April 11, 2010 by The Sanford Herald

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COACH PAUL GAY

Policy would tighten students’ use of cell phones, other devices By CAITLIN MULLEN cmullen@sanfordherald.com

PLAYERS PAST, PRESENT HONOR LCHS COACH PAUL GAY They all still call him “Coach.” And Saturday was a day all about legendary Lee County football coach Paul Gay. Gay was celebrated for his 24 years of service to LCHS with a reunion reception and dinner on Saturday night at the Elks Lodge.

SANFORD — The use of electronic devices at some Lee County Schools is on the verge of changing. At an ad hoc committee meeting of the Lee County Board of Education Thursday, the group — made up

of administrators, teachers and students from various schools — settled on creating a one-sentence policy that can be adjusted by each principal at each school. The policy would manage the use of cell phones, iPods, MP3 players and other electronic devices. The committee decided

to keep the proposed policy simple: “The possession and/or use of all electronic devices are permissible at the discretion of the principal.” From there, each school can tighten it as administrators see fit for that school.

See School, Page 4A

YOUR THOUGHTS Do you think students should be forced to put away the cell phones and MP3 players while on campus? E-mail your thoughts to Editor Billy Liggett at bliggett@sanfordherald. com

LEE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES

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PITTSBORO WOMAN READY TO CELEBRATE 105th BIRTHDAY A spry, lighthearted woman, Huneycutt will turn 105 years old on May 16 — a feat that places her as one of the oldest people in the state. This is a fact she accepts with candor. Full Story, Page 1C

OUR NATION

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Lee County firefighters walk away from the scene of a tanker and vehicle accident staged at the Emergency Services Training Center on Tramway Road in Sanford Saturday.

ONLY A TEST HOPE LOST AS FINAL FOUR MINERS IN W.V. FOUND DEAD Crews on Saturday began the bleak task of carrying bodies out of a coal mine shattered by an explosion that left 29 men dead, only hours after families’ hopes were crushed when they found out none of the workers survived Full Story, Page 11A

OUR STATE MYSTERY DEEPENS IN MURDER OF KATHY TAFT IN RALEIGH Search warrants and 911 call recordings released Friday provided the first concrete information from investigators about the homicide of state Board of Education member Kathy Taft, but also raised new questions about the case Full Story, Page 8A

Lee County Emergency Services works a fake train-car explosion for real-time experience

By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — “This is real for us,” said Alex Collazzo of the Sanford Fire Department. He was speaking moments after a blast rocked the ground near the Lee County Emergency Services Training Center Saturday morning, setting off a chain of fictional events involving a doomed train in downtown Sanford, a potentially deadly substance and an endangered troupe of middle school students. Thankfully, it was all just a drill.

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Meinhardt Raabe, who played the Munchkin coroner in “The Wizard of Oz” and proclaimed in the movie that the Wicked Witch of the East was “really most sincerely dead,” has died. He was 94. Full Story, Page 13A

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Emergency responders in Hazmat uniforms work the scene of a staged train-car explosion in Sanford Saturday.

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Herald election forum slated for Monday SANFORD — The Herald will host a forum featuring the seven candidates for three open positions on the Lee County Board of Education on April 12 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center in Sanford. The forum will begin with a 6 p.m. reception outside of the center’s auditorium, and the question-and-answer session will begin at 7. Candidates will be provided the opportunity for opening and closing statements and will answer questions submitted by The Herald and its readers. Admission to the forum will be free.

NEXT WEEKEND The second Broadway Our Way Festival will be held in downtown Broadway. The festival will host a street fair, opening at 10 a.m. with food and craft vendors. Enjoy continuous live entertainment throughout the day from two venues. For more information go to broadwaync.com or call (919) 258-9922. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A

Court system getting back to speed after fire By BILLY BALL

ENTERTAINMENT ONE OF FEW REMAINING ‘OZ’ ‘MUNCHKINS’ DIES AT 94

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PITTSBORO — Chatham County District Attorney Jim Woodall says the fire that gutted the county courthouse last month will have little impact on his office after this spring. Woodall’s office in the northeast corner of the Chatham County Courthouse in Pittsboro was among the areas torched when a soldering iron inadvertently touched off a blaze March 25. Many of Woodall’s records, 75 percent of which were stored only on paper, were lost due to the fire and water damage from firefighters’ efforts to save the historic building. But Woodall said he expects no court delays after this month, and that his office should be back up to full speed in terms of its documents in four to six months.

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INDEX

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OBITUARIES

JONATHAN OWENS

Sanford: Faye Cox, 79; Sequoya Graham, 20; Samuel Ishmael, 24; Pamela McNeill, 53; Jerry Quick, 62

New thrift store downtown and new details about ‘Steele Pig’ menu

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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 Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 635 East St., in Pittsboro. ■ The Siler City Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Siler City.

TUESDAY ■ Lee County Board of Education regular meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Lee County Government Center in Sanford. ■ The Lee County Board of Elections will meet at 5 p.m. for an absentee board meeting and a regular board meeting. The board meets at 225 S. Steele St. Sanford. The public is welcome. ■ The Chatham County Economic Development Corporation will meet at 7:45 a.m. at Central Carolina Community College, 764 West St., Pittsboro. ■ The Moore County Airport Authority will meet at 10 a.m. at the Airport Terminal Building, Highway 22, Pinehurst.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Latasha Allen, Nicholas Charles Bartz, MacKenzie Claire Vinson, Chelsey Brian Griffin, Daniel James Best, Shanell Hill, Rhonda Lindsey, Christopher James Womack, Timothy Juliany Urquilla, Yolanda Richmond, Christine Thomas, John Gordon Hunter, Jonathan Monroe Bennett, Samuel Augustus Williams, Jyreece Heck, Sam L. Hall and Kathy Maddox. And to those celebrating Monday, especially Tim Cunnup, Albert Presley Rowe, Stephanie Trusell, Sherman Ray Daniels, Taylor Lorraine Huffman, Charles Leonard Taylor, Kelly Hall, Anthony James Lee Williams, Mary Petty Smith, Amos Oldham, Jamie Rosser, Sherrill Williams, Carole Williams, Donna Coe Thomas Maddox, Mary Lee Sharpe, Porshia S. McLean, Barbara Trujillo, Rock Hickman, Brian Cross, Nettie Street, Bonnie McDougald, Megan Harris and Matthew Horner. CELEBRITIES: Ethel Kennedy is 82. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman is 69. Actor Meshach Taylor is 63. Rock musician Nigel Pulsford is 49. Actor Lucky Vanous is 49. Country singer Steve Azar is 46. Singer Lisa Stansfield is 44. Actor Johnny Messner is 40. Actor Vicellous (vy-SAY’-luhs) Shannon is 39. Rapper David Banner is 36. Actress Tricia Helfer is 36. Rock musician Chris Gaylor (The All-American Rejects) is 31. Actress Kelli Garner is 26. Singer Joss Stone is 23.

Municipal and county officials from a seven-county area gathered in Sanford to attend a conference on preparedness for nuclear or manmade disasters sponsored by the UNC Extension Department. Seen here at the Wilrik Hotel were (left to right) James G. Steagall, coordinator, UNC Civil Defense training program; L.L. Beckam, local Civil Defense director; Dr. John E. Dotterer, chairman of the Lee County Commissioners; Maj. Gen. Edward F. Griffin, State Civil Defense director; and Sanford Mayor Tommy Mann. This photograph appeared in the Jan. 28, 1965, Herald.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR MONDAY ■ The Herald will host a forum featuring the seven candidates for three open positions on the Lee County Board of Education at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center in Sanford. The forum will begin with a 6 p.m. reception outside of the center’s auditorium, and the question-and-answer session will begin at 7. To submit a question for the April 12 forum, e-mail Herald Publisher Bill Horner III at bhorner3@sanfordherald.com. Admission to the forum will be free.

TUESDAY

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. ■ The Southern Pines Garden Club Home Tour and Garden Tour will be held from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Six private homes and gardens will be open to the public. Advance tickets are $15 or $20 on the day of the tour. For more information, go to www.southernpinesgardenclub.com.

■ A Lee County Red Cross blood drive will be held from 1:30 to 6 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 202 Summit Drive, Sanford. To schedule an appointment, call (919) 774-6857 or visit www.redcrossblood.org. A American Red Cross blood drive will be held from noon to 5:30 p.m. at Central Carolina Hospital, 1135 Carthage St., Sanford. To schedule an appointment, call (800) 4836285 or visit www.redcrossblood.org. An American Red Cross blood drive will also be held from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Ag Center in Carthage.

■ Central Carolina Community College theater students and community members present “Working, A Musical,” a show based on an oral history of workers by author Studs Terkel. The show starts at 7 p.m. at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsborough St., Pittsboro. Tickets available at the college’s Chatham County Campus and at www.brownpapertickets.com. Tickets are $12 and seating is limited. The show is not for children under age 12.

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■ Central Carolina Community College theater students and community members present “Working, A Musical,” a show based on an oral history of workers by author Studs Terkel. The show starts at 8 p.m. at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsborough St., Pittsboro. Tickets available at the college’s Chatham County Campus and at www.brownpapertickets.com. Tickets are $12 and seating is limited. The show is not for children under age 12.

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Today is Sunday, April 11, the 101st day of 2010. There are 264 days left in the year. This day in history: On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13, with astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert, blasted off on its ill-fated mission to the moon. (Although the spacecraft was crippled when an oxygen tank ruptured in mid-flight, the crew managed to return safely.) In 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as Emperor of the French and was banished to the island of Elba. In 1898, as tensions with Spain continued to rise, President William McKinley asked Congress to authorize military intervention in Cuba. In 1921, Iowa became the first state to impose a cigarette tax, at 2 cents a package. In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the notorious Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Germany. In 1951, President Harry S. Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East. In 1980, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued regulations specifically prohibiting sexual harassment of workers by supervisors.

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Small Business EXPO to include sales to the public

U.S. Senate hopeful to speak at Lee Democrats event

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; For the first time in 22 years, exhibitors at the Small Business Expo will be selling their goods and services to attendees at the show. The decision came from the Expo committee after numerous requests by both attendees and exhibitors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having sales on the floor of the show is an added benefit to those participating in the Expo either as a business or attendee,â&#x20AC;? said Jennifer St. Clair, marketing director of the Chamber. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While the indirect marketing gained by businesses in past years provided a great return on their booth investment, in these economic times itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s necessary to offer extras to our customers. The Expo committee felt this was an easy way to add value and would be a win-win for everyone involved.â&#x20AC;? The 22nd Annual Small Business Expo is scheduled for May 12, at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The show will open at 7:30 a.m. to exhibitors and their special guests by ticket only. General admission begins at 10 a.m. Booths are still available to any small business wishing to participate. Booth prices start at $325â&#x20AC;Ś($175 for Chamber members) and include electricity, wireless and the opportunity to reserve two tickets to the Small Business Banquet the week prior to the Expo. For more information on reserving your booth space, contact the Small Business Center at (919)774-6442.

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham will speak at the Lee County Democratic Partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next meeting, scheduled for Saturday at the Lee County Courthouse (Courtroom 4). Doors for the event will Cunningham open at 9 a.m. for light refreshments, and the business meeting will begin at 10. Democratic elected officials and candidates for the May primary and November election have been invited to attend as well. Cunningham will face off against Elaine Marshall and a field of other candidates in the Democratic primary in May, with the winner facing current U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-Winston Salem) in November. For more information about the meeting, visit www.leedemocrats.org, email Lee County Democratic Chairman Ty Stumpf at chair@leedemocrats.org or call (919) 718-9242.

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SANFORD (MCT) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Cameron man was robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning when he stopped to help what appeared to be a stranded motorist on Frank Wicker Road just south of Carolina Trace. The stranded motorist proved to be one of two men who are being sought in the robbery, said Lt. Van Holly of the Lee County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. The 38-year-old man was driving to work about 6:30 a.m. when he approached a sharp curve, Holly said. His name is not being released because it is an ongoing investigation, according to Capt. Jeff Johnson. As the victim slowed to round the curve, he saw a white Ford Explorer, which appeared to have broken down, parked at the side of the road, Holly said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He (the victim) had to hit the guy or stop,â&#x20AC;? Holly said. The victim rolled down his window and the man said the SUV had broken down, according to Holly. While the man was talking, the victim heard a car door and saw something from the corner of his eye. When he looked around, a man pointed a gun at him and demanded his wallet and cash, Holly said. Both men left in the SUV, heading south toward Harnett County, Holly said. The man who stopped the vehicle was white, in his mid-to late 20s, about 6 feet tall, slender, bald and clean-shaven. Both of his ears were pierced. The gunman was black, about 5 feet 8 inches with a stocky build. He had short hair and wore a green shirt and blue jeans. The SUV was parked so the license plate wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t visible, Holly said. No similar robberies have been reported, but lawmen are urging residents to be careful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People should be aware of this ruse,â&#x20AC;? Holly said. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fayetteville Observer

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McCrory to speak at Chatham GOP dinner Saturday SILER CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Former Charlotte mayor and gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory will speak for the first time in Chatham County at the Reagan Day Dinner in Siler City on April 17. The event will also give residents an opportunity to meet and hear all the current Republicans seeking support from Chatham voters. The bi-annual Reagan Day Dinner honors the former president â&#x20AC;&#x153;who extolled American exceptionalism while reminding us that freedom is not passed ... to our children in the bloodstream,â&#x20AC;? according to organizers. The Reagan Day Dinner will begin at 6 p.m. at the Western Chatham Senior Center on Village Lake Road in Siler City. For more information, visit www. chathamGOP.org online.

CARTHAGE (MCT) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Moore County leaders and Robbins officials remain mum on a Wednesday morning meeting that was initially scheduled to discuss joint ownership of the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water and sewer operation. The meeting, attended by less than a quorum of the county Board of Commissioners and Robbins town board, was held at the Moore County Public Works Complex on U.S. 15-501. Representing Moore County were commissioners Larry Caddell and Rick Picerno, County Manager Cary McSwain and Megan Owrey, the clerk to the court. Robbins Mayor Theron Bell and Town Manager George Hayfield also attended. Those county and town leaders did not return telephone messages. Robbins officials pulled out of a scheduled joint closed session with the Board of Commissioners

when the legality of the meeting came into question. Cancellation of the planned closed meeting was discussed Tuesday during a regular meeting of the county board. At that time, County Attorney Misty Randall Leland said she had received a phone call from Bell, who asked that the closed meeting be canceled. The Robbins town attorney advised Bell that the meeting, as proposed, might violate the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open meetings law. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just know they wanted to cancel the joint meeting tomorrow (Wednesday),â&#x20AC;? said Tim Lea, chairman of the Moore County board. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to discuss multiple issues rather than (just) the issue of joint purchase.â&#x20AC;? Generally, the acquisition of property is one of the exemptions spelled out under open meetings law.

City has first homicide since 2008 CARY (MCT) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The shooting death of a man in Cary early Saturday was the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first homicide since 2008, Cary police say. Jibrael Menelik, 28, of Apex was found in a breezeway at an apartment building at 700 Pony Club Circle in northwestern Cary. Neighbors had reported hearing two men arguing, and someone called police to report a gunshot shortly after 2 a.m. Menelik was conscious when police arrived, but he died at Duke University Medical Center. Police are looking for a man who is about 5 feet 5 with a slim build, last seen wearing dark pants and a gray hoodie. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Raleigh News & Observer

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seven months. the toxic spill. soaking wet. They had been â&#x20AC;&#x153;The county becomes better Meanwhile, officials set up singed, but not completely destroyed. I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to prepared,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It also gets a makeshift command post Continued from Page 1A Continued from Page 1A everybody to work together.â&#x20AC;? in the Training Center, plotbe able to recover quite a few of Emergency personnel are ting out evacuation areas and those.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of our product is lost Lee County Emergency notified of the impending a mass care center at San Lee Woodall said he has prioriServices conducted a maswhere weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve interviewed wittraining exercise, but are left Middle School. tized the document restoration, nesses, where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve produced sive training exercise Saturday placing a premium on pending in the dark when it comes to Sanford Fire Department work,â&#x20AC;? Woodall said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve simulating a threat to downdetails of the scenario, playing Chief Wayne Barber explained court cases. got to redo work that we did town Sanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Depot Park. The it out as if it was real. Workers that workers would evacuate In some cases, Belfor will months ago.â&#x20AC;? airport strip near the Training even held staged press conferthe area within a half-mile rabe able to return the most Center and Southern Lee High Woodall was at the courtences. dius of the scene. In Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important documents, followhouse Thursday sifting through School in the Tramway area ing a procedure of freezing and Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scenario started fictional scenario, that meant items removed by workers from served as the actual scene, with a planned explosion downtown Sanford businesses fumigating to remove bacteria, his damaged office. Workers which included emergency that sent up a plume of flame near Depot Park. in three to four weeks. have been toiling to remove responders from across the shortly after 9 a.m. High Emergency personnel In cases where documents region. debris from the building since school students pretended would have used reverse 911 were destroyed, Woodall said firefighters snuffed the flames Essential components of his full-time Chatham staff of to be injured middle schoolto warn residents to evacuate two weeks ago. the drill were the Sanford Fire ers caught in the blast from a on Hawkins and Charlotte avsix will have to rebuild their Department, Sanford Police The district attorney remem- files, starting with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;skeletalâ&#x20AC;? crashed CSX rail car carrying enues, Spring Lane, North Gulf bers downloading video of the Department, the Lee County toxic anhydrous ammonia, a Street, Carthage Street and information stored by the ChaSheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office, Emergency courthouse fire on his Blackfertilizer that can be dangerous Hillcrest Drive, Collazzo said. tham County Clerk of Court. berry phone weeks ago before Services, medical personnel to humans. By 2 p.m., workers had From there, his office will bedriving to the scene. from Central Carolina HospiShortly after the blast, a wrapped up the exercise, Seagin collecting information from tal and senior ROTC students â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very sad about that radio call went out notifying groves said. law enforcement agencies and courthouse,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was from Southern Lee and Lee personnel of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;emergency,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It went real well,â&#x20AC;? he said. court witnesses. Woodall said iconic, but like I told everyone high schools. and warning responders of 40 â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had great participation.â&#x20AC;? the fire should not affect his in my office, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sad, but it Emergency Services Directo 50 injured by potentially Seagroves said he was imability to prosecute any cases. just pales in comparison to how tor Shane Seagroves said the Woodall, who also serves hazardous materials. pressed with the various emerI would have felt if anybody had as district attorney in Orange county, due to its proximity to Firefighters dressed for gency responders and their Wake Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shearon Harris been hurt.â&#x20AC;? hazardous exposure reached willingness to work together in County, said the response has Belfor Property Restoration, Nuclear Power Plant, holds the victims and returned to be a disaster scenario. been slowed by his officeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relia company that specializes in training exercises to prep for hosed off in a special, deconHe said another exercise is ance on paper products. His office emergency recovery, will the worst-case scenarios. tamination area. Other fireplanned for spring 2011 that office, which is supplied by the Seagroves said emergency assist in saving what was left of fighters used shovels to shut will deal with an emergency North Carolina AdministraWoodallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office, some of which responders have been planoff basins that theoretically connected to the nuclear tive Office of the Courts, was he said emerged in better shape without a high-speed scanner ning this exercise for about could have carried runoff from power plant. than initially expected. converting paper â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were surprised,â&#x20AC;? Wooddocuments to devices of any kind, ban the use of electronic before and after school, all said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were some redigital information except in cases where devices entirely, because especially in case they cords that were in file cabinets until after the fire. Henry specifi cally allows they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t needed. need to call for a ride that were wet, but they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Continued from Page 1A them. She would be able Billy Gordon, senior after school. And using to tighten the proposed class president at SouthiPods or MP3 players The consensus came policy to accommodate ern Lee High School, was on the bus is OK, if the after the principals her students. in favor of the proposed students arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t disrupting mentioned various conRob Biehl, principal at policy. others. cerns pertaining to each Lee Early College, liked â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like having each â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a distraction, school. Several said they the idea of simplicity and principal get their own then the bus driver can would appreciate some allowing each principal to decision ... each school write them up,â&#x20AC;? said Mike flexibility in determining make his or her own call. has their own environWilliams, assistant prinhow electronic devices fit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each building can ment,â&#x20AC;? he said. cipal at West Lee Middle â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; into the create its own unique George Raley, prinSchool. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once they set school day at his or her needs. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way to cipal at East Lee Middle foot on campus, turn school. go,â&#x20AC;? Biehl said. At Lee School, had concerns them off, leave them off, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to be Early College, students about consistency. 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OBITUARIES Faye Cox

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral service for Faye Cline Cox, 79, who died Thursday (4/8/10), was conducted Saturday at Emmanuel Congregational Christian Church with Dr. Richard Leaptrott and the Rev. Ronald M. Cox officiating. Burial followed at Lee Memory Gardens. Soloist was Brooks Bristow and pianist was Rosemary Parten. Pallbearers were Jason Peloquin, Neal Taylor, Ronnie Currin, George Paulson, Don Allen and Benny Brown. Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Sequoya Graham

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sequoya O. Graham, 20, of 1112 Juniper Drive, Apt. A, died Friday (4/9/10) at Central Carolina Hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Knotts Funeral Home of Sanford.

Samuel Ishmael

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Samuel B. Ishmael, 24, of 373 Flowers Drive, died Friday (4/9/10) at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Arrangements will be announced by Knotts Funeral Home of Sanford.

Pamela McNeill

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral service for Pamela D. McNeill, 53, who died Saturday (4/3/10), was conducted at Mt. Olive Baptist Church with the Rev. George Headen officiating. Burial followed at Lee Memory Garden. Soloists were Janice McNeill and Mary Seymore. Pallbearers were Lewis Covington, Johnny Wilson, Raymond Wood, Kelvin Dowdy, Sidney Jefferson and Tony Douglas. Arrangements were by Watson Mortuary, Inc. of Sanford.

Jerry Quick

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral service for Jerry Lee Quick, 62, of 3401 Renee Drive, who died Monday (4/5/10), was held Tuesday at New Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Douglas Waterson officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Musician was Vanessa Murchison. Soloists were Tina Stevenson and Vanessa Murchison. Pallbearers were Alan Downey, Joey Downey,

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Leroy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Royâ&#x20AC;? Pohlman Dan Stringfellow, Hubert Downey, Brandon Elliot, Mike Judd, Russell McBride, Tim Beasley and Joe Griffin. Arrangements were by Watson Mortuary, Inc. of Sanford.

Jack Armstrong CAMERON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jack Dale Armstrong, 78, died Friday (4/9/10) at his residence. He was born in Bixly, Okla., son of the late Jack Junior Armstrong and Ruby â&#x20AC;&#x153;Babbâ&#x20AC;? Armstrong. He was a veteran serving both in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. He is preceded in death by his wife, Beulah Scott Armstrong, and a granddaughter, Jennifer Barber. He is survived by a stepson, George Mason and wife Ann of Sanford; a daughter, Teresa Armstrong Brengle of West End; brothers, Fred, Ted, David and C.B. Armstrong, all of California; and sisters, Janice Gale of California and Wanda Martin of Oklahoma. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Johnson Grove Cemetery with the Rev. George Stanley presiding. No visitation will be held at the funeral home. Condolences may be made at www.bridgescameronfuneralhome. com. Arrangements are by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Ernest Greene CARTHAGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Arrangements for Ernest L. Greene, 56, will be announced by Fry and Prickett Funeral Home of Carthage.

Alma Crutchfield PITTSBORO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alma Thomas Crutchfield, 91, of 759 Sanford Road, died Friday (4/9/10) at Laurels of Chatham. She was born Dec. 15, 1918 in Chatham County, daughter of the late Frank and Kate Thomas. She was a member of Pittsboro Baptist Church for over 65 years and retired from UNC Hospital, Steril supply department. She was preceded in death by a son, Jimmy Crutchfield; sisters, Mary Clark and Hazel McDonald; and brothers, Bernice Thomas and Raymond Thomas. She is survived by her

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Leroy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Royâ&#x20AC;? Pohlman, age 80, passed away peacefully at his home on Good Friday, April 2, 2010, after an extended illness with cancer surrounded by his wife and family. Roy worked as a design engineer for Buick Motor Division for 30 years, and had been retired for 28 years. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Pohlman. He is survived by widow of son, Steven â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aimee Pohlman of Flint, Mich.; daughter and her husband, Sherry and David Harrell of Lawrenceville, Ga.; daughter and her husband, Chris Ann and Jake Jacobs of Duluth, Ga.; son, Mark Pohlman of Acworth, Ga.; daughter, Jill Harner of Acworth, Ga.; stepdaughter, Lisa Light of Inverness, Fla.; stepson and his wife, Jeff and Monica Light of Lowell, Mich.; stepdaughter and her husband, Renee and Scott Martin of Silverdale, Wash. He is also survived by 20 grandchildren, Ted, Ben, Sally, Sam, Philip, Joy, Kesh, Cory, Joshua, Mark Anthony, Matthew, Holly, Cody, Sarah, Andrew, Levi, Colin, Gabe, Haylee, and a new granddaughter to be born in August. He also is survived by four great grandchildren, Mason, Camden, Kaylee, and Seth. As well, he is survived by two brothers and their wives, Daniel and Janet Pohlman of Oregon, Ohio and Ben and Wanda Pohlman of Fostoria, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ben and Lucille Pohlman of Fostoria, Ohio; sister, Georgia Mae Fleming of Fostoria, Ohio; son Steven Pohlman of Flint, Mich. and Sandra Pohlman, mother of Steven, Sherry, Chris Ann, Mark, and Jill. Visitation and Celebration of Life will be conducted at Memorial Park South Funeral Home at 4121 Falcon Parkway, Flowery Branch, Ga. on the evening of Tuesday, April 13, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Funeral service will be on Wednesday, April 14th, 11 a.m., at Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity, 5900 Spout Springs Road, Suite 3C, Box #163, Flowery Branch, Ga. 30542, or to Hospice, c/o Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center, 2150 Limestone Parkway, Suite 222, Gainesville, Ga. 30501. Memorial Park South Funeral Home or for online condolences www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com. Paid obituary

husband of 72 years, Talton Crutchfield; a daughter, Faye Crutchfield of Charlottesville, Va.; a daughter-in-law, Faye of Florida; one niece; and three grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Pittsboro Baptist Church with Dr. Tripp Harmon and the Rev. Ray Gooch officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Condolences may be made at www.hallwynne. com. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to UNC Hospice. Arrangements are by Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, Griffin Chapel, of Pittsboro. â?? For more information on obituaries in The Herald, contact Kim Edwards at (919) 718-1224 or e-mail obits@sanfordherald.com Mondays through Fridays.

