February 21, 2010

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Should local councilman run, AFP says he has a chance to unseat Love By GORDON ANDERSON anderson@sanfordherald.com

FORMER SEC. OF STATE HAIG, FOUR-STAR GENERAL, DIES AT 85 Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig (second from right), a four-star general who served as a top adviser to three presidents and had presidential ambitions of his own, died Saturday of complications from an infection, his family said. He was 85. Page 11A

HEALTH CARE

SANFORD — A new poll commissioned by an anti-tax group indicates that state Rep. Jimmy Love (D-Sanford) may face trouble in his bid for a third consecutive term

in the General Assembly. With a week remaining in the filing period for the 2010 elections, nobody has formally stepped forward to challenge Love. But a poll released by the anti-tax group Americans For Prosperity indicates that Love could lose

in November to two potential challengers. The AFP poll shows Sanford City Councilman Mike Stone, a Republican, garnering 32.9 percent of the vote to Love’s 18.5 percent. 48.6

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SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT: CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

Easing the pain

OBAMA GAMBLES HEALTH CARE ON THURSDAY’S WHITE HOUSE SUMMIT President Barack Obama summons anxious Democrats and aloof Republicans to a White House summit Thursday — live on C-SPAN and perhaps cable — and gambles that he can save his embattled health care overhaul by the power of persuasion. Page 7B

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Carrie Williams jots down notes about congestive heart failure at the community classroom at Central Carolina Hospital on Tuesday.

CHARLOTTE-AREA CHARITY GIVES EVERYTHING AWAY The Bin in Huntersville is a charity based on the simplest of ideas: Donors want their gift to go to directly to people in need. Not part of it, but all of it. So The Bin obliges by giving away 100 percent of everything it receives. No one on the staff is paid. Page 1C

BUSINESS CREDIT CARD REFORM MAY GIVE A SHOCK TO SOME CONSUMERS Now, thanks to a long-awaited law that goes into effect Monday, you’ll know an ugly truth: how much your credit card really costs to use Page 9B

STATE SOLDIERS IN 82ND AIRBORNE STUNNED BY HAITIAN DESTRUCTION For soldiers of the 82nd Airborne’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, the similarities between Haiti’s capital and the major cities of Iraq are striking. Only in Haiti, the soldiers see far more destruction, devastation and suffering. Page 10B

Vol. 80, No. 42 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina

CCH now certified as official Chest Pain Center By BILLY LIGGETT and CAITLIN MULLEN

HEART ATTACK WARNING SIGNS o uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in the center of your chest o discomfort in the arms, back, neck, jaw or stomach o shortness of breath o breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or light-headedness

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ore than 5.3 million Americans are affected by congestive heart failure, and in Sanford last year, more than 2,500 patients presented themselves to Central Carolina Hospital complaining of chest pains. After months of working to educate its entire staff of how to handle these patients, CCH was notified last week that it has earned full accreditation as a “chest pain center” by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. The accreditation means the hospital is considered a top facility for handling patients with these symptoms, according to RN Jeanette Wood, the hospital’s chest pain accreditation coordinator. “It tells patients we have the best practices for acute coronary care,” Wood said. “We’re confident that once you’re under our care, you’ll receive top-notch quality care.” That’s good news in a state where heart disease ranks as the top killer among adults. Being accredited means CCH has enacted procedures it says were developed by “leading experts in cardiac

HAPPENING TODAY n Comedy Stage Hypnotist K.C. Cameron will perform at the Kendale Entertainment Center. For more information on this show and all the events at The Kendale Entertainment Center, call 776-0005 or 770-9141. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A

CHEST PAIN CENTERS

Medical Director and Chair of Department of Emergency Medicine Dr. Ayaz Pathan leads a class on Tuesday about congestive heart failure at CCH. care” to reduce the time-to-treatment in the critical stages of a heart attack. According to hospital CEO Doug Doris, one key chest pain protocol was to get patients an electrocardiogram (EKG) within 10 minutes of arrival. Doris said the EKG determines the “pathway” for additional protocols for each patient. In other words … it tells them if the patient’s chest pains are serious enough for a big-

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CCH met the following elements: o Integrating emergency services with EMS o Assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients quickly o Treating patients with low risk for acute coronary syndrome and no assignable cause for their symptoms o Continually seeking to improve processes and procedures o Ensuring chest pain center staff competency and training o Maintaining organization structures and commitment o Having a function design that promotes optimal patient care o Community outreach programs that educate the public to promptly seek medical care if they display symptoms of a possible heart attack.

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OBITUARIES

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Sanford: Eleanor McLean, 42, Willie Smith, 81, Wesley Owens, 41 Carthage: Raymond Wood, 69 Henderson: Leander Headen, 90

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GOOD MORNING Corrections The Herald is committed to accuracy and factual reporting. To report an error or request a clarification, e-mail Editor Billy Liggett at bliggett@sanfordherald.com or Community Editor Jonathan Owens at owens@sanfordherald.com or call (919) 718-1226.

On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:

MONDAY n The Lillington Town Board will continue its workshop from Feb. 8 at 8:30 a.m. at the Lillington Town Hall, 106 W. Front St., Lillington. n The Lee County Parks and Recreation Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Lee County Government Center in Sanford. n The Broadway Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Broadway. n The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 635 East St., in Pittsboro. n The Siler City Airport Authority will meet at 7 p.m. at the Siler City Municipal Airport. n The Private John Grady Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revoution will meet at 2 p.m. at the home of Lynda Turbeville with Helen Hincks as co-hostess. Respond to Lynda at 774-2636 or Helen at 775-3823. Guest for the meeting will be Beth May, organizing secretary of the state DAR. Members are asked to bring a family heirloom to share.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Dianne Farrands, Bill Clay, Larry Maurice Hooker Sr., Delma Maddox, Khalil Tiyon Barrett, Jordyn Alyssa Stone, Monterria Zah’nae Gray, Murreace Amerson, Mary Ellen Brafford, Carter Matthew Horstmann, Charlie Welborn, Annie Fallin, Emmanuel Grier, Lisa Cleary, Gerald McLean Jr., Michelle Echard Craven, Helen McDonald Spivey, Bob Groome, Kayla Miller, Mary Brinkley, Thelma Ann Thomas, W.T. Brown, Nathan Doby, Marie Macko and Richard Starr. And to those celebrating Sunday, especially James Owle Jr., Gracie Palmer, Andrew Eldred, Patricia Rogers, Susan Farrington, Mikalah Simone Watson, Danielle Jennings, Lindsay Coggins, Hunter Cameron Thomas, Kayla Amerson, Cathy Ray, Ronnie Currin, Tam Hutchins, Gloria Chastain, Angie Sloan Evans, Wayne Mangum, Mason Talbert, Ester Westbrook, Dale Sauls, Barbara Souders, Taylor Rosser, Barrett Elizabeth Butler and Mary Elizabeth Oldham. CELEBRITIES: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is 86. Actress Rue McClanahan is 76. U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) is 70. Film/music company executive David Geffen is 67. Actor Alan Rickman is 64. Actress Tyne Daly is 64. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) is 63. Actor William Petersen is 57. Actor Kelsey Grammer is 55. Country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 52. Actor William Baldwin is 47. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is 31.

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n Comedy Stage Hypnotist K.C. Cameron will perform at the Kendale Entertainment Center. For more information on this show and all the events at The Kendale Entertainment Center, call 919-776-0005 or 919-770-9141.

MONDAY n The Private John Grady Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 2 p.m. at the home of Lynda Turbeville with Helen Hincks as co-hostess. Please respond to Lynda at 7742636 or Helen at 775-3823. The guest for the meeting will be Beth May, Organizing Secretary of the state DAR. Members are asked to bring a family heirloom to share.

TUESDAY n The Lee County Republican Party will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center in Sanford. Guest speaker will be Justice Robert Orr, the executive director of the North Carolina Institute of Constitutional Law. For more information, contact Lee GOP Chairman Linda Shook at chairman@leegop.org. n What do you want to know about memory changes, dementia and Alzheimer’s? Teepa Snow, a dementia care specialist, will answer your questions on these matters at 6:30 p.m. at the Enrichment Center. Registration not required. For information, call (919) 776-0501, ext. 230. n The free CCCC course, “Buying on eBay” will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce. Presenter will be Bob Moyer. n The Lee County Genealogical and Historical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Lee County Library auditorium, 107 Hawkins Ave. Jimmy Haire, local historian, will present the program on ‘The Coal Mines of Egypt’. Egypt was located in Lee County, close to the community of Cumnock, in the Deep River Coal Field where coal was mined into the 1900’s. Visitors are welcome. For more information, call 499-7661 or 499-1909.

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

THURSDAY n “Understanding Poverty,” the centerpiece event for COMPASSION ‘10, will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Ernest and Ruby McSwain Center in Sanford. The roundtable featuring Susan Pennock from Communities In Schools of North Carolina is open to the public. Leaders from ministries, nonprofits and social service agencies throughout the community are urged to attend. n The 2010 Lillington Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet will be held at the Harnett County Government Complex Commons.

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FRIDAY n A Black History celebration will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Enrichment Center with Master of Ceremonies Claudia Lee, special singing, music and speakers. Registration is requested, call (919) 7760501 ext. 201.

SATURDAY n Central Carolina Community College presents a High Tech-High Touch laser workshop for middle school students and their parent or adult mentor. The work-

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Today is Sunday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2010. There are 313 days left in the year. This day in history: On Feb. 21, 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated. In 1846, Sarah G. Bagley became the first female telegrapher as she took charge at the newly opened telegraph office in Lowell, Mass. In 1866, Lucy B. Hobbs became the first woman to graduate from a dental school, the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in Cincinnati. In 1916, the World War I Battle of Verdun began in France as German forces attacked; the French were able to prevail after 10 months of fighting. In 1965, black Muslim leader and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside the Audubon Ballroom in New York by assassins identified as members of the Nation of Islam. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon began his historic visit to China as he and his wife, Pat, arrived in Beijing.

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Dog bred, trained by Sanford woman wins at Westminster

CARY (MCT) — The Cary Doberman that competed in the National Dog Show came close to beating 2,000 other dogs to take the coveted title. But after every pooch was eyed by the judge and paraded around the ring in the final round, Sadie the Scottish terrier was deemed the best dog of the bunch. C.J. — the striking red Doberman with the sprightly gait — won the working group category, advancing her to the best-in-show round at the competition. Her victory in one category alone was a feat: the working group includes 28 breeds, according to American Kennel Club standards, the organization that sanctions the show. C.J. and her handlers took the news in stride. “She’s actually had 46 best in shows this year so far,� said owner Julie Porter of Cary, who takes care of C.J. when the dog isn’t touring. By AKC’s rankings, C.J. is the top-ranked Doberman in the country, the top working dog in the country and the No. 2 dog in the all-breed category. Breeder and trainer Carmen Pitts of Sanford, who has been traveling with C.J. the past year, plans to take her to the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in February in New York. The show, in its 134th year, is considered by most to be the premier dog show in the world. “I think she has an excellent chance,� Pitts said. The National Dog Show, which was taped earlier this month in Philadelphia, aired on national television Thursday, attracting millions of viewers. — The Cary News

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Broadway woman cleared of theft

SANFORD — A Broadway woman who was a 16-year employee of Coty in Sanford was cleared of charges that she stole a bottle of perfume from the company. Charges against Flor Olivia Ortiz, 46, were cleared by a district court this week. According to the report, “It would be difficult to prove� the theft. The report noted Ortiz to be an employee with a clean record.

SANFORD

Compassion ‘10 kicks off with free roundtable

SANFORD — Hoping to capitalize on some early success during its inaugural year, COMPASSION '10 kicks off its months-long effort to enhance human services in Lee County with a free community roundtable later this month. "Understanding Poverty," the centerpiece event for

COMPASSION '10, will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on Feb. 25 at the Ernest and Ruby McSwain Center in Sanford. The roundtable featuring Susan Pennock from Communities In Schools of North Carolina is open to the public. Leaders from ministries, nonprofits and social service agencies throughout the community are urged to attend. About 60 people attended last year's inaugural session, and Jan Hayes of the Lee County United Way said she hopes COMPASSION '10 will draw many more. "I tell people all the time how fortunate we are in this community, where so many people are willing to give their time and money to care for neighbors and make our entire community a better place to live," Hayes said. "What we're doing here is investing a relatively small amount of time to make everyone more effective for many years to come." — from staff reports

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Woman named county’s school assistant of the year SANFORD — Judy Turner, an instructional assistant at Broadway Elementary for first grade teacher Amy Freitas, recently won the Lee County Assistant of the Year. She also won the District 4 Instructional Assistant of the Year in Fayetteville Feb. 13. District 4 has 11 counties. Turner will go for the state competition Feb. 27 in Greensboro.

Western Harnett abuzz with building SPOUT SPRINGS (MCT) — Real estate executives tend to have strong feelings when it comes to location. Those at ERA Strother think they’ve nailed that when it comes to their new $1.5 million Harnett County office building, which recently opened off N.C. 87 in front of Northridge Plantation. “Right down the road from us will be a major entrance with a 40-acre commercial tract out front and ... upwards of 5,000 to 6,000 homes over the next 12 to 15 years,� said Larry Strother, chairman and co-owner of ERA Strother Real Estate. Across from ERA Strother is Linden Oaks, a military community developed by Picerne Military Housing with about 905 four-bedroom homes occupied with a total of 1,262 homes planned. “And all the commercial growth that’s fixing to boom out here is going to be from pretty much right around where we are here, going north,� Strother said. The two-story, 10,000square-foot complex also contains an office of Strother Property

Management, as well as some Strother Ventures II companies. The space can accommodate about 60 employees. Right now, about 30 employees are working there, with an expectation of full capacity by June. An optometrist’s office is under way in part of the building, and a few small offices are available for rent. Strother views Harnett County — particularly western Harnett, with its growth related to base realignment at Fort Bragg — as a profitable frontier. But it’s not a new frontier for Strother and the company president and chief operating officer, Denise Strother. “We’ve been servicing the Harnett County market for the past 25 years,� said Larry Strother. However, the company has done so from Fayetteville and a temporary office in Spring Lake that opened about three years ago. The Strothers see the new building a logical step in their plan to increase market share within Cumberland, Harnett, Lee, Hoke and Moore counties. Built by Robert Stanley with interior designer

Cynthia Nickel Baker of CJ Designs, the new Harnett County building was designed with one-stop shopping, an organic flow and customer time constrictions in mind. A considerable amount of space was devoted to a place where buyers can take virtual tours of available homes via large screens on the walls. The offices have land-line telephones in closing rooms but not at agent desks. The receptionist instead sends calls directly through to smart phones so agents don’t have to stay at their primarily purple work stations, which Denise Strother asks her employees to refer to as “energy spaces� instead of cubicles. “This whole thing is all about the energy. People need to be around each other,� she said. “You feed off me. I feed off you. That’s what this is about. It’s the buzz. We’ve got to have the buzz all the time. That’s the way I envisioned this.� Mark Locklear, the Harnett County manager of planning services, isn’t surprised that ERA Strother set up shop where it did along N.C. 87.

Rape task force continues its investigation

— from staff reports

CHATHAM COUNTY

Garden workshop set for March 4 PITTSBORO — Thinking of growing a spring garden? The Chatham County Cooperative Extension will offer an introduction to food gardening including fruits and vegetables on March 4. The program will cover the basics of garden site requirements, plant needs, soil preparation, variety selection, planting times, and harvesting. In addition, the class will cover fruit crops that are easy to grow and likely to produce an abundance of fruit for the summer breakfast table or desert selection. The program will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. March 4 at the lower level of the Agriculture Building, 45 South St., Pittsboro. The program is free but requires pre-registration. To do so, call (919) 542-8202. — from staff reports

SPRING LAKE (MCT) — A month after its formation, a task force continues to try to solve a series of rapes in the area. Task force members say they have pored over every burglary and assault case in the past year trying to find similarities to the assaults that were reported between June and January. They’ve sent evidence for testing to the State Bureau of Investigation. “The SBI has completed testing of some evidence and provided results,� an SBI spokeswoman said in an e-mail Friday. She did not disclose the results or say what evidence has been tested. Earlier this month, Fort Bragg police charged Spc. Aaron Pernell, 22, with two burglaries and a rape that occurred in military housing on Fort Bragg. Fayetteville police called Pernell a “person of interest� in the six rapes and an attempted sexual

assault that happened in the city. No charges have been filed in those cases. Pernell was charged in September with breaking into a home off Cliffdale Road. A woman was home with her child at the time. Pernell was released from jail a month later, after posting bond. The task force is meeting each day to review the rape cases, said Fayetteville police Capt. Mark Bridgeman, the designated spokesman for the task force. But Bridgeman would not say whether Pernell still is considered a person of interest, how many tips police have received, whether there is a suspect or if police still are searching for anyone. “We have the resolve to work this case to conclu-

sion,� Bridgeman said. “That’s why we’re very guarded (with details). We want to keep in mind that these types of crimes are very personal and horrific to victims.� Between June and January, six women between the ages of 20 and 57 — all living in apartments or condominiums — reported that they had been raped, while a seventh told police that a man tried to sexually assault her. In each case, the man broke in at night and kept his face covered during the attacks. Police didn’t disclosed the attacks until January, prompting stinging criticism from the community and the Fayetteville City Council. The task force includes

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4A / Sunday, February 21, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Obituaries Eleanor McLean

SANFORD — Eleanor West McLean, 42, of 1113 James St. died Wednesday (2/17/10) at home. She is survived by husband Calvin McLean, son Richard West, daughters Desirae West and Lakeisha West, step-daughters Nicole McLean, Katrine McLean and Deangela McLean, brother Peter West III, sisters Beverly Elise West of Sanford and

p.m. Monday at St. Marks United Church of God, 511 Church St., Sanford. Shirley Ann Parker of Visitation will be held Baltimore, father Peter from 7 to 8 p.m. today at West Jr. of Branchville, Knotts Funeral Home. S.C., mother-in-law Mabie Arrangements are by Cotton of Sanford, sisters- Knotts Funeral Home. in-law Catherine Cotton of Fayetteville, Denise Wesley Owens McLean of Raleigh, and SANFORD — Funeral Shirley Cotton and Mifor Wesley Shane Owens, chelle Mathis of Sanford, 41, of North Myrtle Beach, brothers-in-law Roy Cotformerly of Sanford, ton and Charlie Spears of who died Wednesday Sanford, and four grand(2/17/10), was held Saturchildren. day at Crossroads MinisFuneral will be held 2 tries by Pastor John Sauls and Pastor Reid Dickens. Burial followed at Buffalo Cemetery. Pastor Dale Sauls read the eulogy. Ryan Barbato was the soloist. Recorded

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percent of voters polled were undecided, though. The poll shows similar results if Stone is replaced by Linda Shook, a member of the Lee County Board of Commissioners and chairman of the Lee County GOP. Shook lost the same contest to Love in 2008 by twelve percentage points. Shook isn’t likely to sign up for a re-match of the 2008 campaign — she announced recently that she’ll seek a second term as a county commissioner and faces a Democratic challenger for the position. But Stone, an at-large member of the Sanford City Council who also serves as the city’s mayor pro tempore, acknowledged Friday that state GOP leaders have courted him the seek the position. He indicated that he’ll make a decision about whether to do so in the coming week.

