January 31, 2010

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GREENSBORO REFLECTS 50 YEARS AFTER SIT-IN PROTESTS On Feb. 1, 1960, four college freshmen walked quietly into a Greensboro dime store on a breezy Monday afternoon, bought a few items, then sat down at the “whites only” lunch counter — and sparked a wave of civil rights protest that changed America

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Ryann Perkins, 7, braces herself as she slides down a hill after snow hit Sanford on Saturday. More than four inches of snow fell in the area late Friday, and the snow was followed by a few more inches of ice Saturday.

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TOYOTA RECALLS CONFUSE, ANGER SOME OWNERS Toyota executives have been virtually silent amid a recall of millions of their cars because gas pedals can become dangerously stuck. For their customers, oh, what a feeling — fear, frustration, confusion and anger.

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HAITI DOCTOR WARNS OF MORE DEATHS WITHOUT CONTINUED LIFE FLIGHTS The U.S. military has halted flights carrying Haitian earthquake victims to the United States because of an apparent cost dispute, and a doctor warned that some injured patients faced imminent death if the flights don’t resume Page 14A

SANFORD — The snow and ice that arrived in Sanford Friday night and stuck around until Saturday afternoon could affect school and work schedules Monday.

The National Weather Service reports that the Raleigh/Durham area saw about four inches of snow through Saturday morning.

Sleet continued to hit the area until mid-afternoon Saturday, though Lee County did not see the freezing rain that was expected, said

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GREENVILLE CINEMA OPENS ITS DOORS TO DIFFERENT CHURCH Ignite Church premiered Jan. 10 at the Greenville Boulevard theater. Greenville’s first cineplex congregation is among a growing number nationwide. In 2006, an estimated 250 churches in some 36 states were meeting at the movies.

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Vol. 80, No. 24 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina

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City crews plow Steele Street in downtown Sanford Saturday after more than four inches of snow and ice fell in Sanford. Cold temperatures today will mean the white stuff stays a few days.

ith four inches of snow blanketing the area Friday night, Sanford became a winter wonderland.

While many stayed inside Saturday, some residents took advantage of the snow and sleet on the ground and went sledding or snowboarding around Lee County.

Elisabeth Griffin McLean of Sanford got creative while spending time outside with a friend.

“I do not have a sled so I used a pizza pan! It works great,” she said. “We are also making snow cream and we

A few more like these, and I’m going to request that all Temple Theatre productions be reduced to one- or twoman shows.

On the heels of the well-received “Stones in His Pockets” earlier this season, “Blood Done Sign My Name” — the one-man production written for the stage and performed by Durham actor

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Mike Wiley portrays, among his many characters, a 10-year-old Tim Tyson in “Blood Done Sign My Name.”

‘Blood Done Sign My Name’ continues today at 2 p.m. and next Friday through Sunday. For tickets, visit templeshows. com or call (919) 774-4155.

Mike Wiley — began its sixshow run at Temple Theatre Friday night. The play takes the critically acclaimed book

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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.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially David Wayne Holder II, Jacob Gabriel DeRemer, Dajohne’ Prince Kwente’z Cotton, Sharon Headen Wicker, Venita E. Brewer, Anna Lajovick, Melissa Yvonne Landrum McKendall, Anthony Smith, Dora Williams, Lenora E. Weathers, Ashlyn Rose Morrill, Shari Chufo, Eric Berndt, Janie Bristow, Kanitta Cutler, Jonathan Johnson, Calvin Snipes, Keisha Jones, Judy G. Wilson, Demtrius McIver, Micah Turner and Madison Ann Davis.

And to those celebrating Monday, especially Sidney Thomas Ovencare, Sarah Nicole Bogue, Dorothy L. Baker, Sidney Ann Lawton, Mikayla Amaree Murchison, Julia Allen, Geraldine Morrison, Cathy Walston, Trevor Reynolds, Ray Freeman, Morgon Prots, Judy McCleney, Ted Thomas, Amy Staley, Mazelle Langston, Sundai Lillie McNeill and Jordan Allen Norris.

CELEBRITIES: Baseball Hall-of-Famer Ernie Banks is 79. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Nolan Ryan is 63. Singer-musician KC (KC and the Sunshine Band) is 59. Rock singer Johnny Rotten is 54. Actress Minnie Driver is 40.

Actress Portia de Rossi is 37. Actor-comedian Bobby Moynihan is 33. Actress Kerry Washington is 33. Singer Justin Timberlake is 29.

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As children went back to school for a new school year, so did the buses. A.L. Craig, maintenance boss, checks with J.J. Lentz, superintendent of Lee County Schools, and State Patrolman C.M. Cummings on the condition of the school bus fleet. This photograph appeared in the Sept. 2, 1952, Herald.

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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

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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.

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Almanac This day in history: On Jan. 31, 1950, President Harry S. Truman announced he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb.

In 1917, during World War I, Germany served notice it was beginning a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.

In 1929, revolutionary Leon Trotsky and his family were expelled from the Soviet Union.

In 1944, during World War II, U.S. forces began a successful invasion of Kwajalein Atoll and other parts of the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.

In 1945, Pvt. Eddie Slovik, 24, became the first U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion as he was shot by an American firing squad in France.

In 1949, the first TV daytime soap opera, “These Are My Children,” began broadcasting from the NBC station in Chicago. (It lasted all of four weeks.)

In 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer I. In 1971, astronauts Alan Shepard Jr., Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the moon.

In 1990, McDonald’s Corp. opened its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow.

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■ 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.

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■ 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

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School district extends contract of superintendent

SANFORD — The Lee County Board of Education unanimously approved an extension of Superintendent Jeff Moss’s contract at a called meeting.

Moss’s contract was originally scheduled to run out June 30, 2012. The board extended the contract a full year, to June 30, 2013, during a closed session at the meeting according to Chairman Bill Tatum.

Tatum added that the extension would come with no monetary gains or changes in structure.

TUESDAY

Fourth suspect charged in shooting of police officer

SANFORD — City police charged a fourth and final suspect in connection with the December shooting of an officer.

Jarvis Monte Hill, 22, of 1414 Carthage St. Apt. 19 was charged with conspiring to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon and obstructing justice.

The charges stem from the Dec. 20 shooting of Officer Scott Norton. Norton was shot five times after getting out of his vehicle to confront four people officers believed were connected to a series of robberies in the Thornwood Village Mobile Home Park on Broadway Road. He has recovered from his injuries.

TUESDAY

Candidate enters race for county commissioner

SANFORD — At least one Republican has announced her candidacy for the District Four seat on the Lee County Board of Commissioners.

Tamara Brogan of Sanford has created a page on the social networking site Facebook called “Vote Tamara Brogan.� The page indicates that she’s seeking the District Four seat currently held

by Democrat Jamie Kelly.

TUESDAY

Sanford woman asks to be booted from reality show After a rough week filled with feuding teams and feuding trainers, Sanford’s Migdalia Sebren was eliminated from NBC’s “The Biggest Loser.�

Sebren joined “The Biggest Loser� with her mother, Miggy Cancel of New Jersey, and though they consistently shed the pounds in previous weeks, the duo ultimately had the smallest total percentage of weight loss this week, landing them on the chopping block.

Up for elimination, Sebren asked fellow cast members to eliminate her, not her mother.

“I want to go home,�

Sebren told fellow competitors. “I’ve got kids and I’ve got my husband, I want to go home.�

Respecting Sebren’s wishes, she was eliminated by a vote of 4-3.

FRIDAY

Ground breaks on planned Endor Trail Greenway SANFORD — Shovels moved the first dirt 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 seven 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 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.

FRIDAY

Local doctors fly out of Raleigh to help in Haiti SANFORD — About this time for the past seven years, Grace Chapel Church has organized and led a medical mission team that has traveled to villages in the Dominican Republic to provide critically needed medical care.

But this year, the devastating earthquake in the bordering country of Haiti has ramped up the urgent need for highly-skilled medical caregivers.

Dr. Brian Torgerson, his wife Candy (a registered nurse), four other Sanford doctors and three other registered nurses joined four pharmacists, a children’s minister and the Rev. Rudy Holland, pastor of Grace Chapel Church, for the trip.

They will stay long enough at the Score International facilities in Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic to organize and further plan for the mission before traveling to the town of Jimani, located on the Haitian-Dominican border, about 25 miles east of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital and the proximity of the epicenter of the earthquake, which killed at least 120,000 people.

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Officials meet with legislators From staff reports PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Commissioners joined members of the Chatham County Board of Education Thursday in meeting with Speaker of the House Joe Hackney and State Senator Bob Atwater on key legislative issues, including some that may be addressed in the upcoming session of the General Assembly. The session convenes on May 12.

Commissioner Chair Sally Kost led off the meeting by thanking the legislators for their support in the past year on such issues as helping the school system secure a grant to provide laptops for high school students. She also thanked them for their hard work on behalf of expanded access to the internet in rural areas.

Major meeting topics included the expected revenue outlook for state and local governments, school funding, community college enrollment increases, county facilities and potential local legislation.

Hackney said that the two-year state budget adopted last year is reasonably on track so that budget cuts required this year will not be as painful as last year.

However, some cuts will be needed due to revenue projections and increased costs for some programs, such as Medicaid.

Hackney said that he does not currently foresee the General Assembly trying to balance the budget by taking away local revenues.

He added that Governor Beverly Perdue has been holding back some revenues to help meet any shortfalls, but some state budget cuts will still be needed.

Kost reported that

county sales tax revenues were down due to the economy. “We also continue to be hurt by the fact that we are not getting our fair share of sales taxes for goods bought outside the county but delivered here, which mostly involves construction supplies.�

She said that sound financial management has prevented the county from being impacted as negatively as other counties. “Our big upcoming challenge is that we are opening several critical facilities next year, including the Margaret B. Pollard Middle School, a new library, and new community college teaching facilities in both Pittsboro and Siler City.�

Kost said, “Chatham County was creative in developing the county budget last year to ensure that the school system did not have to cut staff positions as a result of state budget cuts.�

William Tillotson SANFORD — William “Billy� Martin Tillotson, 77, died Thursday (01/28/10) at his home.

He was born in Onslow County on March 8, 1932 to the late Charles M. Tillotson and Annie Currin Tillotson. Billy 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.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Flat Springs Baptist Church with Gary McCollough presiding.

Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends, prior to the service, from 1-2 p.m. in the church fellowship hall and also after the service.

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(ABOVE) Mark West, his daughter Caroline (left) and his wife Melanie (not seen) walk toward their home on Gulf Street with their dog, Scout, Saturday.

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(ABOVE) Jory Perkins, 11, (left) and Christopher Dymond, 11, scream as they race down a hill on Saturday in Sanford.

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Southeastern U.S. stares down record snow, ice

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(AP) — A storm that blanketed the South with snow Saturday had children eager to sled down hills, while grown-ups were warned to stay off slippery roads as officials worked to clear a mess of wrecks and downed power lines.

Nearly a foot of snow had fallen in parts of western North Carolina, and nearly 10 inches had fallen in some areas north of Memphis, Tenn.

In Nashville, about a half-foot of snow was on the ground, the National Weather Service reported.

Jake Guthrie, manager of a Nashville Ace Hardware, pasted a “Sold Out of Sleds” sign at the entrance of the store after selling “several hundred” in the past two days. Workers had to tell a steady stream of callers that they wouldn’t have any more sleds until Friday.

“But winter’s not over yet,” Guthrie said.

Few cars were on roads

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Shane Seagroves, Lee County Emergency Services director.

Through Saturday afternoon, Lee County had not seen any power outages.

“We’ve been fortunate not to have freezing rain and wind,” he said. “I hope we’ve missed that.”

The cold temperatures could stick around for another day or two, Seagroves said, which could leave the roads covered in frozen precipitation.

“The roads are a solid sheet of ice,” he said.

Though he advised people to stay inside and avoid driving, he warned of black ice on the roads if travel is a must.

“People are going to start getting to the point where they want to get out of the house,” he said. “But let the stuff get gone.”

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Kim Clairy, from Georgia, walks down a deserted Club Boulevard after the winter storm Saturday in Durham. around the city, and most people seemed to be hunkered down indoors.

Some ventured out on camouflage all-terrain vehicles usually reserved for hunting season.

The DuBose family was enjoying a second day of sledding on Nashville’s outskirts.

Department of Transportation continued to treat and clear roads Saturday, though the agency urged motorists to stay off the roads if possible.

NCDOT said maintenance crews will continue to manage highways overnight and will remain on call to address any emergency calls. Most secondary roads in the state had not been plowed Saturday; NCDOT will begin clearing those today.

R. Knight, telecommunicator with the North Carolina Highway Patrol, said they’ve dealt with eight or nine weather-related car accidents in Lee County; none have produced serious injuries.

Because the area won’t see a warm up just yet (Sunday’s high is expected to be 33 degrees), the snow and ice that was dumped on Lee County could cause problems with regard to school and some work schedules.

Sharon Spence, public information officer for Lee County Schools, said Superintendent Jeff Moss will decide if school will be held Monday. He could make his decision this afternoon, she added.

“We’re going to have to do something,” she said.

“We’ll have to see, can we do a two-hour delay or call school off entirely?”

“We ran over the dogs yesterday, so we left them at home today,” said Jane DuBose, 47, as her two sons, ages 8 and 12, were sledding down the entrance ramp to a closed road.

In Smyrna, southeast of Nashville, a high school bowling tournament was By law, the district cannot keep traditionalcalendar students in school past June 10, Spence said. Currently, the last day of school is scheduled for June 9.

If Moss declares Monday a snow day, he could choose to hold the make-up day on a Saturday or have school one day during spring break, she said.

Richard Hayes, chairman of the Lee County Board of Commissioners, said the county government office may open late Monday if things don’t clear up today. If so, the commissioners meeting, normally held at 3 p.m. the first Monday of the month, could be delayed.

“Without any crystal ball ... there’s about a 60-40 chance we will be open Monday and have the meeting in the afternoon,” he said. “I think (the storm) did not amount to everything they thought it would.”

If the meeting must be rescheduled, it would probably happen Wednesday afternoon, Hayes said, because they must give 48-hour notice.

But he said there is no planned delay as of 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Travis Hart and his girlfriend Tiffany Hall sled down the steep hill on Hillcrest Drive in Sanford Saturday using a long snowboard.

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have the veggie beef soup in the crockpot.”

Donna Potter of Sanford said it was her daughter Sophia’s first snow experience. When the 11month-old saw the snow falling Friday night, “she just giggled and giggled,” Potter said.

Getting Sophia ready to go outside was a feat in itself.

“We just bundled her up. She couldn’t even move,” Potter said, laughing. “We put her on the old sled of mine and pulled her around in the snow and she liked it.”

Dusty Hughes of Sanford got a kick out of watching his dog, Midnight, make snow angels in his yard Saturday.

He said he plans to go sledding today and have

Midnight pull him down the hill.

“I’m not going to get out on the road. We’ve got plenty of food and water,” he said.

Bundled up in snow suits and hats, Mark and Melanie West and daughter Caroline went for a walk with their dog, Scout, near their home on Gulf Street to “see what was about,” Mark said.

“I haven’t seen the roads quite this icy in several years,” he said.

The family recalled the big snow storm in 2000, when 24 inches of snow fell in Sanford, Melanie said.

“It’s beautiful and it makes everybody slow down,” she said.

“I’m glad it hit us on the weekend, so it didn’t kill the school calendar,” Mark added.

Because most side streets were vacant, couple Travis Hart and

Tiffany Hall sledded down Hillcrest Drive on a snowboard.

“We’re enjoying (the snow) because we don’t get to see much around here,” Hart said. “It doesn’t bother me as long as the power doesn’t go out.”

He said he was surprised the main roads were still mostly covered with snow and ice Saturday afternoon.

“I thought Horner Boulevard would be clear, but it was pretty bad,” Hart said.

Diane Wright of Mammers said she’s enjoyed the winter weather but is ready for the return to normalcy.

“The kids are loving the snow and the dogs are trying to guess why it’s on the ground,” she said. “It was nice to see and now it can go. I hate not being able to go out when I want.”

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North Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Gene Williams told the CitizenTimes of Asheville that 530 wrecks were reported overnight — including a snowplow that overturned — though no one was seriously hurt. Virginia State Police said they worked hundreds of calls overnight. As much as six inches of snow had fallen in southeastern parts of the state.

In South Carolina, officials said the storm wasn’t as bad as they had feared, but some residents scrambled to stores in preparation. In Landrum, in northern South Carolina, Travis Pittman told the Herald-Journal of Spartanburg he and his mother were stocking up on movies, gas for a generator, and “of course, milk and bread.”

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

SUNDAY THUMBS THUMBS UP: GRACE’S MISSION SPIRIT Grace Chapel Church is accustomed to sending teams of its members to the mission field. So it wasn’t a surprise that members scheduled to go to villages in the Dominican Republic this week instead chose to divert to the neighboring country of Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake there.

Dr. Brian Torgerson and his wife Cindy, a registered nurse, are helping to lead a

team that includes Senior Pastor Rudy Holland, four other physicians plus nurses and pharmacists to help meet the unfathomable medical needs of the ravaged area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. Team members will take medical and surgical supplies and crucial antibiotics — in critically short supply there, despite relief efforts — with them, some of which has been donated by local pharmacies and Central Carolina Hospital. Although they only plan to be there five days, they’ll no doubt be working around the clock to lend physical and spiritual comfort to residents there who have suffered im-

measurable suffering.

We wish them Godspeed on their journey.

THUMBS UP: OTHERS STEPPING UP, TOO The 7.0-magnitude earthquake has been devastating for Haiti. It’s a sad situation that is heartbreaking for those who live there and heartwrenching for those of us who have seen the devastation via news reports.

It is believed that 50,000 people may have died from the earthquake, a figure that boggles the mind.

If there is any good in this sad matter, it’s that so many people and organizations — including locally — are stepping up to the plate to help as they might.

The local Red Cross organization is acception donations. The area Rotary district is sending shelter boxes. The local Boys and Girls Clubs are teamming up with the Red Cross. First Baptist Church is getting involved. So is Atlantabased World Water Relief.

The money and the help will flow toward Haiti, thanks to a caring American public. We are a caring nation, despite what some people may think. And we’re a caring community, as well.

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RE: LETTER CLAIMS ETHERIDGE IS A BIG SPENDER IN CONGRESS Ask the citizens of Harnett County if they could get into his town hall meeting.

It was reported to me that SEIU had arranged for most of the seats in the hall to be taken by pro-union, pro-Pelosi folks.

Etheridge has simply lost touch with his roots and needs to be replaced. He has voted with Pelosi almost 90 percent of the time. What else do you expect from a House Whip?

— ashaw80

RE: GROUND BREAKS ON NEW GREENWAY TRAIL IN LEE COUNTY I applaud the efforts for this greenway, and yet, I also lament that the opportunity was lost for an urban greenway that would have stretched from Jonesboro to downtown Sanford when the railroad corridor was abandoned and “returned” to private ownership to be cut into sections.

Now there was an opportunity squandered. The corridor would have easily connected Jonesboro from the O’Connell’s Grocery and part of Main Street to the Depot Park area with a minimum of effort.

Hopefully this new greenway shows a change in the mind set of those who have the power to put such things into motion.

— dlpardue

RE: STATE OF THE UNION Let’s hope that the president fails on his promises to labor unions, like cardcheck and the opening of government to the threat of strikes; the further legal recognition of gay marriage; and a myriad of other promises that are the dream list of the American left.

That is especially true of the “green revolution” with the meaningless term “cap and trade” (an economic mechanism for trading energy credit) that in this case means “invade and determine” our life style and purchase choice options.

— ncpatriot

RE: STUDENTS WORK ON ‘GREEN’ HOUSE FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY I am very proud of these young men and women. Being a parent of one of the young men, I know first hand how excited they are to see that they are helping someone out.

The teachers that work with them are also a great inspiration to them.

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Today’s Prayer And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” (John 21:17) PRAYER: Father, we thank You for Your word; help us to apply it to our lives. Amen.

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hile President Obama made a case for not only his first year in office, but Years 2, 3 and 4 Wednesday night in Washington, I did what any good journalist who cares about his country did.

I watched and took notes.

OK, not really. I slept.

Fell asleep right there on the couch and snored away. It was the kind of deep slumber Billy Liggett that comes about as often as a big snowfall in Sanford Herald Editor Sanford. I woke up three hours later dazed, Contact Billy Liggett by e-mail at confused and with a foot-long stretch of bliggett@sanfordherald.com drool connecting the corner of my mouth with the couch pillow.

After regaining my consciousness, I got up that Bush was the winner, before that was retracted. to join my wife in bed (she’d hit the real pilIt was exciting ... the reporters and I delows long before the State of the Union even bated political views back then, and after 3 began) and a few seconds into that journey, I a.m. came and went, we left the paper and realized I’d missed the speech. debated more politics at an iHop well into “Hmph.” the morning.

That syllable accompanied a shoulder Don’t get me wrong, Election Day and shrug, and I thought no more of it until I sat Night are still exciting at newspapers ... here down the pen this column. And the only reaat The Herald, we look forward to it (maybe son I’m thinking of it now is because I’m sort we just like the pizza or Chinese food ordered of surprised at how little I that night). cared about the speech and But when it comes to But when it comes to politics in general. “politics” in general, it “politics” in general, it Scott Brown wins the seems I’ve just begun to seems I’ve just begun to Senate seat? That’s great, I lose interest.

It’s not that suppose ... if you’re against lose interest. It’s not that there aren’t things I’m pashealth care and all. My there aren’t things I’m passionate about (quite the mind melted on that issue sionate about (quite the contrary) ...

I’ve just got sometime during those contrary) ... I’ve just got better things to do. town hall melees back in better things to do.

It sounds awful, doesn’t the aughts. it?

I know ... I’m kind of disLast decade. appointed in myself, too.

