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POTTERY FESTIVAL
Ready, Two for the aim, FIRE! show
Locals Nestor, Howard work behind the scenes to pull off festival
Highway Patrol says alcohol, speed deadliest factors in regional wrecks
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You won’t find either of them behind a pottery wheel at next weekend’s Sanford Pottery Festival, but it’ll be impossible to miss their behind-the-scenes contributions. David Nestor and Jason Howard spend the bulk of their time working in real estate and electrical contracting, respectively. In preparation for the first weekend each May, though, their lives move into a different gear. And for anyone who’s attended at least one of the eight previous festivals, their handiwork demonstrates that the event is the culmination of hundreds of combined hours of effort — and an indelible source of pride for the affable pair. Festival creator Don Hudson thinks Nestor was there for the first event in 2002, but Nestor recalls he began his association the following year, in 2003. His role? “Whatever they needed done,” Nestor said. “Trash pickup, work-
SANFORD — Lee County ranks near the top of the state in traffic fatalities, a recently released report from AAA Carolinas says. The report, which analyzed 2008 crash data, pegs Lee at an inauspiINSIDE cious sixth out Find out how of 100 counties Moore, Harnett statewide for its 20 and Chatham total traffic fatalicounties compare to Lee in ties that year. the rankings The study, released Monday, Page 4A factors in raw numbers with the number of miles driven in the county. Lee County placed 15th in total crashes with 1,503, ninth in fatal crashes with 17, 19th for its 496 crashes with injuries and 10th for its 893 total injuries. Regionally, Lee fared worse than Harnett, Chatham and Moore counties in the analyais, evidence of analysts’ assertion that narrow, rural roads with relatively light traffic enforcement can make for a dangerous recipe for motorists. Highlights of the report include Harnett’s ranking as 18th for its 18 fatal crashes, Chatham as 20th for its 16 fatal crashes and Moore as 60th for its 11 fatal crashes.
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Enthusiasts from across the U.S. and Europe traveled to Deep River Sporting Clays for the Southern Side by Side Spring Classic Saturday. Above, Don Moorhead of Greenville, S.C., yells “pull” during his turn behind the trigger. At left, Craig Larter (left) of New York and Frank Silver of Pennsylvania with A.H. Guns Collectors Association check out guns for sale.
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SANFORD POTTERY FESTIVAL May 1 & 2 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, Sanford Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, May 1; 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday, May 2 Admission: $5 This year’s event features 100 pottery vendors and artisans in and around the civic center. Parking is free and available at Lee County High School and Central Carolina Community College.
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ELECTION 2010: LEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Smith: ‘I know where we’re going’ AFTER 75 YEARS, DUKE CHAPEL A COMMUNITY CHURCH AT HEART The soaring neo-Gothic cathedral with its imposing tower and glorious stained-glass windows dominates the surrounding community. But it is, at base, a neighborhood church, a member of that community, a part of the local religious conversation. Page 1C
BUSINESS ON THE STREET: ARE CHANGES IN STORE FOR THE DAIRY BAR? The weekly column focuses on potential changes in ownership at a Sanford instituion Page 9B
Vol. 80, No. 96 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
Incumbent has spent her life in education By CAITLIN MULLEN
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SANFORD — Throughout her campaign for re-election to the Lee County Board of Education this May, Linda Smith’s mantra has been “I know where we’ve been, I know where we are and I know where we’re going.” And she attributes that motto to her past four years spent on the board and her experience in education. “Education has been very important to me,” she said. Smith has spent her life working in public, private and military schools. She’s been a principal at Bragg Street Academy and Jonesboro Elementary, the personnel director in the central office, principal at Holbrook Elemen-
HAPPENING TODAY n The third annual Downtown Sanford Criterium and the second annual Downtown Sanford 5K Run/Walk will be held in Downtown Sanford.
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Throughout the week, The Herald will profile (in alphabetical order) the seven candidates vying for three open seats on the Lee County Board of Education. The schedule: o April 18: Mark Akinosho o Tuesday: Dana Wicker Atkins o Wednesday: John Bonardi o Thursday: Shannon Gurwitch o Friday: Kim Lilley o Saturday: Ellen Mangum o Today: Linda Smith
tary at Ft. Bragg, teacher at Lee Christian School and is now an adjunct professor of biology at Central Carolina
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Linda Smith is seeking her second term on the Lee County Board of Education.
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MONDAY n The Lee County Parks and Recreation Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room at the Lee County Government Center, 106 Hillcrest Drive, Sanford. n The Broadway Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. at the Council Chambers in Broadway. n The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 635 East St., in Pittsboro. n The Siler City Airport Authority will meet at 7 p.m. at the Siler City Municipal Airport. n The Lee County Forestry Association will meeet at 6:30 p.m. at Tony’s Seafood. Dr. Mark Megalos and James Jeuck from N.C. State University will teach attendees about carbon trading and how these carbon markets could be beneficial for foreset landowners.
Birthdays LOCAL:LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Trisha Owens, Kaleb Jordon Denkins, Meredeth Hope Barnes, Kristopher William Sabatinos, Dylan Wray Smith, Ray Anthony McDougald, Lasheakia Amerson, Robin Sharp, Sharon Jeter McRae, Alesia Leacock, Joseph Robert Moats, Jordan Tyler Lawson, Macy Elizabeth Coley, Phillip McIver, Freddy Valdez, Evelyn Brown Sloan, Jeremy Rodgers, Celis O’Quinn, Vickie Hamilton, Hannah Wester, Veronica Murchison, Sandra Steadman, Edith Adams, Arthur Clegg, William Michael Parker, Paul Bryant and Angie Thomas. And to those celebrating Monday, especially Hailey Lilly, Linda Windham, Margaret Patsy Edwards, Patrick Tremaine Alston, Kathy McLaughlin, Charles Edward McDougald Jr., Oswaldo Emmanuel Estrada-Sagastume, Christopher Lee Tillman, Laronda Johnson, Jeff Matthews, Kay Place, Maggie Lodge, Crystal B. George, Joseph S. Hunter, Ethan Garrett Watson, Jayla Marie McNeill, Justin Maurice Brower, Jeremy Patton, Joseph Stanford Hunter, Leola Carter, Kameran Cameron, Charles Buchanan, Kenan Marion, Emma Ellis, Caleb Welborn, Bud Patterson and Alice Spivey Holder. CELEBRITIES: Actor Al Pacino is 70. Rock musician Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 65. Singer Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA) is 65. Actress Talia Shire is 64. Rock musician Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 60. Actor Hank Azaria is 46. TV personality Jane Clayson is 43. Actress Renee Zellweger is 41. Actor Jason Lee is 40. Actor Jason Wiles is 40. Actress Emily Bergl is 35. Actress Marguerite Moreau is 33. Singer Jacob Underwood is 30. Actress Sara Paxton is 22. Actress Allisyn Ashley Arm is 14.
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tions: from U.S. Route 1, take the Deep River Road exit (Exit 78). Turn east at stop sign. Turn right onto Lower Moncure Road; follow for 3-1/4 miles. Turn left on Cletus Hall Road. Range is 1/4 mile on right. n The third annual Downtown Sanford Criterium and the second annual Downtown Sanford 5K Run/Walk will be held in Downtown Sanford. n The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance will hold its annual spring festival. The festival will feature more than 50 bands and performers on two big outdoor stages, a large dance tent and an intimate cabaret tent. Located on 72 farmland acres at 1439 Henderson Tanyard Road in Silk Hope, North Carolina, just down the road from Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Durham, Burlington and Greensboro. The festival also features local crafts, food, various children’s activities, environmental sustainability workshops and more. For more information and ticket prices, visit www.shakorihills.org. n Power Pro Wrestling and WWE PPV “Extreme Rules” will be held at 6 p.m. at The Kendale Entertainment Center, 2738 Industrial Drive, Sanford. Power Pro Wrestling Live Matinee show will be followed by WWE Pay Per View “Extreme Rules.” Buy a ticket to the matinee show and watch the PPV for free.
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Today is Sunday, April 25, the 115th day of 2010. There are 250 days left in the year. This day in history: On April 25, 1945, during World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany’s defenses. In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller named a huge land mass in the Western Hemisphere “America,” in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci. In 1792, highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by the guillotine. In 1859, ground was broken for the Suez Canal. In 1898, the United States formally declared war on Spain. In 1915, during World War I, Allied soldiers invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war.
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n Unveiling of the 2010 edition of “Lee County Living,” The Herald’s annual lifestyles magazine published in partnership with the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held at 8 a.m., sponsored by The Lee County EDC and The Herald at Café 121. Refreshments will be served. n The Lee County Genealogical and Historical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Lee County Library auditorium, 107 Hawkins Ave. The program, presented by Dr. Matt Garrett, past president of Central Carolina Community College, will cover the creation, expansion and continuing changes of the college which have resulted in a total of four name changes over the years. Dr. Garrett served the college in five different capacities during his 21 year tenure. For more information, call 499-7661 or 4991909.
WEDNESDAY n The Lee County Library will hold story time for children ages birth to 2 at 10 a.m. Story time programs are free of charge. Registration not required. n The Central Carolina Hospital Auxiliary is sponsoring “The Plant Factory” Spring Plant and Flower Sale, which will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. outside of the Carthage Street Entrance to CCH Visitors Lobby. Proceeds benefit the projects of CCH Auxiliary.
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N.C. State University will teach attendees about carbon trading and how these carbon markets could be beneficial for foreset landowners. n CCCC Relay for Life Team will hold a cake auction at 12 noon on the Lee County campus to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
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n The Lee County Library now offers library patrons 750 downloadable audio books made available through NC LIVE, North Carolina’s statewide online library. The new audio books are compatible with iPods and most MP3 devices, with subjects focusing primarily on language learning, classic literature, history and biography. The audio books are available to library patrons both within the Lee County Library and at home via an Internet connection. Patrons at Lee County Library have free, online access to the new collection of audio books through www.nclive. org. For more information about NCLIVE or how to download audio books, contact the circulation desk at the Lee County Library, (919) 718-4665. n Central Fire Station at 512 Hawkins Ave. will check car seats between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. each Saturday. Appointments are required. Please contact Krista at 7758310 by 5 p.m. Wednesday to schedule an appointment for the following Saturday. Child must be present for seat to be checked, unless mother is expecting. n The 4-H Community Garden program is still looking for families or individuals interested in learning how to become a successful gardener. Monthly educational workshops will be held and raised bed garden plots will be available at the Extension Center for all those who want to participate. The workshops will be held on the third Tuesday of the month from April through September at 6:30 p.m. Call Bill Stone at (919) 775-5624 before April 20th to get more information.
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2010 Southern Side-by-Side Championship & Exhibition · Deep River Sporting Clays
One of the many targets that shooters took aim at on Saturday during the competition. Mark Silverman of Washington, D.C., sets his sights on a clay disk.
WANT TO GO? The Southern Side by Side Championship & Exhibition Spring Classic will continue today at Deep River Sporting Clays. Directions: from U.S. Route 1, take the Deep River Road exit (Exit 78). Turn east at stop sign. Turn right onto Lower Moncure Road; follow for 3-1/4 miles. Turn left on Cletus Hall Road. Range is 1/4 mile on right.
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Various tents featuring vendors at the event were open to visitors. A potential buyer looks at one of the many firearms on display.
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No local counties were singled out in the report’s top five most dangerous counties for total crashes, crashes with injuries and fatalities. For total crashes, Pitt County, which includes Greenville, was labeled the most dangerous, followed by New Hanover, Mecklenburg, Person and Durham. For crashes with injuries, New Hanover, which includes Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, was ranked worst, followed by Pitt, Graham, Mecklenburg and Cumberland. Meanwhile, Hertford County in northeastern North Carolina was tops in fatalities, followed by Tyrrell, Columbus, Robeson and Lenoir. Among the safest counties were eastern areas near the Outer Banks like Currituck County and Hyde County, as well as mountainous Avery County. Statewide, the 1,452 traffic deaths in 2008 represented a 15 percent drop from the year before, the report said. Area N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper J.E. Stahl said alcohol and speed are the deadliest factors
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Where do we rank? County Total (rank) Fatalities (rank) Injuries (rank) Lee 1,503 (15) 20 (6) 893 (10) Harnett 2,027 (42) 24 (24) 1,237 (26) Moore 1,799 (29) 11 (64) 922 (44) Chatham 1,376 (48) 16 (27) 465 (88) Note: Based on 2008 traffic data, rankings factor in the number of miles driven in the county with the total reported incidents. Source: AAA Carolinas
when it comes to regional traffic, as well as the winding back roads that tend to cause drivers to veer off the side and overcorrect before crashing into something. A 16-year-old western Harnett teen, Elizabeth Ann Harris, died Monday from similar circumstances when her four-door car swerved over the center line and plowed into a work van near Lillington. “It is a major problem and we work as hard as we can to enforce it, to try to keep it down,” Stahl said Saturday. Law enforcement also copes with a variety of driving styles in the area thanks to Ft. Bragg mili-
tary transfers bringing in newcomers from all over the nation and world, he said. Some drivers are just “terribly more aggressive” on the roadways, Stahl said. “People are rushing to get everywhere, and because they rush, they get aggressive,” he said. “They get mad and they let their emotions take over.” Stahl said one effective way to improve the dangerous scenario is to strictly enforce the speed limit. “The harder we enforce, the greater the reduction in fatalities,” he said.
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of 112 Crescent Drive in Goldston, was arrested Thursday and charged with larceny. n David Neal Jr., 48, of 3320 Beulah Brown Road in Sanford, was arrested Friday and charged with second-degree trespassing. n Eddie Ray Curry, 62, of 721 Goldston Blvd. in Sanford, wsa arrested Friday and charged with driving while impaired. n Barry Junior McCormick, 55, was arrested Friday at 1321 S. Vance St. in Sanford and charged with failure to appear. n Bernard H. Snipes, 46, was arrested Friday at 80 Variety Lane in Sanford and charged with possession with intent to sell a controlled substance. n Jessica Leann Cook, 21, was arrested Friday at 217 Chisholm St. in Sanford and charged with failure to appear. n Stewart Edward Mills, 38, was arrested Saturday at Horner Boulevard and charged with driving while impaired. n Bobby Ray Ayers, 52, was arrested Saturday at 4299 Lee Ave. and charged with
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Triton student wins Park, Morehead
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LILLINGTON (MCT) — Charles Fletcher Smith, a Harnett County student, was awarded the $80,000 Park Scholarship to N.C. State. Smith also received a Morehead-Cain Scholarship, which covers all expenses at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. A senior at Triton High School in Erwin, he has accepted the Morehead-Cain Scholarship to UNC, he said Thursday. He is the son of Chris and Cindy Smith of Dunn. Charles said he is not sure what he will study. But he is attracted to U.S. history and political science, he said. “I really don’t know exactly what I want to do,” Charles said. “The
Morehead had some different travel opportunities that I was really interested in.” Both scholarships have a development component, which exposes recipients to mentoring, trips and character development activities. “I seriously wasn’t expecting to get either one of them,” Charles said. The high schooler almost didn’t apply until a government teacher encouraged him to fill out applications for UNC and N.C. State. Both of his parents graduated from East Carolina University, and Charles expected he would follow in their footsteps. Even though he
won’t be wearing ECU’s purple and gold, Charles said his parents are happy. “That was one of the coolest parts about it for me,” he said. “How excited they were for me, how happy they were. College is expensive.” Charles is an Eagle Scout and executive president of the Student Government Association. He is also a member of the school’s conservation group Ducks Unlimited and the Beta Club, and he has played football, wrestled and run track and field. “I try to stay pretty busy,” he said. “It usually works.”
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the fourth grade level is key, Smith said. Quality teachers are a large part of engaging students. “I want to continue hiring great teachers for the classroom but I also want to retain those teachers,” she said. “Teachers are under a lot of stress right now.” She’d like to see more volunteers provide students with attention as a way to help teachers. On the maintenance side of things, Smith said she wants to see East Lee Middle School and West Lee Middle School refurbished, in addition to planned improvements at Lee County High School. “East Lee and West Lee need a facelift,” she said. As a board member, Smith said she will continue to do whatever is best for the school system. “I think people realize I have a passion for excellence in education. I hope that comes across,” she said. She acknowledged that she may seem quiet at the board meetings, but she said she’s simply listening and processing the information.
“I am a good listener. Sometimes I don’t always have the answers. You have to listen to the problem, whatever it is,” she said. “I listen and then think, what do I have to bring to that? I have to process. That’s just me.” Smith argues that the committees spend plenty of time discussing issues in detail and that if a policy or decision been approved by the committee, it has the blessing of the two board members, principals and teachers on that committee. “We have a lot of input. We have thoroughly researched all of that,” she said. “(Meeting) minutes don’t always reflect the discussion. Minutes will only reflect the broad ideas...As an educator, I know when things are sort of pushed through. That is not what is presented.” And though the board is cohesive, she said, each member expresses his or her own thoughts. “I enjoy the decision making when we work together as a team. We don’t always agree. We don’t always rubberstamp everything,” she said. “We can come to a consenual agreement at this time.”
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Community College. “When (Superintendent) Dr. (Jeff) Moss came on board, I got excited again about the direction Lee County was headed. To me, he is a visionary leader,” she said. Smith said she believes the district is doing positive things for the county. But she sees room for improvement. “We need to have more innovative programs that will get our children who are struggling on board,” she said. The AVID and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math programs are good examples of current programs working toward that goal, she added. “We need to identify the child that probably will drop out,” she said. “What can we do along the way? What kind of educational strategies can we put in place? We need to give that student some excitement about coming to school.” Engaging students at
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SANFORD — Melvin Buchanan of Sanford died Saturday at Central Carolina Hospital. Funeral arrangements are under way by BridgesCameron Funeral Home.
Lacy Dunn CARTHAGE — Lacy Dunn died Satuday (4/24/10) at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Arrangements will be announced by Fry and Prickett Funeral Home of Carthage.
William Milton LILLINGTON — William Thomas Milton, 69, died Saturday (4/24/10) at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. A native of Harnett County, he was preceded in death by his father, John Milton Battle Milton. He is survived by his wife, Betty Milton; sons, Jerry Milton and wife Beth of Buies Creek and John Milton of Buies Creek; daughters, Vicky Dempsey and husband Warren of West Virginia,
Pam Welfare and husband Eric and Susan George and husband Frank, all of Virginia; mother, Flora Green Milton of Lillington; a sister, Brenda Bidwell and husband Bob of Lillington; and seven grandchildren. The family will gather at his home at 4 p.m. today with a special time of remembrance. Condolences may be made at www.oquinnpeebles.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pleasant Union Christian Church, 2164 Neills Creek Road, Lillington, N.C. 27546. Arrangements are by O’Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home of Lillington.
Ethel Lambert GOLDSTON — Ethel W. Lambert, 93, of 300 Lambert Drive, died Thursday (4/22/10) at her residence. She spent 20 years employed as a psychiatric nurse at the New York State Mental Health Department and at Pilgrim State Hospital in Brentwood, N.Y. She attended numerous courses at Farmingdale College in Farmingdale, N.Y. and at Brooklyn Hospital and the YWCA School of
Practical Nursing, both in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was a member of the Hollywood Baptist Church’s Missionary Department, Nurses’ Unit and Usher Board. She was a member of the NAACP and a national Practical Nurses Association. In 1976, she moved to Goldston and joined Union Grove AME Zion Church. She served as member of the Deaconess Board Number 3, a member of the Durham District Ministers Spouses and Willow Fellowship and a member of the WHOMS Missionary Society. She is survived by stepchildren, Cheryl Woods and husband Ricky, Violet Alston and husband Dewitt, Sylvester Lambert Jr. and Sheila Lofton and husband Charles; four grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; one sister-inlaw; one brother-in-law, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. The funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at Union Grove AME Zion Church in Bear Creek. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Condolences may be made at www.knottsfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are by Knotts Funeral Home of Sanford.
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Opinion
6A / Sunday, April 25, 2010 / The Sanford Herald
Editorial Board: Bill Horner III, Publisher • Billy Liggett, Editor • R.V. Hight, Special Projects Editor
SUNDAY THUMBS THUMBS UP: Baptist Award winners Congratulations to William E. “Ed” Byrd and Sadie Patterson Byrd of Sanford who received the Baptist Heritage Award from the Baptist Foundation and the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. The Byrds have been benefactors and friends of Campbell University and have been active in their church, Jonesboro Heights Baptist. It’s nice to see people being saluted for their faithfulness.
THUMBS UP: ‘Green’ building There’s a new building going up at 603 Carthage St. — and this retail and office building will be different than any other in the area. That’s because it’ll be the only area structure to be recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council as an Earth-friendly design. A joint project of Bankingport Inc.’s Bill Ray Jr. and Lee-Moore Capital Company’s Kirk Bradley, this is a big deal as the importance of both watching after our environment and moving forward in the 21st Century takes center stage. Hopefully, this project will prove inspiration for future green building projects in our area.
THUMBS UP: Warriors on the Water Our military combat veterans deserve much praise and glory. It’s one thing to say “thank you” for their service. It’s another thing to actually show our appreciation by our deeds and action. Such was the case on Friday when numerous volunteers joined together for a fishing tournament for these veterans, known as “Warriors on the Water.” The program took place at Jordan Lake, at the New Hope Boat Ramp. While it was a special way to salute the veterans, those who volunteered to host this event and worked toward its success deserve a special salute for their efforts in their show of appreciation for our veterans.
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RE: Lee County’s unemployment rate drops dramatically
I’m very happy to hear that the unemployment rate went down in Lee County last month by over a percentage point. Would you happen to know how much of that drop was attributed to people who are no longer looking for work (and not because they found a job). I’d also like to know how many Lee Countians were discouraged enough to stop looking for work, and therefore not counted in the unemployment percentage, since the Great Recession began. — elizkelly
RE: County increases funding for LCHS renovations
As much as I think we are overtaxed, it is plainly obvious that LCHS needs significant renovation. In its current state, it is a disgrace. I can only hope that the buildings, once renovated, are properly maintained to prevent us from being in this same situation yet again in 20 years. We do need to be very careful with how we spend, though, because we will need to build more elementary school space in the near future. — tiredtaxpayer
RE: Couple arrested for sex crimes
Good Job LCSO. Now lets see what happens at the courthouse. My bet is nothing much. Nobody seems to care at that place. Oh wait, the defense attorneys care. — NY
I agree...The Lee County District Attorneys office doesnt seem to care about the people who live in Lee County or Sanford. I dont think any of them actually live in this county. Its time to clean house at the courthouse and start over. We need people who are tough on criminals and who care about the people of Lee County who are victimized by crime. — Law-Abiding-Citizen
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Graduation rate To the Editor: Billy Liggett’s editorial on April 18 suggested the school system track success rates of student graduates, and focus less on the 30 percent dropout rate. While it is good to recognize the success of those who make it through the educational system, focus on the dropout rate helps identify areas needing improvement. Many of the youths that drop out of high school do so because of a bad educational experience — either teachers that were not supportive or because they struggled academically. In many ways, quality improvement will come more quickly by maintaining the focus on the students that actually do not receive a diploma, than on those that do. It is true that the dropout rate does not tell the whole story. For instance, it does not address the numbers of students receiving special education services that attend high school in Lee County for four or more years, but only receive a certificate of attendance, rather than a diploma. While it is good to celebrate the successes, educators must be careful in presuming that success with even 90 percent of their students is laudable. When we are talking about youths’ futures, even a 10 percent failure rate is unacceptable. ROGER M. BAILEY Exec. Director, Stevens Center Sanford
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RE: Local officials plant a tree at ‘green building’ for Earth Day
There was a story on Fox News this morning about a study done in Washington State on thier “green buildings”. Bottom line they do no better at cost saving or being “green” that conventional buildings. Guess we’ll know in 4-6 years if it is true here. Alan. — alan061977
Letters to the Editor
Road trip memories M y first memory of flying in an airplane is a pretty recent one. I never boarded a commercial flight until I turned 24. So all of my early cross-country trips (if you can call Ohio to Georgia to Texas “cross country”) happened on the road. And we didn’t have the luxury of using an RV with built-in beds, a kitchen and bathroom ... my parents piled themselves, me and my two younger siblings into a car. A small car. I believe they were called “Dusters” back then. So you can imagine, the 12-14 hour trips were brutal for my folks, who couldn’t use the “We’ll turn this car around if you don’t behave” threat, because that often meant turning around and going another 10 hours back home. But I look back on those long trips quite fondly. For a child between the ages of 5 and 10, these trips were an adventure. We never knew what the next rest area had in store for us (Wow! Kentucky has horses??), and these trips often meant eating at new places ... which for a kid is always fun. As you’re reading this, I’m embarking on the final leg of my new family’s first road “adventure” ... one that began last Friday with a two-day trek through North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas to see my family in East Texas; continued Tuesday with a six-hour jaunt from Texas to Louisiana to see my wife’s family and is ending with a 16hour (likely two-day) drive from Louisiana back to home-sweet-home. When it’s all said and done, we’ll have driven nearly 3,000 miles and put more than 40 hours of driving behind us. I forgot to mention — with a 6-monthold little girl and two dogs (one big, one little). I’d been looking forward to this trip ever since Hayley (our daughter) was born. We knew once she was car-ready, we’d be doing this, but the debate was always whether we’d fly or drive. Because of the dogs (whom we consider family), driving won out. We packed the CRV (bigger than a car, but much smaller than an SUV ) as much as we could and made good use of our new luggage rack by putting the heavy stuff on top. Less than an hour into our trip (which began around 1 p.m. last Friday), we had a crying baby, a big dog that didn’t want to sit in the backseat and an odd sound coming from the luggage rack. So we pulled over ... in Siler City ... and reassessed the situation. Once the baby was calm, the dog was given something to chew on and the luggage rack’s durability was confirmed, we got back on the road. And from there, the trip became a vacation. And “hitting the road” started to feel the same way it did back when I was a kid. We enjoyed the beautiful detour through the mountains thanks to the I-40 rock slide that hasn’t been cleared; we stopped for picnics to feed the kid, the dogs and ourselves;
Billy Liggett Sanford Herald Editor Contact Billy Liggett by e-mail at bliggett@sanfordherald.com and to pass the time, my wife and I marked off license plates from other states to see how many we could get when it’s all said and done (we’re currently just under 30). Unfortunately, this isn’t one of those trips where we’re stopping off at every little historical landmark (or giant ball of yarn), because of time ... but it is one of those trips where we’re taking in the scenery and enjoying being a new family. For a 6-monthold, the kid is taking it like a pro thanks to good planning and a steering wheel toy that annoys me to no end but seems to keep her well occupied. And aside from a little dog hair, the pups are right at home in the car as well. So far, so good. And the best part of the trip, of course, is seeing family. It’s been more than three years since I stepped foot in Texas, and that was far too long. And as I write this, we’re about to set out for our final day of a music festival in Louisiana that we’ve attended for 10 of the past 13 years together. I hope this will be the first of many family road trips. And if my kids end up loving them half as much as I did, I’m sure they’ll love the drives to see us just as much. ooo
VACATION If the first part of this column didn’t spell it out, I have been on vacation for the past week, but life will resume as normal this week. If you’ve e-mailed or called me and I have responded, please give me a day or so to get settled and rummage through the messages. This week, we’ve got some advance articles on the Sanford Pottery Festival planned; and we’ll also publish Q&As from the Board of Education candidates and reveal the Editorial Board’s endorsements for that race. In other news, Caitlin Mullen is no longer with The Herald, but for good reason — she accepted a writing position in her home town in Illinois, something she was ecstatic about, and we’re happy for her. The good news is, however, that former Herald reporter Chelsea Kellner will be returning to Sanford soon and will be writing for The Herald again.
