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GRACE CHRISTIAN BEGINS ITS RETURN TO THE DIAMOND Grace Christian’s baseball program is back and is looking to prove that it can, in fact, play with the big boys. Playing with a slew of rising eighth- and ninth-graders, the Crusaders have jumped out to a 5-2-1 record so far in the CCS Summer League. Full Story, Page 1B

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A portion of the newly paved section of the Endor Iron Furnace Greenway Trail near Spring Lane in Sanford. The greenway is off to a “really good start,” according to Sanford officials.

TEAMS BEGIN WOOING THE CROWN JEWEL OF FREE AGENCY The recruitment of LeBron James, the NBA’s two-time reigning MVP and player for the ages, has become an international soap opera featuring private jets, closeddoor meetings and rumors that seemingly change by the second Full Story, Page 1B

MOVIE REVIEW

NEIL’S TURN: AFTER THE HYPE, HERALD CRITIC TALKS ‘ECLIPSE’ The dread comes in early in “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” and once again, it is not the variety you would hope for from a tale about vampires, werewolves, and forbidden love. Movie Review, Page 10A

A STEP CLOSER Trees cleared, ground paved as greenway starts to take shape By ALEXA MILAN

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SANFORD — The Lee County community is one step closer to being able to walk, jog or bike down the Endor Iron Trail Greenway. Ground first broke on the project in January, but portions of the first phase are already nearing completion. Bob Bridwell, director of planning and development, said the culverts by Applebee’s and the Riverbirch shopping center entrance are complete, the culvert by Goody’s is about 80 percent complete and the grating and graveling for the trail is about 60 percent complete. Bridwell also said he expects the bridge that will go behind the movie theater to arrive within about 30 days.

Herald Editor Billy Liggett writes on his blog about what a greenway could mean to Sanford and its continued effort to attract businesses, BRAC residents and more. billyliggett.wordpress.com

A gravel pile awaits use near a paved portion of the Endor Iron Furnace Greenway trail in Sanford. People are already starting to use the trail despite its far-from-complete status. “I think we’ve got a really good start despite the wetness that was there when we first broke ground,” Bridwell said. “The contractor is doing an exceptionally good

job.” The next step will be finishing the grating and graveling and starting the paving. Even though phase one of the greenway isn’t

complete yet, people are already starting to enjoy the trail. “I actually saw a jogger on it Saturday, which I thought was amazing,”

See Greenway, Page 6A

OUR STATE MAN WHO SERVED FOR MURDER TO RECEIVE $750 FROM STATE A North Carolina man who served almost 17 years in prison for murder before being found innocent figures that the $750,000 he received in compensation from the state comes to about $5 an hour for his time behind bars. “Every time I think about spending it, I think about an hour in prison,” Greg Taylor said Thursday. Full Story, Page 7A

OUR NATION HEARINGS REVEAL MUCH ABOUT COURT NOMINEE KAGAN This week’s Senate confirmation hearings were America’s first and probably last chance for an in-depth conversation with Elena Kagan, who most likely will soon vanish into the cloistered corridors of the Supreme Court Full Story, Page 9A

Vol. 80, No. 154 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina

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Former CIA officer talks about his job during 9/11 By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Even though it was nearly a decade ago, most people remember Sept. 11, 2001, like it was yesterday. But only a fraction of people can say they participated in the government’s response immediately following the attacks. Sanford resident Ashley Hinman worked more than 30 years as a signals intelligence officer, and 22 months before Sept. 11, he was appointed the National Security Agency’s representative to Assistant Director

HAPPENING TODAY First Friday at Cafe 121 benefiting Communities In Schools of Lee County could be your solution. Fifty percent of all sales on Friday night will go to CIS Lee, so come out and enjoy a great meal and help make a difference in the lives of Lee County children. For more information about CIS Lee, call Heather Little at 718-5426 CALENDAR, PAGE 2A

of Central Intelligence for Collection Charles Allen. Hinman shared his Sept. 11 experiences with friends and neighbors at Carolina Trace Country Club on Wednesday evening. “I was in the right place at one of the worst times in United States history,” Hinman said. Hinman’s presentation was part of a lecture series at Carolina Trace, which Director of Marketing and Sales Sara O’Leary said has been a valuable educational tool to the club’s more than 1,000 members.

See CIA, Page 6A

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Sera Vasques, 2, laughs as one of the contestants from last year’s dog parade sniffs her during the 2009 Family Fourth Festival. Learn more about Saturday’s event on Page 3A.

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Sanford: Melah Blue, 34; Chuck Coffer, 46; William Salmon, 63; Fred Thomas, 74 Cameron: Harold Phipps, 70 Carthage: Elijah McNair, 84

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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:

MONDAY ■ The Siler City Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Siler City.

TUESDAY ■ The Harnett County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. in Lillington. ■ The Sanford City Council will meet at 7 p.m. at the Sanford Municipal Center in Sanford. ■ The Moore County Parks & Recreation Advisory Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Hillcrest Park in Carthage.

JULY 7 ■ The Moore County Voluntary Ag. Advisory will meet at 1 p.m. at the Soil & Water Conf. Room at the Ag Center in Carthage.

JULY 8 ■ The Moore County Planning Board will meet at 6 p.m. at the Commissioners Meeting Room in Carthage. ■ Moore County Soil & Water Conservation will meet at 4 p.m. at the Soil & Water Conf. Room at the Ag Center in Carthage.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Liesl M. Owle, Layla Gibbs, Jessica Lynn Wilson, Keyasia Leyah McKeithen, Emily Garcia, Danita Russell, Cheyenne Danielle Palmer, Susan Connor, Etta Marks, Jeff Venable, Jeffrey Chance Campbell, Greg Lloyd, Cody Kirk and Lataria McIver. CELEBRITIES: Former White House chief of staff John H. Sununu is 71. Writer-director-comedian Larry David is 63. Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, is 63. Actress Yancy Butler is 40. Contemporary Christian musician Melodee DeVevo (Casting Crowns) is 34. Actor Owain (OH’-wyn) Yeoman (TV: “The Mentalist”) is 32. Race car driver Sam Hornish Jr. is 31. Singer Michelle Branch is 27. Actress Vanessa Lee Chester is 26. Figure skater Johnny Weir is 26. Actress-singer Ashley Tisdale is 25. Actress Lindsay Lohan is 24.

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■ The Lee County Library will be closed Saturday, July 3; Sunday, July 4; and Monday, July 5 in observance of the Independence Day holiday. ■ Want to get into mountain biking, but don’t know where to start? There will be a free mountain biking clinic offered the last Saturday of each month at San-Lee Park. For more details call 776-6221. ■ Central Fire Station at 512 Hawkins Avenue will check car seats between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. each Saturday. Appointments are required. Contact Krista at 775-8310 by 5 p.m. Wednesday to schedule an appointment for the following Saturday. Child must be present for seat to be checked, unless mother is expecting. ■ Sanford Farmers Market will be held from 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday from May through October.

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TODAY ■ Wondering what to do for dinner Friday night? First Friday at Cafe 121 benefiting Communities In Schools of Lee County could be your solution. Fifty percent of all sales on Friday night will go to CIS Lee, so come out and enjoy a great meal and help make a difference in the lives of Lee County children. Reservations recommended — call Cafe 121 at 774-1888. Cafe 121 is located at 121 Chatham Street and is open 5:00-8:30 pm for dinner. For more information about CIS Lee, call Heather Little at 718-5426 or via e-mail at cisleedirector@ windstream.net.

SATURDAY ■ Sanford’s third annual Family 4th Festival will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. at Depot Park. Live music, free competitions and much more. Visit www.sanford-nc.com for more information. ■ Help the Lee County Arts Council kick off Sanford’s Fourth of July celebration by competing in a sidewalk chalk art event at Depot Park at 10 am. Demonstrate your flair by creating an 8-by-10 image celebrating Sanford & Lee County. Entry for the event is free and judging for the top three designs will be held at 2 p.m. based on skill, creativity and theme. For more information, contact Rebecca at (919) 774-6139. ■ 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.

SUNDAY ■ Pittsboro’s annual Independence Day Celebration will run from noon to 4 p.m. in downtown Pittsboro. This year’s celebration will coincide with the monthly First Sunday event, which features local vendors, craftsmen, antique sellers and more. Music will be provided by Johnny Wilson of The Big Time Party Band. Go to pittsboroshops.com or call 960-5892 for more info.

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Tess Farmer works as her dog Sammy watches closely on National Take Your Dog to Work Day, celebrated by Kelly MarCom last week. 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.

WEDNESDAY ■ Blood drive will be held from 1:30 to 6 p.m. at Belk, 1065 Spring Lane, Sanford. Free t-shirt for all donors. For appointments contact Lea Chandler at 774-4428 ext. 213. ■ Set Sail with the Amazing Steve Somers at 11 a.m. for a program of stories, music, magic, and puppets. The performance will take place at the Lee County Community Arts Center, 507 N. Steele St.. Parking lot and entrance to the building are on Bracken Street. Registration is not required and the performance is free and open to the public.

JULY 8 ■ Blood drive will be held from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. at Central Carolina Community College, 1105 Kelly Drive, Sanford. Free t-shirt for all donors. For appointments contact Mike Neal at 775-5401 or visit www.redcrossblood.org. ■ 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.

JULY 9 ■ Blood drive will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at Flat Springs Baptist Church, 4148 Deep River Road, Sanford. Free t-shirt for all donors. For appointments contact the church office at 775-5922.

Today is Friday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2010. There are 182 days left in the year. This day in history: On July 2, 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight along the equator. In 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution saying that “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.” In 1881, President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington railroad station; Garfield died the following September. (Guiteau was hanged in June 1882.) In 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signed into law the Sherman Antitrust Act. In 1917, rioting erupted in East St. Louis, Ill. as white mobs attacked black residents; nearly 50 people, most of them black, are believed to have died in the violence. In 1926, the United States Army Air Corps was created. In 1961, author Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death at his home in Ketchum, Idaho. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed a proclamation reviving draft registration. In 1990, more than 1,400 Muslim pilgrims were killed in a stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel in Saudi Arabia.

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■ Applebee’s in Sanford will partner with Grooming the Next Generation for Success, a community based youth group, to host a Flapjack Fundraiser Proceeds raised will help offset travel and lodging costs for the group to attend a seminar in California. The event will begin at 8 a.m. at the restaurant, located at 1325 Plaza Blvd. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the door or by calling 352-5597.

JULY 12 ■ Young people can learn how to use CAD software to draw cars, houses, cartoon characters, space shuttle or a project of their choice during the CCCC Continuing Education Department’s summer CAD Camp. Participants must be age 15 or older. The camp runs 1 to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, July 12-15, in Room 217 of Wilkinson Hall, Lee County Campus, Sanford. The cost is $65. Register early to reserve a spot by calling (919) 775-2122. ■ Prepare for an entry-level receptionist position by enrolling in Basic Skills for Today’s Office (L-2210), one of the JobsNOW programs offered by Central Carolina Community College’s Continuing Education Department. The class runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday, July 12-Aug. 19 at the college’s Lee County Campus, 1105 Kelly Drive, Sanford.

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Depot Park to host third annual Family Fourth Festival

SANFORD — In the mood for some food, contests and outdoor fun? Look no further than the annual Family 4th Festival, which kicks off Saturday in Depot Park. The festival begins at 4 p.m. with the Pets and Pedals Parade for kids and their furry friends, sponsored by Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption. “The kids decorate their bicycles, tricycles and wagons and wear patriotic clothes,” said Jennifer St. Clair, marketing director at the Sanford Chamber of Commerce. “It’s a fun way of kicking it off.” The afternoon will also include a kids fun zone, Yarborough’s ice cream and the third annual pie eating contest. Contestants will scarf down blueberry pies without the use of their hands as they vie for the first-place ribbon. “It’s probably become the most popular part of the day,” St. Clair said. “It’s really more of a bragging rights event.” The Family 4th festivities will wind down with a performance from Heart of Carolina Jazz featuring the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Choir. — by Alexa Milan

more and sitting less. North Carolina ranks 14th in the nation in overweight and obese adolescents; the highest numbers are among African-American girls and Hispanic boys. The percentage of children and adults who are overweight or obese rises each year. For the first time, the community grants are being awarded for a two-year cycle to study the impact the grants are having in the communities that receive them. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded funding in the fall of 2009 to the Department of Public Health’s Physical Activity and Nutrition Branch to work with East Carolina University’s Department of Public Health in evaluating the program. The Chatham County Public Health Department, in partnership with Be Active North Carolina, will implement the Just Push Play program in three K-8/5-8 Chatham County Schools. The three participating schools — Moncure, Bonlee and Horton Middle Schools — will receive minigrants and form wellness teams that will recommend policy changes to the school to make healthier lifestyles part of the school day. After-school programs will also feature PrYme Time Power Club, an afterschool physical education program. — Durham Herald Sun

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CHAPEL HILL — Health departments in Chatham and Orange counties will receive grant money to launch programs intended to reduce adolescent obesity, an initiative that comes in the wake of a dire warning from state health officials. “Despite advances in medicine, the current generation of children may be the first to live shorter lives than their parents,” said Jeff Engel, state health director. “We are committed to doing everything we can to reverse that trend.” To that end, the N.C. Division of Public Health has announced the recipients of the Eat Smart, Move More NC Community Grants Program. Twenty health departments and their partner agencies will use a total of $300,000 in funding to implement programs to get and keep at-risk adolescents ages 9-14 moving

ABERDEEN (MCT) — Police say the three men involved in a robbery and shoot-out near Vass earlier this week are the same people who robbed a restaurant here Saturday. Demarcus James Dennison, 18, of Polkton, and Paris Yusef Mack, 17, of Southern Pines, were charged Wednesday with robbery with a dangerous weapon and second-degree kidnapping, said Jim Foster, deputy chief of the Aberdeen Police Department. Charges are pending against 17-year-old Randy Joel Williams of the 300 block of Shaw Avenue in Southern Pines, Foster said. Williams is recovering from a gunshot wound to the face at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. He was listed in good condition today , a hospital spokeswoman said.

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Courthouse’s future debated Proposals include use as home for nonprofits, performing arts By BETH VELLIQUETTE The Durham Herald-Sun

PITTSBORO — Should the Chatham County Courthouse remain a courthouse or become a performing arts center or maybe a nonprofit center or dance hall? This week, a group of people gathered at Northwood High School to discuss their ideas for the iconic building, which was gutted by fire in March after a construction worker accidentally set fire to it while using a soldering iron to repair gutters during renovation work. Because a new justice facility is being built southeast of the courthouse that will include new courtrooms and offices, the historic courthouse, which the county owns, could be used for something other than a courthouse. During the forum, about 40 members of the public were asked to gather into groups around large pieces of paper that had the floor plan of the first and second floors of the courthouse. They were then asked to write down how they thought the spaces should be used and to give the courthouse a name that reflects their thoughts. The first floor formerly housed the office of the district attorney, a probation office and a small museum, and the second floor contained the Superior Court courtroom, the jury room and some offices and a balcony on the second floor. Some believed the structure should remain a courthouse. In one group of people, most thought the Superior Court courtroom should be rebuilt as the courtroom. “It’s historic. It’s iconic,” said Valerie Hinkley. “If you don’t have a courtroom in a courthouse, is it still a courthouse?” Then the group learned about the new justice facility. “So it’s up for grabs,” said Evelyn Ullman, director of the Literacy Council. Ullman’s idea was for the first floor to be turned into a non-profit center, where agencies such as the Literacy Center could be located. Len Zellor suggested the second floor could be

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Firefighters battle the March 25 blaze that all but destroyed the Chatham County Courthouse in downtown Pittsboro. This week, a group of people gathered at Northwood High School to discuss their ideas for the iconic building, used for a performing arts center, an idea that was echoed by a number of the other groups. “This could be used for the whole community to enrich their lives,” Ullman said. As the moderator asked each group for their ideas, other people suggested the courthouse could be a public market place, an art gallery, a welcome center, a museum, a place to hold dances, a theater for plays and concerts with state of the art sound systems and a kitchen, or a meeting space for county commissioners and other groups. One person suggested it would be a good place for a

restaurant, and others suggested building a skywalk to the building to make it easier for people to get to the courthouse, which is in the middle of a busy traffic circle. They came up with names such as: Old Courthouse Circle, Chatham Community Center, Chatham County Creative Arts Center, Chatham Court Center, The Courthouse and Courthouse Place, Others believed the building should remain a courthouse and should be called the Chatham County Courthouse. Attorney Wade Barber, whose father began practicing law in Pittsboro 1916

and as the county attorney led the restoration efforts in the 1950s, and whose sister chaired the restoration of the courthouse in the 1980s, hopes the Superior Court courtroom will be rebuilt and used for trials. “The courthouse represents our tradition and the continuity of our tradition,” Barber said. A task force will use the ideas from the meeting, as well as surveys and plans the participants filled out to come up with a recommendation that it will present to the Chatham County Board of Commissioners, which will make the ultimate decision.

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

Sweetened drinks ban unnecessary

ost in the state budget crunching — by far the most important thing coming out of Raleigh this week — was news that the North Carolina House approved a bill limiting the distribution of sugar-sweetened drinks (the House had considered banning them altogether). The bill, which awaits Senate approval, limits or prohibits flavored milk at child care centers, as well as serving any sweetened beverages other than 100 percent fruit juice. Serving whole milk to children 2 years of age or older is included, as well as serving juice from a bottle. There is

an exception for children with medical needs, special diets or food allergies. We understand the state’s intentions here. Childhood obesity is an epidemic, and large children lead to large adults. And large adults tend to require more medical attention, which brings health care into the picture, and with health care being the hottopic mess that it is today ... we suppose the thinking is make them healthy while they’re still young. Teach children proper nutrional habits. We don’t deny the epidemic — North Carolina ranks 14th in the nation in overweight and

obese adolescents. What this bill does, however is take responsibility out of parents’ hands. One might say parents are the problem to begin with — they’re the ones who aren’t paying attention to what their children are consuming at these centers — but instead of tossing out mandates, perhaps the state should focus more on educating parents. We agree with Americans for Prosperity (a conservative advocacy group with a Lee County chapter we’ve both agreed with and disagreed with in the past) and the group’s assessment that this bill is un-

necessary and does little but toss more government intervention into the mix. We agree with AFP’s statement that parents and child care facilities are capable of changing children’s habits. This bill forces already cashstrapped child care businesses to spend more on foods and drinks that meet the state’s guidelines. If a child care center isn’t providing proper nutrition, parents have a choice to put their kids somewhere else. Again, the law is unnecessary, and we hope the mandates don’t begin to multiply.

