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EDUCATION

Teen injured in drug deal

Academy achieves growth for 2nd year

Alleged seller was ejected from vehicle, 3 teens arrested

By JONATHAN OWENS owens@sanfordherald.com

BROADWAY — A Broadway teen was severely injured early Tuesday morning in an apparent prescription drug deal gone awry.

Brandon Taylor Stone, 17, was ejected from a moving car on Main Street in Broadway shortly after midnight on Tuesday and was taken to Central Carolina Hospital.

He was then flown to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill for

treatment of head injuries he suffered in the fall.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Stone was listed in critical but stable condition, according to Broadway Police

See Drugs, Page 6A

COMING SUNDAY According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, prescription drug deals are becoming a bigger problem than some of the more “serious” drugs of the past. The Herald sits down with Sheriff Tracy Carter to learn more.

By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — When Bragg Street Academy first achieved high growth in 2003, the staff viewed it as a milestone. But the 2009-2010 ABCs Report from the Department of Public Instruction gave Lee County’s alternative school more cause for celebration — it marks the first time the school has achieved high growth two years in a row.

“It’s so wonderful,” said Callie Hammond, high school English teacher and NovaNet lab director at Bragg Street Academy. “I’ve been here 14 years, and it’s always an honor to make high growth. It’s something most alternative schools don’t even try for.”

Bragg Street Academy is Lee County’s alternative school for students who have faced personal and academic challenges, with the motto of “helping students choose success.”

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS

See Bragg, Page 6A

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Lee County Sheriff Tracy Carter’s Rising Stars summer program participants gathered for a photo at the Sanford Boys and Girls Club on Bragg Street Wednesday afternoon.

A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ‘Rising Stars’ see first hand where poor life decisions can lead them

By JENNIFER GENTILE jgentile@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — During a tour of the Polk Youth Center last week, teens from the Lee County Boys and Girls Club experienced the harsh realities of prison life.

“You can’t eat when you

want, you ain’t got no freedom,” said J’Vante Knight, 17. “Prison isn’t a good place to be; it’s not a place you want to go.”

As recently as two years ago, Knight was on the wrong side of the law. Now involved in the Boys and Girls Club, he was one of 17

young adults to participate in The Lee County Sheriff’s Rising Star program. The prison tour was part of the three-day program, which exposes youth 13 and older to the realm of crime and punishment.

Rising Star aims to give the teens a new perspective,

according to Maj. Carlton Lyles with the Lee County Sheriff’s Department..

“Hopefully, they got a chance to see the positive side of law enforcement,” Lyles said. “We’re human too, and we were teenagers once

DOWNTOWN COLLISION FLIPS TRUCK; 1 INJURED One person was injured, and traffic was shut off for more than an hour Wednesday after a three-car collision at the Steele Street and Carthage Street intersection in downtown Sanford.

See Stars, Page 5A

Full Story, Page 3A

GREENWAY TRAIL

Bridge an important link in steadily-growing trail

By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — A major phase of the Endor Iron Furnace Trail Greenway neared completion Wednesday when contractors laid the bridge

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Contractors lay down the steel walking bridge connecting the Iron Furnace Trail behind Spring Lane Cinemas in Sanford on Wednesday.

behind Spring Lane Cinemas.

The project first broke ground in January.

Bob Bridwell, director of planning and development, said while the contractors

WESLEY BEESON/ The Sanford Herald

See Bridge, Page 6A

HAPPENING TODAY n Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic supper and “Function at the Junction” at Depot Park.

This free outdoor family event starts at 7 p.m. and includes a variety of music throughout the summer. For more information, visit downtownsanford.com.

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OBITUARIES

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Sanford: Larry Jordan, 72 Bear Creek: Artena Spuriell, 83 Lillington: Christopher Schueneman, 14; Paul Trembley

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GOOD MORNING 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:

FRIDAY n The Moore County Criminal Justice Partnership will meet at 1 p.m. at Mr. B’s Restaurant in Carthage.

SATURDAY n The Anderson Creek High School Alumni Association will meet at 5 p.m. at Peadens Seafood in their banquet-party room located behind the restaurant. The meeting will be from 5 to 8 p.m. and the meal cost is $12 dollars per person for a buffet dinner. All members or persons interested in joining the association are urged to attend the meeting and please send your check to Brenda Flowers (treasurer), 1133 Shady Grove Road, Spring Lake, N.C. 28390.

AUG. 23 n The Chatham County Human Relations

Commission will meet at 4:30 p.m. at the Chatham County Council on Aging, 365 Hwy. 87N, Pittsboro. n The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 635 East St., in Pittsboro.

Birthdays LOCAL:Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Bobby Joe McKendall, Eddie Foxx, Kenneth James Richardson, Tabitha W. Bell, Helen Brown, Claude Street, John Ralph Richmond, Wilma McGregory, Jazmyn Kirk, Marilyn Cross, Ashley Palmer, Antonio Minter, Mary W. McCaden and Wendell Devon Hill.

CELEBRITIES: Actor and former U.S. senator Fred Thompson is 68. Former President Bill Clinton is 64. Tipper Gore, wife of former Vice President Al Gore, is 62. Football Hallof-Famer Anthony Munoz is 52. Actress Kyra Sedgwick is 45. Actor Kevin Dillon is 45.

Country singer Lee Ann Womack is 44. Rapper Nate Dogg is 41. Actor Matthew Perry is 41. Country singer Clay Walker is 41.

Actress Erika Christensen is 28. Pop singer Missy Higgins is 27. Country singer Karli Osborn is 26. Olympic silver medal snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis is 25.

Almanac Today is Thursday, Aug. 19, the 231st day of 2010. There are 134 days left in the year.

This day in history: On Aug. 19, 1960, a tribunal in Moscow convicted American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage, two days after his 31st birthday. (Although sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment, Powers was returned to the United States in 1962 as part of a prisoner exchange.)

In 1812, the USS Constitution defeated the British frigate Guerriere off Nova Scotia during the War of 1812.

In 1909, the first automobile races were run at the just-opened Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

In 1918, “Yip! Yip! Yaphank,” a musical revue by Irving Berlin featuring Army recruits from Camp Upton in Yaphank, N.Y., opened on Broadway.

In 1934, a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler.

In 1942, during World War II, about 6,000 Canadian and British soldiers launched a disastrous raid against the Germans at Dieppe, France, suffering more than 50-percent casualties.

In 1955, severe flooding in the northeastern U.S. claimed some 200 lives.

In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford won the Republican presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Kansas City.

In 1980, 301 people aboard a Saudi Arabian L-1011 died as the jetliner made a fiery emergency return to the Riyadh airport.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR TODAY n Let’s Talk with Mayor Olive will be held

at 10:30 a.m. at The Enrichment Center in Sanford. n Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic supper and “Function at the Junction” at Depot Park. This free outdoor family event starts at 7 p.m. and includes a variety of music throughout the summer.

For more information, visit downtownsanford.com or call 919-775-8332. n Sanford Health & Rehab will host a groundbreaking ceremony in conjunction with the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce at 10 a.m. at the company’s located at 2702 Farrell Road. SH&R will be celebrating the construction of a new facility. To RSVP, call the Chamber at (919) 775-7341. n Star Community Theater’s production of “Trial and Errors” will begin at 7 p.m. at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center’s auditorium. Tickets are $6.50 and can be purchased online at www.startheatre.wikispaces.com or by calling (800) 838-3006. n Sanford Area Photography will meet at 6 p.m. at The Enrichment Center in Sanford.

FACES & PLACES

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Michele Bullard and Micah Tyler perform their dance routine at last Friday’s Dancing With the Lee County Stars, an event that raised more than $55,000 for Communities in Schools of Lee County.

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.

FRIDAY n Star Community Theater’s production of “Trial and Errors” will begin at 7 p.m. at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center’s auditorium. Tickets are $6.50 and can be purchased online at www.startheatre.wikispaces.com or by calling (800) 838-3006.

Submit a photo by e-mail at wesley@sanfordherald.com

spaces.com or by calling (800) 838-3006.

AUG. 24 SATURDAY n Local farmers will be selling their

fresh products from 9 a.m. to noon at Deport Park in downtown Sanford as part of the weekly Sanford Farmer’s Market.

To get involved or to learn more, e-mail David Montgomery at david.montgomery@ sanfordnc.net. n The final performance in the Rhythm at the Pavilion, free concert series, is slated for 7 p.m. at the North Carolina Veterans Memorial, 210 S. Main St. in Broadway.

Four Heart Harmony, an award-winning gospel music female quartet from Broadway, is slated to perform. n Saturday Night Dance each Saturday in August at 7 p.m. at The Enrichment Center in Sanford. n What began 11 years ago with a lot of food and a little music to honor store owner Reno Sharpe has morphed into a celebration honoring his memory with several food vendors offering up tasty fare, 10 regionally known bluegrass bands and several professional storytellers.

The year’s event will begin at 9 a.m. at Sharpe’s Store, home to the newly formed non-profit Sharpe Store Music, located at 5889 Goldston Pittsboro Road, a few miles east of Goldston. Activities will last all day for a $5 entry fee and ending just before dark, around 9 p.m. n Star Community Theater’s production of “Trial and Errors” will begin at 2 and 7 p.m. at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center’s auditorium. Tickets are $6.50 and can be purchased online at www.startheatre.wiki-

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n The Lee County Genealogical and Historical Society will hold its August meeting at 7 p.m. at the Common Thread weaving studio, 124 Carthage St., Sanford. Parking is available on Carthage Street, in the First Citizens Bank parking lot and behind the studio on St. Clair Court (steps involved from this location). Chris Altenburger, a weaver at Common Thread, and other members of the group will demonstrate various looms and weaving techniques and present historical information about weaving. Woven items and gift certificates will be available for purchase, and guests are welcome. For more information, call 499-1909 or 499-7661. n The Festival Singers of Lee County will rehearse at 7 p.m. in the choir room of First Presbyterian Church, located at 203 Hawkins Avenue in Sanford. This community group welcomes new and returning members to join and sing in its upcoming Dec. 5 holiday concert. For more information, call 776-3624 or 774-4608.

AUG. 25 n The eighth annual Boomer, Senior and Caregiver Expo will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center in Sanford.

AUG. 26 n Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic supper and “Function at the Junction” at Depot Park. This free outdoor family event starts at 7 p.m. and includes

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AUG. 28 n Local farmers will be selling their fresh products from 9 a.m. to noon at Deport Park in downtown Sanford as part of the weekly Sanford Farmer’s Market.

To get involved or to learn more, e-mail David Montgomery at david.montgomery@ sanfordnc.net. n Saturday Night Dance each Saturday in August at 7 p.m. at The Enrichment Center in Sanford.

SEPT. 1 n The Moore County Agricultural Fair will be held in Carthage.

SEPT. 2 n The Moore County Agricultural Fair will be held in Carthage. n Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic supper and “Function at the Junction” at Depot Park. This free outdoor family event starts at 7 p.m. and includes a variety of music throughout the summer.

For more information, visit downtownsanford.com or call 919-775-8332.

SEPT. 3 n The Moore County Agricultural Fair will be held in Carthage.

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ditional miles of fiber optic cables as part of the North Carolina Research and Education Network to serve schools and colleges. The network enables high-speed information sharing between schools and universities across the state, including interactive video that allows up to 20 locations at once to have a real-time conversation.

NCREN already connects all the state’s public universities and K-12 schools, plus most independent colleges and 20 of the 58 schools in the state community college system.

The expansion will connect the remaining community and independent colleges, charter schools, 50 free healthcare clinics, 179 county health agencies and hospitals, 181 libraries and three of the largest state museums.

U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan’s office estimates the grant could create more than 1,000 engineering and construction jobs.

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Rehab facility to break ground on new wing today

SANFORD — Sanford Health and Rehabilitation will officially break ground on a 25,000 square-foot building, specializing in orthopedic therapy at 10 a.m. today.

The new wings will house 56 beds, state-of-the-art physical and occupational therapy gyms, additional dining areas, contemporary foyer, meeting spaces and administrative offices.

The facility currently accommodates 75 residents, and will return to its maximum capacity of 131 residents upon completion of the new wings. The facility originated in a privately owned home during the 1960s, housing only a few Lee County residents. “After years of work by many people, we are very happy to be able to show our commitment to the community by providing this addition to Sanford Health and Rehabilitation,� said Alan Finlayson, executive director of Sanford Health and Rehabilitation. “This has involved a great deal of consideration

by Sanford Health and Rehab, the Ammons, other healthcare providers, and our wonderful customers.�

Completion of the new wing is anticipated for the latter part of 2011.