THE POLL Other elements of the poll show Love being vulnerable on specific policy issues. Large majorities responded that they’d be less likely to re-elect Love if they knew he “voted to raise taxes by $1 billion,� “voted to slash the sentences of rapists and murderers,� “voted to allow habitual drunk drivers to get their (driver’s) licenses back,� and “voted to force taxpayers to fund political campaigns.� But the state representative dismissed those elements as “push-polling,� a process in which pollsters attempt to influence respondents by using negative statements about candidates or issues. “These questions are intended to mislead the people being interviewed,� Love said. He acknowledged voting for a compromise on the state budget which increased taxes but defended that vote as necessary for maintaining a balanced budget with adequate funds for education, mental health, and other state priorities. “My record is there for everyone to see,� he said. “You cannot slash these programs in good conscience.� Regarding the assertion that Love voted to decrease sentences for rapists and murderers, Love noted

that adopting Senate bills 488 and 489, the state will reduce the need for prison beds by 2,000 over the next 10 years and save more than $13 million in 2011. He noted that the sentence reduction provisions in the bill wouldn’t apply to first-time offenders, meaning that convicted murderers likely wouldn’t be affected in any way (most murder convictions result in life sentences), and that the minimum sentence for a prior felon convicted of first-degree rape would change from 24 years to 21 years. In many cases, a conviction of firstdegree rape can result in a life sentence, which doesn’t change under the law. “They’re trying to make it a soft on crime issue, but that isn’t what this is about,� Love said. “We have more than 40,000 people incarcerated in North Carolina, and the cost of doing that gets very high when you consider that you have to provide medical care for every inmate. That’s what this bill was designed to address.� Love denied being in favor of giving driver’s licenses back to habitual drunk drivers “as a general rule� but acknowledged voting in favor of a bill that would allow that to happen after a 10-year waiting period. He called the question about “forcing taxpayers to fund political campaigns� was “just not true.� “What that bill does is allow cities and towns to adopt a resolution calling for public financing of municipal election campaigns,� he said. “Once a town does that, it has to be approved by the state Board of Elections. It doesn’t mandate (public financing).�

“NOT ADVOCATING FOR OR AGAINST ANY CANDIDATE.� Dallas Woodhouse, the director of AFP’s North Carolina branch, denied that the poll was a “push poll� and stood behind the results. “It’s not a push poll because push polls tend to be advocating for a certain candidate,� Woodhouse said. “We’re not advocating for or against any candidate. We have no interest in that. What we wanted to know was whether people in Lee County agree that this tax-raising vote is as bad for Jimmy as we think

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OTHER DATA Love said Saturday that his main concern is what happens in November and dismissed AFP’s poll as an effort from outside of Lee County to influence what happens here. “The push poll was conducted by AFP, which is an out-of-state organization with a very partisan agenda and a lot of money,� he said. “Push polls are gener-

ally considered unreliable. With that said, I have access to independent polling information which is very favorable to my re-election in District 51. But my real focus in this election is on the poll that will be conducted by the voters in November.� According to Woodhouse, the poll of 505 voters in District 51 (which encompasses Lee County and a portion of western Harnett County) was conducted on Tuesday. 230 Democrats, 160 Republicans and 180 unaffiliated voters were polled. Love questioned the poll’s focus, though, saying he’d heard from friends in Raleigh who received AFP’s automated calls. Woodhouse said he wasn’t aware of anyone outside the district being polled. “I’m not aware of that and I don’t believe that to be the case. There should have been a few people in Harnett County who were polled, but not anyone in Wake County,� he said. “This is a respected polling firm. No poll is perfect, but I wouldn’t (stand behind the results) if I didn’t think it had some semblance of accuracy. It doesn’t do us any good to have polls that aren’t accurate.�

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n Which party are you registered to vote with? Republican 33.1 percent Democratic 45.5 percent Unaffiliated 21.4 percent n If the election for N.C. House were held today, would you be voting Republican or Democratic? Republican 49.7 percent Democratic 34.7 percent Undecided/not voting 15.7 percent n If the election for N.C. House were held today, would you vote to re-elect Representative Jimmy Love or do you think it’s time to give someone else a chance? Re-elect Love 5.9 percent Someone else 31.5 percent Undecided 62.6 percent n If the election for N.C. House was between Democrat Jimmy Love and Republican Mike Stone, for whom would you be voting? Love 18.5 percent Stone 32.9 percent Undecided 48.6 percent

n If you knew that Jimmy Love voted to raise taxes by more than $1 billion, would you be more or less likely to vote for him? More likely 4.8 percent Less likely 72.5 percent Undecided 22.7 percent n If you knew that Jimmy Love voted to slash the sentences of rapists and murderers, would you be more or less likely to vote for him? More likely 5.8 percent Less likely 78.5 percent Undecided 15.7 percent n If you knew that Jimmy Love voted to allow habitual drunk drivers to get their driver’s license back, would you be more or less likely to vote for him? More likely 6.4 percent Less likely 78.1 percent Undecided 15.6 percent n If you knew that Jimmy Love voted to force taxpayers to fund political campaigns, would you be more or less likely to vote for him? More likely 5.8 percent Less likely 82.3 percent Undecided 11.9 percent

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

SUNDAY THUMBS THUMBS DOWN A nonprofit in trouble Due to federal and state cuts and the economy’s effect on local donations, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Sanford/Lee County may have to close its doors for four weeks out of the year if major funding doesn’t come through. It seems like this news has become a broken record. The Herald reported on the club’s financial troubles in 2009 and 2008 as well. Don’t lay the blame on the men and women who’ve helped thousands of children locally over

the years by running and contributing to this fine organization. The local club’s woes are consistent with what many of these clubs are facing all over the nation. A poor economy hits everybody. The trickle-down effect typically means nonprofits take a hit. The good news is the club isn’t in danger of closing completely, according to executive director Bo Hedrick. Others haven’t been as fortunate. We hope it rides the rough waves and makes it through to see an economic turnaround. It helps too many children and benefits too many families to go away completely.

THUMBS UP Success in Rhode Island It’s one thing to cheer on our local young athletes while they’re

performing in their hometowns. It’s another to see them succeed beyond the confines of their hometown city limits. Former Southern Lee High School basketball star and current Rhode Island freshman Akeem Richmond broke the University of Rhode Island’s record for most 3-pointers in a single season by a freshman on Wednesday. Richmond, who was also making his first start, led all scorers with 18 points by going 6-for-11 from 3-point range, finishing the night with 56 threes on the year. He now stands at the top of the Rhode Island record books as a freshman ahead of former Rams

Cuttino Mobley, Jimmy Barron and Preston Murphy. We’re hoping nearby UNC is kicking itself for passing up on a man with a bright future.

THUMBS UP Mountain music education As our society continues to evolve in this ever-advancing technology age, it’s good to know that there is an attempt to hold onto some of our most precious traditions. One of those traditions is the time-honored historical music known as Appalachian music that features instruments such as the banjo, fiddle and guitar. Thus, in Chatham County, the Sharpe Store Music-Junior Appalachian Musicians Education Program is being held in the Goldston area.

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RE: Mike Stone may enter state House race against Jimmy Love This would be a very competitive race. Taxpayers are waking up and realizing the problem with government lies with entrenched politicians. The high unemployment rate and budget problems fall squarely upon the party in majority control, the Democrats. Any time power is concentrated in one party, the result is not going to be good. Advice to the candidates: Debate the issues! Keep the attack dogs off! Any candidate who has to resort to personal attacks is a candidate not worth representing the people. — reggie2727

RE: Lien filed against county commissioner, GOP chairman Sometimes good people encounter bumps in the road. For example, take Abraham Lincoln. History shows he had a series of defeats and financial obstacles to overcome before finally getting elected as President of the United States. In 1833 he declared bankruptcy. He ran for Congress several times and was defeated before he was finally elected President in 1860. — freedompatriot

Two things strike me as odd and somewhat hypocritical in her statement. First that filing bankruptcy and leaving honest hardworking taxpaying businesses and individuals holding her debt is no big deal, and second, that this is somehow not worthy of front page consideration. One doesn’t have to look far to see her various opinions regarding tax cheats, big government and all things political. I find it somewhat disconcerting that her lack of personal responsibility with her own money will likely negatively impact her decision making regarding taxpayer dollars. — kaiser-soze

RE: Johnson says he won’t run against Carter for Lee sheriff I commend Mr. Johnson for listening to the people and being willing to hear them. Now if we can just get those that have been elected and will be elected to do so. — thinking-man

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Today’s Prayer Jesus ... saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion. (Mark 6:34) PRAYER: Father, help us to have compassion on others and that we show it. Help us to relieve suffering to others. Amen.

Criticism unjustified I like Keith Clark. I really do. I certainly don’t find him to be the “thorn in the side” some local elected officials have made him out to be ... and he’s always (well, mostly) been up front and courteous with me when our paths have crossed. And the fact that his blog (I’ll go ahead and promote it: http://e-lee.blogspot.com) recently called out our newspaper and questioned my news priorities as editor is fine. I personally think that’s what blogs should do – watch the watchdogs, be critical of other forms of media, share a variety of ideas, report the news (if done fairly and accurately) and serve as a way to review the latest episode of “Lost” (those are the five big ones, in my mind). And while I respect Clark’s freedom to share his thoughts and “break news” at his Web site, I vehemently disagree with his most recent criticism of me, The Herald staff and the way we do our jobs … this all in reference to the recent news of financial problems involving a current county commissioner who’s up for re-election this fall. My beef began this past Tuesday, when Clark posted a headline that read “Expect big news in recent courthouse filings in (Wednesday’s) Sanford Herald.” The “big news” was a report of a lien against Commissioner and Lee County GOP Chairman Linda Shook from the Department of Revenue. We were told about the issue Tuesday — we don’t typically reveal sources, but since this column is about him, that source was none other than Mr. Clark. So if you’re following along, Clark told us about Shook’s lien and then soon wrote that we would have the shocking news in the following day’s paper. Mighty presumptuous. Not that this story had the potential for Pulitzer Prize-winning glory, but any story involving an accusation against a public official (mind you, one who’s running for office in a big election year), dealing with a state or federal governmental entity and a back story (the lien stems from a bankruptcy involving Shook’s business) is a story that will (and should) take longer than a day to hammer out – especially when we’re not a newspaper with the luxury of an “investigative reporter” or even a reporter with nothing else to do that day. I wasn’t angry by Clark’s announcement that we’d have the story immediately. I was amused, actually. “Wow,” I remember saying. “He knows more about Wednesday’s paper than I do.” In jest, I logged on as a reader on Clark’s site and concerning the shocking news, I wrote the comment, “That’s funny. I don’t recall telling anybody our story budget. Are you referring to the Movie Gallery closing? Hardly political.” So you’ll imagine my surprise (and joy) the following day to see Clark’s next headline, “Sanford Herald Editor Picks Videos Over Commissioner’s Tax Lien.” Now it’s just getting silly.

Billy Liggett Sanford Herald Editor Contact Billy Liggett by e-mail at bliggett@sanfordherald.com We ended up getting the story in Friday’s Herald after A) having to wait a day for the Department of Revenue’s representative handling the case to get back to us (only to finally tell us he couldn’t comment on personal cases, nor Shook’s explanation that it was a DOR “glitch” that led to the lien), B) waiting two days for a response to the accusations drawn up by Shook and her attorney and C) speaking to a local bankruptcy attorney to look over the case and offer their opinion (the attorney led us to a valuable Web site explaining bankruptcy cases and liens for failure to pay). I never thought Shook’s story wasn’t “news.” I never entertained the idea of covering it up to help her or blowing it up to hurt her. That’s not our job. We did the best we could with what we had to report on the lien, get explanations and inform our readers. We did not go with the story as soon as we got wind of it because that would have been irresponsible of us. Blogs can get away with doing that … we can’t (and we shouldn’t). And one could argue Clark’s “reporting” of the ordeal is personal. He denies that (and he recently wrote it’s something The Herald might accuse him of). But for people who care about this sort of thing, it’s known that Clark and Shook aren’t bosom buddies, and it’s been suggested that Clark has had his spats with the current Lee County GOP leadership. And Clark has been known to thrust himself into the middle of a story … you only have to look back a little over a year to see he’s the person who filed the complaint with the State Board of Elections concerning Commissioner Jamie Kelly’s involvement in “Sign-gate.” I’m not saying it wasn’t good reporting … he just went too far when he became part of the story. I hope Clark continues his site, and I hope he continues to be that proverbial thorn in the side of our elected officials, because honestly, you can never have too many of those. And I hope he continues to criticize our paper when he feels we’ve either made a bonehead decision or haven’t served the community well with a story. We’re not perfect, and we don’t get offended when it’s point out to us. Just don’t accuse us of playing unfairly when you’re argument is we didn’t have the story when you said we would. That’s all I’m asking.

To the Editor: I was sickened when I read that anyone was considering hunting in the city limits of Sanford. I live less than a mile from the city line on Cotton Road. Each year I dread hunting season with guns firing all around my home and the lost pets adds start increasing due to hunters killing peoples pets. This is not safe where I live much less in highly populated areas. I would guess this is a small group of hunters who`s blood thirst was not quenched well enough in the regular hunting season aged on by those who would like to sell them more of those grotesque razor point arrows. Most times they miss the “kill zone” and the deer is left to die a agonizing and slow death by infection. It would be more humane to simply have our law enforcement mow the poor deer down with a machine gun or cannon if the deer are so numerous and such a danger to humans. This problem is fueled by those who claim they have the solution. The deer are probably coming into the populated areas because they are harassed so in surrounding areas. Also the hunters plant gardens, put out corn, and salt blocks in order to attract and improve the health of the animals so they can harvest a set of horns worthy of their bragging rights which no doubt increases their numbers. I suggest that wildlife would be better served if man left them some places to live and left them alone. Sure there are those who follow the rules and harvest deer for food but there are the others who simply get a kick out of watching a beautiful animal die. It is a shame there is not enough room on our world for God`s beautiful creatures too.

DEBORAH MARSHBURN Sanford

Tax reductions always lead to more jobs To the Editor:

RE: Response to Russell B. Noel Russell, to answer your question, you have no contributions in Social Security. You and I have been paying it for years, but here is what happened. In 1960 the Supreme Court in Flemming vs. Nestor ruled that you are not guaranteed any benefits or any return from your payments. In 1965 Johnson’s Great Society changed the rules so money could be taken from the Trust fund to balance the budget. In 1983 under Carter and the Democratic Congress our Social Security payments were changed to be just another tax. All of the money collected was passed to the General Fund to plug a budget home. For the next two years Social Security will run short of money, but will level off for three or four years. Then it will go negative again. At this point, the government will be forced to change benefit payments, so in ten years or so, you and I won’t get anything, or at least not a lot. This may sound partisan, but this is what is on Wikipedia. CHARLES STALEY Sanford

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omething has gone very wrong. Was it just a year ago that Democrats assumed more control in Washington than the party has had in my lifetime? It was. Was it just a year ago that President Obama promised a new era of change, bipartisanship and transparency? It was. Just weeks into office, the president pushed through a major stimulus package to save the American economy, restore credit, build infrastructure and create jobs. Now, unable to get Republicans to support what was their idea — a bipartisan commission on the deficit — the president has appointed one of his own, complete with warnings about how the deficit will sink us in the future if we fail to act. Republicans shouldn’t be able to get away with opposing a bipartisan effort to reduce the deficit, but they can and they have, for one simple reason: The country has turned. The president and the Democrats may have only lost one Senate seat (so far), but in terms of actual control, they have lost much more. Republicans can just say no as long as the country seems to agree with them. ... So what went wrong? Every Democrat I talk to has a different answer or, rather, a different person to blame. It was Nancy Pelosi’s fault or Harry Reid’s or Rahm Emanuel’s. Should have made a bigger show of reaching out to Republicans; shouldn’t have cut those deals behind closed doors. It is, I am told every day, a communications problem. ... The White House is trying to treat the problem with its health care proposal as a communications problem. It’s not that people don’t want the plan; they just don’t know how great it is. Our fault, says the president, for not communicating more effectively. Not so fast. Barack Obama is a great communicator. He’s talked a lot about health care in the past year. And I’ve been listening. I know just as many horror stories as they do about what happens to people with pre-existing conditions, how you can’t get insurance no matter what you’re willing to pay, and if you have it, you can’t afford to give it up, no matter how many arms and legs they charge you or how bad the coverage. I’m all for letting people with pre-existing conditions buy affordable insurance. But letting a slew of older, sicker people into any pool will dramatically increase premiums for everyone in that pool. (What did they say about letting everyone into the pool with federal workers?) So you have to make the young, healthy people join, too, or the costs will be exorbitant. So, hypothetically, now everyone has insurance — either they pay for it, or we do. Then what happens? Everybody gets more health care. Just exactly how does that save us money? Just exactly how do we pay for it? Cost controls? In order to get refills for my arthritis medicine every month, I have to get pre-approval each time from the insurance company, which this week has taken most of the week. I always get the approval, of course ... If the insurance company saves money, it’s only because making the pharmacist jump through more hoops sometimes means I miss a dose or two. This cannot be what they mean by cost control. Get rid of unnecessary tests? I’m not really into unnecessary tests. It’s getting the necessary tests approved that causes so much trouble. Paying doctors and hospitals less to give us more? That’s bound to work… It’s not a communications problem. What’s gone wrong is that people see the country swimming in debt, see the jobs recovery lagging, see friends and neighbors who are not even hanging on, and they just don’t know how this administration is planning to pay for a massive health care reform effort. The appointment of a bipartisan commission on the deficit only underscores the problem and makes it seem that the administration has no answer for it except another new spending program. “Just say no” isn’t the answer to the need for health care reform — but neither is another big spending program when we are being told our historic debt is a ticking time bomb for our children.

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he Census Bureau estimates that the life cycle cost of the 2010 Census will be from $13.7 billion to $14.5 billion, making it the costliest census in the nation’s history. Suppose you suggest to a congressman that given our budget crisis, we could save some money by dispensing with the 2010 census. I guarantee you that he’ll say something along the lines that the Constitution mandates a decennial counting of the American people and he would be absolutely right. Article I, Section 2 of our constitution reads: “The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.” What purpose did the Constitution’s framers have in mind ordering an enumeration or count of the American people every 10 years? The purpose of the headcount is to apportion the number of seats in the House of Representatives and derived from that, along with two senators from each state, the number of electors to the Electoral College. The Census Bureau tells us that this year, it will use a shorter questionnaire, consisting of only 10 questions. From what I see, only one of them serves the constitutional purpose of enumeration — namely, “How many people were living or staying at this house, apartment or mobile home on April 1, 2010?” The Census Bureau’s shorter questionnaire claim is deceptive at best. The American Community Survey, long form, that used to be sent to 1 in 6 households during the decennial count, is now being sent to many people every year. Here’s a brief sample of its questions, and I want someone to tell me which question serves the constitutional function of apportioning the number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives: Does this house, apartment, or mobile home have hot and cold running water, a flush toilet, a bathtub or shower, a sink with a faucet, a refrigerator, a stove? Last month, what was the cost of electricity for this house, apartment, or mobile home? How many times has this person been married? After each question, the Bureau of the Census provides a statement of how the

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

answer meets a federal need. I would prefer that they provide a statement of how answers to the questions meet the constitutional need as expressed in Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. The Census Bureau also asks questions about race, and I want to know what does my race have to do with apportioning the U.S. House of Representatives? If I’m asked about race, I might respond the way I did when filling out a military form upon landing in Inchon, Korea in 1960; I checked off Caucasian. The warrant officer who was checking forms told me that I made a mistake and should have checked off “Negro.” I told him that people have the right to self-identify themselves and I’m Caucasian. The warrant officer, trying to cajole me, asked why I would check off Caucasian instead of Negro. I told him that checking off Negro would mean getting the worse job over here. I’m sure the officer changed it after I left. Americans need to stand up to Washington’s intrusion into our private lives. What business of government is the number of times a citizen has been married or what he paid for electricity last month? For those who find such intrusion acceptable, I’d ask them whether they’d also find questions of their sex lives or their marriage fidelity equally acceptable. What to do? Unless a census taker can show me a constitutional requirement, the only information I plan to give are the number and names of the people in my household. The census taker might say, “It’s the law.” Thomas Jefferson said, “Whensoever the General Government (Washington) assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.”

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n County Manager John Crumpton: Phone (919) 718-4605; E-mail — jcrumpton@leecountync.gov

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

ar-co, Mar-co, Mar-co. The nom du jour, if you somehow missed it, is Marco. As in Rubio, rising conservative star, not Polo. All those other rising stars? So yesterday. Sarah? Scott who? You’d think from all the print, chatter and buzz that Marco — the name fans seem to prefer — had charted the Silk Road. On a slightly smaller scale, he launched the annual CPAC parade of conservative stars Thursday with a rousing speech that brought giddy conservatives to their feet. Rubio brought plenty of raw meat to the table, but that was the least of his charms. As speeches go, there wasn’t much new to chew on. Think “Groundhog Day” to a country music soundtrack. But amid the expected was something fresh that will serve Republicans well in the coming months — and years. The traditional GOP is getting younger and less pale. Rubio, a tea party favorite who is challenging Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for the U.S. Senate, may be the Republican Party’s Barack Obama. More important, he is one of a new crop of young leaders who are first-generation Americans, sons and daughters of exiles, who can talk about the American Dream in a personal way. The 38-year-old son of Cuban immigrants, he is a natural pitchman for a new GOP. It doesn’t hurt that he is photogenic. Rubio’s story about his hardworking parents — his father’s 16-hour days and his mom’s job as Kmart clerk — is familiar by now. And though the artifact that bad luck is a virtue is as stale as Marie Antoinette’s cake, Rubio is saved from death-by-cliche by an unlikely benefactor: Fidel Castro. Rubio’s parents came to the America to escape Castro’s cruel tyranny. ... And Republicans don’t have to beat voters over the head with platitudes and promises. They don’t even have to invoke “exceptionalism,” code to liberals for wallpapering classrooms with the Ten Commandments. All they have to do is let Rubio speak and remind voters why, as he put it, you don’t see Americans hopping rafts to seek refuge in other countries. Immigrants like his parents “clearly understand how different America is from the rest of the world. ... What makes America great is not that we have more rich people than anybody else,” but that “there are dreams that are impossible everywhere else but are possible here.” Rubio reminded his appreciative audience that those who seek our shores are from countries that have let government run the economy and determine which industries will be rewarded. The U.S., at least theoretically, has chosen to let free markets, and thus individual liberty, thrive. ... Rubio isn’t a perfect candidate despite his nearly instantaneous coronation. He waded into hyperbole bordering on falsehood when he said that only in America can one start a small business in the spare bedroom. Actually, small businesses are birthed everyday on dirt floors in countries where a “spare bedroom” is where the cow sleeps. Such forgivable slips notwithstanding, Rubio represents something important for a party for which diversity has meant hiring a mariachi band for the convention. And he is but one of several young rising Republican stars who share his political roots. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, 38, and South Carolina Rep. Nikki Haley, also 38, both first-generation Indian-Americans, come to mind. Jindal, unfortunately, made his national debut prematurely with his much-ridiculed response to President Obama’s 2009 address to Congress. But also like Rubio, he’s young and has decades to recover as he oversees Louisiana’s post-Katrina reconstruction. Haley, who is running for governor against a fierce stable of seasoned, tenured men, is popular as a fiscally conservative accountant. Like Rubio, both Haley and Jindal can recount the American Dream story with passion born of been-there. In a world where narrative drives politics, these are as good as it gets. As good, even, as being the son of a welfare mother and a Kenyan goat-herder. You might even say, they’re exceptional.

