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Husband shot in robbery dies 78-year-old was injured trying to save wife during convenience store hold-up UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill as a result of the injuries sustained during a robbery and shooting at the Short Stop in Lakeview on June 28. The Moore County Sheriff’s Department will testify Monday before a grand jury seeking to add murder charges against the four men who have
By JONATHAN OWENS owens@sanfordherald.com
VASS — The 78-year-old man shot nearly two weeks ago while trying to save his wife and break up an armed robbery at a convenience store died Friday. Angus Eugene Kelly died at
been charged in the case. Demarcus James Dennison, Leroy Richard Medley J.R. and Paris Yusef Mack, are currently in custody at the Moore County Detention Center. Randy Joel Williams is currently in cus-
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STAR COMMUNITY THEATER
LITTLE LEAGUERS AT THE BAT ALL OVER TOWN
Angus Kelly, 78, died Friday as a result of injuries from an armed robbery on June 28.
SCHOOLS
Small band had big trip marching in D.C.
The Little Tar Heel League District 3 tournament heats up in Broadway, while Tramway Park hosts an event as well Page 1B
GULF OIL SPILL
‘Back to work’ for Union Pines after July 4th parade By CHELSEA KELLNER kellner@sanfordherald.com
FEDS: LEAK MAY BE STOPPED BY MONDAY The BP oil leak could be completely contained as early as Monday if a new, tighter cap can be fitted over the blown-out well, the government official in charge of the crisis said Friday in some of the most encouraging news to come out of the Gulf in the 2½ months since the disaster struck Page 8A
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Sara Anderson, 9, rehearses the main character role of the Star Community Theater Children’s Show production of “Pirates!” Anderson plays a stowaway on a pirate ship who wants to be a pirate, as the rest of the crew have to train her.
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Theater’s child actors to present ‘Pirates! The Musical’ By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com
SPY SWAP PULLED OFF WITH EASE It took less than month for the largest U.S.-Russian spy swap since the Cold War to unfold from an idea secretly hatched in the Oval Office to reality on a remote stretch of Vienna airport tarmac Page 10A
STATE LEGISLATORS HOPE TO WRAP UP SESSION SOON The General Assembly worked largely behind closed doors Friday to finalize key ethics and economic incentives bills before House and Senate leaders close the session for the year, probably by early Saturday Page 7A
TO INFORM, CHALLENGE AND CELEBRATE
Vol. 80, No. 161 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
SANFORD — With the first performance less than a week away, the cast of Star Community Theatre’s “Pirates! The Musical” is singing louder, dancing faster and working harder. Casting first began just a few weeks ago in mid-June, but the 4 to 14year-old actors are already in the midst of dress rehearsals, decked out in tattered shirts, eye patches and head scarves.
The crew of “Pirates!” rehearses on Wednesday afternoon at Encore. The show will be at the Civic Center on July 14-16.
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The Union Pines High School band marched on Washington, D.C., last weekend, chosen over every other band in the state to represent North Carolina in the national Fourth of July celebration. “There was a lot of pressure, with all of those people watching,” junior drum major Nolan Lea said. “If we messed up, they would have seen it.” They didn’t mess up. The Marching Vikings moved down Constitution Avenue in perfect lock-step with the White House visible in the distance. “They’re hard-working, and their dedication to their craft has paid off,” band director Rob Hill said. “I’m proud that it makes them feel good to make others feel good because of their talent.” The band was invited to apply for a spot in the parade, something only select bands are asked to do. When they found out they were chosen, “we all jumped up and started screaming,” Lea said. Though it’s a smaller school, Union Pines has a band that rivals much larger school districts, Hill said—about 15 percent of the school is in the band. “They’re our leaders. They keep the school spirit going,” principal Robin Lea said. “It’s a family-type atmosphere.” In the parade, the band played a patriotic medley they had prac-
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BEGINNING @ HOME
United Way of Lee County turns 50
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n American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union during a tense period of the Cold War. Not too far away, hundreds of U.S. military advisors had entered South
HAPPENING TODAY 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.
Vietnam, setting the stage for a bloody war to come. And in another kind of conflict, one sit-in at a Woolworth’s lunch counter just up the road in Greensboro threw a national spotlight on the struggle for civil rights.
Just as we do today, our nation was facing its own turmoil in 1960, when a group of local leaders had an idea to ease suffering throughout Lee County.
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High: 89 Low: 69
Jan Hayes Beginning at Home Hayes is executive director of Lee County United Way
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OBITUARIES
D.G. MARTIN
Sanford: Cameron Crowson, 89; John Gunter, 69; Jerry Lawson; Edwin Moon; Fred Thomas, 74 Angier: Michael Yurecko, 57
North Carolina’s poet laureate may be an even better storyteller
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