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Due to the late tip-off, The Herald’s coverage of the Duke-West Virginia Final Four match-up Saturday night didn’t make the print edition, but you can read all about the Blue Devils’ performance in Indianapolis at our Web site sanfordherald.com

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Bella becomes the ‘Steele Pig’ starting April 11

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CHURCH CELEBRATES 150 YEARS IN ITS ‘LITTLE WHITE CHAPEL’ The doors at Morris Chapel United Methodist Church have been opening for 150 years at a little white chapel that sits at the northwest corner of Harnett County.

Founder John Wesley himself made an appearance at the celebratory service Carolina, Page 1C

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Pastor Craig Dodson of Solid Rock Community Church will lead the church’s first service in its new building at 10:30 a.m. today.

SOLID START Church that began in man’s living room set to open impressive new church today

iPAD HITS SHELVES

By CAITLIN MULLEN cmullen@sanfordherald.com

LONG LINES, EXCITED BUYERS AWAIT DEBUT OF APPLE’S iPAD Around 100 people were standing in line at the Apple Store at the Streets at Southpoint mall in South Durham at 8:30 Saturday morning, waiting for the iPad to go on sale. The lines were even longer in some of the nation’s biggest cities.

Full stories, Pages 9A, 7B

SANFORD TEEN CREDITS ACADEMY FOR TURNING HER LIFE AROUND After graduating from the North Carolina National Guard’s Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy in December, 16-year-old Kaylee Lankford said she’s a new person. Lankford attended the military academy after reaching a breaking point during her sophomore year at Southern Lee High School.

Full Story, Page 3A

OUR NATION NEW JERSEY CITY SAYS COPS ARE WORSE THAN CRIMINALS For years, residents of Camden, N.J., say some police officers have bullied them in this impoverished city, making cases by planting drugs on suspects, falsifying police reports, and conducting searches without warrants.

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Vol. 80, No. 78 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina

SANFORD — When it comes to budgeting, Pastor Craig Dodson of Solid Rock Community Church knows to let God take control.

The pastor learned to do so after planning the church’s new building, open for its first service at 10:30 a.m. today.

“God had the money. It was just in our pockets,” he said. “It’s stretched our faith, doing this church.”

Solid Rock’s congregation has met since June 2008; they developed a constitution and bylaws in September 2008, Dodson said. It was born in Dodson’s home den and then moved to the Lee Christian School cafeteria.

Now, the $725,000, 6,900 square-foot building — fea-

The new Solid Rock Community Church has the capacity to seat about 100, the current size of the church’s congregation. The church is located at 989 White Hill Road.

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turing a chapel, fellowship hall and classrooms — is open for service. The chapel, with stark white walls, golden chandeliers and wooden pews covered in

See Church, Page 8A

Solid Rock Community Church will hold its first service in its new facility, located at 989 White Hill Road in Sanford, at 10:30 a.m. today

ella Bistro, the refined Southern restaurant in downtown Sanford, consistently ranks as one of Sanford’s finest dining experiences — having ranked as “best restaurant” by Herald readers in recent polls.

But come April 11, Bella Bistro will cease to exist. In its place comes The Steele Pig, a more casual dining restaurant that INSIDE owner Chad Another Blackwelder popular hopes will open his busi- restaurant, Chef Paul’s ness up to a in Sanford, larger clienis now open tele. for lunch.

To most it Page 8A seems like a gamble, but More Blackwelder business said the news and change was necessary giv- columnists.

Page 7B en the current state of the economy. Those business dinners are becoming more and more scarce as companies like Pfizer, Coty and the big names in Sanford scale back their entertaining budgets.

Plus, people aren’t going out in general as much anymore.

Then there’s the cost to plate his upscale dishes.

One of the top fine dining meals like duck, for example, has almost priced itself

See Casual, Page 8A

SANFORD

Zombies invade Old Gilliam Mill ‘Undead extras’ gather for filming of horror movie

By CAITLIN MULLEN cmullen@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — For those driving by Old Gilliam Mill Park on West Highway 42 this weekend: No, you didn’t time travel, and no, you weren’t about to be attacked by real

HAPPENING MONDAY Candidates for the Lee County Board of Education will meet with local business leaders to discuss their goals for Lee County Schools at the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce Public Policy Luncheon. Call (919) 775-7341 or visit www.sanfordnc.com to learn more.

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zombies.

But you did get a glimpse of the movie-making process.

Locals were asked to dress in hippie clothing and congregate at the park to shoot scenes for the zombie horror movie “A Few Brains More: Summer of Blood,” directed

by Sanford’s Christine Parker.

The filming took place all day Saturday at the park, in addition to 9 a.m. to dusk today and Monday.

Scenes filmed

Zombie, Page 5A

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OBITUARIES

BILLY LIGGETT

Sanford: Pamela McNeil, 53 Vass: D. Hugh McLean, 81 Hopkinsville, Ky.: Jonathan Stroud, 27

The Herald’s editor sees Sanford differently when he’s showing somebody new

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Corrections The Herald is committed to accuracy and factual reporting. To report an error or request a clarification, e-mail Editor Billy Liggett at bliggett@sanfordherald.com or Community Editor Jonathan Owens at owens@sanfordherald.com or call (919) 718-1226.

John William Brown (left) and Richard Rush were seen at McCracken Field getting things in order for the Kiwanis Invitational Track Meet. This photograph appeared in the May 14, 1964, Herald.

On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:

MONDAY ■ The Lee County Board of Commissioners will meet at 3 p.m. at the Lee County Government Center on the corner of Carthage and Hillcrest in Sanford.

■ The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. at the Agricultural Building Auditorium in Pittsboro.

■ The Harnett County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. at the County Administration Building in Lillington.

■ The Siler City Town Board meeting scheduled for April 5 has been canceled due to a lack of business items.

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TUESDAY ■ The Moore County Board of Commissioners will meet at 4 p.m. at the Commissioners Room in Carthage.

■ The Chatham County Planning Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Dunlap Building Classroom in Pittsboro.

■ The Sanford City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall, located at 225 East Weatherspoon St.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Aleata Tally, Doris Boyer, Tyler Meredith Profio, Alicia L. Morris, Harrison Ray, Joseph Lee Wood, Eliana Grace Phillips, Nathaniel Blake Smith, Dynasty Murphy, Glenda Spivey, Adison Puce, Bryant T. Person, Angie Jones, George Martin and Alex Jewel.

And to those celebrating Monday, especially Ralph Watson, Camden Hart, Kimberly Hart, Joshua Littlejohn, Laura Johnson, Hazel Bell, Latasha Terry, Lexi Blake Bordeau, Luke Adams Davenport, Tenisha N. Smith, Myra M. McIntyre, John Warren Holder, Regis A. Lewis, Layton P. Edwards, Mark McIntyre, Beth Lassiter, Gary Griffin, Elizabeth Griffin, Bobby Lee Battle Sr., Fred Garcia, Lisa Allen, Bobby Bryant and Chyna Petty.

CELEBRITIES: Actor Craig T. Nelson is 66. Actor Hugo Weaving is 50. Actor Robert Downey Jr. is 45. Actor Barry Pepper is 40.

Singer Jill Scott is 38. Magician David Blaine is 37. Singer Kelly Price is 37. Actor James Roday is 34. Actress Natasha Lyonne is 31. Actress Amanda Righetti is 27. Actress Jamie Lynn Spears is 19.

Almanac Today is Easter Sunday, April 4, the 94th day of 2010. There are 271 days left in the year.

This day in history: On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to death at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. (James Earl Ray later pleaded guilty to assassinating King, then spent the rest of his life claiming his innocence before dying in prison in 1998.)

In 1818, Congress decided the flag of the United States would consist of 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars, with a new star to be added for every new state of the Union.

In 1859, “Dixie” was performed publicly for the first time by Bryant’s Minstrels at Mechanics’ Hall in New York. (The song is popularly attributed to Daniel Decatur Emmett, although his authorship has been called into question.)

In 1945, during World War II, U.S. troops on Okinawa encountered the first significant resistance from Japanese forces at the Machinato Line.

In 1949, 12 nations, including the United States, signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C. In 1975, more than 130 people, most of them children, were killed when a U.S. Air Force transport plane evacuating Vietnamese orphans crash-landed shortly after takeoff from Saigon.

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spinach, broccoli, bell pepper, hot peppers, marigolds and hanging baskets will be available for purchase. All plants will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.

■ The annual Burrito Bash at the General Store Café, 39 West St., Pittsboro, will benefit the Central Carolina Community College Foundation and the Chatham County Partnership for Children. The 6 to 9 p.m. event features the famous General Store burrito and fixings, a silent auction and bluegrass music by Tommy Edwards and Friends. Tickets are $12 in advance at the college’s Pittsboro Campus and Siler City Center, or $15 at the door. For more information, call (919) 542-7449 or (919) 542-6495.

tion, Lee County Commissioner and State Representative in the upstairs courtroom of the old Lee County Courthouse on South Horner Boulevard. The forum, which begins at 6 p.m. with light refreshments, will offer an opportunity for candidates to meet and talk with voters and to pass out campaign literature. The forum portion will begin at 7 p.m. and conclude by 9 p.m. Each candidate will be allowed three minutes for an introduction and platform. Questions from the audience will follow.

■ The Lee County Horticulture Plant Sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Lee County High School’s greenhouse.

■ An Aquatic Weed Management Worship will be held in the auditorium of the Chatham County Agriculture Building in Pittsboro from 7 to 9 p.m. To attend this workshop, people should preregister by either calling the Chatham County Center at (919) 542-8202 or by emailing jane_tripp@ ncsu.edu by April 7. There is a $5 registration fee to cover the cost of materials.

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TODAY ■ Local horror movie director Christine Parker is calling for extras for her upcoming film, “A Few Brains More.” Those who want to be zombies are asked to meet from 9 a.m. until dark at Old Gilliam Park, located on Carbonton Road west of Sanford, for the opportunity to be become part of the “undead.” For more information, e-mail Parker at cpparker2@gmail.com.

MONDAY ■ Candidates for the Lee County Board of Education will meet with local business leaders to discuss their goals for Lee County Schools at the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce Public Policy Luncheon.

The meeting will take place at 11:30 a .m. at Chef Paul’s. The price to attend is $10 for members and $15 for non-members.

Registration is required and can be done by calling the Chamber office or visiting its Web site. Call (919) 775-7341 or visit www.sanford-nc.com.

■ Local horror movie director Christine Parker is calling for extras for her upcoming film, “A Few Brains More.” Those who want to be zombies are asked to meet from 9 a.m. until dark at Old Gilliam Park, located on Carbonton Road west of Sanford, for the opportunity to be become part of the “undead.” For more information, e-mail Parker at cpparker2@gmail.com.

TUESDAY ■ The Lee County Horticulture Plant Sale will be held from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at Lee County High School’s greenhouse. Okra, cantaloupe, herbs, aloe, tomato, Morning Glories, squash, cucumbers, lettuce,

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■ Sanford Jobseekers will meet at First Baptist Church from 8:30 to10:30 am.

All who are job searching are welcome to the support group. This week’s program: “Avoiding Financial Pitfalls” by Sara Harrington of Harrington Law Firm.

■ The Lee County Horticulture Plant Sale will be held from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at Lee County High School’s greenhouse.

THURSDAY ■ The Council For Effective Actions & Decisions (CEAD) will host a candidates forum for Lee County Board of Educa-

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AROUND OUR AREA FORT BRAGG

Most civilian workers at Ga. base plan move to N.C.

FAYETTEVILLE — Most of the civilian employees at Army Forces Command in Atlanta say they plant to move to North Carolina as part of base realignment.

The Fayetteville Observer reported Saturday that 90 percent of the Fort McPherson, Ga., civilian work force officially said they plan to make the move to Fort Bragg.

Deputy chief of staff for Forces Command Brig. Gen. Rick Porter said most of the civilians who aren’t making the move are eligible to retire.

Forces Command is coming to North Carolina as part of the last round of federal base closing legislation approved in 2005. As part of the move, Forces Command and the Army’s Reserve Command will share a new headquarters building now under construction at Fort Bragg.

— Associated Press

LEE COUNTY

Commissioners to vote on LCHS renovations

SANFORD — The Lee County Board of Commissioners will vote Monday on a financing plan for the estimated $19.5 million in renovations to Lee County High School.

BB&T and Bank of America each submitted financing proposals; Lee County Manager John Crumpton will recommend the board choose BB&T’s plan.

Crumpton said he was worried about the finer details of the financing plans, but is relieved things have fallen into place.

On the 15-year BB&T financing plan recommended

by Crumpton, the county pays nothing until May 13, 2012, when $540,000 is due. The county then pays increasingly more each year at a 6.4 percent taxable rate. By May 13, 2025, the county will have paid $19,980,000.

Siler City on April 17.

The event will also give residents an opportunity to meet and hear all the current Republicans seeking support from Chatham voters.

The bi-annual Reagan Day Dinner honors the former president “who extolled American exceptionalism while reminding us that freedom is not passed ... to our children in the bloodstream,” according to organizers.

The Reagan Day Dinner will begin at 6 p.m. at the Western Chatham Senior Center on Village Lake Road in Siler City.

For more information, visit www.chathamGOP.org online.

— from staff reports

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Adopted boy, 3, lies in a coma; parents investigated APEX (MCT) — Police are investigating the parents of a 3-year-old adopted child they think may have been the victim of severe abuse, according to court records made public Thursday.

The child is in a coma at the Duke Hospital. Police are investigating because doctors told investigators the child’s head trauma was inconsistent with his parents’ account of how he was injured, court records show.

Records also show Wake County Child Protective Services has previously investigated abuse and neglect reports concerning the child since he was adopted from an orphanage in China.

Emergency workers took the child, Adam Stein of 121 Homegate Circle in Apex, on March 19 to WakeMed in Raleigh. He was breathing but unconscious after suffering a traumatic head injury, according to a search warrant application filed Thursday at the Wake County Clerk of Courts Office.

When emergency workers arrived at the home, they found the child at the bottom of a staircase, Apex Police Department detective Worth T. Brown stated in the court affidavit.

— Raleigh News & Observer

LIFE CHANGING Teen credits academy for pulling her away from the ‘breaking point’ in her life

By CAITLIN MULLEN cmullen@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — After graduating from the North Carolina National Guard’s Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy in December, 16-yearold Kaylee Lankford said she’s a new person.

Lankford attended the military academy after reaching a breaking point during her sophomore year at Southern Lee High School.

“I was getting in trouble a lot,” said Sanford resident Lankford. “Me and the family were constantly arguing.

I was disappointing everybody.”

Her mom, Torri Vallad, learned of the Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy just as she pulled Lankford from Southern Lee. She knew little about the academy, which she called a “last resort.”

“It’s a shame that there’s a school out there for kids with the parents struggling with the kids, and nobody knows about it,” Vallad said. “For this school to only be an hour and a half away from here...I don’t think the public really knows about it.”

According to its Web site, Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy “is a quasimilitary program for high school dropouts or expellees who, if left unguided, could be headed for trouble.” The 22-week program provides the teens with life skills and discipline through physical training and GED classes.

The North Carolina National Guard Youth Challenge Program sponsors the Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy though there are no military obligations for cadets. The academy is a volunteer program and there is no cost to the cadet or the cadet’s family.

Lankford withdrew from Southern Lee in May 2009

— by Caitlin Mullen

CHATHAM COUNTY

McCrory to speak at Chatham GOP dinner on April 17

SILER CITY — Former Charlotte mayor and gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory will speak for the first time in Chatham County at the Reagan Day Dinner in

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and left for the academy in July. She graduated with honors in December. A mentor stays in touch with graduates for a year after they leave the academy, Vallad said.

The first two weeks of the program included training at Ft. Bragg. If the cadets didn’t make it through those two weeks, they were sent home, Vallad said.

Days began at 5:30 a.m., when cadets get in line to salute the flag. Various teams of cadets then participate in physical activities before eating breakfast, getting dressed for the day and going through formation inspection. Class lasts until 3:30 p.m. Students take the flag down, do homework and eat dinner before lights out around 9 p.m.

“They’re just trying to get them back on the right track,” Vallad said. “Get them prepared for college, prepped for work.”

Cadets aren’t allowed to call home for the first three weeks but can send letters.

One five-minute phone call per week is allowed during the rest of the program.

“The first few weeks, they start breaking us down so they can build us back up,” Lankford said.

The lifestyle change was extreme for Lankford, but she grew accustomed to it after several weeks.

“At first, it’s tough. But once you fall into the whole sequence of things...

I found it harder to leave once I got used to it,” she said. “It helped me with my attitude and self-control, and learning to accept

the consequences of my actions. It definitely made me realize I had to grow up someday.”

Lankford said her friends at home mean a lot to her, but she bonded with the girls at the academy because they struggled together.

“Things have been more peaceful since she’s been home,” Vallad said. “The disobedience was unreal.

This time last year, she was flunking every class in school and had skipped so many days there was no way she was going to pass.”

In February, Lankford traveled to Washington, D.C. to receive a $5,000 college scholarship at the National Guard Youth Foundation’s Challenge Champions Gala. She met Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rick Hendrick, who sponsored the scholarship.

“I wanted to cry. I was caught all in the moment,” she said.

Lankford is now a student at Central Carolina Community College planning to study criminal justice latent evidence, and she hopes to work in crime scene investigation.

“The more I thought about it, the more it kind of hooked me,” she said, grinning.

The academy introduces students to a whole new world, Lankford said.

She added that she hasn’t decided if she’ll enter the military in the future.

“If you know in your mind that you want to change, then this can definitely help you,” Vallad said.

Election forums begin Monday CHAMBER FORUM SANFORD — Candidates for the Lee County Board of Education will meet with local business leaders to discuss their goals for Lee County Schools at the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce Public Policy Luncheon on Monday.

The meeting will take place at 11:30 a.m. at Chef Paul’s Restaurant in Sanford. The price to attend is $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Call (919) 775-7341.

CEAD FORUM SANFORD — The Council For Effective Actions & Decisions will host an election candidate’s forum for Lee County Board of Education, Lee County Commissioner and state representative on April 8 in the upstairs courtroom of the old Lee County Courthouse on South Horner Boulevard.

The forum portion will begin at 7 and conclude by 9.

HERALD FORUM The Herald will host a forum featuring the seven candidates for three open positions on the Lee County Board of Education on April 12 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center in Sanford.

The forum will begin with a 6 p.m. reception outside of the center’s auditorium, and the question-and-answer session will begin at 7. Candidates will be provided the opportunity for opening and closing statements and will answer questions submitted by The Herald and its readers.

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OBITUARIES Jonathan Stroud

A horse and his rider clear the grassy hurdle at Saturday’s Stoneybrook Steeplechase at Carolina Horse Park in Raeford. The steeplechase is the park’s signature race each year.

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SANFORD ■ Jesse Brian Norris reported simple assault Friday 105 E. Main St. ■ John Bryant Jr. reported missing person Friday at 1115 Carthage St. ■ Denise Washington Malloy reported breaking and entering Friday.

■ Susan Valerie Iascone reported breaking and entering Friday.

■ Belk reported larceny/shoplifting Friday at 1065 Spring Lane.

■ Rodney Neal Soils reported breaking and entering Friday.

■ Thomas William Douglas reported damage to property Friday at 407 N. Fifth St.

■ Crystal Nicole Martinez reported damage to property Saturday at 105 E. Main St. ■ Lucio Barnabe Leonides reported simple assault Saturday at 300 E. Globe St. ■ Christopher John Ayers, 36, was arrested Friday at 105 E. Main St. and charged with simple assault all other.

■ Robert Toreno Williams, 40, was arrested Friday at 113 E. Weatherspoon St. and charged with fugitive out of state.

■ Tito Antonio Granados, 36, was arrested Friday at 1508 Friendship Drive and charged with breaking and entering and

failure to appear.

■ Calvin Terrell McLaughlin, 27, was arrested Friday and charged with assault on a female.

■ Tavaris Jaquay Goldston, 31, was arrested Friday at 515 W. Garden St. and charged with failure to appear.

■ Robert Toreno Williams, 40, was arrested Friday at 113 E. Weatherspoon and charged with damage to real property.

■ James Monroe Palmer, 44, was arrested Friday at 1021 Greystone Circle and charged with communicating threats.

■ Prince Donnell Quick, 24, was arrested Saturday at 2474 Overbrook Lane and charged with failure to appear.

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — Jonathan Markel Stroud, 27, died Monday (03/29/10) at Jenny Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville, Ky. Jonathan graduated from Western Harnett High School in 2001 and attended Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute in Pittsburgh.

He leaves to cherish his memories: Stroud a very special friend and partner, Billy Sweeney of Hopkinsville, Ky.; his father, Neil Freeman Stroud (Betty) of Lillington; three sisters, Crystal Byrd of Fort Campbell, Ky., Angela Stroud of Sanford, Vicky Stroud of Columbia, S.C.; two brothers, Freeman O. Stroud of Fayetteville and Elder Travis Stroud (Jackie) of Fayetteville; two aunts, three uncles, nephews, nieces and a host of relatives and friends.

The wake will be held from 6-7 p.m. today at Knotts Funeral Home Chapel in Sanford. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Knotts Funeral Home Chapel in Sanford.

The family will receive friends at 55 Pine Needles Drive in Lillington.

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Pamela McNeill SANFORD — Pamela D. McNeill, 53, died Saturday (04/03/10) at Central Carolina Hospital.

The family will receive friends at 145 Clyde Lane in Cameron.

D. Hugh McLean VASS — D. Hugh McLean, 81, died Friday (04/02/10) at his home.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday at Vass Presbyterian Church with Rev. W.W. Olney and Rev. Bruce Benton officiating. Burial will follow in Cypress Presbyterian Church cemetery with military and fireman’s honors.

Mr. McLean was born on July 16, 1928 in Moore County to the late Neill and Lillian Smith McLean. He was a life-long member of Vass Presbyterian Church serving as clerk of the session, an elder and adult Sunday school teacher. He was active in the community serving over 25 years to the Town of Vass either as mayor or town commissioner.

He joined the Vass Fire Department in 1952 and served as Fire Chief for over 40 years.

He is survived by his son David McLean of Cameron; a daughter Gail McLean of Columbia, Md. and two grandsons.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at the Vass Fire Department. Memorials may be made to Circle V Fire Department P.O. Box 129 Vass, N.C. 28394.

Online condolences may be made to www. bolesfuneralhome.com.

Boles Funeral Home of Southern Pines in charge of arrangements.