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Both sides take tobacco Grease and debris cause fight to Supreme Court sewer overflows in Cary By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court Friday to allow the government to seek nearly $300 billion from the tobacco industry for a half-century of deception that “has cost the lives and damaged the health of untold millions of Americans.� Both sides in a landmark, decade-long legal fight over smoking took their case to the high court Friday. The administration, joined by public health groups, wants the court to throw out rulings that bar the government from collecting $280 billion of past tobacco profits or $14 billion for a national campaign to curb smoking. Leading tobacco companies accounting for 90 percent of U.S. cigarette sales want the justices to wipe away court holdings that the industry illegally concealed the dangers of cigarette smoking. If they succeed, the attack on their profits also would be halted. Friday’s filings with the Supreme Court mark the latest phase in a lawsuit

that began during Bill Clinton’s presidency. Philip Morris USA, the nation’s largest tobacco maker, its parent company Altria Group Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., British American Tobacco Investments Ltd. and Lorillard Tobacco Co. filed separate but related appeals that take issue with a federal judge’s 1,600-page opinion and an appeals court ruling that found the industry engaged in racketeering and fraud over several decades. In 2006, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ruled that the companies engaged in a scheme to defraud the public by falsely denying the adverse health effects of smoking, concealing evidence that nicotine is addictive and lying about their manipulation of nicotine in cigarettes to create addiction. A federal appeals court in Washington upheld the findings. At the same time, however, the courts have said the government is not entitled to collect $280 billion in past profits or $14 billion for a national campaign to curb smoking. The companies argue that the government improperly used the Racketeer Influenced and

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CARY (MCT) — Excess grease and debris contributed to two sanitary sewer spills earlier this month that caused 4,880 gallons of untreated waste to flow into local tributaries. Cary officials said the first spill, which happened on Feb. 5, sent 2,491 gallons of untreated waste into an unnamed tributary of Walnut Creek. Town crews cleared the blockage but were unable to flush the creek at the time due to heavy rains that swelled the creek. The second incident occurred Feb. 6. De-

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residential waste cooking oils. Cary residents can collect their cooking oils, fats and greases in a sealable container and contact the town to schedule a pickup when at least half gallon has been saved. The program is aimed to reduce sewer blockage and overflows, accidental spills and disposals in landfills. Since 2006, fats, oils and greases contributed to more than 20,000 gallons of untreated wastewater discharged into Cary area streams, creeks and lakes.

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everyone with chest pains call 911. Our crews have the life-saving equipment, the aspirin, the oxygen and the nitroglycerin on hand to start care immediately.� The hospital has adopted the slogan, “Time is Muscle,� according to Doris, referring to the damage the heart can undergo if a heart attack goes untreated for a lengthy amount of time. “People need to overcome the embarrassment,� Wood said. “The more the delay, the more permanent damage they can endure.� Dr. Ayaz Pathan, chairman of the hospital’s Department of Emergency Medicine, spoke to a group of about 20 people who signed up for one of the hospital’s chest pain/heart failure classes Wednesday at CCH. He said that one in eight death certificates has heart failure written on it. With congestive heart failure, the heart does not pump blood efficiently and the organs don’t get the oxygen from the blood that they should, Pathan said. Complications from diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and alcoholism, among other issues, can lead to congestive heart failure, a chronic, progressive disease that’s not curable but treatable. Pathan said it’s mainly a disease of civilization, as people eat unhealthy food and more of it, and don’t get necessary amounts of exercise. Stress also plays a large part. Those at risk should watch what they eat, quit smoking, exercise and be knowledgeable about their health and family history. Many in attendance had questions about heart attacks and the steps to take if one occurs. Pathan said taking an aspirin and echoed the importance of calling 911. Doris said the accreditation and the classes are reason for the hospital to be proud, considering it competes daily with nationally known hospitals in the Triangle. “We want to be the community’s hospital of choice, and this recognition is just part of our efforts to be nationally recognized for our quality care,� he said.

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Audience watches a special performance By LAURA GIOVANELLI Winston-Salem Journal

WINSTON-SALEM — So, she said yes. And now Erik Stephens can relax. Stephens proposed to his girlfriend, Stacey Bauer, Feb. 13 — not over a candlelit (private) Valentine’s Day dinner. Not on a romantic (private) walk. Not in a horse-drawn carriage, just the two of them, clip clop, clip clop. No, it was on the stage of Reynolds Auditorium in front of about 1,000 people during a Winston-Salem Symphony concert. Bauer is an art teacher at Clemmons Middle School. Stephens is a trainer at the Rush Fitness Complex. Enter Cathy Dudley, a WinstonSalem Symphony violist. Stephens is her personal trainer, and now, she is his personal romance expert. When Stephens told her he was shopping around for a ring, she steered him toward a classic choice, one of the rings he was interested in — a diamond solitaire, Marquise cut in a Tif-

fany, white gold setting. Stephens’ simple idea of proposing to Bauer over dinner turned into him taking her to a concert of Broadway love duets. Dudley mentioned perhaps music director Robert Moody could say a few words from the stage. Why stop there, Moody thought. “Gosh, if he’s going to do it, let’s see what Erik’s willing to do,” Moody said. “I’ve been conducting 20 years and this is the first time that it’s come up as an option. It felt like something really cool.” It quickly snowballed into an elaborate plot that had a very public ending. The orchestra was in on it. So was this reporter. Penned on the stage manager’s notes, between “Somewhere” from West Side Story and intermission — yup, “marriage proposal.” Bauer and Stephens, both 24, first met at Hanes Middle School, and then attended one year of high school together at Mount Tabor High School. After that, he transferred to East Forsyth. They saw each other

on and off during the years. At the beginning of last year, they reconnected at a holiday gathering after Bauer moved back to Winston-Salem from Wilmington for a teaching job. “Things took a natural progression,” as Stephens said coyly, and by last August they were dating. Fast forward to the Feb. 13 date. From Guys and Dolls to My Fair Lady, to the romantic strains of “Maria” and “Tonight,” Bauer noticed that Stephens was quaking in his seat. “Are you

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cold?” she asked. As a ruse, just before intermission, Moody read the names of three couples to come up on stage to dance. It wasn’t a stretch — it’s the same thing he does at the New Year’s Eve concert. This time, though, only one couple’s names were real — Bauer and Stephens. He was pretty confident about her answer. Not that he wasn’t nervous. Oh, he thought that she would say yes. It’s just that he was going to have to ask her — in front of all those

people. “I’m not a very outspoken person, so Cathy’s been working on me on not mumbling and projecting my voice,” Stephens said, a few days before he popped the question. “I’m not necessarily bashful; I’m just not very loud or boisterous. It’s outside of my normal range of comfort.” But Bauer deserves something special, he said. “We’ve discussed (marriage) and I’ve never felt more sure of anything before.”

Afterward, Bauer showed her ring to symphony members backstage. Her hand was trembling, sparkling. “He’s the first person I’ve genuinely loved. He makes me very happy,” she said. And on Valentine’s Day proper, a day of chocolate and candy and all things Cupid? Maybe a movie. Maybe a night in. Stephens said that he wasn’t sure that he could top last night. “Now, I think we’ll probably lay low.”

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — For soldiers of the 82nd Airborne’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, the similarities between Haiti’s capital and the major cities of Iraq are striking. Litter and rubble line smelly streets in neighborhoods with tall metal gates and houses built almost exclusively of concrete. Only here, the soldiers see far more destruction, devastation and suffering. “I’ve been to over 30 countries, and I’ve never seen anything like this.� said Maj. Richard Ojeda, a 2nd Brigade Combat Team officer. Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade began arriving in Haiti shortly after last month’s devastating earthquake. Many of them also have served two tours in the war in Iraq. Like Ojeda, many of the soldiers said they were shocked by Haiti’s devastation. The earthquake killed an estimated 230,000 people, injured about 300,000 more and destroyed or severely damaged a quarter of a million homes. Despite the relief efforts, downtown Port-au-Prince remains littered with the rubble from flattened houses and businesses. Other buildings lean precariously, as if a strong sneeze could topple them. In many places, the stench of death has faded, replaced by the odor of urine. People who chose not to flee to one of the giant tent villages around the city now live in the streets and alleys.

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U.S. Army Pfc. Jacob Strickland stands in front of a earthquake stricken building near the University Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. For soldiers of the 82nd Airborne’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, the similarities between Haiti’s capital and the major cities of Iraq are striking. Dieudonne Alexandre flew from Florida after the quake and found her family in one of those filthy alleys. Her mother, three sisters and a niece and nephew died in the earthquake. The rest of the family lives beneath a blue tarp. Their one mattress is less than 10 yards from spots on the ground they and their neighbors use as toilets. Alexandre has been sleeping outside with them while trying to get visas that would allow some of her family to enter the United States. Her first request was denied. “They don’t have no water. They don’t have no food to eat. They don’t have nothing,� Alexandre said. “We live in hell.� Thousands treated About 3,200 2nd Brigade soldiers — along with a few hundred other Fort Bragg troops — are part of the U.S. government’s ongoing efforts to help Haiti

rebound. Arriving days after the earthquake, soldiers worked to save lives. Medics dealt with severed limbs, infected gashes and broken bones. Infantrymen delivered food and water to desperate survivors. Routes were cleared to allow evacuees to safely make it to the airport and to allow aid to go to the hardest-hit areas. Members of the 2nd Brigade have treated 9,800 patients and helped distribute about half a million bottles of water, a million meals and 12 million pounds of bulk food, a spokesman for the brigade said in an e-mail. The 2nd Brigade was prepared for the mission. As the nation’s global response force ready to deploy at a moment’s notice, the brigade had run multiple-day practice drills for emergencies that would require their assistance. That advance prepara-

tion is slowly paying off. Amid Haiti’s filth and destruction lie signs of progress. Street markets have returned. Women fry flour and plantains to peddle on the sidewalks. Others hawk bottles of soda and rum. Lottery shops have reopened. And the rubble, for the most part, has been cleared from the streets, pushed onto the sidewalks to allow traffic to pass. Focus on food For the past two weeks, soldiers have focused mainly on helping the World Food Program’s food surge. With the search-and-rescue mission declared over, rubble removal came to a temporary halt in favor of rice distribution. The U.N.’s plan for the rice handouts, which are coming to a close — was to provide at least 2 million people with enough rice to last two weeks. Looters and scammers selling tickets on the street hampered the process. But Shannon Oliver of Catholic Relief Services and other aid workers say the food distribution would have been little more than a series of riots without the military’s presence. Soldiers are quick to point out that they aren’t in charge here: The Haitian government and international aid groups have that responsibility. “They have the expertise doing the work, but they lack the expertise in security,� said Maj. Eric Flesch, operations officer for the 2nd Battalion of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment.

City backs woman’s efforts to fight eviction GREENSBORO (AP) — A North Carolina city is support a woman’s fight against the managers of a federally subsidized housing complex to avoid eviction. The News & Record of Greensboro reported Saturday the case is the first time the city has used the Fair Housing Ordinance in support of a tenant fighting an eviction order. LaTonya Stimpson is appealing an eviction order by the management of the J.T. Hairston Memorial Apartments that is owned by a nonprofit church board. Stimpson is a mother of four and says she is being evicted in retaliation for her efforts to have the property managers replaced.

Road clearing work starts at mudslide site MAGGIE VALLEY (AP) — North Carolina road crews have begun clearing the road where a massive mudslide damaged three homes and cut off access to dozens of others. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that work began Friday removing mud and other debris from the road. But Transportation Department spokeswoman Julia Merchant says the road won’t reopen until the top of Buck Mountain is stabilized. Officials have said the Feb. 5 mudslide happened after a system of retaining walls at Ghost Town in the Sky failed during heavy rain, sending a 30-foot-high wall of mud and debris down 3,000 feet.

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Haiti following last month’s earthquake had racked up phone bills in the thousands of dollars. Verizon spokeswoman Kathy Schulz told the newspaper in an e-mail Thursday that a computer glitch created the inflated bills. The company announced a temporary promotion last month for free calls to Haiti. About 3,500 of the 20,000 U.S. troops sent to Haiti after the earthquake are from Fort Bragg.

School secretary charged with embezzlement GREENVILLE (AP) — A North Carolina secretary has been charged with taking more than $2,000 from Pitt County Schools. Officials say 27-year-old Adrienne Yvonnia Collier was released from the Pitt County jail Friday morning on $5,000 bail. A phone listing for Collier could not be found and a jail officer did not know whether she has an attorney. Investigators say she had worked with the school system less than a year when she resigned in December. The investigation began after a bookkeeper questioned a purchase order. Police found falsified invoices for purchases totaling $2,189.43 between June and December. A secretary at Wintergreen Primary school was arrested on similar charges last year, leading the district to hire an internal auditor.

Camp Lejeune Marine dies in Afghanistan COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — The military says a Marine from Indiana has died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense announced Saturday that 27-year-old Sgt. Jeremy R. McQueary of Columbus, Ind. died Thursday in Helmand province. McQueary was assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Camp Lejeune.

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GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) — For more than a century, there was no playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Goshen College — a small Christian college with ties to the Mennonite Church. That’s about to change. For the first time in the school’s history, Goshen College will play an instrumental version of the national anthem before many campus sporting events. The decision to reverse the ban on the anthem is aimed at making students and visitors outside the faith feel more welcome, but it has roiled some at the 1,000-student college who feel the song undermines the church’s pacifist message and puts love for county above love for God. Since college President Jim Brenneman announced the decision in January, about 900 people have joined the Facebook group “Against Goshen College Playing National Anthem,” hundreds have signed an online petition protesting the move and letters sent to administrators and the campus newspaper have overwhelmingly voiced opposition to the change.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Every day, when the main library opens, John Banks is waiting to get inside. He finds a spot and stays until closing time. Then his wheelchair takes him back to the bus terminal where he spends his nights. Like many homeless public library patrons, all Banks wants is a clean, safe place to sit in peace. He doesn’t want to talk to anyone. He doesn’t want anyone to talk to him. But the day he decides he wants help, he knows what to do: ask for the social worker. The main branch of the San Francisco Public Library, where hundreds of homeless people spend every day, is the first in the country to keep a full-time social worker on hand, according to the American Library Association.

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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — David Paterson launched his campaign for a full fouryear term as New York’s governor Saturday with a combative campaign speech that mocked recent reports about his job performance and personal life. “After all you have heard, there’s one rumor I will confirm, I am running for governor this year,” Paterson said to a crowd of about 400 at Hofstra University. “They haven’t knocked us down yet and they never will.” For two weeks, aides have been wrestling unsubstantiated rumors about the governor’s personal life and in the past week publicly criticized a lengthy New York Times profile that portrayed Paterson as distracted and disengaged. Conceding he’s had a “difficult past few weeks,” Paterson said he intends to press ahead. “Innuendo and ridicule and false rumors, they leave a long and lasting effect. And it’s no surprise that it comes in the middle of a budget process where special interests have a lot to lose, and at the beginning of a campaign,” Paterson said to cheers. “This is not about me, this is about the people of the state of New York.” Paterson’s announcement makes him the first Democrat in the race, but probably not the last.

In Facebook age, fewer colleges printing yearbooks RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — For the first time since 1887, students at the University of Virginia won’t have a hardcover memento of their college years. The school founded by Thomas Jefferson has become the latest college to decide there’s no place for the traditional yearbook in the age of Facebook. The student publishers of “Corks and Curls” decided to scrap this year’s edition because they didn’t have the money — an edition can cost more than $100,000 — or the student demand. Student apathy and the financial realities of publishing makes the chance of reviving it slim, editor Michelle Burch said. The Charlottesville university joins schools such as Purdue, Mississippi State and Old Dominion that no longer publish yearbooks as more students share memories through socialnetworking Web sites.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, a four-star general who served as a top adviser to three presidents and had presidential ambitions of his own, died Saturday of complications from an infection, his family said. He was 85. Haig’s long and decorated military career launched the Washington career for which he is better known, including top posts in the Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations. He never lived down his televised response to the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Hours after the shooting, then Secretary of State Haig went before the cameras intending, he said later, to reassure Americans that the White House was functioning. “As of now, I am in control here in the White House, pending the return of the vice president,” Haig said. Some saw the comment as an inappropriate power grab in the absence of Vice President George H.W. Bush, who was flying back to Washington from Texas. Haig died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where he was surrounded by his family, according to two of his children, Alexander and Barbara. A hospital spokesman, Gary Stephenson, said Haig died at about 1:30 a.m. In his book, “Caveat,” Haig later wrote that he had been “guilty of a poor choice of words and optimistic if I had imagined I would be forgiven the imprecision out of respect for the tragedy of the occasion.” Haig ran unsuccessfully for president in 1988. President Barack Obama praised Haig as a public servant who “exemplified our finest warriordiplomat tradition of those

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appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1943. After seeing combat in Korea and Vietnam, Haig — an Army colonel

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WASHINGTON — Republicans who may want President Barack Obama’s job flocked to the town they love to hate this weekend and repeatedly ripped into the Democrat, an early tryout of sorts for the GOP nomination. “Mr. President, America is the hope. And you can keep the change,” former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania told a key GOP constituency. It was a play on Obama’s hope-and-change campaign slogan. The possible contenders used two national platforms — a caucus of conservatives and a gathering of governors — to promote their credentials and test their strength in an incredibly fluid field a full two years before the GOP chooses its nominee. Along with Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Indiana Rep. Mike Pence and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich courted conservatives with lengthy speeches at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. Across town, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour held court at the National Governors Association meeting as chairman of

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. the GOP governors, while Govs. Mitch Daniels of Indiana and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana attended. Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty plugged away at both events. No Republican has announced a bid. Several are considering it or are in various stages of laying the groundwork for a run. They are putting campaign teams in place, visiting early primary voting states and using political action committees to sow good will — and money — among the party’s candidates. GOP hopefuls are emboldened by Obama’s weakened poll numbers just one year into office, and they see an opportunity to capitalize on anger rippling through the elec-

torate over his policies. Former Vice President Dick Cheney could have been reading some of their minds when he made a surprise appearance at the conservatives’ conference and said, “I think Barack Obama is a one-term president.” But Cheney made clear he won’t be the one to try to upend Obama, even though he was greeted with chants of “Run, Dick, Run.” Said Cheney: “I am not going to do it.” Others wouldn’t rule out a run. “If you see me losing 40 pounds that means I’m either running or have cancer,” quipped Barbour, a former lobbyist and GOP chairman who Republican insiders say would be a formidable

candidate. In his role as head of the Republican Governors Association, Barbour said he would focus this year on helping fellow Republicans in governor’s races. “If after these elections are over there’s anything to think about, I’ll think about it then,” he said. Still, he added: “I think it is unlikely that I’ll run for president but that does not qualify as ruling it out.” Perhaps seeking to broaden his own base if not just that of the GOP, Barbour also said: “Republicans have a huge obligation to reach out and include the ‘tea party’ activists ... because they ought to be with us. And if they’re not, it’s our fault.” He made a brief stop at

the conservatives’ meeting late Friday. None of the wouldbe candidates speaking before that crowd mentioned running for president. Nonetheless, there were signs of the next White House race everywhere. Each speaker delivered what could only be described as early versions of a routine campaign address, testing messages before an important part of the GOP base in Republican primary contests. Potential campaign advisers massed in the ballroom corners. Supporters encouraged attendees to vote their way during a 2012 straw poll, set to be released Saturday. The results mean little more than bragging rights for the winner. As the conference began Thursday, several in the audience yelled “Romney-Brown 2012” after newly elected Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, a Republican, made a surprise appearance to introduce Romney. The 2008 failed presidential candidate’s previous campaign experience showed through as he delivered speech highly critical of Obama, as well as Washington.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The family of a longtime Internal Revenue Service employee says he died this week when an pilot harboring a grudge against the agency flew his plane into a building in Austin. Family spokesman Larry McDonald said Saturday that authorities have positively identified the remains of 68-year-old Vernon Hunter. He had been missing since Thursday, when software engineer Andrew Joseph Stack III slammed his plane into the building where Hunter worked as a manager for the IRS Hunter’s son Ken said he presumed the worst after not hearing from his father within an hour of the crash, which set fire to the black-glass building that houses offices where nearly 200 IRS employees work. Stack was the only other person to die in the crash, which also injured 13.