Toss in my callous disreBut before you condemn me and blame it gard for John Edwards fathering a love child on Generation X, realize that other important and my utter ignorance when it comes to things have happened in my life that have most things being discussed in our nation’s taken priority. capital, and I’m pretty much “blah” when it I failed to mention that before that State comes to politics. of the Union, my wife and I spent two hours Some think this makes me un-American. together preparing our daughter’s bath Others think I’m just lazy. and bedtime, eating dinner as a family and I wasn’t always this way. watching a movie together on our comfortRewind back to my college days — and able couch. even high school — and politics were cool.

If my right to have nights like that were Back then, I helped my friend’s father run for ever on the ballot, then sure, you’d probably district judge in East Texas, and I got to expesee arguing my point. rience putting out signs, listening to debates And to those of you who love politics and and sitting in a crowded room of people feel that your defense of health care (or your watching election results ... and I loved it. case against it) is the most important thing in One of my fondest memories of my first the world, I salute you.

You’re the people who job reporting (also in East Texas) was Elecmake the world go round, and I’m just sitting tion Night 2000, when the Bush-Gore elechere on the sidelines. tion went well into the night before the Should I ever run for a public office, feel country decided neither could be president free to use this column against me. I’ll be the just yet. I remember seeing CNN call Gore guy who only cares about himself. the winner, then retracting it. I remember If you think that, you’ve missed my point. our paper almost going with a state report

LETTERS Brown’s victory put a stop to over-reaching Democrats in Congress To the Editor:

Scott Brown ran on conservative values. Period.

He stated (paraphrased), “I will be the 41st senator. I will stop health care.”

The left (Dems) in control of Congress are doing everything they can to ram health care that a small percentage of America wants down our throats. And like it or not, Mr. Brown’s victory stopped the health care fiasco for now.

I don’t doubt for a minute they are in the secret chambers devising a way to force it on us.

By the way, if there is any doubt that Congress is over reaching, over taxing and overbearing, take a moment and read the 10th Amendment. It bars Congress from forcing this type of legislation (health care) on us. The states have that choice, but the federal government cannot.

The Founding Fathers made sure to give citizens a way out and as it stands now, if we don’t like something a state does, we can move.

Not with the Federal mandates, though. And without an amendment that passes three-fourths of state legislatures, Congress does not have that power. The way they get power is through our ignorance.

The Constitution limits Congress’ power to coining money, establish post offices, to declare War, to provide a militia for the defense of the union, to collect taxes for debt, to regulate commerce, to punish treasoners, etc.

They do not have a blank check.

Read it yourself.

That being said, I thank God Scott Brown won and that he has conservative values. I thank God the people have awaken, and my faith is restored they will do the right thing.

And I thank God November isn’t too far away.

SHEILA BARBER Sanford

New gifting policy for inmates hurts their families more To the Editor:

I read recently about the N.C. Department of Corrections’ new policy on getting Christmas packages to inmates through an independent third party. Reported supply problems delayed some of the gifts being delivered before Dec. 25.

The truth is that many of the presents will never be delivered to the prisoners. Refunds have gone back to friends and family but not for the total amount spent. Fees have been deducted, and the inmates are left wanting.

Don’t you just love outsourcing?

DOC saw a way to relieve correction officers the tedious chore of sorting through thousands of gift boxes.

Mind you, part of the job. In theory, a brilliant idea.

All items available for gifting are pre-approved and limited in amount to specific packaged food stuffs. No more looking for contraband stuffed into the sausage. Imagine evil Halloween times a thousand and protecting your kids.

DOC went one commendable step further. The outsourcing firm is based right here in North Carolina. No more customer service calls being routed to India.

Hooray!

I am disheartened that full refunds were not remitted. Prisoners being denied a privilege is part and parcel of policy. But to cheat the public?

The only rights guaranteed a prisoner are the four C’s — chow, cot, care and church. Cookies and cake didn’t make the list. In this case neither did cash.

Did you hear the one about the minister turned away from the prison gate?

True story ... it happened here in Sanford.

Maybe we should make that the three C’s.

JOE STUBER Southern Pines

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don’t get it.

Since 1993, more than 13,000 soldiers have been discharged from the military under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy. Countless others are effectively denied access to mental health and other services because they can’t tell.

In 2006, a blue ribbon commission concluded that the policy — at that point — had cost the military some $360 million because of the loss of qualified and trained soldiers and the need to replace them. How much it has cost the men and women who love this country and want to serve and protect it is just incalculable. At a time when our military is strained fighting two wars, why would anyone exclude a person simply because of who they are?

The president’s call to repeal this dated and cruel compromise was met with cheers in the hall, but within hours, the old men were lining up to oppose it. I have the greatest respect for John McCain and his service to this country, but what made sense for the military 40 years ago is not necessarily what makes sense today. Military leaders from Colin Powell to Mike Mullen to John Shalikashvili — current and former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — have all spoken against the policy. As Gen. Shalikashvili wrote in 2007: “Our military has been stretched thin by our deployments in the Middle East, and we must welcome the service of any American who is willing and able to do the job.”

DADT punishes soldiers if they so much as reveal their sexual orientation. Under the policy, as explained by the Pentagon, “the military will discharge members who engage in homosexual conduct, which is defined as a homosexual act, a statement that the member is homosexual or bisexual, or a marriage or attempted marriage to someone of the same gender.” A gay soldier who says he is gay is subject to discharge for that statement.

Morale? That was the excuse I kept hearing from members of Congress — Republican and Democrat — who were all over the airwaves this morning attacking the president. But in 2008, responding to a soldier’s question at West Point, Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made clear that “Congress, and not the military, is responsible for (DADT).”

This isn’t about the military. The Pentagon has made clear that they are willing to work with the president to repeal the policy. It is about politics.

Every argument being made today to exclude gays from the military was made in the past to exclude blacks.

And yet, once the military was integrated, it became a model of real integration for our nation — one of the few places where minorities are indeed fully integrated, equal if not more successful in attaining leadership roles. Freed from the requirement of discrimination, the military has shown that it can judge merit without regard to race or gender. Freed from the requirement of discrimination, the military could lead the way to an equal society.

When President Clinton first proposed eliminating the ban on gays in the military, he pointed to the extensive evidence of harassment suffered by soldiers who were thought to be gay. By all reports, that harassment has not ended. Why would it? The policy embraces the unacceptable and unfair premise that being openly gay is inconsistent with being qualified to serve your country. That premise is a cancer that is not limited to the military. It needs to be fought, not appeased.

Some 20,000 active and former service members belong to an organization of gay soldiers. The issue is not whether gays serve in the military; they do. The issue is whether they get the respect and protection they deserve when they put their lives on the line to serve this country. Shame on us.

Someday, gays will be equal citizens in this country. The trend of history is clear. There will be a day when every American will be equal. Why not now?

A We need diversity I t’s not at all uncommon to watch a college basketball game and see that 90 to 100 percent of the players are black.

According to the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport report titled “The 2008 Racial and Gender Report Card,” the percentage of black male basketball players in Division I was an all-time high at 60.4 percent. It was 45.9 percent in football and 6.0 percent in baseball.

Diversity is worse in professional sports. In the National Basketball Association, almost 82 percent of the players are people of color, higher than last year’s 80 percent. This is the highest percentage of players of color since the 1994-1995 season. The percentage of black players increased to 77 percent from last year’s 76 percent mark. The percentage of Latinos remained constant at 3 percent. Football diversity is not much better. During the 2008 NFL season, the percentage of white players remained constant at 31 percent while the percentage of black players increased slightly from 66 to 67 percent. Casual observation shows that most sports lack sex diversity. Segregation by sex is the rule rather than the exception.

One can understand the absence of concern for diversity in professional sports; they are in it just for the money.

But one is left flummoxed by the lack of sports diversity in college sports. After all, you can’t listen to any college president or provost speak for more than five minutes before the word “diversity” drops from his lips. Colleges take diversity seriously and they spend tens of millions of dollars on it. Juilliard School has a director of diversity and inclusion; MIT has a manager of diversity recruitment; Toledo University, an associate dean for diversity; Harvard, Texas A&M, California at Berkeley, Virginia and many others boast of officers, deans, vice presidents and perhaps ministers of diversity. But, in what appears to be the height of deviousness and deceit, these diversity-driven administrators allow sports, the most visible part of the college, be the least diverse and least inclusive.

Let’s look at George Mason University, where I’ve taught in its distinguished Economics Department for 29 years. According to university race/ethnic statistics, its campus consists of: 7 percent blacks, 7 percent Hispanics, 12 percent Asians, 43

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percent white and miscellaneous others.

If there were true basketball diversity, we would see at least two white players, and one each Asian, Hispanic and black on the starting five. I don’t watch GMU basketball, and have no idea of whether our starting five looks like America, but I’d bet the rent money that our Office of Equity and Diversity has failed at producing basketball diversity.

You say, “Williams, the reason blacks dominate basketball and football is that they are better than whites.” Careful!

That’s an attitude that could win you a charge of racism. It differs little from suggesting that the reason why not many blacks are nuclear physicists is because they are not as good as whites. It should be remembered that diversity creed holds that we are all equal and would be proportionately represented by race across all activities but for the fact of discrimination and oppression.

Basketball, football and nuclear physics aren’t the only areas of our lives sorely lacking diversity and proportional representation. American men are struck by lightning six times as often as American women. Men are about 54 percent of the labor force but suffer more than 90 percent of job-related deaths. Cervical cancer rates are five times higher among Vietnamese women in the U.S. than among white women. Pima Indians of Arizona have the highest diabetes rates in the world. Prostate cancer is nearly twice as common among black men as white men. Half of all Mexican wives are married in their teens while only 10 percent of Japanese wives are married that early.

These and many other statistics about racial differences suggests that there will be full employment for people in the diversity business for decades to come.

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Board of Commissioners E-mail — glee@leecountync.gov (for all commissioners) ■ Chairman Richard Hayes (at-large): 774-7658 e-mail: rhayes241@windstream.net ■ Vice-Chairman Larry ‘Doc’ Oldham (at-large): 7766615; e-mail: oldham_larry@windstream.net ■ At-Large Commissioner Ed Paschal: 776-3257 ■ District 1 Commissioner Robert Reives: 774-4434 ■ District 2 Commissioner Amy Dalrymple: 2586695 ■ District 3 Commissioner Linda Shook: 775-5557 E-mail: lindashook@charter.net ■ District 4 Commissioner Jamie Kelly: 718-6513 E-mai L: jamesk@kellymarcom.com

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t first glance, bump-the-show sounds like a reasonable response to “BUMP,” the show — a new, faux reality Web-based docudrama featuring actors trying to decide whether to have an abortion.

Think Jerry Springer meets Oprah meets American Idol meets Dr. Oz meets ... America’s conscience. For the decision to abort or not to abort is up to you, dear audience. ...

The idea for the “show,” which launches Monday, was inspired, of all things, by Barack Obama’s commencement address at Notre Dame University last year. When the president said he wanted “to find ways to communicate about a workable solution to the problem of unintended pregnancies,” executive producer Dominic Iocco conceived “Bump.”

He and co-executive producer Christopher Riley want to see whether stories can succeed where four decades of rhetoric and politics have failed. They fashioned their experiment in a way that would be most appealing to the wired, reality-show generation.

Beginning Feb. 1, two episodes a week will appear on Mondays and Thursdays, both on the Web site (bumptheshow.com) and on YouTube, and spectators are invited to comment.

A pilot, which appeared on the eve of the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, already had drawn 147 comments by Friday, ranging from criticism of the acting and the doctor’s makeup, to heartfelt accounts of personal experiences with abortion.

Comments are being carefully monitored to ensure civility, Iocco told me in a telephone interview. The fear is that the conversation could devolve into the usual rants. He worries that once foot soldiers on each side of the debate get wind of “Bump,” they’ll mobilize their troops and try to firebomb the theater, as it were. A few of the most vitriolic posts already have been removed.

There are so many unappealing facets wrapped into this one package, it’s difficult to identify the core offense.

That’s not so much the fault of the producers — who get some credit for seeking creative ways to advance rational debate — as it is a function of the culture. Media critic Marshall McLuhan was surely right when he declared that the medium is the message and that our media eventually form us. Thus, we find ourselves sitting before computers, inputting opinions about whether fictional characters should terminate a developing human life.

Although the idea is to humanize the debate, none of the characters is especially sympathetic. Each of the three women ostensibly selected from a “pool” of 300 is pregnant under varying circumstances with which viewers are expected to relate. To be clear, no one is really pregnant. The actors are all young and white, despite the fact that blacks have abortions at five times the rate of whites. The doctor, however, is AfricanAmerican — a man who combines the reassuring manner of Marcus Welby with the ethereal wisdom of Bagger Vance.

Katie, who is married, is the most appealing by virtue of what seems to be a genuine moral conflict. “Once I make it, I can’t go back,” she says. Her dilemma is further complicated by the fact that her pregnancy is more recent than her husband’s departure for Iraq. ...

We’re not supposed to judge anyone, of course, but to feel their pain and offer thoughts. Regardless of one’s position on abortion, one thought is inescapable: The babies deserve better. Perhaps there will be an adoption sequel?

At this point, the stories are only partly sketched and will be fleshed out based on what Internet denizens proffer. In the end, self-selecting strangers will become as a thousand Caesars, offering a thumbs up or down on the unborn. That some might struggle with their decision on behalf of the voiceless is some consolation. Otherwise, even in the faux world of a not-quite reality show, presenting such a profoundly personal and literally life-altering conflict as interactive entertainment is disturbing and slightly creepy.

Perhaps, ultimately, this is the moral of the story. You can’t get there from here.

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by North Carolina native Tim Tyson — it’s about Tyson’s account of the 1970 murder of Henry Barrow and the movement that emerged when Barrow’s alleged murderers were acquitted — and focuses more on the interviews Tyson conducted for the term paper that preceded the book.

On a dark stage that includes little more than a barber’s chair, a church pew, a bar stool and a TV screen that helps the audience keep up with character changes, Wiley slides in and out of each role effortlessly.

One minute, he’s a 10-year-old Tyson ... the

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next, he’s Tyson’s father, the Rev. Vernon Tyson, the white minister who tried to “keep the peace” in the town of Oxford after the murder tore it apart. Wiley also takes on the roles of Barrow’s cousin, who witnessed the murder; Golden Frinks, the civil rights leader who led the marches to Raleigh; and both Robert and Larry Teel, the father and son accused of the murder.

His only help comes in the form of Mary D. Williams, a real-life friend of Tyson’s who almost steals the show with her powerful “freedom songs;” her a capella gospel left the crowd speechless on more than one occasion.

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Some may feel uncomfortable holding hands with other audience members and joining in a freedom song or chanting along with Wiley ... but he’s making a point.

White people who feel uneasy calling out “black power” will realize how Vernon Tyson felt when he did the same during those marches.

And others may be put off by the use of the “nword” and other cutting language not intended for innocent ears.

But without all of this, “Blood Done Sign My Name” wouldn’t feel as real. Tyson and Wiley met with these characters in real life, and these were their words.

The truth isn’t glossed over, as Wiley said in the post-production Q&A with the audience (which I recommend you stick around for). The lack of

a tightly wound happy ending, the uneasiness, the language, the hatred ... this was the truth.

Watching Wiley is akin to watching history unfold, and his performance is one of the best the Temple has seen in years.

And his goal of invoking thought from his audience is achieved.

COMMUNITY READING Lee County Library is planning a reception/ community reading for “Blood Done Sign My name” following the final matinee on Feb. 7. It will also have a table set up in the library with information about the show and extra copies of the novel.

For more information, call Jennifer at (919) 7184665, Ext. 5483.

ONE BY ONE Following this Sunday’s 2 p.m. matinee, the group One By One will host a reception at the theater. The group, whose goal is to “improve race relations ... within and outside of this community for the betterment of all” is also paying to send 50 local children to see the two matinees. For more information, call Susan at (919) 776-4576.

SPONSOR Wilson & Reives, Attorneys at Law, are the primary sponsor for the current Temple production. Several local book clubs have also contributed financially to the show.

ONLINE For more information on Mike Wiley, visit his Web site at www.mikewileyproductions.com. For more information on the film, visit IMDB.com and search “Blood Done Sign My Name.”

AROUND THE STATE Filing: Easley campaign fund running out

Man killed when truck collides with train

RALEIGH (AP) — Former Gov. Mike Easley’s campaign committee is out of money.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Saturday that the former two-term Democratic governor started 2009 with more than $427,000 in his campaign account. But records filed late Friday show Easley ended the year with less than $5,000 and has more than $114,000 in debt to law firms.

The campaign spent $170,000 in the last half the year, mostly on lawyers advising Easley as the State Board of Elections investigated his activities.

The board fined Easley’s campaign $100,000 in October for unreported flights taken without payment from a longtime supporter.

Easley also is the subject of a criminal probe examining testimony that campaign funds were used to pay for $11,000 in repairs to his personal residence.

FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — A man has died after his pickup truck collided with a Georgia-bound Amtrak train in North Carolina.

Multiple media outlets report that the train was traveling from New York to Savannah, Ga., when it hit a Toyota Tundra pickup truck in Fayetteville around 4 p.m. Friday.

North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers say the man was trying to drive around the crossing gate when he was struck. None of the 159 people on board the train were injured.

The man was thrown from his truck. His name has not been released.

Amtrak says the train was traveling at about 42 mph, well below the authorized train speed of 79 mph in that area.

Cary Scouts get an earful and a merit badge CARY (MCT) — Boy Scout Troop 152 of Cary went to Thursday’s Cary Town Council meeting for a badge and a small taste of what public business is about.

They ended up hearing an unintended lesson on some grown-up activities, after the town council spent 45 minutes talking about where and how “adult businesses” can set up shop in Cary.

Most of the prepubescent Scouts, all in full uniform, had blank stares on their faces as town officials updated the definition of a massage parlor and decided smut shops should still need special-use permits.

But the council, aware of the tender age of the audience, made sure to keep racy language out of the discussions.

The Scoutmasters? Probably a little wistful they hadn’t checked the agenda first.

A well-earned “Citizenship in Community” merit badge, to be sure.

Burr’s fundraiser with Rove brings in $425,000

RALEIGH (AP) — An organizer of a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Richard Burr says $425,000 was raised for the Republican’s re-election campaign at a North Carolina event where the featured guest was former Bush White House adviser Karl Rove.

Former U.S. ambassador to Denmark Jim Cain says about 275 people attended the fundraiser Thursday at a Raleigh restaurant.

Burr is seeking a second term in the Senate this November. At least three Democrats are actively running for the party’s nomination — Cal Cunningham, Kenneth Lewis and Elaine Marshall.

National Democrats jumped on the Rove appearance. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said Rove’s visit showed Burr was linked strongly to what it called the failed economic policies of former President George W. Bush.

Wrecks on icy roads close I-26, I-40 in mountains

— The News and Observer

OLD FORT (AP) — North Carolina troopers say snow and icy roads have caused a number of wrecks that have shut down Interstate 26 near Asheville and Interstate 40 near Black Mountain.

Troopers said Friday evening they expect the highways to remain closed until early Saturday morning.

Authorities say I-40 is closed at mile marker 72, about 30 miles east of Asheville, while I-26 is closed at mile marker 36, about 10 miles south of Asheville.

Troopers say people should avoid traveling Friday night if at al possible as a winter storm moves across the state. Snow and ice are expected in all but the southeast corner of North Carolina.

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Former account manager turns his talent to barbecue making

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Doug Pyron of Lewisville is a restaurateur now.

But for 15 years he cooked in barbecue competitions.

And if Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. hadn’t merged with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Pyron probably still would be living in Macon, Ga. He probably wouldn’t have started selling his own barbecue rub and sauces.

And he probably wouldn’t have opened Honky Tonk Pig, a takeout restaurant on Jonestown Road.

Pyron, 53, was an account manager for Pepsico in Macon until 2004, when the two tobacco companies merged. His wife, Melanie, worked for Brown & Williamson and was offered a transfer to work at Reynolds in Winston-Salem.

The couple moved here in early 2005. Doug Pyron was out of a job. But he had a heck of a hobby.

About 15 years earlier, he had entered his first barbecue competition in Vienna, Ga., and it wasn’t long before he became a serious competitor, spending a lot of his weekends away from home and competing against the top barbecuers in the country.

“If you’ve never done it, you go out there and you’re going to be humbled by what’s going on,” Pyron said. “It’s a lot tougher than people think it is. Everything has to be timed just right, and you have to cook for what the judges are looking for.”

He got the hang of it soon enough. He won first place in the Georgia

National Beef BBQ Championship in 2003. His sauce won first place in the Georgia State Championship in 2004. He won fourth place overall at the prestigious Memphis in May in 2003, and fifth in the sauce category there in 2004.

He initially sauced his entries the way many competitors do: by taking a store-bought sauce and doctoring it. Eventually, he developed his own sauces, a regular and a spicy, as well as two rubs, one for ribs and chicken and one for beef and pulled pork.

When the Pyrons first moved here and he was out of work, he decided to market his sauces and rubs. He started that business, which he co-owns with his wife, in 2005.

Still, Pyron dreamed of opening a restaurant.

When B&D Ribs closed, he started eyeing the space.

Then, his wife’s sister, Jenny Smith, who had also been transferred from Macon, got laid off from Reynolds.

“Doug knew it would take more than one person to run this,” said Smith, 46. “I had been eating Doug’s food since I was 14. I knew he could do it.”

So Smith and Pyron went into business together — and Honky Tonk Pig opened Aug. 5 last year. Pyron cooks the meats. Smith makes peach cobbler, banana pudding and other foods, and works the front counter. A couple of other employees fill orders and help out.

Honky Tonk does not serve North Carolina

barbecue. “It’s not North Carolina. It’s not Georgia.

Our style is really carved out from what we do in competitions,” Pyron

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GREENSBORO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The four college freshmen walked quietly into a Greensboro dime store on a breezy Monday afternoon, bought a few items, then sat down at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;whites onlyâ&#x20AC;? lunch counter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and sparked a wave of civil rights protest that changed America.