Aha, the ongoing series by The Herald of the seven candidates running for the three vacant school board seats had my rapt attention. The one that really caught my eye was “Gurwitch: We are failing our students?” My question is “who” is “we”? Is it the N.C. State Education System, the local schools, the hard pressed teachers, or something else? Mulling over the “something else” a light bulb seemed to pop up over my head. To me the culprit is the monster 1,100 page federal mandate “The No Child Left behind Act” penned by then President Bush back in 2001! This act requires each state to test annually in English and Math. The reward was over five to six billion dollars of federal aid for those schools who used these “scientific methods” of teaching detailed in that document. Bush set a goal that by 2014 all children will be academically proficient. Wow. and this was the same guy who said. “most imports come from overseas!” You be the judge! This boondoggle in my opinion has set up a system that learning in the classroom must be in this order: read it, learn it, TEST IT, forget it, proceed to next lesson, and finally repeat this dismal process. Being a former Army instructor for some years the process of knowledge should be the acquisition of knowledge not about learning how to take a test solely. Our system which worked well was either a “go” or “no go” on short bits of information that led to better understanding. Another factor is that today’s students actually spend less time in the classroom than only 50 years ago! But this overly wasteful testing time consuming system continues! A lot of kids today hate school today simply because of this draconian continuous testing method of teaching! Who out there likes to take test after test after test? Not me! The simple fact is that real learning requires meaning. One who is educated is that one who continues to learn, question and has the desire to improve oneself. Schools should not be a repository of a collection of facts and knowledge about the known world. Now our schools are relegated to script reading with lessons that “one size” fits all. Simply speaking there is too much time spent testing and data keeping giving little precious time for inspirational actual teaching. Let the teachers do their job and create a learning environment that will again instill the joy of learning. And given the fact that human beings are exactly that and not robots you will always have some students who fail — get used to it. Before those individuals became our agricultural workers, blue collar workers, construction workers and such that now has been relegated to immigrants either legal or illegal. Our safety network of entitlement programs has spawned generations in America of people who pay no taxes, earn no wages, and do not contribute to society. That also must change along with our school system. Finally a quote seems to be in order on this topic from Plutarch (circa 45125AD) “A mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled.” So true! GEORGE J. WILBERG Sanford
Opinion
The Sanford Herald / Sunday, April 25, 2010 / 7A
Susan Estrich
Kathleen Parker
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The First Amendment and animals
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et me be clear at the outset: I love dogs. Not like them, love them. Of course, I love mine the best: Judy J. Estrich, Molly Emily Estrich and Irving A. Estrich. Judy is named after one of my dearest friends, Judy Jarvis, who died of cancer 10 years ago. Molly is named after her dog, who took care of her when she was sick and taught me not to be afraid of big dogs. Irving is named for my father. I would kill anybody who laid a hand on them. That is why I so strongly support the efforts of Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Calif., and Rep. James Moran, D-Va., to enact legislation aimed at prohibiting the sale and distribution of “crush” videos depicting senseless and vicious animal cruelty. In 1999, according to the Humane Society of the United States, there were as many as 3,000 videos on the market depicting animals being crushed, burned or impaled for socalled “entertainment” value. After Gallegly’s initial bill was enacted, the market disappeared. But earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court held that law to be unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds, finding that it swept too broadly and could be construed to apply (even though no one ever has) even to hunting videos. Videos of women in high heels crushing puppies to death are a far cry from hunting videos. I’m glad that the conservative court has embraced the First Amendment, which they don’t always do. But nothing in the First Amendment allows for the celebration of criminal cruelty. Just as we protect children through carefully tailored bans on child pornography, so should we be entitled to protect animals from the effects of gratuitous and criminal violence. In 2008, a federal court of appeals struck down the law that Gallegly championed. Subsequently, the Humane Society found that the blatantly offensive videos that had disappeared from the market in 1999 were all over the Internet. I was teaching a First Amendment class at that time and remember assigning my students the task of finding the “outer limit” of protected speech. I don’t shock easily, but I was shocked. What kind of a person would make such things or watch them? I understand the dangers of content-based regulation. I understand that the answer to bad ideas is debate and not censorship. But I am hardpressed to come up with any argument as to the value of protecting depictions of criminal cruelty and the brutal murder of animals. These are not hunting videos we are talking about. They aren’t images of slaughterhouses. Staging such events would be criminal (just ask Michael Vick), and recording them and selling them should be, too. The new bill introduced by Gallegly and Moran this week would prohibit the interstate sale of images of animals being “intentionally crushed, burned, drowned or impaled” unless they have “religious, political, scientific, educational, journalistic, historic or artistic value.” Punishment is up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $10,000, or both. The draft bill, in an effort to satisfy First Amendment critics (including those in robes), specifically provides that it does not apply to hunting videos. Don’t expect all the critics to be satisfied. Andrew Tauber, an attorney who filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Supreme Court, is already being quoted today criticizing the bill as “presumptively unconstitutional.” A new round of court challenges should be expected. Sign me up. There’s a famous Harry Truman quote I’ve always loved: “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” Dogs are lucky to have good friends in Gallegly and Moran. They just need a few more on the court.
Taxes and voting A
ccording to the Tax Policy Center, a Washington, D.C., research organization, nearly half of U.S. households will pay no federal income taxes for 2009. That’s up from the Tax Foundation’s 2006 estimate that 41 percent of the American population, or 121 million Americans, were completely outside the federal income tax system. These Americans pay no federal income tax either because their incomes are too low or they have higher income but credits, deductions and exemptions that relieve them of tax liability. This lack of income tax liability stands in stark contrast to the top 10 percent of earners, those households earning an average of $366,400 in 2006, who paid about 73 percent of federal income taxes. The top 25 percent paid 86 percent. The bottom 50 percent of taxpayers paid less than 4 percent of federal income taxes collected. Let’s not dwell on the fairness of such an arrangement for financing the activities of the federal government. Instead, let’s ask what kind of incentives and results such an arrangement produces and ask ourselves whether these results are good for our country. That’s a question to be asked whether or not one has federal income tax liabilities. Having 121 million Americans completely outside the federal income tax system, it’s like throwing chum to political sharks. These Americans become a natural spending constituency for big-spending politicians. After all, if you have no income tax liability, how much do you care about deficits, how much Congress spends and the level of taxation? Political calls for tax cuts and spending restraints have little appeal. Survey polls revealed this. According to The Harris Poll taken in June 2003, 51 percent of Democrats thought the tax cuts enacted by Congress were a bad thing while 16 percent of Republicans thought so. Among Democrats, 67 percent thought the tax cuts were unfair while 32 percent of Republicans thought so. When asked whether the $350-billion tax cut package will help your family finances, 59 percent of those surveyed said no and 35 percent said yes. Tax cuts to many Americans mean just one thing:
Walter Williams Syndicated Columnist Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.
They pose a threat to the federal handouts they receive. Here’s my perhaps politically incorrect question: If one has no financial stake in our country, how much of a sayso should he have in its management? Let’s put it another way: I do not own stock, and hence have no financial stake, in Ford Motor Company. Do you think I should have voting rights or any say-so in the management of the company? I’m guessing that the average sane person’s answer is no. You say, “Williams, just where are you heading with this?” I’m not proposing that we take voting rights away from those who do not pay taxes. What I’m suggesting is that every American gets one vote in every federal election, plus another vote for each $20,000 he pays in federal taxes. With such a system, there’d be a modicum of linkage between one’s financial stake in our country and his decision-making right. Of course, unequal voting power could be reduced by legislating lower taxes. This is not a far-out idea. The founders worried about it. James Madison’s concern about class warfare between the rich and the poor led him to favor the House of Representatives being elected by the people at large and the Senate elected by property owners. He said, “It is nevertheless certain, that there are various ways in which the rich may oppress the poor; in which property may oppress liberty; and that the world is filled with examples. It is necessary that the poor should have a defense against the danger. On the other hand, the danger to the holders of property cannot be disguised, if they be undefended against a majority without property.”
CONTACT YOUR LAWMAKER Lee County
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n County Manager John Crumpton: Phone (919) 718-4605; E-mail — jcrumpton@leecountync.gov
n Mayor Donald Andrews Jr.: 258-6334 E-mail — donald09@windstream.net n Town Manager Bob Stevens: 258-3724; E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net
Board of Commissioners E-mail — glee@leecountync.gov (for all commissioners) n Chairman Richard Hayes (at-large): 774-7658 e-mail: rhayes241@windstream.net n Vice-Chairman Larry ‘Doc’ Oldham (at-large): 7766615; e-mail: oldham_larry@windstream.net n At-Large Commissioner Ed Paschal: 776-3257 n District 1 Commissioner Robert Reives: 774-4434 n District 2 Commissioner Amy Dalrymple: 2586695 n District 3 Commissioner Linda Shook: 775-5557 E-mail: lindashook@charter.net n District 4 Commissioner Jamie Kelly: 718-6513 E-mai L: jamesk@kellymarcom.com
Sanford n Mayor Cornelia Olive: Phone (919) 718-0571; Email — corneliaolive@charter.net n City Manager Hal Hegwer: 775-8202; E-mail — hal.hegwer@sanfordNC.net City Council n Ward 1 Councilman Sam Gaskins: 776-9196; Email — SPGaskins@aol.com n Ward 2 Councilman Charles Taylor: 775-1824; Email — fontcord@windstream.net n Ward 3 Councilman James Williams: 258-3458; E-mail — williamsins@windstream.net n Ward 4 Councilman Walter Mc Neil Jr.: 776-4894; E-mail —none provided n Ward 5 Councilman Linwood Mann Sr.: 775-2038; E-mail — none provided n At-Large Councilman L.I. “Poly” Cohen: 775-7541; E-mail — poly@wave-net.net n At-Large Councilman Mike Stone (Mayor Pro Tem): 76-2412; E-mail — stoneassoc@windstream.net
Broadway Town Commissioners n Commissioner Woody Beale: 258-6461 E-mail — wbeale@wave-net.net n Commissioner Thomas Beal: 258-3039 E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net n Commissioner Jim Davis: 258-9404 E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net n Commissioner Lynne West Green: 258-9904 Email — lynnwestgreen@windstream.net n Commissioner Clem Welch: 258-3163 E-mail — clemellyn@windstream.net
Lee County School Board n “Bill” Tatum: 774-8806; billtatum1@windstream. net n P. Frank Thompson Sr.: 775-2583; Fbthompsonsr@ windstream.net n Dr. Lynn Smith: 776-8083; orthosmith@windstream. net n Shawn Williams: shawnwil@coastalnet.com n Ellen Mangum: 776-5050; ejmangum@charter.net n Linda Smith: 774-6781; inky@wave-net.net n Cameron Sharpe: 498-2250; camerons.box44@ yahoo.com
State Legislators n State Sen. Bob Atwater (18th District): 715-3036 E-mail: Boba@ncleg.net n State Rep. Jimmy Love Sr. (51st District): 7757119; E-mail: jimmyl@ncleg.net
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OUNT VERNON, Va. — It was fitting that the buzz around George Washington’s homestead recently was about the first president’s overdue library books, just as the estate’s guardians were plotting a new presidential library in the founding father’s name. It seems that the man who could not tell a lie failed to return a couple of volumes that were due on Nov. 2, 1789. That comes to more than 220 years late, or about $300,000 in fines. Borrowed from the New York Society Library, the books were Emmerich de Vattel’s “Law of Nations,” dealing with international relations, and a collection of debates from Britain’s House of Commons. Some light reading for a man preoccupied with the business of creating a nation and learning how to be its president. Although librarian Mark Bartlett says the library isn’t pursuing the fines, he would be happy to get the books back. Perchance to donate them to a new library bearing the last borrower’s name? Just a thought. Washington’s lapse in returning his books provided a handy metaphor for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association’s biannual meeting, which I attended as an unpaid member of the advisory board. The main topic was the proposed library, which will be a repository of Washington’s books and papers as well as a center for educational outreach and scholarly research. With the addition of a residence for scholars, serious students can immerse themselves for several weeks in all things George. Officially named the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington, the 41,000-square-foot building is expected to be completed in 2012. Assuming, that is, the ladies’ association, now in its 151st year of running the estate exclusively with private funds, can raise $20 million this year. An initial $38 million already has been pledged by Smith, chairman of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, but spade will not touch earth until the balance is secured. It’s an ambitious and noble project that will fill an astonishing void. At a time when presidential libraries are monuments to legacy and ego, it is surprising that the first president of the United States doesn’t have one. Those errant books, meanwhile, are a reminder of so much else that is missing regarding George Washington. Too little is known about him and the founding era because too little is taught. And though America’s growing historical illiteracy is well-known to educators and policymakers, a glance at the statistics likely would surprise most Americans. In 2006, for instance, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute tested the civic literacy of 14,000 freshmen and seniors at 50 colleges and universities. The average senior failed with a score of 54 percent. Also in 2006, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often referred to as the “Nation’s Report Card,” found that only about one-sixth of students in grades four, eight and 12 are proficient in American history. ... Students can’t be blamed for not knowing what they haven’t been taught. Another ACTA study in 2002 found that most top universities and colleges no longer require any history courses. In the lower grades, those who do study history will bump into the name George Washington far less often than did previous generations. Washington coverage in many textbooks is 10 percent of what it was 50 years ago, according to Mount Vernon executive director Jim Rees. Even so, adults don’t know much either. A national survey of adults commissioned by the American Revolution Center found that 83 percent failed a basic test on the American Revolution. We may not know much, but we seem to understand, as the Founders did, that a free society can function only insofar as its citizens are well educated. The same survey found that 90 percent of Americans think that knowledge of the American Revolution is very important. Washington may have forgotten to return his library books, but at least there’s comfort in the certainty that he read them.
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Also at the festival “A Celebration of N. C. Wines” wine tasting Admission: $10 The wine testing tent will be located on the grounds at the civic center and requires separate admission. An online coupon (www.sanfordpottery.org) entitles two people aged 21 and over free admission to the Pottery Festival with the purchase of two wine tasting passes at the gate. Admission to the wine tasting includes a collectible wine glass and access to the offerings of a dozen wineries, including Chatham Hill Winery, Cypress Bend Vineyards, Horizon Cellars, Silk Hope Winery, Uwharrie Vineyards and Woodmill Winery.
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ing the VIP parking gate... one year I was a greeter on one of the buses when we had those running.” This year, for the second straight festival, Nestor heads up the wine tasting event. A wine tent was added in 2009 after Nestor and his wife, Dawn, had spent the previous six months visiting wineries around the state with the Pottery Festival in mind. They talked up the festival, gauged interest of the wineries they visited and made personal invitations. Nine wineries said yes, and the wine tasting piece which resulted was deemed a success: more than 700 Pottery Festival attendees made their way from the displays of pottery vendors in and around the civic center into the wine tent to sample vintages from the participating wineries. “People who attended the wine tasting had a great time,” said Nestor, who works in commercial and residential real estate sales and rentals for Adcock and Associates. “They were delighted by the fact that we were able to have an event like that in Sanford – something so well-organized...they said it was something you’d expect to find in Cary, but not here.” Nestor, 54, expects the
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David Nestor (right) and Jason Howard spend the bulk of their time working in real estate and electrical contracting, respectively. But when it comes to preparation for the annual Sanford Pottery Festival, the pair are jacks of all trades. attendance at this year’s wine tasting to double; an even dozen wineries will take part. To accommodate more traffic – and the five different musical performers who’ll provide the sound backdrop – the tent for the wine tasting is twice as large. The three chandeliers hanging inside the tents will give it “a real vineyard feel,” according to Nestor. The Pottery Festival provides the perfect venue. North Carolina’s pottery heritage is rich, but so is its wine heritage. Before prohibition, the state produced a quarter of the
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wine consumed in the United States. Today it’s 9 percent and growing. Nestor says it’s “a very kind agriculture” since the life cycle of grapes and vines benefits the soil and because the wineries boost tourism. On festival weekend May 1 and 2, a broad spectrum of wines will be available for sampling and purchase, especially those made from “east coast” grapes – muscadine and the related scuppernong, as well as Niagara – plus more traditional European or Californian wines such as cabernet, chardonnay and chamerson. A few of the wineries will bring wines made from other fruits. The festival offers a shuttle and pick-up service to deliver purchases of wine from the tent to the VIP parking lot. It’s all a part of making the event better. “We get anywhere from 4,000 to 6,000
visitors from outside Lee County to the Pottery Festival every year,” Nestor said. “What that means is that we get to show off. People come down here to see what Sanford has to offer. A lot of those people aren’t familiar with what we have here. “Do we sell houses to any of these people?” Nestor then pondered. “Heck, we don’t know. But we do know people get to see Sanford under a different light. With all the talk of tourism and creating a tourism group here, this just adds fuel to the fire. It shows people we’ve really got something to talk about.” And Nestor isn’t the only real estate professional who recognizes that. “I have a lot of Realtors volunteer to work in the wine tent as well as the festival,” he said. “They see the value as well.” As does Howard, who owns J. S. Howard Electrical Inc. He was called to help as an electrical contractor during the first festival in 2002 and has been involved since. He eschewed any festival-related titles – “all the responsibility and no pay,” he quipped – but it’s clear he’s passionate about the event. Initially, Howard was hired to help set up temporary generators
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to provide power for the festival. It proved to be a strain. One food vendor, for example, showed up at 10 o’clock the night before the first day, which resulted in Howard finally clocking out around 3 a.m. – only to have to return a few hours later in the rain to make sure things were perfect for vendors and festival-goers. “It was a ‘live and learn’ situation,” he said. By the third festival, things had improved. In addition to learning enough about generators to add that to J. S. Howard’s service repertoire, Howard said he’d narrowed most of the festival logistics down to a science. After Hudson and the festival organizers bought cables, wiring and lights for the event – “at the time we had no idea how good an idea that was, because the price of copper shot up,” Howard said – the work became easier. His crew’s labor and expense are half what they were four years ago. Over the two days of the festival, with his set-up work done, you’ll find him roaming the area around the civic center with a clipboard in hand, making notes about possible improvements and snapping the occasional photograph. Howard, who’s 40, devotes, he estimates, about two days a month to the festival over the summer and fall, then moves into higher gear as May approaches. He works nearly full-time on the event in the two or three weeks leading up to the event. Hudson said the unique logistics of the
festival “threw a lot of complications” at Howard the first two years. “Jason found out a way to make it work,” Hudson said, “and he did so under tremendous pressure. Over the years he’s evolved into more of a ‘director of logistics.’ Kenneth (Neilsen, who created D.K. Clay with Hudson) also plays a role in that, but Jason takes the lead. A lot of people don’t realize how much goes into making this festival happen. We own about $20,000 worth of electrical components just to get power to the vendors.” Nestor said Howard was “probably the one person busier than I am right now, doing more than one man should rightfully do. He’s very driven...an awfully good guy.” Howard returned the praise, calling Nestor a “tremendous value” to the festival. Hudson regards Nestor and Howard as “pivotal” pieces in making the festival happen. “Without people like David and Jason and our other key volunteers, it’d be just impossible to pull this off,” said Hudson, who continues to envision the Pottery Festival as just one of a series of coordinate arts-related events which could draw between 50,000 and 100,000 people to Sanford annually. Because Nestor and Howard share Hudson’s vision, there’ll be little rest for them after the festival ends. Chocolate creations have been added to this year’s event and will be expanded, and next year Howard hope to “go green” with a more eco-friendly operation utilizing green technologies. As for the wine, Nestor is already planning trips to scout wineries for next year’s event. Still, he calls the 150 or so hours he spends working on it each year “not terribly burdensome.” “Anyone who tends to help us at the festival year after year has a really good time,” he said.
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Rescue workers searching for missing N.C. boater
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A woman was sentenced to death Friday for murdering a fortuneteller and her college-age daughter after the soothsayer told her to get over a lost lover. Tanya Nelson, 45, of Roanoke Rapids, was sentenced for masterminding the stabbings of fortuneteller Ha “Jade” Smith, 52, and Anita Vo, 23, in 2005, Orange County prosecutors said. Nelson hired fortuneteller Smith, known as Miss Ha in Orange County’s Vietnamese community, to get her ex-lover back. But when
Smith told her to accept reality, she became upset and plotted to drive across the country to kill her, prosecutors said. Smith and her daughter were stabbed as many as 10 times and their faces and hands were covered in white paint, which may have been an attempt to cover up evidence, prosecutors said. Nelson lured her accomplice, Phillipe Zamora, 55, into the murder scheme by promising to fix him up with gay sex partners. Zamora, who was a key witness against Nelson, pleaded guilty
last year to two counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison last month. Nelson, who also uses the name Phuong Thao Nguyen and used to live in Orange County, was also convicted of robbery for stealing Smith’s expensive jewelry after the murders and assuming Smith’s identity to buy $3,000 in clothing and plane tickets for a family vacation to Southern California. When she returned to Orange County with her family, she was arrested with Smith’s stolen credit cards, identification
cards and designer luggage. Smith did card and palm readings and had clients across the country. She was famous among VietnameseAmericans for wearing expensive jewelry and was considered a skilled fortuneteller. Smith’s sister, Nicky Phan-Ngo, told the court at the sentencing that the murders had hurt her elderly parents, and the victims were missed. “No amount of time will ever heal the pain, nor erase the memory of the ingrained and horrific images,” she said in a victim’s impact statement.
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Capital to become more bike friendly
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s capital city is moving forward with several initiatives to make it easier for residents to travel around town by bicycle, a newspaper reported Saturday. The city is adding bike lanes to more stretches of road and is waiting on a $150,000 matching grant to do more, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported. A bicycle-sharing program also is expected to be available in the downtown area in the next few months. Raleigh is not among
the handful of North Carolina cities recognized by the nonprofit League of American Bicyclists as a bike-friendly community. Cary, Carrboro, Charlotte and Greensboro all have that honor. “The city is in terrible shape,” said Will Alphin, a Raleigh resident and bicyclist. “They do have a lot of things on the books, but for whatever reason, they’ve never gotten funded.” A pedestrian and bicycling committee was created last year to advise the City Council on making roads easier to
navigate by foot and bike. Just two Raleigh streets have designated bicycle lanes, but city transportation services manager Eric Lamb said every time a road comes up for repair or resurfacing, officials will take a look at changes to improve bike travel. Lamb said the public works department is waiting to see whether the city will get a matching grant that would set aside more than $150,000 to add bicycle lanes on existing roads or to widen roads. He said the goal is to get more than 300 miles of road with bike lanes. And the city is looking to make more bikes
available for downtown riders. Donald Mertud, who owns the Raleigh Rickshaws pedicab business, wants to put bike-share kiosks downtown so residents can do shortterm rentals for rides around the city center. Last month, North Carolina State University launched a similar program called WolfWheels for students and university workers. “People are wanting to drive less,” said Victor Lytvinenko, who leads monthly bike rides to tour art galleries in downtown Raleigh. “It’s better for the city, it’s better for the environment.”
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina rescue workers are searching for a man who fell from a boat in the Waccamaw River while fishing with a friend. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported Saturday that the man is from Conway but has not been identified by officials. South Carolina Natural Resources Department Sgt. Mike Prosser said the man fell into the water Friday afternoon after he and his friend panicked when their boat ran into a limb with several snakes on it. Velma Frink told the newspaper her cousin Tim Livingston of Charlotte had come to the area to visit his longtime friend.
Museum of Art opens new building to public RALEIGH (AP) — The public gets its first chance to see the new North Carolina Museum of Art this weekend. The museum, closed since September, reopens Saturday, when the public can see the new building that houses the permanent collection. Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance. One highlight is the collection of 30 works by Auguste Rodin, whose sculptures can be seen both inside and in an outside courtyard. The museum received $67 million in public money for the new, 127,000-square-foot building, plus a $6 million commitment for the repair and renovation of the existing building.
