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ENDOR IRON FURNACE TRAIL

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Ceremony a ‘milestone’ Ground breaks for greenway trail’s Phase I at Riverbirch

State Rep. Jimmy Love Sr. (from left), city councilmen Walter McNeill and Charles Taylor, U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, Mayor Cornelia Olive, Worth Pickard and County Chairman Richard Hayes break ground on the beginning portion of the Endor Iron Furnace Greenway Trail Friday.

By GORDON ANDERSON anderson@sanfordherald.com

LADY CRUSADERS TOP LADY FALCONS Grace Christian spoils Lee Christian’s homecoming with a 70-36 rout Friday afternoon in girls basketball

SANFORD — Shovels moved the first dirt Friday in the long-awaited Endor Iron Furnace Greenway Trail project.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the first section of the walking trail, which will eventually run almost 28 miles from Kiwanis Park to the Endor Iron Furnace in Cumnock and back into downtown Sanford, was attended by community leaders at the Riverbirch shopping center in

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Author, ‘Blood Done Sign My Name’

Author talks of book’s impact

EDWARDS’ MISTRESS WANTS TAPES BACK The ex-mistress of two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a “very private and personal” videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents obtained Friday by The Associated Press Page 9A

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ECONOMY GREW AT FASTEST PACE SINCE ‘03

John Michael Thomas, 17, hammers away as he and other high school students work together to build a new environmentally friendly home for a Sanford family on Thursday.

The economy’s faster-thanexpected growth at the end of last year, fueled by companies boosting output to keep stockpiles up, is likely to weaken as consumers keep a lid on spending

Students learning the joy of helping others with construction of ‘green’ Habitat home

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HEALTH CARE DEM. SENATOR: BILL ‘ON LIFE SUPPORT’ President Barack Obama’s health care appeal failed to break the congressional gridlock Thursday, dimming hopes for millions of uninsured Americans. Democrats stared down a political nightmare — getting clobbered for voting last year for ambitious, politically risky bills, yet having nothing to show for it in November Page 12A

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Vol. 80, No. 23 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina

By CAITLIN MULLEN

GOLDEN LEAF

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SANFORD — At a construction site on Poplar Street, about a dozen high schoolers are working to give a Sanford family a fresh start.

Students from Lee County High School, Southern Lee High School, Lee Early College and Bragg Street Academy began working in October to build a three-bedroom, one-and-a-half bath Habitat for Humanity home for Lorrie Cotton and her two sons.

Quinlan Henry, carpentry teacher at Lee County High School, and Gary Hart, carpentry teacher at Southern Lee High School, work with the students at the site.

Henry said the project is part of the class “Green” Construction 2, and students meet to work on the

HAPPENING TODAY n Temple Theatre will present the one-man show, “Blood Done Sign My Name,” the memoir by North Carolina author Tim Tyson adapted for the stage by playwright and actor Mike Wiley. Show time is 8 p.m. For tickets, visit templeshows.com or call (919) 774-4155.

“In 1999, the North Carolina legislature created the Golden LEAF Foundation to administer one-half of North Carolina’s share of the Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers in accordance with the court consent decree between North Carolina and the manufacturers,” according to the foundation’s Web site, www.goldenleaf.org.

It is a non-profit organization that gives out various grants throughout the state.

Robert Young, 18, works into the evening to help build an eco-friendly house off of Poplar Street on Thursday. house Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and 8 a.m.-1 p.m Saturdays.

They hope to have the

house completed in the summer, he said.

“It’s a hands-on opportunity to develop a skill or trade. Several (of the stu-

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oday, The Herald republishes an interview from February 2005 with educator and author Timothy B. Tyson, whose 2004 book “Blood Done Sign My Name” has been turned into a movie (opening in selected theaters Feb. 10) and a one-man play, which opened a run of six performances at the Temple Theatre Friday night.

Tyson was a professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of WisconsinMadison when he wrote the book, which was a finalist for the NationTyson al Book Critics Circle Award for non-fiction.

“Blood Done Sign My Name” tells the story of a racially-motivated murder which occurred during Tyson’s childhood in Oxford. Widelyacclaimed, “Blood” has been described as the “To Kill a Mockingbird” of this generation.

Tyson spoke to The Herald in 2005 about the book, his memories of Sanford, and his thoughts about race relations in the United States.

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OBITUARIES

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Sanford: William “Billy” Martin Tillotson, 77; Barry Neal Hayes, 46 Moncure: Russell Cecil Dillard, 74

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On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:

MONDAY ■ The Lee County Board of Commissioners will meet at 3 p.m. at the Lee County Government Center in Sanford.

■ The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. at the Agricultural Building Auditorium in Pittsboro.

■ The Harnett County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. at the County Administration Building in Lillington.

■ The Moore County Board of Commisioners will meet at 4 p.m. in Carthage.

■ A special meeting of the Lillington Town Board is set for 8:30 a.m. at the Lillington Community Building, located at 406 W. Front St., Lillington. The purpose of the meeting is to hold a workshop of the Town Board.

■ The Siler City Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. at Siler City Town Hall in Siler City.

■ The Harnett County Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Lillington Education Building in Lillington.

TUESDAY ■ There will be a public hearing on the 2010-2011 Community Services Block Grant at 4 p.m. at Johnston-Lee-Harnett Community Action Inc. conference room, 225 S. Steele St., Sanford.

■ The Sanford City Council will meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall in Sanford.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Joshua Thomas Patterson, Zachary Scott Chriscoe, Lisly Yamilet Sanchez Garcia, Ethan Thomas Bevier, Marcelene McLean, Kimberly “Kimmie” Elaine Bland, Shannon Meserey, Kentaruis Malik Dale Thompson, Taya Kahlenbeck, Cassandra Renee Lindsay, Jordan Lawson, Sherron CAmeron, Aden Williams, Samantha Kayla Soto, Max Cameron, Edith Huff, Jean Watson, Nancy Henry, Bob Easterling, Daniel Ray Mimms, Dylan Ratliff, Brenda Smith, LaNaysha Dominique McIver and Craig Dorsett.

CELEBRITIES: Actor Gene Hackman is 80. Actress Vanessa Redgrave is 73.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is 69.

Singer Phil Collins is 59. Actor Norbert Leo Butz is 43. Actor Christian Bale is 36. Actor Wilmer Valderrama is 30.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR TODAY ■ The Lee County Quiz Bowl competition at the McSwain Center in Sanford has been rescheduled due to snow. The contest will feature all four Lee County high schools.

■ Temple Theatre will present the oneman show, “Blood Done Sign My Name,” the best-selling memoir by North Carolina author Tim Tyson adapted for the stage by playwright and actor Mike Wiley. The story focuses on the racially motivated murder of a 23-year-old black U.S. Army veteran and the resulting social upheaval in Oxford. Show time is 8 p.m. For tickets, visit templeshows. com or call (919) 774-4155. n How can you identify trees when they have no leaves? Join the Grand Trees of Chatham during a free workshop from 1-4 p.m. to find out how buds, bark and twigs can be used to recognize Chatham County’s native trees. The workshop will be held at the Triangle Land Conservancy’s White Pines Nature Preserve south of Pittsboro. Register by calling a(919) 933-3869 or sending an e-mail to grandtrees@chathamnc.org.

■ Liberty Hospice is holding their annual Hospice Training at 9 a.m. at Liberty Homecare & Hospice Services office, 401 E. Third St, Siler City. To reserve your spot, contact Cyndi VanHouten at (919) 774-9522.

This day in history: On Jan. 30, 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist.

In 1882, the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was born in Hyde Park, N.Y. In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. The first episode of the “Lone Ranger” radio program was broadcast on station WXYZ in Detroit.

In 1960, the American Football League awarded a franchise to Oakland, Calif.

In 1962, two members of “The Flying Wallendas” high-wire act were killed when their seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit.

In 1964, the United States launched Ranger 6, an unmanned spacecraft carrying television cameras that crash-landed on the moon, but failed to send back images.

In 1968, the Tet Offensive began during the Vietnam War as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese provincial capitals.

In 1972, 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as “Bloody Sunday.”

In 2003, Richard Reid, the British citizen and al-Qaida follower who’d tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic jetliner with explosives hidden in his shoes, was sentenced to life.

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MONDAY ■ Lee County High School will host an open house. Parents may pick up their child’s schedule from 6-6:30 p.m. in the Administration Building Lobby. There will be a brief meeting with the administrators for parents in the cafeteria at 6:15 p.m.

Parents may go to the classes from 6:307:40 p.m. After the last class, there will be refreshments in the Administration Building Lobby.

WEDNESDAY ■ Diabetes Support Group will meet at 10 a.m. at the Enrichment Center.

THURSDAY ■ Grief Support Group will meet at 1 p.m. at the Enrichment Center.

FRIDAY ■ Legal Aid Intake Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Enrichment Center.

Types of cases accepted will be housing evictions, foreclosures, domestic violence, unemployment and benefits denials. Appointments preferred but walk-ins will be

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FEB. 6 ■ The Stevens Center’s annual Prime Rib Valentine Benefit dinner and silent auction will be held at the Stevens Center, 1576 Kelly Drive in Sanford. Enjoy a string ensemble while dining on prime rib or grilled chicken, with all the fixings and homemade dessert. $25 per plate. Dinner served from 5 to 7 p.m. Temple Teens will perform at 7 p.m. For tickets or to donate to the silent auction, call 776-4048 or visit stevenscenter.org.

■ Sanford MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) will have a MOM to MOM Sale from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at St. Luke United Methodist Church, 2916 Wicker St. Sale open to public. Admission $1. Cash only please.

Children’s apparel. Baby items and accessories. Maternity. Toys.

■ The Lee County office of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service will host “Vegetable Gardening: Planning & Preparation,” taught by Stephanie Romelczyk, Horticulture Agent in Lee County, starting at 9:30 a.m. at the McSwain Extension Education and Agriculture Center. The class is free, however, preregistration is required. Please call 775-5624 to register.

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■ Temple Theatre will present the oneman show, “Blood Done Sign My Name,” the best-selling memoir by North Carolina author Tim Tyson adapted for the stage by playwright and actor Mike Wiley. The story focuses on the racially motivated murder of a 23-year-old black U.S. Army veteran and the resulting social upheaval in Oxford. Show time is 8 p.m. For tickets, visit templeshows. com or call (919) 774-4155.

■ Fajita Night will be held from 4:30 to 8 p.m. at Grace Chapel Church Fellowship Hall. Menu is fajitas with all the trimmings, beans and rice, homemade salsa and chips and drink included. Cost is $5, with proceeds to go toward the John Stanley Ryser Scholarship.

TUESDAY ■ There will be a public hearing on the 2010-2011 Community Services Block Grant at 4 p.m. at Johnston-Lee-Harnett Community Action Inc. conference room, 225 S. Steele St., Sanford.

■ Four-week golf lessons begin at the Stevens Center, 1576 Kelly Drive in Sanford.

For 11-16 year olds, from 6 to 7 p.m. $10 registration. To pre-register, call 776-4048 or visit stevenscenter.org.

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Max-Andrew Sercy (left) and Nathan Neal enjoy some time outside at their grandparent’s house in Quail Ridge before the cold weather hits.

SUNDAY ■ Jonesboro United Methodist Church will break ground for a new sign donated in memory of Jerry Seaman, a dedicated JUMC member and community volunteer who was well known for his 30 years of service in the city and county school systems. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place immediately following the 11 a.m. worship celebration. All are welcome to JUMC worship services and the ceremony.

■ Temple Theatre will present the oneman show, “Blood Done Sign My Name,” the best-selling memoir by North Carolina author Tim Tyson adapted for the stage by playwright and actor Mike Wiley. The story focuses on the racially motivated murder of a 23-year-old black U.S. Army veteran and the resulting social upheaval in Oxford. Show time is 2 p.m. For tickets, visit templeshows. com or call (919) 774-4155.

■ The Life Ministries for the Covenant and the Stars of Faith are sponsoring a Gospel Singing Festival at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m., and the singing will last until 8. More than 10 prominent gospel singing groups from across the Carolinas will share their unique harmonies and spiritually uplifting messages with the public. There is no cover charge to attend.

■ To benefit Christians United Outreach Center, the Heartstrings praise band of Jonesboro United Methodist Church will present a public concert at 6 p.m. in the Wesley Center of the church, 407 W. Main Street in Sanford. An item of non-perishable food or a cash donation to CUOC serves as admission to the evening of music and fellowship. For more information call the church office at 775-7023 or go to the JUMC Web site, JonesboroUMC.org.

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WEEKEND SNOW STORM

AROUND OUR AREA LEE COUNTY

County clerk gets certified by state clerks association

Area could see up to 10 inches

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SANFORD — Lee County Clerk Gaynell Lee received her North Carolina Certified County Clerk designation, the county announced this week.

The designation was conferred on her by Michael R. Smith, dean of the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lee fulfilled all of the requirements prescribed by the School of Government and the North Carolina Association of County Clerks to the Board of County Commissioners. “This achievement is a reflection of Gaynell’s commitment to her career, local county government and the community she serves,� said Marcia Wilson, chairman of the State Certification Committee. “Designation of North Carolina Certified County Clerk exemplifies her dedication and desire for personal growth and continuous enrichment of her knowledge and skills.� — from staff reports

CHATHAM COUNTY

District to interview six candidates for open board seat

PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Education will interview six candidates to fill the open board seat left after Gerald Totten died in December.

The board met Jan. 25 to review the six applications received from residents of district 4 to complete Totten’s term.

The applicants are Doug Burke, Mary Harris, Jonathan Hart, Gary Leonard, Carlos Simpson and Trudy Walters.

The board will interview all six candidates and the interviews will be conducted at 5:45 p.m. Feb. 4 during a public meeting.

The format will be in 15minute interview sessions, and a uniform set of questions will be posed to each candidate at the interview.

The board plans to make a decision on an individual at its Feb. 8 meeting. That person will be sworn in as a board member during the Feb. 15 meeting.

LEE COUNTY

Local broker charged with mortgage fraud SANFORD — A local mortgage broker who was arrested earlier this month on charges of defrauding a Las Vegas casino has been arrested on unrelated charges of defrauding a lender.

Craig Sturdivant, 49, was charged Thursday with fraudulent misrepresentation.

Sturdivant, a Sanford resident who appeared as a contestant in the 2005 World Series of Poker, sought election to the Lee County Board of Education and a won multiple Brick Capital Classic golf tournaments, is accused of falsifying information from a mortgage applicant in order for the borrow to qualify for a loan, city police said.

Sturdivant has said his computer software was at fault for the issue and denied intentionally attempting to defraud anyone.

Sturdivant was also charged in early January on a warrant from Nevada for writing a bad check to cover gambling losses at a Las Vegas casino. He denies those charges as well.

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

Sturdivant was released from custody on $5,000 unsecured bond. — by Gordon Anderson

SANFORD — The winter storm forecast to hit last night could leave up to 10 inches of snow in portions of Lee County and up to a foot points north.

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a winter storm watch in effect through this afternoon, potentially bringing snow, ice and freezing rain. If the forecast held true, the county woke up to a white ground this morning with more precipitation expected throughout the day.

Shane Seagroves, director of Lee County Emergency Services, said Friday that Lee County seemed to be the “dividing line� for snow and ice. “Six to 10 inches of wet snow (is expected) on the north side of the county, with 2 to 6 inches of snow on the south side,� he said. “They are still predicting up to a half inch

of ice on top of the snow.�

Seagroves said the county’s emergency operations center was to open last night at 9 p.m.

Accumulations of snow and ice are expected to adversely impact travel and potentially result in downed trees and powerlines. Temperatures are expected to remain near or below freezing through midday Monday, the NWS reports. “At this time we are still planning a Level 3 activation of our EOC ... (which is) typically a ‘monitoring’ phase,�

Seagroves said. “Notification will be made to those county agencies and emergency support functions that would need to take action as part of their everyday responsibilities.�

Seagroves said the potential of ice-laden tree branches brought down by gusts of wind and icy roads are the biggest concerns.

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UTILITIES Power outages should be reported as follows: n Central Carolina Electric Cooperative, (877) 7666769. n Progress Energy, 508-5400 or (800) 452-2777. n Randolph Electric Cooperative, (877) 736-2633.

WEB SITES n Lee County: Track Shane Seagroves’ updates at the Emergency Management blog: http://leecountyemergencyservices.blogspot.com/ n Chatham County: Residents can check the county’s Web site (www.chathamnc.org) or call the county’s Weather Hotline at (919) 545-8450 to get updates on the weather situation. The hotline is for information only.

If you have public safety emergency, call 911 as usual.

tor of Chatham County Emergency Management, said he recommends residents check on family members or friends who are elderly, disabled or others with limited access to getting supplies.

He also recommends all residents to be “where

you need to be� throughout the storm. “Driving conditions will be very tricky at best and dangerously impassable if we have freezing rain or deep snow,�

Tucker said. “It is critical to stay where you are ... and off the roads.�

MOORE COUNTY

Planner tells officials more water needed WEST END (MCT) — Moore County should find more water sources because the projected influx of people from base realignment may create demands for the resource.

The recommendation was made by Pierre Lauffer, an associate regional planner with the BRAC Regional Task Force. Lauffer headed a session Wednesday at the Moore County Board of Commissioners’ retreat.

The retreat continues today at the Senior Enrichment Center.

Lauffer said BRAC is projected to bring 16,639

people who will live in Moore and surrounding counties.

Moore County has been faced with limited water in past years.

During a severe drought in 2002, Moore County and several communities were forced to reduce water usage by at least 50 percent.

Less severe restrictions were implemented in 2007 and 2008.

Lauffer said more

than 60percent of Moore County’s municipalities receive water from the Middendorf/Black Creek aquifer, which begins at the borders of Moore and Montgomery counties.

Lauffer recommended avoiding future expansion or eliminating the county’s dependency on ground water. He said the county should look at ways to receive more water from surface sources.

Harnett County sells Moore County 1 million gallons of water a day from the Cape Fear River basin.

The water is discharged into the Lumber River basin. Lauffer said although the county could buy a maximum of 2 million gallons a day, there would be a problem transferring water from the Cape Fear River basin to the Lumber River basin.

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CHATHAM COUNTY

Pittsboro Mardi Gras set for Feb. 13

PITTSBORO — For the third year in a row, the Chatham County Glitter Society will present the Pittsboro Mardi Gras from 7 p.m. to midnight on Feb. 13 at the historic Chatham Mills.

Pittsboro’s Mardi Gras continues a proud tradition in Chatham County. The event was started three years ago by community members to get people together in the winter for a night of fun and charity.

The night will include live performances by Katharine Whalen’s Lucky, John Howie Jr. and the Sweethearts and the WeHutty Mudpuppies.

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Opinion

4A / Saturday, January 30, 2010 / The Sanford Herald

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

Depth and breadth of charges surprising The Charlotte Observer

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51-count federal grand jury indictment of an aide to former Gov. Mike Easley gets right to the heart of the matter in its opening paragraphs: Ruffin Poole, just a few years out of college and law school, became a top aide to the governor of North Carolina and began exercising extraordinary power — perhaps too much power.

As an insider to the sometimes reclusive and usually secretive governor, Poole was Easley’s fixer.

The governor told his supporters they’d have to

go through Poole when they wanted anything, and before long the definition of anything was a broad one. Poole arranged appointments to boards and commissions, hooked Easley up with campaign donors, ran interference with the state bureaucracy for developers and other contributors with state permit problems and saw to it that political contributions got where they were needed most.

But the federal grand jury alleges that Poole was doing a lot of other things, too — engaging in extortion, bribery, racketeering, money laundering, dealing with criminally derived property and failing to fulfill a duty

of honest service in a public position.

The indictment was not a surprise, given his refusal to testify before the State Board of Elections this fall on Fifth Amendment grounds. What was surprising was the depth and breadth of the charges. The indictment ran for 67 pages and charged that Poole not only failed to disclose the substantial value of trips, liquor, concert tickets and parties he was given by those who do business with the state, but that he profited from investments in real estate developments that he helped get state permits. ...

The indictment is far more

than another stain on North Carolina’s reputation for increasing corruption in the 21st century. If true, the charges paint a picture of mind-boggling hubris and arrogance at a time when many state officials were struggling to impose higher standards of ethical conduct after scandals that put several high-ranking Democrats in prison. Did Poole think no one was watching?

