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Registered sex offender shot at deputies who were trying to serve arrest warrant By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com

SILER CITY — A tense day-long police standoff with a man who fired shots from his home ended Wednesday afternoon with that man’s death. Deputies with the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office determined Wednesday afternoon that the man, identified as 38-year-old Jason Arthur

Teleki, was dead from a gunshot wound to the head. The standoff at the Greenhill Teleki Drive residence began around 6 p.m. Tuesday when deputies tried to serve Teleki,

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Chatham County sheriff’s deputy cars line Greenhill Drive Wednesday, the site of a day-long standoff with a registered sex offender who traded shots with officers who were serving a warrant.

House candidate’s 2007 deal after suit by satellite giant protected by clause By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com

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ORDINANCE CHANGES ARE WELCOME NEWS

CANDIDATES FORUM SET FOR OCT. 7 AT CIVIC CENTER

Candidates for Lee County Board of Commissioner, U. S. Congress and N. C. House of Representatives have been invited to The Herald’s candidates forum, scheduled for 5:45 p.m. (the forum will being at 6:45 after an hour-long meet-and-greet reception) on Oct. 7. at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center.

Candidates invited are: ■ Lee County Board of Commission District 2 (incumbent Amy Dalrymple and challenger Charlie Parks), District 3 (incumbent Linda Shook and challenger Mike Womble) and District 4 (Butch Johnson and James Womack, who are seeking the seat of Jamie Kelly, who’s not seeking re-election). ■ U.S. House District 2 incumbent Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) and Republican challenger Renee Ellmers ■ N.C. House of Representatives incumbent Jimmy Love Sr. (D-Sanford) and Republican challenger Mike Stone The format for the forum will include questions submitted by Herald readers. To submit a question, e-mail it to news@sanfordherald.com.

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A dog looks out of his cage at the Lee County Animal Shelter, which is under the control of the Lee County Health Department. The department will present an overhauled animal code ordinance before the county commissioners in the coming months.

Last changes to code were made in ’97 By BILLY LIGGETT bliggett@sanfordherald.com

POLITICS

PELOSI HASN’T LIVED UP TO ETHICS PROMISE House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised four years ago that Democrats would lead “the most honest, most open, most ethical Congress in history.” But as her party defends its record with its majority in jeopardy, two prominent Democrats await ethics trials. Two other party members gave Congressional Black Caucus Foundation scholarships to relatives. Most importantly, lobbyists, corporations and special interests still have unimpeded ways to buy access to members of Congress.

SANFORD — It’s been 13 years since the Lee County Health Department revised its animal control ordinance. Department Director Howard Surface has only been here for two of those years, and in that time, animal control has been the issue he’s heard about most. “It’s by far the most talked about topic I deal with,” said Surface. “Obviously, it’s an issue we had to deal with.” The Health Department is finishing up the final draft of a completely overhauled ordinance that Surface expects to present to the Lee County Board of Commissioners in early 2011. The most recent draft of the 32-page ordinance, which The Herald received this week, redefines what constitutes animal abuse, adds a proposed law that prohibits tying up pets for extended periods of time and restructures the fines and fee costs for those who don’t

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SANFORD — The details of Mike Stone’s settlement of a 2003 illegal pirating suit with satellite television provider DirecTV will remain sealed, the company said this week. A spokesman for the company said a confidentiality clause in the Sanford city councilman and N.C. House Republican candidate’s deal with DirecTV bars the release of the terms of the accord. “The matter was resolved between the parties and that’s as far as I can go,” DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer said Tuesday, adding that the company dropped their case for an “undisclosed amount.” The settlement, which was struck in June 2007, followed DirecTV’s allegations that Stone purchased devices used to pirate satellite broadcasts. It was not clear whether that agreement included

HAPPENING TODAY The Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce will host a “Lunch and Learn” featuring a program on the new free service provided by the district attorney’s office replacing the old system of processing worthless checks. Lunch is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $10. RSVP at www. sanford-nc.com. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A

IMPROVEMENTS According to Howard Surface with the Lee County Health Department, Animal Control ... in addition to revising the animal code ... is working toward the following improvements: ❏ Rescue groups: Continued work with groups like CARA to find animals homes ❏ Mutual aid agreement: Commissioners will hear a proposal for the county to enter an agreement with other counties so animals can be transferred in the event of an emergency or natural disaster ❏ Feedback: The department will encourage feedback from the community and rescue groups ❏ Hands-on shelter reviews by veterinarians and pharmacist consultants

follow the rules or abuse their animals. It also comes on the heels of the department’s decision to do away with its gas chamber used for euthanasia (Animal Control will opt

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for injections to put animals down). In short, it’s the product of a committee of elected officials and animal lovers and it’s something Surface thinks will not only please those who defend animal rights, but also those who may worry about the costs involved in restructuring animal control. “I am very excited to see the positive direction the ordinance is going toward, and I am proud of the outcome,” said Kim Pritt, a longtime supporter of Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption and former advisory board member. Pritt said she has followed the progress of the ordinance discussions and has been a self-described “strong advocate for changes in (the county’s) euthanasia practices and tethering guidelines.” “I look forward to continuing to identify improvements that will focus on the quality of life for the animals here,” Pritt said.

SILER CITY — Learning to play the banjo. Researching the Civil Rights Movement. Restoring old cars. Studying immunology. Whatever the topic, the dedication of Chatham County high school seniors to a particular interest can put them one step closer to graduating. Chatham Central, Northwood, Jordan-Matthews and Sage Academy are entering their second year of the Graduation Project, an intensive project students must complete in order to graduate. Students work one-on-one with a project mentor, and the Siler City-based nonprofit Chatham County Together! is looking for mentors for about 40 students for the fall semester. “These kids really benefit a lot from one-on-one atten-

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OBITUARIES

KATHLEEN PARKER

Sanford: Ernest Adams, 70; George Seymour, 87 Broadway: Michael Thomas, 54 Durham: Barbara McLean, 59

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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 in Sanford. ■ The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. at the Dunlap Classroom, 80C East St., Pittsboro. ■ The Harnett County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. in Lillington. ■ The Siler City Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Siler City. ■ The Harnett County Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Lillington Education Building in Lillington.

TUESDAY ■ The Sanford City Council will meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall in Sanford. ■ The Chatham County Planning Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Agriculture Extension Building in Pittsboro.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Judy Coggins, Randy Paschal, Wayne Oldham, Mae Jamerson, Teresa Lynn Jackson, Eugene Doss, TaNesha McAuley, Terry William Overton, Kristianna J. Brown, Daymon Russell, Rufus Guerrero, Amber Douglas, Junior Dull, Rosa Durham, Carolyn Spivey, Julie Lawrence, Sammy Holder and Audrey Poe. CELEBRITIES: Actress Angie Dickinson is 79. Singer Cissy Houston is 77. Singer Johnny Mathis is 75. Country singer Marty Stuart is 52. Actress Debrah Farentino is 51. Actress Crystal Bernard is 49. Actor Eric Stoltz is 49. Rapper-producer Marley Marl is 48. Country singer Eddie Montgomery (Montgomery-Gentry) is 47. Rock singer Trey Anastasio is 46. Actress Monica Bellucci is 46. Actor Tony Hale is 40. Actress Jenna Elfman is 39. Actor Ashley Hamilton is 36. Actress Marion Cotillard is 35. Actor Mike Damus is 31. Tennis player Martina Hingis is 30. Olympic gold medal gymnast Dominique Moceanu is 29. Actress Lacey Chabert (shuh-BEHR’) is 28. Actor Kieran Culkin is 28. Singer-rapper T-Pain is 26.

Almanac Today is Thursday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2010. There are 92 days left in the year. This day in history: On Sept. 30, 1938, after co-signing the Munich Agreement allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain praised the accord on his return home, saying, “I believe it is peace for our time.” In 1777, the Continental Congress — forced to flee in the face of advancing British forces — moved to York, Pa. In 1791, Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” premiered in Vienna, Austria. In 1809, a treaty was signed by Indiana Territory Gov. William Henry Harrison and representatives of four Indian tribes under which the Indians sold some 3 million acres of land to be used for U.S. settlements. In 1846, Boston dentist William Morton used ether as an anesthetic for the first time as he extracted an ulcerated tooth from merchant Eben Frost. In 1955, actor James Dean, 24, was killed in a two-car collision near Cholame, Calif. In 1960, “The Flintstones,” network television’s first animated prime-time series, debuted on ABC. In 1962, black student James Meredith was escorted by federal marshals to the campus of the University of Mississippi, where he enrolled for classes the next day. In 1988, Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev retired President Andrei A. Gromyko from the Politburo and fired other old-guard leaders in a Kremlin shake-up.

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Adrienne Bashista (right) co-owner of Home Performance NC, Inc., discusses making homes more energy efficient with visitors to the 2009 Celebrate Green Central Trade Show and Home Tour at Central Carolina Community College’s Chatham County Campus. The 2010 Trade Show and Home Tour takes place 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15-16, at the campus, 764 West St., Pittsboro. Admission is free. The event includes a self-guided tour of energy-efficient Chatham County homes from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday only. Limited bus seating is available for the home tour by calling (919) 545-8032. Visit www.cccc.edu/green/celebration/ for tour and trade show information and updates.

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■ Temple Theatre’s production of “Chicago” starts at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available by calling the Temple Box Office at (919) 774-4155, or you may purchase tickets online at www. templeshows.com. ■ The Chatham County Fair will be held in Pittsboro. ■ The Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce will host a “Lunch and Learn” featuring a program on the new free service provided by the district attorney’s office replacing the old system of processing worthless checks. Lunch is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $10. RSVP at www. sanford-nc.com. ■ The Lee County Library will present a program geared toward children ages 3 to 5 beginning at 11 a.m. Activities include stories, finger plays, action rhymes and songs, puppet shows, crafts and parachute play. There is no charge for the programs and it is not necessary to register in advance. For more information, call Mrs. DeLisa Williams at (919) 718-4665 x. 5484.

Way of Lee County. ■ The Chatham County Fair will be held in Pittsboro. ■ NAMI-Moore County’s fifth annual Pathway to Awarness weekend kicks off from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Owens Auditorium on the campus of Sandhills Community College. Guest speaker Mariel Hemingway will speak on “Healthy Living from the Inside Out.” Seating is limited. Learn more at (910) 673-5493 or go online to www. nami-moorecounty.org. ■ Tickets for the Spirits of Sanford Ghost Walk will be on sale from 1-4 p.m. at the Railroad House Museum, 110 Charlotte Ave., Sanford. Cost is $20. The Ghost Walk will take place Friday, Oct. 8, and Saturday, Oct. 23, at 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Jimmy “Gravedigger” Haire will narrate the tour.

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end. The roping starts at 10:30 a.m. and continues until complete. The public is invited, and there is no admission charge. Additional information can be found at elevenbareastranch.com. ■ The Cameron Fall Antiques Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Cameron. ■ Sanford Health and Rehabilitation is holding its second annual Heritage Days from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. Heritage Days honors the history and heritage of the area through the display of classic cars, tractors, hit-and-miss engines and other agricultural equipment. Registration for the car show is from 9 a.m. to noon, with judging from noon until 2 p.m., and winners will be announced immediately following. If you have any questions or are interested in volunteering, call Jessica Hauser at (919) 770-9988. ■ The Chatham County Fair will be held in Pittsboro. ■ The Sanford/Lee County Alzheimer’s Walk will be held at Depot Park in Downtown Sanford. Registration at 9 a.m.; walk at 10 a.m. ■ NAMI-Moore County’s fifth annual Pathway to Awarness continues with “Ask the Professional” with Robert Gardella, M.D., a forensic psychiatrist with the University of Virginia Health System, at Pinehurst Village Hall from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. The “Pathway to Awareness Walk” at Rassie Wicker Park begins at 10 a.m. The “Candles in the Sky” observance and balloon release outside Village Hall starts at noon.. All events are rain or shine. Learn more at (910) 673-5493 or go online to www.nami-moorecounty.org.

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THE LAWS If a dog doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enough food, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abuse. If a horse doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have access to clean, fresh and potable water, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abuse. If a pet doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have access to convenient shelter that protects it from weather extremes ... or if said shelter doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have proper drainage, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abuse. Pet owners must provide access to vet care when an animal suffers from debilitating injuries, parasites or disease, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abuse. These may seem like obvious statements, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new wording in the proposed ordinance, and Surface hopes the wording will allow Animal Control to have more solid footing to stand on during animal cruelty investigations. It helps also, Surface said, that Animal Control is currently fully staffed, which he believes will free up time for investigations. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good news to Dale Williams, who still remains skeptical after years, he said, of less-than-satisfactory dealings with Animal Control. Williams has attempted to report neighbors for animal abuse â&#x20AC;&#x201D; leaving dogs tied to small ropes with no food or water â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but has hit a wall when it comes to seeing results. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll believe in the change when I see it,â&#x20AC;? Williams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problem isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so much Animal Control as it is lack of enforcement.â&#x20AC;? The other problem, Williams said, is lack of education, a sentiment Surface agrees with. Surface said Tuesday that educating the public on the proper way to care for animals and the new laws should they be approved are as important as anything. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes we get, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is how I grew up. This is how I was raised,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Surface said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I think you have to have that education.â&#x20AC;?

