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Gov’t tweets coming soon Lee Linked program using Facebook, Twitter to connect to county residents ONLINE To take the survey, go to www. leecountync.gov and find the social media icon on the home page.

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Firefighters clean up at the scene of a large house fire in Cumnock that began Thursday morning. According to neighbors, the home belonged to Kay and Winfred Wicker.

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Officials: House fire apparently started in kitchen while family was away; nobody injured

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OBAMA SIGNS HIRE ACT, BUT HEALTH CARE LOOMS

The White House held a ceremony Thursday in the Rose Garden where Pres. Obama signed into law a $38 billion jobs bill containing a modest mix of tax breaks and spending Page 8A

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ONE POTENTIAL CLASSIC AND ONE STINKER The Herald’s Neil Morris reviews Roman Polaski’s “The Ghost Writer” and “Repo Men” starring Jude Law Page 10A

CUMNOCK — A fire Thursday morning left a couple’s home completely destroyed. “It’s a total loss,” said Shane Seagroves, director of Lee County Emergency Services, of Kay and Winfred Wicker’s home. Family, friends and neighbors surrounded the Wickers as they stood watching the house burn Thursday morning; many were in tears. West Sanford Fire Department, Northwest Pocket Volunteer Fire Department, Northview Fire Department, Goldston Fire Department and firefighters from Tramway responded at about 9:30 a.m. to the fire at 879 Cumnock Road, Seagroves said. Central Carolina Advanced Life Support also arrived to assist the Wickers, who were vi-

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CHAPEL HILL — The Sanford Herald took home the most North Carolina Press Association awards in the newspaper’s history at a ceremony held at UNC’s Dean Dome Thursday night. The Herald won 14 awards, topping last year’s record of nine. The newsroom was up for a 15th award — general excellence — but the results were unavailable as of press time Thursday. Each year, The Herald com-

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fire started. The fire appeared to have started in the kitchen/ porch area of the home.

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SANFORD — County residents soon may be able to receive Facebook or Twitter updates from Lee County Government offices. Lee Linked is a social media initiative to keep residents in touch with Lee County Government offices, said Dwane Brinson, director of the Lee County Tax Office. County officials can connect with residents using Web sites like Facebook and Twitter. “Everybody is doing it,” he said. “People use these social media channels daily, and they may not go to our Web site. ... There’s so many possibilities with this program.” Many other local government offices have already started programs like Lee Linked, Brinson said, from small cities to larger entities like CharlotteMecklenburg County. “Maybe sometimes those people feel like they can’t contact us during normal business hours,” Brinson said. This gives those people an opportunity to send a Facebook message, for example, to connect with a Lee County offical at a time that’s convenient for them, he said. “We’re capitalizing on that and providing better service for these customers,” Brinson said. Brinson brought the idea before the Lee County Board

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Herald wins record 14 state awards From staff reports

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sually emotional as their house burned to the ground. Seagroves said the Wickers had left for Sanford and were not at home when the

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Of all the gushy things that fans of North Carolina native Julianna Smoot have to say about the Obamas’ new social secretary, the most telling may be that she could make even “the ask” seem fun

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Onlookers show their emotion as the home of Kay and Winfred Wicker of Cumnock burned to the ground Thursday.

By CAITLIN MULLEN

HAPPENING TODAY 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, visit www.templeshows.com. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A

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petes with more than 20 other newspapers in North Carolina with circulations of 15,000 or less. Judges from other states choose winners in a number of categories, ranging from news writing to design, and the winners are announced

during NCPA’s Winter Institute. “It’s always special to be recognized by your peers in the industry, Zureick but this year is extra special,” Herald Publisher Bill Horner III said. “The 14 awards The Herald received is the most ever in a single year from the NCPA and certainly ranks us as one of the best newspapers of our size in the state.

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What’s as significant about the awards, though, is that so many of our staff were recognized in such a wide variety of categories. Our newspaper is as strong and relevant as ever.” Of its 14 awards, The Herald won three first-place awards Thursday. Special Sections Editor R.V. Hight won first place in “news feature writing” for his story last year on military families who formed a support group for those who lost loved

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OBITUARIES

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Sanford: Mark Godfrey, 40; Dempsey Jones Cameron: Anthony Leach, 57 Durham: Polly Stevens, 88 Lillington: Caroline Castle, infant

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On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:

MONDAY n The Lillington Town Board will hold a special meeting at 8:30 a.m. at the Lillington Town Hall, 106 W. Front St., Lillington, to hold a work session of the town board. n The Lee County Parks and Recreation Commission meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Lee County Government Center in Sanford. n The Broadway Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Broadway. n The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 635 East St., in Pittsboro.

TUESDAY n The Chatham County Board of Health

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Deep River Elementary School recently held a mock wedding uniting Q and U in alphabetic matrimony. Both letters were willing to make some compromises as were written in their vows. Q was willing to let U stand alone at times making her own sound, while U was willing to guide Q in making words such as queen, quiet, and quilt. The two were united as “Qu.” Makenzie McIver and Nigel Brown, both of Sanford, participated in the mock wedding on Feb. 19, in the gymnasium of Deep River Elementary School. Barry Lawrence officiated the wedding ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Tabitha McKoy and Maurice McIver. The groom is the son of Clayton and Robin Brown. Both attend kindergarten at Deep River Elementary.

will meet at 6 p.m. at the Chatham County Public Health Department in Pittsboro.

MARCH 29 n The Harnett County Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Lillington Education Building.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Malia Lyles, Jazzriel Lyles, Jose Lara Jr., Allyah Tereza Marie Chesney, Garrett Andrew Douglas Jurgens, DeAnthony Jermaine Hailey, Tammy Strickland, Edin Alvarado, Makayla Chapman, Derrick Cox, April Renee Reed, Delores Holder, Jackie Abrams, Annie Keith, Aaron Shafer, Jordan Cummings, Faye Stubits, Kaye Joyner, Brandon Fore and Roketa Dumas. CELEBRITIES: Actress Ursula Andress is 74. Singer Clarence “Frogman” Henry is 73. Singer Ruth Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) is 64. Actress Glenn Close is 63. Film producer Harvey Weinstein is 58. Actor Bruce Willis is 55. Playwright Neil LaBute is 47. Rock musician Gert Bettens (K’s Choice) is 40. Rappper Bun B is 37. Rock musician Zach Lind (Jimmy Eat World) is 34. Actress Abby Brammell is 31. Actor Craig Lamar Traylor is 21. Actor Philip Bolden is 15.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR ONGOING n Tickets are now on sale for “Working, A Musical,” presented by Central Carolina Community College Theatre and community guests. The show is based on author Studs Terkel’s oral history of workers, with music by a variety of songwriters, including James Taylor. The show run April 14-18 at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsborough St., in Pittsboro. Tickets are $12 at the college’s Chatham County Campus, Pittsboro, and at www.brownpapertickets.com.

TODAY 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. in 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.

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Almanac Today is Friday, March 19, the 78th day of 2010. There are 287 days left in the year. This day in history: On March 19, 1860, lawyer, congressman, three-time Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan was born in Salem, Ill. In 1859, the opera “Faust” by Charles Gounod premiered in Paris. In 1917, the Supreme Court, in Wilson v. New, upheld the eight-hour work day for railroad workers. In 1918, Congress approved Daylight-Saving Time. In 1920, the Senate rejected, for a second time, the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 49 in favor, 35 against, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed for approval. In 1945, during World War II, 724 people were killed when a Japanese dive bomber attacked the carrier USS Franklin off Japan; the ship, however, was saved. Adolf Hitler issued his so-called “Nero Decree,” ordering the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands. In 1953, the Academy Awards ceremony was televised for the first time; “The Greatest Show on Earth” was named best picture of 1952. In 1979, the U.S. House of Representatives began televising its day-to-day business. In 1987, televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as chairman of his PTL ministry organization amid a sex and money scandal involving Jessica Hahn, a former church secretary.

2738 Industrial Drive, Sanford, is hosting a fundraiser for the Tar Heel League Scholarship Fund in memory of Harold “Buck” Gaines. Doors open at 7 p.m. Showtime

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If you have a calendar item you would like to add or if you have a feature story idea, contact The Herald by e-mail at news@sanfordherald.com or by phone at (919) 718-1225. at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door. Blender, featuring Chad and Kristi Gaines, will perform oldtime rock and roll music, with some gospel and country. 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’s second annual dance will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Carolina Trace Clubhouse. Sold Out! 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. n The Moncure Volunteer Fire Department’s 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

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Caterpillar lays off another 120 workers

Fayetteville man found guilty in road rage murder

RALEIGH (AP) — Caterpillar is laying off more workers at a North Carolina plant. Multiple media outlets reported that the company laid off 121 employees Wednesday at its plant in Clayton. It’s the third layoff at Clayton since December 2008. Most of the company’s 1,800 North Carolina workers work in Clayton, Cary and Sanford. The announcement came the same day Caterpillar announced it planned to hire 500 workers at its generator plant in Newberry, S.C., over the next four years. Caterpillar spokesman Jim Dugan says the company is making a significant investment in a new assembly line in Clayton that will require adding workers. Dugan could not say how many might be recalled or when. Wednesday’s layoffs are part of a previously announced plan to shift production of backhoes to the United Kingdom.

FAYETTEVILLE (MCT) — The Fayetteville man who killed a man and injured others during a road rampage in Cumberland and Harnett counties in 2004 was found guilty of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder Wednesday. Abdullah El-Amin Shareef showed no emotion when a jury announced its decision Wednesday. The jury deliberated nearly 14 hours over four days before finding Shareef guilty. He was found not guilty of attempted first-degree murder of Robert Fortier. In all, Shareef, 31, was convicted of 10 charges stemming from his road rampage in Cumberland and Harnett counties on the morning of April 14, 2004. Those include nine felonies and one misdemeanor. Doctors have diagnosed Shareef as paranoid schizophrenic; he had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. A sentencing hearing began Thursday, where lawyers for the prosecution and the defense presented additional evidence for the jury to consider. Both sides were expected to complete testimony Thursday. The jury will then determine whether Shareef is sentenced to death or life in prison without parole on the murder charge.

LEE COUNTY

AFP to provide buses for D.C. health care protest

SANFORD — Americans for Prosperity North Carolina will provide buses to a rally/Congressional visit to protest the health care bill. AFP hopes to garner attention in its fight against the health care bill currently working its way through Congress. The location of the rally, to be held at noon Saturday, is to be determined. The cost is $25 per person. AFP notes that it may cancel a bus stop if not enough interest from any of these cities and money will be returned if cancelation occurs. Bus 1 will stop at 4:15 a.m. in Southern Pines in the parking lot of Carter Bank and Trust (42 Pinecrest Plaza); 4:50 a.m. Sanford in the parking lot of the Hawkins Avenue Food Lion (2581 Hawkins Avenue); and 5:25 a.m. in Dunn at the Roses Store (1915 West Cumberland Street), before making other stops on the way to Washington. For more information, visit www.afpnc.org. — from staff reports

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Carthage man charged with selling pills

CARTHAGE — A Carthage man was charged Tuesday with trafficking in controlled prescription pills following an undercover drug investigation. The investigation was conducted by officers from the Moore County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit in July 2009 near Carthage. During the investigation 29 dosage units of Percocet prescription pills were purchased and seized. Percocet is a Schedule II controlled substance. The estimated street value of the pills seized is $300. Edward Jarmaine Allbrooks, 23, of 192 Gatewood Road, Carthage charged with eight counts of felony trafficking in a Schedule II controlled substance (Percocet), two counts of felony possession with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule II controlled substance, two counts of felony sell a Schedule II controlled substance, and two counts of felony deliver a Schedule II controlled substance. Edward Jarmaine Allbrooks received a $50,000.00 secured bond and was placed in the Moore County Detention Center. — From staff reports

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Chief justice says courts strapped in recession CHAPEL HILL (AP) — North Carolina Chief Justice Sarah Parker says the need for an efficient and accessible court system is greatest when the economy at its worst. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that Parker told those at a Chapel Hill dinner Wednesday night that cost-cutting required by the recession has strained the state court system and its ability to guard the public. Parker says the work overload in the courts is “mind-boggling� and that adequate court funding will be a problem for at least a year or two longer. Parker spoke at an event sponsored by the North Carolina Press Association. All seven justices on the Supreme Court attended.

College names new library director By KATHERINE McDONALD Special to The Herald

SANFORD — Tara Guthrie of Sanford is Central Carolina Community College’s new director of library services. As director, she works with a staff of 14 overseeing the college’s libraries at its Chatham, Harnett and Lee counties campuses. “I look forward to serving the college and the students in this capacity,� Guthrie said. “It is my goal to facilitate easy access to the information resources Guthrie students need, and also to provide a welcoming environment in which they can work and study. I invite student input on how we can improve our services as well. These are the students’ libraries, and we are here to serve them.� Chatham County and the college are building a joint public-college use library at the college’s

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Firefighters were still working to put out the fire at about 11 a.m. The cause is under investigation. The Wickers had lived in the home “as long as I can remember,� Seagroves said. “It’s a rural, tight-knit community out here,� Sea-

campus in Pittsboro. The 25,000 square foot facility is expected to open for use in the fall. “I also look forward to working with the public library staff in Pittsboro on the new joint-use library there,� Guthrie said. “This is an exciting endeavor which will serve both the college and the public communities well.� Guthrie came to Central Carolina after 13 years with the Carteret Community College library. During that time, she served in the positions of reference and instructional librarian, acquisitions librarian, system administrator for the library’s automation system and online catalog, and also as interim director. She also served on the president’s Strategic Planning Committee, the QEP Committee, the Arts and Humanities Committee, and various others. Guthrie served as director of District 2 of the North Carolina Community College Learning Resources Association from 2008-2009. She currently serves on the organization’s Conference Planning Committee. groves said. “They’ve got a lot of people that know them.� A neighbor who declined to give her name said the Wickers had lived in the home “forever� and had raised their children in the home. She kept an eye on the Wicker’s grandson and yellow Labrador retriever as the fire was put out.

2010 ELECTION CANDIDATES U.S. Senate 6-year term

o Marcus Williams (DLumberton) o Ken Lewis (D-Chapel Hill) o Cal Cunningham (DLexington) o Elaine Marshall (DRaleigh) o Ann Worthy (D-Gastonia) o Eddie Burks (R-Asheboro) o Brad Jones (R-Lake Toxaway) o Richard Burr (R-Winston-Salem)* o Rolando “Larry� Linney (R-Charlotte) o Michael Beitler (L-Oak Ridge)

U.S. House District 2 2-year term

o Bob Etheridge (DRaleigh)* o Frank Deatrich (RLouisburg) o Todd Gailas (R-Morrisville) o Renee Ellmers (R-Dunn) o Tom Rose (L-Benson)

N.C. Senate District 18 2-year term

District Attorney District 11 4-year term

o George R. Murphy (DBenson) o Joy Jones (R-Smithfield) o Susan Doyle (R-Clayton)*

Lee County Sheriff 4-year term

o Tracy Carter (R)*

Clerk of Courts 4-year term

o Susie K. Thomas (DSanford)*

Lee County Commissioners 4-year terms

n District 1 o Robert Reives (D)* n District 2 o Amy Dalrymple (D)* o Charles Parks (R) n Distrct 3 o Linda Shook (R)* o Mike Womble (D) n District 4 o Tamara “Tammy� Brogan (R) o James K. Womack Jr. (R) o Kenneth Cole (D)

Board of Education 3 seats open, 4-year term non-partisan race

o Roger Gerber (R-Chapel Hill) o Bob Atwater (D-Chapel Hill)*

N.C. House District 51 4-year term

o Jimmy Love Sr. (DSanford)* o Mike Stone (R-Sanford)

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

Reform of ABC system only fair to taxpayers Winston-Salem Journal

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n a year when teachers have been fired, mental-health care cut and taxes raised, North Carolinians will not be happy to learn that an inordinate number of local ABC board members are traveling to conferences at luxury resorts. Jon Williams, the chairman of the state ABC Commission, told a study panel that North Carolina provides between one-quarter and one-third of all the attendees at the annual meetings of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association. That’s between 100 and 200 local ABC board members

traveling on public money to places like Phoenix, Ariz., and Marco Island, Fla. Williams testified before a panel that Gov. Bev Perdue convened for finding budget savings and efficiencies. Given other revelations of excessive spending on salaries at local ABC commissions, this testimony should spur Perdue and legislators to act decisively and reform the state’s alcohol control system this spring. Total local board spending on convention travel can go as high as $350,000 a year, Williams said. An earlier published report said the Buncombe County board spent $5,000 to

send two of its members to a Florida convention. He also said that special benefit packages are provided to some local ABC workers. Excessive travel to conventions has been a recurring issue with the ABC system. In the past, defenders of the practice have noted that commissioners work hard and deserve a perk. They also noted that the conventions have educational programs. In a year when county commissioners and school boards are cutting education spending to keep budgets balanced, such travel should be limited to the most urgent situations.

