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Seniors could get break on taxes

KITTY HAWK MAN’S RELIGIOUS SCULPTURES A LABOR OF LOVE

Little-known provisions could save thousands

What began as an offer by Outer Banks artist Glenn Eure to create wood sculptures depicting the cruxification of Christ for his church turned out to be an emotionally wrenching marathon that tested his mettle and deepened his spirituality. Walsh estimated Eure spent 150 hours on each of the sculptures.

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CCCC VMT students Lindsey Stanko of Charlotte and Marissa Sauber of Southern Pines work on their beagle, Wilder, Friday during a class in the college’s vet tech lab.

PRESIDENT OBAMA ATTEMPTS TO CHEER UP DEMOCRATS

College’s vet tech program among nation’s best

Just a year after celebrating Barack Obama’s inauguration, despondent Democrats on Saturday heard from their party leader who urged optimism in the face of Republicans’ strong challenge to their congressional dominance Page 9A

WEATHER

‘SNOWMAGEDDON’ BLANKETS MID-ATLANTIC STATES, D.C. Mid-Atlantic residents were buried Saturday from a likely record-setting blizzard the president jokingly called “Snowmageddon,” and those brave enough tried to clear a path through the wet, heavy mounds of thigh-high snow

By BILLY LIGGETT

SANFORD — A few littleknown provisions in the local tax code allows for some senior or disabled citizens to reduce their property tax bills by dramatic amounts.

Lee County Tax Administrator Dwane Brinson said Friday that the Lee County Tax Office is working to let Lee County residents know about ways they can reduce their personal tax burden.

“We’d rather have people come in and apply (for the provisions) and be able to review their status, even if we have to tell them they don’t qualify, than have people who do qualify not know and not apply,” Brin-

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SANFORD — Every good hospital needs a well-trained staff of nurses.

That same rule applies to animal hospitals, and you don’t have to look outside of Sanford to find one of nation’s top breeding grounds for veterinarian “nurses.”

Central Carolina Community College’s Veterinary Medical Technology program (better known as “vet tech”) has attracted students from all over the country during its 40plus-year history; and in recent years, it’s been considered one of the best around for its staff, facilities, curriculum and even its location.

“During our most recent accreditation, they (the national board) compared us to a fine wine,” said Dr. Paul Porterfield, who joined the program in 1993 and currently serves as the program’s chairman.

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Vet technician Lori Rainforth (left) shows students in CCCC’s VMT program how to properly bandage a dog’s leg during a class in the college’s vet tech lab Friday.

WHAT IS A VET TECH? A veterinary medical technician studies nutrition, diseases, anatomy, radiology, parasitology, pharmacology, dental, surgical and clinical procedures, anesthesiology, lab techniques and office practices. They work as “assistants” to veterinarians, and can do anything but the following: n Prescribe medication n Diagnose an illness or condition n Perform surgery (they can assist) n Cause irreversible change (such as pulling a tooth, spaying or neutering or euthanization)

SANFORD — A man arrested Friday on marijuana charges was on house arrest from a November charge of firing shots into a crowded downtown restaurant.

Edward Maurice Davis Jr., 24, of 313-B N. 4th St. was charged Friday with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, maintaining a dwelling for drugs

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STATE PRIVATE DONATIONS DOWN AT UNIVERSITIES ACROSS STATE Donations fell sharply at several of North Carolina’s larger colleges and universities as the economic downturn seemed to keep the number of larger gifts down Page 8A

LEE COUNTY QUIZ BOWL

Lee Christian wins for fourth straight year ‘Dynasty’ tops LCHS in final round

By JONATHAN OWENS owens@sanfordherald.com

BUSINESS WARNING SIGNS MISSED EARLY ON IN TOYOTA RECALL DEBACLE The years since have seen hundreds of drivers’ complaints about unwanted acceleration of their Toyotas, six inconclusive federal investigations, multiple reports of deaths and repeated denials from the automaker that it had a major problem on its hands Page 7B

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SANFORD — NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has nothing on the Lee Christian School quiz bowl team.

Like the driver of the #48 Chevy, the team won its fourth-straight title Saturday in the annual Lee County Quiz Bowl, defeating rival Grace Christian on the final question in the semifinals, then fending off a charge from Lee County High School to

HAPPENING TODAY n The final production of

Temple Theatre’s “Blood Done Sign My Name,” will run at 2 p.m. For tickets, visit templeshows.com or call (919) 774-4155.

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solidify the school’s status as a dynasty in the competition.

Gail Meeks, who coaches Lee Christian’s team along with principal Stephen Coble, said the winning streak is “very much a source of pride for the school,” and it was important that it be continued this year.

“There was a lot of pressure on us this year to win again,” Meeks said. “All the teams came very prepared this year

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HANNAH PASCHAL/ Special to The Herald

Lee Christian School quiz bowlers (from left) Thomas Joyner, William Glasser, Andrew Worrell and Douglas Meeks react to an answer during the final round of the Lee County Quiz Bowl Saturday.

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OBITUARIES

ON THE STREET

Sanford: James Barrett, 74; Frank Bush Jr., 62; Dorothy Covington, 91; Christopher Gaddy, 74; Everette McDowell, 71; Marie Shontz, 91

Two prominent local chain stores, Movie Gallery and Sam Goody are closing

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On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:

MONDAY n A special meeting of the Lillington Town Board will be held at 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. n The Chatham County Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Office Board Room in Pittsboro. n The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 635 East St., in Pittsboro. n The Siler City Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall in Siler City.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to those everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Kayling Monica Senia Matson, Jerlene Bunnell, William Thomas, Alisha Chenelle Crawford, Aaliyah Chemelle Crawford, Dorothy Matthews, Matthew Paul Hood, Anthony Sizemore and Buddy Harrington.

And to those celebrating Monday, especially Caitlin Marie French, Michael Oldham, Mandi Leigh Johnson, Jennafer Lynn Schark, Elliyanyah Miracle Imarrell Times, Bennie Lawrence McLemore, Eric Devon Street, Samantha Lynn Oldham, Jacob William Elliott, Keila Cruz Herndez, John Henry Womble, Teresa Pilson, Allison Lara, Penny Carter, Respect Petty, Jessica Ann Norris and Everett Dorsett.

CELEBRITIES: Country singer Wilma Lee Cooper is 89. Author Gay Talese is 78.

Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) is 75. Actor Miguel Ferrer is 55. Reggae musician Brian Travers (UB40) is 51. Comedy writer Robert Smigel (SMY’-guhl) is 50. Actor James Spader is 50. Country singer Garth Brooks is 48. Rock musician David Bryan (Bon Jovi) is 48. Actor-comedian Eddie Izzard is 48. Actor-comedian Chris Rock is 45. Actor Jason Gedrick is 43. Actress Essence Atkins is 38. Rock singer-musician Wes Borland is 35. Actor Ashton Kutcher is 32.

Actress Tina Majorino is 25.

Almanac Today is Sunday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2010. There are 327 days left in the year.

This day in history: On Feb. 7, 1984, space shuttle Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered space walk, which lasted nearly six hours.

In 1812, author Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England.

In 1857, a French court acquitted author Gustave Flaubert of obscenity for his serialized novel “Madame Bovary.”

In 1904, a fire began in Baltimore that raged for about 30 hours and destroyed more than 1,500 buildings.

In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized a flag for the office of the vice president.

In 1943, the government announced the start of shoe rationing, limiting consumers to buying three pairs per person for the remainder of the year.

In 1948, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of staff; he was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley.

In 1971, women in Switzerland gained the right to vote through a national referendum, 12 years after a previous attempt failed.

In 1974, the island nation of Grenada won independence from Britain.

In 1983, Elizabeth H. Dole was sworn in as the first female secretary of transportation by the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

In 1999, Jordan’s King Hussein died of cancer at age 63; he was succeeded by his eldest son, Abdullah.

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n 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.

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TUESDAY n A Novel Approach Book Club will meet at noon at the Enrichment Center. Registration not necessary and the club is open to the general public for all adults. n The Alzheimer’s & Caregiver Support Group will meet at 1 p.m. at the Enrichment Center. Call (919) 776-0501 ext.

230 for further details. n Tramway Elementary will host a family night, “Developing the Whole Child,” from 5-6:30 p.m. n Valentine’s Day dinner and entertainment at 6 p.m. at the Enrichment Center.

Cost is $7 per person. Registration required. Call (919) 776-0501, ext. 201. n The CCCC course, “Simple Yet Effective Customer Service” will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce. Presenter will be Bob Moore. Cost is $10 for the class and lunch and $5 with no lunch. n The free CCCC course, “15 Mistakes That Will Undermine Any Business” will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Presenter will be Bob Moore.

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Holding trophies awarded winners in the recreation department’s city basketball league were (left to right): Chuck Warner, coach of the Saco-Lowell team; Betty Smith of Schneierson’s; and John Lloyd of Saco-Lowell, a member of the all-league team. This photograph appeared in the March 7, 1963, Herald.

SATURDAY If you have a calendar item you would like to add or if you have a feature story idea, contact The Herald by e-mail at news@sanfordherald.com or by phone at (919) 718-1225.

WEDNESDAY n A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at the Lee County Partnership for Children’s new office on Chatham Street in downtown Sanford. The ceremony is set for 4 p.m. at 143 Chatham St. For more information, visit www.sanford-nc.com. n Living with Vision Loss Support Group will meet at 1 p.m. at the Enrichment Center. n The Veterans Remembrance Group will meet at 2 p.m. at the Enrichment Center. James Weaver, former B29 Air Force pilot, will be guest speaker. Registration encouraged, call (919) 776-0501, ext. 201. n The Chatham County Center of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service will conduct a pesticide school on Feb. 10 and 11 at the Agriculture Building in Pittsboro. Registration on Wednesday, February 10th, is from 8:15 to 9 a.m. with program beginning at 9 a.m. Program on Thursday will begin at 9 a.m. Sessions will conclude by 5 p.m. on both days. For more information or to register, contact the Chatham County Center, (919) 5428202. n Thomas Dalton, director of education for Temple Theatre in Sanford, presents a Theater Appreciation class for the public through Central Carolina Community College’s Continuing Education

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Department. The class runs 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 10-March 31 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Class members will gain an appreciation for the art of the theater and the work of those involved in it. There are no prerequisites or textbooks. The cost is $89. For more information or to sign up, contact the college at (919) 775-2122, ext. 7793.

THURSDAY n Lee County Schools is hosting a ribbon cutting and “Business After Hours” to celebrate the grand opening of the STEM labs at SanLee Middle School and Southern Lee High School from 5 to 7 p.m. at SanLee Middle School. Roger Davis, CEO of Paxton-Patterson Corporation, will be on hand to mark the grand opening, as will Bill Harrison, the state Board of Education chairman, and Dr. June Atkinson, the Superintendent of Public Instruction. To RSVP, call (919) 775-7341. n Arthritis Support Group will met at 11 a.m. at the Enrichment Center. n Grancare Luncheon will be held at noon at the Enrichment Center. Lunch will be served, please register by calling (919) 776-0501, ext. 230. Program: Everything You Wanted to Know about Social Security, with Kathy St. Clair.

n The sixth annual President’s Day Freedom Run will begin at 10 a.m. at 3204 Keller-Andrews Road, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints meeting house. The event is hosted by Boy Scout Troop 806 and the LDS Young Women of Sanford. The race is sanctioned by USAT&F, and performances can count for state and national rankings. Register online at active.com or runnc.com. For more information, call Stephanie Larsen at (919) 718-1437. n The Grand Trees of Chatham, a Chatham County advisory board, is hosting a free workshop to help Chatham County residents identify native trees during the winter.

The workshop will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Triangle Land Conservancy’s White Pines Nature Preserve south of Pittsboro.

Register by calling (919) 933-3869 or send an email to grandtrees@chathamnc.org. n Explore the birds that make Jordan Lake their home from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Jordan Lake State Park on U.S. 64. Learn the basics on bird watching and how to identify birds. Everyone is welcome. Dress for the weather, bring binoculars and anything else you may need. A spotting scope and an extra binocular will be available to use. Meet ranger at Seaforth Recreation Area at Pond Trail across from beach. For more information, call (919) 362-0586 or e-mail steve.mcmurray@ncdenr.gov.

FEB. 16 n The free CCCC course, “Business Recordkeeping and Taxes” will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Presenter will be Sean Larsen.

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One of the provisions is the elderly/disabled exemption, which allows residents who are disabled and/or over 65 years old and have an annual income of less than $27,100 to reduce their home’s assessed tax value by half

or $25,000, whichever is greater.

A second exemption is for disabled veterans, and reduces the assessed tax value of a home by $45,000.

“For this, all we need is proof that you’re disabled and were honorably discharged from the armed services,” Brinson said.

A third provision, called the Circuit Breaker, allows

a deferment of principal and interest on a home’s property taxes for up to three years.

“This is to include (residents over 65 years old) who make too much for the elderly exemption,” Brinson said.

The income limit for the Circuit Breaker deferment is $40,650, or 150 percent of the limit for the elderly/disabled exemption. Applicants must have owned their homes for five calendar years prior to Jan. 1 of

the year in which they apply.

Applications for the exemptions are accepted at the tax office through June 1.

Brinson said the tax office is working hard to let people know about

opportunities elderly and disabled residents have for property tax relief.

“The board wants us to be very proactive with these programs, so we feel that the more people who know about this, the better,” Brinson said.

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and everyone wanted to take us down.�

The team from Grace Christian had an opportunity to knock off the perennial champions in the semifinal match of the double-elimination tournament. Up by five points on the final question, Grace was asked, “Which rock legend, usually credited with the invention of the solidbody electric guitar, died in August 2009?�

The Grace team answered, “Paul Les,� transposing the musician’s name. Lee Christian then correctly answered “Les Paul,� to eliminate its rival from the competition. “I remembered the name,� said Grace team member Hannah Gibson, a senior. “We just got confused. I wish I had another year.�

Lee Christian then faced Lee County High School in the finals. Sine

the Yellow Jackets had lost once before in the day, they had to defeat the powerhouse Falcons twice in order to win the trophy.

They managed one defeat, but fell flat in the second match, allowing Lee Christian to hoist the first-place trophy once more. “It was a team effort,� said Andrew Worrell, a Lee Christian senior who has been on the past three championship teams. “I guess this is kind of a dynasty for us.�

But it almost didn’t happen. The contest, consisting of teams from Grace, Lee Christian, Lee County High and Lee Early College and sponsored by the Lee County Library and The Herald, was in danger of cancellation after inclement weather forced officials to move its time twice and location once.

The event was held in the McIver Fellowship Hall at First Presbyterian Church in Sanford.

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“It took us years to come together and get to where we are now.�

That fine wine boasts a staff of six instructors — vets and vet techs — with a combined experience of more than 100 years. And while the outside of the buildings may look like any of the other older brick facades on campus, the inside reveals large classrooms with work stations resembling a hospital, surgical rooms, dentistry areas, labs and a kennel to house the 20-plus dogs and cats the program cares for and uses for instruction. “We’re right there with a handful of the nation’s best programs,� said Porterfield. “There’s a standard we’ve set and we have to adhere to.�

WHAT VET TECHS DO The doctor-nurse analogy is the easiest way to describe what a vet tech does, says Michele Nabonne, the program’s admissions specialist. But there’s a lot more to it than that.

Whereas veterinarians must have a degree before entering a four-year vet school, vet techs must have a high school diploma before entering a two-year program.

That said, many of the students at CCCC have degrees in other areas and have chosen the vet tech program because of the career opportunities. “Most join a private practice caring for small animals, companion animals or large animals,� said Porterfield. “Some go on to teach, while others work for laboratories, zoos, wildlife organizations, pharmaceu-

LEARN MORE To learn more about Central Carolina Community College’s veterinary medical technician program, go online to http://www.cccc.edu/curriculum/majors/veterinarymedical/ or call Michele Nabonne at (919) 718-7234.

tical industries or research companies.�

Vet technicians can perform a variety of medical procedures, but they are not licensed to prescribe medication, diagnose an illness or condition, perform surgery (though they can assist) and cause irreversible change (such as euthanization or a tooth pulling).

The average starting salary for a vet tech is $28 to $32,000 a year, he added, compared to a starting salary of about $64,000 for a vet. But he said veterinarians can incur a student loan debt of about $130,000 in four years, while the average two-year cost for a vet tech is $7,000.

Alex Dovoric, who graduated from the program two years ago, said he went straight to a private practice in Raleigh and has loved the career choice. “Jobs are a lot easier to land in this field,� he said.

That’s the hope for Lindsey Stanko of Charlotte and Marissa Sauber of Southern Pines, who on Friday were practicing bandaging ears on their assigned beagle, Wilder, during lab time. “I want to work at a zoo ... hopefully do work with exotic animals,� said Sauber, who entered the program after giving nursing a try. “I found out I liked the medical part of it,� she added, “I just didn’t like working with humans.�

Stanko, who’s currently a vet’s assistant, is looking for certification, which could mean a bump in salary and expanded career choices.

She, too, hopes the transition into the real world is an easy one. “More and more places are welcoming these students,� she said.

That’s the hope of Porterfield, who said he gets frustrated at times with some vets’ hiring of “people right off the street� to do the work of vet techs. “They’ve done that for years and trained them themselves,� he said. “You can train them, but in the process, they may be learning how to do things, but they’re not learning why they’re doing it.�

More and more new vets are hiring from these programs, and the programs themselves are growing.

When Porterfield joined CCCC in 1993, there were 65 similar programs in the U.S. Today, there are about 160. “Still, there are currently more veterinarians out there than vet techs,� he said. “It should be the opposite of that.�

ANIMAL CARE What sets the CCCC program apart from other vet tech programs is its use of live animals, which are kenneled and cared for at the facility.

While this is a plus in the name of education and research, some view the use of lab animals as cruelty and a negative for the program.

Porterfield and his staff are quick to defend those perceptions. “All of these dogs have names, and they’re all assigned to students,� said Dr. Kim Browning, who on

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The Sanford Herald / Sunday, February 7, 2010 / 5A Nancy McCurry played the piano. Gene McNeill and the congregation sang.

Pallbearers were Carson Rosser, Chase Rosser, Jacob Rouse, Reggie Rosser, Steven Tew, and Kevin Yow. Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home.

Christopher Gaddy

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Christopher D. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jackâ&#x20AC;? Gaddy, James Barrett 74, of Sanford died Friday SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral (2/5/10) at home. for James David Barrett, Born and raised in 74, of Sanford, who died Sanford, he was a son of Thursday (2/4/10), was held the late Kemp V. and Louise at Lemon Springs Baptist Seymore Gaddy. He was a Church Cemetery by Dr. W. successful businessman, Jim Whitehead. having owned and operated Janet Childress played Watson Specialty Company the piano. Recorded music until his retirement in 2000. was also played.

He enjoyed going to the Arrangements are by beach and lived part-time Bridges Cameron Funeral at the coast for several Home. years.

He was an active member of Buffalo PresFrank Bush Jr. byterian Church, where SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Frank he served as an elder for Bush Jr., 62, of 202 Hillmany years. He was vetcrest Drive died Thursday eran of the U.S. Army and (2/4/10) at home. a member of the JonesBorn Nov. 12, 1947, he boro Masonic Lodge. is survived by wife Geneva He was preceded in Bush, son Jerome Bush, death by a son, Chris daughter Juanita Bush, Gaddy. mother Theldora Bush, He is survived by his wife sisters Shirley Bush, Faye of 49 years, Connie Dunn Spatcher and Jon-Renea Gaddy, daughter Cindy Bush, brothers Don Bush, Danny Bush, Michael Bush, Woodring and husband Jim of Lexington, S.C., son John Tommy Bush, and Steve Gaddy and wife Crystal of Bush, and six grandchilHinesville, Ga., five granddren. children, and two stepFuneral will be held grandchildren.

2 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Funeral will be held 2:30 United Methodist Church p.m.

Tuesday at Buffalo by the Rev. Bruce Petty.

Presbyterian Church by the Burial will follow in Minter Rev. Paul Shields. Burial will Cemetery. follow in Buffalo Cemetery.

Visitation will be held Visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at from 1:30 until 2:15 p.m.

Trinity United Methodist at the church prior to the Church. service.

Arrangements are by In lieu of flowers, memoWatson Mortuary. rials may be made to Buffalo Presbyterian Church, Dorothy Covington 1333 Carthage St., Sanford, SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral N.C., 27330. for Dorothy Elizabeth Arrangements are by McKay Covington, 91, of Miller-Boles Funeral Home.

Sanford, who died Monday Online condolences may be (2/1/10), was held Saturday made at www.millerboles. at Jonesboro Presbyterian com.

Church by the Rev. Keith Miller and the Rev. James Everette McDowell McLean.

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral for Burial followed at the Everette Vernon McDowell, Raeford City Cemetery.

71, of Sanford, who died Sandra McNeill played the piano. Pam Beal played Thursday (2/4/10), was held Saturday at Bridges-Camthe organ. Adrian Smith eron Funeral Home. sang and played the guitar.

Burial followed at Lee Amy McKinney sang and Memory Gardens.

Laurence Poindexter played

the guitar. The congregation also sang.

Pallbearers were Terry Covington, Junior McKoy, Eric Powers, John McKay, Brent Burrows, and Patrick Burrows.

Arrangements are by Bridges Cameron Funeral Home.

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Arrangements are by Bridges Cameron Funeral Home.

Cherene Whitaker Dawson of Chapel Hill, father Rodney Dawson of Emerald Isle and grandmother Maxine Whitaker of Bynum.

Funeral will be held 2 p.m. Monday at Bynum United Methodist Church by the Rev. Jeff Babajtis.

Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hall-Wynne Griffin Chapel in Pittsboro.

Online condolences may be made at www.hallwynne. com.

Arrangements are by Hall-Wynne Funeral Home.

Halbert Williams

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Halbert Williams of 714 Westover Drive died Friday (2/5/10) at Central Carolina Hospital.

He is survived by Gwendolyn Newby nephew James D. Williams and wife Gloria of Sanford, SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gwendoand other nieces, nephews lyn B. Newby of 1205 Crest and friends.

St. died Friday (2/5/10) at Funeral will be held UNC Hospital in Chapel noon Tuesday at New Zion Hill.

Baptist Church by the Rev. Funeral arrangements are incomplete by L. Horton Gerome Williams. Burial Community Funeral Home. will follow at Sandhills Veteran Cemetery in Fayetteville.

Marie Shontz The family will receive SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Marie Rita friends at the home of Kessler Shontz, 91, of SanJames D. Williams, 3412 ford died Saturday (2/6/10) Evers Ave. at Bayberry Retirement Inn Arrangements are by L. in Sanford.

Horton Funeral Home.

Born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio on May 23, 1918 to the late John Kessler Coynell Cameron and Adeline Baus Kessler, CAMERON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral she was preceded in death for Coynell Cameron, 96, by her husband, William of Cameron, who died Painter Shontz. She was a Wednesday (2/3/10), was long-time resident of Stras- held Saturday at Cypress burg, Ohio and in more rePresbyterian Church by Dr. cent years lived in Sanford, Bob Whitehouse and the where she was a member of Rev. John Brown.

Jonesboro United MethodBurial followed in the ist Church. church cemetery.

