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QUILTING & FIBER ART MARKETPLACE

LEE COUNTY

SPORTS

All in stitches

Jobless rate on the rise again Moore, Harnett also see increase in November figures

GRACE GIRLS CRUISE PAST CROSSTOWN RIVALS

By GORDON ANDERSON anderson@sanfordherald.com

The Lady Crusaders controlled the game on their way to a 62-18 victory over cross-town rival Lee Christian on Friday night at home.

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Terry Ames (left) takes a spin on a quilting machine as Andrea Lombardo from Loving Stitches looks on at the Quilting and Fiber Art Marketplace at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center on Friday.

Large crowd turns out for first day of quilting and knitting expo at civic center

By CAITLIN MULLEN cmullen@sanfordherald.com

TERROR SUSPECT HAS HIS FIRST DAY IN COURT The young Nigerian man, wearing a white T-shirt and tennis shoes, did not speak much Friday during his first public court hearing to face charges of trying to ignite a chemical-laden explosive on a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day Page 8A

FILM REVIEWS

THE REEL DEAL: ONE GOOD, ONE BAD

Herald Film Critic Neil Morris gives his take on “Leap Year” and “Youth in Revolt”

SANFORD — Quilters of all kinds met Friday to showcase their work at the Quilting and Fiber Art Marketplace at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center.

Quilter’s Gallery owners Patti Cline and Cindy Page organized the show, which featured 38 vendors from Wilmington to Winston-Salem and some from out of state.

“We wanted to do something to showcase small businesses,” Cline said.

“Most of them are women’s businesses. When a woman has a business like this, she’s got a dream.”

The two women, originally from Statesville, spent more than 20 years working out of their own shop in Charlotte. But when devel-

SANFORD

TAKE 5 WITH BOB JOYCE

By GORDON ANDERSON

NEXT WEEK ANNUAL AWARDS TO BE ANNOUNCED The Herald will unveil its recipients of the 2009 Lifetime Acheivements awards and Citizen of the Year Next Saturday and Sunday

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Vol. 80, No. 8 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina

Judy Gula (left) from Artistic Artifacts demonstrates how to make silk paper for Debbie Williams. opers moved into their area, they closed the shop and took their show on the road.

“We just do consumer shows,” Page said. “We still see our clientele that way.”

“Shop hopping” is popu-

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WANT TO GO? n More than 35 vendors will be featured at the Quilting and Fiber Art Marketplace, held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center.

CHATHAM COUNTY

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COMING SUNDAY The president of the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce will tackle our questions on the local economic outlook for ’10

See Jobless, Page 6A

By GORDON ANDERSON

Local man arrested on Vegas warrant

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SANFORD — The unemployment rate saw little improvement locally in November, with Lee and its three surrounding counties supporting either slight increases in the rate or no movement.

Numbers released by the state Employment Security Commission this week show that Lee County’s rate increased slightly from 13.5 percent to 13.6, with 3,505 people collecting unemployment benefits in November. Regionally, Moore County reported an increase from 9.7 to 9.8 percent, Harnett County reported an increase from 11 percent to 11.1 percent, and Chatham County reported no movement from its 7.5 percent rate.

Statewide, rates increased

HOUSE FIRE

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SANFORD — Craig Sturdivant, a Sanford resident who appeared as a contestant in the 2005 World Series of Poker, sought election to the Lee County Board of Education Sturdivant and a won multiple Brick Capital Classic golf tournaments, was arrested Thursday on

See Vegas, Page 6A

HAPPENING TODAY n The Country Comedy Tour will make its way through Sanford at Temple Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15. The tour stars Matt “Cisco Kid” Mitchell and M.G Gaskin. For more information, visit www. countrycomedytour.com, and for tickets, go to templeshows.com.

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Sanford firefighters battle a blaze around 3:30 p.m. Friday at 1701 Spring Lane. Sanford Fire Chief Wayne Barber said the fire appeared to have started outside the house and reached the attic, causing major damage to the roof of the structure. “One resident was home at the time of the fire, but she was not injured. A passerby saw smoke and alerted her to get out,” Barber said. The cause of the fire was unclear Friday evening, but Barber said it was possibly caused by an electrical short.

High: 37 Low: 19

PITTSBORO — Chatham County Investigators have arrested two Raleigh brothers for the murder of a Pittsboro man who was found in his burned home in September.

Manuel Nunez Garcia, 23, and Luis AntonioNunez Garcia, 33, both of Raleigh, were charged Thursday with firstdegree murder M. Garcia in connection with the Sept.

15 death of 33-year-old Martin Catalan Uriostegui.

Uriostegui was found after authorities put out a fire L. Garcia at his home on Sept. 15 at 638 Mitchell’s Chapel Road in

See Murder, Page 6A

INDEX

More Weather, Page 10A

OBITUARIES

D.G. MARTIN

Sanford: Alvis Goldston, 68; Robert Newell, 51; Warren Wicker, 61 Broadway: Dorothy Judd, 57; Mildred Lewis, 68

What are the Seven Wonders of North Carolina?

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GOOD MORNING Corrections The Herald is committed to accuracy and factual reporting. To report an error or request a clarification, e-mail Editor Billy Liggett at bliggett@sanfordherald.com or Community Editor Jonathan Owens at owens@sanfordherald.com or call (919) 718-1226.

On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:

MONDAY n The Chatham County Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. at the Central Office Board Room in Pittsboro. n The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 635 East St., in Pittsboro. n The Harnett County Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Lillington Education Building.

TUESDAY n The Chatham County Economic Development Corporation will meet at 7:45 a.m. at Central Carolina Community College, 764 West St., Pittsboro. n The Moore County Airport Authority will meet at 10 a.m. at the Airport Terminal Building, Highway 22, Pinehurst. n The Lee County Board of Education will meet from 6-8 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Room of the Lee County Government Building. n The Lee County Democratic Party will hold its next monthly meeting at Tony’s Seafood. he meeting, which will be in combination with the Democratic Women, will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Ashlyn Nicole Brewer, Elizabeth Frances Martin, Yikima Womack, Matt Torrence, Aaron Smith, Courtney Lee Smith, Linda Ellerby, Mike Stone, Christopher Rafael Johnson, Ra’Shawd Fling, Emily Gaspar-Rodriguez, Barbara Snipes, Bernard Snipes, Dana West, Tyshanda Petty, Cleo Wood, Billy Hutchens, Joyce B. Thomas, Jordan Batts, Ellen-Daile Adams, Jenny Buie, Nena Richmond, Asia M. Womack, Marta Palacios, Michael Cavanagh, Tracey Daniel Clark, Robert Donell Johnson and Brenda Squires.

CELEBRITIES: Author Judith Krantz is 82. Football Hall-of-Famer Bart Starr is 76.

Sportscaster Dick Enberg is 75. Actress K. Callan is 74. Folk singer Joan Baez is 69.

Rockabilly singer Roy Head is 69. Actress Susannah York is 69. Rock musician Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) is 66.

Almanac Today is Saturday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2010. There are 356 days left in the year.

This day in history: On Jan. 9, 1960, on his 47th birthday, Vice President Richard Nixon became a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.

In 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1793, Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-air balloon, flew between Philadelphia and Woodbury, N.J. In 1861, Mississippi seceded from the Union.

In 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was born in Yorba Linda, Calif.

In 1945, during World War II, American forces began landing at Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines.

In 1964, anti-U.S. rioting broke out in the Panama Canal Zone, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and several U.S. soldiers.

In 1968, the Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon, marking the end of the American series of unmanned explorations of the lunar surface.

In 1972, reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, speaking by telephone from the Bahamas to reporters in Hollywood, said a purported autobiography of him by Clifford Irving was a fake.

In 1997, a Comair commuter plane crashed 18 miles short of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing all 29 people on board.

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n United Way of Lee County is now

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accepting funding applications for the 2010-11 fiscal year. Applications are available at leecountyunitedway.org and must be submitted no later than Monday, February 1. All requests are evaluated by community volunteers, who make funding recommendations based on the United Way’s current priorities. For information, call 919.776.5823. n Signups are being held for Chatham Citizens College, which begins Feb. 4 and runs seven consecutive Thursdays from 6:30-9 p.m. Apply online at http://www.chathamcitizens.org and see Citizens College sidebar, or contact info@chathamcitizens.org or call Rita Spina at 919.932.3132.

TODAY n The Country Comedy Tour will make its

way through Sanford at Temple Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15. The tour — starring Matt “Cisco Kid” Mitchell and M.G Gaskin — has been seen on NBC, FOX, MTV, “The Tonight Show,” Turner South and CMT. For more information, visit www.countrycomedytour.com, and for tickets, go to templeshows.com. n “Kick Off to a Healthy New Year” will be held at the American Tobacco Trail near New Hill from 1 to 4 p.m. Wake County Parks and Rex UNC Health Care have teamed up to provide heart-healthy activities to get the New Year started off right.

Enjoy free health risk assessment screenings and guided nature hikes. n Treasure Hunters Roadshow will stop in Sanford from Jan. 5-9 at the Holiday Inn Express, 2110 Dalrymple St. The event is open to the community and people can bring an unlimited number of items. n Central Fire State at 512 Hawkins Ave. will check car seats between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Appointments are required. Contact Krista at 775-8310 by 5 p.m. Wednesday to schedule an appointment for the following Saturday. n Power Pro Wrestling at Kendale Entertainment Center (2737 Industrial Drive) begins at 6:30 p.m. with bell time at 8 p.m.

Visit awapowerprowrestling.com for more information.

TUESDAY n A Novel Approach Book Club will meet

at noon at the Enrichment Center. n The Alzheimer’s & Caregiver Support Group will meet at 1 p.m. at the Enrichment Center. n Lee County Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 1:30 to 6 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 202 Summit Drive. To schedule an appointment, contact the Lee County Red Cross Chapter at (919) 774-6857. n The Lee County Democratic Party will hold its monthly meeting at Tony’s Seafood.

The meeting, which will be in combination with the Democratic Women, will begin at 6:30 pm. All Democrats are encouraged to attend. Send any questions to chair@ leedemocrats.org or call (919) 718-9242.

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Toyota of Sanford donated close to 600 pounds of food to the Christian United Outreach Center of Lee County over the holidays. With a Toyota Tacoma parked in their showroom, employees and customers flocked to fill it with canned goods and nonperishable food donations. General Manager and Managing Partner Joe Wynns said, “We knew we could make a difference in this community. We just weren’t sure how to do it this year.” Wynns (pictured above with Teresa Dew, the executive director of CUOC) said the food drive was so successful and the need in Lee County is so great, that the dealership will make this project ongoing throughout the year.

If you have a calendar item you would like to add or if you have a feature story idea, contact The Herald by e-mail at news@sanfordherald.com or by phone at (919) 718-1225.

WEDNESDAY n Living with Vision Loss Support Group will

meet at 1 p.m. at the Enrichment Center. n The Veterans Remembrance Group will meet at 2 p.m. at the Enrichment Center.

Registration encouraged, call 776-0501, ext. 201. n The Lee County Library offers story time at 10 a.m. The program is designed for children up to 2 and lasts approximately 20 to 30 minutes. Story times may include books, finger plays, puppets, movement, songs, flannel board stories, crafts and a movie depending on the theme and the age group. n The Central Carolina Paddlers canoe and kayak club will meet at 7 p.m. in the Wesley Fellowship Center at Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main Street, Sanford. Sheriffs Officer, Jonathan Foster, will speak on how to prevent and report theft. Call 718-5104 for information.