The charges also constitute a cautionary tale about the poor judgment of the governor empowering a young and largely untested aide with the apparently unfettered power to make appointments, arrange

financial contributions and tell officials in cabinet agencies what they have to do and how fast they have to do it. Did anyone ever say no?

The indictment did not mention Easley by name, but it is no secret that federal and state investigators continue to look into the dealings of his administration and his political campaigns. The indictment suggests that the level of ethical conduct in the governor’s office was worse than we imagined during Easley’s eight years in office. There may be more shoes to drop before this horrific story of official corruption comes to an end.

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omewhere between “Avatar’s” first billion-dollar gross and its subsequent $841 million take lie my 10 bucks. “Avatar” is about blue-skinned beings who confront Earthlings actively strip mining their natural paradise on the moon Pandora.

Many groups, from the Vatican to political conservatives to multiculturalists, have objected to various messages in the film (as they hear them). I’m glad to have seen it, if only to understand the heartfelt critiques of a movie that, for me, went in one ear, out one eye and was promptly forgotten.

The commotion set off by “Avatar” recalls the fuss made over another cultural phenomenon, “Jurassic Park,” in 1993. France’s cultural guardians were especially upset that Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster — full of expensive rampaging dinosaurs — had overshadowed thoughtful lower-budget movies made in Europe. For the record, I enjoyed “Jurassic Park.”

As for me and “Avatar”: After the first half hour of gee-whiz special effects, I found myself taking off the 3-D glasses to check the time. Under all that visual splendor lay a cliched plot, stereotyped characters and humorless dialogue. That left the action — but how many video games can you watch?

As I said, the criticism is what made the movie interesting. In “Avatar,” the Vatican protested, “nature is no longer a creation to defend, but a divinity to worship.” Backing that view, conservative columnist Ross Douthat calls “Avatar” a “long apologia for pantheism — a faith that equates God with nature and calls humanity into religious communion with the natural world.”

Where Douthat errs is his assumption that director James Cameron was trying to justify anything. He wasn’t. He was totally cool with Earth worship.

(My movie companion, who used to teach Baptist Sunday school, said that she detected several Christian messages — for example, the theme of forgiveness.)

Conservatives have called the movie anti-American, and I agree. References to the Iraq War were especially unfair.

I don’t join right-leaners in their pans of “Avatar’s” environmental preaching.

My problem was not the sermonizing but its simple-mindedness. ...

There are attacks from the left, too.

Some objected to the crypto-racist theme of a white man coming to save the indigenous population (see “Dances with Wolves”). Why can’t its savior ever be one of them? Good question.

My favorite beef comes from an anti-tobacco group. The Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education grumbles that the scientist Sigourney Weaver happily smokes as she tries to save Pandora from the environmental wrecking crew. As the center sees it, heroes don’t smoke. ...

The Golden Globe Awards have just named “Avatar” the best drama of the year. From my standpoint, “Avatar” wasn’t even the best drama of the night.

After seeing it, I thought, I’ve got to see a movie. So later that evening, I viewed the 1944 film noir classic “Laura.” It was in black and white, and my eyes were glued.

Guess you can see what planet I’m coming from.

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bout 65 years ago in the winter of 1946, a group of World War II veterans enrolled in the class of 1948 at UNC Law School and formed a study group that, some of us believe, had an important and positive influence on North Carolina’s history.

One of the members of that group, former state senator John Jordan, explained D.G. Martin some of that history the other day at a luncheon hosted by the North Carolina Bar One on One Association. The Bar Association invited D.G. Martin is host of UNC-TV’s its Board of Governors and other leaders North Carolina Bookwatch to honor former UNC President William Friday. ty’s multiple campuses.

These days most North Carolinians Another thing that many North Caroknow President Friday not as the university linians do not know is that Friday could president, but as host, since 1971, of UNCalways call on members of the Study Group TV’s interview program, “North Carolina for help.

Jordan and the late William Deese People.” Every week Friday introduces us to were long serving members of the Universiprominent and interesting fellow citizens, ty’s Board of Governors, and each served as most of whom we would otherwise never Chair, standing by Friday in the toughest of get to know. Even more important, Friday’s times. Another member of the Study Group, interviews and the way he conducts them William Aycock, taught law and, at Friday’s makes his guests into our neighbors. His program builds on and maintains a sense of request, served as Chancellor of UNCChapel Hill during the tumultuous 1960s. community that is one of North Carolina’s Another member, Dickson important strengths. It Phillips, was dean of the is a precious asset that is UNC Law School before increasingly threatened becoming a judge on the ‘Then Friday looked out over by modern pressures that U.S. Court of Appeals. the group of lawyers and tend to drive us inward Acknowledging the and away from connecsaid that North Bar Association’s honor, tions to a statewide comCarolina lawyers, like Friday explained how the munity. the ones in his Study members of the Study If there were nothing Group, were part of a Group were part of the else on Friday’s list of World War II generation profession with a long contributions, this weekly that Tom Brokaw detradition. ‘There is an gift would be enough. scribed as “The Greatest But there is so much added ingredient. We Generation.” “We grew more — too much to must do something extra up in the depression and try to summarize here, to leave this place after four years in the including 30 years as a a little better.’ ’ military, we knew we were university president and the lucky ones that got to another post retirement come home…and we just career as the leader of the decided to contribute.”

Kenan Trust and William Then, Friday looked out over the group Rand Kenan Fund. of lawyers and said that North Carolina What does all this have to do with the lawyers, like the ones in his Study Group, law school Class of 1948 Study Group? were part of a profession with a long tradiAnd what does it have to do with the Bar tion. “There is an added ingredient. We Association’s honor for Friday? must do something extra to leave this place Something very few North Carolinians a little better.” know is that William Friday was a lawyer If more of us followed Friday’s admoniand that he was a member of that Class of tion and the example of the Class of 1948 1948 Study Group. John Jordan explained Study Group, North Carolina could look that, although Friday had passed by a forward to another long season of progress. career in law, he used the skills of advocate and mediator over and over again to meet the challenges that faced the university.

There were many, including several that could have ruined the University like the Provide things honest in the sight of all Speaker Ban Law, a season of scandal in men. (Romans 12:17) collegiate athletics, and a battle with the PRAYER: Help me, Father, to be honest Federal Government about the managein all things, showing others that they can ment of the desegregation of the Universitrust me. Amen.

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In reading an article in the Carolina Journal (Jan. 10 edition), I noted that our congressman is rated third in total dollars spent in the third quarter of 2009 for congressional office costs.

These costs include such items as staff salaries, travel and lodging, district office rent, vehicle lease and mileage, office decorations and food, drinks and bottled water.

The source of the following amounts is the chief administrative officer of the House of Representative: 1) Rep. Bob Etheridge was the highest in such expenditures of all of the other seven Democrat congressmen.

2) His expenditures were $88,365 more than the lowest, a Congressman Butterfield of District 1 (also a Democrat).

3) His $346,996 expenditure was 6.14 percent higher than the average expenditure of all 13 congressmen combined.

If you say that’s not billions and trillions like we are used to hearing nowadays, it is for only the third quarter. If you project that expenditure to 12 month terms, his expenditure becomes $353,460 more than Congressman Butterfield and a total of $1,387,984.

I guess that kind of expense is needed since Congressman Etheridge has been so busy championing President Obama’s health care, cap and trade and other program initiatives. Perhaps, at another one of his open town hall-type meetings, we may all be able to ask him.

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District to compete for federal funds

SANFORD — Lee County Schools will participate in Race to the Top, a federal program that will encourage school systems to compete for millions of dollars in grant money.

Race to the Top is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Four billion dollars will be awarded in two phases to the states that come up with the most original plans to revamp education.

The federal government is asking states to “advance reforms around four specific areas: adopting standards and assessments that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace and to compete in the global economy; building data systems that measure student growth and success, and inform teachers and principals about how they can improve instruction; recruiting, developing, rewarding, and retaining effective teachers and principals, especially where they are needed most; and turning around our lowest-achieving schools,� according to the Department of Education Web site.

The Lee County Board of Education signed a Race to the Top grant memorandum of understanding at its Jan. 12 meeting, outlining the agreement the school will enter into as becom-

ing part of the program.

The money from the grant will be distributed based on Title I enrollment, said Superintendent Jeff Moss. “We could receive anything from a minimal amount up to that $400 million,� Moss said at the meeting. “Every system would be treated the same.�

Only eight states will get money. “If it’s spread out over all states, it gets diluted,�

Moss said.

Forty states and the District of Columbia submitted applications to compete in Phase 1 of Race to the Top. President Barack Obama announced plans to expand Race to the Top and request $1.35 billion for the program in his FY 2011 budget.

Phase 1 winners will be announced in April.

The awards “will go to states that are leading the way with ambitious yet achievable plans for implementing coherent, compelling, and comprehensive education reform. Race to the Top winners will help trail-blaze effective reforms and provide examples for States and local school districts throughout the country to follow as they too are hard at work on reforms that can transform our schools for decades to come,� according to the Web site. — from staff reports

County quiz bowl meet rescheduled From Staff Reports

SANFORD — The annual Lee County Quiz Bowl, originally scheduled for today, has been rescheduled for Feb. 6.

The event will start at 10 a.m. in the McIver Fellowship Hall at First Presbyterian Church, located at 203 Hawkins Avenue, next door to the Lee County Library.

The bowl was originally planned to take place at the McSwain Extension Center.

Teams from four

schools across Lee County will go head-tohead for the local Quiz Bowl championship.

The winning team is eligible to compete in a district competition in Lexington, NC, on March 27, and for the first time, the winner will also be eligible to compete in one of three National Quiz Bowls that will be held in New Orleans, Washington, D.C., and Chicago beginning in late May. Last year’s winner was the team from Lee Christian School.

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SANFORD n Mark Junior McIntyre, 36, no address given, was charged Thursday with larceny. n Jamielle Lynn Franklin, 21, no address given, was charged Thursday with financial transaction card fraud. n Gary Mikal Coats, 25, of 215 Whitfield Lane, Broadway was charged

Billy Tillotson SANFORD — William “Billy� Martin Tillotson, 77, of the Deep River Community, Sanford, died Thursday, (1/28/10) at his home.

He was born in Onslow County, N.C. on March 8, 1932 to the late Charles M. Tillotson and Annie Currin Tillotson. He attended Deep River School, was a member of Deep River Fire Department until his health failed and was a member of Flat Springs Baptist Church. He was in the United States Army serving in Korea. He retired from Weyerhaeuser. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Melissa Kay Tillotson; a brother, Charles Tillotson; and a sister, Frances Stewart.

He is survived by his wife, Jean Marks Tillotson; one son, Ronnie Tillotson and wife Sandra of Deep River; two daughters, Jelena Follweiler and husband Daren of Boston, Mass., and Pam Shaver and husband Melvin of Deep River; one brother, Elbert Tillotson and wife Joan of Charlotte; one sister, Anne Cameron of Johnsonville; and three grandsons.

Both the visitation and funeral will be held at Flat Springs Baptist Church but the day and time will be determined by how the wintry weather will affect our area. Please check the website for updates (www. bridgescameronfuneralhome.com).

Contributions may be made to Flat Springs Baptist Church General Fund, 4148 Deep River Road, Sanford, N.C. 27330 or Liberty Home Health Care and Hospice, 1005 Carthage St., Sanford, N.C. 27330.

Condolences may be made at www.bridgescameronfuneralhome.com Arrangements by Bridges Cameron Funeral Home

Preston Grey Childress duet.

Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home.

Russell Cecil Dillard MONCURE — Russell Cecil Dillard, 74, of 164 Jones St., died Monday (1/25/10) at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.

Graveside services were conducted at 2 p.m.

Thursday at Moncure United Methodist Church Cemetery by the Rev. Mike Clements. Soloist was Diane Bennett. Pallbearers were Tim Parker, Mack Morrison, David Cleary, Kevin Davis, Alan Miller and Mike Clements.

Arrangements were by the Smith Funeral Home of Moncure.

Treva Mae Jeffries SILER CITY — Treva Mae Jeffries, 84, of 4364 Alston Bridge Road, died Wednesday (01/27/2010) at Chatham Hospital.

She was a native of Chatham County and a member of Gees Grove A.M.E. Zion Church. She was a retired employee of The Kellwood Company.

She was a member of Eastern Star Lodge #521.

She is survived by daughter Jennifer J. Goins and her husband James of Bennett, sons, Keith Jeffries of Charlotte and Eric Jeffries of Pittsboro, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Her husband Bynum Jeffries and six siblings preceded her in death.

Funeral services will

CAMERON — Preston Grey Childress, age 69, died Thursday (1/29/2010) at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM on Tuesday (2/2/2010) at Pineywood Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Lassiter and Billy Childress, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

A native of Moore County, he was the son of the late Spencer Dallas and Mary Elizabeth Holder Childress. He was preceded in death by a son, Spencer Childress and a brother, Bill Childress and wife Kay. He loved fishing and spending time with his family.

He is survived by his wife, Sylvia Warren Childress of the home, daughters, Connie Johns and husband, Dave of Concord; Elizabeth Hill and husband, Bobby of Tyro; Pamela Whitaker of Linwood; Jamie Childress of Cameron; son, Leon Wilson and wife, Robin of Cameron.; sisters, Maebelle Gulledge and husband, John of Laurinburg; Joyce Ring of Cameron, Sylvia Ring and husband, Johnny of Cameron; brothers, Roger Childress of Cameron, Eugene Childress and wife, Carol of Cameron, David Childress and wife, Cheryl of Cameron, Clinton Childress and wife, Joan of Cameron; grandchildren, Melissa, Johnathan, J.J., Jason, Shonna, Braxton, Savannah and Mason; great-grandchild Rylee.

The family will receive friends on Monday (2/1/2010) from 6 to 8 p.m. at Fry and Prickett Funeral Home.

On line condolences may be made at www. fryandprickett.com. — paid obituary

be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Gees Grove AME Zion Church conducted by the Reverend Allen Moore. The family will receive visitors

from 7-8 p.m. Sunday at the church.

Farrar Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

Barry Neal Hayes SANFORD — Memorial Service for Barry Neal Hayes, 46, of Sanford, who died Monday (1/25/10), was conducted Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at BridgesCameron Funeral Chapel with Rev. Doug Garner officiating.

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U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge speaks as Sanford Mayor Cornelia Olive looks on Friday at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Endor Iron Furnace Greenway Trail.

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west Sanford. The trail will cut through the center.

Sanford Mayor Cornelia Olive called the moment “another milestone in the history of Sanford and Lee County.”

“As we lean toward becoming a green community, this is a proud moment , as we do something that will benefit so many people,” she said.

The city’s cost for the first phase of the project is about $170,000. The project also benefits from more than $1 million in federal grant and stimulus funding .

U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D, Lillington) described the project as a preservation of the past which will benefit future

generations. The furnace which is at the center of the project was built during the Civil War and has long been of interest to local historians but tough to access for the general public. Officials are working on a plan that will make the area surrounding the furnace into a state park, an effort many leaders say will attract tourism dollars to Sanford and Lee County.

“The furnace this trail will lead to was built by a generation of citizens who probably wouldn’t recognize what they see today.

They were remarkable people,” Etheridge said.

“It’s important to live in a place that has a sense of place, that’s unlike other places and has its own special uniqueness. That’s what Sanford and Lee County is all about.”

Olive, Etheridge and

Lee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Richard Hayes also had words of praise for Lee County resident Worth Pickard, who has played an instrumental role in the preservation of the furnace and the development of the greenway trail.

“Worth is one of the few men in Lee County I know who can pick up the phone, never identify himself and say ‘Cornelia, I want you to come to Mrs. Wenger’s at 7:30 and talk about the greenway.’

And when you get there you see Bob Etheridge, Jimmy Love, and everyone else,” Olive said. “We all fell right into place with his plans because we all knew he knew what he was doing. If we had 10 Worth Pickards in Lee County, we’d be one mess to reckon with.”

dents) are in Carpentry 1 or 2 in high school,” Henry said. “There’s a few that have had no real previous experience with construction.”

The project is funded through a Golden LEAF Foundation grant, said Aaron Fleming at the Jan. 12 Lee County Board of Education meeting. Fleming said they tried to target at “at-risk” youth to work on the house; all of the students are juniors and seniors in high school.

“We try to get them involved in something they would like. Day-today math and English classes get a little boring for them,” Henry said.

With the construction, “they can actually see it applied in the real world.”

The budget for the project is just under $98,000. The home’s HVAC system, windows, appliances and lighting will all meet government Energy Star standards, Fleming said.

Students will install a solar hot water heater and may also put in a solar panel, Henry said.

They also want to make sure the house is “airtight” and that the duct work is sealed: Proper ventilation is key.

“The biggest thing is the overall system itself, making sure it’s efficient,” he said.

Scrap materials also will be used whenever possible, Henry said, to reduce the amount of waste.

Like any Habitat home, the family receiving the home will put in some work, too, Fleming said.

When Cotton stopped by a few weeks ago to introduce herself, it helped the students understand what they’re working for, Henry said.

“It connected a little bit better with the students, I believe,” he said. “They’re doing something good for the community, so it puts that element into it.”

Cotton, who is currently living with one of her daughters, plans to live in the Poplar Street home with her 29-yearold son Kenneth Cotton Jr. and her 8-year-old son Tony Barrett Jr. Kenneth is paralyzed from the chest down, she said, and his medical bills have made things tough for the family. Receiving the home is even more helpful for the family than the students realize, Cotton said.

“I’m really glad and anxious to get in the home. I’ve been through a lot these last five or six years. ... It’s just been kind of hard on us,” she said. “(The students) have been a real blessing. They just don’t know how much I thank them.”

Cotton said she plans to buy lunch for the high schoolers and get to know them personally.

“I really, really appreciate them and the work that they’re doing.

I’m going to take them lunch over there and eventually get over there working with them, and

get to know them,” she said.

The students’ dedication to the project is tested on weekends, when they must arrive at 8 a.m. on Saturdays to work. But Henry said he’s been impressed.

“They’ve showed up, and there’s been some cold mornings,” he said.

“Even then, they’re still out here.”

The students said they enjoy the physical work and feeling like they’ve accomplished something.

“Ever since high school, I’ve started construction. I just like working hands on. It gives me something to do, also,” said 18-yearold Robert Young, a senior at LCHS. “We’re doing pretty good. Making a lot of progress.

They said it would take awhile but it doesn’t seem like it.”

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Knowing the finished product will benefit those in need is a bonus, she said.

“It feels good because I’m helping a needy family and that makes me feel good about it,” Sotelo said.

And many said the Saturday mornings aren’t so bad.

“It’s like another school day. But it keeps me in line, so I won’t be sleeping all day,” Young said. “It ain’t so bad when you’re doing stuff you enjoy.”

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Carolina who became professor of AfricanAmerican studies at a Wisconsin university, so obviously youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re familiar on many levels with the struggles blacks have faced in America.

What is the most important aspect â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or most important lesson â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of or from black history in the United States that ALL of us should know?

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: African-American history is so profound because it is a strong distillation of the human experience around the world.

For most people in most places, history has not primarily been an experience of freedom, prosperity, and good fortune, but a brutal collision with what Dr. King called â&#x20AC;&#x153;the thingification of human beings.â&#x20AC;?

African Americans came here in chains and created the most powerful expressive culture in the history of the world.

From hip-hop to slam dunk, Malcolm and Martin, W.E.B. DuBois to John Hope Franklin, Richard Wright to Toni Morrison, through spirituals, gospel, blues, jazz,

rock and roll, 12 percent of America has made a joyful noise that confronts oppression and rises up singing, and it echoes in every country on this planet, wherever people stand up for their own humanity.

The whole world imitates black Americans. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very interesting.

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: The racially-motivated murder of Henry Marrow in Oxford in 1970, the basis for your book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blood Done Sign My Name,â&#x20AC;? obviously had a profound impact on your life. You lived much of what was in the book ... what have you re-lived through others, particularly blacks, as youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve traveled throughout the county to talk about the book?

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: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a privilege to travel around talking to people from Seattle to New York, and from Cumnock, North Carolina, to Columbus, Mississippi, in the course of this whole book thing.

What strikes me most is how ready people are to have an honest and redemptive conversation about race and history.

You might be surprised how many people are ready to understand and also to move on up to higher ground, and

I think people almost instinctively understand that they cannot do that without turning to face the demons that have driven this problem for centuries.

And then suddenly they feel liberated, not to become saints or anything like it, but to recognize in this history the faces of ordinary people like themselves.