She is survived by sons Chris Stewart and Fairly William Curtis Shontz Cameron played the piano. and wife Jennifer Wilson Larry Rive, the congregaof Holyoke, Mass., John tion, the choir, and the Franklin Shontz and wife Campbell family all sang.

Katherine Settle Shontz of Pallbearers were Freddy Sanford, daughters MariCarlyle, Danny Carlyle, lyn Louise Shontz and Ron Atkinson, Dan Stewpartner Kathy Frank of art, Jason Biggs, and Craig Franklinville and Rita Mae Chapman.

Beasley of Ashland, Va., Arrangements are by brother Richard Kessler of Bridges Cameron Funeral Port Orchard, Wash., three Home. grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Dustin Dawson A memorial service will EMERALD ISLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; be held at a later date.

Dustin Rodney Dawson, 24, Memorials may be of Emerald Isle died Friday made to Breast Cancer (2/5/10).

Research Foundation (bcrfA native of Moore cure.org), 60 E. 56th St., County born on March 21, 8th Floor, New York, N.Y., 1985, he worked with his 10022. father at his convenience Online condolences may store on Emerald Isle. be made at www.bridgesHe is survived by mother

Ruth Kondratovich TRUMBULL, Conn. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ruth McLeod Kondratovich, 92, of Trumbull died Thursday (2/410) at home.

Born in Sanford, she was a longtime Trumbull resident and was a retired nurse for Van Doren Nursing Home.

She was preceded in death by her husband

Michael and her daughter Michel. She is survived by sons Michael Kondratovich Jr. of Concord, N.C., Klement Kondratovich of Honolulu, and Alexander Kondratovich of Trumbull, sisters Aldelene Keith, Mildred McLeod and Peggy Buchanan, all of North Carolina, sisterin-law Jane Kondratovich of Easton, Conn., and a host of nieces and nephews.

Funeral will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Cyril F. Mullins Trumbull Funeral Home, 399 White Plains Road, Trumbull, Conn. Burial will follow in Long Hill Cemetery.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Memorial contributions may be made to Sol Amor Hospice, 4 Oxford Road, Suite E4, Milford, CT. For online condolences please visit mullinsfh. com Arrangements are by Mullins Funeral Home.

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6A / Sunday, February 7, 2010 / The Sanford Herald

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

SUNDAY THUMBS THUMBS UP: YOUTH LEADERSHIP Tremayne Smith is a man in the limelight in his duties as the drum major of the East Carolina University Marching Band. Obviously, he can stand tall on the gridiron in his band capacity ... and he has the opportunity to stand tall in the eyes of youth and be an inspiration to others.

Such was the case this week as Smith was in Sanford to visit with students at Tramway Elementary School and later as a speaker at the Southern Lee High School Marching Band banquet.

During his visit to Tramway, Smith told /The Herald /about the importance of giving back.

“It’s important because a lot

of the opportunities I’ve gotten were from people who took time out of their time and invested in me and my school.” He noted that he told God “if you let me get to that position, I’ll do the same.”

The Tramway students and Southern Lee band were beneficiaries of his willingness to give back. As he told the Tramway students, “You’ve gotta go to college, you’ve gotta make good grades.”

Not all young adults have the opportunity to be in visible positions like Smith to help make a difference in the lives of other

young people. But, all young adults have the opportunity to mentor and be role models for young people.

Who knows? Smith may have well inspired some young person to become a drum major or to attend college or to do better in school ... or just to become a role model.

THUMBS DOWN ‘FRIENDLY’ NEIGHBORS We won’t name names to protect the innocent, but this week, a Herald staff member was stranded on an icy rural road in Lee County after the snow and ice storm Friday.

Help arrived, but the car was stuck well, and a tow truck was called.

In the 15 minutes until the tow truck arrived, at least five vehicles passed the ditched car and four of them not only didn’t offer help, but didn’t even stop.

The fifth did stop ... asked how much the tow fee was ... and offered to pull the car out for $25.

When rejected, they drove off.

It probably shouldn’t matter that the driver was a female, but to some, that makes the lack of help even worse.

We’ve said many times Lee County is a wonderful place full of giving people, but on this given day ... the help just wasn’t there. Luckily, the tow truck was.

THUMBS UP: FOUR IN A ROW The word ‘dynasty’ gets thrown

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To the Editor:

RE: SOME PARENTS FRUSTRATED OVER SATURDAY SCHOOL DAY Exactly what kind of “principle” are you teaching your children when you don’t send them to school? Ask yourself what that really says to them. Yes, family time is important, but more important than the few hours you will miss out on Saturday is the long-term lesson you are leaving with your students about the importance of their education. I mean come on ... it is one Saturday morning when our kids have already had a four-day weekend. And I would much rather have my entire spring break to use as family time.

— leecountygirl I don’t want to be coddled, but I do want to be given fair notice. My thoughts go to parents who don’t have Internet access, don’t have a Herald subscription or don’t easily read English. They still have no idea that school is scheduled for Saturday because no one has officially contacted parents.

We have scheduled make-up days. How about we use them? Why don’t we take advantage of those Saturdays that are available? Decide now so we can all plan accordingly. Saturday school is not the issue, poor planning and notification are the issues. Here’s hoping parents stay this involved and motivated to evaluate School Board decisions.

— campgordon My son loves school. But he needs those two days of downtime before starting a five-day week. I think school is extremely important and that is why I want my child to feel rested and ready for another week on Monday.

I made plans for Saturday. To find out four days beforehand that I need to change them when there are eight other days that could have been taken is disrespectful of me, my family and my time.

— TramwayMom Some children enjoy attending school — I know my daughter certainly does.

The superintendent should definitely take the “precious little children” into account.

They are, after all, the sole reason the schools exist. Too often school administrators focus on the administration and bureaucracy with little regard to the actual best interest of the students. That needs to change if we are to improve the academic performance of these “precious little children.”

— tiredtaxpayer I must admit Moss is in a bad position with no real good path out, but this path is probably the worst choice he could have made. I have no problem with Saturday school, but to do it with such little warning is a direct disregard of the lives of Lee County parents and students.

— Thinkingman

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around a lot in sports and competitive events. Still, we think the term fits the Lee Christian School quiz bowl team.

The Falcons won their fourthconsecutive quiz bowl competition on Saturday, defeating Lee County High School in the finals for the title, yet again.

Not bad for a school about a fifth the size of the county’s largest school.

All four of the teams — Lee Christian, Lee County, Lee Early College and Grace Christian — performed admirably in the contest this year. Congratulations and thanks to all the students, teachers and volunteers who participated and made it a success.

I guess this is growing up Editor’s Note: Editor Billy Liggett is taking a short vacation and has gone to the vault for this week’s column. The following write-up originally appeared in The Herald on Oct. 4, 2009, the day after his daughter’s birth.

They call it ‘maturity’ My wife had been in labor for nearly 21 hours at this point, and it didn’t look like the birth of our daughter was happening anytime soon. So after asking her twice (and with her parents there to stand guard), I went for a little walk.

Consider it a long pace.

I walked out of the birthing center at Rex Hospital in Raleigh late Friday, and began walking to other areas of the hospital, eventually coming to the intensive care units.

It was there I came upon a group of 13-15 people ... adults and children, looking very much alike and very much like a close-knit family. Being in my own little world at the time, it took me more than a moment to realize the family had tears in their eyes, as they were comforting each other and, on occasion, smiling. As I began passing them, I glanced to the right and, unintentionally, caught a quick peek of the room they were standing outside of. In there, I saw an older woman talking to an unresponsive man in bed, hooked up to all kinds of tubes and wires.

It was quiet. I kept walking.

I didn’t stop and ask the family their situation. The tears, the scene on the inside ... I realized I had walked through the final good-byes to their father ... their grandfather.

Perhaps great-grandfather to some of them.

Unknown to me at the time, I was two hours away from witnessing the beginning of a life — my beautiful, healthy daughter. I was also, at that time, witnessing the end of what appeared to be a very long, very fulfilling life.

The alpha and the omega. It was an enormous moment for me, for reasons I still can’t fully comprehend. Nor will I try to. I immediately turned around, and with a pace more hurried than the one I had leaving the birthing center, I walked back to my wife, who had taken on nearly a full day of water breaking, contractions and pain with barely a whimper.

I wouldn’t call the moment an “epiphany,” as I didn’t suddenly want to become a good father because I saw a dying man’s family truly touched, truly saddened by his passing.

I’ve always wanted to be a good father ... well before the day nine months ago when my wife showed me the positive pregnancy test and leaped into my arms.

But I will say the experience reaffirmed in me the importance of family and friends.

Your jobs, your popularity, your social stand-

Billy Liggett Sanford Herald Editor Contact Billy Liggett by e-mail at bliggett@sanfordherald.com ing ... these mean little in the grand scheme of things. It’s the people you’ve loved and the people who’ve loved you that mean everything.When you’re at your final moments, those are the people who will be there at your side.

Two hours later, my wife and I welcomed Hayley Alexandra Liggett to the world. A healthy 9 pounds, 5 ounces and 22 inches, Hayley was perfect. I have no other word to describe her. And watching her enter this world is by far the happiest moment my wife and I have experienced together.

That she had her proud parents and two of her grandparents there is important, in the grand scheme of things. Add us to the hundreds of our family and friends who couldn’t be there, but stayed up well past midnight to hear about her birth ... and I don’t think there’s a luckier little girl in the world.

I know some of you will disagree ... and I’m completely cool with that. I’m not sure what fatherhood has in store for me. I’m writing this less than 24 hours after her introduction to the world, and already I’ve changed two dirty diapers and have slept a total of four hours in the past three days.

That all sounds like the stuff of nightmares when your friends warn you of that before it happens.

But right now, it’s pretty awesome.

Nothing’s more important than family and friends. I apologize to those of you who fall into those two categories with me who haven’t felt like that’s been the case with me over the years. But I’m starting to “get it.”

I suppose this is called maturity.

Thank you again to everybody who demanded I Facebook the progress through Jennifer’s labor, and thank you already for the many, many well-wishes and kind words we’ve received since 12:28 a.m. Saturday morning.

You’re all an important part of my life. A life that just got that much more important.

My daddy used to say “there’s a sucker born every day.”

After reading the letter from Ty Stumpf, I believe my daddy had a point.

Mr. Stumpf has taken this president’s incompetence and doomed to fail policies hook line and sinker.

How convenient you didn’t bring up the 9/11 attacks which plagued Bush’s presidency from the start.

Say what you will, but he did as well as to be expected under those circumstances. I didn’t agree with all of his policies and I didn’t envy his position then either. The dot-com bust and subsequent stock market crash after the attack have been factors leading up today’s economy woes.

Who in their right mind would have the audacity to stand up in front of the nation and say that nobody is trying to fix our problems but the Democrats? In my opinion when you have a super majority and still cant pass this stinking pork laden health care reform bill there has to be something fundamentally wrong with the bill. Thank God for a few sensible blue dog Democrats! Nobody wants to see people without health coverage but its time to move on to different ideas on how to get it done.

Mr. Stumpf, I don’t know anything about you but have you ever owned, run or try to start a business of any kind? Let me tell you that as a small business start up like myself it is a daunting task. What Bob Etheridge has proposed does me and business owners like me absolutely no good whatsoever.

Giving tax credits to business owners for hiring in an economy like we’re in right now is like offering water to a drowning person. You must know that in order to hire workers there must be work. Guess what, this economy has not found the bottom yet and won’t for a while.

We can debate forever about who is at fault for our situation but know this Mr. Stumpf: Your party has had total control for over a year now and congressional control since 2007.

We’re in worse shape now than a year ago with no real light at the end of the tunnel and no real commitment from your party to change its attitude.

SCOTTIE WHITEHEAD Broadway

Temple show well worth the wait after snow storm To the editor: After 3 icebound days, we were finally able to get out to see “Blood Done Sign My Name” at Temple Theatre.

Thank you Mike Wiley, Mary Williams, Tim Tyson, and Peggy Taphorn for providing us with this experience. This is true theater.

“Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear when you ignore them long enough”----Earl Wilson

TOM AND ROBERTA HOPKINS Sanford

Today’s Prayer ... we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. (I John 2:1) PRAYER: Father, thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to save us from our sins, if we will trust in Him. Amen.

Opinion

The Sanford Herald / Sunday, February 7, 2010 / 7A

Susan Estrich

Kathleen Parker

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The Mass. miracle

Don’t ask, don’t tell

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veryone knows that what doesn’t destroy you makes you stronger. That is particularly true in politics, where a hard kick either knocks you down or wakes you up.

President Obama and the Democrats got that hard kick last month, when a perfect storm resulted in the election of Massachusetts’ first Republican senator since Ed Brooke.

In one night, the president lost the ability to push his signature legislative initiative — health care reform — to passage.

Across the country, Democrats struggled to understand how it was that the White House could have let that happen: Don’t they understand how angry and frustrated people outside the Beltway are, how turned off they are to the backroom deals and partisan warfare that has come to define the health care debate? Don’t they realize that no one in Massachusetts needs a federal bill, because the state (under Republican Mitt Romney) already established a still-popular program that extended insurance to almost everybody?

Apparently not.

The real question coming out of Massachusetts was whether anything would change as a result. Losing one seat, particularly when it’s the 60th vote in the Senate, is not good. But it certainly beats losing a slew of them, as happened in the midterm election two years into Bill Clinton’s presidency, after his failed health insurance efforts.

In the first days after Massachusetts, it sounded like Democratic leaders were deaf as well as dumb.

Nancy Pelosi aggressively reaffirmed her commitment to the sausage then being diced and sliced behind closed doors: Democrats, she said in so many words, would do whatever they had to do in order to shove health care down the throats of unhappy voters.

The first word from the White House was that the president was pushing forward on his plan: Their message was that the people were simply wrong, that they didn’t understand just how much the reform bill would accomplish, that they were the dumb ones, not party leaders. Democrats like me steeled ourselves for the bloodbath to come, wondering only how truly bad it would be.

But something seems to be happening on the way to disaster: Barack Obama has found his voice again.

In the past week, the president has not only refocused his attention on what people care most about, which is the economy, but he’s taken his case to Republicans, making clear that he is willing to stretch out his hand. And if they slap it, he will speak out.

The president who campaigned on the promise to bring change through bipartisanship and transparency and then tried to govern by deferring to congressional partisanship and backroom deals now seems to realize that he must change the way he governs if he is to change the results. He seems to have heard the message that his real power comes not from a congressional majority but from the support of American voters, and that if he loses that support, all the backroom deals in the world won’t be enough to save him.

It’s too early to know whether the president’s shift will save his fellow Democrats this fall. But this much is clear: Without Massachusetts, they’d be in even worse shape right now.

When the history of this president and this Congress is written, it might turn out that the perfect storm in Massachusetts was something of a miracle that saved their collective hides.

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ohn Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel, in an hour-long television documentary titled “Global Warming: The Other Side,” presents evidence that our National Climatic Data Center has been manipulating weather data just as the now disgraced and under investigation British University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit. The NCDC is a division of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Its manipulated climate data is used by the Goddard Institute of Space Studies, which is a division of the National Aeronautical and Space Administration. John Coleman’s blockbuster five-part series can be seen at www.kusi. com/weather/colemanscorner/81583352. html.

The Coleman documentary presents research by computer expert E. Michael Smith and Certified Consulting Meteorologist Joseph D’Aleo. During the 1960s and into the 1980s, the number of stations used for calculating global surface temperatures was about 6,000. By 1990, the number of stations dropped rapidly to about 1,500.

Most of the stations lost were in the colder regions of the Earth. Not adjusting for their lost made temperatures appear to be higher than was in fact the case. According to Science & Environmental Policy Project, Russia reported that CRU was ignoring data from colder regions of Russia, even though these stations were still reporting data. That means data loss was not simply the result of station closings but deliberate decisions by CRU to ignore them in order to hype their global warming claims. D’Aleo and Smith report that our NCDC engaged in similar deceptive activity where they have dropped stations, particularly in colder climates, higher elevations or closer to the polar regions. Temperatures are now simply projected for these colder stations from other stations, usually in warmer climates.

Mounting evidence of scientific fraud might make little difference in terms of the response to manmade global warming hysteria. Why? Vested economic and political interests have emerged where trillions of dollars and social control are at stake.

Therefore, many people who recognize the scientific fraud underlying global warming claims are likely to defend it anyway. Automobile companies have invested billions in research and investment in producing “green cars.” General Electric and Phillips have spent millions lobbying Congress to

Walter Williams Syndicated Columnist Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

outlaw incandescent bulbs so that they can force us to buy costly compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL). Farmers and ethanol manufacturers have gotten Congress to enact laws mandating greater use of their product, not to mention massive subsidies.

Thousands of major corporations around the world have taken steps to reduce carbon emissions including giants like IBM, Nike, Coca-Cola and BP, the oil giant. Companies like Google, Yahoo and Dell have vowed to become “carbon neutral.”

Then there’s Chicago Climate Futures Exchange that plans to trade in billions of dollars of greenhouse gas emission allowances. Corporate America and labor unions, as well as their international counterparts have a huge multi-trillion dollar financial stake in the perpetuation of the global warming fraud. Federal, state and local agencies have spent billions of dollars and created millions of jobs to deal with one aspect or another of global warming.

It’s deeper than just money. Schoolteachers have created polar-bear-dying lectures to frighten and indoctrinate our children when in fact there are more polar bears now than in 1950. They’ve taught children about melting glaciers. Just recently, the International Panel on Climate Change was forced to admit that their Himalayan glacier-melting fraud was done to “impact policy makers and politicians and encourage them to take some concrete action.”

What would all the beneficiaries of the global warming hype do if it becomes widely known and accepted that mankind’s activities have very little to do with the Earth’s temperature? I don’t know but a lot of people would feel and look like idiots.

But I bet that even if the permafrost returned as far south as New Jersey, as it once did, the warmers and their congressional stooges would still call for measures to fight global warming.

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n Mayor Donald Andrews Jr.: 258-6334 E-mail — donald09@windstream.net n Town Manager Bob Stevens: 258-3724; E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net

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

Sanford n Mayor Cornelia Olive: Phone (919) 718-0571; Email — corneliaolive@charter.net n City Manager Hal Hegwer: 775-8202; E-mail — hal.hegwer@sanfordNC.net City Council n Ward 1 Councilman Sam Gaskins: 776-9196; Email — SPGaskins@aol.com n Ward 2 Councilman Charles Taylor: 775-1824; Email — fontcord@windstream.net n Ward 3 Councilman James Williams: 258-3458; E-mail — williamsins@windstream.net n Ward 4 Councilman Walter Mc Neil Jr.: 776-4894; E-mail —none provided n Ward 5 Councilman Linwood Mann Sr.: 775-2038; E-mail — none provided n At-Large Councilman L.I. “Poly” Cohen: 775-7541; E-mail — poly@wave-net.net n At-Large Councilman Mike Stone (Mayor Pro Tem): 76-2412; E-mail — stoneassoc@windstream.net

Broadway Town Commissioners n Commissioner Woody Beale: 258-6461 E-mail — wbeale@wave-net.net n Commissioner Thomas Beal: 258-3039 E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net n Commissioner Jim Davis: 258-9404 E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net n Commissioner Lynne West Green: 258-9904 Email — lynnwestgreen@windstream.net n Commissioner Clem Welch: 258-3163 E-mail — clemellyn@windstream.net

Lee County School Board n “Bill” Tatum: 774-8806; billtatum1@windstream. net n P. Frank Thompson Sr.: 775-2583; Fbthompsonsr@ windstream.net n Dr. Lynn Smith: 776-8083; orthosmith@windstream. net n Shawn Williams: shawnwil@coastalnet.com n Ellen Mangum: 776-5050; ejmangum@charter.net n Linda Smith: 774-6781; inky@wave-net.net n Cameron Sharpe: 498-2250; camerons.box44@ yahoo.com

State Legislators n State Sen. Bob Atwater (18th District): 715-3036 E-mail: Boba@ncleg.net n State Rep. Jimmy Love Sr. (51st District): 7757119; E-mail: jimmyl@ncleg.net

Federal Legislators n Sen. Richard Burr: (202) 224-3154 n Sen. Kay Hagan: (202) 224-6342 n Rep. Bob Etheridge: (202) 225-4531

epealing “Don’t ask, don’t tell” may be the right thing to do, but there’s only one reason to do it: military effectiveness.

Yet, repeatedly, we hear the argument that disallowing gays and lesbians to be “openly gay” in the military is a denial of their civil rights. This argument isn’t only mistaken, it is misplaced. Approaching DADT as a civil rights issue is appealing and convenient, but it’s really not quite that. Or rather, it isn’t only that.

The military may be a microcosm of society in some ways, but it most definitely is not a democracy. Individuals don’t have the usual rights that we honor in civilian society and, in fact, forfeit their freedoms when they wear the uniform.

If you want to test your free speech rights, try criticizing your commanding officer.

This issue is so fraught with emotion and personal conflict that it’s difficult to summon the necessary dispassion.

It feels silly and patronizing to say that gays and lesbians are equal to the task of serving in the military, because it is so obvious and true.

Moreover, gays and lesbians already have served honorably and valiantly, so what, one might ask, is the big deal? Why make people pretend they’re not who they are?

Then again, is that really the most relevant question? Given the nature of the military, the more pressing concern is whether changing the current policy will enhance — or at least not undermine — military performance.

In combat, as all who have served will tell you, unit cohesion is crucial.

Whether serving as “openly gay,” the definition and ramifications of which remain unclear, will affect that cohesion is the great X-factor — the thing that can’t be measured or fully understood in advance. The enlightened views of a few urban dwellers for whom “unit cohesion” is an abstraction are not necessarily useful to the debate.

Does the fact that society as a whole has become more accepting of gays mean that the military environment will be equally welcoming? Or will we see special training camps for guys who just can’t get with the program?

I posit these questions with open heart and mind. As a civilian without military experience, I accept my limitations in making such judgments, but would urge those contemplating a new policy to check that their motivations are moored to military rather than civilian imperatives.

There’s no question that attitudes toward gays have relaxed in the 16 years since DADT was passed. A new generation of Americans has been raised to respect and accept gays and lesbians without prejudice. Views also have softened among older Americans, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen, who favor repealing DADT. Even my Marine vet brother, who survived Khe Sanh in 1968, insisted for years that gays would have been a huge problem in Vietnam. Today he says: “Gay schmay. If he has the guts to go through the things I did, then good for him. ... No doubt we all served with gay guys and never knew it. Gays aren’t stupid and they darn sure know who is friendly and who isn’t. I say leave it to the troops and forget about it.” ...

Among sober arguments favoring repeal of the current law is the particular idiocy of banning or removing someone who is otherwise useful to the military only because of sexual orientation. The several Arabic-speaking gays who were scrubbed when the military was sorely lacking in communications personnel in Iraq come to mind.

Equally absurd is the notion that gays cannot abide by the same rules against fraternization as heterosexuals. There’s simply no evidence that gays are less able to control their libidos than are heterosexuals.

More questions remain than can be posed, much less answered, in this space, and Gates may need every minute of the 11 months he has requested to study the issue. Whatever one’s personal opinion, the guiding principle should be only what is best for military effectiveness.

“Be all that you can be” was a nice recruiting slogan, but the military really is not about you. And the right to serve belongs to no one.

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State Briefs

Universities report steep decline in gifts

RALEIGH (AP) — Donations fell sharply at several of North Carolina’s larger colleges and universities as the economic downturn seemed to keep the number of larger gifts down.

