The Tillery Hydroelectric Development at the foot of Lake Tillery is part of Duke Energy’s Yadkin-Pee Dee Hydro Project. Placed into service in 1928, the plant’s four turbines have a combined generating capacity of 81 megawatts.
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin has released a critical study of the party’s performance in the 2024 campaign. His decision on Thursday followed intense internal pressure from frustrated Democratic operatives who had publicly demanded the release of the postelection autopsy. The 192-page report, which was concluded last December and authored by Democratic consultant Paul Rivera, calls for “a renewed focus on the voters of Middle America and the South, who have come to believe they are not included in the Democratic vision of a stronger and more dynamic America for everyone.” The autopsy also points to a reduction in support and training for Democratic state parties, voter registration shifts, and “a persistent inability or unwillingness to listen to all voters.”
Trump calls o plan to sign AI order over concerns it could hurt tech industry
President Donald Trump has called o plans to sign a new executive order on arti cial intelligence hours before an expected White House ceremony. He says he’s worried the measure could dull America’s edge on AI technology. Trump said he didn’t like what he saw in the order’s text.
Albemarle to host second Summertime Sip Festival
The event will include 17 North Carolina beverage vendors
By Jesse Deal Stanly News Journal
ALBEMARLE — Downtown Albemarle will soon be lled with local wines, craft beverages, food trucks and music as the Summertime Sip Festival arrives for its second year.
The event is scheduled for noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 30 at Courthouse Plaza at 115 W. Main St. and the surrounding downtown area.
Hosted by Albemarle Downtown, the Summertime Sip Festival will feature 17 North Carolina beverage vendors offering wine, beer, cider, mead
Stanly Community College to o er youth summer camps
2026 Camp College sessions begin in June
By Jesse Deal Stanly News Journal
ALBEMARLE — Stanly Community College is set to host a series of summer camps in June and July for middle and high school students interested in technology, design, cosmetology and other skilled trades.
Designed to give students hands-on experience in career elds o ered on the SCC campus, the 2026 Camp Col-
lege program in Albemarle is open to students entering grades 6-12.
“Many of our campers come back year after year,” said Christian Payne, SCC outreach and student life director. “We have even expanded some of our o erings to high school-age students to try to accommodate the popularity. The knowledge these campers gain by being in our classroom spaces with our college instructors will bene t them for years to come.”
The college’s Code Snakes:
“Many of our campers come back year after year.”
Christian Payne, SCC outreach and student life director
and other drinks. Guests will receive a tasting card allowing one sample from each vendor, along with a souvenir tasting glass.
Formerly known as the Stanly County Winter Wine Fest, the event was reworked last year as a warm-weather festival.
“Guests can enjoy samples and also purchase by the glass, bottle or case,” Albemarle Downtown Main Street Manager Katie Lynn said. “Our festival features food trucks and artisan craft vendors, and some special o erings like charcuterie and goat cheese. This is a ready-made girls’ weekend, and we love seeing groups come in with their creative T-shirts, so whether you bring the whole crew or you make it a couple’s date, it’s a great atmosphere that supports a great cause.”
The festival is one of Courthouse Plaza’s premier events, highlighting the renovated alleyway between West Main
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Race to Remember returns to fund Alzheimer’s research
The Albemarle Rotary Club’s fth annual run and walk aims to draw at least 150 participants to Stanly YMCA Park
Stanly News Journal sta THE ALBEMARLE Rotary Club will host its fth annual Race to Remember on Saturday, June 13, with organizers hoping to draw their largest eld yet for the Alzheimer’s research fundraiser. The 5K and one-mile run/ walk starts at 8 a.m. at Stanly YMCA Park at 115 C.B. Crook
CRIME LOG
May 11
• James Ricardo Cuthbertson, 40, was arrested for assault on a detention employee in icting serious injury, malicious conduct by a prisoner and assault in icting serious injury.
• Kayla Devon Cheek, 30, was arrested for possession with intent to sell or deliver cocaine, possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana and felony conspiracy, and other charges.
• Landon Cole Allen, 28, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon on a government o cer or employee, possession of a rearm by a felon and felony ee to elude arrest with a motor vehicle, and other charges.
May 12
• Brandon Lee Johnson, 29, was arrested for felony possession of cocaine, resisting a public o cer and driving on a revoked license, and other charges.
• Gail Telisa Clark, 63, was arrested for felony possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Roger Allen Hughes, 36, was arrested for larceny by removing, destroying or deactivating a component.
Drive in Albemarle. Registration opens at 7:30 a.m.
Race coordinator Louisa Jane Hartsell said she is aiming for at least 150 participants this year. More than 100 runners and walkers have taken part in each of the previous races.
All registration fees and donations go to The CART Fund, short for the Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust, a Rotary-initiated e ort that funds early-stage research into Alzheimer’s and related dementias. The fund says 100% of donations go directly to research.
Since the race began in 2022, it has raised more than $40,000 for that work.
May 13
• Keishaun Rhondell Harper, 46, was arrested for larceny from a merchant and exchanging stolen property.
• Steve Ashley Eudy, 44, was arrested for driving while impaired, reckless driving and driving on a revoked license, and other charges.
• Corey Reynolds, 39, was arrested for driving while impaired, misdemeanor child abuse and no operator’s license, and other charges.
May 14
• Joshua Hatley, 41, was arrested for driving on a revoked license.
• Ernest Paul Young, 59, was arrested for second-degree trespass on curtilage.
• Donna Sells Townsend, 61, was arrested for felony serious injury by vehicle, driving while impaired and driving on a revoked license, and other charges.
• Felix Lamar Dennis, 54, was arrested on a civil order for child support.
May 15
• Phillip Christopher M. Barrett, 34, was arrested for possession with intent to manufacture, sell
$40K+
Funds raised by Race to Remember for Alzheimer’s research since 2022
Runners and walkers who cannot make it to Albemarle on race day can sign up as virtual participants or make an online donation instead.
Registration is open at runsignup.com, where the code ENDALZ25 takes $5 o entry.
Businesses, individuals and Rotary clubs interested in sponsoring the race can email Hartsell at ljh137@me.com.
or deliver cocaine; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver marijuana; and possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a controlled substance, and other charges.
• Amy Catherine Cunningham, 52, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Leroy Nelson McCall, 45, was arrested for attempted felony larceny and habitual larceny.
• Terry Milton Spinks, 36, was arrested for driving while impaired.
May 16
• Steven Tyler Lee, 28, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting a public o cer.
• Kristopher Isaiah Little, 26, was arrested for felony cruelty to animals.
• Robin Edward Corson, 64, was arrested for driving while impaired, simple assault and misdemeanor domestic violence, and other charges.
May 17
• Kenneth Edward Bostic, 32, was arrested for second-degree trespass and resisting a public o cer.
Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up in and around Stanly County.
May 28
Reckless Betty Unplugged — Thursdays at the Station 7:30 p.m.
Free outdoor concert featuring the acoustic ensemble Reckless Betty Unplugged, part of Albemarle’s summer Thursday concert series at the historic downtown train depot. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.
Market Station 501 W. Main St. Albemarle
May 30
City of Locust Movie Night: “A Minecraft Movie”
Free outdoor screening of “A Minecraft Movie” (rated PG) on the lawn behind Locust City Hall, sponsored by Star Orthodontics. Screening begins at sundown; check the city’s Facebook page for the start time as the date approaches.
Behind Locust City Hall 186 Ray Kennedy Drive Locust
May 31
Uwharrie Players: Barefoot in the Park 3 p.m.
The Uwharrie Players stage a free outdoor production of Neil Simon’s comedy “Barefoot in the Park” at Uwharrie Brewing in downtown Albemarle.
Uwharrie Brewing 121 N. Third St. Albemarle
Now through June 6
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Free the mail
In short, USPS is a dead man walking — a stock you would sell in a nanosecond if it had shareholders rather than a federal government safety net.
THOSE OF US of a certain age — born before about 1970 — have fond memories of the mailman (yes, that’s what we called him, not “postal carrier”) dropping o a pile of letters and cards into the mailbox down the driveway six days a week.
But those days are long past. Now if we have something important to say — “I love you,” “I hate you,” “happy birthday” — we text or email or hop onto Instagram. Even most bills are paid electronically, so that mail function is also close to obsolete.
Yet here we are, on our nation’s 250th birthday, still hanging on to the 19th- and 20th-century idea that the government should deliver the mail — even though there’s less and less of it every day. Mail volume is down by half in the last 20 years, and its total demise in 10 years is a near certainty as everything goes digital and the United States Postal Service’s market shrinks to near zero.
Let’s face it: The USPS is now about as relevant to everyday commerce as the telegraph o ce of old.
It no longer can meet its mandate of universal delivery; it can’t pay its bills, and the service is increasingly unreliable. A new report by Postal Regulatory Commission reports that over the past 20 years, the USPS has lost a gargantuan $120 billion. That same report nds declining productivity of the workforce.
Almost every industry except mail delivery has seen big leaps forward in cost-cutting.
Where will that $120 billion come from to cover these losses? Get ready for one of the world’s largest taxpayer bailouts.
The very best nancial scenario we can hope for is that postal management loses money at a slower pace, but even that is a long shot given recent trends.
The USPS has managed to lose money every year despite the cost of a “forever stamp” rising to 78 cents — a 90% rise since 2017.
Even a master turnaround artist like Elon Musk couldn’t
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make the USPS pro table. An obvious cost-cutter would be to invest in drones to drop mail on our front lawns. But then what would happen to all postmen — er, letter carriers?
The USPS’s nancial predicament is dire: We have a business with a catastrophic loss in market share, mounting nancial losses, higher costs and 535 members of Congress who boss it around and tell it how to run mail delivery. What’s remarkable about the USPS is that it racks up these operating de cits even though it has been granted a legal monopoly by Congress in door-to-door letter delivery.
In short, USPS is a dead man walking — a stock you would sell in a nanosecond if it had shareholders rather than a federal government safety net. It’s time to bring this 250-year experiment to an end.
The USPS should cease operations at some certain date, perhaps on Jan. 22, 2028. It should declare bankruptcy and immediately start selling o any pro table operations to businesses like FedEx, or its valuable real estate holdings owned across the country should be auctioned o to help pay o its losses.
Most importantly, Congress should bring the free market to mail delivery by immediately repealing the “Private Express Statutes,” the laws that make it illegal for private delivery services to deliver letters below a price determined by the government. It’s an antiquated law that violates every aspect of antitrust laws, such as they are. There’s no law of economics that mail delivery has to be a money-losing proposition. It’s just a losing proposition when the government runs it.
Stephen Moore is a former Trump senior economic adviser and the cofounder of Unleash Prosperity, which advocates for education freedom for all children.
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What every graduate should aim for
But it doesn’t matter how skilled or hard-working you are if you’re headed toward the wrong goal.
MANY OF TODAY’S GRADUATES are about to make the same mistake Matthew Emmons made during the 2004 Olympics.
It’s commencement season for high school and college seniors. The future may be unknown, but graduates know what they want in their future — money.
A 2025 poll by Harvard Political Review asked young Americans to identify their important goals. More than 86% chose nancial security. Around three in four selected owning a home, a tangible sign of nancial well-being. Just 57% thought getting married was an essential pursuit. That was just a hair ahead of accumulating “signi cant wealth” at 56%. Less than half said having children was important.
