials to identify partnership opportunities that are mutually beneficial. Council aims to accomplish tactical goals in one year.

Crumbling sidewalks could stumble business our city, except as it relates to the sidewalk in front of the business,” he said. A 400-foot stretch of crumThe city should provide the bling sidewalk in downtown company with a plan and Salisbury received a lot of at- timetable to fix the sidewalk, tention during the City Coun- Miller said. cil retreat because of the ForExtensive streetscape imtune 500 clients who have provements are planned for stumbled over it. North Lee Street, including Integro Technologies, a new sidewalks, light fixtures company at 305 N. Lee Street, and tree wells — with a provides light-sensing tech- $307,000 price tag. nology used by manufactur“I’m sure they would love ers in quality control. During that, but they just want to the past two months, visitors walk on the sidewalk without to the Integro office have in- turning their ankle,” Miller cluded folks from Merck, Pep- said. siCo, Kimberly Clark, Proctor City Manager David Treme & Gamble, R.J. said staff would Reynolds, Herconsider a shortshey, BMW and term solution. eight other bigCity Engineer name corporaDan Mikkelson tions. said $15,000 Integro is in would buy a fresh the Railwalk disconcrete sidetrict, considered walk. the city’s busiJobs in the ness incubator Railwalk district for the new econjumped from 30 omy. in 2006 to 72 in While visitors 2011, with projecto Integro reporttions for about 90 edly were immore. To date, inpressed when vestment in the they looked up district totals and saw Salis$2.75 million with bury, they were projections for tomystified when tal investment of they looked down $7 million to $10 BRIAN MILLER and saw the state million, Hemann City Council member of affairs under said. their feet. The city al“They are walking over ready has tackled the worst issidewalks that are not up to sue in the area, the overhead par,” said Randy Hemann, ex- power lines, which Hemann ecutive director for Down- called spaghetti on a stick. town Salisbury Inc. They have been removed. City Council member BriWhile all council members an Miller said he’s concerned appeared to support a quick Intergro, which can do busi- fix for Integro’s sidewalk, ness anywhere, might leave if Mayor Susan Kluttz warned the situation continues. The the Council can’t treat one company just added seven business differently than annew positions with salaries other. topping $60,000 and is the type “We should never focus on of high-tech business Salis- one business in downtown,” bury needs to court, Miller she said. “The whole area is said. important.” “They are bringing in national companies who are sayContact reporter Emily ing wonderful things about Ford at 704-797-4264. BY EMILY FORD

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salisbury Post articles from 1987 detail Jake alexander’s funeral after he was killed by a drunken driver near asheboro.

WASTE fROM 1a last week. It was a loss to the Alexander family, the community and the state. Alexander was the DOT’s deputy secretary for plans and operations. He’d been commissioner of motor vehicles and secretary of transportation. And, his son said, he was a good man. “He never met a stranger. He was a man of great moral bearing,” the junior Alexander said. The Alexanders were a “church-going family.” Dinners were always two hours of conversation about anything, he said. Alexander believes had his father lived, he would likely have retired as transportation secretary. “There are six grandchildren who never got the opportunity to enjoy his wonderful love and attention,” he said. He notes that tragedies like his father’s death happen every day. “It’s the same story being repeated, but the impact is significant and long lasting,” Alexander said. “Time does heal, but the fact never goes away.”

DEADLY fROM 1a tablished aggravating factors for DWI sentencing, which include a prior conviction for an offense that involved impaired driving and driving after a license is revoked for driving while impaired. State laws spell out different levels for sentencing. “It’s significant because it adds to existing laws and creates a more severe level one (punishment),” Warren said. Offenders guilty of two or more of the most serious aggravating factors face level one punishment. “It addresses the issue of more severity for repeat offenders,” Warren said. The bill seeks to do three things: • Increase the punishment for DWI offenders with three or more grossly aggravating factors; • Authorize the court to require continuous alcohol monitoring for certain offenders; • Increase court costs for DWI offenders. Under the legislation, a level one offender, if convicted, could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to a minimum of four months and up to three years in prison. The current law says a defendant may be fined up to $4,000 and sentenced to between 30 days and two years behind bars. The bill would also require offenders to wear an alcohol monitoring system during the entire term of their probation. The maximum period offenders currently wear alcohol monitoring

And what makes it harder is that Alexander believes his father was murdered. A drunken driver who causes a fatal wreck is no different, he says, than a person armed with a gun who intentionally goes out and shoots someone. Alexander points to a widely circulated statistic that says the average drunken driver has driven drunk 87 times before his or her first arrest. “I don’t approach it in a no-alcohol manner, but the figures bear out the facts,” he said. Those facts inspired groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, which helped push for state law several years after the senior Alexander’s death that lowered the legal blood-alcohol content limit from .10 to .08. MADD North Carolina Executive Director Craig Lloyd said more changes are needed to make North Carolina’s roads safer. In rankings based on National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data from 2008, MADD places North Carolina law fifth toughest in the nation for DWI convictions. But it is sixth in the nation for drunken driving deaths. Still, as MADD and other groups have worked with legislators to enact

devices is 60 days. In addition to wearing such a device, the offender must abstain from alcohol for a minimum of 30 days. “The key point is to take a more firm or harsher approach to the punitive end and hold people more accountable and to act as a deterrent,” Warren said. Currently, a DWI conviction with a blood alcohol content of .15 percent or more requires the driver’s vehicle be equipped with an ignition interlock system. The system forces the driver to blow into an alcohol sensor before he or she can start the vehicle. The sensor calculates the driver’s breath alcohol content and allows the car to start only if the content is lower than a preset amount. This requirement has not changed and is effective until Dec. 1, 2014.

Local prosecution Rowan County District Attorney Brandy Cook, who took office in January, said she supports Laura’s Law “because the legislature needs to do more to ensure the safety of innocent drivers on the roads.” “These offenders are a true danger to our entire community and certainly deserve more than a slap on the wrist,” COOK Cook said. Cook also said she believes DWI convictions should be revised to fall under the Structured Sentencing Act so “the offender will serve the actual prison sentence the judge orders.”

or change more than 30 laws, educational programs have expanded and law enforcement agencies have made higher visibility enforcement like checkpoints a priority, drunk driving deaths have declined 15 percent over the last two years, Lloyd said. “We have a long ways to go to continue that trend of safety,” he said That’s especially true in dealing with people who continually drink and drive. Out of an average 70,000 to 80,000 DWI arrests a year, 35 percent to 40 percent are repeat offenders, he said. To make it harder to drink and drive again after getting caught, 13 states mandate that offenders arrested with a blood-alcohol content of .15 or higher use a system which forces them to test their blood-alcohol level before they can start their cars. MADD North Carolina is pushing for a law that would lower the bloodalcohol content level requiring use of that system to .08. Alexander wouldn’t argue with that. He said that while laws have gotten tougher on DWI offenders, they should be stricter still to prevent deaths like his father’s. Contact reporter Shavonne Potts at 704-797-4253.

Under Structured Sentencing — which now applies to felonies and most misdemeanors — an offender’s prior record level and the seriousness of the crime are used to establish a sentencing range. A judge can set an appropriate sentence within that range. But DWI sentences fall under the Fair Sentencing Act, which means people convicted often serve less than half the time to which a judge sentences them. N.C. Department of Correction figures show that of 3,740 inmates paroled last year, 857, or 22.9 percent, were DWI offenders. The number of DWI offenders being paroled has decreased only slightly in five years. In 2005, when 3,553 inmates were paroled, 943, or 26.5 percent, had been convicted of DWI. Whether the laws are toughened or not, Cook said her office plans to prosecute habitual impaired driving offenders aggressively. She’ll get a chance if Kenneth Myles Lewis goes to trial in the death of Carolyn Wilson. Wilson, 52, was heading home from work Dec. 6 on Mooresville Road when authorities say a drunken Lewis crossed the center line and drove his Chevrolet WILSON pickup head-on into her Toyota Prius. Wilson died that night. Just after losing his wife of 33 years, Bill Wilson asked the Post to publish a photograph of the couple and their two children, Rebekah and

Changes to the law After the 1989 tragic death of 15-year-old Brad Patrick, many driving while impaired laws and regulations changed. The following are a few notable changes: • In 2001, the North Carolina Department of Correction established its Victim’s Services program, years after Terry Patrick was part of a victim’s services committee offered through the agency. • Drivers convicted of habitual impaired driving automatically have their license permanently revoked. • In 1993, North Carolina changed the blood alcohol content level from .10 to the new legal limit of .08. • A habitual offender is any person who has been convicted of three or more offenses involving impaired driving in the past 10 years, prior to 2006 it was seven years. • In December 2006, North Carolina established a law, felony serious injury by vehicle, where a person unintentionally causes another serious injuries in the course of driving while impaired.

Will, to “show what gets broken up when someone gets on the road under the influence.” Bill Wilson declined an interview for this article. He said prosecutors at the Rowan County District Attorney’s Office told him that commenting could affect the case. According to N.C. Department of Correction records, the 44-year-old Lewis has previously been convicted of driving while impaired, driving with LEWIS an open container of alcohol and driving after his license had been revoked. “I believe that driving while impaired cases are some of the most dangerous types of cases for our community,” Cook said. They can affect “innocent families that may be traveling on the same roads as the saLIsBURY POsT fILe PhOTO impaired driver and may result in Rigo Verto Guillen-Martinez listens serious injury or death.” with the help of an interpreter during

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his trial for killing Leeanna Newman and her unborn child.

Laura’s Law isn’t the only pending legislation affected by an impaired-driving fatality. The wreck that killed Leeanna Newman renewed focus on efforts to recognize unborn children as victims. The Unborn Victims of Violence Law would make a person convicted of killing a pregnant woman also guilty of a separate offense for killing her unborn child. Newman’s family became involved in the legislation, and N.C. Rep. Fred Steen, whose district includes part of Rowan County, signed

on as a primary sponsor. Filed two weeks after a drunken Guillen-Martinez drove his Jeep into Newman’s car, the bill’s progress stopped in a House judiciary committee the next day. Steen said lawmakers are reviewing statutes and looking at what other states are doing, but the legislation will have another opportunity. “The Unborn Victims of Violence bill will be seen again,” he said. Contact reporter Shavonne Potts at 704-797-4253.

Unclear drunken driving statute causing headaches in Tennessee NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new statute for people accused of driving under the influence has been causing confusion in Tennessee courtrooms, where judges have been jailing suspected repeat DUI offenders without bond because they think the law requires it. That’s not so, claim defense attorneys and public defenders who are asking for clarity on the law. The law states anyone arrested with a previous DUI shall be considered a danger to the community and can’t be released on bail until the court determines that isn’t the case. It states courts could use electronic monitoring, random drug tests and other tools to eliminate

the danger. “It was a nightmare here for a couple weeks,” Tommy Overton, a Nashville defense attorney, told The Tennessean. “People charged with Class A misdemeanors were sitting around in jail for four, five days. And the judges who were setting bonds were setting outrageous bonds higher than what they’d set on people charged with violent crimes.” Metro Nashville Public Defender Dawn Deaner asked a Davidson County Criminal Court judge to intervene, arguing the new statute was unconstitutional. “We live in a system where we’re supposed to value the presumption of innocence,” Dean-

er said. “You can’t just go lock someone up for a misdemeanor. I mean, these are misdemeanors.” Criminal Court Judge Mark Fishburn has ordered Davidson County’s night court commissioners to stop denying bond in such cases. His order came after the state attorney general’s office said the intent of the law was to encourage judges to require accountability while someone charged with DUI was awaiting a court hearing. The statute is creating a patchwork of application. Sumner County General Sessions Judge

Jim Hunter reads the law as mandating he not set bond for a repeat DUI offender. “If you order a person to have an (ignition) interlock device, who is going to set that up for them?” Hunter asked. “It’s not that easy. The jail is not going to do it. It’s not the magistrate’s job. That’s not part of what they do.” Defense attorney Allen Woods said the statute is confusing. “Nobody really knows exactly what they’re supposed to do,” he said. “It’s county by county, judge by judge.” Jeff Henry, executive director of the Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference, said the statute will be tested in the courts.

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Health officials call alcohol abuse ‘a killer’

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The yard tractor that 8-year-old Patty Burgdoff used to drive around is parked in the same spot she left it before being killed by a drunken driver in 2006. Donnie and Cindy Burgdoff talk about what it was like losing their 8-yearold daughter, Patty, in a car accident that involved a drunken driver.

TEEN FROM 1A McBride, then 45, should not have been behind the wheel. His license had been permanently revoked in 1986 for a third DWI offense. A year before the collision, McBride had served 68 days of a one-year sentence for driving without a license. McBride had been drinking that night, too. When tested later, his blood alcohol content was .18, nearly MCBRIDE twice the .10 legal limit at the time. Crash investigators found vodka bottles in his car. Brad, an East Rowan High School sophomore, died the next morning. His pastor, the Rev. Don Safrit, preached his funeral on New Year’s Eve. Everyone else involved in the crash survived, including McBride and his passenger.

GRIEVING FROM 1A he’s home, he visits her gravesite. But he doesn’t talk about her often. “It hurts too much,” Danny said. Patty’s sister, Danielle, has never talked about Patty’s death “to anybody,” she said quietly during a recent interview at the family’s home. Family members maintain a NEESE cross they erected along the median where the crash occurred. They make changes to it at different times of the year. But Cindi, Patty’s mother, has

GENEVA (AP) — Alcohol abuse is killing 2.5 million people each year and governments must do more to prevent it, the World Health Organization said Friday. Some 4 percent of all deaths worldwide are attributable to alcohol, the U.N. body said. The main causes of alcohol-related deaths are injuries incurred when drunk, cancer, liver cirrhosis, heart disease and strokes. “It’s a killer and it’s not good from a public health point of view,” Melvin Freeman of South African’s Ministry of Health and a contributor to the report, told reporters in Geneva. Worldwide, over 6 percent of male deaths are related to alcohol, but only just over 1 percent of deaths in women. Almost one in 10 deaths among young people aged 15-to-29 is from alcohol-related causes — about 320,000 each year — WHO said. The global body’s first report on the subject in seven years recommended that governments raise alcohol taxes, restrict sales and promote alcoholism prevention and treatment programs.

never been back to the accident scene. “I avoid that road. I can’t drive that road,” she said. Pat feels closer to Patty on that stretch of road. “Every time I go by, I feel her. I think of her,” Pat said. The family continues to sponsor and support Justen Morgan, who raises money for MADD. They are also a part of the support group Circle of Hope, for parents grieving the loss of a child. “They’ve helped us immensely,” Pat said. Cindi says it would also help if laws were made tougher for DWI offenders, and maybe there would be fewer losses like the one the Burgdoffs still deal with every day. “It’s like you lost a part of your soul,” she said. Contact reporter Shavonne Potts at 704-797-4253.

three years later, in 1993, legislators reduced the legal blood-alcohol limit to .08. “It was priceless, and I was a part of it,” Theresa Safrit, wife of the Rev. Don Safrit, said of those earlier efforts by students. “They planted a seed.” And they didn’t stop. In order to keep McBride in prison, the family and many students returned to Raleigh every year to oppose McBride’s early release. “It’s what we needed to do,” Terry said. The family took letters and petitions, many of which came from students, that pleaded with parole board members to keep McBride behind bars. “It was a youth movement,” Don said.

Brad’s legacy

The Safrits say that although Brad only lived to be 15, he touched many lives. “We are humbled that Brad was part of our lives,” Theresa said. Terry and Lynne Patrick, at their home near Charlotte, pushed for stiffer laws against drunk driving after ‘It proved malice’ “Some people’s spiritual legacy lives on,” Don said. their son, Brad, was killed when his car was hit head-on by a drunken driver in 1989. A trial didn’t seem imminent and the He said Brad would’ve done somePatricks say the district attorney at the time thing great in life, but “he’s locked as told them there was no way to get a convica 15-year-old.” A sign along tion. Brad would have turned 37 this Faith Road is a The family and the community waited May. Lynne, his mother, said she ofconstant about a year before the case came to trial. By ten thinks about what he would have reminder to that time Bill Kenerly was district attorney. done with his life. motorists not to “He asked, ‘What do you want to do?’ ” Ter“He would’ve been a great father,” drink and drive. Lynne said. ry recalled of the conversation he and his wife Brad Patrick had with Kenerly. “We wouldn’t allow it to She said even though the events was killed on were tragic, a lot of good has come slide by.” this stretch of from it: Laws were changed; two of McBride testified during the trial that his brother-in-law, Barry Hepler, was driving road in 1989. A Brad’s friends, including a cousin, went into law enforcement; and even and the car stalled in the middle of the road. head-on collitoday, people tell the Patricks that Witnesses testified to seeing McBride behind son with a the wheel. The license plate on the car he was drunken driver hearing Brad’s story made them think driving the night of the crash didn’t belong claimed the 15- twice about driving after drinking. “People are so much more aware to that vehicle. year-old’s life. of drinking and driving,” Lynne said. “He purposely drove,” Terry said. “It In the years following his son’s proved malice.” death, Terry spoke to countless youth The trial was lengthy, Terry said, but the groups and school service organizafamily kept actively involved. tions such as Students Against Drunk In a 1990 interview, McBride expressed Driving. He shared his family’s experemorse and said he wished he could change rience with thousands at Prom Promthe outcome. He also said the media’s porise events and at churches throughtrayal of him as a drunk was not true. Friends out the county. and neighbors came to McBride’s defense. He made several attempts to appeal his con- Seeking justice “Life still goes on. We stayed acBut jurors found him guilty of second-detive in church and kept going forward,” Tergree murder, the first such conviction for a viction and appeared before the parole commission, but a vigorous letter-writing camThe community showed compassion to the ry said. DWI-related fatality in the state. Patricks, whose lives are forever marred by Still, he and Lynne said, though the pain McBride was sentenced to life plus four paign stymied his early release. Still, McBride ended up serving just nine a devastating loss. may ease with time, the wound never heals. years and two months in prison. The sentence While McBride sat in prison, students went “The loss never goes away,” Lynne said. was later reduced to 25 years in prison, and years in prison. “Laws had been loose up until that point,” to Raleigh to lobby for tougher DWI laws. Contact reporter Shavonne Potts at 704-797based on the Fair Sentencing Act, his time was Terry said. They weren’t immediately successful, but 4253. cut in half.

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Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels were among those in single digits. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, two high-profile Republicans who did not attend, were also in single digits. Many potential candidates made speeches at the conference, attended by more than 11,000 conservative leaders and activists. The poll found the top issues for those at the conference were reducing the size of the federal government, re-

ducing government spending governing often conflict with achievements in his first two and lowering taxes. the rhetoric of campaigning. years, but he’s failed to make The CPAC straw poll was Obama had some major good on other promises. co-sponsored by The Washington Times. Meanwhile, Republicans who want to be the one to make Barack Obama a oneterm president are promising big changes should the GOP win the White House in 2012. “Economic growth, job creation, smaller government, Your 4-year-old child may be less spending, lower taxes, raeligible to attend pre-kindergarten tional regulation and a stronger presence in the world,” as Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour put it Saturday To find out more about the — echoing a slew of others More at Four Pre-K program also considering running. visit our website at These pledges sell well to the die-hard conservatives www.rowan-smartstart.org who play an outsized early or call Smart Start Rowan at role in determining the GOP 704-603-3369 nominee. But the realities of

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Thar’s gold in them hills… Mining company sets sights on Montana system that may hold tons MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — An Atlanta mining company is planning to begin exploratory drilling next month in western Montana in an area it estimates could produce more than $3 billion in gold. Dutch Gold Resources Inc. has its eyes on the Rock Creek drainage west of Philipsburg in Granite County, where tests show it contains a large open-ended gold and silver system. Despite the company’s announcement earlier this week, state officials on Friday told The Missoulian that no drilling will be allowed until the company posts a reclamation bond of about $10,000. Warren McCullough, of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, said the agency contacted the company after it issued a news release about its drilling plans. “They assured us that it either had been or would be wired to us immediately,” McCullough said Friday about the bond. “When that happens, when my bond clerk tells me that we have received it, and when we hear from our fiscal services people that the transfer has

been received, then I will sign the license.” The bond’s status remained unclear Saturday. The Basin Gulch claim is within two miles of Upper Rock Creek, a prized trout fishing stream and the focus of conservation efforts. Dutch Gold has mapped the area and said the gold field is partly on U.S. Forest Service land. The company said it wants to do drilling to get a more accurate picture of where it will find gold. “This progress is right in line with our previously stated goals, representing more tangible evidence of our continuing commitment towards trying to build long-term, sustainable value for our shareholders,” said Daniel Hollis, the company’s chief executive officer, in the news release. In a previous statement to potential investors, the company said the area contained an estimated 7.6 million ounces of gold, more than a third in high-grade ore. McCullough told the newspaper he had received “quite a bit of interest by e-mail and phone, from people that I assume are investors.”

Nearly 2 tons of striped bass found in Chesapeake Bay illegal nets STEVENSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Maryland Natural Resources police say they’ve found two illegal nets in the Chesapeake Bay, filled with nearly two tons of striped bass. Police have been investi-

gating a poaching operation since the seizure last week of nearly 10 tons of illegally caught striped bass, or rockfish. The illegal fishing prompted state officials to close the commercial gill net season three weeks early.

The nets found Friday appeared to be fresh, indicating that poachers are continuing to operate despite the probe and public awareness. Police also say they served search warrants at a Tilghman Island home Friday.

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TURN FroM 3a Randy Hemann, executive director for Downtown Salisbury. The change would require narrowing travel lanes to make room for a turning lane. The area will feel more congested, which could slow motorists who speed through downtownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s posted 20 mph zone going 30 mph or faster, City Engineer Dan Mikkelson said. Hemann also asked City Council to support Downtown Salisburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to enforce on-street parking regulations. Hemann and Salisbury Police have identified about 25 downtown employees who park on the street all day in 2hour spaces intended for customers. They are costing retailers about $1.6 million each year in lost sales, Hemann said. He said he figured 25 parking spaces could generate $250 per day in sales, times five days per week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an issue we need to ad-

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dress,â&#x20AC;? Hemann said. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parking ticket system is not computerized, and many motorists donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay their tickets. Hemann asked Council to consider purchasing a new $15,000 computer system that could track offenders, issue late fees and escalate fines each time a motorist parks illegally. Merchants are so sick of the problem, one offered to raise half the cost of the computer system, Hemann said. While several studies show a large amount of available offstreet parking in the downtown, some employees donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use it, Mikkelson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The space exists, but they are choosing to use on-street parking because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closer and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to pay anything,â&#x20AC;? he said. Council member William â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peteâ&#x20AC;? Kennedy asked why police donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just talk to the employers of the repeat offenders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the offenders are the employers,â&#x20AC;? Hemann said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are the business owners.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Typically, that conversa-

FroM 3a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great that they get to learn about our heritage and use it to leverage their scope of the arts,â&#x20AC;? he said. Faison, who has been working to reach at-risk children for more than 15 years, said the workshops are also a way to connect students with positive role models and tap into potential. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The main concept will help the students to know themselves and gain respect for themselves, their elders, the ancestors and foremost God,â&#x20AC;? she said. Faison plans to get a core group of students together to create a touring ensemble. Their first performance is set for 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at Isenburg Elementary School. The group, dubbed the African Pearls, will play rhythms from Mali on djeme and dun-dun drums while the dancers perform. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know this is going to be really, really great,â&#x20AC;? Eddie Ray, operations director for The N.C. Music Hall of Fame in Kannapolis, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I see a lot of potential.â&#x20AC;? The initiative is currently being funded by a $4,000 anti-gang grant from Livingstone College, but those funds run out at the end of March. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now we are looking into other sources of funding,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Faison said. Her husband, Doug, has been chipping in to help finance the project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to see it be successful,â&#x20AC;? he said. Contact reporter Sarah Campbell at 704-797-7683.

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heart failure and diabetes that accounts for high spending in our health care system. “This bill will allow more seniors to bring all of their medications to the pharmacy and ensure they are following their medication regimens,” Hagan said. “If more seniors are educated to properly follow their doctor’s orders, we can save lives and Medicare dollars. In North Carolina, these programs have saved millions of dollars, and our seniors have avoided countless health care complications.” Currently, 12.9 percent of Part D Medicare beneficiaries are eligible under the MTM criteria for multiple chronic conditions. Of those who are eligible, more than 85 percent have chosen to participate in the benefit. Participating seniors receive an MTM review annually, and the pharmacist follows up and educates patients about their medication regimen.

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roon Sait, 2103 Oakcliffe Ct., Harrisburg. Sampson Contracting Services, LLC, Bobbie O. Sampson, 5720 Shore View Dr., Concord. Sanssouci Park, LLC, Gerald Otis Dry, Jr., 211 Lephillip Court, NE, Concord. Seth B. Weinshenker, P.A., Seth B. Weinshenker, 11 Union St. S., Suite 220, Concord. Simply Cravings, LLC, Dawn A. Williams, 3901 Quiet Stream Dr., Concord. Smell It!!!, LLC, Charles M. Howell, 6513 Weddington Rd., Concord. S. Weber Delivery, Inc., Sandra T. Weber, 809 S. Ridge Ave., Kannapolis. T.I.M.E.-Taking Initiative Moving Efficiently, LLC, Samuel Matthew Evans, 1116 Meadowbrook Lane, Concord.

duction, Greene and his fellow Bigfoot believers will stay on the hunt. Popular baits to attract giant bi-peds are apples, peanut butter and candy bars. The most popular of the candy bars is the hard to find Zagnut. The Eldorado Outpost of course had them displayed at the register and the cashier said, “We keep Bigfoot bait year round.” More on Michael Greene and his quest can be found at www.bushloper.net.

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WOODLEAF — Elizabeth Virginia Cowan Heaggins, age 86, of 1120 Hwy 801, Woodleaf, died on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, at Cujo Family Care, Cleveland. Born in Rowan County on June 23, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Enoch and Mary Sloan Cowan. Mrs. Heaggins attended the Rowan County School System and was a member of South Iredell AME Zion Church, where she served as church secretary. She was a member of the Omega Chapter #242 Order of the Eastern Star. She was married to John L. C. Heaggins, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Christine Heaggins-Seward. Survivors include a son, John Ricardo Heaggins of the home; a sister, Evangelist Louise Smyre of Salisbury; her grandchildren, Tonry L. (Janet) Heaggins, Andre` (Romanetha) Heaggins, Denesha Heaggins and Nakesha Heaggins; her great-grandchildren, Quintin Rankin, Andre` C. Heaggins, Teira Heaggins, Crystal Heaggins, Andre` Nyce Heaggins, Jabarian Ellis, Kenneth Boone and Kendrick Boone; her greatgreat-grandchildren, Zakiyaa Rankin and Zayvien D. Heaggins; a son-in-law, Edward Seward of Cooleemee; a sisterin-law, Loreen Patterson of Statesville, and a host of cousins, in-laws, other relatives and friends. Service and Burial: Celebration of Life Services will be conducted Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 1 p.m., at the South Iredell AME Zion Church, Troutman. Reverend David Rankin will officiate and Reverend Dr. David Calvin Miller will eulogize. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation: Members of the family will receive friends from 12-1 p.m., Monday, at the church, but will assemble at the residence of a niece, Mary McConeyhead, 4075 Woodleaf Barber Road, Cleveland, at other times. Clyburn and Bigham Funeral Home is serving the Heaggins Family. Notes of sympathy may be e-mailed to the Heaggins family at clyburnandbighamfhwindstram.net.

SALISBURY — Henry Albert Canup, III, age 61, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast, Concord. Mr. Canup was born March 27, 1949, in Cabarrus County, to the late Henry A. Canup Jr. and the late Mary Watts Canup. He was educated in the Cabarrus County Schools. He was a truck driver for Asphalt Materials Co. until his retirement in 2005, due to poor health. Mr. Canup was a veteran of the United States Marines serving during the Viet Nam Conflict. He enjoyed racing, football and baseball. Mr. Canup is survived by two sons, Henry A. Canup, IV, of Salisbury and Michael White of China Grove; four daughters, Sandra McCorkle of Salisbury, Diane Parker of Richfield, Sandra Cook of Salisbury and Teresa White of Salisbury; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Service and Burial: Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday Feb. 14, at Carmel Church, 2100 Baptist Mooresville Rd., Salisbury. The Rev Brian Smith will be officiating. Burial will follow in the Salisbury National Cemetery with Military grave side rites. Visitation: The family will see friends at Whitley's Funeral Home, Kannapolis, Sunday, Feb. 13, from 6-8 p.m. The family will be at the home, 1089 Wildflower Lane, Salisbury. Memorials: They also ask that if you want to make memorials, please make them to Whitley's Funeral Home to help with funeral expenses. Whitley's Funeral Home is assisting the Canup Family. Online condolences may be made at www.whitleysfh.com.

- Marine Cpl. Lucas T. Pyeatt, 24, of West Chester, Ohio, died Feb. 5 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. ----------

- Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron M. Swanson, 21, of Jamestown, N.Y., died Feb. 7 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. ----------

- Army Sgt. Patrick R. Carroll, 25, of Norwalk, Ohio, died Feb. 7 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. ----------

- Army Spc. Nathan B. Carse, 32, of Harrod, Ohio, died Feb. 8 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.

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SALISBURY — Thomas Ishmael Shelton, 86, of Salisbury, passed away Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, at Rowan Regional Medical Center. Born Dec. 19, 1924, in Rockingham County, he was the son of the late Lula Frye Shelton. A veteran of the United States Navy, Mr. Shelton was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife, Mary Peacock Shelton, whom he married Feb. 9, 1969; son Thomas Shelton, Jr. of Laurinburg; daughters Melissa Green (Scott) of Salisbury and Laura Shelton of Rocky Mount; and grandchildren Scott, Mandy, Emily, Phillip, Weaver and Allison Shelton. Ruby Viola Deal Strenio Graveside Service: 2 p.m. CHINA GROVE — Ruby Tuesday, Feb. 15 at Salisbury Viola Deal Strenio, age 84, of National Cemetery with miliChina Grove, passed away on tary graveside rites. A VA Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. Ar- chaplain will officiate. rangements are incomplete. Cremation Concepts of SalPowles Funeral Home is as- isbury is serving the Shelton sisting the Strenio family. family.

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Massive cleanup follows mass Egyptian protests Sweeping streets seen as symbolic gesture CAIRO (AP) — On Egypt’s first day in nearly 30 years without Hosni Mubarak as president, its new military rulers promised Saturday to abide by the peace treaty with Israel and eventually hand power to an elected government. Protesters, still partying over their victory in pushing Mubarak out, now pressed for a voice in guiding their country’s move to democracy. The protesters’ first act was deeply symbolic of their ambition to build a new Egypt and their determination to do it themselves: Thousands began cleaning up Cairo’s central Tahrir Square, the epicenter of their movement. The sprawling plaza was battered and trashed by 18 days of street battles and rallies by hundreds of thousands. Even as thousands flowed in to celebrate, broom brigades fanned out, with smiling young men and women — some in stylish clothes and earrings — sweep-

ing up rubble and garbage. Others repaired sidewalks torn apart for concrete chunks to use as ammunition in fighting with pro-regime gangs. Young veiled girls painted the metal railings of fences along the sidewalk. “Sorry for the inconvenience, but we’re building Egypt,” read placards many wore. “We are cleaning the square now because it is ours,” said Omar Mohammed, a 20-year-old student. “After living here for three weeks, it has become our home ... We’re going to leave it better than before.” A coalition of youth groups that organized the protests issued their first cohesive list of demands for handling the transition to democracy. Their focus was on ensuring they — not just the military or members of Mubarak’s regime — have a seat at the table in deliberations shaping the future. Among their demands: lifting of emergency law; creation of a presidential council, made up of a military representative and two “trusted personalities”; the dissolving of the ruling party-dominated parliament; and the forming of a broad-based unity government and a committee to either amend or rewrite completely the constitution.

“The revolution is not over. This is just a beginning. We are working on how to move into a second republic,” said Shady el-Ghazali Harb, the representative on the coalition from one of the youth organizing groups, the Democratic Front. Protesters were debating whether to lift their 24-houra-day demonstration camp in Tahrir. The coalition called for it to end and be replaced by weekly mass demonstrations every Friday to keep pressure on. But many in the square argued to remain. One man on a megaphone encouraged everyone to stay until all their demands were met, while others chanted “the people want the square to be cleared,” referring to public grumbling that the protest camp is disrupting life downtown. Many in the square were pouring love on the military: Families put babies on the laps of soldiers on tanks for photos, crowds cheered when a line of soldiers jogging by. But there was also realism that the military’s ultimate intention is unclear. With Mubarak gone, Egypt’s future will likely be shaped by three powers: the military, the protesters, and the sprawling autocratic in-

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an egyptian soldier sweeps the street after moving an armored vehicle in tahrir square in downtown cairo, egypt. frastructure of Mubarak’s regime that remains in place, dominating the bureaucracy, the police, state media and parts of the economy. Right now, the protesters’ intentions are the clearest of the bunch. Armed Forces The Supreme Council is now the official ruler after Mubarak handed it power on Friday. It consists of the commanders of each military branch, the chief of staff and Defense Minister Hussein Tantawy. It has not explicitly canceled the constitution drawn up by Mubarak’s regime, but the constitution seems to have ef-

fectively been put in a cupboard for the time being until it is decided what to do with it. The military seized power after pleas from protesters, and it has repeatedly promised to ensure democratic change, making it highly popular with the movement. But on the face of it, the elderly generals are no reformers, and their move to push out Mubarak may have been more to ensure the survival of a ruling system the military has been intertwined with since a 1952 army coup. The deeply secretive military has substantial economic in-

terests, running industries and businesses that it will likely seek to preserve. The council of generals has said nothing so far about how the transition will be carried out or addressed the protesters’ demands. While it decides that, it sought on Saturday to reassure Egyptians and Egypt’s allies abroad. The military statement also said Egypt will “abide by all regional and international treaties and agreements, and commitments” — reassurance to its top ally the United States that Egypt’s 1979 peace accord with Israel is not in danger. Israel has been deeply concerned that Egypt’s turmoil could threaten the peace accord, the first between an Arab nation and Israel. But Egypt’s military strongly supports the peace deal, not in small part because it guarantees U.S. aid for the armed forces, currently running at $1.3 billion a year. The move to keep the government of Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq in place appeared to be a stopgap measure to keep the state and economy functioning at a time when the country is trying to recover from the economic fallout of the upheaval.

Protests flare in Algeria ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Heavily outnumbered by riot police, thousands of Algerians defied government warnings and dodged barricades to rally in their capital Saturday, demanding democratic reforms a day after mass protests toppled Egypt’s autocratic ruler. Protesters chanting “No to the police state!” and brandishing signs that read “Give us back our Algeria” clashed with baton-wielding police in helmets and visors. Organizers said more than 400 people were briefly detained, but aside from some jostling between police and protesters no violence was reported. Organizers said as many as 26,000 riot police were deployed to try to quash Saturday’s rally, but that an estimated 10,000 people succeeded in jostling, squeezing and jumping over the barricades and gathering in the city center before the protest was broken up. Officials put turnout at the rally at 1,500.

25 injured when taxi plows into crowd SAN DIEGO (AP) — A taxi driver plowed slowly through a crowd on a sidewalk in a popular restaurant and nightclub zone early Saturday, severing the leg of one woman and injuring more than two dozen other people, police said. The crash occurred about 2 a.m. in the heart of the busy Gaslamp District as revelers were heading home, according to police Sgt. Ray Battrick. Witnesses said the cab was traveling about 15 miles an hour. The driver sustained a broken nose after being beaten by people in the crowd, who also smashed windows on the taxi, Battrick said. Security guards

from a nearby nightclub intervened and detained the driver until police arrived, and he was transported to a hospital. The crash did not appear to be intentional, authorities said.

Rampage in NY ends with three dead NEW YORK (AP) — A man who went on a 28-hour stabbing rampage that took the lives of his stepfather, his exgirlfriend and her mother was arrested Saturday at a subway stop in Times Square after a nightlong manhunt across New York City, police said. Maksim Gelman, 23, also hijacked a car, stabbing and wounding the driver and fatally hitting a pedestrian, authorities said. Gelman of Brooklyn was apprehended at 8:30 a.m. in the subway station, said chief New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne. Minutes earlier, a man was stabbed and wounded on a crowded No. 3 train in Manhattan.

Six dead, 37 wounded in grenade attack GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Armed men opened fire and hurled a grenade into a crowded nightclub early Saturday, killing six people and wounding at least 37 in a western city whose former tranquility has been shattered by escalating battles among drug cartels. The attack in Mexico’s second-largest municipality took place just hours after a shootout between soldiers and presumed cartel gunmen left eight people, including an innocent driver, dead in the northeastern city of Monterrey. Monterrey is Mexico’s third-largest city.

Cleveland Community Volunteer Fire Dept.

Annual Meeting Sunday, February 27th, 2011 at the Fire Department

Voting starts at 2pm and ends at 3pm.

R129474

For the purpose of electing new Board of Directors.

Annual meeting begins at 3pm.

NO. 61029

No. 61030

NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE OF REAL PROPERTY STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION File 08cvs26583 SCHNEIDER CORP THE, Plaintiff, - VS MAG LAND DEVELOPMENT LLC, Defendant

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION ROWAN COUNTY FILE NO 09 JT 14 IN RE: Zacharia Bryson Lee Drake, DOB: 11/07/2008. A Minor Child.