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: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bloodâ&#x20AC;? is, to a large degree, autobiographical. But because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re white, and because you were a child during the height of Jim Crow, during the turmoil that proceeded the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the murder of Martin Luther King four years later, how do blacks who read the book and hear you speak react to your insight about the experiences of those horrible times, where so much violence occurred?

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: The enthusiasm of African Americans for this book has been extremely heartening.

At the same time, one black woman at Yale asked me a tough question: â&#x20AC;&#x153;How does it feel that the world wants YOUâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; meaning, a white man, rather than, say, her â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;to tell this story?â&#x20AC;? I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really agree that the

world wanted me to tell the story, exactly, but there I was telling it, so I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t complain. She didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean to suggest that I shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell it, but she made me think hard.

But in general, I have to say, black folks have been wildly enthusiastic.

One man who was born in North Carolina in 1932 wrote to me and said he thought I was the only honest white man in America. I told him I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think so, or that if I was, we really were in trouble since I am anything but saintly.

But I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overlook the enthusiasm from the black community, which has touched me deeply.

Q

: Define the struggle for blacks today ... and what history will say about the turn of this century 30 years from now.

A

: The struggle for blacks and for all Americans at this moment is how we can oppose the incredible concentrations of wealth that are redefining public life in America today.

There are bright spots: if a lot of us give $100 to Howard Dean over the internet, for example, suddenly the big money people have to deal with him: this could also be true for someone African

Americans wanted to speak for them. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s democratic possibility.

But much of our public life is being shut down by a narrow handful of corporations. None of them has an agenda that will deal with the situations most African Americans face today.

And if we permit the pools of misery in our inner cities to continue to fester, parts of this country are going to look like Beirut soon, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to breed the same thing: people with nothing to lose.

We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to look away.

Q

: During your father the Rev. Vernon Tysonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time in Lee County, he took you and your siblings to a Ku Klux Klan rally, to watch from a distance to see â&#x20AC;&#x153;hateâ&#x20AC;? manifested and defined.

That was more than a quarter-century ago ... how does racial hatred manifest itself today?

A

: I think the language of hate today has found a color-blind vocabulary, and has backed away from the rhetoric of white supremacy in favor of attacks on black character and black culture, in favor of blaming poverty on its victims, in favor of a new segrega-

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tion that is more about class than race.

I think that the tens of thousands of people who attended those KKK rallies in North Carolina in 1965 and 1966 found a comfortable political home in the Republican Party of Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Newt Gingrich and George Bush.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not to say all conservatives are hostile to blacks, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where they went.

The Klanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s membership fell off as white people who felt deserted by the Democratic Party of the civil rights era found other politicians who spoke their language.

Q

: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the next step in the evolution of racial relations in our nation? What will happen ... and what should happen?

A

: I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what WILL happen. I think what SHOULD happen is that we all need to understand that we all breathe the same air, we all drink the same water, we all suffer when public schools fail our children, and that we must reinvigorate the public sphere in American life.

The privatization of everything is a crime against our civilization.

We need places where we can see ourselves as citizens, where we can learn some common language of democracy, where we can learn to trust each other and act sometimes in unison.

But all I hear is the language of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got mine, you go get yours.â&#x20AC;?

Jesus didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live in a gated community with His own private security force, and just tell everybody else to drop dead.

He said inasmuch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;As you do it unto the least of these, you have done it unto me.â&#x20AC;?

We need to remember that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all in this together. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s America at its best. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we have to offer the world.

Q

: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been the most significant impact of your book?

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Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the loveliest people in the world and I am so grateful to them.

But in a larger sense, I am just glad that I have managed to start some conversations about race and history and our common humanity. People in Oxford, for example, are talking to one another, hundreds of them, not that they all agree with the book, by any means, but that they are turning to one another in a spirit of fellowship and reconciliation.

That means more to me than anything. o o o Temple Theatre will present the one-man show, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blood Done Sign My Name,â&#x20AC;? the best-selling memoir by North Carolina author Tim Tyson adapted for the stage by playwright and actor Mike Wiley.

The story focuses on the racially motivated murder of a 23-year-old black U.S. Army veteran and the resulting social upheaval in Oxford.

Show time is 8 p.m. tonight and 2 p.m. Sunday (show continues next Friday through Sunday).

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State

The Sanford Herald / Saturday, January 30, 2010 / 9A

JOHN EDWARDS SAGA

STATE BRIEFS Perdueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign finds 31 undisclosed flights

Mistress wants return of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;privateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tape

Museum honoring astronaut opens in Beaufort

lawsuit against Young and his wife, seeking a jury trial and damages for invasion of privacy.

Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book is a cringe-inducing chronicle of Edwardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; affair, the lengths he went to cover it up and the marital mess it brought.

But it also includes a detailed discussion of hundreds of thousands of dollars that changed hands privately, money that was used to hide Hunter from the press and Elizabeth Edwards.

The former Edwards confidant says federal prosecutors in North Carolina questioned him for hours about money. However, he says he believed many of the gifts were proper and outside the scope of campaign law. A lawyer for Edwards, in a statement sent Friday to The Associated Press, seemed to agree. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are confident that Senator Edwards neither violated campaign laws nor asked anyone to do so,â&#x20AC;?

Cooney said.

Edwardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; political action committee paid Hunterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production company $100,000 in 2006 for her to work as a videographer following the candidate as he prepared for his second quest for the White House. Months afterward, in April 2007, the PAC received $14,000 from Edwardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; presidential campaign and then paid a similar amount to Hunterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production company.

By MIKE BAKER Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign says an internal audit uncovered 31 previously undisclosed flights on private aircraft valued at about $25,000.

The Bev Perdue Committee filed this week with the State Board of Elections information on eight more flights valued at $4,534.

The committee already had disclosed 17 other flights from Perdueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successful 2008 campaign for governor in August, followed by six more in December.

Perdueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign says it discovered the flights during an audit after the campaign moved to a new computer reporting system.

The state Democratic Party praised Perdue for her transparency. Republicans argue the disclosures arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t much different from unreported flights by former Gov. Mike Easleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign which led to a $100,000 fine.

Hand pain halts Willie Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s N.C. show

KENANSVILLE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Singer and guitarist Willie Nelson canceled a North Carolina concert because of a bum hand about an hour after several band and crew members were busted for possessing moonshine and pot.

Alcohol Law Enforcement spokesman Ernie Seneca said Friday that six members of Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s band and crew have been charged with misdemeanor possession offenses. They were cited before the Texas singer was to take the stage Thursday night at the Duplin County Events Center.

Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter said on the musicianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Web site that the show was called off because his hand hurt too badly to play. The righthanded guitar-picker had carpel tunnel surgery on his left hand in 2004.

BEAUFORT (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Residents of the North Carolina town of Beaufort marked the anniversary of the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger with the opening of a small museum dedicated to the local astronaut who died on that flight.

The Daily News of Jacksonville reported a grand opening was held Thursday for the Michael J. Smith Air and Space Mini-Museum at Beaufort Elementary School.

Thursday marked the anniversary of the Challenger explosion on Jan. 28, 1986.

The tribute includes a wall cabinet showcasing photographs of Smith, his flight medals, a pilotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helmet and memorabilia of his career donated by his family and friends.

Smith learned to fly at the local airport that bears his name, and a memorial also stands on the Beaufort waterfront.

Town cancels snow event thanks to snow forecast CARY (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A North Carolina townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan to truck in 30 tons of snow for a manmade winter wonderland has been canceled because it looks like Mother Nature will come through with the real stuff.

Cary decided to call off its weekend â&#x20AC;&#x153;Winter Wonderlandâ&#x20AC;? event Friday because forecasters say up to seven inches of snow could fall in the town by Saturday night.

The plan was to cover a hill in a Cary park with about 10 inches of snow.

The town sold 600 tickers at $10 each for Saturday and Sunday.

But town officials say it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem fair to keep the money if everybody in the area gets snow for free.

If the snow does fall, Cary plans to refund the tickets and cancel the event. But if forecasters are wrong, the town will announce a new date for the event next week.

S.C. native named North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new poet laureate

Highway in Winston-Salem to close for 2 years

RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Tryon poet whose poems read like miniature short stories has been named North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new poet laureate.

Gov. Perdueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office said Friday that Cathy Smith Bowers will be installed Feb. 10.

The South Carolina native teaches at the University of North Carolina at Asheville and Queens University in Charlotte. She received bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degrees in English from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. Smith Bowersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; poems tell stories of seemingly mundane happenings, like opening a package or watching a husband work on a truck. She has published four poetry collections, most recently â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Candle I Hold Up to See Youâ&#x20AC;? in 2009.

North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s previous poet laureate was Kathryn Stripling Byer of Cullowhee.

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The North Carolina Transportation Department plans to close the Interstate 40 Business loop through downtown Winston-Salem for two years so it can repair a one-mile section of road.

Multiple media outlets reported that the $70 million project includes work on 11 bridges. The project is scheduled to begin in 2015 with the highway reopening in 2017. An upgrade of entrance and exit ramps should be completed the following year.

Division engineer Pat Ivey says DOT surveyed residents about whether they preferred that the highway be closed for two years or have one lane of traffic open in each direction for six years.

About 60,000 vehicles travel daily on the highway, which opened in 1960.

HILLSBOROUGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The ex-mistress of two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a â&#x20AC;&#x153;very private and personalâ&#x20AC;? videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents obtained Friday

by The Associated Press.

Rielle Hunter was granted a temporary restraining order against former Edwards loyalist Andrew Young in a North Carolina court.

It seeks the return of photos and videos, including one she says she made in 2006 while working for Edwards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In or about September 2006, using my video camera, I authored a personal video recording that depicted matters of a very private and personal nature,â&#x20AC;?

Hunter wrote in an affidavit filed Thursday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In 2006, I was also having an intimate relationship with Edwards.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The decision was made that the Video be destroyedâ&#x20AC;? in December 2006, Hunter wrote. She said she pulled out the tape from the cassette and stored it in a box with personal belongings.

In his book, Young describes viewing a sex tape that showed Edwards and a woman he assumed was Hunter.

Young says some videotapes were inside a â&#x20AC;&#x153;box of trashâ&#x20AC;? that Hunter left behind at a home he rented for her. He says that the tape had been pulled out of its cassette

AP photo

Rielle Hunter, background left, holds a video camera as former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards campaigns in Portsmouth, N.H. Hunter, the ex-mistress of the two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a â&#x20AC;&#x153;very private and personalâ&#x20AC;? videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents obtained Friday. casing, but that he was able to fix it.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not entirely clear whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same tape that Hunter is seeking; Young said in his book that the naked woman depicted in the video was pregnant.

Hunter had her child with Edwards in 2008, more than a year after she says her â&#x20AC;&#x153;privateâ&#x20AC;? video was made.

The Web site of ABC News was first to report on Hunterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bid for a restraining order Thursday. The network has several interviews with Young scheduled to air in the coming days as he promotes â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Politician.â&#x20AC;?

Attorneys for Edwards said in a statement Friday that they have not had an opportunity to read the book but urged â&#x20AC;&#x153;extreme cautionâ&#x20AC;? about it. The lawyers, Wade Smith and

James Cooney III, said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious from media reports that â&#x20AC;&#x153;there are many allegations which are simply false.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It appears that Andrew Young is primarily motivated by financial gain and media attention,â&#x20AC;? they said.

Edwards only recently admitted paternity of Hunterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter, who is now nearly 2. He and wife, Elizabeth, are now separated.

Deputies in Orange County said in court documents filed Friday that they went to Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home to try and recover the tapes and personal photographs of Hunter. After some discussion, Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney told authorities that he could not immediately turn over the tape.

Along with winning the restraining order, Hunter has filed a

FAYETTEVILLE

Attorney: Accused killerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trial should go on FAYETTEVILLE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Prosecutors in North Carolina say a federal case that could stop the court-martial of a soldier charged with killing three people in Fayetteville 15 years ago should be dropped.

The Fayetteville Observer reported that U.S. Attorney George Holding filed a motion Thursday arguing that a petition by attorneys for Master Sgt. Timothy Hennis is groundless. Hennisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attorneys say he should be released because the

Army lacks jurisdiction.

Hennis, 51, is accused of killing Kathryn Eastburn and two of her daughters in 1985. His trial is scheduled to begin March 1 at Fort Bragg.

His attorneys said the military trial would violate his constitutional rights because Hennis retired from the Army in 2004. They cited a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that once a serviceman is discharged, he cannot be brought to courtmartial for any crimes that happened before

the discharge.

Hennis was convicted at his first civilian trial in 1986, then acquitted at a second trial in 1989.

He then resumed his Army career before retiring. The military recalled Hennis to active duty and charged him after civilian investigators reported DNA linked him to the crime.

The military pulled Hennis out of retirement in 2006 and charged him again after civilian investigators reported that DNA testing of se-

men found on Kathryn Eastburnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body linked him to the crime.

Holding argued that Hennisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; petition was filed too soon and rejected claims that the military does not have jurisdiction in the case.

Hennis has no right to relief from a federal court until after his court-martial, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be premature for this court to examine the issue at this time when it may never need resolution by this court,â&#x20AC;? he said.

WILMINGTON

Ex-Marine accused of murder running for Congress WILMINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A former Marine once charged with murder in the deaths of two Iraqis is running for Congress in North Carolina.

Ilario Pantano announced his candidacy

Thursday in Wilmington.

He is seeking the Republican nomination. The 35-year-old Pantano will challenge Democratic Rep. Mike McIntyre for North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Seventh Congressional District.

Pantano shot two men in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, in 2004 and hung a warning sign on their corpses. A Marine general decided in 2005 not to bring Pantano to trial, following the advice of an officer

who presided over the military equivalent of a grand jury hearing.

Pantano lives in Wilmington and has worked as a New Hanover County deputy sheriff since 2006.

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10A / Saturday, January 30, 2010 / The Sanford Herald ECONOMY

NATION BRIEFS

Economy grows at fastest pace since ’03

WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy’s fasterthan-expected growth at the end of last year, fueled by companies boosting output to keep stockpiles up, is likely to weaken as consumers keep a lid on spending.

The 5.7 percent annual growth rate in the fourth quarter was the fastest pace since 2003. It marked two straight quarters of growth after four quarters of decline. Growth exceeded expectations mainly because business spending on equipment and software jumped much more than forecast.

Still, economists expect growth to slow this year as companies finish restocking inventories and as government stimulus efforts fade. Many estimate the nation’s gross domestic product will grow 2.5 percent to 3 percent in the current quarter and about 2.5 percent or less for the full year.

That won’t be fast enough to significantly reduce the unemployment rate, now 10 percent. Most analysts expect the rate to keep rising for several months and remain close to 10 percent through the end of the year.

High unemployment and stagnant wage growth will likely keep consumers cautious about spending. Wages and benefits paid to U.S. workers posted a scant gain in the fourth quarter.

And for all of last year, workers’ compensation rose by the smallest amount on records going

AP photo

A shopper passes a sale sign at Scottsdale Fashion Square mall in Scottsdale, Ariz. The economy’s fasterthan-expected growth at the end of last year, fueled by companies boosting output to keep stockpiles up, is likely to weaken as consumers keep a lid on spending. back more than a quarter-century.

The economic recovery could falter if consumers, who account for 70 percent of economic activity, lack the income to ramp up spending.

“That’s why there’s so much hand-wringing right now,” said Brian Bethune, chief U.S. financial economist for IHS Global Insight. “Can the economy really sustain this? That’s the big question mark sitting out there.”

With hiring still weak, President Barack Obama has stepped up his focus on job creation. On Friday, he urged Congress to embrace his call for tax incentives to create jobs.

Obama wants to give companies a $5,000 tax credit for each net new worker they hire in 2010.

Also, businesses that increase wages or hours for existing workers in 2010 would be reimbursed for the extra Social Security payroll taxes they would

pay.

“It’s time to put America back to work,” the president told workers at the Chesapeake Machine Company in Baltimore.

But he acknowledged that “while these proposals will create jobs all across America, we’ve got a long way to go to make up for the millions of jobs that we lost in this recession.”

About 60 percent of the fourth quarter’s growth resulted from a sharp slowdown in the reduction of inventories as firms began to rebuild stockpiles depleted by the recession.

Changes to inventories added 3.4 percentage points to the fourthquarter growth, the Commerce Department said in its report Friday.

Excluding inventories, the economy would have grown at a 2.2 percent clip, the government said.

That’s an improvement from 1.5 percent in the third quarter.

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A steep increase in exports also helped boost growth last quarter. The shipment of goods overseas rose 18.1 percent, far outpacing a 10.5 percent rise in imports. Net exports added 0.5 percentage point to GDP. Government spending was actually a slight drag on growth in the fourth quarter: A small increase in federal spending was outweighed by a drop in state and local spending.

Still, federal government spending is likely to pick up and add to growth in the first quarter, Bethune said.

Business spending will likely boost economic growth for several quarters, Bethune said, though not likely enough to make up for sluggish consumer spending.

Many companies are upgrading computers, cell phones and machinery as their equipment needs to be replaced just to maintain current levels of production.

Official: Terror case may happen outside Manhattan WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing growing opposition to its plans to hold the Sept.

11 terrorist trial in New York City, the Obama administration is considering moving the proceedings elsewhere.

Two administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Friday the Justice Department is drawing up plans for possible alternate locations to try professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged accomplices in case Congress or local officials prevent the trial from being held in Manhattan.

The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the deliberation.

New York Gov. David Paterson said Friday he was “elated that our concerns are being considered by the president and the federal government.” He spoke at an event to generate more help for Haitians in New York.

Attorney General Eric Holder had announced last year the trial would be held in Manhattan federal court, generating stiff opposition in Congress and in New York.

Toyota: no estimate for when pedal problems fixed WASHINGTON (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it’s closing in on solutions to a gas pedal system problem, but it still had no details on when drivers would see repairs as an embarrassing recall spread to more than 2.4 million vehicles on three continents.

Toyota dealers in the U.S.

have been swamped with calls from concerned owners but had few answers as the recalls snowballed. Elkhart, Ind.-based CTS Corp., which made the parts, is cranking out redesigned gas pedal assemblies that fix the problem, which is caused by condensation around an arm attached to the pedal and springs that send the pedal back to the idle position.

Toyota engineers are developing ways to repair the pedal systems in existing cars and trucks, said spokesman Brian Lyons.

Suspect: Phone scheme meant to embarrass senator NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A conservative activist accused of trying to tamper with a Democratic U.S. senator’s phones said he and three others facing federal charges in the incident wanted to investigate complaints that constituents calling her office couldn’t get through.

“On reflection, I could have used a different approach to this investigation, particularly given the sensitivities that people understandably have about security in a federal building,” James O’Keefe wrote Friday on the Web site biggovernment.com.

O’Keefe, known nationally for hidden-camera videos targeting the liberal community-organizing group ACORN, said he believes it’s clear he and others weren’t trying to wiretap or shut down Sen. Mary Landrieu’s phones in her office in a New Orleans federal building.

He said the four, including two who posed as telephone repairmen, wanted to investigate criticisms that Landrieu’s constituents could not reach her office by phone.

Entertainment

The Sanford Herald / Saturday, January 30, 2010 / 11A

TELEVISION

E-BRIEFS

Has battle permanently wounded Leno?

By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Certainly Jay Leno would love to wake up to find that the last six months was just a nightmare.

That way, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be preparing another â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tonightâ&#x20AC;? show monologue, not going on the national shrinkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sofa across from Oprah Winfrey, as he was Thursday. He wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have seen a photo of himself doctored to look battered on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, symbolizing televisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest flop ever. And he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have heard the rough jokes with the serious subtext that he had sandbagged Conan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien.

NBC is hoping that it all goes away, too. The network wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know until March 1 whether heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been permanently damaged or not by the disastrous decision to try him in prime time and the clumsy way he recovered his old job. March 1 is when Leno returns to late night, opposite David Letterman on CBS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be competitive and I think his audience is going to come back over time,â&#x20AC;? says Jeff Gaspin, NBC Universal Entertainment chairman.

During his Winfrey appearance, Leno said he was devastated when NBC executives asked him to leave the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tonightâ&#x20AC;? show because they wanted to

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Conan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien interviewed by Jay Leno during Lenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final taping as host of The Tonight Show in Burbank, Calif. give the show to Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien.

He said he told â&#x20AC;&#x153;a white lie on the airâ&#x20AC;? when he said he was going to retire because he assumed he would find another job in show business.

He said he felt â&#x20AC;&#x153;really badâ&#x20AC;? for Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, whom he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talked with. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfair, but TV is not fair,â&#x20AC;?