Edith Sterling CAMERON — A graveside service was held at 3 p.m. Friday at Cameron Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery for Edith Carolyn Sterling, who died Tuesday (03/30/10).

The Rev. Thomas Williams presided.

Pallbearers were Geron Spivey, Eric Spivey, Clifton Spivey, Ricky Beal, Tommy Beal and Preston Sellers.

Miller-Boles Funeral Home served the family.

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PINEHURST — Frank H. Miller died Saturday (04/03/10) at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be made by Cox Memorial Funeral Home.

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The Sanford Herald / Sunday, April 4, 2010 / 5A

PASSION PLAY

CHATHAM COUNTY

Earl of Chatham lost in the rubble Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint of the story featured in Saturday’s Herald.

By BILLY BALL ball@sanfordherald.com

Photo courtesy of Chip Pate

Parishioners from St. Stephen Catholic Church performed the “Stations of the Cross,� the depiction of the final hours (or Passion) of Jesus (played above by Freddie Hurtado) in honor of Good Friday and the Easter weekend.

Zombie

PITTSBORO — As crews dig out the rubble of the Chatham Court Courthouse, the question remains: What happened to the Earl of Chatham William Pitt?

A portrait of the stately British politician, for whom the county and Pittsboro are named, hung prominently behind the judge’s bench for decades at the historic courthouse.

But when a fire ravaged the building last week, the fate of Pittsboro’s oldest statesman was shrouded in mystery.

That mystery remained Friday, according to county spokeswoman Debra Henzey, although the prospect of finding Pitt in salvageable form seemed unlikely.

The area behind the judge’s bench was one

WANT BRAINS?

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Saturday focused on crowd and concert shots, and some zombie action spots. Today and Monday promise more zombie and gory scenes, Parker said. “A Few Brains More: Summer of Blood� is set in 1973; the main characters are trying to stop the bad guy from turning people into zombies. Parker and her team have also done “The Forever Dead� and “Fistful of Brains.�

Parker hoped for a good turnout the three days she planned to film.

More than 50 people came Saturday; adults, teens and a few young children dressed in tye-dye, fringed vests, flowing skirts and tunic tops. The crowd gathered to “watch� a band play while Parker directed. “It’s just so much fun,� she said. “The level of enthusiasm when you have a group like this is just great.�

With low-budget films, it can be a challenge to find cast members who stick with it, Parker said.

Local horror movie director Christine Parker is calling for extras for her upcoming film, “A Few Brains More.�

Those who want to be zombies are asked to meet from 9 a.m. until dark at Old Gilliam Park, located on Carbonton Road west of Sanford, for the opportunity to be become part of the “undead.� For more information, e-mail Parker at cpparker2@gmail.com.

COMING TUESDAY Weather permitting on Monday, The Herald will have a photo gallery from the zombie scenes at Old Gilliam Park in Tuesday’s edition.

They’ve been filming “A Few Brains More� since August 2009. “It takes, like, a year to shoot these things,� she said. “Most of us are really committed.�

Doug Hubble and Shane Terry, both of Cary, and Manning Kimmel of Raleigh showed up Saturday morning around 9 a.m. to land spots in the movie. The three had just met and were discussing their favorite zombie flicks.

They said the experience Saturday would boost their resumes and was a fun way to spend a day off. “I think I’m going to be a hippie getting eaten by a zombie. Something tells me I’m going to be

zombie food,� Kimmel joked.

He said he’s worked on some B movies before but never a horror movie.

Terry said he did some acting in high school drama classes and wanted to branch out. “It’s a lot of ‘hurry up and wait,’� Hubble said of the filming process.

The movie features

of the hardest hit when a soldering iron used for renovation work inadvertently touched off a blaze last Thursday, toppling the wall that once held Pitt aloft.

Workers were gradually toiling in the structure to remove items through the week, piling up burned rubble outside of the courthouse, but had not made it to Pitt’s presumed location by Friday. “I am not optimistic, but there could be miracles,� Henzey said.

The art, which hangs today in the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh, was a copy of the portrait British painter William Hoare created for Pitt circa 1754, capturing the thin-faced English statesman sitting in his dress robes.

Chatham County native the late Anne Taylor Nash painted the duplicate and its unveiling was described as “impressive� in a Feb. 23, 1961, copy of The News & Observer.

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a horror film star with a cult following. Mike Christopher, who starred as the Hare Krishna zombie in the 1978 George Romero film “Dawn of the Dead,� has a spot in “A Few Brains More.� He met Parker at a horror movie convention and said he’d love to act in her next film. “It’s fun to be around actors and it’s fun to create characters,� said Christopher, who plays “an arrogant emcee� in “A Few Brains More.�

Horror movies “give people a chance to be scared without really having to be in danger themselves. So that’s kind of cool. You can create that false reality,� he said.

Christopher’s role adds weight to the film, said Bill Mulligan, the film’s special effects

paid $500 for the painting and what was then the Chatham County Historical Society spent $130 on a frame for the 40 inches by 50 inches portrait, the article said.

Walter Harris, a member of the board of directors of today’s Chatham County Historical Association, said the duplicate has one notable difference from Hoare’s original. “We’re just hoping that it slipped down the wall, that it might have been knocked down and was not severely damaged,�

Harris said.

Historical Association members had a pleasant surprise earlier this week when they foraged for preserved artifacts in the courthouse’s museum.

The museum, which sat in the southwest corner of the courthouse, suffered the least damage in the building, leaving behind smoky but otherwise intact documents and historical treasures.

Pitt’s legacy is well-bur-

director. “We made a zombie movie with one of the original zombies! It’s pretty cool to say that,� he said. “His role has kind of become iconic.�

Mulligan is a science teacher at Lee County High School, but he co-wrote the screenplay with Parker and handles special effects, too. He said his science background gives him the ability to imitate reality with household goods when working on special effects, like using syrup to create fake blood. “I love doing effects.

It’s just a chance to really be creative,� Mulligan said.

The crew doesn’t have

nished. He is portrayed as the shrewd English statesman who urged British action in the French and Indian War as Europeans and Native Americans clashed for control of the continent.

Other accounts cast him as one of the most prominent English politicians of the 18th century with an affinity for the “common man,� evidenced by his refusal to accept a formal title in the government for much of his life until he was named Lord Privy Seal in 1766, twelve years before his death.

Pitt’s son, known as William Pitt the Younger, went on to serve as prime minister of England.

Harris said many noted former Chatham County Commissioner Patrick Barnes’ resemblance to Pitt. “It was always fun to sit there at a county commissioner meeting and look at him and look at Patrick and say, ‘Gee, he’s back,’� Harris said.

the money for major equipment, but that’s OK, Mulligan said. Horror movies lend themselves to low technology, because it provides a gritty, documentary look to the film. “Some people really want this to be their career,� he said. “It’s a good way to start, guerilla style. We’re doing it for the love of it. Nobody’s making any money on it.�

And zombies are the perfect horror movie subject, Mulligan added. “Zombies are the scariest ones. They can’t be reasoned with,� he said. “The slowness of them is the scariest bit. It’s like death approaching.�

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6A / Sunday, April 4, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Editorial Board: Bill Horner III, Publisher • Billy Liggett, Editor • R.V. Hight, Special Projects Editor

SUNDAY THUMBS THUMBS UP: DECISION TO REBUILD We stated last week we were happy to see Chatham County and Pittsboro’s resolve and determination to rebuild the historic structure gutted by a fire late last month.

So it’s no surprise that we’re giving the thumbs up to the county for its official decision this week to rebuild and renovate that courthouse — a structure that’s stood as the centerpiece of the county for more than 100 years.

THUMBS DOWN: GET READY FOR DUST Get ready to see yellow, whether you like it or not.

Spring means a lot of great things in Central North Carolina, but it also means a week or two of the yellow pollen mist that covers our homes, our cars and just about every other inanimate object in the area.

We hate the pollen, even if it does have a purpose. And we’re hoping for enough rain in the next few weeks to wash away the dusty yellow pest.

At least our car washers will be busy ... if something helps our economy, it can’t be entirely a bad thing. Plus, this isn’t the kind of pollen that drives your allergies crazy each year (but we hate that pollen, too).

THUMBS UP: RESOURCE ROOM Thanks to the Communities in Schools of Lee County program, and the generosity of various businesses and individuals, Lee County teachers have access to a variety of free materials at the Teacher Resource Room.

To some, the teachers having a resource room where they have access to various school supplies that can be used in their classrooms is a

real treat. Especially when you consider that teachers often spend their own money to purchase such supplies.

One such company that has donated to the program is Pfizer, which has donated binders, plastic bottles and other items.

As one teacher told The Herald, “I come frequently and my students are the beneficiaries of so many wonderful things.”

It’s great that our community has stepped forward to support this worthwhile program that helps our teachers and our students.

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RE: REP. LOVE SCORES HIGH IN ‘EFFECTIVENESS’ IN OFFICE Two things were not measured in that report.

First, what did he do to stop or at least resist the impact of growing federal control over the sovereign state of North Carolina to determine its own way without federal intervention or coercion.

Second, he is an incumbent. Based on the dismal unemployment statistics, the state’s repeated budget deficits and the sorry condition of state-run functions such as our public schools and the DOT, he deserves a very poor rating in his effectiveness at protecting or promoting the best interests of the people of North Carolina along with every other sitting politician.

— wompr1

RE: LEE COUNTY IN DANGER OF BEING UNDERCOUNTED IN CENSUS I’m more than a little suspicious about the way this census is being shoved down our throats. “Be counted so that your community gets its share of the money...” What money?

— BryM38 Latinos won’t respond to the Census, but I’m sure they’ll be the first to use all free services the government will give them and now even get free tuition to college. Yet someone who pays taxes, works hard and still comes up the underdog will get nothing.

— jermnc77

RE: CHATHAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE FIRE Any fire that destroys property is tragic, but when it involves something so historic and embedded in the very image generated when people think of a particular place, it is especially heartbreaking. It is so sad to lose the focal point of Pittsboro and all the history associated with it.

— kimdenise You know actually everything happens for a reason in God’s eyes so I’m sure something great will come out of this.

— little_mafias

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Today’s Prayer But let him ask in faith with no doubting. (James 1:6) PRAYER: Father, help me to have more trust and faith in You and Your word. Amen.

Through new eyes I

remember my first trip (and my first impressions) of the city I now call “home” — Sanford, North Carolina.

It was February 2007, and my wife and I were flown up here for a job interview at The Herald. All we knew about Sanford was what we could find on Google before the trip, which was surprisingly a lot less three years ago than what you can find now.

Our expectations: We’re flying into Raleigh, where we’ll then be wisked away from humanity and brought to a small town with a train depot downtown and a good number of brick manufacturers (there was a lot online about the “Brick Capital”).

Of course, seeing is believing ... and seeing Sanford is different than learning Sanford via a search engine. We were given two tours — one from The Herald and one from a local real estate agent. We were shown Sanford’s charming downtown area ... we were shown Carolina Trace ... we were shown West Sanford ... we were shown more of downtown (when it came time for dinner) ... and we were shown Southern Lee High School.

In other words, we were shown Sanford’s bright spots. And understandably so ... there’s a reason we hide our pimples and other blemishes before that first date — first impressions are everything.

But Sanford’s just like any other city in the whole wide world in that it has its blemishes.

And those blemishes really stuck out in my mind this past week when the tables were turned and it was me who led the “Tour de Sanford” to a prospective Herald employee.

The drive really highlighted, in my mind, what’s really good about Sanford. It also, unfortunately, made the blemishes stick out. When you drive to and from work each day, the world around you becomes a blur. But when you’re looking at it all through the eyes of somebody seeing it for the first time, it changes.

THE GOOD? Sanford is big. And it has room to grow.

I know you probably raised an eyebrow there, but the way Sanford looks on a map is nothing like the way it looks when you’re trying to show somebody every piece of it.

When you consider Sanford is the city of Lee County (sorry, Broadway, I haven’t forgotten you), then you can almost consider Lee County to BE Sanford ... I hope that made sense.

In other words, you may live in Jonesboro, Tramway, Lemon Springs, Cumnock and any other pocket community I may be missing (oh yeah, Pocket!), but if you do, then chances are you still have a Sanford address. City limits aside, Sanford’s reach is all encompassing around here.

And size matters to prospective employees.

Newspaper people (like many others) want to know they’re coming to a community with lots of people — which also equals to lots of readers.

Another positive is our downtown, which I’m in love with. Sure, it has its holes, and sure, I’d love it if Wicker, Carthage and Moore streets

Billy Liggett Sanford Herald Editor Contact Billy Liggett by e-mail at bliggett@sanfordherald.com were a little more active on a Saturday, but overall, it’s a great place to work and live by.

Great restaurants, entertainment and people ... it’s something I “show off” when bringing in newbies.

And finally, Sanford’s beautiful.

OK, not “all” of Sanford, but right now, it’s spring, and our city is full of flowering trees, colorful back roads, green parks and historic buildings. We should be thankful we have places to “just drive” through when the urge comes up.

Some communities would kill for this.

THE BAD? Parts of Sanford are just a mess.

There are stretches of Horner Boulevard where the business signs are so convoluted, it borders on chaos.

It’s possible to have business districts and retail-heavy roads without all the eye-vomit that comes with it. Unfortunately, it takes pre-planning, zoning and code enforcement to make these things happen, and it doesn’t appear these were top-shelf priorities when Horner Boulevard started to become a business-heavy artery.

And too many of these buildings are empty and becoming run-down. Again, this isn’t always noticed by people who’ve lived here for years, but this week, I noticed them.

A lot of them.

Some will point out, also, the “bad parts” of Sanford, but I contend Sanford’s fortunate to not have much of this. I’ve lived in cities with true “slums” and Sanford is a long way from this.

Besides, you can’t fix houses and neighborhoods unless you roll up your sleeves and do it yourself or order families to mow and paint.

You can, though, expect more from local businesses. In other words, the Horner Boulevard problem is fixable ... it just takes initiative and patience.

When it’s all said and done, I love Sanford. I think this comes across to people who get the tour from me, and I’d like to think I’ve helped sell some of them on our city through these long drives. If Sanford ever wants to start paying me to give these tours, I imagine I can find tons more to love, too.

Letters to the Editor We can demand our govt. overturn the health care bill To the Editor:

I would like to predicate this letter with a quote from Thomas Jefferson.

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.”

The majority of folks I have engaged in conversation concerning the health care bill have expressed outrage over the massive government take over.

Heal care cost and accessibility is a real issue impacting many lives.

Health reform is needed. But the manner in which this administration acted on this, behind closed doors, and rushing to push it through with out allowing proper time to study and tweak it is alarming.

Quoted from “The Slow Bleed. The systematic Draining of America’s Economy, Culture, and Pride”: “With all of the bailout and deficit spending talk during the presidential election, American voters became (painfully) aware of the debt the U.S. owes to other countries. China was mentioned several times during the debates and currently the U.S. owes them a cool $541 billion. Certainly not good on the surface and even worse when you discover that China is neither the only country we owe or the most amount of money we owe.”

So who else is on the list?

■ Japan holds U.S. debt in the amount of $586 billion.

■ United Kingdom holds U.S. debt in the amount of $307 billion.

■ OPEC nations hold U.S. debt in the amount of $179 billion.

■ Caribbean Banking Centers hold U.S. debt in the amount of $147 billion.

■ Russia holds U.S. debt in the amount of $74.4 billion.

I am sorry, but I do not feel comfortable having our government mandating that I purchase a health care plan or purchase anything for that matter. This is unconstitutional.

The icing on the cake for me personally is that essentially the bill exempts senior staff members in leadership offices and on congressional committees from being forced to participate in the government plan. They and their families for life. Hey, if it is not good enough for them, why would we want it?

There are so many other issues that would be too much to share at this time, but would like to just mention for your own consideration … we already have a shortage of family practitioners do you think this bill will recruit more?

How long will you have to wait to be seen at the doctor’s office and for surgery? How this worked for Canada?

England?

Folks, speak out, research and get involved. You have a voice that can make the difference, don’t just accept it because they said so. The people have the power.

JAN LAWRENCE Sanford

Family enjoys day at the races in Raeford To the Editor:

My family and I were able to enjoy a day at the Stoneybrook Steeplechase at Carolina Horse Park in Hoke County north of Raeford Saturday.

Settled on 250 acres amid the Sandhills pines, Carolina Horse Park was made for an early spring day like we were blessed to experience. Appropriately dubbed a “Rite of Spring,” the 59th Stoneybrook Steeplechase actually consists of five races run on a turf track containing several jumps.

The races are only the highlight of the days’ events, which also included a 5K charity run, Easter egg hunt, stick horse races and the wildest hat contest I’ve ever seen.

The day leading up to the races was an interesting amalgam of what I imagine a steeplechase event to be, throwing in liberal dashes of outdoor frat party and a Carter-Finley tailgate during fair weekend. There is, of course, the beautiful setting of the green racetrack, finely-dressed ladies in fancy hats and pearls and the obligatory Britishaccented announcer. Contrasting with these staples were the tipsy tailgaters engaging in lazy cornhole games and a midway of inflatable slides, pony rides and a climbing wall.

Our vantage point in the infield along the back straightaway allowed us a clear view of the horses taking one of the jumps at full speed, but we were not able to see the start of the race or the first and fourth turns. It came as a surprise then, to see a riderless mount pass by during the third race, closely behind the lead pack (and wisely avoiding the jumps altogether).

The Stoneybrook Steeplechase was a great family outing, with something for everyone, and we would gladly return.

ED PAGE Sanford

Opinion

The Sanford Herald / Sunday, April 4, 2010 / 7A

Susan Estrich

Kathleen Parker

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From the Right

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The right to a lawyer

View from Canteyville

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f you were charged with a crime, would you rather be rich and guilty or poor and innocent?

Every year, when I ask my students that question, rich and guilty wins by a mile. And who am I to say they are wrong? After all, over the years, I’ve had my share of success in securing reversals of the convictions of many criminal defendants a jury had found to be guilty. While I try to do my share of pro bono work, the truth is that most of my clients can afford me.

And the ones who can’t are generally people I take on precisely because they were so poorly represented in the first place.

Anyone who watches television knows that if you’re facing possible imprisonment, you have a right to a lawyer, and that if you can’t afford to pay, a lawyer will be appointed to represent you. But there is a difference between a lawyer and a good lawyer.

Look at all the idiots who pass the Bar, I remind my students every year, as they fret about their chances of passing. It’s true. And while the market is hardly a perfect judge of talent, and while there are many public defenders offices around the country staffed by capable and dedicated lawyers, there is a definite correlation between competence and cost.

The lawyers who make their livings by taking appointments to represent those who can’t afford counsel are not the lawyers you would hire if you had the resources to choose. ...

The consequences of bad representation can be every bit as serious as the consequences of bad medicine.

There are horror stories of appointed counsel doing no investigation even in capital cases; giving terrible advice to clients that results in sentences of 20 years instead of two; and falling asleep in murder trials and failing to even present exculpatory evidence.

And what do courts do when these problems are brought to their attention? Usually, nothing.

To be sure, the Constitution guarantees more than the right to have someone with a Bar card by your side when you lose your liberty. It’s not just the assistance of counsel, but the “effective” assistance that is required by due process. Traditionally, though, “effective” doesn’t necessarily mean awake, alert or informed.

That is why this week’s decision by the United States Supreme Court is so important. The Court held that a legal resident who pleaded guilty after his lawyer advised him — wrongly — that doing so would not result in his automatic deportation had been denied effective assistance of counsel. For the thousands of legal immigrants who are charged with minor crimes every year, the real punishment is not measured in terms of prison time (usually, they plead guilty because they are promised no prison time or very little), but in the laws that now provide for automatic deportation.

In the case before the Supreme Court, a man who had lived in this country legally for 40 years was faced with a marijuana charge. He pleaded guilty and accepted a much-reduced sentence only after his lawyer assured him that it would have no impact on his immigration status.

Even a cursory review of the applicable law would have told her she was wrong. But like too many lawyers, she didn’t bother to review the law before offering advice. By a 7-2 vote, the Supreme Court concluded that he had been denied effective assistance.

Immigrants’ rights advocates are hailing the decision as a major victory. To me, the Court’s decision is less about the rights of immigrants than the responsibilities of lawyers.

We can’t guarantee that every defendant will receive the same quality of representation that O.J. Simpson got.

But raising the floor of what counts as “effective” is not only right as a matter of fairness. It is also critical to public faith in the criminal justice system, and to the willingness of individuals (and jurors) to trust that system, to cooperate with police and prosecutors, and to return a verdict.

Conflict or cooperation

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ifferent Americans have different and often intense preferences for all kinds of goods and services.

Some of us have strong preferences for beer and distaste for wine while others have the opposite preference — strong preferences for wine and distaste for beer.

Some of us hate three-piece suits and love blue jeans while others love three-piece suits and hate blue jeans. When’s the last time you heard of beer drinkers in conflict with wine drinkers, or three-piece suit lovers in conflict with lovers of blue jeans? It seldom if ever happens because beer and blue jean lovers get what they want. Wine and three-piece suit lovers get what they want and they all can live in peace with one another.

It would be easy to create conflict among these people. Instead of free choice and private decision-making, clothing and beverage decisions could be made in the political arena. In other words, have a democratic majority-rule process to decide what drinks and clothing that would be allowed. Then we would see wine lovers organized against beer lovers, and blue jean lovers organized against three-piece suit lovers. Conflict would emerge solely because the decision was made in the political arena. Why? The prime feature of political decision-making is that it’s a zero-sum game. One person’s gain is of necessity another person’s loss. That is if wine lovers won, beer lovers lose. As such, political decision-making and allocation of resources is conflict enhancing while market decision-making and allocation is conflict reducing. The greater the number of decisions made in the political arena, the greater the potential for conflict.

Take the issue of prayers in school as an example. I think that everyone, except a maniacal tyrant, would agree that a parent has the right to decide whether his child will recite a morning prayer in school.

Similarly, a parent has a right to decide that his child will not recite a morning prayer. Conflict arises because schools are government owned. That means it is a political decision whether prayers will be permitted or not. A win for one parent means a loss for another parent. The losing parent, in order to get what he wants, would have to muster up private school tuition while continuing to pay taxes for a

Walter Williams Syndicated Columnist Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

school for which he has no use. If education were only government financed, as opposed to being government financed and produced, say through education vouchers, the conflict would be reduced.

