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LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS

CRIME

Principals share schools’ goals

Man buried in soybean field ID’d by deputies

Presentations made at annual conference; AYP results addressed

By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Following the release of the district’s preliminary accountability report on Wednesday, area principals on Thursday presented data from each of the Lee County schools and reflected on the year’s

progress at the Lee County Schools Summer Leadership Conference.

Principals were asked to compare their school’s data to district goals and discuss how close they are to meeting those goals.

While only seven out of 15 Lee County schools made Adequate Yearly Progress for

2009-2010, all of the schools achieved growth with the exception of Southern Lee High School (Floyd Knight The Children’s Center was not applicable).

At the conference, Southern Lee Principal Bonnie Almond said one of her

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o AYP results for all Lee County schools may be found at www.lee.k12.nc.us o Background information on the ABCs/AYP 2010 Accountability Report can be found on the Department of Public Instruction’s website, www.dpi.state.nc.us

Victim was 24; Lillington man, 42, confessed to murder

By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com

LILLINGTON — Harnett County investigators have identified the body of the man who was found buried in a soybean field west of Lillington Monday.

Maj. Gary McNeill of the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office said the victim is 24-year-old Lillington resident Christopher Lee Freelove.

Deputies said a local man, 42-year-old David Eugene Gates of Lillington, confessed Monday to shooting Freelove and burying him near Gates’ home at 291 J.M. Wallace Lane.

The investigation into the killing began last week after a mysterious hitchhiker began telling locals that his friend had been shot on nearby Tim Currin Road.

Deputies could not turn up any leads until the weekend, and made an arrest on Gates Monday.

Gates, who has no history of criminal convictions in the state of North Carolina, is charged with first-degree murder and is being held in the Harnett County Detention Center.

Authorities have yet to say the motive for the crime, and are still searching for the hitchhiker who tipped off law enforcement last week.

Little information was available on Gates, who locals say was living in a doublewide trailer on rented land.

The landowner, James Brown Jr. of Lillington, said

COOKING WITH HAMM

Chef Gregg Hamm with Cafe 121 teaches Brittany Waters (from left), Colby Mashburn and Audrey Thomas how to plate and present their ham and cheese quesadilla wrap during the last of a fourday kids cooking camp on Thursday morning. Hamm has been hosting camps for the past two weeks.

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By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com

UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS IN THE MAIL SOON Federal checks could begin flowing again as early as next week to millions of jobless people who lost up to seven weeks of unemployment benefits in a congressional standoff

SANFORD — For Mike Woodell, it was love at first listen. For Stephen Brewer, it was Metallica’s “And Justice for All,” a record he played until it snapped in half. For Kevin Griffin, it was Def Leppard on MTV, “back when they actually played music videos.” Whatever the catalyst, the guys from Sanford-based bands Method to Madness and No Mercy have lived their lives for music.

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Vol. 80, No. 172 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina

HAPPENING TODAY n Blood drive will be held from noon to 7:30 p.m. at Jonesboro Presbyterian Church, 2200 Woodland Ave., Sanford. Free eco tote bag for all donors. Contact Julia Dossenbach at 4998963 to schedule your appointment.

WANT TO GO? What: Local bands Method to Madness and No Mercy When: 7-9 p.m. Saturday Where: Depot Park, 106 Charlotte Ave., Sanford Admission: Free More information: www.methodto-madness.com and www. myspace.com/nomercyy

It fuels their creative energy, and it’s a passion they hope to share with local music lovers at

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From left, Mike Woodell of Method To Madness and Kevin Griffin and Stephen Brewer of No Mercy will perform a free rock concert on Saturday evening Depot Park in downtown Sanford.

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OBITUARIES

SCOTT MOONEYHAM

Sanford: Shirley Bowlin, 73; Alma Gilmore, 92; Bill Lawrence; Dallas Ragland, infant Pittsboro: Ralph Riddle, 99 Siler City: Joanne Phillips, 77

The now-resigned Highway Patrol commander cannot be blamed for the entire mess

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Corrections The Herald is committed to accuracy and factual reporting. To report an error or request a clarification, e-mail Editor Billy Liggett at bliggett@sanfordherald.com or Community Editor Jonathan Owens at owens@sanfordherald.com or call (919) 718-1226.

On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:

MONDAY ■ The Broadway Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Broadway.

■ The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 635 East St., in Pittsboro.

■ The Lee County Parks and Recreation Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the county commissioners’ meeting room, 106 Hillcrest Drive in Sanford.

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One of the Lee County Library’s recent summer reading groups recently made rainsticks and showed them off. The library will hold its summer reading grand finale event at O.T. Sloan Pool from noon until 2 p.m. Monday.

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WEDNESDAY ■ The Sanford City Council will meet immediately following a 1 p.m. committee meeting in the Council chambers.

AUG. 2 ■ The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. at the Dunlap Classroom in Pittsboro.

■ The Harnett County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. in Lillington.

■ The Harnett County Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Lillington Education Building in Lillington.

■ The Siler City Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Siler City.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Kristyle West Haith, Mary Taylor, Jeff Brown, Fred Mayo, Savannah Rose Holt, Fowler Woodside, Marilyn McNamara, Niquanna Baker, Tiffany McNeill, Kitshea Brooks, Hazle Headen, Angie Cameron, Eliza Stancil, Blair Deffenbaugh, Jordan Spearman, Naomi Thomas, Dwayne Eric Holder, Margie Buchanan, Larry A. Taylor, Sabrina Nelson, Edith Boggs, Ida Mills, Clarence Davenport, Crystal Yvette West, Abby Palmer, Aldophus McLean Jr., Katie Coley, Charles Lee Hill, Timothy Fox, James W. Atkinson, Karen Atkinson, Amy Smith, Anthony Scott Patterson, Joel Laton, Tricia Donathan, Melony Thomas and Omeire Tielee Lyons.

CELEBRITIES: Actor Woody Harrelson is 49. Actor Eriq Lasalle is 48. Rock musician Slash is 45. Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is 43. Model-actress Stephanie Seymour is 42. Rock musician Chad Gracey (Live) is 39. Actor-comedian Marlon Wayans is 38.

Actor Omar Epps is 37. Retired MLB All-Star Nomar Garciaparra is 37.

TODAY If you have a calendar item you would like to add or if you have a feature story idea, contact The Herald by e-mail at news@sanfordherald.com or by phone at (919) 718-1225.

■ Blood drive will be held from noon to 7:30 p.m. at Jonesboro Presbyterian Church, 2200 Woodland Ave., Sanford.

Free eco tote bag for all donors. Contact Julia Dossenbach at 499-8963 to schedule your appointment.

■ CCH Auxiliary and First Uniform Inc. Uniform and Shoe Sale will be held from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Central Carolina Hospital Classroom. Proceeds benefit the projects of CCH Auxiliary.

■ Raven Rock State Park will present “Raven Rock Night Life” at 8 p.m. Join a park ranger for a one-hour program to discover some of the secrets, sounds and myths of our local night life. Taxidermy mounts will be on display. For more information call the park office at (910) 893-4888. Raven Rock State Park is located six miles west of Lillington off U.S. 421 North.

until 4 p.m. The class will be held at the McSwain North Carolina Extension Center, located at 2420 Tramway Road. Class fee will be $45. More information about this workshop is available on Sandy’s website at www.hissyfitzdesigns.com. To sign up for either of these classes call Kay Morton at the Center at (919) 775-5624.

SUNDAY

SATURDAY ■ 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.

■ Raven Rock State Park will host a “Hike to Raven Rock” at 9:30 a.m. Join a park ranger on a two hour, 2.2-mile hike to learn about some of the cultural and geologic history of Raven Rock. Sturdy closedtoe shoes for walking are recommended.

For more information call the park office at (910) 893-4888. Raven Rock State Park is located six miles west of Lillington off U.S. 421 North.

■ The Hearts and Hands ECA Quilt Guild will sponsor a workshop taught by Sandy Fitzpatrick on Machine Applique using the “Cutie Patootie” pattern from 9 a.m.

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■ Raven Rock State Park presents “Predator Safari” at 1 p.m. Join a park ranger for a program and one-mile hike to learn about the park’s “predators in the park.” This program is intended for ages 6-11 (with an accompanying adult). Space is limited so pre-registration is required.

For more information call the park office at (910) 893-4888. Raven Rock State Park is located six miles west of Lillington off U.S. 421 North.

MONDAY ■ Basketball fundamentals for kids 6-16 years old begins at the Stevens Center, 1576 Kelly Drive in Sanford, from July 26-29, 6 to 8 p.m. This skill-building clinic is coached by Larry Goins. Cost is $20.

Download a registration form from stevenscenter.org, or register in person on first day. For information, call 776-4048.

JULY 29 ■ 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

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JULY 31 ■ A blood drive will be held from noon to 4:30 p.m. at Depot Park (Liberty Home Care and Hospice), 106 Charlotte Ave., Sanford. Free eco tote bag for all donors.

Contact Dana Smith at 770-3333 or danasmith@libertyhomecare.com to schedule your appointment.

■ 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.

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In 1914, Austria-Hungary issued a list of demands to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I. In 1945, French Marshal Henri Petain, who had headed the Vichy (vee-shee) government during World War II, went on trial, charged with treason.

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POLICE BEAT SANFORD

■Grandma & Grandpa Child Care reported breaking and entering into a business Wednesday at 419 Midland Ave. ■American Supply & Air Products reported breaking and entering into a business Wednesday at 919 Fields Drive. ■Sanford Feed & Tack reported larceny Wednesday at 101 E. Rose St. ■Windstream reported property damage Wednesday at 1099 Lawrence St. ■Belk reported shoplifting Wednesday at 1301 Carthage St. ■Lowe’s reported shoplifting Wednesday at 3015 S. Horner Blvd. ■Danny Lee Marion, 46, was charged Wednesday at 5215 Cool Springs Road in Broadway with failure to appear. ■Tammi Darroch Mullins, 46, was charged Wednesday at 1400 S. Horner Blvd. with probation violation. ■Kimberly Brown Lane, 42, was charged Wednesday at 1065 Spring Lane with simple drug possession. ■Jorge Luis Franco, 29, was charged Wednesday at 2648 Mallard Cove Road with witness intimidation. ■Nolan Gregory Averett reported communicating threats Wednesday at 105 Carbonton Road. ■Jorge Luis Franco, 29, was charged Wednesday at 207 Harrington St. with pretrial violation. ■Dennis Maurice Minter, 27, was charged Tuesday at Booker Street with failure to appear. ■Ricky Dale Mimms, 41, was charged Tuesday at 1400 S. Horner Blvd. with failure to appear. ■George Quincy Chisholm, 31, was charged Tuesday at 1400 S. Horner Blvd. with failure to appear.

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â– Toni Christina Fields, 26, of 4356 Steele Bridge Road in Sanford was arrested Wednesday for a worthless check from Nash County; she was held under $243 secured bond. â– Ivey L. Gray, 28, of 1010 Apt. 1, Timberwood Place in Sanford, was arrested Wednesday for failing to appear in court; she was held under $500 secured bond. â– Herbert Jamual Stringfellow, 27, of 28 Sophia Lane in Sanford was arrested Wednesday for failing to appear in court; he was held under $350 cash bond. â– Mark A. Crain, 49, of 7576 U.S. 421 in Mamers, was arrested Wednesday for failing to pay child support; he was held under $21,782 secured bond. â– Natekilla Adury Mallory, 22, of 2824 Ames Drive in Sanford, was arrested Wednesday for failing to appear in court; she was held under $1,000 secured bond. â– Chandra Bette Sanchez, 33, of 3200 Jefferson Davis Highway, Room 3 in Sanford, was arrested Tuesday for failing to appear in court; she was held under $1,000 secured bond.

â– Bobby Earl Lawrence, 17, of 4283 Pilson Road in Sanford, was arrested Wednesday for making harassing phone calls and communicating threats; he was released under $1,000 unsecured bond. â– John Parker Jordan, 52, of 3200 Jefferson Davis Highway, Room 2 in Sanford, was arrested Tuesday for misdemeanor larceny in New Hanover County and Forsyth County; he was held under $3,000 secured bond. â– Sylvia Grubbs Jordan, 48, of Room 2, Regal Inn Motel in Sanford, was arrested Tuesday for misdemeanor larceny and resisting officers; she was held under $1,000 secured bond. â– James Kever Rowell, 41, of 2059 Sanders Road in Sanford, was arrested Saturday for failing to appear in Moore County Court; he was held under $1,000. â– Lamar Lee Patterson, 31, of 3915 Schisler Drive in Greensboro, was arrested Monday for failing to appear in Guilford County Court; he was held under $1,000 secured bond. â– Violet Marinda Amerson, 44, of 2581 Bella Bridge Road in Broadway, was arrested Tuesday for driving while impaired, crossing the center line and driving while her license was revoked; she was held under $1,000 secured bond.

HARNETT COUNTY â– Rhonda Hughes Yates, 42, of 130 Cooper Store Road in Sanford, was charged Monday with failure to appear. â– Amanda Marie Taylor, 24, of 506 Pine Wood Road in Sanford, was charged Monday with communicating threats. â– Bradley Marque Campbell, 19, of 62 Williamsburg Way in Cameron, was charged Monday with communicating threats and second-degree trespassing. â– Bianca Renee Clegg, 18, of 19958 N.C. 24 in Cameron, was charged Monday with two counts of failure to appear on misdemeanor larceny and violation of court order charges. â– Jason Allen Canfield, 32, of 4823 McLean Chapel Church Road in Bunnlevel, was charged Monday with fleeing or eluding arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting a public officer. â– Latasha Shorter, 28, of 8720 N.C. 210 in Bunnlevel, was charged Tuesday with communicating threats and simple assault.

CCH receives ASA’s silver award Special to The Herald

SANFORD — Central Carolina Hospital has again been recognized for its care in “turning treatment guidelines into lifelines� for patients.

The hospital was presented with the Silver Performance Award from the American Stroke Association/American Heart Association for its efforts in the “Get With The Guidelines — Stroke program.� Earlier this year, the hospital was given the state’s first Gold award in the GWTG program for heart failure care.

The award recognizes CCH’s “commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations,� according to a press release this week from the hospital. “With stroke, the window of opportunities to avert permanent brain damage is only a few hours. That’s why it’s essential to get help immediately,� said Ursula Lawrence, chief nursing officer at Central Carolina Hospital.

Lawrence said CCH has developed an interdisciplinary team consisting of physicians, emergency nurses, unit nurses, cardiac rehab nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, quality improvement staff, EMS and case managers to review the hospital’s processes and meet the standards of care set forth by the American Stroke Association/American Heart Association’s program.

To earn the award, CCH had to demonstrate compliance in meeting or exceeding the program’s national quality indicators and guidelines by at least 85 percent for 12 consecutive months.

Quality indicators include the aggressive use of medications like tPA, antithrombotics, anticoagulation therapy, DVT prophylasis, cholesterol reducing drugs and smoking cessation education. The 12-month evaluation period is the second step in an ongoing self-evaluation by the hospital, with the Gold performance level being achieved after 24 con-

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lines–Stroke. The number of acute ischemic stroke patients eligible for treatment is expected to grow over the next decade due to increasing stroke incidence and a large aging population,� said Lawrence.

According to the American Stroke Association, each year approximately 795,000 people suffer a stroke — 610,000 are first attacks and 185,000 are recurrent. Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States is suffering from a stroke.

This deadly condition accounts for one out of every 18 deaths in the United States.

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

State needs to work to keep tuitions low The Greensboro News & Record

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niversity of North Carolina system students who are lucky enough to have summer jobs better start working overtime because they have bigger bills to pay. Much bigger.

Tuition and fees on all campuses are bounding upward by alarming rates — including 20 percent for in-state, undergraduate students at N.C. A&T and 17 percent at UNCG. Blame the legislature, which cut $70 million from the system’s budget. In turn, individual campuses have taken a share of the hit and were authorized by the Board of Governors to pass the

pain to students. The chancellors defended their response: “While I am extremely concerned about the additional burden this puts on students and their families,” UNCG’s Linda Brady wrote to her campus community, “we must protect the quality of UNCG’s academic programs and our ability to provide students with the classes and support they need to graduate.”

“We understand that this is not an ideal situation for students or parents,” A&T’s Harold Martin said. “These necessary adjustments are needed to protect the academic core of this great university.”