Pfeiffer president among finalists for Central Mo. job WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP) — The University of Central Missouri has named two finalists to succeed Aaron Podolefsky as president. Larry H. Dietz is currently vice chancellor for student affairs and special assistant to the chancellor at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Charles M. Ambrose is president of Pfeiffer University, a private liberal arts
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Sen. Durbin from Illinois speaks to N.C. Democrats
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Woman keeps heritage alive with cookbooks
Financial appraisal for liquor system suspended
By MICHAEL HASTINGS The Winston-Salem Journal
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Sometimes Dori Fritzinger is not able to cook because she feels so bad, but she didn’t let her illness keep from granting one of her mother’s last wishes. Fritzinger, who lives near Dobson, spent years compiling family recipes into a book, From My Family Recipe Box, that she released at the end of last year. The idea for the book came out of conversations with her mother, Juanita Herbst. “Mommy and I were talking about saving things for my daughter, Rachel,” said Fritzinger, 50. “She said you should put them in a book.” After Herbst died in 1997, Fritzinger eventually started collecting and testing family recipes. The project dragged on, though, as she worked, raised her kids and ran a small farm. Then two years ago, she was struck with a neurological condition that causes migraines and seizures. Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), also called mini strokes, sometimes leave her partially and temporarily paralyzed and hospitalized her for a week. But her illness didn’t stop her. It encouraged her to finish. “She jumped in with both feet,” said her husband, Keith. “I was determined to do it. So I just pushed on,” she said. “A lot of times when things got rough with my migraine condition, this is what got me out of bed.” When Fritzinger didn’t
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Keith and Dori Fritzinger hold Lavender Cookies and Brownie Crunch, in Surry County. Dori Fritzinger, who lives near Dobson, spent years compiling family recipes into a book, From My Family Recipe Box, that she released at the end of last year. Compiling the family’s recipes was one of her mother’s last wishes. feel well, her family often kept the project moving. Keith Fritzinger, loves to bake, so he was able to help with the desserts. Rachel Hurt, Fritzinger’s 30-year-old daughter, not only tested recipes, but also edited and designed the book. Even Caitlin, her 10-year-old granddaughter, came up with a multigrain bread recipe to put in the book. Fritzinger and her immediate family moved to Dobson in 1990 from their native New Jersey. Her parents had retired here, and the Fritzingers decided to follow them, in part because they thought it would be a good place to raise their children. The family chose a rural spot with plenty of farmland. Fritzinger had grown up on a small farm in New Jersey. They raise laying hens for eggs, goats for milk and cheese, and rabbits as pets. They have apple, peach, plum and pear trees. They also grow
all kinds of vegetables. The family has recently been harvesting cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage, and is getting ready to plant tomatoes, peppers and other summer vegetables. Her farm life comes up a lot in A Journey Through My Country Life, a collection of articles that Fritzinger also recently published. Fritzinger dedicated From My Family Recipe Box to her mother, not only because she suggested the idea for the book, but also because her mother instilled in Fritzinger a love of cooking and a pride in what she puts on the table. “She did all the cooking and canning and the gardens. She was an outstanding cook. She could turn a meal for two or three into a meal for 12 in the blink of an eye,” Fritzinger said. Dori Fritzinger’s mother baked bread every day,
and Fritzinger loves to bake, too, so the book has nine yeast breads, including Kaiser rolls and cinnamon raisin swirl. It even has some recipes from her mother-in-law, Rose Fritzinger, such as the brownie crunch, a thick cream-cheese brownie with crispy rice cereal on top. Other favorite baked goods include lavender cookies that Dori Fritzinger calls addictive. Fritzinger updated several old recipes from her maternal grandmother, Bessie Bruce. They include chicken pot pie, carrot cake, and orange-cream cake. Bruce was born in the late 1800s, and later supported her family by baking pies and other foods for local eateries in upstate New York. Fritzinger loves international food in general and Italian in particular. Fritzinger’s hometown included a large ItalianAmerican community, and her book includes a selection of Italian dishes. These include Tuscan bean soup, baked ziti, and linguine with clam sauce. Other ethnic recipes include Moroccan beef stew, Corfu autumn vegetables, and Brazilian coxinha (deep-fried, battered chicken). Other favorite recipes include curried green beans, warm Gorgonzola salad, onion soup, and shredded carrot and beet salad. Fritzinger considers herself an adventurous cook, but she also loves tried-and-true old-fashioned dishes.
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press Writer
RALEIGH — An outside group’s financial appraisal of North Carolina’s liquor system is being put on hold, a state ABC Commission spokeswoman said Friday, a decision likely to delay Gov. Beverly Perdue giving any recommendation on privatization to lawmakers in the upcoming session. The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission and a Chicago firm have agreed in principle to suspend work calculating the value of the state-owned distribution system and hundreds of local retail stores, ABC spokeswoman Agnes Stevens said. The report was expected by the end of April. A draft of the suspension agreement Stevens said likely will be signed in the next few days by commission Chairman Jon Williams and Valuation Research Corp. says “potential statutory changes to the system” being considered by the Legislature when it reconvenes next month may affect the valuation. Other limitations to value some system assets also have been discovered, according to the draft, which says discussions to resume the valuation work will occur after final action is taken
in this year’s session on ABC-related legislation. The session begins May 12 and is expected to last a couple of months. Perdue has said she wants the valuation report before making a decision on privatization, spokeswoman Chrissy Pearson said late Friday. “It would be ill-conceived otherwise,” Pearson said. The delay also will allow the ABC commission and Perdue to back away easier for now from an idea that has received a cool reception by the public while a special legislative study committee considers changes to the ABC laws. Opposition to changing the state’s unique liquor system has been overwhelming at two public hearings by the committee. Alcohol opponents and local governments have told committee members the nearly 75year-old ABC system has worked well by generating $259 million for state and local governments last year while at the same time keeping liquor consumption low. North Carolina is among 18 “control” states where government directly controls wholesale and retail liquor distribution, but it’s the only one where local ABC boards sell spirits and are essentially independent from state government.
Nation
The Sanford Herald / Sunday, April 25, 2010 / 11A
WHILE VACATIONING IN ASHEVILLE
NATION BRIEFS Obama pal Patrick banks on 3-way Mass. gov. race
Obama’s home congressional district in play
BOSTON (AP) — In a tough year for Democrats, the political fate of Obama pal Deval Patrick is on the line in his bid for a second term as Massachusetts’ governor. His popularity already battered by a series of gaffes and the state’s economic woes, Patrick found himself jolted again in January by Republican Scott Brown’s victory in the race for the late Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat amid voter anger at Democrats in Washington and the Statehouse. Now his re-election may hinge on the odd dynamics of a three-way contest and the presence of a former Democrat in the field. When state Treasurer Timothy Cahill decided last year to bolt from the Democratic Party and launch an independent bid for governor, party faithful accused him of trying to leapfrog a potentially costly primary. But with polls now showing Patrick holding a narrow lead over Cahill and Republican candidate and former health insurance CEO Charles Baker, it’s the GOP that’s crying foul. The Cahill factor is infuriating the state’s beleaguered Republicans, who hoped Brown’s win over Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley would signal the start of a comeback year in a state where Democrats hold every statewide seat and overwhelming majorities in the Legislature. A poll released Monday is stoking Republican fears. It showed just 34 percent of likely voters support Patrick — sobering numbers for any incumbent — but 29 percent favor Cahill and 27 percent support Baker.
HONOLULU (AP) — Republicans believe they’ve seen this movie before: Campaign ads blanketing the airwaves. Money from national political parties flowing in. And polls showing their candidate virtually tied with the competition. The plot played out in another Democratic stronghold, Massachusetts, in January with the election of a little-known Republican state senator to the late Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. The GOP hopes it can build on that win in Hawaii’s upcoming special election for the 1st Congressional District seat representing urban Honolulu — President Barack Obama’s hometown. “The people of Hawaii have this clear opportunity to speak to the American people about whether or not we’re satisfied with the status quo in Congress,” Honolulu councilman and Republican candidate Charles Djou said. Democrats believe the May 22 election to serve the remainder of the term of U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, who resigned to run for governor, will end as it has here for 20 years — with a Democratic victory. With two Democrats also running for the seat, however, there’s a chance they could split the vote and Djou could squeak by with a plurality and add to GOP confidence heading into the fall’s midterm elections. Democrats are not taking any chances as they hope to hold onto seats in this off-year election where the party in power generally loses seats.
Obama cites ‘devastating chapter’ in Armenian past on anniversary By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer
ASHEVILLE — Candidate Obama repeatedly promised he’d call the almost century-old massacre of Armenians in Turkey as genocide. President Obama twice now has refused to do so. Obama on Saturday declined to call the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians during World War I a genocide as he had promised as a presidential hopeful, instead painting the massacre as “one of the worst atrocities” of the 20th century and “a devastating chapter” in history. Obama’s statement, issued as he and first lady Michelle Obama spent a weekend getaway here in western North Carolina, earned him criticism from all corners. The Turkish foreign minister said it was “unacceptable,” and activists took issue with the president’s tone in the statement that marked the 95th anniversary of the start of the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. It is “a devastating chapter in the history of the Armenian people, and we must keep its memory alive in honor of those who were murdered and so that we do not repeat the grave mistakes of the past,” Obama said in his statement. Yet for a second year as president, Obama intentionally eschewed calling
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President Barack Obama, left, gets a club from Marty Nesbitt, as they play golf on the 10th green of the course at Grove Park Inn in Asheville Friday. it a genocide, as he promised during his campaign. Now well into his second year in office, he has not in public used the word many historians employ for the first mass killing of the 20th century. Marking the grim anniversary of the start of the killings, the president instead said: “On this solemn day of remembrance, we pause to recall that 95 years ago one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century began.” The statement was less than the full and frank acknowledgment he promised Jan. 19, 2008, when he vowed that as president, “I will recognize the Armenian Genocide,” and repeatedly used the word. “I also share with Armenian Americans — so many of whom are descended from genocide
survivors — a principled commitment to commemorating and ending genocide. That starts with acknowledging the tragic instances of genocide in world history. As a U.S. senator, I have stood with the Armenian American community in calling for Turkey’s acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide.” Activists and officials from across the spectrum were quick to express disappointment. “Today we join with Armenians in the United States and around the world in voicing our sharp disappointment with the president’s failure to properly condemn and commemorate the Armenian Genocide,” Armenian National Committee of America chairman Ken Hachikian said. “Sadly, for
the U.S. and worldwide efforts to end the cycle of genocide, he made the wrong choice, allowing Turkey to tighten its gagrule on American genocide policy.” Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called Obama’s statement “not acceptable.” “If we are going to share griefs for humanitarian reasons, then we would expect respect for our own grief as well,” Davutoglu said. And the Turkish Coalition of America said Obama’s statement does not address “the equally tragic loss of even more Muslim lives in this turbulent period of Ottoman history.” “Where does the ethnic cleansing of Ottoman Turks from the Balkans, Eastern Turkey and the Caucasus — with 5 million lost and 5.5 million refugees — come on the president’s list of ’worst atrocities of the 20th century?”’ Turkish Coalition of America president G. Lincoln McCurdy said. For Obama, referring to the killings as genocide could upend pledges to have a closer partnership with Turkey, a vital ally in a critical region. Steering around the word, however, put him at odds with his own pledges to recognize the slaughter as genocide. Instead, he said he had not changed his view from the campaign, even as he declined to state it.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Riffling through old maps while researching a history project for San Francisco public schools, landscape architect Bonnie Sherk made a discovery: a century ago a creek coursed where two school campuses stand today. “There was Islais Creek, running where Balboa High School is now,” said Sherk. “All of a sudden it made sense: the school’s cafeteria had been flooding and the basements of homes in this neighborhood flood during heavy rains because they’re in this large watershed.” Two wells have been drilled on the school campuses since Sherk’s discovery a decade ago, tapping the hidden creek’s water to irrigate community gardens, parks and street vegetation, while hopefully reducing the threat of floods. Now, as part of an estimated $4 billion sewer upgrade, Islais Creek and other streams that last saw daylight more than a century ago could flow openly once again through neighborhoods of one of the country’s most densely built cities. Such “daylighting” of
urban creeks is being embraced in cities throughout the world. Seattle, Portland, Ore., Yonkers, N.Y., Providence, R.I., as well as Zurich are among many places reopening long hidden waterways. Resurrecting old creeks can help remove hundreds of millions of gallons of storm water from sewer systems each year — meaning fewer sewage spills and cleaner water.
7th person dies from Wash. state refinery fire SEATTLE (AP) — A seventh person has died from injuries from a Washington state oil refinery blast. A nursing supervisor at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle says Matt Gumbel died early Saturday. Gumbel had been in the hospital’s intensive care unit with serious burns. KOMO-TV reports that Gumbel had undergone skin graft surgery a few hours before his death. An explosive fire at the Tesoro Corp. refinery engulfed seven workers April 2. It was the deadliest event at a U.S. refinery since 15 people died at a BP facility in Texas in 2005. A public memorial for all the refinery victims is set for Sunday at Anacortes High School.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials ignored warnings three years ago that new mine safety regulations would trigger a surge of legal cases that could bog down enforcers. The backlog of cases is now blamed for thwarting enforcement at mines across the country, including the site of a deadly West Virginia explosion. Despite the predictions of an overwhelming caseload, the head of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission told Congress in 2007 that he expected the rate of new cases to slow down — and therefore his agency didn’t need more money. The estimate from the commission’s former chairman, Michael Duffy, that cases would slow to about 3,000 a year turned out to be wildly inaccurate. New cases actually tripled in 2008, reaching nearly 9,000, as mine companies began aggressively contesting violations. The massive backlog has now ballooned to more than 16,000 cases. Lawmakers and President Barack Obama have accused Massey Energy Co., owner of the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, and other companies of tying up resources with frivolous appeals just so they can avoid tougher enforcement. The explosion at
Upper Big Branch on April 5 killed 29. By filing lengthy legal appeals that last months or years, mine companies can delay a finding of a pattern of violation that could lead to stricter oversight. The commission — an independent agency — resolves disputes when mine operators challenge the accuracy of violations discovered by inspectors from the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Questions about the backlog and why the government didn’t act more quickly to address it are sure to come up as the Senate convenes its first hearing on the mine accident next week. “When that backlog impacts mine safety and stymies the enforcement process, it should become a priority,” said J. Davitt McAteer, former head of MSHA during the Clinton administration. “These are creative lawyers on the other side and you’ve got to be able to deal with them,” said McAteer, who is heading an independent investigation of the mine accident. “They’ve come up with a tactic and they have every right to challenge the citations under law. What they are going to do is bollix up the system.” Massey has defended its safety record and says it only disputes violations when there is a valid disagreement.
NEW ORLEANS — Choppy seas, strong winds and rain halted Saturday’s cleanup of an oil spill around the massive oil drilling rig that exploded and toppled into the ocean off the Louisiana coast. Eleven workers are still missing from the Deepwater Horizon rig that sank Thursday about 50 miles from Louisiana’s coast. They are presumed dead, and the search for them was called off Friday. The bad weather rolled in Friday, bringing with it strong wind, clouds and rain that interrupted efforts to contain the oil spill. “We had 8-foot seas and a storm going through, that was a reason for cause and concern,” said Coast Guard Petty Officer John Edwards. He was uncertain when weather conditions would improve enough for the cleanup to resume. So far, crews have retrieved about 1,052 barrels of oily water, he said. The sunken rig may have as much as 700,000 gallons of diesel on board, and there are fears that the well the rig was drilling could leak. An undetermined amount of oil has spilled from the rig, though the Coast Guard said Saturday morning that remotely operated vehicles had not yet detected any leaking oil from the well or rig. However, crews are closely monitoring the rig and well for any more crude that might spill out.
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In this aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, a boat with an oil boom tries to contain oil spilled from the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, approximately seven miles from where the rig sunk, on Friday. An oil sheen appeared to cover an area about two miles wide and eight miles long Friday afternoon. BP, which is taking the lead in the cleanup, said it has activated an extensive oil spill response, including the remotely operated vehicles to assess the well and 32 vessels to mop up the spill. The Marine Spill Response Corp., an energy industry cleanup consortium, also brought equipment. About half a dozen boats were using booms to trap the thin sheen, which extended about seven
miles north of the rig site. There was no sign yet of wildlife being affected. Meanwhile, the search for the missing workers had been called off because officials believe the men never made it off the platform that erupted into a giant fireball. The Coast Guard says it will resume the search if any ships in the area see anything. The 11 missing workers came from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Neither the Coast Guard nor their employers have released their names, though several of
their families have come forward. Karl Kleppinger Sr., whose 38-year-old son, Karl, was one of the missing workers, said he doesn’t blame the Coast Guard for calling off the search. “Given the magnitude of the explosion and the fire, I don’t see where you would be able to find anything,” said Kleppinger, of Zachary, La. The other 115 crew members made it off the platform; several were hurt but only two remained hospitalized. The most seriously injured worker was expected to be released within about 10 days. Federal officials had already been working on new rules for offshore drilling before Tuesday’s blast. The U.S. Minerals and Management Service documented more than 1,400 offshore oil drilling accidents between 2001 and 2007. It’s developing regulations aimed at preventing human error, which it identified as a factor in many of those cases. The Deepwater Horizon was the site of a 2005 fire found to have been caused by human error.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bret Michaels is in critical condition suffering from a brain hemorrhage, his publicist said Friday. Joann Mignano confirmed a report on People Michaels magazine’s website Friday that said the former Poison frontman was rushed to intensive care late Thursday after a severe headache. The report said doctors discovered bleeding at the base of his brain stem. Mignano said tests are being conducted and that no further information was available. The 47-year-old reality TV star had an emergency appendectomy last week after complaining of stomach pains. He said on his website that though the surgery “has taken its toll,” doctors expected him to make a full recovery. Michaels starred on the VH1 dating show “Rock of Love” and is a contestant on Donald Trump’s NBC reality show, “The Celebrity Apprentice.” Trump said in a statement Friday that he was “deeply saddened” to hear of Michaels’ condition. “He’s a great competitor and champion, and I hope he will be fine,” Trump said.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Despite his record-breaking success in music for 60 years, Quincy Jones says his proudest achievement is his seven children and six grandchildren. Jones talked about his life and music career during an hourlong on-stage Jones conversation with Ludacris Friday night as part of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ annual “I Create Music” expo at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel. The 77-year-old composer and producer says it’s been “a blessing” to have worked with “every major artist of the 20th century,” including Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and Michael Jackson, but his No. 1 job is “being a good parent.” “The other things, you know, that’s a gift from God and I cherish it,” he said. “I don’t take it for granted.” He called his children and grandchildren “the pride of my life now.” Seeing them successful is “my Nobel Prize,” Jones said. Ludacris asked Jones about everything from music to marriage to money. Jones said that music saved him from a “gangster” lifestyle in his native Chicago. He learned all the brass instruments with the aim of mastering the trumpet. “As soon as I started playing, I started hearing other instruments in my head,” he said. The ASCAP Expo, which began Thursday and continues through Sunday, features workshops, exhibitions and conversations with hitmakers like Jones, Justin Timberlake, John Mayer and Bill Withers.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barry Levinson was preparing to direct HBO’s new film about Jack Kevorkian when a family crisis brought home the entrenched power of the assisted-suicide advocate’s name. Levinson’s father-inlaw, hospitalized after a massive stroke, was unable to speak and in obvious distress. A nurse was asked to give him medication for relief but refused, saying he wasn’t due for another dose. Pressed to help, the nurse snapped back: “Well, you know, I’m not Dr. Kevorkian.” The stereotype of “Dr. Death,” as some tagged Kevorkian, shortcuts the man who crusaded for a patient’s right to die, Levinson said. “You Don’t Know Jack,” starring a barely recognizable Al Pacino as the gray-haired, bespectacled Kevorkian, sketches in the details with an unsparing look at the doctor who served more than eight years in prison for his role in the death of a terminally ill man. “A movie about euthanasia wouldn’t interest me,” said Levinson (Academy Award winner for “Rain Man”). “It was the complexity of the
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project, their knowledge of the retired Michigan pathologist was limited to memories of him as an absorbing news story. “I knew about the cause and what he believed in, but not about him. That’s what intrigued me,” Levinson said. He was able to educate himself with a wealth of video, including wrenching tapes Kevorkian made of the many sick and dying asking for — and, on occasion, gaining — his life-ending help. After scrutinizing some 50 hours of film, Pacino said he and Levinson agreed that “there’s something there” — the material for a drama, not
a polemic, that could be both engaging and provocative. Starting in the late 1980s, Kevorkian put his beliefs into action by offering “death counseling” to the terminally ill. Challenging authorities to make his deeds legal or arrest him, he claimed to have given at least 130 people the medical means to kill themselves. Then he pushed harder on a 1998 “60 Minutes” broadcast. Kevorkian provided a video showing him taking the life of a patient with Lou Gehrig’s disease, a fatal disorder of the neuromuscular system, that led to his second-degree murder conviction in Michigan. He was paroled in 2007 at age 79. While he was insistent in hammering his doctrine, “You Don’t Know Jack” and its cast are not. The life-and-death drama offers understated performances from Pacino and his co-stars that are matched by cinematography with a resolute realism; the film is all the more powerful for it. HBO recognized that the project was a different story with “dangerous elements,” said Len Amato, president of HBO Films.
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’South Park’ producers: network cut fear speech
NEW YORK (AP) — Producers of “South Park” said Thursday that Comedy Central removed a speech about intimidation and fear from their show after a radical Muslim group warned that they could be killed for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. It came during about 35 seconds of dialogue between the cartoon characters of Kyle, Jesus Christ and Santa Claus that was bleeped out. “It wasn’t some metajoke on our part,” producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone said. Comedy Central declined to comment. Earlier this week, the radical group Revolution Muslim said on its website that “South Park” had insulted their prophet during last week’s episode by depicting him in a bear costume. The group said it wasn’t threatening Parker and Stone, but it included a gruesome picture of Theo Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker killed by a Muslim extremist in 2004, and said the producers could meet the same fate. The website posted the addresses of Comedy Central’s New York office and the California production studio where “South Park” is made. Despite that, Parker and Stone included the Muhammad character in this week’s episode. Muhammad appeared with his body obscured by a black box, since Muslims consider a physical representation of their prophet to be blasphemous. When the bear costume was removed, it was revealed to be Santa Claus.
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NEW YORK — When the groundbreaking hiphop group N.W.A. was forming in the mid-1980s, they didn’t care much for the colorful Troop suits then being worn by rappers such as LL Cool J. Instead, the group — which included Dr. Dre, Eazy-E and Ice Cube — decided to wear black. Since many of the Compton, Calif., crew were fans of the Los Angeles Raiders, that meant wearing a lot of Raiders gear. For years, Raiders apparel would be synonymous with N.W.A. and gangsta rap. Cube, whose real name is O’Shea Jackson, has made a documentary about his old group’s connection to the Raiders: “Straight Outta L.A.,” a pun on N.W.A.’s 1988 debut album, “Straight Outta Compton.” The film was to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday and will air on ESPN in May as part of the network’s “30-for-30” series. “It was a team we could identify with, from the neighborhood that we came from,” says Cube. “The Lakers was real glitzy and glamour; the Dodgers were seen as a little out of reach. But the Raiders,
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Rapper and actor Ice Cube, director of the documentary “Straight Outta L.A.” is shown at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. it seemed like my uncles played for the Raiders.” ESPN asked Cube, who has worked as actor and producer in such movies as “Boyz n the Hood” and “Friday,” to contribute a film to “30-for-30.” But he had only directed once: 1998’s “The Players Club.” “I thought about it for a minute, and this was the story: the L.A. Raiders coming to L.A. and how their image and persona, in a lot ways, changed the trajectory of hip-hop,” he says. The Raiders, who made the Los Angeles Coliseum home from 1982-1994, were appealing because they were good (they won the Super Bowl in 1976, 1980 and 1983), a little brash and, thanks partly to owner Al Davis, had
something of a renegade about them. The silver and black colors, with a pirate logo, also fit the violence of Compton. “To me, they were always known as the bad boys of the NFL,” Cube says. “It was some kind of crazy synergy.” In the film, Snoop Dogg chimes: “Good guys wear black.” Before they knew it, N.W.A. would play in Denver and elsewhere and see Raiders jerseys everywhere. Raiders merchandise began selling wildly. But the love affair among hip-hop, L.A. and the Raiders didn’t quite last. The team developed a thuggish reputation and moved back to Oakland not long after the L.A. riots in 1992.
Former Raiders linebacker Rod Martin says in the film that he thought N.W.A. was “too hardcore” and wasn’t “a good advertisement” for the team. Since then, many rappers have sought to associate themselves not with a sports team’s apparel, but their own gear. Master P, for example, launched a line of jerseys for his No Limit Records label. Cube, too, eventually questioned why he and N.W.A. should fill the Raiders’ coffers. On his 1991 solo album, “Death Certificate,” he rapped: “Stop givin’ juice to the Raiders/ Cause Al Davis never paid us/ I hope he wear a vest.” Cube interviewed Davis for the film, an experience he compares to “talking to Yoda.” Those rap lines are long forgotten to Cube, still a rabid Raiders fan and an admirer of Davis. “In rap, being clever and rhyming is key,” he says. “So, you know, that record was done in ’91. It was a whole different time.” Nevertheless, from 2 Live Crew and the University of Miami’s football team to Jay-Z and the Yankees, few connections between rap and sports have been stronger than that of N.W.A. and the Raiders.
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jazz festival CHICAGO (AP) — When Anita Baker leaves the stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival this weekend, she doesn’t plan on taking anything with her. Baker has headBaker lined in the Crescent City before, but five years after Hurricane Katrina, she says “I think that we’re more adamant about just leaving my whole body there. And just giving everything that I have. Because we want them to be entertained.” The 52-year-old singer with the husky, red velvet vocals has won eight Grammy Awards for hits including “Giving You the Best That I Got,” “Rapture” and “I Apologize.” She’ll step away from a music studio in Nashville where she’s working on a new album, just in time for Sunday’s show. It will be an opportunity “to play, talk and holler and scream and dance,” she says. Performing before live audiences is Baker’s thing. She and her crew have been playing a roster of summer dates every year since 2004. “That’s the main reason I haven’t done a record,” says Baker. “The VP of A&R, Eli Wolf (of Blue Note Records), pulled me off the road — came to Radio City (Music Hall) Valentine’s Day weekend.”