THURSDAY n A Veterans Remembrance Group meet-

ing will be held at 2 p.m. at the Enrichment Center in Sanford. Douglas Roe, an artist and former Air Force pilot, will share his experiences and will display his paintings of various planes. For more information, call 776-0501, Ext. 201. n A check-off referendum will be held today in each flue-cured producing county in North Carolina. Flue-cured tobacco grow-

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Arrangements will be announced by Knotts Funeral Home of Sanford.

OBITUARIES Alvis Goldston SANFORD — Alvis Nathan Goldston, 68, of 301 Wheel Hollow Apt., died Thursday (1/7/10) at Durham VA Hospital in Durham.

The family will receive friends at 146 Roberts Chapel Road in Goldston.

Arrangements will be announced by Knotts Funeral Home of Sanford.

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Boys & Girls Clubs students paint Hillcrest Youth Center SANFORD — Members of the Boys and Girls Club of Sanford/Lee County recently painted the dining room of the Hillcrest Youth Center.

Team Director William Johnson said Deion Barnes, India Berryman and Youth of the Year Kiara Barnes (pictured above) painted the room a goldenrod color. The teens did it free of charge.

Johnson said they wanted to emphasize the community service aspect of the Boys and Girls Club.

He also chose to have the youths do the project during Christmas break for a reason. “I did it on purpose to see who would be motivated,� to show up to help, he said. — from staff reports

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Dorothy Judd BROADWAY — Dorothy Judd, 57, of 1212 Jessie Road, died Friday (1/8/10) at Wake Medical Hospital in Cary.

BROADWAY — Mildred Delores Dunford Lewis, 68, died Friday (1/8/10) at Central Carolina Hospital.

Arrangements will be announced by BridgesCameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Joseph Womack BROADWAY — Joseph Ivey “Babe� Womack, 52, of 137 S. Main St., died Friday (1/8/10) at his home.

He was born Oct. 25, 1957 in Lee County, son of the late Wesley Hoyle and Sara Lynch Womack.

He was also preceded in death by a brother, Randy Womack.

He is survived by a brother, Sammy Womack and wife Glenda of Broadway; a sister-in-law, Debbie Womack of Lillington; two nephews and one uncle.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home and other times at the home of Sammy and Glenda Womack, 308 First St., Broadway.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Sunday at Smith Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Parsons officiating.

Burial will follow at Cool Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials for funeral expenses may be made to Smith Funeral Home, P.O. Box 370, Broadway, N.C. 27505.

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The bill, the Hiring Act, will create jobs by providing tax credits to reinvigorate our economy. Etheridge will announce the new legislation at a press conference with business and labor interests on 10 a.m. Monday in Raleigh.

The Hiring Act provides a temporary tax credit for any business that creates a new job or expands its workforce.

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‘Robin Sage’ lawsuit settled CARTHAGE (AP) — A former Army sergeant wounded by a deputy during a military training exercise in North Carolina has settled a civil rights lawsuit for $580,000.

The Fayetteville Observer reported Friday that Stephen Phelps, 35, agreed to dismiss his lawsuit against the Moore County Sheriff’s Office and former Deputy Randall Butler as part of the out-of-court settlement reached in November.

The settlement is in addition to more than $650,000 a federal jury awarded him in October in a lawsuit that accused Butler of using excessive force when he fired at the

soldiers.

Phelps was shot in the arm and chest in February 2002 during an Army role-playing exercise called Robin Sage, the final exam for soldiers in Special Forces training.

First Lt. Tallas Tomeny was killed in the exercise.

Before the federal trial, Tomeny’s family settled for $65,000.

Butler, who is now a chief deputy in Lee County, has a pending lawsuit against the United States involving the shooting. The trial has been postponed indefinitely pending analysis of the federal court jury decision against him.

Phelps works for a private military contractor in Florida.

Notice of Lawn Care Contract Bids This is notice that Lee County Schools will hold a pre-bid conference for lawn care services on Thursday, January 14, 2010, 1:30 P.M. at the Maintenance Department, 2000 Nash Street.

Pre-bid conference attendance is required to be considered an eligible bidder. Bid packets may be picked up at the Lee County Schools’ Maintenance Department, 2000 Nash Street at the prebid conference on January 14, 2010.

Sealed bid opening will be held at the Lee County Schools’ Maintenance Department, 2000 Nash Street on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 1:30 P.M.

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SANFORD — Robert Earl Newell, 51, died Thursday (1/7/10) at Central Carolina Hospital.

He was born in Chatham County, a son of the late John Joe Newell and Janie B. Hicks Newell. He was preceded in death by brothers, Henry Newell and Marvin Newell.

He is survived by sisters, Bobbie Barham of Cameron, Littie Vanskiver of Vass and Eva Hicks of Cameron; brothers, Johnny Newell of Goldston, James Newell of Sanford and William “Bill�

Newell of Sanford; and many nieces and nephews.

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Editorial Board: Bill Horner III, Publisher • Billy Liggett, Editor • R.V. Hight, Special Projects Editor

Common sense demands better record-sharing The Fayetteville Observer

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f the criminal recordskeeping system now being tested by Wake County law enforcement agencies doesn’t live up to its billing, the state legislature should come right back with another one.

That’s not because we should slavishly endorse every idea with a tough-on-crime reputation. It’s because we know that the deficiencies of the existing system are being paid for not only in dollars, but in blood.

It’s a shame that action so often comes only after someone becomes the recognized

poster-victim for a particular ‘With few exceptions, case kind of illness or crime, but dispositions are public that’s the situation in which records. Law enforcement we find ourselves — again.

The 2008 murder of is not being intrusive when Eve Carson, student body it makes use of what is alpresident at the University ready in the public domain.’ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, exposed the inadequacy It’s no stretch to say that of 1980s-vintage technology the failure to appear, not to that had left probation officers mention the other probation and others stumbling around violations, should have had in the dark. this particular suspect behind One of the men charged in bars at the time the crime was the killing reportedly had comcommitted. mitted nine different crimes Carson’s case is not unique while on probation, all during in that respect. Neither was it a six-week period in which he’d the only kind of dysfunction had no contact with his probathat a new data-sharing system tion officer.

would correct.

It’s likely that most of us could cite at least one instance in which someone we knew had a record was given a light penalty, or none — not because the judge or prosecutor was an old softy, but because neither was aware that the accused had already been treated as a first offender in some other jurisdiction, or in lots of different jurisdictions.

We have habitual offenders who keep drawing “first offense” penalties, or none, because they know how to play The Jurisdiction Game.

With few exceptions, case dispositions are public re-

cords. Law enforcement is not being intrusive when it makes use of what is already in the public domain. First, though, it has to be able to access what is in the public domain, and some of what may be under wraps, as well.

If all goes as planned, the new technology will lead to a system that shares relevant information among law enforcement agencies, statewide.

If it doesn’t go as planned, lawmakers should lose no time fielding a better plan and the funding to make this kind of problem go away.

Letters to the Editor Smokers have no right to smoke in public To the Editor:

D.G. Martin Columnist D.G. Martin is host of UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch

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ell,” I wondered, “what are our wonders?”

I was on my way to Petra in Jordan, where I was spending a few days after a longer trip to Israel.

Why Jordan? After all, it is not the most popular tourist destination in the world. Most visitors to Israel pass by the chance to visit the part of the “Holy Land” that lies on the East Bank of the Jordan River.

Those folks miss a lot. Mt. Nebo, where Moses got a look at the lands on the other side of the Jordan River before he died. Or the acres and acres of Roman and Byzantine ruins at Jerash. Or Petra itself, an ancient city of magnificent classical buildings and facades carved into a mountainside. ...

For some time Petra has been a popular destination for a few “in-theknow” travelers. But, as I learned from our guide, it is now on the “must see” list of many more people. “Because,” he said, “in 2007 it made a list of the world’s New Seven Wonders,” along with the Great Wall of China, Brazil’s statue of Christ the Redeemer, Peru’s Machu Picchu, Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid, the Colosseum in Rome, and India’s Taj Mahal.

This list of man-made wonders got me thinking about things I would put on a list of Seven Wonders of North Carolina. Take a look at what made my list and let me know what you think.

1. Dorton Arena at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. While the unusual looking building completed in 1952 has been called “a flying saucer,” it is, according to best-selling author and Duke professor Henry Petroski, “recognized among professional architects and engineers as ‘the most important building in America today.’”

2. Biltmore House in Asheville.

George Vanderbilt’s 19th-century chateau and the adjacent 8,000 acres attract visitors from all over the world.

3. Duke Chapel. A visit to this neogothic cathedral, completed in 1935, is like a trip to Europe. The building’s architect, Julian Abele, has been called “America’s first black architect of renown.”

4. State Capitol building in Raleigh.

Completed in 1840, it is an enduring example of the Greek Revival style and the work of noted architect, Alexander Jackson Davis. Still functioning as the office of the governor, it is a living museum.

5. The Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Grandfather Mountain, said to be “the most complicated concrete bridge ever built.”

Some would say that the Parkway itself should be on the list. ...

6. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. It is the tallest lighthouse in the country.

It has become a symbol for our state’s coastal heritage. The complicated and risky move inland from the encroaching sea sealed its place on my list even though our friend Hugh Morton vigorously opposed the project.

7. The old Charlotte (now Bojangles) Coliseum. When completed in 1955, it was the largest unsupported steel dome in the world and became the example for similar and bigger sports arenas across the country.

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ant to cross into the United States illegally while keeping track of the location of the nearest water station and the distance to your final destination?

There’s an app for that.

Several readers have asked what I think of a new cell phone dubbed by its inventor as a “trans-border immigrant tool.”

I have mixed feelings. I would generally approve of instruments that help people survive dangerous situations. But when those people are illegal immigrants who brought their plight upon themselves by opting to enter the United States through a back door, I become less sympathetic. In fact, I become suspicious and I begin to question whether the makers of the gadget retrofitted with GPS technology are encouraging unlawful activity.

The device is the brainchild of Ricardo Dominguez, a professor of new media at the University of California at San Diego, who developed the idea along with fellow researchers at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology. Dominguez calls himself an “artivist” — part artist, part activist — and he describes his invention as a humanitarian tool, not a political one. He says that it is meant to save lives and not to promote illegal crossings.

This argument would be more convincing if the phones weren’t encrypted to avoid electronic detection by the Border Patrol.

Apparently, the phones are also intended to enrich the soul. In addition to directions and distance traveled, Dominguez has said, the device — which costs about $30 to produce — will also be loaded with haiku-like poems with a welcoming theme.

Dominguez, who plans to distribute the phones to would-be border crossers through church groups and immigrant-advocacy organizations, insists he’s doing nothing wrong.

But he has also described himself as engaged in “civil disobedience” and asserted the ability of immigrants to move across borders safely as a “trans-global right.”

Sorry, professor, you lost me.

First, if individuals do have such a right, then why does it supersede the right of sovereign nations to control their borders?

On its southern border, Mexico asserts its right to keep out Guatemalans, Salvadorans, Hondurans and anyone else from throughout Latin America. Wouldn’t people in Central and South America have the same “trans-global right” to cross into Mexico that Mexicans assert with regard to the United States? If Dominguez really believes in a right to cross borders, maybe he should ship some of his GPS devices all the way to Guatemala so people there can use them to sneak into Mexico?

Besides, the whole principle of civil disobedience is about breaking an unjust law and accepting the consequences. Henry David Thoreau went to jail for not paying the Massachusetts poll tax to protest the Mexican-American War. Martin Luther King

Ruben Navarrette Jr. Columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a columnist with The San Diego Union-Tribune

Jr. went to jail in Birmingham to protest Jim Crow. If Dominguez really believes he’s following in that esteemed tradition, then he’s acknowledging that he’s breaking the law. And this means he’s acknowledging that he’s helping people enter the United States illegally. That’s a crime.

