April 9, 2010

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SOUTHERN LEE FOOTBALL

NATION

Puryear expects to be let go Football coach meets with principal, said he ‘can’t envision’ coaching next year

By ALEX PODLOGAR alexp@sanfordherald.com

TEA PARTIERS PUSH GOP HOPEFULS TO THE RIGHT

The tea party’s demands for ideological purity have caught some GOP presidential hopefuls off guard, forcing them to awkwardly defend past decisions as they watch hard-right rivals gain ground Page 10A

SANFORD — Eric Puryear has finally met with the Southern Lee administration.

And he didn’t like what he heard.

While he maintains that he has neither resigned nor has he been fired, Puryear told The Herald on Thursday that it is unlikely

he will be the Cavaliers’ head football coach next season.

“I would like to (be the coach), but I can’t envision it, Puryear no,” he said.

Citing differences over the time frame in which he is to receive his

teaching licensure, as well as moments in which he feels he has been “misled”, Puryear said that he believes his standing as head football coach is on shaky ground.

“It’s been a lack of communication and a lot of miscommunication for about a month now,” said Puryear, who said he met with Southern Lee Principal Bonnie Almond and Athletic Director

Tammy Batten on Wednesday.

“Basically, I just finally had an opportunity to sit down with the principal and the athletic director to see what direction this was going in. From my meeting, I left with the feeling that I just will not be coaching here next year.”

Last month, a job posting for a head football coaching position

See Coach, Page 6A

ELECTION 2010

UNEMPLOYMENT

Candidates square off

County’s rate shows modest recovery

WORLD

By BILLY BALL ball@sanfordherald.com

NUKE TREATY SIGNED, BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN The nuclear weapons cuts President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed on Thursday would shrink the Cold War superpowers’ arsenals to the lowest point since the frightening arms race of the 1960s.

But they won’t touch the “loose nukes” and suitcase bombs seen as the real menace in today’s age of terrorism Page 12A

STATE FIRE IN STABLES KILLS 13 HORSES IN ORANGE CO.

Thirteen horses died when a fire roared through their stable at a North Carolina equestrian center early Thursday Page 7A

BRAGG SOLDIER GUILTY OF 1985 MURDERS

A soldier who was acquitted in civilian court more than 20 years ago was convicted by a military jury Thursday of murdering a North Carolina mother and her two children in 1985 Page 8A

TO INFORM, CHALLENGE AND CELEBRATE

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

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Lee County Republican candidate for Lee County Board of Commissioners District 4 Tamara Brogan for district four speaks on Thursday during the Council for Effective Actions and Decisions forum.

Council for Effective Actions and Decisions hosts a spirited debate on the future of county, schools cmullen@sanfordherald.com

See Forum, Page 5A

HAPPENING TODAY n Nationally acclaimed Christian author Beverly Lewis will hold a booksigning at 7 p.m. at the Carpenter’s Shop, 2431 S. Jefferson Davis Hwy. in Sanford.

CALENDAR, PAGE 2A

See Jobless, Page 6A

CRIME

Local woman charged with stabbing her husband

By CAITLIN MULLEN SANFORD — Candidates for local elections stressed strong leadership and continued progress in Lee County at the Council for Effective Actions and Decisions forum Thursday night.

Those running for the Lee County Board of Commissioners, the Lee County Board of Education and the 51st seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives brought their ideas to the podium in the old Lee County Courthouse.

Many acknowledged that tough decisions will need to be made during the next few years, as local governments and schools

SANFORD — For the second month in a row, Lee County got some modestly good news on its unemployment report.

In the last year, the county has seen some of the highest unemployment in an already beleaguered state, but county jobs leaders are pointing to statistics that indicate the crunch has leveled off or is improving slightly.

The Employment Security

By BILLY BALL ball@sanfordherald.com

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Kenny Cole, Democratic candidate for Lee County Board of Commissioners District 4, speaks on Thursday during the Council for Effective Actions and Decisions forum.

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SANFORD — Sanford police arrested a local woman Wednesday night after they say she stabbed her husband.

Sgt. Harold Layton of the Sanford Police Department said the woman, 52-year-old Nedra Taylor Rollins of 1612 Prosperity Drive, stabbed her husband

See Stabbing, Page 6A

INDEX

More Weather, Page 12A

OBITUARIES

SCOTT MOONEYHAM

Sanford: Faye Cox, 79; Major Currie Jr., 63; David Watson, 82; Helen Wilson, 92 Bear Creek: Jim Gaddis, 66 Fuquay-Varina: Waylon Smith

North Carolina is no stranger to the strangeness that has struck politics recently

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

On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:

MONDAY n The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 635 East St., in Pittsboro. n The Siler City Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Siler City.

TUESDAY n Lee County Board of Education regular meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Lee County Government Center in Sanford. n The Chatham County Economic Development Corporation will meet at 7:45 a.m. at Central Carolina Community College, 764 West St., Pittsboro. n The Moore County Airport Authority will meet at 10 a.m. at the Airport Terminal Building, Highway 22, Pinehurst.

THURSDAY n The Board of Directors of Johnston-LeeHarnett Community Action, Inc. will hold their board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Gordon Wicker Room, Government Center, 106 Hillcrest St., Sanford.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Bill Tillman, Frances Zupkus, Jerry Goober Murchison, DaVante’ McIntyre, Melvin Valdez Gonzalez, Mia Asuzena Miralda, Donna Bradford, Neal Hubart, Jacquelyn Brown, James Ellis, Clint Maddox, Dusty Hall, Lorraine Cardin, Crystal Minter, James Love Jr., Joseph D. Jenkins, Carlo Brunson,, Katie Binns, Dorthy Davis and Robert Davis.

CELEBRITIES: Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner is 84. Actor Dennis Quaid is 56. Actress-sports reporter Lisa Guerrero is 46. Actor Mark Pellegrino is 45. Actress Cynthia Nixon is 44. Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam is 31. Actor Ryan Northcott is 30. Actor Jay Baruchel is 28. Actor-singer Jesse McCartney is 23.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Jazmine Sullivan is 23. Actress Kristen Stewart is 20.

Actress Elle Fanning is 12.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR TODAY

FACES & PLACES

n The Lee County Horticulture Plant Sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Lee County High School’s greenhouse. Okra, cantaloupe, herbs, aloe, tomato, Morning Glories, squash, cucumbers, lettuce, spinach, broccoli, bell pepper, hot peppers, marigolds and hanging baskets will be available for purchase. All plants will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. n Legal Aid Intake Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Enrichment Center.

Types of cases accepted will be housing evictions, foreclosures, domestic violence, unemployment and benefits denials. Appointments preferred but walk-ins will be accepted. To schedule an appointment, call (800) 672-5834 to be screened. n Beverly Lewis will hold a booksigning at 7 p.m. at the Carpenter’s Shop, 2431 S. Jefferson Davis Hwy. in Sanford.

SATURDAY n Barron Maness of Pinehurst will be in concert with his regional band “Taste” and other special musical guests at 8 p.m. at the Temple Theatre. Tickets are $15, and can be purchased online at www.templeshows.com or by calling the Temple Box Office at (919) 774-4155 Monday through Friday. A wide variety of musical hits will be featured in this concert, covering a broad spectrum of musical styles as well as the release of his newest CD. n Spring Fever Festival will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Enrichment Center. All proceeds benefit The Enrichment Center Inc. Helping Fund. n The Paul Gay Gala will be held at 6 p.m. at the Elks Club for Yellow Jacket football coaches, managers and players from the graduating classes of 1961 to 1984. For more information, call Paul Gay at (919) 776-3676 or Bill Tatum at (919) 774-8806. n Christian Provision Ministries will sponsor a “Hoop it Up” basketball tournament beginning at 10 a.m. at Lee Senior High School, 1708 Nash St., Sanford. Admission is free. For more information, call (919) 7749462 or visit www.cristianprovision.com. n A fundraiser for Patricia Sloan McDonald will be held at Boone Trail Elementary School Gym starting with social hour from 5 to 6 p.m. The band starts at 6 p.m. Expect and old-fashioned sock hop with two live bands, hots dogs, a bake sale, 50/50 drawing, 25 door prizes and Holland Grill raffle.

Admission is $10 (10 and under free), and tickets can be purchased at the door. You do not have to be present to win door prizes.

MONDAY n The Herald will host a forum featuring the seven candidates for three open positions on the Lee County Board of Education at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center in Sanford. The forum will begin with a 6 p.m. reception outside of the center’s auditorium, and the question-and-answer session will begin at 7. To submit a question for the April 12 forum, e-mail Herald Publisher Bill Horner III at bhorner3@sanfordherald.com. Admission to the forum will be free.

Today is Friday, April 9, the 99th day of 2010. There are 266 days left in the year.

This day in history: On April 9, 1959, NASA announced the selection of America’s first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton.

In 1682, French explorer Robert de La Salle claimed the Mississippi River Basin for France.

In 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

In 1939, singer Marian Anderson performed a concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. after she was denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

In 1940, during World War II, Germany invaded Denmark and Norway.

In 1942, American and Philippine defenders on Bataan capitulated to Japanese forces; the surrender was followed by the notorious Bataan Death March which claimed thousands of lives.

In 1959, American architect Frank Lloyd Wright died in Phoenix, Ariz., at age 91.

In 1960, the Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals for the second year in a row by defeating the St. Louis Hawks 122-103 in Game 7.

In 1965, the newly built Astrodome in Houston featured its first baseball game, an exhibition between the Astros and the New York Yankees. (The Astros won, 2-1)

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Chris Johnson, a member of the Lee County Boys and Girls Club, caught a 17.5 inch Lake Trace Largemouth bass during a spring break fishing excursion with the CarolinaTrace “Kid Casters” Fishing Club. The March 31 outing brought over two dozen youngsters and adults together to practice for the second annual Barry Butzer Memorial Children’s Fishing Tournament.

TUESDAY n A Lee County Red Cross blood drive will be held from 1:30 to 6 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 202 Summit Drive, Sanford. To schedule an appointment, call (919) 7746857 or visit www.redcrossblood.org. A American Red Cross blood drive will be held from noon to 5:30 p.m. at Central Carolina Hospital, 1135 Carthage St., Sanford. To schedule an appointment, call (800) 4836285 or visit www.redcrossblood.org. An American Red Cross blood drive will also be held from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Ag Center in Carthage.

WEDNESDAY n Central Carolina Community College theater students and community members present “Working, A Musical,” a show based on an oral history of workers by author Studs Terkel. The show starts at 7 p.m. at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsborough St., Pittsboro. Tickets available at the college’s Chatham County Campus and at www.brownpapertickets.com. Tickets are $12 and seating is limited. The show is not for children under age 12. n The Southern Pines Garden Club Home Tour and Garden Tour will be held from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Six private homes and gardens will be open to the public. Advance tickets are $15 or $20 on the day of the tour. For more information, go to www. southernpinesgardenclub.com.

THURSDAY n Central Carolina Community College theater students and community members present “Working, A Musical,” a show based on an oral history of workers by author Studs Terkel. The show starts at 7 p.m. at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsborough

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Small Business EXPO to include sales to the public

SANFORD —For the first time in 22 years, exhibitors at the Small Business Expo will be selling their goods and services to attendees at the show. The decision came from the Expo committee after numerous requests by both attendees and exhibitors.

“Having sales on the floor of the show is an added benefit to those participating in the Expo either as a business or attendee,” said Jennifer St. Clair, marketing director of the Chamber.

“While the indirect marketing gained by businesses in past years provided a great return on their booth investment, in these economic times it’s necessary to offer extras to our customers. The Expo committee felt this was an easy way to add value and would be a win-win for everyone involved.”

The 22nd Annual Small Business Expo is scheduled for May 12, at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The show will open at 7:30 AM to exhibitors and their special guests by ticket only.

General admission begins at 10 AM. Booths are still available to any small business wishing to participate. Booth prices start at $325… ($175 for Chamber members) and include electricity, wireless and the opportunity to reserve two tickets to the Small Business Banquet the week prior to the Expo.

For more information on reserving your booth space, contact the Small Business Center at (919)774-6442.

— from staff reports

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Final day for voters to register for May 4 primary

SANFORD — Today is the final day for voters to register or switch parties for the

May 4 primary election.

The Lee County Board of Elections will close registration books for the primary at 5 p.m. today. Voters can still change parties or register for the November general election, though.

Perspective voters may also register and vote the same day during the OneStop voting period.

One-Stop absentee voting for the primary will begin on April 15 at the Early Voting sites and will end at 1 p.m. on May 1. Hours for voting will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

On May 4, the polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

— by Jonathan Owens

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College hosts middle school computer workshop SANFORD — Middle school students will have fun and increase their computer skills at Central Carolina Community College’s Computer Information Technology High Tech-High Touch Workshop.

The workshop, sponsored by the college’s CIT Department, will teach students and their parent/adult mentors about Web page development through hands-on activities. It will include an introduction to Web-based programming and Microsoft Publisher, basic Web site development, publishing techniques and options, and careers in Web-based programming. Each student will receive a free personal storage device and learn how to use it.

The workshop takes place 9 a.m. to noon on May 8, in Wilkinson Hall at the college’s Lee County Campus, 1105 Kelly Drive, Sanford.

The cost is $15 for each student/adult pair. Register early by calling Virginia Brown at (919) 718-7347.

Class space is limited to the first 15 student/adult pairs who register.

— Katherine McDonald

ELECTION 2010 Q&A Q: When is Election Day?

A: The Primary Election 2010 will be conducted on May 4.

Hours of voting will be from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Lee County has 10 precincts. A list is available at the Board of Elections office and we can mail the list. The list is also available on the Lee County Web site at www.leecountync. gov.

Q: What is an absentee ballot by mail?

A: A registered voter can request that the Lee County Board of Elections office send them an appropriate ballot for the upcoming Primary Election.

The voter can then complete the ballot ahead of time and return the ballot to the Elections office to be counted on Election Day. The deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail is April 27, at 5 p.m.

Q: Who can request an absentee ballot by mail?

A: A voter may request an absentee ballot by mail using one of the following options: o A voter may request in person at the Lee County Board of Elections at 225 S. Steele St. in Sanford. The ballot will then be mailed to the voter. o A voter may call the Board of Elections office at (919) 718-4646 to request an absentee ballot. The office will send a “ballot request” to be completed by the voter and returned to the office. The ballot will then be mailed to the voter. o A voter may submit a hand-written request to the Lee County Board of Elections specifying the voter’s name, address, date of birth, daytime phone number, party affiliation, and if unaffiliated, the election in which that voter wants to participate, and voter’s

signature. o A request may be completed on behalf of the voter by the voter’s spouse, brother, sister, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, mother-inlaw, father-in-law, daughterin-law, son-in-law, stepparent or stepchild. Also a verifiable legal guardian may complete a request for a voter.

Q: What is one-stop early voting?

A: The Early Voting period enables the voter to vote prior to the Election Day. The time period for Early Voting is April 15 through May 1. Early Voting is available at the Board of Elections office at 225 S. Steele St. and the McSwain Agricultural Center, 2420 Tramway Road. Hours for voting will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and on May 1, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Q: What if I have not registered to vote?

A: In the State of North Carolina a person can register and vote on the same day if they vote at a One-Stop site.

This option is not available on Election Day. In order to become a registered voter the person must: o Be a United States citizen o Be at least 18 years of age, or will be at the time of the next general election in November o Shall have been a resident of North Carolina, Lee County, precinct, or other election district for 30 days before the election o Have not been convicted of a felony, or if convicted of a felony, have completed the sentence, including any probation or parole Contact the Lee County Board of Elections at (919) 718-4646.

State releases graduation rate report From staff reports

RALEIGH — State Superintendent June Atkinson, along with members of her CareerReady Commission — which include Lee County Schools Superintendent Jeff Moss — released Tuesday the commission’s final report, “A Crisis of Relevance: How N.C. Must Innovate to Graduate All Students Career- and College-Ready,” to members of the State Board of Education at its meeting in Raleigh.

Moss and other commission members par-

ticipated in five meetings in which they worked to identify the most pressing challenges the state faces in producing high school graduates who are career- and collegeready.

“Too many young people are failing to see that what they are learning in our K-12 public schools is relevant to their plans for future training, education and careers,” Moss said.

In the final report, commission members proposed the following six guiding policy goals and an additional number of corresponding and

specific action recommendations: n Make Career and Technical Education a valuable part of all students’ overall high school experience and use it to help them prepare for postsecondary education. n Drive innovation and creativity in the state’s high schools by developing students’ skills in entrepreneurialism. n Transform the culture of education in North Carolina so every school produces life-long learners who are both academically-skilled and

career-ready. n Expand the assistance available to high school students to enable them to make both wise academic and career choices. n Connect business leaders with educators in a unified effort to help students understand the relevance of their education. n Build on existing governance structures to bring state, regional and local leaders in education, workforce and economic development together to support and grow North Carolina’s economy.

Opinion

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

EDC discussions productive if good ideas emerge Never confuse activity with accomplishment, it’s been said.

The latter always requires the former, but obviously doesn’t guarantee it — especially, as Lee County well knows, when it comes to the recruitment of business and industry The Lee County Board of Commissioners, no doubt alarmed at declining sales and ad valorem tax revenues and frustrated as we all are with our current economic malaise, has been engaging in some activity of its own in regards to economic development. On Monday, commissioners agreed — without taking any official actions —that more needed to be done to recruit and attract business and

industry here. That happens to be a large part of the purview of the Lee County Economic Development Corporation, which the county helps fund.

The city of Sanford and the Town of Broadway still need to fully weigh in on the question, but the implication — beginning with the joint meeting held last year between the entities involved and the discussion at the commissioners’ retreat last month — is clear: the funding bodies have been signaling they want more communication, more accountability and more results from the EDC. Among the things the county may ask the EDC to provide, based on a report submitted by

County Manager John Crumpton: n a new marketing plan which “effectively sells the county to prospective industries” n monthly written reports about EDC activities, including information about prospective “client” visits to Lee County and calls made by the EDC on business and industry located outside Lee County, as well as an annual report made during a joint meeting of the EDC, the county and the municipalities of Sanford and Broadway n full copies of agendas and minutes from EDC meetings n agreement to changes in the county’s incentives policy, including a “jobs increase component” n the development of public-

private partnerships to help with funding and capital costs n adherence to term limits for EDC board members Crumpton has suggested these and other changes be a part of a new contract with the EDC developed and signed prior to the beginning of the next fiscal year, on July 1, 2010.

Good ideas, all. Better communication and more accountability are always positives, especially when desired results aren’t there. But stakeholders need to be aware that a business or industry’s ultimate decision whether and where to locate or relocate has innumerable moving pieces — chief among them, as formal and

informal surveys have borne out, are quality of life (including climate, amenities, shopping and entertainment), quality of schools and crime.

In other words, you can do just about everything right, but minor nuances or vagaries in a community may move a CEO to tilt the scales away from one community to another. You can do a lot right and still lose.

Even so, the discussions taking place on the part of both organizations is productive. Commission Chairman Richard Hayes suggested Monday the EDC “needs to evolve” and move away from business is usual.

In this climate, that’s true for everyone.

Letters to the Editor Retail advertising for clothes should include more plus-sized models To the Editor:

Scott Mooneyham Today in North Carolina Scott Mooneyham is a columnist with Capitol Press Association

Strange days indeed

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ALEIGH — We live in strange political times.

Presidents present and past are labeled socialists. People walk around armed at political rallies. Politicians and bank robbers face nearly equal chances being sent off to the pokey.

North Carolina is no stranger to the strangeness. Some recent examples deserve mention and a bit of commentary. n Gov. Beverly Perdue recently received a letter from an anti-government group called Guardians of the Free Republics, telling her to resign within three days. Perdue is among about 30 governors who received the letters. The group’s Web site said that it planned to peacefully remove “corporate government” and restore “people’s republics”

by March 31. Maybe the nice weather distracted them. n Ruffin Poole, a lawyer for former Gov. Mike Easley, recently filed a motion in federal court to have the 50-plus criminal counts filed against him tossed out. The motion argued that Poole committed no crime by taking trips paid for by a big Easley donor interested in development permits and that he couldn’t be bribed because he wasn’t elected. How about that for instilling confidence in state government? The arguments didn’t carry too much legal weight. A federal judge dismissed them. n U.S. Sen. Richard Burr has been all over the place regarding his disregard for the recently-passed national health insurance reform plan. Burr lined up with fellow Republicans saying that they would work to repeal and replace the legislation. Then, he backed incremental changes to the bill. He said during a meeting in North Carolina that incremental changes were needed because Barack Obama would be in office another two-and-half years and he wouldn’t likely sign any repeal. Really?

That’s hard to believe. So would that mean that the repeal talk is what’s called political posturing? n A Democratic state House member from Charlotte, Rep. Nick Mackey, has apparently decided to take a stab at becoming the city’s political boss.

