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Humane Society offering education, free vaccinations on Saturday By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — More than 212,000 animals are euthanized in North Carolina animal shelters every year, and several local, state and national organizations are banding together to do something about it. The Humane Society of the United States, the N.C. State College of Veterinary Medicine and community organizations such as Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption, Jonesboro Heights

Baptist Church and Shallow Well Church will sponsor a community outreach event Saturday focusing on pet health and responsible pet ownership. The event will feature free vaccinations for cats and dogs, including rabies and distemper shots, as well as free and reduced spay/neuter vouchers for the Spay/Neuter Veterinary Clinic in Vass. There is a limited supply of vaccines and vouchers. “The Humane Society contacted us and Shallow Well and asked about hosting something,”

said Mark Gaskins, senior pastor at Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church. “We thought this would be a good opportunity to reach out to the community.” The outreach event will also include information about responsible pet ownership. Abbey Lindauer of CARA said the goal is to provide Lee County residents with some much-needed services while educating people about ways to keep pets out of shelters, and consequently re-

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WANT TO GO? ❏ What: Community outreach event on pet health with the Humane Society of the United States ❏ When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday ❏ Where: Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church, 316 W. Main St., Sanford ❏ More information: 774-9433 (CARA), 776-1541 (Jonesboro Heights), www.shallow-well.org All dogs should be on a leash and all cats should be in a carrier.

Planners target more than 19,000 feet of pathways By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — City planners outlined a long-term map for pedestrian paths Tuesday, including with it millions in proposed spending on local sidewalks and greenways. The still in-the-works plan is being drafted by city planners along with regional engineering firm McGill Associates, emerging from a local steering committee and community surveys of top priorities. Mike Norris of McGill Associates told City Council members Tuesday that planners are targeting the construction of nearly 19,000 linear feet of sidewalks in the city, adding up to an estimated total bill of almost $935,000. Norris identified large roads like Horner Boulevard, Vance Street, Carthage Street, Lee Avenue and more as top priorities. These areas combine heavy pedestrian and motorist traffic, officials said.

TEMPLE THEATRE’S ‘FLAMING IDIOTS’

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Jonathan Coarsey (right) as “Eugene” acts out a scene with “Carl,” portrayed by Steve Moore, showing that he’s not only a waiter, but also a talented actor during rehearsal Tuesday evening for the upcoming production of “Flaming Idiots” at the Temple Theatre .

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Temple’s follow-up to successful ‘Chicago’ a character-driven comedy By JENNIFER GENTILE jgentile@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — When two dimwitted friends make the bad decision to open a restaurant, then employ an even worse idea when it fails, the result can make for some hilarious theater. Temple Theater’s latest production “Flaming Idiots” is the tale of a misguided business

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Daniel Joyce (left) as “Officer Task” hits on “Bernadette” Kristen Mcabe who is deaf and never hears a word during rehearsal Tuesday evening.

venture and its comical consequences. The modern farce follows ex postal employees Phil and Carl as they open a restaurant and devise a hare-brained scheme to keep it afloat. According to Director Craig Rhyne, Temple is hosting the regional premiere of Tom Rooney’s comedy.

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Man arrested for hitting son, pulling out hair By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Lee County investigators arrested a local man Tuesday after they say he beat his 12-year-old son and pulled out chunks of his hair. Deputies said Donnell

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Gene Stanley, 42, of 973 Minter School Road in Sanford, is being charged with misdemeanor child abuse in the case. The Sheriff’s Office was called to Stanley’s residence around 4:50 p.m. Tuesday in reference to screaming in the area. Upon their arrival, depu-

HAPPENING TODAY The Chatham County Business Expo is scheduled for noon to 5:30 p.m. at Pittsboro Ford. The Expo, an annual event of the Chatham Chamber of Commerce, is held to give businesses the opportunity to showcase their products and services to the local community. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A

Youth sports begin work to prevent concussions

ties found Stanley sitting in his yard holding a beer and a belt. Stanley said he had gotten into an argument with his son, and his son reported that Stanley hit him with a belt and pulled out his hair. Investigators said Stanley was disciplining his son for

low grades in school and for disobeying him. Deputies found belt marks on the boy’s arms and back, as well as missing hair from his head. Stanley was released from Lee County Jail under a $2,500 unsecured bond.

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DALLAS — Youth football leagues are responding to warnings about the dangers of hard hits by offering new videos, coaching exams and other lessons about preventing and recognizing concussions — even though organizers believe their level of the sport is as safe as football gets. There are an estimated 3 million kids ages 6 to 14 playing tackle football in the United States and longtime league administrators say the majority of players aren’t big enough and don’t hit hard enough to cause serious damage. “It’s really surprising how few (concussions) we’ve had,” said Carolyn Stewart, a coach, board member or commissioner for nearly 20 years in the Dallas-area Spring Valley Athletic Association’s football leagues. “I know of more from skateboards or falling off playground equipment.” Still, at a time when the pros

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Sanford: Mickey Antlitz, 44; Michael Brown; BonnieDonathan, 65; Lillian Jones, 85; James Marsh, 64; Debora McNair, 24; Jimmy Roberts, 70

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On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:

MONDAY ■ The Broadway Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Broadway. ■ The Moore County Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. ■ The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 635 East St., in Pittsboro.

TUESDAY ■ The Chatham County Board of Health will meet at the Dunlap Classroom, 80 East St., Pittsboro. ■ The Moore County Aging Advisory Council will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Senior Enrichment Center in West End.

WEDNESDAY ■ The Sanford City Council Law and Finance Meeting will be held at 1 p.m. at City Hall in Sanford. ■ The Central Carolina Community College Board of Trustees will meet at the CCCC Harnett Campus Miriello Building in Lillington.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extened to everyone celebrating their birthday today, especially Kristen Schalk, Brandon Michael Ramos, Pamela H. Stewart, Patricia Lovett, Peggy Knight, Crystal Smith, Steve Buchanan, Gloria Stone, Sandra Steadman and Carlos Jermaine Dorsett. CELEBRITIES: Actress Joyce Randolph is 86. Rock singer Manfred Mann is 70. Singer Elvin Bishop is 68. TV’s Judge Judy Sheindlin is 68. Actor Everett McGill is 65. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is 61. Musician Charlotte Caffey (The Go-Go’s) is 57. Movie director Catherine Hardwicke is 55. Actress-author Carrie Fisher is 54. Singer Julian Cope is 53. Rock musician Steve Lukather (Toto) is 53. Actor Ken Watanabe is 51. Actress Melora Walters is 50. Rock musician Che (chay) Colovita Lemon is 40. Christian rock musician Charlie Lowell (Jars of Clay) is 37. Actor Jeremy Miller is 34. Actor Will Estes is 32. Actor Michael McMillian is 32.

Almanac Today is Thursday, Oct. 21, the 294th day of 2010. There are 71 days left in the year. This day in history: On Oct. 21, 1805, a British fleet commanded by Adm. Horatio Nelson defeated a French-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson, however, was killed. In 1797, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, also known as “Old Ironsides,” was christened in Boston’s harbor. In 1879, Thomas Edison perfected a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J. In 1917, members of the 1st Division of the U.S. Army training in Luneville, France, became the first Americans to see action on the front lines of World War I. In 1944, during World War II, U.S. troops captured the German city of Aachen. In 1959, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opened to the public in New York. In 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon clashed in their fourth and final presidential debate in New York. In 1967, the Israeli destroyer INS Eilat was sunk by Egyptian missile boats near Port Said; 47 Israeli crew members were lost. In 1970, American agronomist Norman Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in developing high-yield grains that enhanced the world’s food supply. In 1971, President Richard Nixon nominated Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR TODAY ■ The Lee County Library will present a program geared toward children ages 3 to 5 beginning at 11 a.m. Activities include stories, finger plays, action rhymes and songs, puppet shows, crafts and parachute play. There is no charge for the programs and it is not necessary to register in advance. For more information, call Mrs. DeLisa Williams at (919) 718-4665 Ext. 5484. ■ “Let’s Talk” with Mayor Cornelia Olive will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Enrichment Center in Sanford. ■ The Sanford Area Photographers Club will meet at 6 p.m. at the Enrichment Center in Sanford. ■ The Central Carolina Hospital Auxiliary invites the public to visit from 4 to 5 p.m. for refreshments, a prize drawing and the opportunity to meet and talk with CCH Breast Cancer Navigator Gwyn Sandlin in the newly renovated and decorated Women’s Center waiting area. ■ The Chatham County Business Expo is scheduled for Oct. 21 at Pittsboro Ford. The Expo, an annual event of the Chatham Chamber of Commerce, is held to give businesses the opportunity to showcase their products and services to the local community. Local companies and organizations will be on-hand to offer free chair massages and reflexology, taste samples, blood pressure checks, special information for seniors, health screenings, mini acupuncture treatments, fitness activities and more. There is no charge for the event, which will be held from noon to 5:30 p.m. at Pittsboro Ford — 1245 Thompson St., Pittsboro. ■ Hunt Springs Baptist Church will welcome Dr. Log Carson for their community-wide revival at 7 p.m. at the church, located at 1557 St. Andrews Church Road in Sanford. Nursery will be provided.

FRIDAY ■ Fundraiser for HAVEN of Lee County, sponsored by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, at 6:30 p.m. at Ron’s Barn (Dutch meal). All donations received will go to Haven of Lee County to help fight domestic violence. ■ The 2010 Sandhills Bike Fest will begin at 9 a.m. through 12 noon Sunday with onsite tent camping, vendors, live bands, trophies and more. Admission is $14 per day or $35 for the entire weekend. Cost includes camping. Must be 21 to attend. Located at 2957 Cypress Church Road in Cameron. For more information, call James at (919) 777-6873. ■ Hunt Springs Baptist Church will welcome Dr. Log Carson for their community-wide revival at 7 p.m. at the church, located at 1557 St. Andrews Church Road in Sanford. Nursery will be provided.

SATURDAY ■ Downtown Sanford Inc. and the Central Carolina Jaycees will hold their fourth annual Fall Festival Jubi-LEE at Depot Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Depot Park will be filled with vendors selling their handmade arts and crafts. A full day of live music and a variety of local talent are planned for the Progress Energy bandstand. In addition to

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welcome Dr. Log Carson for their community-wide revival at 7 p.m. at the church, located at 1557 St. Andrews Church Road in Sanford. Nursery will be provided.

SUNDAY ■ The Brush and Palette Club’s 47th annual art show will be held at the Hales Center — 147 McIver Street, Sanford. The week-long show runs from Oct. 23-30. Approximately 600 pieces of members’ finest work will be featured for judged competition, public exhibition and sale. Hours are 1 to 6 p.m. ■ Hunt Springs Baptist Church will welcome Dr. Log Carson for their community-wide revival at 1 p.m. at the church, located at 1557 St. Andrews Church Road in Sanford. Nursery will be provided.

MONDAY ■ The Brush and Palette Club’s 47th annual art show will be held at the Hales Center — 147 McIver Street, Sanford. The week-long show runs from Oct. 23-30. Approximately 600 pieces of members’ finest work will be featured for judged competition, public exhibition and sale. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

OCT. 26 ■ Powerful Tools for Caregivers free education program will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 5-26, at the Enrichment Center. Call 776-0501 ext. 230 to register. ■ The Lee County Genealogical and Historical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Lee County Library auditorium, 107 Hawkins Ave., at 7 p.m. The program will be presented by Steve Lympany, who will give historical background of the hammered dulcimer as well as play selections on the instrument. Guests are welcome. For more information, call 4997661 or 499-1909.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see all the great comics of the past are in here,â&#x20AC;? Rhyne said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Abbott and Costello, the Three Stooges â&#x20AC;Ś ; I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t laughed so much in rehearsal I think ever.â&#x20AC;? If the playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protagonists were inspired by the great comedy teams of the past, Michael Brocki said his character, Phil, is meant to be the less likeable one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a jerk,â&#x20AC;? Brocki quipped. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bossy guy.â&#x20AC;? His buddy, Carl, played by Stephen Moore, is well-meaning but slow on the uptake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He really wants to be accepted, to elevate his life, and Phil has this idea of how to do that,â&#x20AC;? Moore said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and [Carlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] not strong enough or smart enough to put up a fight.â&#x20AC;? Phil and Karl open an eatery without any relevant experience â&#x20AC;&#x201C; hiring a deaf cook played by Kristen McCabe and a melodramatic waiter played by Jonathan Coarsey . Coarsey calls his character, an aspiring actor named Eugene, â&#x20AC;&#x153;egocentricâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;over the top.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;He feels he knows more about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on than anyone else in the show,â&#x20AC;? Coarsey said. Jonathan Rion Bethea portrays the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shady busboy, who claims to be Norwegian and is rarely seen without a mysterious briefcase in hand. The far-fetched character of Officer Task, a clueless cop played by Daniel Joyce, would be the comic relief in any other show. Rounding out the cast are Katie Deal as Jayne, a newspaper critic who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to keep her hem out of her underwear, and Mark Filiaci as would-be hitman Louie. When their business fails to take off, Phil and Carl look to their rival, Zippyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, for a foolproof marketing strategy. A notorious murder is responsible for Zippyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popularity, and without a better plan, the friends stage a fake â&#x20AC;&#x153;hitâ&#x20AC;? to drum up business. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing goes the way they expect or hope,â&#x20AC;? Rhyne said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and hilarity ensues.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flaming Idiotsâ&#x20AC;? opens Thursday at Temple and runs through Nov. 7. Tickets are $20 per person and available by calling the Temple Box office at 919-7744155. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Come in and leave your troubles out on Carthage Street,â&#x20AC;? Moore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just have a good time.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kids Votingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; returns to teach election process By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Voters may have to be 18 years old for their ballots to count, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean younger politicallyminded people canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t express their opinions. Kids in grades K-12 can share which candidates they think should hold office through Kids Voting. A partnership among Kids Voting N.C., Communities in Schools and Lee County Schools, Kids Voting is open in Lee County now through Election Day on Nov. 2, albeit with a few changes from years past. Kids will now vote online rather than going to Kids Voting booths at Lee County polling locations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the kids have really enjoyed it in the past,â&#x20AC;? said Nancy Kimble, director of the Lee County Board of Elections. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It ingrains into a child that voting is very important. They could go with their parents and see how they