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

SUNDAY THUMBS THUMBS UP: MAILING IT IN Thanks to everyone in Lee County who have taken the initiative to spend less than a minute answering the 10 questions for this year’s census. Already, Lee has outpaced its participation rate from a decade ago, when the county actually sued for a larger count because so few residents filled out forms. Though the count is far from over, and several areas in east Sanford have not mailed in their questionnaires, we are

doing well so far. And remember, the more people that mail them in, the better, for you and the country. For you, it means no one will knock on your door next month. For the nation, it means less money spent on workers to knock on more doors.

THUMBS UP: CHANGES ARE COMING Major changes to the policies of Lee County’s animal services department are in the works, according to the Lee County Health Department and its director, Howard Surface. The news is good for animal lovers throughout the area who’ve long felt the county

came up short in areas of animal cruelty investigations and basic code enforcement over the years. Many of the past problems have been contributed to lack of staffing and budget, but for the past year, Surface has worked to strengthen Animal Control. The policy changes will be a big step toward doing that. The subcommittee is seeking a wide variety of opinions before coming to any conclusions ... another positive. They’ll have a recommendation to the board of health

by October and then the issue will be brought to the Lee County Board of Commissioners by December or January.

THUMBS DOWN: JUST END IT ALREADY It seems the soap opera being played out between administration at Southern Lee High School and current head football coach Eric Puryear is happening through the media. Puryear says he doesn’t expect to stick around. For the sake of the program and the students, we hope a decision is made and made soon.

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RE: SOUTHERN LEE COACH THINKS HE’LL BE LET GO Hate to say it, but if his “students” perform like his “players” (winless and beat to death every Friday night) maybe the school is better off. remove comment report abuse — ken_moore_89 This is a joke, once again. This administrator has been put in this position by a former administrator. If this is a question of licensure, then why hasn’t any of the administrators taken a closer look at this and followed through? Why hasn’t the Board of Education followed up on anything? Are they not the ones who hired this man? This is typical Lee County BoE. All talk and no sustenance. They are more worried about creating policy and guidelines than whether or not our children get educated. — goodriddance The coach said they changed the date on him after he scheduled to have it done by June 30. If that is true, it is underhanded. If he is going to finish well before the next academic year starts, why does it matter? I agree teaching is primary, but it seems like the administration in this case has done a poor job of communication with the staff. — tiredtaxpayer It seems everyone has forgotten this man is a teacher first and a coach second. Teacher licensure is black and white. You have either done what you need to do to get it or you haven’t. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you teach or coach. ... Also, it is not fair to speak out about “underhandedness.” The administration is doing what they are supposed to by NOT speaking out about a personnel issue. — leecountygirl Why am I not surprised at the principal’s appearance of underhandedness with this situation? She posts the position on DPI’s Web site, yet denies she’s looking for a new coach. She doesn’t allow him to handle spring training, so what else can be assumed except that she intends for him not to return. ... Coach, you’re better off not working for someone who can’t be straight up with you or the public regarding the program there. Good luck to you. — jdoe2

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Today’s Prayer Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people. (Exodus 18:25 RSV) PRAYER: God of wisdom, keep us sensitive to the needs and talents of those about us that we may experience the joy of uniting with them in service to Christ. Amen.

Letters to the Editor We need candidates with new ideas

To the Editor: I think if Sanford and Lee County want to move forward, get over the complacency and be competitive with surrounding areas; we need to start taking our local elections seriously. We need people with new ideas and the passion to follow them through. After attending yet another candidate forum on Thursday, I was only able to count four candidates who stood before the voters, bypassed the personal rhetoric and went straight to the point of why they are running for office and what they plan to do once they get there. And they did it with conviction. The remainder of the candidates used their three minutes to tell me where they were born, where they went to school, where their husband went to school and where their children go to school. How am I supposed to vote for someone based on that information? They threw away a perfectly good opportunity to tell us what they plan to do for our community in exchange for our vote, and instead wasted our time. If they can’t come prepared for the interview, how can we trust them to do the job?

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Everything’s fine and ...

t’s not that we ask a “ton” from our elected officials. At least not the local ones. Talk to your constituents every once in a while ... show up to your meetings ... offer your insights and speak for the people ... attend a few ribbon cuttings ... get countless free lunches ... And on the rare occasion when you’re asked to offer your ideas on ways to improve your district, ward, city or county, take the time and make a list. Don’t just show up to the meeting, smile and say everything’s dandy. Everything’s not dandy. There’s not a place in the world where everything’s dandy. Even Cary — the safest place in the world to some — had a murder this weekend. I’m going somewhere with this, I promise. I’m not just trying to break a record for use of the word “dandy” in a column. At this past week’s meeting of the Sanford City Council, Sanford Mayor Cornelia Olive asked the councilmen to bring a list of improvements — or accomplishments — they would like to see within the next year. I’m not entirely privy to the mayor’s purpose of this lift, but the timing does coincide with the Community Visioning Initiative to be hosted Tuesday by the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce. Six of the seven councilmen were present at the meeting this week, with Ward 5’s Linwood Mann out because of an illness. And for the most part, the answers were solid. Ward 4’s Walter McNeil said he would like to see beautification projects to help people’s yards and the condemnation of blighted houses in his district so they could be brought up to standards. Ward 1’s Sam Gaskins wants more lighting for the greenway project, sewage extension and telephone poll work. Ward 2’s Charles Taylor had a list of projects ... among them pocket parks in the historic district, accountability on rent home occupants and media training for all councilmen. Mike Stone doesn’t have a “ward,” as his seat is at-large, but he still came with ideas to deal with what he called three “huge” crime areas, parking and paving issues and more. And as stated earlier, Ward 5’s Mann was absent. But two councilmen, Ward 3’s J.D. Williams and at-large Councilman L.I. “Poly” Cohen offered no plans, no ideas and no solutions for the meeting. “I don’t have anything at this time,” Williams told Olive in this week’s public meeting. “Not right now; it looks pretty good,” Cohen said when Olive asked if he had anything. Had our council meeting had more than the typical dozen or so who usually attend present at this meeting, you probably would have heard a collective “thud” from jaws hitting the floor. Luckily, you can see all the answers for yourself at the city’s Web site, www.sanfordnc.net.

Billy Liggett Sanford Herald Editor Contact Billy Liggett by e-mail at bliggett@sanfordherald.com Going back to what I stated earlier, we don’t place a lot of demands on city councilmen, though the job itself is pretty demanding. As voters, though, we want to know that the men and women we elect to office are fighting for us. I don’t live in Ward 3, but looking at the ward map for the City of Sanford, what immediately sticks out to me is that his district covers a good portion of East Sanford ... a part of the city where blight and crime are a little more prevalent than in other areas. Thornhill Mobile Home Park is in this area ... the same place where a 33-year-old Sanford Police officer was shot five times (and lived) while on routine patrol. Our report of the shooting spawned quotes from at least one neighbor (too frightened to give her name) saying she feared for her life living there. All of this known, a much better answer from Williams would have been — “let’s look at crime.” Sure, it’s just words and not action. “Action” in this case is much more complicated. But it’s better than nothing. Even Stone (the at-large councilman) put “East Sanford revitalization” as one of his goals. And one may use the “at large” title as an excuse for Cohen’s non-answer (correction, he had an answer ... everything’s fine). But it’s no excuse. Along with Gaskins, Cohen is the rookie of the bunch, having just been sworn after last year’s election. You’d think somebody new to the council would bring new ideas. In our editorials and endorsements leading up that election, we called for candidates who could bring something fresh to the board. It’s still early, but answers like that show we aren’t getting that yet from Cohen. This isn’t personal to either man. I do not know Williams very well, and I only know Cohen from my discussions with him during the last election cycle. Perhaps they didn’t take the mayor’s request seriously, and I know I’m not taking all of their accomplishments into the equation. But this was a time to show they were fighting for us. Unfortunately, very few of us think everything’s dandy.

To the Editor: The football coaching merrygo-round at Southern Lee looks like it will continue to turn out of control. My son will be entering his third year of football this summer with his third different coach. I am totally amazed at this situation. His sophomore year, he was coached by Bill Mazcko. This was his first head coaching job, but after the season he was fired. Complaints from parents led to his dismissal. I don’t remember them asking all the parents of all the football players. I attended many practices and games and did not see anything to complain about, but no one asked my opinion. I am in the military and grew up in the 80s where yelling and trying to teach in a vocal manner was the excepted method, and kids’ feelings weren’t hurt like they are today. Then they hired Coach Puryear, another person who had not been a head coach, but he seemed to have a solid football background just like Coach Mazcko had. So now according to the paper, Coach Puryear has not completed his teaching certification so he can continue to be employed. Again, why didn’t you hire someone who already had the necessary certifications needed? Is there a contract that was signed stating certain time frames had to be met from the parties involved? It looks like I can expect to meet another coach this August. Both of these men uprooted their families and moved to Sanford hoping to start their careers as head coaches. I think most college or pro coaches get at least two to three years before getting the axe. If some type of consistency is not found soon, the football program could face the same problems that Pinecrest High School had a few years back when they were going to shut it down. The coaches involved with the football program are doing the best that they can with what they have. The whole staff for varsity and junior varsity is only five coaches and one trainer. My son is receiving a quality education at Southern Lee, and football is an extracurricular activity, but all kids deserve a complete high school experience from playing sports to being in the band, to other school functions if they choose to participate in them. Thank you Coach Mazcko for your time and if I don’t see you again, thanks Coach Puryear.

EDGAR CUPPS Sanford

Opinion

The Sanford Herald / Sunday, April 11, 2010 / 7A

Susan Estrich

Kathleen Parker

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The woman with the right stuff

Steele: Pride or prejudice?

he Rev. Al Sharpton says she must have “mystical powers” — or the best luck anyone has ever seen. But if you ask me, there’s nothing mystical about it. As for luck, if Kirsten Gillibrand has proved one thing during her brief tenure in the United States Senate, it is that you make your luck. The woman whose selection to replace Hillary Clinton in the United States Senate last year brought mostly questions — as in “Who’s that?” — is now the far and away frontrunner to win that seat in her own right come November. One after another, big shots and better known would-be candidates have looked at the race, some very publicly, before deciding not to run. New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney, advised by ace political adviser Joe Trippi, declined, much to Trippi’s publicly stated dismay. He told The New York Times that he thought Maloney could win. Obviously, she didn’t agree. Former Tennessee congressman and Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr., urged on by his new colleagues on Wall Street, conducted a much-publicized listening tour before heading back to Wall Street. Billionaire publisher Mort Zuckerman and former Bush adviser Dan Senor both considered entering the race. ... Both eventually said no. What is it about Kirsten Gillibrand? The obvious answers don’t quite explain it. Sure, she has powerful allies, including New York’s senior Sen. Chuck Schumer and President Barack Obama. But at a time when most people view Washington as the swamp it once was, powerful friends in D.C. are as much a target as they are a strength. Sure, she has a base in upstate New York. But if you can name the last New York senator who called upstate home, you have a much better memory than I do. Sure, she has $5.1 million in her campaign account. But frankly, New York is full of wealthy men and women who, if they wanted to run for Senate, could write a check to their campaigns for many times that and not miss a beat. So what could it be? For all the talk about the burdens of running for office — the loss of privacy, the incivility, the sheer nastiness of the game — Senate seats in big states rarely go wanting. Senators from New York get a lot of attention, which is almost surely one of the reasons the job looked so attractive to Hillary Clinton. And as Schumer demonstrated for years, the easy commute means you don’t even have to uproot your family. No, it’s not that the job has suddenly become unattractive. If it had, you wouldn’t see so many big shots studying it, considering it, publicly weighing an entry into the race. The answer seems obvious to me. The reason everyone from Maloney to Senor to Ford to Zuckerman to former New York Gov. George Pataki has decided to just say no is because they know something that anyone who pays close attention to Gillibrand learns very quickly: This woman is a winner. She is everything a senator should be: smart, honest, capable and competent. She works as hard as any politician I’ve ever seen — and most of them don’t have two small children. She does her homework, knows how to work across the aisle, picks her fights and stands her ground. She listens. She is only going to get better. In short, she has the right stuff. The reason she has only token opposition is because the big names who might have entered the race know that whatever her numbers are today — many in New York still don’t know much about her or know her at all — by Election Day, voters will know her and like her. As my mother used to say, what’s not to like? She is a woman with the right stuff, and the fact that she has a strong and loyal group of women supporting her is no more than a reflection of just that. Mark my words: Kirsten Gillibrand is a woman to watch, not only in November, but in the years ahead.

Parting company H

ere’s the question asked in my September 2000 column titled “It’s Time To Part Company”: “If one group of people prefers government control and management of people’s lives and another prefers liberty and a desire to be left alone, should they be required to fight, antagonize one another, risk bloodshed and loss of life in order to impose their preferences or should they be able to peaceably part company and go their separate ways?” The problem that our nation faces is very much like a marriage where one partner has broken, and has no intention of keeping, the marital vows. Of course, the marriage can remain intact and one party tries to impose his will on the other and engage in the deviousness of one-upsmanship. Rather than submission by one party or domestic violence, a more peaceable alternative is separation. I believe we are nearing a point where there are enough irreconcilable differences between those Americans who want to control other Americans and those Americans who want to be left alone that separation is the only peaceable alternative. Just as in a marriage, where vows are broken, our human rights protections guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution have been grossly violated by a government instituted to protect them. The Democrat-controlled Washington is simply an escalation of a process that has been in full stride for at least two decades. There is no evidence that Americans who are responsible for and support constitutional abrogation have any intention of mending their ways. You say, “Williams, what do you mean by constitutional abrogation?” Let’s look at just some of the magnitude of the violations. Article I, Section 8 of our Constitution lists the activities for which Congress is authorized to tax and spend. Nowhere on that list is authority for Congress to tax and spend for: prescription drugs, Social Security, public education, farm subsidies, bank and business bailouts, food stamps and other activities that represent roughly two-thirds of the federal budget. Neither is there authority for congressional mandates to the states and people about how they may use their land, the speed at which they can drive, whether a library has wheelchair ramps and the gallons of water used per toilet flush. The list of congressional violations of both the letter and spirit of the Constitu-

Walter Williams

Syndicated Columnist Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

tion is virtually without end. Our derelict Supreme Court has given Congress sanction to do anything upon which they can muster a majority vote. James Madison, the acknowledged father of the Constitution, explained in Federalist Paper No. 45: “The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce. ... The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives and liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement and prosperity of the State.” Americans who wish to live free have several options. We can submit to those who have constitutional contempt and want to run our lives. We can resist, fight and risk bloodshed and death in an attempt to force America’s tyrants to respect our liberties and human rights. We can seek a peaceful resolution of our irreconcilable differences by separating. Some independence movements, such as our 1776 war with England and our 1861 War Between the States, have been violent, but they need not be. In 1905, Norway seceded from Sweden; Panama seceded from Columbia (1903), and West Virginia from Virginia (1863). Nonetheless, violent secession can lead to great friendships. England is probably our greatest ally. The bottom-line question for all of us is: Should we part company or continue trying to forcibly impose our wills on one another? My preference is a restoration of the constitutional values of limited government that made us a great nation.

CONTACT YOUR LAWMAKER Lee County

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■ County Manager John Crumpton: Phone (919) 718-4605; E-mail — jcrumpton@leecountync.gov

■ Mayor Donald Andrews Jr.: 258-6334 E-mail — donald09@windstream.net ■ Town Manager Bob Stevens: 258-3724; E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net

Board of Commissioners E-mail — glee@leecountync.gov (for all commissioners) ■ Chairman Richard Hayes (at-large): 774-7658 e-mail: rhayes241@windstream.net ■ Vice-Chairman Larry ‘Doc’ Oldham (at-large): 7766615; e-mail: oldham_larry@windstream.net ■ At-Large Commissioner Ed Paschal: 776-3257 ■ District 1 Commissioner Robert Reives: 774-4434 ■ District 2 Commissioner Amy Dalrymple: 2586695 ■ District 3 Commissioner Linda Shook: 775-5557 E-mail: lindashook@charter.net ■ District 4 Commissioner Jamie Kelly: 718-6513 E-mai L: jamesk@kellymarcom.com

Sanford ■ Mayor Cornelia Olive: Phone (919) 718-0571; Email — corneliaolive@charter.net ■ City Manager Hal Hegwer: 775-8202; E-mail — hal.hegwer@sanfordNC.net City Council ■ Ward 1 Councilman Sam Gaskins: 776-9196; Email — SPGaskins@aol.com ■ Ward 2 Councilman Charles Taylor: 775-1824; Email — fontcord@windstream.net ■ Ward 3 Councilman James Williams: 258-3458; E-mail — williamsins@windstream.net ■ Ward 4 Councilman Walter Mc Neil Jr.: 776-4894; E-mail —none provided ■ Ward 5 Councilman Linwood Mann Sr.: 775-2038; E-mail — none provided ■ At-Large Councilman L.I. “Poly” Cohen: 775-7541; E-mail — poly@wave-net.net ■ At-Large Councilman Mike Stone (Mayor Pro Tem): 76-2412; E-mail — stoneassoc@windstream.net

Broadway Town Commissioners ■ Commissioner Woody Beale: 258-6461 E-mail — wbeale@wave-net.net ■ Commissioner Thomas Beal: 258-3039 E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net ■ Commissioner Jim Davis: 258-9404 E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net ■ Commissioner Lynne West Green: 258-9904 Email — lynnwestgreen@windstream.net ■ Commissioner Clem Welch: 258-3163 E-mail — clemellyn@windstream.net

Lee County School Board ■ “Bill” Tatum: 774-8806; billtatum1@windstream. net ■ P. Frank Thompson Sr.: 775-2583; Fbthompsonsr@ windstream.net ■ Dr. Lynn Smith: 776-8083; orthosmith@windstream. net ■ Shawn Williams: shawnwil@coastalnet.com ■ Ellen Mangum: 776-5050; ejmangum@charter.net ■ Linda Smith: 774-6781; inky@wave-net.net ■ Cameron Sharpe: 498-2250; camerons.box44@ yahoo.com

State Legislators ■ State Sen. Bob Atwater (18th District): 715-3036 E-mail: Boba@ncleg.net ■ State Rep. Jimmy Love Sr. (51st District): 7757119; E-mail: jimmyl@ncleg.net

Federal Legislators ■ Sen. Richard Burr: (202) 224-3154 ■ Sen. Kay Hagan: (202) 224-6342 ■ Rep. Bob Etheridge: (202) 225-4531

hen you’re Michael Steele, there’s no waking up and thinking: Ahhhh, at least the worst is over. Whatever the week, Monday is the start of another very bad one. No exception to the trend, this week began dramatically. First, Steele’s chief of staff, Ken McKay, resigned in another RNC stab ... at damage control in the wake of profligate spending and that whole bondage-stripper thing. Next, Steele’s longtime political consulting firm, On Message, severed ties with the RNC head. His relentless off-messaging apparently was hurting the company’s brand. Nothing personal, of course. High regard and all that. “We wish him well,” said consultant Curt Anderson, as he lowered himself into the Titanic’s last lifeboat. And that was the good part of the week. Still to come was reaction to the latest on the list of “Things Michael Steele Shouldn’t Have Said”: It’s about race. Appearing recently on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Steele told George Stephanopoulos that being AfricanAmerican has magnified his travails. Stephanopoulos had asked Steele whether his race gave him a “slimmer margin for error.” “The honest answer is yes,” said Steele. “It just is. Barack Obama has a slimmer margin. We all — a lot of folks do. It’s a different role for me to play and others to play, and that’s just the reality of it.” Except that African-American Republicans aren’t buying it. For starters, Steele was elected by the predominantly white party. After months of unforced errors, he can’t now turn around and charge his party with racism. Actually, racism would mean expecting less from an African-American than from a white counterpart. If you can’t play the race card with your own race, you might be in a heap of denial. ... It’s not clear who Steele thinks his audience is when he deals the race card. Meanwhile, black Republicans have their own complaints about Steele, principally that the RNC leader has failed to support African-American candidates. One of the more outspoken among these is Jean Howard-Hill, a University of Tennessee-Chattanooga political science professor, lawyer and Republican activist. ... Howard-Hill is a familiar name in party politics, especially in Tennessee, where she is running for Congress after decades of recruiting blacks to the GOP. Howard-Hill sees the Republican Party as her natural home and, importantly, the best route for economic empowerment. “Some of us are tired of being poor.” When she goes into black churches to preach the GOP Gospel, Howard-Hill reminds congregants that blacks were first elected to Congress as Republicans during Reconstruction and that their birthright was stolen by the Dixiecrats. In South Carolina, rising Republican star Marvin Rogers, a candidate for the South Carolina Legislature, is telegraphing the same message with his book “Silence Makes the Loudest Sound.” Basically, conservative blacks want their party back. But many political candidates are being hampered in part by a lack of access to the RNC coffers, says Howard-Hill. She blames Steele, and amends his different-standards defense accordingly. “I would say we’re (blacks) treated differently within the party. But in terms of integrity, the standard is the same. Michael needs to own up because it’s not race. From day one, he has messed up. ... If he wants to play the race card, play it with us.” To be fair to Steele, he didn’t introduce the race issue and was responding to a question. Nevertheless, his answer and the African-American Republican response have shed light on Steele’s central flaw. As always, it isn’t the mistake that brings you down; it’s the cover-up. Steele needs to face the truth and set himself — and his party — free.

