July 7, 2010

THE HEAT IS BACK INSIDE AFTER A COMFORTABLE HOLIDAY, THE AREA MAY SEE TRIPLE DIGITS Page 3A Photo by Wesley Beeson

Patrick Matthews,with Matthews Welding and Steel Erectors takes a water break to get rehydrated on Tuesday afternoon.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Council passes EDC contract Despite objections from two members, city agrees to continue incentives

By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com

LOHAN SENTENCED TO 90 DAYS IN JAIL A judge sentenced Lindsay Lohan to 90 days in jail Tuesday after ruling she violated probation in a 2007 drug case by failing to attend court-ordered alcohol education classes

SANFORD — Sanford City Council members threw their support Tuesday behind a revised contract that calls for greater accountability and flexibility for the county’s economic recruiter.

The contract, a product of

weeks of meetings by a small gathering of leaders from Lee County, Sanford and Broadway governments, emerged in recent weeks to applause from supporters of economic incentives and continued chagrin from longtime critics of the Lee County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and incentives in general.

Two of those critics, City Council members Charles Taylor and Mike Stone, voted against the contract Tuesday, but failed to marshal support from any other council members.

The city votes comes two

See EDC, Page 6A

AVIATION

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WHAT DO YOU THINK? Were the Sanford City Council and the Lee County Board of Commissioners too lenient on the Lee County Economic Development Corporation?

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MOORE COUNTY

Shooting suspect out of hospital

GULF OIL SPILL

OIL MAKES ITS WAY INTO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN

For the first time since the accident, oil from the ruptured well is seeping into Lake Pontchartrain, threatening another environmental disaster for the huge body of water that was rescued from pollution in 1990s to become a bountiful fishing ground and a popular spot for boating and swimming

4th suspect in robbery shooting that injured two in police custody

By CHELSEA KELLNER kellner@sanfordherald.com

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IMMIGRATION FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUES TO BLOCK LAW The federal government took a momentous step into the immigration debate Tuesday when it filed a lawsuit seeking to throw out Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigrants, saying the law blatantly violates the Constitution Page 9A

STATE

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Debbie Dukeman of Sanford and Marlene Raseta pose for a photo in the cockpit of the plane they flew in the 2010 Air Race Classic.

SPEED RACERS Local pilots compete in 2,400-mile air race on East Coast

By ALEXA MILAN

SYMPHONY MAY HAVE TURNED THE CORNER The North Carolina Symphony broke even for the concert season that just ended and its leaders hope the orchestra has turned a corner financially Page 8A

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SANFORD — Through clear skies and clouds, Debbie Dukeman of Sanford and Marlene Raseta of Cary soared 2,400 miles to the finish line in the 2010 Air Race Classic.

Dukeman, 50, and Raseta, 44, had never flown in a race before, but they had no qualms about competing

against 50 other teams of women pilots as they made their way from Fort Myers, Fla., to Frederick, Md. “We just jumped in,” Raseta said. “It was kind of a baptism by fire.”

Dukeman has 15 years of flying experience under her belt, and Raseta

See Pilots, Page 6A

• • • • • • •••••• •••• • • • • ••• ••••••••••••• ••••••• ••••••• •• •• HAPPENING TODAY n Set Sail with the Amazing Steve Somers at 11 a.m. for a program of stories, music, magic, and puppets. The performance will take place at the Lee County Community Arts Center, 507 N. Steele St.. Parking lot and entrance to the building are on Bracken Street.

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VASS — The fourth suspect in a Moore County robbery and shooting that left a 78-yearold man hospitalized with gunshot wounds was released from UNC Hospital and placed under arrest Saturday.

Randy Joel Williams, 17, of the 300 block of Shaw Avenue in Southern Pines, was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and first degree kidnapping.

The incident happened June 28 around 10:30 p.m. In a 911 call, three men with guns were reported to be robbing the Short Stop on U.S. 1 in Lakeview. Wearing T-shirts over their heads to mask their faces, the men used store clerk Grace Kelly, 75, as a human shield as they exited the building, according to Chief Deputy Neil Godfrey of the Moore County Sheriff’s Office.

The men exchanged gunshots with Kelly’s husband,

See Suspect, Page 6A

INDEX

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OBITUARIES

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Sanford: Joseph Buchanan, 66; Chuck Coffer, 46; Nina Cooper, 82; John Gunter, 69; Joyce Krick; Mary Leach, 70; Nellie Owens, 88

A basketball lover since birth shares his thoughts on the astronomical NBA contracts

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GOOD MORNING Pet of the Week Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption

Anya Anya is an 18-month-old female pointer-mix.

Her short coat is easy to care for with minimal effort and that’s a good feature because she is a busy girl.

Typical for her breed, Anya displays an even temperament and her alert, good sense makes her a congenial companion. To keep her happy, she will be most responsive to both physical and mental exercise.

Pointers are bred to hunt so the more games you can come up with to occupy her (if you’re not a hunter) the better. She gets along with most other dogs and would love to curl up for naps at your feet. Please stop by and get acquainted with this sweet girl.

Anya is current on vaccines and preventatives, micro-chipped, and will be spayed prior to adoption. See CARA’s website (www. cara-nc.org) for more information or to apply to adopt.

Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption, Inc. located at 42 Deep River Rd., Sanford is a 501(c) non-profit, volunteer organization that operates on individual and corporate donations and fund raising proceeds.

On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:

TODAY n The Moore County Voluntary Ag Advisory will meet at 1 p.m. at the Soil & Water Conference Room at the Ag Center in Carthage.

THURSDAY n The Moore County Planning Board will meet at 6 p.m. at the Commissioners Meeting Room in Carthage. n Moore County Soil and Water Conservation will meet at 4 p.m. at the Soil and Water Conference Room at the Ag Center in Carthage.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Gene Cole, Sara Tranquilino, Claudio Fernandez, Jerry Dale Thomas, Linda Carol Thomas, Tyler Murphy, Austin Wayne Dowdy, Megan Von Canon, Carrie Brooks, Bailey McGee, Sara Antoniak, Evan McKoy, Colby Mashburn, Janice R. Burtner, Princeton Nixon, Dorothy Medlin, Harry Miller, Lisa Buie, Faith Hill, Charlotte Lovick, Bryson Lee Thomas, Junior Godwin and Lakeisha Spruiell.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR ONGOING n Want

to get into mountain biking, but don’t know where to start? There will be a free mountain biking clinic offered the last Saturday of each month at San-Lee Park.

For more details call 776-6221. n Central Fire Station at 512 Hawkins Avenue will check car seats between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. each Saturday. Appointments are required. Contact Krista at 775-8310 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 Sanford Farmers Market will be held from 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday from May through October.

Today is Wednesday, July 7, the 188th day of 2010. There are 177 days left in the year.

This day in history: On July 7, 1860, late Romantic composer-conductor Gustav Mahler was born in Kalischt, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (in the present-day Czech Republic).

In 1865, four people were hanged in Washington, D.C. for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.

In 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii.

In 1919, the first Transcontinental Motor Convoy, in which a U.S. Army convoy of motorized vehicles crossed the United States, departed Washington, D.C. (The trip ended in San Francisco on Sept. 6, 1919.)

In 1930, construction began on Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam).

In 1948, six female reservists became the first women to be sworn into the regular U.S. Navy.

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TODAY n A blood drive will be held from 1:30 to 6 p.m. at Belk, 1065 Spring Lane, Sanford.

Free t-shirt for all donors. For appointments contact Lea Chandler at 774-4428 ext.

213. n Set Sail with the Amazing Steve Somers at 11 a.m. for a program of stories, music, magic, and puppets. The performance will take place at the Lee County Community Arts Center, 507 N. Steele St.. Parking lot and entrance to the building are on Bracken Street. Registration is not required and the performance is free and open to the public.

THURSDAY

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LIFE 103.1 FM station manager Steve Koranda gives young people from the Stevens Center’s READY Camp a behind-the-scenes tour of the station. They also helped produce an ad for the Stevens Center’s Aug. 10 golf tournament.

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group to attend a seminar in California. The event will begin at 8 a.m. at the restaurant, located at 1325 Plaza Blvd. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the door or by calling 352-5597. Breakfast includes a short stack of pancakes, sausage, milk, juice and coffee.

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blood drive will be held from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. at Central Carolina Community College, 1105 Kelly Drive, Sanford.

Free t-shirt for all donors. For appointments contact Mike Neal at 775-5401 or visit www.redcrossblood.org. n Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic supper and “Function at the Junction” at Depot Park. This free outdoor family event starts at 7 p.m. and includes a variety of music throughout the summer.

For more information, visit downtownsanford.com or call 919-775-8332. n The Western Harnett Overhills-Area PTO Thrift Store will celebrate its first anniversary at its new location at 3793 Olivia Road, adjacent to the Olivia Post Office, by the drawing of a 1998 Nissan Quest van.

The van will be given to the lucky ticket holder at 4 p.m. Only 200 tickets at $25 will be sold.For more information, call Barbara at 498-1934. You do not have to be present to win. In addition, a dedication ceremony will be held at the same time.

The celebration will continue into Friday with a big sidewalk sale. On Saturday, we will have food, bake sale, and much more.

All proceeds from the store goes to the local schools. Call Joyce Rosser at 499-4236 with questions.

FRIDAY n A blood drive will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at Flat Springs Baptist Church, 4148 Deep River Road, Sanford. Free t-shirt for all donors. For appointments contact the church office at 775-5922.

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n The Lee County American Red Cross will hold the class “Lay Responder CPR for Adult, Child and Infant with AED and Standard First Aid” from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Call (919) 774-6857 to register. n Local farmers will be selling their fresh products from 9 a.m. to noon at Deport Park in downtown Sanford as part of the weekly Sanford Farmer’s Market. To get involved or to learn more, e-mail David Montgomery at david.montgomery@sanfordnc.net. n The Hearts and Hands ECA Quilt Guild will hold its regular monthly meeting at the McSwain North Carolina Extension Center at 2420 Tramway Road in Sanford. The meeting will begin at noon. There will also be a sew day from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m at the center.

SUNDAY n A tour of the historic Endor Iron Furnace will be held at 2 p.m. The tour is open to the public. It is recommended to wear appropriate shoes for a walk in the woods. To get to the Endor Iron Furnace from Sanford, take U.S. 421 north. About 4.2 miles after passing under U.S. 1, turn right on Cumnock Road. Follow about .6 miles and turn right on Cotten Road. Follow about 2 miles and turn left on Iron Furnace Road at the railroad crossing. Take Iron Furnace Road to the end and park in the field on the left. n Applebee’s in Sanford will partner with Grooming the Next Generation for Success, a community based youth group, to host a Flapjack Fundraiser Proceeds raised will help offset travel and lodging costs for the

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n Young people can learn how to use CAD software to draw cars, houses, cartoon characters, space shuttle or a project of their choice during the CCCC Continuing Education Department’s summer CAD Camp. Participants must be age 15 or older. The camp runs 1 to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, July 12-15, in Room 217 of Wilkinson Hall, Lee County Campus, Sanford. The cost is $65. Register early to reserve a spot by calling (919) 775-2122, ext. 7793. n Prepare for an entry-level receptionist position by enrolling in Basic Skills for Today’s Office (L-2210), one of the JobsNOW programs offered by Central Carolina Community College’s Continuing Education Department. Learn basic office skills, including computer file maintenance, e-mail usage, searching the Internet, customer service, and records management. The course also provides an overview of Microsoft Office 2007, including MS Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. The class runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday, July 12-Aug. 19 at the college’s Lee County Campus, 1105 Kelly Drive, Sanford. For more information or to register, call (919) 775-2122, ext. 7793. n Chef Gregg Hamm, owner and operator of Café 121, in Sanford, teaches young chefs ages 6-10 the basics of food preparation and safety in the kitchen during the CCCC Continuing Education Department’s Kids’ Cooking Camp. The camp runs 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday, July 12-15, at Café 121. Registration is $125. Register early to reserve a spot by calling (919) 775-2122, ext. 7793.

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AROUND OUR AREA CHATHAM COUNTY

EDC to celebrate Siler City opening with ribbon cutting

SILER CITY — The Chatham County Economic Development Corporation announced that its staff will have weekly office hours in Siler City Town Hall, starting Thursday. Mari Howe, the research and innovation manager, will staff the office on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon.

Staff will also be available to meet with clients in Siler City by appointment. To make appointments, contact Ben Townsend, business services manager, at (919) 542-8274.

The EDC will celebrate the opening of the new office with a ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. Thursday. Siler City Mayor Charles Johnson, town board members and EDC board members will participate.

Opening the Siler City office will provide a new opportunity for the EDC staff to meet with Chatham County business owners and residents, while working toward the EDC’s goals, EDC President Dianne Reid said.

In the coming fiscal year, the EDC has a target of attracting three businesses to the county, helping four businesses expand and helping 12 entrepreneurs start new businesses, she said.

“We have wanted to have a presence in Siler City for a while,” Reid added. “We appreciate Mayor Johnson and the town administration making it possible for us to do this.”

For more information, contact the EDC at 542-8274 or info@chathamedc.org.

— from staff reports

LEE COUNTY

Biker says man totaled his bike, then drove off

SANFORD — A Sanford man is asking potential witnesses to contact Sanford Police about an alleged hitand-run incident on June 30.

Shawn McCracken of Sanford said he was riding his motorcycle around 5 p.m. on June 30 when a man driving a silver Buick hit him, totaling the bike and denting the Buick.

McCracken said the man got out of his car, asked a bystander if McCracken was OK then told the bystander he was going to pull his Buick into a parking lot.

McCracken said the man did not return to the scene and is claiming a hit-and-run.

The Sanford Police Department can be reached at (919) 775-8268.

— from staff reports

LEE COUNTY

Wilkinson honored at anniversary event

PINEHURST — The North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association recently honored Doug Wilkinson of Sanford during its 75th Anniversary Celebration at Pinehurst.

Wilkinson is the president of Wilkinson Automotive in Sanford.

In recognition of NCADA’s 75th Anniversary, the association honored those auto dealers who have served as leaders in the auto industry, as well as in their local

communities. Wilkinson was recognized as a former NCADA Chairman.

In all, NCADA recognized 40 auto dealers from across the state during the event.

— from staff reports

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Special meeting called for July 19 PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Education will hold a special meeting via teleconference on July 19, at 11 a.m. for the purpose of adopting a resolution approving forms of documents to be entered into in connection with Chatham County’s installment financing of the improvements to certain schools.

The teleconference will be held at the central office board room in Pittsboro.

— from staff reports

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Soil & Water offers educator workshop on food, land, people PITTSBORO — Teachers and others in Chatham County interested in helping young people and adults understand the relationship between people, agriculture, food and our environment are invited to a Food, Land & People workshop hosted

by Area 3 Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

The program is designed for teachers, parents, scout leaders and other youth program leaders.

The workshop runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from July 20 to 22 and will be held at the Western Senior Center in Siler City. Registrants must pay $35 per person as an advance deposit that will be refunded after attending the workshop.

Qualified attendees will receive continuing education credits for teachers as well as credits toward their North Carolina Environmental Education Certification.

To register for the workshop, contact Brenda Williams by email at brenda. williams@chathamnc.org or call her at 542-8240.

— from staff reports

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U.S. DOT announces $10 million for N.C. road improvements WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation gave the go-ahead to begin construction on the Interstate-85/Yadkin River Crossing project located between Greensboro and Charlotte after it finalized an agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation for $10 million in Recovery Act funds, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Tuesday.

The grant is from the U.S. Department of Transportation TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) program, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, designed to promote innovative, multi-modal and multi-jurisdictional transportation projects that provide significant economic and environmental benefits to an entire metropolitan area, region or the nation.

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Abe Herbert (left) raises his hands in victory during the pie eating contest as he wins first place at Depot Park in Sanford for the Family Fourth Festival on Saturday afternoon. See video of the competition at The Herald’s website, sanfordherald.com.

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Scorching heat returns today

By MONICA CHEN The Durham Herald-Sun

DURHAM — It may have been cool enough to sleep with the windows open and the air conditioning off this past week.

But anyone who has lived in North Carolina for a summer or two knows that lovely autumn-like weather — perfect for July Fourth backyard barbecues, neighborhood parades and festivals — wasn’t going to last for long.

On Monday, temperatures climbed to a somewhat tolerable 93 degrees. Today, however, the scorchers of the past month will be back. The National Weather Service is forecasting a high of about 100 degrees in some areas today, and temperatures in the high 90s for the rest of the week.

Amy Laura Hall, who lives in the Walltown neighborhood in Durham, said many of her neighbors don’t have air conditioning, either because they try to get by without it because of the energy costs or because they live in houses that aren’t equipped to have central air cooling systems. Some have only one window unit for a single-family house.

“It’s the nights that are really hard,” Hall said.

Temperatures at night should fall to lows of high 60s and low 70s this week, according to the weather service, but humidity levels are expected to gradually increase throughout the week.

During the day, Thursday is expected to have a high near 98 and Friday a high near 97.

The forecast for today

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Jeremiah Gray, a welder with Matthews Welding and Steel Erectors takes a break to get rehydrated on Tuesday afternoon. The crew takes 10-minute water breaks every hour to stay hydrated and each worker carries a water bottle in their tool belt.

How much water is enough when it’s hot?

By FRANK GRAFF Special to The Herald

Record high temperatures are here, and while we can’t do anything about the heat outside, we can control the heat of our bodies. That means drinking fluids and that, of course, begs the question; how much water should you drink?

“You body is about 60 percent water and every organ needs water, from flushing out toxins to carrying nutrients throughout your body,” says Kim Allen, a Kerr Drug pharmacist in Sanford. “A lack of water leads to dehydration, which can make you tired and lead to a build-up of toxins in the body. It also makes

it harder for the body to control its temperature.”

In general, doctors advise drinking eight to nine cups of fluid a day and even more if you’re going to be in the summer heat.

It doesn’t need to be just water, as all fluids count towards the total, but when it’s really hot it’s best to stay away from liquids that contain caffeine, alcohol, or large amounts of sugar.

Here’s the reasoning: You lose about one-point-five liters (six point three cups) in urine. Breathing, sweating and bowel movements account for another four cups. You’ll take in 20 percent of the fluids you need from food, which means you’ll need to consume about two liters of fluid

(about eight cups) just to break even. That’s why more fluids are needed if you’re going to be out in the sun.

“Here’s a good rule of thumb I tell my patients,” adds Allen. “If you drink enough fluids that you rarely feel thirsty, your body is telling you that you’re on the right track.”

Heat related injuries range from minor issues such as muscle cramps which are caused by a loss of water and salt through perspiration, dizziness, clammy skin and rapid heartbeat; to heat exhaustion which is more severe and includes headaches, nausea and weakness; to heat stroke which is lifethreatening.

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

Dems’ process to be commended Our View Issue: The Lee County Democratic Party’s process to pick a candidate for District 4 county commission seat

Our stance: Local officials should be commended for an open, democratic process

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udos to the Lee County Democratic Party for taking the first step in what appears to be a transparent, open and democratic process.

Party Chairman Ty Stumpf announced over the weekend that the party is currently taking applications from those in District 4 (the seat formerly held by Jamie Kelly) who are interested in being the party’s candidate to face Republican Jim Womack in November. Candidate Kenneth Cole dropped out of the race more than a week ago because of possible conflicts the position could have with his new job as town manager in Coats, located in Harnett County.

We say the process is open because it appears that not only is anybody invited to run for the seat (as long as they live in District 4), but the party has outlined the steps it will take and provided downloadable applications at its website — leedemocrats.org. And according to procedures listed at its website, the candidate won’t be an “appointee” from the party chairman or other higher up ...

“Each person determined to be an active member, regardless of title or position in the Lee County Democratic Party, will be counted as one vote,” the procedure bylaws state.

We think the local party will benefit from this. Whomever is

chosen will be behind the eight ball, so to speak, in that they will be months behind Womack in campaigning and fundraising heading into November (according to Stumpf, the party hopes to have its pick named on Aug. 2).

Being that the eventual candidate will have the blessing of the majority of Democrats (or at least the most votes), he or she will have built-in votes come November. Besides, the “appointment” process can get hairy should a chairman make a pick that divides the base.

We’re looking forward to a well-contested, issues-driven race come November. So far, it seems both parties are up to the task.

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

Superstar chase

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ome days I think it would be nice to be tall and be able to dunk a basketball.

It’s nothing new. I’ve loved basketball from a young age — and realized from that young age that I’d never be the basketball player I’d like to be.

That dream of being a basketball star has returned in recent days. Especially when I hear about all of the attention being placed on superstar LeBron James as various teams vie for his services.

Needless to say, his banking account will be rolling ... and rolling ... and rolling.

Then there’s Carmelo Anthony, who reportedly has been offered a three-year contract extension with the Denver Nuggets for $65 million. That’s right. $65 million.

Then there’s Amare Stoudemire, who reportedly has reached an agreement with the New York Knicks. The amount of the contract: $100 million for five years.

These are incredible monetary figures. To these respective teams, these players must be obviously worthy of such money. Perhaps.

No one can blame these athletes for getting whatever they can, to set them and their families up for a lifetime — and beyond.

Yet, these money amounts seem almost obscene.

It’s said that our United States president draws a salary of $400,000 per year.

And, there are plenty of other perks. But, it would seem there’s much more pressure being a president than playing the game of basketball.

Hey, I love watching LeBron and Carmelo and Amare play basketball. No doubt, they’re among the best — if not the best — in the game.

Do I believe they’re worth that kind of money? Not for a minute.

But, I do say they have every right in the world to draw the biggest paycheck they can. So does anyone else in any other profession.

Now, if I could just be taller and be able to dunk a basketball ...

Endor Furnace tour This Sunday, there will be a tour of the historic Endor Iron Furnace. The event is open to anyone.

The Railroad House Historical Association and the Endor Furnace Committee have worked hard to preserve this local historic structure.

This tour is a great opportunity for people to learn more about the Furnace and its historic background.

It’s also an opportunity for people to enjoy the nature that surrounds the Furnace, located near the banks of the Deep River.

Here are the directions as to how to get to the site, thanks to the Endor Iron Furnace website: From Sanford, take U.S. 421 north. About 4.2 miles after passing under U.S. 1, turn right on Cumnock Road. Follow about .6 miles and turn right on Cotten Road. Follow about 2 miles and turn left on Iron Furnace Road at the railroad crossing. Take Iron Furnace Road to the end and park in the field on the left.

Tastes great but less filling

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rom Brussels and London to Washington and Raleigh, politicians are debating about how governments should respond to persistent economic woes.

There are far more than two identifiable opinions, I’ll grant you, but they can be grouped into two general categories. If you want to wax philosophical, you can affix a variety of labels to the two teams: Keynesians vs. free-marketeers, authoritarians vs. libertarians, Left vs. Right.

Being the cheeky champion of advertising that I am, however, I’ll suggest slightly different labels: Tastes Great vs. Less Filling.

In general, the Tastes Great team believes that recessions occur when consumers stop buying enough goods and services to sustain economic production. Whatever valid reasons individual consumers might have for paying down debt and becoming thriftier, the macro effect on the economy is seen as unwelcome.

The Tastes Great team concludes that more government expenditures are needed to prop up aggregate demand, keeping current workers employed. Furthermore, they tend to believe that increasing government budgets boosts long-term economic growth anyway, because only government officials have the requisite knowledge and incentives to invest in education (human capital), infrastructure (physical capital), science (intellectual capital), and other assets that pay future returns.

The tasty policy brew that advances both their short-run belief in macroeconomic tinkering and their long-run belief in government investment is a mix of higher taxes, higher spending, and higher debt. Because they believe that the immediate economic problem is inadequate private consumption, they must inevitably believe that there is too much private savings and investment (remember that consumption + investment = total income).

Instead of leaving income in private hands, where it might just be saved, they favor taxing and redistributing it to lowerincome households, who are more likely to spend than save. To offset the resulting loss of private investment, they favor public investment — i.e. more government spending.

In general, the Less Filling team argues that terms like “aggregate demand” obscure more than they reveal. This team believes that recessions occur when production and consumption get misaligned. That is, the problem isn’t so much a lack of consumer demand as it is a surplus of particular goods that consumers no longer want and a deficit of particular goods (including investments and capital goods) that they’d rather buy.

Businesses must draw down inventories of less-popular goods and retool to produce more-popular goods. As a result, some plants, stores, and divisions are closed.

Some employees and vendors are displaced.

Each economic bust reflects a supplydemand disconnect that originated during

John Hood Columnist John Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation

the prior boom. Most recently, government policies favored spending on housing over spending on other capital goods, creating an artificial bubble of demand for new homes that eventually popped.

The best thing policymakers can do to shorten the length and depth of a recession, says the Less Filling crowd, is to avoid blocking the necessary adjustments. Allow prices and wages to adjust to reality. Don’t make the adjustments more expensive by raising taxes, erecting trade barriers, bailing out failed enterprises, or increasing the subsidy for remaining unemployed.

