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Abby, Graham, Bridge, Sudoku............................. 6BClassifieds ....................... 9BComics, Crosswords .......... 7BCommunity calendar .......... 2AHoroscope ........................ 6BObituaries ......................... 5AOpinion ............................ 4AScoreboard ....................... 4B
Vol. 80, No. 121
Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
Sanford: Gwen McIver; Anne Morgan; Leonard Thomas, 78; Mary Vandermark, 42Cameron: Robert Pegram Jr.,
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INDEX
OBITUARIES
HAPPENING TODAYn Terry Stoops, director of education studies for the John Locke Foundation, will speak at the Central Caro-lina Community College Sci-ence Building, Room 9106, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on “Why spending more money is not the answer.”
CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
SCOTT MOONEYHAMThe right is completely wrong on this year’s state budget plan, which cuts taxes
Page 4A
High: 80Low: 63
More Weather, Page 10A
ENTERTAINMENT
‘LOST’ FINALE STIRS EVEN MORE QUESTIONS
For six seasons, the ABC mystical thriller has kept its audience guessing and arguing as well as entertained. But after the much-awaited fi nale, criticism and debate went into hyperdrive.
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STATESTATE GOP NOT THRILLED WITH TEA PARTY NOMINEE
Republican offi cials are taking the rare step of trying to derail the campaign of one of their own candidates — a risky move for party leaders trying to har-ness the power of the tea party movement while not letting it grow beyond their control
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SOUTH CAROLINATEA PARTY CANDIDATE FOR GOV. DENIES AFFAIR
Tea party favorite Nikki Haley, a Republican candidate for governor, vehemently denied al-legations Monday that she had an inappropriate relationship with a political blogger several years ago
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TRIANGLE: Man who plead guilty in UNC murder gets life in jail • Page 3A
SPORTS
JACKETS WARY OF RED-HOT APEX TEAM
Lee County faces conference foes Apex at 7 tonight at home in the fourth round of the state 4-A baseball playoffs
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GULF OIL SPILL
FEDS CAN’T STEP IN FOR BP IN CLEAN-UP EFFORT
The Obama administration’s point man on the oil spill rejected the notion of removing BP and taking over the crisis Monday, saying the government has neither the company’s expertise nor its deep-sea equipment
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By BOB JOYCEPresident, SanfordArea Chamber of Commerce
Every year since 1963, the president has pro-claimed National Small
Business Week to recognize the contributions of small employers to the economic well-being of our country.
Small businesses are major contributors to the strength of our economy. More than half of Americans either own or work for our nation’s 27.2 million small businesses.
As the creators of between 60 and 80 percent of new
jobs, small employ-ers drive innovation and increase America’s competitive-ness.
Successful small busi-
nesses come in many differ-ent shapes and sizes. From a one person shoe repair shop, accounting firm or insurance office to a multifaceted ma-chine shop with engineers and technicians. Doctors of-
By BILLY [email protected]
SANFORD — Kiwanis Children’s Parkplace is get-ting a facelift this July.
Lee County Parks and Recreation Director John Payne outlined a plan Mon-day for more than $27,000 in upgrades to the aging, kid-friendly park off of Tryon Street.
The improvements include replacements for some of the play areas, as well as pyra-mid-like umbrellas to provide shade and musical equip-ment that allows children to play with percussion and tones.
“That’s our gateway into town,” Payne said. “We want it to look more fresh and exciting.”
Payne explained the plan
at a Lee County Parks and Recreation Commission meeting Monday.
He said installation of the new equipment should start in the second week of July.
Equipment at the chil-dren’s area, part of a larger network of family parks in Sanford, was installed in
1992, Payne said. Parents were vocal of late
about urging upgrades for Kiwanis.
“Their children grew up there playing on that equip-ment and some of them are old enough to drive cars now,” Payne said.
Payne added that the county will keep some of the more popular play equip-ment that is in better shape, and transport some of the older items to Buchanan Park on Cameron Drive in southeast Sanford, which is without a children’s play area.
The renovation work should also include more than $3,000 in repairs to the tattered fencing surrounding the Kiwanis park.
“We’re pretty excited about it,” Payne said.
“That’s our gateway into town. We want it to look
more fresh and excit-ing...Children grew up there playing on that
equipment and some of them are old enough to
drive cars now”
— John Payne — Director,
Lee County Parks & Recreation
Entrepreneurs vitalto state’s economy
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KIWANIS CHILDREN’S PARK
ASHLEY GARNER/The Sanford Herald
Arriana Ballard spins around and around in the swings at Kiwanis Children’s Park in this Herald fi le photo.
New way to playLee County Parks & Recreation outlines a $27k
plan to give Sanford’s kid-friendly park a facelift
ASHLEY GARNER/The Sanford Herald
Rain collects on a plant at Kiwanis Park in Sanford Monday. A relatively dry spring has been relieved by storms over the past three days. Rain is expected to remain in the forecast today and returns to Lee County Friday and Saturday.
DRY SPELL BROKEN
HARNETT
911 tapereleasedin murder,suicideBrother of man whokilled parents, selfdescribed gruesomescene to operator
By BILLY [email protected]
SPRING LAKE — Harnett County investigators have released a pair of harrowing 911 calls made from the site of an ap-parent murder-suicide north of Spring Lake Saturday.
The calls were made by a Har-nett County man and his friend after the man found his parents and his younger brother dead in their home Saturday morning.
According to offi cials with the Harnett County Sheriff’s Offi ce, 22-year-old Richard Wil-liam David Thompson shot his par-ents, 67-year-old James Thompson and 60-year-old Carolyn Thompson, before turn-ing the gun on himself.
All three were reportedly dead by the time they were found Saturday by another son, 37-year-old James Thompson Jr., and his friend, Shannon Thompson, of no rela-tion to the family, at a residence located at 12665 N.C. 210 South.
According to the 911 calls, James and Carolyn Thompson were found in separate rooms with gunshot wounds and Rich-ard Thompson was found in a bed with a gunshot wound to the head and a single-barrel shotgun in his hand.
“I can’t believe he turned around and killed my ---- par-ents,” James Thompson Jr. can be
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LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Valine Thompson, Vicki Pettit, Frank Kotulka, Willie Carl Scott, Derek Davis, William Jermaine Swann, Zachary Taylor White, Hannah Jane Polly, Rosemary Parten, Andrew Jonahtan Hickman, Macey Claire Gaines, Jacob W. Pickard, Kaitlyn Nicole Stone, Nicholas Alexander Douglas, Susan Hardy, Jahnna Kutscher Abarta, Mary Ann Lee, Francine Jennings, Josh Richardson, Aaliyah Taylor and Cindy Hallman.
CELEBRITIES: Actor Sir Ian McKellen is 71. Movie director and Muppeteer Frank Oz is 66. Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 47. Actress Anne Heche (haych) is 41. Actor-comedian Jamie Kennedy is 40. Actor Justin Henry is 39. Rapper Daz Dillinger is 37. Actress Molly Sims is 37. Singer Lau-ryn Hill is 35. Actor Cillian Murphy is 34.
Birthdays
AlmanacToday is Tuesday, May 25, the 145th day
of 2010. There are 220 days left in the year.
This day in history:On May 25th, 1810, Argentina began its
revolt against Spanish rule with the form-ing of the Primera Junta in Buenos Aires. In 1787, the Constitutional Convention
began meeting in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum.In 1895, playwright Oscar Wilde was
convicted of a morals charge in London; he was sentenced to two years in prison.In 1916, the Chicago Tribune published
an interview with Henry Ford in which the American industrialist was quoted as say-ing, “History is more or less bunk.”In 1935, Babe Ruth hit the 714th and
fi nal home run of his career, for the Boston Braves, in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.In 1961, President John F. Kennedy, ad-
dressing Congress, called on the nation to work toward putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade.In 1963, the Organization of African Unity
was founded, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (The OAU was disbanded in 2002 in favor of the African Union.)In 1968, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis
was dedicated by Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall.In 1979, 273 people died when an Ameri-
can Airlines DC-10 crashed on takeoff from Chicago’s O’Hare airport.
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Rundown of local meetings in the area:
TODAYn The Sanford City Council will hold a bud-
get workshop at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Sanford City Hall.
n The Lee County Board of Education’s Fa-cilities and Technology Committee meeting will be held at 2 p.m. at the Heins Education Building.
WEDNESDAYn The Sanford City Council will meet at 1
p.m. in the Council Chambers at the Munici-pal Center to consider a request to the legis-lature for a local bill to authorize to impose an occupancy tax. The Law and Finance Committee meeting will be held immediately following the City Council meeting.
THURSDAYn The Lee County Partnership for Children
will hold a Board of Directors Meeting from noon to 2 p.m. at the N.C. Cooperative Extension, located at 2420 Tramway Road.
n The Lee County Board of Education’s Finance and Personnel Committee meeting will be held at 4 p.m. at the Heins Education Building.
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ONGOINGn The Lee County American Red Cross will
hold a water skills for lifeguarding class in May. Call (919) 774-6857 to register.
n Central Fire Station at 512 Hawkins Av-enue will check car seats between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. each Saturday. Appointments are required. Contact Krista at 775-8310 by 5 p.m. Wednesday to schedule an appoint-ment for the following Saturday. Child must be present for seat to be checked, unless mother is expecting.
n Sanford Farmers Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon every Saturday from May through October.
TODAYn Terry Stoops, director of education stud-
ies for the John Locke Foundation, will speak at the Central Carolina Community College Science Building, Room 9106, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on “Why spending more money is not the answer.”
n The Family and Consumer Sciences Department, along the Family Career and Community Leaders of America of Chatham Central High School will present Senior Showcase 2010 starting at 4 p.m. with a silent auction and 6 with senior presenta-tions. The senior awards ceremony will begin at 6:30. The public is invited to participate, and a $10 donation is requested. For more information, contact Everett L. Goldston Jr. at (919) 837-2251 or e-mail [email protected].
n The Lee County Genealogical and His-torical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Lee County Library auditorium, located at 107 Hawkins Ave. The
program on ‘Local Funeral Customs’, and how these customs have evolved over the years, will be presented by Tommy Prickett, II who is the owner and operator of Fry and Prickett Funeral Home in Carthage. For more information, call 499-1909 or 499-7661.
WEDNESDAYn Gary Thomas Farms will be located in
front of CCH visitor entrance from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with fresh produce and strawberries. Proceeds benefi t CCH Auxiliary Projects.
n Sanford Jobseekers will meet from 8:30 to 10:45 a.m. at First Baptist Church. Anyone seeking employment is welcome. This week’s program: Mortgage Foreclosure Protection. For information, call 776-6137.
THURSDAYn The Northwood Concert Band, directed
by Eugene Cottrell, will present “Our Free-dom,” the 11th annual concert for Memorial Day at 7 p.m. in the Benjamin J. Lee Audito-rium on the Northwood High School campus. This year’s special guest is country/blues artist Windy City Slim. Advance tickets are $10 ahead of time and $15 at the door. Order tickets online at www.SeatYourself.biz/northwoodband or from band members or band booster members. Cottrell is also available at (919) 542-4181 to take ticket orders.
MAY 29n Local farmers will be selling their fresh
products from 9 a.m. to noon at Deport Park in downtown Sanford as part of the weekly Sanford Farmer’s Market. To get involved or to learn more, e-mail David Montgomery at [email protected].
MAY 31n A Memorial Day service will be held at
11 a.m. at Veteran’s Park inside Carolina Lakes Gated Community.
n Disabled American Veterans Chapter 5 will host a Memorial Day service beginning at 11 a.m. at the N.C. Veterans Memorial in Broadway.
JUNE 3n The Grace Christian School gradua-
tion will be held at 7 p.m. at Grace Chapel Church in Sanford.
JUNE 4n The Lee Christian School graduation
will be held at 7 p.m. at the Dennis Wicker Civic Center in Sanford.
n The Floyd Knight School graduation will be held at 7 p.m. at Floyd Knight School in Sanford.
n First Friday Cafe 121 from 5 until 8:30 p.m., with part of the proceeds from your meal to benefi t the Coalition For Families in Lee County to support programs for chil-dren and families. Musical entertainment on the terrace by the Tuesday Night Music Club. Reservations encouraged. Phone Cafe 121 at 774-1888.
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This month, 26 students from Jordan Matthews and Northwood high schools participated in the third all-day Science Festival on the Rocky River. As in the previous two festivals, the event was held at Recompense on Pleasant Hill Church Road in the western part of Chatham County. The purpose of the festival is to work with those who are presently high school students and who will be adult leaders and responsible adult citizens within the next 10 years to acquaint them with the river that is 90 percent within Chatham County — Chatham’s own Rocky River. The event is sponsored fi nancially by the Rocky River Heritage Foundation and in curriculum design and event planning by the Friends of the Rocky River.
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HARNETT COUNTY
Lillington DMVoffi ce to closetemporarily
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Division of Mo-tor Vehicles announced Monday that the Lillington license plate agency has not renewed its contract to continue operating at its location on Main Street and will close at the end of business on Friday.
A new agency contractor is being selected by N.C. DMV and is scheduled to open in the near future.
License plate agencies offer vehicle registration services and title transac-tions, as well as vehicle license plate renewals, replacement tags and dupli-cate registrations.
Lillington customers are urged to visit DMV offi ces in Angier, Dunn or Sanford until a new agency contrac-tor is selected.
— from staff reports
HARNETT COUNTY
Cash 5 ticket nets$218K for retiredLillington woman
RALEIGH — Paying off the mortgage is at the top of the list for a retiree from Lillington who claimed her $217,987 prize at lottery headquarters in Raleigh.
Vivian Morrison’s “Caro-lina Cash 5” ticket matched all fi ve numbers in the May 19 drawing to win the top prize.
Morrison let the computer quick pick two “Carolina Cash 5” tickets and gave them to her adult daughter so she could check the win-ning numbers online. She said she was overwhelmed when her daughter told her “We won.”
Morrison’s winnings, which totaled $148,136 after taxes, will also pay for her grandsons to go to summer camp. She pur-chased her winning ticket at Cape Fear Beverage and Variety Mart on West Old Road in Lillington.
Two additional “Carolina Cash 5” tickets have been lucky in recent days after
each matched all fi ve num-bers in separate drawings. A ticket sold at the Kan-garoo Express on Bunce Road in Fayetteville won the top prize of $50,000 on Thursday.
The other top prize-win-ning ticket, worth $63,640 in the Saturday, May 22 drawing, was sold at Scotchman #120 on Main Street in Shallotte.
— from staff reports
CHATHAM COUNTY
Tax hike would fund schools
PITTSBORO (MCT) — The Chatham County man-ager has proposed a nearly $84.6 million budget that raises the tax rate 4.15 percent, almost all of it to fund schools.