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Added Williams, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too many people on welfare ... people who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford animals but have them and people who treat them like furniture. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any respect for life. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just like nobody cares ... theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not motivated to do the right thing.â&#x20AC;? As reported in Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Herald, the draft of the revised ordinance includes enhanced sections on animal abuse and animals at large, as well as the addition of tethering regulations. The draft calls for animals to be tethered by a coated cable at least 15 feet long. Animals cannot be tethered by chains or ropes. The tether must be secured to a collar, it must be attached to swivels to prevent twisting or entanglement and shelter and water must always be within the animals reach. The draft says an animal can be tethered for a

maximum of 12 hours a day, though Surface said the maximum could be lowered before the final draft is presented. A more detailed leash law will be added as well, preventing people from walking with their animals in public places (with few exceptions) without a leash. The reason for the changes, according to Surface, go beyond the welfare of the animal, which he says is important. He said public outcry and the actions of surrounding governenments have helped mold the new ordinance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re located,â&#x20AC;? Surface said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the middle of central North Carolina. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re part of BRAC; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re part of RTP. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a lot of people moving here looking to make Lee County their home. We needed to become more sophisticated in our animal control. I really think this is a pretty good start.â&#x20AC;? Should the ordinance pass approval by the Board of Commissioners, the laws will cover all of Lee County, even within the Sanford and Broadway city and town limits.

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Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Old Fashioned Day to return for 23rd year By JENNIFER GENTILE jgentile@sanfordherald.com

GOLDSTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The town of Goldston will eat, play and fondly recall the past next month as a street festival returns for its 23rd year. On Oct. 9, Goldston Old Fashioned Day will draw hundreds to the Chatham County village. The event is a major fundraiser for the Goldston Lions Club, which inherited the event from the Goldston Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This helps support all of our community functions,â&#x20AC;? said Lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club member Lisa Denkins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It also brings people back to town to reminisce.â&#x20AC;? Denkins attributes the festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enduring success to Goldstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;small-town atmosphere and friendliness of all the people here.â&#x20AC;? She described the event as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;club effort,â&#x20AC;? with the proceeds benefiting the blind and visually impaired. The festival kicks off at

8 a.m., with live entertainment starting at 10 a.m.. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical lineup features Eastern Gate, Sharpeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Store Youth Jam, the Walters Family and Living Water Quartet. For a $5 admission fee, children get unlimited access to the Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Zone. In the zone, which is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., children can play on inflatables, enjoy the balloon art of Ubi the clown, or show off their hip-swinging skills with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;hula-hoop lady.â&#x20AC;? Local public service agencies will be on hand to display their equipment and provide information about their programs, according to Denkins. Lee County Wildlife Rescue will be nearby, exhibiting several kinds of rehabilitated birds, snakes and other creatures. Patrons are encouraged to bring their used eyeglasses to recycle at the North Carolina Lions Vision Van, which will visit from 9 a.m. to 4

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

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new law Jan. 1 regulating who can ride a motorcycle on public streets and requiring safety training will not come soon enough as the economy-fueled proliferation of motorcycles, scooters and mopeds continues and deaths increase. But the law doesn’t go far enough. Motorcycle deaths, including scooters and mopeds, in North Carolina rose 29 percent to 97 in the first eight months of 2010 compared to the same period last year, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol. That’s against a national trend that saw the motorcycle death rate drop 16 per-

cent in 2009. In Forsyth County, four deaths have occurred in 2010 through the first eight months, vs. three in that period in 2009. Three more people have died in wrecks involving motorcycles — two involving mopeds — in recent weeks in Forsyth and Wilkes counties. “Motorcycles, scooters, mopeds — these are the most vulnerable motorized vehicles on the highways today,” David E. Parsons, president of AAA Carolinas, told the Journal’s John Hinton. “In North Carolina, we have been unable to regulate licensing in a way that makes users operate safely.” The new law requires either a motorcycle learner’s permit or a

motorcycle endorsement in addition to a provisional or regular driver’s license. The learner’s permit can be obtained by passing a vision test, road sign test and written test, but is only valid for 18 months. To obtain a motorcycle endorsement, a driver must demonstrate competence to drive a motorcycle. The new law is a start, but it exempts the slower moped vehicles from the requirements. This should be remedied in the next session of the legislature. Mopeds, which generally travel no faster than 30 mph, can be just as dangerous as a scooter or full-sized motorcycle if the driver lacks training and safety equipment. The only require-

ment for mopeds is that the driver wear a helmet, which applies to scooter and motorcycle drivers and riders. The law should be changed to include mopeds. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported 4,462 motorcycle riders died in accidents nationwide in 2009. In North Carolina, motorcycles represent 2 percent of all registered vehicles, but account for about 10 percent of fatalities. These are undeniable statistics. Training and certification of all drivers of motorcycles, including mopeds, should be a no-brainer.

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

Why lobbyists love bailouts If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true. This good advice doesn’t just apply to business, relationships, and the efficacy of home remedies sold over the Internet. It also applies to politics. When politicians promise that they’ll give you all sorts of valuable goodies, while making someone else pay for all those valuable goodies, disbelieve them. Especially disbelieve them if they try to claim that North Carolinians won’t have to pay for the goodies because the “federal government” will. The federal government has no money that it does not first tax from us, either directly through tax levies or by inflating the money supply. “Federal dollars” are nothing more than dollars taxed from households in North Carolina and other states, sent to Washington, and then returned to their places of origin with shipping and handling charges deducted for the “favor.” When Gov. Beverly Perdue and the Democratic leaders of the General Assembly took credit for plugging billions of dollars in state budget deficits with “federal dollars,” what they were really celebrating was their clever evasion of the North Carolina constitution. Our state constitution requires that our state budget be balanced every year. It forbids the use of borrowed money to pay for the operating expenses of the government. Because the federal constitution has no such provision, the federal government has run budget deficits in most of the past 70 years. Recently, the deficits have exceeded $1 trillion a year. In effect, all of the federal money used to plug North Carolina’ budget hole was borrowed. That’s unwise and, at best, extra-constitutional. But the story gets even worse, I’m sorry to say. By using borrowed money to sustain levels of state spending that current state taxes can’t sustain, Perdue and legislative leaders have set the stage for future tax increases. By protecting billions of dollars in waste, fraud, and ineffective programs, they strengthened the special-interest constituency that benefits from these programs. Those lobbies will be back in 2011 and beyond to protect their programs from cuts. History suggests that, more often than not, these spending lobbies will succeed. A new study from economists Russell Sobel and George Crowley demonstrates the effects in clear statistical terms. After examining several decades of federal and state fiscal trends and modeling how federal subsidies influence state decisions, the economists concluded that for every $1 of federal aid to states, future state taxes rise by between 33 and 42 cents. In reality, government programs persist as long as their political constituencies retain power. By using “federal funds” to avoid making necessary budget adjustments in 2009 and 2010, Perdue and the General Assembly have only made it harder to carry out those adjustments in 2011. That’s precisely what public-sector unions, vendors, activist groups, and other spending lobbies wanted. They are big fans of federal bailouts.

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fter living in New York City for a few weeks, I’ve reached a few conclusions about the great political divide in America. As Barack Obama told us at the Democratic convention in 2004, we are not a red and blue nation, etc., etc., etc. True enough, but we are a high-density/low-density nation. As a smallish-town girl come to the humongous city, I am all too aware of the appeal and horror of centralized government. Simply put, the more people cram themselves into small spaces, the more government will be involved in their lives. This isn’t the stuff of revelation, of course, but it’s a useful metaphor for the two prevailing worldviews now in conflict. If you live in a large urban area, chances are you are accustomed to lots of rules and regs. But to the newcomer, fresh from living largely independently by her own wits, the oppression of bureaucratic order is a fresh sort of hell. Not only did I move from a small town in South Carolina via a relatively quiet neighborhood in Washington, D.C., I also left the solo operation of a freelance writer to join CNN, an international organization with layers upon layers of human management. Not that I’m complaining. Just sayin’. But between rules for potted plants on an apartment terrace and a building ban on lighting birthday candles, I’ve uttered more than once, “Now I know what it’s like to live in communist China.” Without, of course, the conveniences. Nothing is simple when you have 8.4 million people living in the space of 303 square miles. This seems obvious, but the daily impact of those statistics can’t be fully appreciated until you’ve experienced it. For every individual action, there are four typed, single-spaced pages of restrictions. So it must be, one could argue, or else there would be anarchy. You can’t have 8 million people acting out their individual impulses. What if half the city’s residents decided to fire up the Weber for some burgers on a given Saturday? On the other hand, when staffers threw me a birthday party a few days ago, rules prohibited lighting the single candle on my pink-frosted cupcake. You may have heard about Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s crusade against trans fats, which are now banned from restaurant fare in the city. OK, fine, trans fats are bad for you and I voluntarily eschew them. Not so the fellow who installed my wireless. “You can’t get a good doughnut in the city anymore,” he railed. “I have to drive to Jersey to get a decent doughnut.” But Bloomberg cares about my cable guy’s arteries. He figures citizens will be better for these rules, which is the thinking behind all decisions that ultimately remove the decision-making (i.e. freedom)

Letters to the Editor We need to vote out all of the Etheridges in D.C. To the Editor: Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could have the same respect for our government leaders that our forefathers had when this country was founded? The signers of the Constitution pledged their well being and fortune to each other, which shows how they were committed to each other and the people. Today in Washington, we have a Congress where actions say loudly and clearly that the people work for the Congress, and they know what is best for us. In November, we have the opportunity to send those congressmen that have this attitude to the unemployment line. I believe the 2nd Congressional District’s congressman, Bob Etheridge, is one who should be released from the people’s employment. There are many good reasons for this: ■ He represents California more than he represents the voters of hte 2nd District, as he has voted lock step with Nancy Pelosi. ■ He voted for the health care insurance bill, which an overwhelming majority of the district’s voters opposed. ■ He voted for the $8.9 billion stimulus bill that has been spent on many worthless projects and has only provided for a few government jobs. ■ He has failed to secure our border. Etheridge will not be hurt as badly from losing his job as the many citizens who have lost their jobs because of his votes. After all, making $162,500 per year, he will receive a fat retirement check and full health insurance at no cost to him — all paid for by the 2nd Congressional District’s voters. When all of the Etheridges are removed from Congress, we may have a chance of getting the important things done such as getting a new tax system (fair tax), the rebuilding of respect from our allies, rebuilding a social security system that is solvent, rebuilding our economy, cutting taxes and protecting life. BOBBY R. HALL Former Lee County Commissioner, N.C. Rep.

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from our lives. It is one thing to create laws that protect us from another’s stupidity, but shouldn’t the cable guy have the right to be stupid? Even just now and then? I haven’t eaten a doughnut in 20 years, but suddenly I have an uncontrollable urge to hit Krispy Kreme. These are tiny little things, not so terribly important, but so are raindrops. Individually, they’re not much. In combination, they become something else less pleasant. Inevitably, the mind wanders to health care and other government programs that aim to do nice things for good people but in the process eliminate the options of being selfdirecting individuals. This is fundamentally where Democrats and Republicans face off. At what point is the common good bad for people? Many so-called Everyday Americans who live in the oft-maligned red states essentially are people who live in more-open spaces and, therefore, see little need or benefit for government management of their lives. The frontier may be nearly gone, but the person who prefers wider horizons will have little use for bureaucrats bearing the latest government how-to (or how-not-to) document. Those who have opted to live in densely populated blue areas need third-party authorities to maintain order and figure they’ll trade a little freedom for the convenience and cultural riches of city life. These are completely different orientations toward life in general and the role of government specifically, and I’m not sure the two can be reconciled. City dwellers will never understand the folks who prefer the company of trees, and country folk will always resent the imperious presumptions of urbanites who think they know best. But when the lights go out, I’m gonna light that dadgum candle.

Today’s Prayer How can you say to your brother, “Let me remove the speck from your eye.” and look, a plank in your own eye? — (Matthew 7:4) PRAYER: Father, thank You for the gift of Humor, let me see my own faults and failures first. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Ellmers’ mosque ad is embarrassing to N.C. To the Editor: Dear Renee Ellmers, your “mosque” campaign ad is embarrassing to the good people of North Carolina. Your shameful behavior and deceitful words in this ad disgrace us all. Furthermore, you insult our intelligence because: ■ victory mosques do not exist ■ the building is not “at Ground Zero” as you say ■ as a congresswoman, God forbid, you would have no say over the building’s location. That is for New York City people to decide. The truth is: ■ the proposed building will be community center with a prayer room ■ there was a Muslim prayer room on the 17th floor of the World Trade Center’s south tower. Your shameful ad is replete with misinformation and lies. Just the type of behavior that we so much need in Washington. Finally, today, as most North Carolinians try and build bridges to other faiths ... you burn those bridges down. As you burn, you hurt us all. I understand that you are a nurse. Keep up the good work there. You are most likely a good nurse. Do what you can to control health care cost there. Your ad shows, however, that you do not deserve a seat in Congress. DAVE MOLINARO Charlotte

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SANFORD — Ernest Gerald Adams, 70, formerly of Raleigh, died Tuesday (9/28/10) at Lee County Health and Rehab. He was born in Wise County, Va., son of the late Ernest and Flonnie Helton Adams. He was employed as a carpenter, and was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He was also preceded in death by brothers, Donald Adams, Billy Adams, Frankie Adams and Bobby Adams; and a sister, Betty Wolfe. He is survived by his fiancé, Sandy Lorimor; a sister, Phyllis A. Jones of Sanford; brothers, James Ronald Adams and wife Lois of Garner and Ralph Eugene Adams and wife JoLynn of Chesapeake, Va.; and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society 8300 Health Park, Suite 10, Raleigh, N.C. 27615 or Heartland Hospice, 3200 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Raleigh, N.C. 27604. No public service will be held. Condolences may be made at www.rogerspickard.com. Arrangements are by Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home.