Mackey allies are challenging three legislative incumbents, all Democrats, in the upcoming primary. Asked about it, Mackey essentially responded, “Who, me?” He told the local newspaper that it was offensive for anyone to suggest that he was behind the candidacies of the others. Sure. By the way, I’ve been told many times that I’m offensive. ... n Wake County Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam, the state House minority leader, has been criticizing Perdue lately for stealing GOP legislators’ idea to catch Medicaid fraud. Stam points out that using computer software to identify patterns of Medicaid use that indicate fraud was pushed by Republicans as far back as 2003, proposals that Democrats largely ignored. He’s right. On the other hand, Stam hasn’t exactly been coming to the defense of Perdue and her Republican secretary of Health and Human Services ... when they’ve been attacked for using sole source contracts to pursue savings, including the Medicaid fraud software.

Stam, by the way, supported the sole sourcing.

‘D’ stands for duped S AN DIEGO — A lot of immigration advocates who voted for Barack Obama got less than they bargained for.

Either because Democrats have a reputation for being progressive on civil rights, or because too many Republicans drape the immigration issue in fear and demagoguery, many immigrant rights activists assume that Democrats are more forgiving toward illegal immigrants than are Republicans.

In 2008, they put their trust in the “D” after Obama’s name and voted for him. And once he got into office, they expected his administration to approach the deporting of illegal immigrants differently than the George W. Bush administration did.

Guess what? There is a difference. It turns out that the Obama administration is much more aggressive about deportations than its predecessor. In this case, the “D” stands for duped.

According to internal memos obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting and The Washington Post, officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement were so eager to drive up the number of deportations beyond the level they were in Bush’s last year that they set quotas and spelled out how agents could meet them.

In a February memo, James M. Chaparro, head of ICE detention and removal operations, noted that the overall number of deportations for the year that ended in September 2009 was just over 310,000 — “well under the agency’s goal of 400,000.” Chaparro suggested increasing detention space to hold more illegal immigrants, sweeping prisons and jails to find likely deportees, and deporting illegal immigrants who committed only minor violations.

All this despite an earlier assurance from John Morton, assistant homeland security secretary for ICE, that “we don’t have quotas anymore.” Also, ICE agents went on a deporting spree despite assurances from top administration officials that the agency would aim enforcement efforts at criminal aliens — those illegal immigrants who commit serious crimes once in the United States.

It’s hard to decide which was the bigger sin — establishing quotas, breaking promises, or disappointing supporters who thought they were getting a kinder and gentler administration.

For my part, I’m not disappointed. Even as a proponent of comprehensive immigration reform, I completely support deportations as a necessary option in the federal toolbox.

Granted, forced removals don’t do much good since in many cases, those who are deported often make it back into the country before the ink dries on the paperwork.

Be that as it may, it’s the right of the United States, or any other country for that matter, to expel unwanted visitors who broke the rules to enter.

Nor am I shocked by the Obama administration’s sudden enthusiasm for deporting illegal immigrants. I saw this trend coming

Ruben Navarrette Jr. Columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a columnist with The San Diego Union-Tribune

a year ago when Obama made Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano his point person for comprehensive immigration reform. If you really want to find a way to let illegal immigrants remain in the country, then you don’t put in charge someone who, in her day job, is responsible for expelling illegal immigrants.

It’s also likely that the activists heard what they wanted to hear. When Obama tried to woo Latino audiences by condemning ICE agents who “terrorize” immigrants by snatching parents away from their babies, the activists thought that Obama was promising to avoid vigorous enforcement. When Napolitano announced a new initiative to crack down on employers who hire illegal immigrants, the activists assumed this meant that workers would get a pass. And when administration officials announced a focus on criminal aliens, the activists jumped to the conclusion that anyone who hadn’t committed a crime after the civil infraction of crossing the border without permission had nothing to worry about. Wrong on all counts.

What people in both parties forget is that politicians who are eager to shed a given reputation will often overcompensate by moving in the opposite direction. Many Democrats are worried about being seen as wimps on border security, just like many of them have worried about being wimps on national security for the last 40 years. And so they want to show their toughness.

Apparently, this includes President Obama and some of the people who work for him.

He didn’t have a very good reputation on immigration issues before he was elected, back when Dolores Huerta, the vice president emeritus of the United Farm Workers, called him a “Johnny come lately” to immigration and other issues that concern Latinos.

Now that Obama has been on the job for more than a year, when it comes to that constituency, he’s more like a “Johnny never showed up.”

Today’s Prayer God is not a God of confusion but of peace. (I Corinthians 14:33 RSV) PRAYER: In You, O Lord, I put my trust, let me never be put to confusion. Deliver me in Your righteousness. Amen.

Several times through the years I have written articles to be put in the “letters to the editor” column. Each time about different subjects.

Sometimes people will agree with you or not, but I enjoy doing it because it gets my view out to many people at once. Family members are always asking, “when are you going to write again?” because they really enjoy reading the different things I write.

So this is for you guys who read what I write ... especially for a dear beloved Uncle Mitchell who passed away a few weeks ago.

He was bed-ridden and really liked reading The Herald. Rest in peace, Uncle.

Today, I want to talk about something that really makes me mad. It seems every time I open a sales paper, I see clothing on sale or reduced prices or so-much-percent off.

That’s not my problem. I’m mad because it’s always clothing for skinny people.

I want to know when the stores are going to put bigger women as models? I can’t wear Size 2 shorts and tops. Sure, I can go to the store and then see what’s on sale. But if I get advertising papers in my newspaper, it should be for me also. I want to see jeans or tops that are my size on sale.

Chances are I’m going to go to that store to buy.

It’s not your fault that I’m a big woman, but it is your fault if I don’t buy from your store. Don’t be prejudiced. Put some plus-size women as your models. Remember ... advertising means to promote sales.

MARY GWYN Sanford

Web comments RE: STUDENTS, FRIENDS REMEMBER BOB BLUE Bob was affectionately known as “Coach” to many of his students, but he was so much more. He was caring and supportive of all of our endeavors, whether they be in the theatre or elsewhere.

His generosity knew no bounds and he would constantly shower friends and students with gifts, invite us to a show or dinner, or even let a student borrow his car.

Bob taught us many of life’s lessons at a time when we needed guidance.

May he rest in the presence of the Lord.

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OBITUARIES Major Currie Jr.

SANFORD — Major Scurlock Currie Jr., 63, of 1316 Glen Court, died Wednesday (4/7/10) at his home.

A native of Lee County, he was the son of the late Major and Bessie Lindsey Currie. He was a veteran of the VietNam War, serving two tours of duty.

He is survived by his wife, Laura Allen Currie; a daughter, Hasina Currie Bender and husband Micheal of the home; a brother, George E. Currie and wife Rhonda of Raleigh; sisters, Stella Farrow and husband Larry and Dianna Blue and husband Cleo, all of Sanford; mother-in-law, Jane Allen of Greensboro; a sister-in-law, Marsha Norman and husband David of Greensboro; two aunts; two grandsons; seven nephews and three nieces.

The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the home of Cleo and Dianna Blue, 761 Nicholson Road, Sanford.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at McQueen Chapel United Methodist Church in Lemon Springs. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Condolences may be made at www.cewilliefuneralservice.com.

Arrangements are by C.E. Willie Funeral and Cremation Service of Sanford.

David Watson

SANFORD — David B. Watson, 82, died Thursday (4/8/10) at his residence.

Arrangements will be announced by Bridges-

Faye Cline Cox Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Helen Wilson SANFORD — Funeral service for Helen A. Wilson, 92, of 296 Wagon Trail Road, who died Sunday (4/4/10), was conducted Thursday at McQueen Chapel United Methodist Church with the Rev. James Malloy officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Soloist was Tyrese Green.

Pallbearers were her grandchildren.

Arrangements were by Knotts Funeral Home of Sanford.

Jim Gaddis BEAR CREEK — James Lewis “Jim� Gaddis, 66, of 1214 Ronald Scott Road, died Wednesday (4/7/10) at his home.

He was a Haywood County native and was a retired mechanic and dairy farm employee.

He is survived by his wife, Joanne Carlton Gaddis of the home; sons, Ronald “Bo� Gaddis of Bear Creek and Robert Gaddis of Birmingham, Ala.; daughters, Pamela Gaddis of Bennett and Linda Staley of Bear Creek; brothers, Tom Gaddis of Silk Hope, Robert Gaddis of Kelly and Bill Gaddis of Julian; sisters, Barbara Jean Martin of Liberty, Peggy Norris of Burlington and Phyllis Stout of Asheboro; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 2:30 p.m. today prior to the service at the funeral home.

The funeral service will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. today at Joyce-Brady Chapel with the Rev. Jeff Looney officiating.

Arrangements are by Joyce-Brady Chapel of Bennett.

Waylon Smith Jr. FUQUAY-VARINA — Waylon F. Smith Jr., 85, died Wednesday (4/7/10)

SANFORD — Mrs. Faye Cline Cox, 79, of Sanford, died Thursday, April 8, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.

Mrs. Cox was born on August 3, 1930, in Lee County, to the late Ralph Murray Cline and Pearlie Kelly Cline. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vesper Cox. Mrs. Cox was a Charter Member of Emmanuel Congregational Christian Church.

She is survived by a son, Rev. Ronald Murray Cox and wife Elke of Lynchburg, Virginia; a daughter, Carol Cox Collins and husband Donnie of Sanford; a brother, Joe Cline of West End.; three grandchildren, Tricia Taylor, Jan Peloquin, and Daniel Cox and three great-grandchildren, R. J. Taylor, Danny Peloquin, and Emilee Peloquin.

The family will receive friends today, April 9, 2010, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home and other times at 2104 Lord Ashley Drive, Sanford.

The funeral will be conducted Saturday, April 10, 2010, at 10 a.m. at Emmanuel Congregational Christian Church with Dr. Richard Leaptrott and the Rev. Ronald M. Cox officiating. Burial will follow at Lee Memory Gardens.

Memorials may be made to Emmanuel Congregational Christian Church Memorial Fund, 1089 Wilkins Drive, Sanford, N.C. 27330.

Condolences may be made at www.bridgescameronfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. Paid obituary

at Windsor Point.

A native of Harnett County, he was the son of the late Waylon and Rose Lanier Smith. He was preceded in death by daughters, Myrtle Rose Haega and Debra Batten.

He is survived by his wife, Julia Johnson Smith; a daughter, Nancy Winters and husband Denis of Fuquay-Varina; a son, Waylon F. Smith III of Fuquay-Varina; and eight grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m.

Saturday at Chalybeate Springs Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Green officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the church fellowship hall.

Condolences may be made at www.oquinnpeebles.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Chalybeate Springs Baptist Church, 238 Chalybeate Road, Fuquay-Varina, N.C. 27526.

Arrangements are by O’Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home of Lillington.

Elizabeth Eisen SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Elizabeth Eisen, 70,

formerly of Cameron, died Tuesday (4/6/10).

Arrangements will be announced by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Marilyn Long BLOOMFIELD, Conn. — Marilyn H. Long, 83, died Thursday (4/1/10) at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn.

She was born March 18, 1927 in Hartford, Conn., daughter of the late Harry and Lottie Longley Long.

She is survived by her sisters, Shirley Ellis of Sanford and Betty Hunter of Canton, Conn., and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held in Connecticut.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Congregational Church in Bloomfield, 10 Wintonbury Ave., Bloomfield, Conn. 06002.

Condolences may be made at www.carmonfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are by Carmon Funeral Home of Windsor, Conn.

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suffer from cuts at the state and federal level.

This is Tamara Brogan’s first time running for public office. Brogan, a Republican candidate for the District 4 seat on the county board, said she’s not happy with government and would like to see some changes. “Average folks need to get more involved,� she said.

She said she’d like to see a return to self-governed principles and a boost in economic development, and she mentioned a desire to fix the county’s incentive program.

Kenny Cole, a Democrat running for the District 4 seat, said his engineering and county government experience provide him with a solid background for the county board. He said he wants to see Lee County become a better place to live and promised to represent all residents of the county as a commissioner.

James Womack, another Republican running for the District 4 seat, said he’s not satisfied with the quality of life in Lee County. Among other things, he said he’s concerned about teenage pregnancy, gangs and the high school dropout rate. And with a military background — he spent 20 years in the U.S. Army and graduated from West Point Academy — he stressed his desire to help with Base Realignment and Closure activity. “I am your guy for BRAC,� Womack said.

Mike Womble, Democratic candidate for the District 3 seat, brought up his service on the board of education and various other organizations. Giving back to his community is important, he said.

Because he’s been a small business owner with his own consulting firm, Womble said he understands those concerns as well.

Linda Shook, Republican incumbent

for District 3, stressed her commitment to her beliefs. While residents may not always agree with her, she said, she takes her responsibility as commissioner seriously and does her homework. “We’ve got some challenges coming up,� she said. Taking a stand against proposed legislation at the state and federal level is part of her job as a local elected official, she said.

Amy Dalrymple, Democratic incumbent for District 2, said her two years on the board have given her great insight into county government, and she’d like to continue to serve Lee County. “Being a county commissioner is probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever done,� she said.

Charles Parks, Republican candidate for District 2, made it clear he’s unhappy with the way things are currently done at the county level and said he’d like to see the commissioners be more responsive by listening to the people that they serve. “The county should embrace small business and entrepreneurship that creates jobs,� he said.

Mike Stone, Republican candidate for the 51st House seat running against incumbent Democrat Jimmy Love Sr., spoke passionately about being the voice of Lee and Harnett counties in Raleigh. “I know how this community feels. I know how you suffer. I see it every day in my grocery store,�

Stone said, referring to his business, O’Connell’s Supermarket. “These folks (in Raleigh) will know you have a voice like they’ve never heard.�

Love was absent from the forum because of a bout with the flu.

Board of education candidates Mark Akinosho, Dana Wicker Atkins, John Bonardi, Shannon Gurwitch, Ellen Mangum and Linda Smith mentioned changes they’d like to see in the schools and ways Lee County is rising above the rest.

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98 dogs seized from kennel

PLEASANT GARDEN (MCT) — Authorities seized 98 dogs from a Pleasant Garden kennel Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation.

Col. Randy Powers of the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the seizure at Rush Kennel on Maplewood Street is part of a probe that began in September.

In a news release, the sheriff’s office said it had received multiple complaints from people who had purchased dogs from the kennel, and that the

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Commission of North Carolina reported a slight decrease in the county’s unemployment, from 14.6 percent to 14.5 percent from January to February. This comes at a time when the rates jumped in 58 of North Carolina’s 100 counties and decreased in 19.

The news comes one month after the county jobless rate remained the same from December to January, marking it as the only county in the state that didn’t see unemployment rise in that time.

“This obviously is still way too high,” said Bob Heuts, director of the Lee County Economic Development Corporation. “But the fact that we are holding steady at this point indicates maybe we are seeing a little light at the end of the tunnel.”

Whether that’s true or not remains to be seen, according to economic

animals were diagnosed with health problems.

Some of those problems led to the dogs’ death.

Authorities conducted an undercover investigation and purchased a dog from Rush Kennels, according to the release.

The dog they purchased also had the same lifethreatening disease along with a birth defect. The dog soon died of what is believed to be the same diseases and infections that some of the other complainants’ pets had died of.

Authorities also purchased a second dog and are awaiting details about its health from a vet, said Capt. L. C. Straughn.

The dogs were seized Wednesday following the execution of a search warrant and are being cared for by the Guilford County Animal Shelter.

Several dogs were in poor health, and two of the dogs had emergency surgery today, one for an eye problem and one for a puncture wound.

forecasters.

Lee County, which depends on a bulky manufacturing sector, has seen some seasonal hiring among companies, particularly in furniture cushion manufacturer Arden Companies, but that will likely change when the temporary workers are unemployed once again.

Barbara Kimball, human resources manager at Michigan-based Arden Companies’ Sanford plant, said she hired five workers Thursday and could expect to bring on more in the coming weeks, although the work will run out soon.

Kimball said the Arden facility has a workforce of about 460 now, but that is expected to be whittled down to 150 in June.

Lee County experienced explosive growth in unemployment beginning in summer 2008 and worsening that fall as the nationwide economy collapsed.

The rate soared from 5.8 percent in April 2008 to

15.1 percent in February 2009, the highest it has been in the 20 years of data the Employment Security Commission listed on its Web site.

The rate dropped as low as 13.4 percent in October before surging back to 14.6 percent in December.

As of February, Lee County had a labor force of 26,025, with 22,248 of those individuals employed, the ESC said. Of that number, 3,777 were without work.

Heuts said the county doesn’t have a large workforce, so upticks tend to register quickly on the unemployment rate.

He said the situation appeared to improve thanks to hiring by manufacturing giants like Arden and Caterpillar, although he said the county is still waiting on its manufacturing base to improve for good.

“As soon as that starts picking back up, hopefully we can start getting that number down,” Huets said.

— Greensboro News and Record

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at Southern Lee appeared on the state’s jobs board online. At the time of the posting, which Puryear says came as a surprise to him, Almond called the move “cautionary”.

“The advertisement put on the Web site is cautionary and due to the terms of (Puryear’s) contract and the requirements he’s got to meet by June 14,” Almond said on March 22.

Almond stood by that statement on Thursday, but did not comment on Puryear’s feeling that he would not return next season.

“That decision has not been made,” Almond said.

“Right now we’ve got our assistant coaches running spring training, but that decision has not been made at this time.”

When asked whether she would like to have Puryear coaching the program again next season, Almond said, “I am not prepared to make that statement. Right now we are in the decisionmaking process.”

In March, Almond, citing personnel issues, said she could not comment further on Puryear’s contract or the requirements he had to meet. Puryear came to Southern Lee in July 2009 after successful stints as a position coach and coordinator at the small college level. While he has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree, Puryear’s field is not education, and says he has been taking courses in High Point since his arrival to receive his licensure.

But the dates of the licensure deadline are in question, Puryear says. He says he believed he had until June 30 to receive his teaching certification, and states that he is on track to complete his coursework by then. But he contends

that the administration first told him the deadline was June 1, and that the date changed again upon Almond’s comment to The Herald. Puryear also said that the first he heard of the June 14 date was when he read The Herald’s article.

“That would not be my field of expertise,” Almond said. “Since I am the principal I do not handle licensures. The requirements would be handled by the state.”

Almond said she would refer Puryear to the state’s human resources department to clarify any discrepancies concerning teaching certifications.

“I appreciate the opportunity I’ve had to be the coach here, but at the same time I don’t feel like I have had the same support since I’ve been here,” Puryear said.

“I will have the licensure by the time the state department of instruction says I need to have it — June 30,” Puryear added.

“But I won’t have it by the time frame (the administration) is trying to make me honor.”

Even with the deadline debate, Puryear said he believes the administration could find a way to work around it and allow him time to receive his licensure.

“I feel like there are a lot of different ways this could be handled,” he said.

“They’ve said all along that continuity has been important to them, and personally, if they really wanted continuity, I think they could find a way for me to be here next year and not be forced to have their third coach in three years again.”

Should Puryear leave the school and the program, Southern Lee would again find itself trying to lure a new head coach after spring workouts have already begun. After their two most successful seasons coming in their first

two varsity seasons under inaugural coach Bryan Lee, the Cavaliers have spiraled through controversy and mounting losses.

Following Lee’s resignation to move closer to his hometown in Illinois, Southern Lee hired first-time head coach Bill Mazcko, who as a position coach was part of a successful South Carolina program at Cheraw. But Mazcko’s tenure didn’t last a year, and after a series of complaints from parents for his handling of players, Mazcko was forced out of the job last year.

Puryear was hired to replace Mazcko by a Southern Lee administration led by then-principal Rob Dietrich. “I think Coach Puryear will do an outstanding job for us,” Dietrich said in June when Puryear was approved by the Lee County School Board.

But Puryear’s first season trying to rebuild a 1-9 Cavaliers team ended in 2009 without a single victory, though there were no public complaints for his treatment of players.

And since the job has been posted, Puryear says he has been discouraged by the administration from leading spring workouts in preparation for the 2010 season.

“I feel like this is such an injustice to the kids,” Puryear said. “They want to know something, and they’ve basically been without spring ball for three years with all the coaching changes. I’ve basically been asked to not do spring workouts.”

But Puryear reiterates that he has not left the position.

“I haven’t been fired and I haven’t resigned, but the job’s been posted,” he said. “My biggest thing is for the kids. They deserve to know what’s going on, that there’s likely to be a change and that they should prepare themselves for it.”

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in the midsection following a domestic dispute at their home in southeast Sanford.

Her husband, 56-yearold Roger Valentina Rollins, was taken to Central Carolina Hospital with injuries that were not lifethreatening, Layton said.