But before aiming at those goals, look at what happened to the 23-year-old Emmons during the Athens Olympics.
Emmons competed as a USA ri e shooter. He won gold in the men’s 50m Ri e Prone — using a teammate’s ri e after someone had tampered with his. His second event was the Men’s 50m Ri e 3 positions. He shot well and made the nals. He and the other seven competitors would re 10 shots from a standing position. Through nine shots, he had a commanding lead.
To win a second gold medal, he didn’t need a bullseye. He only needed to hit near the center of the target. He calmed his breathing, aimed and red.
But there was a problem. After Emmons pulled the trigger, the electronic scoring device didn’t award him any points. He turned to the o cials, confused.
“I shot,” he said. He had indeed red his ri e. And the shot would have scored high enough to win the gold medal — but he had aimed at the wrong target. He was in Lane 2, but he had hit the target in Lane 3.
“On that shot, I was just worrying about calming myself down and just breaking a good shot, and so I didn’t even look at the number,” Emmons said. “I probably should have. I will from now on.”
That should be a sobering thought for graduates. Like Emmons, you have put in countless hours of preparation. Your degree is tangible evidence of your ability. You stand on the cusp of accomplishing great things.
But it doesn’t matter how skilled or hard-working you are if you’re headed toward the wrong goal.
Think about money. It’s obviously important. You’ll need it to buy food, clothes, shelter and transportation. It can also buy luxuries like vacations, concert tickets and ATVs. But note this. Money isn’t the goal. Money’s usefulness is indirect — it allows you to obtain other things.
This is where many young people go wrong. They see something important as a “means” and make it their “end.”
Think about it this way. A career that provides for a family is meaningful — no matter your job. But making your career your life goal is the path to burnout and loneliness.
People are made for purpose and community, not merely to climb the corporate ladder.
Consider the rest of Emmons’ story. After losing the gold medal in heartbreaking and humiliating fashion, he sat in a nearby beer garden. Suddenly, he felt someone tap his shoulder. It was Czech shooter Katerina Kurkova and her father, who sympathized with him and gave him words of encouragement. That interaction — in the pit of unimaginable professional failure — sparked a budding personal relationship. They later started dating and married in 2007, eventually having four children.
“Had I not made that mistake, maybe I retire from shooting, maybe I don’t marry Katy,” Emmons said. “I wouldn’t change a thing.” Those are the words of a man who’s aiming at the right target.
Victor Joecks is a columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and host of the “Sharpening Arrows” podcast. (Copyright 2026 Creators.com)
COLUMN | STEPHEN MOORE
Barbara Jean (Taylor) Drye
Jewell Lambert Parker
Dwight Farmer
Donald Clyde Vanhoy
January 24, 1939 ~ January 15, 2023
Oct. 25, 1930 – May 18, 2026
April 17, 1936 ~ January 14, 2023
Barbara Jean Taylor Drye, 86, of Oakboro, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2023 at her home.
Jewell Lambert Parker, 95, of Oakboro, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Monday, May 18, 2026 at her home.
Barbara was born April 17, 1936 in North Carolina to the late Robert Lee Taylor and the late Eva Belle Watts Taylor. She was also preceded in death by husband of 61 years, Keith Furr Drye, and brothers, Robert Lee Taylor, Jr. and George Kenneth Taylor.
Survivors include children, Debbie (Mike) Williams of Albemarle, Teresa (Tom) Curry of Oakboro, Douglas (Tammy) Drye of Oakboro; grandchildren, Melissa (Don) Parrish of Albemarle, Samantha (Destiny) Smith of Oakboro, Bradley Smith of Oakboro, Jonathan Stover of Peachland, and Jessie Stover of Lylesville; sisterin-law, Beatrice Goodman; many nieces and nephews; and her beloved cats, Bo and Gar eld.
in nursing. Snapshots show her creating memories with barracks mates that still evoked laughter seventy years later. She was honorably discharged in April 1956.
James Roseboro
June 23, 1967 ~ January 10, 2023
Aug. 15, 1948 – May 17, 2026
Dwight Britten Farmer Sr., 83, of Norwood died Sunday morning, January 15, 2023 at Forrest Oakes.
A celebration of life will be held at First Baptist Church of Oakboro on Sunday, May 24, 2026. Greeting family and friends at 2:00-2:45 pm, funeral service at 3:00 pm, followed by a graveside service at Oakboro Cemetery o ciated by Rev. Terrell Watts and Rev. Jonathan Waits.
Jewell loved her boys, Norris and Randy, they called her Mother. A ectionately known by Mema, Grandma, and Gma by her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She loved her family and pictures.
Barbara was a member of Oakboro Baptist Church for over 60 years. She worked over 30 years at Stanly Knitting Mills. After just two years of retirement, she began managing the Oakboro Senior Center and did that for 18 years until this past week. Barbara was known for her good cooking and always taking care of others. She also loved going on day long shopping trips - she could out walk and out shop people half her age. She kept her mind and body active through gardening, word searches, and various other hobbies.
Dwight was born January 24, 1939 in Stanly County to the late Walter Virgil and Martha Adkins Farmer. He was a 1957 graduate of Norwood High School and was a United States Army Veteran. He was a member of Cedar Grove United Methodist Church where he had served as church treasurer and choir member. He began his career with the Stanly County Sheri ’s Department moving to the Norwood Police Department and retiring as Chief of Police with the Town of Norwood after many years of service.
Donald Clyde Vanhoy, 77, of Rich eld, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 17, 2026, at Atrium Health Charlotte.
James Arthur Roseboro, 55, of Albemarle, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at Anson Health and Rehab.
He was born August 15, 1948, in Stanly County to the late Charles and Lillie H. Vanhoy.
He was also preceded in death by brothers: Lane (Betty) Vanhoy, Tom (Donna Kaye) Vanhoy and Jerry Vanhoy, sisterin-law, Jane Vanhoy and brotherin- law Lee Roy Plowman.
Dwight was an avid gardener, bird watcher and Carolina fan.
Jewell was born on October 25, 1930, in Stanly County to the late Wade and Lydia Aldridge Lambert. She married the love of her life, Ted Parker, on August 20, 1949, in Chester eld, South Carolina, and together they shared 73 devoted years of marriage, building a life centered on faith, family, and love. A faithful member of First Baptist Church of Oakboro since 1957, Jewell joyfully sang in the church choir for more than 50 years. Her servant’s heart was evident in all she did, including delivering Meals on Wheels for 23 years and being a dedicated member of the prayer group, “Two or More,” founded by her dear friend, Mae Brooks. She found great joy in caring for those she loved, especially through cooking for her family, and she was well known for her famous biscuits. No matter life’s circumstances, Jewell often said she was “Blessed.” She spent her life serving others with love and compassion and leaves behind a legacy of faith, kindness, and devotion that will continue to inspire all who knew her. Jewell will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered by her family and friends.
He is survived by his wife Hilda Whitley Farmer; one son D. Britten Farmer Jr. (Mary) of McLeansville, NC; one daughter Sharon Farmer Lowe (David) of Norwood; one sister Geraldine Dennis of Troy; two grandchildren, Dwight Britten “Dee” Farmer III and Whitley Rose Hui Lowe.
He was preceded in death by his son Alex, brothers, Tommy and Jimmy, sisters, Nancy, Cornelia Annabell, Glennie Mae, and Betty. Memorials may be made to Cedar Grove United Methodist Church, Cemetery or Choir Fund c/o Pam Smith 36071 Rocky River Springs Road, Norwood, NC 28128.
Ricardia Dale (Harleson) Wilson
John B. Kluttz
March 23, 1935 - January 9, 2023
Dec. 5, 1935 – May 17, 2026
Ricardia Dale (Harleson)
Mr. Roseboro was born on June 23, 1967 to the late Robert and Delena Shipp Roseboro. He graduated from South Stanly High School and was employed by Triangle Brick. He enjoyed watching football and basketball, especially the Carolina TarHeels and Miami.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, May 23, 2026, from 10:00 am to 11:15 am with the funeral service to follow at 11:30 am at Mountain Creek Primitive Baptist Church, 40247 Mtn. Creek Rd., New London, NC., o ciated by Elders Branan Hooven, James Carelock, and Richard Broadway, burial will follow at the Mt. Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery at Mountain Creek Road, New London. Survivors include siblings, Jean Plowman Stroupe, Sherrill Vanhoy, Lynn (Kelly) Vanhoy, Reggie (Connie) Vanhoy, three sister-in-laws, and many loving nieces and nephews.
Wilson, 90, formerly of Albemarle, died in hospice care at UNC Chapel Hill Hospital on Sunday, May 17, 2026. She was preceded in death by Robert K. Wilson, her husband of nearly 65 years, in 2021.
In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his brothers and sisters: Barbara Lee Roseboro, Dorothy Brown, Verna Roseboro, Henrietta Ingram, and Harold Roseboro.
She is survived by her children and their spouses, Jym Wilson and Donelle Blubaugh, (Spring eld, MO), Jean and Martin Paulsen, (St. Johnsbury, VT), and Sandra and Douglas Holcomb, (Durham, NC).
He is survived by his sisters: Helen (James) Roseboro Edwards of Albemarle, Mary Roseboro of Washington DC, and Marion Morrison of Albemarle; brothers: Thomas D. Roseboro of Charlotte, Robert Roseboro (Patricia) of Norwood, and Van Horne; a special friend of over 40 years, Michelle McLendon of the home; special nieces: Nybrea Montague, Knya Little, and Laquanza Crump; special nephews: Robert Jr., Desmond Roseboro, and Marcus Lilly; and God daughter, Daphne Johnson; and special friends, Vetrella Johnson and Ben McLendon.
In lieu of owers, memorials may be made to Mountain Creek Primitive Baptist Church in care of Howard Isenhour, 44097 Ridenhour Road., Gold Hill, NC 28071
While in the Army she met PFC Robert “Willie” Wilson, who was stationed at nearby Stewart Air Force Base, on a blind double date. That date would lead to their marriage on August 18, 1956, in Middleboro, Mass. The couple then moved to So. Burlington, VT. After their youngest daughter began elementary school, Ricky attended and graduated from the Fanny Allen Memorial School of Practical Nursing. She worked at Fanny Allen Hospital until 1988, primarily in the emergency room, where she was known for her skill, calmness and sense of humor.
John grew up in the Millingport community where he drove a school bus and worked at the local gas station during his High School years. He graduated from Millingport High in 1954 and entered into service with the US Airforce immediately afterward. Upon return from the service, he and his high school sweetheart Julie were married in 1956. He graduated from Nashville Auto Diesel College later in 1959 and began his career as a diesel mechanic at Mitchell Distributing Company, moving his growing family to Charlotte where they lived until their retirement.
She is also survived by her brother Terry Harleson, of Albemarle, and sister Anne Strietelmeier, (CQ) of Indiana, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren as well as many nieces, nephews and the lovely assortment of cousins one nds among Stanly County’s extended Harleson and Burleson families.
When John purchased his rst Model A Ford at the age of 17, he said that he took the car to the community mechanic when he had a small problem.The mechanic told him that if he was going to keep the car, he needed to learn to work on it. This is when John’s passion for Model A Fords began and how he spent his happiest days with his best friends from around the globe for the rest of his life!
