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The Sanford Herald THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
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LEE REGIONAL FAIR
EDUCATION
Second all-year school an option Lee County Schools will look at results of a survey before making a decision By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com
WESLEY BEESON/The Sanford Herald
The 2010 Lee Regional Fair Queen Brianne Schlott smiles with trophy and roses after being crowned Wednesday night.
UNEXPECTED ROYALTY Lee Regional Fair’s queen, Brianne Schlott, entered pageant to just ‘have fun with friends’
BLOGGING THE FAIR Read a review of the fair by Jennifer Gentile — who considers herself a fair connoisseur — at our Lee Regional Fair blog, where you’ll also find photo galleries each day, a complete fair schedule, videos and much more. Click the blue ribbon at our website for access. sanfordherald.com
By JENNIFER GENTILE jgentile@sanfordherald.com
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s a glittering tiara was lowered onto her head Wednesday, Brianne Schlott’s expression was a mix of joy and disbelief. “I’m so surprised, I wasn’t expecting this,” said Schlott, who was crowned Miss Lee Regional Fair ONLINE Wednesday See photo galleries night. “I was and video from last just doing this night’s pageantry to have fun with at our fair blog by all my friends.” clicking the blue ribSchlott, who bon at our website was one of 16 sanfordherald.com girls vying for the title, is a 17-year-old senior at Lee County High School. She is the daughter of Michael and Charlene
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NATION
REVIEWING THE RIDES
Brianna Brown, 5, jumps up in the air on the bungee swing at The Lee Regional Fair on Wednesday evening.
For the second straight year, The Herald’s Billy Liggett offers his opinion on the fair’s most intimidating rides. Watch both parts of his rides review at our fair blog
GOVERNMENT
SANFORD — If a new survey reveals enough interest, Lee County could be home to a second year-round school in the 2011-2012 school year. At Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, the board voted on a survey proposed by the Middle School Curriculum and Instruction Committee regarding the possibility of a year-round middle school. The school would follow the county’s INSIDE current yearSee how a round calenyear-round dar, which middle school involves nine-week would be difquarters with ferent from three-week other camintersessions puses in the at the end of county each quarter PAGE 6A rather than a long summer break. Like Tramway Elementary, parents would choose to send their children to the school. But unlike Tramway, it would not have its own standalone facility. The proposed school-withina-school concept would place the year-round program in an existing middle school. Student population and space would be a factor in determining which middle school would house the year-round program. The students might actually attend SanLee Middle, for example, but would follow a different curriculum. The principal of the existing school would also be the principal of the year-round school. “It would run on a different schedule and have a different
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NATION
Board to settle ethics debate By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com
PROSECUTOR ‘SEXTED’ VICTIM IN ABUSE CASE A prominent Wisconsin district attorney sent repeated text messages trying to spark an affair with a domestic abuse victim while he was prosecuting her ex-boyfriend, a police report shows Full Story, page 9A
Vol. 80, No. 216 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
SANFORD — Lee County commissioners will meet next week to settle a much-discussed policy outlining how the board vets members accused of ethical lapses. County officials have been prepping the ethics policy for months since state lawmakers called for updated guidelines last year, wading through procedural issues that might arise in the case of a complaint and striking
HAPPENING TODAY A “Lunch and Learn” will be hosted by the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the chamber’s office on Carthage Street. Speaker this month is Kelly Klug of Lighthouse Documentation and Training, who’ll present a seminar of productive networking. Cost is $10 for the lunch and seminar.
a clause that some members said unfairly targeted one commissioner. Commissioner Linda Shook, one of a minority of Republicans on the panel and chairman of the county GOP, took issue with a passage that would have banned any member from being in a position of leadership with a local political party. Supporters said that, without the provision, members would be conflicted between serving their political party’s interests and those of the county resi-
dents. Others, however, said it was an effort to stifle Shook, a vocal minority on the board. Commissioners eventually agreed to remove the language after board attorney Ken Hoyle said the clause was “unconstitutional” and would not hold up to a court challenge. Lee County Manager John Crumpton will present a recent draft of the policy to commissioners at a Monday meeting
STATES BANNING ‘FAKE’ MARIJUANA Authorities in 13 states thought they were acting to curb a public health threat when they outlawed a form of synthetic marijuana known as K2, a concoction of dried herbs sprayed with chemicals
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High: 94 Low: 67
Full Story, page 10A
INDEX
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OBITUARIES
NAVARRETTE
Sanford: Billie Economy, 95; Minnie Lathan, 93; Percy Smith; Henry Stovall, 76 Carthage: Preston Frye Sr., 61 Coats: Drew Watkins III, 17
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