Under Manager Charlie Horne’s budget, which the county commissioners will vote on in June, the county tax rate would rise 2.5 cents to 62.72 cents per $100 of assessed prop-erty value. The owner of a house valued at $200,000 would pay $1,254.40 in county taxes.
The budget increases school funding 6 percent, according to county of-fi cials.
The funding needed to open Margaret B. Pollard Middle School and cover other increases in school spending is almost 2 cents of the proposed 2.5-cent tax increase, Horne said.
Besides the new middle school, other facilities opening in 2010-11 will include the Chatham Com-munity Library at Central Carolina Community Col-lege in Pittsboro, a CCCC classroom building in Siler City, a CCCC classroom building in Pittsboro, as well as Northeast Park, Northwest Park and the park at Briar Chapel.
Chatham residents may comment on the proposed budget at two public hear-ings:
n 6 p.m. June 1, Central Carolina Community Col-lege multipurpose room, Pittsboro
n 6 p.m., June 2, Siler City courtroom
AROUND OUR AREA
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Ricky Hurtado, Lee County High School Class of 2007 and a current student at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, is one week away from a formal initiation into the world of social change. Recently accepted into the Hilliard P. Jenkins Under-graduate Fellowship Program, Hurtado will join fi ve other select students in a summer internship program with Frontline Solutions, a community of social change leaders.Designed for aspiring professionals with a passion for the fi elds of social justice and entrepreneurship, the program is a venue to aid and learn from Frontline’s work of supporting foundations and nonprofi ts and the communities in which they serve.
SUMMER INTERNSHIP
SANFORDn Charles William
McFadden reported break-ing and entering into a business Saturday at 140 N. Steele St.
n Jennifer Erin Boyle reported property damage Saturday at 800 McKenzie Park Drive.
n Angela Herrington Lawson reported breaking and entering into a busi-ness Saturday at 140 N. Steele St.
n Glen Ivory Cameron reported trespassing Satur-day at 1300 Woodland Ave.
n George Wood Weiss reported breaking and entering into a business Monday at 620 Carbonton Road.
n Barbara Buchanan Knight reported property damage Saturday at 319 North Ave.
n Odell Brown Thomas reported trespassing Satur-day at 300 E. Trade St.
n Amanda Renee Ramirez reported property damage Saturday at 540 Bounty Lane.
n Jeffrey Elliot Marsh reported property damage Saturday at 230 Charlotte Ave.
n Janice Faith Green reported shooting into an occupied motor vehicle Sunday at 400 Dudley Ave.
n Abigail Soriano San-doval reported property damage Sunday at 401 N. First St.
n Juan Carlos Cruz reported a hit and run Sunday at 911 S. Vance St.
n Ashley Ann Courtney reported larceny Sunday at 103 Carbonton Road.
n Juan Carlos Rojas reported larceny Sunday at 3203 Wicker St.
n Stephanie Miranda McIver reported property damage Sunday at 1011 San-Lee Drive.
n Jose Mendez Morales reported larceny Sunday at 154 Hill Ave.
n Murphy Express reported counterfeiting Sunday at 3288 N.C. 87.
n Patrice Renee Murchinson reported theft from a vehicle Sunday at 2224 S. Horner Blvd.
n Wanda Dennette Shaw, 49, of 502 W. Garden St. in Sanford, was charged Saturday with second-de-gree traspassing.
n Visael Velasco Ruiz, 31, of 1014 Goldsboro Ave.
in Sanford, was charged Saturday with driving while license revoked.
n Rachel Ann Hooker, 57, of 300 E. Trade St. in Sanford, was charged Sat-urday with second-degree trespassing.
n Michael Anthony Baker, 43, of 300 E. Trade St. in Sanford, was charged Saturday with second-degree trespassing and simple assault.
n Larry Durant All-brooks, 39, of 630 Rothney Ave. in Southern Pines, was charged Saturday with marijuana possession.
n Emma Buie Johnson, 35, of 713 Grimm St. in Sanford, was charged Sun-day with second-degree trespassing.
n Richard Keith Nowlin, 28, of 303 Woodland Trails Road in Sanford, was charged Sunday with breaking or entering a building.
POLICE BEAT
EVE CARSON
Accusedkillerpleadsguilty
HILLSBOROUGH (AP) — A man accused in the shooting death of a Uni-versity of North Carolina student body president pleaded guilty Monday to murder and other state charges, avoiding a trial and the possibility of a death sentence.
Demario Atwater of Durham pleaded guilty at a hearing in Hillsborough to fi rst-degree murder, armed robbery, kidnap-ping and other charges in the death of Eve Carson. In a plea agreement with prosecutors, Atwater agreed to life in prison without parole on the murder charge.
“Although the punish-ment is very severe, we are grateful that it was a punishment that will allow him to live,” said Jonathan Broun, one of Atwater’s attorneys.
Atwater had already pleaded guilty in April to several federal charges, including carjacking resulting in death and kidnapping. He is to be sentenced in federal court Sept. 23. His agree-ment with prosecutors is for a life sentence.
Carson was found shot to death in a Chapel Hill neighborhood in March 2008, nearly a mile from campus. Carson’s parents and brother attended the hearing and issued a statement through Raleigh attorney Wade Smith.
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When there’s trouble, more often than not, we tend to call in
law enforcement and let them handle the situation. That’s the right thing to do. After all, they are the ones with the expertise.
Does that mean that we should not get involved?
Thanks to the efforts of a 14-year-old girl, a Sanford man was arrested and charged in connection with a break-in. As the man reportedly was leaving the scene, the girl had the foresight to take a picture with her cell phone as he drove away, according to investigators. That led to the
arrest.Thanks to the efforts of
two Pittsboro men, a pos-sible kidnapping was stopped in Chapel Hill. As they saw a man grab an 18-year-old woman, they blocked the exit to the parking lot and the girl was let go — not before one of the Pittsboro men was injured during the event. A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident.
This Sanford girl and these Pittsboro men didn’t have to do what they did, but their work was crucial in helping law enforcement make arrests in both cases.
As good as law enforce-
ment may be, they cannot be expected to be the sole source of protection. Sometimes we must offer our assistance in doing what is right.
That’s not to say that every-thing always works out for the best. In the New York area last month, it was reported by the New York Post that a homeless man saved a woman from a knife attack and was himself stabbed. Unfortunately, it was more than an hour before someone came to his rescue and he died. Here was a hero, a man who gave his own life to help protect another, yet there were those who passed by and saw his body — but did noth-
ing to help.Have we become so indif-
ferent that we’ll stand around and watch someone linger toward death without taking action?
One might say that this person would still be alive if they’d only minded them-selves and not interfere with the attacker. Perhaps.
But is that the kind of world we’ve become? Is it the kind of world in which we want to live?
We might not save the world from those intent on destroying it. Or even hurting another individual. On the other hand, we might save
harm to someone else with our vigilance.
Dare we put ourselves at risk with our vigilance?
Let’s face it. We no longer live in an era where we can leave our doors and windows open. Danger may lurk around the next corner. Yet, we cannot live in a state of fear.
We need to live like the Sanford teen and the two Pittsboro men, as their brav-ery should be an inspiration for all of us.
We should be thankful for those people whose cour-age in times of trouble help to solve crimes and perhaps keep others from harm’s way.
Doing the right thing is still fashionableEditorial Board: Bill Horner III, Publisher • Billy Liggett, Editor • R.V. Hight, Special Projects Editor
Athletics are importantpart of school experience
To the Editor:With regard to the recent
letter in The Herald, “One option to cut school budgets: cancel high school athletics,” I fi nd it a bit naive.
It would be easy to assume that the letter writer never played school sports. That may or may not be correct. Those that made the teams know what it is like to compete with teammates and for a common goal. They learn a lot about life and make lifelong con-nections. Many of these cross social, racial and economic lines.
Those who do not make the teams can do one of two things; give up or try harder. This is a valuable life lesson as well. For certain, not making a school team is not the only time in life that adversity will come into their lives.
Most students will never compete in school athletics. Certainly, they know others who do and may decide to support them during games and such. Again, this is a posi-tive social outlet for friends and families. Sharing a great moment can be a valuable life experience as well.
There are many who could care less about the athletic program at their school. Too bad; they are missing great chances to participate in life in many different forms. There are those who are forever disappointed for not making the team, but if they do not try again, they have failed twice.
Please do not think that I feel that school sports are the best thing about school. I do feel they are a positive for the school and the community. With so many negatives grab-bing the headlines, why would you suggest eliminating one that works very well to en-hance a community?
I am not certain what the overall expenditures are for athletics in Lee County. I am not sure how it compares with the AIG expenditures that are getting deserved scrutiny. I am sure that cutting programs that work brings everyone down. The return on the expense cannot be measured.
The letter writer certainly has not been near a gym, sta-dium, or fi eld on game night in Lee County lately. These are the places to be.
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A specter is haunting the Republican Party — though thankfully it is no lon-ger the recently defeated Arlen Specter,
who managed to be equally troublesome as both ally and foe. It is the specter of ideologi-cal overreach.
Some will immediately protest that Presi-dent Obama and congressional leaders are the ones who are guilty of overreach. Which is also true. Tuesday was the latest in a series of elections that have punished not just incumbents but incumbents associated with the expansion of government. Even Demo-crat Mark Critz, the winner of last week’s House special election in Pennsylvania, cam-paigned in opposition to health care reform.
That reform, judged purely as politics, will be remembered as a colossal strategic error. The bank and auto bailouts were unpopular but unavoidable. Health care reform was a challenge that Obama chased. Coming soon after a large Keynesian stimulus package, the creation of a new health entitlement ignited a national debate on the role of government, confi rmed an image of Democratic profl igacy and polarized the electorate — all of which led to a backlash. If anyone can be consid-ered the instigator of the tea party move-ment, it is Barack Obama.
Most of this reaction can be best de-scribed as Americans standing athwart the Democratic Congress, yelling Stop — gener-ally a useful enterprise. The problem comes when activists attempt to translate this tendency into a political philosophy.
The tea party movement, being resistant to systemization, is resistant to character-ization. But in its simplest form (and there seems to be no other form), it might be called “constitutional conservatism.” It adopts a rigorous hermeneutic: If the Constitution does not specifi cally mention it, the fed-eral government isn’t allowed to do it. This represents a kind of 10th Amendment fun-damentalism — a muscular form of states’ rights that would undo much of the federal role since Franklin Roosevelt, perhaps since Abraham Lincoln.
This philosophy has the virtue of being easily explainable — and the drawback of being impossible. The current federal role did not grow primarily because of the statist ambitions of liberals; it grew in response to democratic choices and global challenges. Federal power advanced to rescue the elderly from penury, to enforce civil rights laws, to establish a stable regulatory framework for a modern economy, to conduct a global Cold War. The “establishment” that advanced and maintained this federal role included Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan. In many areas, the federal govern-ment has gone too far, becoming bloated and burdensome. But the federal role cannot be abandoned.
There is an even smaller subset of the tea party movement comprised of libertarian conservatives, representing a more devel-oped intellectual tradition. Their goal is not
just federalism but a minimal state at home and abroad. Their commitment to individual freedom — defi ned as the absence of exter-nal constraint — is nearly absolute. Taxation for the purpose of redistribution is theft. The national security state does not de-fend liberty; it threatens it. American global commitments are just another form of big government.
The closest this sect has come to serious political infl uence is Rand Paul’s victory in Kentucky’s Republican Senate primary this week. Paul has attempted to become more electable by distancing himself from the worst libertarian excesses. But there can be no doubt about Paul’s political orientation. In an interview the day after his primary vic-tory, Paul could not bring himself to endorse the Americans with Disabilities Act or the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “I think there’s a lot to be desired in the Civil Rights — and indeed the truth is,” he sputtered, “I haven’t read all through it, because it was passed 40 years ago and hadn’t been a real pressing issue on the campaign on whether I’m going to vote for the Civil Rights Act.” Earlier in his campaign, however, Paul explained his view that businesses should not be forced by gov-ernment to adopt anti-discrimination rules. Because he is a libertarian, Paul is unable to embrace some of the largest moral achieve-ments of recent American history.
Paul and other libertarians are not merely advocates of limited government; they are anti-government. Their objective is not the correction of error but the cultivation of con-tempt for government itself. There is a reason libertarianism has never been — and likely will never be — a national political force: because too many would fi nd its utopia a nightmare.
Overreach is breeding overreach. The pen-dulum swings wider and wider.
The GOP’s overreach
The right and wrongMaybe the Republicans are
right. Politically, they’re wrong.
When the state Senate last week voted on its $19 billion state budget plan, just three Republicans joined with the Democratic majority to vote for the bill.
The Senate’s Republican leadership argued that the budget bill was fi nan-cially irresponsible. They predicted that it would set the stage for tougher decisions, more hardship, and more tax hikes next year.
It’s hard to argue with the prediction. The state is counting on another $1.5. billion boost in federal stimulus money for the upcoming budget year. After that, the federal help is likely to begin running dry.
A one-penny increase in the state sales tax is also scheduled to expire next year. That would be another $800 mil-lion hit to the bottom line.
“This budget fails to position the state of North Carolina to address the $3 billion shortfall that is coming next year,” said Senate Minority Leader Phil Berger, a Rockingham County Repub-lican.
OK. But no one voted on that 2011-12 fi scal year budget this week. They voted on the 2010-11 state budget.
And that budget cuts taxes. It doesn’t increase spending. It eliminates some programs that have been criticized for being wasteful.
In other words, it does most of the things that Republicans typically say that they want from state budgeting.
And they still voted against it. In fact, they even argued against a
Democratic proposal to cut small busi-ness taxes by $40 million, to ensure that those small business pay no more than the 6.9 percent corporate tax rate. ...
Essentially, what Senate Republicans did this week was vote against the fol-lowing year’s budget this year.
But their arguments about next year won’t matter this fall. They’ve delivered a political victory to Democrats desper-ately in need of any advantage that they can fi nd.
Now, those Republicans can look forward to seeing mailers sent to voters stating how they opposed Senate Bill 897, a bill to cut small business taxes. ...
State government in North Carolina, as Berger has repeatedly pointed out, faces serious, long-term and structural fi nancial problems.
That legislators in either party are ready to address those problems, par-ticularly this year, seems unlikely.
Easing budgetary pressures over the long haul involve really hard decisions — things like structural changes to Medicaid, redefi ning state employee health and retirement benefi ts, rethink-ing the need for 16 public universities in this state, modernizing the state tax code.
Those are the kinds of decisions that would make a lot of different groups of people plenty mad.
Interestingly enough, elected of-fi cials — Republicans and Democrats — don’t like making people mad.
Lord, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my days. (Psalm 39:4)
PRAYER: Help us, Father, to use our time wisely, so we may bring glory to Your name. Amen.
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Anne MorganSANFORD — Anne
Long Morgan, former dance instructor in Sanford, died Friday (5/21/10).