State

8A / Sunday, April 11, 2010 / The Sanford Herald

Year later, the tears now cheers

RALEIGH (MCT) — The N.C. National Guard will welcome home the nearly 4,000 citizen-soldiers of the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team from their service in Iraq during a ceremony Sunday at the RBC Center. The 30th was the first National Guard brigade to deploy twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom when its soldiers went over in April 2009. The brigade supported Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and rural areas to the south. The 30th is made up of battalions from across Eastern and central North Carolina and also includes a regiment from West Virginia and a company from Colorado. The brigade lost seven soldiers during the deployment, including five from the N.C. National Guard. Another 29 were injured. Soldiers began returning home in February, arriving a few or a few dozen at a time at armories in the towns where their units are based. They often returned with little advance notice, prompting organizers to find volunteers to drive soldiers back to their homes if family members couldn’t make the trip. Local guard units often hold small send-offs at their armories before their soldiers deploy, and sometimes have similar events when they return. — Raleigh News & Observer

WAKE COUNTY

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Records deepen mystery of Kathy Taft’s murder RALEIGH (MCT) — Search warrants and 911 call recordings released Friday provided the first concrete information from investigators about the homicide of state Board of Education member Kathy Taft, but also raised new questions about the case. The documents and recordings indicate that Taft, 62, had been sexually assaulted and had a laceration on the back of her head when she was taken to WakeMed on March 6. She died three days later without ever regaining consciousness. Police remain tightlipped about their investigation. They have not said whether they think Taft knew her attacker or what caused the critical injuries. Taft’s sister, Dina Arnold Holton, called emergency dispatchers at 9:31 a.m. March 6 to report that Taft was in bed, unresponsive and bleeding. The day before Taft had seen a plastic surgeon and had minor surgery on her neck, Holton told the 911 dispatcher. Taft had been snoring heavily at 3 a.m., when Holton said she last checked on her sister. The 911 dispatcher instructed Holton to move Taft to her back and remove any pillows from under her head. “She is in the bed,” Holton replied. “I cannot get her up. She is all wrapped up, you know,

with gauze. There is blood everywhere, everywhere.” During that call, Holton never mentioned the possibility of a physical or sexual assault. But an hour and a half later a WakeMed worker called police to report “the possible investigation of a rape” at 2710 Cartier Drive. It is the home of John M. Geil, a Raleigh lawyer with whom Taft had a relationship and where she and her sister were guests. Geil was in Florida when the incident occurred, according to Taft family members. The hospital worker described Taft as unresponsive, unable to talk and barely clinging to life. “We eventually found out per the family that they thought maybe the patient was raped,” the caller told the dispatcher. When the dispatcher asked whether there was any information about a suspect, the caller replied: “It’s very sketchy because the family thinks they might have seen somebody, but they really don’t know.” Since the beating, investigators have collected DNA samples from men in the neighborhood. Police have not indicated if they have a suspect. Holton was ‘caretaker’ In the search warrants, Raleigh police described Holton as “the caretaker of the victim”

Prosecutor says charges pending against Nelson’s band

and “the only known individual present inside the residence at the time of the incident.” Police have not said what time they think the assault occurred. One week after the incident, they set up a roadblock at Cartier and Oberlin drives, near the Geil home, and stopped motorists between 11 p.m. that Friday and 3 a.m. that Saturday to ask whether they had seen anything unusual. The night before Holton called 911, she and Taft had dinner together and watched the movie “Paper Moon,” according to family members. But family members and law enforcement officers have refused to disclose where Holton was or what she was doing later that night or the next morning. In the 911 recording, Holton told the dispatcher that Holton’s 2002 Dodge Durango was outside Geil’s home. But in a search warrant, police say they learned that Holton’s Durango was parked “approximately one block away” outside a Harris Teeter grocery store in the Glenwood Village shopping center. According to the warrants, Holton told investigators that she had locked her keys in the SUV. Police would not comment Friday about the inconsistencies in Holton’s accounts. — Raleigh News & Observer

KENANSVILLE (AP) — A North Carolina prosecutor says he is still planning to prosecute six members of guitarist and singer Willie Nelson’s band on drug and alcohol charges. Duplin County district attorney Dewey Hudson told multiple media outlets Friday that substances seized from the band’s bus in January is being tested at the state’s crime lab in Raleigh. Nelson was not on the bus at the time. Hudson has been criticized by some for pursuing the case, but he said he has to show that famous people are not above the law. The six members of Nelson’s band were charged with possession of either marijuana or untaxed liquor before a concert that Nelson canceled because his hand hurt too badly to play. Nelson’s publicist has declined to comment on the case.

Search fails to turn up 2 missing Rocky Mount women ROCKY MOUNT (AP) — North Carolina officials say a extensive search failed to find two missing women whose backgrounds match those of others found dead. The Rocky Mount Telegram reported Saturday that dozens of North Carolina National Guardsmen, police officers and firefighters searched last week along along a 13-mile road northeast of the city and along the Tar River. The bodies of seven women have been found in those areas over the past three years. Edgecombe County Sheriff

James Knight said the search was to try to bring closure to the families of the two missing women and so residents wouldn’t continue finding remains. Antwan Maurice Pittman has been charged with killing one women whose body was found in the area last year.

Perdue touts JobsNOW plan LEXINGTON — Gov. Beverly Perdue brought her message about economic renewal through small business promotion to one of the hardest-hit communities in the region. The governor, whose poll numbers have slid during her first year and four months in office as the recession took a toll on employment, unveiled her JobsNOW Small Business Package during a visit to the Fancy Pastry Shop in downtown Lexington. Perdue used the 41-yearold pastry business as a backdrop to tout a set of initiatives to promote small business job growth she wants passed this year by the N.C. General Assembly. “I could have done this anywhere in the state,” the first-term Democratic governor told a crowd of area politicians, business leaders and Lexington residents who packed the pastry shop. Perdue said she picked Lexington as one of her three stops Friday to roll out the initiative because the city epitomizes the grit of North Carolina communities. Despite painful setbacks with traditional job losses, the people of Lexington continue to work hard and reinvent their local economy, she said.

— High Point Enterprise

“LOOK TOO FAMILIAR?” WANTED: OIL AND GAS LEASES!! ATTENTION LANDOWNERS OF POCKET AND WEST SANFORD TOWNSHIPS!! I WANT TO LEASE YOUR OIL AND GAS RIGHTS IN THE SANFORD TRIASSIC BASIN. PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE YOU LEASE! My name is Charles Roberts and I have recently founded The Old North State Energy Company, LLC in Sanford. I am putting together, for exploration drilling, a large block of acreage in the Sanford Triassic Basin, and we are currently leasing all tracts of 25 acres or more situated in the Pocket and West Sanford Townships. Please allow me to tell you a little about myself. I was born and raised in Lemon Springs and still have family there and in Sanford. I attended Greenwood School. After graduating in 1974, I received a B.S. in Geology from Campbell College (1978) and subsequently a M.S. in Geology from N.C. State University (1980). I moved to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1980 and worked as a lead exploration geologist for a major oil company, Amoco. In fact, I was there when much of this acreage was leased by Amoco in 1981. I have founded, run and managed my own oil and gas exploration and production companies in New Orleans for the past 25 years and have oil and gas exploration experience in numerous basins across the U.S. and in China. I am personally credited with the finding of over 500,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas equivalents and consequently am known by my peers as an “oil finder”. This is a gift. Regardless of these successes, and no matter the distance from Lemon Springs and Sanford, Lee County has always proudly been my home. I have family and friends here and have always carried my home in my heart. Lee County is where I was born and raised and it is where I will be buried. The oil and gas potential of the Sanford, Triassic Basin has interested me since my college days. In fact, I am certain that the drilling of the Chevron well (1974), near Cumnock, influenced my career choice. Recently, I felt “led” (some would say compelled) to revisit the oil and gas potential of the Sanford Basin; this, in light of new drilling and completion technology that may unlock the unconventional resources of the Sanford Basin. On a recent visit, I explored / revisited this potential in great detail and have decided that this basin, my home, will be my next oil and gas project. Why the Sanford Basin when other equally attractive oil and gas opportunities are available? First, I believe in the potential and secondly, because it is home and the people and land here are in my blood and dear to me. This Sanford Basin Project brings me full circle in my 30 year oil and gas career. It has brought me home! There are many obstacles to full realization of our goals, on both the legislative (current NC oil and gas regulations) and infrastructure (lack of pipelines and drilling support services) fronts. All of these may be overcome! First, however, we need to put together the approximately 25,000 acres needed to make the project a reality. I need your oil and gas lease and am offering fair and competitive terms for your lease. Additionally, and as a means of giving back to the community, for each oil and gas lease which The Old North State Energy Company, LLC is granted, we will give / assign 0.50% of all future oil and gas revenue produced from and attributed to your Old North State Energy lease to the non-profit and charitable organization (up to two) of your choosing in Lee County; this, so that others may benefit. I have opened an office at 112 Hawkins Avenue, in Sanford, and I may be contacted at 919-935-4863 or emailed at Oilfinder@charter.net. Please give me a call or email me to discuss an oil and gas lease on your property in the Pocket or West Sanford Townships. I am happy to meet with you personally to discuss my vision of this potential and your oil and gas lease. I look forward to hearing from each of you and until then pray that God will bless all of your paths. Sincerely, Charles C. Roberts, Petroleum Geologist Managing Member, The Old North State Energy Company, LLC

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State

The Sanford Herald / Sunday, April 11, 2010 / 9A

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Love and marriage, Charlotte style By PAM KELLEY The Charlotte Observer

CHARLOTTE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; They are not the Real Housewives of Charlotte, but the characters in Charlottean Kim Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new novel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love in Mid Air,â&#x20AC;? may feel like people youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve met before. Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut novel, in bookstores next week, tells the story of Elyse Bearden, an almost-40 Charlotte woman debating whether to leave her stale marriage - and the comfortable existence that goes with it. This tale of suburban housewife angst draws not only from Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own experiences, but from marriage discontent in real-life Charlotte. She recorded it all in her journals. Thirteen years ago, Wright was a freelance writer and mother of two, going through a divorce. Once she left her husband, a strange thing happened. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you become the person whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had the divorce,â&#x20AC;? she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;everyone starts telling you their stories.â&#x20AC;? She found herself being flagged down in the Plantation Market Harris Teeter, stopped by women who wanted to confide that their marriageswerenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so good. Getting divorced, it turned out, made her safe to talk to. She had failed publicly, and now she had become mother confessor for every

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Author Kim Wright, left, and Lake Norman book club member, Fiona Key discuss Kim Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut novel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love In Mid Air,â&#x20AC;? in Charlotte. Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut novel, in bookstores next week, tells the story of Elyse Bearden, an almost-40 Charlotte woman debating whether to leave her stale marriage â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the comfortable existence that goes with it. This tale of suburban housewife angst draws not only from Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own experiences, but from marriage discontent in real-life Charlotte. discontented woman in southeast Charlotte. Wright wrote down all the stories she heard, and she moved on. Years later, she had the idea for a novel that avoids romance-plot cliches. Instead of being dumped, then finding true love, her heroine would decide to leave. In real life, it turns out, women initiate most divorces after age 40. Lucky for Wright, she still had her journals.

Why do women stay? Wright, 54, explained her unusual piece of luck recently to a dozen women gathered for a book club at Sandy Culverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Lake Norman house. Culver had invited Wright, her longtime friend, to discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love in Mid Airâ&#x20AC;? (Grand Central; $23). Early reviews are glowing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Astute and engrossing,â&#x20AC;? says People. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wright hits it out of the park,â&#x20AC;? says Publishers Weekly. The book raises many questions: Why do women stay in a bad marriage? Why do they finally leave? Is an affair ever acceptable? This group was well-equipped for the discussion. About half were divorced. Some saw themselves in the novel. A couple wondered why main character Elyse, an ethical, practical person,

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risks so much to have an affair. Partly, Wright explained, to add dramatic tension. But also, when marriages break up, people do things theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d never do under normal circumstances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really do think when you get divorced, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re driving through crazy town.â&#x20AC;? Several women prodded Wright to reveal her inspirations for the people and places. Was the pony-tailed lawyer Bill Diehl? Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the church she describes? And whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the gated community where the character Kelly lives? Wright mostly avoided direct answers. The

story is, after all, fiction distilled from fact, not journalism. She admitted, though, that Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fictional Charlotte neighborhood is modeled after Piper Glen and Ballantyne. Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story also is laced with snippets from all the marriage complaints she heard years ago. And she borrows, pretty much verbatim, one real-life marriage breakup. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the story about a character named Lynn. Her husband has sex with her, announces he has fallen in love with his secretary, then walks out the door. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I mean literally, walked out and went to the end of the driveway, and turned and started down the road,â&#x20AC;? Lynn tells Elyse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take the car. I still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know exactly where he went.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leave himâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; As â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love in Mid Airâ&#x20AC;? opens, Lynn is Elyseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only divorced friend. But no one in Elyseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s circle seems very happy. Nancy, a stay-at-home mom, channels her energy into endless homeimprovement projects. Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marriage to an older man feels joyless. Belinda complains that her husband acts like heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing her a favor whenever he watches the kids. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Elyse, a part-time potter with a 7-year-old daughter, who complains most about her marriage. Her husband, Phil, is lousy at communicat-

ing. He makes fun of her when she dons a negligee and high heels to spark romance. For Sandy Culver, that scene was the dealbreaker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At that point, I was like, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leave him.â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; What finally propels Elyse is a chance encounter on a plane with a man named Gerry. Soon, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re meeting for out-of-town trysts and steamy love scenes. (Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s varied freelance work has included writing erotica. Suffice it to say her expertise is evident.)

Stories of discontent Culverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book group discussed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love in Mid Airâ&#x20AC;? for more than two hours. The conversation never lulled. As the evening wound down, they found agreement on multiple fronts. Almost everyone, it seemed, knew a woman like Nancy. Affairs are all about fantasy. Divorce is awful. Marriages, even troubled ones, are rarely all bad. And stories about marital discontent, apparently, have international appeal. The rights to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love in Mid Airâ&#x20AC;? have been sold in seven countries, including The Netherlands. Wright has attempted to translate the blurb on the Dutch cover. As far as she can tell, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something like this: â&#x20AC;&#x153;She finds herself saying, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;What a heap of rubble marriage is.â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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Companies balk at govt. broadband By JOELLE TESSLER AP Technology Writer

WASHINGTON — When Congress included $7.2 billion for broadband in last year’s stimulus bill, its goal was to bring highspeed Internet connections and information-age jobs to parts of the country desperate for both things. Now as the government awards the money, some phone and cable companies complain that not all of it is being used to bring broadband to places that lack it. Instead, these companies say, much of the money will fund new networks in places where they already offer service. From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Great Plains, these companies fear they will have to compete with governmentsubsidized broadband systems, paid for largely with stimulus dollars. If the taxpayer-funded networks siphon off customers with lower prices, private companies warn that they could be less likely to upgrade their own lines, endangering jobs and undermining the goals of the stimulus plan. “It is extremely unfair that the government comes in and uses big government money to harm existing private businesses,” says Gary Shorman, president of Eagle Communications, a Kansas cable company with about 16,000 customers. Eagle is bracing for competition in its hometown of Hays from Rural Telephone Service Co., a

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Network engineer Will Duquette, of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, adjusts power wires in a fuse panel at Great Works Internet in Biddeford, Maine. phone company awarded $101 million in stimulus grants and loans to bring broadband to rural Kansas. Shorman’s prediction: “This hurts our company.” Yet government officials handing out the awards and the backers of the projects being funded insist the money is being well spent. They contend that the stimulus dollars should be used to expand high-speed Internet access not only to places where it is totally unavailable, but also in regions where what is available is not good enough. Many existing systems, they note, lack the capacity to meet mushrooming demand for bandwidth. The new stimulus-funded networks will provide far more robust connections — many with speeds of up to 100 megabits or even 10 gigabits per second to schools, libraries and other “anchor institutions.” That’s roughly 20 to 2,000

times faster than the DSL and cable wires linking most American homes today. “It’s a little disappointing that companies that aren’t adequately serving these areas are trying to undercut those of us who are trying to step in and get the service where it’s needed,” says Lawrence Strickling, head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the arm of the Commerce Department handing out much of the stimulus money. The NTIA and the Agriculture Department’s Rural Utilities Service have given out more than $2 billion in stimulus grants and loans and now are sorting through piles of applications for the remainder of the money. The funding is going for high-speed networks, computer centers and programs to encourage broadband use. Government agencies,

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rural cooperatives and private companies are among the eligible recipients. Even some of the phone and cable companies concerned about getting government-subsidized competition, including Eagle Communications in Kansas, have applied for stimulus money too. Of the 140 awards made so far, 108 will help pay for broadband networks. And roughly 70 percent of them cover areas already served at least in part by existing broadband providers, according to a U.S. Telecom Association analysis of data that existing carriers have filed with the government. One such project is the North Georgia Network Cooperative, a coalition of county economic development authorities, a state university and two electric co-ops. It got a $33.5 million NTIA grant to build a 260-mile fiber-optic ring in the Appalachian foothills. The system will form the backbone of a “middlemile” network that will provide connections as fast as 10 gigabits per second to schools, government offices and other “anchor” institutions, as well as telecommunications carriers that want to serve their own customers. It will also reach as many as 20,000 homes. Some of those homes can get service now from Windstream Corp., a rural phone company with 3 million customers in 21 states. Windstream says it has invested $5 million in network upgrades across the area covered by the Georgia project over the past three years.

The stimulus-funded project undermines the economics of those investments, maintains Michael Rhoda, Windstream’s senior vice president of government affairs. In particular, he points to low-density areas where Windstream will now have to share a limited pool of customers with a subsidized competitor. Windstream today offers broadband to 89 percent of its 3 million customers, with typical connection speeds ranging from 3 megabits to 12 megabits per second and 1-gigabit connections available to high-volume users. The stimulus money, Rhoda believes, should be targeted at places where it is uneconomic for private companies to provide broadband — “the last 11 percent,” in Windstream’s case. Windstream has in fact applied for $238 million in stimulus funding to reach many of those customers. FairPoint Communications Inc., a phone company with operations in 18 states, has voiced similar concerns about a $25.4 million NTIA grant to build three interconnected fiber rings in Maine. The so-called Three Ring Binder project is backed by the state government, the state university system and small telecommunications companies. The 1,100mile network will also be “middle mile” — bringing 1-gigabit connections to University of Maine campuses and other anchor institutions and Internet service providers that need bandwidth.

E. coli kills 1 child, sickens 3 at Wash. day care VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A deadly strain of E. coli spread from child to child at a Washington state day care, killing one and sickening three others despite what health officials determined were appropriate hygienic practices. The four children were hospitalized, and Elizabeth Winter of the Washington state Department of Early Learning said her department was notified Friday that one of them, a 4-year-old boy, had died. Fletch Family Daycare — a tidy single-story yellow rambler on a large lot in Vancouver, Wash. — is closed. The other three children have been released, said Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer with the Clark County, Wash., health department. He declined to provide any further details on the child who died.

Obama leaves WH without press, breaking protocol WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama quietly breached years of protocol on Saturday morning by leaving the White House without the press with him. About two hours before reporters were supposed to be in position to leave with the president, Obama left the grounds of the White House. Members of the press were told he was attending one of his daughter’s soccer games. The press corps traditionally travels with the president anywhere he goes. After Obama left, a press aide hastily gathered members of the press. Reporters and photographers didn’t have a chance to see him or his vehicle to verify his presence at any location.

NOTICE This notice is to inform the public that various appointments made by the City Council on the following Boards, Commissions, and Committees will expire on June 30, 2010: ABC Board - 1 appointment Airport Authority - 1 appointment Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - 3 appointments Appearance Commission - 5 appointments Historic Preservation Commission - 3 appointments Housing Authority - 2 appointments Board of Adjustment - 3 appointments (Also serves as the Housing Board of Appeals) Lee County Environmental Affairs Board - 2 appointments Planning Board - 3 appointments Lee County Economic Development Corp. - 1 appointment Sanford Housing Authority - 2 appointments Appointments are for three-year terms beginning July 1, 2010. Initial Application. In order to be eligible for initial appointment, a person must file a written application on a form provided by the City Clerk, setting forth name, address, and the name of the board to which appointment is desired. The application shall also include an affirmative statement that the applicant is a registered voter in the City. The application may be accompanied by any additional written information which the applicant wishes the City Council to consider, other than letters of reference and petitions of others advocating the appointment. In order to be considered for an appointment, an application must be filed with the City Clerk no later than June 1 preceding the beginning of the term for which the appointment is desired. Please call 775-8364 if you are interested and would like an application. Bonnie D. White, City Clerk

Nation BRIEFS Astronauts ’ready to rock ’n’ roll’ on spacewalk 2

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two of the astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex rested up Saturday for a second spacewalk involving hefty storage tanks, while their colleagues unloaded much smaller supplies. Spacemen Clayton Anderson and Rick Mastracchio will head back outside early Sunday to replace an old ammonia tank at the International Space Station. They started the job Friday. In all, three spacewalks will be needed to complete the work. The ammonia tanks — part of the space station’s cooling system — are the size of refrigerators. In an interview Saturday, Anderson said one day is enough time to rest between spacewalks. He said he often played baseball doubleheaders and basketball games on back-to-back days. “We’re in pretty good shape for old men,” he said, “... we’ll be ready to rock ’n’ roll.”

Obama calls Polish minister after crash

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama expressed his deepest condolences to Poland on Saturday following the plane crash that killed that nation’s president and some of the country’s highest military and civilian leaders. Obama called Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk over what the U.S. president described as a devastating loss to both countries and to the world. Polish President Lech Kaczynski was a distinguished statesman who was widely admired in the United States as a leader dedicated to advancing freedom and human dignity, Obama said.

The Sanford Herald / Sunday, April 11, 2010 / 11A

WEST VIRGINIA MINE EXPLOSION

Last hope gone: 4 miners found dead MONTCOAL, W.Va. (AP) — Crews on Saturday began the bleak task of carrying bodies out of a coal mine shattered by an explosion that left 29 men dead, only hours after families’ hopes were crushed when they found out none of the workers survived. It had been an excruciating week for friends holding onto faint hopes that their missing miners were somehow alive. Seven bodies had already been removed soon after the blast Monday at Massey Energy Co.’s Upper Big Branch mine, the worst U.S. coal mining disaster since a 1970 explosion killed 38 in Hyden, Ky. Federal mine safety officials said crews were working to get the bodies out but did not know how long that would take. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama is awaiting a report on the mine, which has recorded a long list of safety violations, and Congress is planning hearings. Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Amy Louviere said officials would arrive Monday to begin investigating the disaster. On Saturday, the mood among many people in this swath of coal country was somber. “It takes something like this to really get your attention, but I think about it everyday,” said James Lipford, 38, who said he has been a miner for 10 years. The discovery of the final four bodies ended days of futile searches by rescue crews that repeatedly battled a volatile mix of poisonous gases and

Once the bodies are recovered, MSHA and West Virginia regulators plan a joint investigation that could take up to a year, Stricklin said. “No stone will be left unturned and we’ll find out the cause of this explosion,” Stricklin said. “Quite frankly, the only good thing that can come out of this is to educate everyone, put regulations in place to make sure that this never happens again.” “Amen brother!” retired miner Willam “Hot Rod” White yelled as officials vowed a thorough invesAP photo tigation. White was so infuriated watching the Tammy Gobble, left, is embraced by Sheri McGraw of the Red Cross as she reacts to the news that rescue workers located the four missing bodies deep in a West Virgin- news conference come ia coal mine, dashing any faint hopes of finding more survivors of a deadly explosion to an end that he left the poker room, hopped in that has claimed 29 lives at the Massey Energy Co.’s Upper Big Branch mine. his car and sped away. He did not return, leaving an thick smoke that turned for, resulting in an agofor the funeral of Benny them back on three previnizing week for relatives Willingham, a 61-year-old unopened beer he bought ous attempts. The massive and officials who hoped miner who was five weeks from the gas station next door. blast also left the inside of the miners had somehow from retiring when he Officials have not said the mine a mess of twisted managed to find refuge died. More services were what caused the blast, but tracks, boulders and chambers stocked with planned Saturday. they believe high levels debris. food, water and oxygen. “He wasn’t the biggest “We did not receive the But none of the mine’s man in town,” said the Rev. of methane gas may have played a role. miracle that we prayed refuge chambers had been Gary Pollard. “But if you The U.S. House and for,” Gov. Joe Manchin told deployed. could see the size of this Senate plan to hold hearreporters after meeting “The rescue workers man’s heart, you’d see a ings, though a date has not with relatives to deliver the told us they’re sure no one giant.” news. “So this journey has suffered,” Manchin said. The conditions were so been set. Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., said lawmakers ended and now the healing Twenty-eight of the rough after the blast that will scrutinize Massey’s will start.” dead were Massey employ- rescuers only late Friday practices. The explosion erupted ees, and one was a conrealized that they had In the days since the without warning. tract worker, a company walked past the bodies of “They didn’t know what spokesman said. A comthe four missing miners on explosion, details have emerged about an extenhit them,” said Patty Ann plete list of victims was not the first day without seesive list of safety violations Manios, a city councilreleased, though seving, a federal mine safety at the mine. Mine owner woman from nearby eral were known through official said. Massey Energy Co. has Whitesville. obituaries and information “There was so much While watching the families released. smoke and the conditions been repeatedly cited and fined for problems official announcement on Even as rescuers were were so dire with dust in TV, she took off her glasses making their final trip into the air that they apparently with the system that vents methane and for allowing and started to weep. “Oh the mine, the close-knit bypassed the bodies that combustible dust to build God. Oh God.” community was beginning were on the ground,” said up. Initially, 25 men were to mourn the dead. Kevin Stricklin, coal adThe company also said known to have perished More than 300 people ministrator for the federal it will conduct its own and two men survived. packed the Mullens PenMine Safety and Health probe into the blast. That left four unaccounted tecostal Holiness Church Administration.

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12A / Sunday, April 11, 2010 / The Sanford Herald TENNESSEE

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Grandmother: Boy terrorized adoptive family in the U.S.