As for long-term growth, the Less Filling crowd agrees that investment in human, physical, intellectual, and other capital is valuable — but disagrees that government monopolies should dominate such investment. Before collecting more taxes or issuing more debt to finance still more government spending, they prefer to reform existing education and infrastructure programs to increase their productivity — by encouraging competition and innovation, reducing cross-subsidies that distort economic decisions, and eliminating lowpriority spending that does little more than feather the nest of well-represented special interests.

Yet another way to think about the difference is this: both teams know that government can only spend to the extent that it reduces private spending, either through raising taxes or issuing debt. But the Tastes Great team thinks that it can trick the general public out of a recession by “priming the pump” with government stimulus apparently concocted out of thin air.

The other team thinks that such gimmicks may taste great politically, but are less economically filling than letting those who earn income spend it as they see fit.

Today’s Prayer Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. (Psalm 57:1 KJV) PRAYER: Loving Creator, sometimes waiting is difficult. Help us remember that You are with us during these times. Amen.

Letters to the Editor Animal euthanasia by injection is both more humane and cost effective To the Editor: I read the recent article regarding the petition to ban gas chambers in Lee County Animal Control. You asked for the public’s thoughts on whether or the cost effectiveness or being humane should be the issue.

I believe they go hand in hand.

As was pointed out in the article, it is more cost effective ($2.29 per animal versus $4.66) to use injection for euthanasia. Health Department Director Howard Surface was quoted as noting that it costs to make this change because of staff training.

While, of course, this is logical, it’s a one-time cost. More importantly, it is actually safer for the staff to use injection, as there are several cases where Animal Control staff have been injured or killed using carbon monoxide.

Although Mr. Surface said that using injection for euthanasia with feral animals is a safety issue for staff doing the injections, I respectfully disagree.

I run a trap/neuter/return program called the Feral Cat Project.

We trap feral cats that people have been or are willing to feed and care for, take these cats to clinics to be neutered, vaccinated and treated for minor health issues; and then return them to live out their lives where they are used to — outdoors. To subdue such feral cats for surgery, they are injected through the trap, removed once unconscious and replaced in the traps once ready for recovery.

There is absolutely no reason feral cats cannot be given the injection for euthanasia beginning in the same manner.

This is another one-time training issue.

Finally, I would point out that it is cheaper and more humane to work with programs such as mine to be sure that as many as possible can be cared for — rather than killed in any way.

Trap/neuter/return has been proved to reduce the cat population in a humane manner.

Therefore, again, cost effectiveness and being humane go hand in hand.

MS. L. GEORGAN GREGG Moncure

Where is Middle America when we need it?

To the Editor: I write this on the Fourth of July, when all Americans are of one voice — we are proud of our great country. The rest of the year, we are too often a divided nation: red state/blue state, Christian/Muslim, citizen/immigrant.

I am neither a right-wing conservative nor a left-wing liberal.

I am what seems to be on the endangered species list lately — a moderate.

Where have all the moderates gone?

Why do we now seem to hear only either one extreme or the other?

I firmly believe that middle America remains predominately moderate.

Why then do we let the extreme right to left voices rule the airwaves? In their mind, only their view is correct, the other is unpatriotic.

Words like “negotiation” and “compromise” are equated with failure.

There is nothing wrong with the middle ground. Our nation was built upon it. Speak up, middle America and let both extremes know they are in fact the minority.

PAUL ANDREWS Durham

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OBITUARIES Joseph Buchanan

SANFORD — Graveside service for Joseph William Buchanan, 66, who died Sunday (7/4/10), was conducted Tuesday at Lemon Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Ruth Holder officiating.

The family received friends following the service at the cemetery.

Arrangements were

by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home.

Chuck Coffer

SANFORD — Graveside service for Charles Ray “Chuck” Coffer, 46, sho died Sunday (6/27/10), was conducted Thursday at Center United Methodist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Bob Morrison officiating.

Pallbearers were Tracy Carter, Barry Reynolds, Tommy Stone, Lee Battles, Tim Marsh and Gerald Parker.

Arrangements were

by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home.

Nina Cooper

SANFORD — Memorial service for Nina Ruth Long Cooper, 82, who died Wednesday (6/30/10), was conducted Tuesday at First Baptist Church by Dr. Jeff Clark.

The congregation sang. Soloist was Lee Ann Horner. Organist and pianist was Carole Troutman.

Edwin Douglas Moon Arrangements were by Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home.

John Gunter SANFORD — John Eugene Gunter, 69, died Tuesday (7/6/10) at his residence.

Arrangements will be announced by BridgesCameron Funeral Home.

Joyce Krick SANFORD — Memorial service for Joyce Claire Krick was held Tuesday at Miller-Boles Funeral Home Chapel in Sanford with Deacon Emilio Mejia officiating. Prior to the service, the family greeted friends while a memorial DVD was playing in the background.

Michael Krick delivered a tribute of his mother’s life.

Following the service a reception followed the at Carolina Trace Country Club.

Arrangments were

by Miller-Boles Funeral Home.

OAK ISLAND — Mr. Edwin Douglas Moon, age 66, of Oak Island, died Monday, July 5, 2010, at his home.

Mr. Moon was born in Chatham County, on November 2, 1943 and was the son of the late Edwin Durwood and Bertie Underwood Moon. He was a former resident of Sanford before moving to Oak Island in 2004. He was a Volunteer Fireman and Policeman while living in Chatham County. Mr. Moon was an Amateur Radio Operator and served with the Emergency Preparedness organizations in Chatham and Lee Counties. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Oak Island and served as a Deacon. He also was a Gideon.

He is survived by his wife, Judy Moon; a daughter, Ashlyn Nealon of Oak Island; two grandchildren, Lily Rose Nealon and Piper Moon Alvarez.

Funeral services will be held Friday, July 9, 2010, at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Oak Island with Pastor Charlie Carter officiating. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service.

Graveside services will follow at 4 p.m. at Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Sanford with the Rev. Ira Sutton officiating.

In lieu of flowers please make memorials to Handy Persons Ministry, c/o First Baptist Church Oak Island, 4608 E. Oak Island Drive, Oak Island, N.C. 28465 or The Gideon’s International, P.O. Box 834, Shallotte, N.C. 28459.

Online condolences at www.peacocknewnamwhite.com.

Arrangements are by Peacock-Newnam & White Funeral and Cremation Service, Southport.

Mary Leach SANFORD — Mary Frances Clark Leach, 70, of 7036 Carbonton Road, died Friday (7/2/10) at Central Carolina Hospital.

Cremation will not be announced.

Arrangements by C.E. Willie Funeral and Cremation Services of Sanford.

SANFORD — Funeral service for Nellie Ruth Kelly Wood Owens, 88, who died Saturday (7/3/10), was conducted Tuesday at Shallow Well Cemetery with the Rev. Donald Thompson officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery. The family received friends prior to the service at the church.

Organist was Patricia

POLICE BEAT

SANFORD n Brandon Keith McKoy reported assault Sunday at 223 Linden Ave. n Alfredo Villatoro Benitez reported theft from a vehicle Sunday at 1811 Woodland Ave. n Lillie Brown Upchurch reported theft from a vehicle Sunday at 812 Pineridge St. n Tiffany Nichole Whitehead reported larceny of prescription medications Sunday at 708 Stoney Brook Drive. n State Employees Credit Union reported counterfeiting Sunday at 1728 Cone St. n Laura Olivia Hernandez reported property damage Sunday at 2628 Indian Wells Court. n n Joye Lynn Hall reported motor vehicle theft Monday at 111 E. Weatherspoon St. n Candlewood Apartments reported property damage Monday at 1212 Burns Drive. n Cheatham & Cheatham Associates reported larceny Monday at 642 W. Main St. n Godfrey’s Body Shop reported property damage Monday at 907 S. Horner Blvd. n Amy Hurley Saucedo reported property damage Monday at 1210 W. Garden St. n Angela Annette Mcgilveary reported communicating threats Monday at 705 Wall St. n Joseph David Phelps reported larceny Monday at 1511 Rollins Store Road. n Walmart reported larceny Monday at 3310 N.C. 87. n Walmart reported counterfeiting Monday at 3310 N.C. 87. n Nehemiah Perez Cameron reported simple assault Monday at 3505 Renee Drive. n Tonnette Lyvonne Buie reported property damage Monday at 506 San-Lee Drive. n Stop & Shop reported shoplifting Monday at 230 McIver St. n Alphonso Gene Smith reported a death

Monday at 2102 Belford Drive. n Tito Antonio Granados reported robbery Monday at 304 Maple Ave. n Diane Irmguard Williams reported simple assault Monday at 310 Bounty Lane. n Monica Florencia Huezo reported kidnapping Monday at 2502 S. Horner Blvd. n Keisha Sheree Sumpter reported theft from a vehicle Tuesday at 510 Hughes St. n Breakers 200 reported breaking and entering into a business Tuesday at 229 Wicker St. n Heather Ann Green, 24, was charged Sunday with failure to apppear and worthless check. n Jose Roberto Reyes, 26, was charged Sunday at 2613 Lee Ave. with being drunk and disruptive. n Alexander William Hunt, 20, was charged Sunday with possession of drug paraphernalia. n Toney Tuyon Holt, 50, was charged Sunday with failure to appear. n Keith Bernett Armstrong, 53, was charged Tuesday at 310 Bounty Lane with assault on a female.

LEE COUNTY n Brandon Lee Haas of 90 Craft Lane in Sanford reported someone entered his home Friday and removed money, a video game system and DVDs. n Cedric Darlymple of 2804 Lanlier Drive in Sanford reported a larceny of a bicycle from his home Tuesday. n Clawson Raymond Patterson of 3105 Harward Drive in Sanford reported a larceny of a firearm from his Toyota truck while parked at his residence Monday. n Grant Holder of 206 Forrest Drive in Liberty reported Monday that someone entered his 2005 Dodge van while it was parked at 2400 Courtland Drive and removed a purse. n Branson Mosier of 5115 Tyndall Drive in

Sanford reported a larceny Saturday of a 2008 utility trailer with tools from 3701 Hawkins Ave. n Natasha Renee Baldwin, 33, of 2104 Kildaire St. in Sanford, was arrested Saturday for misdemeanor larceny and possession of stolen goods; she was released under a written promise to appear in court. n Whitley Nicole Ticer, 19, of 3719 Pilson Road in Sanford, was arrested Sunday for failing to appear in court; she was held under $2,000 secured bond. n Jonathon J. Thompson, 28, of 193 JP Lane in Sanford, was arrested Saturday for domestic criminal trespassing, assault on a female and resisting officers; he was held under $500 secured bond. n Jessica Erin Johnson, 21, of 79 Saint Andrews Church Road in Sanford, was arrested Sunday for failing to appear in court; she was held under $55,500 secured bond. n David Elandis Bester, 32, of 175 Castleberry Road in Sanford was arrested Saturday for failing to appear in court; he was held under $1,000 secured bond. n Frank Thomas Ohlsson, 21, of 1914 Brook Cliff Lane in Sanford was arrested Friday for simple assault; he was held under $2,000 unsecured bond. n Joseph Glenn Vanskiver, 23, of 230 Hidden Pond Lane in Sanford, was arrested Tuesday for resisting officers; he was held under $500 secured bond. n Mathew James Thomas, 21, of 4575 Edwards Road in Sanford, was arrested Monday for failing to appear in court; he was held under $500 secured bond. n Jerry Wayne Saunders, 36, of 107 Allen Road in Sanford, was arrested Monday for communicating threats and failing to appear in court; he was held under no bond.

Dr. Lonnie Reives RALEIGH — Dr. Lonnie C. Reives, 70, of 8620 Neuse Landing Lane, Suite 111, died Friday (7/2/10).

Arrangements will be announced by C.E. Willie Funeral and Cremation Services of Sanford.

Billie Williams

Thomas. The congregation sang.

Pallbearers were Corbitt Thomas, Wayne Watson, Eddie Thomas, Johnny Watson, A.K. Griffin and Roy Cox. Arrangements were

by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home.

RALEIGH — Billie Jean Williams, 47, formerly of Carthage, died Thursday (7/1/10) at her residence.

She is survived by her mother, Betty Lowe of Carthage; a daughter, Samatha Williams of Greenville; a son, Tyrus Lowe of Greenville; sisters, Theresa Hoskins of Carthage, Linda Lowe of Pinehurst and Judy Lowe of Winston-Salem; and a brother, Jo Lowe of Winston-Salem.

A viewing will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. The family will receive friends at the home of Betty Lowe.

The funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at Pugh and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. V.D. Dowdy officiating.

Arrangements are by Pugh and Smith Funeral Home.

Leonard Scurlock

Corissa Person

Paid obituary

Nellie Owens

bers of the Class of 1967.

Arrangements were by Knotts Funeral Home of Pittsboro.

PITTSBORO — Funeral service for Leonard D. Scurlock, 61, of 910 Hillsboro St., who died Wednesday (6/30/10), was conducted Saturday at Alston Chapel United Holiness Church with the Rev. Jerry Powell officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Musician was Johnny Price.

Pallbearers were mem-

SILER CITY — Corissa Person, 33, of 1221 W. 11th St., died Friday (7/2/10) at her residence.

She is survived by daughters, Asiah Person and Anaya Johnson; mother, Debra Person; paternal guardian, Joe Lewis Sutton; a brother, Timothy Person; maternal grandmother, Alberta Person; one nephew; one goddaughter and a host

of aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and friends.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Holy Trinity U.H. Church in Siler City.

Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

No wake is scheduled.

Condolences may be made at www.knottsfuneralhome.com Arrangements are by Knotts and Son Funeral Home of Siler City.

Tommy Thomas ATLANTA, Ga. — Tommy Lee Thomas, 55, died Tuesday (06/29/10).

He was preceded in death by his father, Harvey T. Thomas Jr., formally of Sanford.

He is survived by his mother, Mary Rosser Thomas of Sanford; a son, Phillip Thomas of Douglasville, Ga.; daughters, Rachel Johnson and Leah Thomas, both of Ocala, Fla.; brothers, Tim Thomas of Douglasville, Ga., Rocky Thomas of Dardanelle, Ark., Dennis Thomas of Douglasville, Ga., Donnie Thomas of Pinellas Park, Fla. and David Spivey of Sanford; sisters, Dianna Allen and Kelly Holt, both of Sanford; three granddaughters and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at First Atlanta Methodist Church at a date to be determined.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Healthfield Hospice, 34 Upper Riverdale Road, Suite 101, Atlanta, Ga. 30274. o For more information on obituaries in The Herald, contact Kim Edwards at (919) 718-1224 or e-mail obits@sanfordherald.com.

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has been traversing the skies for 10 years. When they aren’t working at their day jobs (Dukeman at a pharmaceutical company in Research Triangle Park and Raseta at the Pfizer plant in Sanford), they try to fly at least one weekend a month.

“I love just being able to see everything from above,” Dukeman said.

“It’s peaceful.”

Dukeman and Raseta had heard of the Air Race Classic through The Ninety-Nines, an international organization for licensed women pilots, and decided to give it a try.

“We definitely had butterflies,” Raseta said.

“Will the engine start?

It’s a new adventure.”

Dukeman and Raseta practiced flybys and short cross-country flights, and they prepared to deal with obstacles such as traffic, inclement weather and avoiding military space.

They spent about 6 hours plotting courses to the airports at each stop and planning their route.

The 51 teams had four days to fly eight legs, a total of more than 2,400 miles, or 2,100 nautical miles. Though Dukeman and Raseta had never flown that distance before, Raseta said weather was their biggest obstacle.

“Just making sure we stayed away from the clouds was challenging,” Raseta said.

Dukeman said the experience wasn’t as stressful as she thought it would be, and making it to the finish line boosted the duo’s confidence.

Some teams couldn’t finish because of engine problems, so Dukeman and Raseta said they are thankful for their resilient plane, a Piper Cherokee PA28-180.

“I think flying at 7,500 feet above the clouds and going over the mountains, getting through that was a good feeling,” Dukeman said.

Though the race was a competition, Dukeman said she was impressed with how supportive everyone involved with the Air Race Classic was. The teams ranged in age from college students to a 92year-old, and Dukeman and Raseta said they felt a definite sense of camaraderie. This year’s race celebrated 100 years of women pilots, who make up only 6 percent of all pilots.

“That’s part of the Air Race Classic, talking about things that women are part of in aviation and increasing awareness,” Dukeman said.

Dukeman and Raseta finished 37th overall and placed second in the leg from Waycross, Ga., to Tuscaloosa, Ala. They said they are proud of the results, especially given that this was their first race. They plan on tackling the Air Race Classic again next year.

“It was exhilarating to have accomplished it,” Raseta said. “We’d love to have a big group of women leaving Sanford to fly in the race.”

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from any other council members.

The city votes comes two weeks after Lee County commissioners approved a similar contract with the EDC. The revised document includes stipulations that require the EDC to give quarterly updates to EDC stakeholders Sanford, Lee County and Broadway, as well as provide monthly and annual reports on EDC activities.

Members of the inter-government committee that brainstormed changes for the EDC say it also clears some hurdles that slowed recruitment efforts in the past, pointing to requirements that a company make at least a $5 million investment to be eligible for incentives.

Some have said that the EDC has lost quality companies in the past because they did not meet overly strict rules for incentives.

Supporters say the incentives, which are given out as tax breaks for companies that agree to settle or expand in a locale, are necessary to compete in today’s dour economy.

“Incentives are a way of life, whether we like it or not,” said Sanford Mayor Cornelia Olive, adding that neighbors like South Carolina and Virginia are making aggressive plays to recruit

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Angus, in the parking lot. Grace Kelly was wounded in the arm, treated at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital and released.

Angus Kelly, 78, was flown to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill and underwent surgery. He was in

industry.

City Councilman L.I. “Poly” Cohen, a member of the EDC’s governing board, said North Carolina is limited by restrictions it places on incentives that are not required in other states.

“If we’re going to compete, we’ve got to do all we can with what little we can do,” Cohen said.

Supporters’ arguments failed to sway Taylor and Stone, who have complained that the EDC is given too much freedom with taxpayer dollars.

Stone blasted the contract and a resolution of support for referring to loosely-defined “benefits” a company could receive from the EDC. “I think that’s a generic term that can be exploited any way you want,” Stone said.

Councilman Sam Gaskins, a member of the EDC committee, said the vague language was used to increase flexibility for the agency in seeking different kinds of industry.

Benefits could include services like the extension of city utilities, not just tax breaks, Gaskins said.

Still, Stone said officials are spending too much on retaining current Lee County companies and not working enough to secure new industry, pointing to continuing high unemployment.

Recently released numbers peg Lee County’s May unemployment at 12.3 percent, a 0.1

percentage point drop from April, but still higher than the state’s overall rate of 9.9.

Stone also complained of the precedent set by a recent county decision to offer up $900,000 in upfront cash to industry giant Caterpillar in exchange for a $31 million local expansion.

Incentives typically come in the form of tax breaks, not upfront payments, but supporters said the size of the considered investment by Caterpillar merits a special arrangement.

“You’re going to see a lot more of that to come if you don’t tighten up on incentives,” Stone warned Tuesday.

During Tuesday’s discussions, Councilman Walter McNeil, who voted for the redrafted EDC contract, chided Stone for indicating during his arguments that the area is “leading” the state in unemployment.

Lee County has seen high unemployment, but is not tops in the state, McNeil said.

“People are going to listen and believe what you say,” he said. “... You can’t just leave that out there.”

According to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, Scotland County registered the highest rate at 16 percent in May. Stone countered that he was suggesting Sanford’s high unemployment is among the worst for cities of like size.

stable condition two days later, according to Capt. Richard Talbert. No updates on his condition were available Tuesday.

On June 28, deputies arrested Williams, Leroy Richard Medley, 20, of Southern Pines, and Demarcus James Dennison, 18, of Polkton. Paris Yusef Mack, 17, of Southern Pines, was arrested two days later.

Williams, who was shot in

the face, was originally taken to FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in critical condition, Talbert said.

After his release from the hospital Saturday, Williams was sent to Central Prison in Raleigh on a $250,000 secured bond. His first court appearance is scheduled for July 15 in Moore County District Court.

State

8A / Wednesday, July 7, 2010 / The Sanford Herald STATE BRIEFS Gov. Perdue to meet with Highway Patrol leaders

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue wants to talk to the leadership of the Highway Patrol in the wake of several cases of trooper misconduct.

Perdue’s office said she will meet with about 160 members of the force’s leadership Wednesday.

Perdue spokeswoman Chrissy Pearson says they will discuss plans to start the process of repairing the Highway Patrol’s reputation.

She declined to discuss details.

The meeting comes just a couple weeks after the force’s top spokesman resigned after sending inappropriate text messages to a co-worker. One trooper resigned recently after being charged with drunken driving while another was fired after being pulled over on suspicion of drunken driving.

N.C. House, Senate give OK to similar ethics bills

RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina House and Senate have approved different ethics, campaign finance and government reform bills by wide margins.

The Senate gave unanimous support to its version of the measure Tuesday, an hour after the House gave final approval to its own similar bill. Leaders in both chambers will use the competing measures to negotiate a compromise before they go home by the end of the week.

The House voted for its bill after pulling back on a longer “cooling-off” period

before ex-lawmakers and former state officials can lobby the state government. The House version also scales back what state employee personnel records are released after concerns were raised by the state personnel office.

2 suspicious items lead to brief scares DURHAM (AP) — Things are returning to normal in Durham after two morning scares led authorities to evacuate homes and businesses in central North Carolina.

A spokeswoman with the Durham Police Department said Tuesday that neither of the suspicious items that authorities went to investigate were a threat.

Authorities had evacuated homes after someone reported finding a mortar in a yard. Durham Police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said the mortar was not live.

N.C. opens health coverage to high-risk uninsured RALEIGH (AP) — A new health insurance plan to cover people with pre-existing medical conditions is now available in North Carolina.

Inclusive Health said it started accepting customers Tuesday. North Carolina is one of 29 states that will administer their own plans resulting from health care reform passed by Congress this year.

The plan will offer coverage to people who have been uninsured for at least six months.

A 50-year-old nonsmoker who was diagnosed with cancer in the past five

years would pay $261 a month with a $4,500 deductible and $469 a month with a $1,000 deductible.

Hackney: House moving ahead on sweepstakes ban RALEIGH (AP) — The House is moving forward on a bill that would clarify that computer-based sweepstakes games sprouting up at hundreds of new Internet cafes and business centers in North Carolina are illegal.

House Speaker Joe Hackney said Tuesday he expected a measure overwhelmingly approved by the Senate last month would be taken up on the floor if a committee gives the OK. After a meeting with House Democrats, Hackney said he thinks there will be enough votes on the floor to support a sweepstakes ban.

Customers at the new cafes buy Internet time, then play games to win cash and prizes.

‘Mother Vine’ sprayed with weedkiller MANTEO (AP) — A massive grapevine that may have been growing on North Carolina’s coast since the 1500s is recovering after being sprayed with a powerful weedkiller.

Multiple media outlets reported the scuppernong grape vine known as the Mother Vine was sprayed by a contractor working for Virginia-based Dominion Power.

Jack Wilson has cared for the vine since he bought the property where it grows on Roanoke Island in 1957. Wilson first noticed the vine had brown areas in late May.

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N.C. SYMPHONY

Symphony breaks even for latest concert season RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina Symphony broke even for the concert season that just ended and its leaders hope the orchestra has turned a corner financially.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported private donors gave more money, a musicians union made large concessions and lawmakers gave more aid.

“Hopefully, the very worst is behind us,” said David Chambless Worters, the symphony’s president and chief executive officer.

“The symphony has a long journey before us,” Worters said. “But it is a tremendous result for 2009-2010. We are very pleased that we were able to turn the corner.”

The symphony still owes money, but less than it did a year ago. It owed nearly $2.8 million to the bank as of June 30, about $1 million less than its debt a year ago.

Though based in Raleigh, the symphony conducts concerts statewide, performing in

concert halls and high school gyms as part of its educational mission.

An $8 million special private fundraising drive brought a $1.5 million challenge grant from the Legislature. The musicians union agreed to a 19 percent salary cut from their contract in the coming season.

Donations and sponsorships increased during the past year to $3.1 million from $2.3 million the previous year.

That includes $147,000 raised in a benefit concert in June headlined by jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis of Durham.

“We are enormously grateful to everyone who made it possible — our ticket buyers and almost 4,000 donors,” Worters said.

But budget cuts accounted for much of the improving financial picture. The symphony’s expenses were $11.6 million in 2009-2010 down from a $14.1 million budget that had initially been proposed for the year. The budget

for 2008-09 was $13.6 million.

In May, the musicians union agreed to a 19 percent salary cut from what they had been scheduled to receive in their contract during the coming season, decreasing the base pay for a symphony musician from $59,400 a year to $47,956 a year. Conductor Grant Llewellyn and other symphony employees also took pay cuts, ranging from 10 percent to 30 percent.

The symphony also moved offices to a less expensive location, postponed costly guest artists and declined to stage elaborate musical pieces requiring extra musicians.

The symphony derives about 40 percent of its budget from individuals and corporate donations, 30 percent from ticket sales, 20 percent from legislative appropriations and 10 percent from such sources as local government grants and endowment earnings.

