April 14, 2010 by The Sanford Herald

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QUICKREAD NUCLEAR SUMMIT

Budget to be cut by $4.5M Superintendent calls cuts ‘tremendous;’ school personnel cuts likely By CAITLIN MULLEN cmullen@sanfordherald.com

OBAMA: NUCLEAR THREAT ON THE RISE

President Barack Obama told assembled leaders at the 47country Nuclear Security Summit Tuesday the risk of nuclear attack — not by an enemy nation, but from terrorists — was on the rise despite the end of the Cold War

SANFORD — Superintendent Jeff Moss informed the Lee County Board of Education Tuesday that the district will face a $4.5 million reduction for the 2011-12 school year

due loss of revenue at the state level. “We have some challenges that will be facing us over the next few years in public education,” Moss said at the meeting in the Commissioners’ Room of the Lee County Government Center. “During the school year

11-12, the state will actually face a $1 billion shortfall for public schools. That is the year that stimulus dollars go away.” The North Carolina General Assembly had no other choice but to cut funding and leave the districts to handle it, he said.

LCHS MUSICAL: ‘ANYTHING GOES’

Achoo! Pollen brings misery

NATION

By NEIL OFFEN

STATES TURN TO NURSES AS DR. SHORTAGE LOOMS

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With a looming shortage of primary care doctors, 28 states are considering expanding the authority of nurse practitioners. These nurses with advanced degrees want the right to practice without a doctor’s watchful eye and to prescribe narcotics. And if they hold a doctorate, they want to be called “Doctor.”

Lee County High School students will perform “Anything Goes,” a Cole Porter musical about cruiseship hijinks, at 7 p.m. starting today in the McLeod Auditorium. Admission is $5. (ABOVE) The cast and (LEFT) Zachary Francis, Ravenne Escobar, and Jonas Nielsen rehearse scenes from the musical on Tuesday at the school’s auditorium.

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MUSLIMS FEARFUL OF RETURNING CENSUS

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ALLERGIES

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Nine years of scrutiny have made some American Muslims wary of the federal government, and that has the U.S. Census bureau working to make sure its crucial survey doesn’t become a casualty of fear

The reduction will amount to almost $4.5 million for Lee County, which Moss called “a tremendous amount of money to begin cutting from our budget.”

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DURHAM — Yes, it’s the sound of spring around here. The color of spring, of course, is green and yellow — the tint of tree pollen that’s been inundating the area for the last couple of weeks. Local physicians report that visits to allergy clinics are way up — at the Duke Asthma, Allergy, and Airway Center, for instance, a 20-percent increase. How can you avoid a clinic visit and what can you do about those sneezes, the watery eyes, the itching, the labored breathing and the rest of the allergic reactions caused by the highest pollen levels since air quality agencies started measuring the stuff? Local experts have some suggestions. “With any allergy, the No. 1 thing you can do is avoid the allergic triggers,” said Maya

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ELECTION 2010: DISTRICT 4 COMMISSIONER PRIMARY

Womack wants to be board’s ‘voice of sanity’ Candidate one of two Republicans squaring off in primary on May 4

WORLD POLAND GRIEVES AS LEADERS LIE IN STATE Thousands of grieving mourners tossed flowers at a slow-moving hearse or joined an enormous viewing line at the presidential palace to pay their respects Tuesday to Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife as their bodies lay in state Page 16A

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Vol. 80, No. 86 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina

By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Twenty years ago, Jim Womack was tracking Soviet threats for U.S. intelligence at the Pentagon. Today, Womack is running for the Lee County Board of Commissioners. “Totally different and totally similar,” Womack said Tuesday. How is it similar? “It’s about management style and principled leadership,” he said. “It’s about telling people the truth and not just

HAPPENING TODAY n Sanford Jobseekers will meet at First Baptist Church from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. All those who are searching for a job are welcome to attend this community-based support group. This week’s program: “Working Together To Build a Community Garden in Hard Economic Times.”

UPCOMING n The Herald will feature GOP Commissioner primary candidate Tamara Brogan in Thursday’s edition. n School board profiles will begin Sunday, starting with (in alphabetical order) candidate Mark Akinosho.

what they want to hear.” Womack, a Sanford resident since 1999, is one of two

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Jim Womack is one of two candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Lee County Commissioners, District 4.

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OBITUARIES

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Sanford: Irma McLeod, 70 Cameron: Ivan Hall, 82 Carthage: Ernest Greene, 65 Southern Pines: Dorothy Curley, 94

Hight traveled to Chapel Hill on Sunday to watch a dear friend receive an honor

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GOOD MORNING Pet of the Week Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption

Sully Sully is a male 5-month-old shetland sheepdog/terrier mix. His medium-short haired coat is a distinctive mix of tan, black and white. Sully is working on the house trainingthing, but could use your patience and help to assist him in getting it completely. He’s got a big personality for a short fella and is very easy going. He enjoys leash walks and playing with other pups or humans. He’s happy to just hang out with people and will make a wonderful companion for some lucky person or family. Sully is current on vaccines and preventatives, micro-chipped, and neutered. See CARA’s Web site (www.cara-nc.org) for more info or to apply to adopt. Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption, Inc. located at 42 Deep River Rd., Sanford is a 501(c) non-profit, volunteer organization that operates on individual and corporate donations and fund raising proceeds.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR TODAY 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. n Neil Blake, a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War, will speak to the veteran’s group at 2 p.m. at the Enrichment Center of Lee County. n Sanford Jobseekers will meet at First Baptist Church from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. All those who are searching for a job are welcome to attend this community-based support group. This week’s program: “Working Together To Build a Community Garden in Hard Economic Times.” For information, call (919) 776-6137. n Lee County High School students will perform “Anything Goes,” a Cole Porter musical about cruiseship hijinks, at 7 p.m. today in the McLeod Auditorium. Admission is $5. n The Central Carolina Paddlers canoe and kayak club will meet at 7 p.m. in the Wesley Fellowship Center at Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main Street, Sanford. For more information, call (919) 718-5104.

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Tom Snell (left) of the Central Carolina Toastmasters received first place in the Table Topics Speech Contest held at Sandhills Community College recently. Hugh Stewart (right) presented Snell with his trophy. If you have a calendar item you would like to add or if you have a feature story idea, contact The Herald by e-mail at news@sanfordherald.com or by phone at (919) 718-1225. Park (106 Charlotte Ave.) this spring. These family-friendly movies are free and open to the public; movies start at 8 p.m. For further details please contact DSI at (919) 775-8332, e-mail downtown@sanfordnc.net or visit www.downtownsanford.com. This week’s movie is “Monsters vs. Aliens.”

SATURDAY TODAY n The Sanford City Council Law & Finance Meeting will be held at 1 p.m. at Sanford City Hall.

THURSDAY n The Raleigh Exec Airport Authority will meet at 8 a.m. at the airport in Lee County. 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 Haley Michelle Godfrey, Helen Phillips, Ernest Phillips, Sher’rie Lour’des Blue, Flora Thomas Graham, Chase Oest, Mark McIntyre, Ja’Kaveon Da’muntae Quick, Derran Kenyon McKoy, Jamie Elizabeth Harris, Micheal Christopher Cox, Dustin James Smith, Nigel Gray Smith, Gail Jen, Bob Bridwell, Oliver Johnson, Lois McLean, Tammy Burch, Bret Holt, Mary R. McNeill, Suprina Graham and Amillion Alexander Jones. CELEBRITIES: Former MLB All-Star Pete Rose is 69. Former MLB All-Star Greg Maddux is 44. Actor Anthony Michael Hall is 42. Actor Adrien Brody is 37. Rapper DaBrat is 36. Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar is 33. Actor-producer Rob McElhenney is 33. Actress Vivien Cardone is 17. Actress Abigail Breslin is 14.

THURSDAY n Lee County High School students will perform “Anything Goes,” a Cole Porter musical about cruiseship hijinks, at 7 p.m. today in the McLeod Auditorium. Admission is $5. 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.

FRIDAY n Lee County High School students will perform “Anything Goes,” a Cole Porter musical about cruiseship hijinks, at 7 p.m. today in the McLeod Auditorium. Admission is $5. 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 8 p.m. at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsborough St., Pittsboro. n Patrons are encouraged to bring lawn blankets and chairs, purchase dinner from a downtown restaurant and enjoy a movie under the stars every Friday night at Depot

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This day in history: On April 14, 1910, President William Howard Taft became the first U.S. chief executive to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game as the Washington Senators opened their season with a 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1775, the first American society for the abolition of slavery was formed in Philadelphia. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington. In 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and began sinking. In 1939, the John Steinbeck novel “The Grapes of Wrath” was first published. In 1989, former winery worker Ramon Salcido went on a rampage in Sonoma County, Calif., killing seven people, including his wife and two daughters.

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n The second Broadway Our Way Festival will be held in downtown Broadway. The festival will host a street fair, opening at 10 a.m. with food and craft vendors. Along with free kids activities, there will be a car show and an antique tractor and farm equipment display. Other events include a 5K run, a 50K/100K bike ride, the Broadway Idol talent contest and a barbeque cook-off featuring People’s Choice Awards. Enjoy continuous live entertainment throughout the day from two venues. Festivities culminate with a street dance beginning at 7 p.m. For more information go to broadwaync.com or call (919) 2589922. n The Lee County Democratic Party will hold its annual county convention at the Lee County Courthouse (Courtroom 4). The doors will open at 9:00 am for light refreshments, and the business meeting will begin at 10:00 am. Democratic elected officials and candidates will be present, including U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham. All registered Democrats are encouraged to attend. For more information, please visit www.leedemocrats.org, email chair@ leedemocrats.org, or call (919) 718-9242. n Boy Scout troop 942 is having a barbeque dinner at Saint Luke’s United

Methodist Church between 11 a.m and 2 p.m. and 4 and 7 p.m. for a plate (or any time between 11 and 7 to pick up a pound). A plate will cost $7 and a pound will cost $10. All proceeds help take the troop to summer camp at Raven Knob and fund other troop activities. 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 8 p.m. at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsborough St., Pittsboro. n More than 50 pottery shops in the Seagrove area will hold kiln openings and special demonstrations as part of the Celebration of Seagrove Potters spring event. For more information, visit celebrationofseagrovepotters.com. n The Heart of Carolina Jazz Society presents “Jazz Encounters Classical Music” at 8 p.m. at the Temple Theatre in Sanford. Tickets are $15 adults and $5 students/ children. n Old Fashioned Farmers Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Silk Hope’s Historic Farm Heritage Park in Chatham County. General admission is $7 per person. Children under 6 free. The Golden Knights, the U.S. Army’s official parachute demonstrate team, will make a jump at 1 p.m. n ClydeFEST will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Bynum. n Lee County High School students will perform “Anything Goes,” a Cole Porter musical about cruiseship hijinks, at 7 p.m. today in the McLeod Auditorium. Admission is $5.

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Emergency services to honor seniors with luncheon

SANFORD — Local emergency responders and the Lee County Enrichment Center will hold an appreciation luncheon for seniors next week. Lt. David Prevatte of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said the luncheon, held every other year, is set for 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Dennis A.Wicker Civic Center in Sanford. “It’s just to say ‘thank you’ to our senior citizens in Lee County,” Prevatte said. Locals ages 60 and up can obtain a free ticket for the luncheon at the Sheriff’s Office on Elm Street or at the Enrichment Center on S. 3rd St. The luncheon will include door prizes, a meal prepared by Lee County High School culinary instructor Greg Ham, entertainment from Lee County High and J. Glenn Edwards Elementary students, and guest speaker Stephanie Bias from the N.C. Department of Insurance. Bias will speak about health care identity theft, Prevatte said. The event drew 400 when it was held in 2008, he said. — by Billy Ball

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Small Biz EXPO to include direct 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 22nd Annual Small Business Expo is scheduled for May 12, at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The show will open at 7:30 a.m. to exhibitors and their special guests by ticket only. General admission begins at 10. 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.

The Gold Demonstration team will jump in veneration of their fellow Gold Team demonstation who lost their lives in a C-47 crash. The jump will land at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the baseball field next to the fire department during Farm Heritage Day in the town. The jump commemorates the March 8, 1973, crash of a military transport two miles north of Silk Hope. — by Jonathan Owens

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Detours available around N.C. 87 roundabout PITTSBORO — When a section of N.C. 87 is closed in Pittsboro near Central Carolina Community College on Apr. 19 to construct a new roundabout, local residents will be able to get to their homes, businesses and public facilities in that area. This means that residents and employees will have a way to get to the Department of Social Services, the Eastern Senior Center, Therapeutic Alternatives (mental health services), the Health Department’s Community Health Promotion office, and CORA Food Pantry. According to Ron Van Cleef, assistant resident engineer for the NC Department of Transportation (DOT), the contractors are required to continue to provide a way for local traffic to access their homes and facilities. “They will be building a passable service road along the east side to meet this need, but we do want to limit usage of it as much as possible to local traffic only, not people passing through,” said Van Cleef. DOT will erect detour signs to channel non-local traffic away, so that they will use US 64 Business and Bypass as much as possible. The project is to construct a roundabout in front of the new Chatham Community Library, where Old Graham Road converges with N.C. Highway 87 and Camp Drive. Camp Drive is the entry to the Department of Social Services, CORA, Therapeutic Alternatives and Community Health Promotion offices. Senior Center clients may want to use options to access the facility from the north. Van Cleef said the project “could take as long as 120 days, but we hope it will be less. The current completion date is around Aug. 17.” Sanford Construction out of Sanford is the contractor for the construction of the roundabout. — From staff reports

Bouldin receives NCAEOP award By KATHERINE McDONALD Special to The Herald

SANFORD — The North Carolina Association of Educational Office Professionals has named Polly Bouldin, of Central Carolina Community College, as its 2009-2010 Educational Office Professional of the Year. Bouldin The selection was announced at the NCAEOP’s 59th annual conference, held March 17-19, in Greensboro. The award is based on service to the organization’s local, district and state levels. Bouldin will now represent the NCAEOP in the competition for national Educational Office Professional of the Year. “What an honor and a privilege to represent all office professionals across

level as chairman of the Professional Standards Program. “Polly gives 110 percent to any project she undertakes and it is so rewarding to have her honored for her hard work,” said Linda Spivey, NCAEOP immediate past president and employment specialist at Central Carolina C.C. “She has worked diligently for the good of her organization.” Bouldin is also active in her community, serving as treasurer of the Johnsonville Ruritan Club, vice president of the Harnett County Buddy Backpack Program, and frequently involved in fundraisers to help others. Her personal motto is “People don’t care how much you know, till they know how much you care.” Bouldin earned an Associate in Applied Science in Secretarial Science, with honors, from Central Carolina C.C. She is also a licensed real estate broker, licensed mechani-

cal contractor and a notary public. She is the second Central Carolina C.C. employee to win the state award. Gloria Cheatham, administrative assistant to the college president, was selected as the NCAEOP’s 2006-07 Educational Office Professional of the Year. The NCAEOP, founded in 1951, is a 2,000-member professional organization for all educational office support staff statewide. Each fall, its 14 districts select a district EOP of the Year, who is then in the running for state EOP of the Year. Bouldin was selected by District 7, which includes Asheboro City Schools and Anson, Lee, Moore, Montgomery, Randolph, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly, and Union county school districts and community colleges. A committee chosen from outside the NCAEOP’s membership selected the state winner from the district winners.

26, of 619 Hawkins Ave. Farm Road in Sanford, HARNETT COUNTY in Sanford, was arrested was arrested Monday and n Jeffrey Michael Monday and charged with charged with larceny. Johnson, 17, of 96 Red SANFORD n David Anthony possession with intent to Bird Lane in Cameron, n Sonic Drive-In at 717 sell a controlled subSchultz, 34, of 529 Sumwas arrested Monday S. Horner Blvd. in Sanford stance. mit Ave. in Sanford, was and charged with larreported theft from buildn Daniel Gary Wright, arrested Monday and ceny. ing Monday. charged with failure to 32, of 306B N. Steele St. n Lynn Huskett n Rent America at 1939 in Sanford, was arrested appear. Gaither, 33, of 1842 CamS. Horner Blvd. in Sanford Monday and charged with n John Joseph McNeill, eron Road in Broadway, reported property damage writing a worthless check. 22, of 201 Maideline Ave. was arrested Monday Monday. n Juan Antonio in Sanford, was arrested and charged with driving n Triangle Vending at Tuesday and charged with while license revoked. Rodriguez, 34, of 522 2980 Lee Ave. in Sanford non-compliance. Maple Ave. in Sanford, n Whitney Chantel reported theft from a was arrested Monday and n David Henry KendJones reported breaking vehicle Monday. charged with obtaining all, 25, of 540 Bounty Lane and entering and larceny n Elvira Williams property by false pretense. in Sanford, was arrested Monday at 923 Highway Adams reported property n Lee Francis Mason, Tuesday and charged with 87 in Sanford. damage Monday at 3006 31, of 1999 Kentrywood assault on a female. Hawkins Ave. in Sanford. n Michelle Denise Johnson reported larceny Monday at 703 W. Garden St. in Sanford. n Jose Orlando Aleman Serrano reported larceny Monday at 102 W. CourtWANTED: OIL AND GAS LEASES!! land Drive in Sanford. n Janecka Jowell ATTENTION LANDOWNERS OF POCKET AND WEST SANFORD TOWNSHIPS!! Chalmers reported theft I WANT TO LEASE YOUR OIL AND GAS RIGHTS IN THE SANFORD from a vehicle Monday at TRIASSIC BASIN. PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE YOU LEASE! 102 W. Courtland Drive in Sanford. My name is Charles Roberts and I have recently founded The Old North State Energy n Michael Anthony Company, LLC in Sanford. I am putting together, for exploration drilling, a large Mellette reported moblock of acreage in the Sanford Triassic Basin, and we are currently leasing all tracts tor vehicle theft Tuesday of 25 acres or more situated in the Pocket and West Sanford Townships. at 804 Juniper Drive in Sanford. Please allow me to tell you a little about myself. I was born and raised in Lemon n A woman reported Springs and still have family there and in Sanford. I attended Greenwood School. assault on a female TuesAfter graduating in 1974, I received a B.S. in Geology from Campbell College (1978) day at 540 Bounty Lane in and subsequently a M.S. in Geology from N.C. State University (1980). I moved Sanford. to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1980 and worked as a lead exploration geologist for n Sally Marie Turner a major oil company, Amoco. In fact, I was there when much of this acreage was Knight, 50, of 230 Bounty leased by Amoco in 1981. I have founded, run and managed my own oil and gas Lane in Sanford, was exploration and production companies in New Orleans for the past 25 years and arrested Monday and have oil and gas exploration experience in numerous basins across the U.S. and charged with larceny. in China. I am personally credited with the ﬁnding of over 500,000,000,000 cubic n Andre Roy Grier,

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feet of natural gas equivalents and consequently am known by my peers as an “oil ﬁnder”. This is a gift. Regardless of these successes, and no matter the distance from Lemon Springs and Sanford, Lee County has always proudly been my home. I have family and friends here and have always carried my home in my heart. Lee County is where I was born and raised and it is where I will be buried.

— from staff reports

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Golden Knights to jump in Silk Hope

SILK HOPE — On the heels of their 50th anniversary, the U.S. Army’s official parachute demonstration team, the Golden Knights, will make a historical jump in Silk Hope this weekend.

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the state, especially District 7 and Central Carolina Community College,” the Lee County native said. “I am deeply moved that I was chosen. It is with great pride that I accept this award, and I will go about telling others to continually strive for excellence and professionalism.” Bouldin has served as the college’s West Harnett Center site supervisor since 2001. She started working at the college in 1974 and, in 1983, helped establish its EOP chapter. She served as the first secretary and has also served as president, vice president, treasurer and chair of many committees and fundraisers. At the district level, Bouldin served as District 7 secretary, historian, and chair of many committees. For the past two years, she co-edited the District 7 newsletter, The Achiever, which won second place both years at state competition. Most recently, she has served on the state

Seminar presentations are held at Bright Audiology 211 Carbonton Road, Sanford, NC 27330 We have reserved special appointment times for those who attend our seminars. When you call us to RSVP, let us know if you would like to be seen for a hearing or tinnitus evaluation. This is an important ﬁrst step toward a better quality of life for you and your loved ones.

The oil and gas potential of the Sanford, Triassic Basin has interested me since my college days. In fact, I am certain that the drilling of the Chevron well (1974), near Cumnock, influenced my career choice. Recently, I felt “led” (some would say compelled) to revisit the oil and gas potential of the Sanford Basin; this, in light of new drilling and completion technology that may unlock the unconventional resources of the Sanford Basin. On a recent visit, I explored / revisited this potential in great detail and have decided that this basin, my home, will be my next oil and gas project. Why the Sanford Basin when other equally attractive oil and gas opportunities are available? First, I believe in the potential and secondly, because it is home and the people and land here are in my blood and dear to me. This Sanford Basin Project brings me full circle in my 30 year oil and gas career. It has brought me home! There are many obstacles to full realization of our goals, on both the legislative (current NC oil and gas regulations) and infrastructure (lack of pipelines and drilling support services) fronts. All of these may be overcome! First, however, we need to put together the approximately 25,000 acres needed to make the project a reality. I need your oil and gas lease and am offering fair and competitive terms for your lease. Additionally, and as a means of giving back to the community, for each oil and gas lease which The Old North State Energy Company, LLC is granted, we will give / assign 0.50% of all future oil and gas revenue produced from and attributed to your Old North State Energy lease to the non-profit and charitable organization (up to two) of your choosing in Lee County; this, so that others may benefit. I have opened an office at 112 Hawkins Avenue, in Sanford, and I may be contacted at 919-935-4863 or emailed at Oilfinder@charter.net. Please give me a call or email me to discuss an oil and gas lease on your property in the Pocket or West Sanford Townships. I am happy to meet with you personally to discuss my vision of this potential and your oil and gas lease. I look forward to hearing from each of you and until then pray that God will bless all of your paths. Sincerely, Charles C. Roberts, Petroleum Geologist Managing Member, The Old North State Energy Company, LLC

Opinion

4A / Wednesday, April 14, 2010 / The Sanford Herald

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

Electronics should stay out of class Our View Issue: The Lee County Board of Education’s decision to allow principals to set their own policies on cell phones and iPods

Our stance: Teachers have enough to worry about without having to fight for attention

Lee County Board of Education committee made up of administrators, teachers and students settled on creating a one-sentence policy on the use of cell phones, iPods, MP3 players and other electronic devices on campus last week. That sentence: “The possession and/or use of all electronic devices are permissible at the discretion of the principal.” From there, each school can tighten the policy as they see fit. In other words, principals ... it’s your problem, you deal with it. The policy change will go before the policy committee before going before the full board in a future

meeting. While it’s disappointing the district won’t have a concrete policy regarding the use of tech devices by students, we’re glad to see the issue has been raised, and we hope it means change, specifically at the middle and high school levels, where cell phones and iPods have become more of a distraction than the old paper notes in class ever were. Not only do they ring during class (or buzz, or beep), but students’ eyes are often pointed downward as they text message friends during class. And what many may not realize is cell phones with Internet capability can become cheating devices during tests or just

simple distractions for those more worried about sports scores than algebra. Our teachers have enough uphill battles with budget cuts, loss of assistants and overcrowding. Fighting for attention shouldn’t be another deterrent. We strongly suggest the principals come up with detailed policies regarding these devices, and we hope enforcement of these rules is strict. We’re not saying take away the phones altogether (there are safety pluses involved with having them), but there’s no good use in having them in between the bells.

R.V. Hight Special Projects Editor R.V. Hight can be reached at hight@sanfordherald.com

Saluting a good friend

ick Brewer is my mentor and my friend — and I was most happy to be among his friends to join him on Sunday night as he was inducted in the N.C. Public Relations Hall of Fame. Dot Jackson, Larry Stogner and Ray Shaw (posthumous) were inducted into the N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame at the event, held at the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill. R. Frank Andrews IV and Gwendolyn Bounds were presented Next Generation Leadership Awards. Brewer holds the title of sports information director emeritus for the University Brewer (left) and Hight of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels. He’s worked at Final Fours and bowl games and was a press officer for the U.S. Olympic Committee at the 1984 Olympic Games. He’s received honors from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and the College Sports Information Directors of America, a group for which he is a past president and a member of its Hall of Fame. He recently wrote a book, “University of North Carolina Basketball Vault.” He’s worked with many outstanding coaches and athletes — and I’m proud to say that I’ve had the opportunity to learn under his guidance. First, as a student assistant in the sports information office, he gave me responsibilities and his insight that has proven advantageous in my years as a journalist. Then, in the early 1980s, Rick asked me if I would be interested in keeping statistics for football games in Kenan Stadium, of which I have been doing so since. In fact, in recent years, Rick and I have worked together in manually keeping the statistics as a backup to the computer generated stats. Each Saturday is an absolutely joy as Rick and I share memories of Carolina football and basketball. I shall forever be grateful for my years at the university. It was a learning experience that I shall treasure. But, of my many experiences, including those of working with the men’s basketball program as a statistician for several years, the time I spent in the sports information office was beneficial beyond belief and certain has attributed to any success that I may have achieved in the journalism world. I thank Rick Brewer for that, for his patience ... his kindness ... and his confidence, over the many years. It has been an honor to know a true living legend in the public relations field. Thanks, Rick, for your friendship and your support.