Steele: ‘I’ve made mistakes’

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Torry Hansen was so eager to become a mother that she adopted an older child from a foreign country, two factors that scare off many prospective parents. Her bigger fears came later. Torry’s mother, Nancy Hansen, said the 7-yearold’s violent episodes — which culminated in a threat to burn the family’s home to the ground — terrified them into a shocking solution: The boy they renamed Justin was put on a plane by himself and sent back to Russia. Now, outraged officials in that country are calling for a halt to adoptions by Americans, and authorities are investigating the family. However, Nancy Hansen told The Associated Press that the motives of her daughter — a 33-year-old, unmarried nurse — were sincere. “The intent of my daughter was to have a family and the intent of my whole family was to love that child,” she said Friday. The family was told the boy, whose Russian name is Artyom Savelyev, was healthy in September when he was brought from the town of Partizansk in Russia’s Far East to his new home in the heart of Tennessee horse country. The skinny boy seemed happy, but the behavioral problems began soon after, Hansen said. “The Russian orphanage officials completely lied to her because they wanted to get rid of him,” she said. Hansen chronicled a

Cherokee’s Mankiller remembered as humble

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — One of the most influential American Indian leaders in recent history, most knew former Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller for strengthening her tribe and drawing the accolades of U.S. presidents. But it was her humble, tender nature — a refusal to squash a bug, an affinity for opera — that defined her life, friends said Saturday. Mankiller, among the few women to ever lead a major tribe, was remembered during a memorial that drew more than 1,200 mourners, including dignitaries from other tribes and governments, as a respected leader who earned the nation’s highest civilian honor. But also as a mother who turned her daughters onto Motown records, an avid poker player and dancer with an affinity for movie star Johnny Depp. A tender heart who brought home stray animals, including an emaciated pig she found along an Oklahoma county road. Even a Boston Red Sox fan who could recite the stats of any member on the team’s roster. “She always saw you a little better than you were, so you became better,” close friend and women’s rights activist Gloria Steinem, who was with Mankiller in the final weeks of her life, said during the outdoor service at the Cherokee Nation Cultural Grounds, about 70 miles east of Tulsa.

list of problems: hitting, screaming and spitting at his mother and threatening to kill family members. Hansen said his eruptions were often sparked when he was denied something he wanted, like toys or video games. “He drew a picture of our house burning down and he’ll tell anybody that he’s going to burn our house down with us in it,” she said. “It got to be where you feared for your safety. It was terrible.” Hansen said she thought that with their love, they could help him. “I was wrong,” she said. Adoption experts say many families are blinded by their desire to adopt and don’t always understand what the orphans have sometimes endured — especially older children who may have been neglected or abandoned. “They’re not prepared to appreciate, psychologically, the kinds of conditions these kids have been exposed to and the effect it has had on them,” said Joseph LaBarbera, a clinical psychologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In damage control mode, GOP national chairman Michael Steele on Saturday sought to quell the furor over his management of the Republican National Committee by acknowledging errors and vowing to learn from them. “I’m the first here to admit that I’ve Steele made mistakes, and it’s been incumbent on me to take responsibility to shoulder that burden, make the necessary changes and move on,” Steele told GOP activists and party leaders, drawing a standing ovation. “The one mistake we cannot make this November is to lose,” he added, and the crowd cheered in agreement. Saturday’s speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference was Steele’s first public appearance since the disclosure of questionable spending — including a $2,000 tab at a sex-themed California night club — resulted in top advisers cutting ties with him and North Carolina’s state party chief calling for his resignation.

Normally a bombastic showman, Steele struck a contrite tone before the supportive audience in the half-full hotel ballroom. He did not address the specific complaints. And even though he acknowledged his errors, he also blamed others. “We can’t coast into the majority, nor can we assume it’s a sure thing. The liberal media are looking for any possible alternative narrative to tell,” Steele said. “They are looking for those distractions, and Lord knows I’ve provided a few.” He added: “The Democrats also know that they have some explaining to do, and they’d love nothing more than for us to keep pointing fingers.” Outspoken and brassy, Steele is not a traditional buttoned-down GOP chairman and he’s been a target of criticism since he was elected last year. The complaints reached a fever pitch over the past week, causing both embarrassment and distraction for a GOP looking to take advantage of a troubling political environment for Democrats ahead of this fall’s midterm elections. Still, for all the angst in the GOP over Steele, it’s unlikely he will be fired. Ousting a chairman is a complicated, messy

process that requires votes of two-thirds of the 168member RNC. And, while there are both hard-core Steele opponents and fierce Steele allies, several Republican officials at the New Orleans conference said that most committee members and party chairman simply seem to want to move on from the controversy so Republicans can focus on November. Attended by roughly 3,000 GOP activists and party leaders, the threeday conference wrapped up Saturday with speeches by prominent Republicans considering running for president in 2012 against President Barack Obama. Conference attendees voted in a “straw poll” for their top 2012 choice; the results were hardly predictive and meant little. Many Republicans considering a bid were left off the list while others like Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour asked that their names not be included. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney didn’t attend the conference but won by a single vote over Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Those who gave speeches downplayed talk of the next presidential election. “We have got to stay

focused on the election of 2010. Don’t worry about 2012 ... We can’t wait until 2012 to start taking our country back,” Barbour told the crowd. Despite that message, he sounded every bit the presidential candidate and spoke after running a slick video that promoted his role as the chairman of the Republican Governors Association. Barbour also urged unity as the GOP wrestles with what to do about Steele and as the tea party’s emergence highlights divisions among Republicans. “The wind is at our back. How are we going to make sure it continues to fill up our sails?” Barbour said. “We stick together.” He said Republicans should focus on the 80 percent of issues that unite them, not the 20 percent that may divide them. “We’ve got to let the things that unite us be the things that guide us,” he said. “We cannot let ourselves by torn apart by the idea of purity.” Earlier, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who is looking for a political comeback, took on the Republican Party, saying that when Republicans controlled Congress and the White House before Democrats won control: “We let America down.”

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wizard of Ozâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; munchkin dies at 94 By POLLY ANDERSON Associated Press Writer

einhardt Raabe, who played the Munchkin coroner in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wizard of Ozâ&#x20AC;? and proclaimed in the movie that the Wicked Witch of the East was â&#x20AC;&#x153;really most sincerely dead,â&#x20AC;? has died. He was 94. His caregiver, Cindy Bosnyak, said Raabe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; pronounced RAHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;-bee â&#x20AC;&#x201D; died Friday morning at a hospital in Orange Park, Fla. He was one of the few surviving Munchkins from the 1939 film. Bosnyak said he complained of a sore throat at his retirement community before collapsing and going into cardiac arrest. He was taken to Orange Park Medical Center, where he later died, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had a headful of hair at 94 and he ... remembered everything everyday,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me he was a walking history book, very alert.â&#x20AC;? Raabe was one of the 124 Munchkins in the film classic and one of only nine who had speaking parts. He was 22 years old and a show business veteran, earning money for college as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;midgetâ&#x20AC;? performer, as they were called then, when the movie was shot in 1938. Raabe portrayed the diminutive Munchkin

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Meinhardt Raabe sits for an interview and a photograph at his hotel in 2005 in New York. Raabe, who played the Munchkin coroner in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wizard of Oz,â&#x20AC;? died Friday. official who solemnly pronounces the witch dead after Dorothyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farmhouse lands on her: â&#x20AC;&#x153;As coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her, And sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not only merely dead, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really most sincerely dead.â&#x20AC;? His included a huge hat with a rolled brim, and dyed yak hair was used for his handlebar mustache and long beard. In a 1988 Associated Press interview, he said he had no idea the movie would become a classic, because at the time of its release, it was overshadowed by â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gone With the Wind.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was only after CBS got the film in 1956 and used it for their promotions that it became as well known,â&#x20AC;? he said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is nothing in the picture that dates it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are no old vintage cars or old vintage streetcars. ... Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fantasy picture that will be fantasy for generations to come.â&#x20AC;? Raabe was about 3 1/2 feet tall when the movie was made. He eventually grew to about 4 1/2 feet. He toured the country for 30 years in the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile, promoting hot dogs as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Oscar, the Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Smallest Chef.â&#x20AC;? He also enjoyed going to Oz nostalgia events and getting fan mail. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an ego trip,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is our reward, the nostalgia.â&#x20AC;? In 2005, his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Memories of a Munchkin: An Illustrated Walk Down the Yellow Brick Road,â&#x20AC;?

co-written by Daniel Kinske, was published. In later years, he lived in a retirement community in Penney Farms, Fla. In 2007, Raabe was one of seven surviving Munchkins on hand when the Munchkins were honored in Los Angeles with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Raabe said he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember what he was paid for his role in the movie, but that it was very low. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standards, people would say you were crazy to work for that,â&#x20AC;? he said. Raabe, born in Watertown, Wis., in 1915, was a member of the Midget City cast at the Chicago Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fair in 1934. He also performed at other fairs, including the San Diego Exposition in 1935. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By working at these worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fairs as a midget, I was able to work my way through the university,â&#x20AC;? Raabe said. He earned a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin and, years later, a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in business administration from Drexel University. Raabe married Marie Hartline, who worked for a vaudeville show called Roseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Royal Midget Troupe, in 1946. She died in a car crash in 1997.

Masters ratings up 50 percent NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; First indications are that Tiger Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; return has increased television viewership of the Masters by 50 percent. The Nielsen Co. said that ESPNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coverage of the Mastersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first round on Thursday had a 3.6 rating in an Woods overnight measurement of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest markets. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50 percent more than the similar measurement for last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening day, and 80 percent more than it was in 2008. The company is expected to release viewership estimates accounting for all of the country later on Friday. ESPN covered Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first tee shot live within â&#x20AC;&#x153;SportsCenterâ&#x20AC;? more than two hours before regular coverage started on Thursday. Nielsen said its audience was double what it gets on a typical Thursday afternoon. But the .8 rating was much smaller than it got later in the afternoon.

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Taiwan singer draws comparisons to Susan Boyle TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP)â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As a younger man, Taiwanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lin Yu-chun sang for hours on end, trying to get his mind off the sneers he endured because of his portly figure. The round-faced soprano with the bowl haircut never imagined his voice would one day transform him into an international sensation. But now, he is being compared to Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Susan Boyle, the plain-looking 48year-old who shot to stardom after singing â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Dreamed a Dreamâ&#x20AC;? on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Got Talent.â&#x20AC;? Linâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Whitney Yu-Chun Houstonlike rendition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Will Always Love Youâ&#x20AC;? on Taiwanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Avenue to Stardomâ&#x20AC;? talent show last Friday has already racked up some 1.3 million views on YouTube, and the number is climbing fast. For the 24-year-old with the disparaging nickname of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Fatty,â&#x20AC;? the event has been a life-changer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I now have more confidence in pursuing a singing career,â&#x20AC;? Lin told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a good-looking man or woman to succeed. Just be yourself and try your best.â&#x20AC;? Lin said he had long suffered from a lack of selfconfidence because of his plain looks and rotund figure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being fat draws a lot of mockery in our society,â&#x20AC;? he said. To cope with the pain of his exclusion, he locked himself in his room and sang along with the songs of Celine Dion and Mariah Carey. But the artist who really grabbed him was Houston â&#x20AC;&#x201D; particularly the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Will Always Love You,â&#x20AC;? from the soundtrack to the 1992 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bodyguard.â&#x20AC;?

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Polish leader, 96 Army pulls back from protest; 15 dead others dead in Russia jet crash THAILAND

BANGKOK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Thai soldiers and police fought pitched battles Saturday night with anti-government demonstrators in streets enveloped in tear gas, but troops later retreated and asked protesters to do the same. Fifteen people were killed and more than 650 wounded in Thailandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst political violence in nearly 20 years. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva went on national television shortly before midnight to pay condolences to the families of victims, and indicated he would not bow to protestersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; demands to dissolve Parliament and call new elections. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The government and I are still responsible for easing the situation and trying to bring peace and order to the country,â&#x20AC;? Abhisit said, vowing a transparent investigation. The army had vowed to clear the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Red Shirtâ&#x20AC;? protesters out of one of their two bases in Bangkok

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A Thai soldier lies on the ground after a clash with anti-government protesters during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand Saturday. by nightfall, but the push instead set off street fighting. There was a continuous sound of gunfire and explosions, mostly from Molotov cocktails. After more than two hours of fierce clashes, the soldiers pulled back. Army spokesman Col. Sansern Kaewkamnerd went on television to ask

the protesters to retreat as well. He also accused them of firing live rounds and throwing grenades during the fighting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The security forces have now retreated to a certain extent from the Red Shirts,â&#x20AC;? Sansern said. He said a senior government official had been asked to coordinate with

the protesters to restore peace. The Red Shirtsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; demonstrations are part of a long-running battle between the mostly poor and rural supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and the ruling elite they say orchestrated the 2006 military coup that removed him from power.

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SMOLENSK, Russia (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 97, officials said. Russian and Polish officials said there were no survivors on the 26-yearold Tupolev, which was taking the president, his wife and staff to events marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre in Katyn forest of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet secret police. The crash devastated the upper echelons of Polandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political and military establishments. On board were the army chief of staff, the navy chief commander, and heads of the air and land forces. Also killed were the national bank president, deputy foreign minister, army chaplain, head of the National Security Office, deputy parliament speaker, Olympic Committee head, civil rights commissioner and at least two presidential aides and three lawmakers, the Polish foreign ministry said. Although initial signs pointed to an accident with no indication of foul play, the death of a Polish president and much of the Polish state and

defense establishment in Russia en route to commemorating one of the saddest events in Polandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long, complicated history with Russia, was laden with tragic irony. Reflecting the grave sensibilities of the crash to relations between the two countries, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin personally assumed charge of the investigation. He landed in Smolensk Saturday with an entourage of Russian officials to meet Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who was flying in from Warsaw. The presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s twin brother, former Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kacynski, also flew there in a chartered plane, according to his party. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is unbelievable â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this tragic, cursed Katyn,â&#x20AC;? Kaczynskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s predecessor, Aleksander Kwasniewski, said on TVN24 television. It is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a cursed place, horrible symbolism,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to believe. You get chills down your spine.â&#x20AC;? Andrei Yevseyenkov, spokesman for the Smolensk regional government, said Russian dispatchers asked the crew to divert from the military airport in North Smolensk and land instead in Minsk, the capital of neighboring Belarus, or in Moscow because of the fog.

WORLD BRIEFS Iran: Iraqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government must include Sunnis BAGHDAD (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad said Saturday that Iraqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new government should include all political blocs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including Sunnis â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in a shift for a country that has long advocated an Iraqi government dominated by fellow Shiites. Hassan Kazemi Qomiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comments were a sign that Iran, which has promoted Shiite power since the fall of Saddam Hussein, recognizes that the March 7 parliamentary vote was simply too close to completely sideline any one political bloc. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the blocs must participate,â&#x20AC;? Qomi said at a news conference in Baghdad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It must be comprehensive.â&#x20AC;? Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Iraqiya bloc,

which drew on heavy Sunni support, came out two seats ahead in the national vote. But neither Allawiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list nor the Shiite-led bloc of incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, which came in second, got enough support to govern alone.

Paraguay bans smoking in all closed public spaces ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Paraguayans can no longer legally light up in restaurants, bars and shopping malls. The new measure bans smoking in all closed spaces where people gather, including private businesses. Establishments that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comply can be fined by the Health Ministry. The ministryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anti-smoking czar, Victor San Martin, says the decree took effect Saturday.

The Sanford Herald / SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2010

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Sports The Legend Quarterback T.J. Yates and the defense were on display in UNC’s spring game

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Ex-players honor the one they still call ‘Coach’

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BRANTLEY SHINES AT FLORIDA’S SPRING GAME GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — John Brantley dropped back on the first play of Florida’s spring game and threw it as far as he could. Deonte Thompson was open on the other end, hauling in a 47-yard pass that started the post-Tim Tebow era — and the least the spring game part of it — with some flair and gave about 50,000 fans a glimpse of what to expect in the fall. Brantley completed 15 of 19 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns Saturday — the kind of performance many expected from the highly touted quarterback who waited three years behind Tebow for a shot to start. “Boy, he was good,” coach Urban Meyer said. “He was good.” Facing Florida’s first-team defense and wearing a red, non-contact jersey, Brantley showed the kind of awareness and confidence of a seasoned starter. He even did it with four linemen sitting out for precautionary reasons.

By RYAN SARDA sarda@sanfordherald.com

NBA JACKSON RETURNS AFTER MISSING GAME FOR REST

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Charlotte Bobcats leading scorer Stephen Jackson says he’ll play against Detroit after sitting out a game to rest his sore right hamstring. Jackson said before Saturday’s game that he was feeling “a lot better” after missing Friday’s loss in Houston. Jackson has also been slowed by elbow, hand and ankle injuries. Jackson is averaging 21.3 points in 69 games with Charlotte after being acquired from Golden State in a November trade. The Bobcats entered the Detroit game in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, two games behind sixth-place Miami.

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Legendary Lee County football coach Paul Gay, shown in this early 1980s-era file photo, won five state championships at the helm in the county. Gay was honored by more than 200 former players, assistant coaches and trainers — at least one representative from each of his 24 teams — with a gala in his name on Saturday night at the Elks Lodge in Sanford.

SANFORD — They all still call him “Coach.” And Saturday was a day all about legendary Lee County football coach Paul Gay. Gay was celebrated for Gay his 24 years of service to Lee County High School with a reunion reception and dinner on Saturday night at the Elks Lodge. More than 200 of Gay’s former players, assistant coaches, friends and family showed up to the event and enjoyed a gourmet dinner catered by The Flame Steakhouse. It was an opportunity for representatives of all 24 of Gay’s teams to come together and reminisce on old times shared at Lee County High School. “It’s exciting to see some of my former players,” said Gay, who coached the Yellow Jackets from 1960-1984, winning five state titles along the way. “Some players I see everyday and some I haven’t seen since they’ve graduated. It couldn’t have been convenient for a lot of them to be here with jobs and families and all, but they’re here and it’s great to catch up.” Gay is really looking forward to seeing players from not only his championship winning teams, but also the other teams that might not have won as much on the field. “Every player was special to me,” said Gay. “We had a lot of winning teams and that, of course, is going to make the memories longer and stronger. But all of my former players are

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SOCCER CHELSEA BEATS VILLA TO REACH FA CUP FINAL

WEMBLEY, England (AP) — Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda and Frank Lampard scored second-half goals to lead defending champion Chelsea into the FA Cup final in a 3-0 victory over Aston Villa on Saturday. Drogba scored on a ball from John Terry in the 68th minute, and Malouda side-footed home a right-wing cross from Michael Ballack in the 89th. Lampard knocked in the third in injury time after a Chelsea breakaway. In the final May 15, Chelsea will face the winner of Sunday’s semifinal between Tottenham and Portsmouth. Villa controlled much of the game but caved in during the final stages.

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ven as he was holing out an 8-footer for eagle on 13 on Saturday, I had to slow myself down a little bit. Can’t go down that road again. And then 14 happened, when he jarred a wedge. And then he almost did it again on 15. By then, I was a believer again. But after Way Left Lefty threw away the U.S. Open at Winged Foot a few years ago,

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Phil Mickelson gives a thumbs up as he walks off the 18th green after finishing the third round of the Masters golf tournament with an 11-under par in Augusta, Ga., Saturday.

Lefty electrifies Augusta By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Lee Westwood heard the ground-shaking roars for just about everyone but him on a Saturday that sounded an awful lot like Sunday at the Masters. Phil Mickelson made consecu-

tive eagles, and came within inches of three in a row. Tiger Woods battled back from a seven-shot deficit with three straight birdies to stay in the game. Fred Couples chipped in for eagle, keeping his hopes alive. Westwood kept his head down

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Leaderboard Third Round Lee Westwood Phil Mickelson Tiger Woods K.J. Choi Fred Couples Ian Poulter

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2B / Sunday, April 11, 2010 / The Sanford Herald IN BRIEF

SOFTBALL Jacketsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; JVs remain unbeaten SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kaitlyn Foushee picked up the victory from the rubber, striking out four and helping her own cause by going 2-for-3 at the plate as Lee Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior varsity softball team knocked off Apex 4-3 on Friday. The Yellow Jackets are unbeaten this season. Nikki Hoover and Heather Clark each had a double while Kristen McVey had two hits and Allie Eyers was 1-for-3.

RACING Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ridge hosting N.C. title races SANFORDâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ridge Motocross Park will feature the 19th Annual Suzuki of Sanford North Carolina State Championship on Sunday. Practice will begin at 7:45 a.m., with racing starting at 9:15 a.m. For more information, call (919) 776-1767.

GOLF Anderson Creek Ruritan holding annual tourney ANDERSON CREEK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Anderson Creek Ruritan Club will hold its 29th Annual golf tournament on May 15 at Carolina Lakes Golf Course. The entry fee is $65 per person or $130 per team. The fee includes cart and a mulligan for each player, as well as a free practice round between Monday and Friday the week before the tournament. The tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rain date is June 5. For more information, call Johnny Reaves at (910) 497-3280 or Marie Taylor at (910) 814-7302.

CONTACT US If you have an idea for a sports story, or if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like call and submit scores or statistics, call: Sports Editor Alex Podlogar: 718-1222 Sprints Writer Ryan Sarda: 718-1223

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BOSTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Bruins clinched a playoff berth Saturday after three short-handed goals in 64 seconds on the same penalty powered Boston to a 4-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. The Bruins have 89 points, good for sixth place in the Eastern Conference, with one game remaining. They are two points ahead of Montreal and three in front of the Rangers and Flyers; one of those three teams will miss the postseason. Daniel Paille, Blake Wheeler and Steve Begin scored shorthanded goals in the second period to make it 3-0, and Milan Lucic added an emptynetter with 1 minute left. Tuukka Rask stopped 33 shots for Boston. Cam Ward made 38 saves for the Hurricanes, who finished their season without making the playoffs one year after reaching the Eastern Conference finals. Carolina knocked the Bruins out of the postseason in the conference Submitted photo semifinals last year with an The Lee County High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hunter Safety team won first place overall at the recent District 5 competition. Team overtime victory in Game 7 in members are (front row, l-r): Matthew Pearce, Christine Holt and Matthew Spartz, who won the overall safety award Boston. and the hunter skills award. Second row (l-r): assistant coach Graig McRae, Matthew Patterson, Britt McRae, Cody Fans rose to their feet and Whitehead and head coach Mark Pearce. Not pictured: Elijah West and Chris McNeil. The team also won second for waved yellow towels for the the rifle team, the shotgun team and the hunter skills team. final 30 seconds, cheering for the team that had come into the season with high expectations before being cut down by injuries. A year after finishing first in the East, the Bruins had to scrape for the final month to even make the playoffs. They came through, winning four of their last six games. Yatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hold on the starting job heading whom they turned on last year when a CHAPEL HILL (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; North Needing only one more point into preseason camp. young offense struggled. Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defensive players wrapped â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an overtime loss would have The strong-armed Renner comâ&#x20AC;&#x153;I think T.J. has earned the opporup Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spring game looking done it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Bruins erupted pleted 15 of 21 passes for 184 yards ready to lead the way just like everytunity to be the guy that either wins to break a scoreless tie after with a touchdown and an interception Matt Hunwick was sent off for one expects. the job or loses the job, and I think Bryn has put himself in position to for White. He guided a 13-play scoring hooking with 18 seconds left in As for the quarterbacks, well, T.J. unbelievably push and compete for drive to open the game, ending with Yates didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do much to calm fans the first period. that job or significant playing time,â&#x20AC;? a perfectly thrown 9-yard TD pass to frustrated with the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offensive Paille chased the puck down Greg Little on the left side. He also struggles. coach Butch Davis said. in the Hurricanesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; end and connected with Dwight Jones on a 55- brought it across the goal Mywan Jackson had two intercepThe coaching staff divided up the teams to mix starters on both squads, yard pass, though the ball was slightly mouth before shooting back tions that helped the White team beat underthrown and forced Jones to wait and into the net, between Blue 17-0 in the scrimmage to wrap up and kept basic plans on both offense Wardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legs. Thirty-nine on it instead of staying ahead of a spring drills, while Michael McAdoo and defense to evaluate individual seconds later, Wheeler scored matchups for the game â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which drew beaten defender for a touchdown. was credited with four sacks and an from the slot. And then off â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still have to learn a lot,â&#x20AC;? Renner interception of his own. Meanwhile, more than 29,000 fans to Kenan Stathe ensuing faceoff Dennis dium and was televised by ESPN. said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not even close to where I redshirt freshman Bryn Renner outneed to be to play quarterback. I think Wideman made a long pass to That only increased the likelihood played Yates in what was a sluggish Begin, who put in a wrist shot I still need to work very hard and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s afternoon for both offenses, which that fans would use it as their first from the left circle. chance to compare Renner with Yates, going to be a long offseason for me.â&#x20AC;? is sure to continue fan chatter about

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MLB BRIEFS Matsuzaka throws 5 shutout innings in rehab start

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed two hits and no runs in five innings Saturday as he began a 30-day rehab assignment with Triple-A Pawtucket. Matsuzaka has been on Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disabled list since April 3 with a neck strain. He walked one, struck out three and hit two batters against Rochester. He threw 43 of 73 pitches for strikes and reached 93 mph on the McCoy Stadium radar gun. The only hits he allowed were a line-drive double by former Minnesota Twin Jacque Jones in the third and a fly-ball double by Luke Hughes in the fourth. Rochester loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth on a walk and two hit batters. Matsuzaka escaped this jam by retiring Matt Tolbert on a foul ball to third base.

Hughes makes last extended spring training start

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Yankees fifth starter Phil Hughes allowed one run and six hits over six innings in an extended spring training intrasquad game Saturday. It was the second and final extended spring game for Hughes, who will make his first regular season start Thursday against the Los Angeles Angels. Hughes says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;absolutely ready.â&#x20AC;? Hughes struck out six, throwing 56 of 84 pitches for strikes. Gary Sanchez, a 17-year old Dominican catcher, had two of the hits â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both singles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; off Hughes. A number of top Yankees prospects â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including outfielder Slade Heathcott, taken in the first round of the 2009 amateur draft â&#x20AC;&#x201D; played in the game.