The facility is located at 2702 Farrell Road in Sanford.

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Three cars were involved in an accident at the Steele and Carthage street intersection in downtown Sanford Wednesday. One person was taken to Central Carolina Hospital with minor injuries, according to Sanford Police.

SUV turned on its side in downtown wreck bliggett@sanfordherald.com

Extension to hold chair caning class SANFORD — Learn the art of Chair Caning through a hands on class at N.C. Cooperative Extension. This two-day class will begin with an information session from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, and participants will be completing chairs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 28 at the McSwain Extension Education Center.

The class is sponsored by the Lee County Extension and Community Association and will be taught by Helen Buchanan, local basket weaver and chair caning expert. Registration fee is $8 for both classes and must be paid in advance.

For more information call (919) 775-5624.

— from staff reports

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Federal grant to boost broadband in rural areas

FAYETTEVILLE (MCT) — Several area counties will benefit from a $75.75 million federal grant to boost broadband connectivity in rural areas.

Harnett, Lee, Moore, Cumberland Robeson, Scotland and Columbus counties are among the 69 targeted for investment through the grant, which follows $39.9 million awarded in January.

The new grant means the private nonprofit Microelectronics Center of North Carolina will build and install more than 1,300 ad-

SANFORD — Three vehicles were involved in a collision at the intersection of Steele and Carthage streets in downtown Sanford Wednesday after one of those vehicles reportedly ran a red light.

One person was taken to Central Carolina Hospital for minor injuries according to police at the scene.

According to DeAngelo Jefferson, the driver of a blue Acura involved in the wreck, the accident occured when a white Pontiac Grand Am travelling westbound on Carthage Street ran a red light and struck a white Chevrolet SUV on its right side, flipping the

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Jefferson and his 3-year-old son were unharmed, while the driver of the SUV was taken to the hospital according to police. “I was sitting there waiting for the SUV to come across so I could make a left turn, and I looked and saw the car screaming in from my left,� Jefferson said. “I thought, ‘He’s not slowing down. He’s not slowing down.’ And he didn’t.�

Jefferson said the next thing he saw was the SUV flying through the air, landing feet from his vehicle before the car “nudged� the front of his

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car, causing minor damage. “It was crazy,� Jefferson said.

Bank employees and shop owners from downtown businesses gathered at the intersection as police and emergency repsonders arrived on the scene. Traffic was shut down at the busy intersection for more than an hour as police investigated the accident and cleaned up the debris.

As of press time Wednesday, The Herald did not receive a press release from the Sanford Police Department with more details about the accident, the names of the other two drivers involved or the extent of the minor injuries.

DUNN — Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin announced her endorsement of Renee Ellmers, the Republican nominee for North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District, the Ellmers campaign reported Wednesday.

In a press release, Palin said she’s backing Ellmers for her “commonsense conservative agenda, which will put our country back on sound fiscal footing.�

Palin highlighted Ellmers’ experience in the health care industry, as well as her commitment to citizen activism in her role as a vocal opponent to Obamacare at town halls and rallies across North Carolina.

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

Foreclosures add to a roller coaster market Our View Issue: Lee County is on a record pace for house foreclosures this year, as are many other N.C. counties

Our stance: The trend won’t change until the job market improves. If the two are dependend on each other, this could take a while

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he sluggish economy, like this summer’s sweltering heat, is creating another piece of unpleasant notoriety for Lee County: a record number of home foreclosures.

Statistics released by the N. C. Justice Center say that we had 199 foreclosures through July of this year, putting Lee County on pace for more than 340 for the year. If the pace holds, we’ll shatter the 2004 record of 267 foreclosures before Halloween — meaning better than one out of every 50 or so homeowners in Lee County will have to surrender their homes because they’ve fallen so far behind on mortgage payments.

For the entire state, the projected number of foreclosures is about 70,000 — also a record.

Foreclosure rates are continuing to increase in many parts of the country, and economists say the level may not start decreasing until sometime in 2011.

At that point, of course, a decrease would mean little — millions more homes would have been lost, millions of families displaced, and because there’d be that many fewer homeowners at risk, the rate would naturally have to level out before reversing. Once you hit bottom, there’s nowhere to go but up.

No question, it’s still a very bumpy time for homeowners

and potential homeowners. Tax credits for certain home-buyers worth up to $8,000 expired two months ago, and a large majority of mortgage applications taken by lenders today are for refinancing, not new home purchases.

Still, the lowest interest rates in half a century (now below 4.5 percent on average for a 30-year note) are enticing potential buyers into action, and financing and refinancing are becoming cheaper as more of the “closing costs” and other expenses associated with obtaining a home loan are covered by lenders.

But the housing “bubble” and the banking crisis we’ve witnessed play out over the last two

or three years are still dragging down the economy.

Foreclosures negatively impact the housing market because they drive values and home prices down. The shallow upside, of course, is that they create even more of a buyers’ market. But because loan standards have tightened so much, even prospective borrowers with strong credit are having trouble qualifying for mortgages.

The drumbeat goes on and won’t change until the job market — slammed by the crunch the housing market triggered — improves. With the two so dependent upon one another, that might be awhile.

Letters to the Editor Statements in letter somewhat threatening To the Editor: (Re: Letter from Khalilah Sabra regarding Muslim freedoms) I wonder if I am the only person who found his letter somewhat threatening.

The very first statement warns the reader that the “mindful consideration” of the Muslims, who are “corralling” — if you will — their strength and chutzpah by tempering it with faith and responsibility, could vanish if current myths are not eliminated.

Just what are you saying might happen if your mindful consideration should vanish?

I will leave my comment at that.

I won’t say go back to your own country if things aren’t working out well for you here. There are reasons these myths you refer to have been perpetrated.

A couple of them that were lifted high to the sky are gone now.

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

A reading revolution Every passionate reader has a first literary love — that first book that captured your attention and inspired your desire to explore and understand.

For me, it was a true classic: A Child’s History of the World. First published in 1924, the book was the product of the innovative mind of Virgil Hillyer, the Harvard-trained headmaster of the Calvert School in Baltimore. After many years at the helm of the school, Hillyer realized that there were many children whose families couldn’t afford tuition but who would benefit from high-quality instruction. So he convinced Baltimore booksellers to sell his curriculum directly to families.

The publication and marketing of A Child’s History of the World in the 1920s and 1930s helped spark the development of formal homeschooling in America.

The copy I read in the mid-1970s, however, had been rescued by my mother from the dumpster behind the Charlotte public school where she taught.

Hillyer thought that most children could learn far more than commonly thought. They simply needed to be challenged, and to be presented material in an engaging way. His work reflected that sentiment, as do most successful instructional programs.

Unfortunately, North Carolina has had little success improving the reading program in its public schools. Too many teachers (and teachers of teachers) remain wedded to discredited practices.

Too many lawmakers devote too many tax dollars to pointless exercises in political theater. And too many families allow kids to do everything except sit down to read.

You can see the results in the data.

Since the mid-1990s, when North Carolina launched its latest flurry of highly touted and expensive “reforms,” the state’s performance on independent math tests has improved significantly, particularly from 1996 to 2003.

The same can’t be said for our reading performance. Among North Carolina eighth-graders, for example, the average reading score on the National Assessment of Education Progress was 264 in 1994 and 260 in 2009. Only 29 percent of our eighth-graders were proficient readers in 2009. In 1994, 31 percent were.

(The change was not statistically significant, so it would be best to say there was no progress.)

The education establishment and its defenders point their fingers in every other direction but at themselves. They say schools and teachers can’t help it, that these mediocre results are caused by social factors beyond their control.

They also say that if they could only get their hands on even more tax dollars, the results would be better. They say a lot of things, it seems, ignoring the tensions and inconsistencies.

Today’s Prayer Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. (I Chronicles 16:25 KJV) PRAYER: O Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth. We ask You to focus our attention on You and away from our material needs.

Amen.

CAROL THOMAS Sanford

Paper played big part in event’s promotion To the Editor:

Pandering over a mosque

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ies, distortions, jingoism, xenophobia — another day, another campaign issue that Republicans can use to bash President Obama and the Democrats. First it was illegal immigration. Now it’s the so-called “Ground Zero mosque,” which is not at all what its opponents claim.

First, it’s not at Ground Zero. The site in question is two blocks north of the former World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan; an existing mosque is just a few hundred feet more distant from the site of the collapsed towers.

Second, while the planned building will indeed house a place of worship, it is designed to be more of a community center along the lines of a YMCA. Kebabs do not threaten our way of life.

Most important, organizers have made clear that the whole point of the project is to provide a high-profile platform for mainstream, moderate Islam — and to stridently reject the warped, radical, jihadist worldview that produced the atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001.

“It will have a real community feel, to celebrate the pluralism in the United States, as well as in the Islamic religion,” Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, said in May as she argued for permission to build the center. “It will also serve as a major platform for amplifying the silent voice of the majority of Muslims who have nothing to do with extremist ideologies. It will counter the extremist momentum.”

Actually, it will take much more than one community center to stop radical jihad in its tracks. But it’s hard to think of a better way to give extremist ideology a major boost than to demonstrate what far too many of the world’s 1 billion Muslims already believe is true: that the West rejects not just extremism but Islam itself.

President Obama was correct to say Friday that Muslims “have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in the country,” and that this “includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in Lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances.” Obama’s remarks came at a White House dinner marking Ramadan, the Islamic holy month.

The first White House observance of Ramadan was hosted in 1805 by Thomas Jefferson.

I want to express my sincere thanks to The Herald all for the press you gave our “To Kill A Mockingbird” celebration.

We had a wonderful turnout for both events, and I absolutely credit The Herald for making it happen. Your wonderful feature stories, photos and continued listings in the calendar really kept this event in the public’s mind.

Thank you all for being so supportive of our programming efforts here at the library.

JENNIFER GILLIS Lee County Library

In praise of nature To the Editor:

Eugene Robinson Syndicated Columnist Robinson is a member of the Washington Post Writer’s Group

He invited the Tunisian ambassador to the President’s House for dinner, and changed the time of the meal from the usual “half after three” to “precisely at sunset” so the envoy could comply with the Ramadan obligation to fast during daylight hours.

Jefferson’s well-thumbed copy of the Koran is now in the Library of Congress. If the author of the Declaration of Independence were alive today, he would surely face censure from the big-mouthed, small-minded coterie of Republican presidential hopefuls.

Sarah Palin wrote on Twitter that the “Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts.” Newt Gingrich wrote that “there should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia.” Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said that the mosque would “degrade or disrespect” the site. Mike Huckabee asked whether supporters of the project believe “we can offend Americans and Christians, but not foreigners and Muslims.”

This is pandering, pure and simple. A CNN poll showed that 68 percent of Americans opposed a plan by “a group of Muslims in the U.S.” to build “a mosque” two blocks from the World Trade Center site. I wonder what the results might look like if pollsters had phrased the question differently — if they had asked, say, whether “a group of Americans” should be allowed to build “a center promoting moderate, peaceful Islam.”

It might be, though, that most people oppose the project however the issue is framed.

Although we have had an unusually hot summer, the heat must be favorable to the blooming of the crepe myrtle trees.

Never have they been so colorful and full of blooms as they have this year. It is a treat to ride down Interstate 85 and see the young trees in the median. If you haven’t been on I-85 lately, do yourself a favor and see the beautiful works of nature.

And all over town the trees are in different colors. We have been blessed to have such a wide variety in the world.

Without different colors, life would be drab and monotonous.

Let us praise God for His wisdom and the varieties he has given us in life.

JAMES FAUCETTE Hillsborough

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POLICE BEAT

SANFORD n The County of Lee reported larceny Tuesday at 107 Hawkins Ave. n Walmart reported larceny-shoplifting Tuesday at 1400 S. Horner Blvd. n Rack Room Shoes reported larceny Tuesday at 1023 Spring Lane. n Tractor Supply Co. reported larceny at 3004 S. Horner Blvd. n Mark Johnson, 57, was charged Tuesday at 2716 S. Green River Road with failure to appear. n Ronnie Hooker, 50, was charged Tuesday at 1400 S. Horner Blvd.

with non-compliance. n Brandy Edwards, 32, was charged Tuesday at 3015 S. Horner Blvd. with hit and run and leaving the scene of property damage. n Kenneth McQueen, 40, was charged Tuesday at 1720 S. Horner Blvd. with felony larceny. n Jasmine McIver, 24, was charged Tuesday at 633 Scott Ave. with failure to appear. n Dashona Slade, 20, was charged Tuesday at 1548 Winslow Drive with obtaining property by false pretense. n Julia Kiser, 22,

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there, no ac.”