The assault was reported sometime after 9 p.m. Wednesday when Sanford police were called to the hospital to speak with Roger Rollins, police said.

Layton said the single stab wound was in Roger Rollins’ diaphragm, just above his stomach.

Nedra Robbins is charged with assault with

SANFORD n Rodney Neal Soils of Sanford reported a breaking and entering at his residence Wednesday. n Rodney Lynn Johnson reported an assault Wednesday at 302 Stone St. n Robert Waylon Thomas reported a larceny Wednesday at 329 Hunters Glen Drive. n Devante Torre Allen, 17, was arrested Wednesday at 1400 S. Horner Blvd. and charged with failure to appear. n Donald Noble Stewart, 39, was arrested Wednesday at 302 Stone St. and charged with simple assault.

HARNETT COUNTY n Amanda Marie Taylor, 24, of 275 Constitution Way in Cameron, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of communicating threats and two counts of simple assault. n Jordan Tyler Langlois-Stewart, 18, of 67 Water Oak Circle in Sanford, was arrested Wednesday and charged with provisional driving while impaired. a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, a felony. She is being held at Lee County

Jail with no bond due to the nature of the crime.

NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE LEE COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND REVIEW Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-322 The Lee County Board of Equalization and Review Will meet as required by law.

PURPOSE OF MEETINGS To hear upon request, any and all taxpayers who own or control taxable property assessed for taxation in Lee County, with respect to the valuation of such property, or the property of others, and to fulfill other duties and responsibilities required by law.

TIME OF MEETINGS The Board will meet as follows: April 30, 2010 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

The Board will adjourn for the purpose of accepting requests on April 30, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.

Meetings will be held at the Lee County Government Center 106 Hillcrest Drive Sanford, NC 27330 Requests for hearing must be received no later than April 30, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.

The advertised date for adjournment.

In the event of earlier or later adjournment, notice to that effect will be published in this newspaper.

The schedule for the hearing of appeals timely filed will be posted at the Office of the Tax Administrator serving as Clerk to the Board of Equalization and Review, and will also be provided to individuals and organizations that have requested notice pursuant to N.C.G.S. 143-318.12.

All requests for hearing should be made to: Tax Administrator Clerk, Lee County Board of Equalization and Review Lee County Government Center 106 Hillcrest Drive P O Box 1968 3ANFORD .# s 4ELEPHONE

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2010 U.S. SENATE RACE

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Cunningham gets union backing

By MIKE BAKER Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH — While two leading Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate support a labor proposal that would make it easier for unions to organize, a third North Carolina candidate who won a major union endorsement is taking a more conservative stance on the issue.

Cal Cunningham said in an interview with The Associated Press this week that he would not pursue so-called “card check� legislation, which would allow workers to form a union by signing cards as an alternative to secret-ballot elections. “I support elections,�

Cunningham said. “I think that what we’re about to see emerge from the Senate, if anything, protects elections as the sole way for there to be unions created. That’s something that I would support.�

Pressed on whether

he would push to allow card check, Cunningham responded: “No, no, not the card check.�

When asked to clarify Thursday, Cunningham said that he supports a compromise idea that would allow workers to use card check as a way to trigger an immediate secretballot election — similar to what is allowed today. He said the idea of using card check as an alternative to elections is likely not going to pass in the U.S. Senate but that he would look at the issue if it came up. “I would be open to hearing the arguments again,� Cunningham said.

Two other leading Democrats seeking the job, North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and attorney Ken Lewis, both said in interviews they would support card check as an organizing tool. But neither of them got an endorsement from the Teamsters union, which has 13,000 members in the

state.

Teamsters spokesman Rob Black said Cunningham “overtly� expressed support for the principle of card check during a discussion with union officials. He said the union endorsed Cunningham in part because of his position on card check and that the group remained comfortable with its endorsement even after hearing an account of Cunningham’s comments to the AP. “Cal Cunningham expressed support for the principle of card check as a tool in union organizing,� Black said. “That tool gives workers the choice between a secret ballot election and majority signup.�

Cunningham said in the AP interview that he would make changes to ensure that union elections are fair. He proposes stiff fines for companies that abuse labor laws and a process by which a contract can be put in place if one side in a

dispute is not negotiating in good faith.

North Carolina is one of two states where public employees are barred from collective bargaining, and it has a history of businesses who have fought organizing.

A North Carolina woman’s fight in the 1970s to unionize textile plants was dramatized in the movie “Norma Rae.� Recently, a 16-year-long battle to unionize the world’s largest hog slaughterhouse was marred by two elections in Tar Heel which a federal appeals court later rejected after finding that the company unfairly skewed the results. “Labor should have the right to be organized,� said Lewis, one of several Democrats facing off in next month’s primary. “It’s not so easy right now.

There are whole industries around making it not easy.

That’s why the card-check approach has come into existence.�

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Fire roars through stable, kills 13 horses

CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Thirteen horses died when a fire roared through their stable at a North Carolina equestrian center early Thursday.

The fire was reported at 3:37 a.m. at Foxwood Farms, about 15 miles northwest of Chapel Hill.

The blaze had burned through the barn and the horses were dead by the time the first of about 40 volunteer firefighters arrived about 10 minutes later, Orange Grove Fire Chief Tommy Holmes

said. “It was totally burned up. There wasn’t no roof left,� Holmes said.

The horses had about 10 different owners who boarded the animals at the farm, said owner Layton Wheeler.

Wheeler said he awoke early Thursday to his dog barking, then ran to the window to see flames shooting from the barn. “I thought I was having a nightmare. It’s just unbelievable,� said Wheeler, who lives in a house on

the farm, which has been a riding school for young girls since 1996.

Nine other horses in an adjacent stable were removed to safety in a pasture and that building was saved from the fire, Wheeler said.

The blaze also consumed about five acres of woods on the property, which ignited easily after days of low humidity and steady winds, Holmes said. “The leaves or any material in the woods burn real easy right now,�

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Holmes said. “The tops are dry as powder.�

The cause of the fire has not been determined.

The county’s fire marshal was investigating, and the State Bureau of Investigation had brought out a dog to check for the presence of any fire accelerants, Holmes said.

Wheeler said the barn contained no straw and little sawdust, and his barn manager had turned off the lights hours earlier when closing the stables for the night.

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N.C. GOP chairman requests that Steele resign

Mistakenly let out murder suspect turns self in

RALEIGH (AP) — The chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party has asked Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele to resign in the wake of increased scrutiny of lavish spending by the national party.

State GOP Chairman Tom Fetzer wrote a letter on Thursday to Steele requesting that he step down to ensure Republicans maximize gains during the mid-term elections. A spokesman for Fetzer said he knows of no other state party chairman who has called for Steele’s resignation.

Steele has been a lightning rod for criticism since taking the job last year.

He’s taken the heat recently after the committee paid a nearly $2,000 bill at a sex-themed nightclub in Los Angeles.

APEX (AP) — A North Carolina man facing a murder charge turned himself in nearly a week after he was mistakenly released from a state prison after completing a sentence for drug-related crimes.

Wake County deputies said 40-year-old William “Jabo�

Bryant was arrested Thursday morning without incident at his parents’ home in Apex.

Authorities say Bryant turned himself in after his parents called him.

Bryant was released from the Bertie Correctional Institution last week even though Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison said his office filed paperwork asking that Bryant be sent to them. Bryant and his brother are charged with murder in the shotgun death of a taxi driver in 1999.

2nd lawsuit by ConAgra workers hits contractors RALEIGH (AP) — About two dozen workers have sued accusing more than a dozen design, manufacturing and installation firms of negligence for a deadly explosion that ripped through a Slim Jim production plant in North Carolina last year.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday also accuses inspectors for the town of Garner of failing to properly oversee the installation of a commercial water heater. A spokeswoman for the town where the plant is located did not respond to requests for comment on Thursday.

Neither this lawsuit nor one filed last summer targets the plant’s owner, ConAgra Foods Inc.

CDC: Cigarette taxes rose in 14 states last year ATLANTA (AP) — Fourteen states, the nation’s capital and the federal government hiked their cigarette taxes last year, but health officials worry tobacco company discounts are keeping prices down.

State increases ranged from 10 cents per pack in North Carolina to $1 in Connecticut, Florida and Rhode Island. But manufacturers devote billions of dollars of their marketing and promotional spending to reducing cigarette prices.

Health officials say raising the price of cigarettes is one of the most effective ways to discourage people from smoking, and seems to have a particularly large impact on teens.

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Monday. It could sentence him to death or to life in prison for the slayings FORT BRAGG — A sol- of 31-year-old Kathryn dier who was acquitted in Eastburn and her young civilian court more than daughters in their Fay20 years ago was conetteville home. victed by a military jury Eastburn’s husband Thursday of murdering and surviving child a North Carolina mother hugged each other and and her two children in wept after the verdict 1985. was announced. HenMaster Sgt. Timothy nis, 52, reached back and Hennis was found guilty squeezed wife Angela’s of three counts of prehand before the decision meditated murder by a was announced but he jury that deliberated less showed no reaction to the than three hours following verdict. His wife cried. three weeks of testimony This was Hennis’ third in the case. trial in the slayings. He The panel is to conwas first convicted in state sider Hennis’ punishment court, but won an appeal during a sentencing hear- and was acquitted in a ing that starts Friday and 1989 trial. He couldn’t be is expected to conclude tried in state court again,

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so the case was turned over to the Army after more advanced testing determined Hennis’ DNA was inside Eastburn.

Hennis, who had adopted the Eastburns’ dog several days before the killings, was arrested four days after the bodies of Eastburn and her 5-year-old and 3-year-old daughters were found.

The prosecutor, Capt.

Matthew Scott, told jurors in his closing argument Wednesday that Hennis might have been able to clean up the crime scene 25 years ago, but he couldn’t clean up his DNA. “The person that slaughtered her, raped her — the person that raped

her left his sperm,” Scott said.

The defense had argued that the DNA did not indicate murder, but could have meant Hennis and Eastburn had a romantic liaison some time before the slayings.

“Does the evidence take you beyond adultery to murder?” attorney Frank Spinner said Wednesday. “You should follow that evidence where ever it leads you, no matter how uncomfortable it may make you.”

Spinner had also argued no other physical evidence, including hair, fingerprints and a bloody towel found in the home, has been linked to Hennis.

ASHEVILLE

Hundreds of acres scorched by wildfires

ASHEVILLE (AP) — Rain moving into western North Carolina on Thursday promised a respite for firefighters who have spent days battling wildfires that scorched about 300 acres in five western North Carolina counties and on the Cherokee Indian Reservation.

Heavy rain arrived in Jackson County and promised to extinguish the last of a brush fire that injured three firefighters and destroyed several vehicles and a home, The Asheville Citizen-Times reported.

“We’re getting a drowning right now,” state forest ranger Kerry Lathrop said Thursday morning.

“There won’t be any hot spots for long if it keeps

this up.”

The fire, one of the region’s four major blazes, had been contained late Wednesday after charring 65 acres but was still smoldering before the rain arrived.

Two volunteer firefighters suffered minor burns Wednesday and were treated at the scene.

A third suffered smoke inhalation and was transported to Mission Hospital in Asheville for treatment, Lathrop said.

The fire also destroyed a home on Bradley Branch Road and two firetrucks, Lathrop said.

“They just about had it under control when some embers blew across the fireline,” Lathrop said.

One wildfire crawled

into Asheville’s east side, where Ron Norman watched flames approach his propane gas and small engine repair business.

Firefighters sprayed a large propane tank with foam late Wednesday to prevent it from catching fire and exploding.

“I’ve never seen a fire move that quick,” Norman said. “When the wind hit it, it was like a wave.”

Crews were also combatting fires in McDowell County that burned about 140 acres and near Macon County’s airport, where about 30 acres burned.

In Transylvania County, a blaze that had threatened about 15 buildings and led to dozens of residents evacuating on Tuesday was contained the follow-

ing day.

A 100-acre fire on the Cherokee reservation was mostly contained by Wednesday, but fire crews from Oklahoma were called in to make sure it was extinguished, said Darlene Whitetree, deputy superintendent for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

“The main problem we are having right now is there are so many fires in other places that resources are being used up,” she said.

Despite the fire outbreaks, the spring fire season has not been as bad this year because of near-record rain and snowfall, said Bob Seigler, regional ranger with the N.C. Division of Forest Resources.

RALEIGH

Health secretary is ethics complaint subject

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH — The former co-speaker of the North Carolina House has filed an ethics complaint against state Health and Human Services Secretary Lanier Cansler, accusing him of benefiting financially from two no-bid contracts with a firm linked to his old consulting business.

Richard Morgan, who filed the complaint the State Ethics Commission received Tuesday, said the contracts awarded by the department last year to the Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence represent a conflict of interest. The contracts are valued at $30 million.

Cansler used to work for a consulting firm that has the Carolinas Center as its

client. Cansler still receives monthly payments from the consulting firm he left when he became a member of Gov. Beverly Perdue’s Cabinet in early 2009, a department spokeswoman said Wednesday night.

“It just smells of being wrong,” Morgan said in an interview. The Moore County Republican, who was co-speaker from 2003-04, is now running for the state Senate and has a primary next month.

Cansler believes Morgan’s complaint is without merit and filed purely for political reasons, department spokeswoman Renee McCoy said Wednesday night. Cansler, himself a former Republican House member, has had no involvement in awarding the contracts in which his former clients may have been

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McCoy said Cansler opted to receive a payment of less than $3,000 a month from the Fuquay Solutions firm through a fixed-term agreement instead of cashing out his entire stake in the firm when he left. The agreement terms were filed with the ethics commission when he took the secretary’s job, she said.

The Legislature allowed the department last summer to enter into some contracts without a competitive bid process in order to meet cost-cutting goals in the state budget, particularly with Medicaid.

Two of the contracts went to the Carolinas Center.

The largest contract, valued at $24 million, directed the group to determine whether patients

who receive care at home from Medicaid are getting the level of necessary treatment. Treatment changes, which the department said in December could save more than $500 million annually, have been delayed due to litigation by the home care industry.

Cansler still benefits from the contracts because of his monthly payments from Fuquay Solutions, Morgan contends. He said Perdue, a Democrat, made a bad choice by hiring Cansler given the history and “she ought to fix it.”

Cansler “has tried to camouflage this conflict of interest by telling the press he delegated the handling” of the contracts, Morgan wrote, but “delegating to someone you hire and control isn’t a recusal — it’s a dodge.”

Loans, grants ready for some tornado victims

Judge: N.C. DOT worker’s snoozing not a disability

RALEIGH (AP) — Victims of tornadoes in two North Carolina Piedmont counties last month can receive grants or low-interest loans to recover and rebuild thanks to disaster declarations from Gov. Beverly Perdue and a federal agency.

The March 28 storms damaged more than 480 homes and businesses in Guilford and Davidson counties. Forty homes and three businesses were destroyed.

Perdue says state emergency officials will be in Lexington and High Point starting Friday through next week to help storm victims complete loan applications.

Perdue says a disaster declaration from the U.S. Small Business Administration means eligible homeowners and renters can borrow money for repairs.

State grants of nearly $30,000 per applicant also are available.

RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina judge refused to order the reinstatement of a state employee fired in 2008 for repeatedly sleeping on the job.

The Charlotte Observer reported Thursday that an administrative law judge ruled the Transportation Department had good cause to fire Elsie Hinton.

Hinton had complained she was a victim of discrimination banned by federal law. She said she suffered from sleep apnea (AP’-nee-ah), a condition that prevents her from getting uninterrupted sleep.

State officials said Hinton fell asleep on the job several times over a five-year period, was disciplined, and given the opportunity to get medical help.

Hinton was a $55,000a-year artist at the Department of Transportation when she was fired.

Hunter cleared in mistaken shooting of man BREVARD (AP) — A jury has found a hunter not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of another man collecting plants in the North Carolina mountains.

The Citizen-Times of Asheville reports 22-year-old Kyle Keith hugged supporters after hearing the verdict Wednesday.

Keith was hunting in the Pisgah National Forest in December 2008 when he shot and killed 50-yearold Luciano Martinez, who was picking plants used in Christmas decorations.

Keith testified he was sure he was shooting at a deer, and his defense attorney says Martinez wasn’t wearing orange and was crawling on his hands and knees.

Prosecutors agreed the shooting was an accident, but said Keith was grossly negligent when he violated a cardinal rule of hunters to verify what you are shooting at.

Teacher out of classroom after Facebook posts

APEX (AP) — A North Carolina middle-school teacher who was suspended after complaining on her Facebook page that Christian students subjected her to a “hate crime” has been moved out of the classroom.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Thursday that Melissa Hussain was reassigned last month to become the Wake County school district’s coordinating teacher for middle school science. Neither she nor a spokesman for the district would discuss the transfer.

Hussain was suspended with pay in February following complaints from parents about comments on the teacher’s Facebook page.

Hussain wrote on the social-networking site that it was a “hate crime” that her eighth-grade students anonymously left a Bible on her desk. She said she wouldn’t let the incident go unpunished.

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The purpose of the public hearing is to explain a comprehensive description of each category of the CDBG Program and to allow the citizens of the City of Sanford an opportunity to express their views concerning community development needs and priorities. Grant categories may include 1) Community Revitalization Projects which could include housing rehabilitation, clearance, relocation, infrastructure improvements and recreational improvements; 2) Infrastructure Improvement Projects which could include water and/or sewer improvements; 3) Housing Development Projects which could provide development funding for new units of housing for income eligible individuals; 4) Infrastructure Improvement Projects which could promote economic development; 5) Scattered Site Housing Projects, which could include housing rehabilitation, clearance, and relocation; 6) Small Business & Entrepreneurial Assistance Projects; 7) Urgent Needs and 8) Capacity Building Projects. All programs are designed to benefit low and moderate income residents within Lee County.

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US Airways, UAL talk combining, shares up

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — News that United Airlines and US Airways are in talks about combining was met with approval by shareholders and analysts Thursday.

Passengers may feel differently, however, if a combination ends up leading to higher airfares.

Shares of both companies rose in morning trading. US Airways gained 83 cents, or 12.2 percent, to $7.65, and United Airlines parent UAL Corp. rose $1.38, or 7.3 percent, to $20.33.

News that two airlines are talking broke Wednesday afternoon. Both carriers have tried for combinations in the past. United Chairman and CEO Glenn Tilton and US Airways Chairman and CEO Doug Parker were both involved when their companies talked about a tie-up in 2008. They walked away then citing high fuel prices, but didn’t rule out a future deal. That same year, Continental Airlines Inc. rejected United’s attempt at a combination.

Neither airline has confirmed the talks.

NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers are finally coming out of hibernation.

Better weather and an earlier Easter enticed Americans to shell out for spring clothes in March, the fourth straight month of gains for retail sales. Target, Macy’s, Gap and the parent of Victoria’s Secret all beat Wall Street expectations.

The improvement was broad, spanning discounters, mass merchants, specialty stores and luxury retailers. The gains offer strong evidence that people are feeling more confident in the economic recovery and are more willing to spend.

Retailers had several factors on their side. The earlier holiday combined with comparisons to notoriously weak sales in March 2009 had analysts expecting solid improvements. But it’s also clear that shoppers’ mindset is changing.

Fewer on-time flights in February NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. airlines operated fewer on-time flights in February, the Department of Transportation said Thursday, as massive snowstorms shut down some of the largest East Coast airports.

Sixty-one flights were delayed for at least three hours during the month— triple the number of those delays in January. It was the highest number of 3-hour tarmac delays since August 2009. August is one of the busiest months of the year for air travel.

Among the top five flights with the longest tarmac delays in February, four were operated by US Airways.

Three were on the same route: Dallas/Fort Worth to Charlotte.

Cancellations also soared in February due to storms.

States target payday lenders and their high rates

PHOENIX (AP) — Struggling borrowers and a growing backlash against payday lending practices have prompted legislatures around the country to crack down on the practice.

In the most severe case, Arizona lawmakers are on the verge of shutting down the entire industry in the state.

A law took effect in Washington this year capping the amount of payday loans and the number that a borrower can take out in a year.

And in Wisconsin, lawmakers are locked in a heated battle over whether to regulate the industry.

MONTCOAL, W.Va. (AP) — Rescuers running on adrenaline waited Thursday for a massive drill to vent noxious gas so they could safely resume the underground search for four coal miners missing in an explosion that killed 25 colleagues.

They had spent more than four hours working their way through the Upper Big Branch mine by rail car and on foot, but had to turn back because of an explosive mix of gases in the area they needed to search.

Crews at the surface resumed drilling in an effort to get fresh air into the mine and hoped 32 rescuers could return by about 7 p.m.

