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December 2, 2009

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WEDNESDAY

BY PAM HAYNESENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

TRIAD – Double digit unemployment rates remained stable in the Triad from September to October with slight increases.

While the state’s un-employment rate rose to 11 percent, jobless rates increased by frac-tions in Guilford, Da-

vidson and Randolph counties, the N.C. Employment Security Commission reports.

Guilford County’s unemployment rate increased by one-tenth from September to 11.2 percent in October. Davidson County rose from 12.5 percent to 13.1 percent, and Randolph County rose from 11 to 11.3 percent, refl ecting

further losses of manu-facturing facilities.

The city of High

Point’s unemployment

FOR THE KIDS: Thomasville police conduct toy drive. 1B

TIME FOR CHANGE: Board discusses Oak Hill’s calendar. 2A

BAD START: Wake, State losein ACC-Big Ten Challenge. 1C

WHO’S NEWS----

Pamela Hedrick, assistant professor of religion at High Point University, attended the An-nual Society of Biblical Literature Meeting in New Orleans, La. The conference, pro-vides a forum for the exchange of ideas in the criti-cal investigation of the Bible.

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DINNER IS SERVED: Ministry reports results of Thanksgiving effort.

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BY PAT KIMBROUGHENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – Local broadcast-ing legend Max Meeks will end his half-century career behind the microphone next month, it was announced Tuesday.

Meeks, longtime host of the “Max in the Morning” radio show on WMFR-AM in High Point, said

his fi nal broadcast will be Jan. 1. He said it “just seemed that the time was right” to retire af-ter more than 12,000 shows in a career that spanned seven decades.

“It’s been well over 50 years, and I just felt I was ready for it,” said Meeks, 84. “If I was 22 again, starting all over, I wouldn’t change a thing. I really do love the life and career I’ve had and am thankful God has blessed me in such a unique way.”

Meeks hosts a daily program beginning at 5:30 a.m. known for covering everything from issues of the day to local birthday and anniversary announcements, as well as support for various causes.

“He’s just an outstanding pro-fessional and has a heart as big as the entire state,” said Ellen Cochran, executive director of the Mental Health Association of High Point, an organization for which Meeks hosted an on-air fundraiser holiday auction for nearly 25 years. “Nobody has done more for the community than Max. He will be greatly, greatly missed.”

Meeks started at WMFR in 1947 in a summer fi ll-in position while he was a student at what was then High Point College. He left for a stint in the furniture business in the 1950s, but later returned to the station. Over the years, he served primarily as the morning drive-time host, as the station transitioned from a mu-sic format to a news-talk format.

Meeks was praised for develop-ing a close bond with his audi-ence, and noted that he enjoyed contact with his listeners and the support of good causes.

“The industry has changed quite a bit, but I can’t tell that our listening audience has changed that much,” Meeks said. “From what we can tell, there has been a wide variety and a broad range of people in ages.”

Tom Hamilton, general man-ager of the Curtis Media Group ra-dio stations in Winston-Salem and High Point, said he’s come to learn important lessons from working alongside Meeks since 2000.

“After listening to ‘Max In The Morning’ for nearly a decade pri-or to working with him, I quickly came to realize the very essence of all WMFR stood for in the com-munity was embodied in this gentleman,” Hamilton said.

Cochran said Meeks’ work with the MHA’s auction was an ex-ample of this, as he described the items being auctioned on the air.

“Max’s personality is what car-ried that. He would encourage people to call,” she said. “He did it out of a desire to help the commu-nity and help our organization.”

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BY PAM HAYNESENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – Most major re-tailers in High Point said they met the crucial sales goals of the anticipated Black Friday – a sign that the rest of the shopping season may fare well, or, at least not any worse than last year.

“It’s the turn of the season for retailers, said Robert Hayes, store manager for Kmart at 2850 S. Main St. “If Black Friday is good, the rest of the season will be good. If it is bad, the rest will be bad.”

According to the National Re-tail Federation, more shoppers ventured out on what is typi-cally the busiest shopping day of the year, but they also spent less. Shoppers spent about $343.31 per person on Black Fri-day, down from $372.57 a year ago, the NRF reported.

Large retailers, including Kmart, Target and Oak Hol-low Mall, had lines of custom-ers waiting outside of their doors Friday morning. Hayes, who had about 500 customers waiting outside of his store at 5 a.m., said sales were fl at with last year’s Black Friday.

And that’s a good thing.“Being fl at (in sales) is good

right now after this year,” Hayes said. “We’re hoping sales will be the same as last year, but they will probably be a little less.”

Vickee Armstrong, general manager of Oak Hollow Mall, reiterated Hayes’ appreciation for fl at sales during a year that was unkind to most retailers.

“Any less worse (sales fi gures) are a good thing,” she said. “I think there will continue to be less bad news, which will give us a good shopping season that is comparable to last year.”

Anchor stores at Oak Hollow, including Belk, JC Penney and Sears, opened at 4 a.m. on Fri-day with special promotions and door busters that may have increased traffi c at the mall, Armstrong said.

“On Black Friday, I circle the mall every 30 minutes from the

time we open until 10 a.m.,” she said. “What I’m looking for are the number of shoppers in groups and the number of bags. This year, there was more traffi c, and there were bags everywhere.”

Hayes said he expects shop-pers to trim their budgets this year, but parents will always buy for their children.

“Parents seem to be cutting back on items for themselves, but kids seem to be getting the same amount of presents this year,” he said. “The kids will al-ways get taken care of fi rst.”

Both Kmart, Target and stores at the mall reported big sales in electronics.

“From video games to porta-ble DVD players and MP3 play-ers, everybody still wants all of that stuff,” Hayes said.


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Jason Scott, store manager at Belk, hands out a gift card to Travis Nelson, the fi rst one through the door at 4 a.m. on Black Friday.

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CLENDENIN, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia mystery egg has turned out to be nothing more than a practical yolk.

Days after Sherman Farley found a giant egg while hunting in central West Virginia near Clen-denin, another man has

admitted planting it in the woods as a joke.

Herbert Herold says he got the ostrich egg from Benedict Haid Farm, about three miles from where Farley found it. Herold left it in the woods, hoping his broth-er Bill, who was hunting

nearby, would fi nd it.But Farley found it

fi rst, and the 4.5-pound egg with a diameter of 18 inches had wildlife ex-perts puzzled.

Farley’s wife, Rosie, has emptied and bleached the egg, which now sits on her kitchen counter.

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Items to be published in this column must be in the offi ces of The High Point Enterprise no later than seven calendar days before the date of the event. On the Scene runs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

MEETINGNational Active and

Retired Federal Employ-ees, Chapter 668, meets for Christmas at 11 a.m. Monday at Pioneer Res-taurant, 10914 N. Main St. Archdale. A short meeting will precede the celebration. Participants may bring a $2 gift for a “dirty Santa” exchange. They also may bring two cans of food each and a donation for Alzheimer’s research. Canned goods will go to local charities. Bett Whitten, 476-3250

SPECIAL INTERESTA Christmas tree sale

will be held 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 12:30-5 p.m. Sunday at High Point Bank, 1813 West-

chester Drive. The sale is sponsored by Ward Street Methodist Mission.

“Walk Through Bethle-hem” will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday and Dec. 11-12 at Kernersville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 896 Old Winston Road. Free admis-sion but canned food do-nations will be accepted for the needy. Tours will make their way past the market, the synagogue, the inn and fi nally arrive at the stable after the Messiah’s birth.

The annual Candle Tea will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and Fri-day at Kernersville Mora-vian Church, 504 S. Main St., Kernersville. Church members will be in period costume and children will serve visitors coffee and sugar bread at the Tav-ern. The Christmas story will be told in the historic chapel. Craft items, baked goods and hand-made chicken pies will be avail-able for purchase.

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BY DAVID NIVENSENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

JAMESTOWN – Work crews have opened High Point Road for traffi c in Jamestown.

The road section had been closed for rebuild-ing the landmark railroad overpass on High Point Road. No part of the old overpass remains.

The road was reopened Monday and drivers no longer have to use detours, Guilford Technical Com-

munity College offi cials reported Tuesday.

Since Feb. 2, drivers had to use a 2.6-mile de-tour around downtown Jamestown to get to the college campus, Ragsdale High School, Millis Road Elementary School and Ragsdale Middle School.

The construction and the road closing created morning and afternoon traffi c jams while the schools were in session. At least 12,000 vehicles had been using the un-

derpass daily, according to fi gures from the N.C. Department of Transpor-tation. The traffi c count showed about 15,000 vehi-cles were using the major intersection of High Point Road, Jametown’s Main Street, at Guilford Road each day.

Motorists going east to-ward Greensboro had used Guilford Road and Guil-ford College Road. Driv-ers going to Jamestown from Greensboro had to exit onto Guilford College

Road and then onto Guil-ford Road to go into down-town Jamestown.

The overpass, much of it built with timbers, was part of an improvement project on 9 miles of the Norfolk Southern Railway tracks between Greens-boro and High Point. The cost of rebuilding the overpass was set at $1.7 million, which was a part of the $21 million price tag for the entire project.


High Point Road reopens in Jamestown

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Defending the S.C. governorKevin Hall, attorney for S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford, defends the governor’s use of state-owned airplanes before a special House subcommittee in Columbia, S.C. Tuesday. The committee met for a second time Tuesday to consider Gov. Mark Sanford’s impeachment.

rates remained un-touched at 11 percent from September to Octo-ber. It remains above last year’s unemployment rate, which was 7.2 per-cent at this time.

Unemployment rates increased in 74 of North Carolina’s 100 counties in October. Since this time last year, unemployment has increased by 174,184 people, the ESC reports.

Overall, unemployment rates in the state have suffered slight increases each month, said Larry Parker, public informa-tion offi cer for the ESC.

“When you look at Guil-ford County and at a lot of counties throughout the state, what we’re seeing is consistency in the past fi ve or six months,” he

said. “Both the numberof people employed andthe number of people un-employed went up. Thathappens sometimes withholiday and seasonal em-ployment.”

Robert Ware, managerof the Asheboro Divisionof the ESC, said stabili-zation is a good sign incurrent economic condi-tions.

“It’s a positive signthat the increase is notas signifi cant as it hasbeen earlier in the year,”he said. “We do have tobe cautious that we maysee some increases in thenext few months as partof a normal, seasonal in-crease that occurs eachyear.”


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BY DAVID NIVENSENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

GUILFORD COUNTY – Oak Hill Ele-mentary School students will start next year with a different sched-ule.

The Guilford County Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to drop the year-round calendar at the High Point school to improve student performance and attendance. Students will start in August next year instead of July.

Regional Superintendent Angelo Kidd offered the recommendation based on parent and teacher sur-veys showing that 55 percent of the parents who responded preferred a traditional calendar.

The school has used the year-round schedule for more than 10 years, but in recent years school attendance and performance have suffered. The school is on the district’s list of low-performing schools.

The school averages about 17 absent students a day, but on days when traditional school students are off for, there can be as many as 40. A count this year showed en-

rollment increased from 351 to 384 after Labor Day.

“We think many of those 33 stu-dents may have missed six weeks of school,” Kidd said.

Principal Sara Roberts acknowl-edged that some parents don’t bring their children to school until after their siblings at other schools have completed summer vacation.

“Some of them travel to other states,” she said.

The year-round calendar starts in July and offers several breaks before ending in June. Each ses-sion is about nine weeks.

Last year, only 24 percent of Oak Hill students passed both the state’s math and reading exams.

“This score concerns me,” said

Sandra Alexander, an at-large board member. “It has to be one of the lowest. We also need other strategies.”

Oak Hill has one of the most di-verse enrollments in the county. Students, 99 percent of whom are enrolled in free and reduced meal programs, speak 17 different lan-guages ranging from English to Spanish and several Middle-East-ern languages, Roberts said.

Nancy Routh, the board’s other at-large member, agreed that the school should provide more sup-port for the students. Students keep their own performance data notebooks to show where they need help, Kidd said.

“The teachers are working hard,” Kidd said. “We think those notebooks will make a difference in building ownership.”

The board also voted unani-mously to keep the year-round schedule at Hampton Academy in Greensboro for next year, at the end of which performance will be reviewed. The school has many of the same problems as Oak Hill.


Year-round calendar dropped at Oak Hill Elementary

PERFORMANCE----List: These High Point area schools are among the district’s 10 low-performing schools: Fairview Elementary, Oak Hill Elementary, Montlieu Math and Science Academy, Parkview Elementary and T. Wingate

Andrews High School.

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High Point police are seeking the following suspects:

• Tarrance Roshawn Campbell, 20, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 130 pounds, wanted for felony failure to appear.

• Ace Arthur Hultquist, 53, 5 feet, 8 inches tall, 170 pounds, wanted for fi rst-degree arson. *Registered Sex Offender*

• Henry Bridges, 48, 6 feet, 1 inch tall, 145 pounds, wanted for felony attempted breaking and entering.

• Richard William Dixon Jr., 44, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, 180 pounds, wanted for grand jury indictment for habitual felon.

• Trina Sue Aldrich, 39, 5 feet, 2 inches tall, 240 pounds, wanted for grand jury indictment for habitual felon.

• Catawino Benitez, 31, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, 200 pounds, wanted for traffi cking in cocaine.

Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call Crimestoppers at 889-4000.

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RANDOLPH COUNTY – The N.C. State Bureau of Investigation has con-cluded its probe into the death of a UNC Chapel Hill student who was fa-tally shot in August by an Archdale police offi cer, the N.C. Attorney Gener-al’s Offi ce said Tuesday.

Noelle Talley, a spokes-woman for the attorney general, said SBI agents delivered their investi-gative report to the Ran-dolph County District Attorney’s Offi ce on Nov. 16.

“When the SBI com-pletes an investigation, the standard procedure is for the SBI to deliver

its fi ndings to the district attorney, and the DA then makes a decision about whether or not to bring charges,” Talley said.

Randolph County As-sistant District Attorney Andrew Gregson and Archdale police Chief Darrell Gibbs could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

On Aug. 23, 21-year-old Courtland Smith, a UNC Chapel Hill fraternity president, was stopped on Interstate 85 in Randolph County by two Archdale police offi cers. Before being stopped by police, Smith had called 911 ask-ing for police assistance and telling a dispatcher he was suicidal, armed

with a 9 mm pistol and driving drunk at speeds of up to 110 mph.

Smith “got out of the car and made a sugges-tive move toward his pocket which the police interpreted as a move to get a gun,” according to a medical examiner’s report released with the autopsy fi ndings. Offi cer Jeremy Paul Flinchum then fi red on Smith, who was pronounced dead at a local hospital a short time later.

A recording of Smith’s 911 call ends with an of-fi cer yelling for him to stay in his car before Smith tells police he had to “pull something out.” It remains unclear from

the tape as well as policeradio traffi c recordingswhether Smith displayeda weapon to offi cers. Au-thorities have not saidwhether he was armedand the autopsy reportsreleased do not say wheth-er Smith had a gun.

A recording of the traf-fi c stop from dashboardvideo cameras in two po-lice cars has been sealedby a judge pending thecompletion of a N.C. StateBureau of Investigationprobe into the shooting.

Toxicology tests re-vealed that the alcoholcontent of his blood was.22 percent, confi rmingthat he was intoxicated atthe time of his death, ac-cording to the autopsy.

SBI concludes probe into fatal shooting of UNC student


DAVIDSON COUNTY – A Davidson County man faces an aggravated as-sault charge after sher-iff’s deputies responded to a domestic dispute.

Officers responded to a Gumtree Road residence in northern Davidson County and found that Richard Bober Jr. and a woman at the home had been in a verbal altercation. Deputies said Bober called the woman’s fa-ther to come pick her up, and when he ar-rived, Bober and the

victim got into a physi-cal altercation in which he allegedly cut the victim with a kitchen knife, according to the sheriff’s office. The vic-tim sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Bober, 25, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflict-ing serious injury and communicating threats and was jailed under a $25,000 bond, according to the sheriff’s office.

He has an appearance set for Jan. 6 in David-son County District Court.

In an unrelated case, a man faces theft and

fraud charges after an investigation by the sheriff’s office.

Detectives began in-vestigating an alleged forgery of a check on Nov. 12 and last week, made an arrest in the case. Investigators charged Christopher James Ackerman, 35, of Copeland Drive, Lex-ington, with one count

of misdemeanor larcenyand one felonious countof uttering a forged in-strument, according tothe sheriff’s office.

Ackerman was jailedunder a $1,000 bondand has an appearancescheduled for Dec. 14 inDavidson County Dis-trict Court.


Domestic dispute leads to assault charge

RALEIGH (AP) – Prog-ress Energy will close 11 coal-burning power plants in North Carolina that don’t have scrub-bers by 2017, the Ra-leigh electric utility said Tuesday.

The units near Wilm-ington, Moncure, Lum-berton and Goldsboro

represent about 30 per-cent of the company’s power generation from coal. The company will continue to operate three coal-fired plants in North Carolina after 2017 that are equipped with emission controls at a cost of more than $2 billion.

N.C. utility to close 11 older coal plants

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Netanyahu: Settlement freeze only temporaryJERUSALEM – Israel’s prime minister emphasized

Tuesday that his 10-month freeze on new housing in the West Bank is a one-time measure that will not be extended.

Palestinians had already rejected Benjamin Netan-yahu’s moratorium as inadequate, because it allows about 3,000 homes already under construction to be completed and does not include Jewish neighbor-hoods in east Jerusalem, claimed by Palestinians as their future capital.

Report: Breast-feeding mother smothers babyLONDON – Britain’s Sun newspaper is reporting

that a breast-feeding mother accidentally smothered her four-week old child on a Nov. 25 United Airlines fl ight from Washington, D.C. to Kuwait.

The paper says the mother fell asleep as she fed the child in business class and that the fl ight was divert-ed to London’s Heathrow Airport.

Scotland Yard says the child was taken off the fl ight to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead.

North Korean currency reform sparks chaosSEOUL, South Korea – North Korea has revalued its

currency for the fi rst time in a half century, report-edly triggering chaos in the impoverished nation by moving to assert state control over a growing market economy.

North Korea revalued its currency – known as the won – at an exchange rate between old and new notes of 100 to 1, China’s Xinhua news agency said in a dispatch from Pyongyang.

South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babiesPRETORIA, South Africa – South Africa announced

ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expand-ed treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thou-sands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS.

President Jacob Zuma – once ridiculed for saying a shower could prevent AIDS – was cheered as he outlined the measures on World AIDS Day.

Ousted Honduran leader urges vote rejectionTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Deposed Honduran

President Manuel Zelaya sent a letter to divided Latin American leaders Tuesday urging them to reject elec-tions held under the coup-installed government and help restore him to power.

“I ask you not to recognize the electoral fraud and for your cooperation so that this coup d’etat does not remain unpunished,” the leftist leader said in a letter released from the Brazilian Embassy, where he is holed up under threat of arrest.

Iraqi shoe-thrower fi nds out what it was likePARIS – The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at

President George W. Bush last year had a taste of his own medicine Tuesday when he nearly got beaned by a shoe thrower at a news conference in Paris.

Muntadhar al-Zeidi ducked and the shoe hit the wall behind him. “He stole my technique,”he later quipped.

The identity of the new shoe-thrower – and his moti-vation – weren’t immediately clear.

Iran warns it could prosecute British yachtsmenTEHRAN, Iran – Iran warned on Tuesday it will

prosecute fi ve British sailors if it is proven they had “bad intentions” when their 60-foot racing yacht en-tered its waters, in what Britain says was an innocent case of a vessel accidentally going astray in the Gulf.

London was trying to keep the incident from getting tangled up in politics – not only in the rancor between Tehran and the West over Iran’s nuclear issue but also the country’s own internal postelection turmoil, which has pumped up the leadership’s fears of foreign plots.

Fat-stealing claims by police questioned in PeruLIMA, Peru – Peru’s police chief dismissed the head

of his criminal investigations unit Tuesday amid sug-gestions that offi cers may have invented a story about a murderous gang of human fat thieves, perhaps to distract from allegations of police killings.

Police recently announced they had arrested three members of a murder ring who confessed to killing fi ve people, extracting their fat and selling it to cos-metics companies in Europe.

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A woman passes HIV+ written upside down on a graffi ti wall on World AIDS Day in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD (AP) – A suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban lawmaker in the Swat Valley – the latest in a series of bomb-ings.

The suicide bomber blew himself up among

guests greeting provin-cial assembly member Shamsher Khan in his house near the main Swat Valley town of Min-gora, police and hospital offi cials said. Nine other people were wounded.

Anti-Taliban lawmaker killed

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iranian Presi-dent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tues-day that Tehran is reviewing the option of decreasing cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after it issued a reso-lution critical of Iran last week.

Speaking in a live television inter-view late Tuesday, Ahmadinejad also criticized Russia’s support for Inter-national Atomic Energy Agency’s resolution, calling it a mistake.

“Friendly relations with the agency are over. We will cooperate as much as they offer us compromises. We are reviewing this,” he said.

The sharply worded IAEA resolution on Friday demanded Iran halt all ura-nium enrichment and stop construc-tion of a newly discovered nuclear facility near the Iranian city of Qom. Iran responded by saying it would build even more such facilities.

Iran considers reducing ties to U.N. nuke body

KABUL (AP) – A top Af-ghan military offi cial saidTuesday that a key part ofPresident Barack Obama’snew war plan – accelerat-ing the training of Afghansoldiers – does not go farenough to meet the coun-try’s defense needs.

Obama plans to dispatch30,000 U.S. troops to Af-ghanistan over six months– an accelerated timetablewith a built-in endgame– that would have thefi rst fresh Marines on theground as early as Christ-mas, a senior administra-tion offi cial told The Asso-ciated Press. Obama alsowill ask NATO allies tocontribute 5,000 to 10,000new troops to the separateinternational force in Af-ghanistan, diplomats said.

Obama’s plan empha-sizes stepped-up trainingfor Afghan forces, a goalaimed at speeding thehandover of the nation’ssecurity to Afghan secu-rity forces.

Lt. Gen. William B.Caldwell, the new head ofa U.S.-NATO command re-sponsible for training anddeveloping Afghan soldiersand police, said Tuesdaythat although the ground-work is being laid to ex-pand the Afghan NationalArmy beyond the currenttarget of 134,000 troops byOct. 31, 2010, no fi xed high-er target has been set.

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SEATTLE (AP) – A lone offi -cer on patrol in the middle of the night Tuesday spotted a stolen car, its hood up and engine run-ning, and pulled over to check it out. As the patrolman sat in his cruiser, a burly man with a large mole on his cheek came up from behind.

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Clemmons eluded capture thanks to family and friends who provided him with shelter, cell phones, cash and fi rst aid for the severe belly wound he suffered when one of the dying offi cers in Sunday’s coffee-shop rampage got off a shot, police said. Six to seven of those associates were being ar-rested Tuesday.

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HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) – A 15-year-old Michigan boy ad-mitted having sex with a 3-year-old girl, so en-raging his father that the man pulled a gun, marched the teen to an

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WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House will make at least one change to its screening practices for invitation-only events after an attention-hungry couple was able to crash the Obama administra-tion’s fi rst state dinner.

The White House so-cial offi ce will go back to making sure that one of its staff members will be present at the gates to help the Secret Service if ques-tions come up, the fi rst lady’s communication di-rector Camille Johnston said Tuesday.

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Well, I hope all our politically correct, liberal fruit cakes are now happy. Now our military bases are not even safe. If some-one sees a terrorist nut spout-ing off about killing Americans, they’re afraid to speak up because they’re afraid of losing their job (if they are lucky enough to have one). Then they are called racist, prejudiced and all that liberal crap. Terrorists are no longer terrorists.

Criminals are not criminals, and people who rape and kill chil-dren are made out to be victims. As long as we keep our backs turned and heads buried where they are, all the mean scum will turn good. Oh, sure.

Ever wonder why someone who doesn’t even like the USA wants to be president? Is bowing down and sucking up to other countries while he talks trash about the one he is supposed to be president of what we need? Truth is, he wants to be King Obama. Everything he has done from the stimulus joke to car companies, banks and this junk health bill is all power grab.

With his current administration and some over-educated, so-well-informed followers, who knows? Is it ignorance or some too sorry to take care of their own lives? Ever notice President Obama doesn’t want any of his Muslim sidekicks tried by the military as they should be? Could it be he is afraid they may get what they well-deserve? Now go ahead and

play that race card on me. But remember no one plays it as well or often as Obama, Pelosi, the Clintons and the rest of the Demo-rot liberal goof-offs.

ROGER MABEHigh Point

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Evolution or special creation? Both theories are religious in nature because both are accepted by faith and neither can be proved scientifi cally. A theory becomes truth, true science, when it can stand the test of falsifi cation – it cannot be proved wrong, and not by trying to prove it to be right.

Our government has wasted bil-

lions of tax dollars through NASA and every fi eld of science trying to prove evolution, the latest effort being crushing rockets into the moon in search of water. If they fi nd water, they have only their imaginations as to how water got there. “Through faith, we under-stand the worlds were framed [put together and held together] by the word of God” (Hebrews 11:3). “Upholding all things by the word of His power” (Hebrews 1:3). And “by Him all things consist” (Colos-sians 1:16,17).

If there’s water on the moon, God arranged it. Two hundred years and billions of dollars and evolution has not been proved true and never will be, and trying to prove special creation wrong has never been done and likewise never will. Which one would

qualify as being truth? That which can’t be proved true or that which can’t be proved wrong?

It takes only common sense or any branch of science to prove evolution wrong. No man can prove God doesn’t exist; but to those who put their faith in God, He always proves Himself faith-ful. The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God (I Corinthi-ans 1:20). “Because they did not like to retain God in their knowl-edge … they became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened,” and they wasted time and money on foolish things such as evolution and cli-mate control (Romans 1:21,28).

God still controls the weather. “He maketh His sun to rise and sendeth rain” (Matthew 5:45).

CLAYTON L. PROCTOR SR.Trinity

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N o one will really understand poli-tics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve

our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems – of which getting elected and re-elected are No. 1 and No. 2. Whatever is No. 3 is far behind.

Many of the things the government does that may seem stupid are not stupid at all, from the standpoint of the elected offi cials or bureaucrats who do these things.

The current economic downturn that has cost millions of people their jobs began with successive administra-tions of both parties pushing banks and other lenders to make mortgage loans to people whose incomes, credit history and inability or unwillingness to make a substantial down payment on a house made them bad risks.

Was that stupid? Not at all. The money that was being put at risk was not the politicians’ money, and in most cases was not even the government’s money. Moreover, the jobs that are being lost by the millions are not the politicians’ jobs – and jobs in the government’s bureau-cracies are increasing.

No one pushed these reckless mort-gage lending policies more than U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, who brushed aside warnings about risk, and said in 2003 that he wanted to “roll the dice” even more in the housing markets. But it would be very rash to bet against Frank’s getting re-elected in 2010.

After the cascade of economic disas-ters that began in the housing markets in 2006 and spread into the fi nancial markets in Wall Street and even over-seas, people in the private sector pulled back. Banks stopped making so many risky loans. Home buyers began buy-ing homes they could afford, instead of going out on a limb with “creative”– and risky – fi nancing schemes to buy homes that were beyond their means.

But politicians went directly in the opposite direction. In the name of “res-cuing” the housing market, Congress passed laws enabling the Federal Hous-ing Administration to insure more and bigger risky loans – loans where there is less than a 4 percent down payment.