ASHEVILLE

Mom pleased with Tenn. decision on lesbians, kids ASHEVILLE (AP) — A North Carolina mother says she hopes other gay and lesbian couples don’t have to suffer through her experience of having a Tennessee judge prevent her teenage children from living with her and her partner.

“It definitely makes the victory a lot sweeter knowing that not only did we win the case, but for other gays and lesbians across Tennessee, those judges aren’t going to be able to say, ’you’re not good parents because you’re gay,’ or ’you can’t have your kids because you’re gay,’ or ’you can’t stay together,”’ Angel Chandler told the Asheville Citizen-Times.

The so-called paramour clause was first imposed in May 2008 by Gibson County Chancellor George Ellis, prohibiting overnight stays by Chandler’s partner of more than 10 years, Mary Counce.

The restriction was not requested by Chandler’s ex-husband and came despite an evaluation finding no harm to their

children, who are now 15- and 17-years-old.

Angel Chandler used to live in Gibson County, Tenn., but she and Counce now share a home in Black Mountain.

“I just thought it was insane when the judge said I couldn’t stay in the house from 11 to 7,” said Counce, who has two college-aged children of her own.

“If we could have been married, I wouldn’t have been a paramour, but how can we be married when it’s not allowed?

It’s a Catch-22 and they love that. Bigots love that kind of stuff.”

Chandler and Counce had maintained separate homes in order to comply with the custody agreement. But the two started living together again when that became a financial burden, effectively preventing the children from being able to visit.

The appeals court in Jackson struck down Ellis’ ruling last year. Ellis issued a new ruling in March, but imposed the paramour clause again, stating, “A paramour

overnight, abuse of alcohol and abuse of drugs are clearly common sense understanding that children can be adversely affected by such exposure...”

In last week’s ruling, the appeals court said Ellis abused his discretion.

“The record is devoid of any evidence whatsoever to support the finding that a paramour provision is in the best interests of the children. In fact, the record contains evidence demonstrating that a paramour provision is contrary to the best interests of the children,” the court wrote.

Chandler said Ellis equated marriage with being a good parent.

“He acted like a marriage certificate hanging on the wall equaled good parenting because that’s all he really cared about,” Chandler said. “(He thought) If you’re gay, you’re not good parents and the evidence didn’t matter. There was nothing rational or logical about it. It was all just basically bias and bigotry.”

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ALSO ADDRESSES U.N.

NATION BRIEFS

Queen places wreath at ground zero

NEW YORK (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II placed a wreath of flowers at a site of the Sept. 11 attacks Tuesday and chatted with victims’ families and first responders, minutes after using her first visit to New York in more than three decades to praise the U.N. for promoting peace and justice.

The 84-year-old British monarch braved 100-degree heat in a 15minute visit to the World Trade Center site after challenging the United Nations to spearhead an international response to global dangers.

Near the footprint of the trade center’s south tower, she placed a wreath of New Yorkgrown red peonies, roses, lilies and black-eyed Susans on a wooden riser at the site.

Dressed in a two-piece white, blue and beige print dress with a ruffled hem and a matching brimmed champagnecolored silk hat with flowers, she smiled and nodded at a phalanx of dignitaries, relatives of Sept. 11 victims and first

“In my lifetime, the United Nations has moved from being a high-minded aspiration to being a real force for common good,�

Elizabeth told diplomats from the 192 U.N. member states. “That of itself has been a signal achievement. But we are not here to reminisce.

In tomorrow’s world, we must all work together as hard as ever if we are truly to be United Nations.�

Speaking as queen of 16 U.N. member states and head of a commonwealth of 54 countries with a population of nearly 2 billion people, Elizabeth recalled the dramatic changes in the world since she last visited the United Nations in 1957, especially in science, technology and social attitudes.

But she also praised the U.N.’s aims and values, which have endured — promoting peace, security and justice; fighting hunger, poverty and disease; and protecting the rights and liberties of every citizen.

AP Photo

Queen Elizabeth II is greeted during her visit to the British Garden at Hanover Square in New York, Tuesday. responders gathered to meet her.

The queen “just was asking me about that day, and how awful it must’ve been,� said Debbie Palmer, whose husband, battalion fire chief Orio Palmer, was killed on Sept. 11. “She said, ’I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything in my life as bad as that. And I said, ’Let’s hope we never do again.�’ Palmer said of the monarch, “She’s beautiful. She looks like she could be anybody’s

grandmother.� “And she looks like royalty, because we’re all sweating and she was quite the lady — no sweat whatsoever! Her lipstick was just so.�

The queen left the site in a motorcade to visit the British Garden of Remembrance, built to honor the 67 Britons killed in the 2001 attack.

Earlier Tuesday, she challenged the UN to promote prosperity and dignity for the world’s inhabitants.

ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW

Federal gov’t files suit to throw out law

PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government took a momentous step into the immigration debate Tuesday when it filed a lawsuit seeking to throw out Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigrants, saying the law blatantly violates the Constitution.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Phoenix sets the stage for a high-stakes legal clash over states rights at a time when politicians across the country have indicated they want to follow Arizona’s lead on

the toughest-in-the-nation immigration law.

The legal action represents a thorough denunciation by the government of Arizona’s action, declaring that the law will “cause the detention and harassment of authorized visitors, immigrants and citizens who do not have or carry identification documents� while altogether ignoring “humanitarian concerns� and harming diplomatic relations.

Supporters of the law

say the suit was an unnecessary action by the federal government after years of neglecting problems at the border. Republican Gov. Jan Brewer called the lawsuit “a terribly bad decision� and defended the law as “reasonable and constitutional�

Arizona passed the law after years of frustration over problems associated with illegal immigration, including drug trafficking, kidnappings and murders.

The state is the biggest gateway into the U.S. for

illegal immigrants, and is home to an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants.

The law requires officers, while enforcing other laws, to question a person’s immigration status if there’s a reasonable suspicion that they are in the country illegally. The law also makes it a state crime for legal immigrants to not carry their immigration documents and bans day laborers and people who seek their services from blocking traffic on streets.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The government said Tuesday it planned to appeal a decision to release one of the defendants in the Russian spy case on bail.

The announcement came from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, four days after bail was set for a U.S. citizen charged in the case.

A magistrate judge in Manhattan had said the woman, Peruvian-born Vicky Pelaez, could be released on $250,000 bail with electronic monitoring and home detention. The judge said when he set bail that she could not be released before this week because it would take time to set up the bail requirements.

An appeal means that a bail hearing will occur before a federal judge, who will decide whether to uphold the findings of the magistrate judge.

Defense attorney John M. Rodriguez said Tuesday that he received a copy of a letter prosecutors had sent the court saying they were appealing. He said he expected his client to remain jailed pending the outcome of a hearing Wednesday afternoon.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Buy those Forever stamps now.

The cost of mailing a letter is going up again.

Fighting to survive a deepening financial crisis, the Postal Service said Tuesday it wants to increase the price of first-class stamps by 2 cents — to 46 cents — starting in January. Other postage costs would rise as well.

The agency’s persisting problem: ever-declining mail volume as people and businesses shift to the Internet and the declining economy reduces advertising mail. “The Postal Service faces a serious risk of financial insolvency,� postal vice president Stephen M. Kearney said, an indication that without significant changes a time could come when the agency would be unable to pay its bills.

The post office lost $3.8 billion last year, despite cutting 40,000 full-time positions and making other reductions, and Kearney said it is facing a $7 billion loss for this year and the same for fiscal 2011, which begins in October. The rate increase would bring in $2.5 billion, meaning there still would be a large loss for next year.

Traders hunting for beaten-down stocks lift stocks

EPA: Air pollution rule would cut smog from coal plants

NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average broke a seven-day slide Tuesday after traders sifted through the market for beaten-down stocks.

The Dow rose 57 points, or 0.6 percent, after dropping 7.3 percent in just the past two weeks and reaching its lowest level since October. Traders were looking to pick up stocks while they’re still cheap, but the buying was selective and there were more losing stocks than gainers on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow rose as much as 172 points in morning trading but also fell into the red by mid-afternoon. “There are pockets of opportunity out there. There are some areas with good valuations,� said Aaron Reynolds, senior portfolio analyst at Robert W. Baird in Milwaukee.

High-tech and oil service companies were among the market leaders. But retailers slumped amid downbeat comments from analysts and ahead of reports later in the week on June sales.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is proposing new rules to tighten restrictions on pollution from coal-burning power plants in the eastern half of the country, a key step to cut emissions that cause smog.

The Environmental Protection Agency said the new rules would cut sulfur dioxide emissions by 71 percent from 2005 levels by 2014 and nitrogen oxide emissions by 52 percent in the same time frame.

The regulation, known as the Clean Air Interstate Rule, requires 31 states from Massachusetts to Texas to reduce emissions that contribute to smog and soot and can travel long distances in the wind. The agency predicted the rule would prevent about 14,000 to 36,000 premature deaths a year.

The rule would overturn and toughen rules issued during the administration of former President George W. Bush.

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LINDSAY LOHAN’S TROUBLES

E-BRIEFS

Judge won’t consider alcohol report

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.

(AP) — A judge sentenced Lindsay Lohan to 90 days in jail Tuesday after ruling she violated probation in a 2007 drug case by failing to attend court-ordered alcohol education classes.

Lohan burst into tears after the sentencing by Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel.

Lohan was not required to immediately surrender but will have to turn herself in on July 20. She will also be required to enter an inpatient rehab program after her release from jail.

The ruling came during a hearing set for the “Mean Girls” star after she missed a court date in May. She has been required to wear an ankle alcohol monitor since then.

The monitor issued an alert after Lohan attended the MTV Movie Awards and after-parties.

Prosecutors had hoped to introduce reports from the monitor to show the actress also had violated a court order against drinking imposed as part of her probation.

Revel said during the ongoing hearing the device showed Lohan’s blood-alcohol content was 0.03.

However, Revel said she would not consider whether the actress actu-

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Actress Lindsay Lohan reacts after the sentencing by Superior Court Judge Marsha Reve during a hearing in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday. ally consumed alcohol last month after attending the MTV Movie Awards. Lohan has denied drinking that night.

The judge said she would honor what she told lawyers for both sides in a closed meeting last month and not allow the negative report to be used at the hearing.

Revel said she would only consider whether the actress failed to complete the required number of alcohol education courses on time.

Cheryl Marshall, a cofounder of the education

program, testified she did not report Lohan to be in violation of the judge’s order when the actress missed nine meetings then made up an undisclosed number.

Marshall said she was aware the program received a phone call from the judge in December saying she wanted Lohan to attend classes each week. But Marshall added she never got a paper copy of the order and did not consider it active.

Marshall’s program fought against providing records and testimony

at the hearing, but Revel ruled the information was necessary.

Lohan’s attorney Shawn Chapman Holley said she hadn’t prepared to defend against the alcohol monitor report because the judge had said it would only affect bail for the actress. Revel doubled Lohan’s bail to $200,000 after learning of the alert last month.

Lohan arrived about 10 minutes early for the hearing at the Beverly Hills courthouse. Lohan’s father Michael and younger sister also attended.

The hearing immediately hit a snag as Chapman Holley and prosecutor Danette Meyers sparred on what evidence could be introduced.

Lohan spent 84 minutes in jail in 2007 after she pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of being under the influence of cocaine and no contest to two counts of driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.08 percent and one count of reckless driving.

The plea came after a pair of high-profile arrests earlier that year. Lohan was sentenced to three years of probation but had to ask for a yearlong extension in October after she failed to complete her alcohol-education courses on time.

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Buffett hopes to boost Gulf spirits with concert ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — Singer Jimmy Buffett is just another mad Gulf Coast native when it comes to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but with an exception: He’s got millions of fans Buffett and a way to help lift spirits over the seemingly endless crisis.

Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band will play Sunday on the beach in Gulf Shores, Ala., which has been sporadically hit by oil for weeks. The show already has been postponed once because of Hurricane Alex, and Buffett is hoping bad weather lurking in the Gulf doesn’t create problems this weekend.

Known for laid-back tunes like “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” Buffett told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday that it’s perfectly normal for people to be mad when they see oil washing up on beaches and marshes.

“If you’re born and raised on the Gulf Coast and it’s kind of in you, and you don’t feel anger and rage initially over what’s going on down there, I think you’re a hypocrite,” he said in a telephone interview from New York. “That’s the way I felt. Now, what you do with that is a big question.”

Buffett said a beachfront concert seemed like the right thing to do after talking

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to people on the coast.

“People were going, ‘What are you going to do about things?’ I mean, hell, I can’t stick my finger in that hole.

Everybody wishes they could,” said Buffett.

“But there’s a huge amount of frustration and probably it will boil over in summertime anger, and I know what I’ve done for years is entertain. What I’m best at is two hours of escapism for people that have to go back and either live jobs that they don’t like or whatever,” he said. “It’s that Mardi Gras mentality.”

Born in Mississippi and raised in Alabama, Buffett has lived all over the Gulf Coast. He said memories of the region are laced through his music.

“I have pretty much surrounded myself with Gulf Coast influences for a long time, and ... if you listen to those songs, I think it’s pretty much in there,” said Buffett, 63.

Buffett, a supporter of President Barack Obama, said the roots of the spill lie with the administration of former President George Bush, which was often criticized for being too cozy with the petroleum industry.

“To me it was more about eight years of bad policy before (Obama) got there that let this happen. It was Dracula running the blood bank in terms of oil and leases,” he said. “I think that has more to do with it than how the president reacted to it.”

Unruly crowd undoes N.J. party featuring Diddy

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Rowdy crowds waiting in line for a July Fourth pool party featuring Sean “Diddy” Combs forced the event to be shut down before the rap and fashion mogul had a chance to enter.

Police shut down the party early Monday, forcing some 1,800 guests out of the Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City nightclub known as The Pool.

On his Twitter feed, Diddy wrote, “I just shut down Atlantic City! The party was so crazy I couldn’t even get in!

10 thousand people showed up. ... I was ready to party!”

Casino staff said that the actual crowd was not nearly that large but that they decided to cancel the event in the name of safety.

“Because of the large response on the 4th, we made a proactive decision to postpone the originally scheduled nightlife activities,” said Jay Snowden, the casino’s senior vice president and general manager, in a statement.

The trouble began around 12:30 a.m. when an estimated 500 people in line tried to force their way in, authorities said. All the casino’s bars were also closed early because of the brouhaha.

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By CAIN BURDEAU

Obama, Netanyahu dismiss talk of dissension

Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans, which managed to escape the oil from the BP spill for more than two months, can’t hide any longer.

For the first time since the accident, oil from the ruptured well is seeping into Lake Pontchartrain, threatening another environmental disaster for the huge body of water that was rescued from pollution in 1990s to become, once more, a bountiful fishing ground and a popular spot for boating and swimming.

“Our universe is getting very small,” Pete Gerica, president of the Lake Pontchartrain Fishermen’s Association, said Tuesday.

Over the July Fourth weekend, tar balls and an oil sheen pushed by strong winds from faraway Hurricane Alex slipped past lines of barges that were supposed to block the passes connecting the Gulf of Mexico to the lake.

State authorities closed the lake’s eastern reaches to fishing on Monday, though most of it remained open. Barges were lined up at bayous and passes to stop the oil from coming in, and cleanup crews Tuesday used nets to collect tar balls from marinas and docks. They also

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Barges lined up to block oil are seen from the air in Chef Menteur Pass, which connects the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Borgne to Lake Pontchartrain, in New Orleans, La., Tuesday. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has infiltrated Lake Pontchartrain for the first time. planned to lay out 9,000 feet of special permeable booms. But the lake was too choppy for skimmer vessels to operate.

About 1,700 pounds of oily waste has been collected, said Suzanne Parsons Stymiest, a spokeswoman for St. Tammany Parish.

The amount of oil infiltrating 600-squaremile Lake Pontchartrain (pronounced PAHN-chuhtrayn) appears small so far. And tests on seafood have not turned up any oil contamination, said Brian Lezina, a state biologist. But the pollution is

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distressing to the many people in Louisiana who have a deep attachment to the lake.

“You won’t hear songs about a lot of the marshes in south Louisiana, but you will hear songs about Lake Pontchartrain,” Lezina said.

Out in the Gulf, meanwhile, stormy weather kept skimmers from working offshore Tuesday for yet another day and delayed the hookup of a big new ship intended to suck more crude from the gushing well. Also, the arrival of a Navy blimp intended to hover above the relief effort was delayed until Friday.

Tar balls from the spill also washed up on Texas beaches over the holiday weekend, meaning the disaster now touches all five Gulf Coast states, spanning more than 500 miles of coastline.

Lake Pontchartrain, named for the French count of Pontchartrain

during the reign of Louis XIV, is on the northern edge of the city. It is connected to the Gulf of Mexico by two main passes: the Rigolets, a winding passage of about 10 miles, and the Chef Menteur, around nine miles long.

For centuries, it has been a playground, a source of seafood and a backdoor route to New Orleans for invading British troops and hurricane storm surge.

Until the 1970s, its shores were a top destination for city folks who took streetcars and buses to the lake to swim and to dine at restaurants that cooked up the lake’s crabs and other seafood. They played in penny arcades and rode the Zephyr roller coaster at the Pontchartrain Beach amusement park.

But pollution shut down the swimming and chased away marine life, and the amusement park closed in the early 1980s.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to show unity to the world, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed talk of a rift as wildly unfounded, and Netanyahu pledged concrete, “very robust” steps to revive sluggish Mideast peace efforts with the Palestinians.

In a warm, yet carefully choreographed White House embrace, the two leaders took pains to persuade allies and enemies alike that a deeply important relationship is doing just fine.

The two nations clearly felt that was necessary. The meeting came five weeks after Israel’s deadly raid on a flotilla that was trying to break the Israeli blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. That raid brought international outrage and tested U.S. support for Israel’s security steps.

But the optics and words of Tuesday’s visit all sent one message: unshaken cooperation.

Netanyahu emerged with a pile of promises from Obama that the U.S. is both committed to Israel’s security and a believer that the prime minister wants peace with Palestinians. For his part, Netanyahu showed the urgency that Obama wants in boosting peace efforts, though he didn’t say in public just what he might have planned.

Stolen plane fits elusive ‘Barefoot Bandit’ mold NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Police were hunting across a tourist island Tuesday for signs of a pilot who vanished after wrecking a small plane in the Bahamas and investigators in the U.S. turned their suspicions toward an American teenager on the run dubbed “the

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The single-engine Cessna that crashed in shallow waters off Abaco island was apparently stolen more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilomters) away in Bloomington, Indiana. By the time rescuers arrived Sunday, nobody was inside.

The 2009 Cessna 400 Corvalis was stolen over the weekend from the Monroe County Airport, the facility’s manager, Bruce Payton said.

It was unclear how the thief got into the airport, which has a 10-foot security fence with barbed wire and coded access gates.

U.S. authorities said the heist has similarities to other thefts attributed to 19-year-old Colton HarrisMoore, a Washington state teenager who has no formal flight training.

The teen got his nickname for allegedly committing crimes while shoeless. He is suspected of stealing cars and small airplanes to evade authorities since escaping from a halfway house near Seattle in 2008.

French parliament debates ban on burqa-style veils PARIS (AP) — France’s justice minister went before parliament Tuesday to defend a hotly debated bill that would ban burqa-style Islamic veils in public, arguing that hiding your face from your neighbors is a violation of French values.

Michele Alliot-Marie’s speech at the National Assembly marked the start of parliamentary debate on the bill. It is widely expected to become law, despite the concerns of many French Muslims, who fear it will stigmatize them.

Many law scholars also argue it would violate the constitution.

The government has used various strategies to sell the proposal, casting it at times as a way to promote equality between the sexes, to protect oppressed women or to ensure security in public places.

Alliot-Marie argued that it has nothing to do with religion or security — she argued simply that life in the French Republic “is carried out with a bare face.”

“It is a question of dignity, equality and transparency,” she said in a speech that made scant mention of Muslim veils. Officials have taken pains to craft language that does not single out Muslims: While the proposed legislation is colloquially referred to as the “anti-burqa law,” it is officially called “the bill to forbid covering one’s face in public.”

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CATCHING UP WITH EBONY MURCHISON

Murchison shining on courts, in classroom AP photo

NO CHARGES FILED IN VICK PARTY SHOOTING VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Police said Tuesday they know who was responsible for shooting another man following Michael Vick’s birthday celebration, but the shooter will not be charged “at this time” because the victim has not cooperated with investigators.

Vick was not the shooter and there are no suspects other than the shooter, police spokesman Adam Bernstein said. The decision not to press charges was made by the prosecutor’s office, but could be reversed if the victim decides to cooperate.

In a statement released Tuesday, police said witnesses have also been reluctant to help in the investigation of the shooting outside a nightclub just after 2 a.m. on June 25. The statement said because the shooter will not be charged, his identity will not be released.

Former Jacket wins MVP awards in two sports as a sophomore

By RYAN SARDA sarda@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Former Lee County standout Ebony Murchison recently won two MVP awards for the Morris College Lady Hornets in volleyball and softball.

But she’s there to play basketball.

The rising junior is on a full scholarship to play basketball for the Sumter, S.C., school but has accumulated several accolades on the varsity level of volleyball and softball as a walk-on. In her freshman season, Murchison also

received the Hornets’ Rookie of the Year awards in both sports.

“It’s tough sometimes going from the tough schedule of volleyball to basketball and from basketball to softball,” said Murchison, who graduated from Lee County in 2008. “But I love all three sports. So I get to go from one sport to another and go from another sport that I love and play another one that I love. It’s tough, but it’s fun.”

Murchison played all three sports during her days as a Yellow Jacket and always knew that she

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Ebony Murchison, shown in this file photo from 2008 as a member of the Lee County Yellow Jackets, recently won two MVP in two different sports at Morris College in Sumter, S.C.

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NFL A-ROD TO APPEAR AT ANTI-ROIDS FUNDRAISER

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez is scheduled to attend a fundraiser for a foundation that educates youth about the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs.

Rodriguez has worked with the Taylor Hooton Foundation since he admitted to steroid use last year. The organization honors the memory of a 17-year-old baseball player who committed suicide in 2003. Doctors believe Taylor Hooton became depressed after he stopped using steroids.

“Don Hooton is just a guy who has tremendous passion for what he’s done,” Rodriguez said before the Yankees played in Oakland on Tuesday night. “There’s no secret we’ve been working together, hopefully quietly, for a while now.

I’d rather not talk about it too much.”

NFL RUSSELL’S ARREST CAME AFTER 2-MONTH INVESTIGATION

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The arrest of JaMarcus Russell for alleged possession of codeine syrup resulted from a twomonth undercover investigation that could result in more arrests.

Mobile County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Lori Myles said Tuesday that the investigation wasn’t targeting the former Oakland Raiders quarterback but that his name and home address had come up several times.

The 2007 No. 1 draft choice was arrested Monday at his home and charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Myles says forensic tests to determine the amount of codeine syrup involved sometimes take 5-7 days

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Tiger Woods pauses during a press conference after playing in the JP McManus Invitational Pro-Am at Adare Manor, Limerick, Ireland, on Tuesday.

Tiger grilled at press conference

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press Writer

ADARE, Ireland — After another warm welcome from the Irish public, Tiger Woods turned curt and dismissive at a news conference Tuesday when asked about his state of mind since the sex scandal that’s wrecked his marriage.

Woods was questioned following his 3-under-par 69 in

Woods turns icy as questions press him on family issues his final round of the charity J.P. McManus Invitational ProAm, his first foreign appearance since the turmoil.

When asked whether his liaisons with other women had been “worth it” since it cost him his marriage and endorse-

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Breaking news: LeBron joins Twitter

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ments, Woods replied, “I think you’re looking too deep into this.” He torpedoed the followup question with an icily firm “Thank you.”

Woods is returning immediately to his Florida home rather than heading to Scotland to

prepare for next week’s British Open at St. Andrews, one of his favorite courses and where he won Opens in 2000 and 2005.

Once the subject was broached, the previously easy-speaking Woods flipped a switch into staccato half-sentences.

How will you prepare? “Practicing.”

Where? “Home.”

AKRON, Ohio — Well, at least we got a tweet out of LeBron James.

With the Summer of LeBron trudging along with no break in sight, the NBA’s most prized free agent opened a Twitter account and posted his first message on the social networking site. While he provided no information about his future plans, at least he offered something as the NBA awaits the decision on where he’ll play next.

“Hello World, the Real King James is in the Building,” said the tweet on the king-

james feed, which by 6 p.m. EDT had more than 128,000 followers.

James’ publicist, Keith Estabrook, confirmed the superstar’s entrance to Twitter, a place where fellow free agents Dwyane James Wade and Chris Bosh often post details about their public lives off the floor.

In the past, James poked fun at athletes for giving details of their daily routines on Twitter and Facebook, but at the prodding of New Orleans guard Chris Paul, his U.S.

Olympic teammate and closest friend in the league, the two-time MVP decided it was time to join the fun.

Now, if he would only announce which team he’s going to.