$3.8B in stimulus funds for welfare jobs untouched

ATLANTA (AP) — Desperate though they are to fill gaps in their budgets, more than half the states in the country haven’t touched a $5 billion pot of federal stimulus funds meant to find work for welfare recipients. Leaders in most states have hesitated to pony up the matching funds the program requires to create jobs that might not last after the federal subsidy’s Sept. 30 sunset date. The Department of Health and Human Services has handed out $1.2 billion of the emergency cash for general welfare programs. That includes $124 million that went to 21 states and the District of Colombia to help them ease caseloads by paying employers to hire low-skilled, low-income workers. States such as California, Tennessee and Georgia — where officials have seen unemployment rates spike among recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families — are eagerly tapping the fund to subsidize the creation of thousands of jobs they say keep these workers from sinking further into poverty.

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The Sanford Herald / Sunday, February 21, 2010 / 13A

2012 WINTER OLYMPICS

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Colbert wraps up his visit ... well, sort of

Audrina Patridge’s accused stalker arrested in LA

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Stephen Colbert was in the middle of recounting the story of his water fight with Richard Branson when — suddenly — he leaped from his seat to look out the window of the 20th-floor hotel room. “Ohhhhh, I love this,� Colbert said, pointing off in the distance at the glimmering water of Coal Harbor. “See that pontoon plane out there coming in for a landing? That’s really exciting. I feel like a 5-yearold boy. You see pictures of them, but when do you get to see one?� For Colbert, those planes landing in the harbor were like his own personal closing ceremony for these Winter Olympics. He was packing up and getting ready to head to the airport for an evening flight back to New York. For his Nation, though, the fun is just beginning. Next week, the cult-like following of “The Colbert Report� will get to see the results of his whirlwind tour of the Olympic city, which included regaling a rowdy crowd at the Ireland House with a James Joyce reading, getting into a fondue chugging contest with the Swiss and persuading NBC host Bob

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Comedian Stephen Colbert, right, takes a picture of himself during an interview with US speed skater Mitchell Whitmore, center, prior to the men’s 1,000 meter speed skating race at the Richmond Olympic Oval at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver Wednesday. Costas to climb aboard a stuffed moose nicknamed “Ebersol� (in honor of the network’s Olympic chief, Dick Ebersol). Colbert, his tongue planted firmly in cheek, told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview that he’ll be kicking off his “Vancouverage� starting Monday from a studio that looks strangely like one he might be occupying were he still in British Columbia. Which, in the blurry line that Colbert always maintains between fact and fiction, is right where he’ll be. “I’m going to be broadcasting from the Colbert coverage chamber,� he said. “The chamber is go-

ing have a stone fireplace. It’s going to have a beautiful view of the mountains out the windows. ... So, as you can see, I’ll clearly be in Vancouver.� From New York, right? “I can neither confirm nor deny that reality,� quipped Colbert, dressed casually in a black sweater and blue jeans, a real change from the Brooks Brothers suits favored by his character of the same name, a dimwitted rightwing pundit. During a 20-minute chat, he thanked the U.S. speedskating team for embracing his antics after he took over as sponsor of the program. In the lead-up to the Olympics, he got skating lessons

from Tucker Fredricks, challenged Shani Davis to a match race (losing by more than 13 minutes) and autographed the thigh of Katherine Reutter. “My character calls anyone who’s been on the show a ’friend of the show,�’ Colbert said. “But on a certain level, we’re grateful to anyone who plays along with this, because a lot of people won’t. They don’t know what to make of the character.� Colbert persuaded his followers to contribute more than $300,000 to U.S. Speedskating after its main sponsor went bankrupt just before the start of the season. The donations more than made up for the lost revenue, and the

comedian wound up with several months of comic fodder. He arrived in Vancouver on Tuesday, a day later than scheduled because of flight issues, and hastily filmed enough material to get him through next week’s four 30-minute shows. From a stage constructed in a downtown park, he spent two mornings taping guest interviews with Costas, Canadian singer Michael Buble, 1980 hockey gold medalist Mike Eruzione and three members of this year’s U.S. Olympic team: snowboardcross gold medalist Seth Wescott and freestyle skiers Jeret Peterson and Ryan St. Onge. On Monday’s show, golden girl Lindsey Vonn will appear via satellite hookup, though it’s not clear why they’ll need such an arrangement as Colbert (wink, wink) is going to still be in Vancouver. Colbert said those outdoor interviews were the most memorable part of his experience, drawing thousands of screaming fans each day even though he’d sparked a feud (wink, wink) with Canadians by calling them “syrup suckers� and “Saskachewhiners.� “The Canadian people, God bless ’em,� he said. “They get the joke.�

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police on Friday arrested a man prohibited from contacting Audrina Patridge outside the reality star’s Los Angeles home. Zachary Loring, 24, was arrested around 8 Patridge a.m. after was seen knocking on the door of “The Hills� star’s home, Los Angeles police Sgt. Kyle Kirkman said. Officers responded after receiving a 911 call and Loring was arrested without incident, Kirkman said. Loring was not carrying a weapon, he said. Loring was being held Friday afternoon on $160,000 bail on suspicion of stalking and violating a court order. It was his second arrest outside Patridge’s home. Patridge, 24, obtained a three-year restraining order against Loring in September. She testified at a hearing that she was afraid after Loring repeatedly came to her house and gave her disturbing drawings. “Audrina is safe and unharmed and she is going about her day as usual,� her publicist, Jennifer Shoucair Weaver, said in a statement Friday.

Duff engaged to hockey player EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Here’s something for “Gossip Girl� to talk about. Actress and singer Hilary Duff, who had a recurring guest role on the popular CW series last season, is engaged to Edmonton Oilers forward Mike Comrie. Publicist Nanci Ryder says the two were engaged last weekend while vacationing in Hawaii. She says in an e-mail distributed by the Oilers on Friday that the two “are very excited to share this happy news.� The proposal comes during the NHL’s two-week break for the Olympics. The 22-year-old Duff and 29-year-old Comrie had been dating for over two years.

Fan gets jail for text-stalking Ashanti’s mother NEW YORK (AP) — A fan who unleashed his crude fantasies about Ashanti in a battery of text messages and photos to the R&B singer’s mother has been sentenced to two years in jail. Devar Hurd was sentenced Thursday in a Manhattan court. He was convicted in December of stalking and other charges. The 31-yearold has already served about eight months while awaiting trial and sentencing.

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By MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press Writer

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says the Haitian government will appropriate land to build temporary camps for earthquake victims. The decision, announced in an

interview with The Associated Press, is potentially explosive in a country where a small elite owns most of the land in and around the capital. That elite, a traditionally corrupting force in Haitian politics, has the power to bring down the government.

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The government owns some land but not enough, Bellerive said in an interview Thursday, meaning he has no choice but to take over private terrain. He would not say how much land will be appropriated. A report posted at the Web site of the International Organization for Migration on Friday said a minimum of 450 hectares (1,112 acres) of flat, nonflood plain land is needed to settle 100,000 displaced people and Haiti’s government has identified only 19 hectares (47 acres). The Jan. 12 quake left 1.2 million homeless, roughly half of them in Port-au-Prince, meaning the government would need to find a total of at least 2,700 hectares (6,672 acres) for quake survivors in the capital, where about a third of Haiti’s nearly 10 million people are concentrated along with the government and almost all industry. Bernard Fils-Aime, a businessman, property owner and president of the American Chamber of

Commerce in Haiti, said he was not aware of anyone in the business community being approached by the government about land. He said the issue would need to be treated cautiously. “Land is one of our very scarce resources and an issue that has underlined many political conflicts in Haiti since independence,” Fils-Aime said. He said he was sure the issue could be negotiated amicably but warned: “You don’t want to create more conflict.” Aid agencies have criticized the government for dragging its feet on the thorny land issue as relief agencies work against the clock to find temporary settlements for the homeless before the spring rainy season. Human Rights Watch said Friday that “there is little evidence that meaningful efforts have been made to negotiate the land acquisition and secure proper land titles. It is essential that this be given priority” and that any appropriations “be done in a non-arbitrary and nondiscriminatory manner.”

Fighting rages as Karzai urges restraint from NATO MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers advanced through poppy fields of Marjah on Saturday under withering gunfire from Taliban fighters shooting from mudbrick homes and compounds where families huddled in terror. President Hamid Karzai urged NATO to do more to protect civilians during combat operations to secure Marjah, a southern Taliban stronghold and scene of the biggest allied ground assault of the eight-year war. NATO forces have repeatedly said they want to prevent civilian casualties but acknowledged that it is not always possible. On Saturday, the alliance said its troops killed another civilian in the Marjah area, bringing the civilian death toll from the operation to at least 16. Addressing the opening session of the Afghan parliament in Kabul, Karzai held up a picture of an 8-year-old girl who lost 12 relatives in a NATO rocket attack during the second

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Key Sunni group boycott sets back Iraq vote BAGHDAD (AP) — A top Sunni Arab lawmaker banned from running in Iraq’s March 7 election withdrew his entire party from the campaign Saturday and called on other groups to join the boycott, a move that threatened to undermine the credibility of the vote and raise sectarian tensions. In announcing his decision, Saleh al-Mutlaq seized on U.S. concerns about Iran’s influence in the political process, an allegation likely to resonate with a Sunni community that is historically suspicious of the intentions in Iraq of Tehran’s clerical rulers. Al-Mutlaq’s National Dialogue Front has 11 seats in the outgoing legislature, the second-largest Sunni bloc in parliament, and fared surprisingly well in provincial elections in January last year. The group is the main Sunni faction of the Iraqi National Movement, the nation’s top secular alliance that has been expected to pose a tough challenge to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Shiite-led coalition.

Darfur rebels sign truce deal with Sudan

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Darfur’s most powerful rebel group has initialed a truce with the Sudanese government, officials said Saturday, marking the rebel group’s return to peace talks aimed at ending the Darfur conflict. The truce between the rebel Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudanese government takes effect immediately, said Idriss Deby, Chad’s president, in a statement. Justice and Equality Movement spokesman Ahmed Hussein said the deal initialed Saturday was a framework agreement to guide future peace negotiations, including talks on a permanent cease-fire. He said it will be formally signed in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday in the presence of Deby and the leaders of Sudan and Qatar. The rebel group has been the most significant holdout in efforts to end the seven-year conflict in Darfur, in which 300,000 people have lost their lives to violence, disease and displacement.

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Vonn wins bronze Lindsey Vonn settles for a bronze medal after being upset in the Women’s Super-G

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WOODS’ CADDIE WON’T ALLOW ANY HECKLING

The Olympics, and sport, at its best

SYDNEY (AP) — Tiger Woods’ caddie Steve Williams says he won’t tolerate any heckling of his star player whenever the world’s No. 1 golfer returns to competition. Woods on Friday apologized for cheating on his wife, Elin, and said he’s unsure when he’ll return to golf. Woods indicated that he could make his return sometime this season. Williams has a reputation for not tolerating heckling or unauthorized use of cameras in the galleries when Woods is playing. “Nothing changes,” Williams told The Sun-Herald newspaper from the Gold Coast in Queensland state, where he was on vacation with his family. “My job is to give him the best information I can and get him around in the fewest possible strokes. And as I have always pointed out, it is to try and give him a level playing field. “I won’t do anything differently. I won’t view him any differently. I will do the utmost best to be as professional as I can.”

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the fourth straight year. “We’ve got to be able to execute down the stretch.” After two good days of practice, Collins feels like the Cavaliers are ready for the challenge of competing in the postseason. “This is what we’ve worked for all season,” said Collins. “We’ve

television. They still are, but not for the same reasons. Every four years, it wasn’t merely the spectacle that drew viewers in, as it is now.* And it wasn’t even the chance to see niche sports that in any other year could only be found on a random “Wide World Of Sports” episode. *And by spectacle, in the present tense, I mean whatever contrived feature NBC has conjured to make us watch a prime time highlight package of an event that happened some seven hours earlier in the day. That, or some bloated opening ceremony in which the torch doesn’t light. No, it was more than that. Way more. It was the competition. Raw, emotional, cutthroat competition. East Germany. China. The Soviet Union. Certainly, when you’re talking Cold War, losing a couple of heated sports rivalries between countries is but a minor concession when the fall of a couple of choice superpowers is in play. But let’s face it, the Olympics haven’t been cheered in the same way since Red Square featured the occasional — or constant — weapons of mass destruction parade. We might have a little something now. Minutes after he was clipped for the gold medal by USA’s Evan Lysacek, Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko let loose with a fury of rhetoric that

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GOLF POULTER BEATS GARCIA, ADVANCES TO FINAL MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — Ian Poulter of England is in the final of the Match Play Championship for the first time. He has to wait until Sunday to find out who he’ll play. Paul Casey and Camilo Villegas played 23 holes of their semifinal match until they could no longer continue because of darkness. The match appeared to be over until Villegas missed a 3-foot par putt for the victory. Instead, they will return Sunday morning to find out who will advance. Poulter was in his hotel room having a hot bath and a massage, having earlier dispatched of Sergio Garcia, 7 and 6, to equal the shortest match of the tournament.

nascar kyle busch wins at california, Danica 31st FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Danica Patrick accomplished one of her goals by finishing the race. She is still a long way from the lead packs in NASCAR. Kyle Busch barely overtook Greg Biffle out of the final turn of a green-white-checker finish to win by .051 seconds in the NASCAR Nationwide race at California on Saturday, with Brad Keselowski right behind them. It was a heartbreaking loss for Busch’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano, who led 130 laps and was up front when the final caution came out. He finished fifth. Patrick was 31st, three laps off the pace. But unlike Daytona, she was racing at the finish on the slick two-mile superspeedway.

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Southern Lee’s Josh Mellette (left) goes up for a layup as Douglas Byrd’s Rayshaun Harris follows during the semifinals of the recent Cape Fear Valley Conference tournament. The Cavaliers were upset 57-55.

Cavaliers take on Panthers in first round of state tourney By RYAN SARDA

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SANFORD — The last time the Southern Lee Cavaliers were on the hardwood, they suffered a heartbreaking upset. They’ll be looking to avoid that feeling again when they get back on the basketball court on Monday night. This time, their season is on the line. The Cavaliers (15-8), the No. 1 seed out of the Cape Fear Valley Conference, will host the Orange Panthers (11-12) in the first round of the 3-A State Playoffs at 7 p.m. Monday in Sanford. Southern Lee, which fell to Douglas Byrd 57-55 in the semifinals of the Cape Fear Valley Conference Tournament on its

home floor last week, are looking to prevent another letdown from happening in the first round of the state tournament. “We made a lot of costly mistakes in that game,” said Southern Lee head coach Gaston Collins. “We can’t afford to make those same kinds of mistakes again and expect to win. Orange isn’t going to make it easy for us. We’re expecting a tough challenge.” In their loss to the Eagles, the Cavaliers shot 15-of-38 from the free throw line for just 39 percent. They also failed to capitalize off of 36 Douglas Byrd turnovers. “The intensity was definitely there and I was pleased with that, but the execution wasn’t,” said Collins, who has gotten the Cavaliers to the postseason for

WANT TO GO? n What: First round of the NCHSAA 3-A East Playoffs n Who: No. 4 Orange (11-12) vs. No. 1 Southern Lee (15-8) n When: Tipoff is 7 p.m. Monday n Where: Southern Lee High School

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Wolfpack snaps losing streak with win over Wake By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer

RALEIGH — North Carolina State didn’t blow another big halftime lead against an upper-division Atlantic Coast Conference team. Farnold Degand hit two 3pointers in the decisive secondhalf run that helped the Wolfpack beat No. 23 Wake Forest 68-54 on Saturday, snapping a five-game losing streak with their first league win in a month. Tracy Smith scored 14 points to lead the Wolfpack (15-13, 3-10), who led the entire game but needed three straight 3s from Degand and Javi Gonzalez with about 6 minutes left to get firm

control. It was quite a reversal from Wednesday’s loss to Maryland, a game in which the Wolfpack blew a 10-point halftime lead in an ugly second-half collapse. This time, N.C. State led 28-18 at halftime, but protected that lead and even pushed ahead by 17 in the final seconds to release some of the pressure that had built in the RBC Center. “Some relief? Absolutely,” NC State coach Sidney Lowe said. “When you’ve been struggling as we’ve been, it’s more frustrating because I know the guys want it so bad and I’ve said it all year:

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ACC Hoops Grant leads Clemson past Virginia 72-49 CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Jerai Grant tied a career best with 18 points on 8 of 9 shooting as Clemson beat Virginia 7249 on Saturday. The Tigers (19-7, 7-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) never trailed in this one, finishing a threegame homestand perfect to state their case for an NCAA bid and move back into the top half of the ACC. Clemson shot 51.9 percent and made 12 of 13 free throws.

Maryland squeezes past Georgia Tech COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Cliff Tucker hit a desperation 3-pointer as time expired, and Maryland survived a scare from Georgia Tech in a 76-74 victory Saturday that kept the Terrapins unbeaten at home in the Atlantic Coast Conference. After Derrick Favors gave Georgia Tech the lead with a follow-up shot with 3 seconds left, Maryland (19-7, 9-3) called a timeout with 1.5 seconds to go and the ball at midcourt. The Terrapins worked the ball to Tucker, whose shot from the left corner found the bottom of the net, setting off a celebration at the sold out Comcast Center. The wild finish overshadowed a milestone performance by Maryland senior Greivis Vasquez, who scored 18 to become the sixth player in school history to reach the 2,000-point mark.

