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Local board already has set policies on travel, ethics BY KARISSA MINN kminn@salisburypost.com

BY HUGH FISHER hfisher@salisburypost.com

HINA GROVE — The staccato rumble of an antique tractor engine, the sweet smell of fresh-popped kettle corn and row on row of ripe produce ... those are just some of the delights of Farmers Day. It’s a gathering that’s more than a time for food and fun. And it’s more than farming heritage, although that’s a main reason for the day’s festivities. More and more, Farmers Day is becoming an occasion for families to gather and catch up with those they don’t see so often. “It’s being able to come down, see friends, family and businesses,” Mayor Don Bringle said. The 29th annual Farmers Day boasted more than 120 vendors and two stages full of music acts. Terry Bradley, president of the South Rowan Y Service Club, also compared the event to a family reunion. Standing by containers of barbecue from Gary’s and rows

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A new state ABC reform bill not only splits appointments to the local board between Rowan County and its two cities, but also makes statewide changes to how local ABC systems are run. N.C. House Bill 1717 was passed by both houses this month and now awaits the governor’s expected signature. It gives more power to the state ABC Commission to oversee local operations and investigate suspicious activity or poor performance. The bill outlines several new requirements for all local boards. Linda Lowman, chair of the Rowan-Kannapolis ABC Board, said many of the bill’s requirements are already in place here, such as the adoption of ethics and nepotism policies. Others, such as operating on a balanced and public budget, will bring changes for the local board. “We’ve never had to have a budget, so that’s going to be something new for us,” Lowman said. Rowan County Commissioner Chad Mitchell said even though he wishes the local appointment changes had been discussed more openly to develop a compromise, he approves of the bill as a whole. “It makes some good changes in the ABC system,” Mitchell said. “It’s a good first step with regards to accountability.” The Rowan-Kannapolis ABC board has undergone changes of its own in the past year as well. Lowman said while there are some things she still wants to improve, the system has been moving in the right direction. “I feel good about what’s been going on for the last year,” Lowman said. “I feel like we’ve accomplished a lot and we’re on the right track.” In May of 2009, Commissioner Tina Hall, liaison to the ABC board, questioned the spending practices of the board in light of paltry distributions to the county and its municipalities. ABC board members said they had made a decision to use profits to aggressively pay down debt incurred when the Rowan and Kannapolis systems merged. County commissioners made it clear that they expected the ABC system to generate profit for the county and its municipalities, and distributions began to flow more freely. The board had approved $70,000 to be giv-

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Cameron Marion of Kernersville is a two-time winner of the Carolina Music Award for top female country vocalist in the state. She sang the national anthem Saturday.

Denver Wallace and Gracie Howerton were named age 3-5 Little Mr. and Miss Farmer.

Visitation tonight for three killed in plane crash BY HUGH FISHER hfisher@salisburypost.com

KANNAPOLIS — Mike Reavis, president and co-owner of Lady’s Funeral Home, has helped many families in their times of grief. Now, he and his staff are being consoled while also reaching out to their friends and loved ones. Family members of co-owner Danny Carroll, his wife Raychel Carroll and their granddaughter Mallory Fields will receive friends tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. at Concord First Assembly. The three died in a plane crash Wednesday in North Myrtle Beach. Services for the three will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the church. The Rev. Tom Whidden, Rev. Joe Phillips, Rev. Joel Ervin and Dr. Rick Ross will officiate. Concord First Assembly is located at 150 Warren C. Coleman Blvd., Concord. A private burial service will take place at a later time at Carolina Memorial Park. The Carrolls and Fields were on their way

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Raychel and Danny Carroll back to Concord on Wednesday when the single-engine Piper PA-28 carrying them crashed. Investigators are still trying to determine why the plane went down. Reavis, who has known Danny Carroll for more than 40 years, said his friend’s death is being felt around the nation. Carroll was a longtime member and past officer of the N.C. Funeral Directors Associ-

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ation, and was the organization’s representative to the National Funeral Director’s Association. In addition to being an active member of Concord First Assembly, he contributed his time to many charitable organizations. Reavis said his friend would be dearly missed. “We have received support phone calls from throughout the entire country and many visits from people close to us throughout the state,” Reavis said. Cards and letters of sympathy have already begun to pour in, he said. “We couldn’t have been blessed more by the response from everyone, and we are grateful to that,” he said. “It’s just been a great support to us to know that these people are thinking about us.” Reavis said he met Carroll more than 40 years ago when the two went to work at the Kannapolis funeral home. “We both came to work here at different

Mallory Grace Fields Pearlie M. P. Johnson Ruth R. Kernodle

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John “Jack” E. Nicolay Lillian “Lilli” B. Rousey Kenneth W. West, II

Among other things, N.C. House Bill 1717: • Gives greater oversight over local boards to the N.C. ABC Commission. • Gives a statutory guideline for board travel, allowing each local board to adopt its own travel policy consistent with the policy of the appointing authority. • Establishes performance standards for local ABC systems in the areas of enforcement of ABC laws, store appearance, operating efficiency, solvency and customer service. If stores or systems don’t meet these standards, they could face closure or be merged with another system. • Requires local boards to operate under a balanced budget made available to the public. • Requires each local board to adopt an ethics policy. • Creates a nepotism policy that prohibits immediate family members from supervising one another. • Caps compensation of board members to $150 per board meeting, and the salary for general managers to the salary of the clerk of superior court in the relevant county — unless the appointing authorities approve an increase. • Bans board members from accepting gifts from contractors doing business with their system or stores. • Outlines a procedure for removing board members who violate ABC laws or ethics rules. • Allows local boards to increase from three members to five.

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Modern day Einstein: N.C. man wins ‘The Great American Think-Off’ BY JOSH SHAFFER The News and Observer of Raleigh

RALEIGH (AP) — As great thinkers go, David Eckel defies the stereotype: He doesn’t have flyaway Einstein hair, or a tweed coat turned yellow from chalk dust, or the distracted mannerisms of a man lost inside equations. Plus, he comes from Clayton. Yet this month, Eckel won “The Great American Think-Off,” a national philosophy competition based in the far-flung Minnesota town of New York Mills. Taking $500 and a gold medal, Eckel outwrote, out-thought and out-persuaded roughly 350 also-rans, all of whom offered answers to this question: “Do the wealthy have an obligation to help the poor?” Eckel argued no — not because he’s callous or because he’s opposed to giving. He argued that

charity isn’t charity if you’ve got no choice. With that, he won the crowd. “Maybe one of the lessons here is there’s stuff hiding,” said Eckel, showing off the tri-colored ribbon around his neck. “If people stay in their isolation, and they don’t know that there are other folks right in their neighborhoods who hunger for the same thing, to change the world for the better, then why the hell are we here?” The think-off, now in its 18th year, is a feature event put on by the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center, the brainchild of the Finnish-settled town, population roughly 1,200. Its aim is to give ordinary thinkers the chance to spout off and compare notes, sharpening their rhetoric much like amateur savants in a college dorm. Its logo: Rodin’s “Thinker” perched upon a tractor.

friends will be able to take part in Monday’s service thanks to the National Funeral Directors Association, which has arranged for it to be broadcast on the Internet. Viewers can access the video feed Monday at www.eventbywire.com and enter the ID number 226-778. When prompted, enter the password: Danny Carroll. Windows Media Player software is required to view the webcast.

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times, but straight out of school,” Reavis said. “It was kind of put to me to be a mentor.” They became close friends from the start, Reavis said. Raychel Carroll was a retired business teacher, known for her years at A.L. Brown High School. Mallory was the daughter Contact Hugh Fisher via of Tony and Sara Carroll the editor’s desk at 704-797Fields. Reavis said that distant 4244.