Violating a social custom as rigid as law, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr. and David Richmond sat near an older white woman on the silver-backed stools at the F.W. Woolworth. The black students had no need to talk; theirs was no spontaneous act. Their actions on Feb. 1, 1960, were meticulously planned, down to buying a few school supplies and toiletries and keeping their receipts as proof that the lunch counter was the only part of the store where racial segregation still ruled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best feeling of my life,â&#x20AC;? McCain said, was â&#x20AC;&#x153;sitting on that dumb stool.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt so relieved,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt so at peace and so self-accepted at that very moment. Nothing has ever happened to me since then that topped that good feeling of being clean and fully accepted and feeling proud of me.â&#x20AC;?

They werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid, even though they had no way of knowing how the sit-ins would end. What they did know was this:

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The lunch counter at the former F.W. Woolworth is shown at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro. Four college freshmen walked into a Greensboro dime store on Monday, Jan. 1 1960, bought a few items, then sat down at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;whites onlyâ&#x20AC;? lunch counter, and sparked a wave of civil rights protest that changed America.

They were tired, they were angry and they were ready to change the world.

The number of protesters mushroomed daily, reaching at least 1,000 by the fifth day. Within two months, sit-ins were occurring in 54 cities in nine states. Within six months, the Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter was desegregated.

The sit-in led to the formation in Raleigh of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which became the cutting edge of the student direct-action civil rights movement. The demonstrations between 1960 and 1965 helped pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greensboro was the pivot that turned the histo-

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McCain went on to become a research chemist and sales executive, while McNeil retired as a two-star major general from the Air

Force Reserves in 2001 and also worked as an investment banker. Richmond died in 1990.

The four freshmen at N.C. A&T State University were part of an NAACP youth group started by Ella Baker, known as the mother of SNCC. They spent much of the fall semester discussing how to make real the unfulfilled promise of the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

Other sit-ins had occurred â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in Durham, in 1957; in Oklahoma City and Wichita City, Kan., in 1958; and in several northeastern cities even before that. But they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t catch fire the way the one in Greensboro did.

The time was right, Chafe says: Six years had passed since the Brown decision that did away with the legal concept of â&#x20AC;&#x153;separate but equal,â&#x20AC;? but little had changed. Rosa Parks and the 1955 bus boycotts in Montgom-

ery, Ala., also had faded into memory. And the place was right as well: Greensboroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s white leaders believed theirs was a progressive city and they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stomach brutality.

And the four young men were right for the job too.

Raised to believe in their country and themselves, they were ready to die if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what it took to end segregation.

McCain says he had tried to follow the advice of his parents and grandparents: Believe in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution; get a good education; respect your elders and do good deeds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did all those things, but it was business as usual coming back from society in general,â&#x20AC;? McCain said in a phone interview.

He still had no dignity, no respect and few rights, all of which filled him with hate, â&#x20AC;&#x153;not for people but for a system that I thought had betrayed me.â&#x20AC;?

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On Monday, the 50th anniversary of that transformative day, the International Civil Rights Center and Museum will open on the site of the Greensboro Woolworth store. The dining room is still there, with two counters forming an L-shape. One counter is a replica because the fixture was divided into parts and sent to three museums, including the Smithsonian.

But the original stools and counter remain where the four sat and demanded service.

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NYC fire kills 5, being probed as possible arson

GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Dozens of people are paying their respects to a Gilbert police officer killed during a traffic stop at a makeshift memorial outside the strip mall where he was shot.

Lt. Eric Shuhandler, 42, was shot in the face Thursday night in a parking lot near the southeast Phoenix suburb of Gilbert after he pulled over a truck for having an obscured license plate and then discovered one of the occupants had an arrest warrant.

The mourners included people Shuhandler had mentored and those who wanted to thank the 16-year police force veteran for his service.

Flowers and balloons decorated the memorial.

Natalie Henning, who recently received a degree in criminal justice, said Shuhandler told her if she needed anything, to come see him.

Gilbert police spokesman Sgt. Mark Marino said Shuhandler was a model officer.

NEW YORK (AP) — A fire that tore through a Brooklyn building that housed mostly Guatemalan immigrants and killed at least five people on Saturday may have been intentionally set, a fire official said.

The early morning blaze is being investigated as a possible case of arson because it started behind the door of the first-floor entrance to the building, New York City Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano said.

Four people in the building were injured, including an infant and a child who were tossed out the window by a woman frantically trying to save them. The infant was in critical condition with a fractured skull after bystanders below failed to catch him, officials and witnesses said. The other child landed on an awning.

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Lightning strike grounds Fla.-bound plane in Ala.

Police: Former mother-in-law killed Utah teacher

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An airport official says a U.S. Airways flight was struck by lightning on its way to Florida, forcing the plane and its 73 passengers to divert to Alabama.

Montgomery Regional Airport spokeswoman Lynn Cox said Saturday that the flight was grounded after 9:30 p.m. Friday in Montgomery, where the passengers had been given overnight accommodations.

U.S. Airways spokeswoman Liz Landau said the flight was being operated by Republic Airlines and left from Charlotte. She said a majority of passengers accepted the airline’s offer to make the three-hour drive to Pensacola by limousine but a few opted to await another flight.

Cox and Landau said there were no injuries but did not know the extent of damage to the plane.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 70-year-old woman shot and killed her former daughterin-law in the parking lot of the preschool where the young teacher worked, Utah police said Saturday.

Mary Nance Hanson is accused of firing multiple shots into the car of Tetyana Nikitina, 34, as she prepared to leave Friday from the Salt Lake Community Action Program Head Start school.

Police said the suspect called 911 and was waiting at the scene when officers arrived. When asked why she had fired the shots, she told a 911 dispatcher, “I don’t know, and that’s all I’m going to say.”

Nikitina, a single mother of two, was behind the steering wheel when officers arrived. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Costs may have doomed NYC trial plan NEW YORK (AP) — A letter and a speech may have doomed plans to bring the Sept. 11 terror trial to New York.

The letter written by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Washington this month set a whopping $200 million-a-year price tag to secure the city during the trial — more than double the original estimate. The speech by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly detailed a planned lockdown of lower Manhattan certain to set new standards for gridlock.

The resulting political and public outcry has forced the Obama administration to consider looking for a friendlier home for the high-profile trial, even as the legitimacy of the New York Police Department’s security plan and its estimated cost goes unchallenged.

Kelly insists the plan is necessary — a reality that started to sink in after his remarks before business leaders.

“The investment that the department would have to make ... and the details of the plan itself, how it would’ve impacted the traffic in lower Manhattan,” he told reporters Friday. “That was the first time they heard it in one fell swoop, so to speak, and it raised their concerns.”

A congressional aide said Saturday that the Obama administration is proposing a $200 million fund to help pay for security costs in cities hosting the trials, to be included in the president’s budget being released Monday. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because the spending blueprint hasn’t been announced.

Since announcing late last year that New York would host the trial of admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged al-

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A hot dog vendor is set up on Lafayette Street across the street from the court houses on Foley Square, Friday in New York. 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.

Qaida cohorts, the Obama administration has stumbled into a political fire that had burned the previous administration.

Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, New York and federal officials have quarreled over how much of the city’s security costs should be borne by Washington. New York officials, led by Bloomberg, have complained for years that the government does not pay enough of those costs.

The Bush administration long argued they have to spread resources to protect the entire country.

The latest round of that long-running fight began when the Bloomberg administration circulated a Jan. 5 letter to reporters from the mayor to the Office of Management and Budget in Washington.

The letter put the cost

of stepped-up security at $216 million for the first year after Mohammed and the others arrive in Manhattan from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After that, the mayor said it would cost $200 million annually for as long as the men are detained in the city — mainly overtime for extra NYPD patrols.

The police department had given an initial estimate of $75 million a year but later warned it could be higher. Officials said a second, more careful analysis produced the totals cited by the mayor, who warned the trial would strain the resources of the nation’s largest police department.

“As 9/11 was an attack on the entire nation, we need the federal government to shoulder the significant costs we will

incur and ease this burden,” Bloomberg wrote.

The mayor left Kelly to explain the threat — and the extensive plans to thwart it.

“Given the unprecedented media attention the trial will attract, one concern is that terrorists may attempt to strike again in an effort to garner the publicity,” he said in the Jan. 13 speech to a police organization.

On Friday, Kelly told reporters that public backlash made it “unlikely” the case would go forward in New York City. Two Obama administration officials said the Justice Department is drawing up plans for alternate locations for the terror trials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the deliberations.

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Obama taking populist tone in jobs fight

U.S. announces $6.4 billion in arms sales to Taiwan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is shifting his administration’s emphasis to battling unemployment, the scourge that is hurting households nationwide and threatening to inflict heavy losses on Democrats in November’s elections.

In the process, he and his allies in Congress intend to force Republicans, through a series of upcoming votes, to choose between Wall Street’s high fliers and Main Street’s middle-class workers.

With Democrats struggling to deliver on big promises such as overhauling health care, they hope their increasingly populist tone —coupled with Republican resistance to Democrats’ budget-cutting proposals— will prevent wavering voters from drifting to the GOP. The White House has pushed a job-creation agenda for months. But it wasn’t supposed to reign as the top priority until Democrats achieved their much-touted health care revisions.

That trouble-plagued campaign still drags on, however, leaving Obama little choice but to make it clear that creating jobs is his chief concern.

The shift in focus is not necessarily a death knell for the health care push.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is planning to sell $6.4 billion in arms to Taiwan, a move that will infuriate China and test whether President Barack Obama’s efforts to improve trust with Beijing will carry the countries through a tense time.

The notification to Congress, posted Friday on a Pentagon Web site, includes Black Hawk helicopters, Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles, mine hunter ships and information technology. Congress has 30 days to comment before the plan goes forward; senior lawmakers traditionally have supported such sales.

Taiwan is the most sensitive matter in U.S.-China relations, with the potential to plunge into conflict two powers increasingly linked in security and economic issues. China claims the selfgoverning island as its own.

The United States is Taiwan’s most important ally and its largest arms supplier.

The United States, which told China of the sale only hours before the announcement, acknowledged that Beijing may retaliate by cutting off military talks with Washington, which happened after the Bush administration announced a multibillion-dollar arms sale to Taiwan in 2008.

Pentagon starts clock on lifting gay ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department starts the clock next week on what is expected to be a severalyear process in lifting its ban on gays from serving openly in the military.

A special investigation into how the ban can be repealed without hurting the morale or readiness of the troops was expected to be announced Tuesday by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

While the review is likely to take the better part of this year to complete, and even more time to implement, its initiation will advance President Barack Obama’s goal of repealing the ban and bring a divisive issue for the military back to the fore.

At the White House, officials continued reviewing options to repeal the Clintonera policy that the president vowed to repeal. The administration still believes that any repeal should start in Congress and have the backing of top military leaders.

Obama: Cutting deficit as important as job growth

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trimming budget deficits is as important as creating jobs to sustain the economic recovery, President Barack Obama said Saturday.

The government reported Friday the economy grew at an annual rate of 5.7 percent in the final three months of 2009. It was the second consecutive quarter of growth and the fastest rate in more than six years.

Hammered by Republicans for billions of dollars in spending that added to the deficit, Obama outlined steps he said would rein in spending. They include rules requiring that spending or tax cuts be offset by cuts to other programs or tax increases, a freeze on most discretionary spending and a presidentially appointed commission to recommend ways to reduce the deficit.

Obama said “pay-as-you-go” rules that were in place in the 1990s led to surpluses at the end of the decade. But after Congress eliminated the rules, Obama said the result was the $1.3 trillion deficit he faced upon taking office in January 2009.

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President Barack Obama visits EMC Precision Machining, a manufacturer of metal components, in Elyria, Ohio. The White House began making clear well before Christmas that Obama’s 2010 emphasis would be jobs, jobs, jobs.

House and Senate Democratic leaders are trying to persuade colleagues to pass the contentious package despite fierce GOP opposition and polls that show substantial public dislike.

For now, at least, the legislative leaders seem content for Obama to remain fairly quiet while they work behind closed doors. If they can move the health care package close to the finish line in the next few weeks, they may call on him to buttonhole enough lawmakers for a final push.

That gives Obama leeway to focus heavily on

trying to whittle down the nation’s 10 percent unemployment rate. In Wednesday’s State of the Union address, he declared, “Jobs must be our No. 1 focus in 2010.” On Friday he rolled out details of a $33 billion, one-year tax incentive plan to encourage more hiring.

Underscoring the administration’s concern, Obama’s top economic adviser said Saturday that while the U.S. economy is recovering, job losses remain painfully high.

“What we’re seeing in the United States, and perhaps in some other places, is a statisti-

cal recovery and a human recession,” Lawrence Summers, director of the White House National Economic Council, told a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

White House senior adviser David Axelrod said in an interview that the administration also hopes Congress will approve a new stimulus bill in the next couple of weeks. The other most immediate priorities, he said, are votes on a bailout fee on big banks and a financial reform package, including a new consumer finance agency.

Congressional Re-

publicans have opposed these and other proposals, saying Obama wants to slap stifling regulations on the nation’s still-struggling financial sector.

Some Democrats view the GOP stance as a policy and political miscalculation.

White House officials and Democratic lawmakers described a strategy to put Republicans on the spot by scheduling regular votes on jobs, financial regulation and other matters that fall in line with the Democrats’ populist message.

The strategy is meant to put Republicans in a box. They can vote with Democrats on items such as imposing a fee on big banks that received public bailout money.

Or they can oppose such measures and risk being painted as protectors of big banks and stock traders rather than workingclass Americans.

Many congressional Republicans, riding high after their stunning victory in the Jan. 19 Massachusetts Senate race, think the Democrats’ strategy won’t work. They appear almost united in their willingness to oppose Democrats on numerous measures that arguably might appeal to the public, calling them irresponsible, unworkable or overly intrusive.

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Music world preps for Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event

LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The music world is celebrating all over Los Angeles this weekend with tributes, rehearsals, parties and, of course, a gift suite or two in anticipation of the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night at Staples Center. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a look:

TIMELESS TRIBUTE Elton John, Norah Jones, James Taylor, Dave Matthews and more than a dozen other artists honored Neil Young as the MusiCares Person of the Year at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The singer-songwriter and more than 2,000 other guests were treated to new interpretations of 20 of his timeless songs, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harvest Moonâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cinnamon Girl,â&#x20AC;? during the nearly four-hour program.

Young was feted Friday night for his decades of philanthropic service, including work with Farm Aid and the Bridge School Concerts, which raise money to provide services for kids with severe speech and physical impairments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d forgotten how many songs Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d written,â&#x20AC;? the 64-year-old musician said.

Young watched the show with his wife, Pegi, by his side. At the end of

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Elton John performs at the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute honoring Neil Young on Friday in Los Angeles. the night, a humble Young took the stage and said he hoped the songs heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s writing today are as good as the ones performed Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a great night.

It wore me out,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to go back and try and write some songs.â&#x20AC;?

A SWIFT REHEARSAL Taylor Swift performed a rollicking version of her hit â&#x20AC;&#x153;You Belong With Meâ&#x20AC;? as she rehearsed for her big Grammy moment, but she may have provided the most excitement when she came off the stage.

Swift was among a parade of A-list artists rehearsing at Staples Center on Friday, in-

cluding Dave Matthews, Maxwell, Green Day, Black Eyed Peas, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks, Mary J. Blige, Andrea Bocelli, Drake, Eminem and Lil Wayne.

Several young fans were waiting anxiously as Swift gave a couple of quick television interviews. Afterward, she posed for pictures, and made one young man swoon when she shook his hand.

As for Swift, she said she planned a low-key night at her hotel after rehearsal, but with a treat â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In-N-Out Burgers.

NEVER GETS OLD Tina Campbell, one half of the Grammy winning gospel duo Mary Mary, says being nomi-

nated for musicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest honor never gets old. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think any artist would be telling an untruth to say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Been there, done that,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? she said Friday at the Grammy Styling Studio, where talent for the show can pick out gowns, suits and more for Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Receiving the awards and the accolades and the attention and people purchasing your CDs ... shows that people like it and enjoy it,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Grammy now means, yeah, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still doing good work.â&#x20AC;?

Campbell was at the suite for more than an hour but didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find that special outfit for Sunday.

She said her search will continue.

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Singer Etta James hospitalized with infection RIVERSIDE, California (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Etta Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; son says the 72-year-old R&B singer is hospitalized in Southern California with a serious infection but he expects her to be released soon.

James Donto James says his mother has been at Riverside Community Hospital for about a week and is recovering from sepsis caused by a urinary tract infection.

He says James, who lives in Woodcrest, entered a treatment program about a month ago to shake a dependency on painkillers and over-the-counter medicine. She was transferred to another facility and then the hospital when her physical condition worsened.

James, who sang everything from blues to jazz, is best known for the hit â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Last.â&#x20AC;?

Beyonce portrayed James â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and sang the 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cadillac Recordsâ&#x20AC;? and at an inaugural ball for President Barack Obama.

Bigelow, Cameron, Tarantino vie for director honor LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A month into Hollywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awards season and the competition is still wide open. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hurt Lockerâ&#x20AC;?

appears to be a front-runner, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;Avatar,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Precious,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Inglourious Basterdsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Up in the Airâ&#x20AC;? have won their share of awards, too.

The directors of these films â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron, Lee Daniels, Quentin Tarantino and Jason Reitman â&#x20AC;&#x201D; compete Saturday for the top prize from the Directors Cameron Guild of America, an award that almost always predicts the Oscar winner for best Tarantino director.

Bigelowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hurt Lockerâ&#x20AC;? has already won directing and best-picture honors from the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and at the Criticsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Choice Awards, where both competed against the same four DGA nominees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hurt Lockerâ&#x20AC;? was also the Producers Guildâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best picture winner.

Cameron, who is Bigelowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ex-husband, was chosen best director and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Avatarâ&#x20AC;? best picture at the Golden Globes. Danielsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Preciousâ&#x20AC;? has won half a dozen awards for supporting actress Moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Nique. Tarantinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basterdsâ&#x20AC;? won acting ensemble honors from Criticsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Choice and the Screen Actors Guild. Reitmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Up in the Airâ&#x20AC;? was the National Board of Reviewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pick for best picture.

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Roy Orbison gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star

LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Late rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll pioneer Roy Orbison has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Orbisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widow Barbara accepted the star in front of the Capitol Records building on his behalf on Friday.

Orbison died in 1988 at the age of 52, in the midst of a comeback with The Traveling Wilburys, a whimsical supergroup that included Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.

Lynne attended the ceremony, as did Eric Idle, Chris Isaak, Joe Walsh and Dwight Yoakam.

Orbison was famous for the wide range of his distinctive and emotional voice, especially in his songs about unrequited love like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Only the Lonely,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Crying,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;In Dreamsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, Pretty Woman.â&#x20AC;?

Actor Dan Aykroyd says Orbison was a great balladeer and a great rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roller who could be both gentle and vicious. ** Planet 51: PG (10:20), 12:20, 5:25 ** Planet 51: PG (10:20), 12:20, 5:25

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Doctor warns of deaths without airlifts

MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. military has halted flights carrying Haitian earthquake victims to the United States because of an apparent cost dispute, and a doctor warned that some injured patients faced imminent death if the flights don’t resume.

The evacuations were temporarily suspended Wednesday, said Capt.

Kevin Aandahl, spokesman for U.S. Transportation Command. The flights were halted a day after Florida Gov. Charlie Crist asked the federal government to help pay for care.

However, Dr. Barth Green, a doctor involved in the relief effort in Portau-Prince, warned that his patients needed to get to better hospitals.

“We have 100 critically ill patients who will die in the next day or two if we don’t Medevac them,” said Green, chairman of

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U.S. Navy and Air Force personnel get ready to airlift a girl with head injuries to an offshore medical facility in Port-au-Prince. the University of Miami’s Global Institute for Community Health and Development.

At a temporary field hospital at Haiti’s international airport, set up with donations to Green’s institute, two men had already died of tetanus.

Doctors said 5-year-old Betina Joseph faced a similar fate within 24 hours unless she is evacuated to a U.S. hospital where she can be put on

a respirator.

The girl — infected with tetanus through a two-inch cut on her thigh — weakly shooed a fly buzzing around her face as her mother caressed, apparently unaware that getting the girl out could mean life or death.

“If we can’t save her by getting her out right away, we won’t save her,” said Dr. David Pitcher, one of 34 surgeons staff-

ing the field hospital.

There were some states that would not accept patients who needed care in the U.S., and they could not be transported without a hospital to accept them, Aandahl said.

Aandahl declined to specify which states declined to accept patients, and he referred further questions to a Pentagon press office, where an after-hours answering service could not accept incoming messages Saturday.

Florida officials said Saturday that they were not aware of any hospital in Florida refusing to take in the patients. However, in a letter Tuesday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the Republican governor said “Florida’s health care system is quickly reaching saturation, especially in the area of high level trauma care.”

Anger as NATO airstrike kills 4 Afghan soldiers KABUL (AP) — A joint U.S.Afghan force called in an airstrike on what turned out to be an Afghan army post after taking fire from there before dawn Saturday, killing four Afghan soldiers and prompting an angry demand for punishment from the country’s defense ministry.

Both NATO and Afghan authorities described the clash around a snow-covered outpost in Wardak province southwest of Kabul as a case of mistaken identity.

NATO called the attack “unfortunate” and promised a full investigation.

Nevertheless, the deadly strike threatens to strain relations between NATO and the Afghan government at a time when both sides are calling for closer partnership in the fight against the Taliban. The fighting came on the heels of several cases of bloodshed between Afghans and Americans in recent weeks.

NATO and Afghan officials said an Afghan interpreter angry over “job issues” shot and killed two U.S. soldiers Friday before he was gunned down by an American service member in the same district as the airstrike. NATO officials said the two attacks appeared unrelated.

