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The 12th-seeded Hurricanes routed the fifth-seeded Demon Deacons 83-62 on Thursday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, while the 10th-seeded Tar Heels ran out of gas down the stretch to lose to the 7th-seeded Yellow Jackets Sports, Page 1B

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Ed Swartz, President and CEO of Static Control Components, speaks during the annual Chamber of Commerce State of Industry meeting on Thursday at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center.

DEMS TO MOVE AHEAD WITHOUT ABORTION FOES House Dem leaders abandoned a long struggle to appease abortion opponents in their ranks, gambling Thursday that they can secure the support for President Obama’s health care legislation with showdown votes looming Page 8A

FILM REVIEWS TWO NEW FILMS WON’T BE ‘REMEMBERED’ The Herald’s Neil Morris reviews post-Oscar flicks “Green Zone” and “Remember Me” Page 10A

Good economic news for Sanford part of Static Control CEO’s mostly bleak outlook on the nation’s economy and leadership By CAITLIN MULLEN cmullen@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Static Control Components Inc. hopes to create up to 500 jobs in the next two years, CEO and president Ed Swartz announced Thursday. Swartz, the keynote speaker at the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of Industry meeting, said the jobs will relate to “components that we’ll be making that will be used in the remanufacturing of color laser printer cartridges.” Swartz wouldn’t provide

INSIDE Swartz has been sounding the alarm on our nation’s economic condition for years now, so the thoughts delivered in his speech Thursday were no surprise Opinion, Page 4A

more details on the jobs, citing that Static Control is a private company, and his announcement was only a small portion of his hour-long speech on the

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Bob Heuts, director of the Lee County Economic Development Corporation, speaks at the meeting.

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LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS

RALEIGH

AL-QAIDA NOW LOOKING AT SOFTER TARGETS

OMG! Board wants policy on students using tech devices

Etheridge’s office site of health care rallies

Ever since al-Qaida attacked the United States in 2001, U.S. authorities have worked to detect and prevent the next big terrorist strike Page 9A

STATE JUDGE SEALS RECORDS ON STATE B.O.E. KILLING A North Carolina judge has denied a request by media outlets to unseal information about an investigation into the fatal assault of a longtime state Board of Education member Page 7A

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Should Lee County Schools consider a new SANFORD — An ad hoc policy concerning the use committee of the Lee County Board of Education determined of cell phones and other tech devises by students Thursday that a clearer, more during class time? practical policy is needed E-mail news@ regarding the use of electronic devices at its schools. sanfordherald.com Electronic devices include cell phones, iPods, cameras and portable DVD players. At dent will display or utilize the Heins Education Buildon the school bus, or on ing, the committee discussed school premises during whether to allow them on the the instructional school school bus and before and after day any device that may school, or continue banning be disruptive to the school them entirely. Under Rule 7 D. the code of See Tech, Page 6A conduct states that “no stu-

HAPPENING TODAY n Temple Theatre’s production of Jason Petty’s “El Paso” begins at 8 p.m. “El Paso” details the performing life of Marty Robbins and pays tribute to Robbins’ heroes such as Gene Autrey and Hank Williams Sr. For tickets, call the Temple box office at (919) 774-4155.

Staff and Wire Reports RALEIGH — North Carolina residents supporting and rejecting President Barack Obama’s efforts to overhaul the nation’s health care system held competing rallies outside an office of U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) Thursday. Raleigh police officers watched closely throughout

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OBITUARIES

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Sanford: George Batten, 85; Daniel Goodwin, 75; Bobby Gunter, 70; Isaac McDougald, 68 Pittsboro: Annie Thomas, 98 Siler City: Jimmy Taylor, 42

Large areas of the state’s campaign finance law have been found unconstitutional

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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 Lee County Board of Commissioners will hold its annual Planning Retreat beginning at 9 a.m. at the Central Carolina Community College Emergency Training Center, located at 3000 Airport Road, Sanford. n The Lee County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. at the Lee County Government Center in Sanford. n The Lee County Planning Board will meet and hold a public hearing with the Board of Commissioners at 6 p.m. at the Lee County Government Center in Sanford. n The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. at the District Courtroom, 12 East St., Pittsboro. n The Harnett County Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at the County Administration Building in Lillington. n The Moore County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. at the Commissioners Room in Carthage. n The Siler City Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Siler City. n The Town of Carthage regular town board meeting will be at 7 p.m. in Carthage.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Fran Remington, Michael Nakial Petty Jr., Shakiyiah McIver, Paul B. Reynolds, Denice Milici, Jacob Michael Neal, Riley Maureen Davison, Joelle Cooper, Casey Suggs, Nikki Cerda, Shawanda Gill, James William Smith, Samantha Miller, David Fields, Anthony Snipes, Ray Ragan, Tyson Williams, Jimmy Smith, Travis McDougald, Katie Allmond, Tammy Gill, Austin Newell, Harry Chubbs, Jabreya McNeill and Keith Edwards. CELEBRITIES: Actress-singer Liza Minnelli is 64. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is 63. Singer-songwriter James Taylor is 62. Former MLB All-Star Darryl Strawberry is 48. Actor Aaron Eckhart is 42. ABC News reporter Jake Tapper is 41. Country singer Holly Williams is 29. Actor Samm (cq) Levine is 28. Actor Tyler Patrick Jones is 16. Actress Kendall Applegate (TV: “Desperate Housewives”) is 11.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR ONGOING n Spring is right around the corner and it’s time to get back into the garden! Cooperative Extension will once again offer the 4-H Community Gardening program at the Extension Center for families that are interested in learning how to grow successful gardens, eat fresh fruits and vegetables, and enjoy an overall healthier lifestyle. Applications are currently being accepted from families that are interested in enrolling in the program. Please call 775-5624 for more information and to learn how to be a part of this exciting project. n The Lee County American Red Cross is now accepting reservations for Lifeguard classes. Call (919) 774-6857 to register.

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TODAY n Temple Theatre’s production of Jason Petty’s “El Paso” begins at 8 p.m. “El Paso” details the performing life of Marty Robbins and pays tribute to Robbins’ heroes such as Gene Autrey and Hank Williams Sr. For tickets, call the Temple box office at (919) 774-4155, e-mail boxoffice@templeshows. com or visit www.templeshows.com.

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SATURDAY n The Lee County Democratic Party’s annual precinct meeting will be held at the Lee County Courthouse (in Courtroom No. 4) and will begin at 10 a.m. All registered Democrats are encouraged to attend. E-mail chair@leedemocrats.org or call (919) 7189242 for more information. n The Southern Tradition Band presents the Merle Haggard and George Strait Tribute Show at 7 p.m. at the Stewart Theatre in Dunn. Pre-show at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $13 advance, $15 door, $11 groups of 13 or more and $6 children. For ticket information, call Ronnie Womack at (910) 8904188, June Wallace at (919) 776-6139 or (919) 892-6011. n Temple Theatre’s production of Jason Petty’s “El Paso” begins at 8 p.m. “El Paso” details the performing life of Marty Robbins and pays tribute to Robbins’ heroes such as Gene Autrey and Hank Williams Sr. For tickets, call the Temple box office at (919) 774-4155, e-mail boxoffice@templeshows. com or visit www.templeshows.com.

SUNDAY n The organizers of the Grace & Mercy Halfway House will host a gospel concert at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. More than a dozen groups from Durham, Fayetteville, Hillsborough and Sanford will perform at the event. There’s no charge to attend, but a love offering will be taken. The event begins at 4:30 p.m. For more information, contact Jim Womack at (919) 770-4783 or the Rev. Gorham at (919) 478-6079. n Temple Theatre’s production of Jason Petty’s “El Paso” begins at 2 p.m. “El Paso” details the performing life of Marty Robbins and pays tribute to Robbins’ heroes such as Gene Autrey and Hank Williams Sr. For tickets, call the Temple box office at (919) 774-4155, e-mail boxoffice@templeshows. com or visit www.templeshows.com.

MONDAY n The Lee County American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 1:30 to 6 p.m. at Belk, 1065 Spring Lane, Sanford. Contact Lea Chandler at 774-4428 to schedule your appointment to donate. n The Sanford Farmers Market is looking for vendors who produce their own meat, eggs, produce and nursery plants, as well as those vendors who make baked goods or homemade crafts to sell at the 2010 market. There will be a potluck meal and informational meeting for the 2010 Sanford Farmers Market at 6 p.m. in the Lee County Farm Bureau Auditorium at the McSwain Extension Education Center. Bring a dish to share.

n Legal Aid of North Carolina will offer specific types of legal assistance for qualified low-income residents in Chatham County at the Western Chatham Senior Center in Siler City from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Legal cases accepted are wills, powers of attorney, housing evictions, foreclosures, domestic violence, unemployment and benefits.

MARCH 19 n The Lee County American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from noon to 4:30 p.m. at Jonesboro Presbyterian Church, 2200 Woodland Ave., Sanford. Contact Julia Dossenbach at 499-8963 or www.redcrossblood.org to schedule your appointment to donate. n Temple Theatre’s production of Jason Petty’s “El Paso” begins at 8 p.m. “El Paso” details the performing life of Marty Robbins and pays tribute to Robbins’ heroes such as Gene Autrey and Hank Williams Sr. For tickets, call the Temple box office at (919) 774-4155, e-mail boxoffice@templeshows. com or visit www.templeshows.com.

MARCH 18 n “Let’s Talk” with Mayor Cornelia Olive will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Enrichment Center in Sanford. n The Sanford Area Photographers Club will meet at 6 p.m. at the Enrichment Center in Sanford. n Temple Theatre’s production of Jason Petty’s “El Paso” begins at 7 p.m. “El Paso” details the performing life of Marty Robbins and pays tribute to Robbins’ heroes such as Gene Autrey and Hank Williams Sr. For tickets, call the Temple box office at (919) 774-4155, e-mail boxoffice@templeshows. com or visit www.templeshows.com. n A workshop titled, “Cultivating Connections: Web Marketing and Social Media for the Small Farm,” will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Agriculture Building Auditorium in Pittsboro. For more information, contact the Chatham County Center of N.C. Cooperative Extension at (919) 542-8202.

MARCH 20 n The Lee County American Red Cross will hold a Pet First Aid and CPR class. Call (919) 774-6857 to register. n The Heart of Carolina Jazz Society 2nd Annual Dance will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Carolina Trace Clubhouse. For more information on obtaining tickets, go to www. carolinajazz.com. n The Moncure Volunteer Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary will hold a blood drive and health fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Moncure Volunteer Fire Department, located at the corner of Pea Ridge and Old U.S. 1. To make an appointment, contact Pennie Stewart at (919) 774-3325. There will also be free vision screenings, blood sugar and pressure checks, children fingerprinting by Chatham County Sheriff’s Department and vendors on site to provide free information and services.

Today is Friday, March 12, the 71st day of 2010. There are 294 days left in the year. This day in history: On March 12, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his 30 radio “fireside chats,” telling Americans what was being done to deal with the nation’s economic crisis. In 1664, England’s King Charles II granted an area of land in present-day North America known as New Netherland to his brother James, the Duke of York. In 1864, Ulysses S. Grant was promoted to the rank of general-in-chief of the Union armies in the Civil War by President Abraham Lincoln. In 1912, Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Ga., founded the Girl Guides, which later became the Girl Scouts of America. In 1930, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi began a 200mile march to protest a British tax on salt. In 1938, the Anschluss merging Austria with Nazi Germany took place as German forces crossed the border between the two countries. In 1947, President Harry S. Truman established what became known as the “Truman Doctrine” to help Greece and Turkey resist Communism. In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson won the New Hampshire Democratic primary, but Sen. Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota placed a strong second. In 1980, a Chicago jury found John Wayne Gacy Jr. guilty of the murders of 33 men and boys.

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Agencies to receive FEMA grant

SANFORD — Lee County has been chosen to receive $54,311 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the area. The selection was made by a national board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from the Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Council of Jewish Federations, Catholic Charities USA, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA and United Way of America, which will provide the administrative staff and function as fiscal agent. The board was charged to distribute funds that are pending Congressional appropriation legislation in high-need areas around the country. A local board made of Social Services, Council on Aging, Red Cross, Christian Mission, the Catholic church, a county commissioner, Community Action and a former homeless person will determine how the funds awarded to Lee County will be distributed among the emergency food and shelter programs in the area. Under the terms of the grant, the organizations chosen must be non-profit; have an accounting system and conduct an annual audit; practice non-discrimination; have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs; and if they are a private voluntary organization, have a voluntary board. Deadline for applications is 5 p.m. today. For more information, contact Linda Ware at 776-0746. — from staff reports

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Halfway house to host gospel concert this Sunday

SANFORD — The organizers of the Grace & Mercy Halfway House will host a gospel concert at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center Sunday. More than a dozen groups from Durham, Fayetteville, Hillsborough and Sanford will perform at the event, according to the Rev. William E. Gorham, president and founder of Life Ministries for the Covenant. There’s no charge to attend, but a love offering will be taken. The event begins at 4:30 p.m. The halfway house, when opened, is being established to help men and women who have been released from prison to adjust to and re-enter society, according to Gorham. A 17-point program — including developing a definite purpose, creating personal initiative, self-discipline, maintaining sound health and budgeting time

and money — will be the focal point of the Grace & Mercy treatment plan. The halfway house and Project F.R.E.E.D.O.M., a related ministry, have been formed under Life Ministries of the Covenant, a non-profit corporation created last summer. For more information, contact Jim Womack at (919) 770-4783 or the Rev. Gorham at (919) 478-6079. — from staff reports

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EDC to launch 5-year funding campaign CHAPEL HILL — A five-year funding campaign will be launched soon to transform the Chatham County Economic Development Commission into a public-private entity. It is now wholly supported by tax dollars from the county and towns of Pittsboro, Goldston and Siler City. Efforts will be redoubled to attract, retain and expand businesses. Dianne Reid, president of the commission, said some goals of the “ambitious five-year plan� are to create 2,000 direct jobs with a $36,000 annual average salary and $72 million payroll; generate 1,655 indirect jobs with a $44.7 million total payroll; and get $211 million in new capital investment. If a target of $90.4 million in consumer expenditures is reached, Reid said, $780,420 in new local sales tax revenue would be generated. By completing business program goals, $937,650 in new property tax revenue would be raised for the city and county. “These estimates are conservative,� Reid told some 200 people at the Chatham County Development Briefing at Governor’s Club on Tuesday. The money raised from the new projects could help to pay for a variety of school and other needs. “Chatham County is better positioned now than it has ever been to handle the future,� County Commissioner Sally Kost said. “We are trying to take a much more aggressive approach to economic development.� — The Durham Herald-Sun

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CARE Burrito Bash set for May 4 PITTSBORO — Chatham Animal Rescue and Education Inc. will host its 7th Annual Burrito Bash fundraiser with both live and silent auctions at the General Store CafÊ, just off the traffic circle in downtown Pittsboro on May 4. The event will last from 6-9 p.m. A $15 donation on this special Tuesday night provides admission and a burrito. Live and silent auction items will be offered as well. — From staff reports

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First closing arguments offered FAYETTEVILLE (MCT) — The first set of closing arguments from the prosecution and the defense in the Abdullah El-Amin Shareef capital murder trial took jurors down far different roads Thursday morning. Assistant District Attorney Rita Cox led the 15 members of the jury on a chronological trail of what the prosecution has tried to present as pure murder and attempted murder. Shareef, 31, is accused of stealing two vehicles and running down five people in Cumberland and Harnett counties on April 14, 2004. One of the victims, Lonel Bearl Bass of Linden, was killed.

“In the course of 90 minutes — an hour and a half — Abdullah Shareef would alter their lives forever,� Cox said. She revisited the course of tragedy, linking the five victims of Shareef’s road rampage. “What do we know?� she repeatedly asked members of the jury. On behalf of the state, Cox presented a series of “intentional acts� on Shareef’s part. She emphasized words such as “deliberate� and “malice� in describing Shareef’s actions on that morning six years ago. “He’s pre-meditating,� she said. “He’s deliberating. ... He knows the consequences of his

actions.� Later, attorney Carl Ivarsson delivered the defense’s side of the case. He gave a chronology of the development of mental disease in his client. “He has schizophrenia. He was born with it. You have it for life,� he said. “He had schizophrenia then. It just hadn’t manifested itself.� Shareef has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of murder and attempted murder. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. Doctors have said Shareef suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. He was twice found incompetent to stand

trial, according to court testimony. The medication that he is on has made him competent. “This case is not about failed attempts to help Abdullah,� said Ivarsson. “This case is about his state of mind at the time of the incident.� Ivarsson said, “We’re not blaming anyone. ... It just happened. A mentally ill person did not get the medication he needed at the time it happened.� Defense lawyer David Smith and attorney for the prosecution Cal Colyer were scheduled to present their closing arguments Thursday afternoon.

— The Fayetteville Observer

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County gets better housing news By DAN E. WAY Durham Herald-Sun

CHAPEL HILL — Sprinkled amid the lethargy of home sales statistics — steep drops for both listing and sales prices, a tumble in median sales prices and a leap in the average number of days a house remains on the market — slender rays of sunshine were offered to real estate, finance and government officials at this week’s Chatham County Development Briefing at Governor’s Club. In short, it continues to be a buyer’s market. “We know there’s not much activity in this market� in 2008 and 2009, said Bill Whitmore, president of the Greater Chapel Hill Association of Realtors. “It’s not been devastating,� he said, and there are still reasons for optimism. “People want to move here. Let’s not lose sight of the fact people are leaving Detroit, people are leaving Buffalo,� Whitmore said. “I think

there’s a bright future.� But the present is much dimmer than what was anticipated in 2006, when, Whitmore said, “20,000-plus� homes were approved for building in numerous Chatham County subdivisions. “Then reality struck� with the massive recession that “put Chatham County and other parts of the country on pause.� These days, instead of enjoying the fruits of what once appeared to be a boom market, the median sales price has gone from $342,500 in 2009 to $299,944 in 2010, Whitmore said, quoting comparative statistics from Triangle Multi-List Services. Listings dipped from 677 in 2008 to 633 in 2009. Closings dropped from 588 in 2008 to 538 in 2009. The average sales price in 2009 was 95.3 percent of the list price; it was 93.2 percent in 2010. The average number of days on the market was 151 in 2008, but 182 in 2009. Average price per square foot

slid from $147 in 2009 to $136 in 2010. Still, houses are appreciating in value 3 percent locally, compared to a drop nationally, which is a plus in marketing efforts, Whitmore said. And, despite tighter lending conditions, “generally people statistically can afford to buy now, according to the Housing Affordability Index. “It’s never been more important to price product than it is today,� he said, because a house on the market 50 days or less gets 96 percent of the list price; homes on the market longer don’t get as much. A panel of developers said they have had to adjust to market conditions. “The buyers are all very scared,� Bryson Powell of Powell Place said. “Buyers seem to be very cash poor,� so closing cost incentives are being offered more frequently to make a sale work. Taylor Hobbs of Hobbs Architects said offering government

green technology rebates has sparked motivation among some buyers. “We consider it a start that we’d like to build on,� he said. Keith Hurand of Briar Chapel said their marketing strategy increasingly is built around hosting community events to draw in prospective buyers one at a time. “Everybody knows the days of builders buying 50 lots just aren’t there anymore,� he said. “Flexibility is a key, and thinking outside the box is another key,� said Rex Osborne of Windjam Development, which has high-end housing. “We remain very optimistic� and are receiving significant interest from prospective buyers, he said. All four developers said they have worked creatively with builders to design more affordable homes to meet the cost-conscious times, and to put more quality in the homes that are being built with smaller square footage.

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Swartz’s word were strong, but necessary Our View Issue: Static Control CEO Ed Swartz spoke on the national and local economy at the annual Chamber banquet Thursday

Our stance: Though his assessment was not the kindest in the world, there was optimism to be found

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he Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting on Thursday provided a rare opportunity for the local business community to hear from one of our own — Static Control Components’ Ed Swartz. As head of a home-grown company which has been one of Lee County’s biggest employers, and which does business in 165 countries, Swartz certainly has a unique perspective on national and international economic issues. Chamber members know he’s been sounding the alarm about our nation’s economic condition for years now, so his perspective and understanding was certainly worth listening to.

Whether you agree with Swartz ... it’s hard to argue with his mantra of “constant improvement” and his assessment that in business, “there’s no such thing as treading water.” Swartz, in his own inimitable style, adroitly traced the events leading up to the collapse of the housing market and the bursting of the “housing bubble” which help propel the United States into a serious recession (or a minor depression, take your pick). He chided homeowners who used home equity loans as their

own personal ATM machines, credited Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for the work he did to keep credit markets open, touched on Wall Street’s myopia, decried the poor fiscal policy practices of the federal government and much more. The resulting picture wasn’t a bright one, Swartz said, but he ultimately gave the audience some glimmer of hope in his hour-long address. First, he said America would persevere because of its strength as a nation (provided Americans vote smartly and politicians recognize they represent the people, and not just themselves). And second, he hinted that expanding product lines at Static

Control could result in the hiring of an additional 500 employees within the next two years. Both the former and the latter were good news our community needed to hear. Whether you agree with Swartz’s take on the fiscal condition of the United States and of the world or not, it’s hard to argue with his mantra of “constant improvement” and his assessment that in business, “there’s no such thing as treading water.” You’re either getting better, he said, or you’re getting worse. Swartz and Static Control’s workforce have worked hard to keep that local company years ahead of its competition. So the advice would be well-heeded.