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of a judgment and execution issued by the above named court in the above-entitled action on the 25th day of January in the year 2011, directed to the undersigned Sheriff from the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash whatever right, title, and interest, the judgment debtor owns or may own in the following described real property which is subject to sale under execution. This judgment was docketed on the 8th day of September in the year of 2009 and at which time the said real property was in the name of the defendant, however, pursuant to said judgment which enforces a certain claim of lien upon the real property subject to sale herein, the effective date of the lien of said judgment is December 7, 2006. The highest bidder at the sale will be required to make a cash deposit in the amount of 20% of the bid. This sale shall be held on the 18th day of February in the year 2011 at 11:00 o'clock a.m., at the following location: Rowan County Courthouse in Salisbury, NC (inside) as designated by the Clerk of Superior Court. This sale shall be made subject to all liens, mortgages, easements, encumbrances, unpaid taxes and special assessments which were or became effective on the record prior to the effective date of the lien of the judgment under which this sale is being held. The judgment debtor has not claimed his/her exemptions in this real property. The real property being sold is described as that certain tract(s) of land lying and being in China Grove Township, Rowan County: Lying and being in the City of Kannapolis, China Grove Township, Rowan County, North Carolina and being Lots 9 and 10 and part of Lots 8 and 11 in Block C of the Subdivision entitled P.E. Fisher a/k/a P.E. Fisher Subdivision, a plat of which is filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rowan County in Book of Maps, Page 199, the following description being taken from a physical survey of the subject property dated December 4, 2000, by Scott A. Tierney, PLS: Beginning at an existing iron in the Western edge of the right of way of West A Street, said beginning point being the southwest corner of Karen Eller Coble (Book 805, Page 983), and runs thence S 88-00-00 E 128.47 feet to a new iron pin; thence S 02-00-00 W 148.47 feet with the western line of York (Book 154, Page 76) to an existing iron pin; thence N 88-00-00 W 115.68 feet through Lot 11 with the Northern line of Childers (Book 613, Page 25) to an existing iron pin in the Eastern edge of the right of way of West A Street; thence N 02-55-21 W 149.00 feet to the point of beginning. The property described is recorded in Book 1067 Page 777. Judgment amount: Principal due $48,193.34 Interest due through 02/18/11 $ 264.07 Court Cost and atty. fee $ 9,274.56 Other fees $15,961.10 Sheriff's Commission $ 1,854.83 Total $75,547.90 Also there will be the cost for the auctioneer and cost for the ad in the Salisbury Post Newspaper. Bidders are responsible for doing their own research. Property sold as is with no warranties or certifications being issued. This the 27th day of January in the year 2011. Sale will be conducted by McDaniel Auction Company NCAL 48 Firm Lic. 8620 SHERIFF KEVIN L. AUTEN By: B.C. BEBBER, DEPUTY SHERIFF, J.L. MASON, MASTER DEPUTY ROWAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE No. 61066 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION ROWAN COUNTY FILE NO 09 JT 192, 09 JT 169-172 IN RE: Isabella Moro Leonard, Alexandra Moro, Christian Moro, Puelai Moro, Aniya Moro. Minor Children. TO RESPONDENT: Adabra Ruth Marie Moro, mother, Miguel Angel Guiterez Vaca, Jose Catalina Guerra, aka: Jose Portillo, Vidal Antonio Martinez Medrano,Angel Arthur Ceferino, aka: Victor Hugo Apolo, Unknown Fathers. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Petition has been filed by the Rowan County Department of Social Services (petitioner) for the purpose of terminating your parental rights with respect to Isabella Leigh Diane Mie Moro Leonard, born on or about July 8, 2009 in Davidson County, North Carolina; Alexandra Leigh Tina Mary Moro, born on or about February 14, 2007 in Rowan County, North Carolina; Christian Duane Richard Lee Moro, born on or about February 14, 2007 in Rowan County, North Carolina; Puelai Leigh Christina Marie Moro, born on or about April 6, 2006 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and Aniya Leigh Ruth Marie Moro, born on or about March 15, 2005 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina so that they can be placed for adoption. The biological mother of the juveniles named above is Adabra Ruth Marie Moro. You are notified to appear and answer the petition by serving the original of your written answer upon the Clerk of Superior Court, Juvenile Court Division, Rowan County Courthouse, 210 N. Main Street, Salisbury, NC 28144, within forty (40) days from the date of the first publication of this notice. You also must serve a copy of the answer on the petitioner's attorney (address below). You will be notified of the time, date and place to appear for a hearing upon the filing of your answer. The purpose of the hearing is to seek termination of your parental rights as they pertain to Isabella Leigh Diane Mie Moro Leonard, Alexandra Leigh Tina Mary Moro, Christian Duane Richard Lee Moro, Puelai Leigh Christian Marie Moro, and Aniya Leigh Ruth Marie Moro. You are entitled to appear at the hearing. If you cannot afford an attorney, you are entitled to an appointed attorney to assist you provided you request one before the time set for the hearing. If you fail to request counsel, you may waive your right to appointed counsel. You may request an attorney by contacting the Clerk of Superior Court, Juvenile Court Division, 210 N. Main St, Salisbury, NC 28144 (704) 797-3054. This is a new case and any attorney appointed previously to represent may not represent you in this termination of parental rights proceeding unless otherwise ordered by the court. If you fail to file an answer within the time specified the Petitioner will apply to the court for termination of your parental rights. Your parental rights may be terminated if you do not respond within the time required. This the 19th day of January 2011. Cynthia Dry, Attorney for Petitioner, Rowan County Dept. of Social Services 1813 East Innes Street, Salisbury NC 28146 (704) 216-8442 Publish: 2/13, 2/20 & 2/27, 2011

TO RESPONDENTS: Jason McMullen, A.K.A. Jay McMullen, named father Unknown Father. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Petition has been filed by the Rowan County Department of Social Services (petitioner) for the purpose of terminating your parental rights with respect to Zacharia Bryson Lee Drake, born on or about November 7, 2008 to Candace Patrisha Drake in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, so that he can be placed for adoption. You are notified to appear and answer the petition by serving the original of your written answer upon the Clerk of Superior Court, Juvenile Court Division, Rowan County Courthouse, 210 N. Main Street, Salisbury, NC 28144, within forty (40) days from the date of the first publication of this notice. You also must serve a copy of the answer on the petitioner's attorney (address below). You will be notified of the time, date and place to appear for a hearing upon the filing of your answer. The purpose of the hearing is to seek termination of your parental rights as they pertain to Zacharia Bryson Lee Drake. You are entitled to appear at the hearing. If you cannot afford an attorney, you are entitled to an appointed attorney to assist you provided you request one before the time set for the hearing. If you fail to request counsel, you may waive your right to appointed counsel. You may request an attorney by contacting the Clerk of Superior Court, Juvenile Court Division, 210 N. Main St, Salisbury, NC 28144 (704) 797-3054. This is a new case and any attorney appointed previously to represent you will not represent you in this termination of parental rights proceeding unless otherwise ordered by the Court. If you fail to file an answer within the time specified, Petitioner will apply to the Court for termination of your parental rights. Your parental rights may be terminated if you do not respond within the time required. This the 31st day of January 2011. Cynthia Dry, Attorney for Petitioner, Rowan County Dept. of Social Services 1813 East Innes Street, Salisbury NC 28146 (704) 216-8442 Publish: 2/6, 2/13 & 2/20, 2011

No. 61065 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Pursuant to the power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust executed by Thomas Eugene Fisher III, dated the 20th day of December, 2007, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rowan County, North Carolina, in Book 1113, at Page 506, and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured, and pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the usual place of sale in the Rowan County Courthouse, Salisbury, North Carolina, at 11:00 o'clock a.m. on the 22nd day of February, 2011 the following described real property, including all improvements thereon: ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:

255 Victoria Street, Salisbury, NC 28147.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION:

See Exhibit A attached.

PRESENT OWNER(S):

Thomas Eugene Fisher III

The terms of the sale are that the property will be sold for cash to the highest bidder and a cash deposit not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, or Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($750) may be required at the time of the sale. The property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "As Is, Where Is". Neither the Substitute Trustee nor the holder of the Note secured by the Deed of Trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representatives of either the Substitute Trustee or the holder of the Note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such conditions are expressly disclaimed. The property will be sold subject to restrictions and easements of record, any unpaid taxes, prior liens and special assessments, any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure, and the tax of forty-five cents (454) per Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) required by N.C.G.S. ' 7A-308(a)(1). The sale will be held open for ten days for upset bids as required by law. If the real property to be sold pursuant to this Notice of Sale is residential property with less than 15 rental units then: (1) an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the real property is sold; and (2) Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007 may, after receiving this notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon ten (10) days' written notice to the landlord, and upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. This the 1st day of February, 2011. G. Robert Turner, III, Substitute Trustee Exhibit A Situated in the county of Rowan and state of North Carolina: Beginning at a stake in the northeastern margin of Victoria Street, corner to Lot Number 57 and runs with the northeastern margin of Victoria Street, North 38 degrees 30 minutes West 140 feet to a point in the front line of Lot Number 51; thence a new line, passing through Lot Number 51, North 51 degrees 30 minutes east 243 feet to a stake in Trivette's line; thence with Trivette's line, South 58 degrees 17 minutes east 146.5 feet to a stake, corner to Lot Number 134; thence with the rear line of a part of Lot Number 56, South 16 degrees 48 minutes East 2.4 feet to a stake, corner of Lot Number 57; thence with the line of Lot Number 57, south 51 degrees 30 minutes West 292.26 feet to the point of beginning, being Lots Numbers 56, 55, 54, 53 and 52 and part of 51 as shown on the map of W. B. Hartley Estate property at Enon near Salisbury, North Carolina as surveyed and platted by Adrian R. Kenney, Surveyor on April 10, 1957, said plat being recorded in Book of Maps, page 855 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rowan County, North Carolina. Permanent Parcel Number: 328B048 - 255 Victoria Street, Salisbury, NC 28147

10A • SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011

SALISBURY POST

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SPORTSSUNDAY

SUNDAY February 13, 2011

SALISBURY POST

Ronnie Gallagher, Sports Editor, 704-797-4287 rgallagher@salisburypost.com

www.salisburypost.com

So close

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North rowan’s 215-pound Garland Archie lost to dixon's Lars Gordon 4-2 in the eastern Nc finals.

Noth Rowan wrestlers win east, finish 2nd in state BY DAVID SHAW dshaw@salisburypost.com

MILLERS CREEK — As long as North Rowan had been invited to Saturday’s 1A state wrestling party, it decided to stick around and dance. But oh, what an awkward dance it was. Controversy ruled the day as the Cavaliers outscored Dixon 3629 to win the Eastern State championship, then fell 36-32 to host West

Wilkes in the state dual team final. “There was lots of confusion, lots of controversy,” coach Tim Pittman said after North finished with a 194 record. “That’s the way it goes sometimes.” North junior Tyler Powers offered a more pointed reaction. “We feel cheated,” he said after winning a twice at 125 pounds. Things didn’t turn messy until late in North’s semifinal win against Dixon (9-2). The Cavs won six of the

Heels win on the road

avail. “It’s sort of a gray area,” said NR assistant Travis Lindsay. “Where do you draw the line?” Not until sophomore heavyweight Will Robertson flattened Dixon’s Jason Sapp in 1:29 were the Cavs assured a berth in the championship match. They became the first Rowan team to reach the final round. “Yeah, If I had lost that one our season was over,” Robertson said.

“I just tried to think of it as a normal match. I used an ankle and ran legs — that’s what I got him with. I stuck my legs in between his legs and took him down.” • The start of the state final was delayed about 20 minutes while Pittman and West Wilkes coach Brian Brown discussed the same weight issue outside the gymnasi-

See WRESTLING, 6B

Reid guides Catawba to win BY MIKE LONDON mlondon@salisburypost.com

BY PETE IACOBELLI Associated Press

CLEMSON, S.C. — Oh, no, not again. North Carolina forward John Henson couldn’t keep from flashing back to his team’s second-half collapse at Duke last Wednesday night when Clemson overcame the Tar Heels’ doubledigit lead to move in front. This time, though, No. 20 North Carolina stood strong to hold off the Tigers for a 64-62 victory Saturday. “I’m not going to lie to you, I was thinking about the game on Wednesday” when Clemson used an 8-0 run to start the second half and take its first lead, Henson said. “But we fought back this time. We kept our composure,” Henson continued. “I think that’s just a lesson we learned from the Duke game.”

first seven bouts — including pins by Powers, Brandon Lemmon (130) and Thomas Tucker (140) — and surged to a 27-6 lead. The Bulldogs responded by taking five of the next six, with four straight wins to inch within 30-29. But were all of those decisions legitimate? Apparently Dixon’s 189 and 215 entrants had weighed in a bit underweight — more than the 3 percent the state allows. Pittman challenged both decisions to no

AssociAted Press

UNc’s Harrison Barnes, right, gets a shot off in the win at clemson. Freshman Harrison Barnes scored 20 points, fellow frosh Kendall Marshall had 18 points and Henson collected his third straight double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds. The Tar Heels (18-6, 8-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) looked like they had the league lead as they took a 43-29 lead into the locker room at Cameron Indoor Stadium the other night. Instead, Duke’s experience won out in a 79-73 victory as North Carolina was held to just 30 points in the second half.

See UNC, 4B

Catawba point guard Dominick Reid wasn’t going to let this Catawba 75 one slip away. The senior scored Anderson 69 23 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and committed just one turnover in 36 minutes to power Catawba to a 75-69 SAC win against Anderson. Catawba (9-13, 5-9) still has work to do just to qualify for the SAC tourna-

ment, but hope stayed alive on Saturday in front of 438 fans at Goodman Gym. “We had to have this one,” said Catawba forward Justin Huntley, who contributed 13 points and five assists. REID “We’ve put so much effort into our practices, but a lot of times it hasn’t carried over to games. Today, our effort wasn’t in

vain. We carried it over.” Catawba coach Jim Baker said he altered the practice format after a disappointing loss at Brevard on Wednesday. “We’ve been very competitive at practice,” he said. “We went back to teaching and drilling, and it worked out. We played with a lot more confidence today. Some guys just let it rip.” Electrifying freshman Keon Moore tossed in 23 points, but Catawba may

See CATAWBA, 3B

3 Rowan athletes capture track titles Staff report

Three Rowan County athletes won titles in the NCHSAA 1A/2A/3A Indoor Track State Championships held on Saturday at Fayetteville Reid Ross’ Daskel Stadium. Salisbury’s Alisha Bradshaw repeated as gold medalist in the shot put. Bradshaw threw 40 feet, 111⁄2 inches. She won with an effort of 38-9 in 2010. Salisbury’s Romar Morris

won the 55-meter dash to re- Barger won the 55-meter hurWilliam Brown placed secinforce his dles in 7.37 ond for Salisreputation as seconds, with bury’s boys in the state’s N o r t h the high fastest athRowan’s Sam jump, and lete. The Starks (7.69) Emily Shields UNC football and A.L. was third in signee’s time Brown’s Jerthe 1000 meof 6.41 secrod Lipscomb ters for Salisonds was (7.81) finishbury’s girls. quicker than ing second N o r t h BRADSHAW the winning MORRIS and third, re- BARGER Rowan’s Meltime in the 4A spectively. oney Ramos championship meet. Starks also was third in the See TRACK, 2B West Rowan’s Daishion triple jump.

2B • SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 Wednesday’s semifinal at East Davidson 4-5 winner vs. (1) Salisbury, 6 Thursday’s semifinal at East Davidson 3-6 winner vs. (2) Central Davidson Friday’s final at East Davidson Championship game, 6

TV Sports Sunday, Feb. 13 AUTO RACING 1 p.m. FOX — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Daytona 500, at Daytona Beach, Fla. BOWLING 3 p.m. ESPN — PBA, USBC Masters, at Reno, Nev. GOLF 1 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, final round, at Pebble Beach, Calif. 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, final round, at Pebble Beach, Calif. MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Purdue at Illinois ESPN — Marquette at Georgetown 6:30 p.m. FSN — Duke at Miami 9 p.m. FSN — Arizona at Arizona St. NBA BASKETBALL 1 p.m. ABC — Miami at Boston 3:30 p.m. ABC — L.A. Lakers at Orlando 8 p.m. ESPN — Oklahoma City at Golden State NHL HOCKEY 12:30 p.m. NBC — Teams TBA RODEO 8 p.m. VERSUS — PBR, WinStar World Casino Invitational, at Oklahoma City (sameday tape) RUGBY 4:30 p.m. NBC — Sevens World Series, at Las Vegas WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Regional coverage, LSU at Kentucky, East Carolina at Houston, Michigan at Michigan St. OR Georgetown at St. John’s 4 p.m. FSN — Arizona St. at Arizona 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Regional coverage, West Virginia at Louisville, Kansas St. at Iowa St., Auburn at Arkansas OR N.C. State at Georgia Tech

Area schedule Sunday, February 13 COLLEGE BASEBALL 1 p.m. Francis Marion at Pfeiffer COLLEGE SOFTBALL 1 p.m. Catawba at UNC Pembroke

NPC girls Monday’s games (7) Statesville at (2) Carson, 6 (6) West Iredell at (3) West Rowan, 6 (5) South Rowan at (4) East Rowan, 6 Wednesday’s semifinal at Carson South-East winner vs. (1) N. Iredell, 6 Thursday’s semifinal at Carson WI-WR winner vs. Carson-Statesville winner, 6 Friday’s final at Carson Championship game, 6 YVC boys Tuesday’s games (8) Gray Stone at (1) Albemarle (7) Chatham Central at (2) North Rowan, 7 (6) East Montgomery at (3) West Montgomery (5) South Davidson at (4) North Moore Wednesday’s semifinal at South Davidson 1-8 winner vs. 4-5 winner, 7:30 Thursday’s semifinal at South Davidson 2-7 winner vs. 3-6 winner, 7:30 Friday’s final at South Davidson Championship, 7:30 CCC boys Monday’s games (6) West Davidson at (3) Thomasville, 7 (5) C. Davidson at (4) East Davidson, 7 Wednesday’s semifinal at East Davidson 4-5 winner vs. (1) Salisbury, 7:30 Thursday’s semifinal at East Davidson 3-6 winner vs. (2) Lexington, 7:30 Friday’s semifinal at East Davidson Championship, 7:30 NPC boys Monday’s games (7) East Rowan at (2) West Rowan, 7:30 (6) South Rowan at (3) West Iredell, TBA (5) North Iredell at (4) Carson, TBA Wednesday’s semifinal at Carson North Iredell-Carson winner vs. (1) Statesville, 7:30 Thursday’s semifinal at Carson WR-ER winner vs. SR-WI winner, 7:30 Friday’s final at Carson Championship game, 6

College hoops

Prep wrestling 1A Eastern Regional North Rowan 36, Dixon 29 103 — Connelly (NR) d. M.Wilkins 4-0 112 — Ellis (NR) d. W.Wilkins 12-6 119 — Solorzano (NR) d. Taylor 9-7 (OT) 125 — Powers (NR) p. Cullman, 4:54 130 — Lemmon (NR) p. Brewer, 1:50 135 — Antinoni (D) p. Imes, 5:18 140 — Tucker (NR) p. Aikens, 2:39 145 — Frye (D) d. Mock, tech. fall 152 — Chambers (NR) d. Marker 10-7 160 — Lamb (D) p. Fowler, 2:45 171 — D’Zurrila (D) p. Allen, 4:00 189 — Arnold (D) d. Wiggins 4-2 215 — Gordon (D) d. Archie 4-2 (OT) Hwt — Robertson (NR) p. Sapp, 1:29 1A State Championship West Wilkes 36, North Rowan 32 112 — Ellis (NR) d. Fussell 10-8 (OT) 119 — Lima (WW) d. Solorzano 9-5 125 — Powers (NR) d. Willis by tech. fall 130 — LaPlante (WW) d. Lemmon 11-5 135 — Garcia (WW) p. Imes, 2:46 140 — Billings (WW) won by disqualification 145 — Blevins (WW) p. Mock, 3:24 152 — Wade (WW) d. Chambers 13-6 160 — Adkins (WW) d. Fowler, 2-1 171 — Anderson (WW) p. Allen, 3:12 Forfeits by West Wilkes (189, 215, Hwt, 103). 6. West (6)

Prep hoops Standings 1A Yadkin Valley Boys YVC Overall 14-2 17-3 Albemarle North Rowan 14-2 18-5 West Montgomery 11-4 11-7 10-6 14-10 North Moore South Davidson 10-6 13-10 East Montgomery 5-10 7-11 3-13 4-19 Chatham Central Gray Stone 3-13 4-19 South Stanly 1-15 1-20 Friday’s games North Rowan 65, North Moore 38 Albemarle 68, Chatham Central 40 South Davidson 94, Gray Stone 52 West Montgomery at East Montgomery YVC Overall Girls North Moore 14-2 18-5 13-3 15-5 Albemarle Chatham Central 11-5 14-8 East Montgomery 11-5 11-10 8-8 9-14 North Rowan South Davidson 7-9 10-12 South Stanly 5-11 6-15 West Montgomery 3-13 3-16 0-16 3-20 Gray Stone Friday’s games Albemarle 47, Chatham Central 45 North Moore 80, North Rowan 50 South Davidson 81, Gray Stone 32 E. Montgomery 60, W. Montgomery 31

2A Central Carolina Overall Boys CCC Salisbury 9-1 16-5 Lexington 8-2 13-10 6-4 9-13 Thomasville East Davidson 4-6 12-11 Central Davidson 3-7 9-12 0-10 4-15 West Davidson Friday’s games Salisbury 68, East Davidson 59 Lexington 49, Thomasville 47 Central Davidson 62, W. Davidson 46 CCC Overall Girls Salisbury 10-0 19-1 Central Davidson 8-2 17-4 Thomasville 6-4 18-5 Lexington 4-6 10-12 East Davidson 2-8 12-11 West Davidson 0-10 1-17 Friday’s games Salisbury 65, East Davidson 36 Thomasville 55, Lexington 52 Central Davidson 84, W. Davidson 29

3A North Piedmont Boys Statesville West Rowan West Iredell Carson North Iredell South Rowan East Rowan

NPC 12-0 9-2 7-5 5-7 4-8 3-8 1-11

Overall 17-4 11-10 12-9 8-13 7-13 6-15 1-19

Girls North Iredell Carson West Rowan East Rowan South Rowan West Iredell Statesville

NPC 12-0 10-2 7-5 5-7 5-7 2-10 1-11

Overall 19-1 16-5 15-8 7-13 8-13 3-17 1-20

Tournaments YVC girls Monday’s games (8) W. Montgomery at (1) North Moore (7) South Stanly at (2) Albemarle (6) S. Davidson at (3) Chat. Central (5) North Rowan at (4) E. Montgomery Wednesday’s semifinal at South Davidson 1-8 winner vs. 4-5 winner, 6 Thursday’s semifinal at South Davidson 3-6 winner vs. 2-7 winner, 6 Friday’s final at South Davidson Championship, 6 CCC girls Tuesday’s games (6) West Davidson at (3) Thomasville, 7 (5) East Davidson at (4) Lexington, 7

Standings ACC ACC Overall Duke 9-1 22-2 8-2 18-6 North Carolina Florida State 8-3 18-7 Clemson 6-5 17-8 5-4 15-7 Virginia Tech Maryland 5-5 16-9 Boston College 6-5 16-9 4-6 15-9 Miami Virginia 3-7 12-12 Georgia Tech 3-7 10-13 2-7 12-11 N.C. State Wake Forest 1-8 8-16 Saturday’s games North Carolina 64, Clemson 62 Boston College 76, Maryland 72 Florida State 63, Virginia 56 Sunday’s games N.C. State at Wake Forest, 1 p.m., ACC Network Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech, 1 p.m., ACC Network Duke at Miami, 6:45 p.m., FSN

Southeastern SEC Overall Eastern Florida 9-2 20-5 Vanderbilt 6-4 18-6 Georgia 6-4 17-7 5-5 17-7 Kentucky Tennessee 5-5 15-10 South Carolina 4-6 13-10 SEC Overall Western Alabama 8-2 16-8 Mississippi State 5-5 13-11 5-6 15-9 Arkansas Mississippi 4-6 16-9 LSU 2-8 10-15 2-8 9-15 Auburn Saturday’s games Vanderbilt 81, Kentucky 77 Arkansas 80, LSU 61 Alabama 74, Mississippi 64 Georgia 60, South Carolina 56 Florida 61, Tennessee 60 Auburn 65, Mississippi State 62

SAC SAC Overall 14-0 22-0 Lincoln Memorial Wingate 9-5 14-8 Anderson 8-6 14-10 8-6 11-13 Tusculum Carson-Newman 7-7 10-12 Newberry 6-8 11-11 6-8 8-11 Brevard Mars Hill 6-8 9-13 Catawba 5-9 9-13 1-13 2-20 Lenoir-Rhyne Saturday’s games Wingate 61, Tusculum 50 Catawba 75, Anderson 69 Mars Hill 91, Brevard 80 Carson-Newman 65, Lenoir-Rhyne 57 Lincoln Memorial 84, Newberry 72 Monday’s games Brevard at Young Harris Wednesday’s games Lenoir-Rhyne at Catawba Mars Hill at Carson-Newman Newberry at Wingate Lincoln Memorial at Brevard Tusculum at Anderson |

CIAA

Northern Division Overall 8-1 19-4 Bowie State Virginia Union 6-2 11-7 St. Paul’s 4-3 8-12 5-4 15-8 Elizabeth City State Virginia State 2-5 3-18 Chowan 2-6 3-19 Lincoln 1-7 2-19 Southern Division Overall Winston-Salem State 4-2 16-5 Shaw 4-2 15-7 Livingstone 3-3 12-8 Fayetteville State 3-3 11-10 Johnson C. Smith 2-4 13-8 St. Augustine’s 2-4 8-14 Saturday’s games St. Augustine’s 83, J.C. Smith 71 Elizabeth City State 69, Chowan 59 Fayetteville State 92, Livingstone 78 Bowie State 91, Lincoln 88 (OT) Shaw 77, Winston-Salem State 64

Conference Carolinas CC Overall Queens 12-1 16-5 Limestone 10-3 16-5 Barton 8-6 13-9 St. Andrews 8-6 12-10 Pfeiffer 7-6 9-12 Belmont Abbey 7-7 12-10 Coker 6-7 8-12 Mount Olive 5-8 11-11 Lees-McRae 2-11 6-15 Erskine 1-11 2-18 Saturday’s games Mount Olive 49, Erskine 35 Belmont Abbey 90, Pfeiffer 89 St. Andrews 87, Lees-McRae 78 Monday’s game St. Andrew at Pfeiffer

Notable boxes UNC 64, Clemson 62 NORTH CAROLINA (18-6) Strickland 0-2 1-3 1, Barnes 7-13 5-8 20, Marshall 4-9 10-11 18, Henson 6-12 1-2 14, Zeller 3-8 4-6 10, Watts 0-0 0-0 0, Bullock 0-3 0-0 0, McDonald 0-3 1-2 1, Knox 0-3 00 0. Totals 20-53 22-32 64. CLEMSON (17-8) Stitt 5-14 5-6 17, Booker 0-6 2-2 2, Smith 4-8 1-2 11, Young 4-12 0-0 9, Grant 0-3 0-0 0, Stanton 0-1 0-0 0, Narcisse 2-3 1-2 7, Jennings 6-14 1-3 15, Anderson 0-0 1-2 1, Baciu 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-61 11-17 62. Halftime—North Carolina 28-22. 3-Point Goals—North Carolina 2-14 (Henson 1-1,

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SCOREBOARD Barnes 1-5, Strickland 0-1, Bullock 0-2, McDonald 0-2, Marshall 0-3), Clemson 9-29 (Narcisse 2-3, Smith 2-4, Stitt 2-7, Jennings 2-7, Young 1-6, Stanton 0-1, Booker 0-1). Fouled Out—Booker. Rebounds—North Carolina 36 (Henson 12), Clemson 47 (Jennings 12). Assists—North Carolina 7 (Marshall 3), Clemson 10 (Smith 4). Total Fouls— North Carolina 17, Clemson 23. A—10,000.

BC 76, Maryland 72 MARYLAND (16-9) Williams 3-7 6-8 12, Gregory 6-11 3-4 15, Bowie 2-8 0-0 5, Mosley 5-12 0-0 10, Howard 5-10 0-1 14, Stoglin 5-7 3-5 14, Palsson 13 0-0 2, Tucker 0-4 0-0 0, Padgett 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 27-64 12-18 72. BOSTON COLLEGE (16-9) Trapani 2-9 6-10 10, Southern 3-4 0-0 6, Jackson 12-16 2-2 31, Paris 2-6 2-2 8, Rubin 0-0 0-0 0, Moton 0-1 0-0 0, Raji 5-15 22 12, Cahill 3-4 0-0 9, Elmore 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-56 12-16 76. Halftime—Maryland 40-37. 3-Point Goals—Maryland 6-17 (Howard 4-5, Stoglin 1-2, Bowie 1-3, Palsson 0-1, Tucker 0-3, Mosley 0-3), Boston College 10-26 (Jackson 5-7, Cahill 3-4, Paris 2-5, Elmore 0-1, Moton 0-1, Trapani 0-1, Raji 0-7). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Maryland 37 (Williams 8), Boston College 34 (Jackson 8). Assists—Maryland 15 (Stoglin 7), Boston College 16 (Paris, Raji 4). Total Fouls—Maryland 17, Boston College 16. A—8,606.

FSU 63, Virginia 56 VIRGINIA (12-12) Evans 1-6 0-0 2, Farrakhan 3-15 0-0 7, Harris 6-14 1-2 17, Sene 0-1 2-2 2, Zeglinski 7-16 0-0 19, Regan 0-0 0-0 0, Harrell 16 2-2 5, Mitchell 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 19-60 7-8 56. FLORIDA ST. (18-7) Kitchen 1-5 1-2 3, Snaer 5-11 4-4 16, White 1-4 1-1 3, James 2-3 3-5 7, Singleton 4-4 2-2 11, Loucks 0-2 3-4 3, Gibson 13 0-0 2, Miller 1-4 0-0 2, Dulkys 3-7 0-0 9, Kreft 3-4 1-1 7. Totals 21-47 15-19 63. Halftime—Florida St. 34-23. 3-Point Goals—Virginia 11-30 (Zeglinski 5-11, Harris 4-9, Harrell 1-1, Farrakhan 1-9), Florida St. 6-18 (Dulkys 3-6, Snaer 2-5, Singleton 1-1, Gibson 0-1, Loucks 0-2, Miller 0-3). Fouled Out—Harris, White. Rebounds—Virginia 29 (Harris 7), Florida St. 40 (James, Snaer 8). Assists—Virginia 12 (Evans 5), Florida St. 10 (Kitchen 4). Total Fouls—Virginia 18, Florida St. 14. A—10,266.

R. Island 71, Charlotte 70 CHARLOTTE (10-14) Barnett 1-3 0-0 2, Sherrill 4-6 6-7 14, Wilderness 1-4 0-0 2, Green 5-16 3-4 17, Briscoe 5-11 0-0 13, Sirin 0-0 0-0 0, Lewis 0-0 0-0 0, Dewhurst 2-2 0-0 5, Braswell 511 7-10 17. Totals 23-53 16-21 70. RHODE ISLAND (16-9) James 3-10 1-4 8, Malesevic 8-15 1-2 19, Martell 2-4 3-4 7, Jones 2-10 5-6 9, Richmond 7-17 0-0 20, Wilson 1-3 0-0 2, Eaves 0-2 0-0 0, Outerbridge 2-3 1-1 5, Brooks 00 1-2 1. Totals 25-64 12-19 71. Halftime—Charlotte 32-23. End Of Regulation—Tied 64. 3-Point Goals—Charlotte 8-26 (Green 4-14, Briscoe 3-7, Dewhurst 11, Wilderness 0-1, Braswell 0-1, Barnett 02), Rhode Island 9-34 (Richmond 6-15, Malesevic 2-7, James 1-5, Wilson 0-1, Eaves 0-2, Jones 0-4). Fouled Out—Braswell, Briscoe, James, Martell, Outerbridge, Wilderness. Rebounds—Charlotte 36 (Braswell 10), Rhode Island 37 (Jones 8). Assists— Charlotte 13 (Briscoe, Dewhurst 3), Rhode Island 14 (Jones 10). Total Fouls—Charlotte 21, Rhode Island 19. A—5,310.

Marshall 78, ECU 65 MARSHALL (16-9) Thomas 4-9 1-2 9, Baines 2-6 2-2 6, Spikes 0-0 1-2 1, Pitts 8-12 7-8 28, Kane 46 3-4 12, Higgins 0-0 0-0 0, Pena 1-3 0-1 3, Allen 1-1 0-0 2, Johnson 4-5 4-6 14, Williams 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 25-44 19-27 78. EAST CAROLINA (13-11) Morrow 2-8 3-5 7, Abrams 1-1 0-0 3, Gaines 3-7 1-5 8, Straughn 3-6 1-2 10, Sherrod 7-14 4-7 19, Torlak 0-1 0-0 0, Young 715 2-4 18, Sampson 0-6 0-0 0, Ellison 0-0 0-0 0, Morales 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-58 11-23 65. Halftime—Marshall 34-21. 3-Point Goals—Marshall 9-18 (Pitts 5-8, Johnson 23, Pena 1-2, Kane 1-3, Thomas 0-1, Baines 0-1), East Carolina 8-28 (Straughn 3-6, Young 2-7, Abrams 1-1, Gaines 1-3, Sherrod 1-6, Sampson 0-5). Fouled Out— Abrams, Morrow, Pitts, Sherrod. Rebounds—Marshall 44 (Baines 8), East Carolina 22 (Sampson 6). Assists—Marshall 11 (Johnson, Pitts 3), East Carolina 11 (Straughn, Young 3). Total Fouls—Marshall 26, East Carolina 28. Technicals—Pitts, Young. A—6,741.

Other scores EAST American U. 69, Colgate 60 Boston U. 61, Hartford 50 Bucknell 60, Holy Cross 56 Columbia 75, Penn 62 Drexel 54, William & Mary 52 Harvard 85, Brown 78 Hofstra 61, Delaware 58 Lehigh 78, Army 64 Navy 57, Lafayette 52 Princeton 57, Cornell 55 Rhode Island 71, Charlotte 70, OT Seton Hall 69, Rutgers 64 St. Bonaventure 82, La Salle 61 Stony Brook 71, Maine 69, OT UNC Wilmington 95, Towson 93, OT West Virginia 82, DePaul 71 Yale 69, Dartmouth 60 SOUTH Appalachian St. 78, Chattanooga 68 Belmont 78, Campbell 57 Coastal Carolina 61, Winthrop 56 Coll. of Charleston 87, UNC Greensboro 69 Coppin St. 70, S. Carolina St. 62 Elon 79, The Citadel 72 Furman 88, Davidson 79 George Mason 82, James Madison 68 Hampton 86, Norfolk St. 72 Liberty 65, High Point 54 Louisville 73, Syracuse 69 Marshall 78, East Carolina 65 Memphis 67, Southern Miss. 61 Murray St. 60, Jacksonville St. 59 N. Carolina A&T 68, Howard 49 New Mexico St. 50, Louisiana Tech 49 Notre Dame 78, South Florida 55 Old Dominion 70, VCU 59 Presbyterian 61, Chas. Southern 48 Richmond 64, Saint Louis 52 UAB 74, Rice 68 UCF 58, Tulsa 57 UNC Asheville 57, Gardner-Webb 54 VMI 71, Radford 58 W. Carolina 85, Samford 63 W. Kentucky 87, North Texas 76 Wofford 69, Georgia Southern 61 MIDWEST Akron 75, Ball St. 60 Bradley 68, Evansville 54 Butler 66, Detroit 51 Cent. Michigan 69, Bowling Green 64 E. Michigan 78, Buffalo 65 Indiana St. 75, Drake 63 Kansas 89, Iowa St. 66 Kent St. 84, N. Illinois 77 Miami (Ohio) 68, Toledo 66 Michigan 73, Indiana 69 Missouri 84, Oklahoma 61 Missouri St. 68, Illinois St. 59 Nebraska 65, Oklahoma St. 54 North Dakota 80, Chicago St. 70 Temple 75, Dayton 63 Valparaiso 58, Wright St. 56 W. Michigan 85, Ohio 83 Wis.-Milwaukee 70, Ill.-Chicago 59 Wisconsin 71, Ohio St. 67 SOUTHWEST Houston 79, Tulane 68 Texas 69, Baylor 60 Texas A&M 70, Texas Tech 67 UTEP 67, SMU 57 FAR WEST BYU 72, Utah 59 Colorado St. 68, New Mexico 62 San Diego St. 63, UNLV 57 Santa Clara 60, San Diego 56 UC Irvine 66, UC Santa Barbara 63 UCLA 69, Oregon St. 61 Utah St. 71, Fresno St. 55 Washington 87, Stanford 76 Washington St. 75, California 71 Wyoming 77, TCU 67

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 38 14 .731 — New York 27 26 .509 111⁄2

Philadelphia 26 28 .481 13 New Jersey 17 38 .309 221⁄2 14 40 .259 25 Toronto Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 39 14 .736 — 33 20 .623 6 Atlanta Orlando 34 21 .618 6 1 CHARLOTTE 23 31 .426 16 ⁄2 14 38 .269 241⁄2 Washington Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 36 16 .692 — 24 28 .462 12 Indiana Milwaukee 20 33 .377 161⁄2 Detroit 20 34 .370 17 9 45 .167 28 Cleveland WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 45 9 .833 — 38 16 .704 7 Dallas New Orleans 33 23 .589 13 1 Memphis 29 26 .527 16 ⁄2 25 30 .455 201⁄2 Houston Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 33 18 .647 — 31 23 .574 31⁄2 Denver Utah 31 24 .564 4 Portland 29 24 .547 5 13 41 .241 211⁄2 Minnesota Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 38 16 .704 — 26 25 .510 101⁄2 Phoenix Golden State 23 29 .442 14 L.A. Clippers 20 33 .377 171⁄2 12 37 .245 231⁄2 Sacramento Saturday’s Games CHARLOTTE 88, Atlanta 86 New York 105, New Jersey 95 Philadelphia 107, Minnesota 87 Chicago 97, New Orleans 88 San Antonio 118, Washington 94 Dallas 106, Houston 102 Indiana 103, Milwaukee 97 Oklahoma City at Sacramento, late Sunday’s Games Miami at Boston, 1 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 3:30 p.m. Denver at Memphis, 6 p.m. Washington at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Portland at Detroit, 6 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Toronto, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at Golden State, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Notable box Bobcats 88, Hawks 86 CHARLOTTE (88) Diaw 1-5 0-0 2, Wallace 6-15 0-0 16, K.Brown 1-3 0-0 2, Augustin 1-6 2-2 4, Jackson 12-24 7-8 32, Mohammed 2-5 1-1 5, Livingston 8-13 6-6 22, Najera 1-3 0-2 2, Henderson 1-4 1-2 3. Totals 33-78 17-21 88. ATLANTA (86) Smith 11-17 4-7 28, Horford 8-15 0-0 16, J.Collins 1-1 2-2 4, Bibby 4-10 0-0 11, Johnson 4-14 3-3 11, Ja.Crawford 1-9 0-0 2, Evans 0-1 2-2 2, Williams 1-7 0-0 2, Pachulia 3-8 4-4 10, Wilkins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 3382 15-18 86. Charlotte 27 12 29 20 — 88 27 25 20 14 — 86 Atlanta 3-Point Goals—Charlotte 5-19 (Wallace 4-6, Jackson 1-6, Najera 0-1, Augustin 0-3, Diaw 0-3), Atlanta 5-23 (Bibby 3-8, Smith 24, Williams 0-1, Evans 0-1, Ja.Crawford 04, Johnson 0-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Charlotte 49 (Wallace 13), Atlanta 52 (Horford 10). Assists—Charlotte 24 (Wallace 7), Atlanta 26 (Ja.Crawford 7). Total Fouls—Charlotte 17, Atlanta 19. Technicals—Livingston. A—16,948 (18,729).