Under North Carolina law, the state and local boards share responsibility for operating the alcohol control system. Local boards control the salaries paid to their employees and budget for the operation of local stores. Money spent unnecessarily is, of course, money that cannot return to local general funds to pay for far more important programs than a convention trip for a local ABC member or employee. The General Assembly must take control of the system. Legislators should implement a statewide salary structure. If bonuses are allowed, then an open process should be

required for determining how large they will be. ABC employees should receive benefit packages consistent with either state employees or those of the county in which they work. All such moves would eliminate the special salary and benefit favors that recent reports have uncovered. Taxpayers are being fleeced under the current system. ABC stores should provide maximum profits to support local programs. They should not serve as gold mines for local ABC commissions and their employees.

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ears ago, a prominent lawyer who represented a local public board called to complain after I had written a story about a public housing director accused of some bad behavior. “If that had been a clerk from Roses, the story wouldn’t have been on the front page,” he protested. “You’re right. But if it had been you or I, it sure would have been,” I responded. Newspapers and the news media treat public officials (and their own employees, I might add) differently than private individuals. When someone’s salary is paid by the taxpayer, he or she can expect more scrutiny of their actions. ... State law also treats public workers differently. Their salaries, positions and most recent demotion or promotion are public record in North Carolina. But when it comes to letting the public know when their employees (and that’s who employs them, the public) engage in wrongdoing or get hired using political connections, the disclosures aren’t nearly enough. Dan Kane of The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that the law typically doesn’t allow disclosure of state worker’s personnel files, even if a state worker is fired for the worst kind of conduct. So, when a state trooper is involved improper sexual behavior on the job, the public may never find out the circumstances. When a relative of a politically-connected donor gets hired over a more qualified job applicant, the paper trail can be tucked in a file to never been seen again. And when a teacher engages in improper behavior in one school district, the people in charge of hiring in a neighboring school district may never find out. The proponents of the personnel law’s restrictive features argue that the pool of employees willing to work for state government might grow smaller if workers believed the details of jobrelated discipline could become part of the latest news story. Kane, though, reports that roughly 35 states — including South Carolina, Georgia and Florida — have more open public personnel laws. Somehow, government still seems to be operating in those states. In fact, government in those states probably operates with a lot less patronage and cronyism than in North Carolina. Why shouldn’t the public, once an employee is hired and a job filled, be allowed to see that person’s application? And why shouldn’t any letters of recommendation — particularly if from another government employee, appointee, or public officeholder — be made public? ... More than a decade ago, Attorney General Roy Cooper, then a state senator, tried unsuccessfully to recast the law to make more information public. His fellow legislators apparently decided then that they like patronage and cronyism just fine.

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he Obama administration is making a big health care mistake. I’m not talking about the final push for comprehensive reform legislation, which is righteous and necessary. I mean the sale of more than 100,000 contaminated trailers and mobile homes — a move that could make people sick. The trailers are a legacy of the Bush administration’s botched response to Hurricane Katrina. They were purchased by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as temporary housing for displaced Gulf Coast residents, but some people who moved into them reported burning eyes, irritated throats, headaches and nosebleeds. The Sierra Club began testing the air inside some of the trailers in 2006 and found unusually high levels of formaldehyde. The government delayed almost two years, as reports of illness mounted, before declaring in 2008 that all those living in the trailers should move out. Additional testing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and FEMA found that, on average, formaldehyde levels inside the trailers were five times higher than expected for indoor air. “Long-term exposure to levels in this range can be linked to an increased risk of cancer, and as levels rise above this range, there can also be a risk of respiratory illness,” a CDC statement said. Formaldehyde is particularly dangerous for people with asthma or bronchitis. The government did its testing in the months of December and January, when levels of the toxic chemical would be at their lowest. Warmer temperatures — such as those common in the Gulf Coast area most of the year — make the levels rise significantly. In January, FEMA agreed to sell 93,000 trailers and 9,300 mobile homes — virtually all the units it still owns — at pennies on the dollar. The purchasers are wholesalers who plan to resell the mobile dwellings, and each unit will bear a sticker warning that it is for occasional use only, not residential use. The theory is that limited, episodic exposure to the formaldehyde — as would be experienced by someone who used a trailer as a storage container, say, or as a seasonal hunting lodge — is safer than continuous exposure from living, eating and sleeping inside. Still, the federal government is selling housing units that it knows are unsafe to live in. For an administration that claims to believe in consumer protection, this is no way to show the love. The sale, scheduled to become final in April, should not be allowed to proceed. No warning sticker can absolve the government, the wholesalers and the eventual retailers of these trailers and mobile homes of their moral responsibility. Given

The 2010 Census is more than just a survey. It’s absolutely critical to deciding how to fund our schools, where to build new hospitals, roads and businesses, and how North Carolinians are represented in all levels of government. In fact, for every North Carolinian who goes uncounted, North Carolina loses more than $1,500 each year. Every dollar and every Census form counts, especially in these tough times. In North Carolina we should receive our 2010 Census forms by March 22. It only takes about 10 minutes to complete the 10 questions, and your personal information will not be shared with any government agency, business or individual. My husband, Bob Eaves, and I will fill out the Census form and return it, and I’m asking everyone across the state to do the same. It’s easy, it’s important and it’s secure. The future of every community in North Carolina depends on it. GOV. BEV PERDUE

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the state of the economy — especially the unabated national epidemic of foreclosures and evictions — it is lunacy to pretend that families will not buy these units as primary residences. Officials told The Washington Post that there would be little demand for the trailers because so many are in poor condition, having sat unoccupied and unattended for so long. But my guess is that if problems such as mold, mildew and propane gas leaks drive retail prices even lower, the number of potential buyers is only likely to increase. Things are tough out there, and even a musty trailer — with a warning sticker — is a more comfortable place to sleep than the back seat of a car. FEMA spent $2.7 billion to buy the trailers and mobile homes and has spent an additional $220 million to store them. Selling the units is expected to recoup $279 million — a significant amount of money, to be sure. But is it right for the government to release into the marketplace a product known to be defective? And even though the trailers are plastered with warning stickers, perhaps bearing a skull and crossbones, will that deter the inevitable lawsuits if buyers become ill? These units don’t need to be sold, they need to be destroyed. And the Environmental Protection Agency — remember the EPA? — needs to finally set standards for the presence of formaldehyde in indoor air. The agency has known about the problem for more than two decades. In the late 1980s, dozens of employees at the agency’s Washington headquarters reported respiratory and other symptoms after a remodeling. One of the chemicals being released by the newly installed building materials was, you guessed it, formaldehyde.

Today’s Prayer For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23) PRAYER: Thank You, Father, for Your Son, Jesus, who sacrificed Himself so that we may be saved. Amen.

In a recent letter to the editor, Mr. Watson says he wants creationism taught in the public schools as part of the science curriculum. The simple answer is we do not teach religion in our public schools. That’s what your church is for. There is absolutely no scientific evidence to back up the religious belief of creationism. Darwin may not have had the scientific knowledge to see the complexities of life, but modern scientists have that ability and declared evolution to be a fact. Creationism is a matter of faith. And which creationist theory do you want taught? The gap theory, the day-age view, theistic evolution, framework hypothesis, new world, old world ... ? You say you believe in God’s word in the book of Genesis. Do you really believe the earth to be less than 7,000 years old? Do you believe, as depicted in creationist museums, that human beings walked with dinosaurs? (One of many creatures not mentioned in the bible.) The diversity of life on this planet is beyond understanding, and we cannot understand God’s purpose. That is the answer given by religious people. I believe the diversity of life is amazing and a proof of evolution. I am not attempting to ridicule your belief in God. One can believe in God and still believe in evolution. Most true scientists do. Of ‘Western’ countries, only the Turks disapprove of evolution more than Americans. NEIL ROTTER Sanford

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Pauline “Polly� Stevens DURHAM — Pauline “Polly� Laws Stevens died Monday, March 15, 2010, in Durham at the age of 88. Born on July 20, 1921 in Orange County, N.C. to Hattie and Clinney Laws, Mrs. Stevens was raised in Orange County and Sanford, N.C. Polly had been a resident of Durham for the past 60 years. She worked for Owens-Illinois, Liggett and Myers, and Mr. Bryson, a local Durham Attorney. Mrs. Stevens was a member of Mount Sylvan United Methodist Church.

She is survived by three sons, Rick Stevens of Raleigh, Ron Stevens of Arlington, Texas, and Jerry Stevens of Hillsborough; a brother, Malcolm Laws of Lemon Springs; two sisters, Lillie Layton and Hattie Lou (Pat) O’Quinn of Sanford; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews. Mrs. Stevens was a loving mother, grandmother and friend to all who met her. Affectionately known as “Mrs. Polly� and “Sister�, she brought a smile to everyone. There will be a memorial ser-

vice at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 21, 2010, at Mt. Sylvan United Methodist Church. The family will receive visitors following this service in the fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Mt. Sylvan United Methodist Church, 5731 Roxboro Road, Durham, N.C. 27712 or to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, 2nd Floor, Bethesda, Md. 20814. The family is being assisted in Durham by Clements Funeral Service, Inc. Paid obituary

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Competition friendly for GOP candidates working to face Etheridge in November

FAYETTEVILLE (MCT) — Todd Gailas and Frank Deatrich didn’t know each other before they filed for office, but you wouldn’t know it from their good-natured ribbing as they campaign for the 2nd District congressional seat. “Let me know if you need help getting back up,� the 39-year-old Gailas said as Deatrich, 71, sat down at an event this month in Pinehurst. “Your mother’s here, isn’t she?� Deatrich shot back. “I’ll have to visit with her a little bit.� The two men are seeking the Republican nomination and an opportunity to unseat Democrat Bob Etheridge of Lillington. They appeared together to sign a contract with the Alliance for Bonded Term Limits, promising to

serve no more than three terms if elected and to donate six-figure sums to charity if they renege. Though a generation apart, the two men have bonded through shared conservative values, a love of horses and a common goal: Getting Etheridge, a seven-term incumbent, out of office. “It’s time for him to come home,� Gailas said. “He gave us his spin, and he lied to us,� is how Deatrich put it. The 2nd District includes all of Harnett and Lee counties and parts of Cumberland and Sampson, plus all or parts of six counties north of the region. Renee Ellmers of Dunn, a 46-year-old nurse, is also seeking the Republican nomination. All three are political newcomers and part

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SANFORD n Harold Woodrow Williams reported lost property Wednesday at 1502 S. Seventh St. in Sanford. n Christine Dawn Tolman reported theft from vehicle Wednesday at 705 Harkey Road in Sanford. n Belk reported larceny/shoplifting Wednesday at 1065 Spring Lane in Sanford. n Carolina Town and Country reported larceny/ shoplifting Wednesday at 710 E. Main St. in Sanford. n Luis Rodriguez Lopez reported fraud/impersonation Wednesday at 506 Goldston Blvd. in Sanford. n Hannah Leigh Klumb reported larceny Wednesday at 2224 S. Horner Blvd. in Sanford. n Trevor Dion Rader, 19, was arrested Wednesday at 225 E. Weatherspoon St. in Sanford and charged with possession of controlled substance. n Erica Ann Byrne, 26, was arrested Wednesday at

275 Bailey Thomas Road in Sanford and charged with larceny. n Brian Keith Murphy, 16, was arrested Wednesday at 3218 Windmere Drive in Sanford and charged with possession of marijuana. n Daniel Edwardo Cruz, 32, was arrested Wednesday at 416 Ryan Ave. in Sanford and charged with breaking or entering building. n Chrisinda Patty Petty, 36, was arrested Wednesday at 1400 S. Horner Blvd. in Sanford and charged with worthless check. n Trevor Dion Rader, 19, was arrested Wednesday at 144 S. Plank Road in Sanford and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. n Melquiadez Lopez Gonzalez, 39, was arrested Wednesday at 1004 Sommers St. in Sanford and charged with first degree statutory sexual offense.

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of a wave of first-time candidates nationwide. Libertarian Tom Rose of Benson is also running. Gailas, who owns a used car dealership, said he was prompted to run when he learned the government was telling community banks not to lend to auto dealers — regardless of their individual credit worthiness — because they were in a risky business. “I’ve had enough,� Gailas said. Deatrich said he was spurred to action after an Etheridge town hall meeting on health care in Franklinton last year which he felt was stagemanaged. “When I left that I said, ‘Something’s got to be done,’ “ Deatrich said. When it comes to their friendly primary contest, the two men have key

words they use to distinguish themselves from each other. Deatrich’s is “experience.� Gailas uses “energetic.� Beyond that, they stay polite. Apart from the occasional dig. “I’ve been working on his wife Ruth to come over to my camp,� Gailas said. “Hopefully, there’ll be room on the staff for Mr. Deatrich. I’ve already got a spot for Ruth up there, maybe I can find a place for Frank, too.� Deatrich wasn’t offended when Gailas dragged his wife into their banter. He still likes Gailas. “I hope that friendship’s going to last many more years,� Deatrich said. “And I hope he’s going to be there to help me when I’m in Washington.�

CHATHAM COUNTY n Ricardo Casas, 30, of 1302 Cambridge St. in Siler City was arrested on March 5 for failing to appear in court. He was jailed under a $1,500 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in Randolph County District Court in Asheboro on May 25. n Stanley Ewing, 21, of 3060 Lystra Road in Chapel Hill was arrested on March 5 for failing to appear in court. He was jailed under a $16,000 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in Wake County District Court in Raleigh on April 26. n Victor HernandezValdez, 34, of 4001 Beaver Lake Court in Raleigh was arrested on March 6 for DWI. He was released under a written promise and is scheduled to appear in Chatham County District Court in Siler City on May 18. n Darion Goldston, 21, of 119 Buckner Clark Road in Pittsboro was arrested on March 6 for DWI. He was jailed under a $500 se-

cured bond and is scheduled to appear in Chatham County District Court in Siler City on May 18. n Jessie Aguirre, 19, of 2257 Wrightsville Avenue in Wilmington was arrested on March 6 for DWI. He was released under a written promise and is scheduled to appear in Chatham County District Court in Pittsboro on April 14. n Kyle Fields, 18, of 607 Wigeon Drive in Greensboro was arrested on March 6 for DWI. He was released and is scheduled to appear in Chatham County District Court in Pittsboro on April 14.

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Mark Godfrey SANFORD — Funeral service for Mark Everette Godfrey, 40, who died Saturday (3/13/10), was conducted Thursday at New Life Fellowship Church with Dr. Gail Dickens and Dr. Joan Hall officiating. Burial followed at Lemon Springs Methodist Church Cemetery. Eulogy was by his brother, Jeffrey Godfrey. Keyboardist was Sherry Worrell. Recorded music was also played. Pallbearers were Tim Godfrey, Jimmy Douglas, Jim “Jimbo� Barbour, Tony Brown, Ronnie Turner, Rodney Brown, Timmy Godfrey and Brian Godfrey. Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Dempsey Jones SANFORD — Funeral service for Dempsey McLendon Jones, who died Sunday (3/14/10), was held Wednesday, at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Jeff Clark and the Rev. Clyde Jones officiating. Burial followed at Buffalo Cemetery with full military rites. Soloist was Leslie Hanna. The congregation sang. Organist was Patricia Langston. Pallbearers were David Bell, Charles Davis, Dick Hoyle, Ben Jones, Dr. Dean Jones, Dr. Jason Jones, Jeremy Jones, Mark Jones, Randy Jones, Dr. James Lehmann, Charles Martin and John Walker. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Marine Corp League. Arrangements were by Rogers Pickard Funeral Home of Sanford.

Anthony Leach CAMERON — Anthony Jan Leach, 57, of 251 Ridgeview Drive, died Thursday (3/11/10) at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y. He is survived by his father, Stanley Leach of Raleigh; a brother, Stanley Bernard Leach of East Jamaica, N.Y.; and a host of other relatives and friends. The funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Word Education Church in Lillington. Condolences may be made at www.knottsfuneralhome.com.

