January 14, 2010 by The Sanford Herald

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EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI

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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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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.

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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.

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.

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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

See Council, Page 6A

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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

See Shootout, Page 6A

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;

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On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:

MONDAY ■ The Lee County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. at the Lee County Government Center in Sanford. ■ The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. at the District Courtroom in Pittsboro. ■ The Moore County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. at the Commissioners Meeting Room in Carthage. ■ The Harnett County Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at the County Administration Building in Lillington. ■ There will be a special/joint Town of Carthage Board of Commissioners and Planning Board meeting at 5:30 p.m. at the McDonald Building, located at 203 McReynolds Street in Carthage. The purpose of the special meeting is to review the plans for the proposed Moore County Governmental Center and proposed Detention Center. ■ The Southeast Chatham Citizens Advisory Council will meet at 7 p.m., at the Moncure Fire Department. The speaker will be Ricardo Hillman, General Manager of UniBoard in Moncure.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Jason Giovan Berdecia, Mary Lois Doby, Ollie McLucas, Tommy Mann Jr., Jessica WAtson, Nicole Brannan, Kristen Stroud, Jacob Wallace, Wendy Danielle Maddox Guinn, Scott Thomas, Casey Lanier, Evelyn G. McAuley, Robin Williams, Billy J. Valentine, Maxine Matthews, Jean Oldham, William B. McIntyre, Geneva Poindexter, Rev. Doug Houston and Nicole Thompson. CELEBRITIES: CBS commentator Andy Rooney is 91. Actor Carl Weathers is 62. Newspaper columnist Maureen Dowd is 58. Fox News Channel anchorman Shepard Smith is 46. Rapper Slick Rick is 45. Actor Dan Schneider is 44. Actress Emily Watson is 43. Rapper-actor LL Cool J is 42. Actor Jason Bateman is 41. Rock singer-musician Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) is 41. Actress Jordan Ladd is 35. Retro-soul singer-songwriter Marc Broussard is 28.

Almanac Today is Thursday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2010. There are 351 days left in the year. This day in history: On Jan. 14, 1784, the United States ratified a peace treaty with England, ending the Revolutionary War. In 1639, the first constitution of Connecticut — the Fundamental Orders — was adopted. In 1858, Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and his wife, Empress Eugenie, escaped an assassination attempt led by Italian revolutionary Felice Orsini, who was later captured and executed. In 1898, author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson — better known as “Alice in Wonderland” creator Lewis Carroll — died in Guildford, Surrey, England, less than two weeks before his 66th birthday. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French Gen. Charles de Gaulle opened a wartime conference in Casablanca. In 1952, NBC’s “Today” show premiered, with Dave Garroway as the host, or “communicator,” as he was officially known. In 1953, Josip Broz Tito was elected president of Yugoslavia by the country’s Parliament. In 1969, 27 people aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, off Hawaii, were killed when a rocket warhead exploded, setting off a fire and additional explosions. In 1970, Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR TODAY ■ A check-off referendum will be held today in each flue-cured producing county in North Carolina. Flue-cured tobacco growers will vote on their continuance of their support of the self-help plan of promoting flue-cured tobacco by Tobacco Associates, Inc. for the marketing years 2010, 2011, 2012. Polling places will be open during normal business hours (8 a.m. - 5 p.m.) at each flue-cured producing County Extension office. ■ The Arthritis Support Group will meet at 11 a.m. at the Enrichment Center. The guest speaker will be Dr. Knecht from Knecht Chiropractic. He will be sharing information about Fibromyalgia and how this debilitating disease effects your body and lifestyle. ■ The Grancare Luncheon, for grandparents ad other relatives raising grandchildren, will be held at noon at the Enrichment Center. Registration requested, call 776-0501, ext. 230. ■ The Lee County Library offers story time at 11 a.m. The program is aimed at children ages 3and up, and lasts 30 to 45 minutes. Story times may include books, finger plays, puppets, movement, songs, flannel board stories, crafts and a movie depending on the theme and the age group.

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SATURDAY ■ Child Safety Expo will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at Grace Chapel Church, 2605 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Sanford. Planned events are self defense by Brick City Martial Arts Academy, Internet safety by the Girl and Boy Scouts of America along with the Boys and Girls Club of Sanford, child identification with the Lee County Sheriff’s Department and making right choices with GCC Children’s Ministry. Pre-registration is free by going to www. brickcitymartialarts.com. ■ 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. ■ A “Skywatching Session” will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Jordan Lake State Park. Join Morehead educators and amateur astronomers to view sky objects through telescopes. Check Morehead’s Web site (www.moreheadplanetarium.org) for directions and to make sure weather conditions will allow for the event.

MONDAY ■ The Council for Effective Actions and Decisions will host its 12th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. community celebration beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Dennis Wicker Civic Center. Using the national theme “a day on, not a day off.” A youth choir and praise team competition will kick the event off, with several choirs competing for trophies. At 1 p.m., the inspirational portion of the program will get under way with guest speaker Dr. Leonzo Lynch, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist

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TUESDAY ■ The Southeast Chatham Citizens Advisory Council will meet at 7 p.m., at the Moncure Fire Department. The speaker will be Ricardo Hillman, General Manager of UniBoard in Moncure. ■ The Goldston Lions Club in cooperation with the American Red Cross is sponsoring a blood drive at the Goldston Baptist Church, 190 N. Church St., Goldston. The public is urged to come out and generously support this opportunity to give the gift of life. Walk-ins are most welcome, but to avoid delays you can schedule an appointment time, by calling (919) 898-4624.

JAN. 20 ■ A blood drive will be held from 1:30 to 6 p.m. at Belk, 1065 Spring Lane. To schedule an appointment, contact Lea Chandler at (919) 774-4428. ■ 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. ■ The High Hopes Chorus, an all volunteer chorus, will begin practicing at 2 p.m. at the Jonesboro Presbyterian Church. This chorus practices and then presents a program to all assisted living and nursing home facilities in Lee

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JAN. 22 ■ Temple Theatre will host a “Battle of the Bands,” featuring local bands Ol’ North State, Hymn All The Fires, Beyond the Broken, David Spivey’s Band and more. Tickets are $10. For more information, visit the Temple’s Web site at www. templeshows.com. ■ A blood drive will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at Flat Springs Baptist Church, 4148 Deep River Road. To schedule an appointment, contact Rev. McCollough at (919) 775-9622.

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JAN. 21 ■ “Let’s Talk” with Mayor Cornelia Olive will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Enrichment Center. ■ The San-Lee Thursday Night Dancers will hold their regular third-Thursday dance from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Enrichment Center, 1615 South Third St. The cost is $5 per person (and food to share at intermission). At intermission, a complimentary soft drink and free line dance lesson will be offered. ■ The Sanford Area Photographers Club will meet at 6 p.m. at the Enrichment Center. ■ The Lee County Library offers story time at 11 a.m. The program is aimed at children ages 3and up, and lasts 30 to 45 minutes. Story times may include books, finger plays, puppets, movement, songs, flannel board stories, crafts and a movie depending on the theme and the age group.

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Fire Choice health to provide free flu, H1N1 vaccinations

LILLINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In recognition of National Influenza Vaccination Week, First Choice Community Health Centers is offering free flu and H1N1 vaccinations to the community. FCCHC will provide influenza and H1N1 vaccinations at all four medical facilities during normal business hours. In addition, FCCHC Mobile Healthcare Units will be available to provide both flu shots on location throughout Harnett County and the surrounding area. Schedules and appointments for the mobile units can be requested by contacting Linda Kerr at (910) 436-3194, x1409. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) people of all ages are encouraged to receive the 2009 H1N1 flu vaccination at this time. More information is available on the web at www. firstchoicechc.org or www. cdc.gov/flu. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from staff reports

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The Sanford Herald / Thursday, January 14, 2010 / 3A POLICE BEAT SANFORD n Katherine Anne Klish, 18, of 2540 Creek Trail was charged Tuesday with larceny. n Rickey Jordan Thomas, 19, of 2677 Mallard Cove Road was charged Tuesday with larceny. n Corey Lee Murphy, 28, of 1209 Broadway Road was charged Tuesday with failure to appear and assault on a female. n Samantha Elizabeth Evans, 20, of 129 Heritage Way, Cameron was charged Tuesday with obtaining property by false pretense. n Chuckie Tyrone Kelley, of 129 Heritage Way, Cameron was charged Tuesday with obtaining property by false pretense. n Antonio Laverne Murchison, 32, no address given, was charged Wednesday with possession of stolen goods. n Darius Jamel Cameron, 18, of 523 Midland Ave. was charged Monday with failure to appear. n Matthew Gray Bryan, 34, of 2256 Cool Springs Road, Broadway was charged Monday with failure to appear. n Lindsey Renee Rivera, 23, no address given, was

charged Monday with injury to personal property. n Eric Jerome Kelley, 21, of 399 Cox Maddox Road was charged Monday with simple assault. n Darius Jamel Cameron, 18, of 400 Cox Maddox Road was charged Monday with simple assault. n Charles Thomas Ratliff, 22, of 2816 Eames Drive was charged Monday with assault on a female. n Cecilia Watson Davis, 35, no address given, was charged Monday with forgery. n Kendrick Jermaine Smith, 24, no address given, was charged Monday with failure to appear. n Pedro Rivera, 31, of 1200 Broadway Road was charged Monday with failure to appear. n Kristie Wicker Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Quinn, 29, of 601 Monger Lane was charged Monday with simple assault. LEE COUNTY n Crystal Renee Holland, 21, of 37 King Farm Road was charged Tuesday with breaking and entering, larceny, possession of stolen goods, financial card theft, identity theft, and obtaining property by false pretenses. She was

PITTSBOROâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chatham County Commissioner Tom Vanderbeck began Jan. 1 serving an appointment by Speaker of the House Joe Hackney to the statewide e-NC Authority Commission. The 15-member commission was created by the General Assembly in 2000 to promote enhanced access to the Internet, especially in rural areas. Appointed by the governor and state legislature, commission members are chosen for expertise and leadership in technology, education, public policy, and economic and community development. Vanderbeck also represents Chatham County on the Triangle Area Regional Planning Organization, which has given him another forum to promote the expansion of internet access in areas like Chatham County where many residents commute to work or school.

placed in Lee County Jail under $30,000 secured bond. n Timothy Jarrod Grier, 21, of 2509 Blackstone Road was charged Tuesday with larceny, injury to real property and damage to property. He was released on $1,500 unsecured bond. n Daryl Wayne McDonald, 25, of 5155 Buckhorn Road was charged Tuesday with failure to appear and communicating threats. He was placed in Lee County Jail under $1,250 secured bond. n Thomas Paul Wilson, 16, of 1009 Gunter Lake Road was charged Monday with assault inflicting serious injury. He was released on a custody release.