Doris Jones Coleman
October 11, 1944 - January 10, 2023
Doris Elaine Jones Coleman, 78, went home into God’s presence on January 10 after a sudden illness and a valiant week-long ght in ICU. Doris was born on October 11, 1944, in the mountains of Marion, NC while her father was away ghting in the US Navy during World War II. Raymond Jones was so proud to return after the war and meet his little girl! Doris grew up in Durham, NC and graduated from Durham High School. She furthered her studies at Watts Hospital School of Nursing in Durham and graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1966.
Mrs. Wilson, known to family and friends as “Ricky,” was born on Dec. 5, 1935, in the base hospital at Ft. Bragg NC, the oldest child of Pvt. Richard and Mrs. Flora Harleson. She mostly grew up on Parker Rd. in Albemarle and while attending school helped raise ve siblings that grew to adulthood. An exceptional sister, Ruth Harleson, died at age ten in 1963. Several other brothers and sisters died before reaching the age of one or two.
At age 50, after years as a Detroit Diesel Mechanic he and Julie decided to take the plunge and open a full Model A Restoration Shop. They thrived at their shop in Cornelius, NC until their retirement in 1998 when they moved back to Cabarrus County. John once again set up shop in his back yard garage where he attracted a loyal group of friends who visited almost daily. While on the farm in Gold Hill, John also began a lifelong love with Alis Chalmers tractors after he restored his Dad’s tractor and began amassing his collection of tractors as well.
Darrick Baldwin
January 7, 1973 ~ January 8, 2023
Jewell leaves behind her two sons, Norris Parker and wife Libby of Indian Trail, NC, Randy Parker and wife Becky of Oakboro, NC; grandchildren, Leslie Parker Melmidge and husband Kipper, Brian Parker and wife Rachael, Chris Parker and wife Caroline, Meredith Parker Harper and husband Rick; great-grandchildren, Kaden Melmidge, James Kipper Melmidge, III, Parker Harper, Catherine Parker, Graham Parker and Holly Parker. In addition to her parents, Jewell was preceded in death by her husband, Ted Norris Parker, sister, Ardath and her husband Hoyle; brother, Dillon and his wife Jewel; grandson, Adrian; and greatgrandchildren, Wesley and Andrew. Special thanks to caretakers, Beth, Leslie, and Mary and also to Tillery Compassionate Care Hospice.
Don was a faithful and beloved member of Mountain Creek Primitive Baptist Church, and he was a retired brick mason by trade. He spent his later years in the comforting care of his loving sister, Jean. They enjoyed gardening and sharing their harvest with their loved ones. Don attended weekly at Care Cafe where he eagerly anticipated joining in the activities and visiting with his many friends. Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Vanhoy family. Online condolences may be made at www.hartsellfh.com
IN MEMORY
Ricky graduated from Endy High School, (now Endy Elementary). After brie y working at one of the drug stores in town, she longed to experience life outside of Albemarle and in April 1954 enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps. After training she was stationed at West Point Military Academy where she worked in the academy’s hospital dispensary. Her time in the service provided the initial training that would show her the path to a professional career
John restored many cars of his own and had the crowning achievement of winning the most prestigious award from MARC, The Henry for a restoration that garnered top points. He was also presented with the Ken Brady Service Awardthe highest award given to members at the national level.
RANDY EDWIN ISENHOUR
MAY 26, 1954 – MAY 19, 2026
Darrick Vashon Baldwin, age 50, entered eternal rest, Sunday, January 8, 2023, Albemarle, North Carolina. Born January 7, 1973, in Stanly County, North Carolina, Darrick was the son of Eddie James Baldwin Sr. and the late Phyllis Blue Baldwin. Darrick enjoyed life, always kept things lively and enjoyed making others smile. His presence is no longer in our midst, but his memory will forever live in our hearts.
Following Willie’s retirement from the VT Air National Guard in 1988 the couple returned to Albemarle where they built a home on Mann Rd. Ricky worked at several local medical facilities until she chose to not renew her nursing license in the early 1990’s. For more than thirty years Mann Road was home base as Ricky and Willie pursued their mutual and individual passions. Aside from time with her family, gardening and reading were her favorite ways to spend days. If the sun was shining, she was in one of many beds of iris, day lilies and hostas, where no weed or rock was safe from her cultivator. On rainy days or after the sun set, she would stretch out on the couch with works of ction. The couple were regular customers at El Ranchito Restaurante (CQ) where they were doted on by the owners and sta . Following Willie’s death in 2021 Ricky maintained their home, mostly by herself, until 2024 when she moved to Durham. She rst resided at Bartlett Reserve and then Terra Bella Durham until her passing. Her children are grateful to the sta of both facilities for their attention and care of their mother. Also gratefully appreciated are the nursing sta of the UNC Neurosciences Unit and the UNC hospice nurses, who noted they were honored to care for a colleague. A private memorial will be held by the family in Albemarle in June. In lieu of owers her children encourage you to share a smile with a stranger. Financial donations can be made to the Stanly County Public Library in person or by mail. Information can be found at https:// stanlycountylibrary.org/262/ Donations-Gifts
This is what John’s Model A Community had to say upon learning of his death: He was an active member of Wesley Chapel Methodist Church where he loved serving as greeter on Sunday mornings. He also belonged to the United Methodist Men.
Doris married Rev. Dr. Ted Coleman in 1966 and had two daughters Amy and Laura. Doris raised Amy and Laura in North Augusta, SC. Doris was an incredible neonatal intensive care nurse for most of her career, and this was her passion. The Augusta Chronicle did a feature on her in 1985. She was a clinical nurse manager in Augusta, Georgia at University Hospital NICU and worked there for 20 years. During this time, Doris mentored young nurses and assisted in saving the lives of so many babies. She also worked for Pediatrician Dr. William A. Wilkes in Augusta for several years prior to her NICU career. Doris retired from the mother/baby area at Atrium Stanly in 2007 after over 40 years of nursing.
Doris was a gentle and sweet spirit and loved her Lord. She never met a stranger, and she always left you feeling uplifted after talking with her. She would often claim that she had “adopted” friends into her immediate family, and honestly, she never made a distinction between the two. Positivity radiated from her like sunlight. She was sel ess, funny, smart, and sentimental. During her lifetime she was an active member of First Baptist Church of Durham, First Baptist Church of Augusta, Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Augusta, and Palestine United Methodist Church in Albemarle. She especially loved helping at church with older adults, youth, and children.
Randy Edwin Isenhour, 71, of New London, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at Preston House Memory Care.
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Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Oakboro Building Fund, P.O. Box 10, Oakboro, NC 28129.
Powles Staton Funeral Home of Rockwell is assisting the Parker family. Online condolences may be made at www.powlesfuneralhome. com.
He was educated in the Stanly County public schools and attended Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle.
He was a great conversationalist and loved meeting people. Darrick never met a stranger and always showed love and compassion for his fellowman. He also loved his dog, Rocky.
Randy was born on May 26, 1954, in Albemarle to the late Joe Kenneth Isenhour and Doris Roxie Mae Gurley Isenhour. Randy was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather whose family was the center of his world. He loved deeply and sel essly, always putting those he cared about before himself. Some of his greatest joys in life were the simple moments spent with family, sharing stories, laughing together, and making memories that will be treasured forever.
Known for his playful spirit, Randy loved joking and teasing with friends and family, always nding ways to make others laugh. His warmth, humor, and kind heart left a lasting impression on everyone who knew him. Randy had a deep love for old country music, and some of the family’s fondest memories are of him teaching those classic songs to his granddaughters and listening proudly as they sang along beside him.
He is survived by his father, Eddie J. Baldwin Sr.; sisters: Crystal (Eric) Jackson, LaFondra (Stoney) Medley, and Morgan Baldwin; brothers: Eddie Baldwin Jr., Anton Baldwin, and Lamont Baldwin; a host of other relatives and friends. A limb has fallen from our family tree. We will not grieve Darrick’s death; we will celebrate his life. We give thanksgiving for the many shared memories.
He also loved traveling and was proud to have visited nearly all 50 states, creating countless memories and adventures along the way. One of Randy’s greatest passions was riding Harley Davidson motorcycles with his beloved wife, Joyce. Together, they enjoyed the freedom of the open road, traveling, making memories, and sharing countless adventures side by side.
She was especially talented at sewing from a young age and made gifts for friends, Christmas ornaments, Halloween Costumes, doll clothes, pageant dresses, prom dresses, coats, tote bags, scarves, out ts for Amy and Laura, and Christening gowns for each of her grandchildren.
Randy retired from Jordan Lumber Company after many years as a dedicated truck driver. Prior to that, he worked as a skilled brick mason, a profession that re ected his strong work ethic, hard work, and unwavering dedication to providing for his family.
He will be remembered for his love, laughter, hard work, and the countless memories he created with those who loved him most!
The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at Hartsell Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 22, 2026, at New London Cemetery, o ciated by Pastor Gary Moyer.
John is survived by his wife Julie Ussery Kluttz, for 66 years of the home. He is also survived by a son John David Kluttz (Kim) of Oakboro, NC; two daughters, Sally Simerson of Denver, CO and Betsy Tusa (John) of Lafayette, CO; three grandchildren, Bonnie Kluttz Sammons (Ben) of Rich eld, NC John Alexander McKinnon (Sarah) of Asheville, NC and Seth William McKinnon (Amanda) of Germany; ve great-grandchildren, Charlotte, Meredith, Grant, Victoria and Ronan. John is also preceded in death by his parents, J.S. Kluttz and Mary Wyatt Clayton Kluttz; a large and loving group of brothers and sisters, Jack Methias Kluttz, Annie Lou Kluttz Honeycutt, Jake Nelson Kluttz, Julius Kluttz, Mary Patricia Phillips and a grandson, Kevin Fowler Kluttz.
Randy is survived by his loving wife, Joyce Isenhour of New London; daughter, Jennifer (Neal) Huneycutt; granddaughters, Kollyn Huneycutt and Landyn Huneycutt; and brother, Tim Isenhour.
Doris was preceded in death by her father Arthur Raymond Jones, her mother Mary Ellen Cameron Jones, and her sister Maryanne Jones Brantley. Survivors include her two precious daughters: Amy Cameron Coleman (partner Dr. Edward Neal Chernault) of Albemarle, NC, and Laura Lindahl Coleman Oliverio (husband David) of Cincinnati, Ohio; seven grandchildren: Cameron David Oliverio, Stephanie Jae Dejak, Luca Beatty Oliverio, Coleman John Dejak, Carson Joseph Oliverio, Ryan Nicholas Dejak, and Jadon Richard Oliverio; and numerous in-laws, nieces, nephews, cousins, and loved ones.
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Street and King Avenue that was unveiled in 2024 as one of Albemarle’s newest public gathering areas.
This year’s beverage lineup includes Carolina Heritage Vineyard and Winery, Copper Leaf Farm & Vineyard, Douglas Vineyards, Got Edibles?, HERitage Wines, Locklear Vineyard & Winery, Melanated Wine, Native Vines Winery, Southern Charm Winery, Stardust Cellars, Stony Mountain Vineyards, Tempest Cellars, Uwharrie Brewing, Uwharrie Vineyards and Winery, Weathervane Winery, Williamson Mead and Brewing, and WoodMill Winery.