They had made it within 500 feet of an airtight chamber with four days worth of food, water and oxygen where they hoped the miners might have sought refuge after the worst U.S. mining disaster in more than two decades.

Chris Adkins, chief operating officer for mine owner Massey Energy Co., said the rescue teams were “very angry� when told to abandon the mission, but their safety was paramount. He said the teams are off their feet and resting, but too anxious to sleep.

Massey’s chief executive officer, Don Blankenship, continued to defend his company’s record and disputed accusations from miners that he puts coal profits ahead of safety. “To some extent the fact that there were more survivors than those that are lost suggests that the mine was in pretty good shape relative to what mines would have been in the past and hopefully by today’s standards,� he told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday. There

Each team member wears 30 pounds of breathing equipment, lugs first-aid equipment and must try to see through total darkness with only a cap lamp to light the way.

Officials and townsfolk and even some family members acknowledged they didn’t expect to find any of the four missing miners alive more than two days after the massive explosion. “In my honest opinion, if anyone else survives it, I will be surprised,� said James Griffith, who works at the mine. His brother, William “Bob� Griffith, went to work Monday and never came home. William Griffith’s brother-in-law, Carl Acord, died in the explosion.

Two miners were injured in the blast but managed to get out. One was in intensive care and the other was in good condition, but Manchin described him as being “in total withdrawal� and said he does not want to talk to anyone.

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Michael Brooks of Webbs Of Beckley Florist, loads his van with arrangements for deceased coal miner Steven Harrah, 40, of Cool Ridge, W.Va., Thursday. were 61 miners in Upper Big Branch when it was rocked by the blast.

Despite the increasingly slim chance of finding anyone alive, Adkins said he considers the effort a rescue mission. “I still believe in God, I believe, and I’m not gonna give up,� he said.

The rescue crews did not get far enough to see the bodies of the dead or if anyone had made it to the chamber. They knew where the bodies would be because rescuers made it that far before gases forced them out of the mine after the explosion Monday.

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The rescue crews were leaving their equipment behind so they did not have to lug it back in with them when they returned.

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You can only imagine what it would be like.�

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Adkins said rescue teams described seeing evidence of “a horrendous explosion and a lot of destruction.�

He also said they may have found an alternate route that will allow them to get where they need to be faster when they can safely go back in.

Once that happens, rescuers will have to walk through an area officials have described as strewn with bodies, twisted railroad track, shattered concrete block walls and vast amounts of dust.

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Tea partiers push GOP to the right

WASHINGTON (AP) — The tea party’s demands for ideological purity have caught some GOP presidential hopefuls off guard, forcing them to awkwardly defend past decisions as they watch hard-right rivals gain ground.

It’s painfully ironic for some of the Republicans most often mentioned as possible challengers to President Barack Obama in 2012. Stances that gave them national attention and credibility are now being used as cudgels to attack them as wobbly centrists.

Minnesota’s Tim Pawlenty, for instance, gained a reputation as a pragmatic governor of a Democratic-leaning state.

But now conservatives are berating him for accepting federal stimulus funds that helped him close a budget gap.

South Dakota Sen. John Thune, who also draws talk as a possible 2012 contender, said a federal bailout of banks was needed when he voted for the plan in 2008. Now, with tea party activists railing against the bailout, Thune is pushing efforts to end it.

And Mitt Romney, the closest thing to an early front-runner — and, perhaps, the establishment candidate — is struggling to explain why he expanded health care as Massachusetts governor, even as he attacks Obama’s similar plan for the nation.

Meanwhile, there’s increasing buzz about some hardline conservative Republicans who, until recently, rarely drew mention in presidential conversations. Chief among them is Texas Gov. Rick Perry. He handily defeated Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in last month’s Republican gubernatorial primary after positioning himself to her right on nearly every issue.

And libertarian-Republican Ron Paul bested

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during an appearance at Emory University in Atlanta. The tea party’s demands for ideologically pure stands on health care and federal spending have caught some GOP presidential hopefuls off guard, forcing them to awkwardly defend earlier decisions as they watch hard-right rivals gain ground.

Romney and everyone else in a straw poll of presidential favorites at February’s gathering of the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Perry and Paul are among the numerous potential candidates scheduled to speak this weekend to about 3,000 activists in New Orleans at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference.

For now, at least, the fastest-rising Republicans seem to be those most in sync with tea partiers’ aversion to taxes and Washingtonbased programs and regulations.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP’s vice presidential nominee in 2008, draws big, enthusiastic crowds wherever she goes, even if party insiders question her ability to be elected president. She’ll be in New Orleans, too.

In Texas, Perry fended off Hutchison’s challenge by running as an antiWashington, antiestablishment candidate. He welcomed support from tea

party activists and other hard-core conservatives.

Romney and other more pro-establishment contenders are edging to the right and anxiously watching to see how high the tea party tide will rise.

Such tensions are likely to complicate the Republican presidential picture for the next two years, said Democratic consultant Chris Lehane, who worked on Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign. Potential GOP candidates are caught between two vital bases, he said: Wall Street’s deep-pocketed pragmatic interests and the highdecibel, uncompromising views of the tea party.

GOP presidential hopefuls who can’t figure out how to navigate that road, Lehane said, “will get run over.”

Perry is not well known outside Texas, and his chances of being president in three years might seem slim. But the same could be said of almost any of the two dozen or so Republican potential chal-

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Still, “a serious contender is certain to rise” eventually to oppose Obama, said Washingtonbased Republican consultant Terry Holt. It’s neither surprising nor troubling, he said, that the GOP field is big and unsettled for now.

“My sense is that Romney has some distinct advantages,” Holt said, including good name recognition and fundraising powers.

But Congress’ bitter fight to enact Obama’s rewrite of U.S. health care laws, plus the dramatic rise of a staunchly conservative movement headed by self-described tea party activists, are causing Romney fits.

He called last month’s passage of the Democratic health care bill “an unconscionable abuse of power,” and urged its repeal.

But critics on the left and right note similarities between the Obama bill and Romney’s 2006 Massachusetts law, which imposed new taxes plus a fee on people who don’t buy health insurance. Former Obama and Romney health adviser Jonathan Gruber didn’t help matters when he told the Boston Globe that Romney is “in many ways the intellectual father of national health reform.”

Former Romney campaign aide Kevin Madden says the average voter doesn’t scrutinize such matters, especially when the election is more than two years away. He predicted Romney will have good credibility on health care in 2012.

Diplomat was to meet jailed terrorist

Rubin is challenged on role in Citi’s risk-taking

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Qatari diplomat was on his way to an official visit with an imprisoned al-Qaida sleeper agent when he touched off a bomb scare by slipping into an airline bathroom for a smoke, officials said Thursday as the diplomat prepared to leave the U.S. The diplomat, Mohammed Al-Madadi, was going to pay a consular visit to the prisoner, said Alison Bradley, a public relations executive hired to speak for the Qatari Embassy, and a State Department official.

The prisoner, Ali Al-Marri, a citizen of Qatar, is serving eight years after pleading guilty last year to conspiring to support terrorism. AlMarri was arrested after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, accused of being a sleeper agent researching poisonous gasses and plotting a cyberattack.

Consular officials frequently visit foreigners held in the United States to make sure they are being treated well.

Bradley said Qatari diplomats have made multiple visits to Al-Marri in prison since he pleaded guilty.

The right to such visits is guaranteed by international agreements, and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons had approved this visit by AlMadadi in advance.

Questions remained about why a diplomat on an official trip, like Al-Madadi, would apparently flout airline security rules. Law enforcement officials said Al-Madadi later joked that he had been trying to light his shoe — an apparent reference to the 2001 so-called shoe bomber, Richard Reid.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Rubin, the former financial superstar once lionized for his global crisis-fighting prowess, was scolded Thursday over the mortgage-securities disaster at Citigroup Inc. when he was a top executive there.

His claim he didn’t know of the risks piling up drew a sharp retort.

“You can’t have it both ways: You either were pulling the levers or asleep at the switch,” the head of the panel investigating the roots of the financial crisis told Rubin at a hearing.

Rubin expressed regret.

Yet he insisted he didn’t know until late in the game, when the subprime mortgage crisis erupted in September 2007, about the $43 billion in high-risk mortgage securities on Citigroup’s books.

The Citi trading-desk executives who built up that mountain of risk “acted in good faith and did what they felt was appropriate,” Rubin said. He said they thought, as many others on Wall Street did, that the triple-AAA rated securities were safe from default.

“There isn’t a way that you’re going to know what’s in those (bank) position books,” he said. “You really are depending on the people who are there to tell you.”

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Carell, Fey go out on a bad â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

By DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer

Steve Carell and Tina Feyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s night out is not so much a bad date as a sad date.

These are two of the funniest people ever on television, yet their bigscreen â&#x20AC;&#x153;Date Nightâ&#x20AC;? is a dreary, uninspired waste of their talents â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and those of the top-name cast inexplicably appearing in small throwaway roles.

The movie manages the barest glimmers of the droll humor of Carellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Officeâ&#x20AC;? and the snappy wit of Feyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;30 Rock,â&#x20AC;? and those few moments underscore how barren â&#x20AC;&#x153;Date Nightâ&#x20AC;? is the rest of the time.

Carell and Fey have an easy, affectionate rapport as run-down parents looking to renew some romantic sparks with a night out in Manhattan to break their boring routine.

The actors try hard to make it work, but the lowbrow sensibilities of director Shawn Levy (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Night at the Museumâ&#x20AC;? movies, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cheaper by the Dozenâ&#x20AC;?) leave them tottering through painful verbal exchanges, lame stunts and other dreadfully unfunny hijinks (their pole dance at a strip club is just embar-

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Actors Steve Carell, left, and Tina Fey pose for a portrait at the Hudson hotel while promoting the film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Date Night.â&#x20AC;? rassing, and like so many of the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gags, it drags on a long time).

The sketchy premise in screenwriter Josh Klausnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s script casts Carell and Fey as Phil and Claire Foster, tired, ordinary but reasonably content with their cozy New Jersey life with their two kids.

Once a week, Phil and Claire have a â&#x20AC;&#x153;date nightâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dinner and the same old table talk at the same old local restaurant.

After two of their friends (Mark Ruffalo and Kristen Wiig) announce theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re splitting up, the Fosters decide they need a marital booster and head to the city. Swiping a no-show coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

dinner reservation at a trendy Manhattan restaurant, the Fosters are mistaken for blackmailers who stole a flash-drive with incriminating information about some very dangerous criminal types.

Date night turns into a night on the run for Phil and Claire, who cross paths with a mobster (Ray Liotta), a security expert (Mark Wahlberg), a devoted cop (Taraji P. Henson), a drug dealer and his stripper girlfriend (James Franco and Mila Kunis) and two relentless thugs (Common and Jimmi Simpson).

The filmmakers give these extra hands nothing remotely interesting

or amusing to do (ongoing gags about Wahlbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shirtlessness are so repetitive they become exasperating).

Ruffaloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character says his marriage has become so humdrum that he and his soon-tobe-ex are nothing more than â&#x20AC;&#x153;excellent roommates.â&#x20AC;? That kind of sums up the dynamic between Fey and Carell, a couple of troupers who do try to deliver their drowsy lines as if they were saying funny stuff.

But like Phil and Claire, they are going through the motions, pretending theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a good comedy in hopes of keeping it from falling apart.

It falls apart, anyway.

Clearly, things have gone wrong when the outtakes pasted over the end credits cannot even provoke a chuckle.

Skip this â&#x20AC;&#x153;Date Night.â&#x20AC;?

Put the money toward your own night out at a fancy restaurant. Call ahead for a reservation first. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Date Night,â&#x20AC;? a 20th Century Fox release, is rated PG-13 for sexual and crude content throughout, language, some violence and a drug reference.

Running time: 88 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.

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Sex Pistolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; former manager McLaren has died at 64 LONDON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The former manager of the Sex Pistols and one of the seminal figures of the punk rock era, Malcolm McLaren, died Thursday, his son said. He was 64.

Joe McLaren Corre said his father died of an aggressive form of cancer in Switzerland, declining to give the exact location because he said he wanted to avoid a media scrum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was the original punk rocker and revolutionized the world,â&#x20AC;? Corre told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s somebody Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m incredibly proud of. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real beacon of a man for people to look up to.â&#x20AC;?

The multitalented McLaren rose to fame as the colorful manager of The Sex Pistols, but the art college dropout is also known for the infamous clothes shop he opened on Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Road with his then-girlfriend Vivienne Westwood in 1971.

The shop changed its name and focus several times, operating as â&#x20AC;&#x153;SEXâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Endâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seditionariesâ&#x20AC;? at various times before she and McLaren split.

Music journalist Jon Savage, who wrote â&#x20AC;&#x153;Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dreaming,â&#x20AC;? a history of the Sex Pistols and punk, said that â&#x20AC;&#x153;without Malcolm

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The 12episode Gosselin season will premiere in late summer, the TLC network said Thursday.

The single mother of young twins and sextuplets, Gosselin will also revisit her family life for a series of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kate Plus 8â&#x20AC;? specials beginning in June.

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Mexico: Hollywood producer suspect in wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death MEXICO CITY (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pimp My Rideâ&#x20AC;? and former â&#x20AC;&#x153;Survivorâ&#x20AC;? producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is a suspect in his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death days after reporting her missing in the resort city of Cancun, a Mexican official said Thursday.

The body of Monica Beresford-Redman was found Thursday in a sewer at the swanky Moon Palace resort where the family was on vacation, according to Bello Rodriguez, the attorney general for Quintana Roo state, where Cancun is located.

Rodriguez said a security guard at the hotel saw the couple arguing Monday night and said BeresfordRedman tried to hit her.

Beresford-Redman, who has been detained as a suspect, had scratches on his neck and officials were doing toxicology tests to determine if he had consumed drugs, Rodriguez said.

The cause of death has not been determined.

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Nuke treaty signed, but issues lurk

By JENNIFER LOVEN AP White House Correspondent

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Michael Brooks of Webbs Of Beckley Florist, loads his van with arrangements for deceased coal miner Steven Harrah, 40, of Cool Ridge, W.Va., Thursday. signatures to a landmark successor to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Nearly a year in the making, the “New START” signaled a bold opening in previously soured U.S.Russia relations. If ratified by both nations’ legislatures, it will shrink the limit of nuclear warheads to 1,550 each over seven years, down about a third from the current ceiling of 2,200.

Ratification in the U.S. Senate will hardly be automatic, requiring 67 votes in the 100-member chamber during a congressional election year when cooperation can be hard to come by.

Beyond that, urgent international nuclear tasks still face the two leaders.

For example, they are trying to forge agreement among themselves and four other nations — China, France, Britain, and Germany — on how to tackle Iran’s continued defiance of United Nations demands that it cease enriching uranium. The West insists Tehran seeks to develop nuclear weap-

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PRAGUE — The nuclear weapons cuts President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed on Thursday would shrink the Cold War superpowers’ arsenals to the lowest point since the frightening arms race of the 1960s.

But they won’t touch the “loose nukes” and suitcase bombs seen as the real menace in today’s age of terrorism.

“This ceremony is a testament to the truth that old adversaries can forge new partnerships,” Obama declared. “It is just one step on a longer journey.”

The warheads covered by the treaty are lethal relics of the Cold War, and even with the planned reductions there will be enough firepower on each side to devastate the world many times over.

And of more immediate concern are attempts by terrorist groups such as al-Qaida and nations such as Iran and North Korea to acquire or use nuclear weapons.

Obama and Medvedev showed solidarity for a spring showdown with Iran. And, beginning Monday, leaders of 47 countries will gather in Washington in an effort to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, crack down on illicit nuclear trafficking and lock down vulnerable nuclear materials around the world.

Introduced Thursday with trumpet fanfare, the two grinning presidents sat at an ornate table in Prague’s hilltop presidential castle and put their

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ons; Tehran says it is after peaceful nuclear power.

At Obama’s side, Medvedev made Russia’s support for considering a fourth round of U.N. sanctions on Iran clearer than ever. “We cannot turn a blind eye to this,” he said of Tehran’s intransigence.

But that was not the main question heading into the leaders’ talks, which ran overtime to about two hours. At issue, as representatives from the six partners prepare for what Obama called “ramped-up” discussions in New York, is how weak any new sanctions regime would need to be to get Moscow on board — not to mention China, an even more stubborn holdout.

Medvedev said sanctions should be “smart” — designed to change behavior, not to bring down the hardline Iranian government or impose hardship on Iran’s people.

The Russian leader said he had outlined for Obama “our limits for such sanctions,” and Obama Russia expert Mike McFaul said those discussions got very

specific.

“In all negotiations, people talk about their red lines and their bottom lines and we negotiate,” McFaul said. White House officials would not reveal details of the private conversation, concerned that it could threaten progress.

But Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said that a total embargo on refined petroleum products into Iran, which depends heavily on such imports, was out of the question for Moscow.

There is talk of hitting refined petroleum product deliveries some other way, but sanctions on Iran’s energy sector may be jettisoned altogether as too tough for Russia or China.

Obama repeated his flat declaration that “strong tough sanctions” will be agreed to this spring. He said “we will not tolerate” any actions by Iran that risk a new arms race in the Middle East or threaten the security of the international community.

The president faces another key test in that drive when he meets Chinese President Hu Jintao in Washington on the sidelines of Monday’s 47-nation summit.

Even as the U.S.-Russia deal was signed in Prague, the White House was deeply engaged in the uncertain Senate ratification fight in Washington.

With Obama needing to cajole at least eight Republicans into supporting the treaty to win the required 67 votes, Brian McKeon, a senior foreign policy adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, was named to head the effort.

Latest Rio landslide buries up to 200 in slum NITEROI, Brazil (AP) — As many as 200 people were buried under tons of mud and feared dead on Thursday after a slum built atop a former landfill gave way in the latest deadly landslide to hit metro Rio de Janeiro.

If confirmed, the deaths would raise the toll sharply from the 153 people already known to have died this week in slides triggered by record rains.

“We know that about 60 houses were buried,” Rio state health secretary Sergio Cortes told The Associated Press. “It is hard to say exactly how many people were buried under the mud as well, but a worst-case scenario is 200.”

The slide that hit late Wednesday was a wall of black earth and garbage about 40 feet (12 meters) high that plowed through the Morro Bumba shantytown before coming to a halt along the edge of road in Niteroi, a city of about 500,000 across the bay from Rio.

Kyrgyz president will not admit defeat by uprising BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — The president of Kyrgyzstan declared from hiding Thursday that he would not surrender to a violent uprising that put the opposition in control of much of the country, home to a U.S. air base key to the war in nearby Afghanistan.

Just after he spoke, automatic weapons fire broke out in the capital miles from the Manas facility, where flights were at least temporarily halted

and troops were confined to the base.

It was not clear if Kyrgyz forces controlled by the opposition in Bishkek were battling loyalists of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, or simply firing to deter looters after nightfall. There appeared to be little evidence of armed men loyal to Bakiyev in the capital before dusk.

The opposition has seized vital official buildings in Bishkek and elsewhere and was giving orders to at least some security forces, declaring it controlled four of the nation’s seven provinces. Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva said parliament had been dissolved and she would head an interim government that would rule for six months until elections were held. She urged Bakiyev to resign.

Iran: 3 jailed Americans linked to US intelligence TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s intelligence minister accused three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July of having links to U.S. intelligence services, state TV reported Thursday.

The comments toughened Iran’s accusations against the group, suggesting authorities could be close to bringing them to trial after months of mixed signals and fears in the U.S. that they could be used as bargaining chips in Iran’s confrontation with the West.

Their families say the three were on a hike in the scenic Kurdish region of northern Iraq and unintentionally strayed across the border. Iran has accused them of spying and said it intends to bring them to trial.

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Sports Jackets topple rival Cavs

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announces that Carolina will host the 2011 All-Star Game

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THE MASTERS • ROUND ONE

By RYAN SARDA sarda@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — A big fifth inning lifted the Lee County Yellow Jackets to an 11-4 victory over the Southern Lee Cavaliers.

Trailing 4-1 after fourth inning, the Yellow Jackets scored 10 runs in the fifth to take the lead for good. The Yellow Jackets improve to 3-8 overall and get a huge win after falling 23-0 at the hands of FuquayVarina on Wednesday.

“I’m pleased with the results and the way the girls stepped up, especially after that loss to Fuquay-Varina,” said Lee County coach Miles McCaskill. “They really responded very well. We’ve got some confidence now.”

The Cavaliers (1-6) had seven errors in the fifth inning that contributed to Lee County’s comeback.

“It was a disappointing fifth inning for us,” said Southern Lee coach Tammy Batten. “We had seven errors in that inning and they took advantage of it.

They put the ball in play and we just couldn’t bounce back.”

The Yellow Jackets were led by Oakley Hibbard on the mound. Hibbard had three strikeouts and allowed just six hits in the win.