Both parents could have their wishes fulfilled by enrolling their child in a private school of their choice and instead of being enemies, they could be friends.

Conflict in education is just one minor example of how government allocation can raise the potential for conflict. Others would include government-backed allocation of jobs and education slots by race and sex, plus the current large conflict over government allocation of health services.

Interestingly enough, the very people in our society who protest the loudest against human conflict and violence are the very ones calling for increased government resource allocation. These people fail to recognize or even wonder why our nation, with people of every race, ethnic group and religious group, has managed to live together relatively harmoniously. In their countries of origin, the same ethnic, racial and religious groups have been trying to slaughter one another for centuries.

A good part of the answer is that in the United States, there was little to be gained from being a Frenchman, a German, a Jew, a Protestant or a Catholic. The reason it did not pay was because for most of our history, government played a small part in our lives. When there’s significant government allocation of resources, the most effective means of organizing for the gains are those proven most divisive, such as race, ethnicity, religion and region.

As our nation forsakes our founders’ wisdom of constitutional limitations placed on Washington, we raise the potential for conflict.

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■ County Manager John Crumpton: Phone (919) 718-4605; E-mail — jcrumpton@leecountync.gov

■ Mayor Donald Andrews Jr.: 258-6334 E-mail — donald09@windstream.net ■ Town Manager Bob Stevens: 258-3724; E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net

Board of Commissioners E-mail — glee@leecountync.gov (for all commissioners) ■ Chairman Richard Hayes (at-large): 774-7658 e-mail: rhayes241@windstream.net ■ Vice-Chairman Larry ‘Doc’ Oldham (at-large): 7766615; e-mail: oldham_larry@windstream.net ■ At-Large Commissioner Ed Paschal: 776-3257 ■ District 1 Commissioner Robert Reives: 774-4434 ■ District 2 Commissioner Amy Dalrymple: 2586695 ■ District 3 Commissioner Linda Shook: 775-5557 E-mail: lindashook@charter.net ■ District 4 Commissioner Jamie Kelly: 718-6513 E-mai L: jamesk@kellymarcom.com

Sanford ■ Mayor Cornelia Olive: Phone (919) 718-0571; Email — corneliaolive@charter.net ■ City Manager Hal Hegwer: 775-8202; E-mail — hal.hegwer@sanfordNC.net City Council ■ Ward 1 Councilman Sam Gaskins: 776-9196; Email — SPGaskins@aol.com ■ Ward 2 Councilman Charles Taylor: 775-1824; Email — fontcord@windstream.net ■ Ward 3 Councilman James Williams: 258-3458; E-mail — williamsins@windstream.net ■ Ward 4 Councilman Walter Mc Neil Jr.: 776-4894; E-mail —none provided ■ Ward 5 Councilman Linwood Mann Sr.: 775-2038; E-mail — none provided ■ At-Large Councilman L.I. “Poly” Cohen: 775-7541; E-mail — poly@wave-net.net ■ At-Large Councilman Mike Stone (Mayor Pro Tem): 76-2412; E-mail — stoneassoc@windstream.net

Broadway Town Commissioners ■ Commissioner Woody Beale: 258-6461 E-mail — wbeale@wave-net.net ■ Commissioner Thomas Beal: 258-3039 E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net ■ Commissioner Jim Davis: 258-9404 E-mail — bwaytownhall@windstream.net ■ Commissioner Lynne West Green: 258-9904 Email — lynnwestgreen@windstream.net ■ Commissioner Clem Welch: 258-3163 E-mail — clemellyn@windstream.net

Lee County School Board ■ “Bill” Tatum: 774-8806; billtatum1@windstream. net ■ P. Frank Thompson Sr.: 775-2583; Fbthompsonsr@ windstream.net ■ Dr. Lynn Smith: 776-8083; orthosmith@windstream. net ■ Shawn Williams: shawnwil@coastalnet.com ■ Ellen Mangum: 776-5050; ejmangum@charter.net ■ Linda Smith: 774-6781; inky@wave-net.net ■ Cameron Sharpe: 498-2250; camerons.box44@ yahoo.com

State Legislators ■ State Sen. Bob Atwater (18th District): 715-3036 E-mail: Boba@ncleg.net ■ State Rep. Jimmy Love Sr. (51st District): 7757119; E-mail: jimmyl@ncleg.net

Federal Legislators ■ Sen. Richard Burr: (202) 224-3154 ■ Sen. Kay Hagan: (202) 224-6342 ■ Rep. Bob Etheridge: (202) 225-4531

ANTEYVILLE, S.C. — If thy name is Incumbent, you might want to start packing up those D.C. tchotchkes.

November is likely to be a cruel month.

That, at least, is the view from “Canteyville,” which you won’t find on a map. There is no town by this name in South Carolina, though there ought to be. Canteys are as common as front porches in this part of the country.

For these purposes, Canteyville is a state of mind, a late-night invention born of spirited conversation at a sporting clay club in the state’s unfortunately dubbed “Midlands.”

This particular Cantey — yet another Joe — is famous in certain circles.

Most recently, that would be among the gun-toters so often feared and misunderstood by urban and coastal dwellers.

Cantey’s fame stems primarily from his having been a six-time world champion clay shooter. Before he was a shooter, he was a renowned thoroughbred racehorse trainer (including Belmont Stakes winner Temperence Hill). Before that, he was bound for the Juilliard School on a scholarship when an automobile accident ruined his trumpet lip.

The biographical sketch is meant as a reminder that not everyone with a gun rack in the back of his truck is a racist, gay-bashing, Confederate flagwaving redneck. That said, if anyone were entitled to take pride in the old battle flag, it would be Cantey, whose forebear James Cantey was a brigadier general in the Confederate army. A legislator in civilian life, he also served valiantly with the Palmetto Regiment in the Mexican-American War. This is familiar history to locals, but not because Cantey ever mentions it.

He isn’t the sort to toot his own horn, earlier talents notwithstanding. He is the sort to invite neighbors, clients, friends — and their canine companions — to open-air vittles on Wednesday and Sunday nights at his 1,500acre Hermitage Farms just off Tickle Hill Road in Kershaw County.

The scene: A long winding road leads through a walled gate into a clearing with two structures. One is the clubhouse, featuring a kitchen and walls crammed with shooting awards.

A large bison head presides.

The other structure is an open-sided pavilion with a dozen picnic tables and an array of outdoor cooking equipment. A plaque reads: “Canteyville, Population 4.” Several tables are filled with men and women, talking quietly over paper plates filled with chicken, mashed potatoes, salad and biscuits. ... ... it is probably safe to say that this is not Obama country, even though plenty of Cantey’s clients and friends voted for the president. These days, most think Washington doesn’t have a clue. They think the tea partiers might.

The evening’s conversation circled recent events — health care, spending, etc.

Then it was my turn: “Do you guys see the November election as a big turnout day?”

“You better believe it.”

There’s something grounding and instructive about sitting in the woods on a cool spring night, away from the green rooms and talk shows. It is important to touch the bare, unmarbled earth now and then, something too few inside Washington do often enough.

At the risk of sounding patronizing, the camo-boys at Canteyville are the “ordinary Americans” that pundits and politicians love to invoke while utterly ignoring them. The resulting anger recently on display is not only political theater. And the conversation at Joe’s pavilion isn’t rare.

The Obama administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress have acted on the conviction that they know best and that citizens eventually will come around. This may sometimes have been historically true, but here’s another truth: If you can’t convincingly explain the beauty of a policy to the educated, hard-working people of Canteyville, you might have a policy problem.

Incumbency will tell.

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Casual

Chef Paul’s now open for lunch

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out of profitability. The price of duck has gone up $11 per pound in the last year, he said, causing the restaurant to charge $22 a meal. And even then, the profit margin is slim.

“The economy is just different now,” he said.

“Fine dining is fading.”

And actually, he said, other than the name change and a few different — and less costly — items on the menu, Bella fans will be familiar with the restaurant’s spirit.

“It’s going to be a more casual dining experience, but we are going to keep enough of Bella that our customers will recognize it,” he said. “They may spend a little less, and that’s a good thing. But we will still have the same quality food. That will never change.”

He even had to sell some of his staff, a tightknit group of waiters and cooks whom he said deserves a lot the credit for Bella’s success, on the idea. So he took them on a field trip of sorts, to one of his favorite restaurants in Raleigh — The Pit, a whole-hog, pit-cooked barbecue joint that has been featured on the Food Network and in the pages of The New York Times, Gourmet Magazine and many others.

The Pit is not a fine dining eatery, per se, but Blackwelder said it sure is “fine” dining. The Steele Pig may be a little more upscale, he said, but will also epitomize of the idea of “good Southern food,” which not-

Bella’s Chad Blackwelder is not the only Sanford chef making changes to his business model to keep up with the times.

Paul Duggan is now offering a lunch menu at Chef Paul’s, which has traditionally been known as a catering and banquet hall eastablishment.

Now, you don’t need a reason, like a Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce Public Policy luncheon, to enjoy Duggan’s food. The restaurant started opening for lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday, about two weeks ago.

During lunch, he serves various soups, sandwiches and specialty items.

The restaurant may open for dinner three nights a week later in the summer if the lunch menu fares well, Duggan’s wife, Bonnie, said.

— by Jonathan Owens

“

It’s going to be a more casual dining experience, but we are going to keep enough of Bella that our customers will recognize it. They may spend a little less, and that’s a good thing. But we will still have the same quality food.

That will never change.”

— CHAD BLACKWELDER — Owner, Bella Bistro (soon to be the Steele Pig)

so-coincidentally will be The Steele Pig’s tagline.

Other well-known restaurants he likens the concept for The Steele Pig to include Crook’s Corner, a more upscale establishment in Chapel Hill, and the various restaurants he has worked at throughout the Carolinas since leaving Johnson & Wales University — a prestigious culinary school that was based in Charleston, S.C., when he attended but has since moved to Charlotte.

He worked at the famous Louis’s Charleston (where he once hired classmate and now-Food Network personality Tyler Florence as a line cook,) the Pinehurst Hotel and the Magnolia

Room in Raleigh, and from each he learned something he hopes to bring to The Steele Pig, he said.

There will be a distinctly more laidback atmosphere at The Steele Pig, he said. Menu items like Blackwelder’s famous shrimp and grits, pecancrusted trout and even duck as a special item from time to time, will remain. But new, more traditional Southern fare like slow-cooked pork ribs, smoked meats and various southern side dishes will accompany them.

Changing the name alone will be a big step for Blackwelder. He took over as chef at the restaurant in 2003, then bought

it outright from downtown business owner Joe Delvecchio in 2005. The name Bella was a holdover from its days as an Italian restaurant, and he said he still gets customers who expect pasta when they sit down.

He said he hopes The Steele Pig, and the atmosphere in it (he and the staff have painted all the walls and changed the decor considerably), will be more inviting to a larger audience.

“I think sometimes people can be intimidated by Bella,” he said. “It’s not that we’re trying to be pretentious, but people think we are too pricey for them now.”

And yes, he has an actual steel pig. Well, there’s two of them — the 3foot-long decorative one that will hang outside the door to attract customers (he did receive a permit from the City of Sanford to hang the pig outside), as well as the one in the kitchen, a 5-foot tall cabinet smoker that will be the restaurant’s workhorse — slowcooking meats of all varieties over charcoal.

He imagines the smell of smoked meat emanating from the kitchen as classic and southern rock and progressive country plays in the background, comforting diners that they are welcome while still blowing them away with his southern cooking skills.

It’s a gamble, but if Sanford gives him a chance, he said he thinks it will be successful.

“It’s not going to be a dive now,” he said. “It’s still going to be upscale.

Actually I’m still a little nervous. It’s going to take people coming in and trying us to get it.”

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red fabric, is the congregation’s new home; it is simple yet inviting. Above the center podium, blue sky is visible through the glass window cross, like a glowing neon sign.

And none of that was in the original plan.

“People probably wonder, ‘Y’all are just a new church ... how in the world did you get this building?’” he said. “I think it’s kind of a miracle that a church that’s been meeting less than two years would have a building like this.”

After four acres of land on White Hill Road were donated to the church several months ago, the congregation began making plans to build. Dodson said they hoped to spend $250,000 on the new building, which would feature a fellowship hall that could fit 100 people (the church’s current congregation size) for services.

But Dodson realized that by limiting the building plan to what they thought they could afford, they would leave out God. “We didn’t need to plan only what we could do.

We needed to include God and see what He could do,” Dodson said. “We had not included Him in the equation.”

Dodson called builder K.B. Development in Southern Pines the next morning and changed the plans, adding the chapel and more square footage.

The project cost about $725,000 in total: $225,000 came from member donations, Dodson said, and $485,000 was financed through a mortgage.

“I think if we’d been in a booming economy, I think

the price would have been higher,” he said. “I think we got a bargain, really.

I don’t think you could turn around and build this church under normal economic conditions for what we got it for.”

Dodson is particularly proud of the cross window, which cost about $18,000.

“I’ve never seen one like that,” he said. “At night, when you drive by, it’s beautiful. Everywhere I go, somebody comments on that cross.”

And Dodson said the church has been blessed with a truly significant date to start service: Easter Sunday.

Building began in September and Dodson was told it would take about six months. When it looked like it would be completed close to Easter, he saw it as the perfect opportunity.

“I could just tell this was going to work out. You couldn’t start a church on any better day than Easter!” Dodson said. “It’s just worked out perfect.”

Dodson called the entire situation “overwhelming.”

“To know that we came so close to limit what God has done... We were doing what we thought we could do,” he said. “We limit God when we don’t include him.”

Denny Kitts, church member and chairman of the church’s building committee, is a cancer survivor. He said he prayed that he would be able to see the church completed.

“I think that we as a congregation are going to be very blessed,” he said.

“All things are possible.

We’ve come a long way, from meeting in that cafeteria.”

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DURHAM

STATE BRIEFS Gastonia police standoff ends with man’s surrender

GASTONIA (AP) — Police say a North Carolina man surrendered after a nine-hour standoff with officers that included several rounds of tear gas being fired into the home.

The Gaston Gazette reported that the standoff ended around 11:30 p.m.

Friday when the 48-year old man surrendered to officers.

No injuries were reported.

An officer at the Gaston County jail said Saturday that the man was taken for a mental evaluation and had not been booked on any charge.

Gaston County Sheriff Alan Cloninger said the standoff began after police received a domestic disturbance call.

Cloninger said a man in the home was accused of pointing a gun at someone else and fired a gun inside the house.

Cloninger said the man would not talk with negotiators for much of the standoff.

Company wants to use trees as power plant fuel

CHARLOTTE (AP) — As Duke Energy turns to cleaner-burning wood to help fuel some of its coal-fired power plants in North and South Carolina, some environmentalists worry that growing demand could damage local forests.

Using biomass to fuel power plants is in response to a 2007 law requiring utilities to get more of their energy from renewable sources and reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions associated with coal-burning plants.

Duke has asked the North Carolina Utilities Commission for permission to burn wood, including chips from cutting up whole trees, with coal at

its Buck power plant in Rowan County and Lee plant in Williamston, S.C. “It’s certainly our understanding that (the legislation) allows a broad and inclusive interpretation of woody biomass,” Duke spokesman Jason Walls told The Charlotte Observer. “A closer definition would allow greater clarity moving forward.”

The Southern Environmental Law Center and other organizations have filed legal challenges to those plans, saying the company should be using waste wood and scraps — not whole trees.

“Where the legislation says ’swine waste’ and ’poultry waste,’ it doesn’t envision burning pigs and chickens,” said Derb Carter, director of the law center’s Carolinas office. “In the same sense, we don’t think ’wood waste’ should be considered whole trees.”

Without the ability to access whole trees, utilities will have a more difficult time reaching the 12.5 percent renewable energy standard by 2021 as the law requires, said economist Robert Abt, a forestry professor at N.C. State.

USS Bataan returns from Haiti mission NORFOLK (AP) — The USS Bataan has returned to Virginia after a humanitarian deployment to Haiti that began in January.

The amphibious assault ship carrying 1,000 sailors arrived at Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday, one day after dropping off 900 Marines in North Carolina. The Norfolk arrival was delayed by fog.

The Bataan left Norfolk just days after a devastating earthquake shook Haiti on Jan. 12.

The ship was anchored just west of Port-au-Prince, delivering food, water and other relief supplies.

Triangle lines up for iPad DURHAM (MCT) — Around 100 people were standing in line at the Apple Store at the Streets at Southpoint mall in South Durham at 8:30 Saturday morning, waiting for the iPad to go on sale.

First in line was William Barnville, 49, of Rocky Mount, who showed up at 4:15 a.m., dressed in jeans, ball cap and a grey hooded sweatshirt.

He had initially reserved an iPad at a different location, but wanted to change it to the Southpoint store. When he was told that his switch was past the reservation date, he was determined to show up early enough to guarantee that he’d get one of the new iPads.

“I believe this is a revolutionary product that is going to change the face of how we do computing in our homes and travels,” said Barnville.

At the store, black curtains were draped in the front windows. Around 8:30, to cheers, the drapes opened to reveal the iPad

AP photo

A customer uses an Apple iPad on the first day of Apple iPad sales at an Apple store in San Francisco, Saturday. display in the windows.

Right at 9 a.m., amid whooping and clapping by store employees, the doors opened. The customers had formed into two lines outside the store, those with reservations and those without.

The reservation line was ushered in first, including Eddie Davis, a 46-yearold software developer

from Fuquay-Varina.

Even though he had pre-ordered his iPad, he showed up at 6 a.m. He knew there was going to be a crowd, and “I didn’t want to spend hours in line. I wanted to come, get one, go home and start using it,” Davis said.

Why go through all this?

“It’s a new idea of a

personal computer,” he said. He was looking forward to being able to watch movies, surf the web and read books without the complexity of a typical computer. He also anticipated that he would use the iPad in his job.

— Raleigh News & Observer — More on the iPad in Business, Page 7B

RALEIGH

Bank worker planned bad code for ATMs RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Bank of America Corp. employee plotted to deploy malicious computer code within the company’s systems so that ATM machines would dispense cash without any record of a transaction, federal prosecutors allege in court documents.

Rodney Reed Caverly

was tasked with maintaining and designing computer systems at the bank, including computers that conducted ATM transactions. Prosecutors in the western district of North Carolina said he to use computer code within the company’s protected computers so that the ATMs would make fraudulent dis-

bursements.

Caverly was able to obtain more than $5,000 during a seven-month period in 2009, prosecutors allege.

The details of Caverly’s case were filed on Thursday in a “bill of information” document, which typically signals that a plea deal is forthcoming. An attor-

ney for Caverly, Christopher Fialko, declined to comment. Federal prosecutors didn’t return a phone call.

Shirley Norton, a spokeswoman with Bank of America, said the bank officials detected the problem with their internal controls and turned the case over to authorities.

NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to qualified voters of Lee County that a Primary for the Democratic and Republican Parties, Nonpartisan Judicial Primaries and a School Board Election will be held in Lee County on Tuesday, May 4, 2010. The polls will be open for voting on that day from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm.

Registered voters will be selecting nominees of their parties for Federal, State and County offices and narrowing the slate in nonpartisan primaries. Also, registered voters will be electing three positions to the Lee County Board of Education.

Only voters registered with the Lee County Board of Elections as affiliated with the Democratic Party may vote in the Democratic Primary, only voters registered with the Lee County Board of Elections as affiliated with the Republican Party may vote in the Republican Primary. As permitted by law, unaffiliated voters may request to participate in the Democratic Primary, the Republican Primary, or vote an Unaffiliated ballot. Libertarians may vote an unaffiliated ballot as there is no Libertarian Primary ballot.

VOTER REGISTRATION ENDS FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2010 5:00 PM Voters who are already registered to vote need not re-register to vote in this election. Residents who are not registered to vote must register by Friday, April 9, 2010 to be eligible to vote in this election. Also, any voter who has moved or wants to change party affiliation must notify the Board of Elections of that change by Friday, April 9, 2010. A person may register at the Lee County Board of Elections office at 225 S. Steele St., Sanford, between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday, or by mail. You can also register to vote at the following offices while conducting business: DMV office, Health Department, Social Services, Employment Security Commission, Lee County Libraries, and the Government Center or by calling the Lee County Board of Elections (919-718-4646) for an application. If transmitted by mail, applications must be postmarked no later than April 9, 2010. You must be a resident of the county for 30 days to be eligible to register.

ABSENTEE VOTING BY MAIL DEADLINE TO REQUEST IS TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010 5:00 PM As applicable, any voter may vote by absentee ballot. The voter may request an absentee ballot in person or by writing the Lee County Board of Elections at P.O. Box 1443, Sanford, NC 27331. The deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail is 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 27, 2010.

ONE-STOP EARLY VOTING BEGINS THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010 One-Stop Absentee Voting will begin on Thursday, April 15, 2010 and end on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 1:00 pm. All voters are eligible to vote during this period. No reason or excuse is required. One-Stop Early Voting will be available at the Board of Elections Office, 225 S. Steele St., Sanford, and the McSwain Agricultural Center, 2420 Tramway Road,

Sanford. The hours of operation will be 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday and 8:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, May 1st only.

SAME DAY IN-PERSON REGISTRATION AND VOTING Same day in-person registration and voting is available at all One-Stop sites. Same day in-person registration and voting will NOT be available on Election Day. VOTER ACCESSIBILITY In those instances where a voter is unable to enter a polling place, because of age or physical disability voters may vote ballots at curbside or request assignment to an accessible facility for the purpose of voting.

As permitted by law, any voter is entitled to assistance in casting a vote from an appropriate person of his or her choice.

SECOND PRIMARY TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2010 If needed, a second primary will be held on Tuesday, June 22, 2010.

The rules stated above as to registrations and voting apply to the second primary as well.

The official Canvass will be held on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 11:00 am in the Elections office.

Persons with questions concerning registration, absentee ballots, location of voting places, and other election matters may call the Lee County Board of Elections office at (919) 718-4646 between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday or visit our website at www.leecountync.gov.

Susan M. Feindel, Chairman Lee County Board of Elections

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BRIEFS

Camden residents: Cops worse than criminals

NASA clears Discovery for Monday launch

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Josephine Skinner’s grandson Dequan was 11 or 12 years old a few summers ago when she says he had a run-in with a Camden police officer who neighbors claim terrorized them for years.

As the youth crossed the street to buy a soda at a store, she said Officer Jason Stetser — known on the streets as “Fat Face” — sprang from his cruiser.

“He grabbed my grandson and said he had $100 of stuff on him,” Skinner said.