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ALEIGH — Michael Weisel had a prediction that the five members of the state Board of Elections may not have wanted to hear. The Raleigh lawyer was representing a Cary real estate agent, Becky Harper, upset that her dues to the North Carolina Association of Realtors, as well as a $50 special assessment, had gone to a political campaign to defeat local referendums to impose land transfer taxes. “This is the face of politics in North Carolina post-the Citizens United case,” Weisel told the board. Citizens United is the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case in which the justices opened the door to more direct spending on political campaigns by corporations and unions. Of course, Weisel’s prediction is just that. Whether the Realtor’s $2.7 million campaign to defeat 20 local referendums becomes some playbook for corporate involvement in political campaigns remains to be seen. There is a distinct difference between the Realtors’ campaign, which was cleared of any wrongdoing, and the object of critics’ fears in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling. The Realtors targeted voter referendums on a new type of tax. The teethgnashing associated with the Citizens United ruling has come about because of the new ability of corporations, independent of political candidate, to raise and spend millions to directly urge voters to defeat or elect those candidates. Weisel’s warning was aimed at how difficult tracking the flow of money could become in a world where the limits just got substantial broader. Weisel showed how the Realtors group pushed money to nearly 30 organizations to fight the land transfer taxes. ... The local committees filed campaign reports with their local boards of elections, so no central filing with the state took place, meaning the money became harder to track. Wesiel’s point was that disclosure laws will need revamping in the wake of the Supreme Court case if the public is to know who is spending what to elect whom. State legislators already recognize that large areas of the state’s campaign finance law have been rendered unconstitutional by the high court’s ruling. They’ll be working this spring and summer to revise the law to line it up with the new ruling. But in the current atmosphere, legislators are essentially playing whack-amole. Who knows what campaign laws intended to prevent the secret financing of campaign headquarter burglaries will next be undone by the courts? The Realtors’ campaign would seem to present a bit of a problem for those who argue that more disclosure of campaign spending, rather than limits on it, should be the goal of campaign finance laws. If a nonprofit trade association can move money around and through 30 organizations, just imagine what a business with the ability to form a dozen or so limited liability companies can do.

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AN DIEGO — Just when you thought the health care debate couldn’t get any more bizarre, it surpasses expectations. Now a Republican senator is drawing parallels with the debate over Social Security reform during the George W. Bush administration and warning a Democratic president to avoid the mistakes of his GOP predecessor. You read that right. The new argument from Republican opponents of health care reform has a cannibalistic quality to it. The strategy is to draw similarities between how President Bush, back in 2005, stubbornly pushed unpopular private saving accounts to keep Social Security afloat and how President Obama is stubbornly pushing an unpopular health care bill that some fear could sink the U.S. economy. During an interview on ABC News’ “This Week,” Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee insisted that Obama was overreaching and repeating Bush’s mistakes. “I was thinking this morning of ... when (Bush) tried so hard to have private accounts for Social Security,” Alexander said. “He thought he was right. He pushed, he pushed, and he pushed. If he’d stopped about halfway through and shifted, he could have probably gotten a bipartisan agreement on Social Security.” Obama would be wise to learn a lesson from that notable Bush setback, Alexander suggested. Perhaps this is true. But, let’s make sure it’s the right lesson. And while there are parts of the Social Security debate that represent a cautionary tale for Obama, there are also other pieces that pose a warning to Republicans. The Social Security reform debate fizzled for at least three reasons. First, despite how Alexander recalls it, Bush didn’t do enough to push the idea that Social Security will soon be awash in red ink and that Congress has to act now to maintain the solvency of America’s most beloved entitlement program. The Bush administration was slow to produce its ideas for reform — among them, a plan to allow Americans to use private savings accounts to invest in the stock market a portion of the taxes that they pay into Social Security. And, once that controversial idea was out there, administration officials did little to defend it. Worse, there were other more reasonable ideas that never got a full hearing, such as raising the retirement age. Second, Republican lawmakers lost their nerve for making radical changes to the Social Security system. In fact, they seemed to be hoping the whole debate would go away. That reaction wasn’t exactly a total surprise given how protective many voters — especially seniors — are about Social Security. Incidentally, seniors also oppose health care reform by the widest margins of any age group. The so-called Gray Panthers vote in large numbers and carry a disproportionate amount of weight in politics. Battling this

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demographic was not something Republicans wanted to do a few years ago. And now this group is causing just as much trouble for Democrats. And third, Bush administration officials didn’t seem to understand just how risky their reform ideas sounded to most Americans. In the same way that Obama is asking us to trust the federal government with 17 percent of the U.S. economy, Bush was asking us to trust the stock market with a portion of their retirement funds and Social Security checks. For many people, this was too much of a crapshoot. And for many people today, the Obama health care plan is just as scary. People look to government to decrease their daily level of risk — by, for instance, keeping them safe from hazardous consumer goods or acts of terrorism — not increase it. Speaking of risk, after the stock market crash in 2008, it was clear the country had dodged a bullet when the idea of privatizing Social Security in order to preserve it faded away. Alexander has a point. Obama would be wise not to push health care reform too far to the left when there may still be a consensus to be found somewhere in the center on some of the safer and less contentious aspects of the issue. But there’s another side to that coin. Yes, Democrats should avoid the mistakes that Republicans made in the Social Security debate. But Republicans have already repeated some of the mistakes committed by Democrats in that debate — denying the scope of the problem, failing to come up with practical ideas that can win bipartisan support, demonizing opponents, etc. Republicans are quickly becoming as irrelevant to the health care debate as Democrats were to the debate over reforming Social Security. Not an enviable place to be.

Today’s Prayer Sing aloud unto God our strength; make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. (Psalm 81:1) PRAYER: Father, thank You for our salvation. Help us to be a witness for You, so we may bring others to Your love and goodness. Amen.

I was not happy with the political cartoon published in the March 4 issue of your paper. It depicted Sen, Jim Bunning, Republican senator from Kentucky, spitting tobacco on a character identified as “unemployed.” There was no article printed in this issue of the paper that covered the reasons why Sen. Bunning had voted “no” on a 30-day extensions bill for unemployment insurance and other federal programs. Such an article did appear however, in the same day issue of USA Today on page 9A. Sen. Bunning provided a very logical and important explanation of his vote which was meant to signal the Democrats and majority leader, Harry Reid, that he was “fed up” with Congress voting on bills that do not pay for themselves and only add to the national debt. In fact, over a month ago, the Democrats passed and President Obama signed into law such a bill called “Pay-Go,” which calls on Congress to only pass bills that pay for themselves. On the surface, this legislation should rein in government spending, but it has no “teeth,” per Sen. Bunning. He saw this “Pay-Go” legislation as simply a political maneuver by the Dems to get some good press. He did not vote for that bill either. Since that legislation has passed, the national debt has gone up. I do not fault the media nor The Herald for publishing political cartoons (some of them are rather humorous and well done) nor inferring that so-and-so congressman or woman voted “wrongly” on a certain piece of legislation. We are all entitled to our opinion even if its wrong. It is simply a sign of the times that we are all looking to point out how someone has failed to recognize the needs of the people during desperate and uncertain times. I would suggest, however, that before either party representatives begin pointing out “errors” in voting or “obvious” mistakes, that they examine the facts behind the voting and recognize that some “reasonable” politicians, like Sen. Bunning, do have very valid reasons for their votes on particular legislation. My thanks to The Herald for your generally balanced and accurate political coverage. EDWARD AMAN Sanford

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OBITUARIES George Batten

SANFORD — Funeral service for George Vick Batten, 85, who died Monday (3/8/10), was conducted Thursday aat the First Wesleyan Church with the Rev. Larry Moore and the Rev. Tommy Smith officiating. Burial followed at Buffalo Cemetery with military rites. Soloist was Angie Sanger. Recorded music was also played. Pallbearers were Don Batten Jr., Jonathan Batten, Jeff Batten, Brent Batten, Marcus Lewis and Bo Glenn. Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Eleanor Givens

CLAYTON, Ga. — Eleanor Stillwell Mitchell Givens, 94, formerly of Sanford, Columbus, Ohio and Sistersville, W.Va., died Tuesday (3/9/10) at home. She was born Feb. 14, 1916 in Weston, W.V., daughter of the late Lucy Gabriel and John Benjamin Givens Mitchell. She attended Weston High School where she graduated as the valedictorian in 1933. She then attended Mountain State Business College in Parkersburg, W.Va., graduating in 1934. She worked for the Federal Housing Administration in Charleston, W.Va. She and her husband moved to Sanford, where they maintained an open door to their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren for another 25 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Cales Givens; a sister, Clara Mitchell Hood; and a brother, John Mitchell. She is survived by her children, Richard Givens and wife Sue of Lawrence, Kan., Ann Givens Thomas and husband Meredith of Newark, Del., Ellen Givens Judy and husband Bill of Montpelier, Va., Irene Givens Muncy and husband Roger of Westerville, Ohio, H. Cales Jr. and wife Anne of Denver, Col., Catherine Givens Funkhouser and husband Greg of Clayton, Ga., and Deborah Givens of Columbus, Ohio; 21 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. A celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m. today with the Rev. Alice T. Wood of the Wiley Presbyterian Church officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations be made to

the Wiley Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 178, Wiley, Ga. 30581 or a charity of your choice. Condolences may be made at www.beckfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are by Beck Funeral Home of Clayton, Ga.

Daniel Goodwin SANFORD — Funeral service for Daniel Robert Goodwin, 75, of 1044 Hoover Road, who died Tuesday (3/9/10), was conducted Thursday at the Smith Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Terry Pleasant officiating. Burial followed at New Elam Christian Church Cemetery. Pianist was Eileen Cotten. Soloist was Diane Bennett. Pallbearers were Randy Wood, Sandy Wood, John May, Carl Bennett, Marion Poe and Tony Sloan. Arrangements were by Smith Funeral Home of Broadway.

Bobby Gunter SANFORD — Funeral service for Bobby Lee Gunter, 70, who died Monday (3/8/10), was held Thursday at the Rogers Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Jack Phillips officiating. Burial followed at Grace Chapel Cemetery. The Rev. Phillips sang and Pat Phillips was the organist. Pallbearers were members of the Antique Automobile Club of America, San Lee Chapter. Arrangements were by Rogers Pickard Funeral Home of Sanford.

Isaac McDougald SANFORD — Isaac B. McDougald, 68, of 510 Vance St., died Friday (3/5/10) at Central Carolina Hospital He was born Feb. 7, 1942 in Lillington, son of the lae Preston James and Queen Isabella Walker McDougald. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Ruthilene McDougald Hope; and brothers, Herman, Frank, Charles and Randolph McDougald. He is survived by his wife, Rebecca Utley; sons, Isaac Utley and wife Christine of Pinebluff and Johnny Utley of Hoffman; daughters, Cynthia

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Annie Thomas PITTSBORO — Funeral service for Annie Sturdivant Thomas, 98, of 2703 Seaforth Road, who died Sunday (3/7/10), was conducted Tuesday at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Pittsboro with Pastor Ken Blakeand Pastor George Wennerberg. Soloist was Tony Causey. The congregation sang. Pianist was Carolee Eubanks. Pallbearers wer Bob Barnes, Ron Brooks, Eddie Mendenhall, Craig Perry, Rick Stambach and Rusty Thomas. Arrangements were by Smith Funeral Home of Moncure.

Jimmy Taylor SILER CITY — James Steven “Jimmy� Taylor, 42, died Tuesday (3/9/10) at his home. He was born March 31, 1967 in Washington, D.C., son of Benjamin Franklin Taylor and Helen Cason Taylor. He received a degree in Biology from

UNC at Chapel Hill, and was a computer network engineer at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Amy Rose Taylor of Chapel Hill; his mother, Helen Taylor of Potomac, Va.; and a sister, Linda Diamond of Potomac, Va. A private memorial service will be held. Condolences may be sent to www.hallwynne. com. Memorials may be sent to either the N.C. Democratic Party, 220 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, N.C. 27603, or to Chatham Animal Rescue, P.O. Box 610, Pittsboro, N.C. 27312. Arrangements are by Hall-Wynne Funeral Service and Cremation, Griffin Chapel, of Pittsboro.

Jessie Turney VASS — Jessie Ray Turney, 73, of 727 Byrds Road, died Thursday (3/11/10) at Moore Regional Hospital. Born in 1936, he was the son of the late Jack and Alma J. Turney. He attended New Home Baptist Church. He was a farmer and retired golf course maintenance worker. He was preceded in death by one son, Robert Ray Turney. He is survived by his wife, Eloise Stone Turney; sons, Jessie Mark Turney of Cameron, Bobby Lee Turney and Phillip Reece Turney of Vass; sisters, Dollie Marion and Thelma Ussery, both of Cameron, and Stella Jacobs of Vass; brothers, Jack Turney and Junior Turney; four grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at New Home Baptist Church. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Home Baptist Church with Pastor Paul McClure officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Condolences may be sent to www.coxmemorialfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are by Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory of Vass. o For more information on obituaries in The Herald, contact Kim Edwards at (919) 718-1224.

POLICE BEAT SANFORD n Carlos Centrell Jennings, 19, was arrested Tuesday at 307 Carthage St. in Sanford on a charge of resisting, delaying or obstructing an officer. n Tyler Griffin, 19, was arrested Tuesday at Walmart in Sanford on charges of shoplifting and concealment of merchandise in a business. n Kenneth Lewis Roe, 44, was arrested Tuesday at 2224 S. Horner Blvd. in Sanford on a charge of failure to appear. n Leo Visto Percell, 54, was arrested Tuesday at 301 Maple Ave. in Sanford on a charge of trespassing in the second degree. n Michael Thomas Borge, 18, was arrested Wednesday at 2720 Chippendale Trail in Sanford on a charge of false report to a law enforcement officer. n Verizon Wireless Store reported fraud/ obtaining money/property by false pretense Wednesday at 2807 S. Horner Blvd. in Sanford. n Edith Perry Huff reported communication of threats Wednesday at 101 Manning Drive in Chapel Hill. n Nelson Alexis Rodriguez reported fraud/impersonation Wednesday at 916 Clark Circle in Sanford. n Judith Kay Ellis reported a hit and run Wednesday at 109 E. Main St. in Sanford. n Kangaroo #218 reported larceny — shoplifting Wednesday at 1130 n. Horner Blvd. in Sanford. n Christopher Jon Zito, 44, reported common law robbery in Sanford Wednesday. n Richard Lee Spears, 44, was arrested Wednesday at 2224 S. Horner Blvd. in Sanford on a charge of breaking or entering vehicles, railroad cars, aircraft or boats. n Alphonso Johnson, 42, was arrested Wednesday at 2224 S. Horner Blvd. in Sanford on a charge of breaking or entering vehicles, railroad cars, aircraft or boats. n Randa Jo Brady, 25, was arrested Wednesday at 145 W. Goldbar Ave. in Goldston on charges of shoplifting and concealment of merchandise in

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nation’s current economic crisis. Swartz shared his opinions on the current recession, President Barack Obama, health care and the global economy, stressing that it may take some time before the economy turns around. “I decided what I was going to tell you is truth and if it doesn’t go down well, so be it,� he told the crowd of about 200 business and community leaders. Swartz said he’s been interested in economics for decades. “We’re going to go through an extended period of slow growth,� he said. “I’m only telling you what I see. I think I’m right but I’m not saying everything is hopeless.� Richard Hayes, chairman of the Lee County Board of Commissioners, called Swartz the “driving force and mas-

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sion and how long it may last, though she added that she believes he’s right. “To have remarks that had so much meat ... I know that Ed Swartz, he does look at things from a global perspective.� Olive said she was

Man accused of stealing $700K in Ponzi scheme RALEIGH (MCT) — A Raleigh man suspected by federal officials of defrauding investors of at least $700,000 in a Ponzi scheme was arrested Wednesday on state fraud charges. Dennis Todd Hagemann, 41, of 4715 Cardinal Grove Blvd. in Raleigh, has been charged with two counts of securities fraud and one count of obtaining property by false pretenses. He is being held in the Wake County jail on a $250,000 secured bond. According to a complaint filed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Hagemann and the company he owned, Yellowstone Partners, fraudulently solicited at least $700,000 from at least nine individuals.

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counter demonstration. About 220 supporters of Democratic health care reforms, chanted “Thank you Bob� and carried signs such as “Health Insurance Insurance Reform Now� and “Health Care Can’t Wait.� The crowds were peaceful, although separated by a hefty police presence. Etheridge issued the following statement in response to to the rallies:

“I continue to hear from thousands of folks in North Carolina about the future of America’s health care system,� he said. “We know that middle class families continue to get squeezed by skyrocketing health insurance premiums and without action the situation will only get worse. “North Carolina families need a common sense health care system. We need to get costs

under control, assure quality of care, prohibit denials for pre-existing conditions and preserve individual choices.� Congressional leaders are awaiting a final cost analysis that will allow them to start counting votes in earnest. House Democratic leaders want to get approved a Senatepassed bill from last year. Etheridge said that Democrats and Republicans have found much

common ground on health insurance reform and that many of those proposals will be included in the final plan.

“Principals are confiscating at some schools and not at other schools,� he said. James Atkinson, assistant superintendent for auxiliary services, said the policy has been revised twice since the code of conduct was originally written in 2000. “Is there any use that may permissible?� Williams asked the committee, which included principals, teachers and students from the various schools. “I do know there

may be exceptions. But also during the school day, they should not be allowed. ... If you go from school to school, you may find differences from elementary to middle to high.� Atkinson said he has talked to parents who want their child to have a cell phone on them during the school day for safety reasons. Greg Batten, principal of Lee County High School, said he understands this position.

“My daughter has a cell phone. ... That’s the norm now,� he said. “It’s not practical to say that they’re banned. But the policy is absolutely zero tolerance in the classroom.� LCHS Senior Denise Abell said she agrees that electronic devices should not be allowed in the classroom. “There should be no exceptions whatsoever during the school day. That is rude,� she said. “But I don’t really see why that would be a distraction on the bus.� Pam Sutton, principal at B.T. Bullock Elementary, said she’s not necessarily in favor of elementary students given the OK for electronic devices. She said she spoke to one class of fifth graders and “explained to them that we’re not going to be searching them for cell phones but that if we see them, we will take them.� Williams wondered if teachers need to be

more observant in the classroom, to make sure children aren’t using electronic devices, but many educators said that’s not necessarily the problem. “They’re sneaky,� said George Raley, principal of East Lee Middle. “Classroom management helps that but it’s not going to catch everything.� Plus, certain cell phones are also MP3 players and/or have cameras, so that can make things trickier, said Donna Thomas, first grade teacher at J. Glenn Edwards Elementary. “There’s so many variations of what a student can do today, it’s not as easy to monitor,� Superintendent Jeff Moss added. Some said teachers should incorporate cell phones into instruction, as State Superintendent June Atkinson has advised. But it should not open the floodgates to include all types of new technology like social

networking sites Facebook or Twitter, Moss argued. “That’s not what we want,� he said. “I disagree we should have open access to everything. ... Either we decide we’re going to protect instructional time and teach, or not teach. Instructional time is sacred.� There is merit in allowing iPods on the school bus if they keep children calm, Williams said. “Put on some headphones and chill. We want them to be quiet,� he said. “They don’t have to find something to do; they’re doing something that they want to do.� Like most things, “you’re going to have some students who violate no matter what the policy is,� Williams said. “You’ve got teachers that openly walk by (iPod or cell phone use in the hallway) because it’s not worth the headache. Right now, the policy says you can’t do it, period. But that’s a flaw.� Williams asked the committee to meet with staff at their schools and come back with ideas or terminology that should be incorporated into the policy. The committee will meet again at 3:30 p.m. April 8 at the Heins Building.

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Thanking the manufacturing industry is important to Olive, who was happy to see the event recognize that sector of society. “This is something I’ve wanted to do ever since I’ve been mayor. I’ve wanted to thank the manufacturers of Lee County,� she said. “We stack up just beautifully to other communities.� The event also touched on long-term planning in Lee County. Jerry Pedley, chairman of the chamber’s board of directors, said the board decided in January that businesses and the community should develop a long-term plan. “Every organization and every business benefits from planning ahead,� Pedley said. “Business and community leaders can get together for one day to develop a long-term vision for Lee County’s future.� Jim Murray with Pfizer was given the chamber’s 2009 Ambassador of the Year award.