While some people are complaining — loudly — that state tax dollars might have gone to fund this research, this element of the story doesn’t bother me. University professors spend tax money on all kinds of controversial research, some to advance causes on the right and others to push agendas on the left. Why single out this instance?

Moreover, Dominguez claims he has raised more than $15,000 in grant money.

What really bothers me is that Dominguez has, in the eternal drama playing out on the U.S.-Mexico border, gone from observer to enabler. It’s one thing to lament illegal immigration into the United States and try to react to it in a firm, honest and compassionate manner while battling hatred, racism and ignorance. It’s another to encourage more of it.

And why? Out of a sense of ethnic solidarity, an imaginary bond between a Latino academic and Latino immigrants? Because of a desire to grow, even by illegitimate means, the size of the Latino community in the hopes of increasing the political and economic power of the whole?

Latinos in the United States have it tough enough already. People are always assuming that when it comes to the immigration issue, our loyalties lie on the other side of the border. I usually dismiss those fears as flashes of paranoia. But this gadget says that, at least in some cases, those concerns aren’t totally unfounded.

How unfortunate that, in trying to help illegal immigrants navigate their way across the U.S.-Mexico border, well-intentioned humanitarians could lose their bearings.

Today’s Prayer For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. (Hebrews 13:14) PRAYER: Thank You, Father, for our home in Heaven. Amen.

Although Mrs. Browning of Durham claims she does not smoke, she is not in favor of the newly introduced non-smoking law for restaurants and bars in North Carolina. She believes smokers have a right to smoke with a meal or a drink at a bar, disregarding those who do not want to smell or inhale the smoke. Yes, tobacco built Durham and the Duke family built a tobacco empire in North Carolina. And, yes, tobacco was king with outstanding revenues.

But that was a long time ago when virtually nothing was known about the ills of smoking tobacco.

Medical science has come a long way since that time. Sound medical evidence has proven that smoking causes serious disease in the body, such as lung and other cancers, cardiovascular disease, emphysema, premature aging and a shortened life span. Medical evidence has also determined that breathing tobacco smoke is just as toxic to a person as smoking. This has been labeled “second-hand smoke.” Now that we have become educated to these facts, we have taken action to establish a public tobacco-free environment. And that’s what legislators have done by passing the non- smoking law. Living a healthy life and breathing clean air takes priority over smokers’ rights.

Ignoring the medical facts for the pleasure of smoking is paramount to committing suicide.

I simply do not understand the convoluted thought process that smokers have by saying they have the right to smoke in public. This statement is a paradox. No one has a right to do something that affects someone else. Do I have a right to sneeze in someone’s face giving them a disease? No! Do I have a right to burn trash or spit on the floor in a public place? No! If you do something that affects others you do not have a right to do it. That’s not part of our Constitution. So where is the intelligence in thinking that smokers have rights?

Now is the time for smokers to quit. I know it’s difficult for some, but with a strong determination and dedicated effort one can achieve the objective. Your health will improve over time, you will be able to taste your food and you will feel amazingly better.

And, by the way, what’s wrong with big tobacco companies contributing money to institutions for the benefit of others? Don’t they owe it for causing so many deaths and sickness over the years? And they continue to do so without any moral compunction.

D.H.AXNER Sanford

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6A / Saturday, January 9, 2010 / The Sanford Herald FAYETTEVILLE

Two ‘Survivor’ contestants have local ties

FAYETTEVILLE (MCT) — Fayetteville will have not one, but two contestants with local ties on the upcoming season of the reality show “Survivor.”

The 20th season of the popular CBS show has an all-star cast of 20 former contestants and is being billed as “Heroes vs. Villains.”

CBS revealed Wednesday during the People’s Choice Awards that Sandra Diaz-Twine, who won $1 million on “Survivor: Pearl Islands” in 2003, and Candice Woodcock, who competed in “Survivor: Cook Islands” in 2006, will be trying again for $1 million.

The two-hour premiere is scheduled for 8 p.m. Feb. 11. Instead of the traditional slogan — “Outwit, Outplay, Outlast” — the new slogan is “Return, Revenge, Redemption.”

The 20 contestants were

divided into two tribes: Diaz-Twine is on the “villain” tribe while Woodcock is on the tribe of “heroes.”

“What are the chances of a town the size of Fayetteville having two people on the most popular reality show?” Dr. Michael Woodcock, Candice’s father, said Wednesday night.

Diaz-Twine, 34, is one of four previous winners trying for another shot at the big prize. She won in 2003 in the seventh season. At the time of the show, she was living in Fort Lewis, Wash. But she had lived in Fayetteville from 1998 to 2001 and earned a degree from Fayetteville Technical Community College.

She returned to Fayetteville in 2006, when her husband was transferred to Fort Bragg as an Army recruiter. She now works at BB&T as a teller.

“It’s mind-blowing,” she told the Observer in 2006 about her “Survivor” experience. “You can’t believe you were able to experience something like that.

There are so many people out there who would like to try out for ‘Survivor.’ “ Woodcock, 27, was one of them.

A lifelong fan of “Survivor,” the Terry Sanford High School graduate was on the 13th season of the show in late 2006.

She made her way to the quarterfinals out of 20 contestants.

Woodcock, a Morehead scholar and graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was known for her athletic prowess. She endured being sent to Exile Island four times on the show.

But a decision she made to declare mutiny and switch tribes ultimately led to her ouster. Still, she

for $27,150 to cover losses at a casino without having the funds in his account.

Sanford police served the warrant on Sturdivant Thursday. He was placed in the Lee County Jail under $30,000 secured bond.

Sturdivant, one of the area’s more prominent amateur golfers, has won the Brick Capital Classic multiple times. He also had a failed run for the Lee County Board of Education in 2004. In 2005, he was a contestant in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

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a warrant from Nevada which alleges he wrote a bad check to cover more than $27,000 in gambling losses at a Las Vegas casino in 2008.

Sturdivant, 49, faces felony charges of writing a check without sufficient funds with intent to defraud. A Clark County, Nevada affidavit issued in May of 2008 alleges that Sturdivant wrote a check

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Pittsboro. After finding the body, authorities determined that Uriostegui had been shot in the head with a small-caliber weapon.

Chatham County Fire Marshal Tom Bender later said the fire had been intentionally set.

Authorities developed the brothers as suspects after talking to witnesses over the past three months. The alleged killing is said to be drug-related.

The State Bureau of Investigation assisted with the investigation.

The brothers are also charged with arson and placed in the Chatham County Jail without bond.

October 2009 Labor force Employed Unemployed Rate (%) Lee 25,893 22,407 3,486 13.5 Chatham 33,254 30,760 2,494 7.5 Harnett 47,904 42,653 5,251 11 Moore 36,598 33,064 3,534 9.7 November 2009 Lee 25,802 22,297 3,505 13.6 Chatham 33,260 30,755 2,505 7.5 Harnett 47,774 42,483 5,291 11.1 Moore 36,632 33,055 3,577 9.8

in 60 of the state’s 100 counties. Rates decreased in 31 counties, and remained the same in nine.

The ESC provided millions in benefits last week under the U.S. Department of Labor’s latest extension of unemployment benefits.

“Many of the state’s counties experienced a

small change in their unemployment rates,” said ESC Chairman Moses Carey Jr. “We continue to assist job seekers and

— The Fayetteville Observer

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told the Observer after her elimination episode aired that she had no regrets.

“The reason I wanted to go on was that it’s one of the craziest ways to challenge yourself mentally, physically, emotionally,” she said. “It’s been interesting to sit back and watch the show, because in normal life, you don’t ever really have a chance to replay things in your life. It’s like holding a big mirror to your life, although a mirror with a crazy filter.”

She now lives in Washington, D.C., and is in her third year of medical school at George Washington University.

Her father said the timing of a break in medical school allowed her to return. As a “true fan,” he said, she wanted another chance to take part in the physical and psychological challenges of the game.

those customers looking to apply for unemployment insurance. Help has arrived in the form of another extension of

benefits and we have begun paying out those funds to eligible participants.”

44 counties in North Carolina which were at or below the state’s unadjusted unemployment rate of 10.7 percent.

Orange County had the state’s lowest unemployment rate in November at 6.3 percent.

Edgecombe County had the highest unemployment rate in the state at 16.6 percent.

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lar among quilters, who will drive to each other’s stores, Cline said. But with gas prices steadily rising, it cost too much to drive all over the state. Cline and Page decided to hold a show to put the quilters in one spot and have the shoppers come to them.

They chose to have the show in Sanford because it’s centrally located in the state and is close to main roads.

“A lot of people won’t drive into Raleigh, they won’t drive into Durham,” Cline said. “And we can’t afford a facility like the Greensboro Coliseum.”

Cline said a single booth at the show cost $195, whereas at a large national show, a booth can run for $800 to $1,000.

“We wanted to make it something that little people could do,” she said. “Each shop supports the other one. You can tell it’s a talented group of women.”

Pittsboro fiber artist Lorin Fields, who owns Local Colour Hues, said the work she has in galleries hasn’t moved very well so she decided to participate in the show to beef up sales.

“It’s just another opportunity to hit another target audience,” she said. “This is great, this has been pretty consistent.”

At Friday’s opening day of the two-day event, Dawn Hopkins, owner of Dawn’s Sewing and Embroidery of Albemarle, said she’s seen the effects of the economic downturn.

“We’ve had a lot of lookers and some buyers,” she said. “The economy is really bad right now so people are holding on to their money.”

But she said participating in her first show was worth it.

“I’m getting my name out there. I’ve made a lot of contacts,” she said.

Shoppers like Jan Zinno of Wake Forest and Janet Gillespie of Raleigh appreciated the large variety of products offered.

“We’re quilters. We just like to walk around and check it out,” Zinno said.

Both women said that because they’re retired, they really haven’t had to cut back on non-essential spending.

“If I see it, I buy it,” Gillespie said, though she added that she checked her bank account balance before coming to the show.

Shopper Cheryl Phillips, who made the trip in from Hertford, said she was attracted to the products of different colors and textures. Based on the crowd at the show, she said she didn’t believe the economy was keeping anyone from spending money on fiber arts.

“It looks like if they want something, they’re getting it,” she said.

Babette Buehner, who works for IzonYou, an embroidery and digital printing company out of Albemarle, pointed out that quilters may be cutting back on other things to follow their passion.

“Maybe they’re substituting this for vacations,” she said. “Maybe they are doing more of this stuff when the economy’s bad because they have more time or don’t have money for vacation.”

Shopper Laura McGrath of Thomasville agreed.

“I think people who quilt will still spend money on fabric and give up other things like food and gas,” she said. “It helps the local vendors. If you don’t have to drive from one corner of the state to the other, you’re more apt to buy something. All these people are like me — obsessed with this stuff.”

Cline said she hopes to have the show in Sanford again.

“We would like to do it again. I’m pleased with the crowd in here right now,” she said.

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STATE BRIEFS Longest-serving N.C. lawmaker turns himself in

WHITEVILLE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longest-serving legislator turned himself in for booking after being charged with shooting a former client who was kicking his front door last summer.

State Sen. R.C. Soles and an attorney arrived Friday at the Columbus County Jail for processing. A jail official said Soles was held until he posted a $5,000 unsecured bond.

The Columbus County Democrat was indicted by a grand jury Thursday on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.

The lawmakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney said the 75-year-old Soles shot 22-year-old Thomas Kyle Blackburn in self-defense last August. Blackburn wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t badly hurt.

Soles has been a legislator for 41 years. He said he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seek re-election in November.

3 NC-based Marines charged in weekend shooting

CAMP LEJEUNE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A third North Carolina-based Marine has been arrested after three men were shot outside a restaurant near Camp Lejeune last weekend.