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duce euthanasia numbers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really excited we have a national organization interested in our community and willing to help out,â&#x20AC;? Lindauer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ultimately hoping to do is establish a lowcost spay/neuter option locally.â&#x20AC;? One goal of the event is to provide people with information about why spay/neuter is important for controlling pet population and shelter intake. Lindauer said a lot of people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have their pets spayed or neutered because they simply canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford it. On average, spay/neuter in Lee County can cost anywhere from $150-$300. In addition to possibly opening a low-cost clinic, Lindauer said CARA and the Humane Society hope to provide transportation to spay/neuter clinics for people who may not have a way get there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are so many people around who are not able to afford a lot of things,â&#x20AC;? Gaskins said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found much of the low-income population of Sanford is concentrated in a 2-mile radius of our church. This is a way of providing a service to our community.â&#x20AC;? In addition to providing information about spay/neuter, Lindauer said the event will also address tethering because of the proposed ordinance that would place restrictions on the type of tether people can use and the amount of time animals can be tethered. She said CARA representatives will explain why they support the initiative and encourage discussion among attendees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dogs that are tethered can become a public nuisance and a safety and health risk, because they do have a tendency to develop anti-social behaviors and have been known to bite,â&#x20AC;? Lindauer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important all around for the animals and the

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WANT TO VOTE? Kids Voting in Lee County is open now through Election Day on Nov. 2. Kids in grades K-12 who want to cast their votes can visit www.kidsvotingnc.org and click the Lee County link under â&#x20AC;&#x153;2010 Ballots.â&#x20AC;? The direct link can also be found at www.cisleecounty.org.

vote.â&#x20AC;? But this year, kids in more than 20 North Carolina counties will be voting from the comfort of their homes or classrooms rather than accompanying their parents to the polls on Election Day. Daintry Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, executive director of Kids Voting N.C., said the organization decided to offer the online option because Early Voting has taken a hit on Kids Voting participation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With people having the opportunity to vote early, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going on lunch breaks or before they get home and they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bring their kids,â&#x20AC;? said Heather Little, executive director of Communities in Schools of Lee County.

Kimble said with the number of people who vote early, there just isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t room to support Kids Voting during Early Voting hours. She said in the future, polling locations may feature a Kids Voting booth with a computer so kids can cast their votes online and still visit the polling site, but the Board of Elections would have to discuss it first. Some schools are developing ways to recreate the voting booth atmosphere in the classroom. At J. Glenn Edwards Elementary, the fifth grade class will turn the computer lab into a polling site where students can cast their votes online. Little said even though kids wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be voting at the polls with

public.â&#x20AC;? Lindauer said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to provide the community with free and low-cost pet services and information about proper pet care because some people simply might not know the best ways to care for a pet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a firm believer that Lee County as a whole is a very animal-loving place,â&#x20AC;? Lindauer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the advances or the changes that have been made in animal welfare. They might just be doing things the way they were raised.â&#x20AC;? To further the information and discussion about animal welfare in Lee County, CARA, the Humane Society and the local government will team up Nov. 18 for a grassroots community forum. Participants can voice their concerns and opinions about local animal welfare and brainstorm potential solutions.

their parents, it is still important for parents to take an active role in the Kids Voting process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Especially with an election like this thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more of a local election, they could take their kids to see someone around town whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s running for office,â&#x20AC;? Little said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They still have an opportunity to say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is who Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m voting for and this is why.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Kids Voting was first introduced in North Carolina in 1992 as a two-part process. Teachers first incorporate Kids Voting materials and activities into their lessons, emphasizing civics, history and how to find sources that will help students make informed choices in an election. After completing the education component, kids participate in the mock election. Jeff Moss, superintendent of Lee County Schools, said he thinks Kids Voting is a crucial part of the curriculum.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Kids Voting program exposes our students to the election process and teaches them the importance of becoming a responsible and informed citizen,â&#x20AC;? Moss said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our ultimate goal is to help our students develop the habits and skills they need to be effective, engaged citizens and leaders.â&#x20AC;? Though all grade levels receive the education component, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien said younger students tend to participate in the mock election portion more often than older students. But with the introduction of the online option, she said she hopes more high school students will be motivated to cast their votes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Democracy is as strong as the people that support it,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our right and our responsibility to vote. The kids need to learn how to do that and learn itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to do it, not just in the big elections but in every election.â&#x20AC;?

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Editorial Board: Bill Horner III, Publisher • Billy Liggett, Editor • R.V. Hight, Special Projects Editor

Endorsement: Dalrymple for District 2 LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 (4-YEAR SEAT) ❏ The candidates: Incumbent Amy Dalrymple (Democrat) vs. Charles Parks (Republican) ❏ The Herald’s endorsement: Dalrymple

roadway’s Amy Dalrymple sought the unexpired District 2 Lee County Board of Commissioners seat in 2008 after heavy involvement in various issues surrounding Lee County Schools, notably the charge she helped lead for the renovation of Lee County High School. She won the seat over Re-

publican Harry Undy, advancing to the county board after serving as a member of the Broadway Town Council. In many ways, in the two years since, Dalrymple, a homemaker and mother of four, has been a marginal representative. So vocal about issues prior to the 2008 race, she’s since been mostly a silent observer on the board of commissioners. Her most notable contributions came in recent months, after she was appointed by the board’s chairman to oversee an ad hoc Economic Development Corporation study committee, which

helped re-structure the county’s approach to development and incentives. Following that committee’s work, she’s made (like most candidates) economic development and job growth the primary elements of her platform. Her campaign, though, has been short on ideas and suggestions for innovation and substantive positive changes for the county. She’s involved and active as a commissioner, and attentive to details and issues, but movement doesn’t always imply improvement. Still, Dalrymple, 46, has the edge over her Republican

opponent, Charles (Charlie) Parks. Parks, who’s 70, retired to Lee County after a career as an air traffic coordinator for the Federal Aviation Administration and touts his experience with the federal government and the life experiences he gained as a child of a Depression-era farmer as proof he’ll deal appropriately with the county’s fiscal operation. He’s accused the board of “tunnel vision,” yet in detailing missteps by the board, primarily offers up the standard Republican rhetoric (we’re going in the wrong direction, I’ll be more responsible with your tax dollars, we need better

oversight, etc.) without having concrete solutions to the problems he claims commissioners like Dalrymple (who helps husband Tommy run the family farm) have caused. He promotes the need for tourism initiatives but won’t commit to making that a “must need” item for a budget he says needs major cuts. Parks does a unique background and is a viable candidate, but frankly Dalrymple has more of a vested interest and, with two years served on the board, is a better fit to help the group navigate the turbulent financial waters ahead.

Letters to the Editor Sheriff Carter should be commended for decision To the Editor:

John Hood Columnist John Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation

Don’t bring home the bacon

ALEIGH — Incumbent lawmakers, regardless of party or position, have a favorite slogan for this stage in a political campaign: “Re-elect me, or else our district will lose its pull.” I detest this argument, and seriously consider its utterance as a reason to vote for the challenger, any challenger, as long as he or she is not an evident crook, demagogue, or economic illiterate ... Perhaps the most-objectionable reason offered to return an incumbent to office is a promise to “bring money back home.” ... If election officials agree that much government spending is wasted — be it at the federal or state levels — and then vow, smiling conspiratorially, to get “our fair share” anyway, they are helping to perpetuate a costly fraud. The relative pittance of taxpayer funds that a “powerful” member of Congress or the General Assembly can deliver to a local district pales in significance when compared to the cost of extracting taxes from the district, shipping the money to a capital city, skimming off shipping and handling charges (the political class gets paid first), and then sending the money back denominated in giant novelty checks. ... The funding system is rigged to make virtually everyone poorer, give virtually everyone the impression that he is getting a little richer, and leave virtually everyone with the sneaking suspicion that everyone else is getting a lot richer — and it’s all because the local representative doesn’t yet have enough seniority! How convenient. This is not an argument against representative government. It is better than the alternative. It makes sense to apportion legislative power by district, among politicians who are elected from specific geographical constituencies, so as to ensure that a wide variety of talents, experiences, and viewpoints gets rolled into the policymaking process. But representative government should not devolve into a system of regional sales reps ... No. The system is what it is because we allow it to be. We have the power to send our lawmakers a message: that we want governmental leaders to start leading, to start addressing major public problems with concerted, thoughtful action. I have my own list of actions I want to see my representatives in Congress and the state legislature take up next year. For example, now that government spending makes up nearly 40 percent of America’s gross domestic product, lawmakers should start by closing our yawning budget deficits without more taxes. We’re taxed enough already. Next, reform the tax code. Reform Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other fast-growing entitlements that threaten our fiscal future. Expand choice and innovation in education. Defeat Islamic totalitarianism. Redirect our transportation dollars to alleviate congestion and get America moving again. Combat the crime, disorder, and social decay that continue to inhibit progress in our inner cities. Defend our constitutional rights against their enemies, foreign and domestic. Restore freedom of speech and property-rights protection.

Playing the foreign card

AN DIEGO — Either Democrats have bad memories or they have no shame. Even in the heat of an election where it appears they’re about to get hammered, Democrats should know better than to play the “foreign card.” Yet that’s what they’re doing. The strategy is to turn up the heat on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a generous contributor to Republican candidates and an effective counRuben Navarrette Jr. terweight to labor unions that give millions Columnist of dollars to Democrats. The preferred line Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a columnist with of attack is that the chamber is acting as a the Washington Post Writers Group conduit for money from foreign entities that want to influence our elections. appeals to him, but I like the fact that his (The chamber does accept contributions name is Barack Hussein Obama, and that his from outside the United States, but officials father was a Muslim and that his paternal insist that this money is kept separate from grandmother is a Muslim. There’s a billion the funds used for political contributions.) people on the planet that are Muslims, and I President Obama recently seemed to take think that experience is a big deal.” a swipe at the chamber when he decried It was a sneaky way of playing the foreign television ads blasting Democrats and the card — and it had the effect of reminding us fact that “one of the largest groups paying that the practice of exploiting ethnocentrism for these ads regularly takes in money from to score political points isn’t exclusive to foreign corporations.” Republicans. Vice President Joe Biden went after Karl Yet over the last two years right wingRove, the former White House adviser who ers have turned fear-mongering into an art has started an advocacy group that has raised form. The birther movement, which suggests millions of dollars for Republicans. Biden that Obama was actually born in Kenya and says he is concerned about thus not eligible to serve these funds because: “We as a president, is all about don’t know if they’re com‘As political tactics go, playing the foreign card ing from foreign sources.” and making the first black playing the foreign card The Democratic Nationpresident second-class by al Committee has released is both offensive and claiming he’s not a citizen. a new television ad blastdangerous.’ The same goes for the ing Republican congresmore recent but equally sional candidates because far-fetched assertion by “it appears they’ve even conservative thinker Dinesh D’Souza that, taken secret foreign money to influence our as president, Obama is somehow channeling elections.” And the liberal group MoveOn. the “anti-colonial” spirit of his dead Kenyan org has claimed that “(f )oreign corporations father. are funding some of the $75 million the U.S. That would be the same father Obama Chamber of Commerce is spending to defeat hardly knew because he abandoned the Democrats.” family when his son was just a boy. Besides, As political tactics go, playing the foreign Obama was raised by his white grandparcard is both offensive and dangerous. It ents in Hawaii and later went to college and exploits people’s fears of the unknown and graduate school in the Ivy League. Why not appeals to the prejudice that many of us feel assume he learned his values there? toward those who are different. It also fuels It’s because that assumption doesn’t let ugly nativist instincts that — once unleashed D’Souza tap into this fear of the foreign — an — can do real damage. anxiety that liberals and conservatives alike Democrats know this better than anyone have been willing to exploit to serve their because, over the last few years, this card own ends. has been played with regularity against the Both parties play the foreign card, and leader of their party: Barack Obama. In fact, both have had it played against them. It’s when the story is written about Obama’s artime to remove it from the deck, and reacrival on the national political scene, memquaint ourselves with something you don’t bers of both political parties will have a lot see much of in politics these days: decency. for which to atone. That includes a Democrat who endorsed Obama’s rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, for president. Bob Kerrey, the former Nebraska senator, said during the Democratic primary Thou art my hiding place. (Psalm that Obama should not be penalized for at119:114) tending a “secular madrassa” as a child — a PRAYER: Father, keep me safe and seclaim that had, at the time, already been cure, shelter us from fear, so that we may discredited by the media. A day earlier, Kermove fully into a life of loving. Amen. rey said: “It’s probably not something that