She was born Feb. 27, 1915, daughter of Margaret and Ed Long of Spartanburg, S.C. She was preceded in death by J.E. (Dack) Morgan Sr.
She is survived by J.E. (Rusty) Morgan Jr.; a sister, Millie Skleris of Tennessee; and three grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. today at Buffalo Cemetery.
Condolences may be made at www.millerboles.com.
Arrangments are by Miller-Boles Funeral Home of Sanford.
Theodore McLeodVASS — Funeral service
for Theodore McLeod, 93, of 164 McKeithan Road, who died Tuesday (5/18/10), was conducted Friday at Fryes Chapel Freewill Baptist Church with Elder Kent McMillian offi ciating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Soloist was Deacon Melvin Turner.
Pallbearers were his nephews and St. Luke Lodge #136.
Arrangements were by Knotts Funeral Home of Sanford.
Gilbert Barnum Sr.LAKELAND, Fla.
— Funeral service for Gilbert L. Barnum Sr., 65, of 601 E. Ponderosa Drive, who died Wednesday (5/12/10), was conducted Saturday at Cameron Grove AME Zion Church in Broadway with the Rev. Chalmers McDougald of-fi ciating. Eulogist was the Rev. Ridie Headen. Burial followed at Lee Memory Gardens in Sanford.
Musician was Freddie
Berryman. Soloist was Minister Deon Allbrooks.
Pallbearers were neph-ews, cousins and friends.
Arrangements were by Knotts Funeral Home of Sanford.
Robert Pegram Jr.CAMERON — Retired
USAF TSgt. Robert Irvin Pegram Jr., 74, died Satur-day (5/22/10) at Womack Army Medical Center. He was an auctioneer.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Ellen Pegram of the home; a son, Randy I. Pegram of Angier and a daughter-in-law, Ada Pegram of Angier.
The family will receive
friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Country-side Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dave Kinney offi ci-ating. Burial will follow at Riverview Memorial Gardens with military honors.
Arrangements are by Adcock Funeral Home and Crematory of Spring Lake.
OBITUARIES Leonard ThomasSANFORD — Mr. Leonard Cameron Thomas,
78, of Sanford, died Sunday, May 23, 2010, at his home.
Mr. Thomas was born in Lee County on June 10, 1931, to the late Bailey Thomas Sr. and Ger-trude Webster Thomas. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandchildren, Corey, Chelsey and Colin Thomas; step grandson, J. D. Moore; brothers, Bailey Thomas Jr. and Lee P. Thomas; and a sister, Alice T. Cameron.
Mr. Thomas served in the United States Air Force. He was a member of St. Andrews Presbyte-rian Church where he served as a former Deacon, Trustee, and Secretary of Sunday School. He received a lifetime membership award at St. Andrews Presbyte-rian Church and was the care-taker of the church cemetery. He was a construction foreman for his family concrete business and also a farmer.
He is survived by his wife, Frances O’Quinn Thomas; sons, Charlie Thomas and wife Linda and Mike Thomas and wife Teresa; and a brother, J.W. Thomas and wife June, all of Sanford. He is also survived by grandchildren, Jennifer, Jeremy, Austin and Haley Thomas, step grandchild, Dustin Moore and wife Shanna and step great-grandchildren, Kailey, Connor and Ethan Moore.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today, May 25, 2010, at the St. Andrews Presbyte-rian Church Fellowship Hall. The funeral will be Wednesday, May 26th, at 4 p.m. at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Danny Redman presiding. Burial will follow in the church cem-etery with military rites.
Condolences may be made at www.bridges-cameronfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are by Bridges Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.
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Mary Elizabeth VandermarkSANFORD — Mary Elizabeth Van-
dermark, age 42, of Sanford, passed away on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford.
She was born April 30, 1968 in Morristown, N.J., to John Robert Smith and Ruth Roon Fanion. The family grew up in Sussex County N.J. and Mary attended Newton High School. Before moving to N.C. three years ago, she was an offi ce manager for Skylands Medical in Newton, N.J. Mary was currently employed as the offi ce manager for First Choice Health Center in Belhaven.
She us survived by her husband of 10 years, Elijah Vandermark of Sanford; her son, Elijah Richard Vandermark, who is 9 years old. Mary lived for her son Elijah, they were best friends and inseparable. This year she was team mother for his baseball team. Pray that God will keep Elijah in His care. She is also survived by her parents, John Robert Smith and Ruth Roon Fanion of Sanford; her twin
brother, Gerald Edward Smith and his wife Julia of Sanford; brother, Marinus John Smith and his wife Jeanna of Slagle, La.; niece, Emily Rose Smith, and nephew Gerald Edward Smith, who she loved dearly and were such a big part of her life; and many aunts, uncles and cousins originally from New Jersey whom she was always there for.
All who knew her loved her joy of life, laughter, sense of humor and loyalty as a friend. She will be missed by so many people that will cherish her memories.
A graveside funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 27, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Buffalo Cemetery in Sanford with the Rev. Sandy Williams offi ciat-ing. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Miller-Boles Funeral Home in Sanford.
Online condolences may be made at www.millerboles.com.
Miller-Boles Funeral Home of San-ford is serving the family.
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Laura Babb LeairdLILLINGTON — Laura Babb
Leaird, 69, of Lillington, passed to her heavenly home on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at her residence after a 7 year, hard fought battle with breast cancer.
She was born in Broadway on Oc-tober 20, 1940, to the late Omer Lee Babb and Berla O’Quinn Babb. She was a dedicated 25-year employee of the Harnett County School System, em-ployed as a Secretary and Librarian at Boone Trail Elemen-tary School. Prior to this, she served as a Loan Officer at Southern National Bank in Lillington. Laura was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Mamers. She enjoyed gardening her beautiful roses, giving back to the community, spending time with her family and traveling to the Sweet Potato Conventions and visiting her daughter, Kim. Laura was the hap-piest when she made other people happy. She loved the Lord and her faith sustained her throughout her illness. She was preceded in death by a brother, Clinton Babb.
She is survived by her husband,
Van Leaird of the home; a daugh-ter, Kim Leaird of Greenville, S.C.; brothers, Charles Babb and wife Sylvia of Lillington and Junior Babb of Greensboro; sisters, Louise Bul-lard of Greensboro, Genease Fields and husband Phillip of Tramway and Ellen Allen and husband Halford of Cameron; a sister-in-law, Janet Babb of Broadway; and 12 nieces and nephews that she loved very much.
The funeral service will be con-ducted at 4 p.m. today at Antioch Baptist Church in Mamers with the Rev. Martin Groover, the Rev. Terry Williams and the Rev. Ronald Byrd officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to be made in memory of Laura Leaird to either the John T. Ennis Foundation, 3350 Riverwood Pkwy., Suite 1400, Atlanta, Ga. 30339. (This Foundation made it possible for Kim to take an extended time from work to care for her mother) or donations may be made to Liberty Community Home Care and Hospice, 809 Wicker St., Sanford, N.C. 27330.
Online condolences at www.oquinnpeebles.com.
Funeral arrangements entrusted to O’Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home.
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6A / Tuesday, May 25, 2010 / The Sanford Herald LocalMary Gwendolyn “Gwen” McIver
SANFORD — Mary Gwendolyn “Gwen” Howard McIver died peacefully at the Hock Pavilion in Durham early Sunday, May 23, 2010. Gwen’s sense of humor, dignity, resolve and faith were gifts of immeasurable value to all who were with her dur-ing her illness.
Born on January 17, 1926 in Sanford, she was the youngest of fi ve children born to Richard Thomas and Helen Paschal Howard. She graduated from San-ford High School at sixteen, attended Greensboro College, Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in music.
Gwen was an accomplished pianist and organ-ist. She taught piano at her home for sixty years and was organist at the First Presbyterian Church in Sanford for forty one years. She played for numerous weddings and funerals, and was active in the local music and arts community. Prior to the onset of her illness, she remained active as a piano teacher and had planned her end-of-year recital for the fi rst week in June. Music and interest in others was her pas-sion. She was happiest when teaching and get-ting to know her students.
Gwen was often allied with the downtrodden, and steadfast in her sense of honor and integrity. She was awarded Volunteer of the Year for her commitment to inmates at the Sanford Advance-ment Center through the Yoke Fellow Program. She felt exceptionally blessed and therefore ac-countable for the welfare of others.
Gwen was predeceased by her parents, her husband William “Bill” Dunlap McIver, sister Helen Howard Parker and brothers Wilson Howard and Robert Howard, and family friend Beatrice Cameron.
She is survived by her children, John McMillan McIver and his wife Wendy Excell McIver and their children Meredith, Caroline and Jack; Beth McIver Wickham and her husband Leslie Oliver Wickham and their sons Leslie III and Patrick; Marshall McIver and her husband Greg Murray and their daughters Kate and Allison Murray, and Robert Howard McIver and his wife Joy Gragg McIver and their son Gantt. She is also survived by her brother Leland Paschal “Pat” Howard and his wife Averill, sisters-in-law Nancy McIver Griffi n and Lois Mc-Iver Winstead, and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at First Presbyte-rian Church in Sanford on Wednesday, May 26, at 11 a.m. followed by visitation with the family in the church’s Harper Center. Interment will be held at Gulf Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m.
In lieu of fl owers, please send memorial contri-butions to First Presbyterian Church, 212 Hawkins Ave., Sanford, N.C. 27330, or Duke Hospice, 4321 Medical Park Drive, Durham, N.C. 27704.
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Every week in the United States, nearly 12,000 people start a business. Seven out of ten new firms make it at least two years, and about half survive five years. It’s a risk but the payoff is huge: the satisfaction of building something from scratch, the joy of providing jobs and trying an idea, the thrill of making money on your own. These are the feelings business owners describe when asked why they started their business. But, according to research, the single characteristic common to successful small business owners is: focus – the ability to zero
in on a problem, analyze it, make a decision and move on to the next op-portunity.
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costly war that had divided the country, gas prices jumped by nearly 50 percent in two years and consumer confi -dence dropped to an all-time low. A terrible time to start a business, right? Here are just a few of the companies started in those awful years of the early 1970’s: Super-cuts, Chili’s, Cablevision, Industrial Light & Magic, Famous Amos cookies, Oakley and, oh, yes, a small company called Microsoft.
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Todd McCullochSTATESVILLE — Mr. John Todd
McCulloch, known as Todd, 48, of 148 Moonagerie Lane, Stony Point, died Sunday, May 23rd, at Iredell Memorial Hospital unex-pectedly.
Born July 2, 1961 in Lee Coun-ty, he was a son of the late Ray-mond Everette McCulloch and Marjorie Kirkman McCulloch. Todd was a graduate of Eastern Carolina University and was a partner in Pharmaceuti-cal Calibrations and Consulting Inc. (PCI). He was a member of New Sterling A.R.P. Church where he served as a Deacon, President of his Sunday School Class and participated in the Praise and Worship Team. He was an avid
golfer, played guitar and enjoyed watching ECU football. On March 8, 2003, he married the former Scotti Jenkins who survives.
Also surviving are a son, Jacob McCulloch of Charlotte; two step children, Dylan and Garrett Deal, both of the home; a brother, Raymond McCulloch of Raleigh; and his Father and Mother-In-Law, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Jenkins of Stony Point.
Services celebrating Todd’s life will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at New Sterling A.R.P. Church with the Rev. Tim Watson offi ciating. He will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to the service and burial will follow in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Kent Clarke, Frank Emory, Adrian Jarrett, Andy Mayhew, Jeff McNeely, Craig Pugh and Harvey Reese. Honor-ary pallbearers will be Elders and Deacons of New Sterling A.R.P.
Church. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the church fellowship hall and other times they will be assembled at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Jenkins, 2915 Old Mountin Road, Stony Point.
Condolences may be sent on-line to the family at www.bunch-johnsonfuneralhome.com.
Memorials may be given to the New Sterling A.R.P. Church, 580 New Sterling Road, Stony Point, N.C. 28678 or to The Ameri-can Heart Association through a link for Todd at the follow-ing web address, http://honor.americanheart.org/site/TR/Events/General? pxfi d=144852&fr id=1030&pg=fund or by mail to American Heart Association 4217 Park Place Court, Glen Allen, Va. 23060
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heard telling a 911 operator on the phone call.
On the call, an irate James Thompson Jr. says his brother had been diagnosed with “homicidal, suicidal” tendencies and had made a recent post-ing to a MySpace Internet networking page saying “haters gonna get it.”
Major Gary McNeill with the Harnett County Sheriff’s Offi ce said Richard Thompson was living in the residence with his parents.
No motive for the slayings was released by
Monday afternoon. 911 operators received
calls at approximately the same time Saturday morn-ing from James Thompson Jr. and his friend Shannon Thompson.
Both were making a stop at the residence when the bodies were found.
“I was sitting in the car for a minute and then next thing you know James comes out and he’s telling me that Richard killed his family,” Shannon Thomp-son tells the 911 operator. “I’ve never seen anything like that.”
Shannon Thompson said Richard Thompson had a history of drug prob-lems.
“His brother’s always been kind of crazy to me,” she told the operator. “Oh my God, I never thought he’d do anything like this though.”
Throughout the calls, which were made at ap-proximately the same time Saturday morning, the sounds of shouting and barking dogs can be heard in the background.
Shannon Thompson
told the operator she believed the killings hap-pened Friday night based on the state of the bodies.
“There’s no doubt about it, (Richard Thompson’s) dead,” she said. “His feet are purple. His brains liter-ally are all on the bed.”
At one point during his call, James Thompson Jr. calms down enough to describe the bloody scene to the 911 operator and check his mother for signs of breathing.
“I’m getting a little bit calmer because I’m used to seeing stuff like this on TV,” he tells the operator.
The tape also captures a rattled Shannon Thomp-son as she describes the same scene to another operator.
“I can’t believe this,” she says. “I’ve never seen any-thing so evil in my life.”
McNeill said the investigation is ongo-ing, adding that Harnett County deputies had been called to the resi-dence before.
McNeill declined Mon-day to say the reasons for the previous calls.
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RALEIGH
Tote withdraws as mental health directorRALEIGH (AP) — The
state’s troubled men-tal health system faced another setback Monday when an advocate for the mentally ill named last week to run the agency withdrew from the post due to a fl ap over some tax problems at the group he ran.
John Tote, who until recently was the executive director of the Mental Health Associa-tion in North Carolina,
and Health and Human Services Secretary Lanier Cansler announced that he won’t become the next state mental health director.
Tote’s departure came on the same day he was slated to report to work for the state. Cansler and Tote said public discussion about payroll tax issues was too distracting at a time when the focus needs to be on helping patients and their families.
Records at the North Carolina Secretary of State’s offi ce show federal
tax liens of nearly $1.5 million on the association since 2006.
ELECTION 2010
GOP doesn’t like tea party candidateBy MIKE BAKERAssociated Press Writer
RALEIGH — Repub-lican offi cials are taking the rare step of trying to derail the campaign of one of their own can-didates — a risky move for party leaders trying to harness the power of the tea party movement while not letting it grow beyond their control.