Mets star Reyes back in lineup after 11 months

NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jose Reyes was back in the start-

ing lineup and batting first for the New York Mets on Saturday against the Washington Nationals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to be back,â&#x20AC;? he said. The All-Star shortstop was sidelined all but 36 games last year by a hamstring problem, then missed most of spring training with a hyperactive thyroid. Hyperactive might be a good way to describe him in the clubhouse Saturday. Reyes bounced around the room with an enormous smile on his face, joking with anybody who stopped by his locker to wish him luck. After taking batting practice, he was greeted in the dugout by general manager Omar Minaya, who gave him a big hug. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He brings such energy to the team,â&#x20AC;? Minaya said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was thinking about that this morning, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been almost a year, 11 months, since heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been on the field. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to have him back.â&#x20AC;? Reyes hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t played since May 20 because of the hamstring injury, which the team initially hoped would be resolved with rest and rehabilitation. While he was running during rehab, though, a new tear developed in his right hamstring and he had surgery in October. The bad luck that followed him all season wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done. Reyes arrived at spring training ready to play, but doctors detected an abnormality during a physical and he was taken out of the lineup for tests. The thyroid problem was discovered and Reyes was forced to sit out a few weeks, forcing him to miss the first four games of the season while he got in shape in the minors.

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roberts out with abdominal strain; DL possible BALTIMORE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts was held out of Saturday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against Toronto with an abdominal strain, an injury that could land him on the 15-day disabled list. Roberts was hurt Friday, when he stole second base in the first inning of a 7-6 loss to the Blue Jays.

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Calmer Zambrano lifts Cubs CINCINNATI (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Carlos Zambrano recovered from his horrific opening day start by pitching seven solid innings, and pinch-hitter Jeff Baker hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning Saturday, sending the Chicago Cubs to a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Zambrano (1-1) managed only four outs during the Cubsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 16-5 opening-day drubbing in Atlanta. He held the Reds to six hits, including Brandon Phillipsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; homer, and struck out nine. Carlos Marmol fanned the last three batters for his second save in as many chances. Baker hit his solo shot off left-hander Arthur Rhodes (01), Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third homer of

Nationals 4, Mets 3 NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Willie Harris made a game-ending diving catch to yet again thwart a Mets rally, well-traveled Willy Taveras drove in a career-high four runs and the Washington Nationals beat New York 4-3 on a blustery Saturday. Taveras singled and tripled in his first start for the Nationals, who signed him to a minor league contract in February after Oakland let him go. The Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had acquired him about a week earlier from Cincinnati, making it three teams in less than a

Cardinals 7, Brewers 1 MILWAUKEE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Yadier Molina hit a three-run homer and Yovani Gallardo struggled in his first outing since signing a big contract extension with the Milwaukee Brewers, giving up six runs in five innings in the St. Louis Cardinalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 7-1 victory Saturday. Jaime Garcia (1-0) was sharp in his debut as the Cardinalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; No. 5 starter, giving up a run and four hits in six innings. Colby Rasmus homered and Albert Pujols had a two-run single for the Cardinals, who took the first two games of a three-game series that concludes Sunday night.

Tigers 4, Indians 2 DETROIT (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jeremy Bonderman gave up one hit in five innings and Magglio Ordonez had a two-run homer, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 4-2 win over the Cleveland Indians Bonderman (1-0) retired the first 11 he faced, then allowed a run on a wild pitch, single and two walks. The right-hander started for the first time at home in nearly two years since having surgery to break up a blood clot in his throwing shoulder.

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Hitter Continued from Page 1B

I told myself I would not pick Phil Mickelson to win another major until he actually, well, won another major. He tends to find a way to contend on Saturday and late on Sunday, and then dramatically fade away. And of course, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve broken my rule twice in the last couple of years, only to be burned badly. Well, here he is again, at his favorite golf course in the world, a site where he has placed in the top 10 in seven of his last nine appearances. And Leftyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the hunt. So now what? Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my take on who I think can win, who I believe wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win, and who I believe will win the 2010 Masters. Who Can Win Lee Westwood -12 Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the 54-hole leader, so of course he can win. But while Westwood played the best of anyone for 2 1/2 rounds, he started to crumble a bit as soon as the Mickelson Roars started happening in front of him. Give him credit, though, he recovered. And Westwood, ranked fourth in the world and with 16 top 10s in his last 21 starts, is as accomplished they come without having won a major. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s precisely the point. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been close, and given them away. He played his way out of playoffs at the U.S. Open in 2008 and at Turnberry last year on the last holes. Do it again today, and the Greg Norman comparisons can start. Fred Couples -7 One thing has to be clear before we go any further. For some of these players, they are

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Tiger Woods reacts after missing a putt for a bogey on the 10th hole during the third round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., Saturday. going to need to go low and get a little help from the top of the leaderboard backing up a bit. This is The Masters, where the roars have been restored, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not exactly out of the question, especially once the leaders get to the turn. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard it often â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this tournament starts on the back nine on Sunday. But with a lot of these guys, you have to be able to go low first. Freddie has done that already this week, leading after Thursday and then recovering beautifully on Saturday after struggling with his back on Friday. If the back holds up and the putter does the same, Couples has the length â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and perhaps more importantly, the experience â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to rally to a green jacket. K.J. Choi -8 Solid, steady and steely. Maybe he

wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a popular winner, but certainly wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a surprising one. Holes 10 and 11 They may be every bit as important as 13 and 15 on Sunday. While those back-nine par-5s can get you back into the tournament in a hurry (ask Lefty), 10 and 11 each have the potential to take you right out of it as well. The Masters might be won by how the champion gets through the 10-15 stretch. Tiger Woods -8 He came real, real close to falling into the next category. But then I remembered that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tiger Woods. Actually, he reminded me. His game was really, really loose at times on Saturday, and he allowed his emotions to get to him around the turn. There seems to be a lot going on in his head, but then he turned everything around

on 13-15, and again on 18. Yup, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still Tiger Woods. And this is still Augusta. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a shot. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only got a couple of guys to go through. Guys whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had their own issues closing the door. Who Wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Win Tom Watson -2 Of course, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too far back, and he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make enough birdies to go low enough to storm back into it. But what an incredible week. Again. Ricky Barnes -6 Surely, we learned from his Bethpage Sunday last year, right? Hunter Mahan -6 He has the ability to go low, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been taking all the necessary steps a young player has to take to move up the ladder as a respected champion. But he may be too far out. His time is coming, though.

Elin Woods I wonder what sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thinking right now. Ian Poulter -6 Poulter was pretty much all over the place on Saturday, but kept grinding and getting himself back in range. And then he fell apart again. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cocky as hell, and you need that here. Not this time, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s close. Anthony Kim -5 Has all the game in the world. And flying under the radar a little bit. Too far back, though. Who Will Win Phil Mickelson -11 Setting myself up for disaster again. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take for Lefty to lose â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and while that is completely and utterly possible, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it happens at Augusta. His mind is different here, where heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s won twice, and the course just sets up perfectly for him. Still, it needs to be remembered: at 5:05 p.m. Saturday, Westwood had a 5-shot lead, and yet it disappeared by 5:32. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say it would be all that surprising if, say, Woods or Couples did that to Mickelson today. As you can tell, breaking my long-held yet rarely-adhered-to rule gives me the shakes. Mickelson could shoot 67 and blow â&#x20AC;&#x2122;em away, or he could shoot 74 and give it away. And he mightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve started giving it back on 17 and 18 Saturday. But he is in position to win. So he can win. Heck, he should win. I think he will win. I think. Alex Podlogar is The Heraldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sports editor. Reach him at alexp@sanfordherald.com and at (919) 718-1222. Read his blog at designatedhitter.wordpress. com

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Couples turns back the clock again AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fred Couples twisted one way, then the other, wincing as he tried to loosen up his aching back. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moments like this that make the 50year-old feel twice his age. Get him to the Masters, however, and he plays like heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s half his age. Four years after playing in the final group, Couples is lurking again at Augusta National. His 4-under 68 on Saturday puts him five strokes behind leader Lee Westwood and four behind Phil Mickelson â&#x20AC;&#x201D; pretty good for a guy more accustomed to tearing up the Champions Tour these days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know time flies, but (Sunday) I have a shot,â&#x20AC;? Couples said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m way behind, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard other people talk about it, so I might as well say the same thing. If I can shoot a low score, I maybe can post a score and see what happens.â&#x20AC;? A few more shots like he had on 14 and 15 would help. He put his approach shot to about 3 feet on 14 and tapped in for a birdie. As he left the 15th tee, Couples motioned to Mickelson, playing in the group behind him, to get it going. Did Lefty ever, holing out from the 14th fairway for an eagle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted that golf ball that he holed in at 14. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I wanted,â&#x20AC;? Couples said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear me, but I wanted that eagle ball.â&#x20AC;?

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6B / Sunday, April 11, 2010 / The Sanford Herald DEAR ABBY

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Used car’s navigation system contains too much info. DEAR ABBY: I bought a used car with a navigation system last week and noticed that the previous owner’s information was still embedded in the system. Abby, I had that man’s home address, the addresses of his friends, his bank, his workplace — every place he had gone. Please inform your readers that if they sell a car with a navigation system, they should first delete all of their information. Car dealerships should also be aware of this and, perhaps, erase the information from the system as part of their vehicle inspection. JENNIFER IN LEE’S SUMMIT, MO.

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Happy Birthday: Expect to make waves if you want to make a difference. It’s your turn to take control, no matter how hard that might seem. A unique contribution you make will bring you the recognition you require to get you to the next level. Being objective will allow you to see the possibilities and utilize your skills to their best potential. Your numbers are 2, 13, 17, 20, 26, 37, 44 ARIES (March 21-April 19): What you want is right in front of you. Use your imagination. Complement your skills with a healthy ego, a little savvy and a drop of ingenuity and you will move in a direction that suits you. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do your own fact-finding instead of taking a leap of faith. Listen to what someone without a vested interest thinks about what you are considering. You are sitting in a good position so don’t let anyone pressure you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t take chances. Speak directly to the people from whom you need information before you get involved in a project that may compromise you. Uncertainty should be your red flag to back off. Emotions may trigger your making a decision you will live to regret. CANCER (June 21-July 22): A discussion regarding your current position, status and place of residence will help you make a decision that will alter your future. An interesting and unusual proposal will lift some of the stress you are undergoing. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will have to make changes and concessions if you want to keep moving forward. Be very clear about what you have to bring to the table. Overestimating your value will backfire, leaving you in a vulnerable position. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get out and enjoy friends, family or places you find interesting. The break will help you distance yourself from any problems

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or stressful situations you face. Time spent with someone special will lead to a closer relationship. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your power of persuasion will come in handy, especially when dealing with partners, youngsters or someone you are responsible for. Take another look at an old project or hobby and you will be able to revamp, reuse and complete what’s been left undone. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Make up your own mind who and what you are going to believe. There is no point getting angry over something you cannot change. The people you connect with now should have similar concerns and interests. Honesty will be what counts. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Trying to avoid situations that make you uncomfortable will cause more problems. Face personal and emotional situations head-on. An investment can turn a profit if you make the right choice. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look at your investments and put a little thought into your current living arrangements. Changes can be made, along with profits. Challenging someone who is adamant about following a different path will lead to a dispute. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): Take on a new challenge or research something that interests you. Honing your skills and getting involved in unusual pastimes will bring you greater insight into how you can be successful in following new goals. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Refuse to let anyone make you feel guilty for something you are not responsible for. Get back to basics and reconnect with people from your past. Reuniting will refresh old ideas and goals that have greater potential to be successful now. Birthday Baby: You will not sugarcoat anything you believe needs to be said. You are imaginative and creative and know how to use your talents wisely.

DEAR JENNIFER: Your letter raised some eyebrows among me and my staff, so we canvassed some of the used car dealerships in the Los Angeles area. They’re already aware of it. Those we spoke to stated that they are not legally required to delete information from a navigation system, and all agreed that the seller is responsible for removing the information before selling the car. I am sure many readers will thank you for the warning. ❏ DEAR ABBY: I’m 18 and a senior in high school. I do not drink and don’t plan on drinking when prom time comes around. My problem is, I’m not sure whether or not my

point out that you are cold sober and their daughter imbibed against your wishes, too. Then let them deal with her. ❏

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date will want to. I don’t want to be around alcohol, and I especially do not want to have a drunk date I have to sober up before I can take her home, which might upset her parents if it’s after curfew. So how do I find out if my potential prom date is a drinker before I ask her to the prom? DOESN’T DRINK IN SOUTH CAROLINA DEAR DOESN’T DRINK: I assume you won’t be inviting a total stranger. Start talking with some of the girls you’re considering inviting and ask them how they feel about drinking alcohol. Or, let them know how you feel about drinking, and that you don’t like hanging around with people who do. P.S. If you do find yourself with a girl who gets drunk, you should have no hesitation about returning her to her parents in that condition. And if you get any grief,

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my girlfriend for a couple of years. During this time I have become increasingly convinced that if I were ever to leave her, she would kill herself. I love her, but the thought that I couldn’t ever leave her without her killing herself is not pleasant. She doesn’t have many friends she can rely on. I always tell her how pleased I am when she hangs out with friends without me, because she doesn’t do it often enough. What do I do when the girl I love makes serious threats of suicide if I were ever to break up with her? HOSTAGE IN TEXAS DEAR HOSTAGE: Here’s what you do: Tell her that what she is saying is crazy thinking, and that if she’s being serious she needs to discuss her hyper-dependence with a mental health professional. You should also tell her that unless she does so immediately, your relationship with her is on borrowed time. Your signature speaks volumes, because as long as this woman can subject you to emotional blackmail — and that’s what she is doing — you are, indeed, her hostage.

ODDS AND ENDS School music booster club to sell alpaca manure ST. CHARLES, Ill.(AP) — The music booster club at Central Community Unit School District 301 in St. Charles isn’t bothering with bake sales and car washes this year. Instead, it’s selling bags of something promoters call “paca poo.” Minus the cute name, the product is alpaca manure. Booster club secretary Gudrun Dorgan said it is a great garden fertilizer, and it comes in little pellets that are easy to work into the ground. Parents, students and teachers will be scooping and selling droppings on Saturday at Inspiration Farm Alpacas. A 30-pound bag will cost $10. Farm owner Jeff Koehl has been raising alpacas for four years and usually sells manure for profit. He said alpacas digest their food more efficiently than most farm animals, so their waste doesn’t smell too bad and doesn’t require lengthy composting.

Man with no cash eats burrito, Funyuns at store HASTINGS, Mich. (AP) — Authorities said a man took a bite into crime when he helped himself to a burrito and a bag of Funyuns snacks at a gas station food store in Hastings, then told the clerk to call police because he had no money to pay. Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans said 28-year-old Michael Odell was charged with retail fraud. Odell, who

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Cops: Man drove drunk to prison for DUI sentence SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Police said a Massachusetts man headed to a Vermont prison to serve a two-day sentence for driving under the influence was intoxicated when he drove himself to prison. Vermont State Police say that staff at the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield noticed that a 42-year-old man was intoxicated when he arrived late Tuesday afternoon and that he had driven himself there. So prison staff called police. Police said the man was then processed for DUI second offense and released back into the custody of the Department of Corrections. The man was due to appear in court later this month on the latest charge.

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Honor Christ in everything you do Q: My girlfriend keeps getting after me because I use words like “God” and “Jesus” in my ordinary speech. I don’t mean anything by it or think of them as cusswords, and anyway, everyone uses them (even on TV), but she says I ought to be more respectful. Would you agree with her? — J.McD. A: I know using the divine name in ordinary speech has become very common today — but, yes, I would agree with your girlfriend. The Bible is very clear: “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name” (Exodus 20:7). Why is this? In your letter, you say that you “don’t mean anything by it” — but if you stop to think about it, this is exactly what is wrong with it. In other words, your speech shows that you have a very casual attitude toward God and toward Jesus Christ, and that they mean very little to you. Your girlfriend senses this, and I hope you’ll be grateful for her spiritual sensitivity. But should we ignore God, as if He is unworthy of our respect? Or should we treat Jesus Christ as if His death on the cross for us is unimportant? No, of course not. After all, God may be unimportant to you — but you aren’t unimportant to Him! God made you — and He not only made you, but He loves you and sent His Son into the world to give His life for you. You are that important to Him. My prayer is that you will face your need of God and open your heart and life to Jesus Christ. Don’t be swayed by the crowd, but have the courage to honor Christ in everything — including your speech.

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amid all this madness and wound up with what mattered — the lead. With his best chance ever to win that elusive major, Westwood made only one bogey and finished with a tough par for a 4-under 68 to take a one-shot lead over Mickelson into the final round of a Masters that keeps getting better. “I think I’m ready,” Westwood said. By the look of the names behind him, he better be. Westwood, No. 4 in the world and among the best without a major, was at 12-under 204. He will be in the final group with Mickelson, No. 3 in the world and the sentimental favorite at Augusta given his turbulent year at home with his wife and mother

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special to me. It doesn’t matter if we won every game or we lost every game. It was an honor to coach every player that I did.” Former players like N.C. Hall of Famer Steve Jones, who was a running back and linebacker for the Yellow Jackets in three seasons on the team, were in attendance. Jones played under Gay from 1966-68. In his three years, Lee County went 35-2-1 and won three state co-championships before Jones starred at Duke and played in the NFL. Jones collaborated with Bill Tatum and the quarterback of the 1968 championship winning team, Tom Haislip, about the idea of getting a representative of every team to attend. “Coach Gay and Dennis Wicker actually came up with the idea about having a reunion,” said Jones. “We then decided to try and get players from all 24 teams to come back to Sanford and honor Coach Gay.” Jones, who went on to have a

The Sanford Herald / Sunday, April 11 2010 / 7B battling breast cancer. Right in front of them will be Woods, No. 1 in the world and playing as though five months of a humiliating sex scandal never happened. He finished with a 3-foot birdie on the last hole for a 2-under 70, putting him at 8-under 208 along with K.J. Choi, who also had a 70. Just as exciting as the names were the cheers, too many to count. It got so crazy at one point that in the time it took Westwood to play the 11th hole with a hardearned par, Mickelson made up four shots on him with an 8-foot eagle putt on the 13th and holing out a wedge on the 14th. Ricky Barnes holed an eagle from off the green and knocked in a 60-foot birdie putt across the 14th. The thrills never stopped. “It was probably one of those great days in golf at a major

championship,” Westwood said. “I obviously wasn’t privy to the things you have seen, but I was well aware somebody was making a charge, and I figured it was Phil. That’s what major championships are about. They’re tough ones to win because great players do great things.” The Masters hasn’t seen a leaderboard this strong for the final round since Woods and Mickelson — Nos. 1 and 2 in the world — were in the final group in 2001. Mickelson hasn’t looked great all year, the first time since 2003 he has come to Augusta without a victory. Now, he goes after a third green jacket by playing in the final group at a major for the first time his meltdown at Winged Foot in the 2006 U.S. Open. The course was not meant to yield so many fireworks — not one shot better than 67 — yet the quality of the play was superb. Westwood did his work on the

front nine, rolling in a bending birdie putt at the first, hitting a 4-iron just over the bunker to 10 feet on the fourth and slowly starting to pull away. Then came the first of big cheers, from all corners of the course, so many that it was hard to figure out what they meant. “You couldn’t figure out who was doing what because there roars happening simultaneously throughout the course,” Mickelson said. Couples was walking off the 14th tee when he motioned at Mickelson to get it going, and Lefty obliged. He hit a 7-iron to 8 feet on the 13th, and the eagle putt produced such volume that Westwood backed off his putt on the 11th. “It was pretty funny because we were texting a little bit about how low I was going to have to go to catch him and maybe play with him tomorrow,” said Couples,

who was in the final group when Mickelson won his last Masters in 2006. “For a time, we were both playing pretty well. But then he went eagle-eagle-birdie, and that’s a pretty big jump to get going. “Once again, I just love this place.” For Woods, it was more of a love-hate relationship for most of the round. He quickly pulled within one shot of the lead with two tough birdies, from 18 feet on the first hole and a curling 35-footer on the third. Few could have guessed it would be the putter that put him behind. It started with a bad swing and an outburst — “Tiger, you suck!” — from a guy who pledged to keep his temper in check. Asked about his outburst on the sixth hole, Woods said he wasn’t aware: “If I did, then I’m sorry.”

career with the NFL’s Cardinals and Bills after his playing days at Lee County, says that Gay’s disciplinary coaching style really helped him get to the next level. “He was a mentor to me and to a lot of people,” said Jones. “He meant a lot to me as a young athlete. He was very disciplined and he did everything he could to help me when I was coming up through the ranks. He really helped me out a lot.” Gay didn’t know how Tatum, Jones and Haislip were going to get representatives of every single team that he coached to come out and honor him. “I couldn’t even believe that when they told me,” said Gay. “Somehow they pulled it off and it all came out beautifully. They deserve a lot of credit for getting everything together. We’ve got players from all over the world coming in. One of my players came in from the Philippines and another one flew in from Portland, Ore. It’s exciting to see them all again.” Another person in attendance at the roasting of Gay is current Lee County baseball coaching

legend Charlie Spivey, who played quarterback under Gay from 1969-73 and was a part of the state championship winning team in 1972. “This is one of the nicest things I thought we could all do for Coach Gay,” said Spivey. “He really put this town on the map from the late 60’s to the early 70’s. Every Friday night was football night in Sanford. He meant so much to so many people in this town and he still does. Doing something like this was the least that anyone could do for him.” Spivey later became an assistant under Gay from 1980-84, coaching the quarterbacks and offensive backs. He says that Gay had this unique vision, which is what made his teams so successful on the gridiron. “I was fortunate to play under Coach Gay and coach under him,” said Spivey. “As a player, I didn’t truly appreciate just how great he was until I coached under him. He had this vision to see the bigger picture. He could tell you which players messed up on a certain play on both sides of the ball. You rarely see that anymore and he

had that. When I was a player, he was a strict disciplinarian, which is something that I really needed at that time in my life.” Spivey, who has won multiple state titles on the baseball diamond as the head coach of the Yellow Jackets, says that outside of his father, immediate family and former Lee County baseball coach Carson Oldham, that Gay is one of the biggest influences of his life. “My father was the biggest influence in my life and he and Coach Gay were so close,” said Spivey. “Coach Gay was an idol to me. Growing up around him and seeing him coach and then having the opportunity of playing under him and coaching under him were some of the greatest moments of my life.” Spivey feels that the event was successful and thanked Tatum, Jones and Haislip for getting everything together. “They did a great job of making this night extra special for Coach Gay,” said Spivey. “It’s a special night for us to honor a special coach and a special man. Everybody’s excited about this and we’re excited to have the

opportunity to honor him. Coach Gay meant so much to so many people and he still does.” The biggest joy Gay has taken away from his coaching experience is seeing the success his former players have made off the field. “I coached some outstanding players,” said Gay. “It’s incredible to see them all do well. A lot of them are now doctors and lawyers. My optometrist is a former player of mine, my dentist is a former player of mine, a lot of my former players are doing well. It’s amazing to see how all of them were not only successful on the field while they were playing for me but also successful in life.” Gay says that he will never leave Lee County because he loves the area and how a lot of his former players have become his friends in the community. “I wouldn’t trade any of it for the world,” said Gay. “Everywhere I go, I see former players and it’s amazing how they’ve embraced me and taken me in as their friends. It’s been everything to me and I’ve enjoyed every second of it.”