Additionally, more than 20

percent of the revenue gained must be funneled to need-based financial aid — an amount that still may not relieve every student whose budget could break over higher costs.

Also straining under the weight of state budget cuts is North Carolina’s constitutional promise to extend the benefits of higher education, as much as “practicable” to the people free of expense. The legislature has found it less practicable to do so every year. Yet, taxpayers can argue that they’re carrying a heavy load, too.

UNC students still get a good deal. UNCG tuition and fees for in-state, undergraduate students

will increase to $4,925 during the 2010-11 academic year. At A&T, the cost will be $4,320.

Compare those amounts to about $8,800 for in-state undergraduates at Virginia Commonwealth University and $8,900 for students at S.C. State.

“Even with this increase, UNCG’s tuition remains well below our national peers,” Brady noted. The same holds for all 16 UNC institutions.

Yet, the trend is worrisome.

The state may face a much larger budget deficit next year, which could prompt bigger cuts to the universities and potentially even greater tuition hikes.

The campuses themselves

have work to do: improving operational efficiencies; keeping more students on track to graduate on time; perhaps even asking faculty members to take on heavier teaching loads.

They’re doing those things but must do more. Some have been adding so many new buildings that maintenance costs are stealing from other responsibilities.

What’s more important, utilities or teaching?

The only constitutional imperative, however, refers to the legislature’s duty to keep tuition low for state residents. The legislature is faltering and needs to work overtime to do a better job for the people it serves.

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Out-of-control N.C. patrol

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andy Glover can hardly be held responsible for all the problems at the State Highway Patrol.

Glover had been in charge of the patrol for just 10 months.

Still, as the bad behavior of patrol troopers piled up, someone was going to be held responsible. Gov. Beverly Perdue was going to hold a subordinate responsible, or voters were going to hold her responsible. Glover resigned during a meeting with Perdue.

Some critics of the patrol colonel say that his friendship with the governor undermined his credibility. Other critics say declining hiring standards contributed to the problems.

Both criticisms ignore the individual circumstances of the bad behavior that has left the patrol’s reputation in tatters.

Most of the troopers involved in highly-publicized incidents ranging from sexual assaults to back-seat infidelity to drunken driving were veteran officers. If hiring standards have declined, the long trek down must have begun a while ago.

As for Glover’s use of his political connections, perhaps he has contributed to longstanding leadership problems at the patrol. If so, he has plenty of company.

But does anyone really believe that a patrol troopers thought about Glover and his independence just before committing some act of on-the-job stupidity or criminality? ...

Obviously, no one person is responsible for the avalanche of trooper bad behavior.

The trouble can only be interpreted a couple of ways: It has either been encouraged by a longstanding culture of macho recklessness, or it is a few bad eggs who have tarnished the reputation of an 1,800-member law enforcement agency.

A consultant’s review of the patrol before many of the latest incidents suggested the former.

After Glover’s resignation, Perdue spokeswoman Chrissy Pearson said the governor may be open to appointing an outsider to the job. A 1975 law would have to be changed for that to happen.

It requires that the patrol colonel come from the ranks.

A top legislative Republican, state Rep. Thom Tillis of Mecklenburg County, said he believes Perdue should leave open the possibility by appointing an interim replacement for Glover. That would allow the legislature to consider repealing the law in January, when it comes back into session.

But maybe an outsider isn’t necessary.

What would seem to be in order, for whoever takes the reins, is a recognition that the problems at the patrol can’t be explained away as a run of bad luck or a media blowing things out of proportion.

There’s nothing to blow out of proportion about an organization where a supervisor believes he can get away with a drunken, sexual escapade with a woman whose husband and his subordinate is sitting in the car seat in front of them.

That’s just not a widespread occurrence out there in the wider world.

Small signs of sanity I t is regrettable, and perhaps inevitable, that Barack Obama’s swift political slide should reopen racial controversies that were temporarily closed by his decisive presidential victory.

Liberals have a tendency to blame the broad revolt against Obama’s fiscal policies and economic failures on latent racism, particularly in the tea party movement. It is an explanation that avoids, or at least delays, the unpleasant necessity of ideological readjustment. Some conservatives, in turn, seem unwilling to acknowledge that populist conservative movements often have racist and nativist elements — and by this denial seem tolerant of bigotry in their midst.

Last week these issues emerged with a cable- and blog-borne vengeance. The NAACP national convention approved a resolution condemning tea party racism. Conservatives charged the NAACP with raw political partisanship. One tea party chapter called for the IRS to reconsider the NAACP’s tax-exempt status. A prominent tea party leader, radio talkshow host Mark Williams, responded to the NAACP accusation by promptly confirming it — producing a racist parody that employed just about every stereotype in the Jim Crow repertoire.

But beneath this depressing controversy, the facts are more encouraging. The NAACP resolution did not conclude that the tea party movement as a whole is racist; it called upon its leadership to repudiate racist elements.

“We don’t think the tea party is racist,” said NAACP President Benjamin Jealous, “but we don’t think they’ve gone far enough yet either (in condemning racist incidents).” Vice President Joe Biden agreed, characterizing the movement as “very conservative, very different views on government and a whole lot of things. But it is not a racist organization.”

Meanwhile, the National Tea Party Federation — representing 61 tea party groups around the country — expelled Williams (and his organization, the Tea Party Express) over the racist blog post. The parody, said National Tea Party Federation spokesman David Webb, was “clearly offensive.” Williams was not repentant — apologizing mainly for using the term “massa” — but his marginalization was swift.

To summarize: The president of the NAACP affirmed that the tea party movement is not racist. His organization urged tea party leaders to publicly condemn the movement’s racist elements — which the Tea Party Federation did almost immediately. These developments are small but significant signs of sanity.

In the long, tense months until the November congressional elections, a little sanity will be needed. It will be easy for left and right to play the sign-and-clip game — calling massive attention to a single hateful poster at a rally or a single disturbing video loop. There is a serious danger when evidence of ideological aggression is both easily falsified and universally distributed. And even when these images turn out to be real, they generally do

Michael Gerson Columnist Michael Gerson is a columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group

not justify sweeping accusations. In making its case against tea party racism, the NAACP produced seven photographs of offensive posters at tea party rallies — a pretty thin indictment. At the same time, Fox News obsessively played video showing two members of the New Black Panthers wearing military gear outside a Philadelphia polling station in 2008, one carrying a nightstick. Voter intimidation is a serious thing and a federal crime. But two men engaged in an act of revolutionary political theater do not a conspiracy make.

These reactions are disproportionate across the political spectrum — and disproportionate for obvious reasons. Some are seeking ratings, hits, supporters and attention by stoking racial fires. And too many Americans are searching for excuses to justify their rage.

This is irresponsible precisely because racial conflict is America’s deepest wound, still poorly healed. Why are some African-Americans suspicious of large, predominately white, conservative populist movements? Well, let’s see. Perhaps because they have suffered provocations throughout American history that make the complaints of Boston’s original tea party movement seem trivial in comparison. Perhaps because the Constitutional Convention itself was a conspiracy against their rights. Perhaps because great historical wrongs are still comparatively recent. The last African-American born into slavery died only 40 or 50 years ago. The last African-American born into segregation will not die for another 50 or 60 years.

Conservatives, of all people, should understand that history does not die quickly; it lingers in a shallow, restless sleep. No one, including the NAACP, should pick at historical scabs for their own benefit. But given our history, the tea party movement has a positive duty to assure African-Americans that it is the second coming of Barry Goldwater, not of George Wallace. The expulsion of Mark Williams is a start.

Today’s Prayer Walk in love, as Christ loved us. (Ephesians 5:2 RSV) PRAYER: Dear God, thank You for leading me. Give us courage to follow You. Amen.

To the Editor: As always Neil Rotter’s comments are very interesting. He obfuscates and twists events and facts to his needs. It may work on some of the folks, but too many are paying attention for that to continue to work.

Estate taxes are ridiculous.

The money one has when one dies has been taxed repeatedly and annually. If there are funds left that have not been thoroughly taxed, that will happen soon enough by the IRS in its annual fund drive.

To place an additional tax on these funds is penal. If I have $1 million dollars that I have paid taxes on and fully complied with all state and federal laws, why should there be an additional tax just because I die? To whom does that make sense?

If I want to leave $1 million dollars to my child when I die, he should get it and then resume the proper tax payments on those funds. To state otherwise is to assume that all money that I have is merely on loan from the government, and that I do not need it anymore when I die. Insanity!

Wealthy people do things with their money, even if it is merely placed in a bank. Those funds are invested in companies to create products. This production then creates jobs for those employees. Those employees then buy things or invest. Those funds then create jobs for the goods producers or service providers. If the wealth is merely placed in a bank, the funds are then loaned to businesses to start or expand, or to homeowners to buy a house.

Other uses of loans also help people to buy or create more “stuff.” Wealthy people buy very expensive things that we may feel are frivolous.

These things are built/manufactured by employees who are paid and then buy other things with their wages. A $10 million yacht may be extravagant, but how many people made money and created jobs because of the one purchase?

This is all just basic economics. If you have no idea about the basics, how can you fully critique the performance of those in office?? Comments like yours are what happens when one partisan hack critiques another. Continue to obfuscate and twist facts and you will become irrelevant.

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Mary Prevatte Clegg

Shirley Bowlin

SANFORD — Funeral service for Shirley Jean Murphy Bowlin, 73, who died Monday (7/19/10), was conducted Thursday at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Betty Sherrod officiating. Burial followed at Grace Chapel Church Cemetery.

Corbin and Linda Whitaker sang two selections.

Polarbearers were David Cameron, Dac Cameron, Buddy Cameron, Wayne Cameron, Allen Cameron, Horace Cameron and George K. Cameron.

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Bill Lawrence

SANFORD — Funeral service for William “Bill�

Walter Lawrence was held Thursday at First Baptist Church in Sanford with Dr. Jeff Clark officiating.

Organist was Dr. Daniel Hester. Family members shared special memories. A special musical selection was rendered by a Brass Quarter consisting of Timothy Altman and Justin McQueen playing the trumpet and David Seiberling and Christopher Shaw playing trombones.

Interment followed at Buffalo Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Tom Dossenbach, Bo Hedrick, Thad Lawrence, Dick Palmer, George Perkins and Jade Wicker.

Miller-Boles Funeral Home of Sanford served the family.

Dallas Ragland

SANFORD — Graveside service for Dallas Samaria Ragland, infant, of 2926 Cornell Drive, who died Sunday (7/18/10), was conducted Thursday at Prince Chapel CME Church Cemetery with Elder Deon Allbrooks officiating. Prayer was by Bishop Allan Smith.

Soloist was Elder Deon Allbrooks.

Arrangements were by Knotts Funeral Home of Sanford.

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SANFORD — Mary Katherine Prevatte Clegg, 86, of 1221 Radcliff Drive, Sanford, died July 19, at home surrounded by family. She was born on September 12, 1923, in Raeford, the daughter of the late Reverend Angus Evander Prevatte and Mary Belle Tyson Prevatte. A 1941 graduate of Hoke County High School, she interrupted higher education and began her career immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor Clegg with the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg. Throughout World War II, she was engaged in non-traditional female civilian assignments related to transportation, logistics administration, and vehicle mechanics. A gifted soprano, she pursued musical interests thereafter and was an award-winning solo and quartet Gospel music concert and recording artist until 1957. She studied choral music at Methodist College and served as soloist at

countless weddings and funerals throughout North Carolina.

After becoming a parent, she devoted her life to homemaking and community activities — such as Head Start — and was well known for her extraordinary and artistic culinary, quilting, handwork, and tailoring skills.

Mary Clegg was a member of the Moncure United Methodist Church and served as choir director for almost 40 years. She served on the church Administrative Board and as Sunday School Superintendent. She also held local and regional leadership positions of the United Methodist Women. For many years, she was a devoted healthcare provider for her parents, father-in-law and husband.

She is survived by a son, David Louis Clegg of Raleigh and Sanford. She was also predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Wilbur Atwater Clegg, and a sister, Doris O’Guin Riddick. She is also survived by her special friends, AlexSandra Lett and Chinyere Evbuomwan of Sanford, and Helen Krick Poole of Cary. Her extended family includes her devoted, loving and long-time companions, friends and caregivers: Mary Wicker, Sandra McDougal, Annie Brice, and Jean

Jeffreys.

Friends will be received on Friday, July 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, 600 West Main Street, Sanford and other times at the home.

Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, July 24, at 2 p.m. at the Moncure United Methodist Church, located at 16 Post Office Road in Moncure, with burial to follow at Buffalo Cemetery in Sanford. The service will be officiated by the Reverend Judi Johnson Smith and the Reverend Houston Blair. A time of fellowship will follow the burial at Buffalo Cemetery. In accordance with her wishes, refreshments will be served.

Memorials may be made to: Moncure United Methodist Church, 287 Partin Road, New Hill, N.C. 27562; the Alzheimer’s Association of Eastern North Carolina, 1305 Navaho Drive, Raleigh, N.C. 27609; or the Children’s Home Society of North Carolina, P.O. Box 14608, Greensboro, N.C. 27415.

Condolences may be made at www.bridgescameronfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. Paid obituary

Ralph Milton Riddle

Alma Gilmore

PITTSBORO — Mr. Ralph Milton Riddle, 99, died July 21, 2010 in his Sanford Road home, surrounded by his family.

Born March 13, 1911 in Chatham County, Mr. Riddle was one of thirteen children born to Luther John Riddle and Bertha Farrell Riddle. He was a lifelong member of Hanks Chapel United Church of Christ, where he was very active in various capacities, including serving as a deacon and also as a choir member for over 60 years.

Mr. Riddle was employed 44 years at Chatham Mills, where he retired as superintendent. He was also active in the Pittsboro community serving on the Town of Pittsboro Board, as a Mason in the Columbus Lodge, and on the Board of First Bank.

Riddle Mr. Riddle is survived by his daughters, Sara R. Petty Snyder of Raleigh, Peggy R. Hackney and husband Archie, of Pittsboro, and Millie R. Harding and husband Wallace, of Apex; a sister, Foy R. Mann of Pittsboro; his grandchildren, Ralph Petty, Chris Petty and wife Jennifer, Kelly Petty Webster and husband Cecil, Joshua Riddle Petty, Donnie Wayne Hackney, and Annie Lucille Harding; and great-grandchildren, Jessica Clowar, Christopher Luke Petty, and Cecil Ryan Webster, Jr. Mr. Riddle was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Pattishall Riddle, his parents, son-in-law, Edward McBane Petty, and eleven brothers and sisters.

The service to celebrate Mr. Riddle’s life will be conducted by Pastor Bob Wachs and Pastor Ray Gooch at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hanks Chapel United Church of Christ. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Friends may visit with the family from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hall-Wynne Funeral Home in Pittsboro.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Hanks Chapel UCC Piano and Organ Fund, c/o Hanks Chapel United Church of Christ, P.O. Box 366, Pittsboro, N.C. 27312. Online condolences may be sent to www.hallwynne.com, select “Obituaries�. Arrangements for Mr. Riddle are under the care of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service and Cremation of Pittsboro.

SANFORD — Alma Faulk Gilmore, 92, of Sanford, died Thursday, July 22, 2010. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Cool Springs Baptist Church by the Rev. Ira Sutton and the Rev. Matt Martin. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Gilmore was born in Surry County, the fourth child to Squire and Bertha Bennett Faulk. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, George Thomas Gilmore; her sister, Gladys Craig; six brothers, Glenn, Wilbur, Claude, Aubrey, Jack, and Rex; and one great-grandson, Ethan Thomas Gilmore.

Mrs. Gilmore is survived by her daughter, Peggy Gilmore Murray (John) of Rock Hill, S.C.; sons, Larry (Anne) Gilmore of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Bob (Anne) Gilmore of Sanford, David (Sylvia) Gilmore of Stedman, Wayne

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Joanne Phillips SILER CITY — Joanne Phillips, 77, of 418 West Fifth Street, Siler City, died Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill.

Ms. Phillips was born January 7, 1933 the daughter of Joe J. and Lillie (White) Phillips. Ms. Phillips was a native of Chatham County, a member of the First United Methodist Church, where she had served on the finance committee and the administrative board.