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STATE BRIEFS Lawyer: School board violated open meetings law

RALEIGH (AP) — An expert on the First Amendment says a North Carolina school board violated open meeting law when they voted to place the superintendent on administrative leave, but the Wake County school board’s attorney disagrees. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that attorney Hugh Stevens said board members should have voted in public Tuesday instead of behind closed doors when they decided to place Superintendent Del Burns on leave. Stevens has represented media outlets in open meetings cases. School board chairman Ron Margiotta and board attorney Ann Majestic says members acted within the law because no one was hired or fired. Burns said in February he would resign June 30. He criticized the board’s plan to end busing for socio-economic diversity.

Fishermen to plant oyster shells

MOREHEAD CITY (AP) — North Carolina officials have received applications from about 60 fishermen who want to plant oyster shells to enhance shellfish habitat. The Daily News of Jacksonville reported Thursday the planting of 41,000 bushels of oyster shells will begin in April in Onslow, Carteret, Hyde and New Hanover counties. The fishermen will be paid about $2 a bushel through a federal economic recovery grant. During what’s known as cultch planting, shells and rock are placed on the bottom of the water to enhance shellfish habitat, especially important during spawning. The Division of Marine Fisheries is partnering with the North Carolina Coastal Federation on the project. It’s one part of a federal economic recovery grant to create jobs and assist the state in oyster rehabilitation.

Animal activists flood Perdue’s Facebook page

RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue says an inspector has been sent to Robeson County in southern North Carolina after her Facebook fan page was flooded with messages from animal rights activists urging her to investigate claims of abuse at an animal shelter there. The posts began Tuesday and have continued into Thursday morning.

Some of the posts also call for the staff at the shelter to be replaced. In a response on her page dated Wednesday afternoon, Perdue said she appreciates the “passionate calls for action.� Her response also says she’s contacted the Commissioner of Agriculture’s office and that the department’s veterinary office has sent an inspector to Robeson County. Perdue said she trusts they’ll ensure state laws are being followed at animal shelters there.

Siemens announces expansion of power unit RALEIGH (AP) — German conglomerate Siemens plans to expand a North Carolina unit that makes equipment for electric utility plants, adding hundreds of jobs. A state incentives committee on Thursday approved giving Siemens more than $22 million for its plans to create 825 jobs. Gov. Beverly Perdue is scheduled to praise the company’s plans at Siemens Power Generation operations in Charlotte. Munich-based Siemens AG had said last spring it would add more than 200 jobs in Charlotte as it increased the energy division’s offerings of climate protecting technology for power plants. The plans included building a 75,000-square-foot office next to its manufacturing facility there. The U.S. is one of Siemens’ largest markets. The company said Siemens-built power plants supply one-third of North America’s electricity.

N.C. State student newspaper can’t find an editor RALEIGH (AP) — The student newspaper at North Carolina State University is having trouble finding an editor. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that N.C. State’s student newspaper, the Technician, ran an editorial Wednesday asking students to help “regardless of age or experience.� An editor who wrote that editorial says the paper’s top editor was suspended and the managing editor quit to take an internship. The Student Media Board of Directors was supposed to hire a new Technician editor Tuesday, but no one applied. So the board appointed a committee to make recommendations on the newspaper’s future. Student body president Jim Ceresnak says he doesn’t want the newspaper to close.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It’s a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations limiting overdraft fees. Rules set by the Federal Reserve that will ban banks from charging such fees, without first getting permission from the customer, are set to take effect July 1. But Bank of America is going a step further than the regulations require. It will simply no longer allow debit card purchases to go through if there isn’t enough money in the account. For ATM transactions, customers who try to withdraw more than their balance will have to agree to pay a $35 overdraft fee before they can get the money. “The majority of our customers who overdraw their account do so with everyday debit purchases,� said Susan Faulkner, senior vice president of consumer banking for Charlottebased Bank of America. “They’re doing this unknowingly, because they aren’t aware that they are about to overdraft.� Since the bank doesn’t have the ability to notify the customer when they’re at the register and give them the

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RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina judge has denied a request by media outlets to unseal information about an investigation into the fatal assault of a longtime state Board of Education member. Multiple media outlets reported Thursday that Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens ordered that the records remain secret to protect the criminal investigation into the death of Kathy Taft. Media outlets including The News & Observer of Raleigh, Capitol Broadcasting Co. and The Associated Press had asked that the judge order the release of 911 records and police documents. The 62-year-old Taft died Tuesday from injuries she suffered in a weekend assault at the Raleigh home of her boyfriend, where she had been staying. The boyfriend was in Florida at the time.

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two jetliners crossed paths with flocks of Canada geese shortly after taking off from airports on consecutive days in New York and New Jersey, and the collisions with the large birds forced the pilots to make emergency landings. No one was hurt. A US Airways jet headed to Charlotte, N.C., with 124 passengers and a crew of five struck several geese Thursday morning about two minutes after leaving Rochester’s airport in upstate New York. The pilot

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New Jersey at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Boeing 777, bound for Hong Kong, landed safely and did not appear to be damaged, the airline said. Most of the passengers were rebooked on a flight Thursday morning to Hong Kong. There were warnings of migrating birds in the area, said Ron Marsico, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Canada geese typically range in size from about 6 pounds to 12 pounds. In January 2009, another Charlotte-bound US Airways flight struck a flock of Canada geese

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Dems to vote without abortion foes

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leaders abandoned a long struggle to appease the most ardent abortion opponents in their ranks, gambling Thursday that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming next week. In doing so, they are all but counting out a small but potentially decisive group whose views on abortion coverage have become the principal hang-up for Democrats fighting to achieve the biggest change in American health care in generations. Congressional leaders are hoping they can find enough support from other wavering Democrats to pass legislation that only cleared the House by five votes in an earlier incarnation. Democratic leaders are working to rally rank-and-file members around agreements on several complicated points, health insurance taxes and prescription drug coverage among them, and dozens of other sticky issues — all as Republicans stand ready to oppose the overhaul en masse. “We will finish the job,� Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, DNev., wrote in a letter to his Republican counterpart describing the path ahead. Said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa: “The stars are aligning for victory on comprehensive health reform. The end is in sight.� At stake is the fate of the president’s call to expand health care to some 30 million people who lack insurance and to prohibit insurance

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Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, looks on as Gina Owens hugs her grandson, Marcelas Owens from Seattle, Wash., whose mother, Tiffany Owens died after losing her job and health care Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington. company practices such as denial of coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions. Almost every American would be affected by the legislation, which would change the ways many people receive and pay for health care, from the most routine checkup to the most expensive, lifesaving treatment. And most Americans would be required by law to get health insurance. Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman of California, chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, said the leadership will press ahead without reworking the abortion provision adopted by the Senate. Abortion opponents say the provision falls short in restricting taxpayer dollars for abortion coverage. Rep. Bart Stupak, DMich., has been pushing for stricter provisions and says he and a dozen or so abortion opponents would vote against the health care bill if the Senate’s version is retained. Leaders will try

to peel off some of those lawmakers and make up for any remaining deficit with Democrats who opposed the health care legislation on the first round, when it passed 220-215. “Many of the pro-life members are going to support passage of the health care bill,� Waxman predicted. “They’re either satisfied enough with the Senate provision, or they decide that that’s as much as they’re going to get and they don’t want to defeat health care.� One point on which Obama may not get his way is the White House demand for a vote by March 18, a week away. Speaking to reporters after Democrats met for a status report on the emerging health care agreements, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the deadline merely “an interesting date.� Before a vote, Pelosi, D-Calif., said lawmakers must first receive a cost report from the

Congressional Budget Office on changes to the bill being worked out among the White House and Democratic congressional leaders. After that, it could be a week or more before the legislation goes to the floor. House Democrats were meeting behind closed doors Thursday to hear a point-by-point briefing on the latest health care compromise from White House health reform director Nancy Ann DeParle. Pelosi asked the members whether they wanted to vote sooner rather than later. They responded with a broad shout of “Yes!� according to lawmakers coming out of the session. It will come down to a phenomenal effort by congressional leaders and the White House to win over skittish lawmakers after a year of incendiary debate, even as Obama keeps up campaign-style appearances designed to fire up public support.

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House GOP adopts earmark moratorium

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an election-year appeal to voters frustrated with Washington, House Republicans promised Thursday not to stuff any of this year’s spending bills with pet projects for their districts. The promise comes a day after House Democrats banned earmarks to for-profit companies, ending a practice that in many cases created a cozy “pay-to-play� culture involving lawmakers and businesses whose Washington lobbyists often use campaign donations to help assure access.

Earmarks send taxpayer dollars to projects in lawmakers’ districts outside the competitive process required for other federal spending. The House members’ actions follow a House Ethics Committee investigation of seven lawmakers for taking campaign donations from those who benefited from earmarks. The seven were absolved of wrongdoing, but the two parties are seeking political high ground with voters unhappy with Washington and out-of-control spending. The effort may run

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into trouble in the Senate, where many lawmakers have made clear they have no interest in House Republicans’ selfimposed moratorium or House Democrats’ ban on earmarks to for-profit companies. That could set up contentious negotiations later this year, when the House and Senate must combine their versions of spending bills. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., plans to schedule a meeting of Senate Republicans over whether to keep seeking earmarks. A member of the Senate Appropriations Com-

mittee, which hands out earmarks, McConnell supports the process. The House GOP promise is a compromise between lawmakers who oppose earmarks, such as Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, and rank-and-file Republicans who had already submitted a round of earmark requests. House Republicans promised a one-year pause in earmarks instead of a permanent ban. Boehner said Thursday that suspending earmarks shows Republicans are serious about fixing Washington.

NATION BRIEFS First-time jobless claims drop slightly last week WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, but remains above the level many economists say would signal new hiring. The four-week average of claims, which smooths volatility, rose to its highest level since November, reflecting a large jump in claims last month. The Labor Department said initial jobless claims fell by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 462,000. That nearly matches Wall Street analysts’ estimates and is the second straight drop. But initial claims need to fall consistently below 425,000 to signal sustained job creation, economists say.

Federal appeals court upholds God references SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words “under God� in the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust� on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected two legal challenges by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow, who claimed the references to God disrespect his religious beliefs. “The Pledge is constitutional,� Judge Carlos Bea wrote for the majority in the 2-1 ruling. “The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite our vast nation through the proud recitation of some of the ideals upon which our Republic was founded.�

Lesbian teen faces classmates after district halts prom JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday. Constance McMillen said she didn’t want to go back the day after the Itawamba County school board’s decision, but her father told her she needed to face her classmates, teachers and school officials. “My daddy told me that I needed to show them that

I’m still proud of who I am,� McMillen told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “The fact that this will help people later on, that’s what’s helping me to go on.� The district announced Wednesday it wouldn’t host the April 2 prom. The decision came after the American Civil Liberties Union told officials a policy banning same-sex prom dates violated students’ rights. The ACLU said the district not letting McMillen wear a tuxedo violated her free expression rights.

Massive school closures in KC to be done by fall

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City school officials promised Thursday to shut down nearly half the district’s schools by the start of classes in the fall without offering details of how they intend to implement the complicated plan in just a matter of months. The drastic project also calls for cutting hundreds of jobs and shuffling thousands of students — changes that officials say are needed to keep the district from using up what little is left of the $2 billion it received as part of a groundbreaking desegregation case. The school board on Wednesday night narrowly approved the plan, which calls for closing 29 of the district’s 61 schools, eliminating about 700 of its 3,000 jobs and moving students from the shuttered buildings to other schools. Superintendent John Covington has said the district would be bankrupt in 18 months without the cuts.

NY attorney general recuses self in Paterson probe ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Amid concerns over a conflict of interest and just two days after a poll showed the public opposed his investigation into two scandals involving Gov. David Paterson, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo took himself off the case Thursday and appointed a respected former judge to take over. Cuomo, a Democrat considering a run for governor, named Judith Kaye as the independent counsel to lead the investigation into whether Paterson illegally took World Series tickets or had improper contact with a woman who accused a governor’s aide of domestic violence. She will work with the Cuomo’s Public Integrity Unit on the investigation.

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WORLD BRIEFS and Rome’s mayor saying it sends the wrong message. But the Keplero high school vowed Thursday to go ahead with its experiment, billed as the first in the capital. While it’s a relative novelty for Italy, schools in several other European countries have installed the machines in hopes of curbing teen pregnancy and HIV. The school plans to install six vending machines as part of educating students about sexuality and HIV protection.

Swarm of strong aftershocks in Chile as Pinera sworn in

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile’s president. It shook some more as they waited for him to join them. People in the balconies of the vast congressional hall in coastal Valparaiso shouted warnings as a massive light fixture rocked overhead, and heads of state nervously eyed the ceiling. But a steely calm prevailed, especially from Pinera himself as he strode in smiling. The president and his ministers then quickly swore their oaths, and the audience of 2,000 headed for the exits and the hills, joining an evacution called out of concern that Thursday’s repeated aftershocks would set off another tsunami. Inauguration Day in Chile was peppered with more than a dozen significant aftershocks that damaged some towns and sent thousands running for safety.

Discovery of mummy provides clues about Egypt CAIRO (AP) — The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt’s enduring mysteries — the fate of controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten’s mummy. The discovery could help fill out the picture of a fascinating era more than 3,300 years ago when Akhenaten embarked on history’s first attempt at monotheism. During his 17-year rule, Akhenaten sought to overturn more than a millennium of Egyptian religion and art to establish the worship of a single sun god. In the end, his bold experiment failed and he was eventually succeeded by his son, the young Tutankhamun, who rolled back his reforms and restored the old religion.

Vatican slams Rome school’s installation condom machines

ROME (AP) — The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will encourage young people to have sex

Al-Qaida eyeing smaller attacks on U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) — Ever since al-Qaida attacked the United States in 2001, U.S. authorities have worked to detect and prevent the next big terrorist strike. But officials and counterterrorism experts say the Christmas airline plot and last November’s shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, may have shown al-Qaida that smallerscale attacks also can prove unsettling, without the complexity and risk of bigger attempts. The Christmas Day attempt to bring down a Detroit-bound flight — allegedly by a young Nigerian man with explosives in his underwear — was not successful. The attempt, however, shook the government, set agencies against each other and led to months of political second-guessing. Short of mass casualties, the attack produced the kind of reaction that al-Qaida desires. Now it appears that the group, which has prided itself on its ideological purism, seems to be eyeing a more pragmatic and perhaps more dangerous shift in tactics. The emerging message appears to be that big successes are

great, but sometimes simply trying can be just as good. It’s not clear what Osama bin Laden and his senior leaders are thinking and plotting. But U.S.-born al-Qaida spokesman Adam Gadahn made a public pitch for such smaller, single acts of jihad in a recent Internet video. “Even apparently unsuccessful attacks on Western mass transportation systems can bring major cities to a halt, cost the enemy billions and send his corporations into bankruptcy,� Gadahn said in the video. Officials believe this message has been evolving for the past year. It’s turned upside down the prevailing wisdom that the next attack must be bigger and bolder than the one on Sept. 11, 2001. “It’s pretty clear that while al-Qaida would still love to have home runs, they will take singles and doubles if they can get them,� said Bruce Riedel, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution Saban Center and a for-

mer CIA officer. “And that makes the job of counterterrorism much, much harder.� The partisan bickering that followed the Christmas bombing may have played into al-Qaida’s hands. Counterterrorism officials note that al-Qaida leaders monitor the U.S. closely and watched the reverberations of the attack. They saw the scramble to boost security, the members of Congress criticizing agencies for intelligence and screening failures, the political drumbeat against the Obama administration’s national security efforts and the agency leaders who rushed to blame each other. The shift is ideological as well as tactical. Before Gadahn’s latest video message, al-Qaida leaders bin Laden and Ayman alZawahiri had not seemed to embrace the call for smaller, more singular insurgent operations. “Big al-Qaida still has too much of an ego. They still want big, synchronized, high-visibility attacks,� said Jarret Brach-

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10A / Friday, March 12, 2010 / The Sanford Herald

Trade deficit shrinks as imports drop WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in January, reflecting a big drop in imports of oil and foreign cars. American exports also fell, a potential blow to hopes that the economic recovery will be aided this year by U.S. sales abroad. The Commerce Department said that the trade deficit declined to $37.3 billion in January, a drop of 6.6 percent from a revised December deficit of $39.9 billion. Economists had been expected

the deficit to widen to $41 billion. U.S. exports dipped 0.3 percent, reflecting weaker sales of a wide variety of products from civilian aircraft and machinery to agricultural products. But imports dropped by a larger 1.7 percent as both oil and foreign cars saw big declines. In other economic news, the Labor Department reported that the number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits slipped last week by 6,000

to a seasonally adjusted 462,000. It was the latest sign that the nation’s employment picture is slowly brightening. If the trade deficit held at January’s level for an entire year, it would give the country an imbalance of $447.5 billion in 2010, up from a 2009 deficit of $378.6 billion, which had been the smallest trade gap in eight years. That improvement reflected a drop in global oil prices and a deep recession, which cut into demand for imported goods.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth — gradually. Household net worth rose last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was slight. And it was less than in the previous two quarters. The Federal Reserve said Thursday that net worth rose 1.3 percent in the fourth quarter to $54.2 trillion. It marked the third straight quarter of gains. But economists say consumers would need a stronger and more prolonged increase in their wealth to persuade them to ratchet up spending. Net worth had risen by a more robust 4.5 percent in the second quarter of 2009 and an even faster 5.5 percent in the third quarter. Net worth is the value of assets such as homes, checking accounts and investments minus debts like mortgages and credit cards. Even with the gain, Americans’ net worth would have to rise an additional 21 percent just to get back to its pre-recession peak of $65.9 trillion. That illustrates Americans’ vast loss of wealth from the worst downturn since the 1930s. Growth in stock portfolios delivered the biggest lift to net worth in the October-to-December period. The value of stocks rose by nearly 4 percent to $7.7 trillion. Higher home prices helped a bit. The value of real-estate holdings

edged up 0.2 percent. During the recession, which began in December 2007, household net worth had plunged as low as $48.5 trillion in the first quarter of 2009. Stock holdings and home values nose-dived. As their net worth evaporated, Americans felt less inclined to spend. For all of last year, consumer spending dropped 0.6 percent. This year, as wealth, the economy and financial conditions slowly recover, consumer spending is projected to grow around a modest 2.2 percent, according to the National Association for Business Economics. By contrast, in 1983, when the economy was recovering from the 1981-82 recession, consumer spending surged 5.7 percent. Unlike past rebounds led by ordinary shoppers, this one so far has been driven more by spending from businesses, foreigners and — until it runs out — government stimulus. Consumers have been spending more lately. But they remain cautious. “It would take a string of increases of a size that they believe can continue and that they can have faith in for consumers to really boost their spending,� said Scott Hoyt, senior director of consumer economics at Moody’s Economy.com. Each dollar increase in household wealth translates into roughly three to four cents of consumer spending over two years, Hoyt said. That isn’t much.

Just ask Marcia Karon, 55, of Atlanta. She’s felt little benefit from the economic rebound or the stock market. Her family’s finances are being crimped in other ways. Her husband has taken two pay cuts in the past year, their property taxes remain high and “everything else is going up,� she says. “Things are tight,� says Karon, who works at home as a calligrapher and bookkeeper. “Over the last year we’ve had to go through what little savings we had set aside just to get by.� Not until 2012 does Hoyt think household wealth will return to its pre-recession levels. A severe setback to the economy could delay it further, he added. Americans reduced their borrowing last year at a record pace. They did so amid rising defaults on mortgages and credit card debt. The drop also reflected concern among households about their diminished net worth. Household debt — including mortgages, credit cards, auto and student loans — contracted at an annual rate of 1.75 percent in 2009, the Fed report said. It was the first annual decline on records going back to 1945. Benefiting most in the fourth quarter were those invested in the stock market. The Standard & Poor’s 500, a broad barometer of stocks, climbed 5 percent in the quarter. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 7 percent.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After selling more than a million tickets to her last concert tour, Carrie Underwood is aiming higher this time. Really high. She plans to fly over the audience, for starters. “We’re kind of going for broke on this one just because I feel like it’s time,� Underwood said in an interview this week. “At this point, the only thing it’s about is putting on a great show and we’re going out with that in mind. I definitely think we have delivered.� Underwood’s “Play On Tour� opens Thursday in Reading, Pa., with more than 50 dates in the United States and Canada planned through June. The former “American Idol� winner, who turned 27 on Wednesday, wanted to follow the success of her third platinum-selling album, “Play On,� with something dynamite for her fans. She’s set a record with 11 straight No. 1 country singles and now feels she has a set list meaty enough to support something spectacular. “As far as things getting bigger, it’s just that — the stage is bigger, there are more lights, there’s more tricks up our sleeve,� Underwood said. “We have a lot of moving parts on the stage. I kind of get to fly over the audience. It’s

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Those are all heady numbers, but as she’s grown more successful Underwood says she’s learned to let go of the statistics. “I remember in the beginning it was like, ’How many did I sell this week? How many people are going to be here?�’ Underwood said. “It was all about numbers and to be honest now I don’t even look at anything because I’m happy. When I see numbers it either makes me happy or brings me down. I’d rather just be happy and leave it at that.� Underwood is taking a

similar Zen-like approach with planning her wedding to Mike Fisher of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators. Trying to plan a tour and wedding at the same time could be overwhelming, but Underwood’s not stressing. She’s more than happy to step aside when it comes to minutiae. “Have you ever been to a wedding where you thought how awful the tablecloths were? Probably not,� Underwood said. “You probably don’t even remember the tablecloths. Why get stressed out about little things like that? But I do have a planner and she knows that she’s going to be making a lot of decisions on her own. If you give me choice A, B or C, I can pick one, but I don’t care.� The couple got engaged shortly before Christmas and have set a date that they hope to keep private. Underwood says they haven’t even told family and friends in an effort to keep unwelcome cameras away. “Not to say even anybody would care to show up, but just in case,� Underwood said. “Like anybody you deserve to get married and have a great day as people. I’m not going to be Carrie Underwood the entertainer walking down the aisle. I’m just Carrie and I’m going to marry Mike. I feel like that’s kind of a right everybody deserves to have.�

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host “Saturday Night Live.� NBC said Thursday that the 88year-old actress will host the show May 8. “SNL� executive producer White Lorne Michaels says he can’t think of a better way to spend Mother’s Day weekend than with White. The announcement followed a campaign on Facebook urging the sketch show to make White a host. The group attracted nearly half-a-million supporters. White, whose starring roles include “The Golden Girls,� was given a lifetime achievement award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in January.

