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CCCC HELPS SILER CITY MAN START HIS OWN BUSINESS For 11 years, Jeronimo Prieto Medina used his skills to maintain and repair heavy equipment as an employee for several companies. In 2009, he started his own company, JP Mechanic and Welding, working out of his Siler City home. Page 9B
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What remains of the Chatham County Courthouse, which was gutted by a massive fire on March 25. The blaze marked the fourth time the county’s court building was destroyed by fire. WESLEY BEESON/The Sanford Herald
AS STORM BREEZES BY, BOATS RETURNING TO WELL SITE BP’s evacuation of the Gulf of Mexico was called off Saturday and ships headed back to resume work on plugging the leaky well as remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie breezed past. Page 10A
INSIDE THE RUINS A guided tour of what’s left of Chatham’s historic courthouse By BILLY BALL
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ARTIST’S FAMOUS WHIRLIGIGS FIND NEW HOME IN WILSON The cacophony of sound from the 29 whirligigs that Vollis Simpson built over a period of 10 years has ebbed, but the City of Wilson has a plan to put them on display for the world to enjoy once again Page 1C
NATION PRESIDENT OBAMA IMPLORES LIBERALS TO KEEP UP FIGHT President Barack Obama made an election-season appeal Saturday to disgruntled liberal activists and bloggers, assuring them his administration is committed to their causes and urging them to help elect Democrats in November. Page 12A
s Debra Henzey surveyed the damage to the Chatham County Courthouse, she pointed to a plastic, black tarp hanging from the structure’s once-proud roof. “That’s where it started,” she said, pointing to the tarp. Henzey, a Chatham County spokeswoman, is referring to the spot where a soldering iron apparently touched off a massive blaze here in the heart of Pittsboro on March 25. Construction workers were in the midst of exterior renovations to the gutters of the historic building, which had stood at the center of a traffic circle in downtown Pittsboro since 1881. Sparks ignited a fire in the
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THURSDAY Even more from the devastating March 25 fire that destroyed the Chatham County Courthouse can be found in our annual edition of Chatham County Living Magazine, which will be available Thursday.
An inside view of the Chatham County Courthouse, months after a fire destroyed most of the second and third floors. The door at the top is part of the building’s second floor. courthouse roof that spread within minutes. By the time firefighters arrived, crowds of tearful onlookers were watching as the blustery afternoon winds
whipped the blaze into a frenzy. Standing in the center of what was the building’s
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COMING THURSDAY: OUR ANNUAL ‘CHATHAM COUNTY LIVING’ MAGAZINE LITERATURE
Library to mark 50 years of ‘Mockingbird’ By ALEXA MILAN
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STATE OUTER BANKS HISTORIANS STRIKE GOLD WITH PHOTO DONATION A granddaughter of an employee of the Virginia Beach weather bureau office in the 1890s, has given copies of 20 photographs to the Outer Banks History Center in Manteo.Many of them depict the aftermath of the August 1899 hurricane known as San Ciriaco that killed hundreds of people along the coast and in Puerto Rico and wrecked at least 13 ships along the coast. Page 9A
Vol. 80, No. 174 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
SANFORD — It’s the only novel she ever published, but the impact of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” hasn’t faded in five decades. July marks the 50th anniversary of the novel’s publication, and the Lee County Library is celebrating with a book discussion and a screening of the 1962 film. “To Kill a Mockingbird” has never gone out of print since its initial publication. It has been translated into
HAPPENING TODAY n Raven Rock State Park presents “Predator Safari” at 1 p.m. Join a park ranger for a program and onemile hike to learn about the park’s “predators in the park.” This program is intended for ages 6-11. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
more than 40 languages and won the Pulitzer Prize. “It’s a universal book with universal themes, and it’s written in simple language,” said Jennifer Gillis, youth
services librarian at Lee County Library. “In general, it’s a story that pretty much everyone can read and un-
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What: “To Kill a Mockingbird” movie screening and book discussion When: Movie — 7 p.m. Aug. 16, book discussion — 7 p.m. Aug. 17 Where: Lee County Library, 107 Hawkins Ave., Sanford Admission: Free More information: For more information or to register for these programs, call 7184665 Ext. 5483 or visit the Lee County Library Share your memories of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by e-mailing news@sanfordherald.com
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OBITUARIES
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Sanford: John W. Buie, 76; Alda D. Ciacci, 88; Alma Faulk Gilmore, 92; Joyce Matthews Harrington, 83
A vet of dance competitions, Liggett gives his advice to this year’s DWTS contestants
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On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:
MONDAY n The Broadway Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Broadway. n The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 635 East St., in Pittsboro. n The Lee County Parks and Recreation Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the county commissioners’ meeting room, 106 Hillcrest Drive in Sanford.
WEDNESDAY n The Sanford City Council will meet immediately following a 1 p.m. committee meeting in the Council chambers.
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Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Buck Sumpter, Nancy B. McNeill, Doug Moretz, Phyllis Crissman, Caitlyn Seymore, Bridget Davis, Noah Scott, Beyonce Downey, Sam Harrington, Margie Goins, Summer Williams, Maurean Simmons, Halford Boggs, Hunter Hill, Rev. Robert H. Morrison Jr., Teresa Faw, Annie Elizabeth Dowdy, David Dusenbury and Bianca Smith. And to those celebrating Monday, especially Amber Rhodes, Heather Renee Boggs, Matthew Roberson, Fran Sisler, Sherise Sanders, April Renee Edmonds, Patrick McKeithen, Barbara Murchison Covington, Steven Mullins, Ricardo Davis, Ja’Shon Maurice Jones, Daniel Stewart, AbbyGail Newell, Mazelle Campbell, Fred Wilkie, Amber Skinner, Shanique Roberts, Karma A’Dore Williams, Harvey Hobson, Callie Hawkins, Chelsea Renee Stone, Jeremy R. Way, Rishawn Seymore, Maurice Davis, Sheila Key, Josh Albright, John D. Heck Sr., Trenton Michael McDougald and Dr. Daryl Lynn Ammons. CELEBRITIES: Rock musician Jim McCarty (The Yardbirds) is 67. Rock musician Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire) is 59. Model-actress Iman is 55. Rock musician Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) is 52. Actress-singer Bobbie Eakes is 49. Actress Katherine Kelly Lang (TV: “The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 49. Actress Illeana Douglas is 45. Country singer Marty Brown is 45. Actor Matt LeBlanc is 43.
Almanac Today is Sunday, July 25, the 206th day of 2010. There are 159 days left in the year. This day in history: On July 25, 1960, a Woolworth’s store in Greensboro, N.C. that had been the scene of a sit-in protest against its whites-only lunch counter dropped its segregation policy as it served three of its black employees at the counter. In 1866, Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army of the United States, the first officer to hold the rank. In 1868, Congress passed an act creating the Wyoming Territory. In 1909, French aviator Louis Bleriot (bleh-ree-OH’) became the first person to fly an airplane across the English Channel, traveling from Calais (kah-LAY’) to Dover in 37 minutes. In 1946, the United States detonated an atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific in the first underwater test of the device. In 1952, Puerto Rico became a selfgoverning commonwealth of the United States. In 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish passenger ship Stockholm off the New England coast late at night and began sinking; at least 51 people were killed. In 1963, the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain initialed a treaty in Moscow prohibiting the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, in space or underwater.
This was Greenwood High School’s first winning 11-man football team, coached by Sonny Baker and Don Buie. This photograph appeared in the Nov. 21, 1966, Herald. ONGOING n The Lee County 2010 Idol competition (for ages 35 and above) will hold auditions at 7 p.m. Aug. 10 at Depot Park in Sanford. There is a $10 entry fee to audition. Official entry forms should be submitted by Aug. 4. Entry forms are available at The Enrichment Center of Lee County, or for information call (919) 776-0501. n Central Fire Station at 512 Hawkins Avenue will check car seats between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. each Saturday. Appointments are required. Contact Krista at 7758310 by 5 p.m. Wednesday to schedule an appointment for the following Saturday. Child must be present for seat to be checked, unless mother is expecting. n Sanford Farmers Market will be held from 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday from May through October.
TODAY n Raven Rock State Park presents “Predator Safari” at 1 p.m. Join a park ranger for a program and one-mile hike to learn about the park’s “predators in the park.” This program is intended for ages 6-11 (with an accompanying adult). Space is limited so pre-registration is required. For more information call the park office at (910) 893-4888. Raven Rock State Park is located six miles west of Lillington off U.S. 421 North.
MONDAY n Basketball fundamentals for kids 6-16 years old begins at the Stevens Center, 1576 Kelly Drive in Sanford, from July 26-29, 6 to 8 p.m. This skill-building clinic
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WEDNESDAY n Sanford Jobseekers will meet at First Baptist Church from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. for a time of networking, support and encouragement. This week’s meeting will focus on tweaking that resume so bring along a copy of your recent resume. For questions, call 776-6137.
THURSDAY n Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic supper and “Function at the Junction” at Depot Park. This free outdoor family event starts at 7 p.m. and includes a variety of music throughout the summer. For more information, visit downtownsanford.com or call 919-775-8332.
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SANFORD — John W. Buie, 76, of 260 Happy Lane, Sanford, died Sunday, July 18, 2010, at Lee County Nursing Home in Sanford. Family will receive friends at 260 Happy Lane, Sanford. The funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday (7/2710) at Union Grove United Methodist Church in Broadway. The burial will follow in the church cemetery. No wake is scheduled. Survivors include his nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. His cousins Ida Ruth Cameron, Ann Washington, Agnes Richardson and his niece Effie Reynolds, from Maryland, cared for him throughout his illness. Arrangements are by Knotts Funeral Home.
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SANFORD — Alda D. Ciacci, 88, died Saturday (7/24/10) at Central Carolina Hospital. Memorial Mass will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Stephen Catholic Church by Monsignor Stephen C. WorsCiacci ley. The burial will follow at a later date at St. John Cemetery in Springdale, Conn. Mrs. Ciacci was a
native of Highland N.Y., and daughter of the late Fortunato Diotalevi and Rose Pillon Diotalevi. She volunteered at St. Stephen Catholic Church and with Central Carolina Hospital for 25 years. Mrs. Ciacci is survived by her husband Levito “Larry� Ciacci; three sons, Larry Ciacci and wife Susan of Charlotte, Richard Ciacci of Colorado, and Peter Ciacci and wife Camille of New York; one daughter, Susan Lio and husband Paul of Florida; six grandchildren and three great grandchildren; three sisters, Jill Ingenito of Georgia, Diana DeLeo and husband Frank of Florida, and Benilda Zolluccio of Connecticut. Online condolences may be made at www. rogerspickard.com Arrangements are by Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home.
Alma Gilmore SANFORD — Funeral services for Alma Faulk Gilmore, 92, of Sanford, who died Thursday (7/22/10), were conducted Saturday (7/24/10) at Cool Springs Baptist Church with the Rev. Ira Sutton and the Rev. Matt Martin officiating. The burial followed in the church cemetery. During the service, the congregation sang. The organist was Frances Phillips and Myra Cole was the pianist. Pallbearers were Alex
Gilmore, Graham Gilmore, Ryan Gilmore, Todd Gilmore, Johnny Murray and Nick Owings. Online condolences can be made at www. rogerspickard.com Memorial contributions can be made to the Cool Springs Baptist Church Building Fund, 1313 Cool Springs Road, Sanford, N.C., 27330. Arrangements were by Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home.
Joyce Harrington SANFORD — The funeral for Joyce Matthews Harrington, 83, of Sanford, who died Tuesday (7/20/10), was conducted Friday (7/23/10) at East Sanford Baptist Church with the Rev. Robbie Gibson and the Rev. Robert Yandle officiating. The burial followed at Buffalo Cemetery. Recorded music was played and the Jubilee Choir from the Sandy Creek Baptist Association sang with William Ellis directing. Pallbearers were Jason Matthews, Jay Matthews, Jeff Matthews, Mike Jordan, Kent Jordan and Ricky Bridges. Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home. o For more information on submitting an obituary to The Herald, contact Kim Edwards at 718-1224 or edwardsk@ sanfordherald.com
Bob and Rockie Dillon (pictured) were the winners of last year’s “A Special Date for Eight� fundraiser raffle for t.l.c. home inc. The group recently kicked off 2010 ticket sales for “A Special Date for Eight,� which will continue throughout the summer concluding with the drawing in September at the annual Board of Directors dinner. The cost is $10 per ticket and can be purchased from any board member or by contacting tlc at (919) 774-4355 or tlchome@windstream.net.
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derstand.� Told through the eyes of a 6-year-old tomboy named Scout Finch, “To Kill a Mockingbird� addresses prejudice and injustice in Great Depression-era Alabama. Atticus Finch, Scout’s father and a lawyer, defends a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman, and the Finch children learn about discrimination and acceptance in the process. Scout also becomes fascinated with Boo Radley, the town recluse who most people have dismissed as insane. “It isn’t just a story of someone falsely accusing
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has mostly felt its impact since he began teaching it. While some of his students don’t like it, he said most of the students love and appreciate it. Martin taught the book to a group of East Lee seventh graders two years ago, and the following year he planned to teach it only to the eighth graders who hadn’t read it. But he found that many students were already eager to revisit the book. “Some of the kids I had the previous year as seventh graders asked to read it again,� Martin said. “There’s a good reason it keeps ranking next to the Bible when people are asked what book has had the most impact on your life.� Because of limited seating, registration is required for the library’s “To Kill a Mockingbird� 50th anniversary events. Copies of the novel and audiobook are available at the library, and Gillis said she hopes old and new fans will attend. “It’s a short book that doesn’t take any time to read, but it’s such a profound book,� Gillis said. “This is a great opportunity to read it.�
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second-floor Superior Courtroom Wednesday, Henzey was able to retrace the fire’s loping trek from one corner of the courthouse to the other with her finger. The crowds, buzzing helicopters and roaming news crews from that infamous day are gone now, but the devastation remains. Where once a Superior Court defendant might have pleaded their case, there is now only a yawning chasm more than 100 feet wide. Gone are the judge’s bench, the attorneys’ tables and the portrait of the stately William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, that hung behind the judge. The fire left behind some second-floor court offices and only bits of the truncated third-floor attic space. The first floor, meanwhile, is a mixed bag. Some offices, such as the former museum space in the bottom, southwest corner, survived with little fire damage, but sustained
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ABOVE: From the outside looking in ... a view of one of the front columns from inside the gutted Chatham Courthouse. TOP RIGHT: A few rooms in the courthouse were spared of major damage. Some of the furniture was even salvageable. BOTTOM RIGHT: The fire peeled back layers of paint, revealing in one area a portion of a sign that officials believe could have been a “Whites Only� sign. major water and smoke damage. Other rooms, like the District Attorney’s office in the northeast corner, are blackened and charred, leaving only a gutted husk. When the building’s ornamental clock tower fell some hours after the fire began, its remains crumbled into this section of the building. Walking through it now, with the smell of damp
soot still in the air, you might feel like an underwater explorer plumbing the remains of the Titanic, only without the years of mystery.
PAST IS PROLOGUE For the Chatham County courthouse, past was only prologue. The devastating March 25 blaze marked the fourth time the county’s court building was destroyed
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Will the Superior Courtroom return to its previous spot, or will officials move it down the road to join the county’s other judicial quarters? Which offices will remain on the first floor? Officials like the district attorney had to scramble to regain their footing and move shop after the accident. More questions remain about the cost of the restoration, which could soar above $20 million. County officials say the building was covered by insurance, although work needs to be finished within three years to the date of the fire, or March 25, 2013, to qualify. County commissioners have assembled a task force to brainstorm ideas for putting the structure back together and to give advice, although final say will rest with commissioners. Pittsboro architect Taylor Hobbs, co-chairman of that task force, said the group has at least two more meetings before it makes a recommendation to commissioners. At this point, discussions are still “wide open� on the future of the building, Hobbs said. In the meantime, work
is slated to begin within days on a temporary fixer-upper for the stillunsheltered facility, which has been exposed to the elements since the fire. Hobbs said workers will construct a temporary wood roof and clear out some of the interior prior to the fall and winter. “The last thing we need is to get water in there this winter,� he said. “The water could get into the brick walls, which could freeze and destroy the integrity of the wall.� For now, the task force is viewing its task as a “glass-half-full situation,� according to Hobbs, focusing on the fact that the foundation and central structure have survived. “We look at it as we’ve got a good start� on rebuilding, he said. Kost said commissioners will likely seek more public input after the task force makes its recommendations. No decisions have been made on the building’s possible contents at this point, she said, and probably won’t until officials gauge the cost and timetable for repairs. For Kost, the details of the fire have left her with a
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bad taste in her mouth. “We were doing the right thing by restoring the building to really preserve it,” she said. “And it’s the actual preservation of the building that caused the fire. It was really sad.” Kost remembers she and several commissioners were in ethics training in a courtroom annex across the street when the fire started. “Someone came running in and told us the courthouse was on fire,” she said. “You kind of go into shock.” Kost and the commissioners were there before the firefighters arrived. She remembers crowds gathering in the afternoon hours to watch firefighters battle the blaze, and some children nearby who found something to laugh and joke about despite the scene. “I almost wanted to say ‘stop laughing!’” Kost said. Hobbs was left with a similar taste in his mouth. After all, his family’s company was involved in the ongoing restoration prior to the fire, and his business office down the street left him with a front-row view of the catastrophe. “I certainly never had the experience of standing and watching a project of mine burn,” he said. “It was very sad, a very traumatic experience. We couldn’t really believe what we were watching. You see the icon of your community being destroyed and you can’t quite wrap your head around it.” Hobbs said the accident left a hole in the heart of Pittsboro and Chatham County, a hole that won’t be filled without the complete rebuild-
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A front view of the Chatham County Courthouse with the Confederate monument that was not damaged during the fire. ing of the courthouse. “I think town morale will come back and the sense of pride will be there,” he said. “It’s the town’s identity.” Kost would agree. Even though she’s not a native, she said she vividly remembers family road trips through Pittsboro when she was a child, and how her mother would say “we’re going in” as if the family’s car would travel straight through the building and not around. It’s been months since the fire, and Kost thinks locals need a reminder. “It’s kind of like Haiti,” she said. “It was in the news for a while (with the earthquake) and then it was gone, but there are still people dealing with the aftermath.”
‘IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH WORSE.’ Henzey stood in the first-floor hallway and gazed at some spare graffiti on the walls, only the smallest indicator that vagrants or local teens have explored the ruins.
Walking through the remains in day is one thing. Exploring at night, when the vast hole in the second floor is shrouded in darkness, is another. She remembered leaving her office down the street from the courthouse when she heard the building was on fire, although police officers had already blocked off the traffic circle and the spread of the smoke left onlookers with little to see. “I looked out the window and all I could see was just boiling smoke,” she said. More than three months later, Henzey is showing off the cracked remains of a white sign in the first-floor hallway that
had been plastered over multiple times during the building’s renovations. The word “only” can be made out in cursive on the sign. Local historians believe the sign was a holdover from America’s segregation days. “It could have said ‘whites only’ water fountain, or ‘whites only’ bathroom,” Henzey said. “Then again, it might have just said something like ‘jurors only’ or ‘judges only.’” In another room in the southwest corner, a rusted metal vault set into the wall remains ajar. The vault doors are emblazoned with the name Mosler Safe Co., a reminder of the now-de-
funct company’s longtime product. Mosler Safe began in 1867 and filed for bankruptcy in 2001. In between, the company was revered for its sturdy vaults, the likes of which are said to have survived the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima during World War II. It’s no surprise then that the vault survived this fire, although county officials have not used it for storage in years. Henzey said Chatham leaders once stored money and important papers inside. An antique desk sits now in the former museum of the Chatham County Historical Association. Local historians lucked out in this blaze, with most of the museum’s items escaping the worst damage. The Historical Association removed the artifacts in the days following the fire. On Wednesday, a door propped open allowed wind to circulate through
the bare room, the better to dry the waterlogged space, Henzey said. The courthouse frame and foundation still remain, although not without some scorching. Henzey pointed to a pair of vital beams that were nearly destroyed in the blaze. If the fire had taken those beams, the courthouse would have collapsed, she said. But feverish work from firefighters, competing against swirling winds that made the building’s plastic-draped windows into rows of spouting chimneys, prevented that catastrophe, Henzey said. “The firefighters fought really hard in just impossible conditions,” she said. “They saved it from being worse. It could have been so much worse.” Meanwhile, a first-floor elevator sits silently at the foot of the courthouse stairs. Henzey pointed out that, without power and a second floor, it won’t be going up again, at least not anytime soon.
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Editorial Board: Bill Horner III, Publisher • Billy Liggett, Editor • R.V. Hight, Special Projects Editor
SUNDAY THUMBS THUMBS UP: Rebuilding the Chatham County Courthouse On the front page of today’s edition, you can read all aobut the efforts to rebuild the Chatham County Courthouse, which was all but destroyed in a massive fire on March 25. The courthouse was more than just another government building for Pittsboro and Chatham County. It was a landmark and a symbol. It was the gathering point for
most events in the town and its most recognizable feature. Losing the courthouse was tore a piece of Chatham County’s identity away, and it is good to see that leaders plan to rebuild rather than simply bulldoze the plot of land. Hopefully soon, the terrible fire will be little more than a memory.
THUMBS UP: Dancing with the Lee County Stars event When Communities in Schools of Lee County announced its first unique fundraiser last year, there were some questions. The organization was in dire need of funds, and the Dancing
with the Lee County stars event was a bit of a gamble. It was a gamble that paid off bigtime, as the organization made more than enough money to keep operating and the community was treated to a wonderful night of dancing and fellowship. This year’s event, scheduled for Aug. 13 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, promises to be even more exciting. Kudos to all the dancers and those who put on the night, and be sure to cast your votes, and your dollars to this worth event.
THUMBS DOWN: Not cooperating with police A local teenager reported she was shot in the neck early Thursday in Lee County, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday, but she initially refused treatment at Central Carolina Hospital and was uncooperative with investigators. We understand a young, scared girl’s trepidation with turning in her shooter. But we hope she will realize that deputies are there to help, not hurt, and her testimony could ensure that another local teen doesn’t fall prey to the same assailant.
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RE: Former sheriff hopeful eyes ballot
I am happy to see Butch back in the political arena but I cannot support him for County Commissioner. Nothing personal and putting all partisan rhetoric aside Womack is more qualified for this position and is best for Sanford at this time. Nothing against Butch who once said his “lifelong ambition is to become the sheriff of Lee County” because he will have my vote FOR SHERIFF in 4 years! — ILoveSanford
The commissioner races for District 3 and District 4 could be very interesting this year. In District 3, the Democrat candidate is a former Board of Education member and is running on his association with Clyde Rhyne. Now, those are two strong issues on which to campaign. We all know the Board of Education never gets enough taxpayer funds! In District 4, the Democrat candidate is so out of touch with Lee County voters that he didn’t realize how popular Sheriff Carter was (one of the reasons he gave for dropping out of the sheriff’s race). I’m sure Sheriff Carter was relieved to know he wouldn’t have an opponent, but surely he must be wondering if a Commissioner Johnson would question funding to the Sheriff’s department if, in Johnson’s view, the Sheriff wasn’t working closely enough with the Sanford Police Department. Makes you wonder who is recruiting these candidates and what the real agenda is. — TruthSeeker2010
RE: Nonprofit seeks city’s help with broken AC
Seems to me there might be 10 churches in the county that could raise $1000 each toward this effort. Find the 10 churches and I’ll donate $50 toward the effort through one of the churches. — alan061977
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Today’s Prayer God loved the world so much that He gave His only Son so that everyone who believes in Him should have eternal life. (John 3:16) PRAYER: Father, accept the gratitude from our hearts for the happiness Your love imparts when we answer Your call in Jesus Christ. Teach us to share with others the spiritual favors you bestow on us. Amen.
