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The Sanford Herald FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2010
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CHATHAM COUNTY
CRIME
MOUNTAIN MUSIC
High-speed chase on U.S. 1 ends in Sanford Man, his nephew allegedly attempted to steal wooden pallets By GORDON ANDERSON anderson@sanfordherald.com
ASHLEY GARNER/The Sanford Herald
QUICKREAD
Brothers Luke, 10, (left) and Eli Smith, 8, perform in front of students at Goldston United Methodist Church on Thursday to kick off the SSM-JAM Education Program.
STATE
Sharpe Store joins partnership to introduce Appalachian music to Chatham students cmullen@sanfordherald.com
EXONERATED MAN ADJUSTS TO 17 YEARS’ WORTH OF CHANGES
For his first full day of freedom in more than 16 years, Greg Taylor woke up and hit the gym for the same upper-body workout he did every Thursday in his cell Page 7A
NATION
MAN FLIES PLANE INTO AUSTIN IRS BUILDING A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service launched a suicide attack on the agency Thursday by crashing his small plane into an office building containing nearly 200 IRS employees Page 10A
STATE DUKE LACROSSE ACCUSER CHARGED WITH ARSON
The woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape has been charged with attempted murder, arson and other counts after a fight with her boyfriend Page 8A
Vol. 80, No. 40 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
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LEE COUNTY
By CAITLIN MULLEN GOLDSTON — A program which aims to keep North Carolina’s musical history alive kicked off Thursday night in Goldston. The Sharpe Store MusicJunior Appalachian Musicians Education Program officially began Thursday evening at Goldston United Methodist Church. Tim Tron, who organized the partnership between non-profit SSM and established music program JAM, said the idea is to preserve the music that has a historical tie to this area by teaching Chatham County Schools students how to play traditional instruments. “Those songs, that culture, that love of children, love of music ... that’s why we’re all here today,” Tron told the group of close to 50 people gathered at the church. “Don’t be afraid, kids, because we’ll do it in little steps,” he said. And before long, “you can sit on that
SANFORD — A high speed chase which began early Thursday morning in Cary ended in Sanford after Lee County sheriff’s deputies deployed stop sticks to end the flight. A man and his nephew are in custody after the chase, which ended on U.S. 1 near the intersection with Hawkins Avenue when deputies deployed stop sticks to slash the vehicle’s tires. The chase began after Cary police attempted to stop the two men, who were in a rental truck behind a Walmart on Tryon Road. According to police, the two men were trying to load wooden pallets from the Walmart into their truck. The men took off instead,
Lien filed against commissioner for $6,000 in unpaid income taxes GOP chairman says lien result of ‘glitch’ on part of Revenue Dept. By GORDON ANDERSON anderson@sanfordherald.com
J.S. Waters Elementary School student Maverick Smith, 9, claps and laughs as the orientation for the SSM-JAM Education Program kicked off in Goldston Thursday. porch and you can play a song for grammy and gramps, a song that they know.” Tron was exposed to the JAM program in Boone, and wanted to get something started in this area. He began setting up his own program
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GET INVOLVED Tim Tron, director of the Sharpe Store Music-Junior Appalachian Musicians Education Program, said they are looking for monetary donations or donated musical instruments. For more information, contact Tron at tim@sharpestoremusic.org.
SANFORD — The state Department of Revenue has filed a lien against Lee County Commissioner Linda Shook which claims that she owes more than $6,000 in unpaid income taxes from 2006 and 2007. Shook, a first-term Republican commissioner who announced last week that she’s seeking a second term in November, represents the county’s third district. She also serves as chair-
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME’
As a film, ‘Blood’ doesn’t stand out over the others By NEIL MORRIS Herald Movie Critic
T
he 1970 murder of Henry “Dickie” Marrow and the racial resistance movement that flowed from it onto the streets of Oxford and eventually the rest of North Carolina, still packs a wallop 40
HAPPENING TODAY n The Lee County Arts Council will host a Wine and Chocolate pairing in the Artists’ Loft from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public (21 years and older only). For more information, call Rebecca at 774-6139. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
years later. The killing of Marrow, a black man, and the acquittal of his white murderers took place postVietnam and post-Martin Luther King Jr., at a time when nonviolent disobedience was giving way to a more assertive civil rights
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AP photo
Nate Parker, center, leads a march in the film version of “Blood Done Sign My Name,” due out in theaters today.
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INDEX
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OBITUARIES
SCOTT MOONEYHAM
Sanford: Edwin Donnell Jr. 86; Barbara Evans, 68; Kenneth Strickland, 55; Edna Williams, 86 Bunnlevel: Rufus Bryant, 71
Legislative leaders say they will again pursue reforms to clean up government
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