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BROADWAY — Funeral service for Michael Lewis Thomas, 54, who died Sunday (9/26/10), was conducted Wednesday at Leaflet Presbyterian Church in Broadway with

the Rev. Pat Fletcher and the Rev. Kent Wise officiating. Soloist and guitarist was Tracy Thomas. Pallbearers were Pat Cameron, Frankie Spivey, Jack Sharpe, Greg Smith, Jeff Thomas and Tony McNeill. Honorary pallbearers were Ted McNeill, Ted Brown and Paul Tysinger. Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc.

Barbara McLean DURHAM — Barbara Bryant McLean, 59, died Wednesday (9/22/10) qt Hock Family Pavilion, Duke’s inpatient hospice facility, from cancer. She was born Nov. 28, 1950 in Sanford, daughter of the late Laura Bryant and Henry Woodard. She was a long time employee of Durham County Department of Social Services. She was preceded in death by a brother, George Raeford Jr. She is survived by sons, Bertramd McLean and wife Lena, Robell McLean and Royce McLean, all of Alexandria, Va.; sisters, Rosalyn Raeford and Lisa Jones, both of Durham, Scarlett Carter and husband Daryl of Cincinnati, Ohio and Loretta Hudson of Coral Springs, Fla.; brothers, James Raeford and wife Belinda of Alexandria, Va. and Allen Hudson of Columbus, Ohio; six grandchildren and numerous aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Chapel of American Cremation Services in Durham. Arrangements are by American Cremation Service, Inc. of Durham.

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SANFORD — George Alfred Seymour, age 87, ended his long fight against various health ailments on September 28, 2010. His loving wife, children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren cherish their memories of him and rejoice that he is free to garden again. He was born on June 19, 1923 in Nadeau, Michigan, son of the late Adolph and Delphine (Laura) Gauthier Seymour. He was the youngest of six children and developed keen abilities in practical joking as the baby of the family. He was a Veteran of the United States Army having served as a Teletype/Cryptographer operator, as he was a member of the Greatest Generation, serving honorably in the South Pacific. After service, he attended Michigan State College and graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering which so fit his lifelong need for more facts and analysis. “What is truth?” he would ask as we all sighed. On May 7, 1949 he married Carmen Lauer Seymour. Theirs was a classic teen romance which endured through all trials and tribulations for almost 62 years. Together they raised three daughters and George manfully held his own in the house. He was a loving husband and father, taking the family out to the rose garden and ice cream store every Sunday after church. He spent time singing with his girls, usually making up the words or even the songs. He had a great passion for gardening and he spent evenings and weekends nurturing his beloved roses. An award winning grower and exhibitor in numerous shows, he served as President and Officer/Board Member of the Pittsburgh Rose Society for years. George retired to North Carolina and became active in the local community. He volunteered in the pharmacy at Central Carolina Hospital and was a member of the Lion Club in Broadway. He remained active until age and physical ailments robbed him of his ability to tend to his rose garden. George is survived by Carmen, his wife of over 61 years; daughters, Evelyn S. May and husband Doug of Pittsburgh, Pa., Jeanne S. Hunter and husband Johnny of Sanford and Lorraine S. Sanders and husband Evan of Salt Lake City, Utah; grandchildren, Doug, George Aaron, Greg, James Rebel, Nicholas, and Cheyenne; and three great-grandchildren. He was loved and will be sorely missed by his family members and by his numerous friends. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Salem Presbyterian Church with Dr. Jerry Vuncannon officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the Broadway Town Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Smith Funeral Home in Broadway and other times at the home of Jeanne and Johnny Hunter, 506 Hunter Farm Road, Sanford. Flowers are welcome, but fond memories of George would be treasured. Arrangements are by Smith Funeral Home of Broadway. Paid obituary

SANFORD ■ Simpson & Simpson reported property damage Tuesday at 704 Highland St. ■ Akeatha Diane Washington, 33, was charged Tuesday at 1112 James St. with failure to appear. ■ Dianelsie Yanira Manso, 24, was charged Tuesday at 809 Carthage St. ■ Jeremy Lee Chavis, 34, was charged Tuesday at 3880 Steelbridge Road with assault by pointing a gun. ■ Brian Keith Murphy, 17, was charged Tuesday at 225 E. Weatherspoon St. with common law robbery. ■ Bianca Nichole Crump, 21, was charged Wednesday at 100 Hickory Ave. with noncompliance. LEE COUNTY ■ Tony Maurice McLean, 20, of 878 Douglas Farm Road in Sanford was arrested Tuesday for felony larceny and felony possession of stolen goods; he was released under $2,500 unsecured bond. ■ William Lucian Wallace, of 65 Post Oak Lane in Sanford, was arrested Tuesday for failing to appear in court in Wayne County; he was held under $500 secured bond. ■ Elizabeth Smith Jones, 33, of 1665 Post Office Road in Sanford, was arrested Tuesday for felony larceny and felony possession of stolen goods; she was held under $4,000 secured bond. HARNETT COUNTY ■ James Maurice Wilson, 40, of 71 Applewood Drive in Broadway, was charged Tuesday with assault on a female. ■ Ethan Robert Brown, 19, of 207 Burton Acres Drive in Cameron, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear on a misdemeanor probation violation. ■ Holly Reann Calvin, 29, of 222 Mimms Road in Broadway, was charged Tuesday with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. ■ Karina Murphy Mason, 32, of 3880 Marks Road in Cameron, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear. ■ Larry Robert Pahlck, 31, of 149 Forest Manor Drive in Sanford, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear on a assault on a female charges. ■ Christopher James Haynes, 33, of 90 Constitution Way in Cameron, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear.

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money or other services, although local GOP leaders have maintained that no money changed hands. Stone, meanwhile, declined to expound on the settlement Wednesday, saying it was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;contractual disputeâ&#x20AC;? that had been resolved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m busy, I really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the time,â&#x20AC;? Stone Stone said in a brief telephone interview. Stone would not confirm nor deny Wednesday that he was forced to make a payment to DirecTV over the alleged offense. Stone told The Herald earlier this month that he cannot remember paying DirecTV for any alleged wrongdoing. Records show, however, that a 2006 court judgment ordered Stone

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a registered sex offender, with a warrant for arrest on new charges of first-degree sex offense and indecent liberties with a child. Deputies said Teleki started shooting after they entered the home Tuesday, with one gunshot hitting a deputyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shield. No law enforcement officers were reported injured, officials said. Chatham County spokeswoman Debra Henzey said law enforcement had set up a special line of communication with Teleki after the shooting began,

to pay the company $10,000 in damages, in addition to $780 in fees and attorney costs, after the GOP city councilman failed to respond to the accusations in the allotted time. Stone said he was not aware of DirecTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accusations against him until the company came to him seeking money following the judgment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had to go back and show them it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t our problem,â&#x20AC;? Stone told The Herald. The case began when DirecTV lawyers argued in 2003 that credit card records and receipts seized from pirating distributors traced the illegal devices back to Stoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sanford address. Stone said the dispute arose because a customer of his Jonesboro-area Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grocery Store utilized a store service to have the equipment shipped to him via Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. According to Stone, the customer gave the cash to Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the store forwarded the money to the seller. He said he cannot recall the name of the customer or the con-

tents of the order, but Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has since discontinued the service allowing the store to act as a shipping destination. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You get sued when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a business,â&#x20AC;? Stone said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can either pay for it or fight it. I fought it.â&#x20AC;? Lee County Republican Party Chairman Linda Shook said she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe the suit will threaten Stone at the polls because voters are concerned about issues and not â&#x20AC;&#x153;old news.â&#x20AC;? County Democratic Party Chairman Ty Stumpf countered that the suit, along with ABC violations at Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and code improprieties on local rental properties he owns, indicates a pattern of malfeasance from Stone. Stone, according to some polling, is expected to offer a challenge for Democratic incumbent Jimmy Love in the 51st House district this fall.

although no messages had been received from him since Tuesday night. A sweep of the home using robotic fiber optic cameras found Teleki laying in the home after 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, and agents confirmed by 3:15 p.m. that Teleki was dead from a gunshot wound. It was not clear whether the wound was self-inflicted or fired by law enforcement. Deputies from Chatham and Randolph counties, as well as Siler City police, the State Bureau of Investigation, the N.C. Highway Patrol and U.S. Marshals were on the scene Wednesday, blocking off Green-

hill Drive and evacuating some residents from their homes. Officials did not release the address of the Greenhill Drive home, although the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sex offender registry listed Teleki living at 426 Greenhill Drive. No additional information on the new charges against Teleki was available Wednesday afternoon, although he had been convicted in 1992 for indecent liberties with a minor.

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tion,â&#x20AC;? said Gwen Overturf, Graduation Project coordinator at Chatham County Together! â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just having a figure that is totally listening to them and supporting their ideas is great. This mentor is a person they can model themselves after.â&#x20AC;? Each senior selects a topic of interest to them that must be approved by the school, writes a research paper about it, makes a formal presentation and creates a â&#x20AC;&#x153;productâ&#x20AC;? representing their chosen topic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a student decides they want to study immunology, for example, their product might be a pamphlet about the H1N1 virus to be distributed in the community,â&#x20AC;? Overturf said. Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s projects included everything from cake design and dog training to pediatric nursing and running a sports camp for young children. Many students select their own mentors, but Chatham County Together! pairs mentors with students who are having trouble finding one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They might be at risk for not being able to complete the project, and therefore not graduate, for just a slew of different reasons,â&#x20AC;? Overturf said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of these kids are English as a second language students. They might not have very much home support. They might be new to the community. They might have just been struggling in school.â&#x20AC;? Chatham County Together! has been operating for more than 20 years and is Chatham Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only mentoring organization. The

Chatham County Together! is seeking about 40 people to mentor Chatham County high school students on their senior projects. If you are interested, contact Gwen Overturf at (919) 663-0116, ext. 406, or visit www.chathamcountytogether.org.

group uses its resources and expertise to match students with mentors who are also passionate about their topics. Overturf said she reaches out to mentors wherever she can, from community meetings to church organizations to her own family and friends. Her husband, Edwin White, mentored a student last year whose project focused on learning fly fishing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a sculptor, so I was assuming someone would come to me interested in design,â&#x20AC;? White said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was really out of the ordinary, and I thought it was right up my alley.â&#x20AC;? White taught his student how to use a fly rod and how to tie flies, and he helped him create a before and after video presentation for his prod-

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uct. White said he saw his student undergo a huge transformation by the end of the project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we first started, he was a very uncommunicative guy,â&#x20AC;? White said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was against doing anything like this, especially writing a paper. But we finally kind of broke through to each other. Getting pats on the back and encouragement goes a long way.â&#x20AC;? Mentors commit to working with students on their projects six to 10 times, but Overturf said many mentors choose to work with their students beyond the expected 1215 hours. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve met so many loving, caring adults who have exceeded their commitment and spent 20, 30, 40 hours with their students,â&#x20AC;? Overturf said. Pittsboro resident Rita Spina still regularly speaks with the student she mentored last year. Spina used her expertise as a psychologist to help her student research whether or not it is possible to tell if a baby might be mentally retarded before the baby is born. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She wants to become a pediatrician, so this kind of project could really put her ahead of the curve,â&#x20AC;? Spina said. Working with her student and seeing her passion for the topic grow was a rewarding experience for Spina, and she said she would highly recommend that people volunteer to mentor this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chatham County high school seniors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(My student) learned so much through the project,â&#x20AC;? Spina said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you are helping another human being to try to learn and succeed at something and the person does it, it does something for you too.â&#x20AC;?

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8A / Thursday, September 30, 2010 / The Sanford Herald WILMINGTON

STATE BRIEFS

Record rain not letting up

WILMINGTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicole won’t have much effect on North Carolina, but a weather system moving ahead of it could smash rainfall record totals set by Hurricane Floyd. The National Weather Service predicted Wednesday that Nicole will move east out into the Atlantic, largely sparing North and South Carolina. But both states will see rain ahead of that, with North Carolina getting a drenching that’s expected to cause flooding and other problems. “We’re not worried too much about Nicole’s effect as we are the initial load coming in overnight,” said Michael Caropolo, a meteorologist in the weather service’s Wilmington

office. The coast could get seven inches of rain from the low-pressure system moving ahead of Nicole, Caropolo said. That would come on top of 15 inches of rain that have already fallen this week, possibly breaking a record set by Hurricane Floyd in September 1999 for the most rain to fall in a four-day period. “It’s kind of amazing we’re getting this kind of rainfall without it being a tropical system,” Caropolo said. Flood watches are in effect for the area through Thursday morning. The weather service was also predicting high winds in southeastern North Carolina Wednesday night, possibly strong enough to uproot trees.

AP photo

A piping system helps move water from a flooded road in Carolina Beach on Wednesday.

RALEIGH

Interim SBI lab chief leaves agency

RALEIGH (AP) — The man appointed to temporarily oversee North Carolina’s embattled crime lab is no longer going to take the job, leaving the agency without a leader as it tries to rebuild its reputation. Gerald Arnold, a former chief judge of the state Appeals Court, said Wednesday he realized after offering to help that he wouldn’t be able to handle a job with such a large time commitment. A spokeswoman for the attorney general said officials were frustrated by the development.