Letters to the Editor God doesn’t need to be on billboards to reach us To the Editor: I was reading the June 23 Herald about the new billboards going up in North Carolina. They say, “One Nation, Indivisible.” Well, that’s OK. They left out “Under God,” and that’s OK, too. My God did not ask to be put on billboards. He is looking for hearts that see him as “King of Kings,” “Lord of Our Hearts” and that’s not found on a billboard. There are millions and millions of billboards across our country. Most people only look at them when they are looking for food or gas. There is only one way to remove God from our society, and that is to change our Constitution, because the Constitution we have now was founded on God’s principles. Even if we change the Constitution and became a Communist country, there would still be those who recognize God as lord and savior ... like me. Billboards have no real meaning. They are just wood and paper. God is still here. In Christ,

Scott Mooneyham

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few years ago, the North Carolina General Assembly decided, as a cost-savings measure, to roll the enforcement arm of the state Division of Motor Vehicles into the State Highway Patrol. DMV officers, in their blue Crown Vics, primarily enforced trucking laws and patrolled highway rest stops. Besides saving money, the idea behind the move was that the DMV had been a political patronage dumping group. Rolling DMV enforcement into the Highway Patrol would improve professionalism and efficiency. Maybe legislators got it wrong. Maybe they should have rolled the Highway Patrol into the Division of Motor Vehicle. ... In the last couple of months, the patrol has seen a spat of firings and forced resignations. Master Trooper Timothy S. Stiwinter quit last week after being charged with drunken driving and felony hit and run by Asheville police. Patrol Capt. James Williams Jr., who supervised patrol operations in a 12-county area, was fired in May after he was caught driving drunk while off duty on Interstate 85. That drunken driving incident also cost three Butner police officers their jobs after they decided to give a wobbly Williams a drive to a hotel instead of a dip in the pokey. Trooper Larry B. Lovicka of Raleigh resigned earlier this month and is under investigation regarding a traffic stop of a woman in May. Then there is Maj. Everett Clendenin, the longtime spokesman and public face of the patrol. Clendenin resigned after alleging sending inappropriate text messages to a female co-worker. Clendenin had fielded many a question from reporters about other instances of trooper misconduct. You would think he would have known better. These episodes of misbehavior and alleged misbehavior followed several other highly-publicized embarrassments for the patrol during the previous two years. It seems that some patrol troopers believe that, because they enforce the law, they are above the law. Gov. Beverly Perdue seems more upset and angry about the incidents than anything else that has happened in her administration, saying the behavior “has to stop.” Considering the state of the economy and the state of the state budget, making it stop may not be has hard as it seems. Plenty of qualified folks, whether leaving other law enforcement agencies or leaving the military, would probably be happy to be gainfully employed by the Highway Patrol. With the economic and budget woes continuing for another couple of years, Perdue will be forced to take yet more budget-saving measures. So, why not layoff the entire department, a section at a time, and force everyone to reapply for their jobs? Up until now, public humiliation hasn’t done much to get patrol troopers’ attention. Perhaps pink slips will.

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bserving President Obama’s relentlessly reckless approach to our nation’s fiscal integrity is reminiscent of the signature phrase of Mad magazine’s Alfred E. Neuman, “What, me worry?” Obama struck again last week at the G-20 conference in Toronto, urging other nations to follow his Pied Piper lead into deficit spending hell. Unlike recent U.S. presidents who recognized and touted this nation as the world’s exemplar for economic growth and prosperity, Obama is turning us into a poster nation for financial irresponsibility. While other nations at the meeting were focusing on deficit reduction, Obama was haplessly urging them to join us in Keynesian spending oblivion. He told the conference that global economic recovery remains “fragile” and implored the nations’ leaders to continue deficit spending to sustain the “recovery.” The Washington Post reports that Obama’s remarks “tempered the Group of 20’s headline achievement at the summit, a deficit-reduction target that had been pushed by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the host of the meeting and a fiscal conservative.” Obama is wholly impervious to the historical record documenting the failure of FDR’s pump priming during the Depression, which exacerbated rather than ameliorated the economic problems. ... In speech after speech, he takes credit for having launched an economic recovery in the United States and for achieving job growth. Notwithstanding his economic models that stubbornly predict such results, he can point to no empirical evidence to verify his delusional boasts. It would be bad enough if his economic policies were simply retarding our economic recovery, but they are also accelerating our trip to national bankruptcy. Yet Obama continues to press forward with his foot smashed down on the gas pedal. Though fiscal sanity would demand that we put the brakes on runaway government spending, Obama wants more of it and is in the process of securing it — not just in the short term but also in perpetuity. Obama launched an array of new spending programs ostensibly billed as temporary — to help “stimulate” the economy — but his latest budget, according to The Heritage Foundation, “would replace this temporary spending with permanent new programs.” As if that should surprise anyone! Heritage’s latest figures show that federal spending, deficits and debt continue “to grow at a pace not seen since World War II.” This year, the federal government is spending $5,000 more per household than it was just two years ago. Oh, sure, Obama is also touting his promise to halve the federal deficit by 2013 and saying he means it. “People should learn that lesson about me because next year when I start presenting some very difficult choices to the country, I hope some of these folks who are hollering about deficits and debt step up because I’m calling their bluff,” he said.

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But his theories about deficit reduction might be a bit different from yours and mine. Obama wants us to believe (and apparently can’t help believing himself) that our soaring deficits are the result of “messy and unfair” tax laws. You know the drill: The rich are not paying their fair share. Put aside for now his specious and class warfare-driven arguments about the rich. The latest data published by Heritage reveal that 90 percent of the rising long-term budget deficits are driven by rising spending and that just 10 percent of the rising deficits are caused by falling revenues. Moreover, the “tax cuts” for those earning more than $250,000 are responsible for just 4 percent of the swing from surpluses to deficits. Yet after all his newly imposed federal spending programs, Obama will soon unveil the results of his “bipartisan” budget commission and swear he’s going to drastically reduce the deficit — mostly by raising taxes even more. To make the numbers work, even in theory, he’ll have to break — yet again — his promise not to raise taxes “of any kind” on those making less than $250,000. And he’ll expect to be lauded for his stewardship and given a pass for reneging on his pledge. Those who criticize him for his reckless spending, his broken promises and his economically suicidal blueprint to solve our debt and economic problems through higher taxes will be castigated as mere partisans. So predictable. So maddening. So destructive. In a nutshell, then, Obama’s plan is to spend us into bankruptcy without improving private-sector economic growth, impose national health care and other permanent entitlements to further bankrupt us and suppress the economy, exploit the Gulf oil spill to cram through the further growth-destroying capand-trade bill, and then revamp the tax code to place even further burdens on income earners and the economy as a whole. What, me worry? Duh! How about you?

Today’s Prayer Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:21 RSV) PRAYER: Gracious Lord, forgive us for being so involved with achieving our goals that we do not trust Your guidance or serve You on our way. Lead us day by day and sustain us by Your presence. Amen.

Happy Fourth of July. We should all thank someone in the military for our freedom. They dedicate and sacrifice their lives for all of us. I have heard people say the military gets so many benefits and it’s “their job.” They deserve all of their benefits and more. We spend time with family and watch our children grow everyday. Do they enjoy that? Those who think the military have it made, think again. Even when stationed in the states, they have to uproot their lives and go wherever they have to, leaving family and friends. People can fight for our country but can’t drink alcohol if they are under 21 years old ... and now can’t smoke? There has been more focus on making everyone quit smoking instead of other important issues. The state has implemented a high tax on tobacco. If the state is so against smoking, why do they make so much money on tobacco users? The law impacts business owners to be smoke free. Why can’t non-smokers open their own businesses as smoke free? There are concerns about second hand smoking; have there been any studies on how aerosols, insecticides, car exhaust, etc. can cause harm to humans, animals and the environment? Do people think of all the exhaust from cars when they sit in drive-throughs or let their car warm up or cool down in the winter and summer? Do they know what this is doing to them? Should we ban aerosols, insecticides and drive-throughs? Why are smokers the only ones being accused of all the pollution and illnesses? Do smokers have the right to smoke in designated areas on their breaks in our “free country?” Or do non-smokers have the right to tell everyone, “Do as I say, or hit the road.” If we spent more time worrying about the important things in life like those who fight for our country or the policemen and firefighters who protect us everyday and less time worrying about the little things, the world would be a much happier place. DENISE BOWYER Sanford

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The Sanford Herald / Friday, July 2, 2010 / 5A Elijah McNair

OBITUARIES Melah Blue

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Melah L. Blue, 34, of 914 Edwards Road, died Tuesday (6/29/10) at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. She is survived by her mother, Lelia H. Blue; brothers, Freddie Allen of Maryland, Dr. Grant Blue and wife Dr. Joyce, Derek â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rickyâ&#x20AC;? Blue and wife Sherry and Christopher Blue and wife Rosa â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lannâ&#x20AC;?; sisters, Toi BlueRay and husband William â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shortyâ&#x20AC;?, Sonya D. Blue and Lanita R. McCormick and husband Earl and a host of nephews, nieces, uncles, aunts, cousins and friends. The family will receive friends at her sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house, Toi Blue, 2247 Nicholson Road, Sanford. The funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cameron Grove AME Zion Church in Broadway. Burial will follow at Moore Union Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Broadway. Condolences may be made at www.knottsfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are by Knotts Funeral Home of Sanford.

Chuck Coffer

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Graveside service for Charles Ray â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chuckâ&#x20AC;? Coffer, 46, who died Sunday (6/27/10), was conducted Thursday at Center United Methoidst Church Cemetery with the Rev. Bob Morrison officiating. Pallbearers were Tracy Carter, Barry Reynolds, Tommy Stone, Lee Battles, Tim Marsh and Gerald Parker. Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

William Salmon

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Graveside service for the Rev. William Wallace Salmon, 63, who died Monday (6/28/10), was conducted Thursday at Center United Methodist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Gary Ashley officiating. Soloist was Russ Kelly. Pallbearers were Gary Ashley, Jacob Ashley, Christopher Williams, Daniel Williams, Randy Clark and Haywood Lineberry. Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Fred Thomas

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fred Louis Thomas, 74, died Wednesday (6/30/10) at E. Carlton Powell Center in Lillington. He was born Oct. 19, 1935 in Lee County, son of the late Wade Hampton Thomas and Irene Gilmore Thomas. He was

preceded in death by brothers, J. Hugh Thomas and Claude Thomas, and sisters, Ruby Stuart, Lucille Darroch, Polly Hobbs, Johnnie Jean Wicker and Mildred Thomas. He served his country in the U.S. Army and was retired from Proctor Silex Company. He is survived by brothers, Alfred Thomas of Panama City, Fla., Hampton Junior Thomas of Southern Pines, Van Thomas of Sanford and Larry Thomas of Cumnock, and a sister, Magdeline Moody of Sanford. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home. A graveside service will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Buffalo Cemetery with the Rev. Keith Miller officiating. Condolences may be made at www.bridgescameronfuneralhome. com. Arrangements are by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Leonard Scurlock PITTSBORO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Leonard Daniel Scurlock, 6l, of 9l0 Hillsboro St., died Wednesday (6/30/10) at his residence. He is survived by his mother, Bessie M. Scurlock of the home; sons, Leonard Thaddeus S. Scurlock and Aaron Dante Scurlock of the home; brothers, Timothy Scurlock and wife Kathy and Adrian Scurlock and wife Loleta, all of Pittsboro; three grandchildren; four nephews; three nieces; six aunts; two uncles; and a host of other relatives and friends. The funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Alston Chapel United Holiness Church in Pittsboro. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Condolences may be made at www.knottsfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are by Knotts Funeral Home of Pittsboro.

home. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Emmanuel Wesleyan Church. Burial will follow at Guilford Memorial Park with the Rev. Ray Thomas officiating. Condolences may be made at forbisanddick. com. Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Ave., Greensboro, N.C. 27405 or to Emmanuel Wesleyan Church, Building Fund, 3235 Yanceyville St., Greensboro, N.C. 27405. Arrangements are by Forbis and Dick Funeral Home of Pleasant Garden.

CARTHAGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Elijah R. McNair, 84, died Thursday (7/1/10) at his residence. He was a World War II veteran. He is survived by his wife, Gussie McNair; a daughter, Leigh McNair of Durham; brothers, Alton Davis and Charlie Davis; a sister, Lee Spotards; two grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. The funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Mondayat John Hall Presbyterian Church in Carthage. Entombment will follow in Pinelawn Memorial Park. There will be a viewing from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Arrangments are by Pugh and Smith Funeral Home of Carthage.

RALEIGH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Billy Jean Williams, formally of Carthage, died Thursday (7/1/10) at her residence. Arrangment will be announced by Pugh and Smith Funeral of Carthage.

Glen Key

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PLEASANT GARDEN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Glen Louis Key, 84, died Thursday (7/1/10) at his residence. He was born Sept. 10, 1925 in Lee County, son of the late John Louis and Ruby Edwards Key. He was a member of Emmanuel Wesleyan Church and worked as a Supervisor at Carolina By-Products. In addition to his Key parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Glenda Jo Wilson, and a sister, Evangeline Davis. He is survived by his wife, Ethel Marie Blakley Key; daughters, Brenda Brooks and husband Ronnie of Gaston, S.C., Linda Rorer and husband Lynn of Pleasant Garden, Margie Jones and husband Mike of Oak Ridge and Janice Burkett and husband Tom of Clemmons; a son, Jimmy Glen Key of the home; sisters, Helen Delenne and husband Hugh of Gardendale, Ala. and Earlene Frye of Carthage; a brother, Hugh Edward Key and wife Betty of Ramseur; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral

SPRING LAKE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Russell Leon Hardy, 67, of 114 Bruce Lane, died Tuesday (6/29/10) at his residence. He is survived by his wife, Barbara G. Hardy of the home; a son, Leon G. Hardy of Spring Lake; a daughter, Tammy H. Goods of Gary, Ind.; and five grandchildren. The funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at Elizabeth Street Mortuary. Arrangements are by Elizabeth Street Mortuary, Inc. of Spring Lake.

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Harold Phipps CAMERON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral service for Harold L. Phipps, 70, who died Monday (6/28/10), was conducted Thursday at Hillmon Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Shannon Arnold officiating. Pianist and guitarist was Ronnie Cox. Four Heart Harmony sang several selections of music and Ronnie Cox sang two solos. Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Faith Baptist Church Cemetery in Thomson, Ga. Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mary Alice Salmon Kay, 88, passed away at her home on June 30, 2010 in the loving care of her family. Born May 4, 1922 in Moore County, she was the daughter of the late Ella Harrington Doughty and Davis R. Salmon Sr. Mrs. Kay was predeceased by the love of her life and husband of 64 years, Leroy F. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Speedâ&#x20AC;? Kay. They were married in a double wedding ceremony at the Virginia Dare Hotel in Elizabeth City on October 2, 1940 and made a wonderful life and family together thereafter. Also predeceasing her were her parents, brother Gilbert Salmon, and sisters Thelma Townsend and Edna McCartney. She is survived by a brother, Davis R. Salmon Jr. and wife Janie of Pinehurst; daughters, Pat Kay Key and husband Jim of Burlington and Mary Kay Baldauf and husband Rick of Columbia, S.C.; a grandson, Jim Key II and wife Ruth of Durham; granddaughters, Patti Key of Huntersville, Mary Pat and Beth Baldauf of Columbia, S.C.; great-grandchildren, Jay and Rachel Key of Durham; and a host of loving nephews and nieces. Mrs. Kay was a long-time member of Cameron Baptist Church in Cameron, where she and her late husband â&#x20AC;&#x153;Speedâ&#x20AC;? were honored in 2008 for their love and service through the years. She was a former member of Fairview Heights Baptist Church in Portsmouth, Va. During that time, she was Associational GA Director of Portsmouth Baptist Church in Portsmouth, Va. During that time, she was Associational GA Director of Portsmouth Baptist Association for many years. Her GAs and Cradock High School students were very special to her. Mrs. Kay retired from Moore Regional Hospital in 1995 after years of loving service, where she touched countless lives in many ways. She loved her job, and she loved the people she worked with even more. Mrs. Kay had friends and family throughout the United States, and she loved to keep in touch through cards, calls and later through her blog and Facebook page as well. She was known far and wide for her thoughtfulness, her sense of style and her love of all things pink. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 3, 2010, at Cameron Baptist Church, 593 Carthage St., Cameron, with the Rev. Dr. Wayne Greene officiating. A viewing will precede the service at 12 noon. Burial will follow at Cameron Community Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following in the Fellowship Hall at Cameron Baptist Church. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 6, 2010, in the Sanctuary at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 3200 Trenholm Road, Columbia, S.C. Memorials may be made to Cameron Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 155, Cameron, N.C. 28326; Harmony Care Hospice, 100 Ashland Park Lane, Suite K, Columbia, S.C. 29210; or United Way of the Midlands, 1800 Main St., Columbia, S.C. 29201. The family is deeply grateful to Dr. Farrell Collins and staff in Pinehurst, Dr. Bradley Word and staff in Columbia, S.C., the nursing staff of the 8th Floor Averyt Wing at Palmetto Baptist, the wonderful home care givers with Harmony Care Hospice and all of those involved in her care over the past several years. Paid obituary

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Scientists closing in on genes that help people live to be 100 By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The oldest among us seem to have chosen their parents well. Researchers closing in on the impact of family versus lifestyle find most people who live to 100 or older share some helpful genes. But donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give up on diet and exercise just yet. In an early step to understanding the pathways that lead to surviving into old age, researchers report in Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s online edition of the journal Science that a study of centenarians found most had a number of genetic variations in common. That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a quick test to determine who will live long and who wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a healthy lifestyle and other factors are also significant, noted the team led by Paola Sebastiani and Thomas T. Perls of Boston University. Nevertheless, Perls said the research might point the way to determining who will be vulnerable to specific diseases sooner, and there may be a possibility, down the road, to help guide therapy for

them. The team looked at the genomes of 1,055 Caucasians born between 1890 and 1910 and compared them with 1,267 people born later. By studying genetic markers the researchers were able to predict with 77 percent accuracy which gene groups came from people over 100. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seventy-seven percent is very high accuracy for a genetic model,â&#x20AC;? said Sebastiani. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But 23 percent error rate also shows there is a lot that remains to be discovered.â&#x20AC;? The centenarians could be fitted into 19 groups with different genetic signatures, they found. Some genes correlate with longer survival, others delayed the onset of various agerelated diseases such as dementia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The signatures show different paths of longevity,â&#x20AC;? Sebastiani said. In general, the centenarians remained in good health longer than average, not developing diseases associated with old age until in their 90s, according to the study. The researchers were surprised, Sebastiani said, that they found little difference between

the centenarians and the control group in genetic variations that predispose people to certain illnesses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We found that what predisposes to a long life is not lack of disease associated variants, but the presence of protective variants,â&#x20AC;? she said at a briefing. In addition, 40 percent of â&#x20AC;&#x153;super-centenariansâ&#x20AC;? aged 110 and over had three specific genetic variants in common. Perls cautioned that this is a very complex genetic puzzle and â&#x20AC;&#x153;weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re quite a ways away, still, in understanding what pathways are governed by these genes.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I look at the complexity of this puzzle and feel very strongly that this will not lead to treatments that will get people to be centenarians,â&#x20AC;? he said. But it may help in developing a strategy and screenings that will help find what treatments will be needed down the road. While this study, begun in 1995, focused on Caucasians, the researchers said they plan to extend it to other groups, including studying Japan, which has large numbers of elderly.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inheritability of longevity has been looked at, so genes do play a role,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Kenneth S. Kendler of the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University. But so do other factors â&#x20AC;&#x153;such as driving motorcycles fast and smoking,â&#x20AC;? said Kendler, who was not part of the research team. The 77 percent accuracy rate reported in this study is better than other groups have been able to do, Kendler added. The U.S. study found that about 85 percent of people 100 and older are women and 15 percent men. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Men tend to be more susceptible to mortality in age-related diseases,â&#x20AC;? Perls said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once they get a disease they more readily die. Women, on the other hand, seem to be better able to handle these diseases, so they tend to have higher levels of disability than men, but they live longer than men.â&#x20AC;? The study was funded by grants from the National Institute of Aging and the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.