Advice for the dancers
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t probably isn’t the best use of my time to write a column directed at just 20 people, but as my wife can attest, I’m not known as the best time manager in the world. The following is words of wisdom — or just words — for the 10 couples vying to be this year’s top performers at the second annual Dancing with the Lee County Stars. The event — set for Friday night, Aug. 13, at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center — is the big fundraiser for Communities in Schools of Lee County. In the spirit of full disclosure, I’m on the CIS board. But I’d be writing this even if I weren’t ... as last year, I was one of the performers. My partner and I, Courtney McCullough, did a sort-of Latin dance to Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” ... a routine we spent more than a month rehearsing. For all of our hard work, we finished fourth in the judge’s voting (we was robbed), but that didn’t take away from the experience. Simply put, we had a blast — from the exhausting rehearsals to the videos we made for our intro. So my advice for the 20 dancers — one of whom is The Herald’s own Jonathan Owens, whose professed goal is to score better than I did last year — is as follows:
GET FUNKY I have nothing against shag dancing ... I have nothing against a beautifully performed waltz ... I have nothing against the two-step. But you gotta remember that you’re a performer on Aug. 13. Play to your audience. I dressed like a fool, hiked up my pants and thrust my hips like 1980s Michael last year ... it got the audience into it. Few remember the fact that our actual routine was very flawed and out of step. So when I say “get funky,” I mean GET FUNKY. Throw down. Get your audience involved. Go for the “whoos!” If your dance doesn’t have a high funk level ... toss in humor or something surprising. You want to go for memorable. These folks are paying good money ($75) for this event ... the least you could do is give them what they paid for. ACCEPT THE BUTTERFLIES I find it kind of amusing that I’m giving advice to a group that consists of several dancers who have tons of experience not only performing in front of others, but teaching people to dance. In other words, who am I to come off as an expert? Well, I’m coming at this at an angle of a guy who’d never — never ever — acted, performed or danced in front of a dozen people ... much less hundreds. Doing so last year was not only exhilarating, it was liberating. I overcame a fear I have of getting up in front of big crowds. I’m not the best public speaker in the world, and much of that has to do with the butterflies I get when it’s time to be the focus of hundreds of eyes. But being a newspaper editor has forced me on occasion to get in front of large crowds ... whether it’s a political forum or speaking engagement.
Billy Liggett Sanford Herald Editor Contact Billy Liggett by e-mail at bliggett@sanfordherald.com I still get the butterflies and queasiness, but I’ve learned to accept and embrace it. Last year, when I looked out and saw the sea of faces, I felt like throwing up. I couldn’t even enjoy the Taste of Lee County because I couldn’t eat most of the day. But much like in a sporting event, once the clock started — or in this case, the music began — the practice and urge to win took over .. and we performed. And I think the butterflies helped build the excitement ... so if you’re nervous heading into Aug. 13, it’s normal. Realize part of it is adrenaline ... and that certainly can’t hurt a good dance.
REMEMBER THE CAUSE If you do get to those final minutes before the curtain’s drawn and you’re still wondering what you got yourself into ... remember you’re doing this for a good cause. Last year, Dancing with the Lee County Stars was a make-or-break event for Communities in Schools of Lee County. Like most nonprofits, the economy hit CIS hard, and there was talk of folding and dumping the event before the right decision was made to put all the eggs in one basket. The event more than sold out and more than exceeded expectations. Because of that, CIS can breathe easier today. The organization serves as a liaison between businesses and the Lee County school district and gets people involved in the everyday lives of our students — whether it’s through mentoring, tutoring or collecting supplies for students and classrooms that are short on them. CIS’ goal is to be there for our students and help reduce the area’s dropout rate. Whether you’re dancing or donating for this year’s event, you’re helping our schools and our students. You helped out immensely the moment you agreed to be a dancer. Good luck to all of the dancers this year. For anybody wishing to learn more about how to help them raise money, go online to www. dancingwiththeleecountystars.com or find the event’s Facebook page. From there, you can donate directly to the couple of your choice ... and in doing so, give them added incentive to put on a good show.
Letters to the Editor Real estate agency responds to article on couple with mold in home
To the Editor: We write in response to last Sunday’s article about the couple (Robert Riggs and Bettie Wyatt) with mold in their home. Over two years ago, our company, Southeastern Properties and Development Company, served as the general contractor for repairs to the home. Our repairs did not cause mold to develop in the home; we did not suggest to the couple that they should remain in the home while the repairs were done; and we provided the couple with excellent repair work at a reasonable price. If there is mold in the home, it had nothing to do with our repairs. The article indicates that the current mold problem stems from a leaking roof. We were not contracted to repair the roof and we never worked on it. When we finished our repair work, Daniel Lee, a HUD Inspector, someone with no connection to us or Southeastern, examined the house and approved of our work. At that time, neither Mr. Lee nor the couple noticed any mold. Both Mr. Lee and Darryl Washington, a new HUD Inspector, indicated in the article that the mold could have just recently developed. The article indicates that Southeastern told the couple to enter the home through an unlocked back door and to remain in the house while work was done. This is not true. We did not encourage the couple to remain in the home. In fact, we have a copy of correspondence we sent to the couple’s mortgage broker, in which we indicated that the couple had unexpectedly moved into the house and that the subcontractors were raising their quotes due to the increased labor costs associated with working in an occupied house. As we do with all of our customers, we provided this couple with top-notch service at a reasonable price. The article refers to the couple’s complaint of “shoddy construction work.” This complaint shocked us. On May 2, 2008, after we had completed our work and the couple had authorized Southeastern to be paid, Ms. Wyatt gave one of us ( John) a hug and kiss on his cheek and invited us back to the home for a party. Several months later, Mr. Riggs dropped by our office to play us a song on his guitar and to let us know that they were still enjoying their home. The couple seemed to be very happy customers. For some unknown reason, the couple became unhappy and made complaints about Southeastern (and others) to numerous government agencies. We have cooperated with each of those agencies and no one has indicated that we did anything wrong. We have always strived to be honest and ethical business folks and to be positive contributing members to our community. Over the last several years, we have sold homes and/or built homes for literally hundreds of folks in our community (we have a Christmas card list a mile long). We have never once before run into a situation like this one. We appreciate the many kind words of support we have received from so many of you in the community. It is nice to know that we have family, friends and clients that appreciate our commitment to customer service. We sincerely hope that Mr. Riggs’s health improves, that the couple’s alleged mold problem is fixed and that this letter shows them and members of our community that Southeastern did not cause their unfortunate situation.
JOHN COOPER, JR. AND CHRIS TACIA Owners, Southeastern Properties and Development Company
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Obama paradox
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ou don’t need to be a political pollster, much less a worried Democrat, to know that the president’s approval ratings have plummeted. “Down to the immediate family,” we used to say mockingly, when President Bush was at about the same point. Of course, it’s a little bit better than that — down to the hardcore, the yellow dog Democrats (as in, I’d rather vote for a yellow dog than a Republican), but there’s no denying that the bloom is off the rose, and any other cliche you can think of. The paradox is just how “effective” the president has been, at least if you define “effective” as doing what he said he’d do when he ran for office. He said he’d get comprehensive health care reform through Congress (like every Democrat who won and lost in the past 20 years has said), but he actually did it. He said he’d push for major financial regulation, and you can also check that one off the list as done. Big stimulus package to create jobs — did that. More diversity at the top — say yes to that, with triple the number of women on the High Court (or about to be). He said Afghanistan was the important war, the one he’d focus on — and he has. He appealed to Hispanic voters by promising not to play punitive immigration politics — and his Justice Department has now sued Arizona for allegedly intruding on federal supremacy to shape immigration policy. Like him or hate him, the one thing you can’t say about Barack Obama is that he is the typical politician who makes promises he doesn’t keep. He hasn’t. He made promises and he kept them. Could that be the problem? In delivering on his promises, in doing what he said he’d do, the national debt has skyrocketed. It wasn’t so many years ago that we used to sit around on campaign planes trying to figure out how to make people actually care about the debt. You could see eyes roll over as candidates started explaining the problems with a big deficit. “Mortgaging our children’s future...” Yawn. “For every man, woman and child in this country, the debt is...” Snooze. I might be the only person in America who remembers this, but then-Gov. Bill Clinton’s endless speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention was, in too large part, an effort to explain the impact of the federal deficit on our place in the world economy. Even he couldn’t make it come alive. Lesser mortals couldn’t come close. No more. In recent polls, the debt now ties with terrorism on Americans’ list of their big fears. The debt? Tied with terrorism. I kid you not. This may be good news for our economic literacy, but it is not good news for the president or the Democrats. The awareness of the deficit is a sign that people are coming to understand that the country’s economic problems are not going away; that the “stimulus” package stimulated more debt than jobs, or at least that’s how it feels; that there is no easy or quick fix around the corner, and that every new government program — even the ones you like — just adds to the balance sheet. Even the rich have stopped spending money. The secret is out. The future is not secure. If Democrats are to avoid disaster in November, candidates — as well as the man at the top — have to address that insecurity. They have to reckon with the increasing realization that all of the activity of the last almost two years, all the programs so many of us were for, supported and worked for, appear as a double-edged sword, at best, in current economic terms. You can’t talk about how many jobs have been created without admitting how much it has cost, or answering the question where we’re going to get the money to pay it back. No one’s snoozing in the back of the room anymore. They’re looking for some answers, and the Democrats’ future depends on their willingness to address those questions openly and honestly.
Making Americans sick
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ealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius promised, “The U.S. government plans to increase funding to battle obesity and views healthcare reform as an opportunity to encourage better eating habits.” Rather than spending money and attacking the food industry, the secretary and others concerned with the health of Americans ought to go after the U.S. Congress. Let’s look at it. According to a study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (May 2009), widespread use of fructose may be directly responsible for some of the ongoing increase in rates of childhood diabetes and obesity. Consuming fructose-sweetened, not glucose-sweetened, beverages increases abdominal fat and decreases insulin sensitivity in overweight/ obese people. The participants in the study who consumed fructose-sweetened food showed an increase of fat cells around major organs including their hearts and livers, and also underwent metabolic changes that are precursors to heart disease and diabetes. Other studies have linked diets rich in high-fructose corn syrup to elevated risks of high triglycerides (a type of blood fat), fat buildup in the liver and insulin resistance, notes Dr. Gerald Shulman and his colleagues at Yale University School of Medicine. “This is the first evidence we have that fructose increases diabetes and heart disease independently from causing simple weight gain,” said Kimber Stanhope, a molecular biologist who led the UC Davis study, adding, “We didn’t see any of these changes in the people eating glucose.” You say, “Williams, glucose, fructose — what’s the fuss?” Sucrose is the sugar sold in 5- or 10-pound bags at your supermarket that Americans have used as a sweetener throughout most of our history. Fructose is a sweetener that has more recently come into heavy use by beverage manufacturers and food processors. You ask, “How come all the fructose use now?” Enter the U.S. Congress. The Fanjul family of Palm Beach, Fla., a politically connected family, has given more than $1.8 million to both Democratic and Republican
Walter Williams Syndicated Columnist Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.
parties over the years. They and others in the sugar industry give millions to congressmen to keep high tariffs on foreign sugar so the U.S. sugar industry can charge us higher prices. ... Chairman Emeritus of Archer Daniels Midland Company, Dwayne Andreas, has given politicians millions of dollars to help him enrich ADM at our expense. For that money, congressmen vote to restrict sugar imports that in turn drive up sugar prices. Higher sugar prices benefit ADM, who produces corn syrup (fructose), which is a sugar substitute. When sugar prices are high, sugar users (soda, candy and food processors) turn to corn syrup as a cheaper substitute sweetener. Early on, some sugarusing companies found out they could import products like ice tea, distill out its sugar content and still beat the high prices caused by Congress’ protectionist sugar policy, but to do so was eventually made illegal. Congress’ sugar policy not only reduces the health of American people, it reduces American jobs as well. Chicago used to be America’s candy manufacturing capitol. In 1970, employment by Chicago’s candy manufacturers totaled 15,000 and now it’s 8,000 and falling. Brach’s used to employ about 2,300 people; now most of its jobs are in Mexico. Ferrara Pan Candy has also moved much of its production to Mexico. Yes, wages are lower in Mexico, but wages aren’t the only factor in candy manufacturers’ flight from America. Sugar is a major cost and in Mexico, they pay one-third to one-half what they pay in the U.S. Life Savers, which for 90 years was manufactured in America, has moved to Canada, where wages are comparable to ours, but their yearly sugar cost is $10 million less.
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Board of Commissioners E-mail — glee@leecountync.gov (for all commissioners) n Chairman Richard Hayes (at-large): 774-7658 e-mail: rhayes241@windstream.net n Vice-Chairman Larry ‘Doc’ Oldham (at-large): 7766615; e-mail: oldham_larry@windstream.net n At-Large Commissioner Ed Paschal: 776-3257 n District 1 Commissioner Robert Reives: 774-4434 n District 2 Commissioner Amy Dalrymple: 2586695 n District 3 Commissioner Linda Shook: 775-5557 E-mail: lindashook@charter.net n District 4 Commissioner Jamie Kelly: 718-6513 E-mai L: jamesk@kellymarcom.com
Sanford n Mayor Cornelia Olive: Phone (919) 718-0571; Email — corneliaolive@charter.net n City Manager Hal Hegwer: 775-8202; E-mail — hal.hegwer@sanfordNC.net City Council n Ward 1 Councilman Sam Gaskins: 776-9196; Email — SPGaskins@aol.com n Ward 2 Councilman Charles Taylor: 775-1824; Email — fontcord@windstream.net n Ward 3 Councilman James Williams: 258-3458; E-mail — williamsins@windstream.net n Ward 4 Councilman Walter Mc Neil Jr.: 776-4894; E-mail —none provided n Ward 5 Councilman Linwood Mann Sr.: 775-2038; E-mail — none provided n At-Large Councilman L.I. “Poly” Cohen: 775-7541; E-mail — poly@wave-net.net n At-Large Councilman Mike Stone (Mayor Pro Tem): 76-2412; E-mail — stoneassoc@windstream.net
Broadway Town Commissioners n Commissioner Woody Beale: 258-6461 E-mail — wbeale@wave-net.net n Commissioner Thomas Beal: 258-3039 E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net n Commissioner Jim Davis: 258-9404 E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net n Commissioner Lynne West Green: 258-9904 Email — lynnwestgreen@windstream.net n Commissioner Clem Welch: 258-3163 E-mail — clemellyn@windstream.net
Lee County School Board n “Bill” Tatum: 774-8806; billtatum1@windstream. net n P. Frank Thompson Sr.: 775-2583; Fbthompsonsr@ windstream.net n Dr. Lynn Smith: 776-8083; orthosmith@windstream. net n Shawn Williams: shawnwil@coastalnet.com n Ellen Mangum: 776-5050; ejmangum@charter.net n Linda Smith: 774-6781; inky@wave-net.net n Cameron Sharpe: 498-2250; camerons.box44@ yahoo.com
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MANTEO (AP) — A collection of old photos, some not seen before by local historians, shows wreckage in Hatteras after the big hurricane of 1899. Carol Cronk Cole, granddaughter of an employee of the Virginia Beach weather bureau office in the 1890s, has given copies of 20 photographs to the Outer Banks History Center in Manteo. Many of them depict the aftermath of the August 1899 hurricane known as San Ciriaco that killed hundreds of people along the coast and in Puerto Rico and wrecked at least 13 ships along the North Carolina coast. The collection is the most significant of this age the Outer Banks History Center has received in nearly 20 years, said Sarah Downing, assistant curator at the History Center. “I have never seen many of these, and I’ve seen a lot of historic photos,� Downing said. Cronk’s grandfather Corydon Pirnie Cronk had taken or collected these photographs as a hobby while working at the Weather Bureau in Virginia Beach. As part of his job, Cronk came down to the Outer Banks to inspect
telegraph lines. A few of the photos match photos also taken by H.H. Brimley, who took and collected more than 4,000 photographs for the state during a span of more than 40 years. The Brimley collection is stored at the North Carolina State Archives. Officials are not sure whether the photographs were taken by Cronk or by Brimley or a combination. Both took photos of the Outer Banks at that time, Downing said. Many of the photos include a caption describing the scene, likely written in ink by Cronk’s wife, Cole wrote to Downing in an e-mail. Cole, who lives in Ohio, could not be reached. Outer Banks historian Bill Harris had never seen a clear photograph of the Kitty Hawk weather bureau building before these photographs, he said. Harris concentrates much of his research and collections in Kitty Hawk. “They give you a better understanding of the lay of the land at that time,� he said. The only other photograph of the weather bureau he had seen was taken by the Wright broth-
ers from a great distance and is barely visible, he said. One photo shows the remains of a shipwreck washed ashore, including barrels, lumber and leftover cargo. In the distance is a beached and broken ship. Another, possibly taken later, shows dozens of shad boats docked along the shoreline where their owners had come to attend a vendue, an auction of shipwreck remains conducted by the commissioner of wrecks. Other photos depict the Cape Hatteras lighthouse and the village after the hurricane. Cronk died in 1903, the same year the Wright brothers flew in Kitty Hawk. One of the worst, most deadly storms in history, Hurricane San Ciriaco gets its name from striking Puerto Rico on Aug. 8, 1899, which was St. Ciriaco’s Day, according to an online account by East Carolina University. Packing winds up to 140 mph, the storm killed 3,433 people, including those in Puerto Rico. S.L. Dosher, a weather bureau observer in Cape Hatteras, sent a report
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10A / Sunday, July 25, 2010 / The Sanford Herald GULF OIL SPILL
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP’s evacuation of the Gulf of Mexico was called off Saturday and ships headed back to resume work on plugging the leaky well as remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie breezed past. The temporary plug that has mostly contained the oil for eight days held, and the real-time cameras that have given the world a constant view of the ruptured well apparently never stopped rolling. Dozens of ships evacuated the Gulf, but the storm had weakened to a tropical depression by the time it hit the spill site Saturday morning. Thad Allen, the retired Coast Guard admiral running the government’s spill response, called it “very good news.” But the setback was still significant. Work came to a standstill Wednesday and will take time to restart. Allen said drill rig workers who spent Thursday and Friday pulling nearly a mile of segmented steel pipe out of the water and stacking the 40-to-50 foot sections on deck would have to reverse the process. It could be Friday
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A surfer glides along the beach as anglers fish the waters near the jetty in Grand Isle, La., as Tropical Depression Bonnie approaches the coast Saturday. before workers can start blasting in heavy mud and cement through the mechanical cap, the first phase of a two-step process to seal the leaking oil well for good. And the threat of severe weather remains. Already, another disturbance was brewing in the Caribbean, although it wasn’t likely to strengthen into a tropical storm. Hurricane season moves into its most active period in early August and extending into Sep-
tember. “We’re going to be playing a cat-and-mouse game for the remainder of the hurricane season,” Allen said Saturday morning. Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said waves near the well head could reach eight feet by Saturday evening. She said no significant storm surge was expected along the coast, and that the wave action could actually help dissipate oil in the water, spreading out the surface slick and breaking up tar balls. “I think the bottom line is it’s better than it might have been,” Lubchenco said. It could be Monday before BP resumes drilling on the relief well and Wednesday before they
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finish installing steel casing to fortify the relief shaft, Allen said. By Friday, workers could start blasting in heavy mud and cement from the top of the well, which could kill it right away. BP will still finish drilling the relief tunnel — which could take up to a week — to pump in more mud and cement from nearly two miles under the sea floor. Before the cap was attached and closed a week ago, the broken well spewed 94 million to 184 million gallons into the Gulf after the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, killing 11 workers. The plug is so far beneath the ocean surface, scientists say even a severe storm shouldn’t damage it. “There’s almost no chance it’ll have any impact on the well head or the cap because it’s right around 5,000 feet deep and even the largest waves won’t get down that far,” said Don Van Nieuwenhuise, director of professional geoscience programs at the University of Houston.
Search ends for Lake Michigan plane crash victims LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Authorities called off their search Saturday for four people missing since a small plane plunged into Lake Michigan a day earlier while flying a cancer patient to the Mayo Clinic. The pilot, 66-year-old Jerry Freed of Alma, was rescued following the crash Friday morning several miles off the west Michigan coast. After combing the area for 27 hours, rescuers concluded there was little chance anyone else had survived, said Petty Officer Brandon Blackwell of the U.S. Coast Guard’s district headquarters in Cleveland. “We can resume a search if credible information is received that persons missing may be alive,” Blackwell told The Associated Press. “At this point, we saturated an area that’s approximately 1,000 square miles ... and we’ve turned up nothing.” Also aboard the plane were co-pilot Earl Davidson, Alma school superintendent Don Pavlik, his wife Irene, and Dr. James Hall. All were residents of Alma, a central Michigan town 150 miles northwest of Detroit.
Charges dropped for NY man who tackled prankster BETHLEHEM, N.Y. (AP) — A prosecutor has decided to drop charges against a man who chased and tackled a teenager who rang his doorbell in a late-evening prank in eastern New York. Daniel Van Plew of Bethlehem had been arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child after the July 17 incident. A spokeswoman for Albany District Attorney David Soares has declined to explain why he decided not to prosecute. Van Plew says he is grateful to have the matter behind him. An attorney for the teen’s family called the decision to drop charges
“political.” The 14-year-old boy was cut and scraped during the takedown, but not seriously hurt.
Colorado’s tax iconoclast back in the spotlight
DENVER (AP) — Grizzled pioneers started Colorado’s government, but few have caused it more trouble than iconoclast Douglas Bruce. Bruce was the engineer of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, a 1992 tax-limiting measure still widely praised and panned for curbing government. He went on to serve in the state Legislature as a Republican and earned the first formal censure in the history of the Colorado House. Now, a year after leaving office, Bruce is still giving public officials heartburn. He’s been linked in court documents to three ballot proposals to further restrict the government’s ability to tax. Bruce has been ordered to court Monday to answer a subpoena, though he insists he’s not associated with the current measures.
Univ. of Va. puts out Faulkner audio archives RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Fans of Southern literature have read William Faulkner for decades. Now they can hear the author speak. The University of Virginia has published an online audio archive of the Nobeland Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s two-year term as writer-in-residence at the Charlottesville school in the late 1950s. In the recordings, Faulkner talks about his books, his career and the events of the day. “Faulkner at Virginia: An Audio Archive” contains about 28 hours of the author’s speeches, readings of his works and his answers to more than 1,400 questions posed by students and other audience members.