“They tried to lock him up.”

For years, residents say some police officers have bullied them in this impoverished city, making cases by planting drugs on suspects, falsifying police reports, and conducting searches without warrants.

Now four officers, including Stetser, are being investigated by a federal grand jury.

And prosecutors say they’ve had to drop charges or vacate convictions in 185 criminal cases because of possibly corrupt police work — meaning scores of criminals could end up returning to drug-infested streets.

Another of Skinner’s grandchildren, 15-yearold Artice Skinner, said he witnessed the episode between Stetser and Dequan and saw Stetser hold out his hand, overflowing with crack cocaine that the po-

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has cleared Discovery for a Monday morning launch to the International Space Station, the last scheduled liftoff in darkness for the soon-to-retire shuttle program.

Mission managers met Saturday and gave the “go” to proceed toward liftoff. The unanimous decision came after engineers determined there were no booster rocket safety concerns. Two booster problems recently cropped up when the parts were tested offsite.

Forecasters expect an 80 percent chance of good weather for the 6:21 a.m. liftoff, close to an hour before sunrise.

Even though Sunday is Easter, countdown preparations will continue as usual, with the same number of workers.

Launch director Pete Nickolenko said he asked his team if anyone had any conflicts because of the holiday, and no one did.

Discovery is loaded with spare parts and science experiments for the space station. A crew of seven will deliver all the gear and conduct three spacewalks to set everything up.

5 dead, 2 hurt in blast, fire at Washington refinery

ANACORTES, Wash. (AP) — A Tesoro Corp. oil refinery blast and fire that claimed five lives is now the subject of state and federal investigations. The company has also launched its own probe.

The refinery was recently fined for safety violations amid what federal watchdogs call a troubling trend of serious accidents at refineries.

Three men died at the scene early Friday and two women died later at a Seattle hospital.

Two other men were badly burned. Matt Gumbel, 34, and Lew Janz, 41, remained in critical condition Saturday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Janz was in a medically induced coma with burns over 75 percent of his body.

“He’s very, very ill,” his mother, Bonita Janz, said Saturday morning. “It’s just a waiting game right now. We have to hope that whatever is best for Lew is what happens.”

The blast shook houses and woke people miles away at about 12:30 a.m. Friday, shooting flames as high as the refinery’s tower before the blaze was extinguished about 90 minutes later.

“We could tell this was horrific, this was huge,” said Jan Taylor of La Conner, Wash., who felt the blast rock her motorhome at the RV park across the bay.

It was the largest fatal refinery accident since a 2005 explosion at a BP American refinery in Texas killed 15 people and injured another 170.

Police on horseback search for missing Colorado girl

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Police on foot and on horseback were searching open areas near the home of a 12-yearold girl for any sign of the missing sixth-grader.

Kayleah (Kay LEE uh) Wilson was last seen Sunday at about 3:40 p.m. when she left her home to walk to a friend’s birthday party about a mile away, across a busy highway. Police stopped more than 600 motorists passing near the area Friday to ask if they had seen anything Sunday night.

Greeley Police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych says authorities have gone to Kayleah’s favorite hangouts, searched along the highway, interviewed friends, family, and acquaintances, and have contacted registered sexual offenders who live nearby.

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A person carries and drags bags in Camden, N.J. Camden County Prosecutor Warren Faulk says that charges have been dropped in 185 cases in the city because of possibly corrupt police work. lice officer said came from Dequan’s pocket.

Skinner said Dequan was released after an aunt explained that he wasn’t the neighborhood child police were looking for.

“The cops were more of a problem than the crime was,” said Josephine Skinner.

Their Waterfront South neighborhood has breathed a little easier since November, when Stetser and at least three other officers were taken off the streets as authorities began their investigation.

Stetser’s lawyer, Richard Madden, did not return a call.

Among those suspended was 29-year-old patrolman Kevin Parry. On March 19, he admitted in court that he stole drugs from some

suspects, planted them on others, bribed prostitutes with drugs for information, conducted searches without warrants, lied on police reports and in testimony, and roughed up suspects.

He acknowledged 50-70 acts of police misconduct from May 2007 to October 2009.

Residents say it was not uncommon for some officers to greet locals by punching them, using force to intimidate. The threat of criminal charges was the main police currency.

In Waterfront South, lovingly tended row homes sit uneasily alongside crumbling empty ones and monstrous warehouses loom beyond back yards.

The stench from a nearby sewage plant hangs in the air. Daffodils have begun

to bloom in a trash-strewn vacant lot.

A church group has painted poetry on sheets of plywood nailed over windows of vacant buildings — like Pablo Neruda’s lines, “I want to do with you what the spring does with cherry trees.”

The same day Parry pleaded guilty last month, authorities spoke publicly about the investigation for the first time. Camden County Prosecutor Warren Faulk said several officers were being investigated by the federal grand jury. Only Parry has been criminally charged.

Faulk also revealed that 185 cases had been compromised because of possibly corrupt police work. It’s not that all the suspects weren’t guilty, he said, but that without using the reports of the officers, there was no more credible evidence.

Lawyers have now begun filing claims notifying the city of their intention to sue based on the actions of Parry and the other officers.

The investigation has cast doubt — at least in Josephine Skinner’s neighborhood — over even more drug cases.

In report after report, Camden ranks as one of the nation’s most dangerous cities. Known as the drug marketplace for locals and suburbanites, the city has a constant presence of U.S.

Marshals and state police, along with city police.

But, there have been some promising signs. The murder rate began falling in the summer of 2008 when police reworked their schedules and strategies.

They started using more sophisticated data to figure out when and where crime was highest. They used that information to make sure they had more officers on the streets at those times.

Residents of Waterfront South said their problems with the police predated those changes.

Among those whose drug convictions were vacated in December was Josephine Skinner’s 46year-old son, Mark. He said he had been arrested in November 2005, just weeks after he was released from jail on a previous drugdealing conviction.

Mark Skinner said that 2005 arrest came as he sat on the stoop in front of his mother’s home, and that police — including Stetser — slammed him against the wall. Police failed to find drugs on him or in the house, then showed up with a trash bag full of small orange bags of crack worth about $4,000.

He said he pleaded guilty to get a three-year sentence, rather than risk up to 20 years with no chance of parole for a decade if he’d been found guilty at trial.

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Baseball sims strive for perfection

By LOU KESTEN Associated Press Writer

The perfect game is one of baseball’s most elusive accomplishments. That means no hits, no walks, no errors — no opposing baserunners, period, over the course of nine innings — and it’s happened just 16 times in major league history.

2K Sports is offering $1 million to the first person who can pitch a perfect game in its “Major League Baseball 2K10� (for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, $59.99). It’s a gimmick designed to attract fans who jeered last season’s entry in the long-running series, which had more errors than a Little League game. “2K10� is far from perfect, but it’s a solid recovery: Let’s call it a quality start. Developer Visual Concepts, which reclaimed the franchise with last year’s model, has had some time to resolve the kinks.

There are still some issues, such as sluggish baserunning and choppy player animations, but the sport’s core conflict — pitcher vs. batter — is satisfying.

2K’s “Total Control� mechanisms, which use an analog stick to mimic pitching and batting movements, still take some getting used to, but you can switch to “classic� button-pushing techniques. Either way, the

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Above is an animated image of Los Angeles Dodgers’ Manny Ramirez swinging the bat in a scene from, “MLB 10: The Show.� results are more realistic: Patient hitters will draw more walks, and games are less likely to turn into homer-happy slugfests.

The major addition to “2K10� is “My Player,� which lets you simulate a player’s career from double-A ball to the majors. It’s not as well developed as Sony’s similar “Road to the Show� career mode, but it does move a bit faster and is just as addictive.

Speaking of Sony, it’s back on the diamond with “MLB 10: The Show� (for the PlayStation 3, $59.99).

Developed by Sony’s San Diego studio, “The Show� is the gold standard for sports simulations. Its graphics are so dazzling that my girlfriend, who

arrived as I was in the middle of a hard-fought MetsBraves clash, thought she was watching an actual major league broadcast.

This season’s edition doesn’t tinker too much with the already solid fundamentals: Pitching, batting, fielding and baserunning are all smooth and intuitive. That core dependability has allowed the designers to focus on details, such as giving pitchers a variety of pick-off moves.

Every little detail adds to the uncanny realism.

The “Road to the Show� career mode is as robust as ever. The major addition is a full-fledged catcher simulation that lets you call every pitch. It’s so demanding that you’ll feel

your knees creaking. Since the career mode only shows the plays directly involving your character, you can zip through it much more quickly if you park him out in right field. “Road to the Show� isn’t ideal — I wish Sony could find a way to minimize the loading times between plays. But it’s the most rewarding career sim of its type, offering the satisfactions of a good role-playing game.

With “MLB 10,� Sony has pitched an almostperfect game; I give it four stars out of four. “Major League Baseball 2K10� still has a way to go, but the franchise is heading in the right direction; it gets twoand-a-half stars.

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Lawyer: ESPN’s Andrews getting death threats LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erin Andrews has been getting death threats in a stream of e-mails to a media outlet, an attorney for the ESPN reporter and “Dancing with the Stars� contestant said Andrews Friday.

Attorney Marshall Grossman said that a man had sent at least a dozen e-mails since September threatening Andrews. DirecTV provided them to Andrews’ representatives Thursday, but it was not immediately clear to whom the e-mails were addressed.

The e-mails were at first sexual, but the most recent were explicitly violent and “threatened Erin with murder,� Grossman said.

They also had details about location and method.

The messages discuss the case of Michael David Barrett, who was sentenced last month to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for secretly shooting nude videos of the ESPN reporter. “He refers to Barrett in his e-mail in a way to make clear to us that situation had some influence,� Grossman said, but added that the man appeared to have no ties to Barrett.

The FBI has been notified, Grossman said. He said the man’s identity is known to law enforcement and is believed to live on the East Coast. An e-mail message left for an FBI spokes-

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woman was not immediately returned.

Andrews is not yet seeking a restraining order but has asked ABC to beef up its security on “Dancing with the Stars,� Grossman said.

Private security also has been hired to protect Andrews and her family.

Andrews has no plans of quitting the show. “She’s not the type to be easily threatened,� Grossman said. “She has every intention to meet her obligations.�

Sheen allegedly looking to leave popular sitcom LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlie Sheen is looking at a future without “Two and a Half Men.�

According to a person close to the actor, Sheen has told friends that he wants to leave the hit CBS comedy in which he’s starred for seven years.

The person spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because Sheen had made the remarks in private and had not intended them to be discussed publicly.

CBS had no comment, spokesman Phil Gonzales said Thursday. An after-hours call to Sheen’s representatives was not immediately returned. “Two and a Half Men,� which also stars Jon Cryer, is the top-rated comedy on TV and a key part of CBS’ Monday night lineup. Last year, CBS gave the show a three-year renewal, through the 2011-12 season, but Sheen’s contract is up at the end of the current season.

Sheen, 44, has tired of the demands of a weekly show and wants to focus on movies, the person close to him said. Sheen is in the upcoming film “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,� a sequel to the 1987 “Wall Street.�

Badu to be cited for public nudity LOS ANGELES (AP) – Iconoclastic R&B singer Erykah Badu is expected to receive a disorderly conduct citation this week for stripping naked in her new video at the Dallas, Texas plaza where John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Dallas Police Deputy Chief Mike Genovese told the Dallas Morning News that a witness had come forward who “observed Ms. Badu remove her clothing on the public street. The witness had two small children with her and was offended.�

He told the paper the citation, which is to be issued this week, was “about as serious as a traffic ticket.�

In her new video “Window Seat,� filmed in Dallas’ Dealey Plaza, Badu — once known for her towering turbans — progressively loses her clothes, keeps walking in black lingerie and then peacefully strips.

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Flooding brings 2 churches closer for Easter services

Progressive state still slow to curb drunk driving

WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — At St. Joseph Church, the Easter Sunday flock will be a little bigger than usual this year. Maybe a little damp, too.

Spared from damage because of its hilltop location, the Roman Catholic church in the heart of flood-ravaged West Warwick is taking in parishioners from nearby Sacred Heart Church, which wasn’t so lucky. Flood waters from the Pawtuxet River heavily damaged the basement of that church and two rectory buildings on the property this week, rendering it unsafe for worship.

The timing was particularly bad.

Easter Sunday is a sacred holiday for Catholics, who celebrate Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection with a week’s worth

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin is known historically as a hotbed of social reforms, yet cracking down on drunken drivers has never been high on policymakers’ to-do list.

Maybe that’s because so many have had to recite their ABCs on the side of the road.

Big breweries once dominated the state and ties to the beer industry remain stout, giving way to a belief that hard drinking is as much a part of the Wisconsin culture as the Green Bay Packers and cheese. That’s created a blind spot of sorts for the socially conscious state: drunken driving.

Wisconsin has long had the nation’s highest rates of drinking — and binge drinking — among adults and some of the most lax

of observations leading up to Sunday. And no state is more Catholic than Rhode Island: In a 2008 American Religious Identification Survey by Trinity College in Connecticut, 46 percent of residents polled identified themselves as Catholic.

So when St. Joseph pastor Rev. Charles Downing found out about the damage to the church 100 yards away, he offered a helping hand. “We heard about Sacred Heart church being damaged and condemned from further use for a while, so we called the church and talked to the pastor and told them we’ll certainly step up and make (St. Joseph) available to their people and to them for whatever their needs are over the next weeks, whatever it’s going to take,�

Downing said.

His church holds about 450 people, but he expects 500 or more for each of the three Masses scheduled Sunday. “Easter is always a full church,� said Downing. “We will be squeezing people in this weekend especially.� Among them will be parishioners from both churches. “There will be a lot of people here who have lost everything, who will be coming back from hotels and motels or wherever they’re staying ’cause they want to come to their own church on Easter Sunday morning,� said Downing.

The church will also host a funeral Monday that had been scheduled at Sacred Heart, and may add Masses to its schedule to accommodate the overflow until Sacred Heart can reopen, he said.

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laws on drunken driving.

There’s also a history of lawmakers who have been caught behind the wheel after having a few too many.

It’s a paradox for a state in which leaders pride themselves on being on the forefront of welfare programs, health care and workers’ rights. “There is a live hard, play hard, cut corners, get away with anything you can culture in the Legislature,� said Mordecai Lee, a former longtime Democratic legislator who’s now a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor. “Driving drunk is just part of a larger political culture of getting away with anything you can.�

The latest accused legislator is state Rep. Jeff Wood, who was charged with driving under the influence three times over a 10-month period. He has pleaded not guilty and appears poised to serve out his term with only a ceremonial slap on the wrist. “Jeff Wood is a perfect example of protecting their own,� said Judy Jenkins, whose pregnant daughter and 10-year-old granddaughter were killed by a drugged driver. “I would be surprised if they (legislators) kicked him out. He’s part of the culture.�

For decades, lawmakers got busted for boozing and driving and never faced any repercussions from their colleagues.

In fact, that’s the crux of Wood’s defense and he lists drunken driving arrests of state Assembly members dating back to the Ozzie and Harriet era of the 1950s.

Among them is a drunken Republican state representative who blew through a stop sign, initially ignored the squad cars behind her — flashing lights and all — and became belligerent with officers during the arrest.

Wood’s defense strategy leaves out other notable instances. For example, the 2005 arrest of Democratic Sen. Russ Decker, who was pulled over shortly after leaving a reception near the Capitol. He lost his driver’s license for six months but later rose to become Senate majority leader.

There also was the notorious 2004 arrest of then-Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager. She drove her state-owned Buick into a ditch and had a blood alcohol content of 0.12 percent, well above the state’s 0.08 legal limit.

Voters ended her political career two years later.

Much of Wisconsin’s taste for barley and hops can be traced to German settlers who opened the first breweries and saw their numbers grow to roughly 400 by the late 1800s. And some of America’s largest brewers — Miller, Pabst, Schlitz, Blatz — once called Milwaukee home.

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Shoppach’s grand slam lifts Rays over Bulls

MLB BRIEFS Marlins fall 8-7 to Grasshoppers GREENSBORO (AP) — Jorge Cantu had a two-run homer and an RBI single for the Florida Marlins on Saturday, but it wasn’t enough.

Jose Torres homered to tie the score in the ninth and slid into first to beat out a two-out RBI single in the 10th, leading the Greensboro Grasshoppers to an 8-7 exhibition victory over their parent club.

Kyle Skipworth had a tworun homer in the second for Greensboro, which added two runs in the third on Scott Cousins’ single and Kyle Jensen’s double.

Cantu and Dan Uggla had RBI singles to lead Florida’s four-run fourth. Florida scored three more in the fifth on a two-out solo homer from Cameron Maybin and Cantu’s two-run shot.

Greensboro got two runs in the eighth on back-to-back two-out doubles from Carlos Paulino and Taylor Krick.

Sandy Rosario was the winning pitcher, and Brian Lawrence took the loss.

A’s Crisp fractures pinkie, will begin year on DL OAKLAND (AP) — Oakland Athletics leadoff hitter Coco Crisp has fractured his left pinkie and will begin the season on the disabled list.

Crisp was injured Friday while making a headfirst dive while trying to steal second base against San Francisco.

He was hit on the hand by Giants second baseman Jose Uribe’s glove and was called out.

The initial diagnosis was a dislocated finger, but X-rays of Crisp’s hand revealed the fracture.

Crisp signed with Oakland in the offseason and was coming off surgery to both shoulders. He was slowed by a tender hamstring early this spring and didn’t play the outfield until late March.

Expected to be the center of the A’s new offensive philosophy focusing on speed, Crisp batted .432 with two homer and eight RBIs in the spring.

Consistent Morton would be big plus for Pirates PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates gutted their roster the last two seasons by trading off nearly every accomplished major league player they possessed, and they’ve yet to show they got

much back in the deals.

That’s one reason why they badly need Charlie Morton to be more than a serviceable major league pitcher this season. They need him to develop into a reliable starter who wouldn’t look out of place in any major league rotation.

The Jason Bay, Freddy Sanchez, Jack Wilson, Nate McLouth, Nyjer Morgan and Adam LaRoche trades didn’t do much for the Pirates as they lost 46 of their final 65 games last season — while playing much of the lineup that will open the season Monday in Pittsburgh against the Dodgers.

Lind, Blue Jays agree to $18 million deal HOUSTON (AP) — Outfielder Adam Lind and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed Saturday to an $18 million, four-year contract that includes three additional club option years.

The 26-year-old Lind hit .305 last year with 35 home runs and 114 RBIs. He was happy to know he’d be with the team long term and could make Toronto his second home. “It will mean a lot for my parents, for my future kids, just so they can do what they want and they can go to the schools that they want and they can breathe for the rest of their lives,� Lind said before the Blue Jays’ exhibition game against the Astros in Houston.

Greenberg says Rangers sale close to finished FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The sale of the Texas Rangers could be completed by time the team plays its second homestand of the season in late April.

Pittsburgh sports attorney Chuck Greenberg, who is heading the investment group buying the team, anticipates the complex deal to be completed the week of April 19. While saying that isn’t a guarantee, Greenberg said Saturday that all the “different elements� that need to be accomplished were lining up to be done by then.

Greenberg’s group, which includes Rangers president Nolan Ryan, had hoped to have the deal completed before the home opener Monday.

But the transfer of ownership from Tom Hicks to the Greenberg group has been complicated by the significant debt owed by Hicks’ financially strapped Hicks Sports Group.

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New York Yankees’ Derek Jeter singles off Jonathan Albaladejo during the first inning of a MLB spring training baseball game with the Yankees Future Stars Saturday in Tampa, Fla.

Opening night adds new twist to rivalry BOSTON (AP) — The rivalry between the Yankees and Red Sox is already intense. Throw in a couple of new twists and the hype soars.

Sunday night’s game between the storied franchises is the first of the 2010 season, a prime-time showcase all to themselves while other teams wait until Monday for opening day.

And New York starts off as defending champions for the first time since its 2001 opener. “It’s special,� Mark Teixeira said. “You’re not going to be able to go into the season as defending World Series champs every single year. So when you get a chance to do that, it makes the start of the season that much more fun.�

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players know what that’s like. The Red Sox were hailed as champions after winning the 2007 World Series then had to refocus. “We spent the whole spring telling everybody to move on, so it was kind of a mixed message,� manager Terry Francona said.

It will be hard to glean anything from Sunday night’s game, though there’s sure to be some hand-wringing by the losing team’s rabid fan base.

The Red Sox won their opener last year and were swept by the Los Angeles Angels in the AL division series. The Yankees started with a loss and finished with their 27th World Series title. “Opening Night is special regardless of who you’re playing,� Francona said. “I’m sure there will be a little extra anticipation. I

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DURHAM (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are ready to see if their most successful spring training in franchise history translates into the regular season.

Kelly Shoppach hit a grand slam to lead the Rays to a 9-6 victory Saturday over the Durham Bulls, their Triple-A affiliate in the International League.

Tampa Bay finished with the best record this spring (20-8) and will start the season Tuesday at Tropicana Field against the Baltimore Orioles.

Pitcher Jeff Niemann got in four innings of work, but did not get the decision. He was roughed up for five runs and six hits in four innings by the Bulls. He gave up a two-run homer to third baseman Dan Johnson in the first inning, and allowed three more runs in the fourth. He struck out four and walked two.

Niemann was one of the top AL rookie pitchers last year and led all major league rookies in innings pitched with 180 2-3.

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Tiger’s time finally arrives at Augusta National

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

T

iger Woods will drive past the 61 trees that form a canopy down Magnolia Lane, pull up in front of the white clubhouse at Augusta National and walk up the stairs on the side of the building to a locker room reserved for Masters champions.

It’s a routine he has followed since he won his first green jacket.

Nothing else about this Masters figures to be remotely routine, not even that familiar introduction on the first tee.

“Fore, please. Tiger Woods.”

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ward came up with the ball to seal the victory and set off a party the likes of which Indiana hasn’t seen since tiny Milan beat Muncie Central for the state title in 1954, the real-life inspiration for “Hoosiers.”

Although the Bulldogs are no plucky underdog, there’s no doubting the connections between “Hoosiers” and Butler’s magical run. In the movie, the final score was 42-40.

The actual Milan final score — 32-30.

And Saturday night, 52-50.

Five months after a sex scandal that still lingers on the Internet and in the tabloids, Woods is coming back to golf — at a major that already attracts the largest television audience.