Chavez thanks Penn for defending him against media CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S. media. In an appearance on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher� last week, Penn slammed Chavez critics who refer to the socialist leader as a dictator. The Oscar-winning celebrity noted that Chavez has won repeated elections and suggested that media critics who call him a dictator should be jailed. He says that “there should be a bar for which one goes to prison for these kinds of biases.� Penn has visited Chavez several times and frequently defends the president’s leftist political policies. Chavez welcomed Penn’s comments Wednesday and thanked the actor for standing up to his detractors.

Stage adaptation of John Grisham novel is planned

NEW YORK (AP) — A stage adaptation of John Grisham’s first novel, “A Time to Kill,� will have its world premiere next year in Washington in what is being billed as a “pre-Broadway� production. Arena Stage’s artistic director Molly Smith said Thursday the play will run May 6, 2011, through June 19, 2011, at Arena’s Kreeger Theater. ** Planet 51: PG (10:20), 12:20, 5:25 ** Planet 51: PG (10:20), 12:20, 5:2

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‘Green Zone’ more like ‘The Bored Identity’

Not much to ‘Remember’

By NEIL MORRIS

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verything in “Green Zone� is punctuated with exclamation points. The Iraq War is LOUD! The Middle East is DANGEROUS! Helicopters, jeeps, and sprinting soldiers move FAST! No one, not even your friends and allies, can be TRUSTED! It’s not so much an adrenaline-rush as a steroid-transfusion. Unfortunately, if you want in-depth analysis of the film’s gravamen — the quixotic hunt for weapons of mass destruction — the best you will get is Army Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) repeatedly screaming variations on “Where are the WMDs!� or “Tell me about the WMDs!� Although a good movie can and should be made that recounts and critiques the political misinformation used to justify the war in Iraq, “Green Zone,� which was shot over two years ago, feels like a dated political drama grounded in

Grade: C Director: Paul Greengrass Starring: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, and Amy Ryan MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 1 hour, 55 minutes Theaters: Spring Lane Cinemas in Sanford; Sand Hills Cinemas in Southern Pines; Crossroads 20 in Cary

theatrics and buzzwords. The film’s in-your-face sense of urgency now seems strangely passĂŠ — it may as well be about feverously hunting for leprechauns or trying to uncover Iraq’s stockpiles of pixie dust. Paul Greengrass, director of the latter two “Bourneâ€? movies, sets the action between the end of the initial invasion phase of the war and the formal establishment of the Coalition Provisional Authority. What could have been a sweeping examination/ indictment of the way the United States bungled the formative stages

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Amy Ryan, left, and Matt Damon are shown in a scene from, “Green Zone.� the Occupation of Iraq is instead a reductive, fictionalized potboiler about Miller’s one-man mission to ferret out the truth about the covert, purportedly reliable intelligence about Iraq’s weapons program being spoon-fed to not only he and his fellow soldiers, but the whole world. Along his road to going rogue, Miller encounters of host of half-written characters, each trying to extract information from him to further their own aims — at one point, Miller’s backpack was weighted down more by business cards than MREs. Clark Poundstone (Greg Kinnear) is a Paul Brenner-esque Pentagon

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hack carrying the water for his neocon minders. Martin Brown (Brendan Gleeson, wearing a five-day growth and constipated scowl) is the CIA bureau chief who calls B.S. on the supposedly sound intelligence regarding the presence of WMDs. And, Lawrie Dayne (Amy Ryan) is a Wall Street Journal reporter — and Judith Miller doppelganger — who once helped Poundstone propound his pre-war propaganda, but is now suspicious of him and his clandestine, supposedly vetted informant, who goes by the code name “Magellan.� They all prowl the grounds of the Green Zone, a safe haven HQ

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cordoned from the chaos brewing beyond its fortified walls on streets of Baghdad. As a blueprint for how films of this sort should go, look no further than Greengrass’ brilliant, affecting “United 93.� The director enlarged a single, incendiary incident – 9/11, and more specifically, the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 — onto a broader canvas to create a taut, authentic, and thorough portrait of the heroism, turmoil, and motivations informing every aspect of the tragedy. By contrast, screenwriter Brian Helgeland (still running off the fumes of “L.A. Confidential�) distills the disreputable underpinning for the war and all its complexities into a flurried chase to track down one Saddam general or commandeer one little black book. “Green Zone� is credited as having inspired by “Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone,� the 2006 book by “Washington Post� war correspondent Rajiv Chandrasekaren. However, in place of the novel’s sardonic juxtaposition between the gilded, Oz-like bubble encasing the Green Zone and the social and ethnic tumult brewing outside its gilded gates, Greengrass fashions an action-thriller in which sound, fury, and his camera-in-a-blender camouflage the narrative shortcomings of a revisionist-history fantasy in which one man uncovers and exposes the lies that led us to war. Instead, in terms of tone and relevance, “Green Zone� needed more Dr. Strangelove and less Jason Bourne. To access movie reviews by Neil Morris, log on to marqueemarquis. com or e-mail him at enm007@marqueemarquis.com.

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emember Me� ought to be titled “Remember James Dean.� In this dour effort to prove Robert Pattinson can act, nomadic TV director Allen Coulter concocts a post-modern rip-off of “Rebel Without a Cause,� starring Pattinson doing his best/worst Dean impersonation as Tyler Hawkins, an emotionally troubled rich-kid with daddy issues who subsists on a diet of beer and cigarettes and sporadically attends NYU when not part-timing at the local bookstore. The film opens in 1991 when Grade: D+ young MPAA RatAlly Craig ing: PG-13 (“Lost’s� Running Emilie de Time: 1 hour, Ravin) 53 minutes watches Theaters: her mother Crossroads get gunned 20 in Cary down on a New York City subway platform by a street hoodlum. Ten years later (note the time, note the place,) Ally lives at home, attends college, and enjoys an uneasy relationship with her cop father, Neil (Chris Cooper, struggling with the New Yawk accent). After Neil busts and roughs-up Tyler, he decides to date his daughter as some half-witted measure of revenge. Naturally, before long Tyler is cooking Ally dinner, Ally is wearing Tyler’s sweats, and the two are splashing each other with water and exchanging inane bon mots: “I have a coaster if you’d like a coaster.� “Sorry, I don’t do coasters until the third date.� We have no idea why Tyler business mogul father (Pierce Brosnan) is so estranged from his children or his ex-wife. Or why Tyler’s kid sister (Ruby Jerins) is bullied by the girls in school. Or why his sister getting her hair shorn by those mean girls proves the miraculous balm that heals every deep-seated dysfunction afflicting these annoying, self-absorbed cretins. Or why Pattinson and de Ravin are unable to exude even a modicum of acting acumen or romantic chemistry. But, nothing explains the risible plot twist — one of the most tasteless since “The Boy in The Striped Pajamas� — that manages to run roughshod over a storyline that means so little to begin with. “Remember Me?� I’d rather not.

The Sanford Herald / FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010

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The Big East Tournament has a couple of high seeds go down

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ACC TOURNAMENT At A Glance At Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro First Round Thursday, March 11 Virginia 68, Boston College 62 Miami 83, Wake Forest 62 Georgia Tech 62, North Carolina 58 Clemson vs. N.C. State, late Quarterfinals Friday, March 12 Duke vs. Virginia, Noon Virginia Tech vs. Miami, 2:30 p.m. Maryland vs. Georgia Tech, 7 p.m. Florida State vs. Clemson-N.C. State winner, 9:30 p.m. Semifinals Saturday, March 13 Duke-Virginia winner vs. Virginia Tech-Miami winner, 1:30 p.m. Maryland-Georgia TechNorth Carolina winner vs. Florida State-ClemsonN.C. State winner, 4 p.m. Championship Sunday, March 14 Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.

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HALL OF FAMER MERLIN OLSEN DIES AT 69 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman and member of the Los Angeles Rams’ “Fearsome Foursome” who followed up football with a successful television career in “Little House on the Prairie,” NFL broadcasts and commercials, has died. He was 69. Utah State, Olsen’s alma mater, said he died outside of Los Angeles early Thursday after battling cancer. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung lining, last year. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement lauding Olsen as an “extraordinary person, friend and football player.”

Note: N.C. State’s opening-round game against Clemson did not finish by presstime.

NFL Inside ■ Virginia shakes off a lengthy losing streak to knock off Boston College Page 2B

MOORE SIGNS 1-YEAR TENDER WITH PANTHERS

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Matt Moore has signed his one-year, $3.043 million tender with the Carolina Panthers, who have declared him the starting quarterback going into training camp. Moore’s agent, Lynn Lashbrook, says Moore preferred to sign the tender than test the free agency market. Thursday’s move comes a week after the Panthers released longtime starter Jake Delhomme. The 25-year-old Moore went 41 as a starter with eight touchdowns and two interceptions and a passer rating of 98.5 after Delhomme was sidelined with a broken finger at the end of last season. The Panthers placed the highest possible tender on Moore, meaning a team would have had to surrender first- and thirdround draft picks to Carolina to sign the restricted free agent.

NFL MAN CONVICTED IN SLAYING OF BRONCO

DENVER (AP) — Suspected gang member Willie Clark was found guilty of murder Thursday in the drive-by shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams. A jury returned the verdict after an 11-day trial and a day and a half of deliberation. Clark showed no emotion as the verdict was read, but leaned back and looked at the ceiling once the jury was dismissed. He gave a small smile to relatives before he was taken from the courtroom in handcuffs.

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North Carolina’s Marcus Ginyard (1) misses a shot during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro on Thursday.

■ Upsets abound at the Big East Tournament Page 3B

Jackets rally past Tar Heels North Carolina leads by 10 at the half, but can’t hold on GREENSBORO (AP) — Derrick Favors had 18 points and nine rebounds to help Georgia Tech hold off North Carolina 62-58 in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Thursday night. Gani Lawal added 12 points for the seventhseeded Yellow Jackets (20-11), who had to fight the entire way to earn a needed victory for their shaky NCAA tournament chances. Georgia Tech trailed by 13 points in the first half against a team it had swept during the regular season, but rallied early in the second half to tie the game before finally pushing ahead in the final 4 minutes. Favors had a huge game, hitting his first seven shots while coming up with a key block of Tyler Zeller’s layup attempt to tie it with about 2 minutes left. Zeller had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead the 10th-seeded Tar Heels (16-16). Georgia Tech advanced to Friday’s quarterfinals to face No. 19 Maryland, the tournament’s No. 2 seed. In many ways, the game illustrated the kind of season both teams have had to this point. The Yellow Jackets did just enough to keep themselves alive in the ACC tournament, while the defending national champion Tar Heels just weren’t good enough — particularly on the perimeter — when the game came down to the critical final minutes.

Wake Forest coach Dino Gaudio, right, is seen in the waning moments of an NCAA college basketball game against Miami in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro on Thursday Miami won 83-62. AP photo

Deacs stunned by Canes By JOEDY McCREARY AP Sports Writer

GREENSBORO — Reggie Johnson was perfect. Once again, Wake Forest was anything but. The redshirt freshman scored a season-high 22 points against his hometown school and 12th-seeded Miami routed the fifth-seeded Demon Deacons 83-62

on Thursday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Johnson was 8-for-8 from the field, becoming the first player not to miss in that many attempts in an ACC tournament game since Duke’s Grant Hill in 1992, and hit all six of his free throw attempts. James Dews added 15 points for the Hur-

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AP: Woods likely to return at Masters By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

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DORAL, Fla. — Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press

on Thursday. Woods has been practicing at Isleworth near his Orlando home the last two weeks, and swing coach Hank Haney flew there during the weekend to work with him. That led to speculation Thursday he was

close to playing again. The two people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because only Woods is supposed to release such information, say he is likely to play first at Augusta National in April. Woods twice has gone nine

weeks without competing before showing up at a major. The first time was in 2006, when he didn’t play after the Masters while coping with his father’s death, then missed the cut in a

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BASEBALL Falcons clip Friendship SANFORD — James Mlynczak had three hits as Lee Christian downed Friendship Christian 9-8 in baseball on Thursday. The Falcons got two hits from Jeremy Worrell and held on until the game was called for darkness. Dalton Thornton, Jared Thomas and Dylan Rosser had one hit apiece for Lee Christian (2-1).

MOTOCROSS Devil’s Ridge hosting races SANFORD — Devil’s Ridge Motocross Park will host races in a variety of classes on Sunday. The racing begins at 8 a.m. For more information, call (919) 7761767.

CALENDAR Friday, March 12 Baseball Southern Lee at Pinecrest, 5 p.m. Lee County at Athens Drive, 7 p.m. Alamance Christian at Lee Christian, 4 p.m. Softball Athens Drive at Lee County, 6:30 p.m. Soccer Vandalia Christian at Grace Christian, 4 p.m. Lee Christian at Alamance Christian Tournament, 4 p.m.

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GREENSBORO (AP) — Tony Bennett watched the losses pile up, then was forced to make a personnel decision that threatened to drain whatever fragile confidence Virginia’s players had left. Now the first-year coach is watching his players prove they’re not finished just yet. Sammy Zeglinski scored 16 of his season-high 21 points in the first half to help the Cavaliers beat Boston College 68-62 on Thursday in the first round of the ACC tournament. It was Virginia’s first win in a month, snapSubmitted photo ping a nine-game losing The SanLee boys basketball team was recently presented with the conference championship trophy at the school’s streak that was the prowinter athletic banquet. Pictured are (back row, frm left) Zach Western, Charles Wicker, coach McDuffie, Justin gram’s longest in nearly five McKinnon, Keshawn Newby, Isaac Kellam and Garrett Wilson. Front row (from left): Colby Kirkman, Braxton Perry, decades. Andrew Carnegie, Isaiah Taylor, Conner Showalter, managers Cody Ellis and Deshawn Alston. Not pictured: Christian Mike Scott had 11 points Wenger and Nick McCullen. and 13 rebounds for the ninth-seeded Cavaliers (15-15), who also won their first tournament game since beating Virginia Tech in the first round in 2006. Now the Cavaliers are headed to Friday’s quarterfinals to face fourth-ranked and topgymnasts finished in third SANFORD — Local second on vault with a 9.4, was first on vault (9.0), on seeded Duke. fourth on bars with a 9.0, place with just three girls. gymnasts from Lee County floor (9.1) and on beam “We’ve had some strugthird on beam with a 9.375 Madison Britt finished Gymnastics saw their share (9.125). She placed fourth gles and we’ve had some of success at the St. Patrick’s and was second on floor fourth all-around with a on bars (7.9). Wofford was Day Meet, the last meet of with a 9.2. 34.475 in the 10-11 divifirst on bars (8.2) second on setbacks,” Bennett said. sion. Britt was fourth on the Optional season, which Sydney Wilber finished vault (8.825), third on beam “They have come together and they have worked hard. fourth all-around in the vault with a score of 8.35, took place recently at Ra(8.875) and fourth on floor There’s been a good attitude. same division with a 36.675. second on beam with leigh School of Gymnastics (8.825). You have to do that when over the weekend. Wilber earned fourth-place a 9.275 and fourth on The Level 2 team was your tank isn’t full, and I’m floor with an 8.5. Kaitlyn Despite having only finishes in vault (9.325), led by Morgan Fogleman’s Christiansen finished third three members from the beam (9.425) and floor first place all-around finish. just really proud of the way they handled it.” (9.125). Mackenzie Fowler all-around with a 35.025. Rookie 2 team attend She had a score of 35.9 in It was a relief-inducing the meet, the team still was eighth all-around with She was second on vault the 6-8-year-old division. win for the Cavaliers, who managed to finish in fifth a 35.325 in the 7-8-year-old with an 8.825, fourth on Amanda Howard was secbars (8.05), third on beam place. Rachel Pedigo of the division. Fowler was fifth ond all-around in the same were the talk of the ACC in January after winning their (9.0) and second on floor 10-11-year-old division finon beam with a 9.2. division with a 32.95. first three league games and ished third all-around with In the Premeir level, the (9.2) and Tory Grubbs was The Level 3 team finstarting 5-2 after a 59-47 sixth all-around with 33.8 a score of 36.975 taking shorthanded Lee County ished second with Kelsey home win against N.C. State in the 12-year-old division. Kirkman leading the way on Feb. 3. But the Cavaliers Grubbs was fourth on vault with a seventh all-around hadn’t won since, gradually (8.4) and on floor (8.8). finish in the 5-8-year-old sliding toward the bottom The Prep 1 team, which division. Kirkman was half of the standings. also had just three girls, third on vault (8.85) and Things got worse also finished in third place. on floor (8.65). The Level 3 last week when Bennett Victoria Holt was sixth team placed second with suspended leading scorer all-around with a score only five team members Sylven Landesberg for the 33.525 in the 9-12-year-old in attendance. Manuela rest of the season due to acadivision. Holt was third on Arroyave was second allvault (8.9), floor (9.1) and around with a 35.45. Hailey demics issues. When they beam (8.825). Madison Bagley was third all-around lost to Maryland to close the regular season, the Cavaliers Belknap and Jourdan Wofwith a 35.275. Bailey Shea ford were first and second, was fourth with a 35.05 and entered Greensboro with respectively in the 13-15Serenity Anderson was fifth their longest losing streak since the 1961-62 season. year-old division. Belknap in the 9-10 division.

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DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Five birdies were enough to put Charl Schwartzel among the leaders at the CA Championship. No mistakes is what put in the lead alone Thursday on a rough-and-tumble day at Doral. Schwartzel, who got into the elite field with two victories in his native South Africa at the start of the season, managed to get around the famed Blue Monster without a bogey on his way to a 5under 67 and a one-shot lead in the World Golf Championship event. Not so fortunate were Ernie Els, Robert Allenby and Vijay Singh, all of them poised to claim a share of the lead or better until they stepped to the tee on the 443-yard closing hole at Doral that was playing into a wind strong enough to knock the caps of some players. Singh was in the lead until putting his tee shot into the water and making double bogey, giving him a 68. Els was tied for the lead until his approach around the palm trees came up short and into the water. He scrambled for a bogey and also wound up with a 68. Allenby, who had a five-shot lead early in the round when he was at 8 under through 12 holes, finished with four straight bogeys, the last one when he blasted out of a back bunker and saw his ball roll off the green and nearly into the water. He had 68 and found perspective quickly. “That’s the way things go,� Allenby said. “If someone had said you’re going to shoot 4 under today, I would have taken it.�

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SPORTS BRIEFS Jake Delhomme visiting Browns

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Georgetown’s Chris Wright (4) drives past Syracuse’s Rick Jackson during the quarterfinal round at the Big East Conference Championships on Thursday in New York.

Hoyas upset Orange NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Wright scored 27 points and the No. 22 Hoyas sailed past third-ranked Syracuse in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament. Syracuse (28-4) is left to wonder whether it’s done enough to earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, but also has to worry about Arinze Onuaku. He hurt his right knee and did not return to the game, and is expected to get an MRI exam when the team returned home. Austin Freeman added 18 points and Jason Clark 17 for the No. 8 seed Hoyas (22-9), who will play Marquette in the first semifinal Friday night. No. 1 Kansas 80, Texas Tech 68 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cole Aldrich had 12 points and 18 rebounds, and No.