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Sheriff Tracy Carter should be commended for refusing to allow partisan politics to hamper his job to enforce the law. Recently, Sheriff Carter has received criticism from the Republican Party because he crossed party lines to support Butch Johnson, candidate for the Lee County Board of Commissioners and Rep. Jimmy Love Sr., candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives. Sheriff Carter believes these candidates are better suited to support law enforcement. Sheriff Carter has acted with dignity, integrity and dedication to our community by voicing his support for the candidates he feels will best represent the needs of Lee County. Despite the fact that these candidates are not affiliated with the Republican Party, he has chosen to willingly expose himself to criticism from his own party in order to stand up for what he believes will best benefit Lee County. Regardless of political affiliation, we can all agree that Sheriff Carter has and will continue to do his very best to ensure our community is safe. His actions are a breath of fresh air for those voters who, like me, are more concerned with the best interest of their families, Lee County and the State of North Carolina than they are with the “R” or “D” following a name on the ballot. We should all commend Sheriff Carter for having the integrity to make a decision he feels is the best for the county regardless of the criticism it may trigger. ALLISON GOODWIN Sanford

Etheridge won’t explain his liberal voting record To the Editor: Now let me get this straight. We should forget about the voting record of our career congressman because one of his acquaintances finds his character and familial achievements to be admirable? I am willing to accept the evaluation due to its source but find it to be of secondary importance. The team of Obama, Pelosi and Reid are kept in power only by the rubber-stamp support of congressional Democrats like Bob Etheridge (97 percent). He has had more than ample time to develop the independence of thought that his constituents need and deserve. I am still waiting for his response to my June request for an explanation of his then recent votes in support of the Obama team. For a while, I thought he was just ignoring me, but now I believe it is more likely that he hasn’t yet been given the explanation by Pelosi, his de facto constituent. BILL DOOLEY Sanford

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OBITUARIES Mickey Antlitz

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mickey Wayne Antlitz, 44, died Monday (10/18/10) at Central Carolina Hospital. He was born in Baltimore, Md. and preceded in death by his father, Jerry Melvin Antlitz. He is survived by his mother, Mary Barbour Antlitz Rogers of Sanford; a sister, Sonia Barbour of Spring Lake; brothers, William Antlitz and wife Sharon of Sanford and Robert Antlitz of Cameron. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home and other times at 2017 Rice Road, Sanford. A memorial service will be held at 8 p.m. today in the Rogers Memorial Chapel. Condolences can be made at www.rogerspickard.com. Arrangements are by Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home.

Michael Brown

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Memorial service for Michael Joseph Brown was held Wednesday at Miller-Boles Funeral Home Chapel in Sanford with the Reverend Chris D. Humphreys officiating.

Pianist was L. Phillip Lloyd II. Four special songs were played. A special reading was given by Sharon Diven. Arrangements were by Miller-Boles Funeral Home.

Bonnie Donathan SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral service for Bonnie Gay Fox Donathan, 65, who died Sunday (10/17/10), was conducted Wednesday at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jeff Oldham officiating. Burial followed at Buffalo Cemetery. Soloist was Ryan Barbato. Pallbearers were Waylon Scott Donathan, David Flynn, Wayne Hare, Junior Godwin, Donny Hall and Michael Hare. Honorary pallbearer was Brandon Donathan. Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc.

Lillian Jones SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral service for Lillian W. Jones, 85, of 437 Clarence McKeithen Road, who died Tuesday (10/12/10), was conducted Saturday at Macedonia AME Zion Church with the Rev. Donald Cozart officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Soloist was the Rev. Donald Cozart. Pallbearers were

friends of the family. Arrangements were by Knotts Funeral Home of Sanford.

Arrangements were by Knotts Funeral Home of Sanford.

Lala Smith James Marsh SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral service for James Anderson Marsh, 64, who died Monday (10/18/10), was conducted Wednesday at Solid Rock Community Church with the Rev. Craig Dodson officiating. Eulogy was by Denise Matthews. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Pianist and soloist was Ralph Harrison. Pallbearers were Daniel Murphy, Israel Carter, Steven Carter, Duane Clayton, Ricky Beal, Rodney Sloan, James Matthews and Paul Morton. Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc.

Debora McNair SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral service for Debora Michelle McNair, 24, of 380 Grant St., who died Thursday (10/14/10), was conducted Wednesday at Johnsonville AME Zion Church with the Rev. Yyonette Rhodes officiating. Eulogist was the Rev. John J. McNeill. Burial followed at Johnsonville Community Cemetery. Soloists were Minister Tawanna Harrell, Jaenae Jackson and Phyllis Johnson. Pallbearers were members and friends.

BEAR CREEK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lala Cothran Smith, 86, of Sanford, formerly of Bear Creek, died Monday (10/18/10) at Central Carolina Hospital. She was born Jan. 20, 1924 in Person County, daughter of the late Roy Wyche and Luna Mae Poole Cothran. She was a member of Sandy Branch Baptist Church where she was a former treasurer and a retired inspector with J.C. Penney home decoration department. She was preceded in death by her husband, Archie Hugh Smith Sr., and brothers, Carlye and Dewey Cothran. She is survived by daughters, Carolyn Smith Carter of Ft. Collins, Colo. and Mae Glasgow of Petersburg, Va.; a son, Archie Hugh Smith of Sparta; a brother, Roy Cothran of Sanford; two grandsons and one granddaughter. The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Sandy Branch Baptist Church with the Rev. Marc Sanders officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are by Smith and Buckner Funeral Home.

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BROADWAY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mary Louise â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hot Dogâ&#x20AC;? McIntyre Lemons, 60, died Tuesday (10/19/10) at Central Carolina Hospital. She was born March 22, 1950 in Lee County, daughter of the late Warden McIntyre and Rose Sherifeld Adock. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Franklin Lemons; a brother, Jackie McIntyre; and a sister, Jean Sweat. She is survived by a son, Franklin Eugene Lemons of Broadway; a daughter, Carol Annette Lemons of Broadway; sisters, Henrietta Dennis and husband Clyde of Mamers, Carolyn Godfrey and husband Louis of Broadway, Faye Boyd of Mamers, Betty Baker and husband Carl of Sanford; and one grandchild. The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Robert Davis officiating. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Condolences may be made at www.bridgescameronfuneralhome. com. Arrangements are by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc.

CARTHAGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Margie Cash Presley, 85, died Wednesday (10/20/10) at her residence. She was born in Fulton County, Ga., daughter of the late Clarence and Della Adams Cash. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carnley E. Presley, and sons, Tommy Lee Presley and Michael Carnley Presley. She is survived by daughters, Peggy Caddell and husband James of Kernersville and Judy Presley of Pembroke; sons, Bill Presley and wife Jeanette of Sanford and Dennis Presley of Carthage; sisters, Frances Johnson and Joyce Mitchell, both of Arkansas, and Jeanette Thomas of Sanford; nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Priest Hill Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Archie Stevens officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Condolences may be made at www.pinesfunerals.com. Memorials may be made to Priest Hill Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 176, Carthage, N.C. 28327. Arrangements are by Fry and Prickett Funeral Home of Carthage.

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of Sanford, Fla.; stepsisters, Deborah Johnson and husband Bo of Lake Norman, Betsy Davis and husband Rolly of Seagrove, Gwyn Fuller and husband Rusty of Ft. Mills, S.C., Deana Mode and husband C. M. of Shelby; a stepbrother, Robert D. Wallace Jr. and wife Margie of Robbins; stepmother, Betty H. Elliott of Carthage; sister-in-law, Jane Marty; one aunt and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m Friday at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church with Monsignor Jeffery Ingham. Burial will follow in the Catholic Cemetery on Camp Easter Road. There will be a prayer service at 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home followed by visitation until 8 p.m. The family will receive friends other times at the residence of Marga-

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Rev. Averlee Watson SILER CITY — Rev. Averlee Watson, 88, of 501 Rives Chapel Church Road, died Sunday (10/17/10) at her residence. She is survived by her children, James Watson of the home, Colester Watson, Rev. Clyde Watson and George Watson Jr., all of Siler City, and Ruby W. Williams of Greensboro; 14 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Glovers Grove AME Zion Church in Siler City. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Condolences may be made at www.knottsfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are by Knotts and Son Funeral Home of Siler City.

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down to high school teams are adopting new rules about concussions, and Congress is holding hearings about the risk of permanent brain damage from poorly treated head injuries, youth football organizers realize it only makes sense to play it safe. Nobody wants to be the one who ignored the warnings. USA Football, the sport’s national governing body on the youth and amateur levels, has created a 12-minute video about concussions and made it part of a coaching certification exam. The organization also is pushing the catchphrase “when in doubt, keep them out,” and has just hit TV, radio and the Internet with a campaign called “Put pride aside for player safety,” which aims to erase the notion of someone merely having his bell rung, so he should shake it off and get back in there. USA Football’s reach is limited, however. It’s a budding group, hoping its work on head injuries will help it gain authority — as opposed to the NFL, NCAA and National Federation of State High School Associations, which already have the power to implement

changes. Ten states have passed laws requiring a doctor’s approval for youth athletes suspected of having a concussion to return to play, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has urged governors of the other states to join them. Last week, Congress heard testimony on the Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act, which would set standards for concussion safety and management in schools. “You’ve got to be tough to play football, but no one has a tough brain,” said Dr. Stanley A. Herring, a member of USA Football’s wellness committee who has testified many times before state and federal lawmakers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are 3.8 million sports- and recreation-related concussions per year, among all ages. A 2007 CDC report estimated there are 135,000 emergency room visits per year for traumatic brain injuries among people ages 5 to 18, the majority coming from recreational sports. Youth football organizers say their sport barely contributes to that total. “I can probably count on one hand the number (of concussions) I’ve seen or that have been reported to us over the last several years,” said Jim Louro, in

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his third season as safety officer for the Jersey Shore Pop Warner league, one of the nation’s largest with about 12,000 players on 260 teams across a 90-mile region. Louro pointed to ageweight restrictions that ensure kids are all roughly the same size. While weight ranges vary among leagues, it’s typical for kids on the higher end to wear a sticker or an X on their helmet signifying they can only be linemen; the very heaviest are restricted to offensive line. The Las Cruces (N.M.) Bantam Weight Sports Association has those rules, and Darin Spence felt the league was safe enough for his son, Drake. Spence even teased that the fifth- and sixthgraders weren’t hitting, they were “belly bumping.” Then Drake, a 70pound quarterback, ran a sweep and was clobbered by a player weighing at least 100 pounds. He came away with a concussion and a dent above an earhole on his helmet. Spence, the women’s basketball coach at New Mexico State, had seen enough concussions to be cautious. He forced Drake to miss two weeks. “If they whine, you’ve just got to be good at explaining you are doing what’s best for them,” Spence said. A basic step toward preventing concussions is teaching kids proper tackling technique. “We always tell them, ‘You cannot hit with your head down,”’ said Jeff Mabry, defensive coordinator for a team of 11- and 12-year-olds in the Franklin (Tenn.) Cowboys program that’s featured in country star Kenny Chesney’s “Boys of Fall” video.

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POLICE BEAT Tuesday at Rose Street with failure to appear. ■ James Lewis Heron, 49, was charged Wednesday at 301 Maple Ave. with failure to appear. ■ Jose Lois Garcia, 26, was charged Wednesday at 313 Charlotte Ave. with felony breaking or entering.