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The Sanford Herald / Sunday, July 25, 2010 / 11A
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Obama and spill: Lessons from corporate world
Some insurers stop writing new coverage for kids
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some major health insurance companies will no longer issue certain types of policies for children, an unintended consequence of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law, state officials said Friday. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said several big insurers in his state will stop issuing new policies that cover children individually. Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland said a couple of local insurers in her state are doing likewise. In Florida, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Aetna, and Golden Rule — a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare — notified the insurance commissioner that they will stop issuing individual policies for children, said Jack McDermott, a spokesman for McCarty. The major types of coverage for children — employer plans and government programs — are not be affected by the disruption. But a subset of policies — those that cover children as individuals — may run into problems. Even so, insurers are not canceling children’s coverage already issued, but refusing to write new policies. The administration reacted sharply to the pullback. “We’re disappointed that a small number of insurance companies are taking this unwarranted and unnecessary step,� said Jessica Santillo, a spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services department. Starting later this year, the health care overhaul law requires insurers to accept children regardless of medical problems — a major early benefit of the complex legislation. Insurers are worried that parents will wait until kids get sick to sign them up, saddling the companies with unpredictable costs.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As chief executive officer of America Inc., Barack Obama has walked the factory floor when it comes to managing the federal response to the Gulf oil spill, going directly to front-line workers. He’s used wiles respected in the boardroom in wringing a $20 billion commitment from BP. But what was that talk about kicking butt? That’s so assembly line Ford Motor Co., circa 1930. And why on Earth did it take him so long to talk to BP’s chief? A real CEO would have had Tony Hayward on the phone in a New York minute. The president is not, of course, the head of a company. He’s accountable to the public in ways a chief executive is not to shareholders. Governance and politics differ from effective corporate management while sharing certain qualities. But everyone wants to see the get-it-done ethic of the business world play out in the Gulf of Mexico and in the often confused lines of federal authority. A temporary cap on the ruptured well has held since it was attached on July 15; a permanent fix is expected in August. Since the BPleased Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20, between 94 million and 184 million gallons have leaked into the Gulf. The Gulf calamity, like the presidency itself, is a crash course in executive management for a man who came to office with no such experience to speak of. How’s he doing? A mix of real-world CEOs and business theo-
cap stopped the flow, at least temporarily. But disagreements have broken out over what to do next.
GETTING WITH THE PEOPLE Although Obama is big on “transparency,� the Oval Office lacks the glass walls favored by many in business as a way for bosses to stay connected with workers. That’s why it’s been important for him to visit the Gulf and talk to response workers and citizens — his way of walking the factory floor, Messenger says. “Sometimes they hit you between the eyes with a comment you just hadn’t thought of,� he says about the employees he encounters this way. “For Obama, that’s where being on the ground and talking to citizens makes a difference.�
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President Barack Obama walks with Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, center, Gulfport Mayor George Schloegel, rear, and others, after he met with residents affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Gulfport, Miss. rists interviewed by The Associated Press sketched out qualities of a corporate executive and judged Obama by them:
ning� that Obama let so much time lapse before meeting the BP chief after the spill. “I would have had Hayward in my office that afternoon.� Dyke Messenger, CEO of Power Curbers, a manufacturer and exporter of concrete paving machines in Salisbury, N.C., said earlier meetings with BP leaders would have helped both sides push common goals for the response. Obama and the BP brass “are the ones who make decisions for those organizations, and if you’ve got common thought at the senior level then it flows down from there,� he said. That common purpose would discourage Obama from publicly flogging BP — a tempting move given public anger toward the company. Messenger said both sides would have been more focused, earlier, on plugging the hole. “He can’t make a deal with BP at the CEO level then turn around and hammer them,� Messenger said. The company and government have achieved their first major success — a new
CONSULT, DON’T INSULT Obama’s tough words about BP while refusing for weeks to talk to Hayward. The dispatching of the attorney general to the Gulf in a prelude to legal action. The keister-kicking threat. It all might make for good politics — or it might not. To Drew Greenblatt, president of Marlin Steel Wire Products LLC of Baltimore, it was a failure of executive leadership. CEOs talk first and sue only if necessary, he says. “Those are inflammatory strategies,� he says. “We don’t want people rushing to their lawyers at this moment. We want people to cap the oil well rather than the idea well. “American factories don’t think this way. We try to come up with clever ideas of how to get out of this pickle. The first thing we should be focused on is solving problems, not placing blame.� Greenblatt found it “stun-
ART OF NEGOTIATION Entrepreneur Siamak Taghaddos, co-founder and CEO of Grasshopper Group LLC of Needham, Mass., says the knocks on Obama for being slow or late to respond are off base. “I see it as a negotiating tactic� worthy of the boardroom, he said. Taghaddos said it was not clear right away that securing compensation would become a top priority. By keeping some distance until that issue clarified, Obama might have strengthened his hand in obtaining the compensation fund from the oil company. If Obama had pushed harder and for more, Taghaddos said, BP might have seen the demand as no better than a bankruptcy filing. “His being able to go in and get a $20 billion guarantee, minimum, and in that way, shows great negotiating skills.�
KEEPING BALANCE The U.S. government, an enterprise with an assortment of interests unmatched in the business world, can’t become fixated on the spill, however horrific, at the expense of other big things, says Joseph Schocken, president of the Broadmark Capital investment bank in Seattle. “For a real CEO, the most important thing to keep in mind is your overall responsibilities,� he says. “Obama is not CEO of the spill. He’s the CEO of the United States.� Obama has kept that balance, Schocken said, and realized that crises are always opportunities of some sort. “You saw that when the president in the Oval Office used the oil spill as a leadin for a discussion about alternative energy,� he said. “In the same way, it is a metaphor or a teaching tool for the correct role of government.�
CHAIN OF COMMAND For much of the time, the crisis has lacked a clear sense of who is really in charge. That’s a source of frustration, if not outrage, especially among Gulf leaders and residents. Obama “created a sense of far greater control than the government actually has at this point,� said George G. Daly, dean of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He questioned whether the flashes of temper from the president, as seen when he said he’d fire Hayward if he could, are useful and authentic. “He has a cool, articulate, analytical style,� Daly said. “He traded it for this angry rhetoric that may not have suited him well in this particular interest.�
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Obama urges liberals to ‘keep up the fight’ in 2008 have grown disenchanted on issues from the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the failure to create a government-run insurance option in the health care overhaul, and many believe the White House has been too accommodating with Republicans. In his remarks, the president said the combat mission in Iraq would soon end, and that the administration is working to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gays and close the U.S. prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay. “In ways large and small we’ve begun to deliver on the change you fought so hard for,” Obama said. “We cant afford to slide backward. And that’s the choice America faces this November,”
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer
LAS VEGAS — President Barack Obama made an election-season appeal Saturday to disgruntled liberal activists and bloggers, assuring them his administration is committed to their causes and urging them to help elect Democrats in November. “Change hasn’t come fast enough for too many Americans. I know that,” Obama said in a surprise video appearance at the annual Netroots Nation convention. “I know it hasn’t come fast for many of you who fought so hard during the election.” In a year when Democrats are expected to lose seats in Congress, party leaders have grown concerned with malaise in the left wing. Liberals who helped elect Obama
he added. “Keep up the fight.” Hundreds of activists and bloggers applauded warmly after the video ended, but some were not appeased. The video “doesn’t really change my views. I’m still waiting for action,” said Matthew Filipowicz, 33, a cartoonist and comedian from Chicago. “Words only do so much.” Obama’s video was introduced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who received a standing ovation from most of the people in the cavernous, partly filled auditorium at a Las Vegas casino. In her remarks, Pelosi referred to “differences of opinions,” and like Obama ticked off legislative victories like the health care overhaul and broad reform of the U.S. banking and financial sector.
Echoing the president, she asked the crowd to recognize what’s been achieved in Washington since Obama’s election and not let differences cause a political fissure. The day after the election “we want to have no regrets,” Pelosi said. When asked a question about the military policy on gay servicemembers, someone shouted from the audience. “Your impatience is justified,” Pelosi said. Just two days after Senate Democrats gave up plans to attempt to pass an energy bill that caps greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, Pelosi said “this is not an issue the Senate can walk away from.” The plan was a priority of Obama, who had hoped to add a climate bill to his list of legislative successes.
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Obama, GOP spar over how to revive ailing economy WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama derided an economic plan from the top House Republican as repeating job-killing policies of the past that help drive the country into recession. In turn, House GOP leader John Boehner said the president had stooped to partisan attacks because he can’t sell his own plan at a time when millions of people want to know what happened to the jobs Obama promised to create. Days after signing into law tougher regulations on the financial industry, Obama said Saturday that those new rules are an important part of his approach to reviving the economy. “It took nearly a decade of failed economic policies to create this mess, and it will take years to fully repair the damage,” Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. “But I am confident that we are finally headed in the right direction. We are moving forward. And what we can’t afford right now is to go back to the same ideas that created this mess in the first place.” Previewing one of the arguments he’ll be making as he campaigns for congressional Democrats heading into the November elections, Obama acknowledged that the economic growth on his watch isn’t nearly enough to replace the millions of lost jobs. But he said essentially that the Republican alternative — repealing the health care law, continuing tax cuts
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for the wealthiest individuals and rejecting investments in clean energy — would be much worse. “They are the same policies that led us into this recession,” Obama said. “They will not create jobs, they will kill them. “ Boehner, R-Ohio, countered that Republicans have better solutions and will stop Democratic tax increases and spending sprees. “The fact is that Washington Democrats’ policies have created uncertainty that has undermined our economy, shaken the confidence of the nation and cost millions of American jobs,” he said. “Our nation needs leadership, not excuses.”
Gen. McChrystal retires in military ceremony
WASHINGTON (AP) — After 34 years in the Army, Gen. Stanley McChrystal left behind legions of admirers and the prospect his reputation as a ferocious fighter would one day eclipse the costly comments that appeared in Rolling Stone. “Over the past decade, arguably no single American has inflicted more fear, more loss of freedom and more loss of life on our country’s most vicious and violent enemies than Stan McChrystal,” U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said during an emotional retirement ceremony Friday, marking the end of the general’s career. Before a crowd of a few hundred friends, family and colleagues on the Fort McNair parade grounds under an oppressively hot July sun, McChrystal said his service didn’t end as he hoped. But he regretted few decisions he had made on the battlefield, cherished his life as a soldier and was optimistic about his future. “There are misconceptions about the loyalty and service of some dedicated professionals that will likely take some time, but I believe will be corrected,” he said. McChrystal, the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was fired last month after the magazine published an article titled “The Runaway General” that quoted scathing remarks he and his aides made about their civilian bosses.
UK reiterates BP not involved in Lockerbie release LONDON (AP) — The decision by Scottish authorities to release the only person convicted of the deadly bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 was “wrong and misguided,” but there’s no evidence to suggest that Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was returned to Libya in return for lucrative oil deals, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in letter to U.S. officials. Hague’s letter to Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was released by the Foreign Office on Saturday. Hague says that he, like British Prime Minister David Cameron, disagreed with the release of al-Megrahi, but that the decision was for Scotland alone, and that he has seen nothing which shows the oil company interfered in the process. “There is no evidence that corroborates in any way the allegation of BP’s involvement in the Scottish Executive’s entirely separate decision to release Mr. Megrahi on compassionate grounds in 2009, nor any suggestion that the Scottish Executive decided to release him on compassionate grounds in order to facilitate oil deals for BP,” Hague’s letter to Kerry, dated July 22, says.
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Manka takes media by storm — online
LOS ANGELES (AP) — While Disney CEO Bob Iger was chatting with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg at a major media summit in Idaho this month, Khan Manka Jr. was squiring around the lodge bar looking for a drink. Bumping into Iger, Manka had to “gently” remind him that he wasn’t interested in buying broadcast network ABC, because he already owned one of his own, MBS. “I must apologize to Bob. I didn’t mean to dress him down so cruelly in front of the other moguls,” Manka writes on his blog. If now you’re thinking “Who’s Manka?” you’re not alone — real coverage of the event never mentions his name. He exists only as the prolific blogger and the fictional chairman of the world’s largest media company, Manka Bros. Studios. This week, Manka blogged that he gave the keynote address to the “geeks, freaks and dorks” at the annual Comic-Con convention in San Diego, dodging a question from a man dressed as Batman about whether a movie will be made of the “Captain Stoppo” comic strip. Manka is a make-believe media baron, son of Bulgarian immigrants, and the creation of John Perry, a real business development executive at Warner Bros. Perry, 42, started the
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The make-believe media baron and son of Bulgarian immigrants Khan Manka Jr. is the creation of John Perry, a real business development executive at Warner Bros. website in 1999 with thenco-worker Chris Stengel with a simple but outrageous goal: “Can you start something that’s not real, and actually turn it into the world’s largest media company?” Through Manka and his purported employee Jill Kennedy, Perry and his partners skewer media moguls and Hollywood, poking fun at the bad decisions made around the industry with a precision that comes from witnessing them firsthand. It’s reminiscent of a more prominent parody blog, Fake Steve Jobs. Written anonymously until then-Forbes editor Daniel Lyons was outed by the media, the firstperson caricature of Apple Inc.’s CEO painted him as caustic and arrogant.
The blog became a Silicon Valley sensation in part because it filled a vacuum, as Jobs generally avoids unscripted conversations with the press. Perry doesn’t advertise his position as the site’s mastermind, but he didn’t shy away from a reporter’s questions. He only jokingly keeps up the charade that he moonlights as a Manka Bros. employee. Through Kennedy, he regularly posts comments about his “boss” on realworld websites belonging to The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Huffington Post. Given the replies he’s gotten from some living, breathing respondents, Perry is getting closer to realizing his goal of making Manka real.
“I get letters saying, ‘I had no idea, why haven’t people heard of the Manka Bros.?,”’ he says. Online at least, Manka Bros. is slightly bigger than Time Warner Inc., NBC Universal, The Walt Disney Co. and its other media peers. The company has detailed origins back to the early days of Hollywood to boot. “On the Internet, we’re all equal,” Perry says. “Revenue outside the Internet is a little challenged right now.” The site has real ads that bring in real revenue, at least enough to cover the $75-a-month hosting fee. It gets a steady stream of a few thousand visitors a month, albeit mostly Hollywood insiders. It details the operations of a company that hews humorously close to how major media companies are structured, with divisions for movies, TV, publishing, music, theater, religion, theme parks and children. The one big difference is that all Manka Bros. projects seem destined for horrible failure, such as “Rampage of the Stegosaur: The Broadway Musical.” “You’d see all sorts of bad decisions being made” around the industry, says Stengel, 41, recalling his days at Warner Bros. in strategic planning. “This was our way to exorcise our demons with whatever was going on during the day.”
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Singer Al Jarreau changes hospitals in France
dition to the one in France. It was not immediately clear when Jarreau would sing again.
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — A helicopter ferried Grammy-award winning singer Al Jarreau from a hospital in the Alps to one in the French port of Marseille after he suffered breathing problems Jarreau in the mountains that forced him to cancel several concerts, hospital authorities said Saturday. Jarreau was conscious, in stable condition and in the cardiology unit of La Timone hospital in Marseille, the Marseille Hospital Authority said. He was expected to remain there for about a week for tests. Jarreau’s website said the singer had asked to be taken to the hospital Friday after he had trouble adjusting to the Alpine mountain altitude. He had experienced breathing problems and was for a time in intensive care. Thursday’s concert at a jazz festival in the French mountain town of Barcelonnette, in the southern Alps was canceled in the middle of the 70-year-old’s warmup routine. Fatigue as well as the altitude may have played a role in Jarreau’s health problems. The singer is on a lengthy overseas tour to Europe and Japan. Jarreau, who started out in jazz before crossing over into pop and R&B, canceled two shows in Germany and another in Azerbaijan in ad-
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Veteran film and Broadway actor Alfred Molina is joining the cast of “Law & Order: Los Angeles,” which debuts this fall as the newest member of the NBC crime drama family. Molina will play Deputy District Attorney Morales, said Dick Wolf, creator and executive producer of the series nicknamed Molina “LOLA” that will air 10 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesdays. The show’s premiere date — and the first name of Molina’s character — have yet to be announced. “I am thrilled that Fred is ‘LOLA’s’ deputy D.A.,” Wolf said in a statement Saturday, adding that Molina joins a list of outstanding character actors who have starred in “Law & Order” series, including Sam Waterson, Dianne Wiest and Michael Moriarity. “Law & Order: Los Angeles” will join “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” on NBC. The original “Law & Order” ended its run last season after 20 years to share a longevity record with “Gunsmoke.” Skeet Ulrich (“Jericho”) plays a lead detective in the new crime drama that, like its predecessors, divides its episodes between the work of police and prosecutors.
Naomi Campbell to testify Aug. 5 at Taylor trial FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the war crimes tribunal for Sierra Leone says Naomi Campbell will testify next month at Charles Taylor’s trial. Prosecutors want the supermodel to say whether Taylor gave her a rough, or uncut, diamond as a gift in 1997. The court issued the order forcing Campbell to testify after she avoided prosecutors for a year and made it known she had no wish to be part of the case. Prosecutor Brenda Hollis said Thursday that Campbell will testify on Aug. 5 instead of July 29 as previously scheduled. Taylor, the former president of Liberia, denies prosecutors’ allegations that he provided arms and ammunition to brutal rebels during Sierra Leone’s civil war in exchange for so-called blood diamonds.
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15 killed in mass panic at parade DUISBURG, Germany (AP) — A stampede inside a tunnel crowded with techno music fans crushed 15 people to death and injured dozens at the Love Parade festival in western Germany on Saturday. Other revelers initially kept partying at the event in Duisburg, near Duesseldorf, unaware of the deadly panic that started when police tried to prevent thousands more people from entering the alreadyjammed parade grounds. Police are still trying to determine exactly what
happened at the event that drew hundreds of thousands of people, but the situation was “very chaotic,� police commissioner Juergen Kieskemper said. He said just before the stampede occurred at about 5 p.m. (1500 GMT, 11 a.m. EDT), police had closed off the area where the parade was being held because it was already overcrowded. They told revelers over loudspeakers to turn around and walk back in the other direction before the panic broke out, he said. Emergency workers had trouble getting to the victims in the large tunnel that leads to the grounds. A young man told WDR television that he was among those caught up in the crush. “Both my legs were trapped — then, thank
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Firefighters and rescuers take care of a collapsed person after a stampede at this year’s techno-music festival “Loveparade 2010� in Duisburg, Germany, on Saturday. God, somebody helped me up, then I helped another up ... and then, kind of by luck, we were pushed back out of the crowd,� he said. The station did not identify him. Another young man who wasn’t named told n-tv television the tunnel
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became so crowded that people fell over. “It got tighter and tighter from minute to minute and at some point everyone just wanted out, and they only saw the two exits to the right and left,� he said. “The pressure from behind become so high that ... we couldn’t do anything any more. People were just pushed together until they fell over.� Duisburg city officials decided at a crisis meeting to let the parade go on to prevent more panic and another stampede, said city spokesman Frank Kopatschek. “The crisis meeting determined not to stop the event because at the moment there are too many people on the grounds,� he said. It is the worst accident of its kind since nine people were crushed to death and 43 more were injured at a rock festival in Roskilde, Denmark, in 2000. That fatal accident occurred when a huge crowd pushed forward during a Pearl Jam gig.
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Andre Dawson is emotional about his coming enshrinement in the Hall of Fame
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THE BRICKYARD 400 AP photo
CONTADOR LOCKS UP TOUR DE FRANCE TITLE PAUILLAC, France (AP) — Alberto Contador is set to win his third Tour de France title in four years after keeping the yellow jersey Saturday in the next-tolast stage. Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland won the 32-mile individual time trial, but Contador extended his slim lead over Andy Schleck of Luxembourg, who started the 19th stage 8 seconds behind. “I am very moved. ... It was a difficult Tour and I’m very happy,” Contador said. After donning the yellow jersey, the 27-year-old Spaniard wiped away tears and took a deep breath. His hand trembled as he made his trademark gesture to the crowd — pretending to shoot with his finger. “I think it’s the first Tour that has given me so much emotion, you can’t imagine,” he said. Schleck now trails by 39 seconds and is to finish second to Contador for the second straight year. “Beating Contador is not easy, but I tried everything,” he said. “I am happy, and I’ll come back next year to win.”
NFL COWHER’S WIFE DIES AT AGE 54
RALEIGH (AP) — Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher says his wife has died at 54. Kaye Cowher died of skin cancer Friday in her native North Carolina. Her death was confirmed by her husband Saturday. The family relocated to Raleigh during Cowher’s final year as coach in 2006, one season after the Steelers won the Super Bowl. Kaye Cowher was a former basketball player at North Carolina State and played in the now-defunct Women’s Professional Basketball League. In the pros, she played alongside twin sister Faye.
GOLF CHEN WINS U.S. GIRLS JUNIOR IN PINEHURST
PINEHURST (AP) — Doris Chen of Bradenton, Fla., won four of five holes during one late stretch to beat Katelyn Dambaugh of Goose Creek, S.C., 3 and 2 in the finals of the U.S. Girls Junior Championship on Saturday. Chen, 17, made a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-3 No. 16 to close the match and win the title at The Country Club of North Carolina. Chen was seeded 57th out of 64 after stroke-play qualifying earlier in the week and defeated medalist Danielle Kang of Thousand Oaks, Calif., in the quarterfinals on Friday.
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Fans have plenty of room to spread out in the stands during practice for the NASCAR Brickyard 400 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Saturday
Losing the luster at Indy? By CHRIS JENKINS AP Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS — Any sports event that draws an estimated crowd of 180,000 has to be considered a smashing success. Except when it drew 270,000 two years earlier. There will be empty seats at Sunday’s Brickyard 400, leading some to wonder whether one of NASCAR’s marquee events has lost a little bit of its luster. “Has some of that worn off? I think a little bit,” Jeff Gordon said. “But I still think the sport brings in a heck of a crowd and this track and its history still makes it very, very prestigious. Certainly for the competitors it’s as prestigious as it’s ever been.” Winning at the Brickyard is about as big as it gets for NASCAR drivers, even rivaling the Daytona 500 in terms of prestige. But it’s being seen by fewer fans in recent years. The Indianapolis Motor Speed-
way does not release official attendance figures, but crowds are declining according to NASCAR estimates: from 270,000 in 2007 to 240,000 in 2008 to 180,000 last year. That’s still a remarkable number of people — dwarfing even the University of Michigan’s “Big House,” which recently increased its capacity to 109,901. But the track is taking steps to boost attendance, letting kids 12 and under get in free with the purchase of an adult general admission ticket. Jeff Belskus, president and CEO of the speedway, says he is expecting a crowd of “well over” 100,000 on Sunday but acknowledges that ticket sales have been somewhat sluggish. “We’ve seen some softness,” Belskus said. “It’s not a lot different than last year, frankly. There are still going to be a lot of race fans
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NASCAR feels like it’s at a crossroads
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ASCAR exploded as a mainstream spectator sport in the late 1990s. This is well-known. How and why it happened when it did is a study bestserved for another time. But there’s no doubt a confluence of events enabled the sport to take off like the Intimidator in Turn 4. NASCAR had the venues,
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
A-Rod stuck on 599 in Yanks’ loss NEW YORK (AP) — The last thing that Kyle Davies wanted to do was allow another milestone home run to Alex Rodriguez. That’s why the Kansas City pitcher could smile while standing in front of his locker on Saturday, despite giving up two homers to Mark Teixeira and another to Jorge Posada. After all, he kept Rodriguez in the park and pitched the Royals to a 7-4 win over the New York Yankees. “It’s almost like I learned from before,” said Davies, who gave up A-Rod’s 500th home run and wasn’t about to let him hit No. 600. “I just tried to make the best pitches I could.”