Leno said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anything (NBC) did would have been better than this,â&#x20AC;? Leno said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anything. Anything they did. If they had come in and shot everybody, I mean, it would have been â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh, people were murdered,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; but at least it would have been a two-day story. NBC could not have handled it worse. From 2004 onward this whole thing was a huge, huge mess.â&#x20AC;?

Except for the Winfrey interview, Leno will do little talking after his 10 p.m. EST show ends Feb. 9, making

way for coverage of the Winter Olympics. NBC will promote his return to late night but in a low-key fashion since itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been only a few months that it hyped his prime time show, Gaspin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do it with a little humor and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do it with a little wink to the audience,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know they know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on.â&#x20AC;?

The 10 p.m. show, canceled because affiliates complained about its low ratings, instantly transformed Lenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public image into that of a failure after a 15-year run as the king of late-night television.

Meanwhile, his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tonightâ&#x20AC;? show successor, Conan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, despite being a ratings failure himself, became a folk hero when he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t accept NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan to move his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tonightâ&#x20AC;? show to 12:05

a.m. EST to accommodate Lenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shortened comedy program. Leno has been vilified for taking back a job he plainly didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to leave in the first place, despite promising more than five years ago that he would.

Jimmy Kimmel, in a brutal appearance on Lenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own show, was asked about the best prank he had ever pulled and said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told a guy that five years from now, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to give you my show. And then when the five years came, I gave it to him. And then I took it back almost instantly. I think he works at Fox or something now.â&#x20AC;?

Critic Aaron Barnhart said Leno was half-cockroach, half-cicada, who â&#x20AC;&#x153;would do and say anything to keep his famous chin in front of the cameras.â&#x20AC;?

Comic writer Joe Queenan, in The Wall Street Journal, compared the late-night situation to Europe in the 1930s. Leno, he wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;much like Adolf Hitler, is a master at making secret demands for foreign territory and then acting like the wronged party.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s satire, yes. But Adolf Hitler? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unfortunately, it got a little nasty,â&#x20AC;? Gaspin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I also think it was short-lived. It was of the moment and it ratcheted up and it also ratcheted down pretty quickly as well.â&#x20AC;?

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Rosie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell looks at different forms of family PASADENA, Calif. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; HBO wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looking for a political film when it asked Rosie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell to make a documentary about families, but realized in progress that it OĘźDonnell had one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell Celebrationâ&#x20AC;? debuts Sunday evening (7 p.m. EST). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primarily children talking about their families: adopted children, those with two moms, those with two dads, those taken care of by a grandparent, single parents, multiracial blends. Oh, and a mother and a father living under the same roof.

All were comfortable with their own families, even if some in society are not comfortable with all the different family configurations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All children need to see their own lives reflected in the media and need to be included when there are discussions about family,â&#x20AC;? said Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell, who has four children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To vilify a whole group of people, or children, because of the sexual orientation of their parents, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if that does anything to help the next generation,â&#x20AC;? the 47-yearold comedian-actress said.

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of comforting anxieties, showing these children that deep down, families are families. Seeing them all together made Sheila Nevins, head of HBOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s documentary unit, see that it was making a political point.

Newton-John to play hockey mom in movie musical TORONTO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hopelessly devoted to ... hockey?

Olivia NewtonJohn is set to co-star in a movie musical about Newton-John Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite pastime.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greaseâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Xanaduâ&#x20AC;? star will play the mother of a teen hockey phenom in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Score: A Hockey Musical,â&#x20AC;? which begins shooting in Toronto next week.

Director Michael McGowan, whose screen credits include â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Weekâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saint Ralph,â&#x20AC;? says he managed to land the pop singer-turned-actress by sending her the script through a network of friends.

She was the one that he wanted, but McGowan said Thursday he never imagined Newton-John would accept the role.

Newton-John will co-write and perform a song for the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final credits, along with Canadian singer-songwriter Marc Jordan, who plays the hockey dad.

The movie is set to be released Oct. 22.

Family says 19th Duggar baby â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;getting strongerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar say their new baby â&#x20AC;&#x201D; No. 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is doing well, even though she was born more than three months early and weighed less than 2 pounds at birth.

The couple from northwest Arkansas says 7-week-old Josie Brooklyn is â&#x20AC;&#x153;growing and getting stronger each day.â&#x20AC;? The Duggars and their children are featured on TLCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newly renamed reality show â&#x20AC;&#x153;19 Kids & Counting,â&#x20AC;? which will showcase Josieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birth on a special episode Sunday night.

Doctors say Josie was born Dec. 10 in Little Rock after Michelle Duggar had an emergency cesarean section because sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d developed preeclampsia.

The baby had been due March 18.

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How often does the groundhog correctly predict the weather?

Temperature Yesterdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s High . . . . . . . . . . .43 Yesterdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Low . . . . . . . . . . .36 Normal High . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Normal Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Record High . . . . . . . .79 in 1975 Record Low . . . . . . . . .6 in 2000 Precipitation Yesterdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00"

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Answer: Over the past 60 years, 28 percent of the time.

U.S. EXTREMES High: 80° in Laredo, Texas Low: -25° in Embarrass, Minn.

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Wilmington 43/26

NATIONAL CITIES Anchorage Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Los Angeles New York Phoenix Salt Lake City Seattle Washington

Data reported at 4pm from Lee County

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Greensboro 27/14

Asheville 29/17

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Duke and Georgetown will leave conference play to take on each other today

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ACC is a muddled mess

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By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer

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FEDERER REACHES FINAL OF AUSTRALIAN OPEN MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Roger Federer is through to his 22nd Grand Slam final after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in a near-flawless display Friday at the Australian Open.

Federer, seeking his fourth Australian title, hopes to reverse his tear-filled exit from last year’s final when he was beaten by Rafael Nadal, the left-handed Spaniard’s first hard-court title.

This time, the man between Federer and another title here Sunday will be Andy Murray, whose motivation has been fueled by a 74-year drought for British men in Grand Slam singles.

TENNIS INJURED NADAL TO MISS 4 WEEKS OF COMPETITION

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rafael Nadal will miss up to four weeks of competition to recover from a knee injury that forced him to quit in the third set of his Australian Open quarterfinal against Andy Murray.

The No. 2-ranked Nadal had his right knee assessed in Spain and was advised to rest completely for two weeks, then have two weeks of medical treatment before returning to tournament play, his management said in a statement Friday.

Nadal said it was not the recurrence of the tendinitis that sidelined the six-time Grand Slam singles champion for periods of 2009. He was unable to defend his Wimbledon title last year because of the tendinitis and has not reached another Grand Slam final since his fiveset win over Roger Federer at last year’s Australian Open.

NFL SAINTS COMMENTS NOT RILING UP COLTS INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts are still keeping their mouths shut.

On Tuesday, Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams promised his players would put a couple of “remember-me shots” on four-time league MVP Peyton Manning in next week’s Super Bowl. Williams made his comments on WGFX, a Tennessee radio station.

Indy doesn’t seem to care, responding the same way it has with other big-talkers this season — giving them the silent treatment.

Coach Jim Caldwell said the Colts couldn’t control what other teams say and that opponents are welcome to use whatever motivational tools they deem necessary. He said Manning, to his knowledge, had not responded to Williams’ comments.

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Grace Christian’s Brittany Kersey (left) makes her way down the court as Lee Christian’s Erica Davidson follows during Friday’s game at Lee Christian School in Sanford.

Lady Crusaders complete league season unbeaten

By RYAN SARDA sarda@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Lee Christian girls’ basketball coach Eric Davidson wanted to challenge his county rivals, no matter what.

So much, in fact, that he walked over to Grace Christian head coach Joel Murr at the start of the third quarter, and with his team down 51-12, told Murr to not worry about letting up despite the score.

Grace Christian only scored 19 points in the second half in Friday afternoon’s game at Lee Christian, but it was still enough to finish unbeaten in the NCCSA 3-A West Conference. The Crusaders downed the Falcons 70-36 to move to 20-6 overall and 12-0 in the conference.

“I told him to not let up on us just because they were beating us badly,” said Davidson. “It wouldn’t be good for his girls and it wouldn’t be good for my girls. I appreciate what he

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RALEIGH — It wasn’t long after North Carolina beat North Carolina State that Deon Thompson uttered a telling comment about the Atlantic Coast Conference.

“We just shook the ACC up a little bit with us winning,” the senior said.

Only in a year like this could a win by the defending national champions against a rival they typically beat rank anywhere close to a jarring victory.

The league that touts itself as college basketball’s most tradition-rich conference has just two ranked teams, one among the top 20 in RPI, and a muddled set of league standings as January comes to a close.

It’s hardly a down year on the level of what’s going on in the Pac-10, but it certainly doesn’t have the powerful feel of years past, either.

“I guess murky would be the best word,” said Mike Gminski, a former Duke All-American and TV analyst for ACC games. “To look at the 12 teams, you’d say, ’I really don’t see a clear picture here at all.”’

No conference can match the ACC’s level of success over the past 30 years. The league has won nine NCAA championships — four coming in the past decade — while no other league has more than five.

The league has made a national-best 28 Final Fours over that span, and at least one team reached No. 1 in 25 of those years. The past six seasons, at least one ACC team has been a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

This year’s group, however, doesn’t stand up to the history.

After three ACC teams held the No. 1 ranking in the same month last year, a good-but-not-great Duke (17-3, 5-2 ACC) checks in at No. 8, while Georgia Tech (15-5, 4-3) is No. 22.

As for the rest of the league, there are the surprises (Maryland, Virginia), the solid (Clemson, Florida State, Wake Forest) and the underachieving (North Carolina).

But no other ranked teams.

“It’s really up for grabs,” Virginia guard Sammy

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ACC Standings

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Jackets may get healthier with meet rescheduled

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SANFORD — Having been there and won that (three times, actually), there is little that would cause the Lee County gymnastics team any trepidation on the eve of the state championship meet.

Not even an impending snow storm.

In fact, the extra time off now may just help the Yellow Jackets.

As if they needed it.

The approaching storm knocked out the scheduled Division II state gymnastics meet that was supposed to take place today.

The meet, which Lee County has won three straight times, has been moved to Thursday, with warmups beginning at 5:30 p.m. before

the meet starts at 6:50 p.m.

Nearly a week away now from their toughest competition of the high school season, Lee County can use the time to get a couple of its gymnasts a little healthier, as sore ankles and knees have limited practice time.

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Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner announces his retirement from football Friday at the Cardinals’ training facility in Tempe, Ariz.

Warner ends storybook career TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Kurt Warner has called an end to one of the great storybook careers in NFL history.

The 38-year-old quarterback announced his retirement from the game on Friday after a dozen years in a league that at first rejected him, then revered him as he came from nowhere to lead the

lowly St. Louis Rams to two Super Bowls, winning the first of them.

Written off as a hasbeen, he rose again to lead the long-suffering Arizona Cardinals to the Super Bowl a year ago.

“I’m excited about what’s next,” Warner said.

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Warner walked away

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SPORTS BRIEFS pleaded no contest to driving under the influence.

Dunlap appeared at a court hearing on Friday in Gainesville. He was placed on probation for a year and had his drivers license suspended for six months. He also must complete 50 hours of community service, participate in a victim’s impact panel and pay about $1,000 in fines.

Bengals’ Maualuga arrested FOR DUI

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga (mow-uh-LOO’-guh) has pleaded not guilty in northern Kentucky to drunken and careless driving.

Covington police spokesman Spike Jones says Maualuga hit a parking meter and two parked cars early Friday with his 2003 Pontiac. There was minor damage.

The 23-year-old was held about seven hours at the Kenton County jail before being released on his own recognizance. Court records show he entered a plea and was ordered to return next month for a hearing.

The Bengals’ 2009 secondround draft choice from Southern Cal started the first 15 games of his rookie season before breaking his left ankle.

Rumford takes lead in Qatar DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Brett Rumford of Australia had a 6under 66 Friday for a one-shot lead after the second round of the Qatar Masters.

Bradley Dredge, the firstround leader, trailed with a 69. Lee Westwood (69) and Oliver Wilson (70) were two shots behind Rumford.

Sergio Garcia shot another 70 and was among five players who were five shots back.

Kenny Perry, who had an eagle on the 10th hole, made the cut with a 72. Todd Hamilton (75) missed the cut.

Rumford has won three events on the European Tour, most recently the European Masters in 2007.

Eagles promote Roseman to GM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles have promoted Howie Roseman to general manager.

The team selected Roseman, its vice president of player personnel the last two seasons, to replace the departed Tom Heckert, who left two weeks ago to become the GM in Cleveland.

Roseman’s new job will be similar to his old one. He will manage the Eagles’ college and pro scouting staffs, organize draft meetings and scout prospects. Coach Andy Reid serves as the team’s vice president of football operations and has final say on personnel decisions.

Moss out as UNC Wilmington’s coach WILMINGTON (AP) — Benny Moss has resigned as basketball coach at North Carolina-Wilmington.

Athletic director Kelly Mehrtens said Friday that assistant coach Brooks Lee will take over the program on an interim basis, starting with Saturday’s home game against Towson.

Moss was 41-74 in his fourth season at UNC-Wilmington, and went 23-45 in the Colonial Athletic Association.

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Dunlap pleads no contest to DUI, gets probation

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida defensive end Carlos Dunlap has

Britain’s drought rests with Murray LONDON (AP) — The last time a British man won a singles title at a Grand Slam, Jesse Owens embarrassed Adolf Hitler at the Berlin Olympics, Max Schmeling knocked out Joe Louis to win the world heavyweight title and FIFA president Sepp Blatter was born.

Andy Murray tries to end that embarrassing 74-year-old drought on Sunday by beating the best player in the world, Roger Federer, at the Australian Open.

The 22-year-old Scot will have the weight of a nation on his shoulders when he steps out to face a player considered by many as the best ever.

He is trying to become the first Brit since Fred Perry in 1936 to win a men’s singles title at one of the sport’s majors. Perry won the forerunner to the U.S. Open to go with his third straight Wimbledon title.

Even Federer, who beat Murray in the 2008 U.S. Open final, is joking about it.

“I know he’d like to win the first for British tennis in — what is it, like 150,000 years?” the Swiss star said after winning his semifinal against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday. “The poor guy has to go through those moments over and over again.”

Murray’s achievement of reaching another final and playing brilliant tennis along the way has put him on the front as well as the back

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Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Toronto 106, New York 104 Orlando 96, Boston 94 Phoenix 112, Dallas 106 Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Cleveland at Indiana, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Boston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Chicago at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Denver at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Miami at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Washington at New Jersey, 8 p.m.

Portland at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

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

Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.

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

Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games

Sports Review Str W-6 L-1 L-1 W-1 W-4 L-2 W-1 W-4 W-1 L-1 L-1 L-3 L-2 L-4 W-1

Home 18-3 13-7 18-5 17-4 16-6 13-11 18-5 14-7 14-7 11-14 10-12 11-12 7-15 8-15 3-17

Away 18-8 16-7 11-10 13-12 9-16 10-11 4-17 8-15 5-18 7-13 6-18 4-17 8-15 6-15 1-23

Conf 19-6 19-9 16-10 20-9 17-15 14-10 15-16 13-12 11-12 12-17 12-16 11-14 8-17 10-16 3-21

Str W-2 W-8 L-1 W-4 W-1 L-2 W-3 W-1 W-2 L-3 L-3 L-2 W-1 L-3 L-5

Home 23-3 21-3 14-7 18-6 18-9 16-9 17-5 18-6 16-4 13-8 12-10 14-9 13-9 9-12 6-17

Away 12-8 10-11 16-9 9-12 8-9 11-11 8-14 9-15 9-16 11-13 12-11 6-16 3-19 4-19 3-21

Conf 20-8 18-8 16-11 13-13 13-13 17-9 16-14 15-11 18-10 18-13 9-15 10-18 10-16 7-19 4-26

Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Memphis, 8 p.m.

New York at Washington, 8 p.m.

Miami at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Portland at Dallas, 9 p.m.

Charlotte at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Denver at San Antonio, 1 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Boston, 3:30 p.m.

Orlando at Detroit, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Houston, 7 p.m.

New York at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

EXTREME SPORTS 4 p.m.

ESPN2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Winter X Games, at Aspen, Colo.

9 p.m.

ESPN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Winter X Games, at Aspen, Colo.

1 a.m.

ESPN2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Winter X Games, at Aspen, Colo. (delayed tape) GOLF 1 p.m.

TGC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, third round, at La Jolla, Calif.

3 p.m.

CBS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, third round, at La Jolla, Calif.

MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon ESPN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Louisville at West Virginia ESPN2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; La Salle at Temple 1 p.m.

CBS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; National coverage, Duke at Georgetown 2 p.m.

NCAA Boxscores Late Thursday No. 22 GEORGIA TECH 79, WAKE FOREST 58 WAKE FOREST (14-5) Aminu 6-16 1-4 15, McFarland 3-9 0-2 6, Smith 5-12 1-2 12, Harris 0-5 4-5 4, Williams 3-7 3-4 9, Clark 1-5 1-3 3, Stewart 0-4 2-2 2, Weaver 0-1 0-0 0, Woods 3-5 1-3 7. Totals 21-64 13-25 58.

GEORGIA TECH (15-5) Favors 5-7 1-4 11, Lawal 5-9 4-4 14, Udofia 2-5 0-0 4, Shumpert 4-11 1-2 11, Bell 5-8 5-6 16, M.Miller 0-0 2-2 2, Foreman 0-0 0-0 0, Oliver 4-5 2-2 13, Peacock 3-8 0-0 6, Rice Jr. 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 29-54 15-20 79.

Halftimeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Georgia Tech 35-29. 3-Point Goalsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wake Forest 3-18 (Aminu 2-4, Smith 1-1, McFarland 0-1, Stewart 0-2, Williams 0-3, Clark 0-3, Harris 0-4), Georgia Tech 6-10 (Oliver 3-4, Shumpert 2-4, Bell 1-1, Udofia 0-1).

Fouled Outâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;None. Reboundsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wake Forest 34 (Aminu 8), Georgia Tech 43 (Favors, Lawal 9). Assistsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wake Forest 10 (Smith 4), Georgia Tech 12 (Bell, Udofia 3). Total Foulsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wake Forest 20, Georgia Tech 22. Technicalâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Lawal.

Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;9,083. Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;9,083.

NCAA Standings Atlantic 10 Conference Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT Xavier, Ohio 6 1 .857 14 6 .700 Temple 5 1 .833 17 4 .810 Charlotte 5 1 .833 15 5 .750 Rhode Island 4 2 .667 16 3 .842 Richmond 4 2 .667 15 6 .714 St. Louis 3 2 .600 12 7 .632 Dayton 3 3 .500 14 6 .700 La Salle 3 3 .500 11 9 .550 St. Bonaventure 2 3 .400 9 9 .500 G. Washington 2 4 .333 12 7 .632 UMass 2 4 .333 8 12 .400 St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2 4 .333 8 12 .400 Duquesne 1 5 .167 10 10 .500 Fordham 0 7 .000 2 17 .105 Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games La Salle 80, Fordham 73 Charlotte 74, Temple 64 Massachusetts 87, Saint Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 80 George Washington 67, Saint Louis 62, OT Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Xavier 86, Duquesne 50 Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games

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ESPN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Oklahoma St. at Missouri ESPN2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Indiana at Illinois 3:30 p.m.

FSN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Washington St. at Washington 4 p.m.

ESPN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vanderbilt at Kentucky 6 p.m.

ESPN2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Notre Dame at Rutgers 7 p.m.

ESPN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kansas at Kansas St. 8 p.m.

ESPN2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pacific at UC Riverside NBA DL BASKETBALL 11 p.m.

VERSUS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bakersfield at Idaho (same-day tape) TENNIS 3:30 a.m.

ESPN2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Australian Open, menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s championship match, at Melbourne, Australia WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5:30 p.m.

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was trying to do in not running up the score but I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want them to not play as hard because they were beating us.â&#x20AC;?

Murr wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surprised by Davidsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s move. In fact, he was very appreciative and complimentary of Davidsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gesture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a class act all the way,â&#x20AC;? said Murr, who got his 100th conference win with the victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told him that we have no intention of running up the score or anything like that. He knew that we were trying to prepare for the upcoming state tournament and he was concerned about our girls and their future this season.

That says a lot about him. It was a very gracious of him to say that.â&#x20AC;?