From his first press conference on Monday to his opening tee shot on Thursday, through Amen Corner and along the azaleas and dogwoods and Georgia pines, this should be a Masters like no other.

“I think it’s going to be one of the biggest events in golf history, because the biggest player in golf history is going to come back from this absence, and everybody is going to be scrutinizing his game and

“Both sides really battled,” said Butler coach Brad Stevens, who has waited all of three years to play for his first national title. “We were lucky to be up 2 at the end.”

Luck had nothing to do with it. More like good, old fundamentals and pesky defense.

It certainly wasn’t the prettiest of finishes — Butler went almost 11 minutes without a field goal after Willie Veasley’s layup with 12:19 left — and it almost seemed like the first team to score a basket was going to win.

But the Bulldogs weren’t flustered to be playing on the game’s biggest stage and locked down whenever they had to.

what he says and where he goes and where he has dinner ... everything,” British Open champion Stewart Cink said.

For a dozen years, Woods has been the favorite to win at Augusta.

Now he’s everyone’s favorite punch line.

The countdown toward Jack Nicklaus and his record 18 majors has been replaced by a count of his mistresses.

“He’s made a career out of exceeding expectations,” Geoff Ogilvy said.

“He’s spent his whole life under a microscope, but this is going to be on a level he’s never seen before.”

Woods went 15 weeks

Durrell Summers, who had averaged 20 points in Michigan State’s first four tournament games, was held to 14. Green had 12 as did Lucious, who was playing in place of injured point guard — and leading scorer — Kalin Lucas.

Senior Raymar Morgan, who spent most of the game in foul trouble, finished with just four points.

The finish was a bitter disappointment for the Spartans, who had hoped to get back to the national title game after being routed by North Carolina in Detroit last year. Instead, they’ll have to watch another group of local boys delight the hometown fans.

without touching a club while in seclusion from the paparazzi and in therapy for the deviant double life he was leading.

He began practicing on Feb. 28. He spent two days at Augusta National in the weeks leading up to the Masters.

Even so, he has no idea what to expect when he returns — from his game or from the gallery.

“I’m a little nervous about that to be honest with you,” he told ESPN in a pair of five-minute interviews he gave television. “It would be nice to hear a couple claps here and there.”

Nervous? Woods has spent a career making

other people nervous with his 14 majors, 82 victories worldwide and a trophy from every continent where golf is played.

A couple of claps? This is a guy who was wildly cheered for walking onto the tee.

Fans stood five deep on both sides of the fairway from every tee to every green the last time Woods competed. It was the Australian Masters in Melbourne, and he shot 68 in the final round on Nov. 15 for a two-shot victory.

Everything changed 12 days later.

In the middle of the night, Woods drove his SUV over a fire hydrant and into a tree, a single-

car accident that set off explosive revelations of rampant affairs, and the biggest scandal the genteel sport of golf has ever known.

Three of his biggest sponsors dropped him.

Comedians made fun of him. Players weren’t sure what to say about him.

Woods might have summed it up best when he spoke publicly on Feb. 19 at the TPC Sawgrass in a 131⁄2-minute statement he read to a room of family and associates and to a worldwide television audience.

“I have made you question who I am and how I could have done the things I did,” he said.

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standing are a testament to it.

And Duke’s the best of them.

And the Devils will win it all.

Doesn’t mean someone, possibly someone like me even, has to like it.

The questions is always out there: can a person report on his school’s rival, watch it and write about it in an unbiased, completely objective manner for his or her readers?

You bet he can. Some have been doing it for over a decade. Even longer. It’s out there, people, believe me. I did it, in fact, a little higher up in this here column. You know, just to prove a point.

But I ain’t doing it now.

Not anymore.

Because I know what most North Carolina or N.C. State or Wake Forest fans are thinking this morning.

And this is for them.

Take it, leave it, ball it up or line the birdcage with it, I don’t really care right now.

Because I know they don’t want Duke to win the national championship.

Not now.

Not ever.

Yeah, I said it.

And meant it.

Maybe that makes them

bad people.

Tough. ’Cause they don’t mind.

I went to the University of North Carolina, and I’m a Tar Heels fan. Can’t lie.

That’s my school. And that means some things to some of us.

And one of those things is to root against Duke.

Every time.

Especially now.

Not every Heels’ fan or UNC grad is like this. They wish well for the state of North Carolina, or for the added prestige of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

That’s fine.

But I ain’t talking about them.

You can, though.

Criticize them all you want, Dukies. Rub your national title in their faces and wax poetic about the winning ways of Coach K, Singler, Scheyer and Smith.

Go ahead and dance on the Tar Heels’ grave and say they are sore losers.

You’re right.

And so were some of you last year.

Jackets

5.3 innings and allowed five hits while striking out three.

He was relieved by Carson Wilson, who allowed one hit and struck out one in the final inning.

“Russell and Carson both pitched an outstanding game for us,” said Spivey.

“Russell did a great job keeping runners off the bases early in the game and Carson came in and got us out of a huge jam in the sixth.”

Lee County (6-4, 3-3) went 2-1 in the Tri-9 Challenge, winning both home games on Thursday and Saturday. The Yellow Jackets fell to Garner on Friday night at Western Harnett 11-4.

“That was one of those games where everything that could go wrong for us went wrong for us,” said Spivey on the loss to Garner.

“It was just one of those games.”

The Yellow Jackets will begin a five game road trip starting on Wednesday night at Fuquay-Varina.

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important of moments.

It’s truly amazing how Duke does it, by...um...by... hold on a minute...I’ll get it out...

It’s truly amazing how Duke does it, by...um...by...

Oh, forget it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we all know how good Duke is. We all know why they’re good. You don’t need to hear it again. And I don’t need to write it again.

Got that? Got it? Yeah, I respect Duke. Respect the heck out of them. They win the right way. Play a brand of basketball not at all unlike any of the other three teams in the Final Four.

That’s why they’re there.

That style of basketball won this year, and the last four

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Scoreboard Sports Standings NBA Glance

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct y-Boston 47 28 .627 Toronto 38 37 .507 New York 26 49 .347 Philadelphia 26 50 .342 New Jersey 10 65 .133 Southeast Division

W L Pct x-Orlando 53 23 .697 x-Atlanta 48 27 .640 Miami 42 34 .553 Charlotte 40 35 .533 Washington 22 53 .293 Central Division

W L Pct z-Cleveland 60 16 .789 Milwaukee 41 34 .547 Chicago 36 39 .480 Indiana 28 48 .368 Detroit 23 52 .307 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct x-Dallas 50 26 .658 San Antonio 46 29 .613 Memphis 39 36 .520 Houston 38 37 .507 New Orleans 35 42 .455 Northwest Division

W L Pct x-Utah 50 27 .649 x-Denver 49 27 .645 Oklahoma City 46 28 .622 x-Portland 46 30 .605 Minnesota 15 60 .200 Pacific Division

W L Pct x-L.A. Lakers 55 21 .724 x-Phoenix 50 26 .658 L.A. Clippers 27 48 .360 Sacramento 24 52 .316 Golden State 22 53 .293

GB — 9 21 1 21 ⁄2 37 GB — 1 4 ⁄2 11 1 12 ⁄2 1 30 ⁄2 GB — 1 18 ⁄2 1 23 ⁄2 32 1 36 ⁄2

GB — 1 3 ⁄2 1 10 ⁄2 1 11 ⁄2 1 15 ⁄2 GB — 1 ⁄2 1 2 ⁄2 1 3 ⁄2 34 GB — 5 1 27 ⁄2 31 1 32 ⁄2

x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference ——— Friday’s Games Charlotte 87, Milwaukee 86, OT Miami 105, Indiana 96, OT Chicago 95, Washington 87 Houston 119, Boston 114, OT Memphis 107, New Orleans 96 Phoenix 109, Detroit 94 Cleveland 93, Atlanta 88 San Antonio 112, Orlando 100 Golden State 128, New York 117 L.A. Lakers 106, Utah 92 Saturday’s Games Toronto 128, Philadelphia 123, OT Detroit at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Miami at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Denver, 9 p.m.

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Sports Review

Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Cleveland at Boston, 1 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m.

Houston at Indiana, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at Washington, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

New York at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

BASKETBALL NCAA Tournament Glance FINAL FOUR At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis National Semifinals Saturday, April 3 Butler 52, Michigan State 50 West Virginia (31-6) vs. Duke (33-5), late National Championship Monday, April 5 Butler vs. Duke/West Virginia winner, 9 p.m.

NHL Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts x-Pittsburgh 78 45 26 7 97 x-New Jersey 77 44 26 7 95 Philadelphia 78 38 34 6 82 N.Y. Rangers 77 35 32 10 80 N.Y. Islanders 77 32 35 10 74 Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts x-Buffalo 77 43 24 10 96 x-Ottawa 78 43 30 5 91 Montreal 78 38 32 8 84 Boston 77 35 30 12 82 Toronto 78 29 36 13 71 Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts z-Washington 77 50 15 12 112 Atlanta 79 34 32 13 81 Carolina 78 33 35 10 76 Florida 77 31 34 12 74 Tampa Bay 78 31 35 12 74 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts x-Chicago 77 48 22 7 103 Nashville 80 46 28 6 98 Detroit 78 41 23 14 96 St. Louis 77 37 31 9 83 Columbus 78 32 33 13 77 Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts x-Vancouver 78 47 27 4 98 Colorado 77 41 29 7 89 Calgary 78 40 29 9 89 Minnesota 78 37 35 6 80 Edmonton 77 24 46 7 55 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts x-San Jose 78 48 20 10 106 x-Phoenix 78 47 25 6 100 Los Angeles 77 44 27 6 94 Dallas 78 35 29 14 84 Anaheim 77 37 31 9 83

GOLF GF 241 204 225 206 205

GA 222 186 217 206 240

GF 223 214 206 191 208

GA 195 223 210 190 255

GF 298 231 215 198 201

GA 220 248 241 226 245

GF 249 221 218 209 210

GA 196 219 207 210 249

GF 256 228 198 210 197

GA 208 214 195 233 266

GF 251 212 228 227 220

GA 205 193 205 242 234

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference Friday’s Games Chicago 2, New Jersey 1, SO Vancouver 5, Anaheim 4, SO Montreal 1, Philadelphia 0 N.Y. Rangers 5, Tampa Bay 0 San Jose 3, Minnesota 2 Dallas 6, Edmonton 3 Calgary 2, Colorado 1 Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, Atlanta 3, OT Nashville 4, Detroit 3, OT Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Sports on TV

Sunday, April 4

BOWLING 1 p.m.

ESPN — PBA, Marathon Open, at Baltimore CYCLING 5 p.m.

VERSUS — Tour of Flanders, Brugge to Ninove, Belgium (same-day tape) GOLF 3 p.m.

CBS — LPGA, Kraft Nabisco Championship, final round, at Rancho Mirage, Calif.

NBC — PGA Tour, Houston Open, final round, at Humble, Texas MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 8 p.m.

ESPN2 — N.Y. Yankees at Boston NBA BASKETBALL 1 p.m.

ABC — Cleveland at Boston 3:30 p.m.

ABC — San Antonio at L.A. Lakers NHL HOCKEY 12:30 p.m.

NBC — Detroit at Philadelphia SOCCER 3 p.m.

ESPN2 — Spanish Primera Division, teams TBA TENNIS 1 p.m.

CBS — ATP/WTA Tour, Sony Ericsson Open, men’s championship match, at Miami WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m.

ESPN — NCAA Division I tournament, semifinal, teams TBD, at San Antonio 9 p.m.

ESPN — NCAA Division I tournament, semifinal, teams TBD, at San Antonio

PGA Tour-Shell Houston Open Scores

By The Associated Press Saturday At Redstone Golf Club, Tournament Course Humble, Texas Purse: $5.8 million Yardage: 7,457; Par: 72 Third Round Anthony Kim 68-69-69 — 206 Bryce Molder 69-66-71 — 206 Vaughn Taylor 68-70-70 — 208 Joe Ogilvie 70-67-71 — 208 Jeff Maggert 70-69-70 — 209 Graham DeLaet 71-67-71 — 209 Lee Westwood 69-68-72 — 209 Justin Leonard 69-74-67 — 210 Charl Schwartzel 71-72-67 — 210 Kevin Sutherland 68-73-69 — 210 Matt Kuchar 69-72-69 — 210 Padraig Harrington 69-69-72 — 210 Omar Uresti 69-69-72 — 210 Cameron Percy 67-69-74 — 210 Josh Teater 73-69-69 — 211 Roland Thatcher 70-71-70 — 211 Adam Scott 69-70-72 — 211 Bubba Watson 73-67-71 — 211 Kevin Stadler 67-70-74 — 211 James Driscoll 68-70-73 — 211 Fredrik Jacobson 73-70-69 — 212 Justin Rose 70-72-70 — 212 Chad Campbell 70-72-70 — 212 Steve Marino 70-71-71 — 212 Alex Prugh 70-66-76 — 212 Spencer Levin 71-72-70 — 213 Shaun Micheel 70-73-70 — 213 Jason Bohn 70-72-71 — 213 John Rollins 73-72-68 — 213 Blake Adams 73-72-68 — 213 Michael Allen 71-72-71 — 214 D.J. Trahan 78-66-70 — 214 Bob Estes 73-70-71 — 214 Chris Tidland 72-72-70 — 214 Paul Goydos 72-70-72 — 214 Brendon de Jonge 72-74-68 — 214 Tag Ridings 73-70-72 — 215 Ben Crane 75-68-72 — 215 Michael Connell 71-71-73 — 215 Ricky Barnes 73-71-71 — 215 Phil Mickelson 69-76-70 — 215 Y.E. Yang 74-71-70 — 215 Chris Wilson 73-73-69 — 215 J.J. Henry 74-72-69 — 215 Soren Kjeldsen 71-72-73 — 216 Chris Riley 71-72-73 — 216 Rich Barcelo 75-69-72 — 216 Jeff Overton 76-67-73 — 216 Stuart Appleby 70-72-74 — 216 Alex Cejka 72-73-71 — 216 Martin Laird 70-70-76 — 216 Lucas Glover 73-68-75 — 216 Woody Austin 70-71-75 — 216 David Lutterus 74-71-71 — 216 Ben Curtis 73-71-73 — 217 D.A. Points 71-71-75 — 217 Carl Pettersson 71-75-71 — 217 Johnson Wagner 71-73-74 — 218 John Merrick 72-72-74 — 218 Webb Simpson 75-71-72 — 218 Scott McCarron 73-73-72 — 218 Brett Wetterich 73-70-76 — 219 J.P. Hayes 72-71-76 — 219 Ernie Els 70-74-75 — 219 Rickie Fowler 72-71-76 — 219 Chris Baryla 71-73-75 — 219 Tim Petrovic 77-68-75 — 220 Garrett Willis 72-73-75 — 220 Aaron Baddeley 73-73-74 — 220 Fred Couples 71-73-78 — 222 Simon Dyson 73-71-78 — 222 Scott Piercy 71-75-76 — 222 Jimmy Walker 73-72-78 — 223 Nicholas Thompson 69-76-78 — 223 Rich Beem 71-74-78 — 223 Brian Stuard 70-75-78 — 223 Angel Cabrera 71-75-77 — 223 Matt Bettencourt 72-72-80 — 224 Derek Lamely 73-73-78 — 224 Andrew Svoboda 73-73-78 — 224

BASEBALL Spring Training Glance

By The Associated Press All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Tampa Bay 20 8

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Cleveland Detroit Boston Minnesota Kansas City Toronto Los Angeles New York Chicago Baltimore Oakland Seattle Texas

19 9 18 12 17 14 16 14 14 13 12 13 13 15 13 15 12 16 12 17 12 17 11 18 10 19 NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L San Francisco 23 11 San Diego 18 10 Chicago 18 12 Atlanta 17 12 Colorado 17 13 Philadelphia 15 12 Milwaukee 16 14 St. Louis 15 14 Florida 14 14 Arizona 15 17 New York 14 16 Houston 13 15 Cincinnati 12 16 Los Angeles 11 17 Washington 10 20 Pittsburgh 7 21

.679 .600 .548 .533 .519 .480 .464 .464 .429 .414 .414 .379 .345 Pct .676 .643 .600 .586 .567 .556 .533 .517 .500 .469 .467 .464 .429 .393 .333 .250

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

——— Friday’s Games Boston 7, Washington 2 N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 6, tie St. Louis 8, Minnesota 4 Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Mets 2 Chicago White Sox 7, Atlanta 2 Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 3 Colorado 11, Seattle 11, tie Texas 2, Kansas City 1 Houston 3, Toronto 3, tie, 10 innings Milwaukee 3, Detroit 2 Arizona 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Cleveland 10, Cincinnati 4 L.A. Angels 4, L.A. Dodgers 3 San Francisco 2, Oakland 1 Saturday’s Games Chicago White Sox 12, Atlanta 4 Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 3 Baltimore 11, N.Y. Mets 0 Kansas City 10, Texas 7 Toronto 13, Houston 6 Colorado 10, Seattle 4 Minnesota 8, St. Louis 3 Milwaukee 13, Detroit 12 Cleveland vs Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco 10, Oakland 6 Boston 6, Washington 1 Chicago Cubs 6, Arizona 0 L.A. Angels 6, L.A. Dodgers 4 Sunday’s Games Seattle at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

AUTO RACING NASCAR Nationwide-Nashville 300 Results

By The Associated Press Saturday At Nashville Superspeedway Gladeville, Tenn.

Lap length: 1.333 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 225 laps, 134.9 rating, 190 points.

2. (15) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 225, 113, 170.

3. (6) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 225, 113.7, 170.

4. (3) Justin Allgaier, Dodge, 225, 112.7, 160.

5. (5) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 225, 125.1, 160.

6. (4) Carl Edwards, Ford, 225, 105.7, 150.

7. (17) Scott Wimmer, Chevrolet, 225, 101.5, 151.

8. (1) Joey Logano, Toyota, 225, 130.9, 152.

9. (12) Michael Annett, Toyota, 225, 99.4, 138.

10. (21) Brendan Gaughan, Toyota, 225, 88.8, 134.

11. (16) Paul Menard, Ford, 225, 93.5, 130.

12. (10) Trevor Bayne, Toyota, 225, 88.6, 127.

13. (19) Johnny Sauter, Ford, 225, 89, 124.

14. (24) Kelly Bires, Chevrolet, 225, 82.9, 121.

15. (13) Brian Scott, Toyota, 225, 86.4, 118.

16. (23) Shelby Howard, Chevrolet, 225, 81.4, 115.

17. (37) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 225, 66.9, 112.

18. (11) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 225, 63.7, 109.

19. (31) Scott Riggs, Ford, 225, 65.7, 106.

20. (14) Josh Wise, Ford, 225, 55.4, 103.

21. (8) Scott Lagasse Jr., Ford, 224, 74.9, 100.

22. (22) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 224,

54.4, 97.

23. (41) Robert Richardson Jr., Chevrolet, 224, 39.7, 94.

24. (26) Brian Keselowski, Dodge, 223, 53.1, 91.

25. (39) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet, 223, 40, 88.

26. (30) Derrike Cope, Dodge, 222, 40, 85.

27. (42) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 222, 51.9, 82.

28. (27) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 221, 55.7, 79.

29. (40) Eric McClure, Ford, 221, 32.9, 76.

30. (7) Colin Braun, Ford, 197, 52.2, 73.

31. (18) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 175, 48.1, 70.

32. (35) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, power steering, 152, 43, 72.

33. (25) Mikey Kile, Toyota, accident, 148, 50.3, 64.

34. (38) James Buescher, Chevrolet, accident, 142, 64.1, 61.

35. (20) Willie Allen, Chevrolet, engine, 130, 39.1, 58.

36. (9) Steve Wallace, Toyota, accident, 112, 65.6, 55.

37. (29) Michael McDowell, Dodge, accident, 112, 62.5, 52.

38. (36) Jason Keller, Chevrolet, accident, 111, 42.8, 49.

39. (32) Jason Leffler, Toyota, parked, 86, 60.3, 46.

40. (34) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, brakes, 55, 38.7, 48.

41. (33) Mark Green, Chevrolet, overheating, 45, 31.1, 40.

42. (28) Kevin Lepage, Chevrolet, vibration, 39, 29.8, 37.

43. (43) Danny O’Quinn Jr., Chevrolet, brakes, 33, 33.4, 34.

——— Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 114.028 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 37 minutes, 49 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.199 seconds.

Caution Flags: 8 for 43 laps.

Lead Changes: 13 among 7 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J.Logano 1-32; T.Raines 33; M.Shepherd 34; K.Harvick 35-36; Bra. Keselowski 37-48; J.Logano 49-85; K.Harvick 86-101; Bra.Keselowski 102-103; S.Wimmer 104-121; J.Logano 122-173; Bra.Keselowski 174-180; J.Logano 181; K.Busch 182-191; K.Harvick 192-225.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Logano, 4 times for 122 laps; K.Harvick, 3 times for 52 laps; Bra.Keselowski, 3 times for 21 laps; S.Wimmer, 1 time for 18 laps; K.Busch, 1 time for 10 laps; T.Raines, 1 time for 1 lap; M.Shepherd, 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 10 in Points: 1. C.Edwards, 820; 2. Bra. Keselowski, 804; 3. J.Allgaier, 799; 4. K.Busch, 764; 5. K.Harvick, 759; 6. P.Menard, 658; 7.

J.Logano, 589; 8. M.Wallace, 570; 9. G.Biffle, 563; 10. M.Annett, 544.

——— NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.

The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

TRANSACTIONS

By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Placed RHP Koji Uehara on 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26. Selected the contract of LHP Will Ohman from Norfolk (IL). Optioned RHP Kam Mickolio to Norfolk. Designated INF Robert Andino for assignment.

BOSTON RED SOX—Optioned OF Josh Reddick to Pawtucket.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Acquired C-OF Robbie Hammock from Colorado for a player to be named and assigned him to Scranton/WilkesBarre (IL). Agreed to terms with OF Marcus Thames on a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with C Chad Moeller on a minor league contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with OF Adam Lind on a four year contract.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Optioned 2B Ryan Roberts, LHP Zach Kroenke, C John Hester and LHP Clay Zavada to Reno (PCL).

Purchased the contract of RHP Rodrigo Lopez from Reno.

ATLANTA BRAVES—Placed INF Diory Hernandez and OF Jordan Schafer on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26. Optioned LHP Jonny Venters and C Clint Sammons to Gwinnett (IL). Reassigned RHP Craig Kimbrel, RHP Scott Proctor, C J.C. Boscan, 1B Freddie Freeman, INF Brandon Hicks, INF Joe Thurston and OF Matt Young to Gwinnett. Purchased the contract of OF Jason Heyward from Gwinnett.