Saturday’s fighting erupted about 3 a.m. when a group of U.S. Special Forces and Afghan commandos approached a remote Afghan army outpost that was set up about 18 months ago to guard the main highway between Kabul and Kandahar.

NATO said the Afghan

soldiers believed the unit was the Taliban and started shooting.

The joint force returned fire and called in the airstrike, which killed the four Afghan soldiers, NATO and the Afghan Defense Ministry said.

Seven Afghan soldiers at the checkpoint were wounded, provincial spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said.

Police: Suicide bomber kills 2 at Iraqi restaurant BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt Saturday at a restaurant popular with Iraqi security forces in a city that was once a flash point for sectarian slaughter, killing at least two people, authorities said.

The attack came the same day an al-Qaida front group in Iraq claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing Tuesday at Baghdad’s main crime lab that killed 22 people.

The bombings appeared aimed at rattling and embarrassing the U.S.-backed Iraqi leadership before national elections in March.

In Saturday’s attack, a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a falafel restaurant near a famed Shiite shrine in the Sunni-dominated city of Samarra, 60 miles (95 kilometers) north of Baghdad, a police official said.

The bomber appeared to have targeted the restaurant because it is popular with police and members of Sunni Awakening Councils, also known as Sons of Iraq — ex-fighters who turned against al-Qaida and joined forces with the U.S.

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A van was more than enough.

Heck, an economy-sized SUV might’ve even done the trick.

When they hit the floor for pregame warmups, they didn’t even bother with a team drill, opting instead to have a quick shootaround before the opening tip.

And behind closed doors in practice, with a manager filling in here and an assistant coach stepping in there, they ran through their plays, focusing on execution rather than flow, considering crisp offensive technique versus run and gun.

Battling injuries and academic issues, the Central Carolina Cougars men’s basketball team went from a full roster of recruited players to a scant five guys in uniform on a few nights this month. In a win over Belmont Abbey’s JV team on Jan. 19, the Cougars played the final seconds with just four players on the hardwood after having one foul out.

But they won. And while their record may have dipped below .500 as they begin to recover a roster than will soon stand at a whopping eight players for the remainder of the season, the Cougars aren’t out of the running in the NJCAA Region X Conference just yet.

And that’s because, even with barely the bare minimum needed to play ball, the Cougars continue to do what they’ve always done — run.

“Teams see us come into the gym and think, ‘Oh, all we have to do is run them into the ground,’” says the Cougars third-year coach Doug Connor.

“But sometimes that backfires on them because we don’t get tired.”

Hey, when you can’t scrimmage in practice, you have to fill the extra time somehow.

And so if you don’t like conditioning drills, don’t play for Central Carolina. “Yeah, we’re doing more running,” Connor says of practice.

But don’t call the Department of Social Services just yet, though. The Cougars do get breaks.

During games.

“Having only five or six guys really forces you to coach a lot differently,” Connor says. “Like timeouts. I have to be careful with my timeouts. I need to use them as rest periods.”

Other than that, the rest stops can occasionally come on the floor — and with the clock running.

Consider the victory over Belmont Abbey. Ahead by four points midway through

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Grace Christian girls’ basketball coach Joel Murr (left) gives advice to leading scorer Haley Bryant during a recent game in Sanford. Murr earned his 100th NCCSA 3-A West Conference victory on Friday night with a 70-36 victory over cross-town rival Lee Christian.

Grace Christian’s Joel Murr earns 100th conference win

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SANFORD — After the Grace Christian girls’ basketball team defeated county rival Lee Christian 70-36 on Friday afternoon, Lady Crusaders’ Alexis McGilberry and Taylor Comte presented a special congratulatory card to head coach Joel Murr.

The handmade card read in green Crusader letters, “Congratulations on your 100th conference victory.” It was signed by every member of the Lady Crusaders and also had personal messages about what their experience under Murr has meant to each of them.

Murr smiled when Comte and McGilberry gave him the card and began

reading some of the messages. He was grateful and thankful that each of his players took the time to congratulate him for his feat.

“It’s things like this that make you appreciate coaching,” said Murr. “The fact that you can influence players not only on the basketball court but also in life is so special to me. This is incredible and I’m very appreciative of this.”

Friday’s victory gave Murr his 100th win in the NCCSA 3-A West Conference.

Since taking over the program in 2000, Murr has accumulated a 100-20 conference record.

“It was nice to get it,” said Murr. “I’m very appreciative of my players. I’ve

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THE NUMBERS Grace Christian girls' basketball coach Joel Murr career numbers: n Conference record: 100-20 in 10 seasons n Conference titles: 8 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010) n Undefeated conference seasons: 2 (2006, 2010) n Overall record at Grace: 230-101 n NCCSA 3-A State Championship victories: 1 (2001-2002) n NACA National Titles: 2 (2002, 2003)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Wright and Georgetown put on a show for the commander in chief.

With President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden seated in the front row, the No. 7 Hoyas literally stole the Obama game from No. 8 Duke, forcing five turnovers in a two-minute, first-half spurt on the way to an 8977 victory Saturday.

It couldn’t have been a much bigger day for Georgetown: the president attending his first Hoyas game, the first sellout of the season in the 20,000seat Verizon Center, a crowd mostly sporting “We Are Georgetown” T-shirts in a schoolsponsored “gray out,” the 200th win for coach John Thompson III, the launch of an initiative for Darfur schools, and, of course, a dominant program from the Atlantic Coast Conference in the building.

Wright seemed pumped for it all, scoring 21 points on 8-for-9 shooting and making two defensive plays that helped ignite an 18-3 run and gave the Hoyas the lead for good in the first half.

Greg Monroe also scored 21, and Austin Freeman added 20 points for Georgetown (16-4), which shot 77 percent in the first half and 72 percent for the

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n.c. central at n.c. state N.C. State basketball coach Sidney Lowe, shown in this file photo, coached the Wolfpack to their 14th win of the season after routing N.C. Central 77-42 on Saturday.

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Wolfpack cruise easily over Eagles RALEIGH (AP) — Tracy Smith scored 23 points and North Carolina State took a break from ACC play with a 77-42 victory over roadwearing North Carolina Central on Saturday.

The Wolfpack (14-8) improved to 84-11 in nonconference games at the RBC Center, which opened 11 seasons ago.

This one was a mismatch on paper, but N.C. State struggled against the Eagles (4-19), who took the lead

early and didn t surrender it until 6:37 remained in the first half.

But a 15-2 run to close the first half gave N.C. State a 27-20 lead and N.C. Central made just two of its first 19 second-half shots as the Wolfpack s lead grew quickly.

Smith s layup with 8:47 remaining gave him 23 points on 11 shots and put the Wolfpack in front 53-34.

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BY BRIANA GORMAN bgorman@heraldsun.com CHAPEL HILL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; When North Carolina beat N.C. State on Wednesday to end a three-game losing streak, the players were visibly relieved and happy.

But they also know the season is not over just yet.

The Tar Heels still have a lot of work ahead of them if they hope to finish near the top of the ACC and earn a NCAA Tournament spot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small step and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to start with the first step, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see how it goes,â&#x20AC;? senior Marcus Ginyard said.

The Tar Heels will get a chance to take the next step today when they host Virginia (7:45 p.m., FSN) at the Smith Center.

The Tar Heels have won six straight over the Cavaliers, but Virginia enters todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game as one of the

biggest surprises in the ACC so far.

The Cavs, under firstyear coach Tony Bennett, were picked in the preseason poll to finish second to last in the conference.

Midway through January, they stood atop the ACC standings as the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only undefeated team. But after victories over N.C. State, Georgia Tech and Miami, Virginia has now dropped two in a row to fall into a tie for third.

Virginia lost at Wake Forest, then fell in overtime to Virginia Tech on Thursday after giving up a 10-point lead with 3:44 to play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just have to build off of [the N.C. State win] and use it as momentum and continue to work in practice because we still spotted a lot of people a lot of ground and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a lot of ground to make up,â&#x20AC;? UNC senior Deon Thompson said.

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SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In a game of runs, it was the Lee Christian boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; basketball team that had the final say over its county rival Grace Christian.

The Falcons outscored the Crusaders 18-9 in the fourth quarter to win 62-55. It snaps a six-game losing skid for the Falcons, who have defeated the Crusaders three times this season.

Early in the game, the Falcons went on a small run and built an eight-point lead.

The Crusaders rebounded and took a 13-point edge in the third quarter. The Falconsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; big fourth quarter lifted them to their third win in the NCCSA 3-A West Conference.

Dalton Thornton led the Falcons (7-9, 3-7) with 17 points.

AP photo Robert Sandidge had 15 and North Carolina guard Larry Drew II, left, drives the ball Jon Lineberry had 13. past N.C. State guard Javier Gonzalez during the second The Crusaders (5-19, 3-9) half of a recent basketball game in Raleigh. North Caro- were carried by Elijah Buieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lina won 77-63. game-high 24 points. David Fox added 12 and Xavier McDougald, who battled foul trouble for much of the game, finished with 11.

The Crusaders wrapped up conference play with the loss and will step out of conference 4-of-7 threes, while Keaton on a 14-2 run to take a 40-23 for the remainder of the seaBelcher added 13 (3-of-5 advantage at intermission. son. They will travel to Cary threes) and Kerron Johnson Campbell went the final Academy on Monday.

12. Belmont shot 57 per3:30 without a field goal, The Falcons still have two cent from the floor in the while the Bruins hit a trio conference games remaining opening half, 47.6 percent of threes, plus Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on their schedule. for the game, made 11-ofold-fashioned 3-point play Lee Christian will travel to 25 from 3-point range (.444) in the last 3:09.

Winston-Salem to play Salem and made 24-of-27 (.889) Belmont finished with Baptist on Tuesday. The from the foul line. a 25-10 advantage in points Falcons will also battle Gospel Light on Thursday night in SanAmir Celestin came off off turnovers. Campbell ford. Tip-off for both games is the bench to lead Campbell committed 17 miscues, scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

(12-8, 7-4) with 12 points. while Belmont had 21 Kyle Vejraska added 9 and turnovers, but held a 37-29 Preston Dodson 8 for the advantage on the glass.

Camels, who lost consecuCampbell finished the tive Atlantic Sun games for game shooting just 31 perPresidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day the first time this year. cent from the floor (16-51), Belmont hit 7-of-14 0-of-11 from 3-point range, Freedom run threes in the opening and 18-of-29 (.621) from the scheduled period and closed the half free throw line.

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Colts canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain Manningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind INDIANAPOLIS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Peyton Manning can play mind games all day.

In the battle of brains that gets played out on a football field, the Indianapolis Coltsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; quarterback usually comes out on top.

His relentless thirst for knowledge, his passion to know opponents better Manning than they know themselves and his uncanny ability to recall crucial details in split seconds have many NFL observers wondering how, exactly, does Manningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind work? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite confusing,â&#x20AC;?

Colts receiver Reggie Wayne jokingly said this week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that whenever his mind starts to go, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to get as far away from him as I possibly can.

Just tell me the end result, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all I need to know.â&#x20AC;?

If only it were that easy for the four-time league MVP. Though Manning has been labeled everything from the smartest quarterback in league history to the most creative, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to his second Super Bowl in Miami for one reason: Nothing is left to chance.

His normal work week consists of spending countless hours breaking down film at home or in the team complex, taking notes about anything that could give him an edge.

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New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush (25) evades a tackle by Minnesota Vikings safety Jamarca Sanford (33) and Madieu Williams during the second quarter of the recent NFC Championship game in New Orleans.

Saints euphoria sweeps New Orleans past Katrina NEW ORLEANS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; On his feet, his insides roiling like a butter churn, Percy â&#x20AC;&#x153;PJâ&#x20AC;? Williams Jr. pulled his leather Saints helmet over his face and closed his eyes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look! Look! Watch this game, baby!â&#x20AC;? his wife gushed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it!â&#x20AC;? PJ blurted, hiding his face. Over and over again he cried: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Please, Lord, let this guy make this field goal ... Please, Lord, let this guy ... Please, Lord ...â&#x20AC;?

The scene: Jan. 24, Section 302 of the Superdome, row 14, seats 15 and 16.

Two die-hard Saints fans.

The play: Overtime, and Garrett Hartley readies for a 40-yard field goal to send the Saints on their first trip to the Super Bowl.

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Then, the roar.

Everywhere around the city of New Orleans, people

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Nuns danced. Grannies, toddlers, waiters, yogis and jazzmen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all of them donned black and gold.

Friends embraced. Shoot, even strangers embraced.

Behind PJ, a man and woman wept together.

For a moment, PJ himself was speechless. All he could do was listen to the roar.

It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the roar of the hurricane he remembered so well, tearing the roof off the Dome. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the roar of his neighbors, the people he helped with an M16 rifle slung on his back â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the barefoot children crying, elderly slumped in wheelchairs moaning, families sweating in the stadiumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dark, waiting for relief.

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At the end of season 43, the football gods had finally smiled on his hapless Saints.

MIAMI (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The NFL Pro Bowlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experimental one-year move to Miami has resulted in better ticket sales, more media coverage and some grousing by players. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like Hawaii a lot better,â&#x20AC;? Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison said. He and the other NFL all-stars wanted to end the season in Miami â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but not this week.

With a new venue and new slot on the league calendar, the Pro Bowl will be played on Sunday as a preliminary to next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Super Bowl on the same field.

It definitely feels like a warmup act. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bittersweet taste,â&#x20AC;? said quarterback Tony Romo, a late addition to the NFC roster after his Dallas Cowboys came up two wins shy of a Super Bowl berth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always hoping to play in the big game.â&#x20AC;?

The NFL is trying to transform the Pro Bowl into a bigger game by playing it before the Super Bowl for the first time. The league also moved the game from Honolulu, its home since 1980.

One result: The best attendance in 51 years, with a sellout crowd of more than 70,000 expected. But some players said they preferred the more exotic setting of Honolulu for the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hawaii is considered kind of a vacation,â&#x20AC;? San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A

lot of these guys are from Florida, and a lot of people come to Florida on a regular basis.â&#x20AC;?

Defections by players were numerous, as usual.

More than a dozen pulled out citing injuries. Minnesota Vikings tackle Bryant McKinnie was dismissed from the NFC team for unexcused absences after missing two days of practice.

Nearly 40 percent of those originally selected wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play. That includes seven Indianapolis Colts and seven New Orleans Saints missing because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re preparing for the Super Bowl, a drawback to playing the Pro Bowl first. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You take 14 guys from the Super Bowl teams that are not here,â&#x20AC;? Gates said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Does it mean itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a true all-star game now?â&#x20AC;?

Frank Supovitz, the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior vice president for events, noted that the high defection rate was nothing new. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not what the league sought to fix by changing the date and site of the game, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The changes were meant to look at two things: Whether we could create more excitement with the Pro Bowl being the first event of Super Bowl week, and whether it would have an impact on TV ratings,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Ticket sales show the excitement level is up, Supovitz said. And heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s optimistic about the U.S. television audience for the game.

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Serena beats Henin to win second straight Australian Open final MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams won her second straight Australian Open championship, ending Justine Henin’s hopes of a Grand Slam title in her return from retirement with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory Saturday.

Williams withstood a determined challenge from Henin before securing her fifth Australian Open title overall. It was Williams’ 12th Grand Slam singles championship.

Henin, who had most of the crowd support at Rod Laver Arena, couldn’t match her fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters’ feat of winning in her Grand Slam comeback tournament.

Clijsters won last year’s U.S. Open in her return

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the second half, and with their five players in various stages of foul trouble, the Cougars went to a weave offense. Running the ball through a series of handoffs and short passes, Central Carolina wound the shot clock down to 10 seconds on each possession before engaging their halfcourt offense.

On defense, rather than play their typical man-toman, the Cougars switched to a packed-in zone, relying on rebounding fundamentals and straight-up defense to try to get the ball back and bleed the clock.

It worked. The Cougars won, 72-64, with four on the floor and one on the bench.

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Serena Williams, right, greets Justine Henin at the net after winning the Women’s singles final match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne on Saturday. from a two-year retirematch point. ment after getting married “It’s good to have her and having a daughter. back, it’s exciting,” WilWilliams won the last liams said of Henin. four games to clinch the “She can definitely be championship in just over No. 1, especially with our two hours, falling on her ranking system, if she back in celebration after keeps doing well.”

“Sometimes you have to make the game shorter,” Connor says, “and you have to be smart. Once we got about a 4-point lead, we knew we needed to value every possession and use as much of it as we could.”

Then again, that philosophy pretty much goes against everything Cougar basketball is typically about. They are more of the “Seven Seconds or Less” mentality — inbound the ball and go, getting a shot up within the first seven seconds of the shot clock.

And now that they are back to seven players — an eighth will join the team next week after getting clearance for an injury hardship — the Cougars are running again. They fell to Sandhills Community College 112-97 on Wednesday night.

While the loss was still

enough to keep Connor up late at night (”We played good, just not good enough to win,” he says.), it bodes well for the rest of the season, which still has a month left before the league tournament.

With eight in uniform, some would call them shorthanded.

The Cougars, though, will think of themselves as deep.

“One thing with five, six, seven or eight guys — there’s never any whining on the bench,” Connor says. “Everybody’s going to get enough minutes.”

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been a part of some special teams during my time here and these girls are right up there. They knew that it would be special to be a part of the team that helped me get my 100th win. I’m proud of every girl on my team.”

More importantly for Murr, the win sealed an unbeaten season in conference, which will give the Lady Crusaders the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye in the upcoming state tournament at Gospel Light Christian School in Walkertown.

The Crusaders (20-6, 120) won the conference for the second straight season, marking the eighth time they’ve done so under Murr.

It was also the first time since the 2005-06 season that the Lady Crusaders have gone undefeated in conference play.

Despite the milestone victory and an unbeaten year in conference, Murr says his team still hasn’t done what it’s hoping to accomplish just yet.

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game.

Nolan Smith scored 19 points, Kyle Singler had 18 before fouling out with 2:10 to play, and Jon Scheyer added 17 for the Blue Devils (17-4), who shot 37 percent.

Duke committed 15 turnovers — one fewer than Georgetown — but they came in bunches in rare series of breakdowns from coach Mike Krzyzewski’s team.

The key first-half sequence began when Wright

“We can’t afford to stop now,” said Murr, who has an overall record of 229-101 at Grace Christian. “We’ve done very well in the regular season the last few years, but we’ve also lost six times in the state tournament.

Our main goal during the season was to go undefeated in the conference and we accomplished that.

Now, our goal is to do well in the state tournament and win it.”

Murr has just one NCCSA 3-A State Championship victory, which came in 2002, but has reached the championship final seven times in the last 10 years.

He’s also led Grace Christian to back-to-back NACA national championships in 2002-03 and 03-04.

Murr remains confident that this year’s team can bring him his second state title and his third national title.

“It’s hard not to be confident after finishing the conference season unbeaten,” said Murr. “We’ve got to continue playing with this same confidence in the upcoming tournament. Our season isn’t over yet.”

In Friday’s win, the Lady Crusaders were led by four

players in double digits with McGilberry leading the way with 18 points. Haley Bryant added 16 points and seven assists. Comte and Anna Murr had 13 apiece.

Having four players in double figures, according to Murr, shows just how deep and talented the Lady Crusaders are.

“The most special thing about this group is that anyone can lead us on any given night,” said Murr.

“When you have that in a team, you know you’ve got something special.”

The Lady Crusaders will close out their season with three non-conference games. On Monday, they are scheduled to play at Cary Academy. They will close out the week at Caldwell Academy on Thursday and a home game with Cape Fear Christian on Friday.

“I still think the other side of the state is a little stronger than our side,” said Murr. “We need to get prepared as much as we can for the state tournament by stepping out of conference and playing some tough non-conference opponents.

I think it’ll help us in the long run.”

blocked Smith from behind on an outside jump shot, then seconds later stole the ball from Smith under the basket. Then came turnovers by Miles Plumlee, Smith and two by Scheyer, including a charging call.

Jerrelle Benimon and Hollis Thompson each got a steal during the run, a needed boost from the thin Georgetown bench.

By the time it was over, Duke had gone nearly four minutes without a field goal, and Georgetown led 34-20.

Georgetown went 17 for 22 from the field in the first half and led 46-33 at the

break.

The Blue Devils tried in vain to make a game of it in the second half. A pair of 3-pointers in the first couple minutes cut the lead to seven, but two more turnovers led to a 6-0 run and restored Georgetown’s 13-point lead.

The Blue Devils cut the deficit to seven once more at 52-45, but Monroe stopped that momentum with a spin move in the paint and a big pump of the arm to celebrate. There were plenty of free throws from there in a game that had nearly as many fouls (52) as rebounds (54).

Scoreboard

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NBA Standings

d-Cleveland d-Atlanta d-Boston Orlando Toronto Miami Charlotte Chicago Milwaukee New York Indiana Detroit Washington Philadelphia New Jersey

W 37 30 29 30 25 24 23 23 19 18 16 15 15 15 4

d-L.A. Lakers d-Denver d-Dallas Utah San Antonio Phoenix Portland Memphis Houston New Orleans Oklahoma City L.A. Clippers Sacramento Golden State Minnesota

W 36 31 30 28 27 27 27 25 25 25 25 20 16 13 10

EASTERN CONFERENCE L Pct GB L10 11 .771 — 9-1 15 .667 5½ 7-3 15 .659 6 4-6 16 .652 6 6-4 22 .532 11½ 6-4 22 .522 12 6-4 22 .511 12½ 7-3 22 .511 12½ 8-2 25 .432 16 4-6 27 .400 17½ 3-7 31 .340 20½ 4-6 30 .333 20½ 4-6 30 .333 20½ 3-7 31 .326 21 4-6 41 .089 31½ 1-9 WESTERN CONFERENCE L Pct GB L10 11 .766 — 7-3 15 .674 4½ 8-2 16 .652 5½ 5-5 18 .609 7½ 9-1 18 .600 8 5-5 21 .563 9½ 3-7 21 .563 9½ 4-6 20 .556 10 7-3 21 .543 10½ 5-5 21 .543 10½ 6-4 21 .543 10½ 5-5 26 .435 15½ 3-7 29 .356 19 2-8 32 .289 22 2-8 38 .208 26½ 2-8

Friday’s Games Cleveland 94, Indiana 73 L.A. Lakers 99, Philadelphia 91 Atlanta 100, Boston 91 Minnesota 111, L.A. Clippers 97 Chicago 108, New Orleans 106, OT Oklahoma City 101, Denver 84 Miami 92, Detroit 65 Washington 81, New Jersey 79 Houston 104, Portland 100 San Antonio 104, Memphis 97 Utah 101, Sacramento 94 Charlotte 121, Golden State 110 Saturday’s Games 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.