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Caroline Castle LILLINGTON — Caroline Ansley Castle, infant daughter of Mike and Allison Castle, died Tuesday (3/16/10) at UNC Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. She was preceded in death by a brother, Jackson Castle, and maternal grandmother, Doris Rogers. In addition to her parents, she is survived by brothers, Caden and Connor Castle of the home; maternal grandfather, Thurman Rogers of Lillington; paternal grandparents, Clifford and Jacquie Warden of Berlin, Md.; and paternal great-grandmother, Claire Whitlock of Berlin, Md. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Mamers with the Rev. Martin Groover officiating. Condolences may be made at www.oquinnpeebles.com. Arrangements are by O’Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home of Lillington.

James Manning Jr. CARY — James Kenneth Manning Jr., of 202 Foliage Circle, died Wednesday (3/17/10) at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at New Horizons Fellowship Church in Apex. Arrangements are by C.E. Willie Funeral and Cremation Services of Sanford. o For more information on obituaries in The Herald, contact Kim Edwards at (919) 718-1224 or e-mail obits@sanfordherald.com Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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ones during combat. Also winning first place for “feature section design� was Community Editor Jonathan Owens, who produces two Carolina sections each week. Former Herald reporter Erin Zureick, now a staff writer for the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, won a first place “profile feature� award for her story on a blind fourth-grader at J.R. Ingram Elementary who has excelled in both writing and math. Owens also won a second-place award — one of nine second place nods The Herald received — in “news feature writing� for his report on the struggles some unemployed people in Lee County have faced during the current recession. He won second for “headline writing� as well as judges sampled his top three headlines from the previous year. Editor Billy Liggett shared a second-place award with Owens in “best video� for their online report on ghost hunters who shut themselves into Temple Theatre last September in the search for paranormal activity. Liggett also won second place for “photo illustration,� “editorial writing� and “lighter columns.� The latter award included columns about his experiences as a soon-to-be dad attending “daddy boot camps� and watching instructional birth videos. Former Herald photographer Brooke Wolfe won second place for her photo essay titled “Fall’s Splendor� after spending a day in October 2008 capturing the beauty of

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Lee County in autumn. Former Herald features writer Faith Swymer won second place in the “criticism� category for her reviews of Temple Theatre productions, including her reviews of “Hamlet� and “Little Women.� And The Herald staff won a second-place award for “best multimedia project� for its blog of the Lee Regional Fair in 2009, a Web site that included personal accounts of the fair, video reports, photo galleries and award winners. The multimedia and video awards were The Herald’s first online awards in the newspaper’s history. Herald photographer Ashley Garner and former Herald reporter Gordon Anderson snagged the paper’s third online award Thursday for “online breaking news.� On Sept. 30, the two reported on a toddler who was shot and killed by a sibling who allegedly found his parents’ gun in their home. The Herald’s 14th award was won by movie critic Neil Morris, who was honored for the third straight year. Morris won third place in “criticism� for his movie reviews of

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“Watchmen,� “500 Days of Summer� and “District 9.� Liggett said Thursday he was proud of his staff for the strong showing at this year’s banquet. “I think this helps to show our readers that we’re dedicated to creating a quality newspaper for them on a daily basis,� Liggett said. “For a newspaper our size, we can honestly say we’re one of the best in the state.� The annual awards cover material published between October 2008 and September 2009. See a complete list of winners from all North Carolina newspapers online at www.ncpress.com.

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won an honorable mention for its reporting on safety issues at a high school field house. Also Thursday, Berland presented awards for writing, editing and outstanding cooperation with AP in North Carolina. Jimmy Tomlin of the High Point Enterprise won the O. Henry Award for best writing among smaller newspapers for the third-straight year. Kim Grizzard of The Daily Reflector of Greenville won an honorable mention. Betsi Robinson of the News & Record in Greensboro won the Carl Bell award for excellence in editing. Elizabeth Leland of The Charlotte Observer won the Thomas Wolfe Award for the best writing among large newspapers. Laura Giovanni of the Winston-Salem Journal won an honorable mention. Tricia Nadolny of the News & Record of Greensboro won the Walter Spearman award for young writers. The award is named for a longtime journalism

makes us less efficient, I’m not sure if we want to do it,� Crumpton said. Brinson also assured the board that since social media sites are free, the only cost would be employee time. Notifying county residents and getting feedback will be the key to making the program successful, Brinson said. He’s created a survey to gauge community interest in the program. The survey, which has seven questions and allows room for comments, asks “Which Lee County Government departments should use social media to enhance its communication with the community?� and “Which social media channels should Lee County Government use to disseminate information?� “We hope to get as many responses as we

professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sadia Latifi of The News & Observer of Raleigh won an honorable mention. The Charlotte Observer won the 2009 Tim Parker Award for its outstanding cooperation with the AP in North Carolina. The award, given for excellence in sharing of news stories and photos with the AP, is named for a former AP bureau chief. The News & Observer of Raleigh won for outstanding photo cooperation. Thomas “Skip� Foreman, the AP’s late breaking news staffer for the Carolinas, was named AP Staffer of the Year for 2009. “Skip earned the honor through his constant diligence shepherding the Carolinas’ reports into the busy afternoon and evening hours. He is ever ready to pounce on breaking news in either state, often stays late to bring home the stories and serves as a critical liaison with AP’s print and broadcast members,� Berland said.

can,� Brinson said. “It’s important that we involve the citizens.� Controlling the information put onto the social media sites is important, too, he said, like “making sure the right people are answering the right questions.� Lee Linked will take the place of individual pages for various offices, like that for the Lee County Tax Office; it will create one central page for Lee County Government, which could provide weather updates, tax deadline notifications and health department updates in one location, Brinson said. “We just want to make sure our services are available and we want them to know what’s going on with local government,� he said.

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RALEIGH (AP) — An ex-aide to former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley who already faces 51 corruption-related charges has also been indicted for tax evasion. A superseding indictment filed Thursday adds six charges against Ruffin Poole, including three counts of income tax evasion. The indictment says Poole filed returns knowing that he had generated more income than he listed in 2005 through 2007. Poole was expected in court late Thursday afternoon for arraignment hearing. He was accused in January of 51 felony counts of taking trips and gifts and making money off of coastal developments while he helped hasten them through the state permitting process. Judge Terrence Boyle also may rule on a motion by Poole’s lawyer to delay the scheduled April 26 trial until August.

Woman gets $9M in alienation of affection suit

GREENSBORO (AP) — A jury has awarded a North Carolina woman $9 million from her husband’s lover after ruling the other woman ruined their marriage. The News & Record of Greensboro reports the jury ruled this week in 60-year-old Cynthia Shackelford’s alienation of affection case. North Carolina is one of a handful of states that allows jilted spouses to sue over affairs. Shackelford says her husband was a Greensboro attorney when he started an affair with Anne Lundquist before separating from his wife in April 2005. Lundquist didn’t respond to a message left by the newspaper.

Ex-FBI agents begin review of crime lab

RALEIGH (AP) — Two former assistant directors of the FBI have begun a review of North Carolina’s crime lab following revelations that led to a groundbreaking exoneration of a man wrongly accused in a 1991 murder.

A spokeswoman for Attorney General Roy Cooper said the outside assessment began with meetings Thursday. Cooper ordered a review of cases dating to the 1990s. Past practices at the state crime lab that Cooper now oversees came into focus after judges exonerated Greg Taylor after a lengthy inquiry into his claim of innocence. State Bureau of Investigation Director Robin Pendergraft has said the lab had a now-defunct policy of not automatically providing complete notes on blood test results for trials.

Biden touts Cree as green model DURHAM (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is visiting North Carolina to bring attention to the Obama administration’s efforts to expand jobs that pay middle-class salaries. Biden toured the Durham headquarters and factory of Cree Inc. on Thursday. The company makes energy-efficient LED lighting products. LEDs are light-emitting diodes that use a fraction of the power of even fluorescent tubes, don’t contain mercury like fluorescent lights, and don’t produce the heat that speeds spoilage in meat or produce grocery displays. Cree has hired about 375 engineers, office staffers and production workers since last summer as demand took off.

E-mail accounts in archive system grow slowly RALEIGH (AP) — Fewer than 900 of the 61,000 e-mail accounts maintained by North Carolina state government are on a new archive system designed to make it easier to manage and retrieve messages. The News & Observer reported Thursday that only 1.4 percent of the accounts are in the archive system that Gov. Beverly Perdue and predecessor Mike Easley told state officials to put together. A California company was hired late last year to create the system. Chief Information Officer Gerald Fralick says the system works well and he plans to ask for $800,000 from the Legislature this year to expand the effort.

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later stages it provided the cash to let him do pretty much whatever he wanted. Plenty of other Democrats, too, owe their campaign millions to Smoot’s abilities. She steered fundraising for Democratic Senate candidates in 2006, raising a record sum. Smoot is taking over the Social Office from Desiree Rogers, a fashionforward Chicago confidante of the Obamas who resigned after little more than a year in the job. Rogers’ service was marked by a series of successful high-wattage social events and lots of new and creative twists, among them an East Room poetry jam and trick-or-treating by thousands of D.C. kids on the White House lawn. Her tenure was marred, though, by the big blowup over the party-crashers at the Obamas’ first state dinner and a general sense that she acted too much like a celebrity and not enough like a staff member. Smoot comes across as the anti-diva. Fashion doesn’t consume her. No one expects her to turn up in Vogue magazine, as Rogers did early on. Or to pull up a seat at a state dinner, as did Rogers. Or to have a front-row seat during New York fashion week, as did Rogers. Think J. Crew, not Comme des Garcons. Smoot has declined interview requests since the announcement Feb. 27 that she was moving to the Social Office. But Penny Pritzker, a Chicago business executive who developed a close friendship with Smoot when Pritzker was national finance chief of the Obama

campaign, said in an interview that Smoot was “into it, and her competitive juices are flowing to do a good job.” “She told me she was even thinking about different ideas as she was showering in the morning,” Pritzker said. This was just days after the change was announced. White House aides say the transition from fashionista to fundraiser portends no big changes in White House guest lists or the general direction of the social operation. Fourteen months into the Obama presidency, the traditional social events — from Easter Egg Roll to Governor’s Ball — have all been road-tested at least once. “With one of everything under our belt, it’s much more a matter of tweaking and expanding and trying to get as many different types of people in here as possible,” said Sher. “And no, this has nothing to do with donors.” It was during the campaign that Smoot earned the confidence of the Obamas, to whom Smoot didn’t flinch from delivered both good news and bad on the fundraising front. “She could take a situation where everyone was feeling an enormous amount of stress and anxiety, and with a very gentle touch, make everyone relax,” says Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Obama who got to know Smoot during the campaign. Next to Smoot’s desk throughout the campaign was a money tree — a potted plant with a braided trunk that is associated with financial good fortune.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Porsche shot to the top of a closely watched study of long-term vehicle dependability, overtaking U.S. and Japanese rivals, J.D. Power and Associates said Thursday. The German sports car brand took the No. 1 spot in the annual study, which gave it ninth place last year. Lincoln came in second, while Buick and Lexus tied for third. Mercury and Toyota rounded out the top five. The annual study measures problems experienced by the original owners of vehicles after three years. In last year’s study, Buick and Jaguar tied for fewest problems, but both brands lost ground to rivals this year. U.S. brands had a particularly strong showing this year, reflecting concerted efforts in Detroit to catch up to foreign rivals who have traditionally dominated the quality study, said David Sargent, J.D. Power’s vice president for vehicle research. Top-five finishers Lincoln and Mercury are owned by Ford Motor Co., while Buick is owned by General Motors Co. The Cadillac DTS fullsized sedan, which is sold by GM, was named highestquality car overall.

Apple director, ex-auto executive York dies

DETROIT (AP) — Jerome York, a board member at Apple Inc., and a financial wizard who is credited with turning around Chrysler and IBM, died Thursday at the age of 71. York, who lived in suburban Detroit, was taken to POH Regional Medical Center in Pontiac, Mich., on Tuesday night. The Wall Street Journal reported he suffered from a brain aneurysm. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a statement that York was a pillar of financial and business expertise and insight on the board for more than a dozen years. York worked for all three Detroit automakers starting in the 1960s. He helped Chrysler survive its first

government bailout in 1980 and later rose to chief financial officer and helped oversee cost cuts and a return to profitability.

FedEx sees economic recovery spreading NEW YORK (AP) — FedEx says the global economic recovery is broadening, as Asia continues to show strong growth and the U.S. economy gains steam. Fred Smith, CEO of the world’s second-largest package delivery company, predicted a “relatively strong� first half as major economies emerge from the recession with steady economic growth in the last six months of the year. FedEx expects U.S. gross domestic product to grow about 3 percent this year, led by the manufacturing sector, in line with economists’ expectations. Still, Smith warned in a conference call Thursday that the housing market “could remain a problem.� The largely positive comments came after FedEx said that fiscal third-quarter profit more than doubled from a year earlier. It was the first year-over-year profit increase for the Memphis, Tenn., shipping company in five quarters.

Sex.com creditors say domain’s too hot to be sold NEW YORK (AP) — The suitors for Sex.com have been put off for now. An auction for the muchsought-after domain name was canceled Wednesday after three creditors filed a petition forcing the owner into bankruptcy. Mike Mann, an investor with all three creditors, said the petition was filed to stop the auction. According to the petition, the creditors have a combined $10.1 million claim. Selling the domain name at an auction was not going to enhance its value, Mann said. “It’s gone way up in value,� he said. “It’s the most valuable domain in the world. They were throwing away the world’s most valuable domain asset.�

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has said he wants to focus laser-like on the public’s top concern: jobs. But the ongoing effort to remake the nation’s health care system keeps getting in the way. The White House held a ceremony Thursday in the sunny Rose Garden where Obama signed into law a $38 billion jobs bill containing a modest mix of tax breaks and spending designed to encourage the private sector to start hiring again. Even with jobs on his immediate agenda, Obama’s opening remarks were about health care. “Let me say a few words about the latest development in the debate over health insurance reform,� Obama told the audience of administration officials, lawmakers and interest groups. “I don’t know if you guys have been hearing, but there’s been a big debate going on here.� Health care looms so large in the political calculus that Obama on Thursday postponed a long-planned trip to the Pacific so he could remain in Washington for the final health care votes. His scheduled Sunday departure, already pushed back by several days, was delayed until June. There is also debate about how much the jobs package, which includes $18 billion in tax breaks and $20 billion for highway and transit programs, will actually encourage hiring. Optimistic estimates are that the tax breaks could generate 250,000 jobs by year’s end, a tiny portion of the 8.4 million jobs the economy has shed since the recession began in December 2007. The jobs measure is the first of several that Democrats have promised in an election year to show they are addressing voters’ biggest worry. Republicans are united in opposition to Obama’s health care overhaul, but 11 Republicans were among the

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President Barack Obama is surrounded by lawmakers as he signs the HIRE Act jobs bill in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington Thursday. From left are Rep. Deborah Halvorson, D-Ill., Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., third left, Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., fourth left, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., fifth right, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., third right, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. 68 senators who voted Wednesday to send the bill to the president, a show of bipartisanship as lawmakers from both parties cast an eye toward re-election in November. Under the package, businesses that hire anyone who has been out of work for at least 60 days would be exempt from paying the 6.2 percent Social Security payroll tax on that employee through December. The government would reimburse the Social Security trust fund for the lost revenue. Employers would get an additional $1,000 credit for each new worker remaining on the job for a full year. The package also extends a tax break for small businesses that buy new equipment and expands an initiative that helps state and local government pay for transportation and infrastructure projects. It is paid for over the coming decade partly by cracking down on offshore tax havens, but it would add $13 billion to the national debt in the coming three years. Obama said small businesses in particular will benefit. “Many of them are on the fence right now about whether to bring on that extra worker or two, or whether to hire anyone at all,� he said. “This jobs bill should help make

Etheridge joins president at the White House for jobs bill signing U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington), the only North Carolina-member of the House Ways and Means Committee, joined President Obama at the White House Thursday to witness the signing into law of the bi-partisan Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act. “My number one priority is putting North Carolinians back to work,� Etheridge said. “The HIRE Act will support more than one million new jobs this year, and encourage more businesses to take that next step to come off the sidelines and add employees.� The centerpiece of the HIRE Act is a hiring tax credit, similar to that proposed in Etheridge’s HIRING Act, H.R. 4437. Under the legislation, employers would not have to Etheridge pay the 6.2 percent Social Security tax through December for new hires who had been out of work at least two months. That comes to about $2,300 for a worker making $50,000 a year if the employee is hired on April 1. The HIRE Act also includes another Etheridge proposal to support local school construction. Qualified School Construction bonds were created in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and built on a proposal by Etheridge. The provision in the HIRE Act would allow the state or local government to choose to receive a direct payment from the Federal government equal to the value of that credit. Etheridge said this modification will help North Carolina’s schools access nearly $500 million in school construction bonds to address our student’s needs and support more than 15,000 jobs in N.C. — from staff reports

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NATION BRIEFS complete record of where it went. That’s “a big deal� — the absence of complete data makes it hard to spot waste and other problems, said James Colgrove, a Columbia University scholar on the history of immunization campaigns. A partial picture emerges in thousands of pages of information provided to the AP. To be fair, at least 85 percent of the doses given in the first six weeks went to groups most at risk for flu complications — children and other young people, pregnant women and those with certain health problems, according to an estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Wall Street banks and cruise ship companies accounted for a tiny fraction of the 30,000 or so sites sent vaccine in those desperate early days.