The trend has meant schools have canceled or postponed construction projects and are cutting the amount of money available for scholarships.

Duke University saw one of the biggest declines in the fiscal year that ended last June, with donations down 22 percent. But that steep drop also come off a record year for gifts,

university spokesman Michael Schoenfeld told the News & Observer of Raleigh.

The lack of money has forced the university to postpone work on a new campus development project. But Duke continues work on a $20 million residence hall and $15 million in central campus improvements, Schoenfeld said.

“It’s not like if financial aid runs out, that’s it,” Schoenfeld said.

“We’ll meet our commitments. If that means adjusting other parts of the budget, we will.”

Giving at North Carolina State University is

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down about 15 percent, but leaders think the decline is just temporary, said Ken Sigmon, associate vice chancellor for development.

“We’re not hearing a lot of ’No’ answers. We’re hearing a lot of ’not right now,”’ Sigmon said.

The university had to find $820,000 from other sources last year to cover a shortfall in giving for endowmentfunded scholarships and as a precaution, the school also temporarily stopped awarding some renewable scholarships to incoming freshmen this fall, said Julie Mallette, associate vice provost and director of scholarships and financial aid.

The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill saw a 7 percent decrease in donations, and the school has changed its focus to seeking small donations from more donors, said Matt Kupec, vice chancellor for university advancement.

“The big home-run right now is not as likely to happen,” Kupec said, referring to gifts of $5 million or more.

Smaller colleges are struggling too. North Carolina Central University said donations were down 6 percent, while Peace College in Raleigh reported gifts were down 9 percent.

One school has bucked the trend. St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh saw annual giving increase 5 percent last fiscal year, but big gifts were down, meaning large capital projects are still being delayed, said Marc Newman, the college’s vice president of institutional advancement and development.

Instead, Newman said his school has seen a trend affecting a lot of colleges — donors are more interested in funding scholarships to help as many students as possible get an education in the down economy.

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Heart failure killed man during robbery

CHARLOTTE (AP) — A body has been found in a trash bin at a North Carolina apartment complex.

Police told The Charlotte Observer that a man checking on a broken pipe in a Charlotte apartment Friday afternoon found some blood and called authorities.

Investigators say they found other clues in and around the apartment that led them to a the trash bin, where they found the man’s body.

Authorities have not released the dead man’s name because his family has not been notified.

Police have no suspects or a motive, but they don’t think the killing was a random act.

GREENSBORO (AP) — Autopsy results show a 76year-old North Carolina coin collector found dead in his home after a robbery most likely died from heart failure.

The report from the state Medical Examiner’s Office obtained by the News & Record of Greensboro said Charles H. Brown Sr. suffered a cardiac arrhythmia after being tied up and assaulted in his McLeansville home on Dec. 16.

Members of Brown’s church found him dead. They say he was a rare coin collector and a safe in his home was ransacked and left open.

Teacher faces sex charge with teen student CHARLOTTE (AP) — A North Carolina teacher has been arrested after police say he engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old student.

Multiple media outlets reported 39-year-old Brett Haight was taken into custody Friday.

Haight is a former teacher at Olympic High School in Charlotte, and investigators say the victim is a student at the school.

Police say the incident that led to Haight’s arrest happened at his home in November, but investigators think inappropriate behavior may have happened at the high school as well.

Landslide damages 4 houses MAGGIE VALLEY (AP) — A landslide has damaged or destroyed at least four houses in the North Carolina mountains, but no injuries were reported.

Multiple media outlets reported the mud began moving around 7 p.m. Friday, heading down a road near Maggie Valley.

Authorities immediately began evacuating about 40 other people living on the mountain, using all-terrain vehicles to get through the mud and up the mountain.

Officials are still trying to determine what caused the slide, but the National Weather Service says as much as 2 1/2 inches of rain fell in the area Friday on top of at least 6 inches of slowly melting snow.

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WASHINGTON

Obama seeks to rally glum Dems

By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Just a year after celebrating Barack Obama’s inauguration, despondent Democrats on Saturday heard from their party leader who urged optimism in the face of Republicans’ strong challenge to their congressional dominance.

At its winter meeting, a defiant Democratic Party worked to project a message of strength even as loyalists acknowledged the prospect of several defeats in November. The party that controls the White House typically loses seats during midterm elections at an average rate of 28 net House seats. President Bill Clinton, the last Democratic commander in chief, lost control of Congress in his first term and Democrats privately are predicting it could happen again.

Obama, looking to write his own history, warned fellow Democrats that “we have to acknowledge that change can’t come quickly enough.” He said political leaders must plot their way forward to November with an understanding of the economic difficulties Americans face.

“I understand their frustration. You understand it as well,” Obama said.

A government report on Friday said 9.7 percent of the country was unemployed. Distrust of Washington has grown and spurred an anti-Washington sentiment that sent scores of activists to a “tea party” convention in

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President Barack Obama speaks during his visit to Oasis Mechanical Contractors, in Lanham, Md., Friday after meeting with small business leaders.

Nashville on the same day.

As witness to the tone, Republican Sen. Scott Brown won a special election to take the seat of the late, liberal Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Democrats also lost gubernatorial contests in Virginia and New Jersey that had been in Democratic hands.

Obama sought to energize Democratic loyalists against what he called “the other party.” He urged Democrats to work with their Republican counterparts.

“We can’t solve all of our problems alone,” Obama said, as the audience sat in silence.

While Republicans have stood in solid opposition to the president’s proposed overhaul of health care, Obama insisted he wasn’t willing to abandon his top domestic priority that consumed months of his agenda and has produced slim hints of victory.

“Let me be clear: I am not going to walk away

from health care insurance reform,” Obama said, bringing the audience in the hotel ballroom to their feet.

Republicans, though, made clear the Democrats’ current health proposals must be scrapped.

“If they get past this arrogant phase that they have been stuck in about a year, if they can work their way past that and concentrate on the real problem which is the cost, we are willing to look at it,” said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. “To work together, first you have to do it on a bipartisan basis.”

Obama, recognizing his agenda can’t be accomplished without GOP support, in recent weeks has been emphasizing the need for bipartisanship as a way of moving forward.

“We can’t return to the dereliction of duty,” Obama said. “America can’t afford to wait, and we can’t look backward.”

His party, for certain,

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would prefer not to revisit its ordeals of 2009, which produced some victories but hardly the narrative that would deliver them electoral victories this year.

“I know we’ve gone through a tough year.

But we’ve gone through tougher,” Obama said.

DNC chairman Tim Kaine, the former Democratic governor of Virginia who saw a Republican follow him into office, insisted that Democrats should not be downtrodden, even if the path forward has become more difficult following the Massachusetts Senate election.

“The ghost of Harry Truman would kill us if he heard us complaining about having only 59 Democratic senators,” Kaine said.

Around the room Saturday at the DNC meeting, Democrats sought to remain upbeat.

“The fight’s been tough,” said Alejandra Salinas, the chair of the Young Democrats of America’s Hispanic caucus. “We might lose some seats, but we’ll pick up new ones.”

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington’s nonvoting representative in the U.S. House, said Democrats would continue to keep up the fight.

“They underestimated us four years ago when we took back the Congress,” she said. “They underestimated Barack Obama when he took back the White House. The fight is on. Never underestimate Democrats.”

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Forms may be downloaded from the Lee County Schools website www.lee.k12.nc.us, picked up at any Lee County elementary school or the Lee County Board of Education Central Office (106 Gordon Street). Enrollment forms must be returned to Tramway Elementary, no later than February 19, 2010.

Admission to the program will be based on state mandated class size, residency and random drawing. For further information, contact Anne Beal at 718-0170.

Escuelas del Condado Lee Fórmula de Matrícula para el Programade Todo el Año Escuela Primaria Tramway Las fórmulas de matrícula para la Escuela Tramway de Todo el Año estarán disponibles del 8 al 19 de febrero del 2010 para el año escolar 2010-2011.

Usted puede obtener las fórmulas en el sitio de internet de las escuelas del Condado Lee www.lee.k12.nc.us, en cualquier escuela primaria del Condado Lee o en el Edificio de Educación (en el #106 de la calle Gordon). Usted debe llevar la fórmula de matrícula a la Escuela Tramway antes del 19 de febrero del 2010.

La admisión al programa estará basada en el número de estudiantes por clase establecido por el estado, zona de residencia y escogencia al azar. Para más información llame al Anne Beal al 718-0170.

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10A / Sunday, February 7, 2010 / The Sanford Herald â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;SNOWMAGEDDONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Nation Briefs

Blizzard blankets Mid-Atlantic

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; MidAtlantic residents were buried Saturday from a likely record-setting blizzard the president jokingly called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Snowmageddon,â&#x20AC;? and those brave enough tried to clear a path through the wet, heavy mounds of thigh-high snow.

The snow was falling too quickly in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital for crews to keep up, and officials begged residents to stay home and out of the way so that roads might be cleared in time for everyone to return to work Monday. The usually traffic-snarled roads were mostly barren, and Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s familiar sites and monuments were covered with nearly 2 feet of snow.

Tihana and Jarrett Blanc had given up on digging, instead taking their dog, Hector, for a walk through northwest Washington during what forecasters said could be the biggest storm for the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital in modern history. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our car is stuck. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not even trying,â&#x20AC;? said Tihana, 36.

The storm toppled trees and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers in Washington, Virginia, Maryland,

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Mike Nagao snowboards down the snow-covered steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art during a winter storm in Philadelphia, Saturday.

Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The situation was the same in West Virginia, where some 400 National Guard troops were helping with snow removal.

Though the focal point remained the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital, people from Pittsburgh, across Pennsylvania to Philadelphia, New Jersey and West Virginia were dealing with snow being measured in feet instead of inches. It was still snowing Saturday in Philadelphia, virtually shutting down the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sixth-largest city.

Walt Gursky, 28, braved the roads to go to the Philadelphia International Auto Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center

downtown. The event was a ghost town. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year when I came, there was a line getting in,â&#x20AC;?

Gursky said in the normally mobbed facility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Much more relaxing in here â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you can actually see what you want.â&#x20AC;?

Hundreds of car wrecks were reported across the region, though only two deaths were reported â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a father and son who died while helping another motorist in Virginia. By Saturday, most people couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drive anywhere because their cars and roads were buried.

In Ellicott City, Md., Christine Benkoski said she was trying to dig out from at least 2 feet. As she tried to clear her driveway, she

said she uncovered how the storm had transitioned from snow, to ice, then back to snow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like an archaeologist,â&#x20AC;? Benkoski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been out here for an hour, and my only goal is to get to the street.â&#x20AC;?

And President Barack Obama, a snow veteran from his days in Chicago, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a smooth day.

He walked out of the White House midmorning to find the South Lawn, his backyard, looking nearly like an untouched wilderness. Instead of the familiar scenes of manicured lawns and clipped hedges, snow had piled on every shrub and the backyard was almost colorless.

First, there was a small fender bender on the White House south lawn. Then a tree branch, overcome with snow, cracked and fell on a motorcade vehicle with press inside when the president was coming back from a speech at the Democratic National Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winter meeting in town.

Instead of a presidential limo, Obama rode in a black SUV covered with presidential seals.

Obama thanked Democrats for being â&#x20AC;&#x153;willing to brave a blizzard.

Snowmageddon here in D.C.â&#x20AC;?

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Toyota preparing to announce Prius fix next week DETROIT (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Toyota has told dealers itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preparing a plan to repair the brakes on thousands of hybrid Prius cars in the U.S. In a message sent Friday night to dealers, a Toyota group vice president, Bob Carter, said the company is working on a plan and will disclose more details early next week. More than 100 drivers of 2010 Prius cars have complained that their brakes seemed to fail momentarily when they were driving on bumpy roads.

The U.S. government says the problem is suspected in four crashes and two minor injuries.

Public awareness of the problem â&#x20AC;&#x153;has prompted considerable customer concern, speculation, and media attention due to the significance of the Prius image,â&#x20AC;? Carter said in the e-mail. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to assure our dealers that we are moving rapidly to provide a solution for your existing customers.â&#x20AC;?

Toyota blames a software glitch and says it has already fixed vehicles in production. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still deciding how to handle repairs on 270,000 Priuses that were sold in the U.S. and Japan starting last year. The company could announce a full-fledged safety recall or simply ask owners to bring their vehicles in for repairs, since the brakes arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t failing completely.

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The president touched off a controversy when he broke with tradition â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and decorum, his critics said â&#x20AC;&#x201D; by criticizing the courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent campaign finance decision in his speech with six justices in attendance and bound by their own tradition of not reacting to what is said. (Justice Antonin Scalia once said he no longer goes to the annual speech because the justices â&#x20AC;&#x153;sit there like bumps on a logâ&#x20AC;? in an otherwise highly partisan atmosphere.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;With all due deference to the separation of powers,â&#x20AC;?

Obama said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including foreign corporations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to spend without limit in our elections.â&#x20AC;?

It seems clear from Alitoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s questioning when the court heard argument in the case that he was taking issue with the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assertion that the court reversed 100 years of law, rather than with Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reference to foreign influence, which also has generated some legal debate.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The circus that swirled around Michael Jackson when he was alive rolled on Friday as the doctor expecting to be accused of involuntary manslaughter in his death planned to stage a surrender at a courthouse but called it off after prosecutors announced charges will be filed next week.

Instead of the promised appearance by Dr. Conrad Murray and his lawyers, a crowd of reporters and photographers gathered outside a branch courthouse only got a drenching from a rainstorm.

Murray, working as Jackson’s personal physician during the singer’s preparation for comeback concerts, has been under investigation since the 50-year-old pop star died June 25 after being administered the hospital-strength anesthetic propofol and sedatives at his rented mansion to help him sleep.

It’s not clear what would have happened had the cardiologist shown up without a case being filed.

District attorney’s spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said the events had no bearing on when the case would be filed. She released a terse statement saying prosecutors will

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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Spokesman Steve Whitmore, left, calls off media gathered at Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles on Friday. be filing a case involving Jackson’s death on Monday, but it did not name Murray or specify the charges.

“The main thing is there’s some paperwork that needs to be done.

We’re doing it and (the case) will be filed on Monday,” Gibbons said.

The doctor’s legal team has said Murray will be charged with involuntary manslaughter.

“We’ll make bail, we’ll plead not guilty and we’ll fight like hell,” said lead defense attorney Ed Chernoff.

The strange chain of events — which at one point saw reporters scramble from the courthouse to nearby recreational grounds called Polliwog Park for

a news conference that never happened — fueled intense speculation about what was going on behind the scenes.

The developments occurred against a background of reports that police wanted to arrest and handcuff Murray, but that his attorneys were negotiating with the prosecution to avoid that.

Chernoff said he spoke with prosecutors Thursday about how Murray should be taken to court on Friday. Discussions broke down after the district attorney’s office insisted Murray turn himself in at a police station, but not post bail and agree to be taken to court by police while in handcuffs.

“I told them there was

no way in hell I was not going to bail my client out,” Chernoff said. “They said forget it, that’s our only offer.”

A defense spokeswoman also earlier had said the prosecution had told Murray and his lawyers to be at court Friday afternoon.

Gibbons said that was “an absolute lie.”

“We made no deal with them,” Gibbons said.

Gibbons also said the district attorney’s office and the Los Angeles Police Department were not at odds.

A law enforcement official close to the case has told The Associated Press that police wanted to arrest Murray at a home where he was staying and take him to a police station for booking. Top brass at the Los Angeles Police Department were unhappy with a surrender because it could appear Murray was being given special treatment, according to the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.

Various factors weighed in the desire of the LAPD to arrest Murray, including the possibility he might flee before arraignment, just as O.J. Simpson did in 1994, the law enforcement official said.

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Rihanna, Mark Sanchez raise money for charities MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Inspired by a young friend who died from leukemia, singer Rihanna is working to get help for those who suffer from the disease.

Rihanna was Rhianna among the celebrities who submitted a request for funding to Pepsi’s Refresh Project, which doles out $20 million to various causes, and was at the foundation’s kickoff party Friday night during Super Bowl festivities. The singer is trying to raise money for DKMS, which tries to find bone marrow donors for those suffering from leukemia.

“If we win, this would really help us recruit 4,000 individual donors,” she said.

For Rihanna, the connection is personal. She was active last year in trying to find donors for 6-year-old Jasmina Amena, who died last month. They became friends.

“She was a very free, fun spirited little girl, full of energy, always happy, always energetic,” Rihanna said. “I always remember she wouldn’t sit still. She was always running around, always had a smile on her face.”

Also on hand for the event was New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, who received $25,000 for

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an organization to help kids suffering from juvenile diabetes.

Pete Wentz says Fall Out Boy not completely done

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Pete Wentz says talk of Fall Out Boy’s demise has been blown out of proportion — but he isn’t sure when the rock band will performing together again.

Earlier this week, lead singer Patrick Stump told Spin. com that Wentz the group was done after Wentz tweeted that he didn’t see a future for the platinum band.

But on Friday, Wentz said band members are just doing things apart and it’s not clear where their future lies.

“We just haven’t had the time to say anything. All I have been able to do is say, ‘Man, I miss doing Fall Out Boy,’ and I got to a better place hanging out with my son,” the bassist said of his infant son Bronx.

“Now I’m OK if Fall Out Boy comes back or doesn’t come back. Like, if it’s fun for everyone to do again, we’re going to do it ... I just want it to be authentic when we come back,” said Wentz, in town for Super Bowl festivities.

Alba not flattered by attempt to look like her

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery for Jessica Alba.

The actress said Saturday she’s been distressed by Internet reports about a Chinese woman who is having a plastic surgery makeover to look like Alba in hopes of getting her lover back.

“I think you should never have to change yourself like that,” Alba Alba said. “If somebody loves you, they’ll love you no matter what.”

Alba, who is starring in the upcoming film “Valentine’s Day,” is in town for the Super Bowl; she was at an Audi party Friday with Hilary Swank, Taylor Lautner, Rob Lowe, New York Giant Osi Umenyiora and former New England Patriot Tedy Bruschi. It was one of numerous celebrity soirees attached to the Super Bowl.

Rob Lowe’s a traveling Colts fan

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rob Lowe isn’t just another celebrity who scored a Super Bowl ticket. He’s a dedicated follower of the Indianapolis Colts who has the mileage to prove it.

The actor watched the Colts win their playoff games for their Super Bowl berth, and now he and his family are going to celebrate by going to the championship.

Said Lowe: “My son Johnny is an ever bigger Colts fan than I am. So we couldn’t fly all the way to Indiana, twice in a row, two weeks in a row, anad not come here.”

Lowe is on the ABC drama “Brothers & Sisters,” but announced last month he was leaving the series. He said his departure is bittersweet.

“It’s one of the greatest casts I’ve ever worked with.

Everybody loves everybody; I’m gonna miss that a ton.

But we’re going out on a great note,” he said.

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MIAMI (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cases of bottled water and cardboard boxes full of blue jeans, diapers and cans of tuna are piled several feet high in Ruth Estripletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s living room. The charity worker doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to stack anything above her

head so she can see whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the boxes.

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More than three weeks after the earthquake, donated goods are accumulating at small charities,

sitting in shipping limbo because of costs and a complex web of transportation logistics. The heaps of donations are evidence that many people ignored the advice to just give cash.

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charities opted to collect items because it has a more personal touch.

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Estriplet said.

Almost immediately after the quake hit, large organizations said money was the best way to help.

It has never been easy to get supplies into Port-auPrince, and the tremor has made things much worse.

Aid workers in Port-auPrince have complained that red tape, transportation bottlenecks, corruption and a fear of violence has slowed the distribution of food, medicine and other supplies.

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Davis is also a suspect in a November incident in which Sanford police accused him of firing several shots into Yarboroughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ice Cream at 132 McIver St. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury in connection with that incident.

Police said Davis fired the shots after having an argument with another man outside the restaurant. When the man walked inside the restaurant, Davis allegedly fired three shots through the window, grazing the other man with one bullet. 25 to 30 other people were in the building, but nobody else was injured.

Davis was placed in the Lee County Jail under $30,000 secured bond after the shooting, but apparently was released and placed under house arrest pending the trial.

Capt. John Holly of the Lee County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office said it was his understanding that â&#x20AC;&#x153;pre-trial release is in the process of revoking (Davisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) house arrest status.â&#x20AC;?

Davis was placed in the Lee County Jail under $50,000 secured bond on the new charges.

The Sanford Herald / SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010

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Super Bowl XLIV — before it happened

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or the first 20 minutes or so, it wasn’t much of a game.

Not a blowout. Not saying that. Just two teams overwhelmingly prepared — maybe too prepared. Nothing broke loose, and the two big-play offenses seemed a little stagnant. A first down here and there, but more punts than fans would have liked.

One touchdown, scored by the New Orleans Saints on their first drive, the opening series of the game. But you can never take too much from the first drive — those first 15 plays are always scripted.

And besides, Peyton Manning nearly answered, and would have had Pierre Garcon held on for the touchdown. Instead, the ensuing drive resulted in a Matt Stover 31-yard field goal.

Not much after that, though. A turnover by each team, but the defenses held.

Drew Brees ran a nice 2-minute offense down the field at the end of the half, which netted a field goal, and a 10-3 Saints lead at the break.

Kind of surprising really.

Just about everybody figured this would be a shootout.

Then came the second half.

As if he’d gone over game film while The Who was blasting through “Won’t Get Fooled Again” — and look, he’s Peyton Manning, so maybe he did — the Colts looked sharp on the first series of the second half. They found the end zone, on a 1-yard plunge by Joseph Addai, and knotted it up at 10.

Looking back, that may have broken the seal. Even though the Saints didn’t answer right off the bat, neither did the Colts after forcing the three-and-out. But New Orleans got the ball back, and with Dwight Freeney stuck on the sideline after a nondescript and limp-filled first half, Brees found Reggie Bush over the middle on a slant, which went from a nice little 8-yard gain to a 67-yard touchdown.

Manning didn’t let that slide, though. Indy marched 74 yards on five plays, and there was no stopping Garcon on his 5-yard slant. Tied at 17, 4 minutes left in the third quarter.

And now, we’ve got a heavyweight fight. The league’s two best teams throwing haymakers.

With little-to-no pass rush, Brees is picking apart an Indy secondary that features a rookie who was once third on the depth chart.

Manning, though, after shaking off a couple of closebut-not-quite-dirty hits in the first half, is gesturing at the line like he always does — and now is killing the blitz. Reggie Wayne might be a little gimpy with his sore knee, but Garcon and Austin Collie look like Pro Bowlers. They seem so wide open.

Brees and Marques Colston.

Manning and Dallas Clark. It’s 24-all heading into the last half of the fourth quarter.

Saints with the ball. They pound it a couple of times with Pierre Thomas. Third-and-five, Brees finds Lance Moore over the middle for the first down.

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The Southern Lee gymnastics team became the first squad in school history to win a state championship on Friday night. Team members are (l-r): Brittney Aggler, Kacie Lorenzo, Kelly Brower, Anna Spivey, Vicky Monroy, Ashley Murchinson and head coach Kate O’Connell.

Cavs shock N.C. — and themselves

By ALEX PODLOGAR alexp@sanfordherald.com

RALEIGH — Kate O’Connell and the Southern Cavaliers knew their score.

They just didn’t know anybody else’s.

But they knew their score was a team best — two full points better than anything they had tabulated during the season.