Authorities say 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Robert J. Goense, of Union, N.J., is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.

Marine officials say Goense is currently being held in the Onslow County Jail. He is a rifleman assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.

Two other Camp Lejeune Marines are also charged in the shooting early Sunday morning. Investigators say several people were arguing in the restaurant, and began fighting with each other in the parking lot.

It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t immediately clear if Goense had an attorney.

State Rep. Grady leaving to seek clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job

JACKSONVILLE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Twelve-term state Rep. Robert Grady will run for Onslow County clerk of court this year instead of re-election to another term in the North Carolina House.

Grady told The Daily News of Jacksonville on Thursday he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t run for the House seat heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s held since first winning in 1986.

The 59-year-old Republican says he wants to run for clerk of court because that job touches the lives of almost everyone in a county and he believes he can operate the office more efficiently and save taxpayer money.

Grady says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll miss his time serving in the House, where he helped get legislation passed to create a veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cemetery in Jacksonville and to expand the local community college.

Woman charged with fire that displaced 20

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A North Carolina woman is charged with starting a fire that destroyed eight apartments.

WXII-TV reports Friday that 30-year-old Shelia Lattimore turned herself in to face charges of first-degree arson and burning personal property.

Authorities said the fire started Tuesday evening on a mattress and spread, displacing 10 adults and 10 children who lived at Countryside Villa apartments.

Investigators said Lattimore was fighting with her boyfriend and set his belongings on fire.

But Lattimore told WXII she was burning paper as she normally does, and the fire got out of control. She said

she burns rather than shreds documents.

Authorities said the fire caused $436,000 in damage.

Lattimore was being held in the Forsyth County jail.

Perdue signs order to keep fuel moving RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gov. Beverly Perdue has temporarily eased restrictions on truck drivers because of winter weather, so they can keep delivering needed gasoline, home heating oil and other fuels in North Carolina.

Perdue said Friday she had signed an executive order suspending federal rules limiting how long a truck driver can work transporting essential fuels.

She said the frigid conditions and recent snow and ice in western North Carolina caused her to sign the exemption so citizens can get the fuels they need for their vehicles and homes.

The executive order signed Thursday will remain in effect up to 30 days.

ABC commission wants more info on paid meals RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top alcohol regulators want more information about meals for local ABC employees that may have been paid for by a liquor company.

The State Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission said Friday it wants additional expense receipts from Diageo North America by next week.

State agents investigated a $12,700 dinner that Diageo paid for in November for 30 Mecklenburg County ABC employees, spouses and other guests. A Diageo representative also told agents he had paid for meals for at least six other local ABC boards.

The agents cited Mecklenburg ABC and the company for violating gift bans.

Employees later reimbursed Diageo $9,300.

Man charged in beating death of landlord OGDEN (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Authorities say a North Carolina man has been charged with killing his landlord.

The New Hanover County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office said in a release Friday that 55-year-old Dennis Benjamin Roy of Ogden is charged with murder in the death of 68-year-old Carmine Anthony Bruno.

Officers say Bruno was struck repeatedly with a baseball bat while he slept Tuesday. His body was found Thursday in a garage.

They say Brunoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife, Mary, was ordered to her room and given a drug that kept her incoherent for two days.

Authorities responded after she called her brother, who called 911.

Chiefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phone could listen to calls RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former Division of Motor Vehicles commissioner and a top aide had equipment installed on their telephones allowing them to listen to calls on any phone line at the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headquarters, according to a published report.

The current DMV commissioner, Mike Robertson, told The News & Observer of Raleigh that FBI agents interviewed him about wiretapping that might have occurred at the agency before his arrival. Other DMV officials have also been interviewed, he said in the report published Friday.

It is a felony under state law to intercept phone calls without a warrant if neither person in the conversation knows the monitoring is taking place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happening anymore,â&#x20AC;? said Robertson, a former agent for the State Bureau of Investigation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know what the law is. I know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a felony.

And, honestly, some of the past things they used this system for were probably wrong.â&#x20AC;?

George Tatum, who resigned as DMV commissioner in 2007 amid a corruption scandal, and Greg Lockamy, who retired last year after serving as the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s internal affairs director, had special telephones installed in their offices that allowed secret eavesdropping, DMV telephone technician Brent Parrish said.

The phones allowed Tatum and Lockamy to listen in on any phone line at DMV headquarters, Parrish said.

Parrish said he testified about the special features installed on Tatumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phone before a federal grand jury hearing evidence in a wide-ranging investigation of former Gov. Mike Easley. Parrish said he had no personal knowledge of whether Tatum used the eavesdropping function or why they wanted the capability. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I did have suspi-

cions, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I told the grand jury,â&#x20AC;? Parrish said.

Tatum, 57, did not respond to requests for comment, the newspaper said. He is now the director of emergency management at Fayetteville State University. Tatum did not respond to a phone message or an e-mail to his office, or a call to a home number listed in his name.

Lockamy, 50, declined to comment on whether he eavesdropped on employee calls or whether he had been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury. He retired from the DMV in June and now works for the Johnston County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. He did not return messages left at his home and office.

The DMV phone system allows managers supervising the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call center to monitor incoming calls from people with questions about license renewal and other issues, said Parrish, the telephone techni-

cian. Callers are informed with a recorded message that their calls might be monitored for quality assurance.

But Tatumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phone was equipped with a light that indicated when a particular line was in use, Parrish said. The commissioner could then press a button to listen to the call. The handset was automatically muted, giving those on the line no indication their call was being monitored.

About a week after succeeding Tatum as DMV head in 2007, former Superior Court Judge William Gore asked for an explanation about the special buttons on his phone, Parrish said.

Gore ordered the feature deactivated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having been a judge and lawyer, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be in the situation where the phone in my office was being used for some illegal or inappropriate purpose,â&#x20AC;? Gore said.

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Green tax credits sent to 5 Carolinas firms RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Four South Carolina companies and a North Carolina firm will share in $2.3 billion in tax credits to encourage clean energy manufacturing.

The White House said Friday the money comes

from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s federal stimulus package.

Durham, N.C.-based Cree Inc. will get $39 million to boost production of high efficiency lighting.

In South Carolina, General Electric gets $27

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8A / Saturday, January 9, 2010 / The Sanford Herald CHRISTMAS TERROR PLOT

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Suspect says little in court

DETROIT (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A young Nigerian man, wearing a white T-shirt and tennis shoes, did not speak much Friday during his first public court hearing to face charges of trying to ignite a chemicalladen explosive on a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab gave a one word answer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;yesâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; when asked whether he understood the charges against him. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Randon entered a not guilty plea for the 23-year-old, who could face up to life in prison on the most serious charge â&#x20AC;&#x201D; attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.

Authorities say the young Nigerian with alQaida links was traveling from Amsterdam to Detroit when he tried to

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This courtroom drawing shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, right, charged with attempting to blow up a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner, at his hearing in Detroit federal court on Friday. destroy the Northwest Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 people by injecting chemicals into a package of explosives concealed in his underwear. The failed attack caused popping sounds

and flames that passengers and crew rushed to extinguish.

During his arraignment on Friday that lasted less than five minutes, Abdulmutallab stood at the podium along with Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel and defense attorney Miriam Siefer and answered a few questions in English from the judge.

The longest answer came when the judge asked if he had taken any drugs or alcohol in past 24 hours. Abdulmutallab answered: â&#x20AC;&#x153;some pain pills.â&#x20AC;? Siefer then said

he was competent to understand the proceedings. Abdulmutallab, who is being held at a federal prison in Milan, Michigan, had been treated at a hospital for burns after the attack.

His attorneys then waived the reading of the indictment, and Randon entered the not guilty plea. It is routine practice in federal court for the defendant to allow the judge to enter a plea on his behalf rather than say anything himself.

President Barack Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, has said Abdulmutallab would be offered a plea deal in exchange for valuable information about his contacts in Yemen and elsewhere.

After the hearing, one of Abdulmutallabâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorneys, Leroy Soles, declined to talk about the case. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just too soon in the process to make any comment,â&#x20AC;? Soles said.

Maryam Uwais, a lawyer in Nigeria, and Mahmud Kazaure, a lawyer from Maryland, told The Associated Press before Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arraignment that they were sent

by Abdulmutallabâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family to observe the hearing.

Neither have a role in the case, but both spoke briefly with the suspectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal team. They declined to further comment.

effort is so important. Building a robust clean energy sector is how we will create the jobs of the future, jobs that pay well and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be outsourced,â&#x20AC;? Obama said in late-afternoon economic comments at the White House.

Obama spoke after the Labor Department said the U.S. jobless rate was unchanged at 10 percent in December, following a decline the previous month. But the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s broader measure of unemployment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which includes people who have stopped looking for work or canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find fulltime jobs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ticked up 0.1 percentage point to 17.3 percent.

SC gov asks judge to OK wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s divorce request CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has asked a judge to approve his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s petition to end their 20-year-marriage, admitting he had an affair.

In a one-page response filed Friday in Charleston County, the governor admits to allegations of adultery made by his wife, Jenny, in the divorce petition filed last month. Sanford submitted the response on his own, without an attorney.

Jenny Sanford said the couple had been unable to reconcile after her husband returned from a mysterious disappearance in June to reveal a yearlong affair with an Argentine woman.

The divorce petition said the couple would present an agreement to a judge for ending the marriage. A final hearing is set for next month.

Bidenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 92-year-old mother dies

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vice President Joe Bidenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 92year-old mother has died after becoming seriously ill in recent days.

In a statement, the vice president says Jean Finnegan Biden died Friday in Wilmington, Del., surrounded by her family and loved ones. Biden says his mother was the center of the family, teaching them that faith will guide them through tough times.

Biden left Washington Thursday to be with his mother in his Wilmington, his hometown. The vice presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office says details on services will be announced in the coming days.

Obama refocuses on jobs after weak labor report WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; His agenda altered by the Christmas bombing attempt, President Barack Obama pivoted back to the domestic economy on Friday, promoting new U.S. spending to create tens of thousands of clean-technology jobs.

He outlined the initiative after a weak government jobs report raised new questions about the sustainability of the recovery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear why such an

NY man pleads not guilty to lying in terror plot NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A man linked to a terrorism suspect accused of plotting to attack New York City with homemade bombs has pleaded not guilty to lying to federal investigators.

Zarein Ahmedzay was one of two men arrested early Friday in the investigation of Najibullah Zazi. Zazi was charged last year in the suspected bomb plot.

A new indictment charges Ahmedzay with a single count of making material false statements.

Prosecutors say Ahmedzay didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t name all the places he visited in Pakistan and Afghanistan while there in late 2008 and early 2009.

The indictment also says he lied when he denied having discussions about attending a camp to receive military-type training.

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MOVIE REVIEWS • NEIL MORRIS, THE REEL DEAL

‘Leap Year’ a stein of stale ale Cera carries ‘Youth in Revolt’ with ease to top of the genre M

issing only a leprechaun jonesing for his Lucky Charms, the Irishset Leap Year loops in as many lush landscapes and quirky archetypes as the Emerald Isle can bear.

If it were a product of the country’s tourism board, the film would be a four-leaf clover. As a romantic-comedy, however, it’s a cinematic stein of stale ale.

Dismayed that her cardiologist boyfriend, Jeremy (Adam Scott), hasn’t yet proposed marriage, Anna Brady (Amy Adams), a Boston-based apartment stager (a distinctive occupation that, naturally, figures nada in the film’s inert plot), Googles the supposed Irish custom that says women may propose to their reluctant beaus every four years on February 29.