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Lawmakers move reform packages along

RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Legislative leaders made progress Thursday moving ethics and government reform bills through the General Assembly, setting the stage for a quick compromise between the House and Senate on competing bills as the current session may adjourn by the end of next week. The House tentatively approved by 86-4 vote a wide-ranging measure that would limit state contractors to donating no more than $1,000 per year to the political campaign of someone seeking a Council of State office who would have authority to award the contract. It also requires board and commission members

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Bridwell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re already running on it before the bridges are done.â&#x20AC;? The idea for the greenway began 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. Phase one involves developing 1.5 miles of the trail beginning at Kiwanis Family Park, but 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;If we can complete all 28 miles, it would be the finest greenway on the East Coast as far as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m concerned,â&#x20AC;? Bridwell said. Endor Iron Furnace was selected as a focal point of the greenway, Bridwell said, because the department views the furnaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restoration as an important project. Its location on the Deep

to disclose their detailed fundraising activities for the officials appointing them. A Senate judiciary committee also recommended its own reform bill earlier Thursday, but it scaled back some House provisions and studied another. Both bills should be on the floor again early next week. The provisions, among about two dozen being altered or added in both bills, are designed to reduce the potential or perception of what supporters call â&#x20AC;&#x153;pay-toplayâ&#x20AC;? politics, in which campaign donations are used to seek to influence government decisions and appointments by giving River is also a focus of the Open Space Initiative. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Iron Furnace is a great historical site,â&#x20AC;? said John Payne, director of Lee County Parks and Recreation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s along the river, and it offers other tie-in possibilities with the canoe trail.â&#x20AC;?

to candidates or elected officials. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have no single answer to all of the problems,â&#x20AC;? said Rep. Rick Glazier, D-Cumberland, who is shepherding the House package, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;this is a very strong and good bill.â&#x20AC;? In both bills, people who give at least $10,000 in illegal campaign contributions in a single election would now be guilty of a felony. More state officials would be subject to ethics rules, and elected officials would have to file another financial disclosure statement once they leave office to shed light on potential conflicts of interest. More state employee personnel records also would be Payne said he thinks the greenway will be a great addition to Lee County because it will offer people alternatives for getting around town and more ways to be active outside. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to make our community

made available. The Senate bill got delayed last week after Republicans complained about a Democratic provision that would have expanded voluntary public financing to candidates for five additional members of the Council of State. The expansion was deleted, and the Senate bill approved Thursday received bipartisan support after at least two GOP amendments were added. The two sides likely will negotiate a compromise since legislative leaders and Gov. Beverly Perdue say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s critical to get a package passed before the General Assembly adjourns.

more livable, to be able to get out and do things without having to pack up the car,â&#x20AC;? Payne said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can get the bike out or put on your jogging shoes and go to the store or the park.â&#x20AC;?

If you filed on time, you state refund is coming RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Everybody still waiting on a North Carolina income tax refund should see their money very soon if the return was filed on time. The Department of Revenue says it has released all refunds for returns filed on or before April 15. Checks cut in recent weeks are a

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ashleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk represents a way for the country club and the neighbors to find out interesting things about each other,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leary said. Though he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t discuss all of the details for security reasons, Hinman shared what it was like to work with the Intelligence Community on that life-altering day. One of Hinmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daily responsibilities was meeting with leaders from the CIA, the Counter Terrorism Center and the National Photographic Intelligence Center to review the latest information on Osama bin Laden. As the meeting drew to a close that Tuesday, the news broke that a plane had crashed into one of the Twin Towers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we all suspected that this wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t random,â&#x20AC;? Hinman said. Hinman immediately called for a review of all collected intelligence to see if there was anything they missed, something that might indicate any warning of an attack on U.S. soil. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Key questions poured into our office,â&#x20AC;? Hinman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who was responsible? Why didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we know this was coming?â&#x20AC;? Hinman and about 40 other people were moved to a crisis center in a conference room with no computers and insufficient phones. Shortly after that, they received word that a plane had crashed into the Pentagon. They were later moved again to a print plant across the parking lot. With rumors flying and phone numbers constantly changing, the environment was chaotic. After the NSA first discovered evidence that al-Qaida was responsible for the attacks,

little higher because the agency had to add interest if filers werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t paid before the end of May. The interest has accrued to $1.2 million. North Carolina delayed tax refunds for the second straight year as the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cash flow stayed uncertain in the weak economy. The department said in a news release this week the agency is still working on returns filed after April 15.

Hinman sat next to the Director of Central Intelligence, who was on the phone updating George W. Bush. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get home for the first time until about 11 p.m. Friday,â&#x20AC;? Hinman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was the kind of response that was needed.â&#x20AC;? Hinman was only three weeks away from his schedule retirement at the time of the terrorist attacks. He worked five more months, sometimes as much as 80-100 hours a week in the weeks that followed Sept. 11. Even though he was gone most of the time, he said his wife, Mary Ann, was always supportive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She has been the most outstanding wife,â&#x20AC;? Hinman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She never complained.â&#x20AC;? Hinman said he is confident that the United States will catch bin Laden someday, but he also feels there could be another attack if the country becomes too complacent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The more complacent we become, the more our guard will drop and al-Qaida will spot a weakness,â&#x20AC;? Hinman said. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leary said she finds Hinmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story a fascinating reminder of the powerful effect Sept. 11 had on the country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing, and I think Ashleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story is patriotic and inspirational,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leary said. After the intensity at the end of his career, Hinman said he has been enjoying his retirement at Carolina Trace. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I spent 33 years focusing on bad guys,â&#x20AC;? Hinman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m focusing on good people.â&#x20AC;?

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RALEIGH (AP) — Driver’s license photos in North Carolina will soon be captured in 3-D. The state Division of Motor Vehicles said Thursday it is planning for the changes for 2012. The new photos will come from a camera with multiple lenses. The blackand-white photograph will be laser engraved to the card to provide a clear image. North Carolina has worked with the FBI to test whether the state’s facial-recognition software can be used to match photos of fugitives with license photos. DMV spokeswoman Marge Howell says the 3-D images will improve that effort.

Feds arrest Texas shootings suspect in N.C. 10 years later

CHARLOTTE (AP) — A Mexican national has been arrested in North Carolina, a decade after authorities said he shot three people in Houston, killing one of them, and then went on the run, federal agents said Thursday. Fidel Mora Yanez, 37, was arrested Tuesday morning at a gas station in Asheboro, about 70 miles northeast of Charlotte, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Agents had Yanez under surveillance since June 22, when they got a tip that he was living in the Asheboro area under an assumed name and worked in construction, ICE spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez said. When he was arrested, Yanez told authorities he had relatives in the area and had been living in North Carolina since 2001, Gonzalez said. Police say Yanez shot and killed 20-year-old Nicolas Deangel Clemente after the men argued at a Houston bar on Aug. 4, 2000. According to authorities, Yanez went to Clemente’s apartment later that night, shooting him in the head and chest. Two other men inside the apartment were wounded but survived, police say. Yanez faces one count of murder and two counts of aggravated assault in connection with the Houston shootings, police there say. In addition, federal authorities say he will face administrative charges for being in the country illegally. Yanez was in the Mecklenburg County jail in Charlotte on Thursday awaiting extradition to Houston. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney or when he would be extradited. Despite the decade between the shootings and Yanez’s arrest, Gonzalez says these kinds of cases show a tough stance on crime.

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Man vacationing with family drowns in Ocean Isle OCEAN ISLE (AP) — A North Carolina man vacationing with his family has drowned at a beach. The StarNews of Wilmington reported police said Carter M. Stroupe of Greensboro drowned Wednesday morning at Ocean Isle Beach. Dale Tweedy of Morrisville was among those who tried to revive Stroupe. He says he saw someone playing the water, then saw ocean waves rolling over the man. Tweedy and a woman dragged the man to the beach.

Four men killed in Garner wreck GARNER (AP) — The North Carolina Highway Patrol says four men have died after a single-vehicle accident in which they were thrown from the vehicle. Sgt. Jeff Gordon says the wreck happened shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday on a road near Garner. Authorities have not determined the car’s speed, but Gordon says both speed and the lack of seat belt use were a factor in the wreck and deaths. He says the wreck occurred as the car went into a curve, went back and forth across the road, struck a ditch and overturned. The car then hit a small grove of trees and a telephone pole. The four people were then ejected. Authorities are not releasing the victims’ names because their families haven’t been notified.

Public TV subject of Senate panel subpoena RALEIGH (AP) — Some lawmakers have agreed to subpoena North Carolina public television workers about what’s called a notyet-aired documentary about the Yadkin River and its hydroelectric dams owned by Alcoa. Sen. Fletcher Hartsell of Cabarrus County said Thursday the judiciary committee he leads has agreed to ask for information and send subpoenas to University of North Carolina Television and two employees. A UNCTV spokesman said Thursday the agency had yet to receive the paperwork. The demand for information by next week comes as Hartsell tries to resolve a legislative standoff on the future of the dams by the time lawmakers adjourn.

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RALEIGH — A North Carolina man who served almost 17 years in prison for murder before being found innocent figures that the $750,000 he received in compensation from the state comes to about $5 an hour for his time behind bars. “Every time I think about spending it, I think about an hour in prison,” Greg Taylor said Thursday. Taylor, 48, appeared Monday before a brief hearing of the N.C. Industrial Commission, which approved his state compensation. Gov. Beverly Perdue pardoned Taylor in May, a necessary step before the commission could hand out the check. State law allowed him to apply for compensation from the state for $50,000 a year

Convict escapes prison by hiding inside a box TAYLORSVILLE (AP) — Authorities in western North Carolina are looking for an inmate who escaped from a minimumsecurity prison by hiding inside a box on a truck leaving the construction site where he was working on a new addition for the facility. The state Department of Correction said 43-yearold Xavier Shaw escaped from the Alexander Correctional Institution on Wednesday. Authorities believe he escaped around 1 p.m. Shaw was serving a sixyear sentence for kidnapping and several counts of common law robbery. His prison term was scheduled to end Aug. 30. Department of Correction spokesman Keith Acree says Shaw was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and brown prison pants.

Marine unit recognized for aviation safety CAMP LEJEUNE (AP) — A North Carolina-based Marine unit has received the Navy’s outstanding aviation safety award for a flawless record during its deployment. The Marine Corps said Thursday the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit received the Admiral Flatley Memorial Award at Camp

up to a maximum of $750,000. He said he received the money Tuesday and deposited it, although he hasn’t spent any of it. Taylor plans to repay his family for the money they spent on attorneys and investigators on their quest to prove he didn’t kill Jacquetta Thomas. That quest ended in February, when a three-judge panel found him innocent of killing Thomas. The judges got the case from the N.C. Innocence Inquiry Commission, the only state-run agency in the country dedicated to proving a convicted person’s innocence. His was the first exoneration to result from the commission’s work. Taylor was convicted in 1993 of killing Thomas, a prostitute whose beaten body was found on a deserted cul-de-sac in Raleigh in

September 1991. Taylor said he and a friend went to the cul-de-sac to smoke crack cocaine and his sport utility vehicle became stuck there. He was questioned and charged after he returned to retrieve the SUV. Taylor continues to live with his daughter, Kristen Puryear, and her husband, Charles, at their home in Durham. He hasn’t started looking for a job yet, although he hopes eventually to take courses and be certified as a Web site designer. Meanwhile, Taylor says he is taking baby steps as he adjusts to life outside prison. For example, he has gotten a driver’s license again with restrictions that include a ban on driving between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. for five years. “I’ll be free in 2015,” Taylor said.

Lejeune. The unit left in 2009 for seven months in the Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East with the Navy’s Bataan Amphibious Ready Group. It was the first time the MV-22B Osprey aircraft deployed. The unit flew more than 4,300 hours with more than 5,100 mishap free landings. It received the award on Wednesday. The award is named for Adm. James Flatley, a World War II aviator who helped develop what is now the Naval Safety Center. Flatley received the Navy Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Coral Sea.

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Super snack: Cheerwine, Krispy Kreme team up RALEIGH (AP) — Two treats from the Carolinas are teaming up to create a new doughy delicacy, but only for a limited time. Winston-Salem-based Krispy Kreme Doughnuts says Thursday it’s created a doughnut that’s stuffed with a filling flavored with Cheerwine, the cherryflavored soft drink whose headquarters is in Salisbury. The confection is covered with chocolate icing and red and white sprinkles. But the treats can’t be purchased at Krispy Kreme stores. Cheerwine says the desserts are available at select grocery stores in North and South Carolina through the month of July.

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LUMBERTON (AP) — An animal advocate who had sued a shelter over its treatment of animals is dropping the lawsuit. Multiple media outlets reported that attorney Calley Gerber says her client wants to drop the lawsuit because she thinks Robeson County is improving the shelter, including the hiring a new manager. Gerber says the lawsuit can be reinstated within a year. County Health Department Director Bill Smith says more animals are being adopted because of a new policy allowing rescue groups an additional 48 hours to adopt dogs and cats. Smith says the new manager and the addition of two employees to coordinate pet adoptions and work with volunteers will improve operations.

RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina Legislature has agreed to a narrower version of a committee recommendation that would have banned corporal punishment for all students with disabilities where spanking is still used. The Senate unanimously agreed on Thursday with a House bill that would allow parents of children with physical, mental or learning challenges to prevent school personnel from spanking their child if they state it in writing. The bill now goes to Gov. Beverly Perdue for her signature. The broader ban proposed by an education oversight committee was pulled back after legislators raised concerns a child with a disability could avoid punishment even though the difficulty isn’t connected to bad behavior. About 90 of the state’s 115 school districts already ban all corporal punishment or don’t use it.

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Evidence mounts that economy hitting skids

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The economic rebound is stalling. A raft of weak new reports Thursday provided the strongest evidence yet that the recovery is slowing and added to concerns that the nation could be on its way back into recession. Most notable was a rise in the number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time. The four-week average for jobless claims now stands at its highest point since March. The bleak indicators come just after Congress adjourned for the holiday weekend without extending jobless benefits, and a day ahead of a report expected to show only modest improvement in the national job market. On top of that, the housing market appears to be slumping again, and the Dow Jones industrials closed down for the sixth

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Talia Dashow, right, with Mary Kay cosmetics explains sales opportunities during a National Career Fair in San Francisco. Initial claims for unemployment benefits rose for the second time in three weeks last week, a sign that layoffs are rising. trading day in a row. Add in slower growth in China and the Europe debt crisis, and economists are scaling back their forecasts for the U.S. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you add it all up,

it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imply a doubledip, but it does suggest that growth will be slower than weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see,â&#x20AC;? said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James.

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precise definition. Senate Republicans, expressing concerns about the ballooning federal deficit, this week blocked a bill that would have kept unemployment checks going to people who have been laid off for long stretches. More than 1.3 million people have been left without federal jobless benefits after Congress adjourned without an extension. That number could grow to 3.3 million by the end of the month if lawmakers canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resolve the impasse when they return. Among those waiting for a resolution is Nan Esparza, 59, a single mother of three in Smithfield, N.C., who lost her job as a legal secretary early last year. Her unemployment benefits expired last month. She plans to live off savings. Near Detroit, Todd Childress expects to run out of unemployment aid in two weeks. He lost his

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Auto sales drop in June DETROIT (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Most automakers saw their U.S. sales drop from May to June, a sign that this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slow recovery in the industry may be stalling. Americans are delaying big-ticket purchases because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re worried about their jobs in a period of high unemployment. Nervous consumers could mean a tough summer for automakers, who hope to improve sales after a dismal 2009. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Consumers are clearly hunkering down in light of the current environment, waiting for signs of a renewed recovery,â&#x20AC;? said Jeff Schuster, executive director of global forecasting at J.D. Power and Associates. Unemployment fears flared again Thursday when the Labor Department reported that new claims for jobless benefits jumped last week. Claims have been stuck above 450,000 since the beginning of the year, raising concerns that jobs remain scarce as the economy recovers from the worst recession since the 1930s. The auto industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggles could be good news for some consumers. Analysts say if the month-to-month declines continue, automakers will

be tempted to expand sales promotions such as low-cost leases, zeropercent financing and cash rebates. But for now, buyers will have to wait for sweeter deals. Automakers averaged $2,661 in deals per vehicle last month, down $36 from May, according to the Edmunds.com automotive website. Sales of new cars and trucks for General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co., Toyota and Chrysler Group LLC fell between 12 and 14 percent from May to June. Nissan, Subaru and Honda were also down, but Hyundai bucked the trend with a slight gain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Recent economic news continues to point to a slow recovery with some volatility in it,â&#x20AC;? said Steve Carlisle, GMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head of global product planning. Carlisle pointed to declines in fleet sales as a major reason for GMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slowdown from May. Those sales, which go to bulk buyers such as the government and rental car companies, bring in less money than sales to individuals. GM sold 25,000 fewer vehicles to fleets in June. Car sales to individuals often slow in June,

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Mortgage rates drop to another low, 4.58 percent

Job worries hurt stocks at start of 3rd quarter

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mortgage rates have sunk to the lowest level in more than five decades, but consumers arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rushing to refinance their loans or buy homes. Mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate for 30-year fixed loans sank to 4.58 percent this week. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s down from the previous record of 4.69 percent set last week and the lowest since the mortgage company began keeping records in 1971. The last time they were cheaper was the 1950s, when most long-term home loans lasted just 20 or 25 years. Rates have fallen over the past two months. Investors wary of the European debt crisis and the stock market have shifted money into the safety of Treasury bonds, driving down yields. Mortgage rates tend to track the yields on long-term Treasurys. On Wednesday, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note dropped to 2.95 percent. That was the first time it has fallen below 3 percent since April 2009, when the markets were beginning to recover from the financial crisis.

NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stocks began the third quarter with another loss after reports on jobs, housing and manufacturing raised investorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; economic worries. The Dow Jones industrial average fell almost 42 points Thursday for its sixth straight loss, although it ended well off its lows ahead of the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s June jobs report. The report is critical because a rebound in jobs is needed for the economy to recover. The numbers are due before the start of trading Friday. Anthony Chan, chief economist at J.P. Morgan Private Wealth Management in New York, said expectations are now so low that the market could get a pop from the report. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So many people are so set up for such a negative number that even if the number shows any signs of life there may be some sort of a relief rally,â&#x20AC;? Chan said. The latest economic reports followed a bad second quarter for investors and added to the importance of Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s snapshot of the labor market. The government said initial claims for unemployment benefits rose

job as a designer at an auto parts company in March of last year and says the job openings in his field attract hundreds of applicants. He had worked in carpet and tile installation as well, but those fields are also hurting. States typically provide six months of unemployment help. During the recession, Congress added nearly a year and a half of extra benefits. Democrats want those terms extended through November, at a cost of $34 billion. Democrats, unable to deliver more stimulus spending for President Barack Obama, had hoped to at least restore the jobless benefits. Congressional Democrats have sought to put moderate Republicans on the defensive by forcing them to vote against aid to the unemployed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; pushing it almost as a stimulus with a human face.

by 13,000 last week to 472,000. Economists had forecast a drop in claims. The report comes a day after payroll company ADP said private employers didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t increase hiring as much as expected last month.

Odds are, BP to get new CEO LONDON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Odds are, BPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s embattled chief executive Tony Hayward will be out of a job before the end of the year, an Irish bookmaker says. The Paddy Power betting agency on Thursday quotes odds of 8-11 that Hayward wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last the year running the oil company, and even odds that he survives. The volume of betting against Hayward is three times as large as the bets that he stays, Paddy Power spokesman Darren Haines said. Paddy Power is also taking bets on Haywardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successor, with Iain Conn, BPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief executive of refining and marketing, leading the pack at 3-1. Robert Dudley, recently appointed to head BPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response to the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, and former CEO John Browne were quoted at 7-2; Peter Mather, head of BP UK, at 4-1; and Malcolm Brinded, head of exploration at Royal Dutch Shell, at 14-1.

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Official: Spy suspects have plenty of helpers

NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor says 11 people accused of operating as Russian spies have lots of helpers in the U.S. waiting to aid their flight if they are released on bail. The prosecutor, Michael Farbiarz, told a New York federal magistrate judge on Thursday that there are a lot of Russian officials in the United States who are actively assisting the conspiracy. He says the defendants would have a “powerful sophisticated network they can call upon in the United States” if they were freed on bail. The prosecutor spoke at a bail hearing for four people in New York accused in the alleged spy ring. One of the hearings was postponed. Two other defendants made appearances in Boston on Thursday.