Tim D’Annunzio, a congressional candidate in North Carolina’s most competitive district, has run an anti-establish-ment campaign with vows to dismantle entire branches of federal gov-ernment. His ideas have drawn support from tea party activists, and he has raised more money from individuals than his GOP rival while also contribut-ing more than $1 million to his own campaign.
Republican lead-ers in both Raleigh and Washington, however, are worried about his candi-dacy as he heads into a primary runoff, exposing tensions between the party’s core and the tea party movement on its outskirts. They’re publi-
cizing court documents about D’Annunzio’s past legal, martial and business troubles and denouncing him as unfi t for offi ce.
“Mr. D’Annunzio has disqualifi ed himself by his background, his record and his behavior,” said Tom Fetzer, North Carolina’s Republican Party chairman. He said the GOP embraces the tea party but doesn’t believe a person with such a checkered past should be the party’s nominee.
In Hoke County divorce records, D’Annunzio’s wife said in 1995 that he had claimed to be the Messiah, had traveled to New Jersey to raise his stepfather from the dead, believed God would drop a 1,000-mile high pyramid as the New Jerusalem on Greenland and found the Ark of the Covenant in Arizona. A doctor’s evaluation the following month said D’Annunzio used marijuana almost daily, had been living with another woman for several months, had once been in drug treatment
for heroin dependence and was jailed a couple of times as a teenager.
The doctor concluded that his religious beliefs were not delusional. A judge wrote in a child support ruling a few years later that D’Annunzio was a self-described “religious zealot” who believed the government was the “Antichrist.” The judge said he was will-fully failing to make child support payments.
D’Annunzio declined Monday to discuss the specifi cs of his past and refused to confi rm or deny the details of the court documents. He acknowledged having “a troubled upbringing” but said he changed his life 16 years ago when he had a religious conversion.
The documents from the doctor assessing him during the divorce indicated that he was still smoking marijuana daily after the religious conversion, something D’Annunzio would not discuss.
“The bigger story is that the power brokers in Raleigh and in Washing-
ton are willing to go to any length and use any unscrupulous tactic to try to destroy somebody,” he said. “They think that they’re losing their con-trol over the Republican party. People like me haverefused to leave the party and decided instead to reform it and bring it back to its roots.”
D’Annunzio was the leader in a Republican primary vote earlier this month but didn’t get enough votes to avoid a runoff. He faces former television sportscaster Harold Johnson in a runoff vote June 22 for the 8th District, which extends from Charlotte to Fayetteville. The GOP is targeting Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell, who won the seat two years ago after many years of Republican control.
“With Tim D’Annunzio, you have a lot of serious issues here that raise grave doubts about his ability to beat congressman Kissell,” said Andy Sere, a spokes-man with the National Republican Congressio-nal Committee.
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Perdue says new highway projects fund needed
RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue said the creation of a new dedicated fund to build urgent road and other transporation projects in North Carolina is necessary to keep the state’s economic en-gines roaring in the decades ahead.
Perdue, several mayors and Board of Transportation members attended a news conference on Monday to urge the Legislature to approve the North Carolina Mobility Fund that Perdue proposed in her budget last month.
The effort would raise mon-ey in part from higher fees and more car sales taxes to ease congestion with projects of statewide signifi cance hard to fund under the current road-funding formula.
The Senate didn’t put the idea in the budget bill it ap-proved last week but Perdue was hopeful it would be considered during this year’s session.
Education offi cials decry state spending cuts
RALEIGH (AP) — Spokes-men representing North Carolina teachers, school boards and the PTA are urging legislators to spare schools from major spending cuts this year.
They reacted on Monday to the $19 billion budget the state Senate approved last week and the House began considering Monday. House leaders are planning $360 million in education cuts, about twice as deep as the Senate’s plan.
State schools superinten-dent June Atkinson says schools should come before fi lling potholes or other gov-ernment priorities.
North Carolina Association of Educators president Sheri Strickland says school layoffs mean teachers remaining on the job can’t give children the best education possible.
She says students won’t stop needing to be fed, transport-ed, and protected in a safe school.
Jury deliberations on hold in 1972 murder trial
JACKSONVILLE (AP) — The trial of a 57-year-old former small-town police chief ac-cused of killing a Marine 37 years ago in North Carolina is on hold.
The Daily News of Jackson-ville reported Monday that a juror was in the hospital. The jury had been in deliberations since Friday.
Superior Court Judge Ken Crow postponed the trial until Tuesday morning to determine how long the juror would be away.
Hayden faces murder and conspiracy charges for what prosecutors say was an ambush triggered by a love triangle involving Miller’s wife. Crow dismissed the conspiracy charge last week after he ruled the state lacked evidence.
The case remained unsolved until Miller’s sister contacted a newspaper reporter looking into cold cases. The result-ing investigation found new information.
Bald eagle born in captivity may be a mom
HUNTERSVILLE (AP) — A bald eagle born at the Caro-lina Raptor Center in North Carolina has been spotted in Alabama.
The Charlotte Observer re-ports Lola might be a mother.
She and her brother Len were born in captivity at the center in Huntersville in 2006. The young eagles were fi tted with small transmitters and released. They were moni-tored for a couple of years, but then no one kept up with them.
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Fed: Government can’t push BP aside COVINGTON, La. (AP)
— The Obama admin-istration’s point man on the oil spill rejected the notion of removing BP and taking over the crisis Monday, saying the gov-ernment has neither the company’s expertise nor its deep-sea equipment.
“To push BP out of the way, it would raise the question, to replace them with what?” Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen, who is heading the fed-eral response to the spill, said at a White House briefi ng.
The White House is facing increasing ques-tions about why the government can’t assert more control over the handling of the catastro-phe, which unfolded after a BP offshore drilling rig blew up April 20.
All of BP’s attempts to stop the leak have failed, despite the oil giant’s use of joystick-operated submarine robots that can operate at depths no human could withstand. Millions of gallons of brown crude are now coating birds and other wildlife and fouling the Louisiana marshes.
BP is pinning its hopes of stopping the gusher on yet another technique never tested 5,000 feet underwater: a “top kill,” in which heavy mud and cement would be shot into the blown-out well to plug it up. The top kill could begin as early as Wednesday, with BP CEO Tony Hayward giving it a 60 to 70 percent chance of success.
Allen said federal law dictated that BP had to operate the cleanup, with the government oversee-ing its efforts.
“They’re exhausting every technical means possible to deal with that leak,” he said. “I am satis-fi ed with the coordina-tion that’s going on.”
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar suggested over the weekend that the gov-ernment could intervene aggressively if BP wasn’t delivering. “If we fi nd that they’re not doing what they’re supposed to be doing, we’ll push them out of the way appropri-ately,” he said.
But asked about that comment Monday, Allen said: “That’s more of a metaphor.”
Allen said BP and the government are work-ing closely together, with the government holding veto power and adopting an “inquisitorial” stand toward the company’s ideas. The commandant also said the government has the authority to tell BP what to do, and such or-ders carry the force of law.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napoli-tano also took a more measured tone at a news conference Monday in Galliano, La., with Salazar and six U.S. senators who had fl own over the coast to see the damage. “We continue to hold BP re-sponsible as the respon-sible party, but we are on them, watching them,” she said.
BP said it is doing all it can to stop the leak. Its chief operating of-fi cer, Doug Suttles, made the rounds of network morning news shows to say that the company understands people are frustrated.
“Clearly Secretary Salazar is telling us that we need to do this as expediently as we can,” Suttles said. “And of course we are.”
Hayward, BP’s chief executive, walked along oil-soaked Fourchon Beach and said he had
underestimated the possible environmental effects.
“I’m as devastated as you are by what I’ve seen here today,” Hayward told reporters after he spoke with cleanup workers in white overalls and yellow boots, some shoveling oily sand into garbage cans. “We are going to do everything in our power to prevent any more oil from coming ashore, and we will clean every last drop up and we will remediate all of the envi-ronmental damage.”
Mark Kellstrom, an analyst with Summit, N.J.-based Strategic En-ergy Research, said time might be running out for BP to continue calling the shots. “The rhetoric is growing up in Wash-ington for the politicians to kick out BP and let the government take over,” Kellstrom said, though he added that it would be a mistake.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A pro-posal to step up the repeal of the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military but still allow the Pentagon time — perhaps even years — to implement new policies was being discussed Monday by administration offi cials and gay rights activists.
The White House had hoped lawmakers would delay action until Pentagon offi cials had completed their study so fellow Democrats would not face criticism that they moved too quickly or too far ahead of public opinion in this election year. Instead, administration offi cials now expect Congress to move ahead this week even though advocates on both sides say it’s not clear there are enough votes to lift the 1993 ban.
Under the proposal emerg-ing from talks at the White House, Congress would remove the Clinton-era “don’t ask, don’t tell” law even as the Pentagon continues an ongoing review of the system. Implementation of policy for gays serving openly would still require the approval of President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen. How long imple-mentation might take was not known.
Blumenthal apologizes for Vietnam mistakes
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Criticized for saying he “regrets” misstatements he made about his military ser-vice during the Vietnam War, Connecticut Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal is now apologizing.
On Monday and late the night before, the Democrat told various media outlets that he made mistakes and is sorry for them.
“I think he wants to put this behind him. He wants to start getting back to talking about
the issues that matter most to the people of Connecticut and start talking about who is going to best represent the people of Connecticut in Washington,” said Maura Downes, a campaign spokes-woman.
The state’s commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., Richard G. DiFed-erico, had issued a statement Friday demanding an apology from Blumenthal.
“This issue isn’t about Mr. Blumenthal’s great service to the state’s veteran and military population, it’s about him refusing to apologize for claiming to be something he is not,” DiFederico said in his written statement. “The attor-ney general was considered one of the best friends a vet-eran could have in our state. It is a true shame that he let a false claim of Vietnam service change all that.”
Violent, property crimes both down for 3rd-straight year
WASHINGTON (AP) — Crime in the United States dropped dramatically in 2009, bucking a historical trend that links rising crime rates to economic woes. Property crimes and violent offenses each declined about 5 percent, the FBI said Monday, citing reports from law enforcement coast to coast.
It was the third straight year of declines, and this year’s drops were even steeper than those of 2007 and 2008, despite the recession.
There were words of caution from experts.
“It’s fabulous news, but I would draw an analogy to global warming: Even if you believe the long-term trend is increasing temperatures, it doesn’t mean you can’t have a cold year,” said Jonathan P. Caulkins, a professor of public policy at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College.
Last year’s decline was 5.5 percent for violent crime, including 7.2 percent for murders. The rate for property crime was down 4.9 percent, the seventh consecutive drop for that category.
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Lohan ordered to wear alcohol monitoring bracelet
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Lindsay Lohan left court Monday with a heavy new piece of jewelry, but it wasn’t her favor-ite kind of bling.
Lohan sported an ugly, alcohol-monitor-ing ankle bracelet that came with tough restrictions on her probation that could cut into her career plans.
The measures were ordered after Lohan angered Superior Court Judge Mar-sha Revel by failing to show up for a hearing last week in Beverly Hills and instead attended the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Photos from Cannes showed the actress partying on a yacht into the late hours on the day she was supposed to be in court in Beverly Hills.
A bench warrant was issued for her arrest then lifted when her lawyer posted bail and Lohan fl ew back to the United States over the weekend.
Lohan’s lawyer said the ac-tress had her passport sto-len in Canne and couldn’t travel in time to attend the hearing.
Lohan, wearing a dark gray pants suit, arrived in court a few minutes late and appeared somber and con-cerned when she conferred with her attorney about the move to attach the brace-let and require drug and alcohol testing every week
in the Los Angeles area.The bracelet gets a signal
through the skin if a person has been drinking and sends the signal to the com-pany that monitors it, court spokesman Alan Parachini said.
Lohan’s attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, told Judge Revel that Lohan was plan-ning to travel to Texas to fi lm a movie titled “Ma-chete.”
Revel suggested the actress might have to delay the project and was unmoved when Holley sug-gested Lohan could fulfi ll the probation requirements in Texas.
Brittany Murphy’s husband is found dead at home
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The husband of Brittany Murphy was found dead by his mother-in-law late Sunday at the Los Angeles home he shared with the late actress, the coroner’s offi ce said.
Simon Monjack’s death was reported as a possible heart attack and ap-peared to be from natural causes, Los Angeles County Assis-tant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said. Monjack was 39.
“He was discovered by Brittany’s mom as being unresponsive” in the master bedroom of the Hollywood Hills home at about 9:40 p.m. Sunday, Winter said. Sharon Murphy called para-medics, who pronounced him dead.
There were no signs of foul play or physical injury to his body, Winter said.
Prescription medications belonging to Monjack were found in his bedroom, but there was no immediate in-dication that he overdosed, Winter said.
An autopsy was planned Tuesday, but a fi nal cause of death would await results of planned toxicology tests, Winter said.
Murphy died last Dec. 20 after collapsing in the home.
At his wife’s funeral, a visibly emotional Monjack talked about their relation-ship and called her his best friend and soul mate. The two married in 2007. He had said they were planning a family and contemplating a move to New York.
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‘Lost’ fi nale stirs much debateBy FRAZIER MOOREAP Television Writer
NEW YORK — Can we all agree that Jack Shephard is dead? That he died in a bamboo grove on the lost island, gravely injured after saving it, his eye seen in close-up shutting as the series’ fi nal shot?
There may not be much more that viewers will agree on after Sunday’s gargantuan, challenging conclusion to “Lost.”
For six seasons, the ABC mystical thriller has kept its audience guess-ing and arguing as well as entertained. But after the much-awaited fi nale, criti-cism and debate went into hyperdrive.
“One word. just amaz-ing. the circle of life. wow. just wow,” cheered fran-ciSpace among a fl urry of Twitter postings Monday morning.
And linenlimbs report-ed, “my dish network box won’t turn on today; i think it committed suicide after that devastatingly beautiful episode.”
On the other hand, tomuky declared, “Thank goodness its over. A show with a million plot lines in a losing attempt to appear as an intelligent show.”
On YouTube, viewers rushed to upload their video responses to the episode.
One “Lost” fan, her
face lit in an eerie blue glow, wept and choked out remarks such as “’Lost’ is my life” and “I don’t under-stand why it had to end” for nearly fi ve minutes.
“I don’t know what the hell just happened,” said another YouTube contribu-tor in a blistering critique.
The last series fi nale to fuel such fi erce an-ticipation and spark such after-the-fact dispute was, of course, “The Sopranos,” in 2007. Did Tony die in the restaurant a nanosecond after the fi nal blackout, or did he carry on his mobster life with nothing changed? “Sopranos” fans still dis-agree.
Now, to no one’s surprise, the “Lost” fi nale has joined its notorious, celebrated ranks.