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Leaders to review rape case policy FAYETTEVILLE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Leaders in Fayetteville â&#x20AC;&#x201D; where the number of rapes increased by 23 percent between 2007 and 2008 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will review how police handled their investigation of a series of burglaries and sexual assaults that have happened over the past several months. Multiple media outlets reported Wednesday that the Fayetteville City Council will review a report by city manager Dale Iman at a meeting Tuesday. Mayor Tony Chavonne said the council wants to know why information about the crimes wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t released to the public and the council. On Monday, the police department said it needed the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help solving seven break-ins and assaults in Fayetteville that could be linked. Responding to a reporterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s question,

HARNETT COUNTY n Ernest Laron McDougald, 17, of 411 E. Washington St., Lillington was charged Monday with larceny. He was placed in Harnett County Jail under $500 secured bond. n Brady Jack Olive, 46, of 109 Seawell Rosser Road, Sanford was charged Monday with simple assault. He was released on $1,000 unsecured bond.

the police acknowledged that all seven women had been victims of sexual assaults. The city managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report will outline â&#x20AC;&#x153;who knew what information, when they knew it and why the information was not released to the City Council or our local citizens in order that there not be further communication breakdowns,â&#x20AC;? Chavonne said in a statement. The council â&#x20AC;&#x153;shares in the concerns of our citizens with the lack of information regarding the recent assaults in our community,â&#x20AC;? he said. Police reports indicate that at least nine women in the Fayetteville area â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including one in Hope Mills and one at a Fort Bragg neighborhood â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have reported since June that they were attacked by a man who broke into their homes.

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

New high school calendar has its benefits

he elements which combine to create what’s known as the “school calendar” are tied to such disparate things as law, tradition and the weather, just to mention a few. Like most animals large and slow-moving, the calendar, which dictates the first and last day of our public school year, is difficult to change or re-direct. Those who seek to re-align it can, like Galileo in his day, be branded as heretic. Galileo, of course, placed the sun — not the Earth — at the center our universe. Because more students probably know the Italian astronomer, mathematician and physicist better as some guy mentioned in the

revered rock song “Bohemian Rhapsody,” rather than as the father of modern science whose writings were banned for a century after his death, it stands to reason that maybe our kids need to spend a little more time in class and a little less time playing “Guitar Hero.” But the state prescribes 180 days, and this week the Lee County Board of Education proposed a shift that would send all Lee County Schools students back to school on August 10 — two weeks earlier than normal. In addition to placing the academic calendar better in line with the athletic calendar and Christmas break, the new schedule aids those students

seeking credit by taking courses from colleges, which also have semester breaks coinciding with the holidays. Pending approval by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, the change would take effect this coming summer for the 2010-11 year. The road to the new schedule has been bumpy. The proposed change was first presented to the board more than a month ago after surveys of parents of students who would be impacted by the change (initially just high schoolers) indicated that a majority of respondents (78 percent) would favor the new schedule. Problem was, fewer than 8 percent of parents

returned the completed surveys (sent out just before Thanksgiving break) and many complained of never having seen them. On Tuesday, facing a Feb. 1 deadline that would have delayed any decision by the state, the school board voted in favor of asking DPI to approve the new start date, with an added wrinkle: it also voted to ask for the same schedule for middle and elementary school students in Lee County’s public schools. On the high school calendar issue, it took a rare tie-breaking vote from the board chairman to make it so. Bill Tatum cast the deciding ballot, voting along with Ellen Mangum, Linda

Smith and Frank Thompson in favor of the motion; Cameron Sharpe, Dr. Lynn Smith and the Rev. Shawn Williams opposed it. Predictably, after the high school change passed, the new calendar for the middle and elementary schools passed unanimously. Although a break with accepted practice and tradition, the earlier start date makes sense in many ways. It may, as some members suggested, wreak some slight havoc on families who have vacation or travel plans this year. But in the end there are more positives to the new calendar than negatives You don’t have to be as smart as Galileo to know that’s a plus.

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’ve looked everywhere, but I just can’t find them. Some pages appear to be missing from the report that I just picked up examining the missing travel records of former Gov. Mike Easley. Current Gov. Beverly Perdue ordered the report, appointing two former state appellate judges, Willis Whichard and Ralph Walker, and former U.S. Sen. Robert Morgan to try to figure out what happened to records detailing Easley’s travel in 2005. In the end, they couldn’t find the records. They concluded that the state Highway Patrol division responsible for Easley’s security, and the records, likely were lost through simple oversight rather than any purposeful mischief. Reading through their account of several interviews with those involved, including one with the former governor, as well as a separate internal Highway Patrol report, perhaps they’re right. The travels of the former governor weren’t yet the subject of inquiry and criminal investigation when Easley’s security chief, Alan Melvin, ordered that the records be removed from a computer hard drive and placed on a computer disk. Melvin took those steps in 2006. It’s reasonable to assume that he and the then-governor weren’t trying to hide anything at that time. Something as small as a computer disk can go missing. But what about Melvin’s actions in February of 2009? ... That month, Melvin showed up at the doorstep of Easley’s private Raleigh home carrying a package. A News & Observer of Raleigh reporter saw him there. It happened to be the same day that the patrol informed the newspaper that it would be turning over the former governor’s travel records. Quizzed by patrol Capt. Everett Clendenin, Melvin said that the newspaper was “bluffing” and “I’ve not been to the Governor’s residence,” according to the patrol’s internal review. He later told another patrol interviewer that he had been to Easley’s home but while off duty. Melvin said then that he had only been to the governor’s home once — that one day — since Easley left office. A discrepancy also exist between Melvin’s account of what was delivered (a laptop) and Easley’s (a computer hard drive.) Whatever the case, the alleged computer contained alleged campaign information. It’s all quite an interesting coincidence. To the Perdue administration’s credit, it has released the internal Highway Patrol report, which makes plain the inconsistencies in Melvin’s statements to fellow patrol officers. ... But I still can’t find those missing pages in this report, the ones where the judges and senator discuss likely conclusions when a public records’ request, a strange visit and a changing story about that visit all coincide. I guess we need a new review to find the missing pages.

The ‘unfortunate’ Reid

f Harry Reid’s defenders are right that he was really doling out compliments, then I sure don’t want to be around when he starts hurling insults. If nothing else, the Senate majority leader has impressive damage-control skills. Of course, when you do as much damage as he does with careless and insensitive remarks, you get a lot of practice. According to the new book “Game Change” by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, Reid said privately during last year’s election campaign that Barack Obama could win because he is “light-skinned” and speaks “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.” In a hurriedly prepared statement, the Nevada Democrat apologized for “using such a poor choice of words.” President Obama accepted Reid’s apology, though he called the comments “unfortunate.” Eric Holder, the nation’s first AfricanAmerican attorney general, said the remarks were “unfortunate” but that he didn’t think “there is a prejudiced bone in (Reid’s) body.’’ Then there was the Congressional Black Caucus, whose members are known for putting politics before the interests of the folks they claim to represent. The CBC assures us that Reid is good people and that all is forgiven. What a relief. Here I thought Reid made comments that were racist and condescending. The part about how Obama doesn’t speak with a “dialect” rang a bell. Years ago, while I was covering an anti-immigration protest in Phoenix, one of the protesters recognized the name on my press ID, referred to me as “Senor,” and commented that I spoke “good English.” “Yes,” I said. “It’s my mother tongue. Besides, most Ivy League graduates speak good English.” Now here was Harry Reid wondering why another Ivy League graduate — a former president of the Harvard Law Review, for crying out loud — didn’t converse in Ebonics. It’s interesting that Obama and Holder both used the word “unfortunate” to describe Reid’s comments. So did White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. The 70-year-old Reid has been in unfortunate scrapes before due to racially inappropriate remarks. It was unfortunate when Reid accused Senate Republicans of being on the wrong side of history by opposing health care reform. Reid compared it to those who fought the abolition of slavery — even though the Republican Party was born out of an opposition to slavery and it’s the Democratic Party that has the spotty history on race relations. It was unfortunate when Reid opposed then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s selection of Roland Burris to fill Obama’s former

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Senate seat over the objection of Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., who warned of the implications of Reid and other Senate leaders standing in the way of seating the nation’s only black senator. It was also unfortunate when, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, Reid allegedly tried to convince Blagojevich that other possible replacements — Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Rep. Danny Davis and state Sen. Emil Jones — were unacceptable because they might not win re-election. All three are African-American. Reid is lucky to be a Democrat since that party gets the benefit of the doubt on racial issues. If he were a Republican, Reid could wind up in the Senate Hall of Shame alongside the late Sen. Jesse Helms and former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. Helms went after an African-American opponent with a TV ad showing white hands holding a job rejection letter while an announcer laments that the employers had to give the job “to a minority because of a racial quota.” And Lott wished Sen. Strom Thurmond a happy 100th birthday by suggesting that America would not “have had all these problems over the years” had the Dixiecrat been elected president in 1948. Republicans want Reid to resign his leadership post. He won’t do it, and Democrats won’t force him. No matter. He’s up for reelection this year, and he’s in free fall. More than half of Nevadans are unhappy with Reid, according to a new poll commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Still, Reid’s racial gaffes shouldn’t be excused away so easily or so quickly. As liberal critics of Helms and Lott went to great lengths to remind us, it matters that our elected leaders be people of good character who don’t see others as beneath them. From the sound of it, that’s not Harry Reid. Now that’s unfortunate.

Today’s Prayer Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ. (1 Corinthians 4:1) PRAYER: Help me, Father, to be a better witness for You, so others may come to you. Amen.

Once again, I have been driven out of a store where I might have spent more time and money had I not been subjected to that raucous racket called music broadcast over my head as I tried to think about my purchases. On one occasion I had intended to buy about $150 worth of paint, but I could not concentrate on the details necessary to buy paint because of the distraction of the noise (“music”). I left the store with a $7.99 magazine as my sole purchase. Apparently, young store managers, oblivious to the fact that many of their customers are older retirees, want to make their evenyounger clerks happy by playing their kind of music. I went into a local drugstore for two items, but stayed at least 45 minutes and ended up buying a dozen products because the Christmas carols playing softly in the background created a relaxing shopping experience. (Happily, the store manager is not dictated to by political correctness or the obsession with cultural diversity.) Even their broadcast from a weather radio for sale was more tolerable than the nerve-wracking “music” played in other stores. This is not just a local phenomenon or one-person complaint. I have heard this racket in stores from the coast to the mountains. This theme was used even in one “Cathy” comic strip. A friend told me that she almost approached the manager of a particular store to tell him why she was leaving — the music, if you can call it that, being played. Some customers, especially those engaged on their cell phones, may not notice the noise. There is, however, a subliminal effect and reaction. We may not know the exact temperature or relative humidity, but we are affected by both in ways that can make up comfortable or miserable. If local merchants want more business, they might consider the environment they are creating for their customers. There must be a happy medium between deathly silence in a store or office and driving away customers with an irritating din. Elevator music, anyone? CAROLYN L. COOPER Sanford

Keep parents’ vacation plans in mind next time you change the calendar To the Editor: The school board must take into consideration the families who must plan on vacation activities or trips a year out when proposing changes in the school calendar. A family could lose many dollars in reservation fees based on a changes that could happen in fewer than eight months. This is not fair and does not show good leadership. Next time, please plan any changes to the school calendar at least a year out and don’t say this is the will of the people when you get back only a 7-percent return on surveys and when there were no surveys to people with children in elementary or middle school. DICK POLETTI Sanford

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OBITUARIES Betty Godwin

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Betty Floyd Godwin, 77, formerly of Chadbourn, died Monday (1/11/10) at The E. Carlton Powell Hospice Center in Lillington. She was the widow of the late Davis Ray Godwin and the daughter of the late Donnie A. and Maude Strickland Floyd. She was preceded in death by brothers, Audy Floyd, Leo Floyd, Manley Floyd, Gary Floyd, Harry Floyd and Burney Floyd. She is survived by a son, Scott F. Godwin of Sanford; a sister, Jewell F. Simmons of Chadbourn; four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Worthington Funeral Home with the Rev. Sean Roberts and the Rev. C.F. McDowell III officiating. Burial will follow in Chadbourn Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Baptist Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home of North Carolina, P.O. Box 338, Thomasville, N.C. 273610338. Arrangements are by Worthington Funeral Home of Chadbourn.