Letters to the Editor Thankful for those who voted for health reform To the Editor: I read that our congressman from the second district of North Carolina, Bob Etheridge, has once again voted for the massive health care bill. His district is largely rural and is in a conservative area that most polls indicate are in opposition to this bill. Yet he continues to vote the party line as Speaker Nancy Pelosi instructed him to do. Two adjoining area districts represented by Rep. Mike McIntyre and Rep. Larry Kissel both voted against this massive bill as their constituents wished. They are Democrats as well as Bob Etheridge. But they voted against this bill twice. Maybe the difference is being statesmen, rather than being a mere politician. Etheridge has voted for the Cap and Trade bill (higher energy cost), to close Guantanamo (bring the prisoners to our country) and to ban shipping nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain disposal facility in Nevada (nuclear plant will have no choice but to store waste fuel on site). He also voted to place tobacco under the Food and Drug Administration against the wishes of our area farmers. He appears to answer only to his Washington bosses, The Democratic Party, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and President Obama. This is probably to keep his position on The House Ways and Means Committee since he did not even get to ride on Air Force One as other congressmen did. His real Bosses are the voters of North Carolina. The real test will be taken in the mid-term elections in November. JOE EDWARDS Sanford

Difficult to defend Jimmy Love’s record

Charter a path to top A

fter the Obama administration announced that Tennessee and Delaware were the initial winners of Race to the Top grants, Gov. Beverly Perdue restated her intention to claim a share of the federal funds in the second round of the process. “We clearly made a strong showing, and with more than $3 billion up for grabs in June, we will be back,” the governor said. Some 10 to 15 states will be able to claim John Hood some of the $3.4 billion available in that secColumnist ond round. Because North Carolina was one John Hood is president of of 16 finalists for the initial award, it’s reasonthe John Locke Foundation able to see Perdue’s statement as more than just bravado, although it’s important to keep North Carolina politicians have traditionally in mind that the process starts over entirely paid to the education establishment, our — states that didn’t make the finalist cut last state’s initial application received near-unitime will surely rework their applications to versal approval from the “stakeholders” — a be more competitive. category that, revealingly, does not appear Still, if the governor and other state ofto include students, parents, or taxpayers. If ficials want to increase their odds of success significantly, all they need to do is wipe away state policymakers decide to make a more North Carolina’s statewide cap of 100 charter competitive bid by lifting the charter-school schools — and make sure their allies in orga- cap, will they risk being stabbed in the back by the state’s school boards and the North nized labor don’t raise a stink about it. Carolina Association of Educators? That’s all. Perhaps a better way to pose the question Look at the math in the initial round. is: Will the state’s school boards and teacher North Carolina’s application received a score union be willing to risk beof 414 out of 500 possible ing blamed for costing the points, ranking the state state hundreds of millions 12th. The charter-school ‘Allowing the creation of of dollars in federal taxes section of the application more charter schools will North Carolinians have is worth a maximum of hardly budge the already sent to Washington 40 points. North Carolina and are just trying to get establishment’s vise-like scored only a 23, comback? pared to Tennessee’s 30 grip on North Carolina Allowing the creation of and Delaware’s 31. It’s true education.’ more charter schools will that even if our state had hardly budge the estabreceived a perfect score, lishment’s vise-like grip on the extra 17 points would North Carolina education. What it will do is have left us 13 points below Tennessee’s give many students and their families hope 444. But in the next round, with more slots available and money at stake, an extra 7 to 17 for a better educational future. There are thousands of families on waiting lists for the points could well make the difference. oversubscribed charter schools we already As the nonprofit Parents for Educational have, and thousands more in counties where Freedom has pointed out, there’s plenty of no charter schools have yet been allowed to time for North Carolina to improve its apoperate. These North Carolinians deserve the plication. The deadline for the next round is opportunity to choose educational options June 1. The legislative session convenes in that they think will better serve the needs of May. State lawmakers and the governor can their children. send a clear message of support for publicThe fact that extending this opportunity school choice by taking immediate action to to them may also brighten North Carolina’s lift the charter-school cap. fiscal outlook a bit should be merely an extra Unfortunately, presenting a plan to incentive for Perdue and the General Assemimprove teacher quality, offer incentives for bly to do the right thing. superior performance, give parents more school choice, and ensuring accurate and transparent reporting of student achievement, and other policy matters is not sufficient for a state to secure a share of the Forgive us the wrongs we have done, funds. Under the Obama administration’s as we forgive the wrongs that others have plan, “stakeholder support” for Rate to the done to us. (Matthew 6:12 TEV) Top applications is also quantified and facPRAYER: Loving and forgiving God, tored into the final score. That means state thank You for the newness of life that officials have to make sure that local school comes as we experience Your forgiveness boards and teacher unions are on board. and as we forgive and are forgiven by othNot surprisingly, given the deference ers. Amen.

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To the Editor: It’s interesting how local attorney Mr. Chip Post continues his defense of his lawyer buddy, Jimmy Love. I thought lawyers were trained to present irrefutable evidence. Yet, Mr. Post’s letter to the editor on March 23 is merely a rhetorical piece that fails to cite facts about how Mr. Love has represented his constituents. Informed citizens clearly understand that Mr. Love can’t be defended, even by a defense attorney, based upon his votes in the N.C. House. Mr. Post referred to Mr. Love as lawyer/legislator. Mr. Love, the legislator, has obviously followed the party-line vote, but he has not voted in the best interest of his District 51 constituents. Mr. Love, the legislator, voted for a $1 billion tax increase; funding of a $26 million fishing pier and allocating almost $14 million for outof-state scholarship athletes to have instate tuition. Educators, among others, should take a look at Mr. Love’s record. He did vote for some cuts in the budget. Ironically, the attorney for the Lee County Board of Education and his colleagues chose to cut $225 million in education. This reduction in state funding was cited for the layoff of classroom personnel in Lee County at the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year. This occurred during a period when high school graduation rates continued to decline, the school superintendent’s contract was extended by a year, a tax increase for school construction was promoted by the school system and the county’s unemployment rate soared to an all-time high. Parents should note that Mr. Love also voted to end to the state’s longstanding teaching of abstinence until marriage as its sex education curriculum and to replace it with a comprehensive sexual education curriculum. As the state’s mental health program fell into crisis, the lawyer/legislator voted to cut $40 million out of the mental health budget. He also voted to mandate that insurance companies cover specific medical conditions and devices that raises insurance premiums for everyone. Unfortunately for Mr. Love, the irrefutable evidence shows that, among other things, he has voted for increasing taxes during a recession, unnecessary regulations, excessive fees and allowing habitual drunk drivers to have their driving privilege restored. It is understandable why Mr. Post is clinging to rhetoric about the virtues of lawyers. It is difficult to defend Mr. Love’s voting record. ROBBY WESTBROOK Washington, Pa.

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Theater announces youth program Special to The Herald

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Temple Theatre this week announced details of its 2010 Summer Youth Conservatories. According to Artistic Director Peggy Taphorn, this year, Temple Theatre will be producing Walt Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Jungle Book as the summer conservatory performance. According to Taphorn, this youth education effort offers room for 76 local Taphorn children to participate in two three-week â&#x20AC;&#x153;campsâ&#x20AC;? (38 children per conservatory; ages 8 to 18) where they learn the history of theater, acting, auditioning, voice, movement, technical theatre and more. These youth are instructed by theatre professionals such as Taphorn, who spent 20 years based in New York City as an award-winning actress, director and choreographer; and Tom Dalton, Temple Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of education who holds a BFA and MFA in performance. Each conservatory culminates in a weekend of shows. Last year, both conservatories filled up on Registration Day which is scheduled for this April 21 in the theater lobby. Registration will start at 10 a.m. Enrollment is $300 per child. For additional information or conservatory dates, visit the Temple Web site at www.templeshows.com.

The Sanford Herald / Wednesday, April 14, 2010 / 5A OBITUARIES

Ivan Hall

Paul G. Jasko February 2, 1947 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; April 9, 2010

Irma McLeod SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Irma Lee McCoy McLeod, 70, died Tuesday (4/13/10) at her residence. She was born Oct. 31, 1939 in Harnett County, daughter of the late Lee Bert McCoy and Lora Yarborough McCoy. he was preceded in death by a son, James Lee Watkins; a daughter, Irma Eyvonne Smith; and a brother, Edgar Bert McCoy. She was retired Licensed Practical Nurse. She is survived by her husband, Eldridge Preston McLeod; a son, William â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billyâ&#x20AC;? Elbert Watkins Jr. of Tennessee; a daughter, Michelle Newell and husband William of Sanford; stepsons, Donnie McLeod and wife Betty of Goldston, Eldridge McLeod Jr. and wife Shelby of Sanford, Bobby McLeod and wife Peggy of Sanford, Jack McLeod and wife Alice of Cameron and Chuck McLeod and wife Debra of Broadway; a stepdaughter, Fay Munoz and husband Victor of Sanford; a brother, Bobby McCoy and wife Darlene of Carthage; sisters, Celia Norris and husband Charlie and Anna Jane

ANDERSON, S.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Paul George Jasko, age 63, of 2034 Shelter Point, passed away on Friday, April 9, 2010, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in River Edge, N.J., on February 2, 1947, he was a son of the late Paul Jasko and Estelle Czarche Jasko. Mr. Jasko retired as the Director of Production from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. While a longtime resident of Sanford, N.C., he served as a member of the Emergency Management Board. He was an avid golfer. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Dale D. Jasko; daughter, Jacqueline Veasey and husband Greg of Wilmington, N.C.; son, Chris Jasko of Columbia, S.C.; two grandchildren: Samantha and Jeremy Veasey; brothers, Jerry Jasko of Texas, Ken Jasko of Maryland and Mark Jasko of New Jersey. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 16, 2010, in the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home conducted by Dr. Jack Couch. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, it is suggested that memorials be made to the Cancer Association of Anderson, 215 East Calhoun Street, Anderson, S.C. 29621. The family is at the home. A message of condolence may be sent by visiting www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.com. Paid obituary

CAMERON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ivan Hall, 82, died Monday (4/12/10) at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. He was born in Lackey, Ky., son of the late Julius Hall and Maggie Green Hall. He was a retired Army veteran and a truck driver. He was preceded in death by brothers, Eligha Hall and Edmond Hall. He is survived by sisters, Eloise Hunter of Ohio and Dorothy Moore of Kentucky; a brother, Raymond Hall of Ohio; and many nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held at 12 noon Friday at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake. Condolences can be made at www.rogerspickard.com. Arrangements are by Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home of Sanford.

Ernest Greene Heaton and husband David, of Sanford; 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. The funeral service will be conducted at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Bridges-

Cameron Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant Christian Church Cemetery. Condolences may be made at www.bridgescameronfuneralhome. com. Arrangements are by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

CARTHAGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ernest Lee â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dinkyâ&#x20AC;? Greene, 65, died Friday (4/9/10) at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. A native of Moore County, he was a son of the late Moffitt Avery Greene and Mable Rouse Greene Freeman. He was

an equipment operator with the N.C. Department of Transportation. He is survived by sons, Lee Greene and Dennis Greene, both of Carthage; a sister, Elouise Ward and husband Ralph of Ellerbe; three grandchildren; and several nephews and nieces. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Crossroads Community Church with Evangelist David Bibey officiating. Burial will follow in Cross Hill Cemetery. Condolences may be made at www.FryandPrickett.com. Memorials may be made to www.Kidney.org, or National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd St., New York, N.Y. 10016. Arrangements are by Fry and Prickett Funeral Home of Carthage.

Dorothy Curley SOUTHERN PINES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dorothy E. Curley, 94, died Monday (4/13/10) at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Arrangements will be announced by Powell Funeral Home of Southern Pines.

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Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re anticipating an additional 35 percent increase in whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not coming from the state, he said. Moss said he wants to avoid eliminating personnel, but the $4,494,953 loss equals 110 certified beginning teachers, or 169 classified beginning staff, or the elimination of all classroom supplies, academically gifted programs and the entire transportation system, plus many more items. The district will look at a combination of these items to accommodate the shortfall for 2011-12, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the stimulus money goes away next school year, that amount will get added to at least this amount and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll face this,â&#x20AC;? Moss said. Asking the Lee County Board of Commissioners for a 10-cent increase to the property tax is a future possibility if the state does not find any way to replenish the revenue stream, Moss said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we keep our current reduction...then the burden would only be 4.5 cents,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even doing that, you need to keep in mind, that would keep our current $2 million cut in place.â&#x20AC;? At the last superintendentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meeting, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we were all very concerned about what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do to cross this bridge,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The decisions that we made last year have half of that bridge crossed. Our plight will not be as grave as some other districts in North Carolina.â&#x20AC;? But cuts will have to be made down the road.

Board approves LCHS bid SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Lee County Board of Education voted 6-1 to approve Option 2 for the Lee County High School renovation bid. Board member Cameron Sharpe voted against the measure. Option 2 includes the base bid, architecture and engineering fees, and contingency reimbursement in the amount of $20,764,513. In addition, it includes the $1,369,000 auditorium renovations and $17,000 for a lock system. The total comes to $22,150,513. Board Chairman Bill Tatum pointed out that the approval was contingent upon adequate funding from the Lee County Board of Commissioners. To bridge the gap between the approximately $19.5 million already approved by the commissioners, the board of education will ask them to pursue $2.6 million in zero interest bonds. They commissioners would then have to amend their current package to include $2.6 million in change, said Superintendent Jeff Moss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not asking the commissioners to exceed the funding revenue that will be provided by the quarter-cent sales tax referendum,â&#x20AC;? Tatum said. Sharpe told the board he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t support spending more money. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Would it not be supportive when we qualify it be part of the quarter-cent sales tax, which the public has already approved?â&#x20AC;? Tatum asked Sharpe. Sharpe shook his head and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still going to dissent.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no plan in place to look at a reduction in personnel,â&#x20AC;? he said. Moss has reassured teachers that further cuts wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be made this year. But, in 2011-12, they will have to look at every program and service, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would basically mean the elimination of everything we do outside of people,â&#x20AC;? he said. Moss said he will meet with teachers and other groups in a forum on Monday to answer any questions. Moss has started talking with Lee County Manager John Crumpton to prepare him for the shortfall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a contingency plan in place to help cross this bridge when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re faced with it this time next school year,â&#x20AC;? he said. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not likely the state

will find â&#x20AC;&#x153;a money tree out back,â&#x20AC;? Moss said. And Race to the Top money is to be used specifically for classroom initiatives, he said, so if North Carolina is given any, it canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cover the budget shortfall. Board Chairman Bill Tatum said it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t time for questions from the board regarding the shortfall and said he respected Mossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contingency plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bleak picture. With this time, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more uncertainty than questions would be appropriate,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel that it would be inappropriate for the board to... question your contingency plan.â&#x20AC;? After the meeting, Tatum explained that it would be too early for the board to question something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not public.

CHATHAM COUNTY

Earth Week events plentiful Special to The Herald

PITTSBORO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chatham County and Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro are involved in several activities to honor and celebrate Earth Week, which runs throughout next week. The Board of Commissioners will adopt an Earth Week Proclamation on Monday to kick off the week. The proclamation notes that the first Earth Day was started on April 22, 1970, as an educational event to inspire awareness and appreciation for our environment. A free county-sponsored event open during Earth Week are open to the public is a Tour of the Pollinator Garden at Chatham Marketplace on April 21 at 11:30 a.m. Debbie Roos from the Chatham Center of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service will lead the garden tour and explain the critical importance of growing plants that support the bee population. As part of Earth Week, the county is also hosting an optional session for employees to bring their lunch and learn more about the nationwide LEED standards used to rate the â&#x20AC;&#x153;environmentally sustainable design, construction and operation of buildings and neighborhoods.â&#x20AC;? The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will have a dinner before its Monday meeting, which will feature

locally-produced foods catered by Angelinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kitchen in Pittsboro. Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro also is hosting several public events as part of Earth Week. All events are free and will be held in the Multipurpose Room in Building 2. â&#x2013; Earth Week Kick Off: Natural Chef Program, Information Fair and Film at 4 p.m. Monday. The Natural Chef Program includes a view of the film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Food Inc.,â&#x20AC;? an Oscar-nominated documentary describing the impact of our current food system on our environment, economy and health. Prior to the film, attendees can meet local producers and chefs for a tasting reception. Food is provided by Angelinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kitchen, ECO, My Neighborhood School, Chatham Marketplace, and others. The Natural Chef program aims to train culinary professionals in basic culinary techniques with an emphasis on local food systems, seasonal food preparation, fundamentals of nutrition, and the connection between food and wellness. â&#x2013; Facility Tours and Meeting with LEED Architect Louis Cherry at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Cherry is the architect for the new Chatham Community Library, a joint library for the county and CCCC, as well as the new Sustainable Technology Building on the CCCC campus in Pittsboro.

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Jerath, the director of the UNC Chapel Hill Allergy and Immunology Clinic. “As much as you can minimize your expore, that will minimize your symptoms.” That means, Jerath said, keep windows rolled up in the car, use the recirculated air option, and keep the windows shut in the house. “This is not the time to let in fresh air,” she said. When you come inside, “take off your shoes, so you don’t track more pollen. If you have pets, when they come inside, wipe off their fur and paws.” But, acknowledged Gregory Metz, a physician with the Duke Asthma, Allergy, and Airway Center, you probably can’t avoid all the allergy triggers and if you are allergic, you’re going to develop systems. “These pollens can travel long distances, so even if you don’t have specific trees in your yard, it’s going to be difficult to avoid it,” Metz said.

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Republicans vying for the District Four seat that will be vacated by Commissioner James Kelly this year. The winner of the upcoming Republican primary will square off against Democrat Kenny Cole in the fall. Womack has five children with his wife, Sherry-Lynn Womack, also a military veteran. He is quick to point out that he is not the same Jim Womack that once ran a “liberal” campaign for the Lee County Board of Education. On the contrary, this Jim Womack wants to bring another conservative voice to Lee County politics. “I can be the voice of sanity on the Board of Commissioners,” Womack said. Womack, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, has a long military history in the U.S. Army, leading

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Shane Nantz kicks up a cloud of pollen as he mows the front yard of his west Charlotte home. From Florida to Texas to Colorado, 2010 is shaping up to be a monster of an allergy season. Everywhere, it seems, is covered in a fine yellow dust that irritates our lives. Experts say it’s the worst they’ve seen in years. Metz and Jerath both said the 24-hour, over-the-counter antihistamines — such as Claritin and Zyrtec — are pretty effective, and work quickly. “They work really well for sneezing and itching,” Jerath said, but if your symptoms “break through,” she added, it’s probably time for the big

guns. Metz recommends sinus rinses, also over the counter. “They’re buffered saline, and you can use them to wash out your nose, and they can be pretty helpful,” he said. Next step, if you still need relief: a nasal steroid spray, such as Flonase, which is avail-

able only by prescription. “They are the single best form of medications for allergies,” Jerath said, “because even though they are a topical steroid, they treat all the symptoms, the congestion and runny nose and itchy eyes.” The bad news is they take four or five days to actually start working.

troops in the Gulf War in Iraq and in military intelligence in Washington, D.C. His ascension into the Pentagon in 1986 was a jarring change, according to Womack, who admits he was a “grunt in the field” before moving to Washington. “A few weeks later, you’re spit-shined and polished, standing in front of three- and fourstar generals delivering briefings on intelligence,” Womack said. “... Little old me.” Womack, who also has experience as a sales director for software firm Covansys Corporation, is running on an aggressive platform of change in Lee County, particularly in how it markets itself and attracts industry. He blasted the Lee County Economic Development Corporation as an inefficient use for taxpayer money. The group, which is charged with recruitment and retention of businesses in

unemployment-wracked Lee County, has been under fire of late from county officials who say its leaders aren’t doing enough. According to Womack, industrial leaders aren’t charmed by economic incentives. Businesses want a county with a competitive tax rate and an enticing business climate, he said. Womack said county leaders should survey the businesses that have opted to settle in Lee without incentives to find out what was the biggest draw and then promote that quality to bait hightech, forward-thinking companies. “We can bring them to Sanford, but we need to highlight the right things,” he said. Womack said Lee County should also tout its alternative schooling options like Lee Christian School, where he teaches math and civics to high school seniors. Womack said such schools are

a draw for Christian families disappointed in public schools. He said the county must also look to serve as an attractive residential destination for military families setting at Fort Bragg in nearby Fayetteville. Commissioners aren’t doing enough today to truly lure potential businesses and homeowners into Lee County, he said. “I’ve become very frustrated that we’re not, as the Army would say,

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And the really bad news is that the high pollen season still has a ways to go. “We’re going to have the very high levels for at least several more weeks,” Metz said. “Pine and sycamore, which peaked last week, are now starting to decrease, but oak and sweetgum are starting to rise.” Then, after the tree pollen season is finally over, will come the grass pollen season, followed by the weed pollen season. If you’re really miserable and thinking you will continue to be, Metz has a suggestion: Consider allergy shots. “Get tested and figure out what you’re allergic to,” he said. “We can do skin tests and then allergy shots and switch your immune response from allergic to tolerance.” But — and you probably figured this out by now — it won’t help this season. It’ll take about three to five years. “But if you’re miserable spring after spring, you might consider trying to make next year less miserable,” Metz said.

being all we can be,” Womack said. Womack, who also volunteers with homeless shelter Sanford Outreach Mission, said Lee County has a number of “percolating” issues that must be addressed by commissioners, including what he calls a growing gang problem. He said Lee has all of the ingredients for gang growth: unemployment, a high drop-out rate and an abundance of violent crime.

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A member of Turner’s Chapel in Sanford, Womack said he would promote a public-private partnership with faithbased organizations to address local crime and violence problems. Womack admits his long career in the military and private sector is a far cry from political life, but he said he could not sit on the sidelines while Lee County struggles. “I’m not a politician,” he said. “I’m a public servant.”

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MORGANTON, Ga. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Military investigators were expected to arrive Tuesday afternoon in north Georgia at the scene where a Navy plane crashed in dense woods, killing at least three crew members. The Florida-based T39N Sabreliner just missed a house when it crashed Monday afternoon and authorities were looking for a fourth person believed to be aboard, officials said. Fannin County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office Maj. Keith Bosen said Tuesday that officials have yet to determine whether the fourth aviator had survived. Naval Air Station Pensacola spokesman Harry White said authorities had not confirmed whether the pilot was among those

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Navy personnel on the scene speak with a Fannin County sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy before the recovery operation continues Tuesday for the fourth person aboard a U.S. Navy jet that crashed in north Georgia Monday. killed when the training plane went down. No one on the ground was injured, he said. The plane was part of Training Air Wing 6, which conducts routine crosscountry missions through Fannin County, where it

crashed, about two hours north of Atlanta, on the edge of the North Carolina and Tennessee borders, White said. Searchers found three bodies and Bosen said there was no evidence that a parachute had deployed.

The twin-jet plane can carry two pilots and seven passengers, according to a Navy Web site. Authorities donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what caused the plane to go down and were putting together an investigative team, White said. He did not release the victimsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; names and said he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where the plane had originated. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the agency is not investigating the military crash. Authorities say the plane went down in an area described by residents as having houses scattered among dense trees. Fuel from the plane also started a brush fire that burned 10 to 15 acres, Bosen said.

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Judge suspended from bench indefinitely

CHARLOTTE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A North Carolina judge has been suspended from the bench without the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief justice giving a reason. Mecklenburg County District Court Judge John Totten was sidelined indefinitely by Supreme Court Chief Justice Sarah Parker, who did not cite a reason in her order signed March 26 and made public Monday. A spokeswoman for the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Administrative Office of the Courts said the reason for

Tottenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suspension is a personnel matter that she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t discuss, The Charlotte Observer reported Tuesday. A message left by The Associated Press at a telephone number listed in Tottenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name was not returned Monday. Paul Ross, executive director of the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission, which investigates allegations of ethical violations, would neither confirm nor deny if a complaint had been filed against Totten.

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RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tax forecasters estimate North Carolina will collect about 2 percent less revenue than first predicted this year. The Legislature and budget office experts say the state will take in $391 million less than expected to pay for the $19 billion budget for the year ending June 30. Gov. Beverly Perdue has held back money to narrow the shortfall. A memo dated Monday also says the state will receive $788 million less than expected for the budget for the new year starting July 1. The estimates could change after April 15 collections are counted. Legislative leaders say they may have to find up to $1.2 billion in spending cuts, additional revenues or both when new Medicaid expenses and other needs are included.

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A North Carolina county is putting aside the money it recovered when Dell Inc. decided to close its computer assembly plant. The Winston-Salem Journal reported Tuesday that Forsyth County commissioners decided to keep Dellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s refund of the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial incentives in a special fund. The county had offered the money to help lure Dell to the site in 2005. The county reclaimed nearly $8 million after Dell said last year it would close the factory near WinstonSalem. Since announcing the plant was closing, Dell has extended the date three times. Dell says increased demand for desktop computers will continue production at the plant through the end of October.

Pair rescued after being buried in marsh mud OAK ISLAND (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A couple has cleaned off the mud after a nighttime fishing trip went wrong and left them buried up to their armpits in the mud of a North Carolina marsh. The StarNews of Wilmington reported Tuesday the couple were rescued after a Brunswick County sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy in an air boat tracked them down in the dark. The Coast Guard and a local water rescue unit had been unable to find the man and woman stranded between Oak Island and the Intracoastal Waterway. Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Capt. Charlie Wilson says he found them stuck in thick black mud around midnight Sunday and pulled them onto his fan-powered boat. Wilson says he learned the victims were fishing on a raft when it deflated and left them buried in the mud.

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Census encourages wary Muslims to complete surveys By TOM BREEN Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nine years of scrutiny have made some American Muslims wary of the federal government, and that has the U.S. Census bureau working to make sure its crucial survey doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t become a casualty of fear. Muslims are not the only group the agency has identified as needing special attention, but they may be among the likeliest to shun the mail-in questionnaires. Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Muslim population includes large numbers of recent immigrants, and community leaders say nearly a decade of bearing the brunt of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s post Sept. 11 terrorism fears have taken their toll. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You still have people in a kind of paranoid state of mind,â&#x20AC;? said Khalilah Sabra, director of the Muslim American Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Freedom Foundation in North Carolina. That might be particularly true in the RaleighDurham area, she said, where seven local Muslim men were arrested in July and charged with plotting to travel overseas to carry

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Thirty-two year old Shanda Burrell of Charlotte holds a census sign next in Charlotte. during a rally by US census advocates at the Mas Jid Ash-Shaheed mosque in Charlotte to convince people to fill out the 2010 census form. out acts of terrorism. Sabra, who is working to convince Muslims in the area to participate, says sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heard many times this year from people who plan to ignore the census forms out of fear. Jihad Shawwa, of Raleigh, has heard the same concerns, but says those fears risk putting American Muslims in a position where they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take full advantage of their citizenship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to

stretch my mind to the point where Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m living in fear because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a Muslim,â&#x20AC;? he said. Even absent the fresh trauma of the 2009 arrests, some of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 30,000 to 40,000 Muslims would likely be wary of the census, said Mohamed El-Gamal, who leads the local Muslim American Public Affairs Council. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If what happened in July had not happened, skeptical people would still be skeptical,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The census is prohibited from sharing information that could identify individuals, including with other federal agencies or law enforcement. Census workers also take an oath, swearing for life to protect the confidentiality of data, with a possible five years in prison for breaching that trust. Technically, no Muslims will be counted at all. Also absent from the count will be Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians and religious believers and unbelievers of all kinds because religion is not a category tracked by the census. Still, for Americans who have been the subject of suspicion since the September 11 attacks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; many from countries where governments put little stock in oaths or restraint â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the survey is a tough sell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very hard to convince people that this is going to be a vital tool to help them,â&#x20AC;? said Sabra. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re afraid that information will be used not for them, but against them some time in the future.â&#x20AC;? Wariness about the

census is common among recent immigrants, regardless of religious affiliation, and it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only factor that makes a population difficult to count. Homeless people are by definition hard to locate, since they lack permanent addresses. People who have lost jobs or seen their homes foreclosed on are likelier to make frequent moves, making it harder to count them. Even ideology can play a role: this year, some conservatives, irked at what they see as federal overreach, are urging people to either skip the form or answer only the question asking how many people live at their address. The bureau has been working to ease these concerns for more than a year, said Tony Jones, a spokesman with the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Charlotte office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Partnership specialistsâ&#x20AC;? have fanned out across North Carolina and other states, going to houses of worship, schools and other gathering points to distribute information and answer questions. Rahman Khan, one

such specialist in Charlotte, has been traveling the state, visiting mosques and setting up meetings with community leaders. Part of the fear, he said, comes from a lack of understanding about how census data is used. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A woman in Greensboro told me just the other day that she was told Muslims shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fill out the census,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once I talk about the importance of the census and how they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask questions about religious affiliation, people are less reluctant.â&#x20AC;? Nationally, the census bureau has teamed with organizations like the American Muslim Interactive Network and the Muslim American Society to convince Islamic believers they have nothing to fear from the survey. At stake is roughly $400 billion in annual federal dollars that flows to local communities based on the count, which is why advocacy groups are working so hard to boost participation. They recognize, though, that convincing Muslims takes more than simple assurance.

