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The Sanford Herald THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2010
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EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI
SPORTS
Local church taking donations for victims SANFORD — St. Luke United Methodist Church in Sanford will immediately begin receiving monetary donations for impoverished victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Checks should be made out to St. Luke UMC noted for “Haiti.” All such donations will be deposited into a designated fund and dispersed through the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Donations should be sent to: St. Luke UMC, Haiti Donation, 2916 Wicker St., Sanford, NC 27330.
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HAITIANS FEAR TENS OF THOUSANDS DEAD • Page 8A
SOUTHERN LEE BOYS ARE IN A GOOD SPOT
The last time the Cavaliers were on the basketball court was Jan. 8, and they won’t be on the floor again until Jan. 20 because of exams. But they are 9-6 overall and are in first place in the Cape Fear Valley Conference with a 5-0 league record
A young earthquake survivor is given first aid in a shanty town on the outskirts of Port au Prince.
LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS
SANFORD
Laptops in use
Council approves Parkdale incentives
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HEALTH CARE
By GORDON ANDERSON anderson@sanfordherald.com
OBAMA, DEMS HOLD LONG TALKS ON PLANS Pushed by President Barack Obama, senior Democratic lawmakers plunged into marathon talks at the White House on Wednesday in a hurry-up bid for agreement on overdue health care legislation Page 8A
ENTERTAINMENT ‘AMERICAN IDOL’ STILL A RATINGS POWERHOUSE Despite losing judge Paula Abdul, “American Idol” started its ninth season on a high note with an estimated audience of nearly 30 million. Tuesday’s viewership of 29.9 million is about 2 percent lower than last year’s season debut audience of slightly more than 30 million. Page 9A
ECONOMY RECOVERY SPREADING, BUT NOT THE JOBS The economic recovery is spreading to more parts of the country even as a growing number of people can’t find full-time jobs. The duality of the recovery is underscored in a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday: The economy is growing, and the recovery is extending its reach geographically. Yet 27 million people are either unemployed, forced into part-time jobs or so discouraged that they’ve stopped looking for work.
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Instruction Technology Facilitator Wendy Clark (left) walks West Lee Middle School teacher Mary Jening through laptop training on Tuesday at the Heins Education Building in Sanford.
Phase I of district’s laptop program begins with teacher training By CAITLIN MULLEN cmullen@sanfordherald.com
SANFORD — As part of Lee County Schools’ 1:1 laptop initiative, middle school teachers are receiving staff development training with their laptops in preparation for classroom use. LCS will hold its “Open the Box Day” March 16 when all middle schoolers will receive laptops. Teachers began training with the computers this month and will continue into
On Dec. 8, the Lee County Board of Education approved the purchase of 2,326 HP 5101 mini computers for its 1:1 laptop initiative involving all middle school teachers and students. The computers, which don’t have a CD drive but are equipped like laptops, have a six-hour battery, webcam and 802.11n wireless Internet access.
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anford native Migdalia Sebren lost four pounds in Week 2 of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” enough to push her into Week 3 of the competition. The wife and mother of two whose husband is currently serving in the military in Afghanistan, Sebren joins “The Biggest Loser” alongside her mother, Miggy Cancel, competing as a mother-daughter duo.
TO INFORM, CHALLENGE AND CELEBRATE
Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
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THE PRODUCT
ONLINE: MIGDALIA ON ‘BIGGEST LOSER’
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February. On Jan. 20, Phase 1 implementers — 13 teachers from the different middle schools and one teacher from Bragg Street Academy — and 350 students will receive laptops. Phase 2 implementers — 20 teachers and 500 students — will receive their laptops Feb. 16. All computers will remain at school during that time. Principals chose the teach-
Read more about Tuesday night’s episode in Katelyn Holshouser’s report at sanfordherald.com.
HAPPENING TODAY The Lee County Library offers story time at 11 a.m. The program is aimed at children ages 3 and up, and lasts 30 to 45 minutes. Story times may include books, finger plays, puppets, movement, songs, flannel board stories and crafts. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
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SANFORD — The Sanford City Council on Wednesday approved an incentives package worth $25,043 to Parkdale America, a cotton spinning mill on U.S. 421. The council voted 5-2, with councilmen Mike Stone and Charles Taylor dissenting, to award the package to the company in exchange for locating $2.5 million in spinning equipment purchased from the now-defunct HanesBrands plant at its facility on U.S. 421. The incentive will be given over a five-year period after the company’s yearly property tax bill is paid. The Lee County Board of Commissioners voted 6-1 on Jan. 4 to grant a $34,781 incentive to
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PITTSBORO
Deputies wounded in shootout honored The Durham Herald-Sun
PITTSBORO — Two deputies wounded in a fatal shootout with a gunman who refused their orders to drop his weapon were among seven officers honored by Chatham County Sheriff Richard Webster. Webster issued Medals of Valor to Capt. Roy Allen, Sgt. Chris Perry, Sgt. Brandon Jones, Sgt. Joe Reece, Sgt. Daniel Tilley, Sgt. Brad Clewis, and Cpl. David Scott. On Sept. 17, they faced an
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INDEX
More Weather, Page 10A
OBITUARIES
SCOTT MOONEYHAM
Sanford: Betty Godwin, 77; Goldree Hughes, 79; Norman Phillips; Leah Willett Aberdeen: Freddie Fisher, 82 Broadway: Dorothy Judd, 57;
Some pages missing from the report on the missing Easley travel records
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Abby, Graham, Bridge, Sudoku............................. 6B Classifieds ....................... 9B Comics, Crosswords.......... 7B Community calendar .......... 2A Horoscope ........................ 6B Obituaries......................... 5A Opinion ............................ 4A Scoreboard ....................... 4B