SANFORD ■ Gustavo Enrique Gomez Peralta reported motor vehicle theft Tuesday at 808 Park Ave. ■ Seuritta Echo Miller reported vandalism Tuesday at 1105 Juniper Drive. ■ Daniel C. Baker reported fraud Tuesday at 830 Spring Lane. ■ Sary Elizabeth Ayala reported breaking and entering Tuesday at 1129 James St. ■ Ryan Michael Youngblood reported communicating threats Tuesday at 501 Timberwood Place. ■ Tamala Shireka Brown reported larceny Tuesday at 109 E. Chisholm St. ■ Sanford Police Department reported property damage Tuesday at 225 E. Weatherspoon St. ■ Kangaroo reported trespassing Tuesday at 1612 Tramway Road. ■ Lee Sporting Goods reported breaking and entering a business Wednesday at 711 Charlotte Ave. ■ Dashona Latrice Slade, 20, was charged Tuesday at 1548 Winslow Drive with simple assault. ■ Daniel Lewis Bryant, 22, was charged Tuesday at 401 Timberwood Place with injury to personal property. ■ David Neal Jr., 48, was charged Tuesday at 1612 Tramway Road with second-degree trespassing. ■ Dennis Maurice Minter, 27, was charged

LEE COUNTY ■ An employee with Verizon Wireless reported a larceny of copper wire from 3901 Jefferson Davis Highway in Sanford Tuesday. ■ Rita Lanel Alston, 43, of 97 Deep River Road, Apartment 7 in Sanford, was arrested Tuesday for communicating threats; she was released under $1,000 secured bond. HARNETT COUNTY ■ Sherrie Mae Jackson, 49, of 49 Zachero St. in Cameron, was charged Tuesday with assault. ■ Ricky Allen Hamilton, 49, of 89 Zachero St. in Cameron, was charged Tuesday with assault on a female. ■ Gregory Andrea Harris, 47, of H.T. Kelly Road in Cameron, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear, failure to report change of address and larceny. ■ Anthony Jerome Brewington, 33, of 624 Deerview in Sanford, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear.

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“It’s ambitious but yet it gives you direction for the future,” Norris said. The plan also identified millions in spending on local greenways around the Big Buffalo Creek, some of which is already under construction. The plans

were met with some reluctance from City Council members. “Where’s the money going to come from?” asked Councilman L.I. “Poly” Cohen. Sanford Planning Director Bob Bridwell said the plans will be phased into budget requests over the years, appearing in capital budget expenses and smoothing the way for the city to seek financial

grants for various projects. Bridwell said the city has struggled in the past with builders creating office projects without pedestrian access. “That’s particularly true in the (Central Carolina Hospital) area,” Bridwell said. “We’re now suffering because we don’t have sidewalks there.” Bridwell said planners will look to call on

builders to come up with and implement plans for sidewalks and pedestrian walkways during the development process. Norris said engineers based their maps of areas in need of pedestrian paths on places that include a large number of occupants without cars, or areas with a heavy population of school-age children or businesses.

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Defending champs Duke the runaway favorites in ACC North Carolina picked third, N.C. State fourth at annual conference media event By STEVE WISEMAN and BRIANA GORMAN Durham Herald-Sun

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New York Yankees’ Nick Swisher celebrates his solo home run off Texas Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson in the third inning of Game 5 of the American League Championship Series Wednesday in New York.

Facing elimination, the Yankees come alive in Game 5 By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK — CC Sabathia pitched like a champion, and the New York Yankees are heading for Texas. A whole lot better than heading home. Nick Swisher and Robinson Cano hit consecutive homers to

build an early cushion, Sabathia made the lead stand up and the Yankees avoided elimination, beating the Rangers 7-2 Wednesday and closing within 3-2 in the AL championship series. “We’re right where we need to be,” Swisher said. A late-arriving crowd for the

late-afternoon game wondered whether this would be it for the defending World Series champs after Texas outscored them 25-5 while winning three in a row. But Sabathia bounced back from an erratic opener, staying away from too much trouble

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CHARLOTTE — Duke is the near unanimous, or maybe the full unanimous, pick to win the ACC men’s basketball championship, according to media covering the league. The Blue Devils, the reigning NCAA champions, received 61 of 62 firstplace votes from media members who attended ACC Operation Basketball on Wednesday. But the lone dissenter, Chris Miles, a reporter from Roanoke, Va., television station WDBJ, said his vote for North Carolina was a mistake. Either way, Duke is a resounding favorite. It’s the ninth time in the past 15 years, and the second year in a row, that Duke has been the preseason league favorite “Our program and our fans are accustomed to having a target on their backs,” Krzyzewski said. “I’d rather have it there than not have it there.” Virginia Tech, with five starters back from a 25-9 team, was picked second, with UNC, N.C State and Florida State rounding out the top five. The rest of the poll, in order of finish, was Maryland, Clemson, Miami, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Virginia and Wake Forest. UNC is coming off a difficult season when the Tar Heels finished 5-11 in the ACC and 20-17 overall, missing the NCAA Tournament. UNC coach Roy Williams, before learning Miles’ identity, joked the first-place vote for the Tar Heels had a hidden meaning.

Projected Finish 1. Duke 2. Virginia Tech 3. North Carolina 4. N.C. State 5. Florida State 6. Maryland 7. Clemson 8. Miami 9. Georgia Tech 10. Boston College 11. Virginia 12. Wake Forest As voted on by the media

n More from ACC Operation Basketball Page 4B “That had to be a North Carolina graduate that hates Duke,” Williams said. “I’m always pulling for the American against the guy from the foreign country regardless of who it is. That had to be that situation right there.” Miles, though, graduated from Farifield (Conn.) University. The preseason all-conference team is led by Duke senior Kyle Singler, the lone unanimous pick. Duke’s Nolan Smith also made the team, along with Virginia Tech’s Malcolm Delaney, N.C State’s Tracy Smith and Chris Singleton of Florida State. Singler was picked as the league player of the year, while UNC’s Harrison Barnes is the selection as rookie of the year. Williams is confident Barnes can deal with the expectations. “I think he’ll handle them exceptionally well, I really do,” Williams said. “He’s just that kind of individual. It doesn’t bother him. He wants the expectations. He takes a great deal of pride in people thinking that’s he’s going to be pretty good, and then that drives him to work hard enough to do that.”

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Four teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Coastal Division began the season ranked in the national polls. They’re finally starting to play like they belonged there. No. 23 Virginia Tech and 25th-ranked Miami are back in the Top 25 after absences of varying lengths. Two other teams are starting to reappear on voters’ ballots: North Carolina, which is returning some key players to the field and finding closure for others, and Georgia Tech, which bears little resemblance to the team that lost to lowly Kansas. After a topsy-turvy start to the season, order finally seems to have been restored to the Coastal. “The two losses definitely hurt us, but we’re starting to get on a roll now and playing like the team that we all know

SANFORD — Lee Christian’s volleyball team finished second in the NCCSA 3A West division this season, earning a bye to the state tournament quarterfinals. The Lady Falcons will face Greenville Christian Academy at 2 p.m. Thursday. With a win, the team will advance to the semifinals at 2 p.m. Friday. Additionally, Jessica Dunn was named to the AllRegion First Team and Erica Davidson and Erin Lee were placed on the All-Region Second Team by the conference coaches at a recent coaches’ meeting. In soccer, James Mlynczak was named to the All-Region First Team and Douglas Meeks and Davey Potts were named to the All-Region Second Team.

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By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer

CHARLOTTE — Mired in traffic in the closing laps of the March race at Martinsville Speedway, Denny Hamlin bulldozed his way through the crowd determined to be first to the finish line. “I think no matter what, we were going to win that race,” Hamlin recalled this week of his sensational drive through the pack to his first victory of the season. He needs to have the Hamlin same mindset Sunday when he goes into the sixth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship trailing four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson by 41 points. Nobody is in the same class at Martinsville as the top two drivers in the

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North Carolina wide receiver Dwight Jones (83) hauls in a pass against Virginia last week in Charlottesville, Va., we could be since as early as January,” Virginia Tech cornerback Rashad Carmichael said. “I think we’re right where we want to be going into this ACC stretch.” That’s just as true of the Hokies — who are 2-2 outside the ACC and 3-0 in it — as it is for the Hurricanes, Tar Heels

and Yellow Jackets. All of them appear to have bounced back from the early struggles that cast serious doubt on the preseason observation that the Coastal, with its four preseason Top 25 teams, was by far the stronger of the ACC’s two divisions.

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Friday, Oct. 22 n Football Union Pines at Southern Lee, 7:30 p.m. Cary at Lee County, 7:30 p.m. Western Harnett at Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek, 7:30 p.m. Northwood at South Granville, 7:30 p.m. North Rowan at Chatham Central, 7:30 p.m. Bartlett Yancey at Jordan-Matthews, 7:30 p.m. Overhills at Westover, 7:30 p.m.

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CAMERON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Southern Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer team continued its romp through the Cape Fear Valley Conference slate on Wednesday, scoring two late goals to beat Union Pines 2-1. The win clinches at least a share of first place in the conference for the Cavaliers with three games to play. Southern is an undefeated 9-0 in the league, and face Douglas Byrd on the road today and home games against Douglas Byrd and Union Pines on Monday and Tuesday of

next week to finish the regular season. A win in any of the three remaining games clinches the conference title outright for the Cavs. After a scoreless first half, Union Pinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Alan Cha scored on a free kick from 25 yards out to put the Vikings ahead. But Southernâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rogelio Vivas put his team ont he board in the 50th minute with an assist from Carlos Flores to tie the game. With eight minutes left, Freddie McCallum found the back of the net on an assist from Ronaldo Sanchez to set the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final score.

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49ersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Smith gives advice to benched Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; QB CHARLOTTE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alex Smith chuckled Wednesday when asked about Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jimmy Clausen getting benched after just three games. The San Francisco quarterback, who will face the Panthers on Sunday, knows a thing or two about being jerked in and out of the lineup as a rookie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I kind of refer to it as scar tissue, things that stay with youâ&#x20AC;? Smith said in a conference call. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You get put in that tough situation where you have to play and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re unprepared. If you go out there and play bad in this league and go through some rough things as a young player it can absolutely cause you to carry that scar tissue with you for a while.â&#x20AC;? Smith built up some of that in his rookie season with San Francisco in 2005, when a combination of inconsistent play and injuries left firstround pick in and out of the lineup. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a similar situation to whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening now with secondround choice Clausen and

the woeful Panthers (0-5). Coach John Fox benched Matt Moore after just two games for Clausen. The former Notre Dame standout then got only three games before he lost the starting job. So despite six interceptions and two lost fumbles in less than nine quarters, Moore is the starter again despite his 33.3 passer rating. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help much,â&#x20AC;? Fox said of his earlier decision to start Clausen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 0-5 and we were 02 when we made the last switch. Right now, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just looking for improvement and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going with experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Matt did win four out of five games last year. He does have more experience. I think it was time to take a look back at him.â&#x20AC;? And put Clausen back on the bench. Thanks to poor protection, inconsistent and inexperienced receivers and a running game bogged down by eight-man defensive fronts, Clausen didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have much of a chance to succeed. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come close.

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CYCLING Greenway cycling event set for Friday RALEIGH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Transportation Secretary Gene Conti will deliver remarks to a group of local greenway advocates this Friday at the culmination of a 40-mile bicycle ride through the Triangle to draw attention to the Cross-Triangle and East Coast greenway initiatives. More than 100 cyclists are expected to take part in the ride, which begins at noon at the N.C. Museum of Art. The route will take riders through Umstead Park and Cary before culminating at the Durham Bulls Ballpark in Durham around 5:15 p.m. Several speakers will then deliver remarks on the lawn next to the ballpark. The event is being held to celebrate progress and call for completion of the CrossTriangle Greenway, a 60-mile route connecting the region via existing paths The East Coast Greenway Alliance is the lead organizer of the event. The ride is free and open to the public. To participate, RSVP to info@ greenway.org. For more details about the event and the Cross-Triangle Greenway, visit www.crosstrianglegreenway.org.