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Fate of Hennis now with jury

By SHELLEY SMITH Winston-Salem Journal

SALISBURY — Mark Carrick never thought what started out as a room for fixing computers would expand in one year to two stores in two towns. Carrick, a former carpenter, has rebuilt his career as a self-taught computer repairman. He owns and operates Fix It Computers and Repair. He recently opened a store in downtown Salisbury after his first store in Kannapolis took off. He has always had a love for technology, and now has four full-time employees. “Every morning I wake up and I’m fired up,” he said. “I never thought I’d be here in a million years.” His one-room operation opened in January 2009 above the Sell It Bargain Center in Kannapolis. “In about four months’ time, I was really seeing how I was making a positive effect on people,” Carrick said. “A lot of people in the same position as I was, looking for jobs, were hurting.” Carrick attributes his success to affordable prices and good service. “I love helping people,” he said. “What I sell, I’ve never seen anywhere else sell it for the price that I do. “Not only does it make you feel good, but it’s more rewarding than getting a fat paycheck,” he said.

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Mark Carrick, a carpenter-turned-compute-repairman, working on a computer in Salisbury. He turned his love for computers and helping others into a successful business. Carrick, who owns and operates Fix It Computers and Repair, recently opened a store in downtown Salisbury after his business in Kannapolis took off. Carrick, who began a career in construction when he was 14, worked on home remodeling and then got into commercial construction, creating and installing store fixtures. He was able to travel all over the United States with his job, and he was loving life. “I was doing very well,” he said. “But then the economy sunk.” He helped out a friend at the thrift store and decided to start repairing computers in the upstairs of the building. When the shop moved, he contacted a local real-estate agent who offered him a storefront in Kannapolis. Carrick also made a deal with a large wholesaler, adding refurbished computers to

his list. But he was scared. He knew nothing about the business side. “When I started, everyone said I was crazy, and I needed to get a real job,” he said. “Everyone doubted it would really work. “This time last year I had nothing to my name, and by the end of April, I started making a reputation for myself.” The new store in Salisbury, at 117 W. Innes St., has been open for a little more than a month. He hopes to expand to other towns. Carrick, who also donates labor to churches and emergency responders, said word of mouth has been his best advertising.

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“I couldn’t be blessed any more than I am,” he said. He offers a basic refurbished computer, about four years old, with half a gigabyte of memory, a monitor, mouse, keyboard and 90-day warranty, all for $100. Laptops are available for about $250, and come with internal wireless and Windows XP. Each member of his staff is information-technology certified. “You name it, we do it,” he said. “I buy, sell, trade, repair laptops, desktops, servers, and small and large networks.” Carrick links his success to his heart. “The mentality I try to keep is to treat everyone how I want to be treated,” he said. “If you’re honest, and treat people the right way, you will have success.

FORT BRAGG — The fate of a North Carolina soldier convicted in the slayings of a mother and two of her daughters more than 20 years ago went Tuesday to a 14-member military panel, which must decide whether he’s sentenced to life in prison or death. “Finally, justice. A chance for justice,” said Maj. Robert Stelle as he opened his appeal for jurors to sentence Master Sgt. Timothy Hennis to death. “Justice finally for Katie Eastburn. Justice finally for Erin and justice finally for Kara.” The only possible sentence for a crime “so heinous, so repugnant, so supremely evil” is death, Stelle said. It’s never too late for justice, he said. “There is only one sentence that serves the case of justice,” Stelle said. Hennis, 52, was convicted last week of the murders of 31-year-old Kathryn Eastburn and two of her three daughters — 5-year-old Kara and 3-year-old Erin In 1985. Jana Eastburn, then 22 months old, was found unharmed in her crib. Lt. Col. Kris Poppe asked jurors to sentence his client to life so that Hennis can continue to be part of the lives of his wife, Angela; his 25-year-old daughter, Kristina Mowry; his 18-

year-old son, Andrew; and his grandchild. Part of their deliberations involves “the opening of the curtain of a person’s life,” Poppe said. “You must open that curtain and determine if there is any evidence of his humanity or value.” Jurors began deliberating the sentence about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday. They took less than three hours to convict Hennis on Thursday. Hennis had adopted the Eastburns’ dog several days before the killings and was arrested four days after the three bodies were found in the Eastburn home near Fayetteville. Eastburn’s widower, Gary, was at Air Force training school in Alabama at the time of the murders. He and Jana have attended Hennis’ trial, which is his third in the case. Hennis was convicted and sentenced to death in 1986, but the state Supreme Court ordered a new trial. He was acquitted in a second civilian trial in 1989. This time, he was tried in the military justice system. Hennis was living in Lakewood, Wash., when he retired from the military in 2004. The Army ordered him back to active duty in 2006 when a detective reviewing the case said he found new DNA evidence that wasn’t available at the time of the murders and civilian trials.

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Obama: Risks of nuclear attack have risen By STEVEN R. HURST Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told assembled leaders at the 47-country Nuclear Security Summit Tuesday the risk of nuclear attack — not by an enemy nation, but from terrorists — was on the rise despite the end of the Cold War. In his opening address to the first full day of the summit, Obama described the new nuclear reality as a “cruel irony of history.” He called the conference with the goal of locking down all nuclear materials worldwide in four years. “The risk of a nuclear attack has gone up,” Obama said, as terrorist organizations like the alQaida network try to get their hands on nuclear materials. By Monday night, when Obama hosted assembled presidents and prime ministers for a dinner, the summit had already paid early dividends: China’s agreement to work with the U.S. on possible sanctions against Iran and Ukraine’s decision to rid itself of nuclear bomb-making materials. Obama had already held two days of meetings with selected leaders from among the 47 countries assembled to recharge efforts to keep nuclear material out of terrorist hands. It ends Tuesday with a joint declaration to guide future work toward locking away and cleansing the globe of materials still too easily accessible to terrorists.

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President Barack Obama, and participants of the Nuclear Security Summit, take part in a moment of silence for Polish President Lech Kaczynski during the first plenary session in Washington, Tuesday. Obama announced at the outset that South Korea will host the next conference of this kind in two years. President Lee Myungbak told reporters that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il will not get an invitation until the North gives up its nuclear weapons ambitions. North Korea’s efforts to build a nuclear weapon program kept it out of the Washington summit. China’s incremental move toward U.S. ambitions to sanction Iran and Ukraine’s plans get rid of highly enriched uranium put some wind in Obama’s sails as he presses global leaders to join him in securing all

nuclear materials within four years. Obama’s meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao was the last of the summit warm-up sessions before the U.S. leader sat down with his guests at a working dinner. After the Hu meeting, White House national security aide Jeff Bader said Iran was a major topic of discussion at the 90-minute session. “They’re prepared to work with us,” Bader said, interpreting that willingness as “another sign of international unity on this issue.” Obama has been pressing the case that a fourth round of sanctions

is needed to persuade Iran to alter its perceived course toward a nuclear weapons capability. China, while historically averse to tough sanctions and uneasy about potential damage to its trade relationship with Tehran, may indeed be coming on board with Obama. He already has the robust backing of Great Britain, France and Germany. Russia, too, has shown a willingness to join the sanctions effort, which would give Obama the required clean sweep of permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. But when pressed on whether China had committed to anything

specific on the sanctions front, Bader was less direct. “We are going to be — we’ve started to work that and we’re going to be working on that in the coming days — coming days and weeks,” he said. Obama wants agreement on sanctions before summer. In Beijing on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said: “China always believes that dialogue and negotiation are the best way out for the issue. Pressure and sanctions cannot fundamentally solve it.” But she added that China supports a “dualtrack strategy,” combin-

ing diplomacy with the possibility of international sanctions against Iran. The Ukrainians, who gave a major boost to arms control in 1994 when they agreed to surrender the nuclear weapons they inherited in the collapse of the Soviet Union, agreed to get rid of their weapons-grade fuel by 2012. Some details are yet to be worked out, including how and where the nuclear fuel will be disposed of, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said. The material could be sent to the U.S. or Russia, but Gibbs declined to specify the amount, other than to say it was enough to make several nuclear weapons. When the summit began in earnest on Tuesday, the focus was Obama’s goal of ridding the world of nuclear weapons, with efforts to lock down materials to build those bombs an urgent first step. Tons of plutonium and highly enriched uranium are believed to be insufficiently protected from international criminal gangs and terrorist organizations. A report Monday by a Harvard nonproliferation found that Pakistan’s nuclear stockpile was the world’s least secure from theft or attack. Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, in Washington for the conference, insisted that his country’s nuclear weapons are well-guarded.

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12A / Wednesday, April 14, 2010 / The Sanford Herald WEST VIRGINIA

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Recovery teams working before dawn Tuesday finished the grim task of recovering the last of 29 West Virginia miners killed in the nation’s worst coal mining disaster in decades. Jama Jarrett with the state Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training said the last bodies were removed from deep inside the sprawling mine around 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. Tuesday and were being sent to the state medical examiner for autopsies. Recovery efforts had been stalled in previous days by volatile gases, but teams entered Monday after the tunnels were ventilated. Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship said the recovery means the company and others can now focus on the task of trying to determine what caused the worst U.S. coal mining disaster since 1970. Jarrett said investigators had not entered the mine by early Tuesday morning. The team of inspectors from the Mine Safety and Health Administration briefed Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and

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adequately manage risks at the mine. A similar challenge came in a letter to Massey from William Patterson, executive director of the Washington, D.C.based CtW Investment Group, which works with union pension funds. Mourning continued Monday exactly a week after the explosion, with the ceremony at the state Capitol and a moment of silence at 3:30 p.m. President Barack Obama ordered all U.S. flags in the state flown at halfstaff until sunset Sunday. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell also asked people in his state to observe the moment of silence. He restored $750,000 in funding for mine safety inspections in Virginia to the state’s strained budget, saying the tragedy in West Virginia was a wake-up call.

Boston tea rally has glaring absence: Scott Brown BOSTON (AP) — When the Tea Party Express pulls into the city where the conservative movement got its name, the crowd will be as notable for who is not there as who is. Sarah Palin is the keynote speaker at Wednesday’s rally on Boston Common, but Republican Sen. Scott Brown — whose January election the movement claims as its proudest accomplishment — is skipping the event. Officially, he’s too busy with his congressional duties — but Brown also kept the movement at a respectful distance during his upset campaign to succeed the late Democrat Edward M. Kennedy. If he gets too close, the freshman senator, who’s still getting used to his national profile, risks being aligned with the tea party’s more radical elements, which have questioned the legitimacy of everything from President Barack Obama’s U.S. birthplace to his college degree. “His ‘business in Congress’ is getting re-elected in 2012, and to do that, he needs to present a moderate image. Going to a tea party rally is about the last thing he needs,” said Jeffrey Berry, a political science professor at Brown’s alma mater, Tufts University.

Groups look for tea party support on nomination WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative groups preparing to fight President Barack Obama over his next Supreme Court nomination are trying to recruit tea party activists to their cause, hoping their enthusiasm will help them beat back any nominee that could

be too liberal for their taste. Bringing in the tea party movement — known for its high-energy rallies and protests calling for small government, lower taxes and less spending — would be a coup for conservatives, who were not able to stop the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor last year. This time, “you may have a whole new group of activists involved,” said Tom Fitton of the conservative group Judicial Watch. Obama is considering about 10 candidates for the court and promises to make his choice quickly.

News sites funded by think tanks take root BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A growing number of conservative groups are bankrolling startup news organizations around the country, aggressively covering government and politics at a time when newspapers are cutting back their statehouse bureaus. The phenomenon troubles some longtime journalists and media watchdogs, who worry about political biases and hidden agendas. The news outlets have sprouted in larger numbers in recent months to fill a void created by the downsizing of traditional statehouse coverage and to win over readers, including those from the tea party movement who don’t trust the local paper or the TV news. “Our state Capitol used to be bustling with the media,” said Matthew Brouillette, president of the Harrisburg, Pa.-based Commonwealth Foundation, whose news outlet, the Pennsylvania Independent, went live in January. “Now, you can swing a dead cat and not hit anybody in the state Capitol newsroom.”

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Wrong video of protest spurs N-word debate By JESSE WASHINGTON AP National Writer

Three Democratic congressmen — all black — say they heard racial slurs as they walked through thousands of angry protesters outside the U.S. Capitol. A white lawmaker says he heard the epithets too. Conservative activists say the lawmakers are lying. What does the video show? Not much. Indeed, new interviews show that a much-viewed YouTube recording cited as evidence by conservatives was actually shot well after the time in question. It was March 20, near the end of the bitter health care debate, when Reps. John Lewis, Andre

Carson and Emanuel Cleaver say that some demonstrators, many of them tea party activists, yelled the “N-word” as the congressmen walked from House office buildings to the Capitol. Stung by the charges of racism, conservatives and tea party activists insist it never happened. And one of them is offering big money if anyone can prove it did. With so many media and citizen cameras at the demonstration, any epithets would have been caught on tape, says Andrew Breitbart. He’s the web entrepreneur who released the video of ACORN workers counseling actors posing as a pimp and prostitute, and

has pledged $100,000 to the United Negro College Fund if anyone provides proof of the epithets. “It didn’t happen,” said Breitbart, who wasn’t there. “This is 2010. Even a racist is media-savvy enough not to yell the N-word.” The dispute pits the lawmakers — one of them, Lewis, is a leader and survivor of 1960s civil rights battles — against conservatives determined to counter claims of racism within the predominantly white and middleaged tea party movement. The criticism has proven a distraction to a nascent movement pushing a unified message of fiscal conservatism and limited government.

The issue still echoes in the media and blogosphere. “Listen, I was there,” Carson, D-Ind., said in an interview. “In many regards I think (the challenges are) a veiled attempt to justify actions that are simply unjustifiable. I think we need to move toward a dialogue that explores why this kind of divisive and reprehensible language is still making it into our political debate.” A fourth Democrat, Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina, who is white, backed up his colleagues, telling the Henderson Times-News that he heard the slurs. A reconstruction of the events shows that the

conservative challenges largely sprang from a mislabeled video that was shot later in the day. Breitbart posted two columns on his Web site saying the claims were fabricated. Both led with a 48-second YouTube video showing Lewis, Carson, other Congressional Black Caucus members and staffers leaving the Capitol. Some of the group were videotaping the booing crowd. Breitbart asked why the epithet was not captured by the black lawmakers’ cameras, and why nobody reacted as if they had heard the slur. He also questioned whether the epithets could have been shouted by liberals planted in the crowd.

But the 48-second video was shot as the group was leaving the Capitol — at least one hour after Lewis, D-Ga., and Carson walked to the Capitol, which is when they said the slurs were used. Questioned about using a video on his Web site from the wrong moment, Breitbart stood by his claim that the lawmakers were lying. “I’m not saying the video was conclusive proof,” he said. Lewis declined to discuss the issue with The Associated Press. Asked whether the epithet was used, his spokeswoman said: “Yes. Congressman Lewis did hear the N-word yelled from the crowd.”

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28 states may expand nursesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; role By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer

CHICAGO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A nurse may soon be your doctor. With a looming shortage of primary care doctors, 28 states are considering expanding the authority of nurse practitioners. These nurses with advanced degrees want the right to practice without a doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s watchful eye and to prescribe narcotics. And if they hold a doctorate, they want to be called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doctor.â&#x20AC;? For years, nurse practitioners have been playing a bigger role in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health care, especially in regions with few doctors. With 32 million more Americans gaining health insurance within a few years, the health care overhaul is putting more money into nurse-managed clinics. Those newly insured patients will be looking for doctors and may find nurses instead. The medical establishment is fighting to protect turf. In some statehouses, doctors have shown up in white coats to testify against nurse practitioner bills. The American Medical Association, which supported the national health care overhaul, says a doctor shortage is no reason to put nurses in charge and endanger patients. Nurse practitioners argue thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no danger. They say theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re highly trained and as skilled as doctors at diagnosing illness during office visits. They know when to refer the sickest patients to doctor specialists. Plus, they spend more time with patients and charge

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Amanda Cockrell, 32, left, a nurse practitioner at Rush Lifetime Medical Associates examines Joseline Nunez, 26, in Chicago. With a looming shortage of primary care doctors, 28 states are considering expanding the authority of nurse practitioners. These nurses with advanced degrees want the right to practice without a doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s watchful eye and to prescribe narcotics. And if they hold a doctorate, they want to be called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doctor.â&#x20AC;? less. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re constantly having to prove ourselves,â&#x20AC;? said Chicago nurse practitioner Amanda Cockrell, 32, who tells patients sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just like a doctor â&#x20AC;&#x153;except for the pay.â&#x20AC;? On top of four years in nursing school, Cockrell spent another three years in a nurse practitioner program, much of it working with patients. Doctors generally spend four years in undergraduate school, four years in medical school and an additional three in primary care residency training. Medicare, which sets the pace for payments by private insurance, pays nurse practitioners 85 percent of what it pays doctors. An office visit for a Medicare patient in Chicago, for example, pays a doctor about $70 and a nurse practitioner about $60. The health care overhaul law gave nurse midwives, a type of advanced practice nurse, a Medicare

raise to 100 percent of what obstetrician-gynecologists make â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and that may be just the beginning. States regulate nurse practitioners and laws vary on what they are permitted to do: n In Florida and Alabama, for instance, nurse practitioners are barred from prescribing controlled substances. n In Washington, nurse practitioners can recommend medical marijuana to their patients when a new law takes effect in June. n In Montana, nurse practitioners donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a doctor involved with their practice in any way. n Many other states put doctors in charge of nurse practitioners or require collaborative agreements signed by a doctor. n In some states, nurse practitioners with a doctorate in nursing practice canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use the title â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr.â&#x20AC;? Most states allow it. The AMA argues the

title â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr.â&#x20AC;? creates confusion. Nurse practitioners say patients arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t confused by veterinarians calling themselves â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr.â&#x20AC;? Or chiropractors. Or dentists. So why, they ask, would patients be confused by a nurse using the title? The feud over â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr.â&#x20AC;? is no joke. By 2015, most new nurse practitioners will hold doctorates, or a DNP, in nursing practice, according to a goal set by nursing educators. By then, the doctorate will be the standard for all graduating nurse practitioners, said Polly Bednash, executive director of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Many with the title use it with pride. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think patients are ever confused. People are not stupid,â&#x20AC;? said Linda Roemer, a nurse practitioner in Sedona, Ariz., who uses â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr. Roemerâ&#x20AC;? as part of her e-mail address. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the evidence on the quality of care given by nurse practitioners? The best U.S. study comparing nurse practitioners and doctors randomly assigned more than 1,300 patients to either a nurse practitioner or a doctor. After six months, overall health, diabetes tests, asthma tests and use of medical services like specialists were essentially the same in the two groups. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The argument that patientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; health is put in jeopardy by nurse practitioners? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no evidence to support that,â&#x20AC;? said Jack Needleman, a health policy expert at the University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health.

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Jury finds Boy Scouts negligent in sex case PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jurors on Tuesday found the Boy Scouts of America negligent and awarded $1.4 million to a former Portland man who was abused by an assistant Scoutmaster in the early 1980s, following a three-week trial in which secret Scout â&#x20AC;&#x153;perversion filesâ&#x20AC;? were used as evidence. The jury also decided the Irving, Texas-based Scouts organization was liable for punitive damages that will be decided in a separate phase of the trial. That would be in addition to the $1.4 million. The Scouts denied allegations of negligence and said the files actually helped them keep child molesters out of their ranks. Lawyers for Kerry Lewis, 38, the victim who filed the lawsuit, argued the Boy Scouts organization was reckless for allowing former assistant Scoutmaster Timur Dykes to continue to associate with the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Scout troop after Dykes acknowledged to a bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints early in 1983 that he had molested 17 Boy Scouts.

Sue yourself? Conn. official does to get on ballot HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As Connecticutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s secretary of the state, Susan Bysiewicz has spent 11 years explaining and defending election laws to candidates. But now, as a Democratic candidate for state attorney general, Bysiewicz finds herself in strange territory: as plaintiff in a lawsuit against her own office, challenging the constitutionality of a law she is sworn to uphold. The stakes are high, since current Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often-successful battles against tobacco companies, financial firms

and other big adversaries have made the job one of the most prominent of its type nationwide. And by filing her lawsuit, the solidly popular Democrat and one-time gubernatorial hopeful inadvertently made herself vulnerable to attacks from the Republican Party, which openly covets the attorney general job that it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t held in 50 years. GOP attorneys wasted no time persuading a judge to let the party join Bysiewiczâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawsuit as a defendant. They then forced her to acknowledge in a deposition that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never tried a case and hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been in a courtroom since law school.

Inquest begins in Mass. shooting by Ala. professor QUINCY, Mass. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; One of the first police officers on the scene after Amy Bishop fatally shot her teenage brother in 1986 still believes â&#x20AC;&#x153;in my own heartâ&#x20AC;? that it was an accident, he said Tuesday, even knowing now that she is charged with killing three colleagues at an Alabama university. The police investigation after the 1986 shooting was proper and complete, Tim Murphy, a retired Braintree, Mass., police officer, said after testifying at an inquest into Seth Bishopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death that has the potential to produce a murder indictment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything that was supposed to be done was done,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a very thorough investigation.â&#x20AC;? Murphy responded to the family home after the shooting and then helped arrest Amy Bishop at a nearby auto body shop. He said she pointed her gun at several officers who approached her and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drop the weapon until the third command. He then helped handcuff her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In my own heart, I believe it was an accident,â&#x20AC;? Murphy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think that anybody would have done anything like that. I think it was a horrible tragedy.â&#x20AC;?

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LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; With no introduction or celebrity fanfare, Steve Martin steps onstage with the Steep Canyon Rangers bluegrass band, a banjo strapped to his chest. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not there to tell jokes, though he manages to squeeze in a few. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there to play music â&#x20AC;&#x201D; songs from his Grammywinning bluegrass album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo.â&#x20AC;? Martin tells the crowd he met the band at a party in North Carolina, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in California, I tell people we met in rehab.â&#x20AC;? With that, he begins to play, with such conviction and skill that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clearly not joking. A banjo player for 45 years, Martin says he wrote every song in the hourlong set, just as he did all 15 tracks on his album, which spent a year atop Billboardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bluegrass charts. He toured the country playing banjo last year and is embarking on a second nationwide tour on April 19. The Steep Canyon Rangers serve as his backup band. The 64-year-old actorwriter-musician says he fell in love with the banjo the first time he heard it during the 1960s folk-music craze. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was just the sound of it,â&#x20AC;? Martin said in an interview before taking the stage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was like my ears were trying to part away

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Actor, musician and writer Steve Martin practices with his banjo backstage before an appearance with the Steep Canyon Rangers band at Largo at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles on March 19. the other instruments and focus on what is that instrument, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always loved it.â&#x20AC;? He told the audience inside the 250-seat Largo theater that he appreciates the banjoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;elements of sadness and melancholy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like the expression on my agentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face when I told him I wanted to do a banjo tour.â&#x20AC;? When Martin talks about music with a reporter, though, there are no jokes. He approaches the subject with the same earnestness and focus that he does his writing and acting projects, pausing intermittently to pick away on the banjo in his lap. After spending two months on the road with the Steep Canyon Rangers last year and winning a Grammy in January,

Martin has become an accidental ambassador for the banjo and bluegrass music. He speculates that only half the crowd at any of his concerts are there for the bluegrass and banjo music, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but they all go away very happy.â&#x20AC;? Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success with the banjo has boosted bluegrass, says Rangers leader Woody Platt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Steveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s notoriety as a person, as a comedian, as an actor, I think is really wonderful for bluegrass music,â&#x20AC;? Platt says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a niche market and we need as many things as we can get to broaden the spectrum of listeners.â&#x20AC;? While Martin plans to keep up with writing (he has a novel coming out in November) and acting (his next film is â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Big Yearâ&#x20AC;?

with Jack Black and Owen Wilson), it seems his heart is in his music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like it all, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m finding that certainly music introduces me to a whole new group of people that I really, really like,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It uses another part of my brain and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just another experience for me, another discipline thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really fun and unusual.â&#x20AC;? Touring is nothing new for Martin, who used to play the standup circuit. But playing music on the road is different from telling jokes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I much prefer playing music,â&#x20AC;? Martin says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because comedy, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on stage, it never stops. It never stops being worrying. But a song lasts three minutes.â&#x20AC;? And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;comfortingâ&#x20AC;? to look out into the crowd and see people happily humming along to the music, Martin says. His latest tour begins in Detroit and includes stops at the New Orleans Jazz Fest and the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also planning to pen a second banjo album. Just as he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep comedy out of his concerts, a laugh or two might also sneak onto the new album. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to write a song called â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Women Like to Slow Dance,â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Martin says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to make it really fast.â&#x20AC;?

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SAN FRANCISCO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Twitter announced Tuesday that it is introducing advertising by allowing companies to pay to have their messages show up first in searches on its site. The debut of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Promoted Tweetsâ&#x20AC;? comes as Twitter increasingly faces questions about how it can turn its wide usage into profits. The ads apparently wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bring in much money during the experimental phase of Twitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commercial push. Virgin America, one of the advertisers that Twitter invited to test the concept, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t paying for its first burst of promotional messages, according to Porter Gale, the airlineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice president of marketing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would expect that it would turn into a paid model in the future,â&#x20AC;? Gale told The Associated Press. Twitter declined to comment when asked whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charging the test group of advertisers. Besides Virgin America, Twitter identified Best Buy Co., Sony Pictures and Starbucks Corp. among the other companies using Promoted Tweets.