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DUKE Blue Devils look to hang on to ACC lead By BRYAN STRICKLAND bstrickland@heraldsun.com

DURHAM — The Duke Blue Devils have reeled off seven consecutive conference victories, yet their hold on first place in the ACC will be up for grabs for the second time in eight days tonight. And this Duke team — especially seniors Jon Scheyer, Lance Thomas and Brian Zoubek — has no intention of letting go. “We haven’t won the regular season in my four years here,” Zoubek said. “To have a chance to be able to do that, that’s the best feeling.” It’s been two decades since a senior class departed Duke without an ACC regular-season title in hand. Alaa Abdelnaby, Robert Brickey and Phil Henderson — the class of 1990 AP photo — finished second twice and North Carolina’s Will Graves (13) drives past Boston College’s Joe Trapani in the first half of an NCAA college basket- third twice, though they probably barely noticed given their ball game on Saturday in Boston. Boston College won 71-67. three trips to the Final Four. Win or lose when Virginia Tech visits Cameron Indoor Stadium tonight (7:45 p.m., Fox Sports), the Blue Devils will wake up Monday morning BOSTON (AP) — Bos“We know they want 9) with 17 points and nine ing to seal it. in first place. But the Hokies ton College slowed down to get out and run. That rebounds. The Tar Heels, John Henson had could catch them in the loss an already reeling North was our main focus,” said who shot 39 percent, lost 11 points and Marcus column and claim the tieCarolina team even more. Jackson, who started in their ninth in 11 games. Ginyard 10 for North breaker over Duke if it comes Reggie Jackson, making place of Biko Paris. “If we It is the Tar Heels’ worst Carolina. down to that. his first start of the season would have stopped that stretch since losing 11 of Tar Heels center Tyler A Duke victory, on the other at point guard Saturday, at the beginning we prob12 in 2001-02. Zeller returned after hand, would put the Blue Devils scored 13 of his 17 points ably would have been up “It’s a frustrating time missing 10 games with a in the second half to lift 10 at the half.” for us, the most frustratstress fracture of his right (22-4, 10-2 ACC) in the driver’s seat and leave Virginia Tech the Eagles to a 71-67 win Corey Raji had 16 ing time I’ve ever had foot. He finished with (21-4, 8-3) in the rear-view over the struggling Tar points and Rakim Sanders in coaching, there’s no nine points and seven mirror. Heels. added 14 for BC (13-13, question about that,” rebounds. “That’s why Sunday is such a Jackson said Boston 4-8 Atlantic Coast ConferNorth Carolina coach Roy North Carolina opened big game for us,” Scheyer said. College focused all week ence), which won for the Williams said. “Some way, the second half by scoring “That’s something the senior on controlling North second time in six games. somehow we gotta keep 10 of the first 12 points, class has talked about wanting Carolina’s fast-break ofDeon Thompson paced trying to do the best we pulling ahead 46-39 on to do since we’ve been here. It fense. North Carolina (14-13, 3can do.” Thompson’s two free would mean a lot to us.” BC was clinging to a throws with 17:45 left, but Tonight’s game will be the 65-52 lead after the Tar the Eagles responded with latest “big game” for the Blue Heels closed a 10-point 10 straight points. Devils. They handled rival North lead, but Evan Ravenel Jackson keyed the Carolina in Chapel Hill on Feb. had a put-back jam off spree with a long 3-point- 10, and three days later they Jackson’s miss with 1:52 er and an alley-oop dunk. dispatched Maryland with first left. “(Jackson) killed us all place on the line. “I just followed the day. That kinda summed “We want to be in these ball,” said Ravenel, who up the whole day, what he type of games, playing for first provided a spark off the did,” Henson said. “I don’t place,” Scheyer said. “We need bench to tie his careerknow if we lost our pose to continue to keep winning to high with eight points. but, like our season’s been make the next game even that Sanders scored off a going, they made plays.” much bigger.” drive after Larry Drew II’s BC controlled the Tar All that being said, it’s at three-point play, making Heels’ fast-break offense least as big a game for Virginia the score 69-65 with just and built its lead to 63-53 Tech, which sports the kind over a minute left. Jackson on Sanders’ one-hander of record that almost always nailed two free throws in the lane with 7:28 to lands an ACC team in the Top with 31 seconds remainplay. 25. Yet thanks to an underwhelming out-of-conference schedule, the Hokies are not ranked and aren’t even considered a lock for the NCAA Lee County Parks & Recreation Tournament by some observers. A victory over the No. 6 Blue 221 Commercial Court Devils would erase any linger(Behind Sagebrush) ing doubts. March 4th-5th (Thursday & Friday) “They’re going to come in 3:00-6:00 here and play hard, especially as big a game as this is for both teams,” Duke junior Nolan Smith said.

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US earns another win in curling VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Jason Smith came out of retirement for one final curling run with buddy John Shuster and his U.S. teammates. After the Olympics, Smith plans to walk away from the ice again — perhaps for good. “I don’t believe a word he says,” teammate John Benton said. If this is indeed it for Smith, he’s going out with some brilliant shot-making. The U.S. men made it two straight wins with an 8-7, extra-end victory over Sweden on Saturday, and they have Smith’s sure hand to thank. “It’s not like I took 10 years off or something,” Smith said. “I’m happy I’m here. There’s no other place in the world I’d rather be, 0-4 or 0-9, I’d still want to be here. I have to go home for the summer and see if I miss it, then I’ll decide.” A loss Saturday during the nine-game roundrobin schedule would have all but eliminated the Americans. They stand only a remote chance of reaching the medal round after opening with four straight losses. Shuster returned to the lineup after being benched for the team’s win over France on Friday following an 0-4 start. But Smith threw the final rock for the second straight game and was nearly perfect. He scored a go-ahead deuce in the ninth and the winner in the 11th. Smith pumped his right arm when the last rock settled right where he wanted it. “When that rock stopped today, I said, ’That’s my boy,”’ said Shuster, who convinced Smith to curl one Sunday when they were teenagers in Chisholm, Minn. “He’s always been a big-game player and big shotmaker. He’s just always played third and that was his deal. I had no doubt he had the ability to do it. He made some big shots today.” Smith converted a respectable 81 percent of his shots. That steadiness has provided the Americans a big boost considering they were down and out following an 0-4 start that featured three straight extra-end defeats.

OLYMPIC BRIEFS Defending aerials champ falls, doesn’t make finals

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Lindsey Vonn of the United States speeds down the course on her way to win the bronze medal in the Women’s super-G, at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Saturday in Whistler, British Columbia.

Austria’s Fischbacher wins super-G; Vonn takes third WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Andrea Fischbacher got Austria’s “Wunderteam” back on track by winning gold in the Olympic super-G Saturday, denying Lindsey Vonn a sweep of the speed events. Taking advantage of a tricky course-set arranged by one of her coaches, Fischbacher navigated her way down Franz’s Run in 1 minute, 20.14 seconds. “It was really crazy,” Fischbacher said. “It was a really straight course and you had to push from start to finish.” Tina Maze of Slovenia took a surprise silver, 0.49 second behind, and Vonn had to settle for bronze, 0.74 second back. While many of the prerace favorites struggled with a sharp right turn midway down, Vonn made it through that section without a problem. But then she lost nearly half a second on the bottom section of the course. “Once I got past those difficult sections, I kind of backed off the gas pedal,” Vonn said. “I felt like I just didn’t ski as aggressively as I could have, and I think that’s where I lost the race.”

Vonn won gold in the downhill to open her Olympics, then wiped out in the slalom leg of the supercombined. Depending on how her bruised right shin holds up, the American still has two events remaining at the Vancouver Games — giant slalom and slalom. Julia Mancuso, the American who won silver medals in her opening two events, almost went off course on that hard right turn, and finished ninth. It’s the first Alpine victory at these games for Austria, which entered the race with only Elisabeth Goergl’s downhill bronze. At the 2006 Turin Games, Austria won 14 medals — four of them gold. Fischbacher was reduced to tears after placing fourth in the downhill, finishing only three-hundredths of a second behind Goergl. “At first I was really sad,” Fischbacher said. “Then I was just saying, ’OK, maybe I make it in the super-G.”’ Fischbacher’s coach, Juergen Kriechbaum, set the super-G course according to International Ski Federation rules that rotate the job to correspond with

the higher-ranked super-G skiers. While Vonn has already wrapped up the seasonlong World Cup super-G title by winning three of the five races held so far, Fischbacher stands third in the event standings. Fischbacher finished second behind Vonn in the last super-G before the Olympics, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Jan. 31. Fischbacher has won two World Cup races in her career, one super-G and one downhill — the last coming almost exactly a year ago in Bansko, Bulgaria. While she swept gold in downhill and super-G at last season’s world championships in Val d’Isere, France, Vonn doesn’t always dominate in super-G like she does in downhill. She went more than two years without a super-G victory between January 2007 and February 2009 before winning the final four races of last season.

WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Defending Olympic champion Evelyn Leu of Switzerland has failed to advance to the final in women’s freestyle aerials. Leu fell on her second of two jumps in Saturday’s qualifying round and did not make the final 12, who will return to Cypress Mountain on Wednesday. Alla Tsuper of Belarus won the qualifying, followed by China’s Li Nina, the 2006 silver medalist. Led by Emily Cook, the United States placed three women in the final — the first time the Americans have moved anyone past qualifying at the Olympics since 1998. Also making it for the United States were Lacy Schnoor and 16-yearold Ashley Caldwell.

Top cross-country skier faces an extra obstacle WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Kris Freeman, America’s best men’s crosscountry skier, admits he threw away two races this season. He stopped in the middle of one and quit the other altogether. He was using the competition circuit as a laboratory, pricking his finger to read his blood sugar levels. Freeman is a Type 1 diabetic who needed to test his insulin strategy for the Winter Olympics. If his blood sugar falls too low, he’ll feel shaky and lightheaded, and have trouble concentrating and reacting quickly. Too high and he’ll feel lethargic, lactic acid building up in his legs and slowing him down.

Ammann sweeps ski jumps, just like Salt Lake City

WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Switzerland’s Simon Ammann is the first ski jumper to win four individual Olympic titles with his victory in the large hill event. Strapping on his disputed bindings again, Ammann

flew past his main rivals, putting down the best jump in both rounds and staving off four Austrians who weren’t happy about his equipment. Polish veteran Adam Malysz took silver, and Austrian 20-year-old Gregor Schlierenzauer took the bronze — the exact same finish as in the normal hill jump a week ago.

Hellner wins men’s 30K cross-country pursuit WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Marcus Hellner of Sweden has won the men’s 30-kilometer cross-country pursuit at the Vancouver Olympics. Hellner pulled away from a trio of rivals after entering the ski stadium, building enough of a lead to sprint alone toward the finish, completing the course in one hour, 15 minutes, 11.4 seconds. Tobias Angerer of Germany finished 2.1 seconds behind for the silver medal, and Johan Olsson of Sweden took bronze, 2.8 back. The race features a mass start with 15K of classical skiing before switching to freestyle for the second half.

US women win again, beat Britain VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Americans have won four straight Olympic curling matches after an 0-7 start. Debbie McCormick’s U.S. team beat Britain 6-5 in an extra 11th end on Saturday, following up the men’s victory over Sweden earlier in the day. That gives McCormick two in a row after losing her first three. The American skip has been inconsistent with her shot-making but stole one in the 11th when 19-year-old British sensation Eve Muirhead had the last stone. Muirhead’s draw to finish the seventh scored two, putting her team up 5-3. But the Americans scored a point in each of the ninth and 10th ends to force another.

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Earnhardt knows 1 near-win only a good start FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. isn’t getting too excited about his late charge to a surprise second-place finish at Daytona. While Earnhardt admittedly enjoyed the ride — and the reminder of “what success or what doing something good feels like” — he knows a near-win one race into the season at a track where he’s been good before isn’t a sure indication that everything is right again. The No. 88 team needs more good finishes, and the next chance is Sunday at California. “I know I wouldn’t be able to really convince anybody that we were back or we are a strong team or had fixed anything until we come to these kind of tracks and run good at them,” Earnhardt said. After the season-open-

ing Daytona 500, the restrictor plates are off and it’s time to get on the kind of tracks that dominate the 36-race championship season. First comes the 2-mile speedway at California, then the 1 1/2mile Las Vegas track next weekend. “Everybody in the garage kind of feels like this is the start of the regular season. Daytona is so different than every other kind of racing that we do and of course it’s the Daytona 500,” said Jimmie Johnson, the four-time Sprint Cup champion and California native who has won four times at his home track. “Everybody is really interested and anxious to understand where we are with the cars.” Jamie McMurray followed up his whirlwind week of interviews and appearances as the

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road at every turn, whether he’s being interviewed by The Associated Press, Al Michaels, Meredith Vieira or Bob Costas. His answers sound rehearsed at this point — and no less classy. “It’s tough to lose. It’s not easy, especially when you think, no matter what, you’re going to win. It’s a really tough pill to swallow,” Lysacek told The AP. “We’ll just try not to take it out of context and give him the benefit of the doubt. And congratulations to him on his third Olympic medal.” Sniping aside, what happened late Thursday night was more than bratty behavior from a prissy Russian and elegance under fire by a stand-up American.* In fact, it was a lot more than that. It was sport at its best.

And nothing less. *If it sounds like I’m generalizing and pushing the Us-versus-Them mentality to Rocky-Drago heights, it’s only because I am. Forgive me — I’m in the mood for a little old school Commie bashing. What can I say? The Olympics bring out the best in me. Because it is figure skating, which finds its way into the national consciousness for about 47 collective minutes every four years, it was difficult to understand what you were watching while Lysacek was on the ice performing his long routine. Yes, he stayed on his feet. Yes, he completed all his jumps and all the landings looked rhythmic. And yes, he seemed to be in command of his performance. But, really, what do we

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would have made Khrushchev proud. The best — and most inflammatory — comment: “Quad is quad. If the Olympic champion doesn’t know how to jump the quad, I don’t know,” muttered Plushenko, referring to his ability to spin in the air four times and hit a wobbly landing, as opposed to the series of Lysacek triples that were flawless. “Now it’s not men’s figure skating, it’s dancing. That’s my point.” Despite the prodding by the veteran Russian, who entering the Games was the gold standard in the sport, Lysacek has taken the high

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At Daytona, Earnhardt came out of nowhere to almost steal the win during NASCAR’s version of overtime. He was 22nd on the first attempt at a green-white-checker finish and moved into 10th place before another caution set up another restart, and he charged to McMurray’s bumper. “Things just kind of worked out. All the runs and all the pushes and all the holes just worked out and lined up perfectly for us,” Earnhardt said. “I got more text messages and phone calls about those last few laps than I did when I won the damn race. I really enjoyed that.” Earnhardt, the 2004 Daytona 500 champion and a winner there in July 2001, still has a 58-race winless streak and has won just once his last 135 races. That win was in June 2008

during his first season with the Hendrick Motorsports team that also includes Johnson and Jeff Gordon, who knows it’s good for NASCAR when Earnhardt is running well. “It’s absolutely important and anybody out here that feels like that’s a joke is only kidding themselves,” Gordon said. “When he’s doing well and the spotlight’s on him, it brings more attention to the sport and it helps and benefits all of us, no doubt about it. “ Earnhardt said he feels good about his team and crew chief Lance McGrew, who is starting his first full season after replacing Tony Eury Jr. last May and having the interim tag removed by Hendrick in late October. That gave them a whole offseason together to get ready for 2010.

know? I might say that Dorothy Hamill did more for haircuts than transcend the sport of figure skating, and others may agree.* So technically, we’re really all in the dark. *I could say that, but I’d be wrong. Hamill, the 1976 Olympic gold medalist, is credited with creating the “Hamill camel,” a revolutionary spin move. But people really did like her hair. Honest. Don’t ask me how I know this. But it was after Lysacek’s performance, when he threw his head back and let go an open-mouthed scream, when he pumped his fists five times and let loose another guttural yell, that it became clear this was a moment. You realized then what Lysacek already knew — he had just given

the performance of his life on the grandest stage at the highest level of competition and did it under pressure few have ever known in the history of sports. That is what is so unique about the Olympics and most of its athletes. This is a one-shot deal for many of them, against the best of the best in the world, at a precise moment in time. Four years is a long time to wait for a second chance that may never come. LeBron James, on the other hand, will get another crack at the NBA playoffs in a few months. That Lysacek held on to win gold made it more memorable (and lucrative). He’s a historic American athlete now, and yet the victory isn’t the most satisfying aspect of it all.

Not to him. “Each step wasn’t planned to win this gold medal,” he said. “It was to have a personal victory and to have the skate of my lifetime at the most important moment.” I believe that. I saw it on his face Thursday night. You see, Evgeni Plushenko skated only to win. Evan Lysacek skated for the love of the game. Sometimes the best competition — and most fulfilling victory — is the one you achieve against yourself.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Cleveland 43 13 .768 — 8-2 Orlando 37 19 .661 6 7-3 1 Boston 35 18 .660 6 ⁄2 6-4 1 Atlanta 34 19 .642 7 ⁄2 5-5 Toronto 30 24 .556 12 8-2 Chicago 28 26 .519 14 6-4 Miami 29 27 .518 14 5-5 1 Charlotte 27 26 .509 14 ⁄2 6-4 Milwaukee 25 28 .472 161⁄2 7-3 Philadelphia 21 33 .389 21 6-4 Washington 19 33 .365 22 5-5 1 New York 19 34 .358 22 ⁄2 2-8 Detroit 19 35 .352 23 4-6 Indiana 18 36 .333 24 3-7 1 New Jersey 5 50 .091 37 ⁄2 1-9 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 L.A. Lakers 42 14 .750 — 7-3 1 Denver 36 19 .655 5 ⁄2 5-5 Utah 35 19 .648 6 9-1 Dallas 34 21 .618 71⁄2 4-6 Oklahoma City 31 21 .596 9 7-3 Phoenix 33 23 .589 9 7-3 1 San Antonio 31 22 .585 9 ⁄2 6-4 Portland 32 25 .561 101⁄2 5-5 Houston 28 25 .528 121⁄2 4-6 1 New Orleans 29 26 .527 12 ⁄2 4-6 Memphis 27 27 .500 14 2-8 L.A. Clippers 21 33 .389 20 1-9 Sacramento 18 36 .333 23 2-8 Golden State 15 39 .278 26 2-8 Minnesota 13 43 .232 29 4-6 Friday’s Games Charlotte 110, Cleveland 93 Washington 107, Denver 97 Philadelphia 106, San Antonio 94 Miami 100, Memphis 87,2OT Chicago 100, Minnesota 94 New Orleans 107, Indiana 101 Milwaukee 91, Detroit 85 Toronto 106, New Jersey 89 Dallas 95, Orlando 85 Phoenix 88, Atlanta 80 Utah 100, Golden State 89 Boston 96, Portland 76 Saturday’s Games Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at New York, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m. Miami at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Indiana at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

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

Home 24-4 21-6 15-9 21-6 20-7 16-9 14-12 20-7 16-9 10-17 11-16 12-17 13-16 12-15 3-23

Away 19-9 16-13 20-9 13-13 10-17 12-17 15-15 7-19 9-19 11-16 8-17 7-17 6-19 6-21 2-27

Conf 24-7 26-11 22-11 18-12 21-16 17-15 18-15 17-17 17-14 10-19 13-19 13-22 14-19 14-20 4-31

Str L-1 L-1 W-3 W-2 W-7 W-1 L-1 L-1 W-1 W-1 L-1 L-6 L-2 L-1 L-5

Home 26-5 23-5 22-7 16-9 16-10 19-7 19-10 19-12 15-11 18-9 18-10 14-12 13-13 11-16 9-19

Away 16-9 13-14 13-12 18-12 15-11 14-16 12-12 13-13 13-14 11-17 9-17 7-21 5-23 4-23 4-24

Conf 24-10 22-12 21-14 19-16 15-15 20-13 17-16 21-13 21-15 19-13 17-19 10-23 10-21 9-26 7-26

Charlotte at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Cleveland at Orlando, 1 p.m. Boston at Denver, 3:30 p.m. San Antonio at Detroit, 6 p.m. Memphis at New Jersey, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Golden State, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Utah at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Monday’s Games Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at New York, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Atlanta at Utah, 9 p.m. Charlotte at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

College Basketball Standings Atlantic Sun Conference

Campbell Belmont Jacksonville Lipscomb Mercer ETSU N. Florida Kennesaw St. S.C.-Upstate Florida Gulf Coast Stetson

W 13 12 12 11 10 10 7 7 5 4 4

Conference L PCT 5 .722 5 .706 5 .706 6 .647 7 .588 7 .588 10 .412 10 .412 12 .294 14 .222 14 .222

W 18 17 16 14 14 14 12 12 5 7 6

Al l Games L PCT 9 .667 10 .630 10 .615 12 .538 13 .519 14 .500 15 .444 16 .429 21 .192 20 .259 21 .222

——— Friday’s Games Campbell 79, ETSU 57 Saturday’s Games Jacksonville at Mercer, 3:30 p.m. Belmont at Florida Gulf Coast, 5:15 p.m. Lipscomb at Stetson, 7 p.m. North Florida at Kennesaw St., 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games S.C.-Upstate at ETSU, 4 p.m.

Atlantic 10 Conference Conference W L PCT Temple 10 2 .833 Richmond 10 2 .833 Xavier, Ohio 10 2 .833 St. Louis 8 3 .727 Charlotte 8 4 .667 Dayton 7 4 .636 Rhode Island 8 5 .615 Duquesne 5 7 .417 George Washington 4 7 .364 UMass 4 8 .333 La Salle 3 8 .273 St. Bonaventure 3 8 .273 St. Joseph’s 3 10 .231

All Games W L 22 5 21 6 19 7 17 8 18 8 18 7 20 6 14 12 14 10 10 16 11 14 10 14 9 18

PCT .815 .778 .731 .680 .692 .720 .769 .538 .583 .385 .440 .417 .333

Fordham 0 13 .000 2 ——— Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Temple 75, Saint Joseph’s 67, OT Xavier 81, Charlotte 67 Rhode Island 101, Fordham 75 George Washington at Richmond, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Dayton at Duquesne, 1 p.m. St. Bonaventure at La Salle, 4 p.m. Saint Louis at Massachusetts, 4 p.m.