James arrived at his Nike-sponsored skills academy at the University of Akron at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, more than four hours after he was expected to arrive for the second day of the three-day camp hosting many of the nation’s top high school and college stars.

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PHYSICALS Lee County offering physicals SANFORD — Physicals for Lee County High School fall sport athletes will be given AT 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, in the Library Building.

The cost is $20 Due to construction, the only access to the Library Building is by the teacher’s parking lot on Nash Street. For more information, call Steve Womack at 775-9827.

BASKETBALL Youth hoops camp scheduled SANFORD — Basketball Fundamentals will be coached at a youth camp

by Larry Goins at the Stevens Center from 6-8 p.m. from July 26-29.

The camp is for 6-to-16year-olds of all abilities.

It will focus on dribbling, passing, shooting and layups. Registration is $20. For more information, call (919) 776-4048 or visit www.stevenscenter.org.

FOOTBALL Yellow Jackets minicamp set SANFORD — The Lee County Yellow Jackets football minicamp will run from 6-8 p.m. from July 12-14.

The camp is free and is open to all players interested in playing for the Yellow Jackets this season. The camp is designed for all rising 9th12th-graders (varsity and junior varsity players).

BASKETBALL Upward Mini Camp set SANFORD —The Upward Mini Basketball Camp will be held from July 14-15 at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center.

For grades 1-3, the camp will run from 9 a.m.-noon.

For grades 4-6, the camp will operate from 6-9 p.m.

The cost for the camp is $15, which includes a T-shirt. For more information, call (919) 776-6137 or download a registration form at www.firstbaptistsanford.com

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NBA BRIEFS Wade still doesn’t have an answer

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Dwyane Wade walked down the stairs, trying to keep a stoic expression as he approached the crush of 150 people chanting his name.

He failed miserably.

“We want Wade!”

“We want Wade!”

“We want Wade!”

As soon as Wade heard those sounds and saw the group of Miami Heat employees waving signs and wearing jerseys bearing his name, he lifted his arms skyward and didn’t even bother trying to contain his smile.

“I see I can’t get rid of you all,” Wade said.

They hope that’s a permanent arrangement.

Still deliberating on whether to return to the Heat or sign with another team — his Submitted photo hometown Chicago Bulls seem Quail Ridge Golf Course recently held its Junior Golf Camp, which was capped by a tournament. Those who attended to be front-runners if the 2006 NBA finals MVP decides to the camp were (back row, l-r) Layton Perkins, Aam Bradley, Caleb Welborn and Zane Lewis, Front row (l-r): Connor seek employment elsewhere Stuart, Keaton Forbes, Dylan Mundy, Jason Young, McKenzie Hare and Cassidy Hare. McKenzie Hare won the girls’ — Wade offered no insight tournament, Jason Young won the boys’ 9-10 tournament, Dylan Mundy won the boys’ 11-12 tournament and Zane Tuesday on the process, and Lewis won the 12-13 tournament. declined to take any questions.

Wade has been speaking with the other two gems of this free-agent class, LeBron James and Chris Bosh, about their plans throughout the process.

And just as he has countless times in the past weeks and months, Wade has given no ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) about Brown is where to indication that his caveat for — After spending most of play him. He was a power the Heat has changed — if his rookie season with the forward in college, where Miami upgrades its roster to Charlotte Bobcats buried he averaged 13.7 points his liking, Wade wants to stay in South Florida. on the bench, Derrick and 6.1 rebounds as a Brown is making himself junior. quite visible this offseaBut at 225 pounds is Magic reach deal son. undersized to play there with former Knicks First, it was the intense, in the NBA. Hanners, PG Chris Duhon daily workouts that coach of the summer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The caught the attention of league team, has been Orlando Magic tried to sign the coaching staff. Now using Brown at small Chris Duhon in free agency Brown is making his mark forward. two years ago only to watch with two solid perfor“The trouble with that him go to New York. mances in the Orlando is, there are some really They finally got their man AP photo summer league. quick players,” Hanners Tuesday.

Charlotte Bobcats’ Derrick Brown (4) passes the ball as After scoring 20 points said. “You think of Gerald Duhon reached an agreeon Monday, Brown had 14 he is guarded by Oklahoma City Thunder’s Eric Maynor Wallace. How would ment with the Magic for a during the second half of an NBA summer league baspoints and eight rebounds he do moving his feet $15 million, four-year deal, ketball game in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday. in the Bobcats’ 86-85 against Gerald if Gerald his agent said. Teams can’t victory Oklahoma City on really wanted to get to the officially sign free agents until because I’m not putting “He was always the Tuesday. basket? That’s kind of our Thursday. the work in.” type of guy that if he got “If I don’t make it in mindset, to prepare him Agent Kevin Bradbury told The 6-foot-7 Brown in the right position he the league it’s going to for that.

The Associated Press that the was the 40th pick of the made a move that everybe because I’m not good “So we’re asking to get chance to play for a championbody went, ’Wow, that’s enough,” Brown said, “not 2009 draft after leaving up and pressure people ship contender was enough Xavier a year early. He pretty good,”’ Charlotte on the perimeter. He may to sway Duhon to the Magic signed a two-year deal assistant coach Dave get beat some, but he’s go- this time. Duhon fills a muchwith Charlotte, but failed Hanners said. “But he ing to learn from it.” needed role behind starter to get into coach Larry didn’t get himself in that Brown is doing all he Jameer Nelson and could step Brown’s rotation. position enough. He’s can to get his body in into the starting spot should Brown appeared in 57 been doing that a little small forward mode. He’s an injury occur. games and averaged 3.3 more often.” arrived at Time Warner points and 1.4 rebounds.

The biggest question Cable Arena nearly each Pistons sign 1stweekday morning for running, weightlifting and round pick Monroe AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) other core workouts with strength and conditioning — The Detroit Pistons have signed first-round draft pick coach Mike Irr. Greg Monroe.

“He was the one conTerms were not disclosed stant that I saw every day,” Tuesday.

Hanners said. “When I The 6-foot-11-inch Monroe came to work I’d look in averaged 16.1 points, 9.6 there at 9 a.m. and he’d rebounds and 1.5 blocks in already have a great sweat 34 games as a sophomore for going. He’s trying. That’s Georgetown last season. He all you can ask a guy.” was the Big East Rookie of the Year as a freshman.

The Pistons drafted the New Orleans native with the seventh overall selection in the NBA draft.

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Nets have a Plan B in case LeBron turns down offer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Nets have a Plan B in case LeBron James rejects their offer.

The agent for New York Knicks forward David Lee says that the Nets have talked to him several times since free agency began on Thursday.

An official within the league who is very close to the Nets’ management team said the team would also consider going after Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer if James rejected the offer that was presented by new owner Mikhail Prokhorov and a team that included hiphop mogul Jay-Z. Nets president and general manager Rod Thorn said in a text message on Tuesday that there was nothing new to report on the free agency front.

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WORLD CUP

SPORTS BRIEFS Georgia president taps interim AD to replace Evans ATHENS, Ga. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Frank Crumley was named Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interim athletic director on Tuesday, though university president Michael Adams said he wants to look outside the university first for a full-time replacement for Damon Evans.

Evans resigned following a DUI arrest last week.

Crumley received the promotion on Tuesday after working as Evansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; top assistant â&#x20AC;&#x201D; executive associate athletic director for finance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; since 2007. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not to make light of it, but it will be business as usual,â&#x20AC;? Crumley said.

Crumley said Evansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; arrest brought â&#x20AC;&#x153;some surprise and shockâ&#x20AC;? to the athletic department.

Uruguayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Martin Caceres, left, competes for the ball with Netherlandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Arjen Robben, right, during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Uruguay and the Netherlands at the Green Point stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday.

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Mahut wins, in a mere 83 minutes

Dutch reach World Cup final

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Dutch treat: The Netherlands is in the World Cup final.

Long wasteful with its soccer talent, the Netherlands sure has found the right touch in this tournament.

Dutch stars Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben scored three minutes apart in the second half as the Netherlands beat Uruguay 3-2 Tuesday night to advance to its first championship match since losing in 1978 to Argentina. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are so close,â&#x20AC;? Sneijder said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is nothing bigger than the World Cup.â&#x20AC;?

Winners of all six games in South Africa, the Oranje will face either Germany or Spain in Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title game at Soccer City in Johannesburg. The Netherlands lost its other appearance in the final, to West Germany in 1974.

Both of those title-game defeats

came during the golden period of Dutch soccer, and in the oppositionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homeland. No such worries this time, and no country outside of Africa has had as much fan support as the Netherlands.

Inside Green Point Stadium it looked like a Florida orange grove.

Outside, a Netherlands fan in a blue and white bodysuit stood on stilts and played a vuvuzela â&#x20AC;&#x201D; badly. It was about the only thing that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t measure up for the Dutch.

And a tournament that looked like a South American fiesta early on will end in a European showdown for the second straight World Cup. Sneijder and Robben made sure of that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is unforgettable,â&#x20AC;? said Sneijder, now tied with Spainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s David Villa for top scorer at the tournament (five goals). â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a tough fight and toward the end we complicated matters.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sunday we play in the World Cup final. I have to get used to that.â&#x20AC;?

Sneijderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal came somewhat unexpectedly because Uruguay had shut down the Dutch offense for much of the second half. His left-footed shot from just inside the penalty area barely ticked the leg of defender Maximiliano Pereira and, with Robin van Persie almost deflecting it again, it skidded past goalkeeper Fernando Muslera.

Then Robben sent a cross from Dirk Kuyt past a flat-footed Muslera with a brilliant header as Robben was leaping away from the net. His teammates piled on in an Oranje Crush celebration, and Robben came up from it with mud on his forehead, a smile on his face â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the knowledge that Netherlands was ahead 3-1 and likely headed to the championship match.

TOUR DE FRANCE

Armstrong loses time in bumpy third stage

ARENBERG, France (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lance Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hopes for victory in his final Tour de France hit a setback Tuesday when a burst tire cost him time during a jarring stage over cobblestones that was won by Norwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thor Hushovd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our chances took a knock today,â&#x20AC;? Armstrong said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going home, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll stay in the race and keep trying.â&#x20AC;?

Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland finished the third stage in a five-man group behind Hushovd, but he regained the yellow jersey he ceded a day earlier to Sylvain Chavanel of France. Hushovd was ahead of Geraint Thomas of Britain and world champion Cadel Evans of Australia in a sprint finish among the leading group of riders.

The 132-mile ride from Belgium to France was the most dreaded stage of week one â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with seven sections of bone-jarring cobblestones that threat-

ened injury, bike damage or lost time for contenders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bad luck,â&#x20AC;? Armstrong said, referring to his mishap in the fifth patch.

Some had worse luck: Frank Schleck of Luxembourg, who won the Tour of Switzerland last month, crashed on the fourth section and was out of the race and taken to hospital.

Armstrong noted thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a lot of racing left in the three-week race, which now heads toward the Alps and later the Pyrenees before the Paris finish on July 25. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the nature of the sport,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the hammer, sometimes youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the nail. Today I was the nail.

I have 20 days now to be the hammer.â&#x20AC;?

Armstrong had predicted â&#x20AC;&#x153;carnageâ&#x20AC;? during the stage, one that many riders thought could damage plenty of title hopes.

The seven-time champion and Schleck were the

dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prominent losers.

Defending champion Alberto Contador, whose abilities on cobblestones had been in doubt, and last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s runner-up Andy Schleck, Frankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s younger brother, were among contenders who gained time on Armstrong.

Andy Schleck was fifth, in the same time as Hushovd: 4 hours, 49 minutes, 38 seconds. Spainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Contador came in 13th, 73 seconds back. Armstrong was 32nd, 2:08 back.

In the overall standings, Cancellara leads second-place Thomas by 23 seconds and two-time Tour runner-up Evans by 39. Contador is ninth, 1:40 back, and Armstrong tumbled to 18th, 2:30 back. He had been fifth overall.

Cancellara, a teammate of the Schlecks who won the opening-day prologue, expressed â&#x20AC;&#x153;mixed feelingâ&#x20AC;? about the day but was delighted to retrieve the leaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jersey.

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Every match, I pray it will be easier,â&#x20AC;? he told reporters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t complain any more.â&#x20AC;?

Mahut shrugged off temperatures reaching the mid90s to beat Alejandro Falla 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in the first round of the Hall of Fame Championships on Tuesday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mahutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first singles match since his loss to John Isner at Wimbledon launched them both to instant celebrity and landed the Frenchmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gear next door in the Hall of Fame.

Reyes returns to lineup after a week NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jose Reyes returned to the New York Metsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lineup Tuesday night and said he plans to play in next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All-Star game.

The speedy shortstop was batting leadoff against lefthander Matt Maloney and the Cincinnati Reds. The switch hitter said he will bat from the right side throughout the game to protect his balky back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no problem with me,â&#x20AC;?

Reyes said of batting righthanded. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just want to be in the lineup.â&#x20AC;?

Kerry urges supporters to vote for Youkilis ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Senator John Kerry is throwing his support behind the bid of Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis to become an AL All-Star, again.

The Massachusetts Democrat has sent an e-mail to supporters urging them to cast a ballot for Youkilis in MLBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fan vote to fill the final All-Star roster spot.

Youkilis, before Tuesday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against Tampa Bay, said Kerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s e-mail was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a pretty nice gestureâ&#x20AC;? and that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;coolâ&#x20AC;? that there are so many people that love the Red Sox.

Penny sent home after pen session DENVER (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cardinals right-hander Brad Penny was sent back to St. Louis after experiencing tightness in his injured right arm during a bullpen session Tuesday.

Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa said Penny experienced tightness in his triceps and lat muscle when he got on the mound to throw a simulated game.

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MLB Standings

New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore

W 51 49 49 41 25

L 31 33 34 42 57

Detroit Minnesota Chicago Kansas City Cleveland

W 44 44 43 37 33

L 37 38 38 46 49

Texas Los Angeles Oakland Seattle

W 48 46 41 34

L 34 39 43 48

Atlanta New York Philadelphia Florida Washington

W 48 46 43 39 36

L 35 37 38 43 47

Cincinnati St. Louis Milwaukee Chicago Houston Pittsburgh

W 48 45 37 36 32 30

L 36 37 46 47 51 52

San Diego Los Angeles Colorado San Francisco Arizona

W 49 45 44 42 32

L 33 37 38 40 51

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division Pct GB WCGB .622 — — .598 2 — 1 1 .590 2 ⁄2 ⁄2 1 .494 10 ⁄2 81⁄2 .305 26 24 Central Division Pct GB WCGB .543 — — 1 .537 ⁄2 5 .531 1 51⁄2 .446 8 121⁄2 .402 111⁄2 16 West Division Pct GB WCGB .585 — — 1 .541 3 ⁄2 41⁄2 .488 8 9 .415 14 15 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division Pct GB WCGB .578 — — .554 2 — .531 4 2 .476 81⁄2 61⁄2 .434 12 10 Central Division Pct GB WCGB .571 — — 1 .549 2 ⁄2 1 .446 10 ⁄2 9 1 .434 11 ⁄2 10 .386 151⁄2 14 .366 17 151⁄2 West Division Pct GB WCGB .598 — — 1 .549 4 ⁄2 .537 5 11⁄2 .512 7 31⁄2 1 .386 17 ⁄2 14

AMERICAN LEAGUE Monday’s Games Detroit 12, Baltimore 9 Chicago White Sox 9, L.A. Angels 2 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 5 Cleveland 9, Texas 3 N.Y. Yankees 3, Oakland 1 Kansas City 6, Seattle 4, 10 innings Tuesday’s Games Baltimore at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Baltimore (Bergesen 3-5) at Detroit (Scherzer 5-6), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Slowey 8-5) at Toronto (Rzepczynski 0-0), 7:07 p.m.

Boston (Wakefield 3-6) at Tampa Bay (Price 11-4), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Talbot 8-7) at Texas (C.Lewis 7-5), 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 6-8) at Chicago White Sox (F.Garcia 8-3), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 6-7) at Oakland (G.Gonzalez 7-5), 10:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Davies 4-6) at Seattle (Fister 3-4), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

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Away 23-18 28-14 20-17 20-23 9-32

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NATIONAL LEAGUE Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs 9, Arizona 4 San Francisco 6, Milwaukee 1 Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 8, N.Y. Mets 6 Florida 6, L.A. Dodgers 5 Tuesday’s Games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

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

Pittsburgh at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta (Medlen 5-1) at Philadelphia (Moyer 9-7), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Garland 8-5) at Washington (J.Martin 0-4), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Arroyo 8-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 6-2), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (D.McCutchen 1-3) at Houston (Moehler 1-4), 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Lincecum 8-4) at Milwaukee (Narveson 7-5), 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis (J.Garcia 8-4) at Colorado (Cook 3-5), 8:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Dempster 6-7) at Arizona (E.Jackson 6-6), 9:40 p.m.

Florida (Jo.Johnson 8-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 7-6), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

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

Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Florida at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

MLB Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—Morneau, Minnesota, .344; Cano, New York, .342; Hamilton, Texas, .340; ABeltre, Boston, .340; MiCabrera, Detroit, .339; DeJesus, Kansas City, .329; Guerrero, Texas, .328.

RUNS—Youkilis, Boston, 66; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 63; MiCabrera, Detroit, 61; Cano, New York, 59; Andrus, Texas, 56; Teixeira, New York, 56; Hamilton, Texas, 55; Jeter, New York, 55; MYoung, Texas, 55.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 71; Guerrero, Texas, 70; ARodriguez, New York, 62; Hamilton, Texas, 61; TorHunter, Los Angeles, 60; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 60; Konerko, Chicago, 58.

HITS—Cano, New York, 110; ISuzuki, Seattle, 110; Hamilton, Texas, 108; MYoung, Texas, 105; ABeltre, Boston, 104; DeJesus, Kansas City, 102; Butler, Kansas City, 100; MiCabrera, Detroit, 100.

DOUBLES—MiCabrera, Detroit, 26; Butler, Kansas City, 25; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 25; Markakis, Baltimore, 25; Morneau, Minnesota, 25; 6 tied at 24.

TRIPLES—Span, Minnesota, 7; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 6; Pennington, Oakland, 5; Youkilis, Boston, 5; Borbon, Texas, 4; Gardner, New York, 4; Granderson, New York, 4; AJackson, Detroit, 4; Maier, Kansas City, 4; Podsednik, Kansas City, 4.

HOME RUNS—JBautista, Toronto, 21; MiCabrera, Detroit, 20; Hamilton, Texas, 20; Konerko, Chicago, 20; VWells, Toronto, 19; Guerrero, Texas, 18; Morneau, Minnesota, 17; DOrtiz, Boston, 17; Youkilis, Boston, 17.

STOLEN BASES—Pierre, Chicago, 30; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 29; RDavis, Oakland, 26; Gardner, New York, 24; Podsednik, Kansas City, 24; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 24; Figgins, Seattle, 23.

PITCHING—Price, Tampa Bay, 11-4; Pettitte, New York, 10-2; PHughes, New York, 10-2; Lester, Boston, 10-3; Sabathia, New York, 10-3; Buchholz, Boston, 10-4; Verlander, Detroit, 10-5.

STRIKEOUTS—JerWeaver, Los Angeles, 124; FHernandez, Seattle, 122; Lester, Boston, 118; Liriano, Minnesota, 116; Morrow, Toronto, 107; RRomero, Toronto, 106; Verlander, SAVES—Soria, Kansas City, 23; RSoriano, Tampa Bay, 22; NFeliz, Texas, 22; Papelbon, Boston, 19; MRivera, New York, 19; Gregg, Toronto, 18; Valverde, Detroit, 18; Rauch, Minnesota, 18.

NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING—Prado, Atlanta, .331; Ethier, Los Angeles, .324; Votto, Cincinnati, .318; Polanco, Philadelphia, .318; DWright, New York, .317; BPhillips, Cincinnati, .307; GSanchez, Florida, .306; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .306.

RUNS—BPhillips, Cincinnati, 64; Prado, Atlanta, 57; Kemp, Los Angeles, 56; Votto, Cincinnati, 56; Coghlan, Florida, 54; Uggla, Florida, 54; Weeks, Milwaukee, 53.

RBI—DWright, New York, 64; Hart, Milwaukee, 61; Pujols, St. Louis, 60; Howard, Philadelphia, 59; Votto, Cincinnati, 59; Loney, Los Angeles, 57; Rolen, Cincinnati, 57; CYoung, Arizona, 57.

HITS—Prado, Atlanta, 116; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 104; DWright, New York, 98; Braun, Milwaukee, 96; Loney, Los Angeles, 96; Byrd, Chicago, 95; Howard, Philadelphia, 95.

DOUBLES—Byrd, Chicago, 26; Werth, Philadelphia, 26; Dunn, Washington, 25; Prado, Atlanta, 25; DWright, New York, 25; Holliday, St. Louis, 24; Loney, Los Angeles, 24.

TRIPLES—Victorino, Philadelphia, 8; Fowler, Colorado, 7; Bay, New York, 6; SDrew, Arizona, 6; JosReyes, New York, 6; AEscobar, Milwaukee, 5; Furcal, Los Angeles, 5; Morgan, Washington, 5; Olivo, Colorado, 5; Pagan, New York, 5.

HOME RUNS—Votto, Cincinnati, 21; Pujols, St. Louis, 20; Hart, Milwaukee, 19; Reynolds, Arizona, 19; Fielder, Milwaukee, 18; Dunn, Washington, 17; Rolen, Cincinnati, 17.

STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Houston, 25; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 20; JosReyes, New York, 19; Morgan, Washington, 18; Victorino, Philadelphia, 17; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 16; Torres, San Francisco, 16; CYoung, Arizona, 16.

PITCHING—Jimenez, Colorado, 14-1; Wainwright, St. Louis, 12-5; Pelfrey, New York, 10-3; Halladay, Philadelphia, 10-7; Carpenter, St. Louis, 9-2; Latos, San Diego, 9-4; DLowe, Atlanta, 9-7; Moyer, Philadelphia, 9-7.

STRIKEOUTS—Wainwright, St. Louis, 123; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 122; Lincecum, San Francisco, 121; Haren, Arizona, 119; Halladay, Philadelphia, 119; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 116; JoJohnson, Florida, 115.

SAVES—HBell, San Diego, 23; FCordero, Cincinnati, 23; Capps, Washington, 22; BrWilson, San Francisco, 22; FRodriguez, New York, 20; Lindstrom, Houston, 19; Dotel, Pittsburgh, 19. Detroit, 103.

FedEx Cup Leaders

By The Associated Press Through July 4 Rank Name 1. Ernie Els 2. Justin Rose 3. Phil Mickelson 4. Jim Furyk 5. Ben Crane 6. Anthony Kim 7. Tim Clark 8. Dustin Johnson 9. Robert Allenby 10. Bubba Watson 11. Matt Kuchar 12. Camilo Villegas 13. Jeff Overton 14. Steve Stricker 15. Rickie Fowler 16. Bo Van Pelt 17. J.B. Holmes 18. Bill Haas 19. Zach Johnson 20. Ricky Barnes 21. K.J. Choi 22. Hunter Mahan 23. Jason Bohn 24. Ryan Moore 25. Luke Donald 26. Jason Day 27. Adam Scott 28. Nick Watney 29. Geoff Ogilvy 30. Fredrik Jacobson 31. Retief Goosen 32. Scott Verplank 33. Brian Davis 34. Paul Casey 35. Ian Poulter 36. Brian Gay 37. Vaughn Taylor 38. Rory McIlroy 39. Ryan Palmer 40. Brendon de Jonge 41. Brandt Snedeker

Pts 1,751 1,542 1,521 1,479 1,222 1,215 1,195 1,137 1,129 1,124 1,114 1,091 1,063 1,061 1,045 1,036 973 949 931 892 872 868 857 832 804 804 801 787 771 768 764 755 723 722 721 709 704 690 676 657 654

Money $3,941,028 $3,159,748 $3,199,838 $2,883,915 $2,396,357 $2,518,521 $2,729,064 $2,312,724 $2,471,868 $2,072,761 $2,331,955 $2,330,936 $2,286,341 $2,171,122 $2,083,691 $2,069,004 $1,881,498 $1,585,320 $1,833,899 $1,704,668 $1,496,764 $1,757,016 $1,727,255 $1,686,873 $1,623,531 $1,582,592 $1,572,635 $1,507,845 $1,521,795 $1,432,327 $1,607,723 $1,548,614 $1,422,875 $1,652,906 $1,735,066 $1,254,558 $1,339,640 $1,514,833 $1,320,802 $1,127,415 $1,037,207

42. Sean O’Hair 43. Heath Slocum 44. Y.E. Yang 45. Steve Marino 46. Kevin Na 47. Marc Leishman 48. Bryce Molder 49. Padraig Harrington 50. Lucas Glover 51. Charles Howell III 52. Carl Pettersson 53. Rory Sabbatini 54. Stewart Cink 55. Spencer Levin 56. Kris Blanks 57. Charlie Wi 58. Vijay Singh 59. D.J. Trahan 60. Matt Jones 61. Angel Cabrera 62. Alex Prugh 63. Stephen Ames 64. Blake Adams 65. Tim Petrovic 66. Jason Dufner 67. Derek Lamely 68. Kenny Perry 69. John Rollins 70. Davis Love III 71. Tom Gillis 72. Ryuji Imada 73. Chad Campbell 74. Shaun Micheel 74. Pat Perez 76. J.P. Hayes 77. Corey Pavin 78. Cameron Beckman 79. Chad Collins 80. David Toms 81. Jimmy Walker 82. Kevin Sutherland 83. Jerry Kelly 84. Aaron Baddeley 85. Kevin Streelman

652 649 649 621 617 609 591 590 589 584 581 576 556 540 539 538 518 515 508 489 483 470 457 457 456 455 451 447 447 447 445 443 440 440 439 433 413 412 404 399 397 396 395 392

$1,267,199 $1,295,246 $1,178,259 $1,240,317 $1,189,373 $1,080,962 $1,049,283 $1,235,789 $1,231,619 $904,432 $886,080 $1,052,988 $1,025,953 $645,772 $998,137 $893,380 $928,738 $985,329 $920,021 $969,615 $778,651 $732,866 $864,258 $718,814 $680,903 $913,400 $804,127 $779,621 $1,011,715 $686,960 $686,997 $655,631 $745,389 $635,603 $767,548 $839,193 $978,516 $697,493 $576,184 $627,462 $596,397 $685,884 $607,265 $626,040

Sports Review AUTO RACING Sports on TV NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders

By The Associated Press Through July 3 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 2,684. 2, Jeff Gordon, 2,472. 3, Jimmie Johnson, 2,459. 4, Kurt Busch, 2,439. 5, Denny Hamlin, 2,400. 6, Kyle Busch, 2,376. 7, Matt Kenseth, 2,322. 8, Jeff Burton, 2,319. 9, Tony Stewart, 2,251. 10, Greg Biffle, 2,234.

11, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,177. 12, Carl Edwards, 2,170. 13, Mark Martin, 2,131. 14, Clint Bowyer, 2,121. 15, Ryan Newman, 2,090.

Money 1, Kurt Busch, $4,284,003. 2, Jimmie Johnson, $4,066,997. 3, Jamie McMurray, $4,065,696. 4, Kevin Harvick, $3,835,870.

5, Kyle Busch, $3,428,982. 6, Denny Hamlin, $3,203,383. 7, Jeff Gordon, $3,184,617.

8, Matt Kenseth, $2,954,742. 9, Kasey Kahne, $2,952,904. 10, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $2,907,703.

11, Tony Stewart, $2,810,088. 12, Jeff Burton, $2,804,929. 13, Ryan Newman, $2,670,221. 14, Greg Biffle, $2,669,562. 15, David Reutimann, $2,667,633.

BASEBALL AL All-Star Team

By The Associated Press Pitchers Clay Buchholz, Boston, player voting Trevor Cahill, Oakland, manager selection Fausto Carmona, Cleveland, manager selection Neftali Feliz, Texas, player voting Phil Hughes, N.Y. Yankees, player voting Cliff Lee, Seattle, player voting Jon Lester, Boston, player voting David Price, Tampa Bay, player voting Mariano Rivera, N.Y. Yankees, player voting CC Sabathia, N.Y. Yankees, manager selection Joakim Soria, Kansas City, manager selection Matt Thornton, Chicago White Sox, manager selection Jose Valverde, Detroit, player voting Catchers x-John Buck, Toronto, player voting z-Victor Martinez, Boston, player voting s-Joe Mauer, Minnesota, fan voting Designated Hitter s-Vladimir Guerrero, Texas, fan voting David Ortiz, Boston, player voting Infielders Elvis Andrus, Texas, player voting Adrian Beltre, Boston, player voting Miguel Cabrera, Detroit, player voting s-Robinson Cano, N.Y. Yankees, fan voting s-Derek Jeter, N.Y. Yankees, fan voting y-Ian Kinsler, Texas, player voting s-Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay, fan voting s-Justin Morneau, Minnesota, fan voting z-Dustin Pedroia, Boston, player voting Alex Rodriguez, N.Y. Yankees, manager selection Ty Wigginton, Baltimore, manager selection Outfielders Jose Bautista, Toronto, player voting s-Carl Crawford, Tampa Bay, fan voting s-Josh Hamilton, Texas, fan voting Torii Hunter, L.A. Angels, player voting s-Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle, fan voting Vernon Wells, Toronto, player voting Final Man Paul Konerko, Chicago White Sox Nick Swisher, N.Y. Yankees Delmon Young, Minnesota Michael Young, Texas Kevin Youkilis, Boston s-starter x-replaces Victor Martinez y-replaces Dustin Pedroia z-injured, will not play

NL All-Star Team

By The Associated Press Pitchers Jonathan Broxton, L.A. Dodgers, player voting Matt Capps, Washington, player voting Chris Carpenter, St. Louis, manager selection Yovani Gallardo, Milwaukee, manager selection Roy Halladay, Philadelphia, player voting Tim Hudson, Atlanta, manager selection Ubaldo Jimenez, Colorado, player voting Josh Johnson, Florida, player voting Tim Lincecum, San Francisco, player voting Evan Meek, Pittsburgh, manager selection Arthur Rhodes, Cincinnati, manager selection Adam Wainwright, St. Louis, player voting Brian Wilson, San Francisco, player voting Catchers Brian McCann, Atlanta, player voting s-Yadier Molina, St. Louis, fan voting Infielders Adrian Gonzalez, San Diego, player voting Ryan Howard, Philadelphia, manager selection Omar Infante, Atlanta, manager selection x-Brandon Phillips, Cincinnati, manager selection s-Martín Prado, Atlanta, player voting s-Albert Pujols, St. Louis, fan voting s-Hanley Ramirez, Florida, fan voting y-Jose Reyes, N.Y. Mets, player voting Scott Rolen, Cincinnati, player voting z-Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado, player voting z-Chase Utley, Philadelphia, fan voting s-David Wright, N.Y. Mets, fan voting Outfielders Michael Bourn, Houston, manager selection s-Ryan Braun, Milwaukee, fan voting Marlon Byrd, Chicago Cubs, player voting s-Andre Ethier, L.A. Dodgers, fan voting Corey Hart, Milwaukee, player voting s-Jayson Heyward, Atlanta, fan voting Matt Holliday, St. Louis, player voting Chris Young, Arizona, manager selection Final Man Heath Bell, San Diego Carlos Gonzalez, Colorado Joey Votto, Cincinnati Billy Wagner, Atlanta Ryan Zimmerman, Washington z-injured, will not play

CYCLING Tour de France Results

By The Associated Press Tuesday At Arenberg, France Third Stage A 132.4-mile plain leg from Wanze, Belgium to Arenberg-Porte du Hainaut 1. Thor Hushovd, Norway, Cervelo Test Team, 4 hours, 49 minutes, 38 seconds.

2. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky Pro Cycling, same time.

3. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing Team, same time.

4. Ryder Hesjedal, Canada, Garmin-Transitions, same time.

5. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Team Saxo Bank, same time.

6. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, Team Saxo Bank, same time.

7. Johan Van Summeren, Belgium, GarminTransitions, 53 seconds behind.

8. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Pro Cycling, same time.

9. Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgium, Omega Pharma-Lotto, same time.

10. Alexandre Vinokourov, Kazakhstan, Astana, same time.

11. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, same time.

12. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, AG2R La Mondiale, same time.

13. Alberto Contador, Spain, Astana, 1:13.

14. Robbie McEwen, Australia, Katusha Team, 1:46.

15. Mario Aerts, Belgium, Omega PharmaLotto, same time.

16. Arkaitz Duran, Spain, Footon-Servetto, same time.

17. Jose Joaquin Rojas, Spain, Caisse d’Epargne, same time.

18. Luis-Leon Sanchez, Spain, Caisse d’Epargne, same time.

19. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Liquigas-Doimo, same time.

20. Thomas Lovkvist, Sweden, Sky Pro Cycling, same time.

Also 32. Lance Armstrong, United States, Team RadioShack, 2:08.

42. Christopher Horner, United States, Team RadioShack, 2:25.

Wednesday, July 7

CYCLING 8:30 a.m.

VERSUS — Tour de France, stage 4, Cambrai to Reims, France MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7 p.m.

ESPN — Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets 9:30 p.m.

WGN — Chicago Cubs at Arizona SOCCER 2 p.m.

ESPN — FIFA, World Cup, semifinal, Germany vs. Spain, at Durban, South Africa

44. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Team RadioShack, same time.

60. George Hincapie, United States, BMC Racing Team, same time.

64. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Team RadioShack, same time.

78. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, Team RadioShack, same time.

90. Yaroslav Popovych, Ukraine, Team RadioShack, same time.

95. Sebastien Chavanel, France, Quick Step, 3:58.

127. Sergio Paulinho, Portugal, Team RadioShack, 6:28.

134. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Transitions, same time.

136. Gregory Rast, Switzerland, Team RadioShack, same time.

138. Dmitriy Muravyev, Kazakhstan, Team RadioShack, same time.

145. David Zabriskie, United States, GarminTransitions, 9:49.

150. Brent Bookwalter, United States, BMC Racing Team, same time.

Christian Vandevelde, United States, GarminTransitions, non-starter.

Overall Standings (After third stage) 1. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, Team Saxo Bank, 14 hours, 54 minutes.

2. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky Pro Cycling, 23 seconds behind.

3. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing Team, :39.

4. Ryder Hesjedel, Canada, Garmin-Transitions, :46.

5. Sylvain Chavanel, France, Quick Step, 1:01.

6. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Team Saxo Bank, 1:09.

7. Thor Hushovd, Norway, Cervelo Test Team, 1:19.

8. Alexandre Vinokourov, Kazakhstan, Astana, 1:31.

9. Alberto Contador, Spain, Astana, 1:40.

10. Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgium, Omega Pharma-Lotto, 1:42.

11. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, AG2R La Mondiale, same time.

12. Johan Van Summeren, Belgium, GarminTransitions, 1:47.

13. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, 1:49.

14. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Pro Cycling, same time.

15. David Millar, Britain, Garmin-Transitions, 2:06.

16. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Liquigas-Doimo, 2:24.

17. Luis-Leon Sanchez, Spain, Caisse d’Epargne, 2:25.

18. Lance Armstrong, United States, Team RadioShack, 2:30.

19. Thomas Lovkvist, Sweden, Sky Pro Cycling, 2:34.

20. Jose Joaquin Rojas, Spain, Caisse d’Epargne, 2:35.

Also 24. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Team RadioShack, 2:53.

27. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Team RadioShack, 3:00.

29. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, Team RadioShack, 3:01.

44. Christopher Horner, United States, Team RadioShack, 3:17.

54. Yaroslav Popovych, Ukraine, Team RadioShack, 3:26.

111. George Hincapie, United States, BMC Racing Team, 9:12.

113. Brent Bookwalter, United States, BMC Racing Team, 10:24.

125. Sergio Paulinho, Portugal, Team RadioShack, 12:17.

127. Gregory Rast, Switzerland, Team RadioShack, 12:35.

142. David Zabriskie, United States, GarminTransitions, 15:24.

167. Dmitriy Muravyev, Kazakhstan, Team RadioShack, 21:50.

168. Tyler Farrar, United States, GarminTransitions, 22:03.

GOLF PGA Tour Statistics

By The Associated Press Through July 4 Scoring Average 1, Ernie Els, 69.54. 2, Justin Rose, 69.65. 3, Phil Mickelson, 69.74. 4, K.J. Choi, 69.85. 5 (tie), Shaun Micheel and J.B. Holmes, 69.86.

7, Padraig Harrington, 69.95. 8 (tie), Retief Goosen and Matt Kuchar, 69.97. 10, Bo Van Pelt, 69.99.

Driving Distance 1, Robert Garrigus, 311.1. 2, Bubba Watson, 305.9. 3, Dustin Johnson, 305.0. 4, Angel Cabrera, 304.3. 5, J.B. Holmes, 303.7. 6, Graham DeLaet, 303.3. 7, Phil Mickelson, 300.3. 8 (tie), John Daly and Andres Romero, 298.7. 10, Aaron Baddeley, 297.1.

Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Brian Gay, 74.63%. 2, Omar Uresti, 74.05%. 3, Tim Clark, 72.62%. 4, Nick O’Hern, 71.55%. 5, Joe Durant, 71.53%. 6, Heath Slocum, 71.52%. 7, Jim Furyk, 70.61%. 8, David Toms, 70.38%. 9, Zach Johnson, 70.04%. 10, Justin Leonard, 70.01%.

Greens in Regulation Pct. 1, Kevin Sutherland, 70.63%. 2, Kris Blanks, 70.37%. 3, Troy Matteson, 70.20%. 4, Adam Scott, 70.00%. 5, Rickie Fowler, 69.91%. 6, D.J. Trahan, 69.86%. 7, Heath Slocum, 69.79%.

8, Nick Watney, 69.74%. 9, Bubba Watson, 69.61%. 10, K.J. Choi, 69.55%.

Total Driving 1, Hunter Mahan, 69. 2, Ryan Moore, 70. 3 (tie), Kenny Perry and Bo Van Pelt, 82. 5, Joe Durant, 86. 6, Blake Adams, 87. 7, Davis Love III, 94. 8, Retief Goosen, 100. 9, Y.E. Yang, 101. 10, Chris Couch, 103.

Putting Average 1, Brandt Snedeker, 1.710. 2, J.P. Hayes, 1.714. 3, Carl Pettersson, 1.725. 4, Tim Clark, 1.728. 5, Brian Gay, 1.736. 6, Chris Couch, 1.737. 7 (tie), Scott Verplank and Mike Weir, 1.739. 9 (tie), Matt Bettencourt and Jeff Overton , 1.741.

Birdie Average 1, Bubba Watson, 4.22. 2, Justin Rose, 4.07.

3, Ernie Els, 4.05. 4, Phil Mickelson, 4.02. 5, Bo Van Pelt, 3.99. 6, Kevin Streelman, 3.98. 7 (tie), Nick Watney and Matt Every, 3.93. 9 (tie), Rory Sabbatini and Dustin Johnson, 3.91.

Eagles (Holes per) 1, Dustin Johnson, 74.8. 2, Harrison Frazar, 79.2. 3, Paul Casey, 84.0. 4, Martin Laird, 90.0. 5, Scott Piercy, 96.0. 6, Bubba Watson, 98.0. 7, Matt Bettencourt, 99.0. 8, Adam Scott, 102.9. 9, Davis Love III, 110.6. 10, 3 tied with 112.5.

Sand Save Percentage 1, Luke Donald, 73.97%. 2, Carl Pettersson, 64.96%. 3, Greg Chalmers, 63.74%. 4 , Mark Wilson, 63.24%. 5, Trevor Immelman, 61.76%.

6, Aron Price, 60.98%. 7, Brandt Snedeker, 60.50%. 8, Chris Riley, 60.32%. 9, Ryuji Imada, 60.22%. 10, Jason Day, 60.00%.

All-Around Ranking 1, Robert Allenby, 260. 2, Matt Kuchar, 267.

3, Ben Crane, 272. 4, K.J. Choi, 278. 5, Bubba Watson, 314. 6, Justin Rose, 349. 7, Phil Mickelson, 363. 8, Paul Casey, 380. 9, Bo Van Pelt, 388. 10, Chris Couch, 394.

PGA TOUR Official Money Leaders 1, Ernie Els (13), $3,941,028. 2, Phil Mickelson (13), $3,199,838. 3, Justin Rose (15), $3,159,748. 4, Jim Furyk (14), $2,883,915.

5, Tim Clark (14), $2,729,064. 6, Anthony Kim (8), $2,518,521. 7, Robert Allenby (16), $2,471,868. 8, Ben Crane (16), $2,396,357.

9, Matt Kuchar (16), $2,331,955. 10, Camilo Villegas (12), $2,330,936.

SOCCER World Cup Boxscore

By The Associated Press Cape Town, South Africa Uruguay 1 1 — 2 Netherlands 1 2 — 3 First half—1, Netherlands, Giovanni Van Bronckhorst 1, 18th minute. 2, Uruguay, Diego Forlan 4, 41st.

Second half—3, Netherlands, Wesley Sneijder 5, 70th. 4, Netherlands, Arjen Robben 2, 73rd. 5, Uruguay, Maxi Pereira 1, 90th, injury time.

Shots—Uruguay 12, Netherlands 11.

Shots On Goal—Uruguay 6, Netherlands 7.

Yellow Cards—Uruguay, Maxi Pereira, 21st; Martin Caceres, 30th. Netherlands, Wesley Sneijder, 30th; Khalid Boulahrouz, 78th; Mark Van Bommel, 90th, injury time.

Offsides—Uruguay 4, Netherlands 5.

Fouls Committed—Uruguay 15, Netherlands 16.

Fouls Against—Uruguay 16, Netherlands 13.

Corner Kicks—Uruguay 4, Netherlands 5.

Referee—Ravshan Irmatov, Uzbekistan.

Linesmen—Rafael Ilyasov, Uzbekistan; Bahadyr Kochkorov, Kyrgyzstan.

A—62,479.

Lineups Uruguay: Fernando Muslera; Maxi Pereira, Diego Godin, Mauricio Victorino, Martin Caceres; Diego Perez, Walter Gargano, Egidio Arevalo, Alvaro Pereira (Sebastian Abreu, 78th); Edinson Cavani, Diego Forlan (Sebastian Fernandez, 84th).

Netherlands: Maarten Stekelenburg; Khalid Boulahrouz, John Heitinga, Joris Mathijsen, Giovanni Van Bronckhorst; Mark Van Bommel, Demy De Zeeuw (Rafael Van der Vaart, 46th), Wesley Sneijder; Arjen Robben (Eljero Elia, 90th), Dirk Kuyt, Robin Van Persie.

FOOTBALL 2010 NFL Training Camp Dates

By The Associated Press Rookie and veteran reporting dates (Dates subject to change) American Football Conference BALTIMORE RAVENS — McDaniel College, Westminster, Md., rookies: July 26/veterans: July 28.

BUFFALO BILLS — St. John Fisher College, Pittsford, N.Y., both July 29.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky., both July 28.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Browns Training Facility, Berea, Ohio, July 23/July 30.

DENVER BRONCOS — Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Centre, Englewood, Colo., July 26/July 31.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Methodist Training Center, Houston, both July 30.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Anderson University, Anderson, Ind., both Aug. 1.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla., both July 29.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Missouri Western, St. Joseph, Mo., both July 29.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Dolphins Training Facility, Davie, Fla., both July 30.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass., July 25/July 28.

NEW YORK JETS — Cortland State, Cortland, N.Y., July 29/Aug. 1.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Napa Valley Marriott, Napa, Calif., both July 28.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa., both July 30.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Chargers Park, San Diego, July 25/July 30.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Baptist Sports Park, Nashville, Tenn., both July 31.

National Football Conference ARIZONA CARDINALS — Northern Arizona U., Flagstaff, Ariz., both July 30.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Falcons Training Facility, Flowery Branch, Ga., both July 29.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C., both July 28.

CHICAGO BEARS — Olivet Nazarene, Bourbonnais, Ill., both July 30.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Alamodome, San Antonio, both July 29; Dallas, Aug. 7-13; Oxnard River Ridge, Oxnard, Calif., Aug. 14-27.

DETROIT LIONS — Lions Training Facility, Allen Park, Mich., both July 30.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wis., both July 30.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Minnesota StateMankato, both July 30.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Saints Training Facility, Metairie, La., both July 29.

NEW YORK GIANTS — U. at Albany, N.Y., both Aug. 1.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Lehigh, Bethlehem, Pa., July 26/July 29.

ST. LOUIS RAMS — Russell Training Center, Earth City, Mo., July 28/July 30.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Marie P. DeBartolo Sports Center, Santa Clara, Calif., July 30/July 31.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Virginia Mason Athletic Center, Renton, Wash., July 29/July 30.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — One Buccaneer Place, Tampa, Fla., both July 30.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Redskins Park, Ashburn, Va., both July 29.

TRANSACTIONS

By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Placed RHP Kevin Millwood on the 15-day DL. Activated OF Felix Pie from the 15-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS—Optioned RHP Omar Beltre to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled RHP Doug Mathis from Oklahoma City.

National League CINCINNATI REDS—Placed RHP Aaron Harang on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 1.

Recalled LHP Matt Maloney from Louisville (IL).

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Activated LHP J.A. Happ from the 15-day DL and assigned him to Lehigh Valley (IL).

Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS—Fired manager Wayne Krenchicki, pitching coach Steve Foucault, hitting coach Ryan Jones, and base coach Adam Kampsen. Named Bill McKeon interim manager.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES—Signed OF Matty Johnson. Released OF Adam Eggemeyer.

KALAMAZOO KINGS—Released C Pat Hanley.

LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS—Signed OF Raphael Turner. Released C Nick Maragas.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS—Released OF Joe Hicks and RHP Steve Raburn.

RIVER CITY RASCALS—Placed INF Joe Chavarria on the injured list. Signed INF Jon Ubbenga.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS—Signed RHP Greg Byron. Golden Baseball League CALGARY VIPERS—Signed LHP Daniel Morari.

United League LAREDO BRONCOS—Released LHP Franklyn Gracesqui and 3B Ben Wolgamot. Placed RHP Dimitri Camareno to the suspended list.

AMARILLO DILLAS—Signed RHP Turner Brasher and RHP Jason Stover. Placed RHP Taylor Allen and RHP Joseph Muro on the inactive list. Traded INF Jonathan Cisneros to Laredo for a player to be named.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS—Signed c-f Greg Monroe.

FOOTBALL Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed DB Donald Brown Jr., DE Armond Willis and LS Taylor Inglis.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS—Re-signed F Drew Miller to a one-year contract.

Sports

The Sanford Herald / Wednesday, July 7, 2010 / 5B

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Strasburg says he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deserving of All-Star nod

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stephen Strausburg says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not feeling snubbed.

The Washington Nationals rookie pitcher said Tuesday he understands why he was left off the All-Star team and that he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ready for the midsummer classic yet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You look at the guys who are going to the All-Star Game and the years that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done that since opening day,â&#x20AC;?

Strasburg said in his first comments since the All-Star selections were announced Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been here since opening day. They deserve it. Hopefully, someday Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll deserve it, too.â&#x20AC;?

Strasburg said he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

expect to make the NL squad and that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s far more important for him to help build the Nationals into a contender. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never felt like it was really going to happen, so I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put that much thought into it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, you know, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather take this team to a World Series rather than making an All-Star team.â&#x20AC;?

The 21-year-old Strasburg, the first overall pick in last Juneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amateur draft who signed a record $15.1 million contract, is 2-2 with a 2.45 ERA in six starts. He has struck out 53 and walked eight in 36 2-3 innings.

Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel, who will

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truck with a booming stereo system, James did not speak to reporters before walking into Rhodes Arena with former Cavs teammate Damon Jones. James wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dressed for a workout, and was not visible when organizers cleared the media from the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arena at roughly 4 p.m.

Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; plans still are a closely

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wanted to play more than one sport when she got to college.

During the recruitment process for basketball, Murchison decided to also send some volleyball tapes to Morris College just to see what might happen.

The volleyball coach at Morris College, Glenda Fulwood, liked what she saw from the hard-working Murchison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was in high school, I felt like I could play more than one sport at the next level,â&#x20AC;? said Murchison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was something I knew I could do and wanted to do.

So, when I was recruited to play basketball at Morris College, I also sent some of my volleyball tapes just to see. They liked what they

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Why not try and play some links golf in Scotland beforehand? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I need to get home.â&#x20AC;? Silence.

Why? â&#x20AC;&#x153;See my kids.â&#x20AC;?

Silence.

Throughout the 15minute news conference Woods had to parry various attempts at a comment on how his marital implosion was affecting his game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are times in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life when things get put in perspective, one being when my father passed, and obviously what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been going through lately,â&#x20AC;? he said in his most expansive reply.

But when asked again whether he was finding personal worries overshadowing his

skipper the NL stars in next Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game in Anaheim, Calif., would have had to pick Strasburg for the team.

But such a small body of work made it tough for Manuel to make that choice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, only having six starts over here, it really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter what I was going to do,â&#x20AC;? Strasburg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like I was qualified to make the team, No. 1, based on how much experience I have. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have opportunities somewhere down the road. Right now, it was never a goal of mine.â&#x20AC;?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not to say that he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have relished the opportunity to participate in the All-Star Game.

Washington Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg throws a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Nationals Park in Washington Saturday.

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guarded secret. He visited with six teams â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Nets, Knicks, Heat, Clippers, Cavaliers and Bulls â&#x20AC;&#x201D; last week at his business offices in downtown Cleveland and may have already made up his mind. But until he gives word, other teams are positioning themselves to make a run at the 6-foot-8, 260-pound All-Star â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or Bosh or Wade, or maybe a combination.

There have been various reports that Toronto was working on a sign-and-trade deal with

Cleveland for Bosh, and that James is trying to convince him to join the Cavaliers.