Alex loses steam over Mexico, downgraded to storm

Arizona cops expect scrutiny of immigration enforcement

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona police officials warned officers not to use race or ethnicity when enforcing the state’s new immigration law, saying that the country is watching their every move. In a new training video released Thursday, the officials said opponents of the law may secretly videotape officers making traffic stops, trying to ensnare them and prove that they’re racially profiling Hispanics. “Without a doubt, we’re going to be accused of racial profiling no matter what we do on this,” Tucson Police Chief Roberto Villasenor tells officers on the video from Arizona’s police licensing board. The video is designed to teach officers how to determine when they can ask a person for proof they’re in the country legally. Officers can consider that

MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — The sprawling remains of Hurricane Alex drenched much of northern Mexico on Thursday, paralyzing the major city of Monterrey. At least two people were killed when dry rivers roared to life and highways turned into rushing streams. Hurricane Alex ripped off roofs, caused severe flooding and forced thousands of people to flee coastal fishing villages as it hit land Wednesday evening in the border state of Tamaulipas. Power and telephone service were down in several towns and cities. The storm weakened to a tropical storm Thursday as it moved west to Nuevo Leon state, but it still caused major problems. The dry Santa Catalina river that cuts through Monterrey roared to life, sweeping away cars and parts of rickety, wooden homes built along its path. One man died when he was caught by a torrent of water along a six-lane highway, city Civil Protection director Pedro Trevino told Televisa Monterrey network. Another man was founded drowned by side of a creek.

GETTING TO KNOW KAGAN Portrait of judge nominee emerges during hearings WASHINGTON (AP) — Confident but still cautious. Smart and then some. Disarming. Knowing. Wicked funny. This week’s Senate confirmation hearings were America’s first and probably last chance for an in-depth conversation with Elena Kagan, who most likely will soon vanish into the cloistered corridors of the Supreme Court. Judging, she told the Senate Judiciary Committee, is “not a robotic or automatic enterprise.” Nor were Kagan’s answers. Even one of her toughest questioners, Republican Jeff Sessions of Alabama, said her responses had revealed her “gifts and graces” — though without telling senators much about how she’d rule. She fielded legal questions of every variety, comfortable enough to admit it when she hadn’t a clue about a particular case and savvy enough to clam up when she knew an answer could get her in hot water. “I have a feeling if I do that, I’m going to end up doing many things that I regret,” Kagan said as she declined one senator’s invitation to state an opinion. She deflected any number of questions, to the frustration of the questioners. At the same time, Kagan framed her answers in plainspoken language that suggested this product of Princeton, Oxford and Harvard still had her feet on the ground. She called one senator’s hypothetical legislation “a dumb law.” The Constitution, she said,

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Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan gets out of her seat on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday after testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. was a “genius document.” But the notion of a living Constitution was too “loosey-goosey.” A thesis on judging that she’d written before attending law school was so off-base she suggested: “Let’s just throw that piece of work in the trash, why don’t we?” Throughout three days of testimony, Kagan’s casual, self-deprecating humor charmed her toughest critics even as she dodged their most penetrating questions. When Arlen Specter, DPa., impatiently rejected her answer to one question, she gently asked, “Well, may I try again?” When Tom Coburn, R-Okla., promised her a “softball” question near the end of one long day of testimony, it sounded almost too good to be true. “You promise?” she asked, to laughter. At another point, Kagan left Specter temporarily speechless when she said the prospect of allowing cameras in the Supreme Court, which she supports, might mean

“I’d have to get my hair done more often.” Specter harumphed that her humor could do the court good. Kagan began her appearance before the committee with a sentimental nod to her parents, both deceased. “I guess I got a little from each side,” she said — her father, a lawyer who served the “ordinary people,” her mother, a demanding teacher who “changed people’s lives.” Even Kagan’s elocution spoke to her Manhattan roots, references to “the law” sounded more like “the lore.” And she brought down the house with her answer to a passing question about her whereabouts last Christmas, when there was an attempted airplane bombing. “You know, like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant,” she said to applause. Asked why she wanted to be a justice, Kagan said unrevealingly, “It’s just an opportunity to serve ... that’s it.”

But her eyes lit up as she talked later about watching the nine justices of the Supreme Court in action during oral arguments, which she attended regularly in her last job as solicitor general. “Every one of them is so prepared to talk about the case, so into the case, so engaged, obviously so smart, and, I think, trying to get it right,” she said. “I developed a real appreciation for the court through those oral arguments.” Through 17 hours of questioning, Kagan was careful not to give away too much. Sessions lamented that her cautious answers had left many wondering, “Who is this nominee? Exactly what do you believe?” Where are your passions? another senator pressed Kagan. “I think I will take it one case at a time if I’m a judge,” she said. It wouldn’t be right “to come in saying, ’Oh, I have a passion for this and that.”’

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Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

164 325 35 524 7 24 109,894,662

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IH WS FB LG MA LB LV SB SG FV LV LG MB MB LV

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Min Init Invt

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250 250 250 250 250 250 250 2,000 2,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 10,000 10,000 1,000

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV - Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

PRECIOUS METALS Last Gold (troy oz) $1206.30 Silver (troy oz) $17.760 Copper (pound) $2.8650 Aluminum (pound) $0.8724 Platinum (troy oz) $1503.30

Spot nonferrous metals prices Pvs Day Pvs Wk $1245.50 $18.671 $2.9360 $0.8899 $1530.90

$1245.50 $18.731 $3.0030 $0.8713 $1561.50

Last

Pvs Day Pvs Wk

Palladium (troy oz) $429.05 $444.40 $469.00 Lead (metric ton) $1689.00 $1740.50 $1781.00 Zinc, HG (pound) $0.7837 $0.7978 $0.8050

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10A / Friday, July 2, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Movie Review: Twilight Eclipse

Better, but â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Eclipseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; still in need of fresh blood

he dread comes in early in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,â&#x20AC;? and once again, it is not the variety you would hope for from a tale about vampires, werewolves, and forbidden love. The film opens with Edward (Robert Pattinson), the most benevolent bloodsucker this side of Count Chocula, and the angst-ridden Bella (Kristen Stewart), still the most dysfunctional movie teen since â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heathers,â&#x20AC;? lying in a field of wild flowers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marry me,â&#x20AC;? says Edward; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Change me,â&#x20AC;? answers Bella; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will if you marry me,â&#x20AC;? replies Edward; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not again!,â&#x20AC;? screams the inner-monologue of every audience member who does not choose movies based on the recommendations of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seventeenâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Us Weekly.â&#x20AC;? In truth, the tedium still outweighs the titillation in this tertiary film adaptation of Stephanie Meyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fantasy-romance franchise. But, new director David Slade credits include the pedophile-torture, Ellen Page vehicle â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hard Candy,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;30 Days of Night,â&#x20AC;? Josh Hartnettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own vampire slasher flick. While still constrained by Meyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insipid prose, Slade struggles mightily to bring a dark visual and

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thematic edge to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eclipse.â&#x20AC;? Vampires, werewolves, and a plot â&#x20AC;Ś oh my! Vile Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard, replacing Rachelle Lefevre) is up in Seattle recruiting an army bloodsucking â&#x20AC;&#x153;newbornsâ&#x20AC;? to help exact revenge on Edward and Bella. Sensing encroaching danger, Edward and the rest of the Cullen clan call an uneasy truce with Jacob (Taylor Lautner) and the lycans in order to join forces and brace for battle. Unavoidably, however, the main storyline always reverts back to a tedious love triangle over who Bella really wants to take her literal and metaphorical virginity: Edward, who glistens in sunlight and can give her immortality, or Taylor, who sports a six-pack and has enough body heat to help her stave off hypothermia when all three go camping during

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Taylor Lautner, left, and Kristen Stewart are shown in a scene from, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.â&#x20AC;? a blizzard. Call me crazy, but if Bella wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in the pup tent, Edward and Taylorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart-to-heart dĂŠtente had the makings of a supernatural â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brokeback Mountainâ&#x20AC;? moment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eclipseâ&#x20AC;? corrects some of the oversights in its two predecessors, including some welcome flashback exposition about Jacobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Native American tribe and the origin stories of vampires Jasper (Jackson Rathbone) and Rosalie (Nikki Reed). The action sequences are energizing while propelling the

story forward, and there are several flashes of sly humor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t he own a shirt?â&#x20AC;? Edward asks about the chronically barechested Jacob. But, like a vampire getting his first taste of blood, all these flirtations with competence only tease the ways this series has fallen far short of its latent potential. The three leads remain vapid eye-candy, particularly in comparison to a supporting cast that now includes Howard, Anna Kendrick, Dakota Fanning, and Catalina

Sandino Moreno. More importantly, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eclipseâ&#x20AC;? toes, but never wholly crosses, the dividing lines of race, class and religion inherent to Forksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; demography and lingering the background of Bellaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s star-crossed dalliances, boundaries that should have been breached two movies ago. Instead, the whole spectacle is dumbed-down into a more easily marketable row between Team Edward and Team Jacob, with the only arbiter of righteousness being the decibel level of teenagersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

screams. During the climactic battle scene in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eclipse,â&#x20AC;? there is a moment when Bella â&#x20AC;&#x201D; reenacting a bit of Quileute folklore â&#x20AC;&#x201D; nearly carries out an act that would both save Edward from his attackers and force him to transform her into the thing he does not want her to become. Unfortunately, the plot â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like the series as a whole â&#x20AC;&#x201D; plays it safe, eschewing any possible complexity for the refuge of more wild flowers and inevitable â&#x20AC;&#x153;Will they or wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t they?â&#x20AC;? blather. With two more films on the horizon, there remains hope. But â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at the risk of mixing metaphors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it will take more than a simple transfusion for the sun to shine after this â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eclipse.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilightâ&#x20AC;? needs a heart transplant, stat!

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Twilight Saga: Eclipseâ&#x20AC;? n Grade: C + n Director: David Slade n Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, and Billy Burke n MPAA Rating: PG-13 n Running Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes n Theaters: Spring Lane Cinemas in Sanford; Sand Hills Cinemas in Southern Pines; Crossroads 20 in Cary

Movie Review: The Last airbender

Shyamalanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest another muddled, messy bore By CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Critic

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Last Airbenderâ&#x20AC;? is a joyless, soulless, muddled mess, but the worst part of all doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come until the very end. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when it makes the clear suggestion that two more such movies are in store for us. Hopefully, that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen. Based on the Nickelodeon animated series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Avatar: The Last Airbender,â&#x20AC;? this live-action fantasy adventure has epic scope and soaring ambitions, exotic locations and a cast of thousands, but manages to get everything wrong on every level. It is yet another misstep for writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, whose career has been steadily on the decline since the marvel of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sixth Senseâ&#x20AC;? (although â&#x20AC;&#x153;Signs,â&#x20AC;? from 2002, tends to be underappreciated). A 2-D movie converted to 3-D, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Last Airbenderâ&#x20AC;? often has a smudged and blurry look about it, as if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some kind of schmutz on your clunky plastic glasses. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bad enough that this is one of those glossy CGI monstrosities, utterly divorced from anything resembling reality; transferred needlessly to 3-D, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just plain ugly. This is especially true during moments of darkness or scenes that take place at night â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a problem, since a lot of pivotal stuff takes place at night. At least, one can surmise as much. The script is so incomprehensible, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often difficult to follow, despite several instances of characters stopping whatever theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing to explain whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on. Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the acting, which can charitably be described as stiff â&#x20AC;&#x201D; although Noah Ringer, the young Chosen One at the center of the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mythology, has a certain likable spunkiness about him. Too bad heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called

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Noah Ringer plays Aang in a scene from, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Last Airbenderâ&#x20AC;?. on to say and do such ridiculous things. At the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s start, the world has been at war for nearly 100 years, with the Fire Nation trying to take over the other nations of Air, Water and Earth. The people who live in these tribes can manipulate or â&#x20AC;&#x153;bendâ&#x20AC;? their respective elements: hurl giant blobs of water or zap someone with a wave of flames. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like an elaborate game of rock-paperscissors, though itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to tell which bendy skill is preferable; they all seem kind of lame, with Earth being the most cumbersome one. Apparently, no one knows how to bend air anymore because the Fire

Nation warlords eradicated everyone with that skill â&#x20AC;&#x201D; except one person, a boy named Aang (Ringer), who arrives one day in a block of ice with his hulking, six-legged bison buddy. A young waterbender named Katara (Nicola Peltz) and her older brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone, who plays the vampire Jasper in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilightâ&#x20AC;? movies), discover Aang and realize he may be the prophesied Avatar who can control all four elements and unite all four nations. Katara and Sokka promise to protect Aang from the various villains who are out to get him; this is a good thing, because at least it gives them something to do. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be totally bereft of personality otherwise. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prince Zuko (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Slumdog Millionaireâ&#x20AC;? star Dev Patel), vengeful son of the power-hungry Fire Lord Ozai (Cliff Curtis); Zukoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uncle and coconspirator Iroh (Shaun Toub); and unscrupulous military man Commander Zhao (Aasif Mandvi). As for the airbending talent that makes the kid so desirable: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of like having leaf-blowers shoot out of your hands. Useful for yard work, perhaps, but not a whole

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A slow economy and a glut of choices are turning the once ironclad summer tour season into something of a gamble. The evidence is everywhere. The always bankable Eagles have canceled dates. Christina Aguilera shut down an entire tour before it got started. Rihanna just canceled her tour opener. Add in what seems like a large number of injuries, illnesses and mysterious happenings that have led to sometimes legitimate cancelations — U2’s tour was postponed due to Bono’s back surgery — and at least outwardly it looks like summer tours are starting to see the strain the rest of the music industry has been experiencing. Korn’s Jonathan Davis calls it “scary.” “It’s just a sign of the times,” Davis said. “We’re in a bad place now financially, everybody, and I think people are cutting back. Hopefully when this goes away, whenever it does, then things will get better, but it doesn’t surprise me that people don’t have as much money to spend as they used to.” Kevin Lyman, the brains behind The Warped Tour, the Mayhem Festival and the new Country Throwdown Tour, acknowledges he was sweating it last week. The always bankable

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Justin Bieber performs in Trenton, N.J. Warped Tour, a 16-year-old traveling punk festival, was struggling to sell tickets for a Ventura, Calif., show and he was looking at a big loss. He sold 80 percent of his tickets in the last week and ended up with a great turnout, but the struggles he’s had this summer — he canceled four Throwdown dates and is worrying about the bottom line more than he has since the late ’90s — have him thinking about the mistakes that have been made by the touring industry as a whole. “Two years ago we were talking about the heyday of touring,” Lyman said. “A touring industry that’s been around 60 years now, in two years we screwed it up.” Ozzy Osbourne believes the industry is tone deaf when it comes to the main problem — ticket prices.

A premium seat with VIP privileges for a top act can go for more than $1,000. A mediocre seat at one of those shows might cost more than $400. Pollstar, the touring industry trade magazine and website, shows the average cost of a ticket in 2009 was $62.57 — up from $25.81 in 1996. Osbourne, one of rock ’n’ roll’s most bankable touring stars and the founder of Ozzfest, says “people are getting very greedy.” “You can’t charge exorbitant ticket prices,” he said. “It’s crazy. You have to read the market.” That market has appeared strong, running in the opposite direction of the economy the last few years. Pollstar estimated a record $4.6 billion in worldwide tour grosses in 2009

with a record 40.5 million tickets sold. Both figures were significant increases over 2008. The top 10 tours of 2009 grossed about $771.6 million with U2 taking $123 million. An analysis of first-quarter ticket sales in 2010 by Pollstar showed the trend is continuing with gross revenue and sales up from last year. Looking at those numbers, Pollstar editor in chief Gary Bongiovanni sees this summer as nothing more than business as usual in an industry that’s usually volatile. Sure, ticket sales are down, but that’s to be expected and nothing disastrous, as some industry watchers have claimed. He points out that there are several in-demand tours that are doing just fine. Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and James Taylor and Carole King aren’t having problems selling tickets, perhaps muscling in on the fans of Aguilera, The Jonas Brothers and The Eagles. That out-of-favor acts like Limp Bizkit canceled shouldn’t send folks watchers into a tizzy. “I mean the Limp Bizkit tour was never one that really should’ve been booked in the first place,” Bongiovanni said. “It’s hard to say that business is bad because Limp Bizkit couldn’t sell tickets. I’m sorry, I don’t buy that.”

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Streep in talks to play Margaret Thatcher LONDON (AP) — Cinema chameleon Meryl Streep’s latest challenge: becoming the Iron Lady. Pathe Films says the twotime Academy Award winner has expressed an interest in playing Margaret Thatcher in a new film about Britain’s first female prime minister. The London-based producer and distributor said Thursday that discussions are under way with Streep’s representatives, but no agreement is in place. Written by Abi Morgan (“Sex Traffic,” “Brick Lane”) the film is provisionally titled “The Iron Lady.” Pathe says it “tells the story of a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a maledominated world.” The director is Phyllida Lloyd, who directed Streep in the Abba musical “Mamma Mia!” Filming is due to start at the end of the year.

John Woo receives hometown honors in Hong Kong HONG KONG (AP) — John Woo has received one of the top official honors awarded by his hometown Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government announced Thursday the veteran director has been bestowed the Silver Bauhinia Star in recognition of his contributions to Hong Kong and Chinese cinema. The award is named after the semiautonomous territory’s official flower. Woo made his name in

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Gibson sells 75-acre Conn. estate for $24M

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Actor Mel Gibson has sold his 75-acre estate in Greenwich, Conn., for $24 million. The property, known as Old Mill Farm, had been on the market since 2007, when it was listed for $39.5 million. It had recently been advertised for $29.7 million. According to town property records, the estate was bought by Cosette Property LLC. It includes a 16,000square-foot Tudor-style mansion that was built in 1926 for financier George Lewis Ohstrom. It also has a five-horse stable, log cabin, 60-foot swimming pool and a stream-fed pond. Gibson bought the property for $9.3 million in 1994, when he was married to wife Robyn. Gibson recently split from girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, with whom he has a 7-month-old daughter.

London seeks injunction against his family LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeremy London asked a court Wednesday to issue an injunction preventing his mother and brother from giving interviews that the actor claims are hurting his reputation and career. The lawsuit claimed the interviews may hamper a police investigation in London’s alleged kidnapping in the desert city of Palm Springs, Calif., earlier this month. It named the former “Party of Five” actor’s mother, Deborah Nielsen; his twin brother, Jason; and his brother’s fiancee, Sofia Karstens. The complaint said the trio have ignored requests to stop giving interviews about Jeremy London after he was reportedly abducted June 10. He told police he was kidnapped while changing a flat tire and forced at gunpoint to drive around, buy alcohol and take drugs. Brandon Adams, 26, has pleaded not guilty to five counts, including kidnapping and theft, in connection with the alleged abduction. London’s brother and mother conducted an interview with E! Entertainment Television days later and said they were concerned.

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WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Senate bid farewell Thursday to Robert C. Byrd, the homespun West Virginian who for half a century held sway with his thunderous oratory and fierce advocacy of his state and the Senate he loved. Byrd, who died Monday at age 92, lay in repose on the Senate floor for six hours while senators, both past and present, and Capitol Hill staffers lined up to pay their final respects to the late senator and his family. Byrdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hearse then left for Andrews Air Force Base in suburban Maryland for a flight to Charleston, W.Va. His casket was brought by hearse to the federal courthouse in Charleston that bears his name, and a horse-drawn hearse then carried the casket along a 2.2-mile route to the Capitol for a 12-hour public viewing scheduled for Thursday night into Friday morning. A memorial service to be led by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden was scheduled for Friday in Charleston. Private services were set for Tuesday at Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Va., where Byrd will be buried next to his wife of almost seven decades, Erma. Byrd entered the Senate in 1959, concurrent with Alaska becoming a state. He served longer, and cast more votes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 18,689 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; than any

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Many fishing boats signed up to skim oil sit idle in marinas. Some captains and deckhands say they have been just waiting around for instructions while drawing checks from BP of more than $1,000 a day per vessel. Thousands of offers to clean beaches and wetlands have gone unanswered. BP and the Obama administration faced mounting complaints Thursday that they are ignoring foreign offers of badly needed equipment and making poor use of the fishing boats and volunteers available to help clean up what may now be the biggest spill ever in the Gulf of Mexico. Based on some government estimates, more than 140 million gallons of crude have now spewed from the bottom of the sea since the April 20 explosion that killed 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, eclipsing the 1979-80 disaster off Mexico that had long stood as the worst in the Gulf. In recent days and weeks, for reasons BP has never explained, many fishing boats hired for the cleanup have done a lot of waiting around. At the same time, there is mounting frustration over the time it has taken the govern-

ment offered April 30 to provide four oil skimmers that collectively could process more than 6 million gallons of oily water a day. It took seven weeks for the U.S. to approve the offer. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Thursday scorned the idea that â&#x20AC;&#x153;somehow it took the command 70 days to accept international help.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is a myth,â&#x20AC;? he declared, â&#x20AC;&#x153;that has been debunked literally hundreds of times.â&#x20AC;? He said 24 foreign vessels were operating in the Gulf before this week. He did not specifically address the Dutch vessels. More than 2,000

boats have signed up for oil-spill duty under BPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vessel of Opportunity program. The company pays boat captains and their crews a flat fee based on the size of the vessel, ranging from $1,200 to $3,000 a day, plus a $200 fee for each crew member who works an eight-hour day. Rocky Ditcharo, a shrimp dock owner in Buras, La., said many fishermen hired by BP have told him that they often park their boats on the shore while they wait for word on where to go. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They just wait because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no direction,â&#x20AC;? Ditcharo said. He said he believes BP has hired many boat captains â&#x20AC;&#x153;to show numbers.â&#x20AC;?