She had worked as bookkeeper at Edwards Motors and as payroll clerk at Hadley- Peoples Mfg. Joanne enjoyed spending time with a circle of good friends and working in her yard. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Lillie White Phillips; brothers, George and Frank Phillips; sisters, Hilda Brower, Rachel Hairr and Betty Sue Rives.

(Rhonda) Gilmore of Burlington, and Tim (Luann) Gilmore of Fairfax, Va.; eleven grandchildren, Ashley Gilmore, Kym M. Turner, Laura G. Smith, Maribeth G. Owings, Whitney Gilmore, Mollie Gilmore, Alex Gilmore, Todd Gilmore, Johnny Murray, Graham Gilmore and Ryan Gilmore; ten great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ruth Morse of Sanford and Jean Miller of Goldston and several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Saturday prior to the service in the church fellowship hall.

Online condolences can be made at www.rogerspickard.com.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Cool Springs Baptist church Building Fund, 1313 Cool Springs Road, Sanford, N.C. 27330. Arrangements are

by Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home.

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She is survived by nephews, Joe Hairr of Siler City and Joel Brower and wife Susan of Siler City; nieces, Sherrie Rives of Bear Creek and Michelle Sanders of Bear Creek; sister-in-law, Louise Phillips of Siler City; brother-in-law, Melvin Rives of Bear Creek; great-niece, Hannah Sanders; great-nephew, Josh Brower and wife Kelli.

The family will receive friends Friday, July 23, 2010, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Smith & Buckner Funeral Home, 230 North Second Avenue, Siler City, and other times at the home of Joel and Susan Brower, 806 North Garden Avenue, Siler City. The funeral will be Saturday, July 24, 2010, at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, 1101 West Raleigh Street, Siler City with the Rev. Clyde Denny officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.

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Deals made to secure water HOLLY SPRINGS (MCT) — It was a late Friday afternoon in the summer of 1998 when Holly Springs got a call from Apex.

Apex had to break some bad news: Due to drought conditions and emergency water measures in Raleigh, water would be cut off to Holly Springs at midnight.

At the time, water supplies ran down a line from Raleigh, through Cary and Apex, to Holly Springs.

“We were at the end of the pipeline, so we didn’t have much choice,” said Holly Springs Councilman Tim Sack. “It was a very scary situation.”

Holly Springs officials called an emergency meeting at 8 p.m. They quickly typed up a water conservation notice and sent a courier to Kinkos in Cary to print up hundreds of copies. They called in police, firefighters,

By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — A local teenager reported she was shot in the neck early Thursday in Lee County, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said.

The teen, 18-year-old Courtney Charne Reid of Sanford, told investigators she was shot sometime around 2:30 a.m. Thursday on Pickard Road.

Reid said she had met a friend and was standing on Pickard Road west of Sanford when she heard a gunshot, deputies said.

The bullet struck her in the back of the neck but did not leave her with life-threatening injuries, the Sheriff’s Office said.

According to deputies, Reid initially refused treatment in the Central Carolina Hospital Emergency Room and has been uncooperative with investigators.

Pickard Road is located outside of Sanford municipal limits and just off N.C. 42 to the west of the city. Anyone with information in the case should contact the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

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a free concert in Depot Park on Saturday.

“We all believe in our music, and we think it’s something people would enjoy,” said Woodell, Method to Madness’ bassist. “I don’t think a lot of people realize everything that’s going on around town musically.”

Since they live in a town without much performance space, Method to Madness and No Mercy spend a lot of their time touring. But the free outdoor concert at Depot Park gives the bands a

chance to share their work with a local crowd.

“It’s an easy way for us to play a hometown show and a more relaxed show on our own terms,” Woodell said. “We can play an hour set here.

Usually if we’re lucky we get 30-45 minutes.”

Woodell and Griffin have been playing in bands together since 1999, but they didn’t form Method to Madness until 2006. With influences ranging from Rush and Alice Cooper to The Police and Queen, their goal has always been to avoid a “cookie cutter” sound.

“We come from so many styles of music that it sounds like an amal-

and public works employees to go door-to-door handing out flyers late into the night throughout Holly Springs.

They informed residents that the town’s only water tower, not nearly full, was all the water they had. They urged residents to conserve.

They scrambled up to the midnight deadline.

Even though there was very little break in service: the town was able to get a temporary water supply through Fuquay-Varina and the Apex service was back up in a few days. The scare highlighted Holly Springs’ dependence on other towns for water and prompted a move toward self-sufficiency with regards to the town’s water supply.

“It was a wake-up call,” Sack said.

Holly Springs wasn’t always swimming in water.

But in recent weeks the town has made savvy water-

gam of stuff,” said Griffin, the drummer for both Method to Madness and No Mercy. “It’s primarily progressive rock. But we’re not into yelling and screaming. No Mercy does that.”

No Mercy is rooted in early 90s metal in the same vein as Metallica or Megadeth. Brewer, No Mercy’s guitarist, describes the band’s music as aggressive but with more melodic choruses than traditional metal bands.

“In a lot of new music, there aren’t cool guitar solos anymore,” Brewer said. “That’s what makes metal metal. We’re early metal with some modern

ing requires. After their Depot Park concert, it’s back to the recording studio to finish their next albums, “Epic” for No Mercy and “Guilty as Sin” for Method to Madness.

Brewer said recording and playing live are both so fulfilling creatively that it’s impossible to choose which is more fun.

“Recording is always fun, because even though it’s stressful, at the end of the day you have a product you put all your time and energy into,” Brewer said. “They’re just two completely different animals.”

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was named for her retired farmer husband, said Gates lived on land that was owned by another local farmer, although the property was sold to Brown after the farmer’s death.

She said word began circulating of a shooting last week when she got a phone call from a cousin who lived on nearby Black Lane.

According to Currin, her cousin crossed paths with a man who warned them his friend had been shot on Tim Currin Road.

“She said that he came through the woods and told them about the shooting,” Currin said.

“He said he didn’t want anything to do with the law.”

She said she didn’t hear anything else until family members spotted the patrol cars on J.M. Wallace Lane Monday night, the evening deputies found Freelove’s body.

Gates seemed to be a polite man with no distinguishing characteristics.

“I never had any problem with him,” Brown said Thursday.

Brown said Gates was staying on the property prior to his purchase of the land two years ago.

Another nearby resident, Libby Currin of Tim Currin Road, said she didn’t know Gates’ name prior to the reported murder, although she said her husband had passed him leaving his J.M. Wallace lane residence in the past.

According to Currin, her family never noticed anything odd about Gates.

“I was very shocked,” she said. “I didn’t think anything like that went on this close to our home.

But you know, anything can happen.”

Currin, a longtime resident on the road that

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Brewer, Griffin and Woodell all agree that after years of experience, music has become who they are. Woodell bought his first guitar at age 16, Brewer first realized his passion for music at 12 and Griffin has been a drummer since he was 3.

“Pretty much as soon as I could walk, I was playing drums,” Griffin said. “That’s why I never got in trouble in high school. I was nerding out making music.”

Both bands channel their passion into CDs and concerts, mostly in North Carolina because of the expenses tour-

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management moves that indicate a new era of resource independence. Consider: In May, Holly Springs ended a water purchase agreement with Raleigh.

Raleigh’s prices were getting too high. Holly Springs now gets its water exclusively from Harnett County, which started supplying Holly Springs with a portion of its drinking water in 2001. Harnett’s price undercut Raleigh’s by about half.

As part of the Harnett arrangement, Holly Springs gets enough drinking water to quench its growing population for almost three decades.

Holly Springs also set up a program to recycle up to 1.5 million gallons of water daily for irrigation and industrial use that will minimize stress on their drinking water supplies during peak usage and drought.

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goals for the coming school year is to focus on building stronger relationships with students.

“I think we sometimes get so busy crunching the numbers that we can lose sight of the fact that there are real people in front of us,” Almond said.

The accountability report also indicated a decline in third grade reading and math EOG scores, an issue Tramway Elementary Principal Anne Beal addressed in her presentation.

Beal said at Tramway, she suspected a change in teaching assistant structure could have been a contributing factor, and that the school will place special focus on its third graders this year.

“When you go from one assistant in every classroom to one assistant for the entire grade level, there is a shift,” Beal said.

Eleven out of 15 schools saw an improvement in test scores for 2009-2010.

The four schools that saw a decline in test scores were B.T. Bullock Elementary, Deep River Elementary, Floyd Knight The Children’s Center and West Lee Middle.

In his presentation, West Lee Principal Melvin Marshall said the school met growth on everything except for sixth grade math and that teachers would work to improve those scores in the 2010-2011 year.

“We want our teachers to recognize those students that are struggling,” Marshall said.

In addition to addressing concerns, the principals also recognized their students’ achievements, such as higher than expected growth in particular EOG and EOC scores and the increased high school graduation rate.

All of the principals reiterated that while there is a need for improvement, they applaud what their students have accomplished.

“I’m really proud of our kids,” SanLee Middle School Principal Kenna Wilson said.

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WINSTON-SALEM — Rebecca Fuller and Bill Watkins can see, but they think about museums like people who can’t.

What would there be to touch? What would there be to hear?

At an aquarium, the answer is “nothing much.�

Fuller is a sculptor who started building museum displays and models 30 years ago. Watkins, her husband and a former architect, helps her. Four years ago, they landed a $426,240 grant through the U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research to investigate what kinds of museum displays that you can touch — called tactile displays — convey the most information.

They tested and interviewed 100 sighted and low-vision and blind adults and children, asking them to feel different models and textures.

Their final project using the DOE grant are 3D tactile models of fish that will be on display at the N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores starting in early July. Some of the fish are textured with a gritty surface — they illustrate patterns that blind people can’t see, such as stripes.

The fish are not just meant to be touched — they also talk. Watkins designed the fish to be in-

teractive. The models are mostly made out of plastic, fiber glass and Bondo, a kind of putty often used by car body shops.

Watkins laid carbon fiber fabric underneath. The fabric is hooked up to wires and a circuit board, which runs to a small speaker. When you touch the fish, electricity from your hand actives the system and the fish starts to “talk� about itself.

Fuller and Watkins picked fish as a general theme to plan an exhibit around because aquariums seem particularly inaccessible to the blind.

They’ve made tactile aquarium displays before — jellyfish, coral and sea anemones for the New York Aquarium in Brooklyn, for one — but never anything with an auditory component. “Just imagine what it would be like to have low vision and go to an aquarium,� Fuller said. “You’d just hear a little bubbling and that would be all you’d get.�

When the Pine Knoll Shores aquarium was renovated four years ago, staff and designers tried to incorporate exhibits that low-vision and blind people could enjoy, such as large-type displays and a tactile, 3D map of North Carolina. The aquarium already had touch tanks with horseshoe crabs, whelks and spider crabs.

They added one with skates and rays. There are live-animal programs where visitors can touch an alligator or a jellyfish, and there are interac-

tive displays, like a cart stocked with local shells.

But there still wasn’t anything that a blind person could do on their own. “Really, there wasn’t a good experience — if you were blind — that you could independently learn about the fish without something telling you about it,� said Georgia Minnich, the aquarium’s exhibits curator. “Fintastic! Weird and Wonderful Adaptations for Survival in the Sea� will open July 8. The exhibit will be up for two years, Minnich said. If the talking fish are successful, they’ll be incorporated into other exhibits.

The grant is helping the aquarium pay for other improvements to make the exhibit accessible, including a raised map and a textured walkway.

Tiles will replace carpeting so blind people can follow a path with their feet or with their cane.

There will be four tanks with live fish, too, filled with examples of some of the Carolina coast’s stranger inhabitants — spiny burrfish that can puff up, and sea robins that get their name from their large pectoral fins that make them look like a bird in flight.

Fuller and Minnich hope that everyone — blind or not — will take away something from Fintastic.

Fintastic features eight kinds of fish, from the diminutive, so-ugly-it’scute cowfish to a 9-foot long hammerhead shark

that used to reside in the aquarium director’s office. Fuller and Watkins sculpted about half of the fish — the rest are from mounted fish models that the aquarium already owned. All are North Carolina species, and all were selected because they represent some kind of adaptation that fish have made, from the black striped pattern on the sides of a spadefish — they act as camouflage — to the shape of a body — fish with flat underbellies tend to be bottom dwellers. “It’s trying to teach some principles about fish. We choose ones really quite different from each other,� Minnich said. “If it works well for people of low vision, then it will work for everyone.�

Fuller and Watkins want other designers to incorporate their ideas when they work on projects. “The whole idea is to make people who go to museums more independent,� Watkins said. “Right now, a blind or low-vision person has to have someone with them to tell them what’s there. It’s really about civil rights. If the public is going to be invited into a place, they ought to be able to get information.�

Building displays is a field Fuller fell into after she landed a job designing a White House model for the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich. Her company is called RAF Models, Inc.

RALEIGH

Lottery paying off for debt collectors

RALEIGH (AP) — People and governments who have tried to collect money they’re owed are also benefitting from state lottery winnings.

North Carolina lottery officials collected $1 million in the past year from prize winners who were also debtors, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Thursday. The milestone comes after a record $1.4 billion in lottery sales, a 10 percent increase from the previous year.

The lottery compares the names of big winners against a list of people who owe child support, back taxes, hospital bills and

student loans. The debts can be as small as $50 or run into thousands of dollars.

Tapping lottery winnings is often preferable to government officials than garnishing paychecks because the money isn’t coming out of wages or a tax refund, said John E. Whitehurst, a project manager for the Association of County Commissioners.

The group helped set up a database of debtors and does the collections for local governments.

Taxpayer information is confidential, and officials declined to name those who have had winnings

withheld.

Some prize winners say they’re happy to finally be able to pay their debts, said lottery Executive Director Tom Shaheen. “Many of them are relieved,� he said. “Hopefully they still get to walk out with some cash.�

But not all.

Phone calls from miffed lottery winners to Wake County tax collectors signaled that collections were up this year, said Susan Campen, an administrator in the county’s revenue department.

“This is the first year we had calls of complaints,� she said.

Debt owed to county and local governments accounted for the largest category of debts collected by the lottery last year. The lottery withheld $359,000 from winnings in 966 such cases, plus another $4,800 in fees to satisfy debts to local governments. In Wake County, those most often came from vehicle property taxes, but also included overdue real estate taxes or unpaid bills for ambulance trips.

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Central ABC board manager placed on paid leave

RALEIGH (AP) — A former North Carolina trooper fired last year for having what authorities called a drunken sexual encounter with the wife of a subordinate is back working for the state.

Multiple media outlets reported Thursday that former Sgt. Timothy White was hired several months ago as a security investigator for the North Carolina Education Lottery. He’s one of six workers who look into complaints such as whether a retailer operated a game unfairly.

White appealed his termination for personal conduct unbecoming of an officer. Personnel and other state records now list him as having resigned, and his appeal was withdrawn.

A state report said White had a sexual encounter with another trooper’s wife at a party in December 2008, but White disputed the account.

GREENSBORO (AP) — The general manager of a central North Carolina ABC board is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of a probe by state investigators.

The News & Record of Greensboro reported Thursday that the Greensboro ABC Board placed General Manager Katie Alley on leave until Aug. 31. Lawyer Mike Fox, who works for the board, says Alley asked for the leave.

A report released by the state ABC Commission last week suggested Alley may have inappropriately taken concert tickets, meals, hotel rooms and other items from liquor industry representatives.

Alley disputes some of the findings and says items she does acknowledge receiving were within standard industry practices and at the time allowed by law and administrative rules.

Governor signs economic incentives bill

Delay for lawyers debating anti-bias language

CARY (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue toured a Wake County company before signing into law a bill designed to encourage the digital media industry and a host of other companies to set up shop or stay in North Carolina.

Perdue held a ceremony on Thursday at Epic Games to sign two bills, including one that would expand tax breaks and credits to video game producers, film production companies and firms that build inside green-friendly industrial parks. Perdue said the changes would give recruiters more tools to use to attract business.

The other bill raises the bonding limit for small firms that want to land state government construction projects.

Perdue has now signed nearly half of the 106 bills on her desk when the Legislature adjourned July 10. She signed about 20 on Wednesday.

PINEHURST (AP) — A decision on whether North Carolina’s regulatory body for lawyers should endorse anti-discrimination language has been put off until the fall after some changes were made.

The North Carolina State Bar’s ethics committee voted on Thursday to make clear the proposal encouraging attorneys to keep personal prejudice out of their work is aspirational and can’t be grounds for professional punishment.

