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The Sanford Herald SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2010
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Cole to remain in county race
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Commission District 4 candidate will accept job as Coats town manager soon become the full-time town manager for Coats. Kenneth C. Cole, who will face Republican Jim Womack for the seat to replace outgoing Commissioner Jamie Kelly, told The Herald Friday that he does not feel holding both positions — if elected — won’t be a con-
By BILLY LIGGETT bliggett@sanfordherald.com
SANFORD — The Democratic candidate for this November’s Lee County Board of Commissioners District 4 seat says he’s still seeking the office despite learning this week that he will
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Phil Mickelson shot a 4-under 31 on the front nine at Pebble Beach to climb to second in the second round of the U.S. Open, while Tiger Woods struggled but will play the weekend
flict of interest. “The general statutes allow you to serve dual roles,” Cole said. “One would be an elected position and one an appointed position. It might be viewed
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Should County Commission District 4 candidate Kenny Cole bow out after taking the job as Coats’ town manager? Comment on this story online.
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BP CEO TO STEP AWAY FROM SPILL OVERSIGHT
BP removed Chief Executive Tony Hayward from day-today oversight of the Gulf oil spill crisis a day after he was pummeled by lawmakers in an appearance on Capitol Hill, the company’s chairman said Friday Page 10A
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John Lipscomb (left) poses with his daughter Johanna Lipscomb who is dressed in full costume as Sacagawea. Lipscomb will be leaving today with his wife and daughter to walk a few more miles in the explorers footsteps and experience this with his family for the first time.
Local explorers relive Lewis & Clark’s journey through west from then-president Thomas Jefferson. Two hundred years later, former Sanford resident Robert Cline stood in the same spot along the Yellowstone River, reading from Clark’s journal and looking around in awe. “Just sitting here thinking about it starts to put my hair on end—I was exactly where those
By CHELSEA KELLNER kellner@sanfordherald.com
OBAMA PRESSES G20 TO CONTINUE RECOVERY President Barack Obama is appealing to the world’s major economies not to waver in their efforts to support a sustained rebound from the near collapse of the global economic system in the fall of 2008
SANFORD—To the left, a herd of buffalo thundered across the hillside. Across the river, elk lunched on the underbrush. Ahead was hunger, hardship and uncertainty, but explorer William Clark recorded every detail of the scene, on orders
men stood 200 years ago,” Cline said. “Aside from going to the moon, that was probably the most exciting adventure anyone has ever been on.” Clark and colleague Meriwether Lewis were the leaders of the “Corps of Discovery” — now better known as the Lewis and Clark expedition — ordered by then-president Thomas Jef-
ferson to explore the uncharted West in search of the Northwest Passage in 1803. After a dangerous three years and many narrow escapes, the explorers made it to the Pacific Ocean with the help of Shoshone translator and guide Sacagawea, returning to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1806.
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STATE STATE’S JOBLESS RATE FALLS FOR 3RD MONTH North Carolina’s unemployment rate improved in May for the third straight month, this time to 10.3 percent, but the boost came mostly from a gain in government hiring, the state Employment Security Commission said Friday Page 7A
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Vol. 80, No. 142 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
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ST. BALDRICK’S
Man shoots two, killing one, during drug deal gone awry
Still time to get a shave at local charity event By CHELSEA KELLNER
By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com
LILLINGTON — A Spring Lake man is accused of shooting two men, killing one, in an apparent drug transaction that went awry late Tuesday near Lillington, Harnett County investigators say. Deputies say 29-year-old Glen Shonta Elliott, of Fuquay-Varina, was killed and his brother, 23-year-
HAPPENING TODAY n The North Carolina Veterans Memorial Rhythm at the Pavillion at 7 p.m. will feature Blender with Chad & Kristi Gaines. Bring your chairs and blankets for an evening at the Pavilion in Broadway. No alcohol or pets allowed. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
old Anthony Ryan Elliott of Lillington, was injured in the altercation. Major Gary McNeill with the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office said information in the case led to the arrest of 37-year-old Daniel Wayne Dority of Spring Lake. Dority is charged with first-degree murder and attempted firstdegree murder, the Sheriff’s Office
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SANFORD — Need a haircut? Local organizers for Sanford’s St. Baldrick’s event, scheduled for next weekend, are looking for a few good heads to shave to raise money for childhood cancer research and show support for child
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cancer patients who have lost their hair to chemotherapy. “Children are our most vulnerable victims,” event organizer Tony Chilton said. “They don’t understand why they’re sick, why they’re not ‘normal.’ I don’t want any parent to ever have to hear that
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OBITUARIES
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Sanford: William Gorham, 76; Cody Prevost, 18 Fuquay-Varina: Pamela Webb, 48 Moncure: William Moore, 92
County seat locations in North Carolina are sometimes a mistery
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