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against Josh Hamilton and Texas’ big bats. Rangers slugger Nelson Cruz made an early exit with hamstring trouble, a day after Yankees star Mark Teixeira was lost for the postseason with a hamstring injury. Curtis Granderson added an eighth-inning homer for New York, his second RBI of the game. “There was a determination,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “We have not played extremely well in this series, to say the least.” Now the teams will go deep in the heart of Texas to decide the pennant in the best-of-seven series. When they resume Friday night in Arlington for Game 6, Phil Hughes starts for the Yankees against Colby Lewis in a rematch of Game 2, won by the Rangers 7-2. “It’s not disappointing,” Rangers manager Ron Washington said. “It’s a seven-game series.” In the 50th anniversary of a franchise that has never reached the World Series, Texas remains one win away. To get past the Rangers, the Yankees will eventually have to solve postseason star Cliff Lee, who would start a Game 7 against Andy Pettitte. “Crazier things have happened,” Swisher said. New York is trying to overcome its first 3-1 postseason deficit 1958. Since the LCS went to a best-of-seven format, 24 of the 30 previous teams to take 3-1 series leads have won pennants. No matter what, the season is over for Teixeira. The All-Star first baseman was removed from the postseason roster and replaced by Eduardo Nunez, and Teixeira would not be eligible for the World Series. Lance Berkman took over at first base and had a scare when he slipped chasing Ian Kinsler’s foul pop, causing his head and back to snap back. Berkman stayed in the game and later caught a foul popup for the final out. “I imagine he’s going to be pretty sore tomorrow,” Girardi said. “He gutted it out today for us.” On what would have been Bob Sheppard’s 100th birthday and Mickey Mantle’s 79th, the Yankees took a 3-0 lead in the second as C.J. Wilson seemed to have trouble with a muddy mound and created a hole with a pair of fourpitch walks. Jorge Posada and Granderson had run-scoring singles, and another run scored on an error by right fielder Jeff

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Texas Rangers’ Josh Hamilton throws his helmet after striking out against New York Yankees relief pitcher Kerry Wood to end the top of the seventh inning Wednesday. Francoeur. Sabathia lasted just four innings in the opener, when he started on eight days’ rest and the Yankees rallied from a five-run deficit. Leads of 5-0 and 6-1 never seemed comfortable in this one as he allowed two runs and 11 hits — matching his season high — in six innings with no walks. His key outs came in the sixth, when the Rangers loaded the bases with one out. Matt Treanor, who had homered in the fifth, hit an RBI grounder. Then, culminating an eightpitch at-bat, Sabathia froze No. 9 hitter Mitch Moreland with a curveball to strike him out. The big man responded with a fist pump. Kerry Wood had his second big pickoff of the series in the seventh. Elvis Andrus singled leading, advanced on a wild pitch and was caught leaning by Wood, who caught Kinsler off first in the eighth inning of the opener. After Wood struck out three in two scoreless innings, Mariano Rivera finished in a non-save situation as the moon rose above the ballpark in right. Texas has dominated, outscoring the Yankees 32-18 and outhitting them .316 to .217. New York is batting just .160 (8 for 50) with runners in scoring position, and Alex Rodriguez (.176), Swisher (.105) and Marcus Thames (.154) all have failed to hit their weight. Teixeira (0 for 14) has been replaced by Berkman (.222). While the aggressive Rangers have swiped nine bases in 10 chances, they’ve also been picked off twice in the late innings. Wilson threw just 48 of 93 pitches for strikes,

giving up six runs — five earned — six hits and four walks in six innings as Texas lost for the first time in six postseason road games this year. New York took a 3-0 lead in the second with the help of the Rangers’ sloppiness. Walks to Rodriguez and Berkman put two on with one out, and Posada singled sharply to left on a 2-0 pitch to put the Yankees ahead. Granderson fisted a soft single into right field to drive in Berkman, and Francoeur overthrow third. Posada scored on Francoeur’s error as Wilson, who was backing up, threw past Treanor at the plate — Posada easily would have been out with an accurate throw. Swisher, who had been 1 for 16 (.063) in the series, sent a fastball just inside the left-field seats leading off the third. Two pitches later, Cano pulled a breaking ball over the right-field scoreboard to make it 5-0. Treanor homered to left leading off the bottom half, and singles by Moreland and Michael Young put two on with one out. Hamilton, who has four homers in the series, pounded a hittable 1-1 fastball into the grass for a 4-6-3 double play. Rodriguez, just 2 for 16 in the series, doubled with one on in the bottom half, and Berkman’s sacrifice fly made it 6-1. New York wasted Granderson’s leadoff double in the sixth, when Swisher grounded into an inningending double play. NOTES: Cruz came out in the fifth and was replaced by David Murphy. Cruz was on the disabled list three times during the season with hamstring injuries.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Brett Favre doesn’t want to talk about any subject but the Green Bay Packers, while the NFL is seeking more information about allegations he sent suggestive messages and lewd photos in 2008 to a woman who worked for the New York Jets. Speaking on a conference call with reporters in Green Bay ahead of Sunday night’s VikingsPackers game, Favre called the NFL’s investigation into his alleged behavior a “league matter.” Minutes later, he also declined to answer a series of questions about the situation in his weekly Wednesday news conference with Minnesota media. “That’s a league issue,” Favre said, “that I just have to leave at that.” The Vikings quarterback met with NFL vice president for security

Milt Ahlerich on Tuesday about his alleged advances toward then-Jets game emcee Jenn Sterger two years ago, when Favre played for New York. Favre brushed off a question about whether the situation has weighed on him, insisting it was instead the “front five for Dallas” that weighed on him last week. He said this week his “focus is solely on Green Bay.” Asked why he hasn’t denied the allegations, Favre said: “The one thing I’m going to say is that’s something that’s within the league, and I’ll just have to leave it at that — let that process work itself out.” Sterger has hired lawyers but has not commented on the allegations, which were posted on Deadspin.com without her cooperation. The website paid a third party for the texts, voicemails and graphic photos, said

to be of Favre, that it posted in a video. Sterger has not commented on the website’s report. Attorney Joseph Conway said Wednesday his firm will advise Sterger “and pursue any potential remedies that may exist.” He confirmed being contacted by the NFL, but said nothing had been decided on a possible meeting between Sterger and the league. Sterger is now a TV personality for the Versus network. Her manager, Phil Reese, said she’s had no discussions with Favre representatives about a possible financial settlement stemming from the allegations. Deadspin posted an e-mail Wednesday that it said it received from Ahlerich, asking to set up a meeting with the editor to talk about “sharing any and all details you ... may have on this matter.”

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Johnson all season in performance. Both drivers have a series-best six wins apiece. Johnson has crept ahead the last three weeks, but not enough to cause Hamlin much concern. “I’m not nervous at all going into Martinsville,” Hamlin said. “For me, I would be more nervous if I was (Johnson) going into Martinsville because we won the last two races there. He didn’t have the spring race he was hoping for. We are going out there to be on the offense. He’s going to try to go out there and win the race as well. “But for me, he’s going to have to beat us to do it. I feel like we’re going to be strong when we get there. It’s going to take a lot to beat us there.” Johnson, a six-time Martinsville winner, was ninth in the spring race. But he was admittedly not racing for the win. “We ran 10th all day in the spring race. We were trying some stuff the first time there, and we are not going back with the same style car,” he said. “We went to Little Rock and made some laps, and feel like we have got a good place to start, and go back with what we know and race from there.” If he’s right, it could mean the two main title contenders will be racing each other hard all day Sunday.

Hamlin has so far resisted being too aggressive, but said this weekend could be a repeat of the spring race, when a stop for tires with seven laps left had him ninth on a restart. It got very physical from there, and the race went eight laps past the scheduled distance because of late cautions. Hamlin bumped and banged his way to the win, and would do it again. “If that same situation comes up in the Chase, I will probably drive it the same, because your margin of error on a shorter track is a little bit larger than what it is on a mile-and-a-half, 2-mile race track,” he said. “You make a mistake on those, and you’re in the wall, your car is done and finished.” Bad races by Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart last weekend at Charlotte have pretty much reduced the Chase field to a three-driver race between Johnson, Hamlin and Kevin Harvick, who is 77 points out. Hamlin loves how it’s shaping up. “For me, (I’m) more relaxed going out there and saying I’m going to go out there and gain points this week versus, ‘Let’s just manage a good finish and not lose a certain amount of points,’” Hamlin said. “It’s more relaxed than really I’ve ever been.”

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Chase standings — they have combined to win the last eight races at Martinsville — and this short track showdown could be pivotal in determining this year’s champion. “People would think so, and I would think so,” Hamlin said of the title implications for Sunday’s race. “I’d think that he’d be one of the guys that I would have to beat.” Hamlin held the points lead through the first two Chase races, but dropped behind Johnson after Kansas, and has seen the gap widen the last two weeks. Yet he still feels as if he has Johnson right where he wants him with five races remaining in the Chase. When the series first stopped at Martinsville this season, Hamlin, the preseason pick to be Johnson’s top challenger, was off to a disappointing start. He announced that weekend he’d have surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the coming days, and his critics were quick to dismiss him from the pool of championship contenders. He then used that stirring comeback victory to prove to everyone that he wouldn’t go quietly, and he’s matched

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Coach K enters season UNC’s Zeller hoping with milestones in sight to beat the injury bug By STEVE WISEMAN

By BRIANA GORMAN

Durham Herald-Sun

CHARLOTTE — All of Duke’s winning basketball teams under coach Mike Krzyzewski since 1980 have set up a strong of mileposts for him to surpass this season. Krzyzewski begins this season with 868 Division I coaching wins, placing him fourth on the all-time list behind Bob Knight (902), Dean Smith (879) and Adolph Rupp (876). The 2009-10 season became memorable for Duke because the Blue Devils went 35-5 to capture the program’s fourth national championship. While NCAA title No. 5 is the ultimate goal, moving Krzyzewski up the list would be an historic byproduct. This year’s seniors, speaking Wednesday at ACC’s Operation Basketball preseason media day, relish the opportunity to deliver it. “I’m very happy to be a part of it,” Duke guard Nolan Smith said. “When I came to Duke, I knew I was coming to a program with Coach K that was a legacy already. “I’m just real excited to be part of something like this. He coaches hard for us. I’m glad to return the favor.” Kyle Singler, the most outstanding player of the Final Four in April, called the opportunity an honor. “You weren’t there for all the wins,” Singler said, “but you definitely feel you are part of it and it’s a special thing.” With Duke the preseason favorite to win the ACC and the consensus No. 1 team in the country, it figures to be a year full of special moments for Krzyzewski. For his part, he wants the focus to remain on the players. “It’s important for me to be in their moment, not for them to be in some historical moment,” he said. Krzyzewski needs five wins to reach 800 for his career at Duke, where’s he has compiled a 795220 record. Game No. 5 on Duke’s schedule is the second night of the O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic at Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 24. Duke will play either Gonzaga or Kansas State. Duke’s ninth win of the season will propel Krzyzewski past Rupp, the legendary Kentucky coach who held the wins record for 25 years until Smith broke it in 1997. Krzyzewski would move past Smith, his longtime UNC rival, with Duke’s 12th win.

CHARLOTTE — Before his collegiate career began, North Carolina’s Tyler Zeller had missed just one day of practice and that was because of a flu shot. But over the past two seasons, a broken wrist and a stress fracture have forced the forward to miss 33 games and, by his own admission, set back his development. Still, Zeller insisted Wednesday at ACC basketball media day that he is not injury prone. “I was never injured in high school,” Zeller said. “I missed one practice and it was for a flu shot, and I don’t really know why I couldn’t practice that day. “But I had to go tell my coach, and he made fun of me all day.” At 7-0, Zeller is the tallest player for a team that is lacking frontcourt depth this season, as 6-9 Alabama transfer Justin Knox and 6-10 sophomore John Henson are the only other post players. The Tar Heels need Zeller, who averaged 9.3 points and 4.6 rebounds in 17.4 minutes during the 2009-10 season, to stay healthy, especially since he will expected to take on a larger role both on and off the court. With the dismissal of Will Graves, the Tar Heels have no senior scholarship players on the roster, and Zeller and junior Larry Drew II have been expected to fill the void. “I had several discussions with Tyler in the spring when we did our individual meetings and in the early summer about, ‘Big fella, it’s time for you to step up,’ “ UNC coach Roy Williams said. “ ‘It’s time for you to be the player I want you to be, and I think you can be and you think you can be and you want you to be. It’s time for you to be one of those leaders out there on the court.’ “ The easiest way for Zeller to lead is by example, and that means avoiding injuries. Zeller started the first two games of his freshman year, then missed 23 games after breaking his left wrist. When he returned for the final 13 games of the 2008-09 season, he seemed to be a step behind. Zeller again got off to a solid start a year ago, then missed 10 ACC games in the middle of the season because of a stress fracture in his right foot. “Last year, I think it set me back a lot just because I was starting to play well

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Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski congratulates team member Kyle Singler as he leaves the court during last year’s Final Four.

Familiar face seen on campus at Miami Frank Haith, who grew up in Burlington and graduated from Elon, is in his seventh season as Miami’s head coach. Since a certain decision was made public this summer, he’s been getting a new helper. LeBron James, the Miami Heat’s free-agent acquisition, has been spending time on Miami’s campus since, as James so famously said, “taking his talents to South Beach.” Haith said James and New Orleans guard Chris Paul were looking for a place to play basketball one day. Paul and Haith have been friends since Haith, then an assistant coach, recruited him to Wake Forest. Paul called Haith, who allowed them to use Miami’s practice facility. With so many NBA players living in South Florida, Haith said it’s not unusual for them to be around his program. Of course, there’s only one LeBron. “He’s a different level,” Haith said. That historic event almost certainly will happen in North Carolina. Games nine through 15 on Duke’s schedule are in-state between Dec. 8 and Jan. 9, and all but one are at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The lone exception is a Dec. 29 game against UNC Greensboro at the Greensboro Coliseum. The win that vaults him past Smith figures to resonate throughout the state and the ACC. “That will definitely say a lot about everything that Coach has done,” Smith said. “Year in and year out, he always has a winning program. Even in a so-called down year, he keeps it coming. “He keeps the guys motivated; he keeps the guys wanting to win basketball games. His secret is him. He just finds a way.” Passing Knight, his former coach at Army, will take the most work. Duke must match the 2009-10 win total (35) or Krzyzewski will have to

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and you get hurt and you can’t do anything,” Zeller said. In fact, guard Dexter Strickland has played more minutes (625) in one season with the Tar Heels than Zeller has in two (586). “I don’t think I’m injury prone,” Zeller said. “[My] freshman year [was] a freak accident, … and then last year, the stress fracture — pretty much you get a stress fracture for overworking.” So making sure to not overexert himself was a point of emphasis for Zeller during the summer. He took time off between workouts to allow his body to heal and recover and said he’s feeling good right now — even though Williams said Zeller recently had an MRI on his calf as a precaution, although nothing was found wrong. “Coming up, I was always taught work harder than the guy next to you, just continually go, go, go,” Zeller said. “So taking off days was something I wasn’t used to. But at the same time, it’s essential to being able to stay healthy.” Zeller said the Tar Heels’ brutal offseason workouts have him in good shape and stronger now than he’s ever been. He said he hopes his improved strength will be another injury deterrent for a better season. “I think you have to set high expectations to be able to get high results,” Zeller said. “I have high expectations, but at the same time, you’ve got to be able and go out and play.”