So they knew it was a good

night.

But they had no idea how good.

Then the team scores were announced.

“When they read the allaround team score for the fourthplace team, we knew we were in the top 3,” says O’Connell.

When the next score was called, it wasn’t 107.4, the Cavaliers’ score.

That meant top 2.

Another announcement.

Another score.

Another team.

“As soon as we heard the second score, we knew we had won,” says O’Connell, the first-year head coach of the state champion Cavaliers gymnastics team.

“Everybody just went nuts — the girls, the parents — everybody. As soon as we heard ‘106’ again, we all knew.”

Southern Lee, competing

against bigger teams in most of their regular season meets, shocked not only the state of North Carolina gymnastics, they shocked themselves late Friday night when they won the Division II (Small Team) State Gymnastics Championship at the Raleigh School of Gymnastics.

“It really is such a surprise,”

See Cavs, Page 5B

Area coaches predict a Colts victory

SUPER BOWL XLIV — CBS, 6:25 P.M.

By RYAN SARDA New Orleans Saints quarterbacks Drew Brees (9) and Mark Brunell (11) warm up during football practice in Sun Life Stadium on Saturday in Miami.

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Good teams, good people

By BARRY WILNER AP Football Writer

MIAMI — Hoosiers and Who Dats.

And, oh yes, the two best teams in the NFL also happen to be on hand for Sunday’s Super Bowl.

Peyton Manning and his AFC champion Indianapolis Colts are 5-point favorites to spoil the ending of the New Orleans football renaissance for Drew Brees and the Saints. The odd twist to this story is that the boy who grew up in the Big Easy rooting for his dad as he quarterbacked the awful Saints, may end up breaking its heart.

“You hear the term Hoosier Hospitality, and I really didn’t know what that meant, coming from New Orleans, where you hear Southern Hospitality,” says Manning, the league’s only four-time MVP who guided the Colts to the NFL title three years ago, in the same stadium.

“I really feel it is kind of the same thing. It is

good people.”

“What has been exciting for me since I have lived there, it’s always been a sports town, but it’s really turned into a football town. That is the kind of place you want to play football.”

New Orleans always has been a football town, even when the Saints were the Aints — back in the days Archie Manning led the team and fans wore paper bags on their heads.

But that four-decade love affair morphed into something soulful when the Saints inspired a city in ruin in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

“It’s important for not only the people in New Orleans, but I think the people around the country because you do understand how much it means to that community and what they’ve been through,” Brees says. “Our success as a team over the last four years, but

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SANFORD — It’s no question that Eric Puryear, Burton Cates and George Coltharp know the game of football.

Puryear has viewed the game at both the college and professional levels and is incorporating his system into the football program at Southern Lee. Cates, who went 3-8 in his Cates first season at Lee County in 2009, has a state championship ring on his finger from his days as the coach at Eastern Randolph. Coltharp, who coached Western Harnett Puryear to the first round of the playoffs for the second straight year, finished 4-8 as coach of the Eagles in his first season in Lillington.

On Sunday night, all three will be watching very closely as Peyton Manning looks to lead the Indianapolis Colts to their second Super Bowl victory since 2007 against Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV.

Eric Puryear After spending some time in Indianapolis as an intern at the NCAA Minority Coaching Academy prior to

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2B / Sunday, February 7, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Deacs Basketball Smith leads Wake past Virginia in OT CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ishmael Smith scored 15 points and dished out five assists to lead Wake Forest to a 64-61 overtime win over Virginia on Saturday.

Al-Farouq Aminu had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Demon Deacons (16-5, 6-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), who improved to 4-0 in overtime games this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just thought it was a hard-fought ACC game,â&#x20AC;?

Wake Forest coach Dino Gaudio said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very fortunate to win. I just thought Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kids played really, really hard. I thought our kids played very hard. Coin toss, anyone could have won that basketball game.â&#x20AC;?

Virginia (14-7, 5-3) was led by Sylven Landesbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 28 points.

Mike Scott was the only other Virginia player to score in double figures with 10 points â&#x20AC;&#x201D; none in the second half.

Wake Forest, which outscored Virginia 9-6 in the overtime, moved into third place in the ACC behind Duke and Maryland.

The Demon Deacons shot 48 percent from the field, holding Virginia to 34 percent. Wake Forest outrebounded Virginia by 12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know Tonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kids are a terrific box-out team,â&#x20AC;?

Gaudio said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give out many second shots. Tony Woods came in and gave us some really good second shots.â&#x20AC;?

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N.C. State Hoops Peacock helps No. 21 Georgia Tech edge N.C. State

ATLANTA (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Zachery Peacock has seen Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt angry plenty of times.

But after a Yellow Jackets victory? This might have been a first. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I totally understand what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feeling,â&#x20AC;? said Peacock, a senior sixth man. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not playing our best basketball, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not because of effort.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because of our decisionmaking.â&#x20AC;?

Peacock scored 22 points, freshman Derrick Favors added 16, and Georgia Tech held off N.C. State 73-71 on Saturday.

The Yellow Jackets (17-6, 5-4) improved to 12-1 at home, and they have won four of their last six in the ACC. But Georgia Tech struggled to hold off the last-place Wolfpack despite leading by 16 points with 5:01 remaining.

AP photo After telling his players that Dukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kyle Singler, right, looks for an opening around Boston Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Josh Southern, left, in the first half of a he was disgusted in their NCAA college basketball game, in Boston, Saturday. performance during a blowout loss Thursday at No. 10 Duke, Hewitt thought the team would respond favorably. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told them that was the most embarrassed Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been since Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been here â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the got a three-point lead,â&#x20AC;?

Saturday.

But Jackson couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get BOSTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The second half at Duke,â&#x20AC;? said Zoubek said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He made one Hewitt, now in his 10th year Duke (19-4, 7-2 Atlantic a clear look at the basDuke Blue Devils didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ket and passed off to Joe dribble, a pump fake and Coast Conference) missed make as many free throws at Georgia Tech. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was Trapani, who was momenshot it off balance.â&#x20AC;? as they usually do. They five straight free throws absolutely, completely an Said Duke coach Mike tarily open. Seven-foot-1 just made the ones they in the middle of the game embarrassment. Well, I topped Brian Zoubek ran out to Krzyzewski: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t needed most. and two more in the final that today.â&#x20AC;? want Jackson to take the minute, helping BC cut the put a hand in front of the Jon Scheyer and Nolan Switching to a full-court press late in the game, N.C. State 6-8 Trapani and made him last shot. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put it that Smith scored 21 points deficit to 64-63 on Reggie (14-10, 2-7) frustrated Georgia put the ball on the ground way.â&#x20AC;? apiece, each hitting two Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long, high-arcing Duke, which entered the Tech into committing several 3-pointer with 16 seconds before sending a long 3foul shots in the last 26 turnovers and possession game with a 76.6 percent point attempt off the front seconds after No. 10 Duke left. Scheyer was fouled afarrow miscues before Julius free throw mark that was ter he received the inbound of the rim at the buzzer. nearly squandered a 10the fifth-best in the nation, Mays stole Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Andre Bellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backâ&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw Trapani wide point halftime lead and the pass, then made both free court pass and hit a layup to finished the game 15 of 26 throws to force BC to try open. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the last thing you Blue Devils held on to beat make it 70-69 with 2:09 left. want to see when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve from the line. another 3 for the tie.

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Driver Danica Patrick slides through the tri-oval after losing control of her car during the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA series auto race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday.

Patrick takes 6th in debut

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bobby Gerhartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record-setting sixth victory at Daytona International Speedway was overshadowed by the successful stock car debut of IndyCar star Danica Patrick, who finished sixth Saturday in the crash-filled ARCA race.

Patrick spent much of the race among the top 10 in her widely anticipated stock car racing debut, but she bumped fenders with Nelson Piquet Jr. and spun out through the infield grass on lap 54, costing her any hopes of a victory.

But she passed several cars in the closing laps of the ARCA season opener, and got as high as fifth with three laps left. But she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enough to catch Gerhart, who has won the ARCA season opener six of the last 12 years. The win snapped a two-year losing streak at Daytona. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a little kid, I dreamed of having an opportunity to come here and race,â&#x20AC;? Gerhart said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When that happens, naturally comes the passion to come out and win, but I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine doing it this many times. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to tell you, though,

I hate the number six.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to swing for seven.â&#x20AC;?

Mark Thompson was second, followed by John Wes Townley, James Buescher and Patrick Sheltra.

It was still an impressive start for Patrick, who will race a partial

schedule in NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second-tier racing series for JR Motorsports. She has not yet decided if she will make her NASCAR debut next week in the Nationwide opener at Daytona, and her experience Saturday was going to play a huge factor.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rick Hendrick, Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. spent the last month talking about how those inhouse, offseason moves would make a difference.

On Saturday, they may have convinced everyone else.

Martin and Earnhardt posted the top qualifying runs and secured the front row for next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daytona 500. It might not mean as much as Hendrick Motorsportsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 12-3 finish in last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sprint Cup standings, but the latest sweep provided some validation to those

changes made in hopes of bolstering both teams and getting crew chiefs Alan Gustafson (Martin) and Lance McGrew (Earnhardt) on the same page. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The challenge was we wanted one team with two cars,â&#x20AC;? Hendrick said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then they unloaded two cars that ran almost identical times. I know this is just one race, but no one here and no one outside of our company will know the effort that Alan and Lance put into this team and these two cars, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really proud of â&#x20AC;&#x2122;em.â&#x20AC;?

Martin, the only

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Earnhardt, meanwhile, will start second in his attempt to rebound from the worst season in his Sprint Cup career. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is just a small step in the right direction for the 88,â&#x20AC;? Earnhardt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully we can be a part of what the other three teams have had success-wise in the past season this coming year.â&#x20AC;?

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his arrival at Southern Lee, Puryear feels that in order for the Saints to win, their offense must be clicking against a stingy Colts defense. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Saints have a really good offense,â&#x20AC;? said Puryear. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been getting better each year under (coach) Sean Payton.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got some explosive receivers and a playmaker at quarterback that can get them the ball. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also got a three-headed monster in the running game. I think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll match up with the Coltsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defense pretty well.â&#x20AC;?

Puryear thinks that the Colts will win by 10 or 14, giving Manning his second championship in four years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to

push out to an early lead and hang on to it,â&#x20AC;? said Puryear. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll fight a late charge by the Saints but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to come down to a field goal or last minute touchdown.â&#x20AC;?

Puryearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pick: Colts by 10 or 14

Burton Cates Like the majority of fans, with the exception of Saints and Colts fans, Cates just wants to see a good football game between the two No. 1 seeds in the Super Bowl.

The Yellow Jacket coach, with 26 years of experience and a 2005 state title, says that both Manning and Brees mean everything to their respective teams and that makes it hard for him to predict the outcome of this game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really like the Colts,â&#x20AC;? said Cates, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because of what Peyton Manning means to them. At the same time, I also really like the Saints because of their offense and

what Brees has meant to them.â&#x20AC;?

Cates also feels that the city of New Orleans deserves to win the Super Bowl because of everything thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened in recent years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be great if the Saints win because of what they mean to the city of New Orleans after everything those people have been through the last few years,â&#x20AC;? said Cates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That franchise means a lot to the citizens of New Orleans and getting a win in the Super Bowl would bring some hope back to the city.â&#x20AC;?

Although heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be satisfied either way with the outcome, Cates is still picking the Colts in a close one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m expecting a good football game,â&#x20AC;? said Cates.

Catesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pick: Colts 28, Saints 24

George Coltharp According to Coltharp, the key to any successful

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Move the chains.

Pound it again. Mike Bell gets the call. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to leave too much time for Manning. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third-and-7 now, at midfield, and time to go to the air.

Here come the Colts, rushing off the edges. Brees escapes Robert Mathisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grasp and keeps rolling to his right.

Then he sees him. Colston streaks across the field, coming from the left and down to the right corner near the end zone. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behind safety Antoine Bethea. Brees heaves, and Colston hauls it in for the touchdown. 31-24, Saints.

2:31 to go, though.

Manningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the shotgun. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hollering what may or may not be instructions. Who really knows?

Maybe they are audibles, maybe they are dekes. Maybe a little of

both.

Whatever they are, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s working his magic again, magic that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there four years ago. This looks like the second half against the Jets in the AFC Championship â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or the second half of that AFC title game against Brady and Patriots.

Colts are marching. A chunk here. Another chunk there. Piece by piece. Moving chains. Down to the red zone.

Of course.

This is it, here, 43 seconds left.

Manning drops back, looks left, pumps, goes back to his right.

Wayne, in the right corner, closely defended.

Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter. Wayne leaps.

The ball is there, just over the outstretched right hand of Tracy Porter.

Tied again. 31-31. Incredible throw.

Saints try a couple of desperation heaves in the middle of the field. Too many yards, too little time. Brees takes a knee and regula-

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Like Cates and Puryear, Coltharp is also picking the Colts to win. He feels that Manning could evolve into the greatest quarterback ever with a victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peyton Manning could be the greatest ever,â&#x20AC;? said Coltharp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is his time to prove it.â&#x20AC;?

Coltharpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pick: Colts 34, Saints 24

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especially this year, has been tremendous just in regards to giving so many of the members of that community hope and lifting their spirits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is still a lot of work to be done there in regards to the rebuilding and the recovery post-Katrina. There are still a lot of people in some pretty dire straits. For us to be able to have the success weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re having, it just does so much for that community as far as bringing everyone together. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bond that we have with our fans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; between our organization and our fans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s truly special.â&#x20AC;?

The Saints (15-3) led the league in scoring with 510 points. If Colts All-Pro defensive end Dwight Freeney and his 13½ sacks canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go on his damaged

tion runs out.

Overtime.

Saints win the toss. Hope rises again now. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve marveled at Manning, can say for sure that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the greatest, that nothing he did on this night cost the Colts anything. Maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just karma for Katrina. All they need is a field goal.

Brees takes the snap, turns and hands off to Thomas. Careful and precise, the Saints pick up a first down on two plays. Bubble screen to Bush nets another five yards.

Handoff to Thomas, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thirdand-two. Slant to Colston. First down.

They move past midfield. Just 20 more yards and they have a chance.

Two first downs, and the Super Bowl could be theirs.

They get there â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and stall.

Fourth-and-4 from the 30. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a 47-yard attempt. Garrett Hartly trots out. He hit a 40-yarder in OT to send the Saints to Miami.

But heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kicked just 14 field goals

right ankle, Brees, Reggie Bush, Marques Colston and company might light up the Miami night with touchdowns.

So could the Colts (16-2) with their deep receiving corps and the incomparable Manning.

Surpassing the 75 points in the 1995 Super Bowl (San Francisco 49, San Diego 26) is not out of the question.

The Saints and Colts approached the unbeaten threshold in December.

New Orleans was 13-0, fell at home to Dallas, then rested many regulars in losing the last two games.

Indianapolis was 14-0 and perhaps headed for a 15th victory when Manning and other starters were removed in the third quarter against the Jets. New York rallied to win, and the backups lost at Buffalo in the season finale.

Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter much, did it? They both got here.

all year.

Move over Scott Norwood. This one just went wide right.

He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss by much, but Manning doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss at all. Taking over on their own 37, the Colts move methodically. A 6-yard pass play to Clark. Seven to Collie. Over the middle to Garcon. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spreading it around.

The Colts drive to the 31. Then the 20. Two rushing plays up the middle puts them at the 18. Manning trots off and hands it over to the 20-year veteran Stover on third down, just in case something goes wrong with the snap.

It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. Snap. Spot. Kick.

Good.

Colts win, 34-31.

Alex Podlogar is The Heraldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sports editor. Reach him at alexp@ sanfordherald.com and at (919) 718-1222. Read his blog at www. designatedhitter.wordpress.com

Scoreboard

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Sports Standings NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 32 16 .667 Toronto 27 23 .540 New York 19 30 .388 Philadelphia 18 31 .367 New Jersey 4 45 .082 Southeast Division W L Pct Orlando 33 17 .660 Atlanta 32 17 .653 Charlotte 24 24 .500 Miami 24 26 .480 Washington 17 32 .347 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 40 11 .784 Chicago 23 25 .479 Milwaukee 22 26 .458 Indiana 18 32 .360 Detroit 16 32 .333 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Dallas 31 19 .620 San Antonio 28 20 .583 Houston 27 22 .551 Memphis 26 23 .531 New Orleans 26 24 .520 Northwest Division W L Pct Denver 34 16 .680 Utah 30 18 .625 Portland 30 22 .577 Oklahoma City28 21 .571 Minnesota 12 38 .240 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Lakers 38 13 .745 Phoenix 31 21 .596

GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 6 131â &#x201E;2 141â &#x201E;2 281â &#x201E;2 GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 â &#x201E;2 8 9 1 15 â &#x201E;2 GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 15 â &#x201E;2 161â &#x201E;2 211â &#x201E;2 221â &#x201E;2

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L.A. Clippers 21 28 .429 16 Sacramento 16 33 .327 21 Golden State 13 35 .271 231â &#x201E;2 Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games New Orleans at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, ppd., snow New Jersey at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Indiana at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Denver at Utah, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10 p.m.

Okla. City at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Sacramento at Toronto, 12 p.m.

Orlando at Boston, 2:30 p.m.

Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games New Orleans at Orlando, 8 p.m.

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

San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Conference Glance GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2 31â &#x201E;2 41â &#x201E;2 5 GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 3 5 1 5 â &#x201E;2 22 GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 7 â &#x201E;2

By The Associated Press All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 58 40 12 6 86 229 157 New Jersey 56 36 18 2 74 150 128 Pittsburgh 57 35 21 1 71 180 161 Buffalo 56 32 17 7 71 158 140 Ottawa 58 33 21 4 70 164 160 Montreal 58 27 25 6 60 149 156 Philadelphia 55 28 24 3 59 163 150 Tampa Bay 56 24 21 11 59 145 165 N.Y. Rangers 58 25 26 7 57 149 162 Florida 57 24 24 9 57 150 163 Boston 56 23 22 11 57 135 146 Atlanta 56 24 24 8 56 168 181 N.Y. Islanders57 23 26 8 54 145 177

Carolina 57 20 30 7 47 152 187 Toronto 58 18 29 11 47 155 201 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 57 37 11 9 83 193 140 Chicago 57 37 15 5 79 183 134 Phoenix 58 35 18 5 75 157 146 Los Angeles 57 35 19 3 73 174 156 Vancouver 57 35 20 2 72 184 140 Colorado 56 31 19 6 68 164 149 Nashville 56 31 21 4 66 156 156 Calgary 58 29 21 8 66 149 147 Detroit 57 27 20 10 64 147 152 Anaheim 58 27 24 7 61 162 179 Dallas 57 25 21 11 61 162 181 Minnesota 57 28 25 4 60 159 169 St. Louis 57 25 23 9 59 148 159 Columbus 59 23 27 9 55 152 194 Edmonton 56 18 32 6 42 144 190 Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Vancouver 3, Boston 2, SO Pittsburgh at Montreal, 2 p.m.

Detroit at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Phoenix at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Florida at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Colorado, 10 p.m.

Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Pittsburgh at Washington, 12 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 3 p.m.

Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games San Jose at Toronto, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

in the 37s, I think,â&#x20AC;? she says.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything is a blur,â&#x20AC;? says Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear is that Sanford and Lee County have become the epicenter of high school gymnastics. On Thursday night, the Lee County Yellow Jackets captured their fourth straight gymnastics title. Now Southern Lee can stake its claim for small team dominance.

Even if it was unexpected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we were going to win,â&#x20AC;? says Brower. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were really surprised.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a big shock,â&#x20AC;? says Murchison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Things were kind of rocky the last couple of years, but our goal this year was to place. When we won states, it was amazing for us. Nobody expected anything like that.â&#x20AC;?

All the Cavaliers were concerned with? Giving their best performances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before the meet, we were just talking about trying our best and to have fun,â&#x20AC;? says Brower. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worried about winning or losing.â&#x20AC;?

But while the Cavaliers were competing against teams like Lee County during the season â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Southern Lee placed ninth out of 10 teams in its first meet of the season â&#x20AC;&#x201D; there were signs things were coming together in a hurry. As the state meet approached, the gymnasts continued tinkering with their routines, adding skills and more difficult techniques.

And on Friday, they nailed them.

To the surprise of everyone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wonderful,â&#x20AC;? says Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still glowing.â&#x20AC;?

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says Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything happened so quickly. We just wanted to place. That was the goal for the season.â&#x20AC;?

The Cavaliers did just that, and a lot more, becoming the first team in Southern Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five-year history to win a state championship. Sophomore Kelly Brower won an individual state title in floor exercise on her way to placing second all-around with a score of 37.35, collecting three other medals. Freshman Anna Spivey was fifth all-around (35.95) and won two more medals.

But with just five gymnasts competing, the Cavaliers needed standout contributions from everyone, including senior captain Ashley Murchison, as well as Vicky Monroy and Kacie Lorenzo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took everybody doing well for this to happen,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scores counted.â&#x20AC;?

If you check with the gymnasts, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell had as much to do with the Cavaliersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sudden rise as anyone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really, really good coach,â&#x20AC;? says Spivey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She never let us go without working us. And she never let us get down.â&#x20AC;?

Lost in the excitement was anything that resembled a firm recollection of the events. Ask anyone associated with Southern Lee which team finished second, or third, and they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell you.

Brower couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even recall for certain her all-around score. (â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was somewhere

BASKETBALL Top 25 Fared

By The Associated Press Saturday 1. Kansas (22-1) beat Nebraska 75-64. Next: at No. 9 Texas, Monday.

2. Villanova (20-2) lost to No. 7 Georgetown 103-90. Next: at No. 6 West Virginia, Monday.

3. Syracuse (22-1) did not play. Next: at Cincinnati, Sunday.

4. Kentucky (22-1) beat LSU 81-55. Next: vs.

Alabama, Tuesday.

5. Michigan State (19-4) at Illinois. Next: vs.

No. 8 Purdue, Tuesday.

6. West Virginia (19-3) beat St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 79-60.

Next: vs. No. 2 Villanova, Monday.

7. Georgetown (17-5) beat No. 2 Villanova 103-90. Next: at Providence, Tuesday.

8. Purdue (19-3) did not play. Next: at No. 5 Michigan State, Tuesday.

9. Texas (19-4) lost to Oklahoma 80-71.

Next: vs. No. 1 Kansas, Monday.

10. Duke (19-4) beat Boston College 66-63.

Next: at North Carolina, Wednesday.

10. Kansas State (19-4) beat Iowa State 79-75. Next: vs. Colorado.

12. BYU (22-3) lost to UNLV 88-74. Next: vs. Air Force.

13. Ohio State (17-6) did not play. Next: vs.

Iowa, Sunday.

14. Tennessee (18-4) beat South Carolina 79-53. Next: at No. 18 Vanderbilt, Tuesday.

15. New Mexico (21-3) beat San Diego State 88-86, OT. Next: at UNLV, Wednesday.

16. Wisconsin (18-5) beat Michigan 62-44.

Next: vs. Illinois, Tuesday.

17. Gonzaga (19-4) beat Memphis 66-58.

Next: vs. St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Calif., Thursday.

18. Vanderbilt (17-4) at Georgia. Next: vs.

No. 14 Tennessee, Tuesday.

19. Temple (19-5) lost to Richmond 71-54.

Next: vs. Rhode Island.