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1 Kansas became the third team to reach 2,000 wins by pulling out an 80-68 victory over scrappy Texas Tech on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament. No. 8 New Mexico 75, Air Force 69 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Darrington Hobson scored 28 points to help the No. 8 Lobos set a school record for wins in a season during the Mountain West Conference quarterfinals. Marquette 80, No. 10 Villanova 76 NEW YORK (AP) — Lazar Hayward gave Marquette the lead with a 3-pointer with 1:51 left, then added the clinching free throws with 3.2 seconds to go in the Big East tournament quarterfinals. Fifth-seeded Marquette (22-10) will face eighth-seeded

Georgetown in the semifinals. Corey Stokes had 22 points for No. 10 Villanova (24-7), which has lost five of six to see its NCAA tournament seeding plummet. Scottie Reynolds, Villanova’s first-team All-Big East selection, was only 4 of 10 from the field for 10 points. Notre Dame 50, No. 16 Pittsburgh 45 NEW YORK (AP) — Luke Harangody came off the bench and hit three key free throws in the final 2 minutes to help Notre Dame into the Big East tournament semifinals. No. 15 Tennessee 59, LSU 49 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Wayne Chism had 17 points and 10 rebounds as the No. 15 Vols came back from a miserable first half to advance in the SEC tournament.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns are hosting Jake Delhomme and maybe dangling Brady Quinn. Released last week after seven seasons with the Carolina Panthers, Delhomme is visiting Thursday with the perpetually rebuilding Browns, who have been busy this week trying to improve their unstable quarterback situation. Delhomme’s agent, Rick Smith, confirmed that the 35year-old free agent QB is at the Browns’ team headquarters in Berea, Ohio. The team has not yet commented on Delhomme’s visit. The Browns have been actively shopping for a quarterback, a position they haven’t been able to adequately fill since their NFL expansion return in 1999. Earlier this week, the team acquired backup Seneca Wallace in a trade from Seattle and released Derek Anderson, who took a swipe at Cleveland fans on his way out of town.

Tomlinson visits with Vikings EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — LaDainian Tomlinson visited the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday to discuss joining Adrian Peterson in what would be a big-name backfield. Tomlinson arrived in the Twin Cities on Wednesday night and dined with Vikings officials. He had more meetings scheduled for Thursday to talk about how he would fit in with the Vikings. Minnesota lost backup running back Chester Taylor to the Chicago Bears, so

it needs an experienced, versatile player behind the All-Pro Peterson. Tomlinson’s ability to catch the ball out of the backfield and fill in as a capable pass blocker on third downs makes him an ideal fit.

Jerry Jones’ oil, gas company sued in fraud case

DALLAS (AP) — A lawsuit accuses an oil and gas company owned by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of aiding an alleged $15 million fraud. The suit filed Wednesday in federal court in Dallas does not name Jones. The defendants are Blue Star Oil and Gas and its exploration manager, Lonnie Williams. The lawsuit stems from a 2008 federal case alleging fraud committed by a Louisiana businessman who works with Blue Star.

Arenas to change jersey number WASHINGTON (AP) — Gilbert Arenas doesn’t want to be “Agent Zero� anymore. The suspended guard has submitted paperwork with the NBA to switch his uniform number, the Washington Wizards confirmed Thursday. He wants to change from No. 0 to No. 6, according to washingtonpost.com. Arenas has worn zero since he was in college at Arizona, saying he picked that number because that’s how many minutes people expected him to play for the Wildcats. Cavaliers star LeBron James filed paperwork recently to change his jersey number next season from No. 23 to No. 6.

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NBA Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 d-Cleveland 50 15 .769 — 7-3 d-Orlando 45 20 .692 5 8-2 1 d-Boston 40 22 .645 8 ⁄2 6-4 Atlanta 40 23 .635 9 6-4 Milwaukee 34 29 .540 15 9-1 Toronto 32 30 .516 161⁄2 3-7 1 Miami 32 32 .500 17 ⁄2 5-5 1 Charlotte 31 31 .500 17 ⁄2 5-5 Chicago 31 32 .492 18 4-6 Philadelphia 23 40 .365 26 3-7 Detroit 22 41 .349 27 3-7 New York 22 41 .349 27 3-7 Washington 21 40 .344 27 3-7 Indiana 21 43 .328 281⁄2 3-7 New Jersey 7 56 .111 42 2-8 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 d-L.A. Lakers 47 18 .723 — 5-5 d-Dallas 44 21 .677 3 10-0 d-Denver 42 21 .667 4 7-3 Utah 41 22 .651 5 7-3 Phoenix 40 25 .615 7 8-2 1 Oklahoma City 38 24 .613 7 ⁄2 7-3 San Antonio 36 25 .590 9 6-4 Portland 38 28 .576 91⁄2 6-4 Memphis 33 31 .516 131⁄2 6-4 Houston 32 31 .508 14 4-6 1 New Orleans 32 32 .500 14 ⁄2 4-6 L.A. Clippers 25 39 .391 211⁄2 4-6 Sacramento 21 43 .328 251⁄2 3-7 Golden State 17 46 .270 29 2-8 1 Minnesota 14 50 .219 32 ⁄2 1-9 Tuesday’s Games Charlotte 83, Miami 78 Indiana 107, Philadelphia 96 Houston 96, Washington 88 Orlando 113, L.A. Clippers 87 Utah 132, Chicago 108 Milwaukee 86, Boston 84 Portland 88, Sacramento 81 L.A. Lakers 109, Toronto 107 Wednesday’s Games Charlotte at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Memphis at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Utah at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Minnesota, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. New York at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Sports Review BASKETBALL Str W-1 W-6 L-1 L-2 W-4 L-2 L-1 W-3 L-5 L-1 W-1 W-1 L-4 W-1 L-1

Home 28-4 26-6 18-11 25-7 21-9 22-10 17-14 23-8 19-13 10-19 15-17 14-21 12-20 14-16 3-28

Away 22-11 19-14 22-11 15-16 13-20 10-20 15-18 8-23 12-19 13-21 7-24 8-20 9-20 7-27 4-28

Conf 29-9 30-11 27-14 21-14 25-15 23-18 19-18 18-19 19-18 11-24 14-22 16-27 15-24 16-22 6-34

Str W-1 W-12 W-3 W-3 W-1 W-2 L-1 W-1 W-1 W-1 W-1 L-4 L-3 L-5 L-6

Home 30-5 22-9 28-5 25-8 24-8 19-11 22-10 21-13 19-14 17-14 21-11 18-14 15-15 13-18 9-23

Away 17-13 22-12 14-16 16-14 16-17 19-13 14-15 17-15 14-17 15-17 11-21 7-25 6-28 4-28 5-27

Conf 26-11 24-16 25-14 25-16 25-15 20-18 22-17 24-15 18-22 23-18 21-17 12-28 13-27 9-28 7-32

At Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. First Round Thursday, March 11 Virginia 68, Boston College 62 Miami 83, Wake Forest 62 Georgia Tech 62, North Carolina 58 Clemson vs. N.C. State, 9:30 p.m. Quarterfinals Friday, March 12 Duke vs. Virginia, Noon Virginia Tech vs. Miami, 2:30 p.m. Maryland vs. Georgia Tech, 7 p.m. Florida State vs. Clemson-N.C. State winner, 9:30 p.m. Semifinals Saturday, March 13 Duke-Virginia winner vs. Virginia TechMiami winner, 1:30 p.m. Maryland-Georgia Tech-North Carolina winner vs. Florida State-Clemson-N.C. State winner, 4 p.m. Championship Sunday, March 14 Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.

Atlantic 10 Conference First Round Tuesday, March 9 Rhode Island 87, Saint Joseph’s 76 Massachusetts 59, Charlotte 56 Dayton 70, George Washington 60 St. Bonaventure 83, Duquesne 71 At Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, N.J. Quarterfinals

Friday, March 12 Temple vs. St. Bonaventure, Noon Saint Louis vs. Rhode Island, 2:30 p.m. Xavier vs. Dayton, 6:30 p.m. Richmond vs. Massachusetts, 9 p.m. Semifinals Saturday, March 13 Temple-St. Bonaventure winner vs. Saint Louis-Rhode Island winner, 1 p.m. Xavier-Dayton winner vs. Richmond-Massachusetts winner, 3:30 p.m. Championship Sunday, March 14 Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.

Big East Conference At Madison Square Garden New York First Round Tuesday, March 9 South Florida 58, DePaul 49 St. John’s 73, Connecticut 51 Seton Hall 109, Providence 106 Cincinnati 69, Rutgers 68 Second Round Wednesday, March 10 Georgetown 69, South Florida 49 Marquette 57, St. John’s 55 Notre Dame 68, Seton Hall 56 Cincinnati 69, Louisville 66 Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 Georgetown 91, Syracuse 84 Marquette 80, Villanova 76 Notre Dame 50, Pittsburgh 45 West Virginia vs. Cincinnati, 9:30 p.m.

FedEx Cup Leaders

Rank Name 1. Dustin Johnson 2. Steve Stricker 3. Camilo Villegas 4. Ben Crane 5. Ian Poulter 6. Ryan Palmer 7. Hunter Mahan 8. Geoff Ogilvy 9. J.B. Holmes 10. Bill Haas 11. Robert Allenby 12. Matt Kuchar 13. Paul Casey 14. Luke Donald 15. Rickie Fowler 16. Tim Clark 17. Brandt Snedeker 18. Charles Howell III 19. Anthony Kim 20. Y.E. Yang 21. Marc Leishman 22. Rory Sabbatini 23. Alex Prugh 24. Justin Rose 25. Retief Goosen 26. D.J. Trahan 27. Bubba Watson 28. Nick Watney 29. Ernie Els 30. Brian Gay 31. Tom Gillis 32. Cameron Beckman 33. David Duval 34. Steve Marino 35. John Rollins 36. Michael Sim 37. Stewart Cink 38. Ryan Moore 39. Paul Goydos 40. J.P. Hayes 41. George McNeill 42. Sean O’Hair 43. Kevin Na 44. Stephen Ames 45. Chad Collins 46. Matt Every 47. Ryuji Imada

Pts 793 780 773 617 592 580 570 553 532 532 529 517 505 442 437 417 412 393 383 365 361 354 347 334 328 278 277 273 270 268 257 251 246 244 242 238 234 233 229 220 217 216 214 214 212 211 207

Money $1,727,450 $1,731,000 $1,764,000 $1,132,703 $1,442,525 $1,106,202 $1,174,793 $1,227,660 $1,081,665 $923,850 $1,017,640 $979,346 $1,256,400 $937,521 $875,431 $722,426 $671,149 $696,330 $707,557 $710,360 $628,398 $724,940 $612,854 $582,595 $742,333 $477,659 $427,992 $460,994 $551,106 $448,616 $364,808 $659,456 $557,440 $534,272 $409,387 $462,573 $503,921 $467,533 $495,620 $415,480 $405,182 $446,057 $382,482 $312,977 $377,602 $326,159 $346,710

Sports on TV

Friday, March 12

AUTO RACING 6 a.m. SPEED — Formula One, practice for Bahrain Grand Prix, at Manama, Bahrain GOLF 2 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour/WGC, CA Championship, second round, at Doral, Fla. 6:30 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Puerto Rico Open, second round, at Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (same-day tape) MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon ESPN — Big Ten Conference, quarterfinal, Ohio St, vs. TBD, at Indianapolis ESPN2 — Atlantic Coast Conference, quarterfinal, Duke vs. Boston College-Virginia winner, at Greensboro, N.C. 2 p.m. ESPN — Big Ten Conference, quarterfinal, Illinois vs. Wisconsin, at Indianapolis ESPN2 — Atlantic Coast Conference, quarterfinal, Virginia Tech vs. Wake Forest-Miami winner, at Greensboro, N.C. 4:45 p.m. ESPN2 — Patriot League, championship, Lafayette at Lehigh 7 p.m. ESPN — Big East Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at New York

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GEORGIA TECH 62, NORTH CAROLINA 58 NORTH CAROLINA (16-16) Ginyard 2-8 2-2 6, Drew II 1-9 1-2 3, Graves 2-12 1-2 6, Thompson 5-12 0-0 10, Henson 3-7 0-0 6, Strickland 0-1 2-2 2, McDonald 1-4 0-0 2, T.Wear 2-5 1-2 6, Zeller 7-11 3-4 17. Totals 23-69 10-14 58. GEORGIA TECH (20-11) Shumpert 3-10 1-2 9, Bell 3-8 1-3 8, Favors 7-8 4-5 18, Lawal 5-8 2-5 12, Rice Jr. 3-8 0-0 8, Udofia 0-1 0-0 0, M.Miller 1-4 0-0 2, Oliver 0-5 0-0 0, Peacock 2-4 1-1 5. Totals 24-56 9-16 62. Halftime—North Carolina 34-24. 3-Point Goals—North Carolina 2-16 (T.Wear 1-1, Graves 1-8, Ginyard 0-1, McDonald 0-2, Drew II 0-4), Georgia Tech 5-19 (Rice Jr. 2-4, Shumpert 2-6, Bell 1-2, Udofia 0-1, M.Miller 0-1, Oliver 0-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—North Carolina 46 (Zeller 10), Georgia Tech 37 (Favors 9). Assists—North Carolina 16 (Drew II 8), Georgia Tech 11 (Shumpert 4). Total Fouls—North Carolina 15, Georgia Tech 14. A—NA.

Semifinals Friday, March 12 Georgetown vs. Marquette, 7 p.m. Notre Dame vs. West Virginia-Cincinnati winner, 9:30 p.m. Championship Saturday, March 13 Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.

Big Ten Conference At Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis First Round Thursday, March 11 Michigan 59, Iowa 52 Northwestern vs. Indiana, 5 p.m. Minnesota vs. Penn State, 7:30 p.m. Quarterfinals Friday, March 12 Ohio State vs. Michigan, Noon Wisconsin vs. Illinois, 2:30 p.m. Purdue vs. Northwestern-Indiana winner, 6:30 p.m. Michigan State vs. Minnesota-Penn State winner, 9 p.m. Semifinals Saturday, March 13 Ohio State-Michigan winner vs. Wisconsin-Illinois winner, 1:40 p.m. Purdue-Northwestern-Indiana winner vs. Michigan State-Minnesota-Penn State winner, 4 p.m. Championship Sunday, March 14 Semifinal winners, 3:30 p.m.

Mike Weir Charlie Wi Nathan Green Pat Perez Phil Mickelson Zach Johnson K.J. Choi Vaughn Taylor Vijay Singh Ricky Barnes Matt Jones Fredrik Jacobson Chris Couch Joe Ogilvie Bo Van Pelt Mark Wilson Martin Laird Michael Allen Sergio Garcia Bryce Molder Chad Campbell Briny Baird Angel Cabrera Brian Stuard Kevin Sutherland Brendon de Jonge Kevin Stadler Andres Romero Lucas Glover Joe Durant Josh Teater Mathew Goggin Heath Slocum Carl Pettersson Scott Piercy Richard S. Johnson Jason Bohn Chris Tidland Jeff Quinney Spencer Levin Kevin Streelman Kenny Perry Jason Dufner Jerry Kelly Jim Furyk Michael Connell John Merrick Troy Matteson

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By The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Kansas (63) 29-2 1,623 2 2. Kentucky (2) 29-2 1,553 3 3. Syracuse 28-3 1,500 1 4. Duke 26-5 1,348 4 5. Ohio St. 24-7 1,344 6 6. Purdue 26-4 1,252 7 7. West Virginia 24-6 1,231 10 8. New Mexico 28-3 1,188 8 9. Kansas St. 24-6 1,063 5 10. Villanova 24-6 1,016 9 11. Michigan St. 24-7 1,015 11 12. Butler 27-4 796 12 13. Wisconsin 23-7 710 15 14. BYU 28-4 690 14 15. Tennessee 23-7 650 16 16. Pittsburgh 24-7 644 17 17. Temple 26-5 552 20 18. Gonzaga 26-5 534 18 19. Maryland 23-7 499 22 20. Vanderbilt 23-7 480 13 21. Baylor 24-6 474 21 22. Georgetown 20-9 277 19 23. Texas A&M 22-8 271 23 24. Xavier 23-7 136 25 25. UTEP 24-5 134 24 Others receiving votes: N. Iowa 48, Richmond 41, Utah St. 12, Virginia Tech 12, Texas 10, Marquette 6, Notre Dame 6, Cornell 3, Louisville 3, California 2, Oklahoma St. 1, Siena 1.

NCAA Boxscores

Toronto at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Thursday’s Games Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m. Chicago at Orlando, 8 p.m. Portland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Friday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Indiana at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Miami, 7:30 p.m. New York at Memphis, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Denver at New Orleans, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 8 p.m. Utah at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Conference Tournament Glances Atlantic Coast Conference

The AP Top 25

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VIRGINIA 68, BOSTON COLLEGE 62 VIRGINIA (15-15) Farrakhan 3-9 4-5 10, Zeglinski 8-15 0-0 21, Sherrill 0-1 0-0 0, Jones 3-7 5-7 14, Meyinsse 4-7 4-5 12, Evans 0-3 0-0 0, Sene 0-0 0-0 0, Scott 5-11 1-3 11. Totals 23-53 14-20 68. BOSTON COLLEGE (15-16) Jackson 7-17 2-2 18, Raji 3-4 0-0 6, Trapani 0-7 2-2 2, Sanders 9-15 1-2 22, Southern 1-4 0-0 2, Paris 0-2 0-0 0, Roche 1-6 0-0 2, Ravenel 0-1 0-0 0, Elmore 4-4 2-2 10, Dunn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-60 7-8 62. Halftime—Virginia 34-27. 3-Point Goals—Virginia 8-21 (Zeglinski 5-10, Jones 3-5, Sherrill 0-1, Scott 0-1, Farrakhan 0-4), Boston College 5-17 (Sanders 3-5, Jackson 2-6, Paris 0-1, Trapani 0-2, Roche 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Virginia 31 (Scott 13), Boston College 37 (Jackson 9). Assists—Virginia 13 (Evans, Farrakhan 4), Boston College 9 (Jackson, Sanders 3). Total Fouls—Virginia 11, Boston College 17. A—NA. MIAMI 83, WAKE FOREST 62 MIAMI (19-12) Scott 2-10 1-2 6, Dews 6-12 2-4 15, Jones 5-7 2-2 14, Johnson 8-8 6-6 22, Gamble 3-5 2-2 8, Grant 3-7 2-2 9, Quigtar 0-0 0-0 0, Allen 0-0 0-0 0, McGowan 0-1 0-0 0, Adams 0-1 0-0 0, Thomas 3-7 0-0 9. Totals 30-58 15-18 83. WAKE FOREST (19-10) Aminu 3-10 5-7 11, Smith 7-14 0-0 14, Harris 2-7 4-4 10, McFarland 1-2 2-3 4, Williams 0-5 2-5 2, Clark 1-3 0-0 3, Stewart 1-9 0-0 3, Godwin 0-0 0-0 0, Weaver 1-1 2-4 4, Woods 4-6 3-5 11. Totals 20-57 18-28 62. Halftime—Miami 41-27. 3-Point Goals—Miami 8-17 (Thomas 3-6, Jones 2-3, Scott 1-2, Dews 1-3, Grant 1-3), Wake Forest 4-17 (Harris 2-4, Clark 1-3, Stewart 1-7, Aminu 0-1, Smith 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Miami 39 (Gamble 13), Wake Forest 34 (Williams 9). Assists—Miami 14 (Grant 5), Wake Forest 6 (Smith 5). Total Fouls—Miami 22, Wake Forest 15. A—23,381. No. 22 GEORGETOWN 91, No. 3 SYRACUSE 84 GEORGETOWN (22-9) Freeman 6-13 4-4 16, Wright 10-16 5-6 27, Monroe 6-9 5-8 17, Clark 6-11 2-3 17, Vaughn 2-2 0-0 4, Thompson 2-4 3-7 8, Benimon 0-1 0-0 0, Sanford 1-1 0-0 2, Sims 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-57 19-28 91.

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ricanes (19-12). Playing without injured standout Dwayne Collins, they led by 25, shot nearly 52 percent against one of the league’s toughest defenses and made a huge early run stand in advancing to Friday’s quarterfinal matchup against fourthseeded Virginia Tech. “Wake Forest was really aggressive (with) us and (they) were really pushing us out,” Miami coach Frank Haith said. “When you play a team like that, you’ve got to be able to drive the ball and loosen them up, to get yourself in a flow, and we

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ESPN2 — Atlantic Coast Conference, quarterfinal, Maryland vs. Georgia Tech-North Carolina winner, at Greensboro, N.C. 9 p.m. ESPN — Big East Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at New York ESPN2 — Atlantic Coast Conference, quarterfinal, Florida St. vs. Clemson-N.C. State winner, at Greensboro, N.C. FSN — Pacific-10 Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at Los Angeles 11:30 p.m. FSN — Pacific-10 Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at Los Angeles 12 Mid. ESPN2 — Western Athletic Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at Reno, Nev. WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon FSN — Big 12 Conference, quarterfinal, Nebraska vs. Texas Tech-Kansas State winner, at Kansas City, Mo. 2:30 p.m. FSN — Big 12 Conference, quarterfinal, Texas A&M vs. Texas-Missouri winner, at Kansas City, Mo. 6 p.m. FSN — Big 12 Conference, quarterfinal, Iowa State vs. Oklahoma State-Kansas winner, at Kansas City, Mo. 8:30 p.m. FSN — Big 12 Conference, quarterfinal, Oklahoma vs. BaylorColorado winner, at Kansas City, Mo.