Food vendors will include WAB #13, Fatbacks Soul Food and BBQ, CraftDCreationZ Charcuterie Cart, A Taste For Life, The Cupcake Carriage and Happy Eatz. The festival will also have artisan craft vendors and a DJ.
Tickets can be purchased through the Eventeny ticket link at albemarledowntown. com. Advance tickets are $30 through May 28 and increase to $40 beginning May 29.
Ticketholders must be 21 or older as of May 30 and bring identi cation to receive a wristband and tasting card. Free parking will be available on nearby streets and in surrounding lots.
Proceeds from the festival will support Albemarle Downtown’s mission, including local beauti cation projects, small business support programs and other e orts to support the city’s historic downtown.
“Guests can enjoy samples and also purchase by the glass bottle or case.”
Katie Lynn, Albemarle Downtown Main Street manager
James Murdoch breaks from his family’s conservative holdings with a major acquisition of liberal-leaning outlets
By Jocelyn Noveck The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Promising a commitment to “ambitious journalism and agenda-setting conversations,” media scion James Murdoch has struck a deal with the Vox Media digital company to acquire New York magazine, the Vox Media Podcast Network and the Vox editorial brand.
The deal with Vox, widely seen as liberal-leaning, represents a major move toward his own media empire for the 53-year-old younger son of Rupert Murdoch, who himself owned New York Magazine from 1976 until 1991. And it comes less than a year after the Murdoch family reached a deal on control of the 95-year-old mogul’s media empire after his death, ensuring no change in direction at Fox News, the most popular network for conservatives, under Rupert’s chosen heir, Lachlan Murdoch.
Under the new deal, expected to close within weeks, Lupa Systems, James Murdoch’s media company, acquires the three divisions — about half of Vox Media. Neither Vox Media nor Lupa was disclosing the sum. The New York Times cited people familiar with the matter saying it was more than $300 million. The acquired divisions will operate, according to a statement, as a subsidiary of Lupa — called Vox Media.
Lots included, some excluded
Not included in the deal are the Vox brands Eater, Popsugar, SB Nation, The Dodo, and The Verge. But the deal does include, along with New York magazine, its verticals The Cut, Vulture, Intelligencer, The Strategist, Curbed, and Grub Street. It also includes the Vox Media Podcast Network. which features wildly popular shows like “Criminal” and “Pivot” with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. The network “has been the fastest growing business within Vox Media and will immediately put Lupa at the top of the podcast eld,” said the Vox statement.
James Murdoch, a former CEO of 21st Century Fox who resigned from the board of News Corporation in 2020 over di erences about content and direction, is known to hold less conservative views than his father. In the deal reached last year, James and his two older sisters. Prudence MacLeod and Elisabeth Murdoch, gave up any claims to control of Fox in exchange for stock valued at the time at $3.3 billion.
That deal created a trust establishing control of the Fox Corp. for Lachlan Murdoch, along with his younger sisters, Grace and Chloe.
In his own remarks about the Vox deal, James Murdoch said the acquisition “aligns well with our existing holdings and investments and re ects both our interest in the forward edge of culture and our deep commitment to ambitious journalism and agenda-setting conversations.
It will allow us to apply new tools across the businesses we are building, adding substantial production, distribution, and editorial capability to our group,” Murdoch said.
Continuity in leadership expected
Current Vox chairman and CEO Jim Banko will lead the new Vox Media, becoming CEO of the new company upon closing.
“We are incredibly proud to have built and scaled several of the leading media properties of this generation,” Banko said. “Together under Lupa’s stewardship we are primed to be the best home for talent and the most dynamic media company of this new era.”
David Haskell, New York magazine’s editor-in-chief, noted in an email to subscribers that Lupa now becomes the magazine’s sixth owner since 1968. Haskell promised that the magazine would continue with “the fearless, independent journalism that you expect from us.”
“We will continue to create news cycles, start conversations, contribute to the most important debates in politics and society, identify and explore what’s most interesting in contemporary culture, and always do our best to challenge our readers, surprise them, and help them make sense of the modern world,” Haskell said.
“We will continue to create news cycles, start conversations, contribute to the most important debates in politics and society, identify and explore what’s most interesting in contemporary culture, and always do our best to challenge our readers, surprise them, and help them make sense of the modern world.”
David Haskell, New York Magazine editor-in-chief
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Uwharrie Brewing in Albemarle is one of the beverage purveyers at this year’s Summertime Sip Festival. Pictured above is its brewery and outdoor seating area.
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The 250-foot monument would dwarf the Lincoln Memorial and dominate Washington D.C.’s skyline
By Darlene Superville The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday approved the design for the triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built at an entrance to the nation’s capital.
Commissioners, all of whom were appointed by Trump, approved the design despite overwhelming opposition from the public. Approval is a key step in the project’s process.
The proposed arch is one of several projects the Republican president is pursuing alongside a White House ballroom to leave his imprint on Washington.
He has said some of his other projects, such as adding a blue coating to the interior of the Lincoln Memorial Re ecting Pool, will beautify the city in time for July 4 celebrations of America’s 250th birthday.
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved the concept for the arch at its monthly meeting in April.
As presented to the federal agency, the arch itself would stand 250 feet tall from its base to a torch held aloft by a Lady Liberty-like gure on top of the structure. The statue would be
anked on top by two eagles and guarded at the base by four lions — all gilded. The phrases “One Nation Under God” and “Liberty and Justice for All” would be inscribed in gold lettering atop either side of the monument.
A public observation deck on top would provide 360-degree views of the surroundings.
The commission’s vice chairman, architect James McCrery II, said in April that he pre-
ferred the arch without the gures on top. Removing them would signi cantly reduce the arch’s height by about 80 feet. Critics of the project, including an overwhelming number of people who submitted public comment in April, said the arch would be taller than any other monument in the capital city and dominate the skyline.
At a height of 250 feet, the arch would dwarf the Lincoln Memorial, which is 99 feet tall,
and be close to half the height of the Washington Monument, an obelisk that is about 555 feet tall.
McCrery also recommended that the lions on the base be removed because that animal is “not a beast natural to the North American continent.” And he objected to plans for an underground tunnel for pedestrians to get to the arch, which would be built on a tra c circle between the Lincoln Memorial
Tenn man jailed over Kirk assassination social post wins $835K settlement
speech led to criminal prosecution. The 61-year-old retired police o cer spent 37 days behind bars before authorities dropped the felony charge against him in October.
By R.J. Rico
The Associated Press
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will pay $835,000 to settle a lawsuit led by a man who was jailed for more than a month over a Facebook post he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
While many people across the U.S. lost their jobs over social media comments about Kirk’s death, Larry Bushart’s case stood out as a rare instance in which such online
During his time in jail, Bushart lost his postretirement job and missed his wedding anniversary and the birth of his granddaughter, according to a federal lawsuit Bushart led in December against Perry County, its sheri and the investigator who obtained the arrest warrant.
“I am pleased my First Amendment rights have been vindicated,” Bushart said in a statement announcing the settlement Wednesday. “The people’s freedom to participate in civil discourse is crucial to a
“Respect the First Amendment today, or be prepared to pay the price tomorrow.”
Cary Davis, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
healthy democracy. I am looking forward to moving on and spending time with my family.”
Bushart was arrested in September after he refused to take down Facebook memes that joked about Kirk’s killing, which had prompted an outpouring of grief among conservatives, including in
Perry County, which is near Bushart’s home and which held a candlelight vigil.
The meme Bushart posted that prompted his arrest read: “This seems relevant today...” and featured President Donald Trump and the words, “We have to get over it.” That quote, the meme explained, was said by Trump in 2024 after a school shooting at Iowa’s Perry High School.
Perry County Sheri Nick Weems told news outlets that most of Bushart’s “hate memes” were lawful free speech, but residents were alarmed by the school shooting post, fearing Bushart was threatening a local school, also called Perry County High School, even though Weems said he knew
and Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Preliminary surveys and testing of the site began last week.
A group of veterans and a historian have sued the Trump administration in federal court to block construction on grounds that the arch would disrupt the sightline between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington House at Arlington National Cemetery, among other reasons.
Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have argued that Washington is the only major Western world capital without such an arch. Burgum’s department includes the National Park Service, which manages the plot where Trump wants to put the arch.
Trump’s rehab of the Lincoln Memorial Re ecting Pool is also the subject of a court challenge brought by The Cultural Landscape Foundation, which said the administration’s moves to repaint the bottom of the Reecting Pool blue without rst undergoing relevant reviews ran afoul of federal preservation laws governing historic sites.
The nonpro t group argued in a lawsuit led last week that the changes at the Re ecting Pool are part of Trump’s broader e ort to push through dramatic renovations in Washington without proper reviews and undermine the tone of the area.
A hearing in the case was scheduled for Thursday afternoon in federal court in Washington.
the meme referred to a school in Iowa.
“Investigators believe Bushart was fully aware of the fear his post would cause and intentionally sought to create hysteria within the community,” Weems said in a statement to The Tennessean last year.
Bushart’s bail was set at $2 million before he was released as the case drew national attention.
“It’s in times of turmoil and heightened tensions that our national commitment to free speech is tested the most,” said Cary Davis, an attorney for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which helped represent Bushart. “When government o cials fail that test, the Constitution exists to hold them accountable. Our hope is that Larry’s settlement sends a message to law enforcement across the country: Respect the First Amendment today, or be prepared to pay the price tomorrow.”
Atlantic hurricane season forecast to be milder than normal thanks to El Nino
Recent Atlantic seasons have been hyperactive, but this year should be notably quieter
By Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
A DEVELOPING El Nino that is forecast to get quite strong will likely dampen the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, but it won’t make the potentially deadly storms disappear, federal and outside meteorologists predict.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday issued its seasonal outlook for the Atlantic, giving a 55% chance of a below average season. The agency forecasts 8 to 14 named storms, with 3 to 6 of them becoming strong enough to hit hurricane status and 1 to 3 of those intensifying to major hurricanes.
A normal hurricane season has 14 named storms, seven of them becoming hurricanes and three of them reaching major hurricane level, which is more than 110 mph (177 kph).
Eighteen other groups, private and academic, have also forecasted what they think the season will be like and most of them also call for a below average summer and fall. Those other forecasts average a dozen named storms, only ve becoming hurricanes and two of those being major ones. Those forecasts also call for the Accumulated Cyclone Energy index, which takes into account strength and duration of storms, to be 80% of normal.
Colorado State University, which pioneered the science of hurricane seasonal forecasting in 1984, is predicting the lowest overall activity since 2015, which was the strongest El Nino in the last 75 years. And that forecast is likely to be revised to even lower numbers in
June, said Colorado State’s hurricane expert Phil Klotzbach.
This is after nine of the last 10 Atlantic hurricane seasons have been above normal or even hyperactive, Klotzbach said. Last year started slow, but then had a burst, producing a near-record total of three Category 5 hurricanes, including Melissa which devastated Jamaica and Cuba, said Suzana Camargo, a climate scientist and tropical weather expert at Columbia University.
In ation adjusted damage across the globe from tropical cyclones has increased from an average of $11.4 billion a year in the 1980s to $109.7 billion a year over the past ten years, with three-quarters of the damage done in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, according to insurance giant Munich Re.