Racing Bud Shootout Saturday At Daytona International Speedway (Start position in parentheses)@ 1. (17) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 75 laps, 107.1 rating, 0 points, $203,000. 2. (14) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 75, 83, 0, $94,850. 3. (8) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 75, 109.1, 0, $54,850. 4. (23) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 75, 100.4, 0, $45,850. 5. (11) Greg Biffle, Ford, 75, 98.3, 0, $44,850. 6. (12) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 75, 77.9, 0, $43,925. 7. (18) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 75, 100.9, 0, $42,575. 8. (15) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 75, 128.1, 0, $40,575. 9. (7) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 75, 88.3, 0, $38,575. 10. (6) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 75, 51.2, 0, $37,075. 11. (2) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 75, 75.4, 0, $36,575. 12. (4) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 75, 85.3, 0, $36,075. 13. (19) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 74, 53.1, 0, $35,575. 14. (9) Derrike Cope, Toyota, 73, 34.8, 0, $34,075. 15. (10) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, accident, 47, 52.6, 0, $33,575. 16. (21) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 41, 61.7, 0, $33,075. 17. (20) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, accident, 36, 47, 0, $30,575. 18. (22) Joey Logano, Toyota, accident, 27, 53.4, 0, $28,575. 19. (1) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, accident, 27, 84.7, 0, $25,575. 20. (13) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, accident, 27, 39.4, 0, $23,575. 21. (3) Carl Edwards, Ford, accident, 27, 52.2, 0, $21,575. 22. (24) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, accident, 27, 32.7, 0, $20,575. 23. (16) Kevin Conway, Toyota, accident, 26, 25, 0, $18,575. 24. (5) Kasey Kahne, Toyota, engine, 7, 30, 0, $16,567. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 153.584 mph. Time of Race: 1 hour, 13 minutes, 15 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.058 seconds. Caution Flags: 4 for 12 laps. Lead Changes: 28 among 9 drivers. Lap Leaders: T.Stewart 1-2; C.Bowyer 3-5; D.Earnhardt Jr. 6; T.Stewart 7; J.Burton 8-10; D.Earnhardt Jr. 11; T.Stewart 12; J.Burton 13-16; D.Earnhardt Jr. 17-18; J.Burton 19-21; Ky.Busch 22; J.Burton 2325; Ky.Busch 26; C.Bowyer 27; J.Burton 28-29; R.Newman 30-33; J.Burton 34-39; J.Gordon 40; J.Burton 41-45; Ku.Busch 46; J.Johnson 47-52; J.Burton 53-56; J.Johnson 57; Ku.Busch 58; R.Newman 59-60; J.Burton 61-62; R.Newman 63-74; Ku.Busch 75. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Burton, 9 times for 32 laps; R.Newman, 3 times for 18 laps; J.Johnson, 2 times for 7 laps; C.Bowyer, 2 times for 4 laps; T.Stewart, 3 times for 4 laps; D.Earnhardt Jr., 3 times for 4 laps; Ku.Busch, 3 times for 3 laps; Ky.Busch, 2 times for 2 laps; J.Gordon, 1 time for 1 lap.

NHL Schedule Saturday’s Games Phoenix 3, Chicago 2, SO Los Angeles 4, Washington 1 Ottawa 5, Edmonton 3 Montreal 3, Toronto 0 Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 3, OT Nashville 5, Colorado 3 Minnesota 3, St. Louis 1 Calgary at Vancouver, late Sunday’s Games Boston at Detroit, 12:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m. Columbus at Dallas, 3 p.m. Los Angeles at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 5 p.m. San Jose at Florida, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Named Mike Sheppard quarterbacks coach. TENNESSEE TITANS—Named Jerry Gray defensive coordinator. HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES—Reassigned D Brett Carson to Charlotte (AHL). CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Recalled F Jeff Taffe from Rockford (AHL). Placed F Ryan Johnson on injured reserve.

Catawba baseball sweeps From staff reports

Catawba’s baseball team rallied to beat Shippensburg twice on Saturday at Newman Park. Austin Moyer walloped a walk-off, two-run homer to win the nightcap 53. Catawba won the opener 2-1 with two runs in the eighth. Catawba starter Nick Lomascolo (1-1) worked eight innings and allowed one run — it was unearned — in the opener. Blake Houston’s single started the winning rally. After Ryan Bostian was hit by a pitch and Josh Hohn singled to load the bases, Garrett Furr hit a game-tying single, and Moyer drew a bases-loaded walk to force home the go-ahead run. Wil Huneycutt earned a save. Houston had three hits and stole three bases. Catawba trailed most of Game 2, but homers by Furr and Hohn keyed a comeback. Moyer followed a walk to Furr with his game-winning homer. It was Moyer’s first hit of the season, but he’s already walked 11 times. J.J. Jankowski (2-0) went the distance on the mound for the Indians (5-2) and struck out six. Bostian, Furr and Chris Dula had two hits each.  Pfeiffer’s baseball team (3-3) lost 2-1 to Francis Marion on Saturday at Ferebee Field despite a strong performance by starting pitcher John McDaniel (Davie). McDaniel pitched eight innings and allowed seven hits. He struck out three.  Tusculum’s Sean Cotten (Lake Norman) became the school’s all-time leader in RBIs on Saturday as the Pioneers swept Concord.

 College men’s basketball Livingstone’s men’s basketball team lost at Fayetteville State 92-78 on Saturday despite a career-high 32 points by Darius Cox. Carl Boswell scored 11 points for the Blue Bears (12-8, 7-5 CIAA), and Greg Henry pulled down eight boards. Livingstone is home against Winston-Salem State on Monday.  Belmont Abbey’s Richard Barbee scored five of his 24 points in the final 26 seconds, including the gamewinning jumper, to lead the Crusaders to a 90-89 win against Pfeiffer on Saturday at Merner Gym. Chris Woods scored 24 points for the Falcons (9-12, 7-6) and just missed a 3-pointer at the horn.

 Women’s basketball Catawba’s women’s basketball team shot 9-for-10 from the foul line down the stretch and earned a 74-65 win against Anderson at Goodman Gym on Saturday. Milica Ivanovic and Jolysa Connor scored 14 points each to lead the scoring for Catawba (14-10, 8-6). Dana Hicks had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Kisha Long scored 12 points, and Elizabeth Merritt added 11. Anderson’s Trojans (9-13, 5-9) were led by Ashley Abed’s 18 points. Anderson led by six points in the second half, but a three-point play by Ivanovic with 9:21 remaining put the Indians ahead to stay. Catawba committed only seven turnovers, two in the second half.  Khalia Boston’s career-best 25 points sparked Livingstone’s women’s basketball team to an 89-78 win at Fayetteville State on Saturday. Brittany Wright scored 19 points, and Rashida Elbourne (16), Montiya Harrison (12) and Jasmine Murray (10) also scored in double figures. Livingstone (14-6, 8-4 CIAA) trailed 9-0 early but improved to 3-3 in Southern Division play.  Pfeiffer’s women’s basketball team beat Belmont Abbey 76-75 at Merner Gym on Saturday on a free throw with less than a second remaining by Celeste Caudill. Brittany Cox scored 17 for the Falcons, and Pfeiffer overcame a 34-point effort by the Crusaders’ Shayla Jackson.

 College softball Catawba’s softball team opened the season by sweeping Georgia College & State 9-1 and 6-2 at Whitley Field. Brittney Murray pitched a three-

TRACK FROM 1B enjoyed a phenomenal meet. She was second in the 55 hurdles (8.47), second in the triple jump (36-6) and third in the long jump (16-21⁄2). Ramos led North’s girls to a fourth-place finish. Salisbury’s girls placed fifth. East Rowan’s top performer was Dillon Arey, who cleared 12-6 for second place in the pole vault. West (sixth), Salisbury (seventh) and North (10th) all placed in the top 10 in the boys competition. East Rowan was 20th, A.L. Brown was 26th, and South Rowan was 39th. The Cardinal Gibbons girls and Asheville boys claimed championships. Salisbury racked up major Wachovia Cup points with the highestscoring 2A girls team and a secondplace finish among 2A boys behind Charlotte’s Berry Academy.

hitter in the opener and fanned seven. Erin Witalison (Gray Stone) knocked in three runs. Alli Justice hit a grand slam to spark the Indians in the nightcap. Emily Huneyctt was the winning pitcher.

 College tennis Catawba’s men’s tennis team beat J.C. Smith 9-0 and also topped Coker to improve to 8-2. Catawba’s women’s team (6-4) swept Johnson C. Smith.

 Prep wrestling Winston-Salem Parkland (41-0) won a dual team state championship for the fifth straight year by beating New Bern 52-12 for the 4A crown on Saturday.  Hillsborough Orange (21-0) beat Concord Jay M. Robinson 34-27 for the 3A title.  Newport Croatan beat Piedmont 41-30 for the 2A title.

 Prep swimming A.L. Brown’s swimmers finished 13th in the 3A state championships on Saturday in Cary. Davied Sanchez was fourth in the 100 backstroke in 54.41 seconds. Sanchez was eighth in the 200 IM, and Cole Harris was 15th. The 200 medley relay team of Harris, Jackson Boone, Sanchez and Alex Fesperman finished 10th, and the same foursome was seventh in the 200 free relay. Charlotte Catholic won the girls championship, while Cardinal Gibbons edged Catholic for the boys title.  In the 4A championships held on Friday, Davie’s Palmer Benson was eighth in the 100 breaststroke and 13th in the 200 IM. The team of Benson, Bailey Folmar, Blakely Gantt and Erika Coffey was 16th in the 400 free relay.

 Prep hoops North Rowan’s boys lost the coin flip with Albemarle for the No. 1 seed for the YVC tournament. The YVC’s No. 1 seed for the 1A state playoffs will go to North or Albemarle, whichever goes further in the tournament. North will be seeded No. 2 and will be at home against No. 7 Chatham Central on Tuesday at 7 p.m., while Albemarle will open the tournament at home against No. 8 Gray Stone.  Will Collins had a triple-double on Friday to lead South Davidson’s boys to a 91-40 win against East Montgomery on Friday. Freshmen Austin and Taylor Hatfield combined for 50 points.

 North Hills hoops The North Hills girls basketball team beat Hayworth Christian 33-30. Caley Boggs and Laura Butner scored nine points each for the Eagles. Abby Lane had eight, and Savannah Daniel added six. Lane also had 11 rebounds and four steals. Butner had eight rebounds.

 Sacred Heart hoops Sacred Heart’s boys edged the Jaguars 27-24 on clutch foul shooting. Max Fisher scored eight points, and Reilly Gokey had seven for the Dolphins. Christian Hester had five points and 8 rebounds, while Chili Chilton had five rebounds. Walker Latimer provided timely defense down the stretch for the winners. The Jaguars were led by Coleman Bergsma and Asa Hollingsworth with eight points and 10 rebounds each. Luke Combs had 5 points. Sam McNeely had 5 assists. Tournament play continues at Summit School in Winston Salem.  The Sacred Heart Basketball Challenge Camp will be held on Saturday, Feb. 26 from 8-4. The camp is for grades 5-8, and the cost is $20 per child. The deadline for payment and registration is Feb. 23. Contact Katie Meseroll at 704-6332841 for information.

North’s boys and girls were both tops among 1A squads. Salisbury’s Katherine Shields was fourth in the 1600 and 11th in the 3200. West’s William Camps was fourth in the triple jump, and teammate Trey Mashore was fourth in the long jump. East’s Joseph Furtado was eighth in the 500-meter run, while Sam Sherman was ninth in the shot put. South’s 4x800 relay team of Jeff Culbertson, Caleb O’Neal, Eric Delgado and Karl Benz placed sixth. North’s Christen Jones was 10th in the 55-meter run. A.L. Brown’s Keonna Artis was 10th in the girls high jump, and Timmy Hall was 14th in the 500.  4A champions were Wakefield’s girls and Knightdale’s boys. Davie’s Ricky Bell was sixth in the shot put, and Mekayla Boswell tied for seventh in the girls high jump. Davie’s Anna McBride was 9th in the 3200 run and 14th in the 1600.

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Jackson gives Bobcats win Associated Press From around the NBA... ATLANTA — Stephen Jackson hit a last-second jumper over two Atlanta defenders and the Charlotte Bobcats rallied after trailing by 22 points to beat the Hawks 88-86 on Saturday night. Jackson, a former Atlanta player, scored 32 points, including the winning shot over Maurice Evans and Al Horford. Jackson hopped onto the scorer’s table before running off the court yelling, “That’s what I do!” Shaun Livingston scored a season-high 22 points as Charlotte earned its first win in Atlanta since 2007. Gerald Wallace had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Bobcats. Josh Smith had 28 points for Atlanta, which led by 22 in the second quarter and 18 in the third period. Knicks 105, Nets 95 NEWARK, N.J. — Wilson Chandler replaced the injured Amare Stoudemire in the lineup and scored 21 points, and the New York Knicks beat the New Jersey Nets to avoid falling below .500. Reserve Toney Douglas added 19 points and Landry Fields had 14, making three big 3-pointers in the fourth quarter as the Knicks won for just the second time in six games and improved to 27-26. Stoudemire missed his first game of the season with a sprained right big toe, but the Knicks overcame their All-Star’s absence by making

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stephen Jackson, Gerald Wallace and eduardo Najera celebrate the Bobcats’ win saturday night. 16 3-pointers, including Chandler’s that gave them the lead for good with 4:08 left. Mavericks 106, Rockets 102 HOUSTON — Peja Stojakovic scored 22 points and broke a tie with Dale Ellis for fourth place in career 3-pointers as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Houston Rockets.

Stojakovic, who was 1 for 11 from 3-point range in his previous three games, went 4 for 6 from beyond the arc. He has 1,723 career 3s and trails only teammate Jason Kidd (1,756), Reggie Miller (2,560) and Ray Allen (2,562) in NBA history. Allen passed Miller for the lead Thursday.

Dirk Nowitzki also scored 22 points and Shawn Marion had 14 points and nine rebounds for the Mavericks, who have won 12 of their last 14 and eight of their past 11 games in Houston. Bulls 97, Hornets 88 NEW ORLEANS — Derrick Rose scored 23 points and the Chicago Bulls methodically turned a 12-point third-quarter deficit into a comfortable victory over the New Orleans Hornets. Carlos Boozer had 17 points and Luol Deng 14 for the Bulls, who outscored the Hornets 25-14 in the fourth quarter to close out a five game road trip at 3-2. Spurs 118, Wizards 94 WASHINGTON — Tony Parker scored 10 of his 18 points in less than 2 minutes during the first quarter to jump-start the San Antonio Spurs to a rout of the Washington Wizards. A day after losing 77-71 at Philadelphia, San Antonio bettered that points total before halftime. The Spurs shot better than 60 percent from the field for most of the game, finishing at 58.4 percent, including 13 of 25 from 3-point range, and led by as many as 41 points. Every available San Antonio player had scored midway through the third quarter. George Hill also scored 18 points and was 4 for 4 on 3-pointers for San Antonio,.

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NAscAr driver tony stewart walks in the garage area during the practice sesssion at daytona on saturday.

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Bryce Molder hits from the first fairway of the spyglass Hill Golf course during the At&t Pebble Beach Pro Am. tion, Steve Marino struggled with the speed of the greens on the Shore Course at Monterey Peninsula and ended his round with a three-putt bogey from 4 feet for a 1-over 71. That still was enough for him to take a one-shot lead going into the final round over Jimmy Walker, who had a 63 at Monterey Peninsula, and Bryce Molder, who counted about a dozen people in his gallery at Spyglass Hill on his way to a 68. Next up is the final round at Pebble Beach, where some measure of normalcy returns to his PGA Tour. But not entirely. D.A. Points was among the few players atop the leaderboard who was at Pebble Beach in the third round, and

CATAWBA FroM 1B well have blown a 17-point, secondhalf lead had Reid not taken charge. “I’ve had great point guards in my time here,” Baker said. “Dominick fits right in with any of them. He just took it over today. I tell my son constantly to watch Dominick. Watch how he plays. Watch how he competes.” Generously listed at 5-foot-10, Reid grabbed four defensive boards in the closing minutes, including one in which he fended off men nearly a foot taller in heavy traffic. “I saw their shots from the corner were coming off kinda long,” Reid explained. “My man was in front of me when that rebound came

he was getting plenty of attention — or maybe that was for his amateur partner, Bill Murray, decked out in an Elmer Fudd hat. Points took a double bogey by going over the cliffs on the ninth hole, birdied the 16th and 17th and was poised to take a share of the lead until he couldn’t get out of a fairway bunker on the 18th and wound up with a bogey. That gave him a 71, putting him two shots out of the lead. His pro-am team is only one shot behind, meaning Murray gets another crack at Pebble on Sunday. Champions Tour BOCA RATON, Fla. — Peter Senior shot a 67 to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Allianz Champi-

off, but I was able to push him underneath a little bit and was in good position to grab it. When I got that rebound, I knew we would win.” Reid stuck the dagger in Anderson with a late pullup in the face of Denzail Jones, the Trojans’ toughest, quickest and fieriest defender. “My teammates swung the ball to me with five seconds on the shotclock, so I knew I had to make a quick move,” Reid said. “My defender was no taller than me, so I knew I could shoot over him. I was able to make a big-time shot.” Almost everyone on the roster shot the lights out early against Anderson’s 2-3 zone. Catawba was 10for-13 on 3-pointers in the first half. Moore and Reid hit three each, and Cameron Lovelace nailed two off the bench, one on them on the move. “We’d played Anderson once, so

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onship. Senior was at 11-under 133 after a blustery day in South Florida. He trailed Rod Spittle for most of the round, but birdied the par-5 18th to grab the lead. Spittle bogeyed the 18th to finish with a 67 and a score of 10 under. Tom Lehman was tied for second after shooting a 69. Hale Irwin (68) was tied with Russ Cochran (67) for fourth place at 8 under through two rounds. Ladies European Tour GOLD COAST, Australia — Taiwan’s Yani Tseng, who would move to No. 1 in the women’s rankings with a victory at the Australian Masters, had a 9-under 63 and leads by three heading into the final round.

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we knew they’d play zone,” Reid said. “Everyone was prepared, ready to catch and shoot in the spaces in their zone.” All that torrid shooting put the Indians on top 35-19 with 6:26 left in the half, but the Trojans (14-10, 8-6) closed the period strong to trail 43-36 at the break. Moore hit his fourth and fifth 3s at the outset of the second half, and Catawba’s lead swelled again.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The recently repaved surface at Daytona International Speedway is fast. Really fast. Maybe too fast. In the most significant test on the 21/2-mile superspeedway, cars topped 203 mph Friday during practice for the Budweiser Shootout. Joey Logano turned the fast lap with an average speed of 203.087 mph in the second of two practice sessions. Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch also topped 203 mph. Several others were close behind. In all, 10 cars hit 200 mph. Four more were in the 199 mph range, creating some concern at NASCAR’s most famous track. “The conditions are great,” four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon said. “It’s really smooth, it’s got a lot of grip. Fast.” But will the sport’s governing body allow those speeds to last? Two-time Daytona 500 champion Bill Elliott topped 210 mph during qualifying for the 1987 Daytona 500, and NASCAR responded by introducing horsepower-sapping restrictor plates the following year. “I don’t think the plate is going to change the speeds a lot,” Gordon said. “We’re locking up and that’s what’s making it fast. I’m curious to see if they do anything.” NASCAR already reduced the size of the Daytona restrictor plate following a tire test in December. The top speed then was 197.5 mph. Another adjustment could be on tap. “yea it is cool But no way it’ll last,” driver Brad Keselowski posted on Twitter. NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said officials would monitor speeds during Daytona 500 practice Saturday “and see how things settle out.” All 24 cars entered in Saturday night’s exhibition race turned laps in practice.

“Moore is probably the best freshman in our league,” Anderson coach Jason Taylor said. “A lot of the 3-pointers Catawba made were open, like they were shooting in the gym by themselves, but Moore and Reid made some contested ones.” When Huntley sank two free throws with 14:34 remaining, the Indians led 55-38 and appeared to be in great shape. But Anderson’s Oskars Ernsteins got hot, and Jones lit a fire under his teammates. He got vocal and triggered a comeback by draining a 3 and drawing a charge. “Jones’ motor is non-stop, and he provides a lot of our energy,” Taylor said. “He was in foul trouble in the first half. That hurt us.” Anderson’s rally peaked on a soaring layup by Jones that made it 61-59 with 6:03 left, but Catawba’s Lee Martin hit a huge bucket — a 3-

But instead of the three-wide pack racing many expect when the green flag drops, drivers hooked up in bumperto-bumper, tandem formations and drafted their way around NASCAR’s most famous track. The two-car drafts were faster than anything seen at Daytona in years. “The game has changed, man,” Gordon said. “We just figured it out. Everybody’s figured out how to get locked in behind the other guy. It used to be you’d get in there, and you’d hit him and knock him away. Now we’ve realized, we’ve figured out how to hold the brake and get the car in there. Once you get in there, they’re just locked on. “You just didn’t think you could drive around this track, and you certainly couldn’t before, but with the new pavement and as smooth and as much grip as it has, now you can.” Daytona recently completed its second repaving project, the first since 1979. The notorious bumps in turns two and four are gone, as is the pesky pothole that plagued the race last February. Pit road is wider for increased safety. The result is a smoother track that causes less tire wear, makes handling almost a non-issue and creates faster laps. The Shootout could be a wild, 75-lap event. “Who knows how it’s going to work out?” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. Drivers with teammates in the field should have an advantage, especially if the race ends up being decided by twocar hookups. “Everybody is trying to figure out who to push, when to push and how long to push,” Busch said. The speeds weren’t the only eye-opener Friday. The lights on the backstretch went out during the second practice session, with several cars racing through the dark at 200-plus mph. Track officials quickly halted the session, parked the cars and got the problem fixed.

pointer from the left wing — to push the Indians’ lead back to five. After that, it was Reid, Reid and more Reid — rebounding, sticking tough shots, draining free throws. Catawba finished with 13 3-pointers, but Taylor was more distressed by Catawba’s edge on the glass that was keyed by talented freshmen Moore and Kejuan “Chief” Mayo. “The 3-point line won’t beat you very often,” Taylor said. “But Catawba had 17 offensive rebounds. Seventeen offensive boards and the opportunities for points that they lead to will beat you every time.” ANDERSON (69) — Young 16, Britton 14, Ernsteins 14, Shugart 6, Jones 6, Trull 6, McDowell 4, Cornwell 3. CATAWBA (75) — Reid 23, Moore 23, Huntley 13, Lovelace 6, Martin 3, Tyree 3, Mayo 2, Drakeford 2, Shoemaker, Tamer. Anderson Catawba

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The Top 25 roundup ... VILLANOVA, Pa. — Brad Wanamaker scored 21 points, Nasir Robinson had 15 and No. 4 Pittsburgh escaped with a 57-54 win over No. 9 Villanova on Saturday night. It was a festive homecoming for Wanamaker and Robinson, two local players who shunned the Philadelphia schools and headed to Western Pennsylvania. The Panthers (23-2, 11-1 Big East) show no sign of relinquishing their conference lead with six games left. They stormed into town and did what no team had done since Jan. 6, 2007 — beat the Wildcats in their on-campus home. Antonio Pena tried to win it for Villanova (19-6, 7-5) in the final minute. He hit a 3-pointer with 58 seconds left to make it a three-point game, then forced a turnover on Pitt’s possession. Dominic Cheek missed a tying 3-point attempt and the offensive rebound was kicked out to Maalik Wayns. His shot swished through the net — a tick after the final buzzer. Each team had one less reliable long-range option with their top 3-point shooters out. No. 2 Kansas 89, Iowa St. 66 LAWRENCE, Kan. — Twin brothers Marcus and Markieff Morris each had a double-double and keyed a 23-4 first-half run for Kansas. The lone loss for the Jayhawks (24-1, 9-1 Big 12) was a 74-63 setback to then-No. 10 Texas on Jan. 22 that ended their school-record home court winning streak at 69. Marcus had 16 points and 11 rebounds while Markieff had 14 and 11 for his conference-leading ninth double-double. The Cyclones (14-11, 1-9), the Big 12’s leading 3-point shooters, hit 14 of 32 from beyond the arc, including six straight at one point, but couldn’t recover from a 45-26 halftime deficit. Scott Christopherson had 16 points for Iowa State and Melvin Ejim had 13. No. 3 Texas 69, Baylor 60 AUSTIN, Texas — Freshman Tristan Thompson had 17 points and 13 rebounds and Texas held off a furious rally by LaceDarius Dunn and Baylor to remain undefeated in the Big 12. Dunn scored 22 points in the second half as Baylor cut an 18-point deficit to three in the final 2 minutes. Texas led 65-60 when Dunn’s 3-pointer rattled in and out of the rim with about 25 seconds left and Texas’ Gary Johnson made two free throws to put the game away. No. 6 San Diego State 63, UNLV 57 LAS VEGAS — D.J. Gay scored 20 points and Kawhi Leonard had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead San Diego State over UNLV. SDSU (25-1, 10-1 Mountain West Conference) trailed for only the second time in the game when Tre’Von Willis drove in for a layup with 3:07 left to give the Rebels (187, 6-5) a 55-54 lead. But the Aztecs made nine of 10 free throw attempts in the final 2:12 to seal their fifth consecutive win. UNLV missed all 10 of its 3-point tries after halftime, including an 0-for-6 mark after Willis gave the Rebels their lone lead of the second half. No. 7 BYU 72, Utah 59 PROVO, Utah — Jimmer Fredette scored 23 points, fill-in starter Charles Abouo added 22 and BYU pulled away late from rival Utah in their final regular-season meeting as Mountain West Conference foes. Fredette, who leads the nation in scoring, had 17 points in the final 9 minutes and 12 in a row to help the Cougars (24-2, 10-1 MWC) take control after the game was tied at 48. He finished 6 of 19 from the field. Abouo, a junior from the Ivory Coast who entered with a season high of 13 points, scored 17 in the first half alone. He also finished with 10 rebounds. No. 8 Notre Dame 78, South Florida 55 TAMPA, Fla. — Jack Cooley came off the bench during an early 22-0 run and finished with a career-high 18 points to lead Notre Dame. The victory is the seventh straight for the Fighting Irish (21-4, 10-3), who have won three straight Big East road games for the first time in 10 years. Cooley made his first nine shots — giving him a stretch of 14 consecutive field goals over two games — before missing a 15-footer in the closing minutes. No. 16 Louisville 73, No. 12 Syracuse LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kyle Kuric scored 23 points, Preston Knowles added 22 and Peyton Siva dropped in the clinching free throws in the final moments to lead Louisville. The Cardinals (19-6, 8-4 Big East) continued their mastery of the Orange (20-6, 7-6) behind some hot 3-point shooting and just enough defense to beat Syracuse for the seventh straight time. Brandon Triche led the Orange with a season-high 21 points and Scoop Jardine had 20 points and four assists but Syracuse couldn’t quite erase a 20-point second-half deficit to lose for the sixth time in its last eight games. The Orange pulled within three points twice in the final 1:37 but Louisville survived thanks to clutch free throws from Siva and Chris Smith. No. 17 Florida 61, Tennessee 60 GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Erving Walker hit a driving, go-ahead layup with 14 seconds left and Florida overcame a six-point halftime deficit to beat Tennessee. Walker led the Gators with 16 points and Kenny Boynton and Vernon Macklin each added 12 for Florida (205, 9-2 Southeastern Conference), which has won four straight and seven of eight. Melvin Goins missed a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the buzzer for Tennessee. Scotty Hopson scored 22 points for the Volunteers (15-10, 5-5), who lost their third consecutive game and second in a row since coach Bruce Pearl returned from an eight-game SEC suspension for lying to NCAA investigators about a secondary violation.

MADISON, Wis. — Nobody’s perfect. Jordan Taylor and Wisconsin 71 Wisconsin found themOhio State 67 selves in a huge hole against previously unbeaten Ohio State, but the Badgers only needed about 13 minutes to shatter the Buckeyes’ chase at an undefeated season. “We knew we had a run in us,” Taylor said. Taylor scored 21 of his 27 points in the second half, rallying No. 13 Wisconsin from a 15-point deficit to beat No. 1 Ohio State 71-67 on Saturday and keep Division I without a perfect team since Indiana in 1975-76. Taylor was the catalyst, sparking a 150 run with eight straight points, then keeping the Badgers calm down the stretch with his poise. “(He) made all the difference in the world. He came down and hit those backto-back 3s and got us right back into it, and from there you could just see we had some momentum,” Wisconsin’s Jon Leuer said. “It was unbelievable what he was able to do in such a short period of time, when we were battling adversity.” Wisconsin (19-5, 9-3 Big Ten) topped a No. 1 opponent for the first time since 1962, when it was also Ohio State. The Badgers joined Florida as the only programs to knock off the same No. 1 school

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there over then-No. 1 Ohio State on Oct. 16. “I kind of like ours because it just happened,” coach Bo Ryan said. “I loved football because I was there at the game. It’s just all good for the school.” William Buford scored 21 points for Ohio State (24-1, 11-1). Freshman Jared Sullinger made an easy layup to push the Buckeyes’ lead to 47-32 with 13:21 left, setting the stage for the comeback. “We got a good, old piece of humble pie, so we’re back hungry,” Sullinger said. “This team wants to get back and practice tonight — unfortunately, we can’t due to NCAA rules.” Mike Bruesewitz and Leuer scored 12 points apiece, while freshman Josh Gasser added 11 for Wisconsin, which won its 17th straight at the Kohl Center and improved to 150-11 at home under Ryan. Sullinger scored 19 points and had 12 rebounds, for the Buckeyes, whom coach Thad Matta said has bigger objectives ahead than an unbeaten season. “The goal for this basketball team when we set out was not to go undefeated,” Matta said. “We’ll see our character of how we recover when we come back into practice.” Wisconsin was sharp from beyond the arc, hitting 12 of 24 3-pointers to key the upset, but it sure didn’t look like the Badgers would be close after falling behind big.

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The ACC roundup ... BOSTON — Boston College’s Reggie Jackson simply had to learn to drive past people to open things up for himself and snap out of a midseason shooting slump. Jackson scored a careerhigh 31 points on 12-of-16 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds to lead struggling Boston College to a 76-72 win over Maryland on Saturday. Having shot just 24.6 percent (17 of 69) in the five games before a loss at Clemson on Tuesday, the 6-foot-3 guard listened to his coach, Steve Donahue, about changing his game. “I think he was settling for jump shots in certain games,” Donahue said. “You see what happens: People say, ‘He’s going by us,’ so they’re going to give him open looks. I think this is all new to Reggie — the attention he’s been getting of what teams are doing to him.” When he wasn’t driving the lane for spinning, twisting moves before finger-roll baskets, Jackson went 5 for 7 from beyond the arc. “When he gets in a zone, you can tell,” teammate Corey Raji said. “He’s a different person — his demeanor.” Raji added 12 points and seven rebounds for the Eagles (16-9, 6-5 Atlantic Coast Conference). BC had dropped five of its last seven league games after starting 3-0. “I think it was just my time to feel it,” Jackson said of his hot shooting. “I never thought, ‘I can take over 1-on-1’.” The Eagles also beat the Terrapins in the schools’ conference opener, 79-75, on Dec.

12. Jackson scored 16 in that win. “He’s a very good player,” Maryland coach Gary Williams said. Florida State 63, Virginia 56 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State won a critical game, but lost its star. The Seminoles held off Virginia 63-56 Saturday despite losing Chris Singleton with a fractured right foot 10 minutes into the game. The 6-foot-9 Singleton, the Seminoles’ top scorer and rebounder and one of the nation’s most talented defenders, will have surgery Monday, coach Leonard Hamilton said. And while no one is sure when Singleton might return, Hamilton has a week to regroup and prepare for a visit to Wake Forest. “I think our kids will be up to the challenge,” Hamilton said. “We’ll have to figure out a way.” They did Saturday after Singleton was injured with the Seminoles trailing 19-15. Michael Snaer scored 16 points, including four straight free throws in the final 20 seconds, when Florida State repelled a late Virginia rally. “Chris was a big part of that win,” Snaer said. “It was a good test to see how a lot of our role players could step up and be a big part of our win.” Singleton, last year’s Atlantic Coast Conference defensive player of the year, already had 11 points when he was hurt 10 minutes into the game. He scored Florida State’s first nine points before Xavier Gibson’s putback with 11:36 left in the half.

The regional roundup ... KINGSTON, R.I. — Jamal Wilson’s last-second layup after rebounding a teammate’s miss lifted Rhode Island past Charlotte 71-70 Saturday. Those were the only points for Wilson, who had scored just 11 previously this season for the Rams (169, 7-4 Atlantic 10 Conference). After Marquis Jones’ layup with 12 seconds remaining brought Rhode Island within 70-69, Nikola Malesevic stole the ball back. Jones missed a layup and Akeem Richmond’s 3point try was put back by Wilson. The 49ers (10-14, 2-8) led 40-23 early in the second half before a 20-4 run, including three 3-pointers by Richmond, brought Rhode Island within one, 44-43 with 10:50 left in regulation. Richmond led the Rams with 20 points, including six 3-pointers, and Malesevic had 19. Marshall 78, East Carolina 65. GREENVILLE — Damier Pitts scored a career-high 28 points to help Marshall hold off East Carolina 78-65 on Saturday. Shaquille Johnson added 14 for the Thundering Herd (16-9, 4-6 Conference USA), who led by 27 points in the second half before the Pirates staged a frantic rally to get within five with 5 minutes left. But Pitts broke the fullcourt press and hit a layup over Robert Sampson, then Johnson hit a jumper with the shot clock winding

UNC FroM 1B Against Clemson, North Carolina’s youngest players showed they had learned something from that loss. “I feel a lot better than I did Wednesday night,” North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. Barnes dunked with 3:01 left to put the Tar Heels ahead to stay, 53-51. “When that happened, I said, ‘OK, we’re going to win this game,’” Marshall said. “It took the crowd out of it. Everything went silent. They didn’t see it coming. We didn’t see it coming.” Clemson senior Demontez Stitt might say the same of what happened soon after when Marshall stole the ball and made an easy layup for a 55-51 lead. Barnes said he wasn’t planning to dunk when he went up, but saw clean air and went for the one-handed jam. “There’s no question that play fired Harrison up, and also the rest of our team,” Williams said. The Tar Heels eventually built a 6153 lead in the final minute before 3pointers by Bryan Narcisse and Stitt in the last 10 seconds led to the final margin. The Tar Heels have won six of their last seven this year and 12 of the past 13 against Clemson. Clemson coach Brad Brownell couldn’t fault his team’s effort — the Tigers outrebounded North Carolina 47-36 —

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UNc’s Harrison Barnes pressure’s clemson’s tanner smith. but regretted the missed opportunity. He thought the Tar Heels’ secondhalf struggles at Duke steeled them for Clemson’s sold-out Littlejohn Coliseum. “I’m not sure that that didn’t help them a little bit, going through it once,” the first-year coach said. Stitt led the Tigers with 17 points, 13 in the second half, and sophomore Milton Jennings had 15 points and 12 re-

down for a 62-53 lead with 4:05 left. The Pirates (13-11, 5-5) never got closer, with Pitts adding a late 3-pointer and hitting four straight free throws before fouling out with 1:39 left. Jontae Sherrod scored 19 points for East Carolina, which shot 30 percent to fall behind 34-21 at halftime. Then Pitts hit a 3 to give Marshall its largest lead at 50-23 with 13:53 to play. UNC-Wilmington 95, Towson 93, OT TOWSON, Md. — Chad Tomko scored 11 of his 31 points in the final 1:25 of overtime as North CarolinaWilmington overcame a 22point second-half deficit to defeat Towson 95-93 on Saturday. The Tigers, who led 58-36 with 14:02 left in regulation, took an 87-84 lead with 1:39 to go on a Brian Morris 3pointer. Tomko then scored on a driving layup, a steal and layup, a 3-pointer and two free throws for a 93-87 lead with 23 seconds left. Morris, who scored 12 points of his 21 points in overtime, knocked down a 3pointer with 10 seconds left, then Tomko hit two more foul shots. Belmont 78, Campbell 57 BUIES CREEK — Ian Clark scored 21 points as Belmont pulled away from Campbell late to earn a 7857 win Saturday. The Bruins (23-4, 15-1 Atlantic Sun Conference) led 62-57 with 5:12 left to play and scored the final 16 points of the game as Campbell went 0 for 7 from the floor in the last 5 minutes.

bounds. Marshall, the Tar Heels’ new point guard, ended with 18 points, including going 10 of 11 from the free throw line. Jerai Grant, Clemson’s a 6-foot-8 senior, was held scoreless as he missed all three shots. Grant, the Tigers’ leading rebounder, came away with only one board. Henson, the 6-10 sophomore, had a lot to do with Grant’s troubles, adding four blocks in his eighth double-double this season. The Tar Heels threatened to blow this one out with a 15-4 start and were still ahead 28-22 at halftime. However, Clemson got back into it with an 8-0 run to start the second half and lead 30-28. Neither team was up by more than four points until the final minute. They hoped that effort wouldn’t continue here at Littlejohn Coliseum. After all, the Tar Heels’ last visit here wasn’t a happy one. It started with the Tigers grabbing a 35-12 lead and ended with Clemson fans rushing the court after the 83-64 victory. North Carolina made sure that didn’t happen this time, Barnes getting the Heels off to the early lead. Barnes scored seven points, Henson added two baskets and Marshall drove in for an uncontested layup. Clemson opened the game 2 of 15 from the field and went nearly 7 minutes with a bucket. After a timeout and some fiery words from Brownell, the Tigers regrouped with a 14-4 run to tighten things up.

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Haynesworth charged with assult Associated Press From around the NFL... RESTON, Va. — Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth has been formally charged with misdemeanor assault stemming from a road rage incident earlier this month. Fairfax County police say the 29-yearold Haynesworth and his attorney appeared at a police station Saturday morning. Haynesworth signed a summons warrant charging him with assault and left. He’s scheduled to appear in court on HAYNESWORTH March 31. The encounter that led to the charge occurred on Feb. 2. Police said a 38-year-old man told investigators he was assaulted by the driver of a pickup truck who was tailgating him. The driver was later identified as Haynesworth. Haynesworth’s agent, Chad Speck, has said the player is innocent and that his accuser is seeking fame and money. Banks stabbed outside nightclub WASHINGTON — Washington Redskins kick returner Brandon Banks and a close friend were stabbed early Saturday during an altercation outside a downtown D.C. nightclub. Banks received a surface wound to his side that required stitches and was expected to be released Sunday from an area hospital, his agent James Gould said in a statement. The player’s unidentified friend was critically injured and underwent surgery, Gould said. The stabbing occurred shortly after 3 a.m. outside The Park at 14th, an upscale nightclub. According to D.C. police, a man got into a verbal altercation with two men, then pulled a knife and stabbed them. Police did not identify the victims, but the Redskins confirmed that Banks was injured in the attack. The suspect — Jason Shorter, 24, of Lanham, Md. — was arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill, police said. Police and jail officials did not know whether Shorter had an attorney. According to Banks’ agent, the friend was attacked first and Banks was injured while coming to his aid. Banks was not implicated in any wrongdoing, Gould said. “Brandon’s immediate concern is for his lifelong friend who is like a brother to him,” Gould said. “He would like to thank everyone for their prayers and well wishes for him and his lifelong friend.” The team was gathering facts about the incident, Redskins spokesman Tony Wyllie said. Banks was an undrafted rookie out of Kansas State last season. He returned a punt 53 yards the first time he touched the ball in an NFL game. He also recorded a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. He is the lightest player in the NFL — listed at 5-7, 155 pounds. Titans hire Jerry Gray as defensive coordinator NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Titans coach Mike Munchak has filled one of the biggest openings on his staff by hiring Jerry Gray away from the University of Texas to become Tennessee’s defensive coordinator. The Titans announced the move Saturday, a day after Munchak picked Gray up at the airport to interview him for the job. Munchak said he respected Gray both as a player and a coach and was someone he knew right away he wanted to talk to about being his defensive coordinator. “It was evident to me during interview process that he will fit well with us — he is familiar with our system and the type of players that we have on the roster. He is a great teacher and a great person, and I think the players will respond well to his style,” Munchak said.