Like Knight, Moore had been involved in criminal activity like breaking and entering and had done time in a training school. Since his experience through the Boys and Girls Club, he now aspires to earn his high school diploma and become a professional football player.

Fox plans to attend college and major in international business.

Through the Rising Star program, she said, she and her peers learned the consequences of

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too.”

Rising Star is designed to show participants all aspects of the criminal justice system.

On the first day, Deputy Shawn Ellerby led a session on teen driving and the consequences of drinking and driving.

On day two, Sgt. Matt Rosser demonstrated the equipment he uses to solve crimes.

The teens also toured Lee County Jail, saw the sheriff’s K-9 unit at work, met with the local magistrate and visited the Probation Office. District Court Judge Addie Rawls also welcomed the group into her courtroom.

“She actually let the kids sit on the bench,” said William Johnson, teen director for the Boys and Girls Club. “’Who wants to be a judge’ was the basis of her discussion.”

Johnson said that after explaining the education and experience required to hold her position, “she closed with, ‘How many of you still want to be a judge?’”

The trip to Polk Youth Center in Butner is often not what the teens expect, according to Johnson.

“It’s not a little funpacked trip, it’s a reallife field trip,” he said.

“I wish we could take more that could see it before they get into trouble.”

At the prison, the teens talked to a man incarcerated for murder and another who had been the head of a gang. The inmates offered advice from their hard-earned experience.

“They told us to listen to our parents, stay out of trouble and watch the company we keep,” said Jerraysheya Fox, 16.

For, Elijah Moore, 15, the prison environment was a deterrent in its own right.

“There were like 30 people in one cell,” Moore said. “It’s hot in

was charged Tuesday at 1400 S. Horner Blvd. with injury to personal property. n Lisa Goff, 31, was charged Tuesday at Highway 87 South with larceny. n David Neal Jr., 48, was charged Tuesday at 499 McIver St. and Seventh St. with drunk and disruptive behavior. n Keith Armstrong, 52, was charged Wednesday at 230 Bounty Lane with second-degree trespassing. n James Collins, 40, was charged Wednesday at 102 E. Trade St. with drunk and disruptive behavior.

making the wrong decisions.

“It’s a great learning experience,” Fox said, “and it could save a lot of young people from getting into trouble.”

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Larry Jordan SANFORD — Larry Hanner Jordan, 72, of 2702 Farrell Road, died Monday (8/16/10).

He was born April 4, 1938 in Chatham County, son of the late Jesse L. Jordan and Wanda Pickett Jordan. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jordan; brothers, Bobby, Lester “Corky”, C.H., Paul and Roy; and a sister, Rosa Mae. He is survived by a sister, Wanda Faye Pickett Williams of Siler City, and stepchildren, Mary Jo and Evelyn.

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Artena Spruiell BEAR CREEK — Artena Hart Spruiell, 83, of 327 Rosser Road, died Sunday (8/15/10) at her home.

She is survived by a daughter, Cindy Baldwin of Bear Creek; a brother, Robert A. Swinson III of Kinston; 15 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Union Grove Methodist Church with the Rev. Landy Void officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

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Expert: Pregnant Marine died from skull fracture

GOLDSBORO (AP) — A skull fracture killed a pregnant Marine whose colleague is on trial for her slaying, the doctor who performed the autopsy told a jury Wednesday.

Dr. Thomas B. Clark from the state medical examiner’s office testified as the prosecution presented its final day of evidence in the first-degree murder case against 23-year-old Cesar Laurean of Las Vegas. He is accused of killing Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, 20, of Vandalia, Ohio,

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Chief Todd Hinnant.

Hinnant said it is unclear whether Stone was thrown from the vehicle by the three other passengers or jumped out on his own.

Police allege that Stone was picked up at the Kangaroo gas station on Main Street in Broadway by three teens who wished to buy the prescription drug Percocet from him. The

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who months earlier had accused Laurean of rape, and burning her body in a fire pit in the backyard of his home in December 2007. He has pleaded not guilty.

Lauterbach and Cesar Laurean were personnel clerks together in a combat logistics regiment at Camp Lejeune. Lauterbach was about eight months pregnant when she died. Lauterbach told Navy investigators that Laurean raped her in 2007, though she later recanted her claim that he impregnated

her. DNA tests revealed that Laurean wasn’t the father.

Clark told the jury that Lauterbach died of “blunt force injury to the head,� contradicting a claim by Laurean that his fellow Marine had cut her own throat.

Clark said the head injury could have been caused by a crowbar that prosecutors argue is the murder weapon. He said Lauterbach probably lived a few minutes after the blow, but lost consciousness and brain function immediately.

car turned onto Milton Avenue, then turned left on Smith Drive, then on to Johnson Street, Hinnant said.

The group continued to the intersection with Main Street, and when the car attempted to turn Stone was ejected.

Hinnant said Stone allegedly had over-thecounter drugs rather than Percocet.

The three other passengers of the vehicle — Colton Cockman, 18; Justin Harrington, 18; and Jessica Godfrey, 17 — were all charged with assault inflicting serious

bodily injury, common law robbery, felony conspiracy to commit common law robbery and possession with intent to sell or delivery a controlled substance.

All three appeared in court on Wednesday and were placed in the Lee County Jail under a $40,000 bond.

Hinnant said the investigation was ongoing, and Stone may face charges as well in the future. He added that the Lee County Sheriff’s Department is assisting heavily in the investigation.

have until November to finish, the project has progressed very smoothly. “We feel the placement of the bridge was a major step in the completion of the project,�

Bridwell said.

The culverts at Riverbirch shopping center and the retaining wall in front of Applebee’s are already complete. Contractors will begin paving the trail in late September or early October and will build another retaining wall where the bridge crosses Spring Lane.

Bridwell said the bridge is the last physical structure that needs to be placed before people can start

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The school has previously achieved high growth in 2003, 2006 and 2009, but now its streak of making high growth every three years is over. “Dr. (Jeffrey) Moss issued us a challenge that hopefully we wouldn’t have to wait another three years to achieve high growth,� Principal Carolyn Henry said. “Low and behold, we did it.

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Bridwell said.

John Payne, director of Lee County Parks and Recreation, said he has already spoken with several people who are eager to walk, bike and jog the trail, and he hopes it will encourage the people of Lee County to go outside and pursue an active lifestyle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully we can all get a little more exercise and be a little healthier with the trail in place,â&#x20AC;?

Payne said.

The Spring Lane and Kiwanis Family Park portion of the Endor Iron Trail Greenway is the first step of a larger project that will take several years to complete.

The idea for the gre-

enway started evolving in 2002 when Lee County Parks and Recreation and the Sanford and Lee County Community Development Department began collaborating on the Lee County Parks and Open Space Initiative.

The ultimate goal is for the greenway to extend to Endor Iron Furnace and return to Depot Park in downtown Sanford. The finished trail would be 28 miles long. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just absolutely overjoyed,â&#x20AC;? Bridwell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a project I started working on about seven years ago, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ecstatic to see it reach this level.

With the combination of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already in Kiwanis and the addition of this mile and a half, we already half two and a half miles of trail we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a year ago.â&#x20AC;?

When the district released the preliminary ABCs/AYP Accountability Report in July, Bragg Street Academy was noted as having achieved expected growth. But when the Department of Public Instruction reviewed the data in early August, it changed Bragg Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status to high growth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We stayed pretty consistent with our work throughout the year, but at the end (the students) sort of blitzed,â&#x20AC;? science teacher Eric Belk said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is also a very closeknit staff, which I think had a good bit to do with the high growth.â&#x20AC;?

Henry said she thinks the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two years of high growth stem from a hard-working staff dedicated to helping students achieve their goals. Some teachers at Bragg Street end up working with all the students because they teach every grade level.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know of any other situation when teachers are asked to do that, but they rise to the occasion,â&#x20AC;? Henry said.

As a reward for their successful year, Henry took her staff to lunch at Applebeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Wednesday in three limousines provided by Watson Mortuary. The tradition began when Bragg Street achieved high growth for the first time and has remained the staffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preferred celebration.

Vincent Phelps, health and physical education teacher, said he attributes the high growth achievement to the determination of the students as well as the staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an outstanding honor,â&#x20AC;? Phelps said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the fourth time weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done it. For our students who are here because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at risk, to see them come here and achieve like that, it just blows my mind.â&#x20AC;?

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STATE BRIEFS TigerSwan Inc. was founded in 2005 by former members of Delta Force, the Fort Bragg-based counterterrorist unit. The company contracts with the military to train active-duty personnel in the use of heavy weapons and in urban warfare, among other specialties CEO Jim Reese says the remaining firing ranges should open by May. The Cumberland County Board of Adjustment is to hear an appeal Thursday by several residents who want to close the range.

Former governor candidate files for bankruptcy

WILMINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A former North Carolina state senator and 2004 gubernatorial candidate says he filed for bankruptcy because, like many, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a victim of the real estate bust.

Patrick Ballantine of Wilmington filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in late June.

Court records show listed assets of $820,000 and liabilities of more than $6 million. The StarNews of Wilmington says more than $3 million in debts are linked to investments in a development at Ocean Isle Beach.

Ballantine said this week he got into the trash hauling business after the real estate market went south. In Chapter 7, assets are sold to pay creditors.

Ballantine is a Republican who lost to Democratic incumbent Mike Easley in the 2004 governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race.

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TigerSwan shooting range opens next month

FAYETTEVILLE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A shooting range financed by a military contractor is to open next month in eastern North Carolina, allowing hundreds of hunters, soldiers and police officers to improve their skills.

The Fayetteville Observer reported the TigerSwan Collaborative Training Center will open on 250 acres with the first of seven planned firing ranges in eastern Cumberland County.

CANDLER, N.C. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Authorities say 22 people living in a house for migrant workers in western North Carolina escaped a fire that appears to have started on a back porch.

The Asheville Citizen-Times reported the fire began early Tuesday in the split-level home in Candler. Authorities say they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t found a smoke detector.

Investigator Jeff Tracz with the Asheville-Buncombe Arson Task Force says the residents are migrant workers who pick produce at farms.

Authorities say the house is a total loss and the residents lost all their belongings.

Tracz says all the adults he checked with have Florida driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s licenses and apparently work for a company in that state. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to contact the owner of the property, who lives in South Carolina, to find out if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insured.

The American Red Cross is helping the workers.

Scathing review finds flawed cases, including executions RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Analysts at North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crime lab omitted, overstated or falsely reported blood evidence in dozens of cases, including three that ended in executions and another where two men were imprisoned for murdering Michael Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, according to a scathing review released Wednesday.

The government-ordered inquest by two former FBI officials found that agents of the State Bureau of Investigation repeatedly aided prosecutors in obtaining convictions over a 16-year period, mostly by misrepresenting blood evidence and keeping critical notes from defense attorneys.

The review of blood evidence in cases from 1987 to 2003 by two former assistant directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation calls for a thorough examination of 190 criminal cases, stating information that could have helped defendants was sometimes misrepresented or withheld. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It impacted the decisions that were made â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it could have,â&#x20AC;? report author Chris Swecker said Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let me

step back and make sure you understand: It could have resulted in situations where information that was material and favorable to the defendant was not disclosed.â&#x20AC;?

The report does not conclude that innocent people were convicted, noting the evidence wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always used at trials and defendants may have admitted to crimes. But it states prosecutors and defense lawyers need to check whether tainted lab reports helped lead to confessions or pleas.

Attorney General Roy Cooper ordered the review in March after an SBI agent testified the crime lab once had a policy of excluding complete blood test results from reports offered to defense lawyers before trials. The existence of the policy was later confirmed by a former SBI director. Agent Duane Deaverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s testimony led to the exoneration of a murder convict imprisoned nearly 17 years.

Cooper said Wednesday that he will send the cases cited in the report back to the counties where they were tried for review. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This report is troubling.

It describes a practice that

should have been unacceptable then and is unacceptable now,â&#x20AC;? he said during a news conference.

The review found 230 cases in which eight SBI analysts filed reports that, at best, were incomplete.

Of those, 190 resulted in criminal charges. The report says the lab may have violated federal and state laws mandating that evidence favorable to defendants be shared with their lawyers. It also bolsters defense attorneysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; long-held argument that the lab is in the pocket of law enforcement.