The panel rejected an amendment that would have removed the words “sexual orientation� and “gender identity� from a list of characteristics that could cause bias. Attorneys have been divided whether references to gays and transgender people were necessary.

Bar Assistant Executive Director Alice Mine said the changes mean more time for public comment is required. The proposal will be considered again in late October in Raleigh.

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Judge hears arguments over law

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona immigration law came under new legal scrutiny in a packed courtroom Thursday as a federal judge considered whether the crackdown should take effect next week amid a flurry of legal challenges.

Judge Susan Bolton did not issue a ruling after two court hearings stemming from lawsuits brought against the law, which has reignited the national immigration debate.

The hearings drew considerable interest as Republican Gov. Jan Brewer and the Justice Department’s top lawyer in Arizona both attended, along with dozens of spectators.

Several opponents of the law were arrested after they sat in the middle of a busy thoroughfare outside the courthouse and unfurled a massive banner that said “We will not comply.�

Bolton has been asked to block the law from taking effect as she hears several lawsuits that question the constitutionality of the measure.

Opponents say the law will lead to racial profiling and trample on the rights of the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants in Arizona.

Supporters say the law is a necessary response

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From left to right, Georgina Sanchez, Maria Uribe, and Rosalinda Macias, all of Phoenix, sing as they join dozens to protest the SB1070 Arizona immigration law in front of U.S. District Court Thursday in Phoenix. to combat the litany of problems brought on by illegal immigration and the federal government’s inability to secure the border.

Bolton, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, repeatedly questioned Justice Department attorney Edwin Kneedler to explain how specific provisions of the law intruded on federal authority as he had argued. “Why can’t Arizona be as inhospitable as they wish to people who have entered the United States illegally?� she said.

Without prodding from attorneys, the judge also pointed out to lawyers the everyday realities of Arizona’s immigration woes, such as signs that the federal government erected in a wilderness

area south of Phoenix that warns visitors about drug and immigrant traffickers passing through public lands.

She also noted the immigrant smuggling stash houses that are a fixture on the news in Arizona. “You can barely go a day without a location being found in Phoenix where there are numerous people being harbored,�

Bolton said.

Kneedler said the law’s requirements that law enforcement check on people’s immigration status set a mandatory policy that goes beyond what the federal government requires and would burden the federal agency that responds to immigration-status inquiries.

Attorney John Bouma, who represents Brewer,

said the federal government wants to keep its authority while turning a blind eye to illegal immigrants. “You can’t catch them if you don’t know about them. They don’t want to know about them,� he said.

Brewer said she’s confident the state will prevail, adding that Bolton “certainly understands the dangers that Arizonans face in regards to harboring illegals.�

During the morning hearing, Bolton told lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union that she’s required to consider blocking only parts of the law, not the entire statute as they had requested.

ACLU attorney Omar Jadwat said the law’s provisions are supposed to work together to achieve a goal of prodding illegal immigrants to leave the state. He called it unconstitutional and dangerous.

Most of the controversy about the law centers on provisions related to stops and arrests of people, new crimes related to illegal immigrants, and a requirement that immigrants carry and produce their immigration papers.

Other parts of the law getting little attention deal with impoundment of vehicles and sanctions against employment of illegal immigrants.

CONGRESS

Panel charges Rangel with ethics misdeeds

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House investigative committee on Thursday charged New York Rep. Charles Rangel with multiple ethics violations, dealing a serious blow to the former Ways and Means chairman and complicating Democrats’ election-year outlook.

The panel did not immediately specify the charges against the Democrat, who has served in the House for some 40 years and is fourth in seniority. The charges by a four-member panel of the House ethics committee sends the case to a House trial, where a

separate eight-member panel of Republicans and Democrats will decide whether the violations can be proved by clear and convincing evidence.

The timing of the announcement ensures that a public airing of Rangel’s ethical woes will stretch into the fall campaign, and Republicans are certain to make it an issue as they try to capture majority control of the House. Speaker Nancy Pelosi had once promised to “drain the swamp� of ethical misdeeds by lawmakers in arguing that Democrats should be in charge.

Responding to the charges, Rangel said in a statement, “I was notified today, two years after I requested an investigation, that the Ethics Committee will refer the allegations reviewed by an investigations subcommittee to a subcommittee that will review the facts.

I am pleased that, at long last, sunshine will pierce the cloud of serious allegations that have been raised against me in the media.�

Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly said, “The action today would indicate that the independent, bipartisan ethics com-

mittee process is moving forward.�

Republicans immediately seized on the case.

House GOP leader John Boehner said the charges were “a sad reminder of Speaker Pelosi’s most glaring broken promise: to drain the swamp in Washington.�

Rangel led the tax-writing Ways and Means panel until he stepped aside last March after the ethics committee criticized him in a separate case — finding that he should have known corporate money was paying for his trips to two Caribbean conferences.

Renewal of Bush tax cuts could be only temporary WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans could be hit with a big tax increase in the next two or three years despite President Barack Obama’s repeated promises to shield the middle class from higher rates.

Democrats are hedging about making Obama’s pledge stick for more than a year or two, setting up a major battle on a super-sensitive subject just before the November elections.

With the most sweeping tax cuts in a generation due to expire in January, the Democrats are divided over whether the government can afford to make any of them permanent — especially with voters increasingly upset over the fast-rising federal budget deficit.

Party lines are clear on part of the issue: Most Republicans want to permanently extend all the tax cuts enacted during George W. Bush’s presidency, nearly $3 trillion worth over the next decade. Democratic leaders want to let the cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire.

The Democrats want to extend them for everyone else, but perhaps only temporarily, out of concern for the rising red ink. That’s where Democratic lawmakers are struggling to find agreement.

GM to pay $3.5B for auto financing company DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Co. will buy AmeriCredit Corp. for $3.5 billion, a deal that allows the automaker to expand loans to customers with poor credit and offer more leases, key areas where GM must grow to accelerate its car sales.

But the acquisition of the independent auto financing company also means that GM, which is 61 percent owned by the U.S. government, is getting back into the business of making risky loans. GM said it advised the U.S. Treasury Department of the acquisition, although government approval was not required.

GM executives have said for months that they were missing sales opportunities due to lack of credit for lease deals and financing for subprime buyers, those with credit scores below

620 on a 300-to-850-point scale. About 40 percent of U.S. customers have below prime credit scores, said Chris Liddell, GM’s chief financial officer. “Clearly there’s an opportunity to bring more people into our showrooms and help them with finance,� he said after the deal was announced on Thursday.

Customers should now expect more lease deals from GM, which gets just 7 percent of its sales from leases, compared with 21 percent for the industry, he said. Only 4 percent of GM’s sales come from subprime buyers, which the company hopes to expand with the acquisition. Liddell said even a modest increase in subprime buyers from 4 percent to 5 percent would be significant. GM sold just over 1 million vehicles in the U.S. during the first half of the year.

Records show S.C. candidate Greene’s military flops COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Surprise U.S. Senate nominee Alvin Greene frequently mentions his 13 years of military service, but records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press show that the veteran who has called himself an “American hero� was considered a lackluster service member at best.

The records, which document his superiors’ decisions to pass over Greene for promotion, cite mistakes as severe as improperly uploading sensitive intelligence information to a military server, and as basic as an overall inability to clearly express his thoughts and perform basic tasks.

Greene, 32, won a surprise victory in the June 8 Democratic primary. Greene handily defeated Vic Rawl, a former lawmaker and judge who had been considered an easy win by the party establishment.

Up to that point, Greene had done no visible campaigning and had no website, fundraising or staff.

In the weeks since, Greene has given a series of awkward interviews to reporters clamoring for more information on the unemployed man who lives in Manning with his ailing father. In one interview, he suggested that the state’s economy could be improved by making and selling action figures depicting him in his uniform.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Flooded with apologies from everywhere, Shirley Sherrod got the biggest “I’m sorry� of all Thursday — from a contrite President Barack Obama, who personally appealed to the ousted worker to come back.

Sherrod, who was forced to resign on Monday because of racial comments she made at an NAACP gathering, was asked by Obama to rejoin the federal government and transform “this misfortune� into a chance to use her life experiences to help people, said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.

Obama had stayed out of the public brouhaha that followed Sherrod’s ouster from the Agriculture Department after a conservative blog posted a clip of the black woman’s comments and portrayed her as racist.

Once it became clear that the speech in question was advocating racial reconciliation, not racism, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack apologized to her and offered her a new job Wednesday. Gibbs also apologized publicly “for the entire administration.�

Thursday morning, Obama spoke by phone with Sherrod and said he hoped she would accept Agriculture’s offer of a new position, Gibbs said.

He added that Obama thought Sherrod was “very gracious.�

Sherrod said she hadn’t decided whether she would accept the invitation to come back, but she did accept the apologies.

As top government officials begged for her forgiveness, Sherrod did not shy away from telling her story on television.

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Former USDA official Shirley Sherrod is interviewed Thursday on “The Early Show.� to network, even chatting with the ladies of ABC’s “The View� and letting CNN film part of her call with Obama as she traveled the streets of New York City in a car.

Even the president of the United States had a hard time getting to Sherrod while she did interviews. Obama had tried to reach her twice Wednesday night but could not, said a White House official. She was on a plane traveling from Atlanta to New York, where she appeared on several morning shows.

The fracas started when Sherrod was forced to resign as Georgia’s director of rural development Monday after a conservative blogger posted a video of her telling a crowd at a local NAACP meeting about her initial reluctance 24 years ago to help a poor white farmer seeking government assistance.

Sherrod took to the media Tuesday denying that her comments were racist, and the NAACP — which had at first condemned her remarks, then later apologized

— posted the full 43-minute video showing the entire speech. The farmer in question also did interviews and said Sherrod had eventually helped him save his farm.

Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart said he had posted a portion of Sherrod’s remarks in an effort to illustrate that racism exists in the NAACP, an argument he was using to counter allegations by the civil rights organization of racism in the tea party movement. “He was willing to destroy me ... in order to try to destroy the NAACP,�

Sherrod said Thursday.

She said she might consider suing Breitbart for defamation.

Breitbart, who has not responded to requests for comment from The Associated Press, offered a narrow correction on his website, BigGovernment. com. He acknowledged that Sherrod’s remarks about hesitating to help the white farmer referenced something that took place before she worked for the government. The site had previ-

ously said her comments were about her work as a USDA employee.

However, the site has not backed off its claim that Sherrod’s remarks were racist and still labels the Sherrod posting with the heading, “Video Proof — The NAACP Rewards Racism.�

Sherrod has said she resigned under White House pressure, but Vilsack has said repeatedly the decision was his. In offering his remorse Wednesday, he told reporters: “This is a good woman. She’s been through hell. ... I could have done and should have done a better job.�

As Obama stayed out of the public fray before the phone call, questions remained about White House involvement in the decision to ask Sherrod to resign. Had there been White House pressure? “No,� insisted Vilsack.

He said he made the decision without knowing all the facts and regretted it. “I am accepting the responsibility with deep regret,� he told a news conference.

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The two firefighters in front bailed out the driver’s door, but Rhine couldn’t budge the back door. It was so hot his hand blistered as he tried to push it open.

The others yelled at him to go out the front, but he couldn’t hear over the roar of the fire. They began to flee, and he dove over the seat, out the door and to the ground. As the three sprinted across a field in search of safety, Rhine felt the fire burning his ears. He kept running.

The wildfire that broke out Sunday west of downtown Yakima, an agricultural hub known for tree fruit, wine grapes and hops for beer, burned across nearly 10 square miles before firefighters contained it. The blaze destroyed a vacant home, a vacant structure owned by the state and four outbuildings. Fences, pump houses and fruit trees were damaged.

Also lost: Engine 31, a structure protection fire truck valued at $400,000.

6 dead, 9 hurt in Greyhound bus crash FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A Greyhound bus traveling to Sacramento from Los Angeles crashed on a highway in California’s Central Valley early Thursday, killing six people and seriously injuring nine others.

The bus, carrying 36 people, struck an SUV that had overturned in front of it, slammed into a concrete center divider and clipped another vehicle shortly after 2 a.m. just outside downtown Fresno, California Highway Patrol Officer Axel Reyes said.

The bus went off the right shoulder of the highway and down a 15-foot embankment before hitting a eucalyptus tree and coming to rest on a freeway off-ramp with its front end smashed and tree branches jutting into the vehicle.

Twisted pieces of metal, broken glass and torn clothing littered the ground around the wreckage.

Arlan Snider, who had been traveling from Phoenix to Sacramento to visit his mother, said he was asleep in the middle section of the bus when the crash occurred. He awoke to the smell of smoke and injured passengers around him.

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Firefighter talks about being overrun by flames YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — From his rear seat on Engine 31, Michael Rhine watched the fire, seemingly at a safe distance. But as the engineer swung the truck around to face the one way out, a big stand of sagebrush blew up into a 40-foot wall of flame. Amid zero visibility and intense heat, Engine 31 was engulfed, crashing through a dirt barrier and a barbed-wire fence before faltering to a stop. “They’re off the road,�

NEW YORK (AP) — Mortgage rates fell to a new record low for the fourth time in five weeks. But low rates haven’t been enough to lift a struggling housing market.

Freddie Mac says the average rate for 30-year fixed loans this week was 4.56 percent, down from 4.57 last week. That’s the lowest since Freddie Mac began tracking rates in 1971.

The rate on the 15-year fixed loan dropped to 4.03 percent, down from 4.06 percent last week and the lowest on record.

Rates have fallen since the spring. Investors worried about the European debt crisis have shifted money into the safety of Treasury bonds, which has forced those yields down. Mortgage rates tend to track yields on Treasury debt.

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10A / Friday, July 23, 2010 / The Sanford Herald WASHINGTON

ECONOMY

Hope for economy in strong manufacturing reports

NEW YORK (AP) — People aren’t spending money like they used to. Unemployment is still flirting with double digits. And the housing market is still shaky. So the future looks bleak for the economy, right?

Not necessarily.

A handful of surprisingly good earnings reports Thursday suggested that some of the major U.S. companies that make things and move them around — including Caterpillar, 3M and UPS — could lead the way to an economic recovery.

It would be an unusual path back to better times.

Consumer spending and housing usually lead the way.

But all three of those economic bellwether companies, plus AT&T and Union Pacific railroad, indicated business was picking up. And most said they expected it to get even stronger later this year.

Peter Buchanan, a senior economist at CIBC World Markets, said executives have taken pains lately not to raise hopes too high for big profits in future quarters. That spread fear among investors that the economy might stall.

But he says earnings results from UPS and Union Pacific should help ease such worries.

“If you’re moving stuff, it’s a broad indicator covering spending by both businesses and consumers,” Buchanan

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Giuseppe Lazzara, an architect from Plano, Texas, fills out a survey while attending a National Career Fairs Job Fair in Dallas, Texas. says. “Companies are erring on the side of caution in their forecasts ... but on the ground the real results don’t look so bad.”

As the economy struggles to mount a lasting recovery, Wall Street has been looking for evidence that companies are actually pulling in more money — not just increasing profits by ruthlessly cutting costs.

It certainly liked what it saw Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 200 points.

The big question is whether companies will stop hoarding cash and start spending more to expand their operations and hire freely. They’re likely to do that only after they feel confident that demand from their customers will justify the cost of new hires.

Outside the financial sector, American companies had stockpiled

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more than $1.8 trillion in cash through the end of March, a 26 percent increase over the same period in 2009.

If the rosy corporate outlooks give companies the confidence to step up hiring, “then this can be better than a good quarter or good second half” — it can mean the economy is good, said Chris Hobart of Hobart Financial Group in Charlotte, N.C. Caterpillar, which makes heavy machinery and is considered a bellwether of manufacturing activity, said its orders were growing and it was selling more equipment to the mining and energy industries.

3M, which makes everything from Post-it notes to films for flatscreen televisions, said it was optimistic about the recovery and raised its forecasts for revenue and profits.

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President Barack Obama signs emergency unemployment benefits legislation in the Oval Office of the White House Thursday in Washington.

Checks are coming: Obama signs unemployment bill of speeding payments once the program was restored.

In states like Pennsylvania and New York, the back payments should go out next week, officials said. In others, like Nevada and North Carolina, it may take a few weeks for all of those eligible to receive benefits.