Goldree Hughes

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral service for Goldree Owens Hughes, 79, who died Friday (1/8/10), was conducted Tuesday at Euphronia Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Hazel Fitch officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Soloist was Lisa Martin. Pianist was Emmy Womble-Creson. Pallbearers were Joseph Garner, Ricky Garner, Curtis Jeffers, Dale Jeffers, David Jeffers, Ricky Johnson, Robert Harper and Benjamin Townsend. Arrangements were by Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home of Sanford.

Leah Willett

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Memorial service for Leah Frances Oldham Willett was held Wednesday at the Rogers Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Todd Brown and the Rev. Wes Register officiating. Guitarist and soloist was the Rev. Todd Brown. A taped selection was also played. Arrangements were by Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home of Sanford.

Freddie Fisher

ABERDEEN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Freddie Fisher, 82, died Saturday (1/9/10) at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Fisher, and one aunt. The viewing will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Pugh and Smith Funeral Home with Bishop James O. Cunningham officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Southern Pines. Arrangements are by Pugh and Smith Funeral Home of Carthage.

Dorothy Judd

BROADWAY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral service for Dorothy Jean Judd, 57, of 10 Sweet Water Lane, who died Friday (1/8/10), was conducted Wedneday at First Church of Christ Church in Broad-

Norman Phillips way with Elder James Pearson and Bishop Paul Allen officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Soloists were Minister Elijah Blue and Tommie Chambers. Pallbearers were relatives and friends. Arrangements were by Knotts Funeral Home of Sanford.

Harold Matthews BROADWAY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Harold Brooks Matthews, 69, died Tuesday (1/12/10) at Central Carolina Hospital. The Wake County native was a son of the late David W. and Lillie Matthew. He was preceded in death by a brother, David Allen Matthews. He is survived by his wife, Sondra Butler Matthews; a son, Dewayne Matthews of the home; and one nephew. The viewing will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Harnett Devotional Gardens with Dr. Len Keever officiating. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 8300 Health Park, Suite 10, Raleigh, N.C. 27615. Arrangements are by Skinner and Smith Funeral Home of Dunn.

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Norman Glenn Phillips, of Sanford, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, at FirstHealth of the Carolinas Hospital in Pinehurst. He was born in Moore County, the son of the late Jessie Pearl Joyce and William Fountaine Phillips. Norman graduated from Broadway High School and served in the U.S. Army. He attended and graduated from Chowan College, where he received his accounting degree. He served as Governor and Manager of Sanford Moose Lodge #386 for over 20 years and was a lifetime member. He was most recently employed with the Ponderosa Golf Course. Norman was a member of Shallow Well United Church of Christ where he served as a deacon. He also attended Emmanuel Baptist Church in Carthage. Normanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christian beliefs and his love and passion for others are what guided his life. He held his family as his closest treasure in life. His hobbies included golf and spending time with family and friends at the coast. Surviving relatives are his wife, Joyce Godfrey Phillips; a daughter, Sherry Phillips Kent and husband Lloyd of Sanford; a son, Michael Glenn Phillips of Sanford; four brothers, Melvin Glenn Phillips and wife Margaret, Weldon Phillips, Gene Phillips and wife Ann and Travis Phillips and wife Betty Jean, all of Sanford; a sister, Ruby Phillips of Sanford; and two grandchildren, Melissa Kent and Nicholas Kent. Mr. Phillips was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Edith Phillips Frye; and brothers, Harold, Howard, Bill and Jimmy Phillips. The family will receive friends at Shallow Well United Church of Christ Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, from 6 to 8 p.m. The funeral service will be held at Shallow Well UCC on Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Donald Thompson and the Rev. Eugene Ussery presiding. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Condolences may be made at www.bridgescameronfuneralhome.com. Memorials may be made to Emmanuel Baptist Church, Special Missions Fund, 632 McCrimmon Road, Carthage, N.C. 28327. Arrangements are by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford. Paid obituary

Susan Scales BROADWAY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Susan Cooper Scales, 72, died Tuesday (1/12/10) at her home, surrounded by family, after a brief illness. She was born in Syracuse, N.Y., daughter of the late Robert Chadwick Cooper and Ruth Emma Livingston Cooper. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Roger Lee Scales. She received her B.A. from State University of N.Y. College at Cortland and her Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree from Syracuse University. She served as an Associate Dean at the State University of N.Y. College at Cortland. She was a member of Cortland Country Club in New York and Carolina Trace Country Club in Sanford. She is survived by a daughter, Sindy Biggs of Vass; a son, Steven Scales and spouse Suzan of Raleigh; a brother, Robert Chadwick Cooper Jr. and spouse Brenda of Leesburg, Fla.; several nieces and cousins. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. No services are planned beyond the visitation at this time. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105 or to any local Hospice organization. Arrangements are by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Mark McCrimmon CAMERON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mark McCrimmon, 44, died Tuesday (1/12/10) at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro. Arrangements will be announced by Pugh and Smith Funeral Home of Carthage.

Jimmy Cook CARTHAGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jimmyâ&#x20AC;? D. Cook, 69, died Tuesday (1/12/10) at his residence after fighting a long battle of cancer. A native of Surry County,

he was a son of the late Howard and Mallie Taylor Cook. He was retired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation, where he worked as a truck driver. He was preceded in death by a brother, Allan Cook. He is survived by his wife, Marie Reynolds Cook; a son, Mike Cook and wife Kelly; one grandson; brothers, Thomas Cook

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and Curtis Cook and wife Susan, both of Carthage; sisters, Irene Collier and husband Bobby of Red Springs, Alma Cline of Sanford, Ann Frye and Judy Collins and husband Wade, both of Carthage; 21 nieces and nephews. The family will receive

friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the church and other times at the residence. The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Emmanuel Baptist Church with Pastors Eugene Ussery, John Chavis and David Reynolds officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to Emmanuel Baptist Church, 632 McCrimmon Road, Carthage, N.C. 28327. Arrangements are by Fry and Prickett Funeral Home of Carthage.

Sunnie Byrd LILLINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sunnie Marie Byrd, 52, died Tuesday (1/12/10) following a battle with brain cancer. She was preceded in death by her father, Lassiter Byrd. A lifelong resident of Harnett County, she worked for almost 25 years in Byrd the family business, Byrdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grill, until it closed in late December of 1998. For the past 10 years, she was employed at Saab Barracuda in Lillington. She was a graduate of Lillington High School. She is survived by her mother, Elizabeth Byrd of Lillington; a brother, Tim Byrd of Lillington; sisters, Marlene Holt and husband Cliff of Lillington and Lisa Ennis and husband Ricky of Fuquay Varina; two nephews and one niece. The family will receive friends from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the funeral home prior to the service. The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;QuinnPeebles Chapel with Dr. Jim

Cochran officiating. Burial will follow at Bunnlevel Cemetery. Arrangements are by Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home of Lillington.

Peggy Early SUPPLY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Peggy Womack Early, 69, of Salters Court, died Tuesday (1/12/10) following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born Dec. 17, 1940 in Lee County, daughter of the late Victor and Evelyn Johnson Womack. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Early, and grandchildren, Michael French and Kyle Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal. She is survived by a son, Robert Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal and wife, Elizabeth of Savannah, Ga.; daughters, Pamela Fulford and husband Marty and Lisa Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal, both of Supply; brothers, Vic Womack of Sanford and John Womack of Circleville, Ohio; sisters, Hilda Cain and husband Les of Laurel Fork, Va. and Phyllis Collins and husband Jesse of Sanford; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Sabbath Home Baptist Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. Mark Perko. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Sabbath Home Baptist Church Building Fund, 990 Sabbath Home Road, Supply, N.C. 28462 or the American Cancer Society, 6000 Fairview Road, Suite 200, Charlotte, N.C. 28210. Arrangements are by Brunswick Funeral Service and Crematory of Shallotte.

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ers who would be part of the implementation groups, and the students of those teachers became the ones who will receive their laptops first, said Andy Bryan, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction. Between Jan. 6 and Feb. 26, each middle school and Bragg Street Academy teacher will receive 14 hours of training with the laptops. The teachers attend training at the Heins Building during the school day, so substitute teachers are hired to fill in for them, Bryan said. Instructional technology facilitators, Chief Technology Officer Cindy Johnson and other staff have put together â&#x20AC;&#x153;what

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armed assailant after he had fired upon innocent people in southwestern Chatham County. The subject shot Allen and Perry before being killed by return fire. Allen and Perry were awarded the Purple Heart medal for the injuries they suffered in the line of duty. The chase started at the Moore County line and ended in a standoff east of Siler City. Authorities said David Scott

we thought was a baseline set of knowledge,â&#x20AC;? Bryan said. Johnson said teachers have been meeting in small groups to receive the 14 hours of staff development; after that, they begin working on lesson plans. The group is then pulled back together where all teachers go over what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done, Johnson said, making for 20 hours of total work. Teachers are getting classroom management tips and strategies, trouble shooting tips with the computers and how to use certain programs like Gaggle and Skype, which allows people to make calls over the Internet. The training is â&#x20AC;&#x153;helping them transition into the role of the facilitator of learning, because the student becomes more responsible for their own learning,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said.

She added that teachers have told her they wish they could have more time for planning. March 16 is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Open the Box Day,â&#x20AC;? when all students will receive their laptops. The computers can be taken home with parental consent and guarantee of insurance. The district is still working on creating a parent-student usage document, which Bryan said will outline the procedures and rules for taking the laptops home. They are also finalizing plans for the opening day and the insurance for the computers, he said. In preparation, every teacher must create a lesson plan involving the laptop to be included in a larger collection of lessons. Bryan said that by doing this, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have several lesson plans for all staff to utilize.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very positive thing to come out of the staff development,â&#x20AC;? he said. Bryan said district officials believe theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been very proactive in getting opinions from staff at various schools. While computers probably wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ever replace teachers, educators should adjust their teaching methods in working with students today, Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do think it will change the way we teach,â&#x20AC;? she said of the laptop implementation. But an adult is still needed to monitor use of the computers, Johnson said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because there are too many options out there, you still need a mature person with judgment to determine a lot of what is valuable and what is not.â&#x20AC;?