Well, it just happens that Jeremy — who’d rather tend patients than his gal — is in Dublin for a medical conference on leap day. So, Anna packs her Louis Vuitton and strikes out for Ireland to pop the question herself.

However, weather-related contrivances plant Anna somewhere along Ireland’s coast, a two days drive away from engagement.

So, Anna needs a ride into town. And, the town’s only courier is a hand-

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Matthew Goode, left, and Amy Adams are shown in a scene from, “Leap Year.” some, boorish bar/innkeeper named Declan (Matthew Goode). And, Anna and Declan can’t stand to be in each other’s presence. You don’t need an itinerary to see where this story’s heading; the only hard part is figuring out why you chose to go along for the ride.

Director Anand Tucker (“Shopgirl”) has a grasp of visual style, but he buries his romantic plotline somewhere between stepping in cow pies and wringing chicken necks.

Lame pratfalls and DOA yucks litter the comatose screenplay by go-to hacks Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont — their writing credits could fill the $5 DVD bin at Wal-Mart.

The film wants to emulate gender-bickering classics

like “It Happened One Night.”

Instead, it’s part of an odd trend of women’s pictures in which the smart, independent woman must get abased before she wises-up and hooks-up with the man of her dreams — who she usually met just 48 hours ago or so — and dump her otherwise innocent boyfriend.

Adams deserves better than slumming in some mindless January release.

If only Leap Year were the sort of film that came ‘round as often as its namesake.

LEAP YEAR Grade: C – MPAA Rating: PG Theaters: Crossroads 20 in Cary

t’s a familiar plotline for anyone who has watched movies since the 1980s: sexually frustrated teen seeks to lose his virginity, falls headover-heels for a beautiful girl, and then undergoes a series of wacky exploits on his way to accomplishing his goal.

That director Miguel Areta (“The Good Girl”; “Chuck & Buck”) embraces such a shopworn subgenre in adapting C.D. Payne’s farcical comingof-age novel “Youth in Revolt” is itself an ironic commentary on the landscape of cinematic comedies. Still, this is no “Porky’s” or slice of “American Pie.” “Youth in Revolt” owes more to “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Little Darlings,” and even Jean-Luc Godard, and while it may not equal that esteemed company, it is heady, hilarious fare that is already the surprise film of the young year.

Michael Cera has seemingly played the character of precocious, neurotic teenager Nick Twisp since his “Arrested Development” days. The 16-year-old Nick is a Holden Caulfield with a penchant for Sinatra and autoeroticism who longs to both shed his virgin-

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Michael Cera, left, and Portia Doubleday are shown in a scene from, “Youth in Revolt.” ity and sever ties with his divorced parents (Jean Smart and Steve Buscemi). Mom cycles through loser boyfriends while Dad is shacked up with a bikini-clad blonde closer to Nick’s age.

When Mom’s latest lout (Zach Galifianakis) lands in hot-water, they and Nick take refuge at Restless Axles, a Christian trailer park in northern California. Enter Sheeni Saunders (newcomer Portia Doubleday), an erudite Lolita with an abiding love for all things French, including her pinup of Jean-Paul Belmondo. She and Nick wax whip-smart and commence a PG-rated summer fling, but his coitus interruptus proves to be Sheeni’s handsome, French-speaking, pianoplaying, Futurist percussive poetry-spouting boyfriend, Trent (Jonathan Bradford Wright).

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home and Sheeni leaves to attend a French boarding school in Santa Cruz, his solution on how they might reunite revolves around mischief created

by François (also played

by Cera), a pencil-mustachioed, Gitanes-smoking figment of Nick’s imagination. The brazen François — part Jeff Spicoli, part Belmondo in Godard’s “Pierrot le Fou” — embodies Nick’s id and represents the sort of man he believes girls prefer. Spurred on by his inner Tyler Durden, Nick conflagrates his hometown of Berkley and sabotages Sheeni’s schooling.

Payne’s sharp wit translates well to the screen in the hands of writer Gustin Nash, whose coming-of-age “Charlie Bartlett” plowed similar, albeit less fertile ground. There are occasions late in “Youth in Revolt” when its comic elements almost explode into brilliant, full-blown surrealism, especially a couple of shroom-tripping sequences: Nick incorporates sex-manual illustrations into the first, while the other finds Sheeni’s otherwise bible-thumping dad (M. Emmet Walsh) smearing mashed potatoes all over his face over Thanksgiving dinner.

However, virtually all the film’s characters are zany to the point of derangement. Without a reliable straight/sane counterpoint, the narrative nearly implodes into inanity — casualties include underwritten supporting turns from Ray Liotta and Justin Long, who plays Sheeni’s half-baked brother. But, ultimately this is Cera’s show, and he exhibits range while carrying the film on his lanky back.

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While this statement didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t clearly deny the Web reports that Lenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show would be dropped, a clarification from NBC executives denied â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Jay Leno Showâ&#x20AC;? has been canceled.

Thursday night, another NBC statement expressed the networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment â&#x20AC;&#x153;to keeping Conan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien on NBC. He is a valued part of our late-night lineup, as he has been for more than 16 years and is one of the most respected entertainers on television.â&#x20AC;?

During his monologue Thursday, Leno milked some laughs from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;rumor floating around that we were canceled.

I heard it coming in this morning on the radio.

So far, no one has said anything to me.â&#x20AC;?

But if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true, he joked, â&#x20AC;&#x153;it will give us time to do some traveling. I understand that (the) Fox (network) is beautiful this

time of year.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think there is any truth to the rumors,â&#x20AC;? he went on, referring to his front-runner status in the ratings when NBC took him off â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tonight Show.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;See, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been my experience that NBC only cancels you when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in first place,â&#x20AC;? Leno cracked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So we are fine.

We are OK.â&#x20AC;?

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, who has attracted a smaller if younger audience than Leno did as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tonightâ&#x20AC;? host, made no mention of the scuttlebutt in his monologue.

On Thursday, the rumors surrounding Lenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fate left industry analyst Shari Anne Brill mystified. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me, the big question is what is going to happen at 10 p.m. going forward,â&#x20AC;? Brill said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a critical time period to promote the late local news, and it was the affiliatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dissatisfaction with their lower audience numbers that was the catalyst for speculation on this purported move (for Leno) into late-night.â&#x20AC;?

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NBC weighs Leno return to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; drawn lackluster ratings and complaints from NBC affiliate stations that the show has provided a weaker lead-in for local late newscasts than past NBC series.

The proposed new lineup could go into effect after NBC concludes its Feb. 12-28 Winter Olympics coverage, the person told The Associated Press.

Earlier Thursday, the network denied a report by the Web site FTV that Lenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prime-time venture would end when the Olympics started. A subsequent TMZ Web site report said that he would reclaim the 11:35 p.m. time slot he occupied through last May. In a series of statements, the fourth-place network took pains to express support for both Leno and Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jay Leno is one of the most compelling entertainers in the world today,â&#x20AC;? NBC said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As we have said all along, Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show has performed exactly as we anticipated on the network. It has, however, presented some

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LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jay Leno may get another chance to reign as late-night king at NBC. The network, contemplating disappointing ratings for Lenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new prime-time show, is weighing a plan to return him to the 11:35 p.m. slot he held for 17 years as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tonight Showâ&#x20AC;? host, a person familiar with the discussions said on condition of anonymity over a lack of authorLeno ity to address the issue publicly.

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The first two episodes have been yanked by producer Mark Burnett. He says he discovered what he termed â&#x20AC;&#x153;an issueâ&#x20AC;? with how some information was relayed to the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s young contestants. Burnett said in a statement Thursday that this led to his request that Fox not air those episodes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Little Geniusâ&#x20AC;? was set to premiere after Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Idol.â&#x20AC;? Fox instead will repeat the milestone 450th episode of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Simpsons.â&#x20AC;?

It was not immediately clear when, or if, Burnett will tape new episodes and proceed with the series. The prolific producer is known for such shows as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Survivorâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Celebrity Apprentice.â&#x20AC;?

Maguire talks â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Spider-Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; delay LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tobey Maguire doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think â&#x20AC;&#x153;SpiderMan 4â&#x20AC;? has become a tangled mess.

The 34-year-old star of the web-slinging superhero franchise said preproduction snags arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dampening his mood about the fourth installment. The next â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spider-Manâ&#x20AC;? film had been scheduled to

swing into theaters May 6, 2011, but that seems unlikely now that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thor,â&#x20AC;?

Maguire another big-screen Marvel superhero adaptation, has hammered out the same release date. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like anything, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a process,â&#x20AC;? Maguire said Thursday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just in the midst of the process. We have a lot of great stuff in terms of story and script. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just trying to dial it in and get it ready as quickly as possible. Of course, these movies are a very big undertaking and take a lot more time than a drama.â&#x20AC;?

Michael Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doctor hires defense attorney LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dr. Conrad Murray has hired a California criminal defense attorney as the investigation into his alleged role in Michael Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death nears completion.

Attorney J. Michael Flanagan said Friday he was hired last week to join Houston attorney Edward Chernoff in representing Murray.

The news comes as The Associated Press learned that prosecutors plan to pursue an involuntary manslaughter indictment against the doctor.

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Sports QUICKREAD

Repeat?

Nick Saban says not so fast on penciling in the Tide as next year’s champs

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GINYARD OUT AGAIN FOR HEELS’ ACC OPENER CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Ninthranked North Carolina will be short-handed again for Sunday’s Atlantic Coast Conference opener against Virginia Tech.

Coach Roy Williams says fifthyear senior Marcus Ginyard will miss his fourth straight game with a sprained right ankle. In addition, junior Will Graves and freshman Leslie McDonald are questionable with right ankle sprains.

Ginyard was hurt in practice the day after Christmas. Graves was hurt in last week’s win against Albany and missed Monday’s loss at College of Charleston. McDonald was hurt in that game and played through it, but Williams said Friday that McDonald had significant swelling afterward.

NFL MORA FIRED BY SEAHAWKS AFTER 1 YEAR RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks fired Jim Mora after just one season, leaving the former NFC West champs without a coach, general manager and president less than four years after they appeared in the Super Bowl.

The team confirmed the move Friday in a news release, less than a week after Mora finished 5-11 after taking over his hometown team at the end of Mike Holmgren’s coaching contract.

“We’ve made a tough decision today,” Seahawks chief executive Tod Leiweke said.

“It became apparent after conducting an extensive internal audit, that a new direction was needed to provide an opportunity for the organization to be successful. Today’s decision, while difficult, is part of the process in building a franchise with a new vision in 2010.”

boxING PACQUIAO MOVING ON TO FIGHT CLOTTEY (AP) — While Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s camp insists his prospective bout with Manny Pacquiao can be saved, Pacquiao’s promoter says he’s moving on.

After six weeks of contentious negotiations failed to produce a compromise on Mayweather’s insistence on stringent drug testing for the bout, Pacquiao has made plans to fight welterweight Joshua Clottey in mid-March, Top Rank boss Bob Arum told The Associated Press on Friday.

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, who works with Mayweather, isn’t ready to give up. He’s worried Top Rank hasn’t told Pacquiao that the potential richest fight in boxing history could be saved if the Filipino star would agree to take a blood test for performance-enhancing drugs 14 days before the proposed March 13 bout.

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Lee Christian’s Robert Sandidge makes his way past Grace Christian’s Xavier McDougald during Friday’s game in Sanford.

Lineberry drops Crusaders From Staff Reports SANFORD — The smallest player on the court hit the biggest shot.

Lee Christian’s 5-foot-5 point guard Jon Lineberry buried the game-winning 3-pointer with 7 seconds remaining to lift the Falcons to a 37-36 victory over the rival Grace Christian Crusaders on Friday night.