ABC FROM 1a en to the county. It voted in July 2009 to turn over its remaining $211,000 in profits to the county as well. Debt payment has slowed as the board focuses on generating muchneeded funds for local governments in a down economy. In the first three quarters of the current fiscal year, July 2009 through March 2010, the board has distributed $186,465 in profits to local government. Mitchell said Wednesday that while changes made in the past year have been positive, especially in the area of distributions, he wishes they could have come about in a different way. “I certainly think that, at the very least, the county and the ABC board needed to have conversation about the paying down of debt and that whole philosophy,” Mitchell said. “I hate that the situation got to a point where appointments had to be seriously looked at and a change was made.” Lowman was appointed July 31 of last year to replace board member Gus Andrews, who was seeking reappointment. She was later named chair of the board over Marny Hendrick, who had served as chair for the past several years. Mitchell said expenses also needed to be examined, but he wishes it could have been done through conversations between the two boards. Last year, Hall requested public records of travel expenses and detailed salary information, which were released by the ABC Board after a struggle. The records showed Rowan-Kannapolis ABC employees spent $24,000 over two years at restaurants and hotels from Washington, D.C., to Orlando, Fla.

“New York Mills is out in the middle of nowhere,” Eckel said. “It makes Clayton look like a metropolis. The notion of ’The Thinker’ sitting on a tractor is apropos.” A computer and small-business consultant who moonlights as a golf instructor, Eckel honed his own thinking skills at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he started in electrical engineering and gravitated to business, always one step ahead of getting tossed out. He had never debated formally, as part of a team, though in a high school civics class in his hometown of Houston, he was once tasked with arguing in favor of Napoleon’s leadership. Every year, the think-off poses one question — Should same-sex marriage be prohibited? Is democracy fair? Is it ever wrong to do the right thing? — and Eckel had sent in the required 750-word essay

three times before. But this year was different. Eckel’s older brother John died of liver failure in November, and though Eckel knew about his brother’s wealth, he’d never known how much he’d given to charities aimed at saving Amazon rainforests. In the months after his brother’s death, Eckel wondered whether heftier donations to liver-related research could have saved his brother. As Eckel pondered this, the think-off announced this year’s charity-related question. The question came like a hanging curve ball, and Eckel hit it hard. He was already thinking about his brother’s generosity, and he decided it couldn’t be possible without personal choice. “If you force people,” he said, “human nature is going to be to push back. So the wealthy, instead of thinking about ’What can we do

to help?’ they’re going to be thinking, ’What can we do to get out of this?”’ Eckel’s essay earned him a finalist spot, one of four, and a trip to Minnesota. He read his essay to an audience of philosophy spectators, took a series of questions and ultimately came out ahead in the voting. “Several persons at the event offered that, while they did not necessarily agree with David’s position on the question, they felt he offered the strongest argument for his position of the final four,” wrote Jamie Robertson, executive director of the cultural center. Back home, Eckel isn’t basking in the title. He just hopes more people will weigh in for next year’s competition, and if they don’t go that far, will at least engage in some good-natured arguing. It’s what great thinkers do.

Two-year-old Massachusetts twins drown in family pool LYNNFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say twin toddler girls are dead after they drowned in the family swimming pool in Massachusetts. Essex District Attorney spokeswoman Carrie Kimball Monahan said police were called to the home in Lynnfield, about 17 miles north of Boston, at about 10:20 a.m. Saturday after a report of “babies in the pool.” Monahan said firefighters gave

Lowman said there has been no out-of-state travel reimbursed in the past year. (Marny Hendrick will be the sole board member attending the North Carolina ABC conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C., this month.) As a result, travel expenses and fees halved from $10,871 in 2008-09 to $5,427 in 2009-10. That includes $2,045 in expenses for manager Terry Osborne — $25 for meals, $145 for a conference and $1,875 listed as “travel/school program.” Hendrick was reimbursed $807 for mileage and conference fees. Store managers were reimbursed $2,625 for mileage. During the same time period, sales increased by $53,523 to $9.36 million. All hiring and all raises have been frozen, and any travel is decided on a case-bycase basis, Lowman said. “I feel like we’re doing good; we’re giving a net profit,” Lowman said. “I do believe that expenses are still too high. We’ll be looking at ways to cut those expenses in the coming years in order to make the Rowan-Kannapolis ABC more profitable. That is our goal — to be more profitable.” Lowman said she is looking forward to working with whoever is appointed this July 31, when Hendrick’s term ends. If Gov. Beverly Perdue signs the new bill by the end of the month as expected, that appointment will be made by the city of Salisbury. The city of Kannapolis will make the next appointment, and Rowan County will follow. Hall could not be reached for comment this past week. Commissioner Carl Ford, chairman of the county board, said he didn’t know enough about the ABC board’s activities in the past year to comment. Contact Karissa Minn at 704-797-4222.

CPR to 2-year-old Angelina and Veronica Andreottola before they were taken to Union Hospital in Lynn, where they were pronounced dead. She said the girl’s mother, Crystal Andreottola, was home at the time of the accident. Monahan said the girls may have somehow opened a remote pool cover, but authorities were still investigating what happened.

She said no foul play was suspected and no charges would be brought.

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Chunn commissioned in aviation Adam L. Chunn was commissioned a second lieutenant in Aviation with the U.S. Army ROTC at the University of North Dakota Dec. 19, 2009. On Dec. 18, 2009, Chunn graduated from UND with a Bachelor of Science in Commercial Aviation-helicopter. CHUNN S i n c e M a r c h , Chunn has been a Gold Bar Recruiter at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He reported to Fort Tucker, Ala., in July where he is assigned to the 1st Aviation Brigade. He will attend the Junior Officer Development Course, Phase 1, Dunker Course, AVN SERE Course and then attend the Initial Entry Rotary Wing Aviator Course. Chunn is the son of Don L. Chunn and Amy W. Chunn of Midland and the grandson of Mrs. Louise Waddell of Salisbury.

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Six days into their summer internship, the interns of the Army Minority College Relations Program (MCRP), including two Salisbury natives, Brooke Waller and Chanale Propst, are optimistic and enthusiastic about the opportunity they are involved in. The Minority College Relations Team PROPST (MCRT) has a tradition of excellence that began in 1996. Since 1997, the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intern program has grown in both spring and summer sessions, currently including 33 interns. In addition to 16 interns at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., this summer, there are two at Fort Hood, Texas, one at Fort Bragg, N.C., three at Iowa Army Ammunition WALLER Plant, Iowa, six at Crane Army Ammunition Activity, Ind., three at Tooele Army Depot, Utah, and two at Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Tenn. The mission of the MCRT is to develop collaborative programs within the Army Sustainment Command (ASC) and Joint Munitions Command (JMC) that will allow minority institutions to participate in federal programs and therefore enhance the commandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; future readiness through these partnerships. In support of the intern program, Vista Sciences Corporation was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army for the recruitment, administration and logistics support for the student intern program. Prospective interns go through an entailed application process. As a U.S. citizen, they must be a junior or senior in college, or a very recent college graduate from a minority institution such as a historically black, tribal or Hispanic college or university. They must provide a resume and a transcript to Vista, pass a security check, and only then may be matched to a specific job where they will complete a comprehensive project. Past projects have included updating of websites, computer modeling of production lines, performing continuous improvement studies, analyzing command budgets, editing command historical reports, writing articles and speeches for public affairs, completing facility engineering assessments and environment studies and developing mission-related databases. The main benefit to MCRP interns is the hands-on work experience in their field of study. In addition, they establish positive working relationships and networks. Before leaving, the interns receive information on the procedures to apply for government jobs, and on government and corporate resume writing. Each intern conducts an outbrief presenting their own personal and academic background and describes what they learned during the internship. Most of the interns said that they found out about the MCRP internship through their universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career development office or its website. Brooke Waller, a native of Salisbury, N.C., and a senior at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, N.C., heard about the internship by chance from a classmate. Waller said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I completed an internship last summer in Public Affairs for the North Carolina state treasurer, so I knew I wanted to do another internship with a government entity. This program is exactly what I was hoping for.â&#x20AC;?

