August 7, 2010

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SPORTS: Tar Heels open practice with Austin and Little • Page 1B

The Sanford Herald SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2010

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Q&A: SHAWN WILLIAMS

ELECTION 2010

New chairman talks transparency, N.C. House school board’s role in education candidate By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — July marked a change in leadership for the Lee County Board of Education when Shawn Williams was unanimously selected as the new chairman. Williams was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and served 13 years in the Marine Corps before joining civilian law

enforcement. He served as the Maysville, N.C., chief of police and as chief of police for Jones County Williams Schools. He has also been a pastor since 1985 and is currently the pastor at Fair Promise A.M.E. Zion Church

in Sanford. He joined the Lee County Board of Education in 2007. After working with Jones County Schools and serving as president of North Carolina D.A.R.E., Williams said he developed a firm commitment to education and bettering the lives of children. Williams sat down with The Herald to share his vision for the upcoming school year.

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: What ultimately led you to become involved with educa-

tion?

Williams: While I was chief of police of the city of Maysville, the superintendent of Jones County Schools asked me to teach D.A.R.E. I didn’t want to teach D.A.R.E. That

See Williams, Page 6A

removing signs

County ordinance says signs can’t be placed on public land until September By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Sanford City Councilman and N.C. House of Representatives GOP candidate Mike Stone is having to make some amends. Stone said volunteers are removing scores of campaign signs recently placed in violation of Lee County ordinances. The signs, placed in variStone ous places inside the county, stumped for Stone in his race for the District 51 seat in the N.C. House. But local officials say Lee County ordinances ban the placement of such signs more than 45 days prior to the No-

TEMPLE THEATRE

See Signs, Page 6A

Take with

Hunter Hoyle, 10, plays Mowgli, who is visited by Vulture No. 1, Makani McKenzie, 9, during a rehearsal of “Jungle Book Kids,” the second installment of the Disney classic being performed this weekend at Temple Theatre by the Summer Youth Conservatory. The theater will host shows at 2 and 7 p.m. today and at 2 p.m. Sunday. For tickets, call the Box Office at (919) 774-4155 or go online to templeshows.com. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 12 and under.

Kelly Quinones Miller & Melissa Worley Social Sanford

Networking site continues to grow online

QUICKREAD

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY

HEALTH CARE

Conservatives optimistic about chances in election T

20 STATES, BUSINESS LOBBY FILE LAWSUIT Twenty states and an influential small business lobby said Friday a federal court in Florida must hear their challenge to Obama’s health care overhaul Page 10A

CORRECTION The Stevens Center’s annual golf tournament will take place on Aug. 10 at Tobacco Road Golf Club. An incorrect date was published in Thursday and Friday’s edition of The Herald. Register in advance by calling (919) 776-4048. More on the tournament can be found on 1B.

Vol. 80, No. 185 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina

‘November is coming’ rally draws a crowd By JONATHAN OWENS owens@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — A sizable crowd filled the McSwain Extension Center Friday afternoon to hear conservatives lay out plans for ousting the area’s Democratic office holders in the upcoming election. The “November is Coming” rally, hosted by Americans for Prosperity, a conservative activism group with a Lee County chapter, featured speeches from its statewide

See AFP, Page 3A

HAPPENING TODAY n Communities in Schools of Lee County will host its annual Stuff the Bus campaign from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Office Max on Spring Lane in Sanford. Donated school supplies will be delivered to students in need. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A

Herald File Photo

Former Lee County Commissioner Chad Adams speaks at the “Hands off my Health Care” rally in August 2009. Adams was one of the speakers Friday night at Americans for Prosperity’s “November is Coming” rally at the McSwain Center in Sanford.

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his week, we Take 5 with Kelly Quinones Miller and Melissa Worley, creators of “SocialSanford.” SocialSanford is a Facebook page (www. facebook.com/ sanfordsocial), blog (socialsanford.blogspot. com) and social network designed to cre- Quinones Miller ate awareness about events taking place in and around Sanford. Quinones Miller, a 1995 graduate of Lee County High Worley School, has degrees from UNC-Greensboro and Emerson College. She’s currently president of the Central Carolina Jaycees

Take 5, Page 3A

INDEX

More Weather, Page 10A

OBITUARIES

D.G. MARTIN

Sanford: Allyn Coggins, 54; Francesca Stewart, 51; Carolyn Stuart, 70 Concord: Lonnie Bynum Jr., 67 Pittsboro: Billy Dowdy, 66

Who is the state’s greatest political hero without his own biography?

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Abby, Graham, Bridge, Sudoku............................. 5B Classifieds ....................... 9B Comics, Crosswords.......... 7B Community calendar .......... 2A Horoscope ........................ 5B Obituaries......................... 5A Opinion ............................ 4A Scoreboard ....................... 4B


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