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16A / Wednesday, April 14, 2010 / The Sanford Herald FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR SANFORD TODAY

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Temperature Yesterday’s High . . . . . . . . . . .79 Yesterday’s Low . . . . . . . . . . .43 Normal High . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Normal Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Record High . . . . . . . .87 in 1977 Record Low . . . . . . . .26 in 1975 Precipitation Yesterday’s . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00"

Answer: If you are trapped in a blizzard, a snow cave can insulate you from the cold.

U.S. EXTREMES High: 87° in Milton, Fla. Low: 15° in Cascade, Fla.

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POLAND

BRIEFS

Nation mourns; president, wife lie in state

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of grieving mourners tossed flowers at a slow-moving hearse or joined an enormous viewing line at the presidential palace to pay their respects Tuesday to Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife as their bodies lay in state. Kaczynski and his Maria Kaczynska were among 96 people killed Saturday in a plane crash in western Russia. Investigators are pointing to human error as the cause. Mourners knelt, prayed and cried before the first couple’s closed coffins in the Columned Hall of the palace, where the president appointed and dismissed governments. The line to get in swelled to over half a mile (1 kilometer) long but the mourners were not deterred. “We will wait as long as it takes,” said Alicja Marszalek, a retired telephone operator waiting with a friend. “We want to pay homage to them because they were wonderful people. He was a modest man, very well educated, intelligent and kind.” Polish television broadcast live images of mourners walking by the coffins. Many were families with children, parents and grandparents. Each

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Wilmington 69/50

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Emergency ministry workers walk near the wreckage of the Polish presidential plane, with emblem of Polish air force visible, at the crash site in Smolensk, western Russia, Tuesday. coffin was flanked by a pair of soldiers, standing crisp and stonelike. Earlier Tuesday, Kaczynska’s body was greeted with tears and tulips after being flown home from Russia, and officials announced that the first couple will be buried Sunday in a state funeral at Krakow’s Wawel Cathedral. Stanislaw Kracik, Krakow province governor, said the presidential couple will receive a funeral at 2 p.m. (1200 GMT) Sunday in the 1,000-year-old cathedral — the main burial site of Polish monarchs since the 14th century. The last Polish leader killed in office, Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski, the exiled

World War II leader who perished in a mysterious plane crash off Gibraltar in 1943, is also interred there. Leaders expected for the funeral include Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. Kaczynska’s body, in a wooden casket draped with Poland’s whiteand-red flag, arrived in a military CASA plane at Warsaw’s Okecie airport. It was met by her only child, Marta, and by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, her brother-inlaw who was also the twin of the late president. Her daughter knelt by the casket and wept as a Polish honor guard stood by. Kaczynska’s body was then ferried slowly to the

Presidential Palace in the back of a black MercedesBenz hearse, just like her husband’s was on Sunday. Thousands of Warsaw residents lined the route, gently lobbing bouquets of tulips and roses on top of the hearse. “I’m here because it’s such a tragedy for Poland,” said Maja Jelenicka, 63. “I’m in despair. I feel as if I’ve lost a close relative. Maria Kaczynska was a wonderful woman, kind, with a heart of gold.” Parliament held a special observance in memory of the president and the 18 lawmakers killed in the plane crash. In the assembly hall, framed portraits of the lawmakers and flowers bedecked their now-empty seats. The names of the victims were read out, and Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz, his voice breaking, declared the crash the “greatest tragedy in Poland’s postwar history.” Investigators have suggested that human error may have been to blame in Saturday’s crash that killed the Polish president and 95 others. The Tu-154 went down while trying to land in dense fog at Smolensk in western Russia. All aboard were killed, including Kaczynski and dozens of Polish politi-

cal, military and religious leaders. They had been traveling in the Polish government-owned plane to attend a memorial in the nearby Katyn forest for thousands of Polish military officers executed 70 years ago by Josef Stalin’s secret police. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Tuesday there was no explosion or fire on the plane and the engines were working normally. “Judging by preliminary analysis of data from the black boxes, there was no explosion or fire aboard the plane, and the engines were working until the collision,” Ivanov said in televised remarks. The pilot had been warned of bad weather in Smolensk, and was advised by traffic controllers to land elsewhere — which would have delayed the Katyn observances. He was identified as Capt. Arkadiusz Protasiuk, 36, and the co-pilot as Maj. Robert Grzywna, 36. Traffic controller Anatoly Muravyev, part of the Russian team that handled the plane, told the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper that the crew ignored their warnings about worsening weather at the Smolensk airport.

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Michelle Obama visits quake-ravaged Haiti capital PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama made a surprise visit Tuesday to the ruins of the Haitian capital, a high-profile reminder that hundreds of thousands of people remain in desperate straits three months after the devastating earthquake. The first lady and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, took a helicopter tour of Port-au-Prince, where hundreds of thousands of people are still homeless because of the quake, before landing at the destroyed national palace to meet President Rene Preval. They later met with students whose lives have been upended by the disaster and walked along a vast, squalid encampment of families living under bed sheets and tents. “It’s powerful,” Obama told reporters. “The devastation is definitely powerful.” A number of past and present world leaders have visited since the earthquake, including former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. But few have the star power here of the American first lady, whose husband is widely popular in Haiti and throughout the Caribbean.

Israel tells its citizens to get out of Sinai now JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel issued an “urgent” warning Tuesday to its citizens to leave Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula immediately citing “concrete evidence of an expected terrorist attempt to kidnap Israelis in Sinai.” The statement from the Israeli prime minister’s antiterror office took the unusual step of calling on families of Israelis visiting the Sinai to establish contact with them. The commander of the antiterror office, Brig. Gen. Nitzan Uriel, acknowledged that there had been rumors that Israelis have been kidnapped in the Sinai. “We don’t work according to rumors,” he the Israel TV. “We work according to firm intelligence.” He said it would “take some time” to disprove the rumors, which circulated all day Tuesday. “It is very possible that at this moment, there is a terror cell that has the intention and has a plan in operation to kidnap an Israeli and bring him to Gaza,” he said. Palestinian militants in Gaza have been holding an Israeli soldier captive for more than three years. Uriel said the kidnappers were likely to strike along the Red Sea coast, a favorite spot for Israelis.

The Sanford Herald / WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010

On hand

Sports QUICKREAD

The Boss is on hand as the Yanks pick up something for their ring fingers in their home opener

Page 3B

Wake reaches terms with Bzdelik

SOUTHERN LEE SOCCER

By JOEDY McCREARY AP Sports Writer

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ROETHLISBERGER, GOODELL MEET IN NY NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger has finished his meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, and there’s no immediate word if the Steelers quarterback will be punished for his problems off the field. Roethlisberger flew to New York from his Pittsburgh home one day after a Georgia district attorney announced the player would not be charged after a college student accused him of sexually assaulting her in a nightclub bathroom last month. He tells ESPN that Tuesday’s meeting was “very productive.” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello says the league will review the facts — in accordance with its personal conduct code — and will follow up with Roethlisberger and the Steelers. The Steelers, clearly angered with their star player’s conduct, can discipline Roethlisberger even if the league doesn’t.

NCAA CLEMSON TABS BROWNELL AS BASKETBALL COACH

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — New Clemson basketball coach Brad Brownell says he was instantly drawn to the job as soon as he heard Oliver Purnell was leaving for DePaul. Brownell said Tuesday he hopes to build on Purnell’s success, which includes trips to the NCAA tournament the past three seasons. Brownell says his expectations are high, although he needs to learn more about his players. Brownell went 84-45 in four years at Wright State, leading the Raiders to a 20-12 record and a 12-6 mark in the Horizon League.

NCAA BOBBY HURLEY JOINS BROTHER AT WAGNER

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Duke star Bobby Hurley will join his brother’s staff at Wagner. Dan Hurley was hired last week to coach the Seahawks, and the school announced Tuesday his older brother would serve as an assistant coach. Bobby Hurley worked as a scout for the Philadelphia 76ers for a year but has no college or pro coaching experience. The 38-year-old former point guard is still the NCAA career assist leader. He led the Blue Devils to consecutive national championships in 1991 and 1992 and was an AP All-American in 1993. Hurley became a thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder after playing five seasons in the NBA.

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Southern Lee’s Teresa Monroy (right) fights for control of the ball against Richmond County’s Vanessa Rivetti (17) in this file photo.

Cavs seeking confidence By RYAN SARDA sarda@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — The Southern Lee Lady Cavaliers played a near-perfect first half against Douglas-Byrd on Tuesday night at Cavalier Stadium.

Kahne leaving RPM for Hendrick CHARLOTTE (AP) — Kasey Kahne has completed a deal to drive for Hendrick Motorsports in 2012 but still needs to iron out his plans for next season, The Associated Press has learned. A person familiar with Kahne’s plans spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity Tuesday because portions of Kahne’s deal Kahne are still being worked out. Most notably, it’s not clear where Kahne will drive in 2011. HMS is currently at NASCAR’s four-car limit, and Kahne is working out a deal to succeed Mark Martin in the No. 5 car in 2012. Martin has one more season left on an extension he signed last year, and owner Rick Hendrick plans to honor that deal. Kahne, who made an appearance in California Tuesday on behalf of Infineon Raceway, was attending the San Francisco Giants baseball game Tuesday night and not immediately available for comment. Earlier in the day, Richard Petty Motorsports announced that Kahne informed them he’s leaving the team at the end of this season. “Kasey is a very talented driver, and I have enjoyed watching him race,” said team co-owner Richard Petty. “We all wish him nothing but the best and hope he succeeds in anything he chooses to do.”

The Lady Cavs cruised to a 60 lead at the break. Results of the entire match were not available at presstime. But with a roster of just four seniors and nine freshman, the inexperience and youth has kicked in several times for the

Cavaliers (2-6-2, 2-3), according to head coach Jason Burman. And it’s been something he’s been trying to address with his team. “The inexperience is still

See Cavs, Page 9B

RALEIGH — Wake Forest has selected Colorado’s Jeff Bzdelik as the Demon Deacons’ new men’s basketball coach, a person familiar Bzdelik with the deal said Tuesday. Bzdelik has been in Winston-Salem since Monday, the person told The Associated Press, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the formal announcement had not been made. The school has a 10 a.m. ET news conference scheduled for Wednesday to introduce its new coach. Bzdelik spent 2 1/2 seasons coaching the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and most recently went 36-58 in three seasons at Colorado. His expected hiring comes a week after Wake Forest fired Dino Gaudio because of what athletic director Ron Wellman described as a pattern of late-season fades. Wake Forest focused its search on Bzdelik for most of the week that the

See Wake, Page 9B

ON THE FRINGE

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Phil Mickelson celebrates on the 18th green after winning the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., Sunday.

Another Masterful win, but how long can Lefty challenge? By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

AUGUSTA, Ga — The U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, the next leg of a Grand Slam that only Phil Mickelson can win this year, brings back mixed memories. In his professional debut there in 1992, Mickelson opened with a 68 and was only two shots out of the lead. The next day, he shot 81 and missed the cut. That seemed to set the tone for his roller coaster of a career, good times and bad, rarely a dull moment. No one should ever ques-

While Tiger Woods has had a revolving door of rivals, Mickelson has passed through the most times. The question is how long Mickelson stays there. tion the greatness of Mickelson. He was the last amateur to win on the PGA Tour. Only 10 other players have won

more than his 38 titles on the PGA Tour. And his Masters victory Sunday made him the first player to win three straight tournaments against a field that included Tiger Woods, the previous two coming at the Tour Championship and HSBC Champions in Shanghai. While Woods has had a revolving door of rivals, Mickelson has passed through the most times. The question is how long Mickelson stays there.

See Lefty, Page 9B

Local Sports

2B / Wednesday, April 14, 2010 / The Sanford Herald IN THE AREA

CALENDAR Wednesday, April 14 Baseball Carrboro at Southern Lee 7 p.m. Soccer Westover at Southern Lee 7 p.m. Lee County at Green Hope 6:30 p.m. Golf Tri-9 Conference at McGregor Downs 4 p.m.

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CAVS GET THEIR RINGS

SPORTS SCENE Cavsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; baseball shuts down Scotland SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tyler Appling outdueled South Carolina recruit Curt Britt as Southern Lee blanked Scotland County 5-0 in baseball on Monday night. Appling worked out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the first inning to settle down and scatter seven hits in the complete-game shutout win. He struck out 10. Justin Cox was 2-for-3 with an RBI while Jerad Kehagias was 2-for-3 with two doubles for Southern Lee. Walt Podruchny drove in a run and Jeffrey Ward had two hits and two RBI.

Falconsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; baseball falls to Faith SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Faith Christian topped Lee Christian 17-4 in five innings of baseball on Tuesday. Jon Lineberry had two hits for the Falcons whole Jared Thomas, James Mlynczak and Dylan Rosser had one hit apiece.

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Lee tennis fights back in loss to Cary SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cary downed Lee County 9-0 in boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tennis on Tuesday, but the Yellow Jackets made the Imps work for it. In particular, two of Lee AP photo Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubles teams The 2010 Southern Lee gymnastics team was presented with State Championship rings at the winter sports played well. The duo of banquet recently. The rings were purchased by the Southern Lee Athletic Booster Club. Pictured left to right: Kelly Hammy James and Holden Brower, Kacie Lorenzo, coach Kate Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell, Anna Spivey and Ashley Murchison. Keen lost 9-7 while Chase Brown and Richard Wicker were clipped 9-7 as well.

IN THE DRAFT

After a break, NASCAR is back D

id you miss me? I took a week off. I really thought I deserved it because just like the Sprint Cup teams I will be in action the next 14 weeks. The next break for all of us is the week before Indianapolis. And yes I will be going again this year. I have my motel and I am already planning the trip. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait, but just like Saturday night in Phoenix there is a lot of action waiting to take place before that trip. So letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk about the Subway 600. First of all, why did they change the length of the race? There is only one 600 and that is in Charlotte! It just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sound right and I think as far as Kyle Busch is concerned it should have been left the length that it was. I went to Pleasant Garden to visit with some family and was back home just as the green flag fell. It started off kind of boring but as the night went on it became kind of interesting. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize until today that three different drivers led more than 100 laps each and thus created some excitement. The middle portion was rough because Jimmie Johnson was in his customary spot and was leading, but a late caution flag gave everyone, including Kyle Busch, a chance to make some changes. When they restarted Busch jumped out in front and was gone. He had built a 2.5-second lead and was seemingly headed to victory lane when, just as I predicted, another caution! Yes, I knew it would happen. Heck, it had happened in all but two of the races thus far this year, so why not? And besides, NASCAR wanted it and they usually get what they want. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think Scott Riggs blowing a tire and hitting the wall was planned, but then again there is always that seed of doubt. Regardless, it changed the complexion of the race and everyone knew that Busch would not win. I really expected it

Lynn Gaines In The Draft Gaines can be reached at gaines.lynn@gmail.com

to play into Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands but Ryan Newman passed Jeff Gordon like he was sitting still and never looked back. There were several teams that made great calls with a two tire pit stop while some took four. The ones who took two knew that couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fade too far, and with the exception of A. J. Allmendinger, they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. Mark Martin gained seven spots and only lost one during the final three laps, so all in all, they were great calls. Again I feel for Busch. He won the Nationwide race on Friday and was trying to become the first in a long time to win both races on the same weekend, but Newman had other ideas. I am always surprised how a team can start strong, then fade a

little, but when you least expect them to challenge, there they are. Newman was like a cat. He laid back and just when he needed to strike he put a number in the winnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s circle that had never been there. Another oddity that keeps racing interesting: who would have thought that the No. 39 had never won a race? I am sure there are others that have never been there but statistics are the thing that keeps the true sports fan glued to their television. Most anyway. Personally I get tired of the mind-numbing statistics. There are numbers for everything. It just gets to be too much sometimes. Once in a while I would love to just be able to watch a sporting event without the endless stream of numbers being thrown at me. All I want to see is who wins and who loses and how much NASCAR controlled the outcome. The numbers will take care of themselves. As I mentioned earlier, the teams are starting a long stretch of races. The ones who can keep

McMurray to replace Bires in No. 88 Nationwide car MOORESVILLE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kelly Bires was released Tuesday by sponsorship-strapped JR Motorsports, which is finding it difficult to develop young drivers without corporate backing. Dale Earnhardt Jr. created the team as an avenue to develop drivers in NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second-tier Nationwide Series level. But he and his family are running much of this season out of pocket because sponsorship has been difficult to land. Bires drove JRMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flagship No. 88, which is only partially funded this year. Danica Patrick drives the No. 5 on a part-time basis with sponsorship from GoDaddy. com, but JRM is trying to run that car the entire season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are extremely appreciative of Kelly Bires and wish him the best,â&#x20AC;? said Kelley Earnhardt, co-owner of JRM and Earnhardtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Internally, it was evident the chemistry that is imperative for us to succeed in this highly competitive industry was simply not there. That is the fault of no one person. We owe it to our fans and sponsors to make necessary adjustments in an effort to put our best product on the track, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll continue evaluating our progress until we are confident that our full potential is being reached.â&#x20AC;?

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Crusadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; soccer falls to Vandalia GREENSBORO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Unbeaten Vandalia topped Grace Christian 5-1 in girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; soccer on Tuesday. Amanda Norris scored her team-leading eighth goal of the season for the Crusaders (5-5, 3-5).

Wicker, Johnson win 2-man tourney SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The team of David Wicker and Kent Johnson won the championship flight of the SMGA two-man nine-hole game on Saturday at Sanford Golf Course. Micah Lawrence and Brad Wicker finished in second place. There was a 3-way tie for first place in the first flight. The duo of Phil Liles and Don Marks tied with Roy Eubanks and Dave Neff and the team of Danny Baker and Jim Purtell. . Tom Gordon and Gilbert Rosser won the second flight. Third-flight winners were John Heath and Walter Roberts. David Wicker was the low gross winner with a 69 and the low net winner was Fred Murchison with a 62.

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MLB ROUNDUP

MLB BRIEFS Tampa Bay Rays give 4-year deal to Cuban prospect ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cuban outfielder-first baseman Leslie Anderson and the Tampa Bay Rays reached agreement Tuesday on a four-year contract worth a minimum of $1,725,000. The 28-year-old Anderson hit .381 with 13 homers and 61 RBIs for Cubaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Camaguey during the 2008-09 season, his ninth with the team. He played for Cuba in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic. Anderson was assigned to extended spring training at the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s facility in Port Charlotte.

Blue Jays give $10M, 4-year deal to Cuban prospect

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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, right, greets New York Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner in Steinbrennerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal box at the Yankees home opener baseball game at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday.

Champs win in home opener

NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Derek Jeter homered, Jorge Posada had three hits, Andy Pettitte dazzled and Mariano Rivera closed it out. Nothing more fitting on the day World Series rings were handed out in the Bronx. The core four each picked up championship bling No. 5, then led the New York Yankees to a win in their home opener Tuesday, 7-5 over the Los Angeles Angels in front of a recordcrowd that included owner George Steinbrenner. The Angelsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hideki Matsui might have gotten the loudest ovation of the stirring ceremony that celebrated the Yankeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 27th title, with fans welcoming the World Series MVP. But the stars whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d worn pinstripes the longest wound up as winners, once again.

Tigers 6, Royals 5 DETROIT (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Carlos Guillenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tworun double capped a six-run rally in the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers pulled off another big comeback, beating the Kansas City Royals 6-5 Tuesday. Jose Guillen hit his fourth home run in three games as the Royals took a 50 lead against Dontrelle Willis and the Detroit bullpen. But just like Sunday, when the Tigers fell behind 5-0 to Cleveland, they recovered to win. The Tigers hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gotten a runner past first in the first six innings against Kansas City, then rallied against four pitchers. Dodgers 9, Diamondbacks 5 LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Manny Ramirez homered for the first time this season, the first of four longballs by the Dodgers,

and Los Angeles beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-5 to win its home opener for the third consecutive year. Casey Blake hit a two-run drive, Matt Kemp added a solo shot and Andre Ethier hit a three-run homer for the Dodgers, who beat San Francisco 11-1 in their 2009 home opener. Blake went 1 for 2 with a walk and is batting .389, carrying over his strong spring into the regular season. Ramirez, Kemp and Ethier homered in the same game for the second time since Ramirez joined the Dodgers in 2008. Clayton Kershaw (1-0) allowed two runs and three hits in 5 1-3 innings. The 22-year-old left-hander struck out seven and walked five in his second start after a no-decision in the Dodgersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 4-3, 10-inning loss at Pittsburgh last week.

Yankees get a look at their World Series rings

NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alex Rodriguez couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to kiss his new ring, so he puckered his lips and smacked them against the wooden box it was in before raising his prize for the adoring crowd to see. Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada and Derek Jeter were far more reserved. Then again, they are used to making their way up baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happiest receiving line. The latest jewelry, with a blue stone, the famous interlocking â&#x20AC;&#x153;NYâ&#x20AC;? and a basepath full of diamonds, gave each of the core four five of a kind â&#x20AC;&#x201D; enough to fill out a hand. Then again, Yogi Berra, who helped pass out the prizes from a table in front of the mound along with Whitey Ford, has 10 of his own. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He went straight to the

World Series,â&#x20AC;? Jeter said matter-of-factly before Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ceremony. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I joke with him all the time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he had no playoffs. So Yogi really has four or five. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give him five.â&#x20AC;? The World Series championship flag was flapping for the first time at new Yankee Stadium, until now the missing piece of the $1.5 billion ballpark that opened so controversially last April. The biggest cheers went to a man just back as a visitor. When Hideki Matsui last played here, he drove in six runs to finish the Phillies and was voted World Series MVP. He left the Yankees to sign with the Los Angeles Angels, who happened to be the opponent for New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home opener. He received his ring last, and the Yankees who had

been lined up from first to second, and stretching a bit toward third, and came in and surrounded him, more returning friend than foe. When he batted for the first time, the applause was loud and lingered, causing him to step out of the batterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s box and wave his strange red helmet twice. George Steinbrenner received his seventh World Series ring before the game when Jeter and manager Joe Girardi brought it up to his office. The frail 79-year-old owner attended just three games at his new ballpark last year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the opening 10-2 loss to Cleveland, and World Series Games 1 and 2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He put the ring on. He was very emotional,â&#x20AC;? said Hal Steinbrenner, his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successor as managing general partner.

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TORONTO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Blue Jays have agreed to a $10 million, four-year contract with Cuban shortstop prospect Adeiny Hechavarria. A right-handed hitter who turns 21 on April 15, Hechavarria started for Cuba at the 2007 World Junior Championships in Canada. He hit .262 with six doubles, two triples and one homer last season in the Cuban league and had five errors in 217 chances. He is expected to report to extended spring training before he starts his minor league career. Hechavarria gets a $4 million signing bonus, and salaries of $500,000 this year, $2 million in 2011 and $1.75 million in each of the final two seasons.

Red Sox pitcher Bonser not sharp in rehab start PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Boston Red Sox pitcher

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NBA Standings W 61 58 52 50 46 45 44 39 39 32 29 27 26 25 12

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

W 56 54 53 52 52 50 50 49 42 40 36 28 25 25 15

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

Sports Review

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division L Pct GB L10 20 .753 — 5-5 23 .716 3 8-2 29 .642 9 6-4 1 30 .625 10 ⁄2 5-5 35 .568 15 9-1 36 .556 16 6-4 37 .543 17 7-3 41 .488 211⁄2 6-4 42 .481 22 4-6 49 .395 29 7-3 52 .358 32 3-7 54 .333 34 3-7 55 .321 35 3-7 56 .309 36 4-6 69 .148 49 4-6 WESTERN CONFERENCE L Pct GB L10 24 .700 — 4-6 1 27 .667 2 ⁄2 7-3 28 .654 31⁄2 6-4 28 .650 4 8-2 28 .650 4 7-3 1 31 .617 6 ⁄2 8-2 31 .617 61⁄2 7-3 32 .605 71⁄2 5-5 39 .519 141⁄2 6-4 1 41 .494 16 ⁄2 2-8 1 45 .444 20 ⁄2 3-7 53 .346 281⁄2 2-8 55 .313 31 6-4 1 56 .309 31 ⁄2 1-9 66 .185 411⁄2 1-9

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

Home 35-6 33-7 33-7 24-16 23-17 28-13 31-9 23-17 24-16 23-18 18-23 12-29 17-24 14-26 8-33

Away 26-14 25-16 19-22 26-14 23-18 17-23 13-28 16-24 15-26 9-31 11-29 15-25 9-31 11-30 4-36

Conf 38-13 38-13 31-20 33-17 31-20 30-21 27-24 26-24 28-23 23-28 20-31 14-37 18-34 17-34 8-43

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

Home 33-7 27-13 34-7 31-9 32-8 26-14 29-12 26-14 23-17 23-18 24-17 20-20 18-22 18-23 10-30

Away 23-17 27-14 19-21 21-19 20-20 24-17 21-19 23-18 19-22 17-23 12-28 8-33 7-33 7-33 5-36

Conf 34-16 32-19 34-17 33-17 30-20 33-18 31-20 27-24 28-23 22-29 25-26 14-37 14-36 16-35 8-44

x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Monday’s Games Orlando 118, Indiana 98 Miami 107, Philadelphia 105 Toronto 111, Detroit 97 Charlotte 105, New Jersey 95 New York 114, Washington 103 Atlanta 104, Milwaukee 96 San Antonio 133, Minnesota 111 Denver 123, Memphis 101 Houston 117, Sacramento 107 Portland 103, Oklahoma City 95 Dallas 117, L.A. Clippers 94 Tuesday’s Games Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m. Utah at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

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

MLB Leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING—Prado, Atlanta, .519; Polanco, Philadelphia, .484; Francoeur, New York, .476; Headley, San Diego, .448; Renteria, San Francisco, .440; Sandoval, San Francisco, .414; Pujols, St. Louis, .407. RUNS—Polanco, Philadelphia, 10; Holliday, St. Louis, 8; Maybin, Florida, 8; Pujols, St. Louis, 8; Rollins, Philadelphia, 8; Utley, Philadelphia, 8; Venable, San Diego, 8. RBI—Pujols, St. Louis, 14; Cantu, Florida, 12; Howard, Philadelphia, 11; CYoung, Arizona, 11; Polanco, Philadelphia, 10; Heyward, Atlanta, 9; Braun, Milwaukee, 8; Willingham, Washington, 8. HITS—Polanco, Philadelphia, 15; Prado, Atlanta, 14; Headley, San Diego, 13; Howard, Philadelphia, 12; Sandoval, San Francisco, 12; CGonzalez, Colorado, 11; Holliday, St. Louis, 11; Pujols, St. Louis, 11; Renteria, San Francisco, 11. DOUBLES—Cantu, Florida, 5; Furcal, Los Angeles, 4; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 4; Howard, Philadelphia, 4; Werth, Philadelphia, 4; 16 tied at 3. TRIPLES—Morgan, Washington, 2; Venable, San Diego, 2; 23 tied at 1. HOME RUNS—Pujols, St. Louis, 5; Heyward, Atlanta, 3; Holliday, St. Louis, 3; Howard, Philadelphia, 3; KJohnson, Arizona, 3; GJones, Pittsburgh, 3; Rolen, Cincinnati, 3; CYoung, Arizona, 3. STOLEN BASES—Furcal, Los Angeles, 3; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 3; 9 tied at 2. PITCHING —Duke, Pittsburgh, 2-0; Masset, Cincinnati, 20; Hamels, Philadelphia, 2-0; Zito, San Francisco, 2-0; Halladay, Philadelphia, 2-0; Jimenez, Colorado, 2-0; Wainwright, St. Louis, 2-0. STRIKEOUTS—Lincecum, San Francisco, 17; Halladay, Philadelphia, 17; Dempster, Chicago, 14; Haren, Arizona, 13; Jimenez, Colorado, 13; Wainwright, St. Louis, 13; Haeger, Los Angeles, 12. SAVES—Capps, Washington, 3; Cordero, Cincinnati, 3; FMorales, Colorado, 2; Franklin, St. Louis, 2; Marmol, Chicago, 2; Bell, San Diego, 2; Hoffman, Milwaukee, 2; BrWilson, San Francisco, 2; Nunez, Florida, 2; Madson, Philadelphia, 2.

AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—Guerrero, Texas, .464; NCruz, Texas, .458; Podsednik, Kansas City, .452; MiCabrera, Detroit, .433; Mauer, Minnesota, .423; FGutierrez, Seattle, .419; Wieters, Baltimore, .400. RUNS—RDavis, Oakland, 8; MEllis, Oakland, 8; VWells, Toronto, 8; 10 tied at 7. RBI—NCruz, Texas, 11; MiCabrera, Detroit, 9; VWells, Toronto, 9; JGuillen, Kansas City, 8; Pedroia, Boston, 8; Barton, Oakland, 7; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 7; Konerko, Chicago, 7; Ordonez, Detroit, 7; DelmYoung, Minnesota, 7. HITS—Podsednik, Kansas City, 14; MiCabrera, Detroit, 13; Guerrero, Texas, 13; FGutierrez, Seattle, 13; Ordonez, Detroit, 13; NCruz, Texas, 11; Inge, Detroit, 11; AJackson, Detroit, 11; Mauer, Minnesota, 11. DOUBLES—Inge, Detroit, 5; Mauer, Minnesota, 5; Ellsbury, Boston, 4; AleGonzalez, Toronto, 4; AJackson, Detroit, 4; ARodriguez, New York, 4; 13 tied at 3. TRIPLES—Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 2; 12 tied at 1. HOME RUNS—NCruz, Texas, 5; VWells, Toronto, 5; AleGonzalez, Toronto, 4; JGuillen, Kansas City, 4; Konerko, Chicago, 3; Pedroia, Boston, 3; 16 tied at 2. STOLEN BASES—Podsednik, Kansas City, 6; RDavis, Oakland, 5; Choo, Cleveland, 3; Gardner, New York, 3; Getz, Kansas City, 3; Granderson, New York, 3; Pierre, Chicago, 3; Span, Minnesota, 3. PITCHING —Janssen, Toronto, 3-0; Zumaya, Detroit, 2-0; Pavano, Minnesota, 2-0; Garza, Tampa Bay, 2-0; Buehrle, Chicago, 2-0; FFrancisco, Texas, 2-2; Bonderman, Detroit, 1-0. STRIKEOUTS—Garza, Tampa Bay, 14; JerWeaver, Los Angeles, 13; Braden, Oakland, 12; Millwood, Baltimore, 11; Guthrie, Baltimore, 11; JShields, Tampa Bay, 11; Marcum, Toronto, 11. SAVES—Rauch, Minnesota, 5; Frasor, Toronto, 3; Jenks, Chicago, 2; Aardsma, Seattle, 2; Papelbon, Boston, 2; MRivera, New York, 2; CPerez, Cleveland, 2; Gregg, Toronto, 2; Valverde, Detroit, 2.

Sports on TV Wednesday, April 14 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Houston at St. Louis NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Memphis at Oklahoma City 10:30 p.m. ESPN — Phoenix at Utah NHL HOCKEY 7 p.m. VERSUS — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, Game 1, Ot-

tawa at Pittsburgh 10 p.m. VERSUS — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, Game 1, Detroit at Phoenix 12:30 a.m. VERSUS — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, Game 1, Colorado at San Jose, joined in progress SOCCER 2:55 p.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, Tottenham vs. Arsenal, at London

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AL Glance All Times EDT By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct New York 5 2 .714 Toronto 5 2 .714 Tampa Bay 4 3 .571 Boston 3 4 .429 Baltimore 1 6 .143 Central Division W L Pct Detroit 6 2 .750 Minnesota 6 2 .750 Chicago 3 4 .429 Kansas City 3 5 .375 Cleveland 2 5 .286 West Division W L Pct Oakland 6 2 .750 Texas 4 3 .571 Los Angeles 2 6 .250 Seattle 2 6 .250

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——— Monday’s Games Kansas City 10, Detroit 5 Texas 4, Cleveland 2, 10 innings Minnesota 5, Boston 2 Oakland 4, Seattle 0 Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 1 Chicago White Sox 8, Toronto 7, 11 innings Tuesday’s Games Detroit 6, Kansas City 5 N.Y. Yankees 7, L.A. Angels 5 Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Kansas City (Davies 0-0) at Detroit (Porcello 1-0), 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Pineiro 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 0-1), 1:05 p.m. Boston (Lackey 0-0) at Minnesota (Slowey 1-0), 1:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 1-0) at Baltimore (Bergesen 0-0), 1:35 p.m. Texas (C.Wilson 0-0) at Cleveland (Masterson 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-0) at Toronto

(Morrow 0-0), 7:07 p.m. Oakland (G.Gonzalez 1-0) at Seattle (J.Vargas 0-1), 10:10 p.m. Thursday’s Games Texas at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m. Boston at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Baltimore at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

NL Glance All Times EDT By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct Philadelphia 6 1 .857 Florida 4 3 .571 Atlanta 3 4 .429 Washington 3 4 .429 New York 2 4 .333 Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 5 2 .714 Cincinnati 4 3 .571 Chicago 3 4 .429 Milwaukee 3 4 .429 Pittsburgh 3 4 .429 Houston 0 7 .000 West Division W L Pct San Francisco 6 1 .857 Arizona 4 2 .667 Colorado 3 3 .500 San Diego 3 4 .429 Los Angeles 2 4 .333

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——— Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs 9, Milwaukee 5 Philadelphia 7, Washington 4 St. Louis 5, Houston 0 San Diego 17, Atlanta 2 Cincinnati 6, Florida 5, 10 innings San Francisco 9, Pittsburgh 3 Tuesday’s Games Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Florida, 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Milwaukee (Bush 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 1-0), 2:20 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 0-1) at San Francisco (J.Sanchez 0-0), 3:45 p.m. Washington (Stammen 0-0) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (H.Bailey 0-0) at Florida (Volstad 0-1), 7:10 p.m. Houston (Myers 0-0) at St. Louis (Penny 0-0), 8:15 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-1) at Colorado (Cook 0-1), 8:40 p.m. Atlanta (Hanson 0-1) at San Diego (Richard 0-1), 10:05 p.m. Arizona (R.Lopez 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 1-0), 10:10 p.m. Thursday’s Games Houston at St. Louis, 1:40 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Atlanta at San Diego, 6:35 p.m. Cincinnati at Florida, 7:10 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

HOCKEY National Hockey League Playoff Glance By The Associated Press All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Washington vs. Montreal Thursday, April 15: Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 17: Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m. Monday, April 19: Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 21: Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m. x-Friday, April 23: Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m. x-Monday, April 26: Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Montreal at Washington, TBD New Jersey vs. Philadelphia Wednesday, April 14: Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 16: Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18: New Jersey at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 20: New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. x-Thursday, April 22: Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m. x-Sunday, April 25: New Jersey at Philadelphia, TBD x-Tuesday, April 27: Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo vs. Boston Thursday, April 15: Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 17: Boston at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Monday, April 19: Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 21: Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. x-Friday, April 23: Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. x-Monday, April 26: Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. Ottawa Wednesday, April 14: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Friday, April 16: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 18: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7 p.m. x-Thursday, April 22: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. x-Saturday, April 24: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 27: Ottawa at Pittsburgh,

7 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE San Jose vs. Colorado Wednesday, April 14: Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 16: Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18: San Jose at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20: San Jose at Colorado, 10 p.m. x-Thursday, April 22: Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. x-Saturday, April 24: San Jose at Colorado, TBD x-Monday, April 26: Colorado at San Jose, TBD Chicago vs. Nashville Friday, April 16: Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18: Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20: Chicago at Nashville, 9 p.m. Thursday, April 22: Chicago at Nashville, 8:30 p.m. x-Saturday, April 24: Nashville at Chicago, 3 p.m. x-Monday, April 26: Chicago at Nashville, TBD x-Wednesday, April 28: Nashville at Chicago, TBD Vancouver vs. Los Angeles Thursday, April 15: Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Saturday, April 17: Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Monday, April 19: Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 21: Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. x-Friday, April 23: Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m. x-Sunday, April 25: Vancouver at Los Angeles, TBD x-Tuesday, April 27: Los Angeles at Vancouver, TBD Phoenix vs. Detroit Wednesday, April 14: Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Friday, April 16: Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Sunday, April 18: Phoenix at Detroit, 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 20: Phoenix at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. x-Friday, April 23: Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m. x-Sunday, April 25: Phoenix at Detroit, 2 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 27: Detroit at Phoenix, TBD

RACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders

By The Associated Press Points 1, Jimmie Johnson, 1,073. 2, Matt Kenseth, 1,037. 3, Greg Biffle, 981. 4, Kevin Harvick, 961. 5, Jeff Gordon, 948. 6, Clint Bowyer, 885. 7, Jeff Burton, 873. 8, Carl Edwards, 873. 9, Tony Stewart, 869. 10, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 866. 11, Joey Logano, 862. 12, Kyle Busch, 855. 13, Mark Martin, 844. 14, Kurt Busch, 834. 15, Paul Menard, 811. Money 1, Jamie McMurray, $2,274,457. 2, Jimmie Johnson, $1,777,935. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $1,701,204. 4, Kevin Harvick, $1,642,559. 5, Greg Biffle, $1,455,154. 6, Jeff Gordon, $1,357,336. 7, Matt Kenseth, $1,330,936. 8, Clint Bowyer, $1,256,445. 9, Kasey Kahne, $1,221,244. 10, David Reutimann, $1,219,672. 11, Kurt Busch, $1,217,740. 12, Kyle Busch, $1,195,721. 13, Jeff Burton, $1,191,359. 14, Joey Logano, $1,189,785. 15, Juan Pablo Montoya, $1,179,546.

TRANSACTIONS By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League TAMPA BAY RAYS—Agreed to terms with OF1B Leslie Anderson on a four-year contract. TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with SS Adeiny Hechavarria to a four-year contract. American Association EL PASO DIABLOS—Released C Gerardo Verastegui. Grand Prairie AirHogs signed OF Greg Porter and C Ben Petralli. Grand Prairie AirHogs traded RHP Joe D’Alessandro to the St. Paul Saints in exchange for a player to be named later. Shreveport-Bossier Captains acquired RHP Jameson Maj from the San Angelo Colts of the United League to complete the April 6 trade between the clubs. Sioux City Explorers acquired OF Stantrel Smith from the Amarillo Dillas of the United League in exchange for a player to be named later. Sioux Falls Pheasants signed RHP Ryan Shaver, RHP Brandon Rapoza, OF Hunter Jobes, RHP Matt Zachary and LHP Brian Flores. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS—Assigned F Mike Harris to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Signed C Greg Stiemsma. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS—Terminated the contract of CB Samari Rolle. NEW YORK JETS—Signed QB Kellen Clemens to a one-year contract. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Signed OL David Baas to a one-year contract. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Announced the retirement of DT Patrick Kerney. HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Recalled D Matt Corrente from Lowell (AHL). PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Signed G Brent Johnson to a two-year contract extension through the 2011-12 season. SAN JOSE SHARKS—Recalled G Henrik Karlsson from the Swedish Elite League. COLLEGE CLEMSON—Named Brad Brownell men’s basketball coach. WAGNER—Named Bobby Hurley Jr. men’s assistant basketball coach.

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NCAA makes changes in hoops recruiting

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — College basketball coaches no longer have to shy away from potential recruits during summer camps and clinics on their own campus. On Tuesday, the NCAA’s Legislative Council announced it would allow coaches to have “recruiting discussions” on campus, loosening a rule that was nearly impossible to enforce anyway. The change does not mean coaches can go into full recruiting mode, but they can converse with players they are actually recruiting. The changes must still be approved by the NCAA’s Board of Directors, which meets later this month. The proposal does not distinguish between head coaches or assistants. “The coach cannot give them campus tours and do the kinds of things that they would do on an official visit,” said Steve Mallonee, the NCAA’s managing director of academic and membership affairs. “We wanted to eliminate some of the third-party influence in recruiting.” The proposals intended to clean up college basketball recruiting gained traction in October when the board unanimously endorsed a package of changes. Some were adopted. Others did not survive the NCAA’s rigorous legislative process. The council considered more than 30 proposals during a two-day meeting this week and passed more than 20, including an amended package that creates new testing requirements for the sickle cell genetic trait that has been linked to the deaths of some athletes. Most of today’s newborns now undergo the test, which many states were offering in 1998. Some of today’s college athletes, however, have not been tested and the NCAA recommended last June that all athletes be tested. The recommendation came as part of lawsuit settlement with the family of a former Rice football player who died. On Tuesday, the council decided to give athletes three options: Take the test, provide documentation they

have been tested or sign a release to decline the test. “We as a council felt very confident after we had taken the vote that certainly the vote shows the support of the council as well as the membership for the health, welfare and well-being of the student-athlete while also providing for the ability to opt out of the test if for some reason they have concerns about taking the test,” said Joe D’Antonio, the committee chairman and senior associate commissioner of the Big East. On recruiting, the council also defeated a proposal that would have banned all “outside” coaches or athletes from working at the summer camps or clinics. The council decided to stick with the current language, which bars the hiring of all people “involved” with a recruit. It is a broad enough definition to include high school coaches, family members and AAU coaches, and coaches who do not have a player being recruited by the school could still at work the summer events. “If the original proposal had passed the ability of high school coaches to be employed at the camp or clinic would have gone away,” D’Antonio said. “So the governance of individuals involved with prospects will revert back to the previously issued interpretation.” The council also rejected legislation that would have eliminated one game from the men’s and women’s basketball seasons, but approved two other portions of the proposal. One requires faculty athletic representatives or faculty councils to approve men’s basketball schedules. The other requires men’s basketball teams to return to campus within 24 hours of a game.

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This Jan. 31, 2009, file photo shows Hall of Fame wide reciever Jerry Rice reacting during The Super Skins Celebrity Golf Classic, at TPC Tampa Bay in Lutz, Fla. Rice is taking a swing at professional golf, and insists it’s no publicity stunt. He will make his pro debut Thursday in a Nationwide Tour event.

Rice taking a swing at professional golf HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — Jerry Rice used to wake up at 4 a.m. so he could get to the driving range and hit golf balls before he was due at work with the San Francisco 49ers for 8:30 a.m. meetings. He’d return to the range after football practice. “I got addicted to the game. I have so much passion for it,” Rice said. Now, the Hall of Fame wide receiver is taking a swing at professional golf, and insists he’s serious. Rice will make his pro debut Thursday in a Nationwide Tour event after receiving a sponsor’s exemption into the field. He also will serve as host of the 156player tournament, with his foundation receiving proceeds. “This is an opportunity of a lifetime here,” Rice said. “You know I’m a competitor. I don’t want to go out there and have those players who are playing on the Nationwide Tour think this is a publicity stunt for attention. It’s not. ... I have the opportunity to go out and prove to everybody I can play golf.” The 47-year-old Rice will be inducted into the

Pro Football Hall of Fame in August. He has been golfing for more than 20 years and has been a regular in proams. His best round is 68. After Phil Mickelson’s stirring win at the Masters on Sunday, Rice said he was so inspired he headed right to the range. Rice would be eligible for prize money if he makes the 36-hole cut at the Fresh Express Classic at 7,188yard, par-71 TPC Stonebrae. The Nationwide Tour works under the umbrella of the

PGA Tour. “These guys are really good golfers,” Rice said. “They are one step below the PGA and a lot of these guys are going to go on and be part of the PGA. To line up against these guys, I’m honored. ... I’d love to make this cut in my debut.” He has a few thoughts on what he’ll need to do to make that happen — hit the fairways, avoid threeputts. His touch around the greens is “something I really have to work on hard.”

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6B / Wednesday, April 14, 2010 / The Sanford Herald DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

Boyfriend skirts commitment by using daughter as excuse

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: Your emotions will be close to the surface this year and your ability to express what you want both mentally and physically should be used strategically. Learning, traveling and communicating with people who have similar interests will magnify your chance to get what you want. Your numbers are 7, 11, 16, 20, 24, 31, 42 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Look at the experience, skills and services you can provide and strategize a convenient, fast way to turn it all into a profitable venture. You can make plans to improve your position, your life and your future by moving forward with a positive attitude. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Assumptions will get you into trouble. If you have a question or don’t understand what’s going on, ask. You need to push for what you want but, without fully understanding the situation, it will be difficult to come out ahead. Stubbornness will be your downfall and nononsense communication your saving grace. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Protect what you have. Don’t make the costly mistake of paying for someone who is creating problems. Offer suggestions but avoid taking on responsibilities that don’t belong to you. CANCER (June 21-July 22): A simple gesture can go a long way if presented with passion. A partnership can help you make the changes you need to make at home and with regard to your future position. Look at your options and you’ll realize there is plenty of choice. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t wait for opportunities to come to you. Do your best to connect with people who can influence your career. A skill you recently picked up or your past experience should help you move to a higher position with greater room

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DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I have been together for a number of years, and were close friends before dating. We have lived together for 10 months now and pretty much act like a married couple. I feel I am ready to become engaged. He, on the other hand, feels we should wait until his 16-year-old daughter, “Lacy,” moves out -either back with her mother or on her own. He doesn’t feel it’s “right” for us to marry before then. We are both adults, and while I don’t want to disregard Lacy’s feelings, I think this is something WE should decide. We have told her many times that our relationship doesn’t mean Daddy loves her any less. Something in me is beginning to think he’s just making excuses and he won’t “buy the cow” as long as he’s getting the milk for free. I feel like I am ... — FLOATING IN LIMBO IN DELAWARE DEAR IN LIMBO: You and your boyfriend need to have a frank talk because it appears you thought moving in with him would bring you a firm commitment, and he appears to be happy with the status quo. If you haven’t already done so, tell him exactly what you have told me, because what you have written makes perfect sense. And if he’s unwilling to budge, then it’s time for you to “moo-ve” out. o DEAR ABBY: I recently attended

lives. I’m sure your memento will be treasured by the loved ones you leave behind. o

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a funeral of someone close. It was a sad time for me, but it sparked an idea that may bring comfort to my family and friends when it’s my time to go. Abby, would it be out of line to make a goodbye video of myself? It would include fond memories that would put a smile on someone’s face and allow my family and friends to remember me as I was alive, not as I lay in a coffin. Instead of a plastic bookmark, I could leave a DVD of my final goodbyes. I have a health problem and don’t know how long I have, so I’d like to know what you and your readers think about my idea. I trust your advice, Abby, so please let me know. — FINAL FAREWELL, UPSTATE NEW YORK DEAR FAREWELL: As long as your video is done tastefully, I see no reason why you shouldn’t do it. We live in an age when video and YouTube are a part of our everyday

DEAR ABBY: For Valentine’s Day I bought a dozen red roses and had them delivered to my girlfriend’s workplace. On her way home that evening, she made a stop at the grocery store and encountered a distraught young man near tears because he couldn’t afford to buy flowers for his girlfriend. She offered him money but he refused, so she gave him the roses I bought for her. (Abby, they had cost me more than $82!) The whole episode still has me upset. I know the roses were a gift and she had every right to do with them as she wished. But I think what she did was thoughtless and insensitive and didn’t take my feelings into consideration. She says I am narrow-minded because I don’t see it from her perspective. What do you think? — GRINCHED IN IOWA DEAR GRINCHED: I can see how, having spent as much as you did for the roses, you could be upset. I can also see how your kindhearted girlfriend might have had pity on the guy and acted on impulse. While the roses were hers, she could have accomplished the same thing by giving him one or two of the roses to give to his girlfriend. However, if you care about this relationship, you’ll stop brooding and drop the matter.

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France: Driving instructor busted for speeding

Georgia man arrested twice in day on drug charge

PARIS (AP) — A driving instructor in France taught three of his students a lesson about the consequences of speeding, when police stopped him for exceeding the speed limit — with the students in the car. Police immediately suspended the instructor’s license for four months after he was clocked at 134 kilometers (83 miles) per hour in a 70-kilometer zone on a highway off-ramp in Valence, in southeast France, according to local police commander Claude Bourrelly. The students had just taken driving tests when their instructor was stopped. It was unclear whether they passed their tests.

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Albany authorities did a double take when they arrested a man twice on the same drug charge in one day. Authorities said a man, 26, was charged with possession of marijuana around noon on Friday after police pulled him over during a routine traffic stop. He was sent to the Dougherty County Jail and released on bond four hours later. But Bill Berry of the Albany-Dougherty Drug Unit says police soon received a tip that the man was trying to set up a drug deal. He said the suspect was arrested again at 6:30 p.m. Friday after authorities found him with two ounces of marijuana on him and charged a second time with possession of the drug.

Church pipes stolen before men’s breakfast TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Tacoma police said thieves stole copper pipes from a church. KIRO-TV reported that members of Grace Missionary Baptist Church were preparing for a mens’ breakfast Friday night when they noticed the toilets weren’t flushing. There was also no water from the faucets. Parishioner Dan Gardner said they could hear water somewhere. But when he looked under the church’s crawl space, he discovered that all the copper pipes had been taken. Church members scrambled to get water for breakfast and portable toilets.

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Trooper pulls near squad car, sees passed out teen SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon State Police trooper pulled up next to a parked Marion County sheriff’s patrol car late Saturday expecting to talk to the deputy. Instead he found an 18-year-old passed out over the steering wheel. State police said the Ford Mustang had been stolen from the deputy’s home. The Statesman Journal reported the sheriff’s office wasn’t aware it was stolen until it got a call from troopers. The 18-year-old was jailed and released the next day on $2,500 bail.

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there,â&#x20AC;? said Burman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are moments where we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to compete for a full 80 minutes. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been trying to fix throughout the season.â&#x20AC;? In five of their six losses, the Lady Cavaliers have been either been tied or have trailed by just

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job was open. Over the weekend, he emerged as the only publicly known candidate, and he issued a statement Sunday acknowledging that he would speak to school officials about the opening. His old boss, Colorado AD Mike Bohn, said he was monitoring the Demon Deaconsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pursuit of his coach â&#x20AC;&#x153;on a daily basis, on an hourly basis, actually.â&#x20AC;? Bohn made that statement Monday while Bzdelik was flying with Wellman to central North Carolina, and the coach spent the past two days on campus for formal interviews.

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No one bothered to ask him Sunday about his chances for the Grand Slam, perhaps because so many other moments were still fresh. The signature shot of this Masters was his 6-iron off the pine straw, through a gap in the Georgia pines and over Raeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek to 4 feet on the 13th hole. The signature moment was his emotional embrace behind the 18th green with his wife, Amy, on the golf course for the first time since being diagnosed with breast cancer. It tied a pink ribbon around a Masters like no other. Now, looking ahead, a green jacket usually bodes well for Mickelson. When he won his first major in the 2004 Masters, he gave himself a chance to win them all. Mickelson had the U.S. Open won until a double bogey from the bunker on the 71st hole, and Retief Goosen had a putting performance that ranks among the best. Lefty

a goal at the half. With a big lead at the half of Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s match, Burman was able to get the majority of his team some minutes throughout the match. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to be able to get your full team in there in a no-pressure situation,â&#x20AC;? said Burman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been hard to get some of our younger players in earlier in the season because our matches have been so close. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to put

them in with pressure and then if they do something that costs us the game, it could get in their heads. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to get our younger girls in so they can see that they can do it and play well. Hopefully, they learn and it keeps going.â&#x20AC;? The Cavaliers are 2-3 in the Cape Fear Valley Conference standings and are currently still in the hunt for a berth in the upcoming state 3-A playoffs.

With four teams tied for first at 4-1 in the conference, Burman is hoping the team can make a late-season push to the postseason. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a couple of games out of the playoffs right now,â&#x20AC;? said Burman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully, by the end of the week, we can get back to .500 and be right there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to be easy at all and our girls know that.â&#x20AC;? After the 6-0 lead at the half,

Burman hopes that the young Cavaliers can build from that and gain some confidence as they try to make a run. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our younger players are still learning,â&#x20AC;? said Burman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just not internalizing it yet. It hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t become part of what they do yet. Hopefully, with a game like this, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get some confidence going their way. When that happens, I think we can be a pretty good team.â&#x20AC;?