A recent news story told of three young men who chipped in a total of $33,000 to buy a home in San Francisco that cost nearly a million dollars. Why would a bank lend that kind of money to them on such a small down payment?

Because the loan was insured by the Federal Housing Administration.

The bank wasn’t taking any risk. If the three guys defaulted, the bank could always collect the money from the Federal Housing Administration. The only risk was to the taxpayers.

Does the Federal Hous-ing Administration have unlimited money to bail out bad loans? Actually

there have been so many defaults that the FHA’s own reserves have dropped below where they are supposed to be. But not to worry. There will always be taxpayers, not to mention future genera-tions to pay off the national debt.

Very few people are likely to con-nect the dots back to those members of Congress who voted for bigger mortgage guarantees and bailouts by the FHA. So the congressmen’s and the bureaucrats’ jobs are safe, even if millions of other people’s jobs are not.

Congressman Barney Frank is not about to cut back on risky mortgage loan guarantees by the FHA. He recently announced that he plans to introduce legislation to raise the limit on FHA loan guarantees even more.

Congressman Frank will make himself popular with people who get those loans and with banks that make these high-risk loans where they can pocket the profi ts and pass the risk on to the FHA.

So long as the taxpayers don’t under-stand that all this political generosity and compassion are at their expense, Frank is an odds-on favorite to get re-elected. The man is not stupid.

What is stupid is believing that politi-cians are trying to solve our problems, instead of theirs.

As for the FHA running low on money, that is not about to stop the gravy train, certainly not with an election coming up in 2010. The Federal Deposit Insur-ance Corporation is also running low on money. But that is not going to stop them from insuring bank accounts up to a quarter of a million dollars. It would be stupid for them to stop with an elec-tion coming up in 2010.

THOMAS SOWELL, a native of North Carolina, is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His Web site is www.tsowell.com.

W hen you read about what the fl edgling Com-munity Resource Network is attempting to do – provide a more effi cient and more effec-

tive method of providing assistance to the poor – the slap-on-the-head action from V-8 commercials comes to mind.

Why didn’t we (the High Point community) think of this before. Well, maybe we did think – even talk – about it before, but until Davis S. Miller and Open Door Ministries stepped up, nothing was done. They have organized a network effort that should allow eight local agencies to do much more than apply the “Band Aid” approach to serving those in need.

CRN, which has been in operation since Sept. 1 and hopes to connect and document services provided in eight sites around the city through a computer data base program by Jan. 1, 2010, has divided the city into regions, each of which is to be served by a particular network member. In addition to Open Door, the net-work includes Helping Hands Ministries, Hope Out-reach Center, Macedonia Family Resource Center, The Salvation Army of High Point, Sincerely Agape, Southern Triad Mission at Ward Street Mission and West End Ministries. CRN is concentrating on three areas of emergency need – nonperishable food assis-tance, rent/mortgage assistance and utility assistance. The process calls for each network member to serve in-dividuals who reside (even if they are in a “camp” for homeless) in its region. While fi ve of the agencies cur-rently provide food and fi nancial assistance and two currently provide only food, one of CRN’s short-term goals is to have all network members to provide food assistance to specifi c geographical areas at least on a weekly basis.

But CRN isn’t stopping, or even slowing down, there. Other CRN objectives are to: (1) raise additional funds to be distributed by emergency assistance sites by April 2010; (2) increase food donations to network or-ganizations; (3) connect and document computer ser-vices; (4) decrease the number of evictions in 2010; and (5) decrease the number of utility cutoffs in 2010.

The ultimate goal is for relationships to develop be-tween clients and the CRN network agency in their re-gion of the city so that, together, they can determine and address crisis causes and clients can be moved to-ward self-suffi ciency.

That’s a noble goal, indeed, but one that will be at-tainable only if CRN gets commitment from the com-munity. That, folks, is the part you play.

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PAULA WILLIAMS: They were standing in lines on Black Friday.

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THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009 www.hpe.com 7ACOMMENTARY

C an you imagine having your every word recorded, your every move scrutinized? See-

ing as everyone makes mistakes, I can’t imagine this being a very pleasant turn of events. So why is it that the people who do have to live with this are only being criticized harder by us, the very people who can’t even imagine such a life?

Celebrities, no matter how much we can grow to dislike them, (though in most cases we don’t even know them), put up with a lot more than we tend to believe. These fame fi gures tend to deal with untrue tabloids, unre-lenting paparazzi and unfl attering photos of them published for all to see daily. How can we label them with titles such as “drug addict” when a remarkable percentage of the information we get a chance to see is created simply because that’s what will sell?

It seems that in the current world celebs have two options:

• Option A. Be a remarkable member of society with absolutely no room for reproach. This option is particularly enforced with our celebrities who have made their way to fame through Disney channel or other kids shows such as Nickelodeon. No one wants to have an actor who portrays a sweet 16-year-old revealed as a party girl.

When Disney channel star Vanessa Ann Hudgens had her private photos stolen, this was all that was talked about. This would cause a buzz for any celebrity, but was the hype heightened because of her previous spotless record and kids show acting status? Her remaining involvement with Disney was put in jeopardy all be-cause someone took her property and put it onto the Web.

I am in no way try-ing to justify the pic-tures that she took, but when we make mistakes, at least wehave the luxury of keeping it remotely private. When you are constantly in thespotlight this privi-lege is revoked.

• Option B. This is the more commonly chosen of the two. Celebrities make it a

point to cause complete and utter chaos whenever they go out for a night on the town and just wait for the cameras to swarm around them. They know that the worse they behave, the more publicity they will receive.

Staying famous is the No. 1 pri-ority for a lot of young Hollywood today, and if making this possible means getting a “party girl/boy” status then they seem fully pre-pared to accept that. What they fail to realize is in order to stay a semi-respected star or starlet you need to be fully aware of your child fan base and at least attempt to present yourself in a upright manner.

However, can they be blamed? They are entertainers, and the only way to entertain the world today seems to be through produc-ing scandalizing magazine covers and photos of utterly ridiculous drunken rampages. They are not the only ones at fault here becauseif there was not such a high de-mand for these degrading fi ascoes,then there would not be such a high percentage of “drug addict” celebs.

Teen View columnist HAILEY HENDRIX is a sophomore at High Point Central High School.

COMMENTARY

P resident Obama’s national health care bill mandates that em-

ployers must provide health coverage to all employees. This proposal would seem-ingly include coverage for tens of millions of illegal immigrants. This is an outrage.

There are close to 60 mil-lion illegal immigrants in this country. Effectively forcing Americans to subsi-dize cradle-to-grave health care costs for these people would cost U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars annually, while further incentivizing illegal immigration. This is a public policy nightmare.

Moreover, it would do so at a time where nearly every Ameri-can citizen is struggling for their eco-nomic well being. During his campaign run, Obama promised that his health care

proposal would not benefi t illegal aliens. Yet that is precisely what his current proposal would accomplish by forcing employers to cover illegal citizens who

obtained false identifying information.

This is no different than if President Obama levied an illegal alien health tax on the public. This cannot go unnoticed. In these diffi cult economic times, it is a slap in the face to American citizens to force them to un-derwrite health care for the illegal aliens who are taking their jobs.

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS, a former High Point resident, is a Washington-based political com-mentator. His Web site is www.armstrongwilliams.com. Williams can be heard nightly on Sirius/XM Power 169 9-10 p.m.

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JACKSONVILLE (AP) – Battle-weary troops and their families braced for a wrenching round of new deployments to Afghanistan announced Tuesday by the president, but many said they sup-port the surge as long as it helps to end the eight-year-old confl ict.

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WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) – Declaring “our security is at stake,” President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan on Tues-day night, nearly tripling the force he inherited but promising an impatient public to begin withdraw-al in 18 months.

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In a prime-time speech at the U.S. Military Acad-emy, the president told the nation his new policy was designed to “bring this war to a success-ful conclusion,” though he made no mention of defeating Taliban insur-gents or capturing al-Qai-da terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.

“We must deny al-Qaida a safe haven,” Obama said in spelling out U.S. mili-tary goals for a war that has dragged on for eight years. “We must reverse the Taliban’s momentum.

... And we must strength-en the capacity of Afghan-istan’s security forces and government.”

Obama said the addition-

al forces would be deployed at “the fastest pace possible so that they can target the insurgency and secure key population centers.”

Their destination: “the epicenter of the violent extremism practiced by al-Qaida.”

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were attacked on 9/11, andit is from here that newattacks are being plottedas I speak,” the presidentsaid.

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THOMASVILLE – Thom-asville police offi cers are continuing their annual tradition of buying toys for needy families this Christmas.

Capt. James Mills said the in-house toy drive, which started Nov. 24 and ends Dec. 15, has become quite a competition around the Thomasville Police De-partment. The toys will be given to Cooperative Com-munity Ministry, which will dispense the items to needy families.

For “each squad or di-vision within the police department, there is a challenge between each shift to put some toys un-derneath the tree,” Mills said. “Last year, we gave four or fi ve bicycles. We collected enough toys last year to probably give at least 100 children toys for Christmas.”

Thomasville police of-fi cers have been asked by Mills, who has coor-dinated the toy drive for several years, to donate at least one new unwrapped toy toward the cause. Just like the law enforcement agency does every year, the police department has placed a Christmas tree in its main lobby.

“Our offi cers realize the need is great,” Mills said. “There are so many people out of work and unem-ployed ... The offi cers real-ize that need because a lot of times they are working Christmas and they go to some of these homes and they see homes that don’t have a Christmas tree or homes that have a Christ-mas tree, but nothing un-der it.

“Sometimes the offi cers are on the front lines of seeing the actual need inside the home. Some of the offi cers try to get to-gether and they’ll take out of their own pocket and do it collectively as a shift, and try to buy a bicycle, a couple bikes, footballs, or baby dolls. We try to make it a little bit competitive inside the department to

see which shift would give the most and it benefi ts the children. That’s why the offi cers are so gener-ous.”

Under its community policing strategy, the po-lice department has about 150 stuffed animals left over from last Christmas, Mills said. Those stuffed animals continue to be

given away to children who come with their par-ents to the police depart-ment or when an offi cer sees a child at the scene of a traumatizing event, Mills said.

Mills said that his law enforcement agency is not asking for commu-nity support with the in-house toy drive, but those

wishing to make contri-butions to the Thomas-ville Police Department can do so by sending a check c/o the Thomas-ville Police Department’s Benevolent Fund to the Thomasville Police De-partment, located at 7 W. Guilford St.


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HIGH POINT – The United Way of Greater High Point is expecting a signifi cant shortfall in its 2009 campaign, organization offi cials told The High Point Enterprise.

Economic conditions have caused some annual donors and corporate contributors to with-hold support this year, according to President Bobby Smith. He es-timates about a $300,000 shortfall without those contributions.

The campaign is about 75 per-cent complete, but Smith said its

usual resources are exhausted.“We knew this was going to be a

challenging year and that our goal

was going to be a stretch,” he said. “We wanted to tell the community about our shortfall at this time in case anyone hasn’t planned their end of the year giving.”

Smith said the organization had raised the same amount last year at this time, but it also had more expected contributions then.

Last year’s goal was $4.6 mil-lion, slightly less than the 2009 campaign’s $4.5 million goal. “If we don’t reach our goal, it’s just compounding what is already a challenging situation for our part-ner agencies,” he said. “They’ve

been cut in funding for the last two years in a row, and most of them will tell you that their cli-ent numbers have increased by double digits.”

Smith said any campaign do-nation, whether great or small, would be appreciated.

“We recently had a day care collect $900 in pennies for us, and we’re excited about that,” he said. “That puts it in perspective.”

To give to the United Way, call the High Point offi ce at 883-4127 or pledge on their Web site at http://www.unitedwayhp.org.

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Thomasville police Lt. David Tilley and Master Police Offi cer Misty Hartwell hold stuffed animals that were left over from last year’s toy drive.

Thomasville police begin annual drive for needy families


HIGH POINT – About 3,700 free holiday meals were served on Thanksgiving Day in an outreach effort by His Laboring Few Biker Ministries, Carter Broth-ers Barbecue and Ribs and other businesses, founda-tions and volunteers.

Organizers termed it a success, with most of the meals delivered to shut-ins and the elderly in the High Point area, and a sizable number of people com-ing to Carter Brothers’ N.

Main Street restaurant for the free dinner.

“It’s really been a bless-ing to see how the com-munity comes together. People that can’t be there

in person, they help mon-etarily or with turkeys,” said Steve Ervin, pastor of His Laboring Few. “It is the Lord that provides, and we want to acknowl-edge that.”

Organizers are planning the same thing for Christ-mas Day. The Thanksgiv-ing meal involved about 400 turkeys that were cooked, and Ervin said they expect to use about the same amount for the Dec. 25 meal.

They’re also in need of “all kinds of supplies, and of course, monetary dona-

tions are appreciated,” he said.

“We really want to thank everybody. We had volun-teers that were continuous throughout the night and day, so it worked out real well. The volunteers were tremendous,” Ervin said. “Usually, we have a few more meals on Christmas than we do Thanksgiving and usually less volun-teers.”

Other preparations for the Christmas meal in-volve more fundraising.

“We’re trying to raise $40,000. We’ve raised

$26,000 and spent $19,000 on Thanksgiving,” said High Point Realtor Ed Price, who also helps with the effort. “We’ll be in great shape. It always works out.”

Those who wish to do-nate for the Christmas meal preparations are asked to make checks out to His Laboring Few Min-istries and send them to 812 Martin Luther King Drive, Thomasville, NC 27360 or 1220 N. Main St., High Point, NC 27262.


Thanksgiving feed deemed rousing success

‘We knew this was going to be a challenging year and that our goal was going to be a stretch.’Bobby SmithUnited Way president

‘It’s really been a blessing to see how the community comes together.’Steve ErvinPastor, His Laboring Few

‘Sometimes the offi cers are on the front lines of seeing the actual need inside the home.’Capt. James MillsThomasville Police Department

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David L. Beeson Jr.HIGH POINT – Mr. David

Leon Beeson, Jr., 49, resi-dent of 211 Mitchell Place, died Sunday, November 29, 2009, at High Point Re-gional Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Guilford County, he was born on July 5, 1960, a son of David Leon Beeson, Sr. and Martha Trotter Bee-son. David was a truck driver with Ryder and a member of The Father’s House Church of Living God. In addition to his parents, he has preceded in death by a brother, Wil-liam Earl Beeson.

He is survived by his loving wife of twenty-one years, Sherrie Ivery Bee-son, of the home, children, Billy Miller of Kansas City, MO, Michael Bee-son, Rodney David Beeson both of Conway, SC, Misty Smith, Stephanie Beeson and Christian Beeson all of High Point, sisters, Me-lissa Hall, Elizabeth Mar-shall, Pamela Cole, Billie Ruth Henson, Tammy Beeson, Sherry Trotter, Linda King McCustion, brother, Robert Miller Beeson, grandchildren, Jodi Lynn Beeson, Deja Beth Miller, Jared Senic, Benny Senic, Gavin Bee-son , MacKenzie Smith, Gunner Beeson, Mia Bee-son, a twin brother from another mother, Lynn Hayes. David is also sur-vived by other children from CVS on Westchester Drive.

Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 3, 2009, in the chapel of Cumby Family Funeral Service in High Point, with Pastor Harry L. Wood, Rev. Mark Loy and Rev. Raleigh Hayden of-fi ciating. Burial will fol-low in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be submitted to the National Kidney Foundation, 5950 Fairview Road, Char-lotte, NC 28210. Online condolences may be made through www.cumbyfu-neral.com. Arrangements by Cumby Family Funeral Service in High Point.

Lena MarionARCHDALE – Mrs. Lena

Easter Marion, 79, of Archdale, died Monday, November 30, 2009, at High Point Regional Hos-pital.

Born January 27, 1930, in Cana, VA, she was the daughter of the late Field-ing and Mary Thomas Eas-ter. She was a member of New Covenant Lutheran Church in Archdale, and was an avid sports fan and animal lover. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Elvin Marion, on July 11, 1981.

Survivors include two daughters, JoAnn Schmaus and husband, Ted, of Trinity, and Glen-da Frazier and husband, Bill, of High Point; three grandchildren, Amy Stout and husband, Brian, Todd Schmaus and wife, Kelli, and Kristy Schmaus; three great grandchildren, Dal-ton Stout, Maddox Stout and Kaylee Stout; and a brother, Henry Easter and wife, Nellie, of Cana, VA.

Funeral will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday at New Cov-enant Lutheran Church, 10445 N. Main St. in Arch-dale, offi ciated by Pastor Sherri Knutson. Inter-ment will follow at Caroli-na Biblical Gardens Cem-etery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.

In lieu of fl owers, me-morials may be directed to New Covenant Luther-an Church, 10445 N. Main St., Archdale, NC 27263, or to a charity of the do-nor’s choice. Online con-dolences can be made at www.cumbyfuneral.com. Arrangements by Cumby Family Funeral Service in Archdale.

James BlairHIGH POINT – Mr. James

Herbert Blair, 84, died Mon-day, November 30, 2009, at his home. He was born on May 17, 1925, in Davidson County to Edward M. Blair and Callie Leach Blair. He served in the US Navy as Yeoman Second Class for 3 years. His service was in the Pacifi c in the Amphib-ian Forces. He stayed with his ship until it was decom-missioned. In his later years of employment, he was as a salesman and co-owner of Green House Fabrics. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his fi rst wife, Marie Bayne Blair; brothers, Joseph, Clyde, and Paul Blair; and a sister, Martha Leamon.

Surviving are his wife Edith Calloway Blair of the home; daughters, Cathy Blair Cline and husband Martin, Dawn Blair Sanders and husband Michael, all of High Point, and Joy Blair Frazer and husband Rev. Jesse Frazer of Thomasville; brother, Billy Blair of Thom-asville; grandchildren, Jus-tin Forbes and wife Krista, Jamie Forbes Monroe, Jor-dan Forbes Monroe, and Shelby-Anne Sanders; and great-grandchildren, Sierra Garis, Ian Monroe, Madison Monroe, Elijah Monroe, and Liam Forbes.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Decem-ber 3, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. at Fair Grove United Method-ist Church with Rev. David Noyes, Rev. Jesse Frazer, and Mrs. Jane Baity offi ciat-ing. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church fellowship hall. Interment will follow at Floral Garden Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Blair will remain at the J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville until taken to the church 30 min-utes prior to the visitation. Memorials may be directed to Liberty Hospice, 1007 Lex-ington Ave., Thomasville, NC 27360 or to Fair Grove UMC, 136 Fairgrove Church Rd., Thomasville, NC 27360. On-line condolences may be sent to www.jcgreenand-sons.com.

Freddie Johnson, Sr.

HIGH POINT – Mr. Fred-die Johnson, Sr., 59, of 2104 Briarcliff Drive, died Sunday, November 29, 2009.

Surviving are his wife Anginette R. Johnson of High Point, NC; sons Lamont Johnson (Shame-ka) of Thomasville and Freddie Johnson, Jr. (Kristen) of Charlotte; fi ve grandchildren; brothers Jimmy Johnson (Louise) of Philadelphia, PA and Ephram Johnson, Jr. of Thomasville; sister Sarah Jean Johnson-Varnum of Atlanta, GA.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, December 4, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, 716 Leonard Street, High Point, NC.

The family will receive friends at home of his sis-ter-in-law Audrey Clay, 200 Long Street, Thomas-ville, NC.

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Lorene DunlapHIGH POINT – Mrs.

Lorene Whitley Dunlap, 77, resident of 1202 John-son St. died December 1st, 2009, at Hospice Home of High Point.

Mrs. Dunlap was born April 17th, 1932, in Rock-ingham County, a daugh-ter to the late Spurgeon and Nellie Lynn Whitley. A resident of this area most of her life, she was a member of First Wesleyan Church and had worked at High Point Family Prac-tice. She was married to Howard W. Dunlap who preceded her in death in 2000. In addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by a daughter, Kathy White; a son, Jim White and a brother, Bobby Whitley.

Surviving are three children, Howard Dun-lap and wife Sharlene of Thomasville, Donna Boles of High Point and Steve Dunlap and wife Donna of Lexington; a brother, Melvin Whitley and wife Shirley of High Point; eight grandchildren, Jody Boles, Scott Dunlap, Bri-an Dunlap, Mandi Dun-lap, Kevin Dunlap, Daniel Dunlap, Heather Salmons and Jamie White; three great-grandchildren, Jor-dan Boles, Jacob Boles and Stormie Salmons; and a daughter-in-law, Kathy White.

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Mary E. CollinsHIGH POINT – Mrs. Mary

E. Collins, 89, of High Point passed away on November 28, 2009, at High Point Re-gional Hospital. Mrs. Collins was born September 2, 1920, in Grafton, West Virginia to Flav and Lula McIntyre.

Mrs. Collins had been em-ployed with Borden Dairy Products and also worked with The Council on Aging. Mrs. Collins was a mem-ber of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church.

Mrs. Collins was married to James Collins Sr. who pre-ceded her in death. Surviv-ing are two sons, Jim Collins and wife, Sherrie of High Point and Jeff Collins and wife, Jolie of Atlanta, Geor-gia, a daughter, Ellen Scherf and husband, Palmer of Jay, Florida, three grandchil-dren, Blake Collins, Brooke Collins and Jonas Scherf and a brother, Homer Mc-Intyre and wife, Ruth of West Virginia.

A Memorial Service will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Chapel of Cumby Fam-ily Funeral Service in High Point by Father Jack Kelly, O.S.F.S. The family will re-ceive friends following the service. Online condolences may be made through www.cumbyfuneral.com.

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Joseph MoserTHOMASVILLE – Mr. Jo-

seph Michael Moser, 64, a resident of Ball Park Road, died Monday after-noon, November 30, 2009, in the Thomasville Medi-cal Center. He was born January 30, 1945, in Da-vidson County, a son of the late Cletus Moser and Vista Hilton Moser. He was employed with The Shoe Market of Greens-boro.

Mike was a loving Fa-ther, Brother and Grand-father. He was a simple man who lived life to its fullest. We will miss his laugh, sense of humor and stories, but they will forever be cherished in our hearts.

Surviving are a daugh-ter, Leigh Guertin of Rural Hall; a son Ken Moser and wife LeAnn of Kernersville; a sister, Elaine Ward and hus-band Richard of Thom-asville; a brother, Robert Moser and wife Caro-lyn; grandchildren, Kari Ward, Conner Guertin and Elizabeth Guertin; a niece and two nephews and one great-nephew.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, De-cember 3, 2009, at 2 p.m. in J.C. Green & Sons Chapel with Rev. Steve Jarvis offi ciating. Buri-al will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cem-etery. The family will receive friends at the fu-neral home Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and other times at the home of the son and daughter-in-law, Ken and LeAnn Moser, 1060 Hastings Hill Road, Kernersville.

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HIGH POINT – Mrs. Othel-lo King Stepp, 85, died Monday, November 30, 2009, at the High Point Re-gional Hospital following several years of declining health.

Mrs. Stepp was born in Ashe County, July 31, 1924, a daughter of Joseph Edward King and Mary Pasley King. She was a homemaker and was pre-ceded in death by her two husbands, Guy Kenneth Welch and Horace James Stepp. Othello was a kind and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was an avid gardener who loved going to the Golden Cor-ral.

Surviving are a daugh-ter, Angela Peele and her husband Richard of Trin-ity; a son, Edward Welch and his wife Judy of Okla-homa City, OK; a sister, Opal Green of Montross, VA; four grandchildren, Tabitha Corum and her husband Jeff and Kenneth Welch and his wife Chris-tie, both of Oklahoma City, OK; Adam Peele and his wife Jackie of James-town and Aaron Peele of High Point; and 6 great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Guilford Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel by the Rev. Mel Ander-son. The family will be at their residence. Memori-als may be directed to the Friends of Trinity Veter-ans Memorial, P. O. Box 5652, Trinity, NC 27370. Online condolences may be made at davisfuneral-sandcremations.com.

GREENSBORO – Mr. Paul Raymond Leonard, Sr., 79, resident of Greensboro, died November 30, 2009, at High Point Regional Hos-pital.

Mr. Leonard was born July 7, 1930, in Guilford Co., a son to the late Ar-lindo Leonard and the late Emma Cox Leonard. Oth-er than his parents he was preceded in death by two sisters, Rose Burley and Thelma Edwards and one brother Franklin Odell Leonard. He was a mem-ber of Pine Grove Baptist Church. He married Jac-queline Harris Leonard March 12, 1954. Mr. Leon-ard enjoyed working in his shop. He enjoyed and loved when his family was together. He was a loving husband, father, grandfa-ther, and brother. He will be dearly missed.

Surviving are his wife of 55 years, Jacqueline Har-ris Leonard of the home; one daughter Debbie Leonard Alwran and hus-band Blain of Greensboro; one son Paul Raymond Leonard, Jr. and wife Pa-tricia of Archdale; four grandsons Donald Ray

Leonard and wife Amanda of Archdale, Jason Daniel Leonard and wife Beka of High Point, Kirk Justin Barefoot of Greenville, NC, and Kyle Jordan Bare-foot of Greensboro; one great grandson Brayden Daniel Leonard; one sister Eula Mae Leonard parker of High Point, one brother David Leon Leonard of So-phia; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thurs-day, December 3rd at Pine Grove Baptist church with Pastor Jeff Woods, Rev. Stu-art Noell, and Pastor Mike Owen offi ciating. Burial will follow at Guilford Me-morial Park. Visitation will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 2nd at Cumby Family Funeral Service in Archdale.

Memorials may be di-rected to Pine Grove Bap-tist Church 6308 Modlin Grove Rd., Archdale, NC 27263.

On-line condolences may be made through www.cumbyfuneral.com. Ar-rangements by Cumby Family Funeral Service in Archdale.

Paul Leonard Sr.

RALEIGH (AP) – North Carolina is breaking the Medicaid budget law-makers approved this summer because more people need health in-surance coverage after losing their jobs and are getting treated for swine fl u, an agency leader said Tuesday.

State spending for the government health insurance program for low-income families and senior citizens – along with the disabled – is $160 million over bud-get so far this fi scal year as expenditures have surged nearly 9 percent compared to a year ago, Health and Human Ser-vices Secretary Lanier Cansler said.

While Cansler is hope-ful moneysaving mea-sures will take effect by Jan. 1 and level off the spending increases, he said it’s possible the extra spending could ex-tend $200 million above the $2.3 billion budgeted for the Division of Medi-cal Assistance to treat 1.6 million Medicaid enrollees in North Caro-lina.

“There are some things that we just can’t control,” Cansler said in an interview.

This overspending is

on top of a nearly $100million state revenueshortfall so far this fi s-cal year due to the pooreconomy and $500 mil-lion in Medicaid cutsthat lawmakers also re-quired the departmentto squeeze out.

“The claims experi-ence and expendituresfor the fi rst fi ve monthsof this fi scal year (raise)great concerns aboutthe ability to achievethe Medicaid budget es-tablished by the GeneralAssembly earlier thisyear,” according to ananalysis performed byCansler’s department.

The state’s economicconditions and 11 per-cent unemployment ratehas led to higher-than-expected enrollmentincreases, according tothe analysis, which saidthe state may have tospend $72 million morethan budgeted to coveranother 18,000 patients.The average Medicaidenrollee also is using 4percent more in medicalservices than budgeted,the report said.

In addition, more Med-icaid patients also havegotten the fl u than wasprojected, which couldcost the state $13 millionin patient treatmentsmore by next summer.