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NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Few ads in the entire history of advertising have been riper for parody than Nikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Tiger Woods commercial, with the voice of the golferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s late father seemingly admonishing him for his transgressions. And so within hours of its first airing, this unusual (and, some say, totally creepy) ad had spawned a new generation of Dadtalking-to-Tiger videos. And a more serious question, too: Even by the standards of edgy advertising, did both Nike and Tiger cross a line? To be sure, Nike is relishing the attention. That is, after all, what advertising is about: Cutting through the clutter. And Nike has a history not only of daring ads, but of notable ones featuring Woods. Its 1996 introductory â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hello Worldâ&#x20AC;? ad noted he would still be banned from certain clubs due to the color of his skin, and asked, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are you ready for me?â&#x20AC;? But this is a different Tiger â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the post-scandal Tiger, the one in the midst of a carefully crafted comeback from the sordid revelations of his multiple affairs. The Nike ad shocked some both for its use of a dead manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice â&#x20AC;&#x201D; out of context â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and, perhaps more, its use of Tigerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infidelity to, well, sell merchandise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a new genre of marketing: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ka-ching!â&#x20AC;? commented Marian Salzman, advertising analyst and president of Euro RSCG Worldwide public relations. Wrote Salon.com: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not moving. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just sickening.â&#x20AC;? Others, though, called it potentially groundbreaking â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and not just in the way it brought immediate buzz to both Nike and Woods as he competes in the Masters, his first tournament since the scandal broke late last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve actually called

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Tiger Woods appears in a Nike commercial to air starting Wednesday on ESPN. In the stark, black-and-white ad, Woods looks directly into the camera without speaking while a recording of his late father is heard, speaking about taking responsibility. an athlete to task â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and one that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re endorsing,â&#x20AC;? said Rick Burton, sports marketing professor at Syracuse University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using advertising as a vehicle to question his motives and behavior.â&#x20AC;? As for Tiger himself, he told a news conference that the ad was â&#x20AC;&#x153;very apropos. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what my dad would say. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing how my dad can speak to me in different ways, even when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long gone.â&#x20AC;? The ad aired Wednesday and Thursday on ESPN and the Golf Channel and is not scheduled to air again â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at least in its current form. Woods stands expressionless, his only movement a few blinks. The ad is in black and white, adding to the sense of starkness. Then comes the voice of Earl Woods, who died in 2006. (Nike confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that the audio was from a 2004 documentary. In that documentary, the elder Woods compared his parenting style with that of his wife.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tiger, I am more prone to be inquisitive, to promote discussion,â&#x20AC;? the father says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to find out what your thinking was. I want to find out

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what your feelings are, and did you learn anything.â&#x20AC;? It ends with the trademark Nike swoosh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make you wanna buy shoes, wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it?â&#x20AC;? quipped ABCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday night. He followed with a parody in which Tiger was clobbered with a newspaper while his mother, voiced by an actress, berated him mercilessly. Also mining the comic potential was Stephen Colbert, who remarked that Woods had proved he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;still the best at bringing his steely focus to the thing he loves: endorsing products.â&#x20AC;? The Colbert parodies featured fatherly commentary from Ward Cleaver in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leave it to Beaverâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The sad thing is, there are some men my age who are still trying to be little boysâ&#x20AC;?); actor Gene Wilder in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young Frankensteinâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are not evil. You are good!â&#x20AC;?); and Colbert himself as Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; agent, pitching the new ad concept (â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes the audience feel like THEYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;RE your father. ... If you love it, just blink.â&#x20AC;?) Then there were the numerous spoofs across the Web. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey Tiger, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s me, Dad. I need you to do me a huge, huge favor,â&#x20AC;? an actor says in one, riffing on the infamous voice

mail Woods allegedly left a paramour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know that last commercial where you used my voice to promote the Nike brand? I would appreciate if you would not do that ever again.â&#x20AC;? Another turns the Woods ad into a Calvin Klein fragrance commercial â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Secret Obsession.â&#x20AC;? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lion Kingâ&#x20AC;? version, too â&#x20AC;&#x201D; where the spirit of the late father, Mufasa, counsels Simba, his son who has left the fold. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How can I go back?â&#x20AC;? Simba asks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not what I used to be.â&#x20AC;? Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the spoof that uses the audio of â&#x20AC;&#x153;David After Dentist,â&#x20AC;? the enormously popular Web video where a father films his young son whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high on gas from the dentist. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is this real life?â&#x20AC;? the son asks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes, this is real life,â&#x20AC;? Dad answers. A Nike spokesman, Derek Kent, said Friday that the Woods ad â&#x20AC;&#x153;addresses his time away from the game using the powerful words of his father.â&#x20AC;? He declined further comment. By at least one immediate measure, the ad was working. According to Zeta Interactive, a firm that tracks Internet buzz, it received 43 percent more online buzz than the much-discussed Google Super Bowl ad did the day after the game â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and that ad had a higher buzz ranking than any Super Bowl ad this year.

NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Scrabble purists can relax. News of a new version of the classic word game that Mattel plans to sell in the U.K. allowing proper nouns set off waves of dismay across the Internet. But the official rules fans know and love arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changing. Scrabble Trickster, due out in July in the U.K. only, not the U.S., will allow proper names such as city or celebrity names. Other twists include playing words backwards or playing words unconnected to others on the board, Mattel said. The game is a limited edition and will not replace the original Scrabble in the U.K. or U.S. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is just one new variation,â&#x20AC;? said John D. Williams Jr., executive director of National Scrabble Association, authorized by Hasbro to speak about Scrabble. Hasbro owns rights to the game in the U.S., and Mattel owns it in other countries. The controversy started when U.K. media outlets reported about the new version. In the U.S., where Scrabble is popular not only as a board game but also as an electronic game on Facebook and mobile phones â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ninth top-grossing app on the iPhone and fifth on the newly introduced iPad â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the articles were widely shared online and outrage spread. Michelle Cloud, 42, saw postings about the game Tuesday on two of her friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook

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ike vintage clothes, but don’t have time to sift through the many thrift stores in Sanford? A new store in downtown has got you covered. Harnett County native Paige Thompson recently opened her own clothing store, Twenty 10 Apparel, at 138 N. Steele Street (next to Wright Travel). Thompson goes to thrift stores and gathers the “cream of the crop” items, she said, then brings them back to her store to par with other items for a fashionable style. She told me she has been doing this since she was a little girl, but only recently decided to try her hand as an entrepreneur. She also sells new items from brand names like Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister and others, and has clothing for both men and women. She said the store is a dream or hers. She has always wanted to attend design school and start her own label, but was never able to because of time and money constraints. This is the next best thing. She said she also wanted to bring a little “style” to Sanford at a reduced price. “I hate the markup on clothes in the big stores,” she said. “I wanted to give people in Sanford an option so they wouldn’t have to drive to Raleigh or Fayetteville and spend a lot of money.” The store is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. For more information, contact Thompson at (919) 356-0176 or by e-mail at Twenty10apparel@hotmail.com.

Metal worker now for hire Aaron F. Smith, a metals instructor at Central Carolina Community College’s Siler City campus, is available for freelance work through his side project, Aaron’s Ironworks. Before moving to the area, he lived at Corolla on the Outer Banks and built many wood items such as tiki sculptures. He said in addition to metal fabrication, he is available for abstract woodcarving as well. An example of his work was recently installed on the exterior of Kinetix Health Club in Sanford For more information, contact him at (252) 2073925.

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Bill Brown, Miles Palmer and David Goss run Durham-based Palmer Labs, an 18-month-old company already tackling energy issues, improving job search engines and even helping build the electric car.

Problem Solvers Durham company founded by MIT classmates dedicated to answering the world’s questions about energy By MONICA CHEN The Durham Herald-Sun

DURHAM — Palmer Lab’s founders have an unabashedly bold mission: To solve the world’s biggest problems. The 18-month-old company already has set up projects to tackle energy issues, improve job search engines and build the electric car. And that’s just to start. “We’re opportunistic solvers of big problems,” said cofounder Bill Brown. For an area that often sees new businesses with innovative visions and passionate entrepreneurs, Palmer’s vision would seem par for the course were it not for the brainpower behind the venture. The company was founded by two classmates who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1970s. One, Miles Palmer, was selected for NASA for final interviews for astronaut selection and then joined the U.S. Air Force. In 1986, he left the Air Force and went on to become senior scientist for the Fortune 500 company Science Applications International Corp., a research company with reportedly 9,000 government contracts in security, energy, environment and health. The other, Brown, wound up at New York, where he first practiced law and then went into finance, first at Goldman

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million in federal stimulus funds made to the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts. The one other Triangle company that also received funding from that batch: RTI International, one of the oldest and largest companies in the Research Triangle Park. Palmer’s main project on the table: Algae’s potential as an energy source. The slimy, mossy vegetation that thrives on carbon dioxide has twice as much the protein as soy and half the energy output as petroleum. One and a half tons of algae is roughly equal to the energy output of one ton of coal. Although algae’s potential has been known for some time, the problem has been the difficulty in scaling up its growth. Palmer said he hopes to grow algae by 20 tons annually per acre and scale up to 50-60 tons annually in a few more years. “If you’re able to effectively harness sunlight, it’s 100,000 times the energy we currently need,” Palmer said. Simultaneously, the company is also working on a project addressing job search problems. Called Entasso, the application seeks to simulate the efficiency of word-of-mouth job searching. And then there is a project to reduce the volatility of hedge

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Builders host seminar at new subdivision on Carbonton Road SANFORD — Stewart-James LLC held a seminar on March 23 for out-of-town builders to provide information about the community and Carbonton Cove, a

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Community Visioning starts Tuesday

Notes from back home Just a quick plug or two for my home base. I grew up in northern Moore County, and we have a lot to celebrate these days. First, the business-re-

Sachs and then eventually at Morgan Stanley, where he was U.S. head of foreign exchange sales. Brown is now a visiting professor at Duke University School of Law. The two say the idea for Palmer Labs came about in 2006 when Palmer was researching national security for SAIC, analyzing the question of what would happen if the world ran out of energy sources. The answer turned out to be: nuclear war. “That’s an unacceptable outcome,” Palmer said. “It would destroy the human race.” It got him thinking about not how to avoid war, but how to solve the energy problem altogether. Palmer met up with Brown in 2007 in New York, where Brown took the idea and made it more concrete, and possible. In 2008, the company was founded with another partner on board, David Goss, who used to practice law with Brown. Currently, Palmer Labs has grown to 10 full-time employees and five interns and contract workers. It’s housed in West Village, with research labs strewn about the rest of the country and in England. The company is working on several fronts to raise funds and build up its projects. It was recently awarded $1.5 million, part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s $44

SANFORD — Wilkinson Chevrolet announced recently it will be investing support in Sanford through a partnership with Deep River Northview Optimists. Wilkinson Chevrolet will provide baseball equipment, instructional clinics, a monetary donation, and an opportunity to raise an additional $10,000 in funds through a Chevy vehicle giveaway-fundraiser. The effort by Wilkinson Chevrolet is part of the Chevy Youth Baseball initiative sweeping the nation from March through July 2010. “Chevrolet has a long history with baseball at the national level. We wanted to bring that excitement and commitment to youth baseball, in the communities where our customers and their families live," said Wil Wilkinson, of Wilkinson Chevrolet. "Youth baseball has always played an important role in Sanford so we are thrilled to support our kids in a meaningful way." Wilkinson Chevrolet will present the Deep River Northview Optimists with equipment kits complete with equipment bags, baseball buckets, dry-erase coach's clipboards and Chevy Youth Baseball t-shirts. The sponsorship includes clinics with experienced instructors from former MLB/MiLB players and coaches or the Ripken Baseball professional staff. In addition, a one-time monetary donation check will be presented by Wilkinson Chevrolet to Deep River Northview Optimists. The team also will have an opportunity to raise additional funds for their use as part of a Chevy Youth Baseball Fundraiser. Sponsored leagues across the country will each receive 2,000 fundraiser entry tickets to distribute for a suggested donation, and the league will keep 100 percent of proceeds raised. At the end of the fundraiser, there will be five winners of a Chevy Equinox or Chevy Malibu vehicle of choice (up to $30,000 in value), and in each participating market there will be a secondary prize of a home entertainment center valued at $1,000.

Bob Joyce Bob Joyce is President of the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce.

n Tuesday of this coming week, the Chamber will host fifty community leaders from all sectors of our community. These men and women will come together for one day to begin the process of charting a course for Lee County’s future. We’re calling this meeting a Community Visioning Initiative. Our task is part analysis, part strategic planning, and part envisioning a community of the future – one we would all be proud to

call home. This visioning exercise is not a magic bullet designed to solve all our challenges. We believe, however, it can be very useful in illuminating opportunities and providing focus as we make decisions and adopt goals.

In the past, when our community was much smaller and less diverse, bringing people together to agree on ideas was not as complex. Today, Lee County is an urban, diverse community with many interests and desires. And while our citizens may have different views and expectations of how we will live and work and play together, there are areas where we can all agree. There are strategies

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we can adopt which will enhance our quality of life and keep us competitive with our neighbors in order to attract new business and new residents. You can still be a part of this vision process by completing a survey about our community. If you have internet access, visit the Chamberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s web site and click on the survey link right on the front page. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not too late to

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funds, an ultra high temperature waste disposal plant, and a project looking into the electric car. Brown said that instead of being serial

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lated note. This weekend, April 17-18, more than 50 pottery shops in the Seagrove area will hold kiln openings and special demonstrations as part of the Celebration of Seagrove Potters spring event. For more information, visit celebrationofseagrovepotters.com. Also, northern Moore County is also abuzz with the prospects of one of our native sons, Cam Thomas, being selected high in the NFL Draft two weeks from now. A defensive lineman, Thomas spent four years at UNC at nose tackle â&#x20AC;&#x201D; making him both a North Moore Mustang and a Tar Heel, just like me! Since graduating,

have your ideas considered. Even if you miss completing a survey, we will be publicizing additional opportunities to get engaged in this process. A plan for our future does not end with one meeting. If we work together, we can accomplish something extraordinary. In his column this week, New York Times columnist David Brooks referenced a national study, where groups and individuals were given a complicated card game called the Wason selec-

tion task. (I looked it upâ&#x20AC;Śitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a logic puzzle.) Seventy-five percent of the groups solved it while only 14 percent of individuals did. Brookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s point is that â&#x20AC;&#x153;thinking teamsâ&#x20AC;? can provide great insight and achievement. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re confident this will be the result on Tuesday. Think how weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve changed in the past 20 years. Now imagine what Lee County will be in 2030. Look for the results of the Community Visioning Initiative in a few weeks.

entrepreneurs, they are â&#x20AC;&#x153;parallel entrepreneurs.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most people put their eggs in one basket,â&#x20AC;? Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bandwidth-limited.â&#x20AC;? From years of experience being a manager, Brown said that what he has learned is that a business should hire workers

not to fit into open positions but instead, seek out those who have one special talent or expertise who are self-driven. In other words, hire people who can work with minimal management. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People end up hiring themselves, in my experience,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Thomas has skyrocketed up the prognosticatorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; draft boards by impressing scouts at combines with his 6-foot-4, 325 pound frame and power. Current projections have him as a late first- or early second-round pick. Word is the San Diego Chargers want him badly, and there are far worst things than the prospects of living in beautiful San Diego. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to say, for a tiny town in nowhere, Robbins sure has had its fair share of famous sons. In addition to the now infamous John Edwards, former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate, Robbins is also home to an astronaut, Charles E. Brady, who flew on a shuttle mission. And now we are going to have our own NFL player. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m proud!

More on The Steele Pig OK, enough crowing from me. I want to end by revisiting last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s column on Bella Bistroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s change to The Steele Pig. I spoke with owner Chad Blackwelder again this week, and he told me that Saturday was the last day of Bella. The Steele Pig will open on Tuesday. He also gave me a quick glimpse of the menu, and by all indications he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t kidding when he said it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a dive. Many of the entrees will be recognizable to Bella fans, but at a lower price. Other items on the menu include five-hour smoked spareribs, French Quarter crawfish pasta and Carolina crab cakes. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already made reservations for Thursday, which is payday.

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new subdivision they have developed in West Sanford on Carbonton Road. Terry Stewart, a local home builder and managing partner, said eight builders and an architect attended the seminar along with local leaders and heard from a panel that included Charles Hayes, president of the Regional Triangle Partnership at the RTP, Bob Heuts, director of the Lee County Economic Development Corp., and John Crumpton, Lee County Manager. The primary focus of the seminar was the need for more housing in Sanford as a result of the huge number of army officers and civilian contractors moving to Fort Bragg and the impact that it will have on the area due to BRAC. Because of the Base Realignment and Closure Act, Fort McPherson in Atlanta is closing and all personnel there are being relocated to Fort Bragg, Stewart said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is definite need for upscale housing in Sanford,â&#x20AC;? Heuts told the builders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We simply need more supply of homes that would be attractive to upper management.â&#x20AC;? It has been difficult for executives in the industries we recruit to find what they are looking for and as a result they may work in Sanford but live in the Raleigh area and commute. C rumpton said, although the numbers change daily, over 30,000 new residents are expected to have moved to the area by 2013, and most of those transferred will be higher ranking officers with educated spouses. They all agreed that Sanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location halfway between Fayetteville and the RTP where many spouses may

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We offer with All Wheel Drive We are continuing to grow with co-workers; strong writ340 â&#x20AC;˘ BOLD print ten and oral communica$14,500 Neg. 498-3581 and looking for new talent Landscaping/ â&#x20AC;˘ ENLARGED tion; good PC skills are a to join our team. Gardening must. Very physical posi255 Prime skills needed: Must PRINT be18 years or older; high tion requiring work in varieSport Utilities Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Available To Clean â&#x20AC;˘ Enlarged ty of indoor temperatures. school diploma Yards. Reasonable Prices. Activities include inventory or GED; three years CLASSIFIED DEADBold Print Has References. Whatever verification, moving, labelexperience in the set up LINE: 2:00 PM for part/all of your ad! Yard Work That ing and physical handling and operation of CNC Ask your Classified Sales DAY BEFORE Needs to Be Done of inventory. Minimum 2 Mill machines; basic math Rep for rates. PUBLICATION. (2:00 356-2333 or 718-9502 years experience in related skills; know how to read pm Friday for field. Work at home selling blueprints, PePaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yard Work & Repair Sat/Sun ads). SanCompany offers excellent antique flooring. 5% micro-meter, calipers and â&#x20AC;˘Mowing â&#x20AC;˘Hauling salary, full range of beneford Herald, Classicommission on all sales. dial indicator and produce â&#x20AC;˘Carpentry â&#x20AC;˘Painting Day 499-4911. fits, including insurance, No investments required. precise hand work; write fied Dept., â&#x20AC;˘Remodeling â&#x20AC;˘Gutters Night 776-9274. ALYCE S. GAINES 919-542-4812 small programs. Applicant 401K, and more. Interested 356-8502 478-9044 718-1201 or qualified on April 6, candidates, please send remust be self-starter 130 718-1204 2010, as Personal Repsume, salary requirements with a positive attitude; 455 370 Lost resentative of the Esand cover letter to: Southgood communicator and 260 Help Wanted Home Repair tate of HAROLD M. Lost: Chow Mix Solid Black eastern Tool & Die, Inc., dependable, Vans Trades GAINES, late of Lee Male Neutuered about 7 105 Taylor Street, Aberand be team oriented. L.C Harrell County, North Carolideen, Southeastern Tool & Die ofYears Old. Johnsonville Home Improvement 2007 Ford E250 Van EXPERIENCED Plumbing na. This is to notify Area 499-5427 Decks, Porches, Buildings fers an excellent salary and NC 28315, Attn: Human Tool/Parts Bin, Ladder Service Tech. Wanted. Resource Department. all persons, firms and full range of benefits, 910-922-6671/6670 Rack, Towing w/ Electronic Remodel/Repair, Electrical Immediate Position Southeastern Tool & corporations having including insurance, 401K, Interior-Exterior Brake. Very Clean Available. Top wages paid Die, Inc. is a Drug Free 190 and profit sharing. claims against the EsQuality Work $11,500 919-708-6856 based on experience, Workplace. Interested candidates, tate to present them Affordable Prices Yard Sales send resume or letter to: please send resume and to the undersigned on 270 No job Too Small PO BOX 5864 Qualified Professional/ cover letter to: Ask about our or before July 11, No Job Too Large Pinehurst NC 28374 Motorcycles Associate Professional/ Southeastern YARD SALE SPECIAL 2010, or this notice (919)770-3853 PTO/Vac. Days/Insurance Paraprofessional positions Tool & Die, Inc.; 2004 H/D Road King will be pleaded in bar 8 lines/2 days* Redefined Spaces Old to available to work with Attn: HR; Mustang C. Rinehart fuel 460 of their recovery. All New @ affordable prices. MH/SA adults. Fax resume 105 Taylor Street; exhaust, detachable back persons, firms and Help Wanted to: 910 692-5736 Get a FREE â&#x20AC;&#x153;kitâ&#x20AC;?: rest, luggage rack, detach- Kitchens, BRs, Crown Mold- Aberdeen, NC 28315 or corporations indebtClerical/Admin ings, Painting, Ramps Free fax to 910-944-1235. 6 signs, 60 price stickers, able windshield, hard bag ed to said estate Truck Driver Position Estimates 478-2351 Employer will please make immedi- 6 arrows, marker, inventory crash bar, w/ hwy pegs, This End Up Furniture Co., Full Time Accounts Payable perform drug test. sheet, tip sheet! two helmets, black, engine Inc. ate payment. PayClerk/Receptionist. Strong 400 outlined in chrome. This End Up is currently computer, organizational ments and claims *Days must be consecutive Employment $11,000 Neg. 721-6090 GENERAL OFFICE seeking an experienced and people skills necessary. should be presented Yard Sale Leftovers before 10pm CLERICAL truck driver to assist with Also provides administrato ROBERT B. GILSpring Cleaning? Have 420 the delivery and installation tive support. Previous AP LELAND, Attorney at Stuff You Would Like To 280 Gray Flex Systems, Inc. of furniture to contract and experience preferred. Law, 1410 Elm Help Wanted Get Rid Of? Call: 270located in Coats, NC, is RVs/Campers retail customers. Good Benefits include paid Street/P.O. Box 1045, 8788 or 356-2333 General seeking to fill a full-time communication skills are holidays, paid vacation, Sanford, NC 27330. 2006 Salem Travel Trailer general office/clerical posinecessary as this person BCBS insurance and 401K 30 ft. 2 Slide Outs, Sleeps tion. Highly proficient in NOTICE TO *** NOTICE*** serves as the company retirement plan. 200 8 Like New $16,500 Microsoft Office (Excel CREDITORS representative to retail and NEEDED Transportation 919-775-1156 Spreadsheet, Word) a WILLIAM E. HALL contract customers. Must Please send resume to IMMEDIATELY must. Will have responsi- have a good driving record smoore@palletone.com or qualified on March Motor Route Carrier 295 bilities in A/R, Order En210 31, 2010, as Personal and be licensed to operate fax to (919) 837-5550. Boats/Motors/ try, Billing, Customer Serv- a truck, with a minimum of Representative of the Vehicles Wanted *Lillington* ice, Collections, Price Full time Receptionist Trailers 2 years experience. Estate of HELEN S. Quotes, working with sales Needed HALL, late of Lee Big Boys Junk Cars looking *Carthage* Boat: 1988 Dixie 17 FT group and special projects. Must be fluent in Spanish Key Responsibilities County, North Caroli- for junk cars. Anywhere 4 Cylinder, Tilt/Trim, A-1 Cross-training to cover othProficiency in basic include: na. This is to notify from $100 to $200 a car. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for people Mer. Dr., Galvanized er positions due to vacacomputer operations, Call Anytime: 910-391Assist Shipping/Packing all persons, firms and with some special Trailer, Good Condition tion, absenteeism, etc. including Word & 1791 with the loading of the truck qualifications. We need corporations having 776-8267 Must be well organized Excel is required, Follow mapped directions claims against the Es- Junk Car Removal Paying Dependable and ability to work in fastas well as basic office to drive to delivery tate to present them $200 and Up for vehicle. people who have a desire pace environment. Position administrative skills. location(s) to the undersigned on Old Batteries Paying requires punctual person for earning money. All H.S. diploma or GED Deliver furniture to or before July 5, 2010, $5-$15 919-842-1606 with solid attendance. Wk you have to do is deliver required. destination Hrs will be M-F approxinewspapers Tuesday Must have valid NC Drivers Installation of furniture as mately 8:00 am to 4:30 through Sunday mornings License determined by order pm. Benefits. Send resume Interact with customers to before 6am for and clean criminal backis seeking a to dgrady@grayflex.com, THE SANFORD ground. ensure delivery is accurate mail to: Gray Flex Systems, and delivery/installation is HERALD. Drug testing required. with title work experience Inc., Attn: General Office, You will need Please respond by resume satisfactory P.O. Box 1326, Coats, NC Maintain logs of travel and economical transportaThe likely candidate will be: to: tion and be over 21. If 27521, fax 910-897-2222 cargo according to federal Sanford Housing Authority s /RGANIZED or apply in person at the you fit this profile and P.O. Box 636 and state regulations s -OTIVATED HR Office: Gray Flex Systhink you can Sanford, NC 27331 Oversee installation crew if tems, Inc., 232 N. Ida deliver, please come by s #ONSCIENTIOUS needed Street, Coats, NC. THE SANFORD 470 HERALD Please reference this ad Help Wanted at 208 St. Clair Court, GOT STUFF? when you mail your resume (experience not necessary) and fill out an application. Medical/Dental or apply in person at:

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600 Merchandise 601 Bargain Bin/ $250 or Less *â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bargain Binâ&#x20AC;? ads are free for five consecutive days. Items must total $250 or less, and the price must be included in the ad. Multiple items at a single price (i.e., jars $1 each), and animals/pets do not qualify. One free â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bargain Binâ&#x20AC;? ad per household per month.

27â&#x20AC;? Stereo Television w/ DVD Player, VCR & Remote Control- $100. 19â&#x20AC;? Color Television- $50. Call: 919-498-3030 3 Heart Shaped Tables, One Quilt Rack, Barbie Dolls in original boxes, 2 Dresses size 18, set of Dishes 775-5989 Body Champ Inversion Table New $40, & Schwinn Evolution Comp. Exercise Bike Exc. Con $30 919-356-3091 Elderly Couple Need A Couch Donation Call: 498-9059 Pick-Up Bed Cap For Sale 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; X 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; $75 John Deer Train Set $30 Please Call: 919-777-9363 Recliner with Massager and Heat. Like New $250 919-721-0413 Sofa/Loveseat, Antique Victorian Style- $100. Treadmill, Good Cond.- $35. Stainless Steel Fridge, 2 Doors, Small- $50. Baby Jumper $15. Call: 919633-5568 Toshiba TV/VHS/DVD 12x16 w/ Remote $70 OBO Call: 919-258-5838 Washer & Dryer $45 Each Refrigerator & Stove $25 Each, Office Desk $25, File Cabinet $10 776-7187 Whirlpool Washer $30, Table & 4 Chairs $30, 16 Boxes Yard Sale Items $15, 48 Igloo Cooler $8. Call: 774-6906 X-Treme Royal Blue Electric Scooter- 350 Watts, 36 Volts, Key Start & Brake Lights, Less Than 2 Years Old, Exc. Cond., Extra Charger- $250. 478-5272 or 776-8289

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730 For Rent Apts/Condos

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660 Sporting Goods/ Health & Fitness GOT STUFF? CALL CLASSIFIED! SANFORD HERALD CLASSIFIED DEPT., 718-1201 or 718-1204.