23 .080

ACC Standings Conference W L Duke 10 2 Maryland 9 3 Virginia Tech 8 3 Wake Forest 8 5 Clemson 7 5 Florida St. 7 5 Georgia Tech 6 7 Virginia 5 7 Boston College 4 8 Miami 3 9 North Carolina 3 9 N.C. State 3 10

PCT .833 .750 .727 .615 .583 .583 .462 .417 .333 .250 .250 .231

All Games W L 22 4 19 7 21 4 18 7 19 7 19 7 18 9 14 11 13 13 17 9 14 13 15 13

PCT .846 .731 .840 .720 .731 .731 .667 .560 .500 .654 .519 .536

——— Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Boston College 71, North Carolina 67 N.C. State 68, Wake Forest 54 Maryland 76, Georgia Tech 74 Clemson 72, Virginia 49 Sunday’s Games Virginia Tech at Duke, 7:45 p.m.

Sports on TV Sunday, Feb. 21 AUTO RACING 2 p.m. FOX — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Auto Club 500, at Fontana, Calif. BOWLING 1 p.m. ESPN — PBA, Don & Paula Carter Mixed Doubles, at Medford, Ore. FISHING 10 p.m. ESPN2 — Bassmaster Classic, final day weigh-in, at Birmingham, Ala. (same-day tape) GOLF 10 a.m. TGC — PGA Tour/WGC, Accenture Match Play Championship, championship match, at Marana, Ariz. 2 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour/WGC, Accenture Match Play Championship, championship match, at Marana, Ariz. TGC — Champions Tour, Allianz Championship, final round, at Boca Raton, Fla. 4:30 p.m. TGC — LPGA, Honda-PTT Thailand, final round, at Chonburi, Thailand (same-day tape) 7 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Mayakoba Classic, final round, at Riviera Maya, Mexico (same-day tape) MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon CBS — Regional coverage, Ohio St. at Michigan St. or Villanova at Pittsburgh 1 p.m. ESPN2 — Dayton at Duquesne 5:30 p.m. FSN — Arizona St. at Arizona 7:30 p.m.

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we’ll lose a tough game and the next day the guys will come back in practice and they won’t let anything get them down. “I’m glad that something good happened for them with all the work they’ve put in and the positive attitude they’re keeping. I’m glad to see that those shots went down.” N.C. State hadn’t won an ACC game since its upset of Duke on Jan. 20. Six of its seven league losses since had come by at least nine points with two against struggling rival North Carolina, which has just three league victories. The only streak worth talking about after this game was the Wolfpack’s five

FSN — Virginia Tech at Duke NBA BASKETBALL 1 p.m. ABC — Cleveland at Orlando 3:30 p.m. ABC — Boston at Denver 8 p.m. ESPN — Atlanta at Golden State 10:30 p.m. ESPN — Utah at Portland OLYMPICS Noon-3 p.m. MSNBC — Women’s curling: U.S. vs. Canada, at Vancouver, British Columbia Noon-6 p.m. NBC — Men’s ice hockey: Russia vs. Czech Republic; men’s freestyle skiing: ski cross; men’s biathlon: 15km mass start Gold Medal final, at Vancouver, British Columbia 5-8 p.m. CNBC — Men’s curling: U.S. vs. Britain, at Vancouver, British Columbia 7-10 p.m. MSNBC — Men’s ice hockey: U.S. vs. Canada, at Vancouver, British Columbia 7-11 p.m. NBC — LIVE: figure skating: original dance; women’s speed skating: 1500m Gold Medal final; SAME-DAY TAPE: men’s freestyle skiing: ski cross Gold Medal final; men’s alpine skiing: super combined Gold Medal final; two man bobsled: Gold Medal final, at Vancouver, British Columbia 10 p.m.-1 a.m. CNBC — Women’s curling: U.S. vs. Sweden, at Vancouver, British Columbia 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. NBC — Women’s biathlon: 12.5km mass start Gold Medal final; Award Ceremonies, at Vancouver, British Columbia (same-day tape) 12 Mid.-3 a.m. MSNBC — Men’s ice hockey: Finland vs. Sweden, at Vancouver, British Columbia

straight wins against the Demon Deacons (18-7, 8-5) in Raleigh. “Definitely you get tired of losing,” said senior Dennis Horner, who had 10 points and 12 rebounds. “This puts us on a path to finish the ACC season and hopefully we can get a streak going of wins now that will lead us into the ACC tournament.” Al-Farouq Aminu had 15 points and 14 rebounds for Wake Forest, which had a miserable afternoon from the tip. The Demon Deacons hadn’t lost in nearly three weeks before blowing an 11-point lead at Virginia Tech on Tuesday night, then shot just 35 percent and went 0 of 12 from 3-point range while committing 23 turnovers Saturday. Their first-half numbers were even more abysmal: the Demon Deacons had twice as many turnovers (15) as field goals (7) and shot 26 percent.

Winter Olympic Medals Table By The Associated Press At Vancouver, Canada Saturday, Feb. 20 3 of 6 medal events 41 of 90 total medal events Nation G S United States 6 6 Germany 4 6 Norway 5 3 Canada 4 3 Austria 2 2 France 2 1 Sweden 3 1 Switzerland 4 0 South Korea 3 2 Russia 1 2 China 2 1 Poland 0 3 Italy 0 1 Netherlands 1 1 Japan 0 1 Australia 1 1 Slovakia 1 1 Czech Republic 1 0 Latvia 0 2 Belarus 0 1 Slovenia 0 1 Britain 1 0 Estonia 0 1 Finland 0 1 Kazakhstan 0 1 Croatia 0 0

B 9 4 2 1 3 4 2 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

Tot 21 14 10 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1

Sunday’s Olympic Schedule By The Associated Press All Times EST Subject to change Alpine Skiing At Whistler Creekside Men’s Super Combined (downhill), 12:30 p.m. Men’s Super Combined (slalom), 3:15 p.m. Biathlon At Whistler Olympic Park Men’s 15Km Mass, 2 p.m. Women’s 12.5m Mass, 4 p.m. Bobsleigh At The Whistler Sliding Centre Men’s Two-man Run 3, 4:30 p.m. Men’s Two-man Run 4, 5:45 p.m. Curling At Vancouver Olympic Centre Women Britain vs. Switzerland, Noon Germany vs. Denmark, Noon Canada vs. United States, Noon Russia vs. Japan, Noon Men United States vs. Britain, 5 p.m. Norway vs. Sweden, 5 p.m. Switzerland vs. Canada, 5 p.m. Denmark vs. Germany, 5 p.m. Women China vs. Canada, 10 p.m. Japan vs. Germany, 10 p.m. United States vs. Sweden, 10 p.m. Figure Skating At Pacific Coliseum Ice Dance, original dance, 7:15 p.m. Freestyle Skiing At Cypress Mountain Men’s Ski Cross Qualification, 12:15 p.m. Men’s Ski Cross First Round, 3:15 p.m. Men’s Ski Cross Quarterfinals, 3:48 p.m. Men’s Ski Cross Semifinals, 4:07 p.m. Men’s Ski Cross Finals, 4:18 p.m. Ice Hockey Men At Canada Hockey Place Russia vs. Czech Republic, 3 p.m. Canada vs. United States, 7:40 p.m. Sweden vs. Finland, 12 mid. Speedskating At Richmond Olympic Oval Women’s 1500, 6 p.m.

AUTO RACING NASCAR-Sprint Cup-Auto Club 500 Lineup By The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Auto Club Speedway Fontana, Calif. Lap length: 2 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 183.744 mph. 2. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 183.477. 3. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 183.127. 4. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 182.913. 5. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 182.908. 6. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 182.899. 7. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 182.89. 8. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 182.811. 9. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 182.788. 10. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 182.741. 11. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 182.597. 12. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 182.292. 13. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 182.195. 14. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 182.085. 15. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 181.974. 16. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 181.882. 17. (36) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 181.749. 18. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 181.726. 19. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 181.671. 20. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 181.502. 21. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 181.333. 22. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 181.324. 23. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 181.315. 24. (09) Aric Almirola, Chevrolet, 181.315. 25. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 181.301. 26. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 181.228. 27. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 181.109. 28. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 181.055. 29. (43) AJ Allmendinger, Ford, 181.041. 30. (55) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 180.895. 31. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 180.768. 32. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 180.755. 33. (71) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 180.587. 34. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 180.524. 35. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 180.325. 36. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 180.081. 37. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 179.919. 38. (37) Kevin Conway, Ford, 179.292. 39. (34) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 178.975. 40. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, Owner Points. 41. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, Owner Points. 42. (26) Boris Said, Ford, Owner Points. 43. (13) Max Papis, Toyota, 180.501. Failed to Qualify 44. (90) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 179.915. 45. (35) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 178.94. 46. (46) Terry Cook, Dodge, 178.064.

NASCAR Nationwide-Stater Bros. 300 Results By The Associated Press Saturday At Auto Club Speedway Fontana, Calif. Lap length: 2 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 152 laps, 129.6 rating, 190 points. 2. (5) Greg Biffle, Ford, 152, 116.9, 175. 3. (13) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 152, 106.7, 170.

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had two really good practices where we’ve focused on reteaching some of the things we’ve been needing to improve on all season. I’ve been very pleased with the way we’ve been going at it in practice. I just hope it carries over into the game.” Led by a trio of scorers, the Panthers finished fourth in the Carolina Conference. Guard Jeremy Ruffin, who averages

4. (4) Carl Edwards, Ford, 152, 103.7, 160. 5. (1) Joey Logano, Toyota, 152, 142.5, 165. 6. (12) Steve Wallace, Toyota, 152, 85.3, 150. 7. (32) Kelly Bires, Chevrolet, 152, 89.8, 146. 8. (7) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 152, 110.9, 142. 9. (15) Justin Allgaier, Dodge, 152, 93.8, 143. 10. (3) Brian Scott, Toyota, 152, 112.9, 134. 11. (10) Trevor Bayne, Toyota, 152, 91.6, 130. 12. (19) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 152, 74.4, 132. 13. (9) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 152, 88.7, 129. 14. (20) Jason Leffler, Toyota, 152, 88.7, 121. 15. (27) Scott Lagasse Jr., Ford, 152, 71.5, 118. 16. (43) Scott Riggs, Ford, 152, 65.6, 115. 17. (34) Michael Annett, Toyota, 152, 76.5, 112. 18. (18) Colin Braun, Ford, 152, 72.3, 109. 19. (17) Paul Menard, Ford, 152, 79.2, 106. 20. (21) Jason Keller, Chevrolet, 151, 58.7, 103. 21. (37) Michael McDowell, Dodge, 151, 54.7, 100. 22. (29) Parker Kligerman, Dodge, 151, 59.1, 97. 23. (16) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 151, 64.9, 94. 24. (14) Brendan Gaughan, Toyota, 151, 75.2, 91. 25. (35) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 151, 57.1, 88. 26. (11) David Reutimann, Toyota, 150, 86.8, 85. 27. (42) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 150, 63.7, 82. 28. (30) Willie Allen, Chevrolet, 150, 46.4, 79. 29. (39) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet, 149, 41.8, 76. 30. (6) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 149, 66.2, 73. 31. (36) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 149, 35, 70. 32. (23) Mark Green, Chevrolet, 149, 45.9, 67. 33. (40) Robert Richardson Jr., Chevrolet, 148, 37.2, 64. 34. (41) Brian Keselowski, Dodge, 148, 33.5, 61. 35. (24) Eric McClure, Ford, 148, 35.6, 58. 36. (33) Derrike Cope, Dodge, 147, 32, 55. 37. (38) Josh Wise, Ford, 147, 35.1, 52. 38. (8) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, engine, 117, 90.2, 49. 39. (26) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, accident, 117, 47.5, 46. 40. (25) Kevin Lepage, Toyota, wheel bearing, 40, 41.2, 43. 41. (31) Danny Efland, Chevrolet, engine, 17, 30.9, 40. 42. (22) Dennis Setzer, Dodge, vibration, 3, 30.3, 37. 43. (28) John Borneman III, Ford, transmission, 2, 28.9, 34. ——— Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 143.886 mph. Time of Race: 2 hours, 6 minutes, 46 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.51 seconds. Caution Flags: 4 for 18 laps. Lead Changes: 12 among 7 drivers. Lap Leaders: J.Logano 1-7; K.Busch 8-10; J.Logano 11-79; Bra.Keselowski 80; J.Allgaier 81; J.Buescher 82-84; J.Logano 85-88; G.Biffle 89-99; J.Logano 100-121; M.Wallace 122; J.Logano 123-150; G.Biffle 151; K.Busch 152. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Logano, 5 times for 130 laps; G.Biffle, 2 times for 12 laps; K.Busch, 2 times for 4 laps; J.Buescher, 1 time for 3 laps; Bra. Keselowski, 1 time for 1 lap; J.Allgaier, 1 time for 1 lap; M.Wallace, 1 time for 1 lap. Top 10 in Points: 1. C.Edwards, 335; 2. J.Logano, 311; 3. K.Busch, 304; 4. J.Allgaier, 303; 5. Bra.Keselowski, 299; 6. B.Vickers, 297; 7. S.Wallace, 289; 8. J.Buescher, 271; 9. G.Biffle, 265; 10. P.Menard, 256. ——— NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race. The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

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BASKETBALL NCAA Boxscores BOSTON COLLEGE 71, NORTH CAROLINA 67 NORTH CAROLINA (14-13) Graves 2-6 0-0 5, Thompson 6-16 5-7 17, Henson 5-10 1-4 11, Ginyard 4-8 2-2 10, Drew II 3-7 1-1 7, Strickland 2-3 2-2 6, McDonald 0-1 0-0 0, D.Wear 1-4 0-0 2, Zeller 2-9 5-8 9. Totals 25-64 16-24 67. BOSTON COLLEGE (13-13) Raji 7-17 2-2 16, Trapani 3-11 1-2 8, Southern 0-2 0-0 0, Jackson 5-12 6-7 17, Sanders 5-11 2-2 14, Paris 1-1 0-0 3, Roche 2-5 0-0 5, Ravenel 4-7 0-0 8, Elmore 0-1 0-0 0, Dunn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-67 11-13 71. Halftime—Boston College 37-36. 3-Point Goals—North Carolina 1-8 (Graves 1-5, Drew II 0-1, Ginyard 0-2), Boston College 6-17 (Sanders 2-4, Paris 1-1, Jackson 1-3, Roche 1-3, Trapani 1-6). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—North Carolina 39 (Thompson 9), Boston College 43 (Trapani 9). Assists—North Carolina 7 (Graves 3), Boston College 17 (Jackson 7). Total Fouls—North Carolina 14, Boston College 19. Technical—Southern. A—8,128 N.C. STATE 68, No. 23 WAKE FOREST 54 WAKE FOREST (18-7) Aminu 6-12 3-4 15, Smith 6-16 0-3 12, Harris 0-9 0-0 0, McFarland 2-7 3-4 7, Williams 5-11 2-4 12, Clark 0-1 0-0 0, Stewart 1-6 0-0 2, Weaver 1-1 0-0 2, Woods 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 23-66 8-15 54. N.C. STATE (15-13) Gonzalez 3-8 4-5 11, Degand 4-8 3-4 13, Wood 1-3 1-2 4, T.Smith 4-8 6-6 14, Horner 3-7 4-4 10, Howell 2-4 0-0 4, Painter 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 4-8 2-3 12, Davis 0-3 0-0 0, Mays 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-52 20-24 68. Halftime—N.C. State 28-18. 3-Point Goals—Wake Forest 0-12 (Aminu 0-1, Williams 0-1, Smith 0-2, Stewart 0-4, Harris 0-4), N.C. State 6-12 (Williams 2-3, Degand 2-4, Wood 1-1, Gonzalez 1-3, Horner 0-1). Fouled Out—Aminu, Stewart. Rebounds—Wake Forest 50 (Aminu 14), N.C. State 31 (Horner 12). Assists—Wake Forest 6 (Smith 5), N.C. State 14 (Gonzalez 6). Total Fouls—Wake Forest 21, N.C. State 16. A—15,324. RHODE ISLAND 101, FORDHAM 75 FORDHAM (2-23) Alihodzic 1-3 0-0 2, Gaston 12-22 8-11 32, Brown 2-5 0-0 4, Estwick 0-2 0-0 0, Butler 5-14 7-9 17, Tanner 6-8 2-2 14, Moquete 1-2 0-0 2, Green 2-4 0-0 4, Thompson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-61 17-22 75. RHODE ISLAND (20-6) Ulmer 7-11 3-4 18, James 4-9 0-0 8, Martell 8-14 2-2 18, Jones 1-3 0-0 3, Cothran 4-8 5-6 13, Mejia 1-4 1-2 3, Eaves 2-3 0-2 4, Wilson 3-3 0-0 6, Richmond 6-11 3-4 20, Malesevic 0-0 0-0 0, Brooks 4-8 0-0 8. Totals 40-74 14-20 101. Halftime—Rhode Island 58-28. 3-Point Goals—Fordham 0-5 (Tanner 0-1, Butler 0-4), Rhode Island 7-20 (Richmond 5-9, Ulmer 1-2, Jones 1-2, Eaves 0-1, Mejia 0-1, James 0-2, Cothran 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Fordham 32 (Gaston 10), Rhode Island 39 (Ulmer 8). Assists—Fordham 11 (Tanner 4), Rhode Island 27 (Cothran, Jones, Mejia 7). Total Fouls—Fordham 13, Rhode Island 18. Technical—Fordham Bench. A—6,620.

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By The Associated Press Saturday 1. Kansas (25-1) vs. Colorado. Next: vs. Oklahoma, Monday. 2. Kentucky (25-1) at No. 17 Vanderbilt. Next: vs. South Carolina, Thursday. 3. Villanova (22-3) did not play. Next: at No. 19 Pittsburgh, Sunday. 4. Purdue (22-3) vs. Illinois. Next: at Minnesota, Wednesday. 5. Syracuse (25-2) did not play. Next: at Providence, Tuesday. 6. Duke (22-4) did not play. Next: vs. Virginia Tech, Sunday. 7. Kansas State (21-4) at Oklahoma. Next: at Texas Tech, Tuesday. 8. West Virginia (21-5) beat Seton Hall 7563. Next: at Connecticut, Monday. 9. Ohio State (20-7) did not play. Next: at No. 11 Michigan State, Sunday. 10. Georgetown (18-7) did not play. Next: at Louisville, Tuesday. 11. Michigan State (21-6) did not play. Next: vs. No. 9 Ohio State, Sunday. 12. New Mexico (24-3) vs. Air Force. Next: at Colorado State, Tuesday. 13. Gonzaga (21-5) at Pepperdine. Next: vs. Santa Clara, Thursday. 14. Wisconsin (19-7) did not play. Next: vs. Northwestern, Sunday. 15. Texas (21-6) beat Texas Tech 71-67. Next: vs. Oklahoma State, Wednesday. 16. BYU (24-3) at Wyoming. Next: vs. San Diego State, Wednesday. 17. Vanderbilt (20-5) vs. No. 2 Kentucky. Next: vs. Georgia, Thursday. 18. Butler (24-4) vs. Siena. Next: at Valparaiso, Friday. 19. Pittsburgh (20-6) did not play. Next: vs. No. 3 Villanova, Sunday. 20. Tennessee (20-6) beat South Carolina 63-55. Next: at Florida, Tuesday. 21. Temple (22-5) beat Saint Joseph’s 7567. Next: vs. Dayton, Wednesday. 22. Baylor (20-6) lost to Oklahoma State 8275. Next: vs. No. 24 Texas A&M, Wednesday. 23. Wake Forest (18-7) lost to N.C. State 68-54. Next: vs. North Carolina, Saturday. 24. Texas A&M (18-7) at Iowa State. Next: at No. 22 Baylor, Wednesday. 25. Richmond (21-6) vs. George Washington. Next: at Xavier, Sunday, Feb. 28.

14.1 points per game, has emerged as the go-to guy for Orange. Guard Tremel Brown averages 11.3 points per game. In the low post is forward Dylan Beck, who scores 10.5 points a game. Collins knows how tough the Panthers can be and hopes that his team can be ready for their triple threat. “They’ve got tremendous guard play,” said Collins. “They really know how to get after it and can get points in a hurry. They also have a good post player that can score inside. We’re

definitely going to have our hands full.” In order to stop the Panthers, Collins says that the Cavaliers are going to have to step it up on all phases of defense. “They pose many different threats and are capable of scoring from the inside and the outside,” said Collins. “We’ve got to keep them from driving to the basket and we’ve got to limit them from the outside. We’re going to have to play a really strong all-around game. If we do, I think we’ll have a chance.”