“I went home and thought about it and realized I really just didn’t have the time,” Arnold said. “I just felt like maybe I was taking on more than a 70-yearold man was up to right now.” Attorney General Roy Cooper appointed Arnold earlier this moth to serve as interim director of the State Bureau of Investigation crime lab. Cooper wanted Arnold to lead a review of all sections of the crime lab to ensure that results were accurate and properly reported.

“The key here is going to be to make sure we solve the problems, restore the public confidence in the SBI and move forward with them solving crimes, protecting the public and exonerating innocent people,” Cooper said in a news conference three weeks ago, announcing Arnold’s appointment. Arnold said Wednesday he was unaware of the news conference and said he should have asked leaders to slow down on the appointment process. He added that he was impressed

by Cooper and other SBI officials. An independent review of serology unit cases released last month called for a thorough examination of 190 criminal cases, stating information that could have helped defendants was sometimes misrepresented or withheld. Noelle Talley, a spokeswoman for Cooper, said in a statement that officials were “frustrated with this unfortunate development” but believe they have found a replacement who could be confirmed soon.

Real estate agent slaying suspect arrested in N.C. CLEVELAND (AP) — A man being sought in the fatal shooting of an Ohio real estate agent whose body was found in a vacant home he was trying to sell was arrested in North Carolina following a week-long manhunt. The body of prominent real estate agent Andrew VonStein was found Sept. 21 with a single gunshot wound. His wallet and cell phone were missing, medical records show. Robert Grigelaitis was arrested Tuesday night at a rest stop in Turkey, N.C., said Pete Elliott, U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio. Elliott said Wednesday that marshals and Portage County deputies located Grigelaitis after following up on several leads. Grigelaitis has addresses in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and in Ravenna in northeast Ohio, near the house where VonStein’s body was found. VonStein was the second of two real estate agents killed in a week in that region. Authorities believe the killings are unrelated.

Man gets $100k fine for political donations RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina Board of Elections fined a Wilmington businessman $100,000 on Wednesday for his role in funneling illegal donations to the campaigns of Gov. Beverly Perdue and others. Rusty Carter’s attorney paid the administrative penalty immediately after the board approved the agreement. Court documents show Carter provided extra money to his employees with the

understanding that some of it would be contributed to political campaigns. Carter accepted responsibility for the improper donations at a court hearing this spring where he received two years of unsupervised probation and was fined $5,000. Lawyers say there was no evidence Perdue or the other recipients knew that the donations were illegal. In the May court hearing in New Hanover County, Carter entered an Alford plea to three misdemeanor violations of campaign donation laws. An Alford plea allows a defendant to acknowledge the state’s evidence could result in a conviction without a defendant having to admit any guilt.

Land trusts protect 50,000 acres in mountains CHARLOTTE (AP) — A group of preservation organizations says it will reach a goal of protecting 50,000 acres in the North Carolina mountains from development. The coalition, Blue Ridge Forever, says it expects to preserve up to 58,000 acres when all the deals are completed by the end of the year. Land trust organizations included in Blue Ridge Forever have closed on nearly 350 tracts of land in the past five years. Landowners donated nearly $200 million in cash and property values, along with more than $150 million in public grants and private donations. Experts say there are hundreds of species of plants and animals in the mountain region that can’t be found elsewhere. The protected land also covers streams that provide drinking water to millions of people.

State

The Sanford Herald / Thursday, September 30, 2010 / 9A

RALEIGH

Estate, tourist site TAX SECRETARY OUT, STATE SENATOR NAMED REPLACEMENT yanked in When asked if Lay was forced out, Perdue spokeswoman Chrissy Pearson said only the governor and Lay agreed Wednesday that it was the right time to bring in new leadership. Asked for an explanation of his departure beyond a two-sentence resignation letter, Lay said in a prepared statement only that the strategic vision â&#x20AC;&#x153;has reached a point of inflection, which is a perfect time for new leadership.â&#x20AC;? Lay had been under fire in recent weeks after a new department policy made public was making it harder for North Carolina residents to get refunds when they overpaid their taxes by mistake, potentially leading to millions of dollars in withheld funds. Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s change, following a 2007 law, led department officials to direct workers not to review returns flagged for a refund if they were more than three years old. Perdue said last month she hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t known earlier about the department policy change. Lay and the governor announced soon after a plan to eliminate a backlog of 230,000 returns since 1994 in the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s computer system by yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end and

Lay steps down after series of problems with tax refunds By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Revenue Secretary Kenneth Lay is leaving his job after a series of problems involving refunds that have frustrated North Carolina taxpayers seeking any little bit extra in their wallets in the extended downturn. Gov. Beverly Perdueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office announced she had accepted Kenneth Layâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resignation Wednesday and will replace him with outgoing state Sen. David Hoyle, D-Gaston, until recently the longtime co-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. The resignationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effective date is Oct. 22 for Lay, a former Bank of America executive who took the Cabinet position when Perdue was sworn in January 2009. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thank Ken Lay for his service to the state, and for the progress he has made in seeking a new strategic direction for the Department of Revenue,â&#x20AC;? Perdue said in a statement.

pay refunds. But Lay told The News & Observer of Raleigh recently the General Assembly would have to alter the law so that refunds for returns older than three years could be paid. Hoyle, who decided not to run for a tenth term in November, said the price tag on the ill will with taxpayers with the policy change costs more than the refunds that had been otherwise withheld. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have an obligation to the citizens to administer everything fairly,â&#x20AC;? Hoyle said in an interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are suspicious of government anyway ... itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just not right.â&#x20AC;? The tax collections department also had been forced to delay tax refunds the past two years because of cash flow problems within state government. More than 300,000 refunds valued at $222 million hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been distributed this year, nearly a month and a half after the April 15 filing deadline. Lay also took criticism after a WRALTV report found two department leaders had been reimbursed tens of thousands of dollars for mileage and lodging while commuting

between their Charlotte area homes and their Raleigh offices. Hoyle, 71, said he accepted Perdueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job offer Tuesday. He said he wanted to help Perdue, a former senator and president of the Senate as lieutenant governor. Hoyle â&#x20AC;&#x153;has seen the Department of Revenue from the inside and out. He has spent years helping to write the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax laws, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure that experience will prove invaluable in his new role,â&#x20AC;? Perdue said in her statement. Hoyle was often a foil of the department as the Finance Committee leader, criticizing the agency for putting small business owners over a fiscal barrel because of poor advice it gave taxpayers or vague rules. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think a lot of people get caught in a trap,â&#x20AC;? he said. Hoyle said he would resign his Senate seat the day before he assumes his new job. Perdue said Hoyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appointment was subject to a usual review by the state Ethics Commission. Hoyle said he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe his extensive business dealings will generate potential conflicts of interest.

bankruptcy fight RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An opulent estate popular with tourists was turned over to a trustee after a bankruptcy court examiner accused a tobacco executive of buying the Chinqua Penn Plantation with company money. The 31,000-squarefoot mansion, its grounds in Reidsville, and collection of art and artifacts are part of the assets involved in a bankruptcy battle involving Calvin Phelps and three companies he owns or controls. U.S. marshals took control of the 1920s plantation and other properties Tuesday and placed them with the trustee in the bankruptcy case, Bill Stafford, the marshal for the Middle District of North Carolina, said Wednesday. He declined to describe the other properties, noting case documents were ordered sealed by a bankruptcy judge. The marshals taking control of the plantation was first reported by The Winston-Salem Journal. The estate was owned by North Carolina for nearly half a century before selling it to Phelps in 2006. A bankruptcy examiner for three Phelpscontroled companies in Chapter 11 reorganiza-

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Silver (troy oz)

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PROMISES, PROMISES Pelosi ethics pledge falters four years in

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised four years ago that Democrats would lead â&#x20AC;&#x153;the most honest, most open, most ethical Congress in history.â&#x20AC;? But as her party defends its record with its majority in jeopardy, two prominent Democrats await ethics trials. Two other party members gave Congressional Black Caucus Foundation scholarships to relatives. Most importantly, lobbyists, corporations and special interests still have unimpeded ways to buy access to members of Congress. Take House Majority Whip James Clyburnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual charity golf tournament, which provides college scholarships for needy students in his South Carolina district and funds the endowment he established at South Carolina State University. It sounds like a worthy cause, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a stretch to believe that national companies which sponsored the event randomly chose students in the 6th District of South Carolina as a priority for charitable giving. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It really doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter what the money is used for,â&#x20AC;? says Fred Wertheimer, who heads the Congresswatching private group Democracy 21. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asked to provide a large amount of money for something that is important to a member, you are doing a financial favor for

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nal corruption. Pelosi was instrumental in winning increased disclosure of lobbyistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spending and contributions; a ban on lobbyist gifts to lawmakers; the end of cheap rides on corporate jets; curtailment of privately financed trips that often amounted to free vacations; creation of an independent ethics office; and the identification of sponsors of â&#x20AC;&#x153;earmarksâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; congressional spending given to favored recipients, who often returned the favor with campaign contributions. And while it may be just good fortune, Democrats can claim that another Jack Abramoff has not arisen on their watch. The influence-peddling lobbyist, who showered lawmakers and their staffs with favors and eventually went to prison, had strong ties to Republicans. One Pelosi reform failed miserably when given a reality check. An Associated Press review last year found that few members of Congress were disclosing that lobbyists were helping them raise campaign cash â&#x20AC;&#x201D; despite a provision of the Honest Leadership law designed to shed light on the ties between law-

makers and the capitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influence brokers. Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly said Democrats â&#x20AC;&#x153;have taken major steps to fulfill this promise, including passing the landmark Honest Leadership and Open Government Act in 2007 and creating the independent, bipartisan Office of Congressional Ethics in 2008. As we consider further reform, we will examine updating these laws and the bipartisan comprehensive campaign finance reform law passed in 2002.â&#x20AC;? Pelosi favors public financing of campaigns, but hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had the votes to pass it. If she remains speaker, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll face a major test early next year on retaining the independent House Office of Congressional Ethics, which she calls a success story. The office, which conducts preliminary ethics investigations, is run by a board of non-legislators. Its investigations have irritated enough members that several want to curb its authority or eliminate it. Republicans almost succeeded in blocking creation of the office in 2008, as Pelosi won a 207-206 procedural vote to have the matter considered.

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Osama bin Laden evidence readied at detainee trial NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Prosecutors plan to give Osama bin Laden a starring role in the terrorism trial of the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be tried in civilian courts, a test case in the debate over whether suspects scooped up in the war against terrorism can be prosecuted like everyone else. Jury selection began Wednesday when 53 prospective jurors were introduced to the defendant, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, who briefly turned toward the group in his light blue sweater over a white shirt and a dark tie. He has been described by federal authorities as a bomb maker, document forger and former bin Laden aide. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charged with conspiring to kill Americans in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. The attacks killed 224 people, including a dozen Americans, and were widely viewed as a precursor to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The trial will be closely watched by those debating the feasibility of civilian trials of high-profile Guantanamo detainees arrested around the world. Some were subjected to harsh interrogations at secret CIArun camps where the gathering of trial evidence yielded to an immediate need to unearth terrorism threats.

L.A. heat wave takes some sizzle out of Hollywood LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; It was so hot in Los Angeles on Tuesday that even SpiderMan took the day off. As temperatures soared to 99 degrees, tourists along Hollywood Boulevard were disappointed to discover that a fall heat wave has just about the same effect on Spider-Man â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Batman and Wonder Woman â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as kryptonite does on Superman: it turns them into mere mortals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The costumed characters really suffer in this heat. They have to stay inside,â&#x20AC;? said John Oren, who had loaded up on sunblock, bottled water and diet soda before setting up a stand where he sells wind chimes in front of the Kodak Theatre. Only Catwoman, bundled

up in what she acknowledged was an uncomfortably hot suit that included a leather mask, tights, corset and boots, was brave enough to step outside and meow to passers-by. Like her comic-book counterpart, she declined to reveal her true identity. Although Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high of 99 in downtown Los Angeles was 7 degrees below the record for the day, it was still 17 degrees above normal. The temperature reached a record high 113 on Monday.

Tropical Storm Nicole forms over Cuba MIAMI (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tropical Storm Nicole has formed over Cuba after soaking the country with downpours as a tropical depression. The storm has maximum sustained winds Wednesday near 40 mph (65 kph) with little change in strength expected. Tropical storm warnings and watches that had been in effect for South Florida have been canceled. Tropical storm warnings remain in effect for the Cayman Islands, parts of Cuba and the northwestern and central Bahamas.