However, a person familiar with the talks said the Cavs have spoken to the Raptors and several other teams but that no players have been discussed and nothing is close to being finalized. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the negotiations.

Cleveland can offer James a maximum-length deal worth

$30 million more than any other team. But if they re-sign him, the Cavs would have no more money to sign a player of Boshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stature unless they open room under the salary cap. Teams can not sign players before Thursday, one day after the new salary-cap figure is announced.

Miami and Chicago could be interested in making a similar deal with the Raptors.

With all this swirling around him, James seemed as cool as ever when he arrived for his

camp as outside temperatures hit 94 degrees.

Dressed in a white Nike T-shirt and orange shorts, he entered the building just as the college players were finishing their second session of the day. He shook a few hands and plopped down on a sideline table before moving to a courtside chair. Shortly after he arrived, his two young sons, LeBron Jr. and Bryce, came in with former high school teammates Dru Joyce III and Romeo Travis.

saw but told me that they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offer me a volleyball scholarship because I had already been offered a basketball scholarship. So, I walked on.â&#x20AC;?

Not only has she excelled in three sports, but the former Lady Jacket has also earned honors for her accomplishments in the classroom as well. Murchison has maintained a 3.64 grade-point average and has garnered several scholarship awards such as the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Award, the Catherine Sprattling-Lloydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Future Health Care Professional award and the National Nuclear Security Administration Scholarship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just feel like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important for me to also be a good student,â&#x20AC;? said Murchison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My goal is to continue my hard work in both athletics and in the classroom. I want to keep up my good grades

and do well in school.â&#x20AC;?

Her scholarship with the National Nuclear Security Administration has led to a summer internship in Grand Junction, Colo., which she started in May and will continue to do until early August.

Because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a government job and it relates with nuclear security, Murchison, a biology major, was not permitted for security reasons to go into detail with what exactly she is doing at her paid internship with the NNSA. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m working for a company called Jerome Gonzales Management System (JGMS),â&#x20AC;? said Murchison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a management systems company and since I am a biology major, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m working on the environmental side of the team. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really enjoying this opportunity. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting a chance to meet new people. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a lot of

fun so far.â&#x20AC;?

Lee County volleyball and basketball coach Cindy Kelly coached Murchison from 2004-08 and says that Murchison is one of the hardest workers sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever coached.

Kelly is not surprised to see how well her former player is doing at the next level. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those athletes that no matter the situation or the sport, I knew sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d give 100 percent in everything that she did,â&#x20AC;? said Kelly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not surprised at all to see that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s won the MVP in both volleyball and softball. It just says a lot about her hard work. She will give it her all in everything she does.â&#x20AC;?

One thing Kelly, or any of Murchisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other coaches, had to worry about during Murchisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playing days was her keeping up

with the teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grade requirements. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was an excellent student,â&#x20AC;? said Kelly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I coached her, we never had to worry about grades or anything like that. She always had her priorities straight.

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real good girl and was a privilege to coach.â&#x20AC;?

Not only did Murchison help Kelly and the Lady Jackets on both the volleyball and basketball courts, but Kelly also played a significant role in her growth as a student-athlete. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach Kelly is one of the best coaches Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had,â&#x20AC;? said Murchison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only did she help me progress as an athlete, but she also taught me life lessons and helped me grow as a person. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very appreciative to everything sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done for me in my life. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have done it without her.â&#x20AC;?

game, Woods clearly had enough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s working itself out,â&#x20AC;? he said.

When asked if that meant his troubles were still undermining his golf, Woods descended into glum-eyed silence, offering an expression somewhere between a grimace and a frown.

Out on the Adare Manor Golf Course, Woods felt nothing but love and admiration from the more than 20,000 fans who lined the course five-deep to watch his every drive, approach shot and putt.

Armed with a full nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sleep, Woods breezed through a course that had befuddled him Monday, when he shot a 7-over 79 to fall near the bottom of the field of 54 professionals.

His Irish caddie, sil-

ver-haired Tipperary car dealer Arthur Pierse, said Woods was exhausted Monday after flying overnight following the AT&T National outside Philadelphia, where he finished 46th. He climbed back into the middle of the pack Tuesday.

Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland finished first after shooting a 68 for a two-day score of 3-under 141. Woods finished seven shots back, tied for 24th with six others.

Every five years, Irish billionaire McManus persuades many of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top golfers to join his charity event in Adare, where three-member teams of amateurs pay $155,000 for the chance to play alongside the pros.

On Tuesday, Woods attacked the outward nine,

birdieing three holes and narrowly missing others when putts clipped the hole. He missed an eagle on the 7th, the first par-5 target, by barely an inch.

The day before, the same hole produced a double bogey into a pond.

Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; game suffered once the weather took a decidedly Irish turn at the 10th hole. Drab gray skies that previously offered soft rain deteriorated into an in-your-face icy shower. Woods, setting aside his umbrella for rushed shots, underhit his approach into a bunker, then shanked the following chip shot 8 feet right of the hole. Woods slapped his wedge into the sand and groaned before two-putting for his dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first bogey.

Woods dallied at a gourmet sausage vendor

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; where he inquired about what a Cumberland sausage was before opting instead for a bunless burger â&#x20AC;&#x201D; until the rain eased. At the 11th, a par-3 230-yarder offering a straight shot across the River Maigue to the green, Woods planted the ball 8 feet from the hole, then nailed the putt for another birdie.

Woods did it again on the par-4 14th, covering

most of the 444 yards on his drive, then planting the ball 2 feet from the cup for another birdie.

But just like Monday, Woods couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t conjure any magic in his approach to the par-5, 548-yard 18th in front of the fansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; main stands.

He tried again to cross the river in two shots but again put the ball into the water for his final bogey.

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6B / Wednesday, July 7, 2010 / The Sanford Herald DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

Husband is way out of line posting sex photos online

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: Decide on your direction and your course of action and fight relentlessly to make a difference. Your efforts will lead to an interesting proposal for future prospects. There is so much to gain by being a participant. This is your year to make moves and to see the possibilities that are yours if you want them. This year can be a turning point in your life.

Your numbers are 2, 15, 17, 20, 22, 36, 49 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Expect to be tested every step of the way.

Nothing will come easily, but at the end of the day you will have learned a valuable lesson. Don’t trust anyone to take care of your responsibilities.

Love may be tempting but first complete your tasks.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take care of any personal matters quickly.

Talking to the people with influence in your life will allow you to fix any misunderstandings. Take control and do whatever will bring you the most in return.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will have some brilliant ideas and, as long as you can adapt what you plan to do to other people’s needs, you will get the support to continue developing your plan. Expect an old acquaintance to get involved in something you are doing.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Refuse to let anyone bully you. You should be able to get the help you require for projects you are trying to accomplish.

Face any competition with confidence and you will protect your position.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Talk matters through.

You will be able to make yourself perfectly clear regarding any emotional issues. Do your utmost to take advantage of a great opportunity.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): Getting involved in a cause you believe in or offering help to someone

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who has something you’d like in return will help you financially. Collecting an old debt or paying off something you owe will ease stress.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Pull your weight or you will put a relationship in jeopardy. Someone will complain if you are extravagant. Cost-efficient and quality work will lead to recognition and advancement. You can make some worthwhile changes at home.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The more you interact with others and compare your ideas, thoughts and plans, the quicker you will accomplish your goals. A great friendship will turn into an even better partnership with the potential for financial gains.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Having fun and enjoying the perks that money can buy will be your goal. Be careful not to go overboard, leaving you short when it comes to your bills, debts and personal needs. Loss is likely if you overlook the obvious.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Get out with friends or engage in something that will allow you to meet new people. There is money to be made but only if you stick to the facts. Take responsibility and everyone will want to join your campaign.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): You’ll be walking on thin ice. Separate your emotions from your responsibilities. There will be no excuse for not doing your part or making an effort to reach your goals. Don’t let your emotions get the better of you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There is so much you can do if you are willing to reverse a decision you made years ago. Get in touch with the people you worked with in the past and revisit an idea that had potential. The time is right to get things up and running.

DEAR ABBY: “Aaron” and I have been married five years, and I have always tried to keep our sex life “spicy.” Letting him take private X-rated photos and videos of me seemed fun at the time.

I recently learned that my “private” photos and videos have been on the Internet and shared with Aaron’s buddies, co-workers and friends. I am shocked, embarrassed and hurt. When I confronted him, he said, “You’re beautiful, and I enjoy sharing you with other guys!” I was dumbfounded at his response. I have tried talking to him, and he just doesn’t see my objections.

Every time I see one of our friends, I wonder if Aaron has shared my “beauty” with him. I’m too embarrassed to talk to my minister about this. I have lost my trust in my husband and don’t know what I should do now.

— X-POSED IN ILLINOIS DEAR X-POSED: What your husband has done is the equivalent of inviting his buddies, co-workers, friends, etc. into your bedroom during your most intimate moments. Your trust was violated and your feelings are understandable. That he would disregard your feelings in the matter is, frankly, shocking.

What you should do now is contact a licensed marriage counselor to figure out if, with professional help, you can help your immature and insensitive husband reorganize his priorities. ooo

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

DEAR ABBY: Twenty years ago I was in love with “Connie,” a girl who was my best friend and soul mate. We had so much in common.

Connie was chubby — not fat, just not a size 3.

Being 22 at the time, I became infatuated with “Lisa,” who was a size 3. Lisa was also jealous, insecure and still tied to her mother.

I snapped one day and left her — the smartest thing I have ever done.

By then, of course, Connie had moved on, and I deeply regret my wandering eye, lack of sensitivity and misplaced values. My life would be so much happier had I done what was right instead of being stupid.

Connie, I am told, is happily married, and I would not wreck her marriage. I have remained single. I don’t know if you can offer me advice, but if my experience can help another young man to recognize the beauty within, he will be happier than I am.

— WISER NOW IN OHIO

DEAR WISER NOW: You are not the first man to wind up with indigestion from too much arm candy. But this happened 20 years ago and you have grown since then. It’s time to stop punishing yourself and open yourself to new possibilities. There are many out there. Trust me on that. ooo DEAR ABBY: My sister is showing signs of Alzheimer’s, but she is in denial and refuses to face the issue. I would like to get her medical help. Our mother had the disease and my sister is probably scared. Any advice?

— BIG BROTHER IN FLORIDA DEAR BIG BROTHER: If your sister is without a spouse or children, her doctor should be notified about your concerns. You also need to talk to her, to ensure that she has an advance directive for health care and powers of attorney in place in the event that she “might” become unable to make decisions for herself.

While the thought of preparing these documents can be scary, NOT having them is far scarier should any incapacitating healthcare crisis arise. This needs to be done while your sister still has the capacity to make rational decisions.

The Alzheimer’s Association can be a valuable resource in a situation like this, so please don’t hesitate to contact it. The toll-free, 24-hour helpline is (800) 272-3900.

The website is www.alz.org.

ODDS AND ENDS DA: Pa. woman may keep corpses if she builds crypt WYALUSING, Pa. (AP) — A 91-year-old woman found living with the corpses of her husband and twin sister will be allowed to keep them if she installs a mausoleum or crypt, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Jean Stevens has indicated through her attorney that she plans to build an aboveground vault on her property to store the bodies of James Stevens and June Stevens, according to Bradford County District Attorney Daniel Barrett.

“If she does that, the bodies will be released for that purpose,” he said. “Otherwise they will be re-interred.”

Stevens’ attorney, Leslie Wizelman, did not immediately return phone messages left at her office.

Stevens previously told The Associated Press that she kept the embalmed remains of her loved ones because she wanted to be able to see them and talk to them. She also said she’s claustrophobic and couldn’t stand the thought of their bodies in caskets in the ground.

State police have been investigating the bizarre case since the corpses were discovered in mid-June. Authorities found the body of James Stevens on a couch in the detached garage and the body of June Stevens on a couch in a spare room off the bedroom.

Stevens had them dug up shortly after they died - James in 1999 and June in October - and tended to their remains at her rural property outside the northern Pennsylvania town of Wyalusing.

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MY ANSWER Barrett said a decision on charges could be made as early as Friday, after he meets with investigators.

Minn. police stop driver armed with squirt guns DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Police responding to a report of a driver brandishing a gun in southeastern Minnesota found themselves in extreme danger — of getting wet.

When police pulled over and searched the vehicle in the port city of Duluth on Monday, they found only several “Super Soaker” squirt guns on the back seat The Duluth News Tribune reports that no arrests were made.

Italian motorists steal $12,580 in coins ROME (AP) — Money makes the world go round - or in this case brings an Italian highway to a halt.

A truck carrying some euro2 million ($2.5 million) in coins overturned in southern Italy, unloading its contents onto the highway and leading motorists to hit the brakes and dig in.

Police in Foggia, where the accident occurred Monday, said Tuesday it was impossible to establish how much money had been stolen, as many of the euro1 and euro2 coins remained in piles on the highway. But motorists acting quickly before police arrived made off with at least euro10,000 ($12,500).

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

Discover the Bible for yourself Q: Who wrote the Bible, and how can I know that it’s true? I’ve kind of messed up my life, and I think maybe I need to find a new direction or something.

-- J.W. A: I’m thankful you’re asking yourself where you ought to be headed in life; it’s far too easy to drift along without ever thinking about who we are, or why we’re here, or how we ought to live. But if we do that, we’ll never discover the peace and joy God wants us to have. Jesus’ promise is for you: “Seek and you will find” (Matthew 7:7).

The Bible is actually a library of books, written by different people over many centuries. They believed God’s Spirit was guiding them as they wrote, and that He was the real author.

Over time, their books were brought together to form our Bible, because people were convinced they were indeed the Word of God. The Bible says, “Prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:21).

The real question, however, is this: Why did God give us the Bible? The main reason was so we could know Him -- not just know some facts about Him, but come to know Him personally. One of the Bible’s major themes is God’s love for us -- and the proof is that He came down to earth in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ, to bring us back to Himself.

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Education

8B / Wednesday, July 7, 2010 / The Sanford Herald UNC-Greensboro Graduates

laude), all of Siler City.

N.C. State Graduates

HARNETT COUNTY GREENSBORO — Chancellor Linda P. Brady has announced the names of students who graduated from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the Spring 2010 semester. At the May 14 commencement, 2,281 students received degrees, including 1,576 undergraduate and 705 graduate degrees.

The following students from the Central Carolina area are among the graduates.

LEE COUNTY

Master’s Degrees — Kacie Marie Kennedy, Courtney Gloria McGuire, Katie Mae Thomas, all of Sanford.

Bachelor’s Degrees — Paige Elizabeth Cumbee (magna cum laude), James Morgan Floyd, Stephanie Renee' Haywood (cum laude), Chandra Leigh January, Rikki Beth Love (summa cum laude), Sarah Kathryn Patterson (magna

cum laude), Elsie Elizabeth Ramsey, Darren Keith Rayburn, Elizabeth Anne Thompson, Lauren Elizabeth Watson (magna cum laude), Jessica Lee Wilder (summa cum laude), all of Sanford.

CHATHAM COUNTY Doctoral Degrees — John Andrew Eldridge of Siler City.

Master’s Degrees — Sarah Jessica Askins of Goldston.

Bachelor’s Degrees — Nicholas Evan Ferguson, Margaret T. Hinrichs (cum laude), Edward Anthony Linton, all of Bear Creek; Tina Harrelson of Bennett; Kay Pickard Clark of Goldston; Kelsey Christina Markie, Charity Faith Strowd, both of Pittsboro; Cassie Leigh Chapin, Ashley Dawn Clark, James David Dorsett III, Melody Leigh Emerson, Sarah Elizabeth Helmer (magna cum laude), Lindsey Meredith Sharpe, Marian Hanner Taylor (magna cum

UNC-Greensboro Honors Lists Chancellor’s List

HARNETT COUNTY

GREENSBORO — The following students from the Central Carolina area attained Chancellor’s List at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro for Spring Semester 2010. To attain the honor, full-time undergraduates must have cumulative grade point averages of at least 3.65 of a possible 4.0. To be eligible, students must be enrolled in at least 12 semester hours of course work. They also must have completed 30 hours of coursework.

Ryan W. Lepper of Angier; Kari A. Smith of Cameron.

LEE COUNTY

Brittney D. Cummings, Robert A. Freeman, Sarah K. Patterson, Nicole C. Terhune, Lauren E. Watson, all of Sanford.

CHATHAM COUNTY

Lauren A. Caviness of Bennett; Virginia T. Graham of Goldston; Caroline K. Hughes, Samuel E. Thoyre, both of Pittsboro; Jessica T. Clark, Melissa A. Coley, Paula Y. Garcia Naranjo, Sarah E. Helmer, Michael P. Lento, Marian H. Taylor, all of Siler City.

MOORE COUNTY Emily J. McCluskey of Aberdeen; Morgan V. Callicutt, Thomas P. Mierisch, both of Carthage; Kari E. Flinchum, Brittley A. Garner, Brooke N. Strider, all of Robbins.

Dean’s List GREENSBORO — The following students from the Central Carolina area attained Deans’ List at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro for Spring Semester 2010.

To attain Deans’ List, students carrying at least six hours of course work must earn an academic grade point average of 3.5 or higher, with no grade lower than a B-minus. Students are eligible after they have completed 15 hours of course work.

LEE COUNTY Shannon L. Bourret, Michelle B. Brown, Heidi Y. Centeno, Nubia J. Collins, Brittney D. Cummings, Robert A. Freeman, Chandra L. January, Elsie E. Ramsey,

Master's Degrees — Heather Gibson Winslow of Angier; Mary E. Stevens of Lillington.

Bachelor’s Degrees — Heidi Lynn Dewitt (magna cum laude), Kari A Smith (magna cum laude), Brianna A. Williams, all of Cameron; Dionne Lashelle James of Erwin; Lamanda Michelle Reid of Lillington.

MOORE COUNTY Doctoral Degrees — Eric Torres of Southern Pines.

Master's Degrees — Jason David Harpster of Pinehurst.

Bachelor’s Degrees — Christopher Michael Garren of Aberdeen; Kymberlie Mishele Marion of Carthage; Ashley Bray Alexander of Eagle Springs; Thomas A. Distefano, Carolyn Elizabeth Noelke (cum laude), both of Pinehurst; Samantha Leigh Martindale (cum laude) of Robbins; Margaret Lynne McSwain of Southern Pines.

Dora G. Rosser, Nicole C. Terhune, Lauren E. Watson, all of Sanford.

RALEIGH — The following area students were among the 2010 spring graduation candidates at N.C. State University.

LEE COUNTY BACHELOR'S: Carol Elizabeth Alverson - Accounting, Joseph S. Briggs - Mathematics, Samantha Ann Bullard - Biological Sciences, Colleen Marie Doorhy - Biological Sciences, Phillip D. Duggins - Accounting, Phillip Gregory Durham - Biochemistry, Ryan Christopher Garrett - Biochemistry, Jordan C. Henningsen - Political Science, Kensi Leigh Mangum - Communication, Anna Stewart Perkinson - Biological Engineering, Matthew William Phillips - Construction Engineering & Management, Sarah Jane Powers - Accounting, Brittany Morgan Siler - Animal Science, Christopher Lee Sisson - Mechanical Engineering, Morgan Lyndsey Thomas - Animal Science, Morgan Lyndsey Thomas - Biological Sciences.

MASTER'S: Lyndsey Denise Blackmon - Industrial Design, Michelle Ashley Boudreau - Accounting, Currie Joseph Farrow - Social Work.

VET MEDICINE: Shannon Ann Layne - Veterinary Medicine, Catherine M. Markijohn - Veterinary Medicine.

CHATHAM COUNTY Virginia T. Graham of Goldston; Holly R. Baird, Shelia DeGraffenreidt, Kelsey C. Markie, David R. McCurry, Charity F. Strowd, Samuel E. Thoyre, all of Pittsboro; Jessica T. Clark, Melissa A. Coley, Whitney F. Davis, Brandon M. Ehlers, Paula Y. Garcia Naranjo, Stephanie R. Haywood, Sarah E. Helmer, Heather M. Keck, Jessica L. Knight, Michael P. Lento, Wendy Pealo, Lindsey M. Sharpe, all of Siler City.

CHATHAM COUNTY BACHELOR'S: Lauren Taylor Brookshire - International Studies, Jerraca Lee Brown Business Administration, Tracie Lynn Brumfield - Women's and Gender Studies, Christopher David Hart - Agricultural Business Management, Christopher David Hart - Horticultural Science, Salena Nicole Hayes - Zoology, Stephanie Marie Jansen - Graphic Design, Darcy Jo Knight - Psychology, Allayna Shea Lopossay - Accounting, Shannon Culp Morgan - Horticultural Science, Christopher

Clark Poe - Civil Engineering, Megan Sameh Toma - Environmental Design in Architecture, Katelin Evonne Vess - Biological Sciences.

MASTER'S: Ralph Russell Barbare - Statistics, James Benjamin Leach - Liberal Studies, Tracy Lorraine Pakornsawat - Training and Development, Jamie L. Ridenhour - Statistics.

VET MEDICINE: Anna Chopick Allen - Veterinary Medicine.

HARNETT COUNTY BACHELOR'S: Amy R. Byrd - Biological Engineering, Sarah Elizabeth Byrd - Agricultural Business Management, Trey Harold-Glenn Carroll - Civil Engineering, Adrienne Leigh Core - Mathematics Education, Samantha Lynn Frady - Zoology, Megan Michel Jett - Spanish, Language and Literature, Megan Michel Jett - Graphic Design, Jimmy Emanuel Lewis - Computer Science, Rebecca Kay Lewis - History, Collen Madzivanyika - Nuclear Engineering, Jonathan R. Mcdonald - Electrical Engineering, Nicole Elizabeth Smith - Accounting, Benjamin Maxwell Spell - Political Science, Erin Joyce Summerlin - Business Administration, Julie K. Tart - Animal Science, Cassie L. Wycoff - Animal Science.

MASTER'S: Rebecca Connor Gwynne - Teaching, Brent Hamilton Holloway - Business Administration, Jill Allison McKay - Curriculum and Instruction, Reading, Justin Scott Merritt - Public Administration, John Christopher Peluso - Training and Development, Michele Schannea Ray - Business Administration, Angela Lee Tyson - Accounting.

VET MEDICINE: Katherine H. Ratzlaff - Veterinary Medicine.

MOORE COUNTY BACHELOR'S: Taylor Edward Allard - Zoology, Taylor Edward

Allard - Chemistry, Jonas Caleb Burns - Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Kathryn S. Davis - Elementary Education, Amber Beth Croy Dierking - English, Emily Ann Diethelm - Biological Sciences, Robert Casey Farren - Environmental Design in Architecture, Gabriel Amadeo Flores - Sociology, Richard Cameron Gower - Mathematics, Kristin Elizabeth Haller - Communication, Evan A. Harms - Nuclear Engineering, Christian Timothy Hazzard - Sport Management, Perri H. Jackson - Leadership in the Public Sector, Bonnie Marie Jonmoore - Criminology, Jessica Lynn Kelly - Mathematics Education, Joshua Wilson Lea - Business Administration, Katherine Lyndsey McDonald - English, William Bradley Mikulskis - Biological Sciences, Sarah Lynne Patnode - Biological Sciences, Corban Wyatt Prim - Art and Design, Molly Leigh Robinson - Accounting, Michael Scott Sherman - Biological Sciences, Christopher M. Tile - Mechanical Engineering, Lauren Susan Van Arsdale - Business Administration.

MASTER'S: Indrayani Battle History, Rebecca Ann D'Angelo - Public Administration, Richard Jerome D'Angelo - Public Administration, Elizabeth A. Phelps - Teaching.

2010 Spring Ag Institute graduates CHATHAM COUNTY ASSOCIATE Victoria Ann Thomas - Livestock & Poultry Management

HARNETT COUNTY ASSOCIATE Jonathon Michael Ferguson - Agribusiness Management

MOORE COUNTY ASSOCIATE David W. Walsh - Turfgrass Management

HARNETT COUNTY Kari A. Smith of Cameron; Anna E. Garrett of Lillington.

MOORE COUNTY Emily J. McCluskey of Aberdeen; Heidi L. Dewitt of Cameron; Morgan V. Callicutt, Thomas P. Mierisch, both of Carthage; Kellie P. Barber of Lakeview; Brandy M. McNeill of Pinebluff; Kari E. Flinchum, Brittley A. Garner, Cassie A. McIntosh, Brooke N. Strider, all of Robbins; Joseph L. Arno of Whispering Pines.

N.C. State Dean’s List RALEIGH — The following area students have been named to the 2010 spring Dean’s List at N.C. State University. * Denotes perfect 4.0 average.