Cast of newcomers Wake Forest coach Jeff Bzdelik was one of three new coaches who experienced their first ACC media day Wednesday. Bzdelik, who replaced Dino Gaudio in April, said being at a tradition rich program in one of the top leagues in the country is vastly different after spending the past three seasons as the coach of Colorado. Bzdelik said that when he arrived at Colorado, which had won just seven games the previous season, he spent part of his time trying to build a basketball culture. “Now flip it over to Wake Forest,” Bzdelik said. “The tradition is there. The support is there. “Those things are in place, whereas in Colo-

rado we were trying to develop a tradition and culture from the ground up and that’s hard to do. But at Wake Forest, those things are in place here, and I don’t have to go out and try to get people to come to games.”

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Tweeting banned North Carolina State coach Sidney Lowe doesn’t want to see any of his players putting objectionable material on Twitter. In fact, he doesn’t want them using it at all. Lowe recently banned his players from Twitter and told them they had to close the accounts by this week. Forward Tracy Smith said Lowe didn’t offer a similar edict for Facebook, telling them only to “watch what we say and the things we put up there.” “He just basically said people just go on there and say stuff that shouldn’t be said as far as curse words and slang words,” Smith said. “I mean, I can respect that. We had a team meeting and everyone was told to delete their Twitter account. Nobody had a problem with it. We just did it, no other way away around it.” Smith said he had only recently joined Twitter, so closing the account was fine. “If he had told me to delete my Facebook, I would’ve been like, ‘Oh, man,’” Smith said.

— The Associated Press

Delaney: Wake was dream school On the same day Virginia Tech was picked to finish second in the ACC and Hokies guard Malcolm Delaney received the second-most votes for the preseason all-conference team, Wake Forest was picked to finish last. Oh, how things could have been so much different. Delaney said Wednesday he wanted to go to Wake Forest while growing up in Baltimore. “Wake was my dream school because I looked up to Chris Paul a lot in high school,” Delaney said of the New Orleans Hornets point guard. “That was my favorite player.” Delaney was expecting to receive a scholarship offer from the late Skip Prosser when he visited Wake Forest’s campus.

— The Associated Press

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High School Football Standings Tri-9 4-A Team Name Panther Creek Cary Fuquay-Varina Middle Creek LEE COUNTY Athens Drive Apex Holly Springs Green Hope

Conference W-L Pct. 5-0 1.000 5-1 0.833 4-1 0.800 4-1 0.800 4-1 0.800 1-4 0.200 1-5 0.167 0-6 0.000 0-6 0.000

Last week’s scores Apex 34, Holly Springs 7 Cary 19, Middle Creek 10 F.-Varina 51, Green Hope 19 Panther Creek 33, Athens Drive 30

Overall W-L Pct. 8-0 1.000 8-1 0.889 6-1 0.857 6-1 0.857 6-2 0.750 3-5 0.375 2-6 0.250 1-8 0.111 0-9 0.000

This Week’s games Panther Creek at Middle Creek Fuquay-Varina at Athens Drive Apex at Green Hope Cary at Lee County Holly Springs open

Cape Fear Valley 3-A Conference Overall Team Name W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Grays Creek 3-0 1.000 6-2 0.750 OVERHILLS 3-0 1.000 3-5 0.375 Westover 2-1 0.667 3-5 0.375 Douglas Byrd 2-2 0.500 7-2 0.778 WESTERN HARNETT 1-2 0.333 1-7 0.125 SOUTHERN LEE 1-3 0.250 1-8 0.111 UNION PINES 0-4 0.000 2-7 0.222 Last week’s scores This week’s games Doug. Byrd 35, W. Harn. 13 Overhills at Westover Westover 29, Union Pines 6 W. Harnett at Gray’s Creek Overhills 44, So. Lee 37 Union Pines at So. Lee

Conference Overall Team Name W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Albemarle 4-0 1.000 7-1 0.875 West Montgomery 3-1 0.750 6-2 0.750 East Montgomery 3-1 0.750 6-2 0.750 North Rowan 3-1 0.750 3-5 0.375 South Davidson 2-2 0.500 2-6 0.250 South Stanly 1-3 0.250 1-7 0.125 CHATHAM CENTRAL 0-4 0.000 1-8 0.111 North Moore 0-4 0.000 0-8 0.000 This week’s games Last week’s scores N. Rowan at Chat. Central S. Dvdsn 20, Chat. Cent 13 E. Mont. at Albemarle E. Mont. 28, N. Moore 12 N. Moore at S. Stanly W. Mont. 49, S. Stanly 35 S. Davidson at W. Mont. Albemarle 44, N. Rowan 14

Mid-State 2-A Conference W-L Pct. 4-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 2-1 0.667 2-2 0.500 1-3 0.250 0-3 0.000 0-3 0.000

Last week’s scores Cummings 28, Reidsville 7 Prov. Grove 9, J-M 3 Person 48, Bart. Yancey 12 E. Randolph 51, Graham 21

Overall W-L Pct. 8-1 0.889 5-3 0.625 7-1 0.875 4-5 0.444 5-4 0.556 2-6 0.250 1-7 0.125

This week’s games Reidsville at Graham Prov. Grove at Cummings Bart. Yancey at J-M

Carolina 2A/1A Conference Overall Team Name W-L Pct. W-L Pct. NORTHWOOD 2-0 1.000 5-4 0.556 Cedar Ridge 1-0 1.000 7-1 0.875 Carrboro 1-1 0.500 7-1 0.875 South Granville 0-1 0.000 4-4 0.500 Granville Central 0-2 0.000 1-8 0.111 Last week’s scores This week’s games Cedar Ridge 31, Granville Cedar Ridge at Carrboro Central 13 Northwood at South Granville Northwood 35, Carrboro 34

County Leaders Through Week 9

Passing Player School Comp Att A. Gaines SLHS 143 267 C. Wilson LCHS 83 135

Yds YPC TD INT 1,529 10.7 13 11 1,204 14.5 20 1

Rushing Player School Cedric Gray LCHS Ashton Gaines SLHS Ace Chalmers SLHS Isaiah Williams LCHS Dequon Swann LCHS Israel Williams LCHS

Att 111 107 56 33 8 21

Yds 536 440 276 258 134 125

Avg 4.8 4.1 4.9 7.8 16.8 6.0

TD 3 4 2 4 1 2

Avg 16.9 9.8 9.0 10.0 18.8 22.0 14.7

TD 9 7 0 1 5 2 4

Receiving Player School Dequon Swann LCHS Quentin Ingram SLHS Robert Richard SLHS Ace Chalmers SLHS Isaiah Williams LCHS Michael Reives SLHS Danny Dillon LCHS

Catches 35 48 31 26 12 7 10

Yds 590 470 278 261 226 154 147

Editor’s Note: The complete list of statistics for county football players appeared in Wednesday’s edition of The Herald.

after his arrest. “Certainly not pleased,” Caldwell said with one of the sternest expressions he’s shown in two seasons as head coach. “Very disappointed in what happened and once we have all of the information, we’ll take action at that time.” According to the police report, McAfee was asked whether he was swimming in the canal and answered “I am not sure.” When he was asked why he was wet, McAfee responded, “It was raining.” When he was asked where his shirt was, McAfee said, “In the water.” And when he was asked how much he had to drink, McAfee said: “A lot cause I’m drunk.” McAfee was not released from custody before Indy practiced and was not in the locker

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colts punter Pat McAfee has become an example for his teammates headed into the team’s bye week — and not in a good way. Indianapolis suspended McAfee for one game on Wednesday, a little more than 12 hours after the 23year-old was arrested for public intoxication. Police said McAfee took a predawn swim in a city canal and told them “I am drunk” as he tried to explain why he was sopping wet in the Broad Ripple neighborhood, a trendy area known for its nightlife. Officers say the second-year player from West Virginia had a bloodalcohol content of 0.15 percent, nearly twice the legal limit for driving in Indiana. He was released from custody just before noon, about six hours

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES American League Friday, Oct. 15 New York 6, Texas 5 Saturday, Oct. 16 Texas 7, New York 2 Monday, Oct. 18 Texas 8, New York 0 Tuesday, Oct. 19 Texas 10, New York 3 Wednesday, Oct. 20 New York 7, Texas 2, Texas leads series 3-2 Friday, Oct. 22 New York (Hughes 18-8) at Texas (Lewis 12-13), 8:07 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 New York (Pettitte 11-3) at Texas (Lee 12-9), 8:07 p.m., if necessary National League Saturday, Oct. 16 San Francisco 4, Philadelphia 3 Sunday, Oct. 17 Philadelphia 6, San Francisco 1 Tuesday, Oct. 19 San Francisco 3, Philadelphia 0, San Francisco leads series 2-1 Wednesday, Oct. 20 Philadelphia at San Francisco, (n) Thursday, Oct. 21 Philadelphia (Halladay 21-10) at San Francisco (Lincecum 16-10), 7:57 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 San Francisco (Sanchez 13-9) at Philadelphia (Oswalt 13-13), 3:57 p.m. or 7:57 p.m., if necessary Sunday, Oct. 24 San Francisco (Cain (13-11) at Philadelphia (Hamels 12-11), 7:57 p.m., if necessary WORLD SERIES Wednesday, Oct. 27 American League at National League, 7:57 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28 AL at NL, 7:57 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30 NL at AL, 6:57 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31 NL at AL, 8:20 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1 NL at AL, if necessary, 7:57 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3 AL at NL, if necessary, 7:57 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4 AL at NL, if necessary, 7:57 p.m.

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to suspend McAfee for next weekend’s Houston game, which could be a big loss for the Colts in a key AFC South game. McAfee could also face NFL penalties under the substance-abuse policy. Police were called after a driver at a red light reported that a man with no shirt approached her car. The woman told police she feared the man was going to try to get in, so she ran the red light and called 911. McAfee then told police he was waiting for a friend to get him, but also that he planned to take a taxi home, the report said. He asked if he could walk home, but officers arrested him. They say he smelled of alcohol, his eyes were watery and bloodshot and his speech slurred.

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Kinsler 2b4 0 2 0 Psada c 412 1 Francr rf 4 0 1 0 Grdrs cf 413 2 Treanr c 4 1 1 2 Grdnr lf 300 0 Morlnd 1b4 0 2 0 Totals 37 2 132 Totals 3079 6 Texas ......... 000 011 000—2 New York ... 032 010 01x—7 E—Francoeur (1). DP_Texas 1, New York 2. LOB_Texas 8, New York 7. 2B_N.Cruz (3), A.Rodriguez (1), Posada (1), Granderson (1). HR_Treanor (1), Swisher (1), Cano (4), Granderson (1). SB_Andrus (4), Kinsler (2), A.Rodriguez (1). S_Gardner. SF_Berkman. IP H RERBB SO Texas C.Wilson L,0-1 5 6 6 5 4 2 Kirkman 2 1 00 2 1 Ogando 1 2 11 0 1 New York Sabathia W,1-0 611 2 2 0 7 K.Wood 2 1 00 0 3 Ma.Rivera 1 1 00 0 0 WP—K.Wood. Umpires_Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First, Brian Gorman; Second, Gerry Davis; Third, Tony Randazzo; Right, Angel Hernandez; Left, Jim Reynolds. T—3:48. A—49,832 (50,287).