Congress acts to give blind better Web, MP3 access WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The blind will have greater access to the Internet through smart phones, and devices such as iPhones and Blackberrys will have to be hearing aid compatible, under legislation Congress has sent to the president. Mark Richert of the American Foundation for the Blind said Wednesday that the measure was one of the most comprehensive bills in decades to improve access for the disabled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It breaks down barriers for all of us,â&#x20AC;? said Richert, who is blind. The video accessibility act passed the Senate last month and was approved by the House late Tuesday. The measure sets federal guidelines for the telecommunications industry assuring that the blind will have access to the Web through improved user interfaces for smart phones. Also, over time, more than 60 hours a week of video programming must have audio descriptions.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Some songs are slow, emotional, almost weepy symphonies. Others are driving and angry pub songs. A few are sarcastic jazz numbers. Others are shockingly upbeat — happy almost — as if the music lifted the composers out of the Nazi prison camps where they lived, saved them for just a moment from their horrific, torturous existence. A handful of the countless songs written by victims of the Holocaust and other World War II prisoners made their world premiere at Emory University in Atlanta on Tuesday during “Testaments of the Heart,” a program to help raise money to collect and preserve more of the music produced by captives of Germany and other countries, including Japan, from 1933 to 1945. Already thousands of the songs have been collected by Italian pianist and conductor Francesco Lotoro — who was in Atlanta to play in the concert — in a 20-year effort to ensure the music is preserved for generations to come. And he plans to house that collection at Emory once he raises the money to transfer it to the private university’s library. “We as the world are the ones who have all been denied this wealth,” Lotoro said through a translator. “There is a

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Dr. Francesco Lotoro poses with sheet music at Emory University’s Schwartz Center in Atlanta on Monday. Lotoro has collected more than 4,000 musical compositions written in Nazi concentration camps. gaping hole in the musical history and culture of the world. This work has to continue to fill that hole and be the foundation for current and future musical culture.” With musicians from the Atlanta area, Lotoro presented — sometimes for the first time ever — pieces that were scribbled in diaries, carved into wood and even written on toilet paper. The music ranges from short songs to full operas and symphonies. The group played the last piece ever written by Austrian musician and conductor Viktor Ullmann, who studied under Arnold Schoenberg and who died at Auschwitz in 1944. The haunting piano melody is set to a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke about a warrior from the 17th

century. Another piece was by British pianist William Hilsley, who was prolific during his time in various German camps for British nationals and wrote sarcastically about his prison life. Before he died in 2003, he published his diary from his time in captivity as a book. “Numbers, that’s what we are now,” goes one song by Hilsley. “Not for thieving, nor deceiving, not for cheating nor wife beating are we locked in here.” Another piece called “Banner in the Sky” was written by an American prisoner of war, Gordon Sage, in the Mukden prison camp in Manchuria, a soldier who survived the death march to Bhutan. It featured a full band and chorus and has strains of

the National Anthem running through it. Another song is by Emile Goue, a French composer who died in 1946 from health problems developed while he was in a German POW camp. His dark string quartet piece was accompanied by a slideshow of family photographs of Holocaust victims before they were imprisoned, images found by photographer Ann Weiss at Auschwitz in the 1980s. Weiss’ photos are on exhibit at Emory until Nov. 12 with dozens of the images scattered in buildings across the campus. The music of the prisoners was preserved in many ways: passed on from person to person in camps until it was smuggled out, given to family members who were safe from the Nazis or simply found after the camps were liberated. Many of the songs were written in Theresienstadt, a Czech town used as a Nazi propaganda tool where prisoners could stage operas, concerts and cabaret shows. The camp saw many Jewish leaders and prominent artists from all over Europe. But some songs are from prisoners who had never before written music but felt the urge to create something beautiful among their horrific surroundings.

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‘Star Wars’ films to be re-released in glorious 3-D NEW YORK (AP) — May the force be in 3-D. Lucasfilm announced Wednesday that the “Star Wars” films will be converted into 3-D and rereleased theatrically. All six films of the saga, beginning with episode one, “The Phantom Menace,” and concluding with episode six, “Return of the Jedi,” are expected to be released in theaters in 2012. Lucasfilm and distributor Twentieth Century Fox have not yet set a release date. Industrial Light & Magic is supervising the conversion process, which it promises will be “cutting edge.” Many previous conversions of films shot in 2-D, such as “Clash of the Titans,” have drawn criticism for cheapening 3-D. John Knoll, visual effects supervisor for Industrial Light & Magic said a proper conversion to 3-D “is a matter of taking the time and getting it right.”

Arthur Penn, director of ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ dies NEW YORK (AP) — Director Arthur Penn, a mythmaker and myth-breaker who in such classics as “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Little Big Man” refashioned movie and American history and sealed a generation’s affinity for outsiders, died Tuesday night, a day after his 88th birthday. Daughter Molly Penn said her father died at his home, in Manhattan, of congestive heart failure.

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Longtime friend and business manager Evan Bell said Wednesday that Penn had been ill for about a year and that a memorial service will be held before the end of the year. Penn’s older brother was photographer Irving Penn, who died in October 2009. After first making his name on Broadway as director of the Tony Award-winning plays “The Miracle Worker” and “All the Way Home,” Penn rose as a film director in the 1960s, his work inspired by the decade’s political and social upheaval, and Americans’ interest in their past and present. “Bonnie and Clyde,” with its mix of humor and mayhem, encouraged moviegoers to sympathize with the lawbreaking couple from the 1930s, while “Little Big Man” told the tale of the conquest of the West with the Indians as the good guys.

Betty White to honor Tina Fey with ‘SNL’ alumni WASHINGTON (AP) — Betty White will join “Saturday Night Live” cast members when they toast Tina Fey with the nation’s top humor prize at the Kennedy Center in Washington. White will join “SNL” comics and alumni Fred Armisen, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and show creator Lorne Michaels in awarding Fey the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Nov. 9. They’ll join top entertainers, including Steve Martin, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson and actor Jon Hamm who plays Don Draper on TV’s “Mad Men.” Fey, known for her impression of former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, returned to “SNL” in May when the 88-year-old White drew rave reviews as host. Fey was the show’s first female head writer.

Richie no longer famous for just being famous

NEW YORK (AP) — Nicole Richie first became a tabloid regular when she co-starred with childhood pal Paris Hilton in the reality show “The Simple Life.” Several years later, the 29year-old is still a paparazzi target, but she has broadened her resume. The daughter of singer Lionel Richie has transformed her image from red carpet regular and party girl to a hip, young mom (she has two children with musician Joel Madden of the band Good Charlotte), fashion designer, occasional actress and author. Her new book, “Priceless,” is now in stores. It’s about a wealthy young woman named Charlotte whose stockbroker father is busted for embezzling millions from his clients.

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LIBRARIES LAUNCH APPS TO SYNC WITH IPOD GENERATION

GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Libraries are tweeting, texting and launching smart-phone apps as they try to keep up with the biblio-techs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a computer-savvy class of people who consider card catalogs as vintage as typewriters. And they seem to be pulling it off. Since libraries started rebranding themselves for the iPod generation, thousands of music geeks have downloaded free songs from library websites. And with many more bookworms waiting months to check out wireless reading devices, libraries are shrugging off the notion that the Internet shelved them alongside dusty books. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People tend to have this antiquated version of libraries, like thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not much more inside than books and microfiche,â&#x20AC;? says Hiller Goodspeed, a 22-year-old graphic designer in Orlando, Fla., who uses the Orange County Library Systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iPhone app to discover foreign films. The latest national data from the Institute of Museum and Library Services show that library visits and circulation climbed nearly 20 percent from 1999 to 2008. Since then, experts say, technology has continued to drive in-person visits, circulation and usage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It also brings people back to the library that might have left thinking that the library wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t relevant for them,â&#x20AC;? says Chris Tonjes, the informa-

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Library patrons work on the computers at the Grandview Heights Public Library Wednesday in Grandview Heights, Ohio. tion technology director at the public library in Washington, D.C. Public library systems have provided free Internet access and lent movies and music for years. They have a good track record of syncing up with past technological advances, from vinyl to VHS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always had competition,â&#x20AC;? says Roger Levien, a strategy consultant in Stamford, Conn., who also serves as an American Library Association fellow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bookstores have existed in the past. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure they will find ways to adapt.â&#x20AC;? Now, the digital sphere is expanding: 82 percent of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than 16,000 public libraries have Wi-Fi â&#x20AC;&#x201D; up from 37 percent four years ago, according to the American Library Association. Since the recession hit,

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more people are turning to libraries to surf the Web and try out digital gadgets. In Princeton, N.J., 44 people are waiting to borrow Kindles, a wireless reading device. Roya Karimian, 32, flipped through the preloaded e-pages of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Womenâ&#x20AC;? after two months on the waiting list. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had already read it, but I wanted to experience reading it on the Kindle,â&#x20AC;? Karimian says. A growing number of libraries are launching mobile websites and smart-phone applications, says Jason Griffey, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mobile Technology and Libraries.â&#x20AC;? No one keeps tabs of exactly how many, but a recent iPhone app search showed more than a dozen public libraries. The Grandview Heights Public Library in suburban Columbus,

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Ohio, spent $4,500 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a third of what the library spent on CDs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to give patrons access to songs by artists from Beyonce to Merle Haggard using a music-downloading service called Freegal. Online services point to technology as a cheaper means to boost circulation. The Cuyahoga County Public Library near Cleveland laid off 41 employees and cut back on hours after its budget shrank by $10 million. But it still maintains a Twitter account and texts patrons when items are about to become overdue. As more libraries log on to social media, their lexicon is changing, replacing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shh!â&#x20AC;? with â&#x20AC;&#x153;LOL.â&#x20AC;? In Florida, the Orange County libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Twitter feed sounds more like a frat boy than a librarian: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more to OCLS than just being really, really ridiculously good looking. We created an App!â&#x20AC;? Crops of social networking sites are popping up specifically for bookworms â&#x20AC;&#x201D; electronic or otherwise â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and library junkies. Jennifer Reeder, a 35-year-old mother of two in suburban Phoenix, tracks her reading stats on Goodreads.com: 12,431 pages so far this year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; most of them in library books. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was growing up, I always felt like a library was where I was supposed to go and like do homework,â&#x20AC;? Reeder says.

2 officers wounded in Omaha hospital shooting OMAHA, Neb. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Two officers were hit and a suspect was critically injured in a shooting at Creighton University Medical Center on Wednesday morning, Omaha police said. Police spokesman Jacob Bettin said the officers suffered minor wounds. The shooting occurred inside the hospital, Bettin said, but he would not say where. He did say investigators were interviewing several witnesses. Omaha television station KETV reported that witnesses said the shooting occurred in or near the cafeteria. The first call came in to police at 9:19 a.m., Bettin said. Investigators were checking to see whether the suspect was connected to an incident Tuesday night in suburban Ralston, Bettin said. Officers had searched in vain for a man who had reportedly made terrorist threats. By late Wednesday morning, police and security officers were stationed outside the hospital, and Bettin said the hospital remained in partial lockdown to protect the crime scene and evidence.

President Carterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book signing events canceled CLEVELAND (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Former President Jimmy Carter is canceling scheduled book signing events in Washington as doctors continue their observations following Carterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overnight stay in Ohio for an upset stomach. Kathy Daneman, publicity manager at Farrar, Straus & Giroux, said no decision had been made yet about an event planned at a Columbia, S.C. bookstore Thursday. Carter had been scheduled

for two events in Washington Wednesday, including one at the Smithsonian Institution, to promote his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;White House Diary.â&#x20AC;? Book signings in a Cleveland suburb and Durham, N.C., were canceled Tuesday when the 85-year-old Carter fell ill on a flight to Cleveland. Christina Karas, spokeswoman at MetroHealth Medical Center, said Wednesday that doctors recommended additional observation during the day but Carter feels normal and looks forward to resuming his schedule soon.

Woman pleads not guilty in Wash. in acid hoax case VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Her face red and blotchy but largely unbandaged, a 28-year-old Vancouver woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges arising from her false claim that a stranger splashed acid in her face. Bethany Storro has confessed that she made up the story about the facial burns she suffered Aug. 30, saying she put drain cleaner on her face trying to kill herself. The case drew national attention to the recently divorced woman who works for a grocery chain, and brought in nearly $28,000 in donations to help with medical bills. Storro faces three theft charges. Court records show spent about $1,500 of the donations on such things as dinners for her parents, clothes for herself and a bill for an August laser facial peel.

Marijuana tracking on the way in Colo. DENVER (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Colorado wants to set up a first-in-thenation tracking system of medical marijuana purchases to deter people from buying vast amounts of pot and selling it on the black market. Patients and marijuana advocates fear they will be harassed by a Big Brother-type intrusion as computers and video cameras monitor every ounce of pot sold in the state. Officials are also considering fingerprinting marijuana patients and keeping tabs on pot with radio-frequency devices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a matter of my functioning daily living,â&#x20AC;? said Diane Bilyeu, a 49-year-old woman who sometimes consumes up to 2 grams of pot in a day to treat her chronic pain since losing her right arm and leg in a 1997 car accident. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some days I need more or less. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what business it is of the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.â&#x20AC;? Officials say the regulations will provide basic protections to ensure that the system isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t being abused by drug dealers and users.

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One of the greatest Tar Heels of all time has been cleared for contact and is practicing with the Pacers

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RCR LOSES BOWYER APPEAL TO NASCAR

Williams, Burney suspended after taking benefits from agents

CONCORD (AP) — Richard Childress Racing has lost its appeal before a NASCAR committee to have Clint Bowyer’s 150-point penalty reversed. Childress emerged from NASCAR’s research and development center Wednesday evening after a nearly 5-hour hearing and said his appeal was denied. He says his next appeal will be to NASCAR’s chief appellate officer. Bowyer and his RCR team were penalized last week when the car Bowyer drove to victory at New Hampshire failed inspection. The win came in the opening race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship and pushed Bowyer to second in the standings, 35 points behind Denny Hamlin. The penalty dropped Bowyer to 12th in the standings, and he trails Hamlin by 235 points with eight Chase races remaining.