20. Baylor (17-5) lost to Texas A&M 78-71.

Next: at Nebraska, Wednesday.

21. Georgia Tech (17-6) beat N.C. State 7371. Next: at Miami, Wednesday.

22. Pittsburgh (17-6) beat Seton Hall 83-58.

Next: vs. Robert Morris, Monday.

23. Butler (19-4) vs. Wright State. Next: vs.

Loyola of Chicago, Monday.

24. Northern Iowa (21-2) beat Southern Illinois 55-51. Next: at Drake, Wednesday.

25. Mississippi (17-6) beat Alabama 74-67.

Next: at Mississippi State, Thursday.

NCAA Boxscores WAKE FOREST 64, VIRGINIA 61, OT WAKE FOREST (16-5) Aminu 4-9 5-7 13, McFarland 2-2 1-3 5, Smith 7-18 1-4 15, Harris 3-8 3-5 10, Williams 4-5 0-2 8, Clark 0-2 0-0 0, Stewart 2-8 1-2 7, Weaver 0-0 0-0 0, Woods 3-5 0-0 6.

Totals 25-57 11-23 64.

VIRGINIA (14-7) Scott 5-15 0-1 10, Meyinsse 1-2 1-2 3, Evans 1-6 1-2 3, Zeglinski 1-6 0-0 3, Landesberg 8-19 10-11 28, Farrakhan 3-7 0-0 7, Baker 0-3 0-0 0, Sene 0-0 0-0 0, Sherrill 3-7 0-0 7, Jones 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-65 12-16 61.

Halftimeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Virginia 34-29. End Of Regulationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Tied 55. 3-Point Goalsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wake Forest 3-12 (Stewart 2-4, Harris 1-3, Aminu 0-2, Smith 0-3), Virginia 5-19 (Landesberg 2-5, Sherrill 1-3, Farrakhan 1-4, Zeglinski 1-5, Baker 0-2). Fouled Outâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;McFarland, Woods.

Reboundsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wake Forest 46 (Aminu 10), Virginia 34 (Scott 10). Assistsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wake Forest 6 (Smith 5), Virginia 15 (Baker, Landesberg, Zeglinski 3). Total Foulsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wake Forest 18, Virginia 20. Technicalâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;McFarland.

Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;11,972.

NO. 10 DUKE 66, BOSTON COLLEGE 63 DUKE (19-4) Singler 4-14 3-6 12, Mi.Plumlee 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 9-15 2-3 21, Scheyer 6-11 6-6 21, Thomas 3-4 0-1 6, Ma.Plumlee 0-2 1-4 1, Dawkins 0-0 1-2 1, Kelly 0-0 1-2 1, Zoubek 1-1 1-2 3. Totals 23-48 15-26 66.

BOSTON COLLEGE (12-11) Raji 5-9 5-6 15, Trapani 5-14 2-2 12, Southern 1-2 0-0 2, Paris 2-4 2-2 6, Sanders 6-12 0-0 13, Jackson 4-10 2-2 11, Roche 1-4 2-2 4, Elmore 0-1 0-0 0, Dunn 0-2 0-1 0. Totals 24-58 13-15 63.

Halftimeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Duke 35-25. 3-Point Goalsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Duke 5-17 (Scheyer 3-7, Smith 1-5, Singler 1-5), Boston College 2-14 (Sanders 1-3, Jackson 1-4, Roche 0-3, Trapani 0-4).

Fouled Outâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Thomas. Reboundsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Duke 31 (Ma.Plumlee, Zoubek 6), Boston College 27 (Raji 8). Assistsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Duke 11 (Scheyer,

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TGC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nationwide Tour, Moonah Classic, final round, at Fingal, Australia (same-day tape) 8:30 a.m.

TGC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; European PGA Tour, Dubai Desert Classic, final round, at Dubai, United Arab Emirates (same-day tape) 2:30 p.m.

NBC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, final round, at Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Smith 4), Boston College 12 (Paris 4).

Total Foulsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Duke 19, Boston College 22.

Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;8,606. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;8,606.

CAMPBELL 64, FLORIDA GULF COAST 52 CAMPBELL (14-9) Rodriguez 4-8 1-3 11, Kossangue 2-9 1-2 5, Hartley 1-5 0-0 2, Merthie 5-10 1-2 16, Taylor 4-5 5-6 13, Vejraska 4-6 3-3 11, Celestin 1-1 0-0 3, Dodson 1-1 1-3 3. Totals 22-45 12-19 64.

FLORIDA GULF COAST (7-17) Marks 1-4 0-0 2, Banks 7-9 1-4 15, Chambers 2-9 3-4 7, Miller 0-4 1-2 1, Brown 1-6 0-0 2, Baker 0-1 0-0 0, Lutkenhaus 1-2 2-2 4, Williams 7-10 1-3 19, Rolax 0-2 0-0 0, Murray 0-0 0-0 0, Lytle 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 20-48 8-15 52.

Halftimeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Florida Gulf Coast 25-24.

3-Point Goalsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Campbell 8-17 (Merthie 5-9, Rodriguez 2-4, Celestin 1-1, Kossangue 0-1, Vejraska 0-1, Hartley 0-1), Florida Gulf Coast 4-11 (Williams 4-6, Miller 0-1, Chambers 0-4). Fouled Outâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;None. Reboundsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Campbell 33 (Kossangue 8), Florida Gulf Coast 25 (Banks 6). Assistsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Campbell 19 (Hartley 8), Florida Gulf Coast 16 (Chambers 6). Total Foulsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Campbell 18, Florida Gulf Coast 17. Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;1,221. Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;1,221.

NO. 21 GEORGIA TECH 73, N.C. STATE 71 N.C. STATE (14-10) Howell 1-6 0-0 2, Davis 0-1 4-6 4, T.Smith 9-18 4-6 22, Gonzalez 5-10 1-2 13, Wood 4-13 0-0 12, Painter 0-1 2-2 2, Mays 1-8 0-0 2, Horner 4-11 6-6 14. Totals 24-68 17-22 71.

GEORGIA TECH (17-6) Favors 6-7 4-8 16, Lawal 4-11 0-4 8, Udofia 0-3 1-2 1, Shumpert 5-7 2-2 14, Bell 2-8 0-2 4, M.Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Foreman 0-0 0-0 0, Oliver 2-4 0-0 6, Peacock 7-8 6-7 22, Rice Jr. 0-1 2-4 2. Totals 26-50 15-29 73.

Halftimeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;N.C. State 32-30. 3-Point Goalsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;N.C. State 6-20 (Wood 4-11, Gonzalez 2-4, Horner 0-2, Mays 0-3), Georgia Tech 6-11 (Peacock 2-2, Shumpert 2-3, Oliver 2-4, Udofia 0-1, M.Miller 0-1). Fouled Outâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Howell, Udofia. Reboundsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;N.C. State 41 (Howell, T.Smith 9), Georgia Tech 34 (Lawal 11). Assistsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;N.C. State 13 (Gonzalez 7), Georgia Tech 15 (Shumpert 7). Total Foulsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;N.C. State 24, Georgia Tech 20. Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;8,760.

RHODE ISLAND 93, MASSACHUSETTS 85 MASSACHUSETTS (8-15) Vinson 2-6 6-9 10, Farrell 3-9 0-2 6, Se.Carter 5-7 1-3 11, Harris 10-17 9-11 32, Riley 3-10 0-1 7, Correia 0-0 0-0 0, Gurley 5-9 1-2 15, Sa.Carter 1-1 0-1 2, Bailey 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 30-61 17-29 85.

RHODE ISLAND (19-3) Ulmer 7-8 3-3 17, James 2-11 8-8 13, Martell 6-8 1-2 13, Jones 0-2 1-2 1, Cothran 3-8 3-4 10, Mejia 2-6 4-4 8, Eaves 0-0 0-0 0, Wilson 1-3 1-2 3, Richmond 6-13 1-2 19, Outerbridge 2-4 5-6 9, Malesevic 0-1 0-0 0, Brooks 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-64 27-33 93.

Halftimeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Rhode Island 46-29. 3-Point Goalsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Massachusetts 8-19 (Gurley 4-5, Harris 3-6, Riley 1-6, Vinson 0-1, Farrell 0-1), Rhode Island 8-20 (Richmond 6-10, Cothran 1-3, James 1-5, Mejia 0-1, Jones 0-1). Fouled Outâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Farrell, Jones, Mejia.

Reboundsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Massachusetts 45 (Se.Carter, Farrell 8), Rhode Island 35 (Ulmer 10). Assistsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Massachusetts 12 (Farrell 4), Rhode Island 20 (Cothran 7). Total Foulsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Massachusetts 25, Rhode Island 25. Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;7,579.

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3. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 190.577.

4. (21) Bill Elliott, Ford, 190.573.

5. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 190.408.

6. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 190.359.

7. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 190.359.

8. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 190.118.

9. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 190.054.

10. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 190.050.

11. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 190.050.

12. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 190.050.

13. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 189.958.

14. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 189.757.

15. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 189.737.

16. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 189.709.

17. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 189.693.

18. (71) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 189.665.

19. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 189.593.

20. (51) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 189.454.

21. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 189.374.

22. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 189.314.

23. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 189.294.

24. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 189.282.

25. (43) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 189.255.

26. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 189.195.

27. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 189.072.

28. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 189.056.

29. (36) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 189.052.

30. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 188.996.

31. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 188.865.

32. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 188.735.

33. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 188.727.

34. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 188.699.

35. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 188.628.

36. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 188.533.

37. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 188.411.

38. (32) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 188.391.

39. (90) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 188.300.

40. (13) Max Papis, Toyota, 188.198.

41. (49) David Gilliland, Toyota, 187.766.

42. (34) John Andretti, Ford, 187.512.

43. (97) Jeff Fuller, Toyota, 187.363.

44. (38) Robert Richardson, Ford, 187.289.

45. (37) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 187.285.

46. (09) Aric Almirola, Chevrolet, 187.278.

47. (46) Terry Cook, Dodge, 187.056.

48. (26) Boris Said, Ford, 186.908.

49. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 186.254.

50. (55) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 185.924.

51. (75) Derrike Cope, Dodge, 185.041.

52. (27) Kirk Shelmerdine, Toyota, 184.407.

53. (92) Mike Wallace, Dodge, Owner 182.678.

54. (57) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 180.607.

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DEAR ABBY

Dad misses kisses he once shared with his young sons

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Happy Birthday: You have to live within your means and set a strict budget. The sign of how far you can go in the future is dependent on how you handle your personal and professional goals and expenses. Be willing to give up things that are weighing you down or costing you too much. A geographical move will bring you greater options. Your numbers are 6, 13, 19, 22, 25, 31, 43 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get your money skills working for you. Put your heart and soul into budgeting and increasing your assets so you don’t have to worry about the future. There is money to be made if you go about it the right way. 5 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Set a new strategy that incorporates a little down time. You have to rejuvenate if you want to work at your optimum.

Don’t let anyone discourage you from doing what will work best for you. 3 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take what’s yours and keep moving. It may seem a little harsh but, in reality, it’s essential.

An emotional issue must be resolved. Partner with people who are on the same course you are or nothing will be accomplished. 3 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t buy into someone else’s dream. Invest in what you feel will bring you the safest returns.

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DEAR ABBY: When my three sons were small, I used to kiss them on the lips as a sign of affection. Now they are 13, 11 and 8, and it has been several years since I have done it. With the youngest, I can still get away with an occasional peck on the cheek -- but not my older boys.

My family roots are Scandinavian. Growing up, I used to hate that we rarely showed our emotions. I vowed to be different, but now I’m afraid I have fallen into the same nondemonstrative pattern.

As a single dad who tries hard to lead by example, how do I reintroduce this healthy demonstration of love?

— DEMONSTRATIVE DAD, LAGUNA, CALIF. DEAR DAD: Your older boys may be less affectionate because they’re a teenager and a pre-teen and concerned that kissing you would appear unmasculine or childish. It’s possible that when they’re older they will realize the importance of expressing warm emotions as you did.

Talk to your sons. Tell them you miss the demonstrations of affection and that while growing up you felt your family had missed out on something important. Many families are extremely affectionate, and in many cultures demonstrations of affection between males is the norm.

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

DEAR ABBY: I’m an active senior citizen, very involved in my community. Because I understand how important it is to stay technologically up-to-date and not be buried in “the way it was,” I use a cell phone and am somewhat computer literate. But I have reached my limit of patience with the extreme dependence on cell phones on the part of my family as well as others.

It’s increasingly hard to have a simple visit or dinner without constant interruption, to the point of rudeness. What has happened to us that we can’t spend time together without injecting an “Oops!

Need to take this call ...”

Abby, how about making a helpful list of courtesy rules to share with your readers?

— GRANDMA JOY IN RICHLAND, MISS.

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DEAR GRANDMA JOY: There

is really just one “rule,” and it’s longstanding: When carrying on a conversation — or sharing a meal — give your companion your undivided attention. Taking a phone call and allowing yourself to be interrupted sends a message that the person you are with is less important than the caller.

The only exceptions to this I can think of would be an emergency call from a family member, baby-sitter or employer -- or if the person being called was a doctor.

Or bail bondsman. o DEAR ABBY: My extended family has frequent birthday parties, usually on Sundays. My sister-inlaw recently changed jobs so she is no longer able to attend. She sends empty containers along with my brother so he can take home leftovers for her.

If we go out to a restaurant, she has him order a meal to take home.

(Our mother picks up the bill.)

Personally, I think what my sister-in-law is doing is rude. Is this something new?

— LAURIE IN MINNEAPOLIS DEAR LAURIE: It is not unusual for family members to take leftovers home from a house party if someone can’t attend. But to expect a host to pay for a takeout dinner from a restaurant for a guest who did not attend is, in my opinion, presumptuous.

ODDS AND ENDS Youngest Ore. Zoo orangutan likes Colts PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — If you trust a rodent to predict when winter will end, how about an ape to guide your Super Bowl winner selection?

The Oregon Zoo’s youngest orangutan, Kutai, showed no hesitation Friday in selecting an Indianapolis Colts T-shirt during the annual football forecasting event at the zoo.

The zoo says Kutai has predicted the winner in four of the past five Super Bowls, including the New York Giants’ win over the New England Patriots in 2008. His only loss came last year when he incorrectly picked the Arizona Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Similar to Punxsutawney Phil’s yearly predictions on the arrival of spring, the zoo’s orangutans have been predicting Super Bowl outcomes.

Matriarch Inji was 6-1 at one point in picking winners, but has become less reliable in recent years. Still senior primate keeper Dave Thomas says she has excuses — Kutai once took every shirt for one team, forcing Inji to select the opposition.

Inji and third orangutan Batik picked New Orleans this time.

Wyoming suspect flees into police station RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — Police say a man suspected of stealing a bottle of Schnapps from a Wyoming grocery store didn’t have the best escape route

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Riverton police say the 26-year-old ran out of the store after grabbing the bottle of booze and a package of cough drops Wednesday and hid in a nearby building, which happened to be the police station.

Police say the man then ran out of the police station, but not before a dispatcher had spied him on the station’s surveillance camera and alerted officers.

The man, who police say was drunk, was caught soon after. He was taken into custody on preliminary charges of resisting arrest and shoplifting.

Pot smoker accused of trying to bribe urine tester GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A pot-smoking parolee in Colorado faces criminal charges for allegedly offering a cash bribe to try to pass a drug test. Police said a 34-year-old man tried Jan. 3 to bribe a state worker to allow him to use a device called a “Whizzinator” to pass a drug test he had to take while on parole.

The man allegedly said he had a medical marijuana card, though officials couldn’t confirm whether that was true.

Colorado’s medical marijuana law allows convicted criminals to get cards, but those on parole still must pass drug tests.

State lawmakers are currently weighing new marijuana rules that would prevent people on parole from having the cards.

Prosecutors said the man offered a state worker $300 after the worker found him with the “Whizzinator,” a device of tubing and heater packs attached to a prosthetic penis sold to cheat drug tests.

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Christ conquered death for us Q: What do you think happens to us when we die? I don’t think anything does, because once we die that’s the end of everything for us.

I’m sure you don’t agree, but what are your reasons?

-- T.H. A: Deep within us is a yearning for eternity — a feeling that life doesn’t end with the grave, but there must be life after death. Even if we deny it (as you do), we still wish it were true.

Where did this inner yearning come from? Plants and animals don’t have it but we do -- and the reason is because God put it there. You aren’t just a body and a mind; God also gave you a soul or spirit, and even when your body and mind die, your soul lives on. Your soul came from God and is a sign of His presence within you -- and just as God can’t die, neither can your soul. As the Bible says, God “has also set eternity in the hearts of men” (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

But the Bible gives us an even stronger reason for believing in life after death — and that is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Think about it: How could we know — really know — that there is life after death? We’d know it only if someone died and entered eternity — and then came back to tell us about it. And that’s what happened with Jesus Christ. He died and was buried — but on the third day He came back from the dead to assure us of eternal life.

Jesus Christ conquered death — and because He did, we don’t need to fear death any longer. Ahead of us is heaven, if we know Him!

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Business On the Street

Obama, GOP sparring over jobs

By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer

Jonathan Owens Have news about your local business? E-mail Jonathan at owens@sanfordherald.com

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he popularity of such alternative movie rental outlets like Redbox and Netflix have now claimed victims here in Central North Carolina.

Movie Gallery, owned by the company that also owns Hollywood Video announced recently it will close several locations as a part of its restructuring efforts following a bankruptcy filing on Feb. 2.

According to the company’s Web site, stores in Sanford, Siler City and Lillington will be closed. The locations in Carthage and Vass will remain open for the time being.

A statement from the company states that the restructuring will include the immediate liquidation and closure of approximately 760 Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video and Game Crazy stores because “they are not profitable and because funds from liquidating them can help us moving forward.”

The Hollywood Video and Game Crazy locations on Horner Boulevard will remain open, a manager at the local store confirmed Friday.

Like many industries today, the movie rental business has been in a state of flux recently.

Stand-alone locations are losing customers to mail-order services like Netflix and more convenient Redbox locations — vending machine-style boxes that have cropped up all over the country.

Sam Goody closing In another sign of the times, the Sam Goody store at Riverbirch Corner Shopping Center will be closing at the end of March.

The music sales industry has also been hit hard by the popularity of online music sales services like iTunes.

In the meantime, the local store promises liquidation sales, so its loss may be your gain.

Gas station coming to Lowes Foods I called Lowes Foods’ corporate headquarters this week because I had two rumors to investigate about local expansions.

One turned out to be true; the other is false.

First for the false one. I had reports that the grocery store chain planned to build a second location on Tramway Road, near its intersection with U.S. 1. Spokesman Debbie Williams told me that she had no current plans for the store on her radar, though.

See Street, Page 8B

WASHINGTON — Republicans sparred with President Barack Obama in their Saturday media addresses over proposals to create jobs, further evidence of the difficulty of bipartisan solutions to the nation’s pressing problems.

Obama pushed Congress to use $30 billion that had been set aside to bail out Wall Street to start a new program that provides loans to small businesses, which the White

House calls the engine for job growth. Republicans, meanwhile, taunted Obama with a familiar refrain: Where are the jobs the president promised in exchange for the billions of dollars already spent?

The barb came a day after the government reported an unexpected decline in the unemployment rate, from 10 percent to 9.7 percent. It was the first drop in seven months but offered little consolation for the 8.4 million jobs that have vanished since the reces-

money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, to provide to small banks so they can make more loans to small businesses. Republicans have criticized the move, arguing any money leftover from the bailout should be used to reduce the budget deficit.

In the weekly GOP address, Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas chided Obama for proposing a 2011 budget last week that would increase spending, taxes

sion began.

“Even though our economy is growing again, these are still tough times for America,” Obama said. “Too many businesses are still shuttered. Too many families can’t make ends meet. And while yesterday, we learned that the unemployment rate has dropped below 10 percent for the first time since summer, it is still unacceptably high — and too many Americans still can’t find work.”

To help the recovery, Obama asked Congress to use leftover

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A shim that will be used to repair springs in the gas pedal systems of recalled Toyota vehicles is displayed in Avon, Ind. President Barack Obama’s administration was without a federal highway safety chief for most of its first year and, like the Bush administration before it, missed signals in the Toyota case.

Bureaucracy to blame for misses in Toyota recalls WASHINGTON (AP) — When Peter Boddeart’s Lexus lurched forward and rear-ended another vehicle in Fauquier County, Va., earning him a police citation, he wrote to federal regulators imploring them to look into his case “before someone ends up seriously injured or killed.”

That was in 2003.

The years since have seen hundreds of drivers’ complaints about unwanted acceleration of their Toyotas, six inconclusive federal investigations, multiple reports of deaths and repeated denials from the automaker that it had a major problem on its hands.

That’s just the sort of bureaucratic inertia Barack Obama

pointedly criticized as a presidential candidate. Yet his administration was without a federal highway safety chief for most of its first year and, like the Bush administration before it, missed signals in the Toyota case.

After several investigations, it was only last week that Toyota owners learned federal regulators, concerned that the company was not taking apparently dangerous defects seriously enough, traveled to Japan in December to light a fire under corporate executives. Meanwhile, millions of Toyotas continued to be driven by drivers unaware of the potential scope of the problem, and the cars continued to be sold.

Combined with a recall involving the toxic metal cadmium that arose from press scrutiny rather than federal oversight, the Toyota episode has raised questions about whether the government under Democrats will be any more agile in enforcement of consumer protections than the Bush administration was.

“When you’ve got a government regulatory agency, it has to be a government cop on the corporate beat,” said Joan Claybrook, who was chief of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration during the Carter administration. “And it’s got to act like a cop.”

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e’ve been talking about the benefits of Energy Star certification on homes, and discussed the value (or lack thereof ) in the appraisals we have seen. So, in the past week I have gathered some information to better quantify the value of the expense that goes into an Energy Star home.

I wanted to compare the cost of operation of two virtually identical homes, one certified to Energy Star standards and one not. So I identified a plan that we had built, one in Carolina Trace and one in Nottingham. Same plan, same number of people living in the household.

They also both use the same utility company, Progress Energy. One house was built and sold in June, 2008, the other October 2009, so there is only 15 months difference in the age. This is probably as close as I can come to having two uncontrolled homes and comparing them apples to apples.

The home that is not Energy Star certified has some features that are

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CHAMBER CHAT

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Bob Joyce Bob Joyce is President of the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce.

ood economic news was mixed with bad over the two weeks as our local economy continued to improve in fits and starts. On the bad news front, our December unemployment rate rose to 14.6 percent from 13.7 percent, according to the Employment Security Commission. Nearly 3,750 of our neighbors are out of work while about 22,100 of us still have jobs.

Nationally, January’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 9.7 percent from 10 percent. State

and local figures for January will be released in a few days, but are predicted to be unchanged.

Lee County’s manufacturing sector has taken a beating, although some economists say that is precisely why improvement is coming. The argument

goes like this: inventories have fallen to historically low levels, thus manufacturers will gradually increase production to keep up with the existing, minimal demand. If true, any expansion or re-opening of our plants will have an immediate positive impact on our local economy. Most experts agree that real job growth will be slow and incremental.

Companies are cautious about hiring and are bringing work-

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Claybrook said that while most of the Toyota investigations took place during the Bush administration, the absence of a permanent administrator during Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first year prevented a new team from conducting a full review of dozens of pending defect investigations and a fresh look at the Toyota cases.

Toyotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s string of recalls burst into the open in late September, leaving millions of car owners unsure if their vehicles were safe to drive and tarnishing the reputation of a company once synonymous with safe, reliable cars. The road to the recall of millions of Camrys, Corollas and other popular Toyota models began years ago, touched off by warnings

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ers back slowly, adding overtime hours or hiring temporary workers before making permanent new hires. Our local companies battle for business with manufacturers worldwide. Controlling costs, maintaining high productivity and providing superior service are required for survival. Communities are no different. Even in this difficult economy, we must stay competitive with other areas for new industries and new residents.

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and the national debt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americans are still asking, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;where are the jobs?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; but all they are getting from Washington is more spending, more taxes, more debt and more bailouts,â&#x20AC;? Hensarling said.

The Republican attack came even as key Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are

from Boddeart, who died in April, and others who worried their cars might bolt forward and cause a crash.

Back in 2003, Boddeart told regulators that his accident marked the third time his 1999 Lexus LS400 accelerated unexpectedly and asked them to investigate. Five months later, the 83-year-oldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s petition to the agency was panned â&#x20AC;&#x153;in view of the need to allocate and prioritize NHTSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s limited resources,â&#x20AC;? a common refrain in rejection letters.

Several investigations followed.

In 2004, Carol Mathews, a nurse from Rockville, Md., crashed into a tree when her Lexus suddenly accelerated.

She asked the agency to investigate. The government reviewed problems with electronic throttles in about 1 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles and

found more than 100 complaints.

Seeking to limit the scope of the review, Toyota urged the government to consider a â&#x20AC;&#x153;vehicle surge to be something less than a wide-open throttle.â&#x20AC;? No defect was found after 4 1/2 months of investigating and the case was closed.

In July 2005, Jordan Ziprin, a retired attorney in Phoenix, asked the government to dig into the problem after his 2002 Camry XLE spun out of control and crashed into an electric utility box. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Had there been any vehicles or pedestrians in the street, deaths would probably have followed,â&#x20AC;? he wrote.

Reviewing Toyota models built from 2002 to 2005, the agency found that 20 percent of 432 complaints reviewed involved â&#x20AC;&#x153;sudden or unintended accelera-

tion.â&#x20AC;? But regulators said the complaint rate was â&#x20AC;&#x153;unremarkable.â&#x20AC;? The government closed the case, citing â&#x20AC;&#x153;insufficient evidence.â&#x20AC;?

A separate investigation launched in March 2007 reviewed allegations that floor mats were interfering with accelerator pedals. Toyota said a month later that there was â&#x20AC;&#x153;no possibility of the pedal interference with the all-weather floor mat if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s placed properly and secured.â&#x20AC;?

By that August, government investigators had tied the problem to 12 deaths and a survey of 600 Lexus owners found about 10 percent reported sudden or unexpected acceleration.

In September, Toyota recalled 55,000 Camry and ES350 vehicles to replace the floor mats. But that was hardly the end of the problems.

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But as I have always found with large chains, just because spokesmen do not know about a new store doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean plans arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in the works.

It could mean they are either not ready to talk about them, or the news has not worked its way up the chain of command yet. So this rumor is not completely dead yet.

But Williams did confirm that the company plans to build a gas station at its Spring Lane location, and that could mean big savings for area drivers. She put me in touch with Trey Moser of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gas unit, who told me that the chain currently has gas

Home To put a personal face this economic discussion, a young couple from Wisconsin with three children recently called the Chamber to request information about Lee County. Like most families, they asked about schools, shopping, neighborhoods, and churches.

Both husband and wife had job offers in central North Carolina. They are considering our area as their home but are also considering other neighboring communities.

As a community, we must be ready to respond to any prospective new industry or new family. Slowly but surely,

some jobs are coming back. Turning the economy around is like turning an aircraft carrier. It canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen immediately.

While we wait, we must be competitive with surrounding communities by providing safe neighborhoods, open space and family recreation, and good schools.

In other words, we must offer an overall quality of life that families and businesses want.

There is good news: in the real world (not the theoretical one in which economists make predictions), local industries are calling back employees and hiring a few new ones. There

is also more interest by companies looking for new markets. Bob Heuts, our Economic Developer, has been busy this month with several prospective clients seeking information about our community, our industrial base and labor force.

New retail and service businesses also are looking at Lee County.

One national restaurant franchise was in the Chamber this week to begin investigating a â&#x20AC;&#x153;south sideâ&#x20AC;? site. The new year will provide us with plenty of opportunity â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to let these opportunities pass us by.

working on a bipartisan jobs bill. The senators hope to unveil legislation as early as Monday that would provide tax breaks to businesses that hire unemployed workers, extend unemployment payments for those whose benefits have run out, and renew a program that offers the jobless a subsidy for health insurance premiums.

Senate passage of a bipartisan jobs bill would mark an impor-

tant political victory for Obama. But Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s radio and Internet addresses showed that bipartisanship wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be easy.

The White House has repeatedly argued that the $787 billion economic stimulus package enacted in February helped save the economy from complete collapse. On Friday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told ABC News there is a much lower risk of a

double-dip recession â&#x20AC;&#x153;than at any time over the last 12 months or so.â&#x20AC;?

Hensarling, however, said the stimulus package and the growing government debt have added to the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic problems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Democrats chose to go it alone and jam through their stimulus,â&#x20AC;?

Hensarling said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What did the American people get? A bill for $1.2 trillion and 3 million more jobs lost.â&#x20AC;?

Financial Gifts for Your Valentine Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day is fast approaching, so youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d better get going with the ďŹ&#x201A;owers and chocolates for your sweetie. But this year, why not go beyond the traditional gifts and give a present that can make a difference in your loved oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life for years to come? SpeciďŹ cally, why not give a ďŹ nancial gift?

Of course, you could always put some cash or a check in a card, but with a little creativity, you can make a ďŹ nancial gift that has a longer-lasting and more profound impact. Here are a few suggestions: s 'IVE STOCKS You will almost certainly surprise someone by giving a gift of stock, perhaps representing a company that makes products or services favored by the recipient. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re giving shares of stock that you own, you can give up to a value of $13,000 per year without incurring gift taxes. Since the recipient will be liable for income taxes if he or she eventually sells the stock for a gain, you will need to provide the recipient with the stockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;cost basisâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the amount you paid for the stock. s 'IVE BONDS. Some people may not think of bonds as particularly exciting investments, but they have much to offer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including regular interest payments.

Furthermore, if you give a municipal

bond, you may also be supporting a local infrastructure project, such as the construction or improvement of a hospital or school, that can beneďŹ t the community in which your valentine lives. And the interest payments on a tax-free â&#x20AC;&#x153;muniâ&#x20AC;? are exempt from federal taxes and may also be exempt from state and local taxes. (Municipal bonds may be subject to the alternative minimum tax.) s (ELP FUND AN )2! If your valentine has an IRA, he or she has chosen a good vehicle in which to save for retirement. A traditional IRAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earnings grow tax deferred, while a Roth IRAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earnings can grow tax free. (However, distributions from a Roth IRA may be subject to taxes and a 10 percent penalty if the account is less than ďŹ ve years old and the account holder is under age 59½.) While you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a direct contribution to someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IRA, you can write a check for that purpose. And it will likely be appreciated, because many people have trouble fully funding

their IRAs each year. (In 2010, the IRA contribution limit is $5,000, or $6,000 if the IRA owner is over age 50, although these limits may be increased if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re indexed for inďŹ&#x201A;ation.) s -AKE A CHARITABLE GIFT IN YOUR VALENTINE S NAME Charitable organizations need ďŹ nancial assistance more than ever.

Consider making a gift to a charity thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to your valentine. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be supporting a worthy cause, and as an added bonus, you may receive a tax deduction yourself. s )SSUE A h'ET /UT OF $EBTv CARD. You probably canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take all your valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debts, but you may want to give a card stating youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll handle one car payment or a monthly credit card bill. The lower your valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debt load, the more he or she can invest for the future.

By taking any of these steps, you can help make Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day even more meaningful for your loved one â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and your gift will be remembered long after the holiday is over.

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required for Energy Star.

For a number of years we have been sealing the backside of knee walls in bonus rooms, building corners and structural Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in exterior walls that will allow insulation to be better installed and building our window and door headers with insulation board sandwiched between the structural members. Our insulation contractor also has been face stapling the exterior wall insulation as well, making the insulation more effective (as it was intended to be installed). So in a lot of ways we were already building homes that performed better than those built â&#x20AC;&#x153;to code.â&#x20AC;?

One of the main reasons we thought we could do Energy Star was that we were already including these components that are needed for the certification. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pretty sure that the homes we have built in the past few years exceeded code as well, just not to the same extent as those being Energy Star certified..

Ah, yes, the results.

The home not built to Energy Star has had an average utility bill of $104 according to the owner. Now mind you this is a home that is 2171 square feet, with a 13 SEER heat pump.

This house has some volume, too, cathedral ceilings and a raised height dining room. That is certainly not bad for that size and for many of you; this in itself is a significant savings over your current utility bill.

In fact, it is roughly the same cost one of our customers was paying for electricity in the 1200

locations at eight grocery stores in the state, and the concept has been successful.

The way he explained it, the chainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gas sales are tied in with spending at the grocery store. For every $100 a customer buys in groceries, they receive a 5-cent discount per gallon on gas purchases. The discount is cumulative up to 25 gallons of gas in one month.

So if you spend $200 a month in groceries, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll receive 25 gallons of gas for 10 cents cheaper than the going rate at the store. Sounds like a good deal to me.

Moser said the company is still working through the permitting phase of the construction process, so no opening date has been finalized at this time.

square foot townhome they were in before purchasing our home.

The same home that is Energy Star certified has been seeing a utility bill in the $70 to $80 range.

Once again this is a 2171 square foot home, mind you, a pretty decently sized home. If this average is actually $75, the savings would be $29 a month, which is $348 a year.

Now letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s see, if you are saving $29 a month, what is that worth in a mortgage? With $29 each month, you could service the debt on $5,400 more mortgage at 5 percent interest on a 30 year fixed loan. Even at a 7 percent interest rate the value of the savings would be equivalent to $4,360 more mortgage.

Or if it is clearer, think of it this way. When was the last time you saw a bank offering 7 percent on a one year CD? If you had $5,000 to invest at simple interest, it would take a rate of 7 percent to make you $350 per year, which is what you are saving each year. If it only costs you $4,000 and you save $350 each year, that return on your money would be 9 percent!

That would be one of the safest, risk free investments you would ever make! Compared to where you are living now, the savings are probably even more substantial!

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DONNY CAMPBELL qualified on January 21, 2010, as Personal Representative of the Estate of MAZELLE W. CAMPBELL, late For Sale: 1999 Nissan of Lee County, North Frontier Carolina. This is to • Great Running Truck notify all persons, • Extended Cab firms and corpora• Lowered, Plus other tions having claims Customs •110,000 Miles against the Estate to • $3,000 present them to the Call: 919-498-4818 undersigned on or bePlease Leave Message fore April 24, 2010, or this notice will be 255 pleaded in bar of their recovery. All Sport Utilities persons, firms and corporations indebt- CLASSIFIED DEADLINE: 2:00 PM ed to said estate DAY BEFORE please make immediate payment. Pay- PUBLICATION. (2:00 ments and claims pm Friday for should be presented Sat/Sun ads). Santo ford Herald, ClassiM. ANDREW LUCAS, fied Dept., Attorney at Law, 718-1201 or 1410 Elm Street/P.O. 718-1204 Box 1045, Sanford, NC 27330.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

General Sonographer Pinehurst Surgical is seeking an experience sonographer to deliver high quality imaging services with compassion and professionalism.

Qualified applicants will be RDMS registered and have obtained an Associate’s degree or certification from a two year program. If you are interested in this position or would like more information, please contact Emi Allen, Pinehurst Surgical, 5 First Village Drive, Pinehurst, NC 28387.

Fax: (910) 295-0244 or e-mail: bpatterson@pinehurstsurgical.com

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JOYCE S. BROOKS Elderly/In-Home qualified on NovemCare ber 30, 2009, as Personal Representative of the Estate of ED- I am an Experienced Caregiver. Will assist elderly WIN H. BROOKS, late woman. Mornings, of Lee County, North no wknds. PT. References.

Carolina. This is to 919-774-3910 notify all persons, firms and corpora340 tions having claims Landscaping/ against the Estate to Gardening present them to the undersigned on or be- Winter Driveway Special fore March 3, 2010, or 5 Ton Crush & Run this notice will be Delivered $100 pleaded in bar of Larger Loads and Tractor their recovery. All Spreading also Available persons, firms and (919) 777-8012 corporations indebt370 ed to said estate please make immediHome Repair ate payment.

L.C Harell Home Payments and claims Improvement Decks, should be presented to porches, buildings repair remodel & electrical InteriEDDIE S. WINSTEAD or-Exterior Quality Work at III, affordable prices. Senior Attorney at Law, 1410 Discount No job too small Elm Street - P.O. Box or too large! (919)7701045 3853 Sanford NC 27330

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370 Home Repair

520 Free Dogs

680 Farm Produce

HUBBY 4 HIRE Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get things done around the house?

Call Ross: 910-703-1979

Free To Loving Home: 25 to 30 Pounds Black Chow Corgi Mix Spayed & Up To Date On Shots. Very sweet.

Loves children & other dogs 803-257-2157

New Supply Walnuts Pecans, Side Meat, Ham Bones, Turnips & Creases Greens, Local Sweet Potatoes B&B Market 775-3032

400 Employment 420 Help Wanted General DRIVERS WANTED Must be 18. Good driving record. Smiling faces, no slackers. Flexible hours.

We pay for your gas money nightly. Apply in person at all 4 Dominos Pizzas: Buffalo Lake, Sanford, Anderson Creek.

530 Free Animals/Birds 18 month old Jack Russell puppy and a 5 year old gray and yellow cockatiel that I need homes for.

Free. My number is 919-777-0966.

Call for details.

600 Merchandise 601 Bargain Bin/ $250 or Less

Part Time (29 hrs) Truck Driver/Warehouse WorkerMust work Tues-Thurs-Sat. *â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bargain Binâ&#x20AC;? ads are free for Call: 718-1717 for interfive consecutive days. Items must view total $250 or less, and the price We offer â&#x20AC;˘ BOLD print

ENLARGED PRINT â&#x20AC;˘ Enlarged Bold Print â&#x20AC;˘

for part/all of your ad!

Ask your Classified Sales Rep for rates.

must be included in the ad.

Multiple items at a single price (i.e., jars $1 each), and animals/pets do not qualify.

One free â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bargain Binâ&#x20AC;? ad per household per month.

3 Home Doors- 2 Are 28â&#x20AC;?, Knobs Included, 129 3/4â&#x20AC;?

2 Double Stainless Steel Sinks 5 1/2â&#x20AC;? Deep $10 Each. 776-0235

695 Wanted to Buy Log Splitter In Good Working Condition. Call With Description & Price.

919-776-6583 Looking to purchase small timber tracts.

Fully insured. Call 919-499-8704

700 Rentals 720 For Rent - Houses 1, 2, 3 BR Rentals Avail.

Adcock Rentals 774-6046 adcockrentalsnc.com 108 Marina Road $800/mo 3BD/2BA Adock Rentals 774-6046 2BR/2BA, 30x40, 1 Acre Land, 1/4 Mile From Elementary School, $600/Mo $600/Dep. No Smoking.

No Pets. Call: 776-0235

730 For Rent Apts/Condos 1 & 2 BR Apts Rent start at $355 Equal Housing Opportunity Woodbridge Apartments (919)774-6125 Move In Special!

Free Rent 2BR, Spring Lane Apartments Adjacent To Spring Lane Galleria 919-774-6511 simpsonandsimpson.com

810 Land 3.95% interest rate on Copper Ridge Homesites fixed 3 yrs. 1 to 4 acres.

Offered by Crescent State Bank. Visit www.grocecompanies.com and dial 919--775-4883 or 770-2554 â&#x20AC;˘ 4.5 Ac.$17,500. â&#x20AC;˘ .445 Ac. $2,000 â&#x20AC;˘ 3 BR House for Rent All In Moore County Clarence Gray 721-0872

For Sale: 10 Acres in Bonlee School District. Chatham County. Bordered on Sanford Gardens 2 Sides by 40 acre ConserAge 62 and disabled under vation Area Creek. Good 62 who may qualify Southern Exposure. Rolling Adock Rentals topography. Well drained 774-6046 EHO soils. Approved 4 BR Septic. Modulars OK. 735 Reduced $45,000 Call 919-799-6819 For Rent - Room Carolina Trace, separate entry, full private bath, plenty closets, all util. incl. $400/mo. 356-3937, leave message Quiet Respectful Person Wanted. Inc. Satellite TV in room & Electric. House Priv. $500/Mo $250/Ref. Deposit. Nice Home In Car. Trace Avail Mar 1st! Call Michele: 919-770-9226

820 Homes *Houses/Mobile Homes/Real Estate Policy: One (house) per household per year at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Rateâ&#x20AC;?.Consecutive different locations/addresses will be billed at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Business Rateâ&#x20AC;?.

740

45-70 Single Shot Rifle w/ Woodworking Proâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s For Rent - Mobile Beautiful RanchRemodeled!

Scope. $225 Call: 919Seeking Person w/ custom W. Sanford! Reduced 721-2847 Homes cabinet - furniture exp.

Broadway area: Large $117,500. Talking Ad General Knowledge of Epson Stylus NX110 Print- Country Home, 3BR/2BA 2 2BR/1BA, W. Sanford, Ref 1-800-665-0967 code homebuilding. Managerial car garage, big bonus er. Print/Copy/Scan.

214# (Coldwell Banker) & Dep Recq $125/wk Call: and Computer exp. helpful. Brand New-Never Opened. room 2 acre lots, over 919-770-3435 Military Personnel and Resumes to SK&B. 1062 2000 sq feet. $950 Paid $75 Want $40 919Veterans, if you have used Hickory House Road Manufactured Homes in 3BR/2BA 770-3853 your VA eligibility. Other Sanford NC 27332 Harnett County Also $575/month Multi-colored Green & loans are available. Visit Property Emporium $575/deposit Gray Couch, Oversized www.grocecompanies.com Call 910-424-2110 ext:33 Call: 910-528-7505 440 Chair & Ottoman. Very and call 919-770-2554 or Help Wanted Comfortable! $125. Call: 770-4883. Homes Between Sanford & Bragg Lease to Own 2090 Sq Ft Professional 919-258-9711 available now or we will 3BD 2BA Modular Quit New Home @ Carolina build to suit.

Culdesac $545/mo $500 Seasons. SS Appliance inc.

Natural Gas Fire Place Accounting Position Sec. Dep. Call Jay Refrigerator. $198,777 or Heater. Heats Up To 900 A Part Time, possible full PUBLISHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 910-783-5439 $1300/mo Credit Sq. Ft. $100 777-6735 time position NOTICE $300/mo 12 mo on pur(25 - 30 Hours Per Week).

For Rent: Mobile HomePick-Up Bed Cap For Sale chase.

919-775-1497, Must have 10 to 15 Years small 2 bedrooms, washer 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; X 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; $75 770-2554 or 770-4883 experience in General & dryer, no pets.

Bird Cage $25 Ledger, Payroll, A/R, and 919-776-4836.

L15â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;X W21â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;X H23â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; A/P experience and must Small 1BR/1BA Home John Deer Train Set $30 Small 2BR/1BA, have working knowledge Utilities Included.

Please Call: 919-777-9363 $300/mo., $200 dep. of a spreadsheet $150/Wk $150/Dep No pets. program, work and be Wall Mirror 3x5 $40, 2 209 Temple Avenue Rental reference & All real estate advertising in able to multi task.

Cubic Ft Refr. $30, Cross Call: 776-0743 deposit required. Call this newspaper is subject to Salary is commensurate Country Boots/Skis/Polls 499-5589 before 9pm. the Federal Fair Housing with experience plus $35, 2 Ft Aluminum Level THE SANFORD HERALD Act 1968 which makes it benefits - Health Insurance, $4, 25 Ft New Tape Roll makes every effort to follow 765 illegal to advertise â&#x20AC;&#x153;any 401(k), vacation and $4. 919-498-6406 HUD guidelines in rental preference, limitation or disHolidays. Please send your Commercial advertisements placed by crimination based on race, resume in reply to our advertisers. We reserve Rentals color, religion, sex, handiThe Sanford Herald 605 the right to refuse or cap, familial status, or PO BOX 100 change ad copy as Retail or Office, High Miscellaneous Sanford NC 27331 necessary for Traffic Store Front. Free 60 national origin or an intention to make any such prefAd # 03473 HAVING A HUD compliances. days rent durning erence, limitation or disMove-In-Special Call YARD SALE? 455 919-775-1497, 7702554 crimination.â&#x20AC;?

W. Tramway.

Brick 3BR The DEADLINE for This newspaper will not or 770-4833 South Park Help Wanted 1BA, Cen. H&A. $600/mo knowingly accept any Ads is 2 P.M. on Hwy 87 South Dep. $500 Reply To: Trades advertisement for real the day PRIOR PO BOX 100 Sanford NC 800 estate which is in violation to publication.

Electrical Controls Designer 27331 Ad # 47321 of the law. Our readers are Real Estate PREPAYMENT IS Responsible for layout, hereby informed that all REQUIRED FOR assembly, wiring, testing, West Sanford House For dwellings advertised in this YARD SALE ADS. programming and 810 Rent 3BR/1.5BA, 1650sq newspaper available on an THE SANFORD HERALD, Ft. $850/mo $850/Securiinstallation of electrical Land equal opportunity basis.

CLASSIFIED DEPT. control panels for custom ty Deposit. 1 or 2 Year To complain of discrimina718-1201 or automated machinery.

1940 Kelly Drive Lease w/ No Pets. tion call 919-733-7996 718-1204 Typical devices include (at Kelly Drive Exit) 2413 Carbonton Rd (N.C. Human Relations AC/DC drives, PLCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 21.53 Acres Call: 919-776-2571 Commission).

615 relays, pneumatic valves, $1,550,000 and a variety of inductive Appliances --------------730 and optical sensors.

137 Country Estates Drive For Rent Appliance Repair all Requires skill with power 3.11 Acres brands. Free estimate.All Apts/Condos drills, taps, and general (a fixer upper hand tools. Must be affluent work guaranteed. Call Mr. single wide trailer) 2BR Apartment: Utilities InPaul anytime 258-9165. in PLC controls. Candidate $49,000 W. Sanford New Construccluded. $160/Week must be able to work from beside this lot another 1.6 tion. Homes and Homesites 499-8493 640 & create blueprints, charts, acres $20,000 available. Homes from Firewood sketches. Must be able to ---------------$269,000.

COURTLAND VILLAGE create or modify PLC Steele Bridge Road Call Martha Lucas, ReMax FIREWOOD 1 & 2 bedroom apartments Programs & Electrical Cad 13.01 Acres United 919-777-2713 or Seasoned or Green available for those 62 and type drawings. Must also Four Closure visit www.StoneCreek3/4 ton pickup load older or disabled. be able to create written $69,000 Sanford.com $80 a load/$90 stacked Rental assistance & handiand provide oral -------------Dump Truck Load cap units based on availa- 1.99 Acres Located on the instructions for others. May also Available bility. Section 8 be required to fill in where GOT STUFF? corner of HWY 1 & 258-9792 499-8972 accepted. Visit us at additional work is required Hickory House Road CALL CLASSIFIED! 1025 Courtland Village Dr. due to absenteeism. Must $625,000 SANFORD HERALD 650 Call 919-774-1171 work with minimum -----------CLASSIFIED DEPT., TDD# 1-800-735-2962 supervision. Candidate is Household/Furniture Wicker Properties 718-1201 Disability Accessible Units required to have own tools.