The Falcons (0-15, 0-10) trailed 38-4 after the first quarter and were down by 39 at halftime. The Crusaders only scored 13 points in the second quarter and just 10 in the third. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t trying to embarrass us or

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No games scheduled Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games La Salle at Temple, Noon George Washington at Rhode Island, 1 p.m.

Saint Louis at Richmond, 2 p.m.

Charlotte at Massachusetts, 6 p.m.

Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 7 p.m.

Atlantic Coast Conference

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT Maryland 4 1 .800 14 5 .737 Duke 5 2 .714 17 3 .850 Virginia Tech 3 2 .600 16 3 .842 Virginia 3 2 .600 12 6 .667 Georgia Tech 4 3 .571 15 5 .750 Wake Forest 4 3 .571 14 5 .737 Florida St. 3 3 .500 15 5 .750 Clemson 3 4 .429 15 6 .714 Boston College 3 4 .429 12 9 .571 North Carolina 2 3 .400 13 7 .650 N.C. State 2 5 .286 13 8 .619 Miami 1 5 .167 15 5 .750 Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Virginia Tech 76, Virginia 71, OT Georgia Tech 79, Wake Forest 58 Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games No games scheduled Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Duke at Georgetown, 1 p.m.

Kentucky St. at Georgia Tech, 1 p.m.

N.C. Central at N.C. State, 2 p.m.

Florida St. at Boston College, 3 p.m.

Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Virginia Tech at Miami, 1 p.m.

Maryland at Clemson, 5:30 p.m.

Virginia at North Carolina, 7:45 p.m.

Atlantic Sun Standings

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT Campbell 7 3 .700 12 7 .632 Jacksonville 7 3 .700 11 8 .579 ETSU 7 3 .700 11 10 .524 Lipscomb 7 4 .636 10 10 .500 Belmont 6 5 .545 11 10 .524 Mercer 5 5 .500 9 11 .450 N. Florida 5 6 .455 10 11 .476 Kennesaw St. 4 6 .400 9 12 .429 Fl. Gulf Coast 4 7 .364 7 13 .350 Stetson 3 8 .273 5 14 .263 S.C.-Upstate 3 8 .273 3 17 .150 Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Kennesaw St. 71, Mercer 69 ETSU 72, Campbell 57 North Florida 55, S.C.-Upstate 53 Florida Gulf Coast 64, Stetson 53

humiliate us,â&#x20AC;? said Davidson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I also wanted our girls to keep fighting hard all the way to the end because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done all season long. We wanted to play our best against their best. We were just outmatched but we wanted to challenge them.â&#x20AC;?

The Crusaders were led by Alexis McGilberryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 18 points. Haley Bryant finished with 16 points and seven assists. Taylor Comte had 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting and also snagged down 10 rebounds. Anna Murr also had 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting and nine boards in the win.

Murr says that the 38 points in the first period was perhaps the best quarter of basketball that his team has played all year long. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were just getting good looks and were playing tough defense,â&#x20AC;? said Murr. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was very pleased with our play in the first quarter and I think it kind of carried us throughout the rest of the game.â&#x20AC;?

The win guarantees the Crusaders the top seed in the upcoming state

Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Game No games scheduled Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Jacksonville at North Florida, 7 p.m.

Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Belmont at Campbell, 3:15 p.m.

Stetson at Mercer, 3:30 p.m.

Lipscomb at ETSU, 4 p.m.

Florida Gulf Coast at Kennesaw St., 7:30 p.m.

HOCKEY NHL Conference Glance

By The Associated Press All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 53 35 12 6 76 207 146 New Jersey 52 34 16 2 70 139 115 Buffalo 52 31 14 7 69 147 126 Pittsburgh 55 33 21 1 67 173 156 Ottawa 55 30 21 4 64 154 155 Atlanta 53 24 21 8 56 162 170 Philadelphia 52 26 23 3 55 158 148 Montreal 55 25 25 5 55 141 149 N.Y. Rangers 54 24 23 7 55 138 150 Florida 53 23 21 9 55 146 154 Boston 51 23 20 8 54 127 131 N.Y. Islanders 54 23 23 8 54 142 168 Tampa Bay 52 22 20 10 54 135 157 Toronto 54 17 27 10 44 142 187 Carolina 53 18 28 7 43 141 174 WESTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 54 35 10 9 79 182 132 Chicago 54 37 13 4 78 178 125 Vancouver 53 33 18 2 68 173 129 Phoenix 54 31 18 5 67 147 141 Colorado 52 30 16 6 66 153 137 Los Angeles 53 31 19 3 65 160 147 Nashville 52 29 20 3 61 145 145 Calgary 54 26 20 8 60 137 141 Detroit 53 25 19 9 59 137 143 Minnesota 54 27 23 4 58 151 158 Dallas 53 23 19 11 57 152 171 St. Louis 54 24 22 8 56 141 150 Anaheim 54 24 23 7 55 150 171 Columbus 56 21 26 9 51 146 186 Edmonton 52 16 30 6 38 136 178 Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Toronto at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Florida at Washington, 7 p.m.

Boston at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Nashville at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

tournament, which will be played at Gospel Light. The Crusaders, who finished unbeaten in the conference for the second time under Murr, will get a first-round bye in the tournament, which begins Feb. 18.

The Falcons were led by Makaila Gillumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gamehigh 19 points. Gillum was 9 of 14 from the floor and also had eight rebounds in the loss. Katie Makepeace added 10 points and six rebounds.

Davidson still feels that things are looking up for the Falcons, despite the losing record. The Falcons outscored their county rivals 18-9 in the fourth quarter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our girls havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quit all season,â&#x20AC;? said Davidson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They keep fighting and hustling and playing hard each game. We just havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been able to find the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got all of our girls that are coming back coming to offseason workouts and attending summer camps to try and get better. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a testimony to them because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not hanging their heads down despite the tough season. They want to do things to get better.â&#x20AC;?

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Conference break: Duke meets Georgetown

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Duke vs. Georgetown.

Two top 10 teams. Sellout crowd at the Verizon Center.

Even the president might show up.

The one flaw for Georgetown coach John Thompson III? The game comes in the wrong month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Television dictates this out-of-conference series,â&#x20AC;?

Thompson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In my perfect world, once the Big East starts, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just playing Big East games.â&#x20AC;?

Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s matchup between the No. 7 Hoyas and the No. 8 Blue Devils wraps up the schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; four-game contract that gave television a major say in dictating dates and times. The series has produced some memorable moments, from the fans storming the court following Georgetownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upset of then-No. 1 Duke in 2006 to the phantom technical foul on Greg Monroe that swung the momentum last year in Durham.

But one could argue that this game is the last thing Georgetown (15-4) needs during a brutal conference schedule. The Big East has four teams in the top 10 and five in the top 20. The Hoyas are coming off their worst game of the season, a 73-56 defeat at No. 4 Syracuse on Monday.

Actually, someone has argued that point: Thompsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, the longtime Georgetown coach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He says Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m crazy for playing this series,â&#x20AC;? Thompson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is it piling on? To

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At the same time you want to get as many different experiences for your group as you can. And hopefully you can go through that without beating (the players) up too much. Big East play, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be beat up.â&#x20AC;?

Games against Duke (17-3) are about the only time Georgetown can count on a sellout at the 20,000-seat arena, and many of the fans in the upper bowl will once again wear the visitorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shade of blue. The city was abuzz Friday with the expectation that President Barack Obama will be among the throng: Georgetown issued a statement telling fans to leave backpacks and bags at home and arrive early for â&#x20AC;&#x153;enhanced securityâ&#x20AC;?

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Even so, Thompson downplayed the notion of a Georgetown-Duke rivalry.

In that sense, Duke is no Syracuse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a great series for us, both the good and bad, but at the end of the day our Big East games this time of year are more important,â&#x20AC;? Thompson said.

A quick survey of Thompsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s players ran the gamut. Some said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just another game, Julian Vaughn noted its importance for NCAA tournament seeding, and Jason Clark said it was something special. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a really big game â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Big East, ACC challenge game,â&#x20AC;? Clark said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Duke has a reputation for being a really, really good team, so you kind of get motivated a lot more to play this game.â&#x20AC;?

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Zeglinski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at the point in the season where we could go one of two ways. We could go into the middle of the pack of the ACC or really separate ourselves and keep getting better and dig deep.â&#x20AC;?

While that might make for more close games or dramatic finishes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably not the best thing for how the league is perceived nationally.

Granted, the ACC is third in conference RPI behind the Big East and Big 12, according to collegerpi.com. But there are no teams like last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tar Heels â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who romped through the NCAA tournament for their second title in five seasons â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or the Duke and Maryland squads that also won championships in 2001 and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;02.

Instead, 10 of 12 teams already have at least five losses overall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Carolina team last year doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen very often,â&#x20AC;? Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The landscape of college basketball has changed during this decade to produce this, and we see it in our league with good coaches, good commitment from the schools and the talent spread out.â&#x20AC;?

Some drop-off should have been expected considering 10 of 15 all-conference performers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including the entire

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be nice to get completely healthy,â&#x20AC;? said Lee County coach Kathy McLeod-Edwards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some girls Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m only allowing to do two floor routines instead of three, and others I have to watch on the vault.â&#x20AC;?

Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the other end of the spectrum. With the meet moved, the Tri-9 Conferenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third-place finisher Dallas Langston may have time to fit in, of all things to tempt fate, a ski trip. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just want her to make it through the weekend without something happening,â&#x20AC;? McLeod-Edwards said.

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first team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; graduated or left early for the NBA. But the league also lost the annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge for the first time, after winning the first 10 editions.

In an illustration of how jumbled things are, the Cavaliers (12-6, 3-2) were picked to finish 11th in the league, but jumped out to a 3-0 start in league play.

Maryland (14-5, 4-1) was expected to be in the middle of the pack, but sits atop the standings. Yet both teams lost to the same Wake Forest team that lost to lastplace Miami.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Hurricanesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; only ACC win after starting 15-1 against a soft schedule.

Momentum has been hard to maintain, too. N.C. State shook off last-second losses to Arizona and Florida and a blown lead in a home loss to Virginia to upset the Blue Devils. The Wolfpack followed with a lopsided road loss to the Terrapins, then went scoreless for 8 minutes in a home loss to a struggling Tar Heels team that had looked lost in recent weeks.

Things will have to change if anyone wants to head into March with momentum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It can change like that,â&#x20AC;? Florida Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chris Singleton said, snapping his fingers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you can win and go on a streak, you control your own destiny.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how it is. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lose two games in a row. If you lose two games in a row, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re back to the bottom.â&#x20AC;?

Injuries might be the only thing that could hold the Jackets back, although Wakefield is primed as a serious contender to knocking Lee County from its state championship perch. The Jackets are riding a wave a confidence entering the meet, though McLeod-Edwards does sense some pressure creeping in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen tears this week,â&#x20AC;? the coach said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen tears all year. But I think the stress is starting to come in, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the stress to be on top. I think the pressure is to see which one might be able to finish in the top spot as an individual. I wish they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think like that, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more about the team, but if they all think they can win, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good for the team, too.â&#x20AC;?

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DEAR ABBY

Teenager is bewildered by parents’ short fuses

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: This is a passionate, creative year that you must take seriously. Embrace life and live each moment to the fullest. Don’t let peer pressure or power struggles bring you down. Live and love and share your happiness with everyone.

Your positive attitude will attract the help and support you need. 2, 14, 19, 24, 28, 35, 40 ARIES (March 21April 19): A strategic, disciplined approach to whatever you do will be required. Take on a physical challenge that will get your adrenalin flowing and your mind racing. Don’t let anyone limit you. A romantic encounter is apparent.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Stay calm and get what needs to be done out of the way. Getting all worked up will only lead to setbacks. You may be questioned if you aren’t completely honest about the way you feel. Try to compromise in order to keep the peace.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Plan your next vacation. It will give you greater incentive to work hard.

Make friends with people who can offer an interesting way of doing things.

An older relative or friend will have some very wise advice to share with you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take care of your debts and stop worrying about the past. Living in the present and looking positively toward the future will lessen your stress and help you advance. Don’t shy away from change.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A romantic encounter may be tempting but weigh the pros and cons before you decide to get involved.

Someone will lead you on or tamper with your emotions if you are too trusting. Don’t let anyone push you around or make decisions for you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): Don’t believe everything you are told. Go

to the source and find out first hand what’s possible and what isn’t.

Spend time having fun with friends and you will release some pent-up frustrations. A change of plans will take you on an adventure.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Position yourself so that you can counteract any personal affront that comes your way. Don’t meddle, just keep a watchful eye. Friends who offer positive input can contribute to your plans.

Share your thoughts.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do something that will contribute to your knowledge or skills. The more information you pick up, the more prepared you will be to counteract any negative reaction from someone you are close to. Do your best and don’t look back.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Focus on finance and any lucrative proposition. You can expect to come into cash or be given a gift -- don’t let it slip through your fingers. A location change may seem appropriate but it will be a costly and unnecessary venture.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Someone who is anxious to have you make a commitment will pressure you. If you feel uncomfortable, back away.

Feeling guilty or obliged should be your first hint that you are probably making a mistake.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): Don’t make waves and, most of all, refuse to meddle or get involved in someone else’s fight. Focus on your own life. Deal promptly with any health concerns you have. A romantic encounter should brighten your day.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Opportunities will be present and must be taken advantage of before it’s too late. An emotional lesson will be learned if you become involved with someone too fast. It’s time to do things a little differently.

WORD JUMBLE

DEAR ABBY: My parents just aren’t “there” for me anymore. I need to be able to go to them for advice, but now I can’t. They get mad when I ask them for help on anything. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I mean, I cook, clean, help around the house, but it doesn’t seem to help.

Please don’t get me wrong.

I love my parents, but they get mad so easily. I’m not sure if it’s because they’re aging -- they are 44 and 46 -- or if it’s something I have done. I also feel like they aren’t being fair to me because my siblings, who are younger AND older than I am, get more privileges than I do.

I just want a better relationship with my parents, the kind I had when I was younger. I mean, I haven’t changed. (I only changed fashions. Like, I dress better and stuff.) Oh, and in case you’re wondering, my parents don’t drink or smoke.

So how do I talk to them in a way they will understand and consider thinking about my feelings without getting mad?

— ANONYMOUS TEEN, PASCO, WASH. DEAR TEEN: You may not be doing anything wrong. Many adults are under pressure in the workplace and/or financially -which can make them appear to be short-tempered and distracted.

Your parents may also be trying to encourage you to think independently or be less reliant on them for advice. Maybe you should ask your

eating peanut butter snacks in a crowded concert hall seems a doubly poor choice. Abby, would you please remind your readers to remember their manners during a live performance?

— APPALLED IN AKRON, OHIO

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

parents what’s wrong.

I don’t know them, but at 44 and 46, I am sure their problem isn’t “aging” because they are in the prime of their lives. However, if their problem is stress-related, the next time you want to discuss something serious, try it about an hour after dinner when they are relaxed and not distracted, and you may have better luck. o DEAR ABBY: I recently attended a concert in the hall that is home to our local symphony orchestra.

Imagine my dismay when the couple sitting behind me proceeded to unwrap candy, then crumple up and throw the wrappers on the floor.

It was, to say the least, distracting -- and leaving the wrappers on the floor was low class. For pity’s sake, folks, clean up after yourselves!

In this age of food allergies,

DEAR APPALLED: Your frustration is understandable, and I hope your letter will serve as a reminder to concert- and theatergoers not to check their manners with their overcoats at the door. o DEAR ABBY: I’m an 18-year-old, married Marine and expecting my first bundle of joy. I’m depressed.

My job stresses me out a lot, and the thought of having to put my newborn in day care 10-plus hours a day is killing me.

I have been thinking about trying to get out so I can raise my child. My husband intends to stay in the service for life. Being stationed so far from home, I have no help and know little about raising a child. So I’m trying to figure out -- should I stay or try to get out?

— MILITARY MOM-TO-BE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEAR MILITARY MOM-TO-BE: Only you can make that decision, but before you do, there are two individuals I’m advising you to consult: The first is the officer in charge of your unit, and the second is your chaplain.

ODDS AND ENDS

MY ANSWER

Australia: Man vs. marauding crocodile over shark

Ga. man buys car, finds $200K in counterfeit cash

SYDNEY (AP) — A group of Australian mates on an annual fishing holiday was not going to let anything come between them and their prize catch — not even a marauding crocodile.

The friends landed a small shark on a beach recently in the tropical north of Australia — also home to wild saltwater crocodiles known to attack humans.

As they dragged the shark ashore with the help of a hooked pole, a croc about 6-feet (2-meters) long emerged from the water, ran up the beach to the flailing shark, and opened its jaws menacingly.

Unperturbed, the fisherman holding the hook banged it down on the head of the crocodile, which turned tail and scrambled quickly back into the water.

The incident was captured on video and posted on YouTube, where it gained a popular following and attention from Australian media.

“He was full on,” Bob Callan, one of the anglers told Nine Network television Friday, describing the croc’s lunge. “He was going for that shark right or wrong, then it was — bang — hit him on the snout and away he went.”

After dispatching the reptile, the video shows the anglers lined up behind the shark on the beach for photos — with their backs to the water. One casts a nervous eye over his shoulder, and another jumps as his neighbor gives him a sly pinch on the leg.

BALL GROUND, Ga. (AP) — One north Georgia man got more than he bargained for when he bought a car from a towing company late last year. Officials with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that Tye Kuykendall found $200,000 in counterfeit money inside a hidden compartment behind the back seat of the car.

Authorities said Kuykendall bought the car after it sat for more than three years in an impound yard after being towed by Fulton County police in 2006.

Authorities said he was fixing a gas leak when he discovered the secret compartment.

SUDOKU

Cops: Pair allegedly use jury box to smuggle drugs PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — It was a dumb way to try to sneak drugs into prison.

Pueblo County authorities said a 22-yearold woman worked out a plan with her boyfriend to get narcotics into jail Wednesday through a courtroom exchange at her own sentencing hearing. Officials learned of the plot because the woman in jail, Felisha Trujillo, and her boyfriend talked about the plot on a monitored phone line.

Phil Martinez, 26, allegedly dropped a bag of narcotics in the jury box before Trujillo’s hearing, when the courtroom was empty. The alleged drug drop happened minutes after elementary school students had finished a mock trial in the same courtroom.

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

God is with us no matter what comes Q: I know the Bible says that in heaven we won’t have any more pain or sorrow, and I believe that. But if that’s true, why doesn’t God take us to heaven right now? Frankly, life gets to be a burden sometimes, and when it does, I yearn for heaven. Is it wrong to feel this way? -- Mrs. A.L. A: No, it isn’t necessarily wrong to yearn for heaven, particularly when life’s burdens press upon us. The Apostle Paul looked forward to the day when God would take him to heaven, because in this life “we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling” (2 Corinthians 5:4).

But God has a purpose in keeping us here until that day when He does take us to heaven. Sometimes it’s hard to see what that purpose is -- but He can be trusted, and He has not abandoned us. I think, for example, of people I’ve known over the years who were going through great difficulty -- but their faith was strong, and even in the midst of pain or disability they were cheerful and concerned about others.

They may not have realized it but their example was an encouragement to others -- including me.

Never forget: God is with us no matter what comes our way, if we know Christ.

His promise is true: “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5). When hard times come (and they come to us all), ask God to give you His peace and His joy.

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110 Special Notices

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Johnston-Lee-Harnett Community Action, Inc. encourages minority and women business enterprises to apply. Johnston-LeeHarnett Community Action, Inc. must receive all applications by 2:00 p.m. on February 19, 2010. Late request for bids will not be considered. Please contact 001 Waymon Gainey at 919-934-2145 or Sonya Legals Snead at 919-209-9770 to be pleaded in bar of request application and the request for bids general their recovery. All instructions. persons, firms and

corporations indebted to Quality Used Tires the estate should Mounted & Balanced make immediate pay919-498-5503 ment.

Seminole Road This the 23rd day of Broadway January, 2010.

Jimmy Wade Cum- WILL MOVE OLD JUNK mings,Executor of CARS! BEST PRICES the Estate of Edward PAID. Call for complete car delivery price.

Cummings 679 Atkins Road McLeod’s Auto Crushing.

Day 499-4911.

Cameron, NC 28326 Night 776-9274.

Attorneys: W. Woods Doster 120 Staton,Doster,Post,Sil Personals verman&Foushee, PA P. O. Box 1320 Sanford, NC 27331- Companion Needed white 1320 male looking for a white female. 30 to 55

no smoking alcohol or EXECUTOR drugs. Will Provide Good NOTICE HAVING qualified as Home ref and photo req.