Felicia Ray had two hits and scored three runs in the victory. Paige Hammonds was 4-for-5 at the plate.

“We played really well,” said McCaskill. “We took advantage of their miscues and got some key hits during that time. We got down by three early, but I told the girls that things can happen so quickly in this game. We came out and had a big inning.”

Southern Lee was led by Caroline Bunnell, who was 2-for-3. Kaitie Gay, Kaitlyn Rackley and Ashley Poe all went 1-for-3 in the loss.

“It was just a disappointing showing for us,” said Batten.

“We made those errors and that cost us the game.”

In junior varsity action, the Yellow Jackets remained undefeated after beating the Cavaliers 9-2.

Allie Ayers led the Yellow Jackets at the plate with a 2-for-3 performance. Katie Cockerham had a hit and a double. Nikki Hoover and Kristin McVey each added a triple in the win.

Ayers struck out three for the Yellow Jackets.

NCAA STEVENS SIGNS NEW 12-YEAR DEAL AT BUTLER

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Brad Stevens isn’t leaving Butler any time soon.

The coach who took the Bulldogs to the national title game and fell one bounce short of winning the championship has signed a 12-year deal that would keep him at the school through at least 2021-22. The school did not say how much the deal was worth.

Last season, Stevens had a total compensation package of $750,000.

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Tiger Woods pumps his fist after his birdie putt on the ninth green during the first round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., Thursday.

Woods sharp in return On a day of incredible storylines, Woods has best Masters start of his career

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods played like the last five months never happened.

Even more surprising, he felt that way, too.

No longer the same person after he was caught cheating on his wife, Woods looked every bit the same golfer Thursday when he opened with a 4-under 68 — his best first round ever

at Augusta National — that left him only two shots behind 50-year-old Fred Couples on an extraordinary opening day at the Masters.

It just didn’t seem that way to Woods.

Standing on the first tee, looking down a fairway lined with thousands of spectators curious to see how he would respond to a sex scandal that shocked the world, Woods didn’t flinch.

“It felt normal,” he said. “Try

to hit a little fade off the first tee, try to take something off of it and make sure I got it in play. That was about it. From there, I just went about my business.”

Woods twirled his club after a good drive, slammed it after a few bad ones. He pumped his fist after making the first of two eagles and sunk to his knees when he missed a birdie putt on the 16th that slowed his climb up

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Despite Watson, Couples, this day was all about Tiger Nothing was going to upstage Tiger Woods’ return to championship golf at The Masters on Thursday.

But Tom Watson and Fred Couples sure tried.

In what world does a leaderboard with 13 major titles — not to mention five green jackets — among the five men at 5 under par or better, a board on which the leader is 50 years old and includes an all-time great at 60 matching his best round — ever — at Augusta, not measure up as the biggest story of Round 1?

Tiger’s world, you silly thing.

What that says about the state of today’s game of golf is hard to

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quantify. What it says about the mass media hysteria of our news cycle may be even more difficult

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Tom Watson follows his putt on the 17th green during the first round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., Thursday.

CHATLEE CHALLENGE

West, Grace win inaugural tourney games Teams will square off in finals at 6 p.m. today

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West Lee’s Tyler North pitches against SanLee Middle School on Thursday at the Chatlee Challenge.

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SANFORD — Tyler North allowed just one hit and lifted the West Lee Pride to an 8-0 shutout victory over cross-town foe SanLee in the opening round of the inaugural Chatlee Challenge on Thursday at the Tramway Athletic Complex.

The Pride will now play Grace Christian in the championship

game today at 6 p.m.

The SanLee Stallions will play East Lee in the 4 p.m. consolation game against East Lee, which fell 11-3 to Grace Christian in the later game Thursday.

North and relief pitcher Alex Leggette allowed just two hits for the entire game. North struck out

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CALENDAR Friday, April 9 Baseball Lee County at Apex, 7 Soccer Southern Lee at Lee County, 6:30 p.m.

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SPORTS SCENE Lee Christian falls in girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; soccer SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vandalia Christian scored four unanswered goals â&#x20AC;&#x201D; three of them in the second half, to defeat Lee Christian 4-1 in girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; soccer on Thursday.

Whitney Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Quinn scored the lone goal for the Falcons, giving the team an early lead in the 14th minute. Skyler Dubuc had the assist.

Vandalia tied the game with a goal seven minutes later.

Lee Christian fell to 2-8-1 overall and 1-5-1 in the NCCSA 3-A West Conference.

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SanLee Middle Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Patrick Bunnell (left) gets ready to catch the ball as West Lee Middle Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nolan Grace slides into third base on Thursday during the Chatlee Challenge.

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nine and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow a single walk in six innings of work. In the seventh,

Leggette came in and allowed a hit.

Nolan Groce had two hits and an RBI for the Pride. Tyler Thomas also had two hits in the victory.

Five more West Lee batters

contributed with a hit apiece.

Micah Welborn had three hits to pace Grace Christian while Zane Lewis and Pressley Hales added two hits apiece.

Sam Holt, Brent Godfrey and Aaron Ayers had one hit apiece for Grace Christian.

Lewis picked up the win, fanning seven in four innings.

HOLLY SPRINGS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jordan Tillet picked up a victory in his singles match in Lee Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 8-1 loss to Holly Springs in boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tennis on Thursday.

Hammy James and Dylan Westrick also played well for the Jackets, falling in tiebreakers.

Furl blasts two HRs, Frye tosses shutout FUQUAY-VARINA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alex Furl belted two home runs and drove in four runs while Dillon Frye tossed a shutout as Lee County blanked Fuquay-Varina 6-0 in baseball on Wednesday.

Frye scattered five hits and struck out seven for the Yellow Jackets.

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS

Bobcats enter uncharted territory: NBA playoffs NEW ORLEANS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; D.J. Augustinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clutch shooting, so familiar to basketball fans in his hometown of New Orleans, sent the Charlotte Bobcats into uncharted territory: the NBA playoffs.

Shortly after congratulating the current Louisiana state champions from

his old high school, Augustin hit three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, including one with 16 seconds left to give Charlotte the lead for good in a dramatic 104-103 victory over the Hornets on Wednesday night.

That secured the first playoff berth for the

Bobcats, in their sixth year since joining the NBA and first with Michael Jordan as their majority owner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Great year,â&#x20AC;? Augustin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bobcats have never made the playoffs and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic. But we want to stay focused and get ready for the playoffs and try to go farther than

just the first round.â&#x20AC;?

Stephen Jackson scored 29 points for Charlotte, which blew a 26-point lead and trailed by as much as eight in the fourth quarter.

Bobcats coach Larry Brown termed the Bobcatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; victory, â&#x20AC;&#x153;a miracle.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a happy man,â&#x20AC;?

Brown said, more annoyed about the blown lead than pleased by the late rally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy for our fans.

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because the losses hurt.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; That (performance) hurt.â&#x20AC;?

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Neither team scored again until Augustinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big 3.

Collison had a chance to tie it, but his leaner in a crowd of defenders in the lane missed in the final seconds. Raymond Felton made a pair of free throws before Marcus Thornton, who had 36 points, hit a meaningless 3 as time expired.

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Tigers rally by Royals

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in four runs and Dontrelle Willis turned in six solid innings in his first regular-season start in almost 10 months, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 7-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.

The Royals bullpen blew three saves in the seasonopening three-game series against the Tigers.

Willis, plagued with chronic wildness during his shortened 2009 season, walked the first batter he faced on four pitches.

But the former two-time National League All-Star issued only one more base on balls and had four strikeouts, giving up two runs on seven hits.

Eddie Bonine (1-0) pitched an inning of relief, giving up three hits.

Reliever Luis Mendoza (0-1) gave up Cabrera’s three-run shot.

Athletics 6, Mariners 2 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Brett Anderson pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning of a strong season debut, Daric Barton drove in a career-high four runs and the Athletics beat Seattle to take three of the first four in the AL West rivalry.

Anderson (1-0) allowed three hits, struck out four and walked one.

Blue Jays 3, Rangers 1 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Vernon Wells hit his fourth homer in three games and Toronto rallied for three runs in the ninth against closer Frank Francisco.

Rangers starter C.J. Wilson struck out nine and allowed five hits over seven innings in his return to the rotation, but Francisco (0-1) failed in his first save opportunity of the season.

Gomes lifts Reds over Cards

— Jonny Gomes hit a solo homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday, sending the Cincinnati Reds to their first win of the season, 2-1 over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Gomes connected on a 2-2 pitch from Jason Motte (0-1), brought into the game to face him.

Francisco Cordero (1-0) pitched a perfect ninth in relief of Bronson Arroyo, who went the first eight innings and singled home a run. After scoring 17 runs in the first two games, the Cardinals managed only four hits in the series finale, including Matt Holliday’s first homer.

Nationals 6, Phillies 5 WASHINGTON (AP) — Ryan Zimmerman drove in the tiebreaking run off new Philadelphia reliever Nelson Figueroa with a blooper to shallow right that landed inches fair, and the Washington avoided a season-opening, three-game sweep.

Willie Harris hit a two-run homer for the Nationals, and Tyler Clippard (1-0) earned the victory with 1 2-3 innings of relief. Matt Capps worked around Chase Utley’s leadoff double in the ninth for his first save with Washington.

Dodgers 10, Pirates 2 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ronnie Belliard homered among three extra base hits and drove in four runs, and Los Angeles avoided being swept in a three-game series by the Pirates for the first time in 10 years.

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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, center, announces that the 2011 NHL All-Star game will be played in Raleigh during a press conference held outside the RBC Center on Thursday. Hurricanes head coach Paul Maurice, left, and Jason Karmanos, vice president and assistant general manager listen.

Carolina to host next All-Star Game RALEIGH (AP) — The NHL awarded the 2011 AllStar game to the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday, coming through on a pledge commissioner Gary Bettman once made to the franchise.

“You have all been asking me for years when the All-Star game was coming to Raleigh,” Bettman told a crowd of about 1,000 Hurricanes fans who packed the RBC Center’s lawn. “I did make a promise a number of years ago. So, today, I will fulfill that promise.”

Next year’s game originally was to be played in Phoenix, but when the Coyotes filed for bankruptcy, the league re-opened its options. Bettman estimated that 14 teams applied either to host All-Star games from 2011-13 or upcoming NHL drafts.

Telling the other franchises that “your time will come,” Bettman said awarding the game to Car-

olina “is a testimony to the strength of this franchise.”

Bettman credited the metropolitan Raleigh area for making the improvements to the infrastructure and taking care of several other questions the league had. He cited a renovated airport terminal, a new 500,000-square-foot convention center that opened in September 2008, and the addition of nearly 800 fourand five-star hotel rooms in the past three years.

The commissioner also downplayed concerns about the relatively quick turnaround time between the announcement and the game. The area won’t have the luxury of a few years of lead time to prepare for the game, which is set for Jan. 30, 2011.

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In their 11 seasons since moving from Hartford, the Hurricanes have been no strangers to some of the league’s marquee events.

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SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — It’s been an unforgettable 48 hours for Tina Charles.

Less than two days after helping UConn win its second straight national championship, she was selected first by the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA draft on Thursday.

“It’s unbelievable, my heart is still pounding out of my chest,” Charles said. “I’m more interested what impact I’ll have on the team more than just being the No. 1 pick.”

Lilly’s minor league rehab delayed by stiff back ATLANTA (AP) — Chicago left-hander Ted Lilly has delayed his rehabilitation start

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says New Orleans Hornets owner George Shinn is negotiating to sell his majority stake in the NBA club to minority owner and Louisiana native Gary Chouest.

Following Shinn’s successful bout with prostate cancer, he wants to focus on charitable work aimed at promoting early diagnosis and treatment of cancer, the person told the Associated Press on Thursday, speaking on the condition of anonymity because no agreement has been signed.

Nancy Kerrigan’s brother charged with manslaughter BOSTON (AP) — The brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was charged with manslaughter in the death of their 70-year-old father in what prosecutors called a drunken rage during a trivial argument over use of the family telephone, the Middlesex district attorney’s office said Thursday.

Mark Kerrigan, 45, was indicted by a Middlesex Superior Court grand jury in the Jan. 24 death of Daniel Kerrigan.

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NBA Standings W 61 55 49 49 44 44 42 38 37 30 28 26 25 24 11

z-Cleveland y-Orlando x-Atlanta y-Boston x-Miami x-Milwaukee x-Charlotte Toronto Chicago Indiana New York Philadelphia Detroit Washington New Jersey

y-L.A. Lakers x-Dallas x-Denver x-Phoenix x-Utah x-Oklahoma City x-Portland x-San Antonio Houston Memphis New Orleans L.A. Clippers Golden State Sacramento Minnesota x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

W 55 51 51 51 51 48 48 48 40 39 35 27 24 24 15

Sports Review

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division L Pct GB L10 17 .782 — 8-2 23 .705 6 8-2 29 .628 12 5-5 29 .628 12 5-5 34 .564 17 9-1 34 .564 17 6-4 36 .538 19 7-3 40 .487 23 4-6 40 .481 23 1/2 6-4 48 .385 31 8-2 50 .359 33 4-6 52 .333 35 2-8 53 .321 36 2-8 54 .308 37 3-7 67 .141 50 4-6 WESTERN CONFERENCE L Pct GB L10 22 .714 — 6-4 27 .654 4 1/2 5-5 27 .654 4 1/2 5-5 27 .654 4 1/2 9-1 28 .646 5 7-3 30 .615 7 1/2 6-4 30 .615 7 1/2 8-2 30 .615 7 1/2 7-3 38 .513 15 1/2 4-6 39 .500 16 1/2 3-7 44 .443 21 2-8 51 .346 28 1/2 2-8 54 .308 31 1/2 5-5 54 .308 31 1/2 1-9 63 .192 40 1/2 1-9

Wednesday’s Games Indiana 113, New York 105 Boston 115, Toronto 104 Orlando 121, Washington 94 Detroit 90, Atlanta 88 Miami 99, Philadelphia 95 Houston 113, Utah 96 Milwaukee 108, New Jersey 89 Golden State 116, Minnesota 107 Charlotte 104, New Orleans 103 Denver 98, Oklahoma City 94 Dallas 110, Memphis 84 Portland 93, L.A. Clippers 85 Phoenix 112, San Antonio 101 Thursday’s Games Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

New York at Orlando, 7 p.m.

BASEBALL Str W-1 W-2 L-2 W-1 W-9 W-3 W-2 L-3 L-1 W-2 L-1 L-5 W-2 L-1 L-2

Home 35-4 32-7 32-7 24-15 23-16 28-11 30-9 24-15 22-17 22-17 17-22 12-27 17-23 14-25 7-32

Away 26-13 23-16 17-22 25-14 21-18 16-23 12-27 14-25 15-23 8-31 11-28 14-25 8-30 10-29 4-35

Conf 38-10 35-13 28-20 32-16 29-19 29-19 25-24 27-21 24-23 21-27 19-29 14-35 17-32 16-32 7-41

Str L-1 W-1 W-3 W-1 L-1 L-2 W-2 L-1 W-2 L-3 L-4 L-6 W-1 L-8 L-3

Home 33-6 27-13 32-6 30-9 32-8 25-14 25-13 28-11 22-17 23-17 23-16 19-19 17-22 17-21 10-29

Away 22-16 24-14 19-21 21-18 19-20 23-16 23-17 20-19 18-21 16-22 12-28 8-32 7-32 7-33 5-34

Conf 33-14 29-19 32-16 32-16 29-20 26-22 31-17 29-19 27-22 21-28 24-25 13-35 13-35 15-33 8-41

Toronto at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Utah at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Chicago at New Jersey, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Boston at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Denver, 9 p.m.

Dallas at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

FedEx Cup Standings

By The Associated Press Through March 28 Rank Name 1. Ernie Els 2. Anthony Kim 3. Steve Stricker 4. Dustin Johnson 5. Camilo Villegas 6. Matt Kuchar 7. Ben Crane 8. Bill Haas 9. Jim Furyk 10. Robert Allenby 11. Hunter Mahan 12. J.B. Holmes 13. Ian Poulter 14. Geoff Ogilvy 15. Ryan Palmer 16. Paul Casey 17. Luke Donald 18. Retief Goosen 19. K.J. Choi 20. Bubba Watson 21. Tim Clark 22. Vaughn Taylor 23. Rickie Fowler

Pts 1,345 930 927 833 829 749 735 728 721 654 652 642 622 614 604 595 580 574 552 520 501 496 482

Money $3,048,641 $1,832,557 $1,988,151 $1,793,434 $1,861,500 $1,574,213 $1,286,276 $1,308,850 $1,360,987 $1,252,307 $1,291,593 $1,249,583 $1,505,025 $1,314,606 $1,162,202 $1,470,700 $1,200,671 $1,267,833 $931,630 $885,092 $836,846 $984,949 $916,301

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the leaderboard.

And just like always, he complained about not making enough putts.

“Otherwise, it could have been a very special round,” Woods said.

Yet it was special in so many ways.

Couples, who played a practice round with Woods on Monday, sauntered along in tennis shoes and no socks and shot a 6-under 66. It was his best score ever at the Masters and made him the oldest player to be the outright leader for any round.

“I never really thought about what I was shooting,” said Couples, who already has won three times this year on the 50-and-older Champions Tour. “It was a fun day for me. I still think I can play, and if I putt well I’ve got to be some kind of factor in my mind.”

Tom Watson, at 60 the oldest player in this Masters, picked up from his amazing ride at last year’s British Open with a bogey-free round of 67 that left him tied with Lee Westwood, Phil Mickelson, PGA champion Y.E.

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GOLF 4 p.m.

ESPN — The Masters, second round, at Augusta, Ga. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7 p.m.

WGN — Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati NHL HOCKEY 7 p.m.

VERSUS — Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers or Atlanta at Washington 9:30 p.m.

VERSUS — Chicago at Colorado

Yang and K.J. Choi.

“My goals were to play better than I’ve played in the last five or six years, and I achieved that — for the first round,” Watson said. “I’m playing pretty well. I’ve said I have to play better than 90 percent to be successful on this golf course.”

Still, this day was always going to be about Woods.

He had not hit a competitive shot in 144 days, since winning the Australian Masters on Nov. 15 for his 82nd victory around the world. A four-time Masters champion, he has never come to Augusta National with so much uncertainty — about his game, and mostly how fans would respond to a player whose impeccable image had been shattered by tawdry tabloid tales of sex.

The patrons were on their best behavior, as expected at the most polite tournament in golf.

Augusta National can’t control the perimeter of the course, however, and a couple of planes toted banners that poked fun at Woods — one for his pledge to get back to Buddhism (“Bootyism,” the banner said), another mocking claims he needed therapy as a sex

addict.

On the ground, the gallery was mostly positive, with a few exceptions.

“He doesn’t have the right character and integrity to represent golf,” Larry Isenhour said.

“That’s why I came out early this morning to applaud Jack Nicklaus.”

Nicklaus, the six-time Masters champion, joined Arnold Palmer as an honorary starter. The two old rivals hit the ceremonial tee shots to open the Masters, and chairman Billy Payne said, “The 2010 Masters is now officially begun. Have fun.”

And they did.

Clouds moved in quickly and kept the sun from baking out the greens, and some of the hole locations allowed for birdies. The low scores weren’t a surprise, only the names next to them.

Watson had two birdies in three holes to put his name on the leaderboard and bring back memories of his magical run at Turnberry last summer when he missed an eight-foot putt on last hole of regulation and then lost in a playoff at the British Open. He never went away this time, never made a bogey and wound up matching his best score ever at Augusta.

NL Glance All Times EDT

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 2 0 1.000 — 1 ⁄2 Philadelphia 2 1 .667 Florida 1 1 .500 1 New York 1 1 .500 1 Washington 1 2 .333 11⁄2 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 2 1 .667 — Pittsburgh 2 1 .667 — St. Louis 2 1 .667 — Cincinnati 1 2 .333 1 1 Chicago 0 2 .000 1 ⁄2 Houston 0 3 .000 2 West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 3 0 1.000 — Arizona 2 1 .667 1 Colorado 1 2 .333 2 Los Angeles 1 2 .333 2 San Diego 1 2 .333 2 Wednesday’s Games Milwaukee 5, Colorado 4 San Francisco 10, Houston 4 Pittsburgh 4, L.A. Dodgers 3, 10 innings Philadelphia 8, Washington 4 Atlanta 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Florida 7, N.Y. Mets 6, 10 innings St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 3 Arizona 5, San Diego 3 Thursday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 10, Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 1 Washington 6, Philadelphia 5 Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Florida at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games San Diego (Richard 0-0) at Colorado (De La Rosa 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Hudson 0-0) at San Francisco (Sanchez 0-0), 4:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Silva 0-0) at Cincinnati (Bailey 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 0-0) at Florida (Volstad 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Mock 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Happ 0-0) at Houston (Norris 0-0), 8:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Lohse 0-0) at Milwaukee (Bush 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Morton 0-0) at Arizona (R.Lopez 0-0), 9:40 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 3:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

Atlanta at San Francisco, 10:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Florida, 1:10 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Atlanta at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m.