Obama argues for health care effort on Fox News

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday took to the Fox News Channel, derided by his White House as a wing of the Republican Party, to sell his embattled health care overhaul in an interview punctuated with interruptions from the host and chiding from the guest. Obama sat down with “Special Report� anchor Bret Baier in the executive mansion’s Blue Room to talk about a health care plan that is inching toward final passage. Several times Obama chided Baier for breaking into his lengthy answers with follow-up questions. “Bret, you’ve got to let me finish my answers,� Obama told Baier, the news channel’s White House correspondent during the Bush administration. “Sir,� Baier responded, “I know you don’t like to filibuster, but ...� “Well,� Obama said in cutting him off again, “I’m trying to answer your question and you keep on interrupting.� The tone was set early. Baier first asked about the latest efforts in the House to pass the bill, which elicited Obama’s standard talking points about the benefits of the overhaul effort. Baier tried to bring Obama back to the question.

Chicago terrorism suspect pleads guilty CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to charges alleging he scouted out the Indian city of Mumbai before a terrorist attack that left 166 dead and planning to attack a Danish newspaper whose cartoons offended many Muslims. David Coleman Headley (HED’-lee) could have been sentenced to death if convicted of the most serious charges he faced — conspiracy to bomb public places in India and six counts of murdering U.S. nationals in India. But the 49-year-old’s plea agreement with federal prosecutors on Thursday ruled out the death penalty, provided that he cooperates with the government’s terrorism investigations. That could include testimony against Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana, who is a co-defendant in the case.

NASA, cruise line got flu shots

ATLANTA (AP) — Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal Caribbean cruise line, the headquarters of drug giant Merck, the Johnson Space Center and a Department of Energy office in Idaho. In some cases, financial institutions and other recipients got doses before some county health departments and doctors’ offices, according to records obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act request. Also, even though the federal government spent more than $1.6 billion to manufacture and distribute the vaccine, there is no

House on track for vote on $940B bill WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are pushing to the brink of passage a landmark, $940 billion health care overhaul bill that would simultaneously deliver on President Barack Obama’s promise to expand coverage while slashing the deficit, a strategy aimed at winning over the party’s fiscal conservatives. Leaving nothing to chance, the White House announced that Obama has put off a trip to Asia for a second time, delaying it until June. Obama was to have left Sunday — when the House is planning to vote. Said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “He wants to be here for the history.� The 10-year plan would provide coverage to 32 million people now uninsured through a combination of tax credits for middle class households and an expansion of the Medicaid program for low income people. Release of the legislation later Thursday sets the stage for a House vote on Sunday, and Democrats have already signaled they plan to go it alone, without Republican support. The GOP has steadfastly opposed Obama’s plan from the outset. It would restructure one-sixth of the economy, covering 95 percent of eligible Americans, in the biggest expansion of the social safety net since Medicare was created in 1965. It would also impose new

a reform that would bring accountability to the insurance industry and bring greater economic security to all Americans,� Obama said. “So I urge every member of Congress to consider this as they prepare for their important vote this weekend.� The Democrats’ drive took on a growing sense of inevitability, picking up endorsements Wednesday from a longtime liberal holdout and from a retired Roman Catholic bishop and nuns who broke with church leaders over the bill’s abortion provisions. Leaders appeared increasingly confident of getting the 216 votes they need to pass the bill. But House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio said his party’s lawmakers will “do everything that we can do to make sure this bill never, ever, ever passes.� The legislation would be vulnerable to attack after it passes, since the biggest changes would be phased in slowly. The major expansion of coverage would not come until 2014, when new health insurance marketplaces open for business. In the meantime, the legislation calls for a series of new consumer benefits. Starting this year, insurers could not deny coverage to children because of an pre-existing health problem, nor could they place lifetime dollar caps on the amount of coverage.

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Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., left, shakes hands with Rep. Wally Herger, R-Calif., right, as Rep. Geoff Davis, R-Ky., center, and Rep. Charles W. Boustany, Jr., R-LA., far left, look on following their joint news conference on healthcare on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday. obligations on individuals and businesses. Beginning in 2014, most Americans would be required to carry health insurance. Mediumsize and large companies that don’t provide coverage for their workers would face stiff financial penalties. Hospitals and doctors, drug companies and insurers would gain millions of new paying customers, but they would also have to adjust to major changes. Medicare cuts would force hospitals to operate more efficiently or risk going out of business, but seniors would see the coverage gap in their prescription benefits gradually eliminated. Insurance companies would face unprecedented federal regulation. Health

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10A / Friday, March 19, 2010 / The Sanford Herald ‘THE GHOST WRITER’

‘REPO MEN’

Another masterpiece from a master

A Jude Law flick that should have been repossessed

By Neil Morris

“The Ghost Writer�

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oman Polanski continues to use the silver screen to both explicate and exorcise his personal demons. From surviving Nazi persecution as a child in the KrakĂłw ghetto to the brutal murder of his wife Sharon Tate at the hands of the Manson family to his conviction — and subsequent flight from sentencing — for having unlawful intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, Polanski’s real-life travails have informed and defined his film oeuvre. Reportedly, Polanski had to complete editing of “The Ghost Writerâ€? from the confines of a jail cell and then under house arrest at his Swiss chalet as he fights extradition back to the United States. In his grand return to the modern thriller (his first since 1988’s “Franticâ€?), a former British prime minister, Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), finds himself living as a virtual exile in a foreign land, partly to escape prosecution for legitimate charges nonetheless brought in a kangaroo court by accusers with duplicitous motives. Sound familiar? There is a lot more than a Napoleon complex going on in Polanski’s mind when Lang’s wife, Ruth (Olivia Williams), compares her husband’s life on a windswept patch of Martha’s Vineyard to Bonaparte’s banishment to the island of St. Helena. That other unique and proverbial Polanski

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Ewan McGregor and Kim Cattrall in a scene from “The Ghost Writer.� archetype — the inquisitive, self-assured loner who foolhardily believes he has a grasp on matters that are actually well beyond his comprehension — comes in the form of a nameless author credited as “The Ghost� (Ewan McGregor), hired as a replacement ghostwriter for Lang’s memoirs after the original scribe met an untimely death. Lang is under investigation for sanctioning war crimes while in office, chiefly acts of rendition against terrorist suspects, and this premise propels the ghostwriter’s eventual efforts to connect the dots between his predecessor’s demise and the highstakes political intrigue at play. It is interesting to compare Polanski’s use of current events to “Green Zone,� Paul Greengrass’ polemical Iraq War actioner. Greengrass created fictitious characters and a plot whose misguided purpose was to elucidate its real-life backdrop. By contrast, Polanski exploits a topical

controversy solely to service a fictional storyline, in the same way the real battle over water rights in California was mere window-dressing for the personal mystery and psychological drama at the center of Polanski’s “Chinatown.� “The Ghost Writer� thrives on atmospherics, artistry, and acting. Polanski’s skills as a visual virtuoso remain in fine form. He brackets “Ghost Writer� with silent images portending unseen deaths – the first a shot of an abandoned car sitting alone on a ferry boat intercut with a body washed ashore bobbing in the surf; the last the sublime sight of hundreds of pieces of paper gradually being blown into view as they increasingly litter a city street. In between, Polanski and screenwriter Robert Harris – adapting his own novel, “The Ghost� – fashion a plot that is both morose and pulpy. Accented by Alexandre Desplat’s haunting, orchestral score, Polanski

Grade: A – Director: Roman Polanski Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Tom Wilkerson, and Olivia Williams MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 2 hours, 8 minutes Theaters: Galaxy Cinema in Cary; Crossroads 20 in Cary; Rialto Theatre in Raleigh

constructs set pieces so tense and finely-tuned that they would be labeled “Hitchcockianâ€? if this was any other director. McGregor reclaims much of his lost luster, ably supplying his role with the right blend of self-assuredness and vulnerability. Brosnan plays Lang as a cross between Tony Blair and Bill Clinton, while Williams is mesmerizing as the emotionally bruised but savvy first lady. There are also sharp supporting turns from Kim Cattrall as Lang’s longtime assistant (and perhaps more), Timothy Hutton, James Belushi, Eli Wallach, and Tom Wilkinson as one of Lang’s shadowy acquaintances. But the real star is Polanski. Whatever his personal travails, he remains a master filmmaker. And, neo-noirs like “The Ghost Writerâ€? are not only his distinctive wheelhouse, but also a welcome throwback to clever, taut political-conspiracy thrillers. This is the old stuff‌this is the good stuff.

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ou might want to watch the closing credits for “Repo Man� to see whether Michael Moore is listed as a co-producer of this humdrum, futuristic action-thriller/black comedy/bloody revenge spectacle. In this not-so-distant dystopia, a shadowy conglomerate named The Union has cornered the market on manufacturing and selling synthetic replacement human organs. The catch: prices can reach the high six figures and the interest rate soars north of 20 percent. Oh, and if you default on your payments, the title characters — nicknamed “landlords� — have the authority to repossess the organs, even if it means killing you. That’s the predicate facing one adept repo man, Remy ( Jude Law), after an on-the-job electrocution gives him both an artificial heart he cannot afford — apparently, in the future the workers’ compensation laws have also been repealed — and a crisis of conscience over his vocation. After Remy goes on the lam, his former partner (Forest Whitaker) is dispatched to foreclose on his erstwhile childhood buddy’s delinquent ticker. It’s the perils of hyper-privatized medicine

Neil Morris The Reel Deal To access movie reviews by Neil Morris, log on to marqueemarquis.com. You also may e-mail Morris at enm007@ marqueemarquis.com.

“Repo Men� Grade: D + Director: Miguel Sapochnik Starring: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga, and Liev Schreiber MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 1 hour, 41 minutes Theaters: Spring Lane Cinemas in Sanford; Sand Hills Cinemas in Southern Pines; Crossroads 20 in Cary

combined with the evils of predatory lending — get it? Beyond the dime-store agitprop, director Miguel Sapochnik never finds a correct or consistent tone. The end result is at best slapdash and silly, at worst ugly and unpleasant. I don’t know whether health care reform needs a public option, but one thing “Repo Men� does not deserve is a public showing.

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Allan talks ‘Pain,’ family and country By CHRIS TALBOTT AP Entertainment Writer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When Gary Allan was 15, his father refused to sign his first record contract. He thought his son was an imitator. It took a long time, but Allan realized that Harley Herzberg, who played with his son in honkytonks, had a point, and that decision helped him become something truly original — a Southern California surfer with a love of punk turned platinum-selling country star. “You know he was right and I don’t think that I realized that until I was about 23,� Allan, 42, said. “He used to have this saying that you need to play for the people that love you, the people that hate you and the people that could care less, and then in that you’ll find a way to play for yourself. Which was just a bunch of nonsense I think until I was about 23. And then I became so settled in the band that I’d had for so long, you didn’t think about how you were going to play or how you were going to say something. You just did it the way you do it.� And the way Allan does it has worked out just right. His last two albums went platinum and there

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In this undated publicity image released by MCA Nashville, singer Gary Allan is shown. are high hopes for his latest, “Get Off on the Pain.� Allan took time to talk by phone from Los Angeles about the new album, continuing the family music tradition and moving on from tragedy. The Associated Press: Your daughter, Dallas, played “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down� at your recent show at Ryman Auditorium. Are you continuing the family tradition? Allan: I’m always shocked by their taste. For my 16-year-old to go find a song by The Band just blows me away. And let alone learn it on the piano. I was kind of singing it while I was walking around the house for a

couple of days and then at breakfast I go, “Man, why don’t we do that at the Ryman.� I actually thought I’d scare her off. AP: You often talk of your love for punk and rock ’n’ roll. How do you get from there to country star? Allan: (Rock ’n’ roll is) kind of what I grew up on. I think when it really changed, when country became like rock for me, was during the Highwaymen tour. I saw that when I was like 14 or 15. That was with Waylon (Jennings) and (Kris) Kristofferson, Willie (Nelson) and Johnny Cash. I was just blown away by that, by people just singing truth. No jumping around, not

a lot of production. Just four dudes up there just singing to you. And it was very cutting to me. And I think that’s when I knew this was what I wanted to do. AP: Those who know you say you’re happier than you have been in the years since the suicide of your wife, Angela. Is that responsible for the new album’s more upbeat feel? Allan: I was in a good space and I think probably the reason you hear that is because probably the last two albums came after my wife passed and a lot of the writing dealt with that. I feel like this is definitely more like a party, foot’s-been-lifted-offmy-head album. It’s fun to play live. It’s definitely a lot more upbeat than our last albums. But it still has a reflection on it. AP: One of those reflective moments comes on “No Regrets.� It seems like a song about moving on, but is still wistful. Allan: I think peaceful. I think it would be wrong for me to not acknowledge that, because I think people that go through stuff with you kind of look for those songs, you know, especially if they’re in the same boat. For me it was just a way of letting everybody know that I’m sleeping good at night, and I’m in a good place with it.

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Bullock cancels appearance at London premiere LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sandra Bullock canceled her appearance at the London premiere of “The Blind Side� days after Internet reports alleged she was having trouble in her Bulock marriage and that she had left the couple’s Southern California home. Calls and e-mails to representatives for Bullock and her husband, celebrity motorcycle builder Jesse James, weren’t immediately answered. People.com said Bullock had left the couple’s home just days before a report of infidelity by her husband surfaced. The couple were last seen together publicly at the Oscars. While Bullock didn’t specifically thank James in her acceptance speech for best actress, they walked hand-in-hand on the red carpet, and he attended numerous award shows with her leading up to the Oscars. The 45-year-old actress said Wednesday in a statement by Warner Bros. UK that she cannot attend next Tuesday’s premiere of “The Blind Side� for “unforeseen personal reasons.� She canceled her appearance almost two weeks after winning the Oscar for her performance in the movie. Bullock went on to apologize for canceling her

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Poor ticket sales knock out Pacquiao’s concert

HONOLULU (AP) — A promoter says poor ticket sales have forced the cancellation of Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao’s upcoming concert Sunday in Waikiki. Ryan Chang of Island Fire Productions said Tuesday he stood to lose Pacquiao about $50,000 on the concert, even with late sales and walk-ups. Only 603 tickets had been sold for the show at the Waikiki Shell just days after more than 45,000 people — the largest crowd to see a fight in the U.S. in 17 years — watched Pacquiao retain his welterweight title against Joshua Clottey in Texas. Pacquiao was going to earn $100,000 at the “Manny Pacquiao Live In Hawaii Concert Celebration.� He made at least $12 million for last Saturday’s fight.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of an economy growing modestly without producing inflation yet struggling to create jobs emerged from government reports Thursday. The number of newly laid-off workers requesting jobless benefits fell slightly last week for the third straight time. But initial claims remain above levels that would signal net job gains. New claims for unemployment aid fell 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 457,000, the Labor Department said. That nearly matched analysts’ estimates of 455,000, according to Thomson Reuters. The four-week average of jobless claims, which smooths out volatility, dropped to 471,250. Still, the average has risen by 30,000 since the start of this year. That’s raised concerns among economists that persistent unemployment could weaken the recovery. The average number of weekly jobless claims remains above the 400,000to-425,000 level that many economists say it must fall below before widespread new hiring is likely. Initial jobless claims are considered a gauge of the pace of layoffs and an indication of companies’ willingness to hire. High unemployment has persisted even though the economy grew in the second half of last year. President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to encour-

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A person looks for work at a job placement center in Menlo Park, Calif. Initial jobless claims have dropped to 457,000 but remained above levels that signal new hiring. age companies to start hiring. In a separate report, the Labor Department said consumer prices were flat in February. A rise in food prices was offset by a drop in gasoline and other energy costs. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, the core Consumer Price Index edged up just 0.1 percent last month, matching economists’ estimates. The report adds to evidence that the weak economy has all but erased inflation. That allows the Federal Reserve to continue its efforts to revive the economy by keeping the short-term interest rate it controls at a record low near zero. In another report, a private research group said its gauge of future economic activity rose just 0.1 percent in February, suggesting slow growth this summer. The gain in the Conference Board’s index of leading economic indicators was the smallest in 11

months. The index is intended to forecast economic activity in the next three to six months based on a variety of economic data. Also, the current account trade deficit widened in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department said, reflecting an improving economy. Imports of oil, autos and other products outpaced gains in U.S. exports. But the trade gap for all of 2009 fell to its lowest point in eight years. Economists say they think the deficit will widen during 2010, though not to the record heights seen before the recession. A weaker dollar is expected to boost U.S. exports. A weaker dollar makes U.S. goods cheaper overseas and foreign goods costlier for U.S. consumers. The current account is the broadest gauge of trade because it includes not only trade in goods and services but also investment flows between

countries. It measures how much the country must borrow from foreigners. In the Labor Department report, the number of people continuing to claim unemployment benefits rose slightly to 4.58 million. That was similar to what economists expected. But it doesn’t include millions of people who are receiving extended benefits for up to 73 extra weeks, on top of the 26 weeks customarily provided by the states. More than 6 million people were on the extended benefit rolls for the week that ended Feb. 27, the latest data available. That is about 300,000 more than in the previous week. The total number of people receiving benefits now tops 11.2 million. Over the past two months, “this measure has gone nowhere but up,” Dan Greenhaus, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak, wrote in a note to clients. “We believe it will moderate through the spring, but the larger story, that people are simply not finding jobs, remains in place.” The nation’s gross domestic product, the broadest measure of output, rose 5.9 percent in the fourth quarter, the fastest pace in six years. But much of that growth reflected a one-time gain from companies restocking their inventories. Many economists expect the growth rate to drop to about 3 percent in the current January-to-March quarter.

