ANOTHER DOSE OF REALITY
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Sanford’s Migdalia Sebren joins her mother on this year’s season of NBC’s hit reality show, ‘Biggest Loser’
The Sanford Herald THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2010
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Small amount of snow tonight
CRITICS URGE FIRINGS OVER ATTACK ATTEMPT
An Obama administration official and a congressional critic disagreed Wednesday on whether someone should be immediately ousted after failure to intercept a man who tried to blow up a U.S.-bound airplane
Accumulation not likely to be major, says official By GORDON ANDERSON anderson@sanfordherald.com
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Steve (middle) and Susie (right) Patterson wait to hear the value of their antiques from Thom Walsh at the Treasure Hunters Roadshow held at the Holiday Inn on Wednesday.
Roadshow a hit with Sanford collectors By CAITLIN MULLEN
DEM RETIREMENTS POINT TO TOUGH LANDSCAPE Stunning as they were, the retirement announcements of two U.S. senators and a governor — all Democrats — over 24 hours weren’t as bad as they might have seemed for President Barack Obama’s party Page 10A
STATE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM SUSPECT DIES IN N.C. The 89-year-old white supremacist charged in a deadly shooting at Washington’s Holocaust museum died Wednesday in North Carolina, where he’d been held while awaiting trial, authorities said Page 8A
ENTERTAINMENT 3D TVs COMING, BUT WILL PEOPLE BUY THEM? This is supposedly the year 3-D television becomes the hot new thing: Updated sets and disc players are coming out, and 3-D cable channels are in the works Page 11A
AFGHANISTAN CIA HURT BY BLAST, BUT WON’T PULL BACK Even with the deaths of seven CIA employees in Afghanistan, the U.S. isn’t pulling back on covert operations to hunt terrorists there and in Pakistan and will go on taking chances on human tipsters to help Page 12A
Vol. 80, No. 6 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
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SANFORD — Each person inside the lobby of the Holiday Inn Express Wednesday had a story or two to share. Sanford residents brought coins, war memorabilia and antiques to the Treasure Hunters Roadshow at the hotel, hoping their items had some value. The Treasure Hunters Roadshow makes stops nationally looking for gold, silver, antiques and other items that buyers purchase for collectors. Those selling the items are given a check on the spot. Around 11 a.m. Wednesday, several people said they had been waiting to see a buyer for an hour or two. Linda Cox of Sanford brought jewelry from the 1940s, including bracelets, necklaces and a watch with gold, diamonds and rubies. “If it’s not as much as I’m
Carolyn Marsh, 61, of Cameron, listens closely as Kelley Ensor estimates the value of Marsh’s items. hoping for I might just hang on to it,” she said. Vernie Stack of Sanford brought a 70-year-old tea set that belonged to her mother. She said she hopes it’s worth at least $1,000. “Times are hard and my husband’s been laid off almost 17 months,” she said. Many people said they
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WANT TO GO? n The Treasure Hunters Roadshow will be at the Holiday Inn Express, 2110 Dalrymple St. from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. today and Friday and from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. The roadshow is open to anyone and people can bring an unlimited number of items.
SANFORD — The cold snap North Carolina is experiencing could lead to a small amount of snow overnight. Various forecasts show that residents of the area could wake up Friday morning to between three-tenths and a half inch of snow on the ground. Although the snowfall isn’t expected to be heavy, Lee County Emergency Management Director Shane Seagroves said whatever may land on the ground will probably be around for a while due to low temperatures projected for the weekend. “Whatever comes will stay because the ground is so cold,” Seagroves said. “It won’t be major, but it might be nice to look at.” Officials with the National Weather Service have said that if the cold snap — in which average daily temperatures have remained below freezing since Jan. 2 — lasts through Tuesday, it will be the longest cold streak the state has experienced since 1980. NWS officials said the cold presents a unique set of challenges for residents trying to stay warm. “House fires resulting from heating material within the home rank second for the
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A LOCAL LEGEND
Career music teacher to be celebrated By R.V. HIGHT SANFORD — A musical legend. Lloyd W. Hoover has spent his lengthy career working with young people as an educator and band director, including a stint from 1961-68 as band director at W.B. Wicker High School in Sanford. In celebration of his illustrious career, a celebration to honor and roast Hoover will be held Jan. 16 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center in Sanford. Proceeds from the event with benefit the local Get Smart, a More at Four pre-kindergarten
HAPPENING TODAY n The Lee County Library offers story time at 11 a.m. The program is aimed at children ages 3and up, and lasts 30 to 45 minutes. Story times may include books, finger plays, puppets, movement, songs, flannel board stories, crafts and a movie. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
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One of Hoover’s students from the 1960s looks back at the man who did everything he could to make the band a success CAROLINA SECTION
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program. Hoover calls it a special honor. “I think so much of the people of Sanford. It’s like my
home,” he says. James Emerson, president of the Get Smart board, says that Hoover did a lot for the community, and along with former principals W.B. Wicker and Ben Bullock, Hoover was one of the most well-known
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A celebration to honor and roast Lloyd W. Hoover will be held at 6 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Tickets are $30 each (includes music and dining), with proceeds to benefit the Get Smart, a More at Four pre-kindergarten program. Tickets are available at the Get Smart facility at 1309 Washington Ave. or by calling (919) 776-6119, or contact James Emerson, president of the Get Smart board, at (919) 776-7289 or (919) 353-2087.
INDEX
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OBITUARIES
SCOTT MOONEYHAM
Sanford: Ann Fraley, 75; Waldo Miranda Jr., 20; Sarah Wheeler, 66 Bunnlevel: Karen Clark, 57 Pittsboro: Cleopheus Headen, 88; Mable Horton, 87
Substantial political change in North Carolina looms in 2011, not 2010
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Abby, Graham, Bridge, Sudoku............................. 6B Classifieds ..................... 10B Comics, Crosswords.......... 7B Community calendar .......... 2A Horoscope ........................ 6B Obituaries......................... 5A Opinion ............................ 4A Scoreboard ....................... 4B