Davies (5-6) also kept the rest of the hot-hitting Yankees in check on a sweltering day in the Bronx. He survived 5 1-3 innings to win for the first time since May 28, giving Kansas City just its sixth win at Yankee Stadium in 33 tries. “He really pitched well the first few innings and was cruising, then he gave up the home runs,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “He was really fighting it from there.” The Kansas City bullpen picked him up, though. Kyle Farnsworth, Robinson Tejeda and Joakim Soria kept the Yankees off the scoreboard the rest of the way, with Soria surviving a shaky ninth for his 27th save.
New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez dodges an inside pitch in the first inning of aMajor League Baseball game against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday at Yankee Stadium in New York. AP photo
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2B / Sunday, July 25, 2010 / The Sanford Herald UPCOMING Registration open for SASL rec season SANFORD — Registration for the Sanford Area Soccer League’s 2010-11 recreation season is open. SASL is open to players born between the dates of Aug. 8, 1992, and July 31, 2007. Late registration is open from Sunday-to-Saturday and will cost $80. The league is designed for fun, with no scores being kept and the focus on the players’ development of the skills. Registration forms are available at www.sasl. net and can be mailed to: SASL, P.O. Box 1212, Sanford, N.C., 27331. For more information, call (919) 708-6886 or visit www.sasl.net.
Lee volleyball tryouts set SANFORD — Tryout dates for the Lee County volleyball team have been announced. The tryouts will be held between 8-10 a.m. beginning on Monday, Aug. 2. In order to try out, students must have an updated physical. If they do not have a physical, they will not be allowed to participate. For more information, contact Cindy Kelly at (919) 353-9887.
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Langer grabs edge over Pavin (AP) — Bernhard Langer took a three-shot lead in the Senior British Open after shooting a 2-under 69 in the third round at Carnoustie on Saturday. The German has yet to win on the U.S. Champions Tour but is in position to change that after outplaying his nearest rival, Corey Pavin. The pair set out as co-leaders at 4 under, but three bogeys dropped the American Ryder Cup team captain to a 1-over 72. Despite his lead, Langer was wary of Carnoustie’s fearsome reputation. “I am aware that this golf course is one of the toughest links you will ever play,� he said. “And I am aware that a three-shot lead is nothing if very little around here. I am going to have to play very solidly again in the final round if I am going to lift the trophy.� Langer’s lead would have been even greater but he drove into a bunker on the final hole and was forced to lay up short of the infamous Barry Burn with his recovery shot. He then hit a wedge to five feet but missed the putt to save his par and had to settle
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Five of them are Americans, reflecting three days of domination at the top of the leaderboard. Joining Larry Mize, Jay Haas, Russ Cochran, Jay Don Blake and Fred Funk is Welshman Ian Woosnam. Funk climbed more than 15 places after a bogey-free 4-under 67, the lowest round of the day.
Dean Wilson leads Canadian Open
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Germany’s Bernhard Langer plays a shot from a bunker during the British Seniors Open at Carnoustie Golf Club, Carnoustie, Scotland, Saturday. for the three-shot lead with a 6-under 207. After his round, Langer said he wished he had used a different club off the 18th tee to take the bunker out of play. “I hit a 3-wood,� he said. “But my caddy and I also discussed hitting one less — a hybrid. I should have listened but I am a stubborn German.� Despite falling out of the lead, Pavin was upbeat about his performance.
“I played fairly well, and a lot of putts just missed. Sometimes you have days like that,� Pavin said. “Bernhard played really solidly and I can’t really expect him to come back and then again I can’t be aggressive on Carnoustie and try to kill it, because it will kill you if you try to do that.� A group of six players go into the final round at 2 under, one shot behind Pavin and four off the lead.
TORONTO (AP) — Dean Wilson shot his third straight 5-under 65 on Saturday to take a four-stroke lead over record-setting Carl Pettersson, Tim Clark and Bob Estes in the Canadian Open, pulling away with three straight birdies at rainy St. George’s. Before Wilson and Clark teed off, Pettersson shot a 10-under 60 in calm and dry morning conditions to break the tournament record, missing a 59 when his 30-foot birdie putt from the fringe grazed the left edge on the difficult par-4 18th. Estes had a 66, and Clark shot a 69 to match Pettersson at 11 under.
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The Sanford Herald / Sunday, July 25, 2010 / 3B
MLB ROUNDUP
Cubs’ kids add to Cardinals’ recent woes
CHICAGO (AP) — Rookies Tyler Colvin and Starlin Castro homered Saturday, completing a successful week at the top of Chicago’s order and helping the Cubs to a 6-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals finally scored after being shut out the previous two days but still followed an eight-game winning streak with their third straight loss. Since Cubs manager Lou Piniella
decided last Sunday to put his two youngest position players atop the batting order, Colvin and Castro have combined to hit .385 with 13 runs and 11 RBIs. One of the majors’ lowest-scoring teams, Chicago has averaged 7.2 runs in the six games since the move, winning four times. Dodgers 3, Mets 2, 13 innings LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Loney homered in the 13th inning,
giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-2 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday. Oliver Perez (0-4), starting his second inning of relief, retired Matt Kemp on a broken-bat flyball before Loney drove a 1-0 pitch into the pavilion seats in right-center. Loney’s homer was timely because the Dodgers had no true relievers left in the Los Angeles bullpen. Much-maligned reliever George Sherrill (1-1),
the ninth Dodgers pitcher, worked a perfect inning. Phillies 10, Rockies 2 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ryan Howard hit a bases-loaded triple and Jimmy Rollins had a two-run triple in a seven-run third inning and the Philadelphia Phillies handed Ubaldo Jimenez one of the worst losses of his career by beating the Colorado Rockies 10-2. Kyle Kendrick (6-4) returned from
his demotion to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and gave up a run and seven hits in seven innings for Philadelphia. Athletics 10, White Sox 2 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jack Cust hit two home runs, Kurt Suzuki added a homer of his own and the Oakland Athletics beat the Sox 10-2. Suzuki, who agreed to terms on a four-year deal with the A’s Friday, helped the A’s win for the eighth time in 10 games.
HALL OF FAME
‘Hawk’ emotional about enshrinement By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Andre Dawson stared almost in awe as he watched a brief video biography of his playing career, brushing away tears as familiar faces spoke in admiration of the intense man most still call “Hawk.� “When I think back, there are so many things that flash through my mind,� Dawson said. “How did I ever pull it off? I can only say, ’Wow!’ “ Indeed. Despite 12 knee surgeries, Dawson was an All-Star eight times and managed to become just one of three major league players to hit 400 homers and steal more than 300 bases (Willie Mays and Barry Bonds are the others). For that and so much more, Dawson will be inducted Sunday into the Baseball Hall of Fame, part of a class that includes former manager Whitey Herzog, umpire Doug Harvey, broadcaster Jon Miller and sports writer Bill Madden. The ceremony also will honor a musician for the first time. Rock and Roll
Hall of Famer John Fogerty will sing his classic song “CenDawson terfield�, which he wrote 25 years ago and has been played at the start of induction Sunday for more than a decade. Now 56, Dawson is the 203rd player elected to the Hall of Fame, making it on the ninth try. Many wondered why it took so long. An 11th-round draft pick by the Montreal Expos in 1975, Dawson quickly made it to the big club in September 1976. The following year, Dawson
was tabbed by manager Dick Williams as the club’s starting center fielder and immediately excelled in his new role, hitting 19 homers, driving in 65 runs, and stealing 21 bases to capture National League Rookie of the Year honors. In 1981, Dawson helped lead Montreal to the NL playoffs for the first time and batted .300 in a fivegame victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the division series. Dawson’s best chance at making the World Series was then halted by the Dodgers, who took the NLCS in five games. In just over a decade playing center field on the punishing artificial turf in old Olympic Stadium, Dawson’s knees took a
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MLB Standings New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore
W 61 57 55 48 31
L 35 38 42 48 65
Chicago Detroit Minnesota Kansas City Cleveland
W 53 50 51 42 41
L 43 44 46 55 55
Texas Los Angeles Oakland Seattle
W 57 51 49 37
L 40 48 48 60
Atlanta Philadelphia New York Florida Washington
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L 40 46 48 48 55
Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Houston Pittsburgh
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L 44 44 53 53 57 62
San Diego San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado Arizona
W 56 54 52 51 37
L 39 43 46 46 60
AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division Pct GB WCGB .635 — — 1 — .600 3 ⁄2 1 .567 6 ⁄2 3 .500 13 91⁄2 .323 30 261⁄2 Central Division Pct GB WCGB .552 — — .532 2 61⁄2 .526 21⁄2 7 .433 111⁄2 16 .427 12 161⁄2 West Division Pct GB WCGB .588 — — .515 7 8 .505 8 9 .381 20 21 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division Pct GB WCGB .583 — — 1 .526 5 ⁄2 3 .510 7 41⁄2 .500 8 51⁄2 12 .433 141⁄2 Central Division Pct GB WCGB 1 .551 — ⁄2 1 .551 — ⁄2 .459 9 91⁄2 .459 9 91⁄2 .406 14 141⁄2 .354 19 191⁄2 West Division Pct GB WCGB .589 — — .557 3 — 1 21⁄2 .531 5 ⁄2 .526 6 3 .381 20 17
AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Kansas City 1 Baltimore 3, Minnesota 2 Cleveland 3, Tampa Bay 1, 7 innings Toronto at Detroit, ppd., rain Texas 1, L.A. Angels 0 Chicago White Sox 5, Oakland 1 Boston 2, Seattle 1 Saturday’s Games Kansas City 7, N.Y. Yankees 4 Oakland 10, Chicago White Sox 2 Minnesota at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Boston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Kansas City (O’Sullivan 1-0) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 11-3), 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (W.Davis 7-9) at Cleveland (Masterson 3-8), 1:05 p.m. Toronto (Cecil 8-5) at Detroit (Bonderman 5-6), 1:05 p.m., 1st game Minnesota (Slowey 8-5) at Baltimore (Arrieta 3-2), 1:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox (D.Hudson 1-0) at Oakland (Braden 4-7), 4:05 p.m. Boston (Matsuzaka 7-3) at Seattle (Fister 3-6), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Litsch 1-4) at Detroit (Galarraga 3-3), 6:05 p.m., 2nd game L.A. Angels (T.Bell 1-1) at Texas (Tom.Hunter 7-0), 8:05 p.m. Monday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Boston at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.
L10 6-4 5-5 5-5 5-5 4-6
Str L-1 L-1 W-2 L-2 W-1
Home 33-16 26-20 30-20 24-22 18-31
Away 28-19 31-18 25-22 24-26 13-34
L10 5-5 3-7 6-4 3-7 7-3
Str L-1 W-2 L-1 W-1 W-1
Home 27-19 34-15 30-20 20-25 22-22
Away 26-24 16-29 21-26 22-30 19-33
L10 7-3 4-6 8-2 2-8
Str W-2 L-3 W-1 L-2
Home 33-19 27-21 29-22 22-28
Away 24-21 24-27 20-26 15-32
L10 5-5 4-6 2-8 7-3 3-7
Str L-1 W-3 L-1 W-3 L-1
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Away 22-27 24-29 20-32 21-23 17-34
L10 5-5 7-3 6-4 6-4 4-6 4-6
Str W-1 L-3 W-2 W-2 L-1 L-2
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Away 23-22 20-28 19-27 24-27 19-30 11-38
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Str W-1 W-2 W-1 L-4 L-2
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Away 26-20 26-25 21-25 20-30 13-33
NATIONAL LEAGUE Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis 0 Philadelphia 6, Colorado 0 San Diego 5, Pittsburgh 3 Florida 7, Atlanta 6 Cincinnati 6, Houston 4 Milwaukee 7, Washington 5 San Francisco 7, Arizona 4 N.Y. Mets 6, L.A. Dodgers 1 Saturday’s Games Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 5 Philadelphia 10, Colorado 2 L.A. Dodgers 3, N.Y. Mets 2, 13 innings Cincinnati at Houston, 7:05 p.m. San Diego at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Atlanta at Florida, 7:10 p.m. Washington at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 8:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Atlanta (Jurrjens 3-3) at Florida (Volstad 4-8), 1:10 p.m. Colorado (Francis 3-3) at Philadelphia (Happ 1-0), 1:35 p.m. San Diego (LeBlanc 4-8) at Pittsburgh (B.Lincoln 1-3), 1:35 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 7-1) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 7-11), 2:05 p.m. Washington (Detwiler 0-0) at Milwaukee (Bush 4-8), 2:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Dickey 6-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 9-5), 4:10 p.m. San Francisco (Lincecum 10-4) at Arizona (Enright 2-2), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (C.Carpenter 11-3) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 8-7), 8:05 p.m. Monday’s Games Colorado at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Florida at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
Sports Review RACING Sports on TV NASCAR-Sprint Cup-Brickyard 400 Lineup
By The Associated Press After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday At Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Ind. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 182.278. 2. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 182.142. 3. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 181.803. 4. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 181.748. 5. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 181.741. 6. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 181.517. 7. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 181.353. 8. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 181.251. 9. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 181.21. 10. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 181.156. 11. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 180.883. 12. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 180.73. 13. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 180.571. 14. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 180.426. 15. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 180.382. 16. (43) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 180.357. 17. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 180.26. 18. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 180.249. 19. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 180.22. 20. (71) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 180.213. 21. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 180.155. 22. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 180.047. 23. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 179.845. 24. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 179.791. 25. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 179.591. 26. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 179.497. 27. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 178.962. 28. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 178.916. 29. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 178.891. 30. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 178.884. 31. (21) Bill Elliott, Ford, 178.845. 32. (83) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 178.838. 33. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 178.834. 34. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 178.781. 35. (13) Max Papis, Toyota, 178.621. 36. (09) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 178.377. 37. (55) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 178.341. 38. (37) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 178.013. 39. (64) Todd Bodine, Toyota, 177.89. 40. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 177.578. 41. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, Owner Points. 42. (34) Kevin Conway, Ford, Owner Points. 43. (32) Jacques Villeneuve, Toyota, 177.466. Failed to Qualify 44. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 176.783. 45. (36) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 176.626. 46. (26) David Stremme, Ford, 176.236. 47. (46) J.J. Yeley, Dodge.
GOLF Senior British Open Scores By The Associated Press Saturday At Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) Carnoustie, Scotland Purse: $2 million Yardage: 7,297; Par: 71 Third Round a-amateur Bernhard Langer 67-71-69 — 207 Corey Pavin 67-71-72 — 210
Sunday, July 25 AUTO RACING Noon FOX — Formula One, Grand Prix of Germany, at Hockenheim, Germany (sameday tape) 1 p.m. ESPN — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Brickyard 400, at Indianapolis 5 p.m. VERSUS — IRL, Honda IndyEdmonton, at Edmonton, Alberta CYCLING 7:30 a.m. VERSUS — Tour de France, final stage, Longjumeau, France to Paris 1 p.m. CBS — Tour de France, final stage, at Paris (same-day tape) GOLF 7:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Scandinavian
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Masters, final round, at Stockholm, Sweden Noon ESPN2 — Senior British Open Championship, final round, at Carnoustie, Scotland 1 p.m. TGC — LPGA, Evian Masters, final round, at Evian-les-Bains, France (same-day tape) 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, Canadian Open, final round, at Etobicoke, Ontario MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1:30 p.m. TBS — Colorado at Philadelphia 8 p.m. ESPN — St. Louis at Chicago Cubs SOFTBALL 5 p.m. ESPN2 — World Cup, women’s, round robin, Canada vs. U.S., at Oklahoma City TENNIS 3 p.m. ESPN2 — ATP, Atlanta Championships, championship match, at Johns Creek, Ga.
Tim Simpson Tom Watson Mike Cunning Stephen Bennett Bob Gilder Mark Belsham Sam Torrance John Benda Philip Blackmar
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PGA-Canadian Open Scores By The Associated Press Saturday At St. George’s Golf and Country Course Toronto Purse: $5.1 million Yardage: 7,079; Par: 70 Third Round Dean Wilson 65-65-65 — Carl Pettersson 71-68-60 — Bob Estes 66-67-66 — Tim Clark 66-64-69 — Bryce Molder 70-67-63 — Trevor Immelman 67-68-65 — Kevin Sutherland 73-62-65 — Brock Mackenzie 64-68-68 — Jeff Quinney 71-66-64 — Cliff Kresge 70-66-66 — Chris DiMarco 69-67-66 — Brendon de Jonge 69-67-66 — Blake Adams 70-66-66 — Luke Donald 69-66-67 — Chris Stroud 66-69-67 — Kevin Na 67-67-68 — Matt Jones 66-67-69 — Hunter Mahan 65-67-70 — Chris Riley 69-69-65 — Steve Elkington 70-68-65 — Matt Kuchar 70-67-66 — Matt Bettencourt 70-65-68 — Roger Tambellini 68-66-69 — J.J. Henry 67-65-71 — Jay Williamson 68-71-65 — Jon Mills 67-71-66 — Stuart Appleby 69-69-66 — Matt Every 71-66-67 — Ricky Barnes 67-70-67 — Charlie Wi 69-68-67 — Camilo Villegas 68-68-68 — Joe Ogilvie 67-69-68 — Brian Stuard 65-71-68 — James Driscoll 69-66-69 — Adam Hadwin 68-66-70 — Briny Baird 67-67-70 — Spencer Levin 65-69-70 — Nathan Green 68-65-71 — Tim Herron 70-63-71 — Rob Grube 66-66-72 — Steve Wheatcroft 65-66-73 — Rich Barcelo 65-74-66 —
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the characters, the back story and emerging cable TV platforms to produce a rocket rise that few second-tier sports have ever experienced. What goes up, of course, always seems to find a way to come down. Boxing, horse racing and baseball have all had their times of glory, and have settled into varying stages of popularity. And in these recent times of economic distress, it has been no different for NASCAR. But a downfall, however minor it may feel to a sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most ardent fans, still costs the powerful money. Lots of money. And in the pursuit to reclaim the lofty status that enabled coffers to overflow, chances are taken and changes are made, often with little regard to the integrity or history of the sport. Has that been done in NASCAR? Ultimately, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for the fans and participants to decide. No doubt the opinions are varied. Still, NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s admission last month that it is considering more changes to the Chase for the Championship format smacks of a kneejerk reaction to a bottom line thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trending the wrong way.
Of course, NASCAR has always been driven by money. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the fundamental nature of the sport, as any Victory Lane celebration affirms. And if the sport is determined to have a playoff system to decide its champion, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fault the organization for trying to make it as sound as possible. If thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the case though, what are the potential outcomes? Either you bring changes designed to better award the top performers that season, or you angle for the other side of the coin by instituting revisions to foster more unpredictability and ultimately, more drama. Ergo, more interest generated. NASCAR, it seems, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have it both ways. But it can. Any weighting of points for race wins, or trimming of the playoff field as the Chase progresses, only seems to serve the traditional notion of what used to determine NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s champion. While there would always be some form of unpredictability for the regular season leaders after tightening the points between the top drivers in the standings, the system still favors that yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best teams to a degree. Still, it feels somewhat wrong that a sport with such clearly defined marquee races
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, Coca-Cola 600, the night race at Bristol â&#x20AC;&#x201D; completes its season with the final 10 races meaning more than any other on the schedule. A race at Loudon means more than the Daytona 500? Really? Perhaps the victor and top 10 drivers of a Gland Slam race should earn added bonus points. For those who feel like this takes away from the drama so many feel is necessary to boost ratings and mainstream interest in the sport, NASCAR still has a clear avenue, one in which the sport has traveled down many times before. Let â&#x20AC;&#x2122;em race. Was the Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski incident in last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nationwide Series event risky and over the line? Yes, but when was the last time so much attention and discussion came from a Nationwide race? NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s error was its doling out of points penalties. The sport was on the right track in the preseason when it said it would allow the drivers to police themselves. Then, though, NASCAR didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t follow through on its pledge. There was a time when Dale Earnhardt, riding second on the last few laps, was expected to turn the first-place car if he
got close to it. It was the job of the leader not to allow Earnhardt to get that close. Many fans and drivers hated him for it. Many loved him for it. But they all talked about it. And they all wanted to see the replay again. And again. And again. It was about that time the sport began to take off in a way only the NFL can recognize. NASCAR isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t broken, yet it can still be damaged with too much tinkering. Tweaks to a system that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going away â&#x20AC;&#x201D; no matter how fluky it must seem to the drivers and fans of yesteryear â&#x20AC;&#x201D; arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to magically revive the sport to the unconscionable heights it achieved for a span of a few short years. In words a driver might use to describe a late-lap dustup, NASCAR is what it is. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing terribly wrong with that. For most fans, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than enough. Too bad big-time sports doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work that way. Alex Podlogar is The Heraldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sports editor. Reach him at alexp@sanfordherald.com and at (919) 718-1222. Read his blog atdesignatedhitter. wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter @alexpodlogar.
Former Indy 500 champ Montoya wins Brickyard pole INDIANAPOLIS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Juan Pablo Montoya is in a familiar spot at Indianapolis Motor Speedway â&#x20AC;&#x201D; out front. A year after a late speeding penalty denied him a victory at the Brickyard, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping it sticks this time. Montoya has steadfastly denied any lingering bitterness from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s near-miss, or any notion that the Brickyard owes him one. Instead, the pole-sitter for Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race is treating this visit as an entirely new opportunity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given me a lot, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t complain,â&#x20AC;? said Montoya, who won the Indianapolis 500 for team owner Chip Ganassi in 2000. So far this weekend, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had little to gripe about. His No. 42 Chevrolet was the fastest of 13 cars at an April tire test here, and Montoya paced both of Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practice sessions. Then he turned a lap at 182.278 mph on Saturday morning to take the top starting spot at the Brickyard. Four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson, who won his third Brickyard last season in part because of Montoyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gaffe, qualified second with a lap at 182.142.
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of technical and procedural changes in recent years intended to spice up the show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For a while Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been saying enough with trying to make adjustments in the garage area,â&#x20AC;? Jimmie Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know, new car, new rule, new this, new that, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;drivers have at it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tapped out. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing all we can and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re putting on great races.â&#x20AC;? Now Johnson says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for the tracks to do their part. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are other elements from track promoters, track marketing, even NASCAR and their marketing program and promoting events that we could start looking at now and saying, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;OK, now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your turn to make it more known and more appealing,â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As you get down to the number one complaint from fans attending races is the expense to get a hotel room. Is there something we can do there to help out? So there are other factors involved. The product on the racetrack is awesome, and we should be very proud of that.â&#x20AC;? The quality of racing seems to have improved after NASCAR ditched the wings on the backs of cars in favor of a spoiler. The move shuffled the balance of power, as some teams adapted better than others, and made the cars more challenging to drive. Johnson isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure there will suddenly be more passing at the Brickyard, though. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the straightaway itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to help us stay together, but we get in the flat turns and it will hurt the performance of the car,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know until we get out there whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen. I would assume the aero push will be a little stronger because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so flat here.â&#x20AC;? But having less-thandazzling racing at the Brickyard didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to hurt attendance in the past. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contributing to it? Is it the economy, is it fuel prices, is it (that) some of the prestigiousness of the event has worn off? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know,â&#x20AC;? Gordon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still see avid, incredible fans that are supporting us. So the numbers are down a little bit. Are they ever going to be what they were? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see.â&#x20AC;?