Herring, 35 of Bear Creek, was suspected in a shooting earlier in the day and was spotted by Chatham County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maj. Gary Blankenship, who attempted to stop him. Herring refused to surrender when the chase ended. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had a weapon in the vehicle. We gave him several commands to put the weapon down. He did not. At some point there was an exchange of gunfire between the suspect and the officers,â&#x20AC;? Blankenship said at the time. Herring died at the scene.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year has been challenging at times, especially dealing with the effects of the economy,â&#x20AC;? Webster said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am extremely proud of all the men and women of the Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office who serve the people of Chatham County with dignity and respect.â&#x20AC;? At the awards ceremony, Webster also presented other awards including the Top Gun award to the officer with the highest average firearms score. The Community Service award goes to the officer with the highest number of hours

performing community service functions. Four Certificates of Meritorious Achievement were issued as well as Certificates of Appreciation. The Officer of the Year awards are given to a sworn officer and a detention officer. Officers of the Year are particularly special because they are voted on by their peers instead of being selected by the administration staff. Also, the award for most outstanding division was awarded to the Criminal Investigation Division for its exceptional work over the past year.

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and will discuss the matter with his wife next year. The former lawmaker from Georgia talked with reporters before speaking to hundreds of conservatives in North Carolina, a state that went to the Democrats in 2008 for the first time in three decades. Gingrich said the political environment is favoring Republicans and that the party could have a good year in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mid-term election.

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program has become â&#x20AC;&#x153;defensive.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve turned our incentive program into is a defensive game,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We started it for recruitment, and now weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re giving (incentives) to companies to keep them here.â&#x20AC;? Stone also said he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think textile plants are the future for Sanford and Lee County. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want my kids to grow up and work in a cotton mill. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean to offend anyone; my mother worked in a cotton mill,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the future.â&#x20AC;? In other business, the council voted by roll call to give preliminary approval to Dr. Parker McConville for a new route in the annual Downtown Criterium Bike Race, which is set for April. In the first two years of the race, the route encompassed two blocks of Steele and Moore streets between Gordon and Wicker streets. That route met with resistance from at least one downtown business owner, who said the race kept shoppers out of his antiques shop on one of his busiest days of the year. McConville said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d met with the merchant, Jenks Youngblood, in an effort to find a solution beneficial to both parties. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we want to do is move the race over by one blockâ&#x20AC;? so it loops from Steele Street to Horner Boulevard and leaves Moore Street open to shoppers, McConville said. Although the council gave McConvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan preliminary approval, the state Department of Transportation still has to sign off on the plan because it would call for the partial closing of Horner Boulevard, a state-maintained road. McConville said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confident that everyone will be happy regardless of the outcome. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the plan isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t approved, I think we can still work something out with Mr. Youngblood,â&#x20AC;? McConville said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The good thing is communication started early, and that there has been communication this year.â&#x20AC;?

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the company. Lee County Economic Development Director Bob Heuts described the project as â&#x20AC;&#x153;different in some ways from our normal economic development projects, but alike in some other ways.â&#x20AC;? The Parkdale plant on U.S. 421 went idle in early 2009, taking 90 jobs with it. Heuts said, however, that the company is gearing up to re-start production and has hired several workers back already, with a goal of â&#x20AC;&#x153;60 or 70â&#x20AC;? employees total. If the company locates the HanesBrands equipment at the facility, that number could go as higher. Heuts said the company had options to move the equipment to facilities in other states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the equipment has already been moved to other states, and some has been moved to the (Sanford) plant,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, everybody is waiting to see what the city of Sanford does.â&#x20AC;? Stone told Heuts he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t support the measure because he believes the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic incentive

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The U.N. said Wednesday that 17 U.N. personnel were killed when an earthquake decimated Haitiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital and 150 workers were still unaccounted for, including the mission chief. U.N. officials said 56 others were injured. Seven who were seriously hurt were evacuated from the country, they said. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced late Wednesday that 11 Brazilian peacekeepers and five international police officers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; three from Jordan and one each from Chad and Argentina â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were killed in the quake. Earlier,U.N. peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy said a Haitian civilian working for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country also died. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The figure we are giving to you is only the confirmed fatalities,â&#x20AC;? Le Roy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But of course, the number of (U.N.) fatalities at the end will be much higher â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious.â&#x20AC;? Le Roy said at least 10 people were pulled alive on Wednesday from the lower floors of the five-story headquarters building for the U.N. peacekeeping mission, which collapsed in Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magnitude 7.0 earthquake quake. Susanna Malcorra, the undersecretary-general for the department that staffs and equips U.N. field-based peace operations, said â&#x20AC;&#x153;the number of people we have unaccounted for is in the range of 150.â&#x20AC;? Among the missing are the mission chief Hedi Annabi, a Tunisian diplomat who has worked for the U.N. for 28 years, and the eight-member police delegation from China that he was meeting in an office on the headquartersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; top floor, Le Roy said.

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GENEVA (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The United Nations says the main prison in Haitiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s battered capital of Port-au-Prince collapsed in the massive earthquake. A U.N. humanitarian spokeswoman says the U.N. has received reports of escaped inmates.

full scale of the catastrophe, the United Nations said it was rushing food, personnel and medical supplies to alleviate the â&#x20AC;&#x153;major humanitarian emergency.â&#x20AC;? It also confirmed at least 140 members of its own staff were missing under flattened roofs in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. Humanitarian officials said the proximity of the quakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s epicenter, only 10 miles (15 kilometers) from Port-auPrinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sprawling slums and hilltop villas, as well as Haitiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crumbling infrastructure, meant it was impossible to estimate how many people might be dead or injured. But the sheer number of dead bodies was expected to pose a problem. The World Health Organization said it has sent specialists to help clear the city of corpses and prevent the spread of disease, and the Red Cross was sending a plane Thursday loaded mainly with body bags. The Red Cross estimated that 3 million people will require aid, ranging from shelter to food and clean water, and said many Haitians could need relief for a full year.

Celebrities urge quake relief NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Paris Hilton, Ben Stiller and Lindsay Lohan are among the celebrities and artists urging support for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Stiller tweeted late Tuesday that â&#x20AC;&#x153;people in Haiti need our help and attention right now.â&#x20AC;? Similar tweets are showing up from the likes of Lohan, Hilton, Adam Lambert and Ryan Leslie. Coldplay singer Chris Martin urges people to donate to a Haiti appeal set up by the charity Oxfam. Martin says that when he visited Haiti with the charity a few years ago he found a country â&#x20AC;&#x153;of extreme poverty and brutal living conditions.â&#x20AC;? He notes that many people in the capital, Port-au-Prince, live in shacks. He says the earthquake probably turned the city â&#x20AC;&#x153;into an unimaginable hell.â&#x20AC;?

Massive aid effort begun for victims

GENEVA (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sniffer dogs, high-energy biscuits and tons of emergency medical aid were heading to Haiti on Wednesday as governments and aid groups launched a massive relief effort for the estimated 3 million people reeling from a devastating earthquake. Aid officials in the impoverished Caribbean nation worked to clear rubble from roads, build makeshift hospitals and remove bodies from the rubble despite transportation problems and broken phone lines. As it struggled to gauge the

Quake-stunned Haitians pile bodies by fallen homes PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Untold numbers were still trapped. President Rene Preval said he believes thousands of people were dead from Tuesday afternoonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magnitude-7.0 quake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parliament has collapsed. The tax office has collapsed. Schools have collapsed. Hospitals have collapsed,â&#x20AC;? Preval told the Miami Herald. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a lot of schools that have a lot of dead people in them.â&#x20AC;? The Roman Catholic archbishop of Port-auPrince was among the dead, and the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission was missing. The international Red Cross said a third of Haitiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 9 million people may need emergency aid and that it would take a day or two for a clear picture of the damage to emerge. President Barack Obama promised an allout rescue and humanitarian effort, adding that the U.S. commitment to its hemispheric neighbor will be unwavering. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to be there for them in their hour of

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Injured people are attended to outside the Villa Creole Hotel the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday. need,â&#x20AC;? Obama said. Aftershocks continued to rattle the capital of 2 million people as women covered in dust clawed out of debris, wailing. Stunned people wandered the streets holding hands. Thousands gathered in public squares to sing hymns. People pulled bodies from collapsed homes, covering them with sheets by the side of the road. Passers-by lifted the sheets to see if loved ones were underneath. Outside a crumbled building, the bodies of five children and three adults lay in a pile. The prominent died along with the poor: the

body of Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, 63, was found in the ruins of his office, said the Rev. Pierre Le Beller of the Saint Jacques Missionary Center in Landivisiau, France. He told The Associated Press by telephone that fellow missionaries in Haiti had told him they found Miotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body. Preval told the Herald that Haitiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Senate president was among those trapped alive inside the Parliament building. Much of the National Palace pancaked on itself. The international Red Cross and other aid groups announced plans for major relief operations in the Western Hemisphereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

poorest country. Many will have to help their own staff as well as stricken Haitians. Taiwan said its embassy was destroyed and the ambassador hospitalized. Spain said its embassy was badly damaged. Tens of thousands of people lost their homes as buildings that were flimsy and dangerous even under normal conditions collapsed. Nobody offered an estimate of the dead, but the numbers were clearly enormous. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The hospitals cannot handle all these victims,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Louis-Gerard Gilles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Haiti needs to pray. We all need to pray together.â&#x20AC;?

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WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pushed by President Barack Obama, senior Democratic lawmakers plunged into marathon talks at the White House on Wednesday in a hurryup bid for agreement on overdue health care legislation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to put any parameters on time but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making progress,â&#x20AC;? said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., during a brief trip to the Capitol at midafternoon. Other officials said no deal appeared imminent. The House and Senate have passed different versions of the measure, which Obama wants to expand health coverage to millions who lack it, end insurance company practices such as denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions and slow the rate of growth of medical costs overall. Hoyer and others said the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talks ranged widely over numerous areas of disagreement between the House and Senate. A key point was Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demand for a tax on high-cost insurance

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â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it began at midmorning and was still going at sunset â&#x20AC;&#x201D; underscored the urgency they and Obama felt about completing legislation on which they have staked so much. The presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal commitment in time was extraordinary. Officials said he ducked in and out of the meeting with top Senate and House Democrats in the Cabinet Room throughout the day. Lawmakers shed their cell phones and Blackberries,

standard procedure for a meeting in the room they occupied. Numerous congressional aides were stationed in the Roosevelt Room down the hall, summoned to the negotiating table as the talks turned to their areas of expertise. The House and Senate passed the bills with just one Republican vote and the GOP was not invited to the White House talks. The proposed tax on insurance plans aside, the two sides worked for middle ground on the overall cost of the legislation and the size and extent of subsidies that would go to lower-income Americans who need help in paying for insurance. The subsidies in the House bill are more gener-

House subpoenas Geithnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s AIG e-mails, phone logs

ous than in the Senate measure, and it appeared lawmakers were in search of additional money. Susan Feeney, spokesman for the American Health Care Association, said White House and Senate officials recently have asked the nursing home industry to agree to additional concessions. The industry already has agreed to a reduction in projected Medicare payments of $14.6 billion over a decade. It was not clear whether similar approaches had been made to drug makers, hospitals and other industry groups that signed agreements months ago. After largely deferring to lawmakers on details of the legislation, Obama has weighed in more forcefully in recent days, and the meeting at the White House appeared to be part of that trend. Officials have said that numerous major issues were unresolved, some but not all awaiting a decision on how much money was available to defray the cost of health coverage for lower-income families who lack it. The House approved an income tax surcharge on the wealthy, but that is expected to be jettisoned. Unclear was the fate of the proposed tax on high-cost insurance plans, and the details of a Senate-approved payroll tax increase on the wealthy.

