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his week, we Take 5 with Major Sue Jervis, the commanding officer of the Salvation Army of Sanford and Lee County, about the impact the economy has had on the Army.
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In addition to the new shelter and administrative center HAVEN is planning near downtown Sanford, the organization will open its second thrift store (shown above) along Main Street in downtown Jonesboro. Twenty percent of the organization’s funding comes from its current store.
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Vol. 80, No. 59 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
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SANFORD — An organization that’s helped more than 1,000 local victims of domestic violence will break ground in late April on a new shelter and administrative center at the corner of Horner Boulevard and Bracken Street. HAVEN Executive Director Kay Ring said the organization is making the location of the approximately 10,000 square foot center known in an effort to be more involved in the community. “We’re not being in the shadows anymore,” Ring said. “We’re going to be out in the open with what we do.” The $1.9 million project will be funded with money from North Carolina Housing Finance, Home Loan Federal Bank of Atlanta, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and financ-
THRIFT STORE HAVEN is preparing to open a second thrift store in downtown Jonesboro. Haven’s Treasures, 118 E. Main St., will open in the next two weeks. The decision came after the board of directors began looking at the organization’s finances and chose to find another way to make money, after state grants were cut. Twenty percent of HAVEN’s funding comes from the thrift shop on Wicker Street, Cooper said, and the second location should raise more money for the organization.
ing through Capital Bank, Ring said. HAVEN will combine its administrative offices with the shelter “to streamline our services and be more preva-
: The Salvation Army’s mission is to provide assistance to the working poor. In this economy, fewer people are working and more people are poor. How has that impacted the Salvation Army in Lee County?
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lent in the community,” Ring said. “We’ve experienced a lot of growth this year,” said John Cooper, chairman of HAVEN’s board of directors. “A lot of it is geared toward, how do we better serve the folks that are staying here?” The current shelter has 16 beds; the new building will have 29 beds to accommodate the growing number of clients in Lee County, Ring said. In the past three years, HAVEN has seen a 3-4 percent increase in the number of clients. “Last year, we had to refer 100 families to shelters in other counties,” she said. “Our clientele is definitely climbing.” During the previous fiscal year, HAVEN helped 1,000 victims of domestic violence
: The Salvation Army has been impacted by the economy in many ways. In 2008 we assisted 1,684 people; in 2009 we assisted 3,063. We made it through these two years OK, but now we are in 2010, and we have already seen the crunch in a mighty way as we continue to assist the poor on a daily basis with food, clothing, utilities and other emergency needs. We received $14,888 from United Way in 2009. Our expenses assisting people in 2009 were $60,542. Since only a quarter of our assistance comes from United Way, the other has to come from you, our donors, and our Family Store — provided anything’s left over after expenses. We receive no funds from any agencies other than United Way and some local churches. All other resources come from the people of Lee County. Without that assistance, we can’t do what we need to do. We’ve seen an increase in the number of people needing help and the amount of help they need going up. What we have to offer is going down.
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New $1.9 million safe house for domestic violence victims will take organization ‘out of the shadows’ By CAITLIN MULLEN
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Ex-Edwards aide again avoids jail in Chatham By MIKE BAKER Associated Press Writer
PITTSBORO — A former aide to John Edwards avoided jail again Friday in a dispute over a tape that allegedly shows the past presidential candidate and his lover in a sexual encounter. Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones ruled that Andrew Young was not in contempt of court for his accounting of how he handled items that Edwards mistress Rielle
HAPPENING TODAY 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) 718-9242 for more information. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
Hunter is seeking. The North Carolina judge had threatened to jail Young earlier this week and said he was troubled by a series of conflicting statements that Young has made under oath. Jones said he wasn’t sure if Young and his wife had purposely disobeyed his orders. “You know and God knows, but I don’t know,” he said. The judge said he is still considering
Andrew Young testifies during a hearing at the Chatham County Superior Court House in Pittsboro on Friday.
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Sanford: Edna Pilson, 86; Richard Shand, 80; Annie Smith, 81; Alton Williams Broadway: Ernest Nordan, 79
Author has questions for Andrew Young regarding his dealings with John Edwards
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