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6B / Sunday, July 25, 2010 / The Sanford Herald CREATURE FEATURE
Triggerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taxidermist now busy with TV werewolves By SUE MANNING Associated Press Writer
BURBANK, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Werewolves and roadkill keep business brisk these days at the taxidermy shop that preserved Roy Rogersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; horse Trigger. Take a walk through Bischoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taxidermy and Animal FX, one of the largest animal prop rental warehouses on the West Coast, and you might recognize a black cat from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mars Attacks,â&#x20AC;? a polar bear rug from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blades of Gloryâ&#x20AC;? or a bloated horse from the Jack Black movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Envy.â&#x20AC;? Little foam and silicone â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stuart Littleâ&#x20AC;? mouses can be found here and there. It was here that retired taxidermist Everett Wilkensen preserved Trigger, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the smartest horse in the movies,â&#x20AC;? along with Dale Evansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; horse Buttermilk and the singing coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s German shepherd Bullet. Christies in Manhattan auctioned off Trigger last week for $266,500, Buttermilk for $25,000 and Bullet for $35,000. That may or may not be a record for taxidermy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not clear if anyone keeps records, said
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Taxidermists Gary, right, and Mary Robbins next to a stuffed horse inside their business, Bischoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taxidermy, in Burbank, Calif. Christieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spokeswoman Sung-Hee Park. Wilkensen, who is nearing 90, has trouble remembering a lot of the details these days, but Bischoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner Gary Robbins said they have talked at length in the past about how he preserved the famous horse. Robbins estimates it cost $10,000 to $12,000 to mount Trigger in 1965. Wilkensen had to make the foam core by hand. So that six-figure sell-
ing price? Robbins calls it â&#x20AC;&#x153;over the top.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It belongs in a museum,â&#x20AC;? he said. A spokesman for buyer RFD-TV, a cable company in Omaha, Neb., that bought Trigger said they hope to build a Western museum around the horse. These days, Robbinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; business is 90 percent movie work and commercials, like the early Aflac duck commercials, a breakfast Taco Bell
chicken and Frankie the singing fish for McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the eastern United States. There are four â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seabiscuitâ&#x20AC;? heads and a mold on the second story landing. Robbins had to make his own mold for the soft foam heads, then use a special gun to cover them with synthetic flock fur, layer it and comb it. The heads were mounted on springs, then on a riding trailer. If you have seen â&#x20AC;&#x153;Men
in Black,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Scorpion King,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ring,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;War of the Worlds,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pirates of the Caribbean,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blades of Glory,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mouse Hunt,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unforgivenâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wyatt Earp,â&#x20AC;? youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen the shopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. There is a big yellow tuna fish from Bischoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dinner for Schmucks,â&#x20AC;? due out July 30. Wolf and werewolf gore are the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most requested props these days, from shows including â&#x20AC;&#x153;True Blood.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lostâ&#x20AC;? needed a wild boar and water bottles made of hide. Last week, they got a call for a deer whose heart had to be ripped out. Most werewolf work is done by makeup artists on the set, Robbins said, then he gets the fallout calls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We make some scary creatures to go along with it, the real wolves and dead deer, rabbits and rats.â&#x20AC;? With latex and silicone, Bischoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s can add blood, tire tracks, intestines, hearts, gore or anything else a catastrophe could conceivably cause, he said. They have a large selection of roadkill and
drawers full of animal parts. Kelly Pardekooper handles most of the contracts for the company. Repeat TV customers include â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dexter,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Mentalist,â&#x20AC;? the CSI and NCIS shows, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Criminal Minds,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bones,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;House,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scrubs,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hannah Montana,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;ICarly,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jimmy Kimmel Liveâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Jay Leno Show,â&#x20AC;? he said. What about that other crime show staple, the bloody human body? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do bodies,â&#x20AC;? Robbins said. And some props are made never to return, said Robbinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wife Mary, who is also the company accountant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did â&#x20AC;&#x2122;War of the Worldsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with Tom Cruise. We did a cow. When they destroyed the earth, he (Cruise) was hiding underground, then he came out and there were dead animals and one was our dead cow and he actually walks over it,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frank, the (stunt double) pug in â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Men in Black,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; was destroyed in production,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because of the things they do to the animals. Those things happen.â&#x20AC;?
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First lady praises Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oreal unsullied by ugly scandal designers who push boundaries WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Michelle Obama used this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s luncheon for the National Design Award winners to sing the praises of those who push boundaries â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or outright ignore them. With cool jazz playing in the White House foyer and lobster carpaccio on the East Room tables, the first lady celebrated the award winners Wednesday as â&#x20AC;&#x153;folks whose work has literally changed the way we look at the world and how we live our daily lives.â&#x20AC;? Mrs. Obama got a big laugh when she told the luncheon guests: â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of you have spent your lives pushing boundaries â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we know a little bit about pushing boundaries â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or just outright ignoring them altogether.â&#x20AC;? And she got a special kick out of being seated for lunch next to Tim Gunn from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Project Runway.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;How cool!â&#x20AC;? she declared. The award winners included Rodarte, a sisterteam of fashion designers whose creations the first lady has worn on several occasions in recent years. But for Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s luncheon, the first lady chose a hot pink outfit by Isabel Toledo with a V-neck top, drapes of fabric at the waist and loose flowing pants. The awards are presented by the Smithsonianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cooper-Hewitt, National
Design Museum. Mrs. Obama called the winners â&#x20AC;&#x153;some of our countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most talented, most visionary, most public-minded designers.â&#x20AC;? The winners have been honored at the White House each year since 2000, but Mrs. Obama has changed the dynamic by trying to involve the next generation of creators and innovators. Before the luncheon, design winners and finalists met with more than 400 local high school students at a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Teen Design Fair,â&#x20AC;? where the young people could find out how the design superstars â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Gunn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; got their start. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You guys did something amazing,â&#x20AC;? Mrs. Obama said of the teen event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You really raised the bar.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Far too few young people in this country have access to programs and opportunities like the one we did today,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even those who live just minutes from our great museums and cultural centers may feel like these resources are beyond their reach.â&#x20AC;? Guests dined on farm stand green salad, gazpacho filled with bounty from the first ladyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kitchen garden, Maine lobster carpaccio and chocolate sphere cake. Each guest found a plastic ViewMaster at their seat loaded with slides of the design winnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; creations.
PARIS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An ugly battle at beauty icon Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oreal between Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s richest woman and her daughter could end up shaping the future of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 1 cosmetics maker. As France stands transfixed by lurid claims of dirty campaign cash and tax dodging that have ensnared President Nicolas Sarkozyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government, the 87-year-old heiress to the Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oreal fortune fears her daughter could let the family-owned business fall into foreign corporate hands. Losing Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oreal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whose Maybelline mascaras, Lancome face creams and Armani perfumes are used by women around the globe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; would be a blow to France, a nation as renowned for its beauty secrets as it is determined to remain a global economic player. Much hinges on the woman set to inherit the century-old company, which has weathered criticism over Nazi ties and stayed friendly with generations of French leaders on the right and left â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and may well shrug off this latest storm. Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Orealâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shares havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t taken a hit, and have in fact
risen amid the scandal, which stemmed from a feud between heiress Liliane Bettencourt and her daughter, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers. It erupted into a political affair a month ago over leaks by former Bettencourt employees about the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fortune. Big shareholders and Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Orealâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workers appear eager to maintain its family-controlled structure, its cosmetics focus â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and its Frenchness. Potential suitors could be Switzerland-based Nestle, which already owns 30 percent of Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oreal, and Cincinnati, Ohio-based Procter & Gamble. But analysts say a takeover would be a costly investment even for those large companies, and wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily be a good fit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe it would make sense for Nestle to take over Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oreal. They are two different businesses. In terms of the combination, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see synergies that would explainâ&#x20AC;? a takeover, said Claudia Lenz, analyst for Bank Vontobel in Zurich. If anything, she said, Nestle might be looking to dump its Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oreal stake to focus on its food and
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for years, all because of a celebrity photographer with a charming smile. The daughter accuses photographer Francois-Marie Banier of abusing her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alleged mental frailty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and bilking the elder heiress out of 1 billion euros in cash, artworks and other gifts. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers insists she does not covet the money â&#x20AC;&#x201D; she already has billions of her own â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but is heartsick to see her mother manipulated by those around her. The mother has defended the photographer and publicly questioned her daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motives. Bettencourtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer describes the daughter as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;57-yearold little girlâ&#x20AC;? seeking the attention of a mother more at ease in the company of a dandy photographer than her only child.
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8B / Sunday, July 25, 2010 / The Sanford Herald DEAR ABBY
BRIDGE HAND
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Happy Birthday: Use your emotions and insight to your advantage and you will make headway. Someone you don’t think is listening or watching will be impressed with your ability to take what you are given and turn it into a masterpiece. Don’t shy away from the unfamiliar when that is exactly what you need to complete what you’ve begun. You numbers are 2, 10, 16, 22, 27, 30, 41 ARIES (March 21-April 19): If something isn’t sitting right with you, make the necessary adjustments to turn things around. Don’t take a chance when it comes to feeding information. Spell things out so there is no misunderstanding about what you want and expect. TAURUS (April 20May 20): A concerned approach will get the job done, whether it has to do with work or your domestic scene. Love and romance are highlighted. Social activities will turn out surprisingly well. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Use your imagination and follow through with your plans, even if it means doing so by yourself. You cannot count on anyone else’s promises. Interact with new acquaintances who have similar professional plans to help you decide what’s best for you now. CANCER (June 21-July 22): A fresh look at an old problem will result in a few changes at home or within a relationship. Taking a practical approach and laying down new ground rules will make you feel better about the possibilities that can develop. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Search the classified ads, prepare a new resume or simply list the skills you have and enjoy and start to work toward a position that suits your personality and talents. Don’t be discouraged by someone’s negativity. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Getting involved in
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the social scene will do you good and bring you in contact with interesting people. You don’t have to overspend. You can find love or enhance the relationship you are already in. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take things as they come and don’t make a fuss. It’s up to you to use your imagination and skills to turn what you have to offer into a service that is in demand. You know what to do, so take the first step and don’t look back. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are so close to finishing a long-time project but fear of failure is keeping you from launching your plans, even if they aren’t quite complete. Stop procrastinating. Your lover can contribute insight and encouragement. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Take a unique approach to whatever you do in order to grab the attention of someone who isn’t pleased with your current comings and goings. Make some changes at home and you will recover some of the losses you’ve endured personally, financially and emotionally. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Take the initiative about your personal papers and finances. Research and find the right people to do the jobs you cannot do yourself. Your plans will gather interest and please someone you care for and want to impress. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You have choices to make. Look at all the positives and negatives that are dependent on a decision you make now. Let old habits go and look to the future with optimism and a solid game plan. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A relationship can go either way, depending on how you approach a pending problem. Anger is not the answer. Do things that will please and prove you are willing to work. Love is in the stars whether it’s mending a current relationship or finding someone new.
DEAR ABBY: I will graduate soon with a degree in nursing. This is a dream that is finally coming true. The problem is my mother-in-law expects me to take care of her and my father-in-law. They both have health issues, but nothing that requires 24-hour nursing care, and their medical issues can be resolved by simply taking their medications and following their doctors’ advice. I offered to help pay for home health care, but she said she doesn’t want “outside” help. She expects me to uproot my family, move in with them and provide round-the-clock care, free of charge. I have worked hard to take care of my husband and children. I can’t make a living working for free. I don’t know how to say no without causing a major rift in the family. My mother-in-law doesn’t take rejection well. Please help me. — FEELING TRAPPED IN ARIZONA DEAR FEELING TRAPPED: One of the hardest words in the English language for some people to say is “no.” But if you don’t master the art of standing up for yourself in a “charming” way, you will spend the rest of your in-laws’ lives in indentured servitude. So tell your mother-in-law that you have worked hard to get your nursing degree, and now you will
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be starting a career in the field. Tell her that you will gladly “oversee” their care — from a distance — but that you are not uprooting the family and moving in with them because it would be too disruptive. This is not “rejection.” It is sanity. And it goes without saying your husband should back you up. o DEAR ABBY: My oldest granddaughter, “Allie,” is a psychiatrist. I have always loved her, been proud of her accomplishments and have had a warm relationship with her. Her mother — my daughter — got drunk and made several angry, harsh phone calls to Allie. Since then, Allie has refused contact with everyone in the family. I have written to her numerous times and so has my daughter, begging
for forgiveness. My daughter has quit drinking, thanks to the patience and loving support of my family. She has also come out of an abusive marriage. Allie gave birth to a baby girl last year. I have never seen my great-grandchild and it breaks my heart. Abby, what can I do to restore a good relationship with my granddaughter? I love her and pray for her every day. — GRIEVING GRANDMA DEAR GRIEVING GRANDMA: As your letter proves, being a mental health professional does not exempt someone from having family problems. Depending upon what your daughter said to Allie, it is understandable that she might want to protect herself — and her baby — from her verbally abusive, alcoholic parent. While it may be harsh for Allie to have cut off contact with all of her maternal relatives, including you, she may have done so to prevent you from trying to pressure her to “forgive” her mother for what has been an ongoing pattern of behavior. Write Allie one more letter advising her that her mother is no longer drinking and has left her abusive marriage. Continue loving and praying for her. But until your granddaughter decides on her own to relent, there is nothing you can do to “fix” this. I’m sorry.
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Idaho police dog back to work after suspension
DENVER (AP) -- A bear got into an empty car, honked the horn and then sent it rolling 125 feet into a thicket, with the bear still inside, a Colorado family said. Seventeen-year-old Ben Story said he and his family were asleep in their Larkspur home, 30 miles south of Denver, when the bear managed to open the unlocked door of his 2008 Toyota Corolla early Friday and climbed inside. A peanut butter sandwich left on the back seat is probably what attracted the bear, Story said. It’s not unusual for bears to open unlocked doors to cars and houses in search of food, said Tyler Baskfield, a spokesman for the Colorado Division of Wildlife. “It happens all the time,” he said. “They’re very smart.” Once inside, the bear must have knocked the shifter on the automatic transmission into neutral, sending the car rolling backward down the inclined driveway and into the thicket, Story said. The door probably slammed shut when the car jolted to a stop, he said, trapping the bear inside. Neighbors had called 911, and deputies freed the bear by opening the door with a rope from a distance. It then ran into the woods. Story said he’ll need a new car because the bear trashed the interior while apparently trying to find a way out. The bear also left what Story called “a present” on the driver’s seat. “A nice pile, actually,” added his dad, Ralph. “Something to remember.” Baskfield said such incidents are worrisome because they endanger the bear as well as the public. Wildlife managers trap and kill problem bears that learn to scavenge for human food and garbage.
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) — A police dog in the central Idaho resort town of Sun Valley is back on duty after serving a “suspension” for an unprovoked attack on a small schnauzer. Sun Valley Police Chief Cameron Daggett says the 5-year-old German shepherd named Dax took a few weeks off the job after the incident. The dog will receive more training to prevent a reoccurrence of what Daggett says was an unfortunate situation. Dax is a four-year veteran of the force. He is trained to find illegal drugs, missing people, and evidence at crime scenes. On June 26, authorities say Dax attacked a schnauzer named Max. Max’s owner says the city is paying the $600 veterinarian bill.
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Professor returns from vacation, gets ‘foiled’ ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) -- A science professor at Gustavus Adolphus College left for a week’s vacation this summer and returned to a shiny office. Very shiny. Professor Scott Bur’s students had covered his office in aluminum foil. Computer screen, chairs, the ceiling, the floor - all covered in foil. Books and pens were individually wrapped, so was the phone, a ball cap, a bottle and the coffee maker. Bur said it’s a sort of tradition among his research group. He goes on vacation and when he comes back there’s ... something. That last time it happened, his office was decorated for a fairy princess. Pink fabric and bows covered everything. The pink glow from the office could been across campus. See answer, page 2A
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Put Christ at the center of your life Q: Is God opposed to people trying to get rich and be successful? I sometimes get that idea, but what’s wrong with trying to make as much money as you can, as long as you aren’t dishonest? That’s my goal in life, frankly. — K.D. A: No, God isn’t necessarily opposed to wealth or financial success; some of the most outstanding and godly people in the Bible were also people of great wealth — men like Abraham or Job in the Old Testament. But the Bible does warn us about the dangers of wealth, and I urge you to take those warnings seriously. What are its dangers? First, the desire for wealth can easily take the place of God in our lives. In other words, instead of loving God and putting Him first, we love money and all it stands for — and God gets crowded out of our lives. Jesus said, “No one can serve two masters.... You cannot serve both God and Money” (Matthew 6:24). A second problem is that greed and envy easily take over our lives when we make money our goal. But when that happens, we become selfish and grasping, and we lose sight of the needs of others. Money then becomes our master instead of our servant, and we begin using people for our own selfish ends. The Bible warns, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” (1 Timothy 6:10). Don’t allow this to happen to you, but instead make Christ the center and foundation of your life. Only He gives us lasting peace, and only He gives us the security we need — both for today and for eternity. And if God gives you wealth, commit it to Him and ask Him to help you use it to bless others.
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CCCC’S SMALL BUSINESS CENTER
Out on his own CCCC helps man from Siler City start welding business
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By KATHERINE McDONALD Special to The Herald
A true ‘small’ business
SILER CITY — Start a conversation about fixing hydraulic hose blowouts, replacing O-rings and welding broken rock-crusher teeth and you’ve got Jeronimo Prieto Medina’s attention. That’s the kind of hands-on work he loves. For 11 years, he used his skills to maintain and repair heavy equipment as an employee for several companies. In 2009, he started his own company, JP Mechanic and Welding, working out of his Siler City home. “As an employee, I worked 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,” he said. “When you’re your own boss, you start at 6 a.m. and work until whenever you get home, but I love it.” In the early 1990s, Prieto Medina hadn’t even finished high school, but he determined to change that. He enrolled at Central Carolina Community
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or the past few weeks, we have been featuring some of the success stories from Central Carolina Community College’s Small Business Center, including the story on Jeronimo Prieto Medina’s welding business to the right of this column. On Saturday I spoke with someone who is just starting out on his own with help from the center, Greg Trogdon of Broadway. Trogdon is starting Sloan Hill Small Engine Repair at his home at 316 Sloan Lane, where he will repair two-and four-cycle engines for lawnmowers, small tractors, lawn and garden equipment and anything else with a small motor. Trogdon spent 20 years as a truck driver, but said the economy and job market today — along with the rigors of trucking in general — forced him to go back to school. “Trucking was killing my health,” he said. “I decided that I had enough of trucks.” He started in school in January through the college’s Lillington campus, and said he has been impressed with the helpful instruction and assistance beyond the classroom he has received from the program. Now that he’s on his own, he could use your support. Contact Trogdon at 258-6361 or 770-0029.
Church ventures into childcare Brick City Community Church has started a nonprofit childcare center at its 1408 Burns Dr. location. The center currently offers three programs: Mom’s Morning Out — which lasts from 8:30 a.m.. to noon and is open to infants through pre-school age children; After School Care — which is from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and features homework areas, interactive crafts, video and indoor play areas; and Summer Day Camps — which is from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and is designed for school age children. For more information, contact Director Deron A. Webb at deronwebb@ bccwired.com, call (919) 775-1916 or visit www. brickcitychildcare.com.
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Jeronimo Prieta Medina stands in his truck bed, surrounded by the equipment he uses in his heavy equipment repair business, JP Mechanic and Welding, based at his Siler City home. He earned certificates in welding, hydraulics and maintenance at Central Carolina Community College, which enabled him to be an in-demand employee for several heavy equipment companies.
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hile this is a tough time economically in both our country and around the world, I have a few observations about the opportunities that we have. Monday night as I was driving to Carolina Trace for a meeting, I passed Ruby Tuesdays and Cracker Barrel just after 6:30 p.m. Both parking lots seemed pretty full. Now most restaurant people I know say Mondays are slow, and most say summers are slow. So if someone looked at those businesses this past Monday, could we surmise that the economy is good here? Or could we assume that people will spend whatever money they have regardless of the economy? There is opportunity to spend in Sanford. Is there opportunity to save in Sanford? My point is that there are opportunities to be had when things are tough. Sometimes we have to reexamine how we do things. Sometimes we have to reexamine why we do something. Businesses become more efficient during tough times, or they disappear. Being able to react in the right way at the right time becomes critical. For the first time in my life, even government may be forced
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to do with less money and adapt and become more efficient as well. That’s hard though when we expect them to protect us more and give us more. We’ve been pricing a renovation project for someone we built a home for 17 years ago. We don’t do a lot of renovation work. When times are good, we generally refer clients to someone else. Our business is set up better to build homes. So we are doing more renovation and repair work than we generally do in better times. We are not alone in this either. I’ve noticed that TL Stewart Builders has some new signs
for additions and renovations at some homes on which they are working. Jimmy Batchelor Construction is also doing an addition along Spring Lane. They are adapting, and I’m sure they both are doing good work and will work through this slow time in the building business. What people who succeed don’t do is cry “Woe is me!” They redouble their efforts to survive and succeed. We are working more hours than ever, being more available, hosting open houses and other things to try to get more business. So while our employees aren’t getting the overtime they are accustomed to having, we are working hard to assure that there is work to be done. Our stakeholders, that is, our employees, subcontractors and suppliers, are dependent on businesses continuing to try to do business. And government needs us to purchase items to generate sales tax revenue. If we all just stop, everyone loses. There also are opportunities for you as consumers. Housing prices have lowered across the country, though not as much here as in some places. Interest rates are AMAZING right now, the
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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s employment agency says it will move quickly to get overdue jobless benefits paid next week. The Employment Security Commission expects to process 100,000 claims for backlogged benefits almost immediately. Agency chairwoman Lynn Holmes says about 20,000 people will have to be verified for eligibility. Congress approved $34 billion in payments Thursday after weeks of debate. During previous interruptions in payments, North Carolina’s employment commission took as long as a month to resume benefits, blaming the delay on old software. Holmes said most recipients will be paid next week, receiving a lump sum retroactive to the day benefits were cut off with regular payments continuing later.