35 die in bomb blasts at shrine LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Two suicide bombers struck a popular Muslim shrine in Pakistanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second largest city late Thursday night, killing 35 people and wounding 175 others in the second major attack in Lahore in a month, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top official said. The bombers struck as thousands of people were visiting the Data Darbar

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Workers skim a large patch of weathered oil by hand near the boat ramp at Ken Combs Pier on Thursday in Gulfport, Miss. BPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s massive oil spill became the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday based on the highest of the federal governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estimates, an ominous record that underscores the oil giantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dire need to halt the gusher.

shrine, where a famous Sufi saint is buried. Muslims in Pakistan visit shrines and mosques in large numbers on Thursday and Friday nights. Lahore has experienced a growing number of attacks as Taliban fighters along the northwest border with Afghanistan have teamed up with militant groups in the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

heartland once supported by the government. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. But Islamist extremists consider Sufis to be heretics and have often targeted them, as well as Shiites and other minority groups. The first bomber detonated his explosives in a large underground room

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The Sanford Herald / FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2010

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JACKSON RETURNING TO COACH LAKERS LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lakers coach Phil Jackson will return next season, putting off retirement for at least another year to chase his 12th NBA championship. Jackson made the announcement Thursday with a news release. The two-time defending champions’ coach said last week he was leaning toward retirement after another long season, but he changed his mind after getting a week to rest up at his offseason home in Montana. Jackson, who will turn 65 later this year, says next season will be “a last stand for me, and I hope a grand one.”

NFL POLICE: VICK NOT RULED OUT AS SUSPECT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police say Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback Michael Vick has not been ruled out as suspect or person of interest in a shooting investigation in Virginia Beach. Police spokesman Adam Bernstein said Thursday police did not look at Vick, or anyone else, as a possible suspect immediately after the shooting early Friday because detectives had not begun their investigation. The shooting came shortly after Vick’s birthday party at a club ended. Bernstein said police will not discuss specifics of the investigation and that no one has been named as a suspect or arrested.

WORLD CUP MESSI SKIPS TRAINING WITH ‘COLD’ SYMPTOMS PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Argentine star striker Lionel Messi skipped practice Thursday because of a mild cold, two days ahead of the World Cup quarterfinal against Germany. Team spokesman Andres Ventura said Messi came out for practice at the University of Pretoria but coach Diego Maradona decided to send him back to his room to rest. Team doctor Donato Villani said “Messi has cold-like symptoms, nothing serious.” He added that “tomorrow he will be examined thoroughly.”

MLB UTLEY OUT 8 WEEKS WITH THUMB INJURY PITTSBURGH (AP) — Phillies star second baseman Chase Utley will be out at least eight weeks after having surgery on his injured right thumb, a major setback for the two-time defending NL champions. Utley isn’t expected to return until September, or longer than the Phillies had hoped. The operation was performed Thursday in New York, three days after one of the majors’ best all-around infielders was injured trying to stretch a single into a double. He was put on the disabled list Tuesday with a sprained ligament, and doctors later determined part of the ligament was detached from a bone.

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Grace Christian first baseman Jarrod Thomas catches a pickoff throw as a Terry Sanford Bulldogs runner dives back into the bag on Thursday evening in Sanford.

Grace begins its return to baseball By RYAN SARDA sarda@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Grace Christian’s baseball program is back and is looking to prove that it can, in fact, play with the big boys. Playing with a slew of rising 8th- and 9th-graders, the Crusaders have jumped out to a

5-2-1 record so far in the Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League and were riding a fivegame winning streak headed into Thursday’s contest with the Terry Sanford junior varsity squad. Although they are playing a junior varsity schedule in the summer, Crusaders head coach Bucky Payne feels that

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CCSSL play should prove to be a strong evaluation for his team as it heads into its first varsity baseball season in two years in the spring of 2011. “The competition we play in the spring will be better than what it is right now,” said Payne. “This is a challenge for us. My

CCSSL Grace Christian Thursday’s Game: 4-4 tie with Terry Sanford after 8 innings (game called for darkness) Next Game: Monday at home against Union Pines 6 p.m.

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COURTING LEBRON

By The Associated Press A look at what happened on Thursday, the first day of the NBA’s long-awaited 2010 free agent period: THE BIG 3 LEBRON JAMES: Cleveland’s two-time MVP spent about five hours meeting with the New Jersey Nets and the New York Knicks. Meetings are set with the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday. “Told our story and we’ll see what happens,” outgoing Nets president Rod Thorn said. DWYANE WADE: Miami’s star went to the United Center for about a two-hour meeting with the Chicago Wade Bulls, the franchise he grew up watching in his hometown, before sitting down with Nets officials later in the day. CHRIS BOSH: With even the Raptors expecting he’s played his last game in a Toronto uniform, Bosh flew from Dallas to Chicago and Bosh sat down with Heat president Pat Riley and other team officials in the mid-afternoon. Bosh, a noted Twitter user, said he was impressed with the “passion” Riley has for winning. NEWS OF THE DAY MAX FOR JOE?: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Atlanta was prepared to offer a maximum-value contract to All-Star guard Joe Johnson, potentially worth around $120 million. Johnson also met with New York and Miami after free agency opened Thursday. TWEETS “Good meetings with (Joe Johnson), Mike Miller last night, & LeBron today. Great guys, good conversations, and all have great management teams.” — Allan Houston, part of the New York Knicks’ recruiting contingent.

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This April 24, 2009, file photo shows Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James reacting after dunking against the Detroit Pistons in the second half of a first-round NBA playoff basketball game, in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Knicks, Nets first to try to woo James By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer

CLEVELAND — It’s a flirtatious courtship, media frenzy and global event rolled into a package unprecedented in sports history. The recruitment of LeBron James, the NBA’s two-time

reigning MVP and player for the ages, has become an international soap opera featuring private jets, closeddoor meetings and rumors that seemingly change by the second. It’s battling the World Cup, Wimbledon and the oil spill for headlines, and its conclusion may not only alter

the league’s balance or power, but also mean tens of millions of dollars more in revenues for the winning city. All hail the King. Or at least make him an offer. On Thursday, James became the most celebrated free

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Sports

2B / Friday, July 2, 2010 / The Sanford Herald UPCOMING

SOCCER Lee Christian holding camp SANFORD— Challenger Sports, the No. 1 soccer company in the United States, Canada and Austrailia, has been invited to hold one of its nationwide program of British Soccer training camps in Sanford. Lee Christian has teamed up to host the week long British Soccer Camp during the week of Aug. 2-6 at the soccer field of Lee Christian School. The school is offering British Soccer camp sessions for the following ages and prices. Children ages 3-4 will cost $75. Children 4-6 will be $95. Ages 6-14 will be $120 and ages 9-18 will also be $120. Teams are also invited to attend and receive a week of focused instruction to prepare them for the upcoming season. Each camper will receive a free camp t-shirt, soccer ball, a poster and an individual skills performance evaluation. To sign up, visit www. challengersports.com or contact Eric Davidson at (919)708-5115 or email eric@lcssoccer.com.

GOLF Bohnaker wins tourney’s 1st flight CAROLINA LAKES — Marilyn Bohnaker recently won the low gross division in the first flight of a Mid-State Ladies Tournament at Carolina Lakes Golf Course. Bohnaker and Dotty Lawrence, who was second in the low net, and Kathy Krupp, who was second in the low net for the second flight, are all members of the Sanford Ladies Golf League.

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CENTRAL CAROLINA SIGNS THREE

NASCAR Speeds hit 195 mph on slick pothole-free Daytona surface

Central Carolina Community College recently signed three more student-athletes to its 2010 recruiting class. The trio makes it a total of 12 players that have signed with the Cougars. Pictured are (front row, l-r): Cedrick Threadgill (Union Pines High School), Jon Toomer (Union PInes) and Harron Carson (Pinecrest High School). Back row (l-to-r): assistant coach Brian Hurd and head coach Doug Connor. Submitted photo

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS FREE AGENCY

Teams inquiring about Felton ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Unrestricted free agent Raymond Felton has been contacted by seven teams as all signs point to him leaving Charlotte. The next step may be if the Bobcats can get compensation for their starting point guard through a sign-andtrade deal. “We would consider a sign-andtrade with the Bobcats if it would help them and Raymond as well,” agent Tony Dutt said Thursday. “I was excited by the high level of teams that contacted us.” Dutt wouldn’t name the seven teams, but the Bobcats weren’t among them as they appear ready to make a change in the backcourt. The Bobcats have made no push

to re-sign Felton in part because of salary-cap issues. The team’s payroll close to the luxury tax, a figure owner Michael Jordan has said the team won’t exceed. Felton, the No. 5 pick in the 2005 draft, has spent his entire career in Charlotte after leading North Carolina to the national championship. After turning down a contract offer from the Bobcats worth about $6 million a season last summer, he averaged 12.1 points and 5.6 assists last season and shot a career-best 46 percent from the field. But Felton struggled mightily in the first round of the playoffs when he was consistently outplayed by Orlando’s Jameer Nelson in the Magic’s four-

game sweep. When the Bobcats gave Tyrus Thomas a one-year, $6.2 million qualifying offer to make him a restricted free agent and Tyson Chandler didn’t opt out of the final year of his deal, it left Charlotte only about $2 million shy of the projected luxury tax figure and may have marked the end of Felton’s time in Charlotte. The Bobcats would like to get compensation for Felton, though, ideally a trade that includes a point guard. D.J. Augustin is the only other point guard on the roster. Augustin showed up for the Bobcats’ summer camp workout here on Thursday, but shied away from questions about Felton’s possible departure.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s hot, slick and super speedy. And there are no potholes to be found. NASCAR returned to Daytona International Speedway on Thursday for the first time since the season-opening Daytona 500 was nearly derailed by a pesky pothole. The damaged asphalt halted action twice during the biggest race of the year, and it took track workers more than two hours to repair the surface well enough to complete the race. All smoothed over now — the patch is 6 feet wide and 18 feet long — it didn’t seem to bother the drivers Thursday during a pair of practice sessions. “You can see it, but it’s really not a factor,” Greg Biffle said. That might be because drivers are too busy dealing with the other new elements they’ll be taking into Saturday night’s race. NASCAR mandated the largest restrictor plate yet for this race, authorizing plate openings of 1 1-32 inches that control the flow of air through the carburetor to the engine. The change was needed because of the March switch from the wing back to the more traditional spoiler, which has more drag so the bigger plates offset the difference through increased speeds. It made for a difficult day for several drivers. David Ragan, Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne all needed backup cars after the first practice, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Joey Logano both damaged their cars in the second practice but were able to repair them. Not so for Denny Hamlin, who wrecked after light contact with teammate Busch. The accident involved at least five cars, and added Hamlin, Tony Stewart, and Red Bull Racing’s latest substitute driver, Reed Sorenson, in need of backup cars.

SPORTS BRIEFS Babchuk signs 1-year deal to return to Carolina RALEIGH (AP) — Anton Babchuk is coming back to the Carolina Hurricanes. The team said Thursday that it had signed the hard-shooting defenseman to a one-year, $1.4 million contract. Then Hurricanes later agreed to a two-year deal with forward Jonathan Matsumoto, whom they acquired in a draft-day trade. Babchuk, 26, was a key member of the Hurricanes’ blue line during their run to the Eastern Conference final in 2009, and four of his 16 goals were game-winners. The Ukraine native spent last season in Russia, finishing with nine goals and 13 assists for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. Matsumoto, 23, signed a two-way contract. He will be paid $500,000 this season and $525,000 next season at the NHL level, but if he is in the minor leagues, he will make $105,000 both this season and next. Carolina picked up Matsumoto from Philadelphia last week in exchange for a seventh-round draft pick. He led the Flyers’ AHL affiliate with 30 goals and 62 points in 80 games.

Atwal, Tiger’s practice partner, tops at Aronimink NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — In the five years Arjun Atwal has been playing practice rounds with Tiger Woods at home in Florida, he learned long ago to stop comparing himself with the world’s No. 1 player. There was no comparison Thursday in the AT&T National. Atwal made seven birdies in

his round of 4-under 66 and was in a four-way tie for the lead at Aronimink Golf Club. Woods threw away five shots over the last five holes and opened with a 3-over 73, making it a challenge Friday just to make the cut. “It was a very frustrating day on the greens, especially how good I was driving it,” Woods said. “I was driving it on a string all day.” Atwal had no such complaints after finding himself atop the leaderboard with Nick Watney, Joe Ogilvie and Byron Nelson winner Jason Day on a tough day at Aronimink, where the pin locations made it difficult to attack the flags. Playing on a sponsor’s exemption — spending so much time with Woods has its perks — Atwal recovered from a bogey on his opening hole with three straight birdies, all of them inside 12 feet, and kept the mistakes to a minimum. “Four under, I think, is a great score for me or anybody on this golf course,” Atwal said. “I’ll take it every day.”

Woods says he’s cooperating in Galea case NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Tiger Woods says he has met with federal authorities investigating a Canadian doctor accused of distributing a human growth hormone. Woods said Thursday the meeting took place last week in Orlando, Fla., and lasted a couple of hours. He said he cooperated with them and answered all their questions. Woods has said he was treated by Dr. Anthony Galea, but he has repeatedly said he has never taken performanceenhancing drugs. He said Galea used a blood-spinning technique to help his recovery from knee surgery.

Sports A-Rod helps Yankees avoid sweep

NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alex Rodriguez hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning and CC Sabathia won his sixth straight start, leading New York past Seattle 4-2 on Thursday to avoid a threegame sweep. Robinson Cano added a solo shot for the Yankees, shut down by Seattle co-aces Cliff Lee and Felix Hernandez the previous two nights. Sabathia (10-3) took a three-hit shutout into the eighth before a leadoff walk and a passed ball by catcher Jorge Posada led to Russell Branyanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tworun single that tied it at 2. Mark Teixeira singled off closer David Aardsma (0-5) with one out in the bottom half and Rodriguez homered, his 595th. Mariano Rivera worked a perfect ninth for his 18th save. Indians 6, Blue Jays 1 CLEVELAND (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Justin Masterson took a shutout into the ninth inning and Matt LaPorta homered for the third straight game in Clevelandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season-high fifth-straight win. Toronto has lost five in a row, matching its worst skid this year. Masterson (3-7) blanked the Blue Jays until Jose Bautista led off the ninth with a double and Aaron Hill hit an RBI single with one out. Frank Herrmann relieved with the bases loaded and got Jose Molina to bounce into a double play for his first major league save. Masterson gave up eight hits, walked none and struck out five. Reds 3, Cubs 2, 10 innings CHICAGO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pinchhitter Miguel Cairo singled and scored in the 10th as Cincinnati beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2, the Redsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ninth straight extra-innings win on the road.

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NBA BRIEFS Bucks agree to deal with free agent PF Gooden

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Serena Williams makes a forehand return shot to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Thursday.

Serena back in Wimbledon final WIMBLEDON, England (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Back in the final yet again, Serena Williams will have to beat someone other than her sister for once to secure a fourth Wimbledon championship. The top-ranked American defeated 62nd-ranked Petra Kvitova 7-6 (5), 6-2 on Thursday to reach her third straight Wimbledon final and sixth overall. Standing in Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; way in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final will be 21st-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva, who rallied to beat Tsvetana Pironkova 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach her first Grand Slam title match. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the 10th time in the last 11 years that at least one of the Williams sisters has advanced to the final. Venus and Serena have won eight titles. Serena, going for a 13th Grand Slam title, has never beaten anyone other than her older sister in the

Wimbledon championship match. Serena defeated Venus in the 2002, 2003 and 2009 finals, while Venus won the all-sister showdown in 2008. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think there will definitely have to be changes,â&#x20AC;? Serena said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t face the same opponent with the same thing. You always have to come with something new.â&#x20AC;? Five-time winner Venus was upset in the quarterfinals Tuesday by Pironkova. Serena has a 12-3 record in Grand Slam finals and will be heavily favored to beat Zvonareva. Williams has won five of their previous six matches. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On paper it looks like I should win,â&#x20AC;? Serena said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Vera, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beaten some good people. Her last two matches sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been down a set, so sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obviously a fighter. She never gives up. The biggest thing for me is to stay positive

Henin: elbow injury forces her to skip US Open WIMBLEDON, England (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Seven-time Grand Slam champion Justine Henin says she will miss the U.S. Open after partially tearing a ligament in her right elbow during a fall at Wimbledon. Henin says Thursday on her website that the injury will keep her off the tour for about two months.

and not put too much pressure on myself.â&#x20AC;? Zvonareva, the second lowest-ranked player to reach the Wimbledon womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final, said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not fazed by being such a big underdog. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always believe in myself,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care about what everyone says.â&#x20AC;?

Armstrong unfazed by Landis claims on eve of Tour

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lance Armstrong heads into his last Tour de France intent on winning a record eighth title and motivated by former teammate Floyd Landisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; accusations that he used banned drugs during his career. The 38-year-old Armstrong said Thursday he is in a better shape than he was last year when he capped his return to competition with a third-place finish in cyclingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s showcase event following a 3 1/2-year retirement. Armstrong promised that he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let any allegation by Landis â&#x20AC;&#x153;deter me. In fact, in the end, it will be the opposite. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to inspire me.â&#x20AC;? Landis was stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title for doping. He recently said in emails to cycling officials and sponsors that Armstrong tested positive for EPO at the Tour de Suisse in 2002 and paid off former International Cycling Union boss Hein Verbruggen to keep it quiet. Armstrong won the 2001 Swiss race, but did not compete there in 2002. Landis also accused Armstrong of teaching other riders to cheat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to get into it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not worth it,â&#x20AC;? Armstrong said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did my first Tour in 1993 and now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2010. And I won a stage in 1993 as a 20-year-old. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been at the front of my sport since the day I showed up. And in the process, there have been a ton of questions and a ton of scrutiny and a lot of controls and a lot of investigations. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still here. I

donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see any other example in cycling or in any other sports.â&#x20AC;? Armstrong and Landis rode together for three years with the U.S. Postal team. Landis left in 2005 to join Phonak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I understand that

media love the sensationalist stories and they love the salacious and the ones that include accusations, that include all the blood and sex and drugs,â&#x20AC;? Armstrong said in a 45-minute interview before the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official presentation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They

love that. But at the end of the day, I think my career speaks for itself.â&#x20AC;? The Tour starts Saturday in the Dutch port of Rotterdam with a 5 1/2-mile prologue. Armstrong confirmed it will be his last Tour.