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Obama gets in a backyard chat

By BEN FELLER AP White House Correspondent

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Admittedly wary of losing touch, President Barack Obama returned to the comfort of backyard politics on Wednesday, assuring a polite gathering of middle-class neighbors that the economy is coming around “slowly but surely.”

At the brick-and-shingle house of the Weithman family, Obama’s questioners showed no interest in the divisive midterm elections or other matters gobbling up the political debate. They wanted to know what he was doing on jobs, health care, pensions and child care. In turn, Obama got what he wanted: a sunny platform to engage voters and promote his agenda.

Obama hadn’t even left the property, though, before he got off message by answering a reporter’s shouted question about a national controversy ‚Äî plans for a mosque and community center near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York. Obama said he had “no regrets” about his stand that Muslims have the right to build

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President Barack Obama listens during a talk about the economy, Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio. the mosque.

In the midst of a fundraising tour that has generated more than $3 million for Democrats, Obama seemed refreshed to be having his chat in the Weithmans’ backyard.

The neighbors sat scattered in lawn chairs and picnic tables. The president held forth with a microphone, jacket off, sleeves rolled up, as if he were just talking with old friends.

Reporters were packed in all the way to the tomato garden.

“Look, I’ll be honest with you,” Obama said over the whirring of lawn mowers in the distance.

“Sometimes when you’re

in Washington, you get caught up with the particular legislative battles or, you know, the media spin on certain issues. And sometimes you lose touch in terms of what folks are talking about around the kitchen table.”

So no one missed the point, Obama actually sat at the kitchen table with Joe and Rhonda Weithman and their two kids.

His broader discussion with neighbors predictably centered on the economy, with unemployment at 9.5 percent nationally and topping 10 percent in Ohio. Obama took questions about how to bring manufacturing jobs back

to the U.S., how to breathe life into the sagging housing market and how the mammoth health care law he signed will provide real help to people.

“Slowly but surely we are moving in the right direction,” Obama said of the economy. “We’re on the right track.”

That continues to be a tough sell. Only 35 percent of those polled in a new Associated Press-GfK poll say the country is headed in the right direction.

Just 41 percent approve of the president’s performance on the economy, a slipping number. In his favor: Three-quarters say it is unrealistic to expect noticeable economic improvements in the first 18 months of a president’s term.

In every stop, Obama has been trying to convince people that his efforts to improve the economy will take time and that matters would be disastrously worse without the steps his administration has taken.

Yet those, too, are often underwhelming political arguments for the millions who have been out of work long-term and want faster results.

Jurors were close to convicting Blagojevich

CHICAGO (AP) — They were close. After three weeks of respectful but increasingly tense deliberations, 11 jurors were ready to convict Rod Blagojevich of what prosecutors called a “political corruption crime spree” that would

have sent yet another former Illinois governor to prison.

Not close enough. On vote after vote, the jury kept coming up one juror short ‚Äî a lone holdout who wouldn’t budge and would agree only that

Blagojevich lied to the FBI. “The person just did not see the evidence that everyone else did,” said juror Stephen Wlodek.

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“This fight is a lot bigger than just me and my family. This is a fight for the very freedoms that we as Americans enjoy,” said Blagojevich, who promised to appeal his conviction on the single count.

“The right to be able to be innocent, the right to be able to do your job and to not be lied about.”

The morning after the verdict, the former governor emerged from his Chicago home in casual clothes, saying he was back on dad duty and was taking his youngest daughter to camp.

“We’ll have more to say later,” Blagojevich said.

“Right now we’ve got to get Annie to camp.”

The former governor’s brother and co-defendant, Robert Blagojevich, said the jury’s conclusion showed he’s been “an innocent target of the federal government.” He could be retried on the four counts against him that ended in the mistrial.

GM takes first step in shedding gov’t ownership DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Co. on Wednesday filed the first batch of paperwork required by regulators to sell stock to the public, a step that brings the automaker closer to its goal of shedding government ownership.

The 700-page registration form, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, begins a process that will lead to an initial public offering of GM’s stock. No date was set for the sale, but experts say the IPO could come as early as October.

Stakeholders in the company, including the U.S. Treasury Department, initially will sell common stock, while GM will sell preferred shares that are similar to bonds.

The forms did not say how many shares would be sold and it was unclear just how much stock the government wants to unload.

GM, leaner and more efficient than it was before a stay in bankruptcy protection last year, earned $2.2 billion in the first half of this year despite depressed U.S. auto sales.

GM gave a lengthy list of risks facing the company, including growing competition, restructuring costs and new laws and regulations.

Most of the risk factors had been previously disclosed in regulatory filings with the government.

GM said the company was dependent upon global car and truck sales and said “there is no assurance that the global automobile market will recover in the near future or that it will not suffer a significant further downturn.”

US spending $16,000 for imam’s Mideast tour WASHINGTON (AP) — American taxpayers will pay the imam behind plans for a mosque near the Manhattan site of the Sept.

11 attacks $3,000 in fees for a three-nation outreach trip to the Middle East that will cost roughly $16,000, the State Department said Wednesday.

The department said Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf will get a daily $200 honorarium for the 15-day tour to Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which is intended to promote religious tolerance.

Airfare is included, as well as the standard federal government per diem for expenses and lodging in each of the cities he will visit, spokesman P.J. Crowley said.

Those per diem rates range from nearly $400 to nearly $500, according to official documents.

Rauf starts his tour Thursday in Bahrain and ends it

in the United Arab Emirates Sept. 2. At each stop he is expected to discuss Muslim life in America and promote religious tolerance. He will not be allowed to raise funds for the mosque on the trip, Crowley said.

Feds: No timeline for completing Gulf relief well NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The government’s point man for the Gulf oil spill said Wednesday he cannot provide a timeline right now for when BP’s blown-out well will finally be plugged for good.

Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen told reporters he will give the order to complete the so-called relief well when he is ready.

Since nearly the start of the disaster in April, the plan had been to complete the relief well by early to midAugust. But stormy weather and now questions of how to make the job less risky have delayed that process.

Allen said BP PLC still needs to come up with a plan to alleviate pressure that may build up once the relief well intersects the blown-out well.

“We will know when we have satisfied ourselves and we have removed any shadow of doubt,” Allen said when asked at what point he would give the order to move forward. He said the pause is “nothing more than an overabundance of caution and doing our jobs.”

Ultimately, the plan is to pump mud and cement in from the bottom to plug the well permanently, a procedure known as a bottom kill.

The well blew out when the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded April 20, killing 11 workers and setting off one of the worst offshore oil spills in history.

Poll: BP image recovering from spill, still low WASHINGTON (AP) — BP’s image, which took an ugly beating after the Gulf oil spill, is recovering since the company capped the well, though the oil giant’s approval level is still anything but robust. A majority of Americans still aren’t convinced it is safe to eat seafood from parts of the Gulf or swim in its waters, a new AP poll shows.

Politically, President Barack Obama’s rating on handling the nation’s worst oil spill has nudged up to about 50 percent, the poll indicated.

Fewer people now think the spill is a major national issue, and more support increased drilling in U.S. coastal waters than oppose it.

Safety remains a worry.

Approval for Obama’s handling of the mess has risen from 45 percent in June, while BP’s marks have more than doubled — from 15 percent to a still lackluster 33 percent. Some 66 percent of those surveyed continue to disapprove of BP’s performance, down from a whopping 83 percent in June.

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Dr. Laura plans to end radio show

NEW YORK (AP) — Talk show host Laura Schlessinger says her desire to talk freely without having affiliates and sponsors attacked led to her abrupt decision to end her “Dr. Laura” radio show later this year.

Schlessinger said she is walking away a week after apologizing for saying the N-word 11 times on the air while talking to a black woman with a white husband, then saying “if you’re that hypersensitive about color and don’t have a sense of humor, don’t marry out of your race.”

She apologized a day after the Aug. 10 remarks, but Media Matters for America called for her removal from the talk show. The group encouraged its members to contact show sponsors and affiliates and urge them to drop “Dr. Laura.”

Schlessinger said Tuesday on CNN’s “Larry King Live” that her daily talk show will end when her contract expires this year, with the last show probably around Christmas. She said she was wrong to say what she said, was sorry for it, but “there are people who won’t accept my apology.”

“When I started in radio, if you said something somebody didn’t agree with and they didn’t like, they argued with you,” she said.

“Now they try to silence you ... My First Amendment rights have been

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger posing during her morning talk show in her Los Angeles studio. usurped by angry, hateful groups who don’t want to debate. They want to eliminate.”

Media Matters’ Ari Rabin-Havt said the apology wasn’t accepted because his group was concerned about Schlessinger’s overall attitudes toward race, more than just the N-word. And those attitudes weren’t addressed in the apology, he said.

For Schlessinger to portray herself as a First Amendment “martyr” is an outrage, he said.

“She has the constitutional right to make her statements, and I have the same right to assemble people to challenge the statements,” he said.

Corinne Baldassano, an executive with Schlessinger’s production company, Take on the Day LLC, said the talk show host plans

to pursue opportunities through her website, books, podcasts and a YouTube channel.

It was not immediately clear how many sponsors had pulled out of her radio program. Baldassano said Motel 6, owned by Accor SA, had pulled out. Schlessinger said the show had also added sponsors.

Mark Masters, head of the Talk Radio Network, which distributes Schlessinger’s show, did not immediately return a telephone call for comment.

Previously, Schlessinger’s negative comments about homosexuality on her television show in 2000 inspired gay activists to campaign to get her off the air.

The flap recalled radio host Don Imus’ firing by CBS Radio and MSNBC in spring 2007 for referring

to members of the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed.” Imus apologized and eventually rebuilt his network of radio affiliates for a weekday show also telecast on the Fox Business Channel.

Michael Harrison, publisher of the industry trade journal Talkers, said he doesn’t quite believe Schlessinger will leave a show she appears to love doing.

He said her announcement “came from her emotions, not figuring it out.

Four months from now, it might be a different story.

There are inconsistencies in what she’s been saying.

That makes me believe that she’s stressed.”

The controversy comes during a particularly heated political era, with interest groups from different sides closely watching what public figures say and springing into action when they believe something offensive is said.

Fearing political trouble last month, the Obama administration pressured Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod to resign. Conservative websites were spreading stories that Sherrod, who is black, had talked about not helping white farmers who sought her assistance in a previous job. Instead, Sherrod’s comments had been taken out of context.

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Mel Gibson’s ex arrives for custody hearing in LA LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mel Gibson’s ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva is in a Los Angeles courtroom for a custody hearing over the former couple’s infant daughter.

The 40year-old arrived for a hearing Gibson Wednesday morning flanked by deputies.

Gibson has not been seen at the hearing.

It is the Grigorieva first time that either Gibson or the Russian singer have appeared in a custody case that by law is closed to the public. A summary posted outside the courtroom indicated that attorneys would argue a motion to seize the passport of the former couple’s 9-month-old daughter.

Although the couple reached a confidential custody agreement months ago, attorneys for both sides have held repeated hearings in a case that was later launched.

The attorneys have declined to comment on the case.

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$1,750 fine after pleading no contest in California to baiting a deer and not having a properly signed hunting tag.

California Department of Fish and Game spokesman Patrick Foy says Nugent game wardens saw Nugent kill an immature buck on a February episode of his Outdoor Channel TV show “Spirit of the Wild.”

Investigators found that the deer had been eating bait called “C’mere Deer.” Baiting wildlife is illegal in California.

Nugent, who lives near Waco, Texas, had originally faced 11 charges, including killing a deer too young to be hunted. In a deal with Yuba County prosecutors, Nugent’s attorney on Friday entered no contest pleas to the two misdemeanors.

Nugent did not appear in court. A spokeswoman for the musician did not immediately return messages late Tuesday.

Literary critic Frank Kermode dies in England

LONDON (AP) — Respected literary critic and Shakespeare scholar Frank Kermode has died, his publisher said. He was 90.

Regarded by some as Britain’s foremost critics, Kermode was instrumental in the creation of the London Review of Books, and his accessibility made him a kind of bridge between the donnish world of academic literature and novels as they were read by everyday people.

“He was one of the great conversationalists of our literature,” Alan Samson, Kermode’s publisher, told The Associated Press. “His wit and wisdom in speaking about writing is something that I will always remember.”