Sports Review Str W-7 W-1 L-2 W-1 W-4 W-1 W-2 W-5 W-1 L-1 L-2 L-4 W-1 L-3 L-1

Home 18-3 19-5 13-7 17-4 16-6 13-11 18-5 14-7 14-7 11-14 10-13 11-13 8-15 7-16 3-18

Away 19-8 11-10 16-8 13-12 9-16 11-11 5-17 9-15 5-18 7-13 6-18 4-17 7-15 8-15 1-23

Conf 20-6 17-10 19-10 20-9 17-15 15-10 15-16 13-12 11-12 12-17 12-17 11-15 11-16 8-17 3-22

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

Home 23-3 21-3 14-7 19-6 19-9 18-6 16-9 17-5 14-8 16-5 13-10 14-9 13-9 9-13 7-17

Away 13-8 10-12 16-9 9-12 8-9 9-15 11-12 8-15 11-13 9-16 12-11 6-17 3-20 4-19 3-21

Conf 20-8 18-9 16-11 14-13 14-13 15-11 17-10 16-15 19-13 18-10 10-15 10-19 10-17 7-19 5-26

Sunday’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.

Monday’s Games Boston at Washington, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m.

Dallas at Utah, 9 p.m.

Charlotte at Portland, 10

Sports on TV Sunday, January 31

ESPN2 — PBA, Dick Weber Open, at Fountain Valley, Calif.

EXTREME SPORTS Noon ESPN — Winter X Games, at Aspen, Colo.

7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Winter X Games, at Aspen, Colo.

1:30 a.m.

ESPN2 — Winter X Games, at Aspen, Colo. (delayed tape) GOLF 7:30 a.m.

TGC — Nationwide Tour, New Zealand PGA Championship, final round, at Christchurch, New Zealand (same-day tape) 9:30 a.m.

TGC — European PGA Tour, Qatar Masters, final round, at Doha, Qatar (same-day tape) 1 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, final round, at La Jolla, Calif.

3 p.m.

CBS — PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, final round, at La Jolla, Calif.

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1 p.m.

CBS — Regional coverage, Florida at Tennessee or Minnesota at Ohio St. 3:30 p.m.

FSN — California at Arizona 5:30 p.m.

FSN — Maryland at Clemson 7:30 p.m.

FSN — Virginia at North Carolina NBA BASKETBALL 1 p.m.

ABC — Denver at San Antonio 3:30 p.m.

ABC — L.A. Lakers at Boston NFL FOOTBALL 7:20 p.m.

ESPN — Pro Bowl, at Miami NHL HOCKEY 12:30 p.m.

NBC — Detroit at Pittsburgh

BASKETBALL NCAA Boxscores Saturday Rhode Island 72, George Washington 66 GEORGE WASHINGTON (12-8) Ware 0-2 0-0 0, Hollis 3-12 0-0 6, Katuka 2-2 1-2 5, Taylor 7-14 6-7 22, Kromah 6-9 0-0 13, Smith 5-7 0-0 10, King 0-1 0-0 0, Bynes 1-7 0-0 2, Pellom 0-0 0-0 0, Edwards 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Opoku 4-4 0-0 8. Totals 28-58 7-9 66.

RHODE ISLAND (17-3) Ulmer 4-10 2-2 10, James 3-9 0-0 8, Martell 3-4 0-0 6, Jones 2-4 1-2 6, Cothran 4-12 4-9 14, Mejia 1-2 2-4 5, Eaves 2-3 0-0 4, Richmond 3-6 2-2 11, Outerbridge 2-5 2-2 6, Brooks 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 25-57 13-21 72.

Halftime_Rhode Island 37-26. 3-Point Goals_ George Washington 3-6 (Taylor 2-2, Kromah 1-2, King 0-1, Hollis 0-1), Rhode Island 9-21 (Richmond 3-4, Cothran 2-6, James 2-6, Mejia 1-1, Jones 1-3, Eaves 0-1). Fouled Out_None.

Rebounds_George Washington 35 (Hollis 5), Rhode Island 32 (James 9). Assists_George Washington 7 (Bynes, Hollis, Kromah 2), Rhode Island 15 (Mejia 6). Total Fouls_George Washington 21, Rhode Island 15. A_7,280.

Georgetown 89, Duke 77 DUKE (17-4) Smith 6-16 5-8 19, Singler 4-14 7-7 18, Mi.Plumlee 2-5 2-2 6, Scheyer 5-13 4-4 17, Thomas 3-6 2-3 8, Ma.Plumlee 2-3 0-0 4, Dawkins 1-4 2-2 5, Kelly 0-1 0-0 0, Zoubek 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-62 22-26 77.

GEORGETOWN (16-4) Wright 8-9 4-5 21, Monroe 7-11 7-10 21, Freeman 8-11 2-2 20, Clark 4-5 0-0 9, Vaughn 4-4 0-2 8, Thompson 2-3 0-0 6, Sanford 0-0 0-0 0, Benimon 0-3 4-4 4. Totals 33-46 17-23 89.

Halftime_Georgetown 46-33. 3-Point Goals_Duke 9-29 (Scheyer 3-8, Singler 3-9, Smith 2-7, Dawkins 1-4, Kelly 0-1), Georgetown 6-13 (Thompson 2-3, Freeman 2-3, Wright 1-2, Clark 1-2, Benimon 0-1, Monroe 0-2). Fouled Out_Singler. Rebounds_Duke 32 (Singler 6), Georgetown 22 (Monroe 5). Assists_Duke 11 (Scheyer 5), Georgetown 20 (Freeman, Monroe 5). Total Fouls_Duke 29, Georgetown 23.

A_20,039.

N.C. State 77, N.C. Central 42 N.C. CENTRAL (4-19) Glasker 1-6 2-2 4, Wilkerson 5-14 3-5 16, Sims 0-3 0-0 0, Chasten 4-12 0-0 9, Manns 1-6 6-6 8, Worthy 1-2 0-0 2, Sherrod II 0-0 0-0 0, Nicely 1-2 0-0 2, Taylor 0-0 1-2 1, Sapara 0-2 0-0 0, Davis 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 13-49 12-15 42.

N.C. STATE (14-8) Degand 1-1 0-2 3, Wood 1-3 0-0 3, T.Smith 9-11 5-10 23, Mays 0-1 2-2 2, Horner 5-10 3-3 13, Howell 3-5 2-2 8, Kufuor 1-1 0-0 2, Painter 2-2 0-0 4, Gonzalez 0-1 0-0 0, Vandenberg 1-2 0-1 2, Williams 1-3 2-2 4, Davis 2-4 4-4 8, K.Smith 0-0 2-4 2, Thomas 1-1 1-1 3. Totals 27-45 21-31 77.

Halftime_N.C. State 27-20. 3-Point Goals_ N.C. Central 4-14 (Wilkerson 3-4, Chasten 1-4, Worthy 0-1, Glasker 0-1, Sims 0-2, Davis 0-2),

Pack

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Smith was 5-for-5 from the floor in the second half and 9-for-11 overall.

A winter storm helped limit attendance in the 19,700-seat building to less

N.C. State 2-7 (Degand 1-1, Wood 1-2, Mays 0-1, Williams 0-1, Horner 0-1, Gonzalez 0-1).

Fouled Out_Manns. Rebounds_N.C. Central 24 (Chasten 6), N.C. State 36 (Horner, Howell 6). Assists_N.C. Central 4 (Chasten, Glasker, Sims, Taylor 1), N.C. State 22 (Degand, Howell 4). Total Fouls_N.C. Central 24, N.C. State 16.

A_2,217.

Top 25 Fared The Associated Press 1. Kentucky (19-1) vs. No. 21 Vanderbilt.

Next: vs. No. 18 Mississippi, Tuesday.

2. Kansas (19-1) at No. 11 Kansas State.

Next: at Colorado, Wednesday.

3. Villanova (19-1) did not play. Next: vs.

Seton Hall, Tuesday.

4. Syracuse (20-1) at DePaul. Next: vs.

Providence, Tuesday.

5. Michigan State (18-3) vs. Northwestern.

Next: at No. 16 Wisconsin, Tuesday.

6. Texas (18-2) vs. No. 24 Baylor. Next: at Oklahoma State, Monday.

7. Georgetown (16-4) beat No. 8 Duke 8977. Next: vs. South Florida, Wednesday.

8. Duke (17-4) lost to No. 7 Georgetown 8977. Next: vs. No. 22 Georgia Tech, Thursday.

9. West Virginia (17-3) beat Louisville 77-74.

Next: vs. No. 17 Pittsburgh, Wednesday.

10. Purdue (17-3) did not play. Next: vs. Penn State, Sunday.

11. Kansas State (17-3) vs. No. 2 Kansas.

Next: at Nebraska, Tuesday.

12. BYU (20-2) vs. Utah. Next: vs. TCU, Tuesday.

13. Gonzaga (17-3) at San Francisco. Next: vs. Portland, Thursday.

14. Tennessee (15-4) did not play. Next: vs.

Florida, Sunday.

15. Temple (18-4) beat La Salle 64-52. Next: vs. Duquesne, Wednesday.

16. Wisconsin (16-5) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 5 Michigan State, Tuesday.

17. Pittsburgh (16-4) did not play. Next: at South Florida, Sunday.

18. Mississippi (16-4) did not play. Next: at Arkansas, Sunday.

19. Connecticut (13-8) lost to Marquette 70-68. Next: at Louisville, Monday.

20. Ohio State (15-6) did not play. Next: vs.

Minnesota, Sunday.

21. Vanderbilt (16-3) at No. 1 Kentucky. Next: vs. Mississippi State, Wednesday.

22. Georgia Tech (16-5) beat Kentucky State 98-50. Next: at No. 8 Duke, Thursday.

23. New Mexico (19-3) at TCU. Next: vs. San Diego State, Saturday.

24. Baylor (15-4) at No. 6 Texas. Next: vs.

Iowa State, Wednesday.

25. UAB (18-2) vs. UTEP. Next: at Memphis, Wednesday.

2-6 8-10 12, Henderson 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 4181 29-39 121.

GOLDEN STATE (110) Maggette 9-16 7-9 25, Tolliver 5-7 2-4 13, Biedrins 2-3 0-0 4, Curry 8-15 4-4 22, Ellis 10-23 2-4 22, George 1-3 2-4 4, Turiaf 3-3 0-4 6, Radmanovic 3-6 0-0 6, Watson 2-5 0-0 4, Martin 2-4 0-0 4, Hunter 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 45-85 17-29 110.

Charlotte Golden State

24 28

41 31

27 29—121 21 30—110

3-Point Goals_Charlotte 10-18 (Augustin 3-5, Jackson 3-6, Diaw 2-4, Wallace 1-1, Felton 1-1, Graham 0-1), Golden State 3-19 (Curry 2-4, Tolliver 1-3, Watson 0-1, Radmanovic 0-2, George 0-2, Martin 0-2, Ellis 0-5). Fouled Out_None.

Rebounds_Charlotte 61 (Wallace 13), Golden State 41 (Biedrins 7). Assists_Charlotte 25 (Augustin, Felton 6), Golden State 27 (Curry 9). Total Fouls_Charlotte 20, Golden State 24.

Technicals_Ellis, Golden State defensive three second. A_17,850 (19,596).

TENNIS Australian Open Road

Late friday Bobcats 121, Warriors 110 CHARLOTTE (121) Wallace 8-16 13-16 30, Diaw 5-12 0-0 12, Mohammed 2-5 2-4 6, Felton 6-10 1-2 14, Jackson 12-22 3-4 30, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Graham 1-2 0-0 2, Augustin 5-7 1-1 14, Murray

By The Associated Press Men Roger Federer (1) First Round — def. Igor Andreev, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-0.

Second Round — def. Victor Hanescu, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.

Third Round — def. Albert Montanes (31), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Fourth Round — def. Lleyton Hewitt (22), 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.

Quarterfinals — def. Nikolay Davydenko (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5.

Semifinals — def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10), 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.

Championship — vs. Andy Murray (5).

Andy Murray (5) First Round — def. Kevin Anderson, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2.

Second Round — def. Marc Gicquel, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.

Third Round — def. Florent Serra, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4.

Fourth Round — def. John Isner (33), 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2.

Quarterfinals — def. Rafael Nadal (2), 6-3, 7-6 (2), 3-0, retired.

Semifinals — def. Marin Cilic (14), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

Championship — vs. Roger Federer (1).

Women Serena Williams (1) First Round — def. Urszula Radwanska, 6-2, 6-1.

Second Round — def. Petra Kvitova, 6-2, 6-1.

Third Round — def. Carla Suarez Navarro (32), 6-0, 6-3.

Fourth Round — def. Sam Stosur (13), 6-4, 6-2.

Quarterfinals — def. Victoria Azarenka (7), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2.

Semifinals — def. Li Na (16), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1).

Championship — def. Justine Henin, 6-4,

than 20 percent of capacity.

C.J. Wilkerson led the Eagles with 16 points.

N.C. Central lost for the fourth time this season by 30 or more points. Each of those defeats came against an ACC foe. The Eagles have yet to beat a Division I team this season.

The Eagles, who are now

0-17 on the road this season, have one more season without a conference schedule before joining the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference next season.

Dennis Horner added 13 points for N.C. State, which returns to Atlantic Coast Conference play on Wednesday at Virginia.

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6B / Sunday, January 31, 2010 / The Sanford Herald DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

Diner resents getting the rush when server buses the table DEAR ABBY: When my partner and I eat at a restaurant, the server often clears my partner’s plate before I am finished. I am not a slow eater, but I generally finish after she does.

When the server removes her plate, I’m left feeling like I have to rush to finish my meal and that our “shared dinner time” is over.

Am I wrong to feel that it’s rude to take away the dishes before everyone at the table is done? As a hostess at home, I wait until the entire table is finished eating before I clear. On the other hand, just about every place where we eat out does this, so maybe I should get used to it. What do you think?

— SUE IN GLOUCESTER, MASS.

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: Show your true feelings and you will be respected for your thoughts, ideas and plans for the future. What you are willing to give will determine your future. Live life openly, being true to yourself. You have to be happy with who you are if you want to be successful.

Your numbers are 3, 11, 17, 20, 23, 37, 42 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Challenge yourself mentally and physically and you will attract attention and impress someone special. Don’t waste your time trying to help someone who doesn’t want to be helped. Don’t lend or borrow money or possessions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do your best to visit someone you don’t get to see often enough. You need to remember past experiences if you want to avoid future mistakes.

Stand by your convictions and focus on what you do best.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Think before you act.

You will be emotional and will blow things out of proportion. Talk to people you trust, especially if you are questioning your current beliefs. You may need to revamp some of your ideas or plans.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Recount what you have been through financially, professionally, legally or medically and tally up what you need to do to avoid any reoccurring problems. You can make some serious changes regarding your lifestyle that will lessen your stress and help you build a better future.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Focus on financial opportunities that can lead you out of a tight spot. An innovative service can be turned into a lucrative endeavor. Don’t let someone’s negativity stop you from striving to improve.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): Concentrate on the projects you do well and you will impress someone who has an interesting proposal. Doing things

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with friends or the youngsters in your family will open your eyes to other possibilities that you can incorporate into your current plans.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take your mind off expensive items or entertainment and focus on helping others. You will run short of cash if you are too easygoing with your spending habits. Set up a budget and get involved in something that will make a difference to society.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Join forces with people in your community to bring about reform. A problem at home will cause emotional grief if you don’t take care of issues immediately. Overindulgence may be one of the underlying factors.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): An entrepreneurial attitude will help you find a way to use old ideas and materials to get ahead now. Look at the best possible way to make your money work for you.

Putting any debt you’ve incurred behind you will relieve stress and give you greater freedom.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Don’t blame yourself. You don’t have to spend to impress. If you don’t feel secure about your financial future because someone you love has been demanding, question the relationship.

You are doing just fine but you do need to make some personal changes.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Overindulgence coupled with deception can lead you down the wrong path. Rethink your strategy regarding both your personal and professional lives. Emotional matters will surface if you step over a line with someone who can influence your future.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t believe what you are told when accuracy is vital to maintaining your reputation. Deal with past mistakes so you are free to move ahead without roadblocks. An old friend will be able to help you.

DEAR SUE: Here in the United States, it is common for servers to take the empty plates from the table. In Europe, diners often linger over a meal, enjoying coffee -- a liqueur, perhaps -- and good conversation.

How does your partner feel about having her plate cleared?

If she would prefer that it remain while you finish your dinner, all she needs to do is say to the server, “Please leave it until Sue is done.”

If she’s unwilling to do that, then I think you’ll have to get used to it. o DEAR ABBY: My fiance died three years ago of cancer. He was only 27. His diagnosis was a shock,

ing again.

I don’t feel that by preserving our relationship we are stuck in the past. Do you?

— DOUBTING IN WALNUT CREEK, CALIF.

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

and he was gone from complications of treatment barely a month later.

Prior to this, while planning our life together, I became close with his family. After his death, I don’t know what I’d have done if they hadn’t been there for me. Although many people sympathized, my almost-in-laws came closest to understanding my devastation and pain. Simply put, we helped each other through it.

We remain close to this day.

I spend time with his mom and sisters, am invited to birthday dinners and holidays, and we get together on his birthday and the anniversary of his passing.

Is this OK? Is it normal? When people hear that we’re still so close, I have had reactions from, “That’s wonderful!” to “You’re holding onto the past.” Although there are still some tears, there is now more laughter when we share memories. And I have begun dat-

DEAR DOUBTING: There are degrees of involvement. You came very close to being an official member of that family, but fate thought otherwise. Whether your ties remain as tight when you fall in love again remains to be seen.

But for now you are all meeting each other’s needs -- and as long as it doesn’t hold you back, it’s all right with me. o DEAR ABBY: My husband and I married four years ago. My oldest daughter dates my husband’s brother and they’re expecting a baby together, although they are not married.

Can you please tell me what this child should call me, my husband and our other children? We’re confused about it and don’t want the child to be confused about who’s who. Any help you can offer on this will be greatly appreciated.

— TAMI IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR TAMI: You are the baby’s biological grandmother, and your husband is the baby’s biological uncle and step-grandfather. Your children are going to be aunts or uncles. Congratulations to all of you.

ODDS AND ENDS Coast Guard flies 2 turtles from Oregon to Calif.

NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — Two rare sea turtles stranded last fall on separate beaches in the Northwest took flight Thursday on a Coast Guard airplane bound for San Diego.

The C-130 airplane based at the Coast Guard Air Station in Sacramento flew to Newport, Oregon, to pick up the turtles, named Myrtle and Maude.

The plan is for them to finish their recovery at the SeaWorld turtle rehabilitation center and ideally be released back into the wild.

The Coast Guard crew combined the good deed with a training flight.

Cmdr. Todd Lightle says the mission gave the pilots practice getting in and out of a small airport and handling a unique loading exercise.

Pastor accused of pulling gun on son at church ALCOA, Tenn. (AP) — The son of a well-known Alcoa pastor has taken out an order of protection against his father, claiming he was threatened with a gun during an argument at a church over his lack of church attendance. The order of protection was filed by 32-year-old Michael Louis Colquitt against 60-year-old Joe Colquitt, pastor of St. John Missionary Baptist Church.

The younger man told police his father pulled out a handgun when they met at the church to discuss church attendance.

He told officers his father pointed the gun at him and threatened to kill him, his wife

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Truck driver chokes on chili and crashes into home LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Police said a Massachusetts lumber truck crashed into a home after the driver was knocked unconscious by a small chili from Wendy’s.

Lowell police said Eric Gremm reported that he choked on the chili when the truck hit a bump, causing him to pass out as the flatbed truck veered off the road and slammed into the home. The man, 59, said emergency workers at the scene told him that he had passed out, but he could not remember losing consciousness.

Police said the truck hit the foundation of the home, and authorities were worried that the home might collapse when the truck was pulled out.

Chicken plays chicken with drivers on busy street GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — A chicken playing chicken? That’s what’s happening on a busy Glendale street where a black hen has been dodging cars, captors and coyotes for two months.

Officials say the bird has been darting into traffic outside Glendale Community College since it was first reported Nov. 20.

The chicken has drawn a growing crowd of photographers and journalists as animal control officers struggle to catch it.

A spokeswoman for the Pasadena Humane Society, which handles animal control in Glendale, said the bird either runs onto the street or flies into a tree when officers approach.

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Pray that parents turn to God Q: I’m 16, and I asked Jesus to come into my life this past summer at a camp I was attending.

But my parents don’t want anything to do with religion and won’t even let me go to church. Will God be mad at me because I don’t go to church?-- M.S. A: God knows all about your situation -- and no, He isn’t angry at you because you aren’t going to church.

God knows what you can and can’t do, and He doesn’t hold you accountable for something you can’t do (without disobeying your parents).

I’m sorry your parents feel this way; they should be glad instead that Christ has changed your life and is making you a better person.

But people who don’t know God and don’t want anything to do with Him can act this way — even if it doesn’t make sense. Remember: Jesus was sinless — and yet the crowds cried out for His death, and the Roman governor caved in to their demands. The Bible says, “The god of this age (i.e., Satan) has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:4).