Saturday At El Camaleon Golf Club Riviera Maya, Mexico Purse: $3.6 million Yardage: 6,923; Par: 70 Third Round Joe Durant 64-66-69 Charles Warren 67-69-65 J.P. Hayes 65-67-69 Chad Collins 67-68-67 Cameron Beckman 65-68-69 Kevin Stadler 69-67-67 Heath Slocum 68-69-67 Matt Weibring 69-67-68 Briny Baird 65-70-69 Charles Howell III 68-71-66 Ted Purdy 69-69-67 Brendon de Jonge 70-68-67 Jason Gore 66-71-68 Thomas Levet 66-70-69 Tom Pernice, Jr. 66-68-71 Brian Stuard 67-67-71 Glen Day 70-68-68 John Daly 68-69-69 Jarrod Lyle 65-72-69 K.J. Choi 67-70-69 Chris Riley 68-68-70 Shaun Micheel 68-68-70 Mark Hensby 67-68-71 Richard S. Johnson 68-71-68 Roger Tambellini 70-69-68 Michael Connell 70-67-70 Jeff Maggert 66-70-71 Tim Herron 70-71-66 Todd Hamilton 71-68-69 Matt Bettencourt 71-68-69 J.J. Henry 70-69-69 Skip Kendall 70-69-69 Spencer Levin 69-69-70 Dean Wilson 67-71-70 Steve Wheatcroft 67-70-71 Vance Veazey 71-66-71 Chris Tidland 67-69-72 Billy Mayfair 72-65-71 Kirk Triplett 71-69-68 John Morse 70-68-71 Craig Bowden 68-70-71 Fran Quinn 72-67-70 Jerry Kelly 68-72-69 Santiago Luna 71-70-68 Justin Bolli 73-68-68

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6B / Sunday, February 21, 2010 / The Sanford Herald DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

Stepson’s drug habits put new marriage on the rocks DEAR ABBY: I have been married five months, and a problem has come up. It’s my wife’s 20year-old son, “Danny.” He uses drugs, and he does it in our house. He also allows the garbage to pile up in his room to the point that the stench invades the entire house. We have had to install locks on all the internal doors because Danny steals from us. He also has his girlfriend and drug-using cousin over for “sleepovers.” Last night I was so upset I told my wife I was tired of the drugs and the filth, and if Danny doesn’t straighten out, I am going to turn him in to the authorities. My wife now barely speaks to me, and she’s making me feel like I’m the enemy. Was I wrong to put my foot down? — CONFLICTED IN ST. JOE, MO.

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Happy Birthday: Focus on partnerships and bringing out the best out in everyone with whom you are connected, professionally and personally. Opportunities are present but, if you aren’t willing to take action, you may not reach your full potential. Apply a little force if that’s what it takes to excel. Your numbers are 9, 12, 22, 26, 30, 39, 41 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take stock of your finances and set a budget that will allow you greater freedom in the future. A little low-cost entertainment during the evening hours will bring about some interesting alternatives for the future. TAURUS (April 20May 20): Your talents will come in handy and your services should be offered to a group in need. The people you meet along the way will make excellent contacts for future projects. A change of plans will affect an emotional relationship for the better. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t say something that will lead to future debates or cause you to lose ground personally. Mistakes made now will be difficult to reverse. Focus on what you have, not what you haven’t. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Rekindling or starting up relationships will lead to opportunities, added knowledge and the kind of experience that can get you ahead. Be a participant and you won’t be sorry. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Doing more with loved ones, children or any group to which you belong will result in adventure, excitement and an experience you shouldn’t miss. Fixing up a workspace will eventually lead to extra income. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You will not be able to skirt issues that arise, so tell it like it is

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and be ready to get past whatever develops from your honesty. Love is in the stars and your openness will determine who you will end up with. A change of heart will take you by surprise. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A new look, a little pampering or getting out and enjoying the company of others or an entertaining event should be scheduled in. A trip may be instigated due to your insight, clarity and an idea you mention. Prospects look good. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may be tempted by a deal for the wrong reason. Don’t feel pressured by someone else’s demands to take action. Time is on your side and jumping too fast without sufficient information will lead to regrets. Focus on love for now. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Accept the inevitable, keep things amicable and, most of all, avoid anyone trying to pick a fight. Moderation will be required if you want to end up in the winner’s circle. Use your head, your intuition and your ability to find solutions. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): For now, it’s up to you to pull in everything you’ve got to come out with the changes you need to find happiness, better health and peace of mind. Let your emotions speak so that everyone knows exactly how you feel. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): Rethink your strategy before it’s too late. You are at a turning point that needs to be addressed and properly dealt with before moving forward. Ask for help but don’t take advantage. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Interacting with others or getting involved in a team effort will awaken some of the old ideas and goals. Refreshing the memory can bring about a desire to contact someone from your past who enjoyed similar interests.

DEAR CONFLICTED: Not in my book. Danny appears to be an addict living the lifestyle of an addict, which includes stealing and hanging around with others who use drugs. The garbage may be piling up because he’s so stoned he doesn’t notice. I don’t know how long you all have been living like this, but if you married your wife under these circumstances, she may expect you to continue to tolerate it. As long as she allows her son to use drugs and live the way he is, nothing will change. Please recognize that your wife is her son’s enabler. A loving mother should insist that he get help and clean up his act. What you must decide is whether you’re willing to live like

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

this for the rest of your life, because you can’t change this lady and her son. Only they can do that, and they do not appear inclined to do so. o DEAR ABBY: My 6-year-old son, Perry, is autistic and loves to say “Good morning” to people when we’re out -- no matter what time of day it is. It surprises me how many people will not reply. Why is that? Would it be so difficult to just say something in return? Have we become lost in cell phones, iPods and other electronic devices to the extent that we have forgotten how to be polite? You never know when a simple “good morning” will make someone happy -- and you might even find yourself smiling more. — PARENT OF A SPECIAL CHILD DEAR PARENT: Your child’s disability may make some of the people he’s greeting uncomfortable. Because the greeting is not

appropriate, they may be unsure how to respond. It’s sad, because it only takes a moment to say, “Hi,” and the validation would give your son a jolt of pleasure. If, however, you are disappointed because your son is getting no response from individuals who are using their cell phones, please know you’re a member of a very large club. I hear the same complaint from mothers, fathers and grandparents who would also like a little courtesy from distracted relatives who are too absorbed in their cell phones, iPods and Blackberrys to make eye contact or converse. o DEAR ABBY: With today’s economic woes, more and more people are out of work. I was lucky to find a job only three months after relocating to California, and I’m working with a wonderful group of people. At the end of the year, holiday bonuses were given out. To my surprise, I was given one. In addition, I was given five days of paid holiday strictly on the company. Would it be appropriate to write a thank-you note to the president of the company? I’m truly grateful to have this job. GRATEFUL EMPLOYEE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEAR GRATEFUL: A thank-you note is always appreciated. Not only would it be appropriate, but it’s also an intelligent and diplomatic way of calling attention to yourself.

ODDS AND ENDS Udderly awesome Holstein sets production record WALDO, Wis. – This Holstein is more than just another udder in the herd. The cow from the Ever-Green-View Farm in eastern Wisconsin has set a new national milk production record. A Holstein tagged number 1326 in Waldo has pumped out about 8,400 gallons of milk in one year. The cow’s milk production of 72,170 pounds is well above the previous record of nearly 68,000 pounds held by a cow in Marathon. The Holstein Association USA keeps records on top producers dating back to 1971. Owner Tom Kestell said his standout Holstein received no special treatment and was never sick during the recordsetting year, which ended Feb. 6. The Sheboygan Press said the average registered Holstein in Wisconsin produces 23,000 pounds of milk annually.

Police: Student willingly had his buttocks branded BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) — Breckenridge authorities said a Texas Christian University student who suffered burns when his peers branded his buttocks participated in the act willingly and no charges will be filed. Authorities said Thursday they made the decision not to pursue charges after reviewing statements from Amon Carter

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MY ANSWER IV and a dozen TCU students. The Summit Daily News reported that Carter had Greek symbols from his fraternity and a sorority branded on his buttocks Jan. 8 during a trip to Breckenridge and needed surgery after suffering secondand third-degree burns. Investigators said what happened was not part of a fraternity initiation because Carter was already a group member. Carter is the great-grandson of Amon G. Carter, Sr., who founded the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Kaiser patients find glass in chicken noodle soup SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — The state Department of Public Health is investigating an incident at a food supplier kitchen that left glass fragments in a batch of chicken noodle soup. The soup went to several customers of FoodService Partners Inc., including Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California. Kaiser said four of its patients reported finding glass in their soup Feb. 10. No one reported feeling any ill effects. FoodService Partners said the glass came from a container that broke during the soup preparation. The Maryland-based company said the cook tried to just clean out the kettle rather than reporting the incident and dumping out the soup.

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Share son’s drug problem with church Q: Our son got hooked on drugs, eventually got caught dealing drugs and now is in prison. This has broken our hearts, of course, but what hurts almost as much is that no one in our church ever asks about him or says they’re praying for him (or us). Shouldn’t they be concerned? -- Mrs. C.L. A: Yes, of course they should be concerned -- and not only concerned, but also expressing it to you. The Bible says, “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2). Have you asked yourself why don’t they say anything? One reason might be because they’re too wrapped up in their own concerns, and simply don’t think about the needs of others as much as they should. If so, they’re falling short of what God wants them to be, because Christ’s command for us to love others is very clear. He said, “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you” (John 15:12). But don’t be too harsh on them or allow yourself to become bitter over their apparent lack of concern. In reality, they simply may be embarrassed to say anything to you, fearing they might hurt you or offend you. After all, have you ever asked any of your friends at church to share your heartaches and pray for your family? Your own reluctance to share your feelings may be part of the problem.

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The Sanford Herald / Sunday, February 21, 2010 / 7B

WHITE HOUSE SUMMIT

Live From Washington! It’s Obama health care drama

WASHINGTON (AP) — Coming soon to daytime television: America’s long-running civic drama over how to provide better health care to more of its people without breaking the bank. President Barack Obama summons anxious Democrats and aloof Republicans to a White House summit Thursday — live on C-SPAN and perhaps cable — and gambles that he can save his embattled health care overhaul by the power of persuasion. Adversaries and allies alike were surprised by Obama’s invitation to reason together at an open forum, as risky as it is unusual. Ahead of the meeting, the White House will post on its Web site a health care plan that brings together major elements of the bills passed by House and Senate Democrats last year. Policy is important, but not as critical as the political skill Obama can apply to an impasse that seems close to hopeless in a pivotal congressional election year. “It’s a high-stakes situation for him more than anybody else,” said Gerald Shea, the top health care adviser for the AFL-CIO. “If the judgment is either that it’s a political farce, or if it fails to move the ball forward significantly ... that would be very damaging to the issue and to him.” A viewers’ guide to the White House meeting, looking at Obama and his plan, Republicans in Congress and divided Democrats.

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President Barack Obama answers media questions after an unannounced appearance at the White House daily press briefing in Washington, following a bipartisan meeting with House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs.

Obama He has two main goals. One is to show the American people that the Democrats’ health care plan is reasonable, and much of its complexity reflects the sprawling nature of the insurance system. The other is to argue that lockstep Republican opposition is not reasonable and could spoil a historic opportunity on a problem that concerns all Americans. “I don’t want to see this meeting turn into political theater, with each side simply reciting talking points and trying to score political points,” the president said Saturday in his radio and Internet address. “What’s being tested here is not just our ability to solve this one problem, but our ability to solve any problem.” Obama’s main audience will be Democrats, who must overcome their divisions — and ease their qualms — to get a final bill.

He will also tune his pitch to independents, who soured on the Democratic bills after initially being open to health care changes. Thursday’s meeting at Blair House — the presidential guest quarters across from the White House — comes nearly a year after Obama launched his drive to remake health care at an earlier summit he infused with a bipartisan spirit. The plan Obama will put before lawmakers has virtually no Republican support. Like the congressional bills, it’s expected to require most Americans to carry coverage, while providing federal subsidies to help many afford the premiums. It would bar insurance companies from denying coverage to people with medical problems or charging them more. Federal and state regulators would create a competitive insurance marketplace

for small businesses and people buying their own coverage. Much of the cost would be covered with Medicare cuts. Obama will retain the Senate bill’s tax on highcost insurance plans, while easing its impact to placate labor unions. But he’s expected to move closer to the House bill in other areas, such as providing more generous subsidies for purchasing insurance and addressing the Medicare prescription coverage gap. He will point out that Republicans have supported major elements of the Democratic bills, such as the insurance mandate, new marketplaces for coverage and putting restrictions on insurers.

to start over to shape narrower legislation that cuts costs for small businesses and uses federal dollars to set up special insurance pools for people with medical problems. Obama doesn’t want to stop there. Republicans want to place limits on medical malpractice judgments, an approach the Congressional Budget Office says would save money by reducing defensive medicine. Obama has toyed with the idea, saying he agrees that something should be done, but thinks limits on jury awards go too far. Some Republican leaders have questioned whether there’s any reason to go to the summit, but a boycott would play into Obama’s hands. To complicate matters, Democratic liberals have begun an effort to get a government insurance plan back in the bill, a nonstarter for Republicans. “If the president’s intention for the health care summit is to finally show that he is ready to listen and work in a bipartisan way to produce incremental reforms that the American people support, he is off to a rocky start,” said Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., the No. 2 Republican in the House. Republicans are not going to embrace a Democratic bill that’s tanking in the polls, he said.

Democrats

Republicans GOP leaders in the House and Senate say they cannot accept the Democratic bills, and they want

Before Republican Scott Brown pulled off a Senate upset in Massachusetts to claim the seat long held by Democrat Edward M.

Kennedy, Democrats were within reach of passing a health care remake their party pursued for more than a half-century. They no longer have the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican delaying tactics in the Senate, but they still control both chambers. Yet passing anything but a very modest bill would likely mean using special budget rules that let Democrats override Republicans in the Senate with a simple majority. Using the budget route — called reconciliation — to resolve differences between the House and Senate bills probably would enrage Republicans. That means Democrats will have to stick their necks out, and some may lose their seats this fall if they support an all-ornothing push on health care. Democrats are looking to Obama to give them the confidence they need to get back on track. He did it once before, with his address to Congress last September, after a summer of town hall meetings at which angry grass-roots activists attacked the Democrats on health care. Democrats “tried to climb a taller mountain than they thought existed,” said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, architect of the 1994 Republican election victory that followed the collapse of the Clinton health care plan. “They went on a bigger trip than they prepared for.”

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Even President Obama needs a best friend By DEANNA BELLANDI Associated Press Writer

CHICAGO — Even a president needs to have a BFF or two. Meet Chicago businessman Marty Nesbitt and hospital executive Eric Whitaker. There’s a good chance you may have seen them already. They’re regulars at President Barack Obama’s side: tagging along when he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, buying shave ice during the president’s Hawaii vacation, shooting hoops in Washington, climbing a lighthouse on Martha’s

Vineyard off the Massachusetts coast and attending A-list White House parties. Nesbitt and Whitaker are part of a long tradition of those who serve as first friends to the man in the Oval Office. Being a friend to the president is an important job description. “You need somebody to talk to — or not talk to — about what’s going on,” said Paul Light, a presidential historian at New York University. “You wouldn’t want to vacation with (presidential chief of staff ) Rahm Emanuel, for goodness sake.”

President Bill Clinton had his circle of friends from Arkansas. President George W. Bush leaned on buddies from Texas, notably pal Don Evans, who moved to Washington to be commerce secretary. “It’s like when Laura is around,” Bush once said, likening Evans to the first lady. “I view him as somebody who knows me well, is not afraid to give me his opinion, has my best interest at heart.” By all appearances, that’s the kind of relationship Obama has with Nesbitt, who runs a parking company, and Whitaker, an executive at

the University of Chicago Medical Center where first lady Michelle Obama used to work. The two men and their families joined the Obamas for their winter vacation in Hawaii, where cameras caught them sampling island treats and hitting the golf course. Back in Washington, Nesbitt and Obama turned up in black track suits to head for the basketball court at Fort McNair last fall for a private game of hoops. And that was Whitaker riding bikes with Obama and his family during the president’s vacation on Martha’s

Vineyard last summer. Nesbitt and Whitaker had seats at the table last month when the president and first lady celebrated her 46th birthday at Restaurant Nora in Washington, scored coveted invitations to the Obamas’ first state dinner and mingled on the South Lawn during the Obamas’ Fourth of July barbecue. The Rev. Carolyn Yeldell Staley, a friend of Clinton’s since their high school days in Arkansas, fondly remembers Clinton’s assistant calling to invite her to movie nights with the president at the White House theater. Such friendships, she said, are “the link to life that’s normal.”

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President Barack Obama talks with Dr. Eric Whitaker as they leave Punahou School after playing basketball in Honolulu, Hawaii., in this 2008 file photo.

CAREER PLANNING

Expect a ‘pre-offer’ before an offer By ERIN CONROY AP Business Writer

THE PRE-OFFER: Before you see that job offer in writing, you may have to negotiate — after you get the “pre-offer,” that is. More companies are asking candidates what salary, benefits, vacation time and other compensation they would be willing to accept before they put an actual offer on the table, says Gary Bergmann, senior consultant for Boston-based outplacement firm ClearRock. “There are so many qualified people looking for work that employers can ask this of job seekers,” Bergmann said. Though there isn’t an official offer to accept or reject, the same strategies and tactics should be put into play during the prenegotiating stage. ClearRock offers these tips for getting the compensation package you think you deserve:

n Do your homework ahead of time and learn what the fair market value is for the role you have been offered. Check out Web sites such as Salary. com, GlassDoor.com and JobNob.com for comparable salary ranges. n Ask for a few days to review the details to make a good business decision. Evaluate the offer against your personal criteria and other offers you may already have received. n Do not accept an offer on the spot, even if it’s beyond your expectations. n Be prepared to walk away from an offer, which will convey that you mean business and give you additional influence in securing the best deal. n Never bluff about having another offer if you don’t. n Use the word “need” during negotiations, rather than “want” to underscore what it will take to land you the desired compensation.

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Business On the Street

UNEMPLOYMENT

Jobs may not return for 5 years By TOM RAUM Associated Press Writer

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

Cameron buzzing with news

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hose of you looking for signs of recovery shouldn’t have too look further than the little town to our south, the antiques Mecca of Cameron. In recent weeks, at least three new stores have opened up in historic buildings along Carthage Street in Cameron’s downtown. I caught up with Diane Webb of the new Shops at McPherson’s Store, which sells items from several vendors. Webb owns The Tea Cozy, a tea-room of sorts that specializes in loose-leaf teas and unique “blossoming teas” from China. McPherson Store also houses vendors offering everything from vintage clothing and purses to jewelry and garden items. Webb mentioned that while she and others worked hard in the last month to get the store ready for opening, two other store owners were doing the same. Ann’s Collectibles and Angie’s Unique Windows also opened on Carthage Street in the last week, she said. She said these new stores complement the already established shops and antiques dealers already on Carthage Street, and the recent boom is a sign that people are buying things again after a dismal recession in the town. “After 9/11 it was really bad, then the bypass construction almost killed us,” she said. But we came back both times.” The town also celebrated a successful Winterfest on Saturday, she said, thanks in part to the beautiful spring-like weather. For more information on the stores in Cameron, visit www.antiquesofcameron.com.

Angie’s to serve dinner on Friday Beginning this week, Angie’s Breakfast Barn will serve dinner on from 5-8 p.m. on Fridays. As the business’s name suggests, Angie’s has been known primarily as a breakfast restaurant up to now, closing at 2 p.m. each weekday and 1 p.m. on Saturday. Angie’s is located at 1221 N. Horner Blvd., next to Burger King. For more information, call 718-0539.

WASHINGTON — Job creation is stuck on an uphill treadmill. So many jobs have been lost that the U.S. must run hard just to keep from losing more ground. Despite the election-year emphasis on job creation by both parties, the short-term outlook is bleak. While many economists believe the recession is technically over, nearly 15 million Americans remain unemployed. Six million of them have been out of work for more than half a year. President Barack Obama is asking for almost $300 billion more for recession relief and job formation. The House last December passed a $154 billion spending bill focused on

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A job recruiter, left, talks to a job applicant at a job fair in Santa Clara, Calif. The number of new claims for unSee Jobs, Page 10B employment benefits fell less than expected last week.

A mixed blessing?

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A Visa sticker is shown at a business in Detroit. The new credit card regulations are finally here. Starting Monday banks will need to abide a spate of new rules on terms and disclosures. The idea behind the landmark law was to prevent banks from using unfair practices that dig borrowers deeper into debt.