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A House committee probing bailout deals has subpoenaed the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for correspondence from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and other officials. The House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee is examining New York Fed decisions that funneled billions of dollars to big banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley. Geithner was president of the New York Fed at the time. He approved decisions involving the money from the bailout of failed insurer American International Group Inc., according to an earlier watchdog audit. In a statement Wednesday, committee chairman Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., said he had subpoenaed the New York Fed for documents about the decision to pay off AIGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business partners and keep their names secret. The subpoena demands emails, phone logs and meeting notes from Geithner; Stephen Friedman, who succeeded him as New York Fed president; New York Fed general counsel Thomas Baxter; and Sarah Dahlgren, the New York Fedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top manager on AIG. The November audit said the bank payoffs might have cost taxpayers billions more than necessary because Geithner did not demand concessions from AIGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business partners.

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‘AMERICAN IDOL’

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A strong start without Paula Abdul By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer

Producer: Stars queuing for Cowell spot

LOS ANGELES — Paula who? 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 Cowell of slightly more than 30 million, according to preliminary Nielsen Co. figures released Abdul Wednesday. By comparison, the 2009 debut episode saw a 10 percent drop compared to 2008. It’s an indication that “Idol” can capitalize on cast changes like Abdul’s to resist potential viewer boredom as it ages. That will be further tested when judge Simon Cowell leaves after this season to launch another Fox talent contest, “The X Factor,” next year. The 37.4 million who watched the 2007 debut

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The search for a new “American Idol” judge to replace Simon Cowell next season is quickly taking on epic proportions. British mogul Simon Fuller, who created the template for the U.S. show with “Pop Idol” in the U.K., says there’s been a global outpouring of celebrity interest in the job. And there’s no apparently no rush to fill it. “A day doesn’t pass that I don’t get a call from an agent of a superstar saying, ’Can we talk?’ ... Everyone’s interested, and that’s going to go on month after month,” said Fuller, whose company, 19 Entertainment, produces “American Idol” with FremantleMedia North America. Fuller, in Los Angeles from London to watch the start of Hollywood week auditions for “American Idol,” said he has enjoyed seeing the chemistry emerge between newcomer Ellen DeGeneres and the acerbic Cowell. DeGeneres was chosen to replace original panelist Paula Abdul, who left over a salary dispute. Guest judges, including Victoria Beckham, filled in during the crosscountry auditions that kicked off the season Tuesday. The episodes from Hollywood with DeGeneres start airing Feb. 9. The comedian and daytime talk show host is “dynamic” and her relationship with Cowell “will blow people away,” Fuller said after observing the pair at work for the first time. DeGeneres is also proving an attraction for the slot that will open when Cowell leaves to produce “The X Factor,” based on his hit U.K. series, for Fox. The new talent contest is set to debut in fall 2011.

represents the series’ high point for opening nights. “I think people love to love the show,” said Mike Darnell, Fox’s executive in charge of alternative programming. “It’s one of the few phenomena that exist: the Super Bowl, the Oscars, ‘American Idol.’ It’s an American tradition.’ The tradition began in Britain as “Pop Idol,” which was created by entertain-

ment mogul Simon Fuller and whose 19 Entertainment carried the concept to more than three-dozen TV markets worldwide. FremantleMedia North America teams with 19 Entertainment, a division of CKX Inc., in producing the U.S. version. “What we’ve proved now, again, not that we need to prove anything, is this show is about the

public’s relationship with the fundamental things in life,” said Fuller, calling “American Idol” “authentic” in its celebration of people’s dreams and aspirations. Fans can accept change, he added: Who would have thought the James Bond movies would have become such a remarkable franchise over the years “with so many Bonds.” “American Idol” has been the top-rated show for five years among all viewers and for six years among the advertiser-favored 18 to 49 audience. Abdul, who had been with the show since it started, left over a salary dispute. Her place is being filled first by celebrity panelists, including Victoria Beckham and Katy Perry, and later this season by new judge Ellen DeGeneres. Fuller said he was unconcerned that “The X Factor,” based on Cowell’s hit British series of the same name, might affect the audience for “American Idol” by diluting the talent-show marketplace. If it’s an issue at all, he said, it’s one that’s more than a year away. “That’s not my worry. ... We’re the biggest talent show on earth. All I’m really worried about is ‘Idol,’ and we’re strong,” he said, adding, “America has such an incredible talent pool.”

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Late-night comics pounce on Leno, O’Brien mess NEW YORK (AP) — The competitors of Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien are pouncing on the late-night mess at NBC and using it as fodder for jokes — some of them scathing. On OʼBrien ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday night, Kimmel performed his entire show Leno as Leno, complete with a silver wig, a prosthetic chin and a lisp. He said he was “taking over all the shows in late-night” and said ABC stands for “Always Bump Conan.” Kimmel’s performance was an usually biting dig among late-night colleagues. But he certainly wasn’t alone: David Letterman and Craig Ferguson on CBS also discussed the situation. Letterman, long a foil to Leno, did his own brief, squeaky-voiced impression of Leno on the “Late Show.” About O’Brien, he simply called him “a nice fellow.” He reserved his harshest criticism for NBC programming executives and Carson Daly, whom he mocked for having a show at 1:35 a.m. EST. On “The Late Late Show,” Ferguson called NBC execu-

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tives liars and claimed he would never work for the network. NBC is restoring Leno to the slot at 11:35 p.m. EST for a 30-minute version of “The Jay Leno Show.” The move displaces the “Tonight” show past midnight. O’Brien said in a statement Tuesday that he would not accept the move.

Tobey Maguire not anticipating Oscar nod

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tobey Maguire isn’t sensing he’ll receive an Oscar nomination. The 34-year-old “Spider-Man” actor, who will be competing alongside George Clooney and Morgan Freeman for the best dramatic actor trophy at the 67th annual Golden Globes on Sunday, is keeping modest about any possible Academy Awards recognition for his dark “Brothers” role as a soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after fighting in Afghanistan. “In terms of a nomination, I expect not to be nominated,” Maguire said during a recent interview. “And I’m totally OK with that. I’m just really excited about the attention the film has gotten. It’s been a thrill to get a Golden Globe nomination and get some of the attention personally, but I’m honestly more excited that the film’s gotten the attention.” Maguire was passed over last month for a Screen Actors Guild nomination, which favored another portrayal of a soldier: Jeremy Renner’s risk-taking bomb disposal technician in “The Hurt Locker.” Maguire called the performance of Renner, who didn’t get a Golden Globe nod, “amazing” and said he appreciated another honest and authentic look at the effects of war.

Broadway’s ‘Billy Elliot’ recoups costs

NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway company of “Billy Elliot” has danced into profitability. Producer Eric Fellner says the production at the Imperial Theatre has recouped its $18 million production costs in 14 months. Based on the film directed by Stephen Daldry, the show has been doing hefty business at the Imperial Theatre since it opened there in November 2008. It won the 2009 Tony Award for best musical as well as nine other Tonys including one for Daldry who directed the stage version, too. “Billy Elliot” tells the story of a coal miner’s young son who yearns to dance. It features a score by Elton John (music) and Lee Hall (book and lyrics). ** Planet 51: PG (10:20), 12:20, 5:25 ** Planet 51: PG (10:20), 12:20, 5:25 **= No Pases *Not Showing on Friday 12/25/09

Showtimes for Showtimes August 21-27 Jan. 8th for- Jan. 14th ** Daybreakers: R 11:30*, 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 ** Leap Year: PG 11:20*, 1:20, 3:20, 5:20, 7:20, 9:20 ** Youth In Revolt: R 11:40*, 1:40, 3:40, 5:40, 7:40, 9:40 ** Its Complicated: R 11:00*, 1:20, 3:40, 7:10, 9:40 ** Sherlock Holmes: PG-13 11:15*, 1:45, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00

Avatar: PG-13 3D 10:30*, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 The Blind Side: PG-13 11:35, 1:50*, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 Alvin and the Chipmunks ll: The Squeakquel: PG 11:00*, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 Alvin and the Chipmunks ll: The Squeakquel: PG 12:00*, 2:00, 4:00 ** The Princess and the Frog: G 10:35*, 12:35, 3:05, 5:05, 7:10, 9:15 Avatar: PG-13 6:30, 9:30 New Moon: PG-13 9:25 The Princess and the Frog: G 11:05, 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:00

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Fed: Recovery spreads without hiring

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. The Fed said that while the economy is still sluggish, conditions have improved modestly. But it also said the job market in most of the Fed’s 12 regions remained “soft” as the new year began. In a worse-than-expected report last week, the government said companies chopped 85,000 jobs in December. The unemployment rate held steady at 10 percent — but only because more than a half-million people gave up their job searches and left the work force. If they hadn’t dropped out, the unemployment rate would have jumped to 10.4 percent, analysts say. Counting the people

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Raland Brooks, of Washington, who has been looking for work since February, searches for job openings online at the Benning Interim DC Public Library in Washington. who have given up looking for work and the part-time employees who would rather be working full-time, the so-called underemployment rate edged up to 17.3 percent in December. The record high is 17.4 percent, reached in October. The Fed’s survey painted a picture of an economy growing modestly. To drive down the unemployment rate, the economy needs to grow consistently at a robust pace. “The bottom line: The U.S. economic recovery continues to unfold. Slooooowly,” economist Jennifer Lee of BMO

Capital Markets wrote in a note to clients. Still, economic improvements are spreading to more corners of the country. Ten of the Fed’s 12 regions reported that activity had increased or conditions had improved. The remaining two — Philadelphia and Richmond — described economic conditions as mixed. In the Fed’s previous survey issued in early December, eight regions said activity had increased or conditions improved, while four said they were little changed or mixed. On Wall Street, the

Fed’s latest observations helped lift stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 53.51, or 0.5 percent, to 10,680.77. The Fed’s survey also found that manufacturing activity increased or held steady in most Fed regions. Factories in the Fed regions of Boston and Chicago said they were benefiting from rising demand from customers in Asia. And manufacturers in the San Francisco region said demand for semiconductors strengthened, while demand for airplanes and parts stabilized at a moderate level. Factories in the New York region boosted production and offered an optimistic outlook. But factories in the Fed regions of Richmond, Atlanta and St. Louis said production sagged. Consumers spent more during the holiday shopping season, but the gains were relatively small, the Fed survey found. “Consumers were variously described as cautious, price sensitive and focused on necessities but sometimes willing to spend on discretionary purchases,” the survey found.

Tight penalties weighed for air security scofflaws NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Georgia man dashes through a checkpoint at the Atlanta airport and gets 10 days in jail. A hairdresser in a hurry bypasses security in Philadelphia and gets a $500 fine. A drunken man stumbles onto a Chicago airfield and gets 18 months’ supervision. All caused major air travel delays costing millions of dollars — and all got what critics call a slap on the wrist. The recent shutdown of the Newark, N.J., airport after a similar breach is drawing calls for harsher penalties and highlights concerns about punishments not much worse than what someone would get for tossing a hamburger wrapper out the car window on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Fatal gunplay in Maine sex dungeon leads to trial PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A gun collector who introduced several weapons into sexual play with two other men contended the weapons were intended to fulfill a sexual fantasy. Instead, a lethal combination of drugs, extreme sex and Russian roulette put him on trial for manslaughter.