But can we all agree
that, even now, viewers weren’t given the answer to one long-standing, seemingly fundamental question: Where was the doggone island?
Good. That’s settled. Or not.
The two-and-one-half-hour special drew an average audience of 13.5 million viewers, beating NBC’s “Celebrity Appren-tice” fi nale by 4.2 million viewers, according to the Nielsen Co. The two-hour retrospective that preceded the “Lost” fi nale drew an audience of 9.8 million viewers.
But mysteries continued to plague much of that audience Monday in the “Lost” hangover.
Sure, Jack was dead. But what about the other cast-aways? What was the state
of their mortality, both on the island and in the so-called sideways universe that showed their paral-lel existence elsewhere, mostly in Los Angeles?
“Both stories seem to be part of their limbo, part of their purgatory,” said Chris Seay, author of “The Gospel According to ’Lost.”’
The fi nale, he said, “wasn’t what I hoped.” Pointing to the pledge from “Lost” producers that the island wasn’t a purgatory for the victims of the Oceanic airliner crash, Seay suggested that the outcome of the series amounted to “sort of a misdirection.”
He cited the fi nale’s closing scenes in an L.A. church where many of the former castaways — all of them dead — convened, with Jack, apparently, the guest of honor.
With light fl ooding the sanctuary, it seemed a vi-sion of a blissful afterlife, or the gateway leading there.
“It was the most com-pelling part of the show — people that you love being present together,” Seay said. “They spoke about going to the place where you can be with the people that you love. This is how we speak of heaven, but in the most common understanding, it’s a place where people that you love are reunited.”
AP photo
In this publicity image released by ABC, Matthew Fox is shown in a scene from the series fi nale of “Lost.”
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Governor hopeful denies affairBY JIM DAVENPORTAssociated Press Writer
COLUMBIA — Tea party favorite Nikki Haley, a Republican candidate for governor whose campaign gained momentum with recent endorsements from Sarah Palin and Jenny San-ford, vehemently denied allegations Monday that she had an inappropriate relationship with a political blogger several years ago.
Haley, a legislator vying to become the state’s fi rst female chief executive and replace disgraced Gov. Mark Sanford, called the claim posted on the blogger’s site Monday a smear. She questioned the timing two weeks before the primary, saying it was an attempt to derail her campaign, once consid-ered a long-shot.
“I have been 100 percent faithful to my husband throughout our 13 years of marriage. This claim against me is categorically and totally false,” Haley, a 38-year-old mother of two, said in a statement. “It is quite sim-ply South Carolina politics at its worst.”
The claim came from Will Folks, a conserva-tive blogger who previ-ously served as Sanford’s spokesman. Folks said the
relationship took place in 2007 when he did commu-nications work for Haley, including writing speeches and news releases. He offered no proof of it and refused to go into any details.
“I’m not going to paint pictures,” he said in an ex-clusive interview with The Associated Press on the condition his statements would not be published before the allegation was posted on his blog.
Folks pleaded guilty to criminal domestic violence in 2005 and left the Sanford administra-tion around that time. He is now a political consul-tant and runs FITSNews.com, a conservative site
that features occasionally insightful commentary, thinly sourced stories of state political intrigue and photos of women in bikinis.
Folks’ allegation comes nearly a year after the gov-ernor famously vanished from the state for fi ve days, reappearing from a trip
to Argentina to admit to an affair with a woman he later called his “soul mate.” The scandal ended Sanford’s marriage and led to calls for his resignation. He is term-limited and leaves offi ce in January; in years past he had backed Haley’s political aspira-tions, and his ex-wife cam-paigned with her earlier this month.
Political scientist Neal Thigpen said he thinks most political activists won’t believe Folks, but some tea party supporters could be swayed to sup-port another candidate.
“It seems to me the whole thing is designed to stop Rep. Haley’s mo-mentum,” said Thigpen, a Francis Marion University professor. “If it’s Nikki’s word against Will Folks’, I know who I’d believe. ... But something like this can do her great damage.”
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South Carolina Republican gubernatorial hopeful Nikki Haley, left, and former South Carolina fi rst lady Jenny Sanford campaign on Friday in Charleston, S.C.
US, South Korea to test military force
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Monday announced plans for two major military exercises off the Korean peninsula in a show of force aimed at North Korea, which has been blamed by investigators for a deadly torpedo attack on a South Korean warship.
The White House called U.S. support for South Korea “un-equivocal” and said in a state-ment that President Obama had directed military command-ers to work with the South “to ensure readiness and to deter future aggression.”
North Korean leaders have denied responsibility and warned against any retalia-tion, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday blamed the North for the crisis.
U.S. offi cials hope a united international response, cou-pled with a display of military might, will deter North Korea’s neo-Stalinist regime from ratcheting up tensions.
Smugglers peddle ultra-pure heroin
WINFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Mexican drug smugglers are increasingly peddling a form of ultra-potent heroin that sells for as little as $10 a bag and is so pure it can kill unsuspecting users instantly, sometimes before they even remove the syringefrom their veins.
An Associated Press review of drug overdose data shows that so-called “black tar” heroin - named for its dark, gooey consistency - and other forms of the drug are contributing to a spike in overdose deaths across the nation and attracting a new generation of users who are caught off guard by its potency.
“We found people who snorted it lying face-down with the straw lying next to them,” said Patrick O’Neil, coroner in suburban Chicago’s Will County, where annual heroin deaths have nearly tripled - from 10 to 29 - since 2006.
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Greenville80/64
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Wilmington78/65
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NFL MEETINGS TO TALK NEW YORK SUPER BOWL
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Ready for an outdoor Super Bowl in cold, possibly snowy weather? Thinking that new overtime rule adopted for playoff games should be used in the regular season, too?
NFL owners will discuss those things and more on Tuesday during meetings in the Dallas area.
The owners will pick the site of the 2014 Super Bowl. It will be either Miami, Tampa or the new $1.6 billion Meadowlands stadium that will become home to the Jets and Giants next season. That stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., won’t have a roof and a February Super Bowl would probably be a cold one.
NHL
KEITH LOSES TEETH BUT BLACKHAWKS WIN
CHICAGO (AP) — It takes more than a puck in the face to keep Duncan Keith off the ice for the Chicago Blackhawks — even when he loses seven teeth.
Chicago’s top defenseman was hit by a puck off the stick San Jose’s Patrick Marleau during the second period of Sunday’s 4-2 victory over the Sharks that clinched the West-ern Conference title and a trip to the Stanley Cup fi nals.
Keith returned to the game and fi nished with a game-high 29 minutes, two seconds of ice time. He lost four bottom teeth and three more on top.
Keith was able to return after getting some injections in his mouth to numb the pain and even got an assist on Dave Bolland’s game-tying goal in the second.
NASH HAS BROKEN NOSE, SAYS HE IS FINE
PHOENIX (AP) — Steve Nash has a broken nose but says he doesn’t expect it to be a prob-lem for him in Game 4 of the Western Conference fi nals.
The Phoenix playmaker sustained the slight fracture in a fourth-quarter collision with Derek Fisher in the Suns’ 118-109 victory over the Los Ange-les Lakers on Sunday night.
He spoke briefl y with report-ers after practice on Monday before leaving to have the nose put back in place by a special-ist.
Nash played the fourth quar-ter of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifi nals with his right eye swollen shut after tak-ing an inadvertent elbow from San Antonio’s Tim Duncan.
“I’m lucky. I’ve had a couple bumps or bruises that haven’t affected my play,” Nash said. “Those don’t bother you. It’s the ones that limit you that you hope you don’t have to face.”
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N C H S A A S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T: L E E C O U N T Y Y E L L O W J A C K E T S
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Lee County’s Carson Wilson hits the ball during Friday’s third-round state 4-A playoff game against Broughton High School in Raleigh. Wil-son and the Jackets play conference foe Alex tonight in the regional semifi nals.
Jackets fend off overconfi denceBy ALEX [email protected]
SANFORD — A month spent as the underdog of the Tri-9 Confer-ence has led the Lee County Yellow Jackets to some rather eye-pop-ping accomplishments.
To wit:
A late-season winning streak that led to a berth in the state playoffs.
Two standout starting pitching performances by ace Dillon Frye that got the team on a postseason roll.
Another clutch pitching effort from left-handed sophomore Nick
Durazo in his fi rst career playoff start that kept what was once an improbable playoff run alive and into the regional semifi nals of the 4-A tournament.
But none of those might be able
4-A East Semifi nals
Apex (14-11) at Lee County (15-10)
Time: 7 p.m.Admission: $5Forecast: Temperature
expected to be 78 at gametime. Chance of rain is 30 percent.
Cavs fi re BrownBy TOM WITHERSAP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND — Of the many reasons the Cleveland Cavaliers had for fi ring coach Mike Brown after fi ve seasons without an NBA title, one mattered most.
They can’t lose LeBron James.
Less than two weeks af-ter their stun-ning, second-round loss to Boston in the NBA playoffs, the Cavaliers fi red Brown on Monday,
an expected move that perhaps indicates the team believes it can re-sign James, the two-time MVP and free agent-in-waiting.
Brown was the most success-ful coach in franchise history. In fi ve seasons, he led the Cavs to the playoffs every year, to the fi nals in 2007 and to 127 wins in the past two seasons.
But Brown failed to win a championship, and after Cleveland’s second straight early exodus from the postsea-son — a collapse that included two blowout losses at home and dissension in the Cavs’ locker room — and with James about to explore free agency, owner Dan Gilbert decided to make a change.
IN THE PITS
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Mark Martin (5), Jeff Gordon, (24), Jamie McMurray (1), Carl Edwards (99) and Dale Earnhardt Jr., behind Edwards, crash during the fi nal laps of the NASCAR All-Star auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord on Saturday night.
NASCAR deserves some creditBy JENNA FRYERAP Auto Racing Writer
CHARLOTTE — It’s been easy the last several seasons to kick NASCAR as it struggled with sinking ratings, slipping sponsorships and, worst of all, lousy racing.
It’s not fair, though, to talk only about what’s gone wrong, particularly at a time when NAS-CAR is doing many things right. Those positive turns are often overlooked, partly because it’s far more fun to fl og all the fl aws than it is to dish out credit for making positive change.
It’s been almost a year since NASCAR opened its ears in two town-hall style meeting between top executives and the competitors. The sport was in trouble — the economy had wreaked havoc on everyone’s bottom line, and nobody was all that thrilled with the competition — and NASCAR was willing to listen to ideas.
There was initial concern that those May 26 meetings were nothing more lip service. Looking
back, they were actually a major turning point for the industry because actual changes have followed.
NASCAR switched to the popular double-fi le restart format two weeks after the town-hall meeting, and plans to eliminate the wing that so offended race fans began taking shape. When NASCAR received considerable backlash over the watered-down October race at Talladega, the “boys, have at it” policy was born.
Fans displeasure with never knowing what time a race was going to begin was fi xed by the consistent start times policy that went into effect this season, and the decision was made to put the entire Chase for the Sprint Cup champion-ship on ESPN to streamline yet another aspect.
Struggling at this time last year with the fall-out from Jeremy Mayfi eld’s failed drug test and the confusion many drivers claimed they had over NASCAR’s toughened new policy, a list of
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LCPRRegistrations taken for variety of activities
SANFORD — Lee County Parks and Recre-ation has begun taking registrations for swim lessons, gymnastics and summer camps.
Swim lessons will be reg-istering from 3-6 p.m. un-til Friday at OT Sloan Pool for boys and girls ages 6 months-through-adult. The county resident fee is $20 per session. There are four sessions available. Limited space is available. For more information, call (919) 775-, ext. 207.
Gymnastics will be regis-tering Thursday and Friday from 3-6 p.m. at 221 Commercial Court (behind Sagebrush) for girls and boys ages toddler and up. For more information call, (919) 774-6445.
San Lee Park is register-ing for summer camps. There are seven different nature-themed sessions available where campers can experience nature through hands-on activities and crafts. Full and half-day camps are available for girls and boys ages 4-12. For more information, call (919) 776-6221.
OT Sloan Pool opens to the public on Satur-days and Sundays only beginning May 29-through-June 13 from 1-5 p.m.Beginning June 15 the pool will be open to the public Tuesdays-Sun-days from 1-5 p.m. The fee for public swim is $3 per person. For additional information, call (919) 775-2107, ext. 207.
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The team members for the SASL Sabres are (front row, l-r): Maguire Reece, Griffi n Dunne, Dawson Riggins, Colton Dutchess, Oscar Aguirre and Jonathan Guevara. Second row (l-r): Jose Aguirre, Jack Davenport, James Arellano, Alex Alba, Francisco Lemus and Richard McCollum. Back row (l-r): assistant coach Fidel Hernandez and head coach Matt Dutchess. Not pictured: assistant coach Chris Riggins.
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BASKETBALLLee County to hold FUNdamentals camp
SANFORD — Lee County’s FUNdamentals basketball camp will be held on June 14-17 in the Lee County High School gymnasium.
The skills camp, which will be led by Lee County Yellow Jacket head coach Reggie Peace, will be for boys and girls ages 6-14. The camp will be held from 9 a.m.-to-noon each day.
If interested participants sign up between now and May 31, the cost will be $35. Be-ginning on June 1, the camp will cost $40. If two or more people from the same house-hold are interested, the camp will cost $35 per person.
For more information, con-tact Peace at (919) 776-7541 ext. 4237.
SWIMMINGSanford Dolphins to hold two camps
SANFORD — The Sanford Dolphins Swim Team will be hosting two summer swim camps in June.
The fi rst camp runs from 12:30-to-3:45 p.m. from June 14-18 and the second is June 21-25 from 12:30-to-3:45 p.m. The camps will be held at the Sanford Nautilus and refresh-ments will be provided.
Contact coach Mark Kline at (919) 308-6100 for more infor-mation or to reserve a spot for your child.
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Sabres complete standout season
UPCOMING
SANFORD — This was a big year for the SASL Sabres, a 10-and-under area soccer team.
The Sabres had un-defeated seasons in both the Fall U-10 Challenge Division and when they “played up” in the U-11
Challenge Division during the spring season. They were the champions of the Can Am Cup, Thanksgiving Jam, Pine Cone Cup and the MSSL tournament.
“I couldn’t be more proud of a soccer season,” said head coach Matt
Duchess. “This group of young men worked ex-tremely hard at all training sessions, and even harder during matches. The team really gelled on and off the fi eld, and they have a lot to be proud of. I have really enjoyed watching this team
build and, more important-ly, earn their undefeated season.”
There were only 12 goals scored against the Sabres this season as goalkeeper Colton Dutchess fi nished with 100-plus saves. Magu-ire Reece led the team with 12 goals while Alex Alba added 11. Oscar Aguirre and James Arellano had seven assists apiece while Jack Davenport had fi ve and Griffi n Dunne and Richard McCollum had four each.
