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The Sanford Herald WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010
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ELECTION 2010
SPORTS
GOP has high expectations n Local chairman says at least four more candidates may file for office By CAITLIN MULLEN cmullen@sanfordherald.com
CHATHAM NATIVE IS HITTING THE BIG TIME Siler City native George Edwards was hired as the new defensive coordinator for head coach Chan Gailey and the Buffalo Bills earlier this month Page 1B
SANFORD — Lee County Republican Party meeting Chairman Linda Shook said she expected up to four Republican candidates to file with the Lee County Board of Elections by Friday.
Shook told the crowd of about 40 people assembled at Tuesday’s party meeting at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center that she knew of two definite people and possibly two others who would file for office for the 2010 election before Friday’s deadline. The county GOP has had a candidate selection committee working
since October to recruit people, she said. “I’m really excited. For the first time in a long time, voters are going to have a clear choice,” she said. No one filed with the Lee County Board of Elections
INSIDE Another Republican has thrown their hat into the ring for the chance to face Democrat Bob Etheridge in the U.S. House election in November. Renee Ellmers of Dunn filed Tuesday. Full Story, Page 5A
See GOP, Page 6A
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
ECONOMY
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE DIMMING HOPES Americans’ confidence in the economy has suffered a sudden relapse, dimming hopes that they will start spending — and spurring job growth — any time soon Page 14A
TOYOTA RECALL
COMPANY: RECALL MAY NOT FIX PROBLEMS The president of Toyota’s U.S. operations said Tuesday that the company’s recalls of millions of its cars may “not totally” solve the problem Page 10A
HEALTH CARE COMPREHENSIVE BILL MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE Democratic congressional leaders confronted the reality Tuesday that they may not be able to pass the comprehensive health care overhaul sought by President Obama Page 11A
STATE STERILIZATION FUND GETS FIRST DIRECTOR North Carolina is ready to begin a comprehensive effort to figure out how to curtail its swelling prison population, and state leaders hope it will create neither additional fears about public safety nor another political football on crime xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Vol. 80, No. 44 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
Siler City Police Chief Gary Tyson speaks to students on Tuesday morning at Central Carolina Community College as a part of Black History Month.
Model for Success n Siler City’s first black police chief urges students to strive for a degree, be patient and disregard the nay-sayers By CAITLIN MULLEN cmullen@sanfordherald.com
SANFORD — Siler City Police Chief Gary Tyson returned to his roots Tuesday morning at Central Carolina Community College. Tyson, the first black police chief in Siler City, is a Sanford native and graduate of CCCC. He spoke to a group of about 40 students as part of the
college’s Black History Month program. “I’m at home here,” he told the group. Tyson said he hoped his advice on continuing education and preparing for a career would inspire just one student; if so, his visit Tuesday would be a success. “You’ve got to work hard here,” he said. “If you don’t work hard, you will not gradu-
ate.” Tyson began his career in law enforcement as an officer with the North Carolina Deparment of Corrections in 1988. He then spent 15 years with the Sanford Police Department. “First thing, I knew I had to get an education,” he said. “Education is the great social equalizer.”
See Chief, Page 7A
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Once you get your degree, you will become more marketable. People like myself, the higher folks, will take a better look at you.”
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— SILER CITY POLICE CHIEF GARY TYSON —
WEATHER
2010: The winter that wouldn’t go away ... n Possible snow between 1 and 5 p.m. today could mean early closings From staff reports SANFORD — The National Weather Service plans to issue a Winter Weather Advisory for much of the state for Wednesday. NWS meterorologists predict that locations from U.S. 1 west across the western piedmont
HAPPENING TODAY 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.
CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
Cherish Deaton, 9, braces herself during a snow ball fight on Monday afternoon in Sanford.
could see a slight accumulation of snow during the day Wednesday. Although temperature are not all that cold currently, cold air will be surging into the area tomorrow as moisture spreads in from the south. The cold air and moisture
Herald File Photo
See Winter, Page 6A
High: 41 Low: 28
INDEX
More Weather, Page 14A
OBITUARIES
R.V. HIGHT
Sanford: Walter McNeill, 66 Pinehurst: Shirley Furmannek, 73 Pittsboro: Raymond Bouldin Sr., 82; Ada Pratt, 76
The Herald’s special projects editor talks about his favorite places to relax
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