Thursday’s 272-152 House vote sent the bill to the White House. “ Americans who are fighting to find a good job and support their families will finally get the support they need to get back on their feet during these tough economic times,” Obama said in a statement issued after signing the measure.

The House action came less than 24 hours after a mostly party-line Senate vote Wednesday on the measure, which is just one piece of a larger Democratic jobs agenda that has otherwise mostly collapsed after months of battles with Republicans.

The measure is what remains of a Democratic effort launched in February to renew elements of last year’s economic stimulus bill. But GOP opposition forced Democrats to drop $24 billion to help state governments avoid layoffs and higher taxes, as well as a package of expired tax cuts and a health insurance subsidy for the

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Federal checks could begin flowing again as early as next week to millions of jobless people who lost up to seven weeks of unemployment benefits in a congressional standoff.

President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a restoration of benefits for people who have been out of work for six months or more. Congress approved the measure earlier in the day. The move ended an interruption that cut off payments averaging about $300 a week to 2½ million people who have been unable to find work in the aftermath of the nation’s long and deep recession.

At stake are up to 73 weeks of federally financed benefits for people who have exhausted their 26 weeks of state jobless benefits. About half of the approximately 5 million people in the program have had their benefits cut off since its authorization expired June 2.

They are eligible for lump-sum retroactive payments that are typically delivered directly to their bank accounts or credited to state-issued debit cards. Many states have encouraged beneficiaries to keep updating their paperwork in hopes

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Wrangling over the larger measure consumed about four months. The jobless benefits portion picked up enough GOP support in the Senate — Maine moderates Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe — only after it was broken off as a stand-alone bill. It would have passed last month were it not for the death of Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.; Byrd’s replacement, Democrat Carte Goodwin, cast the key 60th vote Tuesday to defeat a GOP filibuster.

Most Republicans opposed the measure because it would add $34 billion to a national debt that has hit $13 trillion, arguing that it should have been paid for with cuts to other programs, such as unspent money from last year’s economic stimulus bill, which is earning mixed grades at best from voters as unemployment stands at 9.5 percent nationwide.

Thirty-one House Republicans, about one in six, voted for the measure Thursday, while 10 Democrats opposed it.

“The other side says that these unemployment benefits stretching to almost two years are needed and must be added to the $13 trillion debt, even as they claim their trillion-dollar stimulus plan has been a success at creating millions of jobs,” said Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La. “It makes you wonder if they’re looking at the same jobs data as the rest of us.”

Opposition marked a change of heart for many Republicans who had voted for deficit-financed unemployment benefits in the past, including twice during George W. Bush’s administration.

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The Sanford Herald / Friday, July 23, 2010 / 11A

FILM REVIEW

E-BRIEFS

A ‘Joile’ good time at the theater

By NEIL MORRIS

Salt

The Reel Deal

Angelina Jolie isn’t as good as actress as her notoriety portends nor is she as bad as her detractors claim. But, she has always struck a convincing action (anti-)heroine, no small feat in an almost exclusively male-dominated genre.

Such is the case in “Salt,” in which Jolie plays the titular CIA officer (to wit, a part originally written for Tom Cruise), who goes on the lame after being accused of being a KGB sleeper agent plotting to assassinate the Russian president, et al. The film opens ten years prior, with a scantily-clad Salt being tortured by North Korean captors before being half of a prisoner exchange across the Bridge of No Return. This reprise of the opening sequence in “Die Another Day” is not the only James Bond homage seasoning “Salt”: a would-be Russian defector, Orlov (Daniel Olbrychski), employs Rosa Klebb’s shoe-dagger in “From Russia with Love” to effect his escape from custody; even echoes of “The Living Daylights” surround the apparent assassination of a high-ranking Russian dignitary.

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Angelina Jolie stars as “Evelyn Salt” in a scene from “Salt.”

These Cold War movie references are not the least bit profound, much like casting Liev Schreiber, who played Raymond Shaw in the “The Manchurian Candidate” remake, in another movie about commie agents nesting States-side awaiting their appointed hour to strike. Instead, they infuse the film with an almost nostalgic air, evoking bygone threats that now seem passé in comparison to the dangers of the new century. Indeed, only the recent roundup of a Russian sleeper cell living in New Jersey gives “Salt” a modicum of fortuitous topicality.

Untangling the web of plot twists and turns would require quintuple the allotted space for this review. Suffice to say the script requires you to not

so much suspend your disbelief as put it in stasis. But, do not mistake confusion for complexity in a storyline that fluctuates in sync with Salt’s ever-changing hairstyle and color. Considering the involvement of screenwriter Kurt Wimmer, whose credits read like a rogues gallery of ineptitude (“Law Abiding Citizen”; “Street Kings”; “Ultraviolet”; “The Recruit”; etc.), the fact that “Salt” isn’t an unwatchable dumpster fire should receive second billing on the theater marquee.

To the contrary, director Phillip Noyce maintains a brisk, breathless pace evocative of his ‘90s Jack Ryan pictures. The terrific non-CGI stunt work is as retro as the film’s premise. Moreover, the genuinely keeps-

Grade: B Director: Phillip Noyce Starring: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, and Chiwetel Ejiofor Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 1 hour, 33 minutes Theaters: Spring Lane Cinemas in Sanford; Sand Hills Cinemas in Southern Pines; Crossroads 20 in Cary you-guessing storyline imbues Salt with a moral ambiguity that plays to Jolie’s personal and professional personae. A bit more character development and background would have put more flesh on Salt’s anorexic motives. But, preserving an air of mystery – and the 93-minute running time – prove a worthy tradeoffs.

“Salt” is taut and pleasantly preposterous, which is as much as you can ask from a pulpy popcorn-muncher that only pretends to take itself serious so you don’t have to.

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Academy honoring 100-year-old Gloria Stuart LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gloria Stuart lives like her days are numbered, and little wonder. The Oscar-nominated actress, best known as Old Rose in the 1997 blockbuster Stuart “Titanic,” turned 100 on July 4.

“I would say I don’t notice the difference between 100 and, say, 90,” Stuart said while sitting in the bonsailined garden of her home in the Brentwood district of Los Angeles. “You’re still frail, feeble, and full of youknow-what,” she continued, with a laugh.

Truth is, the only thing obviously frail about Stuart is her voice, which is just a few decibels above a whisper. And while she moves a little slower than some, Stuart said she still has many things to do and places to go. She prints books. She paints. She gardens.

Thursday night, she was to be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills for a film career spanning eight decades.

Her first contract was with Universal, where she quickly became a favorite of the legendary James Whale, who would direct two of Stuart’s most highly regarded movies, “The Old Dark House” (1932) opposite Boris Karloff and the hit “The Invisible Man”

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(1933) opposite Claude Rains.

The problem was that most of the rest of what Universal give Stuart “wasn’t garbage, but it wasn’t first-rate, secondrate, third-rate. Maybe fourth-rate,” she recalled.

“And I was looking at the studio next door, and there was Ann Harding, Claudette Colbert, Marlene Dietrich at Paramount. And then, at RKO, was Katharine Hepburn and so many others.

And I was there at Universal, with a horse.”

She’d eventually move over to 20th Century Fox, where her output included a blast of films, including the Shirley Temple favorite “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” (1938). But Stuart’s star didn’t rise as high as she hoped, and, by the mid 1940s, one of the first members of the Screen Actors Guild wouldn’t act again on the screen for some 40 years.

“I didn’t get to be Greta Garbo,” she said, smiling.

“Terrible. A terrible blow.

It took me a long time to get over that. But I’m over that.”

Then again, Garbo didn’t get to be in “Titanic,” which broke box-office records and earned Stuart, then 87, her first Oscar nomination.

Of all her films, Stuart is most proud of the James Cameron epic, and that, of all her roles, she most relates with the character of Old Rose — the 100-yearold woman with the heart of a young lover.

Kevin Costner dismisses lawsuit against promoter LOS ANGELES (AP) — Court records show Kevin Costner has dismissed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a music promoter he claimed failed to back his music career.

Court records in Los Angeles show the lawsuit against Mahee Worldwide Ventures Inc. was dismissed last week.

The filings do not offer any additional details and an Costner attorney for Costner and the company did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment.

The 55-year-old actor-director sued in April 2007, claiming Mahee reneged on a deal to book the Kevin Costner Band for as many as five shows a year and maintain a marketing website.

The case had been long-delayed because Mahee filed for bankruptcy.

Mahee’s bankruptcy attorney did not return an e-mail message seeking comment.

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ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Engineers have grown so confident in the leaky cap trapping oil inside BPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crippled well that they will leave it closed and unwatched if a tropical storm that formed Thursday forces them to flee, the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spill chief said.

Barring another setback â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the threemonth operation has been filled with them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; crude should never again gush from the infamous well.

Tropical Storm Bonnie, which blossomed over the Bahamas and was to enter the Gulf of Mexico by the weekend, could delay by another 12 days the push to plug the broken well for good using mud and cement, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen and BP

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Vice President Joe Biden talks reporters at the oil boom decontamination facility at the Theodore Staging Facility in Theodore, Ala., Thursday. officials conceded. Even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a direct hit, the rough weather will push back efforts to kill the well by at least a week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While this is not a hurricane, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a storm that will have probably some significant impacts, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking appropriate cautions,â&#x20AC;?

Allen said in Mobile, Ala. But a week of steady measurements through cameras and other devices convinced Allen they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to open vents to relieve pressure on the cap, which engineers had worried might contribute to leaks underground and an even bigger blowout. The cap was attached a week ago, and only minor leaks have been detected.

Allen said he would decide Thursday evening whether to order the withdrawal of the rig thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drilling the relief tunnel engineers will use to permanently throttle the free-flowing crude near the bottom of the well.

Crews will need up to

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12 hours to disconnect the rig from the relief column, and forecasters say the storm could hit the spill site by Saturday morning.

The storm system caused flooding in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti before reaching tropical storm strength later Thursday, and Allen said crews expected sustained wind above 39 mph at the spill site by early Saturday.

Seas already were choppy in the Gulf, with waves up to five feet rocking boats as crews prepared to leave, and more of the smaller boats involved in the coastal cleanup were called into port, Coast Guard Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft said.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he expects local leaders in coastal parishes to call for evacuation of low-lying areas as early as Friday morning.

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neath the surface, staining the hull of cutters motoring around in it.

One large vessel â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Helix Q4000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is burning off oil collected from the water, and bright orange flames flared at the side of the ship.

Scientists say even a severe storm shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t affect the well cap, nearly a mile beneath the ocean surface 40 miles from the Louisiana coast. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Assuming all lines are disconnected from the surface, there should be no effect on the well head by a passing surface storm,â&#x20AC;? said Paul Bommer, professor of petroleum engineering at University of Texas at Austin.

Charles Harwell, one of the BP workers monitoring the cap, was also confident. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That cap was specially made, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on tight, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been looking at the progress and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all good,â&#x20AC;? he said after his ship returned to Port Fourchon, La. Before the cap was attached and closed a week ago, the broken well spewed 94 million to 184 million gallons into the Gulf after the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, killing 11 workers.

Work on plugging the well came to a standstill Wednesday, just days before authorities had hoped to complete the relief shaft. Allen said Thursday he has told BP to go ahead preparing for a second measure called a static kill that would pump mud and cement into the well from the top, a move he said would increase the relief wellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chances for success. BP will have to get final approval from Allen before starting the procedure.

Some Internet porn sites in China now accessible BEIJING (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Word leaked out slowly, spread by Web-savvy folks on Twitter: Internet porn that once was blocked by Chinese government censors was now openly available. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are they no longer cracking down on pornographic websites? A lot of porn sites and forums are accessible,â&#x20AC;? technology blogger William Long wrote on his feed.

Messages like that startled Chinese Web surfers, long accustomed to the authoritiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Internet blockades. The country had been in the midst of highly publicized anti-pornography sweeps, and there had been no announcement of any change in government policy.

Yet eight weeks later, the porn sites are still accessible. Still unanswered are questions about whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an official change in policy, a technical glitch or some sort of test by the usually disapproving Chinese Internet police. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This has never been done with the (Chinese) Internet before,â&#x20AC;? said Beijing-based Internet analyst Zhao Jing, who goes by the English name Michael Anti.

Israeli troops kill Palestinian at settlement JERUSALEM (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man entering a Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Thursday, drawing a Palestinian accusation that soldiers are too quick to open fire.

Also Thursday, the Palestinian leader said direct negotiations with Israel are â&#x20AC;&#x153;inevitable,â&#x20AC;? but he listed a series of conditions.

The military said troops were lying in ambush early Thursday outside the Barkan settlement in the central West Bank when they spotted three men breaking

into the settlement. It said one of the men was suspected of being armed, but Palestinians said the man was not carrying a weapon.

The military said troops called on the men to stop, firing warning shots in the air. When they did not comply, the troops opened fire, killing one of the men. The others escaped.

The military said soldiers engaged the three just after they entered the settlement.

The military said numerous similar attempts had been made in the area in recent weeks, so troops were posted in ambushes to stop them. They said Palestinians entered the settlement several times recently and stole from houses.

Gun battles paralyze Mexican city near Texas NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Late-night gunbattles with gangs who forced citizens from their cars and used the vehicles to block streets paralyzed a border city, sound of gunfire alarmed Texans on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande.

The Nuevo Laredo city government posted messages on Facebook warning citizens to stay indoors as the battles erupted at several intersections in the city across from Laredo, Texas.

Frightened people on the U.S. side of the border called emergency dispatchers after hearing the gunfire, Laredo police spokesman Joe Baeza said Thursday. But he said there was no spillover violence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were getting reports from people who live on the riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge that they could hear gunfire and explosions from the Mexico side,â&#x20AC;?

Baeza said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any incidents on the American side. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard for people to understand who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live here,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not Vikings, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to invade us, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work that way.â&#x20AC;?

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Grace Christian baseball player Caleb Welborn takes a swing during a summer league regular season game. The Crusaders began their return to the high school diamond by participating in the Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League this year.

Crusaders glad to be back in swing of things

By RYAN SARDA

sarda@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Ben Holt has waited two years for this.

Now, as a rising senior at Grace Christian, it’s all finally starting to happen.

After not fielding a varsity baseball program for the past two years, the Grace Christian Crusaders wrapped up Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League play with an 8-5-1 overall

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After 2 years away from varsity baseball, Grace begins road back with successful summer season record.

And Holt, who is one of the few seniors on a rising program stacked with eighth- and ninth-graders, was once and will now continue to be a big reason behind the Crusaders’ success.

“Ben will be a senior for us next year,” said head coach Bucky Payne.

“That’s huge because he’s going to bring leadership to a team that’s fairly young.

He’s a good young man and will be a good influence on the rest of the players.”

Although he had high hopes about the summer headed into the season, Payne says that this summer was a big

success because it helped give his program get valuable experience playing together. This summer, the Crusaders defeated junior varsity programs like Southern Lee, Pinecrest and Richmond County.

“I went into it pretty optimistic about what was going to happen,” said Payne.

“We didn’t really know what our competition was going to be like. For us to win eight games and close out the season

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MLB BEGINS HGH TESTING IN MINORS

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball implemented random blood testing for human growth hormone in the minor leagues on Thursday, the first professional sports league in the United States to take the aggressive step against doping.

The blood testing becomes part of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, which Commissioner Bud Selig introduced in 2001 to test for performance-enhancing drugs.

“The implementation of blood testing in the minor leagues represents a significant step in the detection of the illegal use of human growth hormone,” Selig said in a statement. “HGH testing provides an example for all of our drug policies in the future.”

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Humor highlights coaches’ get-together

Davis says an NCAA probe into potential rule violations in his football program came “out of left field.” In his first public comments since the investigation began, Davis said Thursday the school is cooperating with the NCAA and that his program follows its rules.

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DURHAM — The four college football coaches in the Triangle plus first-year East Carolina coach Ruffin McNeill were the featured speakers again at the eighth annual Pigskin Preview at Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club on Thursday.

Duke’s David Cutfliffe provided the most zingers during the lunCutcliffe cheon, as he talked about getting his first Sam’s Club card to buy diapers and formula for his squad.

“This is the youngest team I’ve ever been around,” Cutcliffe said of his roster, which includes 54 freshmen and sophomores.

He also said the Blue Devils are speedier than they’ve been before, too.

“We’re faster, but I don’t know where they’re going,” Cutcliffe said.