US, Russia clash over startup of Iran nuke plant MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Russian counterpart clashed openly Thursday over the planned launch this summer of Iran’s first, Russian-built nuclear power plant, highlighting a split in views over how to steer Iran away from nuclear weapons. Clinton did not criticize the long-delayed project directly but said the Obama administration is opposed to the timing of the nuclear plant’s startup. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced the summer startup plans on Thursday, shortly after Clinton arrived for a two-day visit. The nuclear plant is an example of Russian-Iranian economic ties and technical cooperation, on terms that have long made the United States uncomfortable. It was a background issue during a difficult period in U.S.-Russian relations last year and in the ongoing U.S.-led effort to bring new United Nations economic penalties against Iran over suspicions that part of its nuclear program is aimed at building a bomb. Putin’s announcement adds another complication to the already long list of issues on which Clinton and her Russian hosts don’t agree. Clinton is seeing Putin on Friday.

Gaza rocket kills Thai farm worker in Israel GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A rocket fired by Gaza militants smashed into a greenhouse in an Israeli border village Thursday, killing a Thai worker in the first such death since Israel’s massive offensive against Hamasruled Gaza more than a year ago. The launch defied a long-

standing ban by the Hamas on such attacks and highlighted the growing challenge to the Islamic militant group from more radical rivals, including al-Qaida-inspired firebrands. The rocket also raised the specter of Israeli retaliation and further conflagration at a time of renewed international focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel has drawn tough U.S. criticism in recent days for plans to build hundreds more homes for Jews in disputed east Jerusalem. Major Mideast mediators — among them U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, European foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon — were to meet Friday in Moscow to seek a way forward after the row over Israel’s building plan derailed plans to start indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks.

Europeans debate exiting euro LONDON (AP) — As Europe struggles to emerge from its fiscal crisis, a notion long considered taboo is gaining currency: could countries be kicked out of the euro or be given an easy way to leave? Germany’s leader this week called for new rules that would allow for expulsion, and many people in debtridden countries like Italy and Greece are increasingly blaming the euro for their woes. But monetary independence could be more curse than cure: against dreams of devaluing to cheapen exports and boost economic growth may be a starker reality of catastrophic capital flight and paralyzing administrative headaches. At first glance, having control of your own currency may look like an appetizing proposition — and ordinary people in the countries hardest hit by the crisis have been waxing nostalgic.

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Wake Forest’s first-round NCAA Tournament game against Texas did not finish by presstime

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NCAA TOURNAMENT Area hoops coaches have their NCAA picks

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OWNING THE BOBCATS: ‘DREAM COME TRUE’

By RYAN SARDA sarda@sanfordherald.com

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Michael Jordan vows to help Charlotte experience what winning is about, telling reporters and season ticket holders it’s a “dream come true” to own the Bobcats. Thursday’s whirlwind of media interviews comes a day after the rest of the NBA’s owners approved his $275 million purchase from Bob Johnson. Jordan is the first former player to own an NBA team, and the second black majority owner. Johnson was the first. Jordan had been a part owner of the Bobcats with the final say on all basketball decisions since 2006. But he hired a general manager and was rarely heard from or seen in Charlotte. That’s changed since he agreed just before midnight on Feb. 26 to buy the team outright. “I am with this team, thick and thin,” Jordan said. “My No. 1 priority is the Charlotte Bobcats, without a doubt.”

NBA BOBCATS’ WALLACE READY TO RETURN

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Charlotte Bobcats All-Star forward Gerald Wallace has been cleared to return from a sprained left ankle and is expected to play Friday at Atlanta. Wallace practiced on Thursday after sitting out the last three games. He was injured in the final seconds of the first half against the Los Angeles Clippers last Friday. Wallace is Charlotte’s secondleading scorer at 18.5 points and top rebounder at 10.4 a game. The Bobcats could also have guard Larry Hughes available against the Hawks for the first time since he was signed last weekend. Hughes is recovering from a broken finger. Reserve center DeSagana Diop has been cleared to return after missing four games with dizzy spells, but center Nazr Mohammed remains sidelined with a back injury.

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Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski waves to the crowd after Duke defeated Georgia Tech in an NCAA college basketball game in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro on Sunday.

Tougher Blue Devils know what’s at stake By BRYAN STRICKLAND bstrickland@heraldsun.com

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In 30 seasons at Duke, Coach Mike Krzyzewski personally has experienced just about every possible ending to the NCAA Tournament, from the agony of a last-second loss in the first

round to the ecstasy of being the one team that never loses. Even with such a developed sense of perspective, Krzyzewski still finds the end of the road jarring. “The tournament is cruel in its abruptness,” Krzyzewski said. “You go from, ‘I’m going to be in this moment,’ to ‘I was in

the moment, but it was somebody else’s.’ “That’s what happens to 64 teams. Only one eventually has that really great moment.” Tonight, Krzyzewski and his Blue Devils will embark on the beginning of their end, though

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SANFORD — The four area boys’ basketball coaches have made their picks for the Final Four and the National Championship. Lee County’s Reggie Peace, Southern Lee’s Gaston Peace Collins, Lee Christian’s Don Warcup and Grace Christian’s Steve Murr all Collins have a similar Final Four and have the same teams competing for the National Championship. It’s no question that these four coaches know the game of basketball, but the question is, do they know what can happen in the NCAA Tournament? Gaston Collins If Collins had it his way, former Cavalier Akeem Richmond and the Rhode Island Rams would be cutting down the nets at the end of March as champions of the NCAA Tournament. The Rams can still win the championship of the NIT and Collins is pulling for his former player the entire way. Richmond finished with 16 points, including 14 straight to start the game, as the Rams defeated Northwestern 76-64 in the first round of the NIT on Wednesday night. The Rams will host Nevada in the second round on Monday night. “Go Rhode Island,” said Collins, who is more

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MLB WASHINGTON USED DRUGS AS A PLAYER

ROUND 1 — INSIDE, PAGE 3B

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — A day after acknowledging he failed a drug test for cocaine last year, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington says he used marijuana and amphetamines while he was a player. Washington calls his past drug use a “youthful error.” He did not detail Thursday how often he used those drugs. Washington says his mistakes from years ago have nothing to do with the issue he’s facing now. The 57-year-old Washington played 10 seasons in the majors, mostly as an infielder for Minnesota in the 1980s.

Murray State forward Danero Thomas is mobbed by his teammates after scoring the game-winning basket against Vanderbilt in an NCAA first-round college basketball game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday. Joining in the celebration are Murray State guards B.J. Jenkins (1) and Jewuan Long (33). AP photo

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Late Thursday ■ PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Armon Bassett scored 32 points to help No. 14 seed Ohio beat Georgetown 97-83 and become the second team seeded in the teens to win in the NCAA tournament late Thursday night.

■ In another huge upset of the day, Danero Thomas hit a 15-footer as the buzzer sounded and 13th-seeded Murray State stunned No. 4 seed Vanderbilt 66-65 in an NCAA tournament opener in the West Regional.

■ Jimmer Fredette scored 37 points, including two 3-pointers in double overtime, to seal BYU’s thrilling 99-92 win over 10thseeded Florida on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

■ Scottie Reynolds responded to his benching with a solid performance at the foul line, and second-seeded Villanova survived a scare from Robert Morris in a 73-70 overtime win.

■ Carleton Scott’s 3-pointer rattled out in the closing seconds, and 11th-seeded Old Dominion delivered the first upset of the NCAA tournament when it shocked sixthseeded Notre Dame 51-50.

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BOYS’ GOLF Crusaders clipped GREENSBORO — Grace Christian’s golf team lost a close one to New Garden Friends on Thursday afternoon at the Greensboro Country Club. New Garden Friends shot a 176 as a team, compared to a 184 for the Crusaders. Grace’s Ian Widman highlighted the afternoon for the Crusaders after sinking a chip shot from about 40 yards out on the final hole. Widman finished with a 56 on the afternoon. The medalist for the round was Grace’s David Fox, who finished with a 37. Zane Lewis finished with a 42. B.J. Harrison had a 49.

BOYS’ TENNIS Crusaders clipped SANFORD — In a strong effort, the Lee County boys’ tennis team lost to Fuquay-Varina 8-1 in Tri-9 Conference action on Thursday afternoon at Lee County. In doubles, the Yellow Jacket team of Dylan Westrick and Jordan Tillet defeated the Bengals team 8-2. In singles, the Yellow Jackets No. 6 player, Brandon Partridge, lost a tiebreaker. After winning the first set, Patridge was edged in the tiebreak, 10-6.

MOTOCROSS Devil’s Ridge hosting races SANFORD — Devil’s Ridge Motocross Park will host a day of racing on Sunday. The Vintage and Post-Vintage Southeast Regional race will take place at the local track, beginning at 9 a.m. on Sunday. For more information, call (919) 776-1767.

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LEE COUNTY REWIND

SPORTS SCENE

Spivey: good experience for Jackets

Cavs blank Westover

SANFORD — Southern Lee romped past Westover in boys’ tennis on Thursday. The Cavaliers won by the score of 9-0, getting singles wins from Alonso Velarde, Garrison Lutz, Jonathan Burchette, Daniel Macias, Ethan Wicker and Tyler Elseth. The duos of Lutz and Burchette, Will Maness and Elseth, Wicker and Alex Ayala won doubles matches for Southern Lee (4-1, 4-1).

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SANFORD — Lee County had no answer for Pinecrest’s Dylan Maples. Maples had two home runs to lift the Patriots to a 6-2 victory over the Yellow Jackets on Wednesday night. “He’s a stud,� said Lee County coach Charlie Spivey on Maples, who has committed to North Carolina. “That kid can do it all. He had two homers and he’s a heck of a pitcher. He’s a great player.� Maples was just the beginning of Lee County’s problems. The Yellow Jackets (2-2, 2-1), who stepped out of Tri-9 Conference play for the first time all season against Pinecrest, were limited to just three hits in the loss. They also allowed eight hits, five of which came after the fifth inning. “We just couldn’t get that one hit that we needed to put us over the top,� said Spivey. “I thought we played pretty well defensively. Offensively, we had some good at-bats in the sixth and seventh innings, but we just couldn’t get the big hit. That’ll come with experience, though.� Maples’ first home run was a two-run shot and came in the fourth inning and broke a scoreless tie. It was also the first hit of the entire game for the Patriots. The Yellow Jackets chipped into the lead in the bottom of the fifth when Cody Palmer and Garrett Verilli scored runs to make it 4-2. Maples then led off the sixth inning and blasted a solo shot over the wall to make the score 5-2. Palmer was 1-for-3 at the plate with a single and a run. Patrick Oldham was 1-for-4 with a single. Dillon Frye was also 1-for-3 with a single and a walk. Zach Bradford scored Verrilli in the fifth with a bases loaded walk. “We’ve got to hit the ball,� said Spivey. “We can’t afford to not hit the ball well. We’re still young and learning. We’ll get better with experience.� The Patriots scored another run

BOYS’ TENNIS

TRACK AND FIELD Lee girls place 2nd APEX — Lee County placed second in a three-team girls’ track and field meet on Thursday. Cary won the meet with 71.3 points while Lee County finished with 67.8 points and Green Hope had 42.3 points. First-place finishes for the Yellow Jackets: Brittany Yarborough in the 200-meter dash, Elizabeth Gay in the 100 high hurdles, Sarah Teel in the shot put, Ashley Pender in the high jump, Allegra Hogan in the 3,200 run, and the team of Mikky Johnson, Rashida Jackson, Jasmine Foushee and Yarborough in the 4x200 relay, which qualified for regionals.

GIRLS’ SOCCER Grace slips by Salem WINSTON-SALEM — The Grace Christian girls’ soccer team moved into a tie for ASHLEY GARNER/The Sanford Herald second place in the NCCSA 3-A Lee County High School’s Nick Durazo throws a pitch during Wednesday West Conference after a 1-0 night’s game against Pinecrest in Sanford. win over Salem Baptist Christian on Thursday afternoon. in the top of the seventh inning endowment game. The Lady Crusaders’ only when Jacob Gibson’s RBI single “Playing out of conference will goal came in the 72nd minute scored Bailey Rush. help us,� said Spivey. “It gives us a when Amanda Norris, who was “Pinecrest is a good program,� chance to play a different lineup moved from sweeper to forward said Spivey. “That’s why we play and get some guys that aren’t used in the final 10 minutes of the them. I thought we did fairly well to being in the lineup some experimatch, received a Taylor Hilliard against a great program.� ence. It also gives us a chance to pass and knocked the ball past Lee County will remain out of see what we have on the mound. It the Salem goalkeeper. conference on Wednesday when gives us good game experience and Grace Christian (2-2) outshot Western Harnett comes to town. you can’t beat that. It’ll only help Salem Baptist 13-4 and The Yellow Jackets will battle the you.� goalkeeper Randi Kerr had two Eagles at 7 p.m. in Sanford in the saves in the victory.

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Nova survives Robert Morris

Terps-Cougars feature top guards

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Scottie Reynolds and No. 2 seed Villanova nearly had their NCAA tournament run end in the biggest of upsets. Reynolds responded to his benching with a clutch performance at the foul line in the final minutes of regulation, and the Wildcats survived a scare from Robert Morris in a 73-70 overtime victory Thursday in the NCAA tournament. Coach Jay Wright sat Reynolds at the start of the game to make a “teaching point,� and he missed 13 of 15 shots from the floor. But the senior star made seven of eight free throws in the final 3:06 to send the game into overtime, finishing with 20 points. Karon Abraham scored 23 for Robert Morris (23-13), which was on the brink of becoming only the fifth No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2 and the first since 2001. Abraham let fly a 25-footer in OT that cut it to 71-70 with 10.2 seconds left, but an off-balance 3 at the buzzer was no good. The Colonials left the court to a standing ovation. Old Dominion 51, Notre Dame 50 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carleton Scott’s 3-pointer rattled out in the closing seconds, and 11th-seeded Old Dominion delivered the first upset of the NCAA tournament when it stunned sixth-seeded Notre Dame 51-50 on Thursday in the South Regional. The Fighting Irish rushed the ball up the court as the clock wound down, but Scott’s attempt to tie the game didn’t fall and Luke Harangody’s putback at the buzzer wasn’t enough. Frank Hassell scored 15 to lead Old Dominion (27-8), which had not won an NCAA tournament game since beating Villanova in triple overtime in 1995 as a No. 14 seed. Baylor 68, Sam Houston State 59 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ekpe Udoh had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Baylor won an NCAA tournament game for the first time in 50 years by beating Sam Houston State 68-59. Kansas State 82, North Texas 62 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Denis Clemente had 17 points and six assists, helping No. 2 seed Kansas State open the NCAA tournament with an 82-62 rout of North Texas. Saint Mary’s 80, Richmond 71 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Omar Samhan had 29 points and 12 rebounds despite spending most of the game in foul trouble, and Saint Mary’s pulled away from Richmond to win 80-71 in the first round of the NCAA tournament’s South Regional. Butler 77, UTEP 59 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Shelvin Mack hit a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored 18 of his 25 points after halftime Thursday, leading fifth-seeded Butler to a 77-59 victory over UTEP in the first round of the NCAA tournament’s West Regional.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Maryland guard Greivis Vasquez, the ACC player of the year, will try to slow Houston’s Aubrey Coleman, the nation’s leading scorer, when the teams meet in the first round of the Midwest Regional. Coleman, who averaged 25.6 points per game this season for Houston (1915), will get some extra attention from fourth-seeded Maryland (23-8) on Friday. The Terrapins don’t play much man-to-man defense. But Vasquez said Coleman will also have to play defense on him, and the native of Venezuela averages 19.5 points per game.

