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The Sunday Herald SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2010
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ELECTION 2010
ELECTIONEERING GETS UGLY
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Lee County Board of Elections calls special meeting for Tuesday to discuss rising complaints about voter harassment at the polls
By BILLY LIGGETT bliggett@sanfordherald.com
SANFORD — Voters being harassed at the polls, candidate supporters crossing the boundaries near the election sites and accusations of vote buying in Lee County have led
to a special called meeting of the Board of Elections. And we’re only in the early voting phase. BOE Director Nancy Kimble announced Friday that the board will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday to “discuss what will be expected for electioneering.”
Kimble would not go into specifics about what she called “several complaints” made to the board since early voting began on Oct. 14, but she did say people have been accused of “overstepping the bounds
See Polls, Page 8A
WANT TO GO? There will be an emergency Board of Elections meeting at 5 p.m. at 225 South Steele St. in downtown Sanford to discuss complaints at the polls. The meeting is open to the public.
BRUSH & PALETTE SHOW IN DOWNTOWN SANFORD
EAST CAROLINA TOPS MARSHALL, 37-10 Jon Williams ran for 111 yards and a touchdown to help East Carolina stay perfect in Conference USA by beating Marshall 37-10 on Saturday.
Sports, Page 1B
SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT EDUCATION
Homeless students not left behind North Carolina now supports nearly 19,000 homeless/in-transition students in program LEARN MORE For more information, visit center.serve.org/hepnc. BILLY LIGGETT/The Sanford Herald
“Gretchen,” a painting by Karen Tatum, is one of hundreds of paintings and sculptures on display this week at the Hales Center in downtown Sanford for the Brush and Palette Club’s annual fall show.
concept of tough love. “Sometimes the belief is ’if I just loved them enough, it would solve the problem,’” Horne said. “Loving somebody is not the problem — it’s how to love them.” Before Thursday, some in his audience were not familiar with the concept of co-dependency, and others were not sure if it applied to them. As loved ones of someone with a drug or alcohol problem, however, everyone in the audience had common ground. The evening was the second in Horne’s four-part family support ministry at Grace Chapel, which covers addictions, co-dependency, Christian recovery and the recovering family. The Reverend
See Support, Page 8A
See Homeless, Page 9A
INSIDE
The Herald will feature local artists (and judges) throughout the week as the Sanford Brush and Palette Club celebrates its 47th annual fall show at the Hales Center (across from Yarbrough’s in downtown Sanford).
See which local artists took home the blue ribbons at this year’s event — Page 3A Get times for the show in our community calendar— Page 2A See pictures from Saturday’s Jubi-LEE at Depot Park in downtown Sanford — Page 5A
FAITH & VALUES
Help for the addict, their loved ones
Editor’s Note: Last names of the men and women in The Lighthouse Recovery Ministry’s support group have been left out of this story to protect their identities.
By JENNIFER GENTILE Jgentile@sanfordherald.com WESLEY BEESON/The Sanford Herald
SANFORD — When Rev. Steve Horne talked about addiction and co-dependency Thursday night , he spoke with the authority of experience. Standing before an audience of 10 in a Grace Chapel classroom, Horne apologized
Vol. 80, No. 248 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
Grace Chapel Rev. Steve Horne sits outside The Lighthouse Recovery Ministry’s classroom before a class Thursday night. Horne’s suppor ministry covers addictions, co-dependency, Christian recovery and the recovering family. for the “ouch” statements in his lesson plan — those truths he knew the group would find hard to accept. As a former
HAPPENING TODAY Temple Theatre’s second mainstage production of the 2010-2011 season, “Flaming Idiots,” takes the stage at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20, and are available by calling the Temple Box Office at (919) 774-4155, or at www. templeshows.com.
CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
addict himself, and someone who has watched family members wage the same battle, he is well versed in the
amilan@sanfordherald.com
SANFORD — At the start of the school year, a woman approached Johnnye Waller, Lee County Schools’ director of student resources, with a problem. She had lost her job, and it looked like the family would have to give up their permanent home. She was afraid her son would have to switch schools, and she wanted to keep him in his current school, a comfortable and familiar place. She wasn’t sure what she should do, but Waller offered a solution. The family qualified for assistance from Lee County Schools under the McKinney-Vento Act, which ensures that children the law defines as homeless have access to public education. While the family was without a permanent residence of their own, the woman’s son could stay in his original school. The school could provide him with free transportation. Waller assured her the district would support them and make sure her son could continue his education. “She was overwhelmed with her situation, and to find out we could help her child was just a relief for her,” Waller said. Waller is the homeless
THIS WEEK
Ministry attempts to fight all angles of addiction
By ALEXA MILAN
High: 79 Low: 58
INDEX
More Weather, Page 16A
OBITUARIES
BILLY LIGGETT
Sanford: Sion Roberts, 74 Cameron: James Cameron, 53; Wilma Roberts, 82
With his Texas Rangers in the World Series, Liggett has rediscovered baseball
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Abby, Graham, Bridge, Sudoku........................... 10B Business ........................ 11B Classifieds ..................... 13B Sunday Crossword ............ 7C Community calendar .......... 2A Horoscope ........................ 6B Obituaries......................... 4A Opinion ..........................6-7A Scoreboard ....................... 4B