N.C. Medicaid breaks budget

RALEIGH (AP) – A disciplinary hearing by the North Carolina State Bar examining alleged misconduct by a state House member has been delayed.

The chairman of a panel that will listen to the case of Rep. Nick Mackey agreed to delay the hearing previous-ly scheduled to begin Thursday. Mackey’s attorney asked last month for more time to prepare. A new hearing date hasn’t been.

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RALEIGH (AP) – A movie about the killing of black man in 1970 in North Caroli-na and the subsequent trial and acquittals will be re-leased in February, timed to coincide with Black History Month.“Blood Done Sign

My Name” will be released to about 100 screens nation-wide on Feb. 19.

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A nnie Stroud Nesbitt was born in a time (1942) and a place

(Rutherfordton) when chil-dren had to be protected. Thankfully, her mother was up to the task.

At age 11, when Nesbitt was babysitting for a fam-ily, the father came home early without his wife and began fondling her. Nesbitt told him that if he didn’t

stop im-mediately, she would tell her mother and her mother would kill him.

“He believed me because my mom had a reputation in town. She protected herself and her chil-

dren,” Nesbitt said.Rebecca Stroud pro-

tected her six children by carrying a licensed pearl-handled pistol in her purse and a switchblade in her bosom. She once had a shootout with the town terror who couldn’t take no for an answer. No one was hurt, but her reputation was greatly enhanced.

However, Nesbitt’s mom didn’t just protect her offspring’s honor after her husband abandoned her. She also protected their well-being. She worked in the hospital laundry, cleaned houses for white folks, hosted weekend fi sh fries, and sold white light-ning. And, she taught her children how to work.

“When Momma came home, the house had better be cleaned and the food cooked. She didn’t tell you twice. If you didn’t do it, you got a beating,” Nesbitt recalled.

Corporal punishment was also employed to inculcate the two basic moral values of the house: You don’t lie, and you don’t steal.

“I remember the one time I stole. My mom beat me and then made me walk in the dark to my aunt’s to return her rhinestones. I was as afraid of the dark as I was of my mother and I never stole again,” Nesbitt confessed.

By the time Nesbitt was 17, she was well-rounded and responsible, with six years combined experi-ence as a babysitter, housecleaner and hospital worker. She was captain of the basketball team, cheerleader, honor roll student and voted “Miss Senior.”

At the age of 18, Nesbitt moved to Washington, D.C., to work at the U.S. Post Offi ce headquarters. Then at the age of 23, she married her new protector – Dennis Nesbitt, a police offi cer and former marine sergeant. Together, they raised three children by employing corporal pun-ishment, which once again resulted in three respon-sible citizens.

In 2004, shortly after the death of her beloved husband, Nesbitt moved to Kernersville, where she believes that due to the times – even here, children have to be protected.

PATTY JO SAWVEL is a freelance writer from Kernersville.

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Yesterday’s Bible question: In Mark 14, the high priest asked Jesus, “Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” What did Je-sus say?

Answer to yester-day’s question: “And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.” (Mark 14:62)

Today’s Bible ques-tion: At what age did Jesus fi rst refer to God as his Father?

BIBLE QUIZ is provided by Hugh B. Brittain of Shelby.

GTCC offers law enforcement training JAMESTOWN – A program in basic law enforce-

ment training, which can lead to certifi cation as alaw offi cer, will be offered during evening hours atGuilford Technical College beginning March 2.

Classes previously were during the day. Classes will be held 6-10 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays

and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays March 2-Oct. 15.Only 30 students will be accepted for the class. For information on enrollment contact Bob Wal-

ters, program coordinator, 334-4822, Ext. 2740, e-mail [email protected].

STUDENT NEWS---Penn-Griffi n names honorees

Students and staff at Penn-Griffi n School for the Arts recently received the following honors:

J.P Castillo, grade eight, won sec-ond place in a solo guitar competition, middle school division, and performed at the winners’ recital at First Presby-terian Church of Greensboro.

Five high school students are fi nalists in the Greensboro Youth Council Art-istry Awards: Ileana Lee, instrumen-tal music (guitar); Muffy Underwood, Christa Duncan, Chelsea Hansen, vocal music; Emily Albert, print art. The fi nals will be held Feb. 27.

Seniors raised more than $1,100 at a yard sale and from donations from the community and High Point Neal F. Aus-tin Public Library. Money will be used to help students go to New York in the spring. Merchandise not sold at the yard sale was donated to the Salvation Army.

George O’Hara, art teacher, is a fi -nalist in an on-line art contest, and he will exhibit his art beginning Dec. 11 at Palmetto Studios in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Students collected 478 cans of food for the Salvation Army Canned Food Drive.

Student of the Month selected Sloan Tucker, a se-

nior at Westchester Country Day School, was named Student of the Month for the Rotary Club of Willow Creek on Nov. 5.

He is the son of Roys-ter and Donna Tucker

of High Point.The award recognizes students who

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D ear Dr. Donohue: A week ago, my 2-year-old grand-

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Seizures scare every-one who witnesses them. Febrile seizures – sei-zures that are triggered by a rise in temperature – are particularly fright-ening because they hap-pen to young children, and no one is prepared for the experience. They’re rare before 9 months of age, and they end after 5 years. Their peak occurs between 14 and 18 months. Around 4 percent of children suffer one.

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PARIS (AP) – AudreyHepburn fans got a sneakpeek Tuesday of dozens ofgarments and personal ef-fects once belonging to themovie star that will hit theauction blocks next week.

A Givenchy black lacedress that Hepburn worein “How to Steal a Mil-lion” and a demure ivorywedding gown that nevermade it down the aisle areamong the items.

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WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – Oscar-nominated actor James Woods on Tuesday settled a lawsuit against a hospital in Rhode Island where his younger broth-er Michael died in 2006.

Woods claimed Kent Hospital was negligent in the death of his 49-year-old brother, who had a heart attack and died in its emergency room after going there with a sore throat and vomiting.

The hospital’s chief ex-ecutive, Sandra Coletta, said the hospital is cre-ating an institute in Mi-chael Woods’ honor and investing $1.25 million to study redesigning health care and reducing errors.

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Gibson, 66, who an-nounced his retirement in September, has been at ABC News for more than three decades and plans to continue as a contribu-tor. He will be replaced by “Good Morning America” co-anchor Diane Sawyer.

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WHO’S NEWS---

Davidson County Com-munity College’s Robbie Rives has been named the National Junior College Athletic Association Divi-sion III Player of the Week after leading the Storm to a pair of big wins.

The 6-foot-3, 180-pound guard from Mount Airy scored 21 points against Tidewater (Va.) Commu-nity College and added 20 the next day against CCBC-Dundalk in Tidewater’s tournament.

Rives went 8-for-15 – includ-ing 3-for-6 on 3s – against the host team and added four rebounds, two steals and two assists in the 72-67 win. He then shot 6-of-11 against Dundalk – with all six makes coming from long range – and had three rebounds, two assists and a steal in DCCC’s 87-59 win.

The Storm now stand 6-3 for the season in the midst of a four-game winning streak. DCCC returns to action Saturday at Ox-ford College and is on the road un-til Dec. 12 against Southwest Vir-ginia Community College.

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7:15 p.m., ESPN – College bas-ketball, Illinois at Clemson

7:30 p.m., ESPN2 – College basket-ball, Boston College at Michigan

8 p.m., VERSUS – Boxing, light heavyweights, Hopkins vs. Ornelas; Green vs. Jones Jr.

9:15 p.m., ESPN – College basketball, Duke at Wisconsin

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F orgive Tom Barrise if he feels like the guy who fell out of a hot-air balloon and landed on the Titanic.

Of course, the second fellow I mentioned did not exist.

Barrise’s situation is all too real.Barrise replaced the fi red Lawrence

Frank and served as temporary head coach of the woeful New Jersey Nets on Sunday night.

His mission, and I have no idea why he

chose to accept it, was to stop the Nets’ 0-for-the-season skid.

That game came on the road against the de-fending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers.

The result? Well, the Lakers scored 106 and the Nets managed 19 fewer.

So that leaves New Jersey 0-17 and tied with the 1988-89 Miami Heat and the 1999 Los Ange-les Clippers for worst start in NBA history.

The Nets can sink (pardon the belated Titanic pun) to an all-time NBA low with

a home loss tonight to the powerful Dallas Mavericks.

I hope the Nets win to go 1-17. That sounds a lot better than 0-18.Besides, misery loves company.

If the Nets share the record for futility to start an NBA season, at least they’ll have company at the bottom.

That’s something, I suppose.– MARK MCKINNEY

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HIT AND RUN---

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — E’Twaun Moore scored 22 points to help No. 4 Purdue beat Wake Forest 69-58 on Tuesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

JaJuan Johnson had 21 points and nine rebounds and Robbie Hummel added 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Boiler-makers (6-0), who are en-joying their highest AP ranking since 1996.

C.J. Harris and Ishma-el Smith each scored 14 points and freshman Al-Farouq Aminu added 12 points and 10 rebounds for Wake Forest (4-2).

Purdue forced 25 turn-overs and held the De-mon Deacons to below 30 percent shooting for most of the second half. The Boilermakers shot 34 percent, but made 24 of 31 free throws and commit-ted just nine turnovers.

Wake Forest, coming off a 78-68 home loss to William and Mary, made 10 of 19 free throws and shot 42 percent overall. The Demon Deacons led 31-29 at halftime but were outscored 40-27 after that.

It was the second con-secutive lockdown de-fensive effort for Purdue. The Boilermakers held Central Michigan to 28 percent shooting in a 64-38 win on Saturday.

Purdue and Wake For-est combined to make just 24 of 66 shots in the fi rst half. Wake Forest led by two points at halftime, and would have led by more if not for 3-of-10 free throw shooting. Neither team led by more than four points in the fi rst 20

minutes. Purdue missed all nine of its 3-pointers in the fi rst half.

Purdue shot poorly again early in the sec-ond half, but the Boiler-makers were aggressive and forced Wake Forest into foul trouble. Two free throws by fresh-man Kelsey Barlow gave Purdue a 37-36 lead, then Chris Kramer got a steal and found Hummel streaking to the basket. Hummel made a layup and was fouled, and he converted the three-point play to give the Boiler-makers a 40-36 lead.

Purdue capped the 12-0 run with a layup by Moore to take a 42-36 lead. The Boilermakers held the Demon Dea-cons scoreless for nearly 5 minutes during that stretch.

Purdue missed its fi rst 13 3-point shots, but Moore fi nally made one to give the Boilermak-ers a 51-44 lead with 9 minutes left. Johnson fol-lowed with a left-handed bank shot to push the lead to nine.

The Boilermakers fi nal-ly started making shots in the fi nal 10 minutes, allowing them to stretch the lead to as many as 17 points.

Purdue steamrolls Deacs

RALEIGH (AP) — Michael Thompson scored 22 points and Northwestern beat North Caro-lina State 65-53 on Tuesday night in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

Jeremy Nash added 12 points for the Wildcats (6-1). Northwest-ern led by 14, only briefl y trailed and won its fi fth straight — the last three coming against teams that entered unbeaten.

Tracy Smith had a season-high 23 points — including 10 in a row down the stretch for the Wolfpack (5-1) — on 9-for-18 shooting.

N.C. State cut it to 57-52 on Ju-lius Mays’ layup at the 2-minute mark before Northwestern put the game in its point guard’s hands. Thompson converted a three-point play about 30 seconds later, then added another free throw to make it a nine-point game and give the Wildcats plen-ty of breathing room.

Dennis Horner had 11 points and Javier Gonzalez added 10 for the Wolfpack, who lost for just the fourth time in 29 nonconference home games under Sidney Lowe and were held to a season-low point total.

The Wildcats led comfortably midway through the second half

before things got chippy. Alex Marcotullio was whistled for a technical foul as he got tangled with N.C. State’s Javier Gonzalez near the scorer’s table, and that seemed to spark the Wolfpack, who reeled off six quick points and cut it to 47-43 on Smith’s fast-break dunk at the 9-minute mark.

John Shurna had 10 of his 11 points in the fi rst half for North-western, which has won six of its fi rst seven games for the second straight year and third time un-der Bill Carmody.

Using a steady stream of back-door cuts and 3-pointers against N.C. State’s man-to-man defense, Northwestern led for all but a few moments of the fi rst half while forcing the Wolfpack to miss 14 of their fi rst 17 shots.

The Wildcats, who shot nearly 58 percent in the half, seemed to have taken control late by hit-ting seven consecutive shots and using a 12-2 run to stretch their lead to 14. Shurna’s fast-break la-yup after a steal made it 32-18 at about the 4-minute mark. After that, only once did N.C. State get within single digits before the break.

Northwestern hands State fi rst defeat

AP

Wake Forest’s Chas McFarland (left) blocks the shot of Purdue’s Chris Kramer in the fi rst half of Tuesday’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge game at Purdue. Wake failed to make enough plays in the second half as the Boilermakers pulled away.

AP

N.C. State’s Josh Davis (right) fi ghts for a rebound with Northwestern’s John Shurna (24) during the fi rst half of the Wildcats’ victory on Tues-day.

Elsewhere...----

Maryland downs Indi-ana, scores fi rst win for ACC. 3C

Duke relies on defense. 5C

2C www.hpe.com WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009 THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE

SCOREBOARD

TRIVIA ANSWER---A. Reggie Jackson.

TRIVIA QUESTION---Q. Who posted a World Series-record .755 slugging percentage for his career?

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ACC standingsAll Times EDT

ATLANTIC DIVISION Conf. Overall W L PF PA W L PF PAClemson 6 2 268 169 8 4 381 234Boston Coll. 5 3 174 196 8 4 309 233Florida St. 4 4 268 278 6 6 358 369Wake 3 5 226 254 5 7 316 315NC State 2 6 213 315 5 7 364 374Maryland 1 7 161 222 2 10 256 375

COASTAL DIVISION

NFLAll Times EST

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC DivNew England 7 4 0 .636 307 202 6-0-0 1-4-0 5-3-0 2-1-0 3-1-0Miami 5 6 0 .455 256 275 3-2-0 2-4-0 3-4-0 2-2-0 3-2-0N.Y. Jets 5 6 0 .455 230 195 3-3-0 2-3-0 4-5-0 1-1-0 1-4-0Buffalo 4 7 0 .364 186 242 2-3-0 2-4-0 2-6-0 2-1-0 2-2-0

South W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Divx-Indianapolis 11 0 0 1.000 304 184 5-0-0 6-0-0 7-0-0 4-0-0 4-0-0Jacksonville 6 5 0 .545 202 255 4-1-0 2-4-0 5-2-0 1-3-0 2-2-0Tennessee 5 6 0 .455 229 289 3-2-0 2-4-0 3-6-0 2-0-0 2-3-0Houston 5 6 0 .455 259 243 2-4-0 3-2-0 4-5-0 1-1-0 1-4-0

North W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC DivCincinnati 8 3 0 .727 231 174 4-2-0 4-1-0 6-3-0 2-0-0 6-0-0Baltimore 6 5 0 .545 257 188 4-2-0 2-3-0 6-4-0 0-1-0 3-2-0Pittsburgh 6 5 0 .545 248 204 4-1-0 2-4-0 4-4-0 2-1-0 1-3-0Cleveland 1 10 0 .091 122 279 0-4-0 1-6-0 1-6-0 0-4-0 0-5-0

West W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC DivSan Diego 8 3 0 .727 312 219 4-2-0 4-1-0 6-3-0 2-0-0 5-1-0Denver 7 4 0 .636 196 189 4-2-0 3-2-0 5-3-0 2-1-0 2-1-0Kansas City 3 8 0 .273 183 282 1-4-0 2-4-0 2-5-0 1-3-0 1-3-0Oakland 3 8 0 .273 115 258 2-4-0 1-4-0 2-6-0 1-2-0 1-4-0

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC DivDallas 8 3 0 .727 255 182 5-1-0 3-2-0 6-2-0 2-1-0 2-1-0Philadelphia 7 4 0 .636 293 228 4-2-0 3-2-0 6-2-0 1-2-0 3-1-0N.Y. Giants 6 5 0 .545 272 261 3-2-0 3-3-0 4-3-0 2-2-0 2-1-0Washington 3 8 0 .273 170 205 3-2-0 0-6-0 2-7-0 1-1-0 0-4-0

South W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC DivNew Orleans 11 0 0 1.000 407 221 6-0-0 5-0-0 7-0-0 4-0-0 3-0-0Atlanta 6 5 0 .545 272 245 5-0-0 1-5-0 5-4-0 1-1-0 2-2-0Carolina 4 7 0 .364 199 256 2-3-0 2-4-0 4-4-0 0-3-0 2-2-0Tampa Bay 1 10 0 .091 181 314 1-5-0 0-5-0 1-7-0 0-3-0 0-3-0

North W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC DivMinnesota 10 1 0 .909 342 203 6-0-0 4-1-0 8-0-0 2-1-0 5-0-0Green Bay 7 4 0 .636 296 215 4-2-0 3-2-0 6-3-0 1-1-0 3-2-0Chicago 4 7 0 .364 216 261 3-2-0 1-5-0 2-6-0 2-1-0 1-2-0Detroit 2 9 0 .182 193 335 2-4-0 0-5-0 1-8-0 1-1-0 0-5-0

West W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC DivArizona 7 4 0 .636 267 217 2-3-0 5-1-0 5-2-0 2-2-0 3-1-0San Francisco 5 6 0 .455 228 213 4-2-0 1-4-0 4-3-0 1-3-0 3-0-0Seattle 4 7 0 .364 223 250 3-2-0 1-5-0 3-6-0 1-1-0 2-3-0St. Louis 1 10 0 .091 130 297 0-6-0 1-4-0 1-8-0 0-2-0 0-4-0

x-clinched division

Thursday’s ResultsGreen Bay 34, Detroit 12Dallas 24, Oakland 7Denver 26, N.Y. Giants 6

Sunday’s ResultsBuffalo 31, Miami 14N.Y. Jets 17, Carolina 6Seattle 27, St. Louis 17Atlanta 20, Tampa Bay 17Indianapolis 35, Houston 27Cincinnati 16, Cleveland 7Philadelphia 27, Washington 24San Diego 43, Kansas City 14San Francisco 20, Jacksonville 3Tennessee 20, Arizona 17Minnesota 36, Chicago 10Baltimore 20, Pittsburgh 17, OT

Monday’s ResultNew Orleans 38, New England 17

Thursday’s GameN.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesSt. Louis at Chicago, 1 p.m.Oakland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Denver at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Philadelphia at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Detroit at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.New England at Miami, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Washington, 1 p.m.Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m.Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.San Diego at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m.Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 4:15 p.m.San Francisco at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.Minnesota at Arizona, 8:20 p.m.

Monday’s GameBaltimore at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 10Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 13New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Miami at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Cincinnati at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Detroit at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m.Seattle at Houston, 1 p.m.Denver at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Carolina at New England, 1 p.m.Buffalo at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Washington at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.St. Louis at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m.San Diego at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 14Arizona at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m.

NFL team statisticsWeek 12

AVERAGE PER GAMEAMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

OFFENSE Yards Rush PassNew England 411.5 114.5 297.0Indianapolis 393.4 87.6 305.7Houston 373.6 90.5 283.1Pittsburgh 372.4 115.4 257.0Jacksonville 354.3 132.6 221.6Baltimore 353.4 117.0 236.4Tennessee 351.3 167.9 183.4San Diego 344.4 88.5 255.9Cincinnati 332.9 135.3 197.6Denver 327.5 114.7 212.8N.Y. Jets 324.4 161.3 163.1Miami 317.9 156.1 161.8Buffalo 281.2 104.6 176.5Kansas City 269.5 98.4 171.2Oakland 234.4 104.3 130.1Cleveland 230.6 97.5 133.2

DEFENSE Yards Rush PassN.Y. Jets 283.9 108.2 175.7Pittsburgh 288.4 74.9 213.5Denver 295.0 110.0 185.0Cincinnati 297.6 81.9 215.7Baltimore 308.9 97.6 211.3New England 313.4 109.7 203.6San Diego 317.7 118.1 199.6Indianapolis 332.2 108.9 223.3Houston 334.2 120.0 214.2Miami 341.0 108.0 233.0Jacksonville 349.5 106.6 242.9Buffalo 362.9 165.1 197.8Tennessee 368.2 101.5 266.7Oakland 376.9 161.1 215.8Kansas City 392.9 134.5 258.4Cleveland 393.3 159.9 233.4

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCEOFFENSE

Yards Rush PassNew Orleans 425.9 150.5 275.4Dallas 392.1 138.0 254.1Minnesota 390.0 129.2 260.8Green Bay 382.0 119.2 262.8N.Y. Giants 374.7 126.8 247.9Arizona 357.5 92.4 265.2Philadelphia 357.1 109.0 248.1Atlanta 339.5 118.2 221.3CAROLINA 322.1 151.5 170.6Seattle 319.5 92.2 227.4Chicago 314.7 85.1 229.6St. Louis 310.3 118.7 191.5Washington 309.0 102.2 206.8Detroit 308.2 96.2 212.0San Francisco 279.0 94.7 184.3Tampa Bay 274.8 98.2 176.6

DEFENSE Yards Rush PassGreen Bay 281.5 89.1 192.5N.Y. Giants 290.5 107.8 182.6Washington 298.3 127.9 170.4Minnesota 303.5 81.6 221.9Philadelphia 304.9 102.3 202.6CAROLINA 312.7 131.5 181.3Dallas 327.6 102.7 224.9New Orleans 333.8 116.3 217.5Chicago 339.8 125.6 214.2Seattle 348.8 110.7 238.1San Francisco 351.4 94.8 256.5Arizona 366.9 108.6 258.3Tampa Bay 370.9 160.4 210.5Atlanta 373.9 121.3 252.6St. Louis 374.2 148.5 225.6Detroit 394.3 112.9 281.4

AFC individual leadersWeek 12

Quarterbacks Att Com Yds TD IntP. Manning, IND 423 298 3415 24 11P. Rivers, SND 349 224 2938 19 6Rthlisberger, PIT 344 237 2867 17 10Schaub, HOU 407 276 3242 21 11Brady, NWE 429 282 3286 20 8Flacco, BAL 370 242 2744 13 8Orton, DEN 344 214 2447 12 6C. Palmer, CIN 336 205 2327 15 8Garrard, JAC 358 224 2610 8 6Cassel, KAN 320 178 1898 13 7

Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TDC.Johnson, TEN 217 1396 6.43 91t 9Jnes-Drew, JAC 209 1001 4.79 80t 13T. Jones, NYJ 216 959 4.44 71t 9Benson, CIN 205 859 4.19 28t 6R. Rice, BAL 167 821 4.92 50 6Ri. Williams, MIA 154 792 5.14 68t 9Mendenhall, PIT 158 784 4.96 39 4Moreno, DEN 161 688 4.27 36 3Ro. Brown, MIA 147 648 4.41 45 8F. Jackson, BUF 143 601 4.20 43 2

Receivers No Yds Avg LG TDWelker, NWE 85 886 10.4 48 4Wayne, IND 79 987 12.5 39 9Dal. Clark, IND 74 834 11.3 80t 5R. Moss, NWE 66 992 15.0 71t 8H. Ward, PIT 66 845 12.8 52t 5A.Johnson, HOU 63 945 15.0 72t 5R. Rice, BAL 61 582 9.5 63 1Gates, SND 59 827 14.0 37 4B. Marshall, DEN 58 714 12.3 75t 6S. Holmes, PIT 56 838 15.0 45 2

Punters No Yds LG AvgLechler, OAK 70 3633 70 51.9Moorman, BUF 62 2900 66 46.8B. Fields, MIA 54 2483 66 46.0Scifres, SND 40 1833 65 45.8Colquitt, KAN 69 3103 70 45.0Koch, BAL 50 2239 60 44.8McAfee, IND 41 1832 60 44.7Zastudil, CLE 49 2188 60 44.7Sepulveda, PIT 50 2194 58 43.9Huber, CIN 56 2453 61 43.8

Punt Returners No Yds Avg LG TDWelker, NWE 16 236 14.8 69 0Cribbs, CLE 24 316 13.2 67t 1E. Royal, DEN 21 236 11.2 71t 1Cosby, CIN 30 335 11.2 60 0Jac. Jones, HOU 31 341 11.0 62 0Logan, PIT 23 204 8.9 25 0Sproles, SND 18 156 8.7 77t 1Leonhard, NYJ 21 173 8.2 37 0Bess, MIA 18 139 7.7 22 0B. Wade, KAN 18 138 7.7 18 0

Kickoff Returners No Yds Avg LG TDGinn Jr., MIA 29 836 28.8 101t 2Jac. Jones, HOU 21 579 27.6 95t 1Webb, BAL 25 674 27.0 95t 1Cribbs, CLE 39 1015 26.0 98t 1Charles, KAN 33 857 26.0 97t 1F. Jackson, BUF 23 592 25.7 71 0Logan, PIT 41 1040 25.4 56 0Sproles, SND 42 1036 24.7 66 0Mi. Thomas, JAC 15 369 24.6 42 0E. Royal, DEN 21 513 24.4 93t 1

Scoring Touchdowns TD Rush Rec Ret PtsJones-Drew, JAC 13 13 0 0 78Ri. Williams, MIA 11 9 2 0 66C. Johnson, TEN 10 9 1 0 62Addai, IND 10 7 3 0 60T. Jones, NYJ 9 9 0 0 54Wayne, IND 9 0 9 0 54R. Moss, NWE 8 0 8 0 50Ro. Brown, MIA 8 8 0 0 48Maroney, NWE 8 8 0 0 48McGahee, BAL 8 6 2 0 48

Kicking PAT FG LG PtsKaeding, SND 34-35 22-25 55 100Gostkowski, NWE 32-32 21-26 53 95Bironas, TEN 23-23 18-22 53 77D. Carpenter, MIA 28-29 16-17 52 76Prater, DEN 19-19 19-23 50 76Feely, NYJ 23-23 17-20 55 74Je. Reed, PIT 29-29 15-18 46 74Lindell, BUF 18-18 18-21 56 72K. Brown, HOU 30-30 13-19 56 69S. Graham, CIN 22-23 15-20 53 67

NFC individual leadersQuarterbacks

Att Com Yds TD IntBrees, NOR 343 236 3117 27 9Favre, MIN 358 248 2874 24 3Rodgers, GBY 380 249 3136 22 5Warner, ARI 372 251 2718 20 11McNabb, PHL 285 175 2189 15 6Romo, DAL 359 216 2933 17 7E.Manning, NYG 354 214 2684 18 10Ale. Smith, SNF 196 122 1267 11 7J.Campbll, WAS 328 214 2357 12 11Hasselbck, SEA 306 183 1955 11 7

Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TDS.Jackson, STL 238 1120 4.71 58 4A.Peterson, MIN 230 1084 4.71 64t 12D.Williams, CAR 197 1022 5.19 77 7R. Grant, GBY 209 890 4.26 37 5M. Turner, ATL 177 864 4.88 58t 10Jacobs, NYG 174 683 3.93 31 3P. Thomas, NOR 116 648 5.59 34t 5Gore, SNF 128 643 5.02 80t 6M. Barber, DAL 137 633 4.62 35 4Kev. Smith, DET 180 603 3.35 31 3

Receivers No Yds Avg LG TDFitzgerald, ARI 75 826 11.0 27 9St. Smith, NYG 72 869 12.1 51 5T. Gonzalez, ATL 61 666 10.9 27 5Witten, DAL 59 588 10.0 44 1Ve. Davis, SNF 57 670 11.8 40 9S. Rice, MIN 56 964 17.2 63 4R. White, ATL 56 770 13.8 90t 7Boldin, ARI 56 665 11.9 44 2Hshmndzdh, SEA 56 632 11.3 53 3Burleson, SEA 55 708 12.9 44t 3

Punters No Yds LG AvgA. Lee, SNF 66 3175 64 48.1B. Graham, ARI 62 2959 64 47.7J. Ryan, SEA 58 2740 70 47.2Do. Jones, STL 56 2609 63 46.6J. Baker, CAR 47 2130 61 45.3McBriar, DAL 53 2342 63 44.2Kapinos, GBY 48 2116 58 44.1Kluwe, MIN 48 2091 60 43.6Morstead, NOR 37 1614 60 43.6Koenen, ATL 40 1725 70 43.1

Punt Returners No Yds Avg LG TDDe. Jackson, PHL 21 326 15.5 85t 1Crayton, DAL 28 380 13.6 82t 2Reynaud, MIN 14 162 11.6 36 0Munnerlyn, CAR 21 223 10.6 37 0C. Smith, TAM 23 232 10.1 21 0Weems, ATL 18 178 9.9 24 0Northcutt, DET 17 157 9.2 43 0Burleson, SEA 22 198 9.0 29 0D. Hester, CHI 22 189 8.6 33 0J. Johnson, MIN 16 134 8.4 24 0

Kickoff Returners No Yds Avg LG TDHarvin, MIN 31 924 29.8 101t 2Knox, CHI 28 824 29.4 102t 1C. Smith, TAM 31 902 29.1 83 0Roby, NOR 29 816 28.1 97t 1Weems, ATL 34 878 25.8 62 0Stphn-Hwlng, ARI 34 851 25.0 99t 1D. Manning, CHI 18 445 24.7 44 0Amendola, STL 39 951 24.4 58 0Hixon, NYG 30 724 24.1 68 0E. Hobbs, PHL 20 481 24.1 63 0

Scoring Touchdowns TD Rush Rec Ret PtsA. Peterson, MIN 12 12 0 0 72M. Turner, ATL 10 10 0 0 60Ve. Davis, SNF 9 0 9 0 54Fitzgerald, ARI 9 0 9 0 54Gore, SNF 9 6 3 0 54Austin, DAL 8 0 8 0 48De. Jackson, PHL 8 1 6 1 48Shiancoe, MIN 8 0 8 0 48D.Williams, CAR 7 7 0 0 44Colston, NOR 7 0 7 0 42

Kicking PAT FG LG PtsAkers, PHL 29-30 24-27 52 101Tynes, NYG 29-29 23-28 52 98Longwell, MIN 40-40 18-19 52 94Crosby, GBY 30-31 20-26 52 90Carney, NOR 50-52 13-17 46 89Mare, SEA 22-22 19-21 47 79Folk, DAL 28-28 15-21 51 73Gould, CHI 21-21 17-20 52 72Rackers, ARI 33-33 12-13 45 69J. Elam, ATL 32-33 12-19 50 68

NFL injury reportNEW YORK (AP) — The National Foot-

ball League injury report, as provided by the league (OUT - Defi nitely will not play; DNP - Did not practice; LIMITED - Limited partici-pation in practice; FULL - Full participation in practice):

THURSDAYNEW YORK JETS at BUFFALO BILLS

— JETS: DNP: CB Dwight Lowery (ankle), CB Donald Strickland (concussion), T Robert Turn-er (knee). LIMITED: DE Shaun Ellis (knee), T D’Brickashaw Ferguson (hamstring), QB Mark Sanchez (hamstring). FULL: S Jim Leonhard (thumb), LB Calvin Pace (thumb), S Eric Smith (back). BILLS: DNP: T Demetrius Bell (knee), DT John McCargo (calf), TE Shawn Nelson (not injury related), CB Ashton Youboty (ankle). LIMITED: S Jairus Byrd (groin), LB Chris Draft (neck), CB Terrence McGee (knee).