Ask God to make you a witness to Christ’s love and peace in your family; the strongest argument for the truth of the Gospel is a changed life. Pray for them also that God will break through their resistance and give them a desire to know Christ. Only God can change their attitude, and this should be your prayer.

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Agility competitions for cats grow popular

Tears of a clown: Economy shrinking many kid parties

By LINDA LOMBARDI For The Associated Press

Dog agility competitions make great TV, with pooches racing around an obstacle course, jumping through hoops and dashing through tunnels. If you’ve seen it, though, your reaction probably wasn’t, “What about cats?”

But that’s exactly the thought that Kim Everett-Hirsch of Portland, Ore., had before launching her first cat agility competition in 2005. “I thought there was no reason cats can’t do it.”

At that first competition, there were 30 cats, none of whom had ever seen the obstacle course before. And in the building next to the cat show, there was a motorcycle show.

“These people came on over,” Everett-Hirsch said. “They said, you gotta be kidding. So they paid admission.” And as the cats came out and got the hang of it, she says, “They were standing up cheering them, ’go girl go!”’

The jumps, tunnels, stairs and weave poles used for cat agility will look familiar to anyone who’s seen the dog version of the sport, but the smaller size of the obstacles isn’t the only difference. Dogs are expected to perform each obstacle on command, in an order that isn’t obvious from the course layout. For cats, the obstacles are arranged in

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Starlight, an Egyptian Mau kitten owned by cat agility expert Jill Archibald, prepares to leap over a hurdle during a cat charity funddraiser. a circle, and the handler leads them around the course, making a game of it with a toy on a stick or a laser pointer.

“A cat’s a little different,” says Everett-Hirsch.

“They’re running the show. You have to make them want to do it.”

Although the sport hasn’t been going very long, there’s already conventional wisdom about what breeds are best-suited.

That didn’t stop Donna Hinton of Richmond, Texas, a serious competitor who has big Maine Coons instead of a lithe, short-haired Abyssinian. For her it’s not about the breed, it’s about the individual.

“You need a cat that has a good attention span, that’s toy-driven,” she says. “I’ve had some that decided ’I tried it, it’s not my cup of tea.’

You can’t make them do

it.”

Success is also very much about the handler’s skill and relationship with their animal.

“You have to be in tune to your cat,” says Hinton.

“You have to be three feet ahead and anticipate their moves.”

Since that first show in 2005, the sport has been gradually growing, with 10 competitions in the past year. It’s also spreading to other countries: this year for the first time there will be a competition in Hong Kong and in mainland China. This season will also be the first in which the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) will start granting titles to the highest scoring competitors.

Anyone can enter a show and try out agility with their cat, says Jill Archibald, CFA’s agility coordinator. It doesn’t

need to be a purebred, and it doesn’t need to have trained in advance.

While experienced cats and handlers may finish a course in under 10 seconds, everyone gets three chances, for 4 1/2 minutes each try.

“Each time they come back, usually the cat has more of a clue what they’re doing and the handler figures how to place the toy to get the cat to respond,” she says.

The only preparation you need is that your cat has to be comfortable in strange places. Get it used to going out, for example to pet stores that allow animals. You can also prepare it by taking it to cat shows, even those that aren’t offering agility. Any cat can participate in the “household pet” class.

One benefit of agility, like any kind of training, is how it affects your relationship with your animal.

“What ends up happening is that you and your cat start understanding each other,” says Archibald. She says of her Japanese Bobtails, “They like interacting with me that much more now. If I walk out of the room and call their names, they come.

They’re very responsive to me now.”

And it’s a great way to see your cat being a cat, demonstrating its natural speed, intelligence, and — what else — agility.

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Ooopsy the Clown threw in a bubble machine for the monkey-themed party marking Nicholas Castillo’s first birthday. She usually charges extra, but what’s a clown to do in a recession that has some parents throwing less extravagant celebrations for their kids?

Ooopsy, aka Amy Tinoco, estimates the entertainment company she co-owns took in about $80,000 before taxes and expenses last year. That’s about $46,000 less than in 2008. She used to do an average of 12 parties a weekend. Now it’s down to three.

“I didn’t realize how good it was,” said Tinoco, who wore a red wig, multicolored skirt and blue clown shoes for Nicholas’ bash. “It’s a huge difference. I have a lot of people telling me they are having a party, they are just not having entertainment and catering.”

Party planners and parents around the country have seen a pullback, though they agreed some will always take kid birthdays over the top. David Tutera, a New York-based event planner, said his clients still want to have parties, but they’re not making them quite so lavish.

“I think they are not getting the $5,000 birthday cake for their 5-year-old,” he said. “They are still go-

ing to have the fun theme party. ... It’s not going to be so opulent.”

Chandra Turner, executive editor of Parents magazine, said many kid birthday parties were so huge they were more like mini weddings.

“I think that parents for a while there were doing everything they could to make the birthday parties as amazing, and extravagant as possible,” she said.

The magazine recently did an informal study of the subject, asking 2,264 readers how much they expected to spend on their children’s next birthday.

Twenty-six percent said less than $75, 49 percent said $75 to $200, 19 percent said $200 or more, and 6 percent said they didn’t know.

Extravagance in kid birthday parties, as in life, clearly means different things to different moms.

Lisa Castillo, Nicholas’ mom, went well beyond any of the magazine’s dollar figures, but she did cut back her initial plans. She estimates that she probably spent under $1,000, switching to pizza over a full Italian buffet to help trim expenses. There were personalized, laminated placemats for some younger guests, custommade crayon holders in the goodie bags and a monogrammed bib for Nicholas.

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NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re planning a cruise vacation in 2010, get ready for higher prices, better entertainment, water parks, and one of the most innovative concepts to come along in awhile: Rooms designed for solo travelers on the Norwegian Epic, without the supplemental charge that single passengers on cruises have traditionally paid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genius,â&#x20AC;? said Cynthia Boal Janssens, editor and chief blogger at AllThingsCruise.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m amazed with so many new ships coming on line that this hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been done sooner.

Lots of single people cruise and want to cruise, but right now, if you are going on a cruise as a single person and you occupy a double cabin, they charge you an additional fee for doing that, sometimes as much as 200 percent.â&#x20AC;?

The Epic, which launches this summer, will offer 128 studios for singles. The cabins open onto a lounge area where solo travelers can socialize.

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Ships debuting in 2010 include a sister ship of Oasis called Allure of the Seas, a new Queen Elizabeth from Cunard, and Celebrity Eclipse, the third in a series of Celebrity ships that started with the Solstice in 2008 and the Equinox in 2009.

Despite all these new ships coming onto the market during a recession, CLIA lines have managed to keep them full. CLIA said ships in 2009 sailed at 104 percent capacity on average, meaning that every room was occupied, and some rooms were shared by more than two people.

At the same time, the number of passengers keeps increasing: 13.01 million people cruised on CLIA ships in 2008, 13.44 million in 2009 and a projected 14.3 million will sail in 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe we are not recession-proof, but we are recession-resistant,â&#x20AC;? said Richard Sasso, CEO of MSC Cruises and marketing director of CLIA. One way cruises have kept ships full is by dramatically increasing the number of international passengers, to make up for slow growth in the North American market.

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The Saints-crazed city plans to celebrate the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first-ever trip to the Super Bowl with a parade to honor them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will be some type of massive parade in the city of New Orleans win or lose,â&#x20AC;? Mayor Ray Nagin told reporters Tuesday night.

Although his office tried to back away from the certainty of a parade on Wednesday, Nagin said he had already begun discussions with Saints officials and others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not set in concrete yet,â&#x20AC;? Barry Kern said on Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I think it will be by the end of the day.â&#x20AC;?

One of the many things to be decided is who would pay for the parade.

New Orleansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; latest budget cut funding in several areas and put most city offices on a four-day week.

Police Superintendent Warren Riley estimated the parade would attract 200,000 people and security for it could run as much as $300,000.

Idaho Division of Tourism creates virtual tours BOISE, Idaho (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Idahoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Division of Tourism says tours of Mother Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular offerings in the state are now available online.

The agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Web site includes virtual tours of Bear Lake, Idaho Vineyard, City of Rocks, Pend Oreille, Redfish Lake, Salmon River and Teton Valley.

Agency administrator Karen Ballard says the interactive tours, some featuring the sounds of bird chirps and rushing water, will show off Idahoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural beauty to people unfamiliar with the state.

The tours were created by Boise-based company Regal 360, which was previously hired to make virtual tours of downtown Boise and the Bogus Basin recreation area.

On the Web: http://www. visitidaho.org/360tours/

Airlines group says 2009 worst year for demand GENEVA (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Airlines suffered the worst-ever fall in passenger demand in 2009, hampering their chances of early recovery and making another year of heavy losses all the more likely, an industry group said Wednesday.

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IATA restated its earlier estimate that the industry will lose $5.6 billion in 2010.

The fall in demand slowed toward the end of the year, partly as a result of airlines slashing flights to avoid overcapacity, but yields remained 5-10 percent below 2008 levels, IATA said.

Blend of technology provides Harry Potter glimpse

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Universal Orlando is lifting the curtain a little more on its highly anticipated Harry Potter attraction with a promotion blending new media with old.

On Thursday, anyone with a webcam and a current copy of USA Today will be able to go online and experience an â&#x20AC;&#x153;augmented realityâ&#x20AC;? map of the future â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wizarding World of Harry Potterâ&#x20AC;? park.

The technology blends computer images and reallife environments to provide a tour of the 20-acre park from all angles. For example, holding the map closer to the webcam activates a close-up view of the magical town of Hogsmeade and the Hogwarts Express. Banners on the map flap in the breeze if the microphone is blown into.

Universal has been building anticipation for the scheduled spring opening of the park and its marquee ride, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey,â&#x20AC;? for months by slowly piecing out details.

Designers have worked closely with Potter author J.K. Rowling to make the site as authentic as possible.

Asiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget airlines eye growth, high fuel costs SINGAPORE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Asiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget airlines will prosper as the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic recovery takes hold and its middle class grows, but rising fuel costs could hurt profits, the industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top executives said Thursday.

Low-cost airlines fared better during last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s global recession than their full-service competitors as individuals and companies looked to cut costs by scaling back expensive business-class travel.

Just last week, full-service carrier Japan Airlines Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection after years of heavy losses while Singaporebased low-cost airline Tiger Airways raised $178 million at an initial public offering.

Budget carriers are now hoping broad regional economic growth can boost leisure travel in 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The size of the travel market in this region is going to explode as economies come back,â&#x20AC;? said Garry Kingshott, chief executive adviser for Manila-based Cebu Pacific Air. The regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing population, especially in China and Southeast Asia, and high economic growth rates bode well for low-cost airlines as millions of Asians are lifted out of poverty and travel abroad for the first time, experts said.

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The Sanford Herald / Sunday, January 31, 2010

Business On the Street

TRIANGLE

Year’s job losses a record high in ’09

By MONICA CHEN Durham Herald-Sun

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The pair even assisted a number of local college students with registration and financial aid issues, as well as assisting a newly single mom with reorganizing her life.

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DURHAM (MCT) — The four counties comprising the Durham metro area lost a record 8,100 jobs in the past year, with the heaviest losses occurring in manufacturing and professional and business services.

This was the area’s largest over-the-year loss going

that surprising,” said Mark Vitner, an analyst with Wells Fargo in Charlotte.

The Durham Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Durham, Chatham, Orange and Person counties. Overall, the area’s unemployment rose to 7.7 percent for December 2009 from 6.1 percent a year ago.

AREA LOSSES Job losses around the state in 2009: Durham-Chapel Hill: -8,100 Raleigh-Cary: -8,300 Triad: -12,400 Burlington: -1,800 Charlotte area: -35,900 Asheville: -4,700 Wilmington: -3,100 Source: Employment Security Commission of North Carolina

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What’s been recalled?

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Tony Raasch, 30, stands with his recently fixed Toyota Corolla that was involved in an accident earlier this month Friday in Hales Corners, Wis. His gas pedal stuck when he tried to brake to avoid another car. No one was injured. He hates that he has to use the car to get to work and he is trying to be extra cautious.

For Toyota drivers, confusion and growing anger

Wine bar to host Valentine’s Day event

By ERIN McCLAM and EMILY FREDRIX

The Steele Street Coffee & Wine Bar plans to hold its first-ever Valentine’s Day Party on Saturday, Feb. 13.

The party is open to both couples and singles, and will feature dancing, games and even a bachelor auction.

The bar will also offer a couples meal for $35 along with regular menu items.

The bar is located at 120 S. Steele St. in Sanford. For more information, call 774-4092 or visit steelestreetcafe.com.

Toyota executives have been virtually silent amid a recall of millions of their cars because gas pedals can become dangerously stuck. For their customers, oh, what a feeling — fear, frustration, confusion and anger.

Since Tuesday, when the Japanese automaker said it would stop making and selling some of its top-selling models, the company has had few answers for dealers and drivers — most notably about when Toyota owners could get their cars fixed and hit the road without worrying.

“I’m stuck with this car,” said Tony Raasch of Hales Corners, Wis., who said he hit another

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back to 1990. In the past two decades, there have been only four other years with losses, ranging from a slight decline of 100 jobs in 1998 to the more substantial loss of 3,500 payroll employment in 2003.

The December jobs data reflects seasonal hiring in addition to regular employment.

“This is the deepest recession that we’ve seen, so it’s not

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driver in his 2010 Corolla two weeks ago when the car suddenly accelerated. “I really don’t know what to do. I just feel — I guess — ripped off is the best way to put it.”

Toyota first recalled 2.3 million vehicles, including the popular Camry and Corolla, because of faulty gas pedals. Later in the week, it expanded the recall to Europe and recalled 1.1 million more in the U.S. because of floor mats that can catch the accelerator.

Three days after the recall announcement, there was still no indication of how long it might take to get the affected Toyotas fixed or whether that would involve repairing the gas pedal systems or replacing them altogether.

It took until Friday for CEO Akio Toyoda to make his first public comments about the recalls.

Buttonholed by a camera crew at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he told Japanese broadcaster NHK: “I am very sorry that we are making our customers feel concerned.”

In its worst crisis in recent memory, the company has communicated with the public mostly through a series of very limited statements. One spokesman, Brian Lyons, said initially he was restricted to describing the problem as “rare and infrequent.”

The company said it began shipping gas pedal parts to its dealers Friday, but could not say when they would arrive. Toyota

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Modestly courting the middle class

I Michelle Singletary Singletary is a columnist for The Washington Post

n reaching out to the middle class in advance of his State of the Union address, President Obama issued what looks to me like some fairly modest proposals.

He’s seeking a hike in the child care tax credit, changes in a new student repayment loan program, some funding to help families taking care of elderly relatives, and an initiative to make employers sign up their workers for a retirement plan.

“We are fighting every single day to put Americans back to work, create good jobs, and strengthen our economy for the long term,” Obama said on Monday.

He went on to say the initiatives would “focus on easing the burdens on middle-class families who are struggling in this economy, and providing the help they need to get ahead.”

Well, they’ll ease them a little bit, perhaps, but not much.

The proposals were born out of the Middle Class Task Force, which Obama created a year ago with Vice President Joe Biden as its chair. The task force held meetings all over the country, and the proposals released this week are being billed as just a preview of more recommendations to come. The administration said a full report would be released next month.

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Jobs Continued from Page 9B

Manufacturing in the area shed 3,700 jobs over the year, nearly onetenth of the industry.

Professional and Business Services lost 2,400 jobs, followed by Construction, which shrank by 1,100 jobs, or 11.6 percent of the industry.

The individual counties didn’t see much of a change at the end of 2009. From November to December, Durham County’s unemployment rate remained steady

Toyota Continued from Page 9B

said details on the fix will be made available sometime next week.

Among Toyota’s famously loyal customer base, frustration and anger mounted through the week.

Laurie Strong, a nurse from Bristol, R.I., drives a 2010 Camry and said she noticed the gas pedal seemed too sensitive — “0 to 40 in a parking lot” — when she bought the car last summer. She went to the dealership Wednesday and refused to drive it anymore.

Strong, who was ultimately given a Kia, said she had repeatedly dialed a Toyota hot line only to get a message saying it could not handle calls. A Toyota customer for years, she now says she’s put off.

“I would be less upset and less confused if I had a person on the other end of the phone who could talk to me and tell me what my options are — what they think quite honestly, what the time frame for figuring this

at 7.9 percent. Orange County saw a slight decline from 6.3 percent to 6.2 percent, and Wake County saw a slight increase, from 8.3 percent to 8.4 percent.

Chatham County’s unemployment rate jumped to 7.9 percent in December from 7.5 percent in November.

Person County’s jobless rate also increased, to 10.8 percent in December from 10.6 percent in November.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, according to Vitner, is actually higher.

By his calculations, the Triangle’s unemployment rate was 9.0 percent for December, and the Durham MSA rate was 8.2 percent.

“I think we have the highest unemployment rates we’ve seen going all the way back to the 1980s,” he said.

Vitner added that the recession did appear to have ended last year and that the Triangle could very well add 13,000 jobs in 2010, 4,000 of which will be in the Durham metro.

“The good news is that it’s behind us,” he

said. “There are companies with plans to expand their operations.

The tech sector seems to be coming back particularly strong. We’re looking at a net gain in jobs for the next 12 months.”

“We lost jobs in 2007 and 2008,” Vitner added, “so it’s going to take two to three years for the Triangle to regain the jobs that we’ve lost.”

The state rate was 11.2 percent in December. Seventy-three of the state’s 100 counties during the month had jobless rates of 10 percent or more.

out and putting this into motion.”

It made for a maddening week for Toyota dealers, too. Jason Stewart, general manager of a dealership in North Palm Beach, Fla., said he doesn’t know what to tell customers and has found out more about the problem from watching the news than from Toyota.

“People on the phone, they’re very scared,” said Douglas Lima, the service manager at Toyota Central in downtown Los Angeles.

“I received phone calls screaming and yelling and using bad words. You just hear them out.”

On Friday, Toyota’s Web site was featuring bold, brightly colored ads for its cars and trucks, like the Prius and the 4Runner. At the bottom of the home page was a small strip with a link to information on the recall.

Even some prominent rental-car companies went further than Toyota did, sending their customers e-mails throughout the week keeping them posted — in most cases saying they were removing all of the affected models from their fleets.

Toyota’s response, by contrast, has left experts in crisis management scratching their heads.

Some wondered why Toyota didn’t mount a full-court press — fullpage ads in newspapers, executives readily available to the morning shows, ramped-up customer service.

Toyota is certainly no stranger to advertising. The company alone — not its dealers — spent $629.4 million on it in the first nine months of last year, according to Kantar Media, which tracks advertising spending.

A simple, honest, humble message would have gone a long way, said Jonathan Bernstein, president of Bernstein Crisis Management. He said the company should have sent the word out online, by e-mail, with letters — whatever it takes.

His suggestion: Toyota should say it was as surprised as anyone by the scope of the problem and deeply regrets the inconvenience, and pledge to get up to speed as quickly as possible and provide regular updates.

“Anytime there’s a threat to health or safety, there’s nothing that creates bigger concern.

Nothing that freaks people out more,” he said.

“You’re dealing with very intense feelings, and that requires sensitive and appropriate communications.”

The Associated Press requested interviews Friday with Yoshi Inaba, chairman and CEO of Toyota Motor North America, the company’s top U.S. executive. It also requested interviews with other top executives. A spokesman said he would look into the request. Telephone and e-mail messages left for the safety public relations team at Toyota were not returned Friday.

In the meantime, drivers like Johnathan Jones, who lives in Fort Mitchell, Ala., and has a 30-mile commute each way in his 2009 Tundra, will keep waiting.

“I’ve got a $30,000 vehicle and they don’t even know how to fix it,” he said, huffing. “To me, it’s a big safety hazard with my children. I don’t want to even put them in there.”

Sandwich Generation Needs to Avoid Financial Squeeze Are you a member of the “Sandwich Generation”? This designation — which applies to people caring for their aging parents while supporting their own children — may be applicable to you if you’re either a younger Baby Boomer, born in the late 1950s or early 1960s, or an older member of “Generation X,” born in the mid-1960s. But any way you slice it, being in the “Sandwich” group is probably going to present you with some challenges, particularly of the financial kind — so you’ll need to make the right moves.

Basically, you should consider two areas of decision-making — those affecting the future of you and your children and those affecting your elderly parents’ lifestyle and legacy.

Regarding your future, and that of your children, you’ll need to prioritize your goals. Some people, when weighing the merits of investing for retirement versus saving for their children’s college educations, conclude that while loans are available for college, none are offered to retirees. Consequently, they focus more heavily on retirement. If you’re in this camp, you’ll probably want to contribute as much as you can possibly afford to your IRA and 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan.

However, if you feel strongly about helping your kids go through college

relatively debt-free, you may want to explore some college-savings options, such as Section 529 plans and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, both of which offer significant tax advantages.

In any case, these goals don’t have to be mutually exclusive — but if you’re going to address them both, you will have to make some key decisions regarding allocation of resources. And while you’re handling these issues for yourself and your children, you’ll need to juggle the needs of your elderly parents. With luck, you won’t have to contribute financially, but you may be required to put in some time and energy to help make sure your parents’ situation remains positive.

This means you’ll need to ask some questions. Where do your parents bank? Do they have a brokerage account? If so, do you know the name of their financial advisor? Have they taken steps to remain financially independent if they ever need to go to a nursing home or employ home health care assistants? Have they drawn up

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In raising these questions, you will have to approach your parents with tact and sensitivity. However, you may be pleasantly surprised at your parents’ willingness to talk about these issues; after all, they almost surely want to avoid burdening you with extra financial responsibilities.

