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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.
Q
: 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