BY BRIANA GORMAN bgorman@heraldsun.com

first-team all-conference selection. When Elon came calling, it was pretty much a no-brainer. “It started pretty much my senior offseason,” Mellette said three days before his breakout game against Richmond. “During the spring time a couple of coaches came down and watched me practice. They were staying on the trail hared than any other team that was recruiting me.” Mellette finds the competition at Elon much different than that he faced at Southern. “You gotta compete every day at practice and on the game field,” he said.

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Deunta Williams and Kendric Burney will have their appeals heard by the NCAA on Friday, UNC athletic director Dick Baddour said after a speaking with the Raleigh Sports Club on Wednesday. Williams was suspended four games and Burney was suspended six games after violating the NCAA agent benefits and preferential treatment rules, and they also had to repay a portion of the benefit to a charBaddour ity of their choice. Burney received $1,333 in benefits and must make a repayment of $575.19 while Williams received $1,426 and must repay $450.67. The appeal process will take place via teleconference with the Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement, and Baddour said he expects to hear an answer later that day. “I don’t know about instantaneous because there is a procedure that you go through and then you get off the phone and they do their deliberation and then they call you back,” Baddour said. “Customarily, we would know in the same day.” Both players already have missed three games. If the appeal is denied, Williams would return Oct. 9 against Clemson and Burney would not return until Oct. 23 against Miami. Baddour called the penalties “unduly harsh” when they

See Mellette, Page 4B

See UNC, Page 3B

FOOTBALL LEWIS: BIG BEN WISHES HE COULD PLAY RAVENS PITTSBURGH (AP) — This is one week Ben Roethlisberger wouldn’t mind taking a nasty hit from Ray Lewis. Roethlisberger wishes he could play in Sunday’s RavensSteelers rivalry game, according to a text message the suspended quarterback sent to Lewis, the Baltimore linebacker. Lewis told Pittsburgh reporters on a conference call Wednesday that he exchanged messages this week with Roethlisberger, who regrets he can’t play in a game that could decide the AFC North leader. “He wishes he were out there — he wishes he were out there, man,” Lewis said. “It’s a respect thing we have playing against each other. It’s a rivalry but, once again, it goes back to the level of respect we have.”

NBA WITH A HEAT SPOTLIGHT, THERE’S ALSO SHADOWS

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AP) — There’s going to be a spotlight on the Miami Heat all season. And a shadow. A long shadow. Such is life when three players who are used to having just about every movement tracked decide they all want to be part of the same team. LeBron James has had all eyes on him since he was a high schooler. Dwyane Wade has been the story in Miami for years. Chris Bosh was once the face of Toronto’s franchise. The Heat spotlight, it’s theirs to share. The 17 other players the Heat have in training camp, well, they’re getting front-row seats to a threestar circus. “I’d love to be one of those ‘other’ guys, as you would say,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said during a break between two Wednesday practices. “They can just do their business and not have to deal with all these microphones. That’d be great, wouldn’t it?”

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Elon wideout and Southern Lee graduate Aaron Mellette (left) has been a standout in the Southern Conference this season. He set a school record with 18 catches in a game two weeks ago against Richmond and has four touchdowns already this year.

Southern grad Mellette making a name for himself By ZACHARY HORNER Special to The Herald

ELON — With success comes media attention, which inevitably leads to good-natured ribbing from teammates. But Southern Lee High School graduate and current Elon University sophomore wideout Aaron Mellette takes the joshing from his older and more experienced teammates in stride. The way he is playing this year, Mellette may want to start getting used to it. In 11 games during his freshman year, Mellette made just eight catches for 117 yards and two touchdowns. Three games through his sophomore year, Mellette has

29 receptions for 345 yards and four touchdowns. In his third game, an away overtime loss against the University of Richmond Spiders, he set an Elon record with 18 receptions. Two of those were for touchdowns — one as time expired to force overtime — and his 195 receiving yards more than doubled his total for the year. To members of the Southern Lee community, this should come as no surprise. The kid who grew up as a baseball and basketball player picked up football as a freshman for the Cavaliers and never looked back. In his junior and senior years at Southern, he had over 1900 receiving yards and 29 touchdowns and was a two-time

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Mickelson says McIlroy-Woods spat overblown

A different double play for some ACC athletes

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NEWPORT, Wales — Phil Mickelson came to the defense of Rory McIlroy on Wednesday, calling him one of the classiest players in golf and his desire to play Tiger Woods is the goal of every player who wants to beat the best. The back-and-forth between McIlroy and Woods has captivated the early days of the Ryder Cup. McIlroy said in August he would “love to face” the world’s No. 1 player unless his game improves. Asked about that comment, Woods defiantly said, “Me, too.” Mickelson was surprised to hear it had become such a big story. “That’s the type of charisma that Rory McIlroy has,” Mickelson said. “He’s just like any other top player that wants to take on the best. That’s not any type of controversy

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By JOEDY McCREARY AP Sports Writer

RALEIGH — Playing two college sports at a high level takes much more than the love of the games. North Carolina State quarterback and infielder Russell Wilson is getting it done. So is Clemson quarterback and outfielder Kyle Parker. They are the latest in a line of versatile Atlantic Coast Conference players who have managed to excel in two sports. “I love them both, and I get the same enjoyment out of them both,” Wilson said. “That’s why I play them.”

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North Carolina State’s Russell Wilson (16) looks to pass during the first half against Western Carolina Sept. 4. But it’s not that simple. Coaches must be openminded. Teammates must be understanding. And the players themselves must possess perseverance,

meticulous organization and a steely focus. “Time-management-

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Thursday, Sept. 30 n Soccer Grace Christian at Grace Christian of Raleigh, 4 p.m.

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n Tennis Lee County at Cary, 4 p.m. n Volleyball Western Harnett at Southern Lee, 4:30 p.m. Lee County at Athens Drive, 4 p.m. Grace Christian at Grace Christian of Raleigh, 4 p.m.

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SANFORD — The Lee County soccer game scheduled for Wednesday night against Athens Drive was canceled due to the rain. The match will be rescheduled for a later date. The Yellow Jackets are scheduled to play against Fuquay-Varina at 6:30 tonight at Paul Gay Stadium. According to head coach Brad Wicker, that game will be played depending on the weather.

Southern Lee at Western Harnett, 7:30 p.m. Athens Drive at Lee County, 7:30 p.m. Southern Vance at Northwood, 7:30 p.m. South Stanly at Chatham Central, 7:30 p.m. Union Pines at Gray’s Creek, 7:30 p.m. Graham at Jordan-Matthews, 7:30 p.m. Overhills at Douglas Byrd, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 4 n Soccer Lee County at Holly Springs, 6:30 p.m. n Tennis Panther Creek at Lee County (senior night), 4 p.m. Southern Lee at Union Pines, 4 p.m. Submitted photo

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The Lee County girls tennis team defeated Middle Creek 7-2 on Tuesday at home.

n Soccer Richmond County at Southern Lee, 7 p.m. Grace Christian at Alamance Christian, 4:30 p.m. Vandalia Christian at Lee Christian, 4 p.m. n Tennis Lee County at Cary, 4 p.m. n Volleyball Southern Lee at Gray’s Creek, 4:30 p.m. Middle Creek at Lee County, 5:30 p.m. Vandalia Christian at Lee Christian, 4 p.m. Grace Christian at Alamance Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 6 n Soccer Green Hope at Lee County, 6:30 p.m. Southern Lee at Westover, 7 p.m. n Tennis Lee County at Fuquay-Varina, 4 p.m. Douglas Byrd at Southern Lee, 4 p.m. n Cross Country Lee County at Panther Creek, 5 p.m. n Golf Lee County at Cary, 3:30 p.m. n Volleyball Triton at Lee County, 5:30 p.m.

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or saga.” Padraig Harrington said everyone on Europe’s team wanted to play Woods in previous Ryder Cups because when the world’s No. 1 player was on top of his game, his opponents had nothing to lose. Woods was expected to win every match. Now that Woods’ is a captain’s pick who has failed to win this year, Harrington isn’t so sure. “In many ways, it will be a tougher match this time around,” Harrington said. “He’ll be more enthusiastic,

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more motivated, so I would be very wary of him myself.” Woods said a year ago that McIlroy had the game to eventually be No. 1 in the world. The 21-year-old from Northern Ireland won his first U.S. tour event this year by closing with a record 62 at Quail Hollow. McIlroy tied a major championship record when he opened with a 63 at St. Andrews in the British Open, where he tied for third; and he tied for third at the PGA Championship. Told that Woods’ did not appear happy with McIlroy’s comments, Mickelson again was surprised. “They get along great, are you kidding me?” Mickelson said. “Rory is one of the nicest guys you can imagine. He’s one of the classiest guys out on tour. Tiger gets along with just about everybody — usually because he beats them, and he’s nice to them when he

beats them. Rory is as classy a guy as there is. I’ve been paired with him a bunch, and I really enjoy playing with him.” McIlroy is the latest player whose comments annoyed Woods. The most famous was Stephen Ames, who jokingly said he had a chance against Woods in the Match Play Championship, “especially where he’s hitting the ball.” Woods beat him in the first round, 9&8. At the 2000 Presidents Cup, the caddie for Vijay Singh — Woods’ opponent in the single match — wrote “Tiger Who?” on the back of his cap. Woods won the match, and later told that story by saying the score (2 and 1) was his best response. There also was the time Michael Campbell said he looked forward to taking on Woods at the Match Play, and when Woods stepped on the first tee, he said to Campbell, “I hear you want a piece of me.” Woods won, 5 and 4.

VOLLEYBALL Yellow Jackets fall to Green Hope in three SANFORD — The Lee County volleyball team was defeated by Green Hope in three games on Tuesday night. The Yellow Jackets lost 8-25, 12-25, 8-25 to the second-best team in the Tri-9 Conference. Lee County will travel to Athens Drive for another Tri-9 Conference match tonight. The match is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start.

BASKETBALL Falcons release basketball schedule SANFORD — The Lee Christian athletic department has released its 2010-11 basketball schedule. The Falcons will open the season on Nov. 9 in Sanford against Fellowship Baptist of Durham. The Falcons will also play teams like the O’Neal School, Wilson Christian, Friendship Christian and Oak Level Baptist before beginning NCCSA 3-A West Conference play with Faith Christian on Dec. 3.

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Lowe leads Braves to sweep of Marlins

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyler Hansbrough entered the NBA with much to prove after the Pacers took him in the first round of the 2009 draft. The 6-foot-9, 250pound power forward was dominant at North Carolina, but he knew some critics questioned whether he had the size or the athletic ability to make it in the NBA. Medical issues prevented him from showing much in Indiana. He missed time early in the season with a shin injury. He returned and showed promise before an inner ear infection caused dizziness and made him sensitive to light. He played in only 29 games. Now, he has been cleared for contact and is been practicing with the Pacers during training camp. He was his usual aggressive self during a scrimmage on Tuesday, throwing his body around, clogging passing lanes and even knocking a driving Danny Granger to the floor. “I’m feeling great,” he said. “I’ve made a lot of progress. I feel very optimistic.” Hansbrough averaged 8.5 points and 4.8 rebounds last season. He scored a career-high 21 points last Dec. 11 against New Jersey, and got his first career start on Jan. 13 against Phoenix.

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were announced a week ago and said the major focus of the appeals is based on trips to California. Williams and Burney met a former UNC defensive back in Sutton’s Drug Store in Chapel Hill and visited him and his family on the West coast,