LEE COUNTY Jeffrey David Barlow, Wendy Michelle Barnett, Bracey Campbell Bethea, Kacey Rae Blackmon, *Joseph S Briggs, Samantha Ann Bullard, Megan Lee Burger, Lauren Suzanne

Campbell, Colleen Marie Doorhy, *Amanda Nicole Downey, Sadia B. Durrani, *Morgan Elisabeth Faulk, Chelsey Estelle Francis, Shamonica Suzanne Geer, Alex Victoria Haislip, Se Young Han, Jessica A. Hodges, Austin Paschal House, Daysi Beatriz Hurtado, Jennifer Lea Jackson, Courtney Geneva Jones, *Elizabeth Diane Jones, *Kristin Brooke Kelly, Rhonda E. Lemon, Adrienne Laura McKenzie, Adam Clayton Moretz, Shon Michael Shojiro Muntz, Stacey Marie Neil, *Christian B. O'Neal, *Jenny Catherine Oldham, Kevin Paresh Patel, Robert Grafton Pearce, Chelsea Leigh Perkins, Sarah Mackenzie Perry, Matthew William Phillips, Kayla Shay Richter, Wendie Schall, Sarah Renee Singletary, Brittany Anne Spence, Peyton D. Spivey, *Wesley Markham Stewart, Rachel Elisabeth Stone, Brandylyn L. Thomas, *Kevin Lawrence Ward, Zachary Michael Weidner, Diana Marie Westrick, Dustin Lynn Wicker, *Lyman P. Woollens.

CHATHAM COUNTY Ray G. Antonelli, Brittany Elizabeth Beckwith, Travis Leight Bolton, Zachary Bourke, Alicia M. Braxton, Cody Randall Brooks, Jerraca Lee Brown, Nicole Grace Burnette, Hadley Anne Cheris, Taylor Christina Elkins, Alan Michael Foushee, Ashley Nicole Gardner, *Christopher David Hart, William-Thomas Bray Harvey, *Lydia Marie Hermansson, Michaela Christine Johnson, Charles Houston Jones, Wesley Jones, Darcy Jo Knight, Stuart Mead Kyle, Virginia Aleisa Lanning, Logan Robert Mathews, Kenneth A. Mendez, Kara Christine Miller, Hannah Elizabeth O'Connell, *Carly Cheryl Outland, Frederick Jacob Parks, John Clayton Phillips, Caitlin Elizabeth Rich, Joshua Paul Richardson, Stephanie Theresa Sherman, *Jordan Clark Squires, Ashley Rebecca Trobaugh, *Robert A. Walsh, Benjamin Zane Webster, *Megan E. Williams, *Stephen Zaleski.

HARNETT COUNTY *Diana Rambeaut Anderson, Virginia Rossie Blinson, *Amy R. Byrd, Sarah Elizabeth Byrd,

Trey Harold-Glenn Carroll, Whitney P. Chrisco, Adrienne Leigh Core, Samantha Lynn Frady, Alexander Franz Goodfellow, *Khalida Suzanne Hendricks, Allison Grey Holbert, Jessica Marie Jernigan, Andrea Rebecca Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Hailee Rashel Klauka, Jesica Jayd Harrison Lewis, *Jimmy Emanuel Lewis, Jonathan R. Mcdonald, Suzanne Mills, Krystal Leigh Moore, Richard Allan O'Briant, Kalyn Grey Parker, *Jonas Mcluin Parrish, Joshua David Quinn, Jessica Lauren Rebman, Andrew J. Roberts, Nicole Elizabeth Smith, Joseph G. Snyder, *Julie K. Tart, Emily Claire Thomas, Chon Fawn Wang, Christopher Warren Whitman, *Kimberly Paula Williams, James Drew Woerner, Cassie L. Wycoff, Matthew Timothy Yang, Caroline Elizabeth Yopp.

MOORE COUNTY *Kristin Camille Anderson, Lyndsey Marie Anderson, Stephanie Kiersten Bauman, Lauren P. Bishop, *Sandra Elizabeth Boles, William J. Brown, Latanya A. Cain, Tyler Floyd Chriscoe, Christina Currall, *Kathryn S. Davis, Lauren Paige Dembnicki, Marissa Marsh Dotson, Allison Watts Duncan, Kristin Nicole Farren, Zachary Stephen Ferguson, William Lloyd Garner, Stephen Christopher Golden, *Richard Cameron Gower, Jordan D. Gray, Spenser Matthew Guminey, Alexandria Skye Hartill, Megan Marie Imhoff, Bonnie Marie Jonmoore, Caitlin A. Klalo, Drew M. Klalo, John Croft Lawhon, Lauren Nicole Little, Kathleen Marie Maness, Dustin T. Martin, Scott Allen Martin, *Adam J. McDonald, Katherine Lyndsey McDonald, Martin Kelly McLeod, Kevin Michael Mccants-Brown, Baxter Sherwood Mclean, *Mollyrose Milewski, *Devon Terrall Person, Samantha Ann Presicci, Caitlin Theresa Reilly, *Mollie Corinna Richardson, Molly Monroe Richardson, Patrick Bryan Sazama, Kaylee M. Seifert, Ian R. Shearer, *Bradley Scott Simpson, Jonathan English Smetana, Sarah Lankford Stewart, Shawn Robert Stroker, Alexander I. Suvorov, Stuart G. Thomason, Ashley K. Thompson, *Brandon L. Wilkins, Celeste C. Williams, *Maegen Ruth Williams, Suzanne Elise Wilson.

YOURWEEKEND MUSIC

n SANFORD: The Flame Steakhouse and Brewer’s Pub now features live music every Thursday night. For more information, contact the restaurant at 776-7111. n SANFORD: Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic supper and “Function at the Junction” at Depot Park. This free outdoor family event starts at 7 p.m. Thursday and includes a variety of music throughout the summer. For more information, visit downtownsanford.com or call 919-775-8332. n SANFORD: The Steele Street Coffee and Wine Bar features live entertainment featuring local musicians every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. For more information, visit steelestreetcafe.

Submit your event by e-mail to danderson@sanfordherald.com com. n RALEIGH: After a rollicking success in Meymandi Concert Hall in April, celebrated pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi returns to the Triangle for an encore performance of Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto with the North Carolina Symphony and Maestro William Henry Curry.

The powerful symphonic masterwork, a showcase for Pompa-Baldi’s technical brilliance and stylistic finesse, headlines a program featuring selections from Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Saint-Saëns’s show-stopping “Organ Symphony.”

The concert takes place at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary’s Regency Park, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 17. Tickets are $20 and $25. Koka Booth Amphitheatre

is located at the Tryon Road exit off US 1, at 8003 Regency Parkway, Cary, N.C. 27518.

For tickets and more information, visit the North Carolina Symphony Web site at ncsymphony.org or call 919.733.2750. New to Summerfest this year, audience members can win prizes in the Symphony’s Picnic of the Week contest. Learn more at www. ncsymphony.org/picnic. n BROADWAY: Free concert by Al Batten and the Bluegrass Reunion begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 17, at The North Carolina Veterans Memorial, 210 S. Main St. in Broadway. Bring your chair or blanket. No alcohol or

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Carolina FOOD

WEDNESDAY July 7, 2010

n SANFORD: The Temple Theatre’s Kids Conservancy will hold productions of “The Jungle Book” Friday through Sunday. For ticket information, visit www.templeshows.com.

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WEDNESDAY SPOTLIGHT: Community Gardens

Lindsay Tipton Michael Papay

Anyone Hungry?

Garden Guide

For more recipes, visit Lindsay Tipton’s blog at lindsayrose.wordpress.com

Papay is the Master Gardening Volunteer for North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Lee County

Baby food for adults?

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n my eight months as a mother, I have learned a lot of lessons. One of the biggest… never say never. It is so easy to look at others and say “oh, I would never do that” or “oh, I would never allow my child to act that way”.

Luckily with an infant, there isn’t too much misbehavior that I have had to deal with yet, but I know the day will come before I know it. And I know that I won’t always react to it in the way I swore in INSIDE the past See our that I weekly Dining would.

Guide for One of local menu the many options things that Pages 4-5C I swore I would never do, and now do on a regular basis, is make baby food. I figured Gerber had it down, who was I to think that I could do it any better? Well, I may not do it better, but I definitely do it cheaper. I have fun with it. Madden loves it. And, it inspires new grown up recipes as well.

One of Madden’s first foods was avocado. He loves it. It is easy to mash up with a fork and give him for breakfast or a snack. I’ve also read that it is one of the healthiest foods out there, so much so that one could practically survive on avocados alone. However, why survive on them alone when they also taste delicious mixed with other things?

One of my favorite baby food making websites, www.wholesomebabyfood.com, offers suggestions of what foods to mix together for your baby to enjoy. It suggested mixing mangoes in with the avocado and I thought I would give it a try. While mixing it together, I got some on my finger so I took a taste. I was amazed.

I thought that the two fruits went together famously, and knew that I had to find a way to incorporate them into a recipe for Ross and I.

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Try to garden with a smile

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County. Through this partnership, we have been able to attend educational workshops at the Extension Center, meet other gardeners around the community, and receive technical support and information to help our gardening efforts succeed. Just as we did last

oly Monkey!” Has anyone ever said that after seeing a plant in your garden?

Have you ever seen someone approach one of your plants with an askance look, reach out an extended finger to touch it gingerly and exclaim “Good heavens, THAT thing’s REAL!”?

Well, these are just some of the comments agaves garner.

In early June, there was one in bloom at the J.C. Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh. You couldn’t miss it. The flower stalk vaulted at least fifteen feet high from its already lofty position on the rooftop garden, forming a veritable beacon in the sky. Down below in the scree garden you can see other agaves in their vigorous pre-bloom condition.

Agaves are native to the southwest United States, but some of them do extremely well here in the southeast.

If you want a really big, dramatic plant like the one in bloom at the J.C. Raulston Arboretum, choose Agave salmiana, Agave protamerica, Agave ovatifolia, and Agave ferox. These four all form evergreen rosettes, the largest being 8-feet wide and 6-feet tall. Agave ovatifolia is spectacular despite only reaching 4-feet wide and 3-feet tall.

Not all agaves reach giant proportions. Always high on the list of attractiveness are Agave parryi truncata and Agave parryi huachucensis. These form beautiful blue-gray rosettes about the size of a basketball or small beach-ball.

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Neal Kightlinger, Betsy James and Harold James pick from St. Luke United Methodist Church’s garden.

Providing for all of God’s children

By NANCY TEW Special to The Herald

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uring a Bible Study in the spring of 2009, one of our church members asked, ”Why don’t we plant a garden to help those who can’t afford fresh, nutritious produce?” Everyone agreed that it was an excellent idea. That spring, we tilled up a part of the church lawn and planted 72 tomato plants. These plants yielded over three hundred pounds of tomatoes that we donated to the CUOC and the Bread Basket.

Children from the church as well as adults worked in the garden planting and harvesting. Children from the Saint Luke preschool also helped harvest the tomatoes.

Since the summer garden was so successful,

EDITOR’S NOTE The Satellite Garden Project is a joint effort through the N.C. Cooperative Extension in Lee County and 10 local organizations that have chosen to participate in the inaugural program. Funding from this project was provided through a number of grants received by the Lee County 4-H program including United Way of Lee County, Environmental Impact Resource Conservation and Development, and the USDA/ Natural Resource Conservation Service. Each week, The Herald will highlight one of the 10 different Satellite Garden sites with a story and photos submitted by a participating member of the garden.

This week’s feature was submitted by Nancy Tew of St. Luke United Methodist Church on the church’s garden.

we decided to plant a fall garden. Over 200 pounds of cabbages were grown and given to the CUOC. Once again this spring, we planted the garden with more tomatoes, as well as cucumbers and zucchini.

We also became a part of the Satellite Gardening Program through the North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Lee

LOCALCOLUMNISTS

Diet Detective

A refreshing summer treat

Diet versus exercise; three meals or six?

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hile there is no such thing as the perfect fruit, a crisp, juicy slice of watermelon on a hot summer day comes pretty close. Watermelon is an all-American favorite found at picnics, cook-outs, potlucks and other summertime events. In addition to being a refreshing summer treat, watermelon is packed with nutrition. Not only is it a tasty treat, but this bright red melon is low in calories and packed with nutrients important to overall health. Take a look at seven nutritional benefits watermelon has to offer: n Good source of vitamin A*: Vitamin A helps your eyes see normally in the dark, promotes the growth and health of cells, and protects against infection by helping to maintain healthy skin and tissues. It also is involved in hearing, taste, growth and normal development of fetuses. A two-cup serving of watermelon provides 20 percent of the recommended daily intake for vitamin A. n Good source of vitamin C:* Vitamin C’s most well known role is as an antioxidant protecting body cells from damage

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: Diet or exercise: Which is better to help you lose weight?

Susan Condlin Cooperative Extension Susan Condlin is the director of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Lee County

by free radicals. Studies have shown that cell damage by free radicals may lead to chronic health problems, including cancer and heart disease. Vitamin C is also required for the production and maintenance of collagen, it boosts the body’s ability to fight infection, and helps keep capillaries and gums healthy. A two-cup

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: According to the Pew Research Center, about a third (34 percent) of Americans are neither exercising nor dieting; 17 percent are doing both; 8 percent are dieting but not exercising; and 40 percent are exercising but not dieting. So, who is right?

Well, a recent study appearing in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism demonstrated that dieting and exercise are equally good at taking off the pounds — as long as the number of calories consumed is the same as the number of calories burned.

And, according to David L. Katz, M.D., associate professor of public health and director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine,

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Entertainment

2C / Wednesday, July 7, 2010 / The Sanford Herald New at the Lee County Library

The following books and videos have been added to the collection at the Lee County Library, 107 Hawkins Ave.:

tian Literature Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature 2009

Young Adult Fiction “Alchemy and Meggy Swann” by Karen Cushman Adult Fiction “61 Hours“ by Lee Child “Breathless” by Lurlene “Aloha Quilt” by Jennifer McDaniel Chiaverini “Burned” by P.C. Cast “Cat of the Century” by “Dope Sick” by Walter Dean Myers Rita Mae Brown “Dead in the Family” by “Incarceron” by CathCharlaine Harris erine Fisher “El plan Infinito” by “Leviathan” by Scott Isabel Allende Westerfeld “Summer I Turned “Executor” by Jesse Kellerman Pretty” by Jenny Han “More” by Austin Clarke “We Were Here” by Matt “Storm Prey” by John de la Pena Sandford “When You Reach Me” “Supreme Justice” by

by Rebecca Stead Phillip Margolin “Woods Runner” by “Walk” by Richard Paul Gary Paulsen “Thirst (Vols 1-2)” by Evans Christopher Pike Adult Non-fiction “13 Bankers: The Wall Young Adult Non-fiction Street Takeover” by Simon “Bamboo Blade” by Johnson Masahiro Totsuka “Black Men Built the “Cirque du Freak (VolCapitol” by Jesse Holland umes 1-4)” by Darren Shan “El monstruo: Dread “Neon Genesis Evanand Redemption in Mexico gelion: The Shinji Ikari City” by John Ross Raising Project” by Osamu “Gridlock: Why We Were Takahashi Stuck in Traffic” by Randal “Obesity” by Mellissa O’Toole Abramovitz “John Milton: A Hero “Seven Wonders of of Our Time” by David Communication” Hawkes “X-Men: Misfits” by “Mark Twain: The Raina Telgemeier Adventures of Samuel Clemens” by Jerome Loving Juvenile Fiction “Making Gumbo in the “13 Treasures” by MiUniversity” by Rupert W. chelle Harrison Nacoste “Duck Rabbit” by Amy “More for the Money: K. Rosenthal A Roadmap to Financial “El Gato en el Sombrero Freedom” by Fay Donald= The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. son Seuss “Orange is the New “House in the Night” by Black: My Year in a Susan Swanson Women’s Prison” by Piper “Judy Moody” by Megan Kerman McDonald “To Save America” by “Lmno Peas” by Keith Newt Gingrich Baker “Lover Boy = Juanito el Carinoso” by Lee Merrill Adult Reference Byrd Encyclopedia of Chris-

“Pirates Don’t Change Diapers” by Melinda Long “Surviving the Applewhites” by Stephanie Tolan “Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark” by Will Grace “Yummy: 8 Favorite Fairy Tales” by Lucy Cousins

BOOK REVIEW

Juvenile Non-fiction “Around the World Cookbook” by Abigail Johnson Dodge “Boxcar Children (graphic novel)” by Shannon Eric Denton “Dogs” “Face to Face with Manatees” by Brian Skerry “Kid’s Guide to the Economy” “Magic School Bus and the Climate Change” by Joanna Cole “Penguins” “Sea Creatures” “Streets and Alleys” “You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?” by Jonah Winter

“The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years” (Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26), by Sonia Shah

Juvenile DVDs Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Princess and the Frog Juvenile Audios First Picture Fairytales

by Emma Helbrough Little Ballerina Dancing Book by Fiona Watt Usborne Singbyalong Nursery Rhymes Yellow Umbrella by Jae Soo Liu Adult DVDs Alfie Duplicity Lion in Winter Madea’s Family Reunion Madea’s Class Reunion Messenger (The) Mexican (The) Phantom of the Opera Stephen King’s Riding the Bullet Transsiberian Main library hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information, or to request that a book be added to the library’s collection, call (919) 718-4665.

Jonesboro branch hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Broadway branch hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

‘Fever’ urges governments to fight malaria locally

By CARL HARTMAN For The Associated Press

At age 7, author Sonia Shah visits her grandmother in southern India. She must take anti-malaria pills, and she lies in a stuffy cage of netting — mosquitoes perched menacingly above — while her local cousins sleep nearby, unencumbered in the warm breeze.

The mosquitoes “sneak into the gap my protruding limbs create, and they feast,” she complains. The next morning, her grandmother rubs talcum powder into Shah’s pink scabs while her smoothskinned cousins snicker.

Shah’s relatives profess the ancient Jain religion, which holds all life sacred and forbids violence. Her reaction is heretical, the author recalls vividly.

“When no one is looking,” Shah writes in “The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years,” “I crush the mosquitoes’ poised little figures with my palm and smear the remains on a hidden seam in the couch.”

Events Continued from Page 1C pets allowed. The alternate venue in case of rain will be the auditorium at Broadway Elementary School. n RALEIGH: Michael Buble’ will perform at the RBC Center at 8 p.m. Friday.

For ticketing information, visit ww.ticketmaster.com. n RALEIGH: Toby Keith’s American Ride Tour featuring Trace Adkins and James Otto will hit the Time Warner Amphitheatre at 7:17 p.m. Saturday. For ticketing information, visit ww.ticketmaster.com.

THEATRE n SANFORD: The Temple Theatre’s Kids Conservancy will hold productions of “The Jungle Book” July 9-11 and Aug. 6-8. Conservatory 1 will present the show at 7 p.m., July 9, at 2 and 7 p.m.

July 10 and at 2 p.m. July 11. Conservatory 2 will present the show at 7 p.m., Aug. 6, at 2 and 7 p.m. Aug. 7 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 8. n CARRBORO: The DSI Comedy Theatre will host showcases for local comedians at 9 p.m. each Thursday night in June. New comics can audition at 8 p.m. (they need to email to confirm a space). Each comic gets 6-10 minutes

Decades later, she describes the heresies of rural Africans violating orthodox scientific doctrine on mosquito nets: “They wash them, draining them of the insecticides that make them effective. ... In Gambia nets are considered expensive items too dear to bestow upon mere children. In Namibia people prefer to use the mosquito nets for fishing.

“For all these reasons and more, according to a 2003 study, fewer than 17 percent of Africans who received treated nets actually hung them over their sleeping children.”

The World Health Organization estimates there are 350 million to 500 million cases of malaria a year. A large number of the cases are mild, leading many indigenous people to view malaria as more an annoyance like head colds than a disease. But nearly 1 million cases a year are fatal.

The book describes in meticulous detail the many remedies tried over the centuries. A large portion, including the once widely hailed DDT, were followed by the emergence of toxic strains that resist countermeasures.

The most recent — artemisinin (the author’s favorite) — is made

from a wildflower called sweet wormwood. It was revived from an ancient Chinese list of remedies in a search ordered by Communist leader Mao Zedong.

Evidence of mosquito resistance to the drug has been recently reported.

Shah is skeptical of a surge of private charity that emphasizes the use of mosquito nets following the decline of government-led antimalaria programs in the 1990s. Acknowledging the contributions of Bill Gates and former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, she lists Veto the ’Squito, a youth-led charity; Nothing but Nets, an anti-malarial basketball charity; and World Swim Against Malaria. She quotes The New York Times as decrying “hip ways to show you care.”

Her own comment: “Just because something is simple doesn’t necessarily mean that people will do it.” “(T)he schools, roads, clinics, secure housing and good governance that enable regular prevention and prompt treatment must be built,” she concludes.

“Otherwise the cycle of depression and resurgence will begin anew; malaria will win, as it always has.”

to rock the crowd. Comics new to Dirty South get four minutes the first time up.

Email standup@dsicomedy. com with your full name and phone number if you want a spot. n RALEIGH: “Rent” will be performed at Progress Energy Center Fletcher Opera Theatre at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

House Museum is open from 1 to 4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. n SANFORD: The Artists’ Loft of the Lee County Arts Council features works by local artists at 102 S. Steele St. from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and 10 a.m to 5 p.m. Fridays.

Paintings, writings, pottery, weaving and photography are featured. The Arts Council is a non-profit organization.

DANCE n SANFORD: The Saturday Nite Dance Group includes a variety of live music.

This group of couples and singles meets from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturday nights at The Enrichment Center of Lee County, 1615 S. Third St. This alcohol- and smoke-free event features live entertainment and good fellowship.

Admission is $6 per person, which includes a complimentary soft drink at intermission. For more information call the Enrichment Center at 776-0501. n SANFORD: The Sanford Area Society of Shaggers will host Shag Your SASS Off at 8 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion Post #382, located at 305 Legion Drive in Sanford.

Cost is $8 per person. For more information, contact Rosemary Parten at 7748090 or Teresa White at 499-5505.

MUSEUMS/GALLERIES n LILLINGTON: The Harnett County Arts Council presents the works of Virginia and Walter Farnham from July 2-July 30 at the gallery on Main Street in Lillington. Walter Farnham is a photographer-artist who loves sports photography as well as landscapes. Virgina Farnham is a soapmaker and self taught spinner of yarns. Meet the Farnhams and view their works during the opening artist reception from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday, July 2, at the Arts Council Gallery. n SANFORD: The Railroad

POTPOURRI n SANFORD: Power Pro Wrestling at Kendale Entertainment Center (2737 Industrial Drive) begins at 6 p.m. Saturday with bell time at 7:15 p.m. The event runs every second and fourth Saturday at the center. Visit awapowerprowrestling.com for more information. n SANFORD: The Sanford Farmers Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon every Saturday from May through October. n SANFORD: Set Sail with the Amazing Steve Somers at 11 a.m. today for a program of stories, music, magic, and puppets. The performance will take place at the Lee County Community Arts Center, 507 N. Steele St.. Parking lot and entrance to the building are on Bracken Street. Registration is not required and the performance is free and open to the public. n SANFORD: The Lee County Library offers free, family-friendly movies on Monday nights. Monday’s movie, “Pirates of the Caribbean” will be shown in the auditorium at the main branch and begin at 7 p.m.

Families are encouraged to attend; children under the age of 11 must be accompanied by an adult.

The programs are free and advance registration is not required. For more information, call the library at (919) 718-4665 x. 5483.

Seniors

The Sanford Herald / Wednesday, July 7, 2010 / 3C

Savvy Senior

Enrichment Calendar

Keeping tabs on an elderly parent

DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: My 80-year-old mother lives alone about an hour from me and I worry about her health and safety. Outside of the telephone, what types of caregiving devices can you recommend that can help me keep tabs on her?

— CONCERNED SON

DEAR CONCERNED: There are many different tools and technologies available today that can help adult children keep tabs on their aging parent when they can’t be there. Here are some popular options and new products to check into.

Senior help line

One of the biggest concerns among families that have an elderly parent or relative living alone is them falling and needing help. For this, a “personal emergency response system” or PERS is the most affordable solution. For about $1 a day (available through companies like lifelinesys.com, lifealert.com and lifefone.com) you can rent the equipment which includes a small transmitter (SOS button) that your mom would wear, giving her the ability to call for help any time she needs to. The drawbacks, however, are that many seniors forget to wear their SOS button regularly, and if they do have it on and fall, they still have to be alert enough to actually push the button.

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

Upgraded PERSs If you’re willing to spend a little more (around $50 a month), there are several more sophisticated PERS on the market. One of them is Wellcore (wellcore.com), a new device that has fall detection sensors in the SOS button that can automatically summon help without the user having to press a button. Plus, it will beep to remind your mom to put it on, and if she doesn’t, it will notify you. And, when paired with a compatible cellphone, it can even be used outside the home. Halo Monitoring (halomonitoring.com) also offers fall detection products, as does Philips (lifelinesys.com), maker of the popular Lifeline Medical Alert Service who just introduced an AutoAlert option.

Home monitoring Another more expensive option for keeping tabs on your mom is with a “home monitoring

system.” These systems come with sensors, placed in key areas of your mom’s home that learn her daily patterns and notify you if something out of the ordinary is happening. For example, if your mom doesn’t get out of bed at her usual time, or if she went to the bathroom and didn’t leave it could indicate a fall or other emergency. The great thing about this type of system is it requires no input from your mom, and you can check in on her anytime through a password-protected website. You can find these systems at companies like GrandCare (grandcare.com), Healthsense (healthsense.com), and CloseBy (closebynetwork. com), with prices ranging from several hundred to several thousand dollars, depending on the options you choose.

