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LEE COUNTY TOPS APEX, 29-3 ▼ SOUTHERN LEE FALLS TO 71ST AT HOME, 38-6
★ Full coverage of both Sanford-area high schools inside • Page 1B ★ Complete round-up of area high school games can be found in Sunday’s edition of The Herald Southern Lee High School’s Ashton Gaines drops back for a pass against 71st High School on Friday evening at Southern Lee High School. WESLEY BEESON / The Sanford Herald
The Sanford Herald SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2010
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SEPT. 11: 9 YEARS LATER
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NYC MOSQUE, QURAN BURNING MAKE ANNIVERSARY POLITICAL They will read the names, of course, the names of every victim who died in the Sept. 11 attacks. The bells will ring. And then that moment of unity will give way to division as activists hoist signs and march, some for and some against a planned mosque two blocks from ground zero. This 9/11 is more political and contentious than the eight before it, with grieving family members on opposite sides of the mosque battle. PAGE 7-8A
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Sanford artist Jeff Stone stands with a recent Native American piece he created from metal.
Sanford sculptor melts, bends and shapes metal into works of art
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BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY CELEBRATES 75th BIRTHDAY What started as a Depression-era highway project was celebrated Friday as an economic engine and a landmark to conservation. Dignitaries gathered in Western North Carolina to celebrate the Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th birthday
To view more of Jeff Stone’s work, visit www. pozestmetalworks.com.
By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com
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anford resident Jeff Stone has transformed metal into everything from weeping willow trees and nature scenes to motorcycles and Grateful Dead bears. After melting the metal, he bends it, shapes it,
gives texture to it and transforms it into whatever pops into his head. The motto of his studio, Pozest Metalworks and Fabrication, is “If you think it, we can cut it,” and that’s no exaggeration. Whether it’s his own idea or a commission for a specific
piece, Stone can make something for everyone. One day it might be a military-themed piece, the next a serene silhouette of the sun and the next a skull and crossbones. After years of metal work, he
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Full Story, Page 6A
COMING SUNDAY Planned for Sunday’s edition of The Sanford Herald: ❏ Records surface involving piracy complaint by satellite company against N.C. House candidate ❏ Arrests made related to rash of breakins in Rosemount-McIver area in Sanford ❏ Local restaurant going strong after 37 years ❏ Follow-ups to Friday night’s football action
Vol. 80, No. 212 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
Take with
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George Noel
Breadbasket
HAPPENING TODAY The Marching Cavs of Southern Lee High School will host their 6th annual Dinner and Auction. Dinner will be catered by Danny’s BBQ. Meal tickets are $6. Takeout plates are available. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
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his week we Take 5 with George Noel, the president of the board of directors for the Breadbasket of Sanford. Noel, who spent 24 years working with MagnetiMarelli, has also served as president of the Sanford Civitan Club. He’s a member (and
former elder) of Jonesboro Presbyterian Church, where he teaches Sunday school, and also works as a volunteer with the Christian United Outreach Center. In his free time he enjoys traveling, playing music with his friends, reading and motorcycling. He and his wife Virginia have
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toured across country on three separate occasions by motorcycle, traveling in 49 states (they plan to hit Alaska next year). They’ve lived in Sanford since 1977 and have three children and five grandchildren.
See Take 5, Page 5A
INDEX
More Weather, Page 10A
OBITUARIES
D.G. MARTIN
Sanford: Sam Cope, 68; Mert Groth; Joel Jones, 70
It’s Saturday, and that means another column from a North Carolina legend
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Abby, Graham, Bridge, Sudoku............................. 5B Classifieds ....................... 8B Comics, Crosswords.......... 6B Community calendar .......... 2A Horoscope ........................ 5B Obituaries......................... 5A Opinion ............................ 4A Scoreboard ....................... 4B