NFL playoff scenariosWeek 13

AFCINDIANAPOLIS, clinched AFC South.Clinches a fi rst-round bye with:Win plus Denver loss or tie plus New Eng-

land loss or tie plus Cincinnati lossNFC

NEW ORLEANS, clinches NFC South with:

Win or tie OR Atlanta loss or tieMINNESOTA, clinches NFC North with:Win plus Green Bay lossClinches playoff spot with:Win OR tie plus N.Y. Giants loss plus At-

lanta loss or tie

Conf. Overall W L PF PA W L PF PAGa. Tech 7 1 261 180 10 2 420 289Va. Tech 6 2 269 127 9 3 377 189Miami 5 3 253 215 10 3 380 268N. Carolina 4 4 167 158 8 4 292 203Duke 3 5 186 239 5 7 302 340Virginia 2 6 123 216 3 9 232 316

Saturday’s resultsWake Forest 45, Duke 34N.C. State 28, North Carolina 27South Carolina 34, Clemson 17Boston College 19, Maryland 17Florida 37, Florida State 10Miami 31, South Florida 10Virginia Tech 42, Virginia 13Georgia 30, Georgia Tech 24

ACC ChampionshipSaturday, Dec. 5At Tampa, Fla.

Clemson vs. Georgia Tech, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

College scheduleAll Times EST

Thursday, Dec. 3SOUTH

Arkansas St. (3-8) at W. Kent. (0-11), 7 p.m.FAR WEST

Oregon St. (8-3) at Oregon (9-2), 9 p.m.Friday, Dec. 4

MAC championship, Central Michigan (10-2) vs. Ohio (9-3) at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 5EAST

Cincinnati (11-0) at Pittsburgh (9-2), NoonWest Virginia (8-3) at Rutgers (8-3), NoonS. Florida (7-4) at Connecticut (6-5), 8 p.m.

SOUTHC-USA championship, Houston (10-2) at

East Carolina (8-4), NoonSan Jose St. (2-9) at La. Tech (3-8), 2 p.m.SEC championship, Florida (12-0) vs. Ala-

bama (12-0) at Atlanta, 4 p.m.Florida Atlantic (4-7) at Fla. Int’l (3-8), 7 p.m.ACC championship, Georgia Tech (10-2) vs.

Clemson (8-4) at Tampa, Fla., 8 p.m.MIDWEST

Fresno St. (7-4) at Illinois (3-8), 12:30 p.m.Cent. Conn. St. (9-2) at Butler (10-1), Noon

SOUTHWESTSouthern U. (6-4) at Texas So. (5-4), 2 p.m.Big 12 championship, Texas (12-0) vs. Ne-

braska (9-3) at Arlington, Texas, 8 p.m.FAR WEST

New Mexico St. (3-9) at Boise (12-0), 3 p.m.Arizona (7-4) at So. Cal (8-3), 3:30 p.m.Cal (8-3) at Washington (4-7), 6:30 p.m.Wisconsin (8-3) at Hawaii (6-6), 11:30 p.m.

ACC awards votingGREENSBORO (AP) – Voting results for

the 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference coach and rookie of the year awards.

Rookie of the yearRyan Williams, rb, Virginia Tech (34)Luke Kuechly, lb, Boston College (29)Greg Reid, cb, Florida State (4)Kyle Parker, qb, Clemson (4)Steve Greer, lb, Virginia (3)Conner Vernon, wr, Duke (2)Kenny Okoro, cb, Wake Forest (2)Kevin Reddick, lb, North Carolina (1)Jacobbi McDaniel, dt, Florida State (1)

Offensive rookie of the yearRyan Williams, rb, Virginia Tech (34)Kyle Parker, qb, Clemson (4)Conner Vernon, wr, Duke (2)

Defensive rookie of the yearLuke Kuechly, lb, Boston College (29)Greg Reid, cb, Florida State (4)Steve Greer, lb, Virginia (3)Kenny Okoro, cb, Wake Forest (2)Kevin Reddick, lb, North Carolina (1)Jacobbi McDaniel, dt, Florida State (1)

Coach of the yearPaul Johnson, Georgia Tech (24)Dabo Swinney, Clemson (10)David Cutcliffe, Duke (4)Frank Spaziani, Boston College (2)

NCAA FCS PlayoffsAll Times ESTFirst Round

Saturday, Nov. 28Appalachian State 20, S.C. State 13Villaonova 38, Holy Cross 28Richmond 16, Elon 13William & Mary 38, Weber State 0Southern Illinois 48, Eastern Illinois 7Montana 61, South Dakota State 48New Hampshire 49, McNeese State 13Stephen F. Austin 44, E. Washington 33

Quarterfi nalsSaturday, Dec. 5

Will. & Mary (10-2) at S. Illinois (11-1), NoonSF Austin (10-2) at Montana (12-0), 2 p.m.New Hamp. (10-2) at ‘Nova (11-1), 3:30 p.m.App. State (10-2) at Rchmnd (11-1), 7 p.m.

Semifi nalsDec. 11-12

Stephen F. Austin-Montana winner vs. Ap-palachian State-Richmond winner, TBA

New Hampshire-Villanova winner vs. Wil-liam & Mary-Southern Illinois winner, TBA

ChampionshipFriday, Dec. 18

At Chattanooga, Tenn.Semifi nal winners, 8 p.m.

BASKETBALL---

BASEBALLAmerican League

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Traded C Kelly Shoppach to Tampa Bay for a player to be named.

SEATTLE MARINERS—Offered salary ar-bitration to 3B drian Beltre. Declined to offer salary arbitration to LHP Erik Bedard.

National LeagueCOLORADO ROCKIES—Offered salary

arbitration to RHP Rafael Betancourt and RHP Jason Marquis. Declined to offer arbitration to LHP Joe Beimel and C Yorvit Torrealba.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms with LHP John Halama on a minor league contract.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Agreed to terms with C Brian Schneider on a two-year contract. Named Rick Strouse vice president and general counsel.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Named Terry Ken-nedy manager of Portland (PCL), Doug Das-cenzo manager of San Antonio (Texas) and Jose Flores manager of Fort Wayne (MWL).

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

NEW JERSEY NETS—Named general manager Kiki Vandeweghe coach for the re-mainder of the season.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

ATLANTA FALCONS—Released PK Jason Elam. Signed PK Matt Bryant.

BUFFALO BILLS—Signed DT Rashaad Duncan to the practice squad.

CAROLINA PANTHERS—Signed LB Quinton Culberson. Waived-injured LB Kelvin Smith.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Placed NT Shaun Rogers on injured reserve. Released WR James Robinson from the practice squad.

DETROIT LIONS—Placed TE Brandon Pettigrew on the reserve/injured list. Signed TE Dan Gronkowski from the practice squad. Signed G Kurt Quarterman and TE Jake Nor-din to the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed TE Tom Crabtree to the practice squad.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Signed TE Brent Celek to a six-year contract extension and WR Jordan Norwood from the practice squad. Released CB Ramzee Robinson.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed P Sam Paulescu.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed DL Antoine Holmes to the practice squad.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

BOARD OF GOVERNORS—Approved the sale of the Montreal Canadiens to a group headed by the Molson brothers.

NHL—Suspended Washington F Alex Ovechkin two games for extended his knee while delivering a hit to Carolina D Tim Glea-son during Monday’s game.

BOSTON BRUINS—Signed F Marc Savard to a seven-year contract extension.

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Placed D Joe Corvo on injured reserve. Assigned F Patrick Dwyer to Albany (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Added D Mathieu Roy to the roster on emergency recall from Syracuse (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Reassigned D Alexander Sulzer to Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS—Assigned D Bobby Sanguinetti to Hartford (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned D Jonas Junland to Peoria (AHL).

COLLEGEATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE—Named

Robert Acunto assistant commissioner for in-ternal operations and business affairs.

ARKANSAS—Named Clayton Hamilton associate athletic director for fi nance.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—Named Terrell Stokes men’s assistant basketball coach.

MICHIGAN STATE—Suspended WR Mark Dell, WR B.J. Cunningham, DB Chris L. Ruck-er, RB Ashton Leggett, WR Fred Smith, DB Brynden Trawick, DL Ishmyl Johnson and LB Jamiihr Williams from the football team pend-ing the outcome of an investigation by campus police into a Nov. 22 incident in a campus dormitory.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE—Announced the resignation of football coach Willie Totten.

N.C. STATE—Fired volleyball coach Char-ita J. Stubbs.

NICHOLLS STATE—Promoted assistant football coach Kent Keith to interim coach.

WINTHROP—Did not renew the contract for women’s soccer coach Melissa Heinz.

Junior varsityBasketball

BOYSHigh Point Christian 75,

Village Christian 41

Halftime: HPCA – 37-17Leaders: HPCA – Jordan Williams 12,

Jared Gesell 11, Rick Mack 11, Davis Vaughn 11, Zach Eanes 10

Records: HPCA 4-0Next game: HPCA at Wesleyan, Friday

GIRLSLedford 48, North Davidson 38

Halftime: Ledford, 25-17Leaders: Ledford – Cady Ray 24 points,

Morgan Gibhardt 7Records: Ledford 2-0Next game: Ledford hosts C. Davidson

tonight

GIRLSDurham 24, Wesleyan 22

Halftime: Durham 14-7Leaders: Wesleyan – Jewel Ward 5 pointsRecords: Wesleyan 0-2Next game: Wesleyan hosts Salem Acad-

emy on Friday

Middle schoolBasketball

BOYSWesleyan Christian Academy Red 52,

Summitt 22

Halftime: WCA – 25-14Leaders: WCA – Robert White 13, Michael

Buckland 9Records: WCA 3-0Next game: WCA vs. St. Pius X, Friday,

4 p.m.

GIRLSWesleyan Christian Academy 19,

Clover Garden 17

Halftime: WCA 11-9Leaders: WCA – Anna Massey 6, including

game-winning layup in the fi nal seconds; Jes-sica Williard 7, Krista Mackey 4

Records: WCA 2-2Next game: WCA vs. St. Piux X, Friday,

5:15 p.m.

GIRLSSt. Pius X 35, High Point Christian 25

Halftime: St. Pius 26-5Leaders: HPCA – Hailey Riffe 17, Sydney

Harris 6Records: HPCA 1-2Next game: HPCA at Greensboro Acad-

emy, Thursday, 4 p.m.

BOYSHPCA 46, St. Pius 44

Halftime: St. Pius 21-18Leaders: HPCA – Austin Zente 22 points

including game-winning shot with three sec-onds to play; Colby Gable 7 points; David Loy 6 points

Records: HPCA 2-1Next game: HPCA at Greensboro Acad-

emy on Thursday

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAPittsburgh 28 19 9 0 38 92 77New Jersey 24 17 6 1 35 69 51Philadelphia 24 13 10 1 27 77 65N.Y. Rangers 27 13 13 1 27 80 84N.Y. Islanders 27 10 10 7 27 72 84

Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GABuffalo 24 15 7 2 32 66 55Boston 26 13 8 5 31 64 64Ottawa 24 13 7 4 30 72 70Montreal 27 12 13 2 26 66 79Toronto 26 7 12 7 21 70 92

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAWashington 27 16 5 6 38 94 78Atlanta 24 14 7 3 31 84 68Tampa Bay 25 10 7 8 28 67 75Florida 26 10 12 4 24 71 87Carolina 27 5 17 5 15 62 100

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago 25 16 6 3 35 78 56

Nashville 26 15 10 1 31 62 69Columbus 26 13 9 4 30 81 92Detroit 26 13 9 4 30 76 73St. Louis 25 10 10 5 25 62 67

Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GACalgary 26 17 6 3 37 83 66Colorado 28 15 8 5 35 85 83Vancouver 26 14 12 0 28 80 68Edmonton 27 10 13 4 24 80 90Minnesota 25 10 12 3 23 63 75

Pacifi c Division GP W L OT Pts GF GASan Jose 28 18 6 4 40 96 75Los Angeles 27 15 10 2 32 79 81Phoenix 27 15 11 1 31 68 65Dallas 27 12 8 7 31 80 81Anaheim 25 10 11 4 24 71 80

Monday’s GamesColumbus 5, St. Louis 2Atlanta 4, Florida 3Washington 3, Carolina 2Buffalo 3, Toronto 0Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Rangers 2Colorado 3, Tampa Bay 0Detroit 4, Dallas 1Calgary 5, Nashville 0

Tuesday’s GamesToronto 3, Montreal 0Columbus at Chicago, lateOttawa at San Jose, lateLos Angeles at Anaheim, late

Today’s GamesVancouver at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m.Colorado at Florida, 7:30 p.m.Nashville at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesN.Y. Islanders at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Florida at Washington, 7 p.m.Vancouver at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Edmonton at Detroit, 7 p.m.Montreal at Buffalo, 7 p.m.Toronto at Columbus, 7 p.m.Colorado at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.Anaheim at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Calgary at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.Ottawa at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.St. Louis at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Celtics 108, Bobcats 90BOSTON (108)Pierce 3-8 0-0 8, Garnett 5-8 6-6 16, Per-

kins 9-10 3-3 21, Rondo 3-6 2-2 8, R.Allen 6-9 10-10 27, House 5-9 0-0 12, Daniels 2-5 0-0 4, Williams 1-4 3-6 5, R.Wallace 2-7 2-2 7, Sca-labrine 0-0 0-0 0, Giddens 0-0 0-0 0, Hudson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-66 26-29 108.

CHARLOTTE (90)G.Wallace 1-6 3-4 5, Diaw 5-10 1-1 13,

Chandler 1-1 3-4 5, Felton 6-13 2-2 14, Jack-son 4-13 3-4 11, Graham 4-5 4-4 12, Moham-med 6-10 4-8 16, Murray 2-12 2-3 6, Brown 0-2 0-0 0, Augustin 1-3 1-3 3, Henderson 2-4 1-2 5. Totals 32-79 24-35 90.

Boston 29 33 26 20 — 108Charlotte 18 21 27 24 — 90

3-Point Goals—Boston 10-17 (R.Allen 5-6, Pierce 2-3, House 2-5, R.Wallace 1-3), Char-lotte 2-11 (Diaw 2-3, Jackson 0-1, Graham 0-1, Augustin 0-1, Murray 0-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Boston 44 (Perkins 12), Charlotte 47 (G.Wallace 8). Assists—Boston 24 (Rondo 9), Charlotte 13 (Felton 5). Total Fouls—Bos-ton 25, Charlotte 22. Technicals—R.Wallace, Diaw, Mohammed, Charlotte defensive three second. A—15,129 (19,077).

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division W L Pct GBBoston 14 4 .778 —Toronto 7 12 .368 7 1⁄2Philadelphia 5 13 .278 9New York 4 14 .222 10New Jersey 0 17 .000 13 1⁄2

Southeast Division W L Pct GBOrlando 14 4 .778 —Atlanta 12 5 .706 1 1⁄2Miami 9 7 .563 4Charlotte 7 10 .412 6 1⁄2Washington 6 10 .375 7

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 12 5 .706 —Milwaukee 9 7 .563 2 1⁄2Chicago 6 9 .400 5Indiana 6 9 .400 5Detroit 6 11 .353 6

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBDallas 13 5 .722 —San Antonio 9 6 .600 2 1⁄2Houston 9 8 .529 3 1⁄2New Orleans 7 10 .412 5 1⁄2Memphis 6 12 .333 7

Northwest Division W L Pct GBDenver 12 5 .706 —Portland 12 7 .632 1Utah 10 7 .588 2Oklahoma City 9 8 .529 3Minnesota 2 15 .118 10

Pacifi c Division W L Pct GBL.A. Lakers 13 3 .813 —Phoenix 14 4 .778 —Sacramento 8 8 .500 5L.A. Clippers 8 10 .444 6Golden State 6 10 .375 7

Monday’s GamesMilwaukee 99, Chicago 97Dallas 104, Philadelphia 102Utah 120, Memphis 93Golden State 126, Indiana 107

Tuesday’s GamesBoston 108, Charlotte 90Washington 106, Toronto 102New York 126, Phoenix 99Golden State at Denver, lateMiami at Portland, lateNew Orleans at L.A. Lakers, late

Today’s GamesMilwaukee at Washington, 7 p.m.Phoenix at Cleveland, 7 p.m.New York at Orlando, 7 p.m.Toronto at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Dallas at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.Memphis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Indiana at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesBoston at San Antonio, 8 p.m.Houston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.Miami at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

ACC standingsAll Times EDT

Conf. Overall W L Pct. W L Pct.Miami 0 0 .000 7 0 1.000Duke 0 0 .000 6 0 1.000Clemson 0 0 .000 6 1 .857Florida St. 0 0 .000 6 1 .857N. Carolina 0 0 .000 6 1 .857N.C. State 0 0 .000 5 1 .833Ga. Tech 0 0 .000 4 1 .800Va. Tech 0 0 .000 4 1 .800Maryland 0 0 .000 5 2 .714Boston Coll. 0 0 .000 4 2 .667Wake Forest 0 0 .000 4 2 .667Virginia 0 0 .000 4 3 .571

Sunday’s resultsN.C. State 69, New Orleans 52North Carolina 80, Nevada 73Clemson 70, Butler 69Florida State 57, Marquette 56

Monday’s gamePenn State 69, Virginia 66

Tuesday’s gamesNorthwestern 65, N.C. State 53Purdue 69, Wake Forest 58Maryland 80, Indiana 68Michigan State at North Carolina, lateVirginia Tech at Iowa, late

Wednesday’s gamesSiena at Georgia Tech, 7 p.m.Illinois at Clemson, 7:15 p.m. (ESPN)Minnesota at Miami, 7:15 p.m. (ESPNU)Boston College at Michigan, 7:30 p.m.

(ESPN2)Duke at Wisconsin, 9:15 p.m. (ESPN)Florida State at Ohio State, 9:30 p.m.

(ESPN2)Saturday’s games

North Carolina at Kentucky, 12:30 p.m. (WFMY, Ch. 2)

N.C. State at Marquette, 3 p.m.St. John’s at Duke, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2)Wake Forest at Gonzaga, 5:30 p.m.

(ESPN2)USC at Georgia Tech, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s gamesFlorida International at Florida State, 1

p.m.South Carolina at Clemson, 1 p.m.Miami at Boston College, 3 p.m. (FSN)Villanova vs. Maryland at Washington,

D.C., 7:30 p.m.Georgia at Virginia Tech, TBD

Monday’s gameVirginia at Auburn, 8 p.m.

No. 4 Purdue 69,Wake Forest 58

WAKE FOREST (4-2) Aminu 3-11 5-7 12, McFarland 1-4 2-3 4,

Woods 0-2 0-0 0, Smith 7-15 0-5 14, Williams 5-8 0-0 11, Harris 5-8 2-2 14, Stewart 0-2 0-0 0, Tucker 0-0 0-0 0, Weaver 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 22-52 10-19 58.

PURDUE (6-0)

Hummel 3-11 5-5 11, Johnson 7-13 7-10 21, Kramer 2-5 2-2 6, Grant 0-5 1-2 1, Moore 9-22 3-4 22, Barlow 0-3 6-6 6, Byrd 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 1-3 0-0 2, Wohlford 0-0 0-2 0, Bade 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-64 24-31 69.

Halftime—Wake Forest 31-29. 3-Point Goals—Wake Forest 4-8 (Harris 2-3, Wil-liams 1-2, Aminu 1-2, Weaver 0-1), Purdue 1-15 (Moore 1-3, Kramer 0-1, Smith 0-2, Grant 0-3, Hummel 0-6). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Wake Forest 38 (Aminu 10), Pur-due 40 (Hummel 11). Assists—Wake Forest 8 (Aminu, Smith 3), Purdue 12 (Moore 3). Total Fouls—Wake Forest 25, Purdue 23. A—14,123.

Northwestern 65,N.C. State 53

NORTHWESTERN (6-1)Crawford 1-3 0-0 2, Thompson 8-15 4-5 22,

Nash 3-5 4-4 12, Shurna 5-12 1-2 11, Rowley 2-3 1-2 5, Mirkovic 2-3 1-2 5, Peljusic 0-0 0-1 0, Curletti 0-0 0-0 0, Marcotullio 3-8 0-0 8. Totals 24-49 11-16 65.

N.C. STATE (5-1)Gonzalez 3-12 2-4 10, Wood 0-6 0-0 0, Wil-

liams 0-3 0-0 0, T.Smith 9-18 5-7 23, Horner 3-5 5-6 11, Painter 2-4 0-0 4, Vandenberg 0-2 0-0 0, Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Mays 2-6 1-2 5. Totals 19-56 13-19 53.

Halftime—Northwestern 34-24. 3-Point Goals—Northwestern 6-14 (Nash 2-2, Mar-cotullio 2-5, Thompson 2-5, Shurna 0-2), N.C. State 2-18 (Gonzalez 2-6, Williams 0-3, Mays 0-3, Wood 0-6). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Northwestern 38 (Nash 8), N.C. State 31 (T.Smith 7). Assists—Northwestern 11 (Nash 4), N.C. State 10 (Gonzalez 6). Total Fouls—Northwestern 16, N.C. State 15. Tech-nical—Marcotullio. A—11,913. 11,913.

Maryland 80, Indiana 68MARYLAND (5-2) Milbourne 8-11 2-2 19, Williams 2-7 1-

5 5, Hayes 5-10 2-2 14, Mosley 5-9 3-4 13, Vasquez 4-14 13-14 23, Choi 0-0 1-2 1, Bowie 2-4 1-2 5, Padgett 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-55 23-31 80.

INDIANA (3-4) Watford 5-10 5-7 16, Pritchard 1-2 0-0 2,

Creek 6-14 4-4 19, Rivers 2-4 1-3 5, Jones III 3-15 0-0 6, Hulls 1-4 2-2 5, Moore 1-1 0-1 2, Capobianco 0-0 0-0 0, Elston 2-10 1-3 5, Dumes 2-10 2-2 8, Jobe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-70 15-22 68.

Halftime—Maryland 35-33. 3-Point Goals—Maryland 5-12 (Hayes 2-4, Vasquez 2-5, Milbourne 1-2, Mosley 0-1), Indiana 7-26 (Creek 3-9, Dumes 2-6, Watford 1-2, Hulls 1-3, Elston 0-2, Jones III 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Maryland 41 (Williams 11), Indiana 43 (Jones III 10). Assists—Maryland 15 (Vasquez 8), Indiana 13 (Jones III 3). Total Fouls—Maryland 19, Indiana 22. A—17,039.

Big South menAll Times EDT

Conf. Overall W L Pct. W L Pct.VMI 0 0 .000 4 1 .800Coastal Caro. 0 0 .000 5 2 .714Charleston S. 0 0 .000 4 2 .667Gard.-Webb 0 0 .000 3 2 .600High Point 0 0 .000 3 2 .600Radford 0 0 .000 2 2 .500Winthrop 0 0 .000 2 3 .400Liberty 0 0 .000 3 5 .375Presbyterian 0 0 .000 2 5 .285UNC-Ashe. 0 0 .000 0 6 .000

Sunday’s resultDuquesne 71, Radford 63

Monday’s gamesHigh Point 74, S.C. State 66Kentucky 94, UNC Asheville 57VMI 108, Lynchburg 93Charleston Southern 103, Toccoa Falls 53Appalachian State 70, Winthrop 51Presbyterian 68, Montreat 50

Thursday’s gamesCharleston Southern at Liberty, 7 p.m.High Point at Presbyterian, 7 p.m.Radford at Winthrop, 7:30 p.m.Coastal Carolina at VMI, 9 p.m.