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Other items I have a few items I was unable to expand on this week, but they are worthy of mentioning. First off, I’ve noticed East Coast Gold Buyers opening a storefront location on Spring Lane next to Subway. I have no idea what that is, but I assume it is just what it sounds like — people who buy your gold. I was unable
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Bob Joyce Bob Joyce is President of the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce.
arketing is constantly on the mind of small business owners (as well as the staff at the Chamber of Commerce), especially in this challenging economy. By marketing, we mean the process companies use to create interest in their products or services. Marketing includes strategies like sales techniques, business communication to customers (advertising plus other methods), and business development. Simply put, marketing is
the way business owners build strong customer relationships, create value for their customers and make money for themselves. Consequently, businesses direct their marketing efforts (and their marketing dollars) towards the group of customers who will most
likely purchase the product or service they are selling. So, pay attention marketers, because according to a recent article by Marilynn Mobley, one third of the population of the U.S. will be over 50 by the end of 2010 — a huge market for everything from medical care to quality furniture. There are about 70 million Baby Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, who control over 80 percent
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College’s Siler City Center and earned his GED high-school equivalency diploma in 1995. He then enrolled in the industrial systems program at the college’s campus in Sanford, working full-time while earning certificates in welding, hydraulics and maintenance. That prepared him to repair heavy equipment, such as excavators, scoops, and graders. From 1998 to 2009, he worked for several companies that used heavy equipment and needed skilled people to maintain and repair them. He enjoyed the work but wanted something more. “I always had a dream of one day having my own repair shop,” he said. “At the companies I worked for, I saw, instead, that everything moves around the service truck that can go where the repairs and maintenance are needed, rather than bringing the broken equipment to a shop.” One of the companies he had worked for ran into financial trouble with the recession and offered him a Chevy Super Duty truck at a good price. He snapped it up. “It was my birthday, Nov. 4, when the company owner said I could buy the truck,” Prieto Medina said with a smile. “The next day, Nov. 5, the bank called and said my loan to pay for it was approved.” He thought he was all set with the skills, equipment and truck he needed – except he had no idea how to set up and
Central Carolina Community College operates a Small Business Center network, with offices in Chatham, Harnett and Lee counties. Each specializes in assisting would-be entrepreneurs or small businesses in its county. For counseling services, business seminars, classes, or other information related to starting or running a small business, contact Gary Kibler, SBC director-Chatham County, at (919) 545-8013 or gkibler@cccc. edu; Nancy Blackman, SBC director-Harnett County, at (910) 892-2884 or nblackman@cccc.edu; or Jim Felton, SBC director-Lee County, (919) 718-7545 or jfelton@ cccc.edu.
run a business. That was when the Small Business Center at Central Carolina Community College in Chatham County came into the picture. He contacted the Chatham Chamber of Commerce for help and they referred him to Gary Kibler, the SBC director. “I could tell Jeronimo had the energy and an entrepreneurial spirit,” said Kibler, “and he had the necessary resources to make his business successful. He was a pleasure to work with.” Kibler was able to tell him all that he had to do and direct him to the right people and offices to do it, from registering his business to setting up a business bank account and keeping financial records. Together, Medina and Kibler developed a pro forma profit and loss analysis, which Kibler called “sort of a sanity check” to determine that buying the truck and setting off on his own could make sense, with reasonable assumptions about developing a base of clients. “It was a big eye-opener,” Prieto Medina said of learning all that had to be done to establish a proprietorship on a sound footing. “I put on my first business card that I did maintenance and repair. Gary asked,
maintaining what, repairing what? He provided a fresh look at what I was doing and what I needed to say about my business. He kept me on track. Now my business cards clearly reflect what I do and how to contact me. Friends seek my advice about starting a business and I share the information Gary gave me.” He got his license to work as a business in Siler City, but Kibler recommended getting a state business permit also, so he could offer his services over a larger area. He did so and now does most of his work in the Durham-Raleigh area. He spends a lot of his time on the road, responding to calls on his cell phone, calls from companies that need him, his work ethic and his skills to keep their heavy equipment working. “It’s a real good feeling being my own boss,” Prieto Medina said. “Setting up my own business was a lot different than I expected. I’m glad I had Gary to help. Now I wake up in the morning and I’m my own man. I’m looking at a good future.” JP Mechanic and Welding company can be reached at (919) 6507438.
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to talk to the owners, but when I do I’ll have more information. Secondly, apparently Viva Villa Mexican restaurant at the Spring Lane Galleria has closed down. One of The Herald’s advertising representatives who deals with the owners told me that it had closed last week, so
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lowest mortgage rates in my lifetime. So your purchasing power for homes is as good as it’s been in a very long time. You do not have an opportunity to buy a home
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of personal financial assets and more than 50 percent of discretionary spending power. They are responsible for more than half of all consumer spending, buy 77 percent of all prescription drugs and spend $500 million on vacations. They account for over 80% of all leisure travel and represent such a powerful economic force that hundreds of books and research papers have been written on their impact. According to Ms. Mobley, boomers are now responding to new methods of marketing. The number of boomers who use social networks, including blogs, forums,
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I called the restaurant’s phone number, which is now a nonworking number. I drove by on Saturday and noticed that the doors were locked as well. Viva Villa was pretty darn good, but I have noticed in my six years in Sanford that it has become next to impossible for a restaurant to be successful in that spot, which I don’t understand because it is a great location with a very cool interior.
Maybe some chain like Moe’s or Qdoba will come in there and do well. Thirdly, I spoke against with Dino Pascarella, who is opening Sabatino’s on Steele Street in downtown, on Saturday. He told me he still has no firm opening date, though he is making progress on the mountain of permits he has to obtain. I plan to speak with him on Monday in further detail and have a report in next week’s column.
if you’ve lost your job, or your credit is a mess, or you have wasted money in the past. Those of you in these predicaments do have an opportunity to learn a new skill, to fix your credit and keep it good, to learn good money management techniques, to actually save money! If we learn
these things now, there will always be opportunity in our future. For over 40 years the staff at The Groce Companies has helped consumers in central North Carolina design, build and secure financing to build or buy their homes.
podcasts, etc., has grown to 60 percent from 40 percent just over the past year alone. At the current pace, boomers will just about be on par with the younger generations within a couple of years. What are they doing? Women look for medical information. Men are shopping on line for tools, cars and boats. High quality furniture and antiques are popular items for online shoppers in this category. Empty nesters make restaurant choices, recommend favorite travel spots and look for online courses to take. Those boomers with kids in school are looking for everything from financial advice to tips on running a booster club. And, surprise, the 45-54 age segment is also using Twitter. They actually average higher usage than any other age group. In addition to using new technology, Boomers try everything to look younger…get their knees replaced, drive sports cars. And while a whopping 99 percent of boomers wear some kind of corrective eyewear, only 11 percent wear a hearing aid to correct a hearing problem. (a real
business opportunity?) Generally, Boomers believe that “old age” officially begins at 80. They feel much younger due to what they describe as their “mental attitude”. More than 50 percent of Boomers exercise regularly and a high percentage of Boomers say they are in better shape as they get older. Over 70 percent plan to keep working in some capacity after retirement. New hobbies and multiple interests are key to Boomer happiness and one-third of Boomers have pursued additional educational opportunities. Volunteerism is important to Boomers. On Wednesday, Aug. 25, the Eighth Annual Boomer and Senior Caregiver Expo, will take place at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center hosted by the Lee County Enrichment Center. Merchants and businesses will offer the products and services tailored to boomers. If you think your marketing plan should include this segment, I hope you’ll consider exhibiting at the Boomer Expo. Contact Judi Womack at the Enrichment Center at (919) 776-0501.
Are Municipal Bonds Right for You? Tax season “officially” ended on April 15. Yet you can explore tax-smart investment opportunities all year round. And when you’re looking at the fixedincome side of your portfolio, you may want to consider two possibilities: municipal bonds and Build America Bonds. You’ve probably heard of municipal bonds, but you may not be familiar with how they work. You can find two key types of municipal bonds: General obligation bonds finance the daily operations of a municipality or school district, while revenue bonds finance hospitals, utilities, airports, affordable housing and other public works. So when you purchase a “muni,” you are helping support a community. Of course, your investment will bring you some tangible benefits, too. First, you’ll receive regular interest payments. Furthermore, these payments typically are exempt from federal income taxes — and possibly state and local income taxes, too. If you’re in an upper income bracket, you may find munis to be especially valuable. (Keep in mind, though, that some “private activity bonds,” which are typically used to finance airports, housing or stadiums that can benefit private entities, may be
subject to the alternative minimum tax, or AMT.) Build America Bonds (BABs) share some similarities with tax-free municipal bonds, although BABs are taxable investments. BABs provide capital to municipalities so that they can build or improve infrastructure, including schools, roads, public buildings and so on. The U.S. Treasury pays state or local government issuers a subsidy equal to 35% of the interest they pay investors for buying the bonds. BABs have proved quite popular among institutional investors, such as pension funds, that typically don’t benefit from tax-free municipal bonds. But are they right for you? It all depends on your individual situation. If you owned a BAB, your interest payments would be federally taxable, but you might get some state tax breaks if you live in the state where the bond is issued. Many BABs have long-term maturities, which may not be a problem
if you’re buying the bond for its steady interest payments and plan to hold it for its entire life. But if you think you might want to sell your bond before it matures, be aware that longer-term bonds, by their very nature, are subject to greater interest rate risk than shorterterm bonds — that is, longer-term bond prices will be more affected by interest rate movements. Furthermore, you’ll have to consider credit risk — the possibility that the issuer of your bond will default or be unable to make payments. Remember, the municipality issuing the bond, not the federal government, backs a BAB. Although past performance is not a guarantee of future results, municipal bonds’ historical default rates have been low. Ultimately, you’ll need to consult with your tax advisor before purchasing either a municipal bond or a BAB. Like all investments, they can provide you with benefits, but you need to be absolutely sure of what you’re getting.
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Immediate opening for Medical Billing/Receptionist in busy medical practice in Sanford. Medical office experience, computer experience and references REQUIRED. Full time position with excellent benefits. Pay commensurate with experience. Please send or fax resume to: Practice Manager P.O. Box 2886 Sanford, NC 27330 Fax: (919)776-1751 Pinehurst Surgical Competitive Salaries and Excellent Benefits Certified Medical Assistant – Part time in Sanford. Requires graduation from an approved medical assistant program and certification. EKG Technician – PRN. Requires graduation from an approved EKG technician program and BLS certification.
Physician Assistant – Full time, needed to support board certified orthopaedic surgeon in busy practice in Sanford. Direct experience highly desirable. Radiology Technologist – PRN. Graduation from a certified Radiologic Technology program; CRT and ARRT Certification. C-arm experience preferred. General Sonographer – 30 hours, full time. Qualified applicants will be RDMS registered and have obtained an Associateʼs degree or certification from a two year program. Pinehurst Surgical, Human Resources, PO Box 2000, Pinehurst, NC 28374 or email: bpatterson@pinehurstsurgical.com. Seeking Experienced CMA For LARGE Family Practice. 8am-5pm Monday-Friday. Send resume to: The Sanford Herald PO BOX 100, Sanford NC 27331 Ad #22
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Help Wanted Dispatcher for Automotive Service Department. Responsible for dispatching work orders to technicians, managing shop flow, assisting technicians, programming shop tools and computers. Quality Control. RequirementsMechanical Abilities Prefer Dealership Experience Computer Knowledge Multi-tasker Attention To Detail Apply In Person. No Phone CallsWilkinson Cadillac Chevrolet Buick GMC 1301 Douglas Drive Sanford, NC 27330 Lee County is seeking qualified applicants for the part-time position of Administrative Support Assistant I for the Board of Elections. Applications may be obtained from and returned to the Human Resources Department, 106 Hillcrest Drive/PO BOX 1968, Sanford, NC 27331. Closing Date: Open until filled. www.leecountync.gov Pre-employment drug testing required. EOE
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LOCAL MANUFACTURER HAS AN OPENING FOR AN EXPERIENCED MANUAL LATHE OPERATOR. CNC EXPERIENCE IS A PLUS, BUT PRIMARY REQUIREMENT WILL BE OPERATION OF MANUAL LATHES. FIRST SHIFT OPERATION WITH A FULL FRINGE BENEFIT PACKAGE, EOE. PLEASE REPLY TO: THE SANFORD HERALD AD #21 PO BOX 100/ 208 ST. CLAIR COURT SANFORD, NC 27331 Pest Technician TERMINIX –Has an opening for a PestTechnician in the Sanford/Broadway area. Successful candidate will have a clean criminal background, good driving record, high school diploma or GED and must pass a drug test. For consideration please email your resume to: recruiter@insect.com or call: 910-824-1504
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The Pittsboro First United Methodist Church of Pittsboro, NC seeks part time Director of Music. Interested applicants should send resumes to PO Box 716, Pittsboro, NC 27312 or forward interest through e-mail to The Reverend Doctor Jan Hill, e-mail address janhill@nccumc.org. Experienced person needed in busy shipping department. Must be dependable and a quick learner. Heavy lifting required. Please apply in person to: Balloons Inc., 5100 Rex McLeod Drive, Sanford, NC 27330. No phone calls. Referral Agency looking for Private Duty Caregivers, interested in working with older people, in Cary, Apex and Sanford area. Qualified and interested professionals fax resume to: 910-692-4436 or email: sommerp@mooreregistry.com.
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Arden Companies, a leading manufacturer and distributor of outdoor patio consumer products located in Sanford, NC has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Plant Manager. This position reports directly to the Plant Manager and will be responsible for providing leadership and support on issues such as safety, staffing, production, inventory control and plant efficiencies. AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: Assist the Plant Manager to ensure the plant is meeting production goals, inventory targets and that product shipments are on time, complete and correct. Ensure all products meet quality requirements, and oversee the quality assurance processes in the facility. Manage the functions of receiving, shipping, purchasing and production planning. Provide leadership and vision in the area of lean practices implementation. Provide leadership to ensure projects are completed on time and the team provides value to its customers. Manage records, com-
Full-Time Positions J.T. Davenport & Sons, Inc. J.T. Davenport & Sons, Inc. is now hiring for the following full-time positions. No previous experience required, we offer on the job training. Individuals applying for these positions must be able to work Sunday-Thursday. Order Selectors - 1st shift & 2nd shift Tote Stackers - 2nd Shift As part of the Davenport team, you will receive medical/dental benefits, vacation, holiday, pto, sick pay, participation in a company matched 401 (k) plan and much more! We are accepting application at our corporate office and at the Employment Security Commission. J.T. Davenport & Sons, Inc. 1144 Broadway Road Sanford, NC 27332 EOE
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AN & FC's Residential Care is looking for qualified and dependable individuals for all positions and all shifts. Please apply in person: 544 Cox Maddox Rd. No phone calls please.
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NOW HIRING Volt Workforce Solutions is hiring ASSEMBLY TECHNICIANS for a large manufacturing facility in Sanford, NC. Positions are 1st shift, starting pay rate $9.50/hr with a $.50 increase every six months, capping at $11.50/hr at two years.
Multiple positions available!! All applicants must: ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNICIAN The Town of Southern Pines seeks qualified individual to work as a part-time temporary employee to coordinate office operations. This individual will meet the public, answer questions relating to departmental operations, assist in the preparation of budgetary information, maintain central office supplies, maintain/ coordinate all record systems. The qualified individual will be a high school graduate, with those having an Associates Degree preferred. Four years experience in an office management capacity or like environment is required. Hourly rate: $12.00. All qualified applicants should respond by completed Town application and resume to. TOWN OF SOUTHERN PINES PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT 125 SE BROAD STREET SOUTHERN PINES, NC 28387 EOE The Town of Southern Pines is a drug-free workplace. The Town of Southern Pines does not discriminate on the basis of disability. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in a job application process, program, or activity, please contact the Human Resources Department at 692-7021 within 36 hours of the scheduled date.
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municate plant information and generate reporting, as requested by the Plant Manager and corporate headquarters. Work with the Plant Manager on staffing needs, including hiring and termination decisions, and ensure such practices conform to ethical and legal standards. MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED: Demonstrated expertise in lean manufacturing. Knowledge of process control, quality assurance and manufacturing applications in a production environment. Clear understanding of Purchasing, Customer Service, Quality Control, Human Resources, Receiving, Shipping and Warehouse operations and how they interact with each other. Strong analytical skills. Ability to prepare reports by compiling and summarizing data. Computer proficient with MS Office suite; Excel, Word and Power Point. Working knowledge of MS Access is strongly preferred. Thorough understanding of Bill-of-Material structures, labor operations, and overhead principles. Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written - with all levels of the organization. EDUCATIONAL, LICENSING, OR SPECIAL CERTIFICATIONS NEEDED: BachelorĘźs Degree in business, engineering or technical discipline. Five years or more production management and / or supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment. Bi-lingual in Spanish is a plus, but not requiredCandidates must be eligible to work in the U.S. on a permanent basis. Arden Companies is an equal opportunity employer.Additional Arden Companies corporate information is available online at www.ardencompanies.com. Securitas Security Services Inc., the largest Security provider in the world, is currently hiring Security Officers for the Harris site located at the Progress Energy Nuclear Facility in New Hill, NC. If you enjoy working in a physically demanding, professional environment, have excellent customer service skills, and are dedicated to doing a great job, this may be the opportunity for you! Seeking part-time / temporary employees for security work during refueling outage. Opportunity for part time employees to be offered full time employment based on performance during temporary work and needs of the security force. Minimum Requirements: &bull;Reliable transportation &bull;Eligible to work in the U.S. &bull;21 years of age or older High School Diploma or G.E.D.&bull;Good written and verbal communication skills
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27 Black Pearl Lane (Cameron) $375/mo. 90 Brafford Estates (Cameron) 3BR/2BA $600/mo. Call: 910-639-5010
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1, 2, 3 BR Rentals Avail. Adcock Rentals 774-6046 adcockrentalsnc.com 545 Mason Hill $675/mo 3BD/2BA Adcock Rentals 774-6046 For Rent: 4BR Small Ranch Style House in Carolina Trace Community $850/mo For info call Reggie 919-368-4318 N. Horner Blvd, 2 bedroom, 1 bath $ 525/mo. also a 3BR 1BA $600/mo Dep. Req 919-356-4687. West Sanford - 3,000 sq ft, 3BR, 2.5BA, FR, DR, Sun R/Bonus, Kit w/ Island, LG Laundry Room, 1st FL Master, $1000/mo 919-777-3340
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J.T. Davenport & Sons Purchasing Assistant J.T. Davenport & Sons, Inc. has an immediate opening for a Purchasing Assistant. The qualiďŹ ed candidate will be a self-motivated person able to work in a fast-paced environment with excellent organization skills, as well as being able to multi-task. In addition, the qualiďŹ ed candidate must have good communication skills and excellent computer skills particularly in Microsoft ofďŹ ce and Excel. This position is responsible for processing all the purchase orders generated by Category Manager. As part of the Davenport team, you will receive medical/dental beneďŹ ts, vacation, holiday, pto, sick pay, participation in a company match 401 (k) plan and much more! We are accepting applications at our corporate ofďŹ ce and at the Employment Security Commission. J.T. Davenport & Sons, Inc. 1144 Broadway Road Sanford, NC 27332--9793 EOE
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Janet Chilton, Broker 919-775-9868 Arden Companies, a leading manufacturer and distributor of outdoor patio consumer products located in Sanford, NC has an exciting opportunity for the position of Fiber Line Leader. This position reports directly to the Fiber Line Supervisor and will be responsible for providing leadership and support on issues such as safety, production, inventory control, machinery maintenance and repair operations. AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: s -ANAGE A SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT DURING ALL OPERATIONS s ,EAD A SMALL TEAM OF EMPLOYEES DURING PRODUCTION OPERATIONS s %NSURE ALL PRODUCTS CONSTANTLY MEET QUALITY REQUIREMENTS AND ASSIST THE QUALITY assurance process for the department. s -AKE ADJUSTMENT TO PRECISION HIGH TECH TEXTILE MACHINERY TO ACHIEVE PRODUCT SPECIlCATIONS AND HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS s -ANAGE RECORDS AND HELP WITH PRODUCTION REPORTING s 7ORK DIRECTLY WITH PRODUCED PRODUCTS MOVING FROM PRODUCTION POINT TO WAREHOUSE -).)-5- +./7,%$'% !.$ 3+),,3 2%15)2%$ s +NOWLEDGE OF PROCESS CONTROL QUALITY ASSURANCE PRODUCTION AND ADJUSTMENT OF TEXTILE production with world class computer controlled machinery. s 4EAM PLAYER WITH GOOD ANALYTICAL SKILLS -ATURE SELF STARTER WHO PERFORMS WELL WITH little or no direct intervention style supervision. s %NGLISH SPEAKING IS A MUST ANY OTHER LANGUAGE BENElCIAL BUT NOT REQUIRED s !BLE TO LIFT AT LEAST LBS AND WORK IN A QUICK MOVING ORGANIZED MANUFACTURING mOOR environment. s 7ILLING TO PROJECT A 7ORLD #LASS IMAGE WITH FOCUS ON ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF manufacturing excellence. s 'OOD PROCESS CONTROL ANALYTICAL SKILLS s 0ROlCIENCY WITH COMPUTERS USING %XCEL 7ORD /UTLOOK ETC %$5#!4)/.!, ,)#%.3).' /2 30%#)!, #%24)&)#!4)/.3 .%%$%$ s !BILITY TO PASS A SIMPLE PRE EMPLOYMENT APTITUDE TEST INCLUDING BASIC MATH QUALITY SAFETY AND MECHANICAL QUESTIONS s !BLE TO PASS A PRE EMPLOYMENT DRUG SCREEN AND PARTICIPATE IN RANDOM SCREENINGS thereafter. s &AMILIAR WITH 3 AND MAINTAINING CLEAN HIGHLY ORGANIZED WORK AREAS s YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH TECHNICAL COMPUTER CONTROLLED TEXTILE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING MAINTENANCE AND PRODUCTION ADJUSTMENTS s #ANDIDATES MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE 5 3 ON A PERMANENT BASIS !RDEN #OMPANIES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER 0AY WILL BE COMMENSURATE WITH experience level. Additional Arden Companies corporate information is available online at www.ardencompanies.com.
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On the move D.E. Parkerson
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The Bible Speaks
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The need for quiet times
God doesn’t prevent problems
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ave you ever been stopped at an intersection waiting for the light to turn green when the person in the car in front of you had his radio playing rock music about ten decibels above the sound of a jetliner taking off? If so, you were convinced that the driver of that car was almost totally deaf — or one day would be. Several years ago my wife and I lived beside College Road that connects Wilmington to Carolina Beach. There were many nights when automobiles passed our house late into the night that contained these industrial strength speakers. The beat and loudness of the music could be heard at lest two blocks away. The world in which we live is a noisy place, isn’t it? From early in the morning until we return home at night we are greeted with the honking of horns, loud machines running at top speed, heavy traffic, and blaring music. After the evening meal we turn on the TV set, only to hear commercials so loud that the cat hides under the sofa. A person can endure only so much noise. The time arrives when a need from deep within us cries out for the world to stop spinning because we want to get off. At such times we cry out, “I just want quiet.” Have you ever been there? Of course you
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“…an army with horses and chariots was circling the city…And his servant said to him ‘Alas my master! What shall we do?” 2 Kings 6:15
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lisha, the prophet of miracles, had been telling the king of Israel what his enemy, the king of Syria, was saying in his bedroom. The Syrian king thought he had a spy but learned from a servant that a prophet in Israel was the one that informed the king about what he had been saying in secret. Furious, the king of Syria sent an army to capture Elisha. When Elisha’s servant got up the next morning he noticed an enemy army surrounding their camp and became afraid. Running to his master he said “What shall we do?” His question was understandable, but it was the wrong question. There was nothing Elisha and his servant could do to defend themselves against a hundred armed men out to capture them. There was, however, much that God could do. Elisha, unlike his servant, showed neither fear nor panic. He knew what his servant did not; God had already taken care of everything. He simply said “do not fear for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” He then prayed for the Lord to
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Giant whirligigs designed by handyman Vollis Simpson are shown in Lucama. Simpson is letting go of the 29 masterpiece whirligigs that have stood in this field in eastern North Carolina since the early 1980s. The city of Wilson, with the help of the North Carolina Arts Council, hopes to buy, move and conserve the whirligigs, relocating them to a two-acre park in downtown Wilson by November 2012.