Both the defense and prosecutors said there was no intention to kill. But prosecutors said defendant Bruce Lavallee-Davidson, a farmer from Skowhegan, was responsible for ensuring his gun wasn’t loaded when it was being handled. He was convicted Wednesday and faces at least four years in prison. The trial shed light on a dungeon in the victim’s South Portland home that was filled with sex toys that three men used as a drug-fueled escape from reality. Assistant Attorney General Lisa Marchese said the focus should be on the handling of the gun — not the sexual acts that were going on in the victim’s basement. The victim, Fred Wilson, 50, of South Portland, died of a single gunshot wound to the head on April 18, 2009.

Exec: Ex-worker fired at random in Ga. rampage

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A former employee who last worked at an Atlanta-area truck rental company six months ago chose his targets at random when he went on a shooting rampage and killed two people, a company official said Wednesday. Jessie James Warren, 60, donned camouflage and opened fire at the Penske Truck Rental facility Tuesday, leaving three people in critical condition, authorities said. Warren was arrested about a mile from the facility. A judge denied him bond in a brief court hearing. Killed were Van Springer, 59, and Jaider Phillipe Marvlanda, 43, said Cobb County Police Officer Joe Hernandez. Four of the victims were Penske employees while Marvlanda was a truck driver for a food distributor that is a Penske customer, said Brian Hard, the president of Penske Truck Leasing.

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Former ECU running back Chris Johnson wins NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year award

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SOUTHERN LEE BASKETBALL

Cavaliers eager to hit the court

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TOP PICK GRIFFIN DONE FOR THE SEASON LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Griffin’s first season with the Los Angeles Clippers is over before it even began. Griffin will have surgery on his broken left kneecap, keeping the No. 1 draft pick out for at least more four months, the eternally star-crossed Clippers announced in a statement Wednesday. Griffin hasn’t played a regularseason game yet for the Clippers after injuring his kneecap in their final preseason game Oct. 23, wincing in pain as he landed after a dunk. After resting the stress fracture for several weeks, the former Oklahoma star recently increased his workload in rehabilitation by running on an anti-gravity treadmill. The power forward developed pain in his knee, and an examination Tuesday revealed his recovery wasn’t progressing properly. The Clippers said more details would be announced soon.

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SANFORD — Even in the midst of a 12-day layoff, the Southern Lee Cavaliers find themselves in a pretty good spot. The Cavaliers are 9-6 overall and are in first place in the Cape Fear Valley Conference with a 5-0 league record. Southern Lee finds itself a full game ahead of Westover (9-4, 3-1) for first place in the conference. The last time the Cavs were on the basketball court was Friday, as they defeated conference foe Union Pines 67-56. They won’t be on the floor again until Jan. 20 because of exams. The Cavaliers will close out the first half of conference play against Douglas Byrd. Southern Lee head coach Gaston Collins hopes that the 12 days off doesn’t hurt his team. The Cavaliers have won three straight games and are 2-0 since the New Year. Their last two wins were against Overhills and Union Pines. “I think the last two conference games really gave us some momentum,” said Collins. “We’ve had to do some rescheduling and we’ve had practice earlier than usual. I think it’ll be interesting to see how this team responds

Southern Lee’s Jaymes Farrow (right) goes up for a jump shot during a recent game against Overhills in Sanford.

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NCAA BAD FOOT HAS ZELLER OUT AGAINST CLEMSON

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — North Carolina sophomore Tyler Zeller will miss Wednesday’s game at No. 24 Clemson due to foot pain. The school says Zeller is sitting out for “precautionary reasons” due to soreness in his right foot. He is scheduled to be examined further after the 12th-ranked Tar Heels return to Chapel Hill on Thursday. The 7-footer is the team’s fourth-leading scorer at nearly 10 points per game.

NCAA RICHMOND SCORES 21 IN RHODE ISLAND WIN

KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) — Delroy James scored 24 points and Akeem Richmond added 21 points as Rhode Island defeated Saint Joseph’s 101-74 on Wednesday night. Richmond, who starred at Southern Lee, hit five of Rhode Island’s 12 3-pointers and the Rams (13-2, 1-1 Atlantic 10) shot 53.6 percent from the field (37for-69) to rebound from Sunday’s overtime loss to then-No. 21 Temple. Richmond scored nine straight points to give the Rams a 51-27 lead with 4:01 left in the first. Will Martell added 11 points for Rhode Island, which shot 61.1 percent from the field (22-for-36) in the first half.

NFL SEAU RETIRES AGAIN

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Junior Seau is retiring again. The 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker, who returned to the New England Patriots this season, said in remarks to be broadcast on Showtime on Wednesday night that he has played his last game.

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Kiffin says first priority is to run a clean program at Southern Cal LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lane Kiffin says while leaving Tennessee was difficult, Southern California was the “perfect fit” for him. The 34-yearold Kiffin left the Volunteers after one 7-6 season and was introduced Monday as Kiﬃn the new Trojans coach. He arrived late to his first news conference after being stuck in traffic. Kiffin worked as an assistant under Pete Carroll, the coach he replaces at USC, working his way up to offensive coordinator in 2005. He also spent 20 games as Oakland Raiders coach in 2006 and ’07. He brings with him his father, defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, and defensive line coach Ed Orgeron, another former USC assistant under Carroll. Kiffin says his first priority is to run a clean and disciplined program.

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Duke’s Nolan Smith (2) drives toward the basket as Boston College’s Rakim Sanders defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Durham on Wednesday.

Devils run over Eagles By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer

DURHAM — Nolan Smith scored 24 points to help eighth-ranked Duke bounce back from a weekend loss and beat Boston College 79-

59 on Wednesday night. Kyle Singler added 15 points for the Blue Devils (14-2, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who pushed ahead for good late in the first half and pulled away in the opening minutes after

the break. Reggie Jackson scored 20 points for the Eagles (10-7, 1-2), but he was BC’s only double-figure scorer. While Boston College

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FUNDRAISER Sabres to host pancake breakfast

Friday, Jan. 15 Boys Basketball Holly Springs at Lee County 7:30 p.m. Grace Christian at Salem Baptist 7:30 p.m. Lee Christian at Alamance Christian 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Lee County at Holly Springs 7:30 p.m. Lee Christian at Alamance Christian 6 p.m. Grace Christian at Salem Baptist 6 p.m. Gymnastics Southern Lee, Lee County at North Raleigh Gymnastics 6:30 p.m.

SANFORD — The U-10 SASL Sabres are hosting a Flapjack Breakfast Fundraiser at Applebee’s in Sanford from 8-10 a.m. on Jan. 30. The tickets are $7 per person and include pancakes, sausage and a beverage. There will be door prizes as well. The team’s parents, coaches and boys will be greeting, serving and cleaning tables. If you are interested in supporting the Sabres by purchasing tickets, contact Julie Dutchess at (919) 721-1069.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Vikings rally past Falcons

Monday, Jan. 18 No sports scheduled

Tuesday, Jan. 19 Men’s Basketball Belmont Abbey JV at Central Carolina 7 p.m. Boys Basketball Faith Christian at Lee Christian 7:30 p.m. Grace Christian at Alamance Christian 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Faith Christian at Lee Christian 7:30 p.m. Grace Christian at Alamance Christian 6 p.m.

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East Carolina guard Brock Young (10) scrambles for a loose ball against Memphis guard Willie Kemp, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Memphis, Tenn., Wednesday. The Tigers won 77-57.

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Hess leaves for Drexel job BUIES CREEK— Doug Hess has resigned as head men’s soccer coach at Campbell University to accept the same position at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa. “I am so thankful for the opportunity to have been a part of the Campbell family the last ten years of my life and more importantly, blessed to have had the chance to lead the men’s soccer program here in Buies Creek,” said Hess.

“This was easily the single hardest decision of my professional coaching career, as my family and I are clearly emotionally invested here. That being said, it was also obvious that we were ready to move on. In the words of an acquaintance, I am trading barbecue for cheese steaks, but the reality is quite frankly so much more than that.” Over the past eight years, Hess led the Fighting Camels to a 74-70-9 record, and

was named Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year three times. During the last five years, Hess’ Fighting Camel teams compiled an overall record of 58-35-7 (.615), while assembling a 32-5-5 (.821) mark within league regular season play. “I will forever be indebted to our A.D. Stan Williamson and the administration at Campbell who took a chance eight years ago on a twenty-something year old guy that probably

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thought he knew a bit more than he really did,” said Hess. “I am grateful for the chance he gave my family and me to lead the men’s soccer program in Buies Creek. I have gained countless friends for life here and learned so much during my tenure through the process of failing, then succeeding and then failing again. Campbell has very much shaped me as a coach and grown me as a person. It will forever hold a special place in the hearts of my family and me. “ Under Hess’ guidance, the Camels won the 2005, 2008 and 2009 Atlantic Sun regular season titles, while claiming the 2007 A-Sun tournament championship and earning the program’s first NCAA tournament berth. His 2008 club was ranked 25th in the final Soccer America poll.

GREENSBORO — Vandalia rallied past Lee Christian 41-30 in girls’ basketball on Tuesday night. The Falcons trailed just 19-16 at the half after leading by five earlier in the period, but the Vikings pulled away in the third quarter to lead by 11 entering the fourth quarter. Erica Davidson hit two 3pointers for a game-high nine points while Makaila Gillum added seven points and 13 rebounds. Katie Makepeace also had seven points for the Falcons (0-9, 0-4).

NCAA ECU suspends 2 for breaking team rules GREENVILLE (AP) — East Carolina has indefinitely suspended sophomore Darius Morrow and freshman Wakefield Ellison for breaking team rules. Morrow averages 12 points and leads the team with 6.7 rebounds per game. He has started all 16 games this season. Ellison is averaging 1.4 points in 10 appearances off the bench. Coach Mack McCarthy didn’t specify exactly what the players had done in announcing the suspension Wednesday. The Pirates (6-10, 0-2 Conference USA) traveled to Memphis later Wednesday.