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olive the basset hound gets a pet from passerby Kristi Adams at the Carolina Basset Hound Rescue tent during Farmers Day in China Grove.

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Wally the basset hound takes a break with his owner, Evelyn Helm of Lincolnton, at the Carolina Basset Hound Rescue tent at Farmers Day in China Grove.

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Fourlegged friends CHINA GROVE — For Wally the basset hound, a dog’s life is the only life to live. The 2-year-old dog with the trademark floppy ears and stubby legs of his breed seemed to be smiling Saturday as he stood by owner Evelyn Helm at Farmers Day in China Grove. But Wally hasn’t always had a happy life. When Candace Honeycutt of Carolina Basset Hound Rescue first saw him, he was skin and bones. Honeycutt rescued Wally from the Rowan County Animal Shelter, where he and another basset hound had been taken. It looked as if they’d just been driven out into the county and tossed out of the car, she said. “They were skin and bones.” That was last October. Now, after months of readjustment, healthy diet and love, Wally is a part of the Helm household. “He’s livin’ the high life,” Helm said. Wally has a house with a doggie door so he can run outside and play. Helm brought him back up to Rowan County to help promote Carolina Basset Hound Rescue at Farmers Day. The group came out to the event to show off some dogs currently up for adoption and others who found new homes through the agency. Honeycutt, who lives in Rockwell, now has two dogs of her own and some-

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The Rowan County Board of Commissioners will consider supporting a group home for homeless veterans when the board meets at 7 p.m. Monday at the Rowan County Administration Building, 130 W. Innes St. Scott Redinger is working to develop the 24-unit Liberty Square behind Salisbury Mall. Redinger is asking the county and Salisbury each to pledge up to $250,000 in local support. The funds would be due in 2013. The city has already approved a rezoning for the project. Liberty Square would be a partnership between Redinger’s business, the Veterans Administration and local governments. Redinger intends to build the facility with a monthly subsidy provided by the VA on behalf of each housed veteran. In a separate item, the board’s consent agenda includes setting an Aug. 2 public hearing on an investment grant request for “Project Nomad,” the $5 million expansion of a so far unidentified local company that employs 134 workers. Robert Van Geons, executive director of RowanWorks, says in a letter to commission Chairman Carl Ford that the proposed investment would reinforce the company’s presence in Rowan by replacing outdated equipment and expanding production, a step that could add 20 jobs. Other items on the board’s agenda include: • A proclamation for Read to Your Child Days. • An amendment on the county’s lease with the state for probation office space. • The Board of Elections’ application for a $30,931 state grant. The money would be used to buy supplies for a new one-stop voting site at Spencer Fire Department and to pay salaries at all one-stop sites. • Designation of a delegate to attend the N.C. Association of County Commissioners Annual Conference Aug. 26-29 in Pitt County. • Martin Marietta’s plan to allow four acres of property between U.S. 801 and Quarry Road to be used as a new site for Woodleaf Fire Department. The company has submitted a Special Non-Residential Intensity Allocation request. • A resolution for the 2010 Updated Hazard Mitigation Plan. • Other reports, requests, amendments and appointments.

Former family law attorney takes the lead at Family Crisis Council BY SHAVONNE POTTS spotts@salisburypost.com

Before Lucretia Trent became a criminal and family law attorney, she counseled domestic violence victims and developed programs for the Family Crisis Council of Rowan County. She recently went back to her roots, taking the helm as executive director of the nonprofit agency that specializes in helping those affected by rape, incest, sexual assault and domestic violence. Trent, a Rowan County native, took the position in March after practicing law for more than 20 years. She found out about the agency’s search for an executive director in January and was shocked to find herself drawn to the opportunity. “It’s not anything I ever thought of until the opportunity became available,” she said. Trents operated a solo practice and now she manages more people, she said.

Since taking on her new role, she has been working with staff to retool some of the existing programs, like the sexual assault program. Trent also wants to shift the focus to empowering victims, “to be able to take control of their lives and give them that guidance and support,” she said. There is a distinct difference between rescuing a person and empowering them, Trent said. “There’s a saying, ‘give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime,’ ” she said. She hopes to teach the people who receive services from the Family Crisis Council to gain the power to make positive changes in their lives. “We don’t want to damage them further by taking control,” Trent said. The organization in a sense is anonymous, she said, because when people seek help, they rely on anonymity for their safety. “It’s a double-edged sword,” she said.

Trent would like to get the word out about the organization to those who aren’t sure what services are available. The organization provides a variety of services, including 24/7 crisis intervention and counseling, a temporary shelter for victims of domestic violence, a rape and sexual assault program, court advocacy and support groups. Another one of Trent’s goals is to amp up volunteer participation by encouraging local residents use their niche to lend a hand. She said there may be someone who’s interested in Web design or someone who can help organize events. She said building a stronger relationship with law enforcement agencies is another important step. Trent earned both her bachelor’s in psychology and master’s degree in human development from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. She received her law degree from the UNC-Chapel Hill. Trent became Salisbury’s first

uniformed female police officer in 1975. She began as a dispatcher and later a patrol officer. While working as a social worker at Nazareth Children’s Home in Rockwell, she counseled children and supervised house parents. Trent worked as a staff attorney for the Rowan County Department of Social Services before entering private practice. “I really like what I’m doing,” she said. In her spare time, Trent makes jewelry, “simple beading,” she says. She also does paper crafts such as scrapbooking and making greeting cards. She enjoys spending time with her two dogs, a Vizsla named Goofy and a basset hound named Coco. She has a Siamese cat named Lily. Trent has also semi-adopted a mockingbird she rescued. The baby bird fell out of its nest and she created a nest of sorts in a tree so the mama bird can still have access.

LUCRETIA TRENT The Family Crisis Council of Rowan County is a United Way agency, located at 131 W. Council St. For more information about the Family Crisis Council, call 704-6364718. Contact Shavonne Potts at 704797-4253.

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OBITUARIES Raychel S. Cody Carroll Mallory Grace Fields

Daniel Charles “Danny” Carroll KANNAPOLIS — Daniel Charles “Danny” Carroll, 54, with his wife, Raychel Cody Carroll, and granddaughter, Mallory Grace Fields, by his side, passed away on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Service: A Celebration of Life Service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, July 19 at Concord First Assembly. Rev. Tom Whidden, Rev. Joe Phillips, Rev. Joel Ervin and Dr. Rick Ross will officiate. Visitation: The family will receive friends tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. at the church. Danny was born Sept. 24, 1955, in Baltimore, Md. He was a son of Dr. Charles Fisher Carroll, Jr. and Marilyn Wolf Carroll. He was a lifelong funeral director having worked at Lady's Funeral Home & Crematory in Kannapolis since 1973 and becoming part-owner in 1980 and serving as Vice-President and Secretary. Along with being a member of Concord First Assembly, Danny was heavily involved in the Multimedia Dept., was a former choir member and was part of the following organizations: YMCA board member; president-elect of Kannapolis Rotary Club; sat on the Salvation Army Board and served as a Kettle Captain; Gideon's International; Past-District Director, Secretary-Treasurer, Vice-President and Past-President of the NC Funeral Directors Association; and current NC Representative on the National Funeral Directors Association's policy board. In addition to his parents, Danny is survived by two daughters, Kimberly C. Page and husband Nick of Burlington and Sara C. Fields and husband Tony of Concord; four brothers, Michael W. Carroll and wife Kathy of Lanai, Hawaii, David B. Carroll and wife Shea of Pinehurst, Douglas R. Carroll and wife Jenny of Concord and John S. Carroll and wife Jennifer of Concord; two sisters, Cynthia C. Dixon and husband Michael of Highland Park, Ill., Elizabeth C. Kivett and husband David of Lilburn, Ga.; five grandchildren, Turner Grady Page, McKenzie Rae Page, Spencer Charles Page, all of Burlington, and Preston Dale Fields of Nicholson, Ga., and Brayden Christopher Fields of Concord; and a number of nieces and nephews. Memorials: May be sent to Gideon's International, P.O. Box 52, Kannapolis, NC 28082. The family and the staff of Lady's Funeral Home & Crematory would like to thank all who have sent their thoughts, prayers and condolences. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.ladysfuneralhome.com.