‘Canes fall in OT Associated Press From around the NHL... TAMPA, Fla. — Marc-Andre Bergeron scored 1:32 into overtime, helping Tampa Bay rebound after blowing a twogoal lead during the final minute of regulation against Carolina. Carolina had tied it 3-3 on late goals by Jeff Skinner and Erik Cole after goalie Cam Ward went to the Hurricanes bench for an extra skater. Vincent Lecavalier scored his fourth goal in three games, and Dwayne Roloson made 31 saves as Tampa Bay won for the eighth time in 10 games. Tampa Bay also got goals from Steve Downie and Sean Bergenheim. The Southeast Division-leading Lightning increased their cushion over second-place Washington to five points. Eric Staal also scored for the Hurricanes, who have lost five of six. Kings 4, Capitals 1 WASHINGTON — Andrei Loktionov scored the tiebreaking goal at 3:36 of the third period, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the punchless Washington Capitals 4-1 Saturday to extend their point streak to a season-high eight games. Michal Handzus and Jarret Stoll also scored in the third period for the Kings, whose 6-0-2 run is their longest since a nine-game streak from Jan. 21-Feb. 6, 2010. Los Angeles is 3-0-2 at the midpoint of a franchise-record, 10-game road trip. Jonathan Bernier had 22 saves for the Kings after allowing a goal to Alex Ovechkin on the first shot of the game. Bernier, the backup to Jonathan Quick, has not yielded more than two goals in four starts. Wild 3, Blues 1 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Cal Clutterbuck scored for the third time in two nights, and the Wild sent Blues goalie Jaroslav Halak to an early exit. Halak was pulled for Ty Conklin midway through the second period after Kyle Brodziak’s goal made it 3-0 Minnesota. Antti Miettinen also scored a power-play goal for the Wild, who got another strong start by goalie Niklas Backstrom and outshot the Blues 31-25. Patrik Berglund scored for St. Louis, but that wasn’t nearly enough. Clutterbuck, also the NHL leader in hits, leads the team with a career-high 17 goals. Coyotes 3, Blackhawks 2, SO GLENDALE, Ariz. — Radim Vrbata scored in his third straight game and had the only goal in the shootout, lifting Phoenix over Chicago. In front of their first home sellout crowd since the opener, the Coyotes overcame a late power-play goal by Chicago’s Duncan Keith to win their fourth straight.

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Anthony surges as future uncertain Associated Press DENVER — Despite constant trade rumors, Carmelo Anthony is in the midst of an extraordinary scoring spree. And the Denver Nuggets All-Star forward attributes a lot of it to a 21-day meatless fast last month. “It was mental. It was spiritual. It was emotional,” Anthony said following a two-hour practice Saturday before the Nuggets headed out for a three-game road trip starting Sunday at Memphis. From Jan. 9-30, Anthony followed what’s known as the “Daniel fast,” abstaining from all meats, fish, breads, sweets and soda. His diet was limited to protein shakes, raw juices, fruits and vegetables. He said he still abstains from soda and most meats. “During that whole time, it was a lot of prayer, just taking some time out for myself and getting some clarity on things with myself, with my career, with my life, and it really helped me,” Anthony said. “I started seeing things a lot more clearly from every aspect of my

life.” Even as rumors swirl around Anthony leading up the Feb. 24 trade deadline, the Nuggets star has gained traction with his game. In five games since Feb. 4, Anthony has averaged 35.4 points. His performances in that span included tying a career high with a 50-point effort against Houston on Feb. 7 and a 42point outburst Thursday night against Dallas. He’s converting shots at a 57 percent clip in that span and has been even better from beyond the arc, making 61 percent of those shots. Anthony said he’s never been in a groove like this. “I just feel healthy,” he said. “I think that’s the No. 1 thing. My legs feel good. My body feels good and I’m starting to make shots. I’ve always taken the same shots. Some nights I miss ‘em and sometimes I make ‘em. Right now, they’re going in.” Anthony’s sensational run hasn’t deflated the so-called “Melodrama” that has gone on virtually nonstop since he passed on the chance before the season to sign a three-year, $65 million extension from the Nuggets that remains on the table.

Wary of losing him to free agency after this season without any compensation, the Nuggets brass has entertained trade offers from around the league for the last several months. The latest rumor last week had the Nuggets discussing a possible deal with the Los Angeles Lakers. Anthony has also been linked to deals involving the New Jersey Nets, Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks. A number of his Nuggets’ teammates, including hometown star Chauncey Billups, also have heard their names tossed in the potential dealmaking mix. For the most part, Anthony has tried to stay above the fray by rigorously avoiding reading news reports discussing potential trade scenarios. But, he caused a stir last week when he said publicly for the first time he would consider signing the extension with the Nuggets if the trade deadline came and went and he was still in Denver. Some speculated that was Anthony’s way of putting pressure on the Knicks to sweeten the pot and not wait to sign him as a free agent. Any new collective bargaining agreement will have cost con-

straints that could cost Anthony millions of dollars if he refused to sign the $65 million extension. On Saturday, he said his remark was consistent with what he has said all season — that he just wants to keep all of his options open. When asked in a follow-up what was the most ridiculous rumor he had heard throughout this drawn-out process, he smiled: “That I hate Denver. I laughed at that one.” While conceding there have been difficult moments amid all the trade talk, Anthony said he has maintained his focus on what he can do for the Nuggets on the court, a resolve he said was strengthened by the philosophical outlook he gained through his fast. “I think it takes a strongwilled person, a strong-minded person to deal with the stuff that I deal with and still go out there and go to work every day and perform,” Anthony said. “I take my hat off to myself for dealing with all this stuff that’s going on out there, and still be able to go out there and play at the highest level. “I don’t really think the average person can walk in my shoes.”

Bonds indictment slashed to five Associated Press From around baseball... SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors on Thursday cut the number of felony charges Barry Bonds faces from 11 to five. Major League Baseball’s home run leader still faces the same punishment he always has, but the paring of the charges still underscored the troubles prosecutors have encountered since indicting him for the first time in 2007 for allegedly lying to a grand jury about his steroids use. Bonds has pleaded not guilty. The indictment unsealed Thursday was the fourth version of the charges against Bonds. The document reflects the hit the government’s case took when the slugger’s personal trainer made clear his willingness to go to jail on contempt of court charges instead of testifying against his former client. The trainer, Greg Anderson, has already served more than a year in prison for refusing to testify before the grand jury investigating Bonds. Anderson, who prosecutors allege supplied Bonds with steroids, is scheduled to appear in court before Bonds’ March 21 trial to formally tell the judge of his plans for the trial. Hughes once again focusing on his changeup TAMPA, Fla. — Phil Hughes will be focusing on his changeup at spring training, again. The New York Yankees right-hander, who went 18-

8 last season, worked extensively on the pitch at spring training one year ago. A fast regular-season start saw Hughes often bypassing it after the All-Star break, which likely contributed to a second-half record of 7-6. “I think, maybe, that hurt me looking back on it because I really didn’t keep up with it as much as I would have liked,” Hughes said. “Maybe when fatigue set in, and I really needed that changeup to get me through those games, it just wasn’t there.” The Yankees, barring a trade, have two open rotation spots behind CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Hughes heading into Monday’s reporting day for pitchers and catchers. Pedroia reports to camp, says foot is fully healed FORT MYERS, Fla. — Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia reported early to spring training camp Friday and said his broken left foot is fully healed. Pedroia appeared in only 75 games last year — the fewest he’s played since making his big league debut in 2006 — after fouling a ball off his foot July 25 in San Francisco. That was the day after he hit a career-high three home runs in Colorado. “My foot’s repaired,” Pedroia said. “There’s a screw in there that’s holding everything together. So, it’s a ton better. I feel great. There’s not going to be any setbacks or anything like that.” Pedroia, who expects to be monitored this spring and won’t take part in the team’s AssociAted Press conditioning drills, had to Former slugger Barry Bonds has come under heat since belearn to be patient and let his ing indicted in 2007. foot heal.

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North Rowan’s 285-pound William Robertson pinned Dixon's Jason Sapp in the East finals final match enabling North Rowan to win the East Championship.

WRESTLING FROM 1B um, this time involving WW’s J.J. LaPlante, a defending state champ penciled in at 130. “He was below his weight-loss minimum for the week when he weighed in today,” Pittman said, “and should have been scratched.” At one point North athletic director Brian Mills reportedly made a phone call to the NCHSAA in Chapel Hill for an interpretation of the rule. LaPlante was cleared and ruled eligible to face Lemmon. In a classic game of cat & mouse, Pittman wasn’t going to let that happen. The Cavs led 8-6 when LaPlante checked in at the scorer’s table. Lemmon allegedly stayed near the team seating area — the equivilent of waving the white flag and forfeiting his bout — in order to be bumped to 135. “He started to the table but wayne hinshaw/SALISBURY POST I grabbed him and pulled him North Rowan’s 119-pound Giancarlo Solorzano lost to West Wilkes' Jorge Lima 9-5 in over- back,” Pittman said. “You’re time in the state finals. allowed to do that. He was

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never near the scorer’s table.” Brown disputes that part, claiming Lemmon also checked in. “You show up at the table and you’re in,” he said. Meet officials agreed and LaPlante recorded an easy 11-5 victory. “We figured Lemmon could have gotten a pin at 135,” Pittman said. “We were willing to forfeit 130 and make it a wash and we’d still be up 14-12.” Instead, a weird evening grew even more bizarre two fights later when North’s Thomas Tucker was disqualified at 140. His match against senior Evan Billings was 31-seconds old when he was called for an illegal takedown. Billings suffered an injury to the top of his spinal cord and was taken by ambulance to Wilkes Regional Hospital. The Blackhawks were awarded six team points and jumped to an 18-8 lead. “That slam at 40 was not illegal,” Powers said after order was restored. “It was completely legal.” Pittman, who forced Tuck-

er to cool off, conceded this one. “It was probably an illegal slam,” he said. “The ref signaled it potentially dangerous when Thomas lifted him, so it should have been stopped right there.” Brown implied that Tucker used poor judgement. “If you pick someone up off their feet,” he said, “it’s your job to put him safely back on the mat.” That made sense, unlike much of the day. When it had ended North sophomore Damon Ellis, a two-time winner at 112, summed up the Cavs’ mixed emotions. “It feels good, but it’s very hard to walk away,” he said. “We got so far.” • NOTES: North will participate in the East regional next Friday and Saturday at Rosewood High School in Goldsboro. The state meet is scheduled Feb. 25-26 in Greensboro. ... Practice resumes Monday but Pittman will be excused. His wife will be induced and give birth to a daughter, the couple’s second child.

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LEISURE BUS WINNER Cheerwine fan in Tennessee will be rolling in style After traveling to more than 100 retailers and events across the South as part of the “Long Live Leisure Tour,” Cheerwine’s tricked-out Volkswagen bus now belongs to Chris Rizzie, one of 400,000 people who entered to win the refurbished vehicle. The tour kicked off in May 2010 with Salisbury-based Cheerwine engaging consumers directly at the various stops, allowing them to check out the refurbished “Leisure Bus” in person and enter the sweepstakes. Cheerwine fans also entered by visiting the soft drink’s Facebook page until the contest closed in October. The winner was selected in a random drawing. Rizzie, a resident of White House, Tenn., near Nashville, discovered Cheerwine while vacationing in North Carolina last summer. After falling in love with the 94-year-old soft drink brand, Rizzie became a fan online and entered the contest multiple times on Facebook. “We couldn’t be happier that a true fan will be cruising around in the ‘Leisure Bus.’ It’s the perfect ending to a highly successful competition,” Tom

Barbitta, vice president of marketing for Cheerwine, said in a press release. “We’re a unique soft drink that aimed to reach our fans by bringing them our own form of media — the VW bus — and giving them a memorable experience. We believe we have achieved what we set out to do.” The “Leisure Bus” comes equipped with everything the winner will need to enjoy his leisure time, including a refrigerator stocked full of Cheerwine, a flat-screen TV, an Xbox, a surfboard and more. The bus’ exterior features a custom paint job and upholstered interior. Still a family-owned company, Cheerwine didn’t hire a third-party street team company to manage its “Long Live Leisure Tour.” Instead, the college-age kids of Cheerwine employees drove the vehicle and offered samples at the various stops. “This sweepstakes fits so well with the Cheerwine brand and its unique identity in the category,” Barbitta said. “We look forward to the new year ahead and continuing to launch marketing tactics that our fans can say, ‘That’s so Cheerwine!’ ”

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A u.S. Customs agent checks roses recently at Miami International Airport before the Valentine’s Day flower season rush kicks into high gear.

MIAMI (AP) — Amid the peak Valentine’s Day flower season, U.S. agents are working overtime to make sure pretty love bouquets are not used as transportation by exotic South American plant pests or cocaine traffickers. More than eight out of every 10 cut flowers imported to the U.S. during Valentine season pass through Miami International Airport, with Colombia and Ecuador by far the largest sources of roses, chrysanthemums, gerbera daisies, Peruvian lillies and dozens of other varieties popular every Feb. 14. Those countries are also sources for in-

Personal finance with Ralph and Al

Corporations putting stock options in wrong place Catawba College is offering a one-hourcredit personal finance course led by retired (2002) Catawba College Professor Al Carter and Food Lion co-founder Ralph Ketner. The Post plans to attend the weekly class and share nuggets of the information presented by Carter, Ketner and guest speakers. This is the fourth installment. BY EMILY FORD eford@salisburypost.com

Corporations today have their priorities backward, Food Lion co-founder and multi-millionaire Ralph Ketner told Catawba College students. When Ketner was running Food Lion, customers were his top priority, followed by employees and stockholders. Executives came in dead last, Ketner said. “The founders of Food Lion never got one stock option,” he said. “We had an obligation to those people who invested.” Now, CEOs receive stock options and bonuses worth millions of dollars. “They have reversed my philosophy,” he said. “The CEOs take care of themselves first. If there is anything left, then

sects that could wreak havoc on American crops and gardens — and for cocaine and other drugs sold on American streets. More than 272 million individual cut flowers passed through the Miami airport between Jan. 1 and Feb. 14 last year, a number officials say is certain to be surpassed in 2011. “Right now is our peak season,” said Rolando Suliveras, port director for U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Miami airport. “Our workload has increased tenfold.”

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the shareholders. The customers are last on the totem pole.” Ketner’s parents died when he was a young boy, and he grew up selling newspapers. He worked for Dan Nicholas, namesake of Dan Nicholas Park, and still can rattle off a long list of concessions from popcorn to ice cream in almost one breath. He never graduated from college but has several honorary degrees. In 1957, Ketner said he and two other Food Lion co-founders — Wilson Smith and Ketner’s brother Brown — became the original telemarketers, going through the phone book to cold call Salisbury residents and raise the money they needed to open their first grocery store. Pledging from a few dollars to $2,000, 250 people invested in Food Lion, which eventually outperformed Microsoft 72 to 1, Ketner said. While Ketner receives accolades for his entrepreneurism, he said the real entrepreneur in his family was his father, a farmer. Bob Ketner slaughtered animals on the side, and when he had to pay almost half as much for a few steaks as the butcher had paid him for the whole cow, he decided to cut out the middle man and open his own butcher shop. “It took nerve to move from the farm to a butcher shop,” Ketner said of his father.

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14 — Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours Membership Mixer– Rowan Cabarrus Community College – 1333 Jake Alexander Blvd., Salisbury 5 – 7 p.m. For reservations call 704-633-4221. 15 — Chamber Business Council – Speed Networking – Chamber- 9 a.m. For reservations call 704-6334221. 16 — Chamber Workforce Development Alliance – Chamber – 8 a.m. 17 — Chamber Leadership Rowan “Business, Industry and Finance” Day – 8 a.m.5 p.m. 18 — Chamber Federal and State Affairs Committee – Chamber – 8 a.m. 23 — Rowan Partners for Education Board of Directors – Chamber – 7 a.m. 28 — Chamber Board of Directors – Chamber – noon

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The board of directors of the Alamance Caswell Local Management Entity voted Tuesday to move forward with merger negotiations with PBH, a local management entity that oversees mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse services in Cabarrus, Davidson, Rowan, Stanly and Union counties. The Alamance Caswell LME does not meet state minimum population requirements to remain free standing, so it is seeking a merger partner. North Carolina has focused on moving toward Medicaid waivers for all local management entity, and PBH has operated a Medicaid waiver for behavioral health and developmental disability services under contract with the Department of Health and Human Services since 2005. PBH Board Chair Bill Burgin said, “We are pleased with the interest that Alamance Caswell has shown in PBH. Expansion is one of our goals because of the increased operational efficiency that would be possible. In times of diminishing public resources, we recognize our responsibility to find ways to be more efficient in order to lessen the impact of funding cuts on services to consumers. We are also committed to a local presence in the event that we merge with a non-contiguous set of counties. No final decisions have been made on either side. This is a very complex venture and we are just beginning. We are looking forward to further discussions with Alamance Caswell.” The final decision to merge will be made by all the affected counties. If negotiations are successful, it is likely that a merger would begin with a management agreement for PBH to provide the functions for Alamance Caswell effective July 1.

Tourism group honors Food Lion Speed Street Food Lion Speed Street has been recognized by the Southeast Tourism Society as a top-20 event for the three-day festival scheduled May 26-28. Food Lion Speed Street offers live entertainment, access to NASCAR’s brightest stars, and vendor displays. “To recognize the heritage and reach of this festival as a Southeast Tourism Society top-20 event is a testament to all involved that make it a success each year,” said Jay Howard, president of JHE Production Group Inc. and event promoter and producer since 1996. “It takes great sponsors like Food Lion, Coca-Cola and others along with the city’s support to execute a festival of this caliber. We are truly grateful for that support.” Criteria for qualifying for the honor are a minimum of 1,000 in attendance and in at least its third year of existence. Food Lion Speed Street annually has 400,000 visitors and is in its 17th year. This is the second year in a row the festival has earned this honor. The Southeast Tourism Society Top-20 Events publication receives extensive exposure in more than 1,600 print media, web, television and radio. The Top-20 Events are listed on the Southeast Tourism Society website www.southeasttourism.org. For more information, visit www.600festival.com or www.

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Community Action Agency gets new chief Joann Diggs has been named interim executive director for the Salisbury-Rowan Community Action Agency Inc. W i l l i a m “Pete” Kennedy, chairman of the board for the agency, announced the appointment after the retirement of Elizabeth DIGGS Fields as executive director. The Salisbury-Rowan Community Action Agency includes Head Start/Early Head Start,

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Smart money: Want some friendly advice? Get an attorney now BY BRUCE WILLIAMS United Feature Syndicate

DEAR BRUCE: Two years ago, a “friend” borrowed $70,000 from me and promised to pay it back in 18 months. The loan was unsecured, as evidenced only by a signed promissory note. Recently, he filed for bankruptcy protection, and now I’m left “high and dry.” I failed to perform proper due diligence prior to loaning the money. If I had done so, I would have discovered that this “friend” was in debt. Bankruptcy filings show that his net liabilities are in excess of $650,000, and his net joint income over the last three years averaged $63,000 per year. All of his debts have been discharged pending approval by a bankruptcy judge. A window exists allowing me an opportunity to argue for nondischarge, but

what can I base my argument on? I have been told by a “nonreliable” source that a debt cannot be discharged under bankruptcy protection if one can prove a lack of intent, means or ability to repay the obligation at the time the loan was requested. Do I have a legitimate argument? I’m embarrassed by my imprudent and stupid mistake and afraid to seek advice from my attorney, unless I know I have a solid case. — Randy via email

DEAR RANDY: Yes, you were a nice guy, you didn’t do the due diligence and the likelihood is you are high and dry. What distresses me is that you are looking for information on a very important issue from people who are not fully credited to give that information, including me. You say that you are afraid to seek advice from your attorney unless you know you have a solid case.

The reason you seek advice from an attorney is to determine whether you have any case and whether it’s worth filing. That information, relative to the amount of money involved, should be relatively modest. I would sit down with that attorney as soon as possible. Time in this instance is very much your enemy. DEAR BRUCE: We have been taking care of my mom for a few years. I have been paying my wife a small amount of money a week out of her Social Security. The rest I use as rent, food, repairs and pills if she needs. I also take a bit out of her savings, a total of $2,000 a month. I don’t claim anything on my taxes, as I feel it’s very little as to what I take. She has about $100,000 in savings. The lawyer says that she is ahead as long as it’s cheaper than a nursing home. The nursing home is $6,300 a month. If we had put her in there at the beginning, all the money would be gone

already, but it’s getting harder to take care of her. Also, my wife would like more money. Right now she gets $100 a week. She would like $400 — which I agreed to. What should I keep track of for tax time? I am a bad record keeper. — B.M. via email

DEAR B.M.: Right now, you are taking $24,000 from your mother’s funds. Assuming she is mentally capable, she is allowed to give each of you $13,000 a year, a total of $26,000. So right now it would not be unreasonable to take the position that is what she is doing; therefore, there are no tax implications. That will change in the event that your wife wants to up the amount more than $20,000 a year, plus the additional expenses that you outlined. You should see an accountant. Whether you could justify that money without any tax implications is a matter

between you and your accountant. You say that you are a bad record keeper. Well, that’s got to stop. You haven’t indicated whether or not there are other heirs to your mother’s estate who might be contentious about the money you are spending. Your heart’s in the right place. Whether or not your wife is concerned about the funds going some place else is yet another matter. To properly sort it out, you might run this past your attorney to be certain that you are on solid ground. Clearly, one idea is not in contention: You must start keeping decent records. Send your questions to: Smart Money, P.O. Box 2095, Elfers, FL 34680. E-mail to: bruce@brucewilliams.com. Questions of general interest will be answered in future columns. Owing to the volume of mail, personal replies cannot be provided. United FeatUre syndicate, inc.

Borders bankruptcy filing likely soon NEW YORK (AP) — Borders Group Inc. may file for bankruptcy reorganization as early as Monday or Tuesday, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The No. 2 traditional bookstore in the U.S. also plans to close about 200 of its 674 stores and cut thousands of jobs, the newspaper reported on Friday, citing sources it did not name. The story also says Borders is hearing pitches from Bank of America Corp. and General Electric Co.’s finance arm for $450 million in financing to keep operating under bankruptcy protection. “There have been constant inquiries by reporters, and stories written, regarding whether Borders is considering a Chapter 11 filing,” said Borders spokeswoman Mary Davis. “Borders is not prepared at this time to report on the course of action it will pursue.” GE Capital had no comment. Bank of associated press America could not be immediately Borders Group, a chain of 674 bookstores, including this one reached. in Glen Mills, pa., may ﬁle for bankruptcy as early as MonBorders has struggled with losses for

Borders has also been playing catch-up in the rapidly growing e-book market. It only entered the electronic book market last year. years as it tries to adapt to a changing book industry. More people are buying books online, at discounters and other stores. The company reported sales at its namesake superstores open at least a year were down 14.6 percent for the crucial holiday period this year. Borders has also been playing catchup in the rapidly growing e-book market. It entered into the electronic book market with Canada’s Kobo Inc. last year,

but that announcement seemed belated after chief rival Barnes & Noble announced its own dedicated e-reader, the Nook, in 2009, and has invested heavily in a related online store. Amazon.com’s Kindle has dominated the e-reader market. Borders has cut jobs and closed stores to boost its finances while also shifting its focus from less-profitable categories such as music in order to concentrate more on children’s books, toys, stationery and its cafe. Borders received a commitment for a $550 million credit line from GE Capital in January. But it said at the time it was still considering an in-court restructuring. The company received a delisting warning from the New York Stock Exchange last week because its stock has not traded above $1 for 30 consecutive days. On Friday, the stock fell 12 cents, or 30.9 percent, to 26 cents. The stock has traded between 23 cents and $3.29 over the past 52 weeks.

day or tuesday, according to the Wall street Journal.

FLOWER FroM 1c At a chilly refrigerated warehouse recently, federal agents and agricultural specialists spotchecked hundreds of boxes of flowers, shaking them down for insects and using X-rays and other methods to detect illegal drugs. Gerard Russo, who runs Customs and Border Protection’s agricultural operations at the airport, say it’s common for inspectors to find 90 pests a day that could be dangerous if set loose on U.S. soil. These include moths, miner flies,

aphids and thrips that could thrive in the year-round warm climate of South Florida, a key source of winter vegetables ranging from tomatoes to green beans and fruit such as avocados and mangoes. “They don’t have any natural predator insects that would feed on them here,” Russo said. “They also could impact the Everglades as an invasive species.” Sure enough, an inspector found a tiny fly in one box of red roses, quickly scooping it up into a vial of alcohol as a preservative. This fly, explained CBP chief agriculture specialist Michael Diblasi, could damage U.S. plants by burrowing into leaves and sucking

ROUNDUP FroM 1c Weatherization, the Workforce Investment Act Program and Community Service Block Grant. The agency employs 310 people and operates throughout Rowan, Stanly, Montgomery, Moore and Davidson counties. Diggs comes to the position with 18 years of service in the agency, including Job Training Partnership Program and director of the Workforce Investment Act. During her tenure, the Workforce Investment Act has had about 30 graduates through the GED program. Diggs is a graduate of Alabama A&M University. She is working toward a master’s degree in personnel administration at her alma mater. Her work experience includes teacher assistant at the Rockwell and Granite Quarry Elementary Schools, financial aid office at Livingstone College, Food Lion Corporation, and B.F. Goodrich Company. She works with the Salisbury Rowan Human Relations Council and is the coordinator of the Debutante Ball for the Alpha Alpha Zeta Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Diggs is the wife of Rev. Henry Diggs and First Lady of Faith Triumphant Temple Ministry, which currently meets at the Isenburg Elementary School. The Diggs have three sons, Tremayne, Jonathan and Terrence.

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them dry. Usually the flowers in a particular shipment associated with a pest are quarantined and then fumigated to kill the insects. Sometimes bugs show up that haven’t been seen previously in the U.S. Russo said occasionally an insect appears that has to be sent to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington for positive identification. The flower shipments containing drugs are handled differently. Robert Hutchinson, assistant special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami, said if drugs are found agents usually set up a controlled delivery so they can arrest

her family three years ago, serving in roles with LandTrust for Central North Carolina, Salisbury Symphony and Historic Salisbury Foundation. “We are looking forward to the energy, passion, and commitment that she will bring to Food For Thought,” said Amy Welch, board director and founder of Food For Thought. The mission of Food For Thought is to improve the community by creating a coalition of organizations to feed food-insecure children in the Rowan-Salisbury School System. Thanks to recent grants and generous community support, Food For Thought has expanded to a sixth school and will soon serve 120 students each weekend. Additional information about Food For Thought can be found at ncfoodforthought.org.

Hill earns certification in reflex therapy techniques Cynthia B. Hill has obtained certification in Temprana Reflex Therapy. The therapy is designed to help individuals recover from brain-related injuries and illnesses, as well as genetic and non-genetic syndromes. Temprana Reflex Therapy has been used in European countries and Argentina for the past 26 years, by creator Lone Sorensen of the International Institute of Facial Reflexology. Her methods, techniques and concepts have been approved by the Filadelfia Kurhuset State Rehabilitation Center of Denmark since 2000. The success of this therapy is in the combination of particular reflexology techniques applied to the face, hands and feet, resulting in encouraging a re-establishment of the biochemical flow between the Central Nervous System, hormonal systems, and meridians. Access is gained through touch and allows for the construction of a unique stimulation program for each person. Contact Hill at Shalom Regel Reflexology, 4010 Oak St. Call 704-636-4153 for more information and to schedule appointments.

The Rowan County backpack program, Food For Thought, has named Amy Goodnight as its new executive director. Goodnight will be responsible for growing the Food For Thought program while creating a sustainable business model that increases the group’s effectiveness, efficiency and reach within Rowan County. Food For Thought is a nonprofit program Search for Outstanding Oldest that feeds hungry school children on week- Worker for 2011 is on ends during the school year. Goodnight comes to Food For Thought with Nominations now are being accepted in the a master’s degree in teaching and experience search for America’s Outstanding Oldest teaching economically disadvantaged chil- Worker for 2011. dren. Goodnight has been an active commuSponsored by Experience Works, the nity volunteer since moving to Salisbury with search is part of a national effort to raise

or identify people at the destination and investigate further from there. Drug traffickers use the overwhelming wave of Valentine’s Day flower shipments as cover in hopes of getting more cocaine through in the rush, he added. Usually the drugs are inserted in boxes after they leave South American flower farms, and sometimes piles of discarded stems are found at front businesses in the U.S. “They want to try and seize the moment,” said Hutchinson, who declined to get into specific numbers or cases. “We’ve had some very good seizures. We have more to do.”

awareness about the contributions older individuals. Experience Works operates the Senior Community Service Employment Program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. America’s Outstanding Oldest Worker nominees must be 100 years of age or older, currently employed, working at least 20 hours each week for pay and involved in his or her community. Additional information, including the nomination form, is available at www.experienceworks.org. The deadline for nominations is April 15. Formerly known as Green Thumb, Experience Works is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the lives of low-income older people through employment, community service and training. Individuals who would like more information about Experience Works job programs should visit www.experienceworks.org or call 866-3979757.

Bottom Dollar making canned food donation in Mooresville In August, 16-year-old Stephen Daspit of Mooresville launched his community-wide canned food drive with plans to stock the Mooresville Soup Kitchen with 10,000 donated cans. But six months into his “One Can, One Person, Big Difference” campaign, he found himself short. Bottom Dollar Food learned of the teen’s effort and decided to get involved. The softdiscount grocer is helping Daspit rally the community to raise the additional 6,000 cans that he needed. Through the end of February, Bottom Dollar Food customers have the opportunity to donate canned food in a bin at the store entrance at 247 Plaza Drive East in Mooresville. Daspit is asking for one can donated per person. “When I found out that Bottom Dollar Food was going to help me raise 6,000 cans, I was astonished,” Stephen said. “I’m so thankful for them, and I know that the community is going to love this. Since Bottom Dollar Food came along and stepped it up, my goal is to continue this project and to keep letting people know about the soup kitchen and ways they can help out.” In addition, Bottom Dollar Food will help with a special event at 3 p.m. Feb. 28 to present the donation to Mooresville Soup Kitchen staff and volunteers, who will help unload the

CORPORATIONS FroM 1c Students also learned about health insurance, renter’s insurance, car insurance and other monthly expenses as they continue to determine whether someone can live on $3,000 a month. A man’s lament to Ketner that he couldn’t live on $36,000 a year launched the personal finance class at Catawba, where Ketner aims to show college students they can live on that amount. Contact reporter Emily Ford at 704-797-4264.

truck. The event is open to the public, and residents may bring canned food to donate. “We are honored to be able to lend a hand in this community-wide campaign,” said Tom Anderson, Bottom Dollar Food director of operations for the Southeast. “Stephen is an impressive young man with a heart of gold, and we want to do all that we can to support him. Bottom Dollar Food strives to be a good corporate citizen in the communities in which we operate.”

Food Lion manager honored with award of excellence Food Lion and Bloom recently recognized Scott Brinson as the recipient of the 2010 Store Manager Excellence Award. Brinson, who is the store manager of a Food Lion in Jacksonville, was selected from a group of seven other market/banner winners. The award acknowledges the critical leadership role store managers play in keeping the company successful. Food Lion Family President Cathy Green Burns presented Brinson with the award. Brinson has worked with Food Lion for 19 years, with nine of those as store manager. He lives in Richland with his wife, Crystal, and their two children, Addison and Atticus. John Henley, manager of Bloom Store 2760 in Mooresville, was named Region 1 manager of the year.

Moose to speak at conference in San Antonio at end of month Mary Moose, president of Victory Wealth Management Inc., will be a featured speaker at FSC Securities Corp.’s national conference in San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 27-March 1. In her presentation titled “Never Let Up,” Moose will share what has worked in growing her financial planning firm by double digits year over year. Moose will share her experience in building her firm with innovative strategies; building meaningful relationships with clients and other professionals; and establishing fool proof systems. The conference brings professionals together throughout the FSC network to share industry knowledge and best practices. Submit information about new businesses, honors and management promotions to bizbriefs@salisburypost.com. Include a daytime phone number.

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Small Western Rowan church seeking pianist for service music. Organ experience a plus but not required. Salary negotiable. Interested? Contact Sybil at 704278-0041.

CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES Superintendents Experienced "working" super to run job from start to finish for interior retail construction. Travel. Drug testing. Fax resume to 336-859-5624 or email resume to: Jenny@ southerninteriorsplus.com

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Activity Director position available immediately for 12 wk assignment. Must be qualified for Activity Director. Activity/ CNA Certification preferred. Apply in person: Brightmoor Nursing Ctr., 610 W. Fisher, Salisbury.

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Accts. Receivable Position Knowledge and experience in Long Term Care billing for Medicare and Medicaid. Apply in Person: Big Elm Nursing, 1285 West A Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081; or fax resume to 704-938-6039.

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Manufacturing/Project Engineer Developing and installing secondary equipment in conjunction with APQP engineering and maintenance; continuously improving processes utilizing synchronous and lean manufacturing techniques to improve labor efficiencies and quality; leading and participating in team activities to maintain and continuously improve upon departmental efficiencies; assisting in investigating customer and internal quality issues and implementing corrective action plans to improve our products and processes; maintaining process open issues list and copying/reviewing with appropriate managers; assisting in launching new programs by developing process flows, cell layouts, component flows, estimating cycle times and labor requirements, line balancing, and tracking builds prior to SOP; coordinating with program engineers on new program launches and component changes in efforts to implement DFMA strategies (Design for Manufacturing); assisting in developing work guidance, FMEAs and control plans pertaining to initiated process changes; assisting in communicating and training all Quality Department Team Members, Team Leaders, and Team Members on initiated process changes; implementing error-proofing systems to eliminate the possibility for assembly errors; reviewing new technologies, benchmarking them against other MAGNA divisions as well as other manufacturing facilities to determine their relevance; reviewing ergonomics for building and inspecting procedures; and performing other duties as required. Requires: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering or closely related field and a minimum of 5 years experience as a Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer, Industrial Automation Engineer, Product Development Engineer, Project Engineer or Program Manager in automotive engineering, manufacturing and/or product development. Send resumes to: Magna Composites, LLC, Attn: Human Resources Manager 6701 Statesville Blvd. Salisbury, NC 28147 Fax: 704-645-2158 E-mail: MEIComp.SalHR@magna.com

part-time, need in the afternoons. Experience a plus but personality is key. Send resume to: Blind Box 406, c/o Salisbury Post, PO Box 4639, Salisbury, NC 28145. Healthcare

P/T Reception Check-In Area Position Hrs. 2pm-7pm M-F. Fax resume to 704-216-2011 Other

Part Time Cook Experience required. Spencer Moose Lodge. 704-633-1814 after 4pm Skilled Labor

Electrician & Helper needed for commercial work. Must be willing to travel. Exp. req. 704855-5600 Ext. 20 & 27 Skilled Labor

Fiberglass Fabricator Need experienced worker to lay up fiberglass. Mold making experience would be helpful. Email work history and salary requirements along with contact number to: fiberglaswanted@aol.com

Seeking Employment Certified teacher available for tutoring. K-7 preferable. Any subject. Please call 704-633-3620 NEED home care or child care? Certified Nursing Assistant looking to work evenings. References provided. Salisbury/ Concord area. Carol, 704-279-5750

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Earn the extra cash you need in just 2-3 hours per day as a motor route carrier for The Salisbury Post. You’ll discover the satisfaction of running your own business - without sacrificing your time to the demands of a full-time job. Interested persons must meet the following criteria:

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If interested, please come by the Post at 131 W. Innes Street, Salisbury and fill out an application or give us a call at the Circulation Department (704) 797-4213, Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm *Profits vary and could be more or less than this amount

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Beautiful Antique Desk! Antique claw foot drop leaf desk. Dove tailed drawers. Good condition. Call 704-279-4192 after 6:00 PM

Consignment Growing Pains Family Consignments Call (704)638-0870 115 W. Innes Street

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Electronics Ipod Touch. Mint condition 1st Gen 8GB. With USB cord & wall charger. Works like new, hardly used. $50. 704-213-1237 Television. Sony 41” television. Great picture. $100. Call 704-633-6654 before 9pm. TV. Color TV's for sale! 32" JVC for $80. 27" Apex for $65. Call 704633-7604

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Bamboo arm chair $40. Standing quilt holder $25. Matching set arm chairs $175. Will email pictures 704-680-3270

Firewood. Split & seasoned. 95% oak, 5% mixed hardwood. $200/cord. Also, seasoned & green hickory $250/cord. 704-202-4281 or 704-279-5765

Bedroom Suite – 7 piece, brown, full size. $150. Please Call 336-463-5285

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Furniture & Appliances 1930's Wardrobe in good condition $100 Chest of drawers $125, night stand $75. 704-857-6274 Air Conditioners, Washers, Dryers, Ranges, Frig. $65 & up. Used TV & Appliance Center Service after the sale. 704-279-6500

Bedroom suite, new 5 piece. All for $297.97. Hometown Furniture, 322 S. Main St. 704-633-7777

Chop it up! Towncraft stainless steel deluxe food processor. Used one time. 704-2782722, $30.00. Dining room table seats 6, w/matching hutch. Good condition. $500 for both or best offer. 704-647-1577. Dining room table, new. $200. Please call 704213-7039 for more information

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We will offer approx. 15 campers Wednesday, Feb. 16th at 5 p.m. Auto Auction begins at 5:30 p.m. 2668 Hwy 601 South. South of Mocksville – North of Salisbury Due to non-payment of rent Rowan Mini Storage will conduct an Auction on Feb. 19th, 11:00 a.m. Any questions call 704-855-2443.

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We Will Be Selling Lots - Sixteen And Seventeen SALE CONDUCTED BY ROWAN AUCTION AND REALTY

DIRECTIONS: From Salisbury: Take West Innes Past Catawba College, Proceed To Blinking Caution Light, Turn Left Onto 601 By Pass, Proceed To Saddle Brook. From Charlotte: Take I-85 North To Jake Alexander Blvd. Exit, Turn Left At End Of Exit. Stay On Jake, Cross Intersection At Statesville Blvd., Continue On 601 By Pass To Sale Site. Please Watch For Signs.

601 By Pass At Saddle Brook Sub Division Across From Crescent Division. Lots 16 And 17 Will Be Sold Absolute To The Highest Bidder. Lots Will Be Sold Seperately. Tax Map 326B - Parcels 228 And 229. HOA = 50.00 Per Lot Per Year. Previous List Price Of $16,000 Per Lot. Kip Jennings NCAL #6340 - NCAFL #6872 Karen Jennings NCREBL #177271

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Table & chairs, glass/ wrought iron round table 42", 4 wrought iron fan back padded chairs. China Grove. $175, 704-640-0718

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Queen or Full bed Oak headboard and new rails. Very nice $125. Call 704 857 6274 Range, Jennair downdraft. Black grill top. Very good condition. $175. Call 704-798-1213

Washer & dryer, Kenmore. Heavy duty, extra large capacity. Excellent condition. $300 336-492-6322

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Brisson - HandyMan Home Repair, Carpentry, Plumbing, Electrical, etc. Insured. 704-798-8199 Browning ConstructionStructural repair, flooring installations, additions, decks, garages. 704-637-1578 LGC

Jewelry DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING

Bingham Smith Lumber Co. !!!NOW AVAILABLE!!! Metal Roofing Many colors. Custom lengths, trim, accessories, & trusses. Call 980-234-8093 Patrick Smith

1.02 CT Princess Cut diamond solitare. VS1/G color set in 14k yellow gold. Appraised at $7,700, selling for $3,700. Just in time for Valentines Day! 704-433-8490

Lawn and Garden Holshouser Cycle Shop Lawn mower repairs and trimmer sharpening. Pick up & delivery. (704)637-2856

3Landscaping 3Mulching 3Core Aeration 3Fertilizing

FREE Estimates

HMC Handyman Services. Any job around the house. Please call 704-239-4883

Junk Removal FOR JUNK CASH CARS And batteries. Call 704-279-7480 or 704-798-2930

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Roofing and Guttering

Junk Removal

Manufactured Home Services

CASH PAID

Mobile Home Supplies~ City Consignment Company New & Used Furniture. Please Call 704636-2004

Buying Vehicles, Junk or Not, with or without titles. Any/ All. 704-239-6356

WILL BUY OLD CARS Complete with keys and title or proof of ownership, $250 and up. (Salisbury area) RC's 704-267-4163

EQUIPMENT, GUN & TOOL AUCTION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2011

9:30 AM

R. GILES MOSS AUCTION HOUSE 4150 Mt. Pleasant Rd (5 miles N. of Mt. Pleasant in Cabarrus County)

R. GILES MOSS AUCTION & REAL ESTATE NCAL # 2036 SCAL # 003870R

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Basinger Sewing Machine Repair Household sewing machines, new and older models and parts.