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Indiana Pacers’ Tyler Hansbrough (50) puts up a shot during practice at NBA basketball training camp in Indianapolis Tuesday. He didn’t play again after Jan. 16. The former AP college player of the year hadn’t dealt with a serious injury in his career, so sitting out was foreign to him. “It was frustrating,” he said. “I wasn’t happy with my situation, and there was nothing I could do about it, so I was just trying to focus on getting healthy.” He spent much of the

summer recovering back in North Carolina. While coach Jim O’Brien said Hansbrough showed up to camp in “remarkable shape,” Hansbrough disagreed. “I feel like I’m not in the best shape in my life, but I’m not in the worst,” he said. “I feel like I’m in good shape.” Hansbrough said the Pacers will bring him along slowly. O’Brien is be-

which was a violation of the NCAA’s preferential treatment rule. Williams took two trips to California, while Burney went once. Even though both players paid for their own travel, the NCAA ruled there were other expenses that each player was responsible to repay. “One of our students met a former athlete,

hit it off, was invited to come out and be with that family in California,” Baddour told the Raleigh Sports Club. “The intention was that the student would pay his way, and essentially that’s what happened. Because of what the intention was and because of actually what happened, that’s the reason I think this is unduly harsh.” Burney also took

ing careful about putting too much on Hansbrough. “I expect him to be healthy, which he is,” he said. “I couldn’t have been happier two Junes ago, drafting him. He’s got a tremendous passion and intensity for the game, but I also know there has to be some rust by him virtually missing all of last year.” Hansbrough said he gained experience during his 510 minutes last season, but needs to improve his defense. Hansbrough spent last year learning from Troy Murphy, a veteran power forward who was traded to New Jersey. Murphy’s departure opens a door for Hansbrough. He’ll compete with Josh McRoberts, Solomon Jones and Jeff Foster for the starting job. “I think Troy was a good guy to learn from while I was healthy,” he said. “It is a good opportunity to kind of have a possible starting job, but more important, just getting out there and playing like I used to.” O’Brien said for Hansbrough to increase his minutes, he’ll have to adjust his mindset. “In college, he was a scorer and an attacker,” he said. “He has to develop his game where he’s also a facilitator — when he’s not a a position to score, he has to be effective in his ability to pass the ball to his teammates.” trips to Atlanta and Las Vegas, but those benefits were received from an individual deemed an agent by the NCAA, who sources have identified as former UNC player Chris Hawkins. It was recently discovered the Hawkins, who also faces a felony drug charge in Georgia, paid UGa wide receiver A.J. Green $1,000 for his jersey, and Green was suspended four games.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Braves moved closer to their first playoff berth since 2005, beating the Florida Marlins 5-1 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep behind Derek Lowe’s fifth win of September and Brooks Conrad’s three-run homer. In its final season under manager Bobby Cox, Atlanta began the day 1½ games ahead of San Diego in the NL wild-card race. Atlanta (90-69) reached 90 wins for the 15th time in 25 years under the 69-yearold Cox, who is retiring after the season. The Braves won 14 straight division titles under Cox but have missed out on the playoffs for four straight seasons. Atlanta closes at home against NL East champion Philadelphia with a threegame series starting Friday night. Pitching on three days’ rest, Lowe (16-12) gave up one run and seven hits in 5 2-3 innings and struck out nine. He is 5-0 with a 1.17 ERA this month with 29 strikeouts and three walks in 30 2-3 innings, and his 16 wins matched Tim Hudson for the team high. Conrad, a 30-year-old rookie, homered in the third off Andrew Miller (1-5). Conrad made his second straight start after Martin Prado sustained a torn oblique muscle and a bruised hip Monday. Prado, an All-Star with a .307 batting average, will miss the playoffs if the Braves advance. Conrad, usually a pinchhitter and defensive substitute, has eight homers — all before Wednesday were

from the seventh inning on. David Ross, starting because catcher Brian McCann was rested, had three doubles and an RBI. Miller gave up four run, four hits and four walks in three innings as the Marlins lost their fourth straight. He has allowed four or more runs in five straight starts, going 0-5 with a 12.74 ERA in that span. Atlanta, bouncing back from a 4-5 trip, went ahead 4-0 in the third when Matt Diaz and Derrek Lee walked, Ross doubled to left and Conrad homered into the left-field seats.

Fielder, Gomez help Brewers rally past Mets NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Fielder hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for an 8-7 victory over the New York Mets Wednesday night after squandering a six-run lead in the first game of a doubleheader. Pinch-hitter Carlos Gomez walked, stole second and advanced to third when rookie catcher Mike Nickeas’ errant throw went into center field. He scored on Corey Hart’s tapper off Manny Acosta (3-2) between the mound and third base to tie it at 7 with two outs in the eighth. Ryan Braun hit another infield single and Hisanori Takahashi relieved. Fielder followed with a sharp single to give the Brewers the lead a night after they blew a game in the ninth and lost to the Mets.

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4B / Thursday, September 30, 2010 / The Sanford Herald High School Football Standings After Week 5 (all games set for 7:30 p.m. kickoff; Local teams in CAPS)

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

Conference W-L-T Pct. 2-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 2-1 0.667 1-1 0.500 1-1 0.500 0-3 0.000 0-3 0.000 0-3 0.000

Last week’s scores Lee Co. 40, Green Hope 6 Cary 38, Holly Springs 7 Middle Creek 28, Athens Drive 16 Panther Creek 35, Apex 7

Overall W-L-T Pct. 5-0 1.000 5-1 0.833 5-1 0.833 5-1 0.833 4-1 0.800 3-2 0.600 1-5 0.167 1-5 0.167 0-6 0.000

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

Sports Review BASEBALL American League East Division W L Pct GB z-Tampa Bay 94 63 .599 — z-New York 94 64 .595 ½ Boston 87 70 .554 7 Toronto 81 76 .516 13 Baltimore 62 95 .395 32 Central Division W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 92 65 .586 — Chicago 84 73 .535 8 Detroit 80 77 .510 12 Cleveland 67 91 .42425½ Kansas City 65 92 .414 27 West Division W L Pct GB x-Texas 88 70 .557 — Los Angeles 78 80 .494 10 Oakland 77 81 .487 11 Seattle 61 97 .386 27

Cape Fear Valley 3-A Team Name Gray’s Creek Westover OVERHILLS Douglas Byrd UNION PINES WESTERN HARNETT SOUTHERN LEE

Conference W-L-T Pct. 1-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 0-1 0.000 0-1 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-1 0.000

Last week’s scores Westover 21, Southern Lee 14 Overhills 40, Union Pines 0 Gray’s Creek 24, D. Byrd 19

Overall W-L-T Pct. 4-2 0.667 2-4 0.333 1-5 0.167 5-1 0.833 2-4 0.333 0-5 0.000 0-6 0.000

This week’s games Union Pines at Gray’s Creek So. Lee at Western Harnett Overhills at Douglas Byrd

Yadkin Valley 1-A Conference Overall Team Name W-L-T Pct. W-L-T Pct. Albemarle 1-0 1.000 4-1 0.800 East Montgomery 1-0 1.000 4-1 0.800 West Montgomery 1-0 1.000 4-1 0.800 North Rowan 1-0 0.000 1-4 0.200 CHATHAM CENTRAL 0-1 0.000 1-4 0.200 South Stanly 0-1 0.000 0-5 0.000 North Moore 0-1 0.000 0-5 0.000 South Davidson 0-1 0.000 0-5 0.000 Last week’s scores This week’s games Albemarle 61, Chat. Central 7 N. Moore at South Davidson N. Rowan 12, S. Stanly 0 Albemarle at W. Montgomery W. Montgomery 63, South Stanly at Chatham N. Moore 0 Central East Montgomery 7, South East Montgomery at North Davidson 0 Rowan

Mid-State 2-A Team Name Reidsville Cummings Providence Grove JORDAN-MATTHEWS Graham Eastern Randolph Bartlett Yancey

Conference W-L Pct. 1-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 0-1 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-1 0.000 0-1 0.000

Last week’s scores Cummings 16, J-Matthews 14 Providence Grove 9, Eastern Randoph 7 Reidsville 45, Bart.Yancey 8

Overall W-L Pct. 6-0-0 1.000 5-1-0 0.833 3-3-0 0.500 4-2-0 0.667 2-3-0 0.400 2-4-0 0.333 1-4-0 0.200

This week’s games Cummings at E. Randolph Graham at Jordan-Matthews Providence Grove at Bartlett Yancey Reidsville open

Carolina 2A/1A Team Name Carrboro Cedar Ridge South Granville NORTHWOOD Granville Central

Conference W-L-T Pct. 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000

Last week’s scores Triton 42, Northwood 14 Cedar Ridge 35, Cardinal Gibbons 14 Orange 28, Granville Cent. 20 Northeast Guilford 42, South Granville 14 Carrboro 22, Chapel Hill 20

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“Everybody’s better. At high school you might be going against some cats that probably wouldn’t be on the college field no matter how hard they try. It’s a business out here.” The Sanford native has the job this season of replacing an all-time great at the school in Burlington. Terrell Hudgins, a senior when Mellette was a freshman, set all sorts of records. He had 395 career receptions (a NCAA Division I record), 5,250 career receiving yards (another all NCAA Division I record) and 52 career receiving touchdowns (a Southern Conference record). Hudgins also had the previous Elon record of 16 pass receptions in a game before Mellette broke it against the Spiders.

Overall W-L-T Pct. 5-0 1.000 5-1 0.833 3-3 0.500 2-4 0.333 1-5 0.167

This week’s games Southern Vance at Northwood Granville Central at Randolph Henry (Va.) Cedar Ridge at Webb South Granville at Orange Reagan at Carrboro

But Mellette is starting to make a name for himself. Elon coach Pete Lembo told the Macon, (Ga.) Telegraph prior to the Phoenix’s game against Georgia Southern, “Aaron’s a bit longer, but not quite as thick as Terrell. I do think he’s faster and can get behind people a little bit more than Terrell could...those corners at Richmond — no offense to Duke’s kids — were definitely better than Duke’s and comparable to some of the better kids in our league.” One day Mellette hopes to have the chance to prove his skills at the next level. His goal is to be selected in the first three rounds for the Carolina Panthers or Dallas Cowboys. At that point, it may be ESPN or FOX Sports calling. Mellette is just fine with that, and whatever jokes may come from his teammates.

z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division ___ Tuesday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, ppd., rain N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 0 Seattle 3, Texas 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Boston 4 Kansas City 10, Minnesota 1 L.A. Angels 4, Oakland 2 Wednesday’s Games Texas 6, Seattle 5 L.A. Angels 2, Oakland 1, 11 innings Cleveland 4, Detroit 0, 1st game N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 7:35 p.m., 2nd game Boston at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Thursday’s Games Detroit (Bonderman 8-9) at Baltimore (Guthrie 10-14), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Kazmir 9-15) at Texas (Cl.Lee 12-9), 8:05 p.m. Boston (Lester 19-8) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 1411), 8:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Garza 15-9) at Kansas City (Greinke 9-14), 8:10 p.m. Toronto (Sh.Hill 1-2) at Minnesota (Liriano 14-9), 8:10 p.m. Oakland (G.Gonzalez 14-9) at Seattle (Fister 6-13), 10:10 p.m. Friday’s Games Detroit at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 8:10

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wise, you’re not playing two at a time — you’re playing one at a time,” said Rusty LaRue, a former two-sport star at Wake Forest. “But you don’t get the break that everybody else gets when the season ends. Guys get a little bit of a break, and they get to go into offseason mode where it’s just lifting and running. “The multi-sport guys, you end on one day (and) the next day, you’re still going to practice for three hours, and there’s not that sort of down time that all the other athletes get.” LaRue would know. He played quarterback for the Demon Deacons from 1992-95, and set the Bowl Subdivision record by completing 55 passes in a game. He also led the basketball team to four NCAA tournament berths before beginning a five-year NBA career that included a championship with the Chicago Bulls. Of course, there have been other ACC multisport athletes. Charlie Ward won a Heisman Trophy at Florida State before spending a decade as an NBA point guard. The Seminoles’ Deion Sanders remains

p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

National League East Division W L Pct GB x-Philadelphia94 64 .595 — Atlanta 90 69 .566 4½ New York 77 80 .49016½ Florida 77 81 .487 17 Washington 68 90 .430 26 Central Division W L Pct GB x-Cincinnati 88 69 .561 — St. Louis 82 76 .519 6½ Houston 74 83 .471 14 Milwaukee 74 83 .471 14 Chicago 72 85 .459 16 Pittsburgh 56 102 .35432½ West Division W L Pct GB S Francisco 89 68 .567 — San Diego 87 70 .554 2 Colorado 83 75 .525 6½ Los Angeles 78 81 .491 12 Arizona 64 93 .408 25

TV Sports Listings Thursday, Sept. 30 AUTO RACING 5 p.m. SPEED — ARCA, Kansas Lottery 150, at Kansas City, Kan. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. ESPN — Texas A&M at Oklahoma St. GOLF 4 p.m. TGC — Nationwide Tour, Soboba Classic, first round, at San Jacinto, Calif. 8 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Viking Classic, first round, at Madison, Miss. (same-day tape) 2:30 a.m. ESPN — Ryder Cup, first round, at Newport, Wales UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE 6 p.m. VERSUS — Las Vegas at Florida Chicago Cubs at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

x-clinched division ___ Tuesday’s Games Washington 2, Philadelphia 1 Atlanta 3, Florida 2 Cincinnati 3, Houston 2 N.Y. Mets 4, Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 2 L.A. Dodgers 9, Colorado 7 Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego 2 San Francisco 4, Arizona 2 Wednesday’s Games St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 1 L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 6 Milwaukee 8, N.Y. Mets 7, 1st game Atlanta 5, Florida 1 Philadelphia at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Houston at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 7:40 p.m., 2nd game Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Thursday’s Games Arizona (Enright 6-6) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 6-6), 3:45 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 7-9) at San Diego (Garland 14-12), 6:35 p.m. Houston (Myers 14-7) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 16-10), 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Narveson 11-9) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 2-1), 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Duke 8-14) at Florida (Volstad 11-9), 7:10 p.m. Colorado (Hammel 10-8) at St. Louis (C.Carpenter 15-9), 8:15 p.m. Friday’s Games Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Florida, 7:10p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W LOTPtsGFGA Pittsburgh 4 4 0 0 817 7 Toronto 6 3 2 1 716 19 Washington 3 3 0 0 611 5 Philadelphia5 3 1 1 715 14 Florida 4 3 1 0 612 11 Montreal 5 3 2 0 618 17 Tampa Bay 4 2 1 1 514 14 New Jersey 4 1 0 3 513 15 Buffalo 3 2 10 49 7 N.Y. Rangers3 2 1 0 412 12 Carolina 4 2 2 0 4 6 7 Ottawa 5 2 3 0 415 12 Boston 4 1 2 1 310 11 Islanders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Atlanta 3 0 30 03 8 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W LOTPtsGFGA Calgary 4 4 0 0 814 8 Phoenix 6 4 2 0 813 10 St. Louis 5 3 2 0 615 9 Edmonton 3 3 0 0 616 6 Los Angeles4 2 1 1 514 10 Dallas 4 2 2 0 410 9 Detroit 4 2 2 0 411 14 Nashville 4 2 2 0 4 6 7 Anaheim 5 2 3 0 415 22 Colorado 5 2 3 0 4 8 10 Columbus 5 2 3 0 415 18 Vancouver 6 2 4 0 414 19 Chicago 4 1 3 0 2 9 13 San Jose 5 1 4 0 211 16 Minnesota 5 0 3 2 2 8 20 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games Columbus 3, Minnesota 2, SO Washington 3, Boston 2 Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 1 New Jersey 3, Philadelphia 2 Buffalo 2, Ottawa 1 Colorado 2, Dallas 1 Calgary 3, Phoenix 1

the only player to start in the World Series and the Super Bowl. “It’s impressive, and I always like to see guys doing it,” LaRue said. “I think there’s probably more kids who could do it, but it’s not for everybody, because it can be difficult at times.” The physical skills from one sport might not necessarily translate to another, though having a strong arm always helps both quarterbacks and baseball players. More important are those intangibles: Leadership, mental toughness, maturity and self-discipline. “A lot of the leadership from a standpoint of being a quarterback can kind of help you in baseball,” Parker said. Added Clemson offensive coordinator Billy Napier: “In baseball, you can bat .300 and be an All-Star, so when he does make a mistake in football, it doesn’t have that much affect on him. ... And just pressure situations, he’s been in a lot of those being part of the team, performing when it counted. The more times you do that, no matter the sport, that’s the name of the game.” Boston College quarterback Dave Shinskie’s situation is a bit different than those faced by