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NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; That blur speeding away from opposing defenses and running off with The Associated Press 2009 NFL Offensive Player of the Year award is Chris Johnson. Considered the fastest man in pro football, Johnson was uncatchable in setting a league mark for yards from scrimmage (2,509) and becoming the sixth player with a 2,000yard rushing season. He is the first NFL player to finish with at least 2,000 yards rushing and 500 receiving (503). That earned the second-year pro 38 1/2 votes Wednesday from a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the NFL. Johnson easily beat New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who received nine votes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I kind of realize what I did and I feel like I had a dream season,â&#x20AC;? said Johnson, who scored 16

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held up through the first 15 minutes or so, the Blue Devilsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pressure defense finally started to make a difference late in the first half. Duke held Boston College without a field goal for nearly eight minutes and used a 15-3 run to turn a twopoint deficit late in the half into a 46-35 edge on Singlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alley-oop dunk off a feed from Smith with 17:30 left in the game. The lead reached 54-37 before Tyler Roche ended the drought with a runner with 14:40 to play, then grew steadily from there. Smith matched his career high for scoring, while Singler bounced

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to change. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had to change some things up this week and I like to see how we handle it.â&#x20AC;? Collins, the secondyear coach, is happy with where his team is in the conference standings but understands that there is still a long way to go. Following next Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against Douglas Byrd, the Cavaliers will play the second half of their conference schedule. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m feeling pretty good,â&#x20AC;? said Collins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The team is very aware of the fact that we have another round to go. All the schools weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played once, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to get ready to play again. In this conference, anything can happen at anytime. So, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to bring our Agame every single night.â&#x20AC;? In order for the Cavaliers to continue their winning streak, Collins is leaning heavily on his bench to come in for stretches and give the starters some rest during games. Some of those key contributors off the bench are LaQuan Thomas, Sherrod Toomer and Jaymes Farrow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been counting on our bench players to come into games and give us a spark whenever our starters are struggling,â&#x20AC;? said Collins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been absolutely huge for us so far. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got 13 guys on this team that we can count on to score any night. Anyone on this team is capable of stepping on any night.â&#x20AC;? In the 11-point victory over the Vikings, A.J. Jackson had a season high 25 points. Jackson, one of four seniors on the roster for Southern Lee, has

season rushing record of 2,105 yards, and winning the league MVP award. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even get one vote at all (for MVP),â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like the season I had, it seemed like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What more do they want me to do?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; That just felt like rookie of the year; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a quarterback thing I guess.â&#x20AC;? Atlanta QB Matt Ryan

back from a miserable day against Georgia Tech by finishing with 10 rebounds. The 6-foot-8 junior had just nine points on 2-for-13 shooting in a 71-67 loss to the Yellow Jackets on Saturday. The biggest disappointment for Duke, however, was that it repeated its poor outside shooting from the Georgia Tech loss. The Blue Devils shot a season-low 21 percent (6 for 28) from 3-point range in Atlanta, then followed by going just 1 for 12 against Boston College. And with leading scorer Jon Scheyer not having a strong shooting night, the traditionally perimeter-oriented Blue Devils dominated the paint to take control. Sophomore Miles Plumlee had 12 points, while 7-foot senior Brian

been struggling to find his shot all season and Collins was glad to see his leader finally get into a rhythm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He brings that senior leadership and understands what it takes to be successful,â&#x20AC;? said Collins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been capable of putting up big numbers for us all season, but his shot just wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t falling. Hopefully, he can continue shooting well in our next game.â&#x20AC;?

Vikes to play Winfield more, with injury improving

beat out Johnson for 2008 Offensive Rookie of the Year. Of course, if Johnson keeps posting phenomenal numbers, all kinds of honors and records should keep coming. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That gives me something to look forward to next year,â&#x20AC;? he said before focusing on Dickersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mark. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You go for 2,000 yards. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what you can really say that makes you want to work harder or anything like that, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a good thing and a bad thing me not getting the record.â&#x20AC;? Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production was even more impressive considering the Titans began the season with six straight losses. He was a key reason for Tennesseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turnaround to 8-8. Johnson became the first player to run for three TDs of 85 yards or longer in a season; no NFL player had even done that in a career.

Zoubek added six points and 11 rebounds â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with almost all of that coming in the second half. Duke also had 21 second-chance points and took a 40-27 edge on the glass. As for Boston College, well, everything just got worse the longer the game wore on. The Eagles looked unfazed early in rowdy Cameron Indoor Stadium. They shot 50 percent in the first half and played with poise, getting several open looks on kickouts off dribble penetration and trailing just 38-35 at halftime. But the Eagles shot just 8 for 22 (36 percent) after halftime. They also began committing turnovers to give the Blue Devils the transition opportunities they needed to pull away.

Despite being at the top of the conference and being eager to get back onto the court, Collins continues to stress the importance of improvement to the Cavaliers. He told them during practice on Wednesday night to try and get better every single day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our coaching staff has done a great job telling these guys to never get satisfied with where we are,â&#x20AC;? said Collins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We set

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Minnesota Vikings plan to move cornerback Antoine Winfield back to the outside for parts of their playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys. Winfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right foot injury prompted the Vikings to reduce his role in the regular season finale against the New York Giants. He was replaced in the lineup by Benny Sapp and took the slot position in the nickel defense package for that game. Coach Brad Childress said Wednesday that Winfield â&#x20AC;&#x153;seems to be pretty comfortable,â&#x20AC;? three months after he first got hurt. Winfield missed 6 1/2 games, returning for the last four. He aggravated the injury in his first game back and then played at less than full speed. Childress declined to elaborate on which matchups would dictate his positioning against the Cowboys.

Garcon staying focused despite Haiti disaster INDIANAPOLIS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Indianapolis Colts receiver Pierre Garcon walked into the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complex Wednesday with a heavy heart. The fun-loving receiverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trademark smile was deeply concerned after Haitiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s devastating earthquake and the fate of â&#x20AC;&#x153;countlessâ&#x20AC;? relatives who live near the capital city of Port-Au-Prince. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews. We still have not heard much from them and my mom is still trying to call them,â&#x20AC;? Garcon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m

keeping in contact with my mom. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough to get in touch with people down there because of the phone lines.â&#x20AC;? The second-year player from Mount Union in Ohio was born in Carmel, N.Y., and attended high school in Florida, but his parents emigrated to the U.S. from Haiti and most of his relatives still live there. Garcon says there are too many to count.

Boldin, Hayes miss Cardinals practice

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ailing Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin, along with inside linebacker Gerald Hayes, did not practice Wednesday. Boldin has been nursing left ankle and knee injuries he suffered in the Cardinalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; regular-season finale against Green Bay. He was inactive for their 51-45 overtime victory over the Packers in the first round of the NFC playoffs Sunday. Hayes suffered a right ankle injury on the first play of the playoff game but played with it the rest of the way.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Boss Hogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bugel retires as Redskins o-line coach

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On January 20, 1986, the first Martin Luther King Day was observed after being signed into law as a national holiday by President Ronald Reagan. Many famous celebrities and civil rights activists lobbied for the day to become a National Holiday. Among these celebrities was musician Stevie Wonder. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy Birthdayâ&#x20AC;? was released by the singer to make the campaign better known to the public, since the original day was proposed to be Mr. Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday, January 15. Each year since, every third Monday in January we celebrate Martin Luther King Day to honor the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929. He was the son of Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., and Alberta Williams King. He graduated from Boston University in 1955 with a Ph.D. in Theology and became the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1953. He and his wife, Coretta Scott King, had four children. Dr. King began his non-violent, civil rights activism in 1955, when he led the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which began when Mrs. Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white man. He was also the leader of the famous March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, where he gave his famous â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Have a Dreamâ&#x20AC;? speech. Dr. King is also well-known for his written works, such as his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letter from Birmingham Jail,â&#x20AC;? written in 1963 after he was arrested at a non-violent protest. Martin Luther King, Jr., dedicated his life to working towards equality among all races. Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, as well as the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the American Liberties Medallion in 1965. Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, while organizing a local march. The accused gunman is a man by the name of James Earl Ray, although there is still some speculation as to whether he was the true assassin. Speech Ans:1)dream 2)nation 3)truths 4)equal 5)day 6)Georgia 7)slaves 8)together 9)brotherhood 10)dream 11)Mississippi 12)injustice 13)freedom 14)dream 15)four 16)nation 17)judged 18)skin 19)character 20)dream

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6B / Thursday, January 14, 2010 / The Sanford Herald DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

Parents fear son’s tagalong girlfriend will hold him back

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: You may feel like being the quiet observer but you have too much to offer that will allow you greater freedom in the future. Participation will keep you in the game. Don’t be afraid to take a different approach to something you’ve done many times before. Your numbers are 5, 12, 15, 21, 30, 32, 39 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Find out all you can about the people you are dealing with so you can work your way around a sticky situation that has the potential to damage your position or your reputation. Letting someone else make the first move will be detrimental. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your persistence in the past, coupled with your strong beliefs and somewhat stubborn attitude will pay off now. Business travel, conferences or communication will help to flush out any problem areas and allow you to stay in control. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s important to be creative when you are trying to put your plans into motion. However, keep your costs down. Moderation and practicality are two factors you must incorporate if you want to be successful. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are facing changes that will benefit you in the end. Don’t let your personal responsibilities stop you from taking advantage of an offer. Your success will be a good thing for everyone to whom you are close. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Avoid being too generous with your time and money if you want to impress people who can make a difference to your professional future. Make a strategic move that will guarantee your success. There is money heading your way. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Children, friends and activities that interest you will all help direct you to a bigger and brighter future.

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Get out shopping or look for something to enhance you physically, mentally or financially. Plan a little romance for late in the day. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep a low profile, especially if there are people who are not heading in the same direction as you trying to infiltrate your space. When you have everything in place, you will stand a better chance of getting what you want or moving on without as much opposition. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The more you experience and share your thoughts with others, the more you will realize how much you have to offer. Love is on the rise and an interesting partnership that offers something very unique will develop. Make positive geographic or emotional moves. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You don’t have to take a back seat if you don’t agree with something, but be diplomatic. Someone you are dealing with will remind you of an old acquaintance. Use similar tactics to get this person to act on your behalf. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): If you owe someone something, pay it back and, if you are owed something, ask for its return. Finish undone matters that are holding you back. Recognition is heading your way -- take full credit for your efforts. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Clear up matters concerning institutions, government agencies or personal business matters. Don’t leave anything to chance. A relationship that is not out in the open may be exciting but will cause damage if you don’t face issues head-on. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You don’t have to wait for someone else to make the first move. Getting involved in an organization that complements your own agenda will pay off. Love is in the stars and better times are heading your way.

DEAR ABBY: Our son, “Sam,” is a senior in high school and has chosen a college that will suit his major. Now, all of a sudden, his girlfriend, “Amanda,” has decided she wants to attend the same school. We’d like to discourage it because we know she’s only going there to be close to our son. We feel she needs to get out on her own as much as Sam does. Sam has tried to break up with her in the past, but she makes him feel guilty about breaking it off. We have talked to our son about her and her behavior. He is a bright kid, but seems not to be smart where Amanda is concerned. Please help us figure out a way to make Sam understand the kind of position he’s putting himself in. Amanda is needy and spoiled. She has never had to work for anything. Our son holds down two jobs and seems very independent — so why is he coddling her? — HELP NEEDED IN WISCONSIN DEAR HELP NEEDED: Sam may be emotional about Amanda, or just so soft-hearted he can’t get past her guilt trips. Please remain calm, because college is almost a year away and a lot can happen between now and then. If Amanda’s focus is on Sam and not her grades, although she may want to attend the same college, she may not be accepted for enrollment. If she is, then your husband needs to have a man-to-man talk with Sam and point out that when he gets to college he is going to be

enough of my own. I don’t want to be unkind, but I haven’t found a way to protect myself from being forced to invest time in needy acquaintances with whom I do not wish to pursue a relationship. I am not a total (rhymes with witch), but I am definitely ... — BAFFLED IN VERO BEACH, FLA.