Kenneth 'Kenny' Wayne West, II SALISBURY — Kenneth “Kenny” Wayne West, II, 38, of Salisbury, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 15, 2010, at Tucker Hospice House following a lengthy battle with cancer. Kenny was born April 1, 1972, in Union County, son of Kenn W. West, I and Diane H. West of Union County. Service: A Memorial Service for Kenny will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 18, at Rodgers Park Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Ralph Robinette. Visitation: The family will receive friends at the church following the memorial service. Prior to ill health Kenny was a fuel truck delivery driver. He had driven for Red's Oil Company and most recently Barefoot Oil Company in Concord. He loved to get to know his customers, each of which he considered his friends. He also enjoyed racing, NASCAR and NHRA. His dream was to work professionally for a NASCAR race team. He also enjoyed working outside, having planted his first garden this year. Kenny and his family are members of Rodgers Park Baptist Church where he enjoyed working with the youth of the church as much as his health permitted. He dearly loved his church and helped with the AWANA Program. He was a fan of the Andy Griffith show and attended “Mayberry Days” in Mt. Airy. He also loved bluegrass and old county music. Kenny assisted coaching his daughter's ball teams at Kannapolis Dixie Youth as long as his health permitted. Kenny is survived by his wife of 13 years, Crystal Morrow West, whom he married March 8, 1997; an eight year old daughter, Sarah Grace West; parents, Kenn W. and Diane H. West of Union County; brother, Robby West and wife, Kim of Union County; nieces and nephews, Josh West, Sloan Tracy, Kaylee Putnam, Trent and Jax West; uncle, Rick West and wife, Lynn; aunt, Harriett Smith; uncle, Buzz Helms and wife, Betsy; mother and father-in-law, Jean and CD Bostian; fatherin-law, Robert Morrow, Jr.; brother-in-law, Jesse Bostian; aunts, Kim Hall and husband, Joe; and their children, Jonathan and Joshua, Judy Lomax and husband, Gene; and their son, Tony, Kim Cline and husband, Jerry; and their children, Jeremy and Kacey; grandmother/grandfather-in-laws, Phyllis Morrow and Coy Little. Also survived by Johnny and Carolyn Franklin of Hendersonville, whom he considered his second parents along with their children, Tammy Coch and April Summey. He was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Evelyn and Lawrence Helms; paternal grandparents, Wayne and Kate West; uncle, Larry Smith. Memorials: Memorials may be made to Rodger's Park Baptist Church, 309 East 24th Street, Kannapolis, NC 28083. Whitley's Funeral Home is serving the family of Mr. West. Online condolences may be made www.whitleysfuneralhome.com.

KANNAPOLIS — Raychel Susanne Cody Carroll, 66, with her husband, Danny Carroll, and granddaughter, Mallory Grace Fields, by her side, passed away on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Service: A Celebration of Life Service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, July 19 at Concord First Assembly. Rev. Tom Whidden, Rev. Joe Phillips, Rev. Joel Ervin and Dr. Rick Ross will officiate. Visitation: The family will receive friends tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. at the church. Raychel was born May 15, 1944, in Oswego, N.Y. She was a daughter of the late Rev. Ray Spencer Cody and Bertha Lillian Morton Cody. She was a retired teacher, having taught in the Kannapolis City School System for 27 years. Along with being a member of Concord First Assembly, Raychel taught in the Specialized Ministries and Girls Ministries and formerly sang in the choir. She held a monthly ladies Bible study in her home. She was also a member of the Retired School Teacher's Association and the Gideon's Auxiliary. For many years, she served as a youth advisor at Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church, where her father had served as minister. Raychel is survived by two daughters, Kimberly C. Page and husband Nick of Burlington and Sara C. Fields and husband Tony of Concord; sister Nancy C. Porter and husband Harry of Pasadena, Texas; five grandchildren, Turner Grady Page, McKenzie Rae Page, Spencer Charles Page, all of Burlington, and Preston Dale Fields of Nicholson, Ga., and Brayden Christopher Fields of Concord; a number of nieces and nephews; and her special best friend, Rosie Beaver of Kannapolis. Memorials: May be sent to Gideon's International, P.O. Box 52, Kannapolis, NC 28082. The family and the staff of Lady's Funeral Home & Crematory would like to thank all who have sent their thoughts, prayers and condolences. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.ladysfuneralhome.com.

Wilma P. Chapman

KANNAPOLIS — Mallory Grace Fields, 4, with her grandparents, Danny & Raychel Carroll, by her side, passed away on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Service: A Celebration of Life Service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, July 19 at Concord First Assembly. Rev. Tom Whidden, Rev. Joe Phillips, Rev. Joel Ervin and Dr. Rick Ross will officiate. Visitation: The family will receive friends tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. at the church. Mallory was born Nov. 24, 2005, in Concord. She was the daughter of Tony Christopher Fields and Sara Carroll Fields. She was a member of Gospel Lighthouse Church in China Grove and went to preschool at Eastwood Kiddie Kollege in Kannapolis. In addition to her parents, she is survived by two brothers, Brayden Christopher Fields of the home and Preston Dale Fields of Nicholson, Ga.; paternal grandparents Vickie and Ricky Fields of Salisbury; paternal greatgrandmothers Evelyn Fields of Harrisburg and Christine Porter of Concord; maternal great-grandparents Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Carroll of Concord; aunts and uncles Kimberly and Nick Page of Burlington, Sheryee and Scott Hill of Salisbury and Brett Fields of Salisbury; six cousins, Turner Page, McKenzie Page and Spencer Page, all of Burlington, Emmalee Hill, Liberty Hill, and Cheyanne Hill, all of Salisbury; and her best friend, Allie Dulin. Memorials: May be sent to Gideon's International, P.O. Box 52, Kannapolis, NC 28082; or Gospel Lighthouse Church, 453 Concordia Church Road, China Grove, NC 28023. The family and the staff of Lady's Funeral Home & Crematory would like to thank all who have sent their thoughts, prayers and condolences. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.ladysfuneralhome.com.

SALISBURY — Ruth R. Kernodle, age 83, of Salisbury, passed away Saturday, July 17, 2010, at Genesis Healthcare. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time. Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Kernodle family.