Samson said Kermode was best known for his influential book, “The Sense of an Ending” — a witty meditation on the relationship between fiction and crisis. He was also a respected student of Shakespeare and he would return to the Bard often over the course of his career, which took in everything from the Bible to deconstructionist theory.

Kermode was born on Nov. 29, 1919, in the small town of Douglas on the Isle of Man, between Ireland and Great Britain. Raised in modest circumstances, he would eventually become an establishment figure, writing for The New Statesman and The Guardian as well as judging Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize.

His dry and occasionally self-abasing memoir, published in 1995, traced his uncertain path to the top tier of Britain’s literary firmament.

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ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The mother accused of suffocating her two young sons and trying to cover it up by staging an accident says she is remorseful and has been speaking with the family minister, her attorney said Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tearful, as anybody would be under these circumstances,â&#x20AC;? defense attorney Carl B. Grant said after a brief hearing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been very sad, very remorseful about all of this stuff, all of the allegations.â&#x20AC;?

Orangeburg County Sheriff Larry Williams has said 29-year-old Shaquan Duley expressed little remorse when she confessed Monday to killing her two young sons, ages 2 years and 18 months.

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Shaquan Duley, 29 arrives in court for her arrangement on murder charges after confessing to suffocating her two toddlers sons Wednesday in Orangeburg, S.C. failures as a parent and inability to provide for her family financially.

She first told investigators the boys drowned after her car plunged into a river early Monday morning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She truly felt, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have these toddlers, I can be free,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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About 80 relatives, friends and curious onlookers attended

Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hearing, Duleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first court appearance since she was charged with two counts of murder. Her family has largely kept silent about her arrest, but before the hearing, her sister said she think Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; portrayal of events has been fair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dragging my sister through the mud,â&#x20AC;? she said outside the home she

shared with her mother, sister, niece and nephews. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I actually feel that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speaking fairly compassionately on her part.â&#x20AC;?

Adriane Duley said her family has been too overwhelmed by the media attention to do day-to-day tasks such as taking out the trash or getting the mail, let alone grieving and planning two funerals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had enough,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My family needs their privacy.â&#x20AC;?

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Lockerbie bomber fuels anger just by staying alive CAIRO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A year after Scotlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving.

Loved ones of those killed in the 1988 jetliner bombing, who were told he would likely die within three months, feel betrayed. U.S. lawmakers are investigating whether oil giant BP pushed for his release from prison to get Libyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oil and are assailing Scotland for freeing him.

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Bears upbeat about opener

By RYAN SARDA sarda@sanfordherald.com

BEAR CREEK — Chatham Central head coach Bob Pegram started getting butterflies in his stomach during his team’s picture day on Wednesday afternoon.

Why? Because he believes the Bears have an opportunity to start off the season with a victory over 3-A school Southwestern Randolph in Friday night’s season opener.

“I just really feel like if our guys perform well, that we can win this game,” said Pegram. “We’re a lot stronger than we were all of last year. I think if we do everything right, we’ve got a chance.”

Offensively, the Bears will be led by quarterback Josh Edwards, whom Pegram says has developed into a solid leader this offseason, and tailback Wesley Degraffenreid, who was a 2009 Yadkin Valley All-Conference player.

“Josh has really matured so much this offseason,” said Pegram. “I think he’s going to have a good year for us. He’s grown a lot.

With our running game, we’re going to give it to Wes as much as we can and run the ball a lot.”

The Bears lost in the season opener 34-12 to Southwestern Randolph and this time around, Pegram has been stressing the importance of finishing.

“I want us to play 48 minutes,” said Pegram.

“We were pretty competitive with them in the first half last year. In the second

See Bears, Page 3B

Weary Panthers glad camp is finished

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Northwood’s Tra Chandler, shown in this file photo from the 2009 state playoffs, will be one of the key skill position players the Chargers have returning in 2010.

Chargers seeking leader at QB

By RYAN SARDA sarda@sanfordherald.com

PITTSBORO — After losing several weapons from their 2009 squad that lost in the third round of the NCHSAA 2-A state football playoffs, the Northwood Chargers are still trying to find their identity on the offensive side.

The biggest piece that is

gone is record-setting quarterback Sam Griffin, who threw for 1,782 yards and 22 touchdowns last season.

This year, the reigns of the quarterback position have been handed to two young, inexperienced players, a freshman and a sophomore.

Sophomore Adam Leviner and freshman Larry Harrington

will both see action at quarterback during Friday night’s season opener at East Chapel Hill.

Chargers head coach Bill Hall says that while he doesn’t plan on running two quarterbacks for long; he will do so until he determines a starter.

“We’re so inexperienced at quarterback,” said Hall. “We’ve

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Extra, Extra Read season previews for eight area high school teams in The Herald’s preseason football edition today

Coming Friday Previews of the season-opening games for Lee County, Western Harnett and Southern Lee

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Rookies were spared when the Carolina Panthers finished training camp on Wednesday morning. Nobody was taped to a goalpost or doused with ice water.

A few players stuck around to sign autographs, but most quickly headed to the locker room or immediately jumped in their cars to head back to Charlotte.

Maybe they were too tired to do anything else.

“I tell you what man, this camp was definitely intense,” said defensive end Everette Brown, one of the few players to linger on the Wofford stadium field.

“There were a lot of challenging days coming out, especially in full pads.”

Coach John Fox put one of the NFL’s youngest teams through a physical camp with plenty of

See Panthers, Page 3B

BRAVES ACQUIRE DERREK LEE FROM CUBS

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Favre wooed back to Vikes JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Sports Writer

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.

— As far as Brett Favre was concerned, he was finished.

Last we saw the 40-yearold quarterback in action, he was barely able to walk off

the Superdome turf, his body aching from the beating the New Orleans Saints delivered in January’s NFC title game.

Favre was one play away from his goal — taking the Minnesota Vikings to the Super Bowl — when he threw an interception in the final minute of regu-

lation, then watched from the sidelines as the Saints kicked the winning field goal in overtime.

“Believe me, when I left New Orleans, a big part of me was — I don’t want to say done — but the fact that we lost that

See Favre, Page 3B

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have acquired first baseman Derrek Lee from the Chicago Cubs.

Lee has put up disappointing numbers in the final season of his five-year, $65 million contract, hitting .251 with 16 homers and 56 RBIs. He’s also been bothered by a sore back that kept him out of the Cubs’ game Wednesday against San Diego.

But the Braves, leading the NL East by 2½ games, are looking for any offensive help they can get after losing Chipper Jones to a season-ending knee injury — even though they already have Troy Glaus at first base.

Atlanta will send three minorleaguers to the Cubs.

The teams announced the trade after the Padres 5-1 win over the Cubs.

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Trevor Immelmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need this week is even more pressing.

Without a strong showing at the Wyndham Championship, he might not make golfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s postseason.

The final event before the PGA Tourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lucrative finishing kick starts Thursday and promises to once again be dominated by players trying to make it to other events â&#x20AC;&#x201D; either the Ryder Cup or the FedEx Cup playoffs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just time for me to get the ball in the hole the next month and prove to him that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m playing well enough to make that team,â&#x20AC;? said Kim, part of the winning U.S. team two years ago at Valhalla.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;himâ&#x20AC;? is captain Corey Pavin, who will announce his wild-card selections Sept. 7.

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Christian edged Lee Christian in Pavinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say added pressure â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have anything to lose since I came back,â&#x20AC;?

Kim said Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put the ball in the hole, and I knew that when I came back, I was going to be rusty. I wish I had practiced a little bit more before I played, but I just wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to do it. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put too much pressure on myself, but at the same time, I was hoping for the best. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t turn out that way, and I just got bumped out.â&#x20AC;?

One thing Kim wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to worry about: making it to the playoffs.

He arrived at Sedgefield Country Club at No. 14 on the points list, the highest-ranked player in the field. As always,

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Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made the cut

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game, how hard it is,â&#x20AC;? Favre said, his voice trailing off.

Ryan Longwell, Steve Hutchinson and Jared Allen, his three closest friends on the team, unexpectedly arrived at his doorstep on Monday night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need an answer, yes or no,â&#x20AC;? they told Favre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re either going home with you or moving on without you.â&#x20AC;?

So here we are, with Favre about to start his 20th NFL season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done it all. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing left for me to prove,â&#x20AC;? said

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hitting and workouts in full pads in intense heat. They had a full contact session as late in camp as Sunday.

Fox called it a â&#x20AC;&#x153;productive campâ&#x20AC;? with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;bunch of guys I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that wellâ&#x20AC;? after an offseason veteran purge left Carolina without nine starters from a year ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watching them kind of gel together, I like the way theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone about their business,â&#x20AC;? Fox said.

But even after 26 practices and a preseason game over three weeks, there are numerous unan-

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got experience everywhere else. We just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have it at the most important position. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really our main concern right now is our inexperience at the quarterback position.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to play these two guys until we figure out the right man for the job.â&#x20AC;?

Despite not having an

Favre, who joined the Vikings for practice Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m here to have fun, help these guys win. I really enjoy this group of guys like you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe. I think the feeling is mutual.â&#x20AC;?

The decision to return was nearly as agonizing as that gutwrenching loss to the Saints.

Indecision is part of what comes in the Favre package, along with his laser-like throws into the end zone and go-for-broke playing style. He spent the last seven months going back and forth on whether or not he had anything left to give to a team he enjoyed playing with as much as any other in his 19-year career. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could make a case for both

playing, not playing,â&#x20AC;? Favre said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a very good football team.

The chances (of going to the Super Bowl) here are much greater than other places. From that standpoint, it was always going to be easier (to return). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Part of me said it was such a great year, it would be easy to say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play any better, why even try?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Then the other part is, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Guys are playing on a high level.

Why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t I go back out?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The expectations are high here, as they should be.â&#x20AC;?

Favre underwent left ankle surgery on May 21 and just a few weeks ago texted several teammates and Vikings officials that he would not return because

the recovery was slower than he expected. But he said Wednesday that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the main concern. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is nothing on me thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100 percent. There wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t anything that was 100 percent last year or the year before,â&#x20AC;? Favre said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The surgery made me a little better. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have played 309 straight games, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t complain.â&#x20AC;?

What was really holding him up was what Favre called a fear of failure. He was coming off what he called the best season of a record-setting career that includes a Super Bowl title and three MVP awards. He will turn 41 in October and wondered if he could defy the odds yet again.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can only control what I do, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to fail,â&#x20AC;? Favre said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And you know what? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just being honest with you.â&#x20AC;?

The gray-haired Favre threw 33 touchdowns and only seven interceptions to lead the Vikings to the NFC North title last season.

He passed for 310 yards and a touchdown against the Saints in the Superdome, but also threw that fateful interception.

Now after being cajoled by Allen, Hutchinson and Longwell, Favre will have one more shot at redemption and a second Lombardi Trophy. The journey could begin as soon as Sunday night in the Vikingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; exhibition game at San Francisco.

swered questions.

While Matt Moore has looked good in camp, he had little time to throw in the loss to Baltimore last week behind what is supposed to be a stout offensive line. Moore, replacing longtime starter Jake Delhomme, is clearly the No. 1 QB. But rookie Jimmy Clausen had an impressive camp has passed Hunter Cantwell for the No. 2 job. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have other holes to plug and we can get that oiled up and actually watch our passing game work,â&#x20AC;? Fox said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do anything in the passing game without protection.â&#x20AC;?

There continues to be a dizzying number of defensive tackles working with the first team. While

rookie Greg Hardy has shined, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still unknown if a collection of unheralded defensive ends can combine for the same number of sacks lost when five-time Pro Bowl pick Julius Peppers left in free agency.

Nobody has taken hold of the No. 2 receiver job after Muhsin Muhammad wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t re-signed, and rookie Armanti Edwards has struggled in his transformation from college quarterback to receiver and punt returner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Day one I was really lost out here. I was out here thinking when I was running routes,â&#x20AC;? Edwards said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To look back from that day to this day, I think I progressed.â&#x20AC;?

Edwards is part of one facet made clear from the practices

in steamy Spartanburg. The Panthers have a lot of team speed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sometimes maybe showing too much during drills.

Linebacker Jon Beason said there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t many veterans left who â&#x20AC;&#x153;realize that the mental part of the game is so much more important than the actual physical partâ&#x20AC;? during camp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young guys come in and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to earn a spot,â&#x20AC;? Beason said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know any better, so practices are full speed every snap, everything you have just to prove you belong and make a name for yourself because the coaches donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know you. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been the biggest difference this camp. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a very physical camp.â&#x20AC;?