The 57-year-old Bzdelik is no stranger to either his new boss or his new employer; his daughter is enrolled at Wake Forest. Bzdelik and Wellman have known each other for roughly three decades, since they were at Northwestern in the early 1980s â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wellman as the baseball coach and Bzdelik as a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball assistant. Bzdelik started his coaching career in the late 1970s at Davidson, an hourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drive south of the Wake Forest campus. Wake Forest will be paying a pair of menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball coaches this season. Gaudio was fired a week ago, and six months after his contract was extended through 2013-14. In discussing the firing, Wellman

said the buyout clause in the ex-coachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deal â&#x20AC;&#x153;will be honored, most definitely.â&#x20AC;? Terms were not disclosed. Gaudio had a three-year record of 61-31 but a combined mark of 1-5 in ACC and NCAA tournament games. His dismissal came 15 months after he guided the Demon Deacons to just the second No. 1 national ranking in school history â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and 2 1/2 weeks after a 30-point loss to Kentucky in the second round of the East Regional. The Demon Deacons have won multiple NCAA tournament games only once since 1996. Bzdelik signed a five-year deal at Colorado in 2007, and leaves less than a month after

the school broke ground on a practice facility. He comes with a $500,000 buyout in his contract to coach the Buffaloes. His 15-16 record this past season was an improvement; Colorado lost 22 games in 200809 and 20 the year before that. He has not been to the postseason since taking Air Force to the semifinals of the 2007 NIT. That season, those Falcons gave Wake Forest its most lopsided nonconference loss of the modern era when it routed Skip Prosserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Demon Deacons 94-58 in November 2006. Bzdelik is 0-1 as a head coach in the NCAA tournament, with his Air Force team losing to Illinois in the first round in 2006. He was 50-16 in

two seasons at the academy, and was 73-119 with the Nuggets from 2002-04. Now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expected to take over a program with a reputation for attracting NBA-caliber players. Guard Jeff Teague and forward James Johnson jumped to the pros last year after their sophomore seasons, and Al-Farouq Aminu announced plans to leave early two weeks ago. Among the new coachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next challenges: Keeping an incoming five-man recruiting class considered one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best by the recruiting services, and ingratiating himself with the unsigned high school seniors-to-be who will make up the class of 2011.

finished one shot out of a playoff in the British Open at Royal Troon. And he was in contention late Sunday afternoon at Whistling Straits until finishing two shots out of the playoff at the PGA Championship. After winning his second Masters in 2006, Mickelson was on the cusp of capturing the U.S. Open â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a third straight major â&#x20AC;&#x201D; until he unwisely chose to hit 3-iron that clattered off a tree and led to double bogey on the final hole at Winged Foot. No other major means as much to him as the U.S. Open, at least for now. Mickelson already holds the record with five runner-up finishes, including last year at Bethpage Black when a slab of mud on his ball and three putts on the 15th hole derailed his inspirational run. Mickelson is a threetime winner at Pebble Beach, although the course is perceived as Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; playground. It was at Pebble Beach in 2000 that Woods set a record that might never be broken, winning a U.S.

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is to the six won by Jack Nicklaus â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is the very style that has caused so many to question Mickelson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phil won this tournament because he was such an aggressive player,â&#x20AC;? caddie Jim â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bonesâ&#x20AC;? Mackay said Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talked about in the past how itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big part of how he plays and why he feels like he has so many wins. There were so many times this week when he had the choice of taking the aggressive approach or the conservative approach.â&#x20AC;? One of those came at the par-5 13th hole â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on Saturday. Mickelson was five shots behind in the third round when he took his tee shot down the trees and along Raeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek, leaving him only a 7-iron

to a pin tucked on a shelf in the back right corner of the green. Mickelson hit his approach to 8 feet for eagle to begin an amazing run of eagleeagle-birdie that made up the deficit and sent him on his way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the 7-iron that he hit on Saturday was the shot that in a sense, got him on a roll to winning this tournament,â&#x20AC;? Mackay said. What made Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shot on the 13th so spectacular was more about the decision than the swing. The lie was clean. The trees were close enough that the ball wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stay in the air very long before getting past them. It was a 6-iron. And this was Phil Mickelson, one of the best players in the world. He had a one-shot lead

over Anthony Kim, who was nearly done with his round, and was two clear of Lee Westwood, the greater threat. Mackay, as he has done so often, tried to persuade Mickelson to lay up. Mickelson, as he has done so often, ignored him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And he hit maybe the best shot Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen him hit,â&#x20AC;? Mackay said. Mackay could barely speak when it was over as he tried to control his emotions, a losing battle. When someone asked how this compared with his other majors, the caddie replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twenty years from now, nothing will compare to it. I can guarantee you that.â&#x20AC;? Emotionally, probably not. But there are still three majors left this year.

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Some common misconceptions may lull the parents of bullies into failing to recognize warning signs. Bullies are often star athletes or popular girls considered charismatic leaders by peers and adults, experts say. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often missed or passed over as minor is a consistent pattern of control and aggression against other kids â&#x20AC;&#x201D; behavior that socially savvy bullies can sometimes slide under the radar of grown-ups. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not what we typically think of. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not always the kid whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pushing kids down on the playground,â&#x20AC;? says Rosalind Wiseman, who wrote â&#x20AC;&#x153;Queen Bees and Wannabes,â&#x20AC;? the basis for the movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mean Girls.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children who feel like theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the law of their school, that they have the right to set the law and if you challenge their power, like hooking up with the wrong boy, they have the right to put you in your place.â&#x20AC;? Massachusetts high school freshman Phoebe Prince, a recent Irish immigrant, endured months of taunts and threats after she briefly dated a popular boy, prosecutors say. The 15-year-old hanged herself at home Jan. 14 and six of her classmates face charges. Though Phoebe reached out to her parents and school officials in South Hadley, studies indicate that up to half of bullied children donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t report it. If they do, parents of perpetrators may not agree that the behavior of their kids rises to the level of bullying. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they face the reality that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something wrong with their children, then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something wrong with them and their abilities as parents, so a lot of parents donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to face it,â&#x20AC;? says Erika Holiday, a Los Angeles psychologist who co-wrote â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mean Girls, Meaner Women.â&#x20AC;?

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A candlelight vigil is held at South Hadley, Mass., High School for freshman Phoebe Prince, 15, originally from Ireland. Prince endured months of taunts and threats after she briefly dated a popular boy, prosecutors say. The 15-year-old hanged herself at home Jan. 14 and six of her classmates face charges. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stop Bullying Nowâ&#x20AC;? campaign of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines bullying as aggressive, intentional behavior that involves an imbalance of power or strength and is typically repeated over time. While it can be physical, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often verbal, social or via cyberspace, driven by kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; easy access at increasingly younger ages to social networks, text messaging and e-mail. Parents may be so pleased that their kids are on top socially that they fail to stress an important component of the role: power comes with â&#x20AC;&#x153;responsibility to treat others with dignity,â&#x20AC;? Wiseman says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This really goes to how we function as a civilized society and what our responsibility is to each other,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parents say my kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good kid, he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t possibly get into this situation. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good athlete, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well-liked, but now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being suspended for the third time for some racial or hazing incident.â&#x20AC;? Wiseman says teachers and school officials must work in concert with parents, something that often doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen. Without such partnerships, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard for a parent to really, fully comprehend how serious or dangerous a situation is.â&#x20AC;? No parent wants to believe the worst, she says,

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KIDS BEING KIDS Rumor campaigns, teasing, name-calling and excessive fighting are not just â&#x20AC;&#x153;girls being girls, kids being kids,â&#x20AC;? Holiday says. The mother of one of the girls charged in Phoebeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case said Phoebe and her daughter used to trade insults, but she considered it â&#x20AC;&#x153;normalâ&#x20AC;? for teenagers. Without clear guidelines at school or in other settings on what is and isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t considered bullying, parents are left to make judgments that might not jibe with the beliefs of others.

She calls bullies â&#x20AC;&#x153;good resource controllersâ&#x20AC;? who can manipulate other children with ease starting at a young age. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re younger, they control the tricycle on the playground that everybody wants and as they get older it can be things that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re organizing or things that put them in positions of leadership, unofficial or not.â&#x20AC;? While bullies are often â&#x20AC;&#x153;socially intelligent, can read people well and are charismatic,â&#x20AC;? Wiseman warned parents on the lookout for such behavior that not all kids with those traits bully peers.

PARENTAL EMOTIONS Parents may play out their own pasts as bullies OR victims when taking on the social lives of their kids. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are parents THEYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL GROW who want their kids to be OUT OF IT Research indicates that socially accepted and because they want the child bullies, who often were to have a lot of friends, victims themselves, are more likely than non-bul- they accept mean behavlying peers to face serious ior so long as the right people like you,â&#x20AC;? Wiseman trouble later in life. says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bullies are at higher The dynamic is an risk for alcoholism and important one for bullies, drug abuse, at higher risk who rely on â&#x20AC;&#x153;wannabes,â&#x20AC;? of going to jail,â&#x20AC;? Holiday or followers, to help make says. it happen. Wiseman says â&#x20AC;&#x153;most â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are on the long children who are mean or cruel think that something road to making decent human beings,â&#x20AC;? Wiseman has been done to them says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to hold first that justifies their behavior, in all age groups. your kid accountable. People who are in a position Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never OK.â&#x20AC;? of power can do with it what they want to people GOOD CONTROLLERS who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have it, and that Wiseman urges could lead to discriminaparents to tune in to tion at its core.â&#x20AC;? warning signs early on.

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WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Desperate Housewivesâ&#x20AC;? actor Kyle MacLachlan, who plays Orson Hodge on the series, urged lawmakers Tuesday to increase arts funding, saying he got his start performing in community theaters that received federal grants. MacLachlan joined hundreds of arts advocates on Capitol Hill to press Congress for increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, even as federal deficits could trigger budget cuts. State, local and private support for the arts declined by about $1 billion last year because of the weak economy, according to the group Americans for the Arts. Some museums and arts groups have shut down permanently. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are our champions here in the halls of Congress, and for many of us you hold our livelihoods in your hands,â&#x20AC;? MacLachlan told a House subcommittee. The actor found a friend in Virginia Rep. Jim Moran, who recently became chairman of the panel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel I already know you,â&#x20AC;? Moran said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My wife and I try to get home early enough on Sunday nights to watch â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Desperate Housewives.â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; MacLachlan said his break into film and TV, including his Golden Globe Award-winning work on the series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twin Peaks,â&#x20AC;? came after mentors from theaters in Yakima, Wash., and elsewhere recommended his work. Many of them still depend on NEA grants to mount productions, he said. Advocates are seeking $180 million in federal support for the NEA for 2011, hoping to surpass a high of $176 million in funding granted the NEA in the mid-1990s before its budget was slashed. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said the arts have been a good investment for his city even in tough times to draw residents and create jobs. The lobbying group Americans for the Arts awarded House Speaker Nancy Pelosi its Congressional Arts Leadership Award along with the U.S. Conference of Mayors for

Kyle MacLachlan preserving $50 million in economic stimulus funding for the arts last year and for working to increase the annual arts budget. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We could show this was a jobs creator,â&#x20AC;? Pelosi said, adding a pitch for the recent health care overhaul, saying itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult to be a self-employed artist without insurance. Actor Jeff Daniels, currently starring in Broadwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;God of Carnageâ&#x20AC;? and whose screen credits include â&#x20AC;&#x153;Terms of Endearmentâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dumb and Dumber,â&#x20AC;? said the arts were critical to the economic revival of his hometown, Chelsea, Mich. After he started the Purple Rose Theatre there in 1991, the town of two stoplights now draws 40,000 people a year to its Main Street with shows, new shops and restaurants, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even the local funeral director thanked me for two funerals he picked up from people who happened to be in town to see a play,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask.â&#x20AC;? Others said the impact of the arts goes beyond entertainment and ticket sales, though. Retired Army Brig. Gen. Nolen Bivens testified that arts education and cultural diplomacy can boost national security by preventing conflicts or inspiring new thinking on the battlefield. Asymmetrical warfare in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere requires creative and innovative thinking, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Direct combat can only do so much,â&#x20AC;? Bivens said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The military must employ new practices to address non-state actors, terrorists and irregular warfare techniques.â&#x20AC;?

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Education Notes Cherry to receive merit scholarship at MOC MOUNT OLIVE — Michael Cherry of Sanford has been named to receive a $4,000 merit scholarship at Mount Olive College. Cherry, son of Trudy and Joseph Cherry, is a senior at Southern Lee High School. He will enter Mount Olive College in the fall where he will pursue a degree in business. Merit Scholarships are selected on the basis of grade point average, class rank, and SAT scores. The scholarship is renewable annually. Mount Olive College is a private institution rooted in the liberal arts tradition with defining Christian values. The College, sponsored by the Convention of Original Freewill Baptists, has locations in Mount Olive, New Bern, Wilmington, Goldsboro, Research Triangle Park and Washington.

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The Lee County Community Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of funds up to $800 for community projects from its Unrestricted Endowment. The Lee County Community Foundation locally directs its own funds in support of broad charitable purposes,

including human services, education, health, the arts, religion, civic affairs, and the conservation and preservation of historical, cultural, and environmental resources. Monies are available for non-profit organizations addressing these needs in the community. Grant applications are available on-line at the following website address: www.nccommunityfoundation.org and the deadline for applying is April 26, 2010. Please mail grant applications to Ms. Tammy Bennetts, First Citizens Bank, P.O. Box 160. Sanford, N.C. 27331. The Lee County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation, is a local foundation that can assist in building long-term financial resources for charitable purposes. The North Carolina Community Foundation is an umbrella organization promoting local solutions to local problems by helping over 66 counties across the state to establish and develop their own community charitable funds. Local board members include: Howard Bokhoven (President), Mikeal Basinger, Bob Nelson (Vice President), Tammy Bennetts (Secretary/Treasurer), Charlie Bowers, Wilson Cox, Michael Daly, David Foushee, Ed Garrison, Doug Gay, Dargan Moore, Charlie Welborn, John Quiggle ,Oliver Crawley and Drew Lucas.

Phillip Martin, 13, son of Charlie and Melissa Martin, recently won first place in the Regional Competition for his science fair project, “Growing Green.” The event was held at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Martin is a seventh grader at Western Harnett Middle School.

Pictured are Shannon Allen and Daniel Koenig, first place winners in this year’s Sanford Optimist Club Oratorical Contest conducted on March 23. They received medallions and a monetary prize. They will compete at the Zone Contest at 7 p.m. on April 13 at the Sanford Municipal Bldg.

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Volcanic eruption winding down By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press Writer

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland’s latest volcanic eruption is coming to an end, scientists said Monday — and the unexpected tourist boom that lifted this recession-weary country’s financial gloom may be up in smoke as well. It says something about a country’s fortunes when an erupting volcano is greeted as good news. But Iceland has had a rocky time since its banks collapsed 18 months ago, capsizing the economy and sending unemployment soaring. Then, last month, the Eyjafjallajokull volcano began erupting after almost 200 years of silence, threatening floods and earthquakes but drawing thousands of adventurous tourists — and their desperately needed cash — to the site where ash and red-hot lava spewed from a crater between two glaciers. All good things must come to an end, however, and scientists said Monday that the eruption is winding down. “The volcanic activity has essentially stopped,” said Einar Kjartansson, a geophysicist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office. “I believe the eruption has ended.” University of Iceland geologist Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson said activity at the volcano had declined steeply in the last couple of days, although “it’s too early to write its death certificate.” Thousands of people have made the trip to the volcano, 75 miles (120 kilometers) east of Reykjavik, since the eruption

Molten lava vents from a rupture near the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, as a volcano erupts early Sunday March 21, 2010, seen in this aerial photo. some hundreds of people have been evacuated from a small village in southern Iceland on Sunday began March 20 — and Icelandic tour companies have made a small fortune taking them there, by bus, snowmobile, souped-up “superjeep” and even helicopter. Drivers and hikers have caused unprecedented traffic jams in the sparsely populated rural area near the site. “It was like a festival without the music,” said British tourist Alex Britton, 27, who recently drove to the volcano. “Or like a pilgrimage.” Charter airline Iceland Express says its business has risen by 20 percent since the eruption, and the Icelandic Tourist Board says 26,000 overseas visitors came to the country in March, a record for a quiet month when Iceland is still in its winter hibernation. This rugged volcanic island of 320,000 people tucked just below the Arctic Circle had already received a tourism boost from the economic crisis, which saw the collapse of Iceland’s debt-bloated banks and a dramatic fall in the value of its currency, the krona. Suddenly, a

famously expensive country with one of the world’s highest standards of living was mired in debt, struggling to pay its bills — and newly affordable to foreign tourists. The volcano has made it a must-visit destination for thrill-seekers from around the world, despite the expense, which ranges from euro55 ($75) for a bus trip to view the volcano from a distance to euro200 ($270) for a superjeep ride almost to the rim of the crater. “We have people who are staying at backpackers’ hostels taking the tour,” said Torfi Ynvgason from tour operator Arctic Adventures. “To drive over a glacier, in Iceland, in winter, to lava falls — if you have it in your bank account, you’re going.” The volcano’s popularity has proved a headache for the authorities. Iceland’s Civil Protection Department says rescue teams have had to help up to 50 people a day down from the site, where temperatures have dipped to minus 17 Celsius (1.4 Fahrenheit) in biting wind. Last week

two Icelandic visitors died of exposure after they became lost and their car ran out of gas on a trip to the site. Iceland is accustomed to natural disasters and seismic drama. The island sits on a volcanic hot spot in the Atlantic’s mid-oceanic ridge, and eruptions have occurred frequently throughout the country’s history, triggered when the Earth’s plates move and when magma from deep underground pushes its way to the surface. The Eyjafjallajokull eruption is the country’s first since 2004, and the most dramatic since Hekla, Iceland’s most active volcano, blew its top in 2000. But Icelanders are far from jaded. They, too, have flocked to see the new volcano, and many describe it as something akin to a spiritual experience. “It’s amazing to see it,” said Sunnefa Burgess, who works for tour operator Iceland Excursions. “You could sit there all day. And the noise! It’s a feeling you can’t really describe.”

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Hawaiian rated as nation’s best airline By JOAN LOWY Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Hawaiian Airlines did the best job for fliers last year, closely followed by low-cost carrier AirTran, according to an annual study released Monday that rates the nation’s 18 busiest airlines for the quality of their service. At the bottom were three regional carriers: American Eagle, Atlantic Southeast and Comair. Atlantic Southeast and Comair are owned by mainline carrier Delta, which was ranked fourth from last. Hawaiian has been No. 1 for three of the last four years in the ratings, which are compiled by private researchers based on a combination of airlines’ records in four categories: on-time performance, mishandled baggage, denied boardings due

mostly to overbookings, and consumer complaints to the U.S. Department of Transportation. AirTran has been battling Hawaiian for the top spot. It was No. 1 three years ago and finished second last year as well. Overall, fewer passengers boarded planes last year, but those who did were generally treated better than in the past. Planes were more likely to land on time and bags were less likely to get lost. As a result, passengers reported fewer complaints even while cash-strapped airlines reduced flight schedules and charged for everything from bags and pillows to prime spots in boarding lines. U.S. air travel surged to about 770 million passengers in 2007, when airline performance suffered a near meltdown. Performance began improv-

ing two years ago as the economy took a toll on air travel. Passengers dropped to about 750 million in 2008 and fell to 704 million last year. “We kind of turned a little bit of a corner in ’08 and we’re glad to say they’re continuing that generally positive (trend) for the consumer,” said Dean Headley, a Wichita State University professor and co-author of an annual analysis of airline quality. “Every airline that we looked at in ’08 and ’09 got better.” One cloud in the otherwise friendly skies was a slight increase in denied boardings, mostly due to overbooking. The increase was the natural result of fuller planes caused by a decrease in the number of scheduled flights, Headley said. American Eagle had the highest rate of involuntary denied boardings at 3.76

per 100,000 passengers. Low-cost carrier JetBlue had so few denied boardings that its rate showed up as zero. The improved service “does not mean we have fixed the system,” cautioned the report’s other coauthor, Purdue University professor Brent Bowen. Regional airlines, which are a growing share of flights and now account for half of all departures, have generally ranked at the bottom of the list, he noted. The rankings have been compiled for two decades. Hawaiian — which flies to 10 U.S. mainland cities along with the Hawaiian Islands and to the Philippines, Australia, Samoa and Tahiti — has some advantages over other airlines. Many of its flights are short hops between islands in a climate generally favorable for flying, Headley noted.

Las Vegas picked for 2011 global travel summit LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas has been picked as next year’s site for an international tourism summit expected to attract government and industry leaders from around the world. The London-based World Travel & Tourism Council announced Tuesday that the American destination will host the 2011 Global Travel & Tourism Summit. The announcement comes the same day the primary agency in charge of promoting Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, voted to spend $1.5 million to host the May 15-19 meeting. Officials say the summit will be held at the Aria Resort & Casino, the centerpiece of the $8.5 billion CityCenter complex that MGM Mirage opened on the Las Vegas Strip in December. This year’s summit is being held next month in Beijing.

National park fees to be waived April 17-25 WASHINGTON (AP) — Entrance fees will be waived at all 392 national parks April 17-25 for National Park Week. Many parks have organized events, talks, volunteer clean-ups and other projects to encourage the public to visit that week. Details, including a “Find a Park” search option, are online at http://www.nps.gov/ npweek/. Events include an invitation to help plant a demonstration garden at Cane River Creole National Historic Park in Louisiana, April 22; a recreation of Paul Revere’s row across Boston Harbor to Charleston, Mass., April 18 beginning at 7 p.m. at Boston National Historic Park; as well as other hikes, wildlife programs and heritage celebrations around the country. A number of parks have special events for kids scheduled for April 24, which is National Junior Ranger Day. Kids who participate in walks, litter pick-ups, and other activities can earn a junior ranger patch.

Space tourism stoking interest at Colo. summit COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Space tourism is on the agenda at a weeklong summit for the aerospace industry in Colorado Springs. The 26th National Space

Symposium started Monday. This year’s symposium is taking on a new importance as the industry mulls signals from the White House that space tourism is due for an expansion. Next year’s proposed budget by President Barack Obama increases the role of commercial space exploration. Obama’s proposal puts the Constellation program — which aims to return humans to the moon and beyond — on the chopping block. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will discuss the vision for civil space on Tuesday.

Midwest Airlines name dropped in favor of Frontier MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Midwest Airlines name is going away. Republic Airways Holdings Inc., which owns both Midwest and Frontier Airlines, said on Tuesday that it will use the Frontier name for its traditional airline business. The name of the company remains Republic, and it will continue to run feeder carriers operated under contract for other airlines. Republic CEO Bryan Bedford said in an interview that travelers associated the Frontier name with low fares, while Midwest was seen as more of a high-price airline. That was an important consideration at Midwest’s Milwaukee base, which has become a hot spot of competition with low-cost carriers Southwest Airlines and AirTran.

Pa.’s historic Old Economy Village reopening AMBRIDGE, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania historic site will reopen for tours starting this week after being shuttered due to cuts in the state budget. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the volunteer nonprofit group Friends of Old Economy Village completed a revised licensing agreement that will allow the volunteers to operate tours at Old Economy Village in Ambridge. The site has been closed for a few months. Old Economy Village was founded in 1824 and was the third and final community built by a communal religious group known as the Harmonists. The site will open Friday with a special admission of 10 cents to commemorate the occasion. The site will be open to the public on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through October.

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agreement closed, the underprorated to the signed Substitute effective day of Trustee will offer for termination. sale at the Lee CounThis is the 30th day of ty Courthouse, in the March, 2010. city of Sanford, _____________________ North ________ Carolina at 1:00 PM Frank W. Wishart, Jr. on Friday, April 16, Substitute Trustee 2010 and will sell to 1503 Elm Street, the highest bidder for Suite G cash the following reSanford NC 27330 al estate situated in 919/775-3322 the County of Lee, Publish: April 7th & North Carolina, and 14th being more particularly described as folNOTICE TO lows: CREDITORS Being all of Lot No. CAROLYN H. AUS12, according to the LEY qualified on Feb- map of Cool Springs ruary 16, 2010, as Per- Estates, as shown on sonal Representative a plat duly recorded of the Estate of A. in Plat Cabinet 3, HAROLD AUSLEY, Slide 177, in the OfSR., late of Lee Coun- fice of the Register of ty, North Carolina. Deeds for Davie This is to notify all County, North Carolipersons, firms and na. corporations having claims against the EsCOMMONLY tate to present them KNOWN AS 2000 to the undersigned on EVETON LANE, or before July 1, 2010, SANFORD, NC 27330 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of Should the their recovery. All property be purpersons, firms and chased by a third parcorporations indebtty, that person must ed to said estate pay the tax of Fortyplease make immedi- Five cents ($0.45) per ate payment. Pay- One Hundred Dollars ments and claims ($100.00) required by should be presented NCGS 7A-308 (a)(1). to ROBERT B. GILLELAND, Attorney at The properLaw, 1410 Elm ty to be offered purStreet/P.O. Box 1045, suant to this notice of Sanford, NC 27330. sale is being offered CREDITORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S for sale, transfer, and conveyance â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS IS, NOTICE Having qualified on WHERE ISâ&#x20AC;?. Neither the Trustee nor the the 19th day of March, 2010 as holder of the Note secured by the Deed of Administrator of the Estate of Trust/security agreement, or both, being Wesley Shane Owens, deceased, late of Lee foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, atCounty, North torneys, employees, Carolina, this is to notify all agents or authorized persons, firms and representatives of either the Trustee or corporations having claims against the the holder of the Note decedent to make any representation of warranty reexhibit the same to lating to the title or the undersigned on or any physical, envibefore the 3rd day of July, 2010, or this ronmental, health or notice will be pleaded safety conditions exin bar of their isting in, on, at or rerecovery. All persons, lating to the property firms and being offered for sale, and any and all recorporations sponsibilities or liaindebted to the estate should make bilities arising out of or in any way relatimmediate payment. This the 31st day of ing to any such condiMarch, 2010. tion expressly are disclaimed. Also, this Brenda Kelly Tucker, Administrator of property is being sold subject to all taxes, Estate of Wesley special assessments, Shane Owens 119 Wicker Street and prior liens or enSanford, NC 27330 cumbrances of record any recorded releasAttorneys: es. W. Woods Doster Staton,Doster,Post,Sil verman&Foushee, PA P. O. Box 1320 That an order for posSanford, NC session of the proper27331-1320 ty may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 NOTICE OF FOREin favor of the purCLOSURE SALE chaser and against the party or parties in Under and possession by the by virtue of the powclerk of superior er of sale contained court of the county in in which the property is a certain Deed of sold. Trust executed by Miriam E. Braswell Any person (PRESENT RECORD who occupies the OWNERS: Miriam E. property pursuant to Braswell), to Thura rental agreement man E. Burnette, entered into or reTrustee, dated Sep- newed on or after Octember 4, 1996 and re- tober 1, 2007, may, afcorded in Book 588, ter receiving the nopage 645, Lee County tice of sale, terminate Registry, North Caro- the rental agreement lina; default having upon 10 daysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; written been made in the pay- notice to the landlord. ment of the Note Upon termination of thereby secured by a rental agreement, the said Deed of the tenant is liable Trust for rent due under and the undersigned, the rental agreement Richard R. Foust, At- prorated to the effectorney-at-Law, hav- tive date of the termiing been substituted nation. as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an A cash deinstrument duly reposit (no personal corded in the office of checks) of five perthe Register of Deeds cent (5%) of the purof Lee County, North chase price, or seven Carolina, and the hundred fifty dollars holder of the Note ($750.00), whichever evidencing said inis greater, will be redebtedness having diquired at the time of rected that the Deed the sale. of Trust be fore-

ASSISTANT HATCHERY MANAGER NEEDED Townsends, Inc. is in search of an Assistant Hatchery Manager for its Mount Vernon Springs Hatchery. Qualified individual will assist in management of all hatchery functions including egg receiving, setting, incubating, vaccinating and the delivery of high quality chicks to Townsends grow-out operations. A 4-year Poultry Science degree preferred but will consider 2-year Livestock and Poultry Management degree or minimum of 5 years of progressive hatchery experience. Must be able to obtain Surface Irrigation Wastewater System Operators license within 2-years. Excellent benefits. Interested candidates, please mail resume to: P.O. Box 709 Siler City, N.C. 27344 Attn: Alma Rios - HR Manager or E-mail to: arios@townsends.com or fax to: 919-663-4199 M/F/V/H

001 Legals This the 16TH day of February, 2010.

_____________________ Richard R. Foust Substitute Trustee Richard R. Foust, Attorney at Law Stamey & Foust, LLP 204 Muirs Chapel Road, Suite 300 Greensboro, NC 27410 Ph. No. 336-834-0510 Fax No. 336.834.0160 North Carolina Lee County In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Divisions Before The Clerk 10-E-30 Notice To Creditors and Debtors of David Forrest Cottingham All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against David Forrest Cottingham, deceased are notified to exhibit them to Mary Jane Cottinghamd Wren, Executrix of the decedentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estate on or before June 29, 2010, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above-named Executrix. This 31st day of March, 2010. Mary Jane Cottingham Wren 1911 Boyed Lane Columbia, MO 65202 L. Holt Felmet, Attorney PO BOX 1689 Lillington NC 27546 Request for Proposals (Quotes) For Pruning The City of Sanford is seeking Request for Proposals for pruning to take place on designated medians or shoulders throughout the city. Your bid amount should be the total cost for one pruning cycle but should show the price for each area to be pruned, since the number of prunings at each area is unknown at this time. Proposals should be submitted to Brian Flynn, Horticulture Departments, Public Works, City of Sanford, by 2:00 P.M. on April 26th, 2010 via Mail P.O. Box 3729 Sanford NC 27331-3729 Pruning should be undertaken in accordance with the attached specifications. Pruning shall be performed on an as needed basis when notified at the designated locations as set forth in the specifications. All contractors shall be required to provide a Certification of Insurance showing general liability coverage of at least $1,000,000.00, workers compensation insurance as required by statute and shall name the city as a coinsured. Additionally, contractors shall be required to sign an agreement to indemnify and hold the city harmless in the event of injury or damage. A pre-quote conference for contractors to view the locations where work will be performed and to discuss matters pertaining to the proposals will be held at 1:30 P.M. on April 19th, 2010 at the Public Works Service Center at 601 N. Fifth Street, Sanford NC. The city reserves the right to select a responsible contractor whose proposal best suits the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Any contractor selected shall be considered an independent contractor. The City is an equal opportunity employer.