Medication management If you’re worried your mom not keeping up with her medications, there are a wide variety of pill organizers, medication dispensing and alarm systems (see epill.com) that can help. One of the best new systems on the market is TabSafe (tabsafe.com). A home-based device that dispenses medicine on schedule, providing reminders to

ensure she takes it on time, and will notify you or other caregivers if her pills aren’t taken.

Medication reminding services like OnTimeRx (ontimerx.com) or Check-in Friends (checkinfriends.com) can also be helpful. For a small fee, these services will call your mom to remind her to take her medication. Pillphone.com offers a similar service for wireless phones only.

Communication Videophones have become an increasingly popular tool for keeping in touch with older loved ones from afar. If you’re not familiar with them, videophones are like a telephone with a built-in camera and video screen that gives you the ability to see the person you’re talking to in real time. Two of the best on the market today are the “ASUS Videophone Touch” that works with Skype (skype.com), and the “ACN IRIS 3000” (myacn.com). Both require a high speed Internet connection and are simple to use. Or, if your mom, and you, both have a home computer and a Webcam you can video chat online.

Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

The Enrichment Center, which serves Lee County’s older adults, is located at 1615 S. Third St. For more information, call (919) 7760501.

WEDNESDAY 8 a.m. Exercise with Jeanette Redman 9 a.m. Exercise at First Baptist Church 9 a.m. Golf-Captain’s Choice Mixed Group—Carolina Lakes 10 a.m. Diabetic Support Group with Dana Smith 11 a.m. Water Aerobics with Kathy at O.T. Sloan Park 11 a.m. Lawrence Poindexter Singing in Diner’s Club 1 p.m. Knitting Class 1 p.m. Watercolor Art Class 2 p.m. BINGO Club 5:30 p.m. Water Aerobics with Jeanette at O.T. Sloan Park

THURSDAY 9 a.m. Exercise with Kathy Edwards 10:30 a.m. Bible Study 10:45 a.m. Tai Chi Class 11 a.m. Exercise, Word Search and Puzzles in Diner’s Club 3 p.m. Brick Capital Quilters Guild 5 p.m. Watercolor Art Class 5:30 p.m. Fitness Room Orientation 6 p.m. Dominoes Club

FRIDAY 8 a.m. Exercise with Jeanette 8:30 a.m. Yoga with Kathy 10 a.m. BINGO in Diner’s Club 11 a.m. Water Aerobics with Kathy at O.T. Sloan Park

10 a.m. Fall Prevention with Jane Armstrong in Diner’s Club 12:30 p.m. Canasta Club

SATURDAY 7 p.m. Saturday Nite Dance Group

MONDAY 8 a.m. Yoga with Jeanette 10 a.m. Voices of the Enrichment Center Choir 10 a.m. Movie and Lunch 10:30 a.m. Bible Study 10:45 a.m. Tai Chi Class 11 a.m. Word Search and Puzzles in Diner’s Club 11 a.m. Water Aerobics with Kathy at O.T. Sloan Park 5:30 p.m. Water Aerobics with Jeanette at O.T. Sloan Park 5:30 p.m. Knitting Class

TUESDAY 9 a.m. Exercise with Kathy McLeod-Edwards 9 a.m. Watercolor Art Class 10:30 a.m. Hot Topics 11 a.m. Exercise, Word Search and Puzzles in Diner’s Club 1 p.m. Caregiver Time Out 1 p.m. Alzheimer’s Support Group 5:30 p.m. Yoga with Jeanette 6 p.m. San-Lee Senior Citizens Dance Group

DAILY ACTIVITIES The Veterans Services office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call (919) 7760501, ext. 209.

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Do you have questions about your coverage? Free assistance is available. Call (919) 776-0501, ext. 206.

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Add veggies to keep lean burgers flavorful, moist

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Forego the bun and mate your next pulled pork with pasta with this pulled pork with roasted red peppers, sundried tomatoes and tortellini recipe.

By JIM ROMANOFF For The Associated Press

Many people mistakenly assume turkey burgers are lean.

But depending on the variety of ground turkey used, you can end up with more than 15 grams of fat in a 4-ounce portion. You can buy ground turkey that is 99 percent lean, but you’ll end up with dry, flavorless burgers.

A good compromise is 93 percent lean ground turkey, which has about 8 grams of fat per serving. It’s enough to keep the burgers moist and flavorful, but lean enough to include in a healthy diet.

Of course, as with any meat, less fat means less flavor, so you’ll want a strategy for compensating for these losses. Think meatloaf.

By mixing in chopped vegetables — such as onions, mushrooms and celery — fresh or dried herbs and a wet component, say ketchup or mustard, you will not only boost the flavor, but also add back much-needed moisture.

Consider adding breadcrumbs or quick cooking oats, too. They not only stretch the meat (which cuts the total fat per serving), but also help retain moisture.

This robustly flavored stout and onion turkey burger uses caramelized sweet onions and a reduction of intense, dark beer combined with zesty mustard and dried thyme to enhance ground turkey.

Use this same flavor base to make excellent meatloaf or meatballs.

If you like, you can top

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Caramelized onions and a dark beer reduction keep the patty of this stout and onion turkey burger moist and helps impart a unique flavor. the burger with some tangy, extra-sharp cheddar cheese, which makes a perfect foil for the assertiveness of the stout. By using extra-sharp cheddar you can get away with using a full-fat cheese because just a little adds a lot of flavor.

Serve these burgers with a side of sweet potato fries and a few crunchy pickle spears.

STOUT AND ONION TURKEY BURGER Start to finish: 1 hour (35 minutes active) Servings: 4 1 teaspoon canola oil 1 cup chopped Vidalia onion 1 cup Guinness or other stout 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 pound 93 percent lean ground turkey 1 cup panko (Japanese-style) breadcrumbs 1/3 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese (optional) 4 whole-wheat hamburger buns or other small wheat

bread In a medium saucepan over medium, heat the oil. Add the onions and saute until softened and slightly golden, 7 to 10 minutes. Add the stout and increase heat to high. Boil the mixture until reduced by two-thirds and making syrupy bubbles, about 20 minutes.

Transfer the mixture to a medium bowl to cool for 20 minutes.

Heat a gas grill to mediumhigh or prepare a charcoal fire.

Add the mustard, thyme, salt and pepper to the onion mixture. Add the ground turkey and breadcrumbs. Gently but thoroughly combine. Shape into 4 patties, about 3/4-inch thick.

To oil the grill grates, wet a folded paper towel with oil, hold it with tongs and rub it over the grates.

Grill the burgers until well browned on the underside, 4 to 5 minutes. With a spatula, turn the burgers carefully. Grill 4 to 6 minutes more, or until the burger registers 165 F at the center. Top with cheese, if using, during the last minute of grilling. Meanwhile, toast the buns at the edge of the grill. Serve the burgers on the toasted buns.

Pulled pork can do more than fill a bun

By J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor

We all know pulled pork makes a killer sandwich. But I wanted to see how it held up to another carb — pasta.

So I started by making a basic pulled pork.

But instead of barbecue sauce, I used a blend of sun-dried tomatoes, roasted red peppers, creme fraiche and garlic.

This combination would offer bold flavors and colors, and would work better with the pasta than barbecue sauce would.

But I did want a hint of that tangy, spicy barbecue flavor, so I spiced the sauce with red wine vinegar (cider vinegar would be good, too) and a splash of hot sauce.

Diced canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce would be a great alternative.

Then I tossed the whole thing with pulled pork tenderloin and fresh cheese tortel-

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For our meal, the two were mixed together into something like a chutney.

We topped our chicken with it and served it alongside rice pilaf. It was tasty, refreshing, healthy and different.

I can’t wait to make it again. I also can’t wait to see just how Madden — and his food — will inspire me next.

lini. While any pasta would work, I liked the creaminess added by the cheese in the tortellini.

PULLED PORK WITH ROASTED RED PEPPERS, SUN-DRIED TOMATOES & TORTELLINI Start to finish: 50 minutes Servings: 4 1 tablespoon black peppercorns 1 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon kosher salt 6 cups water 1 1/2 pounds pork tenderloin, trimmed and cut into 2-inch lengths 12-ounce package cheese tortellini 8 1/2-ounce jar oil-packed julienne-cut sun-dried tomatoes 12-ounce jar roasted red peppers, drained and thinly sliced 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 1/4 cup creme fraiche 1/2 to 1 teaspoon hot sauce 2 cloves garlic, minced Salt and ground black pepper, to taste

MANGO AVOCADO CHICKEN 4 chicken breasts ¼ cup balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon dried rosemary 1 teaspoon dried thyme Salt and pepper 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon butter 1 avocado, diced 2 cups cubed mango, divided 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 2 teaspoons brown sugar In a skillet, heat olive oil and butter. Sprinkle

In a medium saucepan over high, combine the peppercorns, cumin, salt and water. Bring to a boil, then add the pork.

Return the pork to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer and cooked for 40 minutes, or until an instant thermometer reads 160 F at the center of the pork, or until the meat is fork tender.

Drain the pork, discarding the solids in the water, then return the pork to the pan.

Use 2 forks to pull and tear apart the meat into strands and chunks.

Bring a second medium saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook according to package directions. Drain and set aside.

Meanwhile, add the sundried tomatoes, roasted red peppers, red wine vinegar, creme fraiche, hot sauce and garlic to the pork.

Warm the mixture over low heat.

When the pasta is cooked, add it to the pork mixture, then toss well.

Season with salt and pepper.

chicken breasts with salt, pepper, rosemary and thyme. Sprinkle chicken breasts with 1 tablespoon of vinegar. Place chicken in pan and cook over medium-high heat, about 6-7 minutes per side or until cooked through. Slowly add remaining balsamic vinegar to skillet while cooking.

Take 1/3 of mango and finely chop. Puree remaining mango. Mix together mango puree, diced mango, diced avocado, vinegar and brown sugar. Serve on top of chicken.

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serving of watermelon supplies 30 milligrams of vitamin C. n Provides potassium:* Potassium may help protect against high blood pressure, helps regulate fluids and mineral balance in and out of body cells, aids in muscle contraction, and helps transmit nerve impulses.

Several fruits and vegetables are among the best sources of potassium, including watermelon, which has approximately 350 milligrams per twocup serving. n Contains lycopene: A two cup serving of watermelon contains 15-20 milligrams of lycopene, an antioxidant that may help reduce the risk of cancer and other diseases. Lycopene neutralizes cell-damaging free radicals. n Ninety-two percent water:* Staying properly hydrated is extremely important, particularly during the hot days of summer. Watermelon

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year, we once again have all ages involved in the

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Their bloom-stalk is spectacular.

Not all agaves are eyeboggling giants. Many are less spectacular but equally suited to the southeast garden, such as A. neomexicana, A. lophantha, A. striata, A. schidigera and A. utahensis.

To perform their best, agaves need three things: full sun, well-drained

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is 92 percent water by weight, the highest percentage of any fruit and 8 percent sugar. n Low in calories — yet, filling: A two-cup serving of watermelon has only 100 calories.

However, as a result of its high water content, watermelon is quite filling. n Low in fat and cholesterol free: Among its other health benefits, watermelon is naturally low in fat and cholesterol free which may aid in the prevention of certain chronic diseases.

When choosing a watermelon, the “thump” test really doesn’t tell you about a watermelon’s ripeness. You should look for a smooth surface with the ends of the melon filled out and rounded.

The rind should have a slight dullness and the underside or “belly” of the melon should have a yellow buttery color where the melon touched the ground If you’re buying a cut watermelon, you have the advantage of seeing first-hand that the flesh is fresh and juicy. It should

be free from white streaks caused by immaturity — but not watery and stringy due to aging.

Seeds should be dark brown or black.

Uncut melons keep from one to three weeks.

Once cut, your watermelon has a short shelf life.

For peak freshness and nutritional value, plan to eat it within two or three days. You can store watermelon in a cool shady place if you don’t have room in your refrigerator.

But once you’ve refrigerated the melon, you should continue to do so.

Just a reminder...

Always wash the outside of a watermelon with tap water before you cut it open. This is important to prevent the spread of bacteria that might be on the outside surface to the interior of the melon.

Watermelons are a tasty and refreshing way to enjoy the seasonal flavor of summer. No matter how you slice it, melons will add color and flavor to your next meal or snack. So during these hot summer days, treat your family to a cooling,

garden. The children planted the zucchini as part of their mission work. So far, we have given over 270 pounds of cucumbers and zucchini to the CUOC and

the tomatoes are almost ready for picking as well.

This garden has been a wonderful example of the St. Luke congregation putting our beliefs into action!

soil, and good nutrition.

By full sun I mean for at least six hours a day. A few can get by with some full sun and bright shade for the rest of the day, such as Agave parryi and Agave ovatifolia.

Well-drained soil means sandy or gravelly good garden loam. I make my own mix using 1-part pea gravel and 1part city compost.

Good nutrition means organic or slow release fertilizer like 19-6-12 or 6-2-3.

Believe it or not, at

least one local flower farm has a nice variety of agaves to offer. If you extend your search to the Raleigh area there are more.

Be careful, however. A neighbor recently visited to give me a gift and stroll about the garden.

After her tour she said “Mike, you haven’t been here long and you’re already making our gardens look like a dump!”

I smiled. When all the agaves are in someone else’s garden I expect that’s how you’re going to feel.

GARDENING

Composting primer: how to get started

By CAROLE FELDMAN Associated Press Writer

If helping the environment isn’t incentive enough to start composting, consider this: It will save you time and money, too.

“If you’re making compost, you’re going to be reducing your needs for fertilizer and water,” said Jean Schwab, the GreenScapes program manager at the Environmental Protection Agency. You’ll also eliminate the need to bag grass clippings or raked leaves.

Schwab estimates that yard and food waste amount to more than 25 percent — or 60 tons — of the material in landfills. If people start composting, “a significant amount of waste then can be diverted from the landfill,” she said.

Composting occurs in nature, as plants, leaves and other vegetable matter die and decay. People can emulate that in their backyards, and even their kitchens.

“In my view, the conscious creation of compost is mankind’s single greatest gift back to the planet,” said Paul Tukey, founder of safelawns.org and author of “The Organic Lawn Care Manual” (Storey Publishing, 2007).

Marie Venezia, executive director of the Sheldrake Environmental Center in Larchmont, N.Y., uses compost in her vegetable garden. She likes knowing the source of her fertilizer, and she says she’s reduced the amount of garbage.

Another side benefit, she said: Composting provided hands-on learning for her son, a ninthgrader, when he studied ecology.

Here are some composting basics:

GETTING STARTED “The first step would be to determine the best system for you,” said Jen-

nifer Jensen, founder of the Westchester County, N.Y., Master Compost Program.

Some people opt to create a compost pile in a corner of the backyard, sometimes enclosed by a wire, cage-like structure, sometimes not. Others prefer a large covered bin that rotates. The price varies according to the bin’s features, including whether it turns or stacks.

Jensen said you can get a basic black plastic bin with a screw-on top for about $100. Check your local municipality or environmental center, however. Some offer bins at a discount.

“A pile works just great for leaves and grass clippings, but when you want to incorporate food waste, its time to use a bin to prevent rodents,” EPA says in its guide to backyard composting.

Apartment dwellers also can compost right in their kitchens, sometimes speeding the process with red wriggler worms or another species that breaks down organic matter.

This is called vermicomposting. Specialized bins are sold for indoor use, The worms are available online.

WHAT TO TOSS IN Think brown and green — you’ll want a mix of the two.

Browns include wood chips and dried leaves from trees. These items are sources of carbon. So are newspapers. “One or two copies of The New York Times shredded up will give you all the browns you need,” Tukey said.

Greens can include grass clippings and other yard waste and food scraps, including such things as vegetable or fruit peels and coffee grounds. These provide nitrogen.

Use twice as much green material as brown material if you can turn

the pile often, Tukey said. “If you don’t turn your pile, go more 50-50 or even 2-1 in the other direction to start,” he said. “Too much green in a pile that is not turned bears the risk of rotting and stinking rather than composting.”

Compost is created when microorganisms break down the organic matter into nutrients.

By adding soil or some compost, you can jumpstart the process.

Environmentalists recommend that you don’t throw meat or fish scraps or dairy products into your compost bin. Those could attract rodents.

Material treated with pesticides also should not be composted, especially if you want to use the finished product in your vegetable garden, nor should you use weeds that have gone to seed.

You’ll also want to keep the compost pile moist, but not wet, and make sure it’s aerated.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? Jensen calls herself a “lazy composter” who likes to let nature run its course.

If you just put your organic materials into a pile and let it decompose on its own, it takes about a year to produce compost.

She recommends starting in autumn, when the leaves are falling. “If you start in the springtime, you’re going to have a much more difficult time finding your carbons.”

For faster composting, Jensen said people should use a unit that rotates. One such unit has three separate bins. The decomposing material is turned from bin to bin, as it decomposes.

If you use blood meal or corn gluten to speed up the process and turn the compost bin every day, you can have compost in about six weeks, Tukey said.

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Diet

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the answer is simpler than the debate would imply. “It depends,” he says. “Weight loss occurs whenever you burn more calories than you take in. If you can exercise enough to burn more calories and would rather do that than cut calories, then exercise is the way to go. If, however, you’re more willing to trim your portions than go out running, dieting will work better.” Think about which you would rather do: Skip the mayo on your burger, or walk it off for 35 minutes?

That said, it’s clear from the research that the majority of people who have lost weight and kept it off for five years or more combine diet and exercise. In fact, “It’s nearly impossible to exercise enough to control weight without attention to diet,” adds Katz. And, conversely, it’s nearly impossible to sustain weight loss without some increase in physical activity. In addition, an increase in physical activity offers other benefits, including cardiovascular health, and strength training can add muscle, which can burn extra calories at rest (each pound of muscle added will increase the calories your body burns by about 30–50).

Also, it’s important to note: “Many truly obese people don’t eat much but don’t move much, either (hence their weight stays the same). Some are eating at starvation levels but sit in a chair all day. If these people would start moving, they would begin to lose weight,” says Stephen Rice, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., a sports medical expert at the Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, N.J.

Q

: Should you eat three or six meals per day?

A

: The answer is that it really depends on whether those six meals are going to increase or decrease how many calories you take in for the day overall. According to Milton Stokes, R.D. M.P.H., spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, “A small amount of research says that eating mini-meals consisting of less food more frequently may help rev metabolism and prevent extreme variations in blood sugar. At the very least you should eat three times daily. Some people reap benefits from eating about every four or five hours daily. That isn’t, however, a license for going hog wild all day.”

People get hungry every four hours, says Nancy Clark, a Massachusetts-based sports nutritionist and author of Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook (Hu-

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man Kinetics, 2003). She recommends four meals made up of breakfast, two lunches with about three hours between them, and dinner. She believes that eating the two lunches will lessen your appetite during dinner and solve the energy problem that most people have. Her motto: “Fuel by day, diet by night.”

Katz favors six meals because, “People trying to control their weight are often worried about deprivation and going hungry. Having food available at regular intervals cuts off this anxiety,” he says.

“I caution people about the six meals per day,” says Lona Sandon, M.Ed., R.D., a professor of nutrition at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. “There is nothing magical about six meals per day, and any opportunity you give yourself to eat is an opportunity to overeat. Six meals a day at 300 calories each would be a total of 1,800 calories for the day. A bowl of cereal with skim milk and maybe ½ cup of juice would be about 300 calories. People who follow this type of plan need to really watch their portion sizes.”

Katz agrees. He believes that if you are eating often, you must make sure you’re eating well.

You have to be even more vigilant.

Which is better for you — walking for 15 minutes each day or going on an all-day hike on the weekend?

It’s pretty much unanimous among health experts: The daily walk, even for a few minutes, is better than the all-day hike on the weekend. According to Dr. Rice, “Daily exercise is superior to being a ‘weekend warrior.’

Couch potatoes Monday through Friday and vigorous athletes Saturday and Sunday can come up with both acute and overuse injuries easily.”

Not only that, but if you have the time to walk 15 minutes each day, it is better for your health and fitness, and, according to Michael R. Bracko, Ed.D., a spokesperson for the American College of Sports Medicine, these short walks can be the start of bigger and better things for fitness and health and could ultimately change your life.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first stage of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is expected to provide coverage to about 1 million uninsured Americans by next year, according to government estimates.

That’s a small share of the uninsured, but in a shaky economy, experts say it’s notable.

Many others — more than 100 million people — are getting new benefits that improve their existing coverage.

Overall costs appear modest at this point, split among taxpayers, employers and individuals who directly benefit, although the biggest part of the health care expansion is still four years away.

For weeks, the White House has been touting the new law’s initial benefit changes, even as Obama dares Republicans to make good on their threat to repeal his signature social policy achievement.

Now, a clearer picture is starting to emerge from the patchwork of press releases.

In 2014, government tax credits will help uninsured workers and their families pay premiums, and Medicaid will take in many more low-income people.

Eventually, more than 30 million will gain coverage, sharply reducing the number of uninsured and putting the nation on a path to coverage for all citizens and legal immigrants.

Political salesmanship and an attempt to address some glaring health insurance problems are key elements of the strategy to explain the initial changes resulting from the law.

After battling for a year to pass the legislation, Democrats desperately wanted to have tangible accomplishments to point to in high-stakes congressional elections this fall. But they also have to deflect lingering questions, often stirred up by opposition candidates, and doubts about the effectiveness of the overhaul and its costs.

“We’ve seen increasing numbers of people losing their health insurance, particularly in this recession,” said Sara Collins, vice president of the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based health research clearinghouse.

“Providing this early relief will help people who are particularly

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Jay and Sheryl Raether of Oconomowoc, Wisc., with their triplets, from left, Vincent, Mira, and Luk, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday The first stage of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is expected to provide coverage to about 1 million uninsured Americans by next year, according to government estimates. That’s a small share of the uninsured, but in a shaky economy, experts say it’s notable. affected by the downturn.” Collins reviewed coverage estimates in federal regulations for The Associated Press.

Among the beneficiaries will be many people locked out of insurance because of medical problems.

The Raether family of suburban Milwaukee will gain from two of the changes: Elimination of lifetime coverage limits and a ban on insurers turning away children in poor health.

Four-year-old daughter Mira, who was born prematurely and has kidney problems, exhausted the lifetime limit on her parents’ policy earlier this year.

Mira now has temporary Medicare coverage because of a kidney transplant, but her parents were worried about what would happen when they have to get her back on private insurance.

“A huge weight has been lifted,” said Sheryl Raether, the mother.

“She has ongoing health care needs, and I was afraid she’d hit another lifetime limit.” Medicare not only covers seniors, but people of any age with permanent kidney failure.

The major early coverage benefits include: n Allowing young adults to stay on their parents’ coverage until they turn 26. In 2011, an estimated 650,000 young people who would otherwise have been uninsured will gain coverage. Another 600,000 will benefit by switching from individually purchased policies to less costly, more comprehensive employ-

er plans. The number with coverage will grow in 2012 and 2013. n A health plan for uninsured people with pre-existing health conditions. From 200,000 to 400,000 could benefit in 2011, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The government may limit enrollment if $5 billion allocated through 2013 starts to run out, as projected.

Beginning in 2014, insurers will be required to accept all applicants, regardless of medical history. n Ending lifetime limits on coverage, and restricting annual limits. As many as 20,400 people a year hit lifetime limits, as did Mira Raether. Many more — an estimated 102 million — are in plans that impose such limits and will no longer be able to do so. n Requiring insurers to cover children with medical problems. An estimated 51,000 uninsured children are expected to gain coverage.

Another 90,000 children who have been excluded for coverage for a particular condition — asthma, for example — will also benefit.

Many Americans covered through employers won’t see the changes until Jan. 1, the start of their next health plan year. That means 2011 will be the first year that the early benefits are fully in place.

What that entails for costs is a matter of intense speculation. A recent survey of employers by Mercer, a major benefits consultant, found that 42 percent expect an increase of 2

percent or less, while one-fourth expect an increase of 3 percent or more. Government estimates are generally lower.

Beth Umland, research director for Mercer, said employers were expecting health cost increases averaging about 6 percent a year before the law. “Now they are looking at an additional 2 or 3 points, so that 6 percent can become a 9 percent, and that seems to be above their comfort level,” she said.

Dave Osterndorf, chief health actuary for the Towers Watson consulting firm, said large employers will respond by passing on costs to their workers. “These first few changes, in and of themselves, will not dramatically change the way employers look at the provision of health benefits,” he said. “Employers will feel part of the impact, and employees will feel part.”

Some coverage gains may take a while to add up. For example, Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas City reports brisk sales to small businesses by advertising Obama’s new tax credit for those who offer coverage. CEO Tom Bowser said more than 60 of the 227 small firms signed up so far did not previously offer health benefits.

“Small groups are one of the toughest markets we have,” said Bowser. “Because of the economy, more and more were dropping coverage entirely, and we’ve able to reverse that.”