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major for the first time in the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Two years ago, he was out with knee surgery until winning the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines on a shattered left knee. Woods has not played since Nov. 15, when he won the Australian Masters in Melbourne for his 82nd career victory. Twelve days later, he crashed his SUV into a tree near his Florida home, setting off shocking revelations that

SYRACUSE (28-4) Johnson 10-17 1-2 24, Rautins 5-10 0-0 14, Triche 1-2 0-0 2, Jackson 2-6 0-0 4, Onuaku 1-2 1-2 3, Jardine 6-12 5-6 19, Joseph 7-10 2-2 18. Totals 32-59 9-12 84. Halftime—Syracuse 40-37. 3-Point Goals—Georgetown 6-18 (Clark 3-7, Wright 2-5, Thompson 1-3, Freeman 0-3), Syracuse 11-20 (Rautins 4-9, Johnson 3-5, Jardine 2-3, Joseph 2-3). Fouled Out—Johnson. Rebounds—Georgetown 28 (Monroe 10), Syracuse 29 (Johnson 7). Assists—Georgetown 22 (Monroe 7), Syracuse 20 (Rautins 11). Total Fouls—Georgetown 13, Syracuse 21. A—NA. MARQUETTE 80, No. 10 VILLANOVA 76 MARQUETTE (22-10) Cubillan 4-7 6-8 17, Acker 1-4 0-0 3, Butler 5-8 4-6 14, Hayward 7-11 4-4 20, Johnson-Odom 7-16 5-6 24, Cadougan 0-1 0-0 0, Fulce 1-3 0-0 2, Buycks 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-52 19-24 80. VILLANOVA (24-7) Yarou 1-1 2-2 4, Reynolds 4-10 0-0 10, Redding 1-9 0-0 2, Pena 6-7 2-3 14, Fisher 5-10 5-9 16, Wayns 2-3 4-4 8, Cheek 0-1 0-0 0, Stokes 8-9 0-0 22, King 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-50 13-18 76. Halftime—Tied 30-30. 3-Point Goals—Marquette 11-18 (Johnson-Odom 5-7, Cubillan 35, Hayward 2-3, Acker 1-2, Fulce 0-1), Villanova 9-17 (Stokes 6-7, Reynolds 2-5, Fisher 1-2, Redding 0-1, Cheek 0-1, Wayns 0-1). Fouled Out—Acker. Rebounds—Marquette 24 (Butler 7), Villanova 31 (Pena 7). Assists—Marquette 17 (Johnson-Odom 5), Villanova 12 (Fisher 5). Total Fouls—Marquette 17, Villanova 17. A—NA.

Top 25 Fared By The Associated Press Thursday 1. Kansas (30-2) beat Texas Tech 80-68. Next: vs. No. 23 Texas A&M, Friday. 2. Kentucky (29-2) did not play. Next: vs. Alabama, Friday. 3. Syracuse (28-4) lost to No. 22 Georgetown 91-84. Next: TBA. 4. Duke (26-5) did not play. Next: vs. Virginia, Friday. 5. Ohio State (24-7) did not play. Next: vs. Michigan, Friday. 6. Purdue (26-4) did not play. Next: vs. Northwestern, Friday. 7. West Virginia (24-6) vs. Cincinnati. Next: x-vs. Notre Dame, Friday. 8. New Mexico (29-3) beat Air Force 75-69. Next: vs. San Diego State, Friday. 9. Kansas State (25-6) beat Oklahoma State 83-64. Next: No. 21 Baylor or Texas, Friday. 10. Villanova (24-7) lost to Marquette 8076. Next: TBA. 11. Michigan State (24-7) did not play. Next: vs. Minnesota or Penn State, Friday. 12. Butler (28-4) did not play. Next: NCAA tournament. 13. Wisconsin (23-7) did not play. Next: vs. Illinois, Friday. 14. BYU (28-4) vs. TCU. Next: x-vs. UNLV or Utah, Friday. 15. Tennessee (24-7) beat LSU 59-49. Next: vs. Mississippi, Friday. 16. Pittsburgh (24-8) lost to Notre Dame 50-45. Next: TBA. 17. Temple (26-5) did not play. Next: vs. St. Bonaventure, Friday. 18. Gonzaga (26-6) did not play. Next: TBA. 19. Maryland (23-7) did not play. Next: vs. Georgia Tech, Friday. 20. Vanderbilt (23-7) did not play. Next: vs. Arkansas or Georgia, Friday. 21. Baylor (24-6) vs. Texas. Next: x-vs. No. 9 Kansas State, Friday. 22. Georgetown (22-9) beat No. 3 Syracuse 91-84. Next: vs. Marquette, Friday. 23. Texas A&M (23-8) beat Nebraska 70-64. Next: vs. No. 1 Kansas, Friday. 24. Xavier (23-7) did not play. Next: vs. Dayton, Friday. 25. UTEP (24-5) vs. UCF. Next: x-vs. Marshall or Tulsa, Friday.

Matt Kuchar Sean O’Hair Henrik Stenson Phil Mickelson Anthony Kim Bill Haas Yuta Ikeda Simon Dyson Edoardo Molinari Wen-Chong Liang Lucas Glover David Toms Camilo Villegas Gonzalo Fdez-Castano Alvaro Quiros Ian Poulter Geoff Ogilvy Alistair Presnell Hunter Mahan Jason Dufner Y.E. Yang Nick Watney Ross Fisher Steve Stricker Kenny Perry Mike Weir Miguel A. Jimenez Thongchai Jaidee Peter Hanson Soren Kjeldsen Lee Westwood Heath Slocum Graeme McDowell Angel Cabrera Ben Crane Sergio Garcia Adam Scott Brian Gay Michael Sim Steve Marino Stewart Cink Ross McGowan Anders Hansen Scott Verplank Retief Goosen Rory McIlroy Zach Johnson Kevin Na Marc Leishman

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NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. ——— Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 6, 10 innings Tampa Bay 8, Boston 6 Philadelphia 4, Toronto 2 N.Y. Yankees 9, Detroit 8 St. Louis 6, Washington 4 Florida 16, Houston 4 San Diego (ss) 5, Milwaukee 4 Seattle 6, Texas 3 Cincinnati 6, L.A. Angels 0 San Francisco 5, Chicago Cubs 1 L.A. Dodgers 4, Arizona 4, tie Cleveland 10, San Diego (ss) 5 Chicago White Sox 9, Oakland 5 Kansas City 5, Colorado 0 Baltimore 3, Pittsburgh 2 Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay (ss) 4, Toronto 1 Tampa Bay (ss) 16, Pittsburgh 15 Philadelphia 4, Detroit 0 St. Louis 5, Florida 3 Houston vs Washington at Viera, Fla., ccd., Rain Boston 8, N.Y. Mets 2 Chicago Cubs 8, San Diego 7 Oakland 7, Milwaukee (ss) 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, Kansas City 4 Arizona 4, L.A. Angels 1 Seattle 6, San Francisco 2 Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland 5, tie, 10 innings Cincinnati 3, Milwaukee (ss) 1 Texas 16, Colorado 5 Atlanta vs N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m. Baltimore vs Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

were able to do that.” Ishmael Smith had 14 points to lead Wake Forest (19-10), which didn’t get closer than 16 in the second half in falling to 0-3 in ACC tournament games under coach Dino Gaudio. The Demon Deacons have lost five of six, and that can’t help but damage their seeding — if not drop them onto the NCAA tournament bubble — when Selection Sunday rolls around. “You can’t teach energy. You can’t teach emotion,” Smith said. “That’s something you’ve got to come out with. We didn’t.” For the Hurricanes, who finished alone at the bottom of the ACC with a 4-12 league record and came to Greensboro on a three-game losing

streak, the big story was Johnson. The 6-foot-10 rookie from nearby Winston-Salem sat out last season while dropping 40 pounds to reach his current playing weight of 295. Johnson, who had a close relationship with late Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser, had an ACC tournament debut that certainly was one to remember. He easily surpassed his previous high of 13 points while almost single-handedly delivering Miami’s first ACC tournament win since 2008 and sending the Demon Deacons to another one-and-done. “I actually believe that Skip was watching, but was going for the Deacs, but was with me, also,” Johnson said.

he had been cheating on his wife. In his first public appearance Feb. 19 at the TPC Sawgrass, when he apologized for his behavior and confessed to having extramarital affairs, he said he would return to golf and that “I don’t rule out that it will be this year.” There have been signs during the last few weeks he was getting closer. Woods returned from family therapy in Arizona on Feb. 28 and began getting into a routine of fitness and practice. Haney was working with Woods on the practice range ear-

lier this week. Mark Steinberg, his agent at IMG, came to the CA Championship at Doral this week to do business — Steinberg also is the managing director of golf for IMG, which conducts numerous tournaments around the world. Meanwhile, former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer declined to comment on reports that he had been brought on board to help with Woods’ return. Fleischer said in an e-mail to the AP he could neither confirm nor deny that Woods was a client.

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GOLF World Golf CA-Championships Scores By The Associated Press Thursday At TPC Blue Monster at Doral Doral, Fla. Purse: $8.5 million Yardage: 7,334; Par 72 (36-36) First Round Charl Schwartzel 33-34 Robert Allenby 30-38 Vijay Singh 33-35 Ernie Els 34-34 John Senden 34-35 Francesco Molinari 33-36 Soren Hansen 34-35 J.B. Holmes 33-36 Dustin Johnson 35-34 Paul Casey 33-36 Tim Clark 32-38 Jim Furyk 36-34 Jerry Kelly 36-34 Martin Kaymer 32-38 Padraig Harrington 35-35 Luke Donald 37-33

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The Sanford Herald / Friday, March 12, 2010 / 5B

DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

Co-worker wants her cake — and some for her family, too DEAR ABBY: I work in an office where folks sometimes bring in birthday cakes, desserts and other goodies to share. “Dolores” is always the first in line, and helps herself to a large portion of the treats and says she’s taking some home for her family. Last week, someone brought in an exotic dessert and I got out the dessert-sized paper plates. Dolores took out two regularsized paper plates and cut off a quarter of the entire dessert! No one could believe it, but we didn’t know what to say or do. One time, she actually cut a huge portion of someone’s birthday cake to take home before the “birthday boy” even got a slice. This woman is not poor. What do you recommend? — “DESSERTED” IN TENNESSEE

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Happy Birthday: Deal with any problems from the last couple of years. Learn from your mistakes. This is a time of intellectual and spiritual growth. Being open to suggestions and working in unison with people who are trying to achieve similar results will enable you to take shortcuts. Your numbers are 2, 12, 15, 21, 27, 38, 46 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Working with a group to come up with community reforms will enhance your reputation and position you for bigger and better opportunities. Set aside time for entertainment or for the one you love. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Question your motives and any plans you intend to implement. You may be setting yourself up for disappointment. Good judgment will be necessary if you want things to work out. Strive for harmony and balance. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will make a far better impression if you are responsible and cost effective in your pursuits. Offering to help others may get you into a difficult position. Don’t let anyone take you for granted. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take an unusual approach to any changes you want to implement at home or at work and you will attract positive attention. Alterations to your current status will lead to an entertaining evening. Plan to celebrate with the people you enjoy. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Honesty will be your best course of action when dealing with others. A short trip to an unusual destination will bring about some interesting thoughts and opportunities regarding work and where you reside. A passionate approach will bring the best results. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do things a little differently and you will surprise the people you are dealing with. A contract or deal will bring about a change of

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plans. Don’t be afraid to let whoever you are dealing with know what you want and need. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Plan to do something unusual with friends or people who can help you get ahead professionally. An interesting new look will result in compliments and will attract the attention of someone who can change your life and the way you do things. SCORPIO (Oct. 23Nov. 21): Your emotions will lead you astray. An unusual but rational approach to whatever you do will be required. You need to make some personal changes that will enable you to broaden your appeal creatively and personally. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You will have difficulty following through with your plans. Expect disruptions, delays and lastminute changes. A change in the way you feel about someone can lead to a breakup. You will gravitate to someone more compatible and less restrictive. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Fair play will be your concern. You will want to connect with people who have something to offer in return. You will realize that someone from your past may have had the qualities that best suit your lifestyle now. Don’t be afraid to take a different approach. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): Using emotional tactics to get your way will not turn out the way you planned. Positive, honest communication will be a must if you want to win the respect of others and the assistance you need to move forward. Let a romantic relationship unfold naturally. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t try to hide your feelings; it’s better to get things out in the open. You will have a tendency to think things are worse than they really are. Flush out the truth before you make a decision. Someone you work with may interest you personally.

DEAR “DESSERTED”: Your coworker is behaving the way she is because no one in your office has spoken up and objected. The next time someone brings something to be shared by the office staff and Dolores makes her usual move, the “bringer” should tell her plainly that she’s not to take more than a portion for herself until everyone else has had some — and to ask permission beforehand if she wants to take any of the remainder home. o

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is coming soon. I want to invite his Scout troop and some of his schoolmates. The problem is “Matt.” Matt is a horrible child who is in both Scouts and school. I know he’ll destroy the party, but how can I invite everyone else and not him? His parents are lazy and overindulgent and can’t seem to make him understand that there are rules of conduct. — PERPLEXED MOM IN THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS DEAR PERPLEXED: Do not invite all but one child to your son’s party. If Matt acts up, take him aside and tell him exactly what you expect from him while he is with you — and that if he can’t behave appropriately he will be sent home. You may be surprised to find that when he hears it from you — rather than from his ineffectual parents — that he will listen and comply.

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DEAR ABBY: When I take my children to the pediatrician, we are usually there for one reason — flu-like symptoms, stomachache, etc. Sometimes my child will happen to have another ailment, like a sore ankle or a fever blister. I don’t feel comfortable bringing up additional issues with our doctor because when I do, I get the “evil eye” from him — like he’s only there to help with the one reason for our visit. Is it appropriate to talk to the doctor about several medical problems in one visit, or only stick to the issue at hand? — IN A QUANDARY, KETTERING, OHIO DEAR IN A QUANDARY: If you are asked by the person who takes the appointment why you’re bringing your child in, and you reply that your child has flu-like symptoms or a stomachache, the person will block you in for a certain amount of time with the doctor. If, after your child has been examined, you start talking about the sore ankle, the fever blister, etc., what you’re interpreting as the “evil eye” may be stress because the necessary amount of time was not allotted and the doctor will be behind schedule for the rest of the day. If, however, you feel the doctor is insensitive or not meeting your child’s needs, then you should change doctors.

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PETA offers anti-meat trash cans for Colo. parks

Devotees of Fla. man say they ingested snail mucus

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The animal rights group PETA is offering to help the cash-strapped city of Colorado Springs by paying to put trash cans back in parks — on one condition. The cans have to carry an anti-meat slogan and a picture of a woman in a lettuce bikini. The city stopped picking up trash in parks to save money, and all the trash cans have been removed. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals told city officials Wednesday they’d pay for new trash cans saying “Meat Trashes the Planet” and “Go Vegan.” The cans also have PETA’s logo and the lettuce-clad model. Mayor Lionel Rivera says he’ll consider the offer if it PETA also pays to have the trash picked up and hauled to the dump. But he joked that the Colorado Beef Council might demand equal time.

MIAMI (AP) — Devotees of a man claiming to practice a traditional African religion said they had to ingest the mucus of a Giant African Snail that sickened them. Federal authorities in January raided the Miami man’s home after receiving complaints. The man has not been criminally charged, but prosecutors and state and federal wildlife agencies are investigating. The Giant African Snail is prohibited in the U.S. without special approval. Experts said it devastates new ecosystems. The snail grows up to 10 inches long, can reproduce on its own and even can even eat plaster. The man said he meant no harm, and his religion uses the snails in healing ceremonies. Followers said they got violently ill, losing weight and developing strange lumps in their stomachs.

Cops: Man copies key on test drive, steals truck LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police said a man did more than take a pickup for a spin during a test drive this week. Red Star Auto of Lincoln reported a pickup had been stolen Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. The dealership’s owner said a 39-year-old man had taken the truck for a test drive earlier Tuesday. Police believe the man stopped during the test drive to have a copy made of the truck’s key. He returned the truck to the lot, but police believe he stole it overnight using the duplicate key. The dealership owner drove to the man’s address and found the truck parked about 10 blocks away.

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Tenn. police file 10th DUI charge against driver KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) — Kingsport Police have filed a 10th DUI charge against a driver who was going about 20 miles per hour on Interstate 26 and weaving. The Kingsport Times-News reported that the 57-year-old man told the officer on Tuesday, “I’m drunk. Do what you gotta do.” The police report stated that when asked to take sobriety, breath or alcohol tests, the man kept repeating that he was drunk. Police charged him with DUI, violation of the implied consent law and being a habitual motor offender. The man has no driver’s license. Police said it had earlier been revoked for repeated offenses.

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Scorn for the Bible often an excuse Q: My uncle just laughs when I say something about the Bible, because he says it’s full of errors and contradictions. How can I answer him? It’s hard to talk to him about religion because he doesn’t feel any need for God. -- K.F. A: One approach, of course, would be to ask him to show you a contradiction in the Bible. Most people like this can’t do it; they’ve actually never read the Bible, and are only repeating what they’ve heard someone else say about it. But this might only embarrass or anger your uncle — and that shouldn’t be your goal. Instead, your goal should be to make him face his need of Christ. After all, your uncle’s scorn for the Bible is only an excuse — an excuse for avoiding God. He may not even realize what he’s doing — but by saying the Bible can’t be trusted, he’s refusing to face his own need of God, and refusing also to accept the Bible’s claim that God loves him. Pray for your uncle; only God can open his heart and convince him of the truth of the Gospel. Pray too that nothing — his pride, or his desire to run his own life, or his attachment to some particular sin, or anything else -- will keep him from facing his need for God’s forgiveness and grace. In addition, ask God to help you be a witness to your uncle, both by your life and your words. Don’t argue with him, but let him know you care for him, and urge him to face the reasons why he doesn’t want anything to do with God. ‘

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Minister Mable Robinson will be the guest speaker at the 10 a.m. Sunday worship service. Ladies night will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 218 Simmons St. in Sanford. The church is located at 1315 Horner Blvd. in Sanford.

Abundant Living Ministries

Apostle Elaine Johnson of Jesus Way Fellowship Center in Petersburg, Va. will be the guest speaker at 4 p.m. Sunday at the church. The church is located at 2607D Fayetteville St. in Sanford.

Broadway Baptist Church

Everyone is invited to meet the new Pastor, Dr. Larry Pittman and wife Kim, at a reception held from 3 to 5 p.m. in the fellowship hall. Refreshments will be served. The church is located at 105 E. Harrington Ave. in Broadway.

Buffalo Presbyterian Church

The Rev. Paul J. Shields will present the sermon, “The Prodigal God,� at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. The church is located at 1333 Carthage St. in Sanford.

Cameron Grove AME Zion Church

Revival services will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday with the Rev. Lorenzo Johnson of Kyles Temple as guest speaker. The church is located at 309 Vernon St. in Broadway.

Center United Methodist Church

The United Methodist Men will meet at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Sunday school classes for all ages at 10 a.m. followed by worship service at 11 a.m. Pioneer Club and MYF meet at 3 p.m. Everyone is welcomed. Community watch will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the church fellowship hall. The church is located at 4141 S. Plank Road in Sanford.

Christian Life Family Worship Center

A Victory March will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the church. The church is located at 166 St. Andrews Church Road in Sanford.

Church of Many Colors

Pastor Gerome Williams Sr. will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. The church is located at 2320 Pilson Road in Lemon Springs.

Crossroads Community Church

Faith Walkers 4 of Asheboro will perform at 10 a.m. Sunday at the church. Admission is free. Everyone is invited. The church is located at 788 Bibey Road in Carthage.

Cumnock Union United Methodist Church

The church presents an “Evening with Jimmy Haire� at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. A hot

dog supper at 4:30 p.m. The public is invited. The church is located at 859 Cumnock Road in Sanford.

Deliverance Church of Christ The Usher’s Auxiliary will sponsor their annual program, “A Lesson in Contracting,� at 3 p.m. Sunday with members of other churches speaking. Music will be rendered by the youth choir. The church is located at 17935 Hwy. 64 West in Siler City.

East Sanford Baptist Church The Rev. Robbie Gibson will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. AWANA will meet at 5:20 p.m. and the Rev. Robbie Gibson will speak at the 6 p.m. worship service. The men’s fellowship breakfast will be held at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday at Mrs. Wenger’s Restaurant. The church is located at 300 North Ave. in Sanford.

Ephesus Baptist Church A Gideon service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday with Johnny Whitfield as guest speaker. Everyone is invited. The church is located at 2724 White Hill Road in Sanford.