MILWAUKEE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Milwaukee Bucks have agreed in principle to a fiveyear, $32 million deal with free agent forward Drew Gooden. Agent Stu Lash tells The Associated Press that Gooden agreed Thursday to sign with the Bucks for the mid-level exception. Gooden is represented by Lash and Dan Fegan of LagardereUnlimited. At 6-foot-10 and 250 pounds, Goodenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s size fills a major need at power forward for the Bucks. The eight-year pro has played for eight teams, including the Clippers and Mavericks last season.

AP source: Gay, Grizzlies agree on max deal Rudy Gay landed the first max deal of the summer while LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the rest of the star-studded free agent class mulled over offers from NBA suitors. Gay agreed to a five-year contract on Thursday that will pay him more than $80 million to stay with the Memphis Grizzlies, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press. The deal will pay Gay more than $13 million starting next season, with annual raises of 10.5 percent, a definite upgrade over the five-year, $50 million offer he turned down last season.

Timberwolves agree on deal with Milicic MINNEAPOLIS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to terms with center Darko Milicic on a four-year deal. Milicicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agent, Marc Cornstein, says the two sides reached agreement on Thursday, just over 12 hours after the free agent

market opened. The Timberwolves made bringing Milicic back one of their top priorities of the summer. Milicic averaged 8.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 24 games with Minnesota last season. Cornstein says for the first time in a professional career that has included four teams in seven seasons, Milicic feels like heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s found a home. The move also could clear the way for big man Al Jefferson to be traded. Terms of the deal, which cannot become official until July 8, were not disclosed.

Nuggets hope to keep â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Melo off market in 2011 DENVER (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The NBAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much-anticipated free agency period tipped off Thursday and the Denver Nuggets had one eye on a year from now when All-Star Carmelo Anthony would be the headliner. Not if they can help it. The Nuggets have a threeyear, $65 million offer on the table to extend â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Meloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contract through 2015. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s due to make about $17 million next season, after which he can opt out and become courted and coveted like this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s superstar class that includes LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

Nowitzki in NYC; Mavs believe heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just visiting DALLAS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dirk Nowitzki ended up flying to New York instead of Dallas on his first day as a free agent, but the Mavericks are confident it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t to meet with other teams. In fact, he was getting together with Mavs point guard Jason Kidd during his side trip. Mavericks president Donnie Nelson said Nowitzki is still expected in Dallas any day for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;heart-to-heartâ&#x20AC;? conversation that could lead to a new four-year contract.

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MLB Standings W L New York 48 30 Boston 47 32 Tampa Bay 45 32 Toronto 40 40 Baltimore 24 53 W L Minnesota 43 35 Detroit 41 36 Chicago 40 37 Kansas City 34 45 Cleveland 31 47 W L Texas 47 30 Los Angeles 44 36 Oakland 38 41 Seattle 33 45 W L Atlanta 46 33 New York 44 34 Philadelphia 41 35 Florida 37 41 Washington 34 45 W L Cincinnati 45 35 St. Louis 43 35 Milwaukee 35 43 Chicago 34 45 Houston 31 48 Pittsburgh 27 51 W L San Diego 46 32 Los Angeles 43 35 Colorado 41 37 San Francisco 40 37 Arizona 31 48

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division Pct GB WCGB L10 Str .615 — — 6-4 W-1 .595 11⁄2 — 6-4 L-1 1 .584 2 ⁄2 1 4-6 W-1 1 .500 9 7 ⁄2 2-8 L-5 1 .312 23 ⁄2 22 6-4 W-1 Central Division Pct GB WCGB L10 Str .551 — — 4-6 W-2 .532 11⁄2 5 4-6 L-2 .519 21⁄2 6 7-3 L-1 1 .430 9 ⁄2 13 5-5 W-1 1 .397 12 15 ⁄2 5-5 W-5 West Division Pct GB WCGB L10 Str .610 — — 8-2 W-1 .550 41⁄2 31⁄2 6-4 L-1 .481 10 9 5-5 L-1 .423 141⁄2 131⁄2 6-4 L-1 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division Pct GB WCGB L10 Str .582 — — 5-5 W-1 .564 11⁄2 — 5-5 W-1 1 .539 3 ⁄2 2 6-4 L-1 .474 81⁄2 7 5-5 L-1 .430 12 101⁄2 3-7 L-1 Central Division Pct GB WCGB L10 Str .563 — — 8-2 W-2 .551 1 1 5-5 L-1 .449 9 9 7-3 L-1 1 1 .430 10 ⁄2 10 ⁄2 3-7 L-2 .392 131⁄2 131⁄2 5-5 W-1 .346 17 17 3-7 W-1 West Division Pct GB WCGB L10 Str .590 — — 7-3 W-1 .551 3 1 5-5 W-3 .526 5 3 5-5 L-1 1 1 .519 5 ⁄2 3 ⁄2 3-7 L-5 .392 151⁄2 131⁄2 4-6 W-1

AMERICAN LEAGUE Wednesday’s Games Minnesota 5, Detroit 1 Baltimore 9, Oakland 6 Seattle 7, N.Y. Yankees 0 Cleveland 3, Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 9, Boston 4 Kansas City 7, Chicago White Sox 6 Texas 6, L.A. Angels 4 Thursday’s Games Cleveland 6, Toronto 1 N.Y. Yankees 4, Seattle 2 Oakland at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Friday’s Games Toronto (Cecil 7-5) at N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 6-7), 1:05 p.m. Oakland (G.Gonzalez 6-5) at Cleveland (Talbot 8-6), 7:05 p.m. Seattle (Fister 3-3) at Detroit (Scherzer 4-6), 7:05 p.m. Baltimore (Bergesen 3-4) at Boston (Wakefield 2-6), 7:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (F.Garcia 8-3) at Texas (C.Lewis 7-5), 8:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 11-3) at Minnesota (S.Baker 6-7), 8:10 p.m. Kansas City (Davies 4-6) at L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 6-8), 10:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 4:10 p.m. Oakland at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Seattle at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Oakland at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. Seattle at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 1:35 p.m. Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 8:15 p.m. ———

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agent of our time, touching off a multimillion-dollar bidding war that began with the New Jersey Nets, led by billionaire Russian owner Mikhail Prokhorov and rap mogul Jay-Z. They were followed by the New York Knicks making presentations to the 25year-old superstar, who must decide if it’s time to leave home. In the next few days, at least six teams, including the sentimental hometown favorites, the Cleveland Cavaliers, will have audiences with James and try to convince him that he should join them to satisfy his ambition of winning a championship and becoming a billionaire. The Nets will try to sell him Brooklyn — not the bridge, but their next home. The Knicks will entice him with basketball’s Mecca, Madison Square Garden, and the brightest lights. The Chicago Bulls can offer a talented roster and the chance to walk in Michael Jordan’s footsteps. The Miami Heat are counting on South Beach, a favorable income tax climate and the possibility of teaming up with fellow free agent Dwyane Wade to lure him from Ohio’s snow. The Los Angeles Clippers can offer Hollywood and the chance to do the unthinkable: make them a winner. And then there’s the Cavs, his team for the

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NATIONAL LEAGUE Wednesday’s Games Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 3 Houston 5, Milwaukee 1 Arizona 4, St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 2, Chicago Cubs 0 San Diego 13, Colorado 3 L.A. Dodgers 8, San Francisco 2 N.Y. Mets 6, Florida 5 Atlanta 4, Washington 1 Thursday’s Games Cincinnati 3, Chicago Cubs 2, 10 innings N.Y. Mets at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Houston at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Friday’s Games Cincinnati (Arroyo 7-4) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 6-6), 2:20 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-2) at Washington (Atilano 6-4), 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Moyer 9-6) at Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 0-6), 7:05 p.m. Florida (Jo.Johnson 8-3) at Atlanta (Medlen 5-1), 7:35 p.m. San Francisco (Lincecum 8-3) at Colorado (J.Chacin 4-7), 8:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Narveson 7-4) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 7-4), 8:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 7-5) at Arizona (E.Jackson 5-6), 9:40 p.m. Houston (Oswalt 5-10) at San Diego (Latos 8-4), 10:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 p.m. Florida at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 6:35 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 8:10 p.m. Houston at San Diego, 8:35 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Sunday’s Games Florida at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington, 1:35 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Houston at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

past seven seasons, who can only hope that his head makes his heart stay close to his Akron home. Cleveland can offer James, who was already a national figure before he graduated from St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, $30 million more than any other team, thanks to the NBA players’ collective bargaining agreement. Money, though, is not all the 6-foot-8, 260pound player wants. He’s after titles, lots of them. While he has led the Cavs through their most successful stretch in team history, James has come up short in his pursuit of a championship to solidify his legacy. Cleveland was bounced in the second round of the playoffs this season by the Boston Celtics, who have won 17 titles. That’s 17 more than the Cavaliers. James’ decision, which isn’t expected to be announced for at least another week, has many fans in this city fearing the worst. After all, this is where sports heartbreak has taken up permanent residence. Ask anyone from Cleveland to recite the local teams’ misery since the Browns won the NFL title in 1964, and they’ll roll their eyes before rattling off nicknames given to the most gut-wrenching losses by the Indians, Browns and Cavaliers. Losing James might top them all. “They’ll be heartbroken here if he leaves, but we’re used to it,” said Eric Riley, a Cleveland native and former NBA player, who stopped on a downtown sidewalk to

watch the commotion surrounding the wooing of northeastern Ohio’s most famous son. Cleveland also stands to lose tens of millions of dollars from its alreadyravaged economy by one estimate if James decides to skip town. In larger markets like New York or Chicago, he could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars to businesses. The scene was surreal outside IMG’s international headquarters Thursday as the initial hours of what some have called “The Summer of LeBron” got under way. TV camera crews, photographers, reporters and curious onlookers crowded the sidewalks of East 9th Street and St. Clair waiting for James to arrive. All that was missing was the red carpet. James, whose 10story-tall likeness has adorned the side of a building across from Quicken Loans Arena for the past few years, arrived at 10:58 a.m. in a white Cadillac SUV. Wearing a gray Nike T-shirt, sweat pants and sunglasses, he was hardly dressed for the occasion and didn’t seem fazed by the magnitude of the moment. James made a brief stop in the lobby before heading in an elevator to Suite 823, the headquarters of LRMR Marketing, the company he started with boyhood friend Maverick Carter and two other longtime pals. As James exited the corridor, a papparazzi-like phalanx of photographers clicked their cameras through the building’s front windows.

Sports Review BASEBALL Sports on TV AL Boxscores

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E—J.Bautista (4), F.Lewis (2). DP—Toronto 1, Cleveland 1. LOB—Toronto 7, Cleveland 8. 2B—J.Bautista (17), Lind (12), J.Molina (4). HR—LaPorta (4), Duncan (4). IP H R ER BB SO Toronto Marcum L,7-4 4 5 6 5 3 7 Tallet 2 2 0 0 2 2 Janssen 2 1 0 0 0 2 Cleveland Masterson W,3-7 8 1-3 8 1 1 0 5 Herrmann S,1-2 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 HBP—by Janssen (Duncan). WP—Marcum 2. Umpires—Home, Mike Reilly; First, Chad Fairchild; Second, Eric Cooper; Third, Bill Miller. T—2:22. A—16,859 (45,569).

NL Boxscore Reds 3, Cubs 2, 10 innings, Cincinnati Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi BPhllps 2b 5 0 0 0 Colvin rf 5 0 1 2 OCarer ss 5 1 2 0 JeBakr 2b 3 0 0 0 Votto 1b 5 1 2 0 Fontent ph 1 0 1 0 Rolen 3b 5 0 2 1 Marml p 0 0 0 0 Gomes lf 4 0 2 1 Howry p 0 0 0 0 Masset p 0 0 0 0 Marshll p 0 0 0 0 JrSmth p 0 0 0 0 Stevens p 0 0 0 0 Cairo ph 1 1 1 0 D.Lee 1b 4 0 0 0 FCordr p 0 0 0 0 ArRmr 3b 4 0 1 0 Bruce rf 5 0 2 0 Byrd cf 4 0 0 0 Stubbs cf 5 0 1 1 ASorin lf 4 0 1 0 CMiller c 5 0 2 0 Soto c 2 0 0 0 TrWood p 2 0 1 0 Theriot pr-2b 1 1 0 0 L.Nix lf 1 0 1 0 SCastro ss 2 1 1 0 Heisey ph-lf 0 0 0 0 Silva p 1 0 0 0 JRussll p 0 0 0 0 Nady ph 0 0 0 0 Fukdm ph 0 0 0 0 K.Hill c 0 0 0 0 Totals 43 3 16 3 Totals 31 2 5 2 Cincinnati Chicago

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DP—Cincinnati 2. LOB—Cincinnati 13, Chicago 5. 2B—O.Cabrera (19), Bruce (17). 3B—Rolen (2). CS—Gomes (3). S—Tr.Wood, Silva, Fukudome. IP H R ER BB SO Cincinnati Tr.Wood 7 2 2 2 3 4 Masset BS,1-2 1 2 0 0 0 0 Jor.Smith W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 F.Cordero S,22-27 1 1 0 0 1 0 Chicago Silva 7 2-3 11 2 2 0 6 J.Russell 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 Marmol 1 2 0 0 1 2 Howry L,1-2 1-3 1 1 1 0 0 Marshall 1-3 2 0 0 1 0 Stevens 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Tr.Wood pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Umpires—Home, Jeff Kellogg; First, Mark

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goal is to put together a group of guys that can win a state championship in a few years. I feel like we’ve got guys that know how to play the game and are very capable of accomplishing that goal.” So far, they’ve looked pretty good. The Crusaders have beaten junior varsity teams like Pinecrest, Overhills, Pine Forest and most recently, county foe Southern Lee. Their only two losses have been at the hands of Richmond County and Union Pines. In Thursday’s game against Terry Sanford, the Crusaders rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie the Bulldogs 4-4 after eight innings in a game where the young Crusaders stranded 14 runners on base. “We just couldn’t hit the ball,” said Payne. “We pitched the ball well and made good plays on defense, but we just couldn’t move our runners and score any runs. That’s the way it goes sometimes.” The Crusaders are stacked with a group of 8th-graders from the middle school team that recently won the Triangle Middle School Conference and

Friday, July 2

AUTO RACING 1 p.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Subway Jalapeno 250, at Daytona Beach, Fla. 4 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Coke Zero 400, at Daytona Beach, Fla. 8 p.m. ESPN — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Subway Jalapeno 250, at Daytona Beach, Fla. BOXING 11 p.m. ESPN2 — Super middleweights, Demetrius Hopkins (29-1-1), vs. Mike Arnaoutis (22-52), at Ontario, Calif. GOLF 9:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Open de France, second round, at Paris 2 p.m.

Carlson; Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Angel Campos. T—2:59. A—36,880 (41,210).

GOLF AT&T National Scores By The Associated Press Thursday At Aronimink Golf Club Newtown Square, Pa. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,237; Par: 70 (35-35) First Round a-amateur Arjun Atwal 33-33 — Joe Ogilvie 32-34 — Jason Day 32-34 — Nick Watney 34-32 — John Mallinger 34-33 — Brian Gay 33-34 — Michael Letzig 34-33 — Brett Quigley 34-33 — Ryan Moore 32-35 — Carl Pettersson 35-32 — Tim Herron 35-33 — Tom Gillis 33-35 — Ryuji Imada 35-33 — Steve Marino 32-36 — Scott McCarron 33-35 — Bob Estes 33-35 — Jeff Overton 36-32 — Billy Mayfair 34-34 — Kris Blanks 34-35 — Ted Purdy 35-34 — Rickie Fowler 35-34 — Derek Lamely 34-35 — Daniel Chopra 33-36 — Jim Furyk 36-33 — Justin Rose 35-34 — Charley Hoffman 35-34 — Tom Pernice, Jr. 33-36 — Charlie Wi 34-35 — Aaron Baddeley 35-34 — Greg Owen 34-35 — Bryce Molder 34-35 — Troy Merritt 35-34 — Roland Thatcher 34-35 — Bo Van Pelt 36-33 — Jason Dufner 35-35 — Brendon de Jonge 33-37 — Briny Baird 34-36 — Fredrik Jacobson 36-34 — Paul Goydos 35-35 — J.B. Holmes 34-36 — Chris Riley 33-37 — J.J. Henry 35-35 — Graham DeLaet 35-35 — Jonathan Byrd 37-33 — Ricky Barnes 34-36 — Vaughn Taylor 35-35 — David Toms 33-37 — Robert Allenby 36-34 — Charles Howell III 37-34 — Brandt Snedeker 34-37 — Nathan Green 33-38 — Lucas Glover 35-36 — Scott Verplank 33-38 — Justin Leonard 38-33 — Sean O’Hair 35-36 — George McNeill 37-34 — Rocco Mediate 35-36 — Jimmy Walker 36-35 — Garrett Willis 34-37 — Andres Romero 36-35 — Stuart Appleby 36-35 — Dustin Johnson 36-35 — Ben Crane 35-36 — Vijay Singh 35-36 — Marc Leishman 34-37 — Chris Stroud 33-38 — Nicholas Thompson 34-38 — Tim Petrovic 37-35 — Troy Matteson 36-36 — Spencer Levin 35-37 — Richard S. Johnson 35-37 — Chris DiMarco 35-37 — John Merrick 36-36 — Webb Simpson 35-37 — Alex Prugh 37-35 — Greg Chalmers 34-38 — Matt Bettencourt 37-35 — Matt Jones 38-34 — Blake Adams 38-34 —

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went 16-1 in the spring. There’s also a core of freshmen and sophomores on the would-be varsity roster. “We’re still predominately young,” said Payne. “We’re much younger than a lot of the teams we’re facing. That being said, the guys have really come into their own now and it’s showing on the field. We’ve hit a stride and have been playing some good baseball as of late.” Despite being fairly young for the summer, Payne says that his biggest challenge isn’t teaching these youngsters how to play the game, it’s getting them prepared for certain situations. “The group that plays here plays a lot of baseball, so it’s not a matter of them knowing how to play,” said Payne. “It’s just little things that we’re always trying to work on and get better at. We’ve got to continue to score late in ballgames, keep the score close and play good defense. If we do those things, the wins should take care of themselves.” The Crusaders will still field a middle school team along with a varsity team during the spring. Payne hopes to add a few more players during the school year. Some players aren’t playing this summer because they are involved in recreational league baseball.

TGC — PGA Tour, AT&T National, second round, at Newtown Square, Pa. 6:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, Montreal Championship, first round, at Blainville, Quebec (same-day tape) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2:10 p.m. WGN — Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs SOCCER 10 a.m. ESPN — FIFA, World Cup, quarterfinal, Netherlands vs. Brazil, at Port Elizabeth, South Africa 2:30 p.m. ESPN — FIFA, World Cup, quarterfinal, Uruguay vs. Ghana, at Johannesburg TENNIS 7 a.m. ESPN2 — The Championships, men’s semifinals, at Wimbledon, England Noon NBC — The Championships, men’s semifinals, at Wimbledon, England (live and same-day tape)

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TRANSACTIONS By The Associated Press BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL—Suspended Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for making contact with an umpire during Tuesday’s game against Cincinnati. American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Optioned LHP Randy Williams to Charlotte (IL). TEXAS RANGERS—Optioned LHP Matt Harrison to Oklahoma City (PCL). Atlantic League NEWARK BEARS—Traded C Tom Pennino to Bridgeport for C Todd Jennings. Signed OF Elijah Dukes. Placed INF Shawn Williams on the inactive list. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Agreed to terms with C Darko Milicic on a four-year contract. NEW JERSEY NETS—Signed G Ben Uzoh and C Brian Zoubek. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Named Michael Curry associate head coach and Brian James and Quin Snyder assistant coaches. FOOTBALL National Football League DETROIT LIONS—Agreed to terms with WR Tim Toone. Signed PK Aaron Pettrey. Claimed DT Leger Douzable off waivers. HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES—Agreed to terms with F Alex Tanguay on a one-year contract. CAROLINA HURRICANES—Signed D Anton Babchuk to a one-year contract. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Named Dan Hinote assistant coach. MINNESOTA WILD—Re-signed LW Guillaume Latendresse to a two-year contract. NEW YORK RANGERS—Signed G Martin Biron. Re-signed F Erik Christensen. Agreed to terms with C Derek Stepan. OTTAWA SENATORS—Signed D Sergei Gonchar to a three-year contract. Re-signed F Jesse Winchester to a two-year contract. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Signed D Braydon Coburn to a contract extension. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Signed D Zbynek Michalek to a five-year contract.