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banned substances was created and made avail-able to teams at the start of this season.
NASCAR chairman Brian France and his top management team spent the offseason individually meeting with every race team to discuss the tract they were taking in a bid to stop the bleeding. For a series that had forever been run like a dictator-ship, this open attitude was a refreshing change.
And if there was any doubt that NASCAR was willing to do whatever was needed to save the show, it responded to the many customers left dissatisfi ed when the fi rst race of the year, the exhibition Budweiser Shootout, ended under caution. Entered into competition just four days before the season-opening Daytona 500, the new policy of three at-tempts at a green-white-checkered fl ag ending has radically improved the racing this year.
So here they are, a year later, coming off one of the most celebratory
weeks in NASCAR history.The glitzy $195 million
Hall of Fame opened this month amid a tremen-dous amount of anticipa-tion. NASCAR celebrated all of last week with numerous Hall of Fame events, then moved to the race track for Saturday night’s annual All-Star race.
The racing, like it has been for most of the year, was much improved. Granted, the fi eld had to fi rst fi gure out how to catch four-time defend-ing series champion Jimmie Johnson, but ever since the wing was replaced by the tradition-al spoiler in March, ol’ Double J hasn’t seemed so invincible anymore.
The “have at it” policy, designed to allow driv-ers to self-police on the track while also encour-aging more emotion, again gave NASCAR a juicy storyline when teammates Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch raced each other hard for a shot at the win. When that aggressiveness led to a race-ending crash for Busch, he threatened to kill Hamlin over his team radio (lovely to see you again, “old” Kyle!).
Federer, Williams coast in fi rst round
PARIS (AP) — The French-speaking voice booming through loudspeakers at Court Philippe Chatrier recited Roger Federer’s bona fi -des during prematch in-troductions, detailing his six titles at Wimbledon, fi ve at the U.S. Open, four at the Australian Open and then, reaching a crescendo, concluded this way:
“One at Roland Gar-ros, here, last year!”
Federer smiled. Fans roared, many rising to applaud. Playing at the French Open as defend-ing champion for the fi rst time, Federer gave ’em plenty to cheer about Monday, dipping into his considerable repertoire of shotmaking in a 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 victory over 71st-ranked Peter Luczak of Australia.
With the end result far from in doubt, Federer turned the outing into a glorifi ed practice session. He closed one extended exchange by slicing a backhand with so much spin that, after land-ing, the ball darted back toward the net, away from Luczak. Federer acknowledged the cheers by raising an index fi n-ger, lest somebody forget he’s No. 1.
“If it was anyone else, I’d be getting pretty an-gry,” said Luczak, whose career mark in Grand Slam matches fell to 5-14. “He just had me on a string and just (was) toy-ing with me at the end. I think he was enjoying it.”
Federer made only 11 unforced errors, won 50 of 64 points on his serve and faced one break point, which he saved.
“I was pretty relaxed,” said Federer, who can tie Pete Sampras’ record of 286 total weeks at No. 1 in the rankings June 7. “It was like a perfect match to get off the French Open campaign, really.”
Other top players — even those who also won — were less pleased with their performances on Day 2, when a searing sun carried the tem-perature into the 80s and made the most grueling of tennis’ surfaces even more of a test of fi tness.
The No. 1-ranked woman, Serena Williams, for example, found little to smile about after fol-lowing Federer into the main stadium and beat-ing Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland 7-6 (2), 6-2.
“I defi nitely didn’t feel good about it,” said Williams, who counts the 2002 French Open among her 12 major championships. “At least I won. I think I’m still in the tournament; that’s what matters.”
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Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, center, drives past Phoenix Suns’ Robin Lopez during the second half of Game 3 of the Western Conference fi nals Sunday in Phoenix.
PHOENIX (AP) — Losing one game in Phoenix was tolerable for the Los Angeles Lakers. Two losses and things start to get uncom-fortable for the reigning NBA champions.
It’s safe to say that coach Phil Jackson was giving his team a refresher course on how to beat a zone defense when the Lakers worked out at US Airways Center on Monday after Phoenix employed the strategy to great success in its 118-109 victory on Sunday night. The Suns can square the series at 2-2 with another home win in Game 4 on Tuesday night.
Jackson said he had never seen a team use the zone so much in a play-off game since the NBA legalized the defense in the 2001-02 season, not that Kobe Bryant seemed all that concerned.
When asked if a day of practice would be enough to work out how to attack the zone, he answered sarcastically.
“Nah,” he said. “We’re doomed.”
The Suns used the zone
much of the second quarter and the entire second half. Phoenix coach Alvin Gentry said that was more than he anticipated but he stuck with it because it worked when nothing else had against the Lakers, who av-eraged 126 points and shot 58 percent in the series’ fi rst two games.
There were inferences on Monday that the zone is somehow an “unmanly” defense, that real teams play man-to-man.
“We have to try every way we can to fi nd a situ-ation where we can win,” Gentry said. “Whatever that takes, that’s what it is. If we have to play our ’girlie zone’ as somebody said, we’ll play our ’girlie zone.”’
Steve Nash’s nose and Andrew Bynum’s knee were main subjects of discussion on Monday.
Bynum got in early foul trouble and had just two points and two rebounds in 7 1/2 minutes on Sunday night. After the game, Jack-son talked about perhaps having the big center, who has a small meniscus tear in his right knee, sit out the next game. But Jackson said on Monday that Bynum would play.
“I talked to him this morning. He feels like he’s OK,” the Lakers coach said. “I was worried that he was impinging on his ability to play by concern about his health and status, and he says he’s OK.”
Lakers expect to better attack Suns’ zone
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AMERICAN LEAGUEEast Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayTampa Bay 32 12 .727 — — 8-2 W-2 13-7 19-5New York 26 18 .591 6 — 4-6 L-2 13-6 13-12Toronto 26 20 .565 7 1 6-4 W-1 11-11 15-9Boston 24 21 .533 81⁄2 21⁄2 6-4 W-2 14-11 10-10Baltimore 14 31 .311 181⁄2 121⁄2 3-7 L-2 8-12 6-19
Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayMinnesota 26 18 .591 — — 4-6 L-1 14-7 12-11Detroit 25 19 .568 1 1 6-4 W-1 14-6 11-13Chicago 18 25 .419 71⁄2 71⁄2 4-6 L-1 11-13 7-12Kansas City 18 27 .400 81⁄2 81⁄2 6-4 L-2 8-13 10-14Cleveland 16 26 .381 9 9 3-7 W-1 7-12 9-14
West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayTexas 25 20 .556 — — 5-5 L-2 18-9 7-11Oakland 23 22 .511 2 31⁄2 5-5 W-3 18-9 5-13Los Angeles 21 25 .457 41⁄2 6 6-4 L-1 12-11 9-14Seattle 16 28 .364 81⁄2 10 3-7 L-2 10-13 6-15
NATIONAL LEAGUEEast Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayPhiladelphia 26 17 .605 — — 6-4 L-2 13-10 13-7Atlanta 23 21 .523 31⁄2 2 7-3 L-1 13-6 10-15Florida 23 22 .511 4 21⁄2 6-4 W-1 12-10 11-12Washington 23 22 .511 4 21⁄2 3-7 W-2 14-10 9-12New York 22 23 .489 5 31⁄2 4-6 W-2 16-9 6-14
Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwaySt. Louis 26 19 .578 — — 6-4 W-1 15-8 11-11Cincinnati 25 19 .568 1⁄2 — 6-4 L-1 14-9 11-10Chicago 21 24 .467 5 41⁄2 6-4 W-2 11-10 10-14Pittsburgh 19 25 .432 61⁄2 6 5-5 W-1 11-12 8-13Milwaukee 17 27 .386 81⁄2 8 2-8 W-1 4-14 13-13Houston 15 29 .341 101⁄2 10 2-8 L-2 9-18 6-11
West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwaySan Diego 26 18 .591 — — 4-6 W-2 12-9 14-9Los Angeles 25 19 .568 1 — 8-2 L-1 15-8 10-11San Francisco 22 21 .512 31⁄2 21⁄2 4-6 L-5 13-8 9-13Colorado 22 22 .500 4 3 6-4 W-2 11-7 11-15Arizona 20 25 .444 61⁄2 51⁄2 6-4 L-1 11-12 9-13
AMERICAN LEAGUESaturday’s GamesChicago White Sox 4, Florida 1L.A. Angels 10, St. Louis 7Washington 7, Baltimore 6Oakland 1, San Francisco 0Colorado 3, Kansas City 0Minnesota 8, Milwaukee 7, 12 inningsCincinnati 6, Cleveland 4Tampa Bay 4, Houston 2Boston 5, Philadelphia 0Chicago Cubs 5, Texas 4, 10 inningsL.A. Dodgers 6, Detroit 4N.Y. Mets 5, N.Y. Yankees 3Arizona 8, Toronto 5San Diego 2, Seattle 1Sunday’s GamesCleveland 4, Cincinnati 3Washington 4, Baltimore 3, 10 inningsBoston 8, Philadelphia 3Chicago Cubs 5, Texas 4Florida 13, Chicago White Sox 0Tampa Bay 10, Houston 6Colorado 11, Kansas City 7Milwaukee 4, Minnesota 3St. Louis 6, L.A. Angels 5, 10 inningsOakland 3, San Francisco 0Detroit 6, L.A. Dodgers 2San Diego 8, Seattle 1Toronto 12, Arizona 4N.Y. Mets 6, N.Y. Yankees 4Monday’s GamesChicago White Sox (Danks 3-3) at Cleveland
(Masterson 0-4), 7:05 p.m.Boston (Buchholz 5-3) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis
4-3), 7:10 p.m.Toronto (Cecil 3-2) at L.A. Angels (J.Saunders
3-5), 10:05 p.m.
Tuesday’s GamesChicago White Sox (Peavy 3-3) at Cleveland
(Talbot 5-3), 7:05 p.m.Oakland (Braden 4-4) at Baltimore (Guthrie 2-4),
7:05 p.m.Boston (Lester 4-2) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 5-1),
7:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 4-2) at Minnesota
(S.Baker 4-4), 8:10 p.m.Texas (Harden 2-1) at Kansas City (Meche 0-4),
8:10 p.m.Toronto (R.Romero 4-1) at L.A. Angels
(E.Santana 3-3), 10:05 p.m.Detroit (Verlander 5-2) at Seattle (Fister 3-2),
10:10 p.m.NATIONAL LEAGUESaturday’s GamesAtlanta 4, Pittsburgh 2Sunday’s GamesPittsburgh 3, Atlanta 2, 10 inningsMonday’s GamesPittsburgh (Burres 2-1) at Cincinnati (Harang
2-5), 7:10 p.m.Tuesday’s GamesAtlanta (Kawakami 0-6) at Florida (Ani.Sanchez
3-2), 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Moyer 5-3) at N.Y. Mets (Dickey
0-0), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Maholm 3-4) at Cincinnati (Leake
4-0), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 4-2) at Chicago Cubs
(Dempster 2-4), 8:05 p.m.Houston (F.Paulino 0-6) at Milwaukee (Wolf 3-4),
8:10 p.m.Arizona (I.Kennedy 3-2) at Colorado (J.Chacin
2-2), 8:40 p.m.St. Louis (Wainwright 6-2) at San Diego (Garland
5-2), 10:05 p.m.Washington (L.Hernandez 4-2) at San Francisco
(Wellemeyer 2-4), 10:15 p.m.
Sports ReviewRACINGNASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders
By The Associated PressThrough May 16Points1, Kevin Harvick, 1,768. 2, Kyle Busch,
1,699. 3, Matt Kenseth, 1,642. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 1,637. 5, Denny Hamlin, 1,618. 6, Jeff Gordon, 1,605. 7, Greg Biffl e, 1,581. 8, Jeff Burton, 1,569. 9, Kurt Busch, 1,531. 10, Carl Edwards, 1,487.
11, Mark Martin, 1,475. 12, Martin Truex Jr., 1,434. 13, Ryan Newman, 1,404. 14, Tony Stewart, 1,397. 15, Clint Bowyer, 1,392. 16, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1,391. 17, Jamie McMurray, 1,346. 18, Joey Logano, 1,332. 19, Juan Pablo Montoya, 1,322. 20, David Reutimann, 1,262.
Money1, Jamie McMurray, $3,114,702. 2, Jim-
mie Johnson, $2,669,300. 3, Kevin Harvick, $2,638,364. 4, Kyle Busch, $2,359,526. 5, Denny Hamlin, $2,209,829. 6, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $2,206,929. 7, Jeff Gordon, $2,139,566. 8, Matt Kenseth, $2,077,891. 9, Kurt Busch, $2,038,080. 10, Jeff Burton, $1,988,584.
11, Greg Biffl e, $1,975,904. 12, Kasey Kahne, $1,919,019. 13, Juan Pablo Mon-toya, $1,905,076. 14, David Reutimann, $1,839,027. 15, Tony Stewart, $1,809,130. 16, Carl Edwards, $1,808,005. 17, Joey Logano, $1,793,185. 18, Ryan Newman, $1,789,302. 19, Clint Bowyer, $1,728,820. 20, Mark Martin, $1,679,089.
NASCAR Sprint Cup-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Results
By The Associated PressSaturdayAt Charlotte Motor SpeedwayConcord, N.C.Lap length: 1.5 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (1) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 100 laps, 121.9
rating, $1,078,309.2. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 100, 80.1,
$233,299.3. (2) Joey Logano, Toyota, 100, 99.7,
$133,299.4. (12) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 100, 97.8,
$103,274.5. (11) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 100, 52.8,
$98,274.6. (13) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 100,
58.4, $93,274.7. (3) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 100, 80.7,
$88,124.8. (14) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 100, 60.8,
$87,124.9. (20) Greg Biffl e, Ford, 100, 65.6,
$86,124.10. (17) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 100,
36.1, $85,124.11. (10) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 100,
54.9, $84,099.12. (18) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet,
100, 48.7, $83,099.13. (7) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 100,
128.5, $232,099.14. (5) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 98,
98.1, $81,599.15. (16) Kasey Kahne, Ford, accident, 98,
37.4, $80,999.16. (9) Casey Mears, Toyota, accident, 95,
31.8, $80,724.17. (15) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, accident,
90, 62.2, $80,599.18. (4) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, ac-
cident, 90, 87.9, $80,499.19. (6) David Reutimann, Toyota, accident,
90, 68.8, $80,399.20. (8) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, accident,
90, 47.5, $80,299.21. (21) Carl Edwards, Ford, accident, 90,
33.5, $80,199.———Race StatisticsAverage Speed of Race Winner: 94.175
mph.Time of Race: 1 hour, 35 minutes, 34
seconds.Margin of Victory: 0.358 seconds.Caution Flags: 5 for 5 laps.Lead Changes: 6 among 4 drivers.Lap Leaders: Ku.Busch 1-9; J.Johnson
10-25; Ky.Busch 26-48; Ku.Busch 49-50; J.Johnson 51-90; D.Hamlin 91-92; Ku.Busch 93-100.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Johnson, 2 times for 56 laps; Ky.Busch, 1 time for 23 laps; Ku.Busch, 3 times for 19 laps; D.Hamlin, 1 time for 2 laps.