- Army Staff Sgt. Marc A. Arizmendez, 30, of Anaheim, Calif.; and - Army Spc. Roger Lee, 26, of Monterey, Calif.; and - Army Pfc. Michael S. Pridham, 19, of Louisville, Ky., died July 6 at Qalat, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. --------------

- Army Pfc. Anthony W. Simmons, 25, of Tallahassee, Fla., died July 8 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire. --------------

- Army Spc. Robert W. Crow, 42, of Kansas City, Mo., died July 10 in Paktika, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. --------------

- Army Spc. Joseph W. Dimock II, 21, of Wildwood, Ill, died July 10 in Salerno, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident when an explosion occurred in an ammunition holding facility during an inventory. --------------

- Army Sgt. Donald R. Edgerton, 33, of Murphy, N.C., died July 10 near Char Dara, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. --------------

- Army Staff Sgt. Jesse W. Ainsworth, 24, of Dayton, Texas, died July 10 near Walakan, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. --------------

- Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Antonik, 29, of Crystal Lake, Ill., died July 11 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. --------------

- Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel G. Raney, 21, of Pleasant View, Tenn., died July 9 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. --------------

- Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler A. Roads, 20, of Burney, Calif., died July 10 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. --------------

- Army Spc. Carlos J. Negron, 40, of Fort Meyers, Fla., died July 10 at Asadabad, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered at Konar, Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his unit with rifle and small arms fire. --------------

- Army Pfc. Nathaniel D. Garvin, 20, of Radcliff, Ky., died July 12 at Forward Operating Base Frontenac, Afghanistan (Kandahar, Afghanistan), of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. --------------

- Army Sgt. Shaun M. Mittler, 32, of Austin, Texas, died July 10 in Konar, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit using rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fires. --------------

John “Jack” E. Nicolay

CONCORD — John “Jack” E. Nicolay, 77, of 890 Lyerly Pearlie Mae Johnson Ridge Rd., died Thursday, SALISBURY — Pearlie July 15, 2010, at his residence Mae Perkins Cook Johnson, following an extended illness. age 92, of Genesis Healthcare Funeral services are pending Center, passed away on Satur- and will be announced later. day, July 17, 2010, at Rowan Whitley's Funeral Home is Regional Medical Center. serving the Nicolay family. Mitchell & Fair Funeral Service is serving the Johnson family.

Ruth R. Kernodle

KANNAPOLIS — Wilma Pauline Childers Chapman, 94, died Thursday, July 15, 2010, at Transitional Health Services. Born May 17, 1916, in Alexander County, she was the daughter of the late Charle Ozzie Childers and Dollie Robinett Childers. Wilma was a member of Blackwelder Park Baptist Church and had worked in the Sheet Department at Cannon Mills for 46 years. As a true matriarch, she displayed great commitment and care to her family. At the Chapman family home there was always fresh laundered clothes, a home-cooked meal, and of course, an endless supply of homemade pie. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, James Atwell Chapman in 1992; and a greatgrandson; Samuel Chapman in 2009. She is survived by her daughter, Phyllis Chapman of Kannapolis; her son, Charles Chapman (Sandra) of Kannapolis; four grandchildren, Alan Chapman (Krista) of Kannapolis, Brian Chapman (Allison) of Waynesville, Carla Fulton (Brad) of Durham and David Chapman of Charlotte; four great-grandchildren, Will and Henry Chapman and Joshua and Katie Fulton; and three step-grandchildren, Brianne, Bryson and Braden White. Service and Burial: Her funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Blackwelder Park Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Stan Welch, Rev. Keith Kannenberg and Rev. Roger Head. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. Visitation: The family will receive friends from 2-3 p.m. Monday at the church. Memorials: Memorials may be made to Blackwelder Park Baptist Church c/o Building Fund 2299 N. Main Street Kannapolis, NC 28081 and/or Tucker Hospice House 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.

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- Army Spc. Christopher J. Moon, 20, of Tucson, Ariz., died July 13 at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device on July 6 in Arghandab, Afghanistan.

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WILMINGTON (AP) — On a 97-degree Thursday in Wilmington, when most were taking refuge in their air-conditioned homes, Jeff Bridgers stood determinedly in front of an Industrial Revolution-era furnace in the blacksmith hut at Poplar Grove Plantation. He twirled a long, thin piece of steel around in the furnace until it glowed bright yellow, then hammered and tapered the softened metal to a precise point. He did this as many times as it took to get it right, hammering, twisting and curving until he forged the perfect embellished S-hook. “There’s not a lot of people that do this,” Bridgers said as he cranked the manual furnace, heating the steel to his desired temperature of 1,500 degrees. “But there aren’t a lot of people who blacksmith anymore.” As a blacksmith, Bridgers takes a lot of heat for his chosen profession, one that not only makes it difficult for him to be taken seriously in the architecture and design community but also makes it hard to sustain a solid living. Humans discovered iron in prehistoric times, and by the early days of civilization were forging metals to make tools and weapons. By the medieval period, every town had its own blacksmith, until the advent of factories and mass production reduced the demand. As a result, many blacksmiths took up shoeing horses, and when most people think of modern-day blacksmiths, that’s still what they envision, Bridgers said. “People don’t really know what it is anymore,” he said. “I could probably make a horseshoe, but I wouldn’t be able to fit it to a horse. ... Horseshoers are called farriors, and I’m not a farrior. I do ornamental iron work. Some people call it art — I would definitely call it art.” Bridgers first became interested in smithing five years ago, when he began to appreciate the detail in handforged work, like iron gates, he passed on the street. He received his welding degree from Cape Fear Community College around that time and took a job at a crane factory before embarking on his own blacksmithing business, called Black Heat Forge, in the summer of 2008. “I would sit there and weld all day long and I would be like, man, this is monotonous.’ It’s not what I wanted to go to school for. I wanted to go to school to learn how to make decorative metal stuff,” he said. “That’s when I discov-

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Custom piece ered blacksmithing. Just getting a raw piece of metal — a straight, boring piece of metal — and taking it and turning it into life.” As passionate as he is, Bridgers is finding it difficult to make a life out of his craft — he is already considering going back to school in the fall to become a paramedic. Other blacksmiths in town have fulltime jobs, too, Bridgers said, but his goal is to get enough custom work to make smithing his biggest commitment. “I have a wife and a house and things like that,” he said. “She’s very supportive, but I feel the need to pick it up a notch and keep going. It’s just going to be hard to line up enough jobs to where I feel comfortable enough.” Bridgers invested in modern smithing equipment like a propane forge, and he does custom jobs out of his home studio in Wilmington. He volunteers in the more traditional blacksmith shop at Poplar Grove during the week, making smaller pieces like Shooks for tourists or school field trips. He will sometimes show and sell his work at local art fairs and gift shops. But when it comes to really making a name for himself as a blacksmith and selling large, custom, hand-forged pieces, Bridgers struggles — and the economy hasn’t helped. Recently, Bridgers attempted to market himself to local contractors and architects around Wilmington — seven of them, to be exact — but their business seems to be hurting even more than his, he said. Membership in the North Carolina chapter of the ArtistBlacksmith’s Association of North America has actually doubled over the last five years. Even so, Bridgers has been hard-pressed to find an architect that will give him the time of day, let alone a job. “I feel like the real estate and the housing and the building community, they’re so wrapped up in just throwing stuff together and so used to. ... stuff that can be made in no time flat, and they just totally forget about something

But when downtown Wilmington resident Mary Margaret Konz was in the market for a custom handrail for her loft bedroom, a quote from Bridgers only increased her excitement. “I had already interviewed quite a few welders, and I’d been getting quotes for like two or three years, and I just didn’t like the work I had seen. It looked manufactured,” said Konz, who had built a sleeping loft in her small studio condo but needed a handrail on the stairs leading up to and around the area. “It makes a huge impact when you walk in the door, so I was really picky on how that was going to appear in such a small space.” After going through three different drawings, Bridgers and Konz settled on a Frenchstyle design with very few straight lines. Bridgers spent 40 hours over four weeks constructing the piece and installed it in mid-June. “I wanted something that was a timeless piece, and I also wanted something that was unique. You cannot find this at Home Depot or Lowe’s,” Konz said. “For this particular piece, in this space, it’s basically a piece of art in my home. ... It’s so beautiful, it took my breath away. I’m so glad I waited three years.” Konz loved the end result so much, she has already recommended Bridgers’ work to friends. Word-of-mouth has been the best form of marketing so far, said Bridgers, who was recommended to design custom iron work for the new Crow Hill restaurant at 9 S. Front Street and will start work on it soon. “My stuff takes you back in time when you see it. ... I think about that a lot, and I love doing it,” Bridgers said. “Personally, when I’m making something, I feel like I’m human again, not just part of this system. I think when people see my iron work, hopefully they will see a craft brought back to life, and maybe they’ll feel a little bit more separated from the everyday hustle and bustle and economy and everything else.”

