HEAD OF THE PACK North Carolina State smacks Georgia Tech; jumps out to 4-0 start for first time since 2002 TAR HEELS GET FIRST WIN
DUKE FALLS HARD AGAIN
North Carolina finally found a way to win playing short-handed. T.J. Yates threw a go-ahead thirdquarter touchdown to lead the undermanned Tar Heels to a 17-13 victory over Rutgers on Saturday
Rutgers converted four turnovers into touchdowns to beat the Blue Devils 35-21 on Saturday SPORTS, SECTION B
The Sunday Herald SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
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SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT: REPEAT OFFENDERS
CHIEF: BURGLARY SUSPECTS HAD LENGTHY RECORDS By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com
SANFORD — Weeks ago, residents in Sanford’s Rosemount-McIver district were having trouble sleeping at night. Homeowners worried about increasing neighborhood reports of unseen criminals sneaking into occupied houses in the evening hours and making off with whatever is at hand.
Days later, police had their men. Investigators nabbed 41-year-old Nathaniel Maurice Green and charged him with breaking into a Bracken Street residence. Flash forward another 10 days and police had also brought in 25-year-old George Ernest Owens Jr., 29-year-old Timothy Santegus McKendall and a 16-year-old Broadway minor for orchestrating the Rosemount robberies. All of the men, particularly
Green, shared one thing in common, according to Sanford Police Chief Ronnie Yarborough. This wasn’t the first time they had been busted. “Most of the ones that we pick up, not all of them but the majority of them, have previous records,” he said. “Many times they’ve been placed on probation and been picked up time and time again for
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CHIEF YARBOROUGH
“ Yarborough
People who are committing serious crimes, that are victimizing the citizens that should feel safe at home, these people that we pick up over and over, they should be sent to prison.”
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FALL: IT’S HERE
THE ECONOMY
Families adjust to hardships of job loss By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com
WESLEY BEESON/The Sanford Herald
Riley Maynor, 4, smiles as she finishes painting her pumpkin at the Pumpkin Festival Saturday afternoon at the Hart’s Family Farm in Bear Creek. The festival typically helps usher in the beginning of autumn, and cooler temperatures today will help get everyone in the fall “mood.”
SUNDAYQUICKREAD OUR NATION 3RD-PARTY CANDIDATES MAKE NOISE Whether they are sore losers or never-saydie patriots, third-party candidates threaten to tip a handful of congressional and gubernatorial races to contenders who otherwise might have lost this fall. Nine-term Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware is the third prominent Republican to consider a third-party bid this year after a suffering a stinging setback at the hands of tea-party-backed conservatives. PAGE 12A
LOHAN OUT OF JAIL AFTER ONE DAY Lindsay Lohan was freed from a suburban Los Angeles jail late Friday night, well short of the nearly monthlong stay a judge had intended for the actress following a failed drug test. PAGE 15A
Vol. 80, No. 225 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
WEATHER
Rain, cooler weather return CHARLOTTE (MCT) — The forecast from late Saturday into the middle of next week includes a chance of rain for a state that has seen but a drop since the beginning of September. “But it’s not a slam-dunk,” said Scott Krentz, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s office in Greer, S.C. “It could go either way.” Some type of change in the hot, dry weather is coming, Krentz said. Certainly, many people are waiting for it. The temperature across the Tar Heel State climbed into the low 90s Wednesday, marking the 84th day of 90 degrees or hotter this summer — one day short of second place on the all-time list and four days short of the record, set in 1954. Krentz said the computer models
HAPPENING TODAY Temple Theatre’s production of “Chicago” starts at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available by calling the Temple Box Office at (919) 774-4155, or you may purchase tickets online at www. templeshows.com. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
predict a cold front would reach the Carolinas late Saturdayearly Sunday and that an upper-level low pressure system will move slowly into the South or Southeast. “But there is a lot of difference between the models in how much rain will fall in the Carolinas,” he said. “For now, I’d take the low-end forecast. It might not be that much.” Homeowners across the region apparently hope otherwise. Area nurseries say customers have told them they want to start planting fall flowers and vegetables but are holding off until the summerlike conditions end. INSIDE: Southern Pines has issued mandatory water restrictions due to the recent drought: Page 4A
High: 74 Low: 63
SANFORD — Unlike this time last year, Sanford resident Rhett Isley and his family rarely go out to eat. His four children, ranging in age from 7 to 15, can’t participate in extracurricular activities. Instead of going to summer camp or taking a vacation, his two youngest children went to visit Isley’s mother in Tennessee as a way to get out of the house. The family has had to make a lot of lifestyle changes in the past 11 months, because Isley is one of the thousands of people in Lee County who are unemployed. “Traditionally, I’ve always looked at things as the glass is half full,” Isley said. “But there isn’t always an opportunity available three to six months down the road.” Isley was a project manager for AT&T, providing program management to retail operations. During his time with the company, he built a couple of $3 million stores. He was under contract with the company for two years, but because of the worsening economy, AT&T started letting its contractors go. Isley’s last day was Oct. 2, 2009. His wife, Vickie, has a quilting business that pays the bills and pays for health insurance, but money is tight. Isley immediately began looking for other options, but found that job opportunities in his field were slim. “I’ve put out about 200 resumes now for IT management and similar jobs,” Isley said.
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INDEX
More Weather, Page 16A
OBITUARIES
BILLY LIGGETT
SANFORD: Robert Otis; Lonnie Jennings, 68; Adolphus Joseph, 66; Rachel Langley, 80; Lula Stone, 76 CAMERON: Katherine Morris, 70
The fair was a blast, but next year, we could do without the ‘freak show’ animals
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Abby, Graham, Bridge, Sudoku............................. 7B Business ........................ 11B Classifieds ..................... 13B Sunday Crossword ............ 7C Community calendar .......... 2A Horoscope ........................ 7B Obituaries......................... 8A Opinion ..........................6-7A Scoreboard ....................... 4B