COLORADO ROCKIES—Placed LHP Jeff Francis on the 15-day DL.

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6B / Sunday, April 4, 2010 / The Sanford Herald DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

Daughter fears elderly mom is menace behind the wheel

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: Focus on what you can learn and put into practice. It’s up to you to take charge of your life and to make the alterations that will give you the freedom to launch what you feel is the right thing for you. Use your charm to push your way into circles, groups and interests that you feel will help you reach your goals. Your numbers are 2, 4, 15, 18, 22, 37, 40 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Getting together with friends or spending a little down time with family doesn’t have to go over budget. Don’t make foolish purchases or pay for something to impress someone.

Engage in talks with someone experienced in making money work.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Plan a short day trip or attend an event of interest and you will make some headway in your personal life, leading to important changes at home. You can avoid an argument if you listen.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t give in to anyone trying to get you to do things you don’t feel right about doing. Lending money will end in financial and emotional loss. Stick to making simple changes that improve your home and lifestyle.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Do your part by offering help to those in need but do not offer cash.

Choose your battles wisely if you want to show your leadership ability and gain the respect you deserve.

Check out online jobs.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):.

If you want to get involved in something, sign up early and prepare to go out of your way to get what you want. An unexpected alteration will have you scrambling. There is a lesson to be learned that will contribute to an offer you receive.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): A change at home will leave you feeling uncertain about your future. Don’t let anyone turn your world

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upside down. You have a lot more going for you than you realize. Don’t put up with someone’s negative response to what you want to do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t let a bully take over.

You are better off spending time learning all you can about something you want to pursue and going it alone. Joint ventures will lead to arguments and upset that you can do without.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Reflect on the past and figure out a way to simplify your life. Getting back to the things you enjoy doing most will be a good place to start. A change in your lifestyle will allow you greater freedom to pursue your creative goals.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll have choices to make and uncertainties to deal with.

You can win, but only if you are willing to give something up. You usually thrive on change, so what’s the hold up?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You have lots that can happen if you concentrate on your assets, investments and deals.

Changes at home will open up opportunities. If you are too vocal regarding your plans, you will lose valuable time dealing with opposition and criticism.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Someone you care for will make your life difficult if there has been a misunderstanding. Clear the air if you want to avoid an argument you cannot win. Don’t disappoint someone who counts on you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): An emotional issue regarding your current position will cause worry and anxiety. Don’t wait to be let down by someone or something. Cover your back by looking for other ways to subsidize your income or utilize your skills.

Birthday Baby: You are emotional and unpredictable and take huge tasks.

You are assertive and will fight for your rights and for the underdog.

DEAR ABBY: My mother just turned 80, and her driving is getting bad. I have spoken to her about my concerns, and she says she’ll “think about” stopping.

Then the next day, she’s off driving somewhere.

I live 25 miles away. I offered to move to her apartment complex and do her driving, but until I can do that she won’t stop.

Mom has already hit a city bus, turned into oncoming traffic and narrowly missed a pedestrian.

When she put in for a change of address for her driver’s license, they noticed it was time to renew it and did so without a test. I requested they send her a “come in and test” letter, but so far there has been no response. What can I do before she kills someone or herself?

PHILADELPHIA DAUGHTER DEAR DAUGHTER: Contact your mother’s physician and tell him/her what you have told me.

Her doctor should write a letter to the Department of Motor Vehicles regarding her history of near misses. It appears your concerns are justified. She should be given a driver’s test and an eye test. ❏ DEAR ABBY: My 15-year-old stepson says he is embarrassed by the constant hand-holding in public his mother and I enjoy. He also

fortable. Also, both boys have reached an age when parents ARE just plain “embarrassing.”

In the interests of family harmony — until they grow out of it — please consider refraining from the quick kisses when you’re out in public.

Abigail Van Buren Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

doesn’t like that we always share a quick kiss after saying grace before meals, even in restaurants. He says that none of his friends’ parents do it, and he thinks it’s “weird.”

His mother and I see no need to change and feel he will get over his embarrassment in time. We feel our displays of affection are appropriate and strengthen our relationship. I would also think that seeing us so well-bonded would be reassuring to him and his 14-year-old brother.

Neither boy was close to his father — in fact, they both hate to visit him — so I don’t think it’s an issue of the boy hoping his parents will get back together. Any thoughts on this?

STEPDAD IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR STEPDAD: If your marriage to their mother is relatively recent, your displays of affection may make her sons uncom-

❏ DEAR ABBY: My 60th birthday is approaching, and my children and I are planning a trip. My wish is to celebrate with just my two children — not their spouses. Is this insensitive? Am I being unreasonable?

THREE’S COMPANY DEAR THREE’S COMPANY: If you have a good relationship with your children’s spouses, there shouldn’t be hurt feelings if they are not included this time.

There are occasions when spouses sometimes prefer to stay at home.

Example: high school reunions.

A neighbor of mine, a woman in her 80s, mentioned recently that she was planning a trip back to her hometown with her daughter (sans son-in-law) so they could see the house where she was raised and the grammar and high schools she attended.

For them it was a sentimental journey, but for the husband it would have been as warm and fuzzy an experience as a root canal.

ODDS AND ENDS Woman crashes her car into salon, gets hair done PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich.

(AP) — An 82-year-old woman who accidentally crashed her car through the front window of a southwest Michigan salon stuck around afterward for an appointment to get her hair done.

Authorities said Marion Zock was parking her Ford Fusion on Thursday outside Classic Hair Design in Kent County’s Plainfield Township, near Grand Rapids, when she stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake.

Two people were injured, including an employee who returned to work after treatment and a girl with a bruised arm.

Zock told WOOD-TV her foot slipped from the brake. She’s a regular customer and says she was “so embarrassed.”

Stylist Kristi Dochod told WWMTTV the crash sounded like an explosion. The salon stayed open as the car was removed, and is open during repairs.

Drunk man calls police to help him out of bar LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Drunk in a bar and can’t get out, who you gonna call?

Police. That’s what Todd Fitzwater did in Lexington.

WLEX-TV reported Fitzwater called 911 Thursday and said he’d gotten drunk and

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MY ANSWER passed out at Todd’s Karaoke Bar the night before, awakened and had a few more — then couldn’t get out of the bar, which was closed.

Officers tapped on the door Thursday afternoon to guide the 45-year-old Fitzwater to it so he could let them in to help him.

The bar owner said Fitzwater is a “regular” who lives nearby. The barkeep stayed with him until 7:30 a.m. Thursday, then left figuring Fitzwater would eventually let himself out and go home.

He’s not Rudolph, but dang, he’s pretty cute FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — With wobbly legs but no red nose, the first of 19 expected reindeer calves has been born at an Alaska farm that’s the only reindeer research facility in North America.

Workers discovered the 17-pound newborn calf Thursday at the University of Alaska Fairbanks research farm. The other 18 pregnant does are expected to give birth within a week or so.

The newcomers don’t have names yet, but that’ll soon change. The research program hosts an annual contest to name its new calves, with the winners receiving birth certificates for the reindeer they’ve named.

The facility experiments with feeding techniques to aid reindeer ranchers.

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Use your retirement years wisely Q: I retired about three years ago, and at first it was great because we were able to travel and do all the other things we had wanted to do. But now we’ve done all that, and I’m bored. I never thought retirement would be this way. Any suggestions?

-- M.F A: One reason I wanted to print your question is because I hope it will encourage people to think more fully about their retirement years. Many plan financially for retirement, but never think realistically about how they’ll spend their time.

But God is just as concerned about our retirement years as He is about every other stage of our lives. In fact, retirement can be one of the most fulfilling and productive times of our lives -- if we seek God’s will and turn those years over to Him. No matter how old we are, God is with us and has a perfect plan for our lives. The older I get, the more I take comfort in God’s words to Isaiah: “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you” (Isaiah 46:4).

We may not be able to do everything we once did, but God has other paths for us to follow, if we are willing.

This is why I urge you to seek God’s will for your future.

Begin by making sure of your commitment to Jesus Christ, and then ask Him to guide you. Perhaps your church can use you as a volunteer, for example.

God has given these years to you; don’t waste them or spend them only in self-centered indulgence. Instead, use them to grow closer to Christ... closer to your family... and closer to God’s plan for your life.

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Clean out financial baggage

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pring, with its rebirth and warm days, is as a good as time as any to get busy throwing out the stuff clogging your home, office, mind and spirit.

I’m going to do it. I’m going to throw out 50 things. That’s the seemingly simple advice in Gail Blanke’s new book.

Blanke, a motivational speaker and president and chief executive of Lifedesigns, has written “Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life” (Springboard Press, $13.99). It’s the Color of Money Book Club pick for April.

You may be wondering what this book has to do with personal finance.

Actually, quite a bit.

Many of the people who have financial issues got into their money mess because of what Blanke calls life plaque — bad memories from childhood, a sense of entitlement, awful money habits and old debts. If this describes you, aren’t you tired of holding on to that baggage?

Why 50 things?

It’s not an arbitrary number, Blanke promises: “Once you make it to 50, a kind of wonderful momentum takes over; before you know it, the throwing-out thing becomes a habit, an ongoing mindset.”

So what do you toss?

Blanke answers this question by giving you the “rules of disengagement.”

They are: ■ Rule No. 1. If the item, memory, job or even person is weighing you down, get rid of it.

■ Rule 2. If the thing is not contributing something positive, let it go.

■ Rule 3. If it takes you a long time to decide whether something needs to be tossed, throw it out.

■ Rule 4. If you’re afraid to throw out something, get rid of the fear.

One of the chapters that really hit home for me was “Letting Go of Needing to Feel Secure.”

“There was this idea that if you worked and saved and kept a lid on your wildest dreams, not to mention your expenses, you’d be fine,” Blanke writes. “Well, all those securities are, if not totally defunct, more than a little iffy these days.”

The recession has made many people — myself included — realize that security can’t just come with the job you hold or the emergency money you’ve saved.

Both can vanish sooner than you think. Blanke says don’t covet and cling to security — especially financial security — to the

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SEATTLE — Apple Inc. began selling its much-anticipated iPad on Saturday, drawing eager customers intent on being among the first owners of a new class of tablet-style computers.

Apple must convince people who already have smart phones, laptops, e-book readers, set-top

boxes and home broadband connections that they need another device that serves many of the same purposes. But the scores of people who waited in long lines across the country Saturday seemed willing to buy first and discover all its uses later.

Beth Goza has had iPhones and other smart phones, along with a MacBook Air laptop, yet she believes the iPad has a place

in her digital lineup. She likened it to a professional tennis player owning different sneakers for grass, clay and concrete courts “At the end of the day, you can get by with one or the other,” she said outside an Apple store in Seattle’s University Village mall. But she’s already dreaming up specific uses for her iPad, such as knitting

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Mark Carrick, a carpenter-turned-compute-repairman shown above working on a computer in Salisbury, turned his love for computers and helping others into a successful business.

Former carpenter opens ‘Fix It Computers’ shop

By SHELLEY SMITH Salisbury Post

SALISBURY (AP) — Mark Carrick, a carpenter-turnedcomputer- repairman, never thought what started out as a room for fixing computers would expand in one year to two stores in two towns.

Carrick, who owns and operates Fix It Computers and Repair, recently opened a store in downtown Salisbury after his business in Kannapolis took off.

“We had a room upstairs with a bunch of empty boxes,” Carrick said.

His one-room operation opened in January 2009 above the Sell It Bargain Center in Kannapolis.

“In about four months time, I was really seeing how I was making a positive effect on

people,” Carrick said. “A lot of people in the same position as I was, looking for jobs, were hurting.”

Carrick bases his success on affordable prices. “I love helping people,” he said. “What I sell, I’ve never seen anywhere else sell it for the price that I do.

“Not only does it make you feel good, but it’s more rewarding than getting a fat paycheck,” he said.

Carrick, who began a career in construction when he was 14, worked on home remodeling and then got into commercial construction, creating and installing store fixtures. He was able to travel all over the United States with his job, and he was loving life.

“I was doing very well,” he said. “But then the economy sunk.”

He helped out a friend at the thrift store and decided to do computer repair in the upstairs of the building.

When the shop moved, he contacted local real estate agent Lane Yates, who offered him a storefront in Kannapolis.

Carrick also made a deal with a large wholesaler, adding refurbished computers to his list.

But he was scared. He knew nothing about the business side.

“When I started, everyone said I was crazy, and I needed to get a real job,” he said. “Everyone doubted it would really work.

“This time last year I had nothing to my name, and by the end of April, I started making a

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WASHINGTON (AP) — End the public lifeline for large financial institutions, Republicans are demanding as they push back against Democratic efforts to set new rules for the financial industry.

The GOP is trying to fight many of the changes that President Barack Obama and majority Democrats want. Legislation would give the government authority to split up big financial companies and force the industry to pay for its most massive failures.

Republicans have offered alternative legislation that calls for new bankruptcy proceedings to dismantle failing institutions.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, said that creating more federal agencies and putting taxpayers on the hook for more bailouts will not help revive the economy.

“It will only compound the pain for struggling small businesses and for families who played by the rules, lived within their means and acted responsibly,” McCarthy said in the Republicans’ weekly radio address.

The House passed a regulatory overhaul in December. The Senate has yet to vote on a similar measure. Democratic senators sent a Wall Street regulation bill from the Senate Banking Committee to the full Senate on a party-line vote last month after a temporary retreat by Republicans that still left the bill’s chances for bipartisan passage in doubt.

Despite a conciliatory tone struck by the committee’s Democratic and Republican leaders, the development did nothing to mend the partisan divide over the legislation and adds even more uncertainty to Congress’ ability to pass a sweeping rewrite of financial regulations this year.

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Policy change could save millions

T Van Groce Van Groce is president of The Groce Companies in Sanford

he no cost or cost saving role our leaders can play in reviving our economy and the home building industry and getting America back to work.

I recently sent our congressman, at his invitation, the following policy change that will cost nothing and save millions or even billions. There are many policies that cost us in business, churches, schools, local, state and federal governments. I’m sure many of you know of some of

these policies. I encourage you to get involved and pass your ideas on to our elected officials. As you have seen they do not always know how to solve problems.

If you have ideas pass them on or send them to me at vangroce@ grocecompanies.com and I will.

The following is a policy change I sent to Congress. Let see what happens.

I am convinced that policy or sometimes no policy is a better and less costly means of achiev-

ing goals. I will start with a new policy: ENERGY STAR CERTIFIED Mortgages offered by all government agencies involved in mortgage finance. These properties would carry a 1/8-percent discount on the rate as they will prove to be a lower risk loan due to the lower utility cost.

All packages will carry an

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applications to help her keep track of her place in a complicated pattern.

Granted, Goza is a selfdescribed nerd — she says she was the first person in Seattle to get the alsohyped Segway personal transporter — but not everyone who braved the blustery early morning was a typical early adopter.

Danita Shneidman, a woman in her 60s, said she isn’t particularly tech-savvy, yet she already knows what she’s going to use the iPad for first: looking at photos and videos of her first grandchild, born this week in Boston.

And then there’s Ray Majewski, who went to an Apple store in Freehold, N.J., with his 10-year-old daughter, Julia. The iPad is partly as a reward for her straight A’s in school, and partly a present for himself. “I like the electronic books, and my daughter is really getting into them as well,� Majewski said. “I was thinking of getting a Kindle (e-book reader) but then said to myself, ’Why not get an iPad because I can get so much more from that than just reading books?�’ The iPad is essentially

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point that when it’s taken away, you crumble.

Blanke’s book is divided into four parts. In part one, you get rid of the unused stuff in your house. No more junk drawers. In part two, you attack your office or desk or the part of your house designated as your workspace. “Throw out all the debris that’s accumulated there, which just might be slowing your ability to gain traction in a new assignment, a new company or even a whole new career,� she says.

a much larger version of Apple’s popular iPhone, without the calling capabilities. The new device is a half-inch thick, weighs 1.5 pounds and has a touch screen that measures 9.7 inches on the diagonal — nearly three times the iPhone’s. Also like the iPhone, it has no physical keyboard.

For now, Apple is selling versions of the iPad that can only connect to the Internet using Wi-Fi. Those models start at $499. Versions that also have a cellular data connection will be available by the end of the month. They will cost $130 more, with the most expensive at $829.

In Apple stores in Seattle and on New York’s Fifth Avenue, the atmosphere was festive, with employees cheering and clapping as customers entered and left.

Once the initial iPad excitement settles, though, Apple may have to work harder to persuade a broader swath of people to buy one. Many companies have tried to sell tablet computers before, but none has caught on with mainstream consumers.

And while early adopters who pre-ordered an iPad in recent weeks have gushed about all the ways they hope to use it, skeptics point to all the ways the iPad comes up short.

In part three, you get rid of the mental mess.

You might be surprised (although I’m not) at the emotional junk you’ve collected. Finally, after you’ve made it to 50, with added space in your home, office and mind there’s room to contemplate what you want in life.

So are you ready to throw out 50 things? If so, I have a challenge for you. As you think about the stuff you need to pitch, may I suggest that you put on your list at least five financial things?

Among them, get rid of a lingering small debt.

Throw out old financial documents you no longer

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reputation for myself.� “I was doing very well in Kannapolis,� he said, noting that 90 percent of his business was referralbased.

The store in Salisbury, located at 117 W. Innes St., has been open for a little more than a month. “Where I was in Salisbury in the first two weeks of opening took me four to five months to accomplish in Kannapolis,� Carrick said.

He said word of mouth has been his best advertising. “I couldn’t be blessed any more than I am,� he said.

Carrick also donates

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Energy Star certification attached to the appraisal.

Appraisals will not be complete without the certification and the appraiser will be required to use a form showing the Energy Star value.

Currently an appraiser will give value to a fireplace or something he sees but no value to

need (that pile of papers counts as just one thing).

Shed the anger of a lost job or home.

Here’s the thing about Blanke’s book when it comes to your finances: People want higher incomes so they can live a better life, and this often just means having more stuff and the debt that goes with the accumulation of it.

But what if you started throwing out things?

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“My general rule is, if you check it in that morning, it’s usually done by the end of the day,� he said.

Carrick worked as a carpenter but is self-taught in computers. He has always had a love for technology, and now has four full-time employees. “Every morning I wake up and I’m fired up,� he said. “I never thought I’d be here in a million years.�

Carrick said he hopes to expand to other towns in the future. “I’ve actually had competition calling me, telling me I need to increase my prices,� he said. Carrick offers general repairs at $65.

Carrick is now working on a Web site, has a place on eBay and is trying to build a custom machine market.

the unseen. The Energy Star certification form will solve this problem and the appraiser will not need to investigate the energy components.

Energy Star is a Department of Energy program that includes on-site testing and verification of the home’s energy efficiency through construction practices and equipment.

The Energy Star certification form documents the increased efficiency of the home by an inde-

pendent third party.

We can get the National Association of Home Builders, the utility industries and the Department of Energy behind this effort and every member of Congress should support it.

We can get data on the savings in energy for the consumer, the utility, our nation and the world.

It is time to make policy changes that save resources and the environment.

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For over 40 years the staff at The Groce Companies has helped consumers in central North Carolina design, build and secure financing to build or buy their homes.

If you need assistance, please call (919) 775-1497 and visit our Web site, www.grocecompanies. com where we will be posting this entire series of helpful hints.

What if the purging process makes you more appreciative of what you have? This has the possibility of making you realize you can make do with the money you have.

If you decide to throw out 50 things, join me at noon Eastern on April 29 at www.washingtonpost. com/discussions. Blanke will be my guest. I want to know what you threw out and why.

It’s easy to be a

member of the Color of Money Book Club.

We don’t meet, at least not in person. We come together for a live online discussion. Every month, I randomly select readers to receive a copy of the featured book, donated by the publisher. For a chance to win Blanke’s book, e-mail colorofmoney(at symbol)washpost.com with your name and address.

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Readers can write to Michelle Singletary c/o The Washington Post, 1150 15th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20071. Her e-mail address is singletarym@washpost.com.

Comments and questions are welcome, but due to the volume of mail, personal responses may not be possible.

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how I want to be treated,� he said. “If you’re honest, and treat people the right way, you will have success. “I love what I do, and I’ll bend over backwards to look out for you.�

For example, a universal laptop charger runs around $120 at Best Buy or WalMart, he said. “I can get almost any charger for $35 or under,� he said. “Everyone’s got a horror story about computer stores,� he said. “I don’t take advantage of anyone.

If you do it the right way, this is what happens. “The biggest reward is all of the people I get to help.�

Carrick said that every repair is usually fixed within 24 hours from the drop-off time, unless parts have to be ordered.

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He offers a basic refurbished computer for $100, a deal, he says, that you can’t find anywhere else.

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Carrick links his success to his heart. “The mentality I try to keep, is to treat everyone

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What are some of these potential mistakes? Here are a few to consider: s %VALUATING PERFORMANCE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME — If you measure an investment’s performance over a relatively short period of time, you may be more tempted to invest emotionally — that is, you’ll buy more shares of an investment when you “feel good� about it because its price has risen, and you’ll sell more shares when you “feel bad� because the investment’s price has fallen. This behavior is the opposite of the classic piece of investment advice: “Buy low and sell high.� Try not to make investment decisions based on shortterm performance. Instead, look at an investment’s long-term track record. While it’s true, as you have no doubt heard, that “past performance can’t guarantee future results,� it’s nonetheless useful to see how an investment has fared in different market environments.

s .EGLECTING THE IMPACT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND WITHDRAWALS — If you put more money into an investment, it will be worth more — until the price drops — and if you take money out of an investment, it will be worth less — until the price rises.

Yet many people mistakenly attribute their investments’ performance to these inows and outows. s &AILING TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN hGROWTHv AND hINCOMEv INVESTMENTS — To help achieve your long-term goals, you’ll need a mix of growth-oriented investments, such as stocks, and incomeproducing vehicles, such as bonds.

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Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid, in cash or certified check, at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance of the purchase price so bid, at that time he shall remain liable on his bid, as provided for in N.C.G.S. §4521.30 (d) and (e).

In the event the Substitute Trustee allows the successful bidder to delay payment of the purchase price, said bidder shall be required to pay interest on the bid amount at the rate specified by the Note which secures the deed of trust, from the date the upset period ended until such time the bidder tenders the full balance.