Hurricane, typhoon and cyclone are the same weather event, with the di erent names being used in di erent parts of the world.
“We should expect a less active year than certainly what we’ve seen recently, and perhaps signi cantly so below av-
“We should expect a less active year than certainly what we’ve seen recently, and perhaps signi cantly so below average. But again, it only takes one to cause real devastation and destruction in the mainland U.S. or even in Hawaii.”
Kristen Corbosiero, University at Albany atmospheric scientist
erage,” said University at Albany atmospheric scientist Kristen Corbosiero. “But again, it only takes one to cause real devastation and destruction in the mainland U.S. or even in Hawaii.”
El Nino decapitates Atlantic storms
It’s mostly because of “the elephant in the room” which is an El Nino, Camargo said.
An El Nino is the natural and cyclic warming of parts of the central Paci c that warps weather patterns around the globe, especially during winter. Scientists for decades have found a correlation between an El Nino and below average Atlantic hurricane activity and stronger and more storms in the central and eastern Pacific. This year many forecasts are calling for a strong, super-strong or even record setting intense El Nino. During a La Nina, the cool ip side of El Nino, the Atlantic is generally busier with stronger storms.
There’s a 98% chance that there will be an El Nino this summer and an 80% chance it will be moderate or strong, NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs said Thursday.
Atlantic hurricane seasons when an El Nino reaches strong or very strong status have two -thirds the named storms and half the hurricanes of the 1991-2020 average, according to an Associated Press analysis of storm and El Nino statistics.
El Ninos ght Atlantic storm formation in several ways, especially with cross winds about 1 mile to 7 miles (1.5 to 11 kilometers) above the surface “which can basically blow apart the thunderstorms that make up” a hurricane, Corbosiero said.
“A stronger than normal wind shear tends to tilt storms as they try to develop,” said University at Albany atmospheric scientist Brian Tang. “It pushes dry air into storms. And prevents storms from developing in the rst place. And if they do develop, it also prevents them from intensifying.”
Forecasts for peak hurricane season show strong wind shear from the west in the main development region for the largest and long-lasting hurricanes that come o of Africa and develop as they head west over the Atlantic, Klotzbach said. Few-
er of these type storms happen during El Ninos. In the 15 strongest El Nino years since 1950, 37 named storms, 11 hurricanes and three major hurricanes made landfall on the continental United States, but in the 15 coldest La Nina years 61 named storms, 31 hurricanes and 10 major hurricanes hit America’s Gulf and Atlantic coasts, according to Klotzbach. He said El Nino shrinks the number of hits on the Atlantic coast, but has less of an in uence on the number of Gulf coast landfalls.
Opposite e ect in the Paci c
El Ninos and La Ninas have the opposite e ect on storms in the central and eastern Pacific as they do in the Atlantic, so experts are expecting a busier season in those regions. Jacobs said there’s a 70% chance that the eastern Paci c will have an above normal season.
Eastern Paci c storms near Baja Mexico tend to “go west affect the shies and little else,” Corbosiero said. But at times they can turn east or north and cause massive damage as in Hurricane Otis in 2023 that smashed into Mexico, or 1992’s Hurricane Lester, which caused heavy rains in the U.S. Southwest, she said.
Hawaii is a small island chain in a big ocean that can be threatened. In 1992, an El Nino year when there were few Atlantic storms (though Miami was devastated by Hurricane Andrew ), Hawaii was hit by Hurricane Iniki. Further west toward Asia and India, “your odds of any storm forming becoming a super typhoon go up signi cantly in El Nino,” Klotzbach said. The eastern Paci c hurricane season started May 15 and the Atlantic season begins June 1 and both end Nov. 30.
to meals. She has pleaded not guilty.
The sprawling fraud network included fake distribution sites and kickbacks targeting pandemic relief programs
By Tim Sullivan The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS
— A judge on Thursday handed down an extraordinary prison sentence — nearly 42 years — to the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who was convicted in a staggering $250 million fraud case that helped ignite an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration.
Aimee Bock ran Feeding Our Future, which had claimed it helped provide millions of meals to children in need during the pandemic.
“I understand I failed. I failed the public, my family, everyone,” Bock said in federal court.
Aimee Bock, founder and executive director of the nonpro t organization Feeding Our Future, arrives at the Minneapolis federal courthouse with her attorney, Ken Udoibok, right, on March 19, 2025.
President Donald Trump used the fraud cases against Bock and many others to initially justify a massive surge of federal ofcers to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area last winter, leading to a pushback by residents and the deaths of two people.
“Feeding Our Future operated like a cash pipeline, open to anyone willing to submit fraudulent claims and pay kickbacks,” prosecutors said in a court ling.
“The ripple e ects of her actions are profound, immeasurable, and will have lasting consequences for both Minnesota and the nation.”
Bock was convicted last year of multiple counts involving conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery. She had long insisted she was innocent.
Her lawyer, Kenneth Udoibok, argued for a much shorter sentence, saying Bock had provided information to investigators. He argued that Bock had been unfairly painted as the mastermind
and insisted that two co-defendants were responsible for running the scams.
The nonpro t sat atop a fraud network that included a web of partner organizations, phony distribution sites, kickbacks and fake lists of children supposedly being fed, prosecutors say. Dozens of people, many from the state’s large Somali community, have been convicted for their roles in a series of overlapping food fraud cases that have spent years in the courts.
Meanwhile, authorities this week led additional charges against others in a sprawling investigation into federal social service spending in Minnesota.
The targets include Fahima Mahamud, who was CEO of Future Leaders Early Learning Center, a childcare center in Minneapolis. Over three years, Mahamud’s organization was reimbursed approximately $4.6 million for services on behalf of people who didn’t make a required copayment, prosecutors allege.
A message seeking comment from her lawyer was not immediately returned Thursday. Mahamud was charged separately in February with fraud related
Two other people were charged with conspiring to get $975,000 in Medicaid subsidies for housing services that were not provided. They’re expected to plead guilty in June, according to a court ling.
Two additional people were accused of receiving $21.1 million by billing Medicaid for autism therapy that was either unnecessary or not provided. Investigators said they paid families as much as $1,500 per child per month to add their names to the program and get reimbursement.
Trump, who has long derided Somalis, last year blasted the state as “a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity.” He also criticized the leadership of Gov. Tim Walz, the Democrats’ vice presidential nominee in the 2024 election.
“Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing. Send them back to where they came from,” Trump wrote on social media.
Bock is white and the U.S. Attorney’s O ce says the overwhelming majority of defendants in the cases are of Somali descent. Most are U.S. citizens.
The immigration surge led to repeated protests and confrontations between residents and federal o cers and resulted in the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
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A Navy o cer helps a woman cross a ooded street after heavy rain in Poza Rica, Mexico, on Oct. 12, 2025.
Teenagers who attacked Islamic Center of San Diego latest to cite prior atrocities
Previous mass shooters were directly cited as inspiration
By Gene Johnson The Associated Press
IN RAMBLING writings full of vitriol against a wide range of people, the teenagers who attacked the Islamic Center of San Diego this week, killing three men and themselves, left little doubt about the models for their violence.
Chief among them: the shooter who killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019.
Researchers who study extremism have long noted the resonance of the Christchurch attack among far-right assailants, attributing it to the extent of the violence, the document the killer posted concerning his views and actions, and — especially — his decision to livestream the massacre.
Among those who apparently modeled attacks after Christchurch was a shooter who months later killed 22 people in a Texas Walmart.
“Part of what we’re seeing in violent extremist communities online is wanting to emulate the attacks that have had the most kills — which is a disgusting thing to say, but it’s the reality,” said Katherine Keneally, director of threat analysis and prevention at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, an anti-extremism organization. “There is this obsession and it’s just sort of gamifying of attacks.”
Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18, stormed the Islamic Center on Monday before being driven back outside by a security guard who exchanged gun re with them as he initiated a lockdown, helping to protect 140 children, authorities have said.
The pair killed the guard, Amin Abdullah, and two other men before taking their own lives in a vehicle nearby.
Writings heavy on hate, grievance
They left behind a 74-page document — the same length as the one written by Christchurch shooter Brenton Tar-
Python Programming camp will introduce students to coding fundamentals through hands-on projects. Participants can build interactive applications while developing creativity, problem-solving skills and a foundation for further study in computer science.
A session for students entering grades 6-9 will be held June 8-10 from 9 a.m. to noon, while a session for older students entering grades 10-12 will be held June 15-17 at those same times. Each session costs $40. Focusing on composition, color theory, typography and digital artwork, Visual Vortex:
“Part of what we’re seeing in violent extremist communities online is wanting to emulate the attacks that have had the most kills.”
Katherine Keneally, Institute for Strategic Dialogue
rant. Like Tarrant’s, it cited a range of far-right ideological inspirations, including the notion that white people are being replaced by other populations, and o ered self-interviews detailing their motives and goals.
And they called themselves “Sons of Tarrant.”
The writings include hateful rhetoric toward Jewish people, Muslims and Islam, as well as the LGBTQ+ community, black people, women, and the political left and right. They indicated they were trying to accelerate the collapse of society. In his section, Vazquez wrote of having “some mental health issues” and being rejected by women.
Brian Levin, the founding director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University in San Bernardino, noted that while white supremacist writings dating to the 1970s o ered a narrative blueprint for decentralized terror attacks, neo-Nazis decades ago favored an approach sometimes called the “propaganda of the deed” — the attack on its own was supposed to inspire copycats, even without written explanations.
The internet has made it easier to spread writings by attackers, and since a far-right attacker killed 77 people in Norway in 2011 and released a 1,500-page document, it has become more common for writings to accompany such atrocities, Levin said. Frequently the writings quote from past white-supremacist texts.
“This strategy of being another chapter in a continuing chain of extremism not only telegraphs that the movement is bigger than it is, but also its
Graphic Design campers will use design software to create digital artwork, logos and other visual projects while learning practical skills that can be applied across di erent media.
That camp is open to students entering grades 10-12 and will be held June 8-10 from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $40. The Beauty by the Book: Cosmetology camp, designed to foster creativity and self-expression, will give students an introduction to hair styling, nail care and skin care techniques while o ering a look at possible career paths in the beauty industry.
Two cosmetology sessions will be o ered for students en-
resilience — that it is reoccurring with a di erent set of violent actors, some of whom die in the process,” Levin said.
Contagion of mass violence
The shooting was the latest in a series of attacks on houses of worship. Threats and hate crimes targeting the Muslim and Jewish communities have risen since war began in the Middle East, forcing increases in security.
Keneally said she had mixed feelings about the media attention on the attacks: The public needs to understand what happened, but it also risks amplifying the killers’ message and spreading the contagion of mass violence. She said she has struggled with questions she has gotten about whether such attacks are motivated by nihilistic extremism, or accelerationist, neo-Nazi, or white supremacist ideologies.
“We’re trying to put people in buckets and we’re asking the why, but we’re not going back and looking at the how,” Keneally said. “How did these kids end up going down this route? How is social media playing a role in that?”
At 17 and 18, she said, healthy teenagers should be excited about graduating high school or entering young adulthood, not engaging with extremist ideologies.
Another form of inspiration
While hateful extremism inspired the teens to attack the Islamic center, it inspired the security guard, Abdullah, in another way: to defend it.