NASCAR Chase Standings 1. J.Johnson ......... 2. D.Hamlin .......... 3. K.Harvick ......... 4. J.Gordon .......... 5. Ky.Busch .......... 6. T.Stewart .......... 7. C.Edwards ........ 8. G.Biffle ............ 9. Ku.Busch ......... 10. J.Burton ......... 11. M.Kenseth ...... 12. C.Bowyer ........

room during the 45-minute media availability following practice. By then, radio talk shows and local blogs had turned McAfee into the butt of jokes. Not surprisingly, the Colts found no humor in it. They’ve now had four players arrested on alcohol-related charges this year. “I talk about it more often than the bye weeks,” Caldwell said. “But that’s not the issue. What I’ve been doing hasn’t been enough. So the fact of the matter is we’ve got to get it straightened out.” The Associated Press sent an e-mail seeking comment from Colts owner Jim Irsay and left two messages at the office of McAfee’s attorney, Jim Voyles. Team President BIll said the team decided

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FOOTBALL AP Top 25 The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Oregon (39) 6-0 1,471 2 2. Boise St. (15) 6-0 1,433 3 3. Oklahoma (3) 6-0 1,355 6 4. TCU (3) 7-0 1,340 4 5. Auburn 7-0 1,279 7 6. LSU 7-0 1,132 9 7. Alabama 6-1 1,121 8 8. Michigan St. 7-0 1,062 13 9. Utah 6-0 1,019 11 10. Wisconsin 6-1 920 18 11. Ohio St. 6-1 895 1 12. Stanford 5-1 828 14 13. Iowa 5-1 768 15 14. Nebraska 5-1 684 5 15. Arizona 5-1 619 17 16. Florida St. 6-1 615 16 17. Okla. St. 6-0 575 20 18. Missouri 6-0 552 21 19. S. Carolina 4-2 372 10 20. W. Virginia 5-1 346 25 21. Arkansas 4-2 343 12 22. Texas 4-2 267 — 23. Va. Tech 5-2 122 — 24. Miss. St. 5-2 111 — 25. Miami 4-2 85 — Others receiving votes: Southern Cal 80, Kansas St. 40, Nevada 19, Hawaii 8, North Carolina 8, Northwestern 8,

Thursday, Oct. 21 AUTO RACING SPEED — Formula One, practice for Korean Grand Prix, at Yeongam, South Korea, 1 a.m.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ESPN — UCLA at Oregon, 9 p.m.

GOLF TGC — European PGA Tour, Castello Masters, first round, at Castellon, Spain, 9 a.m. TGC — Nationwide Tour, Jacksonville Open, first round, at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., 2 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, first round, at Las Vegas, 5 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FOX — Playoffs, National League Championship Series, game 5, Philadelphia at San Francisco, 7:30 p.m.

NBA BASKETBALL TNT — Preseason, Miami at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

SOCCER ESPN2 — MLS, New England at New York, 7:30 p.m. Michigan 7, Georgia Tech 5, Oregon St. 3, Baylor 2, N.C. State 2, Air Force 1, East Carolina 1, Kentucky 1, Washington 1.

Top 25 Schedule Thursday’s Game No. 1 Oregon vs. UCLA, 9 p.m. Saturday’s Games No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 18 Missouri, 8 p.m. No. 4 TCU vs. Air Force, 8 p.m. No. 5 Auburn vs. No. 6 LSU, 3:30 p.m. No. 7 Alabama at Tenn., 7 p.m. No. 8 Michigan State at Northwestern, Noon. No. 9 Utah vs. Colorado State, 6 p.m. No. 10 Wisconsin at No. 13 Iowa, 3:30 p.m. No. 11 Ohio State vs. Purdue, Noon. No. 12 Stanford vs. Washington State, 5 p.m. No. 14 Nebraska at No. 17 Oklahoma State, 3:30 p.m. No. 15 Arizona vs. Washington, 10:15 p.m. No. 19 South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m. No. 20 West Virginia vs. Syracuse, Noon. No. 21 Arkansas vs. Mississippi, 12:21 p.m. No. 22 Texas vs. Iowa State, Noon. No. 23 Virginia Tech vs. Duke, Noon. No. 24 Mississippi State vs. UAB, 7 p.m. No. 25 Miami vs. North Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

HOCKEY NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OTPtsGFGA

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Chicago ....7 4 2 1 9 23 20 Nashville ...5 3 0 2 8 13 10 Detroit ......5 3 1 1 7 14 12 St. Louis ...5 2 1 2 6 14 12 Columbus ..4 2 2 0 4 10 12 Northwest Division Colorado ...6 4 2 0 8 19 19 Calgary .....5 3 2 0 6 9 11 Minnesota .5 2 2 1 5 16 13 Vancouver .6 2 3 1 5 14 18 Edmonton .4 2 2 0 4 12 11 Pacific Division Dallas .......5 4 1 0 8 20 15 Los Angeles4 3 1 0 6 10 6 Anaheim ...6 2 3 1 5 13 23 Phoenix .....4 1 2 1 3 8 10 San Jose ...4 1 2 1 3 9 14 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games Boston 3, Washington 1 Calgary 1, Nashville 0, OT Minnesota 6, Vancouver 2 Carolina 5, San Jose 2 Wednesday’s Games Buffalo at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Columbus, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Chicago, 9 p.m. Carolina at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Washington at Boston, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Calgary at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Nashville, 8 p.m. San Jose at Colorado, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Friday’s Games Calgary at Columbus, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

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Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Seattle 23, Chicago 20 Miami 23, Green Bay 20, OT Houston 35, Kansas City 31 Pittsburgh 28, Cleveland 10 St. Louis 20, San Diego 17 N.Y. Giants 28, Detroit 20 N. England 23, Baltimore 20, OT Philadelphia 31, Atlanta 17 New Orleans 31, Tampa Bay 6 N.Y. Jets 24, Denver 20 San Francisco 17, Oakland 9 Minnesota 24, Dallas 21 Indianapolis 27, Washington 24 Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Game Tennessee 30, Jacksonville 3 Sunday, Oct. 24 Buffalo at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

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Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison (92) hits Cleveland Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi (11) during the second quarter Sunday in Pittsburgh. Harrison was fined $75,000 on Tuesday for the hit. canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play by those rules. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re handicapping me.â&#x20AC;? The three-time Pro Bowl outside linebacker also said he might retire, although the Steelers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to be taking that threat seriously. If he quit, Harrison would owe the Steelers a share of the $20 million in upfront money he collected when he signed a $51.2 million, six-year contract in April 2009. Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley also expects Harrison back, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;He loves the game too much, man. He loves it too much.â&#x20AC;? Harrison was the 2008 AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year and has a reputation of being one of the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hardest hitters. His helmet hits about seven minutes apart in the second quarter caused Browns receivers Joshua Cribbs and Mohamed Massaquoi to leave Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game with concussions. Harrison was fined,

but not suspended, for the hit on Massaquoi because the receiver could not protect himself as attempted to complete a catch. Harrison appeared to launch himself toward Massaquoi and struck the receiver with his helmet. Tomlin repeated Wednesday that he is convinced Harrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hit was permissible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a very emotional thing for James,â&#x20AC;? Tomlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very disciplined and regimented guy whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passionate about the game of football. It bothers him maybe that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being perceived as a dirty player. He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t desire to be. He simply wants to play the game and play it extremely well.â&#x20AC;? After the game, Harrison said he tries to hurt opposing players because it helps the Steelers win, although he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try to injure players. Tomlin wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speculate if those comments may have led the NFL to increase its fine. Harri-

son has since backed off those comments, saying he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try to injure anyone. The absent Harrison received considerable support from his teammates, with guard Chris Kemoeatu saying that the linebackerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relentless attitude motivates the offensive players, too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is a really big influence to us,â&#x20AC;? Kemoeatu said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We look up to him and we see his style of play and we want to be like him and hit like him and run like him. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s affected by it, but I know heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disappointed. I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to work things out and I think he will be all right. Told that Harrison was contemplating retirement, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady joked that he hoped it was true. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to for him to retire,â&#x20AC;? said Brady, who plays in Pittsburgh on Nov. 14. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If he retired, it would make me very happy.â&#x20AC;?

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UNCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brown out for year; Burney to miss Miami game

CHAPEL HILL (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; North Carolina cornerback Charles Brown wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play this season amid the ongoing NCAA investigation into the football program, while cornerback Kendric Burney will miss this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game at No. 25 Miami. Brown started all 13 games last season and still has a year of eligibility remaining, though the school didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t specify why he will sit out the season. Both he and Burney were among six players declared ineligible â&#x20AC;&#x153;for violating school and/or NCAA rulesâ&#x20AC;? before the opener against LSU. Neither has played this season. Burney recently completed a six-game suspension issued by the NCAA for receiving

improper benefits connected to trips, but the school says there is an â&#x20AC;&#x153;unresolved issueâ&#x20AC;? for Burney connected to the probe. The NCAA launched an investigation in the summer focused on agent-related benefits, though that probe expanded to include possible academic violations involving a tutor. The academic cases are being handled primarily by the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s student judicial system, though privacy laws prevent the school from discussing in detail any playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involvement in the academic review. Brown is the sixth player to miss the season connected to the investigation, joining defensive tackle Marvin Austin, defensive end Robert

Quinn, receiver Greg Little, and safeties Brian Gupton and Jonathan Smith. The NCAA declared Quinn and Little â&#x20AC;&#x153;permanently ineligibleâ&#x20AC;? for receiving jewelry and travel accommodations, then lying about it in three interviews. The school kicked Austin off the team after the NCAA offered preliminary information that he had received $10,000 to $13,000 in improper benefits. As with Brown, the school didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t specify why Gupton and Smith wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play this season. In addition to Burney, the status of two other players â&#x20AC;&#x201D; defensive end Michael McAdoo and fullback Devon Ramsay â&#x20AC;&#x201D; remains in question. McAdoo has

yet to play this season, while Ramsay played the first four games before the school announced it would hold him out of games due to the investigation. Last week, defensive lineman Linwan Euwell and tailback Ryan Houston were cleared to return after missing the first five games. Euwell played in the win at Virginia, though coach Butch Davis said Houston might redshirt. Tailback Shaun Draughn (one game) and safety Daâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Norris Searcy (three) also missed games before being cleared to play, while safety Deunta Williams recently returned from an NCAA-issued fourgame suspension for improper benefits connected to trips.

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playing, so one of them is going to have two (ACC) losses. Then it hits the gauntlet. All the Coastal teams that were predicted in the top four are going to be playing each other in the next two, three weeks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to sort itself out.â&#x20AC;? League supporters might say these four schools finally are playing as expected. Cynics would argue that of course the wins were bound to come; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re merely beating up on teams from a subpar ACC. But either way, the four favorites have quietly gotten themselves back on track. Virginia Tech had a miserable season-opening six-day span that included losses to Boise State and, stunningly, FCS member James Madison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You knew theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d bounce back,â&#x20AC;? Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said. They certainly have â&#x20AC;&#x201D; scoring at least 41 points four times during a five-game winning streak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first week of the season, we dropped 0-2 that fast in that one week. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real easy to get down on yourself and throw in the towel like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dang, we done lost two games that fast,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Virginia Tech receiver Dyrell Roberts said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we got great senior leadership and our coaches kept us on the right track

and let us know that ... we still have plenty more weeks to go. And luckily right now, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on a roll and hopefully we can keep putting the work in and stay on this roll and finish out the season strong.â&#x20AC;? North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems seemed to be mostly personnel-related. The Tar Heels opened the season minus more than a dozen players who were held out as part of the investigation into potentially improper agent-player benefits and possible academic misconduct. Some, like defensive backs Deunta Williams and Daâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Norris Searcy and running backs Shaun Draughn and Ryan Houston, have returned. Others, like defensive linemen Marvin Austin and Robert Quinn and receiver Greg Little, wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the field again in college after being either dismissed from the team or found by the NCAA to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;permanently ineligible.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look too well at the beginning of the season for the ACC,â&#x20AC;? quarterback T.J. Yates said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t doing so well, especially in the Coastal. After a couple of weeks, we all kind of got back on track and things got back to normal.â&#x20AC;? Meanwhile, Georgia Techâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season may have swung on one drive. The Yellow Jackets appeared headed for disaster when a loss at Kansas dropped them out of the national consciousness. They appeared destined to be 2-3 when they trailed Wake Forest late. Joshua Nesbitt then led a

potentially season-saving drive he capped with the winning touchdown pass with 15 seconds left. Tech won its next two games by an average of 20 points. Miami was the ACCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lone Top 25 team two weeks ago, but a blowout loss to rival Florida State knocked the Hurricanes out of the poll. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re back in following a solid 28-13 win over Duke that marked turnover-prone quarterback Jacory Harrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first interception-free performance since the opener and Damien Berryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third straight 100-yard rushing game. Doubters might wonder just how impressive a 15-point win over the lowly Blue Devils can be. But nobody can complain about the defenseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven turnovers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let it carry over,â&#x20AC;? Miami safety Vaughn Telemaque said following the Duke game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You just want to keep on coming with a lot of energy, and we play a lot better that way.â&#x20AC;? One thing is clear entering the stretch drive. One Coastal team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; no matter which one it is â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will have dug itself out of a considerable hole to earn a spot in the league title game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the schedule definitely gives us an opportunity to control our own destiny,â&#x20AC;? Virginia Techâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carmichael said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But either way it goes, we would be doing our best to try to win out, especially with those two losses early. We got our losses early, so now youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to take it slow.â&#x20AC;?