The Angel Band singers will perform at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. For more information, call Pastor Hobert Sheffield at (919) 776-0370 or (919) 721-6172. The church is located at 51 Arthur Maddox Road in Sanford.

Grace Chapel Church Dr. Holland will speak on “The Bible – the Word of God� at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service. AWANA meets at 6 p.m. and youth Bible studies, women’s Bible studies and regular evening service begin at 6:30 p.m. The church is located at 2605 Jefferson Davis Hwy. in Sanford.

Gulf Presbyterian Church Breakfast and Bluegrass begins at 9:30 a.m. Sunday with The Machine Shop Boys singing and playing bluegrass music in the Palmer Fellowship Hall. A buffet breakfast will be served. The Rev. Benton will present the sermon “Prodigals, Come Home� at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. Ronnie Cox will be guest musician. For directions, visit www.gulfpresbyterian.org.

Hillmon Grove Baptist Church

Scouts will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Region 4 Men’s Missions Rally will be held Evans Chapel at Emmaus Baptist Church AME Zion Church in Pittsboro. Departure from The Missionary Candlelight the church will be at 5:15 March will be held at 3 p.m. p.m. For more information, Sunday with Pastor Sharon call Jim at 499-4882. Mitchell of Terrells Chapel Care Team A will meet at AME Zion Church in Pitts6:30 p.m. Wednesday with boro as guest speaker. She Marge and Bill Guy in the will be accompanied by her church office. Prayer and choir and congregation. Area Bible study at 7 p.m. with missionaries are invited to the Rev. Shannon Arnold. participate and encourage Easter cantata practice at to wear white. 8 p.m. The church is located at Baptist Men will meet at 7 241 Evans Chapel Road, p.m. Thursday in the church east of Siler City. fellowship hall. Anyone interested in atExousia Christian tending the Joyce Meyer Conference in Winston-SaFellowship, Inc. lem, March 18-20, contact Pastor Steve L. Chesney Joni at 498-9663. will deliver the message at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. Holly Springs The church is located at Baptist Church 700 Bragg St. in Sanford. A benefit for Frankie Harmon will begin at 11 a.m. Fair Promise today in the Broadway Community Building. The public AME Zion Church is invited. The Young Adult Christian Stirring the Mighty Men’s Missionary Society will Conference will be held from sponsor a “Trivia Bowl� 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturat 4 p.m. Saturday. Test knowledge about Black His- day at Dennis Wicker Civic Center. tory, Hymnology and Bible The church is located at stories. Any team may enter, 385 Holly Springs Church call (919) 776-4622. Road in Broadway. The Steward Board will sponsor a dinner at 12:30 p.m. Sunday by Edna Foush- Johnsonville ee at the church. Eat in or AME Zion Church take out. $10 per plate. To The Rev. Richard K. pre-order, call (919) 776Thompson, Presiding Prelate 4622. of the Eastern North Carolina Episcopal District, will First Calvary be the guest speaker at 3 p.m. Sunday at the church. Baptist Church The annual woman’s day will be observed at 11 a.m. Jonesboro United Sunday with Evangelist Methodist Church Michelle Laws, Associate A memorial service for Pastor of New Birth in Christ Marie Shontz will be held at United Holy Church in Hills3 p.m. Saturday in the sancboro, as guest speaker. Mutuary. A reception will follow sic, under the direction of in the Wesley Center. Cordelia Winchester, will be provided by the Men’s Choir. Love Grove There will be other guest participants on the program. AME Zion Church Everyone is invited. The youth department will The church is located at sponsor Joy Night at 7 p.m. 240 Fields Drive in Sanford. today at the church. Several groups have been invited to participate. Everyone is Friendly invited. Baptist Church The church is located at A fellowship meeting will 796 Love Grove Church be held at 7 p.m. today at Road in Sanford. the church.

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invited. The church is located at 184 Norrington Road in The United Gospel Caravan Lillington. will celebrate their 18th anniversary at 6 p.m. Sunday Oak Grove featuring the Gospel Messengers, Jonesboro Chapel Holiness Church Male Chorus and the Sons An expense program for of Destiny. Each group will the church will be held at have a guest group. 3 p.m. Sunday with EvanThe church is located gelist Cynthia Williams and at 1713 Colon Road in congregation of Church of Sanford. Many Colors rendering the service. There will also be a representative from the Mt. Carmel Church of God of Prophecy. Pentecostal The church is located at Holiness Assembly 202 Tempting Church Road The Usher’s anniversary in Sanford. will be observed at 4 p.m. Sunday at the church. Pineridge The church is located at Baptist Church 744 Minter School Road in The Pineridge Gospel Sanford. Singers will celebrate their 32nd anniversary at 3 p.m. Mt. Pisgah Lee Sunday at the church. Many Original Freewill groups will appear. The church is located Baptist Church at 631 San-Lee Drive in Revival services will be Sanford. held at 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday with the following speakers: Wednes- Pocket day, Pastor Bennie Bryant of Presbyterian Church Cornerstone Empowerment Dr. Hector Rodriguez, Church in Sanford; Thursday, Presbyterian Church USA’s Pastor Kathy Jones of Prince Associate for Hispanic Chapel CME Church in Latino Congregational SupCorinth; and Friday, Dr. A.L. port based in Louisville, Ky., Ferguson of Love Grove AME will be the guest speaker Zion Church. Guest choirs Sunday. will appear each night. The church is located at Recovery Room 2725 Mt. Pisgah Church Road in Sanford. Ministries A youth service will be held at the 11 a.m. Sunday Nehemiah worship service with praise Christian Center dancing. A pre-anniversary Pastor Herbert and Psiyina program for Elder Nathan Davis will render the service Hooker will be held at 3 at 7 p.m. every Thursday p.m. Sunday with Elder at RAFI in Pittsboro Primary Elwood Hooker Jr. of Sandy School Road in Pittsboro. Grove in Cameron as guest Everyone is invited. speaker. The church is located New Bethel Freewill at 203 McReynolds St. in Carthage. Baptist Church A prayer breakfast will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday Rocky Fork at the church. The ushers Christian Church will hold a Red and White A women’s retreat will be Banquet at 6 p.m. Saturday held from 9:30 a.m. to 12 at the M.T. Burch building noon Saturday with Lisa (old American Legion). The Shearin as guest speaker. public is invited. Music will be provided by Stephanie McRae. New Church The church is located at 4246 Rocky Fork Church of Deliverance A youth jam will be held at Road in Sanford. 7 p.m. today at the church. The public is invited. St. John PentecosThe church is located at tal Holy Ministries 218 Main St. in Sanford. Revival services will continue at 7:30 p.m. today New Life Praise with Elder Terence McCrimmon of Mingo Hill Freewill Church (SBC) Baptist Church in Dunn as Pastor Josh will bring a message relative to the fam- guest speaker. The church is located on ily at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday Dove Road in Cameron. worship service. A verse by verse study and discussion from the book of Revelation St. Peter’s Church is the focus of the 6 p.m. The annual women’s Sunday worship service. conference will be held at 7 Adult Bible studies, Kids p.m. today with Pastor PhylKlub, and Uth meet from lis Carter of New Beginning 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Ministry in Siler City speakThe church is located at ing and at 7 p.m. Saturday 2398 Wicker St. in Sanford. with Elder Valine Thompson of Pleasant Hill Freewill Baptist Church in Carthage New Zion speaking. Music will be proMissionary vided by the Mt. Nebo Choir. Baptist Church The public is invited. Women’s conference, The church is located at “Sisters Desiring God,� will 2243 Pilson Road in Lemon be held from 10 a.m. to 12 Springs. noon Saturday with Minister Shawne Staley, Associate St. Thomas’ Minister of First PentecosEpiscopal Church tal Church in Ramseur, as The fourth Sunday in guest speaker. All women Lent will be conducted in are invited. two services by Fr. Craig J. The church is located Lister. The first service is at 3324 Truelove St. in at 8 a.m. and the second Sanford. service will be at 10 a.m. Coffee hour will follow the Norrington second service in the Lower AME Zion Church Parish Hall. A Friday night fill-up Wednesday Eucharist in service will begin at 7 p.m. Lent will be held at 11:30 today with the Rev. Lester a.m. W. Brown, a local Elder of The church is located Norrington and Kyles Chapel at 312 N. Steele St. in AME Zion Churches, as Sanford. guest speaker. Everyone is

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Sanford Aglow Lighthouse Boris and Shulamit Goldin will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center.

Sanford Freewill Holiness Church Heaven Sent will perform following the 6 p.m. Sunday worship service. Everyone is invited. The church is located at 3000 Lemon Springs Road in Sanford.

Solid Rock Community Church Men’s Day will kick-off with breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Sunday furnished by the women of the church. Pastor Craig Dodson will speak on “The Power of Prayer� at 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service. Nursery and children church provided. Transportation available, call (919) 776-1066. The church is located at 3220 Keller Andrews Church Road (Lee Christian School).

Star of Hope Original Freewill Baptist Church Elder Jason Trusell and Crusade Ministries presents “Divine Invasion Praise Summitt 2010� will be held at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday with Apostle James Lane of Greenville S.C. as guest speaker. Pastor Marshall Blackmond of Raleigh will be the guest speaker at 5 p.m. Sunday with guest music ministries by JL & Endurance of Charlotte, Visionz of Praise Chorale of Richmond, Va., and Germani Ross. Everyone is invited. The pastor’s pre-anniversary celebration will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday with Pastor Shawn Williams of Fair Promise AME Zion Church speaking and at 7:30 p.m. Thursday with Pastor Alice Faye Hooker of Works For Christ Bible Center speaking. The church is located at 2834 Dalrymple St. in Sanford.

Swann Station Baptist Church Revival services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday with the Rev. Ben Glosson of Hazlenut, Ga. as guest preacher. Youth night is Wednesday. Music will be provided each night. Child care available for children (birth to two years old). The church is located at 7592 Hwy. 87 South in Sanford.

Trinity Lutheran Church The fourth Sunday in Lent worship service will be ministered by the Rev. Tim Martin. The first service will be held at 8:15 a.m. with Holy Communion and the second service at 10:30 a.m. Coffee hour will follow the second service. Boy Scouts meet at 6:30 p.m.. Wednesday Soupers are at 5:30 p.m. and Lenten service will be 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Gamblers Anonymous (GA) will meet at 8 p.m. Friday. The church is located at 525 Carthage St. in Sanford.

True Gospel United Church of God A pastor’s aide service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday with Elder Lester Marsh of Troy as guest speaker. The church is located at 405 Third St. in Sanford.

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001 Legals CITY OF SANFORD PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City Council and Planning Board for the City of Sanford will hold joint public hearings on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, in the Council Chambers of the Sanford Municipal Building, 225 East Weatherspoon Street, Sanford, N.C. The boards will consider one (1) amendment to the Sanford Zoning Map. The hearing will begin at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as deemed practical by the City Council. The rezoning application is described below: 1. Petition by Brad Parker of Greenway Residential Development, LLC to rezone a vacant 11.5 acre +/tract of land located in the 2200 block of Woodland Avenue from the current Residential-Mixed (R-12) Zoning District to Autumn Oaks Conditional Zoning District to allow for the development of a multifamily apartment community. The property is the same as depicted on Tax Map 9652.18, as Tax Parcel 9652-21-8261-00 Lee County Land Records. The public is cordially invited to attend. Further information may be obtained from the Sanford/Lee County Community Development Department, 900 Woodland Avenue, Sanford, NC 27330 or by calling (919) 718-4656. Upon request and with 24hour notice, the City will provide an interpreter for the hearing

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122.68 feet to a stake; thence South 46 degs. 23 mins. West 286 feet to a stake in the C.W. Cameron line; thence as Cameron's line North 77 degs. 13 mins. West 171.37 feet to the point of beginning, containing .77 acres, more or less, and being the identical property conveyed by deed dated October 14, 1969, from Geraldine W. Sloan, widow to Bobby R. Solan and wife Carol W. Sloan, recorded in Book 112, Page 139, Lee County Registry.

And Being more commonly known as: IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE 3748 Avents Ferry Rd, Sanford, NC 27330 OF NORTH CAROLINA The record owner(s) SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION of the property, as reLEE COUNTY flected on the records of the Register of 10sp49 Deeds, is/are Robert IN THE MATTER OF W. West, Jr. and Judy S. West. THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED The property to be offered pursuant to BY ROBERT W. this WEST, JR. AND JUDY S. WEST DATED notice of sale is being DECEMBER 27, 2001 offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AND RECORDED IN "AS IS, WHERE IS." BOOK 770 AT PAGE Neither the Trustee 977 IN THE LEE COUNTY PUBLIC nor the holder of the note secured by the REGISTRY, NORTH deed of trust, being CAROLINA foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, NOTICE OF SALE agents or authorized representative of eiUnder and by virtue ther Trustee or the of the power and auholder of the note thority contained in the above-referenced make any representation or warranty redeed of trust and belating to the title or cause of default in any physical, envithe payment of the se- ronmental, health or cured indebtedness safety conditions exand failure to per- isting in, on, at or reform the stipulation lating to the property being offered for and agreements therein contained sale. Any and all responsibilities or liaand, pursuant to demand of the owner bilities arising out of or in any way relatand holder of the secured debt, the under- ing to any such condisigned substitute tion expressly are distrustee will expose claimed. This sale is made subject to all for sale at public aucprior liens and ention to the highest bidder for cash at the cumbrances, and unusual place of sale at paid taxes and assessments including but the county courtnot limited to any house of said county at 2:00 PM on March transfer tax associated with the foreclo26, 2010 the following sure. A deposit of described real estate five percent (5%) of and any other improvements which the amount of the bid may be situated or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), thereon, in Lee County, North Carolina, whichever is greater, and being more par- is required and must be tendered in the ticularly described as form of certified follows: funds at the time of the sale. This sale All that parcel of land in Cape Fear Town- will be held open ten ship, Lee County, days for upset bids as required by law. FolState of NC as more fully described in lowing the expiration Deed Book 316 Page of the statutory upset 632 and being more period, all remaining amounts are IMMEparticularly descriDIATELY DUE AND bed as metes and OWING. Failure to bounds and containing .77 acres, more or remit funds in a timeless. ly manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deBeginning at an iron posit will be frozen stake in the southern line of N.C. Highway pending the outcome of any re-sale. No. 42 said beginning point being in the SPECIAL NOTICE C.W. Cameron Line, FOR LEASEHOLD and running thence as the southern line TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in of N.C. Highway No. the property, be ad42 North 58 degs. 02 vised that an Order mins. East 100 feet; North 54 degs. 04 for Possession of the property may be ismins. East 118.7 feet sued in favor of the and North 48 East 100 purchaser. Also, if feet; thence South 75 your lease began or degs. 47 mins. East

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was renewed on or afNORTH CAROLINA ter October 1, 2007, be IN THE GENERAL advised that you may COURT OF JUSTICE terminate the rental LEE COUNTY agreement upon 10 BEFORE THE days written notice to CLERK the landlord. You may be liable for rent FILE due under the agreeNO. 10 SP 25 ment prorated to the effective date of the IN THE MATTER OF termination. THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF The date of this NoTRUST EXECUTED tice is March 5, 2010. BY BONNIE H. HARNESS, NOTICE OF SALE dated 4/28/06, filed for record 4/28/06 and RECORDED IN 08-110145 BOOK 1025, PAGE Grady Ingle 869, Substitute Trustee LEE COUNTY REG8520 Cliff Cameron ISTRY, BY Drive, Suite 300 W.W. SEYMOUR, JR., Charlotte, NC 28269 SUBSTITUTE (704) 333-8107 TRUSTEE http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that cerNOTICE TO tain deed of trust exeCREDITORS cuted by Bonnie H. Harness, dated Edward C. Loso quali- 4/28/2006, from Bonfied on March 10, 2010 nie H. Harness to Wilas Executor of the Es- liam A. Hobbs, Trusttate of Elizabeth M. ee for The United Loso, late of Lee State of America, County, North Caroli- through the Farmers na. This is to notify Home Administraall persons, firms, tion, U.S. Department and corporations havof Agriculture, filed ing claims against the for record on Estate to present 4/28/2006 in Book them to the under1025, Page 869, Lee signed on or before County Registry, June 10, 2010 or this (W.W. Seymour, Jr. notice will be pleaded was named Substiin bar of their recovtute Trustee by that ery. All persons, certain instrument firms and corporarecorded in Book tions indebted to said 1198, Page 983, Lee Estate please make County Registry). immediate payment. Payments and claims Default having should be mailed to been made in the payEdward C. Loso, 1220 ment of the indebtedLemmond Drive, San- ness thereby secured ford NC 27330. March 12, 19, 26, April 2, 2010

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by the said deed of amounts are immeditrust and the under- ately due and owing. signed and the holder of the note evidencSaid property ing said indebtedness to be offered purhaving directed that suant to this Notice of the deed of trust be Sale is being offered foreclosed, the under- for sale, transfer and signed Substitute conveyance "AS IS Trustee will offer for WHERE IS". There sale at the Courtare no representahouse Door of the Lee tions of warranty reCounty Courthouse, lating to the title or Sanford, North Caroany physical, envilina, or the usual and ronmental, health or customary location at safety conditions exthe Lee County isting in, on, at, or reCourthouse for con- lating to the property ducting the sale on being offered for March 16, 2010 at sale. This sale is 12:00 pm, and will sell made subject to all to the highest bidder prior liens, current for cash the following year property taxes, described property special assessments, situated in Lee Couneasements, rights of ty, North Carolina, to way, deeds of release, wit: and any other encumbrances or exceptions BEING ALL OF LOT of record. 39, containing 2,583 square feet, 0.059 Pursuant to N.C.G.S. acres, as shown on 45-21.16A(b), an order plat entitled “Replat for possession of the of North Pointe property may be isTownhomes, Phase sued pursuant to One,� dated 9/2/2003, N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in faprepared by Brennan vor of the purchaser Land Surveying, PA, and against the party and recorded in Plat or parties in possesCabinet 10, Slide 31-B, sion by the clerk of Lee County Registry. superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Said property Pursuant to N.C.G.S. is commonly known 45-21.16A(b), any peras 400 Morning Star son who occupies the Drive, Sanford, NC property pursuant to 27330. a rental agreement entered into or reA cash deposit newed on or after Oc(no personal checks) tober 1, 2007, may, afof five percent (5%) of ter receiving the nothe purchase price, or tice of sale, terminate Seven Hundred Fifty the rental agreement Dollars ($750.00), upon 10 days’ written whichever is greater, notice to the landlord. will be required at Upon termination of the time of the sale. a rental agreement, Following the expirathe tenant is liable tion of the statutory for rent due under upset bid period, all the rental agreement the remaining prorated to the effec-

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for 110% of cost of Development Depart110 the ment, 900 Woodland Special Notices removal of such tow- Avenue, Sanford, NC er. As drafted, the 27330 or by calling WILL MOVE OLD JUNK amendment would no (919) 718-4656. CalquiCARS! BEST PRICES longer require a per- er cuidadano que ten- PAID. Call for complete formance bond be ga preguntas o cocar delivery price. submitted when a mentarios de las co- McLeod’s Auto Crushing. government-owned sas al referido, puede Day 499-4911. tower is erected. comunicarse a el deNight 776-9274. partamento de desar130 2. ollo para Consider an amend- Sanford/Condado de Lost ment to Section B, Lee, llame al (919) 718Lost Boston Bull subsection c.2 to re4656. Terrier Female Puppy vise the current lanAnswer to Gracie, Missing guage for the “CertifiSince Mon Feb 22nd. PUBLIC NOTICE cate of approval of West Lake Valley Area deNo Collar R E W A R D sign and installation ...TAKE notice that 775-2741 / 721-1011 as of March 5, 2010, of water and sewer utilities� as required Deborah Best Zipkin, Lost: Female Chihuahua, Blonde, Crocked Nose, on final subdivision Plaintiff, is no longer Reward Offered. plats in the unincor- responsible for the of Stephen Missing since Thurs 3/4 porated areas of Lee debts Broadway Area County. The revised Charles Zipkin, Please Call 919-258-9731 language will provide Defendant. greater distinction as This is the 5th day of 140 to the approval of the March, 2010. Found utilities in such subdivisions regarding (March 5, 6, 7) Found Male Dog off Spring public water and sewCREDITOR'S Hill Church Road Call to er. NOTICE Claim Western Harnett Each of the jurisdictions will conduct a public hearing on the amendments as described above. The following are the specific details for each of the hearings. City of Sanford – The City Council and Planning Board for the City of Sanford will hold a joint public hearing on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, in the Council Chambers of the Sanford Municipal Building, 225 East Weatherspoon Street, Sanford, N.C. The hearing will begin at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as deemed practical by the City Council. Upon request and with 24hour notice, the City will provide an interpreter for the hearing impaired or any other type of auxiliary aid. By Bonnie White, Clerk City of Sanford Town of Broadway – The Town of Broadway Board of Commissioners and Planning Board will hold a joint public hearing on Monday, March 22, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Town of Broadway Lions Club Building, 100 East Lake Drive, Broadway, NC. Upon request and with 24hour notice, the Town will provide an interpreter for the hearing impaired or any other type of auxiliary aid.