Friday’s gamesUNC Asheville at Gardner-Webb, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s gamesCharleston Southern at VMI, 1 p.m.High Point at Winthrop, 7 p.m.Radford at Presbyterian, 7:30 p.m.Coastal Carolina at Liberty, 7 p.m.

Big South womenAll Times EDT

Conf. Overall W L Pct. W L Pct.Gard.-Webb 0 0 .000 7 1 .875Liberty 0 0 .000 5 1 .833Charleston S. 0 0 .000 5 2 .714Coastal Caro. 0 0 .000 4 2 .667High Point 0 0 .000 2 2 .500UNC-Ashe. 0 0 .000 2 3 .400Winthrop 0 0 .000 2 4 .333Radford 0 0 .000 0 4 .000Presbyterian 0 0 .000 0 7 .000

Sunday’s resultsGardner-Webb 74, Texas Pan American 57North Carolina 76, Charleston Southern 67Coastal Carolina 81, Coker 46Wake Forest 66, Presbyterian 25Howard 44, Radford 39

Tuesday’s gamesJames Madison 60, Liberty 50Gardner-Webb 78, Wofford 55Charleston Southern 56, UNC Greensboro

54Wednesday’s games

High Point at South Carolina, 11 a.m.Presbyterian at Charlotte, 5:30 p.m.UNC Asheville at Western Carolina, 5 p.m.College of Charleston at Coastal Carolina,

7 p.m.Radford at West Virginia, 7 p.m.

Friday’s gameHigh Point at George Mason, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s gamesUNC Asheville at Charlotte, 2 p.m.Southern Virginia at Radford, 3 p.m.East Carolina at Gardner-Webb, 4:30 p.m.USC Aiken at Winthrop, 4 p.m.Glenville State at Liberty, 4 p.m.Georgia State at Presbyterian, 5 p.m.Coastal Carolina at Savannah St., 7 p.m.

Sunday’s gamesHigh Point at American University, 2 p.m.Charleston Southern at Clemson, 4 p.m.

AP men’s Top 25 faredTuesday

1. Kansas (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. Al-corn State, Wednesday.

2. Texas (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. South-ern Cal, Thursday.

3. Villanova (6-0) did not play. Next: vs. Drexel, Wednesday.

4. Purdue (6-0) beat Wake Forest 69-58. Next: vs. Buffalo, Saturday.

5. Kentucky (7-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 10 North Carolina, Saturday.

6. Duke (6-0) did not play. Next: at Wiscon-sin, Wednesday.

7. West Virginia (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. Duquesne, Wednesday, Dec. 9.

8. Syracuse (7-0) did not play. Next: vs. Maine, Saturday.

9. Michigan State (5-1) at No. 10 North Carolina. Next: vs. Wofford, Friday.

10. North Carolina (6-1) vs. No. 9 Michigan State. Next: at No. 5 Kentucky, Saturday.

11. Tennessee (5-1) did not play. Next: vs. ETSU, Wednesday.

12. Washington (5-0) did not play. Next: at Texas Tech, Thursday.

13. Florida (7-0) beat Florida A&M 80-59. Next: at Jacksonville, Friday.

14. Connecticut (4-1) did not play. Next: vs. Boston University, Wednesday.

15. Ohio State (5-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 21 Florida State, Wednesday.

16. Georgetown (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. American, Saturday.

17. Gonzaga (5-1) did not play. Next: vs. Washington State, Wednesday.

18. Clemson (6-1) did not play. Next: vs. Il-linois, Wednesday.

19. Texas A&M (5-1) did not play. Next: vs. Prairie View, Wednesday.

20. Louisville (4-1) did not play. Next: vs. Stetson, Wednesday.

21. Florida State (6-1) did not play. Next: at No. 15 Ohio State, Wednesday.

22. Cincinnati (5-1) beat Texas Southern 94-57. Next: vs. Miami (Ohio), Thursday, Dec. 10.

23. Butler (4-2) did not play. Next: at Ball State, Wednesday.

24. UNLV (5-0) did not play. Next: at Ari-zona, Wednesday.

25. Portland (5-1) did not play. Next: vs. Portland State, Wednesday.

Women’s Top 25 faredTuesday

1. Connecticut (6-0) did not play. Next: vs. Vermont, Thursday.

2. Stanford (6-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 21 DePaul, Sunday, Dec. 13.

3. Ohio State (8-0) did not play. Next: at No. 11 Duke, Thursday.

4. North Carolina (5-0) did not play. Next: at No. 22 Michigan State, Thursday.

5. Notre Dame (6-0) did not play. Next: vs. Eastern Michigan, Wednesday.

6. Tennessee (6-0) beat George Washing-ton 93-53. Next: vs. No. 17 Texas, Sunday.

7. LSU (6-0) beat Louisiana Tech 77-74. Next: vs. New Orleans, Sunday, Dec. 13.

8. Baylor (6-1) did not play. Next: vs. Louisi-ana Tech, Saturday.

9. Xavier (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. Middle Tennessee, Thursday.

10. Texas A&M (3-0) did not play. Next: vs. Stephen F. Austin, Wednesday.

11. Duke (5-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 3 Ohio State, Thursday.

12. Florida State (6-0) did not play. Next: at Indiana, Thursday.

13. Georgia (7-0) beat UAB 71-42. Next: vs. No. 23 Georgia Tech, Sunday.

14. Virginia (5-1) did not play. Next: vs. Pur-due, Thursday.

15. Arizona State (4-1) did not play. Next: vs. Idaho State, Friday.

16. Vanderbilt (6-0) did not play. Next: at Wright State, Wednesday.

17. Texas (5-2) beat Oral Roberts 94-80. Next: at No. 6 Tennessee, Sunday.

18. Oklahoma (4-2) did not play. Next: vs. Texas-Arlington, Thursday.

19. Pittsburgh (5-0) did not play. Next: at Youngstown State, Wednesday.

20. California (3-2) did not play. Next: vs. Colorado State, Saturday.

21. DePaul (5-1) did not play. Next: at Wis-consin-Green Bay, Wednesday.

22. Michigan State (4-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 4 North Carolina, Thursday.

23. Georgia Tech (4-1) did not play. Next: at Penn State, Wednesday.

24. Kansas (3-2) did not play. Next: vs. UCLA, Thursday.

25. Dayton (6-1) did not play. Next: vs. Wis-consin-Milwaukee, Friday.

THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009 www.hpe.com 3CCOLLEGE FOOTBALL

AP | FILE

In this Oct. 23, 1999, fi le photo, Florida State coach Bobby Bowden is carried off thefi eld after defeating Clemson 17-14 for his 300th career win as a college footballhead coach. The 80-year-old coach will retire after the Seminoles’ bowl game.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Bobby Bowden orchestrated one of the great runs in college football, building Florida State into a powerhouse that produced two national titles, dozens of All-Ameri-cans and some of the most memorable missed fi eld goals ever.

Bowden said Tuesday he will end his 44-year coaching career after the Semi-noles play in a bowl game. Bowden was done in by a combination of off-fi eld woes, too many defeats and coach-in-waiting Jimbo Fisher ready to take over.

“Nothing lasts forever, does it?” a relaxed-looking Bowden asked during video interview conducted by school offi cials. “But I’ve had some wonderful years here at Florida State, you know it. Hadn’t done as good lately as I wish I could have, but I’ve had wonderful years, no regrets.”

The 80-year-old Bowden will retire as the second winningest coach in major-college football behind Penn State’s Joe Paterno. The folksy coach has won 388 games at Samford, West Virginia and Florida State, where he spent the last 34 seasons. Bowden was faced with the option of coming back next season with diminished control over the program, giving Fisher more power.

“We’ve got one more game and I look forward to enjoying these next few weeks as the head football coach,” Bowden said earlier Tuesday in a statement.

The Seminoles are bowl eligible at 6-6, and were awaiting word on where they will play. They’re also awaiting word from the NCAA on whether 14 victories in recent seasons will be vacated be-cause of an academic cheating scandal.

Bowden won two national titles at

Florida State, in 1993 and 1999. Amonghis top achievements is a string of 14straight seasons ending in 2000 whenthe Seminoles won at least 10 games andfi nished ranked in the top fi ve of the APpoll. Florida State was 152-19-1, an .864winning percentage, during that span.He has a 315-97-4 record with the Semi-noles, but his teams were 73-42 the pastnine seasons.

“He set records of achievement onthe fi eld that will probably never beequaled,” Florida State president T.K.Wetherell said. “Bobby Bowden in manyways became the face of Florida State. Itwas his sterling personality and charac-ter that personifi ed this university.”

FSU offi cials announced after the 2007season that Fisher, the offensive coordi-nator, would succeed Bowden.

The end of the Bowden era has beenbrewing for years, and the call forchange only grew louder this year, whenloss after loss, many coming in the fi nalminutes, began piling up. The regularseason ended with a sixth straight lossto bitter rival Florida, a 37-10 blowout.

A football lifer, Bowden modeled hiscareer after his idol Paul “Bear” Bryant,the legendary Alabama coach who diedshortly after he retired in 1982.

“After you retire, there’s only one bigevent left,” Bowden has said over theyears. “And I ain’t ready for that.”

Bowden seemed to be in good humorduring the video interview, saying hisfamily doesn’t have to worry about hiswell being.

“Now, you know I have to go out andget a job. Can you believe that?” he said.“I’ve got to go get a job. I ain’t had a jobin 55 years.”

Bowden stepping aside

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) – A grateful Ralph Friedgen will return in 2010, eager to rebound from his worst season as Maryland’s head football coach.

Friedgen’s job status appeared shaky after the Terrapins lost a school-re-cord 10 games this season. But after meeting for two consecutive days with athletic director Debbie Yow, Friedgen was given the go-ahead to make plans for a 10th season as coach at his alma mater.

“I’m very thankful for the opportunity,” Fried-gen said. “I hope I wasn’t just judged on this year.

But this shows the confi -dence the administration has in me and our pro-gram. I’m willing to re-pay that with everything I have to make this the team we expect it to be.”

The 62-year-old Fried-

gen has two years left ona contract that pays him$2 million annually. He is66-46 at Maryland and hasgone to six bowl games,but the Terrapins have en-dured four losing seasonsover the past six years.

Friedgen gets reprieve with Terps

RALEIGH (AP) – Tom O’Brien fi g-ures he’s rarely been tested as a coach quite like he was in this third season at North Carolina State.

A crippling run of injuries started before the season even began and con-tinued. By the end, his offensive coordi-nator was battling a serious illness and the Wolfpack was just trying to make it through the schedule.

“This is the hardest year I’ve ever been through in coaching,” O’Brien said after his team closed the season by upsetting North Carolina on Saturday.

The 28-27 win against the Tar Heels gave the Wolfpack (5-7, 2-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) some measure of relief in a season that got away during a 1-6 stretch in the second half of the schedule. But the Wolfpack had 12 play-ers go down with season-ending inju-ries, starting with top linebacker Nate Irving in an offseason car wreck. An-other four players sat out of the North Carolina game, prompting O’Brien to say “I don’t think we could go play in a bowl game if we had to.”

O’Brien said the injuries made it dif-fi cult to determine where the program stands after his fi rst three seasons.

“The situation we’re in now, we had no upper class at all,” he said. “This program is basically two recruiting

classes. I don’t know how you’re able to judge when you have no upper class, and your other classes are wiped out, until we get another recruiting class in here and we get some depth to start moving forward. Basically, we’ve been hanging on, to be quite frank.”

As if things couldn’t get tougher, the Wolfpack learned early last week that of-fensive coordinator Dana Bible had been diagnosed with leukemia. He was to re-main hospitalized for 30 days of treat-ment and missed the fi nal two games.

The Wolfpack will have to wait to fi nd out whether quarterback Russell Wil-son will return for his junior season or focus on baseball. Wilson said he would decide “whenever the Lord knocks on my door and lets me know.”

N.C. State must also wait to fi nd out whether running back Toney Baker, who was granted a sixth year of eligibil-ity by the NCAA after losing almost two full years to knee injuries, will return.

For O’Brien, the win against UNC can only help the Wolfpack move past a frustrating season.

“We’re going to be a heck of a football team here, and it’s all because of the seniors,” O’Brien said Saturday. “You know, as disappointing as this year is, I think someday we’ll look back and say, ‘Things turned.’ Maybe today.”

O’Brien, Pack hopeful for future

RALEIGH (AP) – Thanks to Ryan Wil-liams, Virginia Tech’s rushing record for rookies didn’t last very long.

The Hokies’ record-setting running back was named Tuesday as the At-lantic Coast Conference’s rookie of the year after a season in which he broke Darren Evans’ 1-year-old school and conference record for rushing yards by a freshman.

“I haven’t wrapped my brain around it yet,” Williams said with a laugh.

Williams was the overwhelming choice as the ACC’s offensive rookie of the year, receiving 34 votes from 40 vot-ing members. Boston College lineback-er Luke Kuechly, who had 29 votes, was named the top newcomer on defense, and no other player on either side of the ball received more than four votes.

Separate votes were held for the of-fensive and defensive awards, and those vote counts were combined to de-termine the overall award winner.

Williams became the fi rst player from Virginia Tech to win the ACC’s award for rookies. The last Hokie to win a con-ference rookie of the year award was Kevin Jones, who was named the Big East’s top newcomer in 2001.

Not bad for someone who entered his freshman season as the third-stringer behind Evans and Josh Oglesby, but worked his way into the starting lineup before the opener against Alabama.

That came after Evans, who had a then-school record 1,265 yards as a freshman last year, was lost for the sea-son after hurting his knee during the preseason.

The Hokies (9-3, 6-2) certainly didn’t miss a beat with Williams. He rushed for 1,538 yards – the fourth-best single-sea-son total in ACC history – to shatter Ev-ans’ mark, and he enters his bowl game 110 yards shy of Jones’ 6-year-old school record for players from all classes.

“I don’t really worry about records,” Williams said. “I don’t try to chase them. I don’t try to break them. My main thing is to just help this team win. If I end up breaking records, then, cool.”

Williams also wound up tying the ACC single-season record with 19 rush-ing touchdowns, matching North Car-olina’s Don McCauley’s big season in 1970. His 20 overall TDs set the league’s scoring record for freshmen, breaking the mark of 18 set by N.C. State’s T.A. McLendon in 2002.

Hokie runs to landslide win

GREENSBORO (AP) – Two seasons in the Atlan-tic Coast Conference, two coach of the year awards for Paul Johnson.

The Georgia Tech coach once again was the overwhelming choice as the ACC’s top coach as selected by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media As-sociation.

Johnson received 24 of a possible 40 votes cast by ACSMA members, easily outdistancing his coun-terpart in this week’s ACC championship game. Clemson’s Dabo Swinney had 10 votes, followed by Duke’s David Cutcliffe

(4) and Boston College’s Frank Spaziani (2).

This marks the sixth time a Georgia Tech coach has received the award, and the third time this decade after George O’Leary won it in 2000.

Johnson claimed the award last year after the Yellow Jackets burst onto the scene and ran his complex option-based offense with aplomb, and they one-upped them-selves this year by win-ning the Coastal Division for the fi rst time since 2006, claiming a spot in the league title game and vaulting into the top 10.

The run-fi rst offense led the ACC in scoring (35 points per game), to-tal offense (440.5 ypg), rushing offense (305 ypg) and pass effi ciency (160.7 rating). As a result, fi ve starters made the all-conference fi rst team – including quarterback Josh Nesbitt, running back Jonathan Dwyer and even receiver De-maryius Thomas.

They helped Georgia Tech (10-2, 7-1) fi nish with the ACC’s best overall and conference records, and will face the Tigers for a spot in the Orange Bowl.

Jackets’ Johnson top coach again

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick has begun the work of trying to fi nd a new coach for the Fight-ing Irish, convinced he can fi nd someone who can follow in the path of Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy, Ara Parseghian and Lou Holtz.

While Irish fans hoped to hear word that Swarbrick was spotted in Gaines-ville, Fla., going after Ur-ban Meyer or in Norman, Okla., for a talk with Bob Stoops, Swarbrick re-mained on campus Tues-day laying the ground-work for his search.

He spent part of the day talking with Notre Dame assistant coaches about the football program be-fore seven of them fanned out across the country Tuesday afternoon to try to reassure the 18 high

school seniors who al-ready have committed to attend the school next season.

But at least one of the 18 high school seniors who verbally commit-ted to Notre Dame said Tuesday he is looking elsewhere. Defensive end Chris Martin of Au-rora, Colo., the highest rated player among those who committed to Notre Dame, confi rmed in a text message to The Associat-ed Press on Tuesday that he has decommitted.

Others, though, said the fi ring of Charlie Weis on Monday won’t change their plans. Offensive lineman Christian Lom-bard of Palatine, Ill., said he’s still strongly com-mitted to the Irish.

“I’ve said this time and time again, the coach isn’t guaranteed; but the school is. That’s why

I picked Notre Dame,” he said. “Nothing has changed with my com-mitment.”

Receiver Tai-ler Jones from Gainesville, Ga., whose father, Andre, was a defensive end on Notre Dame’s last national championship team in 1988, said the school has no need to worry about him changing his mind because Weis was fi red.

“It was sad to see him go. I wanted to get the chance to play under Coach Weis, but now I’m just looking to see who the new coach is,” he said.

Notre Dame players who spoke to the me-dia on Monday evening expressed similar sen-timents. Star receiver Golden Tate said Monday that he was disappoint-ed Weis was fi red, but added that he supports Swarbrick.

Irish begin search, scramble for recruits

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Andrews opens with blowout winsENTERPRISE STAFF REPORTS

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LEXINGTON, ANDREWSHIGH POINT – T. Wingate Andrews opened

the season impressively Tuesday, jump-ing out to big leads right off the bat in both games on the way to lopsided nonconference wins over Lexington.

In the boys’ game, the Raiders led 27-0 at the end of the fi rst quarter and cruised 99-52.

Alex Smith led Andrews with 24 points. Quan Stevenson added 19 points, Torian Showers 18 and Mark Johnson 14.

Jeremy Wright grabbed 11 rebounds, and Showers had eight. Darius Rogers and Ste-venson each dished six assists.

In the girls’ game. Andrews outscored Lex-ington 39-1 in the fi rst half en route to a 70-24 romp.

Elaina Skarote led all scorers with 19 points, while Cherish McArthur had 14 points and Bria Byrd 13. Byrd added four as-sists for the Red Raiders, who improved to 1-1 for the season.

In the boys game,The Red Raiders return to action Friday at

High Point Central.

HP CENTRAL, SMITHGREENSBORO – High Point Central’s girls

held Smith to just seven points in each of the fi rst three quarters while rolling to a 66-31 victory in Tuesday’s nonconference game.

Four Bison scored in double fi gures, with Cedrica Gibson posting 14 points and Brit-tany Gwyn, Hadara Bannister and Arielle Harris each coming in with 11. Megan Tate and Katie Bryson added eight points for Cen-tral, now 2-0 for the year.

Harris led the rebounding effort with eight boards, while Gibson picked up six assists. Smith, which trailed 37-14 at the half, was paced by Quan Greer’s 11 points.

In the boys game, Smith pulled out a 61-57 decision. The Bison (0-2) got 24 points from Derek Grant, 11 from Shaq Bethea and 10 by Sam Eberhart, while Smith was paced by Tracy Gathings’ 14 points.

Central welcomes rival Andrews on Fri-day.

WESTCHESTER, FIRST ASSEMBLYCONCORD – Deuce Bello scored 30 points

and Ike Nwamu had 14 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter as Westchester Country Day School held off First Assembly 91-74 on Tuesday.

Bello added seven rebounds and four as-sists, and his 30-point night included six 3-pointers in the fi rst half. Nwamu, mean-while, grabbed 10 boards and dished seven assists. His fourth-quarter surge came after the Wildcats saw a 54-31 halftime lead whit-tled to six points in the fi nal period.

Davis Tucker had 16 points for Westches-ter (4-0) and Cole Morgenstern added 14.

Westchester’s offense struggled in the opener, as First Assembly’s girls grabbed a 58-22 victory. UNC Charlotte-bound point guard Alexis Grant paced the home team with 18 points as First Assembly led 37-17 at the half. Carson Thorn led the Wildcats (1-3) with six points and Whitley Glosson had four.

Westchester’s girls visit Salem Academy today at 5. The next WCDS doubleheader comes Friday at Gaston Day.

VILLAGE CHRISTIAN, HPCAHIGH POINT – Joseph McManus and Bran-

don Earnhardt each had 15 points Tuesday night to lead the High Point Christian Acad-emy boys to a 67-45 win over Village Chris-tian.

The Cougars (2-5) led by 10 points at half-time and cruised in the fi nal two quarters, getting strong contributions from Bryce Fain (14 points), Jordan Nix-Denmark (11) and Ryan Dula (nine).

Village Christian’s girls won the opener 56-43, led by 6-foot-3 post player Hillary Sum-mers’ 24 points. The Cougars’ Kathryn Cox played well despite the size disadvantage,

scoring 14 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. High Point Christian (1-5) also got 10 points from eighth-grader Kylie Welborn and seven points and fi ve boards out of Charity Tillot-son.

The Cougars visit Wesleyan Christian Academy on Friday.

RAGSDALE, GRIMSLEYGREENSBORO – Ragsdale’s girls ended the

game on a 20-3 run to beat Grimsley 47-30 on Tuesday night.

Remarkably, the Tigers led just 13-12 at halftime and Grimsley managed a seven-point lead in the third quarter before start-ing the fourth period up by two. The game was tied at 27-all for several minutes before Ciara Jackson fi nally hit a bucket to start the Tigers’ surge. Courtney Marsh tallied nine points for Ragsdale in the fourth pe-riod.

Marsh ended with 13 points, while Lind-say Lee tallied seven points and 14 re-bounds. Jackson and Eroncia Berry each had six points for the Tigers, who improved to 1-1. Tiana Bowden led the Whirlies with 13 points.

Ragsdale returns to action Friday at Page.

SW GUILFORD, E. GUILFORDHIGH POINT – Eastern Guilford knocked

off Southwest Guilford in Tuesday’s double-header.

The Southwest girls failed to hold a six-point lead in the third quarter and fell 56-49. Zena Lovette led the Cowgirls with 14 points, and Brittney Mercer added eight. Brittany Connor grabbed 10 rebounds.

The Eastern boys won 72-68, with the Cow-boys getting 13 points from Greg Bridges and 12 from Justin Surgeon.

Southwest hosts Western Guilford to-night.

WESLEYAN, DURHAM ACADEMYDURHAM – Wesleyan Christian Academy’s

boys got a bevy of blocked shots that led to a 53-45 win over Durham Academy on Tues-day night.

Leek Leek tallied 21 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks for the Trojans, while Deng Leek notched 10 points, 10 rebounds and seven rejections. Will Coble also had nine points, six rebounds and four assists as the Trojans improved to 5-4.

In the girls’ game, Durham Academy jumped to an 18-3 lead and allowed Wesleyan to get no closer than 11 in cruising to a 50-31 victory. Courtney Brammer led the Trojans (3-5) with six points. Valerie Beale, Taylor Bailey and Dakota Griffi n added fi ve each.

Wesleyan plays host to High Point Chris-tian on Friday.

HAYWORTH, BIBLE BAPTISTMATTHEWS – Trent Haithcock scored 26

points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help spark the Hayworth Christian boys to a 49-41 victory over Bible Baptist on Tuesday.

Matt Haas added eight points and 12 re-bounds for Hayworth (3-1).

In the girls’ game, Hayworth regained the lead near the end and escaped with a 35-31 victory.

Madison Dowdy scored nine points and grabbed fi ve rebounds and three steals to help spark Hayworth (3-1). Brittany Farmer added eight points and six rebounds. Britta-ny Spencer also scored eight points and had fi ve boards. Haley Russell added six points.

Hayworth hosts Westover on Monday.

WEST FORSYTH, GLENNWINSTON-SALEM – Glenn’s boys bounced

back from a nine-point halftime defi cit to beat West Forsyth 80-74 in Tuesday’s season-opener.

The Bobcats used a 26-4 run over the end of the third quarter and start of the fourth to grab the lead for good. L.A. Williams led all scorers with 23 points, while Harry Robin-son had 13, Tyler Lee 11 and Matt Hodges 10 for Glenn. Javonte Crump added 10 rebounds and Chris Simmons dished fi ve assists for the Bobcats, who visit Carver on Friday.

TRINITY, E. DAVIDSONTHOMASVILLE – East Davidson’s girls and

Trinity’s boys picked up wins in Tuesday’s nonconference doubleheader.

The Bulldogs remained perfect through four games this season with a 68-50 win over the East boys, playing their fi rst contest. Matt Watkins scored 28 points and Ethan Cox had 21 for Trinity, with Cox hitting fi ve 3-pointers.

East got 12 points from Blake Dodd and 10 from Taylor Warren.

In the girls game, the Golden Eagles pre-vailed 49-37 after putting away from a 24-22 halftime lead. Haley Grimsley led the way with 17 points, three assists and three steals, while Stacy Hicks had 12 points. Candace Fox added 11 points, six steals and three as-sists for East, which visits North Davidson tonight.

East held Trinity’s Logan Terry scoreless in the second half. Courtney Cox and Cristy Campbell each had 11 points for the Bull-dogs. Terry fi nished with fi ve. Amber Simrel grabbed 11 rebounds as Trinity drops to 1-4

BISHOP, ELONELON – Bishop McGuinness’ boys suffered

a 64-63 overtime loss at the Elon School in Tuesday’s single game.

Aaron Toomey picked up 36 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and four steals for the Villains, who missed a shot as time ex-pired at the end of regulation and never led in the extra period. Josh Rathburn also had 12 points for Bishop.

Ryan Daye led Elon with 28 points.

N. DAVIDSON, LEDFORDWALLBURG – Ledford’s girls outscored

North Davidson 13-6 in the fi rst quarter and 14-4 in the fourth en route to a 54-41 victory in Tuesday’s nonconference matchup.

The Panthers got a team-high 14 points from Taylor Ballard, who got all four of her fi eld goals from the 3-point line. Carman Pericozzi added 11 points, 14 rebounds, three assists, two blocks and two steals for the Pan-thers, and Chelsea Freeman had 10 points, four rebounds and four assists. The Pan-ther defense did not allow any of the Black Knights to score more than nine points.

Ledford plays host to East Davidson on Friday.

WHEATMORE, W. DAVIDSONTRINITY – Wheatmore got its fi rst varisty

boys victory, downing West Davidson 50-45 on Tuesday night.

Brett Ozment led the Warriors with 18 points. Keegan Dunn added 12.

Wheatmore (1-3) hosts Providence Grove tonight in an endowment game.

SWIMMING

AT WESLEYANHIGH POINT – Wesleyan Christian Acad-

emy’s girls took fi rst place and the Trojan boys second in Tuesday’s meet against Cal-vary Baptist and SouthLake Christian.

The Wesleyan girls tallied 144 points to best Calvary (81) and SouthLake (74), getting wins in three relays. Rachel Pittard, Mary Ray Coble and Lauren and Morgan Mock won the 200 medley in 1 minute, 58.51 sec-onds; Katrina Fleeman, Cara Chance, Coble and Pittard took the 200 free in 1:48.73; and the Mocks teamed with Chance and Fleeman to win the 400 free in 3:57.47.