(919)721-4100 3 Piece Leather Sectional Equal Housing Opportunity 718-1204.

Benefits. Send resume and Couch Set. Taupe. $300 salary requirements to Gas Heater $100, 52â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; dgrady@grayflex.com, or Floor Model Color TV. mail to Gray Flex Systems, $350 919-777-9520 Inc., Attn: Electrical ConLve mes trols, P.O. Box 1326, Coats, NC 27521, or Fax Thomasville Solid Oak For(910) 897-2222. mal Dining Room Set: Table w/ 2 Leaves, 6 Chairs, Matching Hutch $2500.

Information Technologies Large Martha Stewart Sofa Specialist $1000. 919-498-3941 Microsoft Certified Software administrator/ 660 Engineer. Must be able to set-up and maintain all Sporting Goods/ network functions including Health & Fitness password access to new users/addition of terminals, GOT STUFF? write crystal reports for CALL CLASSIFIED! custom software data SANFORD HERALD compilations, network CLASSIFIED DEPT., security functions, maintain 718-1201 or user database and email accounts. Current network 718-1204. size 45 devices between 665 three locations linked by When you purchase a home with financing through T-1 connection. Familiar Musical/Radio/TV with SQL server and ODBC Triangle Lending Group, we will provide you with the CLASSIFIED SELLS! connectivity a plus. following HELP program services: â&#x20AC;&#x153;CALL TODAY, Benefits. Send resume and SELL TOMORROWâ&#x20AC;? salary requirements to Sanford Herald dgrady@grayflex.com or Terms that may be covered: Classified Dept., mail to Gray Flex Systems

s )NVOLUNTARY ,OSS OF %MPLOYMENT 718-1201 or 718Inc., Attn: IT Specialist, 1204 P.O. Box 1326, Coats, NC

s 5NEXPECTED MEDICAL EXPENSES 27521, or Fax

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*Pets/Animals Policy: Three different (Pet) ads per household per year at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Rateâ&#x20AC;?. In excess of 3, billing will be at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Business Rateâ&#x20AC;?.

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830 Mobile Homes 2001 3BR/2BA 16x76 Mobile Home. Assume Low Monthly Payment. Must Be Moved! Call: 919-4982532 2BR/2BA Mobile Home In Broadway. No Pets. $200 Dep $425 Rent.

Please Call: 499-1134 CLASSIFIED LINE AD DEADLINE:

2:00 PM

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pm Friday for Sat/Sun ads). Sanford Herald, Classified Dept., 718-1201 or 7181204

900 Miscellaneous 960 Statewide Classifieds 38+/- ACRE WATERFRONT Equestrian Center.

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Free Towing, Tax Deductible, Non-Runners Accepted, 1-888-468-5964.

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NOW HIRING Volt Workforce Solutions is hiring ASSEMBLY TECHNICIANS for a large manufacturing facility in Sanford, NC. Positions are 1st shift, starting pay rate $9.50/hr with a $.50 increase every six months, capping at $11.50/hr at two years.

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I have reduced my home power energy consumption 25%.

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LANDSCAPING

HAY SERVICE

Horse Quality

Coastal Hay Round & Square Bales Available

Eddie & Corbitt Thomas Farms 856 Cox Maddox Rd Sanford, NC 27332

(919) 258-6152 (919) 353-0385

HUBBY 4 HIRE Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get things done around the house?

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Passion in wood D.E. Parkerson

Bruce MacInnes

The Paper Pulpit

The Bible Speaks

Del Parkerson is a retired pastor of First Baptist Church. Contact him at dparkerson@ec.rr.com.

MacInnes is pastor at Turner’s Chapel Church in Sanford. Contact him at turnerschapel@windstream.net

Happiness multiplies when it is divided

Get your mind out of the dirt

T

he creation story in the book of Genesis emphasizes the fact that human beings, unlike lower animals, were created in the image of God. We are charged by our Creator with the responsibility of making judgments and choosing between behaviors.

God gave to Adam and Eve the responsibility not only to make choices, but to make right choices.

However, they disobeyed God and were cast out of the garden. Adam blamed Eve for their predicament.

Eve blamed the serpent.

You and I follow in their train by blaming Adam and Eve. It is a game called “passing the buck.”

It is much easier to blame others than to assume responsibility for wrong choices and the serious consequences they bring on us, isn’t it? The reason we humans make so many wrong choices is that we want instant gratification — in other words, pleasure.

We confuse the concepts of “happiness” and “pleasure.” While a balance of both is a great formula for a satisfying life, the confusion between the two, and the emphasis on the latter, causes chaos for individuals as well as families, and inevitably, for society.

See Pulpit, Page 8C

“Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.”

Colossians 3:2

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The third Station of the Cross done by Nags Head artist Glenn Eure displayed in the Holy Redeemer by the Sea Catholic Church in Kitty Hawk.

For artist, it’s a labor of love and spirituality

By CATHERINE KOZAK The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk

KITTY HAWK (AP) — What began as an offer by Outer Banks artist Glenn Eure to create wood sculptures depicting the cruxification of Christ for his church turned out to be an emotionally wrenching marathon that tested his mettle and deepened his spirituality.

The result of eight years of planning and four years of labor, Eure’s wood-relief Stations of the Cross are scheduled to be dedicated at Holy Redeemer by the Sea Catholic Parish.

“As you know, any work of art includes pain,” said the Rev. William Walsh as he gazed at the 15 stations lining the church’s walls. “Indeed, a lot of suffering went into the work here. But Glenn, he kept going. It was a work of love.”

Walsh estimated Eure spent 150 hours on each of the stations.

Eure, 78, who owns the

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Nags Head artist Glenn Eure has spent four years sculpting 15 Stations of the Cross and they are displayed in the Holy Redeemer by the Sea Catholic Church in Kitty Hawk.

Ghost Fleet Gallery in Nags Head, barely was finished with the Monument to a Century of Flight in Kitty Hawk — dedicated in 2003 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight — when Walsh showed him examples of stations the

parish was considering purchasing.

“They were really, really bad,” Eure recalled. “They had no feeling to them. I said ‘Bill, I can carve these. It won’t cost you a

See Wood, Page 8C

Lett’s Set a Spell

The Healing Power of Nature

Celebrating 60 and claiming a rebirth

Vitamin D3 — The new focus of research and rewards

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oday when you read this column I will be marking a meaningful milestone at my sister Carolyn’s house across the road from Lett Family Park in Broadway.

Carolyn Lett McNeill, the sane sister, and Sharon Wood Lett, the sensible “sister-in-love,” are hosting the event.

My adopted sister Sharon married my brother Jimmy in 1964 and came to live on the Lett farm so we grew up together. In 1968 Mama made me an evening gown to wear for the prom and as maid of honor when Carolyn married Pete McNeill. My siblings’ offspring will be teasing “Aunt Sandy” more than usual, accusing me of getting old but admitting that I act more their age! I believe Mama and Daddy (Ruby and Bud Lett) will be there in spirit.

On Saturday night I observed my birthday with my husband Michael Yarbor-

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ough’s family, and there are several celebrations scheduled with friends here and in the Raleigh area.

Turning 60 I am more concerned than ever about the meaning of life and specifically the value of my own existence. As a reward for get-

See Lett, Page 2C

once insignificant, under appreciated, vitamin is now taking center stage. That vitamin is vitamin D. Thought by many to be toxic even at low doses, our assessment has drastically changed in recent years.

Now used at upwards of over 5,000 IUs a day, vitamin D has been the subject of clinical studies and found to benefit a diversity of conditions including bone health, immune system, diabetes, heart and kidney disease, and helps prevent cancer.

Scientific evidence suggests that optimal vitamin D status may be associated with reduced risk of many forms of cancer. These include cancers of the bladder, esophagus, stomach, ovary, uterus, cervix, pancreas, larynx, oral cavity, and gall bladder, as well as Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s

recently spent some time with a young man who is seeing huge changes occur in his life. We sat down in a McDonald’s to talk and I listened as he shared how the Lord has delivered him from addictions and the selfish lifestyle that goes along with them. “Every day,” he shared, “I see more and more of who I was and what God is doing to change me into who He wants me to be. As I read the Bible, I am learning how I was trapped in sin yet He is able to deliver me from sin’s stranglehold and enable me to do what is right.” This young man is truly learning what the Christian faith is all about.

The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 5:17, “If any man be in Christ he is a new creature; old things have passed away and new things have come.” One of the new things that come is a heavenly mindset. A growing understanding that our life is bound up in Christ Jesus and not in this world and the things of this life. “…keep seeking the things above, where Christ is” says the verse preceding our text. You

See Bible, Page 8C

INSIDE WEDDINGS ......................Page 3C Hepler — Barrett ENGAGEMENTS ...............Page 3C Peele — Christianson ANNIVERSARIES .............Page 3C Lyons — 50 years KIDDIE KORNER .............Page 3C Cassidy Owens BIRTHS.............................Page 3C CIVIC CLUBS ................ Page 5-7C LUNCH MENUS................Page 4C NEIGHBORS ....................Page 4C

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lymphomas, by helping prevent metastasis, the spreading of cancer through the body, and by boosting the immune system. It has been estimated that 50,000-70,000 Americans die prematurely from cancer each year due

See Nature, Page 2C

SUNDAY CROSSWORD...Page 7C Contact Community Editor Jonathan Owens at (919) 718-1225 or by e-mail at owens@sanfordherald. com for information about items in our Wednesday or Sunday Carolina section.

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2C / Sunday, February 7, 2010 / The Sanford Herald ances to generate income.

As the publishing business evolved once again my life became focused on promotion.

Now, after two decades of marketing, I burned out and realized that my promotional persona does not really serve me as a creative person.

In the name of making money once again I lost my connection with the real meâ&#x20AC;Śmy authentic self.

Through recent explorations I am coming full circle to the little girl who wrote poetry by the pond on the family farm.

As I have released stress and encouraged rest I am excited about writing about unique ideas and am more in touch with my heartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longing and my soulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s divine mission.

As I celebrate the sensational 60 in chronological age I am experiencing a state of wholeness.

While continuing to heal body, mind, and spirit and honoring the deepest desires of my heart I am feeling creative and alive again.

During last weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s storm my husband Michael and I loved being snowed in and

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ting through the tedious though wonderful 2009 I decided to take time off to recharge, reflect, and reconnect with myself.

For five weeks I have given myself permission to sleep late, take naps, read, watch movies, and to work only part-time in my business. Despite the record-breaking temperatures I started back walking and spending more time with nature. Eventually I added the discipline of curtailing sugar and caffeine and avoiding various unhealthy foods and beverages.

Looking back through the years I realized my love of writing and my need for self-expression have superseded all other activities. In Raleigh I ended up using this talent to create promotional copy that led to a public relations/marketing company. After reinventing myself and finding a new voice as a nostalgia writer nine years ago I developed more communication skills related to producing books and making public appear-

relished the quiet. While he watched the Australian tennis tournament I enjoyed several movies and focused on getting organized. I cooked a lot, and we ate too much.

We joined our neighbors, friends, and children for sledding in the back cow pasture of property belonging to Wanda and Lynn Poe. Golf carts and four-wheelers pulled sleds while we all played like â&#x20AC;&#x153;youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;unsâ&#x20AC;? again.

As I enter another decade this is my desire: to grow younger in heart and to feel freer in spirit.

While celebrating the big 60th birthday I am claiming REBIRTH that involves discovering who I really am, what I have to offer others, what I can do to serve society, and how I can help the world.

While enhancing every area of my life, including health, career, and relationships, I look forward to the next 30 years. The best is yet to come!

AlexSandra Lett is the author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Natural Living, From Stress to Rest;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Timeless Place, Lettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Set a Spell at the Country Store;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Timeless Moons, Seasons of the Fields and Matters of the Heart;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Timeless Recipes and Remedies, Country Cooking, Customs, and Cures;â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coming Home to my Country Heart, Timeless Reflections about Work, Family, Health, and Spirit.â&#x20AC;?

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The Sanford Area Home Builders recently gave a contribution of $250 to the t.l.c. home, inc. which was used for the purchase of an abstract rug for the stim room. Receiving the check is the Executive Director of the t.l.c. home, inc., is Rita Oglesbee (left center), with Travis Brafford (left), Robbie Brafford and Annette McLeod of the Sanford Area Home Builders.

TLC receives three donations SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The t.l.c. home, inc. recently received contributions from three organizations in the Sanford and Lee County communities.

Rita Oglesbee, the Executive Director of the t.l.c. home, said that this continued outpouring of local support is a true reflection of the wonderful people here.

Sanford Area Home Builders board members Travis Brafford; Robbie Brafford, President of Sanford Area Home Builders, and Annette

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McLeod, recently presented a check in the amount of $250 from Sanford Area Home Builders. This gift from SAHB was used to purchase an abstract rug for the stim room at the home.

The recent renovation of the kitchen at t.l.c. was made possible due to a grant from the United Way of Lee County.

Delores Danuck of the Brick Capital Quilterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guild gave 14 colorful hand made quilts to the home. These quilts have

made a colorful addition to the home for the 10 clients there.

The t.l.c. home, inc., established in the early 1980s, is home to developmentally disabled individuals. The t.l.c. homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 24-hour staff provides care and programs specifically designed to provide the highest quality of life for the 10 residents.

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gests that vitamin D may help reduce the incidence of breast cancer, too.

Researchers determined that, in North America, in order to achieve a 50 percent reduction in breast cancer risk, women would have to receive 3,500 IU per day of the active form of the vitamin, vitamin D3. The average adult intake of vitamin D currently in the U.S. is 230 IU per day.

While calcium has traditionally been considered the key to promoting bone strength, recent studies suggest vitamin D intake and exercise are at least equally important in preventing osteoporosis.

In fact, a study published recently demonstrated that serum levels of vitamin D, rather than dietary calcium intake, was most intimately connected with optimal calcium balance in the body.

To maintain strong bones, older adults need more vitamin D than current guidelines recommend, according to a recent report. While the Institute of Medicine suggests 400-600 IU of vitamin D daily, the American Medical Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association (AMWA) advises that all men and women over the age of 50 should consume 800-1000 IU of vitamin D each day.

Depending on what your vitamin D lab values are, you may need more until those levels are higher.

Vitamin D is typically well tolerated in adults at doses up to 2000 IU daily, with some research indicating that even higher levels up to 10,000 IU daily may be used safely without adverse effects. Individuals with kidney disease and people who use digoxin or other cardiac glycoside drugs should consult a physi-

cian before using supplemental vitamin D Because vitamin D is found naturally in relatively few foods, vitamin D enhancement in certain products, particularly milk, has become a main avenue for obtaining the vitamin. Foods that contain vitamin D include fatty fish such as tuna, sardines, herring, and mackerel, as well as eggs that have been enriched with vitamin D. According to a 2008 report in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, as many as half of all adults and children are said to have less than optimum levels and as many as 10 percent of children are highly deficient. As a result, doctors are increasingly testing their patientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vitamin D levels and prescribing daily supplements to raise them. Ergocalciferol, USP

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Since vitamin D is produced in the body from exposure to sunlight, it may be important during cloudy winter days to take a second look at your lab values of vitamin D (try to be as close to 80 as you can), the total International Units per dosage (1,000 IUs a day during winter months), and the form of the vitamin that you are taking (vitamin D3 is preferred). It is amazing the diversity of benefits this once-feared vitamin, now the focus of research and rewards, can offer.

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Celebrations Wedding

Caroline Barrett Hepler

Hepler — Barrett

Caroline Taylor Barrett and Justin Gray Hepler, both of Raleigh, were married Jan. 30 at the Crest Center in Asheville by Steven Douglas Hepler, father of the groom.

The bride is the daughter of Brigadier General and Mrs. Mark Alan Barrett, USAF, Langley AFB, Hampton, Va. She is the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Jordan of Sanford, Mrs. William Requard Barrett of Maui, Hawaii, and the late Colonel Barrett. She is a December 2009 graduate of N.C. State University.

The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Douglas Hepler of Weaverville. He is the grandson of Mrs. James Gray Hepler of Lewisville, the late Mr. Hepler and the late Mr. and Mrs. Ken Blackburn. He is a May 2009 graduate of N.C. State University and is a Staff Associate with Raleigh Young Life.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a strapless A-line bridal gown of ivory silk organza with Alencon lace. Embellished with a vintage freshwater pearl brooch at the empire waist, the dress ended in the back with a rose cascade and a ruffle and lace accent adorning the chapel-length train. She wore a circlet headpiece of fresh flowers, and carried a bouquet of white hydrangeas, white freesia, baubles, Dusty Miller and kochia interspersed with twigs and delphinium with a hand-tied ivory ribbon.

Matron of honor was Elizabeth Barrett Wenceslao, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Taylor Hepler, sister of the groom; Megan Rebecca Barrett, sister-inlaw of the bride; Anna Brooks Maness, cousin of the bride; Jen Boulos; Elizabeth Cook; Danielle Cassleton and Katelyn Stenersen.

Best man was Brandon Young. Groomsmen were Dane Michael Barrett, brother of the bride; Jamie Roberts; Ben Wright; Tyler Parker; Bradley Messick; Ryan Rotundo; Pat Dawson and Kyle Gray.

Flower girl was Madison Hepler, cousin of the groom.

Ring bearers were Logan Wenceslao, nephew of the bride, and Grayson Hepler, cousin of the groom.

Wedding musicians were a trio of Evan Dykes, guitarist; George Claude, violinist; and Andy Claude, mandolinist.

Following a honeymoon trip to Ocho Rios, Jamacia, the couple will reside in Raleigh.

n Events A dinner dance and reception was hosted by the parents of the bride at the Crest Pavilion.

The rehearsal dinner was hosted by the parents of the groom at North Asheville Baptist Church.

A shower was hosted by Mrs. Steven Hepler and her daughter, Taylor, at the home of Mrs. James Hepler in Lewisville. A miscellaneous shower was hosted by friends of the bride at the home of Jen Boulos in Raleigh. A bachelorette weekend was hosted by friends of the bride at the beach home of Elizabeth Cook at Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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Peele — Christianson Susan and Chris Britton of Sanford and Ed and Michelle Peele of Southern Pines announces the engagement of their daughter, Keri Peele of Sanford, to Paul Christianson of Marshall, Minn. He is the son of Jane and Roger Kolarich of Decorah, Iowa, and Marc and Mary Christianson of Mankato, Minn.

The wedding is planned for May 1 at The Cotton Room in Durham.

The couple met eating pizza with a few friends while attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Kiddie Korner

Roger and Paige Lyons of Sanford celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Jan. 2 with a party held at Zion Christian Church in Sanford. The party was given by their family and friends. They live in the Deep River area and have three children and three grandchildren.

They are members of Zion Christian Church and are active in the local antique car club.

The couple was married Dec. 26, 1959, at Zion Christian Church.

Births n Aayla Ann Miller, born Jan. 25, daughter of Tara Lyn Naumowicz and Michael Lee Miller, both of Sanford. Grandparents are Ronald and Mary Naumowicz of Bay City, Mich., Carin A. Miller of Saginaw, Mich., the late Shirley Naumowicz and the late Lawrence C. Miller. (CCH) n Noah Jeremiah Newkirk, born Jan. 25, son of Vanessa Escobar and Joshua Newkirk, both of Sanford. Grandparents are Brenda Escobar of Sanford, Ossiel Escobar of Port Washington, N.Y., Cynthia Clinton of Yuma, Ariz., and Ronald Newkirk of Elizabethtown. (CCH) n Mazie Ashlyn South, born Jan. 26, daughter of Jennifer Gouldthorp of Sanford. (CCH) n Johnathan Charles

Waylon Moore, born Jan. 26, son of Pamela Stone and Robin Moore, both of Lillington. Grandparents are Vickie S. Stone, Annie Moore and Robert Moore, all of Lillington, and the late Pervis Howard Stone.

(CCH) n Jasmine Seymone McQueen, born Jan. 27, daughter of Tiara McQueen of Sanford.

Grandparents are David and Robin McClurkin and Kenneth and Patricia McQueen, all of Sanford.

(CCH) n Jah’marion Murchison, born Jan. 27, son of Alycia Smith of Sanford.

(CCH) n Adriana Christina Batts-Ramas, born Jan. 27, daughter of Crystal Batts of Sanford. Grandparents are Phyllis and Richard Batts of Sanford. (CCH)

Cassidy Owens Cassidy Renell Owens turned 5 years old Feb. 1. Her parents are Michael Oliver Owens and Casonya Renee Owens. Grandparents are Jackie Owens Sr., Cora Owens, Avon Streeter and Gloria Streeter.

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4C / Sunday, February 7, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Lunch Menus Lee County n (milk available daily; fruit juice served daily as a fruit choice) Monday: Cheeseburger on multi grain bun or chicken tenders with grain roll, green peas, french fries, chilled peaches; Tuesday: Barbecue sandwich on multi grain bun or taco soup with tortilla chips, coleslaw, candied yams, baked apples; Wednesday: Turkey and noodles with grain roll or corndog nuggets, green beans, raw veggie cup, manager’s choice; Thursday: Turkey and cheese sandwich on multi grain bun or vegetable beef soup with cheese sandwich and wheat crackers, broccoli with cheese sauce, vegetable in soup, berry cup; Friday: Pepperoni pizza or sloppy Joe on multi grain bun, corn, pinto beans, applesauce.

Grace Christian n (Ham sandwich and milk available daily) Monday: Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, green beans, roll, sliced peaches; Tuesday: Nachos, lettuce, tomato, cheese, Spanish rice, sliced pears; Wednesday: Pizza, lettuce and tomato salad, sliced pineapple; Thursday: Beef tips and noodles, buttered carrots, roll, baked apples; Friday: Barbecue sandwich, baked beans, coleslaw, dill spear, fruit cocktail.

BOY SCOUT TROOP 941

Lee Christian n (Ham and cheese, peanut butter, peanut butter and jelly, and ham sandwiches offered daily; milk or juice included daily with meal) Monday: Sloppy Joes, french fries, pickles, fruit; Tuesday: Oriental Palace, green peas, mandarin oranges, cookie; Wednesday: Tacos, lettuce, tomato, salsa, cheese, sour cream, fruit; Thursday: Barbecue chicken legs, mashed potatoes, corn, roll; Friday: Pizza, tossed salad, fruit.

Scouts from Troop 941 bring their music to the clients and staff of the Christian Adult Day Care at the Lee County Community Arts Center. Scouts pictured are (from left) Michael Soule, Christopher Soule, Daniel Bradshaw, Daniel Lewis, Austin Loeffler, Gregory Lewis, Tyler Soule, Addison Bullard and Scouter Tamara Lewis. Wanda Marsh and Kimberly McDougald direct the day care program.

Scouts play music at arts center From staff reports

SANFORD — Boy Scouts in Troop 941 recently had a working vacation as they spent their first day of Winter Break bringing Christmas cheer to over a hundred citizens in Lee County.

