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The Sanford Herald SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2010
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SOUTHERN LEE BREAKS 25-GAME SKID
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OUR STATE
SBI opens probe of governor’s flights By MIKE BAKER Associated Press Writer
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Lee County High School’s Isaiah Williams (left) fights for extra yards as Athens Drive’s Willie Robertson wraps him up for the tackle Friday night at Lee County High School.
FIGHT FOR FIVE
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into Gov. Beverly Perdue’s campaign flights after a local prosecutor said he had lingering questions about a matter marred by partisan strife, officials said Friday. SBI spokeswoman Noelle Talley said the bureau’s profesPerdue sional standards division began the investigation at the request of Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby. Willoughby said he made a request last week to investigate payments for campaign air travel and review details raised in a State Board of Elections probe. “I felt there were some questions that were raised that were not addressed,” Willoughby
See Flights, Page 3A
Jackets win fifth straight despite comeback by Athens Drive
LEE COUNTY 21 • ATHENS DRIVE 19
CRIME
LEE COUNTY WINS A CLOSE ONE
COMING SUNDAY
Last season, Lee County lost five games by a combined 12 points. This year, karma has obviously swung in the Yellow Jackets favor, thanks in no small part to the play of Dequon Swann. PAGE 1B
Because of the lateness of the high-scoring Southern Lee win, expect a more detailed account of the game in Sunday’s edition of The Herald and online at sanfordherald.com
Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
Dan Swanson
Raleigh Exec Jetport
Q
: What is there to do at Family Day?
bball@sanfordherald.com
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This week, we Take 5 with Dan Swanson with the Raleigh Exec Jetport in Lee County. The airport will host its annual Family Day on Oct. 9.
BY BILLY BALL
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Jetport’s annual Family Day set for Oct. 9
HISTORIC MILL
Man tried to smuggle drugs into Lee jail
SANFORD — Lee County investigators say an alreadyarrested Broadway man is facing new charges because he tried to smuggle marijuana into Lee County Jail Thursday. Agents said Jarelle Lamar Woodard, 20, of 2009 Rosser Pittman Road, tried to sneak in a small stash of the drug after he was booked on failure to appear in court charges by Lee County deputies. Woodard’s original charges were for possession with the intent to sell marijuana. Deputies found the reserve of marijuana in a search Thursday at the jail.
Take
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Joseph A. Daughtridge fires up the boiler that runs the steam engines in Old Gilliam Park on Friday afternoon.
PRESERVATIONISTS LOVE THE HISTORY AT OLD GILLIAM By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com
SANFORD — Sonya Thompson admitted she’s a “newbie” to these old mills. But the Columbus, Ohio, woman, who was one of more than 100 preservation-
HAPPENING TODAY Deep River Elementary School’s second annual Fall Bazaar will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school. The day will include a yard and craft sale, grilled hotdogs, popcorn, face painting, games, inflatable slide and bouncehouse and more. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
ists and curators touring Sanford’s Ole Gilliam Mill Park Friday, said there’s something comforting about the puffing of the nearby saw mill. “This is all just amazing to me,” she said. The mill chugs like a
train, and the tooting central boiler at the heart of the machinery completes the illusion. Throw in the plumes of black smoke, water-powered engines and the smell
See Mill, Page 3A
High: 74 Low: 51
There will be a variety of activities and we’re confident that something will appeal to anyone who attends. Jonathan Trapp is a balloonist who has received a lot of press this past year. He set the world record for the longest cluster balloon flight ever, and recently became the first person to cross the English Channel in a cluster balloon. He will be here with some of his balloons and equipment for display and to conduct some demonstrations. We’re also excited about having Burt Myers here with his race car. Burt is the popular NASCAR modified driver who appeared on The History Channel’s “Madhouse,” and he will be meeting fans and signing autographs.
See Take 5, Page 3A
INDEX
More Weather, Page 10A
OBITUARIES
D.G. MARTIN
Sanford: Zettie Osborne, 89 Apex: Mary Hinton, 81; Buna Lasater, 90 Cameron: Charles Green Siler City: Jason Teleki
Election Day will be North Carolina’s true hurricane this storm season
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