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exposed to many different experiences and people, that he’s quickly going to grow emotionally and intellectually, and that is why it’s important that he keeps his options open. o DEAR ABBY: My problem is I attract needy people. I don’t have a problem setting boundaries. However, those boundaries are frequently crossed because the person is so self-absorbed that he/she “can’t hear” me. How does one draw the line with a complete stranger who wants to tell me her whole life story the first time we meet, and sucks away my energy and my time? I feel like the individual isn’t even talking to me. She might as well be talking to herself or to a wall for all I care. Abby, I do not want to continue being taken hostage by these kinds of people. I’m not interested in their lives or troubles. I have

DEAR BAFFLED: If I understand your description correctly, the type of person you describe is a “sapper.” These are individuals who talk until they completely drain the energy from their “victim” — not unlike vampires in Stephenie Meyer’s novels. An effective way to deal with a sapper is to stop the conversation. Explain that he or she has caught you at a time or place when it’s inconvenient to talk, or tell the person you do not feel qualified to deal with their situation and refer them to a doctor, lawyer or therapist. Then walk away or end the phone call — depending upon how they have “attached” themselves to you. o DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend broke up with me, saying, “It’s not me, it’s you.” If he meant it as a joke, I didn’t feel like laughing. What should I have said to him? — STUNG IN DENVER DEAR STUNG: The best response is the one you probably gave him: “Goodbye!”

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RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Not even the police are immune from those offers of free money from African countries that are really scams. Richland police could use another $4,000, but the department wasn’t tempted by the cashier’s check it received Friday in the mail from the country of Benin. Officer Erica Tungesvik (TUNG’-gusvik) says officers immediately recognized it as a bogus attempt to learn bank account information if the check were deposited. An officer wrote up a report on the incident and Tungesvik says it serves as a reminder that if the police can be the target of such a scam, anyone can.

PINE CITY, Minn. (AP) — Police credit a 15-year-old German Shorthaired dog with saving the life of an elderly, unconscious man in Pine City. Brett Grinde said he took Effie out for their usual walk on Monday evening, but within a couple minutes she started pulling on the leash, wanting to go in a different direction. Effie then took off running, leading Grinde to a neighbor’s house where a 94-year-old man was on face down on the driveway. The dog started licking the man’s face. Grinde called 911, then started CPR. KARE-TV reported the eldery man, William Lepsch, regained consciousness and is in serious condition at North Memorial Medical Center.

Washington couple’s wedding gift: 150,000 cans SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — One wedding gift for a Spokane couple won’t come in the form of a card with money or a nicely wrapped present but rather 150,000 cans. Pittsburgh-based aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. says it will make the donation to Peter Geyer and Andrea Parrish as part of their effort to pay for their wedding by recycling 400,000 cans. The Spokesman-Review says that gives them about 260,000 of the containers — almost two-thirds of their goal. Parrish says the worldwide response to their can-do wedding is better than they could have hoped for. The wedding is scheduled for July 31.

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Colorado mystery: Beheaded fish, unknown intruder BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A Boulder woman said she discovered a fish in her aquarium had been beheaded and $10 was missing from her wallet after she shooed an intruder from her apartment. Police say the 19-year-old woman awoke at about 2 a.m. and saw the stranger. She yelled at him to leave but didn’t immediately call police because she assumed the man had mistakenly entered the wrong apartment. Police said the woman hadn’t locked her door that night. She then went to a friend’s house, and when she returned later she discovered a Betta fish had been beheaded and money was missing from her wallet. See answer, page 2A

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THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. This 7th day of January, 2010. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE

BEGINNING at an iron pin in the southernmost right of way line of State Road 1423, a corner with James B. Taylor, et ux, described in Deed Book 362, Page 457, Lee County Registry, and shown on the plat hereinafter referred to, and running thence with Taylor's line, South 26 38' 54" West 590.52 feet to an iron pin; thence North 19 31' 29" West 350.03 feet to a set iron pin in the easternmost line of a 50foot private road; thence North 54 22' 58" East 408.40 feet to the southernmost right of way line of State Road 1423; thence with said road right of way line, South 52_8 17' 23" East 63.88 feet to the point of beginning, containing 2.00 acre, more or less, and being shown on a plat thereof by Thomas J. Matthews, R.L.S., recorded in Book 378, Page 90, Lee County Registry. Together with improvements located there- BY: on; said property being located at 4695 Farrell Road, Sanford, North Carolina. Deed Reference: Book 727 and Page 341, and in Book 400, Page 637.

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001 Legals NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 342 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joseph E. Freeman and wife, Kristen Michelle Freeman to CTMortgage Information SVCS, Trustee(s), dated the 15th day of June, 2004, and recorded in Book 923, Page 939, in Lee County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Lee County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina at 2:00 PM on January 28, 2010 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Lee, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: LYING and being situated in Lee County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as fol-

Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, LEE COUNTY 09SP0268 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Colleen Simms dated September 28, 2006, and recorded in Book 01086, Page 0436, Lee County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Lee County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse Door in Lee County, North Carolina, at 11:45PM on January 26, 2010, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Beginning at a stake in the South line of McNeil Road where the Southern right of way line of McNeill Road intersects the Walter Temple line; and running thence as the Southern line of McNeill Road, North 79 degrees, 30 minutes East, 125 feet to a stake; thence South 2 West, 294.1 feet to a stake; thence South 79 degrees 56 minutes West, 150 feet to a stake in Walter Temple's line; thence as Walter Temple's line, North 6 degrees 30 minutes East 300 feet to the point of beginning, containing one (1) acre, more or less. Said property is commonly known as 810 McNeill Road, Sanford, NC 27330. Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-308, in the amount of Fortyfive Cents (45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater.

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A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Colleen Simms. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, that tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. Substitute Trustee 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 Our File No.: 432.0927531NC Publication Dates: 01/12/2010 & 01/19/2010

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ber 10, 2009, as Per275 sonal Representative CLASSIFIED LINE AD 520 ATVs For Sale: Split Fire Wood of the Estate of DEADLINE: Free Dogs Will Deliver No Load too Maude B. Williams, 1997 Yamaha Wolverine 2:00 PM late of Lee County, 4x4 4wheeler, $1200.00 Lab/Border Collie mix free big or small 919-548-9618 DAY BEFORE Lifeline Recovery Mission to good home! Female apNorth Carolina. This (919)353-1496 PUBLICATION. (2:00 prox 2 years old. Shots are (OldSanford Motel US#1S.) is to notify all per300 pm Friday for Sat/Sun current. Spayed. Housesons, firms and cor660 ads). Sanford Herald, trained. Needs room to porations having Businesses/Services 740 Classified Dept., Sporting Goods/ roam. Call: (910) 690claims against the EsFor Rent Mobile 718-1201 or 7180401 tate to present them Health & Fitness 320 1204 Homes to the undersigned on 600 Child Care GOT STUFF? or before March 16, Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom Trailers For Merchandise CALL CLASSIFIED! 2010, or this notice WAHM Will keep 2bed/2bath single Rent, All Refurbished, OliSANFORD HERALD will be pleaded in bar Greenwood afterschoolers wide fore sale with via Area, For More Infor601 of their recovery. All in my home $30 per week CLASSIFIED DEPT., addition and new mation Contact James at persons, firms, and plus $10 per school Bargain Bin/ central heating and air 919-935-9116 718-1201 or corporations indebt- holidays 919-721-0948 system. Located in 718-1204. $250 or Less ed to said estate 2BR/2BA Mobile Home In Broadway area. Must 370 *“Bargain Bin” ads are free for be moved at buyers Seminole MHP. $415/mo please make immedi665 five consecutive days. Items must expense. Price Home Repair ate payment, PayMusical/Radio/TV w/ a $300 Deposit. Call total $250 or less, and the price negotiable $9,000. 919-770-5948 ments and claims must be included in the ad. L.C Harell Home Call Chad CLASSIFIED SELLS! should be presented Multiple items at a single price Improvement Decks, Nice 3BR/2BA Double for more info. “CALL TODAY, (i.e., jars $1 each), and to Robert B Gilleland, porches, buildings repair Wide on Private Lot in (919)593-7848 animals/pets do not qualify. SELL TOMORROW” Attorney at Law 1410 remodel & electrical InteriB’way. Storage Included, Sanford Herald Elm Street PO BOX or-Exterior Quality Work at One free “Bargain Bin” ad per household per month. No Pets, Deposit Required. 900 Classified Dept., 1045 Sanford NC 27330 affordable prices. Senior EXECUTOR NOTICE

HAVING qualified as Executor of the estate of Peter F. Straka, 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 14, 2010 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This 14th, day of January, 2010. Sandra L. Straka 1956 Duffer’s Lane Sanford, NC, 27332 Executor/trix of the estate of Peter F. Straka (1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4))

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The City of Sanford 110 is soliciting letters Special Notices of interest from consulting firms for WILL MOVE OLD JUNK CARS! BEST PRICES the following project: PAID. Call for complete Facilities Assessment and Space Needs Plan

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130 Lost Lost: Two female beagles. One is tri-color, the other black/tan. Last seen on Wadsworth and Underwood Roads in Moore County near Lee County 1-8-10. Both have collars with owner information. Please call 910-949-2976. Leave message if no answer. Reward offered. Missing from Chris Cole/Henley Rd area since 12/30/09: White w/ beige markings, part Lab/Shepherd male dog. Name is Rocko. Please call: 776-0482 if you have seen him.

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400 Employment 420 Help Wanted General Full and Part Time Sales Associates Needed Experienced Preferred but not Necessary Send reply to The Sanford Herald PO Box 100 Sanford NC 27331 #03461 Looking For Plumbers & Plumbers Helpers Experienced w/ Copper Pipes. Work Will Last For Approx. 1 Year Fax: 334-289-8132 We offer • BOLD print

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425 Help Wanted Child Care Immediate Opening for Lead Teachers w/child care credentials I & II. Top pay for those w/Associates in Early Childhood Education. 910-528-1731Margeret Mosley 910-528-1727

430 Help Wanted Sales Pittsboro Ford is Growing Looking for Aggressive Sales People. Aggressive Pay Plan, 30% Commission, Benefits Package, call Mark or Ed 919-542-3131

455 Help Wanted Trades

2 Piece Leather Couch $200 OBO 919-353-9292 8ft Artificial Christmas Tree, Perfect Condition, $50. Please Call: 776-7786 Ashley Beige Cushioned Couch $100. 919-353-1496 Box of toddler boys clothes size 18m-3T $70. Bag of baby girls clohes size 3m9m $55. 3-in-1 rocker swing $40. 919-356-0930 Craft Wood Stove for Basement or Shop with Blower $175, Dresser $50, Baby Exersuaucer $10 919-774-7071 Framed and Matted Coca Cola Puzzle. 43" X 52" $100.00 OBO (919) 837-5364 Loveseat, green, excellent condition. $60. 919-7741572 NIB Kohler Under Mount Laboratory Sink Biscuit Color k-2210-g-s1$50 910-947-1335 Nike Hybrid 18 Degree New Sasquatch Sumo Graphite Shafts, $75. Call: 498-9002 Pick-Up Bed Cap For Sale 5’ X 6’ 4’’ $75 Bird Cage $25 L15’’X W21’’X H23’’ 2 Rabbit Cages 24’’x19’’x24’’ $15 each John Deer Train Set $30 Please Call: 919-777-9363 Recliner Green Twed With Wooden Arms Fair Condition Great for Rec Room. $35 919-708-3781 Round Kerosene Heater Good Shape $40 258-5630

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