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Wife: ‘Dexter’ star ‘fully recovered’ from cancer NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of Michael C. Hall says the “Dexter” star is “fully recovered” from cancer and has returned to work. Jennifer Carpenter said Friday that Hall was “incredibly brave” when he anHall nounced in January that he was undergoing treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer that attacks the lymph nodes. The 38-year-old Hall went into remission and continued treatment at a health facility near Los Angeles. Hall won a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award earlier this year for his portrayal of Dexter, a serial killer who targets other murderers. Carpenter stars on the bloody Showtime hit series as Dexter’s seemingly unknowing sister.
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Now that she’s back in the studio — more than 25 years since her debut album was released — Baker says, “Oh my goodness. I’m just having a good time.” But she’s nervous, too. “It’s always scary. But it’s scary for different reasons. For example in ’05, it was scary because I hadn’t done it in 10 years. Now it’s scary because my fans have proven to me that we’re family and I don’t want to let them down.” Among her fans is “Queen of Hip-hop Soul,” Mary J. Blige, who has asked Baker to join her on a jazz album.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called on President Barack Obama on Saturday to impose a Mideast peace deal, reflecting growing frustration with what Palestinians see as Washington’s failure to wrangle concessions out of Israel’s hardline government. In an unusually blunt appeal, Abbas said that if Obama believes Palestinian statehood is a vital U.S. interest, then the American leader must take forceful steps to bring it about. “Since you, Mr. President and you, the members of the American administration, believe in this, it is your duty to call for the steps in order to reach the solution and impose the solution — impose it,” Abbas said in a speech to leaders of his Fatah movement. “But don’t tell me it’s a vital national strategic American interest ... and then not do anything,” he
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refuses to discuss the fate of east Jerusalem, the sector of the city Palestinians claim as a future capital. Mitchell is expected to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, their second meeting in three days. However, there was no sign of a breakthrough in this round. The U.S. has proposed so-called proximity talks,
in which Mitchell would shuttle between the two sides, in hopes of ending the stalemate and paving the way for direct negotiations. However, the Palestinians say they won’t engage unless Israel promises not to start new housing projects in east Jerusalem. Netanyahu reiterated earlier this week that he will not freeze construction in the city. The issue of settlement expansion has emerged as a major point of contention between Israel and the Obama administration. Israel has resisted U.S. demands for a comprehensive freeze, instead agreeing only to slow construction in the West Bank, but not east Jerusalem. Tensions flared in March when Israel announced plans for 1,600 new homes for Jews in east Jerusalem. The announcement, which came during a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe, enraged U.S. officials.
Eye on Greece, finance leaders to attack debt
Ex-priest says he reported Belgian bishop abuse
WASHINGTON (AP) — Financial leaders, with a nervous eye on Greece, pledged on Saturday to address the risks posed to the global recovery from high government debt. The policy-setting panel of the 186-nation International Monetary Fund cited signs that the recovery from the global downturn is gaining strength, but also noted difficult challenges lie ahead. With the debt crisis in Greece dominating the IMF’s meetings in Washington this weekend, finance officials from the U.S. and other nations on the agency’s board of directors committed the IMF to tackling that cascading problem. A closing statement issued after the committee’ meeting did not mention the Greece’s troubles, and the IMF’s managing director refused at a news conference to provide specific answers about a potential loan package for Athens. Dominique Strauss-Kahn said that information would have to wait until the end of negotiations involving the European Union, the IMF and the Greek government.
BUIZINGEN, Belgium (AP) — A retired priest said Saturday that he told church authorities years ago about allegations that Belgium’s longest-serving bishop had abused a boy but he was stonewalled until the bishop was forced to resign. Retired priest Rik Deville told The Associated Press that he transmitted the allegations to then-Archbishop Godfried Danneels between 15 and 17 years ago after learning of them from a confidant of the victim’s family. Danneels said he had no recollections of Deville’s allegations at the time. Roger Vangheluwe, the bishop of the Belgian city of Bruges, 73, resigned Friday and expressed sorrow for having sexually abused the boy. The Vatican is moving to get rid of bishops tainted by the scandal — either those directly responsible of abusing children or ones who had sought to shield abusive priests. A Vatican spokesman said Saturday that the Catholic Church is capable of healing the wounds inflicted on it by the scandal, which has hit Europe and the United States.
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Trade Winds
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Trades like the one for Jason Campbell highlight the NFL Draft’s third day
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WEATHER CANCELS SATURDAY ACTION
Lee and Thomas go way back — before the NFL
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — NASCAR canceled all Saturday track activity at Talladega Superspeedway because of threats of extended periods of severe weather. Track officials said the decision was made on advice from the Talladega County Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service, which said Talladega County was one of the areas in Alabama facing a high risk of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes on Saturday. “Fans are strongly encouraged to take necessary precautions to ensure their safety, especially those guests camping on speedway property,” track officials said. The Nationwide Series race scheduled for Saturday will now be held Sunday following the Sprint Cup Series race. It’s the second consecutive weekend that NASCAR will attempt a doubleheader. Rain last weekend in Texas washed out both Cup and Nationwide events, and they were run back-to-back on Monday. Drivers who competed in both series totaled 801 miles of racing.
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for 221 yards, three touchdowns and an interception while leading the Red team to a 31-21 victory in front of 25,372 spectators. One of Imhoff’s touchdown passes was an 86-yard pass to Asa Watson in the first half. For the most part, the senior
nterviewing for his first head coaching job, Bryan Lee was shown around the North Moore campus. Wanting to get a look at some of the potential players he might be coaching in the fall, Lee was brought to the gym to witness a few kids playing hoops. That’s when he first saw Cam Thomas Thomas. A mountain of a sophomore, Lee knew Thomas would be the foundation of his Mustangs program. He knew he would have a monster on the defensive line, one even the Albemarle and Thomasville coaching staffs would salivate over. Lee also knew he had found a way to get North Moore into the end zone a lot more than the handful of times the Mustangs hit paydirt the year before. One problem — Thomas’ mom wasn’t so sure about her son playing football. Lee can be persuasive, though, and after getting the job and employing some careful conversations, Lee got his man among boys in pads and onto the practice field. On Saturday, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Lee, in person, heard that player’s name announced over the public address system at the NFL Draft. “That was a pretty amazing moment,” Lee says. “A once-in-a-lifetime moment, actually.” A moment, it must be said, didn’t have to happen. • Thomas was drafted in
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NASCAR DAYTONA TO REPAVE TRACK BEFORE 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daytona International Speedway will be repaved for the second time in history and is expected to be ready to host next year’s Daytona 500. A pothole on the track during this year’s Daytona 500 forced two delays that totaled more than two hours during the Feb. 14 race. The original plan was to pour a concrete patch in the area and repave the track in 2012. Speedway president Robin Braig says the resurfacing was accelerated because they couldn’t risk a similar situation next February.
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Former Lee County quarterback and N.C. State walk-on Dan Imhoff runs during the Wolfpack’s recent spring game. Imhoff threw for 221 yards and three touchdowns as the Red Team’s starting quarterback.
Former Yellow Jacket Imhoff progressing well at N.C. State By RYAN SARDA sarda@sanfordherald.com
SANFORD — For Dan Imhoff, this was his moment to shine. And the former Lee County quarterback took full advantage of it. Imhoff, who along with former Lee County wide receiver Marty
Stoner, recently participated in the 2010 N.C. State Red/White spring football game at CarterFinley Stadium in Raleigh. In his second career spring game, Imhoff, who was named the starting quarterback of the red team when Russell Wilson decided to focus primarily on baseball this spring, went 11-of-24 passing
CHIPPER LEAVES GAME WITH SORE RIGHT HIP
NEW YORK (AP) — Chipper Jones had a short day on his 38th birthday. Jones was removed from the game after 2 1/2 innings against the New York Mets after taking a pair of called third strikes. Jones had a sore right hip, according to the Braves. He has been bothered this month by a strained right oblique. Martin Prado, who didn’t start because of a sore hamstring, replaced Jones at third base in the third inning. Jones is a career .419 hitter (18 for 43) on his birthday with three doubles, four homers and 10 RBIs, according to STATS LLC.
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CHARLOTTE — So much for the idea that Matt Moore had an unquestioned hold on the Carolina Panthers’ starting quarterback job. The franchise that has been reluctant to use any pick — let alone a high one — on a quarterback under general manager Marty Hurney and coach John Fox took Notre Dame’s Jimmy Clausen in the second round of the NFL draft. Saturday the Panthers drafted Cincinnati’s Tony Pike with one of four sixth-round selections.
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CHARLOTTE — In front of a boisterous, hostile crowd and facing a team in desperation mode, the Orlando Magic showcased their depth, grit and poise when it mattered most. Imagine how good they could be if their superstar center played more than half the game. No Dwight Howard, no problem for the Magic, who got 32 points from sudden star Jameer Nelson to overcome another frustrating, foul-filled game by their big man in a 90-86 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday. Spoiling Charlotte’s return to the playoff stage after an eight-year absence, the Magic took a commanding 3-0 lead in their first-round series despite being without Howard for the final 3:32 after he fouled out. “You’ve got to admire them with Dwight getting foul trouble and fouling out how they still didn’t fold,” Bobcats coach Larry Brown said. “They were disciplined and executed. They got a well-deserved win.” For the third straight game and two days after Orlando was assessed $70,000 in fines for complain-
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Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan, left, talks with player Gerald Wallace, right, during the first half against the Orlando Magic in Charlotte on Saturday. ing about the officiating, Howard played about half the game, finishing with 13 points, eight rebounds and seven blocks. After Howard was sidelined for good, Nelson had a key bucket and backup center Marcin Gortat hit
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BOOSTER CLUB Southern Lee holding cash raffle
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SANFORD — The Southern Lee Booster Club is holding what it hopes will become an annual tradition to raise money for the athletic programs at the school. The Club is holding a raffle for cash prizes. A ticket costs $50, and only 400 tickets will be sold. The first draw of the tickets will award $50 to the winner. The next 13 draws would then garner $25. On the 398th draw, the winner will receive $500. The 399th draw winner will get $1,000 and the 400th draw will award $2,000. The drawing will be held during April 30th’s baseball game against Union Pines. For more information, contact Tammy Batten at (919) 718-2400 or e-mail her at tbatten.sl@lee.k12. nc.us.
STEVENS CENTER BASKETBALL CAMP
Marching Cavs hosting tourney
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Pocono Raceway will have Submitted photo The Stevens Center recently held a spring basketball camp. The attendees were (front row, l-r) Billy O’Brien, Geoffrey corporate sponsorship for its June Cup race for the first time Waters, Brittany Waters, Neevay Gandhi and Adam Cortez. Second row (l-r): DeVonte McKeithen, Carrington Tyson, since 1996. Shantel Bennett, Tavion Womack, Blake Bunn and Noah Perez. Coach Jim Murray stands in back. Not pictured: Pocono’s June 6 race will coach Brian Davenport. be called the Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 Presented by Target. Pocono’s June race had been called the Pocono 500 since 1997. “The time was right,” track president Brandon Igdalsky said. “We’ve been looking for quality sponsors. I thought it was time to find another one for the June event.” a Cape Fear Valley Conhit when we had the Derek Gaster had two By ALEX PODLOGAR alexp@sanfordherald.com ference game. chances.” hits for Southern Lee (11If you have an idea for a Taylor Herbert worked Walt Podruchny gave 6-1, 4-4), which had its sports story, or if you’d like call SANFORD — The the complete game, Southern Lee a good five-game winning streak and submit scores or statisGray’s Creek Bears are scattering five hits and chance against the state snapped. A.J. Collazo, tics, call: every bit as good as adstriking out nine to earn championship contender Jared Kehagias and Jeffrey Sports Editor vertised. the victory. Bears, pitching the comWard each had one hit for Alex Podlogar: 718-1222 Stocked with three “It was a good ballplete game. Podruchny the Cavaliers. alexp@sanfordherald.com sterling starting pitchgame,” said Cavaliers struck out seven and Gray’s Creek improves Sports Writer ers, the league-unbeaten coach Matt Burnett. allowed just four hits and to 15-1 overall and 9-0 in Ryan Sarda: 718-1223 Bears clipped Southern “We just didn’t get the two earned runs. league play. sarda@sanfordherald.com Lee 3-0 on Friday night in
SANFORD — The Southern Lee Marching Cavaliers will host their First Benefit Golf Tournament on May 15 at Quail Ridge Golf Course to help fund the needs of the marching band program. The tournament which will cost $60 per player will be played as a fourperson captain’s choice superball with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Lunch is included and will be served following the tournament with prizes for the first-, second- and third-place teams as well as closest to the pin, longest drive, worst team, a 50-50 raffle and assorted door prizes. For more information, contact David and Charla Nance at (919) 776-5642.
SPORTS SCENE Lee Boosters holding golf tourney SANFORD — Lee County’s Athletic Boosters Club will host its annual Spring golf tournament on May 22 at Sanford Golf Course. The tournament, which costs $50 per person, will include parent/child and four-man superball formats. The parent/ child tournament will begin with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start while the superball event will begin with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Lunch will be served at noon and prizes will be awarded for the top teams in each flight as well as for longest drive and closest-to-the-pin. For more information, contact Mike Setzer at (919) 4993487.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Brandon Roy made a surprising return from knee surgery and scored 10 points, including a key 3-pointer in the fourth quarter, and the Portland Trail Blazers evened their playoff series with the Phoenix Suns at two games apiece with a 9687 victory on Saturday. LaMarcus Aldridge had 31 points and 11 rebounds for the Blazers, who unexpectedly activated Roy shortly before the game, eight days after he had arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee. Roy didn’t start and played a relatively quiet 26 minutes, but hit a 3pointer with 4:55 left that gave Portland a 85-79 lead and swung the momentum of a close game. Amare Stoudemire led the Suns with 26 points. The series returns to Phoenix on Monday. Roy wasn’t expected to play in any of it, with a recovery time of a week to two weeks. Yet he said he was feeling good not long after the surgery and wanted to try playing. Besides his surprise appearance, the Blazers shook up their lineup, starting second-year guard Jerryd Bayless rather than Rudy Fernandez. Roy was greeted with a hearty ovation during pregame warmups, and again when he came in the game with 4:06 left in the first quarter. His layup about a minute later put Portland ahead 20-19. After dropping the series opener 105-100 in Phoenix, the Suns cruised to a 119-90 home victory before beating the Blazers 108-89 in Portland to take the series lead going into Saturday’s game. The Suns in the previous two games had stymied Portland with the pick-and-roll, kicking the ball out to Jason Richardson, who had a career playoff-high 42 points in Game 3. The Blazers caught on in Game 4, limiting Richardson to 15 points. Steve Nash also had 15 points and eight assists. Roy’s injury was the latest to strike the unlucky Blazers this season. Nicolas Batum missed 45 games to start the season after shoulder surgery, centers Greg Oden and Joel Przybilla both had season-ending knee surgery, Fernandez had back problems, and former Blazer Travis Outlaw, later traded to the Clippers, was out for an extended period because of a foot injury.
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In this Jan. 3 file photo, Washington Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell throws a pass during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers in San Diego.
Flurry of unexpected trades highlight NFL Draft’s 3rd day NEW YORK (AP) — Time to draft and time to trade ... and trade ... and trade. NFL teams were almost as busy dealing veterans as they were making draft picks Saturday. Jason Campbell, LenDale White, Kirk Morrison, Leon Washington and Bryant McFadden all changed teams on the final day of the draft. With Donovan McNabb now in Washington, Campbell became expendable and was sent to Oakland for a fourth-round pick in 2012. Where that leaves JaMarcus Russell, the top overall pick of 2007 who has struggled with the Raiders, is anyone’s guess. The Tennessee Titans dealt White to Seattle, reuniting the running back with his college coach, Pete Carroll. Later, the Seahawks acquired another runner, versatile Leon Washington, from the Jets — who also released standout guard Alan Faneca. “Just a great one-two punch to add to our team,” Carroll said of the new runners, both of whom come with question marks. “We’re real excited about Leon Washington. Our guys loved him.” Washington missed half of 2009 with a severe leg injury. He recently re-signed with the Jets, for whom
he has starred as a kick returner, runner and receiver. “It’s a great opportunity,” he said. “I’m just excited.” The burly and bruising White helped Carroll win a national championship with the Trojans. But he lost his starting job to Chris Johnson and had problems being on time for meetings. “As far as LenDale falling out of favor, he practiced,” Titans coach Jeff Fisher said. “He was prepared to play. I think I can’t blame him for wanting to play more. That’s the kind of players you want on your roster. Considering the circumstances, he handled things. There were issues I don’t need to bring up. I thought he handled things reasonably well.” Oakland also sent starting middle linebacker Morrison to Jacksonville as the bartering got heavy in Round 4. “For me, it’s a new begin-
ning. I feel like I was drafted all over again,” Morrison said. Pittsburgh’s fifth-round deal brought back McFadden, who won a Super Bowl with the Steelers in 2008. Arizona drafted quarterback John Skelton of Fordham with the pick it received in the trade. The fourth round began with St. Louis further bolstering its anemic offense by taking wide receiver Mardy Gilyard, who once lost his scholarship at Cincinnati and even lived out of his car. When new Seahawks coach Carroll dealt for one of his mainstays at Southern California, getting White from the Titans for Seattle’s fourth-rounder and sixth-rounder, Seattle also received defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson. The Titans selected UCLA cornerback Alterraun Verner with the spot acquired in the deal.
NEW YORK (AP) — With just their third three-game winning streak since last May, the New York Mets got back to .500 for the first time since the opening week of the season. Jason Bay hit a tying double in the sixth inning, Jeff Francoeur doubled in the goahead run with a drive off the 415-foot sign in the seventh and the Mets finally got to Jair Jurrjens in a 3-1 victory over the reeling Atlanta Braves on Saturday. Mets shortstop Jose Reyes made a leaping backhand catch of pinch-hitter Brian McCann’s liner to end the eighth with two on. Francisco Rodriguez pitched the ninth for his third save in four chances.
Gonzalez homers, Padres win 8th CINCINNATI (AP) — Adrian Gonzalez homered for the second straight day, Wade LeBlanc pitched three-hit ball over six innings and the San Diego Padres won their eighth straight, 5-0 over the Cincinnati Reds. Will Venable also connected and Yorvit Torrealba added a two-run double to help send the Reds to their eighth loss in 10 games.
Martin’s RBI in 13th gives LA win WASHINGTON (AP) — Russell Martin lined a two-out RBI single off Miguel Batista in the 13th inning for his only hit in six at-bats, Casey Blake homered twice and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 to avoid what would have been their first three-game losing streak of 2010. Batista (0-2) entered in the 11th and retired the first two batters in the 13th. But Rafael Furcal singled, stole second and scored on
Martin’s hit to center on a full count.
Pettitte and Yanks beats Angels ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Andy Pettitte threw eight sharp innings, Robinson Cano had four hits, and Nick Swisher and No. 9 hitter Francisco Cervelli each drove in two runs for the New York Yankees in a 7-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Pettitte (3-0) allowed six hits, struck out eight and walked none. The two-time All-Star gave up his only run on Torii Hunter’s sacrifice fly in the sixth, after getting staked to a 6-0 lead. It was the left-hander’s 30th regularseason start against the Angels, the team he beat in the Yankees’ home opener with six scoreless innings on April 13.
Indians end skid against A’s OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mark Grudzielanek hit a tiebreaking RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning and Fausto Carmona had another stellar outing for the Cleveland Indians in a 6-1 win over the Oakland Athletics. Austin Kearns had three hits and three RBIs while Mike Redmond doubled and scored twice for Cleveland, which snapped a six-game losing streak to Oakland. It is only the Indians’ fourth win in their last 26 road games dating back to last season.
Rios hits Sox’s second straight winning HR CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Rios hit a game-ending tworun homer in the ninth after Paul Konerko homered, and the Chicago White Sox overcame a controversial call that led two runs in the in the top half of the inning to beat the Seattle Mariners 5-4.
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Blackhawks take 3-2 lead over Preds in series
CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Kane’s short-handed goal tied the game with 13.6 seconds left in regulation and Marian Hossa came out of the penalty box to score the winner 4:07 into overtime as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 5-4 on Saturday to take a 3-2 lead in the first-round series.
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The additions of Clausen and Pike not only add depth at the position, but they could push Moore for playing time sooner rather than later. “It certainly had nothing to do with Matt and Hunter” Cantwell, Hurney said Saturday after the draft. “You can’t say enough about how strongly we feel about those two guys. We just got into a draft where surprisingly ... we got to the second round and the sixth round where the board just dictated that, ’Hey, this is the pick. This is the best player to take.”’ Taking Clausen was the highlight of the weekend for the Panthers, who didn’t have a first-round pick yet saw a player many projected as a high firstrounder slide to them at No. 48. But the selection of Pike, who led Cincinnati to the Sugar Bowl last season, bucked tradition most. Consider, the Panthers had picked only two quarterbacks in eight drafts under Hurney and Fox: Fifth-rounder Randy Fasani out of Stanford in 2002 and fourth-rounder Stefan LeFors out of Louisville in 2005. Fasani threw 44 passes for the Panthers, while LeFors never even had an attempt. Moore is a former undrafted free agent with just eight career starts, though he led the Panthers to a 4-1 finish after taking over as the starter for an injured Jake Delhomme.
Chicago can advance in the Western Conference playoffs with a win at Nashville on Monday night. The Blackhawks blew a 3-1 lead, and the Predators went ahead 4-3 with two third-period goals by Martin Erat. With Nashville protecting its lead late and on a major power
Fox said drafting Clausen was “a slam dunk” once he slid, while Hurney said Pike was rated significantly higher by the Panthers than a sixthrounder. “I’m a firm believer that competition in positions brings the best out of guys,” Fox said, “and we’ve definitely got that going on. ... We’re just trying to improve our football team in areas where we think we need some depth and we need some competition.” Pike sounded excited by the opportunity to compete at a now-crowded spot. “Nothing’s ever given to you and as a quarterback, it’s not the most popular guy, but the guy that’s going to come in and work,” Pike said. “Whether it’s Matt Moore or Hunter Cantwell or Jimmy Clausen or myself, it’s going to be a good competition.” Carolina also addressed pressing needs at receiver by picking both LSU’s Brandon LaFell and Appalachian State’s Armanti Edwards in the third round, then grabbed Baylor’s David Gettis in the sixth. The Panthers are hoping the 6-foot-2 1/2, 206-pound LaFell, a big and physical receiver, can fill the No. 2 spot opposite Steve Smith and block downfield for running backs De’Angelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart. Edwards was a college quarterback who is a projected receiver and returner, while Hurney said Gettis (6-3, 217) has size and big-play ability.
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play created by Hossa’s boarding penalty against defenseman Dan Hamhuis, Kane backhanded in a rebound off a shot by Jonathan Toews to tie it with his third goal of the series. Although the Blackhawks were short-handed, they negated Nashville’s skating advantage by pulling goalie Antti Niemi.