Individually, Lauren Mock took fi rst in the 50 free and 100 free (56.67), while Chance won the 200 free (2:07.84) and 100 butterfl y (1:06.37). Other Trojan wins came from Mor-gan Mock in the 500 free (5:56.57) and Pittard in the 100 backstroke (1:03.35).

In the boys meet, SouthLake picked up 110 points to edge Wesleyan (98) and Calvary (88).

Harrison Beck won the 200 IM in 2:12.19 and the 100 free in 52.62 for Wesleyan, while Patrick Foley captured the 100 fl y in 1:00.74. A win also came in the 400 free relay for Wes-leyan, which plays host to High Point Chris-tian Academy at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.


CHARLOTTE — Ray Allen broke out of his shooting slump with 27 points, Kendrick Perkins added 21 points and 12 rebounds and the Boston Celtics cruised past the Charlotte Bobcats 108-90 on Tuesday night for their fi fth straight victory.

Led by Allen, the Celtics had little trou-ble slowing the Bobcats, who had won four straight. Entering shooting 30 percent from 3-point range, Allen took only nine shots, but hit 5 of 6 3-pointers, including one from be-hind the plane of the backboard with 1 second left to give the Celtics a 62-39 halftime lead.

Charlotte never recovered as Gerald Wal-lace scored just fi ve points after getting into early foul trouble. Nazr Mohammed had 16 points for the Bobcats, who entered giving up a league-low 87.9 points a game.

KNICKS 126, SUNS 99NEW YORK — Danilo Gallinari had 27

points and 10 rebounds, and the New York Knicks beat the Phoenix Suns 126-99 on Tues-day night, snapping a fi ve-game losing streak and giving their coach a resounding victory over his old team.

David Lee added 24 points and Al Har-rington had 22 for the Knicks, who rang up a season-best 71 fi rst-half points, then blew it open when Gallinari scored seven points in a span of barely a minute midway through the third quarter.

Steve Nash had 20 points and eight as-sists for the Suns (14-4), who came in with the NBA’s best record. They had won four straight by an average of 21.3 points.

It was a sweet victory for Mike D’Antoni, who rode his high-scoring offensive system to an average of 58 wins in his four full sea-sons in Phoenix before he and the Suns part-ed ways after a fi rst-round loss to San Anto-nio in 2008.

He hasn’t been nearly as successful with an inferior roster in New York, where he

coached his 100th game Tuesday and record-ed just his 36th victory.

WIZARDS 106, RAPTORS 102TORONTO — Antawn Jamison had 30

points and 12 rebounds, Gilbert Arenas had 22 points and nine assists for Washington.

Caron Butler scored 19 points, and Bren-dan Haywood had 15 points and nine re-bounds for the Wizards, who have won three of four.

Chris Bosh had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Andrea Bargnani had 20 points and 11 re-bounds and Jose Calderon added 20 points for the Raptors, who have lost four straight and eight of 10.

Jarrett Jack had 18 and Hedo Turkoglu scored 13 for the Raptors.

Arenas had been held below 10 points in each of his past two games, the fi rst time he’d failed to score at least 10 in back-too-back games since his rookie season in 2002.

Celtics burst Bobcats’ balloon

B L O O M I N G T O N ,Ind. (AP) — Marylandfi nally fi gured out howto put away Indiana onTuesday.

With a strong closingfl urry.

Greivis Vasquezscored 23 points andLandon Milbourne had19 points, leading theTerrapins to an 80-68victory in their fi rsttrip to Indiana and giv-ing the ACC its fi rst winin this year’s Big Ten-ACC Challenge.

Maryland (5-2) end-ed a two-game losingstreak.

The Hoosiers (3-4),who have lost four oftheir last fi ve, were ledby freshmen MauriceCreek with 19 pointsand Christian Watford,who had 16 points. Theloss prevented coachTom Crean from pick-ing up career win No.200 in his fi rst attempt.

It was a sloppy gamemost of the night, withthe teams combiningfor 34 turnovers and 41fouls.

The difference: Mary-land shot 56.5 percentfrom the fi eld in the sec-ond half. Indiana was 23of 70 from the fi eld andjust 7 of 26 from 3-pointrange for the game.

But the crowd clearlyhad an impact on Mary-land, which had com-mitted fewer turnoversin all six of its previousgames this season. Attimes, the Terrapinslooked rattled beforefi nally regrouping overthe fi nal 10 minuteswhen they locked downthe Indiana shooters.

Indiana led much ofthe fi rst half, extend-ing the lead to 28-21 af-ter making six straightbaskets.

Maryland answeredwith six straight pointsand regained the leadat 35-33 on Vasquez’s 3-pointer in the fi nal min-ute before halftime.

In the second half,Indiana rallied from asix-point defi cit in thesecond half to take thelead at 49-48 on Creek’s3-pointer with 11:44 togo.

But after the teamstraded leads over thenext three minutes,Maryland scored fi vestraight points to takecontrol and limited In-diana to just three bas-kets over the fi nal 9:44.The Terrapins fi nishedthe game on a 26-12 run.

Maryland has nowwon fi ve straight in theconference challenge.

Terps break

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CHAPEL HILL – TheGuilford TechnicalCommunity Collegemen played a tight gameall night with the NorthCarolina junior varsitybefore falling 87-80 atthe Smith Center.

Tuesday’s seven-pointloss was the fi rst defeatof the season for the Ti-tans, who are rankedeighth in the most re-cent NJCAA DivisionII poll. Charlon Kloofled GTCC with 26 pointsand 10 rebounds.

The Titans visit Ca-tawba Valley Commu-nity College in Hickorytoday.

Titan men fall to UNC JV

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BY BRYAN STRICKLANDENTERPRISE DURHAM BUREAU

DURHAM – Statistically speak-ing, Duke has no business en-tering tonight’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge game at Wisconsin undefeated.

Yet the No. 6 Blue Devils are unbeaten, because they’ve tak-en care of business on the de-fensive end.

Defense always has been the trademark for coach Mike Krzyzewski’s teams, but this latest squad really made its

mark in its most recent game, becoming the fi rst Duke team to win a game while shooting less than 30 percent from the fl oor since 1950.

“We have guys that are em-bracing getting stops,” senior Lance Thomas said. “Defense is how we’re going to win big.”

The Blue Devils (6-0) certain-ly have won big in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, going 10-0 in the event to help the ACC go 10-0 as well. Tonight’s game (9:15, ESPN) will be among the big-gest challenges that Duke has

faced over the event’s history. Wisconsin (4-1) has won 122 of 132 games at Kohl Center under ninth-year coach Bo Ryan, in-cluding a 2-1 mark in the Chal-lenge.

The Blue Devils already have shined on a big stage – albeit a neutral one – in winning the NIT Season Tip-Off on Friday night in New York.

Defense keyed that title run, with Duke yielding just 38 points to Arizona State over the fi nal 35 minutes of their semifi -nal matchup, then holding Con-

necticut to 36-percent shooting in the fi nal to overcome 29-per-cent shooting.

Duke’s fi rst six opponents collectively are shooting 36 percent, while Duke’s shooting checks in at 45.7 percent. It ob-viously is early, but that’s the biggest gap between Duke and its opponents since the 1998-99 season. A year ago, the gap (1 percent) was the smallest since the 1995-96 season.

Wisconsin certainly is no slouch on the defensive end. The Badgers have ranked in

the top 10 nationally in sevenof the previous eight seasonsin scoring defense, a big part ofthe reason that Ryan ranks sec-ond – sandwiched between UNCcoach Roy Williams and Krzyze-wski – in winning percentagefor active Division I coacheswith at least 500 victories.

In the only previous meetingbetween the schools, Wiscon-sin’s defense didn’t hold up atCameron Indoor Stadium, withDuke claiming an 82-58 victoryin this same event two yearsago.

Duke on the defensive entering tough Challenge

BY GREER SMITHENTERPRISE SPORTS WRITER

Roger Penske is goingwith a new crew chief togo along with new driv-er Brad Keselowski.

Jay Guy, most re-cently crew chief forFurniture Row Racing’sNo. 78 driven by ReganSmith, will replace RoyMcCauley on the pit boxof the No. 12 Dodges.Keselowski, a Nation-wide Series regularwho scored a surprisingvictory for the JamesFinch team at Talla-dega in May, replacedDavid Stremme late inthe season and will be aCup regular for the fi rsttime in 2010.

McCauley, who servedas a crew chief withinthe Penske organiza-tion for four years, willmove into an adminis-trative role.

Penske also an-nounced Paul Wolfe ascrew chief for the No. 22Dodges that Keselowskiwill drive in the Nation-wide Series. Keselowskipreviously drove for JRMotorsports at the Na-tionwide level.

Wolfe was most re-cently crew chief forCJM Racing’s No. 11cars on the NationwideTour.

CARAWAY RECAPChuck Wall went

home last Sunday asthe winner of CarawaySpeedway’s last mainevent of the year.

Wall prevailed ina 100-lap Mini Stockrace. P-Nut Vernon,A.J. Sanders, DennisHoldren and Mike Her-ron completed the topfi ve. Michael Tucker ofThomasville was 11th.

Gary Ledbetter ofLexington won a 50-lapSportsman race. RyanRobertson, Matt Boling,Tommy Neal and Dan-iel Schadt were the re-mainder of the top fi ve.

Bobby Mitchem wasthe winner of a 50-lapU-Car race, followed byTracy Hogan, Josh Ho-gan, Eric Hockett andChris Jones.

Bobby Grimes won a50-lap Street Stock race,followed by Clyde John-son and Jeff Melton.Rudy Ruddock of HighPoint was sixth, Mi-chael Worthington ofThomasville seventh,Jamie Ruddock of HighPoint 11th and Ledbet-ter 12th.

Penske picks new chief

for Keselowski

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Whether he’s standing on the tee or staying in his house, Tiger Woods calculates his every move.

The PR specialists who are making them-selves available for ex-pert opinion (and their own publicity) have mostly concluded that Woods is making a big mistake by hiding be-hind his silence over the car crash outside his home last week.

Not many would dis-pute that.

Keeping quiet only fueled speculation and innuendo that is not likely to end with the Florida Highway Patrol announcement Tuesday that Woods will be cited for reckless driving and fi ned $164, and its inves-tigation is over.

Even so, no one should be surprised by how Woods and his management team are proceeding.

He has been handling things his own way since he turned pro.

Woods does not get into many media con-frontations. When he does, the response is

short and often distrib-uted on paper.

After the famous GQ article in 1997, in which Woods was quoted as telling jokes with racial overtones in the back seat of a car, he issued a statement through IMG in which he confessed to the jokes. “It’s no se-cret that I’m 21 years old and that I’m naive about the motives of certain ambitious writ-ers,” it said.

He was playing at Bay Hill when the article came out. The day af-ter his statement, upon fi nishing his round, Woods rushed by a group of reporters and ducked inside a tent to sign autographs.

That was the fi rst — and last — time Woods could be found in an au-tograph tent.

At his next news con-ference, a week later at The Players Champion-ship, Woods repeated the line about being naive. When someone started to ask about the magazine article, Woods cut him off.

“I have already an-swered enough on that GQ article,” he said.

Woods’ silence nothing new

NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees declined to offer salary arbitration to World Series MVP Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon and Andy Pet-titte, a move that means New York would not re-ceive draft picks as com-pensation if they sign with other teams.

Tuesday night was the fi rst big deadline of baseball’s offseason, with teams having until midnight to make arbi-tration offers to their former players who be-came free agents. Play-ers have until Dec. 7 to accept; if they reject, they still can re-sign with their former clubs at any time.

As of early evening, Houston offered arbitra-tion to pitcher Jose Val-verde and Detroit made offers to right-hand-ers Brandon Lyon and Fernando Rodney. The Tigers declined offers

to left-hander Jarrod Washburn, second base-man Placido Polanco, infi elder-outfi elder Au-brey Huff and shortstop Adam Everett.

Before 2006, players not offered arbitration could not re-sign with their former clubs from Dec. 8-April 30, but that provision was eliminat-ed in the latest collective bargaining agreement.

Teams losing top free agents, as defi ned by a complicated statistical formula, get draft picks next June as compensa-tion.

Type A free agents are among the top 20 percent of players at their posi-tion, as defi ned by the formula created in the 1981 strike settlement, and Type B are from 21-40 percent. Teams receive two extra draft picks if they lose a Type A player and one if they lose a Type B.

Yanks decline arbitration to Matsui and Damon

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Allen Iverson and the Phil-adelphia 76ers are closer to a reunion.

A person with knowl-edge of the contract talks says the Sixers offered a one-year, non-guaranteed contract to Iverson on Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the contract talks had not been made public.

Iverson, his agent and business manager met with team president Ed Stefans-ki, coach Eddie Jordan and

two other members of the organization Monday dur-ing the fi rst formal meet-ing between the Sixers and their former MVP.

Iverson announced his retirement last week after an ill-fated stint with the Memphis Grizzlies. The 10-time All-Star was NBA MVP in 2001 when he led the Sixers to the NBA Fi-nals.

Iverson announced his intention to retire last week after no other team expressed an interest is signing him.

76ers offer deal to Iverson

AP

New England quarterback Tom Brady sits on the sidelines with head bowed in dejec-tion near the end of the Patriots’ embarrassing loss to the New Orleans Saints on Monday night.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints’ pursuit of perfection looks more attainable with ev-ery lopsided victory.

Following their 38-17 tri-umph over New England, nine of the Saints’ 11 wins have been by double digits and their average margin of victory is 16.9 points.

Of their fi ve remaining regular season games, only two will be against teams that currently have winning records.

Yet quarterback Drew Brees cautioned against making too much of the Saints’ impressive dis-mantling of the Patriots on Monday night.

“People are going to talk about this game and may-be blow it out of proportion a little bit,” Brees said fol-lowing his 371-yard, fi ve touchdown outing. “This game doesn’t entitle us to anything. It’s just another win in the win column. If anything, you have the challenge of coming back on a short week and play-ing at Washington. That’s

what I mean when I say it gets tougher.”

The Redskins, who host the Saints on Sunday, are 3-8. Still, they proved by nearly winning at Phila-delphia last weekend that they haven’t given up. Brees has said that the longer the Saints go with-out a loss, the more their future opponents, regard-less of their own record or playoff hopes, will eagerly await their chance to be the fi rst to knock off New Orleans.

“By no means is any-body going to roll over for us,” Brees said. “We un-derstand that and know next week’s game is as big as this one.”

If the Saints win at Washington, they will then enter what appears to be the toughest two-game stretch remaining on their schedule. They will travel to Atlanta, which is currently 6-5, then return home for what has been one of the toughest tickets in town for weeks — a Sat-urday night showdown

with the Dallas Cowboys, who now lead the NFC East at 8-3.

After that, the Saints close out their regular season at home against Tampa Bay (1-10) and at Carolina (4-7).

The Saints already are on the brink of winning the NFC South Division. New Orleans needs only a win or tie at Washington, or one more loss or tie by second-place Atlanta.

It isn’t yet clear how much will be riding on New Orleans’ last couple games. Much will depend on whether the race with the Minnesota Vikings (10-1) for the NFC’s top overall seed remains tight by then.

If not, head coach Sean Payton could start rest-ing his starters more. Certainly, the Saints would like to match the fi rst ever 16-0 regular sea-son accomplished by the 2007 Patriots, but keeping starters healthy for the playoffs will take prece-dence.

Saints ready for run toward perfection


CHARLOTTE — The man who has accused Carolina’s Jon Beason of punching him in the face has fi led a civil suit against the Panthers mid-dle linebacker.

A day after Beason was arrested on a misdemean-or assault charge, the at-torney for Gregory Frye fi led papers Tuesday seek-ing damages in excess of $10,000. Frye claims Bea-son sucker-punched him

at a Charlotte strip club last month, crushing his nasal cavity. He seeks a jury trial.

Beason’s attorney, George Laughrun, said Beason had nothing to do with the incident. He called Frye’s claims in the civil suit “fantasy land if he thinks this hap-pened.”

Frye was able to secure a warrant from a magis-trate for Beason’s arrest Monday, before Charlotte-Mecklenburg police had

completed an investiga-tion into the matter.

PANTHERS SIGNLINEBACKER

CHARLOTTE — The Carolina Panthers have added depth at linebacker by signing Quinton Cul-berson, who played this season in the United Foot-ball League.

They made room on the roster Tuesday by waiv-ing Kelvin Smith after reaching an injury settle-ment.

Civil suit fi led against BeasonDALLAS (AP) —

SMU is headed to itsfi rst bowl game in 25years.

The Mustangs an-nounced their HawaiiBowl berth on Tues-day. The campus eventincluded cheerleaders,the band and purpleand white orchid leisfor coach June Jones,athletic director SteveOrsini and school pres-ident Gerald Turner.

It’s the fi rst bowl forSMU since the AlohaBowl in 1984.

SMU gets bowl bid

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NEW YORK (AP) — The economic recovery seems on track for slow but steady gains, after reports Tuesday showed growth in manufacturing activ-ity, construction spend-ing and contracts to buy homes.

A private measure of manufacturing activ-ity grew for the fourth straight month in Novem-ber, though more slowly than in October. The In-stitute for Supply Man-agement, a trade group of purchasing executives, said its index read 53.6,

down from 55.7 in Octo-ber. A reading above 50 indicates growth.

Economists were espe-cially encouraged that new orders — a gauge of future production — jumped October. That suggested that manufac-turing can continue to help sustain the budding recovery.

A report on construc-tion spending also sig-naled growth with the fi rst increase in six months, largely on the strength of home building. The in-crease was slight — just

0.04 percent. And in part it refl ected a rush by builders to begin work before the expiration of a tax credit for fi rst-time homebuyers. The credit was extended last month and expanded to some ex-isting homeowners.

Still, the increase ap-peared to signal that the construction sector is stabilizing and providing support for the fl edgling economic recovery.

A third positive report said the number of home-buyers who signed con-tracts to buy previously

occupied homes rose for the ninth straight month. This increase, too, came as buyers rushed to take advantage of the home-buyer tax credit.

Every region in the re-port by the National As-sociation of Realtors saw year-over-year gains in pending sales. Typically, there’s a one- to two-month lag between a con-tract and a done deal, so the index tends to antici-pate future sales.

In the ISM report on manufacturing, analysts were impressed that new

orders jumped past 60 forthe third time in the pastfour months. The last suchstreak was in 2005. Andeconomists downplayedthe drop in the overallindex from October to No-vember.

“We are not overly con-cerned with the monthlydrop, as there has beena lot of positive momen-tum,” said TD Securitieseconomics strategist IanPollick. “The manufac-turing sector is trying tocatch its breath ratherthan what runners like tocall ‘hitting the wall.’”

Recovery slow, but on track

AP | FILE

Shoppers browse the aisles looking for school supplies at the Staples Offi ce Supply store in Springfi eld, Ill., in August.

NEW YORK (AP) — Staples Inc., the largest U.S. office supply retail-er, provided an upbeat outlook Tuesday as it reported that its custom-ers bought more school and office supplies and technology products in its stores in the third quarter.

Staples North Ameri-can retail sales rose 1 percent to $2.6 billion in the third quarter, the fi rst

rise in fi ve quarters. But contract sales remained weak as small businesses are slow to recover from the recession.

CEO Ron Sargent said the company is feeling “increasingly optimistic about the future” and pre-dicted total sales will rise in the current quarter — which includes January, when many businesses start afresh with new bud-gets. He also expects a bet-

ter holiday season than last year’s.

The outlook sent shares up 6 percent to their high-est point in the year dur-ing midday trading. Still, Sargent said any substan-tial recovery in the econ-omy overall will hinge on job growth.

“As it relates to Staples, we are seeing nice recov-ery in our stores and we’re starting to see the pickup in our catalog business,

but not as much in contract (sales), and I think if people aren’t working they aren’t consuming offi ce supplies,” Sargent said.

The improvement in North American sales is encouraging because consumers have been buying less office and school supplies during the recession, dampen-ing sales at retailers like Staples, Office Max and Office Depot.

Staples sees retail sales improvement

DETROIT (AP) — Gen-eral Motors’ CEO Fred-erick “Fritz” Hender-son has resigned aftereight turbulent monthsas head of the largestU.S. automaker.

The company saidTuesday that ChairmanEd Whitacre Jr. willserve as interim CEO.The company plans aninternational searchfor a new president andchief executive.

At a press conferencehere, Whitacre read abrief statement thank-ing Henderson for hiswork during a period ofchallenge and change.

Henderson, 51, suc-ceeded Rick Wagoneron March 29 after theObama administrationousted GM’s formerCEO as the companyworked through a gov-ernment-led reorgani-zation.

GM’s Henderson

resigns

MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNENEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON — Signed sales contracts on existing homes in the United States rose for the ninth straight month in October, a real estate industry group reported Tuesday.

The pending home sales index rose a seasonally

adjusted 3.7 percent in Oc-tober from September, the National Association of Re-altors reported. The index is up 31.8 percent compared with last October.

The index rose 6 percent in September.

The index tracks sales contracts on pre-owned homes. Typically, it takes a month or two after the contract is signed for the

sale to close. At that point, the sale is booked in the NAR’s existing-home sales report.

The pending-home sales index has been running ahead of the existing-home sales fi gures, likely because tight credit con-ditions and tougher rules on appraisals are killing some deals before they close. Compared with a

year ago, existing-home sales are up 23 percent to a seasonally adjusted an-nual rate of 6.1 million.

The federal govern-ment’s fi rst-time home-buyer tax credit could have led to more deals in October. The tax credit has now been extended, but buyers in October thought it would expire on Nov. 30.

Pending home sales rise again

NEW YORK (AP) — Bloomberg LP said Tues-day it has completed its purchase of McGraw-Hill’s BusinessWeek magazine.

The fi nancial data and news company had agreed to buy the business maga-zine in October.

McGraw-Hill Cos. has said that it was getting $5

million in cash and that Bloomberg was assuming an unspecifi ed amount of BusinessWeek’s liabilities.

The purchase had been expected to close by the end of the year.

McGraw-Hill put Busi-nessWeek up for auction in July — the magazine has been reeling from the weak

economy and the shift inmedia consumption thathas pushed more advertis-ing onto the Internet. Busi-nessWeek has also been try-ing to determine how it canstay relevant as a weeklymagazine while readerscan devour fi nancial andcorporate news online atany time.

Bloomberg completes purchase of BusinessWeek

NEW YORK (AP)— The InternationalCouncil of ShoppingCenters trimmed itsNovember sales growthforecast on Tuesdayas shoppers are fallingbehind in their holidaybuying compared witha year ago.

Michael P. Niemira,chief economist forICSC, now predictsthat November salesat stores open at leasta year — a key indus-try barometer — willbe up 3 to 4 percent,compared with thesteep 7.7 percent dropa year ago.

But the projection isbelow Niemira’s origi-nal forecast for growthin a range of 5 percentto 8 percent.

Trade group

trims sales forecast

Auto sales steady, but Chrysler falls

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto sales in November showed more signs of stability, with Ford and Toyota reporting steady to higher sales.

But Chrysler strug-gled for another month, while Hyundai again posted double-digit sales growth.

Automakers are look-ing for signs of life in the auto market, which is recovering from a historic drop in sales that began last year.

Pfi zer inks deal for new technology

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Pfi zer Inc. will spend up to $115 million for rights to an Israeli biotech company’s ex-perimental drug and its promising technology for making that drug and others in carrot cells.

The world’s big-gest drugmaker said Tuesday its deal with Protalix BioThera-peutics Inc. involves a “groundbreaking” technology, the fi rst to use plant cells to make protein-based drugs, that would be safer than the animal cells now used by biotech companies.

Dubai tries to calm panic over crisis

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai’s ruler looked to calm pan-icky investors Tuesday with a message that all was well in the glitzy city-state after the largest gov-ernment-owned company shook global markets by saying it needed to delay payments on its $60 in debt.

Dubai World, one of the government’s chief invest-ment arms, has stakes in holdings ranging from luxury retailer Barney’s New York to a grandiose six-tower hotel-entertain-ment complex in Las Ve-gas. In its fi rst statement since revealing its debt problems last Wednesday, the conglomerate said it had started negotiations with creditors on restruc-turing some of its debt.

Ag futures mostly higher on BOT

CHICAGO (AP) — Ag-riculture futures were mostly higher early Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery rose 4.75 cents to $5.935 a bushel; March corn gained 2.5 cents to $4.20 a bushel; Janu-ary soybeans gained 9.5 cents to $10.70 a bushel; and March oats dipped 0.25 cent to $2.6725 a bushel.

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Amsterdam 315.44 +9.54 +3.12% t s s +28.26%Brussels 2490.06 +68.77 +2.84% t s s +30.46%Madrid 1237.60 +18.09 +1.48% t s s +26.81%Zurich 6372.08 +111.13 +1.77% t s s +15.13%Milan 22556.05 +627.89 +2.86% t s s +12.42%Johannesburg 27277.50 +382.76 +1.42% t s s +26.82%Stockholm 953.88 +17.69 +1.89% t s s +44.02%

EUROPE / AFRICA

Buenos Aires Merval 2210.12 +62.87 +2.93% t s s +104.71%Mexico City Bolsa 31750.58 +793.47 +2.56% s s s +41.87%Sao Paolo Bovespa 68408.40 +1363.96 +2.03% s s s +82.18%Toronto S&P/TSX 11707.32 +260.12 +2.27% s s s +30.26%

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ForeignExchange

The dollar slid against most major curren-cies. It fell below the Swiss franc on promising economicreports around the world and the Bank of Japan’s decision to providemarkets with more liquidity.