In an interview, his friend Khalid Alexander said Abdullah was increasingly concerned about negative rhetoric toward Muslims, including from politicians.
“He recognized a direct kind of correlation between the threat of the community he was protecting and the types of, really, hate that was being spewed on television in an anti-Muslim, anti-black, anti-immigrant feeling,” Alexander said. “And so he was keenly aware of the dangers of his job. And that’s exactly why he chose to do it.”
tering grades 6-9: June 22-24 and June 29-July 1. Both sessions will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and cost $80. Campers will keep their mannequin heads and supplies at the end of the session. Registration is open until each camp reaches capacity; forms are available at stanly. edu/summer-camps.
Families may register for any of the Camp College options by calling the SCC Business O ce at 704-991-0228, visiting the Albemarle Business O ce of the Patterson Building at 141 College Drive, or emailing completed registration forms to scc-cashier@ stanly.edu.
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West, South softball join North baseball in regional nals
All three county teams face decisive Game 3s
By Jesse Deal Stanly News Journal
ALBEMARLE — Three Stanly County teams entered the nal week of regional play with their seasons still alive.
West Stanly and South Stanly softball joined North Stanly baseball in reaching the regional nal round of the 2026 NCHSAA state playo s, giving the county three teams within
one series win of a state championship series scheduled for May 27-30. In the 4A softball bracket, No. 4 West Stanly (25-6) split the rst two games of its regional series with No. 11 Foard (19-8). The Colts opened the series Tuesday in Red Cross with a 3-0 win, continuing their postseason surge. However, Foard answered Wednesday in Newton, breaking a 2-2 tie with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning to win 3-2 and force a deciding Game 3 on Friday in Red Cross.
The Colts previously reached the regional nal after knocking o No. 1 West Stokes (22-5) 5-0 on May 15 in King in the 4A West fourth round.
South Stanly’s softball team also found itself one win from a state championship berth after splitting the rst two games of the 2A regional nal.
The top-seeded Bulls (25-3), who entered the series riding an eight-game winning streak with three straight shutouts, opened Tuesday in Norwood with a 5-3 win over No. 2 Roxboro Community (22-3).
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number of Stanly County teams in regional nal series
Roxboro Community responded at home Wednesday, breaking a 5-5 tie with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning to win 6-5 and force a Game 3 on Friday.
Back on May 15, South Stanly
advanced to the regional nal with a 10-0 home win over No. 4 Starmount (20-8) in the 2A West fourth round.
On the baseball side, No. 1
North Stanly (25-5) faced an early series de cit after dropping Game 1 of the 3A regional nal to No. 2 East Rutherford (23-5) on Tuesday as the Cavaliers edged the Comets 7-6 in New London. North Stanly traveled to Bostic on Thursday for Game 2, looking to extend the series and bring a deciding Game 3 back to New London on Saturday.
The Comets reached the regional nal with a 6-3 home win over No. 12 Patton (17-11) on May 15.
North Stanly was one of two local baseball teams to reach the fourth round. No. 1 West Stanly (25-3) fell 5-1 at home to No. 4 Lincoln Charter (21-8) on May 15, ending the Colts’ bid for a regional nal appearance.
Pfei er teams fall short in NCAA regional play
The softball and baseball teams were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament
By Jesse Deal Stanly News Journal
MISENHEIMER — Pfei er’s championship seasons came to an end last weekend as the Falcons’ softball and baseball teams were eliminated from their NCAA Division III Tournament regionals.
Both teams entered the series after winning USA South Tournament championships, with each competing in a four-team, double-elimination regional for a chance to advance to the NCAA Super Regionals.
On the heels of its fourth consecutive USA South regular-season and tournament titles, Pfei er’s softball team went 2-2 at TowneBank Park in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
The second-seeded Falcons (40-11) opened the regional May 14 with a 2-1 loss to third-seeded Manhattanville (36-10) in a game that was scoreless after the second inning. Pfei er responded the next day with a 13-0 shutout win over fourth-seeded John Jay (18-22), then stayed alive later that day with a 7-2 win over Manhattanville.
That set up a May 16 regional championship matchup with top-seeded host Virginia Wes-
leyan. Pfei er pushed the Marlins (48-0) to the nal inning, scoring once in the seventh to cut the de cit to one, but VWU held on for a 3-2 win to advance to the next round. Four Pfei er softball players earned postseason honors Sunday when the National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced its 2026 NCAA Division III All-Region VI teams. Heather Vaughn, Landry Stewart and Mollie Bulla were named
rst-team selections, while Abigail Bowman earned third-team recognition. All rst-team honorees advance to consideration for All-America honors later this season. Pfei er’s baseball team also saw its season end in regional play after making its rst NCAA Division III Tournament appearance and second national tournament appearance in program history. On May 15, the fourth-seed-
Pfei er’s Mollie Bulla celebrates during an NCAA Regional Tournament game in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
COURTESY PFEIFFER ATHLETICS
ed Falcons (26-22) opened play at Stromberg Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, with a 9-6 loss to top-seeded host Johns Hopkins (36-9), which went on to win the regional. Pfei er stayed alive the next day with an 8-6 win over third-seeded Mary Washington (26-14). The Falcons trailed 6-4 before scoring three runs in the eighth inning and one more in the ninth to complete the comeback. Later that day, Pfei er’s sea-
son ended with a 19-8 loss to second-seeded Pomona-Pitzer (33-14). The Falcons led 5-4 after the rst inning, but the Sagehens answered with 11 straight runs to take control and eliminate Pfei er from the tournament. The Falcons reached the NCAA eld by defeating William Peace on May 9 for their rst USA South Tournament championship since joining the league, notching the top achievement in Pfei er’s rst winning season since 2019.
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North Stanly junior right-hander Jarrett Hinson prepares to unload a pitch from the mound.
Ronda Rousey, left, celebrates after defeating Gina Carano in their featherweight mixed martial arts ght Saturday in Inglewood, California.
Rousey stops Carano with armbar 17 seconds into Net ix MMA bout
The former UFC champ then con rmed she was retiring
By Greg Beacham
The Associated Press
INGLEWOOD, Calif. —
When Ronda Rousey nally got back into a mixed martial arts cage after 91⁄2 years away from her sport, she couldn’t wait even one more minute to collect another arm — and to have her own arm raised one last time.
Rousey stopped Gina Carano with her signature armbar just 17 seconds into the two iconic ghters’ double comeback bout last Saturday night. After nishing Carano, 44, with a ferocity that evoked her famous heyday, the 39-year-old Rousey rea rmed that this was
only the epilogue on her historic MMA career. She insisted she is headed into retirement after ending on a dominant victory.
“I was hoping to come out as unscathed as possible,” Rousey said. “I didn’t really want to hurt her. Luckily it was beautiful martial arts, that’s what I think that was. It was art.” Rousey (13-2) didn’t waste an instant after the opening bell, immediately charging and tackling Carano. Rousey quickly moved into position and applied her famous nishing move, wrenching Carano’s arm as the ght was stopped. Rousey famously won eight ghts in less than a minute during her meteoric rise through MMA in the 2010s. When asked if she considered waiting a bit longer to go for the nish in this comeback ght,
since it was so many years in the making, Rousey laughed.
“Hell no,” she said. “My husband and my kids are watching me. I don’t want to put them through anything more than I have to.”
Carano, who hadn’t fought in 17 years, was all smiles even after the swift end to one of the longest layo s in pro sports history. Rousey and Carano hugged and shared warm words after the nish, raising each other’s arms in victory.
“I wanted that to last longer,” Carano said. “I felt so ready. I’ve never felt that good. But I haven’t been here for 17 years ... and I wanted to hit her.”
This improbable double comeback bout united two of the most important ghters from MMA’s past two decades.
Rousey became one of the
world’s most famous athletes as she won the rst women’s title in the UFC, which only began to promote women’s MMA because of Rousey’s undeniable talent and star power.
Rousey rst became interested in MMA because of Carano, whose athleticism and star power made her into a television headliner when the nascent sport was still ghting for legitimacy and acceptance in the late 2000s.
Rousey left the sport after consecutive losses, while Carano moved on to an acting career after taking her rst loss. After having two children and settling into post- ghting life on her farm in Riverside, Rousey seriously began to consider an MMA return last year. She immediately focused on a ght with Carano, whose
long-thriving career as an actor abruptly ended in 2021 with her series of controversial social media posts.
Carano was happy to nally accept the comeback she had occasionally considered, saying she used her preparations as a way to overcome multiple health problems from recent years.
“Getting in here after 17 years was a victory,” Carano said. “Fighting a legend was a victory. I feel great. But she trained. She had her game plan. I have so much love and respect for her.”
The show at Intuit Dome was the rst live MMA event on Netix, which is moving steadily into combat sports.
Rousey had repeatedly said this will be her nal ght, while Carano has said she doesn’t know what the future holds. Afterward, Carano said she hasn’t closed the door on another bout, and promoter Nakisa Bidarian said he would be eager to put Carano on another show.
“I think 17 years (o ) was a lot,” Carano said. “(Being) 44 is a lot. But I’m going to go look at this. I didn’t get anything out I expected to get in this ght.”
Legge could become rst woman to complete racing’s ‘Double’ at Indy 500, Coca-Cola 600
She will become the rst woman to attempt it
By Michael Marrot The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Katherine Legge hopes to become the rst woman to attempt “The Double” in racing — even if she’s reluctant to claim the title.
She’s not terribly interested in being the rst non-American to try it, either.
Just hours after her NASCAR team, BRANDed Management, announced that the 45-year-old British driver had added the Coca-Cola 600 to a May 24 schedule that already included the Indianapolis 500, Legge told reporters she welcomed the opportunity more than the milestone.
“I don’t want to be like the rst woman because at the end of the day, I always say I just want to be a race car driver,” she said. “It doesn’t matter whether I’m black, white, female, male, whatever it may be. I think I’m probably getting the opportunity to do this because I’m female, so that does not escape me, and I’m very grateful for it. I think being the rst to do anything is cool. Being one of the very few who gets to attempt to race at Indy and at Charlotte and then do both on the same day, like looking back in 10, 20 years, like yeah.”
Legge’s feat also comes on the 50th anniversary of Janet Guthrie making her rst appearance on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s historic 2.5-mile oval.
Guthrie did not make Indy’s starting grid in 1976 but still traveled to North Carolina and made her NASCAR Cup Series debut by starting the World 600 in Charlotte. That was the previ-
ous version of today’s Coca-Cola 600. Now, like then, A.J. Foyt is playing a role in this gender-breaking attempt.
In 1976, Foyt let Guthrie use a backup car in her attempt to make the eld. This weekend, Legge will be one of 33 drivers trying to qualify for the 500, and she’ll be driving the No. 11 Chevrolet for HMD Motorsports with A.J. Foyt Racing. In 1977, Guthrie returned to Indy, becoming the rst woman to start the 500 on the same day that Foyt became the rst four-time race winner.
Foyt also cast aside his longtime rivalry with the Andret-
“I knew that at some point, it would be something we looked at doing, but I didn’t anticipate it being this year.”
Katherine Legge
tis in 1994 when he put the late John Andretti in an IndyCar as Andretti became the rst driver to attempt “The Double.”
And Legge has gotten a crash course in that history as she
also prepares to qualify in the No. 78 for Live Fast Motorsports at Charlotte. She’s the only female driver in Indianapolis this month.