Police investigate shooting at Carolina Ale House RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina police are investigating the shooting death of a 27-year-old man outside a restaurant. Raleigh police spokesman Jim Sughrue said in a news release that officers found Jason Wright in the parking lot of the Carolina Ale House about 2 a.m. Saturday. He was pronounced dead at Duke University Medical Center in Durham. Sughrue said investigators don’t think the shooting was a random act. Police are asking for anyone who was at the restaurant Friday night to call investigators at 919-996-3555. Anonymous tipsters can call Raleigh CrimeStoppers at 919-834HELP.

Police say man tortured child left in his care SMITHFIELD (AP) — Police have arrested a North Carolina man after investigators say he tortured a 4-yearold girl left in his care.

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Military officials say 7 NC-based soldiers killed FORT BRAGG (AP) — Military officials say seven North Carolina-based soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan. All seven were from Fort Bragg. The Department of Defense announced on Friday that four soldiers were killed in Zabul province on July 14.

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They were identified as 21year-old Spc. Chase Stanley of Napa, Calif.; 26-year-old Spc. Jesse D. Reed of Orefield, Penn.; 21-year-old Spc. Matthew J. Johnson of Maplewood, Minn. and 24year-old Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher of Ballwin, Mo. They were assigned to the 20th Engineer Brigade. Three 82nd Airborne Division soldiers were killed on July 13 in Kandahar City. They were identified as 23year-old 1st Lt. Christopher S. Goeke of Apple Valley, Minn.; 34-year-old Staff Sgt. Christopher T. Stout of Worthville, Ky.; and 27-yearold Staff Sgt. Sheldon L. Tate, 27, of Hinesville, Ga.

Airport ends six-year legal fight over newspaper boxes RALEIGH (AP) — Raleigh-Durham International Airport is ending its six-year fight to ban newspaper vending boxes while allowing DVD rental machines and prepaid telephone card dispensers. The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority said it will install news racks after the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., this week denied its request for a rehearing, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday. The newspaper sued the airport in 2004 along with The Durham Herald Co., The New York Times Co. and Gannett Co., which publishes USA Today. The publishers argued the airport’s ban was a free-speech violation. “The Authority claimed its total newsrack ban was justified by revenue, security, congestion, and aesthetic concerns. But those claims suffered from the fact that the Authority allowed installations dispensing every other item a traveler might conceivably buy,” Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote in the ruling. The authority said it would pick one location in the ticketing area and a second in the baggage claim area in each of the airport’s two terminals to cluster newspaper boxes.

Johnston County sheriff’s spokeswoman Tammy Amaon said the girl remained in critical condition Saturday at UNC Hospitals. Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell says 21-yearold Douglas Richardson of Smithfield was charged with felony child abuse with severe bodily injury after he took the child to a hospital Friday claiming she had been hurt in a fall from a bed. Bizzell said there was evidence of sexual abuse and the girl had a serious head injury along with bites, cuts and bruises all over her body. Richardson was being held at the Johnston County jail. It was not clear whether he has an attorney.

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After 42 years in office, lawmaker casts last vote in middle of the night fective at helping his cronies and his friends, but as far as helping the general public his county is one of the poorest counties in North Carolina,” said Bettie Fennell, a Republican who narrowly lost to Soles in the 2008 election. Then there are the odd events back home. Soles, a lifelong bachelor who has amassed wealth through his law practice, said he tries to help neighbors and clients by giving them money for necessities so they can try to turn their lives around. He called local police numerous times over two years to warn of men whom officers charged with trespassing at his home. Often, Soles declined to press charges, but he did pepper-spray one of them, according to police reports and his own account. associated press

sen. r.c. soles Jr., left, greets sen. Jim Jacumin during a break in recent activity in raleigh. soles was the longest continuously serving lawmaker before casting his last vote. elected to the House in 1968 before switching to the Senate in 1977 for the rest of his 21 two-year terms. His 98year-old father died in May, after he had already decided not to run again. “It’s been a good ride,” an emotional Soles said. “I’ve had good and bad. I have tried to avoid criticizing those who have thrown the stones. I’ve tried to be courteous and nice

to those who threw bouquets. But I really don’t have any regrets.” The attorney represents three largely rural southeastern counties and is known jokingly back home as “The Boss” or “The Godfather” because of how he used his understanding of the legislative process to get things done for his district, like getting a prison built in 2008 that gen-

erated more than 500 jobs. His larger-than-life persona back home led to complaints he was too powerful or only looked out for his friends. This year, Soles filed a bill that would have allowed his local district attorney — who wasn’t involved in his criminal case — to get retirement benefits earlier when he leaves office this year. Soles “may have been ef-

The most violent incident was last August, when a prosecutor said Soles shot exclient Kyle Blackburn in the leg after another man with him tried to kick open the door of the lawmaker’s home in Tabor City, about 140 miles south of Raleigh. Blackburn wasn’t badly hurt, but the state Attorney General’s office charged Soles with a felony. Soles’ attorneys said he shot Blackburn in self-defense but he ultimately took a plea deal. A former client also claimed Soles fondled him more than a decade ago when he was 15, though he later recanted. The State Bureau of Investigation is still reviewing the claims, according to a spokeswoman. Soles has said he didn’t molest the boy.

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Brain-imaging center shut down over drugs that failed quality control tests NEW YORK (AP) — A respected brain-imaging center run by Columbia University has halted some research after federal officials repeatedly complained that patients were getting drugs that failed purity tests. The Food and Drug Administration found in a series of inspections that the center had failed to correct manufacturing problems in a lab that makes experimental drugs injected into psychiatric patients to help capture images of brain activity. In one warning letter, an FDA office in New York described problems dating back to at least 2004. It cited a litany of violations, including

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First family enjoys time on Maine coast BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — President Barack Obama and the first family played tennis and took in the sights around a Maine resort Saturday even as he contemplated a new struggle over jobless benefits with his GOP foes. After a first vacation day packed with biking, boating and a visit to the summit of Cadillac Mountain, Saturday’s program was more laid-back. The Obamas went to the Bar Harbor Club to play tennis and “hang out” at the pool, spokesman Bill Burton said. Then they motorcaded across Mount Desert Island to a hotel overlooking Southwest Harbor. Lunch was served against a backdrop of sailboats swinging at anchor in a gentle breeze. The Obamas toured Bass Harbor Head Light, in the southwest corner of Acadia National Park. Built in 1858 on an outcrop overlooking Blue Hill Bay, the lighthouse is run by the Coast Guard. “It looks spectacular,” Obama said as he and his family were led on

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Gulf showing new signs of life as oil stops flowing; more monitoring ahead NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Gulf Coast found itself in an odd moment of limbo Saturday: The oil has been stopped, but no one knows if it’s corked for good. The clock expired on BP’s 48-hour observation period and the government added another day of critical monitoring. Scientists and engineers were optimistic that the well showed no obvious signs of leaks, but were still struggling to understand puzzling pressure readings emerging from the bottom of the sea. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government’s point man on the crisis, decided Saturday that after the testing was complete, the cap will be hooked up through pipes to ships on the surface that will collect the oil. That likely means releasing crude back into the water temporarily to relieve pressure. It still would not be gushing at the rate it had been before BP’s latest fix. There were signs that people were trying to get life — or at least a small part of it — back to normal. In coastal Alabama, lounge chairs for rent outside of hotels were full and swimmers bobbed in emerald green water virtually oil-free, save for a few small tar balls. Calls started flooding into the reservations switchboard at Kaiser Realty Inc. in Gulf Shores, Ala., almost as soon as BP confirmed Thursday that the oil had stopped flowing, said marketing director Emily Gonzales. “Are they what we want them to be? No, but it is far better than it was,” she said. People also were fishing again, off piers and in boats, after most of the recreational waters in Louisiana were reopened.