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the fifth round by the San Diego Chargers, a team with serious Super Bowl aspirations this coming season, with the 146th selection overall. The 6-foot-4, 330pound rock of a nosetackle from North Carolina told Lee when the two talked not long after the announcement that he’ll report to the team on May 6. “He’s said all the right things, the things he’s supposed to say, but it’s still just Cam being Cam,” Lee says. “He really put it in perspective. He said that when he got the call, a door opened for him, and now anything’s possible. And now it’s time to go to work.” Lee said Thomas understands the odds he’s up against. Not every fifthrounder makes the team, even ones like Thomas who rank among the top of their class as a run-stopper. But Thomas knows all about long odds. He’s been over them with Lee before. “We never really talked about Sundays when Cam was in high school,” Lee says. “Look, I was a firsttime head coach. I didn’t really know what a Division-1 college player looked like, much less a professional athlete. “But we talked about football getting him to the next level so that he could get an education, and what he could do with that.” • Two years ago, Thomas
The Blackhawks killed the remaining 3:57 of Hossa’s penalty in overtime. The Predators are the only team in this year’s playoffs without a power-play goal. Their latest failure with the game on the line pushed the drought to 0 for 21 with the advantage. Hossa hit the ice after his penalty expired and put himself
came to see his coach one more time before Lee moved closer to his hometown in southern Illinois. It was a happy reunion, one that started when Thomas unfolded himself out of his $800 car. The truth is, Lee and Thomas have talked about a lot of things over the years, and well before Lee moved on to Southern Lee to build the Cavaliers program while Thomas battled through a coaching change in Chapel Hill to play in all 27 games his last two-plus seasons. As a lineman and a running back, Thomas starred under Lee at North Moore, though Lee likes to point out that it was really the other way around. Whatever. Southern Lee fans have a pretty good idea what Lee was about, moreso now that he’s gone. But none of that, really, had anything to do with why Lee felt like he had to be in New York to hear his former player’s name called. Lee can remember driving Thomas to his official visits to colleges. He can remember taking Thomas to the site of his ACT test. He can remember the same short-sleeved white shirt and clip-on tie that Thomas wore each and every time he needed to dress up. “This wasn’t a kid who had a lot of steaks in the freezer,” Lee says of Thomas’ upbringing. “To say he came from humble beginnings is an understatement. But he has an amazing mother and a great
in position to win the game. He got the puck on the left side of the net after a shot from teammate Brent Sopel appeared to deflect to him off the stick of Nashville’s Joel Ward. Hossa then slid a shot past goalie Pekka Rinne for his second career postseason overtime goal.
stepfather, and he was more fortunate than 90 percent of the kids out there because he had parents who kept him on the straight and narrow.” And Thomas has already talked about what he hopes to be able to do for his family now. “The financial door is open now, and he knows that,” Lee said. “It’s another door opening for him, one that he can open for his family.” • Another story stands out on this day for Lee. The summer of Thomas’ senior year at North Moore, there was talk of a playoff appearance in the fall. Thomas was being heavily recruited in his home state, and the word was out about the rising Mustangs. And so on the morning of North Moore’s first summer scrimmage, the team gathered at the school to board the buses to take them to the big-deal scrimmage at Catawba College. No Cam. And so they waited. And waited some more. And then Lee couldn’t
wait anymore. He drove to Thomas’ trailer, and found his star there. “Cam, what’s going on?” Lee recalls in telling the story. “We’ve got to go.” “I can’t, Coach,” came the reply. “You can’t?” “Mom says I can’t go anywhere this weekend.” “Geez, Cam, what did you do?” “I didn’t clean my room. Mom says I can’t doing anything this weekend. I was supposed to clean my room.” And so Lee left — without Cam Thomas. “His mom had said no,” Lee recalls now, “and nobody changes her mind.” On Saturday, perhaps because of all the times his mother or stepfather said no, the NFL said yes to Cam Thomas. And Lee made sure he heard them say it. Alex Podlogar is The Herald’s sports editor. Reach him at alexp@sanfordherald.com and at (919) 718-1222. Read his blog at designatedhitter.wordpress. com
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MLB Standings New York Tampa Bay Toronto Boston Baltimore
W 12 12 10 7 2
L 5 5 7 10 15
Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago Kansas City
W 12 9 8 7 6
L 5 8 9 11 10
Oakland Seattle Los Angeles Texas
W 11 9 9 7
L 8 9 10 9
Philadelphia Florida New York Washington Atlanta
W 10 10 9 9 8
L 6 7 9 9 9
St. Louis Milwaukee Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Houston
W 10 8 7 7 7 6
L 6 8 9 10 11 10
San Diego San Francisco Colorado Los Angeles Arizona
W 11 9 8 8 7
L 6 7 9 9 9
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AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division Pct GB WCGB .706 — — .706 — — .588 2 2 .412 5 5 .118 10 10 Central Division Pct GB WCGB .706 — — .529 3 3 .471 4 4 1 .389 5 ⁄2 51⁄2 .375 51⁄2 51⁄2 West Division Pct GB WCGB .579 — — 1 .500 1 ⁄2 31⁄2 .474 2 4 .438 21⁄2 41⁄2 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division Pct GB WCGB .625 — — 1 .588 ⁄2 — .500 2 11⁄2 .500 2 11⁄2 .471 21⁄2 2 Central Division Pct GB WCGB .625 — — .500 2 11⁄2 .438 3 21⁄2 .412 31⁄2 3 .389 4 31⁄2 .375 4 31⁄2 West Division Pct GB WCGB .647 — — 1 1 .563 1 ⁄2 ⁄2 .471 3 2 .471 3 2 .438 31⁄2 21⁄2
AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday’s Games Boston 4, Baltimore 3 Toronto 6, Tampa Bay 5 Texas 5, Detroit 4 Minnesota 8, Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox 7, Seattle 6 Oakland 10, Cleveland 0 L.A. Angels 6, N.Y. Yankees 4 Saturday’s Games Cleveland 6, Oakland 1 N.Y. Yankees 7, L.A. Angels 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Seattle 4 Toronto at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Baltimore (D.Hernandez 0-3) at Boston (Wakefield 0-1), 1:35 p.m. Toronto (Morrow 1-1) at Tampa Bay (Price 2-1), 1:40 p.m. Seattle (J.Vargas 2-1) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 2-0), 2:05 p.m. Minnesota (Slowey 2-1) at Kansas City (Bannister 0-1), 2:10 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 1-1) at Texas (C.Lewis 2-0), 3:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 1-2) at L.A. Angels (Kazmir 1-1), 3:35 p.m. Cleveland (Masterson 0-2) at Oakland (G.Gonzalez 1-1), 4:05 p.m. Monday’s Games Boston at Toronto, 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. ——— NATIONAL LEAGUE Friday’s Games Washington 5, L.A. Dodgers 1 N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 2
RACING L10 7-3 8-2 5-5 4-6 1-9
Str W-1 L-1 W-1 W-1 L-4
Home 5-1 3-4 4-6 4-7 0-6
Away 7-4 9-1 6-1 3-3 2-9
L10 7-3 4-6 6-4 4-6 4-6
Str W-1 L-1 W-1 W-2 L-1
Home 6-3 4-2 4-2 5-6 2-5
Away 6-2 5-6 4-7 2-5 4-5
L10 5-5 7-3 6-4 4-6
Str L-1 L-2 L-1 W-2
Home 8-5 7-2 5-8 4-3
Away 3-3 2-7 4-2 3-6
L10 5-5 6-4 7-3 6-4 5-5
Str L-1 W-2 W-3 L-1 L-4
Home 3-3 4-3 7-5 6-6 5-4
Away 7-3 6-4 2-4 3-3 3-5
L10 6-4 5-5 4-6 4-6 2-8 6-4
Str L-1 L-1 L-4 W-1 L-2 W-1
Home 4-2 3-4 5-4 3-3 5-6 3-7
Away 6-4 5-4 2-5 4-7 2-5 3-3
L10 8-2 4-6 4-6 5-5 3-7
Str W-8 W-1 L-1 W-1 W-1
Home 7-2 5-2 4-3 4-2 6-4
Away 4-4 4-5 4-6 4-7 1-5
San Diego 10, Cincinnati 4 Houston 4, Pittsburgh 3 Chicago Cubs 8, Milwaukee 1 Florida at Colorado, ppd., rain Arizona 7, Philadelphia 4 San Francisco 4, St. Louis 1 Saturday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 4, Washington 3, 13 innings N.Y. Mets 3, Atlanta 1 San Diego 5, Cincinnati 0 Florida 4, Colorado 1, 1st game Pittsburgh at Houston, 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Arizona, 8:10 p.m. Florida at Colorado, 8:35 p.m., 2nd game St. Louis at San Francisco, 9:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games San Diego (Richard 0-2) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 0-1), 1:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 1-0) at Washington (Olsen 0-1), 1:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 0-3) at Houston (Myers 0-1), 2:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 1-0) at Milwaukee (Bush 1-0), 2:10 p.m. St. Louis (Penny 2-0) at San Francisco (Cain 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-0) at Arizona (R.Lopez 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Florida (Volstad 1-1) at Colorado (De La Rosa 2-1), 5:05 p.m. Atlanta (Hanson 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 3-0), 8:05 p.m. Monday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at Florida, 7:10 p.m. Washington at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Atlanta at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Philadelphia at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
Weekend Sports on TV Sunday, April 25 AUTO RACING Noon FOX — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Aaron’s 499, at Talladega, Ala. COLLEGE SOFTBALL 3 p.m. ESPN — Missouri at Texas A&M GOLF 9:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Ballantine’s Championship, final round, at Jeju Island, South Korea (same-day tape) 1 p.m. CBS — Champions Tour, Legends of Golf, final round, at Savannah, Ga. TGC — PGA Tour, Zurich Classic of New Orleans, final round 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, Zurich Classic of New Orleans, final round 7 p.m.
TGC — Nationwide Tour, South Georgia Classic, final round, at Valdosta, Ga. (same-day tape) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2 p.m. TBS — Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee WGN — Seattle at Chicago White Sox 8 p.m. ESPN — Atlanta at N.Y. Mets MOTORSPORTS 3 p.m. SPEED — FIM World Superbike, at Assen, Netherlands (same-day tape) NBA BASKETBALL 1 p.m. ABC — Playoffs, first round, game 4, Boston at Miami 3 p.m. ABC — Playoffs, first round, game 4, Cleveland at Chicago 7 p.m. TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 4, Dallas at San Antonio
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walk-on was pleased with his performance. He’d like to have a few passes back, though. “There are a few throws that I would like to have back and a few situations where I should have seen a blitz coming,” said Imhoff. “There were times where I should have gotten rid of the ball earlier to avoid a sack. I still have a lot that I need to improve on for the rest of the offseason. I am pretty pleased overall with the way things went.” Imhoff just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity that he was given. Under offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Dana Bible, Imhoff learned about the importance of “staying in the now.” “Going into the spring game, I knew I could execute our offense,” said Imhoff. “Coach Bible has taught me a lot about ‘staying in the now.’ It means to know the protection, having a planned presnap, knowing the coverage and getting my eyes in the right spot. I was probably ‘in the now’ for about 50-60 percent of the plays we ran. So, I’d like to improve on that percentage.” Imhoff and Stoner, a senior wide receiver who did see action in the spring game but didn’t have a catch, played for the Yellow Jackets under former Lee County head coach Jody Stouffer. In 2005, they
9:30 p.m. TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 4, Denver at Utah NHL HOCKEY 2 p.m. NBC — Playoffs, Western Conference, quarterfinals, game 6, Phoenix at Detroit (if necessary) 7 p.m. VERSUS — Playoffs, game 6, teams TBD (if necessary) 10 p.m. VERSUS — Playoffs, Western Conference, quarterfinals, game 6, Vancouver at Los Angeles (if necessary) RODEO 4 p.m. VERSUS — PBR, Nile Invitational, at Billings, Mont. SOCCER 1 p.m. ESPN2 — Spanish Primera Division, teams TBA
helped lead the Yellow Jackets to the East regional semifinals. Imhoff says there are two main things that he learned from his days at Lee County that he brought with him to N.C. State when he arrived to the campus in the fall of 2007. “I learned the importance of hard work and dedication,” said Imhoff. “With those two qualities, I’ve been able to maintain a 3.0 GPA and I’ve earned a spot on the varsity football team.” The dedication learned under Stouffer really helped Imhoff strive during this offseason as well. With Wilson playing baseball this spring, Imhoff knew that he would get a lot reps during spring practices. One day, he was approached by his father, who offered a unique challenge to the current third-string quarterback. “My dad asked me if I was really going to dedicate myself to being successful or if I was just going to through the motions and simply be happy to be there,” said Imhoff. “Throughout our winter conditioning and spring practices, this challenge was in the back of my mind and I really pushed myself. The success that I’ve had is certainly a credit to hard work and determination.” Imhoff’s determination throughout conditioning and spring practices helped him earn an extra sense of trust among the coaching staff and his teammates. “That’s been a great plus,” said
NASCAR-Sprint Cup-Aaron’s 499 Lineup By The Associated Press After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday At Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, Ala. Lap length: 2.66 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, owner points. 2. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, owner points. 3. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, owner points. 4. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, owner points. 5. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, owner points. 6. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, owner points. 7. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, owner points. 8. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, owner points. 9. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, owner points. 10. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, owner points. 11. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, owner points. 12. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, owner points. 13. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, owner points. 14. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, owner points. 15. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, owner points. 16. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, owner points. 17. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, owner points. 18. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, owner points. 19. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, owner points. 20. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, owner points. 21. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, owner points. 22. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, owner points. 23. (43) AJ Allmendinger, Ford, owner points. 24. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, owner points. 25. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, owner points. 26. (6) David Ragan, Ford, owner points. 27. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, owner points. 28. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, owner points. 29. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, owner points. 30. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, owner points. 31. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, owner points. 32. (71) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, owner points. 33. (38) Kevin Conway, Ford, owner points. 34. (34) Travis Kvapil, Ford, owner points. 35. (37) Robert Richardson Jr., Ford, owner points. 36. (26) David Stremme, Ford, 2009 owner winner. 37. (09) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 2009 owner winner. 38. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, attempts. 39. (36) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, attempts. 40. (13) Max Papis, Toyota, attempts. 41. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, attempts. 42. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, attempts. 43. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, attempts. Failed to Qualify 44. (46) Terry Cook, Dodge. 45. (35) Aric Almirola, Chevrolet.
BASKETBALL NBA Boxscore MAGIC 90, BOBCATS 86 ORLANDO (90) Barnes 2-7 2-2 7, Lewis 4-11 4-4 14, Howard 4-7 5-10 13, Nelson 12-21 3-3 32, Carter 4-11 2-2 10, Gortat 1-1 3-4 5, Anderson 2-5 0-0 5, Pietrus 0-3 0-0 0, Redick 2-4 0-0 4, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Bass 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-70 19-25 90. CHARLOTTE (86) Wallace 4-12 3-6 13, Diaw 3-5 0-0 6, Ratliff 1-1 0-0 2, Felton 5-14 3-3 13, Jackson 6-18 6-7 19, Mohammed 3-6 0-0 6, Thomas 3-6 2-2 8, Augustin 1-6 3-3 5, Hughes 5-6 2-2 14, Chandler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-74 19-23 86. Orlando 29 12 25 24—90 Charlotte 27 19 20 20—86 3-Point Goals—Orlando 9-30 (Nelson 5-9, Lewis 2-7, Barnes 1-2, Anderson 1-3, Redick 0-2, Pietrus 0-3, Carter 0-4), Charlotte 5-23 (Hughes 2-3, Wallace 2-4, Jackson 1-7, Diaw 0-2, Augustin 0-3, Felton 0-4). Fouled Out—Howard. Rebounds—Orlando 51 (Howard, Gortat 8), Charlotte 41 (Wallace 8). Assists—Orlando 14 (Lewis, Nelson, Barnes, Howard 3), Charlotte 17 (Felton, Diaw 6). Total Fouls—Orlando 25, Charlotte 27. Technicals—Barnes, Gortat, Howard, Chandler. A—19,596 (19,077).
NBA Playoff Glance By The Associated Press All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 2, Chicago 1
Imhoff. “Before the game, Audie Cle and Nate Irving came up to me and told me to go do my thing and lead us to victory out there. Knowing that they had confidence in me gave me even more confidence going into the game.” Early in the game, running backs coach Jason Swepson, who coached the Red team, called some short passing plays for Imhoff to get his confidence going early on. “It helped me get some early completions and allowed me to roll out of the pocket to get my feet moving and let all the jitters out,” said Imhoff. “I have confidence in all of our receivers. I know that all of them are capable of making great plays. There were a few throws I’d like to have back, but that can be said by any quarterback.” Imhoff made the varsity roster in February 2009 and saw limited action in the 2009 spring game, participating in just two offensive series. “This experience was unbelievable,” said Imhoff. “To have the opportunity to compete in front of 26,000 fans at the highest level college football for one of the best programs in the nation really is a dream come true. I’ve been truly blessed with my opportunities and I’m doing my best to take advantage of all of them.” With the two offenses combining for a total of 847 yards and the defensive secondary combining to intercept three passes, Imhoff
Saturday, April 17: Cleveland 96, Chicago 83 Monday, April 19: Cleveland 112, Chicago 102 Thursday, April 22: Chicago 108, Cleveland 106 Sunday, April 25: Cleveland at Chicago, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 27: Chicago at Cleveland, 7, 8 or 8:30 p.m. x-Thursday, April 29: Cleveland at Chicago, TBA x-Saturday, May 1: Chicago at Cleveland, TBA Orlando 3, Charlotte 0 Sunday, April 18: Orlando 98, Charlotte 89 Wednesday, April 21: Orlando 92, Charlotte 77 Saturday, April 24: Orlando 90, Charlotte 86 Monday, April 26: Orlando at Charlotte, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Charlotte at Orlando, 8 p.m. x-Friday, April 30: Orlando at Charlotte, TBA x-Sunday, May 2: Charlotte at Orlando, TBA Atlanta 2, Milwaukee 0 Saturday, April 17: Atlanta 102, Milwaukee 92 Tuesday, April 20: Atlanta 96, Milwaukee 86 Saturday, April 24: Atlanta at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Monday, April 26: Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:30 or 8 p.m. x-Friday, April 30: Atlanta at Milwaukee, TBA x-Sunday, May 2: Milwaukee at Atlanta, TBA Boston 3, Miami 0 Saturday, April 17: Boston 85, Miami 76 Tuesday, April 20: Boston 106, Miami 77 Friday, April 23: Boston 100, Miami 98 Sunday, April 25: Boston at Miami, 1 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 27: Miami at Boston, 6, 7 or 8 p.m. x-Thursday, April 29: Boston at Miami, TBA x-Saturday, May 1: Miami at Boston, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Lakers 2, Oklahoma City 1 Sunday, April 18: L.A. Lakers 87, Oklahoma City 79 Tuesday, April 20: L.A. Lakers 95, Oklahoma City 92 Thursday, April 22: Oklahoma City 101, L.A. Lakers 96 Saturday, April 24: L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 27: Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 9 or 10:30 p.m. x-Friday, April 30: L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, TBA x-Sunday, May 2: Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, TBA San Antonio 2, Dallas 1 Sunday, April 18: Dallas 100, San Antonio 94 Wednesday, April 21: San Antonio 102, Dallas 88 Friday, April 23: San Antonio 94, Dallas 90 Sunday, April 25: Dallas at San Antonio, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 27: San Antonio at Dallas, 8, 8:30 or 9:30 p.m. x-Thursday, April 29: Dallas at San Antonio, TBA x-Saturday, May 1: San Antonio at Dallas, TBA Phoenix 2, Portland 2 Sunday, April 18: Portland 105, Phoenix 100 Tuesday, April 20: Phoenix 119, Portland 90 Thursday, April 22: Phoenix 108, Portland 89 Saturday, April 24: Portland 96, Phoenix 87 Monday, April 26: Portland at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29: Phoenix at Portland, TBA x-Saturday, May 1: Portland at Phoenix, TBA Utah 2, Denver 1 Saturday, April 17: Denver 126, Utah 113 Monday, April 19: Utah 114, Denver 111 Friday, April 23: Utah 105, Denver 93 Sunday, April 25: Denver at Utah, 9:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Utah at Denver, 9 or 10:30 p.m. x-Friday, April 30: Denver at Utah, TBA x-Sunday, May 2: Utah at Denver, TBA
HOCKEY NHL Playoff Glance By The Associated Press All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Washington 3, Montreal 2 Thursday, April 15: Montreal 3, Washington 2, OT Saturday, April 17: Washington 6, Montreal 5, OT Monday, April 19: Washington 5, Montreal 1 Wednesday, April 21: Washington 6, Montreal 3 Friday, April 23: Montreal 2, Washington 1
thinks that the 2010 Wolfpack will improve from 2009’s squad that finished 5-7. “I thought that the physicality and focus in our spring practices and scrimmages was elevated from last year’s, and I feel like the younger players are gaining confidence every single day. I think that if we can carry this momentum into summer workouts and our fall camp, I would definitely expect an improved 2010 season.” On the other side of the ball, Wolfpack backup quarterback Mike Glennon led the White team by going 21-of-38 passing for 423 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. Glennon, a redshirt sophomore, is expected to be the future at quarterback after Wilson, a rising redshirt junior, graduates. “Both Mike and Russ are great quarterbacks, but they’re even better leaders,” said Imhoff. “I feel confident that both of them can give us a great chance to win.” As far as Imhoff is concerned, he’s going to continue to improve as a quarterback during the offseason as he tries to work his way up the Wolfpack depth chart. In the meantime, he’s going to listen to everything his coaches say and will just wait for his name to be called. “I’m just trying to show the coaching staff that I’m a capable option for them and that I’ll do whatever it is they need me to do. I’m just thrilled to have the opportunity.”
Monday, April 26: Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Montreal at Washington, TBA Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 1 Wednesday, April 14: Philadelphia 2, New Jersey 1 Friday, April 16: New Jersey 5, Philadelphia 3 Sunday, April 18: Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 2, OT Tuesday, April 20: Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 1 Thursday, April 22: Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 0 Boston 3, Buffalo 2 Thursday, April 15: Buffalo 2, Boston 1 Saturday, April 17: Boston 5, Buffalo 3 Monday, April 19: Boston 2, Buffalo 1 Wednesday, April 21: Boston 3, Buffalo 2, 2OT Friday, April 23: Buffalo 4, Boston 1 Monday, April 26: Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh 3, Ottawa 2 Wednesday, April 14: Ottawa 5, Pittsburgh 4 Friday, April 16: Pittsburgh 2, Ottawa 1 Sunday, April 18: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 2 Tuesday, April 20: Pittsburgh 7, Ottawa 4 Thursday, April 22: Ottawa 4, Pittsburgh 3, 3OT Saturday, April 24: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 27: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE San Jose 3, Colorado 2 Wednesday, April 14: Colorado 2, San Jose 1 Friday, April 16: San Jose 6, Colorado 5, OT Sunday, April 18: Colorado 1, San Jose 0, OT Tuesday, April 20: San Jose 2, Colorado 1, OT Thursday, April 22: San Jose 5, Colorado 0 Saturday, April 24: San Jose at Colorado, 10 p.m. x-Monday, April 26: Colorado at San Jose, TBA Chicago 3, Nashville 2 Friday, April 16: Nashville 4, Chicago 1 Sunday, April 18: Chicago 2, Nashville 0 Tuesday, April 20: Nashville 4, Chicago 1 Thursday, April 22: Chicago 3, Nashville 0 Saturday, April 24: Chicago 5, Nashville 4, OT Monday, April 26: Chicago at Nashville, 9 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Nashville at Chicago, TBA Vancouver 3, Los Angeles 2 Thursday, April 15: Vancouver 3, Los Angeles 2, OT Saturday, April 17: Los Angeles 3, Vancouver 2, OT Monday, April 19: Los Angeles 5, Vancouver 3 Wednesday, April 21: Vancouver 6, Los Angeles 4 Friday, April 23: Vancouver 7, Los Angeles 2 Sunday, April 25: Vancouver at Los Angeles, 9 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 27: Los Angeles at Vancouver, TBA Detroit 3, Phoenix 2 Wednesday, April 14: Phoenix 3, Detroit 2 Friday, April 16: Detroit 7, Phoenix 4 Sunday, April 18: Phoenix 4, Detroit 2 Tuesday, April 20: Detroit 3, Phoenix 0 Friday, April 23: Detroit 4, Phoenix 1 Sunday, April 25: Phoenix at Detroit, 2 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 27: Detroit at Phoenix, TBA
GOLF Zurich Classic of New Orleans Scores By The Associated Press Saturday At TPC Louisiana Avondale, La. Purse: $6.4 million Yardage: 7,399; Par: 72 Second Round Jason Bohn 65-67 — 132 -12 John Senden 67-69 — 136 -8 Jeff Overton 67-69 — 136 -8 Lee Janzen 71-66 — 137 -7 Alex Cejka 70-67 — 137 -7 Brian Davis 71-66 — 137 -7 Greg Owen 67-70 — 137 -7 Shaun Micheel 70-67 — 137 -7 Greg Chalmers 70-68 — 138 -6 Jarrod Lyle 70-68 — 138 -6 David Toms 69-69 — 138 -6 Chris Couch 67-71 — 138 -6 Troy Merritt 68-70 — 138 -6 Chris Riley 73-66 — 139 -5 Aron Price 69-70 — 139 -5 Brenden Pappas 71-68 — 139 -5 Stuart Appleby 72-67 — 139 -5 Cameron Tringale 69-70 — 139 -5 Kevin Stadler 70-70 — 140 -4 Kevin Sutherland 68-72 — 140 -4 Boo Weekley 70-70 — 140 -4 Andres Romero 72-68 — 140 -4 K.J. Choi 68-72 — 140 -4 Michael Letzig 72-68 — 140 -4 Garrett Willis 71-69 — 140 -4 David Duval 68-72 — 140 -4
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two free throws with 12 seconds left to put it away. The defending Eastern Conference champions can clinch a spot in the second round with a win in Game 4 on Monday. “I think this is a big test for me, learning how to keep my composure in tough situations,” said Howard, who has played in only 83 of 144 minutes in the series because of chronic foul trouble. “Things may not go my way, but we’re playing for something bigger.” Stephen Jackson scored 19 points, but was 6 of 18 from the field and missed a key 3-pointer in the final minute for the cold-shooting Bobcats. Charlotte hadn’t hosted a playoff game since the Hornets’ last year here in 2002, and towel-waving, white T-shirt-clad fans arrived early for the team’s milestone moment. But even with excited owner Michael Jordan squirming in his seat and relaying pointers to players from the end of Charlotte’s bench, the 6-year-old Bobcats wilted in a tight fourth.
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6B / Sunday, April 25, 2010 / The Sanford Herald DEAR ABBY
BRIDGE HAND
Man’s search for father yields more questions than answers
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Happy Birthday: You can have it all if you play your cards right this year. Set your mind on your destination and go full tilt. A professional option that appears uncertain will be to your benefit. There is no looking back, just forward -so embrace the future with optimism, integrity, experience and wisdom. Your numbers are 7, 16, 19, 24, 33, 39, 46 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Go the distance and further when trying to impress someone. It’s the detail and little extras that will make you stand out from the competition. Challenges will help ease your stress and enable you to show how well you work under pressure. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Organize your game plan and strategy so you can present and promote. You will gather valuable information if you attend a seminar or discuss your plans with someone who has the experience you lack. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t let mixed emotions lead to a mistake. If you don’t do the fact-finding first, you will be heading into unknown territory that is likely to lead to uncertainty and a change of plans. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Open your doors to friends, neighbors and relatives. You can make some upgrades to your home or get involved in an investment that can improve your living standards. Opportunity is present if you take advantage of the current economic climate. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may be tempted to go away or get involved in an unusual practice group that interests you. Before doing so, make sure you don’t disrupt your personal and home life. Expect an argument if your path threatens someone who loves and cares about you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t sell yourself short when you have so much to offer. A plan to invest will pay off.
