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The Sunday Herald SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2010
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ELECTION 2010 • UNITED STATES 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Etheridge says issues, not YouTube are voters’ concerns
Underdog candidate blames both parties for nation’s ills
Challenger’s focus is on her opponent’s liberal vote record
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hree months ago, U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge was vaulted into the national spotlight, the subject of a viral video capturing his physical confrontation with a college reporter on Washington, D.C. streets. Today, Etheridge is focusing on the issues, and not plucky, right-wing student reporters. “Elections ought to be about what you’ve done or what you want to do,” he said Friday, just hours after he defended his party’s policies in front of a gaggle of angry locals at a Sanford Bob Etheridge Herald candidates forum. Etheridge and Democrats across the nation are continuing to press their case before job-hungry voters that they are working to undo an inherited economic mess. “The economy’s changing, but lord it’s changing
om Rose wants you to know that he’s fed up. The Benson Libertarian, who is running as an underdog third-party candidate for the District 2 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, blames Democrats and Republicans alike for the stormy economy. “I’ve been watching the Democrats and Republicans running the country into the ground for the last 40 years,” Rose said Friday. Throughout his campaign, Rose has lobbed bombs at Democratic Tom Rose incumbent Bob Etheridge and his Republican challenger, Renee Ellmers. According to Rose, a transportation consultant who has lived in North Carolina for three decades, the country’s two largest political parties dropped the
See Etheridge, Page 4A
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y now, you might have seen Renee Ellmers televised battle with CNN commentator Anderson Cooper. The Dunn nurse tangled with Cooper for the better part of 10 minutes over the details of an Ellmers-approved ad blasting a proposed Islamic community center near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York City. All questions of ad accuracy and intent aside, Dunn said she is representing the views of North Carolina’s 2nd congressional district. Renee Ellmers She brought those views with her to Sanford Saturday, mingling with locals at the Jetport Family Day and espousing her aggressive push to unseat Democratic incumbent Bob Etheridge. For the record, Ellmers isn’t backing down on her
See Rose, Page 4A
See Ellmers, Page 4A
FAMILY DAY @ THE JETPORT
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SKILL OR LUCK? IT DIDN’T MATTER AT ROCK, SCISSORS, PAPER EVENT Players fired off the classic hand gestures most kids learn before they even reach kindergarten — pointer and middle fingers extended for scissors, hand flat for paper and hand balled into a fist for rock — until only one champion was left Full Story, Page 3A
FAITH & VALUES STRONG FOUNDATION BUILT FOR NEW BEAVER CREEK SANCTUARY
The new sanctuary at Beaver Creek Baptist Church rests literally on the word of God. The scriptural principles of the church, which is located at 2280 Nicholson Road, are now built into its physical foundation. Before concrete was poured into the base of the 9,000 square-foot sanctuary, Bibles were placed purposefully in the corners. Full Story, Page 1C
OUR STATE ‘ART OF ADORNMENT’ SHOW TO OPEN IN ROCKINGHAM Jimmy McDonald, a Richmond County photographer, is in the process of shooting digital photographs for an exhibit on adorning the human body. The work will be displayed at Arts Richmond in Rockingham during their “Art of Adornment” exhibit that will open Wednesday and run until Nov. 30. Full Story, Page 11A
OUR NATION SUICIDE SURGE: SCHOOLS CONFRONT ANTI-GAY BULLYING Often feeling marginalized in political discourse or grousing that they’re used as political pawns, they have the nation’s attention — and sympathy — after a recent spate of teenage suicides and two apparent anti-gay attacks in the heart of their community. Full Story, Page 12A
Vol. 80, No. 236 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
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Samantha Zugg, 9, gets some last minute instruction for her flight with instructor James B. Zazas during Family Day at the Raleigh Exec Jetport on Saturday afternoon.
IMAGINATIONS SOAR A few hundred children got the ride of the lifetime as nearly 4,000 pack Raleigh Exec Jetport for annual Family Day By BILLY LIGGETT
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SANFORD — Stepping out onto the wing of the single-engine plane that just moments earlier took him 1,500 feet higher than he’d ever been before, 12-yearold Brandon Johnson’s face was beaming. “I hope the other kids that get to do this are half as stoked as I am,” Johnson told his sister, Hannah, after the first flight of his life. The smiles, the excitement and the memories were abundant at Saturday’s second annual Family Day at the Raleigh Exec Jetport
See Jetport, Page 5A
HAPPENING MONDAY The Republican Women of Lee Conty will hold its October meeting at the GOP Headquarters, 148 Moore St., Sanford, at 5:30 p.m. All registered Republican women are invited to attend. Mike Stone will be the featured speaker, and the group will have sign-ups for precinct volunteering, early voting and Election Day. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
Herald Editor Billy Liggett — like the many children at Saturday’s Family Day — went up for a single engine ride and lived to write about it. Page 6A
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Children watch one of the many planes at Saturday’s Family Day take off from the runway. More than 300 children enjoyed free plane rides, and more than 4,000 people attended Saturday’s second annual event.
High: 84 Low: 52
More photos from Saturday’s Family Day at Raleigh Exec Jetport can be viewed at the airport’s Facebook page (search Raleigh Exec) or by vising our website and clicking on this story. sanfordherald.com
INDEX
More Weather, Page 12A
OBITUARIES
BILLY LIGGETT
Sanford: John Gunter, 84; Fred Murchison, 75; Ted Rice, 75; William Spivey, 94
In addition to his column on Page 6A, watch for the return of ‘On the Street’ in Business
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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