After holding the ball for more than a minute with the score tied at 34 with under 2 minutes remaining, Lee Christian’s Robert Sandidge stepped out of bounds after solid defense by the Crusaders’ Elijah Buie. The turnover handed the ball over to the Crusaders with 45 seconds remaining.

Buie then appeared to give Grace Christian the game by hitting a driving layup with 16.4 seconds to go, putting the Crusaders ahead 36-34, forcing the Falcons to call a timeout.

That set up Lineberry’s heroics as the Falcons, who had been off since Dec. 17, won their first game of the new year. Lineberry got the ball at the top of the key, and despite being tightly guarded by Ben Holt, leaned in and lofted the shot, drawing nothing but nylon.

Lineberry led the Falcons (6-3, 2-1) with 16 points. Sandidge, the team’s leading scorer, was just 3-of-10 shooting and finished with seven points and 10 rebounds.

“We clamped down defensively

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Grace cruises by rival

By RYAN SARDA

sarda@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — For about three minutes, the game was fairly even.

Then the Lee Christian Lady Falcons started playing at Grace Christian’s tempo.

From there, the Lady Crusaders were able to control things pretty easily as they defeated cross-town rival Lee Christian 62-18 on Friday night at Grace Christian School.

“We got into a situation that we didn’t want to be in,” said Lee Christian head coach Eric Davidson. “We made it a fast-paced game and we didn’t want that. Grace is too good a team for us to try and outrun them. Too many turnovers really sealed our doom.”

Playing at Grace’s tempo, the Falcons were forced into 48 turnovers. The Lady Crusaders were able to score 37 points off of those 48 Falcon turnovers.

“We don’t have the maturity or the depth to bounce back from the hole that we dug ourselves in,” said Davidson.

“Against a team like Grace, you can’t turn the ball over that many times and expect to win.”

The Crusaders improve to 15-6 overall and 7-0 in the NCCSA 3-A West Conference.

The Falcons drop to 0-8 overall

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Western harnett

Cummings stepping down as AD

By ALEX PODLOGAR

Index

Grace Christian’s Taylor Comte (left) looks for an opening as Lee Christian’s Katie Makepeace blocks during Friday’s game at Grace Christian School.

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LILLINGTON — Lewis Cummings will still be at the games.

But the longtime Western Harnett athletic director will be there as a spectator now.

Lewis Cummings announced Friday that he is stepping down as athletic director due to health reasons.

Cummings, who was also serving as the Lady Eagles’ var-

sity basketball coach, will retire in May and is on medical leave until then.

“I have high blood pressure, and just didn’t want to push it,” Cummings said after attending the Eagles’ night of basketball games. “I wanted to ease up a little bit.”

Cummings has been the athletic director at Western Harnett for 15 years. Before that, he worked at Central Carolina Community College for

12 years. While there, he helped found the Cougars’ basketball program.

Lee County Athletic Director Steve Womack said he will miss working with Cummings and has many fond memories of dealing with him.

“Lewis and I go a long ways back, well before either of us was an athletic director,” Womack said. “Everybody knows Lewis. He’s like the face of Western Harnett athletics.

He’s been around so long and done so much, and he is so well thought of around the state by other athletic directors.”

Womack said that the Yellow Jackets and Eagles have always enjoyed a spirited rivalry over the years, whether they were conference foes or not. While fervent, the rivalry was never combative or out of control, and Womack said Cummings

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SPORTS SCENE Lady Jackets prevail

SANFORD — Mikky Johnson had 19 points, eight rebounds and four steals as the Lee County Lady Yellow Jackets knocked off Fuquay-Varina 5945 in girls’ basketball on Friday night.

Ashley Pender and Katie Kremer each had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Jackets (3-11, 1-7). Tina Verbal chipped in nine points.

“It was a complete effort, a complete game, from the girls,” said Lee County coach Cindy Kelly. “We shot the ball well, we rebounded the ball well, we played well defensively and we made our free throws.”

Monday, Jan. 11 No games scheduled

Tuesday, Jan. 12 College Basketball Cape Fear at Central Carolina, 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball Grace Christian at Gospel Light, 7:30 p.m.

Lee Christian at Vandalia Christian, 7:30 p.m.

Lee County at Apex, 7:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball Apex at Lee County, 7:30 p.m.

Grace Christian at Gospel Light, 5:45 p.m.

Lee Christian at Vandalia Christian, 5:45 p.m.

Cavs unbeaten in CFV CAMERON — Southern Lee remained unbeaten in Cape Fear Valley Conference play with a 67-56 victory over Union Pines in boys’ basketball on Friday night.

The Cavaliers (9-6, 5-0) were led by A.J. Jackson’s 25 points while Ace Chalmers added 13 points, seven assists and five steals. Josh Mellette chipped in 11 points and eight rebounds.

Contact us If you have an idea for a sports story, or if you’d like call and submit scores or statistics, call: Sports Editor Alex Podlogar: 718-1222 alexp@sanfordherald.com

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Mark Novosel (19), a senior at Lee County High School shown in this file photo, was named to the All-Region soccer team for Public 4-A schools in Region 6, which comprises the Triangle Area. The selections are made by the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association. He was also chosen Tri-9 First Team All-Conference. The Tri-9 is one of the premier soccer conferences in the state. An attacking midfielder, Novosel was captain and MVP for the Yellow Jackets this season. He was also nominated by his school for the Davidson College Bryan Scholarship which recognizes Scholar Athletes.

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FUQUAY-VARINA — Fuquay-Varina held off the Yellow Jackets 39-33 in a Tri-9 Conference game on Friday night.

Dequan Swann had 10 points to lead Lee County (3-12, 0-8) while Israel and Isaiah Williams each had eight.

Camels seek road trip split KENNESAW, GA. – After dropping its first Atlantic Sun Conference contest of the year, Campbell seeks a split of its two-game road trip to Georgia on Saturday (7:30) at Kennesaw State.

The Fighting Camels fell 82-73 Thursday at Mercer despite 24 points from Jonathan Rodriguez and a season-best 15

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Campbell (8-5, 3-1) enters Saturday’s game tied for third place in the league behind East Tennessee State (4-0) and Belmont (4-1).

Kennesaw (5-10, 1-4) has lost three-straight after Thursday’s 63-46 setback against East Tennessee State.

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Alabama head coach Nick Saban holds the championship trophy after winning the BCS Championship NCAA college football game against Texas in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday.

and 0-3 in conference play.

Grace Christian head coach Joel Murr, who improved to 95-20 in conference play in 10 years as coach of the Crusaders, was very complimentary of the way the Lady Falcons kept playing despite the 44-point outcome.

“They’re having a rebuilding year, which every program goes through,” said Murr. “It’s through no fault of Coach Davidson or any of his players. They played extremely hard all the way down to the buzzer.

They’ve been having a pretty rough year and we’ve been having a pretty good year. We were just fortunate to be the better team.”

The Lady Crusaders took a 20-2 lead at the end of the first quarter and outscored the Falcons 17-7 in the sec-

Cummings Continued from Page 1B

Saban not counting on ’Bama repeat just yet

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Nick Saban cracked a few jokes and even some smiles, deadpanning about the players’ poor execution of his celebratory Gatorade bath. And it didn’t take long for him to start looking ahead to the challenges Alabama faces.

This is what the Crimson Tide coach is like the morning after winning a national championship — a tad more relaxed but no less focused. Think you’ll be the favorite to repeat, coach?

“People who make those statements sort of just look at the periphery of well, ’You’ve got Julio Jones, you’ve got Mark Ingram, you’ve got Trent Richardson, the quarterback’s coming back, so therefore everything’s going to turn up roses,”’ Saban said Friday at a news conference. “But that’s not necessarily the case. You’ve got to build a team.”

He’s already rebuilt the program.

The Tide wrapped up its latest national title with Thursday night’s 37-21 victory over Texas, further cementing Saban’s spot in ’Bama lore after just three seasons. Literally.

Plans for a Saban statue are “already underway,” athletic director Mal Moore said. It’ll join the ones of Bear Bryant and the three other coaches to win

national championships at Alabama.

It’s a historic monument for a coach who spends scant time worrying about history. Saban said he hadn’t thought about that until wife Terry brought it up Friday morning.

“In all honesty, I guess that when you’re driven and you put as much into what you do as we have not just for this year but for 30-something years, you would hope that something you do leaves a mark and the way you did it leaves a mark that is positive, that maybe could affect someone in a positive way in the future,” Saban said.

A big reason for his success is his ability to focus on the present and future. Even hours after celebrating Alabama’s seventh AP national title and the eighth of the poll era.

Saban took a call from President Obama on the ride back from the news conference. He even invited the president to play in the NBA — “Noontime Basketball Association” — of coaches and other staffers in the offseason if he’s ever around Tuscaloosa, Alabama spokesman Jeff Purinton said.

Plans for a celebration in Tuscaloosa are in the works.

Saban said he hung out with family and friends in his hotel suite after the game. “That’s celebration enough for me,” he said.

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and did well on the full court press at the end of the game,” said Lee Christian head coach Don Warcup. “That was a heck of a ballgame.

The final shot was a play designed for Jon and he drilled it.”

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ond quarter, which made it 37-9 at halftime. In the third quarter, the Crusaders scored 17 points and limited the Falcons to just five. In the fourth, Grace outscored Lee Christian 8-4.

“I was pleased with the efforts of our girls,” said Murr. “In our last few games, we’ve had to step it up in the second half. In this game, we controlled things from the beginning. I was happy to see that.”

The Crusaders were led by a trio of players in double figures. Haley Bryant led all scorers with 17 points and four assists. Anna Murr had 13 points on 4-of-6 shooting. Taylor Comte had 10 points and six rebounds.

“Haley has been very good for us these last few games; she’s starting to find her rhythm,” said Murr.

“Anna Murr also stepped up for us while Taylor Hilliard and Alexis McGilberry struggled after battling foul

trouble.”

The Lady Falcons were led by Makaila Gillum’s nine points and 10 rebounds.

Katie Makepeace had five points and seven boards.

Erica Davidson struggled from the floor shooting just 1-of-9 with just three points. Whitney O’Quinn added the final point for the Falcons.

Davidson hopes that the Lady Falcons can learn from this loss and build from it.

“I told my girls that we can either let this game destroy us or learn from it,” said Davidson. “We’re going to continue to work hard in practice and continue to play. How we come out is up to the girls. Grace is a good team and there’s no shame in losing to a good team. No one has beaten them in the conference so far and I don’t know if anyone will.”

a good rivalry, always competitive, but never problematic. That’s why, even though we’re in a nine-team conference now, we’ve always wanted to keep Western Harnett as one of our nonconference opponents. And it’s because of Lewis and the folks at Western.”

Womack doesn’t have to worry about not seeing his old friend, though.

“I’m still coming to the games,” Cummings said. “I feel as good as a I have in 5-10 years, so I’ll still attend the games and do some of the things I haven’t had a chance to do.”

1-5) had one last chance to win, but turned the ball over with 1.2 seconds remaining.

“We were going to try and get a steal and foul them because we had a foul to give,” said Crusader head coach Steve Murr.

“We just didn’t do it.”

The loss marks the second time Grace has lost to its county rival this season. Earlier in

the season, the Falcons held off the Crusaders in overtime. Both times, the Crusaders could have controlled the outcome of the game.

“This is the second time we could have changed the outcome of the game if we had just used our foul,” said Murr.

“We’ve got to learn from this and move on.”