An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to NCGS §4521.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

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Alive and well D.E. Parkerson

Bruce MacInnes

The Paper Pulpit

The Bible Speaks

Del Parkerson is a retired pastor of First Baptist Church. Contact him at dparkerson@ec.rr.com.

MacInnes is pastor at Turner’s Chapel Church in Sanford. Contact him at turnerschapel@windstream.net

Evidence of the resurrection

People of God take action

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ince the beginning of time, men and women have responded to the death of loved ones with a cry like that of Job: “If a man die, shall he live again?”

Human philosophy and pagan religions answer only with a wish or a vague hope.

The great Greek philosopher, Plato, was asked, “Shall we live again?”

He responded by saying, “I hope so, but no man may know.” The tombs of Mohammed or Buddha or Confucius are occupied, but the tomb of Christ is empty to this day.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most important of all Christian doctrines. Everything Christians believe depends on it being true.

Even the cross of Christ without the resurrection loses it meaning and power. That is why skeptics through 20 centuries have aimed their largest guns at the resurrection of Christ.

The evidence for the Christ’s resurrection of has been examined more carefully than the evidence for any other fact in history! It has been weighed and considered by the greatest of scholars and the evidence has stood the test of time.

Frank Morrison, a British lawyer, many years ago set out to write a book repudiating the resurrection of Christ. He wrote his book, but it was not the book he intended to write. As he examined the evidence, this skeptical

See Pulpit, Page 4C

“But the people who know their God shall display strength and take action.” Daniel 11:32

mittee has been hard at work for a year now planning for its sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary celebration. The first church was built in 1860. John A. Morris, a local layperson, and his wife, Candis, donated five acres of land for the sole purpose of building a house of worship. The church was named by the trustees for the donor.

That first church was replaced in 1904 after a leaking roof curtailed revival services.

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See Bible, Page 4C

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B.J. Johnston of Jackson, Miss., delivers the March 21 service at Morris Chapel United Methodist Church as John Wesley, founder of the Methodist church.

Small Harnett County church celebrates 150 years Special to The Herald

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he doors at Morris Chapel United Methodist Church have been opening for 150 years at a little white chapel that sits at the northwest corner of Harnett County.

On a recent Sunday, the congregation waited outside the front doors of the sanctuary when John Wesley himself, played by B.J. Johnston of Jackson, Miss., approached on horseback, Bible in hand, asking Pastor J. H. Daniels if the service had begun. Accepting the Rev. Daniels’ invitation to join the service, Johnston entered the sanctuary and presented “The Man From Aldersgate” by playwright Brad L. Smith.

The play is based upon the Wesley’s journals, who lived from 1703-1791. Wesley rode over 250,000 miles across England to bring spiritual renewal to England and America and is credited with saving England from the bloody revolution experienced in France. He is considered the founder of the Methodist church.

Johnston brought the teachings of Wesley to life for the congregation. At times, the service was also humorous

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B.J. Johnston of Jackson, Miss., rides in to the March 21 service at Morris Chapel United Methodist Church as John Wesley atop a horse owned by a descendent of the church’s namesake. with music and lots of interaction with the congregation.

The performance drew rave reviews by everyone in attendance. Many commented that they didn’t want to miss a single word.

The horse used to transport John Wesley to the church was owned by the late Delbert McLeod, a fifth generation descendant of John and Candis Morris. His wife, Ann, noted that McLeod likely smiled as he looked down upon the celebration.

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have spoken to many Christians about their Bible reading habits over three decades of ministry. Frequently a believer will tell me that they don’t read their Bible very much but they do pray; as if praying was a substitute for reading the Word of God. After years of ministry I have seen that many in the church are weak spiritually and their lifestyles are a far cry from the moral standards of the Scriptures. Some even view the faith and resolve of Noah and Abraham, Moses and Joshua, David and Daniel and Peter and Paul, to be almost freakish in nature; “no one can do what they did or live as they lived” they say. However, I would contend that the average Christian can indeed do what these men did but he must first know what these men knew.

The people who know their God are the people who display strength and take action. It is imperative for a believer to know his God well enough to trust Him; “faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Rom. 10:17) None of us would put complete faith in anyone unless we knew them well. The fact that others may trust them is helpful but firsthand knowledge is what we need to put our

The Healing Power of Nature

Lett’s Set a Spell

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Adrenal Fatigue Syndrome is often undiagnosed

Death reminds us of rebirth

ENGAGEMENTS ...............Page 3C Thomas — Thacker Johnson — Holder

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drenal fatigue syndrome is a condition whereby the adrenal glands, two walnut-sized glands each positioned on top of the kidneys, do not produce normal levels of one or more of their hormones.

In its most severe form it is adrenal exhaustion or adrenal burn-out. Adrenal fatigue is one of the primary causes of the low energy and fatigue that is epidemic today in our high-stress, no-rest culture.

And since it is going undiagnosed and untreated the problem and its effects are getting worse.

The adrenal glands are composed of three layers, each layer is responsible for its own hormone production, hormones that affect every major health process in the body.

O Dr. Christie Yerby Visit Dr. Yerby’s Web site at www.DrYerby.com or contact her at (919) 704-6298

Among those are the sex hormones (DHEA, pregnenolone, estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone) which are involved in anti-aging function. Hormones responding to the ‘fight or flight’ stressful situations are cortisol,

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n New Year’s Day 2004 I hosted a big celebration at my house in Buckhorn community, uniting the families of brothers Bud and Gilbert Lett, my Daddy and favorite uncle. Feeling fortunate that I had moved back close to home near my birth Mama Ruby and my second mother Isabelle, I decided to combine the clans together. I invited the families of sister Carolyn, brother Jimmy, and my cousins Tony and Janice, for a potluck supper. Truly it was one of the best days of my life.

Soon afterwards Uncle Gilbert suffered several strokes and Daddy’s COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pul-

ANNIVERSARIES .............Page 3C Perrys celebrate 60 years KIDDIE KORNER .............Page 3C Kenny Holder Jr. Meadan Allen Brent Sloan NEIGHBORS ....................Page 2C BIRTHS.............................Page 3C CIVIC CLUB NEWS ...... Page 5-7C SUNDAY CROSSWORD...Page 7C

AlexSandra Lett Lett can be reached at (919) 258-9299 or LettsSetaSpell@aol.com

monary Disease) escalated, and both required aroundthe-clock care. Eventually Mama and Aunt Isabelle also needed constant at-

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REUNION NEWS..............Page 2C MILITARY NEWS .............Page 2C

Contact Community Editor Jonathan Owens at (919) 718-1225 or by e-mail at owens@sanfordherald. com for information about items in our Wednesday or Sunday Carolina section.

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and weapons defenses available to the infantry Army Spec. Robert E. crewman.

Miller has returned to The Advanced IndiFort Richardson, Anchorvidual Training course age, Alaska, after being deployed to Afghanistan is designed to train infantry soldiers to for one year. The soldier perform reconnaissance is one of 3,500 memoperations; employ, fire bers of the 4th Airborne and recover anti-personBrigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry nel and anti-tank mines; Division stationed at Fort locate and neutralize land mines and operRichardson. Airborne ate target and sight combat team memequipment; operate and bers included soldiers maintain communicaassigned to one of six battalions and regiments tions equipment and of the 25th Infantry Divi- radio networks; construct field firing aids sion.

The airborne brigade for infantry weapons; and perform infantry served in three eastern combat exercises and provinces of Afghanidismounted battle drills, stan, which included which includes survival the Paktya, Paktika procedures in a nuclear, and Khost. Some of the biological or chemical challenges the brigade contaminated area. soldiers faced included Attkisson is the son of poverty, unemployment, James Houston of Vass. security, and manageThe private is a 2009 ment of natural regraduate of Union Pines sources and government High School in Cameron. institutions. Soldiers improved roads, provided vocational training in Julia Contreras construction and civics, Navy Seaman Apimproved and re-opened prentice Julia M. Contre29 schools, remodeled ras, a 2009 graduate of six medical clinics and Asheboro High School in improved three district Asheboro, was recently courthouses. promoted to her current Miller is an airborne rank upon graduation infantry assigned to from recruit training at the 3rd Battalion, 509th Recruit Training ComParachute Infantry Regi- mand, Great Lakes, Ill. ment. He has served in Contreras received the military for more the early promotion than two years. for outstanding perforHe is a 2007 graduate mance during all phases of Western Harnett High of the training cycle.

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Training which included classroom study and practical instruction Shawn Attkisson on naval customs, first Army Pfc. Shawn E. aid, firefighting, water Attkisson has gradusafety and survival, and ated from the Infantryshipboard and aircraft man One Station Unit safety. An emphasis was Training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. The also placed on physical training consists of Basic fitness.

The capstone event Infantry Training and of boot camp is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Battle Advanced Individual Stations.â&#x20AC;?

This exercise Training. gives recruits the skills During the nine and confidence they weeks of basic combat need to succeed in the training, the soldier received training in drill fleet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Battle Stationsâ&#x20AC;? is designed to galvaand ceremonies, weapnize the basic warrior ons employment, map attributes of sacrifice, reading, tactics, milidedication, teamwork tary courtesy, military and endurance in each justice, physical fitness, first aid skills, and Army recruit through the practical application of history, core values and basic Navy skills and the traditions. Additional training included devel- core values of Honor, opment of basic combat Courage and Commitment. Its distinctly Navy skills and battlefield flavor was designed to operations and tactics, take into account what it and experienced use means to be a Sailor. of various weapons

Robert Miller

The high honor of Elder Emeritus from Barbecue Presbyterian Church was presented to Alta Butner Warwick. Pictured are the Rev. Sandy Williams; Minister Joe Holmes, who presented the Elder Emeritus plaque; Alta Warwich, honoree; and Joey Holmes, who read the listing of responsibilities Alta has held in the church and Presbyterial and Presbytery.

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Jewell Morris, wife of Ed Morris, who is the oldest male member of Pocket Presbyterian Church, presented 108 bibs to LPN June Simmons at Parkview Retirement Home. The bibs were given by the Mamie Cole Day Circle in Edâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honor. The 500 unit of the Home will use them.

Lois Leath Martin (center) was presented with the Presbyterian Women Honorary Life Membership March 7 at Buffalo Presbyterian Church. Making the presentation were Buffalo Presbyterian Wimen Modertor Cathy Bridges (left) and Historian Sheila Brewer (right). Martin was honored for her outstanding contributions to the work of the church.

Reunion News Lee County n (milk available daily; fruit juice served daily as a fruit choice) Monday: No school; Tuesday: Chicken filet sandwich on multi grain bun or nachos, pinto beans, managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice, applesauce; Wednesday:

Reunion News Schools YELLOW JACKETS 1961-1984 The Paul Gay Gala will be held at 6 p.m. April 10 at the Elks Club for Yellow Jacket football coaches, managers and players from the graduating classes of 1961 to 1984.

For more information, call Paul Gay at (919) 776-3676 or Bill Tatum at (919) 7748806.

Spaghetti with grain roll or turkey and cheese sandwich on multi grain bun; Thursday: Baked chicken with grain roll or managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice, creamed potatoes, baked beans, chilled pear cup; Friday: Pizza or turkey and noodles with grain roll, corn cobbette, green peas, baked apples.

WESTERN HARNETT CLASS OF 1991 Planning has begun for the Western Harnett High School class of 1991 20-year reunion. Organizers need contact information for members of the graduating class. To learn more about the reunion or share contact information, contact Adam Dickens by email at acdickens@hotmail.com or call (757) 817-9335 or Jonathan Hilliard by email at jhilliard@rocketmail.com or call (910) 308-2770.

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Employees ALLIS CHALMERS AND SIEMENS-ALLIS AND SIEMENS ENERGY The Allis Chalmers and Siemens-Allis and Siemens Energy reunion will be held at 6 p.m. April 17 at the BW Family Restaurnat (old Palomino Restaurant). Live music will be provided by Eastern

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loped potatoes, field peas, roll; Thursday: Corndogs, potato wedges, jello with fruit, cookie; Friday: Pizza, tossed salad, fruit.

Grace Christian n (Ham sandwich and milk available daily) Monday through Friday: No school â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Easter break.

Gates. Door prizes will be won. All former employees are invited.

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Johnson â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Holder Donald and Sylvia Johnson of Lillington announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Carol Johnson of Lillington, to Dustin Clay Holder of Lillington.

He is the son of Mike and Beth Holder of Lillington.

Perrys celebrate 60 years

Walter and Marie Perry celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary recently at a reception at the Rocky Fork Church Community Building, given by their children Pamela Burns, Patricia Perry Horner, Lynda Gail Perry and members of the church.

The couple was married in March 18, 1950, at Roswell Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga.

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Kenneth â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kennyâ&#x20AC;? Earl Holder Jr. turned 1 year old March 26. His parents are Kenneth and Crystal Holder of Bunnlevel. Grandparents are David and Sharon Manyor of Coats and Shirley Gail Holder of Lillington.

Great-grandparents are Otis and Doris Capps of Coats.

Meadan Allen

Meadan Grace Allen turned 4 years old April 3. Her parents are Joe and Tara Allen. Grandparents are Mike and JoAnn Beal-Wall of Asbury and Sherry and Larry Campbell of Olivia.

Brent Sloan Brent Sloan turned 5 years old April 1. His parents are Charlie and Teresa Sloan of Cummings, Ga. Grandparents are Joe and Donna Gendics of Sanford, Danny and Mary Glen Peacock of Chadbourn and Charles Sloan of Virginia. Great-grandmother is Jackie Thomas of Broadway.

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Roy and Leigh Ann Thomas of Sanford announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Elizabeth Thomas of Charlotte, to Richard Charles Thacker of Charlotte. He is the son of Richard and Jane Thacker of Charlotte.

The wedding is planned for 7 p.m. June 5 at Cool Springs Baptist Church in Sanford.

The couple met as students at Appalachian State University in Boone.

Engagement and wedding announcements and anniversaries are featured in Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carolina section.

The Herald has designed forms to be used for submitting this information, which will be mailed, faxed or e-mailed upon request. These forms must be delivered to The Herald office at 208 St. Clair Court by 9 a.m. Wednesday, four days before the announcement is to appear in the newspaper.

Announcements also can be e-mailed to edwardsk@sanfordherald.com. For more information, call (919) 718-1224.

Births n Milagros Patricia Cruz, born March 7, daughter of Sarah Schalk of Sanford.

Grandparents are Susan and Gerald White of Daytona, Fla., and the late Gary Schalk.

(CCH) n Jaxon Chase Green, born March 7, son of Celia L. Green of Pittsboro. Grandmother is Anita Green of Pittsboro. (CCH) n Sophia Marie Torres, born March 8, daughter of Ruberkys Reyes and Agustin Torres Jr., both of Sanford.

Grandparents are Maria and Ruben Reyes of Sanford, Maria Burgos of Providence, R.I., and Agustin Torres of

Cary. (CCH) n Abigail Katherine Borrell, born March 9, daughter of Erin and Derek Borrell of Sanford. Grandparents are David and Tammy Martin of Sanford, Jim and Ruth Ann Borrell of Southern Pines and the late Katherine Yow Martin. (CCH) n Jayda Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;mere Simmons, born March 10, daughter of Latifa Matthews and Alex Simmons, both of Sanford.

Grandparents are Laura Lyles of Sanfod, Cynthia Simmons of Clinton, Trenton Blaunt of Greenville and the late Craig Matthews. (CCH) n James Daniel Gallagher, born March 10, son of Sarah Elizabeth and Sean J. Gallagher of Sanford. Grandparents are Dana and Binnie Trimble

of Newman, Ill., and Regina E. Gallagher of Middletown, N.J. (CCH) n Tyler Matthew Neal, born March 10, son of Tanya E. and Michael W. Neal of Sanford. Grandparents are Delores and William Danuck of Broadway and Joann and Paul Neal of Sanford. (CCH) n Leâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Quell Tavon Gill, born March 11, son of Akia S. McAuley and Leâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Quan F. Gill, both of Sanford. Grandparents are Jackie and Eric Thomason of Broadway and Angela and Reginald Burton of Winston-Salem. (CCH) n Nylah Angelique Gonsalves, born March 11, daughter of Patrina Maria Gonsalves Bulls of Sanford.

Grandmother is Angelique

Price. (CCH) n Milan and Mykal Whitten, born March 11, twins of Christy M. and Alvah P. Whitten Jr. of Sanford. Grandparents are Sally and Jerry Jones and Alvah and Darlene Whitten Sr., all of Sanford. (CCH) n Onyx Teâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;rez Davis, born March 11, son of Bianca Crump and Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brian Davis, both of Sanford. Grandparents are Ginger Pulley, Nina and Barry Crump, Donna and Leo Covington, John Battle and Delloris Ellerby, all of Sanford. (CCH) n Brentley Adam Shaw, born March 12, son of Kansas Star Philbrick of Bear Creek.

Grandparents are Roger and Cassandra Philbrick of Bear Creek. (CCH)

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The structure that replaced it is still in use today. In 1959, J. Marvin Groce, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Morris, along with his wife, Beulah Rosser Groce, donated land adjoining the church property on which the parsonage was built which is still used today to house the pastor and his family. A fellowship hall was constructed alongside the sanctuary in 1968.

Since that time, many changes have taken place at the chapel.

Seventh-generation families still gather for worship each Sunday.

In addition to the physical facilities, however, the congregation has also grown to include surnames far beyond the original list of charter members.

More and more new faces are welcomed each Sunday by the congregation which embraces the United Methodist denominational theme â&#x20AC;&#x153;Open

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lawyer found it so overwhelming he was forced to accept it and become a believer. His book, Who Moved the Stone?, sets forth the evidence for Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resurrection.

Lew Wallace also set out to write a book disproving the deity of Christ and His resurrection and ended up writing a famous book defending it. That book was titled Ben Hur. It was made into a movie several years ago, and I saw that movie.

The evidence for the resurrection of Christ is very significant. Let us examine only a few of the evidences:

WANT TO KNOW MORE? Churches, retirement facilities, schools, community colleges or any other church or civic groups who would like to book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Man From Aldersgateâ&#x20AC;? may contact B. J. Johnston via email at bj@kareproductions.com or visit his website at www.kareproductions.com.

Hearts. Open Minds.

Open Doors.â&#x20AC;?

The churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heritage committee has designated four special Sundays to be observed this year in celebration.

In additions to Johnstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service, held on March 21, the second special Sunday will be June 6, when young and old gather to celebrate homecoming. the Rev. Tracy Maness, pastor of the church from 1959 to 1963, will deliver the message.

After the worship service and traditional covered-dish meal, the congregation will honor the memory of the one for whom it is named by journeying to the family cemetery nearby and placing a wreath upon Morrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grave.

An old-fashioned hymn sing and ice cream social will highlight the third special Sunday on July 25 and

the United Methodist Youth Fellowship will bury a time capsule.

The final special Heritage Sunday to be celebrated this year will be Sept. 19, when the church gathers to celebrate the date that the cornerstone was laid for the present sanctuary.

The late J. Marvin Groce was present and laid the stone on Sept. 15, 1904.

Bishop Alfred W. Gwinn of the North Carolina Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church will deliver the message. The congregation will also remember the many family members who have gone to their great reward, those dear ones who laid the groundwork, keeping the doors open for 150 years and leaving behind a wonderful legacy of faith.

And, once again, there will be dinner on the grounds.

There is, first of all, the fact of the Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. For two thousand years the Hebrew people observed Saturday as their Sabbath day, and they still do. The early Christians moved their day of worship to the first day of the week. Only a monumental event such as the resurrection of Christ from the dead, and His appearance to His disciples on the first day of the week could have caused such a major change.

Then there is the fact of Easter. This was a replacement of the Jewish festival of the Passover. It became the festival of Easter. Early Christians greeted one another with the saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christ is risen!â&#x20AC;? And

the response was, â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is risen indeed!â&#x20AC;?

Then there is the undeniable fact of the Christian church. The Christian church around the world is currently more than five times greater than the Roman Empire at its zenith. As someone has said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Grand Canyon was not formed by an Indian dragging a stick.â&#x20AC;? Neither was an institution the size of the Christian church brought into being by the daydreams of idle dreamers in centuries past.

Then there is the final fact of Christian experience. Through the centuries the living Christ has transformed millions of lives â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and I am one of them.

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confidence in another.

You wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t marry someone just because a friend told you all about him or her; even if what they said was all good.

You would want to meet that person and get to know them personally.

You would want to spend plenty of time, quality time, with them because you were trying to decide whether or not to trust them with your life and livelihood. Let me ask you: why do you treat the Lord God differently than

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epinephrine (adrenaline), and norepinephrine.

Regulation of sodium and potassium and fluid volume is also centered in the adrenals with the production of aldosterone.

One of the primary functions of the adrenal glands is to manage the damaging effects of stress. Chronic stress has a multitude of harmful resulting effects, including depression, memory loss, weight changes, insomnia, and chronic illnesses including cancer.

The adrenal glands can help manage and fend off the damage as long as they are healthy. When exhausted from overuse, they cannot.

Adrenals can become fatigued or exhausted due to chronic stress, sustained illness, poor nutrition, or poor lifestyle habits. Without an informed attempt or program to regain their health unexplained fatigue and weakness among many others symptoms can begin and recovery is slow and difficult.

Since adrenal fatigue does not have a medical diagnosis code for the

you would another person? You spend so little time in the Bible; so little time studying the Scriptures and digging into its deep and profound truths; and then you wonder why your faith is weak and your life is little different from those who do not know Christ.

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insurance reimbursement forms, doctors rarely recognize this as being a medical problem.

It is not taught in conventional medical schools, including the specialists who works in this field of endocrine disorders, only in naturopathic medical schools. Without an insurance code, doctors cannot get paid for the time they spend evaluating and treating you for this fatigue-causing condition. It does then, unfortunately, go undiagnosed, untreated and ignored by most insurance-covered medical visits.

However, once outside of conventional insurance regulated care, there is more freedom to find help. Payment for testing and treatment is out-of-pocket and usually not found in drug medications, but in natural resources such as botanicals, vitamins and minerals since these are the nutrients the adrenals need to recover their health and vitality.

Many people who contact me suspect their thyroid function is low, yet they claim their thyroid tests are â&#x20AC;&#x153;normal,â&#x20AC;? according to their doctors, and are told that nothing is wrong with them. Others are told

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Some are told it is in their heads and still others attempt a self-care program, desperately looking for help on their own, but still unsuccessful. It is unfortunate, since a good partnership between â&#x20AC;&#x153;one who knows,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;one who follows directionsâ&#x20AC;? can bring about a drastic change to the better for this condition.