To: Stephan Charles Zipkin Take Notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the remedy being sought is as follows: ABSOLUTE DIVORCE You are reLaura Duval, Clerk quired to make Broadway Town defense to such Board pleading not later than 40 days after March 5, 2010, and Lee County - Notice is upon your failure to hereby given that the do so, the parties Lee County Board of Commissioners and seeking service against you will the Lee County Planapply to the Court for ning Board will hold the relief sought. a joint public hearing on Monday, March This the 5th 15, 2010 in the Comday of March, 2010. missioners’ Board Room at the Lee (3/5/3/12, 3/19) County Government PUBLIC NOTICE Center, 106 Hillcrest CITY OF SANFORD, Drive, Sanford, NC. THE TOWN OF The hearings will beBRAODWAY AND gin at 6:00 p.m., or as LEE COUNTY soon thereafter as deemed practical by Notice is hereby givthe Board. Upon reen that the City of quest and with 24Sanford, the Town of hour notice, the Broadway and Lee County will provide County will each con- an interpreter for the duct a public hearing hearing impaired or regarding potential any other needed amendments to the type of auxiliary aid. jointly adopted Unified Development OrBy Gaynell M. Lee, dinance (UDO). The Clerk public hearings will Lee County Board of be conducted for conCommissioners sideration of the following two (2) amend- The public is cordialments: ly invited to attend any or all of the pub1. lic hearings as descriConsider an amendbed above. Further ment to Section information regard5.33.5.7 to allow new ing the proposed government-owned amendments or any wireless telecommu- of these public hearnications tower to be ings may be obtained exempt from the cur- from the Sanford/Lee rent requirement for County Community a performance bond

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LEE Having qualified on the 5th dayof March, 2010 as Executrix for the Estate of Willie Howard Smith, deceased late of Lee County, North Carolina this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before June 11, 2010 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recoverty. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate should make immediate payment.

910-964-6958

Found: Orange Tabby Male Cat. Off US 1 S Area. Call to Claim (919)776-8395

190 Yard Sales Ask about our YARD SALE SPECIAL

8 lines/2 days*

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Get a FREE “kit�: 6 signs, 60 price stickers, 6 arrows, marker, inventory sheet, tip sheet! *Days must be consecutive Furniture & Yard Sale Love seat, Sofa, Chair, Dinning Room Table, BR Suite, Maternity Clothes, & Yard Sale Treasures. 7-12. 2901 Belmont Circle Sanford off Tramway Rd Garage/Yard Sale

This the 9th day of Saturday, March 13, 2010 March, 2010. It is an indoor event.

Paulette H. Hall, Executrix Estate of Willie Howard Smith, deceased PO Box 1377 Broadway, NC 27505 W.W. Seymour, Jr., Attorney at Law PA Attorney for Estate PO Box 3516 Sanford, NC 27330 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LEE

Rain or Shine! 1084 Claude White Road 9AM-3PM Please have small denomination currency

SAN LEE CHAPEL SPRING CONSIGNMENT 3215 Keller-Andrews Road (919)498-5808 3/19-12-8 --- 3/20- 8-1 consigners welcome 60% Commission, Accepting gently used clothes for the entire family, furniture, etc. Call us or email us at consigner@ sanleechapel.com Saturday 8-11am at Childcare Network 3009 Cameron Drive Clothes, Furniture, Lots of HH Items & More! Inside (Rain or Shine) Yard Sale Sat 7-12 250 Wilson Road All Proceeds go to Relay For Life Lots of Stuff

Having qualified on the 23rd day of FebruYard Sale Saturday ary, 2010 as Executor 6:30am - 10:30am for the Estate of Edwin Donnell, Jr., de- Clothes, Toys, HH Items, and Lots More. ceased late of Lee 1902 Owl’s Nest Road County, North Carolina this is to notify all persons, firms and 200 corporations having Transportation claims against the Estate to present them 210 to the undersigned on or before June 11, Vehicles Wanted 2010 or this notice will be pleaded in bar Big Boys Junk Cars looking of their recovery. All for junk cars. Anywhere persons, firms and from $100 to $200 a car. corporations indebt- Call Anytime: 910-3911791 ed to said estate should make immedi240 ate payment.

Cars - General

This the 9th day of 1992 Oldsmobile Delta 88 March, 2010. 156,500 miles History: Regulary serviced & maintained @ Wilkinson Cad/Olds $2,000 (919)776-5860

Michael L. Donnell, Executor 1993 Ford Escort LX Station Estate of Edwin Donnell, Jr., deceased

Wagon with high mileage. $600 as is. Call 776-8091 Mornings

1993 Mercury Topaz 4 door sedan/ 97K miles/ exc. cond. / new tires/ 615 Seven serviced reguarly/ $1750 Lakes North Call: 499-9944 after 4p.m.

West End, North Carolina 27376 W.W. Seymour, Jr., Attorney at Law PA Attorney for Estate PO Box 3516 Sanford, NC 27330

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250 Trucks For Sale Nice 93 Nissan Pickup. With Tool Box. $1,800 (919)775-4308

Classified Advertising Call 718-1201 718-1204

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420 Help Wanted General

CLASSIFIED DEADLINE: 2:00 PM Help Wanted - Experienced Diesel Mechanic for small DAY BEFORE Diesel Repair Shop. PT. PUBLICATION. (2:00 Bear Creek Area. pm Friday for 742-3610 545-4191 Sat/Sun ads). Sanford Herald, ClassiInsurance Home Surfied Dept., veyor Perform Field Work & Com718-1201 or puter Reporting For A Na718-1204

300 Businesses/Services 315 Elderly/In-Home Care

tional Industry Leader. No Experience/Paid Training/Performance Based Pay/$12 Per Hour/PartTime Apply At: www.muellerreports.com

Local Church looking for musician. Helpful if you Need Immediately: Looking know how to play hymns for live-in home care giver and Contempory Music. to provide light cleaning, Read Music, & Teach Music cooking and monitor two Must be dependable. elderly people. Must have Send Resume & Message valid drivers license. All exmusicministry95 penses paid plus salary. If @yahoo.com interested call Bill at (919) 498-1464 Personal Care Assistant Looking to care for your loved one. Available all shifts. Excellent References 910-551-9697 - 776-3119

370 Home Repair L.C Harrell Home Improvement Decks, Porches, Buildings Remodel/Repair, Electrical Interior-Exterior Quality Work Affordable Prices No job Too Small No Job Too Large (919)770-3853

400 Employment 420 Help Wanted General 2010 Career Fair For more information: newcareer@ tridentmarketing.com 910-693-3005 Positions Throughout Company! ON-SITE INTERVIEWS, DAY OF JOB FAIR •Inbound Sales Agents •Sales Management •Bi-Lingual Customer Service Agents ACCEPTING RESUMES •Accounting •Marketing •Information Technology

Mechanic With Diesel Truck Experience, With Own Tools, To Work In Small Trucking Shop. Send Resume To: The Sanford Herald Ad #03476 P.O. Box 100 Sanford, N.C. 27331 We offer • BOLD print

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425 Help Wanted Child Care Immediate Opening for Lead Teachers w/child care credentials I & II. Top pay for those w/Associates in Early Childhood Education. 910-528-1731Margeret Mosley 910-528-1727 Smaller Scholars Montessori is looking for PT afternoon Teacher working 25-30 hours a week with ability for full time. All applicants must be 18 years old with a high school diploma. Apply in person1480 McNeil Road any questions please call 919-777-9374

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WHY TRIDENT Help Wanted MARKETING? Medical/Dental •Superior paid training •Fun, Friendly & Supportive Busy Family Practice has an •Long-term growth potential immediate opening for a •Generous Compensation part time nurse. Bi-lingual Plan a plus. Call 718-5705 •401 K Plan Available ask for Kathie. •Employer sponsored health, dental, and life 475 insurance Help Wanted •Paid Time Off Restaurants ONE OF MOORE COUNTY’S TOP Waitress needed. Apply at EMPLOYERS Tony’s Seafood, ****************** 1919 S Horner Blvd TRIDENT 500 Marketing 340 Commerce Avenue Free Pets Suite 16 Southern Pines NC 600 March 12 & 13 Merchandise 11am - 6pm Trident Marketing is a Drug Free Workplace, EOE. 601 Pre- employment drug Bargain Bin/ screen and background $250 or Less check required. Coordinator for Exchange Students P/T. Recruit hosts, provide support and activities. Must be 25 years of age and love teens. Make friends worldwide! www.aspectfoundation.org Drivers Needed ASAP Apply at 307 S. Gulf Dump Truck Driver Needed Must Have CDLs Call 919-906-4069

*“Bargain Bin” ads are free for five consecutive days. Items must total $250 or less, and the price must be included in the ad. Multiple items at a single price (i.e., jars $1 each), and animals/pets do not qualify. One free “Bargain Bin” ad per household per month.

2 Bucket Style Vera Bradley Pocket Books with Wallets 1 Fossil Pocket Book, 1 Lewy Vuitton Pocket Book, 6 Ladies Dress Outfits. 356-5490 or 776-2129

4 31x10.5 R15 Tires for Exp. Dietary Aide for 83 Sale $100 Please call bed longterm care facility. 356-0168 Please call Martha Faulkner for information. Located at Authentic Dooney & Burke 714 Westover Drive Brown Barrel bag Bag Like Sanford, NC New $60, Authentic Coach Phone number is: 919-775Brown Pocket Book $80. 5404 Authentic Coach Brown Wallet $70 356-5706 Family Support Coordinator after 5pm The Arc of Moore County, a private, non-profit agency Box full of Summer in Southern Pines serving Maternity Clothes. Sizes people with developmental range from small to X-large. disabilities and their You will be set for the Sumfamilies, seeks part-time mer for $75. 356-0168 Family Support Coordinator for its First In Families Box full of Summer program. FS Coordinator Junior/Misses Clothes will assist families in Sizes range from Sm-Med identifying specific needs, Shirts & Size 3, 5, 7, &10 and developing community For Shorts. Brand new resources in eight-county Dress shirts in box all for region. Position is part-time, $100 356-0168 20 hours per week. Brand New Photon. Black Bachelor’s degree in metal frame with beige human services or related mattress $175 352-0197 field preferred, although a combination of education Camel Back Couch $100. and experience working Printed Couch, Like New with people with disabilities $100. King Dresser $75. will be considered. To Call: 775-4308 apply, send cover letter and resume to Family Support, P.O. Box 773, Southern Pines, NC 28388 or email to arcmoorewr@ embarqmail.com. Application deadline is March 24, 2010.

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Click Clack Sofa $75, Cars Table with 2 Chairs $5, 2 End Table $10, Brand New Poker Table $75, Fish Aquarium with acc. $20. (919)842-3419 Dinning Room Set Cherry Wood Table & 3 Chairs $140, 13’’ BatMan TV $50, Play Pin $40. 919-478--8600

601 Bargain Bin/ $250 or Less Gateway Computer For Sale: Full Set Up Or Tower Only. Call for details: 774-1066 Gazelle Excellent Condition $60 Or Best Offer Call: 919-770-6457 “Like New” overstuffed loveseat & matching ottoman (sage green) $200 - 2 matching cottage style end tables and lamps $50 from smoke-free home – can email photos. Please call: 919-498-2601 Table & 6 Chairs $225 Or Best Offer Call: 919-478-6931

720 For Rent - Houses

820 Homes

2 BD/2 BA in Sanford. Central Heat & AC Large yard Convenient location No indoor pets. $600/mo Avail 3/15 775-7976

Apt House: Sanford NC As Is for $26,000 OBO 3 Apts within Building 910-308-3060

2BR/2BA house in Carolina Trace, 1 yr lease, sec. dep & references req’d. No pets. $600/mo; $600 sec dep. Call 776-4744

Lease to Own - Several homes Dial 919-775-1497 week days or 770-2554 or 770-4883 Part of Rental Payments applies to Down Payment for 12 Months

MODELS OPEN Sat & Sun 3BR 1.5 BA, 2 Car Garage 1-5 Copper Ridge US#1 at Exit 76 Nottingham US#1 House. 1st and Last Month at Exit 69 B Sun 1-5 Rent. All App., No Pets. Woodbridge, Lee Ave. Dial Ingram & West Lee. 770-4883 or 770-2554 $850/Mon. Ref 776-9316 3BR 2BA Remodeled. Carolina Hills $600/mo + Dep Section 8 Welcome 704-921-7344

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE

3BR, 1.5BA, carport, Won From Lottery World 3102 Lee Ave, $775/mo, Championship Portable $775/dep. 919-776-4923 Poker Set. Never Used or 919-777-4610 Valued at $275 Sale for All real estate advertising in Owner/Broker $150. 919-721-2185 this newspaper is subject to 4BR/2BA (Harnett County) the Federal Fair Housing 605 Act 1968 which makes it $750/mo $750/dep Miscellaneous illegal to advertise “any 919-776-4923 or 919preference, limitation or dis777-4610 HAVING A crimination based on race, Owner/Broker YARD SALE? color, religion, sex, handiCharming 3 BD/1 bath 2- cap, familial status, or The DEADLINE for story cottage. New carpet, national origin or an intenAds is 2 P.M. tile, fp, screen porches. Ref tion to make any such prefthe day PRIOR req’d. W. Sanford 700/mo erence, limitation or disto publication. crimination.” 919-775-3679 PREPAYMENT IS This newspaper will not REQUIRED FOR Kenwood Terrace knowingly accept any YARD SALE ADS. $510/mo 2BD/1.5BA advertisement for real THE SANFORD HERALD, Adcock Rentals estate which is in violation CLASSIFIED DEPT. 774-6046 of the law. Our readers are 718-1201 or hereby informed that all 718-1204 THE SANFORD HERALD dwellings advertised in this makes every effort to follow newspaper available on an 615 HUD guidelines in rental equal opportunity basis. advertisements placed by To complain of discriminaAppliances our advertisers. We reserve tion call 919-733-7996 Appliance Repair - all the right to refuse or (N.C. Human Relations brands. Free estimate.All change ad copy as Commission). work guaranteed. Call Mr. necessary for Paul anytime 258-9165. HUD compliances. State Employees’ Credit

640 Firewood

Fire Wood Mixed Hardwoods Full Size Pick Up Split & Delivered $85 499-1617/353-9607 Firewood, 16 in. split oak & mixed hardwood, delivered & stacked truck load. $50 No Checks Please 498-4852 - 258-9360

Townhome For Rent Quail Ridge Golf Course 2BR, 2B1, LR, Kit Appliances - No Util $725/mon - 774-8033

730 For Rent Apts/Condos 1 BR Apt., Tramway area, $135/wk, utilities furnished, clean, appliances, no pets. References. 775-9939

660 Sporting Goods/ Health & Fitness

2BR/1.5BA $535/month $535/deposit Call:910-528-7505

GOT STUFF? CALL CLASSIFIED! SANFORD HERALD CLASSIFIED DEPT., 718-1201 or 718-1204.

Nice 1BR apt in country. $475/mo., $200 cleaning dep.; HUGE walk-in closet, yard work, water & Direct TV incl. No pets. 775-4308

665 Musical/Radio/TV CLASSIFIED SELLS! “CALL TODAY, SELL TOMORROW” Sanford Herald Classified Dept., 718-1201 or 7181204

670 Horses/Livestock Goats for Sale and more Goats for Sale. Boer Goats Pygmy Goats. 498-5525

675 Pets/Animals *Pets/Animals Policy: Three different (Pet) ads per household per year at the “Family Rate”. In excess of 3, billing will be at the “Business Rate”.

4 Chihuahua Puppies For Sale 8 Weeks Old 1 Female & 3 Males 258-9867 Female Mix Boxer. $100 258-6494

680 Farm Produce Fresh Turnip & Mustard Greens, Creasy, Collards, New Florida Red Potatoes, Side Meat & Ham Hocks B&B Market: 775-3032

695 Wanted to Buy Looking to purchase small timber tracts. Fully insured. Call 919-499-8704

700 Rentals 720 For Rent - Houses 1, 2, 3, BR Rentals Avail. Adcock Rentals 774-6046 adcockrentalsnc.com

Nice 1BR apt in country. $475/mo., $200 cleaning dep.; HUGE walk-in closet, yard work, water & Direct TV incl. No pets. 775-4308 Sanford Gardens Age 62 and diabled under 62 who may qualify Adcock Rentals 774-6046 EHO

740 For Rent - Mobile Homes 2BR/1BA Mobile Home. Located off Hwy 421 10 Miles South of Sanford $300/mo. plus $300 dep. 919-639-9704. No Pets Double Wide For Rent 3BR/2BA $575/mo $575/dep Call: 919-343-8341

765 Commercial Rentals 5 Vacant Buildings •Tramway/Hwy US-1 2700 Sq Ft Retail - New Bldg $950/mon • Jonesboro 3,000 Sq. Ft. Restaurant/Retail $1,100 • Tramway/Hwy US 1 *6,000 Sq. Ft. w/Warehouse & Office $2,400 *5,000 Sq. Ft. w/Warehouse & Office $2,200 *5,000 Sq. Ft. w/Warehouse/Retail $2,000 Call - 774-8033

800 Real Estate 820 Homes *Houses/Mobile Homes/Real Estate Policy: One (house) per household per year at the “Family Rate”.Consecutive different locations/addresses will be billed at the “Business Rate”.

Union has Green Mortgages @ 3.755 fixed for 2 years. Visit www.grocecompanies.com 919-770-2554 or 7704883 to build or buy. Or, contact the State Employees’ Credit Union Time is Running Out to Obtain the $8,000 Tax Credit Call 919-775-1497 770-4883 or 770-2554 or visit www.grocecompanies.com DON’T LOSE OUT

830 Mobile Homes CLASSIFIED LINE AD DEADLINE:

2:00 PM

DAY BEFORE PUBLICATION. (2:00

pm Friday for Sat/Sun ads). Sanford Herald, Classified Dept., 718-1201 or 7181204

900 Miscellaneous 920 Auctions AUCTION Randolph Farm Equip. Sat.,Mar 13th, 9:a.m. 1431 E. Salisbury St, Asheboro, NC Mobile Home Rollbacks Forklilfts Tractors & Equip. New & Used Parts Hardware – Bins Full Vintage Parts/Equip. Wheels & Tires Loader Buckets Lawn & Garden Ad Banners/Signs Shop Equip. Manuals Consignments Call for Brochure 919-545-0412 www.RogersAuction.com NCFL7360

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Council’s Auction 7pm Sat - 13th Peggy Big Variety. New Lakeview 910-245-7347 Lonnie Council #5665 Harris Realty & Auction “Since 1989” One Call...We Sell It All!! Land, Houses, Equipment Business Liquidation, Estates, Antiques, Coins, Furniture, Consignments, etc. jerryharrisauction.com 545-4637 or 498-4077 Old Fashioned Auction Saturday 7pm 1218 Old Business Hwy 1 Cameron 910-245-4896 919-478-9283 NCAL 1862

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You have to see it to believe it! 5 bedroom, 2 bath and 1700+ square feet. There is still time to get up to $8,000* Federal Tax Credit! Stop by for details. * Restrictions Apply

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City of Sanford Compost Facility

Screened Compost $20.00 per pickup load Regular Compost or Woodchips $10.00 per pickup load Public Works Service Center, located on Fifth Street across from the Lions Club Fairgrounds

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919-776-7358 Cell: 919-770-0796

Phil Stone TREE REMOVAL 24-HR SERVICE

• Full Tree Service • Stump Grinding • Chipping • Trim & Top Trees • Fully Insured

Sanford’s #1 Choice For All Your Tree Needs www.sanfordtreeremoval.com 919-776-4678 s FREE ESTIMATE Owned & Operated By Phil Stone & Sons PRESSURE WASHING

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TREE SERVICE

LETT’S TREE REMOVAL SERVICE Remove trees, Trim and top Trees, Lot clearing, stump grinding, backhoe work, hauling, bush hogging, plus we buy tracts of timber. We accept Visa and Mastercard. Free estimates and we are insured.

Call 258-3594

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Braston Gail Antiques

Can’t get things done around the house?

* Collectables * Antiques * Used Furniture * Antique Lumber 336 Wicker Street

Call Ross 910-703-1979

(919)777-9000

Quality Trucking & Welding Fabrication and Design

We can take care of all welding needs aluminum, stainless, carbon steel Tig., Stick., Mig Welding, We’re certified on x-ray welding on piping, and steel plate. We can fabricate whatever your design is, or we can help you with your design there’s no job to small if it’s a personal or residential or commercial we can do the job with quality work at our fab shop contact:

Leo Smith 919-356-3288

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HARDWOOD FLOORS

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Finishing & Refinishing

Wade Butner 776-3008

Winter

DRIVEWAY SPECIAL 5 Ton Crush & Run

Delivered $100

Larger Loads and Tractor Spreading Also Available

(919)777-8012

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