The Panthers did appear to avoid any serious injuries. Defensive end Tyler Brayton twisted his left ankle against Baltimore, but isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expected be out long.

Right tackle Jeff Otah hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t practiced and had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, but is expected to be ready for the regular-season opener.

Receiver Steve Smith was without a helmet again Wednesday, but did run routes and catch balls as he recovers from a broken left arm. Running back Jonathan Stewart took part in some non-contact team drills for the first time Wednesday as he slowly recovers from offseason heel surgery.

answer at the quarterback spot, the Chargers return a stacked defensive unit, led by defensive ends Jamal Baines and Terrance Gordon with Seth Spach, Dion Snipes and Brendan DiBernard leading the linebackers.

These are Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s go-to guys right now while he evaluates his offense. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We look really good defensively,â&#x20AC;? said Hall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really like what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen defensively from our guys.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a lot of experience on our defense and I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our biggest strength. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be counting on our defense to win us some games this year while we try to find out an identity offensively.â&#x20AC;?

East Chapel Hill, a program that won just one game in 2009, has a new head coach in Bill Renner and is led by Drew Davis at quarterback. Davis is the son of North Carolina

football coach Butch Davis, while Bill is the father of North Carolina freshman quarterback Bryn Renner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a much better football team than they were last year,â&#x20AC;? said Hall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year, they were more of a Wing-T type offense and this year, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be throwing the football all over the place. That kind of gives an extra element that we have to work on. Defensively, they run

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Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got our work cut out for us.â&#x20AC;?

Despite being young under center, Hall says that his Chargers have been ready for Friday since last November. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been excited about this day since we lost to Kinston in the playoffs,â&#x20AC;? said Hall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been preparing for. This will be our first true test to see where we are as a football team.â&#x20AC;?

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half, we had some injuries and then we kind of just gave up in the second half. I really want us to finish and just stay competitive throughout.â&#x20AC;?

The Cougars have a new coach in Martin Samek and they bring back fullback Matt Barry, who is a big threat to the Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defense.

Still, Pegram remains confident that they can start off the season 1-0. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a good fullback, who can run the ball,â&#x20AC;? said Pegram. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also got their QB back from last year.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re big and physical and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a 3-A school.

If we can just do the little things right and stay competitive, I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a chance.â&#x20AC;?

Pegram likes the enthusiasm and focus that his team has shown

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NATIONAL LEAGUE Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Florida 6, Pittsburgh 0 Philadelphia 9, San Francisco 3 Atlanta 10, Washington 2 Houston 4, N.Y. Mets 3 San Diego 1, Chicago Cubs 0 Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 2 Cincinnati 6, Arizona 2 L.A. Dodgers 6, Colorado 0 Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 2 San Diego 5, Chicago Cubs 1 Florida at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

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

Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Washington (Lannan 4-5) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 11-10), 1:05 p.m.

San Diego (Latos 12-5) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 4-6), 2:20 p.m.

Florida (West 0-2) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 7-11), 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco (J.Sanchez 8-8) at Philadelphia (Hamels 7-9), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Misch 0-1) at Houston (Norris 5-7), 8:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Tr.Wood 3-1) at Arizona (J.Saunders 1-2), 9:40 p.m.

Colorado (De La Rosa 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 6-8), 10:10 p.m.

Sports Review AUTO RACING TV Sports Listings NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Leaders The Associated Press Through Aug. 15 1. Kevin Harvick, 3,400.

2. Jeff Gordon, 3,107.

3. Denny Hamlin, 3,047.

4. Tony Stewart, 3,020.

5. Jimmie Johnson, 3,014.

6. Carl Edwards, 2,986.

7. Jeff Burton, 2,986.

8. Kyle Busch, 2,975.

9. Matt Kenseth, 2,961.

10. Kurt Busch, 2,935.

11. Greg Biffle, 2,913.

12. Clint Bowyer, 2,755.

13. Mark Martin, 2,720.

14. Ryan Newman, 2,652.

15. Jamie McMurray, 2,650.

16. Kasey Kahne, 2,629.

17. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,626.

18. David Reutimann, 2,590.

19. Juan Pablo Montoya, 2,582.

20. Martin Truex Jr., 2,548.

21. Joey Logano, 2,527.

22. A J Allmendinger, 2,499.

23. Paul Menard, 2,399.

24. David Ragan, 2,283.

25. Brad Keselowski, 2,203.

26. Marcos Ambrose, 2,173.

27. Scott Speed, 2,133.

28. Sam Hornish Jr., 2,091.

29. Elliott Sadler, 2,079.

30. Regan Smith, 1,924.

31. Bobby Labonte, 1,738.

32. Travis Kvapil, 1,621.

33. Robby Gordon, 1,493.

34. David Gilliland, 1,470.

35. Kevin Conway, 1,439.

36. Brian Vickers, 1,158.

37. Joe Nemechek, 934.

38. Max Papis, 907.

39. David Stremme, 825.

40. Mike Bliss, 799.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Money Leaders

By The Associated Press Through Aug. 15 1. Kurt Busch, $5,040,741 2. Jamie McMurray, $5,031,514 3. Jimmie Johnson, $4,793,777 4. Kevin Harvick, $4,782,698 5. Kyle Busch, $4,159,035 6. Jeff Gordon, $3,971,520 7. Denny Hamlin, $3,846,058 8. Tony Stewart, $3,674,976 9. Matt Kenseth, $3,673,945 10. Kasey Kahne, $3,647,752 11. Carl Edwards, $3,587,935 12. Jeff Burton, $3,519,452 13. David Reutimann, $3,471,736 14. Juan Pablo Montoya, $3,459,955 15. Greg Biffle, $3,451,162 16. Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,392,003 17. Joey Logano, $3,333,263 18. Ryan Newman, $3,311,039 19. A J Allmendinger, $3,132,096 20. Clint Bowyer, $3,025,554 21. Mark Martin, $3,012,613 22. Brad Keselowski, $2,854,443 23. Marcos Ambrose, $2,827,101 24. Martin Truex Jr., $2,669,739

BASEBALL NL Leaders BATTING_Polanco, Philadelphia, .325; Votto,

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TGC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; European PGA Tour, Czech Open, first round, at Celadna, Czech Republic 3 p.m.

TGC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; PGA Tour, Wyndham Championship, first round, at Greensboro, N.C. 6:30 p.m.

TGC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Champions Tour, JELD-WEN Tradition, first round, at Sunriver, Ore. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2:10 p.m.

WGN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; San Diego at Chicago Cubs NFL FOOTBALL 8 p.m.

FOX â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Preseason, New England at Atlanta TENNIS Noon ESPN2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ATP, Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, round of 16, at Mason, Ohio 7 p.m.

ESPN2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ATP, Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, round of 16, at Mason, Ohio Cincinnati, .324; CGonzalez, Colorado, .320; Prado, Atlanta, .318; Pujols, St. Louis, .314; Byrd, Chicago, .307; Holliday, St. Louis, .303; Werth, Philadelphia, .303; Rolen, Cincinnati, .303.

RUNS_BPhillips, Cincinnati, 83; Votto, Cincinnati, 83; Weeks, Milwaukee, 82; Pujols, St. Louis, 81; Uggla, Florida, 81; CGonzalez, Colorado, 78; Prado, Atlanta, 78.

RBI_Pujols, St. Louis, 87; Howard, Philadelphia, 81; CGonzalez, Colorado, 79; Votto, Cincinnati, 79; ADunn, Washington, 78; Hart, Milwaukee, 78; DWright, New York, 78.

HITS_CGonzalez, Colorado, 141; Prado, Atlanta, 141; Pujols, St. Louis, 139; Braun, Milwaukee, 136; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 136; Weeks, Milwaukee, 136; Byrd, Chicago, 135.

DOUBLES_ATorres, San Francisco, 39; Werth, Philadelphia, 39; Holliday, St. Louis, 33; Loney, Los Angeles, 33; Braun, Milwaukee, 31; Byrd, Chicago, 30; ADunn, Washington, 30; KJohnson, Arizona, 30; Prado, Atlanta, 30.

TRIPLES_SDrew, Arizona, 8; Fowler, Colorado, 8; Victorino, Philadelphia, 8; AEscobar, Milwaukee, 7; Pagan, New York, 7; JosReyes, New York, 7; Bay, New York, 6; CGonzalez, Colorado, 6; Morgan, Washington, 6.

HOME RUNS_ADunn, Washington, 31; Pujols, St. Louis, 31; Votto, Cincinnati, 28; Uggla, Florida, 27; Reynolds, Arizona, 26; Fielder, Milwaukee, 25; CGonzalez, Colorado, 25.

STOLEN BASES_Bourn, Houston, 39; Morgan, Washington, 29; Pagan, New York, 28; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 25; CYoung, Arizona, 25; JosReyes, New York, 24; ATorres, San Francisco, 23; Venable, San Diego, 23; Victorino, Philadelphia, 23.

PITCHING_Jimenez, Colorado, 17-3; Wainwright, St. Louis, 17-7; Halladay, Philadelphia, 15-8; THudson, Atlanta, 14-5; Nolasco, Florida, 14-8; CCarpenter, St. Louis, 13-4; Arroyo, Cincinnati, 13-7.

STRIKEOUTS_Halladay, Philadelphia, 175; Lincecum, San Francisco, 169; Wainwright, St. Louis, 165; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 163; Hamels, Philadelphia, 157; JoJohnson, Florida, 156; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 154.

SAVES_HBell, San Diego, 36; BrWilson, San Francisco, 33; FCordero, Cincinnati, 32; Wagner, Atlanta, 29; Capps, Washington, 26; Nunez, Florida, 26; FRodriguez, New York, 25.

AL Leaders

BATTING_Hamilton, Texas, .356; MiCabrera, Detroit, .337; Mauer, Minnesota, .329; ABeltre, Boston, .327; Cano, New York, .322; DelmYoung, Minnesota, .320; DeJesus, Kansas City, .318.

RUNS_Crawford, Tampa Bay, 86; Teixeira, New York, 86; Jeter, New York, 85; Hamilton, Texas, 82; MiCabrera, Detroit, 80; MYoung, Texas, 80; JBautista, Toronto, 79.

RBI_ARodriguez, New York, 97; MiCabrera, Detroit, 96; JBautista, Toronto, 90; Guerrero, Texas, 87; Teixeira, New York, 86; DelmYoung, Minnesota, 85; Hamilton, Texas, 81; Konerko, Chicago, 81.

HITS_Hamilton, Texas, 161; ISuzuki, Seattle, 154; ABeltre, Boston, 147; Cano, New York, 147; MiCabrera, Detroit, 142; Jeter, New York, 139; MYoung, Texas, 139.

DOUBLES_Longoria, Tampa Bay, 39; Markakis, Baltimore, 39; Mauer, Minnesota, 38; MiCabrera, Detroit, 37; Hamilton, Texas, 37; ABeltre, Boston, 36; VWells, Toronto, 35; DelmYoung, Minnesota, 35.

TRIPLES_Crawford, Tampa Bay, 8; AJackson, Detroit, 7; Pennington, Oakland, 7; Span, Minnesota, 7; Granderson, New York, 6; Podsednik, Kansas City, 6; 5 tied at 5.

HOME RUNS_JBautista, Toronto, 37; Konerko, Chicago, 30; MiCabrera, Detroit, 28; Hamilton, Texas, 26; DOrtiz, Boston, 26; Teixeira, New York, 26; Quentin, Chicago, 24.

STOLEN BASES_Pierre, Chicago, 45; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 39; RDavis, Oakland, 36; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 35; Gardner, New York, 34; Figgins, Seattle, 30; Podsednik, Kansas City, 30; ISuzuki, Seattle, 30.

PITCHING_Sabathia, New York, 16-5; Price, Tampa Bay, 15-5; Pavano, Minnesota, 15-7; CBuchholz, Boston, 14-5; PHughes, New York, 14-5; Lester, Boston, 13-7; Verlander, Detroit, 13-8.

STRIKEOUTS_JerWeaver, Los Angeles, 186; FHernandez, Seattle, 172; Lester, Boston, 165; Liriano, Minnesota, 160; Morrow, Toronto, 153; Verlander, Detroit, 152; CLewis, Texas, 150.

SAVES_RSoriano, Tampa Bay, 35; Soria, Kansas City, 34; NFeliz, Texas, 29; Papelbon, Boston, 29; Gregg, Toronto, 27; MRivera, New York, 24; Fuentes, Los Angeles, 23; Valverde, Detroit, 23; Aardsma, Seattle, 23; Jenks, Chicago, 23.