A good way to begin to determine whether you have adrenal fatigue is to ask yourself these questions: Have I been under constant stress? Have I been unable to rest or take time to relax? Do I get light-headed when I stand up? Do I crave salty foods? Am I a slow-starter in the morning? Am I getting mild memory loss?

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Upcoming Events Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who have a desire to quit drinking alcohol.

Meetings are held at 319 N. Moore St., Sunday at 4:30 p.m. for women’s meeting and 6 p.m. for speaker meeting; Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon, 6 and 8 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday at noon and 6 p.m.; Saturday at noon. Meetings are held at Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main St., at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

For more information, call (919) 776-5522.

Al-Anon Family Group

The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experiences, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems.

Al-Anon believes that alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recover.

The N.C. Al-Anon District 7 Central Carolina Al-Anon Family Group meetings are held at 8 p.m. Tuesdays at Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main St., and 8 p.m. Fridays at the AA Hut, 319 N. Moore St. For more information, call (919) 776-5522.

Gamblers Anonymous

Gamblers Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. each Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 525 Carthage St. For more information, call the Gamblers Anonymous hotline at (888) 846-4427, or visit www. gamblersanonymous.org.

Beaver Creek Cancer Support Group

The support group meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Beaver Creek Baptist Church, 2280 Nicholson Road, Cameron. Directors are Gloria and Jimmy Wicker. For more information, call (919) 775-2544.

Friendship Masonic Lodge 763 A.F. & A.M.

The Friendship Masonic Lodge 763 A.F. & A.M. conducts its stated communication at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the meeting hall, located at 102 Main St. in Broadway. Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m.

Central Carolina Jaycees

The Central Carolina Jaycees meet at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday and fourth Thursday of each month at the Jaycee Hut on Tryon Street. Membership is open to anyone between the age of 21 to 40.

Breast Cancer Support Group

Central Carolina Hospital’s Breast Cancer Support Group will hold monthly meetings for survivors of breast cancer at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month in the Women’s Center at the hospital, 1135 Carthage St., Sanford. Reservations are not necessary. For more information, contact Gwyn Sandlin, Breast Health Navigator, at (919) 774-2213.

Regional Airport Conference Room sponsored by The Jim “Catfish” Hunter Chapter of the ALS Association.

For more information, contact Suzanne Gilroy at (877) 568-4347 or Suzanne@catfishchapter. org.

Depression and Bipolar Disorder Support Group The support group is open to anyone who has been diagnosed or think they may have a mood disorder or has a family member or friend who has been diagnosed with a mood disorder.

The Harnett County group will meet at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month at the old CCCC Barber School, 17273 Hwy. 27 East, Sanford.

The Lee County group will meet at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the Wilrik Apartments Ballroom, corner of Wicker and Steele, Sanford.

For more information, contact Rae Wilson at (919) 775-5045 or brightside39@yahoo.com.

TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), a nonprofit, international weight-loss support group, meets each Monday at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center, 202 Summit Drive. Weigh-in begins at 5:30 p.m.; meeting starts at 6 p.m.

For more information, call (919) 775-7451 or (919) 258-6233.

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HIV/AIDS Support An HIV/AIDS Support Group meets from noon to 2 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at different locations in Chatham County.

Lunch is provided.

The group offers emotional support, education on medications, financial assistance and a caring environment.

Any Chatham County resident with HIV/AIDS is invited to attend. Confidentiality is a must.

For more information, contact Crystal Campbell at (919) 542-8271.

National Active and Retired Federal Employees The Sanford Chapter of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) association meets on the third Monday of each month. All active and retired Federal employees are invited to attend. For more information, call President Jimmie Coggin at (919) 775-3197.

Marine Corps League Marine Corps League Detachment 1223 meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month at VFW Stanley McLeod Post 5631 on Webb Street in Sanford.

Any Marine who has served honorably is invited to join the Marine Corps League.

American Legion Post 382

District 22 invites all state employees to join the SEANC meetings the second Monday of each month in the Spring Lake Library. For more information contact Michele Shaw, chairman, at www. micheleshaw22@gmail. com.

American Legion Post 382 and Auxiliary meet at 7 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month.

Bingo begins at 6:30 p.m. every Friday. Open under new management.

Post 382 is located at 305 Legion Drive in Sanford.

Relay for Life of Lee County

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Relay for Life of Lee County will be held May 14 at the Lions Club Fairgrounds. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease by raising funds for cancer research. If you want to be part of Relay, you can start a team or join an existing team.

Team captain meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at First Wesleyn Church.

Contact Shirley Crissman at smcrissman@ yahoo.com or visit www. leencrelay.org for more information.

Disabled American Veterans Michael J. Thomas Chapter 5 meet at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at 146 S. Main St. in Broadway.

The Sanford Cancer Support Group meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Enrichment Center. Facilitator is Linda Moore.

Lee County Mothers with Young Children Lee County Mothers with Young Children meets from 9:30 a.m. to noon every Thursday.

Mothers of children from birth to age 5 are welcome.

For more information, call (919) 353-5617.

Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step recovery from compulsive overeat-

further information, call (919) 499-8669.

The Lodge is located at 231 Charlotte Ave., Sanford.

Central Carolina Toastmasters The Central Carolina Toastmasters club meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of each month in Room 802 of the College Fitness Center at Central Carolina Community College. Membership is open to the public.

The club provides a relaxed atmosphere to help improve public speaking skills while developing leadership skills. For more information, call Cynthia Wilt at (919) 499-6009 or Vivian Rosser at (919) 7187236 or visit the website at www.centralcarolina. freetoasthost.biz.

Sanford Jobseekers Sanford Jobseekers, a faith-based support group for those who are unemployed, meets from 8:30 to 10:45 a.m. each Wednesday at First Baptist Church. The primary focus of the group is to give encouragement to those out of work, and provide programs to help that individual obtain employment. For questions, call (919) 776-6137.

DAV Chapter 83 of Moore County Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 83 of Moore County meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at 1020 Priest Hill Road, Carthage.

DAV is a service organization dedicated to assisting disabled veterans.

Service officers are available to help veterans with

VA paperwork Tuesday through Thursday. For an appointment, call (910) 944-1113.

Lee County Scottish Rite Club The Lee County Scottish Rite Club conducts its monthly meeting every month on the third Thursday at the Bay Breeze Seafood Restaurant in Sanford. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. and is held in the meeting room. All Scottish Rite Masons are welcome.

Hearts and Hands ECA Quilt Guild The Hearts and Hands ECA Quilt Guild will hold a two-day Beginning Quilt Class from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

April 24 at the McSwain Extension Center, 2420 Tramway Road. The class will make a Mile-a-minute quilt using fabric donated by the guild. Charge for the class will be $25 plus material for the backing and the batting. Some sewing machine experience would be helpful.

Class will be limited to 15 students. To register, call Kay Morton at the Extension Center at (919) 775-5624. She will provide a list of supplies needed.

The guild now has a Facebook page set up. Access it by searching for Hearts and Hands ECA Quilt Guild.

Southern Pines Garden Club The Southern Pines Garden Club will hold its 62nd annual tour of homes and gardens from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 14. Advanced $15 tickets can be purchased at The Country Bookshop, 140 NW Broad St., Southern Pines; The Campbell

House, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines; Natures Own, Java Bean Plantation and Opulence in Southern Pines and Poppy’s in Pinehurst or call Jody Mincey at (910) 295-4617.

Fleet Reserve Association Fleet Reserve Association and Unit 259 meet the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Retired Military Association building in Fayetteville, located off Gillispe Street.

For more information, call Chuch Dittmar at (910) 848-6126.

Meals on Wheels of Sanford Meals on Wheels of Sanford deliver nutritious specialized diet meals five days a week to residents of Sanford who are homebound and unable to prepare meals for themselves. Many people are struggling to make ends meet and are finding it difficult to pay for their meals. The Sanford Meals on Wheels Board of Directors suppliments some of the costs with donated funds. Sanford Meals on Wheels does not receive government funding and relies on charitable donations from organizations and individuals.

For more information about Meals on Wheels, call (919) 708-4181. Meals on Wheels is a nonprofit organization. Tax deductable donations can be made to Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 2991, Sanford, N.C. 27330.

Club news deadline is 3 p.m. Tuesday. E-mail information and photographs to edwardsk@ sanfordherald.com.

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Lions Branch Club The Lions Branch Club meets at noon the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at the Lions Club Fairground Lions Den. Cost is $6. Everyone is invited.

For more information, call Teresa Dew at (919) 774-6273.

Veterans Discussion Group The Veterans Discussion Group meets at 2 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Enrichment Center.

Members and family are welcome.

Cancer Support

ALS Support Group

The ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) Support Group meets from 2 to 4 p.m. the second Sunday of each month at Fayetteville

ing, meets from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Kerr Drugs, 1050 S. Horner Blvd., in the health and wellness learning lab.

For more information, contact Marie at (910) 850-7863.

Therapeutic Foster Parent Sessions Information sessions on becoming a Therapeutic Foster Parent with N.C. Mentor will be held from 12 to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at the Simpson Executive Center, 503 Carthage St., Suite 302.

For more information, call (919) 790-8580 ext.

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Rotary Club of Sanford

Past Clubs News San-Lee Sunrise Rotary

President Neal Jensen opened the meeting with the Quote of the Week: “The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin,” from Mark Twain.

Hayden Lutterloh led the Rotary invocation, and Bill Ray led the Pledge of Allegiance.

President Jensen took a moment to share with the membership his mom’s passing on Saturday and to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers.

In “Good News‚“ Andy Manhardt announced a lot of visitors to his home: a daughter and son from Chicago and another daughter and her family from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ashley Hinman described a carpentry project he and Dave Merriman are working on at the TLC Home, and Martin Davis described a restful vacation at home.

Jensen complimented the work of Hospice for his mom and he extended his compliment to Hospice for their kindness to former Rotarian Pete Straka. Larry Mintz announced he is going to be sharing his knowledge of the subject of humor with the students of Wingate University. Charles Oldham praised Duke University basketball for representing the ACC in the Final Four.

In “Club News‚“ SanLee Sunrise will not have a morning meeting on the next two Mondays, April 5 and April 12. Leslie Cox went to Australia with the team from the U.S., and the Australian GSE team will arrive in our area on April 13. The luncheon for the Australian GSE team will be held April 15 at The Flame Steakhouse and the Rotary District 7690 District Governor will be in attendance. The Rotary Stop Hunger Now! event will be Saturday, April 10, at the Christians United Outreach Center, 2885 Lee Ave. There will be two shifts for the stop hunger teams, 10 a.m.noon, and noon to 2 p.m.

San-Lee Sunrise Rotary Charter Night will be May 17 and the event will be held at the Buffalo Lake Club House starting at 6:30 p.m.

In “Community News‚“ April 22, Earth Day, there will be an event to recognize the building of the new Bankingport “green” office building on Carthage Street. The event will begin at 8 a.m.

Martin Davis introduced Peggy Taphorn, Producing Artistic Director for the Temple Theatre, and Kelly Wright, marketing director and administrative manager for the Temple, for a program describing the 2010-2011 Temple Theatre season. From 5:30 to 8 p.m. on April 23, the annual Art Walk will feature an international theme for wine tasting and art.

From April 29-May 16, Temple will feature the classic musical by Rogers and Hammerstein “South Pacific.” Friday, May 21, will be the Temple Theatre’s annual golf tournament fundraiser at Carolina Trace. For additional information or to sign up a team for this tournament, call (919) 774-4512, ext. 221.

The Temple Summer Theatre Conservatory for kids will present Disney’s “The Jungle Book.” There will be two conservatory sessions, June 21-July 11 and July 19-Aug. 8. Shows under consideration for the 2010-2011 season include “Chicago,” “The

39 Steps,” “A Christmas Carol,” “Crowns,” “Beguiled Again” and “Cats.”

Season tickets for six performances are $96 and $64 for four performances.

President Jensen led the Four Way Test.

Sanford Lions Clubs At a meeting this week, Don Hudson, founder of the successful Sanford Pottery Festival, told the Sanford Lions Club that it’s time that everyone pull together to promote the city and its major events.

He particularly pushed for creation of a local tourism authority to properly focus promotional efforts on attractions like the Sanford Pottery Festival, Lee Regional Fair, Temple Theatre and Old Mill Crank-Up. He said local events need cross promotion and efforts to sell the whole town as a package rather than separate attractions working independently. It’s hard to get out of town people to travel here for just one event, he said. Hudson said the pottery festival needs to grow, but to do so it might have to move. The festival is an expensive undertaking with rental of the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, tents, electrical services and police assistance.

Without a tourism authority, there is no place to seek funding assistance. Hudson used several examples of Cary’s coordination and support for community events that has helped that community grow from a small town to a large city.

“We need a broader vision to attract people to Sanford to the outstanding attractions here,” Hudson said. “Many people here have done well in a lot of areas, but we need to try and grow to be a smaller version of Cary rather than a larger version of Siler City.”

Hudson said the pottery festival hopes to enlarge its wine tasting event started last year into a separate wine festival by 2012 and for the upcoming 10th anniversary, a new chocolate exhibit will be added. In the future there could be specialty coffees, cooking shows, antiques and barbecue festivals, he said.

Lion Cliff Pepper was program chairman of the March 25 meeting at which President Richard Hendley presided.

Pepper also delivered the invocation while the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Willard Garren. Six past district governors who are members of the Sanford Lions Club were also recognized. They are Russel Mann, Avron Upchurch, Milton Somers, Tony Williams, Roy Jernigan and Dave Martin.

The local club has sent a dozen members on to hold District 31-F’s top post — making it among top clubs in the state.

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Sanford Lion Cliff Pepper (left) is shown with Sanford Pottery Festival Director Don Hudson (right), who was guest speaker at the March 25 meeting of the Sanford Lions Club. Hudson stressed the need for a tourism authority in Sanford.

San-Lee Sunrise Rotarian Martin Davis (right) introduced Peggy Taphorn (left), Producing Artistic Director for the Temple Theatre, and Kelly Wright, Marketing Director and Administrative Manager for the Temple, for a program describing the 2010-2011 Temple Theatre season. Also pictured is San-Lee Sunrise Rotary President Neal Jensen.

Mayor Cornelia Olive is pictured with District 7690 Area 10 Rotary Student Exchange representative Roberto Lopez, his mother, Josephina, and his sister, Jocelyn. Lopez’s mother and sister were here visiting him from Mexico over the spring break. Mayor Olive gave a “State of the City” address to the Rotary Club of Sanford at its March 30 meeting.

Sanford Civitan Club The regular biweekly of the Sanford Civitan Club was held March 25 at the Civitan clubhouse on Golf Course Road. There were 14 members present as well as two guests in attendance. There was no guest speaker as this meeting was intended to be a business session.

The meeting was opened by President Van Blanton who offered a warm welcome for everyone particularly the guests. Blanton then offered the invocation and George Noel led the Pledge of Allegiance.

It was announced that

Speaking to the Kiwanis Club of Lee County on March 24 is Larry Mintz (center), humor enthusiast, presenting the topic “The Fun-House Mirror: Humor and American Identity.” Also pictured is Kiwanis member Linda Moore and Dr. Parker McConville, organizer of the Second Annual Downtown Sanford 5K Run/Walk that is set for April 25. treasurer Larry Price’s recent surgery went well, however, his recovery is expected to be a little slow. It was also announced of the sad passing of Civitan International President Mark Eisenger’s 23-year-old son on March 15. Eisenger resides in Las Vegas.

Blanton also reminded everyone of the upcoming

District meeting April 10 at Lake Waccamaw and suggested the club get a group to ride together.

The Special Olympics committee stated that volunteers are needed for the local games scheduled for May 7. The Ramp committee reported of the construction of two more ramps since the last meeting.

There were no motions presented for action, however, president Blanton stated that a meeting of the Board of Directors will soon be called mainly to discuss the nominations of new officers for 2010-11.

The next scheduled meeting will be at 6:30 p.m.

April 8 at the clubhouse. A guest speaker is scheduled from the local YMCA.

President James Mitchell called the meeting to order and call on Wilson Cox to lead the Rotary Prayer. Tom Spence led the singing.

Visiting Rotarians were Brian Smith from Jonesboro and Ashley Hinman from San-Lee Sunrise.

Lynn Smith, Tommy Rosser and Tammy Bennetts all made up at the Jonesboro club last Thursday.

Our exchange student Roberto Lopez, his mom Josephina, and his sister Jocelyn were the special guests of Phil and Nena Richmond.

The 50/50 Polio Eradication Raffle of $17 was won by David Foushee.

Mitch Reese bragged on the Duke basketball team. Bill Lawrence bragged on being well after his stay in the hospital and the great care he received at Central Carolina Hospital. Phil Richmond also bragged how lucky we are to have such a wonderful hospital and staff at Central Carolina Hospital. Richmond also bragged on Alan Dossenbach for helping him out on repairing some furniture. Tommy Rosser and Ashley Hinman both bragged on what a special person Lopez is to our club and to our community.

The club’s thoughts and prayers go out to Tony Lett and his family over the loss of his mother.

From 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

April 10 is Stop Hunger Now at Christian United Outreach Center located at the corner of Lee Avenue and Seawell Street.

A joint Area 10 meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 15 at The Flame.

This will take the place of the regular Tuesday meeting that week.

There will be no Tuesday meeting. The club will welcome the Group Study Exchange Team from Australia and celebrate over 200 years of Rotary service to Lee and Chatham counties.

President Mitchell announced that for the year we had a net increase of two in the membership.

The club hopes to make the Gold Club for the District.

Joy Gilmour introduced Sanford Mayor, Cornelia Olive, who gave the club a State of the City update. The mayor stressed how important the accuracy of the census is to Sanford.

Money received from the state and grant money depends on population, so the town needs every citizen to turn in their census forms. Right now, Sanford is at 40 percent.

Sanford also has benefited from the stimulus package as the Sanford Police Department has been able to add four new officers for four years, and the federal government is paying their salaries for this time period. The city is also moving ahead on a $70 million waste water treatment project. The U.S. 421 bypass is also the recipient of a government recovery package that will get that project moving. The Greenway Project is under way and will be very beneficial to the appearance of Sanford. The initial projection is for a seven mile stretch. And finally, the BRAC impact is slowly benefiting the city and county and the mayor says we will see more in the coming years.

Next week’s program will be Bud Merchant, who will speak on the

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trends and building plans at Central Carolina Community College.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mitch Reese and the Four-Way Test by Paul Howard.

Kiwanis Club of Lee County

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Cara Langston was the guest of her husband, Dal Langston, and Parker McConville was the guest of Eric Vernon. McConville delivered information about the Second Annual Downtown Sanford 5K Run/Walk that is set for April 25. Presented

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by the North Carolina Army National Guard and co-sponsored by Sandhills Orthodontics and Sandhills Family Practice, proceeds will go to the military charity TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors.)

McConville encouraged going to www.pre-reg. com for registration and additional information about the event or contacting him at psm@ sandhillsortho.com.

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Lyn Hankins reminded everyone that the college scholarship applications are due on April 19.

President Jackson told everyone that Kiwanis One Day is scheduled for April 10.

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tention. During this challenging process we family members figured out what it was like to switch roles, to parent the elders in our tribe.

To provide excellent care we rearranged our lives and hired help. We suffered physical, mental and emotional exhaustion, however, our love for them kept us going.

While painfully watching others decline in health and believing in an after-life makes it more bearable to surrender family members to death, letting go is a long and painful jour-

ney. Daddy died in July 2004, Mama in June 2005, then Gilbert in April 2007, and last week Isabelle passed away.

After a gut-wrenching wake and funeral family and friends stood beside all four grave sites at Moore Union Christian Church. Together again in depleted bodies but restored in spirit, they rested in coffins next to the graves of Bud and Gilbert’s parents, Willie Puzie and Verta Cox Lett.

As the Bible says absent from the body and present with the Lord.

The next day we family members visited the cemetery where our loss really hit home. The four most important people in my life — Gilbert, Isa-

belle, Daddy, and Mama — were gone now, yet free of pain and living in victory. To each I made a promise based on values they had instilled in me.

Remembering Puzie Doyle “Bud” Lett as a charismatic story-teller I promise to draw upon his passion for entertaining people and growing plants, his love for tilling the land and taking long walks, his appreciation for music, and his fascination with tall trees and natural surroundings.

Thinking of Ruby Knight Lett as a go-getter and a go-giver I vow to give more time and energy to my family and my community. While I did not get her clean-

ing and sewing genes I am blessed with her persistence and will more diligently share my talents through my writing and speaking gifts.

I will even devote more hours to cooking for my husband Michael and others.

Recalling the many attributes that made a simple farm boy rise to greatness I am determined to follow in the footsteps of Gilbert Wesley Lett as a clever business owner, fun-loving guy, and generous giver to the community. I will work smarter, strive harder, dance more, and focus on meeting the needs of others professionally and personally.

Reflecting on Isabelle

Patterson Lett’s challenges with illness I vow to eat more nutritiously, exercise more, focus on the positive and create a healthier lifestyle.

Remembering Isabelle‘s exquisite taste in clothes and beautiful appearance I will dress better and check my lipstick often! Also I will even promise to create more order and beauty in my house and be good to my husband Michael who she loved so much.

With each death in our lives we can reassess the gifts that person has bestowed upon us and to treasure her and his many contributions. We can focus on the blessings from our close relationships with them and accept the responsibility of honoring the legacy of our elders.

During the Lenten and Passover season we have thought more about the presence of a Higher Power up above.

On Easter Sunday we are reminded of the life and death of Jesus Christ

and know that He demonstrated the power of resurrection. Today we have the opportunity to let the negative parts of us die and to claim victory over circumstances.

Each time we experience death and yet believe in rebirth we know there is life everlasting.

Surrounded by Spring’s reminder of regeneration and Easter’s message of resurrection we know that after any darkness always comes the Light.

AlexSandra Lett is a professional speaker and the author of “Natural Living, From Stress to Rest;” “A Timeless Place, Lett’s Set a Spell at the Country Store;” “Timeless Moons, Seasons of the Fields and Matters of the Heart;” “Timeless Recipes and Remedies, Country Cooking, Customs, and Cures;” and “Coming Home to my Country Heart, Timeless Reflections about Work, Family, Health, and Spirit.”

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