AL Glance All Times EDT

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 2 0 1.000 — New York 2 1 .667 1⁄2 Toronto 2 1 .667 1⁄2 Boston 1 2 .333 11⁄2 Baltimore 0 2 .000 2 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 2 1 .667 — Minnesota 2 1 .667 — Chicago 1 1 .500 1⁄2 Cleveland 1 1 .500 1⁄2 Kansas City 1 2 .333 1 West Division W L Pct GB Oakland 3 1 .750 — Los Angeles 1 2 .333 11⁄2 Texas 1 2 .333 11⁄2 Seattle 1 3 .250 2 Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 3 N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 1, 10 innings Toronto 7, Texas 4 Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 3 Kansas City 3, Detroit 2, 11 innings Minnesota 4, L.A. Angels 2 Oakland 6, Seattle 5 Thursday’s Games Toronto 3, Texas 1 Detroit 7, Kansas City 3 Oakland 6, Seattle 2 Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Cleveland (Huff 0-0) at Detroit (Porcello 0-0), 1:05 p.m.

Toronto (Morrow 0-0) at Baltimore (Bergesen 0-0), 3:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Price 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (Vargas 0-0) at Texas (Lewis 0-0), 8:05 p.m.

Boston (Wakefield 0-0) at Kansas City (Davies 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

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to figure.

But there was no denying Woods his spotlight at center stage. The day was going to be about him no matter what. As soon as he teed it up, all eyes were going to be on him. Not just on every shot, but for every step he took, and for every waggle of the club. The scrutiny promised to be legendary.

It turns out that was only for the first tee. After that, he let his game do the talking.

And on Turn Back The Clock day at Augusta National, perhaps the biggest surprise of all was that Woods was in top form.

And considering the gray hairs at the top of that aforementioned leaderboard, man, does that say a lot.

Woods split the first fairway as if he had never taken a day away from the game, let alone a 144-day break brought on by the biggest sex scandal since Clinton.

From there, all he did was strike piercing drives, shoot darts with his irons, make the clever recovery shots we’ve come to expect and either bury putts or burn the edges of the cups. He had two eagles and three birdies,

Minnesota (Liriano 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (G.Gonzalez 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Palmer 0-0), 10:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Cleveland at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 3:10 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 3:10 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Boston at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Cleveland at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

Boston at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 3:05 p.m.

Oakland at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

GOLF Masters Tee Times

By The Associated Press All Times EDT Thursday-Friday First-Second Rounds At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. a-amateur 7:50 a.m.-10:57 a.m. — Nathan Green, Heath Slocum, Louis Oosthuizen 8:01 a.m.-11:08 a.m. — Craig Stadler, John Merrick, Jerry Kelly 8:12 a.m.-11:19 a.m. — Ian Woosnam, Brian Gay, Marc Leishman 8:23 a.m.-11:30 a.m. — Bernhard Langer, Scott Verplank, a-Brad Benjamin 8:34 a.m.-11:41 a.m. — John Senden, David Toms, Graeme McDowell 8:45 a.m.-11:52 a.m. — Mark O’Meara, Rory Sabbatini, a-Nathan Smith 8:56 a.m.-12:14 p.m. — Martin Kaymer, Geoff Ogilvy, Luke Donald 9:07 a.m.-12:25 p.m. — Tom Watson, Tim Clark, Steve Marino 9:18 a.m.-12:36 p.m. — Bill Haas, Todd Hamilton, Anders Hansen 9:29 a.m.-12:47 p.m. — Dustin Johnson, Oliver Wilson, Alvaro Quiros 9:40 a.m.-12:58 p.m. — Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, a-Matteo Manassero 10:02 a.m.-1:09 p.m. — Chad Campbell, Francesco Molinari, Paul Casey 10:13 a.m.-1:20 p.m. — Ernie Els, Anthony Kim, Ryo Ishikawa 10:24 a.m.-1:31 p.m. — Angel Cabrera, Jim Furyk, a-Byeong-Hun An 10:35 a.m.-1:42 p.m. — Phil Mickelson, Robert Allenby, Y.E. Yang 10:46 a.m.-1:53 p.m. — Retief Goosen, Hunter Mahan, Robert Karlsson 10:57 a.m.-7:50 a.m. — Ben Crane, Simon Dyson, Michael Campbell 11:08 a.m.-8:01 a.m. — Larry Mize, Ryan Palmer, Chris Wood 11:19 a.m.-8:12 a.m. — Sandy Lyle, Justin Leonard, Kevin Na 11:30 a.m.-8:23 a.m. — Ben Crenshaw, Steve Flesch, a-Ben Martin 11:41 a.m.-8:34 a.m. — Ryan Moore, Ross Fisher, Nick Watney 11:52 a.m.-8:45 a.m. — Trevor Immelman, Soren Hansen, John Rollins 12:14 a.m.-8:56 a.m. — Vijay Singh, Jason Dufner, Sean O’Hair 12:25 p.m.-9:07 a.m. — Thongchai Jaidee, Ben Curtis, Soren Kjeldsen 12:36 p.m.-9:18 a.m. — Camilo Villegas, Kenny Perry, Rory McIlroy 12:47 p.m.-9:29 a.m. — Zach Johsnon, Henrik Stenson, a-Chang-won Han 12:58 p.m.-9:40 a.m. — Fred Couples, Sergio Garcia, Shingo Katayama 1:09 p.m.-10:02 a.m. — Miguel Angel Jimenez, Edoardo Molinari, Lucas Glover 1:20 p.m.-10:13 a.m. — Charl Schwartzel, Stewart Cink, Padraig Harrington 1:31 p.m.-10:24 a.m. — Yuta Ikeda, Ian Poulter, Steve Stricker 1:42 p.m.-10:35 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Matt Kuchar, K.J. Choi 1:53 p.m.-10:46 a.m. — Adam Scott, David Duval, Ricky Barnes.

Masters Par Par Scores

By The Associated Press Thursday At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Purse: TBA Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round (a-amateur) Fred Couples 34-32 — 66 -6 Tom Watson 34-33 — 67 -5 Lee Westwood 35-32 — 67 -5 Phil Mickelson 35-32 — 67 -5 Y.E. Yang 35-32 — 67 -5 K.J. Choi 35-32 — 67 -5 Anthony Kim 33-35 — 68 -4 Nick Watney 34-34 — 68 -4 Ian Poulter 34-34 — 68 -4 Tiger Woods 33-35 — 68 -4 Ricky Barnes 36-32 — 68 -4 David Toms 35-34 — 69 -3 Sandy Lyle 35-34 — 69 -3 Trevor Immelman 36-33 — 69 -3 Charl Schwartzel 35-34 — 69 -3 Adam Scott 37-32 — 69 -3 Francesco Molinari 35-35 — 70 -2 Soren Kjeldsen 33-37 — 70 -2 Zach Johsnon 35-35 — 70 -2 Yuta Ikeda 37-33 — 70 -2 Matt Kuchar 33-37 — 70 -2 Bernhard Langer 33-38 — 71 -1

and ended the day as the most dangerous name on the board after a 4-underpar 68, the best first-round score of his career.

Read that last part again.

The best first-round score of his career. After everything that’s happened, Tiger Woods has returned better than ever.

Aside from that, it was nothing new at Augusta.

Wait, that’s not right. In fact, it’s not even close.

Maybe it’s nothing new for Tiger.

The rest of the field? Hey now.

Watson’s staggering run at Turnberry a year ago was no fluke — he played the Open Championship brilliantly for 71 1/2 holes, and the approach shot on 18 that led to a bogey may have just been unlucky. But if there were any lingering doubts about his ability to contend, Watson answered them all on Thursday with his bogeyfree 67. Heck, he answered them with a top-10 finish in Dubai earlier this year.

Still, it is not likely Watson will prevail at The Masters.

Even he said before the tournament that the course is too long for him. He hadn’t broken 70 in years, and his previous 67 came 20 years ago, well before the extensive Tiger-proofing renovations.

John Senden 36-35 Steve Marino 33-38 Dustin Johnson 37-34 Mike Weir 36-35 a-Matteo Manassero 35-36 Ernie Els 35-36 Hunter Mahan 37-34 Robert Karlsson 36-35 Ben Crane 36-35 Nathan Green 36-36 Heath Slocum 36-36 John Merrick 36-36 Jerry Kelly 35-37 Marc Leishman 38-34 Bill Haas 35-37 Ryo Ishikawa 35-37 Robert Allenby 39-33 Ryan Palmer 35-37 Ryan Moore 36-36 Sean O’Hair 36-36 Kenny Perry 36-36 Miguel Angel Jimenez 37-35 Scott Verplank 36-37 a-Brad Benjamin 38-35 Angel Cabrera 33-40 Ben Curtis 38-35 Steve Stricker 37-36 Brian Gay 34-40 a-Nathan Smith 35-39 Geoff Ogilvy 40-34 Luke Donald 39-35 Todd Hamilton 35-39 Retief Goosen 35-39 Kevin Na 37-37 Soren Hansen 39-35 Thongchai Jaidee 37-37 Camilo Villegas 37-37 Rory McIlroy 37-37 Sergio Garcia 37-37 Padraig Harrington 37-37 Louis Oosthuizen 36-39 Graeme McDowell 40-35 Mark O’Meara 38-37 Rory Sabbatini 36-39 Tim Clark 35-40 Alvaro Quiros 36-39 Paul Casey 36-39 Justin Leonard 37-38 Steve Flesch 40-35 a-Ben Martin 36-39 John Rollins 34-41 Jason Dufner 36-39 Shingo Katayama 38-37 Martin Kaymer 38-38 Larry Mize 37-39 Vijay Singh 38-38 Edoardo Molinari 37-39 Lucas Glover 37-39 Stewart Cink 35-41 David Duval 35-41 Simon Dyson 38-39 Ben Crenshaw 40-37 Ross Fisher 39-38 Oliver Wilson 40-38 a-Byeong-Hun An 39-39 Chris Wood 41-37 Craig Stadler 42-37 Chad Campbell 38-41 a-Chang-won Han 39-40 Anders Hansen 39-41 Jim Furyk 36-44 Henrik Stenson 41-39 Ian Woosnam 41-40 Michael Campbell 41-42

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AUTO RACING 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule and standings

By The Associated Press Feb. 6 — x-Budweiser Shootout (Kevin Harvick) Feb. 11 — x-Gatorade Duel 1 (Jimmie Johnson) Feb. 11 — x-Gatorade Duel 2 (Kasey Kahne) Feb. 14 — Daytona 500 (Jamie McMurray) Feb. 21 — Auto Club 500 (Jimmie Johnson) Feb. 28 — Shelby American, Las Vegas (Jimmie Johnson) March 7 — Kobalt Tools 500 (Kurt Busch) March 21 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn.

(Jimmie Johnson) March 28 — Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500, Martinsville, Va. (Denny Hamlin) April 10 — Subway Fresh Fit 600, Avondale, Ariz.

April 18 — Samsung Mobile 500, Fort Worth, Texas April 25 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. May 1 — Crown Royal Presents The Heath Calhoun 400, Richmond, Va. May 8 — Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. May 16 — Autism Speaks 400, Dover, Del. May 22 — x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, N.C. May 22 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. May 30 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. June 6 — Pocono 500, Long Pond, Pa. June 13 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

June 20 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.

June 27 — Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Loudon, N.H. July 3 — Coke Zero 400 Powered By CocaCola, Daytona Beach, Fla. July 10 — LifeLock.com 400, Joliet, Ill. July 25 — Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Aug. 1 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, Pa. Aug. 8 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 15 — Carfax 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

Aug. 21 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.

Sep. 5 — Labor Day Classic 500, Hampton, Ga.

But Watson’s run at the Open last year can be argued that it was the single greatest athletic achievement — in any sport, ever. Here he may be doing it again, and yet the lead story belongs to Woods.

Then there is Fred Couples, who has destroyed the Champions Tour since he joined this year. Couples putted beautifully the entire round, crushing Amen Corner-plus-15 in 3 under and rocketing to the top with a 6under 66 after a tight birdie on 17. Couples, the Masters champion in 1992, has led a career that some might say was a touch unfulfilled, but may have begun repairing that slight strain to his image on Thursday.

Still, this day was about another golfer’s image.

It was never going to be about anything else. Storylines even Hollywood would be embarrassed to try to pull off couldn’t usurp the story that is Tiger Woods.

By the way, Phil Mickelson is only a shot back at 5 under after his own brilliant 67.

Remember him?

Alex Podlogar is The Herald’s sports editor. Reach him at alexp@sanfordherald. com and at (919) 718-1222.

Read his blog at designatedhitter.wordpress.com

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The Sanford Herald / Friday, April 9, 2010 / 5B

DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

Grandma’s late nights take their toll on her grandkids

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: There are more options than you realize. Consider some of the things you have done in the past and implement them into what you are trying to do now. You will find a way to utilize all your skills to the fullest.

Offer help to someone you know has something to give you in return. Your intuition will guide you down a path that will help you gain confidence and greater status. Your numbers are 4, 10, 19, 22, 28, 37, 43 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do something special for someone you are trying to impress. Expect to face jealousy if you present an idea that is well-received by your peers and colleagues. Holding back to spare someone’s feelings will not help either one of you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You cannot expect others to do things the same as you. Try new things and visit new places. The knowledge and experience you pick up will help you put a relationship you have with someone into perspective.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Give whatever you do your best shot and don’t worry about the people who don’t appreciate what you have to offer.

Resentment will mount if you are in competition with someone. Don’t let pettiness stand in your way.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keep the past where it belongs. Loss, anger and upset will get the better of you if you dwell on things you cannot change.

Look forward with optimism. Change is upon you -- embrace it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do not deviate from the truth or someone will question where you got your information. A money matter will be riddled with emotional deception and the possibility of loss. Be upfront about how and what you are doing.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

WORD JUMBLE

22): You may have to use a bit of force to get your way but, in the end, you will achieve what you set out to do and others will be thankful for your efforts. Don’t let the changes someone makes upset your plans. Stay on course.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your savvy, sophisticated way of dealing with others will win favors from acquaintances but may annoy those closest to you. A money matter should be cleared up to ease tension between you and someone you care about.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Emotional troubles will escalate if you haven’t been pulling your weight.

Find a way to surprise the person who means the most to you. Your vision and help will revive some of the lost charisma you shared.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You may find it easier to upgrade your skills and pursue a higher position. Overreacting to a situation you are faced with will only make matters worse. A job you had in the past may be perfect for you now.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): If you feel a deal being offered isn’t right for you, say so. Back away from anyone pushing you to become a partner in a project that doesn’t interest you. Put your time, effort and energy into your own projects.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Self-deception will lead to mistakes. View your life objectively if you want to move in a positive direction. Hanging out with people who are a poor influence will cause confusion and upset the people who love you the most.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You may have to check references or do a background check on someone you aren’t certain you can trust. Avoid inconsistency. Don’t share your plans until you are 100 percent sure you are going to follow through.

DEAR ABBY: My sister “Carole’s” husband died a year ago, and her oldest daughter passed away four months later. Carole now has her daughter’s two oldest children, ages 10 and 14.

Carole has been going out with men she meets on the Internet, drinking and partying on weekends and neglecting the kids. The 10-year-old had been receiving psychological help since before her mom died and was on medication, but Carole has dropped all of this help for the child. The girl had been molested by a relative years ago, and now with her mother gone, she’s not moving forward in school or in life.

Some of us are willing to take the children from her. She seems not to care what happens to them.

She devotes all her attention to the next guy she can be with. She has left the kids alone all night when she was spending the night with men. I’m not supposed to know this, but my adult niece found out from the kids. What can our family do to bring Carole back to earth and help these kids?

— DEEPLY CONCERNED IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR DEEPLY CONCERNED: Bringing Carole back to earth and helping the kids may be two separate issues — and you may not be able to accomplish both. It is possible that Carole would be open to others in the family taking in the

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

children if you approach her as a group and “sympathetically” offer her that option. Explain that you all can see the stress she’s under trying to find herself as a widow and grieving mother.

It appears that she is in need of counseling — if she’s open to it. Make it plain that her children would be welcome to stay with you on a temporary or permanent basis. If she agrees, fine. However, if she doesn’t, contact Childhelp USA, which can give you information about agencies that can help.

Contact them by logging onto www.childhelpusa.org or calling toll-free: 1-800-422-4453. o DEAR ABBY: My son was killed in a car accident five years ago.

His wife, who was pregnant at the time, gave birth to a beautiful baby

boy a few months later.

Last month, I received a phone call from a woman we barely know who told me -- very politely -- that she had a “surprise” for me. She then informed me that I have another grandchild, a little girl! She claims my son got her granddaughter pregnant six years ago, and that she had the DNA checked to prove my son was the father. Needless to say, my wife and I were floored.

Abby, I don’t know how to react. My wife, who is level-headed, told me not to react right now and to think things through. Do I go to this grandchild with open arms? It doesn’t feel right. The child’s mother has not reached out to us at all. I need your help.

— MAN WITH NO PLAN IN NEW YORK DEAR MAN WITH NO PLAN: Your wife is an intelligent lady. I, too, find it odd that you would be contacted — five years after your son’s death — by someone other than the child’s mother. The person you should go to “with open arms” is your attorney. If there is DNA evidence, your attorney can help you determine if it’s authentic and what your next move should be.

Because you have not heard from the mother, you should not approach the child unless you have first made certain your attention is welcome.

ODDS AND ENDS

MY ANSWER

Shih Tzu survives after two encounters with Utah train

Colo. judge fired over teen arrest for overdue DVD

CLINTON, Utah (AP) — A stray dog is recovering after getting run over by a freight train — twice.

Fred Krause of Utah Railway Company says he spotted the cream-colored Shih Tzu on the tracks Sunday near a high school in a Salt Lake City suburb.

Krause, who was operating a train, says there was no way to stop before it ran over the dog, which was small enough to avoid actually being hit.

Krause says he spotted the same dog on the return trip and this time the pup wasn’t so lucky. The dog was running on the tracks and got whacked by the train’s snowplow.

Krause drove back to the site later and found the dog, which was still dazed and lying on the tracks.

LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — A longtime Colorado judge has been fired after issuing an arrest warrant for a teenager over an overdue library DVD. Municipal Judge James Kimmel issued the warrant after 19-year-old Aaron Henson failed to show up in court Jan. 14 over the overdue DVD, “House of Flying Daggers.” On Jan. 25, police stoped the teen for speeding and held him for nearly eight hours after discovering the warrant.

Henson had moved and didn’t received the summons to court. The teen said he had packed the DVD in a box, and returned it about a week before Henson issued the warrant. The library notified the judge the DVD was back.

The Littleton City Council fired Kimmel, a judge for nearly 30 years, at its meeting Tuesday night. Kimmel declined to comment to The Denver Post.

Cops: Pa. dad left pot in kindergartner’s Elmo bag UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police say a Pennsylvania father went to his son’s elementary school to retrieve nearly four ounces of marijuana from the kindergartner’s Elmo backpack.

State police say Ronald Washington called Menallen Elementary School in Uniontown on Thursday morning to ask if his son had arrived at school. Police say Washington told school officials he needed to fetch something from the boy’s backpack, prompting school officials to search it.

Police say school officials called to say they had found pot in the bag. Troopers were waiting to arrest Washington when he arrived shortly before 9 a.m.

Online court records don’t list an attorney for the 33-year-old Washington.

SUDOKU

San Francisco’s Meat-Free Mondays gets a shrug SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Besides approving rules against using plastic grocery bags, mixing recycling with compost, and smoking in sidewalk cafes, San Francisco supervisors have passed a resolution asking residents to observe meatless Mondays.

San Francisco supervisors passed the resolution Tuesday for no-meat Mondays in their latest legislative endorsement of healthy, eco-conscious living.

It cannot stop the city’s residents from eating meat. Instead, it is meant to call attention to the relationship between diet and climate change.

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The objective of the game is to fill all the blank squares in a game with the correct numbers. n Every row of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order n Every column of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order n Every 3 by 3 subsection of the 9 by 9 square must include all digits 1 through 9

Billy Graham Send your queries to “My Answer,” Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc., 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201

Take your hearts and doubts to God Q: For several years, my husband and I tried to start a family, and finally last year I got pregnant. But last month the baby was stillborn, and it has broken our hearts. Why would God let something like this happen to us? We both feel so devastated. -- Mrs. T.D. A: I don’t know all the reasons why God allowed this to happen to you; sometimes life can be very confusing. Some day, we will understand -- but in the meantime all we can do is trust our lives into His hands.