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On September 26, 1774, in the town of Leominster, Massachusetts, a legend was born. John Chapman was a nurseryman, primarily in the cultivation of apple trees, hence earning him the nickname, Johnny Appleseed. There is not much on record about John before adulthood. It is known that he had a modest childhood. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War; he and his sister went to live with relatives after his mother died from tuberculosis. At the age of 18, he embarked on the new frontier of the West, taking with him many apple seeds that he had collected after being discarded by the cider mills in Pennsylvania. He ended up establishing himself in the then wildernesses of Ohio and Indiana. Appleseed planted many nurseries full of apple trees. He preferred the nursery to an orchard; they offered the seedlings more protection from animals. After growing the trees, he would sell them or give them away to the pioneers on their way out west. He was a very generous and religious man. He would often take payment for the trees by way of used clothing or food. Sometimes he did not even expect payment at all. Often times, he gave away the payments to others in more need than himself. He rarely wore shoes and lived a simple lifestyle, never taking more than he needed. His strange attire, the worst of the used clothing or even burlap sacks, was noted in many records.

This is what led to the legends of his wearing a tin saucepan on his head as a hat, although it is unlikely that this was his normal garb. Appleseed never married, but some accounts say that he once proposed to a young lady.

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4. Where was Johnny born?

6. In which state did he die?

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9. Where did Appleseed get his seeds?

11. He often accepted used what as payment?

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Step Three: Place the cheesecloth or coffee filter inside the colander. Strain the mixture through the colander into the large bowl. This removes the peels, pulp, and seeds. This process sometimes takes a while, as it will drain slowly through the cheesecloth.

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3. Befriended which peoples?

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6B / Thursday, August 19, 2010 / The Sanford Herald DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

Man’s need for ‘me time’ casts a pall on ‘us time’

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: There will be opportunities but if you are consumed with what’s going on around you, you can’t take advantage of them.

Strive for greater patience.

Uncertainty regarding finances should not hold you back. An original approach will help you find your way. Your numbers are 2, 12, 16, 26, 29, 32, 43 ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’ll have trouble making a decision. Don’t let anyone pressure you. A partnership may be on the line, but if you give in you will lose leverage. Stick to your plans and move forward even if it’s on your own.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There is much to be done through communication, travel and interacting with experienced people.

Networking will help you present your own ideas, giving you a better indication if you are on the right track. Your enthusiasm will make a positive impression.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Now is not the time to sit back, watching life pass you by. Love is in the stars, so be sure to leave your evening hours open for an intimate moment with someone you love or someone you meet.

Socializing will lead to a serious, thought-provoking conversation.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A burden involving a child or older relative appears to be developing in your household and may result in additional responsibilities. If you don’t have time to take on extra duties, have another solution in mind.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You have plenty to look forward to if you make plans to do things with friends, a lover or new people you meet. Expect to attract the attention of someone who interests you and can contribute to something you are about to do.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): Don’t worry so much

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about what is happening at home. Everything will calm down if you are intent on pursuing what makes you happy. It’s time for a change of scenery.

You may want to rethink getting back together with an old partner.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You have lots to consider before making a decision that will influence your personal life and your future. This is not the time to let your emotions run wild or to impulsively jump into something that screams caution.

Uncertainty will prevail; look at all the facts.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may feel the need to help others but, before doing so, please help your own cause. The changes brought about by your hard work will result in opportunities to help others in the future. Don’t give in to someone from your past.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Your dedication will pay off professionally. It’s all in the way you approach the people in key positions. Your charm and hype will persuade others to take a chance on you and what you have to offer.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Emotional matters will escalate.

You will be dragged into a conversation you probably want to avoid. It may not be pleasant but it’s best to put things behind you.

Face the music and tell it like it is.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Work at getting ahead financially. You can draw up contracts or make a commitment to someone that can change your life.

Don’t be daunted by what others are asking you to do. Love is in the stars.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Keep things simple and doable if you want to maintain your status quo. It’s important not to embellish or make promises you cannot possibly keep. Focus on partnerships and what you and the other person can offer one another.

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating “Kate” for a year. She’s caring and down-to-earth. We have so much in common, and time goes by quickly when we’re together.

That’s why, when a new job brought Kate closer to my place, I told her she could stay with me, so her commute would be less stressful while she gets used to the job and learns her way around.

I enjoy making us dinner, since I get home two hours before she does.

After being single and living alone for six years, I want a relationship. Maybe in the future I’ll want her to move in with me.

We spend weeknights together and go out as a couple every weekend.

But I also like “my time” and “my night out.”

I am a part-time publicist for an entertainer and try to keep up with the local music and club scene. Two nights out alone during the month work for me. I share the details with Kate — including the crazy things I see “singles” do when I’m out. I have explained to her how spending these nights on my own makes me appreciate her more when I return. But I feel a distinct “chill” from her when my night arrives.

I have no problem with Kate doing a “girls’ night out” on those evenings. Am I wrong to want alone time? Am I not committed enough to this relationship?

— REASONABLE GUY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEAR REASONABLE: It’s not

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

wrong to want some time independent of Kate, particularly since it relates to your business. Her cool reaction may be related to her insecurities with your relationship, as well as the “crazy things” you’re describing when you get home.

It may have been a mistake to invite Kate to stay with you without a deadline after which you expect her to find her own place. Under the circumstances, she may think your relationship has progressed further than it really has. o DEAR ABBY: I cannot think of anyone else to turn to. I attend church, but don’t know a priest well enough to confide in him.

I have been married 45 years.

My wife and I have a very good sex life. My problem is, over the past year my curiosity has increased about what it would be like to be with another man. I don’t have anyone in mind. I try not to think

about it, but the idea excites me.

I enjoy looking at attractive women, but often find myself wanting to give the other a try.

Please help me find an answer before I try something stupid.

Abby, I hope you can offer me some advice in your column.

— ANONYMOUS IN DAYTONA BEACH DEAR ANONYMOUS: Everyone has sexual fantasies, and although yours have recently been homosexual fantasies, it does not necessarily mean that you would enjoy an encounter with another man.

Because you say you have a “very good sex life” with your wife, you may have some bisexual leanings.

However, 45 years ago you promised at the altar to be faithful to your wife. So I’ll offer the same advice I would have given to Adam if he had written me back then: Don’t take a bite of that apple because it could get you evicted from Eden. o

DEAR ABBY: What do you say to people when you have a child in jail and they don’t know? Should you lie and say everything is fine?

— EAST COAST MOM DEAR MOM: It depends upon how well you know the people and how much personal information you’re comfortable revealing about your family. But I don’t think you should lie because that kind of news has a way of traveling.

ODDS AND ENDS

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Banana-costumed man has little appeal

Police warn man against undressing while driving

PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A man in a banana costume is accused of exposing himself and brandishing a shotgun while riding around with a bunch of friends in Washington state.

The Clallam County sheriff’s office says the 21-year-old was arrested Tuesday evening for investigation of indecent exposure and reckless endangerment.

The Peninsula Daily News reports police first received a report of the costumed man exposing himself at a restaurant.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Randy Pieper says they also drove through a Port Angeles neighborhood where the man got out brandishing the gun.

After his arrest, authorities say, the man couldn’t explain why he was costumed. The other man also was arrested, but an 18-yearold woman in the car was allowed to split.

The banana costume was seized as evidence.

BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A driver who tried to change his sweaty clothes while driving through a Milwaukee suburb has been stopped by police but let off with a warning.

Police say that when they pulled the 54-year-old over in Brookfield Aug. 13, he complained he was uncomfortable in his clothes because he had spent a sweltering day at the Wisconsin State Fair.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that police warned the man against indecent exposure and advised him to finish changing at home.

Police: Man lived in NJ library for nearly 2 weeks OCEAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Police say a homeless man lived unnoticed in the basement of a New Jersey library for nearly two weeks.

Police say a custodian saw Charles Jones Jr. peeking out a basement window of the Ocean Township library in Monmouth County on Friday night.

Neptune police Detective Lt. Steven Peters says Jones told officers he had been living in the building. Police discovered several books in the basement and found the 26-year-old had taken food from the employee break room.

Jones was released on a criminal summons.

He’s charged with burglary and theft.

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2 zebras wander streets of Northern Calif suburb CARMICHAEL, Calif. (AP) — Two zebras are safe after a wild five-hour romp through the streets of a Northern California suburb over the weekend.

The zebras were being loaded onto a truck Saturday evening in Carmichael, east of Sacramento, when they were spooked by dogs and went running in opposite directions.

Confused residents reported zebra sightings throughout the downtown area until sheriff’s deputies were able to round them up.

Bystanders helped corral one after it was hit by a car, suffering only a superficial cut.

The second was found in an apartment complex’s pool.

Their owner, Michael Mastagni, transported his entire herd of seven zebras, including the two runaways, to his ranch in Bly, Ore., on Sunday.

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God says we must care for animals Q: My pets mean a lot to me, and I hate to see people neglect animals or treat them cruelly. Does the Bible say anything about how we should treat animals? God made them also, didn’t He? — Mrs. J.Y. A: Yes, God made everything that lives on the earth — including the animals. In the beginning, the Bible says, “God said, ‘Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals....’ And it was so” (Genesis 1:24).

And yes, the Bible commands us to take care of the animals under our care. One of the signs of a righteous man, the Bible says, is that he takes care of his animals (see Proverbs 12:10). Even the animal of an enemy was to be treated kindly: “If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to take it back to him” (Exodus 23:4). One reason God commanded His people to rest one day out of seven was so their animals would be refreshed (see Exodus 23:12).

In fact, the Bible says we must never treat any part of God’s creation with contempt. When we do, we are indirectly treating our Creator with contempt. Instead, God calls us to be stewards or trustees of His creation, and the Bible reminds us that we are responsible to Him for the way we treat it.

We’ve often forgotten this — but it’s still true, and when we ignore it we not only hurt God’s creation but we also hurt ourselves.

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Special Notices

CHILD CARE Will keep Greenwood afterschoolers in my home 3pm-6pm.

Ride bus to my house. $35/weekly.

Call Pam 919-498-0797 Junk Car Removal Service Guaranteed top price paid Buying Batteries as well.

499-3743 L.C Harrell Home Improvement Decks, Porches, Buildings Remodel/Repair, Electrical Pressure Washing Interior-Exterior Quality Work Affordable Prices No job Too Small No Job Too Large Insured (919)770-3853 Mother Of Two (All Grown Up Now) Would Love To Care For Your Baby/Toddler.

Call: 919-777-6895 WILL MOVE OLD JUNK CARS! BEST PRICES PAID. Call for complete car delivery price. McLeodĘźs Auto Crushing. Day 499-4911. Night 776-9274.

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Garage/Estate Sales

Yard Sale Saturday 8/21 7am-12noon 2076 Sheriff Watson Road Adult & Children Clothes, Toys, Furniture, Golf Bags & Clubs. & Lots More!!!

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Garage/Estate Sales

Yard Sale 7609 Partridge Circle Quail Ridge Subdivision 8/20 & 8/21 8am-3pm Dirt Bikes, Golf Equipt & Accs, HH Items, Some Clothing, Round Table w/ 2 Chairs, Grinder, Computer Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard, Lots of books, Sweeper, walkie Talkies, and More !!!

YARD SALE Saturday 7 - 12 816 N. Horner Blvd.

Beside Advance Auto

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General Help

Busy Leasing Office seeking highly motivated individual to lease Apartments in the Sanford area. Range of responsibilities to include screening applicants, unit inspections, rent collections, and evictions. Qualified applicant needs ability to multi-task, maintain low vacancy rates, high collection rates, and excellent customer satisfaction.

Please mail resume to PO BOX 100 SANFORD NC 27330 AD # 23 Carpenters Help Needed.

Must have way to work.

919-258-5577 Hunter Oil & Propane Seeking an Experienced Propane Gas Service Man CDL and Hazmat Licensed a plus. Full Time with Benefits - Apply at 1203 S. Horner Blvd. Sanford NC Lee Tire & Supply 919-776-4234 Tire Tech. Needed Apply in Person 604 Wicker Street

Part Time Licensed Manicurist Needed Call: 919-353-0156

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General Help

Part Time Truck Driver Needed, Tuesday-Saturday.

DOT physical and background check required. Call 718-1717 to schedule an interview.