Top 12 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 1,768; 2. Ky.Busch, 1,699; 3. M.Kenseth, 1,642; 4. J.Johnson, 1,637; 5. D.Hamlin, 1,618; 6. J.Gordon, 1,605; 7. G.Biffl e, 1,581; 8. J.Burton, 1,569; 9. Ku.Busch, 1,531; 10. C.Edwards, 1,487; 11. M.Martin, 1,475; 12. M.Truex Jr., 1,434.
NASCAR Sprint Cup-Sprint Showdown Results
By The Associated PressSaturdayAt Charlotte Motor SpeedwayConcord, N.C.
Lap length: 1.5 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (20) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 40 laps,
120.4 rating, $51,760.2. (5) Greg Biffl e, Ford, 40, 133.6,
$41,734.3. (17) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 40, 113.5,
$37,459.4. (12) Paul Menard, Ford, 40, 106.6,
$35,359.5. (19) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 40, 91.9,
$34,359.6. (1) David Ragan, Ford, 40, 120,
$32,359.7. (3) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 40, 89.2,
$31,359.8. (8) AJ Allmendinger, Ford, 40, 105.1,
$30,759.9. (24) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 40, 66.4,
$30,259.10. (26) Carl Edwards, Ford, 40, 70.8,
$30,009.11. (16) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 40, 74.9,
$29,734.12. (7) Bill Elliott, Ford, 40, 69, $29,484.13. (6) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 40, 68.7,
$29,234.14. (18) Scott Speed, Toyota, 40, 59.1,
$29,134.15. (10) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 40, 57.2,
$29,034.16. (2) Max Papis, Toyota, 40, 62.5,
$28,934.17. (23) J.J. Yeley, Dodge, 40, 47.4,
$28,834.18. (4) Kevin Conway, Ford, 40, 44,
$28,734.19. (28) Derrike Cope, Dodge, 40, 40,
$28,634.20. (15) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 40,
36.1, $28,534.21. (22) Robert Richardson Jr., Dodge, 39,
33.9, $28,409.22. (13) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 38, 46.7,
$28,284.23. (9) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, accident,
34, 67.9, $28,184.24. (29) David Gilliland, Ford, accident, 21,
47.9, $28,084.25. (27) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, suspen-
sion, 18, 32.2, $27,984.26. (11) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, accident,
16, 78, $27,884.27. (14) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet,
accident, 16, 73.2, $27,784.28. (21) Todd Bodine, Toyota, transmis-
sion, 13, 32.3, $27,684.29. (25) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, electrical,
7, 26.4, $27,584.———Race StatisticsAverage Speed of Race Winner: 103.597
mph.Time of Race: 0 hours, 34 minutes, 45
seconds.Margin of Victory: 1.395 seconds.Caution Flags: 2 for 4 laps.Lead Changes: 2 among 3 drivers.Lap Leaders: D.Ragan 1-20; G.Biffl e 21-
32; M.Truex Jr. 33-40.Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps
Led): D.Ragan, 1 time for 20 laps; G.Biffl e, 1 time for 12 laps; M.Truex Jr., 1 time for 8 laps.
BASKETBALLNBA Playoff Glance
By The Associated PressAll Times EDT(Best-of-7)(x-if necessary)
CONFERENCE FINALSEASTERN CONFERENCE
Boston 3, Orlando 0Sunday, May 16: Boston 92, Orlando 88Tuesday, May 18: Boston 95, Orlando 92Saturday, May 22: Boston 94, Orlando 71Monday, May 24: Orlando at Boston, 8:30
p.m.x-Wednesday, May 26: Boston at Orlando,
8:30 p.m.x-Friday, May 28: Orlando at Boston, 8:30
p.m.x-Sunday, May 30: Boston at Orlando, 8:30
p.m.WESTERN CONFERENCEL.A. Lakers 2, Phoenix 1
Monday, May 17: L.A. Lakers 128, Phoenix 107
Wednesday, May 19: L.A. Lakers 124, Phoenix 112
Sunday, May 23: Phoenix 118, L.A. Lakers 109
Tuesday, May 25: L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Thursday, May 27: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.
x-Saturday, May 29: L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m.
x-Monday, May 31: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.
HOCKEYNHL Playoff Glance
By The Associated PressAll Times EDT
CONFERENCE FINALS
EASTERN CONFERENCEPhiladelphia 3, Montreal 1
Sunday, May 16: Philadelphia 6, Montreal 0Tuesday, May 18: Philadelphia 3, Montreal 0Thursday, May 20: Montreal 5, Philadelphia 1Saturday, May 22: Philadelphia 3, Montreal 0Monday, May 24: Montreal at Philadelphia,
7 p.m.x-Wednesday, May 26: Philadelphia at
Montreal, 7 p.m.x-Friday, May 28: Montreal at Philadelphia,
7 p.m.WESTERN CONFERENCEChicago 4, San Jose 0
Sunday, May 16: Chicago 2, San Jose 1Tuesday, May 18: Chicago 4, San Jose 2Friday, May 21: Chicago 3, San Jose 2, OTSunday, May 23: Chicago 4, San Jose 2
GOLFLPGA Tour-Sybase Match Play Championship Results
By The Associated PressSundayAt Hamilton Farm Golf ClubGladstone, N.J.Purse: $1.5 millionYardage: 6,585; Par 72(Seedings in parentheses)Semifi nalsAngela Stanford (10) def. Amy Yang (30),
19 holes.Sun Young Yoo (28) def. Jiyai Shin (1),
2 and 1.ChampionshipYoo (28), $375,000, def. Stanford (10),
$225,000, 3 and 1.Third PlaceShin (1), $150,000, def. Yang (30),
$112,500, 3 and 2.
TENNISFrench Open at a glance
PARIS (AP) — A look at the French Open on Monday:
Weather: Sunny. High of 86 degrees.Attendance: 36,566.Men’s Seeded Winners: No. 1 Roger Fe-
derer, No. 3 Novak Djokovic, No. 4 Andy Mur-ray, No. 12 Fernando Gonzalez, No. 13 Gael Monfi ls, No. 14 Ivan Ljubicic, No. 15 Tomas Berdych, No. 17 John Isner, No. 19 Nicolas Almagro, No. 20 Stanislas Wawrinka, No. 24 Thomaz Bellucci, No. 25 Marcos Baghdatis, No. 31 Victor Hanescu.
Men’s Seeded Losers: No. 21 Tommy Robredo, No. 27 Feliciano Lopez.
Women’s Seeded Winners: No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 3 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 4 Jelena Jankovic, No. 5 Elena Dementieva, No. 7 Samantha Stosur, No. 8 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 11 Li Na, No. 17 Francesca Schiavone, No. 24 Lucie Safarova, No. 27 Alona Bondarenko, No. 28 Alisa Kleybanova, No. 31 Alexandra Dulgheru, No. 32 KaterynaBondarenko.
Women’s Seeded Losers: None.Stat of the Day: 3 — U.S. men into the
second round, already one more than at lastyear’s French Open, with four more in fi rst-round action Tuesday.
Quote of the Day: “He just had me on a string and just (was) toying with me at the end. I think he was enjoying it.” — Peter Luczak, after losing to Federer.
On Court Tuesday: No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. Gianni Mina; No. 6 Andy Roddick vs. Jarkko Nieminen; No. 7 Fernando Verdasco vs. Igor Kunitsyn; No. 9 Dinara Safi na vs. Kimiko Date Krumm; No. 12 Maria Sharapova vs. Ksenia Pervak; No. 22 Justine Henin vs. Tsvetana Pironkova.
Tuesday’s TV: Tennis Channel (5 a.m. to noon EDT). ESPN2 (noon to 6:30 p.m. EDT).
Tuesday’s Forecast: Sunny in the morning with a chance of rain in the late afternoon. High of 84.
Online: http://www.rolandgarros.com/in-dex.html
TRANSACTIONSMonday’s Sports Transac-tions
By The Associated PressBASEBALLAmerican LeagueBOSTON RED SOX—Recalled RHP Scott
Atchison from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned INF Angel Sanchez to Pawtucket.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Designated LHP Dana Eveland for assignment. Recalled LHP David Purcey from Las Vegas (PCL).
National LeagueCINCINNATI REDS—Placed RHP Homer
Bailey on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Enerio Del Rosario from Louisville (IL).
HOUSTON ASTROS—Announced 2B Kaz Matsui has cleared waivers and is an unrestricted free agent.
NEW YORK METS—Activated 1B Daniel Murphy from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Buffalo (IL).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Activated C Brian Schneider from the 15-day DL. Desig-nated C Paul Hoover for assignment.
Tuesday, May 25NBA BASKETBALL9 p.m.TNT — Playoffs, Western Conference Finals, game 4, L.A. Lakers at PhoenixNHL HOCKEY9 p.m.VERSUS — Playoffs, Western Conference Finals, game 5, Chicago at San Jose (if necessary)SOCCER7:30 p.m.ESPN — Men’s national teams, exhibition, U.S. vs. Czech Republic, at East Hartford, Conn.TENNISNoonESPN2 — French Open, early round, at ParisWNBA BASKETBALL7 p.m.ESPN2 — Phoenix at Tulsa
Sports on TV
JacketsContinued from Page 1B
Race: Sunday, May 30Lap length: 2.5 milesPosition, Car numbers, driver, time, speed; All cars Dallara-
Honda; r-rookieRow 11. (3) Helio Castroneves, 2:37.9154, 227.970.2. (12) Will Power, 2:38.1876, 227.578.3. (10T) Dario Franchitti, 2:38.5970, 226.990. Row 24. (6) Ryan Briscoe, 2:38.9027, 226.554.5. (77) Alex Tagliani, 2:39.0178, 226.390.6. (9) Scott Dixon, 2:39.1277, 226.233. Row 37. (30) Graham Rahal, 2:39.6319, 225.519.8. (20) Ed Carpenter, 2:40.3514, 224.507.9. (06) Hideki Mutoh, 2:41.0831, 223.487. Row 410. (99) Townsend Bell, 2:39.9313, 225.097.11. (22) Justin Wilson, 2:39.9647, 225.050.12. (2) Raphael Matos, 2:39.9798, 225.028.Row 513. (32) Mario Moraes, 2:40.0794, 224.888.14. (21) Davey Hamilton, 2:40.1053, 224.852.15. (24) Mike Conway, 2:40.2969, 224.583.
Row 616. (26) Marco Andretti, 2:40.3030, 224.575.17. (37) Ryan Hunter-Reay, 2:40.3227, 224.547.18. (4) Dan Wheldon, 2:40.3821, 224.464. Row 719. (8T) E.J. Viso, 2:40.4424, 224.380.20. (23) Tomas Scheckter, 2:40.5270, 224.261.21. (25) r-Ana Beatriz, 2:40.5402, 224.243. Row 822. (78) r-Simona de Silvestro, 2:40.5511, 224.228.23. (7) Danica Patrick, 2:40.5584, 224.217.24. (36) r-Bertrand Baguette, 2:40.5785, 224.189. Row 925. (33) Bruno Junqueira, 2:39.5305, 225.662.26. (19) Alex Lloyd, 2:40.1543, 224.783.27. (34) r-Mario Romancini, 2:40.2557, 224.641. Row 1028. (43) John Andretti, 2:40.3438, 224.518.29. (67) Sarah Fisher, 2:40.4033, 224.434.30. (14) Vitor Meira, 2:40.4367, 224.388. Row 1131. (5) r-Takuma Sato, 2:40.5865, 224.178.32. (11T) Tony Kanaan, 2:40.6628, 224.072.33. (29) r-Sebastian Saavedra, 2:40.9776, 223.634.
Indy 500 Qualifying
PGA Tour-HP Byron Nelson Championship ScoresBy The Associated PressSundayAt TPC Four Seasons ResortIrving, TexasPurse: $6.5 millionYardage: 7,166; Par: 70Final RoundFedExCup points in parenthesesJason Day (500), $1,170,000 66-65-67-72 — 270Brian Gay (208), $485,333 72-68-69-63 — 272Jeff Overton (208), $485,333 67-65-69-71 — 272Blake Adams (208), $485,333 66-64-70-72 — 272Scott Verplank (105), $247,000 70-65-71-67 — 273Cameron Beckman (105), $247,000 69-61-75-68 — 273Ben Crane (80), $189,150 70-64-74-66 — 274Dustin Johnson (80), $189,150 67-68-72-67 — 274D.A. Points (80), $189,150 68-66-70-70 — 274Arjun Atwal (80), $189,150 69-71-64-70 — 274Tom Pernice, Jr. (80), $189,150 69-68-66-71 — 274Marc Leishman (60), $131,625 67-67-72-69 — 275Johnson Wagner (60), $131,625 70-69-67-69 — 275Sean O’Hair (60), $131,625 70-65-69-71 — 275Heath Slocum (60), $131,625 69-70-65-71 — 275Chris Riley (52), $94,250 71-64-73-68 — 276Harrison Frazar (52), $94,250 70-67-71-68 — 276Jay Williamson (52), $94,250 67-67-72-70 — 276Alex Cejka (52), $94,250 72-66-68-70 — 276Steve Elkington (52), $94,250 66-66-73-71 — 276Jordan Spieth (amateur) 68-69-67-72 — 276Kenny Perry (52), $94,250 70-67-66-73 — 276Stewart Cink (47), $67,600 70-68-71-68 — 277Michael Sim (47), $67,600 66-72-70-69 — 277Corey Pavin (47), $67,600 68-67-69-73 — 277Briny Baird (43), $49,617 68-71-71-68 — 278Robert Garrigus (43), $49,617 69-65-73-71 — 278Jarrod Lyle (43), $49,617 66-70-71-71 — 278Justin Leonard (43), $49,617 72-67-68-71 — 278Shaun Micheel (43), $49,617 68-66-72-72 — 278
Mark Hensby (43), $49,617 68-71-64-75 — 278Pat Perez (35), $35,317 71-66-75-67 — 279Jeff Gove (35), $35,317 70-67-74-68 — 279Brandt Jobe (0), $35,317 68-69-72-70 — 279J.J. Henry (35), $35,317 69-69-70-71 — 279Y.E. Yang (35), $35,317 70-69-69-71 — 279Spencer Levin (35), $35,317 71-67-70-71 — 279Jeev Milkha Singh (35), $35,317 72-67-68-72 — 279Brett Wetterich (35), $35,317 70-70-67-72 — 279Gary Woodland (35), $35,317 71-69-65-74 — 279Bryce Molder (30), $27,300 71-68-74-67 — 280Joe Durant (30), $27,300 66-69-74-71 — 280J.B. Holmes (27), $23,400 73-67-71-70 — 281Chris Smith (27), $23,400 69-70-70-72 — 281Rory Sabbatini (27), $23,400 68-67-73-73 — 281James Nitties (27), $23,400 68-69-71-73 — 281Greg Owen (24), $20,150 67-70-73-72 — 282Jerod Turner (23), $18,330 70-70-75-68 — 283Matt Weibring (23), $18,330 71-68-67-77 — 283Kevin Streelman (20), $16,423 71-68-73-72 — 284Yuta Ikeda (0), $16,423 73-64-74-73 — 284Hunter Mahan (20), $16,423 66-72-71-75 — 284Mathew Goggin (16), $15,080 70-66-81-68 — 285Brent Delahoussaye (16), $15,080 69-71-74-71 — 285Martin Laird (16), $15,080 72-67-74-72 — 285Rod Pampling (16), $15,080 69-68-75-73 — 285Jimmy Walker (16), $15,080 71-69-73-72 — 285Parker McLachlin (16), $15,080 67-70-74-74 — 285Alex Prugh (12), $14,495 67-69-78-72 — 286James Driscoll (12), $14,495 69-70-75-72 — 286Tim Herron (10), $14,235 72-68-73-74 — 287Paul Stankowski (10), $14,235 70-70-71-76 — 287Jason Schultz (0), $13,845 69-68-82-69 — 288Nathan Green (7), $13,845 67-70-76-75 — 288Chez Reavie (7), $13,845 74-64-74-76 — 288Garth Mulroy (7), $13,845 69-69-74-76 — 288Lee Janzen (4), $13,455 71-69-77-72 — 289Ryuji Imada (4), $13,455 70-69-75-75 — 289John Merrick (2), $13,260 70-70-73-77 — 290Josh Teater (1), $13,065 70-70-79-74 — 293Vance Veazey (1), $13,065 71-68-77-77 — 293
PGA Tour Scores
to compare to yet another staggering collection of ac-colades:
A home playoff game, and the mantle of now, after 25 games, the role as — gasp — the favorite?