001 Legals Request for Proposals (Quotes) For Lawn Care The City of Sanford is seeking Request for Proposals for lawn care to take place on designated medians or shoulders throughout the city. Your bid amount should be the cost for one mowing cycle. Proposals should be submitted to Brian Flynn, Horticulture Departments, Public Works, City of Sanford, by 2:00 P.M. on April 26th, 2010 via Mail P.O. Box 3729 Sanford NC 27331-3729 Lawn care work should be undertaken in accordance with the attached specifications. Generally, grass should be cut on a bi-weekly basis starting July 5, 2010 through October 8, 2010 and mid-April 2011 through June 30, 2011. All contractors shall be required to provide a Certification of Insurance showing general liability coverage of at least $1,000,000.00, workers compensation insurance as required by statute and shall name the city as a coinsured. Additionally, contractors shall be required to sign an agreement to indemnify and hold the city harmless in the event of injury or damage. A pre-quote conference for contractors to view the locations where work will be performed and to discuss matters pertaining to the proposals will be held at 1:30 P.M. on April 19th, 2010 at the Public Works Service Center at 601 N. Fifth Street, Sanford NC.

190 Yard Sales 141 Henley Rd. Saturday, April 17 7:30am-1:30pm No Early Sales Nissan Bedliner, Fitness Equipment, Clothes, Books & Miscellaneous!

200 Transportation 210 Vehicles Wanted Big Boys Junk Cars looking for junk cars. Anywhere from $100 to $200 a car. Call Anytime: 910-3911791 Junk Car Removal Paying $200 and Up for vehicle. Old Batteries Paying $5-$15 919-842-1606

240 Cars - General 09 Silver Pontiac Vibe Only 3900 Miles! CD, OnStar & XM Satellite Radio Available, Still Under Warranty. $14,500. Call: 919-770-9426 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 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;?.

CASH for JUNK CARS. No title OK! 910-364-5762

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

The city reserves the 280 right to select a reRVs/Campers sponsible contractor whose proposal best 2006 Salem Travel Trailer suits the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs. 30 ft. 2 Slide Outs, Sleeps The City reserves the 8 Like New $16,500 919-775-1156 right to reject any and all bids. Any con295 tractor selected shall Boats/Motors/ be considered an independent contracTrailers tor. The City is an equal opportunity Boat: 1988 Dixie 17 FT employer. 4 Cylinder, Tilt/Trim, A-1

100 Announcements 110 Special Notices WILL MOVE OLD JUNK CARS! BEST PRICES PAID. Call for complete car delivery price. McLeodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Auto Crushing. Day 499-4911. Night 776-9274.

130 Lost Lost Male Kitty Tabby, Gray & White w/ Long Hair & Big White Tip On Tail. Call: 776-1951 For Any Information

Mer. Dr., Galvanized Trailer, Good Condition 776-8267

300 Businesses/Services 320 Child Care Mother of 2 would love to keep your child while you work. Please call 777-6895 Greenwood School District

340 Landscaping/ Gardening

Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landscaping All types of landscaping, yard work & brush removal. All types of small engine repair. Dependable service 190 at unbeatable prices. ComYard Sales mercial & Residential. Call day or night 2 Family Yard Sale- Sat., Cell: (919) 548-5590 April 17 (7-12) Nottingham Home: (919) 258-9943 & Loxley Lane Subdivision Leave message Off Burns Drive-Near Coca Chris Atkins= owner Cola Plant. Complete Girls Bedroom Set, Girls/Young PePaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yard Work & Repair Mens Clothes & HH Items â&#x20AC;˘Mowing â&#x20AC;˘Hauling Annual Lee Christian Yard Sale/Bake Sale TOO MUCH TO MENTION 3220 Keller Andrews Road 7am - 12 Noon Sat 17th Located in Cafeteria Ask about our YARD SALE SPECIAL

8 lines/2 days*

$13.50

Get a FREE â&#x20AC;&#x153;kitâ&#x20AC;?: 6 signs, 60 price stickers, 6 arrows, marker, inventory sheet, tip sheet! *Days must be consecutive

â&#x20AC;˘Carpentry â&#x20AC;˘Painting â&#x20AC;˘Remodeling â&#x20AC;˘Gutters 356-8502 478-9044

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

Redefined Spaces - Old to New @ affordable prices. Kitchens, BRs, Crown Moldings, Painting, Ramps Free Thrift on Main Estimates 478-2351 Come join us Sat.April 17th as we celebrate Broadway 385 Our Way. Check us out, & register for door prizes, to Schools/Lessons be given away at 3 on Sat. Concealed Carry 124 S. Main across from Handgun Classes Town Hall. Next Class April 24th Yard Sale: Unique OpporGet your concealed carry tunity for Flea Market & handgun permit! Antique Lovers! Everything Good in 30 States! is priced to sell. Lamps, Finish in 1 day! Glassware, Furn., Freezer, Class taught by Kevin DodFrames, Mirrors, 7am-1pm son Certified Law enforce303 Beal Drive Across from ment firearms instructor. N. Horner Center. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a pistol yet? I will make one available for you to use. Class fee only $59 Call Kevin Dodson, 919-356-4159 Register online www.carolinafirearms training.com

Classified Advertising Call 718-1201 718-1204

The Sanford Herald / Wednesday, April 14, 2010 / -

400 Employment 420 Help Wanted General *** NOTICE*** NEEDED IMMEDIATELY

Motor Route Carrier *Lillington* *Carthage* Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for people with some special qualifications. We need

Dependable

*** NOTICE*** NEEDED IMMEDIATELY

Motor Route Carrier *Cameron* Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for people with some special qualifications. We need

Dependable

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. C&C Cleaning Has Openings! Housekeeping (Also Commercial & Residential. 919-721-4924 CNC Mill Operator Southeastern Tool & Die, Inc. is looking for a CNC Mill Operator. We are continuing to grow and looking for new talent to join our team. Prime skills needed: Must be18 years or older; high school diploma or GED; three years experience in the set up and operation of CNC Mill machines; basic math skills; know how to read blueprints, micro-meter, calipers and dial indicator and produce precise hand work; write small programs. Applicant must be self-starter with a positive attitude; good communicator and dependable, and be team oriented. Southeastern Tool & Die offers an excellent salary and full range of benefits, including insurance, 401K, and profit sharing. Interested candidates, please send resume and cover letter to: Southeastern Tool & Die, Inc.; Attn: HR; 105 Taylor Street; Aberdeen, NC 28315 or fax to 910-944-1235. Employer will perform drug test. Inventory Control Agent Southeastern Tool & Die, Inc. is a fabricator/manufacturer of steel parts and looking for inventory control agent. Requires attention to detail, exceptional organizational and record keeping skills; ability to communicate and cooperate with co-workers; strong written and oral communication; good PC skills are a must. Very physical position requiring work in variety of indoor temperatures. Activities include inventory verification, moving, labeling and physical handling of inventory. Minimum 2 years experience in related field. Company offers excellent salary, full range of benefits, including insurance, 401K, and more. Interested candidates, please send resume, salary requirements and cover letter to: Southeastern Tool & Die, Inc., 105 Taylor Street, Aberdeen, NC 28315, Attn: Human Resource Department. Southeastern Tool & Die, Inc. is a Drug Free Workplace.

Classified Advertising Call 718-1201 718-1204

420 Help Wanted General

Dump Truck Driver needed. CDL w/2 yr.exp., clean driving record. Drug free work environment 919-842-2088.

GENERAL OFFICE CLERICAL

Hi-Lites Ladies Clothing Store Located at 228 S. Steele Street will be interviewing for assistant manager on Wed. the 14th & Thurs. the 15th. Please apply in person or email resume to davidsondebra@ bellsouth.net Automotive/Diesel Technician Immediate Opening Full-Time position Ford experience preferred and/or 2 year college degree Health Insurance, Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays. Apply in person to: Bernard March Phillips Ford 5292 Hwy. 15/501 Carthage, NC 28327 Local company has an opening for Inside Sales. Excellent phone skills required. Knowledge of GoldMine or other CRM software preferred but not necessary. Sales experience is a plus! Please forward resume to: Attn: Brenda / Balloons Inc 5100 Rex McLeod Drive Sanford, NC 27330 or fax (919) 718-7792. No phone calls please. Movie Extras to stand in the backgrounds of a major film production. All looks needed. Earn up to $150/day. Experience not required. Call 877-577-2952. Restaurant & Private Club Job Fair Sunday, April 18 Noon-4:00pm Carolina Trace Country Club Clubhouse 2100 Country Club Drive, Sanford, NC 27332 (off Hwy. 87 south) CarolinaTraceCC.com Available part-time positions in the restaurant include: Servers, Server Assistants, and Banquet Set-up Crew. Average 20-30 hours per week. No phone calls please.

Gray Flex Systems, Inc. located in Coats, NC, is seeking to fill a full-time general office/clerical position. Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel Spreadsheet, Word) a must. Will have responsibilities in A/R, Order Entry, Billing, Customer Service, Collections, Price Quotes, working with sales group and special projects. Cross-training to cover other positions due to vacation, absenteeism, etc. Must be well organized and ability to work in fastpace environment. Position requires punctual person with solid attendance. Wk 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. Very BUSY Body Shop Has Immediate Opening for qualified self motivated auto body technician 5 years production experience and valid driver license a must. call 910-639-5588 or email bluebeachtwh@yahoo.com We offer â&#x20AC;˘ BOLD print

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for part/all of your ad! Ask your Classified Sales Rep for rates. Work at home selling antique flooring. 5% commission on all sales. No investments required. 919-542-4812

455 Help Wanted Trades EXPERIENCED Plumbing Service Tech. Wanted. Immediate Position Available. Top wages paid based on experience, send resume or letter to: PO BOX 5864 Pinehurst NC 28374 PTO/Vac. Days/Insurance

500 Free Pets 510 Free Cats

660 Sporting Goods/ Health & Fitness

720 For Rent - Houses

Free To A Loving Home 2 Year Old Spayed Female Long Haired Tabby Cat. Contact Ashley 336-301-3253

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

520 Free Dogs

665 Musical/Radio/TV

4 year old Chocolate Lab & 8 Year Old Yellow Lab. Both Spayed. Free to Good Home. 837-5772

CLASSIFIED SELLS! â&#x20AC;&#x153;CALL TODAY, SELL TOMORROWâ&#x20AC;? Sanford Herald Classified Dept., 718-1201 or 7181204

Free puppies to good home! Call: 919-499-9187 White Boxer Named Mac 7 Years Old/Not Fixed Free To Good Home! Great Guard Dog Call: 919-935-3435

600 Merchandise 601 Bargain Bin/ $250 or Less *â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bargain Binâ&#x20AC;? ads are free for five consecutive days. Items must total $250 or less, and the price must be included in the ad. Multiple items at a single price (i.e., jars $1 each), and animals/pets do not qualify. One free â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bargain Binâ&#x20AC;? ad per household per month.

2 Tickets For Sale- $85 Bamboozle Road Show May 22 in Charlotte Bands Include: Good Charlotte and Boys Like Girls Call: 919-356-8553 20 Inch GE Color TV and Sylvania VCR with Remotes Both Work Great $55 774-4378 3 Heart Shaped Tables, One Quilt Rack, Barbie Dolls in original boxes, 2 Dresses size 18, set of Dishes 775-5989

675 Pets/Animals *Pets/Animals Policy: 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;?.

3 Week old AKC Registered Rotteweiler Puppies for sale $500 great bloodline have been wormed and their 1st shoots taking dep of $150 call Thomas Rotteweilers 770-2759 Boxer Puppers-8 wks old 3 Females 2 Brindle & White 1 Brown & White Asking $200. 499-6131 Chihuahua Puppies For Sale Female Call: 919-499-1134

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

Large 2 story 3BR/1BA duplex, DR, fam room, deck, near downtown Sanford. $650/mo+Dep. 718-6755 Large Farm Home County Water, Trash Pickup Service Avail., Sanford Address & Phone Number, 8 miles S. of Sanford. Must Have References. $600/mo. 774-9711 Nice Farm House W. Tramway, HW/Fls, 3BR, 1B, Garden, LG. WD. avail. May $575/m + D. Reply to ad #10 PO BOX100 Sanford, NC 27331 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.

Pitbull Puppy-7 wks old Female Black, Brown & White Asking $200 Call: 721-8493

680 Farm Produce Spivey Farms 499-0807 Strawberries Are Ready â&#x20AC;˘Tomatoes â&#x20AC;˘ Asparagus â&#x20AC;˘ Hoop Cheese Mon-Sat: 8-6 â&#x20AC;˘ Sun 1-6

685 Building Materials

Cheerio Cabinet $75 World Series Poker Table with chips and box $100 Ford Mustang Leather Jacket with numerous items $125 919-842-3419

Antique Oak and Pine Flooring. Wide Boards. $7 - $10 a Sq. Ft. 919-542-4812

Coffee Table - 38 in. Glass Top w/ Rounded SALES Edges & Metal Base Building material wholesal$40 Firm er seeks Outside Sales Rep460 Good Condition! resentative, for established Call: 776-9921 Help Wanted Carolinas and Virginia acClerical/Admin count base. Must be enerDell Computer For Sale: Full getic self starter with great Full Time Accounts Payable Set Up Or Tower Only. Call people skills. 2 years colfor details: Clerk/Receptionist. Strong lege, and sales experience. 774-1066 computer, organizational Salary, great benefits, comand people skills necessary. pany car, and travel exElderly Couple Need A Also provides administrapenses. Email resumes to: Couch Donation tive support. Previous AP info@carolinaatlantic.cm Call: 498-9059 experience preferred. Benefits include paid Sitter for elderly lady. Kitchen Table & 4 Chairs holidays, paid vacation, Light Housekeeping. w/ Arm Rest- Light Beige, BCBS insurance and 401K Mon - Fri 12 hr Shifts Leather Padded On Casretirement plan. Sat & Sun 12 hr Shifts ters, A1 Condition. A BarNon smoker. Must have gain at $225! Call 919Please send resume to own transportation. Ref 776-7267 or Leave Messmoore@palletone.com or Req. Will consider a sage. fax to (919) 837-5550. live - in sitter

35 Oakhill MHP $550/mo 3BD/2BA Adcock Rentals 774-6046

519 Maple Avenue $550/ mo 3BD/1BA Adcock Rentals 774-6046

4 Man paddle boat. Built in cooler. Convertible top. Like new. $250 775-3140

Chest Type Freezer $100 Neg. Like New 776-7850 anytime

3,000 sq ft, 1.5 story 3BR, 3BA, family rm, DR, sunrm, porch. Lg kitchen. Heat pump. $1200. 777-3340

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

730 For Rent Apts/Condos 1 & 2 BR Apts Rents start at $355 Equal Housing Opportunity Woodbridge Apartments 919-774-6125 Appletree Apartments 919-774-0693 2 & 3 BR Apts Available

Welcome spring in your cozy. comfortable, warm and affordable home at Westrridge Apartments 2 BR Units AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY! Washer/dryer hook in each unit Section 8 welcomed Disability accessible units Equal House Opportunity Pathway Drive Sanford, NC 27330 (919)775-5134

740 For Rent - Mobile Homes 2BR/1BA MH Western Harnett Area $385/mo $385/Dep No Pets! Call: 919-478-5069

15B

830 Mobile Homes 87 MH FOR SALE 2BR 2BA, Stove Included & Needs Small Repairs. MUST SALE & Be Moved $1,500 Neg. 306-6939 CLASSIFIED LINE AD DEADLINE:

760 Vacation Rentals

2:00 PM

DAY BEFORE PUBLICATION. (2:00

â&#x20AC;˘2BR Condo â&#x20AC;˘ 4BR Home Both on N. Myrtle Beach Call Kim 919-454-4766 or 919-774-9585

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

765 Commercial Rentals

900 Miscellaneous

2 Commercial Building â&#x20AC;˘1227 N. Horner 650 SqFt â&#x20AC;˘1229 N. Horner 2,800 Sq Ft Call Reid at 775-2282 or 770-2445

920 Auctions

Auction - On - Line Only, Local Estate Auction: Commercial For Rent: 1060 April 9-17. Fine Furniture, Square foot store front in Silver, Porcelains, Club Car Bonlee, Chatham County. Golf Cart, and More! High speed internet. Good Located in the Whispering Location. $500/mo plus Pines Country Club Area deposit Call 919-799-6819 near Southern Pines, NC. Go to 800 samstoutauctioneers.com Real Estate to register, bid, and view auction catalog. 810 License #NCAL2147

Land

Harris Realty & Auction â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since 1989â&#x20AC;? One Call...We Sell It All!! Land, Houses, Equipment Business Liquidation, Estates, Antiques, Coins, Furniture, Consignments, etc. jerryharrisauction.com 545-4637 or 498-4077

For Sale: 10 Acres in Bonlee School District, Chatham County. Bordered on 2 sides by 40-acre Conservation Area with creek. Good Southern Exposure. Rolling topography. Partly wooded. Some fencing. Approved 4 BR Septic. Modular Ok. $50,000 Call 919-799-6819

Notice of Sale of Personal Property Lemon Springs Mini Storage Date: April 16, 2010 Time: 10:00

Save up to $10,000 on Homesites Copper Ridge, Chancellorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ridge, Carolina Trace and Carolina Seasons. Visit grocecompanies.com and dial 919-770-4883 or 770-2554

Unit # 5 - chairs, luggage, kids toys, bedding, cooler, tubs Unit #9 - pictures, night stand, TV, bedding 820 Unit #21 - christmas decoHomes rations, bookshelf, plastic tub, trash can, boxes *Houses/Mobile Homes/Real Unit #23 - single bed, desk, Estate Policy: One (house) per household per year at the microwave, office chair, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Rateâ&#x20AC;?.Consecutive furniture different locations/addresses Unit #24 - toys, baby will be billed furniture, easel, at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Business Rateâ&#x20AC;?. entertainment center Unit #25 - sectional sofa, MODELS OPEN Sat & Sun book shelf, throw pillows, 1-5 Copper Ridge US#1 at bedding Exit 76 Nottingham US#1 Unit #77 - vacuum, dryer, at Exit 69 B Sun 1-5 washer, entertainment Woodbridge, Lee Ave. Dial center, kids toys, 770-4883 or 770-2554 microwave, PUBLISHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Unit #91 - vacuum, bed, NOTICE chairs, lamp, tool box Unit #95 - golf clubs. fishing rods, lamp, corner cabinet, bats, keyboard

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n SANFORD: The Flame Steakhouse and Brewer’s Pub now features live music every Wednesday night. For more information, contact the restaurant at 776-7111. n SANFORD: The Steele Street Coffee and Wine Bar features live entertainment featuring local musicians every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. For more information, visit steelestreetcafe.com. n SANFORD: The Heart of Carolina Jazz Society presents “Jazz Encounters Classical Music” at 8 p.m. April 17 and 3 p.m. April 18 at the Temple Theatre performed by The Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra, Directed by Gregg Gelb.

Submit your event by e-mail to danderson@sanfordherald.com Concert tickets are $15 adults and $5 students/children (general admission). Call the Temple Theatre Box Office at (919) 774-4155 between 2 and 6 p.m.

THEATRE n PITTSBORO: Central Carolina Community College theater students and community members will present “Working, A Musical” as the college’s spring play production. The show is based on an oral history by author Studs Terkel, “Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do.” The book and musical are created from the words of ordinary workers about their jobs, hopes and aspira-

tions. “Working, A Musical” will play at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsborough St., Pittsboro, at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, April 14-15; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 16-17; and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday, April 18. Tickets went on sale March 5 at Central Carolina Community College’s Chatham County Campus, Pittsboro, and at www. brownpapertickets.com. Tickets are $12 and seating is limited. The show is not for children under age 12. n SANFORD: The musical “South Pacific” will run Apr. 29-May 16 at the Temple Theatre. For more information, visit www.templeshows.com.

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WEDNESDAY April 14, 2010

n BROADWAY: The second Broadway Our Way Festival will be held in downtown Broadway this weekend. The festival will host a street fair, opening at 10 a.m. with food and craft vendors.

WEDNESDAY FOOD&DRINKS

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s much as I love food, breakfast has always been a struggle for me. Early morning is pretty much the only time of day when I am not hungry and food just doesn’t really appeal to me. I try, however, to eat something each morning just because I know it is good for me to do so. I have to be careful what I eat, because many of the traditional breakfast foods — primarily grains — only cause me to be painfully hungry INSIDE halfway See our through the morn- weekly Dining ing, more Guide for local menu hungry options than I would Pages 4-5C have been had I not eaten at all. While I am a morning person, waking up early enough to prepare a meal of cooked eggs just doesn’t fit into my schedule. I need something tasty, refreshing, quick and filling. It’s not so easy to find. The beautiful weather this weekend coupled with lots of sales on fruit at the grocery store allowed for a cart full of fresh fruit. While washing and slicing strawberries, I remembered that years ago I used to make a smoothie for breakfast each morning. I taught elementary school at the time, and the kids in my class would beg me for a sip each morning. They were so desperate for smoothies that they even proposed having a smoothie party as a reward for reaching a classroom goal. I’m not sure that they ever had any idea that smoothies were not just tasty, but nutritious as well. I surely wasn’t going to share that secret! To a group of 8year-old boys, that piece of information would surely deteriorate the excitement and interest. Smoothies are a wonderful breakfast treat, and a great way to

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Tomatoes are shown at the Hunger Mountain Cooperative in Montpelier, Vt. A cold snap wiped out much of Florida’s tomato crop at the beginning of the year, causing wholesale prices nationwide to spike. Meanwhile, prices on peppers have more than doubled, sometimes to as much as $3 per pepper, according to federal data.

Learning to live without tomatoes and peppers By MICHELE KAYAL For The Associated Press

The high price of tomatoes and peppers has Mark Paradis teaching his culinary students a new lesson — substitutions. “I haven’t even contemplated buying one,” Paradis, purchasing coordinator for Southern New Hampshire University’s culinary school, said of vine-ripened tomatoes. His supplier’s price for the produce recently doubled to $50 for a 25-pound case. He also is trying to wean his chefs off fresh bell peppers, switching to canned and roasted ones instead. “You’re not going to see a fresh pepper as a garnish,” he says. “If you’re doing a salsa, you’re going to have to do a roasted one, which means you’re not going to have that crunch.” A cold snap wiped out much of Florida’s tomato crop at the beginning of the year, causing wholesale prices nationwide to spike. Meanwhile, prices on peppers have more than doubled, sometimes to

as much as $3 per pepper, according to federal data. For people like Paradis, it has meant reducing his tomato order from four cases a week to one, and switching varieties. These days, he’s buying plum tomatoes, an ovalshaped variety with a hardier skin and longer shelf life. But how about at home, where fresh pasta sauce suddenly feels like an extravagance? Supermarket tomatoes can now cost as much as $2.99 a pound, a 26 percent increase over last year. Red peppers can run as much as $3.49 per pound. To satisfy your craving for salsa or for crunch and color in your salads, chefs and cooking pros offer one word: substitution. Last summer, when tomato blight hit the East Coast, sustainability advocate and cookbook author Terry Walters made her salsa from tomatillos, a tomato-like husked fruit related to the gooseberry and frequently used in Mexican cuisine.