“He’s been awesome, Larry (Foyt) has been awesome too,” Legge said, referring to the 91-year-old team owner and his grandson, who is running the team’s day-to-day operations. “Actually, there’s a few idiosyncrasies we weren’t aware of until this came up. So it’s like weird, serendipitous things, neat little facts.”
Five drivers have competed in both the 500 and 600, but three-time Cup champ and Indiana native Tony Stewart remains
the only one to complete all 1,100 miles in one day.
Defending Cup champion Kyle Larson attempted “The Double” each of the past two years but failed to complete it. He missed the Coca-Cola 600 start in 2024 after the Indy 500 ran late because of rain, and he crashed in both races last year.
The di erence between Legge and others who tried “The Double” is logistics. Their plans were made months in advance, while Legge’s became a reality only recently.
“I knew that at some point, it would be something we looked at doing, but I didn’t anticipate it being this year,” she said. “I think it’s just a very cool opportunity that kind of came up. Obviously, Indianapolis was rst, and when that domino fell there was a lot of talk about it, and we thought, why not?”
Legge certainly has experience on her side.
She quali ed for her fth Indy start last weekend after nishing 29th last May. Her best 500 nish was 22nd in 2012. Over the past two years, she has competed in eight Cup races.
Legge also has competed in Ferraris in Bahrain and Audis in Germany, as well as on the A1 Grand Prix, Formula E and the IMSA SportsCar circuits during her career, though she’s never run the Coca-Cola 600.
But nothing is certain. She’ll be one of 41 attempting to make the 40-car Coca-Cola 600 eld. And yet she’s willing to take her chance on making history.
“It might be the only opportunity I get,” she said. “It might not be, but I might as well take it while the iron is hot, and it’s one of those really cool things not many people get to do.”
ADRIAN KRAUS / AP PHOTO
Katherine Legge is introduced before a NASCAR Cup Series race in Watkins Glen.
Rai runs away with PGA Championship, becomes rst English-born winner since 1919
Duke’s Alex Smalley led after three rounds but tied for second
By Doug Ferguson
The Associated Press
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.
— Aaron Rai shifted into high gear Sunday and pulled away from a world-class eld with one amazing shot after another until he became the rst English-born player in more than a century to capture the PGA Championship.
Rai was three shots behind and approaching the turn at Aronimink Golf Club when he delivered a performance worthy of a major champion.
He made a 40-foot eagle putt on the par-5 ninth during a stretch when he one-putted seven straight greens to take the lead.
And on the closing holes when the contenders needed him to stumble, Rai holed a birdie putt of some 70 feet across the 17th green for the clincher.
The 31-year-old Rai, who joins two-time PGA champion Vijay Singh as major champions of Indian heritage, closed with a 5-under 65.
“To be here is outside my wildest imagination,” Rai said.
Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schau ele, Cameron Smith, Justin Rose, all major champions, all of them in position un-
“To be here is outside my wildest imagination.”
Aaron Rai
til they were undone by untimely mistakes or failure to get good looks at birdie.
McIlroy, who closed with a 69, played the par 5s in even for the week, and he chopped up the reachable par-4 13th for a bogey.
Rai, who nished at 9-under 271, is the rst player from England with his name on the Wanamaker Trophy since Jim Barnes in 1919, the second edition of this major and the rst after World War I.
He wound up winning by three shots over 54-hole leader Alex Smalley and Rahm, who had his best nish in a major since defecting to LIV Golf at the end of 2023. Rahm was slowed by a pair of bogeys on the front nine and managed only one birdie on the back nine for a 68.
Smalley lost the lead with a messy double bogey on the sixth hole, and his best golf was too late. Rai already had his eye on the Wanamaker Trophy. Smalley made birdie on the 18th for a 70.
So concluded a most remarkable week in the Philadelphia suburbs, where no one could separate themselves on Aronimink. The 22 players within four shots
of the lead going into the nal round was a PGA Championship record.
From that pack emerged the 31-year-old Rai, with one PGA Tour title, three on the European tour, and no nishes inside the top 15 at any of the majors.
He might not be well known among casual observers, but he is a star in the eyes of his peers for his humility and gracious personality.
“You won’t nd one person on property who’s not happy for him,” McIlroy said.
“Super pumped for him and his team,” Schau ele said. “All-world gentleman, no doubt.”
Those seven straight one-putts included a short putt for bogey on the par-3 eighth, leaving Rai three behind Matti Schmid, who had three birdies in a ve-hole stretch on the front to take the lead. Rai hit 5-wood into the ninth for his 40-foot eagle putt. He saved par with a 10-foot putt on the 10th. He hit wedge to 4 feet to a dangerous pin on the 11th for birdie. He got up-and-down from behind the 12th green for par.
And on the 292-yard 13th hole, which tripped up McIlroy, Schau ele and Nick Taylor of Canada when they were right in the mix, Rai blasted out of a bunker to 6 feet for a birdie to become the rst player all week to reach 7 under. And then he kept right on going.
Ajah Carr
West Stanly, track and eld
Ajah Carr is a junior on the West Stanly track and eld team. She is also the state high jump champion. Carr quali ed for the nals with a leap of 5 feet, 2 inches in the NCHSAA seeding round, then jumped an even 5 feet in the nals to take the Class 4A title.
Carr nished 12th in last year’s state championships and added four inches to her championship round jump this year.
The West Stanly girls nished tied for 17th in the state meet.
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Aaron Rai, of England, celebrates after his shot on the 17th green during the nal round of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
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Memorial Day: Higher fuel prices have some Americans scaling back holiday travel plans
The average price of gas is more than $4.50
By Rio Yamat The Associated Press
AS SOMEONE who is “not the best person with bugs and stu ,” Stephanie Bernaba never imagined herself becoming an outdoorsy mom.
But the mother of three is getting more daring as gas prices and other travel costs make vacations more expensive. Bernaba, 47, has been steering her family toward local beaches, bike rides and hiking trails near their home in coastal Rhode Island instead of the faraway trips they once took.
“I’ve been trying to do more of that because one, it’s quality time. Two, it’s fresh air. And three, we’re not spending an arm and a leg,” she said.
That kind of calibration is shaping the summer travel season, which gets its traditional start in the U.S. with the long Memorial Day holiday weekend. Higher fuel prices resulting from the Iran war and other in ationary pressures are making most forms of travel costlier as people in many parts of the world form their plans.
The U.S. Travel Association expects annual travel spending to grow by a modest 1% this year, powered largely by domestic leisure travel despite the FIFA World Cup giving soccer fans from other countries a reason to visit the U.S. Airfares have climbed around the world along with the price of jet fuel as the war constrains global oil supplies.
Sticking closer to home may not cushion the sticker shock. The nonpro t Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimated Americans would collec-
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tively spend an extra $3.5 billion on gasoline over the holiday weekend. The average price for a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. was $4.56 on Thursday compared to $3.18 a year ago, according to motor club AAA.
Other travel expenses have gone up too. The latest consumer price index showed airfares were 20.7% higher in April from a year earlier, the cost of intracity transit such as buses and subways rose 5.6%, lodging cost 4.3% more, and eating out got 3.6% pricier.
Changing travel patterns
Despite elevated prices, industry forecasts suggest Americans still want to get away, even if it means replacing long trips with long weekends, choosing destinations closer to home and nding ways to cut costs by cooking meals or using buses and trains instead of driving.
AAA predicted that 45 million U.S. residents would travel at least 50 miles from home between Thursday and Monday. The Transportation Security
Administration said it expects to screen 18.3 million passengers from Thursday to next Wednesday.
Many households are planning summer vacations but making tradeo s such as shorter trips or cheaper lodging, according to Bank of America analysts. Mastercard said in a recent report that consumers appeared increasingly focused on value and were adjusting their destinations and timing instead of not going away at all.
“Generally, it’s certainly more of a demand reshu ing than a demand softening,” David Tinsley, a senior economist at Bank of America Institute, said.
For the Bernaba family, that has meant trading a big vacation for a shorter trip nearby this summer. Their scaled-back itinerary still is pricey: more than $400 for a ferry to Martha’s Vineyard for their car and passengers, and about $800 a night for each of the two hotel rooms the family of ve needs.
Another family that had planned to join them backed out after seeing the price tag.
Eurovision
Cheering Bulgarians waving ags welcomed the country’s rst winner
The Associated Press
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Hundreds of cheering fans waving Bulgarian ags welcomed Eurovision Song Contest winner Dara upon her return home on Sunday.
Visibly tired but smiling, the 27-year-old singer arrived at So a’s Vasil Levski Airport waving the Eurovision trophy. Bulgaria’s major television stations made changes to their regular programs to air live coverage from the airport.
“This award marks the beginning of my future international career,” Dara said.
“The pinch is being felt all the way around,” Bernaba said. Analysts have increasingly described travel spending as “K-shaped,” with higher-income households continuing to spend while lower-income families pull back or opt out entirely. Bank of America said lower-income households were signicantly more likely to report having no summer travel plans this year.
Travelers are confronting other stressors besides cost.
Airlines around the world have canceled ights and trimmed routes to save on fuel and operating costs, leaving passengers with fewer options.
Recent U.S. government shutdowns — which caused major ight disruptions and long security lines — are likely still fresh in travelers’ minds. The con ict in the Middle East and broader geopolitical tensions add another layer of concern, especially for those considering trips abroad.
The various factors impacting travel right now has made planning trips more mentally taxing and may be pushing people toward simpler and more accessible vacations that feel easier to manage, said Marta Soligo, a tourism sociologist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
“The key word here is unpredictability,” Soligo said. “Tourists don’t like unpredictability.”
Quality over quantity
Jim Wang, a personal nance blogger who lives in Maryland with his wife and four children, said his family’s original plan to travel to Spain to see a full solar eclipse in August began to unravel once they looked at the logistics.
Beyond thousands of dollars in airfare, the trip would have required multiple connecting
“Generally, it’s certainly more of a demand reshu ing than a demand softening.”
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ights, plus a car rental to reach northern Spain, where the path of totality is expected to pass.
“It’s like, ‘Oh, I don’t know if I want to see the eclipse that much,’” Wang said.
Instead, Wang’s family plans to head this summer to the Lake Tahoe area straddling California and Nevada, where they can stay at a relative’s cabin for free, hike and enjoy a slower pace with limited cellphone service. His wife’s parents and sister expect to join them.
“We’re still going to travel. It’ll just be di erent,” Wang said. “The vacations are no longer as grand for the adults. But for our kids, it’s still exciting.”
Nancy McGehee, a Virginia Tech hospitality professor who studies consumer behavior, said travelers are increasingly focusing more on the “why than the where” when it comes to vacations.
“What we’re seeing is people are saying, ‘Alright, we can’t do that big splashy trip we wanted to do, but what else can we do?’” McGehee said. “It’s more quality over quantity that we’re seeing people go for.”
Back in Rhode Island, Bernaba has accepted that travel may look di erent for her family for a while.
“I think that’s probably why my mind has gone to doing more nature-y things,” she said. “Let’s learn how to use the earth to enjoy ourselves because that’s not going to cost as much money.”
A “triumph for Bulgaria.”
Iliana
Yotova, Bulgaria president
The singer won the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna on Saturday with her infectious party anthem “Bangaranga,” giving the southeast European country its rst-ever victory in the competition.