The best time to approach your parents is when they are healthy, both mentally and physically. It’s especially important to be aware of even minor-seeming cognitive impairments, such as memory lapses, which can result in paying the same bills two or three times, forgetting to record checks or even falling prey to fraudulent investment schemes. If you suspect your parents may be having these troubles, you’ll need to step in immediately.

It’s not easy being a Sandwich Generation member, but through diligence and proper planning, you should be able to help avoid getting “squished” — while improving the outcomes for all your beloved family members.

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The one initiative that stood out for me could go a long way to boost retirement savings.

The administration wants employers who do not currently offer a retirement plan to enroll their employees in a direct-deposit IRA. For the most part, workers now sign up for defined-contribution plans such as 401(k)s as a replacement for traditional pensions, known as defined-benefit plans.

Still, even at companies where there is a retirement plan, there are holdouts. About onethird of eligible workers do not participate in defined-contribution plans, according to the Labor Department.

Studies have found that having an automatic enrollment plan in place -- one in which employees would have to opt out of participation -increases retirement savings, particularly among low- and middle-income workers.

The administration says 78 million working Americans -- about half the work force -- lack employer-based retirement plans. In 2007, fewer than 60 percent of employed heads of families were eligible to participate in a job-related pension or retirement plan.

To encourage workers to save, some employers already sign them up automatically. The theory is that once you enroll employees, most won’t make the effort to stop the contributions.

I support automatic enrollment. Nobody is locked in, so this is an example of where inertia could help people in the long run. The nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute just released a preliminary report that found employers who use this option in their 401(k) plans have also generally increased the amount of money they will match for employees investing in the plan.

OK, so we know that automatic enrollment works. To this end, the

administration wants to streamline the process by which employers enroll their workers.

Let’s see, wasn’t that covered by the Pension Protection Act of 2006?

Where’s the reform in what Obama is proposing? Seems very modest to me.

And speaking of modest, the proposed tax credits are OK, but the administration’s proposal to help students saddled with large college loans is akin to handing a belt to a teenager wearing oversized pants drooping below his behind. He’ll still be left hanging out.

Biden said the administration was “strengthening” the Income-Based Repayment program, a fairly new payment option for federal student loans. Loan payments are capped based on the borrower’s income and family size. Under the current plan, debt is forgiven after 25 years of qualifying payments.

The administration’s proposal would limit a borrower’s payments to 10 percent of his or her income above a basic living allowance. It is also recommending that the debt be forgiven after 20 years.

Certainly this will help many students, but it doesn’t address the larger issue of the high cost of college and the increasing amount of debt people are using to pay for it. It doesn’t deal with pricey private student loans. And I wouldn’t want to be paying on student loans 20 years after finishing college.

Middle- and low-income families, as the president notes, have taken a real beating in the present economy.

While it’s tough to dismiss what he’s offering entirely -- after all, every little bit helps and as you know, I’m the queen of the penny-pinchers -Obama’s modest proposals really won’t relieve much of the pain people are feeling.

For this, we need a bolder, more visionary agenda; an agenda fueled by the same urgency exercised to rescue corporate America.

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Dinner and a sermon D.E. Parkerson The Paper Pulpit Del Parkerson is a retired pastor of First Baptist Church. Contact him at dparkerson@ec.rr.com

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f you believe you can, you can! If you do not believe you can, you won’t! It is as simple as that. Your attitude determines your attainments. And that attitude is reflected in your conversation.

Norman Vincent Peale, then pastor of Marble Collegiate Church in New York City, many years ago wrote The Power of Positive Thinking. It immediately became a best seller because there definitely is power in positive thinking.

The apostle Paul expressed this idea to the Christians in ancient Philippi when he said to them, “I can do all things” . . . but the verse doesn’t end there. The entire verse says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13).

Perhaps you have failed to reach a particular objective because you lack motivation. You tried and failed, and you have quit trying. Have you really given your best?

On your job . . . in your marriage . . . with your children . . . with your education? Why not try again? This time give it everything you have.

The person who reaches great heights is the person who has an “I can” attitude, especially when he or she is empowered by the strength that Christ provides. I have counseled with lots of people that failed in some way and had thrown up their hands.

In essence, they were saying, “I can’t do it!”

“I can’t” love my husband (or wife).

“I can’t” discipline my children.

“I can’t” forgive what he (or she) said.

“I can’t” stop drinking.

“I can’t” stop taking drugs.

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JENNI FARROW/The Daily Reflector

Congregants set up for the morning service in front of the concession stand of the Greenville Grande Movie Theater Sunday morning.

Theater’s the ticket for growth of Greenville churches

By KIM GRIZZARD An AP Member Exchange

GREENVILLE — This morning’s feature presentation in theater No. 8 at the Greenville Grande is not on the marquee.

“Ignite” is not listed in the theater’s advertisement in the newspaper or promoted on its Web site.

Still, by 9:30 a.m., more than 100 seats are likely to be filled.

Later this afternoon, people will look up at this same screen to watch a movie. But for a few hours, this place is a sanctuary where they worship God. Ignite Church premiered Jan. 10 at the Greenville Boulevard theater. Greenville’s first cineplex congregation is among a growing number nationwide. In 2006, an estimated 250 churches in some 36 states were meeting at the movies.

“It’s a place the community is really comfortable going to,” said Jason Lineberger, 29, Ignite’s teaching pastor. “I’m comfortable with stained glass, comfortable with steeples and with pews. But I do think there’s a whole generation of people that are not comfortable with that.”

Ignite, which launched its ministry six months ago with groups gathering at area hotels, initially considered meeting in a local school auditorium before

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Worshipers with Ignite Church set up for the morning service in the movie theater. settling on the theater.

“It was kind of like the perfect solution for us,” Lineberger said.

“It’s a place that looks really, really nice without us having to go way overboard decorating it.”

The screens provide an ideal backdrop for Ignite’s multimedia presentations, he said, and even the darkened rows are not a problem.

“When people can really see the person beside them, there’s an element of self-consciousness,” Lineberger said. “They’re looking at their neighbor instead of really focusing on God.” Ryan Morris, who attended last week’s launch, said the environment adds an element

of excitement.

“Traditional church has become so dull and boring. ... A lot of times it’s just the same old thing,” he said. “I think a lot of people are just burned out on that. They want something new and refreshing.

“Churches like this are becoming so popular, I think you’re going to see more and more of them.”

Ignite, one of several upstart local churches receiving funding from the Southern Baptist Convention, now rents four theaters — one for a sanctuary and three for children’s programs — at a cost of $1,100 a week.

Volunteers arrive at 6:30 a.m.

Help for Haiti and people everywhere

F AlexSandra Lett Lett can be reached at (919)258-9299 or LettsSetaSpell@aol.com

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or almost three weeks now we have known about the earthquake that devastated Haiti and we have heard endless stories of death and destruction.

The media reports on increasing numbers of people needing food, water, shelter, and medical assistance, and maybe as many as 300,000 have lost their lives.

By any barometer this castatrosphe is bad news, but there is also good news about survivors who went 11 days with-

to begin setup for the portable church, which includes a 12-foot-by-24-foot stage and a band, along with rocking chairs for nursery workers and playthings for the kids. Since the concession stand is closed, members of the congregation can visit a coffee bar set up in the lobby.

But by 10:30 a.m., it’s time for the credits to start to roll. The church’s lease officially ends at 11:30.

“One of the things that is a little bit different about our ministry is that, of course, being in the movie theater, movies are shown Sundays starting at noon,” Lineberger said. “We have to be out of there. It has to kind of be like we were never there by 11:30.”

On some weekends, films are shown even earlier. During one of the practice runs Ignite had at the Greenville Grande, there were movies showing in some of the other theaters. A few movie-goers took a look inside the theater where the children’s groups were meeting, just to look around.

Instead of viewing the incident as an intrusion, Lineberger sees it as an opportunity.

“Maybe some of those people will say, ‘Well, you know, this is a movie theater. I

out food or water and yet were still breathing when dug out of the rubble. There are also reports of a global outpouring of financial aid and basic necessities and also of people giving their time and expertise to rescue strangers in a foreign land.

The footage on television screens seems more like an expensive movie with images of devastation so widespread that we viewers can understand why the residents of Haiti thought

it was the end of the world. For residents of Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area it was the end of the world as they knew it.

Even though 80 percent of them existed below the poverty line prior to the earthquake on Jan. 12, none had ever experienced such loss of family and resources.

While the situation in Haiti is certainly the most physically devastating news, life as

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Military News Eric Bryant

Air Force Airman Eric D. Bryant graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military disBryant cipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

He is the son of Gary Bryant of Pickard Road of Sanford.

Bryant is a 2005 graduate of Lee Senior High School in Sanford.

Anapaola Nordin

Army Pfc. Anapaola G. Nordin has deployed to Iraq to serve in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Operation Iraqi Freedom is the official name given to military operations involving members of the U.S. armed forces and coalition forces participating in efforts to free and secure Iraq. Mission objectives focus on force protection, peacekeeping, stabilization, security and counter-insurgency operations as the Iraqi transitional governing bodies assume full sovereign powers to govern the peoples of Iraq.

Members from all branches

of the U.S. military and multinational forces are also assisting in rebuilding Iraq's economic and governmental infrastructure, and training and preparing Iraqi military and security forces to assume full authority and responsibility in defending and preserving Iraq's sovereignty and independence as a democracy.

Nordin, an automated logistics specialist, is normally assigned to the 249th Quartermaster Company in Fort Bragg. He has served in the military for one year.

She is the daughter of Meriluci S. Gomes of Cove Landing of Sanford.

Christopher Mohan Christopher O. Mohan has been selected for promotion to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army.

Mohan is battalion commander currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is normally assigned to the 80th Ordnance Battalion at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash. The lieutenant colonel has served in the military for 20 years.

He is the son of Helen M. Mohan of Carthage.

The colonel select graduated in 1984 from Union Pines High School in Cameron, and received a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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Connor Upchurch Navy Seaman Connor W. Upchurch, son of Mark W. Upchurch of Pittsboro, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Upchurch completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness.

The capstone event of boot camp is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Battle Stations.â&#x20AC;?

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Its distinctly ''Navy'' flavor was designed to take into account what it means to be a Sailor.

Upchurch is a 2005 graduate of Northwood High School in Pittsboro.

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Weddings soloist.

Wedding director was Linda Spivey.

Following a honeymoon trip to Pigeon Forge, Tenn., the couple will reside in Sanford.

Martinsen — Johnson

Amanda Brooke Johnson and Brian Michael Martinsen Jr., both of Sanford, were married at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Pinehurst Fair Barn by the Rev. Roger Thomas.

The bride is the daughter of Randy and Terry Johnson of Sanford and granddaughter of Linda Gay of Sanford, Prentice and Carolyn Johnson of Archdale, and Tom Green of Hudson, Fla. She attended Lee County High School and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

She is employed with the Coalition for Families in Lee County.

The bridegroom is the son of Brian and Bobbie Martinsen Sr. of Vass and the grandson of Betty Butler of Broadway.

He attended Cushing High School and Central Carolina Community College. He is employed with Pfizer.

Escorted by her father, Randy Johnson, the bride wore a white A-line Casablanca gown with a sweetheart neckline, embroidered with all lace and extensive beading with a chapel length train. She wore an elbowlength veil with lace embroidery and light beading and carried a bouquet of purple hydrangea,

Amanda Johnson Martinsen purple lisianthus, lavender statice, lavender wax flower and black magic roses, hand-tied with white ribbon and steele grass.

Matrons of honor were Sylvia Jahn, sister of the groom, and Meagan Long. Bridesmaids were Amanda Comer, Jenna Yow, Kara Stultz and Jennifer Hohn, cousin of the bride. Junior bridesmaids were Morgan, Meredith and Kyndal Dreading, cousins of the bride.

Best man was Brian Martinsen Sr., father of

the groom. Groomsmen were Bobby Martinsen, brother of the groom; John Jahn, brother-inlaw of the groom; Dustin Stultz; Brandon Long; and Sam Ross, uncle of the groom.

Flower girls were Haleigh Scott and Alyssa Jahn, nieces of the groom.

Ring bearers were Nathan and Alex Segalla.

Program and registry attendants were Penelope Carter and Kellie Ross.

Wedding musicians were David Almond, pianist, and Ryan Barbato,

Socorro Galeana of Sanford and Juan Manuel Morales of California.

(CCH) n Paul Dugan Smith, born Jan. 21, son of Autumn and Dugan Smith of Pittsboro. Grandparents are Florence Shirely of Oak Island, the late Paul Shirley, and Warren and Gloria Smith of Tulsa, Okla. (CCH) n Railey Jean Moore, born Jan. 21, daughter of Leslie Jean Hall and Elvin Ray Moore Jr., both of Sanford. Grandparents

are Geraline and Gene Hall of Sanford and Ray and Debbie Moore of Cameron. (CCH) n Summer Iris Loving, born Jan. 22, daughter of Kim and Monty Loving of Sanford. Grandparents are Dean and Iris Horton of Sanford, Jim Loving of Cleveland, Ohio, and Beverly Spark of Lynn Haven, Fla. (CCH) n Madison Olivia Shue, born Jan. 22, daughter of Chad B. and Suzanne Denning Shue of Sanford. Grandpar-

n Events The reception was hosted by the parents of the bride at the Pinehurst Fair Barn.

The rehearsal dinner was hosted by the parents of the groom at The Hampton Inn and Suites banquet room.

A “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” shower was given

by Mary and Jenna Yow and Sandra Rosser at the home of Sandra Rosser.

A miscellaneous shower was given by the bride’s family: Linda Gay, Trina Gunter, Charlene Green, Lauren Green, Penelope Carter and Teresa Dreading at the home of the bride’s grandmother, Linda Gay. A miscellaneous shower was hosted by the bride’s cousin, Jennifer Hohn, and aunt, Rosa Hunt, in Trinity at the home of Rosa Hunt. A bridal shower was given

by Sylvia Jahn, sister of the groom, at the home of the bride. A “black and white” themed shower was given by Meagan Long and Shelia Thompson at Tramway Baptist Church. The bridesmaids luncheon was hosted at Mrs. Lacy’s Magnolia House by the bride.

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Ronald and Jennifer Pendleton

Pendleton — Zimmerman Jennifer Michelle Zimmerman and Ronald Allen Pendleton Jr. were married in a sunset ceremony Dec. 2 in Key West, Fla., by the Rev. Bobby Tyson Jr. The bride is the daughter of James and Lesha Stephens of Green Cove Springs, Fla., and the granddaughter of Shirley Hadcock of Cameron. She was escorted by her brother, Jason Zimmerman of Cameron.

The bridegroom is the son of Ronald and Bobbi Pendleton Sr. of Chapel Hill and Mark and Gail Belvin of Raleigh. He is the grandson of Norman and Myra Pendleton of Elizabeth City and the late Bobby and Jetta Tyson Sr. The couple reside in Jacksonville, Fla.

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n Sidney Isaiah Davis, born Jan. 19, son of Alvan and Sandy Simmons Davis of Sanford. Grandparents are Jeannette Simmons Blackmore of Warsaw, Sidney Watson of Louisville, Ky., and Alvin Davis and Dorothy Stacker, both of Sanford.

(CCH) n Denzel Jared Morales, born Jan. 20, son of Yolanda and Marco Antonio Morales of Sanford.

Grandparents are Maria Elena Torres and Juan Jose Rizo, both of Mexico,

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ents are Kathy and Paul Backlund and Denise and Ben A. Shue Jr., all of Sanford, and Rick and Jama Oenning of Bayard, Neb. (CCH) n Josue Yeudiel Pagan, born Jan. 24, son of Aurora Mercedes Pagan and Yeudiel Edgardo Pagan of Spring Lake. Grandparents are Aurora Torrero and Dagoberto Melo, both of Panama City, Panama, Edgardo Pagan of Ponce, P.R., and Ada Nilsa Perez of Mayaguez, P.R. (CCH)

Engagement and wedding announcements and anniversaries are featured in Sunday’s Carolina section.

The Herald has designed forms to be used for submitting this information, which will be mailed, faxed or e-mailed upon request. These forms must be delivered to The Herald office at 208 St. Clair Court by 9 a.m. Wednesday, four days before the announcement is to appear in the newspaper.

Announcements also can be e-mailed to edwardsk@sanfordherald.com.

For more information, call News Clerk Kim Edwards at (919) 718-1224.

Photos submitted may be picked up at The Herald after they have appeared in the paper. Photos also can be returned by mail upon request.

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Addison Marie Nordquist turns 2 years old today. Her parents are Jimmy and Casey Nordquist of Sanford. Grandparents are Eddie and Kelly Draper of Carthage and Leo and Martha Nordquist of Sanford.

Hanna Renee Teague turned 5 years old Nov. 3.

Her parents are John and Susan Teague of Granite Falls. Grandparents are James and Brenda Campbell of Sanford and Joe and Loretta Teague of Granite Falls.

Luke Velton Johnson turned 1 year old Jan. 27.

His parents are Shane and Amanda Johnson of Carthage. Grandparents are Larry and Millie Johnson and Ed and Barbara Woodham Kinner, all of Sanford, and the late Jerry Wayne Woodham. Greatgrandparents are Jim and Mary Brooks of Sanford.

Bryer James Varga turned 1 year old Jan. 15.

His parents are Jimmy and Jennifer Varga of Sanford.

Grandparents are Wallace and Joan Bland and Steve and Carol Varga, all of Sanford. Great-grandmother is Margaret Holler of Sanford.

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Mylee Mitchell Mylee Reece Mitchell turned 2 years old Jan. 27.

Her parents are Crystal Mitchell and Mickey McLean, both of Sanford.

Grandparents are Steve and Jackie Mitchell and Myrtle Buie, all of Sanford.

Jeffrey and Jacob Johnson turned 6 years old Jan. 24. Their parents are Jeff and Electra Johnson of Sanford. Grandparents are Billy and Terry Holt of Sanford and the late Wade and Betty Johnson. Greatgrandparents are Odell Holt of Sanford and Elizabeth Nesbitt of Virginia.

Kiddie Korner Guidelines To submit information on your child to Kiddie Korner, please follow these guidelines: n Kiddie Korner is for children 6 and under. n A child’s picture may appear in Kiddie Korner one time per year. n Kiddie Korner forms are available at The Herald office, 208 St. Clair Court. Forms also can be faxed or e-mailed upon request. n Deadline for Kiddie Korner is 5 p.m. Wednesday.

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Desilva â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James Anthony Desilva and Clarrisia Mellette, both of Sanford, announce the engagement of their daughter, Shenell Desilva of Raleigh, to Kelly James of Raleigh.

He is the son of Devra and Charles Simmons of Ahoskie.

A private (RSVP invitation only) ceremony is planned for 3 p.m. April 3 at Christian Provision Ministries.

The couple met Easter weekend of 2006 in Raleigh.

Clair and Rachel Kelly Stickel of Broadway celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary Jan. 19 with friends at the Sagebrush Steakhouse in Sanford.

The couple was married Jan. 19, 1957, in Dillon, S.C.

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Gerald Bracey of Winston-Salem announces the engagement of his daughter, Celeste Elizabeth Bracey of Concord, to Phillip Lynn Graham of Concord. He is the son of Michael and Linda Graham of Sanford.

The bride-elect is also the daughter of the late Nancy Bracey.

The wedding is planned for 2 p.m. April 10 at Lake Norman Baptist Church in Huntersville.

The couple met in the Baptist Student Union at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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Upcoming club events mation, call (919) 7752544.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who have a desire to quit drinking alcohol.

Meetings are held at 319 N. Moore St., Sunday at 4:30 p.m. for womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting and 6 p.m. for speaker meeting; Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon, 6 and 8 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday at noon and 6 p.m.; Saturday at noon. Meetings are held at Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main St., at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

For more information, call (919) 776-5522.

Al-Anon Family Group

The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experiences, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems.

Al-Anon believes that alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recover.

The N.C. Al-Anon District 7 Central Carolina Al-Anon Family Group meetings are held at 8 p.m. Tuesdays at Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main St., and 8 p.m. Fridays at the AA Hut, 319 N. Moore St. For more information, call (919) 776-5522.

Depression and Bipolar Disorder Support Group

The support group is open to anyone who has been diagnosed or think they may have a mood disorder or has a family member or friend who has been diagnosed with a mood disorder.

The Harnett County group will meet at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month at the old CCCC Barber School, 17273 Hwy. 27 East, Sanford.

The Lee County group will meet at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the Wilrik Apartments Ballroom, corner of Wicker and Steele, Sanford.

For more information, contact Rae Wilson at (919) 775-5045 or brightside39@yahoo.com.

Gamblers Anonymous

Gamblers Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. each Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 525 Carthage St. For more information, call the Gamblers Anonymous hotline at (888) 846-4427, or visit www. gamblersanonymous.org.

Prostate Cancer Support Group

The Prostate Cancer Education and Support Group of Lee will meet at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Enrichment Center.

Beaver Creek Cancer Support Group

The support group meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Beaver Creek Baptist Church, 2280 Nicholson Road, Cameron. Directors are Gloria and Jimmy Wicker. For more infor-

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Friendship Masonic Lodge 763 A.F. & A.M. The Friendship Masonic Lodge 763 A.F. & A.M. conducts its Stated Communication at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the meeting hall, located at 102 Main St. in Broadway. Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m.

Central Carolina Jaycees The Central Carolina Jaycees meet at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday and fourth Thursday of each month at the Jaycee Hut on Tryon Street. Membership is open to anyone between the age of 21 to 40.

Cancer Support The Sanford Cancer Support Group meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Enrichment Center. Facilitator is Linda Moore.

Breast Cancer Support Group Central Carolina Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Breast Cancer Support Group will hold monthly meetings for survivors of breast cancer at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month in the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center at the hospital, 1135 Carthage St., Sanford. Reservations are not necessary. For more information, contact Gwyn Sandlin, Breast Health Navigator, at (919) 774-2213.