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The Atlantic Division is led by preseason favorite Florida State, which is 4-0 in the ACC. But midway through the year, two surprise teams â&#x20AC;&#x201D; North Carolina State and Maryland, each with one ACC loss â&#x20AC;&#x201D; remain on the Seminolesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; heels. There arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t any such shockers in the Coastal, where both struggling Virginia and Duke are 0-3 in league play and sit a full two games behind the four front-runners. That figures to set up a wide-open stretch run in the Coastal, with things heating up this weekend when North Carolina faces Miami. The biggest day for the division might come Nov. 13, when Georgia Tech hosts Miami and Virginia Tech visits the Tar Heels. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to play itself out here in the next couple of weeks, because everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to start to play everybody else,â&#x20AC;? said Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson, whose team beat North Carolina last month in the only matchup so far of top-four Coastal teams. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were picked fourth. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see if they were right. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll know here in the next three weeks probably,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got Miami and North Carolina

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Saturday, Oct. 23 Duke at Virginia Tech, Noon Maryland at B.C., 1 p.m. Georgia Tech at Clemson, 3:30 p.m. E. Mich. at Virginia, 6 p.m. North Carolina at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Conference USA East Division Conference W L PF PA East Carolina .......... 3 0 144 119 UCF ........................ 2 0 77 21 Southern Miss. ....... 2 1 125 79 UAB ....................... 1 2 35 76 Marshall ................. 0 2 30 76 Memphis ................ 0 4 66 154 West Division Conference W L PF PA SMU....................... 3 0 91 56 Houston ................. 2 1 127 81 UTEP ...................... 2 2 90 112 Tulsa ...................... 2 2 167 103 Rice ....................... 1 2 89 117 Tulane .................... 0 2 47 94 Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games UCF 35, Marshall 14 Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games So. Miss. 41, Memphis 19 ECU 33, N.C. State 27, OT Rice 34, Houston 31 Navy 28, SMU 21 UAB 21, UTEP 6 Tulsa 52, Tulane 24

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Saturday, Oct. 23 Rice at UCF, 3:30 p.m. Houston at SMU, 3:30 p.m. Marshall at East Carolina, 4:15 p.m. UAB at Mississippi St., 7 p.m. Tulane at UTEP, 9:05 p.m.

Pioneer League Conference W L PF PA Dayton.................... 4 0 136 75 Jacksonville ............ 4 0 202 84 Drake ..................... 3 1 111 70 Davidson ................ 2 2 68 103 San Diego............... 2 2 86 66 Campbell ................ 1 2 66 52 Morehead St. .......... 1 2 83 90 Butler ..................... 1 3 47 92 Marist .................... 1 3 100 108 Valparaiso .............. 0 4 47 206 Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games San Diego 14, Marist 10 Dayton 33, Butler 13 Drake 14, Campbell 12 Davidson 17, Morehead St. 10 Jacksonville 86, Valparaiso 7

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All Games L PF PA 1 240 137 1 292 154 3 174 160 4 91 164 5 127 178 4 120 136 4 131 196 4 111 156 4 139 139 7 61 343

Saturday, Oct. 23 Marist at Jacksonville, Noon Campbell at Dayton, 1 p.m. Morehead St. at Butler, 1 p.m. Davidson at Drake, 2 p.m. Valparaiso at San Diego, 5 p.m.

Southern Conference Conference W L PF PA Appalachian St ........ 4 0 150 99 Wofford .................. 3 0 116 62 Chattanooga ........... 3 1 131 100 Furman ................... 2 1 75 62 Ga. Southn ............. 1 2 96 89 Elon ....................... 1 2 76 91 Samford ................. 1 3 84 93 W. Carolina ............. 1 3 66 123 The Citadel ............. 0 4 47 122 Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Wofford 45, W. Carolina 14 Furman 27, Samford 10 Appalachian St. 39, The Citadel 10 Chattanooga 35, Georgia Southern 27

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10B / Thursday, October 21, 2010 / The Sanford Herald DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

Measure of a man doesn’t always turn on height

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: You are likely to be faced with emotional decisions. Try not to wear your heart on your sleeve. Control whatever situation you face rather than allowing others to twist things around. It’s being aware that will help you stay ahead of everyone else. Change can be good. What appears to be a hindrance will be a blessing. Your numbers are 5, 9, 14, 25, 27, 36, 40 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Let go of relationships that are not a benefit. Moving on will allow you to befriend someone new with something to offer or share with you. Expressing confidence will help you get ahead. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take heed of what’s being said and make sure you do things by the book. Stand tall and speak your mind. Don’t be afraid to put pressure on someone you don’t feel is measuring up to your standards. It’s time to move forward. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may think opportunity is knocking but, at the same time, you can expect a tailspin that will leave you confused. Insincere gestures of friendliness are apparent. Don’t offer private information unless you don’t care if it is made public. CANCER (June 21-July 22): There is a time and place for everything and, although you will be a little emotional, take advantage of any possibility. A romantic connection is evident and, whether it is with someone you are already involved with or someone new, the forecast is superb. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t give in to someone who is bossy or standing in the way of your personal progress. Love issues may surface due to jealousy or possessiveness. It’s time to make a decision about the future of a relationship. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take the lead position

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in whatever event, project or activity you are participating in and you will make new friends and get credit for your contribution. A change in your current income is apparent and is likely to come to you as a surprise, gift or bonus of some sort. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t underestimate what a partner or competitor will do in order to come out on top. Protect your assets as well as your well-being. Problems at home will result in uncertainty and confusion. Don’t show your true feelings. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take action, make changes and concentrate on your goals. Take advantage of any opportunity to network. Plan to spend some quality time with someone you love or whose company you enjoy. There is plenty you will discover. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Give some thought to the people who have supported you. You may want to do something nice to show your appreciation. A surprise will help to seal a deal. Don’t give in to someone who has disappointed you in the past. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Use your will power and you will accomplish all you set out to do. Don’t let someone burden you with something that is not your problem. Put any emotional entanglement in your life on the back burner. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t get mixed up with the wrong crowd. Get serious about something that can help you earn more money or improve your living arrangements. Stick to the rules or you’ll pay the price. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Being passionate about what you do or how you handle a situation will lead to financial freedom. Strive for perfection and present the best possible product, suggestion or service. Your enthusiasm will inspire those around you.

DEAR ABBY: Regarding the letter from “Lost in the Land of Aloha” (Sept. 1) and whether short men are considered less desirable — height is relative. I am 5’3” and dated taller men, usually 6 feet and over, because those were the guys who just were around and seemed to be attracted to me. Then I met my husband. He’s 5 feet 6 inches and absolutely wonderful. Before me, he dated much taller women. He’s kind, loving, showers me with affection, offers me understanding, is a fantastic father and a complete kid-magnet. He cooks, washes dishes, does laundry, changes diapers, and actually picks things up off the floor instead of vacuuming around them. I am the luckiest woman on this planet, and I know it. Never pass up a short guy. They’re not short — they’re funsized! — VERY, VERY HAPPY WIFE IN TEXAS DEAR WIFE: I received a tsunami of responses to my question, “Does height really matter?” And it shows there’s no “shortage” of support for men like “Kal” (“Aloha’s” friend) and your honey of a husband. Read on: DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are both 5 feet 6 inches. In the past I was concerned that we didn’t fit the stereotype of the man being taller than the woman, but it has actually worked out great. We can switch cars without having to adjust the seats and mirrors. Our lips line up exactly when we kiss. I

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never have to stand on my toes! On our wedding day, I wore gorgeous ballet flats. “Kal” will eventually find a woman who appreciates him for the breadth of his heart and not the length of his body. — SEEING EYE TO EYE IN ILLINOIS DEAR ABBY: It’s all a matter of personal preference. I need to think the man I’m with will be able to protect me if need be. I don’t have that feeling with a short guy. And it doesn’t matter how muscular he is — it’s the height that counts in my mind. — LIKES LOOKING UP AT THE GUY DEAR ABBY: You bet a man being tall makes a difference. I’m an average-sized bachelor who works around many attractive women. I get plenty of flirting and interest, but every time I meet one of my co-workers’ husbands, he’s a tall athletic stud. That’s just the way it goes.

DEAR ABBY: This may seem shallow, but height does matter to me. I’m a tall woman, and when I date men who are shorter than I am, I feel even bigger. It makes me uncomfortable, which does not make for a good date. — TALL DRINK OF WATER IN EUGENE, ORE. DEAR ABBY: Aren’t you aware that the vast majority of females prefer taller men? “Heightism” is a rampant and virulent prejudice. Even if a guy is an inch or two taller than the woman, he will be considered too short if he isn’t taller than she is when she’s wearing heels. Women go gaga over the really tall guys. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard them brag about how tall their man happens to be. I have never heard a female boast, “My boyfriend’s only 5 feet 6, but he really is all man.” — ROLAND IN MAINE DEAR ABBY: Does height matter? Not a whit! I’m a 6-foot-2-inch guy. The men who catch my eye are in the 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9-inch range, but I certainly don’t draw the line. Shorter guys? Bring ‘em on! (One at a time, though.) — DON IN CALIFORNIA DEAR ABBY: No matter how tall or short you are, the most important thing in a relationship cannot be measured: It’s LOVE. — WISE ONE IN YUKON, OKLA.

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Woman brings fake $10,000 bill to Mass. bank

Jurors were asked personal background questions before being seated.

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — A $10,000 bill? The staff at a Massachusetts bank just wasn’t buying it. The suspicious staffers quickly determined that the bill a woman brought into the Lowell bank was a fake. Michael Gallagher, risk management director at Enterprise Bank, told The Sun of Lowell that it is believed there are only about 300 $10,000 bills left, and most are in the hands of collectors. The bank called police, who in turn notified the U.S. Secret Service, the agency that investigates counterfeiting. Gallagher would not say what kind of transaction the woman attempted with the note on Tuesday. The woman’s name was not released because she has not been charged, but a police spokesman says she may have mental health issues.

World’s longest cat — Stewie — measures 4 feet

Ohio juror to become witness in assault case CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio juror listening to opening statements in an assault case suddenly announced she saw the alleged beating and had called 911. The woman was on a 12-person jury in Cincinnati hearing domestic violence and felonious assault charges against 42-year-old James Capell. Najah Johnson-Riddle blurted out Tuesday that she had called 911 after being awakened and seeing a female neighbor being beaten. The Hamilton County judge declared a mistrial. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported prosecutors plan to call the former juror as a witness in the new trial. Capell has denied the allegations. Authorities knew an anonymous 911 call had been made but never connected it to the juror.

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RENO, Nev. – The world’s longest cat measures more than 4 feet, stealing the record from another Maine Coone. The Reno Gazette-Journal reported that 5-year-old Stewie was certified as the new Guinness World Record holder after measuring 48 1/2 inches from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail bone. That’s a little more than 4 feet long. The record was previously held by another Maine Coon that measured 48 inches. Stewie’s owners, Robin Hendrickson and Erik Brandsness, say they decided to try for the record after hearing countless people say they were amazed by Stewie’s length. Hendrickson said Maine Coons are known as “the gentle giants” of the cat world.

Maine teen saved after being pinned under car ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — A high school football team in Maine came up with a big win by rescuing a teammate who was trapped under a car in the school parking lot. Officials said John Gerry was riding on the hood of a teammate’s car when he tripped and fell to the ground Friday, with one of the tires ending up on his back. The Bangor Daily News says about six players from Rockland District High School and a couple of parents tilted the car up, and they held the car there for 20 minutes until an ambulance arrived. His team gave him the game ball after winning the next day. Gerry, who admits jumping on the hood of his friend’s car was a bad idea, is expected to make a full recovery. See answer, page 2A

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God hates sin, but He loves you Q: All my life, I’ve been told that God hates sin, and since I’m a sinner, all I can expect is hell unless I turn my life around. I’ve tried to do that, but I still have a deep fear of God. Is this what God is like? — C.K. A: It’s true that God hates sin — because every sin is an act of rebellion against Him. The Bible says, “’Do not plot evil.... I hate all this,’ declares the Lord” (Zechariah 8:17). But God also hates sin because He knows it destroys us — and He doesn’t want that to happen, because He loves us! If you are a parent, you know that your children would be in great danger if you simply ignored them or allowed them to do anything they wanted to do. But you love them and don’t want bad things to happen to them — and because you love them, you give them rules to follow so they won’t get hurt. The same is true with God. Listen: The most important truth you will ever discover is that God loves you. God doesn’t hate you; He loves you! If God hated you, why would He send His only Son into the world to die on the cross for you? But Jesus Christ did come, and He did die for you — because God loves you. The Bible says, “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins” (1 John 4:10). Don’t be a prisoner to fear any longer, but by a simple prayer of faith turn to Jesus Christ and accept the free gift He offers you — the gift of salvation.

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