North Carolina coach Butch Davis acknowledged the ongoing NCAA investigation his squad, but he still was able to bring a little humor about other topics brought up by emcee Don Shea.

N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien was

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NCAA probe caught UNC’s Davis off-guard

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer

DURHAM — North Carolina coach Butch Davis says an NCAA probe into potential rule violations in his football program came “out of left field.”

In his first public comments on the investigation, Davis said Thursday the school is cooperating with the NCAA and that his program follows its rules.

A person familiar with the investigation says the NCAA is looking into whether two seniors received improper benefits from agents. Defensive tackle Marvin Austin and receiver Greg Little are the focus of the probe, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the investigation is confidential.

Davis refused to answer specific questions about the

case, saying that the NCAA instructed the school to limit its public comments.

“It certainly kind of came out of left field,” Davis said after a luncheon featuring area coaches. “I don’t think anybody speculated any of this stuff was going to potentially happen. But it is what it is. ... Our players were unbelievably cooperative and we’ll get through

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2B / Friday, July 23, 2010 / The Sanford Herald UPCOMING Registration open for SASL rec season

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Registration for the Sanford Area Soccer Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2010-11 recreation season is open.

SASL is open to players born between the dates of Aug. 8, 1992, and July 31, 2007. Registration is $75 until Saturday. Late registration will then be open from Sunday-to-Saturday and will cost $80.

The league is designed for fun, with no scores being kept and the focus on the playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; development of the skills.

Registration forms are available at www.sasl. net and can be mailed to: SASL, P.O. Box 1212, Sanford, N.C., 27331.

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Lee volleyball tryouts set

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tryout dates for the Lee County volleyball team have been announced by Yellow Jacket head coach Cindy Kelly.

The tryouts will be held between 8-10 a.m. beginning on Monday, Aug. 2.

In order to try out, students must have an updated physical. If they do not have a physical, they will not be allowed to participate in any competition at Lee County High.

For more information, contact Kelly at (919) 353-9887.

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SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Any female student at Southern Lee High School who is interested in going out for the golf team this season should come to practices at 6 p.m. on Tuesday evenings at Tobacco Road and at 6 p.m. on Thursday evenings at Quail Ridge. The first practice is Aug. 3. Those interested must bring proof of a recent doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s physical exam to the first practice.

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The Broadway 10U All-Stars recently placed second in the Tarheel League District 3 Tournament. Team members are (kneeling, l-r) Cameron Wells, Daniella Gautier, (second row l-r) coach Chris Phillips, Stone Phillips, Zach Garner, Kentaruis Thompson, Brannon Rhodes, Braxton Melvin, Noah Page, head coach Jason Burroughs, Camden Partington, Remington Berryman, Sidney Morris, Zach Crain, Brad Cameron and coach Lisa Matthews.

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Gordon gunning for Brickyard win

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Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let the flecks of gray framing his stillboyish face fool you, Jeff Gordon still wants to win.

Badly.

Though his balky back appears to be holding up this season, the fourtime NASCAR Sprint Cup champion is well aware heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closer to the end of his brilliant career than the beginning. Gordon turns 39 next month, and Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race at Indianapolis will be his 601st

Cup start.

While still considered one of the cleanest racers in the series, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an urgency to his driving these days as he tries to end a 49-race winless streak, the longest of his career.

He angered seemingly half the field at Sonoma last month, Martin Truex Jr. in particular, while attempting to bull his way to the front. He called the move to dump Truex â&#x20AC;&#x153;a mistakeâ&#x20AC;? without exactly apologizing for it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not out there to be all buddy-buddy,â&#x20AC;? he

said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re out there to race hard, win races. If that puts on a great show for the fans, I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a winwin for everybody. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also going to make some enemies for you out there that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to deal with going forward.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a scenario Gordon didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to deal with much a decade ago, partly because the rest of the field had trouble catching him.

Things are different now. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been nine long years since Gordon has won a championship. In the interim heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ceded the stage as the face of Hendrick Motorsports to teammate and former protege Jimmie Johnson.

The two friends raised eyebrows earlier this year following a couple of highly publicized run-ins on the track.

They have since patched things up and find themselves side-by-side in the standings behind points leader Kevin Harvick. Gordon is in second, trailing Harvick by 103 points, with Johnson third another 85 points back.

Yet even though heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arguably the hottest driver in

the series at the moment after posting five straight top-five finishes, Gordon isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly satisfied. He knows barring a massive collapse heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lock to make NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chase for the Championship for the seventh straight year.

He also knows that until he finds a way to win, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be on the periphery of the title discussion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re capable of winning,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely getting down to crunch time for us getting in the Chase. ... We need those bonus points (from winning a race) to really prove to ourselves and everyone else that we can compete for this championship.â&#x20AC;?

Indy would be a good place to start.

Gordon is the only driver to win at the historic 2.5-mile oval four times, yet itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been six years since he and the members of his No. 24 Chevrolet crew have puckered up to kiss the yard of bricks after taking the checkered flag. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be a huge, huge victory for us,â&#x20AC;? Gordon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re knocking on the door. The timing might just be right.â&#x20AC;?

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lee Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tennis team will hold tryouts in a couple of weeks.

Tryouts will take place from 3:30-5:30 p.m on Aug. 2 and will continue through Thursday at the same time. The tryouts will take place at the Lee County tennis courts.

All participants must have a current physical exam completed.

For more information please contact coach Mary Tatum at (919) 775-3712.

LCP&R schedules volleyball camp

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lee County Parks and Recreation will hold a volleyball camp on Aug. 1112 at the Bob Hales Recreation Center.

The camp, which lasts from 6-9 p.m., is for players ages 9-16.

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Registration is $20 per participant.

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The camp, for boys and girls between the ages of 7-14, is scheduled from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and will last until Thursday.

To register, stop by the Lee County Parks and Recreation office on Tramway Rd. For more information, contact Lee County Parks and Recreation at 775-2107 ext. 206.

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Sports Phillies silence Cards ST. LOUIS (AP) — Placido Polanco homered leading off the 11th inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies survived another poor offensive showing with a 2-0 victory that ended the St. Louis Cardinals’ eight-game winning streak and averted a four-game sweep on Thursday.

Cole Hamels allowed one hit in eight innings, a solid single by Matt Holliday leading off the fourth, in 91-degree heat and high humidity. Four relievers, including Chad Durbin (2-1) did not allow a hit over the final three innings to finish the one-hitter.

Brad Lidge worked the 11th for his eighth save in 11 chances.

Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright missed a chance to match Colorado Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez as the majors’ lone 15-game winners. Kyle McClellan (1-3) took the loss.

Marlins 3, Rockies 2 MIAMI (AP) — Ronny Paulino hit the winning single with the bases loaded and none out in the ninth inning to send the Rockies to their fifth loss in seven games since the All-Star break.

Pinch hitter Emilio Bonifacio hit his first triple of the year to start the bottom of the ninth against Jhoulys Chacin (5-8), and Paulino brought him home after two intentional walks.

Braves 8, Padres 0 ATLANTA (AP) — Tim Hudson dominated San Diego again, Alex Gonzalez finished his first homestand in Atlanta with four hits and the Braves rolled to an easy win over the Padres.

Gonzalez had hits in his first four at-bats to give him a streak of hits in six straight at-bats over two games, four shy of the Atlanta record. He struck out in the eighth to end it.

Nationals 7, Reds 1 CINCINNATI (AP) — Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer off Edinson Volquez, who had a rough time in his second start since elbow surgery, and the Nationals earned a four-game series split.

Volquez (1-1) dominated Colorado last Saturday in his return from reconstructive elbow surgery. He had control problems this time, giving up six runs in only 2 1-3 innings.

Tigers 5, Blue Jays 2 DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera started a three-run eighth inning with an RBI double, and Justin Verlander settled down after a rocky start to go eight innings in Detroit’s 5-2 victory over Toronto on Thursday.

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SPORTS BRIEFS Armstrong playing it safe by hiring defense lawyer

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Corey Pavin lines up a putt on the 11th green during the British Seniors Open at Carnoustie Golf Club, Carnoustie, Scotland Thursday.

Oosthuizen leads Euro Tour event STOCKHOLM (AP) — British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen is tied with Richard Green for the early lead at the Scandinavian Masters after shooting a 5-under 67.

Just four days after his runaway victory at St. Andrews, Oosthuizen started full of confidence on Thursday with a birdie at the par-5, 578yard first hole.

The South African finished the front 9 in 1-under 35. He had five more birdies on the back 9, but was unable to take the overall lead after a bogey at the 13th.

Green reached his 67 after posting three consecutive birdies from the 11th. The Australian is going for his first European Tour win since 2007.

Scottish Open champion Edoardo Molinari was one shot back after a 4-under 68.

Carnoustie, widely rated as the toughest links layout on the British Open championship rotation, is vastly different from most of the courses on the Champions Tour.

“It’s a golf course where you can’t be aggressive because you can’t fly the ball at flags like we are used to over in the courses we play in America,” said Blake, who had six birdies and two bogeys. “I have had to learn a whole new game, which is fun. It’s exciting, but it’s tough.

“I just tried to stay out of the death bunkers, as I call them, because it’s a certain one-shot penalty getting in them.”

Blake, Langer, Mason lead Senior British Open

TORONTO (AP) — Brent Delahoussaye shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday to match the Canadian Open record, making an eagle, seven birdies and a bogey in

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) — Jay Don Blake shot a 4-under 67 to lead a strong American showing in the opening round of the British Seniors Open at Carnoustie on Thursday.

Blake is in a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard alongside Germany’s Bernhard Langer and England’s Carl Mason.

Below that trio the only non-American in the next 17 places was Scotsman Sam Torrance, who shot a 69.

Delahoussaye shoots 62 in Canadian Open

perfect scoring conditions at historic St. George’s.

Delahoussaye, the 29year-old former Clemson player whose lone professional victory came in the 2006 Hooters Tour Classic, started on the ninth hole and played the front nine — his first and last eight holes — in 6-under 28. Because of logistical problems, the players started on Nos. 1 and 9 instead of the usual first and 10th.

NEW YORK (AP) — Lance Armstrong says hiring a criminal defense lawyer in the face of a federal investigation for possible fraud and doping violations is merely a matter of protecting himself.

“Obviously, you need some legal counsel on this. ... I wouldn’t read anything into it,” the seven-time Tour de France champion said after finishing 17th in the 17th stage of this year’s race.

“I’m 100 percent confident that there will be a satisfactory resolution for me.”

The Texan hired Bryan D. Daly, a former federal prosecutor based in Los Angeles who is a partner at Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton.

“This is the United States of America. You can’t prosecute somebody for something they didn’t do — normally,” Armstrong said.

“But along the way, you’ve got to protect yourself.”

Schleck wins 17th stage but Contador set for title

COL DU TOURMALET, France (AP) — Defending champion Alberto Contador of Spain virtually secured a third Tour de France title Thursday after staying with yellow-jersey rival Andy Schleck all the way to the top of the legendary Col du Tourmalet in the pivotal 17th stage.

Schleck won the prestigious stage but Contador crossed the line nearly shoulder to shoulder with the Luxembourg rider after the pair had broken clear in the final six miles.

Contador appeared completely at ease as Schleck set a punishing pace up the final climb. The Spaniard even moved in front at one

point, but didn’t appear concerned about trying to cross the line first.

Contador retained his eight-second lead in the overall standings and looks destined to be wearing yellow when the Tour rides into Paris for Sunday’s largely ceremonial final stage.

AP: Paul requests to be traded

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says Chris Paul has requested a trade and the Hornets have scheduled a face-to-face meeting with the star guard on Monday.

Paul will sit down with new head coach Monty Williams, new general manager Dell Demps and team president Hugh Weber, the person told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not made plans to meet with Paul public.

Paul, who cannot opt out of his contract for two years, said recently that he likes New Orleans but will be unhappy playing for the Hornets if they fail to demonstrate a commitment to winning immediately.

The only move the Hornets have made this offseason is resigning reserve center Aaron Gray.

Rose’s bat auctioned for $158,776

CINCINNATI (AP) — The black Mizuno bat that Pete Rose used to get his final hit has been auctioned for $158,776, less than expected for the 32 ounces of baseball history.

Rose used the bat for hit No. 4,256, a single off San Francisco’s Greg Minton on Aug. 14, 1986. His final hit stands as the record.

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New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore

W L 59 34 57 37 53 42 48 48 30 64

Chicago Detroit Minnesota Kansas City Cleveland

W L 52 42 50 44 50 45 41 53 40 55

Texas Los Angeles Oakland Seattle

W L 55 40 51 46 48 47 37 58

Atlanta New York Philadelphia Florida Washington

W L 56 39 49 46 49 46 47 48 42 54

St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago Milwaukee Houston Pittsburgh

W L 54 42 53 44 43 53 43 53 39 56 34 60

San Diego San Francisco Colorado Los Angeles Arizona

W L 55 39 52 43 51 44 50 45 37 58

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AMERICAN LEAGUE Thursday’s Games Detroit 5, Toronto 2 Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Boston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games Kansas City (Bannister 7-8) at N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 7-8), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Duensing 3-1) at Baltimore (Guthrie 3-10), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Niemann 8-2) at Cleveland (Carmona 9-7), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Marcum 8-4) at Detroit (Porcello 4-7), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 6-9) at Texas (C.Wilson 8-5), 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 8-8) at Oakland (Cahill 9-3), 10:05 p.m.

Boston (Beckett 1-1) at Seattle (J.Vargas 6-4), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 4:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Boston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Boston at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

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this as quickly as possible.”

The probe became public about a week ago after NCAA investigators visited the campus in Chapel Hill. It has been part of a series of similar investigations at defending national champion Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.

“I know we take a great deal of pride in doing things ethically, honestly,” Davis said. “I know the feedback that we’ve gotten is we’re doing everything we can to educate our young people about all kinds of things that have to do with collegiate athletics.”

The probe has also prompted the North Carolina Secretary of State’s office to begin its own investigation about potential misconduct involving agents. The state requires sports agents to register in North Carolina and prohibits them from offering gifts before a contract is signed.

Violations of North Carolina’s agent laws can lead to criminal or civil penalties.

Secretary of State Elaine Marshall has assigned three investigators and said her office has put out notices asking people not to destroy evidence or documents. She said the office can’t punish athletes, but plans to talk to them about their conduct.

“We are focusing on athlete agents and anybody who gave these young people things of value — such as trips or parties or food, women, whatever it might be,” she said.

Davis briefly referenced the NCAA investigation when addressing the audience at the preseason football luncheon, which also featured Duke coach David Cutcliffe, East Carolina coach Ruffin McNeill, North Carolina Central coach Mose Rison and North Carolina State coach Tom O’Brien. It even offered a moment of

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wry with his humor and even bantered with Davis about the Tar Heels’ starting quarterback situation.

After Shea asked whether UNC senior quarterback T.J. Yates was the incumbent, Davis provided

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NATIONAL LEAGUE Thursday’s Games Florida 3, Colorado 2 Washington 7, Cincinnati 1 Atlanta 8, San Diego 0 Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 0, 11 innings Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games St. Louis (Suppan 0-5) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 4-7), 2:20 p.m.

Colorado (Cook 4-5) at Philadelphia (Halladay 10-8), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Correia 6-6) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 6-7), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (D.Lowe 10-8) at Florida (Sanabia 1-1), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Tr.Wood 0-1) at Houston (Norris 2-7), 8:05 p.m.

Washington (Stammen 2-4) at Milwaukee (Narveson 8-6), 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco (J.Sanchez 7-6) at Arizona (E.Jackson 6-8), 9:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 7-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Padilla 4-2), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 p.m.

Colorado at Philadelphia, 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Houston, 7:05 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Games Atlanta at Florida, 1:10 p.m.

Colorado at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.

San Diego at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Cincinnati at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

Washington at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

levity after McNeill — who is preparing for his first season in Greenville after Skip Holtz left for South Florida — compared the past few months to a whirlwind.

“You think Ruffin would like to trade whirlwinds?” Davis quipped, drawing laughter from the crowd.

Still, the NCAA investigation couldn’t come at a worse time for Davis, who is preparing for his fourth season in Chapel Hill. He has guided the program to consecutive eightwin seasons, which includes the program’s first back-to-back bowl seasons since the late 1990s when Mack Brown left for Texas.