665 Musical/Radio/TV CLASSIFIED SELLS! “CALL TODAY, SELL TOMORROW” Sanford Herald Classified Dept., 718-1201 or 7181204

675 Pets/Animals *Pets/Animals Policy: Three different (Pet) ads per household per year at the “Family Rate”. In excess of 3, billing will be at the “Business Rate”.

680 Farm Produce Fresh Squash & Green Beans! Come to the B&B Market! Turnip & Mustard Greens, Creasy, Side Meat & Ham Hocks. 775-3032

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740 For Rent - Mobile Homes 14x80 2BR/2BA $450/MO CALL: 919-499-9147 2 Bedroom Trailers For Rent, All Refurbished, Olivia Area, For More Information Contact James at 919-935-9116

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*Houses/Mobile Homes/Real Estate Policy: One (house) per household per year at the “Family Rate”.Consecutive different locations/addresses will be billed at the “Business Rate”.

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960 Statewide Classifieds FORECLOSED HOME AUCTION. 125+ Homes. Auction: 4/24. Open House: April 10, 17, & 18. REDC. View Full Listings: www.Auction.com. RE Brkr 20400

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UPCOMING AUCTIONS: APRIL 12TH: 20 lots sold in 4 units, Pinehurst. APRIL 12TH: Home, 3BD/2.5BA, NEW Norwood SAWSanford. APRIL 12TH: MILLS- LumberMate-Pro han•2BR Condo • 4BR Home Home, 4BD/3BA, Sanford. dles logs 34" diameter, 3BR/2BA, garden tub, Both on N. Myrtle Beach APRIL 13th: Proyor's Cabi- mills boards 28" wide. Aubrick underpinning, 3.5 Call Kim 919-454-4766 or nets, Commercial Building, tomated quick-cycle-sawing ac., country, Goldston, 919-774-9585 Woodworking Equipment, increases efficiency up to refrig., stove, dishwasher, Lillington. APRIL 15th: 4 40%! www.NorwoodSaw765 microwave 258-9887. Homes, 24 Lots, Creedmills.com/300N. 1-800Commercial moor, Durham, Snow 661-7746, ext. 300N. 830 Rentals Camp and Graham. APRIL Mobile Homes 16th: 4 Homes, 5 Lots, PART-TIME JOB with FULL2 Commercial Building Clayton. APRIL 20TH: 6 TIME BENEFITS. You can 87 MH FOR SALE •1227 N. Horner 650 SqFt Homes, 2 Lots, Princeton. receive cash bonus, month2BR 2BA, Stove Included & •1229 N. Horner 2,800 APRIL 29TH: 39+/- AC Div- ly pay check, job training, Needs Small Repairs. Sq Ft Call Reid at ided, Dunn. Johnson Prop- money for technical training MUST SALE & Be Moved 775-2282 or 770-2445 erties, NCAL7340, 919or college, travel, health $1,500 Neg. 306-6939 693-2231, www.johnsonbenefits, retirement, and 4 Vacant Buildings CLASSIFIED LINE AD properties.com. much, much more! Call Tramway /Hwy US-1 DEADLINE: now and learn how the Na•2,700 Sq. Ft. tional Guard can benefit 2:00 PM Retail - New Bldg HUGE GUN AUCTIONyou and your family! 1$950/Mon DAY BEFORE Saturday, April 17 at 10 800-GO-GUARD. •6,000 Sq. Ft. PUBLICATION. (2:00 a.m., Ramada Inn, Burlingw/warehouse & office pm Friday for Sat/Sun ton, NC. Winchester, Fox $2,400 ads). Sanford Herald, Sterlingworth, Parker, Beret- WANTED: LIFE AGENTS. •5,000 Sq. Ft. Classified Dept., ta, Browning, Ithaca, BenelPotential to Earn $500 a w.warehouse & office 718-1201 or 718li, others. See our website: Day. Great Agent Benefits. $2,400 1204 www.parkauctionrealty.co Commissions Paid Daily. •5,000 Sq. Ft. m or www.auctionzip.com Office/Warehouse/Retail 900 ID#14226. 336-263-3957. $2,000 NCFAL#8834 Miscellaneous Call - 774-8033

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825 Manufactured Homes

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**HUGE AUCTION** Sat, April 17 – 9am 8217 Zachary Hill Trail Commercial For Rent: 1060 Snow Camp, NC Square foot store front in 695 Farmall M, Farmall Cub, 5’ Bonlee, Chatham County. Wanted to Buy Bushhog, Cattle Shoot, High speed internet. Good 1935 Detroit Jewel Gas HOME IMPROVEMENT Location. $500/mo plus Looking to purchase Stove, Luger .22, IJ Mod AUCTION- Saturday, April deposit Call 919-799-6819 small timber tracts. 55, S&W Rifle, Browning 17 at 10 a.m., 201 S. CenFully insured. Call 22L Belgium, WK&C 800 tral Ave., Locust, NC. Gran919-499-8704 Sword, Wheat Cradle, ite Tops, Cabinet Sets, Real Estate Corn Shellers, Horse 700 Doors, Carpet, Tile, Harddrawn Plow, Reel mower, wood, Bath Vanities, ComRentals 810 Cast Iron Bell, Wagon posite Decking, Lighting, Wheel Wrenches & Jack, Land Name Brand Tools, Wash715 RR Vise, WM Hancock 4 ers, Dryers, TVs, Loveseats, Gal. Jug, Johnson, Jug, Roommate Wanted 5.8 Acres Wooded Perks Sofas, Scratch & Dent Apfor 3 BR Home located on White House Vinegar Jugs, pliances, New Furniture. Everett Dowdy Rd Salt Glaze Pottery, NC PotSeeking a clean, NC Sales Tax applies. Land For Sale Sign On Site tery, Pepsi Drink Machine, non-smoking roommate. www.ClassicAuctions.com 898-4821 Coke Cooler, Pie Safe, 2 Tramway area. 704-507-1449. Board Farm Table, Oak $300/mo, plus 1 mo. NCAF5479 For Sale: 10 Acres in BonDressers, Porch Swing, dep. References required! lee School District, ChatOak Secretary, Please email and tell me a ham County. Bordered on Dazey Churn, RJR Tobacco little about yourself. AUCTION- SATURDAY, 2 sides by 40-acre ConserCutters, Enamelware, ESroommateneedednc APRIL 10- 9:00AM, 204 vation Area with creek. SO Plaque, Cast Iron, @gmail.com Dartmouth St, Greensboro. Good Southern Exposure. Superman Lunch Box, 3500 Pieces of Jewelry & Rolling topography. Partly Dough Bowl, Old Clocks, Loose Stones & Antique Furwooded. Some fencing. 720 Oil Lamps, Pink Depresniture. John Pait & AssociApproved 4 BR Septic. sion, Carnival Glass, Fire For Rent - Houses ates, Inc. NCAL#1064 Modular Ok. $50,000 King, Barbie Dolls, Texaco NCFL#5461, www.johnCall 919-799-6819 1, 2, 3 BR Rentals Avail. Items, Farmall Precision pait.com Adock Rentals Series, Plus Lots More! Lots 820 774-6046 of Unique Antique and adcockrentalsnc.com Collectible items! Huge Homes DONATE YOUR VEHICLESale Over 500 Receive $1000 Grocery 3,000 sq ft, 1.5 story 3BR, 3BR/1BA Downtown, BasePictures on the Coupon. United Breast 3BA, family rm, DR, sunrm, ment, & Many Charming Website!! Cancer Foundation. Free porch. Lg kitchen. Heat Features. Fabulous Starter jerryharrisauction.com Mammograms, Breast Canpump. $1200. 777-3340 Home! $85,900 Call ToFor Listing and Pictures cer info: www.ubcf.info. day! 919-708-6856 (919) 545-4637 3BR 1BA 517 Cross Street Free Towing, Tax Deducti(919) 498-4077 $600/mo $600/dep ble, Non-Runners Accepted, Lakefront Ranch Home In Firm #8086 10% Buyer Washer & Dryer Hookup 1-888-468-5964. West Lake Valley Premium Lvg Rm w/ FP & Office 3BR/2.5BA Beautiful Yard Big Back Yard w/ Dock. Call: 770-1828 Van Harris Realty 775-3513 MODELS OPEN Sat & Sun 1-5 Copper Ridge US#1 at Charming 3 BD/1 bath 2Exit 76 Nottingham US#1 story cottage. New carpet, at Exit 69 B Sun 1-5 tile, fp, screen porches. Ref Woodbridge, Lee Ave. Dial req’d. W. Sanford 700/mo 770-4883 or 770-2554 919-775-3679

THE SANFORD HERALD makes every effort to follow HUD guidelines in rental advertisements placed by our advertisers. We reserve the right to refuse or change ad copy as necessary for HUD compliances.

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE

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105 and counting D.E. Parkerson The Paper Pulpit

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Beyond the three basic R’s

he first Easter Sunday in history was over. The disciples of Jesus had seen their Lord illegally tried, unjustly convicted, crucified on a Roman cross, and buried on Friday before sundown. It had been a very emotional experience for them. That first Easter Sunday was for these dispirited men a tremendous climax to all the tragic events that had befallen them in the days immediately prior. Jesus had appeared to Mary Magdalene. He had also appeared to all of His disciples except for Judas, who had hanged himself. They had no idea had what would happen next. Now the excitement had subsided and there was nothing better to do. Simon Peter turned to the his friends with whom he had been closely associated for the better part of three years, and said bluntly, “Fellows, I’m going fishing.” “We will go with you,” responded his friends, and off they went to the Sea of Galilee. Boats, nets and men headed back to business as usual — a business they had at one time assumed they had left behind forever. Their return to business as usual is a glaring portrayal of so many of our post-Easter activities. Like those early disciples, we have in recent days experienced something of the joy and excitement of Easter. We have joined fellow believers in worship. Our celebration has included both proclamation and praise. Easter has always been, and will always be,

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JUSTIN GOBLE/ The Sanford Herald

Jessie Sims Huneycutt will turn 105 years old Sunday, May 16. Her daughters, Margaret Huneycutt and Carolyn Basham, are currently planning a party to mark the occasion.

Pittsboro woman is one of the oldest in the state By JUSTIN GOBLE Special to The Herald

PITTSBORO — Listening to Jessie Sims Huneycutt speak, one would be hard pressed to think that hers is the voice of a woman more than a century old. A spry, lighthearted woman, Huneycutt will turn 105 years old on May 16 — a feat that places her as one of the oldest people in the state. This is a fact she accepts with candor. “It’s not exactly a lighthearted feeling, getting old,” she said. “It’s not anything to be afraid of, but you dread the days piling up. You’re infirmed more and more. It’s something you don’t look forward to when you’re young. In our youth we’re able to do what we want to do when we want to do it. It’s hard when that is curtailed unexpectedly.” Despite that view, Huneycutt said she’s very happy.

“I’m very cheerful. I try not to act my age,” she says with a laugh. To mark the occasion, Huneycutt’s daughters, Margaret Huneycutt and Carolyn Basham, are planning a birthday celebration for May 16. While the details are still getting ironed out, Basham said she expects friends and family from all around to come help her mother celebrate. “Things are still in the works,” Basham said. “But we’re going to make it really special.” A North Carolina native, Huneycutt was born in 1905. She spent much of her youth living in various parts of the state before settling in Charlotte. The city was much different then, she said, only just beginning to grow into the metropolis it is known as today. “It was a period of expansion back then,” she said. “But I remember having good neighbors. Kids would come and play with

us. We had been living on a farm near Waxhaw, but then we moved to Charlotte. It was a real change in our surroundings. But we were a very happy family. We enjoyed our surroundings, made friends with the neighbors. We had a happy urban existence.” As a child, Huneycutt said the church was a very important part of her life, and she joined the choir at a very young age. Around the age of 11 she began to serve as the organist at her church. Playing organ was something she did for many years, she said. “I wasn’t always the organist, but I was always the substitute should the main organist not be able to come,” she said. “That was a little scary for a girl my age, but I enjoyed it.” It was through the church that Huneycutt met her husband, a pastor by the name of W.J., when she was 18 years old. W.J. was

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hen our ancestors were studying at home or going to school, reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic were sufficient. With these three r’s they could function efficiently in a simple society. Individuals called upon a fourth r of responsibility to do their chores and honor their obligations. Back then families and neighbors worked together closely to build a barn on the farm or a store in town, to grow and distribute food and crops, to raise and sell animals, and share their wares. As tools and equipment streamlined tasks on the farm, formal education became more important. Some boys and girls in small communities longed for more intellectual growth, cultural stimulation, and social activities available in the city. Through imagination, invention and innovation, plus necessary discipline and hard work, today’s modern capitalistic civilization evolved. However, an overemphasis on materialism developed too, and when the economy crashed in 2008, people were forced to think differently about their relationship with money. When coping with challenges in today’s world we must focus on adapting a new set of r’s to move from just surviving to joyfully thriving. As usual with readers and audiences I am teaching what I most need to learn!

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Beginning @ Home

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From prospective college students to seniors, helping out can help all

Jan Hayes The United Way Jan Hayes is the Executive Director of the United Way of Lee County. Contact her at info@leecountyunitedway.org

hen you hear people discuss the “value” of volunteering, they’re usually talking the personal benefits of helping others — not only for the people or “cause” they’re serving but often for themselves well. Every day, we hear stories about how volunteers have stepped in to help someone else only to learn that the experience gave them a new perspective or a more fulfilling life. That goes for middle school students with no previous

public service to retired seniors who have been volunteering their entire lives. And, while it may seem crass, there’s also the “value” of volunteering for getting into college. You hear all the time how admissions offices look for people who will “give back” or “make their contribution” to the university community, rather than simply show up, take classes and leave. It may be uncomfortable to view public service as a way of getting something yourself and

college admissions can boil down to a messy series of judgment calls for the admission officer. On the other hand, it’s hard to ignore what competitive universities say about being involved in the community — or what they actually do when it’s time to send those all-important acceptance letters. When the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published its profile for this year’s entering freshmen, 95

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Military News Vincent Pendarvis II

Air Force Airman Vincent D. Pendarvis II graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. He is the son of Vincent and Veronica Pendarvis of Goldston. Pendarvis is a 2006 graduate of Chatham Central High School in Bear Creek.

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Army Pfc. Kenneth D. Allen Jr. has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla., as an Honor Graduate and received a Letter of Commendation. The soldier's academic and military accomplishments were a direct result of energetic application of sound judgment and newly acquired technical knowledge. The soldier's attention to detail, appearance, cooperative spirit, military bearing, and military courtesy were commendable and exemplary, and contributed to the Battery Cadre of the 19th Field Artillery Regiment's successful mission accomplishments. During the nine weeks

of Basic Combat Training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics. Allen is a satellite communication systems operator/maintainer. He is the son of Kenneth D. Allen of Pittsboro.

Steven Clingerman Air Force Airman 1st Class Steven A. Clingerman graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Clingerman earned distinction as an honor graduate. He is the son of David and Theresa Clingerman of Sanford. His grandparents, Bob and Charlotte Buys, reside on N. Elms Road, Flushing, Mich. The airman is a 2004 graduate of Flushing Senior High School.

Washington Post editor talks foreign policy Special to The Herald SOUTHERN PINES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Students in an advanced foreign policy class at The Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal School got a glimpse of life in Afghanistan from someone who has seen it up-close. Griff Witte, the Middle East and Asia editor for The Washington Post. Witte was a guest speaker recenty at an Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal elective called â&#x20AC;&#x153;21st Century Foreign Policy.â&#x20AC;? The hour-long interview centered around the dilemmas the United States has been facing in Afghanistan. During the 10-week long class taught by Gregory Mancini, students focused on a range of issues, the situation in the Sudan, the ethics of humanitarian intervention, the emerging role of China and Iran on the world stage, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Among the students taking the course are Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal seniors Taylor Woodell and Zach Horner of Sanford. Witte, a veteran journalist who also helped to do research on the Pulitzer-Prize- winning book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001,â&#x20AC;? covered a series of critical issues with the students. In response to their questions, he talked about how journalists and

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Foreign policy students Taylor Woodell and Zach Horner participate in a conference call with Griff Witte, the Middle East and Asia Editor for The Washington Post. policymakers were trying to assess the recent surge of 30,000 new U.S. troops in Afghanistan. He also shared stories about how difficult life could be for Afghanis who were trying to survive in a country deeply affected by instability, a resurgent Taliban, and divided tribes. While they were nervous at first, the students noted that they were impressed with how direct and thorough Witte was in his answers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Talking to Witte really gave me a better understanding of the conflict there,â&#x20AC;? said Horner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew little to nothing about it actually before this class.â&#x20AC;? Horner added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I definitely understand all of the different facets of international relations now. I had no idea how complex dealing with other countries was and now I do.â&#x20AC;?

As Woodell said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being able to interview Mr.Witte allowed each of us in the class to hear both more elaborate and illuminating answers to questions that could seem a little unclear when we were just reading about them alone.â&#x20AC;? During the course, the students also prepared to interview other speakers, including Richard Just, the Managing Editor of The New Republic. Just is an expert on the Darfur region of Sudan in Africa, an area plagued by conflict and possible ethnic cleansing by government-backed tribal groups. The students participated in a similar interview with the students in which they pushed him on a series of questions about the legality of military intervention in the Sudan as well as the differing

responses of President Bush and President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Administration to the region. The class and the speakers proved to be both a powerful educational experience and a sobering one for the Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each interview helped to broaden our perception of how intense, and problematic some of the U.S.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s foreign affairs truly are,â&#x20AC;? Woodell added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very grateful to our speakers,â&#x20AC;? Mancini stated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always trying to find ways at Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal to create unique learning opportunities so that we can encourage our students not only to think more critically about the challenges of thae 21st century, but also to prepare them to look for ways to solve these problems as future leaders.â&#x20AC;?

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Gaines â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Moore Mickey and Dottie Gaines of Bear Creek announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Lauren Gaines of Bear Creek, to Cassidy Moore of Bennett. He is the son of Sharon Moore of Bennett and Kenneth Moore of Robbins. The wedding is planned for June 12 at the Harvest House in Randleman. The couple met in high school.

Joshua Scales Joshua Malachi Scales turned 5 years old April 8. His parents are Jody and Gloria Scales of Sanford. Grandparents are Lula Blue and Leroy Hill, both of Sanford, Princess Scales of Eden, Cythina and William Roberts of Greensboro and Mary Purdie of Dunn. Greatgrandparents are Queen Walton of Eden.

Starling Allen Starling Eden Allen turned 3 years old March 16. Her parents are Lance and Mallory Allen of Sanford. Grandparents are John and Tammy Osburn of Sanford, Valerie McIntire of Hickory, Bernadette Popp of Alabama, Terri Allen of Sanford and the late Alan McIntire and Richard Starling Allen. Great-grandparents are Leland and Shirley McIntire and Doug and Lynda Carr, all of Sanford, Yacko Oda Popp of Alabama.

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McKayla Quinn McDougald turns 1 year old April 15. Her parents are Brad and Jessie McDougald of Sanford. Grandparents are Richard and Shirley Smith of Broadway, Cindy McDougald of Sanford and Jimmy McDougald of Oak Island. Great-grandparents are Henry and Louise Stewart of Sanford, Mattie Belle Stewart of Broadway and Jim McDougald of Meadow.

Maggie Windmeyer Maggie Hope Windmeyer turned 1 year old March 16. Her parents are Holly and Brendon Windmeyer of Sanford. Grandparents are Kathy and Mack Wicker of Sanford and Maureen and Robert Windmeyer of Laurinburg. Great-grandparents are Lula Wicker of Sanford and Virginia Windmeyer of St. Louis, Missouri.

Meadow Grace Allen turned 4 years old April 3. Her parents are Joe and Tara Allen. Grandparents are Mike and JoAnn Beal-Wall of Asbury and Sherry and Larry Campbell of Olivia.

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Destiny Chontel Ferguson turns 5 years old April 12. Her parents are Lisa Ferguson of Sanford and Emmani Ferguson of Raleigh. Grandparents are Carolyn Ann Cagle and the late Charles David Cagle. Godparents are David and Robin McClurkin and Carla Denise Harris, all of Sanford.

Reid and Teresa Coggins of Sanford announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Coggins of Sanford, to James Patrick Thomas of Sanford. He is the son of Rhette Thomas of Sanford and the late Clifford Thomas. The wedding is planned for May 22 at Crossroads Church.

Engagement and wedding announcements and anniversaries are featured in Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carolina section. The Sanford Herald has designed forms to be used for submitting this information, which will be mailed, faxed or e-mailed upon request. These forms must be delivered to The Herald office at 208 St. Clair Court by 9 a.m. Wednesday, four days before the announcement is to appear in the newspaper. Announcements also can be e-mailed to edwardsk@sanfordherald. com. For more information, call News Clerk Kim Edwards at (919) 718-1224.

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a special day for Christians. If Jesus had not risen from the grave, the crucifixion would have no meaning or power. The central core of Christian doctrine is the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The cross and the empty tomb are united together in Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great redemptive act. Joined together they provide

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Take time to rejuvenate body, mind, and spirit through nourishing foods, exercise, fresh air, hobbies, inspirational literature, educational classes, additional training, etc. By fueling the physical, motivating the mental, and stimulating the spiritual, you enhance clarity and boost energy, therefore improving attitude, increasing productivity, and promoting harmony in work and home environments. Recharge, research, retrainâ&#x20AC;Ś.do whatever necessary to promote peak performance in every area of your life.

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percent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or roughly 3,762 of the 3,960 who enrolled â&#x20AC;&#x201D; had participated in community service. Volunteering has another important â&#x20AC;&#x153;valueâ&#x20AC;? as well, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the dollars and cents organizations save when people donate their services. Again, it may sound crass to view things this way, but church ministries and nonprofits simply couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do their essential work if they had to pay salaries for everyone involved in the effort; some, in fact, operate entirely with volunteers. This hit home recently, when the United Way began its review to decide how contributions from the annual campaign will be allocated for the coming fiscal year. Some of the money was already designated by contributors for specific organizations, but most of it is sent where it can have the greatest impact in our community. Those decisions are never made by the United Way staff. Instead, a group of community volunteers spends hours looking over applications

the hope of eternal life to all who believe. The Bible teaches and Christians believe that Jesus arose from the dead. But on Easter Monday, as it was for Peter and the other disciples, we also go back to business as usual â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the same routine, the same problems, anxieties, defeats, bondages as the week before. Easter has made an impact on our lives, but it often fails to empower us with the kind of divine energy that brought Jesus

from the grave. The disciples â&#x20AC;&#x153;caught nothingâ&#x20AC;? in their postEaster fishing expedition â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that is, until they cast their nets in response to the order of a stranger on the beach. After they caught many fish they suddenly realized that the stranger on the beach was Jesus. The 2010 A.D. version of Easter Sunday is now behind us. If what we have experienced through worship is genuine, we must not settle for returning to

business as usual. We must celebrate Easter in our lives every day of every year. We will not influence our world very much with words alone. The living Christ must be recognized in everything that we are and do. It is the only way we can be effective channels and communicators of Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love and healing to lonely, unhappy, defeated people in the Mondaythrough-Saturday world around us.

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how you can draw upon your natural abilities, your acquired skills, and your current interests to be of service, either with a volunteer project that helps the community or as a job that benefits society and earns income. Re-align yourself with your divine mission and expect miracles! Through the generations responsibility continues to be crucial to implementing the three râ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Each person must possess the ability to respond to the needs of others and contribute to society. As individuals we are responsible for sharing our time and talents and achieving personal and collaborative goals that foster self-esteem and upgrade the community. While the Renaissance is usually considered a period of history featuring major cultural change and artistic revival it can also be a

personal experience. The concept of Rebirth, especially during the Easter observance and spring season, can refer to a spiritual awakening, but it can also inspire a feeling of starting over with persistent determination to create a life that matters. We owe it to ourselves and others to renew, reassess, and re-align to assure resiliency and guarantee regeneration.

Outreach Center log about 300 hours each week providing food to needy local families and operating a thrift store, where people can find affordable items for their homes. If you crunch these numbers, you come up with a huge figure. Volunteers contribute $6,075 worth of service every week. So you can only imagine how that adds up throughout the entire year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; something in the neighborhood of $300,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or across the

hundreds of other ministries and nonprofits operating locally. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth taking time now and then to realize how important volunteers are, financially, to the organizations serving our neighbors. Few of the great things happening in our community could take place without dedicated people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who, in the end, arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t thinking so much about the financial value of their services, but the spiritual and practical value of the work they do.

