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The Sanford Herald WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2010
HAITI
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Boy killed after shooting deputy
A boy looks through a tent at a camp for earthquake survivors set up on a golf course in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday.
A waiting game for local docs in Haiti By CAITLIN MULLEN cmullen@sanfordherald.com
SANFORD — Right now, Ted Beemer must wait. Beemer, an orthopedic surgeon from Sanford, is currently managing a children’s hospital in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, while his wife Susan, a nurse anesthetist, is INSIDE helping in Haiti to aid More on the relief efforts in victims of the earthquake. Port-au-Prince The Beemers Page 12A originally went to the Dominican Republic because Ted, who worked at Sanford Surgical Specialties, was asked to be the interim director of the Centro De Ortopedia y Especialidades, a crippled children’s hospital;
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QUICKREAD NATION
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Harnett County Sheriff Larry Rollins briefs the media concerning the shooting of a 13-year-old suspect and two Harnett deputies on Tuesday.
13-year-old allegedly pulled gun on deputies outside store By GORDON ANDERSON anderson@sanfordherald.com
CAMERON — A suspect who was fatally wounded after shooting a Harnett County sheriff’s deputy early Tuesday morning was a 13year-old boy, Harnett County Sheriff Larry Rollins said at a press conference. The 13-year-old is reported to have shot Deputy S. Assman in the leg around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday near a convenience store at the intersection of N.C. 87 and
Nursery Road in western Harnett County. Assman and Deputy T. Daggett returned fire, killing the boy, Rollins said. According to reports, the deputies approached the boy — who they’d seen walking in the area earlier in the night — as he sat on an embankment outside the gas station. “Him walking in that area around 2:30 a.m. was unusual,” Rollins said. “The deputies were doing their jobs, making sure he was OK.”
LEE COUNTY
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SANFORD CITY COUNCIL
By GORDON ANDERSON
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STATE PREPARED FOODS PLANT TO ADD 500 JOBS IN HALIFAX A national producer of prepared foods is expanding a North Carolina plant and plans to create 500 jobs, providing a boost to an Interstate 95 corridor that has for years struggled to lower its jobless rate Page 7A
SANFORD — The Lee County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve the acquisition of the West Sanford Volunteer Fire Department by the Northview Volunteer Fire Department. The merger, recommended by the governing boards of both departments, follows the discovery during the 2009-10 county budget process that the department’s needs were outpacing its tax revenue, according to Donald Andrews, chairman of the Lee County Fire Advisory Board. The vote Tuesday was
HAPPENING TODAY n The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 1 to 5 p.m. at Walmart, 3310 NC 87S, Sanford. For an appointment, call 919-7769388.
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By CAITLIN MULLEN
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Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown battled to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on Tuesday in a down-to-the-wire election that became a referendum on sweeping health care overhaul
Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
A 13-year-old boy is reported to have shot a deputy at a convenience store along N.C. 87 on Tuesday
Board votes to merge Senior community two fire departments rezoning tabled
COAKLEY, BROWN BATTLE TO SUCCEED KENNEDY IN SENATE
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Rollins said the boy had two knapsacks, which the deputies began to look through. When the deputies opened the second bag, they found a pistol and immediately told the boy to put his hands up. “At that point the suspect pulled a 9mm handgun from the waistband of his pants and began firing,” Rollins said. After the deputies returned fire, the boy was pronounced
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More on the condition of Commissioner Robert Revies, who was hospitalized last week with an unknown ailment
Page 7A unanimous. Looking at a potential fire tax increase of 15 cents per $1,000 in valued property for residents of the West Sanford Fire District, the commissioners recommended that the departments find a way to merge by January. The district’s problems
SANFORD — The Sanford City Council on Tuesday asked the city’s planning board to review a rezoning request for a proposed senior housing community and make its recommendations at the
council’s next meeting. The council will the vote on the rezoning request in February. In November, Ray Covington contacted the city about conditional rezoning for the property on Woodland Avenue. At Tuesday’s
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ONLINE: BIGGEST LOSER Follow Migdalia Sebren’s progress on last night’s episode of the NBC reality show, “Biggest Loser,” at www.sanfordherald. com.
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INDEX
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OBITUARIES
R.V. HIGHT
Sanford: Andrew Ausley Sr.; Martha Clark, 35; Bruce Hums, 66; Leon Kelly, 84; Larry McKee, 73; John Stephens, 72; Lavenia Womble
It’s difficult to imagine the devastation and suffering that’s occurring in Haiti
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