Parker and Wilson, who spent this past season playing college baseball. The 26-year-old Shinskie spent 2003-09 in two big-league teams’ organizations before giving up baseball last year to join BC’s football program and led the Eagles to a 2-0 start this year before struggling last week against Virginia Tech. Parker, the first Division I athlete to throw 20 touchdowns and hit 20 home runs in the same academic year, was drafted in the first round by the Colorado Rockies in June. The Rockies took Wilson three rounds later and sent him to their short-season Single-A affiliate in Washington. “To play both baseball and football you’ve got to be very athletic, very talented, and I think both (Shinskie and Wilson) fit into that category,” Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said. “The more competition you (are) in, I don’t see how that’s going to hurt you.” It also helped that Wilson brought along his football playbook. He stashed it at his host family’s house to keep it out of enemy hands, and studied it for 15 minutes each night. Ultimately, that greased Wilson’s summertime transition between sports. It

HOCKEY NHL Preseason Glance

Vancouver 3, San Jose 1 Los Angeles 8, Anaheim 3 Wednesday’s Games Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Nashville at Atlanta, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders (ss) at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Washington at Boston, 7 p.m. Carolina at Florida, Cancelled, weather threat Toronto at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Calgary vs. N.Y. Islanders (ss) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 9 p.m. Vancouver at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Columbus at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Top 25 Schedule No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 7 Florida, 8 p.m. No. 2 Ohio State at Illinois, Noon No. 3 Boise State at New Mexico State, 8 p.m. No. 4 Oregon vs. No. 9 Stanford, 8 p.m. No. 5 TCU at Colorado State, 2 p.m. No. 8 Oklahoma vs. No. 21 Texas at Dallas, 3:30 p.m. No. 10 Auburn vs. LouisianaMonroe, Noon No. 11 Wisconsin at No. 24 Michigan State, 3:30 p.m. No. 12 LSU vs. Tennessee, 3:30 p.m. No. 16 Miami at Clemson, Noon No. 17 Iowa vs. No. 22 Penn State, 8 p.m. No. 18 Southern Cal vs. Washington, 8 p.m. No. 19 Michigan at Indiana, 3:30 p.m. No. 23 North Carolina State vs. Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m. No. 25 Nevada at UNLV, 10 p.m.

couldn’t have been easy for Wolfpack coach Tom O’Brien to let his star quarterback skip spring practice to play college baseball or head west for minor-league ball, but the coach voiced nothing but support for Wilson. The same was true for his understanding N.C. State teammates, who elected him a team captain. “Obviously, we embraced Russell. He’s a great leader and he’s always doing the right thing, always leading us in drills, always being the first at everything,” lineman R.J. Mattes said. “So Russell’s one of those guys you’d love to be your captain, because he knows what to do and he knows the right thing.” The 23rd-ranked Wolfpack certainly can’t argue with the results so far. At 4-0, they’re off to the best start since 2002. They have their first national ranking since 2003. Wilson leads the ACC in total offense, averaging nearly 300 yards. Still, the question lingers: If the day comes when Wilson has to pick one sport, which will he choose? Russell says it’s too early to worry about that. “I’ve always thought the NFL’s a future for me. I’ve always thought Major League Baseball’s a future for me,” Wilson said.

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The Sanford Herald / Thursday, September 30, 2010 / 5B 2010 COUNTY FOOTBALL STATISTICS â&#x20AC;˘ THROUGH WEEK 5

LEE COUNTY HIGH YELLOW JACKETS (5-1, 3-0)

SOUTHERN LEE HIGH CAVALIERS (0-6, 0-1)

HEAD COACH: BURTON CATES

HEAD COACH: TOM PARIS

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PLAYER Carson Wilson Chase Arrington TOTAL:

CLASS Sr. Soph.

COMP 55 3 58

ATT 87 5 92

YARDS 835 15 850

YPC 15.2 5.0 14.7

TD 15 1 16

INT 1 0 1

PLAYER Ashton Gaines Quentin Ingram Ace Chalmers TOTAL:

CLASS Sr. Jr. Jr.

COMP 109 0 0 109

ATT 195 1 1 197

YARDS 964 0 0 964

YPC 8.7 0.0 0.0 8.8

TD 7 0 0 7

INT 6 1 0 7

RUSHING PLAYER Cedric Gray Isaiah Williams Israel Williams Dequon Swann Josh Brinkley Tre Chalmers Jalen Woods Russell Clark David Upchurch Chase Arrington Carson Wilson TOTAL:

CLASS Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Soph. Sr. Sr. Jr. Soph. Sr.

ATT 85 24 17 7 7 5 3 1 2 1 28 180

YARDS 435 194 113 136 43 32 15 9 3 2 -11 971

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RUSHING PLAYER Ashton Gaines Ace Chalmers Quentin Ingram Cullen Boyette Blake Brewington Josh Boatwright TOTAL:

CLASS Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr.

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YARDS 298 101 53 1 2 17 472

AVG 3.8 4.2 3.1 1.0 2.0 3.4 3.7

TD 1 0 2 0 0 1 4

RECEIVING RECEIVING PLAYER Dequon Swann Isaiah Williams Cedric Gray T.J. Lett Danny Dillon Israel Williams Richard Wicker Russell Clark TOTAL:

CLASS Sr. Sr. Sr. Soph. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr.

CATCH 23 10 4 6 6 3 1 1 54

YARDS 396 211 47 51 84 37 13 2 841

AVG 17.2 11.8 11.8 8.5 14.0 12.3 13.0 2.0 15.6

TD 6 5 0 0 3 1 1 0 16

CLASS Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr.

CATCH 38 25 8 18 6 4 5 4 1 109

YARDS 351 208 69 128 64 31 54 53 6 964

AVG 9.2 8.3 8.6 7.1 10.7 7.8 10.8 13.3 6.0 8.8

Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29

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SCHEDULE DATE Aug. 20 Aug. 27 Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 17

PLAYER Quentin Ingram Robert Richard Mitchell Showalter Ace Chalmers Josh Boatwright Aaron Turner Blake Brewington Michael Reives Shakeer Alston TOTAL:

OPPONENT @W. Harnett Richmond Co. @Southern Lee @Apex Holly Springs

RESULT W, 27-0 L, 38-21 W, 48-0 W, 29-3 W, 35-7

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Happy Birthday: Put on your creative thinking cap and make some important decisions that can alter your future. Move in a direction better suited to your personality. Doing what’s best for you will bring good results. If you are happy with the life you have built, you will bring joy to those around you. Start now and don’t look back. Your numbers are 2, 7, 25, 28, 31, 34, 40 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Expect to experience difficulties with people wanting too much or asking for the impossible. Problems at home can include a difference of opinion with someone you live with or a physical problem to your environment that needs immediate attention. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t take anything or anyone for granted. Take ahold of your life and make whatever amendments are required in order to achieve the happiness and satisfaction you deserve. A romantic situation can go either way, depending on how attentive you are. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Someone from your past of whom you think fondly may help you out of a professional situation you face. Make contact and your efforts will help to stabilize your personal life as well. Networking will be a great vehicle to help you get ahead. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Use your emotions to help you get your way with children or your current lover. It’s how you express your needs that will give you the upper hand. Take advantage of an opportunity for a position or project that interests you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t let an emotional display ruin your chance to get ahead. If you focus on what you have to offer, you will stand a better chance of joining forces with those working toward a similar goal. A disciplined, self-reliant attitude will

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DEAR ABBY: My 3-year-old goddaughter, “Tammy,” is one of the most important people in my life. So are her parents, “Sophie” and “Zack.” I was friendly with them separately before they got together. As a couple, they selected me to be godmother. They have since split up. Zack is understanding about my staying neutral and continuing to be friendly with him and his ex. But Sophie gets mad and won’t talk to me for weeks if she hears I went to see Tammy on a weekend she’s with her daddy. Even though I am closer to Sophie, Zack is a great father and a good friend. I don’t think it’s fair that Sophie expects me to take her side. I feel their issues are theirs alone, and my main focus is that my goddaughter have my support regardless of which parent she happens to be with. Am I doing something wrong? If not, how do I handle Sophie? — HONORED IN OMAHA DEAR HONORED: You are doing nothing wrong. However, viewed from Sophie’s perspective, it may appear that you have “chosen” her ex over her. A way to handle this would be to tell Sophie that you are not visiting Tammy when she’s with Zack because you prefer his company over Sophie’s. It’s that you want your goddaughter to have continuity, and if Sophie is upset with Zack, she shouldn’t displace her anger onto you because it’s not fair to you or her daughter. And

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further, if this continues, Sophie will drive a caring friend (you) away. o DEAR ABBY: In this age of electronic devices, how appropriate is it to take photos at the table in a restaurant? I suppose it depends on the establishment — probably not a problem in a casual buffet environment. My boyfriend and I like to go to fancy restaurants (on our own and with friends), and we enjoy taking pictures of each other, our friends and the food. How do we handle this? Do other patrons care how many times we “flash” our cameras? — SNAP-HAPPY IN BLOOMINGTON, IND. DEAR SNAP-HAPPY: When making reservations at an expensive restaurant, ask whether it would be

disruptive to take pictures. While some diners might not object, I can think of several reasons why some would find it intrusive. Because some “foodies” enjoy snapping photos of their table and the various dishes as they’re presented, it may be possible to be seated in a location where the flash will not be a nuisance. However, the restaurant staff should be warned in advance. o DEAR ABBY: I volunteer at a hospital and help with mail sorting for the patients. I know it is important for patients to receive their mail — even if they are no longer being treated at the hospital. Abby, please advise your readers that when they send Get Well cards, to always use the person’s OWN name — like, “Betty Jones” instead of “Mrs. John Jones.” Also, when sending a card or note to someone in the hospital, to always put the patient’s home address as the return address on the envelope — not their own. If your readers do this, the person is sure to receive it, even after he or she has been discharged from the hospital. — JUDY IN LORAIN, OHIO DEAR JUDY: Thank you for two perfectly logical suggestions — which I’m sure the majority of people don’t always consider when they’re sending their good wishes. Readers, take heed.

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Dead bear dumped outside Northern Calif. market

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Shhhh! Arrest under way. A man fleeing police after a traffic stop in Missoula, Mont., ran into the city library Wednesday and hid in a restroom, prompting an evacuation while police arrested him. Police say the man refused to get out of his vehicle during a traffic stop. While driving away, he struck the front tire of a bicycle. Lt. Geron Wade says the bicyclist did not appear to be seriously injured. Officers responded to the library after someone called police reporting a very nervous-looking man standing on the sidewalk outside. Wade says an officer spotted the man going into a restroom and the library was evacuated for about 30 minutes while he was arrested.

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (AP) — Black bears sightings are not uncommon in California’s backcountry or even around trash bins in Lake Tahoe. But in a strip mall along a busy San Francisco Bay area freeway? That’s the strange situation the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after someone dumped a dead 300-pound bear outside a small San Leandro grocery store. Sgt. J.D. Nelson tells the Oakland Tribune that a white pickup truck was seen depositing the bear’s body Sunday night and speeding away. The animal had been shot in the shoulder. But why it was left where it was remains a mystery. California Department of Fish and Game spokesman Kyle Orr says bear-hunting season opened last month in some parts of the state.

Troubled W. Pa. city lays off 9, plus police dog JEANNETTE, Pa. (AP) -- The financial situation is so bad in one western Pennsylvania city that even its police dog has been laid off. Jeannette City Council on Tuesday voted to lay off nine workers of the city’s 47 workers effective Oct. 5. They include three of the city’s 12 police, including Officer Justin Scalzo who handles the city’s drug-sniffing dog, Wando. Police Chief Brad Shepler said the layoffs come at a time when the city is seeing a boom in drug trafficking. Shepler’s department is also losing its two meter maids and a secretary. The other layoffs involved trash collectors and public works employees. The city has a projected $440,000 budget shortfall. Some of the workers could be called back if finances improve.

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