USD per British Pound 1.6641 +.0217 +1.30% 1.6446Canadian Dollar 1.0438 -.0132 -1.26% 1.0892USD per Euro 1.5096 +.0103 +.68% 1.4171Japanese Yen 86.65 +.36 +.42% 96.52Mexican Peso 12.8570 -.0600 -.47% 13.2237

6MO.MAJORS CLOSE CHG. %CHG. AGO

Israeli Shekel 3.7700 +.0012 +.45% 3.8950Norwegian Krone 5.6191 +.0021 +1.18% 6.1581South African Rand 7.3050 +.0022 +1.61% 7.9973Swedish Krona 6.9109 +.0018 +1.24% 7.4074Swiss Franc .9990 +.0071 +.71% 1.0703

EUROPE/AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST

Australian Dollar 1.0799 +.0118 +1.27% 1.2331Chinese Yuan 6.8290 -.0000 -.00% 6.8277Hong Kong Dollar 7.7500 -.0000 -.00% 7.7514Indian Rupee 46.253 +.0001 +.46% 46.889Singapore Dollar 1.3801 +.0021 +.29% 1.4414South Korean Won 1156.25 +.000004 +.46% 1232.80Taiwan Dollar 32.14 +.0001 +.32% 32.31

ASIA/PACIFIC

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American Funds BalA m MA 16.35 +.12 +21.4 +30.8 -1.0 +2.4

BondA m CI 11.94 -.02 +16.0 +19.1 +1.5 +2.8

CapIncBuA m IH 48.73 +.69 +21.8 +31.4 -1.3 +4.4

CpWldGrIA m WS 34.59 +.79 +33.5 +51.4 -0.2 +6.8

EurPacGrA m FB 39.54 +1.03 +41.2 +62.0 +1.0 +8.7

FnInvA m LB 32.65 +.55 +32.5 +47.4 -2.7 +4.2

GrthAmA m LG 27.25 +.43 +33.1 +46.3 -3.4 +3.1

IncAmerA m MA 15.57 +.18 +24.6 +35.4 -2.3 +3.2

InvCoAmA m LB 25.88 +.40 +26.2 +38.3 -4.0 +1.8

NewPerspA m WS 25.98 +.60 +37.6 +56.8 +0.6 +6.2

WAMutInvA m LV 24.77 +.32 +18.8 +31.3 -5.6 +0.5

Davis NYVentA x LB 30.52 +.16 +29.2 +43.6 -5.9 +1.0

Dodge & Cox Income CI 13.12 -.01 +16.1 +22.6 +6.5 +5.6

IntlStk FV 32.33 +.76 +47.6 +72.0 -3.0 +6.3

Stock LV 95.53 +1.36 +30.1 +47.3 -8.9 -0.3

Fidelity Bal MA 16.30 +.15 +26.8 +37.5 -1.7 +3.7

Contra LG 57.55 +.77 +27.2 +40.1 -1.3 +4.8

DivrIntl d FG 28.60 +.72 +33.0 +55.5 -4.6 +4.6

Free2020 TE 12.78 +.14 +27.8 +40.2 -1.7 +2.9

GrowCo LG 66.76 +1.01 +36.4 +54.6 -0.9 +4.2

LowPriStk d MB 31.14 +.50 +35.6 +59.0 -3.1 +3.3

Magellan LG 63.05 +1.13 +37.7 +59.7 -6.1 -0.8

FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m CA 2.01 ... +30.3 +44.1 -1.3 +3.5

Harbor IntlInstl d FB 56.30 +1.60 +40.3 +65.1 +1.0 +9.8

PIMCO TotRetA m CI 11.02 -.02 +14.2 +18.4 +8.5 +6.7

TotRetAdm b CI 11.02 -.02 +14.4 +18.6 +8.7 +6.9

TotRetIs CI 11.02 -.02 +14.6 +18.9 +9.0 +7.2

Vanguard 500Adml LB 102.61 +1.23 +25.7 +39.5 -5.3 +0.7

500Inv LB 102.58 +1.23 +25.6 +39.3 -5.4 +0.6

GNMAAdml GI 10.88 -.02 +6.8 +8.6 +7.0 +5.9

InstIdx LB 101.94 +1.22 +25.7 +39.5 -5.3 +0.7

InstPlus LB 101.95 +1.22 +25.7 +39.5 -5.2 +0.7

MuIntAdml MI 13.51 +.02 +10.3 +12.1 +4.4 +4.3

TotBdId CI 10.53 -.03 +7.5 +10.4 +6.2 +5.4

TotIntl FB 14.93 +.40 +38.4 +62.6 -2.7 +6.2

TotStIAdm LB 27.21 +.35 +26.9 +42.4 -5.1 +1.1

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Welltn MA 29.23 +.24 +22.8 +34.8 +1.5 +5.3

WelltnAdm MA 50.49 +.42 +22.9 +34.9 +1.6 +5.4

WndsrII LV 23.83 +.27 +26.5 +42.2 -5.5 +1.1

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Unifi ... 3.21 +.16 +13.8

UPS B 1.80 57.88 +.41 +4.9

VF Cp 2.40f 74.11 +1.39 +35.3

Valspar 0.60 26.29 +.07 +45.3

VerizonCm 1.90f 32.34 +.88 -4.6

Vodafone 1.30e 23.43 +.74 +14.6

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WASHINGTON (AP) – As unemployment spikes, the cost of compassion is going up too.

By as much as $100 bil-lion.

That’s the potential price of a push by Demo-crats in Congress to con-tinue providing extra help to the jobless beyond the core 26-week unemploy-ment insurance package provided under perma-nent law.

The jaw-dropping num-bers combine the approxi-mately $85 billion cost of

continuing emergency benefi ts through 2010 for the long-term unem-ployed — jobless more than six months — plus an estimated $15 billion to continue subsidies to help pay health insurance pre-miums.

Even before the last new round of extended bene-fi ts in November, the cost of unemployment com-pensation was estimated by the White House to ex-ceed $140 billion for fi scal 2010, which began in Oc-tober. Just two years ago

— when the unemploy-ment rate was 4.8 percent in contrast to the current 10.2 percent — the cost of unemployment benefi ts was only $43 billion.

Extending unemploy-ment benefi ts again is an obvious solution to Demo-crats preaching compas-sion for the long-term jobless, as well as to econ-omists who say cutting off the fl ow of money could harm the economy.

“This is the most effec-tive way to get money into the economy. It’s given to

people who are simply out of money,” said Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., a key supporter. “They’re spending it. They’re not socking it away in a mat-tress somewhere.”

Several temporary bene-fi t extensions dating from mid-2008 are set to expire Dec. 31. In January alone, an estimated 1 million people will lose benefi ts as their extended cover-age runs out. By March, 3 million people will have lost benefi ts averaging about $315 a week.

Jobless to get new $100 billion safety net

BUSINESS

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A bursting bubble in housing prices combined with one of the nation’s worst fi nancial melt-downs since the Great De-pression likely caused a recession in Rhode Island that has been longer and deeper than most of the country, a federal offi cial said Tuesday.

Robert Tannenwald, vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, offered state law-

makers his theory on the reasons for the state’s unique fi nancial woes during an economic fo-rum convened by House Speaker William Murphy, D-West Warwick. Unem-ployment stood at 12.9 percent in October, worse than every other state be-sides Michigan and Ne-vada.

Rhode Island weathered a recession earlier this decade on much better footing and managed to

expand its economy, Tan-nenwald said. But it has suffered since employ-ment hit a peak in early 2007.

Housing prices have been one major factor in the state’s recession, he said. Home prices soared during the past few years because the state had little new construction, which reduced supply. At the same time, easy lend-ing standards enabled more people to qualify for

mortgage, putting upward pressure on prices.

State leaders were also aggressively courting fi -nancial fi rms by offering them incentives to relo-cate to Rhode Island. For example, Fidelity Invest-ments announced in 2006 that it was moving 1,500 jobs from Massachusetts to a campus in Smithfi eld As a result, Rhode Island fell hard when housing prices plummeted nation-ally.

Recession hits Rhode Island hard

NEW YORK (AP) – The stock market is picking up where it left off before its scare over debt prob-lems in Dubai.

Major stock indicators rose more than 1 percent Tuesday, including the Dow Jones industrial av-erage, which added 126 points and traded above 10,500 for the fi rst time since October of last year.

A weaker dollar again boosted stocks, a pattern that has played out for months. The cheaper U.S. currency drove up com-modities prices and lifted the shares of energy and materials companies that produce them.

Economic reports were mixed, but still point-ed to a strengthening trend. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group, said overall manufacturing activity grew at a slower pace in November but that new

orders rose. That signals activity could pick up in the coming months. The ISM’s measure of employ-ment grew for the second straight month after slid-ing for more than a year.

Analysts said a mostly upbeat array of economic reports and easing wor-ries about the fallout from debt struggles in Dubai gave investors who jumped out of the market last week reason to re-turn.

The Dow rose 126.74, or 1.2 percent, to 10,471.58, its highest close since October last year. It rose as high as 10,501.28 during trading, the fi rst time it’s topped the psychological barrier of 10,500 in 14 months.

The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 13.23, or 1.2 percent, to 1,108.86, while the Nas-daq composite index rose 31.21, or 1.5 percent, to 2,175.81.

Stocks climb on strong reports

BRIEFS---Treasury to auction Capital One warrants

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Tuesday it will begin auctioning warrants of Capital One Financial Corp., marking the latest government effort to rein in emergency rescue pro-grams set up during the height of the fi nancial crisislast year.

Warrants are fi nancial instruments that allow the holder to buy stock in the future at a fi xed price.

Oil rises on sliding dollarNEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices climbed Tuesday as

the dollar weakened and new fi gures showed energy demand for crude may be growing in China.

Benchmark crude for January delivery rose $1.44 to $78.72 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

The dollar grew weaker against the euro, which fetched more than $1.50 Tuesday after the European Union said unemployment held steady at 9.8 percent in October. Unemployment in the U.S. is already above 10 percent.

Since oil is largely bought and sold in dollars, investors holding stronger currencies can buy more crude for less.

World markets rise as Dubai fears ease LONDON (AP) — World stock markets rose

sharply Tuesday as tensions related to Dubai’s debt problems eased, while gold broke through the $1,200 an ounce level for the fi rst time ever amid renewed dollar weakness.

In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed up 121.49 points, or 2.3 percent, at 5,312.17 while Germany’s DAX rose 150.66 points, or 2.7 percent, to 5,776.61. The CAC-40 in France was 95.59 points, or 2.6 percent, higher at 3,775.74.


NATION, WEATHER

Across The Nation

Around The World

0-2: Low3-5: Moderate6-7: High8-10: Very High11+: Extreme

The higher the UVindex, the higher the

need for eye andskin protection.

City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx

ALBUQUERQUE . . . .51/19 s 44/18 sATLANTA . . . . . . . . .55/42 t 55/35 pcBOISE . . . . . . . . . . . .38/19 s 38/25 sBOSTON . . . . . . . . . .52/46 pc 65/40 shCHARLESTON, SC . .71/58 sh 67/43 mcCHARLESTON, WV . .52/52 ra 59/35 shCINCINNATI . . . . . . .46/34 sh 37/26 clCHICAGO . . . . . . . . .44/32 cl 36/27 clCLEVELAND . . . . . . .51/41 ra 41/30 rsDALLAS . . . . . . . . . .50/35 ra 48/34 sDETROIT . . . . . . . . . .47/36 ra 37/29 snDENVER . . . . . . . . . . .27/9 sn 24/9 mcGREENSBORO . . . . .58/55 ra 60/36 sGRAND RAPIDS . . . .46/32 ra 37/26 snHOUSTON . . . . . . . . .55/39 mc 56/34 sHONOLULU . . . . . . . .80/67 s 80/71 sKANSAS CITY . . . . . .39/24 pc 34/19 pcNEW ORLEANS . . . .64/45 sh 57/45 s


LAS VEGAS . . . . . . .65/39 s 59/40 sLOS ANGELES . . . . .66/49 s 68/49 sMEMPHIS . . . . . . . . .48/32 ra 43/25 sMIAMI . . . . . . . . . . . .84/73 pc 80/66 tMINNEAPOLIS . . . . . .33/21 mc 26/19 clMYRTLE BEACH . . . .67/60 ra 66/44 shNEW YORK . . . . . . . .53/51 ra 63/40 shORLANDO . . . . . . . . .83/62 t 75/57 shPHOENIX . . . . . . . . . .69/45 s 69/42 sPITTSBURGH . . . . . .52/40 sh 44/31 shPHILADELPHIA . . . . .53/52 sh 58/37 raPROVIDENCE . . . . . .52/45 pc 65/36 shSAN FRANCISCO . . .61/45 s 61/47 sST. LOUIS . . . . . . . . .44/29 sn 35/25 pcSEATTLE . . . . . . . . . .47/38 s 48/40 sTULSA . . . . . . . . . . . .42/27 ra 43/24 sWASHINGTON, DC . .52/52 ra 59/35 shWICHITA . . . . . . . . . .39/22 pc 36/19 s

Flood Pool Current Level ChangeHigh Rock Lake 655.2 654.4 -0.4

Flood Stage Current Level ChangeYadkin College 18.0 1.68 +0.02Elkin 16.0 1.62 -0.27Wilkesboro 14.0 2.25 -0.03High Point 10.0 0.88 +0.01Ramseur 20.0 1.76 +0.27Moncure 20.0 13.36 0.00

High Point Enterprise Weather

Sun and Moon

Almanac

North Carolina State Forecast

Lake Levels & River Stages

Full12/2

Last12/8

New12/16

First12/24

Today

Rain Likely

59º 55º

Thursday

Mostly Sunny

60º 36º

Friday

Partly Cloudy

50º 28º

Saturday

Mostly Sunny

44º 26º

Sunday

Mostly Sunny

48º 31º

Local Area Forecast

Pollen Forecast

UV Index

Air Quality


ACAPULCO . . . . . . . .86/73 pc 87/73 pcAMSTERDAM . . . . . .44/43 sh 50/40 shBAGHDAD . . . . . . . .67/44 s 67/44 sBARCELONA . . . . . .61/48 pc 61/45 shBEIJING . . . . . . . . . .45/22 pc 42/23 sBEIRUT . . . . . . . . . . . . .74/53 s 71/54 shBOGOTA . . . . . . . . . .70/50 pc 69/49 pcBERLIN . . . . . . . . . . .38/31 pc 42/32 pcBUENOS AIRES . . . .84/63 pc 75/52 sCAIRO . . . . . . . . . . . .78/57 s 74/55 s


COPENHAGEN . . . . .40/35 pc 41/36 raGENEVA . . . . . . . . . .42/40 pc 48/38 raGUANGZHOU . . . . . .76/52 s 69/50 sGUATEMALA . . . . . .78/57 t 80/60 pcHANOI . . . . . . . . . . . .80/64 pc 75/58 pcHONG KONG . . . . . . . .74/60 s 69/49 sKABUL . . . . . . . . . . .50/29 pc 48/30 raLONDON . . . . . . . . . .53/49 ra 49/43 raMOSCOW . . . . . . . . .44/43 sh 44/33 shNASSAU . . . . . . . . . .84/73 pc 85/72 t


PARIS . . . . . . . . . . . .51/48 sh 49/39 shROME . . . . . . . . . . . .57/37 s 59/39 mcSAO PAULO . . . . . . .83/71 t 79/70 tSEOUL . . . . . . . . . . .48/37 mc 43/32 shSINGAPORE . . . . . . .86/76 t 86/76 tSTOCKHOLM . . . . . . .37/33 rs 36/34 pcSYDNEY . . . . . . . . . .70/58 pc 76/58 sTEHRAN . . . . . . . . . .48/38 sh 48/34 sTOKYO . . . . . . . . . . .60/51 s 55/51 raZURICH . . . . . . . . . . .35/33 pc 38/33 rs

Today Thursday

Lake and river levels are in feet. Change is over the past 24 hrs.

Sunrise . . . . . . . . . . . .7:13 a.m.Sunset . . . . . . . . . . . .5:06 p.m.Moonrise . . . . . . . . . .5:23 p.m.Moonset . . . . . . . . . . .7:41 a.m.

Temperatures (Yesterday)

High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Normal High . . . . . . . . . . . .55Normal Low . . . . . . . . . . . .35Last Year’s High . . . . . . . .46Last Year’s Low . . . . . . . . .35Record High . . . . .75 in 2006Record Low . . . . . . .9 in 1929

Precipitation (Yesterday)

24 hours through 6 p.m. . . . . . . .0.00"Month to Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00"Normal Month to Date . . . . . . . . .0.10"Year to Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41.01"Normal Year to Date . . . . . . . . .40.18"Record Precipitation . . . . . . . . . .1.11"

8 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Noon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

UV Index for 3 periods of the day.


ALBEMARLE . . . . . .61/56 ra 62/36 sBREVARD . . . . . . . . .49/43 ra 53/31 pcCAPE FEAR . . . . . . .68/61 ra 67/42 shEMERALD ISLE . . . .68/62 sh 69/45 shFORT BRAGG . . . . . .63/61 ra 66/39 pcGRANDFATHER MTN . .50/38 ra 41/29 shGREENVILLE . . . . . .67/60 sh 68/40 shHENDERSONVILLE .50/43 ra 52/31 pcJACKSONVILLE . . . .69/61 sh 69/41 shKINSTON . . . . . . . . . .68/60 sh 68/40 shKITTY HAWK . . . . . . .64/59 sh 66/50 tMOUNT MITCHELL . .51/40 ra 46/28 shROANOKE RAPIDS .60/60 ra 65/37 pcSOUTHERN PINES . .63/60 ra 65/38 pcWILLIAMSTON . . . . .66/60 sh 68/40 shYANCEYVILLE . . . . .57/51 ra 62/35 shZEBULON . . . . . . . . .61/61 ra 65/37 pc

Around Our State

Weather (Wx): cl/cloudy; fl/flurries; pc/partlycloudy; ra/rain; rs/rain & snow; s/sunny;

sh/showers; sn/snow; t/thunderstorms; w/windy

Today

Today Thursday Today Thursday Today Thursday

Today Thursday

Thursday

Elizabeth City66/60

CapeHatteras66/61

Wilmington68/61

Greenville67/60

Raleigh61/60Charlotte

55/51

High Point59/55Asheville

51/42

Jamestown59/55

Randleman60/56

Denton60/56

Lexington59/55

Thomasville59/55

Winston-Salem57/54

Kernersville58/54

High Point59/55

Archdale59/55

Trinity59/55

Statistics through 6 p.m. yesterday at Greensboro

Shown is today’s weather.Temperatures are today’shighs and tonight’s lows.

Today: 39 (Good)

0-50: Good51-100: Moderate101-150: Unhealthy

(sensitive)151-200: Unhealthy201-300: Very Unhealthy301-500: Hazardous

Air quality data is providedby the Forsyth CountyEnvironmental AffairsDepartment.

0: Absent, 1-25: Low, 26-50: Moderate, 51-75: High, >75: Very High

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MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNENEWS SERVICE

A vigorous low pressure system is forming in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to produce a variety of nasty weather across the Charlotte metro re-gion today.

A fl ash fl ood watch has been issued for the Charlotte metro region for to-day, and forecasters say severe thunder-storms are possible late this afternoon and evening in the eastern and central Carolinas – possibly reaching the Char-lotte area.

And if all that isn’t enough, meteorol-

ogists say another storm system could bring light snow to the North Carolina mountains and a rain-snow mix to the foothills and possibly the Piedmont late Friday and Saturday.

The arrival of bad weather was pre-ceded by quiet weather Tuesday.

After a chilly start – with a morning low of 28 degrees at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport – temperatures rebounded nicely Tuesday under mostly sunny skies, with highs approaching 60 degrees.

But high clouds are starting to move into the area, in advance of the strong low pressure system expected to move

from the Gulf of Mexico across Ala-bama, Georgia and eastern Tennessee today. Rain from that system is forecast to reach the Charlotte area by daybreak today, then become heavier as the day goes on.

Rodney Hinson, of the National Weather Service, said between 2 and 4 inches of rain are expected to fall in the Piedmont and foothills today.

“This amount of precipitation in that short of a time will likely produce fl ash fl ooding across the area,” Hinson said.

He said small creeks and streams could overfl ow their banks by later in the afternoon and evening, and fl ooding

in urban areas with poor drainage alsois possible.

By late afternoon, forecasters say, con-ditions could become tricky.

A warm front is expected to move in-land from the coast, as the center of thelow pressure system crosses Georgiainto Tennessee. Severe weather – inthe form of thunderstorms and possibletornadoes – is expected in areas wherethe warm front crosses. Some of theWeather Service’s computers predictthe warm front will move as far inlandas the Interstate 85 corridor, but othercomputers predict it will remain closerto the coast.

Storm system aims at Carolinas; snow for weekend?

SYDNEY (AP) – The world’s leaders must pri-oritize the issue of global warming above all else, the Dalai Lama said Monday, adding that he feels encouraged by next month’s climate change summit in Copenhagen.

The revered Buddhist fi gure and Nobel Peace Prize winner, in Austra-lia for a series of lectures on universal responsibil-ity and the environment, said politicians must fo-cus their energy on fi nd-ing a solution to climate change.

“Sometimes their

number one importance is national interest, na-tional economic interest, then global (warming) issue is sometimes sec-ond,” he said during a news conference. “That I think should change. The global issue, it should be number one.”

The Dalai Lama plans to celebrate the 20th an-niversary of his Nobel Peace Prize in Australia on Dec. 10. He will pres-ent seeds he has blessed to attendees of his talks as a symbol of individu-als’ responsibility to act on climate change.

Dalai Lama urges world to act on climate change

WASHINGTON (AP) – A Missouri company said Tuesday its recalled dried cat food has sickened 21 cats and the pet food was distributed in multiple states in the South and along the East Coast.

Diamond Pet Foods recalled certain bags of Premium Edge Finicky Adult Cat and Premium Edge Hairball cat food in September because they could lead to gastrointestinal or neurological prob-lems for cats.

They do not contain enough thiamine, an essential nutrient for cats.

If cats fed these foods have no other source of nutrition, they could develop thiamine defi ciency.

If untreated, this disorder could result in death, said the Meta, Mo., manufac-turer.

The company updated information on the recall on Tuesday, saying it has con-fi rmed 21 reports of thiamine defi ciency in New York and Pennsylvania and the

pet food was distributed in 18 states al-together.

These states include Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, New York, Penn-sylvania, Virginia, Alabama, Tennes-see, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

Initial symptoms of thiamine defi cien-cy include decreased appetite, saliva-tion, vomiting and weight loss.

Later, neurological problems thatcould develop include bending the necktoward the fl oor, wobbly walking, cir-cling, falling and seizures.

The affected cat food was pulled fromstore shelves on Sept. 23, according tothe company. No incidents have beenreported since Oct. 19.

For a full refund, consumers can re-turn the recalled cat food to the place itwas purchased. For more information,consumers can call 800-977-8797.

Company recalls dried cat food that sickened 21 felines

Winter wonderlandVehicles make their way through the snow falling in downtown El Paso, Texas Monday.

AP

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Gift lists shrink, but who makes

the cut?

Santa reveals the big secret


H igh Point’s most famous Santa Claus, “Santa Cliff” Snider,

has an article published in “The Joys of Christmas 2009,” a specialty publica-tion put out by Guideposts magazine.

The article, “Our Santa Secret,” tells of Snider’s rela-tionship with acclaimed art-ist Ralph McDonald, whose paintings of Santa – with Santa Cliff as his model – have delighted countless fans of McDonald’s work.

The story tells of the com-mon bond the two men share – their Christian faith – and their acknowledgement that, despite their obvious affi nity for Santa, Jesus is still the reason for the season.

When Snider fi rst posed for McDonald, he told the artist about how he prays for the boys and girls who sit on his lap and open their hearts to him.

“Sometimes they ask for things I could never give them and their parents can’t give them, either,” Snider writes. “To make their sick mom better, or for the bully at school to stop picking on them. All I can do is pray. So that’s what I do. For every kid who comes to see me. I pray.”

In turn, McDonald revealed a secret about his Santa paintings: In every one of

them, he subtly paints a nativity scene into his work. They’re not always obvious, but they’re always there.

“Ralph and I have made a pact,” Snider writes. “He’ll

keep quietly painting his nativity scenes, and I’ll keep quietly praying for all those boys and girls. It’s our Santa secret, one we’re only too glad to share.”

BY LISA A. FLAMASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

N EW YORK – Gift givers are getting ready to cut.

Against the backdrop of record high unemployment and other fi nancial struggles, people are taking out their holiday gifts lists and fi nding themselves having to cross off friends, relatives and co-workers this year.

“Like the rest of the world, this economy has me cutting almost ev-eryone off the gift list,” said Trish Bonsall, who lost her job as a sales manager for a new home builder in June. “In the past, it was a very long list. This year, we’re cutting it drastically.”

For Bonsall, 51, of Charlotte, N.C., that means losing all but about six people – her four sons and their signifi cant others – from her list of 35.

“Christmas is my favorite sea-son. I like to buy presents,” she said. “It hurts.”

A survey earlier this fall by mar-ket research company NPD Group found that 27 percent of people said they would cut their personal or business lists this year. But when gift comes to shove, not everybody can go through with it. Marshal Co-hen, NPD’s chief industry analyst, expects about 19 percent will trim the list.

Still, it’s the fi rst time in the fi ve years the question has been asked that the number has topped 10 percent. It’s usually 5 percent to 8 percent.

“Every year, the consumer’s gift list got longer and longer and, dur-ing affl uent times, you didn’t think anything of adding people to the list,” Cohen said. “Now, with con-sumers having to be frugal, the list is not only getting checked twice, but cut twice.”

While it may be a relief not to have to buy for a family friend or your book club, breaking up with a gift giver can be hard to do. To avoid hurt feelings and awkward situations, experts advise, be kind and tell the truth.

“Be honest, and say, ‘Times are tight this year, and I’m having to cut back. Do you mind if we don’t do gifts?’” said Peggy Post, director of the Emily Post Institute.

And don’t wait too long. Do it early so your friend doesn’t buy you a present before you break the news, Post said.

But in place of the latest best-seller or pair of gloves, come up with an alternative, like a holiday lunch. “Don’t forget there’s a lot of gifts that are free – your attention, your time, maybe your talent,” says gift expert and author Robyn Spizman.

That’s just what Bonsall is doing.In September, she e-mailed two

sets of friends and asked that they skip the gifts. One group of fi ve women she has known since child-hood in Philadelphia is saving up to attend her son’s wedding this summer, while another fi ve, who like her live in Charlotte, will meet for dinner.

“Buying gifts for fi ve gal pals would run me $100 (or more) ... but going dutch treat for dinner, I can enjoy a night with the girls and only spend $20,” said Bonsall, who’s got a coupon for the restaurant.

“Everybody was relieved that I took the initiative and said it’s OK not to buy gifts this year,” said Bonsall. And it’s a fi nancial fi x for her as well. Of the $200 savings, she said, “It’s huge. It’s an electric bill and a gas bill.”

She and her husband, who does not work, also have decided not to buy gifts for each other, but to go on a date instead. “He is thrilled not to have to go shopping,” she said.

SPECIAL | HPE

High Point’s Cliff Snider served as the model for this Ralph McDonald painting. A Nativity scene is hidden in the cloud.

No, not THAT big secret, but St. Nick does have a few tricks in his bag

SPECIAL | HPE

“Santa Cliff” Snider poses with artist Ralph McDonald.