Propane Delivery Driver We are accepting applications for the position of route delivery driver. The primary duty is the filling of residential and commercial propane containers. This job also includes other aspects of the propane industry as well. Full time or seasonal applications will be accepted for reviews. Must have CDL class B with Hazmat & Tank. Apply in person at: Cooper LP Gas Co. 3097 Hal Siler Drive (off Wilson Road) Sanford.

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General Help

* Working with Staff to Facilitate Repair of Pumps/Rotating Equipment Four years Engineering degree or a combination of college and work experience required. Fax resume to 919-708-7232.

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Restaurant

Part Time Cook/prep/Cashier all in one person. Must be available to work days & nights. Apply in person at Brick City Grill 120 Bank St. Between 8:30am-10am or 2-5pm.

No Phone Calls Please.

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Cats/Dogs/Pets

Free Kittens To A Good Home Call: 499-2664

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Free to good home only 19 year old Arabian Gelding. Has all current shots & Coggins/ (919)356-4319

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Muscadine Grapes, Peaches, Watermelons, Okra, Peas, New Supply Of Sidemeat & Hamhocks. B&B Market (Across From Courthouse) 919-775-3032.

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Cats/Dogs/Pets

AKC Bassett Hound 1 yr old tri-colored F, not spayed, shots up to date, $300 firm (919)238-7369 CKC Chihuahuas For Sale 2 M - Blue, 1 F Black/Tan. $300 Call Janet 910-639-9902

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Luxury Apartments Starting at $525/month Swimming Pool, Tennis Court, Car Wash, Playground, Pet Friendly Please Call 919-708-6777 MALLARD COVE APARTMENTS "UFFALO #HURCH 2D s WWW SIMPSONANDSIMPSON COM s /FlCE (OURS -ON &RI

Arden Companies, a leading manufacturer and distributor of outdoor patio consumer products located in Sanford, NC has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Plant Manager.

Arden Companies, a leading manufacturer and distributor of outdoor patio consumer products located in Sanford, NC has an exciting opportunity for the position of Fiber Line Leader.

This position reports directly to the Plant Manager and will be responsible for providing leadership and support on issues such as safety, stafďŹ ng, production, inventory control and plant efďŹ ciencies.

This position reports directly to the Fiber Line Supervisor and will be responsible for providing leadership and support on issues such as safety, production, inventory control, machinery maintenance and repair operations.

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MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED: s +NOWLEDGE OF PROCESS CONTROL QUALITY ASSURANCE PRODUCTION WITH WORLD CLASS COMPUTER CONTROLLED MACHINERY KNOWLEDGE OF TEXTILE PRODUCTION PREFERRED 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 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 EDUCATIONAL, LICENSING, OR SPECIAL CERTIFICATIONS NEEDED: 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 0LEASE EMAIL RESUME TO bkimball@ardencompanies.com Arden Companies is an equal opportunity employer.

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AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: Assist the Plant Manager to ensure the plant is meeting production goals, inventory targets and that product shipments are on time, complete and correct. â&#x20AC;¨Ensure all products meet quality requirements, and oversee the quality assurance processes in the facility. â&#x20AC;¨Manage the functions of receiving, shipping, purchasing and production planning. â&#x20AC;¨Provide leadership and vision in the area of lean practices implementation. â&#x20AC;¨Provide leadership to ensure projects are completed on time and the team provides value to its customers. â&#x20AC;¨Manage records, communicate plant information and generate reporting, as requested by the Plant Manager and corporate headquarters. â&#x20AC;¨Work with the Plant Manager on stafďŹ ng needs, including hiring and termination decisions, and ensure such practices conform to ethical and legal standards. â&#x20AC;¨ MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED: â&#x20AC;¨Demonstrated expertise in lean manufacturing. Knowledge of process control, quality assurance and manufacturing applications in a production environment. â&#x20AC;¨Clear understanding of Purchasing, Customer Service, Quality Control, Human Resources, Receiving, Shipping and Warehouse operations and how they interact with each other. â&#x20AC;¨Strong analytical skills. Ability to prepare reports by compiling and summarizing data. â&#x20AC;¨Computer proďŹ cient with MS OfďŹ ce suite; Excel, Word and Power Point. Working knowledge of MS Access is strongly preferred. â&#x20AC;¨Thorough understanding of Bill-of-Material structures, labor operations, and overhead principles. â&#x20AC;¨Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written - with all levels of the organization.

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Arden Companies is an equal opportunity employer.â&#x20AC;¨Additional Arden Companies corporate information is available online at www.ardencompanies.com.

The Sanford Herald / Thursday, August 19, 2010 / 9B 0503

Auction Sales

Gigantic Auction 1st & 3rd Saturday Monthly at Wild Bill's Auction House, downtown Sanford at 6pm.

NCAL8483.

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Household Goods

A New Queen Pillowtop Set $150. New In Plastic, Must Sell! 910-691-8388

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Electronics

Furniture

A All New Furniture Factory Direct Bed Sets $195 5PC $495 Sofa & Loveseats $495 Sectional $495 Dining $145 910-639-9555

Do You Have Holes In Your Yard? We Have Field Dirt For $100 A Load. 16 Tons Delivered. Call Hancock Sand & Gravel: 919-776-1322

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Unfurnished Apartments

Move In Special !!!

Free Rent 2br, Spring Lane Apartments Adjacent To Spring Lane Galleria 919-774-6511 simpsonandsimpson.com TH For Rent Quail Ridge Golf Course 2BR, 2BA, LR, Kit Appli - $725/month 774-8033

1003 S. Fourth 2BR/1BA $525/mo Adcock Rentals 774-6046

Business Places/ Offices

Commercial Buildings * 1227 N. Horner 650 SqFt *1221 C N Horner Behind Angies Breakfast Barn *1229 N. Horner 2,800 SqFt Rowe 100 Full Size Jukebox All Lights & Bells Good Sound Call Reid at 775-2282 or 770-2445

Mobile Homes for Rent

Cameron- 3BR/2BA, quite area, $495/mo + dep. No Pets.

Call: 910-245-1208

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Bargain Basement

100 VHS Movies for $50 (919)498-2083 4 Piece Fireplace Tool Set Brass $20 910-245-7909

52" Sony HD projection tv.

Screen needs to be realigned.

Works perfect. $150 if you repair or $250 if we repair.

Call/text (919)478-8600

Cannon G3 Digital Camera. All Accessories & Charger. Take Pics/Movie Clips, Fold Out LCD Screen. R/R Warranty. $75 Call: 774-1066 Compaq Computer w/ Computer Desk & Chair $250 Call: 919-775-8118 Dell & Gateway Computers.

WS07 Available. Several Models Available Starting $125.

Call 774-1066.

Dormitory Room Refrigerator for Back to School Use Great Condition $45 Cash.

919-775-2746

Homes for Rent

1,2,3 BR Rentals Avail.

Adcock Rentals 774-6046 adcockrentalsnc.com

For Sale: Harley Davidson Leather Chaps & Jacket Size XS $100 for both. 775-7399 after 4pm

Blue Sectional w/ Pull out Bed. Great Condition. $250 919-721-7372

Available Immediately 2BR $450 3BR $525 $100 off September Rent 919-774-1117

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Furnished Master BR & BA, Study w/ access to washer/dryer & Kitchen Call (919)776-3867

3BR MH $400/mo + Dep In Mamers Area 2 BR MH $350/mo + Dep Water Incl.

Broadway Area Call 919-499-8879

Misc. Items for Sale

Bargain Basement

0635 Rooms for Rent

190 Oakhill MHP $650/mo 3BD/2BA Adcock Rentals 774-6046

Store Closing - For Sale Bakers Rack, Beautiful 4 poster/canopy bed, Mirrors, Lamps, Corner China Cabinet, and More . 919-478-3432

0685

Early American dark oak wood twin bed frames with metal side rails. Sturdy, some visible wear. $25 each or both for $40. Call 777-9898 after 3 p.m. and leave message.

0675

A Brand New Pillowtop Queen Sets $125 King Sets $225 Twin $115 Full $125 All models brand new!

910-639-9555

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Homes for Rent

3 BR House 1608 Prosperity Drive Carr Creek $625/mo Section 8 Welcomed Call Elbert 919-258-6120

0670

Almost new Playstation 3 w/ blue ray, 2 controllers, 9 games, incl. Tony Hawk Ride, package deal only $500 (919)238-7369

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DTV Converter Box & Antenna $35 for both 356-2935 Round Oak Table - with Drop Leaf. 4 Chairs.

Very Good Condition $200 OBO 919-353-4477

There was a time when all playground equipment came pre-assembled. visitnc.com 1-800-VISIT NC

Oak Desk & Lots Of Coke Collectibles & Other Old Stuff.

Call Mike At: 919-842-6567 Anytime.

Table & Chairs, Couch, Desk & Office Chair, Entertainment Center, End Table. Sold House. Nice 478-1618

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Tramway *6,000 Sq Ft - Warehouse/Off $2000/mo *2,000 Sq Ft - Retail/Office $900/mo 774-8033

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EAL ESTATE FOR SALE

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Duplex/Apts

2BD apartment. Utilities included $160 per week.

(919)499-8493

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Lots & Acreage

13+/- acres on Flint Hill Church Rd in Robbins, NC. Road frontage will divide. $6,000 per acre (919)7703799 For Sale: 30 Acres Farm Land 20 Acres In Pasture (Moore County) Call Salmon Realty 910-215-2958 Land For Sale 8.5 Acres Near Broadway.

828-597-5463 Land For Sale 2.97 acres with a 2 car garage.

Electric panel with meter, Septic tank, Well, County Water.

1084 Claude White Road 35k Negotiable 919-776-4708 ask for Bob

Motorcycles

'09 Kawasaki Vulcan Windshield, 2 Backrests, Luggage Rack. $6,445 OBO EC 919-499-8061

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Pickup Trucks for Sale

1965 Chevy Step side Truck.

Extra bed, doors, ood, and misc items go with truck. Truck has a title. Not currently running. $3,000 (919)356-4319 1984 Ford Truck F150XL Aut. Long Bed 6 Cyl. 1 Owner Clean $1100 Call: 919-548-5286 97 Toyota T100. . Extended Cab & Tool Box. $3,680. Excellent Condition.

919-498-4875

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Cars for Sale

2000 Buick Century Custom, Like New, Excellent Condition.

61,300 Miles. New Tires. $5,900 Call 770-0777 Honda For Sale Good Tires, Good Motor 5-Speed $1000 Call: 919-770-3848

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Legals

NORTH CAROLINA LEE COUNTYIN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICESUPERIOR COURT DIVISION10 CVS 00529GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC Plaintiffvs.PENNY BARBOUR TONY BARBOUR DefendantNOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATIONTo: Penny Barbour and Tony Barbour Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action.

The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Reformation of the Deed of Trust recorded in Book 616, Page 478, Lee County Registry. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than August 11, 2010, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. This the 30th day of June, 2010.By: Rayboun & Mulligan, PLLC John J. Miller III, Attorney at Law 100 Towerview Court Cary, NC 27513 (919) 466-8214 NORTH CAROLINA LEE COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK File No. 10-SP-151 NOTICE OF SALE Diane Phillips, Executor of the Estate of Pauline P. Page Petitioner, vs.

Faye Baker; Roger Page; Ronnie Page; Diane Phillips, Individually, Stevie Page; Teresa Stevens; Tabitha Page Kinglsley; Jenna Giles; and Jordan Page; as heirs; and Chase Manhatten Mortgage

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Legals Corporation, as mortgagee Respondents

Pursuant to an order duly entered by Susie K. Thomas, Clerk of Superior Court of Lee County on the 24th day of June, 2010, the undersigned Commissioner will, on the 27th day of August, 2010, at 12:00 Noon, at the Lee County Courthouse door in Sanford, NC, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash the following described parcel of real estate: (A) House and lot located at 2614 Academy Street, Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina, described as follows: Being all of Lot No. 41, as shown and depicted on map of "Kenfield Subdivision Section One", by Truelove Engineers, Inc., dated August 5, 1969, and recorded in Map Book 10, Page 55, Lee County Registry.

An earnest money deposit from the highest bidder equal to ten percent (10%) of the amount bid will be required at the time of sale as evidence of good faith. Said bid will be reported to the court and will remain open for advanced or upset bid as provided by law.

The Court reserves the right to approve or reject all bids.

This the 24 day of June, 2010.

W. Woods Doster, Commissioner Doster, Post, Silverman & Fourshee, P.A. 205 Courtland Drive Sanford, NC 27330 Tel: (919) 775-5616

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