Neet Scrubs Best Prices in Town Neet Scrubs provides scrubs, lab coats, shoes & other accessories in We carry Salisbury. premium brand scrub sets with sizes for petite to extra tall costumers. We carry brand names. Learn More About Neet Scrubs: Special orders available. Custom screen printed emblems and logos available. Group package discounts available. Lab coats, shoes, and other accessories are available at discount prices. Contact Neet Scrubs today at 704-431-5019 or visit our website for more information www.neetscrubs.com 1313 N. Main St., Salisbury

Moving and Storage TH Jones Mini-Max Storage 116 Balfour Street Granite Quarry Please 704-279-3808

Painting and Decorating Bowen Painting Interior and Exterior Painting 704-630-6976. BowenPainting@yahoo.com

Misc For Sale

Horse stuff. 3 buckets, 3 hang feed buckets, 2 forks, & 1 play ball. $25. 704-279-6393

Need to stay warm this winter? I have a Dyna Glo Kerosene Heater for $75. Call 704-856-8811

Wedding dress. New Galina wedding dress. Ivory. Size 12. $300. Call 704-856-8811

Hospital bed, electric. Used only 6 months. $200. Please call for more info. 704-633-5993

Reciprocal saw, $75. Jig saw, $25. Hand saw,$10. Floor jack, $25. Binoculars, $40. Watch,$15. Battery charger, $25. Iron, $15. 336-766-8459

Shoes. New Easy Spirit shoes, 7½M. Reg $4995. Sell for $20. New Madeline shoes, 7½M. 95 Reg. $49 . Sell fo $20. Call 704-636-5468

Stop Smoking~Lose Weight It's Easy & Very Effective Decide Today 704-933-1982 Building, used, for sale 10' x 12' metal building with wood frame. Like new will sell for much less than new retail cost. Can be seen at 250 Auction Dr at Webb Rd exit 70 off 85 south. Call 704-798-0634 Bunkel Brothers tray, $6; Genesee tray, $3.00; 35mm Ultima Pro Camera, $50. Men's golf shoes, 11m, $10. 704633-7757. Generator, 900W, 120V. New in box. Never used. $100. Please call 704784-2488 for more info.

Square bales. 400 bales of fescue. 500 bales of brown top millet. $2.50/bale. 704-239-6242

Keyboard, portable, electronic. Concertmate 970. $45. Please call 704-636-5494

Lumber All New!

Riding mower wagon, $40. Small desk w/3 stacked drawers on side. Black. $25. 704-279-6393 Riding Mower, John Deere for sale $1200, OBO; Gas Grill for sale $500, OBO. 704-647-1577 Screens. Aluminum house screens. Like new. Various sizes. $10 ea. 19 left. 704-798-1213

Show off your stuff! 2x6x16 $7 2x3x studs $1.25 2x6x8 studs $3.25 2x4x14 $3.50 2x4x7 $1.50 Floor trusses $5 each 704-202-0326 METAL: Angle, Channel, Pipe, Sheet & Plate Shear Fabrication & Welding FAB DESIGNS 2231 Old Wilkesboro Rd Open Mon-Fri 7-3:30 704-636-2349 NASCAR Sponser Ballcaps, three. Autographed $60. 336-406-3969

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Sink, stainless steel, with Delta faucet & sprayer. 22” x 33”. Good condition $55. 704-798-1213 STEEL, Channel, Angle, Flat Bars, Pipe Orders Cut to Length. Mobile Home Truss- $6 ea.; Vinyl floor covering- $4.89 yd.; Carpet- $5.75 yd.; Masonite Siding 4x8- $14; 12”x16' lap siding at $6.95 ea. School Desks - $7.50 ea. RECYCLING, Top prices paid for Aluminum cans, Copper, Brass, Radiators, Aluminum. Davis Enterprises Inc. 7585 Sherrills Ford Rd. Salisbury, NC 28147 704-636-9821

The Brewers' Brew That Overflowed by De An Simmons is an autobiographical memoir of music, tragedy & qualms. Many say it would make a good film on bipolar disorder. Available at The Literary Bookpost, 110 S. Main St., Salisbury, amazon.com & other online retailers.

SEAMLESS GUTTER Licensed Contractor C.M. Walton Construction, 704-202-8181

704-797-6840 704-797-6839

ANDERSON'S SEW & SO, Husqvarna, Viking Sewing Machines. Patterns, Notions, Fabrics. 10104 Old Beatty Ford Rd., Rockwell. 704-279-3647

HYPNOSIS will work for you!

ALL home repairs. 704857-2282. Please call! I need the work. Roofing, siding, decks, windows.

Miscellaneous Services

Complete crawlspace work, Wood floor leveling, jacks installed, rotten wood replaced due to water or termites, brick/block/tile work, foundations, etc. 704-933-3494

704-782-5625

• 25 years exp. • Int./Ext. painting • Pressure washing • Staining • References • Insured 704-239-7553

Bost Pools – Call me about your swimming pool. Installation, service, liner & replacement. (704) 637-1617

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for junk cars. $260 & up. Please call Tim at 980234-6649 for more info.

Quality work at affordable prices NC G.C. #17608 NC Home Inspector #107. Complete contracting services, under home repairs, foundation & masonry repairs, light tractor work & property maintenence. Pier, dock & seawall repair. 36 Yrs Exp. 704-633-3584 www.professionalservicesunltd.com Duke C. Brown Sr. Owner

Stoner Painting Contractor

Pools and Supplies

The Floor Doctor

~704-637-6544~

Outdoors By Overcash Mowing, shrub trimming & leaf blowing. 704-630-0120

Lawn Maint. & Landscaping

Kitchens, Baths, Sunrooms, Remodel, Additions, Wood & Composite Decks, Garages, Vinyl Rails, Windows, Siding. & Roofing. ~ 704-633-5033 ~

A HANDYMAN & MOORE Kitchen & Bath remodeling Quality Home Improvements Carpentry, Plumbing, Electric Clark Moore 704-213-4471

Including carpentry, bathroom & kitchen remodeling, roofing, flooring. Free Estimates, Insured .... Our Work is Guaranteed!

GAYLOR'S LAWNCARE For ALL your lawn care needs! *FREE ESTIMATES* 704-639-9925/ 704-640-0542

Remodeling. Hardwood & Vinyl flooring, carpet, decks added. Top Quality work! 704-637-3251

Home Improvement

B & L Home Improvement

704-636-3415 704-640-3842 www.earlslawncare.com

704.791.0046

WAY TOO MUCH TO LIST! See website for complete list & photos:

Hay for Sale BINGHAM-SMITH LUMBER CO. Save money on lumber. Treated and Untreated. Round Fence Post in all sizes. Save extra when buying full units. Call Patrick at 980-234-8093.

3Mowing 3Yard Cleanup 3Trimming Bushes

Garages, new homes, remodeling, roofing, siding, back hoe, loader 704-6369569 Maddry Const Lic G.C.

Hometown Lawn Care & Handyman Service. Mowing, pressure washing, gutter cleaning, odd jobs ~inside & out. Comm, res. Insured. Free estimates. “No job too small” 704-433-7514 Larry Sheets, owner

Earl's Lawn Care

11 Yrs. Experience

***Large Asst. Of Hand Tools, Yard Tools, Wood Working Tools***

Amos 'n' Andy Complete DVD set, 75 episodes. $65 336-492-5115

Wii console package. Many extras. Like new. Will email pictures & details $350. 704-680-3270

Lawn Maint. & Landscaping

Lg. Asst. of Guns, Coins, John Deere Gator 6x4 125 Hrs, 1997 Dodge Mark III Van w/ Handicap Ramp, 1978 Chevy Nova, John Deere 350 Hay Rake, Ford 537 Haybine, Yazoo 20Hp Commercial Mower w/ 62” Deck

Misc For Sale

Games and Toys

Refrigerator, side by side. Really nice. $125. Please call 704-932-8761 for more information.

Sewing something!

Piedmont AC & Heating Electrical Services Lowest prices in town!! 704-213-4022

House Cleaning

**Large Collection of Antique Model Cars & Race cars in Boxes!!**

TERMS: $1,000.00 Down Day Of Sale Per Lot - 10% Buyers Premium, Closing In 30 Days. Must Have Finance's In Order. For More Info, Please Call 704-202-3239 or 704-633-0809.

FREEZER chest, Frigidaire. Heavy duty commercial. Works great. Has wire storage basket, 27x 22x34,$125. China Grove 704-640-0718 after 10am

Heating and Air Conditioning

Home Improvement

Professional Services Unlimited

ABSOLUTE PROPERTY AUCTION

Entertainment Center 7'x 6'x19" Maple adjustable w/ storage galore $90. Wooden queen platform bed frame w/ headboard $40. 704-798-5759.

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Financial Services

Cleaning Services

Heritage Auction Co. Glenn M.Hester NC#4453 Salisbury (704)636-9277

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Music Sales & Service

Guttering, leaf guard, metal & roofs. shingle Ask about tax credits.

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Tree Service A-1 Tree Service 3Established since 1978 3Reliable & Reasonable 3Insured Free Estimates!

~ 704-202-8881~ Recognized by the Salisbury Tree Board

Graham's Tree Service Free estimates, reasonable rates. Licensed, Insured, Bonded. 704-633-9304 John Sigmon Stump grinding, Prompt service for 30+ years, Free Estimates. John Sigmon, 704-279-5763. Johnny Yarborough, Tree Expert trimming, topping, & removal of stumps by machine. Wood splitting, lots cleared. 10% off to senior 704-857-1731 citizens. MOORE'S Tree TrimmingTopping & Removing. Use Bucket Truck, 704-209-6254 Licensed, Insured & Bonded TREE WORKS by Jonathan Keener. Insured – Free estimates! Please call 704-636-0954.

Television, DVD & Video TV - Mitsubishi 55" black console TV, $490, Children's dresser $50. Call 704 213-9811

Make music!

Want to Buy Merchandise

Getzen 300 Series Trumpet - used one semester, comes with soft Getzen case. Trumpet in excellent condition. $499 336-577-9536

All Coin Collections Silver, gold & copper. Will buy foreign & scrap gold. 704-636-8123

MOUNTAIN BUILT High Country Bowed Dulcimer with 2 bows, resin, 2 books and carrying case. Only used few times. $450. 704279-3645

Andy's Logging. Want to buy timber. Land owner paid by thousand board foot. Paid for pulp wood. Minimum of 1 acre. 336-467-0560

TYNER'S PIANO TUNING Tuning Repairing Regulating Humidity Control 15 years' experience. 704-467-1086

Timber wanted - Pine or hardwood. 5 acres or more select or clear cut. Shaver Wood Products, Inc. Call 704-278-9291.

Business Opportunities

4 Well established name 4 Prime location downtown Salisbury

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Business Opportunities A COKE/M&M vending route! 100% Finc. Do you earn $2K/wk? Loc's in Salis. 800-367-2106 x 6020 J.Y. Monk Real Estate School-Get licensed fast, Charlotte/Concord courses. $399 tuition fee. Free Brochure. 800-849-0932

Lost & Found Free Stuff FREE white BOXER 3 years (female). FREE ROTTI(male) black /tan.-5 years. Must agree to have spayed. Vet. reference. Call 704-431-4649

Instruction HEALTHCARE Beome a Certified Professional Coder. Spring classes now registering. Seating is limited. Registration ends soon. Visit www.mostnc.com or call 336882-MOST.

Lost & Found

Free Stuff

dog. Small Found female dog, light brown, Friday, Feb. 4 in Granite Quarry area. 704-2791168

Notices

Lost & Found

Found dog, medium size. West Rowan area. Please call 980-234-0206 to identify.

Lost keys. Remote, 1 key & Food Lion tag. Vicinity of Heilig Ave. Please call 704-279-3802

Notices

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College in Salisbury, NC is seeking proposals for security consulting. For information on the RFP and submitting proposals, go to www.rccc.edu/securityconsultant.html

Lost & Found Found Dog. Small, possibly Australian Shepherd/Blue Heeler mix, has collar no tag, female, black & tan, side of Old 80 in Granite Quarry, Feb. 10. 704-223-1507

Homes for Sale

Rockwell

A Must See

Great home priced 33k below tax value! Builder says bring all offers! Make lower interest rates work for you! Walk into your brand new home w/ equity! 3,112 sf 4BR, 4BA on .918 ac. Quality built w/lots of custom features. Central to Salis., Mooresville, Concord. MLS #50008 Teresa Rufty TMR Realty (704) 433-2582 www.tmrdevelop.com

Alexander Place

Lost dog. Australian Shepherd mix, female. Black & grey marble look. Barringer Rd. area. Answers to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harmonyâ&#x20AC;? Call 980-234-1736 or 704-232-4007

China Grove, 2 new homes under construction ... buy now and pick your own colors. Priced at only $114,900 and comes with a stove and dishwasher. B&R Realty 704-633-2394

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Bank Foreclosures & Distress Sales. These homes need work! For a FREE list:

West Rowan - 401 Primrose - Perfect for that growing family!! 3,700+sf, .8 acres, 6 BR, 4Â˝ BA, large rooms, lots of storage, tile throughout. Priced in the $200's. Motivated Seller! Bring Offer! USDA 100% Financing still available - MLS #49584 Teresa Rufty, tmrdevelop.com TMR Realty, Inc. (704) 433-2582

Motivated Seller!

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Section 8 Project Based Housing Assistance On the following dates at the times stated 9:00 am - 11:00 am and 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Wednesday, February 16, 2011 Wednesday, February 23, 2011 Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Gold Hill area. 3BR, 1BA. 1,123 sq. ft. living area. Hardwood floors, partial basement, storage building. Large lot. 2.03 acres. East Rowan/Rockwell schools. Asking $79,500. 704-2795674 or 704-637-1202

Genesis Realty 704-933-5000 genesisrealtyco.com Foreclosure Experts

Homes for Sale

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3 BR, 2 BA, newer kitchen, large dining room, split bedrooms, nice porches, huge detached garage, concrete drives. R51548 $84,900. Monica Poole 704-245-4628 B&R Realty

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East Rowan

New Listing

Fulton Heights

Reduced

PRICE REDUCED $27K â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 365 D. Earnhardt Rd. 3BR, 2BA, on 3.11 acres, Large with great rooms closet/storage space, oversized garage. A definite must see!! Priced in the $200's!! Motivated Seller, bring offers. MLS #50302 Teresa Rufty, TMR Realty, Inc. www.tmrdevelop.com 704-433-2582

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Motivated Seller

West Rowan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Country Club living in the country. Builder's custom brick home has 4 BR, 3 Â˝ BA w/main floor master suite. 3300 sqft. + partially finished bonus room. Lots of ceramic and granite. 2 fireplaces with gas logs. 6.5 very private wooded acres. Priced at $399,000. Reduced to sell! $389,000. Call for appt. 704-431-3267 or 704-213-4544

Investment Property

1116 Holmes Street, 3 BR, 1 full BA, 2 half BA, starter or wonderful investment home. Sits on .479 acres, single carport, outside storage building, new HVAC & ductwork. Selling AS IS. Seller is open to all offers. TMR Realty, Teresa Rufty, 704-433-2582

3 BR, 2 BA. Wood floors in great room, split bedroom floor plan, formal dining room, back deck, Koi pond, lush landscaping, wired storage building. R51819A $174,900 B&R Realty, Lesa Prince 704796-1811

Investment Property

China Grove

Child Care Facility/Commercial Bldg. Rockwell. 507 Depot St. 3BR, 1Â˝BA. Storage bldg. Fenced yard. Lrg screened back porch. Lrg lot. Stove, refrig., & dishwasher stay. Completely remodeled. Central HVAC. Closing costs neg. Trade considered. $94,900. Duncan Properties 704-202-8143

3 BR, 2 BA. Well cared for, kitchen with granite, eat at bar, dining area, large living room, mature trees, garden spot, 2 car garage plus storage bldgs. $149,500. Monica Poole 704.245.4628 B&R Realty

Rockwell

REDUCED

Salisbury

Approximately 5500 sq. ft. Child care facility / commercial building with commercial kitchen on approximately 1.75 acres. Daycare supplies included. Playground measures 10,000 sq. ft. Call 704-855-9768

Homes for Sale

2 BR, 1 BA, hardwood floors, detached carport, handicap ramp. $99,900 R47208 B&R Realty 704.633.2394 Salisbury

Awesome Location

Motivated Seller 3 BR, 2 BA, Well established neighborhood. All brick home with large deck. Large 2 car garage. R50188 $163,900 B&R Realty 704.633.2394 Salisbury

New Home

Land for Sale Bringle Ferry Rd. 2 tracts. Will sell land or custom build. A50140A. B&R Realty, Monica 704-245-4628 By Owner, 2 private wooded acres, lays well. $24,900. Financing avail. 704-535-4159 anytime

3 BR, 2.5 BA, wonderful home on over 2 acres, horses allowed, partially fenced back yard, storage building. $164,900 R51465 B&R Realty 704.633.2394

W. Rowan 1.19 acs. Old Stony Knob Rd. Possible owner financing. Reduced $19,900. 704-640-3222 W. Rowan

FARM FOR SALE

Salisbury

3BR, 2BA. Wonderful location, new hardwoods in master BR and living room. Lovely kitchen with new stainless appliances. Deck, private back yard. R51492 $124,900 Poole B&R Monica Realty 704-245-4628 Salisbury

Convenient Location

Very nice 2 BR 2.5 BA condo overlooking golf course and pool! Great views, freshly decorated, screened in porch at rear. T51378. $98,500 Monica Poole B&R Realty 704-245-4628

Forest Creek. 3 Bedroom, 1.5 bath. New home priced at only $98,900. R48764 B&R Realty 704.633.2394 Salisbury

SWEET COUNTRY LIVING!

Salisbury, Safrit Rd., 3BR/2BA modular home in country, 1.34 acres, workshop. Outbuildings, carport, above ground pool, deck, metal roof, thermal windows, gas logs. $85,000. 704-8596273. Salisbury

Unique Property

Salisbury

Timber Run Subdivision, 4 BR, 2.5 BA, granite countertops, wood floors, rec room, screened porch, deck. R51603 $349,900 B & R Realty Dale Yontz 704.202.3663

Very Motivated Sellers

3 BR, 2.5 BA, nice wood floors. Range, microwave, dishwasher, refrigerator, garbage disposal, washer, dryer, gas logs, outbuilding. 1 yr home warranty. $1,500 carpet allowances. R49933A $195,500 B&R Realty Dale Yontz 704.202.3663

Mechanics DREAM Home, 28x32 shop with lift & air compressor, storage space & Â˝ bath. All living space been completely has refurbished. Property has space that could be used as a home office or dining room, deck on rear, 3 BR, 1 BA. R51824A $164,500 B&R Realty, Monica Poole 704-245-4628

Gorgeous farm in West Rowan for sale. Mostly open 10 to 179 acre tracts, prices starting at $9,000 per acre. Call Gina Compton, ERA Knight Realty, 704-4002632 for information.

Lots for Sale

Salisbury. 2 or 3 bedroom Townhomes. For information, call Summit Developers, Inc. 704-797-0200 Salisbury. 3BR/1BA, 401 Heilig Ave. For Sale by Owner. New heat system & new paint. Owner financing, $1,000 down. $72,000. 704-202-5879

All Lots Reduced

Reduced

PRICED TO SELL!! BRING OFFERS!! Take advantage of lower land costs and interest rates! Six lots from .94 to 3.6 acres. Near Salis., Mooresville, Concord. Wooded & basement lots are available-builders are welcome. Teresa Rufty TMR Development. 704-433-2582. www.tmrdevelop.com

4 BR 2BA, like new Craftsman Style, huge front porch, renovated kitchen and bath, fresh paint. R51516 $124,900 Dale Yontz B&R Realty 704-202-3663

Olde Fields Subdivision. Â˝ acre to over 2 acre lots available starting at $36,000. B&R Realty 704.633.2394

Spencer

Convenient Location

Rockwell

3 BR, 2 BA, Attached carport, Rocking Chair front porch, nice yard. R50846 $119,900 Monica Poole 704.245.4628 B&R Realty

Brand new & ready for you, this home offers 3BR, 2BA, hardwoods, ceramic, stainless appliances, deck. R51547. $99,900. Call Monica today! 704.245.4628 B&R Realty

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Move-In Condition!

Salis. 3BR/2BA, 1100 s.f., + 300 s.f. additonal storage in fenced in back yard, built in 1988, recently remodeled & appraised at $102,500. Open to reasonable offer. 704-267-8700 or e-mail: house206carolina@live.com

Rockwell, 3 BR, 2 BA. Cute brick home in quiet subdivision. Outbuilding, wooded lot, nice deck off back. Kitchen appliances stay. R51385 $129,900 B&R Realty Dale Yontz 704.202.3663

Salisbury

Over 2 Acres

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Salisbury. 925 Agner Rd. Below tax and appraisal value at $399,000. 3 BR/2BA brick home w/sunroom and 2 car garage sits in the middle of this beautiful property. Open and wooded pasture areas w/barn. 704-603-8244 or 704-209-1405

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Gorgeous remodeled 4 BR home in Country Club Hills. Large kitchen, granite huge master counters, suite, family room, wide deck, attached garage, and fenced back yard with great in-ground pool. 704202-0091 MLS#986835

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3 BR, 2 BA in Hunters Pointe. Above ground pool, garage, huge area that could easily be finished upstairs. R51150A. $179,900. B&R Realty 704-633-2394

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Homes for Sale

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Real Estate Services Rowan Realty www.rowanrealty.net, Professional, Accountable, Personable . 704-633-1071 William R. Kennedy Realty 428 E. Fisher Street 704-638-0673

Barnhardt Meadows. Quality home sites in country setting, restricted, pool and pool House complete. Use your builder or let us build for you. Lots start at $24,900. B&R Realty 704-633-2394

Real Estate Commercial Downtown Salis, 2300 sf office space, remodeled, off street pking. 633-7300

Western Rowan County

Knox Farm Subdivision. Beautiful lots available now starting at $19,900. B&R Realty 704.633.2394

Manufactured Home Sales

15 minutes N. of Salisbury. 2001 model singlewide 3 BR/2 bath on large treed lot in quiet $850 start-up, area. $475/mo includes lot rent, home payment, taxes, insurance. RENT or RENT-TO-OWN. 704210-8176. Call after 1pm American Homes of Rockwell Oldest Dealer in Rowan County. Best prices anywhere. 704-279-7997 Salisbury Area 3 or 4 bedroom, 2 baths, $500 down under $700 per month. 704-225-8850

Real Estate Services Allen Tate Realtors Daniel Almazan, Broker 704-202-0091 www.AllenTate.com B & R REALTY 704-633-2394 www.bostandrufty-realty.com

Century 21 Towne & Country 474 Jake Alexander Blvd. (704)637-7721

Rebecca Jones Realty 610 E. Liberty St, China Grove 704-857-SELL www.rebeccajonesrealty.com

BEST VALUE Quiet & Convenient, 2 bedroom town house, 1½ baths. All Electric, Central heat/air, no pets, pool. $550/mo. Includes water & basic cable.

West Side Manor Robert Cobb Rentals 2345 Statesville Blvd. Near Salisbury Mall

704-633-1234 China Grove. 2BR, 2BA. All electric. Clean & safe. No pets. $575/month + deposit. 704-202-0605

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China Grove. One room eff. w/ private bathroom & kitchenette. All utilities incl'd. $379/mo. + $100 deposit. 704-857-8112

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Apartments 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Available Now! Ro-Well Apartments, Rockwell. Central heat/air, laundry facility on site, nice area. Equal Housing Opportunity Rental Assistance when handicapped available; equipped when available. 704-279-6330, TDD users 828-645-7196. 1 & 2BR. Nice, well maintained, responsible landlord. $415-$435. Salisbury, in town. 704-642-1955

1, 2, & 3 BR Huge Apartments, very nice. $375 & up. 704-754-1480 2 BR, 1 BA, close to Salisbury High. Rent $425, dep. $400. Call Rowan Properties 704-633-0446 2BR brick duplex with carport, convenient to hospita. $450 per month. 704-637-1020 AAA+ Apartments $425-$950/mo. Chambers Realty 704-637-1020 Airport Rd. Duplex. 2BR, 2BA. $575/mo. 2BR, 1BA $550/mo., lease + dep., water furnished. No pets. Call 704-637-0370 Airport Rd., 1BR with stove, refrig., garbage pickup & water incl. Month-month lease. No pets. $400/mo+$300 deposit. Furnished $425/mo. 704-279-3808

Forest Glen Realty Darlene Blount, Broker 704-633-8867 KEY REAL ESTATE, INC. 1755 U.S. HWY 29. South China Grove, NC 28023 704-857-0539

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Available Now! 1 BR for senior citizens 55 years of age and older. Rent $465, water, sewer & included. $99 trash security deposit. Office hours Tuesday & Thursday 9am-2pm. Call 704-639-9692. Some income restrictions apply

CLANCY HILLS APARTMENTS 1, 2 & 3 BR, conveniently located in Salisbury. Handicap accessible units available. Section 8 assistance available. 704-6366408. Office Hours: M–F 9:00-12:00. TDD Relay Equal 1-800-735-2962 Housing Opportunity. Clancy-hills@cmc-nc.com

Clean, well maintained, 2 BR Duplex. Central heat/air, all electric. Section 8 welcome. 704-202-5790

Colonial Village Apts. “A Good Place to Live” 1, 2, & 3 Bedrooms Affordable & Spacious Water Included 704-636-8385 Duplexes & Apts, Rockwell$500-$600. TWO Bedrooms Marie Leonard-Hartsell Wallace Realty 704-239-3096 marie@sellingsalisbury.com Eaman Park Apts. 2BR, 1BA. Near Salisbury High. $375/mo. Newly renovated. No pets. 704-798-3896 Eastwind Apartments Low Rent Available For Elderly & Disabled. Rent Based on Social Security Income *Spacious 1 BR *Located on bus line *Washer/Dryer Hookups Call Fisher Realty at: 704-636-7485 for more information. Fleming Heights Apartments 55 & older 704-636-5655 Mon.-Fri. 2pm-5pm. Call for more information. Equal Opportunity. Housing TDD Sect. 8 vouchers accepted. 800-735-2962

Condos and Townhomes

Moreland Pk area. 2BR all appliances furnished. $495-$595/mo. negotiable. Deposit Section 8 welcome. 336-247-2593 Moving to Town? Need a home or Apartment? We manage rental homes & apartments. Call and let us help you. Waggoner Realty Co. 704-633-0462 www.waggonerrealty.com

Rockwell 2BR / 1BA, appls, cent. elec. H/A, no pets. $500/mo + dep. 704279-6850 or 704-798-3035 Rolling Hills Townhomes 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms Salisbury's Finest! 315 Ashbrook Rd 704-637-6207 Call for Spring Specials! Salisbury – 2 BR duplex in excellent cond., w/ appl. $560/mo. + dep. Ryburn Rentals 704-637-0601 Salisbury One bedroom upstairs, furnished, deposit & references required. 704-932-5631 Salisbury, 128 E. Monroe St. 2BR/1BA, Central H/A, $500/mo + $500 dep. No pets. 704-433-1973 or 704-433-2019 Salisbury. 1-2BR apt with all appliances. Central heat & air. $450/mo. + dep. 704603-4199 Lv. msg. Salisbury. 1BR. Fully furnished apt. Utilities included. No pets. $550/mo. Deposit & ref. 704-855-2100 Salisbury. Efficiency. Walk-in closet. Level access. Utilities paid. Please call 704-638-0108 Salisbury. Free Rent, Free Water, New All Elec. Heat/air, on bus route. $495. 704-239-0691 STONWYCK VILLIAGE IN GRANITE QUARRY Nice 2BR, energy efficient apt., stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, water & sewer furnished, central heat/ac, vaulted ceiling, washer/dryer connection. $495 to $550 /Mo, $400 deposit. 1 year lease, no pets. 704-279-3808 WELCOME HOME TO DEER PARK APTS. We have immediate openings for 1 & 2 BR apts. Call or come by and ask about our move-in specials. 704-278-4340 for info. For immediate info call 1-828-442-7116

Condos and Townhomes E. Salisbury. 3BR, 2BA duplex. East Schools. All electric. Central air & heat. Call 704-638-0108 Wiltshire Village Condo for Rent, $700. 2nd floor. Want a 2BR, 2BA in a quiet setting? Call Bryce, Wallace Realty 704-202-1319

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N. Church St. 2BR/1BA home. Stove & refrigerator, fireplace. All electric. $450/mo. 704-633-6035 Off Airport Rd. 3BR, 1½BA brick house. Hrd flrs. 1 acre lot. $575/mo. $300 sec. 704-326-5073 deposit. Old Concord Rd., 2BR, 2BA. Refrigerator & stove No pets. $425/mo. + $400/dep. Call Rowan Properties 704-633-0446 Rowan County. 2BR, 1BA. Kitchen, living room, sunroom, utility room. $600/ mo. + $600 dep. 704-9387218 or 704-785-1239 Sali. 4 BR, 1½ BA $800 all elec., brick, E. Spen. Apt. 2 BR, 1 BA, $425. Carolina-Piedmont Properties 704-248-2520 Salisbury 2BR. $525 and up. GOODMAN RENTALS 704-633-4802 Salisbury city. 3BR, 1BA. New central air & heat. Total electric. $550/ mo. + dep. 704-640-5750 Salisbury

2BR and 1-1/2 BA Town Homes $575/mo. College Students Welcome! Near Salisbury VA Hospital 704-762-0795 Houses for Rent Apartments Granite Quarry. 3BR, 1BA. East Schools. Carport. Level access. Central air & heat. Call 704-638-0108

2 Homes in East Rowan, 3 BR, 2 BA. $975-$1050. Lease, dep. & ref. req. 704.798.7233

Lovely Duplex

3 BR, 1 BA, has refrigerator, stove & big yard. No pets. $625/rent + $600/dep. Call Rowan Properties 704-633-0446

Rowan Hospital area. 2BR, 1BA. Heat, air, water, appl. incl. $675. 704-633-3997

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Attn. Landlords Apple House Realty has a 10 year / 95+% occupancy rate on prop's we've managed. 704-633-5067 China Grove, off Main St. 2BR, 1BA. Energy efficient. Free trash. $600/mo. + deposit. 704-202-0307

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Jack’s Furniture & Piano Restoration Complete Piano Restoration

Don't Pay Rent! 3BR, 2BA home at Crescent Heights. Call 704-239-3690 for info. Faith. Nice 2BR/1BA, double carport, basement. 1018 Church St. 704-2133963 or 704-279-2679

We buy, sell, and move pianos We offer Steinway, Baldwin, Mason & Hamlin, & more Showroom located at 2143 C&E Statesville Blvd.

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Spencer, 11th St. 2BR, 2BA. Brick house. Handicap access. Hardwood floors. Large outbuilding. $650/mo. + $650 deposit. No pets. 704-633-1437

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Fulton St. 3 BR, 1 ½ BA. Refrigerator, stove furnished. Rent $725, Dep., $700. Call Rowan Properties 704-633-0446 Granite Quarry, 309 Aspen Ave., 3 BR, 2 BA, $750/mo. + $750 deposit. 704-855-5353 Houses: 3BRs, 1BA. Apartments: 2 & 3 BR's, 1BA Deposit required. Faith Realty 704-630-9650 Kannapolis, 6420 Roanoke Dr., 3 BR, 2 BA $850 mo. Concord, 94 Suncrest Terrace, 3 BR, 2 BA $725 mo. KREA 704-933-2231

P.O. Box 1621 Concord, North Carolina 28026 Ph: 704-239-2074 jlbarch@ctc.net

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Landis 2BR / 1BA. Good school district. Lease option or owner financing. 704-202-2696

Office and Commercial Rental 450 to 1,000 sq. ft. of Warehouse Space off Jake Alexander Blvd. Call 704279-8377 or 704-279-6882

Rooms for Rent MILLER HOTEL Rooms for Rent Weekly $110 & up 704-855-2100

Autos

Salisbury

Cadillac Deville 1998. All leather. All power. Gold exterior with tan Very clean. interior. 95,000 miles. $3,850. Please call 704-278-1545

OFFICE SPACE

Prime Location, 1800+ sq.ft. (will consider subdividing) 5 private offices, built in reception desk. Large open space with dividers, 2 bathrooms and breakroom. Ample parking 464 Jake Alexander Blvd. 704-223-2803

Prime Location 309 North Main St. Ground level, newly redecorated. 765 sq. ft. Utilities, janitorial & parking included. Call 704798-8488

West 13th St., in well established, nice neighborhood, totally furnished, internet, microwave, range, refrigerator, washer & dryer, all Single utitilies included. person only. No pets. $110/wk. + small deposit. 336-927-1738 Wkly rooms $150; daily from $35. Pool, HBO, wi-fi, phone, micro, fridge, breakfast. Exit 63, off I-85. 704-933-5080

Rowan County, near dragstrip. 3 race shops. 2,500-4,500 sq. ft. $1,100 $1,700/mo. 704-534-5179 Salisbury

Office Space

Hardwood floors, expansive kitchen, jetted tub, beautiful original mantles & staircase, bedrooms w/great storage, 2 large rooms can be used as LR, den or ofc., walking distance to shops & dining. 704-616-1383 Salisbury, 1314 Lincolnton Rd., 2 BR, 1 BA brick house. Hardwood floors throughout, close to Jake Alexander Blvd. Wallace Realty 704-636-2021 Salisbury, in country. 3BR, 2BA. $975/mo. Utilities included. No pets. Dep. & ref. 704-855-2100 Salisbury. 3 & 2 Bedroom Houses. $500-$1,000. Also, Duplex Apartments. 704636-6100 or 704-633-8263 Salisbury. 3BR, 1BA. Central heat/air, garage & carport. $600/mo. + $400 dep. 704-637-7605 or 704-636-0594 Salisbury. 3BR, 2BA. Large lot. Water included. No pets. $850/mo. Deposit & ref. 704-855-2100

Salisbury. 3BR, 2BA. Private on 5 acres. Well & septic tank. New heat pump. Well insulated home with private deck in backyard. $800/mo. plus $800 deposit. Please call 704-202-4281 or 704279-5765

Salisbury/Spencer 2, 4 & 5 BR $450-$850/mo. 704202-3644 or leave message. No calls after 7pm

We have office suites available in the Executive Center. First Month Free with No Deposit! With all utilities from $150 and up. Lots of amenities. Call Karen Rufty at B & R Realty 704-202-6041 www.bostandrufty-realty.com

Salisbury, Kent Executive Park ofc suites, ground flr. avail. Utilities pd. Conf. rm., internet access, break room, pkg. 704-202-5879

HONDA, 2003, ACCORD EX. $500-800 down, will help finance. Credit, No Problem! Private party sale. Call 704-838-1538

Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, 2008. Silver w/ Dark Slate Gray. Stock #T11223A. $19,679. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com Ford Focus SES Sedan, Liquid gray 2006. clearcoat metallic exterior w/dark flint interior. Stock #F10444A. $8,979 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Autos Kia Rio, 2008 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

BMW 5 Series 530i, 2004. 4 door, manual transmission, new tires, sun/ moon roof, A/C, bucket black w/black, seats, leather int., keyless entry. 96K mi., $14,996. 704-4252913 or 704-856-8129

Salisbury. 12,000 sq ft corner building at Jake Alexander and Industrial Blvd. Ideal for retail office space, church, etc. Heat and air. Please call 704279-8377 with inquiries. Salisbury. Six individual offices, new central heat/air, heavily insulated for energy efficiency, fully carpeted (to be installed) except stone at entrance. Conference room, employee break room, tile bathroom, and nice, large reception area. Perfect location near the Court House and County Building. Want to lease but will sell. Perfect for dual occupancy. By appointment only. 704-636-1850 Spencer Shops Lease great retail space for as little as $750/mo for 2,000 sq ft at. 704-431-8636

BMW, 2005 325i Midnight Black on tan leather 2.5 V6 auto trans, am, fm, cd, sunroof, dual seat warmers, all power, duel power seats, RUNS & DRIVES NICELY!! 704-603-4255

Buick LaSabre, 2005. 50,000 miles. Very, very clean. Well-maintained since new. Great gas mileage. Loaded. OnStar. $7,995. 704-637-7327

Warehouse space / manufacturing as low as $1.25/sq. ft./yr. Deposit. Call 704-431-8636

Carson H.S. Area–2 BR, 1 BA. $400/mo. 3 BR, 2 BA, $485/mo. + dep. NO PETS! 704-239-2833

Spencer

2 BR, 1 BA, nice yard with utility building & carport. Appliances & Washer/Dryer included. New heat system. Good location. $650/mo. + $600 deposit. 704-202-0605

East Area. 2BR, water, trash. Limit 2. Dep. req. No pets. Call 704-6367531 or 704-202-4991

Spencer. 3BRs & 2BAs. Remodeled. Great area! Owner financing available. 704-202-2696

East Rowan. 2BR. trash and lawn service included. No pets. $450 month. 704-433-1255

Office and Commercial Rental

Faith area. 2BR, 1BA. A/C, appliances, water/ sewer, quiet. No pets. $375-$450/mo. + deposit. 704-279-2939

1st Month Free Rent!