Artist’s famous whirligigs find new home in Wilson By MARTHA WAGGONER Associated Press Writer
LUCAMA — When a breeze brushes through the field just below Vollis Simpson’s machine shop, you can hear the sounds of metal clanging against metal and of Ferris wheel-like contraptions turning. But the cacophony of sound from the 29 whirligigs that Simpson built over a period of 10 years has ebbed: The buggy rider’s whip no longer moves, the horse’s legs don’t trot and his ears don’t flap. The two men sawing on another whirligig don’t move back and forth. The guitar player no longer strums and has slowed the pat of his foot. Tree limbs grow through a Ferris wheel lined inside with hundreds of stainless steel milkshake cups that still shimmer in the sun despite their decades of exposure. The works have fallen victim to the 91-year-old’s health problems that have left him unable to climb as high as 50 feet to keep the mechanisms greased, and the red, white and blue paint that dominates his work shiny and new. “I’m not able to look after it now,” Simpson said on a hot
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Vollis Simpson, is letting go of the 29 masterpiece whirligigs that have stood in this field in eastern North Carolina since the early 1980s. summer morning, sitting in a lawn chair in the shade of the field about 50 miles east of Raleigh. “I can’t climb. If I could climb, I wouldn’t let it go. My knees are wore out.” Simpson is letting go of the 29 masterpiece whirligigs that have stood in this field in eastern North Carolina since the early 1980s. The city of Wilson, with the help of the North Carolina Arts Council, hopes to buy, move and conserve the whirligigs,
relocating them to a 2-acre park in downtown Wilson by November 2012. Organizers say they’re already receiving private pledges, and the arts council has provided a $10,000 grant. The whirligigs are the product of metal, reflectors and ball bearings tossed with imagination. Some resemble windmills or Ferris wheels; one has a canopy and
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LETT’S SET A SPELL
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Tobacco time on the Lett family farm
CELEBRATIONS ...............Page 3C Weddings Newton — Wilson Buchanan — Angell
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ise and shine!” Daddy (Bud Lett) yelled at the top of his lungs as he entered my bedroom before the crack of dawn, before the rooster had even crowed. “Hurry up and eat your breakfast.” Mama’s high voice cracked the morning silence like a drill sergeant. Yes, it was July in the 1960s...and anything but jubilant. It was tobacco time... calling for 4 a.m. risings, necessary to take cured tobacco out of the barn before priming new tobacco, handing it, looping it on sticks, and putting more into the barn. Jimmy, Carolyn and I walked trancelike to the table,
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eyes half open, numb with fatigue from working our fingers to the bone the day before. Mama (Ruby) would say, “I do more before breakfast than you young’uns do all day long.” When we devoured the wide range of our favorite foods we didn’t argue with
her. We had no right to complain...Mama had been cooking and cleaning for hours and Daddy had been up and down all night firing tobacco barns. He had turned the heat off on one barn at night, and while golden cured tobacco cooled in the barn we slept. Now it was time to transfer tobacco to the pack house, which was an old church on the Lett farm. Stacks of tobacco already piled high decorated the large room that once held a congregation, but there was always room for more. After taking cured tobacco out of the barn we divided up the labor to handle the main task of the day: fill the empty barn up with freshly primed green tobacco. The men folk and boys of Buckhorn headed for the field, and womenfolk
and we young’uns took our places at the barn. The barn was Queen Bee Ruby’s hive and she kept us worker bees a buzzing. While hollerin’ orders she talked a mile a minute. One day she was yakkin’ non-stop when a fly came under the barn shelter and headed straight for her wide-open mouth. Mama spit it out and complained “Ooo... a fly flew right in my mouth.” Mack Griffin, a neighbor, concluded, “Well, if a fly came under the shelter there won’t nowhere else it could go.” We all laughed so hard we almost peed in our pants, and Mama kept right on talking. Daddy was foreman in the field where he primed the fastest and the farthest down the rows while keeping everyone laughing. Here he was
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Blythe Ashley Wilson and Jason Douglas Newton were married June 12 in the Conservatory Gardens of Central Park in New York, N.Y. by the Rev. Annie Lawrence. The bride is the daughter of Sandra Hunt Wilson and Dr. Thomas Alexander Wilson of Sanford and granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Paul Hunt of Siler City and the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alexander Wilson of Sanford. She is a graduate of N.C. State University and is employed as a specialty sales representative with Gilead Sciences in New York, N.Y. The bridegroom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Newton of Wilmington and grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zaboroski and Mr. and Mrs. Don Newton. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University School of Law and is employed by Yates, McLamb and Weyher in Raleigh. Escorted by her brother, David Hunt Wilson, the bride wore a lalique streamlined, silk gown by Matthew Chirstopher. The trumpet gown descended to a peacock tail design on the chapel train. The scalloped hemline draped over a layer of tulle. Maid of honor was Kate Wickers. Matron of honor was Christi Natale. Bridesmaids were Jennifer Patterson, sister of the groom; Jennie Kelly; Abi-
Goodnight — Thomas Bill and Sylvia Goodnight of Lillington announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Goodnight of Lillington, to Cameron Thomas of Lillington. He is the son of Ben and Debbi Thomas of Lillington. An August wedding is planned at Lillington Presbyterian Church. The couple met while teaching at Western Harnett High School.
Jason and Blythe Newton gail Quinn; Paige Lanier and Cecelia Esposito. Best man was Doug Newton, father of the groom. Groomsmen were Jimmy Patterson, brother-in-law of the groom; Jule Johnston; Justin Everette; Dan McLamb and David Wilson. Other attendants were Nora Zarcone, reader; Katie McNeill, guest book attendant ; Emily McNeill and Caitlin Patterson, program attendants; Conner McNeill and Jason Patterson, special assistants. Music was provided by Grace Cloutier, harpist. Wedding director was Georgann Roberts of Sanford.
Following a honeymoon to Japan, the couple reside in Raleigh and New York City. n Events The reception was hosted by the bridal couple at 101 River Views in Manhattan, N.Y. The rehearsal dinner was held at The Modern Restaurant of the Museum of Modern Art. A bridesmaids luncheon was hosted by Sandra Wilson and Georgann Roberts at the Asiate Restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental. Friends of the bride hosted a Breakfast at Tiffanys shower at the 101 Lounge & Café in Raleigh.
Pollock — Griffin Bennie and Beverly Pollock of Lillington announce the engagement of their daughter, Catherine Lee Pollock of Lillington, to Sloan Thomas Griffin of Sanford. He is the son of A.K. and Mary Griffin of Sanford. The wedding is planned for Sept. 18 at Pleasant Union Christian Church in Lillington.
Buchanan — Angell
Kelli Renee Angell and Daniel Craig Buchanan, both of Sanford, were married at 5 p.m. June 19 at Juniper Springs Baptist Church by the Rev. Michael Hall. The bride, daughter of Eddie and Barbara Angell of Sanford, attended Lee Senior High School and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She is employed with Lee County Schools. The bridegroom, son of Craig and Cindy Buchanan and Jimmie and Bert Holt, all of Sanford, attended Lee Senior High School and Central Carolina Community College. He is employed with Windstream Communications. Escorted by her father, Eddie Angell, the bride wore a satin A-line gown witha scalloped sweetheart neckline and beaded lace. The gown was white and apple colored with a chapel train. She wore a silver tiara with rhinestones and Swarovski crystals and carried a bouquet of stargazer lilies. Matron of honor was Shannon Patterson. Maids of honor were Kristy Angell, sister of the bride, and Brooke Buchanan, sister of the groom. Junior bridesmaid was Kayla Angell, sister of the bride. Best man was Craig Buchanan, father of the groom. Groomsmen were Wyatt Allen, Adam Rosser and Darrell Buchanan, uncle of the groom. Flower girl was Marisol Galvez, cousin of the bride. Ringbearer was Cameron Patterson, nephew of the groom.
Weldon — Atkins Bill and Sandra Weldon announce the engagement of their daughter, Whitney Weldon, to Luke Atkins. He is the son of Jerry and Linda Atkins. The wedding is planned for Aug. 7 at a friend of the family’s country home.
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Kelli Angell Buchanan Wedding musicians were Jimmy Jones, pianist, and Jamey Helsman, vocalist. Wedding directors were Sharon Thomas and Karen Carter. Following a honeymoon trio to the Outer Banks, the couple reside in Sanford. n Events The reception was held in the fellowship hall of Juniper Springs Baptist Church. The rehearsal dinner was hosted by the family of the groom at Moore Union Christian Church. A shower was hosted
by Debbye Sloan, Sharon Lett and Kristy and Kayla Angell at Salem Presbyterian Church. A shower was hosted by the United Methodist Women, Judy Angell, Pam Pearce, Janet Black, Kim Sroka and Jean Holder at Broadway United Methodist Church. A shower was hosted by aunts of the groom at Moore Union Christian Church. A shower was hosted by Eddie and Jackie Thomas and Billy and Wilma Truelove at the home of Eddie and Jackie Thomas. A shower was hosted by the women of Juniper Springs Baptist Church.
Shakiah Grier Auburn Griffin
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Auburn William “Griff” Griffin turned 3 years old July 24. His parents are Auburn and Brittany Griffin of Sanford. Grandparents are Frank and Toye Layton and A.K. and Mary Griffin, all of Sanford. Great-grandmothers are Marie Layton of Sanford and Melba Patterson of Broadway.
Engagement and wedding announcements and anniversaries are featured in Sunday’s Carolina section. The Sanford Herald has designed forms to be used for submitting this information, which will be mailed, faxed or e-mailed upon request. These forms must be delivered to The Herald office at 208 St. Clair Court by 9 a.m. Wednesday, four days before the announcement is to appear in the newspaper.
Contact Kim Edwards at edwardsk@sanfordherald. com or 718-1224 to submit items for Kiddie Korner.
Shakiah Grier turned 6 years old July 23. His mother is Annette Grier. Grandparents are Estelle Grier of Sanford and the late Roy Grier.
Trenton McDougald
Trenton McDougald turns 3 years old July 26. His father is Michael Anthony McDougald of Sanford. Grandparents are Sandra Dee McDougald, Larry Thomas and Marie Thomas, all of Sanford. Great-grandparents are Agnes and John J. McDougald.
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open his servantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes so that he could see and the Lord opened his eyes to let him see a heavenly army of angels in chariots of fire surrounding Elisha and his servant (2 Kings 6:17). The angels were there all the time. Elisha knew it and did not fear; his servant could only see the surrounding army of sword wielding soldiers. The servant suffered from spiritual blindness; a common malady then and now. It causes fear and frustration and fosters a dependence upon our own strength and not the power of God. Thus he said â&#x20AC;&#x153;what shall WE doâ&#x20AC;? instead of saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;what is God GOING to do.â&#x20AC;? The Lord does not prevent problems in our lives nor does He
always remove them. He does, however, promise to defeat every one of them if we will rely upon Him alone and not upon our own strength or wit. There is no mountain of trouble so high that God cannot deal with it but we first must be willing to ask Him to fight it, not just ask Him to help us as we deal with it. There are two types of prayers offered when trials come: the prayer that asks, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lord I have a problem, help me tackle it,â&#x20AC;? and the prayer that says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lord your servant has a problem and I am trusting YOU to solve it.â&#x20AC;? The Bible speaks and tells you to â&#x20AC;&#x153;cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you.â&#x20AC;? Ps. 55:22 Open your eyes to see what the Lord will do and you will be able to rest without fear and enjoy the peace that comes with completely trusting God.
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have. We all have. God designed us in such a way that quiet times are necessary for our growth, and even necessary for our sanity. God created the world in six days, and then He rested. And His Son, our Lord, took periodic times to flee the hustle and bustle around Him to find a quiet place. Our Creator designed our bodies in such a way that we need one day in seven to regenerate our
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chief comedian â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he would laugh hysterically at himself, and his humor was contagious. As usual he loved to recall tall tales and dramatize the same crazy stories and funny jokes. Sleds glided down narrow rows, led by mules who knew that â&#x20AC;&#x153;get upâ&#x20AC;? meant to go forward about 50 feet and â&#x20AC;&#x153;whoaâ&#x20AC;? told them to stop for loading. After the sleds carried the tobacco to the barn, workers transferred it to a long bench. We handers gathered it into bundles and gave it to loopers who firmly and
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strength. Our bodies function better when every seventh day is given to rest. People who try to work ceaselessly, without ever taking a day off, develop ulcers, have heart attacks, high blood pressure and/or nervous breakdowns, and die early. Do you recognize yourself in what I am saying? Are you so busy with business that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have time to focus on what is really important in life: God, family, inner peace, a sense of purpose, joy, and genuine happiness? If so,
you desperately need to schedule some quiet times in your life. If you have pushed God to the periphery, the first thing you need to do is shut out the noise, find a quiet place, and turn your face toward heaven. When the nation of Israel got too busy to serve God, He said to them, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel says: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? (Isaiah 30:15 NIV). It was good advice.
Quiet times are precious. They clear the way for sounds we rarely stop to appreciate, like the trickling of a stream, the ticking of a clock, the whisper of the wind blowing through the leaves of a nearby tree, or the song of a bird in the distance. At other times, the noise of the world is shut out and quietness takes over. It is during the quiet times that we are most likely to hear God speaking. That is why God has said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be still, and know that I am Godâ&#x20AC;? (Psalm 46:10).
artistically wrapped the tobacco on sticks. These sticks were carried to the barn and passed to a man â&#x20AC;&#x201D; usually a brave one with long legs who would hang the tobacco high on the tier poles and maybe even fight off the snakes who liked the warmth and darkness and wanted to nest there. As tobacco filled up our pack house, later we skillfully wrapped the cured leaves and artistically laid them out on lightweight wood pallets for taking to market. High expectations and low bank accounts prompted farmers to head for tobacco warehouses beyond the area to start the selling season. Daddy and other men journeyed some nights to park their trucks in line, some sleeping in the cab and others leaving their precious golden leaves there to come back home for a nap. The revival cranked up when warehouse doors opened about 7 a.m. and a caravan of trucks unloaded tobacco for display and bidding. Graders gathered and buyers watched as tobacco was tagged like school report cards â&#x20AC;&#x201D; X for lugs, C for cutters, and B for high-on-thestalk leaves. A gatling-
gun talkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; auctioneer sounded a lot like a fired-up preacher, evoking prayers from nonbelievers and promising rest for the weary as wrinkled sun-tanned hands eagerly accepted checks for their sacred wares. During one of my many trips to the tobacco warehouse in Sanford an announcer who was covering the tobacco scene interviewed me on a local radio station. I was wearing a fashionable outfit bought with puttinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;-in-tobacco earnings. It was a red checked gingham blouse and khaki pants that hung below my knees. He asked me, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What kind of britches are you wearing, young lady?â&#x20AC;? I timidly commented, â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are my brand spanking new pedal pushers.â&#x20AC;? He inquired about the short length, and I responded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were made this way so they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get caught in the chains of my bicycle.â&#x20AC;? (This was a few years before Capri pants, mind you.) Between chores we girls welcomed the big reward and ultimate relaxation: shop â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til we drop...the humble beginnings of an emerging trend later to be called retail therapy. We donned our treasured back-to-school clothes
for the big social of the season â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the â&#x20AC;&#x153;weenieâ&#x20AC;? roast at the tobacco barn where hot dogs and hamburgers were served with buns, raw onions and other trimmings. The old ice cream freezer was cranked up, and stomachs were stuffed even more with cobbler made from freshly picked apples. The end of a long, hot summer had arrived, and we youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;uns gleefully said farewell to another tobacco season. Meanwhile, men continued their pilgrimage to the market and women gratefully turned to their soap operas for the long-awaited escape to a world far beyond the family barns.
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Lee County Parks and Recreation
Volleyball Camp
August 11th & August 12th 6:00pm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 9:00pm The Bob Hales Center (Old Armory) Camp Director: Bill Carter (Brick City Volleyball Club)
Ages 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 16 $20.00 per Participant (Make checks payable to LCPR)
Registration Deadline: August 10th
Lee County Parks and Recreation 2303 Tramway Rd. 8:00amâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;5:00pm For more information call: 775-2107 xt. 206
INSTRUCTIONAL FALL BASEBALL
REGISTERING thru August 20th Ages 9-12 $25.00 County Resident $35.00 Non-County Resident Parks & Recreation OfďŹ ce 2303 Tramway Road 8:00am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5:00pm Age is determined as of May 1, 2011. All participants must register. New participants must provide birth certiďŹ cates. For information call:
(919) 775-2107 Ext. 206
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The Sanford Herald / Sunday, July 25, 2010 / 5C
Upcoming Events Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who have a desire to quit drinking alcohol. Meetings are held at two locations. The 6 p.m. Sunday meeting is open to guests and family members. Meetings are held at 319 N. Moore St., Sunday at 4:30 p.m. for women’s meeting and 6 p.m. for speaker meeting; Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon, 6 and 8 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday at noon and 6 p.m.; Saturday at noon. Meetings are held at Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main St., at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. For more information, call (919) 776-5522.
Al-Anon Family Group
The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experiences, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems. Al-Anon believes that alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recover. The N.C. Al-Anon District 7 Central Carolina Al-Anon Family Group meetings are held at 8 p.m. Tuesdays at Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main St., and 8 p.m. Fridays at the AA Hut, 319 N. Moore St. For more information, call (919) 776-5522.
Gamblers Anonymous
Gamblers Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. each Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 525 Carthage St. For more information, call the Gamblers Anonymous hotline at (888) 846-4427, or visit www.gamblersanonymous.org.
Beaver Creek Cancer Support Group
survivors of breast cancer at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month in the Women’s Center at the hospital, 1135 Carthage St., Sanford. Reservations are not necessary. For more information, contact Gwyn Sandlin, Breast Health Navigator, at (919) 774-2213.
ALS Support Group The ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) Support Group meets from 2 to 4 p.m. the second Sunday of each month at Fayetteville Regional Airport Conference Room sponsored by The Jim “Catfish” Hunter Chapter of the ALS Association. For more information, contact Suzanne Gilroy at (877) 568-4347 or Suzanne@ catfishchapter.org.
Depression and Bipolar Disorder Support Group The support group is open to anyone who has been diagnosed or think they may have a mood disorder or has a family member or friend who has been diagnosed with a mood disorder. The Harnett County group will meet at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month at the old CCCC Barber School, 17273 Hwy. 27 East, Sanford. The Lee County group will meet at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the Wilrik Apartments Ballroom, corner of Wicker and Steele, Sanford. For more information, contact Rae Wilson at (919) 775-5045 or brightside39@ yahoo.com.
TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), a nonprofit, international weight-loss support group, meets each Monday at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center, 202 Summit Drive. Weigh-in begins at 5:30 p.m.; meeting starts at 6 p.m. For more information, call (919) 775-7451 or (919) 258-6233.
The support group meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Beaver Creek SEANC Baptist Church, 2280 NicholDistrict 22 invites all state son Road, Cameron. Directors employees to join the SEANC are Gloria and Jimmy Wicker. meetings the second Monday For more information, call of each month in the Spring (919) 775-2544. Lake Library. For more information contact Michele Shaw, Friendship chairman, at www.micheleshaw22@gmail.com. Masonic Lodge
763 A.F. & A.M.
The Friendship Masonic Lodge 763 A.F. & A.M. conducts its stated communication at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the meeting hall, located at 102 Main St. in Broadway. Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m.
Central Carolina Jaycees
The Central Carolina Jaycees meet at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday and fourth Thursday of each month at the Jaycee Hut on Tryon Street. Membership is open to anyone between the age of 21 to 40.
Breast Cancer Support Group
Central Carolina Hospital’s Breast Cancer Support Group will hold monthly meetings for
HIV/AIDS Support An HIV/AIDS Support Group meets from noon to 2 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at different locations in Chatham County. Lunch is provided. The group offers emotional support, education on medications, financial assistance and a caring environment. Any Chatham County resident with HIV/AIDS is invited
to attend. Confidentiality is a must. For more information, contact Crystal Campbell at (919) 542-8271.
Cancer Support The Sanford Cancer Support Group meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Enrichment Center. Facilitator is Linda Moore.
Lee County Mothers with Young Children Lee County Mothers with Young Children meets from 9:30 a.m. to noon every Thursday. Mothers of children from birth to age 5 are welcome. For more information, call (919) 353-5617.
Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step recovery from compulsive overeating, meets from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Kerr Drugs, 1050 S. Horner Blvd., in the health and wellness learning lab. For more information, contact Marie at (910) 850-7863.
National Active and Retired Federal Employees The Sanford Chapter of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) association meets on the third Monday of each month. All active and retired federal employees are invited to attend. For more information, call President Jimmie Coggin at (919) 775-3197.
Marine Corps League Marine Corps League Detachment 1223 meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month at VFW Stanley McLeod Post 5631 on Webb Street in Sanford. Any Marine who has served honorably is invited to join the Marine Corps League.
American Legion Post 382 American Legion Post 382 and Auxiliary meet at 7 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month. Bingo begins at 6:30 p.m. every Friday. Post 382 is located at 305 Legion Drive in Sanford.
DAV Chapter 5 Disabled American Veterans Michael J. Thomas Chapter 5 meet at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at 146 S. Main St. in Broadway.
Central Carolina Toastmasters The Central Carolina Toastmasters club meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of each month in Room 802 of the College Fitness Center at Central Carolina Community
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College. Membership is open to the public. The club provides a relaxed atmosphere to help improve public speaking skills while developing leadership skills. For more information, call Cynthia Wilt at (919) 4996009 or Vivian Rosser at (919) 718-7236 or visit the website at www.centralcarolina.freetoasthost.biz.
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary The DAVA meet at 10 a.m. the first Thursday of the month at the Disabled American Veterans hall on Main St. in Broadway. The auxiliary welcomes all who eligible for membership. For more information call, Shirley at (919) 721-0873.
Lions Branch Club The Lions Branch Club meets at noon the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at the Lions Club Fairground Lions Den. Cost is $6. Everyone is invited. For more information, call Teresa Dew at (919) 7746273.
Veterans Discussion Group The Veterans Discussion Group meets at 2 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Enrichment Center. Members and family are welcome.
Therapeutic Foster Parent Sessions Information sessions on becoming a Therapeutic Foster Parent with N.C. Mentor will be held from 12 to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at the Simpson Executive Center, 503 Carthage St., Suite 302. For more information, call (919) 790-8580 ext. 7151.