Credit card reform may come as a shock to some consumers By EILEEN AJ CONNELLY AP Personal Finance Writer

NEW YORK — Your next credit card statement is going to contain an ugly truth: how much that card really costs to use. Now, thanks to a long-awaited law that goes into effect Monday, you’ll know that if you pay the minimum on a $3,000 balance with a 14 percent interest rate, it could take you 10 years to pay off. “Jaws will drop,” said David Robertson, publisher of The Nilson Report, a newsletter that tracks the industry. “I don’t

doubt for a nanosecond that it’s going to give a lot of people a sinking feeling in their stomachs.” That’s not all that will make them queasy. During the past nine months, credit card companies jacked up interest rates, created new fees and cut credit lines. They also closed down millions of accounts. So a law hailed as the most sweeping piece of consumer legislation in decades has helped make it more difficult for millions of Americans to get credit, and made that credit more expensive.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The law that President Barack Obama signed last May shields card users from sudden interest rate hikes, excessive fees and other gimmicks that card companies have used to drive up profits. Consumers will save at least $10 billion a year from curbs on interest rate increases alone, according to the Pew Charitable Trust, which tracks credit card issues. But there was a catch. Card companies had nine months to prepare while certain rules were clarified by the Federal Reserve. They used that time to take

actions that ended up hurting the same customers who were supposed to be helped. Consumer advocates say the law still offers important protections for the users of some 1.4 billion credit cards. “We expected some rate increases; we expected some annual fees,” said Ed Mierzwinski of the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, an advocacy organization that lobbied for the law. To be sure, the law takes effect while credit card companies

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HOME MATTERS

Old homes versus new ones — what’s better?

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jobs. The Senate is due to debate a far more modest version on Monday, but appears bogged down in partisan bickering. With or without new legislation, reducing a jobless rate that’s now just under 10 percent to prerecessionary rates of about half that won’t happen soon, especially as government efforts to prop up the economy begin to wind down. It could take up to five years or more just to get back to even. There are limits to how many jobs can be created by government action — either directly or with tax and other incentives for the private sector — and how quickly.

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This past week I spoke with an agent who had shown one of our homes in Nottingham, just north of downtown Sanford, off of Burns Drive. I asked her if her customer had chosen a home yet. She explained to me that they had chosen another home, a resale in Carolina Trace. While I was a little disappointed, I began to ask myself what are the benefits of purchasing an existing home versus a new home. Convenience: For the clients mentioned above and for many

of you, the first is consideration is location. This family apparently would be commuting to Fort Bragg, and wanted to be closer than they would be if they were to buy our home. When my son bought a home outside Atlanta years ago, he chose it not because it was new, but because it was about three miles from his office and he didn’t have to get on the Interstate. So, I guess, rather than location, let’s call this a quality of life issue called convenience. Is the location of the home conve-

nient to what I do, where I go? Can I get to school, work, church and all of the other things that we do in a busy life? How far is it to the grocery store? As most towns develop, older homes are many times more centrally located to downtown. So the convenience of the location is important, and if an existing home is more convenient and you value that, it makes sense. New homes offer convenience

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Business

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“We’ve gone though a period of enormous job loss,” said Robert Shapiro, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton and now chairman of Sonecon, an economic advisory firm. “The long-term problem is exacerbated by the fact that credit’s still not available because we really haven’t reformed the financial system. People don’t have confidence in the future and people are poorer so demand is down. All these things are coming together,” Shapiro said. Returning to prerecession employment levels and keeping up with working-age population growth

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are still reeling from the recession. In 2007, the top 12 card issuers earned a combined $19 billion from credit cards, according to The Nilson Report. A year later, amid the financial meltdown, profits for those companies fell more than 65 percent to $6.32 billion. The plunge was largely because defaults ballooned as unemployment soared. Profit figures for 2009 aren’t yet available. But banks wrote off about $35 billion in credit card debt last year, as the unemployment rate topped 10 percent. Analysts predict the default rate will remain at least twice as high as normal through this year, and longer if unemployment stays high. At the same time, the law is expected to cut into future profits. FICO Inc., the company best known

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will require the creation of 10 million or more jobs. It’s a very big order. Under the administration’s own estimate, the economy will create an average of just 95,000 jobs a month this year; that’s not enough to make much of a dent in the jobless rate. “You can argue, rightly, that we haven’t made as much progress as we need to make when it comes to spurring job creation,” Obama acknowledged last week in marking the first anniversary of his $787 billion stimulus package. When he took office, the jobless rate was 7.6 percent. After topping 10 percent in the last three months of 2009, it retreated to 9.7 percent in January. The White House predicts it will stay above 9

percent well into 2011. Senate Democratic leaders were struggling to build support for a paredback $15 billion jobs bill that would exempt companies from paying Social Security payroll taxes for new hires, fund highway and public works projects and extend tax benefits to small businesses. Efforts to craft a larger, bipartisan $85 billion package that included more GOP-supported business tax breaks collapsed amid Senate infighting. Well, where are they? There are some crucial reasons why jobs are so slow to return this time: n While employment always lags other parts of the economy in bouncing back from recessions, this

time the depth and length of the worst downturn since the 1930s means the process will take extra long. n Projected near-term growth isn’t strong enough to speed the process. Generally it takes a 2 percentage point rise in the gross domestic product above a “normal” level of about 2.5 percent to drive the unemployment rate down each single percentage point. With unemployment near 10 percent and GDP generally forecast to grow at no more than 3 percent to 4 percent, it could take five or more years for employment to get back to prerecession 2007 levels. n Continuing weakness in home construction and U.S. auto manufacturing removes two major

for its credit scores, projects the average card will generate less than $100 a month in revenue within three years, down from $200 a month before the law. That helps explain why the industry reacted so aggressively to the legislation. Among the moves it made: n Resurrected annual fees. Annual fees, common until about 10 years ago, have made a comeback. During the final three months of last year, 43 percent of new offers for credit cards contained annual fees, versus 25 percent in the same period a year earlier, according to Mintel International, which tracks marketing data. Several banks also added these fees to existing accounts. One example: Many Citigroup customers will start paying a $60 annual fee on April 1. n Created new fees and raised old ones. These include a $1

processing fee for paper statements for cards issued by stores such as Victoria’s Secret and Ann Taylor. Another example is a $19 inactivity fee Fifth Third Bank now charges customers who haven’t used their card for six months. Other banks increased existing fees. JPMorgan Chase, for instance raised the cost of balance transfers from one card to another to 5 percent of the transfer from 3 percent. n Raised interest rates. The average rate offered for a new card climbed to 13.6 percent last week, from 10.7 percent during the same week a year ago — meaning cardholders had to pay almost 30 percent more in interest, according to Bankrate.com. For millions of other accounts, variable interest rates that can rise with the market replaced fixed rates. The Fed is expected to start raising its benchmark interest rates later

this year, which would likely trigger an increase on those cards. Besides making credit more expensive, banks also made it harder to get and keep credit cards. One big reason: Since the financial meltdown, many credit card issuers have been trying to reduce risk. The number of Visa, MasterCard and American Express cards in circulation dropped 15 percent in 2009, for example. Rarely used cards were among the first cut off. Some cards linked to rewards programs for purchases like gasoline were likewise shut down. Card companies also slashed credit limits for millions of accounts that remain open. About 40 percent of banks cut credit lines on existing accounts, according to the consultant TowerGroup, which estimated that such moves eliminated about $1 trillion in available credit. Much of that was unused.

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Time to Take Retirement Plan Distributions? You may not have the pictures, suntan or souvenirs to show for it, but if you’re at least 70-1/2, you’ve just finished a “vacation.” And that means you’ll have to do some work — on determining how much to take out of your retirement plans this year. Typically, when you reach 701/2, you must start taking withdrawals (“required minimum distributions,” or RMDs) from your traditional IRA or your employer-sponsored retirement plan, such as a 401(k), 403(b) and 457(b). However, the sharp decline in the financial markets in 2008 led Congress to give you a one-year vacation from taking RMDs in 2009 so that you wouldn’t have to cash out assets whose value had fallen significantly. But 2009 is over, and so is your RMD vacation. So if you must take distributions this year, you’ll need to do some planning. For starters, you’d probably like to know how much you’d have to withdraw. You can calculate your RMD by dividing the last year’s retirement account balance, as of December 31, by a life expectancy factor, found in the Internal Revenue Service’s Uniform Lifetime Table. Your financial advisor or tax professional can provide you with this figure. Once you know your RMD, you can then decide whether to take this

amount or to withdraw more. Obviously, during your retirement years, one of your key financial goals is to avoid outliving your income, so you may want to try taking the minimum distributions for as long as you can. Also, these distributions are taxable, so the less you take out, the lower your tax bill may be. . But if you need the money, won’t you be forced to take more than the minimum amount? Not necessarily. In addition to your IRA, 401(k) and whatever other accounts might trigger RMDs, what other sources of income do you have? You’ve probably already started taking Social Security, so you can’t change that amount, though you will normally receive cost-ofliving adjustments. (In 2010, however, there will be no such adjustment.) Consequently, if you want to avoid taking more than minimum distributions, you will need to look at your investments held outside your RMD-triggering accounts. First, consider your Roth IRA, if you have one. Unlike a traditional IRA, a Roth IRA is not subject to RMD rules, so your money can potentially keep growing.

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engines of past recoveries from the equation. n By holding interest rates at historic lows for so long, the Federal Reserve has lost its usual power to jump-start job creation by slashing interest rates. Instead, it must now weigh gradually raising them to keep potential inflation at bay. n The demographics are different: Male heads of households were among the hardest hit by layoffs and are having the hardest time finding new work; a generation of baby boomers is reaching retirement age, yet many are opting to hold onto their jobs. “They’re delaying retirement, in part because they looked at their 401(k)s and decided they couldn’t afford it,” said David Wyss,

chief economist for Standard & Poor’s in New York. That means fewer openings for younger people looking for work. Wyss said he doesn’t see a return to prerecession employment rate until at least 2015 at the earliest. He noted that while jobs bounced back fairly quickly after post World War II recessions through the 1980s, it has taken much longer in more recent recessions. For instance, after the relatively mild eight-month recession in 2001, the jobless rate kept rising for 19 more months. The recession-dating National Bureau of Economic Research said the recession began in December 2007. It has not yet set an end date.

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Equipment: If you move into an occupied home, the former owner may well leave the window treatments, a basketball goal, or even a mailbox that you may have to provide if you purchase a new home. The new home may have less equipment and personal items, but the equipment is NEW. That’s a pretty big advantage. Now I’m not saying that things can’t break in a new home, but the heat pumps we use have a 10 year parts warranty, water heaters have a six year warranty. You shouldn’t have to put shingles on a new home any time soon. You may choose to make some upgrades to your new home, but you shouldn’t have a lot of sudden, unexpected problems that put a hit on your reserves. I encourage all buyers to have money in reserve in case of an emergency, and that is even more important if you buy a home that is not new. Also, new homes are required to have more smoke detectors, arc fault breakers, GFCI circuits and now tamper proof outlets, to make new homes safer than ever before. Price: An older home is usually more flexible in price than a new home. Someone who has lived in a home for 25 years has more flexibility in the equity of their home than a builder does. They also don’t have to worry about appraisals, except their own, where as a builder could affect his sales prices in a neighborhood for several years if he or she settles on too low a price. A builder can make the neighbors mad if they decide to sell a new home for less than they sold the same home in the past. Now if you are buying an existing home from someone who has lived there only a few years, they are in the same place that a builder is. The longer the amount of time someone has lived in a home generally allows them to be more flexible with regards to pricing Comfort and Energy Efficiency: Most new homes are going to be tighter and less drafty than homes of the past. Appliances of new homes are more efficient. The minimum efficiency of the heat pump is 13 SEER. If you compare new homes with those of the past, they should be more comfortable to live in and less costly to operate than ever before.

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too, but of a different nature. Many new homes are more maintenance friendly than ever before. Don’t like to paint? Most exteriors in the area use vinyl, brick and fiber cement siding. Most windows are vinyl or vinyl clad. All of these make maintaining a home easier than ever before. You may need to pressure wash once in a while, but much less work is required to maintain these homes. Lot Size: Some folks prefer larger lots, and as land prices continue to rise, homes will continue to be built on smaller lots. So, for many people, the perception is that they can buy more land with an older home. In Sanford, there are still many places where new homes are built on lots similar in size to older ones, but most subdivisions will become denser as time and prices progress. While many of you may like a large lot, many people do not want to take care of a big yard, especially as they mature. People want to be able to travel, to play golf, or go to the beach, not spend every weekend cutting grass and raking leaves. Maturity: Older homes have had time for the trees to grow, and some people really like that. I had a real estate broker comment to me that her customer liked a house, but there were no big trees in the neighborhood. Well, I couldn’t argue, the timber had been cut off of the property 8-10 years ago before it was a subdivision, so the trees that were there were young and immature. Drive in McCracken Heights or in one of the historic districts in town and you’ll see nice big old trees. They are great for summer shade, and for some people it makes a home feel just right. Also many older homes may have mature landscaping in place, so you may not have to work as hard to establish a yard. More and more new homes have sod in the yard, at least partially, and many higher priced new homes have irrigation systems to help you take care of your yard more easily. Most new homes are also designed with today’s buyer in mind. Unless there has been renovation work, older homes will not have the closet space that I see more couples ooohing and ahhhing over. The whirlpool tubs, brushed nickel hardware and stainless steel appliances that are available in many new homes aren’t in homes that were built more than five years ago, unless some work has been done.

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09 SP 311 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NORTH CAROLINA, LEE COUNTY

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Orlando Duarte and Graciela G. Duarte aka Graciela Duarte to Brock & Scott, PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated February 2, 2006 and recorded on February 6, 2006 in Book 01013 at Page 0393, Lee County Registry, North Carolina.

001 Legals 1 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA In The District Court of Lee County IN THE MATTER OF: STATON, DOSTER, POST, SILVERMAN & FOUSHEE, P.A. v. DIANE C. SWIGART FILE NO. 09 CVD 1085 TO: Diane C. Swigart

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on February 24, 2010 at 2:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Lee County, North Carolina, to wit:

Take notice that a pleading seekBEGINNING at a ing relief against you has been filed in the stake in the southern above entitled action. line of Frazier Drive, a corner of Daniel The Nature of the relot, lief being sought is as and running thence follows: Collection of as Daniel lot South 28 degrees 46 minutes money owed. West, 150 feet to a You are restake; thence North quired to make defense to such plead- 61 degrees 14 minutes West, 100 feet to a ing not later than stake; thence North March 23, 2010 and upon your failure to 28 degrees 46 minutes East, 150 feet to a do so the party seeking service against stake in the southern you will apply to the line of Frazier Drive; thence as the southCourt for the relief ern line of Frazier sought. Drive, South 61 deThis the 21st grees 14 minutes day of East, 100 feet to the February, 2010. point of BEGINNING, STATON, being the western 50 DOSTER, POST feet of Lot No. 13 and the eastern 50 feet of lot No. 14 in Block "A" SILVER- according to the Map MAN & FOUSHEE of the Williams Subdivision recorded in Map Book 5, Page 77, in the Office of the Resgister of Deeds of Lee County. By:

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percent (5%) of the sold. Any person purchase price, or who occupies the Seven Hundred Fifty property pursuant to Dollars ($750.00), a rental agreement whichever is greater, entered into or rewill be required at newed on or after Octhe time of the sale. tober 1, 2007, may, afFollowing the expirater receiving the notion of the statutory tice of sale, terminate upset bid period, all the rental agreement the remaining upon 10 days’ written amounts are immedinotice to the ately due and owing. landlord. The notice shall also state that Said property to be ofupon termination of fered pursuant to this a Notice of Sale is be- rental agreement, the ing offered for sale, tenant is liable for transfer and conveyrent due under the ance “AS IS WHERE rental agreement proIS.� There are no rated to the effective repdate of the terminaresentations of wartion. ranty relating to the title or any physical, If the trustee is unenvironmental, able to convey title to health or safety con- this property for any ditions existing in, reason, the sole remeon, at, or relating to dy of the purchaser is the property being ofthe return of the defered for sale. This posit. Reasons of sale is made subject such inability to conto all prior liens, unvey include, but are paid taxes, any un- not limited to, the filpaid land transfer ing of a bankruptcy taxes, special assesspetition prior to the ments, easements, confirmation of the rights of way, deeds sale and reinstateof release, and any ment of the loan other encumbrances withor exceptions of re- out the knowledge of cord. To the best of the trustee. If the the knowledge and valbelief of the underidity of the sale is signed, the current challenged by any owner(s) of the propparty, the trustee, in erty is/are Graciela their sole discretion, G. Duarte and husif they believe the band, Orlando A. challenge to have Duarte. merit, may request the court to declare An Order for possesthe sale to be void sion of the property and return the deposmay be issued purit. The purchaser suant to G.S. 45-21.29 will have no further in favor of the purremedy. chaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior Substitute Trustee court of the county in Brock & Scott, PLLC which the property is Jeremy B. Wilkins,

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NCSB No. 32346 for conducting the 5431 Oleander Drive sale on March 3, 2010 Suite 200 at 10:00AM, and will Wilmington, NC sell to the highest bid28403 der for cash the folPHONE: (910) 392-4988 lowing described FAX: (910) 392-8587 property situated in Lee County, North File No.: 09-21567Carolina, to wit: FC01 BEING ALL OF LOT 10 SP 0016 68, Hearthfield Lakes, NOTICE OF FORESection IV, as shown CLOSURE SALE on map recorded in Plat Cabinet 8, Slide NORTH CAROLINA, 93-D, Lee County RegLEE COUNTY istry. Reference to said map is hereby Under and by virtue made for a more parof a Power of Sale ticular description. contained in that certain Deed of Trust Save and except any executed by Richard releases, deeds of reS Sistrunk and Tam- lease or prior conveyra J Sistrunk, Husances of record. band and Wife to WILLIAM R. Said property is comECHOLS, Trustee(s), monly known as 218 which was dated Brookfield Circle, June 4, 2008 and reSanford, NC 27330. corded on June 4, 2008 in Book 01138 at Third party purchasPage 0076, Lee County ers must pay the exRegistry, North Caro- cise tax, and the court lina. costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Default having been Hundred Dollars made in the payment ($100.00) pursuant to of the note thereby NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A se- cash deposit (no percured by the said sonal checks) of five Deed of Trust and the percent (5%) of the undersigned, Brock & purchase price, or Scott, PLLC, having Seven Hundred Fifty been substituted as Dollars ($750.00), Trustee in said Deed whichever is greater, of Trust, and the will be required at holder of the note evithe time of the sale. dencing said indebt- Following the expiraedness having directtion of the statutory ed that the Deed of upset bid period, all Trust be foreclosed, the remaining the undersigned Sub- amounts are immedistitute Trustee will ately due and owing. offer for sale at the courthouse door of Said property to be ofthe county court- fered pursuant to this house where the Notice of Sale is beproperty is located, or ing offered for sale, the usual and custom- transfer and conveyary location at the ance “AS IS WHERE county courthouse IS.â€? There are no rep-

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resentations of war- out the knowledge of ranty relating to the the trustee. If the title or any physical, valenvironmental, idity of the sale is health or safety conchallenged by any ditions existing in, party, the trustee, in on, at, or relating to their sole discretion, the property being ofif they believe the fered for sale. This challenge to have sale is made subject merit, may request to all prior liens, unthe court to declare paid taxes, any unthe sale to be void paid land transfer and return the depostaxes, special assessit. The purchaser ments, easements, will have no further rights of way, deeds remedy. of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of Substitute Trustee the knowledge and Brock & Scott, PLLC belief of the underJeremy B. Wilkins, signed, the current NCSB No. 32346 owner(s) of the prop5431 Oleander Drive erty is/are Richard Suite 200 Sistrunk. Wilmington, NC 28403 An Order for posses- PHONE: (910) 392-4988 sion of the property FAX: (910) 392-8587 may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 File No.: 09-25430in favor of the purFC01 chaser and against Notice To Creditors the party or parties in possession by the Deborah L. Parker clerk of superior and Barbara L. Johncourt of the county in which the property is son qualified on February 3, 2010 as sold. Any person who occupies the Personal Representative of the Estate of property pursuant to Robert G. Rector, a rental agreement Late of Lee County, entered into or renewed on or after Oc- North Carolina. This is to notify all pertober 1, 2007, may, afsons, firms, and corter receiving the noporations having tice of sale, terminate claims against the the rental agreement Estate to present upon 10 days’ written them to the undernotice to the signed on or before landlord. The notice shall also state that May 3, 201, or this noupon termination of tice will be pleaded in a bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, rental agreement, the and corporations intenant is liable for debted to said estate rent due under the please make rental agreement prorated to the effective immediate payment. date of the termina- Payments and claims should be presented tion. to Robert B Gilleland, If the trustee is un- Attorney at Law, 1410 Elm Street / able to convey title to P.O BOX 1045, Santhis property for any ford NC 27330 reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan with-

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