Faith. 2BR, 1BA. Water, trash, lawn maint. incl. No pets. Ref. $425. 704-2794282 or 704-202-3876

Salisbury, Kent Executive Park office suites, $100 & up. Utilities paid. Conference room, internet access, break room, ample parking. 704-202-5879 China Grove. 1200 sq ft. $800/mo + deposit. Call 704-855-2100

Faith Rd. Approx. 1,000 sq ft. $625/mo. + dep. Water, sewer, garbage pick up incl'd. 704-633-9556 Furnished Key Man Office Suites - $250-350. Jake & 150. Util & internet incl. 704-721-6831 Granite Quarry - Start the New Year Right! Only two units left! Move in by 1/31/11 and pay no rent until 4/1/11. Comm. Metal Bldg. perfect for hobbyist or contractor. Call for details 704-232-3333 Numerous Commercial and office rentals to suit your needs. Ranging from 500 to 5,000 sq. ft. Call Victor Wallace at Wallace Realty, 704-636-2021 Office Building with 3 office suites; small office in office complex avail.; 5,000 sq.ft. warehouse w/loading docks & small office. Call Bradshaw Real Estate 704-633-9011

Chevrolet 2007 Trail Blazer LT. Dk blue w/black int., 4 dooor, 2 wheel drive, automatic, keyless entry, anti-lock brakes, steering wheel controls, 6 cylinder, 28K miles, $15,996. 704-4252913 or 704-856-8129

Chevrolet Aveo LS Sedan, 2008. Summer yellow exterior w/neutral interior. Stock #F11069A. $10,079. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Granite Quarry. Super nice. No smoking. No pets. Roommate friendly. Call for info. 704-279-2948 High Rock Lake, water access, large 3BR/2BA, CHA, trash/water. $525/mo + dep. 704-633-3249 or 704-798-0411 Salis. 2BR, 1BA. Stove, refrig. W/D incl. Trash pickup,water.No pets. $400 & up + dep. 704-633-7788

Kia Spectra EX Sedan, 2009. Champagne gold exterior w/beige interior. Stock #P7568. $8,979. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Ford Fusion SEL, 2008. 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Ford Mustang 1996 GT convertible, V8, full power, great car, runs great, looks great! Biege Interior and black exterior, top, mufflers, Flowmaster chrome rims. 129K miles, $4,850. 980-234-8699 or 704-645-9590

Camaro SS, 1999 with white leather interior, V8, six speed, AM/FM/CD, MP3, DVD player w/JL subwoofer, T-tops, ridiculously low miles, chrome rims, EXTRA CLEAN! 704-603-4255

Cleveland. D/W 3BR/2BA Newly remodeled. No pets. Priv. Drive $575/mo+ $575 dep. 704-278-4508 or 704-798-5558

Cleveland. Very nice large 3BR/2BA manufactured home located on large private lot. Rent with option to buy $800/mo. 704-855-2300

Ford Focus, 2009 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Ford Mustang GT Premium Coupe, 2008. Performance White clearw/Light Graphite coat interior. Stock #T11263A. $26,079. 1-800-542-9758. www.cloningerford.com

Manufactured Home for Rent Between Salis. & China Grove. 2BR. No pets. Appl. & trash pickup incl. $475/ mo + dep. 704-855-7720

Chevrolet Equinox LS SUV, 2005. Galaxy silver metallic w/light cashmere interior. Stock # F11185A. $11,479. Call Now 1-800542-9758. www.cloningerford.com

Ford Mustang GT, 2006. Satin Silver Metallic / Light Graphite cloth interior. 4.6 V8 5-speed trans. SHAKER SOUND SYSTEM, all pwr, aftermarket rims. EXTRA CLEAN MUSCLE MACHINE !!! Call Steve at 704-603-4255

Ford Taurus, 2005. Light Tundra metallic w/tan cloth interior, 3.0 V6 auto trans, AM/FM/CD, alloy rims, all power. CHEAP RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION! Call Steve 704-603-4255

West & South Rowan. 2 & 3 BR. No pets. Perfect for 3. Water included. Please call 704-857-6951 Chevrolet Impala, 2007 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Lincoln LS, 2002. Loaded. 88,000 miles. Leather. Great gas mileage! Very clean! $6,495. Please call 704-637-7327

Lincoln MKZ, 2007, Black Opal w/black leather interior, 3.5 V6, auto trans, all power options, dual power seats, AM/FM/CD, HEAT & AIR COOLED SEATS, chrome rims, AWESOME RIDE!!! 704-603-4255

Mazda Protege, 2000, 4 door, sunroof, good tires, title. $2200 obo and 12x4 Utility trailer, $600 obo. 704-738-4073 or 704738-4260

Mazda RX8, 2005 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Mercedes S320, 1999 Black on Grey leather interior, 3.2, V6, auto trans, LOADED, all power ops, low miles, SUNROOF, chrome rims good tires, extra clean MUST SEE! 704-6034255

Honda Civic Si, 2009. Alabaster Silver Metallic w/ Black interior. Stock #T10720A. $18,879. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com Nissan 2006 Maxima SL. Pristine, 4 door, Gray w/black leather seats, 6 sylinder, sunroof, power locks, keyless entry, A/C, heated power mirrors, antitheft system. 52K mi., $13,495. 704-425-2913 or 704-856-8129

Salisbury, 2 BR, 2 BA, Pets OK $440 + $400 dep. incl. water, sewer, trash. 3 people max 704433-1626

Woodleaf DW, 285 Quarry Rd. 3BR, 2BA. Large private lot. Storage building. $650/month + deposit. 704-754-2108

Autos

Financing Available!

They don't build them like this anymore!

Salisbury. 3BR/2BA with 2 car garage. No pets. No smoking in the house. 5 miles from 85, rental references required. $750 per month, deposit & 1st month's rent. Call 704858-0014 or 704-433-7530

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Houses for Rent

Apartments

Hyundai 2004 Tiburon GT. Black w/black leather int., power windows & locks, power & heated mirrors, alloy wheels, A/C, 6 cylinder, front wheel drive, spoiler. 80K miles, $8,995. 704-4252913 or 704-856-8129.

Nissan Maxima, 2004 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Woodleaf. 2BR, 1BA. Private dirt road. Private lot. Water, sewer incl. Pets OK. 704-642-2235

Roommate Wanted Catawba College executive home. 3BR, 2½BA. Private entrance with 300 sq.ft. of living area in master BR. $525/mo. utilities incl. No lease. Pets OK. 704-450-9951

Dodge Avenger, 2008. 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Jaguar S-Type, 2005. Black w/black leather interior, 6 sp. auto trans, 4.2L V8 engine, AM/FM/CD Changer, Premium Sound. Call Steve today! 704-6034255

Suburu Impreza 2.5i Sedan, 2009. Spark Silver Metallic exterior w/carbon black interior. Stock #T10726A. $17,079. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

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Autos

Pontiac G6 GTP Coupe, 2006. Electric blue metallix w/ebony/morocco interior. Stock #F11147A. $9,999 1-800-542-9758. www.cloningerford.com

Autos

Transportation Dealerships

ELLIS AUTO AUCTION 10 miles N. of Salisbury, Hwy 601, Sale Every Wednesday night 5:30 pm.

Tim Marburger Honda 1309 N First St. (Hwy 52) Albemarle NC 704-983-4107

Transportation Dealerships

Trucks, SUVs & Vans

Dodge Ram, 2008 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Ford F150, 2007 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Jeep Wrangler, 2003 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Nissan Pathfinder, 2006. 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Trucks, SUVs & Vans

GMC Yukon Denali XL 1500, 2008. Stealth Gray Metallic w/Ebony interior. Stock #P7579. $39,979. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

We Do Taxes!! Over 150 vehicles in Stock! Volvo V70, 2.4 T, 2001. Ash Gold Metallic exterior with tan interior. 5 speed auto trans. w/ winter mode. 704-603-4255

Toyota Camry, 2005 100% Guaranteed Credit Over 150+ Approval! Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Volvo, 2006 S60 2.5T Onyx black with cream leather interior, sunroof, cd player, all power, alloy wheels, super nice! 704-603-4255

Transportation Financing

Eddie Bauer Ford Expedition, 2006. Oxford white/ tan cloth interior. 5.4 V8 auto trans, all power ops, AM/FM/CD changer, Sunroof, alloy rims. Lighted running boards, 3rd seat. LIKE NEW !!!! 704-603-4255

Ford Mustang FT Premium Coupe, 2008. Dark Candy Apply Red w/dark charcoal interior. Stock #P7616. $22,779. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

We are the area's largest selection of quality preowned autos. Financing avail. to suit a variety of needs. Carfax avail. No Gimmicks – We take pride in giving excellent service to all our customers.

Call Steve today! 704-603-4255 www.JakeAlexanderAutoSales.com

The more you tell, the surer you’ll sell.

Trucks, SUVs & Vans

Ford Expedition Limited, 2007. Black clearcoat w/ Charcoal Black/Caramel interior. Stock #F11192A. $25,979. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Ford Ranger Extended Cab XLT, 2004. Oxford White with gray cloth. 5 speed auto. trans. w/OD 704-603-4255

Toyota Corolla, 2004 100% Guaranteed Credit Over 150+ Approval! Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

We Do Taxes!! Toyota Prius Touring, 2007. Driftwood Pearl w/ Bisque interior. Stock #P7594A $15,379. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Trucks, SUVs & Vans

Troutman Motor Co. Highway 29 South, Concord, NC 704-782-3105

Volkswagen Jetta, 2005 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Suzuki Forenza Base Sedan, 2006. Cobalt blue metallic w/gray interior. Stock #F11114A. $8,879 1-800-542-9758. www.cloningerford.com

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Collector Cars

BMW X5, 2001. Alpine White / Tan leather interior 3.0 v6 tiptronic trans. AWD, AM/FM/CD. Sunroof. Alloy rims, all pwr options. WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR!!!! Call Steve at 704-603-4255

Ford Expedition XLT, 2001, silver metallic w/medium graphite cloth interior, 5.4 V8 auto trans., AM/FM/CD, power driver seat. READY FOR FAMILY! 704-603-4255

Honda Odyssey EXL, 2004. Gold w/tan leather int., V6, auto trans., AM, FM, CD changer, dual power seats, power doors, 3rd seat, DVD entertainment, alloy rims, PERFECT FAMILY TRANSPORTATION! 704-603-4255

Kia Sedona, 2006 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Kia Sportage LX V6 SUV, 2005. Royal jade green w/black interior. # T10532A. Stock $11,879. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Mercury Grand Marquis GS, 2002. Silve Frost Clearcoat Metallic w/ light graphite interior. Stock #P7598A. $8,479. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Toyota 4 Runner, 1997 Limited Forest Green on Tan Leather interior V6 auto trans, am, fm, cd, tape, SUNROOF, alloy rims, good tires, CHEAP TRANSPORTATION!!!! 704-603-4255

Toyota 4Runner SR5, 2005. Titanium Metallic w/ Stone interior. Stock #T11170A. $21,779. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Toyota Highlander V6, 2007. Millennium Silver Metallic w/ Ash interior. Stock #F11121A. $15,979. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

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Toyota Tacoma Prerunner, 2007. Silver on Lt. Gray cloth interior, 4 cylinder, 5 speed, AM/FM/CD, cruise, toolbox, rhino liner, chrome rims, MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE! 704-603-4255

Toyota, 2002 Sienna XLE LOADED! Grey leather seats, 3.0 V6 back with auto trans, tape, cd changer, all pwr. Dual heated seats, sunroof low price what more could you ask for! 704-603-4255

Volvo XC90 T6 AWD, 2005 gold w/tan leather int., V6, twin turbo, tiptronic trans. All pwr opt., AM/FM/CD changer, dual power/heated seats, navigation, alloy rims, Ready for that special buyer! 704-603-4255

Nissan Altima 2.5 S Coupe, 2009. Code Red Metallic w/Charcoal interior. Stock #F10363A. $20,379. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com Toyota Yaris Base Sedan, 2010. Black sand pearl w/dark charcoal interior. Stock # P7607. $14,479. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

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Buick Rendezvous, 2005 100% Guaranteed Credit Over 150+ Approval! Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Ford Expedition, 2004 100% Guaranteed Credit Over 150+ Approval! Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Cadillac Escalade, 2004 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Ford Explorer Sport Trac XLT, 2005. Dark Blue Pearl Clearcoat w/ Medium/Dark Flint interior. Stock #F11212A. $12,479. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Over 150 vehicles in Stock! Autos

Hyundai Santa Fe, 2004. Arctic Blue w/gray leather interior, 3.5L V6, GAS SAVER!! Tiptronic trans AM/FM/CD, power driver seat, homelink, dual heated seats, NONSMOKER, alloy rims, EXTRA CLEAN!!! 704-603-4255

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We Do Taxes!! Over 150 vehicles in Stock!

Recreational Vehicles 2010 EZ-GO GOLF CART

Volkswagen 2007 Jetta GLl. Black w/gray int., 4 cylinder turbo, front wheel drive, anti-lock brakes, keyless, alloy wheels, spoiler. 56,325 mi., $13,995. 704-4252913 or 704-856-8129

Volkswagen Passat GLS, 2002. SilverStone Grey Metallic / Grey leather interior. 1.8 turbo w/ 5- speed trans, HEATED auto SEATS, AM/FM/CD,, SUNROOF, all pwr options, DRIVES EXCELLENT!!!! Call Steve at 704-603-4255

Toyota Avalon XLS Sedan, 2002. Woodland Pearl w/Ivory interior. Stock #T11232A. $12,779. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Pink. Extra large Chrome wheels. Seats 4 people. Very nice. $4,200. 336798-1185

Rentals & Leasing

Hyundai Sante Fe GLS, 2007. Platnium Sage / Tan cloth interior. All pwr, AM/FM/CD, alloy rims. Like new tires, NONSMOKER, extra clean MUST SEE!!!!! 704-603-4255

Chevrolet Suburban, 2003 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Over 150 vehicles in Stock!

Volkswagen Passat GLS, 2002. SilverStone Grey Metallic / Grey leather interior. 1.8 turbo w/ 5- speed auto trans, HEATED SEATS, AM/FM/CD,, SUNROOF, all pwr options, DRIVES EXCELLENT!!!! Call Steve at 704-603-4255

Ford Explorer Sport Trac XLT SUV, 2007. Red fire clearcoat exterior w/camel interior. Stock #F10543A. $19,779. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Open Sundays 12pm-5pm FIND IT SELL IT RENT IT in the Classifieds Autos

Service & Parts

Authorized EZGO Dealer. 30 years selling, servicing GOLF CARS Golf Car Batteries 6 volt, 8 volt. Golf car utility sales. US 52, 5 miles south of Salisbury. Beside East Rowan HS & Old Stone Winery. Look for EZGO sign. 704-245-3660

Dogs

Chevrolet Trailblazer, 2005. 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Dodge Dakota SLT Extended Cab, 2006. Black clearcoat with Medium Slate Gray interior. Stock #F10549A. $16,379. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Ford Explorer XLT SUV, 2004. Black clearcoat exterior w/midnight gray exterior. Stock #F10521B. $11,459. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Ford Explorer XLT SUV, 2004. Black clearcoat w/midnight gray interior. Stock #F10521B. $10,479. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Weekly Special Only $17,995

Jeep Compass, 2007 100% Guaranteed Credit Approval! Over 150+ Vehicles in Stock! 1330 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Free cats to a good home 4 yrs old. Sisters. Would love to keep together. Moving is the only reason giving them away. 704754-0632 Free Kittens. 10 weeks old, litterbox trained.Two yellow, one beige. Call 704-797-0373

Boxer Puppies, CKC, 6 males, 1 female. Very unique, flashy colors. Wormed, tails docked. $350. Call Karen 336671-9953

Dogs

Be Mine!

Free Dog to good home. Yellow Lab mix, female, spayed, rabies shot, very sweet and loving dog. Can't keep. 704-7546122. Free dog, Black Lab, Male. 8 months old. No papers. Only to a loving home. 704-279-1361.

Transportation Dealerships

TEAM CHEVROLET, CADILLAC, BUICK, GMC. www.teamautogroup.com 704-216-8000 Tim Marburger Dodge 287 Concord Pkwy N. Concord, NC 28027 704-792-9700

Puppies, Pug Zu. 1 male, 4 females. All look like Pugs. Some long-haired. 6 weeks on 2/11. 1st shots & wormed. Parents on-site. Mother is full-blooded Pug. Father is full-blooded Imperial Shih Tzu. $250. 704-209-3758

Free female German Shepherd mix loves to play, needs room to run to a good home only. 704-603-8562 Free puppies to good home, Golden Retriever mix, friendly, loving, and playful puppies 4 wks old. 4 females and 4 males. 704-633-7877 or 704431-9410 Lv msg.

Free puppies. Pomeranian mix. Must be inside. To good home only! 704 798 9883

Puppies. Boxers, CKC. 6 wks. 3 All white. 3 All white w/patch of red on ear & back. 5 Fem. 1 male. $300. Cash. 704-603-8257

Sweet Pomeranian Puppies!

Free Yorksire Terrier. UTD on shots! Very loving! Would make someone a great lap dog. Housebroken! 704-856-3314.

Got puppies or kittens for sale? Thunder Star Mirror Chrome Wheel off 2010 Ultra Chassie Harley Davidson. 180-65 B 16 Harley Davidson Dunlop Tire D 407, 9/32 tread on tire. $700 obo. 704-2784953 or 704-640-7411

Puppies, free. 1 male & 4 females. Will be ready Feb. 28, 2011. 704-4338733 for more info

Free Border Collie, Lab mixed Puppies, 8wks old. To good home only. 1st shots given. 704-603- 4610

Free puppies. Labrador mixes. 3 males. Born Dec. 3, 2010. Please call 704-202-2270

Puppies, Beagles. Fullblooded Beagle puppies for someone special on Valentine's Day. $80. 704-639-6299)

Puppies. Pomeranian CKC, solid and parti colors, 12 weeks old, shots and worming up to date. $200 cash.

~ 704-633-5344 ~ Dodge Grand Caravan SXT, 2005. Midnight Blue Pearlcoat w/ Medium Slate Gray interior. Stock# T10719B. $10,879. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Ford F-150 Extended Cab, 1998. Oxford White clearcoat w/medium graphite interior. Stock #F10294B. $7,579. 1800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited, 2003. Automatic, 4x4, CD, heated seats, sunroof. Must See! Call 704-603-4255

CLONINGER FORD, INC. “Try us before you buy.” 511 Jake Alexander Blvd. 704-633-9321

Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, 2005. Bright Silver Metallic exterior with black cloth interior. 6-speed, hard top, 29K miles. Won't Last! Call Steve today! 704-603-4255

Free cat. Black & white tabby. Totally declawed. Never sick in 15 yrs. Still chases her tail. Long life expectancy. Ideal for adults wanting quieter pet. Loving. Owner going to nursing home. 704-647-9795

Giving away kittens or puppies?

CASH FOR YOUR CAR! We want your vehicle! 1999 to 2011 under 150,000 miles. Please call 704-216-2663 for your cash offer.

Cats

Free cats & kitten. 1 male cat, 1 female cat and 1 female kitten. To good homes only. Call Rachael at 704 636 1054

Hyundai Sante Fe GLS, 2007. Platinum Sage / Tan cloth interior. All pwr, AM/FM/CD, alloy rims. Like new tires, NONSMOKER, extra clean MUST SEE!!!!! 704-603-4255

Dogs Pit/lab mix, free. 3 months old Please Call 704-637-1201

Other Pets Blonde Yorkie AKC www.yorki-shop.com Toy & tea cup size. Ready for Easter. Call Rhonda 704224-9692. Check the site for pricing and availability.

Puppies

Beautiful Puppies!

HHHHHHHHH Check Out Our February Special! Spay/Neuter 20% discount. Rowan Animal Clinic. Please call 704-636-3408 for appt.

BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES FOR SALE

Dodge Ram 1500 SLT, 2009. Austin Tan Pearlcoat w/Light Pebble Beige/Bark Brown interior. Stock #F10535A. $25,979. 1-800-542-9758. www.cloningerford.com

Supplies and Services Ford F-250 Super Duty XL, 2008. Oxford White clearcoat w/Camel interior. Stock #F11015A. $20,479. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Jeep Wrangler X SUV, 2008. Jeep Green metallic w/dark slate gray interior. Stock #T10771A. $18,779. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Both parents on site, from working dog stock. $100. Call (704) 5076010 or (704) 400-2632

Labrador Retriever puppies. AKC, two males, chocolate, wormed, champion sired, $250 each. 336-671-9953

Rabies Clinic Saturday, February 12, 8am12noon. $10 per vaccine. Follow us on Face Book Animal Care Center of Salisbury. 704-637-0227

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NEW YORK (AP) — The fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s government Friday made for a giddy day of media coverage that combined the historical sweep of an event such as the fall of the Berlin Wall with the pandemonium of New Year’s Eve in Times Square. “This is one of those days that all of us would say we’ll never forget,” CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said, in words that were soon echoed in a mid-afternoon speech by President Barack Obama. A week ago, Blitzer’s colleague Anderson Cooper cowered in a Cairo hotel room with shades drawn for a live broadcast, following two days in which the Mubarak regime unleashed men to beat, intimidate and take into custody journalists who had entered Egypt to cover pro-democracy demonstrations. The climax of the 18-day revolution came suddenly on Friday, in a short speech by Vice President Omar Suleiman that Mubarak had resigned and turned power over to the military. “It was so brief I thought I had missed it,” said NBC News reporter Richard Engel. “Then the crowds around me began to cheer.” Thousands danced in the street, waving flags, crying and cheering into the Egyptian night. The images of those scenes were key elements in all the coverage. Fox News Channel’s Leland Vittert was delivering a live report from above Cairo’s Tahrir Square, seemingly unaware that Suleiman had been speaking, when the crowd’s eruption caught him off

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elizabeth Taylor remained in a Los Angeles hospital on Saturday for treatment of congestive heart failure. The Oscar-winning actress’ condition was unchanged, her spokeswoman Sally Morrison said early Saturday afternoon. She did not know how long Taylor would remain at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The 78-year-old Taylor first disclosed in November 2004 that she suffered from congestive heart failure. The condition was compounded with other ailments including spinal fractures and the effects of scoliosis. Taylor had been scheduled to attend an amfAR benefit gala Wednesday night in New York, where she was to receive an award alongside President Bill Clinton and designer Diane von Furstenberg, celebrating their dedication to AIDS research. Elton John accepted the honor on her behalf. The actress had near-fatal bouts with pneumonia in 1961 and 1990, and another respiratory infection forced her to cancel all engagements for several weeks in late 1992. Both her hip joints were replaced in 1994 and 1995. She’s also battled ulcers, amoebic dysentery, bursitis, and had a benign brain tumor removed in 1997. In recent years, she has had to use a wheelchair when out in public. Taylor, who’s appeared in more than 50 films, won Oscars for her performances in “Butterfield 8” (1960) and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia

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terry Moran of aBc News reports from cairo on Friday, the day Hosni Mubarak stepped down as egypt's president. Each of the broadcast networks interrupted regular daytime programming for special reports within five minutes. NBC’s Brian Williams was the only one of the top three anchors on duty (David Muir was on for Diane Sawyer for ABC; Jeff Glor for Katie Couric on CBS) and the experience showed. He was quickest to catch the historic import of the moment and the extraordinary nature of the response, pausing for 15 seconds and suggesting viewers simply listen. As Ron Allen delivered a report from Tahrir Square, a man leaned into his microphone. “I am so happy,” the man said, adding “Mubarak, you have ugly face.” The moment illustrated how everyday Egyptians, many of them reluctant to speak to journalists for the past two weeks, or reluctant to be seen criticizing Mubarak, suddenly changed

and crowded around reporters, hoping for a chance to deliver their opinions. “This is what freedom sounds like,” Allen said. “It’s the only way I can describe it.” Muir and Christiane Amanpour were much more cautious in their initial ABC report, concentrating on questions of how the succession would work. It didn’t help that on-scene correspondent Jim Sciutto’s connection initially cut off (“Can you hear me, New York?” he said). Terry Moran seemed to snap everyone to attention. “It is astonishing,” he said. “The news hit this crowd like an enormous wave.” Al Jazeera’s English network, little seen in the U.S. but available on the Internet, displayed the advantage of its staffing throughout the Arab world. Al Jazeera aired pictures from Alexandria when U.S.-based networks had nothing beyond Cairo.

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guard. “We’re now hearing this unbelievable roar from the crowd,” Vittert said. “We don’t know what that’s about. This is about as developing a situation as you can get. It’s unbelievable what’s going on in the square.” Studio news anchors in New York, scanning their computers, filled Vittert in on the reason for the cheering. Vittert later stood in Tahrir Square, surrounded by people chanting and shouting. One man held up a baby for the cameras and another, behind Vittert, a banner in English proclaiming, “Mission Accomplished.” He called it an “absolutely incredible party.” The crowd quickly quieted down when Vittert asked, “What do you think of America?” Said one man, “50-50.” “We love the American people, not the American system,” another man said. The Associated Press sent a flash to its members in covering the story Thursday and Friday, once when Mubarak said he had passed his authority to his vice president and again when he stepped down. That’s the AP’s highest priority for a story, used only four times since Obama was elected president. CNN was sharpest of the TV networks in covering the pivotal moment. It carried Suleiman’s speech, with a translator whose voice betrayed obvious surprise. As soon as the key word “resign” was heard, microphones in Tahrir Square picked up a noise that sounded like a late touchdown pass had been caught.

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year, but it wasn’t the great year we expected,” said BMO Capital Markets analyst Gerrick Johnson. That could make retailers more cautious about ordering this year, which makes getting early buzz as a potential hot holiday toy important. Hasbro previously introduced a construction set line in 2003 called Built to Rule, but it fizzled and was discontinued by 2005. The Built to Rule blocks didn’t hold together well and some of the sets were too difficult for their age range, Hasbro Chief Marketing Officer John Frascotti said. The Kre-O line, on the other hand, has better-quality bricks, Frascotti said. The new line makes sense for Hasbro, said Jim Silver, toy analyst at Timetoplaymag.com, particularly since a new blockbuster Transformers movie, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” is set for this summer. “Transformers is a hot boys license that hasn’t entered the construction category,” he said. “They’ve been

wanting to enter the category for years,” he said. Silver said the line could make a dent in the construction play set market — although with only 12 sets to start with, it will be tiny compared with Lego’s hundreds of items. Meanwhile, Lego is expanding into new categories itself. The Danish toymaker has been one of the toy world’s biggest success stories, with double digit net income growth even during the recession. Last year it introduced board games, and this year it is venturing into other gaming areas with a new line called Ninjago, featuring ninjas that are training in an ancient martial art to fight an evil lord. The line combines block sets with online and trading card games. A Cartoon Network tie-in TV special, “Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu,” will introduce the line on Monday. Some items in the line, priced from $4.99 to $119.99, are available now and others will launch in April and August.

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tributors have touted their convenience because they can be “smoked” anywhere traditional cigarettes are not allowed. “We still don’t know the health effects of e-cigarettes, and we don’t want to turn airline passengers into laboratory mice,” Lautenberg said in an e-mailed statement. Jason Healy, president of e-cigarette maker Blu Cigs, called the move somewhat disappointing, but said it isn’t the end of the world. Healy said he hopes that once more people understand e-cigarettes and more testing is done, that airlines could choose whether to allow them. “I understand from an airline’s point of view the hassles it could create,” said Healy, whose company has partnered with a luxury charter jet company to provide free e-cigs on private flights. “It’s not the actual product, it’s the disruption and explaining to everyone else that it’s not smoke.” Users and distributors say e-cigarettes address both the nicotine addiction and the be-

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NEW YORK (AP) — Transformers fought for world domination in “Revenge of the Fallen.” Now they’re taking aim at Lego. Hasbro Inc., the No. 2 U.S. toy maker, is joining the building-block fray with a new line called Kre-O that’s compatible with Lego and the similar Mega Blocks. The first products feature popular Transformers characters like Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. Kre-O, launching in the fall, is intended to grab part of the booming construction set business that Lego dominates. While total U.S. toy revenue rose 2 percent to $21.87 billion in 2010, according to the NPD Group, building set sales jumped 13 percent. The line will launch with 12 Transformers sets. Hasbro plans to expand Kre-Os to its other brands eventually. Each Transformer set comes with two sets of instructions so the same bricks build the vehicle version of the Transformer as well as the robot version. Prices range from $6.99 to $59.99. Kre-Os are one of thousands of new toys that will compete for the attention of kids, and parents, on display at the American International Toy Fair trade show in New York, beginning today. Hasbro could use a hit. The company said earlier this month its net income slipped 16 percent in the fourth quarter as U.S. demand for toys dropped off late in the year. “Toy makers had a good

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Transportation says the use of smokeless electronic cigarettes on airplanes is prohibited and plans to issue an official ban this spring, according to a letter from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood obtained by The Associated Press. In the letter to Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, LaHood said the department has been informing airlines and the public that it interprets smoking regulations to include e-cigarettes. Lautenberg, who wrote the 1987 law that banned smoking on airplanes, had asked transportation officials to clarify the rule. E-cigarettes are plastic and metal devices that heat a liquid nicotine solution in a disposable cartridge, creating vapor that the “smoker” inhales. A tiny light on the tip even glows like a real cigarette. They have prompted debate over how risky they are and whether they’re even legal. Numerous videos on YouTube show passengers using the devices on airplanes. Lautenberg even said some passengers have interpreted flight attendant instructions to mean that the devices were only prohibited when other electronic devices were not allowed during takeoff and landing. Many airlines already have begun informing passengers that the devices are not allowed on flights, but Lautenberg said there had been confusion over their use and wanted to make sure officials were solidly opposed to opening the door to e-smoking on planes. Some e-cigarette dis-

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Tweets fire a message of change in Egypt EW YORK — It is hard to think largely about the sweep of events when one is reacting instantaneously to breaking ... tweets. Now there’s a sentence one couldn’t have imagined writing even a few of years ago. Translated to the more familiar vernacular, it is sometimes hard to see the forest for the trees. So it has been in trying to decipher the meaning of Egypt. Since Jan. 25, we’ve been imKATHLEEN mersed in all things Cairo and AlexanPARKER dria, watching as President Hosni Mubarak made it too easy to make jokes about “De Nile” being not just a river and seeing a revolution animated by social media. Rarely has a generational schism been so vivid. The guns and old hardware of Mubarak’s regime versus the new software and nebulous nature of a digitally inspired revolt. Even speculating on what might happen next was beyond our primitive ken. Who knew what the next tweet might suggest or what wave of human movement it might inspire? Not even the Sphinx. Superimposed on this unfolding drama were two generationally apposite faces — the brooding, sinister countenance of Mubarak versus the youthful, bespectacled Wael Ghonim, reluctant hero of the movement. The dark ages versus the enlightenment. The oppressive militaryindustrial complex versus nonviolent agents for freedom. This conflict is familiar, both anGoogle marketing cient and pro- manager Wael foundly huGhonim was a key man. But the organizer of the instruments shaping events digital campaign. are strikingly new. Of course the revolution’s figurehead would be a 30-year-old Google executive. Although we’ve been witnessing protests in the streets, and despite the hundreds who died and the thousands injured, this has been primarily a war of words. Even as thugs and police resorted to violence against protesters, Egypt’s propagandist state TV slugged it out with tweeters, bloggers and Facebook friends on a virtual battlefield. In this revolutionary revolution, the front lines were manned with typists. Less bloody, perhaps, but no less crucial to the endgame, and, sometimes, no less dangerous. Mubarak targeted Ghonim, who was arrested and detained for 12 days, held with a sack over his head. Thursday night, when Mubarak announced that he wasn’t stepping down despite all-day buzz that he was, we were reminded both how powerful and yet how fragile words can be. Earlier in the day, Ghonim tweeted a celebratory message declaring: “Revolution 2.0: Mission Accomplished.” On the other side of the world, CIA Director Leon Panetta said that Mubarak likely would be stepping down later in the day. These were, alas, premature pronouncements. Instead of stepping down, Mubarak chastised foreign governments, reminding them and his fellow Egyptians that he was the leader of a civilization dating back 7,000 years (not a mere 200-plus), and that he was sticking around. In the cable world where I dwell in my other life as a CNN anchor, we were preparing for a live news show around Mubarak’s surrender. Suddenly, discussion shifted to: Why didn’t the U.S. know this? Where was the intelligence on the ground?

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This enlarged photo of a little brown bat found in an Avery County mine shows the white facial tufts associated with white nose syndrome, an illness that has killed an estimated million bats in the eastern United States and has now spread to North Carolina.

A bad time for bats BY CHRIS VERNER cverner@salisburypost.com

ildlife biologists who don protective coveralls and miner’s lights to examine mountain caves and abandoned mines suspected it was just a matter of time. Even so, the mood was somber after lab tests confirmed that a disease decimating bat colonies in other states has now shown up in at least two hibernation sites in North Carolina. “This discovery marks the arrival of one of the most devastating threats to bat conservation in our time,” said Gabrielle Graeter, a biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. First found five years ago among bats in a cave near Albany, N.Y., the malady known as white-nose sydrome has since swept across the eastern United States like a killing frost, wiping out colonies of the small, acrobatic mammals that devour millions of insects each year. Once the syndrome spread to Virginia and Tennessee, it was all but inevitable it would reach North Carolina, which has prime bat hiberation sites in its western mountains. Last week, tests confirmed the disease in bats found at a defunct mine in Avery County and a cave at Grandfather Mountain State Park. Graeter and her fellow researchers are part of a national network of biologists, wildlife veterinarians and other partners who are studying what federal officials consider one of the worst wildlife health crises in recent memory. Researchers believe white nose syndome occurs because of a fungus, geomyces destructants, but they don’t yet fully understand why it has such lethal impact on infected bats. The leading theory is that it disrupts the hibernation cycle, when bats depend on stored up fat to help them survive periods of torpidity as temperatures drop and insects disappear. The fungus oftens appears as white tufts on bats’ muzzles or ears, but the most vulnerable area may be the wings, according to Susan Cameron, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who’s based in Asheville. Infected bats often have fungal damage on their wings. Because the wing membranes help regulate hydration and other metabolic functions, damage there can lead to dehydration and other distresses that disrupt normal winter rest patterns. White-nose syndrome can ravage bat populations with stunning swiftness, killing up to 80 percent of an infected colony within two or three years. In one Connecticut cave, for instance, more than 3,000 bats regularly hibernated there before white-nose syndrome struck. Within three years, the colony had

dwindled to a dozen survivors. Thus far, it has killed more than a million bats, researchers say. There’s no indication it poses a health threat to humans. Some bat species were already struggling because of habitat loss, pesticide use and other environmental stresses. However, researchers had made headway in helping to stabilize others, such as the gray bat, by protecting hibernation and maternity sites, where female bats nurse their young. Because most bat species have low reproduction rates, with females typically bearing a single bat baby per season, biologists fear mass die-offs may threaten the longterm viability of susceptible species. “This is a huge blow,” Cameron said. “There are some species that were recovering, and now there’s fear that this will be a huge setback in the work that’s been done to help bring populations up.”

Caves harbor fungus North Carolina has 17 species of bats, ranging from the rare Rafinesque’s big-eared bat to more common species such as little brown and big brown bats. Bats can be divided into tree dwellers like eastern red bats, which favor arboreal hibernation or roosting sites, and cave bats like little and big browns, which seek out underground caverns or similar habitats to hibernate. Both types occur in the Piedmont. Because the fungus that causes white nose syndrome thrives in cool, damp locations, cave bats appear particularly susceptible. In addition to brown bats, other species that have been affected by the syndrome include Eastern small-footed bats, Northern long-eared and tri-colored bats, all

Biologists fear a mysterious disease may threaten the survival of several species of these insect-gobbling creatures of which have been known to frequent the North Carolina sites where the diseased bats were found. The cave bats found in the Piedmont during warm-weather seasons may migrate to mountain caves to hibernate, Cameron said. They also may find suitable sites nearer by, such as caves in the Uwharrie Mountains or abandoned mines or old well shafts. In addition to monitoring mountain hibernation sites, wildlife officials are doing surveillance at other sites around the state. While migrating bats may spread the disease, researchers are also concerned about humans spreading it by venturing into caves that contain the fungus and accidentally transporting it to another site. The researchers themselves take precautions to avoid spreading fungal spores, including wearing double layers of Tyvek anti-contamination suits that are disposed of after use. “There has been some evidence that humans may inadvertently spread the disease from cave to cave, so one simple step people can take to help bats is to stay out of caves and mines,” Cameron said. In 2009, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued an advisory urging people to avoid entering caves where the syndrome had been confirmed, as well as in adjacent states. Wildlife agencies in North Carolina and other states also have closed access to state park caves as well as working with landowners to limit access to caves on private property. To help fund research into the disease, Congress last year designated $1.9 million for white nose syndrome research. The funding has been distributed to 23 states, includ-

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See BATS, 4D Susan Cameron, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, dons a protective suit before entering a bat cave in the North Carolina mountains. Researchers wear the airtight suits to avoid accidentally spreading fungus spores associated with the disease that has decimated bat colonies in other states. Cameron describes white nose syndrome as a ‘huge blow’ to bat preservation efforts.

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Government jobs under microscope

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Deadly while intoxicated orth Carolina has some of the toughest drunken driving laws in the nation, but offenders keep repeating their mistakes — and innocent people die as a result. The General Assembly should make laws tougher for repeat offenders by approving provisions of “Laura’s Law.” The bill is named for a Gaston County teen killed last summer in a wreck authorities say was caused by a drunken driver who had been convicted of driving while impaired before. Similar incidents happen across the country with startling frequency, including in Rowan County. Just ask the families of Brad Patrick or Leeanna Newman or others whose bright futures suddenly went dark because of a drunken driver. Every traffic fatality is a waste, but those caused by drunken drivers are especially senseless. These deadly-while-intoxicated drivers take their problems on the road and unthinkingly victimize others. Laura’s Law, whose primary sponsors include Rep. Harry Warren of Salisbury, would: • Increase the punishment for DWI offenders with three or more grossly aggravating factors such as a previous conviction within seven years, driving while license revoked for an impairment charge, causing a serious injury or having a child under the age of 16 in the vehicle; • Authorize the court to require continuous alcohol monitoring for certain offenders; • Increase court costs for DWI offenders. The proposed “aggravated level one” punishment would raise the maximum fine from $4,000 to $10,000 and the sentence from 30 days-two years to 120 daysthree years. This sounds simplistic, but the trouble with stopping drunks from getting behind the wheel is alcohol. The drug skews not only their ability to drive but also their judgment about whether to drive. And longterm alcohol abuse can affect the brain in many negative ways, including affecting the person’s judgment even when sober. Alcoholics don’t realize how drunk they are, and they don’t weigh the consequences of their actions. Punishment alone won’t keep them off the road. So the state forces them off the road — by taking away their licenses, requiring ignition interlock devices and putting them behind bars. North Carolina law already includes a habitual impaired driving offense, a felony that carries a mandatory minimum 12 months imprisonment and a permanent driver license revocation, so Laura’s Law is hardly out of character for the state. No law can guarantee that drunks stay off the road, but this law could inch the state closer toward that goal by keeping a few more off the road a little longer. Every step is progress.

Common sense

(Or uncommon wisdom, as the case may be)

You are never a loser until you quit trying. — Mike Ditka

Moderately Confused

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alisbury City Council invited several dozen members of the community to hear economist John Connaughton talk Thursday about the forecast for the area economy. One of Connaughton’s bar graphs spoke volumes. It showed changes in U.S. employment by sector around 2008-2009. Nearly every sector was down. Professional services, down. ConstrucELIZABETH tion, way down. Manufacturing, COOK way, way down. Government, up. Up? There’s some logic in that. As jobs became scarce, more people sought help from the government programs. With an infusion of cash from the federal stimulus, law enforcement agencies hired more officers and states kept a steady number of teachers on the payroll. Census workers were hired. But the stimulus and the Census are over. Sales, property and income tax declines have followed the job losses and caught up with government. Now the tough decisions that businesses have been making for the past three or four years will have to be made in Washington, state capitols, city halls and county

office buildings across the land. You don’t spur a recovery by putting more people in the unemployment line. But if the money’s not there to pay workers, the money’s not there. Dear Government Employees: Taxpayers feel your pain — to a point. • • • Leadership Cabarrus includes a media day in its annual programming, and recently I joined other print journalists from the region in Concord to talk to the leadership group about the future of our industry. Cut to the chase. None of us knows which news platform or revenue stream our businesses will rely on five years from now. We do know, though, that the public’s appetite for news and information is greater than ever. We’ve streamlined our staffs and reinvented ourselves to keep feeding news out in print, online, mobile and whatever comes next. The changing dynamics of the news business are, well, old news — and not all that different from other industries. I asked the Leadership Cabarrus class members how many worked for a company that had laid off people or cut back services because of the recession. Nearly everyone raised a hand. Each of us is so focused on our own industry and our own jobs that we forget it’s the same all over.