“We have done something great for Bulgarian music, and I hope this sends a message that Bulgaria’s performers and artists deserve stronger support,” Dara said.
She said that Bulgaria is “an exceptionally talented nation that will continue to receive more and more attention.”
Dara, whose real name is Darina Yotova, beat 24 other competitors during Saturday’s grand nal of the European pop music competition. Her song’s infectious beats and tightly choreographed dance routine proved a hit with both national juries in participating countries and viewers around the world, whose votes together decide the winner.
So a Mayor Vassil Terziev was among the o cials at the airport. Terziev said that the capital city is ready to host the next edition of the European song contest in 2027 when Bulgaria will mark the 20th anniversary of joining the European Union.
The Balkan country’s political leaders joined the outburst of national pride.
Parliamentary speaker Mihaela Dotsova called Dara’s win an “inspiration for the nation,” while President Iliana Yotova said that it was a “triumph for Bulgaria” and Prime Minister Rumen Radev proclaimed it “a victory with global resonance.”
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Menu prices are displayed at a cafe in Santa Monica, California on Wednesday.
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Eurovision 2026 winner Dara reacts upon her return home in So a, Bulgria, on Sunday, giving the southeast European country its rst victory in the competition.
famous birthdays this
week
Bob Dylan celebrates 85, Ian McKellen is 87, Stevie Nicks turns 78, Lenny Kravitz hits 62
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THESE CELEBRITIES have birthdays this week.
MAY 24
Comedian Tommy Chong is 88. Musician Bob Dylan is 85. Singer Patti LaBelle is 82. Actor Priscilla Presley is 81. Actor Alfred Molina is 73. Musician Rosanne Cash is 71. Actor John C. Reilly is 61.
MAY 25
Actor Ian McKellen is 87. Country singer Jessi Colter is 83. Actor-singer Leslie Uggams is 83. Filmmaker and puppeteer Frank Oz is 82. Actor Karen Valentine is 79. Actor Jacki Weaver is 79. Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 63.
MAY 26
Singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks is 78. Actor Pam Grier is 77. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 77. Actor Genie Francis is 64. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 64. Musician Lenny Kravitz is 62. Actor-producer-writer Matt Stone is 55. Singer-songwriter Lauryn Hill is 51.
MAY 27
Actor Lee Meriwether is 91. Actor Bruce Weitz is 83. Musician Bruce Cockburn is 81. Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater is 76. Football Hall of Famer Jackie Slater is 72. Singer Siouxsie Sioux is 69. Comedian Adam Carolla is 62. Rapper-musician Andre 3000 (Outkast) is 51.
MAY 28
Actor Carroll Baker is 95. Singer Gladys Knight is 82. Singer John Fogerty is 81. Actor Christa Miller is 62. Singer Kylie Minogue is 58. Talk show host Elisabeth Hasselbeck is 49. Actor Jake Johnson is 48. Singer Colbie Caillat is 41. Actor Carey Mulligan is 41.
MAY 29
Composer Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo) is 73. Actor Ted Levine (“Monk,” “The Silence of the Lambs”) is 69. Actor Annette Bening is 68. Actor Rupert Everett is 67. Singer Melissa Etheridge is 65. Guitarist Noel Galla-
Cox turns 54
week.
gher (Oasis) is 59. Actor Laverne Cox (“Doubt,” “Orange Is the New Black”) is 54. Singer Melanie Brown (“Scary Spice”) of the Spice Girls is 51.
MAY 30
Singer-actor Idina Menzel is 55. Guitarist Tom Morello of Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine is 62. Country singer Wynonna Judd is 62. Singer Cee Lo Green (Gnarls Barkley, Goodie Mob) is 51. Actor Keir Dullea is 90. Film director Antoine Fuqua is 61. Actor Stephen Tobolowsky is 75. Actor Colm Meaney is 73. Rapper Remy Ma is 46.
New Wings exhibit traces McCartney’s reinvention as husband, father, bandleader
The Hall of Fame will keep the display open for at least a year
By Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos and Leah Willingham The Associated Press
CLEVELAND — The larg-
est collection of Paul McCartney’s personal artifacts ever publicly displayed is part of a new exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame centering on his life after The Beatles.
“Paul McCartney and Wings,” which opened last Friday in Cleveland, explores the musician’s reinvention after leaving the iconic British rock band through displays of instruments, handwritten songwriting notes and photographs taken by his wife, Linda McCartney, who was keyboardist and harmony vocalist for Wings during its decade-long run from 1971 to 1981, when the band produced hits including “Band on the Run,” “Silly Love Songs” and “Live and Let Die.”
After the breakup of The Beatles, Paul McCartney was no longer just the musician who had been known around the world since his teenage years but also a husband and father of a young family. What he built with Wings re ected that new stage of life, said Andy Leach, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s senior director of museum and archival collections.
“What’s interesting about Wings is that they were formed around the idea of reinvention, renewal, risk-taking, experimentation but collaboration.”
Andy Leach, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame senior director of museum and archival collections
Leach said the band’s embrace of domestic life — bringing children on tour, having a married couple perform together and writing songs inspired by his wife, who was also a member of the group — was “remarkable and unusual” for the era, when rock music remained overwhelmingly male-dominated and family life was rarely incorporated so visibly into a band’s public identity.
“What’s interesting about Wings is that they were formed around the idea of reinvention, renewal, risk-taking, experimentation but collaboration,” Leach said. “And family was at the center of it too.”
Leach traveled to London to work with McCartney and his team to prepare and transport guitars along with clothing worn during performances to Cleveland. The vast majori-
Shakira, Burna Boy release o cial
The tournament runs through June and July
By Maria Sherman The Associated Press
NEW YORK — As the song demands: “Let’s go!”
The Colombian superstar Shakira and Afrobeats icon Burna Boy have teamed up for “Dai Dai,” the o cial song for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
It’s a mesh of their musical landscapes: Afrobeats and Latin rhythms, an undeniably global, multilingual pop track. In one verse, they name a number of the world’s most famous soccer players and countries competing in this year’s World Cup: “Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia,” Shakira cheers. “Mexico, Japan, Korea, Netherlands.”
After the rst chorus, Shakira and Burna Boy take turns tackling their own verses, singing back and forth before joining in a duet.
The song arrived shortly after it was announced that Shakira, Madonna and K-pop group BTS will co-headline the FIFA tournament’s rst-ever nal halftime show on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, just outside New York City. The lineup was curat-
ty of the artifacts are from McCartney’s personal collection. Leach said Wings helped pioneer the large-scale production that came to de ne 1970s arena rock, using increasingly elaborate lighting and stage design on tours such as Wings Over the World and Wings Over America.
Leach said it was amazing to see and handle guitars that “I’ve heard on record my whole life.”
Visitors will also be able to step into a recreation of the farmhouse that McCartney still owns in Scotland, where Paul and Linda retreated after The Beatles’ breakup in 1970 and set up a recording studio. In the home, photos of Paul and Linda McCartney and their children line the walls. Linda’s camera sits inside a case on the makeshift kitchen table.
The photographs taken by Linda, an acclaimed artist in her own right and the rst female photographer to have a photo featured on the cover of Rolling Stone, in 1968, showcase her role “at the center of the family, and in some ways, at the center of the band,” Leach said.
Linda McCartney was married for three decades to Paul, who taught her to play the keyboard after The Beatles’ breakup. She died in 1998 of breast cancer.
The Hall of Fame said it hopes to keep the exhibit open through the summer of 2027.
ed by Coldplay’s Chris Martin. The show will support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which is raising $100 million to help children access education and soccer.
Shakira rst teased “Dai Dai” last week, sharing a minute-long teaser clip of her dancing in the center of the eld of Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. She included a snippet of the opening verse: “Here in this place / You belong,” she sang in English, a male voice harmonizing with her now identi able as Burna Boy. “What broke you once / Made you strong.”
She is no stranger to World Cup anthems. Her song “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)” was the o cial song of the 2010 World Cup held in South Africa and is widely regarded as one of the best.
It’s also not uncommon for sponsors of the FIFA World Cup to release their own singles for the tournament. In March, Coca-Cola shared its own ocial anthem for the World Cup, a reimagination of Van Halen’s “Jump” that features Colombian singer J Balvin, drummer Travis Barker, pop/R&B singer Amber Mark and guitarist Steve Vai. It is similarly multilingual: Balvin wrote a new verse in Spanish for the anthem, bringing in Brazilian funk and hip-hop to the classic rock staple. “‘Jump’ is not a fútbol song,” he told The Associated Press about the original track, using the Spanish word for soccer. “So that’s why I had to put the Latin love and passion for fútbol (in the lyrics).”
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Actress Laverne
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Actress Octavia Spencer turns 56 this week.
VICTORIA WILL, FILE / AP PHOTO Director Matt Stone turns 55 this week.
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Colombian singer Shakira rehearses a day ahead of her free concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, on May 1.
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The entrance of the Paul McCartney and Wings exhibit is pictured at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 14.
this week in history
Star Wars debuted, Hillary and Norgay summited Everest, Brooklyn Bridge opened, Sgt. Pepper released
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MAY 24
1883: The Brooklyn Bridge, then the world’s longest suspension span, opened to tra c in New York.
1844: Samuel F.B. Morse sent the message “What hath God wrought” from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore, inaugurating the nation’s rst telegraph line.
1935: Major League Baseball’s rst night game was played at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field, where the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1.
MAY 25
1787: The Constitutional Convention began at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia after enough delegates arrived for a quorum.
1935: At Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Babe Ruth, then with the Boston Braves, hit his 714th and nal home run; the record stood for nearly 40 years.
1977: “Star Wars” was released by 20th Century Fox and went on to become the highest-grossing lm in history at the time.
MAY 26
1940: Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II.
1924: President Calvin Coolidge signed the Immigration Act of 1924, barring immigration from Asia and limiting total annual immigration to 165,000.
1927: The Ford Model T ended production as Henry Ford and his son Edsel drove the 15 millionth car o the assembly line in Highland Park, Michigan.
1938: Congress established the House Un-American Activities Committee.
1967: The Beatles released “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
MAY 27
1937: The newly completed Golden Gate Bridge, linking San Francisco and Marin County, California, opened to pedestrians; vehicles began crossing the next day.
1930: New York’s Chrysler Building, then the world’s tallest, opened to the public.
1941: The British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck o France, killing more than 2,000 German sailors.
MAY 28
1830: President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, forcing nearly 50,000 Native Americans primarily from the Southeast to relocate west of the Mississippi River.
1863: The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, composed of free black men, departed Boston to ght for the Union in the Civil War.
1972: Burglars connected to the Nixon White House broke into Democratic Nation-
al Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, installing surveillance devices; the scandal led to Nixon’s resignation.
MAY 29
1914: The RMS Empress of Ireland sank after colliding with a cargo ship in the St. Lawrence River, killing 1,012 of 1,477 on board.
1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the rst climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
2020: Derek Chauvin, a red Minneapolis police ocer, was arrested for murder in George Floyd’s death. Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests against racial injustice.
MAY 30
1431: Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.
1935: Babe Ruth played his last major league game for the Boston Braves, leaving after the rst inning.
2023: Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes began serving an 11-year sentence after being convicted of fraud and conspiracy.