“Tomatillos are a great substitute,” she says. “They’re firm on the outside, they’re a little crispy. They’re great with the same flavors — olive oil, cilantro, fresh basil.” As for soups and classic pasta sauces, head to the center aisles of the grocer. Canned tomatoes can sometimes be better than fresh, especially before the hot summer brings tomatoes into their full glory. “I would rather use good canned tomatoes out of season than a crummy hot house one,” says cookbook author Mollie Katzen. “And what makes a pasta saucy doesn’t need to be tomato. It can be olive oil and garlic.” Fresh tomatoes also can be stretched in, Katzen says, by using just one or two to coat a chunky mixture of cauliflower, onions, zucchini and other vegetables. For salads, Katzen says, move away from the tomatopepper-onion model and focus on fruit-nut-cheese sal-

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few weeks ago I got the bad news from my serviceman that my refrigerator was on its last cooling cycle. Luckily we had a smaller unit in the garage and were able to transfer all our food to that refrigerator. If you are like me and are now in the market to replace an old appliance, hold on a couple of weeks. Funds from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009 will provide us the opportunity to replace our old, worn out and inefficient appliances with new Energy Star rated ones. The funds are part of nearly $300 million from the ARRA, which appropriated funds to each state for the establishment and administration of appliance rebate programs. The amount of funding available through the ARRA to North Carolina residents is $8,849,000. Our state plans to use this money to offer a rebate to our residents who are replacing older clothes washers, dishwashers, refrigerators and freezers with newer appliances. The purpose of the rebate is to help residents save money long-term, cut energy use and stimulate our economy. North Carolinians will be able to save 15 percent when buying qualified Energy Star household appliances during Earth Day weekend - Thursday, April 22 through Sunday, April 25.

HERE’S THE FACTS: n N.C. retailers offering the rebate must be registered and be approved by the State Energy Office. n Consumers will receive a 15 percent rebate at the time of the sale and the retailer will be reimbursed for the rebate. n The N.C. Retail Merchants Association expects major retail chains as well as most independent appliance dealers to participate in the rebate program. A list of participating retailers should be posted on the web at www.NCappliancerebate.com by the end of this week. n Rebates will be 15 percent on Energy Star-rated appliances. The rebates

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BOOK REVIEW

A mother’s love and grief for her family By CARL HARTMAN For The Associated Press

“Every Last One” (Random House, 299 pages, $26) by Anna Quindlen

This is a novel on old-fashioned themes: mother’s love and, perhaps even deeper, mother’s grief. In the first half of Anna Quindlen’s “Every Last One,” the many characters, some lightly sketched, live ordinary lives in a contemporary atmosphere of mundane concerns: What can stop whole colonies of bees from disappearing? What wages should be paid to illegal Mexican immigrants? No tragedy looms. Almost all are educated, well-off people in a small American city. At least one family is prosperous enough to afford a Christmas gift of two round-trip tickets to London for a literary daughter, still in high school. Only in the second half does the disaster artfully emerge, and the dimensions of the grief it evokes. This isn’t a novel of entertainment, though the first half has some wry and amusing comment on American family life with a dog named Ginger. Quindlen — her narrative style could make a page-turner out of a gas bill — won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, and is the author of other novels and nonfiction books.

There are also other kinds of love in this latest story, including a case of puppy love that develops into mindless, murderous rage. There may have been consequences, too, from the whim of a sensitive woman who loves her husband — moderately — but falls into a short, meaningless affair. What she recalls from the affair most sharply is the livid brand on her thigh from a gypsum wallboard nail in an unfinished garage. That scar, at least, didn’t last. The second half is devoted almost entirely to the grief of a mother, Mary Beth. She tells the story herself, gradually revealing the disaster. Her mourning is never resolved, but that doesn’t make the story dull. If you pick up “Every Last One” to read a few pages after dinner, you’ll want to read another chapter, and another and another, until you get to bed late, feeling sad for her.

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MUSEUMS/GALLERIES n SANFORD: The Railroad House Museum is open from 1 to 4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. n SANFORD: The Artists’ Loft of the Lee County Arts Council features works by local artists at 102 S. Steele St. from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and 10 a.m to 5 p.m. Fridays. Paintings, writings, pottery, weaving and photography are featured. The Arts Council is a non-profit organization. n SANFORD: An international photography show will be held at ArtStudio featuring photos from Lisa Mathis and Patty Bokhoven taken overseas. The show opens in conjunction with ART3: the Annual Art Walk and Winetasting fundraiser for Temple Theatre. This year’s International-themed event will feature international wine and treats, art to enjoy and bid on, music and entertainment, all right here in downtown Sanford on April 23 from 5:30 - 8 p.m. There are 20 possible venues to visit. A contribution of $25 in advance or $30 at the door reserves your a glass passport. Glasses are limited and excitement is high for this year’s event, so please get your name on the reservation list ASAP. For advance reservations, please call the Temple Theatre at 774-4155. n SEAGROVE: More than 50 pottery shops in the Seagrove area will hold kiln openings and special demonstrations as part of the Celebration of Seagrove Potters spring event Friday and Saturday. For more information, visit celebrationofseagrovepotters.com. n CHAPEL HILL: Large paintings and photographs of the Norwegian Arctic and Antarctica will make up a free public exhibition Jan. 7 through May 31 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The display at the FedEx Global Education Center is located at the corner of McCauley and Pittsboro streets. The exhibi-

tion of 20 large artworks, “Ice Counterpoint,” will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays. n RALEIGH: “Megalodon: Largest Shark that Ever Lived” opens at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh Feb. 13 and runs through May 9. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors/students, $4 for children (5–11) and free to members. Tickets are available online at naturalsciences.org and at the Museum Box Office (919733-7450 x212). The exhibit is sponsored by PotashCorp with additional support from 94.7 QDR, UNC-TV and CW22. n CHAPEL HILL: Trees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are the subject of an exhibit that guides visitors across campus and back through time. “Noble Trees, Traveled Paths: The Carolina Landscape Since 1793” will be on view in the North Carolina Collection Gallery of Wilson Library through May 31. The free public exhibit presents photographs, drawings and publications that document campus trees and landscapes from the University’s earliest days through the present. The exhibit is free to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays; and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays, except on University holidays. For exhibit information, contact the North Carolina Collection at (919) 962-0104 or nccref@ unc.edu.

DANCE n SANFORD: The Saturday Nite Dance Group includes a variety of live music. This group of couples and singles meets from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday nights at The Enrichment Center of Lee County, 1615 S. Third St. This alcohol- and smoke-free event features live entertainment and good fellowship. Admission is $6 per person, which includes a complimentary soft drink at intermission. For more information call the Enrichment Center at 776-0501.

n SANFORD: The San-Lee Thursday Night Dancers will hold their regular third-Thursday dance from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Enrichment Center, 1615 S. Third St. The cost is $5 per person (and food to share at intermission). At intermission, a complimentary soft drink and free line dance lesson will be offered. n CARTHAGE: Carolina Pines Ballroom Dancers (USA Dance) invites you to there Spotlight Night Saturday April 10 at 105 McReynolds St., Carthage, on the 2nd floor of the Sinclair Bldg. across from Fred’s. The dance entertainment showcase event begins at 7 p.m. with featured spotlight dances by USA dance members and open dancing 8 to 10 p.m. Cost for non-members $10 and USA dance members $7. Singles and couples welcome. For more information, call Trevor at (910) 639-0489 or Asunda at (919) 356-2784. n JULIAN: The Barn Dance is having “Karaoke” the first and third Friday nights of each month. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., karaoke begins at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for children under 12. The Barn Dance features traditional country, gospel, oldies, rock and roll and bluegrass music each Saturday night. The Barn Dance is located at 6341 Phillippi Road in Julian. For more information, call (336) 685-9200 or visit www.thebarndanceinc.com.

POTPOURRI n BROADWAY: The second Broadway Our Way Festival will be held in downtown Broadway this weekend. The festival will host a street fair, opening at 10 a.m. with food and craft vendors. Along with free kids activities, there will be a car show and an antique tractor and farm equipment display. Other events include a 5K run, a 50K/100K bike ride, the Broadway Idol talent contest and a barbeque cook-off featuring People’s Choice Awards. Enjoy continuous live entertainment throughout the day from two venues. Festivities culminate with a street dance beginning at 7 p.m. For more information go to broadwaync.com or call (919) 258-9922. n SANFORD: Power Pro Wrestling at Kendale Entertainment Center (2737 Industrial Drive) begins at 6

p.m. Saturday with bell time at 7:15 p.m. The event runs every second and fourth Saturday at the center. Visit awapowerprowrestling.com for more information. n SOUTHERN PINES: The Southern Pines Garden Club Home Tour and Garden Tour will be held from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. today. 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. n SILK HOPE: Old Fashioned Farmers Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Silk Hope’s Historic Farm Heritage Park in Chatham County. n BYNUM: ClydeFEST will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in Bynum. n PITTSBORO: Bid on auction items, eat food and join in the laughter while helping the cats and dogs of Chatham Animal Rescue and Education, Inc. (CARE). The volunteers of CARE in partnership with the General Store Café (GSC) will hold the 7th annual Burrito Bash fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. May 4 with both live and silent auctions at the GSC, just off the traffic circle in downtown Pittsboro. A $15 donation on this special Tuesday night provides admission and a GSC dinner burrito with all the fixins’. Live and Silent Auction items feature a range of experiences, artwork and gift certificates, including an Outer Banks beach week, an Ocean Isle Beach week, a Lake Lure Mountain getaway weekend, metal sculptures, original paintings, pottery, woodworking, therapeutic massages, garden items, as well as many more magnificent finds. Dinner and Silent Auction begin at 6 p.m. (Silent Auction closes at 7:15 p.m.); Live Auction begins at 7:30 p.m. Auction donors are listed on CARE’s website. Discounted tickets for $12 are available to all when purchased in advance either through www.chathamanimalrescue.org or in person at McIntyre’s Books in Fearrington, the General Store Café in downtown Pittsboro, and The Natural Pet Health Store in Bear Creek. For more information, e-mail burritobash@chathamanimalrescue.org or call Karen Sirls at (919) 542-5757.

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DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: I’ve been taking care of my elderly mother for nearly a year now and it’s wearing me out both physically and financially. Is there any way I could get paid to be her caregiver? — Tapped Out

Dear Tapped: To get paid as your mother’s caregiver there are several possibilities you should check into, and a variety of support services that can help, too. Here’s what you should know.

Caregiving for Pay

If your mom is eligible for Medicaid, you may be able to get paid a small amount by the government. In 15 states, Medicaid offers a Cash and Counseling program (see cashandcounseling.org) that provides direct financial assistance to their beneficiaries, and that money can be used to pay inhome caregivers. A few other states have similar programs for low-income seniors, even if the person receiving care doesn’t quite qualify for Medicaid.

arrangements. Or, if your mom has longterm care insurance that includes in-home care coverage, in some cases those benefits can be used to pay you.

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Jim Miller Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit www.savvysenior.org.

To find out about these options contact your local Medicaid office or visit benefitscheckup. org — an online service that helps seniors and their families find and enroll in federal, state, local and private benefit programs.

Other options If your mom has financial resources of her own, find out if she can afford to pay you herself. If she agrees, it may be a good idea for both of you to draft a short written contract detailing your work and payment

The IRS may also be able to help you out if you can show that you pay at least half of your mother’s yearly expenses, and her annual income was below $3,650 in 2009 (not counting Social Security). If so, you can claim her as a dependant on your taxes, and reduce your taxable income by $3,650. Your mom doesn’t have to live with you to qualify as a dependent. IRS Publication 501 (see www.irs. gov/pub/irs-pdf/p501. pdf or call 800-829-3676 to get a copy mailed to you) has a worksheet that can help you with this. If your mom’s income, however, is over $3,650, you can’t claim her as a dependent. But if you’re paying at least half her living expenses, you can still get a tax break if you’re helping pay her medical and long-term care costs and they exceed 7.5 percent of your adjusted gross income. You can include your own medical expenses in calculating the total. See the IRS publication 502 (www.irs.gov/pub/ irs-pdf/p502.pdf ) for details.

Support services If you don’t qualify

for caregivers pay or a tax break, you can still get some financial relief through the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP). This is a federally funded program that provides aid for specific caregiver needs like respite care or adult daycare to give you a break, counseling and support groups, and supplemental services including the purchase of medical supplies, SOS emergency response systems and even home modifications. In addition to the NFCSP, you should also check into home delivered meal programs, volunteer companion programs, and even home and personal care services. These, too, can lighten your load. To locate all the various programs and support services near you, contact your area agency on aging. Call the Eldercare Locator at 800-677-1116 to get your local number or visit www.eldercare. gov.

Savvy tip The best Web resource to search for caregiver support services and programs in your area is the Family Caregiver Alliance at caregiver.org. When you get there, click on “Family Care Navigator,” or call 800-445.8106. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

The Enrichment Center, which serves Lee County’s older adults, is located at 1615 S. Third St. For more information, call (919) 776-0501.

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Making a delicious cheesy chicken burrito in a flash By J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor

Finding the time and energy to get dinner on the table is challenging enough during the week. Add picky eaters to the mix â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the child who wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eat anything green, the teenager who has gone vegetarian â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and it can become a nightmare. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good reason to embrace burritos as a mainstay of your weeknight repertoire. Not only are they speedy to assemble, they also are incredibly versatile. Stuff them with greens, or not. Meat, or not. Make them as healthy (or un) as you like. My basic assembly starts with a flour tortilla, which can be had in whole wheat, white, even low-carb varieties. For the filling, I like to use a can of refried beans (available in traditional, spicy, vegetarian and fatfree varieties) as my base. I then add read-serve rice (heat-and-eat variety), a bit of salsa and whatever else moves me. If you have leftover cooked chicken, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great option. If not, deli sliced chicken breast is an easy alternative. For vegetarians, roasted vegetables, fresh baby spinach or steamed green beans are fine choices. A bit of shredded cheese (low-fat, if you like) completes the package. And to make life easy, the cook can just heat the

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Thanks to their easy adaptability, chicken, cheese and brown rice burritos are a perfect weeknight meal for families. stove, set out the ingredients and let people assemble their own burritos.

CHICKEN, CHEESE AND BROWN RICE BURRITOS Start to finish: 40 minutes (10 minutes active) Servings: 4 15-ounce can low-fat refried beans 8 1/2-ounce package heatand-serve brown rice 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese, divided 3/4 cup salsa, divided 4 large flour tortillas 8 deli slices chicken breast Sour cream, for serving (optional) 1 avocado, peeled, pitted and sliced 1 large tomato, cut into wedges Heat the oven to 400 F. Lightly spritz a baking sheet with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, mix together the refried beans, rice, 1 cup of the cheese and 1/4 cup of the salsa.

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Arrange the tortillas flat on the counter. Arrange 2 slices of chicken over each tortilla. Spread a quarter of the bean and cheese mixture in an even layer over each. Roll up each tortilla, tucking in the ends as you go. Place the burritos on the prepared baking sheet. Cover with foil. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove the foil, sprinkle the remaining cheese over the burritos, then bake, uncovered, for another 8 to 10 minutes. To serve, top each burrito with a bit of the remaining salsa and a dollop of sour cream, if using. Accompany with slices of avocado and tomato. Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 798 calories; 245 calories from fat; 27 g fat (11 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 51 mg cholesterol; 104 g carbohydrate; 33 g protein; 16 g fiber; 1,523 mg sodium.

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ads, such as baby spinach with strawberries, walnuts and crumbled feta cheese. But more than anything, these and other professionals say, the current shortage of tomatoes and peppers offers an opportunity to eat seasonally and locally, and to expand your vegetable repertoire. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spring is here!â&#x20AC;? says Andrew Swallow, cofounder of Mixt Greens salad boutiques, and author of the upcoming â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mixt Saladsâ&#x20AC;? cookbook. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the best things in the world to put in salad are sugar snap peas, English peas, fennel, green garlic, spring onions. You have so many wonderful things in season that are being grown right now, you really shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to eat tomatoes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same thing with peppers.â&#x20AC;? The local farmers market is the place to start. Perusing the stalls can open a world of new, tasty choices, such as crunchy watermelon radishes, baby yellow beets and cipollini onions, the sorts of produce that escape the notice of most supermarkets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One novelty item last year was husk tomatoes,â&#x20AC;? Walters says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You pull the husk back and they taste like a combination of tomato and strawberry. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to find those at your grocery store. But you might find them at a farm stand or your local farmers market. And sometimes the search for the food is as nourishing as the food itself.â&#x20AC;? And one thing to remember: tomatoes and peppers actually are summer fruits. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only a shortage if you think you should be eating them all year, which goes against the notion of local, sustainable eating to which most chefs subscribe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be eating tomatoes anyway,â&#x20AC;? Swallow says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not in season.â&#x20AC;?

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Cedar-grilled corn and red onion salsa. CEDAR-GRILLED CORN AND RED ONION SALSA Start to finish: 1 hour (15 minutes active) Makes 3 cups 10-ounce bag frozen corn kernels 1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped (with or without seeds, according to taste) 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon olive oil, divided 1 large red onion, halved 1 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon chili powder 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 scallion, thinly sliced 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro Salt and ground black pepper, to taste About 30 minutes before grilling, soak a cedar plank in water. You may need to weigh it down to keep it submerged. When ready to grill, heat all areas of the grill to medium. In a medium bowl, combine the corn, jalapeno, garlic and 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Toss well to coat. Carefully spoon the mixture in an even layer on the cedar plank. Place the plank on one side of the grill, and reduce the heat on that side of the grill to low. Cover the grill and cook for 10 minutes. Rub the remaining 1 teaspoon of oil over the slices of red onion. Place the onion on the other side of the grill (the side still set to medium). Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Remove the corn and onion from the grill and set aside to cool slightly. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix together the cumin, chili powder and red wine vinegar. Add the scallion and cilantro, then mix. When the corn and onion have cooled, chop the onion, then add both to the bowl. Mix well, then season with salt and pepper. Serve warm or refrigerate until cool.

GRILLED SAUSAGE-STUFFED PORTABELLA MUSHROOMS Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 8 8.5-ounce package ready-serve brown rice (or blend of brown and wild rice) 4-ounce log goat cheese, crumbled 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley 1 pound sweet or spicy Italian sausage meat 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 tablespoon olive oil 8 large portabella mushroom caps, stems removed Heat a grill to high. In a medium bowl, combine the rice, goat cheese, parsley, sausage meat, salt and pepper. Mix well. One at a time, use a bit of the olive oil to rub the tops of the mushrooms. Overturn each mushroom cap (gills facing up) and loosely pack about an eighth of the sausage mixture in it. Arrange the mushrooms on the grill, cover and cook for about 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, then continue cooking until the mushrooms are tender and show deep grill marks, and the sausage filling is cooked through, about another 8 to 10 minutes. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; By The Associated Press

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Gardening is for the birds

ave you been hearing sweet songs outside lately? Love is in the air for our feathered friends. After a cool winter, many birds have started their migration up north. North Carolina offers both migratory and resident birds a great place to raise young. I have come to think bird watching and gardening go hand in hand. Plants provide food and shelter for birds, as well as landscape interest for our homes. In return, these amazing winged creatures provide insect control, cheerful music, and hours of entertainment as they go about their everyday business. Even the most haphazardly designed garden will attract birds, but with a little planning, you can make your backyard a bird haven. Start with a plan to add plants that attract wildlife. The plants that you choose need to provide birds with food or shelter or both. There are excellent resources listing plants that meet these requirements at our Center. In choosing plants that will serve as food, try to select ones that will provide food during all seasons. Many annuals and perennials provide seeds that birds love — sunflowers are a must! Holly, crabapple and dogwood are excellent for fall and winter berries. Other plants should be chosen because they provide shelter from enemies and a safe place to build nests. Evergreens should be incorporated into the design since they provide cover year-round, and, in many cases also provide food. Use pines, American hollies, yaupons, wax myrtles, and eastern red cedars to protect songbirds from predators. Dwarf conifers are useful for people with small spaces that may still want to provide a habitat for birds. To supplement food, especially in the winter months, place bird feeders in your yard. While it is nice to be able to observe birds as they eat, you also want to consider placing feeders near protected areas. These areas provide an escape when predators stalk the bird feeder. Fill your feeder with a mix of black oil sunflower, safflower, white millet

Stephanie Romelczyk Garden Guide Romelczyk is the horticulture agent for N.C. Cooperative Extension in Lee County

and thistle seed. It is best to buy each component in bulk and mix your own since many pre-made mixes contain empty seed hulls. Birdbaths and birdhouses complete the refuge. Water in a birdbath should be 2-3 inches deep and have a good perching area for birds. Position the birdbath on or near the ground and close to a protected area. Be sure to keep your birdbath clean and full of cool, fresh water. Birdhouses provide an alternative nesting area, especially for birds that nest in dead tree cavities. The nest box needs to be built to suit the bird that it is intended for, so chose an adequately sized box with a properly sized entrance hole. Depending on the species, the box will need to be placed a certain height off the ground and perhaps in a certain habitat (bluebirds like wide open areas, while some other birds like to be nestled in tangled vines). If you are considering build-

ing nest boxes, valuable information on dimensions and site is located at our Center. Some people may think of birds as a nuisance, especially if you catch them pecking at your tomatoes or corn. Keep in mind that there are many species of birds, such as wrens and bluebirds, which eat the insects that plague our vegetable garden. Set out to accommodate birds in your vegetable garden. Think about using diversion strategies — if cedar waxwings devastate your strawberry patch, consider placing a different berry food source elsewhere in your landscape. Birds are enjoyable little creatures to watch and they provide excellent insect control. With a plan, attracting wildlife can be easy and satisfying. Whoever said that gardening was for the birds was right! For more information call our Center at 775-5624. Want more pertinent horticulture information delivered directly to your home computer? Subscribe to the new Lee County home horticulture e-mail list. Simply send an e-mail to mj2@ lists.ncsu.edu with subscribe leehomehort in the body of the message. You will then be a member of leehomehort@ lists.ncsu.edu. Stephanie Romelczyk is the Horticulture Agent for North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Lee County

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Attending Area Farmers Family Night and scholarship awards program were the 2010 scholarship recipients (from left) John Alexander Watson, Ashley Watson, Hillary Dycus and Jacob G. Nicholson. Scholarships were also awarded to Catherine Dalyrmple, Robert Dalrymple, Anna Buchanan, Jamie McLeod, Ashely McNeill and Cody Gross who were unable to attend. Members of the Lee County Area Farmers tend over 36,210 acres of farmland in Lee County. Through winter production educational programs Lee County Area Farmers continue to increase their knowledge in farming innovations, technology and financial business management.

Energy Continued from Page 1C

can be in addition to any store, manufacturer or other discounts being offered. n Only clothes washers, dishwashers, refrigerators, and freezers that are qualified Energy Star appliances will be eligible for the rebate. n Only North Carolina residents who are replacing older or worn out clothes washers, dishwashers, refrigerators, and freezers are eligible for the rebates. Those purchasing multiple appliances or appliances for commercial properties are not eligible. n Rebates may be received on more than one appliance, but it must be for different appliances.

n If you purchased one of the listed Energy Star appliances prior to the rebate weekend, you are not eligible for the rebate. Depending on the funds available, a second phase in June will offer rebates on Energy Star residential water heaters (electric heat pump, gas storage, gas tankless, solar with gas or electric back-up), $200; central air conditioners, $300; air source heat pumps, $300; and gas funaces, $300. These rebates will be mail-ins and can be used with purchase through retailers, contractors or programs offered through utilities. The State Energy Office predicts that over 49,960 Energy Star appliances will be sold during this program. With

N.C. residents replacing older, conventional appliances it is estimated that enough electricity will be saved to power 536 homes for a year. Natural gas savings would serve 390 homes for a year. While the average homeowner will spend “conservatively” around $1,900 dollars a year on energy alone, using energy-efficient appliances, can be one way to extend your family’s finances and cut your energy cost. So if you are thinking of replacing a few appliances, be sure to purchase Energy Star products during the Earth Day weekend — April 22 through 25 and take advantage of the 15 percent rebate coming to you through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009.

Parenting

8C / Wednesday, April 14, 2010 / The Sanford Herald

Older momsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; births still up in U.S. Breast-feeding

ATLANTA (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; U.S. births fell in 2008, probably because of the recession, updated government figures confirm. The one exception to the trend was the birth rate among women in their 40s, who perhaps felt they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the luxury of waiting for better economic times. The birth rate for women in their early 40s rose a surprising 4 percent over the previous year, reaching its highest mark since 1967. The rate for women in their late 40s also rose, slightly. But birth rates fell for teen mothers, as well as women in their 20s and 30s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women are postponing births to those later ages, above 40,â&#x20AC;? said James Trussell, director of Princeton Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office of Population Research. Experts donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know for certain why so many are delaying having babies, though some suspect the economy is a big factor. However, â&#x20AC;&#x153;you get to the point where the biological clock starts ticking and people realize they have to do it,â&#x20AC;? said Trussell, who was not involved in the research.

The new report on births was issued Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s based on a review of more than 99 percent of birth certificates for the year 2008 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the first full year of the recession. Overall, about 4.2 million babies were born that year, a 2 percent drop from 2007. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first annual decline in births since the start of the decade. Experts say the most likely explanations are the recession and a decline in immigration to the United States, which has been blamed on the weak job market. Some early birth information for the first six months of 2009 indicates a continuing decline of about 3 percent in total births, CDC officials said. Last summer, the agency gave a first glimpse of the 2008 numbers. The new report confirms the birth rate decline, and also gives a breakdown of births by age group. The new report found that birth rates fell by 3 percent for women in their early 20s, 2 percent for women in their late 20s, and 1 percent for women in their 30s.

The trend in those numbers indicates that the older women got, the less willing they were to postpone a birth, said the new reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead author, Brady Hamilton of the CDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Center for Health Statistics. The teen birth rate dropped 2 percent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the rate for Hispanic teenagers was the lowest reported in two decades. The teen birth rate had been declining from 1991 through 2005, but rose from 2005 to 2007. The new data indicate the spike has ended. Even so, women in their 40s still have babies far less often than younger women. The rate was about 10 births per 1,000 women in their early 40s, and less then 1 per 1,000 for women in their late 40s. The rate for women in their late 20s was 115 per 1,000. The birth rate for teens was about 41 per 1,000. Meanwhile, the Pew Research Center also issued a report Tuesday that found that several states with the biggest declines in birth rates â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like Arizona, Florida and California â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were among those that fared the worst by various eco-

nomic measures. The organization also pointed to a 2009 survey that found 14 percent of people in their prime child-bearing years said they had put off having a child because of the recession. Experts say the postponement theory may explain why younger women had lower birth rates in the CDC findings, but probably doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain the drop in teen births. It also doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain why the birth rate for older women rose so sharply. Some speculated that more sophisticated assisted reproduction services may be paying off for older couples, or perhaps some divorced women are choosing to have additional children with a new partner later in life. The new CDC report also showed that the percentage of babies born prematurely fell a bit, from 12.7 percent to 12.3 percent, an improvement celebrated by some health advocates. From 1990 to 2006, the nation saw a 20 percent rise in the rate of premature births â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a worrisome trend because preemies are more fragile. Experts believe premature births are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries.

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By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer

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