• • • But has it been the same in government? That sector faces different pressures. Local businesses are fighting for their lives. They’ve trimmed back to the bone — even amputated limbs — because the alternative was to go out of business. That’s the powerful motivator behind increases in U.S. productivity. Be glad you have a job. National leaders may debate whether the U.S. government is headed toward bankruptcy. But local government’s place in the economy is assured. It just has to live within its means and balance its budget each year. The “more with less” mantra is nothing new for these workers. Empty positions have been frozen, agencies have cut back hours. But a lot of government employees who already consider themselves overworked and underpaid may have to maintain services with even less — probably with fewer secretaries, assistants and middle managers to help. Connaughton, who teaches at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, told council members and city administrators they faced the enormous job of dealing with things not of their making. Full economic recovery is five years away, he predicted. The reality this year and probably for the foreseeable future is that federal, state and local governments are going to be

smaller, he said. Silence fell over the room. To lighten the mood, Connaughton shared a story from economist John Kenneth Galbraith, who returned from a trip to find a student had placed a large sign on his office door for all to see. “The purpose of economic forecasting,” it said, “is to make astrology look good.” • • • Nobody envies public employees as they see their jobs and salaries examined, debated and in some cases eliminated. Still, businesses have been through cuts and survived. We can predict the emotions government employees will go through. First there’s fear about whose job will go. A few will be indignant, believing the decision-makers are misguided and have no idea which jobs are vital — other departments are bloated, not mine. Strain and sadness set it. Resist the temptation to look back; you may turn into a pillar of resentment. A past publisher of the Post admonished his son to have a cold eye for numbers and a warm eye for people. Let’s keep that in mind as we talk about shrinking government. Some people will lose their jobs, while others are pressed to work harder and faster. Downsizing is sad business. But harsh realities leave few choices. • • • Elizabeth Cook is editor of the Salisbury Post.

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Not too late for U.S. to insist on assimilation ne of liberalism’s many problems is that once an idea or program is proved wrong and unworkable, liberals rarely acknowledge their mistake and examine the root cause of their error so they don’t repeat it. Take multiculturalism ... please! In a speech to a security conference in Munich, British Prime Minister David Cameron declared state multiculturalCAL ism a failure. THOMAS For good measure, Cameron said Britain also must get tougher on Islamic extremists. Predictably, this has angered Islamic extremists. A genuinely liberal country, he said, “believes in certain values and actively promotes them. ... Freedom of speech. Freedom of worship. Democracy. The rule of law, equal rights, regardless of race, sex or sexuality.” Cameron said in Britain different cultures have been encouraged to live separate lives: “We have failed to provide a vision of society to which they feel they want to belong.” Here I would take issue with an otherwise excellent speech. It isn’t that Britain has failed to provide such a society. Rather, many of those coming to Britain (and increasingly

France, Germany and the U.S.) don’t want to become a part of those cultures, which they regard as corrupt and anti-God. Britain’s policy should be to require — yes, require — immigrants to become part of a melting pot and not individual vegetables floating around in a multicultural stew. Otherwise, they should not be admitted. When critics of multiculturalism and unbridled immigration warned of the inevitability of a loss of nationhood and national identity, they were denounced as alarmists, even racists. The late British parliamentarian Enoch Powell suffered such attacks (and earned many kudos) when he repeatedly warned about the dangers of open-ended immigration without assimilation. In a controversial speech to a Conservative Party conference in 1968, Powell began his address, known as “Rivers of Blood,” with what ought to be an obvious statement: “The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils. In seeking to do so, it encounters obstacles, which are deeply rooted in human nature.” Powell argued that when it

comes to multiculturalism and immigration, Britain had failed in that mandate. Looking into the future, Powell accurately predicted what has come to pass from mass and uncontrolled immigration: “Of course, it will not be evenly distributed from Margate to Aberystwyth and from Penzance to Aberdeen. Whole areas, towns and parts of towns across England will be occupied by sections of the immigrant and immigrant-descended population.” Powell wasn’t so much railing against immigrants, though his critics read it in those terms, but against Britain’s refusal to integrate them into British culture. And then Powell let the timid class have it with this line: “There could be no grosser misconception of the realities than is entertained by those who vociferously demand legislation as they call it ‘against discrimination,’ whether they be leader-writers of the same kidney and sometimes on the same newspapers which year after year in the 1930s tried to blind this country to the rising peril which confronted it, or arch-

Britain’s policy should be to require — yes, require — immigrants to become part of a melting pot and not individual vegetables floating around in a multicultural stew.

bishops who live in palaces, faring delicately with the bedclothes pulled right up over their heads. They have got it exactly and diametrically wrong.” In 1968, Britain still had time to reverse course, but because its leaders didn’t want to be called “racists” and immigrants were doing jobs British citizens were increasingly reluctant to do (sound familiar?) the floodgates were left open. It may be too late for Britain, as it may be too late for France and Germany. It isn’t too late for the United States, though it is getting close. Too many American leaders suffer from the same weak-kneed syndrome that has gripped Britain. Who will tell immigrants to America that the days of multiculturalism are over and if they want to come to America, they must do so legally and expect to become Americans with no hyphens, no allegiance to another country, and no agenda other than the improvement of the United States? Enoch Powell was right four decades ago. David Cameron is right today. If British leaders had listened to Powell then, Cameron would not have needed to make his Munich speech. • • • Cal Thomas writes for Tribune Media Services, 2225 Kenmore Ave., Suite 114, Buffalo, N.Y. 14207. Readers may also e-mail Cal Thomas at tmseditors@tribune.com.

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Obama must lead in cutting ‘lethal’ debt aving failed to take the lead on deficit and debt reduction in his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama had better do so in his budget next week — or risk his whole “win the future” agenda. The danger is not only that Republicans will oppose his plans to increase education, infrastructure and research investment as mere “spending,” but that, over time, the federal debt will eat America’s ability to manage its future. Republicans have a responsibility, too MORTON KONDRACKE — to stop pretending that budgets can be anywhere near balanced with cuts in domestic discretionary spending alone, without tackling Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, farm subsidies and tax loopholes. Any number of Republicans and Democrats in Congress are working — often together — to contain the mounting debt burden comprehensively, but they don’t have the blessing of either Obama or GOP leaders. The case for both sides to step up was made to me by one of this town’s most lucid budget hawks, Maya MacGuineas of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. “The president is going to have to get specific on the hard choices needed, and it’s going to take a lot more than symbolic discretionary cuts that save only millions when we need to save hundreds of billions,” she said. “And on the Republican side, whatever happened to entitlement reform? As they argue for spending cuts, Republicans seem to have wiped the words entitlements from their vocabulary — not exactly a profile in courage.” MacGuineas’ jab at the Obama administration for going after mere “millions” was a reference to an opinion piece in the New York Times on Sunday in which White House Budget Director Jacob Lew cited only community service and community development block grants, plus the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative as being on the paring (not chopping) block. The cuts, which Lew described as “painful,” will save just $775 million next year. The deficit this year is $1.5 trillion, and Republicans are talking about cutting $45 billion from current expenditures, with

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Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, warned the Senate Budget Committee that high debt levels will erode the standard of living for future generations. more to come next year. In his State of the Union, Obama proposed to freeze discretionary spending for five years, saving $400 billion over a 10-year period, but he gave short shrift to the work of his own debt commission, which proposed savings of $4 trillion. But as MacGuineas and others point out, this estimate is optimistic given the likelihood that Bush tax cuts will be extended after 2012, the alternative minimum tax will be adjusted and Medicare doctor payments won’t be cut, as the Congressional Budget Office had to project. Her estimate is that the debt will surpass 90 percent of the gross domestic product, the highest level since after World War II. Such projections are commonly referred to as “unsustainable” or “alarming.” But at a hearing of the Senate Budget Committee last week, economist Mark Zandi termed the trend “lethal.” “I think, if you don’t change those forecasts in a substantive way, our nation’s living standards will be diminished for generations to come. I think it absolutely, positively has to change.” Senate Budget Chairman Kent

Conrad, D-N.D., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., both members of the Obama debt commission, are calling for a bipartisan summit to begin putting its recommendations into effect. Another bipartisan pair, Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., are making similar recommendations. A different approach is advocated by Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. They are proposing a bill to put a “straitjacket” on federal spending, drawing it down from its current 24.6 percent of GDP to 20.6 percent over 10 years. Corker told me that his proposal has “brute force elegance.” If Congress did not meet statutory spending limits, the Office of Management and Budget would automatically impose across-the-board cuts in all federal programs. Corker described his approach as superior to attempting to dictate specific cuts now because that would likely lead to endless haggling and no agreement. His plan, he said, would demand planned cuts in the future — including entitlements — and save $7.6 trillion

The president quietly decides to pack it in P

Justice’s wife should abstain from lobbying I

t seems to me one thing for the spouse of a high-ranking public official to work for a nonprofit educational foundation or in a personal endeavor that is unlikely to pose a possible conflict of interest for his or her mate. It seems quite another for that spouse to be involved as a consultant on matters that obviously have a high potential ethical risk for the husband or wife, especially is if he is an associate justice of the highest court in the land. Virginia Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, has launched a new business to lobby for conservative causes that clearly raises questions about the imDAN K. pact it might have on her THOMASSON husband’s ability to render independent decisions. It could as a result limit his voice and vote on myriad issues before the court including election reform, healthcare and immigration — all matters that his wife might have an active role in advocating for or lobbying against. She announced recently that in her new consulting position she would be tackling such conservative causes as limited government and free enterprise, using her connections to help “liberty loving citizens” raise money and increase their political impact, according to recent press reports. The decision has set off a howl from legal ethicists who see it as having a clear possibility of becoming a serious breach of ethics for Thomas, about whom questions of impartiality were raised earlier when his wife founded the website Liberty Central, with strong Tea Party links, in 2009. She has since stepped down from her leadership of that enterprise. Not too many years back, it was difficult to find a Supreme Court justice who didn’t strive to keep clear of such entanglements. Even activities such as lecturing or speaking on current affairs or meeting with special interest groups were discouraged. Justice Antonin Scalia, however, has been severely criticized lately for meeting with Tea Party activists. When potential ethical gaffes did occur in the past they brought about a swift negative reaction. Justice Abe Fortas was denied elevation to the post of chief justice of the United States after it was discovered that he had been advising President Lyndon Johnson on Vietnam and was involved in a number of other activities including

over 10 years. As MacGuineas points out, though, two flaws in the Corker proposal are that it deals only with spending, not tax loopholes, and it puts the spending lid on at 20.6 percent of GDP, which is a 40-year historical average, but not enough in view of the retirement costs of the baby-boom generation. Still a third approach, contained in nine different bills, would amend the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced budget each year — a drastic step that would not only take time to be adopted, if at all, but would make it difficult to fight recessions either with stimulus spending or tax cuts. So, there’s lots of activity in Congress on the budget front, but so far Obama has not weighed in to influence it. Ideally, he would have laid out guidelines in the State of the Union message, perhaps calling for a bipartisan “grand bargain” of spending cuts and revenue increases. The time for doing so is getting short. • • • Morton Kondracke is executive editor of Roll Call.

Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife, Virginia, recently launched a new business that will lobby for conservative causes. paid lectures at a major university. He later was forced to resign for advising a Wall Street figure who had been convicted of violating securities regulations. Another justice, William O. Douglas, was heavily criticized when he did some work for a foundation based on a fortune made from selling restaurant furniture, much of it in mob controlled Las Vegas. But unlike Fortas, Douglas managed to survive the criticism. Actually, Douglas’ long tenure on the court was marred by his lifestyle which at times seemed to mirror his liberal judicial philosophy. That included multiple marriages and his open support for environmental causes. For whatever reason, Mrs. Thomas seems oblivious to the appearance of impropriety her job might cause. She has been quoted as saying she was looking forward to lobbying Congress. Does she not understand that there is nothing before Congress that might not also end up before her husband and that her involvement might bring about a challenge to his participation in a decision? She either is naive politically or callously unconcerned about how this looks. She made news last year by phoning her husband’s confirmation tormentor of years ago, Anita Hill, and leaving a please retract and apologize message on Hill’s office phone. Sadly, this newest example of spousal independence leaves one wondering about Thomas’s influence in such matters. He must have approved the venture. Inside the court, Thomas is quite popular despite the fact he never has asked a question during oral arguments and rarely if ever strays from the opinions of Scalia. But he is frequently shunned by the African American community because of his conservative positions on affirmative action and other social issues. His wife’s latest venture could further tarnish his image. • • • E-mail Dan K. Thomasson, former editor of the Scripps Howard News Service, at thomassondan@aol.com

resident Barack Obama, we are told by no less an authority than Mrs. Obama, has quit smoking and been off cigarettes for about a year. Obama watchers are putting his quit date some time last March, right around the time health care passed. Good for him, but the White House is being quiet about the details of an act — kicking the DALE habit — that MCFEATTERS most people would find altogether laudatory. Maybe they’re afraid talking about it will jinx him. Coming from an administration that is not shy about boasting of his accomplishments, this reticence is puzzling because one thing reformed smokers love to do is talk about how they did it. My own successful effort to quit is still recounted wherever people gather to tell the great tales of human courage and determination. Maybe Obama is just being extra cautious. He’ll know he’s well and truly quit when he stops having the nightmare where he’s started again. We’ve all had it. But there are too many loose ends and unanswered questions to let this go. He’s the president and these details are important. Michelle Obama said her husband promised to quit when she agreed he could run for president. Presumably this promise was made some time before February 2007, when he formally announced he was running. Even so, given the most generous allowance for the date, it took him three years to begin fulfilling a solemn promise to his wife. Did he really even smoke? Obama said some time ago that he used to light up about

five times a day. For people with a two- or three-pack a day habit, five cigarettes is not smoking. It’s breakfast. Where did he smoke? The public rooms in the White House are smoke-free and since Obama said he did not smoke in front of his family, the family quarters are out. There’s the Truman Balcony but that’s in range of any paparazzi with a long lens. There are the White House grounds, but the security is tight, and in any case the president is never out of sight of his bodyguards when he’s outside. If the first lady got to the Secret Service, every time he took out a cigarette an agent would grab it and wrestle it to the ground. Given the new Puritanism toward smoking, Obama, until he reformed, may be the last smoker in the White House, ending a long tradition of presidents and tobacco going back to John Adams who both smoked and chewed and could quit neither. With a handful of exceptions, most of our presidents smoked, usually cigars. Ulysses Grant was said to smoke up to 20 a day. It was hardly a surprise when he died of throat cancer. Franklin Roosevelt chainsmoked cigarettes. He used a cigarette holder, too, an affectation that would bar him from high office today. Of the recent presidents, Ford always had his pipe close at hand; Carter, Reagan and the two Bushes were nonsmokers; and Clinton enjoyed the occasional cigar. Now that Obama has quit, Washington's highest profile smoker is House Speaker John Boehner, the third in line to the presidency. Boehner says cigarettes are legal and his choice and beyond that, “Leave me alone.” Kind of like Obama. • • • Dale McFeatters writes columns and editorials for Scripps Howard News Service.

North Carolina’s economy is in crisis. Unemployment is near 10 percent, and our state leaders need to focus on putting people back to work while building a foundation for future growth and prosperity. In her State of the State address Monday, I hope Governor Perdue focuses on protecting North Carolina’s economy. We need to preserve jobs and maintain critical investments in education. Everyone knows about the budget gap. The fact is we can’t rely on cuts alone to address it. Going that route would mean having to fire tens of thousands of people, pack our kids’ classrooms and potentially even close down universities. These cuts would put us on the fast track to economic disaster. There is a better way. If we take a balanced approach to the state budget that includes revenue, we can keep teachers employed and kids learning. Governor Perdue should chart this path forward on Monday night. — Russell Bennett Salisbury

Charlotte is a long way from Chicago Regarding Rick Johnson’s Feb. 10 letter abou the Democratic National Convention: I commend the Post for printing Rick Johnson’s letter. Everyone has the right to free speech, but his letter is full of misleading information, and he should refrain from being obnoxious. We are a right-to-work state, so this is not Chicago, as Mr. Johnson states. — Neil Nurisso Salisbury

It’s time to cut in Cabarrus County The Cabarrus County Commission is trying to give us a piece of already chewed gum. If you think you can pass a tax increase this year and then have your property taxes go down next year, all you need to do is look at Charlotte. Property taxes there will be sky high after the new property tax revaluation. They can never get for their homes what the taxes (assessed value) are if they were to sell in most markets. To say you will not see an increase in your property tax next year is foolish. In all my 52 years I have never seen the goverment lower my taxes. Or as the county is trying to tell us, we will be “even Steven” next year. Hockey pucks! It will never happen. It’s time to stop building and start cutting things we can no longer afford. If someone wants to move here and use our schools, they need to pay to do so. Charge to ride the bus, open the county’s gun range to citizens and charge to use it, stop using taxies for welfare recipients, stop feeding the illegals. (If you keep feeding them, they will just stay.) These are just a few, I can tell you 100 ways to cut cost. I am tired of paying my and your share. I have to dodge potholes in my car every day to get to my three jobs I have in order to pay my bills to live. It’s time to cut the waste. You new members said you would not raise taxes. If you do, you will be the next waste cut. — Grant Eagle Concord

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ASHINGTON — More than 16,000 times Vice President Joe Biden took Amtrak between his home in Delaware and his job as a senator in Washington. So Republicans should not have been surprised when Biden dragged Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood up to Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station to announce that the Obama administration wants to spend $53 billion on railroads. But the Republicans ANN were surprised — and MCFEATTERS outraged. With a $14 trillion national debt and annual deficits of one and a half trillion dollars, they said high-speed trains are pie-in-the-sky pipe dreams. Actually, some of their words were much stronger. They immediately proposed slashing funds for highspeed rail that Obama seeks in his proposed budget as well as operating funds for Amtrak. The Amtrak conflict is the perfect example of how differently the Democrats and Republicans see the role of government and how determined the GOP is to derail Democrats’ dreams. To Obama and Biden, high-speed trains offer a solution to the trafficclogged East and West Coasts where commuters spend the equivalent of entire weeks of their year bumper to bumper. Just last month thousands of Virginians and Marylanders who work in the District of Columbia spent up to 12 hours trying to drive home when the federal government released workers early during a snowstorm. Gridlock ensued. It was horrible. Obama has made high-speed rail service a signature of his administra-

tion. He wants to make fast trains available to 80 percent of all Americans within 25 years. He argues that Europeans, Chinese and others around the globe are going to out-compete us because of our transportation woes and dependence on gasoline-guzzling cars. Republicans, splintered over many issues, are almost to a man and woman against pouring billions of tax dollars into high-speed rail cars and rail lines. They argue that if Americans want fast trains, private enterprise will provide them. EvenVice President Biden tually. warns U.S. may fall Others behind as other nasay Americans are too tions embrace highmuch in love speed rail. with their cars to leave them in the garage and take mass transportation to work. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., who has been chairman of the House Transportation Committee for a month, put out a statement saying that providing more public money for high-speed rail is akin to “giving Bernie Madoff another chance at handling your investment portfolio.” He said Obama’s $10.5 billion down payment on highspeed rail resulted in “embarrassing snail-speed trains to nowhere.” The administration counters it’s too soon to judge success or failure. While some of the money did promote relatively slow rail service in the cramped

Washington-Richmond corridor, the largest chunk went to California and is still being spent. Proponents of high-speed rail — trains capable of routinely traveling at 220 miles per hour — concede it’s costly. Estimates exceed $600 billion. But supporters insist that would be offset by saved fuel and commuter time and improve our infrastructure. Obama may well lose to Republicans on high-speed rail. Desperate to convince voters they are reducing the deficit and size of government, Republicans are determined to slash spending. House Republicans have targeted 60 programs for elimination including AmeriCorps, birth control funding, extra police presence in high-crime areas, safer drinking water, weatherization of existing homes and offices and public broadcasting. Scientific research, environmental protection, food programs for mothers and children and road repairs for low-income communities all are slated to be dramatically reduced. Republicans are well intentioned. But they aim to cut programs that make a difference to the quality of life in America while refusing to cut programs where the real money is — defense and entitlements such as Medicare. When this fiscal crisis is behind us (it will be, although not soon), we will be sorry for our shortsightedness. As Biden said the other day in Philadelphia, “We taught the world (about transportation). If we don’t get a grip, folks, they are going to be teaching us. They’re going to own our kids.” • • • Scripps Howard columnist Ann McFeatters has covered the White House and national politics since 1986. E-mail: amcfeatters@ nationalpress.com.

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White nose syndrome signs • White fungus, especially on the bat’s nose, but also on the wings, ears or tail • Damaged wings, including holes in the wing tissue • Bats flying outside during the day in temperatures at or below freezing • Bats clustered near the entrance of hibernation sites • Dead or dying bats on the ground or on buildings, trees or other structures.

If you see bats you believe are infected: Contact the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (Gabrielle Graeter: gabrielle.graeter@ ncwildlife.org, 828-273-9097) or the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Susan Cameron: susan_cameron@fws.gov, 828-258-3939, ext 224). The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has also set up an e-mail address to accept reports from across the nation: WhiteNoseBats@fws.gov. • If possible, photograph the potentially affected bats (including close-up A white fungus shots if possible) and send the photograph to one of the contacts above. is one sign of • If you need to dispose of a dead bat the syndrome. found on your property, pick it up with a plastic bag over your hand or use disposable gloves. Place both the bat and the bag into another plastic bag, spray with disinfectant, close the bag securely, and dispose of it with your garbage. • Thoroughly wash your hands and any clothing that comes into contact with the bat. • If you see a band on the wing or a small device with an antenna on the back of a bat (living or dead), contact the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission or U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at the numbers above. SOURCE: N.C. WIlDlIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION

BATS FROM 1D ing North Carolina which received $21,100 to help with bat monitoring, research and related efforts to increase public awareness. The N.C. Wildlife Commission has used part of the grant to support surveillance at caves and mines in western North Carolina.

FROM 1D While the White House scrambled to respond appropriately, Egyptian TV was busy managing Mubarak’s message by distorting Ghonim’s. The official spin was that Ghonim’s declaration by tweet of mission accomplished, along with comments on TV urging people to go home, followed rather than preceded Mubarak’s speech. Rumors that Ghonim had betrayed the movement quickly erupted and he retreated from his never-wanted national pedestal to his private Twitter bunker. On Friday he fired a couple of parting shots, one to Mubarak (leave) and one to Western governments (stay out of our business). To those sentiments, we might add a note to tweeters and speechwriters: Scratch “Mission accomplished” from the lexicon. Now that Mubarak has stepped down, what happens next is anyone’s guess. And we will continue to guess, not only because we are voyeurs to history, but also because this is irresistibly fascinating. Beyond the political repercussions rooted in the here and now are other timeless themes. The transformation taking place isn’t only for Egypt but for mankind. Perhaps we are not doomed after all. This possibility is suggested by a single vignette from Thursday night when protesters reacting to Mubarak’s profoundly banal speech raced to the palace and stood in front of tanks. Unarmed men and women inspired by tweets of freedom stared into the bullying armaments of dead ways. It was a stark image of the prolonged battle between good and evil that humans apparently have been fated to fight. This time, enabled by what we casually call social media, evil finally may be outgunned. • • • Kathleen Parker’s e-mail address is kathleenparker@washpost.com.

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As wildlife agencies work to preserve bat populations, they’re also hoping to increase understanding about the ecological importance of bats, which have scoured the planet’s night skies for an estimated 50 million years. While some cultures appreciate bats — in China, they’re considered a symbol of good fortune and luck — many suburbanites and city dwellers view them with fear and repugnance, thanks to some unfortunate connections to witchcraft, B-grade horror movies and unwarranted concerns about rabies. While a bat infestation in the attic or inside a home’s walls can be a serious problem, requiring the services of an experienced batremoval expert, they rarely carry rabies. Those that do contract the disease die quickly. Nor are the bats etching arabesques in the summer dusk likely to swoop into your head. Given bats’ highly sophisticated echolocation abilities — the high-frequency sonar system that enables them to forage in the dark — you’re more likely to be

struck by a B1 bomber than an off-course bat. That sonar system is what makes bats nature’s most efficient bug zappers. What appears to be haphazard flight is actually a superbly aimed feeding frenzy. A little brown bat, which weighs about a quarterounce, can consume 1,200 insects an hour. Multiply that number by several hours of nocturnal feeding, and you can see why bats play a critical role in regulating populations of beetles, mosquitoes, midges and other insects that can cause serious damage to crops and forests. The insects consumed by a healthy bat population add up to a mind-boggling buffet. Gary McCracken, a bat expert and professor of ecology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, has done the math: In a year, a million bats consume about 750 tons of mosquitoes, moths and other insects. “It’s important that folks understand that bats are vitally important to our ecosystem,” Cameron said. Once people get past their apprehensions and misconceptions about bats, they also might discover that the actual lives of these upsidedown-hanging creatures of the night are much more fascinating than the misleading bat lore of popular culture. In a podcast about white nose syndrome created by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, wildlife veterinarian Kevin Castle talks about the pragmatic reasons the planet needs bats. But in addition to their many beneficial aspects, he adds, “Bats are very interesting creatures that have a place in nature.”

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Salisbury author signing at Literary Bookpost Feb. 19 Salisbury resident Alisha Byrd will sign copies of her recent book, “Even Me: Once Scarred and Broken, Now Worthy,” at Literary Bookpost on Saturday, Feb. 19, 1:30 -3:30 p.m. Byrd is a native of Salisbury with dual degrees from Winston-Salem State University in political science and history and a master’s degree in business administration from Strayer University. She is the founder of Elect Ladies and Gentlemen, a non-profit organization that edifies, educates and empowers young women and men. “Even Me” is a book about an unworthy-feeling young woman who struggles with the scars and brokenness that were caused by a series of life interruptions. Living her life without the father whose love she so desperately craved caused her to look for love in all the wrong places. Becoming a single parent at the age of 20 made her realize that her life was not over, but just beginning. It is a book about finding faith, and placing faith above all else, a book of encouragement to seek and to live. Literary Bookpost is located at 110 S. Main St., downtown Salisbury. For additional information about this event, call 704 630-9788 or visit www.literarybookpost.com.

Workshop on telling life story The Writers’ Workshop, based in Asheville is offering this class in Charlotte. It is for any level writer and meets at Providence Presbyterian Church in Charlotte. Registration is in advance only, by mail or at our website (www.twwoa.org). Financial aid in exchange for volunteering is available. For more information, contact writersw@gmail.com/828254-8111. • Feb. 26: Sharing Your Story with Alice Osborn Have you been told you have a story that needs to be told? We all have a life story inside of us, but we may feel that what we’ve experienced is not relevant or important. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to harness the power of your stories for future generations, and that what you’ve learned over a lifetime is a treasure that must be shared. Osborn is the author of two chapbooks, “Unfinished Projects” and “Right Lane Ends.” Her work also appears in the Raleigh News and Observer, The Pedestal Magazine and in numerous journals and anthologies. Meets Saturday, 12-5 pm. $75/$70 members.

Rowan bestsellers Literary Bookpost

1. God Puts on the Body of a Deer, by Rebecca Baggett. 2. Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann. 3. Old Turtle, by Douglas Wood. 4. Angus and the Ducks, by Marjorie Flack. 5. Angus Lost, by Marjorie Flack. 6. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen. 7. Goodnight Moon (Anniversary), by Margaret Wise Brown. 8. Under the Mercy Trees, by Heather Newton. 9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle. 10. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson.

IndieBound bestsellers Fiction 1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson. 2. Room, by Emma Donoghue. 3. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett. 4. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen. 5. Swamplandia! by Karen Russell. 6. An Object of Beauty, by Steve Martin. 7. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, by David Sedaris. 8. While Mortals Sleep, by Kurt Vonnegut. 9. The Red Garden, by Alice Hoffman. 10. The Death Instinct, by Jed Rubenfeld.

Nonfiction 1. Unbroken: A World War II Story, by Laura Hillenbrand. 2. Cleopatra, by Stacy Schiff. 3. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, by Amy Chua. 4. Life, by Keith Richards. 5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot. 6. The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene. 7. Autobiography of Mark Twain, by Mark Twain. 8. The Investment Answer, by Gordon Murray, Daniel C. Goldie. 9. The 4-Hour Body, by Timothy Ferriss. 10. Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, by Karen Armstrong.

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Colum McCann coming to Catawba March 3 Author Colum McCann, winner of the 2009 National Book Award for his novel, “Let the Great World Spin,” will be the featured speaker at the 25th annual Brady Author’s Symposium scheduled Thursday, March 3. In a July 2009 New York Times review, contributing writer Jonathan Mahler called McCann’s “Let the Great World Spin” “an emotional tour de force. “It is a heartbreaking book,” Mahler wrote, “but not a depressing one. Through their anguish, McCann’s characters manage to find comfort, even a kind of redemption.” McCann’s other novels include “Zoli,” “Dancer,” “This Side of Brightness” and “Songdogs,” as well as two story collections. His work has been published in 30 languages. Born in Dublin in 1965, McCann was one of five children born to father Sean, a journalist for the Irish Press newspaper group, and mother Sally, a homemaker. His father, a former professional soccer player with Charlton Athletic in London, was also a literary editor for a Dublin newspaper and helped foster McCann’s love of books. He attended St Brigid’s National School in Foxrock, and at age 12, went to Clonkeen College, Deansgrange, a Christian Brothers school. Although he was encouraged to follow a course in languages and international marketing, McCann chose instead to attend the College of Commerce Rathmines in 1982, which offered the only journalism course in Ireland at the time. He graduated from there in 1984 and worked for several years for various Irish

newspapers, even landing his own column in the Evening Press. In 1986, he took a trip to Cape Cod, Mass., where he thought he would write the great Irish-American novel. Instead, he realized that he needed some realworld experience. He took off on a 12,000-mile bike trip across almost 40 states in search of that experience. During a stop in Texas, he worked as a wilderness guide at Miracle Farm, in a program for ju- Colum McCann will speak at the brady author’s venile delinquents. on March 3. McCann recalls reading aloud classics like “Catch- Cann continues to write and to er in the Rye” to these troubled teach creative writing at Hunter youths while on trips with them in College in New York. the wilderness. After leaving MirMcCann was the inaugural acle Farm, he went to get a B.A at winner of the Ireland Fund of the University of Texas. Monaco Literary Award in MemIt was during a short trip from ory of Princess Grace and has Texas to New York City that Mc- been a finalist for the InternationCann met his future wife, Allison. al IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The two married in 1992 and left In 2005, his short film, “Everyfor Japan, where she studied thing in This Country Must,” was Japanese while he wrote. nominated for an Oscar. He is a He finished his short story col- contributor to The New Yorker, lection, “Fishing the Sloe-Black The New York Times Magazine, River,” which he had started in The Atlantic Monthly and The Texas, and began work on “Song- Paris Review. dogs,” his first novel. After a year Tickets for the symposium are and a half in Japan, the couple now available through the Catawmoved to New York, where they ba College public relations office live with their three children. Mc- at 704-637-4393. Symposium

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Symposium at Catawba College events include a lecture ($15), luncheon ($20), book signing (free), and an exclusive writing question and answer session ($15), all of which will take place in the Robertson College-Community Center on campus.

Schedule of events Lecture — 11 a.m., Robertson College-Community Center. Seated luncheon — 12:15 p.m., Peeler Crystal Lounge. Luncheon reservations are limited and will be taken in the order in which they are received. Book signing — 1:15 p.m., lobby of Keppel Auditorium. Exclusive writing Q&A —2 p.m., Hedrick Little Theatre.

Author Michael Parker’s lyrical sentences impress “That night, standing at the edge of the drive in her mother’s boots, staring up at the stars, her arms crossed, her hooded sweatshirt riding up her ribcage, the thrum of trucks far away up the valley and the slow clang of train, the day declining, giving itself up to night, a sweet and willful surrender, nothing left to declare, nothing to talk or even think about, just a confidence that all would be there, in order, in the morning: Maria wanted just that, and only, forever, that.” — “Five Thousand Dollar Car,” Michael Parker susan shinn/Catawba College

BY SUSAN SHINN Catawba College News Bureau

Michael Parker visited Catawba College last Monday, the words from his books as refreshing as a long, cold drink of water. Parker is the author of five novels and two short story collections and his visit was sponsored by the English department. He’ll be at Literary Bookpost on May 3 to promote his newest book, “The Watery Part of the World.” “I can’t wait to get my hands on this book,” said Dr. Janice Fuller, Catawba College professor of English and writer-in-residence, who introduced Parker, her longtime friend. Parker is a professor in the MFA writing program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Fuller said that Colum McCann, this year’s speaker at the Brady Author’s Symposium, calls Parker “big-hearted and fearless.” Catawba sophomore Lizzle

Michael Parker. Davis of East Bend, who edits The Arrowhead, the college’s literary magazine, calls Parker “a perfect blend of lyric genius and simplicity,” as well as a cross between Faulkner and your next-door neighbor. By the end of the evening, it seemed a sure thing that Parker would hire her to become his new blurb writer. Wearing a wrinkled white shirt, blue jeans and cowboy boots, Parker promised at least a free book to Davis. Given the fact that nearly all of the three dozen people who came to hear Parker were women, he read excerpts about female characters from two novels, “The Watery Part of the World” and “Five Thousand Dollar Car,” which he expects to be published in 2013. “The Watery Part of the World” concerns the fate of Aaron Burr’s daughter, Theo, who was shipwrecked off the coast of North Carolina. She may have

been taken in by Outer Banks residents or she may have been killed by pirates. Parker weaves this true story together with the story of the last three inhabitants of one of the barrier islands. The novel is set in 1818 and the 1970s. On the other hand, “Five Thousand Dollar Car” is set in West Texas, near the Mexican border. It features Maria, who buys a car with a guy she meets on a usedcar lot. She is, of course, grilled by her mother: “What kind is it? What model? What year? How many miles? What was he asking for it? What did you offer? Was it Bobby or Petey you dealt with? Did it drive good? Did you remember to turn on the A/C to see did it work? Does it burn oil?” Maria and her mother then have a onesentence exchange that goes on for nearly two-and-a-half pages. Parker chose the setting after teaching at the University of West Texas. “I’ve been back ever since,” he said. “There was a woman involved. West Texas is probably the most beautiful place I’ve been.” He also said that small towns are about the same everywhere. It’s not so much about Southern writers versus writers from other places as it is urban versus small-town writing. In a question-and-answer session, he was asked how he decides what details to include in his stories. “Details must reflect the emotional tenor of a scene,” he said. “Any kind of landscape is there to reflect the emotion. It’s not just window dressing.” He was asked about adverbs. “Don’t like ’em,” he said. “They

tell what’s already been shown, like, ‘I hate you,’ she said angrily. They’re seductive because they sound literary. Use them sparingly.” He was asked how the voices in his novels reflect different areas he’s lived in. It’s a deliberate choice, he said. You don’t have to be in a place to write about it well. But, he added, “You need to hear how people say what they want to do. “It’s not dialect. It’s syntax. You have to really pay attention to that.” For example, in eastern North Carolina, where Parker grew up, “we use as many prepositions as we possibly can.” An example: “He lives way on back up in there off the road.” You eavesdrop a lot in restaurants, Parker added. It’s not what people say, it’s how they say it. He was asked how much he writes about actual events. “You take everything from something that’s happened to you,” Parker said. That comprises the raw material of fiction. He was asked what he thought about short sentences, since they seemed to be absent from the excerpts he read. That was not the case, he said. Short sentences break up the action in a novel. Variety of sentences is an integral part of writing, he said. He did acknowledge the length of that one, pages-long sentence. “That’s how it is when you are talking to someone who’s not listening,” he said. Freelance writer Susan Shinn is a full-time student at Catawba College.

Indulge in some serendipity next time you’re at the library BY BETTY MOORE Rowan Public Library

What better place for serendipity could there be than a library? “Serendipity” is accidentally stumbling upon something fortunate, especially while looking for something completely unrelated. Have you ever come to the library to get one particular item then left with several others after overhearing another reader tell how much he enjoyed what he just turned in, or passing by an interesting DVD on the “New DVD” rack by the door? Maybe you came in to get a tax form and discovered the ongoing Friends Book Sale. Give yourself the time to discover things you didn’t even know you wanted to know — at the library. Recently, a gentleman asking a question at the reference desk told me, “Last year I made a resolution to spend at least an hour in the library each week.” He was pleased with what he’d learned over the year, just by setting aside a time for exploring the library. It’s not too late to add this to your own New Year’s resolutions.

Maybe you’ve never been on the second floor or visited the children’s room. You may not have taken the time to look at the display cases or decorative stained glass windows. You may not know there are murals and sculpture. You may not have seen the historic maps and prints. Wander through the 149 magazines and 13 North Carolina and national newspapers at headquarters. I recently passed through the magazine section at the Salisbury branch and a circus train on the cover of “Trains” magazine caught my eye. The fascinating photo-filled cover story on “what it takes to put Ringling on the rails” contains circus train history and culture as well as how older cars are adapted for circus train use. Finally, treat yourself by visiting a library branch you’ve never been to before. Rowan Public Library’s Salisbury, China Grove and Rockwell locations each have attractive, comfortable surroundings full of resources with unique activities and displays. You’ll be surprised and pleased to see both familiar and different things at each branch, plus you’ll get to meet other helpful, friendly staff members.

Be open to serendipity at the library. Computer classes: Classes are free. Sessions are approximately 90 minutes. Class size is limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis. Dates and times at all locations are subject to change without notice. Headquarters — Feb. 22, 2 p.m., Absolute Beginners; Feb. 28, 7 p.m., Microsoft Word 2003 Part 2. South — Feb. 24, 11 a.m., Introduction to Word East — registration required for East Branch only. Thursday, 1 p.m., Online Shopping. Book Bites Club: South only; Feb. 22, 6:30 p.m., “Big Stone Gap,” by Adriana Trigiani. Book discussion groups for adults and children are at South Rowan Regional Library and meet the last Tuesday of each month. The group is open to the public. There is a discussion of the book and light refreshments at each meeting. For more information please call 704-216-8229. Music Makers at RPL: Headquarters, Feb. 24, 7 p.m. — Matthew Weaver and Paul Hill perform together in Stanback Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments and CD signing will follow the

concert. Book chats for children: South (only) — Thursday, 4:15 p.m., “Freckle Juice” by Judy Blume, grade 2. Children in grades 2-5 (different grade each month) are invited to participate in “Book Chats,” a program at South Rowan Regional Library in China Grove. Registration is required and space is limited. Please call 704216-7728 for more information. American Girl Club: Headquarters, Feb. 26, 11 a.m., a book discussion group about the life and times of the American Girls characters. JR’s Adventure Club: Headquarters, Feb. 19, 11 a.m. The club will choose a project to build, and have books from the library and recommended websites that go along with the project. The club is open to all school age children. Light refreshments will be served. Call 704-216-8234 to learn more. Teen program: Chocolate Festival back by popular demand. Chocolate fountain, taste testing, painting, mold demonstration and more. South, Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m. East, Feb. 21, 5:30-7 p.m. Headquarters, Feb. 22, 5:30-7 p.m.