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Someone from your past will bring about a change that allows you to follow a dream. A partnership will help you surpass your goals. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep your emotions in check, especially if you are having personal problems with someone you love. Offer a suggestion, not cash, if someone asks for your help. Anything short of equality will lead to a problem. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Risks are not for you but, calculating your position and acting with knowledge and experience will pay off. An unusual opportunity to step into a better position financially is apparent. Added responsibility should lead to better prospects. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Trying to be something you are not or taking something that does not belong to you will lead to a personal problem. You may come out ahead financially but the emotional and personal cost will not be worth it. Think ahead, not just in the moment. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Your stamina, insight and ability to get things done will enable you to move mountains. Focus on home, family and investments that can make your life better and your relationships solid. Love and romance should be scheduled in. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): Don’t give up on someone or something you believe in. The uncertainty you feel about your own direction should not interfere with what you do with the people you care about most. Separate the past from the present. Listen and act on the good advice being offered. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Someone who has ulterior motives may fool you if you don’t question what everyone is doing and why. Set the rules, especially where personal matters are concerned, and you’ll have no regrets. Don’t let love lead you in the wrong direction.
DEAR ABBY: My biological father left soon after I was born. Mom spent her life in orphanages and foster homes, so she knows nothing about her ancestry, genetics or family information. I was always curious about where I came from, so finally, at the age of 26, I decided to do something about it. Mom had always told me about “Donny,” who she said was my father. I was able to track him down and made contact. At first he denied knowing Mom, then he changed his story. Because he was married and had a family, the matter was dropped. Four years passed and I contacted Donny again. This time, I offered to meet him on his terms to take a paternity test. He called my mother a liar and said she had been promiscuous. It made me angry because Mom was open with me about him and we have always had a close relationship. The paternity test came back and -- guess what? Donny is not my father! I feel like a fool for pursuing him for nothing. Mom acted surprised and now refuses to talk about it. I want to know my background, and it’s eating away at me that I was told Donny was a deadbeat father and I was lied to for so long. Am I doomed to never know my ancestry? — MAN WITH NO PAST DEAR MAN WITH NO PAST: That’s a possibility, and for that
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you have my sympathy. When someone clams up the way your mother has, it may be because the person is too ashamed to admit the truth — which may be that she does not know who fathered you. There may be reasons why your mother behaved the way she did, having grown up not knowing who her parents were and in a series of foster homes. She may have simply been looking for someone to love her. One thing is certain, however. She raised you to be the man you are today and did the best she could, so please try to forgive her for the deception. o DEAR ABBY: I am in my mid30s, blond, blue-eyed, tall and slender. I am health-conscious and physically active. I have had a seven-year marriage and a relationship that lasted for four — but for the last five years I have been unattached. It took me a while
to get used to being alone, but I have realized something that everyone needs to know: Being single can be very satisfying I clean my house; it stays clean. I have no extra dishes or laundry to do. There’s no toothpaste left in the sink. The toilet seat stays down. I can relax in front of the fireplace because no one is trying to get my attention. My checkbook is always balanced, with no surprises. I can go to bed at night and sleep without having to spend half the night explaining why I’m not “in the mood.” I wake up refreshed in the morning without having to share someone else’s challenges. I’m free to come and go as I please without the burden of anyone else’s expectations. And, if I’m feeling social, I can get together with a male or female friend and go out and have a good time. Please reassure your single readers that it’s OK to be single, and not to allow their well-meaning friends, family or society to try to convince them they “need” to be in a relationship. If they’re happily single, as am I, they can remain that way and life will be just fine if they let it be. For me, it’s the only way to be. — HAPPILY SINGLE IN SEATTLE DEAR HAPPILY SINGLE: I have often said it is better to be alone than to wish you were. I have also said that there are worse things than being alone, and evidently you have experienced them.
ODDS AND ENDS Lovers’ quarrel plays out on sandwich board in NYC NEW YORK (AP) — A lovers’ private quarrel has played itself out in a very public way — with the man begging forgiveness by wearing a sandwich board on a Manhattan square. Jeff Ragsdale and Megan Brady had dated for a half year, until he got scared she’d leave him and told her she was “a lying, untrustworthy person.” His 29-year-old girlfriend stopped returning his calls. So on Thursday, the 32-year-old computer consultant planted himself near her office in Madison Square Park. On the sandwich board, he wrote, “I was verbally abusive. I’m sorry, Megan.” He repeated the spectacle Friday, hoping her colleagues would see him and tell her. Finally, one did. She tells The New York Times she was touched by his willingness to humiliate himself. They planned to meet again.
Fake mop top finds cops at San Diego TV appearance SAN DIEGO (AP) — It’s going to be a hard day’s night in jail for a Beatles impersonator after police arrested him on an old warrant outside an appearance on a San Diego morning news show. Carlsbad police Lt. Marc Reno says Theodore “Ted” Felicetti was arrested Friday on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear on a drunken driving charge in December, 2008. Felicetti plays Paul McCartney in the Beatles tribute
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MY ANSWER band “Help!”. Investigators received tips that Felicetti played in the band, then learned on the group’s Facebook page that they would be appearing on the morning news show. Station’s news director Rich Goldner says two officers let Felicetti finish the performance of “I Am the Walrus,” then arrested him outside the studio. Felicetti is being held on $130,000 bail.
Video shows dog leading Alaska troopers to fire ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A dashcam video from the Alaska State Troopers shows a dog leading them through winding back roads to a blazing fire at his owners’ property. The video on the troopers’ website shows the German shepherd running to meet the trooper’s vehicle, then racing to the house on Caswell Lakes on April 4. Troopers say Buddy and his owner, 23-year-old Ben Heinrichs, were in the family workshop when a heater ignited chemicals. Heinrichs told Buddy: “We need to get help.” The dog eventually found a trooper responding to a call about the fire. The State Troopers are presenting a special award Friday to the dog. Buddy will receive an engraved silver-plated dog bowl in Anchorage. Heinrichs suffered minor flash burns on his face. The workshop was destroyed, but only some window trim on the house was damaged.
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Depression treatment doesn’t show a lack of faith Q: I don’t understand what’s happening to my wife. She seems to have lost any joy for living, and some days she almost can’t get out of bed. Her doctor says she needs to go on an anti-depressant medicine, but some friends say we just need more faith. She wants me to make the decision, but I don’t know what to do. -- K.S. A: I’m thankful for your concern for your wife, and I hope you’ll do everything you can to help her. After all, if you were in her position I’m sure you’d look to her for help -- just as she’s looking to you. The Bible says to husbands, “Each one of you... must love his wife as he loves himself” (Ephesians 5:33). I’m not a psychologist or psychiatrist, of course, but your wife certainly seems to be suffering from depression (as her doctor says). Sometimes depression has a spiritual cause; King David, for example, was depressed after he secretly committed adultery -- and his depression didn’t lift until he confessed his sin and sought God’s forgiveness (see Psalm 32). But often depression has other causes, such as biochemical imbalances in our bodies. Your doctor apparently suspects this is the case with your wife. Our brains are incredibly complex, and when something gets out of balance it can affect the way we think and look at the world. Often this can be corrected with proper medication.
Lifestyles
The Sanford Herald / Sunday, April 25, 2010 / 7B
PARENTING
Doctor, health care pals start child obesity pilot
Development; 500 families their time. The founders are called to see if they could donating their time as well. Apart from cost, another get one of the 120 spots. EAGLE, Idaho — It was Mary Savoye, a dietitian obstacle to effective treaton their morning runs that who is medical director ment is the busy schedules a pediatrician, dietitian, of kids, said Gaddis. While of Yale University’s Bright physical therapist and exBodies obesity treatment food and video games take ercise therapist thought up their share of the blame program, said insurers a way to tackle childhood for obesity, Gaddis said hesitate because many obesity. she was also startled by childhood obesity proThey decided to blend how many families in the grams haven’t yet pubtheir specialties into a lished results showing that program have told her free pilot program involvtheir kids’ involvement in they make a significant ing the whole family to organized sports forced difference. The programs help children ages 6 to 16. also require long term, them to stop for fast food The friends wanted to get at dinnertime. repeated visits to care beyond old methods of providers. “Time seems to be the doctors advising kids to “You may have to go largest barrier in our culture AP Photo miraculously cut calories to change, in terms of with a program for a year,” Sue Peterson, coordinator of the Boise-based Youth Engaged in Activities for Health, and increase exercise to said Savoye. “It hasn’t been incorporating exercise into or YEah!, measures 8-year-old Emily Chick of Boise at the Treasure Valley Pediatrics in an easy situation for the lose weight. our daily life and changEagle, ID. Peterson, a nurse, and a team of other health professionals have started a The old way doesn’t ing our eating habits,” said insurance companies.” collaborative program to help families live a more healthy life. work, say care providers Gaddis and her partners Gaddis. “People are on the who have watched the Through YEah!, which “Just telling the patient’s a multi-pronged approach,” started YEah! with a $50,000 go with all these extra afterchildhood obesity rate rise school activities, so there is grant from PacificSource, a is in its seventh month, family to eat an apple, said Denise Wilfley, a speto 17 percent nationwide. not-for-profi t health insurnot time to cook a healthy families visit a grocery that’s not going to make cialist on childhood obesity “As a pediatrician I’m dinner at home. I have been store with Beeson to learn them do that,” said pediawho teaches psychiatry and ance company, and with constantly frustrated with, help from their own emsurprised at how significant economical and healthy trician Victoria Rogers, who medicine at the Washing’How can I help these ployers, who are donating that issue is.” cooking ideas. Beeson directs a childhood obesity ton University School of kids?”’ said Mindy Gaddis, directs them to the perim- prevention program at the Medicine in St. Louis. “They one of the running partners. eter of the store, saying Maine Medical Center in work to change behaviors at “I really cannot do this by that’s where the healthy Portland. multiple levels.” myself.” foods are found. And she Kids in the YEah! But most insurers don’t Gaddis teamed with recommends filling the program exercise together cover obesity treatment, dietitian Stacy Beeson, cart at least one-third with with Covey once a week at so pilots like YEah! need to physical therapist Sima things that don’t need a YMCA. The families stay find continuing grants or Tavazoie and exercise spelabels, such as fruits and in touch with Gaddis and other funding. cialist Maria Covey to create vegetables. coordinator Sue Peterson, Wilfley said she’s hopeYouth Engaged in Activities “Foods high in sugar a nurse, through meetings ful Michelle Obama’s Per Garment for Health, or YEah! and fat almost always cost and phone calls to discuss new focus on childhood It’s “more of a cooperamore,” Beeson said. goals and lifestyle changes. obesity, and the health tive effort, instead of a more A social worker counsels Programs like YEah! that care overhaul will direct traditional medical model families on reasons why involve families have been more money to obesity where I give advice and children overeat — such popping up around the prevention. Her childexpect them to take my as boredom or for comfort country. hood obesity program is advice,” Gaddis said. “Let’s — and advises parents on “The programs that have supported by a grant from identify together what the “If you don’t know furs, know your furrier” helpful ways to talk to kids shown the most robust efthe National Institute of barriers are to change.” about their weight. fect are programs that have Child Health and Human A Name Trusted for Over 60 Years
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Obama’s point man tough, but low-key By NANCY BENAC Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON — White House counsel Bob Bauer, President Barack Obama’s point man in the search for a new Supreme Court justice, manages to get credit both for an even temperament and his finesse with a sledge hammer. The combination is evident in one of Bauer’s favorite memories from the 2008 presidential primaries, when Obama campaign aides worried that opposing forces were trying to depress voter turnout. Bauer, the campaign’s top lawyer, confidently reassured staffers that he’d have anyone engaged in such conduct arrested. It was a morale-boosting bit of bluster that campaign workers quickly turned into a T-shirt that had “I (heart) Bauer” on the front and his quote — “We may have to arrest people” — splashed across the back. “I felt, for a moment, like Patton,” Bauer later recalled, invoking the steeljawed general from World War II. “Not bad.” Now Bauer, 58, is plying his mix of legal reasoning and tough-guy determination from a West Wing corner office. The White House counsel is leading the search for a Supreme Court nominee and planning how to steer that choice safely through the shoals of Senate confirmation. It’s a job that requires not just legal smarts but equal parts political and media savvy as well. That’s only part of a
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This photo released by the White House shows President Barack Obama laughing during a meeting with, from left, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Mona Sutphen, White House Counsel Bob Bauer, and Director of the Office of Health Reform Nancy-Ann DeParle in the Oval Office. bulging portfolio that has been the go-to lawyer for which ones will find the job the top White House lawyer Democrats looking for a good fit. up at 5 each morning to advice on campaign mat“I was surprised that he read the papers, in place ters and ethics questions. took it,” said Joe Birkenat the White House for Past clients have included stock, a former counsel the 7:30 a.m. senior staff the Democratic National to the Democratic Nameeting, and poring over Committee, the campaign tional Committee who has paperwork late into the committees for House worked with Bauer over night at home. and Senate Democrats, the years. “It can be such a Bauer also is trying to congressional Demobrutal position.” help the administration crats during Bill Clinton’s Bauer, who returned find a way out of its conun- impeachment saga, and a to private practice after drum over what to do with freshman senator named the 2008 campaign, was detainees at the GuantaBarack Obama. brought to the White namo Bay military prison, “We used to joke that we House to replace chief and he’s juggling a full slate had Bob Bauer on speed counsel Greg Craig. Craig of other legal issues. dial,” says former Senate resigned after catching He had a role in musDemocratic leader Tom heat for his handling of the cling the president’s health Daschle, who relied on administration’s clumsy efcare overhaul through Bauer’s advice during the fort to shut Guantanamo. Congress last month, and impeachment drama and Now it’s up to Bauer to now his office will help to used him as his personal present Obama with fresh fend off legal challenges to lawyer for 15 years. options on how to close the law. It was that specialized Guantanamo and ensure It’s a surprisingly expan- background that raised that the administration sive role for someone best some eyebrows when can prosecute at least known for his expertise on Obama chose Bauer to some detainees in U.S. campaign finances and serve as White House courts. The administraelections. counsel in December. tion had to backtrack after Bauer wrote the book But White House counrunning into a buzz saw on campaign finance law. sels have come from all of opposition to its plan Two of them, in fact. sorts of legal backgrounds, to bring avowed Sept. 11 For decades, Bauer has and there’s no predicting mastermind Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed and four henchmen to trial in New York City. “Bauer strikes me as pragmatic, not as ideological,” said Human Rights Watch advocacy director Tom Malinowski, who met with Bauer last month about the detainee issue. “The perception people have of Bob is that he is a bit more of a low-key, honest broker.” One of the first things Bauer did after joining the counsel’s office was to work on a game plan for the next Supreme Court vacancy, even though Justice John Paul Stevens hadn’t announced plans to retire. Bauer already had some insights into the selection process: He had served as an informal adviser when Obama chose his first Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, just four months into his presidency. This time, Bauer “has taken what is generally a rushed, crazed, high-pressure time period and made it orderly and organized and feel very much in control,” said White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer. Bauer updates Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, on his daily to-do list, and runs through his game plan in biweekly meetings with his team. That team includes communications specialist Anita Dunn, who is coordinating White House contacts with outside organizations on the nomination and also happens to be Bauer’s wife. Bauer’s rapport with Democratic members of Congress will be critical
when Obama’s choice is presented to the Senate for confirmation. “When he comes up to the Hill and he says something, he has automatic credibility,” said Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Leahy, D-Vt., said Bauer could be counted on to conduct a thorough checking of the nominee’s background to ensure that Obama’s choice can be approved before the Senate’s August recess. “The only thing that would throw the nominee off that schedule is if there is a sudden surprise, and Bob’s not a person who comes up with sudden surprises,” Leahy said. Rep. Bark Stupak, D-Mich., said Bauer acted as the consummate lawyer during the health care debate, helping to negotiate an executive order on abortion designed to pull in a few critical votes from anti-abortion Democrats. “He didn’t push us,” Stupak said. “He would say, ’May I make a suggestion here?”’ Although known as a Democratic partisan, Bauer is respected by GOP opponents. Trevor Potter, who went up against Bauer as counsel for Ariz. Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign in 2008, says Bauer has three key qualifications for White House counsel: “He knows everyone in the political world in Washington. He’s a really good lawyer. And he clearly has the president’s confidence.” The latter may be the most important.
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Business On the Street
Auto recovery linked to finance Obama said Saturday the financial system must be overhauled to prevent a repeat of the economic crisis that pushed carmakers to the brink
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BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE
2,000 seek Fort Bragg jobs Jonathan Owens Have news about your local business? E-mail Jonathan at owens@sanfordherald.com
Changes at the Dairy Bar?
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re the former owners of the Fairview Dairy Bar, Kathy and Paul Freedle, returning to take control of the Sanford mainstay? According to court documents, yes. A finding filed on April 14 at the Lee County Courthouse granted the Freedles the right to foreclose on a loan to Fairview Dairy Bar LLC, the group currently in charge at the restaurant headed by Rick Quinn. The finding stated that the indebted party has failed to make payments on the $200,000 loan since November 2009, and the Freedles have provided written notice of foreclosure, so Fairview Dairy Bar LLC is now in default. I have had this finding in my possession since it was released, but I have been unable to get in touch with either party for comment on the matter. Apparently it is widely known now that the Freedles are coming back, so I figured I would tell you what I know for sure now. If it is true, there are positives and negatives. First, it’s a shame that the new group of owners didn’t work out. Quinn and his staff have always been courteous and hard working every time I have been in since the change. Plus, I enjoyed the Yellow Jacket Burger they added immensely. Also, I hope this isn’t a sign of the times at the restaurant — which is now competing with Cracker Barrel and a host of other new places for business. But, it is nice to have the Freedles back in business in Sanford as well. Paul was one of the first business owners I talked to when I started in news at The Herald, and he’s always been one of my favorites. Hopefully, it’ll all work out for the best for both parties. Stay tuned, and I’ll try to update you on the situation next week.
Big changes at Lowes Foods On Saturday, I made my almost monthly trip to Lowes Foods to stock up on Spaghetti-Os and other bachelor fare, and I noticed a lot had changed there since my last visit. If you haven’t been to Lowes in a while, you should stop in a check it out. The store is in the process of a complete makeover. At first it was a little difficult to find the items I wanted, because all the aisles had been changed. The personal hygiene products were where the wine used to be, the cereal
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FORT BRAGG (MCT) — Darrin Edwards, who has “brandnew” twins and is unemployed, drove to Fort Bragg from Wilmington on Friday to attend the Forces Command job fair. “I’ve been in management for several corporations over the last few years,” Edwards said. “The last company I was working for, because of the economy, ceased operations. I’m just looking to get
back in the game and working again.” Edwards, 42, was among nearly 2,000 people who went to the Fort Bragg Club for the chance to talk about job opportunities. He has been in aviation management and has a bachelor’s degree in aviation. The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure law directs that the Army four-star command move
to Fort Bragg from Atlanta no later than Sept. 15, 2011. “We are delighted that the turnout is more than we expected,” said Ronna Garrett, human resources director for FORSCOM. The headquarters has a large percentage of civilian employees who make salaries averaging $70,000 to $80,000. People were waiting at the entrance to the Fort Bragg Club
at 8 a.m., two hours before the doors opened. The line backed up outside the building. Cars prowled the parking lot in search of empty spaces. Umbrellas went up as rain began to fall. The lines snaked around the club and upstairs to the job fair on the second floor. The jobseekers included
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LIFE ON THE RIG Parties ANALYSIS
tar other as Wall Street’s pal Two sides squabble over who is in the industry’s pockets By LIZ SIDOTI AP National Political Writer
but the long-distance banter was different this time, said his wife, Tracy. “He couldn’t get home soon enough this time. I don’t know why,” she said. “I can’t explain, there was this feeling that things were bad. It was a string of ‘I love yous, I need you home.’ That basically was the final words to each other.” The accident was one of the worst oil rig disasters in the Gulf in decades. Crews were still trying to clean up the oil that spilled during the fire, but had to halt activities Saturday because of choppy seas, strong winds and rain.
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats are furiously casting each other as Wall Street’s handmaiden, playing to election-year anger surging on Main Street. But neither party has clean hands when it comes to the financial industry. Both parties have accepted huge amounts of campaign cash from companies such as Goldman Sachs, the investment bank facing fraud charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Both parties welcomed big business’ chief executives to the White House when in power. Both share the blame for deregulating the industry in the 1990s and bailing out Wall Street when the financial sector was on the brink of collapse. Not that either side will acknowledge it. Instead, Republicans and Democrats are using President Barack Obama’s push for tighter controls on the industry to try to gain the political advantage with voters ahead of the fall’s congressional elections, when the balance of power in Washington is at stake. “We need to enact a set of updated, commonsense rules to ensure accountability on Wall Street and to protect consumers in our financial system,” Obama said Thursday in New York, tapping into public outrage over excesses that led to the economic
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In this undated file photo released by Transocean, the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Deepwater Horizon is shown operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Authorities were searching for missing workers early Wednesday who evacuated after an explosion at the oil drilling platform off the coast of Louisiana. The explosion happened around 10 p.m. Tuesday, 52 miles southeast of Venice, La., while 126 workers were aboard the platform, Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Mike O’Berry said.
Working on an offshore oil rig is lucrative but dangerous By CAIN BURDEAU Associated Press Writer
PORT FOURCHON, La. — Life on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico has come a long way since the black gold was discovered underwater here 60 years ago. Living for weeks on a platform the size of two football fields some 50 miles from the mainland can be comfortable and cushy, with good pay, catered cafeterias serving steak and spicy Cajun, lounges with pool tables and even mini movie theaters. At other times, it’s a water world of hot metal, cramped sleeping quarters and skin-burning sun. The hardest part is simply being away from family.
Karl Kleppinger Jr., an unflappable Desert Storm veteran who spent more than 10 years working on oil rigs, was a dedicated floorman who made about $75,000 a year working off the Louisiana coast on the Deepwater Horizon, which erupted into a giant fireball Tuesday night. He was among 11 workers presumed dead after Coast Guard officials suspended their search Friday, saying they believed the workers never made it off the state-of-theart semi-submersible platform. Kleppinger, 38, worked near the drilling, at the heart of the operation. He had been away from his family for about three weeks when he made his nightly call home just before the blast,
CHAMBER CHAT
Let’s make tourism a big part of recovery
A Bob Joyce Bob Joyce is President of the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce.
s April comes to a close, it is hard to believe we are one third through the calendar year. Spring is here so it must be time for the Sanford Pottery Festival. For ten years, this annual event has brought thousands of visitors to our area. Along with the Broadway Our Way festival, the Lions Club Fair, Deep River Sporting Clays Side by Side tournament, the Old Mill Crank-up and dozens of other sporting, church, and family
events, Lee County is becoming a destination for in-state travelers as well as visitors who might be driving across NC to another state. For years, our tourism dollars have come not from minivans full of families but from busi-
ness travelers here to call on our many industries. Local hoteliers will tell you that their rooms are usually full from Mondays through Thursdays — but not on the weekends. These business travelers are a great source of income for us because they spend an average of $377 per trip. The N.C. Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Division estimates Lee County’s annual tourism income to be about $55
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meltdown. With polls showing more voters favoring tighter controls on Wall Street than not, everyone wants to be seen as siding with the little guy. “Far from protecting consumers from Wall Street excess, this bill would provide endless protection for the biggest banks on Wall Street,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Looking to energize their voters and boost fundraising, the national parties are trading charges. “For years, Republicans stood by while Wall Street ran wild,” says a Democratic National Committee television spot. “Risky bets. Lax regulation. When the economy collapsed, Republicans looked the other way. ... Now Republicans are working with Wall Street lobbyists to block reform” that would “protect consumers and prevent a future bailout.” Countering, the Republican National Committee rolled out a video claiming the legislation rewards Wall Street with a “permanent bailout fund. ... Propping up Wall Street is what Obama does, and Obama does it well.” The Center for Responsive Politics found that both sides raked in cash
from the industry they’re vilifying. In the current election cycle, the DNC collected $6.2 million from the financial services, real estate and insurance sectors and $3.7 million from other business interests. The RNC has raised $2.5 million from the industry and $2.7 million from other business interests. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Obama raised $40 million from the industry and $37 million from other business interests while Republican John McCain collected $29 million and $16 million. Deregulation is faulted for the financial industry’s crisis — and both parties played a role. The Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act separated commercial from investment banking, but in 1999 most of its restrictions were repealed by a Republican Congress and President Bill Clinton. In the fall of 2008, President George W. Bush and the Democratic Congress backed a massive bailout of the financial industry amid signs of impending economic collapse. Obama signed off on the second infusion of cash shortly after taking office. Such coziness with Wall Street and politicians’ lack of candor about it are likely factors in low job approval ratings for Congress and an overall cynicism about politics.
A recent Pew Research Center poll showed trust in government at one of the lowest points in a half-century, with nearly 80 percent having little confidence in Washington. Just a quarter of people say the federal government and Congress have a positive effect on the country’s direction. The ratings are similarly low for large corporations, banks and other financial institutions. Still, the public is conflicted. More than half — 58 percent — say that “the government has gone too far in regulating business and interfering with the free enterprise system,” and roughly half oppose government exerting more control over the economy. But, perhaps because their own pocketbooks are at stake, people make an exception for regulating the financial industry: Sixty-one percent say it’s a good idea for the government to more strictly limit the way major financial companies do business. A recent Gallup poll showed that voters’ ire was directed toward Wall Street on the issue of giving Washington new powers over the industry. In the survey, 50 percent favored more regulation of Wall Street banks while 36 percent opposed. When the question was asked more broadly — regulating large banks and major
financial institutions — 46 percent favored and 43 percent opposed. All that — combined with the fact that about two-thirds of likely voters own stock, have IRAs or have money in a 401(k) or similar account — underscores why the White House as well as Republicans and Democrats are competing to be the most populist. It also helps explain why Democrats and Republicans are trying to agree on a bipartisan bill even as they publicly castigate each other. “On one side are consumers and investors, families and businesses and the vast majority of Americans who want us to make sure the financial crisis they just lived through can never happen again,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. “Democrats are on their side, and we’re ready to act.” House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio offered a different take. “The president says that he wants to clean up Wall Street, but when you look at this bill, what he actually does is protect them from ever having a financial problem,” he said. “This is a bad bill and Republicans are going to stand with the American people, who are standing on their tiptoes yelling, ’Stop.”’ The voters will have the last word — in November.