The seven musicians played a program of Christmas carols for two day cares and two adult care facilities. They also introduced the audience to their instruments— sometimes up close and personal.

The Scouts are all working on their music merit badge. They are current or former members of bands in their schools and range in age from 12 to 16. They also Christopher Soule introduces the trumpet to Patrick performed at Trinity LuSpearman, a student at Blandonia Child Development theran Church.

Center. The Scout band's visit was especially meaningful since Center Director Beady Waddell was a former Scoutmaster for many years.

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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.

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.

Al-Anon Family Group

Friendship Masonic Lodge 763 A.F. & A.M.

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.

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 information, call (919) 7752544.

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.

tious specialized diet meals five days a week to residents of Sanford who Relay for Life of Lee Marine Corps League are homebound and unCounty will be held May Detachment 1223 meets able to prepare meals for 14 at the Lions Club at 7 p.m. the first Monday themselves. Many people Central Carolina Fairgrounds. The Ameriof each month at VFW are struggling to make can Cancer Society Relay Stanley McLeod Post 5631 Toastmasters ends meet and are finding For Life is a life-changing on Webb Street in Sanford.

The Central Carolina it difficult to pay for their event that gives everyone Any Marine who has Toastmasters club meets meals. The Sanford Meals in communities across the served honorably is from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wheels Board of Direcglobe a chance to celinvited to join the Marine the second and fourth tors suppliments some ebrate the lives of people Corps League.

Monday of each month in of the costs with donated who have battled cancer, Room 802 of the College funds. Sanford Meals on remember loved ones lost, American Fitness Center at Central Wheels does not receive and fight back against the Carolina Community Colgovernment funding and Legion Post 347 disease by raising funds lege. Membership is open relies on charitable donaAmerican Legion Post for cancer research. If you to the public. tions from organizations 347 hosts bingo each want to be part of Relay, The club provides a reand individuals.

Sunday afternoon. Doors you can start a team or laxed atmosphere to help For more information open at 1 p.m. and play join an existing team. improve public speaking about Meals on Wheels, begins at 3 p.m.

Team captain meetings skills while developing call (919) 708-4181. Meals Post 347 is located at are held the third Tuesday leadership skills. For more on Wheels is a nonprofit 146 Main St. in Broadway. of each month at 6 p.m. information, call Cynthia organization. Tax deducat First Wesleyn Church.

Wilt at (919) 499-6009 or table donations can be Contact Shirley Crissman American Legion Vivian Rosser at (919) 718made to Meals on Wheels, at smcrissman@yahoo.

7236 or visit the website Post 382 P.O. Box 2991, Sanford, com or visit www.leencreat www.centralcarolina.

American Legion Post N.C. 27330. lay.org for more informafreetoasthost.biz.

382 and Auxiliary meet at tion.

7 p.m. the first and third Sandhills Natural Monday of each month.

Fleet Reserve History Society Bingo begins at 6:30 every Lee County Association The Sandhills Natural Friday. Dances are held Mothers with Fleet Reserve AssociaHistory Society will meet from 8 p.m. to 12 midtion and Unit 259 meet Young Children at 7 p.m. Feb. 22 at Weynight every third Saturday. the fourth Tuesday of each Lee County Mothmouth Woods AuditoriPost 382 is located month at the Retired Miliers with Young Children um, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, at 305 Legion Drive in tary Association building meets from 9:30 a.m. to Southern Pines. Writer, Sanford. in Fayetteville, located off noon every Thursday. illustrator and educator Gillispe Street.

Mothers of children from Bob Palmatier will talk DAV Chapter 5 For more information, birth to age 5 are welabout his many years of Disabled American Vet- call Chuch Dittmar at come. research and observations erans Michael J. Thomas (910) 848-6126.

For more information, on spotted turtles.

Chapter 5 meet at 7 p.m. call (919) 353-5617. the first Thursday of each Sanford Jobseekers Hearts and Hands month at 146 S. Main St. Sanford Jobseekers, Overeaters in Broadway.

ECA Quilt Guild a faith-based support Anonymous The Hearts and Hands group for those who are Overeaters AnonyECA Quilt Guild will hold Lions Branch Club unemployed, meets from mous, a 12-step recovery a two-day Beginning Quilt The Lions Branch Club 8:30 to 10:45 a.m. each from compulsive overeat- meets at noon the second Wednesday at First Baptist Class from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ing, meets from 7:30 to March 27 and April 24 at and fourth Tuesday of the Church. The primary fo8:30 p.m. every Tuesday at month at the Lions Club cus of the group is to give the McSwain Extension Kerr Drugs, 1050 S. Horn- Fairground Lions Den. Center, 2420 Tramway encouragement to those er Blvd., in the health and Cost is $6. Everyone is Road. The class will make out of work, and provide wellness learning lab. a Mile-a-minute quilt usinvited. programs to help that For more information, For more information, individual obtain employ- ing fabric donated by the contact Marie at (910) guild. Charge for the class call Teresa Dew at (919) ment. For questions, call 850-7863. will be $25 plus mate774-6273.

(919) 776-6137. rial for the backing and the batting. Some sewing HIV/AIDS Support Veterans DAV Chapter 83 machine experience would An HIV/AIDS SupDiscussion Group of Moore County be helpful. Class will be port Group meets from The Veterans DiscusDisabled American Vet- limited to 15 students and noon to 2 p.m. the second sion Group meets at 2 erans (DAV) Chapter 83 of will fill up fast. To register, Wednesday of each month p.m. the second WednesMoore County meets at 7 call Kay Morton at the at different locations in day of each month at p.m. the first Tuesday of Extension at (919) 775Chatham County. Lunch the Enrichment Center. each month at 1020 Priest 5624. Kay will provide a list is provided.

Members and family are Hill Road, Carthage. of supplies needed.

The group offers emowelcome.

DAV is a service orThe regular day meettional support, education ganization dedicated to ing will be at 10 a.m. Feb. on medications, financial assisting disabled veterTherapeutic 8 at the Center. assistance and a caring ans.

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Foster Parent available to help veterans Any Chatham County Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sessions with VA paperwork Tuesresident with HIV/AIDS is Information sessions day through Thursday. For Connection invited to attend. Confion becoming a Theraan appointment, call (910) of Sanford dentiality is a must. peutic Foster Parent with 944-1113.

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Connection For more information, N.C. Mentor will be held of Sanford will meet from contact Crystal Campbell from 12 to 1 p.m. every 10 to 11:15 a.m. Feb. 10 in at (919) 542-8271.

Lee County Wednesday at the Simpthe fellowship hall of Sanson Executive Center, 503 Scottish Rite Club ford First Baptist Church, National Active The Lee County ScotCarthage St., Suite 302.

202 Summit Drive, Santish Rite Club conducts For more information, and Retired ford. Brunch is available its monthly meeting every upon request, catered by call (919) 790-8580 ext.

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6C / Sunday, February 7, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Past Clubs News Sanford Lions Club

The Sanford Lions Club conducted an annual business session at its weekly dinner meeting Jan. 28 at the fairgrounds.

Treasurer John Burns presented a report to club members, which included a Powerpoint presentation illustrating the club’s financial status over the past year.

Burns reported that 2009 was a successful year as the club was able to meet all its obligations to Lions International, the North Carolina Lions Foundation, and to many local programs aiding the blind and hearing impaired and youth. Blessed with good weather and outstanding community support, the club’s largest annual fundraiser — the Lee Regional Fair — was a success.

The annual Lions Golf Tournament was also successful as was the Branch Club’s Relay for Life fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, facility rentals, and several other projects, proceeds from which went to charitable causes.

The club sent over $10,000 to the Lions White Cane projects for the blind and sight impaired and over $3,500 went to help disadvantaged local citizens obtain eye exams, glasses, hearing aids for the hearing impaired and other needs for those with sight and hearing problems. Lions contributed over $4,000 to make Christmas a little happier for the needy in the community in addition to more than $2,000 for youth at the Boys and Girls Home of North Carolina.

And $1,500 in need-based college scholarships were awarded to students going to both four-year colleges and Central Carolina Community College.

Almost $2,000 sent a halfdozen sight impaired local residents to the Lions’ Camp Dogwood on Lake Norman for a fun summer experience.

Burns outlined several maintenance projects needed at the Sanford Lions Fairgrounds in preparation for the 2010 Regional Fair. Tops on the list are some major renovations of the club’s midway kitchen and refreshment building to meet codes. Maintenance and upkeep of the club’s 52 acres and its five structures is a big job overseen by the club’s officers, board of directors, along with Lion David Thomas, who is facility director, and Lion Ronnie Turner who is fair director.

President Richard Hendley presided over the meeting and thanked Burns for an outstanding report. Hal Siler delivered the invocation and Bucky Phillips led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Kiwanis Club of Lee County

President Matt Jackson presided over the weekly

meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Lee County held Jan. 27 at Davison’s Steaks.

The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was led by Cleo Blue and the invocation was given by Jackson. Jimmy Tucker sold the project fund tickets and Sandra Bridges was the winner. Happy dollars came from Karen Hall, Drew Lucas, Martha Lucas and Sandra Bridges gave her winnings. Will Simpson was the guest of his grandmother, Nancy Watkins.

Jackson began the meeting with the following quote from Emerson, “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” He gave happy birthday wishes to club members Karen Hall and Gwyn Maples.

He announced that the club had distributed coats to the local coat closet.

Susan Campbell thanked Rita Oglesbee and Matt Jackson for reading at Head Start and Cleo Blue and Drew Lucas volunteered for the next week.

John Payne reported for the scholarship committee and said that the scholarship applications are now in the area high schools.

Campbell also shared the comments from young mother Amanda Worrell about the excitement her son has over receiving his book each month from the local and Kiwanis sponsored Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

Sally Porter reminded everyone that Brad Simpson, son of member Nancy Watkins and the father of the club’s two-yearold guest for the day Will Simpson, is the business man that provides the location and space for the Back Pack Pals volunteers to pack these 200 plus bags each week.

Gwyn Maples told everyone of the March 22 Delta Kappa Gamma spelling bee fundraiser and she encouraged the Kiwanis Club to sponsor a team.

R.V. Hight encouraged everyone to tune in to the Lee County Quiz Bowl.

Sandra Bridges introduced Shane Seagroves, director of Lee County Office of Emergency Services and the speaker for the day. Seagroves started with the department in 1985 as a Junior Fire Marshal and more recently was the Senior Fire Marshal for the County of Lee before taking the current position as Director of Emergency Services. He explained that Lee County Emergency Services is officially a part of Homeland Security.

Seagroves told of the many emergency situations that this department handles for citizens including fire service, search parties, instant alerts, reverse 911 and National Weather service to mention only a few.

Always striving to be on the proactive side of crisis situations, Seagroves said he and his department are forever in training classes.

They are always on-call for any unforeseen emer-

Sanford Lions Treasurer John Burns presented an annual business report to the club Jan. 28 highlighting the successful year of 2009. The club met all its national and local obligations in raising and contributing thousands of dollars to help the blind and sight and hearing impaired as well as programs for youth. Burns is in his sixth year as treasurer and 23rd year as a Sanford Lion.

Speaking to the Kiwanis Club of Lee County on Jan. 27 is Shane Seagroves (center), director of Lee County Emergency Services. Pictured with Seagroves are Kiwanis of Lee members Sandra Bridges and Dal Langston.

Pictured (left to right) are John Altenburger, Co-president of the Society; Lois Bayer, who is displaying her mother’s yo-yo quilt; and Martha Oldham, co-president of the Lee County Genealogical and Historical Society.

Central Carolina Paddlers member Bill Corder presents Officer Jonathan Foster with an honorary membership for his presentation to the club on the prevention and reporting of canoe/kayak theft at the Jan. 13 club meeting.

Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution look for change to donate.

Robert Hopkins, Elaine Hart, Joyce Werner and Virginia Brooks listen as Regent Ann Yamrus talks at the February meeting of the The Private John Grady Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Alan Finlayson (center) recently joined the Jonesboro Rotary Club. He is seen here with Larry Aiken (left) and David Spivey.

Eric Vernon (left) spoke at a recent Jonesboro Rotary Club meeting. He is seen here with club member David Spivey. gency situation that might arise.

For more information on Lee County’s Emergency Services he encouraged contacting his department at lcoes@leecounty. gov or by going to www. leecountync.gov/departments/emergencymanagement .

Central Carolina Paddlers Central Carolina Paddlers held their regular monthly meeting on Jan.

13. Twelve members were present. President Roxie Schneider called the meeting to order and minutes from the previous meeting were read and approved.

The treasurer’s report was given, followed by committee reports.

A new club brochure was created and presented

by Roxie Schneider, highlighting the club’s purpose, scheduled meeting dates and contact information for officers and the CCP Yahoo Group Address.

Members that wish to purchase club apparel may do so, up until mid March, for this quarterly order.

The evening’s program featured guest speaker Officer Jonathan Foster from the Sanford Police Department. He spoke on prevention and reporting of canoe/kayak theft.

Foster is an avid fisherman as well, and enjoys spending time on the rivers. Bill Corder, chairman of the security committee, handed out the boat registration forms. Afterwards, Foster was presented with a one-year honorary membership to the club.

Past paddle adventures and future scheduled trips were announced.

Members were treated to refreshments provided by Elizabeth Bass and Maggie Fleming. The next regular meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main St., Sanford.

Please call 718-5104 for further information.

Visitors and guests are welcome.

Private John Grady Chapter, DAR The Private John Grady Chapter, DAR held its annual teacup auction and monthly meeting Jan. 25 at the home of Rebecca Hunter with 21 members in attendance.

Regent Ann Yamrus called the meeting or order at 2:30 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance, the DAR Ritual, American’s Creed and the National Anthem. She then read excerpts from the President General’s message and a short item form the National Defense Report. Roberta Hopkins read an Indian Minute, which spoke to the misconceptions of the world regarding Native Americans. Alice Heins noted a recent article in The Wall Street Journal which included a mention of the head of the Crossnore school (which is a DAR-sponsored school).

There was no reading of the minutes from the previous meeting as the secretary was absent.

Beck Hunter gave the treasurer’s report, which was accepted as pre-

sented.

Regent Yamrus note that the next month’s meeting would be dedicated to job descriptions and explanations of those jobs.

May Dossenbach noted that Daughter Billie Economy’s birthday was the following day and had the Daughters sign a card to take to her as well as a picture taken of the members in attendance.

The tea cup auction had an interesting and eclectic mixture of items to bid on; baby clothing, handmade potter, candles, crystal, books, note cards, a cake, antique doll-house furniture and a handpainted picture. Nearly everyone won something and all were pleased with their winnings.

The meeting adjourned at 4 p.m. with a reminder that the next meeting would be held Feb. 22.

Lee County Genealogical and Historical Society The Lee County Genealogical and Historical Society met Jan. 26 at the Lee County Library auditorium. An annual show and tell meeting was held with Society members sharing items from their family’s history.

One member brought V-mail or Victory mail, sent to her mother from her father during World

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War II. Photographs of regular sized censored mail were made and then reduced to thumb-nail size on microfilm reels which weighed much less than the originals.

Reels were shipped to prescribed destinations in U.S. for enlarging.

Letters were printed out on a lightweight photo paper. The end product was about one-quarter the original size. Shipping space was preserved for war materials.

One brought a piece of waxed based paper he was given for tombstone rubbings. The paper, when placed on the stone, is rubbed with a tennis ball.

Monument companies use it to match the lettering on a stone after some years or to record a symbol. The paper is very useful if the letters are getting hard to read.

A Dixie Queen plug cut tobacco tin that was used for a lunch box was shown.

It looks like a little picnic basket and has a hinged lid. One member brought a cameo tie pin that is almost 125 years old.

Someone brought boxes of small toys and items typical of the childhoods of our members. They were items like clickers, jacks, whistles, dice, tops, and Cracker Jack prizes.

One member brought pictures of his grandfather and other Amish children.

An Amish family became his grandfather’s foster family when both parents died. These pictures were unusual in that Amish don’t believe in taking pictures of people. His great-aunt was raised by a non-Amish family and his grandfather left the Amish family in his teens when he wanted to own a car.

Another member brought a long narrow board with holes down each side with one row of holes labeled A and the other labeled B. Dr. Mary Margaret McLeod, a pediatrician in Sanford for many years, put a peg in each hole to keep track of how many patients she saw each day.

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in 1933 and 1934. Her mother was working for the government in Washington, D.C., and sewed the little circles which are gathered by hand and then all connected. The activity filled the evenings while living at a rooming house.

The Society’s next meeting will be Feb. 23 in the Library auditorium.

Jimmy Haire will speak about the Egypt coal mines. The public is cordially invited.

Jonesboro Rotary Club Jonesboro Rotary met at The Flame on Jan. 28 for the regular meeting.

President Kate Rumely presided, with Vice President David Spivey seated immediately to her right John Ramsperger prayed for the club. Sheriff Tracy Carter was a visiting Rotarian from the SanLee Club.

Pat Reynolds announced that $654 was raised at last week’s White Elephant Sale.

Michele Bullard reminded club members of the upcoming visit to Greenwood Elementary School for character building. Jonesboro Rotary volunteers at J. Glenn Edwards Elementary School received makeups, and Larry Aiken, Vern Van Bruggen and Ed Terry reported on the warm reception they received from students at J.Glenn Edwards.

The film which Ed Terry is producing about Rotary volunteers, the Four Way Test and character training will be available to Rotary clubs in our district as well as other civic clubs to encourage adult volunteers in the schools.

Ray Martin has some volumes of William Shakespeare which were printed in the 1890s. He would like to sell these volumes and contribute the proceeds to the White Elephant Sale.

Richard Carlson announced that he and his wife, Carol, are sponsors of the Temple Theatre’s latest production, “Blood Done Sign My Name,” running from Jan. 29-Feb. 7. This drama, adapted from Tim Tyson’s (son of the Reverend Vernon Tyson, who pastored churches in Lee County) memoir, tells the story of a 1970 racially-motivated murder in Oxford and the result-

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ing social upheaval in the small town. The book has won numerous honors and a movie adaption was recently filmed around Charlotte.

Ken Armstrong bragged on the United Airlines Captain who wrestled a 747 into Dulles Airport through dangerous wind shear, with Armstrong on board, following aborted landing attempts in North Carolina.

Van Silliman bragged on his son’s win over a girl in a recent high school wrestling match.

Howard Bokhoven reported a nervous stock market over discussions of taxing banks.

With Cliff Peake absent, Larry Aiken and David Spivey teamed to induct new member Alan Finlayson, who is currently serving as chief administrator of Sanford Health and Rehab on Farrell Road. A former Rotarian at the Garner-Midway club, he is overseeing construction projects and other upgrades at the Sanford facility. When asked where he had lived before, he replied, “I’ve been everywhere. Seriously. I’ve lived in Billings, Mont., Durham, Garner, Raleigh, Monroe, Helena, Mont., Chapel Hill, Morrison, Col., Great Falls, Mont., and Conrad, Mont. Cliff Peake lobbied Alan to join the Jonesboro Rotary Club.

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have been raised up with Him (Christ) and your life is hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:1,3).

I have heard many say that someone can be so heavenly minded they are no earthly good. I have

never found that to be true. Actually, I have observed that most people are too earthly minded and therefore they are no heavenly good. Their lives are wrapped up in the things of this earth and not in the things of God. Their “old life” is still clinging to them and they have experienced

little if any of the changes my young friend is experiencing. They haven’t discovered what this new life is all about.

What has made the difference for my friend and for me? Time.

Spending time alone with God in the study of His Word and taking time to pray and think and meditate on the truths of Scripture. It helps to get away on a retreat or a vacation but most often it’s the daily time I spend in God’s Word, pouring over the Scriptures, that changes my head and

my heart. It is time spent with my mind in heaven that changes the way I think and live on this earth.

The Bible speaks of developing a heavenly mindset because we are new creatures who have been raised up to heaven with Christ. Is your mind in the clouds or in the dirt? Are you occupied with the things of heaven or of this earth? Try setting your mind on the things above. It will change your life and the earth will be so much the better for it.

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The twelfth Station of the Cross done by Nags Head artist Glenn Eure displayed in the Holy Redeemer by the Sea Catholic Church in Kitty Hawk.

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dime, and it’ll look a lot better than this.’”

The first sculpture he did was Christ’s resurrection. Although that is not one of the traditional stations, Eure, who is a parish member, said he wanted to do the most difficult piece first. During the design process, he said, he decided that he would have the cross in each station face toward the resurrection.

But the work proved to be especially trying, he said, mostly because of the cruelty of the subject matter. It got so difficult that for months, Eure said, he was artistically blocked.

“Nailing Christ to the cross really got to me,” Eure said, his eyes tearing. “And I’m not a pious man... It was tremendously grueling. For 3-1/2 solid years, I couldn’t do anything else.”

Carved from tulip wood and some southern yellow poplar, the images are offset against a white background and illuminated from below by soft lights, casting a shadow on the wall. Recently, the church walls were repainted a different shade of white to provide more contrast.

The last station was

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Multitudes of people in America are devoted primarily to pleasure — their number one priority is to live it up, to have a good time. As they say, you only go around once. But as satisfying as pleasure is, it is also transitory and often quite superficial.

Pleasure is an event; happiness is a process.

Pleasure is a destination; happiness is a journey.

Pleasure emphasizes the material; happiness emphasizes the spiritual.

That is why the surest steps toward happiness are the church steps.

Pleasure revolves around what you want; happiness emphasizes others. That is why the happiest people you know are, and will always be, those who are unselfish and seek to serve the needs of others.

When your world revolves around doing only, or primarily, the things that bring you pleasure, such self-centered actions can generate pain for others, and often does. It also diminishes your own potential for self-esteem and personal achievement.

completed and placed on the wall right before Christmas.

Numerous members of the parish, including Walsh, and people in the community — waiters, fellow artists, contractors — that Eure happened to encounter at the right time served as models for the characters in the stations.

In Christian tradition, the stations follow Jesus from when he is sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, his suffering on the cross, and his death. During Fridays in Lent, Roman Catholics participate in prayer services at the stations.

“I didn’t make portraits of them,” Eure said of the models. “The main thing I wanted was the essence of them.”

Eure is dedicating the work to his brother Charles W. Aresta, whom he credits for bringing him back to the church.

“I was glad about one thing,” Eure said, grinning. “My biggest fear was croaking before I finished this.”

Walsh said Eure’s art adds warmth and beauty to the church’s bare walls.

“I’ve never seen any stations like this,” Walsh said. “They’re very inviting. He’s put so many fine touches to them.

“They just speak to you.”

There is an old fable about a young dog that had somehow conceived the idea that the secret of happiness would be his the day he caught the end of his tail. So, day after day he chased it, going round and round, with the end of his tail always just a few inches ahead of his nose.

Then one day he confided in an old dog, and said, “If I can ever catch up with my tail, then I will be happy, for I have been told that happiness is only found that way.”

“Long ago,” said the wise old dog, “I believed that myth. But finally I gave up trying to catch my tail and went about the business of living.

I have discovered that when I do that, both my tail and happiness come right along after me.”

God’s Word teaches us how to be happy: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind free from worry, live simply, expect little, give much, sing often, pray always, forget self, think of others and their feelings, fill your heart with love, and scatter sunshine.

Thought for today: Happiness adds and multiplies as you divide it with others.