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As Christians, we deserve justice promised by our Constitution quired to oversee and assist the individual churches and For the Salisbury Post their memberships in good times and in times of troue live in the United States of America in ble. This, too, is a part of our First Amendment right to the year 2011, the freedom of religion. Presentgreatest nation on the face ly, one of our churches (Mt. of the earth, not because of Zion Baptist Church, Boyden our wealth but because of Quarters) is in trouble, and our majority belief in Jesus as every Christian ought to Christ as the savior of the be, I am gravely concerned. world. The fact that we are Recently, the Salisbury Post able to believe and practice saw fit to publish a few of this truth in our everyday lives is a testament to the en- the concerns, and many have during strength of the words read them. What they did not read was the fact that we found in the First Amendhad been trying to bring ment of our Constitution. Also important is that our light upon the problem since Nov. 22, 2010. But, the Post right to believe in the only sat on the light of truth, it true God of the universe, seems, to protect a newly which is part of our Constielected sheriff whose tution, is in fact an amenddeputies had become a part ment of the original Constitution. This means that these of the machine that has trampled upon our freedom rights were not expressly of worship. written within the ConstituHow is it that a badge, a tion when it was first drafted. But be not deceived. The gun and a uniform are allowed to assist in determinfounding fathers of this ing the outcome of a church great nation were so conelection that was forced cerned about someone inadupon the people by court orvertently or intentionally der? All of this is in direct cutting off our public and contravention of our freeprivate link to our God, Jedom to worship. First, the sus Christ, that they saw fit court decided that the and thought it most necessary to amend the document church must have a written set of bylaws. This predomiwe call the law of the land. nately African American The problem is, now that Baptist church, founded we live in the 21st century, during slavery in 1853, had the powers seem not to feel governed itself by tradition that all of us deserve the rights, privileges and protec- and the word of God up until 2010. It had been a beations of the First Amendcon of light for slaves, forment, which guarantees our mer slaves, their offspring right to freely worship our God, Jesus Christ. Let me be and for free born men and honest and straight with you. women, here in Rowan I am John E. Jones, modera- County, until the arrival of tor of the Guiding Light Mis- its current probationary sionary Baptist Association. I love the Lord and his work. I honor my country, and the laws of the land. But when those who are sworn to uphold the Constitution do things to defile it and to bring ill repute against it, are they fulfilling their oath to uphold it? Or, are they carrying out an unconstitutional agenda? As moderator, I am reBY JOHN E. JONES

pastor, Corey Barr. Pastor Barr has been on the premises for eight months, and Sheriff Kevin Auten’s deputies have been present seven times. During this time, Pastor Barr was convicted in Rowan criminal court for trespassing against the church’s trustee. Pastor Barr paid the sheriff’s deputies for their assistance, and their assistance aided Pastor Barr in intimidating the membership and in preventing members from participating in the court-ordered election. Then Pastor Barr barred the victims from the church, using the court-orchestrated tools. The question is, which is worst — the fact that the court order forced a sovereign congregation to adopt the ways, customs and ideas of the court, or the fact that the law enforcers, in a pretense to be peacekeepers, actually assisted in undermining the court order that they were sworn to honor and uphold? With the sheriff’s assistance, Pastor Barr thumbed his nose at the court’s order. Maybe even he recognizes that the court itself overstepped it bounds, and again trampled upon the hopes and aspirations of men whom the Emancipation Proclamation says are free. Of course, that is the stuff of a different amendment. • • • The Rev. John E. Jones is the moderator of the Guiding Light Missionary Baptist Association.

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Inking outside the box As tattooing goes mainstream, it’s evolving to include more artful options BY KATIE SCARVEY kscarvey@salisburypost.com

ifty or 60 years ago, a visible tattoo on someone provided a quick read: sailor, biker, prison inmate, gang member, rebel — somebody with a questionable aesthetic sense and prone to risky behavior. These days, with perhaps one in every seven or eight people sporting ink, generalizations aren’t so easy to make. The tattooing demographic has become much broader in recent years. Artist Jes Ashby of White Rabbit Tattoo Studio says that many middle to upper class people are going under the tattoo needle these days. “We’re seeing more doctors, lawyers, bankers and high-education individuals finding the modern art of tattooing, which is closer to fine art than skulls and crossbones,” says Jes, whose Manhattan studio set up shop recently at the Cabarrus Arena and Events Center for the three-day Ink Fest Live! Tattoo Expo. What those with tattoos share is a tolerance for a little pain in exchange for the most personal kind of art, the sort of expression that has the potential to both attract and repel — sometimes simultaneously. While tattooing may be more mainstream than ever, traditional images are still in demand. Luke Worley of Artfuel, a tattoo shop in Wilmington, loves designing classic images — like clipper ships and swallows, the kind of tattoos that sailors might have gotten in the 1940s or 50s. While one tattooing trend could be called “old school,” another is just plain “old,” Luke suggests. Like other tattoo shops, Artfuel is seeing many clients in their 60s and up — and the phrase “bucket list” comes up frequently in their studio these days, he says. Luke Hill, one of Luke Worley’s clients here at the expo, looks too young to be checking off items on a bucket list. A drummer in the Charlotte band Public Radio, Luke is getting the image of a boxer inked on his leg. He says it doesn’t have any particular significance, unlike his other tattoos, although he admits he “used to fight a lot.” Angela Castiglia of Concord started her collection of tattoos

on her 18th birthday when she no longer needed her parents’ permission — a common refrain among Ink Fest visitors. She has a Celtic tree of life on her arm and something she calls a “sugar skull,” featuring bright colors and flowers. She sports a Buddhist star on her torso, she says, noting that the rib area is one of the most painful spots to tattoo. Although she’s collected a lot of ink, she draws the line at tattooing her face, neck or chest, she says. She estimates that over the past nine years she’s spent about $2,000 on body art. April Bryant of Salisbury is at the expo not to get a tattoo but to do some hair modeling for one of the vendors. With lots of ink on her body, including a tattoo on her chest that says “Juanita,” she looks right at home. When she got her first tattoo at 18 — a pattern of stars — her mom “wasn’t much of a fan,” she says, but eventually she came around. The “Juanita” tattoo was

april bryant of Salisbury was on hand at the ink Fest live tattoo Festival in Concord last weekend. She has a tattoo honoring her mother on her chest, and an image of the ‘runaway bunny’ on her arm, for her young daughter.

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“Love is like oxygen” one song says. Another exclaims “love is a many splendored thing.” And still another shouts “All you need is love.” TV convinced us to love Lucy and even built a boat big enough to hold hundreds of love stories KENT “The BERNHARDT called Love Boat,” proving that even washed-up celebrities can find love in less than an hour. And Erich Segal tried to pawn this one off on us: “Love means you never have to say you're sorry.” Any married man will tell you that love means you’re in a perpetual state of apology. There’s no end to our fascination with this simple four-letter word. Why then, is it still so confusing? For the purposes of this column, I’ll confine myself to the type of love we know as “romantic” love. Other types of love are far easier to understand, like the love your dog has for you. You can yell and scream at your dog for a solid halfhour and he'll still lick your face and look at you like you’re the most incredible being on God’s green earth. Dogs know no limit to love. We could learn from dogs. We humans have a more difficult time understanding love’s complexities. For many, including myself, my earliest experiences with romantic love go way back to my preschool days, before I had a clue what love was. At the tender age of 6, my introduction to romance came packaged in the form of a high school girl in my neighborhood named Darlene. I’ll protect Darlene's last name out of my sense of decency, along with my imminent fear that her husband will read this, drive to my home, and cave my face in. Darlene had pearly white teeth and shoulder length blonde hair. Her mere presence brightened a room. She attended my church, so we saw each other often. When she looked at me, her face would shine and she was never too busy to speak to me. I didn’t know it at the time, but it was love in the making. I was having feelings I couldn’t begin to comprehend. Naturally, being the male of the species, every time I spoke to Darlene, my words made no sense whatsoever. What would start out in my mind as “I love thee with a deep, unending passion” would come out as “Girggupph bluthhhery, plipple goink” followed by me nearly wetting myself. “Kent, did you say something?” she would ask. “No,” I would reply. It’s an affliction that has haunted me throughout my life. The difference in our ages soon took their toll. Darlene found it necessary to graduate from high school and walk out of my life forever, leaving me saddened, but more experienced and ready to face my next love. Her name was Debbie and she lived right across the street from me. At 8 years of age, she was but a year older than me, and though she was as pretty as a picture, she still managed to be one of the guys. I felt comfortable with Debbie, and our love burned brightly, at least as far as I was concerned. But again, fate was unkind.

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“Students say they come in for proofreading, but it’s always a lot more than what they come in for,” explains Catawba College Writing Center tutor Chelsea Starr, a sophomore from Weston, Fla. “The biggest thing I see is at the organizational level. There is a disjuncture between the argument and paragraph topic. Sometimes you have an introduction and then the paragraphs are not relevant to the thesis,” notes another Writing Center tutor, Lizzle Davis, a sophomore from East Bend, N.C. As another semester cranks up, so does the Writing Center. Staffed by Catawba College tutors, the center is a free service for classmates looking to improve their writing in any subject area. “I started going to the Writing Center as a freshman,” says Kendra Joyner, a senior from Rock Springs, Wyoming. “I had grammar issues...trouble with comma placement, using a semicolon versus a colon, run-on sentences and comma splices, so the Writing Center has really helped. I can look at my writing now and find those mistakes, which is really great.” Dr. Margaret Stahr, an assistant professor of English, serves as the center’s director. Stahr’s doctoral dissertation focused on writing center scholarship, and the director’s role was part of her job description when she was hired nearly three years ago. The center first opened in the late 1990s. “I want to make Catawba’s Writing Center look similar to the best in the country,” Stahr says. Tutors are recommended by their professors and asked to apply with Stahr. They receive rigorous training for 1hour academic credit. “One of my goals has been to improve and elevate training tutors get,” Stahr says. Sessions last anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, and tutors are paid, but “not enough,” Stahr says. Tutoring hours may be part of a student’s work-study program. Believe it or not, the tutors are not all English majors — and that’s intentional on Stahr’s part. “I really want the Writing Center to serve the entire campus,” she says. “I want tutors to have a wide array of knowledge and ranges.”

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lizzie Davis is a student tutor at the Writing center at catawba college. Joe Manser, a senior from Mooresville, N.C., is one such tutor. A chemistry major, Manser says he agreed to work in the center because “I just wanted to do something a little bit different. It’s nice to have a repertoire. In science, a big part of being a researcher is publication in journals. Science and math are very cut and dry; writing is more personal. I’ve learned a lot about my own writing.” “The Writing Center has long been an important part of the English Department and the college,” says Dr. Gordon Grant, English Department chair. “But it has really blossomed under Dr. Stahr. She’s worked to make the tutors as strong as they’ve ever been. She’s done a great job.” Some interesting statistics about the Writing Center include: • More than half the students who use the Writing Center are first-year students. • In 2008-2009, the Writing Center had 313 appointments. Last year, it had 439 appointments. • Of the appointments in 2009-2010, 43 percent were for the composition courses (Rhetoric and Composition I, Critical Reading and Writing, Advanced Academic Writing); 21 percent were for First Year Seminar; 11 percent were for courses in the humanities; 9 percent were for courses in social and behavioral sciences. Stahr says that students who have overcome their own writing struggles often make the best tutors. They need to be approachable and empathetic. Stahr encourages tutors to themselves be tutored. “It’s really hard to share something you’ve written with someone else,” she says. Tutors can assist with the

entire writing process, from brainstorming to drafting to polishing assignments. Often, Stahr says, a student will have a prompt and not know how to get started. Rather than grammar and spelling, tutors tend to focus on higher-order concerns such as organization and structure. Stahr stresses to her tutors that no matter what, the paper is always the student’s paper. “Students need to be active in this process,” Stahr says. “Tutors note that it’s a collaborative, conversational process. Tutors won’t copyedit a paper. You don’t drop it off and pick it up. Tutors ask lots and lots of questions.” “Most people think it’s editing. We spend a lot of time reading people’s papers and on organization,” explains tutor Elizabeth Sawyer of Raleigh, N.C., who recently completed teacher certification coursework in English, grades 9-12. “You start getting to know a person and their writing style and you noticeably see them improve. You notice that they’re getting it. It’s rewarding when students come back to you. The challenging papers are the most rewarding. You get really frustrated, but your realize it was really beneficial to the student.”

everal years ago there was a song written that said, “what the world needs now is love, sweet love,” andhow right that is. It seems every day the paper and television news is filled with wars, natural catastrophes and civil disJANET order. MCCANLESS There just does not seem to be any escape from it. It’s too simplistic to say we all need to love our neighbor as ourselves, but ponder this. What if, just for today, we greeted everyone we met with a smile? Perhaps one of those persons is contemplating a crime, or thinking of harming another or themselves, and your smile causes them to stop and think about it a second time. If, just for today, we refrained from saying anything negative to our friends and family,and

suppose one person stopped to re-evaluate their worth because of it. What if, just for today, we performed one random act of kindness for someone, and that someone was made happier because of it? What if, just for today, we listened to a child tell us something, and in doing so, that child was inspired to try a little harder at whatever task he or she had at hand? What if, just for today, we told our significant other that we loved them, and really meant it, and that loved one offered their unconditional love in return? You see what I mean? Just one kind word, or one selfless act or one embrace can change someone else’s world, thereby changing our own world. There is so much negativity around us now, and like me, you have probably heard more than one person complaining about it. Personally, I am truly tired of all the complaining and griping. Nobody said we live in a perfect world, and while our form of government is not perfect, nor are the elected officials perfect, I will say this, it’s better than any other system out there.

We always think of Valentines Day as being the ideal day for sweethearts to reconnect, and rightly so, but wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all reconnect to our friends, neighbors, family members and people in general? What’s wrong with giving a verbal valentine to those around us, along with a pat on the back, for a job well done or a great effort at something? We can’t change the way things are overnight, but beginning with just one person, we can make a start! Just for today, let’s try to make a difference in someone else’s life, in our own life. Our world will be better for it. Valentines Day, that wonderful time when we cherish those who are near and dear to us. A day for remembering all the good times, all the fun and excitement and yes, the goodness that is still around us. We may have to look a little harder and longer nowadays to find it, but, it’s there, waiting to be rediscovered and appreciated. Just for today, tell someone you love them. I just did! Janet McCanless lives in Salisbury

Avett Brothers to perform at the Grammys LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammy Awards will feature a live performance by Bob Dylan Dylan, a 10-time Grammy and lifetime achievement winner, will join nominee Mumford & Sons and The Avett Brothers for a salute to acoustic music. Dr. Dre will also performing, joining protege Eminem. It will be Dr. Dre’s first performance on live television in a decade. Eminem, who leads all nominees with 10, also will be joined by Maroon 5’s Adam Levine. The Grammys air live at 8 p.m. EST Sunday from Los Katie Scarvey/SaliSbury PoSt Angeles. the concord-based avett brothers will perform with bob Dy-

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by the time I hit ten. She was a year older and more worldly than I, and I found her FroM 1e smile irresistible. I worDebbie’s dad worked for shiped Cindy from afar for a the railroad, and if you know while. Then, television would your local history, railroad bring us together. jobs packed up and migrated She loved the TV series south in the early sixties. “The Munsters,” and decidDebbie was a casualty of ed I reminded her of Herthat exodus. man Munster, the father of I watched tearfully from the freakish family, played my living room window as by Fred Gwynne. I had a gift her family pulled out of their for mimickry, and could imidriveway for the last time tate Herman’s laugh perfectbound for Spartanburg, ly. She took to calling me South Carolina. I couldn't Herman and would ask me even bring myself to go out- to do the laugh almost daily. side and wave goodbye. All right, it's not exactly Others would come and the foundation of a passiongo. ate love story, but when There was Rita, the girl in you're ten, slightly chubby, the third grade who explodand wear a crew cut, you'll ed the myth that “men don't take any in road you can make passes at girls who find. wear glasses.” Rita’s attracAlas, CBS cancelled The tive dark rimmed glasses Munsters, and Cindy canonly made her eyes shine celled me. I suppose it was more. bound to happen. Some ogre accidently What’s the moral of these knocked them from her face pathetic ramdom stories? and stepped on them on the There really isn't one, explayground one day. Rita cept to say that love takes us cried and I wanted to comdown many roads. We put fort her, but third grade everything we are and even guys couldn't be caught doeverything we aren't on the ing things like that just yet. line and stumble through the We weren’t really supposed dark for what seems an eterto notice girls. nity. There was also Katherine. Then one day when we She had long dark hair and least expect it, it comes was smart as a whip. (How more clearly into focus, masmart are whips anyway?) tures somewhat, and we see Barely eight years old, we in someone else the missing pledged to be married one piece of ourselves. That's day, and we were going to when true love is born. have a Volkswagen just like It just sort of happens. her dad’s. No children, just a You can't manufacture true Volkswagen. love. God ended that relationHere's hoping that if it ship by calling her minister hasn't already, true love father to another church in finds us all someday. But unthe far away city of Newton. til it does, it might pay to In the world of romance, it brush up on your Herman became clear that geograMunster impresssion. phy would never be my friend. Kent Bernhardt lives in SalCindy would ease the pain isbury.

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James “Garrett” Bean, 18, of Scout Troop 328, received his Eagle Scout Award Feb. 6, 2011, Scout Sunday, at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, which sponsors the troop. The award was presented by Randy Troutman. Lewis Safrit is Scoutmaster for Troop 328, and Jerry Lippard is Assistant Scoutmaster. Garrett has earned 21 merit badges and has served as the troop’s Assistant Patrol Leader. He has also worked at Camp Barnhardt as a summer counselor for field sports. For his Eagle project, Garrett helped organize and construct a site directory for the N.C. Department of Transportation Museum. The son of Jenny Cannon and André Cannon, both of China Grove, and Tony Bean of Spencer, Garrett has enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. R128895

Fleming receives Eagle Award

Christopher Ray Fleming, 17, of Rockwell, is receiving his Eagle Scout Award today, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at Christiana Lutheran Church, which sponsors Troop 317. The award is being presented by Scoutmaster Jeff Fleming. Chris has earned 29 merit badges and is currently Junior Assistant Scoutmaster. He has also served as Assistant Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader and Senior Patrol Leader. As a Cub Scout he earned the Arrow of Light, and in Boy Scouts has earned the God and Life award and is a member of Order of the Arrow. Along with other members of Troop 317, he visited the National Scouting Jamboree at Fort AP Hill and has worked on numerous service projects in our community. A senior at East Rowan High East Rowan High School, Chris is a member of the National Honor Society, Junior Civitan Club, Sigma Phi Gamma and is on the tennis team. Chris is a member of Christiana Lutheran Church, where he participates in the High School Youth Group. He has served as an acolyte and is also a youth service leader. For his Eagle Scout project, Chris built and installed benches and a podium near the Nature Center at Dan Nicholas Park to be used for an outdoor classroom. The son of Jeff and Angie Fleming of Rockwell, Chris is the grandson of Sherry and the late James Corriher of Cornelius and Ray and the late Deane Fleming of Salisbury. R128896

Emmett earns Eagle Award

Benjamin “Neil” Emmett, 16, is receiving his Eagle Scout award today, Feb. 13, 2011, at Coburn United Methodist Church in Salisbury. His Scoutmaster, Alfred Wilson, is making the presentation. Starting as a Tiger Cub with Troop 448, Neil rose through the Cub Scout ranks eventually acquiring the highest award in Cub Scouts, the Arrow of Light. As a Boy Scout, Neil has earned 23 merit badges, became a member of Order of the Arrow and received God and Life and the 50 Miler awards. He attended Boy Scouts National Youth Leadership Training in Rutherfordton in 2009 and completed an 83 mile trek at Philmont Scout Camp, New Mexico, in June 2010. Neil has served as Assistant Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Troop Guide, Senior Patrol Leader and Den Chief. He has camped out 88 days and hiked over 231 miles. He has worked on numerous service projects in the community and remains active in Troop 448 serving as Den Chief for the troop’s Cub Scouts. A member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Salisbury, Neil is a junior at Salisbury High School, receiving recognition and awards for Algebra II, Honors Chorus and perfect attendance seven years in a row. He was a member of Salisbury High’s Honors Chorus when it existed during his freshman and sophomore years and has been an active member of Catawba College’s Youth Choral since its inception in 2009. He auditioned for and was chosen to participate in the Mars Hill Music Festival in Spring 2010. Neil’s Eagle Scout project was planning and leading a team of scouts and leaders on an erosion project at Dan Nicholas Park’s Volkssport Trail. He acknowledges with gratitude the help of Troop 448 as well as the staff at Dan Nicholas Park. The son of Jim and Leslie Emmett of Salisbury, Neil is the grandR128883 son of Jo Franklin of Johnson City, Tenn.

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Faucette of Fuquay-Varina are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Amy Elizabeth Faucette, to Timothy Ryan Schenk of Salisbury. Amy is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Faucette and Mrs. Mary Caviness and the late Mr. Glenwood Caviness, all of Fuquay-Varina. She graduated from FuquayVarina High School in 2002 and graduated cum laude from Methodist University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Ryan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Schenk of Salisbury and the grandson of Mrs. Sue Schenk and the late Mr. Elmer Schenk of Salisbury and Mrs. Rena Miller and the late Mr. Jimmy Miller of Mooresville. A 2001 graduate of West Rowan High School, Ryan graduated from North Carolina State University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences. They both graduated from Methodist University Physician Assistant Program in 2008 with a Master’s in Medical Science. Amy is employed by Davidson Ear Nose Throat and Sinus Center in Thomasville, and Ryan is employed by Salisbury Orthopaedic Associates in Salisbury. A June 11 wedding is planned at Fuquay-Varina Baptist Church. R128893

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Woman’s Club News Teresa McKinney, RN, BC, BSN, Cardiac Rehab and Wellness, Rowan Regional Medical Center, presented the program “Heart Disease in Women” at the February Woman’s Club meeting. McKinney discussed the risk factors including age (55 or older for women), family history, gender, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, overweight/obesity, sedentary lifestyle and stress. She stated that 80% of women 40

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to 60 have one or more risk factors for heart disease. Ann Bingham gave devotions using the theme of divine love. Angela Bates, president, conducted the business session which included information about the GFWC-NC convention. Anita Foreman and Carolyn Myers, hostesses, decorated the tables with a valentine motif and snowmen. Trinity Oaks catered the meal.

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Ronnie Wayne Ashburn and Brenda Peacock Ashburn of Salisbury celebrated their 49th anniversary Feb. 11, 2011. Their celebrations include a two-week vacation at the North Myrtle Beach home of Connie Polk and friends and a party on the beach. The Ashburns were married Feb. 11, 1962, at South China Grove Methodist Church by the Rev. Ervin Cook. Ronnie retired after 19 years at Food Lion and after 21 years at National Starch. Brenda retired from Rowan Regional Medical Surgery Center’s Department after 38 years with the hospital. The couple’s children are Tracy Denise Ashburn Parrish (husband Gary) of Rockwell and Darren Wayne Ashburn of Woodleaf. They also have four grandchildren. R128894

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Anderson, SC tournament set The Westside Community Center will be the playing site for Anderson’s Sectional Tournament scheduled for 18-20. Feb. Linda Lewis is BILLY tournament chair. BURKE Marie Pugh and Dick Brisbin placed first in the weekly duplicate game last Tuesday evening at the Salisbury Woman’s Club. Other winners were: Myrnie and John McLaughlin tied with Gloria Bryant and Wayne Pegram for second. This was the deal on board 7 from Tuesday’s game: South dealer, both sides vulnerable NORTH 6  A Q 10 8 6 852  J 10 7 2

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SOUTH KQ9 K975 J3 AQ98 The McLaughlins defeated their South opponent’s four hearts contract one trick for the best E/W score on this deal. The Bryant/Pegram pair defeated their East opponent’s four spades doubled contract one trick for the top N/S score. In the Evergreen Club’s Feb. 4 duplicate game Carol and Harold Winecoff took first place. Other winners were: Ruth Bowles and Marie Pugh, second; Betsy Bare and Gloria Bryant, third; Margaret and Charles Rimer, fourth.    Billy Burke is ACBL, Life Master director of the Salisbury Woman’s Club weekly duplicate games.

BIRTHS Abbie Greer A daughter, Abbie, was born to Stephanie Harkey and William Greer of Woodleaf on Jan. 5, 2011, at Davis Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces. She has two brothers, Alex, 9, and Aden, 8. Grandparents are Sherry Leatherman of Woodleaf and Scott Harkey of Salisbury and Debbie Vestal and Charles Greer, both of Lexington. Great-grandparents are Jean Harkey of Salisbury and Wade and Novella Crotts of Woodleaf. Greatgreat grandparent is Minnie Crotts of Salisbury.

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A son, Cameron Blake, was born to Paul and Connie Eagle of Salisbury on Jan. 27, 2011, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces. He has a brother, Christian, 7, and a sister, Chloe, deceased. Grandparents are Duane and Vicke Gorman and Susan Berry, all of Salisbury, and the late Billy Eagle Jr. Great-grandparents are Sue and Donald Roe of Spencer, and Delmar Gorman and Wanda Hague, both of Rockwell.

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Terry and Sheila Hazlett of Salisbury are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Liza Catherine Hazlett, to James “Jayme” Aaron Broeckling, also of Salisbury. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Charles and Jean Rufty of Salisbury and Mattie Hazlett of Manassas Park, Va. A graduate of Salisbury High School, Liza is a student at Cabarrus College of Health Science. The future groom is the son of Dennis and Linda Broeckling of Salisbury and the grandson of Rita Broeckling of New Baden, Ill., and Louise Reynolds of Neoga, Ill. A 2002 graduate of Centralia High School in Centralia, Ill., Jayme is employed by Magna Composites. The couple will marry May 7 at The Saratoga Springs in Mount Pleasant. R128891

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KANNAPOLIS — Shasta Lynn Marie Motley and Jessi Ryan Thomas were united in marriage Feb. 12, 2011, at Highest Praise Worship Center. The bride is the daughter of Lori Safrit and David Kanipe of Salisbury and Delton Motley of Concord and the granddaughter of Lynne Mauldin and the late Tony Mauldin of China Grove, Cindy and Steve Fisher Sr. of Kannapolis, Frances Kanipe of Kannapolis and the late Ophie Myers of Mount Pleasant. A 2009 graduate of Jesse C. Carson High School, Shasta studied cometology at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and is employed by Bayada Nurses. The groom is the son of Jeff and Suprina Thomas of China Grove and the grandson of Betty and the late Ray Thomas and Betty and Clyde Morgan, all of China Grove. A graduate of South Rowan High School, Jessi is self-employed. The couple will make their home in Salisbury. R128892

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Get to the church on time — or be fined? SAO PAULO (AP) — A church in Brazil is trying to crack down on tardy brides by fining them $300 for showing up late to their own weddings. It's a common tradition in the South American nation for brides to arrive at least 10 minutes tardy. And it’s not unusual to be an hour late — or worse. Priest Roberto Carrara at the Nossa Senhora de Lourdes Cathedral in the small southern city of Apucarana is tired of wedding delays disrupting scheduled Masses and other ceremonies. Cathedral secretary Daiane Evaristo said Wednesday that couples will be required to leave a $300 check as deposit. They can only get it back if they're on time.

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Dear Amy: In recent months I have received a few Evite invitations to casual social gatherings (I can only presume they would not be used for formal occasions). These invitations display the names and e-mail addresses of all other invitees. Even worse, one is asked to reply with RSVP comments that will also be publicly displayed. I regard these invitations as a gross violation of privacy and common social etiquette. Should I just say “no thanks” and forget about it? Please use your column to help squelch this growing phenomenon. — Self-isolated

Dear John: I don’t think most people enjoy being stereotyped — or having to represent a particular constituency, but you demonstrate the ideal attitude when faced with these queries. • • • Dear Amy: I’ve been laughing about the letters from people about cleaning the house for “company.” When my kids were little, I cleaned the house when they were napping so they wouldn’t be underfoot. I realized I needed to let them see me doing housework when I was cleaning the toilet while they were awake, and they started dancing and shouting, “Grandma’s coming!” — Smiling

Dear Self-isolated: I would use this column to try and squelch this phenomenon, if only for the fact that I rather like Evites. Evites make it very easy for people to RSVP to invitations — and for hosts (and other guests) to keep track of who is attending. A prospective guest who has received an Evite doesn’t have to comment when responding — it is very easy to click the button stating, “I will Dear Smiling: And now (or will not) be able to attend.” I will happily run respons- the rest of us are smiling! es from other readers who Thank you. wish to weigh in on the grow• • • ing popularity of Internet-generated invitations. • • • Dear Amy: “Not Your Kid” wrote a letter to you expressing her frustration at being the youngest person at her of-

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who is ready to work independently. Refine your skills with as-needed assistance. Sorry, no beginners. Fee includes 25 pounds of clay per student, glazing materials, Adult Classes and firing. Class limited to 8 Evening Studio Classes students. Session II Instructor: Brenda Gariepy • Life Drawing Fee: $150 Member / $170 Age 18 and up Not Yet Member Tuesday evenings, 6:30-9 • Painting With Phyllis p.m., March 15, 22, 29, April Steimel …Loosen Up! 5, 12, 19 Age 16 and up For beginners as well as Thursday evenings, 6:30-9 repeat students, this class p.m., March 17, 24, 31, April 7, offers professional demon14, 21 strations and instruction Learn how to engage the with artist Don Michael. viewer of your paintings by Learn different methods to creating mystery in your make figure drawing easier, work! Learn exercises for the how to complete gesture and right side of the brain and how contour drawing, and the ba- to “loosen up” in your paintsics of sight measure. Put it ing. All skill levels in the mediall together to draw the figum of your choice. Call WVAC ure! Students will draw from or check the website for a manude models. Call WVAC or terials list prior to class. check the website for a maFee: $80 Member / $95 Not terials list prior to class. Yet Member Fee: $120 Member / $140 • Beginning Watercolor Not Yet Member Age 12 and up • Perfecting Your Darkroom Thursday evenings, 6:30-9 Skills, Session II p.m., March 17, 24, 31, April Age 16 and up 7, 14, 21 Tuesday evenings, 6:30-9 Discover the delights of p.m., March 15, 22, 29, April 5, free-flowing, vivid watercol12, 19 or! This class will cover the Students in this photogra- fundamental techniques of phy class will learn to be watercolor painting, includcomfortable in a darkroom ing materials, color mixing, environment, operating composition and brush work. darkroom equipment, devel- Designed for students with oping film, using processing little or no watercolor expechemicals, enlarging prints, rience and for those who using contrast filters, and want to refresh their knowlmore. For the experienced edge. Call WVAC or check photography student who the website for a materials wants to learn or refresh list prior to the first class. darkroom skills. Students Instructor: Marietta Foswill receive certification for ter Smith the use of the Linn-Norvell Fee: $75 Member / $90 darkroom. Bring your 35mm Not Yet Member film camera. WVAC provides two rolls of film and Children’s Saturday printing paper. Class is limWorkshops ited to 6 students. Instructor: Wayne Wrights • March Madness Messy Art! Fee: $100 Member / $120 Ages 4-5 Not Yet Member Saturday, March 19, 11:30 • Guided Pottery Studio a.m.-1:30 p.m. Come dressed to get (Wheel) messy and creative! StuAge 16 and up Tuesday evenings, 6:30-9 dents join instructor Debbie p.m., March 15, 22, 29, April 5, Hoffman in exploring various artistic mediums, includ12, 19 ing paint and paper-craft. Want to work on your Fee: $25 per child own, but still need a little • Family SmARTs! help? This intermediate Saturday, April 16, class is for the student with 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. previous wheel experience

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inked before her mother’s death, and her mother loved it, April says. Later, her father, brother and sister followed suit with tribute tattoos. April also has the image of the rabbit from the children’s book “Runaway Bunny,” a nod to her daughter Maelyn, 4. Another proud mom, Odelia Harrel from Concord, is looking to get a tattoo for her son, Zane, 5, who is “a miracle baby,” she says. Odelia chooses the White Rabbit studio, which is drawing attention at the show for its avant garde designs. “I looked at everybody’s books,” Odelia says, referring to the albums of tattoos that the artists use to showcase their work — from squids to cupcakes to detailed landscapes. Odelia doesn’t want a traditional black-outlined tattoo but something “soft and sweet” with the look of a watercolor painting. After she sees the design that’s been freehanded by Jes — of a mother cradling a child — she debates whether it should grace her arm or calf. She finally decides on her leg. She’s a nurse, she explains, and can’t have any tattoos that will be visible while she’s on duty. She waits while Jes prepares, gathering everything that will be needed, including latex gloves, dyes and antiseptic. In the meantime, the White Rabbit booth has also attracted Leah White, a Catawba College freshman. Artist Rachel Hauer, who studied printmaking in college, draws “The Great Wave,” a famous Japanese block print, at White’s request.

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What will make Leah’s tattoo stand out is also what will make it less obvious than most tattoos: the dye used to ink it will be white — a fairly recent trend in tattooing. Rachel notes that women request white tattoos much more frequently than men, who are generally looking to make a bolder statement. As Jes and Rachel go about their work, they seem relaxed and eminently approachable. You can picture them just as easily running a vegan restaurant, unlike some of the other artists, who are difficult to envision doing much else (except maybe fronting a death metal band). Lots of facial ink and piercings are certainly ingrained in the culture, but plenty of artists announce their artistic presence in subtler ways. Rachel, for example, says that even though her arms are tattooed, she comes across as more “normal” than many in her profession.

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ther people are flawed; they’re badly flawed. They're selfish, they're mean, they're cheap, they're sloppy, they’re lazy, and in most cases, they're completely unwilling to even acknowledge they're doing anything wrong. No matter how many times we point it out to them. People are hopelessly flawed. They always were, and they probably always will be. The only real hope we have for creating peace is for us to start seeing people for who they really are, both the good and the bad, and to not let their flaws keep us from enjoying them. I know why we get frustrated. “But you don’t know my in-laws; they’re awful.” “The guy who cheated my on that business deal, he can never be forgiven; that was my life savings!” “You have no idea how much my spouse has hurt me.” I've been there myself, and I have no doubt that you’ve been wronged. I’m not suggesting that you put up with mistreatment. But at a certain point, we have to get over ourselves and make peace with the fact that other people are dysfunctional. People are flawed, AND they’re also fabulous. If we want to have any relationships in our life at all, we’re going to have to start seeing some of their redeeming qualities, or we’ll drive ourselves nuts. And we’re going to have to admit that maybe we’re not right about everything. Because there’s one person’s flawed and fabulous nature we don’t talk about,

and that’s our own. It’s true; you’re probably just as flawed and fabulous as all the people you’re frustrated with. The trouble is, as hard as it is to accept the flawed and fabulous duality in others, sometimes it’s even harder to accept in ourselves. We’re usually either trying to pretend we're perfect, or we’re beating ourselves up because we’re not. We’re either trying to prove we’re right, or we’re terrified that we’re wrong. Much of the drama we create around the misdeeds of others is just our ego’s way of justifying our own position. But you can’t make peace with the flawed and fabulous nature of others until you make peace with your own flawed and fabulous self. We’re never going to get rid of our flaws any more than we’re ever all going to agree on politics, religion or sofa fabric.

But if we can make peace with the fact that we’re all flawed, and we’re also all fabulous, and that no one person is right about everything, things will start to change. Not just in our personal relationships, but in our businesses, our communities, and, lofty as it sounds, perhaps in the world. When we acknowledge that that good and bad exists within each of us, we no longer have anything to prove, to ourselves or to anyone else. The moment we decide to redirect our energy away from attacking and defending is the very moment that we open up a space to create something better, for ourselves and for others. You can’t create greatness if you’re locked in the middle of a debate. And you won’t find peace if your only goal is to get your way. It is only by lifting our hearts and minds to a larger vision that we can become who we were truly meant to be. Which is flawed and fabulous people who appreciate their fellow humans, even when they’re driving us nuts. This is excerpted from Lisa Earle McLeod’s newest book, “The Triangle of Truth: The Surprisingly Simple Secrete to Resolving Conflicts Large and Small.” For more information about Lisa Earle McLeod, go to www.triangleoftruth.com.

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“I desperately want to be part of the culture, but I can’t look like that,” she says. “I’ve had my face pierced, crazy hair ...it just never works,” she admits, adding that she’s more often pegged as an art student than a tattoo artist. Some inksmiths present an edgier image, flaunting facial tattoos that make one think of the cannibal Queequeg in Moby Dick (whose tattoos are described by Melville as “mysteries not even himself could read, though his own live heart beat against them.”) Others play the renegade with sinister attire, like a T-shirt that refers to “Lord Satan.” Whoever is chosen to indelibly leave their mark on living parchment, the procedure will be a strangely intimate act, however clinical it may seem. It’s an act that relies on a bond of trust that develops surprisingly quickly, since major skin-altering decisions are often made in a matter of minutes. “It’s very personal,” Jes says of the experience. “There’s always a connection that’s made when somebody is allowing another to inflict pain.” Like most artists, Jes works to accommodate her clients, but one trend she’d like to see in the rear view mirror is tribal tattooing. “It’s just ugly,” she says, as if to settle the matter. Jes predicts that in the coming years, tattooing “will continue to bring higher quality art, more fine art, finer, brighter colors and more creative lines.” She also believes that more art school graduates will be attracted to the profession as it continues to evolve. With no shortage of human canvases, the future of tattooing seems bright — though those old-school dark edges will surely remain.

The American Academy of Dermatology warns that there are risks and possible adverse reactions associated with tattoos, including infections, impetigo or cellulitis. There is also a risk of bloodborne diseases such as hepatitis and HIV, although there has been no documented spread of HIV by a professional tattoo artist with experience. Universal precautions should be used by tattoo studios. Look for inspection certificates to be certain. Hypersensitivity (allergies) may also develop to tattoo pigments. Tattoos may interfere with proper medical tests like an MRI; misdiagnoses could be made due to the iron oxide and heavy metal pigments in the tattoos. Tattoos are removable, but tattoo removal methods, like laser surgery, excision, dermabrasion, salabrasion and cosmetic over-tattoo, can be expensive, time-consuming and scarring. Skin is unlikely to return to its pretattoo condition, experts warn.

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Historic Salisbury Foundation held the 22nd Annual Andrew Jackson Society event Jan. 27 at Salisbury Station.

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Historic Salisbury Foundation held its 15th annual Table Tops luncheon recently, “La Dolce Vita,” with a preview party Thursday, Feb. 3 at historic Salisbury Station. On Jan. 27, the foundation hosted the Andrew Jackson Society annual event, also at Salisbury Station.

Guests at Historic Salisbury Foundation’s Table Tops preview party pose for a photo.

p Kari Hippert, Angie Allen and Alice Rich pose at the Table Tops preview party. t Guests admire one of the decorated tables. q Amy and Will Goodnight talk to Sarah Kellogg, president of Historic Salisbury Foundation, at the foundation’s annual Andrew Jackson Society event

Sonny and Janie Allen talk to Cynthia Jenkins, director of Historic Salisbury Foundation.

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