“If we add a player or two here and there,” said Payne, “I think we’ll be just fine. I couldn’t be happier with where we’re at right now. Hopefully, we’ll continue getting better.” On Monday, the Crusaders defeated Southern Lee 6-4 at Tramway Athletic Park, the same site where the Crusaders were crowned champions of the inaugural Chatlee Challenge. “It’s always nice to play the close teams,” said Payne. “It gives us a chance to see where we are against some of the other kids in the area. It’s also good for the community. In games like that, win or lose, it’s important that we play well. That was a good win for us, though.” Winning the Triangle Middle School Conference, winning the first ever Chatlee Challenge, playing CCSSL baseball against top tier programs and getting wins against traditional baseball powers like Pinecrest and Southern Lee has made Grace feel like a program on the rise. “This program has made great strides as a middle school program and is doing well so far as a varsity team,” said Payne. “We continue to get better and better and we’re starting to get noticed. That’s a tribute to the kids on this team and not to me.”

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The Sanford Herald / Friday, July 2, 2010 / 5B

DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

Co-ed’s rocky freshman year leaves her down in the dumps DEAR ABBY: I am 18 and sad all the time. I have never had a boyfriend, and have struggled in the past with anxiety and loneliness. It has been a rollercoaster year for me — a tough first year of college, watching all of my friends enter meaningful relationships. All I can do is be ashamed of the fact that I’m struggling while others are thriving. I need help, but don’t know where to turn. — A COMPLETE MESS IN OHIO

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: The competition is fierce and the need to be on top of changing times and willing to learn and grow at a tremendous rate has never been more important. You have plenty going for you, so let others see what you have to offer. Give whatever you are trying to accomplish your best shot and you will have no regrets. Your numbers are 3, 13, 20, 27, 35, 41, 44 ARIES (March 21-April 19): By making a long overdue decision, you can clear up the uncertainty that has plagued you for some time with regard to home, family and geographical location. A love relationship will help you make a decision. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Once you have taken care of your responsibilities you will be free to follow your own path. Talks will help clear up any misunderstanding and allow you to discuss future plans regarding your work and personal relationships. 4 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s important not to let your love life interfere with what needs to be done. Distance yourself from any emotional setbacks until you can think rationally about your next move. Acting prematurely will not bring positive results. 2 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Taking a bit of a risk may not be your normal way of doing things but, when it comes to work, money and hanging on to what you have, you may need to. Sometimes it takes a little more finagling to get what you want. 5 stars LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your unique way of approaching whatever you come up against will help you keep any opponents guessing. Speak from the heart and you will capture attention and harness the support you need to move forward. 3 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Both professional and

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personal relationships can become difficult if you let things slide. Speak your mind and, if someone doesn’t like what you have to say, move on. An opportunity to network will lead to meeting someone new. 3 stars LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If someone is giving you a hard time, don’t be afraid to stand up for your beliefs. A love relationship may not be an emotionally sound option for you, especially if you have someone else in your life. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Follow your heart, your instincts and your desires and you will have no problem reaching your goals. Someone may try to entice you in unethical ways. Don’t fall for compliments or big talk. 5 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You have to meet whoever you are dealing with halfway or back away altogether. Have facts and figures ready to back up what you are trying to sell. Love is in the stars and has the potential to benefit you financially. 2 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Stop worrying so much about someone walking away from you. Let situations unfold naturally. If you let things go, something new will come your way that is probably bigger and better. Financial gain is apparent. 4 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do something special for someone in whom you have a personal interest. Think big and adapt to the changes being forced on you. A career change or chance to try your hand at something new is evident. Don’t shy away. 3 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Focus on friends and entertainment and you will get involved in topics of interest that can lead to a business partnership as well. Dealing with children or an event that leads to self-improvement will turn out well and bring you resolution regarding an issue you have with friends, family or a lover. 3 stars

DEAR COMPLETE MESS: Before I start offering you advice, please let me point out that the first year of college is a huge adjustment for everyone. You’re away from your usual support systems, adjusting to a new environment and new responsibilities. Instead of comparing yourself to your friends who are entering “meaningful relationships,” please look around at all of the students who are single like you are. If you do, you will realize they outnumber the ones who are coupled up. Because you are sad for extended periods, you should head over to the student health center and talk about it with a counselor. He or she will help you find ways to overcome your feelings of isolation, anxiety and depression — but only if someone who is qualified knows you’re having trouble. And please don’t waste one minute being “ashamed.” What you’re experiencing is not uncommon.

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

your mother grew attached to your former husband. I assume that you and your ex have a civil relationship, if only for the sake of your children. So go to the reunion with your boyfriend. Give your parents every opportunity you can to get to know him, because the more they are exposed to him, the greater the chances of their accepting him. P.S. Wouldn’t it be lovely if your ex were to bring a date? Why not call him and plant the idea ... ❏❏❏

❏❏❏ DEAR ABBY: I am the mother of two young children. Three years ago I divorced my husband of eight years. My mother does not accept the divorce and still views my ex as a family member. She’s planning a family reunion for my father’s 80th birthday and has told me she’s inviting my ex, which will be uncomfortable since I am attending the party with my boyfriend of two years. My mother’s unwillingness to accept my new boyfriend in my life is hurtful, and it is affecting my relationship with her. How can I sustain a relationship with her if she doesn’t accept that I have moved on with my life? — IRRITATED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE DEAR IRRITATED: You have moved on with your life. But in the eight years you were married,

DEAR ABBY: I am a 61-yearold, recently retired male. I think I am experiencing a midlife crisis, exacerbated by my wife’s decision to let her hair go natural — meaning gray. I know you and your readers will probably think I’m shallow and am trying to hold onto my young, 59-year-old “trophy wife.” We have been happily married nearly 40 years. In my eyes she represents our youth and vitality, which suddenly isn’t feeling so youthful or vital since her roots started showing. What can I do? — YOUNGER AT HEART IN OKLAHOMA DEAR YOUNGER AT HEART: Try this. Remember the words of Benjamin Franklin on aging. He wrote: “In the dark all cats are gray.”

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Police seek mischief maker dressed as leprechaun

for her grandmother and her grandmother made her hold the bags.”

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Police responding to reports of a man leaping between cars in a Colorado supermarket parking lot didn’t need a detailed description of the suspect. Boulder Police Sgt. Fred Gerhardt said witnesses on Wednesday reported a man was dressed as a leprechaun and pretending to shoot at people with his fingers. Witnesses told police the man may have made obscene gestures. Gerhardt said they likely called police because the man “was acting bizarre.” Officers did not find anyone matching the description of the leprechaun. Gerhardt said this is the first time Boulder police have received a complaint about a leprechaun.

Police: Car burglar wearing winter clothes caught

Grandmother faces trial in ‘holding the bags’ case UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A southwestern Pennsylvania woman who denied leaving her 8-year-old granddaughter behind with stolen goods was ordered to stand trial on shoplifting charges. Elaine Weimer, 50, was ordered to stand trial on charges of retail theft, endangering the welfare of a child, and corruption of minors on Wednesday. Workers at a Wal-Mart store in South Union Township testified they confronted Weimer about shoplifting on June 23. The girl returned $199 worth of items in reusable shopping bags she was carrying — but the employees said Weimer denied knowing the girl, got in her car and drove away. The girl was not charged and told state police her grandmother told her “to get stuff

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GLASGOW, Del. (AP) — Authorities said a car burglar decked out in winter clothes was held at gunpoint by the resident he was stealing from in Glasgow. Officials said a woman told her husband after she saw a man wearing a black knit cap, winter gloves, a scarf and goggles breaking into their car. The husband armed himself with a gun and confronted the man. Police spokesman Senior Cpl. Trinidad Navarro said the husband ordered the man to lie face down in the driveway until police arrived. New Castle County police said the 20-year-old suspect was charged with trespassing, theft, possession of oxycodone pills, possession of drug paraphernalia and burglary tools.

Conn. girl, 9, gets stuck inside chimney NEW CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — A 9-yearold Connecticut girl who climbed to the roof of her house and attempted to crawl back inside through the chimney has been rescued after getting stuck. Assistant Fire Chief Jack Hennessey said the girl climbed up a house painter’s ladder Wednesday morning, walked across the roof and tried to climb down the chimney. She almost made it to the fireplace before getting stuck in the flue at about 6:30 a.m. Family members heard her cries for help and called rescue workers, who tried to take apart the flue.

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Billy Graham Send your queries to “My Answer,” Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc., 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201

Occult forces come from Satan, not God Q: I went into a shop the other day and the owner started talking with me about her beliefs, which I found fascinating. She says she has the ability to communicate with spirits from centuries ago, and she’s into all sorts of other things of a mystical nature. I’m interested in spirituality. Could this be what I’ve been looking for? — Mrs. R.K. A: I sincerely hope you won’t go down the path this person has taken. It may seem very tempting but it will not lead you to the living God, and in fact, could take you in the opposite direction. What do I mean? Some people who claim to have occult powers (as this person does) are deliberate frauds; they only do it to gain power over others, or to get money. But others have deliberately given themselves over to occult spiritual powers and are deeply committed to them. As strongly as I know how, I urge you not to get involved in any way with them, no matter how fascinating their beliefs may be to you or how sincere they seem. The Bible doesn’t go into great detail about unseen occult forces -- but it tells us these spiritual powers are real, and they come ultimately from Satan and not from God. These evil spiritual powers promise power and wisdom -- but in reality they are destructive and will lead you away from God. Instead, I urge you to come to Jesus Christ and turn your life over to Him. He alone can erase our sins, and He alone opens heaven’s door for us. The Bible says, “For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God” (1 Peter 3:18).

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Abundant Life Ministries No Sunday morning service will be held. Ladies night Bible study will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Gorham Prayer Room.

Beaver Creek Baptist Church Widows, Widowers and Singles Ministry will dine out for fellowship at 5:30 p.m. today at the Sanford Dairy Bar. There will be no evening service. The church is located at 2280 Nicholson Road in Cameron.

Buffalo Presbyterian Church The Rev. Warren Bock will present the sermon “Words for the Road” at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. The church is located at 1333 Carthage St. in Sanford.

Center United Methodist Church Sunday School classes for all ages at 10 a.m. followed by worship service at 11 a.m. The church will have a cookout immediately following the worship service. Wear patriotic colors. The church is located at 4141 S. Plank Road in Sanford.

Chestnut AME Zion Church Vacation Bible School, “Go Green for Jesus,” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the church. The church is located at 4522 Buckhorn Road in Sanford. Church of Many Colors Pastor Gerome Wil-

liams Sr. will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. The church is located at 2320 Pilson Road in Lemon Springs.

East Sanford Baptist Church The missions breakfast will be held at 8 a.m. Sunday in the fellowship hall. The Rev. Robbie Gibson will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. There will be no evening services. The men’s fellowship breakfast will be held at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday at Mrs. Wenger’s Restaurant. The church is located at 300 North Ave. in Sanford. Exousia Christian Fellowship, Inc. Pastor Steve L. Chesney will deliver the message at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. The church is located at 700 Bragg St. in Sanford. First Pentecostal Holiness Church The Rev. William O’Neil will be the guest speaker at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. Family night dinner will be held at 6 p.m. Wednedsay at the church. The church is located at 3606 Wicker St. Ext. in Sanford. First Presbyterian Church A combined contemporary and traditional service will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday in the sanctuary. Dr. Stuart Wilson will deliver the sermon. The church is located at 203 Hawkins Ave. in Sanford.

St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church Independence Day will be observed with two services, one at 8 a.m. and the second at 10 a.m., both services will be conducted by Fr. Craig J. Lister. Patriotic music will be played and sung at the 10 a.m. service. Nursery is provided during the second service. Coffee hour will follow the second service in the Lower Parish Hall. The church is located at 312 N. Steele St. in Sanford.

Methodist University announces president’s and dean’s lists FAYETTEVILLE — Seventy-nine students were named to the spring 2010 President’s List at Methodist University. To merit inclusion on the President’s List, a student must achieve a 3.90 GPA with at least 46.8 quality points during the semester on a total course load of 12 or more semester hours, with no grade of D, F, or I (Incomplete) and no developmental courses. The following local students were named to the President’s List: Brianne Hendrick, Rebecca Sue King, Manoela Kinney and Katharine McCoy More than 200 students were named to the spring 2010 Dean’s List at Methodist University. To merit inclusion on the Dean’s List, a student must achieve a 3.50 or better grade point average (GPA) with at least 42.0 quality points during the semester on a total course load of 12 or more semester hours, with no grade of D, F, or I (Incomplete) and no developmental courses. The following local students were named to the Dean’s List: Samantha Arrington, Daniel Aston, Stephen Avent, Catherine Ballard, Danielle Crawford, Maggie Gaines, Maegan Matthews, Geneva Runion, Lisa Sanders, Alexander Smith, Paul Stroebel, Angela Thompson, Kaitlyn Warren and Erin Weidman. Methodist University is an independent four-year institution of higher education with over 2,100 students from 41 states and 30 countries. Methodist University offers over 70 majors and concentrations, three master’s degree programs, and 19 NCAA III intercollegiate sports.

Grace Chapel Church Dr. Holland will speak at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service. There will be no evening service. The church is located 2605 Jefferson Davis Hwy. in Sanford. Hillmon Grove Baptist Church Pastor Shannon Arnold will deliver a patriotic sermon on Independence Day. A pig picking will be held at 5 p.m. provided by Bryant Flynn. Those attending are asked to bring a side dish, dessert and lawn chairs. CARE Team “C” will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday with Hugh and Joyce Rosser in the church office. The busi-

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Sandy Branch Church An Independence Day celebration will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday with horseshoes, a softball game, a greasy pole contest and a hot dog supper. Bring a freezer of homemade ice cream or favorite dessert to share. The church will welcome the Rev. Marc Sanders as the new fulltime pastor at the Sunday worship service. The church is located at 715 Sandy Branch Church Road in Bear Creek.

New Life Praise Church (SBC) Family Day will be observed at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service with Pastor Josh Dickinson delivering the message. The Lord’s Supper will be observed. A study through the book of Revelation is the focus for the 6 p.m Sunday worship service. “Someone Cares” group meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday. The church is located at 2398 Wicker St. in Sanford.

Solid Rock Community Church Pastor Craig Dodson will speak on “Spiritual Freedom or Slave to Sin” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service. Kevin Dodson will give testimony. Communion will be observed. Contemporary services will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Nursery and children’s church provided. Transportation available, call (919) 777-6579. The church is located at 989 White Hill Road in Sanford.

Swann Station Baptist Church Sunday school will be held at 10 a.m. for all ages. Vacation Bible School celebration service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday. No evening services will be held. The church is located at 7592 Hwy. 87 South in Sanford. Tempting Congregational Church The 35th annual homecoming and family reunion will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Tempting Community Center. A family size cookout is planned. The families will worship together at the 11:15 a.m. Sunday worship service. A talent show will also be presented. Trinity Lutheran Church The sixth Sunday after Pentecost worship service will be delivered by the Rev. Tim Martin. Communion will be served at the 8:15 a.m. service. The second service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Gamblers Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m. Friday. True Apostolic Evangelistic Assoc., Inc. The 29th annual convention will be held at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at 117 Main St., Sanford. There will be morning and evening speakers. There will also be a mime dance session for children. No registration required. The public is invited to attend. For more information call (919) 774-9715.

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Yard Sale Saturday Corner of US 1 & 15-501 Lots of Good Stuff Starts at 8am Ends Whenever 2 Family Yard Sale Sat. Only 7am-Until 3228 Green Valley Rd. Lots of Baby Girl, Men and Women's Clothes, Toys, Movies, Household Items and Much More! 5 Family Yard Sale @ Davison's Steaks parking lot. Boy clothes NB-2T most $1-$2, 1st Bday Winnie the Pooh party supplies, 16-18w Maternity clothes, Adult clothes most $1, Microwave cart, Lots of HH Items $1 Or Less. 7am-Until Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 8am-Until 4009 Hawkins Avenue Battery Drills, Homemade Decorated Plant Stands, Microwave, Waffle Maker, Hobby Wood Working Tools, Stroller and Infant Seat, Got stuff leftover from your yard sale or items in your house that you donʼt want? Call us and we will haul it away for free.356-2333 or 270-8788 Huge Yard Sale Inside Dance Studio. July 3rd 8am-til 122 South Main (Broadway) Equipment, Costumes, Furniture, Clothing, Halloween Items, Dance Wear, HH Items, Props, Etc. Man's Yard Sale Paint, Stain, Hardware, Nails, Screws, Project Lumber, Cabinet Doors, etc. Fri - Sat 8 am - Until 421 Frazier Drive Moving Sale- Thurs., Fri. & Sat. All Day 3212 Jefferson Davis Hwy (Sanford) Pots, Pans, Dishes, Couch, Chairs, Kitchen Table w/ 4 Chairs, Clothes, Shoes, TV, Glass TV Table, Big Bed Clothes & Towels

0232

Automotive Tech Needed. Top pay and excellent benefits. Insurance, paid holidays, vacation, and uniforms. Experience and tools required. Weekly and sign up bonus available. We stay busy year round. Call: 910-497-0750 Lube and Tire Tech also needed. Hiring OTR Drivers. Must have 2 yrs. driving experience, clean driving record, CDL req'd. Home every 3-4 days. Apply in person. Call: 919-775-2622 Part-Time Class (CDL) Driver Needed For Local Deliv. Great Hrs-Good Driving Record Req'd. 774-8033 Wanted: Kennel Tech Must be physically able to care for pets and working dogs. Must have flexible schedule: morning, weekends, and holidays. Must provide resume in person to: Tarheel Canine Training Inc. 230 W. Seawell St. (Sanford) Please No Applications Or Phone Calls

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Part-time Employment

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Caregiver Needed for Monday & Wednesday Afternoons from 1pm-8pm for elderly dementia patient. If interested please call 919-258-6682

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0320

Cats/Dogs/Pets

Beautiful Loving Well Trained Kittens To a Good Home. 919-718-0688 Free Puppies 11 week old Labs Call: 774-3162

Yard Sale Saturday 7am-Until Misc., HH, and Yard Items, Across from hospital at Dr. Vision Office Yard Sale: Friday 7-5 2863 Minter School Rd. Variety of Everything! Yard Sale Saturday & Sunday 7am-12noon Furniture, Kids, Antiques 1132 Peppermill Road off 421

Sweet, Loving, Full Blooded Yellow Lab for Sale. Good with Kids and other Dogs. Family Moving Needs EXCELLENT home. $100. 919-356-6781 Leave Message

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Yard Sale Saturday 7am-12 1442 Colon Rd Men's Blue Jeans, HH Items, Toys, Etc. Yard Sale Saturday 7am-Noon 2604 Meadow Drive HH Goods, Baby/Toddler Clothes & Toys, Adult Clothing, Etc.

Restaurant

The Fairview Dairy Bar on 109 Carbonton Road is now taking applications for Cashiers & Wait Staff Must apply in person. 18 and Older Only.

Multi Family Yard Sale Saturday 6am-11am 505 Walnut Drive off Spring Lane BR Furn, Clothing, HH Items and More !!!