Examine everyone and everything in your life and consider whether these people and activities support your growth as an individual. If a person is critical of you or talks negative all the time you need to create a different relationship with that person or release him or her from your life. If any activity like watching too much TV, eating too much, or playing too much golf are keeping you from attaining your goals in other areas, you must be willing to let it go.

Re-Alignment Look positively at who you are and what you have to offer the world. Focus on the things you have done right and recall the activities that have given you a sense of pride and purpose. Then figure out

from agencies requesting help, visiting all of the organizations to see how theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re operating and then meeting to decide where to invest contributions in the community. Obviously, that has a significant financial value and one that can be calculated, thanks to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, which has determined that the average value of a volunteer hour is $20.25. So, if you consider the amount of time each volunteer spends during the allocations project (18 hours), the number of volunteers involved (28) and the value of the hours theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re contributing ($20.25), then the value for this one project, alone, is $10,206. You can see how important volunteer service can be for any ministry or nonprofit. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way the United Way could afford to spend more than $10,000 to decide where contributions should go, as important as that is to guaranteeing that contributions are used wisely. Now, consider a much larger operation. Counting volunteer hours is a challenging task, but director Teresa Dew estimates that volunteers with Christians United

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active. She and her daughters recalled the time she took art classes at Pfeiffer College, after which Margaret produces a large canvass painting of fruit and flowers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was my final project for the class,â&#x20AC;? the elder Huneycutt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our assignment was to sum up all of the work weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d done for the class in one painting. If we did it well, we passed. If we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, we failed. My teacher passed me.â&#x20AC;? These days, Huneycutt spends much of her time in the care of her daughter Margaret in the house they share off Oakwood Drive. The younger Huneycutt says her mother gets around on her own most of the time and enjoys singing and reciting Bible scriptures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She loves to sing,â&#x20AC;? Margaret Huneycutt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really amazing. She can sing so many hymns from memory. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be singing together and I have to get out the hymnal to follow along. But mother can remember verse after verse.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Poetry is a passion of hers as well,â&#x20AC;? Basham added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe the things she remembers.â&#x20AC;? For her part, Huneycutt said she enjoys singing with her daughter and doing housekeeping as she can. While 105 indeed a long time, Huneycutt said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enjoyed her life to fullest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a great life serving my family, my communities and my God,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been very worthwhile.â&#x20AC;? And to those who want to have as full and happy of a life as she has, Huneycutt offers these words of advice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would advise young people to live good Christian lives, support the church, get a good education and raise a nice family,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they do those things, they would be good friends of mine. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have a lot in common.â&#x20AC;?

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Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who have a desire to quit drinking alcohol. Meetings are held at 319 N. Moore St., Sunday at 4:30 p.m. for womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting and 6 p.m. for speaker meeting; Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon, 6 and 8 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday at noon and 6 p.m.; Saturday at noon. Meetings are held at Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main St., at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. For more information, call (919) 776-5522.

Al-Anon Family Group

The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experiences, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems. Al-Anon believes that alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recover. The N.C. Al-Anon District 7 Central Carolina Al-Anon Family Group meetings are held at 8 p.m. Tuesdays at Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main St., and 8 p.m. Fridays at the AA Hut, 319 N. Moore St. For more information, call (919) 776-5522.

Gamblers Anonymous

Gamblers Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. each Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 525 Carthage St. For more information, call the Gamblers Anonymous hotline at (888) 846-4427, or visit www. gamblersanonymous.org.

Beaver Creek Cancer Support Group

The support group meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Beaver Creek Baptist Church, 2280 Nicholson Road, Cameron. Directors are Gloria and Jimmy Wicker. For more information, call (919) 775-2544.

Friendship Masonic Lodge 763 A.F. & A.M.

The Friendship Masonic Lodge 763 A.F. & A.M. conducts its stated communication at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the meeting hall, located at 102 Main St. in Broadway. Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m.

Central Carolina Jaycees

The Central Carolina Jaycees meet at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday and fourth Thursday of each month at the Jaycee Hut on Tryon Street. Membership is open to anyone

Breast Cancer Support Group Central Carolina Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Breast Cancer Support Group will hold monthly meetings for survivors of breast cancer at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month in the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center at the hospital, 1135 Carthage St., Sanford. Reservations are not necessary. For more information, contact Gwyn Sandlin, Breast Health Navigator, at (919) 774-2213.

ALS Support Group The ALS (Lou Gehrigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease) Support Group meets from 2 to 4 p.m. the second Sunday of each month at Fayetteville Regional Airport Conference Room sponsored by The Jim â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catfishâ&#x20AC;? Hunter Chapter of the ALS Association. For more information, contact Suzanne Gilroy at (877) 568-4347 or Suzanne@catfishchapter.org.

Depression and Bipolar Disorder Support Group The support group is open to anyone who has been diagnosed or think they may have a mood disorder or has a family member or friend who has been diagnosed with a mood disorder. The Harnett County group will meet at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month at the old CCCC Barber School, 17273 Hwy. 27 East, Sanford. The Lee County group will meet at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the Wilrik Apartments Ballroom, corner of Wicker and Steele, Sanford. For more information, contact Rae Wilson at (919) 775-5045 or brightside39@yahoo.com.

TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), a nonprofit, international weight-loss support group, meets each Monday at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center, 202 Summit Drive. Weigh-in begins at 5:30 p.m.; meeting starts at 6 p.m. For more information, call (919) 775-7451 or (919) 258-6233.

HIV/AIDS Support An HIV/AIDS Support Group meets from noon to 2 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at different locations in Chatham County. Lunch is provided. The group offers emotional support, education on medications, financial assistance and a caring environment. Any Chatham County

resident with HIV/AIDS is invited to attend. Confidentiality is a must. For more information, contact Crystal Campbell at (919) 542-8271.

SEANC District 22 invites all state employees to join the SEANC meetings the second Monday of each month in the Spring Lake Library. For more information contact Michele Shaw, chairman, at www.micheleshaw22@gmail.com.

Relay for Life of Lee County Relay for Life of Lee County will be held May 14 at the Lions Club Fairgrounds. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease by raising funds for cancer research. If you want to be part of Relay, you can start a team or join an existing team. Team captain meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at First Wesleyn Church. Contact Shirley Crissman at smcrissman@yahoo. com or visit www.leencrelay.org for more information.

Cancer Support The Sanford Cancer Support Group meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Enrichment Center. Facilitator is Linda Moore.

Lee County Mothers with Young Children Lee County Mothers with Young Children meets from 9:30 a.m. to noon every Thursday. Mothers of children from birth to age 5 are welcome. For more information, call (919) 353-5617.

Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step recovery from compulsive overeating, meets from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Kerr Drugs, 1050 S. Horner Blvd., in the health and wellness learning lab. For more information, contact Marie at (910) 850-7863.

National Active and Retired Federal Employees The Sanford Chapter of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) association meets on the third Monday of each month. All active and retired Federal employees are invited to attend. For more information, call President Jimmie Coggin at (919) 775-3197.

Marine Corps League Marine Corps League Detachment 1223 meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month at VFW Stanley McLeod Post 5631 on Webb Street in Sanford. Any Marine who has served honorably is invited to join the Marine Corps League.

American Legion Post 382 American Legion Post 382 and Auxiliary meet at 7 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month. Bingo begins at 6:30 p.m. every Friday. Open under new management. Post 382 is located at 305 Legion Drive in Sanford.

DAV Chapter 5 Disabled American Veterans Michael J. Thomas Chapter 5 meet at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at 146 S. Main St. in Broadway.

Lions Branch Club The Lions Branch Club meets at noon the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at the Lions Club Fairground Lions Den. Cost is $6. Everyone is invited. For more information, call Teresa Dew at (919) 774-6273.

Veterans Discussion Group The Veterans Discussion Group meets at 2 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Enrichment Center. Members and family are welcome.

Therapeutic Foster Parent Sessions Information sessions on becoming a Therapeutic Foster Parent with N.C. Mentor will be held from 12 to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at the Simpson Executive Center, 503 Carthage St., Suite 302. For more information, call (919) 790-8580 ext. 7151.

Sanford Lodge No. 151 A.F. & A.M The Sanford Lodge No. 151 A.F. & A.M. holds its regular communications at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, supper is usually served at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday. For further information, call (919) 499-8669. The Lodge is located at 231 Charlotte Ave., Sanford.

Central Carolina Toastmasters The Central Carolina Toastmasters club meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of each month in

Room 802 of the College Fitness Center at Central Carolina Community College. Membership is open to the public. The club provides a relaxed atmosphere to help improve public speaking skills while developing leadership skills. For more information, call Cynthia Wilt at (919) 499-6009 or Vivian Rosser at (919) 7187236 or visit the website at www.centralcarolina. freetoasthost.biz.

Sanford Jobseekers Sanford Jobseekers, a faith-based support group for those who are unemployed, meets from 8:30 to 10:45 a.m. each Wednesday at First Baptist Church. The primary focus of the group is to give encouragement to those out of work, and provide programs to help that individual obtain employment. For questions, call (919) 776-6137.

DAV Chapter 83 of Moore County Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 83 of Moore County meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at 1020 Priest Hill Road, Carthage. DAV is a service organization dedicated to assisting disabled veterans. Service officers are available to help veterans with VA paperwork Tuesday through Thursday. For an appointment, call (910) 944-1113.

Lee County Scottish Rite Club The Lee County Scottish Rite Club conducts its monthly meeting every month on the third Thursday at the Bay Breeze Seafood Restaurant in Sanford. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. and is held in the meeting room. All Scottish Rite Masons are welcome.

Hearts and Hands ECA Quilt Guild The Hearts and Hands ECA Quilt Guild will hold a two-day Beginning Quilt Class from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 24 at the McSwain Extension Center, 2420 Tramway Road. The class will make a Mile-a-minute quilt using fabric donated by the guild. Charge for the class will be $25 plus material for the backing and the batting. Some sewing machine experience would be helpful. Class will be limited to 15 students. To register, call Kay Morton at the Extension Center at (919) 7755624. She will provide a list of supplies needed. The guild now has a Facebook page set up. Access it by searching for Hearts and Hands ECA Quilt Guild.

Southern Pines Garden Club The Southern Pines Garden Club will hold its 62nd annual tour of homes and gardens from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 14. Advanced $15 tickets can be purchased at The Country Bookshop, 140 NW Broad St., Southern Pines; The Campbell House, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines; Natures Own, Java Bean Plantation and Opulence in Southern Pines and Poppyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Pinehurst or call Jody Mincey at (910) 295-4617.

Fleet Reserve Association Fleet Reserve Association and Unit 259 meet the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Retired Military Association building in Fayetteville, located off Gillispe Street. For more information, call Chuch Dittmar at (910) 848-6126.

Meals on Wheels of Sanford Meals on Wheels of Sanford deliver nutritious specialized diet meals five days a week to residents of Sanford who are homebound and unable to prepare meals for themselves. Many people are struggling to make ends meet and are finding it difficult to pay for their meals. The Sanford Meals on Wheels Board of Directors suppliments some of the costs with donated funds. Sanford Meals on Wheels does not receive government funding and relies on charitable donations from organizations and individuals. For more information about Meals on Wheels, call (919) 708-4181. Meals on Wheels is a nonprofit organization. Tax deductable donations can be made to Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 2991, Sanford, N.C. 27330.

Sandhills Natural History Society The Sandhills Natural History Society will meet at 7 p.m. April 26 at Weymouth Woods Auditorium, 1024 Ft. Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Sandhills Cranes - Bill Newton visited Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge this past fall to view the spectacle of several thousand Sandhill Cranes and other wildlife. Bill is a photographer and will share his images and impressions about the place. Call 910-692-2167 for more information or visit online at www.sandhillsnature. org. Club news deadline is 3 p.m. Tuesday. E-mail information and photographs to edwardsk@sanfordherald.com.

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6C / Sunday, April 11, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Past Club Event Kiwanis Club of Lee County

President Matt Jackson presided over the monthly business meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Lee County held at Davison’s Steaks on March 31. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was led by David Caplan and the invocation was given by Jackson. Jimmy Tucker sold the project fund tickets and Caplan was the winner. Jimmy Tucker reported on charter night for the Kiwanis AKtion Club that was held on March 25 when the Kiwanis Club of Lee made a presentations to each member there. David Caplan told of the appreciation award that was presented to Tucker (pictured) for his service to the AKtion Club. Susan Campbell asked for readers at Head Start and Linda Moore volunteered. Kiwanis One Day was set for10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Kiwanis Childrens Park Place. The Club voted to sponsor a table at the upcoming YMCA Prayer breakfast. A sign up sheet was passed for the April 19 hot dog sale during the softball game that night at Southern Lee High School. The Kiwanis Club of Lee County’s Spelling Bee team of Margaret Murchison, Sandra Bridges, Sally Porter and Linda Moore (pictured) presented the certificate they received for representing the Kiwanis Club of Lee County in the March 22 spelling bee that was sponsored by the Delta Rowe Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma. Proceeds from the spelling bee go to purchase a copy of the book “Goodnight Moon” for every infant born at Central Carolina Hospital.

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The regular monthly meeting for the Central Carolina Paddlers was held on March 10. There were seventeen members present, including one new member. Following the call to order by President Roxie Schneider, minutes from the previous meeting were read and approved, and then the treasurer’s report was given. The club held its first award ceremony to recognize members that participated in the “March of the Paddles” challenge; this activity ran from March through December 2009. Every member had the opportunity to earn points that were valued in various club activities, including; trip leading, going on a scheduled paddle, club service, providing refreshments and attending meetings. The top point earner for the year was David Serina; he received a shirt featuring the club logo. Five runners-up winners received a club decal and all participants earning 100 points received a certificate. All club members agreed this was a fun club activity and have already started earning points towards our second annual “March of the Paddles” contest. President Roxie Schneider presented contest organizer Billy McKemey with a certificate of appreciation and CCP decal to thank him for all his work. The club has purchased two books, “Atlas of The Haw River” and “Paddling Eastern N.C.” to donate to the Lee County Library at a later date. Starting in April, club logo patches will be available for sale. Club logo decals are also available. The annual picnic is scheduled

for April 24 at Deep River Park. Scheduled for this day, will be water activities, boat registration service, making of boat security cables and a hot dog/hamburger cookout. Roxie Schneider and Denise and Bob Verba provided refreshments. The next meeting will be April 14th at 7 p.m., at Jonesboro UMC Wesley Fellowship Center, located at 407 W. Main St. in Sanford. Visitors and guests are welcome. For more information call (919) 718-5104.

Jonesboro Rotary Club Incoming President David Spivey called the meeting to order. Wes Westfall gave the invocation. Jay Childress recognized visitor Bo Hedrick and speaker, Sanford City Councilman Mike Stone. Hedrick invited the club to the Boys and Girls Golf Tournament on April 29 at Tobacco Road, the day after the Brick Capital Golf Tournament, so players in both can warm up at the Sanford course on Wednesday and win big on Thursday. Hedrick gave an update on the decrease in funding by the state and corporations and the increased need for individual support. Van Sillaman announced that the club’s annual raffle, its main fundraiser, was moved to May 20 to allow people to get over the April 15 Tax Blues. David Spivey reached across the aisle and bragged on both UNC and Duke still being in the NIT and NCAA tournaments. President Kate Rumley, who had snuck in and chose not to re take control, bragged on our entry in the Rotary Against Drugs Speech Contest, Dylan Westrick. Dylan won the District competition and is moving on to the next competition. Cliff Peake won the raffle for the second straight week and decided to keep his half of the funds because his number may not come around again. A math major explained that the odds are the same whether you win one week or not but Peake was not convinced. The program speaker was presented by John Ramsperger. He introduced Councilman Mike Stone to speak on changes in Sanford. Stone echoed Hedrick’s take on the economy. Sales tax receipts in Sanford are down 40 percent from the budget numbers. He talked about the needs of the community and the need to get the most for the expenditures. The council has found that 90 percent of the crime in Sanford is in a six square mile area including East Sanford. They are looking into ways to deter crime including increased lighting. They are also addressing Sillaman’s skate board park requests. Stone said that the options were a major park for $250,000 with a three year completion date or a $50,000 park that could be open next fall. He supported the smaller approach so that they could learn from their mistakes and do additional parks with the new knowledge. He addressed the greenway trail and the funding of $175,000 to receive $900,000 in federal money. He also spoke to the leaner times in almost every area. Rumely, sensing that we needed hope, gave Stone a Rotary pen to come up with new happier plans. Cliff Peake led us in the Four-Way-Test and the Pledge of Allegiance

At the first annual Charter Night of the Kiwanis AKtion Club on March 25 is Mary Buchanan(left) and AKtion Club President Anne Marie Huber (right) presenting a certificate of appreciation to Kiwanis of Lee member Jimmy Tucker.

Participating on March 22 in the annual Spelling Bee sponsored by the Delta Rowe Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma is the Kiwanis Club of Lee County team Sandra Bridges, Sally Porter, Linda Moore and Margaret Murchison.

and Rumely closed the meeting.

Jonesboro Garden Club The Jonesboro Garden Club met March 24 at the Enrichment Center with nine members and one guest present. Guest speaker was Darrel Sapp of Cameron’s Nursery, giving information on flowers and shrubs that thrive well in the Lee County area, and how to care for them. He stressed on the damage the deer and squirrels have on plants and shrubs and how to control them. He gave each member a plant of their choice. The next meeting will be April 28 at the Enrichment Center. Ruby Truby, club president, served coffee and cake. The club welcomes new members, which meets at 10 a.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Enrichment Center.

Jonesboro Rotary Club member John Ramsperger and Sanford City Councilman Mike Stone at recent club meeting.

Sanford Woman’s Club The Sanford Woman’s Club met April 2 at Elizabeth’s Pizza for their monthly meeting. Alice Beardslee, president, presided and led the pledges to the flags. Ten members were present. Virginia Brooks gave a beautiful memorial for Virginia Edmonds, who was a Woman’s Club member for 50 years. Virginia also gave the invocation. Esther Siler read the minutes and Mary Upchurch presented the financial statement to the club. President Beardslee presented a program on the General Federation Day for Woman’s Club. The origin can be traced back to 1868 when Jane Cunningham Corly was denied admission to an all male club due to her gender. The federation is dedicated to community improvement by enhoncing the lives of others through volunteer service by the club membership. A video was viewed on some of the activities of North Carolina Woman’s Club through the Federation. Nominating committee chairman Eugenia Thompson presented the following slate of officers for the next two years: President Alice Beardslee, Vice President Eugenia Thompson, Co-Recording Secretaries Betty Lou Burns and Lora Mae Culberson, Treasurer Mary Upchurch, Cooresponding Secretary Ruth Gurtis, Chaplain Marie Profio and Parliamentarian Eugenia Thompson. Standing committees: Telephone, Betty Womble; Memorials, Virginia Brooks and Pat Lyles; Publicity, Ruth Gurtis; and Fundraising, Eloise Berryman and Angie Carraway. Department Chairmans: Arts, Virginia Brooks and Pat Lyles; Conservation, Eloise Berryman; Education, Esther Siler; Home

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Members of the Central Carolina Paddlers gather to celebrate the first “March of the Paddles” contest award ceremony during the March 10 meeting. Member, Maggie Fleming is ‘called on down’ to receive her certificate for reaching the 100 point level of participation.

Sanford Rotary Club President Elect and CCCC Foundation Trustee Tony Lett is pictured with CCCC President Dr. Bud Marchant at the clubs’ April 6th. meeting. Dr. Marchant updated the club with the college’s most recent statistics and shared some upcoming building projects that will take place over the next several years at the Lee County campus.

Sanford Women’s League made a recent donation to the Boys & Girls Club of Sanford/Lee County. Pictured left to right: Sierra Womack, India Berryman, Dynasti Murphy, Whitney Johnson, Rebecca Wyhof, Melanie Hawes and Becky Podlogar.

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Life, Pat Humphries and Mary Brown; International Affairs, Betty Womble; and Public Affairs, Janice Cox. A vote was taken and passed. All members were encouraged to be informed and vote in the upcoming local election and to complete and mail the census report received in the mail.

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Ruth announced the donation for the Martin Luther King Park given by the club has been made to the City of Sanford. President Beardslee will hold a planning meeting for the new officers to make plans for the coming year. Fundraising ideas will be discussed at that time. Virginia Brooks was recognized for her 90th birthday with tulips from the President. Members were reminded volunteer hours are due at the May meeting.

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The Rotary Club of Sanford The Rotary Club of Sanford met on April 6 with President James Mitchell presiding. Wilson Cox led the rotary prayer. Tom Spence announced that April 6 is National Tartan Day, honoring Americans of Scottish descent, and then led the singing of a traditional Scottish song, “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.” The members then sang “Happy Birthday” to Poly Cohen, Phil Rich-

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(1925-1987) written by Duncan McRae. He noted that the first meal served in the Wilrik Hotel was for the club. This was followed a short time later by Ladies Night at the same location. Lett also expressed his appreciation for the support of our club members following the death of his mother. Duke alumni and fans were quick to offer their bragging bucks for the national championship won by the Duke team the evening before. Mitch Reese contributed four dollars for the four championships won by Duke under Coach K. Jeff Hockaday, Lynn Sadler and Joy Gilmour added their dollars to the pot. Sam Sillaman contributed a dollar for his daughter Samantha’s 16th birthday and another dollar for Phil Richmond’s birthday, since they share the same birthday. Dick Poletti won $11 in the 50/50 raffle. Joy Gilmour introduced Dr. Bud Marchant, president of C.C.C.C., who presented our program for the day. She noted that he was a native of South Carolina, and received degrees from the Citadel, Clemson, and the University of South Carolina. He is a long time Rotarian and is presently a member of the Jonesboro Rotary Club. Dr. Marchant noted that his remarks could well focus on the Dickens theme, “the best of times and the worst of times.” He explained that the college serves three counties, Lee, Chatham and Harnett, and has 6,000 students enrolled. Another 5,000 are enrolled in continuing education programs. Among the 58 community colleges in the state, CCCC is the 9th largest. Dr. Marchant outlined plans for the expansion and improvements of the physical plant. Three new buildings are currently on the drawing board or under construction in the three counties. All meet the ecological requirements for green buildings. Plans are also underway for improving the entrance to the campus. He envisions the eventual closing of Kelly Drive to create a more

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friendly campus environment free of traffic. He also envisions an amphitheater on the shore of the lake, which would be able to host a variety of community events. He explained that the counties are responsible for physical structures, while the state funds salaries and educational programs. Dr. Marchant highlighted the Confucian program, which is funded by the Chinese government. This program is normally located in larger universities. Several Chinese instructors have been on campus, and a highly acclaimed art exhibit came to Raleigh and the Sanford campus. He was proud of several partnerships which have developed with major corporations, such a Hewett-Packard, offering unique educational opportunities to the community. With these proud accomplishments, Dr. Marchant stated that the college is also going through “the worst of times,” primarily because of cuts in financial support from the state. Many students are enrolled because they are unemployed and lacking in marketable skills. They need scholarships and many need help with child care. Educational opportunities are their only hope for breaking the cycle of poverty. Dr. Marchant closed by stating that he was proud to be associated with the “finest community college in the state.” President James thanked Dr. Marchant for his presentation and noted that a bilingual children’s book will be donated to the library in his honor. Members were reminded that we will have no meeting on Tuesday of next week, but will meet at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday at the Flame Restaurant. The three local clubs and Siler City will be meeting jointly to celebrate the arrival of the Group Study Exchange from Australia. The meeting adjourned with Tammy Bennetts leading the pledge of allegiance to the flag, and Tommy Rosser leading the Four-Way Test.

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Schools n Western Harnett Class of 1991 Planning has begun for the Western Harnett High School class of 1991 20-year reunion. Organizers need contact information for members of the graduating class. To learn more about the reunion or share contact information, contact Adam Dickens by email at acdickens@hotmail.com or call (757) 817-9335 or Jonathan Hilliard by email at jhilliard@ rocketmail.com or call (910) 308-2770. You may also email your

contact information to whhs91eagles@hotmail. com. This information will only be used for the reunion and not shared for any reason. Monthly meetings are being held. n Anderson Creek High School Alumni Association The Anderson Creek High School Alumni Association will meet at 7 p.m. April 26 at Flat Branch Church. A fund raising meal will be served 30 minutes prior to the meeting and the cost is $5. All members or persons interested in joining the association are urged to attend the

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Employees n Allis Chalmers and Siemens-Allis and Siemens Energy The Allis Chalmers and Siemens-Allis and Siemens Energy reunion will be held at 6 p.m. April 17 at the BW Family Restaurnat (old Palomino Restaurant). Live music will be provided by Eastern Gates. Door prizes will be won. All former employees are invited. For more informa-

n Heins-Alltel A reunion of Heins Telephone Company employees and ALLTEL employees will be held at 6:30 p.m. May 4 at Davisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Steak House on U.S. 1 in Tramway. n Cornell Dubilier The Cornell Dubilier reunion will be hld at 6 p.m. April 20 at Tonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Seafood. For more information, call (919) 776-3405.

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