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NBA Standings

Boston Toronto New York Philadelphia New Jersey

W 25 18 15 10 3

Orlando Atlanta Miami Charlotte Washington

W 24 22 17 15 11

Cleveland Milwaukee Chicago Detroit Indiana

W 28 14 14 11 11

Dallas San Antonio Houston New Orleans Memphis

W 24 21 20 17 17

Denver Portland Oklahoma City Utah Minnesota

W 22 22 19 19 7

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

W 28 23 16 14 10

L 8 18 20 24 32

Pct GB L10 .758 — 6-4 .500 81⁄2 7-3 .429 11 7-3 .294 151⁄2 4-6 .086 23 1-9 Southeast Division L Pct GB L10 11 .686 — 5-5 1 12 .647 1 ⁄2 4-6 16 .515 6 5-5 19 .441 8 1/2 5-5 22 .333 12 4-6 Central Division L Pct GB L10 9 .757 — 8-2 1 18 .438 11 ⁄2 3-7 19 .424 12 6-4 23 .324 151⁄2 0-10 23 .324 151⁄2 2-8 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division L Pct GB L10 11 .686 — 6-4 12 .636 2 8-2 1 16 .556 4 ⁄2 5-5 16 .515 6 7-3 17 .500 61⁄2 7-3 Northwest Division L Pct GB L10 13 .629 — 4-6 15 .595 1 6-4 16 .543 3 6-4 16 .543 3 4-6 29 .194 151⁄2 3-7 Pacific Division L Pct GB L10 7 .800 — 7-3 13 .639 51⁄2 6-4 18 .471 111⁄2 5-5 20 .412 131⁄2 3-7 1 24 .294 17 ⁄2 3-7

Tuesday’s Games Indiana 97, Orlando 90 Washington 104, Philadelphia 97 Charlotte 113, Chicago 108 Milwaukee 98, New Jersey 76 Dallas 98, Detroit 93 Denver 123, Golden State 122 Memphis 109, Portland 105 Phoenix 113, Sacramento 109 L.A. Lakers 88, Houston 79 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 119, New Jersey 89 Cleveland 121, Washington 98 Toronto 108, Orlando 103 Boston 112, Miami 106, OT Golden State 107, Minnesota 101 New Orleans 97, Oklahoma City 92 San Antonio 112, Detroit 92

TV — Sat. Jan. 9 GOLF 6 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour, SBS Championship, third round, at Kapalua, Hawaii MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon ESPN — Connecticut at Georgetown ESPN2 — Florida at Vanderbilt 2 p.m.

ESPN — Duke at Georgia Tech ESPN2 — Kansas St. at Missouri 4 p.m.

ESPN2 — N. Iowa at Illinois St. VERSUS — UNLV at New Mexico

Str W-2 W-2 W-3 L-1 L-3

Home 11-4 12-5 9-10 4-11 2-15

Away 14-4 6-13 6-10 6-13 1-17

Conf 17-4 12-11 10-14 6-13 3-19

Str L-3 W-1 L-1 L-1 L-1

Home 13-4 13-4 11-10 12-4 5-9

Away 11-7 9-8 6-6 3-15 6-13

Conf 16-8 12-9 12-7 14-14 9-12

Str W-1 W-2 L-2 L-11 W-1

Home 14-3 10-7 11-7 8-8 8-9

Away 14-6 4-11 3-12 3-15 3-14

Conf 17-6 8-11 10-11 8-10 8-13

Str W-1 W-1 L-3 W-4 L-1

Home 12-5 15-5 10-4 13-3 10-5

Away 12-6 6-7 10-12 4-13 7-12

Conf 14-8 10-9 16-12 13-8 10-13

Str W-1 L-2 L-1 W-1 L-5

Home 14-3 13-6 9-8 13-6 4-15

Away 8-10 9-9 10-8 6-10 3-14

Conf 12-7 16-7 8-12 9-11 4-21

Str L-1 W-2 W-3 L-4 W-1

Home 20-3 14-3 11-8 11-8 6-7

Away 8-4 9-10 5-10 3-12 4-17

Conf 18-6 13-9 10-14 8-15 6-15

Sports Review FOOTBALL NFL Playoff Glance

By The Associated Press All Times EST Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 9 N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m. (NBC) Philadelphia at Dallas, 8 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 10 Baltimore at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS) Green Bay at Arizona, 4:40 p.m. (FOX) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 Philadelphia, Green Bay or Arizona at New Orleans, 4:30 p.m. (FOX) Baltimore, N.Y. Jets or Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 8:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 17 Dallas, Green Bay or Arizona at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX) New England, N.Y. Jets or Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:40 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC, 3 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 6:40 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Miami AFC vs. NFC, 7:20 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Miami NFC champion vs. AFC champion, 6:25 p.m. (CBS)

BCS Championship Boxscore No. 1 ALABAMA 37, No. 2 TEXAS 21 Texas 6 0 7 8 — 21 Alabama 0 24 0 13 — 37 First Quarter Tex—FG Lawrence 18, 9:11.

Tex—FG Lawrence 42, 8:04.

Second Quarter Ala—Ingram 2 run (Tiffin kick), 14:18.

Ala—Richardson 49 run (Tiffin kick), 7:59.

Ala—FG Tiffin 26, :29.

Ala—Dareus 28 interception return (Tiffin kick), :03.

Third Quarter Tex—Shipley 44 pass from Gilbert (Lawrence kick), 1:31.

Fourth Quarter Tex—Shipley 28 pass from Gilbert (Buckner pass from Gilbert), 6:15.

Ala—Ingram 1 run (Tiffin kick), 2:01.

Ala—Richardson 2 run (kick failed), :47.

A—94,906.

Tex Ala First downs 15 16 Rushes-yards 28-81 51-205 Passing 195 58 Comp-Att-Int 17-42-4 6-12-1 Return Yards 0 50 Punts-Avg. 8-42.9 7-37.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-77 5-38 Time of Possession 26:21 33:39 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Texas, Newton 14-39, Monroe 3-33, Chiles 1-8, Whittaker 1-5, C.Johnson 3-2, McCoy 1-0, Gilbert 5-(minus 6). Alabama, Ingram 22-116, Richardson 19-109, Upchurch 2-9, Team 1-(minus 2), McElroy 7-(minus 27).

PASSING—Texas, Gilbert 15-40-4-186, McCoy 2-2-0-9. Alabama, McElroy 6-11-0-58, Fitzgerald 0-1-1-0.

RECEIVING—Texas, Shipley 10-122, Goodwin 3-70, Newton 2-2, M.Williams 1-4, Buckner 1-(minus 3). Alabama, Richardson 2-19, Ingram 2-12, J.Jones 1-23, Maze 1-4.

Utah 117, Memphis 94 Phoenix 118, Houston 110 L.A. Clippers 102, L.A. Lakers 91 Thursday’s Games New York 97, Charlotte 93 Friday’s Games Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Washington, 7 p.m.

Utah at Memphis, 8 p.m.

New Jersey at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Boston at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

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

Chicago at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Miami at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10 p.m.

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

Cleveland at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

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ESPN2 — Murray St. at Austin Peay 10:30 p.m.

FSN — Southern Cal at California NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m.

WGN — Minnesota at Chicago NFL FOOTBALL 4:30 p.m.

NBC — Playoffs, Wild-card game, N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati 8 p.m.

NBC — Playoffs, Wild-card game, Philadelphia at Dallas PREP FOOTBALL 1 p.m.

NBC — All-American Bowl, at San Antonio SOCCER 7:30 a.m.

ESPN2 — Premier League, Hull City vs. Chelsea, at Hull, England WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon FSN — Kansas at Kansas St. 2 p.m.

CBS — National coverage, Ohio St. at Michigan St. FSN — Missouri at Colorado 4 p.m.

CBS — National coverage, North Carolina at Connecticut

The AP Top 25

By The Associated Press The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press final college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points

based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs 1. Alabama (60) 14-0 1,500 1 2. Texas 13-1 1,399 2 3. Florida 13-1 1,370 5 4. Boise St. 14-0 1,366 6 5. Ohio St. 11-2 1,224 8 6. TCU 12-1 1,163 3 7. Iowa 11-2 1,126 10 8. Cincinnati 12-1 1,060 4 9. Penn St. 11-2 1,016 11 10. Virginia Tech 10-3 953 12 11. Oregon 10-3 886 7 12. BYU 11-2 806 15 13. Georgia Tech 11-3 768 9 14. Nebraska 10-4 724 20 15. Pittsburgh 10-3 697 17 16. Wisconsin 10-3 571 24 17. LSU 9-4 501 13 18. Utah 10-3 491 23 19. Miami 9-4 310 14 20. Mississippi 9-4 296 — 21. Texas Tech 9-4 224 — 22. Southern Cal 9-4 216 — 23. Cent. Michigan 12-2 166 25 24. Clemson 9-5 125 — 25. West Virginia 9-4 91 18 Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 90, Oregon St. 89, Navy 85, Stanford 67, Oklahoma St. 40, Rutgers 37, Auburn 8, Georgia 7, Florida St. 6, Arizona 5, Connecticut 5, Middle Tennessee 4, Air Force 3, Arkansas 3, Villanova 2.

USA Today Top 25 Poll The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs 1. Alabama (58) 14-0 1,450 1 2. Texas 13-1 1,360 2 3. Florida 13-1 1,323 5 4. Boise State 14-0 1,312 6 5. Ohio State 11-2 1,190 8 6. TCU 12-1 1,104 3 7. Iowa 11-2 1,087 11 8. Penn State 11-2 1,071 9 9. Cincinnati 12-1 943 4 10. Virginia Tech 10-3 940 12 11. Oregon 10-3 846 7 12. Brigham Young 11-2 814 14 13. Georgia Tech 11-3 741 10 14. Nebraska 10-4 671 19 15. Pittsburgh 10-3 667 16 16. Wisconsin 10-3 587 22 17. LSU 9-4 530 13 18. Utah 10-3 466 24 19. Miami (Fla.) 9-4 336 15 20. Southern Cal 9-4 217 NR 21. Mississippi 9-4 192 NR 22. West Virginia 9-4 159 17 23. Texas Tech 9-4 152 NR 24. Central Michigan 12-2 123 NR 25. Oklahoma State 9-4 92 18 Others receiving votes Navy 89; Oregon State 78; Clemson 75; Oklahoma 67; Stanford 49; Auburn 17; Georgia 13; Houston 12; Middle Tennessee 12; Arizona 11; Arkansas 10; Connecticut 10; Florida State 9; Air Force 7; Rutgers 7; Northwestern 6; East Carolina 4; Southern Methodist 1.

BASKETBALL Top 25 Schedule

By The Associated Press All Times EST Saturday’s Games No. 2 Texas vs. Colorado, 1:45 p.m.

No. 3 Kentucky vs. Georgia, 4 p.m.

No. 4 Purdue at No. 17 Wisconsin, 1:30 p.m.

No. 5 Duke at No. 20 Georgia Tech, 2 p.m.

No. 6 Villanova vs. Marquette, 2 p.m.

No. 8 West Virginia at Notre Dame, 8 p.m.

No. 10 Michigan State at Iowa, 5:35 p.m.

No. 11 Kansas State at Missouri, 2 p.m.

No. 12 Georgetown vs. No. 13 Connecticut, Noon

No. 14 Mississippi vs. Mississippi State, 1:30 p.m.

No. 15 New Mexico vs. UNLV, 4 p.m.

No. 19 Gonzaga at Portland, 10 p.m.

No. 22 Texas Tech at Oklahoma State, 8:05 p.m.

No. 25 BYU at UTEP, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s Games No. 1 Kansas at No. 16 Tennessee, 1:30 p.m.

No. 7 Syracuse vs. South Florida, 2 p.m.

No. 9 North Carolina vs. Virginia Tech, 7:45 p.m.

No. 18 Florida State at Maryland, 5:30 p.m.

No. 21 Temple at Rhode Island, 1 p.m.