Man with neo-Nazi ties leading armed citizen patrols in desert PHOENIX (AP) — Minutemen groups, a surge in Border Patrol agents, and a tough new immigration law aren’t enough for a reputed neo-Nazi who’s now leading a militia in the Arizona desert. Jason “J.T.” Ready is taking matters into his own hands, declaring war on “narco-terrorists” and keeping an eye out for illegal immigrants. So far, he says his patrols have only found a few border crossers who were given water and handed over to the Border Patrol. Once, they also found a decaying body in a wash, and READY alerted authorities. But local law enforcement are nervous given that Ready’s group is heavily armed and identifies with the National Socialist Movement, an organization that believes only non-Jewish, white heterosexuals should be American citizens and that everyone who isn’t white should leave the country “peacefully or by force.” “We’re not going to sit around and wait for the government anymore,” Ready said. “This is what our founding fathers did.” An escalation of civilian border watches have taken root in Arizona, various groups patrol the desert on foot, horseback and in airplanes and report suspicious activity.

Mexican drug cartel makes first successful car bomb attack CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — The first successful car bombing by a drug cartel

brings a new dimension of terror to a Mexican border region already shocked by random street battles, bodies dangling from bridges and highway checkpoints mounted by heavily armed criminals. The attack, seemingly lifted from an alQaida playbook, demonstrated that the cartels are a step ahead of both an already guarded public and federal police, who have recently taken over command from the military of the battle against traffickers in Ciudad Juarez, a city across the border from El Paso, Texas. “It’s a lot like Iraq,” said Claudio Arjon, who owns a restaurant near the scene of the attack and was surveying the damage from behind police lines. “Now, things are very different. It’s very different. It’s very ugly.” People in Ciudad Juarez already live under siege, closing businesses long before dark to avoid criminal gangs. Ambulance drivers and emergency room doctors come under fire from gang members trying to finish off wounded rivals. The car bomb, which killed at least three people Thursday, was the one thing nobody was expecting. It was a carefully planned attack designed to catch the extremely wary population and security forces off guard.

Decade-long hunt ends with arrest of alleged drug kingpin SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal authorities arrested a fugitive alleged drug kingpin Saturday after a decade-long chase through the Caribbean marked by his narrow escapes and public taunting that he paid off police to remain free. Known as the Pablo Escobar of the Caribbean, Jose Figueroa Agosto was caught wearing a wig while driving through a working-class Dominican neighborhood of San Juan. When he realized he was being followed, he tried to run on foot as he had last September in the Dominican Republic after a pursuing vice squad shot out a tire on his Jeep. But this time U.S. Marshals, FBI, drug enforcement agents and Puerto Rican police caught up. “We asked him his name, and he simply answered that we knew who he was,” said Antonio Torres, who heads the U.S. Marshal Service’s fugitive task force in Puerto Rico. “It is a tremendous arrest, definitely,” U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez told a news conference Saturday, where she was surrounded by other cheerful federal authorities.

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Search of collapsed parking garage turns up no victims HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities called off a 22-hour rescue mission at a partly collapsed parking garage after determining that no one had been trapped when a glass canopy attached to a high-rise condominium building fell the day before, a fire official said. “We are looking at it as a major tragedy that was averted,” Hackensack Fire Department Lt. Stephen Lindner said. Officials said rescuers dug through debris overnight to reach the vehicles feared to contain occupants. But when searchers got to the cars, no one was found inside. Another partial collapse occurred around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, but no injuries were reported. Crews were briefly removed from the site after the collapse as a precaution. The three-story garage pancaked Friday morning.

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Members of the N.C. State University Dance Team performed Saturday. Member ashley Golden is from China Grove.

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FROM 1a of baked goodies, he mentioned customers who come back year after year. “We’ve got clear weather, which is a good thing for anyone,” he said. Turns out Bradley spoke a little too soon. While Saturday wasn’t quite the hottest day of the year, a line of Carolina thunderstorms moved through in the afternoon and then the bottom fell out. The morning’s trade was brisk, especially for hometown businesses, vendor chairman David Morton said. “It’s an opportunity to showcase what they do,” he said. But those all-American touches that put the “farm” in Farmers Day drew some of the biggest crowds. Antique tractors rumbled and stuttered as members of the Stumptown Tractor Club lined up by their machines, treating old-timers and youngsters to the sound of what their flyers call “Antique Power.” “You get to meet the people and explain to them about these old tractors,” Harry Kirk of Charlotte said as he stood next to his 1938 John Deere Model D. The green-and-yellow tractor is one of Kirk’s restoration projects. He’s got three antique tractors in all. “It took me a while to get it looking like that,” Kirk said of his bright green machine. Before the rain set in, Farmers Day chair and town Mayor Pro Tem Lee Withers said the event had drawn a very good crowd, starting with three bands Friday that he said brought about 600 people downtown. “It went beyond our expectations,” Withers said. The new farmers market operating weekly at the China Grove Roller Mill was celebrated with local produce vendors setting up their tents near the historic structure as they’ve been doing since May.

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Jessica Heilig of Miller’s Produce sells vegetables to Sally Goodfellow of Charlotte at the 29th annual Farmers Day.

SHOW AND Jesse Carson High senior Zac Collins showed off his own dance moves. “It’s all Rowan County grown,” Withers said. Sam and Lisa Bailey run Bailey’s Farms, selling produce from their place off Goodnight Road. Sam said that locals had come by all morning, not just to buy but to learn more about growing their own fruits and vegetables. “You meet people, and you have a lot of people asking you questions,” he said. Around him, rows of peppers, squash and tomatoes of different varieties were arranged. Not far away, members of Blackwelder Park Baptist Church in Kannapolis had something more popular on a hot afternoon than even homegrown watermelon: cold bottled water. They handed out water and free tote bags, and they sold their church cookbook and inspirational DVDs throughout the day. “The best thing about being out here is witnessing for God,” church member Jessica Hott said. “We may not know names, but we know people,” fellow member Marilyn Burgess said. All in all, Withers called the weekend’s entertainment a success. “The greatest thing is to see what it does for our community,” he said. “Southern Rowan County is a great community to live

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Taylor won 200 games with fast-paced style BY MIKE LONDON mlondon@salisburypost.com

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Jack taylor, a rockwell resident who attended Landis High school, sits with his silver Glove award.

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ROCKWELL — Jack Taylor, 82, is aggravated by those 3 1⁄2-hour Major League Baseball games that drag on past his bedtime. In his heyday with the High PointThomasville HiToms in the 1950s, Taylor didn’t dawdle on the mound. He threw strikes, he went the distance, he won, and he went home to his wife. “Our games started at 8 p.m. and I’d be home in Rockwell to watch the highlights on the Greensboro station on the 11 o’clock news,” Taylor said. Taylor, long and lean at 6-foot-2, 180 pounds, sat hitters down in most of those highlights. A member of the Catawba, Piedmont Historical Society and Salisbury-Rowan Halls of Fame, Taylor proudly refers to himself as a 200-game winner, and it’s not an empty claim.