2D www.hpe.com WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009 THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE

CROSSWORD---ACROSS 1 Paper

sacks 5 Signifi es 10 Heap 14 On an __

keel 15 See eye to

eye 16 Spring

weather forecast

17 Scoop holder

18 Provide food, as for a party

19 Like fi ne wine

20 Part of a goalie’s attire

22 Doubtful 24 Menagerie 25 Mada-

gascar primate

26 Woolly animal

29 Blue 30 Equestrian 34 Greedy

ones 35 Calico or

chow 36 Steal

money from by fraud

37 Religion of the Church of England: abbr.

38 Manu-facturing plant

40 Guinness, for one

41 High principles

43 Wedding words

44 Thrilled 45 Elbow 46 Expert 47 Tearful 48 At __;

being dis-cussed

50 Possessed 51 Huge cat 54 First aid

kit item 58 Very

confused 59 Outspoken 61 Days long

past 62 Informal

talk 63 Clear the

board 64 Shortly 65 Variety;

sort 66 Less com-

mon 67 __ up;

confi ned

DOWN 1 At one’s

__ and call

2 Cosmetic name

3 Trait car-rier

4 Says “Achoo!”

5 Chinese peninsula

6 Mild oath 7 __ Gar-

funkel 8 Required 9 Blood

compo-nent

10 Grassland tract

11 “Othello” villain

12 In __ of; as an alternative to

13 Finishes 21 Soft drink 23 Husky 25 Arbor

material 26 Madrid’s

nation 27 Gandhi,

for one 28 __ on;

urged 29 1/60 of a

min. 31 Great

buys 32 Dazzling

effect 33 Slender 35 Dads 36 To and __ 38 In the __;

actually present

39 “__ to Billy Joe”

42 Stir up 44 Command

to a horse 46 __

borealis; northern lights

47 “Nowhere __”; Beatles song

49 Cut off 50 More

robust 51 Treaty 52 Deathly

pale 53 Tide type 54 Founda-

tion 55 Top-notch 56 Steel,

mainly 57 Small im-

pression 60 Aries or

Taurus

BRIDGE---

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Yesterday’s Puzzle SolvedWednesday, Dec. 2, 2009CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Britney

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You must listen to what others have to say this year. Get your facts straight fi rst and you will avoid disgruntled reactions from the people you must deal with. Take your time and ease into what’s going on around you. Observe be-fore taking action. Your numbers are 6, 10, 13, 23, 28, 35, 46

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Push to get things done your way. Take action and you will fi nd the success you are looking for. Good fortune is head-ing your way. Winnings, settlements and invest-ments can bring you fi nancial relief. ★★★★

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You mustn’t let others dictate what you do. Follow your own path and your own heart. Your gains will come if you slow down, allowing yourself to execute your ac-tions to your own specifi cations. ★★★

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll be tempted to put fun before work but it will lead to fi nancial stress if you overspend. Be smart and you can have the best of both worlds. Finish what you start and you will enjoy your downtime that much more. ★★★

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Upfront and to the point will pay off. The experience you had with someone you used to know will help you make the right choice now. Emotional connections may be enticing but move slowly. A love triangle may de-velop. ★★★

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your help will be ap-preciated and will allow you to further your own goals in conjunction with helping others. Invest-ments and partnerships will go hand-in-hand, resulting in fi nancial gain and interesting pros-pects. ★★★★

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A partner or loved one is likely to cause trouble. Expect changes to be pushed on you and emotional matters to escalate. You must keep the lines of communication open and honest if you want to come out unscathed. ★★

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You must satisfy your own needs if you want to come up with the answers you are looking for. You will be enlightened by an experience you have while traveling or discuss-ing your plans with someone who has a handle on what you want to pursue. ★★★★★

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A deal can be put on the table or completed if you are willing to make some last-minute changes. You don’t have to play by the book if you feel you aren’t being treated fair-ly. Changes to your home or your living arrange-ments can be positive if you refuse to let your emo-tions take over. ★★★

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Hidden se-crets will be divulged. Prepare to answer any ques-tions that are asked or you will look and feel guilty. Base your actions on what you see as being most helpful to everyone involved. Consistency will count. ★★★

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The element of surprise will help you stay in control and keep the competition guessing. Be smart and refrain from letting others in on your secrets. A minor problem with health or a pet is likely to develop. Take care of such matters quickly. ★★★

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A move that will lessen your fi nancial stress or enable you to be closer to someone who can contribute to your lifestyle should be made. A relationship or part-nership will help to stabilize your life and lead to fi nancial opportunities. ★★★★★

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You won’t be able to trust everyone but, when it comes to act-ing on your own instincts, you will leave others scrambling. If you feel strongly about something or someone, follow your instincts. Don’t let unex-pected changes be your downfall. ★★

ONE STAR: It’s best to avoid confl icts; work behind the scenes or read a good book. Two stars: You can accomplish but don’t rely on others for help. Three stars: If you focus, you will reach your goals. Four stars: You can pretty much do as you please, a good time to start new projects. Five stars: Nothing can stop you now. Go for the gold.

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HEART DISCARDSSouth can draw trumps,

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NORTH CAROLINAGUILFORD COUNTY

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICEDISTRICT COURT DIVISION

08 JT 77

IN THE MATTER OF:

Tamara Michelle SweetA Female Child born on or about March 23,2006, in High Point, Guilford County, NorthCarolina.

NOTICE OF SERVICE BYPROCESS OF PUBLICATION

TO: ARTHUR SMITH, PUTATIVE FATHER ofthe above named juvenile.

ANY UNKNOWN FATHER ofthe above named juvenile.

TAKE NOTICE that a Petition to TerminateParental Rights was filed on November 17, 2009,in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court,Juvenile Division, Greensboro, Guilford County,North Carolina.

You must answer this Petition within forty (40)days of November 25, 2009, exclusive of thatdate. You are entitled to attend any hearingaffect ing your r ights. You are entit led toappointed counsel if you cannot afford to hireone, provided you contact the Clerk immediatelyto request counsel. Upon your failure to soanswer, the Petitioner will apply to the Court forthe relief requested.

This the 20TH day of November 2009.___________________________

Salam Skeen, Esq.DSS Attorney

P.O. Box 3388Greensboro, NC 27402

336/641-5070

November 25, December 2 & 9, 2009

Showcase of Showcase of Real EstateReal Estate

3BR, 11⁄2 Bath, gas heat, central air. Utility building, French doors to cement patio.

$85,900. Will pay $500 closing cost.703 Belmont Dr., High Point

431-6331

19 Forest DrFairgrove Forest, Thomasville

$1000. Cash to buyer at closing. 1.5 ac Landscaped, 3BR, 2Baths, Kitchen, Dining Room, Living Room with Fireplace, Den with Fireplace, Offi ce. Carpet over Hardwood. Crown Molding thru out. Attached over sized double garage. Unattached 3 bay

garage with storage attic. 2400sqft. $260,000. 336-475-6839

1367 Blair Street, ThomasvilleLarge 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, Fairgrove Schools, gas logs,

large living room, large kitchen, large 2-car garage, large deck in back, and etc. Why rent when you can own this

home for payments as low as $799 a mo. or $143K,just call today 336-442-8407.

Rick Robertson336-905-9150

HOME FOR SALE1014 Hickory Chapel Road, 2br, Florida room, dining room, fi replace, garage, new heatpump, completely

remodeled. Great for starter home or rental investment. $64,900

CALL 336-870-5260

Call 888-3555to advertise on this page!

LAND FOR SALE5.9 Acres of privacy and seclusion with its own creek. Ready for your dream home, or you can renovate an existing home on the property. The property is located at

829 Hasty Hill Rd. between High Point and Thomasville. Davidson County Ledford

Schools $59,000.

336-869-0398Call for appointment

1210 N. Centennial4 BR/3 BA 3 level Newly remodeled; walking distance to HPU, app 3100 sq ft; FP; New vinyl siding, new gas heat w/central air, roof, windows, kitchen cabinets, appliances, hardwood fl oors, carpet & plumbing Fenced in yard. No selller help with closing cost. Owner

will pay closing cost.MUST SEE! $114,900 Contact 336-802-0922

3 bedroom/2 bath house for sale,Fairgrove Area, Thomasville.

Half basement, 2 stall garage,also detached garage.

Call 472-4611for more information. $175,000.

For Sale By Owner 515 Evergreen Trail

Thomasville, NC 27360

FOR SALE BY OWNER

273 Sunset Lane, ThomasvilleGET OUT OF TOWN! Immaculate brick home 3br/2ba/bsmt/carport tucked away on a deadend st. w/room to roam on 11.56 acres. Spring-fed creek along back of property, fruit trees, grapevines, several garden spots, greenhouse, workshop, Updates include HW heater, windows, hi-eff heat pump, whole

house generator, vinyl fl ooring & freshly painted rooms. Full bsmt w/workshop, fi replace, one bay garage. MH site on property may be leased for additional income. Horses welcome! Priced to sell

@ $219,500-call today.

PATTERSON DANIEL REAL ESTATE - 472-2700MORE INFO @ PattersonDaniel.com

ACREAGE

25% BELOW TAX VALUE

725-B West Main St., JamestownOffi ce Condo For Sale – Main St., Jamestown, 1400 Sq. Ft. 1st Floor,

3 Offi ces, Break Area, Storage, Plus 1/2 Bath, 2nd Floor 2 Offi ces, Another 1/2 Bath, Good Traffi ce Exposure, Divided so that you may rent Part of Offi ces.

Call: Donn Setliff (336) 669-0478 or Kim Setliff (336) 669-5108

(Owner is Realtor)

505 Willow Drive, Thomasville Recently updated brick home is nothing short of magnifi cent. Gourmet kitchen with granite counters and stainless appliances. Huge master

suite with 2 walk-in closets & private deck. Elegant foyer & formal dining room. Marble, Tile and Hardwood fl oors. Crown moldings & two fi replaces.

Spacious closets & lots of storage.

Wendy Hill RealtyCall 475-6800

TAX CREDIT AVAILABLE

Owner Financing or Rent to Own. Owner Financing or Rent to Own. Your Credit is Approved!Your Credit is Approved!

712 W. Parris Ave.High Point Avalon Subdivision

This house shows like new! Built in 2005, 1660 sqft., 3bed 2.5 bath, like-new appliances,Living Room w/ Gas fi replace, 1 car garage spacious Loft area upstairs, Great Location. We’ll work with

your situation! $165,000Price Reduced! Will will match your down payment.

Visit www.crs-sell.com or call 336-790-8764

Owner Financing or Rent to Own.Your Credit is Approved!

678 Merry Hills Dr.-Davidson County3 Bed 2 Bath 2 Car Garage. This beautiful 1900 sqft. home is well lacated in a well established neighborhood. It has a fi nished basement, Large Kitchen

outlooking beautiful wooded area. Large deck with Jacuzzi. Gas or woodburning fi replace in the basement. We’ll work with your situation!

$195,000Visit www.crs-sell.com or call 336-790-8764

son Countysqft. home is well lacated in d basement, Large Kitchen Jacuzzi. Gas or woodburning

NOW NOW

AVAILABLEAVAILABLE

DOWNTOWN HIGH POINTIn UNIQUE MARKET SQUARE building. * Penthouse* 4 BR, 51⁄2 BA, 3

balconies, 4,100 sq. ft. 2 BR, 2 BA furnished with washer & dryer. Onsite security 24/7, parking space, rec room w/lap pool, walk to restaurants.

Incredible views. A beautiful and fun place to live or work. Will trade for other properties. Call Gina (336) 918-1482.

REDUCEDREDUCED

7741 Turnpike Road, Trinity, NC*PRICE REDUCTION-POSSIBLE SELLER FINANCING! Quality built custom

home on 40+ acres of beautiful woodlands & pastures. Many out buildings including a double hangar & offi cial/recorded landing strip for your private

airplane. Home features 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, sunroom, brick land-scaped patio, hardwired sound system, 4 car carport, covered breezeway.

You must see to fully appreciate this peaceful, private country estate -- Priced to sell at $579,000

PATTERSON DANIEL REAL ESTATE472-2700 MORE INFO @ PattersonDaniel.com

NEW PRICE

1844/1846 Cedrow Dr. H.P.New construction, 3BR, 2Bath, city utility, heat

pump, Appliances included $99,900.00

CALL CALL CALL336-362-4313 or 336-685-4940

Fairgrove/East Davidson Schools. Approximately 1 acre lot $15,000.

More wooded lots available. Call Frank Anderson Owner/Broker

475-2446

LAND - DAVIDSON COUNTY

503 Paul Kennedy RoadDESIRABLE HASTY/LEDFORD AREA

Very well kept, 3BR/2BA, 1300 sf., Open fl oor plan, cath. ceiling, berber carpet, custom blinds, Kit w/ island, Kit appl. remain, huge

Mstr Ba w/ garden tub and sep. shower, huge WIC, back deck, storage bld. Below tax value. $122,900

Agents Welcome. Bring Offer! 882-3254

MOTIVATED MOTIVATED

SELLERSELLER

DAVIDSON COUNTY HOME 1.329 acres, 3 BR, 2 BA.

Complete interior renovations.GREAT RATES! Qualifi ed Financing AvailableLedford Middle & HS/Friendship Elementary

Tri County Real Estate 336-769-4663

PRICED REDUCED

Showroom/Offi ce/Residential Space/For Sale or Lease

406 Sterling Ridge Dr Beautiful home in the Trinity school district. 3br/2.5 bath,

walk in closet, garden tub/w separate shower, hardwoods, gas logs and more. $177,500.

Lamb’s Realty 442-5589

3930 Johnson St. A Must See! Beautiful home set on 3 acres, New cabinets, corian countertops, hardwood, carpet, appliances, deck, roof. Home has 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, formal living

room, dining room, great room. $248,900.Contact us at Lamb’s Realty- 442-5589.

821 Nance Avenue3 bedroom, living room, kitchen, 2 full baths, cen-

tral heating & air. Updated. BE ABLE TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS AS LOW AS $529.00 a month $95K.

Call for details!Rick Robertson336-905-9150

6 Bedrooms,Plus 3 Home Offi ces

Or 8 Bedrooms- 1.1 Acre -

– Near Wesley Memorial Methodist –- Emerywood area “Tell your friends” -

$259,500. Owner FinancingCall 336-886-4602

711 Field St., ThomasvilleBrand new 3 bedroom, 2 bath 1160 sq. ft. Popular fl oor plan with

breakfast nook, eat-in bar area that overlooks an open dining and family room with vaulted ceiling. Includes stove, microwave

oven, dishwater, and washer/dryer combo, laminate fl oors. “Special” interest rate offered by Bank of North Carolina 4.75%.

Priced to move at $102, 000.00Byrd Construction

336-689-9925 Brian Byrd

Possible Lease Purchase AvailableNEW HOMESDAVIDSON COUNTYLots starting at $34,900

Homes starting at $225,000Special Financing at 4.75%

(Certain Restrictions Apply)

WENDY HILL REALTYCALL 475-6800

Limited Time2.99%

Financing

Better than new! Low Davidson County taxes. 1 + acre lot, over 3,000 fi nished heated sq. ft., plus full unfi nished basement, all the extras.

Wendy Hill RealtyCall 475-6800

498341

398 NORTHBRIDGE DR.3BR, 2BA, Home, 2 car garage, Nice Paved Patio

Like new $169,900OWNER 883-9031

OPEN HOUSE MOST SAT. & SUN. 2-4

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Greensboro.com294-4949

189 Game Trail, ThomasvilleEnjoy living in a quiet, distinctive neighborhood with no through traffic.3 BR 2.5 BA, 2300 sq’, open floor plan, vaulted ceilings & lg. windows,

Oak floors & carpeted BRs, marble tiled bathrooms, lg. large master bath with separate shower, double fire place in master BR & LR w. gas logs,

kitchen w. granite counter tops, double oven, stereo system. 2 car garage, large patio overlooking a beautiful back yard. Low taxes.

$321,000Visit www.forsalebyowner.com/22124271 or call 336.687.3959

Quality construction beginning at $169,900! Eight Flexible fl oorplans! - Three to seven bedrooms - 1939 square feet to 3571 square feet - Friendship/Ledford Schools - Low Davidson County Taxes - Basement lots Available

MORE INFO @ PattersonDaniel.comMarketed Exclusively by Patterson Daniel Real Estate, Inc.

OPEN HOUSELEDFORD SOUTH

OPEN TUES-SAT 11AM-5PMOPEN SUNDAY 1PM-5PM

Directions: Eastchester to West Lexington, south on Hwy. 109, Community is on the left just past Ledford Middle School.

Debra Murrow, RealtorNew Home Consultant336-499-0789

$329,000


4 BEDROOMS203 Crestwood ..........$735

3 BEDROOMS704 E Commerce ....... $375212 Moffitt ....................$475221-A Chestnut ...........$398234 Willow Wood ....... $4751108 Hickory ChapelRd ...........................$3751444 N Hamilton $385313 Hobson.................$3351506 Graves ................$4851009 True Lane...........$4501015 True Lane............$450100 Lawndale ..............$4503228 Wellingford ....... $4501609 Pershing..............$500

2 BEDROOMS2600 Holleman.......... $4981408 Carter ............ $265702 E Commerce ....... $2501316 B Vernon.............$2501401 Madison ..............$350905 Newell ..................$398210 Willowood.............$3801116B Richland........ $2651430 Furlough ......... $215106-D Thomas........ $3952709 E. Kivett......... $398224-C Stratford...........$365824-H Old Winston Rd......................................$550706-C Railroad............$3452618 Woodruff.............$460231 Crestwood............$425916 Westbrook............$5901303 Vernon ................$2751423 Cook ...................$4201502 Larkin ..................$325305-A Phillips...............$300519-A Cross St............ $215706 E Commerce ....... $250304-B Phillips...............$3001407-A E. Commerce......................................$3251101 Carter St...............$3501709-J E. Lexington................................$375705-B Chestnut...........$390515-A E. Fairfield ......... $4101110 Bridges.................$440215-G Dorothy........ $360

1 BEDROOM1600-A Long........... $325904-B Richland ....... $198620-17A N. Hamilton................................ $3101202 Cloverdale ..... $2251602-C Long .......... $300618-12A N. Hamilton............................... $2981003 #8 N. Main ..... $298320G Richardson ....... $335620-20B N. Hamilton......................................$375

SECTION 82600 Holleman....... $4981206 Vernon........... $2981423 Cook St.......... $420900 Meredith ......... $298614 Everette ........... $4981500-B Hobart ....... $2981761 Lamb .............. $4981106 Grace ............. $425406 Greer .............. $325

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3 BEDROOMS501 Mendenhall ......$1150800 S. Centennial ... $800953 St. Ann .............$7951728-B N. Hamilton ..$750217-B N. Rotary...... $6501818 Albertson........ $650813 Magnolia.......... $5952415 Williams ......... $595324 Louise ..............$575726 Bridges.............$5751135 Tabor...............$5751604 W. Ward ........ $5501020 South ............. $5501010 Pegram .......... $5502208-A Gable way .. $550601 Willoubar.......... $5501016 Grant .............. $525919 Old Winston ..... $525409 Centennial....... $5002209-A Gable Way.. $5002219 N. Centennial.. $495912 Putnam .............$4751606 Larkin............. $450114 Greenview........ $450502 Everett ............ $450319 Coltrane........... $4001725 Lamb ............. $3951305-A E. Green..... $395412 Barker.............. $3501225 Redding ......... $300

2 BEDROOM406 Sunset............. $6501540 Beaucrest ...... $525204 Prospect ......... $5001420 Madison......... $50016 Leonard ............. $495419 Peace ...............$4751114 Mill .................. $4501707 W. Rotary ....... $450505 Scientific.......... $4501100 Wayside ......... $450111 Chestnut ........... $4501101 Blain ................ $450608 Woodrow Ave...$425205-A Tyson Ct...... $425322 Walker............. $425204 Hoskins ........... $4251501-B Carolina ...... $425321 Greer ............... $4001206 Adams ........... $400324 Walker............. $400305 Allred............... $3952905-A Esco .......... $395611-A Hendrix ......... $3952905-B Esco.......... $3951043-B Pegram...... $395908 E. Kearns ........ $3951704 Whitehall ........ $385601 Hickory Chapel..$375620-A Scientific .......$375601-B Everett ..........$3752306-A Little ...........$375501 Richardson .......$375305 Barker ............. $3501633-B Rotary ........ $350406 Kennedy.......... $350311-B Chestnut....... $3503006 Oakcrest ....... $3501705-A Rotary ........ $3501711-A W. Rotary .... $350511-B Everett.......... $3501516-B Oneka......... $350909-A Old Tville...... $3254703 Alford ............ $325308-A Allred........... $3251214-B Adams ........ $320313-B Barker .......... $300314-B W. Kearns .... $2951116-B Grace .......... $2951711-B Leonard....... $2851517 Olivia............... $2801515 Olivia............... $280402 Academy......... $300

1 BEDROOM1123-C Adams........ $4951107-F Robin Hood.. $4501107-C Robin Hood . $425508 Jeanette...........$3751106 Textile............. $325309-B Chestnut ......$275501-B Coltrane ........$2701317-A Tipton.......... $235608-B Lake ............ $225

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Beautiful, 3bR/21⁄2 BA,Close to Golf Course.$1250mo, 454-1478

Extra nice 3 or 4 BR,21⁄2 new baths, hard-wood flrs., new kitch-en cabinets, lrg. rec.rm., fireplace, office,2 carport, private en-trance. Hwy 68 East,R on Centennial, L1600 Grantham Dr.Call 882-9132

Hasty/Ledford Rent toOwn, 3br, 2ba, 1200sf, $700 + dep. Nopets. 336-317-1247

HOMES FOR RENT212 Hedgecock4BR/2BA Central

H/A $850280 Dorothy3BR/2BA $700

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HP, 3BR/1BA, BrickRanch. $500-$600,New Flooring, CentAir, Gas Heat, Sec 8ok. Call 210-4998

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1 BEDROOMChestnut Apts ................$2951213-C N. Main St...........$350914 Proctor Dr................$325

2 BEDROOMS1704 Long St ..................$4501740G N Hamilton ..........$495140 C Kenilworth ....... $3851661W Lexington ........$675318-A Coltrane .......... $4251908 King St .............. $3952404E Lexington ....... $550117 Columbus ............ $4953762 Pineview........... $500317-B Greenoak ........ $500310 1-B Ardale........... $5453235 Wellingford ....... $5252620 1-B Ingleside .........$6851700 Edmonson ........ $3251210 Cloverdale ......... $395206 Hedgecock ........ $350607 Hedrick ...............$375209 Motsinger........... $350525 Guilford ........... $4002415A Francis......... $500310-2-E Adale ........... $595410-A Meredith ..........$2505363 Darr................$2751827-B Johnson .............$6503701 Morris Farm ........... $7454971 Brookdale .........$1100504-B Barker ......... $350706 Kennedy.......... $350206-A Moon Pl .......... $2952604 Triangle Lake ........$350Scientific................. $395Woodside Apts..............$4501310 C Eaton Pl ..............$4501011 Grant ......................$4001724C N Hamilton ..........$550218 Avondale ................. $4752206 E. Kivett ................ $375

3 BEDROOMS2505 Eight Oaks............. $7501502 Whitehall ................ $7951310 Forrest....................$550604 Parkwood................$4852512 Friends...................$450804 Brentwood ..............$400808 Brentwood ..............$400929 Marlboro .................$4001605 Pershing ................$4502209-B Chambers ......... $4751805 Whitehall ................$500904 Gordon....................$500909 Willoubar .................$5001013 Adams............. $4152915 Central Av ......... $5251706 Gavin St............. $400

4 BEDROOMS5505 Haworth Ct .........$2000309N Scientific............... $875

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2250 RoommateWanted

Room to Let Upstairsutilities incl. $350 permonth Women only .Safe place. 848-4032

2260 Rooms1 BR Dup le x , app l ,$135/wk, inc l . ut i l .Cent H/A. 625 SouthRd. HP 472-4435

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A-1 ROOMS.Clean, close to stores,buses, A/C. No deposit.803-1970.

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4 Adjoining plots, Flo-ral Gardens. Certifiedvalue $2100. each.Sell all for $4000. Call886-4735

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3060 Houses$200/mo! 3bd 2ba!M u s t S e e ! 5 % d n ,15yrs @8%! For listings800-749-8106xB637

6 rooms 2 story, 1206R a g a n , N E E D SREPAIRS. $9,000. tosee call 991-6811

3510 Land/Farms10 acre w/100yr oldHome. Severa l OutBldgs. 7 Stall Barn1 2 m i S o f H i g hPoint. $265K BoggsRealty 859-4994.

4100 Care SickElderly

IN HOME CAREDependable 12 yrsexp. Exc. Refer-ences 434-5396

4180 ComputerRepair

SCOOTERS Computers.We fix any problem. Lowprices. 476-2042

4480 PaintingPapering

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FREE ESTIMATESCALL 472-2203

6030 PetsAKC Miniature Dachs-hund, 2M, 3F, Blacka n d C h o c o l a t e , 6wks. $250. 861-4838

Chihuahua pups 2 M,S h o t s & w o r m e d .$100 each. Call 336-886-6412

Shih Tzu pups DOB9/15/09 wormed, 1stshots, mult i co lor ,$325. CKC register-ed, 336-905-7954

6040 Pets - Free1 Free Black Male Kit-ten to a Good Homeonly. Only 1 left fromLitter of 5. Call 336-861-7229

7010 Antiques62 year old bedrooms u i t e , r o u n d o v e rfronts, chest, vanityw i th round mir ror ,$300. OBO 689-8829

7015 AppliancesSales & Service,$50 service call in-c ludes labor . 1 y rwarranty. 442-3595

USED APPLIANCESSales & Services$50 Service Call336-870-4380

7130 ElectronicEquipment/

ComputersU s e d C o m p u t e r ,Mon i tor , Keyboard,Mouse. Win XP, In-ternet Ready. $70obo. Call 580-3035

7180 Fuel Wood/Stoves

Firewood, SeasonedHardwood long bedtruck, $60. load. Call289-6089/474-6998

Firewood. Split, Sea-soned & Del ivered,$85 3/4 Cord. Call817-2787/848-8147

Firewood-Uhaul $40,Dumptruck $110,Pickup Truck $55.

Delivered. 475-3112

Split Seasoned Hard-wood, $35, $45, &$55., you haul, Thom-as Hill 861-4991

7190 FurnitureCurio Cabinet, excel-lent shape, 6x28x16,glass shelves, $300.OBO 689-8829 dayor 431-8195

7210 HouseholdGoods

A new mattress setT$99 F$109 Q$122

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MATTRESSESDon’t be mislead!Dbl. pillowtop sets.F. $160, Q. $195,

K. $250. 688-3108

7290 MiscellaneousCraftsman 10in tablesale, cast iron top,works good, $150.OBO. Call 689-8829Day or 431-8195

For Sale: MS roundM a h o g a n y C a r dTable. Black leathertop, $750. 869-1857

Wheel Chair,Not used very much.Like New. $150 neg.Ca l l 336-8 69-4559leave message

7310 MusicalInstruments

Lowery organ, 2 man-ual, foot pedals,

Leslie, drum stops.$500.

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7380 Wantedto Buy

BUYING ANTIQUESCollectibles, Coins,

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BUYING ANTIQUES.Old Furn, Glass, OldToys & O ld S tu f f .1pc or all. Buy es-tates big/small. W/S817-1247/ 788-2428

9060 Autos for Sale04 Dodge Neon, veryn i c e , a u t o , 5 0 k ,$4200. Call 431-6020or 847-4635

04 KIA Rio, 84k, NewH e a d , T m g b e l t ,Water pump, t i resbrakes. $3500. 688-3358

2 0 0 0 E s c o r t Z X 2 ,Auto & Air. 59K, VeryNice. $2900 Call 336-847-4635, 431-6020

2005 Jeep WranglerUnlimited. 14k miles.Auto, Flip Roof. A/C,Premium Sound, AMFM CD Player, Cruise.Call 336-906-0469


65 Dodge Long BedPickup Automatic, 19korig miles. $1500 orbest offer. 848-8477

93 Honda Accord, LX.Fu l l y loaded, 149Km i l e s . $ 3 4 0 0 / o b o ,Call 336-883-6793

’96 Geo Prism, 80korig mi., AC, PS, NewT i res , $32 00 . Ca l l336-906-3621

9 6 L e x u s E S 3 0 0 ,Wrecked on one side.B e s t R e a s o n a b l eOffer. Call 988-1903or 336-886-2207

98 Isuzu Rodeo, V6,4x4, 138k mi., runsand looks great, mustsee, $2950 561-9637

98 Lincoln ContinentalMark VIII, 171k miles,VGC. Blk EXT & INT,loaded, $4995, obo.336-906-3770

Buick Regal, 98’, V6,all options, lthr, sun-r o o f , e . c . , 1 3 8 k ,$3200. 847-8394

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99 Chevrolet Lumina$600 dn

01 Pontiac Grand Am$700 dn

00 Dodge Stratus$800 dn

01 Saturn L300$800 dn

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DLR#27817KIA Amant i, ’04, 1owner, EC. 69K, Ga-raged & smokeless.$9000, 442-6837

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