HOCKEY NHL Glance

By The Associated Press All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 41 30 10 1 61 122 89 Pittsburgh 45 27 17 1 55 142 125 N.Y. Rangers 44 21 17 6 48 117 121 Philadelphia 43 21 19 3 45 130 124 N.Y. Islanders 44 18 18 8 44 110 136 Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Buffalo 42 27 11 4 58 117 96 Boston 43 22 14 7 51 113 104 Ottawa 44 22 18 4 48 125 134 Montreal 46 22 21 3 47 118 124 Toronto 44 15 20 9 39 120 153 Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 43 26 11 6 58 154 120 Atlanta 43 19 18 6 44 136 141 Tampa Bay 42 16 16 10 42 106 126 Florida 44 17 20 7 41 125 140 Carolina 42 11 24 7 29 104 150 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 44 31 10 3 65 146 93 Nashville 44 26 15 3 55 126 124 Detroit 43 22 15 6 50 111 109 St. Louis 43 17 19 7 41 111 127 Columbus 45 16 20 9 41 119 152 Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 44 27 16 1 55 143 106 Calgary 43 25 13 5 55 118 103 Colorado 44 24 14 6 54 130 127 Minnesota 44 21 20 3 45 116 129 Edmonton 44 16 23 5 37 121 147 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 44 28 9 7 63 146 113 Phoenix 45 26 15 4 56 116 107 Los Angeles 44 25 16 3 53 131 124 Dallas 43 18 14 11 47 124 136 Anaheim 44 18 19 7 43 123 140 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Wednesday’s Games Buffalo 5, Tampa Bay 3 N.Y. Rangers 5, Dallas 2 Philadelphia 6, Toronto 2 Minnesota 4, Calgary 1 N.Y. Islanders 3, Colorado 2 San Jose 2, St. Louis 1, OT Thursday’s Games Atlanta 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, SO Washington 5, Ottawa 2 Chicago 5, Boston 2 Philadelphia 7, Pittsburgh 4 Montreal 2, Florida 0 Nashville 4, Carolina 2 Columbus 4, Edmonton 2 Vancouver 4, Phoenix 0 Anaheim 4, St. Louis 2 Detroit 2, Los Angeles 1 Friday’s Games Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Columbus at Calgary, 9 p.m.

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The Sanford Herald / Saturday, January 9, 2010 / 5B

DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

Overprotective parents won’t acknowledge teen’s true age DEAR ABBY: I’m a 15-year-old girl whose parents treat me like an 8-year-old. They not only refuse to let me see any movie that isn’t G-rated, but they still cut my meat for me! Once a week we go to the park, and they still push me on the swings.

I don’t want to tell them it’s embarrassing because I’m afraid I’ll hurt their feelings. Please tell me how to convey to my parents that I’m not a child anymore.

— OLD ENOUGH IN VIRGINIA

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: Take center stage and show everyone what you are capable of doing. You have always stretched yourself too far in the past and this time it’s vital that you give your all to your own endeavors.

Don’t let someone’s anger or complaints be your demise. This is your year to follow your heart and do your own thing. Your numbers are 8, 14, 19, 21, 28, 37, 44 ARIES (March 21-April 19): You need a change of routine or scenery. Get out, join a group or get involved in a cause that moves you. Idle time is the enemy and will lead to anxious behavior and arguments with loved ones.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Negotiate your position within a group or partnership that needs to make some changes.

Don’t let little setbacks slow you down when it’s important to move forward. Leave time for a romantic encounter late in the day.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You can develop a skill you have and find someone interested in using what you have to offer. There is money to be made but only if you are relentless in your pursuit. Don’t let anyone stifle your attempts to turn something you love to do into a lucrative pastime.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t leave anything to chance. You need to control the situation, not give in to someone else’s demands. Step up and take over whether you like change or not. Love is on the rise.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Participate in whatever changes are taking place at home or at work. It’s up to you to show your enthusiasm if you want to be counted as one of the team. Don’t let someone take your place or push you aside when you are truly the better person to take the lead.

WORD JUMBLE

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): You will have a good effect on the people you deal with and can help when it comes to serious decisions. Romance is in the picture and, with a couple of affectionate gestures, you can enhance your love life and make someone very happy.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Stay out of the line of fire. There will be plenty to disagree with but now is not the time. Avoid any interaction that may put you in a vulnerable position. Embrace change with optimism.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Put a little effort into your appeal. A short journey will lead to romance and change the course of your personal future. Get involved in activities that introduce you to inspirational people.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Take advantage of anyone offering to do things for you but don’t be ungrateful. Your services will be welcomed and will lead to an interesting financial partnership. It’s sharing with others that will advance your own dreams.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): If there are offers on the table, you should be considering one of them seriously. A change in your current direction will lead to an unusual source of income. A commitment to someone you care for will ensure you are on the same page.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Put your emotions on the backburner for now.

You have to deal with each issue as it arises or you will get bogged down.

Don’t let anyone convince you that you can bypass the inevitable.

PISCES (Feb. 19March 20): Love and romance are in a high cycle and will help make this day very special.

Do something nice for someone you love and the response will be overwhelming. There is a gift or reward heading your way.

DEAR OLD ENOUGH: Your parents mean well, but children who are overprotected to the extent you have been often become stunted in their development. Teens do not learn social skills and how to make appropriate choices when they are “supervised” to the extent you are.

Tell your parents that you love them, but in three years you will be 18 and an adult. Explain that you know they love you, but if you are not allowed some freedom now, then you will be behind your peers because of your inexperience when you have reached an age when you’ll be expected to make wise choices. Remind them that even children half your age are sufficiently coordinated that they can cut the food on their plates, and you would appreciate their allowing you to get some practice.

If this doesn’t help them let go, then ask another adult to help you deliver the message.

o

Abigail Van Buren Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

o DEAR ABBY: Two family members passed away, and because we live several states from our family, we were not informed of their deaths until many weeks after the funerals. Whose responsibility is it to notify us of a death in the family?

— LEFT IN THE DARK DEAR LEFT IN THE DARK: There is no designated person who makes the call. Often it is a family member conveying the sad news, or a close family friend if the family is too devastated or too busy making funeral arrangements to reach out. That you were not notified until weeks after the funeral — not once but twice — implies that there may have been some sort of estrangement. And if that’s the case, you have my sympathy.

DEAR ABBY: An old friend from high school came to visit.

While she was here I couldn’t help but notice that her teeth and gums were in awful shape.

Her gums were red and swollen, with dark plaque around the gum lines.

I feel terrible for her. I’d hate to see her lose her teeth. She’s only 30, but it’s clear she’ll be in trouble if she doesn’t see a dentist ASAP. How can I let her know that she really, really needs to do this?

— CONCERNED IN L.A. DEAR CONCERNED: Have a heart-to-heart talk with your friend and ask her why she hasn’t been seeing a dentist. Tell her you are worried about her because diseases of the mouth can cause problems in other areas of the body or be a sign of illness.

If her problem is a fear of dentists, she should know that there are dentists who specialize in treating patients like her who can administer anti-anxiety meds to help her. And if her problem is money, that she should contact dental schools in her state to see if she could be treated as part of their supervised training for dental students. You are right to be concerned about your friend, so don’t put off talking to her.

ODDS AND ENDS

MY ANSWER

Swiss court fines speeding millionaire $290,000

stand. The glass magnified the sunbeam, which set a nearby pile of mail on fire.

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland (AP) — A Swiss court has slapped a wealthy speeder with a chalet-sized fine — a full $290,000.

Judges at the cantonal court in St. Gallen, in eastern Switzerland, based the record-breaking fine on the speeder’s estimated wealth of over $20 million.

A statement on the court’s Web site says the driver — a repeat offender — drove up to 35 miles an hour (57 kilometers an hour) faster than the 50-milean-hour (80-kilometer-an-hour) limit.

Court clerk Heidi Baumann-Becker said Thursday the unidentified driver can appeal the decision, handed down in November, to the Swiss supreme court.

The Blick daily newspaper in Zurich reported the fine was more than twice the previous Swiss record of about $107,000.

Police seek woman who trashes Mo. McDonald’s KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City, Mo., are looking for a woman who went on a rampage at a McDonald’s because she didn’t like her hamburger.

Police say the woman caused thousands of dollars in damage on Dec. 27 when she became upset that the restaurant wouldn’t refund her money.

Employees had offered to replace her hamburger, but the woman refused and demanded her money back.

Police released a video showing the woman throwing a sign and a bucket of water over the counter and pushing off a glass display case and three cash registers. She then cursed and fled.

Sunbeam, magnifying glass set fire in Wyoming home

Man ties record for biggest largemouth bass

RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — Officials say a magnifying glass set on a stand in a sunny room started a small blaze in a Wyoming home.

UPS worker Buddy Armstrong was delivering a package to 84-year-old Thomas Guthrie’s Dubois home on Tuesday when he heard an alarm inside. Armstrong, also a volunteer firefighter, called emergency workers and went inside the home, along with a sheriff’s deputy.

Sgt. Jerry Evagelatos says they found a lot of smoke, but couldn’t find the source until Dubois firefighters arrived. Evagelatos says the sun was shining at just the right angle to hit a magnifying glass on a

DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man was being credited with tying the 77-year-old world record for catching the biggest largemouth bass. The International Game Fish Association announced Friday that it had confirmed the 22-pound, 4-ounce fish caught

by Manabu Kurita. The Florida-based group said Kurita caught the fish July 2 on Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest lake.

Kurita’s fish tied the record of George Perry, who caught his bass on Georgia’s Montgomery Lake on June 2, 1932.

Kurita used 25-pound test line and a live blue gill as bait.

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Billy Graham Send your queries to “My Answer,” Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc., 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201

The devil can take many forms Q: What does the devil look like? I’ve seen pictures people have drawn, but are they accurate? If we knew what he looked like maybe we’d be able to avoid him. -- S.T. A: The Bible indicates Satan is a spiritual being or power -- that is, he doesn’t have a physical body like we do. Any pictures of him, therefore, are simply the product of an artist’s imagination (although they may hint at his evil nature).

At the same time, Satan can become visible from time to time -- just as God’s angels can. (After all, the Bible says Satan was one of God’s angels originally, before he rebelled and set himself up in opposition to God.) We don’t know, however, what the devil looks like when he becomes visible; he can take various forms. When he came to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden he appeared as a serpent (see Genesis 3:1). Paul wrote that Satan sometimes “masquerades as an angel of light” in order to try to deceive us (2 Corinthians 11:14). Peter compared him to “a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8).

Never forget two important truths about the devil.

First, he is real, and he is evil. His only goal is to oppose God in every way he can -- in the world, and in our lives. Don’t treat him lightly, or think he’s cute or cuddly. He is your enemy, and you should treat him the same way you’d treat a poisonous snake.

But you need to know a second truth: Satan is a defeated foe.

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EXECUTOR NOTICE HAVING qualified as Executor of the estate of Pamela C. Hall, deceased, late of Lee County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned within three months from January 9, 2010 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This 9th, day of January, 2010.

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601 Bargain Bin/ $250 or Less

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665 Musical/Radio/TV CLASSIFIED SELLS! “CALL TODAY, SELL TOMORROW” Sanford Herald Classified Dept., 718-1201 or 7181204

675 Pets/Animals *Pets/Animals Policy: Three different (Pet) ads per household per year at the “Family Rate”. In excess of 3, billing will be at the “Business Rate”.

Cockatiels pair W/ Cage: -$75 also 1 male & 2 females- $40 each.

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700 Rentals 720 For Rent - Houses 1, 2, 3 BR Rentals Avail.

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900 Miscellaneous 960 Statewide Classifieds

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