The Tar Heels are expected to contend for the ACC’s Coastal Division title behind a defense that returns nine starters from a unit that ranked among the nation’s best last year. Austin — a 6-foot-3, 310-pound tackle — was projected as a high draft pick before opting to return to school for his final season instead of heading to the NFL. Little became the team’s top receiver last season, coming up with 20 catches for 315 yards and two touchdowns in the final three games. He finished with a team best 62 catches for 724 yards and five scores.

Losing either — let alone, both — would be a blow for the Tar Heels as they prepare for their opener against LSU in Atlanta on Sept. 4.

Davis said his staff has done everything it can to instruct its players on what is permissible.

“It’s no different than being a parent,” he said. “You can teach your children, you can talk to them, and lessons that aren’t learned, you continue to teach those lessons. We’ve got good kids at North Carolina. ...

We’re going to continue to work hard to do everything right.”

——— Associated Press Writer Mike R. Baker in Raleigh contributed to this report.

answered simply “Yes.” O’Brien quickly piped in and asked Davis if there were any other announcements about the Tar Heels’ signal callers, regarding the competition between Yates and red-shirt freshman Bryn Renner.

N.C. Central coach Mose Rison, who is about to start his fourth season as Eagles’ head

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Colorado Florida

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DP—Florida 1. LOB—Colorado 7, Florida 8. 2B—J.Herrera (3), Spilborghs (7), G.Sanchez (23). 3B—Bonifacio (1).

HR—Stewart (13), C.Ross (8). SB—Giambi (2), Olivo (5), Coghlan (10), G.Sanchez (4).

IP H R ER BB SO Colorado De La Rosa 6 3 2 2 3 8 Belisle 1 0 0 0 0 2 Beimel 0 1 0 0 0 0 R.Betancourt 1 0 0 0 0 2 J.Chacin L,5-8 0 2 1 1 2 0 Florida Jo.Johnson 6 1-3 5 1 1 1 11 Veras H,7 2-3 0 0 0 1 1 Hensley BS,1-1 1 2 1 1 0 0 Nunez W,4-2 1 0 0 0 0 3 Beimel pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

J.Chacin pitched to 4 batters in the 9th.

HBP—by Hensley (Mora).

Umpires—Home, Scott Barry; First, Bill Welke; Second, Mike DiMuro; Third, Jim Reynolds.

T—2:54. A—29,102 (38,560).

Phillies 2, Cardinals 0, 11 innings, Philadelphia St. Louis

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2B—Victorino (15), Werth (30), Schneider (3). HR—Polanco (6). SB—Jay (1).

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T.Miller pitched to 2 batters in the 11th.

WP—Wainwright.

Umpires—Home, Hunter Wendelstedt; First, Mike Winters; Second, Brian Runge; Third, Jerry Layne.

T—3:11. A—40,062 (43,975).

Braves 8, Padres 0 San Diego Atlanta

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with a winning record, it was definitely a huge success for us. They know that they can compete with those programs and that’s a good thing to know.”

Despite earning quality wins, Payne still saw plenty for his young Crusaders to work on.

“Defensively, we have to grow some and get bigger and faster,” said Payne. “This group of guys isn’t used to playing together. Some of the sloppiness on the defensive side can be attributed to the players not being familiar with each other and not knowing what the other guy was going to do.”

Another struggle came on offense. In several games this summer, the Crusaders had difficulties bringing runners home after loading the bases or getting runners in scoring position.

“We had a hard time putting runs on the board,” said Payne. “We need to continue to improve on the offensive part of the game. All that’ll come by our kids getting

coach, expressed confidence about the prospects for his squad.

NCCU opens on Sept. 2 in the school’s first Thursday night football game at home. The Eagles also will be competing in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference starting with football.

“I have to be care with the excitement,” Rison said. “Instead of being roaming nomads, we’re

Friday, July 23

AUTO RACING 8 p.m.

SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, AAA Insurance 200, at Indianapolis CYCLING 8:30 a.m.

VERSUS — Tour de France, stage 18, Salies-de-Bearn to Bordeaux, France GOLF Noon ESPN2 — Senior British Open Championship, second round, at Carnoustie, Scotland 3 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour, Canadian Open, second round, at Etobicoke, Ontario MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2:10 p.m.

WGN — St. Louis at Chicago Cubs 10 p.m.

WGN — Chicago White Sox at Oakland SOFTBALL 8 p.m.

ESPN — World Cup, women’s, round robin, Japan vs. U.S., at Oklahoma City TENNIS 4 p.m.

ESPN2 — ATP, Atlanta Championships, quarterfinals, at Johns Creek, Ga. 7 p.m.

ESPN2 — ATP, Atlanta Championships, quarterfinals, at Johns Creek, Ga.

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SF—Glaus.

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Umpires—Home, Mark Wegner; First, Dan Iassogna; Second, Dale Scott; Third, Jerry Meals.

T—2:55. A—26,450 (49,743).

Totals 35 2 9 2 Totals 30 5 10 5 Toronto 020 000 000 — 2 Detroit 000 110 03x — 5 E—S.Sizemore (7). DP—Toronto 3.

LOB—Toronto 8, Detroit 6. 2B—Y.Escobar (1), J.Bautista (20), A.Hill (14), Overbay (21), Damon (24), Mi.Cabrera 2 (30). 3B—Wise (2). HR—J.Buck (14). SB—V.Wells (5).

CS—A.Hill (1), Worth (1). SF—Laird.

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Umpires—Home, Dan Bellino; First, Vic Carapazza; Second, Tony Randazzo; Third, Brian Gorman.

T—2:29. A—34,476 (41,255).

GOLF PGA-Canadian Open Par Scores

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By The Associated Press Thursday At St. George’s Golf and Country Club Course Toronto Purse: $5.1 million Yardage: 7,079; Par: 70 (34-36) First Round Brent Delahoussaye 28-34 — 62 -8 Vance Veazey 30-34 — 64 -6 Brock Mackenzie 31-33 — 64 -6 Dean Wilson 30-35 — 65 -5 Hunter Mahan 31-34 — 65 -5 Charley Hoffman 32-33 — 65 -5 Jimmy Walker 32-33 — 65 -5 Rich Barcelo 30-35 — 65 -5 Steve Wheatcroft 33-32 — 65 -5 Spencer Levin 34-31 — 65 -5 Daniel Chopra 33-32 — 65 -5 Brian Stuard 30-35 — 65 -5 Matt Jones 30-36 — 66 -4 Nicholas Thompson 32-34 — 66 -4 Bob Estes 33-33 — 66 -4 Tim Clark 30-36 — 66 -4 Joe Durant 32-34 — 66 -4 Greg Chalmers 31-35 — 66 -4 Troy Merritt 35-31 — 66 -4 Chris Stroud 32-34 — 66 -4 Michael Letzig 31-35 — 66 -4 Jason Bohn 33-33 — 66 -4 Rob Grube 33-33 — 66 -4 Retief Goosen 32-35 — 67 -3 John Huston 33-34 — 67 -3 Trevor Immelman 32-35 — 67 -3 Bill Lunde 33-34 — 67 -3 Mark Hensby 31-36 — 67 -3 Kevin Na 35-32 — 67 -3 Ricky Barnes 32-35 — 67 -3 Stephen Ames 32-35 — 67 -3 Joe Ogilvie 33-34 — 67 -3 Briny Baird 31-36 — 67 -3 Steve Lowery 32-35 — 67 -3 J.J. Henry 31-36 — 67 -3 Jon Mills 31-36 — 67 -3 David Duval 33-35 — 68 -2 Alex Prugh 33-35 — 68 -2 Jay Williamson 32-36 — 68 -2 Camilo Villegas 35-33 — 68 -2 Ryan Palmer 33-35 — 68 -2 Nathan Green 32-36 — 68 -2 Roger Tambellini 33-35 — 68 -2 Chad Campbell 33-35 — 68 -2 Tom Pernice, Jr. 32-36 — 68 -2 Jeev Milkha Singh 33-35 — 68 -2 Paul Casey 31-37 — 68 -2

stronger and bigger.”

Winning against varsity programs filled with juniors and seniors and experience in the spring might be hard for the Crusaders, but Payne says it’s not impossible to stay competitive if they can continue to develop on the diamond.

“We know that if we can continue to develop as baseball players, then we can compete with anybody,” said Payne. “We’re accustomed to not being the biggest, fastest or the best on paper.

But we know that if we can keep the score close and stay in games, then we can compete. That’s how we’re going to have approach things for the next few years as we continue to develop as a program.”

Although Holt will be a senior this spring, the main bulk of the Crusaders’ lineup will consist of players that helped the Grace Christian Middle School program go 16-1 and win the Triangle Middle School Conference last season.

“We had some ups and downs with all of our guys this summer,” said Payne.

“Players from our middle school program will be mainly what our varsity program will look like. Those guys all know that they’ve got to get better. We’ve got plenty of time to improve between now and the spring.”

The Crusaders will take the rest of July and the entire month of August off before beginning workouts in September. After workouts are completed in November, the team will return to the diamond in January to prepare for the upcoming season.

After a successful summer, Payne will approach the spring with that same level of optimism he had before the start of CCSSL play.

It’ll just be good to be back.

“It’ll be a good year next year regardless of wins and losses,” said Payne. “It was good to see those guys this summer and knock some of that rust off. But this spring, it’ll be good just to be back competing at the varsity level. We’re expecting to be competitive, but we know that we’ve got a couple of years before we’re going to be where we want to be.”

Nationals 7, Reds 1 Washington Cincinnati

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SB—Morgan 3 (24).

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T—2:50. A—23,115 (42,319).

AL Boxscore

going to play seven home games in Durham. I knew, at some point, we were going to get into a conference.”

McNeill said he was excited to be back in North Carolina after serving as an assistant at Texas Tech.

He takes over for Skip Holtz, who left for South Florida after the 2009 season.

McNeill, a Lumberton native, played for the Pirates in the 1970s and now is undertaking his first head coaching duties.

“I’m looking forward to the season,” McNeill said. “I’m glad to be back in North Carolina. It’s been a whirlwind.

“We’ve got a bunch of guys who see the glass half full. We’re just excited.

Features

The Sanford Herald / Friday, July 23, 2010 / 5B

DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

Siblings suffer consequences of mom’s disregard for truth

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: Expect to face challenges and people who do not have your best interests at heart. Oversee everything yourself and protect what you have worked so hard to achieve. This may be a year of unexpected change but, in the end, if you are willing to deal with each matter as it arises, you will end up with exactly what you want and a whole lot more. Your numbers are 2, 9, 14, 26, 29, 35, 42 ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you start to socialize before you finish your work, you will be faced with complaints.

Insecurity about work and stress about your current position will be unwarranted. Don’t fret. Put an immediate end to any rumors.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Stay on top of what needs to be done and refuse to let anyone turn you into a scapegoat. If you react emotionally, you will be accused of not being able to handle responsibility. Focus on love later in the day.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t let love cause you to make a foolish mistake. You may be asked to physically help or make a donation to a cause you know little about. Research before you pledge your time or your cash.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Uncertainty will be your downfall. Size up whatever situation you face and make a decision or you will appear incompetent. Adaptability and acceptance will be the key to your success.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Put your best foot forward and you’ll attract positive attention. Travel should be in your plans, even if it is just to visit a friend.

Don’t let someone else’s change of plans disrupt yours. You will have greater insight into a financial matter.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): Love is in the stars

WORD JUMBLE

and an intimate evening should be in the works.

It will lead to an enjoyable and monumental weekend. Your attentive responses will win favors and approval. Don’t overspend.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Proceed with caution.

Not everyone will be on your side. Doubt will arise within a relationship.

Keep your thoughts to yourself or you are likely to end up in an argument that is impossible to win.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You can deliver an ultimatum to someone once you have an alternative route to take. Getting involved in an organization that can cover your back in a time of need will bring you reassurance and the support you need to follow through with your plans.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Stick close to home and defend your reputation if someone implies you have been doing things that might disrupt your personal or professional standing.

You won’t be able to cover up a mistake, so be open about what happened.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Look at all the angles and make whatever move will help you come out on top. Property investments can help you prosper but not if you decide to get involved in a joint venture. There are lots of perks heading your way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The right partnership will contribute to your goals and plans. The help offered through an organization you join will be to your benefit. Trying to change your lifestyle or make improvements will pay off and boost your confidence.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You have to be decisive about what you want and what you are willing to offer others. Love is in the stars but, if you are wishy-washy, you will send the wrong signal. Showing a little backbone will make the difference.

DEAR ABBY: My mother has a long history of lying in what appears to be her attempt to manipulate others. She is now 75, and my siblings and I know not to accept anything she says as the truth, and to always check with each other in order to find out the whole story.

The other day she lied to me about a doctor’s appointment.

Shortly after I talked to her, my sister called me, furious about what Mom had really done. I called Mom back that evening to give her a chance to tell the truth.

Instead, she made up another lie to cover up what she had done.

That’s when I told her I had already spoken to my sister.

The whole situation makes me very sad, which I told her. I let her know I am “on to her” and have decided to give both of us some time to think about the situation.

I know you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, and I have given up trying.

I love Mom, but her continued manipulation of others has driven me away from her. Is there any way for her to see how much her inappropriate behavior affects those of us who care about her?

— SAD SON IN AUSTIN, TEXAS DEAR SAD SON: No. And by cross-checking whatever your mother tells you with your siblings, you are handling a difficult situation as well as you can.

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

o DEAR ABBY: Our 19-year-old son is home from college for the summer and he “knows everything.” His father and I have told him to wash all fruits and vegetables we buy fresh from the market before eating them. He feels this is not important and continues to eat apples, strawberries and lettuce directly from the container or plastic bag without rinsing them.

Please let me know if our fears are real. I have always been told washing is necessary. I would love to show him something on this subject because he thinks I’m silly and overprotective.

— MOTHER KNOWS BEST IN TEXAS DEAR M.K.B.: If seeing it in print will get your son’s attention, I’m happy to oblige. Have him try this experiment: The next time he decides to eat a nice, shiny

apple, have him soak it for 5 to 10 minutes in water to which several tablespoons of vinegar have been added. This will remove the waxy coating that is usually sprayed on them, and with it any dirt or “little critters” that may have become attached.

Also, periodically on the nightly news we hear announcements of FDA recalls because of salmonella or E. coli that has been discovered on various vegetables.

Although some are packaged as ready-to-eat, they, too, should be rinsed before using. Consider it “health insurance.” o DEAR ABBY: I am the parent of a child with special needs. To an outsider he looks different; adults and children stare at him when we’re out.

My son is not aware of their impolite behavior, but I am — and it really irks me. What should I say to these insensitive people?

— BOILING MAD IN NEW JERSEY DEAR BOILING MAD: I don’t think you should say anything. It is not unusual for individuals of every age to do a double take when they see someone — or something — that is “different.” Of course staring is impolite, but unless someone makes a remark or asks a question about your son, you should ignore the person.

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MY ANSWER

Gone from fishin’: Man casts line, lands in jail

Mass. releases ‘great places’ list — with errors

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man on probation for a dozen hunting violations has been sent to jail for nearly two years after he was caught fishing under a false name in neighboring Georgia.

The Tennessean newspaper reported Thursday that Georgia wildlife agents were tipped by their Tennessee counterparts that 31-yearold Kurt Wesley Ellis was fishing for trout in north Georgia with a license obtained under a false name.

Ellis, from Cleveland in southeast Tennessee, was banned from hunting or fishing on state property for at least 20 years after pleading guilty last year to 12 hunting violations. He served a short jail stint and was on probation.

BOSTON (AP) — It turns out that some of Massachusetts’ greatest places aren’t so great after all.

To promote tourism, the Legislature last week released a list of the state’s top 1,000 attractions.

But the Boston Herald reports that some sites don’t exist any more, some are closed to the public and some are listed in the wrong towns. The list also actually has 996 places.

The list includes the Baker Robinson Whale Oil Refinery in New Bedford, which has been gutted to make way for a hotel; and Worcester’s African Cultural Center and Ashland State Park, both of which are closed.

St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Pittsfield was closed by the Springfield Diocese two years ago.

Cows hoof it after slaughterhouse truck overturns GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Police say 12 cows being driven to the slaughterhouse made a break for freedom when the truck that was transporting them overturned in west Michigan.

Police say the bovine escapees hoofed it over highway guardrails, forced traffic detours and caused at least one accident.