Send Reply to Sanford Executor of the estate Herald PO BOX 100 of Pamela C. Hall, #03464 deceased, late of Lee Sanford NC 27331 County, North Carolina, this is to notify all Don’t be alone for persons having Valentines Day! claims against the esFemale Companion tate of said deceased Desired! to present them to the Professional gentleman undersigned within needs live-in companion. three months from Room & board included.

January 9, 2010 or Plus small salary. No this notice will be smoking/drugs. Call Will: pleaded in bar of (919)995-8945 their recovery. All 130 persons indebted to said estate please Lost make immediate payLost Wedding Ring ment. This 9th, day of January, 2010. Jan 9th; believed lost near Coy S. Hall Civic Center. Pear Shaped 56 D&M Matthews Diamond w/2 Stones, PlatiLane num. Call:910-508-0768 Broadway, NC, 27505 Missing From Executor/trix Kendale Area of the estate of Pamela C. Hall Black & White Male Cat Looks Siamese, Has No (1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30)

Notice To Creditors

Collar. Missing Since Sunday Please Call 776-1204 with any info

Paul A. Cagle qualiMissing from fied on January 5, 2010, as a Personal Seminole/Broadway Area Appx. 6m. Old Kitten Representative of the Estate of Joyce Rives Light gray, Long Haired, Cagle, late of Lee with white on face & belly County, North Caroli- Please call 919-498-4977 na. This is to notify Missing Red Bone all persons, firms, Hound in Lemon Springs and corporations havArea. Reward! 353-5268 ing claims against the Estate to present Missing: Small White them to the underMaltese Male signed on or before Saint Andrews Church Rd April 9, 2010, or this & Tramway Rd Area notice will be leaded Missing since Tuesday. in bar of their recovREWARD OFFERED ery. All persons, 776-1156 firms, and corporaMy name is Bobby tions indebted to said Clegg my dog estate please make Luke has been immediate payment.

Payment and claims missing for 2 months.

I will gladly pay a should be presented $300 R E W A R D to Robert B. Gilleto anyone who will land, attorney at law, bring him to 426 1410 Elm Street/P.O. Lower Moncure Road Box 1045, Sanford, NC Sanford.

27330 Request for Proposals City of Sanford Cemetery Road/Frazier Road Intersection Study and Design

He is a light brown Boxer with a black beak he weighs 50 pounds.

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CREDITOR’S NOTICE Having qualified on the 21st day of January, as Executor of the Estate of Edward Cummings, deceased, late of Lee County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before the 26th day of April, 2010, or this notice will

255 Sport Utilities

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300 Businesses/Services 310 Contractors/ Construction Brick and Block Work Commercial & Residential Double Wide Repairs affordable prices call 919-353-6359

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400 Employment 420 Help Wanted General 1, 2, 3 BR Rentals Avail.

Adcock Rentals 774-6046 adcockrentalsnc.com Administrative Assistant

190 The City is soliciting a Home Health Care facility proposals from qualito support the Executive DiYard Sales fied firms to perform rector: duties include adAsk about our traffic/accident analministrative/clerical tasks YARD SALE SPECIAL ysis and design funcrequiring some knowledge tions for the Ceme- 8 lines/2 days* of computer related tasks, sort and file records, antery Road/Frazier $13.50 swer telephone, able to Road intersection.

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Community Services, ment at 919-775-8010 Inc. 129 Siler Crossing or visit our website *Days must be consecutive Shopping Center, Siler for a detailed Request 200 City, NC 27334. for Proposal. ProposTransportation 919.742.1111 als are due by 4 pm February 16th.

Experienced Grill Help City Engineer City of Sanford P.O. Box 3729 225 E. Weatherspoon St. Sanford, NC 273313729 919-775-8232

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Southeastern Tool & Die offers an excellent salary and full range of benefits, including insurance, 401K, and profit sharing.

Interested candidates, please send resume and cover letter to: Southeastern Tool & Die, Inc.; Attn: HR; 105 Taylor Street, Aberdeen, NC 28315 or fax to 910-944-1235.

430 Help Wanted Sales Sales positions avail.

Salary + comm. Must have high energy and be self-motivated.

Toyota of Sanford Call 919-895-6526 EOE DFW

440 Help Wanted Professional Accounting Position A Part Time, possible full time position (25 - 30 Hours Per Week).

Must have 10 to 15 Years experience in General Ledger, Payroll, A/R, and A/P experience and must have working knowledge of a spreadsheet program, work and be able to multi task.

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470 Help Wanted Medical/Dental

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470 Help Wanted Medical/Dental FT/PT Front Office Position At Busy Medical Practice In Sanford. Applicant Responsible For Check In/Check Out Scheduling & Collections, Etc. Excellent Customer Service Skills & Prior Medical Experience Required. Fax: 776-8131 Or Email: ima3@windstream.net

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601 Bargain Bin/ $250 or Less Waveless Waterbed $200.

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605 Miscellaneous 1 Sun Series 424 SL Tanning Bed $1200 1 Lassik Series 726 Needs Timer $400 1 New Gas Heater Vent Free $400 1 Pig Cooker Wood & Charcoal $500 1 Gun Cabinet $175 1 China Cabinet $250 1 Gas Heater For Mobile Home $200 1 12â&#x20AC;? Craftsman Planner $150 1 Computer Bunk Bed $140 Call 1-910-891-8959 Anytime 10 & 20 Gallon Fish Tanks w/ Stand, 6 Bucket Seats, Kitchen Table, Coffee Table, 3 Compact Computers 498-3030 or 478-4108 120 Gallon Propane Tank Does Not Leak. Is nearly full of propane. 919-721-0970 $400 Located at Quail Ridge in Tramway Good Pallets 36x48 Inches $2 Each Other sizes Avail.

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Bonnie Doby, RN, shows Isabel Lawrence her target heart rate as she exercises at Sanford Nautilus and Racquetball.

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Heart health tips for families

Health & Wellness

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2 / Saturday, January 30, 2010 / The Sanford Herald CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

Heart health tips for families From Central Carolina Hospital

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hat are some of the things you do with your family? Maybe you have dinner together, celebrate the holidays together or go on vacation together. What about staying heart healthy together? This activity can not only be fun, but it also can help everyone in the family stay healthy so you can continue to enjoy more high school graduations, weddings and other family milestone events.

Parents can teach children to be heart smart by setting good examples. It is much easier to convince children to do the same when you are practicing healthy habits, such as being active. This is one area where the whole family can get involved. Bonnie Doby, RN, manager for Central Carolina Hospital’s cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program, offers these tips: Limit the amount of time spent watching television or playing video games. Instead, go for walks, play hide-and-seek outside or swim together. Aim for 30 minutes of activity each day.

Regular exercise can help your heart and lungs work better, as well as lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and control appetite and weight. “By avoiding a sedentary lifestyle, you can lower your risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease,” Doby says.

Avoid rewarding children with food. Find other ways to celebrate good behavior other than candy or sweets, which can encourage bad habits. Doby

By avoiding a sedentary lifestyle, you can lower your risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease.”

— Bonnie Doby, RN —

suggests getting the entire family involved in learning more about heart-healthy foods by reading food labels. “You even can make a game of it. At the grocery store, try to find crackers with the lowest amount of fat or look for soups low in sodium. You also can challenge your children to come up with ways to eat more healthy foods at home, such as using small amounts of margarine instead of butter when cooking or choosing fruits and vegetables for snacks instead of chips or fries,” she says. Involving everyone in planning and preparing meals can promote good eating habits and help reduce cholesterol levels, maintain normal weight and prevent heart disease.

Be a positive role model and don’t smoke. By not smoking, you can lower your risk of heart attack,

Sleep study expectations

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On the cover: Bonnie Doby, RN, shows Isabel Lawrence her target heart rate as she exercises at Sanford Nautilus and Racquetball. Photo by Ashley Garner, with thanks to Central Carolina Hospital.

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stroke and lung disease. By quitting smoking, you can add years to your life, and your children will no longer be exposed to second-hand smoke. You also can breathe easier, feel less tired and save money by not buying cigarettes.

Doby recommends that you talk to your doctor about your cholesterol level, blood pressure and weight. Here are some guidelines: n Total blood cholesterol level should be less than 200. Anything higher than that can increase your risk for heart disease, especially if it is 240 or above, which is considered high blood cholesterol. n Your blood pressure should be in the 120/80 range. If it is 140/90 or higher, you may be hypertensive. n If you need to lose weight, lose it slowly at a rate of about one-half to one pound per week. n Talk to your children’s health care providers to make sure they are monitoring cardiovascular indicators such as body mass index, cholesterol and blood pressure.

“By making simple changes, a family can commit to being heart healthy so everyone can enjoy long, happy lives together,” says Doby.

For more tips about developing healthy habits, visit the American Heart Association Web site at www. americanheart.org. If you need to find a physician, call Central Carolina Hospital’s physician referral line 800-483-6385.

ou may need to cram for a history test, prepare for a science exam, or practice for a math quiz.

But there is one test you can actually sleep through and receive more than a passing grade. John Paschal, director of cardiopulmonary services at Central Carolina HosPaschal pital, says, “You can learn a lot about your sleep patterns during a

sleep study that could help doctors diagnose sleep-related breathing and seizure disorders, sleepwalking, narcolepsy or insomnia.”

A polysomnogram is an overnight sleep study during which brain activity, eye movements, oxygen level, muscle tone, heart rate and blood pressure are monitored.

Sleep stages, amount of snoring, body position and general sleep behavior also are evaluated. “Your doctor may recommend this test if you have problems going to sleep or staying asleep, awaken often during the night, waken too early in the morning, fall asleep at inappropriate times during the day or have been told that you snore,”

says Paschal.

Don’t worry about pre-test jitters. Before going in for a sleep study you may be asked to complete a medical history questionnaire and keep a sleep diary to record your sleep habits. Most sleep studies are conducted at night so that normal sleep patterns can be studied. A sleep study room usually looks like a hotel room, with a bed and bathroom facilities. Paschal advises, “Avoid drinking caffeine and alcohol as well as taking naps the day of your study because these could interfere with your ability to sleep. You can bring your own

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Stroke — Learn the symptoms From Central Carolina Hospital

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nowing what symptoms to look for and reacting quickly may save a stroke victim’s life and may increase their chances for a successful recovery. Every minute counts when someone is having a stroke, yet the average stroke patient waits more than 12 hours before going to an emergency room. Many wait much longer, sometimes an entire day.

Strokes occur when blood flow to the brain is interrupted. Jonathan Kelly, director of EMS at Central Carolina Hospital, says, “When a person begins suffering a stroke, brain cells in the immediate area begin to die because they stop receiving the oxygen and nutrients they need to function. This is why immediate Kelly medical attention is necessary.”

Stroke patients who receive treatment within the first hour of onset have the best chance of survival and prevention of disability. The window of opportunity to treat the majority of stroke patients is between three and four hours. After six hours, studies show that there may be little to no benefit.

Kelly says remembering The National Stroke

Association’s acronym FAST may help you recognize symptoms so the person having a stroke can have a better chance for a positive outcome.

F.A.S.T. F for FACE — ask the person to smile. Does one side of the face droop?

A for ARMS — ask the person to raise both arms.

Does one arm drift downward?

S for SPEECH — Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence. Are the words slurred?

T for TIME — Every minute counts. If you believe you or a loved one is having a stroke, don’t wait. Dial 9-1-1.

There are two major kinds of stroke. The most common is called an ischemic stroke, which are caused by a blood clot that blocks or plugs a blood vessel or artery in the brain. These types of strokes may be treated with a drug called t-PA, which dissolves blood clots, if patients receive care within the first three and four hours of the stroke. The second major type of stroke is a hemorrhagic stroke, which is caused by a blood vessel in the brain breaking and bleeding into the brain. Hemorrhagic strokes cannot be treated with t-PA. Instead, surgery is often performed to help relieve the pressure or blood clots caused by this type of stroke. In both cases, time is of the essence for successful treatment.

There is one other type of brain attack that may be

a sign that an ischemic stroke is on the way. Transient ischemic attacks, or “mini-strokes,” happen when blood flow to the brain is temporarily blocked. Sufferers may experience blurry or lost vision on both eyes; tingling or numbness of the mouth, or are unable to speak clearly. The effects of TIAs may last only a few minutes or even an entire day, but this does not mean they should be ignored. TIAs may be predictors of strokes. It’s estimated that about 15 percent of TIA sufferers will have a stroke within a year of the TIA experience.

Besides TIAs, there are other warning signs of a stroke. They include: n Sudden numbness or weakness of face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body. n Sudden confusion or trouble speaking or understanding speech. n Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, or loss of balance or coordination. n Sudden severe headache with no known cause. n Blurred or double vision, drowsiness, and nausea or vomiting.

“Not every stroke sufferer will have all of these signs and sometimes the symptoms will go away only to return again,” warns Kelly. “Call 911 right away if you or anyone you know has one or more of these symptoms. The sooner medical treatment is given, the better the chances for survival and healing.”

Hernias and hernia repair From Central Carolina Hospital

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hernia occurs when the muscles of the abdomen become weak because of a natural flaw in the abdominal wall or through excessive strain caused by heavy lifting, significant weight gain, constant coughing, or difficulty with bowel movement or urination. Part of an organ, usually the intestines, then pushes through the weak spot or tear to form a bulge under the skin. About two-thirds of hernias develop near the groin (inguinal hernia), but they can also appear in the upper thigh (femoral hernia), around the belly button (umbilical hernia), or along a previous incision (incisional hernia).

Risk factors for developing an inguinal hernia include being male, having a family history of hernias, cystic fibrosis, persistent cough, extra weight, pregnancy, premature birth, previous hernia, or difficulty with bowel movement or urination. Common symptoms of a hernia are discomfort or pain in the groin

area that get worse when bending or lifting, a bulge in the groin or abdomen, nausea and constipation, and a feeling of fullness or dull ache.

“Most hernias can be pushed gently back into the abdominal cavity. Applying an ice pack to reduce swelling may help the hernia slide in more easily.

However, if the hernia cannot be pushed back through the abdominal wall, surgery may be necessary,” says Margaret Mabie, RN, director of surgical services at Central Carolina Hospital.

Hernia surgery usually is performed on an outpatient basis, with the procedure itself taking approximately one hour. “Our general surgeons may repair the hernia either laparoscopically or with an open procedure,” Mabie says. Following surgery, the patient may go home a few hours after surgery and resume a normal routine within a few days. Strenuous activity or exercise is not recommended until four to six weeks after surgery. The benefits of laparoscopic surgery compared to open surgery include three small scars

versus one large incision, less pain following surgery, and a recovery time measured in days instead of weeks. The surgeon will determine which method is best suited for the individual patient.

There are two general types of hernia operations, herniorrhaphy and hernioplasty. “A herniorrhaphy involves making an incision in the groin and pushing the protruding intestine back into the abdomen,” says Mabie. The weakened or torn muscles are then sewn together. During a hernioplasty, the surgeon inserts a piece of synthetic mesh over the entire inguinal area, covering all potential hernia openings. The mesh is then sewn, clipped or stapled to the peritoneum (inner lining of the abdomen).

Congenital defects that lead to an inguinal hernia cannot be avoided, but certain steps can be taken to reduce strain on abdominal muscles and tissues. n Stay within a normal weight range.

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Yoga therapy added to therapies From The Family Doc

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oga therapy is not the same thing as taking a yoga class. Indeed, if you have a serious medical problem and wander into a randomly chosen yoga class, you could easily wind up worse off then when you started. Enter The Family Doc Diagnostic & Wellness Center, where conventional and alternative therapies often work hand-in-hand to achieve ultimate wellness.

Yoga therapy can, in some ways, be more like an appointment with a physical therapist or rehabilitation specialist than a yoga class, and as such is best taught by someone with a lot of experience. Allyson Kane, a counselor and yoga therapist with The Family Doc, teaches individual and group yoga sessions to

persons of all ages and health.

When asked about doing yoga within a doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office, Kane said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Family Doc often uses nonpharmacological approaches to assist in helping the clients feel better, as well as traditional means. For example, with pain patients, medication is certainly helpful and necessary, but yoga also helps people with pain alter their relationship with the pain and learn how to manage it better.â&#x20AC;?

Yoga appears to be effective in the treatment of a wide variety of health conditions. In a London-based Yoga Biomedical Trust, run by Robin Monro, PhD, several participants who practiced yoga therapy at least two hours a week for a year or longer saw impressive results: 98 percent of back-pain sufferers found yoga helpful, 90 percent of cancer patients, 82

Tips may help when exercising in cold weather From The Family Doc

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xercising in cold weather places extra demands on the body. For example, a drop in core body temperature of just 1Ë&#x161;C (1.8Ë&#x161; F) causes the muscles to shiver, which in turn can lead to low blood sugar levels (hypoglycemia) and reduced sporting performance. Most cold-related injuries can be prevented with planning, adequate preparation and proper equipment.

Common cold-related injuries n Blisters â&#x20AC;&#x201D;badly fitting shoes or the friction of wet socks can cause blisters on the toes, feet and heels. n Sprains and strains â&#x20AC;&#x201D; cold muscles and connective tissue are more prone to injury. n Sunburn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; what many people think of as â&#x20AC;&#x153;windburnâ&#x20AC;? is actually sunburn. Ultraviolet radiation is still present in cold and cloudy conditions. n Frostbite â&#x20AC;&#x201D; occurs when the tissues of the skin freeze. Ice crystals in and around skin cells block the movement of blood through the blood vessels. n Hypothermia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the core temperature of the average human body is around 98.6Ë&#x161;F. Hypothermia occurs when the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s temperature falls below 95Ë&#x161;F. Symptoms include shivering, drowsiness and lack of coordination. The person may lie down to rest, lapse into unconsciousness and, if not quickly rescued, will die.

General safety suggestions n Drink plenty of water before, during, and after physical activity to prevent dehydration. Drinking warm liquids like tea and hot chocolate contain sugar and provides energy to help the body generate additional heat. n Avoid alcohol use as it impairs the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to shiver and gives a false sense of warmth. n Avoid all tobacco products as they decrease blood circulation to the skin. n Apply broad spectrum 30 + sunscreen to all areas of exposed skin. Reapply regularly. n Never participate in winter sports alone. With a partner (or two), you can use the â&#x20AC;&#x153;buddy systemâ&#x20AC;?

and check each other for signs of hyperthermia, for example. n Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t push yourself until you are exhausted. Rest at regular intervals to avoid fatigue-related injuries.

Keep warm and dry n Lightweight, multiple layers of clothing trap more body heat than one bulky layer. Various items of clothing also allow you to add or subtract layers according to your comfort. n Ensure all clothing is in good condition, clean, and dry; change wet, damp clothes immediately (particularly gloves/mittens and socks). n Keep moving by exercising big muscles (arms, legs) to keep warm. n Cover face and ears with scarf to prevent frostbite injuries. In combination, a hat and scarf protect the skin and retain body heat.

Protect friends and family n Watch for signs of frostbite and other cold weather injuries in your buddy. n Ask about and assist with re-warming of feet, hands, ears or face. n Immediately treat persons showing any sign/ symptom of cold injury. n Remove sick, injured, and wounded individuals from the cold as they are very susceptible to cold injuries.

Winter cold and snow provide a number of opportunities to get outside and participate in activities.

However, without proper protection, cold weather-related injuries can occur even when temperatures are above freezing (32Ë&#x161; F). This is especially true if there are high winds or if clothing is wet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By following these preparation tips your risk of injury will be decreased â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to keep you enjoying being active throughout the winter months,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Robert W. Patterson, Medical Director of The Family Doc Diagnostic & Wellness Center.

The Family Doc is located near the U.S. 1 exits of both Burns Drive and U.S. 15-501. Contact The Family Doc at (919) 776-3750 or visit online at www.tfdsanford.com.

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For people with serious conditions, yoga therapy is generally taught one-on-one or in small groups.

While general yoga classes may be great preventative medicine for people who are fit, many are too demanding for someone with a serious medical condition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want them (patients) to be really comfortable.

For a bad Fibromyalsia patient, we may start with gentle stretches as well yoga exercises in a chair.

Therapy for that patient will work a lot with deep breathing and connecting to their body,â&#x20AC;? said Kane.

For more information about yoga therapy or information about The Family Doc, call (919) 776-3750 or visit online at www.tfdsanford.com.