Business Notes DMJ celebrates 20 years in Sanford SANFORD — Davenport, Marvin, Joyce & Co. LLP is pleased to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the public accounting firm’s Sanford office. Founded in 1949 in Greensboro, DMJ opened its Sanford office in April 1990 after a merger with the practice of Charles W. Jeffries. Twenty Welborn years later, more than half of the original Sanford professionals remain with the regional office of curJohnson rently nine employees. In 2007, DMJ purchased the building on 509 West Main Street it previously occupied with Carolina Farm Credit, and expanded to the entire office space in an effort to accommodate its growth in the area and industry. As long-standing members of the greater Lee County community, DMJ’s Sanford office strives to maintain a position of respect and responsibility in the region and the state, and continues to look for opportunities to grow and succeed
by providing value-added services for clients. The certified public accounting firm also offers an array of services including wealth management, healthcare practice and human resources consulting, cost segregation, succession planning and business valuation services. “This milestone represents more than our commitment to this area, but our ability to build upon our core services and bring more to the table,” says DMJ Sanford partner Charlie Welborn. In an effort to continue its support of area business, DMJ will be the premier sponsor for the Small Business Banquet held annually to celebrate and recognize leadership in the small business community on Thursday, May 6. Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce and Central Carolina Community College’s Small Business Center in Lee County organizes the banquet and awards the Small Business Person and Advocate of the Year Awards that evening. “For a business, relationships and its people are its greatest strength,” said Donna Johnson, also a partner in the Sanford office. “In celebrating our 20 years we are grateful for both and are excited about the opportunity to highlight those relationships with our support of the annual Small Business Banquet.”
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million. Almost 600 jobs are credited to tourism and just over $1.3 million in local tax revenue comes from visitors to our community. The private sector and local governments statewide have recognized the potential of tourists. Government support of tourism has increased dramatically. A report compiled by Oxford Economics for the Travel Council found that our state government contributed over $13 million while counties in N.C. spent $72 million and cities spent $13 million to attract tourists and visitors. Over $3 billion was invested by the private sector in 2008, including hotels, recreational facilities, and related capital outlays. A total of $5.1 billion in taxes were gener-
The Sanford Herald / Sunday, April 25, 2010 / 11B ated by tourism related businesses. Wages and compensation generated by tourism demand totaled $9.8 billion in 2007 (the latest year for which these statistics are available). Across the country, communities are adopting strategies to take advantage of tourism spending. In our community, city and county leaders have been discussing the formation of a Tourism Development Authority for some time. Although many ideas have surfaced, including public private partnerships, any significant funding for promotional activities would eventually come from an increase in our room tax, which is currently 3 percent. Also called the occupancy tax, this fee is levied on hotel room bills, sent to the N.C. Department of Revenue, then passed back to the county or city. Harnett County, for
example, raises over $300,000 from their occupancy tax. The City of Kinston funds tourism efforts with $191,000 from their room tax. A night in a Charlotte hotel comes with an eight percent room tax to help pay for that city’s sports complex and the new NASCAR museum. To attract more tourism dollars here will take a significant effort. Our private sector — the lodging and restaurant businesses especially — is ready for action. Our elected leaders are poised to make a step forward. The Chamber is excited about the possibilities for the future and has made tourism development and community promotion part of our Vision Initiative. Working together, we can help this sector of our economy be a big part of our recovery as a community.
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The tragedy brought even more attention to safety for an industry known for its dangers, whether it’s the helicopter ride to the platform or working on the rig itself. “You could know how long someone had been in the oil industry by how many digits were missing,” said Windell Curole, a Lafourche Parish levee manager whose father raised the family with the sweat of long days on oil rigs. “Back then, it was wildcatting in the truest sense. Crews didn’t eat lunch they worked so hard.” There have been dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries over the last several years, convincing the U.S. Minerals Management Service, which oversees the industry, that new safety procedures aimed at preventing human error were needed. The new rules are still being developed.
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Companies say they go to great lengths to make life on the Gulf comfortable and safe. And officials with Transocean Ltd., which owned the Deepwater and was under contract by oil giant BP, point to the other 115 crew members who safely made it off the platform as evidence. Bud Danenberger, former offshore regulations chief at the Minerals Management Service, said safety training is ingrained in the industry. “They have a very good safety record. That’s why this is disturbing. It reflects poorly on everybody,” Danenberger said. About 35,000 people work in the Gulf each day, and most do it for the paycheck. “I don’t think many people fall in love with it. It’s the good money,” said Kenneth Cox, a 31-yearold offshore worker from Trinidad who was at a truck Stop in Port Fourchon during a stint on land this week. The workers come from all over. They’re from Southern farm towns, northern industrial cities and foreign countries. “We get guys from north Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and as far away as Detroit through here,” said Virgil Allen, who oversees “Mr. Charlie,” a retired drilling rig in Morgan City where companies train new workers for offshore work. The students sleep in bunks four to a room, eat meals on offshore schedules and are tested for drugs — experiences they’ll have to endure on the water. Like other industries, life on the rigs has evolved with machinery and technology, preserving a few more fingers along the way. “You could be sitting in
a captain’s seat with two joysticks and that’s your job,” Allen said of some tasks. Still, the strain of weeks from land and family takes a toll. On Tuesday night, when Kleppinger called his wife, they talked about how he would be ashore in the morning. The following day, he planned to buy a new washing machine to replace a broken one. “’Baby, I will be there in a couple of hours, I’ll be home,’” Tracy recalled the conversation. “He says, ‘How are things?’ I says, ‘Apart from my washer, which you’re getting me Wednesday, everything’s fine,’” she recalled. Despite the repeated separation, Karl stuck with his job. He needed the money to help care for his son. Transocean treated him well, promoting the former Army Ranger, who was a quick study of the hand signals, tools and cables that go with offshore work. He wore a company baseball cap with pride back home in Natchez, Miss., along the border with Louisiana. Once he even put his life at risk for the company, said Matthew Sudduth, a brother-in-law. “Something went wrong on the rig he was on, it started listing extremely badly and started taking on water,” Sudduth said. “A hatch needed to be opened under the water line, and when they asked for volunteers, the only one to stick his hand up was Karl. Karl had no dive experience.” He went under, opened the hatch and the rig with its 125 workers stayed afloat. “He didn’t get stressed,” Sudduth said. “I’ve never seen the man panic. I never seen him highly upset. Nothing bothers him.”
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soldiers in uniform, airmen in flight suits and civilians in business suits. Some dressed more casually. “We had a very successful day,” said Jim Hinnant, a Forces Command spokesman, said as the event concluded. “We’re very pleased.” The job fair was aimed at people who are or have been in the federal work force, military personnel and their spouses. “Even for folks who did not fit those categories — and we had quite a number of them — we were able to suggest ways they could pursue careers with the federal government, such as the various internships that are available in the Army and other parts of the government.” Anticipated job openings include accountants, military human resource specialists, paralegal specialists, executive assistants, program analysts, logistics management specialists, transportation specialists and budget analysts. Retired Col. Don Porter, 64, the executive director of the RaefordHoke Economic Development Commission, attended the fair to find out about opportunities for Hoke County residents. “This is good for our
region and good for our area,” Porter said. “I think it’s going to be a very competitive process, which, at the end of the day, is a ‘win’ for Forscom. You don’t hire people simply because they are great Americans and because they are looking for work and need work. They have to be qualified to do the job.” Mary Carmody, 30 of Fayetteville, was seeking a human resources or administrative job. “I had over eight years of experience in the military with that, of which six of the years were spent working at the White House Communications Agency,” she said. She set up logistics for presidential visits, she said. “Everybody just says, ‘Turn in your resume,’ “ she said. “Maybe they didn’t anticipate this many people.” Chief Warrant Officer Greg Steiner, 40, of Sanford, is getting ready to retire from the Army after 21 years. He was a radar technician for the Patriot missile. “This FORSCOM opportunity looks very appealing, but it’s a very daunting prospect,” Steiner said. “The hiring process takes months and months and months of waiting.” Information is on the Web at www.usajobs.com/ and www.cpol.army.mil. Resumes may be e-mailed to FORSCOMG1JOBS@ CONUS.ARMY.MIL — The Fayetteville Observer
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Obama links auto industry woes to financial overhaul WASHINGTON (AP) — Celebrating signs of a turnaround in the U.S. auto industry, President Barack Obama said Saturday the financial system must be overhauled to prevent a repeat of the economic crisis that pushed carmakers to the brink. Senate Democrats have set a test vote Monday on a bill that aims to protect the overall economy by imposing tighter regulations on the financial sector. The auto industry was one of the biggest casualties of a recession fueled by risky lending and speculative trading practices of major financial institutions. But after shedding 400,000 jobs in 2008, bailed-out U.S. automakers are rebounding. General Motors Co. said this week it will repay $8.1 billion in U.S. and Canadian government loans five years ahead of schedule.
Chrysler LLC, now run by an Italian company, said it boosted its cash reserves by $1.5 billion despite a first-quarter loss of almost $200 million. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said that while the auto industry is on more solid footing, it will take more time for the economy to recover from the loss of 8 million jobs. He blamed the downturn on irresponsible risk-taking by Wall Street firms. In a speech Thursday in New York in the shadow of Wall Street, Obama argued for new rules to protect consumers and hold financiers accountable. The changes would end taxpayer bailouts, bring complex financial dealings into the open and extend new rights and protections to consumers and shareholders. “That’s how after two very difficult years we’ll
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and though Thomas had to wait a little longer than he and everyone expected, he wound up going in the fifth round to San Diego, just as I wrote. I’m a genius. But seriously, here’s hoping Thomas makes it, though there are no guarantees for a fifthround pick. Robbins needs a new hero after the John Edwards fiasco. Also, if you read Billy Liggett’s column on page 6A, you’ll know that he has been out of town this week, putting me in charge. Exciting! But I have been so busy putting together the paper this week that I didn’t really get a chance to work on this column as I usually do. I promise to come back strong next week, and thank you, Sanford, for taking it easy on me this week. It was a relatively uneventful reign for me, and that’s a good thing.
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aisle was different and the meat section had been shifted, for starters. But I do like the new look of the place, with the exposed rafter beams and fresh paint. I guess I can get used to it. Beyond the makeover, an even bigger change was going on outside. I noticed that construction on the store’s new gas station was progressing nicely, and it should be open soon. I’ll try to firm up a date for that this week.
A couple of personal notes So a couple weeks back I wrote about Cam Thomas, a football player from my tiny high school, North Moore, who expected to be drafted. Well this weekend was the NFL Draft,
Declare Your “Financial Arbor Day” The national celebration of Arbor Day happens on the last Friday of April, although some states have designated other dates for their own Arbor Day observances. Over the years, Americans have planted millions of trees on this day, improving the environment, reducing erosion and leaving an invaluable gift to future generations. But the concepts behind Arbor Day can also be transferred to other realms — such as investing. So this year, why not take steps to establish your own Financial Arbor Day? Here are some ideas to consider: s Plant some “seeds.” Even the mightiest trees started out small — and the same is true of the portfolios of many successful investors. If you’re just beginning to invest, consider putting whatever you can afford, however minimal, into an IRA and a 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan. If you’ve been investing for a while but still need to move closer toward your goals, you may have to seek out some new fields of opportunity and invest in them. s Nurture the “roots.” To grow, roots need to be fed through water, oxygen and minerals. Once you’ve planted the seeds of your investments, they need to
be nourished, too. For example, once you’ve opened a 401(k), try to boost your contributions whenever you get a salary increase. Also consider fully funding your IRA until you’ve reached the annual limits. s Seek out variety. If you look around your neighborhood, you will likely find many different types of trees. And that’s a good thing, because when Dutch elm disease or some other ailment strikes one type of tree, you and your neighbors still have others that can thrive. The same principle applies to investing: If an economic downturn or some other event primarily strikes one type of asset, and most of your money is tied up in that asset, you could run into trouble. That’s why you should diversify your investment dollars among stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit (CDs), Treasury bills and other securities. While diversification, by itself, cannot guarantee a profit or protect against loss, it can help reduce the effects of volatility on your portfolio.
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s Be patient. When you plant a seed, you know it will take many years for your efforts to reach fruition. Over time, your tree will lose some branches and bark, and it will be buffeted by heavy winds, scorching sun and driving rains. However, if it has a strong set of roots, it can survive and grow. You need to show the same patience with your investment portfolio, because it, too, will face a variety of challenges over the years, and at times it may appear beaten down. But if you follow a consistent strategy, supported by a mix of quality investments that reflect your risk tolerance, time horizon and long-term goals, and if you have the patience and discipline to ride out downturns, you can help yourself reach your objectives. When people use their shovels and hoes on Arbor Day, they can create something that will literally last a lifetime. And the same thing can happen when you declare your own Financial Arbor Day — so get out your investment “tools” and get to work.
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75 years and counting D.E. Parkerson The Paper Pulpit Del Parkerson is a retired pastor of First Baptist Church. Contact him at dparkerson@ec.rr.com.
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rief is one of the most perplexing and painful problems humans have to face. When a devastating loss occurs, such as the sudden death of a family member or close personal friend, it is easy for us to become overwhelmed by grief. This happened in our church on Wednesday night before Easter. A deacon who was a close friend had a heart attack and died in less than two minutes in the presence of all who were present. No one knows when this kind of thing is going to happen. Grief is not just sorrow — it is sorrow that is multiplied. It can be caused by a significant loss of any kind — a divorce, a major health problem, the loss of a job, when your home is destroyed by fire or by a storm, and by many other circumstances. Though grief has the power to do great damage in our lives, it can also become the source of great strength. It is healthy to express sorrow after a great loss. God created us with emotions, and with a capacity to love one another. After all, Jesus wept as He stood by the grave of his friend, Lazarus (John 11:36). Weeping is an honest expression of a normal and healthy human emotion. It becomes a problem when we allow it to push us into despair. It is when we allow loss to conquer us that we find it easy to throw up our hands. The Apostle Paul writes in I Thessalonians 4:13, “We do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.” He is not saying we should not grieve when a family member or friend dies. He is saying that we
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CHRISTINE T. NGUYEN/DURHAM HERALD-SUN
Participants walk through a replica of the Chartres Cathedral labyrinth at Duke Chapel. Labyrinth has been held in the spring at Duke Chapel for several years.
‘Wow’ factor aside, Duke Chapel a community church through the years By NEIL OFFEN Durham Herald-Sun
DURHAM — The soaring neo-Gothic cathedral with its imposing tower, its glorious stained-glass windows and its array of magnificent pipe organs dominates the campus and the surrounding community. But it is, at base, a neighborhood church, a member of that community, a part of the local religious conversation. As Duke Chapel celebrates its 75th anniversary this weekend, that’s the point that Sam Wells, the dean of the chapel, wants to make. “People who come into this building, say ‘wow,’ but then many of them stay,” Wells said. “Many of them become part of what we do, who we are, part of our community.” While many chapels on university campuses have struggled in recent years, the congregation at Duke Chapel, the largest university church in the country, has grown about 15 percent in recent years. Duke thrives, Wells said, because of its “close and healthy” relationship with those who worship there and with other churches in town. It’s at the center of the Duke campus, but “this is a church for throughout Durham and beyond,” said Meghan Feldmeyer, the director of worship.
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Duke Chapel construction in the early 1930’s. “It’s a place that’s alive. You always find people here.” There are students, of course, and local residents, and with the Duke medical center nearby, it gets a lot of people visiting the hospital who walk over for Sunday services.
“We worship 52 Sundays a year, not just during the academic semesters,” Wells said. “This is a church, not just a chapel. It’s more than a building.” But what a building it is. Constructed in the early
1930s — in an incredibly swift three years — at the direction of university founder James Buchanan Duke — Duke Chapel was the last of the original buildings to be built on the West Campus. It was first used at commencement in 1932 and was formally dedicated June 2, 1935. For 75 years, it has been the focal point of Duke, the center and heart of the university. Massive and awe-inspiring, it also features a series of endearing small quirks. Oscar Dantzler, the chapel custodian, points out the tiny carved wooden church mice that have been mischievously placed around the chapel. There’s a cozy young children’s Sunday School area below the main floor, adjacent to the chapel crypt (where more Dukes are buried). In the bell tower, which offers the most extraordinary view of what seems to be the entire Triangle, in the space that used to be a museum, the original cornerstone for Tinity College, Duke’s predecessor institution, remains on the wall. Ella Jean Shore, a docent at the chapel who leads tour groups through the long nave and shows them, among other places, the Memorial Chapel
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Lett’s Set a Spell
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WEDDINGS ......................Page 3C Sumner — Carter
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piritual leaders, mental health counselors, and life coaches usually agree that the best way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful. Recognizing that we are thinking negatively is usually easy but elevating our thoughts can be challenging, even difficult. While facing the negative and figuring out how to make it result in a positive result I realized that we must be willing to
reinvent ourselves in every area of our lives. Thoughts that are not constructive seem to grow in our minds and also creep into our conversations, especially when we harbor an undercurrent of discontent in our lives. But what if our negative thoughts and uncomfortable circumstances are really “wake-up” calls to force us to change our consciousness and transform our lives? In our prayers we may be saying, “God, please stop the
pain,” when it was God who allowed the pain to get our attention. The saying “no pain, no gain” was made popular by exercise gurus but it applies to the mental and emotional as well as the physical. Out of chaos comes a greater sense of order. Out of crisis emerges an opportunity with exciting possibilities coming to light. During recent months I have been forced to come face to face with my negative feel-
ENGAGEMENTS ...............Page 3C Harrington — Sikes Maultsby — Willett Wofford — Lambert
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SUNDAY CROSSWORD...Page 7C
KIDDIE KORNER .............Page 3C McKenzie Matthews Aidan Johnson Christopher Tacia Taylor McNeill Orlando and Xiani Richmond
CIVIC CLUB NEWS ...... Page 5-8C
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Members of Sanford’s first responders, the Sanford Police Department and the Sanford Fire Department, visited a community celebration to honor the W.B. Wicker School’s heritage and to acknowledge the important of the U.S. Census count on April 10. They brought the police mobile headquarters for the community to see. This event also afforded numerous young people and their parents the opportunity to become familiar with Life Force “The Living Vision” Inc. (LFLV), a 501 C(3) nonprofit organization designed to help youth and families survive, succeed and become productive caring citizens and pay youth for doing daily chores while investing in their integrity.
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McKenzie Matthews
McKenzie Nicole Matthews turns 4 years old April 27. Her parents are Jonathan Riley Matthews and Brandi Allen Matthews of Sanford. Grandparents are Billy H. and Linda H. Allen of Siler City and Frankie D. and Bonnie S. Matthews of Sanford. Great-grandparents are Frances R. Hamer of Siler City and Ann H. Matthews of Sanford.
Aidan Johnson
Christopher Tacia
Aidan G. Johnson turned 5 years old April 20. His parents are Jason Johnson of Clayton and Andrea Gutkowski of Sanford. Grandparents are Ronnie and Sandy Tillotson and John and Linda Johnson, all of Sanford, and Michele Swan of Raleigh.
Christopher Tacia turned 3 years old Feb. 13. His parents are Chris and Shannon Tacia of Sanford. Grandparents are David and Sheryl Smith and Chuck and Connie Tacia, all of Sanford. Greatgrandparents are Clyde Smith and Pat O’Quinn, both of Sanford.
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Orlando and Xiani Richmond
Taylor Alexis McNeill turned 2 years old April 7. Her parents are Chris and Wendy McNeill of Lynchburg, Va. Grandparents are Opal and James Holt of Broadway, James and Barbara Davis of Thibodaux, La. and the late Blanton McNeill. Great-grandmother is Inez Patterson of Broadway.
Orlando Richmond turned 3 years old July 12. Xiani Richmond turned 1 year old Oct. 2. Their mother is Nicole Richmond of Sanford. Grandparents are Gloria and Bobby Petty, Gloria and James French and Evelyn and Dennis Richmond.
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To submit information on your child to Kiddie Korner, please follow these guidelines: n Kiddie Korner is for children 6 and under. n A child’s picture may appear in Kiddie Korner one time per year. n Kiddie Korner forms are available at The Herald office, 208 St. Clair Court. Forms also can be faxed or e-mailed upon request. n Deadline for Kiddie Korner is 5 p.m. Wednesday. n Photos submitted for Kiddie Korner may be picked up at The Herald after they have appeared in the paper. Photos also can be returned by mail upon request.
Maultsby — Willett
Wofford — Lambert
Mr. and Mrs. William Maultsby of Whiteville announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Bryant Maultsby of Greenville, to Jeremy Louis Willett of Greenville. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Willett of Sanford. The wedding is planned for 4 p.m. Aug. 28 at Whiteville United Methodist Church The couple met while in graduate school at East Carolina University.
Bobby Wofford of Sanford announces the engagement of his daughter, Anita Marie Wofford of Sanford, to Matthew Edward Lambert of Apex. He is the son of Mackie Lambert of Apex and the late Bucky Lambert. The bride-elect is also the daughter of the late Ella Jean Wofford. The wedding is planned for 5 p.m. May 1 at Lemon Springs United Methodist Church. The couple met through mutual friends.
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Harrington — Sikes Stan and Kathy Harrington of Broadway announce the engagement of their daughter, Afton Rose Harrington, to Dr. Joshua Scott Sikes. He is the son of Dr. Charles and Donna Sikes of Broadway. The wedding is planned for 4 p.m. June 5 at the Orton Plantation in Winnabow.
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Sumner — Carter Mary Elizabeth Carter and Joshua David Sumner, both of Beulaville, were married at 2 p.m. April 10 at Grace Covenant Church in Beulaville by the Rev. Jim Engagement and wedding announcements and an- Pope. The bride, daughter of T.C. and Harriet Carter of niversaries are featured in Sunday’s Carolina section. Sanford, attended Lee County High School and graduThe Herald has designed forms to be used for ated from UNCG School of Music with a Bachelor desubmitting this information, which will be mailed, gree for Music Education. She is employed with Duplin faxed or e-mailed upon request. These forms must be County Schools. delivered to The Herald office at 208 St. Clair Court by The bridegroom, son of Kodie and Javaine Sumner 9 a.m. Wednesday, four days before the announcement of Pink Hill, was home schooled by his parents. He is is to appear in the newspaper. Announcements also can be e-mailed to edwardsk@ employed with Wholesale Enterprises. Escorted by her father, T.C. Carter, the bride wore a sanfordherald.com. For more information, call News Clerk Kim Edwards Venus floor-length ballgown of white Imperial satin. The gown featured a pleated sweetheart bodice acat (919) 718-1224. cented with straps and embellished with crystal beads, pearls and sequins. The full skirt had pick-ups and flowed into a semi-cathedral train. The back had a lace-up corset. She wore a double layer veil of white bridal illusion edged in white satin and a silver pearl and crystal tiara, and carried a hand-tied nosegay of pink and fuschia gerber daisies with white roses wrapped in white satin ribbon. Maid of honor was Arola Butler. Bridesmaid was Mary Barnes. Best man was Caleb Sumner, brother of the groom. Groomsman was Luke Sumner, brother of the groom. Ushers were Tommy Carter, brother of the bride, and Joseph Faircloth, cousin of the bride. Wedding musicians were Kyle Lanier, trumpet; Daniel Castro, soloist; and Lynn Rogers, Keiva Sandlin and Kendy Barnette, praise team. Wedding director was Nell Rogers. Following a honeymoon trip to Pigeon Forge, Tenn., the couple will reside in Beulaville.
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— where lie the marble sarcophagi of James Buchanan Duke, Washington Duke and Benjamin N. Duke — has loved the chapel for decades, since she was a little girl. “The first time I saw it was when my uncle, a medical student here, drove up with me to see the chapel at night,” said Shore, retired from a long administrative career at Duke. “It was the most magnificent thing I had ever seen. It’s just a special place.” Shore enumerated exactly what she loves — “I have heard some of the great preachers of the century here,” she said. “And the music is superb and we have some of the finest organs here and some of the finest organists.” But what makes it so special for her, Shore said, is the color. “When I leave here and the sun is coming in
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do not grieve as those “who have no hope.” The word “hope” contains only four letters, but it is the anchor that keeps a believer in Christ from drifting into despair. No Christian has reason to despair — to give up, to act as though there is no hope. NonChristians have a valid reason to despair, for they are not assured of having eternal life. They do not know that “in all things God works for the good
Planning has begun for the Western Harnett High School class of 1991 20year reunion. Organizers need contact information for members of the graduating class. To learn more about the reunion or share contact information, contact Adam Dickens by email at acdickens@hotmail.com or call (757) 817-9335 or Jonathan Hilliard by email at jhilliard@ rocketmail.com or call (910)
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Visitors stand beneath the Benjamin N. Duke Memorial Organ, which has more than 5,000 pipes. on the southwest side, and it hits the windows, there’s just such a beautiful yellow glow here in
here,” she said. “It feels so spiritual. It’s the most beautiful building I’ve ever seen.”
of those who love Him” (Romans 8:28). Paul is not saying that everything that happens is good. Rather, he is saying, “In all things (even difficult things) God has the ability to cause good to result.” Even though we may not understand why certain things happen, we can rest assured that God loves us and is working out everything for our good. Without this hope — without this faith in the all-governing hand of God, all our sorrows could turn into despair. The loss of a loved one in death is a tremendous loss indeed. Though we
grieve when this happens, we know that the loss is only temporary. Jesus has promised eternal life to everyone who has accepted Him as Savior and Lord (John 14:1-6). Though grief is normal when a loved one dies, remember this: Christians never say goodbye for the last time! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in The Golden Legend, explains in these words why this is true: “When Christ ascended Triumphantly, from star to star, He left the gates of heaven ajar.”