Sanford Lodge No. 151 A.F. & A.M The Sanford Lodge No. 151 A.F. & A.M. holds its regular communications at 7:30
p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, supper is usually served at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday. For further information, call (919) 499-8669. The Lodge is located at 231 Charlotte Ave., Sanford.
Meals on Wheels of Sanford
Meals on Wheels of Sanford deliver nutritious specialized diet meals five days a week to residents of Sanford who are homebound and unable to prepare meals for themselves. Many people Sanford are struggling to make ends meet and are finding Jobseekers it difficult to pay for their Sanford Jobseekers, a faith-based support group for meals. The Sanford Meals on Wheels Board of Directors those who are unemployed, supplements some of the meets from 8:30 to 10:45 a.m. each Wednesday at First costs with donated funds. Sanford Meals on Wheels Baptist Church. The primary does not receive government focus of the group is to give funding and relies on chariencouragement to those out of work, and provide programs table donations from organizations and individuals. to help that individual obtain For more information about employment. For questions, Meals on Wheels, call (919) call (919) 776-6137. 708-4181. Meals on Wheels is a DAV Chapter 83 nonprofit organization. Tax of Moore County deductable donations can be Disabled American Veterans made to Meals on Wheels, (DAV) Chapter 83 of Moore P.O. Box 2991, Sanford, N.C. County meets at 7 p.m. the 27330. first Tuesday of each month at 1020 Priest Hill Road, Hearts and Hands Carthage. ECA Quilt Guild DAV is a service organizaThe Hearts and Hands tion dedicated to assisting ECA Quilt Guild will be disabled veterans. Service offering another basic officers are available to help quilting course at the Mcveterans with VA paperwork Tuesday through Thursday. For Swain Extension. This course will consist of two sessions an appointment, call (910) on Sept. 11 and Sept. 944-1113. 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants will make a 48 Lee County x 54 quilt from start to finish Scottish Rite Club and will learn rotary cutting, The Lee County Scottish piecing, applying borders, Rite Club conducts its month- marking, simple machine ly meeting every month on quilting and binding. Particithe third Thursday at the Bay pants will be able to choose Breeze Seafood Restaurant from top of the line fabric in Sanford. Dinner begins at packets appealing to all age 6:30 p.m. and is held in the groups. Sewing machine and meeting room. All Scottish basic machine sewing skills Rite Masons are welcome. are required. The cost is $63 and includes instruction and all fabric and batting. The Fleet Reserve class will be taught by BarAssociation bara Massengill. Fleet Reserve Association To sign up for the class call and Unit 259 meet the fourth Kay Morton at the Center at Tuesday of each month at (919) 775-5624. the Retired Military Association building in Fayetteville, located off Gillispe Street. For more information, call Chuch Dittmar at (910) 8486126.
Club news deadline is 3 p.m. Tuesday. E-mail information to edwardsk@sanfordherald.com.
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6C / Sunday, July 25, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Past Clubs News San-Lee Sunrise Rotary
President Marcy Santini opened the meeting with the ‘Quote of the Week:’ “If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?” - Vince Lombardi. Matt Garrett led the Rotary invocation, and Martin Davis led the Pledge of Allegiance. Rotary guests John and Nancy Pawloski were recognized along with Club guests Roger Darr, LeWanda Dauphin, Harris Ray and Marilyn Green. In ‘Good News‚’ Hayden Lutterloh recited a horrific tale of the crash of a new trailer and a dump truck in the State of Florida. Hayden was very complimentary of both Bankingport, Inc. and the Progressive insurance companies. Paul Dauphin announced a seventieth birthday, and Neal Jensen announced his grandson Liam is soon going to be a big brother. Matt Garrett shared news from his daughter Emily. Emily has moved from Bogota, Colombia, where she was working with street kids, to South Africa where she is helping with the treatment of HIV patients. Ashley Hinman announced he has traded his used truck and travel trailer for a new truck. In ‘Club News‚’ Nolan Williams has agreed to become the new San-Lee Sunrise Program Chairman and Terry Mullen has agreed to take the position of Membership Chair. Neal Jensen presented a check to Marilyn Green, Executive Director of the Helping Hands Clinic of Lee County. President Santini introduced Neal Jensen for a program celebrating Neal and wife Molly‚s trip to Montreal for the 2010 Rotary International Convention. There were 18,000 registered participants for the largest conference ever held in Montreal. Five thousand of the 33, 976 Rotary Clubs worldwide sent representatives for the conference. John Kenny turned over the leadership of RI to Ray Klinginsmith for 2010-2011 and Kaylan Banerjee was installed as President Elect for 20112012. Keynote speakers at the conference included Queen Noor of Jordan who received the RI Award of Honor for her work in promoting world peace and Dolly Parton representing the Dollywood Foundation and the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Marie Ahoua from Ivory Coast spoke using a soccer ball as a symbol of kicking polio out of Africa. It was reported at the conference that there have been no new cases of polio in India for six months and a 99 percent drop in new cases in Nigeria. Some of the entertainment at the Conference included a group called Celtic Thunder. The next RI conference will be held in New Orleans, May 2125, 2011. President Santini led the ‘Four Way Test.’
Kiwanis Club of Lee County
n President Matt Jackson presided over the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Lee County held at Davison’s Steaks on July 7. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was led by Teresa Coggins and the invocation was given by Robert Gray. The project fund tickets were sold by Charles Morris and Gwyn Maples was the winner. Happy dollars came from Maples, Nancy
Watkins and John Payne. Terri Payne was the guest of Payne. Payne announced that the new playground equipment that the Kiwanis Club of Lee helped provide was being installed as the meeting was going on. Jackson read a thank you letter for the Club’s contribution to the Kaleidoscope Program in Lee County. Jackson recognized Gwyn Maples fellow Kiwanian and the speaker for the day. Maples presented a video from the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. An inspirational and moving recollection of the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, the video tells of the events leading up to Dr. King’s death, the dream that he began and how it continues today. n President Matt Jackson presided over the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Lee County held at Davison’s Steaks on July 14. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was led by Susan Campbell and the invocation was given by Jimmy Tucker. The project fund tickets were sold by Drew Lucas and Kay Patterson was the winner and happy dollars came from Patterson. Guest was Mikeal Basinger. Jackson reminded the membership of the Club’s raffle drawing on August 10 and encouraged everyone to sell their tickets. Looking ahead to football season, he said that the joint Kiwanis Pancake Supper will be September 3 at Southern Lee High prior to the game that night between Southern Lee and Lee Senior. RV Hight introduced Robert Harper Assistant Director of Broadcasting at Campbell University and the speaker for the day. Known as the Voice of the Fighting Camels, Harper told of his broadcasting experiences, including his time working with the Marshall University sports network. He also spoke about the happenings in the Campbell athletic program.
Sanford Civitan Club The regular bi-weekly meeting of the Sanford Civitan Club was held July 15 at the Civitan clubhouse on Golf Course Road. There were 19 members present as well as seven guests in attendance including Leigh Wilkinson from the New Bern Civitan Club and the special guest speaker, North Carolina District East 2009-10 Governor Margie Gooding, whose home club is the Kinston Civitan Club. In addition, there were two guests of president Blanton who are from Venezuela here on business. The meeting was opened by president Van Blanton who offered a warm welcome for everyone particularly the guests. Blanton then offered the invocation and George Noel led the pledge of allegiance. Blanton then briefly introduced the special guests. He then spoke about the major community projects of the Sanford club. It was then announced that the club had received a special donation from the Sanford Area Association of Shaggers of $500. The guest speaker Governor Margie Gooding (who is also a Special Education teacher in Caswell County) spoke of some of the many things that Civitan in general is involved in concerning particularly projects involving the physically and mentally challenged. She
San-Lee Sunrise Rotary Past President Neal Jensen presented a check to Marilyn Green, Executive Director of The Helping Hands Clinic of Lee County.
Presenting the program to the Kiwanis Club of Lee County is member Gwyn Maples (far left) with fellow club members (l-r) Margaret Murchison, Susan Campbell and Robert Gray
Alan Dossenbach is pictured with Abby Lindauer from the Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency at a recent Sanford Rotary Club meeting. said she was especially pleased with the projects and programs the Sanford club is involved with and urged the club to strive for Honor Club recognition as we already meet several of the required qualifications. She also urged the club to participate more in area and district meetings as well as the upcoming District Convention in late August being held in Raleigh this year. She also emphasized that among all the larger civic organizations that Civitan is the only one that has and supports a Research Center located in Birmingham, Ala. on the campus of the University of Alabama whose focus is on pure and clinical research in the area of mental retardation. The concessions committee reported that the parks at Southern Lee (referred to as Tramway ballparks) are going to need members to man the concession stand with games this upcoming week on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights. Games are presently scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and end at 9:30 p.m. There were no motions presented for action. The next scheduled meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. July 29 at the clubhouse.
Sanford Lions Club The Sanford Lions Club met at 6:30 p.m. July 15 at the Lee Regional Fair complex with Lion president Dr. Marvin Joyner presiding. Lion Bill Whiteman offered the invocation. The kitchen crew prepared and served an excellent meal which was made even better by some fresh tomatoes. The pledge of allegiance was led by Willard Garren. Tail Twister Ish Rivera certainly added to the enjoyment of the evening
by his unique witticism and some excellent jokes. No one can deliver a joke like Ish. The club enjoyed the company of three guests James Wallace, Jon Joyner and Michael Wicker. We welcome people to attend a meeting and be guests for the evening. President Joyner reminded all members that we are in the middle of our sales push for ads in the fair catalogue. This catalogue lists all program events, schedules, and the many exhibit categories for which prizes and ribbons are awarded. We have always received wonderful support from local business and professional organizations and look forward to your help this year. The fair helps the club fund the many charitable causes that the Lions Club supports each year. The club will celebrate its 75th anniversary on Aug. 5. The Lions International President Mr. Sid Scruggs will attend. A new backdrop and new carpet for the stage area will be in place. It will be a grand celebration of 75 years of service to our visually impaired citizens of Lee County and the surrounding area. Lion George Kostrewa, chairman of the vision van program, reported that we screened 130 people of that number, 50 percent were referred for further screening. Lion George does a great job with this most needed effort. Lion Avron Upchurch reported that 14 Lions volunteered to help at the 4-H district competition held at Southern Lee High School. The local extension service did an excellent job hosting the event. Lion Bill Whiteman, program chairman, introduced the guest speaker
San-Lee Sunrise Rotary President Marcy Santini introduced Past President Neal Jensen for a program celebrating Neal and wife Molly‚s trip to Montreal, Canada in the province of Quebec for the 2010 Rotary International Convention in a city where Joie de Vivre, the “Joy of Living,” is in one of the world’s most livable cities.
Speaking to the Kiwanis Club of Lee County on July 14 is Campbell University’s Voice of the Fighting Camels, Robert Harper (center) with Kiwanis Club of Lee County members R.V. Hight and Kay Patterson.
Pictured are (left to right) Sanford Lions Club President Marvin Joyner; Seth Holt, speaker; and Bill Whitman, program chair, at a recent meeting. for the evening, Seth Holt. Seth is the Agriculture Agent for the N.C. Extension Service in Lee County. He is a graduate of NCSU and is currently working on a Master also from State. Seth presented an excellent program on cotton. The most popular variety of cotton in the U.S. seems to be the upland variety. This variety is genetically engineered to be resistant to worms and herbicides or both. This variety accounts for about 94 percent of cotton grown in the country. There is also a naturally colored variety that has been on the market for about 10 years. Texas is the top cotton producing state in the country with millions of acres planted in cotton. North Carolina ranks sixth in the country. Most of our cotton is produced in the coastal plain. Historically, the production of cotton has been subject to peaks and valleys. Around 1792, the acreage of cotton production increased because of the invention of the cotton gin. Acreage tended to decrease in the early part of the 20th century because of the boll weevil and tobacco became the major crop. In 1926 cotton acreage increased due to the invention of the mechanical picker. A decline was seen in 1960 to 1970 because of the development of polyester material. However, acreage increased again in the late 1980’s because the price started to go up. A 50 pound bag of cotton seed goes for about $500 and will produce about seven acres of cotton. All in all a “cotton pickin” good program and we thank Seth for his visit with us. The meeting was adjourned with a rousing
chorus of our motto, “We Serve.”
Jonesboro Rotary Jonesboro Rotary met at The Flame on July 15, 2010, with past-President Kate Rumely presiding. The club began the meeting with a moment of silence, then Mikeal Basinger gave the invocation. Sergeant-at-Arms Jay Childress welcomed program guest, Linda Wicker, Madison Bullard (daughter and guest of Michelle), Richie Holzapfel, grandson of Bud Palmer, Sanford Rotarian Tommy Rosser and San-Lee Sunrise Rotarian Leslie Cox. Michele Bullard of United Way announced that the kickoff event for this year’s United Way campaign would be a Function at the Junction event on Aug. 5 at Depot Park featuring food and fellowship from 5-7 p.m., then a performance by David Spivey’s rock and soul band, RN5P, featuring music of the 60’s, 70’s and other decades. Leslie Cox presented Kate Rumely with a Presidential Citation Award to the Jonesboro Rotary Club from District 7690. The new District Governor will be the club’s guest on July 29. The guest speaker Linda Wicker married Pressley Wicker four years ago and moved to Egypt with Pressley’s work in the oil refining industry. She brought some photographs of her experiences in Egypt. Cairo, Egypt, is the home of 20 million people, including many refugees from armed conflicts in Sudan, Libya and the Sinai. There is a chronic housing shortage and poverty is widespread, as approximately 44 percent of the populace survives on $2
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per day. As an expatriate (a Westerner residing in the non-Western world), servants are essential for housekeeping and transportation (there are no stop lights or stop signs in Cairo), so traffic is a chaotic mess. Pressley and Linda lived in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo, in a 2000 sq. ft. flat. As a Westerner, it is necessary to bargain with vendors for everything — every tomato, every carrot — everything. Recreational activities for expats included water activities, formal events, visits to pyramids, camel rides, horseback rides, and ATV excursions into the desert. Linda attended a Christian church where 65 countries were represented. Linda determined to find a “purpose for my days,” and she immersed herself in the culture of Cairo. The City of the Dead is a four-mile long cemetery where people live and work among the dead. Some residents are family members who want to be close to their departed loved one. Others were forced into these tombs to replace housing lost from earthquakes or due to poverty. Immigration from those in the countryside to Cairo plus an influx of refugees have further swelled the population in the cemetery. There Linda befriended
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a family that she visited frequently and to whom she provided financial assistance. Monthly Linda and other expats would head out into the countryside (accompanied by armed guards) to visit village schools. American companies in Egypt like Apache Corporation have constructed hundreds of single-room schools in villages in the Egyptian countryside where young girls were previously denied the opportunity for education. There, young village girls receive education and instruction in English, which they are delighted to practice on the visiting expats, who engage them in games of Twister to practice English words (and also pit Egyptian dexterity and flexibility against that of the Western women.) Ten minutes from Wicker’s residence was Garbage City, home to 60,000 people. Much of Cairo’s garbage is collected by an unofficial labor force which has been acting on its own volition for nearly 100 years. The population is almost 98 percent Christian (Coptic Christians), who collect, sort, recycle and reuse the vast majority of Cairo’s refuse. It is also the site of a Catholic orphanage staffed by the Sisters of Mother Teresa. Handicapped children, abandoned children, and orphaned children are cared for by these sisters, who also provide assistance to senior citizens with
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infirmities. There she became friends with a blind senior resident who spoke English. Western efforts to adopt children have been rebuffed by Egyptian officials who refuse to recognize that Egypt has a problem with orphaned children. Recently the Egyptian government has begun to change its position by offering financial assistance to Egyptian parents to provide a financial disincentive to abandoning their children to orphanages. She made weekly visits to Giza to assist in a Baby Wash program, where mothers of newborns to 6 months old, who did not have access to running water, could bring in their infants for a bath and information about hygiene and caring for infants. These mothers were very nervous as they feared the influence of Westerners (the “evil eye”), but volunteers like Linda earned their trust and gave them small gifts, such as t-shirts and diapers, and finally, on the fourth visit, rewarded the mother with a photograph of the mother and her infant, possibly the only photo the mother will ever have of her and her child. Wicker and Pressley have recently re-located to Saudi Arabia, where Islam rules in all aspects of work and social activities, and women have to “cover” when in public. One hundred percent of Saudi women veil and
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Rotary Club of Sanford The July 20 meeting of the Sanford Rotary Club was called to order by President Tony Lett. The Rotary Prayer was led by Tom Dossenbach, followed by club recognition of the recent passing of Bill Lawrence, club member since 1970, club president in 1984, Rotarian of the Year in 1979 and 2009, and recipient of the Program of the Year award in 2008 and 2009. Tom Spence led the club in singing “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” one of Lawrence’s favorites in the Rotary songbook. Two Jonesboro Rotarians were visiting — Rupert Ainsley and Gene Rogers. Assistant District Governor Leslie Cox also visited from the SanLee Sunrise club. Tommy Rosser reported a makeup on July 15 at Jonesboro, and Alan Dossenbach would make up at the July 20 Board meeting. Sanford Rotary’s weekly 50/50 raffle of $11 was won by Tom Dossenbach. Several “Braggin’ Bucks” focused on Bill Lawrence — Leslie Cox said that there was always “a good time” wherever Bill was; Paul Horton told of once asking Bill what he could do for him (thinking of tire business),
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and Bill had replied, agree to be Rotary President next year! Sam Sillaman bragged on his daughter’s getting her driving license that day, and Lynn Veach Sadler announced that she was the winner of the Westmoreland County, Penn., short story competition with her piece “The book that came in hardcover and hard core.” Alan Dossenbach introduced the meeting speaker, Abby Lindeau, who told of the mission of CARA, Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption, supporting the national “no kill” movement. Licensed by the NC Department of Agriculture, they coordinate efforts with the Lee County Board of Health and the six veterinary offices in the county, to save, treat, and place dogs and cats. Founded in 2003, CARA cared for 287 animals in 2009, up from 187 a year earlier. Basically a non-profit organization, donations of various types are welcome—from cat litter and dog food to dollars and volunteer hours caring for the animals. A 5K Fun Run, ? Mile Walk, and Good Times Festival is scheduled at Kiwanis Park for Saturday, August 28 as a fundraiser for CARA, with information available at www. cara-nc.org. To end the meeting, the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Bill Holt, and The Four Way Test by Tommy Rosser.
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Reunion News School Sanford Centra Class of 1970 Sanford Central High School Class of 1970 will hold a reunion from 7 p.m. to midnight Sept. 18 at Chef Paul's restaurant. For more information, call LaVerne at 774-8827. Lee Senior Class of 1985 The Lee Senior Class of 1985 will hold its 25th class reunion from 7:30 to midnight Oct. 2 at the Westlake Club. Advance tickets are $30 per couple and $20 for single. Make checks payable to: Lee County Class of 1985; mail to: First Bank, c/o Stewart Forbes, 2630 S. Horner Blvd., Sanford, N.C. 27330.
Family McDuffie/McDonald The McDuffie and McDonald reunion will be held at 1 p.m. Aug. 1 at White Hill Presbyterian Church, Hwy. 15-501, Sanford. Those attending are asked to bring a covered dish. Beverages, plates, etc. will be furnished. o To add a reunion annoouncement, contact Kim Edwards at edwardsk@sanfordherald. com.
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8C / Sunday, July 25, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Military News Joshua Thomas
Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Joshua N. Thomas graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. He is the son of Curtis
Thomas of Pittsboro and Teri Deal of Moncure. Thomas is a 2004 graduate of Northwood High School in Pittsboro.
Thomas Dixon Army Spec. Thomas K. Dixon has re-enlisted in the U.S. Army for two more years. Dixon is a combat engineer assigned to the 172nd Infantry Brigade, U.S. Army Garrison, Schweinfurt, Germany. The specialist has served in the military for two years. He is the son of Belinda F. Pruett of Sanford and the late Otis W. Dixon.
Adrienne Scalf Army Pfc. Adrienne M. Scalf has graduated from
Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, Mo. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons, rifle marksmanship qualification, bayonet combat, chemical warfare, field training and tactical exercises, marches, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, traditions, and core values. She is the daughter of John Maddaloni of Sanford. Scalf graduated in 1996 from Lee Senior High School, and received an associate degree in 2000 from Central Carolina Community College, both in Sanford.
Justin Weber Civilian Justin A. Weber, son of Harriett K. Frank of Mount Pleasant and Charles Weber Jr. of Sanford, recently enlisted in the United States Navy under the Delayed Entry Program at Navy Recruiting District in Raleigh. The program allows recruits to enter the Navy and take up to one year to complete prior commitments such as high school. Using recruiters as mentors, this program helps recruits ease into the transition from civilian to military life. Weber will report for active duty to undergo basic training at the Navyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Recruit Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill.
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looks like a really groovy ride at a county fair. They sit atop poles that soar 30 feet to 50 feet in the air, with propellers that â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in their heyday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; kept all the parts spinning and moving even in the slightest breeze. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been sold to buyers as disparate as a shopping center in Albuquerque, the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore and the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. A North Carolina dentist placed one outside a window so children could watch the parts twirl and dance while he cleaned teeth and filled cavities. The whirligigs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some weighing as much as 3 tons with hundreds of moving parts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fall into the category of folk art or outsider art, works created by someone without a formal background in art. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is one of the most truly creative and most visionary artists that we have in the whole country,â&#x20AC;? says Rebecca Hoffberger, founder and director of the American Visionary Art Museum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I love best is that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always done what pleases him. That faithfulness to that pursuit has had huge benefits for school children and art cognoscenti alike.â&#x20AC;? The job of recording the details of Simpsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whirligigs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; where he got the parts, how they operate, what color theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to be â&#x20AC;&#x201D; has fallen to folklorist Jefferson Currie. The artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories usually involve the not-sobright visitors or his recent
health problems â&#x20AC;&#x201D; heart surgery one year, followed by a welding blaze that burned Simpson and required surgery. Simpson has a hard time saying how he came up with the idea for whirligigs. He hated to see the discards of his work and others go to the trash heap, so he found something to do with the remnants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got caught with a lot of material, and I worked it out,â&#x20AC;? is how Simpson explains it, as if everyone would see a pile of metal and envision a whirligig. He built his first whirligig while overseas during World War II, but it was stolen. He came home, married Jean Simpson, 82, the mother of their three children, and the person who keeps his books. His wife of 63 years is the only person with a list of where the largest whirligigs are located. He farmed and moved houses before opening a machine shop, a name that belies the work he did, including building farm equipment. He started on his first whirligig at home in the early 1980s, and spent about 10 years building the other 28. Neighbors and passers-by â&#x20AC;&#x153;thought I was crazy to start with,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People would drive by here every day to see what I was working on â&#x20AC;&#x201D; old, crazy man.â&#x20AC;? His wife never thought he had lost his mind. She said she thought the whirligigs were a good pastime but not something that would bring him fame. Now that the works are to be moved, Simpson offers advice to whoever takes on the task: â&#x20AC;&#x153;All they need is somebody with some common sense who ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid of work.â&#x20AC;?
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