The Family Doc launches online doctor visits From The Family Doc

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or the first time at The Family Doc Diagnostic & Wellness Center, patients can now consult with their medical providers

online.

The Family Doc has recently launched E-Visits, a computerized service that allows established patients to describe their non-urgent health and medical issues to doctors and receive instructions for treatment without leaving their computers. The Family Doc uses E-Visits as an alternative to regular office visits. A provider can review descriptions of symptoms of common ailments patients have emailed him or her and follow up by diagnosing the problem and prescribing a treatment.

This pilot service was launched to explore how technology can make health care easier for patients to navigate and increase convenience. The E-Visits pilot project is aimed at patients with chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, heart failure and depression. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Using the E-Visits, our Patterson providers can stay in closer contact with their patients and make more frequent adjustments in their treatment regimen to achieve clinical goals,â&#x20AC;? says Robert Patterson, M.D., Medical Director of The Family Doc. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That will result in better health care.â&#x20AC;?

Medical professionals are realizing technologyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to transform the ways in which they interact with patients. In addition to their current use of online consultations, The Family Doc has been using Electronic Medical Records and Electronic Prescriptions for the last four years, to the appreciation of local pharmacies.

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Treatment set for uterine fibroids From FirstHealth of the Carolinas

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INEHURST — A minimally invasive treatment for fibroid tumors of the uterus is now being offered at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital.

Fibroids are non-cancerous growths that sometimes develop on the muscular walls of the uterus.

They need to be treated only if they cause symptoms.

Samuel I. Wahl, M.D., an interventional radiologist with Pinehurst Radiology Associates, performs a procedure called uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) in which tiny beads are injected into arteries that supply blood to the fibroids. The beads clog the arteries, thus stopping the flow of blood and causing the fibroids to shrink. The rest of the uterus is not affected.

Wahl The standard treatment for fibroids is a hysterectomy — the surgical removal of the uterus — or, in some cases, the removal of the fibroid. Dr. Wahl said the minimally invasive UFE procedure has several advantages.

“It is less risky than conventional surgical treatment, the complication rates are extremely low, and

patients have less pain and a much shorter recovery time,” he says. “It is a wonderful alternative to surgical options. Data shows that it is very safe and effective.”

Patients typically go home the same day they have the procedure. They can engage in light activities the next day or the following day, and they can usually resume all of their normal activities in about a week.

Between 20 percent and 40 percent of women age 35 and older develop fibroids of significant size, and the occurrence approaches 50 percent for AfricanAmerican women. However, only 10 percent to 20 percent of women with fibroids have symptoms.

The most common symptom is an unusually heavy and prolonged menstrual period.

“Bleeding can be so severe that the patient becomes anemic and requires a transfusion,” Dr. Wahl says. “About 90 percent of women who undergo uterine fibroid embolization because of heavy bleeding experience total relief.”

Other common symptoms of fibroids are pelvic pain and pressure, back pain and abdominal bloating. Depending on their size and location, fibroids can press against the bladder and bowels, so symptoms can also include frequent and urgent urination and constipation.

The UFE procedure involves the use of an X-ray camera called a fluoroscope to precisely guide the de-

livery of small synthetic beads into the arteries leading to a fibroid.

“Once the arteries are plugged, they cease to supply blood to the fibroid, and the fibroid undergoes a cellular death,” Dr. Wahl says. “The fibroid shrinks, and the symptoms associated with it stop.”

According to Dr. Wahl, most women with fibroids that are causing symptoms are good candidates for the UFE procedure.

“I don’t encourage this procedure for women who are still of childbearing age and desire a future pregnancy,” he says. “But that is only because we don’t really know what if any effect it could have on future fertility or fetal growth. As far as we can tell, it has no bearing at all, because women have had this done and have gone on to have successful pregnancies.”

Women who have the UFE procedure can experience a few hours of rather severe pain, which sometimes starts during the procedure.

“The trick is to address that potential by starting to give pain medication before the procedure,” Dr. Wahl says. “We focus a lot on controlling pain throughout the procedure and afterwards.”

For more information on the uterine fibroid embolization procedure performed by interventional radiologist Samuel I. Wahl, M.D., please call (800) 213-3284.

Telehealth program gets grant From FirstHealth of the Carolinas

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INEHURST — FirstHealth’s telehealth program began as an innovative idea from the medical professionals in FirstHealth Home Care. It received early support from the Foundation of FirstHealth and was later expanded with a grant from The Duke Endowment.

In five years, the telehealth service has benefited more than 3,000 patients in Moore, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, Lee and Hoke counties.

A three-year, $750,000 Telehealth Network Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will now allow the program to reach even more patients.

“When we first started imagining the possible benefits of telehealth monitoring for home care, we had no idea that, in just five years, we would be making a difference for so many patients,” says Patty Upham, director of FirstHealth Home Care Services. “This program is an example of the successes we can achieve when we work together. The vision and financial support of the Foundation of FirstHealth enabled us

to take the first step and launched a program that has improved health care throughout the communities we serve.”

Telehealth is the wave of the future for home health care. Using simple, easy-to-understand computer technology, patients transmit specific health information over their home phone line to a centralized monitoring station where it is read by qualified medical personnel. Anything unusual is noted, and appropriate follow-up is scheduled.

Telehealth monitoring not only enables the Home Care staff to stay closely connected to patients even when they are not actually in the home, but it also helps patients understand how to better manage their own health.

“As patients or caregivers send us the information each day, they begin to recognize how simple actions make a difference in their health,” Upham says.

“They make the connection between the country ham biscuit that they ate for breakfast and their elevated blood pressure. One of the unexpected advantages of telehealth is the educational opportunity it provides for our patients and families.”

Program recognized From FirstHealth of the Carolinas

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INEHURST — FirstHealth Home Care has been named to the 2009 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the top performing home health agencies in the United States. The annual review identifies the top 25 percent of agencies and further highlights the top 500 agencies overall.

Winners are ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance.

“The 2009 HomeCare Elite winners exemplify a commitment to providing their patients with the best possible care while performing at the highest level,” says Nancy Buller, senior director of marketing communications at OCS HomeCare. “We congratulate FirstHealth Home Care on being not only one of the top 25 percent but also one of the top 500 home care agencies in the country.”

FirstHealth Home Care Director Patty Upham credits staff excellence and

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pillow, blanket or other items that may help you sleep.”

You can ace this test. When you arrive at the hospital’s sleep center on the evening of your study, you will be asked to change into comfortable nightclothes.

A registered sleep specialist will place sensors on your scalp, face, chest, limbs and finger. Elastic belts will be placed around your abdomen and chest, and a microphone will be attached to your neck to record snoring. The flexible wires allow you to roll in any direction without disrupting your sleep. There are no needles involved, and the test is painless.

Just relax and you’ll be fine. All the wires are connected to a small box that can be carried around if you need to

FirstHealth’s commitment to quality with the organization’s ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. FirstHealth offers home health services in Moore, Lee, Montgomery, Hoke, Richmond and Scotland counties.

“We are delighted with this recognition,” Upham says. “Our consistently high patient satisfaction scores and this recognition for our positive clinical and financial outcomes are testaments not only to our excellent staff but also to the FirstHealth organization.”

The 2009 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2009 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS Inc., the leading provider of home care information, and DecisionHealth, publisher of the independent newsletter “Home Health Line.”

The data used for the analysis was compiled from publicly available information.

For more information on the services provided by FirstHealth Home Care, please call (800) 876-2212 toll-free.

Surgery is considered a safe and effective treatment for hernia repair.

Recurrence occurs rarely, only in one to three percent of patients. As with any operation, however, there are possible complications. For more information about hernia repair, check with your doctor or call Central Carolina Hospital’s physician referral line at 800483-6385 for a free referral to a general surgeon near you. get up. Central Carolina Hospital sleep rooms are equipped with a small, infrared camera and two-way speakers so you can communicate with the technician if you need assistance during the night. Once you have fallen asleep, sensor wires transmit data to a computer located in a monitoring room where the technician will use a television monitor to observe you throughout the night.

Most people wake up at a regular time after their sleep study. The sensors are removed, and you can return home.

You will meet with your doctor later to review test results and develop a treatment plan if a sleep disorder has been diagnosed.

For more information about sleep studies, talk with your doctor or call Central Carolina Hospital’s physician referral line at 800-483-6385. Central Carolina Hospital’s Sleep Center is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

FirstHealth’s telehealth service, which uses equipment provided by ViTel Net of McLean, Va., began with a pilot program funded by the Moore Regional Hospital Foundation. The pilot worked so well that FirstHealth and the Foundation partnered to purchase 18 telehealth units and four digital camera kits to be used for wound assessment.

A $250,000 grant awarded through The Duke Endowment in the summer of 2006 allowed FirstHealth to acquire 70 additional monitoring units for a total of 90 as well as four additional high-resolution digital cameras. Funds also assisted with employment of a full-time telehealth nurse coordinator to manage the program.

The new grant will allow the program to add at least 50 monitoring units and support the addition of three staff members: a coordinator, a community liaison and a technician.

“To optimize this service, we are networking with the FirstHealth Emergency Departments and Family Care Centers, area health departments and the Moore

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6 / Saturday, January 30, 2010 / The Sanford Herald CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

By Jan Cheek, MSW, LCSW Center for Behavioral Healthcare, PA

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s recently as the 1970s and 1980s, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) was considered to be uncommon and almost impossible to treat. There is good news and bad news.

The bad news is that it is now known that OCD is a relatively common anxiety disorder that affects an estimated three percent of the general population.

The good news is that with a combination of psychotherapy and medication intervention, treatment for OCD is now often extremely successful, with both short-term and long-term success. An obsession is a recurrent and intrusive thought, image, impulse, feeling, idea or sensation. I have often heard the obsessions referred to as “mental hiccups” because they are so intrusive, disruptive, relentless and undesired. A compulsion is a conscious, standardized, recurrent act or behavior performed according to “certain rules” established by a person. An obsession always increases a person’s anxiety, whereas compulsions neutralize or reduce the anxiety of the obsessions.

Common obsessions include: Fear of contamination or germs; fear that something terrible will happen, fear of death, terminal illness, fire, tragic illness, natural disaster, etc.; concern for symmetry, order, exactness; scrupulosity (moral doubt, excessive praying or religious concerns out of keeping with person’s background or teachings); lucky and unlucky numbers; and forbidden or perverse sexual thought, images or impulses. Common compulsions include: Excessive hand, body washing and/or

‘OCD symptoms cause great distress because the obsessions typically are intrusive and very time consuming.’ grooming; checking doors, locks, stove, iron, car brakes, etc.; cleaning and other rituals to remove contaminates and germs; repeating rituals; touching; ordering and arranging; measures to prevent harm to others (e.g., hanging clothes a certain way, not stepping on cracks); counting; hoarding; miscellaneous rituals (e.g., licking, spitting, making noises).

OCD symptoms cause great distress because the obsessions typically are intrusive and very time consuming. The compulsions can interfere significantly with a person’s normal routine, occupational functioning, usual social activities, or relationships with friends and family members. An adult with OCD generally realizes that the obsessions are illogical or irrational and that the compulsions performed are excessive or unreasonable. This insightfulness often makes the disorder more painful and shameful and tends to force a person with OCD to keep it hidden and secret from others for years prior to seeking treatment. The exceptions are the rare cases when someone with OCD does not recognize that their beliefs and actions are unreasonable, this is called OCD with Poor Insight and with children who have OCD who developmentally do not yet have the capacity to have insightfulness. OCD can start at anytime from preschool age to adulthood, but usually before age 40. One-third to one-half of all adults with OCD report that their onset began during childhood.

Early diagnosis and proper treatment can prevent a lifetime of suffering. Remember the good news is that there is successful treatment available. The best treatment includes three components: 1) Education about OCD to the patient and their family. 2) Psychotherapy using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) which helps people learn to change their thoughts, feelings and behavior. The behavioral therapy specific to OCD involves Exposure and Response Prevention (E/RP). Exposure is based on the assumption that anxiety will gradually reduce with long enough contact with something feared (typically exposure to the obsession). For exposure to be the most helpful, it must be combined with ritual or response preventions (prevention from engaging in the compulsive behaviors). An example would be if a person suffers from intrusive obsessions about contamination or fear of germs and to reduce this anxiety he washes his hands excessively. E/RP exercises would include gradually exposing this person to dirt and grime, while supporting him as he refrains from ritualistic washing behaviors. Despite years of struggling with OCD symptoms, many people have very little problem tolerating E/RP once they get started if they are working with a skilled and compassionate mental health professional. 3) Medications with a serotonin reuptake inhibitor have been shown to be helpful to treat the obsessive symptoms of OCD, the anxiety, and the depressive symptoms often associated with OCD. If you or somebody you know is struggling with signs and symptoms of OCD, remember the good news and seek treatment from a qualified mental health professional.

Depression: How to define it

By Laurie Conaty, MSW, LCSW, LCAS Clinical Director Center for Behavioral Healthcare, PA

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epression is a medical illness that comes in several forms and sometimes requires, or responds best, to different types of treatment depending on the type of depression.

“Situational” depression is when someone has signs and symptoms of depression, but these symptoms are triggered by situations that are often chronic and always troubling. An example of this would be feeling anxious and tearful on a regular basis about a person whom you have daily disagreements with.

Resolving the disagreement with this person may get rid of the anxiety and tears. Often counseling — which

focuses on changing situations or responses that are troublesome — and sometimes medication helps to relieve situational depression.

Some depression takes the form of notable mood swings and may be called cyclothymia or bipolar disorder (depending on the severity and history of the symptoms) and often requires the use of medication (which helps manage the “brain chemistry” that causes the mood to swing or change) and counseling which is focused on helping you manage your mood and other stressful situations.

Another type of depression is often referred to as “major depression.” This is best described as the type of depression that people feel regardless of how well or how poorly things are going in their life. It results in

feelings or thoughts that might include hopelessness, helplessness, fatigue, worry and guilt or thoughts of death or suicide. Major depression is typically best treated with a combination of medication (usually antidepressants) and counseling.

The most important thing to know is that depression is treatable. In most cases, a combination of medication and counseling will provide the most effective help. Untreated depression can have negative impact on your physical health, your mood and the quality of your life. If you think you or a loved one might be experiencing depression, consult with a mental health professional or your healthcare provider as soon as possible. Life is too short to live with something as treatable as depression.

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AUTISM

Evidence lacking for special diets

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer

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HICAGO — An expert panel says there’s no rigorous evidence that digestive problems are more common in children with autism compared to other children, or that special diets work, contrary to claims by celebrities and vaccine naysayers.

Painful digestive problems can trigger problem behavior in children with autism and should be treated medically, according to the panel’s report published in the January issue of Pediatrics.

“There are a lot of barriers to medical care to children with autism,” said the report’s lead author, Dr. Timothy Buie of Harvard Medical School. “They can be destructive and unruly in the office, or they can’t sit still. The nature of their condition often prevents them from getting standard medical care.”

Some pediatricians’ offices “can’t handle those kids,” Buie said, especially if children are in pain or discomfort because of bloating or stomach cramps.

Pain can set off problem behavior, further complicating diagnosis, especially if the child has trouble communicating — as is the case for children with autism.

Autism is a spectrum of disorders affecting a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others. Children with autism may make poor eye contact or exhibit repetitive movements such as rocking or hand-flapping. About 1 in 110 U.S. children have autism, according to a recent government estimate.

More than 25 experts met in Boston in 2008 to write the consensus report after reviewing medical research. The Autism Society and other autism groups funded the effort, but gave no input.

‘Autism is a spectrum of disorders affecting a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others. Children with autism may make poor eye contact or exhibit repetitive movements such as rocking or hand-flapping. About 1 in 110 U.S. children have autism, according to a recent government estimate.’

The report refutes the controversial idea that there’s a digestive problem specific to autism called “leaky gut” or “autistic enterocolitis.” The hypothesis was first floated in 1998 in a study by British physician Dr. Andrew Wakefield. His paper tied a particular type of autism and bowel disease to the measles vaccine.

The new report says the existence of autistic enterocolitis “has not been established.” Buie said researchers and doctors have avoided digestive issues in autism because of their connection with Wakefield’s disputed research ...

The new report calls for more rigorous research into the prevalence of digestive problems and whether special diets might help some children.

For now, the report states, available information doesn’t support special diets for autism.

Diets have been promoted by actress Jenny McCarthy, whose best-seller “Louder Than Words” detailed her search for treatments for her autistic son.

Nearly 1 in 5 of children with autism are on a special diet, according to a project that tracks what treatments parents are trying. Most of them were on

diets that eliminate gluten, found in many grains, or casein, a protein in milk, or both, according to the Interactive Autism Network at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Md. The new report advises doctors to watch for nutritional deficiencies in patients with autism. It recommends a nutritionist get involved if a patient is on a special diet or only eats certain foods.

The report drew praise from Rebecca Estepp of Poway, Calif., who believes a special diet is helping her autistic son. She said the paper gives pediatricians credible recommendations they’ve needed.

“I’m filled with hope after reading this report,” said Estepp of the support group Talk About Curing Autism. “I wish this report would have come out 10 years ago when my son was diagnosed.”

Lee Grossman, president of the Autism Society, a funder, said many doctors have written off autistic children’s digestive problems as untreatable.

“I think we still have a lot to learn about the gut and how it contributes to behavioral symptoms,” Grossman said. “We have a lot to learn about how to treat this.”

Buie said his clinic has various techniques for treating children with problem behavior. They schedule early morning appointments so children aren’t delayed in the waiting room or blow bubbles during a blood draw as a distraction. As a last resort, they use anesthesia.

“If a child is going to be asleep because of a dental evaluation or an MRI study, we will do our endoscopy, our blood work, spinal tap, haircuts or teeth cleaning at the same time,” Buie said. “Our nurses do beautiful haircuts.”

Recognizing the symptoms of autism From Metro Creative Connection

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ew child health issues have gotten more publicity in the 21st century than autism. A mental condition characterized by great difficulty forming relationships and communicating with other people, autism is present from early childhood.

For parents of young children or even expecting parents, the increased publicity of autism has left many wondering what they can do with respect to their own children. The Autism Society of America notes parents should be on the lookout for the following symptoms, and consult a physician should any of them begin to appear. n Difficulty in mixing with others. At times, autism

can be a heartbreaking disorder for a sufferer’s loved ones, mainly due to the difficulty autistic children have in communicating and befriending other children.

Lacking the capacity to communicate with others is one of the more prevalent traits associated with autism.

Parents of children who can’t seem to mix with other children should consider consulting a physician. n Inability verbalizing needs and wants. In lieu of speaking, autism sufferers often resort to pointing or gestures when expressing needs. While this is a common trait in many young children, it is abnormal for toddlers who have already developed language skills. n Resistance to change. Autism sufferers insist on never breaking from their routine, a trait that was characterized in the 1988 film “Rain Man,” where

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Dustin Hoffman’s character is an adult with autism who strongly resists change and breaking from his routine throughout the film. n Not wanting to be cuddled or make eye contact. While these are separate traits, they both can be extremely difficult for parents to cope with, possibly making parents feel as though their child is not reciprocating their love. Children will react negatively to being hugged or cuddled and some autism sufferers refuse to make eye contact as well. n Unresponsive to verbal cues. Children with autism often act as if they are deaf, despite hearing tests that show their hearing is in normal range.

To learn more, visit the Autism Society of America Web site at www.autism-society.org.

8 / Saturday, January 30, 2010 / The Sanford Herald the hearing center at kerr drug

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Neural technology — a new approach From Pharmacy Hearing Centers

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s sound is directed to the ear canal by the outer ear, the eardrum responds to the vibrations by starting a series of movements in the ear that lead to a movement in the cochlea, the hearing sense organ. Tiny hair cells outside and inside the cochlea convert the vibrations into nerve firings that are sent to the brain for processing. Loss or damage of these hair cells through noise trauma, aging, disease and other factors result in hearing loss. Symptoms of hearing loss are reduced sensitivity to normal and soft sounds, increased sensitivity Stephens to loud sounds, reduced ability to hear certain frequencies, etc. Over time, untreated hearing loss diminishes the brain’s ability to recognize and interpret sounds.

Today’s hearing aids Modern digital hearing aids perform essentially two main functions. The primary function is to am-

plify sounds above the individual’s hearing threshold, as determined by hearing tests, so that soft and normal sounds can be heard. Compression technology is used to reduce the impact of loud sounds so that user comfort is improved. This can be thought of as dealing with “how we hear.”