HEROES Honoring America’s greatest asset, our military and those who have served! We invite all area residents to submit photos of those who have served or who are currently serving in the United States military — Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Navy or Reserves from our local area. All photos will be posted at no charge in this special section Saturday, May15th
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ings about myself. As I watched my booming book business suffer sales losses due to economic issues and less consumer spending I have realized that my success is not based on whether people buy my book. Due to a health challenge I have needed to stay close to home and take time to look at how to use my talents in a way that will be more fulfilling to me and more beneficial to others. My self-esteem has been severely challenged and my ego has been sufficiently humbled! However, through writing, processing with close friends, praying, meditating, and communing with nature, I have realized that I am a child of God and will be shown my divine mission. Due to the increased expenses — cost, time, and energy — and reduced profits at book signings I have backed off from conventional ways of making money. Embracing reinvention I have focused on writing,
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ANDERSON CREEK HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION The Anderson Creek High School Alumni Association will meet at 7 p.m. April 26 at Flat Branch Church. A fund raising meal will be served 30 minutes prior to the meeting and the cost is $5. All members or persons interested in joining the association are urged to attend the meeting. For additional information, contact Jerry West at (910) 893-4224.
Family DICKENS The descendants of Will and Cora Dickens will hold a reunion at 1 p.m. May 2 at Baptist Chapel Church. Bring a covered dish and andy family photos.
Employees HEINS-ALLTEL A reunion of Heins Telephone Company employees and ALLTEL employees will be held at 6:30 p.m. May 4 at Davison’s Steak House on U.S. 1 in Tramway.
reading, getting healthier, and catching up on lots of things in the office, around the house, and in the yard. I have marketed myself as a speaker, wondering if that is my next frontier. Most importantly I have developed faith that a different job assignment is coming my way soon. I have constantly read my favorite verse from The Bible, Isaiah 40:31: Those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles…… They will run and not be get tired; They will walk and not become weary.
her and she drowned. She went to Heaven and there she asked the Lord “I had complete faith that You would save me? Why didn’t You?” God replied, “ I sent two boats and a helicopter! What more did you want?” In waiting upon the Lord I have found a sense of prosperity and peace that does not come from a regular paycheck or steady income. Through the weeks of feeling led into the wilderness without any apparent direction I have learned more about loving myself, accepting and forgiving others, and being grateful for our many blessings. Meanwhile, I am waiting for more to be revealed.
While waiting on the Lord, we need to be aware of what could be sent by God for us. Remember the lady standing on the roof waiting for the Lord to rescue her from the flood? Each time someone came by... one with a rowboat and then another with a motorboat...and finally a rescue helicopter.... she said, “Thanks, but no thanks! I’m waiting for the Lord to save me!” Eventually, the waters consumed
AlexSandra Lett is a professional speaker and the author of “Natural Living, From Stress to Rest;” “A Timeless Place, Lett’s Set a Spell at the Country Store;” “Timeless Moons, Seasons of the Fields and Matters of the Heart;” “Timeless Recipes and Remedies, Country Cooking, Customs, and Cures;” and “Coming Home to my Country Heart, Timeless Reflections about Work, Family, Health, and Spirit.”
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who have a desire to quit drinking alcohol. Meetings are held at 319 N. Moore St., Sunday at 4:30 p.m. for women’s meeting and 6 p.m. for speaker meeting; Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon, 6 and 8 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday at noon and 6 p.m.; Saturday at noon. Meetings are held at Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main St., at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. For more information, call (919) 776-5522.
Al-Anon Family Group
The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experiences, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems. Al-Anon believes that alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recover. The N.C. Al-Anon District 7 Central Carolina Al-Anon Family Group meetings are held at 8 p.m. Tuesdays at Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main St., and 8 p.m. Fridays at the AA Hut, 319 N. Moore St. For more information, call (919) 776-5522.
Gamblers Anonymous
Gamblers Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. each Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 525 Carthage St. For more information, call the Gamblers Anonymous hotline at (888) 846-4427, or visit www. gamblersanonymous.org.
Beaver Creek Cancer Support Group
The support group meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Beaver Creek Baptist Church, 2280 Nicholson Road, Cameron. Directors are Gloria and Jimmy Wicker. For more information, call (919) 775-2544.
Friendship Masonic Lodge 763 A.F. & A.M.
The Friendship Masonic Lodge 763 A.F. & A.M. conducts its stated communication at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the meeting hall, located at 102 Main
Central Carolina Jaycees The Central Carolina Jaycees meet at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday and fourth Thursday of each month at the Jaycee Hut on Tryon Street. Membership is open to anyone between the age of 21 to 40.
Breast Cancer Support Group Central Carolina Hospital’s Breast Cancer Support Group will hold monthly meetings for survivors of breast cancer at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month in the Women’s Center at the hospital, 1135 Carthage St., Sanford. Reservations are not necessary. For more information, contact Gwyn Sandlin, Breast Health Navigator, at (919) 774-2213.
ALS Support Group The ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) Support Group meets from 2 to 4 p.m. the second Sunday of each month at Fayetteville Regional Airport Conference Room sponsored by The Jim “Catfish” Hunter Chapter of the ALS Association. For more information, contact Suzanne Gilroy at (877) 568-4347 or Suzanne@catfishchapter. org.
Depression and Bipolar Disorder Support Group The support group is open to anyone who has been diagnosed or think they may have a mood disorder or has a family member or friend who has been diagnosed with a mood disorder. The Harnett County group will meet at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month at the old CCCC Barber School, 17273 Hwy. 27 East, Sanford. The Lee County group will meet at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the Wilrik Apartments Ballroom, corner of Wicker and Steele, Sanford. For more information, contact Rae Wilson at (919) 775-5045 or brightside39@yahoo.com.
TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), a nonprofit, international weight-loss support group, meets each Monday at the First
Baptist Church Family Life Center, 202 Summit Drive. Weigh-in begins at 5:30 p.m.; meeting starts at 6 p.m. For more information, call (919) 775-7451 or (919) 258-6233.
HIV/AIDS Support An HIV/AIDS Support Group meets from noon to 2 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at different locations in Chatham County. Lunch is provided. The group offers emotional support, education on medications, financial assistance and a caring environment. Any Chatham County resident with HIV/AIDS is invited to attend. Confidentiality is a must. For more information, contact Crystal Campbell at (919) 542-8271.
SEANC District 22 invites all state employees to join the SEANC meetings the second Monday of each month in the Spring Lake Library. For more information contact Michele Shaw, chairman, at www. micheleshaw22@gmail. com.
Relay for Life of Lee County Relay for Life of Lee County will be held May 14 at the Lions Club Fairgrounds. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease by raising funds for cancer research. If you want to be part of Relay, you can start a team or join an existing team. Team captain meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at First Wesleyn Church. Contact Shirley Crissman at smcrissman@yahoo.com or visit www.leencrelay. org for more information.
Cancer Support The Sanford Cancer Support Group meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Enrichment Center. Facilitator is Linda Moore.
Lee County Mothers with Young Children Lee County Mothers with Young Children meets from 9:30 a.m. to noon every Thursday. Mothers of children from birth to age 5 are welcome. For more information, call (919) 353-5617.
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Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step recovery from compulsive overeating, meets from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Kerr Drugs, 1050 S. Horner Blvd., in the health and wellness learning lab. For more information, contact Marie at (910) 850-7863.
National Active and Retired Federal Employees The Sanford Chapter of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) association meets on the third Monday of each month. All active and retired Federal employees are invited to attend. For more information, call President Jimmie Coggin at (919) 775-3197.
Marine Corps League Marine Corps League Detachment 1223 meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month at VFW Stanley McLeod Post 5631 on Webb Street in Sanford. Any Marine who has served honorably is invited to join the Marine Corps League.
American Legion Post 382 American Legion Post 382 and Auxiliary meet at 7 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month. Bingo begins at 6:30 p.m. every Friday. Open under new management. Post 382 is located at 305 Legion Drive in Sanford.
DAV Chapter 5 Disabled American Veterans Michael J. Thomas Chapter 5 meet at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at 146 S. Main St. in Broadway.
Lions Branch Club The Lions Branch Club meets at noon the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at the Lions Club Fairground Lions Den. Cost is $6. Everyone is invited. For more information, call Teresa Dew at (919) 774-6273.
Veterans Discussion Group The Veterans Discussion Group meets at 2 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Enrichment Center. Members and family are welcome.
Therapeutic Foster Parent Sessions Information sessions on becoming a Therapeutic Foster Parent with N.C. Mentor will be held from 12 to 1 p.m. every
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The Sanford Lodge No. 151 A.F. & A.M. holds its regular communications at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, supper is usually served at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday. For further information, call (919) 499-8669. The Lodge is located at 231 Charlotte Ave., Sanford.
Central Carolina Toastmasters The Central Carolina Toastmasters club meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of each month in Room 802 of the College Fitness Center at Central Carolina Community College. Membership is open to the public. The club provides a relaxed atmosphere to help improve public speaking skills while developing leadership skills. For more information, call Cynthia Wilt at (919) 4996009 or Vivian Rosser at (919) 718-7236 or visit the website at www.centralcarolina.freetoasthost. biz.
Sanford Jobseekers Sanford Jobseekers, a faith-based support group for those who are unemployed, meets from 8:30 to 10:45 a.m. each Wednesday at First Baptist Church. The primary focus of the group is to give encouragement to those out of work, and provide programs to help that individual obtain employment. For questions, call (919) 7766137.
DAV Chapter 83 of Moore County Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 83 of Moore County meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at 1020 Priest Hill Road, Carthage. DAV is a service organization dedicated to assisting disabled veterans. Service officers are available to help veterans with VA paperwork Tuesday through Thursday. For an appointment, call (910) 944-1113.
Lee County Scottish Rite Club The Lee County Scottish Rite Club conducts its monthly meeting every month on the third Thursday at the Bay Breeze Seafood Restaurant in Sanford. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. and is held in the meeting room. All Scottish Rite Masons are welcome.
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Meals on Wheels of Sanford
Meals on Wheels of Sanford deliver nutritious specialized diet meals five days a week to residents of Sanford who are homebound and unable to prepare meals for themselves. Many people are struggling to make ends meet and are finding it difficult to pay for their meals. The Sanford Meals on Wheels Board of Directors suppliments some of the costs with donated funds. Sanford Meals on Wheels does not receive government funding and relies on charitable donations from organizations and individuals. For more information about Meals on Wheels, call (919) 708-4181. Meals on Wheels is a nonprofit organization. Tax deductable donations can be made to Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 2991, Sanford, N.C. 27330.
Sandhills Natural History Society The Sandhills Natural History Society will meet at 7 p.m. April 26 at Weymouth Woods Auditorium, 1024 Ft. Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Bill Newton visited Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge this past fall to view the spectacle of several thousand Sandhill Cranes and other wildlife, is a photographer and will share his images and impressions about the place. Call 910-692-2167 for more information or visit online at www.sandhillsnature.org.
The Lee County Genealogical and Historical Society The Lee County Genealogical and Historical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. April 27 at the Lee County Library auditorium, 107 Hawkins Ave. The program, presented by Dr. Matt Garrett, past president of Central Carolina Community College, will cover the creation, expansion and continuing changes of the college which have resulted in a total of four name changes over the years. Dr. Garrett served the College in five different capacities during his 21-year tenure. For more information, call 4997661 or 499-1909.
Lee County Forestry Association The Lee County Forestry Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. April 26 at Tony’s Seafood. Dr. Mark Megalos and James Jeuck from NCSU will teach attendees about carbon trading and how htese carbon markets could be beneficial for forest landowners.
Brownstone Home and Garden Club The Brownstone Home and Garden Club will meet at 10 a.m. April 28 at Heritage Point Clubhouse with Linda Wicker as guest speaker. Hostesses will be Clara Lee Fields and Ellie Smith. Club news deadline is 3 p.m. Tuesday. E-mail information and photographs to edwardsk@ sanfordherald.com.
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6C / Sunday, April 25, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Past Clubs News Kiwanis Club of Lee County
President Matt Jackson presided over the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Lee County held at Davison’s Steaks on April 14. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was led by Linda Battle and the invocation was given by Jimmy Tucker. Tucker also sold the project fund tickets and Karen Hall was the winner. Happy dollars came from Hall, Jody Thompson, Eric Vernon, Jeff Smith and Ron Minter. Jackson began the meeting with the club member spotlight coming from Susan Campbell. John Payne thanked everyone for the participation in Kiwanis One Day on April 10 when Kiwanis Park Place was the recipient of some grooming from the Kiwanis of Lee membership. Campbell thanked Matt Jackson and Sandra Bridges for reading at Head Start and Jan Brooks and Teresa Coggins volunteered for the next week. John Payne reminded the membership to sell their tickets for April 19, the date for the club’s hot dog sale during the Southern Lee baseball game that day. Payne also told the membership that 34 applications had been received for the college scholarship with April 19 being the deadline. Eric Vernon reminded everyone of the YMCA Prayer breakfast that is set for May 6. R.V. Hight reminded everyone of the Coalition for Families plate dinner fundraiser on May 7. Margaret Murchison introduced Janet Chilton, Warriors on the Water Volunteer and the speaker for the day. Speaking with much enthusiasm Chilton told about the 5th Annual Warriors on the Water event that is set for Friday, April 23. The event was a vision originally of Hal Abshire, Greg Lahr and Bob Cunningham, all retired military; with the support of former Sanfordian Dr. and Mrs. Powers of Powers Swain Chevrolet in Fayetteville. A day of patriotism and honor for our military returning from deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan, Warriors on the Water involves 150 magnificent boats and a bass fishing contest. Located off Pea Ridge Road at new Hope Dam, the event begins at 7 a.m. All branches of the military will be honored throughout the day with one major event being the Golden Knights landing in the boats. Food for the volunteers is provided this year
by Dominos Pizza and Texas Steak House. Upon arriving in Sanford on April 21, the participants will be greeted by yellow ribbons at the Jameson Inn that the Kiwanis Club of Lee offered to display as a symbol of gratitude to our military men andn women serving our country.
Sanford Lions Club The Sanford Lions Club is preparing for a busy spring with its annual golf tournament slated for June 5 at Quail Ridge Golf Course and a special membership promotion meeting scheduled for May 27. Many outstanding prizes and awards will be presented to players at the 5th annual Sanford Lions Golf Tournament chaired by Jim Romine. Teams are needed and any interested golfers are urged to contact Romine or any Lion or Quail Ridge Golf Course. Local business and professional services are also encouraged to support the Lions as hole sponsors. For $200 your business name will be prominently displayed on a plaque located at a tee and presented to you after the event. May 27 will be membership night for the local service club with members urged to invite guests in hopes of attracting new members, according to John Walden, past president and membership chairman. Dr. Matt Garrett, past president of Central Carolina Community College, will be guest speaker with an inspirational message. Club members welcomed two guests at the weekly meeting April 15. Preston Sellers was introduced by Avron Upchurch and Donnie Oldham was a guest of Richard Holshouser, who was also program chairman. Johnny Poindexter led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance. George Harvey assisted in introducing Bo Hedrick, chief professional officer of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Sanford/Lee County Inc. Hedrick gave an informative report of the many positive programs offered by the club to youth in the local community. Last year 1,409 young people were served by the Boys and Girls Clubs. The organization is in a financial bind this year with the loss of $313,000 in program grants, but Hedrick said its work will continue with some belttightening and increases in fees. He said the Boys and Girls Clubs is one of the best values as it provides daily activities
Speaking to the Kiwanis Club of Lee County on April 14 is Janet Chilton (center), a volunteer with Warriors on the Water. Pictured with Chilton is Kiwanis of Lee member Margaret Murchison and Kiwanis of Lee Treasurer Helen Culberson.
Leaders from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sanford/Lee County addressed the Sanford Lions Club April 15. From left are Lion Program Chairman Richard Holshouser; India Berryman, a junior staff member; and Bo Hedrick, chief professional officer of the Boys and Girls Clubs.
San-Lee Sunrise Rotary President Neal Jensen introduced Dave Prevatte, Lieutenant with the Lee County Sheriff’s Department, for a program describing and updating progress in the Sheriff’s Department in reducing crime in Lee County and describing how the department is utilizing new technologies.
The AKTION club of Sanford/Lee County recently appointed its leadership. They are (front row, from left) Dale Currie, treasurer; Amanda Patterson and Amy Earnhardt, publicity co-chairs; (back) Mary Buchanan, secretary; Anne Huber, president; and Ricky Armstrong, vice president.
On April 10 the three Rotary clubs in Lee County sponsored a Stop Hunger Now meal packaging project. Along with 111 community volunteers from various organizations and churches, the clubs completed the 24,000 meal project in just under four hours. Stop Hunger Now’s meal packaging program provides volunteers the opportunity to package dehydrated, high protein, and highly nutritious meals that are used in crisis situations and in school feeding programs for schools and orphanages in developing countries around the world.
Tom Spence is pictured with his wife, Brenda (left), and Dr. Lynn Veach Sadler (left). Sadler introduced Spence as he presented a program on how to write your memoirs at the April 20 meeting of the Sanford Rotary Club.
for 350 youth that teach positive behavior and life skills education that help keep youngsters out of trouble. These services help save local and state government agencies many dollars, Hedrick stressed. Accompanying Hedrick was India Berryman, 15, a Lee County High School student who is a junior staff member. India has participated in the Boys and Girls Clubs programs eight years and now works with younger youth as a positive role model. She described the excellent Phenomenal Girls program for ages 12-18 where issues such as teen pregnancy, date rape and eating disorders
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Lee County Retired School Personnel The Lee County Retired School Personnel met April 14 at Jonesboro. Methodist Church Wesley Center. The meal was prepared by ladies from the church. James Womble returned thanks after which everyone enjoyed the beautifully decorated tables and delicious food. An enjoyable program of blue grass and country music was performed by Gracie Clements, the violinist, and her father, the Rev. Mike Clements, family minister at Jonesboro Baptist Church. They sang several selections and Rev. Clements narrated the story behind each, including an original number. The RSP spellers in the recent Spelling Bee, Sam Carter, Sharon Gordon and Julianne McCracken
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were recognized. There were 20 RSP members who read on the Dr. Suess Birthday. Ann Alford was chairman of that effort. These persons were recognized with the Apple Awards by Betty Lou Burns. Chevelle Branch, Julianne McCracken and James Womble were remembered with birthday gifts. Guest Hannah Womack and her mother, Amanda Womack, were recognized by Scholarship Chair James Womble. Hannah is the recipient of the first $1000 scholarship awarded by Lee County RSP. She plans to attend ECU and become a teacher. Eugenia Thompson and Ruth Spears attended the recent State RSP meeting in Winston-Salem. A suggestion from the nominating committee was accepted by the group. Present officers will become mentors for new officers. Ruth Gurtis reported that 183 Our State magazine subscriptions have been sold. The sale will end for the present year at the end of May.
Proceeds from the sale benefit the scholarship fund. The Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial being built in Sanford was given a donation by the members. Voting on the wording for the plaque took place. The District RSP will be held at the West End Methodist Church on April 20. President Thompson, Betty Lou Burns, Ruth Spears and Carol Cox will represent the club. Joanne Thomas won the door prize. The May 12 meeting will be a covered dish held at the Reinette Seaman pool house.
San-Lee Sunrise Rotary Club President Neal Jensen opened the meeting with the Quote of the Week: “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” by Albert Schweitzer.
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Charles Oldham led the Rotary invocation, and Ron Moeller led the Pledge of Allegiance. Former San-Lee Sunrise Rotarian Hubert Garner was recognized as a visiting Rotarian. In Good News, President Jensen read a postcard from Leslie Cox who is visiting Australia with the Rotary GSE team from District 7690. Jensen also called attention to several banners the Australian GSE team visiting Lee County presented to San-Lee Sunrise. He read a memo from the Golden Corral Corporation asking San-Lee Sunrise members help with support of the Children’s Miracle Network. A letter was presented from the Three Rivers District of the Boy Scouts of America asking for support and attendance at a BSA fundraiser honoring Temple Sloan. Ashley Hinman described some of the events associated with his and Mary Ann’s hosting of the Australian GSE team. Paul Dauphin praised Hinman for his yeoman service with the visiting GSE team, and Martin Davis praised the high school presentation of the play, “Anything Goes.“ Raymond Womble thanked the membership for their get-well-soon cards during his recent recuperation from knee surgery. Charles Oldham made mention of a 1969 then-CCTI annual dedicated to Hubert Garner and mentioned a report from North Carolina state geologist documenting the possibility of significant natural gas reserves in Lee County that he would make available to the membership. In Club News‚ the San-Lee Sunrise Charter Night will be held at the Buffalo Lake Club House on May 17th beginning at 6:30 p.m. Terry Mullen reported Fred Stuart is now living at The Gardens at Fair Oaks, 4310 Forest Hill Drive, Fairfax, Va. 22030. President Jensen
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introduced Dave Prevatte, Lieutenant, Lee County Sheriff’s Department, for a program describing and updating progress in the Sheriff’s Department. Crime statistics for Lee County show a decrease in crime since 2007 with an improvement of 100 fewer crimes in 2009. The Sheriff’s Department will be hosting a senior citizens luncheon soon at the Dennis Wicker Civic Center and is incorporating increased use of their new mobile command unit. New technology has been introduced in the department to allow for safer communication between the jail and the court system and a new finger printing unit is being utilized to increase the effectiveness of this detection system. Andy Manhardt led the Four Way Test.
AKTION Club of Lee County The AKTION Club of Lee County met on March 25 at Ron’s Barn to celebrate its 8th Charter Night. Charter Night is a celebration of the date the club was chartered. The AKTION Club of Sanford/Lee County began meeting in October 1997, but Kiwanis did not start chartering AKTION clubs until June of 2002, which is when they were chartered. The AKTION Club has been celebrating their Charter with the Lee County Kiwanis Club, but decided to have their own function this year. President Ann Huber called the group to order with David Caplan and Jimmy Tucker, club advisors from the Kiwanis Club of Lee County, introducing guests and the club officers. John Willet led the Pledge of Allegiance and Lavetrice McIver gave the invocation. Each member was given a plaque acknowledging their service to the club. Mary Buchanan presented Jimmy Tucker with a plaque thanking him for 13 years as advisor to the club. She then adjourned the event.
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Central Carolina Paddlers Central Carolina Paddlers held its regular monthly meeting on April 14, with 14 members present. Vice President, Emory Sadler called the meeting to order. Minutes from the previous month’s meeting were read and approved. Following the treasurer’s report, updates from the membership committee and security committee were shared. The annual club pic-
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Sanford Rotary Club The April 20 meeting of the Sanford Rotary Club was called to order by President James Mitchell. The Rotary prayer was led by President-elect Tony Lett,
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followed by Tom Spence’s leading a program-tie-in song selection of “Old MacDonald Had a Farm.” Visitors to the meeting included Rupert Ainsley from Jonesboro Rotary; Brenda Spence, wife of program speaker Tom Spence; and David Nestor’s guest, Pottery Festival Chairman Don Hudson, who donated a large pottery bowl which was won in a raffle by Lynn Smith. The weekly 50/50 Polio Eradication raffle of $35 was won by David Nestor, who donated his winnings back to the club’s Polio funds.
In Braggin’ Bucks, James Mitchell bragged on our club’s sponsorship of Perry White’s attendance of the “Flight of Honor” last weekend, arriving in D.C. at 9 a.m. and returning home 8 p.m. Next week’s club program will feature this trip. David Nestor bragged on the high school students’ enthusiasm at the recent “Stop Hunger Now” project, which the club helped sponsor. Lynn Sadler celebrated the return of Duke basketball’s Kyle Singler and also her continued participation in a national one-page short story competition, where she is now one of 114 finalists cut from a field of over 15,000 entries.
Bill Lawrence bragged on Sam Sillaman for his many contributions to Rotary, especially the weekly bulletin he prints for the club. Don Hudson announced that the Pottery Festival size has doubled, and he hopes for at least 2,000 attendees this year. This year’s Festival will also offer a “wine celebration component” featuring 13 wineries representing a broad range of tastes. Tony Lett offered a “Rotary Minute.” Looking back at the history of the Sanford Club in its earliest years, he noted that the charter of 1925 was dated 10 years after the Raleigh Club’s charter (the first civic club in that
city,) and the Sanford Club was sponsored by the Dunn Rotary Club. Pinehurst and Southern Pines had just become popular for golfing tourists, and since there were no Rotary clubs there, Sanford was the closest makeup venue. Rotarians visiting in Sanford often presented programs when they came. In 1927 there were visitors from Buffalo, N.Y., New York City, and Pittsburgh, Pa., offering programs on handling trust funds, planning for the future, crippled children’s projects and financial investments. Newest club member Lynn Veach Sadler introduced the day’s speaker,
her cousin-in-law, Tom Spence, who offered some guidelines on writing memoirs, illustrating with a chapter from his own autobiographical writings—“1938,” the year he was born in Harnett County. “Writing your memoirs can be the most treasured gift you can give to your family,” someone had told Spence. To get started, he recommended reading memoirs written by persons with backgrounds similar to yours. Looking for examples of memoirs recording lives in rural backgrounds, Spence had studied the works of James R. Spence, “Portrait of a Place and Time;” Jimmy Carter, “An Hour before Daylight;” Frederich Buechner, “A Sacred Journey;” and Andrew Young (the Atlanta mayor), “A Way Out of No
Way.” Memoirs can be organized by chronology or theme with chapter titles. Spence was particularly interested in noting what life was like generally at a given time such as 1938, the year he was born — the demographics of his community, what an average farm was like, a rural lifestyle, the roads, schools, churches, reasons for names of county, town, the popular music and entertainers, who died and was born that year, the emergence of historic events such as Hitler’s invasion of Austria, and, finally, the persons nearby when he was born at his country home in Harnett County. To end the meeting, the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Bill Lawrence, and the Four Way Test by Ted Lanier.
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