Attention turns to OSU’s big men

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Murray State forward Danero Thomas, right, gets off the game-winning shot over Vanderbilt guard Lance Goulbourne (5) as the clock winds down in the second half of an NCAA first-round college basketball game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday.

Miles lifts Murray State to day’s biggest stunner SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Murray State coach Billy Kennedy went with his gut and drew up a play his team had never run before, with Isacc Miles the go-to guy at the end. Third option Danero Thomas became the hero instead. Thomas hit a 15-footer as the buzzer sounded and 13th-seeded Murray State stunned No. 4 seed Vanderbilt 66-65 on Thursday in an NCAA tournament opener in the West Regional. “That shot was bigger than he could imagine,� Murray State’s B.J. Jenkins said. “It wasn’t just a game-winning shot. We’ll remember this for the rest of our lives.� President Barack Obama must have been onto something picking these revvedup Racers (31-4) to get past the first round. It was the school’s first victory in the

NCAA tournament since a 78-75 win over North Carolina State in 1988. For the second time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt (24-9) bowed out early as the higher seed. The Commodores were also a first-round upset victim by Siena in 2008 when seeded fourth. Murray State, the midmajor that came in with a dismal 1-13 all-time NCAA tournament record, will play again Saturday at HP Pavilion against the winner of UTEP-Butler. Jermaine Beal made two free throws with 12.7 seconds left to give Vandy the lead. B.J. Jenkins missed a rushed 3-pointer on the other end, but the ball went out of bounds off a Vanderbilt player with 4.2 seconds left to give Murray State the final shot. When it went down, Murray State’s players

sprinted to the other end of the floor and fell into a celebratory pile beneath the basket. Vandy star A.J. Ogilvy slumped to the floor in defeat, while his teammates crouched near their bench in utter disbelief. “This is probably the biggest shot I’ve ever hit in my life,� said Thomas, who wound up with 11 points, six rebounds, three steals and three blocked shots. “It felt so good, I knew it was going in.� Vandy knew it could happen. The Commodores have been in this tough position before. “This is what happens in March Madness,� freshman guard John Jenkins said. “I didn’t think it was going to happen and I had no doubt we were going to win that game. We had a hand in his face, and it was a tough shot.�

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Put Oklahoma State and Georgia Tech together, and you’d pretty much have the perfect team. Oklahoma State’s James Anderson and Obi Muonelo are one of the best guard combos in the country, guys who can — and do — score from just about anywhere on the floor. Georgia Tech counters inside with freshman phenom Derrick Favors and Gani Lawal, bruisers who can outmuscle anyone who gets in their way. Something — somebody — is going to have to give Friday, when the seventhseeded Cowboys (22-10) and 10th-seeded Yellow Jackets (22-12) meet in the first round of the NCAA tournament. “We’re not the biggest team in the world,� Cowboys coach Travis Ford said Thursday. “But our guys have figured out how to compete. We’ve played against some big teams. Kansas was big, Texas was big and Baylor’s big. You go down the line, there’s some big teams in the Big 12. “We just hope maybe on the other side, because we do play a little bit of an unconventional lineup, maybe it can affect the other team a little bit.�

Cal, Louisville shuffle lineups JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — California and Louisville are shuffling their starting lineups for their first-round matchup in the NCAA tournament. The Bears had to. The Cardinals wanted to. Cal coach Mike Montgomery suspended starting forward Omondi Amoke indefinitely for an unspecified violation of team rules. Louisville coach Rick Pitino benched forward Terrence Jennings in favor of Jared Swopshire, hoping a smaller frontcourt combination will clear out the lane for leading scorer Samardo Samuels. Both moves could be key when the eighthseeded Bears (23-10) and ninth-seeded Cardinals (20-12) meet in the South Region on Friday at Jacksonville Veterans Arena.

Seminoles seek to gauge themselves against Zags

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — It’s not often an ACC school like Florida State gets mid-major envy. Then again, Gonzaga’s basketball program has developed the kind of basketball reputation that makes most schools blush. For Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton, the opportunity to open the NCAA tournament on Friday against the Bulldogs is a chance to gauge how far along his team is in becoming a consistent contender. Florida State (22-9), the West Region’s No. 9 seed, is still hoping to make its mark in its second consecutive tournament appearance and sixth since 1991. By comparison, it’s nothing new for Gonzaga (26-6), a powerhouse of the West Coast Conference making its 12th consecutive appearance.

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NBA Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 y-Cleveland 54 15 .783 — 9-1 x-Orlando 48 21 .696 6 9-1 Atlanta 43 24 .642 10 7-3 d-Boston 43 24 .642 10 7-3 Milwaukee 36 30 .545 161⁄2 8-2 Charlotte 35 32 .522 18 7-3 1 Miami 35 33 .515 18 ⁄2 6-4 Toronto 33 33 .500 191⁄2 2-8 Chicago 31 36 .463 22 1-9 New York 24 44 .353 291⁄2 4-6 Philadelphia 24 44 .353 291⁄2 2-8 1 Detroit 23 45 .338 30 ⁄2 2-8 Indiana 22 46 .324 311⁄2 3-7 Washington 21 45 .318 311⁄2 1-9 1 New Jersey 7 61 .103 46 ⁄2 1-9 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 x-L.A. Lakers 50 18 .735 — 7-3 d-Dallas 46 22 .676 4 9-1 d-Denver 46 22 .676 4 7-3 Utah 44 24 .647 6 7-3 Oklahoma City 41 25 .621 8 8-2 Phoenix 42 26 .618 8 7-3 San Antonio 40 26 .606 9 8-2 Portland 41 28 .594 91⁄2 8-2 Houston 35 31 .530 14 7-3 1 Memphis 36 33 .522 14 ⁄2 6-4 New Orleans 33 36 .478 171⁄2 2-8 L.A. Clippers 26 43 .377 241⁄2 2-8 Sacramento 23 45 .338 27 4-6 1 Golden State 19 48 .284 30 ⁄2 3-7 Minnesota 14 55 .203 361⁄2 0-10 Wednesday’s Games Charlotte 100, Oklahoma City 92 Cleveland 99, Indiana 94 Toronto 106, Atlanta 105 Philadelphia 108, New Jersey 97 Boston 109, New York 97 Orlando 110, San Antonio 84 Dallas 113, Chicago 106 Houston 107, Memphis 94 Utah 122, Minnesota 100 Golden State 131, New Orleans 121 L.A. Clippers 101, Milwaukee 93 Thursday’s Games Orlando at Miami, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Denver, 9:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Sports Review BASKETBALL Str W-5 W-1 L-1 W-2 L-1 W-1 L-1 W-1 L-9 L-1 W-1 L-3 L-1 L-9 L-6

Home 30-4 28-7 26-7 21-12 23-9 25-8 20-15 23-10 19-13 14-21 11-22 16-19 15-16 12-22 3-29

Away 24-11 20-14 17-17 22-12 13-21 10-24 15-18 10-23 12-23 10-23 13-22 7-26 7-30 9-23 4-32

Conf 33-9 32-12 24-15 30-15 26-15 20-20 21-18 24-18 19-20 17-28 12-28 15-25 17-25 15-27 6-36

Str W-4 W-1 W-1 W-2 L-1 W-2 L-1 W-4 W-4 L-1 L-1 W-1 L-1 W-1 L-11

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Away 20-13 22-12 17-17 17-16 19-14 16-17 16-16 19-15 15-17 15-18 12-24 7-28 6-28 4-28 5-30

Conf 29-11 24-16 28-15 26-17 22-18 27-16 24-17 26-15 25-18 18-24 22-21 12-30 14-29 10-30 7-37

Charlotte at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at New York, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m. Boston at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Golden State at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Washington at Portland, 10 p.m. Utah at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Toronto at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Charlotte at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Denver, 9 p.m. New Orleans at Utah, 9 p.m. Boston at Dallas, 9 p.m.

NIT Glance National Invitation Tournament At A Glance By The Associated Press All Times EDT First Round Tuesday, March 16 Connecticut 59, Northeastern 57 N.C. State 58, South Florida 57 UAB 65, Coastal Carolina 49 Texas Tech 87, Seton Hall 69 North Carolina 80, William & Mary 72 Mississippi State 81, Jackson State 67 Jacksonville 67, Arizona State 66 Wednesday, March 17 Kent State 75, Tulsa 74 Dayton 63, Illinois State 42 Cincinnati 76, Weber State 62 Virginia Tech 81, Quinnipiac 61 Rhode Island 76, Northwestern 64 Mississippi 84, Troy 65

Nevada 74, Wichita State 70 Illinois 76, Stony Brook 66 Memphis 73, St. John’s 71 ——— Second Round Friday, March 19 Memphis (24-9) at Mississippi (2210), 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20 North Carolina (17-16) at Mississippi State (24-11), Noon Jacksonville (20-12) at Texas Tech (18-15), 4 p.m. N.C. State (20-15) at UAB (24-8), 5 p.m. Monday, March 22 Nevada (21-12) at Rhode Island (24-9), 6 p.m. Connecticut (18-15) at Virginia Tech (24-8), 7 p.m. Kent State (24-9) at Illinois (20-14), 8 p.m. Dayton (21-12) at Cincinnati (19-15),

9 p.m. ——— Quarterfinals March 23-24 Illinois-Kent State winner vs. DaytonCincinnati winner, TBA Jacksonville-Texas Tech winner vs. Memphis-Mississippi winner, TBA Virginia Tech-Connecticut winner vs. Nevada-Rhode Island winner, TBA Mississippi State-North Carolina winner vs. N.C. State-UAB winner, TBA ——— Semifinals Tuesday, March 30 At Madison Square Garden New York Semifinals First Game, 7 p.m. Second Game, 9:30 p.m. Championship Thursday, April 1 Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

Baseball America Top 25 DURHAM (AP) — The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll with records through March 14 and previous ranking (voting by the staff of Baseball America): Record Pv 1. Virginia 12-3 1 2. Texas 13-3 3 3. Georgia Tech 13-1 4 4. Texas Christian 12-2 7 5. Florida State 13-2 5 6. Florida 11-3 6 7. Louisiana State 13-2 2 8. Coastal Carolina 15-2 8 9. Louisville 14-1 10 10. Arizona State 15-0 11 11. Clemson 13-1 12

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UCLA Arkansas Rice UC Irvine South Carolina Miami Oregon State Vanderbilt East Carolina Mississippi Kentucky Stanford North Carolina Oklahoma

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AUTO RACING Noon SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Food City 500, at Bristol, Tenn. 1:30 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for Scotts Turf Builder 300, at Bristol, Tenn. 3:30 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Food City 500, at Bristol, Tenn. 5 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for Scotts Turf Builder 300, at Bristol, Tenn. BOXING 10 p.m. ESPN2 — Middleweights, Sechew Powell (25-2-0) vs. Deandre Latimore (20-2-0), at Durant, Okla. GOLF 9:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Hassan II Trophy, second round, at Rabat, Morocco 3 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Transitions Championship, second round,

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few believe top-seeded Duke’s opener against No. 16 seed Arkansas-Pine Bluff (7:45 p.m, WRAL) will produce the type of abrupt ending that Krzyzewski referenced. His current seniors have experienced three different NCAA Tournament departures — a firstround exit as freshmen, then a second-round loss and finally a third-round loss — but this is their last chance for a truly happy ending. “I think the key thing for me and the rest of the guys who are in their last year is to not put too much pressure on ourselves,” senior Jon Scheyer said. “I think that’s an especially big thing for me. I might have done that even a little bit in the ACC

at Tampa, Fla. MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon CBS — Regional coverage, NCAA Division I tournament, first round, doubleheader, Temple vs. Cornell and Wisconsin vs. Wofford at Jacksonville, Fla; West Virginia vs. Morgan State and Clemson vs. Missouri at Buffalo, N.Y.; Xavier vs. Minnesota and Pittsburgh vs. Oakland, Mich. at Milwaukee; or Purdue vs. Siena and Texas A&M vs. Utah State at Spokane, Wash. 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NIT tournament, second round, teams TBA 7 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage, NCAA Division I tournament, first round, doubleheader, Duke vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff and California vs. Louisville at Jacksonville, Fla; Gonzaga vs. Florida State and Syracuse vs. Vermont at Buffalo, N.Y.; Oklahoma State vs. Georgia Tech and Ohio State vs. UC Santa Barbara at Milwaukee; or Michigan State vs. New Mexico State and Maryland vs. Houston at Spokane, Wash. TENNIS 3 p.m. FSN — ATP/WTA Tour, BNP Paribas Open, men’s quarterfinal and women’s semifinal, at Indian Wells, Calif. 10:30 p.m. FSN — ATP/WTA Tour, BNP Paribas Open, women’s semifinal, at Indian Wells, Calif.

Tournament, even though that’s not even your last game. “I’m going to try to not put too much pressure on myself.” Scheyer started his NCAA Tournament career with a crushing loss to VCU in the opening round when the Blue Devils were a No. 6 seed, then the last two seasons ended in losses for second-seeded Duke teams — to No. 7 West Virginia in the 2008 second round and to No. 3 Villanova in the 2009 Sweet 16. He blames those past setbacks on a lack of toughness, something he and his fellow seniors feel like Duke no longer lacks. “Toughness is the absolute biggest thing you need to have in this tournament. If you don’t have it, you can be exposed,” senior Brian Zoubek said. “I think this year we have

a lot more than we have in the past. That, combined with our experience, makes us feel confident. “We’re a little bit tougher physically this year — we definitely hit the boards more and we play defense harder — and mentally, we have a lot of poise. When we hit adversity, we don’t panic. That’s the difference between this year and a couple of other years.” That combination has helped Duke (29-5) earn a No. 1 seed for the first time since 2006 and a sweep of the ACC’s regular season title (with Maryland) and tournament title for the first time since that same year. As a result, the potential for the pressure of the moment to play a significant role increases, but Krzyzewski has a piece of advice for avoiding just such a pitfall.

NCAA Tournament Glance

Tuesday, March 16 At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Arkansas-Pine Bluff 61, Winthrop 44 EAST REGIONAL First Round Thursday, March 18 At New Orleans Arena New Orleans Kentucky (32-2) vs. ETSU (20-14), 7:15 p.m. Texas (24-9) vs. Wake Forest (19-10), 30 minutes following At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif. Marquette (22-11) vs. Washington (24-9), 7:20 p.m. New Mexico (29-4) vs. Montana (22-9), 30 minutes following Friday, March 19 At HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. West Virginia (27-6) vs. Morgan State (27-9), 12:15 p.m. Clemson (21-10) vs. Missouri (22-10), 30 minutes following At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Fla. Temple (29-5) vs. Cornell (27-4), 12:30 p.m. Wisconsin (23-8) vs. Wofford (26-8), 30 minutes following Second Round Saturday, March 20 At New Orleans Arena New Orleans Kentucky-ETSU winner vs. Texas-Wake Forest winner, TBD At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif. New Mexico-Montana winner vs. MarquetteWashington winner, TBD Sunday, March 21 At HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. West Virginia-Morgan State winner vs. Clemson-Missouri winner, TBD At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Fla. Wisconsin-Wofford winner vs. Temple-Cornell winner, TBD At The Carrier Dome Syracuse, N.Y. Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 25 Kentucky-ETSU—Texas-Wake Forest winner vs. Wisconsin-Wofford—Temple-Cornell winner West Virginia-Morgan State—Clemson-Missouri winner vs. New Mexico-Montana—Marquette-Washington winner Regional Championship Saturday, March 27 Semifinal winners SOUTH REGIONAL First Round Thursday, March 18 At Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, R.I. Villanova 73, Robert Morris 70, OT Saint Mary’s, Calif. 80, Richmond 71 At New Orleans Arena New Orleans Old Dominion 51, Notre Dame 50 Baylor 68, Sam Houston State 59 Friday, March 19 At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Fla.