He never made the majors, but he won 200 high-level games, 18 at Catawba and 182 in the minor leagues. If any Rowan native has ever won more professional games, Taylor isn’t aware of him. That distinction means a great deal to Taylor as the years pass and the physical ailments accumulate. He’s had four knee replacements, two major back surgeries, and one broken hip, although none of those setbacks have dimmed his enthusiasm for baseball, his family, Catawba or life. Taylor’s a guy who played with Curt Flood, fooled Willie Stargell and was taken deep by Willie McCovey. He has a million stories. His own starts when he entered the world as Byron Clay Taylor on Oct. 7, 1927. There was nothing wrong with his name, but his father was also Byron, so everyone called him Jack.

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Christmas in July? That’s Scooter Sherrill’s plan. If you’re a Rowan County basketball fan who’s idea of a perfect present is seeing Sherrill driving to the hole against Bobby Jackson or Bryan SHERRILL McCullough trading downtown 3s with Carlos Dixon, then you’ll soon get your wish. Sherrill scored 2,469 points in his four-year career at West Rowan, a county record for males, before signing with N.C. State. He averaged double figures for the Wolfpack his last two years in Raleigh. Basketball has taken him all over the globe since then, including paying gigs in North Dakota, Poland, Iceland, Venezuela, Mexico, Australia. “I’ve been around,” Sherrill said. “I loved it, especially Australia. Beautiful country.” Last winter, Sherrill was in action a lot closer to home for the Maryland Greenhawks, who compete in the Premier Basketball League. Sherrill, who turns 29 next week, averaged 20.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists for the Greenhawks. He was named PBL Newcomer of the Year and made the all-league second team. “I’m still looking to play somewhere this year,” Sherrill said. “I’m in good shape — still right at 190 pounds.” Sherrill wants to show everyone in Rowan he’s still got it, and he also wants to give that opportunity to shine to former stars from all the county schools. His brainstorm is the Rowan County Alumni Throwback Tournament. The event will debut at Carson from July 29-Aug. 1. Sherrill expects a daily admission charge of $5. “This is going to be an annual tournament, and the idea is to bring together alumni teams from all the schools in the county and Davie, the schools that play in the Christmas tournament at Catawba,” Sherrill said. Sherrill said ideally the head boys coach at each high school will coach the teams. If that’s not possible, another coach from that school would take the reins. Sherrill, who said team rosters will be set at 11 or 12 players, and West coach Mike Gurley have been working on the tough job of finalizing their school’s team.

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Louis oosthuizen looks at his ball on the 17th fairway during the third round of the British open. oosthuizen leads second-place paul casey by four shots.

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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Louis Oosthuizen still remembers getting together with other kids from the Ernie Els Foundation to watch highlights of their hero winning the British Open at Muirfield in 2002. The shot out of a pot bunker on the 13th. His birdie on the 17th to tie for the lead. The bunker shot on the 18th hole to win the longest sudden-death playoff ever in a British Open. “We were actually getting goose bumps,” Oosthuizen said.

“Just seeing that ... you’re always thinking, ‘I hope that happens to me.’ ” Hard as it is to imagine — even to the 27-year-old South African — it just might. After opening with a threeputt bogey, Oosthuizen played with remarkable poise on another windswept afternoon at St. Andrews. He never dropped another shot, never stopped smiling and finished with a drive onto the 18th green for one last birdie and a 3-under 69. It gave him a four-shot lead over Paul Casey and put him one round away from becoming the

first player in 46 years to capture his first major championship at the home of golf. This from a player who had only made it to the weekend one time in eight previous majors. From a South African who had never won on the European Tour until four months ago. “I don’t think anyone was thinking I was going to be up there,” Oosthuizen said. “You’ve heard yourself, no one can actually say my surname, so they don’t even know who I am out there.

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Rainstorm slows play at Rowan Amateur Staff report

The Corbin Hills clubhouse was filled with people fixated to the television in a front corner of the main room. Coverage of the British Open revealed windy yet sunny conditions in Scotland. Wet weather turned Horace Billings Rowan Amateur players into spectators for a long stretch Saturday. Second-round matches were completed, but an afternoon storm interrupted the quarterfinals. Play re-

sumed after a delay of several hours, and those matches will be finished this morning. Ryan Honeycutt, David Miller, Sean Kramer, Keith Dorsett, Ronnie EidHONEYCUTT son, Eric Mulkey, Dusty Holder and Neal Hiatt made the final eight. Honeycutt holds a 4-up lead on

Miller through 12 holes, and Dorsett is 1-up on Kramer through 13. Eidson is 4-up on Mulkey through 12, and Hiatt has a 1-up advantage on Hiatt through 12. 

Honeycutt, the de- DORSETT fending champion, and Dorsett, winner of the recent Rowan Masters, were impressive in

second-round wins. Honeycutt shot a 32 on the front nine of his 5-and-3 victory against Kevin Lentz. Honeycutt had three birdies and an eagle in a span of four holes right before the turn, and he was at 5 under when his match ended. Miller, Honeycutt’s next opponent, was a 1-up winner over Chad Blakenbeker.

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TV Sports Sunday, July 18 AUTO RACING 12:30 p.m. ABC — IRL, Honda Indy Toronto 1 p.m. SPEED — Rolex Sports Car Series, NJMP 250, at Millville, N.J. 6 p.m. ESPN2 — NHRA, Fram-Autolite Nationals, final eliminations (tape) CYCLING 7:30 a.m. VERSUS — Tour de France, stage 14 GOLF 6 a.m. ESPN — British Open Championship 2 p.m. TGC — Nationwide, Chiquita Classic 4 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Reno-Tahoe Open MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. TBS — Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees 2 p.m. WGN — Chicago at Minnesota 8 p.m. ESPN — Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs SOCCER 3 p.m. ESPN — MLS/Scottish Premier League, exhibition, Glasgow Celtic at Seattle

Area schedule Sunday, July 18 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL 7 p.m. Rowan County at Kernersville (Game 2) INTIMIDATORS BASEBALL 2:05 p.m. Lakewood BlueClaws at Kannapolis (doubleheader)

Local golf Rowan Amateur Match results First round Ryan Honeycutt 5&4 over Josh Nunn Kevin Lentz 8&6 over Mark Deese Chad Blakenbeker 6&5 over Walker Snow David Miller 5&4 over Winston Horton Sean Kramer 4&3 over Chris Owen Jerry Chipman 3&2 over Derek Lipe Keith Dorsett 4&3 over Mason Presler Gary Miller 2-up over Rick Houston Ronnie Eidson 4&3 over Jason Bernhardt Lee Frick 3&1 over Tom Trexler Eric Mulkey 5&4 over Steve Gegorek Adam Jordan default over Todd Johnson Phil Miller 5&3 over Terry Julian Dusty Holder 2&1 over Andrew Morgan Tim Collins 4&3 over Joey Boley Neal Hiatt over Michael Dorsett, 20 holes Round of 16 Ryan Honeycutt 5&3 over Kevin Lentz David Miller 1-up over Chad Blakenbeker Sean Kramer 3&2 over Jerry Chipman Keith Dorsett 5&4 over Gary Miller Ronnie Eidson 4&2 over Lee Frick Eric Mulkey 4&3 over Adam Jordan Dusty Holder 2&1 over Phil Miller Neal Hiatt 1-up over Tim Collins

Prep football Schedules Aug. 20 Aug. 27 Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 5

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