The other main function of a hearing aid deals with “what we hear.” Digital technology has enabled huge improvements in the quality of sound coming into the hearing aid through features such as noise reduction and directionality. While the “what we hear” has advanced significantly in recent times, not much has changed in terms of “how we hear.”

Introducing neural technology The neural approach goes beyond simply amplifying sounds and introduces a new way to address “how we hear.” Through more than 10 years of research into how the auditory system transforms sounds into the electrical pulses that reach the brain, a patented hearing aid engine, the Neuro-Compensator®, has been developed.

Researchers have created a neural model of a healthy ear and determined the electrical pulses the healthy ear produces. Using standard hearing test

results for an individual, the impaired ear model is created by computer analysis. This is a custom hearing model of the individual ear. The two models are then exposed to different listening environments and sounds. The output of the healthy ear model is then compared to the impaired ear output. The NeuroCompensator® then adjusts the impaired ear model until the output resembles the healthy ear output. In this way, the impaired ear model is “trained” to respond in different listening situations. It takes about four hours of computer processing to complete the “training” and the result is loaded into a hearing aid.

The difference with this approach is that the amplification produced by the hearing aid is designed to optimize the electrical pulses of the auditory nerve, not just make things louder. The amplification is also adaptive — always changing with different listening environments — according to the way it was “trained.”

For more information on the Neuro-Compensator® call or visit The Hearing Center at Kerr Drug near you.

Lynn Stephens, a hearing instrument specialist, is located at The Hearing Center at Kerr Drug at 1050 S. Horner Blvd. in Sanford.

THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION

Treat stuttering early, research says From The Stuttering Foundation

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arents who notice their young child beginning to stutter should seek help right away, according to the nonprofit Stuttering Founda-

tion.

“In the past, experts incorrectly believed that paying attention to the child’s stuttering would exacerbate the situation,” said speech-language pathologist Lisa Scott, Ph.D. of The Florida State University. “Children who stutter will have significantly less disfluent speech and a higher recovery rate if they are treated when they are young.”

To help parents gain a better understanding of stuttering, the Foundation offers free streaming video of Stuttering and Your Child: Help for Parents at www. stutteringhelp.org. The site also offers a worldwide referral list to specialists in stuttering.

According to a major new study published in the

British Medical Journal, young children who received early treatment reduced their stuttering by 77 percent compared with a drop of just 43 percent among a second group of children who were not treated.

The Australian Stuttering Research Centre conducted the study involving 54 children between the ages of 3 and 6 years old. There were 29 children who received treatment and 25 who received little or no treatment.

“The Stuttering Foundation has long been a proponent for early childhood intervention,” adds Jane Fraser, president of the foundation. “Early treatment for children who stutter can effectively prevent the problem from becoming a chronic one.”

Parents, teachers and others who have questions about stuttering can call the Foundation’s helpline at 800-992-9392, visit websites, www.stutteringhelp.org and www.tartamudez.org, or email info@stutteringhelp.org.

Tips for talking with a child who stutters n Don’t tell the child to slow down or “relax” but make an effort to slow your own speech. n Speak with the child in an unhurried way, pausing frequently. Wait a few seconds after the child finishes speaking before you begin to speak.

This slows down the overall pace of conversation. n Use your facial expressions, eye contact and other body language to convey to the child that you are listening to the content of her message and not how she is talking. n Don’t complete words for the child or talk for him. n Don’t make stuttering something to be ashamed of. Talk about stuttering just like any other matter.

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GOOD NIGHT’S sleep

Easy ways to ensure a more restful sleep From Metro Creative Connection

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hough many are aware it’s one of life’s necessities, a good night’s sleep is still widely considered a luxury. Despite the knowledge that a good night’s sleep is beneficial in many ways, affecting not only mood but physical health as well, it’s still quite possibly the one necessity of life that people routinely sacrifice.

Consider doing the same with other necessities, such as food and shelter, and the willingness of many people to forgo sufficient regular rest seems wholly irresponsible. Most people would not go a day or a week without eating, yet it’s common to go a night or week or even longer without once getting a good night’s rest.

That reality is potentially very harmful, as sleep can influence productivity, memory, mood and alertness.

To ensure you’re getting sufficient and beneficial rest, consider the following tips. n Keep a regular sleep schedule. Maintaining a regular bedtime and wakeup schedule helps alert the body to when it’s time to go to sleep and wake up. While it’s common to abandon such a routine on weekends, it’s best to avoid completely deviating from a weekly

sleep schedule every Friday and Saturday night. For instance, those who routinely go to bed around 11 p.m. on weeknights should not be hitting the sack at sunrise each and every weekend. Keep as consistent a sleep schedule as possible, even on weekends. n Sleep when it’s dark outside. Nap afficionados will heap praise on the value of a daily middday nap.

However, napping during the daytime could be the equivalent of stealing from Peter to pay Paul. While a daytime nap might be the rejuvenating boost you need in the middle of the day, it could very well be that you’re tired during the day because you didn’t sleep well overnight after taking a mid-afternoon nap. n Make things as comfortable as possible. Some people need absolute silence when sleeping, while others need to listen to music. Each individual is different, but creating a serene and soothing sleep environment can help ensure a quality night’s rest. If necessary, use earplugs to block out any external noises. n Sleep on an adequate mattress. Sleeping problems often result from older mattresses that have worn out their welcome. Look for one that provides both comfort and support. Couples should also be sure their mattress is big enough to comfortably fit two people.

n Keep eyes off the clock. It’s probably a product of human nature, but many people, upon waking up in the middle of the night, quickly glance at the nearest clock. This should be avoided, as it often makes people start thinking about the sleep they’re missing, indirectly making it more difficult to get back to sleep. n Get your exercise. Exercise is beneficial in many ways, not the least of which is promoting a better night’s sleep. However, exercise also gets many people amped up, so it’s best to finish an exercise several hours before bedtime to allow your heart rate to return to normal and your mind to calm down. n Stop eating and consuming caffeine several hours before bed. Eating shortly before bed can cause digestive problems, making it difficult to fall asleep or enjoy a good night’s rest. It’s also best to avoid caffeine and any other stimulants in the hours leading up to bedtime. n Make the bed simply a place to sleep. When you watch television from bed or work from bed, this can make it difficult to fall asleep in bed when it comes time to catch some Zzzzs. In general, it’s best to reserve the bed solely for sleeping.

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Getting fit goes beyond lifting weights From Metro Creative Connection

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or those who aren’t fitness fanatics, getting back in shape is a goal to strive for. Though rates of overweight and obesity are high, society has also grown increasingly health-conscious in the last 10-20 years, as the growing number of gyms and other fitness centers can attest.

Still, for those hoping to shed a few extra pounds, the first step toward doing so can be the hardest. Many instantly think of the oft-intimidating nature of the local gym, where muscular fitness enthusiasts dominate the landscape. However, getting fit does not have to include weight training. While weight training can be a valuable means to get healthier and shedding pounds, there are a host of other exercise options that can lead to very positive results. n Spinning. Spinning is a popular and valuable alternative exercise option. However, because it can be so demanding, spinning can be a tough routine for those making a lifestyle change. Once you’ve gotten into an exercise groove, spinning might be something to explore. Often set to aggressive, pulsating music, spinning involves riding a stationary bike through

demanding courses featuring hills and other difficult terrain. n Aqua aerobics. For those who enjoy time in the pool, see if your gym offers an aqua aerobics class. This might not be as readily available at most gyms as spinning classes are, as lots of gyms don’t even have pools.

For those who love swimming, look for a gym that does have a pool, and chances are, that gym will offer some derivation of aqua aerobics which consists of intense cardio movements mixed with some strength training.

The chief benefit of a good aqua aerobics workout is that it will work all your muscle groups with low impact on joints — making it ideal for seniors. n Pilates. The popularity of pilates classes is now so great that many gyms offer classes several times per day. Not unlike yoga, pilates is both a physical and mental exercise. The exercises themselves can be quite demanding, focusing on stretching and breathing that strengthens the abdominal core. n Abdominals. Few people look at their abs and don’t think they could use some work. That said, nearly every gym offers a class focusing strictly on abdominal exercises. These usually range anywhere between 15 and 30 minutes in length. Anything longer than that

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might cause painful and unnecessary muscle strain, so beware of ab classes that might be longer than 30 minutes, especially if you’ve only recently gotten back into exercise. n Fusion. For those who subscribe to the idiom that “variety is the spice of life,” fusion classes (also known as total body conditioning) classes could be the perfect fit. That’s because such classes are a combination of other classes. Because they combine so many different elements, these classes tend to run a little longer in length, oftentimes exceeding an hour in length. The benefit of these is that they build up your cardiovascular as well as muscular strength. n Yoga. Arguably no alternative exercise class is more widely known than yoga. A centuries-old Hindu discipline aimed at promoting control over the body and mind, yoga classes are offered at nearly every gym or fitness center across the country. Much of yoga is concerned with helping you become stronger, more balanced, focused, and flexible. If you’re looking for a non-competitive environment where you can move at your own pace, this might be the best workout program for you.

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Health & Wellness

Vaccine cannot give you the flu From The Family Doc

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t seems that a sizable number of patients still believe the influenza vaccine can give you the flu.

It can’t. Doctors are in widespread agreement on this. Influenza virus is made from dead virus, which means it is not capable of launching an infection in your body.

Nonetheless, physicians and other health-care workers know they will hear questions this year from patients who fear getting the flu shot they need. Now that the vaccines are recommended for babies, such unfounded worries become even more serious — they could prevent some of the most vulnerable from getting the protection they need.

The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the flu shot for people 65 and older; children 6 months to 23 months old; anyone with a chronic health condition; health-care workers; anyone near a child under the age of 2; and women more than three months’ pregnant. The agency also urges all other healthy Americans to consider getting the vaccine.

Can a flu shot give you the flu?

No, a flu shot cannot cause flu illness. The influenza viruses contained in a flu shot are inactivated (killed), which means they cannot cause infection. Flu vaccine manufacturers kill the viruses used in the vaccine during the process of making vaccine, and batches of flu vaccine are tested to make sure they are safe. In randomized, blinded studies, where some people get flu shots and others get salt-water shots, the only differences in symptoms was increased soreness in the arm and redness at the injection site among people who got the flu shot. There were no differences in terms of body aches, fever, cough, runny nose or sore throat.

End dinnertime drama for picky eaters From Metro Creative Connection

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any parents face a battle of wills around the dinner table. Fights over food are a common stress of raising children.

Kate Kelly, Managing Editor for American Baby Magazine, has said that 50 percent of parents report their children are picky eaters and worry that they’re not getting balanced nutrition. However, the Mayo Clinic notes that, over the course of a week, even the pickiest of children likely gets a variety of nutrition in

Why do some people not feel well after getting the seasonal flu shot?

The most common side effect of seasonal flu shots in adults has been soreness at the spot where the shot was given, which usually lasts less than two days. The soreness is often caused by a person’s immune system making protective antibodies to the killed viruses in the vaccine.

These antibodies are what allow the body to fight against flu. The needle stick may also cause some soreness at the injection site. According to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), rare symptoms include fever, muscle pain, and feelings of discomfort or weakness. If these problems occur, they are very uncommon and usually begin soon after the shot and last 1-2 days.

What about people who get a seasonal flu vaccine & still get sick with flu-like symptoms?

There are several reasons why someone might get flu-like symptoms even after they have been vaccinated against seasonal flu. n People may be exposed to one of the influenza viruses in the vaccine shortly before getting vaccinated or during the two-week period that it takes the body to gain protection after getting vaccinated. This exposure may result in a person becoming ill with flu before protection from the vaccine takes effect. n People may become ill from non-flu viruses that circulate during the flu season, which can also cause flulike symptoms (such as rhinovirus). Flu vaccine will not protect people from respiratory illness that is not caused by flu viruses. n A person may be exposed to an influenza virus that is very different from the viruses included in the vaccine. For example, the seasonal flu vaccine will not protect against the new 2009 H1N1 virus because this virus is so different from seasonal H1N1 viruses that normally spread in humans and is very different from the H1N1 virus contained in the seasonal vaccine. There are many different influ-

his or her diet and not to overly worry about what’s being eaten.

Instead of battling over brussel sprouts or facing tantrums over tetrazzini, there are some steps parents can take to discourage picky eating in a supportive way. n Involve your children. Having kids take part in selecting foods at the supermarket enables them to feel involved in the meal process — and perhaps makes them more apt to try the foods they’ve selected. n Clean-plate club. Children-sized portions are about 1/3 of what an adult would eat. Don’t force a child to finish everything on his or her plate. Chances are if the child feels full, he or she probably is. n Keep introducing new foods. It can take several tries to get a child accustomed to a new food — up to 15. n Stick to a schedule. Serve meals at the same time every day. Limit snacks at least one hour before meal times. A child who is hungry may be more likely to try new foods.

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enza viruses. n Unfortunately, some people can remain unprotected from flu despite getting the vaccine. This is more likely to occur among people that have weakened immune systems or the elderly. However, even among these people, a flu vaccine can still help prevent influenza complications.

Seasonal influenza vaccine provides the best protection available from seasonal flu-even when the vaccine does not exactly match circulating seasonal flu strains, and even when the person getting the vaccine has a weakened immune system. Vaccination can lessen illness severity and is particularly important for people at high risk for serious flu-related complications and close-contacts of high-risk people. Children under 6 months old are the pediatric group at highest risk of influenza complications, but they are too young to get a flu vaccine. The best way to protect young children is to make sure members of their household and their caregivers are vaccinated.

Can a nasal spray flu vaccine give you the flu?

Unlike the flu shot, the nasal spray flu vaccine does contain live viruses. However, the viruses are attenuated (weakened) and cannot cause flu illness. The weakened viruses are cold-adapted, which means they are designed to only cause infection at the cooler temperatures found within the nose. The viruses cannot infect the lungs or other areas where warmer temperatures exist. Some children and young adults 2-17 years of age have reported experiencing mild reactions after receiving nasal spray flu vaccine, including runny nose, nasal congestion or cough, chills, tiredness/weakness, sore throat and headache.

Some adults 18-49 years of age have reported runny nose or nasal congestion, cough, chills, tiredness/weakness, sore throat and headache. These side effects are mild and short-lasting, especially when compared to symptoms of seasonal influenza infection.

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n Enforce a “this is not a diner” mentality. If you’re playing short-order cook to children you will be reinforcing bad eating habits. They will learn to hold out on the original meal until the preferred meal is served. n Keep distractions to a minimum. Mealtime should be focused on eating, instead of watching television or playing with toys. n Lead by example. If your children see you eating a variety of foods and trying new things, they may want to get in on the action. Conversely, if they see you shying away from healthy foods, it could cause them to be squeamish as well. n Make things fun. Give fun names to common foods, like “Super Broccoli” or something to that effect. Cut foods into bite-sized pieces or make faces and silly shapes. This could entice kids to eat. n Sneak foods in. Hide foods in others. For example, mix pureed squash into tomato sauce, or make muffins out of pumpkin. Chances are if things taste good, kids will eat them.

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THE PAST DECADE

Did Americans get any healthier?

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer

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TLANTA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; About 10 years ago the government set some lofty health goals for the nation to reach by 2010.

So how did we do?

By many measures, not so hot.

There are more obese Americans than a decade ago, not fewer. We eat more salt and fat, not less. More of us have high blood pressure. More of our children have untreated tooth decay.

But the nation has made at least some progress on many other goals. Vaccination rates improved. Most workplace injuries are down. And deaths rates from stroke, cancer and heart disease are all dropping.

As we move into a new decade, the government is analyzing how well the nation met the 2010 goals and drawing up a new set of goals for 2020 expected to be more numerous and â&#x20AC;&#x201D; perhaps â&#x20AC;&#x201D; less ambitious. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to strike a balance of setting targets that are achievable and also ask the country to reach,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Howard Koh, the federal health official who oversees the Healthy People project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a balance thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sometimes a challenge to strike.â&#x20AC;?

The Healthy People objectives were first created in the late 1970s to set an agenda for getting Americans to live longer, healthier lives. It was also an attempt to involve the public and emphasize that many health problems are preventable.

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Free Care Clinic,â&#x20AC;? Upham says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we work as a team, our patients score. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a winning combination.â&#x20AC;?

The success of the telehealth program at FirstHealth is in no small part due to the financial support of the Foundation of FirstHealth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This program is an example of how our Foundation membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; investments affect the quality of life and health in our communities,â&#x20AC;? says Kathleen Stockham, president of the Foundation of FirstHealth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We provide the dollars that support the ideas and nurture them into sustainable, successful programs that make a real difference. Our initial $20,000 investment has reaped great returns for our patients. The outcomes speak for themselves.â&#x20AC;?

Telehealth monitoring helps keep patients at home, where they want to be. One of the primary goals of home care involves reducing admissions and emergency department visits.

According to data collected over the first six months

Every 10 years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reassesses the goals, and reports on progress made in the previous decade.

Many call the effort a success. The report has been imitated by states and other nations. Because of its importance within public health circles, interest groups jockey to add their goals to the document, which is expanding to more than 1,000 targets. And health agency workers have Healthy People goals memorized. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is something that we think about all the time,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Lance Rodewald, a vaccination expert at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

But after more than 30 years, the goals arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t well known to the public and only a modest number have been met.

About 41 percent of the 1990 measurable goals were achieved. For the 2000 goals, it was just 24 percent.

As for the 2010 goals, data is still being collected, and a final report is not due out until 2011. But it looks like the results will be in the neighborhood of 20 percent, according to a preliminary analysis by the CDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Center for Health Statistics.

The CDC analysis done this fall found that just 18 percent of those goals have been met so far. Worse, the nation actually retreated from about 23 percent of the goals.

One example: Healthy People 2010 called for the percentage of adults who are obese to drop to 15 percent. That goal was set at a time when nearly a quarter of all adults were obese. Now, about 34 percent

of adults are obese, according to the latest federal statistics.

Some other backslides: n An estimated 28 percent of adults had high blood pressure in 2000. The goal was to reduce that to 16 percent. But the most recent government data say the proportion has risen to 29 percent. n About 16 percent of young children had untreated tooth decay in 2000. The target was 9 percent. The latest statistic is about 20 percent. n The proportion of births by cesarean section increased despite a 2010 goal of lowering them, and the percentage of infants born very small and fragile also increased.

The nation has had better luck raising childhood vaccination rates, lowering cancer death rates, increasing smoking laws and reducing most types of work injuries.

To many health officials, simply making progress is a victory. An analysis of 635 of the nearly 1,000 targets for the past decade shows only 117 goals have been met. But progress was made toward another 332. In other words, there was improvement in 70 percent of the measures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evidence of a healthier nation,â&#x20AC;? Koh said.

The Healthy People effort could be better if it included more information about how to reach the goals, and how much it would cost, said David Holtgrave, a health policy expert at Johns Hopkins University.

of the program, the overall agency rate for home care hospitalizations was 25 percent while the FirstHealth telehealth rate was 18 percent. For emergency department visits, the overall average agency rate was 20 percent while the rate for telehealth patients was just 14 percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our overall hospitalization rates consistently remain below the state and national averages,â&#x20AC;?

Upham says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our patients are very happy with the program. We are able to detect subtle changes before they become real health problems. We believe that this program is making a difference, and our patients prove it.â&#x20AC;?

Here are a couple of examples: A 68-year-old female with high blood pressure recently added telehealth monitoring in her home. Her blood pressure started out normal, but began to trend upward over time. The Home Care nurse was able to contact the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doctor and make medication adjustments without a trip to the office or the hospital. The patient now reports feeling much better.

A 73-year-old male with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) has been a telehealth patient since early September. His wife, who is his caretaker,

is nervous about his condition. When his oxygen levels fall below the accepted numbers, the monitoring nurse can help assess his condition.

Telehealth does not replace nurse/patient contact.

Instead, it extends the resources of home care organizations and offers daily interactions that benefit each patient. Nationally, patients who use telemedicine are found to become more self-aware and gain invaluable knowledge about their medical conditions and overall well-being.

In addition, the tools help the telehealth staff to make accurate, data-driven decisions that improve care and reduce recovery time.

Every patient who is admitted into FirstHealthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home Care program is considered for telehealth eligibility. Patients stay in the program as long as they are eligible for home health services. The average length of participation is about 40 days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The nurse/patient contact will always be the most important part of what we do,â&#x20AC;? Upham says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot replace that. This technology simply gives the nurse another tool, a very powerful tool, to improve the quality of patient care.â&#x20AC;?

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