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excited about the NIT because of Richmond’s success than the NCAA Tournament. “Go Rams, all the way. What Akeem is doing is special. He was on fire the other night. I’ve watched five games all season long but on Tuesday night, I made sure to watch Akeem do his thing. If I could have a write-in vote for NCAA Champions, I’d vote for Rhode Island.” Because he helped guide the Southern Lee Cavaliers to the sectional final of the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs, Collins didn’t get a chance to watch many college games this season. However, after quickly filling out his bracket on Thursday, Collins decided to pick the Kentucky Wildcats to win it all. In his Final Four, Collins picked the four No. 1 seeds to battle for a spot in the title game. He picked No. 1 seed Kentucky beating No. 1 Duke in one national semifinal and has Kansas beating Syracuse in the other. “It’s easy to take the four No. 1 picks,” joked Collins. “I haven’t seen much college basketball this season but I know that these have been the four best teams all season. I think they’re all capable of getting there.” Collins’ Picks Final Four: No. 1 Kentucky, No. 1 Syracuse, No. 1 Duke, No. 1Kansas National Championship: Kentucky vs. Kansas National Champion: Kentucky Reggie Peace Peace is a coach that is big on experience. That’s why he’s picking the Kansas Jayhawks over the Kentucky Wildcats in the title game. “You can’t beat experience,” said Peace. “I think Kansas is more experienced. They’ve been there before and I think they’re going to get there again. I think Kentucky is a good team but they’re young and don’t have the tournament experience that Kansas has.” Despite the experience that Kansas has, Peace doesn’t think that there is one great team in the tournament. “There’s a lot of parity this year,” said Peace. “There’s a lot of really good teams.

Duke (29-5) vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (18-15), 7:25 p.m. California (23-10) vs. Louisville (20-12), 30 minutes following At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. Purdue (27-5) vs. Siena (27-6), 2:30 p.m. Texas A&M (23-9) vs. Utah State (27-7), 30 minutes following Second Round Saturday, March 20 At Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, R.I. Villanova (25-7) vs. Saint Mary’s, Calif. (27-5), TBD At New Orleans Arena New Orleans Baylor (26-7) vs. Old Dominion (27-8), TBD Sunday, March 21 At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Fla. Duke—Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. California-Louisville winner, TBD At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. Purdue-Siena winner vs. Texas A&M-Utah State winner, TBD At Reliant Stadium Houston Regional Semifinals Friday, March 26 Duke-Arkansas-Pine Bluff—California-Louisville winner vs. Purdue-Siena—Texas A&M-Utah State winner Villanova-Saint Mary’s, Calif. winner vs. BaylorOld Dominion winner Regional Championship Sunday, March 28 Semifinal winners MIDWEST REGIONAL First Round Thursday, March 18 At Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, R.I. Georgetown (23-10) vs. Ohio (21-14), 7:25 p.m. Tennessee (25-8) vs. San Diego State (25-8), 30 minutes following At The Ford Center Oklahoma City UNLV (25-8) vs. Northern Iowa (28-4), 7:10 p.m. Kansas (32-2) vs. Lehigh (22-10), 30 minutes following Friday, March 19 At The Bradley Center Milwaukee Oklahoma State (22-10) vs. Georgia Tech (22-12), 7:15 p.m. Ohio State (27-7) vs. UC Santa Barbara (209), 30 minutes following At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. Michigan State (24-8) vs. New Mexico State (22-11), 7:20 p.m. Maryland (23-8) vs. Houston (19-15), 30 minutes following Second Round Saturday, March 20 At Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, R.I. Georgetown-Ohio winner vs. Tennessee-San Diego State winner, TBD At The Ford Center Oklahoma City Kansas-Lehigh winner vs. UNLV-Northern Iowa winner, TBD Sunday, March 21 At The Bradley Center Milwaukee

Ohio State-UC Santa Barbara winner vs. Oklahoma State-Georgia Tech winner, TBD At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. Maryland-Houston winner vs. Michigan StateNew Mexico State winner, TBD At Edward Jones Dome St. Louis Regional Semifinals Friday, March 26 Kansas-Lehigh—UNLV-Northern Iowa winner vs. Maryland-Houston—Michigan State-New Mexico State winner Ohio State-UC Santa Barbara—Oklahoma State-Georgia Tech winner vs. GeorgetownOhio—Tennessee-San Diego State winner Regional Championship Sunday, March 28 Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL First Round Thursday, March 18 At The Ford Center Oklahoma City BYU 99, Florida 92, 2OT Kansas State 82, North Texas 62 At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif. Murray State 66, Vanderbilt 65 Butler 77, UTEP 59 Friday, March 19 At HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. Gonzaga (26-6) vs. Florida State (22-9), 7:10 p.m. Syracuse (28-4) vs. Vermont (25-9), 30 minutes following At The Bradley Center Milwaukee Xavier (24-8) vs. Minnesota (21-13), 12:25 p.m. Pittsburgh (24-8) vs. Oakland, Mich. (26-8), 30 minutes following Second Round Saturday, March 20 At The Ford Center Oklahoma City Kansas State (27-7) vs. BYU (30-5), TBD At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif. Murray State (31-4) vs. Butler (29-4), TBD Sunday, March 21 At HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. Syracuse-Vermont winner vs. Gonzaga-Florida State winner, TBD At The Bradley Center Milwaukee Pittsburgh-Oakland, Mich. winner vs. XavierMinnesota winner, TBD At Energy Solution Arena Salt Lake City Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 25 Syracuse-Vermont—Gonzaga-Florida State winner vs. Murray State-Butler winner Kansas State-BYU winner vs. Pittsburgh-Oakland, Mich.—Xavier-Minnesota winner Regional Championship Saturday, March 27 Semifinal winners FINAL FOUR At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis National Semifinals Saturday, April 3 East champion vs. South champion Midwest champion vs. West champion

Notre Dame lost in the first round, Villanova almost lost to Robert Morris in the first round, St. Mary’s beat Richmond, there’s a lot of really good teams and not one truly great team out there.” This season, the young Yellow Jackets had to grow up fairly quickly during the year as they rallied to a sixth place finish in the Tri-9 Conference. In the first round of the conference tournament, the Jackets suffered a heartbreaking loss to eventual tournament champ Panther Creek. Peace watches the tournament as both a coach and a fan. He looks for new ideas that he can take away from certain teams and possibly use during certain situations with the Yellow Jackets. “I look for certain inbounds plays,” said Peace. “We struggled with that a lot this season, so I like to look for new inbounds plays that we can possibly use. I also look for the teams that can rebound well and defend well. Those are the teams that are dangerous.” Peace’s Picks: Final Four: No. 1 Kansas, No. 2 Kansas State, No. 1 Kentucky, No. 1 Duke National Championship: Kansas vs. Kentucky National Champion: Kansas Don Warcup Warcup enjoys watching college basketball and loves March Madness. He likes the excitement that it brings to the fans of college basketball. “It’s more exciting for the fans, players and coaches,” said Warcup, who guided the Falcons to the quarterfinals of the NCCSA 3-A State Tournament this season. “I really enjoy watching the games at this time of year.” One team he is not sold on is the Duke Blue Devils. “I think Duke is going to bow out early,” said Warcup. “I think they might even be the first top seed eliminated in the tournament. Duke relies on the 3-point shot a little too much and I think that’ll catch up to them at the end.” With that said, Warcup is picking Villanova to come out of Duke’s region and get back into the Final Four for the second straight year. Along with the Wildcats, Warcup likes Kentucky, Kansas and Syracuse. His championship pick is Kentucky against Kansas with the Jayhawks cutting down

the nets in the end. Warcup’s Picks: Final Four: No. 1 Kansas, No. 1 Kentucky, No. 2 Villanova and No. 1 Syracuse National Championship: Kansas vs. Kentucky National Champion: Kansas Steve Murr Murr tried running a 3-2 zone several times throughout the season with the Grace Christian Crusaders. He now has a better idea on how to run it after seeing the No. 3 seed Baylor Bears rally back to win over No. 14 seed Sam Houston State 68-59 in Thursday’s opening round. “I watch teams like Baylor run the zone defense,” said Murr. “I’ve got it DVR’ed and I’ll go back later on and watch it again. I look for how players rotate out of it and move around. When I go back and re-watch it, I’ll break it down and see if we can take a few things away from what they do well.” As a North Carolina fan, Murr is a little torn. His first major upset in the tournament is Louisville beating Duke in the second round, which any Tar Heel fan should be rooting for. However, he’s also picking Kentucky to win the whole thing. “When I see a team like Kentucky, I feel like I’m watching a team that really wants it,” said Murr. “They’re determined to win and will do everything they can to make it happen. The way they came back against Mississippi State in the final seconds of the SEC Tournament Championship was what they’ve been doing all season long. They’re a team that wants it and I’m picking them to go all the way.” Kentucky’s will to win is something Murr has tried to stress to his young Crusaders in his two seasons as coach. “I’m trying to get our guys to play like that,” said Murr. “Kentucky didn’t put their heads down and quit when they were down against Mississippi State. They kept battling back and fighting. If our players can learn to play like that, I think we can be pretty good.” Murr’s Picks: Final Four: No. 1 Kentucky, No. 2 Villanova, No. 1 Kansas, No. 2 Kansas State National Championship: Kentucky vs. Kansas National Champion: Kentucky

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Happy Birthday: Don’t let the little things get to you. Opportunities are available and it’s important that you recognize what’s being offered and act on it. Once you realize who your allies are, you will prosper personally, professionally and financially. Your sincerity will help you attract individuals with something to offer in return. Your numbers are 3, 10, 18, 21, 29, 36, 42 ARIES (March 21-April 19): A partnership will be in jeopardy. Situations that arise will force you into a make-it-or-break-it period that must be handled with care. You can enhance a relationship by addressing the problems promptly. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t get stressed over nothing. Instead, keep your thoughts a secret and you’ll be able to work toward your goals without interference. The busier you are, the less chance there will be to get into trouble with someone you deal with regularly. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Move forward regardless of what others do and you will meet someone who shares your interests. As long as you follow your heart and refrain from overreacting, you will maintain your status quo and leave a good impression. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t confuse love with friendship. Be clear about what someone wants or expects from you before you make any promises. You may not like change but, if something isn’t working, don’t linger over what needs to be altered. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t settle for less when you want so much more. Plan a trip that will benefit you personally, professionally or educationally. You need to shake up your world. Spark your enthusiasm by taking on something you find challenging. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Personal evaluation will help you understand what’s overdue and

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needed in your life in order to improve your friendships, your home or your finances. Don’t be afraid to spend money if there is potential for a return. Investing in your talent will bring rewards. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Satisfy your curiosity, try new things and make new acquaintances. The possibilities are endless if you get out and get busy with people, places and things that will motivate and inspire you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Let go of the past and the people and things that are holding you back. Grudges and revenge are a waste of time. Free your mind -- engage in the things that promote creativity, not fear. Positive thoughts can alter the way you live your life. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You will face opposition if you are pushy. Unexpected changes at home will leave you second-guessing what to do next. Focus on nurturing the relationships you cherish before it’s too late. Put home and family first, not your work. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): If someone tries to push you into something, it’s not a crime to back away. Look back and you will know through your past experiences what’s required of you now. It’s time to protect your heart and your assets by making personal and domestic changes. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Pick up more knowledge or skills that will help you earn more money. Use your charm to help you advance. A serious plan of attack will be all that’s required to get ahead. Don’t hold back when you have so much to gain. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take a look at the goals you have yet to accomplish. Take a new approach to old ideas. Fulfilling your dreams will have a huge effect on the way you advance in the future. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

DEAR ABBY: I’m a career woman, working for a family-owned business. Last year was difficult because there have been a number of layoffs and no raises. When I had my annual review, I received an outstanding evaluation but was again told no raise would be forthcoming because business is slow. I could understand this because of the current economy if the owners of the company weren’t taking expensive vacations and buying new luxury cars. I have a hard time accepting there’s no money for raises when they spend so extravagantly. I understand it’s not my business how they spend their money, but it’s difficult to swallow when I feel so taken advantage of. I’m not the only one here feeling the way I do, and it’s beginning to create a hostile environment. Am I wrong to feel this way? — BITTER IN THE NORTHEAST DEAR BITTER: If your employers are claiming poverty while indulging in conspicuous consumption, your feelings are understandable. And as soon as the job market improves, I’m sure you will be only a part of the stampede of fellow employees seeking another job. With your outstanding reviews it shouldn’t be too difficult to find one. Bide your time ... o DEAR ABBY: My daughter is being married in the fall and she

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has asked me to be her matron of honor. She has been through a lot, and I have supported her all the way. She says I am the only one who had faith in her, encouraged her and loved her no matter what. Are moms supposed to be in their daughters’ weddings? She doesn’t want her dad in the wedding, so this makes it difficult. I am honored that she wants me to be her matron of honor. If her dad isn’t in the wedding, should I be in it? I don’t want any hard feelings from the other family members, but my daughter is determined to have me as her matron of honor. — DONNA IN SOUTH CAROLINA DEAR DONNA: If what your daughter said is true, and you were the only one who had faith in her and loved her unconditionally, then you should accept her offer to stand with her at the altar. And yes, it has been done before. o

DEAR ABBY: I am a freelance writer who works from home. I have flexibility when it comes to my work hours, but I decide that on my own terms. I have lost count of the number of times friends and family have asked me to baby-sit, have lunch or go out shopping with them because, according to them, writing isn’t “real work” and working from home means having no fixed hours. Last week my husband called me from his office and asked me to bring him some documents he had forgotten at home. When I realized it wasn’t urgent, I told him no and that he had interrupted my train of thought. He has been sulking for days. Was I wrong? In this digital age, with more people working from home, it still means adhering to a schedule. Oh, and one more thing -- please remind your readers that writing is very much a REAL job. — FREELANCE WRITER IN TENNESSEE DEAR FREELANCE WRITER: Consider it done. Writing requires concentration, and it IS a very real job. However, you may be bringing some of your problems on yourself by not informing your friends and family that you write between certain hours every day. And an effective way to isolate yourself and ensure you won’t be interrupted by annoying phone calls would be to turn your phone off during the hours that you’re writing.

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Elderly NYC pair familiar with ‘Police! Open up!’

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A nudist in Boulder who was threatened with eviction last spring for gardening outside wearing only pasties and a thong has caused another stir by gardening topless. At least four callers told police 52-year-old Catharine Pierce was in her yard topless on Wednesday. State law prohibits exposed genitals, but Pierce was wearing a thong and gardening gloves. Police spokeswoman Sarah Huntley said an officer told Pierce to consider wearing a shirt because children at the school across the street were playing outside. Pierce’s husband then complained to police. Huntley said a police supervisor agreed with Pierce’s husband that Pierce wasn’t breaking any laws.

NEW YORK (AP) — An elderly Brooklyn couple say they’re tired of hearing the phrase, “Police! Open up!” World War II veteran Walter Martin and his 82-year-old wife, Rose, said police have come looking for criminals at their house about 50 times in the past eight years. It’s not clear why. The New York Daily News says its computer search showed 15 other people living at the Marine Park address. The Martins don’t know any of them. Inspector Ed Mullen said the NYPD’s identity theft squad is investigating. Earlier this week, officers pounded on both their front and back doors. Walter Martin, who’s 83, said they’re respectful — but it still makes his blood pressure soar.

Sleeping man shocked after cold man jumps into bed

Errant spike strip leaves Calif. drivers flat

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Police said a man broke into a Pittsburgh home and climbed into bed with its owner, apparently because he was drunk and cold following a rap concert. Homeowner Frank Fontana says he was in bed when the man climbed in about 5:30 Wednesday morning. Fontana says he asked whether it was a woman who has keys to his home — and he grabbed a baseball bat when a deep male voice answered, “No, it’s not.” Police said Fontana kept the man at bay until police arrived but didn’t hit him with the bat. Police say the intruder told them he was looking for shelter after a Tuesday night concert by rapper Jay-Z at the Mellon Arena. The 33-year-old man faces a preliminary hearing on charges of criminal mischief and criminal trespass.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) —Some drivers in Newport Beach said they were left flat after a spike strip fell out of a police car and punctured their tires. A police report said the strip, which is designed to slow down fleeing drivers, fell out of a police officer’s Chevy Tahoe on Feb. 27. The report said the officer had checked out the vehicle but forgot to close the back door before leaving the police station. At least three motorists had several tires flattened and two have filed claims with the city. One is asking the city for $221 to cover repairs and towing fees while another wants $870 because of two flat tires on his Jaguar. City spokeswoman Tara Finnigan said the city is looking into those claims and can’t comment.