ALS Support Group The ALS (Lou Gehrigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease) Support Group meets from 2 to 4 p.m. the second Sunday of each month at Fayetteville Regional Airport Conference Room sponsored by The Jim â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catfishâ&#x20AC;? Hunter Chapter of the ALS Association.

For more information, contact Suzanne Gilroy at (877) 568-4347 or Suzanne@catfishchapter. org.

Relay for Life of Lee County Relay for Life of Lee County will be held May 14 at the Lions Club Fairgrounds. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease by raising funds for cancer research. If you want to be part of Relay, you can start a team or join an existing team. Team captain meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at First Wesleyn Church. Contact Shirley Crissman at smcrissman@ yahoo.com or visit www.

Lee County Mothers with Young Children meets from 9:30 a.m. to noon every Thursday.

Mothers of children from birth to age 5 are welcome.

For more information, call (919) 353-5617.

Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step recovery from compulsive overeating, meets from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Kerr Drugs, 1050 S. Horner Blvd., in the health and wellness learning lab.

For more information, contact Marie at (910) 850-7863.

HIV/AIDS Support An HIV/AIDS Support Group meets from noon to 2 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at different locations in Chatham County.

Lunch is provided.

The group offers emotional support, education on medications, financial assistance and a caring environment.

Any Chatham County resident with HIV/AIDS is invited to attend. Confidentiality is a must.

For more information, contact Crystal Campbell at (919) 542-8271.

Marine Corps League Marine Corps League Detachment 1223 meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month at VFW Stanley McLeod Post 5631 on Webb Street in Sanford.

Any Marine who has served honorably is invited to join the Marine Corps League.

American Legion Post 347 American Legion Post 347 hosts bingo each Sunday afternoon. Doors open at 1 p.m. and play begins at 3 p.m.

Post 347 is located at 146 Main St. in Broadway.

American Legion Post 382 American Legion Post 382 and Auxiliary meet at 7 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month.

Bingo begins at 6:30 every Friday. Dances are held from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight every third Saturday.

Post 382 is located at 305 Legion Drive in Sanford.

DAV Chapter 5 Disabled American Veterans Michael J. Thomas Chapter 5 meet at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at 146 S. Main St. in Broadway.

DAV Chapter 83 of Moore County Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 83 of Moore County meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at 1020 Priest Hill Road, Carthage.

DAV is a service organization dedicated to assisting disabled veterans.

Service officers are available to help veterans with VA paperwork Tuesday through Thursday. For an appointment, call (910) 944-1113.

Lions Branch Club The Lions Branch Club meets at noon the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at the Lions Club Fairground Lions Den. Cost is $6. Everyone is invited.

For more information, call Teresa Dew at (919) 774-6273.

Veterans Discussion Group The Veterans Discussion Group meets at 2 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Enrichment Center.

Members and family are welcome.

Therapeutic Foster Parent Sessions Information sessions on becoming a Therapeutic Foster Parent with N.C. Mentor will be held from 12 to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at the Simpson Executive Center, 503 Carthage St., Suite 302.

For more information, call (919) 790-8580 ext.

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Arthritis Support Group The Lee County Arthritis Support Group meets at 11 a.m. the second Thursday of each month at the Enrichment Center, 1615 S. Third St. For more information, contact the Enrichment Center at (919) 776-0501, ext. 201 or Peggy Rowles, group facilitator, at (919) 777-0161.

151 A.F. & A.M. holds its regular communications at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, supper is usually served at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday. For further information, call (919) 499-8669.

The Lodge is located at 231 Charlotte Ave., Sanford.

Central Carolina Toastmasters The Central Carolina Toastmasters club meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of each month in Room 802 of the College Fitness Center at Central Carolina Community College. Membership is open to the public.

The club provides a relaxed atmosphere to help improve public speaking skills while developing leadership skills. For more information, call Cynthia Wilt at (919) 499-6009 or Vivian Rosser at (919) 7187236 or visit the website at www.centralcarolina. freetoasthost.biz.

Fleet Reserve Association Fleet Reserve Association and Unit 259 meet the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Retired Military Association building in Fayetteville, located off Gillispe Street.

For more information, call Chuch Dittmar at (910) 848-6126.

Sanford Jobseekers Sanford Jobseekers, a faith-based support group for those who are unemployed, meets from 8:30 to 10:45 a.m. each Wednesday at First Baptist Church. The primary focus of the group is to give encouragement to those out of work, and provide programs to help that individual obtain employment. For questions, call (919) 776-6137.

National Active and Retired Federal Employees The Sanford Chapter of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) association

meets on the third Monday of each month. All active and retired Federal employees are invited to attend. For more information, call President Jimmie Coggin at (919) 775-3197.

Lee County Scottish Rite Club The Lee County Scottish Rite Club conducts its monthly meeting every month on the third Thursday at the Bay Breeze Seafood Restaurant in Sanford. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. and is held in the meeting room. All Scottish Rite Masons are welcome.

Meals on Wheels of Sanford Meals on Wheels of Sanford deliver nutritious specialized diet meals five days a week to residents of Sanford who are homebound and unable to prepare meals for themselves. Many people are struggling to make ends meet and are finding it difficult to pay for their meals. The Sanford Meals on Wheels Board of Directors suppliments some of the costs with donated funds. Sanford Meals on Wheels does not receive government funding and relies on charitable donations from organizations and individuals.

For more information about Meals on Wheels, call (919) 708-4181. Meals on Wheels is a nonprofit organization. Tax deductable donations can be made to Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 2991, Sanford, N.C. 27330.

Sandhills Natural History Society The Sandhills Natural History Society will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 22 at Weymouth Woods Auditorium, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Writer, illustrator and educator Bob Palmatier will talk about his many years of research and observations on spotted turtles.

Club news deadline is 3 p.m. Tuesday. E-mail information and photographs to edwardsk@ sanfordherald.com.

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6C / Sunday, January 31, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Past Clubs News Kiwanis Club of Lee County President Matt Jackson presided over the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Lee County held at Davison’s Steaks on Jan. 20. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was led

by Robert Gray and the invocation was given by Jan Brooks. David Caplan sold the project fund tickets and John Payne was the winner. Happy dollars came from Payne, Linda Battle and Janet Tucker.

Jackson began the meeting with the following quote from Danny Kaye, “Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can on it.” He announced a creative program idea that he would be leading in the near future that would help the membership better know one another.

Susan Campbell thanked Karen Hall and Matt Jackson for reading at Head Start and Rita Oglesbee and Campbell volunteered for the next week.

Janet Tucker introduced Brenda Johnson of Sustainable Sandhills and the speaker for the day. Using a power point presentation, Johnson began by explaining that Sustainable Sandhills, a non-profit organization, works with communities to balance the environment with the economy and growing populations.

Headquartered in Fayetteville, Sustainable Sandhills began at Fort Bragg in 2002 and now serves eight counties. Sustainable Sandhills educates through its Green Growth Program, methods of preserving natural resources, improved air quality, weatherizing homes, local food culture etc. Johnson concluded her talk by answering questions for the audience. For more information she encouraged contacting her at brendaj@sustainablesandhills.org, calling (910) 484-9098 or going to www.sustainablesandhills.org.

Jackson adjourned the meeting with the following quote from Colin Powell, “There are no secrets to success. It comes from the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.”

San-Lee Sunrise Rotary President Neal Jensen opened the meeting with the “Quote of the Week,” “A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy” Albert Einstein.

Andy Manhardt led the Rotary invocation and Ed Mishler led the

Pledge of Allegiance.

Rotary guest David Nestor from Sanford Rotary was recognized.

In Good News, Charles Oldham reported 24,000 meals were packed at St. Luke United Methodist Church for Stop Hunger Now. Howard Logue announced Florida State beat Georgia Tech by two points in basketball. Paul Dauphin announced his grandson Eian is learning the game of hockey. Ashley Hinman reported fellow Rotarian Recardo had a successful five-day visit with him and Mary Ann, and Leslie Cox shared his anticipation for his trip to Rotary District 9640 in Australia that includes the Surfers Paradise, Surfers Sunrise, and Surfers Paradise Central Clubs.

In Community News, Martin Davis put in a plug for the Temple Theatre presentation of Blood Done Sign My Name.

The presentation will run from Jan. 29 through Feb. 7. For show times visit www.templeshows.com or call 774-4155. Dave Merriman announced the Stevens Center Valentine Prime Rib Dinner will be held Saturday, Feb. 6, and tickets are $25.

In Club News, San-Lee Sunrise will have a Valentine Social on Saturday, Feb. 13, at the home of President Jensen starting at 7 p.m.

Reduced rate stay for the District 7690 Conference at the Grove Park Inn is available until Feb. 26.

President Neal Jensen introduced fellow San-Lee Sunrise Rotarian Howard Logue for a program highlighting Logue’s successful life in sales and describing a life committed to civic involvement. He began his civic commitment with a membership in the Jacksonville, Fla., Chapter of DeMolay. DeMolay is an organization committed to the preparation of young men age 12-21 to lead successful, happy and productive lives. Walt Disney, John Wayne and Walter Cronkite were members of this organization. Over the years, Logue has been a member of Lions, Elks, Civitans and the Masonic Lodge.

Howard received his education at Florida State University and enrolled two years after FSU changed its name from the Florida State College for Women. A work life started with the J.C. Penny organization and progressed to the oil business with City Service Oil Company. His career in real estate in Sanford has been with the Re/Max organization of independently owned and operated realty companies. A committed private pilot, Howard has owned a series of Cessna aircraft.

President Jensen led the Four Way Test.

Jonesboro Rotary Club The Jonesboro Rotary Club met with an almost standing room only crowd with 33 members in attendance. Ralph Upton gave the invocation to start the meeting.

There were two guests: Michele Bullard brought her son, Dylan, and Ray Covington was a guest of the club.

Bullard started off the announcements saying that there would be no in-school meeting at Greenwood on the third Friday. She also said United Way is looking for volunteers to do the assessments on those who seek aid.

Ed Terry announced that he is working on a new membership directory. He has been taking

San-Lee Sunrise Rotary President Neal Jensen (left) introduced fellow San-Lee Sunrise Rotarian Howard Logue for a program highlighting Logue’s successful life in sales and describing a life committed to civic involvement.

Alan Dossenbach introduced David Montgomery, City of Sanford development officer at the Clubs Jan. 26 meeting.

At the Jan. 25 meeting of the Lee County Forestry Association, benefits of the Voluntary Agricultural District Program in Lee County were presented by Don Nicholson (center left), Chairman of the Lee County Agriculture Advisory Board and Tommy Brooks (center right), Soil Conservationist with the Lee Soil and Water ConservaSpeaking to the Kiwanis Club of Lee County on Jan. 20 is tion District. Also pictured is Grace Lawrence (left), Brenda Johnson (center) from Sustainable Sandhills. Pic- Program Director for the Fort Bragg Regional Task Force Working Land Protection Program (BRAC RTF) who gave tured with Johnson are Kiwanis of Lee member Robert an update on the Working Land Protection Program, and Gray and Kiwanis of Lee secretary Janet Tucker.

Stephanie Romelczyk, Extension Horticulture Agent. pictures for the last several weeks.

Mikael Basinger reported that the club will be handing out the checks in two weeks from the Hunger Walk.

The walkers raised around $4,600. Robert Gilleland announced that the White Elephant Sale is Jan. 21.

The stock report was given by Howard Bokhoven. Ray Martin read a moving letter from his son who is stationed in Afghanistan to his daughter in-law. Van Bruggen challenged members to give $20 for Haitian relief and raised $475. Van Bruggen was the big winner in the weekly raffle, the $35 he won went to Haitian relief.

Speaker was Bob Bridwell with the City of Sanford. He invited members to attend the groundbreaking for the Greenway trail that will be at Riverbirch Shopping Center at 2 p.m. on Jan. 29. He spoke on the Endor Iron Furnace and the plans that are in the works to make it a state park that will be a big benefit for Sanford and Lee County. He said that we have received a grant for $450,000 for the trail in the park has been received. Back in November the Secretary of Cultural Resources and Department of Natural Resources came to view the potential park.

Those two Departments are working hard to get the Endor Iron Furnace to become part of the N.C. Parks System. The Greenway is tied into the park since it will eventually lead from Kiwanis Park to the Iron Furnace along Deep River then back to the old city hall for a distance of 28 miles. Long-range plans include an equestrian portion on the trail along with walking and bike riding.

Sanford Woman’s Club The Sanford Woman’s Club met Jan. 8 at Elizabeth’s Pizza for its monthly meeting with 10 members present.

President Alice Beardslee presided. Virginia Brooks gave the invocation.

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slee led the club in the pledges to the American and North Carolina flags.

Esther Siler read the minutes of the December meeting. Mary Upchurch gave the financial report.

She reported the club has given a donation to the Sanford Woman’s Club scholarship fund in memory of members who have recently died.

President Beardslee reminded members to keep collecting empty drink cans for the fire department.

Beardslee appointed the nominating committee for officers for the coming year: Chairman, Eugenia Thompson; Marie Profio and Esther Siler. They will make a report in April with the installation of the new officers to be done in May. Eugenia Thompson made a motion to donate $25 to the drama department of Lee Senior High School. This was seconded by Marie Profio and motion carried.

The club helped Esther Childress celebrate her 99th birthday.

Beardslee gave her a dozen roses. The club furnished her a corsage.

Her daughter-in-law Marie Childress, gave a cake which was shared by all. The wait staff of the restaurant, along with the club members, sang happy birthday to her.

The meeting was closed with the club saying the collect.

Lee County Forestry Association President Charles Oldham called the January meeting of the Lee County Forestry Association to order at Tony’s Seafood.

Following the invocation given by LaVerne Joyner, members enjoyed a meal provided by the Lee Soil and Water Conservation District through an Agricultural Development Farmland Preservation Trust Fund grant.

Treasurer Bud Taylor reported that although membership was somewhat lower during 2009, with so many members attending and paying dues that evening, membership is already at last year’s level.

President Oldham turned the program over

to Extension Horticulture Agent Stephanie Romelczyk who introduced speakers for the evening. Grace Lawrence, Program Director for the Fort Bragg Regional Task Force Working Land Protection Program (BRAC RTF), presented a video update on progress BRAC is making toward completing the move of 40,000 personnel into the counties surrounding Fort Bragg, explaining the impact it will have on this area, and that working land is indeed compatible with the military’s expected role.

Tommy Brooks, Soil Conservationist with the Lee Soil and Water Conservation District, and Don Nicholson, Chairman of the Lee County Agriculture Advisory Board, spoke passionately about their love of agriculture in Lee County, the $45 million impact it continues to have on its economy, and their belief that the Voluntary Agricultural District Program would be of benefit in Lee County.

Susan Condlin, County Extension Director, detailed how the Town of Broadway has given its approval to the program, as well as the Lee County Commissioners.

Owners of forest land fall under the “agriculture” umbrella and would realize the same benefits as traditional farmers, such as increased visibility for their work, minimization of negative impact on farms that are properly managed, better neighborhood relations between agricultural and non-agricultural property owners, and preservation of open space in the county. Land owners may voluntarily join the program for a small fee for a 10-year period, but likewise may choose to resign at any time.

President Oldham recognized several individuals, including former Lee County Forester Mark Luellen, current Lee County Forester Sam Buchanan, and County Commissioner Ed Paschal. Rita Cameron was the recipient of the door prize.

The next meeting will be April 26.

Sanford Rotary Club

The Jan. 26 meeting of the Sanford Rotary Club was called to order by President James Mitchell.

The Rotary Prayer was led by Wilson Cox and the singing was led by Tom Spence.

Bill Lawrence made up at the Jonesboro Rotary Club, Bud Taylor made up in Pine Bluff, Ark., and David Nestor made up at the San-Lee Sunrise Club.

Lynn Smith had the Rev. Gene Cobb from St. Luke United Methodist Church as his guest for the day.

The Polio Eradication 50/50 raffle of $20, was won by Joy Gilmour, who donated her winnings back to the Polio Eradication effort.

Bud Taylor announced that the Rotary Shelter Box Haiti Relief project was being well supported by the club in Pine Bluff Ark., that he recently visited.

Sam Sillaman started passing the hat for members to support the Haiti Relief. We raised $385 this week.

Checks can be made out to “Rotary District 7690” with a note in the memo line “Haiti Relief Fund.” A suggested per member donation of $20 each is requested. The club will match funds donated up to $500.

Tony Lett gave an update on the status of the Local Charitable Foundation applications. He also reminded everyone of the upcoming District Conference at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville on the weekend of April 23.

Tommy Rosser announced that the Rotary Gala is fast approaching, and needed are Corporate sponsors, tickets sold, silent auction items and door prizes. He also reminded those serving on the Gala committee that a short organizational meeting will be held after next week’s regular meeting. The club needs 100 percent participation to make this years goal of raising $20,000.

Budd Taylor bragged on Rotary’s effort to help send Shelter Boxes to Haiti. Sam Sillaman

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bragged on the defensive end from New Orleans who intercepted Brett Favreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last chance pass at going to this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Super Bowl.

Alan Dossenbach introduced David Montgomery, who is the City of Sanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development officer and has been here in Sanford since 2003. Montgomery and his wife recently were blessed with a new baby boy.

Montgomery gave the membership a â&#x20AC;&#x153;State of the Downtownâ&#x20AC;? review and updated the club on many new developments that are either happening right now or are soon to be started.

His department is busy planning a new and refreshing look to the downtown area. They are currently working on streetscape improvements and a downtown enhancement plan.

Issues that have always plagued the downtown are being addressed.

New parking lots and spaces are always being explored. Montgomery stressed that the downtown needs to focus on more retail. That

Esther Childress celebrated her 99th birthday last week.

The Sanford Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club honored her at its recent meeting. is what, according to Montgomery, will drive the public to frequent the area more often. He described the idea of downtown revitalization as an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Outdoor Mall Concept.â&#x20AC;? In spring they will again be having the Spring Fling, Outdoor Movie Series, The Downtown Bike Criterrium and the Summer Concert Series at Depot Park. He urged those interested in learning even more about what is going on in downtown Sanford to visit the Web site at www.downtownsanford.com. He then answered several questions from the audience after his presentation.

President Mitchell thanked Montgomery for his presentation and his devotion to Sanford, and noted that a bilingual childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book would be donated in his honor at the Lee County Library.

Next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program will be Wes Patter-

Justin Peele, son of Dr. Michael Peele and Judy Peele of Pittsboro, was recently awarded the prestigious Rotary World Peace Fellowship valued at $50,000. After going through a highly competitive application process at the local, national and international level, involving hundreds of applicants from around the world, Justin was chosen to pursue a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in International Relations focusing on Peace and Conflict Resolution at the Rotary World Peace Center at Salvador University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. son with a presentation on Rotaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Poilo Eradication progress.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Phil Richmond, and the Four

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we know it has changed everywhere…one world has ended and another is emerging. Even though America may be considered the richest country on planet Earth we residents are seeing more signs of deprivation here. Before we vaguely noticed it with the increasing homeless in this country, the need for more public shelters, and the rise of soup kitchens.

Later, we read about and watched interviews with solid citizens who had lost their jobs, forfeited their houses, and given up on the American dream.

Each year the stories come

closer to home.

One of my closest friends, Deborah Harrell Meehan, created an organization called the Wild Wacky Wonderful Women of the World, based in Cary-Raleigh, with the goal of women helping other women. This has involved connecting with each other for the purpose of socializing, networking, and supporting each other personally and professionally. Since joining several years ago I have enjoyed the associations with other women from various backgrounds.

The group’s primary adopted benevolent goal is to raise money for the Women’s Center of Wake County, which in turn helps women and chil-

dren who are homeless and/or impoverished; many of whom are victims of domestic violence and all needing help with food and housing. The largest fundraising event every year is to host a Bachelor Bid for Charity where we auction off eligible gentlemen for a dream date. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 20.

Our group’s members send out notices about their business offerings, job promotions, new products, and special events. However, in recent months, I have observed a change in the nature of the e-mails. This week Deborah sent out an appeal to help a woman called “Jackie” who had been a successful business

owner and now has lost her income and in turn her house. She has moved into a small apartment and is getting food stamps but needs money for bare essentials.

Another member Sheyenne and her husband are being forced to move out of their house this weekend due to foreclosure.

They can stay with their son temporarily but are looking for a rental situation with flexibility about payment, asking for help with the move, and needing a place to store their belongings.

Deborah Meehan continues her support of women by providing a forum of e-mails from people asking and receiving help. She says: “Even when

so much has been lost, much can be recovered. It may not be tangible, but with God’s help and the help of humanity, we can experience a rebirth, a new zest for life and a new appreciation for those we love. With our memories held as treasures in our hearts and minds, with the wisdom we have gained from each experience..... we can find the courage to live again....Back of the Clouds, the Sun is Always Shining...”.

She added: “This is what I believe!”

While I am optimistic like Deborah I must ask the question: Why can’t Americans mobilize themselves to raise money to help the citizens in this country? Why can’t famous stars join together for a telethon to take donations for the hungry and homeless people in the United States?

Like Deborah I know that today’s challenges with the economy can force us to experience a rebirth. As our neighbors struggle we are given the opportunity to help in various ways. My contributions as a writer and speaker seem very humble

as I continue to seek ways to be of greater service.

As today’s society faces tremendous challenges, many related to lack of employment and absence of money, I think it is more important than ever to be thankful for the blessings we have.

Whatever our status economically or socially we must know that through gratitude, faith, work, and positive thinking, we can rise above any circumstances. Just as the bareness of winter fades and makes way for the vibrancy of spring every year we must believe in a better tomorrow and know that the best is yet to come!

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AlexSandra Lett is the author of “Natural Living, From Stress to Rest;” “A Timeless Place, Lett’s Set a Spell at the Country Store;” “Timeless Moons, Seasons of the Fields and Matters of the Heart;” “Timeless Recipes and Remedies, Country Cooking, Customs, and Cures;” and “Coming Home to my Country Heart, Timeless Reflections about Work, Family, Health, and Spirit.”

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