MPLOYMENT

General Help

0410

Farm Market

BLACKBERRIES & BLUEBERRIES You Pick or We PickTues-Sat 8am-6pmJust-A-Growing Produce 421 Lillington (910)893-2989 Dixie Lee & Crowder Peas, Okra, Squash, Black & Blue Berries, Canteloups & Watermelons Across from The Lee County Court House 775-3032 Silver Queen Corn $3Dozen. Tomatoes & Cucumbers Also 1067 Edwards Road 499-5165 for large orders or more info

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ERCHANDISE

0503

0503 Auction Sales

Old Fashioned Auction This week over 40 years collections, advertisement, and collectibles Saturday 7pm 1218 Old Business Hwy 1 Cameron 910-245-4896 919-478-9283 NCAL # 1862 Council's Auction Saturday July 3rd Johnny New-Big Variety Lakeview 910-245-7347 Lonnie Council #5665 AUCTIONS can be promoted in multiple markets with one easy and affordable ad placement. Your 25-word ad will be published in 114 NC newspapers for only $330. You reach 1.7 million readers with the North Carolina Statewide Classified Ad Network. Call this newspaper's classified department or visit www.ncpress.com FORECLOSURE AUCTIONGreensboro, NC Restaurant/Commercial Bldg. Tuesday, July 13, 3 p.m. 2,336+/- sq. ft. brick building on 0.68+/- ac. corner lot directly across from Guilford Technical Community College. Formerly Nancy's Restaurant, building is suitable for other uses. 24,000 vehicles/day. Zoned LI. Convenient to Rt. 220 & 29 (2 mi.), future I-840 (1.6 mi.) and I-40/I-85 (3.3 mi.). Address: 109 Bonita Drive, Greensboro, NC 27405. PREVIEWS: Tuesday, June 29 & Tuesday, July 6, Noon - 2 p.m. Sale will be held on-site. This ad is for informational purposes only and is not a legal notice. Visit www.woltz.com or call Woltz & Associates, Inc. (NC#7560), 800-551-3588 for sale brochure. PUBLIC AUCTIONWednesday, July 7 at 10 a.m. 201 S. Central Avenue, Locust, NC. Selling for NC Department of Revenue for Unpaid Taxes, Inventory from Ben Franklin Craft Store. Fabric, Framing Equipment, Scrap Booking, more. www.ClassicAuctions.com 704-888-1647 ncaf5479. DONATE YOUR VEHICLE- Receive $1000 Grocery Coupon. United Breast Cancer Foundation. Free Mammograms, Breast Cancer info: www.ubcf.info. Free Towing, Tax Deductible, Non-Runners Accepted, 1-888-468-5964. ALL CASH VENDING! Do You Earn Up to $800/day (potential)? Your own local route. 25 Machines and Candy. All for $9,995. 1-888-753-3458, MultiVend, LLC. NC DEMOLITION COMPANY serving Eastern US. Qualified, licensed provider in dismantling huge elevated water tanks, textile mills, warehouses, schools, hospitals, and more. For estimates, J&J Speedy DM Enterprise 910-483-0250 or 910-286-8363. E-mail: jjspeedyd@hotmail.com ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE from home. Medical, Business, Paralegal, Accounting, Criminal Justice. Job placement assistance. Computer available. Financial aid if qualified. Call 888-899-6918. www.CenturaOnline.com NEW Norwood SAWMILLS- LumberMate-Pro handles logs 34" diameter, mills boards 28" wide. Automated quick-cycle-sawing increases efficiency up to 40%! www.NorwoodSawmills.com/3 00N. 1-800-661-7746, ext. 300N. STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION seeking bi-lingual applicants. Fluent in reading, writing, speaking & listening to both English & Spanish required. SBI Agent application packet not required, only State Application Form PD-107. Applications accepted 6/02-7/13/10. Additional information & PD-107 at http://www.ncdoj.gov. PART-TIME JOB with FULL-TIME BENEFITS. You can receive cash bonus, monthly pay check, job training, money for technical training or college, travel, health benefits, retirement, and much, much more! Call now and learn how the National Guard can benefit you and your family! 1-800-GO-GUARD. DRIVERSFlatbed CDL/A. $2,000 Sign

J.T. Davenport & Sons, Inc. Yard Jokey J.T. Davenport & Sons, Inc. has an opening in our Transportation Department for a Yard Jokey. This position is responsible for placing trailers at dock doors for loading and unloading, ensuring seals are in place for outbound freight, and handling all yard activities with company equipment. Applicants must have experience and pass pre-employment screening. As part of the Davenport team, you will receive medical/ dental beneﬁts, vacation, pto, holiday, sick pay, participation in a company matched 401 (k) plan and much more! We are accepting applications at our corporate ofﬁce and at the Employment Security Commission in your area. J. T. Davenport & Sons, INC. 1144 Broadway Road Sanford, NC 27332-9793 EOE

Auction Sales

On Bonus. Great pay and benefits! 6 months Experience Required. Lease Purchase Available. No Felonies. 800-441-4271, x NC-100 DRIVER-CDL/A Now Hiring. Teams, Solos, Owner Operators. Referral Bonus is Back! Great Pay, Miles & Benefits. CDL/A with 1yr. OTR required. 800-942-2104 ext. 238 or 243. www.totalms.com DRIVERCDL-A. We Have more Miles. Just Ask Our Drivers. Western Express Flatbed. Stay rolling and earn Big $$. Limited tarping. Class-A CDL, TWIC Card and Good Driving Record a must. 866-863-4117. WTI TRANSPORT- Flatbed Drivers Hauling High Paying Freight on Percentage Pay. Make more in less miles, Hometime 93% Weekends...ask us how we do it! 800-828-6452. www.wtitransport.com Fayetteville Technical Community College is now accepting proposals: Criminal Justice Curriculum Consultant (DOD Funded Grant) - The primary purpose of this position is to develop exportable training packages to be used worldwide. Must have knowledge of US defense policy and have experience with online instruction and curriculum development. A completed packet including a cover letter, resume or portfolio, and copies of college transcripts, must be received in the HR Office to be considered. For further information please visit our website or call (910) 678-8225. FTCC HR Office, PO Box 35236,Fayetteville, NC 28303. Phone: (910) 678-8378 Fax: (910) 678-0029. Internet: http://www.faytechcc.edu -EOE HOST FAMILIES for Foreign Exchange Students, ages 15-18 & have own spending money & insurance. Call Now for students arriving in August! Great life experience. 1-800-SIBLING. www.aise.com MONEY FOR SCHOOL- Exciting career fields with US Navy. High demand for nuclear specialists and SEALS. Paid training, excellent benefits and even money for college. HS grads, 17-34, relocation required. Call Mon-Fri 800-662-7419 for local interview. BANK SPECIAL! 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large lot! Make offer! Gracious Living Realty. www.graciousliving.org. email: home4you@rcn.com. 800-749-5263. Bank says, "Sell, Sell, Sell!" FREE HD FOR LIFE! Only on DISH Network! Lowest Price in America! $24.99/mo for over 120 channels! $500 Bonus! 1-888-679-4649 AIRLINES ARE HIRING- Train for high paying Aviation Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance. 877-300-9494. DIRECTV FREE Standard Installation! Free Showtime & Starz (3 mo)! Free HD/DVR upgrade! Ends 7/14/10. New Customers Only, Qual. Pkgs. From $29.99/mo. DirectStarTV, 1-888-634-6459 BUILDING SALE! "Rock Bottom Prices!" Final Week. 25X30 $4577. 30X40 $7140. 32X60 $11,950. 35X60 $13,990. 40X70 $14,650. 40X100 $24,900. 46X140 $37,600. OTHERS. Ends optional. Pioneer MANUFACTURERS DIRECT. 1-800-668-5422.

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Household Goods

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

0533

Furniture

A All New Furniture Factory Direct Bed Sets $195 5PC $495 Sofa & Loveseats $495 Sectional $495 Dining $145 910-639-9555 A Brand New Pillowtop Queen Sets $125 King Sets $225 Twin $115 Full $125 All models brand new! 910-639-9555 Old Oak Antique Buffet 100 years old Has mirror. Asking $300 Call: 775-3140

EAL ESTATE FOR RENT

0610

Unfurnished Apartments

Beat the Heat! Move your family into a cool and comfortable apartment home! Now taking applications!Westridge APARTMENTS Pathway Drive Sanford, NC 27330 (919)775-5134 2 BR Unit AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY Washer/Dryer hook up in each unitSection 8 welcomed Disability accessible units EHO Sanford Gardens Age 62 and disabled under 62 who may qualify Adcock Rentals 774-6046 "EHO"

0620

Homes for Rent

$1000/mo 4BR/2.5BA Very Large Home. Security & References Required. Rosemary Street Properties 919-548-5946 2 Story Home For Lease or Rent 3BR 2BA 2 Car Carport outside building with heat and air. No Pets Inside or outside. $750/mo 919-777-8907 2425 Shawnee Dr. $675/mo 3BD/1BA Adcock Rentals 774-6046 For Rent: 4BR Small Ranch Style House in Carolina Trace Community For info call Reggie 919-368-4318 Nice 3br 2ba Brick House with Basement in Lemon Spring Area. $700/mo + Dep No Pets. 919-499-3098

0655

Roommate Wanted

Wanted: Roommate $300/mo. Half Utilities. Private Home, Pool & Yard. In the country. 919-356-5304

0685

Dell Dimension Computer 3.4 Ghz HT CPU. 1GB DDR2 Ram. 80GB SATA HD. $175 For Tower. LCD & Acces. Also Avail. 774-1066 Motorcycle Helmet $15 . Computer Desk, Exc. Cond., 2 Drawers, $20. Bones DVD Series #2,3&4, $20. Call: 910-703-3651 Nutrisystem Combo Box $100 Call: 919-478-3637 Old Scandalli Accordion $250 Call: 775-3140 Peavey PV Amp. $250 Call: 919-478-3637 Portable Shaver Combination $25 Call After 5pm 919-775-2060 Singer 2/3 Sized Walking Foot Upholstery Sewing Machine $175. Commercial Sewing Machine Table $75. Call: 919-718-6009 Upright Piano $75. Exercise Bike $20. White Wedding Dress Size 12 $20. Numerous Size 12 Dresses $5 each. Portable Play Pen $20. Cradle $25. 499-2538

EAL ESTATE FOR SALE

0710

0675

2br Mobile Home for Rent Johnsonville Area on private lot washer & dryer, water furnished, no pets, $400/mo + Dep 919-499-5558

Homes For Sale 3685 sq. feet. New home stick built on your lot. $169,900 turn key.919-777-0393

3BR/2BA $550/mo $550/dep Call: 910-528-7505 4BR/2BA DW $650/mo Harnett County/Broadway No Pets. References. Call: 919-499-8190 Cameron- 4BR/2BA, 2 Living Rooms, 8 Acres, $675/mo + dep. No Pets. Call: 910-245-1208 For Rent/For Sale Very Nice 3BR/2BA SW US 421 S. From Sanford 919-708-7354

0685

Bargain Basement

3 white support columns with base and caps. 8 inch diam. at base tapers to apx 7 1/4 inch at top. Sell new for over $150.00 each, will sell all 3 for $140.00.Call 718-1842. 30" (White) Electric Self Cleaning Range 1 Year Old. Asking Price $200. (919)777-6721 Ask For Peggy 585 Proform Treadmill. All Extras! Used Very Little. Exc. Cond. $150. Woodburning Stove, Used 1 Year $100. 919-775-9848 Antique Steel Bed Comes with Head board and Foot Board with Rails $75 919-718-0688 Authentic Dooney & Bourke Pocketbook New Call: 919-776-2129

Duplex/Apts

$380/mo 1BR/1BA. Park Like Setting. Water & Cable Included. Security & References Required. Rosemary Street Properties. 919-548-5946 TH For Rent 2BR, 2BA, LR, KIT Appli -$725/Month 774-8033

2BR/2BA $425/mo Call:499-7672 or 919-935-9116 3 Mobile Homes For Rent Black Pearl Lane (Cameron) $350-$375 910-639-5010

Homes for Sale

2000 sq. ft home on over 5 acres in Lemon Springs area. Only $89,900! Recently renovated, new kitchen cabinets, new carpet throughout, freshly painted. and much much more! Call 919-774-6319 ask for Curtis or Rick at Homes By Vanderbuilt.

0720 Mobile Homes for Rent

Bargain Basement

0741

Mobile Homes for Sale

Mobile Home For Sale 2BR/2BA. Very Good Cond. Make Me A Reasonable Offer! Call: 919-774-9654

0754

Commercial/ Ofﬁce

5 Commercial Buildings For Lease Starting at $300 Sizes Range-1200 Ft-6000 Ft Retail/Office/Warehouse 774-8033 Church Space For Rent $400/mo-utilities included Call: 919-336-2848 Warehouse Space Also Available

0793

Monuments/ Cemeteries

2 GRAVE SPACES Veteran Section in Lee Memory Gardens. ($2400) Please call 910-424-7611 or 910-978-7870.

4 Grave Spaces in middle section of Lee Memory Gardens. Will sell individually. Please call 919-837-5806 or 919-542-9514 One Burial Plot that includes opening & closing of grave. $800 919-258-3309

RANSPORTATION

0804

Boats for Sale

1998 Sweetwater 18ft. Pontoon Boat, 50 Horsepower Johnson Outboard. 2009 Wesco Trailer. 919-776-0862

King Size Quilts w/ Shams Never Used for Sale $35, $50, $75 919-777-0908

J. T. Davenport & Sons, Inc. Drivers Needed J.T. Davenport & Sons, Inc. has openings in our Transportation Department for Drivers. We offer above average pay, weekly bonus, free uniforms, and a $500 sign-on bonus. Applicants must have a valid CDL Class A license and pass DOT physical and drug screen. Route experience preferred but not mandatory. As part of the Davenport team, you will receive medical/ dental beneﬁts, vacation. PTO, Holiday, sick pay, participation in a company matched 401(K) plan and much more! We are accepting applications at our corporate ofﬁce and at the Employment Security Commission in your area.

J.T. Davenport & Sons, INC. 1144 Broadway Road Sanford NC 27332 1-800-868-7550 EOE

0832

Motorcycles

2005 Harley Davidson XL1200R-Yellow. 890 miles. Like New. $7000 Call: 919-353-1067

0860

Vans for Sale

97 Isuzu Oasis LS Minni Van Everything Works, Great Shape. Made by Honda. Cold AC, $3,200 OBO Runs Great Call 774-8017 9am-9pm

0864

Pickup Trucks for Sale

1993 Toyota T-100 green w/beige trim long bed and toolbox. Good Condition. Call 499-6927

0868

Cars for Sale

2003 Nissan Murano SL AWD, Leather, Sunroof, Heated Seats, Great Condition, $12,500. Call: 919-356-5602 Affordable Auto Sales 498-9891 Sale! Clean used cars. No credit check financing. Low down payments at $500 dn.

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Legals

NORTH CAROLiNAIN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY FILE NUMBER: 10 CVS 5576 JOSEPH B. RUNIONPlaintiff, v.MAYRA ELIZABETH MUNOZ Defendant, NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION TO: MAYRA ELIZABETH MUNOZ, Sanford, Lee County, NC. TAKE NOTICE, that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above titled action, and the nature of the relief sought is as follows:Recovery of damages arising out of negligent operation of a motor vehicle on June 24, 2007. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later that the following date:August 4, 2010. Upon your failure to do so, the party seeking relief against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.Dated: June 23, 2010 TIMOTHY M. DUNNAttorney at Law2018 Ft. Bragg Rd., Suite 114Fayetteville, NC 28303Telephone: (910) 484-5151 Publication dates: June 25, 2010 July 2, 2010 July 9, 2010 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having been qualified as Administrator of the estate of Ralph Houston Watson, deceased, late of Lee County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to present to the undersigned on or before September 25, 2010, which date is not less than three months from the first date of the publication of this notice, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This 25th day of June, 2010. Barbara A. Foxx Administrator for the Estate of Ralph Houston Watson Post Office Box 1653 Sanford, NC 27331 Wilson & Reives, Attorneys Post Office Box 1653 Sanford, NC 27331

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Legals

10 SP 162 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, LEE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Mildred Thomas, Widow and son, Charles Lee Thomas, TENANTS IN COMMON to JOAN H. ANDERSON, Trustee(s), which was dated February 5, 2007 and recorded on February 16, 2007 in Book 01071 at Page 0752, Lee County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 6, 2010 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Lee County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING AT WILKIE'S SOUTHWEST CORNER AND RUNNING THENCE S 4 1/2 W. 4.6 CHAINS TO A NEW CORNER THENCE N 70 E. 4.6 CHAINS TO ANOTHER NEW CORNER THENCE N. 4 1/2 E. 4.60 CHAINS TO A CORNER IN THE OLD LINE; THENCE AS THAT OLD LINE S. 70 W. TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING TWO ACRES, MORE OR LESS Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 792 Lower Moncure Road, Sanford, NC 27330.

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Legals

written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Substitute TrusteeBrock & Scott, PLLC By:_____________________ ______ (SEAL)Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 323465431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 10-04434-FC01

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WE WORK FOR YOU! CALL ONE OF OUR AGENTS TODAY! HAVE A SAFE 4TH OF JULY! We will be closed Monday, July 5th and reopen Tuesday. .%7 ,)34).' - Lower Moncure Road. 1.9 Acres is the setting for this large doublewide with ďŹ replace, great room3 BR/2BA, separate laundry, stg. building, must see, GREAT mOOR PLAN /NLY -,3

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45Â˘) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS IS WHERE IS.â&#x20AC;? There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Charles Lee Thomas and All Lawful Heirs Mildred Thomas. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 daysĘź

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3 Acres on 421 N. inside Chatham County line, with over 300 feet of road frontage. Commercial Property, good investment. Buy Now. Investment or ready to Build on Beautiful wooded lot in Quail Ridge. 340 feet of road frontage, perk tested, and city water meter in place. A perfect home site. Only $27,900 for 1.59 acre. #81097 s 'OLF #OURSE ,OT )N 1UAIL 2IDGE ACRE, $17,500 s 7ATER &RONT ,OT 7EST ,AKE Downs, Only $59,900 s 7EST ,AKE !CRES ON 0ICKARD 2OAD Pickard Road - Land available approx. 14.5 acres of wooded land. Has been perked and had a well. Idea homesite if you have enough land to build a pasture for cows and horses. Located on Melba Dr. Drastically Reduced from $12,000 per acre to $8,000 per acre.

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2003 Ford Escape 65,115 miles

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Remove trees, Trim and top Trees, Lot clearing, stump grinding, backhoe work, hauling, bush hogging, plus we buy tracts of timber. We accept Visa and Mastercard. Free estimates and we are insured.

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J&T Metal RooďŹ ng & Deck Building We cover your home and steel your heart. We build decks and dreams. Jim (919)935-9137 Time (919)258-3637

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Coastal Hay Round & Square Bales Available

Eddie & Corbitt Thomas Farms 856 Cox Maddox Rd Sanford, NC 27332

(919) 258-6152 (919) 353-0385

Cell: 919-770-0796

607 Bragg Street

Fully insured. No job to small. Free estimates

Davis General Repairs LLC

919-499-9599

919-774-6820 919-352-2410

Serving Moore, Lee, Chatham, & Wake Counties

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HARDWOOD FLOORS Finishing & Refinishing

(919) 776-3537

Wade Butner 776-3008

1108 Minter School Road Sanford. NC 27330

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24-HR SERVICE

499-0807 Mon-Sat: 8-6 Location: Hwy 87 S., turn left on Swanns Station Rd. take immediate right on Barbecue Church Rd., go 4 miles and turn left on McCormick Rd.

DECKS BY MIKE The Sandhills Premiere Deck Builder We Offer The Highest Quality Built Deck At An Affordable Price

Over 10 Years of Experience FREE ESTIMATES INSURED WE BUILD ANYTHING WOOD Porches DECKS$ Screened Porches 8x10 $800 Handicap Ramps 10x12 $1200 Well Houses 10x16 $2000 10x20 $2000 Trellises, Gazebos 12x12 $1440 Arbors, Pergolas 12x16 $1920 Yard Bridges 16x16 $2560 20x20 $4000 Breezeways WE ALSO DO REPAIRS AND ADD-ONS TO DECKS

CALL (910) 391-6057 NOW! Mon - Sat 9-7 for Estimate