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Faith must be nurtured Q: I have a friend who says she prays about everything and finds it very natural to do so. What do you think is her secret? I admit I pray mostly when I get in trouble, but she isn’t like that. I wish I had her faith but I guess I never will. -- N.McK. A: Great faith isn’t something that happens by accident; faith starts very small, and only grows over time. And — like the flowers or vegetables in your garden — it only grows if we take steps to make it grow. Jesus once compared faith to a mustard seed, which, “Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows... becomes a tree” (Matthew 13:32). What is your friend’s secret? The key (I suspect) is that she has a close personal relationship with God -- a relationship that has grown stronger over the years. She knows God is her friend — and because He is her friend, she can share every concern and burden with Him. It began when she committed her life to Jesus Christ, and it grew stronger as she learned to trust Him and walk with Him every day. This can be your experience — and I pray it will be. By a simple prayer of faith, ask Christ to come into your life today — and He will. Then get to know Him by making His Word, the Bible, part of your life every day. Pray, too, about everything that concerns you — and thank Him also for every good thing He gives you. In addition, seek out a church where you can grow spiritually — a church where Christ is preached and lived.

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8B / Friday, March 19, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Church News Abundant Life Ministries

Evangelist H.L. Gorham will deliver the message at the 10 a.m. Sunday worship service. Ladies night will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday with Minister Iras Jordan at 218 Simmons St., Sanford. The church is located at 1315 Horner Blvd. in Sanford.

Bethlehem United Methodist Church

"Spirit of Grace" will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday with Gary Buffikin. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. All are welcome. The church is located on N. Plank Road in Sanford.

Buffalo Presbyterian Church

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

Cameron Grove Church

The church is collecting fresh fruit and vegetables to be donated to the elderly in the surrounding area. (No can goods) The church is located t 309 Vernon St. in Broadway.

Center United Methodist Church

Camp Ministries fund raiser spaghetti supper and movie night will be held Saturday. United Methodist Women 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. Everyone is invited. The church is located at 4141 S. Plank Road in Sanford.

Church of God of Prophecy Spring revival services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday with Evangelist Phyllis Jean Hall of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Canton as the speaker. The church is located at 628 Scott Ave. in Sanford.

Dunn-Lillington District of the AME Zion Church A Missionary Tea will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Western Harnett High School in Lillington. Wear your favorite hat. District revival services will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday at Wesley Chapel AME Zion Church in Lillington with Dr. Staccato Powell of Grace AME Zion Church in Raleigh as the preacher each night.

the WMU will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The church is located at 300 North Ave. in Sanford.

Emmanuel Glorious Church of God The church will celebrate its 30th anniversary at 3 p.m. Sunday with Pastor George Headen of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Moncure as guest speaker. Everyone is invited. The church is located at 332 North Ave. in Sanford.

Exousia Christian Fellowship, Inc. Pastor Steve L. Chesney will deliver the message at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. The church is located at 700 Bragg St. in Sanford.

Grace Chapel Church Bill Dykes, an accomplished gospel singer, will be the guest at the 10:30 Sunday worship service. Bill has performed on 32 albums and produced over 200 albums for other performers. The church is located at 2605 Jefferson Davis Hwy. in Sanford.

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Family movie night will be held at 7 p.m. today. Adult movie is “Passion of the Christ� and the children movie is “The Story of Jesus.� Sunday the Gideon speaker will be John Orum 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. Executive President of

RSVP for Pastor Ed Murchison 4th pastoral anniversary by Wednesday by calling (919) 774-6162.

Gulf Presbyterian Church The fifth Sunday in Lent: Bible Study at 10 a.m. will be “Mission to the Community� taught by Dr. Bob Bourdeax and Alice Cox. The Rev. Benton’s Lenten sermon will be “For the Love of Jesus,� portraying the generous love of Mary’s gift. For directions and other information, visit

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The Rev. Shannon Arnold will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. Care Team “R� will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday with Wylene Keily and Phyliss Marks in the church office. Prayer meeting at 7 p.m. and cantata choir practice at 8 p.m.

A Rainbow Tea will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday with the men of the church presenting the skit “Glory Bound Train.� Everyone is invited. The church is located at 3292 Edwards Road in Lemon Springs.

Johnsonville AME Zion Church Revival services will conclude at 7 p.m. today with Dr. Otis McMillian speaking. Elder Diane Baker and congregation of St. John Holiness Church in Cameron will render the service at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the church.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church A Rainbow Tea will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the church. Everyone is invited. The church is located at 903 Burgess Circle in Broadway.

New Zion Missionary Baptist Church

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The church is celebrating its 150th anniversary with special Sundays throughout the year. This Sunday, John Wesley Day will honor the man who was born in 1703 and probably did more to promote holiness than any other figure in English history. The service will be at 9:30 a.m. with the powerful drama, “The Man from Aldersgate,� presented by B J. Johnston of Mississippi. A covered dish luncheon will follow the in the fellowship hall. The church is located at 8533 Cox Mill Road in Sanford.

Mt. Carmel Pentecostal Holiness Assembly

New Church of Deliverance The 2010 women’s retreat, “Understanding Me,� will be held today through Sunday at the Palomino Motel, 1508 Westover Drive, Sanford. Today’s service will begin at 7 p.m., there will be different sessions all day Saturday and will close out Sunday morning. All women are invited.

New Life Praise Church (SBC) The men’s breakfast and Food Bank distribution will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday in the fellowship building. All are welcome. Pastor Josh Dickinson will bring a message relative to the family at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service. Sunday school classes begin at 9:30 a.m. A verse by verse study and discussion from the book of Revelation is the focus of the 6 p.m. worship service. The monthly church busi-

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Northview Christian Church An indoor-outdoor yard sale and bake sale will be held from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday with household, furniture, electronics, toys, tools, clothes and more. Ham, sausage and sausage and gravy biscuits will be sold. The church is located at 3301 Hawkins Ave. in Sanford.

Pilgrims’ Rest Church, Inc. Missionary Day will be observed at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service with Dr. Mary L. Graham speaking. The church is located in Olivia.

A Missionary March will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday Jonesboro United with Minister Imogene Methodist Church B. Nickolson and choir of The men’s pancake Bell Yeager Freewill Baptist breakfast and silent auction Church in Durham renderRocky River will be held from 8 to 11 ing the service. Missionary a.m. Saturday at the church. are asked to wear white. Baptist Church Tickets are $5 for all-youCrossroads Trio, a Everyone is invited. can-eat pancakes, sausage, women’s vocal group based The church is located at apples and juice. There will 3324 Truelove St. in Sanford. in Chatham County, will be nearly 100 auction items perform at 6 p.m. Sunday for all interests and budgets. at the church. Admission New Bethel Freewill Proceeds fund the group’s is free. Baptist Church missions support The church is located at A building fund proThe church is located at 4436 Siler City-Snow Camp gram will be held at 4 p.m. 407 W. Main St. in Sanford. Road in Siler City. Sunday at the church. The public is invited. Morris Chapel Shallow Well Church The church is located at The men’s fellowship will United Methodist 1142 Boykin Ave. in Sanford. meet at 8:30 a.m. Sunday in

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the multipurpose room. All men are welcome. The ‘Scratch ‘n Sniff’ Bible study will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the multi-purpose room of the church. The church is located at 1220 Broadway Road in Sanford.

Star of Hope Original Freewill Baptist Church The pre-anniversary celebration for Bishop Alan Smith will be held at 7:30 p.m. today with Elder Robert McArthur of Piney Grove Original Freewill Baptist Church in Ellerbe as guest speaker. A gala banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, Hawkins Ave., Sanford. Tickets are $20, contact Sylvia Bland at (919) 7210333. The celebration will continue at 11 a.m. Sunday with Bishop Reginald S. Hinton of Mt. Pisgah Harnett Original Freewill Baptist Church in Erwin as guest speaker. Dinner will be served. The church is located at 2834 Dalrymple St. in Sanford.

Taylors Chapel Missionary Baptist Church The annual women’s conference will begin at 7:30 p.m. today with the Rev. Rhonda Dowdy of St. Matthews in Pittsboro as guest speaker. Registration cost is $5 and will receive a gift bag. The conclusion of the conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday with various speakers. Lunch will be provided.

Tempting Congregational Church A church meeting will be held at 6 p.m. All members are asked to be present and on time.

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IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION LEE COUNTY 10sp49 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY ROBERT W. WEST, JR. AND JUDY S. WEST DATED DECEMBER 27, 2001 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 770 AT PAGE 977 IN THE LEE COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 2:00 PM on March 26, 2010 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Lee County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that parcel of land in Cape Fear Township, Lee County, State of NC as more fully described in Deed Book 316 Page 632 and being more particularly described as metes and bounds and containing .77 acres, more or less. Beginning at an iron stake in the southern line of N.C. Highway No. 42 said beginning point being in the C.W. Cameron Line, and running thence as the southern line of N.C. Highway No. 42 North 58 degs. 02 mins. East 100 feet; North 54 degs. 04 mins. East 118.7 feet and North 48 East 100 feet; thence South 75 degs. 47 mins. East 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

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North 77 degs. 13 CREDITOR'S mins. West 171.37 feet NOTICE to the point of beginning, containing .77 STATE OF NORTH acres, more or less, CAROLINA and being the identiCOUNTY OF LEE cal property conveyed by deed dated October 14, 1969, from Having qualified on Geraldine W. Sloan, the 5th dayof March, widow to Bobby R. 2010 as Executrix for Solan and wife Carol the Estate of Willie W. Sloan, recorded in Howard Smith, deBook 112, Page 139, ceased late of Lee Lee County Registry. County, North Carolina this is to notify all And Being more compersons, firms and monly known as: corporations having 3748 Avents Ferry Rd, claims against the EsSanford, NC 27330 tate to present them to the undersigned on The record owner(s) or before June 11, of the property, as re2010 or this notice flected on the records will be pleaded in bar of the Register of of their recoverty. Deeds, is/are Robert All persons, firms W. West, Jr. and Judy and corporations inS. West. debted to said estate should make immediThe property to be ofate payment. fered pursuant to this This the 9th day of notice of sale is being March, 2010. offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the Paulette H. Hall, note secured by the Executrix deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, atEstate of Willie torneys, employees, Howard Smith, deagents or authorized ceased representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note PO Box 1377 make any representation or warranty relating to the title or Broadway, NC any physical, envi27505 ronmental, health or safety conditions exW.W. Seymour, Jr., isting in, on, at or reAttorney at Law PA lating to the property Attorney for Estate being offered for PO Box 3516 sale. Any and all reSanford, NC 27330 sponsibilities or liaEXECUTOR bilities arising out of NOTICE or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are dis- HAVING qualified as claimed. This sale is Executor of the estate of Imad Ahmad made subject to all prior liens and en- Asmar, deceased, late cumbrances, and un- of Lee County, North Carolina, this is to paid taxes and assessnotify all persons ments including but not limited to any having claims against transfer tax associat- the estate of said deceased to present ed with the foreclothem to the undersure. A deposit of signed within three five percent (5%) of months from March the amount of the bid or seven hundred fif- 12, 2010 or this notice ty dollars ($750.00), will be pleaded in bar whichever is greater, of their recovery. All persons indebted to is required and must said estate please be tendered in the form of certified make immediate payfunds at the time of ment. This 12, day of March, 2010. the sale. This sale Mansour Saleh will be held open ten Rammouni days for upset bids as 607 Cashmere Court required by law. FolSanford, NC, 27330 lowing the expiration Executor/trix of the statutory upset of the estate of period, all remaining Imad Ahmad Asmar amounts are IMME(March 12, 19, 26 DIATELY DUE AND April 2) OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timeNOTICE TO ly manner will result CREDITORS in a Declaration of Default and any de- Edward C. Loso qualiposit will be frozen fied on March 10, 2010 pending the outcome as Executor of the Esof any re-sale. tate of Elizabeth M. Loso, late of Lee SPECIAL NOTICE County, North CaroliFOR LEASEHOLD na. This is to notify TENANTS: If you are all persons, firms, a tenant residing in and corporations havthe property, be ad- ing claims against the vised that an Order Estate to present for Possession of the them to the underproperty may be issigned on or before sued in favor of the June 10, 2010 or this purchaser. Also, if notice will be pleaded your lease began or in bar of their recovwas renewed on or afery. All persons, ter October 1, 2007, be firms and corporaadvised that you may tions indebted to said terminate the rental Estate please make agreement upon 10 immediate payment. days written notice to Payments and claims the landlord. You should be mailed to may be liable for rent Edward C. Loso, 1220 due under the agree- Lemmond Drive, Sanment prorated to the ford NC 27330. effective date of the March 12, 19, 26, termination. April 2, 2010 The date of this Notice is March 5, 2010.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Peggy M. Gilmore and Samuel R. Mauldin qualified on March 15, 2010 as CoExecutors of the Estate of Alberta W. Mauldin, late of Lee County, North Carolina. This is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations hav-

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NORTH Saturday 7am - 12 Noon at Todd’s Tire Service CAROLINA IN THE on Lee Avenue GENERAL COURT All Size Clothes, HH Items, OF JUSTICE and Lots, Lots More !!! LEE COUNTY A Big Yard Sale! DISTRICT COURT Saturday 7am-1pm DIVISION

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Deborah Best Zipkin, Plaintiff, Vs. Stephan Charles All Night Trackers Relay Zipkin , For Life Team Big Yard Sale Defendant. Turners Chapel Church 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 required to make defense to such pleading not later than 40 days after March 5, 2010, and upon your failure to do so, the parties seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought. This the 5th day of March, 2010. (3/5/3/12, 3/19) STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LEE Having qualified on the 23rd day of February, 2010 as Executor for the Estate of Edwin Donnell, Jr., 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 recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate should make immediate payment. This the 9th day of March, 2010.

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Indoor/Outdoor Yard Sale 3/20/10 from 7am-11am HH, furniture, electronics, toys, clothes, formal wear, glass items, lots of misc. Biscuits and baked goods! Northview Christian Church 3301 Hawkins Avenue.

NOTICE The following items were seized by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office as found property. To date no charges are pending and no ownership has been determined. 1. Sanyo 46” LCD HD Television If any one has reported this property stolen and has proper paper work please contact Sgt. Matt Rosser at (919) 775-5531 Mon.- Fri. 8:30 am- 3:30 pm

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200 Transportation 210 Vehicles Wanted Big Boys Junk Cars looking for junk cars. Anywhere from $100 to $200 a car. Call Anytime: 910-3911791

240 Cars - General Automobile Policy: Three different automobile ads per household per year at the “Family Rate”. In excess of 3, billing will be at the “Business Rate”.

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255 Sport Utilities

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600 Merchandise

320 Child Care

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Wanda’s Fun Place/ Home Day Care. Full time openings for 2 children MF. Vouchers accepted. Call 258-9387.

340 Landscaping/ Gardening I’m Available To Clean Yards. Reasonable Prices. Has References. Whatever Yard Work That Needs to Be Done 356-2333 or 718-9502

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12 Foot John Boat $250 Call: 776-7955 18 Cubic Feet Whirlpool No Frost Refrigerator/Freezer w/ Ice Maker. Excellent Cond. $100. Call: 776-3037 18 cubic ft. GE no frost refrigerator/freezer w/ ice maker. Excellent condition. $250 Call: 919-776-6162 3 Prom Dresses 1.White & Black, Full Skirt, Size 10, $75. 2.Navy Blue ,A Line, Size 10 $25. 3.Black & Silver Sparkle, Straight w/ Side Slit, Sm/Lg, $50. Call: 775-8118 4 Feather Leather Bantams 3 Hens/1 Rooster Young- Just starting to lay. $30 Call: 776-7955 52 inch HomeTrends Deluxe 5 Blade Ceiling Fan. New In Box Paid $85- New $45 Call: 499-3354 Chev Rear Bumper Fits 88-98 Chev, Argent Silver Clear-Coat. Like New! $100. (4) 15x8 Alum Wheels. Fits 78-98 Chev TK. Good Cond. $100 Call: 7768493 Christmas Tree Never Used $12 919-258-6682 Computer Desk Good Condition $50 Truck Tool Box that fits a Chevy Z 71 $75 499-4729 or 721-2184

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