But I do know this: God knows the pain and grief you are feeling -- and He has not abandoned you. He loves you with a love that is everlasting -- and my prayer is that you will discover this truth in an even deeper way during these days. I often think of the prophet Jeremiah’s words as he looked out over the desolation and death of his time: “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.

They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23).

Take your hurts and your doubts to the cross, and to the One who died there for you -- Jesus Christ.

God’s love isn’t necessarily obvious in the events of our lives -- but it is obvious when we look at the cross, for there the Son of God willingly shed His blood for us and for our salvation.

Then commit your future into His care. He knows your desires, and He also knows what is best for you and your husband. Yes, this is a hard time for you -- but God won’t only help you get through it, but give you hope for the future.

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Church News Abundant Life Ministries

The church is located at 118 St. Andrews Church Road in Sanford.

Miniester William E. Gorham will render the service at 10 a.m. Sunday at the church.

Ladies night will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 218 Simmons St. with Minister Iras Jordan.

The church is located at 1315 Horner Blvd. in Sanford.

Pastor Gerome Williams Sr. will speak at 11 a.m. Sunday worship service.

The church is located at 2320 Pilson Road in Lemon Springs.

Beaver Creek Baptist Church

Divine Outreach Church

The Youth Crusade will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday with Adrian Despres of the Kingdom Building Ministry in Columbia, S.C. delivering the message.

The church is located at 2280 Nicholson Road in Cameron.

The travel comittee will host a building fund program at 3 p.m. Sunday with Armunda Hancock speaking. For more information, contact Sister Tammie Brown at (919) 776-9022.

The church is located at 1015 Frazier Drive in Sanford.

Cameron Grove AME Zion Church

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Preparing for an Encounter of Praise,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.

Saturday with praising, singing and steppers.

Everyone is invited.

The church is located at 309 Vernon St. in Broadway.

Center United Methodist Church

United Methodist Men will meet at 8:30 a.m.

Sunday. The children and youth meeting will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Everyone is invited.

Community Watch meet will meet at 7 p.m.

Thursday in the church fellowship hall.

The church is located at 4141 South Plank Road in Sanford.

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A yard sale will begin at 6 a.m. Saturday beside Balouâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jewelry with clothing, household items and more.

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East Sanford Baptist Church The Rev. Robbie Gibson and the Rev. James Wright will speak at the combined (English and Hispanic) 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 menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fellowship breakfast will be held at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday at Mrs. Wengerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant.

The church is located at 300 North Ave. in Sanford.

Friendly Baptist Church The Simpson Family will sing at 7 p.m. today at the church. Refreshments will be served.

The church is located at 51 Aurthur Maddox Road in Sanford.

Gethsemane Mt. Sinai United Holy Church The church will observe the 30th pastoral anniversary of Bishop Roy McKoy at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday with the Rev. Jonathan Hawes Pastor of Green Lake Congregation Church of Candor rendering the service.

The church is located at 243 Vernie Phillips Road in Goldston.

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Women on Mission will be held at 7 p.m.

Monday in the fellowship hall.

CARE Team A with Bill and Marge Guy will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the church office building. Prayer meeting will be held at 7 p.m. with the Rev. Shannon Arnold and choir practice at 8 p.m.

Baptist Men will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the church fellowship hall.

AWANA summit will be held Wednesday through Saturday.

Holly Springs Baptist Church An Old-Fashion Sock Hop benefit for Patricia Sloan McDonald will be held from 5 to 9 p.m.

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The seventh church anniversary will be celebrated at 7 p.m. today with Bishop Ezekiel Young of New Birth Deliverance in Coats speaking.

The celebration will continue at 6 p.m. Saturday with Bishop Willie Gilmore of Fellowship House of God in Carthage speaking.

The conclusion will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday with Bishop Ted Lane delivering the message.

The church is located at 522 John Garner Road in Sanford.

Mt. Carmel Pentecostal Holiness Assembly Deacon David McClurkin will speak at 7 p.m. today for the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program.

A program titled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soap Opera Digest,â&#x20AC;? will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday with various speakers speaking.

The church is located at 744 Minter School Road in Sanford.

Mt. Herman AME Zion Church

House of Prayer A pre-anniversary program for Pastor Glover will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday with Pastor Lockmay of the Burning Bush in Erwin as guest speaker.

The church is located at 549 Horton Road in Goldston.

Jonesboro Presbyterian Church â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Whole Message About This Life,â&#x20AC;? will be the sermon at 11 a.m.

Sunday at the church.

The church is located 2200 Woodland Ave. in Sanford.

The pastorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aide will sponsor a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Seven-upsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; program at 6 p.m. Saturday with several speakers appearing. Music will be provided by guest groups. the church is located at 8604 Pittsboro-Goldston Road in Goldston.

New Bethel Freewill Baptist Church The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prayer breakfast will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. The public is invited.

The church is located at 1142 Boykin Ave. in Sanford.

New Life Praise Church (SBC)

Love Grove AME Zion Church The 33rd church anniversary will be celebrated at 3 p.m. Sunday at the church. The public is invited.

The church is located at 796 Love Grove Church Road in Sanford.

Mays Chapel Baptist Church A Community Mission Outreach Day will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. For those in need, the clothes closet will be open for free clothing, a light breakfast will be served, and each family will receive a free bag of groceries. Child care will be provided while the parents choose clothing items. Call (919) 542-9100 to RSVP for this event.

The church is located at 24 Rosser Road in Bear Creek.

Pastor Josh Dickinson will bring the message for the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship.

Adult Bible studies, Kids Klub, and Uth meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday.

Youth Spring Retreat will be held Friday through Sunday.

The church is located at 2398 Wicker St. in Sanford.

Oak Grove Holiness Church A night in White will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday with speakers speaking on the letters in the word white. The follow speakers will be: W-Sister Annie Johns, H-Sister Wanda Webb, I-Sister Sandra Cox, T-Marilyn McIver, and E-Minister Alberta Woods.

Soloist Sister Beverly Walden of Gethsemane Church of Goldston will render the music.

Bishop Thomas Matthews of the House of Refuge will be the guest speaker at 3 p.m. Sunday for the building fund program.

will be coffee hour following the second service in the Lower Parish Hall.

The church is located at 312 N. Steele St. in Sanford.

The church is located at 202 Tempting Church Road in Sanford.

Piney Grove Chapel Baptist Church The church will host their annual Spring Ladies Dessert Day at 2 p.m. Saturday featuring Charlotte Ritchie as guest speaker for the event. A $3 donation is requested for those attending the event event, and reservations are required. Reservations may be made by calling the Piney Grove Chapel Church office at (919) 639-2481.

Sanford Chapel The Spring Conference will be held Sunday through Wednesday at the church. The Sunday meetings will be at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday meetings will be at 7 p.m. Lucas Henry will be the speaker. There will be special music nightly.

The church is located at 650 N. Franklin Drive in Sanford.

Raven Rock Presbyterian Church A benefit sock hop for Patricia Sloan McDonald will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Boone Trail School Gym. Tickets are $10. For more information, call Alicia Thomas at (919) 770-4954.

Robert Chapel Missionary Baptist Church The annual womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day program will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday with the Rev. Anissa Thompson Little of Raleigh as guest speaker.

The church is located at 439 Robert Chapel Road in Goldston.

A benefit program for Mary E. Hooker will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the church. Featured are Poplar Springs Male Chorus, Gospel Echoes, Sons of Destiny, Bear Creek Ensemble, Ties That Bine, Soloist Victor Boykin and the Mix Choir of TCC. Youth Day will be observed Sunday with Minister Lisa Prince Chance from House of Praise in Newton Grove as guest speaker. Youth will be in charge of service on this day.

The Christian womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fellowship will sponsor a yard sale from 7 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday at the church with homemade biscuits, vegetable soup, baked goods, household items, clothes and more.

A drawing for a $500 grocery card will be held.

Tickets are $1.

An Elders meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at the church.

The mid-day CWF meeting will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the church.

The church is located at 4246 Rocky Fork Church Road in Sanford.

Ward Memorial Church

St. Mark United Church of God The Ushers will celebrate their annual march at 6 p.m. Sunday with area churches participating.

The church is located at 511 Church St. in Sanford.

The Outreach Ministry will sponsor a chicken and barbecue plate sale from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the church. Plates are $7. All proceeds will go toward helping senior citizens and others who may need financial assistance.

The church is located on East Forest Oaks Drive in Sanford.

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St. Paul AME Zion Church The steward board will sponsor a service at 3 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Brian R. Thompson Sr., choir and congregation of Simon Temple AME Zion Church rendering the service.

The church is located at 550 Cumnock Road in Sanford.

The second Sunday of Easter will be conducted at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. by Fr. Craig J. Lister. There

Pastor Craig Dodson will speak on â&#x20AC;&#x153;To God Be The Glory, Great Things He Has Doneâ&#x20AC;? at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service. Contemporary services will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at the church.

Nursery and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s church provided. Transportation available, call (919) 777-6579.

The church is located at 989 White Hill Road in Sanford.

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Solid Rock Community Church

A pre-anniversary service for Drs. Lewis and Alice Hooker will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday with Elder Al Currie of Evangel House of God in Spring Lake as guest speaker.

Pastor Phillip Watson of New Generation Ministries will be the guest speaker at at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday at the church.

Evangelist Betty Smith will be the guest speaker at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the church.

The church is located at 1395 Fire Tower Road in Sanford.

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BY PAUL TURBEVILLE, III AND STEPHANIE TURBEVILLE DATED JULY 15, 2002 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 796 AT PAGE 699 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 April 23, 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:

001 Legals safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale.

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SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO _____________________ AND INCORPORAT___________ ED HEREIN M. Save and exAndrew Lucas cept any releases or deeds of release of record.

Trustee Said property is commonly known as 808 Hillwood Street, Sanford, North Carolina 27330.

Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.16A(b), an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.16A(b), Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord.

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27332. may be liable for rent This sale is made subdue under the agree- ject to all prior liens, PLEASE PUBLISH: ment prorated to the unpaid taxes, special March 19, 26, April effective date of the assessments, ease2, 9, 2010 termination. ments, rights of way, 100 deeds of release, and The date of this Noany other encum- Announcements tice is March 2, 2010. brances or exceptions of record.

Beginning at a found iron pipe in the westerly right of way line of U.S. Highway No. 1 near its intersection with county line road, a common corner between tract 1 as shown on a Map to which reference is hereinafter made and McKenzie property described in Deed recorded in Book 445, Page 801, Lee County Registry; thence as a 10-000645 common line with the Grady Ingle McKenzie property N Substitute Trustee 42-14-39 W 163.03 feet 8520 Cliff Cameron to a found iron pipe, Drive, Suite 300 common corner with Charlotte, NC 28269 McKenzie, Tract 1, (704) 333-8107 and Lineberry Prophttp://shapiroattorerty described in neys.com/nc/ Deed recorded in Book 349, at Page 853, Lee County Registry; NORTH thence as the comCAROLINA mon line with the IN THE GENERAL Lineberry Property N COURT OF JUSTICE 02-27-00 W 307.29 feet LEE COUNTY to a set iron pipe, BEFORE THE common corner beCLERK tween Tracts 1 and 2; thence as the common line of Tracts 1 FILE NO. 10SP0061 and 2 S 57-44-46 E 331.00 feet to a set IN THE MATTER OF iron pipe in the THE FORECLOSURE northwesterly right OF A DEED OF of way line of U.S. TRUST EXECUTED No. BY 1, another common MICHAEL HODGE corner between tracts and spouse, one and two; thence NOTICE OF SALE as the northwesterly AMI HODGE, dated right of way line of 6/27/2006, U.S. Highway No. 1 as RECORDED IN shown on Plat entiBOOK 1035, PAGE tled "Subdivision Plat 761, for Wilbur R. SteLEE COUNTY phens" dated May 29, REGISTRY, BY 1991, prepared by M. ANDREW LUCAS, Bracken & Associates TRUSTEE (Project No. B-5291), and being a division of that tract Under and described by virtue of the powin Deed recorded in er of sale contained Book 286, Page 32, Lee in County Registry. that certain deed of trust executed by MiAnd Being more comchael Hodge and monly known as: spouse Ami Hodge to 7174 Jefferson Hwy, M. Andrew Lucas, Cameron, NC 28326 Trustee, dated 6/27/2006, and recordThe record owner(s) ed on 6/29/2006, in of the property, as reBook 1035, Page 761, flected on the records Lee County Registry. of the Register of Deeds, is/are Paul Default havTurbeville, III. ing been made in the payment of the inThe property to be ofdebtedness thereby fered pursuant to this secured by the said notice of sale is being deed of trust and the offered for sale, trans- undersigned and the fer and conveyance holder of the note evi"AS IS, WHERE IS." dencing said indebtNeither the Trustee edness having directnor the holder of the ed that the deed of note secured by the trust be foreclosed, deed of trust, being the undersigned Subforeclosed, nor the ofstitute Trustee will ficers, directors, atoffer for sale at the torneys, employees, Courthouse Door of agents or authorized the Lee County representative of ei- Courthouse, Sanford, ther Trustee or the North Carolina, or holder of the note the usual and custommake any representaary location at the tion or warranty reLee County Courtlating to the title or house for conducting any physical, envithe sale on April 16, ronmental, health or

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WILL MOVE OLD JUNK CARS! BEST PRICES PAID. Call for complete car delivery price.

McLeod’s Auto Crushing.

Day 499-4911.

Night 776-9274.

130 Lost Lost: Chow Mix Solid Black Male Neutuered about 7 Years Old. Johnsonville Area 499-5427 910-922-6671/6670

190 Yard Sales

Big Yard Sale 4/10 7am 17096 Hwy 27 East off 87. Bunk bed, Western Dvds. Blue Grass Records & Lots of Misc.

Big Yard Sale Friday 7am-4pm Saturday 7am-12pm 502 Queens Rd Something For Everyone!

Books $.25, Clothes $.50 each, HH Items, Shoes $1.

Too Much To Mention!

Soup. Drawing for $500 Groceries Card Ticket $1

LARGE YARD SALE Saturday 8am-12 Noon Lee County Industries (LCI) on Tramway Road Multi Family Garage Sale Rain or Shine 118 Hunter DR Broadway Fri & Sat 7am-Noon Lots of plus size clothing, some new, Teenage Clothes Size 0, Collectables, NO JUNK Sat 8am-ALL DAY! 610 Sherwood DR (Forrest Hills) HH Items, Lamps, Frames, Quilts, Carpets, Table w/ 4 Chairs, Sm Furn. & Appl, Decor, Dolls, Vases, Flowers, Micro w/Tbl., Bed & MORE! Sat. 7am-12pm 4906 Simpson Drive (Owl’s Nest Subdivision) Toys, Board Games, Car Seat, Beach Shield, Toddler Chair, 4T Girl’s Winter Clothes, & Much More!

BIG YARD SALE NO JUNK Friday @ 12 Saturday @ 7 Sat. 7am-until at 717 Saint Andrews 1022 S. Vance St., off Church Road Clothing, Girls Dresses Size Fields Dr. Baby Boy Clothes Newborn-9 Months & 5/6. Sheets Sets, MicroKids Clothing, Baby Swing, wave, Girls Bike, Coffee Baby Bassinet & Bouncer Pot, Dishes, and Jewelry Big Yard Sale! 8am-12pm Parking Lot Beside Jim’s Restaurant (Tramway Rd.) Toddler Boy Clothes, Porcelain Dolls, Scrubs, Microwave, Men’s Clothing, Prom Dresses (Small), Nascar, & Much More!

Carthage, 5 Mile Flea Market - Joel Rd. Sat., April 17 (8am-2pm).

Reserve a 20x20 space.

Call 910-947-2905 Community Garage Sale Carthage Colonies off Fire Tower Road Sat April 10th 8am-1pm Children & Toddler Clothing, Plus Size Clothing Furn, TO MUCH TO LIST !!!

Community Yard Sale Bridges Pond SUB. Waters Edge Drive Sat 7am-1pm Donna’s Hair Salon-300 S. Gulf St. (7:30 Saturday) All Clothes Sizes, Baby Clothes, HH Items, Rugs, Many Items, Lots of Stuff For $1, Computers. Plus Size Men’s Suits, 776-4490 First Presbyterian Church 203 Hawkins Ave. Sat., April 10th 8am - 12pm Household items, clothing, children's clothes and toys, too much to list!

For Sale: Complete Flea Market Inventory Call:919-776-0361

Huge Yard Sale- 602 W. Frazier Dr (Sanford) 8 to 2pm Chaise Lounge, Table & Chairs, Desk, Exercise Equip., Bed Frames, Kitchen Items, Dollhouse & 3 Family Yard Sale at TOYS, Nintendo Games, THE SANFORD HERALD Shoes & Clothes for ALL parking lot. SAT ONLY Womens, Mens, & Kids AGES, Plus Sizes, too! Printers, Glassware, Lamps, Clothing. HH Items.

Pocketbooks, etc.

AND MUCH MORE 3 Family BIG Yard Sale New Stuff, New Straps, New Hitch Supplies, 3008 Jefferson Davis Hwy 7am - Until

Saturday 7am-12pm John Rosser Road Sanford. Mens, Womens, and Childrens, Clothing.

HH Items, and Appliances.

SATURDAY! Huge Garage Sale 7-12pm Many HH Items, Teacher Items, Clothes, Furniture!

A Must See!!!

327 Park Ave, Sanford ST. STEPHEN’S FLEA MARKET AND BAKE SALE inside Sat., April 10 7:00 am-11:00 am Corner of Carbonton Road and Franklin Drive Super Yard Sale Located Across From Don’s Baitshop On Buckhorn Road. Selling Everything From Soup to Nuts.

Sat. April 10th & Sun. April 11th 8am-6pm Thrift Shop in Broadway, next to the Pig, is having their first bag sale on clothes. $3 a bag!

Hours are Wed, Thurs, Fri 12am-5pm & Sat 11am2pm Toys, girls clothes (NB-5), strollers, high chairs, HH pictures, bedspreads, curtains, chandliers, lamps, womens & mens clothes & shoes- mat., XL +, ex. equip, TV & stand & more!

Davisons (Tramway) 8-12 353-5389 Westlake Downs 1505 Cambridge Drive Sat. 7am-12pm HH Items, Ladies, Girls Clothes, Scooter, Misc.

Yard Sale Fri. 4pm-8pm Sat. 8am-1pm Corner of Chris Cole and South Plank Road Yard Sale Leftovers Spring Cleaning? Have Stuff You Would Like To Get Rid Of? Call: 2708788 or 356-2333

Let Us Consign Your Car For A Flat Fee $300!!

N\ 9lp :Xij# KilZbj# JLMj Sales and Service Center 7ICKER 3TREET s 3ANFORD .#

919-718-9324

Down From The Hospital Beside Scoops Hot Dogs Corner of Carthage & Wicker

10B / Friday, April 9, 2010 / The Sanford Herald -

190 Yard Sales

210 Vehicles Wanted

280 RVs/Campers

400 Employment

Yard Sale Sat. April 10th 160 Brookfield Circle 7am-11am Everything Must Go! Nothing over $10. Girl & Boy Clothing. All sizes, Shoes, Coats, car seats, stroller, etc.

Big Boys Junk Cars looking for junk cars. Anywhere from $100 to $200 a car.

Call Anytime: 910-3911791

2006 Salem Travel Trailer 30 ft. 2 Slide Outs, Sleeps 8 Like New $16,500 919-775-1156

420 Help Wanted General

Yard Sale Sat. April 10th 7am-1pm 2173 US Highway 64 East (Pittsboro) Tools, Camping Equipment, Electronics, Dishes, etc.

EVERYTHING MUST GO Yard Sale Saturday Broadway Optimist Club House Furniture, HH Items, and Plus Size Clothes.

8am -Until

Junk Car Removal Paying $200 and Up for vehicle.

Old Batteries Paying $5-$15 919-842-1606

240 Cars - General 1989 Silica For Sale or Best Offer $600 3131 Carbonton Road Lot 6 - 919-721-2073 2003 Nissan Murano SL AWD, 97K, White Leather, Sunroof, Heated Seats, Great Condition, $12,500.

Call: 919-356-5602

Yard Sale Saturday 113 Westchase Run 7am - 11 am Chancelors Ridge Between S. Franklin & Pendergrass Furn., Odds & Ends, Bikes, Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Toy and MORE Yard Sale Saturday 2205 Knob Hill 7am - 1pm Toys, Clothes, Furniture, Baby Items and Lots More Yard Sale Saturday 7am-12 Noon 200 Poplar Street, Sanford Toys, Baby Clothes, Collectables, Office Furniture, Movies, and MUCH MORE Yard Sale: End of Cemetery Road Turn Left Trampoline, Clothes, Shoes, Toys, Bikes, HH Items, Bedding, Furniture, & MORE 7AM - UNITL Yard Sale: Saturday 2001 Windsong Road 8am-1pm Misc. HH Items, Childrens Toys & Books, Jewelry and MANY other Items.