The 42-year-old truck driver suffered minor injuries in the accident in Kent County about 4 a.m. Wednesday.

All but five of the fugitive cattle had been rounded up by Thursday morning.

The animals from a farm in Farwell, Mich., had been destined to end their days at a slaughterhouse in Milwaukee, Wis. Michigan State Police Trooper Joe Young said when all the animals are captured they will be euthanized.

SUDOKU

Ohio to test Chia Pet-like sound wall on highway CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio plans to build a sound barrier made out of soil and plants in the state’s first eco-friendly attempt at muffling highway noise.

A spokesman for the state transportation department says the 12-foot high wall will be like a Chia Pet: Workers will water bags filled with soil and seeds and watch it grow.

The transportation department says the noise wall will be built this fall. It will span 400 feet along a westbound stretch of Interstate 70 near Columbus.

Wisconsin tried a similar idea. It built a sound wall made out of plastic forms filled with soil and plants, but removed it in 1996 after part of the barrier collapsed and weeds spread.

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Billy Graham Send your queries to “My Answer,” Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc., 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201

Don’t shut yourself off from others Q: I’ve always been a fairly independent person, and for that reason I’ve never bothered getting connected to a church. It always seemed like too much hassle. And anyway, I can watch a church service on TV if I want to. I know you probably wouldn’t agree, but why? -- N. McK. A: Let me ask you a question: If you never ate a balanced diet, what would happen to your body? You know the answer: Eventually you’d grow weak; you might even open yourself to serious illness or disease. We all need a balanced diet if we are to stay healthy.

And the same is true spiritually. When we come to Christ, a whole new life begins for us -- a life centered no longer in ourselves but in Christ. And God’s will is for us to grow stronger in our faith, so we’ll be able to resist temptation and serve God in whatever ways He leads us. The Bible says, “Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation” (1 Peter 2:2).

But our spiritual lives don’t grow stronger on their own -- any more than our physical lives grow stronger on their own. We need spiritual nourishment -- and without it we’ll stay weak and vulnerable. What is that nourishment? God has provided it for us, and it includes the privilege of prayer, and learning the truth of His Word, the Bible.

But it also includes fellowship with other believers.

We need their encouragement; we also need to learn from their experience of walking with God.

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Sunday worship service.

The church is located at 605 Wall St. in Sanford.

A Rainbow Tea will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the church.

The church is located at 188 St. Andrews Church Road in Sanford.

CHURCH OF GOD

Youth Day 2010 will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday with Jeffery and Vicki Simmons of During themonth of August, Churchroad, Va., and Ronald McAuley of Cameron Grove the congregation is collectas guest speakers. There ing school and classroom will be games, face painting, supplies for students in balloons, hot dogs, hamburger need at Broadway Elementary School. Cash donations and drinks.

The church is located at are also being accepted.

416 Rosser Pittman Road in The church is located at Broadway.

211 S. Main St. in Broadway.

BROADWAY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

CHURCH OF MANY COLORS

BUFFALO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

The Rev. Paul J. Shields will present the sermon, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ask, Search, Knock,â&#x20AC;? at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service.

The church is located at 1333 Carthage St. in Sanford.

CAMERON GROVE AME ZION CHURCH

A musical program will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday at the church.

The annual homecoming and revival services will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday with the new pastor, Rev. Ray P. Owens. Music will be provided by the Mass Choir.

Revival services will open at 3:30 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Corey Little of Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Fayetteville as the Evangelsit for services at 7 p.m. July 26-27. Special music will be provided.

CENTRAL BAPTIST TEMPLE

Eugolist Charlie Marshall will preach the 11 a.m. and 6;30 p.m. Sunday worship service. Nursery will be provided.

The church is located at 1411 Fire Tower Road in Sanford.

CHESTNUT AME ZION CHURCH

The church will hold worship service at 11 a.m.

Sunday at C.E. Willie Funeral Home Chapel, 200 Hawkins Ave., Sanford, due to the renovation at the church.

Elder Sylvester Quick will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service.

The church is located at 2320 Pilson Road in Lemon Springs.

DELIVERANCE CHURCH OF CHRIST DISCIPLES OF CHRIST The annual Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day service will be held at 3 p.m.

Sunday with Pastor Phyllis Carter of New Beginning Church in Siler City, choir and congregation rendering the service. Also Christian Life Family Worship Center Choir of Sanford will render selections.

A light brunch will be served following the program.

The church is located at 17935 Hwy. 64 West of Siler City.

EAST SANFORD BAPTIST CHURCH Vacation Bible School, â&#x20AC;&#x153;High Seas Expedition,â&#x20AC;? will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday with registration, classes, meal and fun and continue from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday.

The Rev. Robbie Gibson will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fellowship breakfast will be held at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday at Mrs. Wengerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant.

The church is located at 300 North Ave. in Sanford.

EBENEZER GOSPEL ASSEMBLY The annual Rainbow Tea will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Works for Christ Fellowship Hall, 1395 Fire Tower Road, Sanford.

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program sponsored by Brother Floyd Barrett will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the church.

The church is located at 396 S. Plank Road in Sanford.

EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH The annual singing and church talent show will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday. Ice cream will be served following the singing.

The church is located at 632 McCrimmon Road in Carthage.

EXOUSIA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, INC. Pastor Steve L. Chesney will deliver the message at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service.

The church is located at 700 Bragg St. in Sanford.

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The church is located at 608 Oddfellow St. in Sanford.

MORRIS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

An old-fashion singing HILLMON GROVE and ice cream social will BAPTIST CHURCH be held at 6 p.m. Sunday VBS Family Night will be held for the third special Sunday at 6 p.m. today followed by an celebrating 150 years of ice cream social. worship at the church. An CARE TEAM â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eâ&#x20AC;? will meet at American flag that flew over 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the the US Capital to commemchurch office with Van and Karl orate the anniversary will Wade. be presented to the church.

The church is located at 384 The youth has purchased Hillmon Grove Road. and placed items in a time capsule to be buried at this time.

HOUSE OF PRAYER The church is located Ron Rainey Scholarship program will be held at 3 p.m. at 8533 Cox Mill Road in Sanford.

Sunday with Minister Jeff Covington as the speaker.

The church is located at 549 MT. CARMEL Horton Road in Goldston.

PENTECOSTAL

HOLINESS ASSEMBLY FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH A combined worship service will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday which wil include an infant Baptism. Refreshments will be served in the colonade following the service.

The church is located at 203 Hawkins Ave. in Sanford.

GORHAM PRAYER ROOM Bible class and prayer meeting will be held at 7 p.m.

Tuesday at 218 Simmons St., Sanford.

GRACE CHAPEL CHURCH The Sonmen will perform at the 10:30 Sunday worship service and will be in concert at the 6:30 p.m. service.

The church is located at 2605 Jefferson Davis Hwy. in Sanford.

GREATER ZION HOLY TEMPLE The pastorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aide committee will sponsor a program, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fruit of the Spirit,â&#x20AC;? at 6 p.m.

Saturday at the church.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Come as You Areâ&#x20AC;? service will be held at 11 a.m.

Sunday with free lunch. Casual attire.

A youth conference will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday with Terry McLean, Minister Aaron McNair of Farmville and Minister Sherman Blandon of Greenville speaking. Special music will be provided. Registration is free at the following website www.netgenerationnc.

JONES CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Homecoming will be observed at 11 a.m. Sunday followed by a covered dish dinner in the fellowship hall.

Lemon Springs Baptist Church The Sonmen of Ohio will be in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at the church.

The church is located at 756 Sanders Road in Sanford.

LOVE FAITH & FELLOWSHIP DELIVERANCE CENTER A Red Carpet Extravaganza will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Stevenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Foundation Center. There will be a fashion show, baby pageant, catered meal, a Christian comedian and Four Heart Harmony will be performing.

Tickets are $15 per person and $25 per couple. For more information, call Cherie Robinson at (919) 478-3492.

MAYS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH Vacation Bible School, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hero Headquarters,â&#x20AC;? will kick off with a Community Outreach Mission at 5 p.m.

Sunday. Clothes Closet will be open and free bags of food to those in need as well as school supplies for the kids. Free hot dog supper.

VBS will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday.

The church is located at 24 Rosser Road in Bear Creek.

Vacation Bible School will conclude at 6 p.m. today at the church.

The church is located at 744 Minter School Road in Sanford.

MT. NEBO FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH Youth revival services will be held today at Pastor Phillip Watson of New Generation Church of Jesus Christ as guest speaker.

A carwash and hot dog sale will begin at 9 a.m.

Saturday at the church.

The church is located at 3292 Edwards Raod in Lemon Springs.

MURCHISON CHAPEL AME ZION CHURCH The Stewards Board will sponsor a program at 3 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Douglas Waterson and congregation rendering the service.

NEW LIFE PRAISE CHURCH (SBC) Pastor Josh Dickinson will continue with his series of messages from the gospel of John at the 10:30 a.m.

Sunday worship service.

Highlights from VBS will be presented. A verse by verse study and discussion from the book of Revelation is the focus of the 6 p.m.

Sunday worship service.

The church is located at 2398 Wicker St. in Sanford.

OAK GROVE HOLINESS CHURCH Fish and hot dog plate sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the church.

Plates are $7. Baked items will be sold. Delivery to any location for orders of 10 plates or more.

The church is located at 202 Tempting Church Road in Sanford.

SANDY BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH Vacation Bible School will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

July 26-30 for children through the sixth grade.

The church is located at 715 Sandy Branch Church Road in Bear Creek.

SOLID ROCK COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Craig Dodson will speak on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory-Part 2â&#x20AC;? at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service. Contemporary services will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday with the message â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory-Part 3.â&#x20AC;? Nursery and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s church provided. Transportation available, call (919) 777-6579.

The church is located at 989 White Hill Road in Sanford.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH The ninth Sunday after Pentecost worship service will be delivered by the Rev. Tim Martin. Services will be held at 8:15 a.m. with Holy Communion and 10:30 a.m.

Gamblers Anonymous meet at 8 p.m. today.

Boy Scouts meet at 6:30 p.m. Sunday The church is located at 525 Carthage St. in Sanford.

TRUE GOSPEL UNITED CHURCH OF GOD Youth day will be observed at 3 p.m. Sunday with Bishop Warren Anderson as guest speaker.

The church is located at 405 Third St. in Sanford.

TURNERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CHAPEL Vacation Bible School will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday at the church.

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Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Lula Mae Gunter, deceased, late of Lee County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned within three months from July 09, 2010 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This 09, day of July, 2010.

James F. Gunter 126 Fiddler Drive Broadway, NC, 27505 John Ivan Gunter Co-Executor 123 E. Buffalo St. Sanford, NC 27330 Executor/trixof the estate of Lula Mae Gunter(7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30) STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISIONLEE COUNTY 10 SP 184IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST OF RICHARD L. ARGYLE, Grantor(s),To:TRSTE, INC, TRUSTEE, AND WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, BENEFICIARY,As recorded in Deed of Trust Book 964, Page 725, Lee County Registry.See Substitution of Trustee as recorded in Deed Book 1204, Page 389, Lee County Registry, appointing Richard J. Kania as Substitute Trustee.AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE

BY SUBSTITUTE TRUS-

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AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: s -ANAGE A SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT DURING ALL OPERATIONS s ,EAD A SMALL TEAM OF EMPLOYEES DURING PRODUCTION OPERATIONS s %NSURE ALL PRODUCTS CONSTANTLY MEET QUALITY REQUIREMENTS AND ASSIST THE QUALITY assurance process for the department. s -AKE ADJUSTMENT TO PRECISION HIGH TECH TEXTILE MACHINERY TO ACHIEVE PRODUCT SPECIlCATIONS AND HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS s -ANAGE RECORDS AND HELP WITH PRODUCTION REPORTING s 7ORK DIRECTLY WITH PRODUCED PRODUCTS MOVING FROM PRODUCTION POINT TO WAREHOUSE -).)-5- +./7,%$'% !.$ 3+),,3 2%15)2%$ s +NOWLEDGE OF PROCESS CONTROL QUALITY ASSURANCE PRODUCTION AND ADJUSTMENT OF TEXTILE production with world class computer controlled machinery. s 4EAM PLAYER WITH GOOD ANALYTICAL SKILLS -ATURE SELF STARTER WHO PERFORMS WELL WITH little or no direct intervention style supervision. s %NGLISH SPEAKING IS A MUST ANY OTHER LANGUAGE BENElCIAL BUT NOT REQUIRED s !BLE TO LIFT AT LEAST LBS AND WORK IN A QUICK MOVING ORGANIZED MANUFACTURING mOOR environment. s 7ILLING TO PROJECT A 7ORLD #LASS IMAGE WITH FOCUS ON ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF manufacturing excellence. s 'OOD PROCESS CONTROL ANALYTICAL SKILLS s 0ROlCIENCY WITH COMPUTERS USING %XCEL 7ORD /UTLOOK ETC %$5#!4)/.!, ,)#%.3).' /2 30%#)!, #%24)&)#!4)/.3 .%%$%$ s !BILITY TO PASS A SIMPLE PRE EMPLOYMENT APTITUDE TEST INCLUDING BASIC MATH QUALITY

SAFETY AND MECHANICAL QUESTIONS s !BLE TO PASS A PRE EMPLOYMENT DRUG SCREEN AND PARTICIPATE IN RANDOM SCREENINGS thereafter. s &AMILIAR WITH 3 AND MAINTAINING CLEAN HIGHLY ORGANIZED WORK AREAS s YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH TECHNICAL COMPUTER CONTROLLED TEXTILE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING MAINTENANCE AND PRODUCTION ADJUSTMENTS s #ANDIDATES MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE 5 3 ON A PERMANENT BASIS !RDEN #OMPANIES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER 0AY WILL BE COMMENSURATE WITH experience level. Additional Arden Companies corporate information is available online at www.ardencompanies.com.

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TEETO: Richard L. Argyle Revocable Living Trust dated March 7, 20061945 Duffers LaneSanford, NC 27332Gregory L. Argyle, Successor Trustee1945 Duffers LaneSanford, NC 27332Richard Bruce Argyle, Successor Trustee1945 Duffers LaneSanford, NC 27332Occupant1945 Duffers LaneSanford, NC 27332 Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain deed of trust executed and delivered by the above-named Grantors to Wachovia Bank, National Association, dated March 16, 2005, filed for record on March 30, 2005, securing indebtedness in the original principal amount of $44,500.00 as recorded in Deed of Trust Book 964 at Page 725, Lee County Registry (hereinafter, the "Deed of Trust"), and because of the default of in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and the failure of to carry out or perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and pursuant to the demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the Order of the Clerk of Superior Court for Lee County, North Carolina, entered in this foreclosure proceeding, the undersigned, Richard J. Kania, Substitute Trustee, will expose for sale at public auction on August 17, 2010 at 10:00 A.M. at the usual place of sale as designated by the Clerk of Court for foreclosure sales at the Lee County Courthouse, Sanford, North Carolina, the real property in Jonesboro Township, Lee County, North Carolina (including any improvements thereon), with the address of 1945 Duffers Lane, Sanford, NC 27332, and as described in the attached Exhibit A hereto.The sale will be made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, restrictions and easements of record and assessments, if any. The record owner of the above-described real property as reflected on the records of the County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this Notice is: Richard L. Argyle Revocable Living Trust dated March 7, 2006 Richard Bruce Argyle, Successor Trustee Gregory L. Argyle, Successor Trustee An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the County Clerk of Superior Court.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007 may, after receiving this notice of the sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days&iacute; written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement,

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the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Pursuant to N.C.Gen.Stat. &szlig; 45-21.10(b), and the terms of the Deed of Trust, any successful bidder may be required to deposit with the Trustee immediately

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upon conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of the greater of five per cent (5%) percent of the amount bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00). Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time

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the Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at the time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in N.C.Gen.Stat. &szlig; 45-21.30 (d) and (e). This

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sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. This the 22nd day of June, 2010.

Richard J. Kania Substitute Trustee 600-A Centrepark Drive Asheville, North Carolina 28805 (828) 252-8010Publish: August 5, 2010 August 12, 2010EXHIBIT A BEING all of Lot 1945 of Carolina Trace Subdivision, Golf East, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet 1, Slide 35, Lee County Registry, to which reference is made for a more perfect description.

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