Yard Sale: Thurs & Fri 8am-3pm 3105 Hardward Drive Car Seat Covers, Floor Mats, Clothes, HH Items, Lots of Misc Iitems.

200 Transportation 210 Vehicles Wanted

Automobile Policy: Three different automobile ads per household per year at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Rateâ&#x20AC;?. In excess of 3, billing will be at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Business Rateâ&#x20AC;?.

Used 2006 Audi A3 Quattro S-Line 102,000 Miles Automatic 6 Cylinder with All Wheel Drive $14,500 Neg. 498-3581

255 Sport Utilities CLASSIFIED DEADLINE: 2:00 PM DAY BEFORE PUBLICATION. (2:00 pm Friday for Sat/Sun ads). Sanford Herald, Classified Dept., 718-1201 or 718-1204

260 Vans 2007 Ford E250 Van Tool/Parts Bin, Ladder Rack, Towing w/ Electronic Brake. Very Clean $11,500 919-708-6856

270 Motorcycles 2004 H/D Road King Mustang C. Rinehart fuel exhaust, detachable back rest, luggage rack, detachable windshield, hard bag crash bar, w/ hwy pegs, two helmets, black, engine outlined in chrome. $11,000 Neg. 721-6090 before 10pm

$$$$ Cash Paid $$$$ $$$$ for Junk Cars $$$$ $$$$ Call Anytime $$$$ $100 - $200 $$$ 919-842-1674 $$$

2007 Monaco Travel Trailer, 27 ft, 1 Slide out, Sleep Six, $12,000, Call 919-499-5242

*** NOTICE*** NEEDED IMMEDIATELY

For Sale: Winn M.H. 1988, 92K, New Tires, Belts & New Frig. $11,500 Or Best Offer Call: 919-499-1155

Motor Route Carrier

295 Boats/Motors/ Trailers

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for people with some special qualifications. We need

Boat: 1988 Dixie 17 FT 4 Cylinder, Tilt/Trim, A-1 Mer. Dr., Galvanized Trailer, Good Condition 776-8267

people who have a desire for earning money. All you have to do is deliver newspapers Tuesday through Sunday mornings before 6am for THE SANFORD HERALD. You will need economical transportation and be over 21. If you fit this profile and think you can deliver, please come by THE SANFORD HERALD at 208 St. Clair Court, and fill out an application.

*Lillington* *Carthage*

Dependable

420 Help Wanted General

420 Help Wanted General

Hrs will be M-F approximately 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Benefits. Send resume to dgrady@grayflex.com, mail to: Gray Flex Systems, Inc., Attn: General Office, P.O. Box 1326, Coats, NC 27521, fax 910-897-2222 or apply in person at the HR Office: Gray Flex Systems, Inc., 232 N. Ida Street, Coats, NC.

Help Wanted: Experienced Tree Removers with Small amount of bucket truck exp.

919-356-0651 353-5782

Qualified Professional/ Associate Professional/ Paraprofessional positions available to work with MH/SA adults. Fax resume to: 910 692-5736

460 Help Wanted Clerical/Admin

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Sunday, april 11 2-4 pm

Work at home selling antique flooring. 5% commission on all sales.

No investments required.

919-542-4812

PAYROLL SUPERVISOR Arden Companies, a leading manufacturer and distributor of outdoor patio consumer products, has an exciting opportunity for a Payroll Supervisor located in our Sanford, North Carolina, facility.

Truck Driver Position This End Up Furniture Co., Inc. This End Up is currently 300 seeking an experienced Businesses/Services truck driver to assist with the delivery and installation of furniture to contract and 340 The Payroll Supervisor will retail customers. Good Landscaping/ report to the Plant Accountcommunication skills are ing Manager and is responGardening necessary as this person sible for the timely and serves as the company Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Available To Clean accurate delivery of representative to retail and Yards. Reasonable Prices. payroll, reporting and contract customers. Must Has References. Whatever record keeping. In have a good driving record Yard Work That and be licensed to operate addition, the Payroll SuperNeeds to Be Done visor will oversee the a truck, with a minimum of 356-2333 or 718-9502 Payroll Specialist and Automotive/Diesel 2 years experience. provide accounting and Technician PePaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yard Work & Repair project management Immediate Opening Key Responsibilities â&#x20AC;˘Mowing â&#x20AC;˘Hauling support to the Finance Full-Time position Ford include: â&#x20AC;˘Carpentry â&#x20AC;˘Painting team. experience preferred Assist Shipping/Packing â&#x20AC;˘Remodeling â&#x20AC;˘Gutters BASIC AREAS OF and/or 2 year college with the loading of the truck 356-8502 478-9044 RESPONSIBILITIES degree Health Insurance, Follow mapped directions Supervise and prepare the Paid Vacation, Paid to drive to delivery 370 daily payroll.

Holidays. Apply in person location(s) Home Repair Prepare and maintain payto: Bernard March Deliver furniture to roll records, logs and files Phillips Ford destination Christian Painter in accordance with compa5292 Hwy. 15/501 Installation of furniture as Brush & roll, no spray. ny policy and state and Carthage, NC 28327 determined by order Homes & mobile homes. federal laws and Interact with customers to Free Estimates. 258-9649 GENERAL OFFICE regulations. ensure delivery is accurate CLERICAL and delivery/installation is Ensure timely reporting and L.C Harrell payment of the employerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s satisfactory Home Improvement Gray Flex Systems, Inc. and employeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with Maintain logs of travel and Decks, Porches, Buildings located in Coats, NC, is holdings to appropriate cargo according to federal Remodel/Repair, Electrical seeking to fill a full-time agencies. and state regulations Interior-Exterior general office/clerical posi- Oversee installation crew if Coordinate payroll Quality Work tion. Highly proficient in deductions paper flow. needed Affordable Prices Microsoft Office (Excel Provide first point of contact No job Too Small Spreadsheet, Word) a for employees for time and Please reference this ad No Job Too Large must. Will have responsi- when you mail your resume attendance and payroll and (919)770-3853 bilities in A/R, Order Enresolve open issues. or apply in person at: try, Billing, Customer ServPrepare and maintain Redefined Spaces - Old to This End Up Furniture Co. ice, Collections, Price reports, queries, and New @ affordable prices.

500 N. 7th St. conduct ad hoc audits in Kitchens, BRs, Crown Mold- Quotes, working with sales Sanford, NC 27330 coordination with the Plant ings, Painting, Ramps Free group and special projects.

Cross-training to cover othAccounting Manager to Estimates 478-2351 Very BUSY Body Shop Has er positions due to vacaensure data integrity.

Immediate Opening for tion, absenteeism, etc.

Document work flow 385 qualified self motivated auMust be well organized processes and work Schools/Lessons and to body technician 5 years ability to work in fastprocedures. Evaluate and production experience and pace environment. Position recommend improvements Concealed Carry valid driver license a must. requires punctual person to the payroll system and Handgun Classes call 910-639-5588 or with solid attendance. Wk procedures.

Next class: April 10th email Finish in one day! bluebeachtwh@yahoo.com SKILLS REQUIRED Call Kevin Dodson, Knowledge of payroll and 919-356-4159 We offer accounting practices and www.carolinafirearms â&#x20AC;˘ BOLD print principles and related state training.com â&#x20AC;˘ ENLARGED and federal employment PRINT laws. Fluency in Excel required. Demonstrated â&#x20AC;˘ Enlarged interpersonal skills.

Bold Print Piece rate payroll for part/all of your ad! processing experience.

Ask your Classified Sales Rep for rates.

open house Sunday, april 11 2-4 pm

1906 autumn Court, Sanford, nC New Construction, 3bed/2bath ranch Exit Realty & Associates 919-774-4646

Sunday, april 11 1-4 pm

Sunday, april 11 2-4 pm

600 Merchandise

460 Help Wanted Clerical/Admin

601

EDUCATIONAL, LICENSBargain Bin/ ING OR CERTIFICATIONS $250 or Less REQUIRED Associateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Degree or pro- *â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bargain Binâ&#x20AC;? ads are free for fessional training a plus. five consecutive days. Items must 2+ yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supervisory-level total $250 or less, and the price must be included in the ad. payroll processing Multiple items at a single price experience. (i.e., jars $1 each), and Five years of payroll experianimals/pets do not qualify. ence in a manufacturing One free â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bargain Binâ&#x20AC;? ad per environment with primary household per month. responsibility for time and attendance and payroll 27â&#x20AC;? Stereo Television w/ administration and DVD Player, VCR & Remote processing.

Control- $100.

Bilingual in Spanish a plus.

19â&#x20AC;? Color Television- $50.

Call: 919-498-3030 Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S. on a permanent basis.

Arden Companies is an equal opportunity employer.

Additional Arden Companies corporate information is available online at www.ardencompanies.com Send Resumes to bkimball@ ardencompanies.com

470 Help Wanted Medical/Dental

3 Heart Shaped Tables, One Quilt Rack, Barbie Dolls in original boxes, 2 Dresses size 18, set of Dishes 775-5989 Baby Girl Summer Clothes 53 Onesies 27 Outfits Newborn to 6 Months al for $30 919-356-0930 Body Champ Inversion Table New $40, & Schwinn Evolution Comp.

Exercise Bike Exc. Con $30 919-356-3091 Cherry Finish Sleigh Baby Crib w/ Mattress, Like New- $75 Medella Dual Pump In Style Breast Pump- $50 Call: 774-7071

Certified Dental Assistant Our dental practice in PineElderly Couple Need A hurst, NC, is accepting Couch Donation resumes for a temporary Call: 498-9059 part-time Certified Dental Assistant II with possibility of becoming a full-time Pick-Up Bed Cap For Sale position. Must be energetic 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; X 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; $75 and a self-starter. Your John Deer Train Set $30 main focus would be Please Call: 919-777-9363 patient care. Team collaboration and ability to work Recliner with with many team members Massager and Heat. required. Must be certified Like New in x-ray techniques & have $250 records of vaccinations.

919-721-0413 Mail resumes to: Office Manager, 15 Sofa/Loveseat, Antique VicAviemore Drive, torian Style- $100. TreadPinehurst, NC, 28374. mill, Good Cond.- $35.

Stainless Steel Fridge, 2 Medical Assistant Needed Doors, Small- $50. Baby For Pittsboro Office Jumper $15. Call: 919Tuesdays & Thursdays 633-5568 9:30 am-6 pm References Required Contact: 919-542-5900

500 Free Pets 510 Free Cats Free To A Loving Home 2 Year Old Spayed Female Long Haired Tabby Cat. Contact Ashley 336-301-3253 Free: Pretty Black & Gray Cat, Black Streaks on Back & Tail Black Rear Paws 2 Silver Gray Kitten 1 Black & Gray Kitten 776-4545

Walnut Wood good for Carving Etc. $5 a piece 776-2710 Washer & Dryer $45 Each Refrigerator & Stove $25 Each, Office Desk $25, File Cabinet $10 776-7187 Whirlpool Washer $30, Table & 4 Chairs $30, 16 Boxes Yard Sale Items $15, 48 Igloo Cooler $8.

Call: 774-6906 Womans size 10 & 11 Designer Shoes $20 a pair Some used once some brand new. Seeing is believing 721-0413 X-Treme Royal Blue Electric Scooter- 350 Watts, 36 Volts, Key Start & Brake Lights, Less Than 2 Years Old, Exc. Cond., Extra Charger- $250. 478-5272 or 776-8289

14652 Hwy 902, Bear Creek, nC 27207 This stunning country home (1924) remodeled. Country store has been converted into (58x24) garage.

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Zoombak Tracking Device Locator Still Under Contract $60 Call: 919-258-5838 or 919-200-1673

Sunday, april 11 2-4 pm

605 Miscellaneous HAVING A YARD SALE? 105 Balsam lane, Sanford, nC New Construction, 3 bed/2bath ranch with great floor plan.

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Ready To Move In Newly renovated brick ranch, 3BR, 1Ba. Gleaming new hardwood floors, new bath fixtures, completely painted, absolutely perfect. Single car garage, fenced backyard. Call for complete list of improvements. Worthy of all financing. #81096 Priced $89,900

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Country Living. This is a wonderful home for a family that loves to have animals with this nice fenced backyard.

Features 3BR, 2BA, dining room and living room with fireplace. Nice large deck for cooking out this Spring. Has a lot of road frontage. Priced to Sell. Only $94,900 Deep River. Nice home on an acre North of Sanford, close to Hwy. 1, Raleigh, Cary & Apex. Features 3BR, living room, dining room, large office, freshly painted inside and out, very private, wonderful place to live. Priced to sell. Only $119,900.

Outside city limits on Bruce Coggins Rd is this like-new 2-story home on 2.36 acres, excellent for horses or beef cattle. 4BAs/3BAs, lots of stg bldgs. Large workshop, small pond fenced â&#x20AC;&#x201D; excellent for privacy. Call us for de-tails and your private viewing. MLS#79617

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PREPAYMENT IS REQUIRED FOR YARD SALE ADS. THE SANFORD HERALD, CLASSIFIED DEPT. 718-1201 or 718-1204

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3 Acres on 421 N. inside Chatham County line, with over 300 feet of road frontage. Commercial Property, good investment. Buy Now.

Sanford Honda is seeking a Title Clerk with title work experience The likely candidate will be: s /RGANIZED s -OTIVATED s #ONSCIENTIOUS

Sales Associate (experience not necessary) 7ILL TRAIN THE RIGHT PERSON The likely candidate will be: s ! TEAMPLAYER s (IGHLY MOTIVATED s 0EOPLE ORIENTED We offer guaranteed salary while training (Re-application not necessary)

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Investment or ready to Build on Beautiful wooded lot in Quail Ridge. 340 feet of road frontage, perk tested, and city water meter in place. A perfect home site.

Only $27,900 for 1.59 acre. #81097 s 'OLF #OURSE ,OT )N 1UAIL 2IDGE ACRE, $17,500 s 7ATER &RONT ,OT 7EST ,AKE $OWNS Only $59,900 s 7EST ,AKE !CRES ON 0ICKARD 2OAD 0ICKARD 2OAD Land available approx. 14.5 acres of wooded land. Has been perked and had a well.

Idea homesite if you have enough land to build a pasture for cows and horses. Located on Melba Dr. Drastically Reduced from $12,000 per acre to $8,000 per acre.

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FORECLOSED HOME AUCTION. 125+ Homes.

Auction: 4/24. Open House: April 10, 17, & 18.

For Sale Travel Resort of 3BR/1BA Downtown, BaseREDC. View Full Listings: America. $500 plus transment, & Many Charming www.Auction.com. RE Brkr 14x80 fer fees. Dues pd until Aug. Features. Fabulous Starter 20400 2BR/2BA 2010 Call: 919-499-1155 Home! $85,900 Call To$450/MO day! 919-708-6856 UPCOMING AUCTIONS: CALL: 919-499-9147 APRIL 12TH: 20 lots sold in Wanting to clean out your MODELS OPEN Sat & Sun 4 units, Pinehurst. APRIL barns, attics, basements, 2 Bedroom Trailers For 1-5 Copper Ridge US#1 at 12TH: Home, 3BD/2.5BA, or buildings. Get rid your Rent, All Refurbished, OliExit 76 Nottingham US#1 Sanford. APRIL 12TH: clutter. For More Info Call via Area, For More Inforat Exit 69 B Sun 1-5 Home, 4BD/3BA, Sanford.

770-0059 or 729-0458 mation Contact James at Woodbridge, Lee Ave. Dial APRIL 13th: Proyor's Cabi919-935-9116 770-4883 or 770-2554 nets, Commercial Building, 660 Woodworking Equipment, *Houses/Mobile Homes/Real Sporting Goods/ 5BR/2BA Mod Estate Policy: One (house) per Lillington. APRIL 15th: 4 Private Setting household per year at the Health & Fitness Homes, 24 Lots, Creedâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Rateâ&#x20AC;?.Consecutive $750/mo $750/ dep moor, Durham, Snow different locations/addresses GOT STUFF? Call: 499:8877 or 258Camp and Graham. APRIL will be billed 5692 CALL CLASSIFIED! 16th: 4 Homes, 5 Lots, at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Business Rateâ&#x20AC;?.

SANFORD HERALD Clayton. APRIL 20TH: 6 765 State Employeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Credit Homes, 2 Lots, Princeton.

CLASSIFIED DEPT., Union has Green APRIL 29TH: 39+/- AC DivCommercial 718-1201 or Mortgages @ 3.755 ided, Dunn. Johnson Prop718-1204.

Rentals fixed for 2 years. erties, NCAL7340, 919Visit 693-2231, www.johnson2 Commercial Building 665 www.grocecompanies.com properties.com.

Musical/Radio/TV â&#x20AC;˘1227 N. Horner 650 SqFt 919-770-2554 or 770â&#x20AC;˘1229 N. Horner 2,800 4883 to build or buy. Or, Sq Ft Call Reid at CLASSIFIED SELLS! contact the State HUGE GUN AUCTION775-2282 or 770-2445 â&#x20AC;&#x153;CALL TODAY, Employeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Credit Union Saturday, April 17 at 10 SELL TOMORROWâ&#x20AC;? a.m., Ramada Inn, BurlingSanford Herald Church Space For Rent 830 ton, NC. Winchester, Fox Classified Dept., $400/mo- utilities included Sterlingworth, Parker, BeretMobile Homes 718-1201 or 718Call: 919-336-2848 ta, Browning, Ithaca, Benel1204 Warehouse Space Also 87 MH FOR SALE li, others. See our website: Available 2BR 2BA, Stove Included & www.parkauctionrealty.co 675 Needs Small Repairs. m or www.auctionzip.com 800 Pets/Animals MUST SALE & Be Moved ID#14226. 336-263-3957.

Real Estate $1,500 Neg. 306-6939 *Pets/Animals Policy: NCFAL#8834

605 Miscellaneous

Three different (Pet) ads per household per year at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Rateâ&#x20AC;?. In excess of 3, billing will be at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Business Rateâ&#x20AC;?.

680 Farm Produce Fresh Squash & Green Beans! Come to the B&B Market! Turnip & Mustard Greens, Creasy, Side Meat & Ham Hocks. 775-3032

685 Building Materials Antique Oak and Pine Flooring. Wide Boards. $7 - $10 a Sq. Ft. 919-542-4812

695 Wanted to Buy Looking to purchase small timber tracts.

Fully insured. Call 919-499-8704

700 Rentals 715 Roommate Wanted Seeking a clean, non-smoking roommate.

Tramway area. $300/mo, plus 1 mo. dep. References required!

Please email and tell me a little about yourself. roommateneedednc @gmail.com

720 For Rent - Houses 1,2,3 BR Rentals Avail.

Adcock Rentals 774-6046 adcockrentalsnc.com 334 Park Ave $500/mo 2BD/1BA Adcock Rentals 774-6046 3BR 1BA 517 Cross Street $600/mo $600/dep Washer & Dryer Hookup Lvg Rm w/ FP & Office Big Back Yard Van Harris Realty 775-3513 Charming 3 BD/1 bath 2story cottage. New carpet, tile, fp, screen porches. Ref reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. W. Sanford 700/mo 919-775-3679 McIver Historical District : 202 Hillcrest DR 919-721-0413 4 BR 2 Full Bath, Pantry, Sun Room, DW, Basement, Back Deck THE SANFORD HERALD makes every effort to follow HUD guidelines in rental advertisements placed by our advertisers. We reserve the right to refuse or change ad copy as necessary for HUD compliances.

730 For Rent Apts/Condos 1 & 2 BR Apts Rents start at $355 Equal Housing Opportunity Woodbridge Apartments 919-774-6125

740 For Rent - Mobile Homes

810 Land â&#x20AC;˘2.06 acres in Northview $22,500 â&#x20AC;˘1 acre Valley Road $22,000 â&#x20AC;˘2.34 acres Moore County well/septic $32,500 â&#x20AC;˘1.80 acres Moore County $17,900 â&#x20AC;˘3.59 acres Moore County $25,900 â&#x20AC;˘Approx. 10 acres Cotten Road. $75,000 For More Information Call Fox Run Realty, LLC (919) 777-5451 5.8 Acres Wooded Perks for 3 BR Home located on Everett Dowdy Rd Land For Sale Sign On Site 898-4821

820 Homes PUBLISHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NOTICE

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act 1968 which makes it illegal to advertise â&#x20AC;&#x153;any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.â&#x20AC;?

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call 919-733-7996 (N.C. Human Relations Commission).

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