Slow down a little there, guys. Just for a moment. Because while the Yellow Jackets (15-10) are riding a wave of confi dence that be-fi ts a team still playing at this point on the spring sports calendar, one point has been made abundantly clear to the Jackets by two-time state championship-winning coach Charlie Spivey.
That Apex team coming to town at 7 tonight? The one that fi nished behind the Jackets in the league stand-ings? The one that only got into the playoffs as a wild card?
Watch out.“They’ve done something
we didn’t do this year,” says Spivey. “They beat both Ath-ens Drive and Holly Springs. We know they’re a good team and that they really play off their emotions. We can’t get caught up into their emotions.”
The Cougars (14-11), much like the Jackets, don’t have a glossy win-loss record, and have been on the road the entire postsea-son. Not expected to hang around the playoffs for long,
Apex instead went on a tear, knocking off a conference champion in Riverside in the opening round.
Any of that sound famil-iar?
So no, the Jackets are not overconfi dent heading into a third meeting against the Cougars this season, despite sweeping the regular season series by a combined score of 12-6.
“The last time we played was April 9, so it’s been over a month,” Spivey said. “Their best player (no. 3 hitter Christian Rholl) didn’t play against us the second time. Their lineup has changed.”
So has the Jackets’, though. A balanced lineup has continued to be led by run-producer Alex Furl at the plate, and typically, the team doesn’t need a lot of runs when Frye hits the mound.
But Lee County has been more than just about the numbers. Second baseman Neal O’Quinn, who hadn’t made an error in nearly two years of varsity baseball, hurt his back several weeks ago and has been out. Spivey moved Carson Wilson from third to second and inserted Grant Brown at third, and the team hasn’t missed a beat defensively. A two-pla-toon system with catchers Tyler Castleberry and Cody Palmer has gone from a huge question mark at the beginning of the season to
one of the team’s steadying strengths in late May. Frye, who will start tonight, has been lights out for a month while Durazo has been the same, maturing before everyone’s eyes. Closer Trent Clark has added stability at the ends of games.
“Our catchers have been as much a part of our suc-cess as anybody, but that’s how it’s been for this entire team,” says Spivey. “They understand their roles and accept them. There are no bad attitudes.”
But there is excitement, and while Spivey is enjoy-ing being around that again for the fi rst time this deep into the playoffs since the title in 2001, it is a cause for temperament.
“The kids are excited; it’s pretty special to be one of the fi nal eight teams left in the state, and having a home game at this point is exciting.
“But we do have to guard against the emotion of play-ing at home,” adds Spivey. “Even though we’ve had more fans than our oppo-nents, it’s different at home. There will be a lot more people there, and you can get caught up in the excite-ment and lose focus. We just need to relax and play our game.”
That’s what’s gotten the Jackets to this point — from low seed to hot team to the doorstep of the state semifi -nal series.
DEAR ABBY: Regarding your column of April 12, 2010, and the letter about the man who refuses to fi le tax returns, your answer was only partially correct. In addition to enrolled agents, tax returns are also prepared by other licensed professionals.
Certifi ed public accountants are regulated by the various states and do a great deal of tax prepara-tion.
Some tax attorneys may prepare income tax returns. The failure to fi le a tax return could be a crime, in which case the indi-vidual would need a tax attorney to represent him in trying to avoid a jail sentence. Communications to tax attorneys may be covered by the attorney-client privilege.
In addition, there are practitio-ners who are qualifi ed both as at-torneys and as CPAs. While many enrolled agents may also be CPAs, or even attorneys, you should not have restricted your recommenda-tion to enrolled agents only.
— SYDNEY S. TRAUM, JD-CPA, MIAMI BEACH, FLA.
DEAR SYDNEY: My thanks to you and the countless other CPAs and attorneys who wrote to cor-rect me. I apologize for the omis-sion. After wading through the tidal wave of mail, I contacted the National Association of Enrolled
Agents (NAEA) for clarifi cation and was told:
“There are many outstanding tax practitioners who are attorneys or CPAs, some of whom are mem-bers of NAEA. We do not wish to imply in any way that they are less qualifi ed or capable in the fi eld of taxation. We just want to call atten-tion to the profession of enrolled agents and let the public know that they are the only tax practitioners SPECIFICALLY licensed by the De-partment of the Treasury.”
Readers, I hope this straightens out any confusion. Read on:
DEAR ABBY: I was intrigued by the letter from the woman whose boyfriend has refused to fi le tax returns for eight years. In addition to the civil ramifi cations of refusing
to fi le the tax return as articulated in your response, it is a federal crime not to fi le one.
An individual who has the req-uisite income is punishable for up to three years in prison for failure to fi le a tax return for each year in which he or she is responsible for fi ling one. Additionally, it can be construed by the government as tax evasion, for which the maxi-mum penalty includes fi ve years imprisonment for each year in which the tax is evaded.
— DENNIS C. KAINEN, MIAMI BEACH, FLA.
DEAR ABBY: My 12-year mar-riage to someone just like the man in that letter became a fi nancial disaster. Even though I did fi le separately, I co-signed home, car and credit card loans with him. It has taken me more than 10 years to regain my good credit and restore my dignity.
If she does marry him, he will display immaturity in other areas — as a husband, a father, an em-ployee — and she will look back (as I did) and realize what a horrible mistake she made. She should not ignore this important signpost! Please warn her to wake up before it’s too late.
— BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Universal Press Syndicate
Happy Birthday: Put effort into your profession-al advancement. Don’t take on a responsibility that will eat up your time, leaving little chance for you to follow your dreams. Keep things simple with strategy, organization and precision. Don’t let a sudden change disrupt your plans, espe-cially when dealing with home improvement or fam-ily time. Your numbers are 6,13,23,27,30,31,42
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Stop worrying about what has already taken place and prepare to put an end to the negativity. Letting matters escalate now will lead to a situation that cannot be reversed. Pleasing everyone will not be easy but can be done if you are willing to compro-mise.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)): Go after your per-sonal and professional goals. Business prospects are favorable, so stay focused. You don’t have to share your recipe for suc-cess; being mysterious will attract more interest.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Enhance your appear-ance or check out some-one who interests you per-sonally or professionally. Make some changes to your home or surroundings that will help you become more productive. Put what you’ve learned into prac-tice.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): As long as you stay in control, you will avoid any mistakes or upsetting results. Love is in a high cycle, so do everything you can to enhance a relation-ship that means a lot to you. Push for greater secu-rity and comfort and you will find the happiness and the stability you desire.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Be upfront about the way you feel and you will gain popularity. Being accom-modating and generous will help you get along in a hostile environment. Listen to complaints and you will find solutions.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you have a good
idea that can poten-tially make you extra cash, implement it immediately. Put your ideas on paper and you will be able to drum up the help and sup-port required to make your dream come true. Love is in the stars.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Avoid any sort of conflict. Getting into a senseless dispute will take its toll and may cost you emotion-ally. The sympathy you get for handling whatever you face gracefully and without malice will help you win in the end.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Get out with friends or your lover and discuss some of the ideas you want to pursue. The feed-back you get will enable you to move quickly toward a goal that may have seemed impossible in the past. Love is looking posi-tive.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Money, property and living up to the prom-ises you have made will all lead to a better day and good results. Do your best and you will be privy to information to enable you to make financial plans or investments for future security.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You will get the best results if you speak from the heart. Investing in something that is practical and serviceable will lead to greater income. A love rela-tionship can be enhanced with additional affection and a commitment.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look at all the angles. Pleasing the one person who has been in your corner all along will be important if you don’t want to jeopardize your relation-ship. Don’t mistake kind-ness for love.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You don’t have to get everything done all at once. As long as you begin to chip away at your to-do list, you will make prog-ress. Financial or medical matters will take a favor-able turn if you address the agencies or institutions holding information perti-nent to your situation.
The Sanford Herald / Tuesday, May 25, 2010 / 5BFeaturesDEAR ABBY
Licensed tax professionals come with different titles
Abigail Van Buren
Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or
P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Billy GrahamSend your queries to “My
Answer,” Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc.,
1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201
The Bible urges us to be healthy
Q: I’m very committed to making sure our family eats healthy foods and gets lots of exercise, but my husband says I’m overdoing it. Does the Bible say anything about living a healthy lifestyle? — Mrs. C.C.
A: Yes, the Bible certainly urges us to take care of our bodies. God gave our bodies to us, and He doesn’t want us to abuse them or neglect them.
Many of the laws in the Old Testament, for example, warned the people against foods that might be harmful (particularly since they had few ways to keep food from spoiling). The Apostle Paul wrote, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you?... Therefore honor God with your body” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
At the same time, it’s pos-sible to become so absorbed with our physical well-being that we let it take over our lives. When that happens, life can lose its joy and we end up ignoring things that are just as important (or more so). Don’t let this happen to you.
Most of all, don’t let your concern for your family’s physical well-being blind you to a far more important is-sue: their moral and spiritual health. Some day, this life will end — no matter how care-fully we take care of our bod-ies. The Bible says, “Physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come” (1 Timothy 4:8).
Put Jesus Christ at the center of your life — both for yourself and your family. Then strengthen your life spiritu-ally every day, as you feed on the “spiritual diet” God has provided for us — the “diet” of God’s Word, prayer, and fel-lowship with other believers.
MY ANSWERODDS AND ENDS
Montana man arrested for 2 DUIs 5 hours apart
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Montana police say a 24-year-old man was ar-rested twice for drunken driving in the span of five hours.
Police say Frank Rees was arrested at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday on suspicion of drunken driving and posted a $500 bond just before 5:30 a.m. About two hours later, Rees was again arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, this time after police reported he hit a parked car.
Rees gave a breath sample the first time he was arrested and a blood sample the second as he was taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries suffered in the crash.
He pleaded not guilty to both misde-meanor charges in Missoula City Court on Monday.
Man bites man in fight over dogs, NY officials say
NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) — It wasn’t quite man-bites-dog, but there were men and there were dogs and there was biting.
A sheriff ’s office said Monday that one man bit another during a fight over a couple of dogs at a park in suburban New York City.
Rockland County sheriff ’s Capt. William Barbera says two dog owners got into it Sunday night. One didn’t like the way their pets were playing at a dog park in New City, about 30 miles north of New York.
Barbera says that a third man tried to break up the fight and that one of the combatants bit him on the wrist. He says that no one has been arrested but that the case is still being investi-gated.
Minn. mom gives birth while driv-ing to hospital
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota mother has given birth to a baby boy while driving herself to the hospital, with the newborn’s father steering the car from the passenger’s seat.
The Pioneer of Bemidji says 29-year-old Amanda McBride was rushing to the hos-pital Wednesday when suddenly her water broke and the baby “just slid out.”
McBride says she was feeling labor pains at work, so she drove to pick up the baby’s father and headed for the hospital. The father, 33-year-old Joseph Phillips, did not drive because he has a history of seizures.
Phillips told the newspaper that Mc-Bride yelled at him to take the wheel as she cradled the 8 pound baby boy, Joseph Dominick Phillips.
Offi cials at North Country Regional Hospital say they were stunned to learn the expectant mother was driving.
Lip tattoo leads to burglary arrest in Colorado
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Police say a sus-pect in a Colorado home invasion had the evidence written all over his face.
A tattoo on the upper lip of 20-year-old Anthony Brandon Gonzales led to his arrest last week in the home invasion of an Elvis impersonator in Pueblo County.
A witness told police that one of the invaders had “East Side” tattooed on his upper lip. Gonzales also has a “13” tat-tooed on his chin in the shape of a goatee. According to an affi davit, the tattoos were visible even though Gonzales was wearing a mask.
Gonzales was already in jail on a sepa-rate drug charge. Police have now charged him with the April burglary, too. Sgt. Eric Bravo said his distinctive tattoo led to the charge, saying, “it’s hard to miss him.”
The objective of the game is to fill all the blank squares in a game with the correct numbers.
n Every row of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order
n Every column of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order
n Every 3 by 3 subsection of the 9 by 9 square must include all digits 1 through 9
See answer, page 2A
BRIDGE HAND
HOROSCOPES
WORD JUMBLE
SUDOKU
6B / Tuesday, May 25, 2010 / The Sanford Herald
FUNKY WINKERBEAN
BLONDIE
PICKLES
MARY WORTH
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
HAGAR
SHOE
MUTTS
ROSE IS ROSE
B.C.
GARFIELD
BEETLE BAILEY
PEANUTS
GET FUZZY
ZITS
DENNIS THE MENACE Bizarro by Dan Piraro
By
Eugene
Sheffer
CROSSWORD
The Sanford Herald / Tuesday, May 25, 2010 / 7B
FUNKY WINKERBEAN
BLONDIE
PICKLES
MARY WORTH
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
HAGAR
SHOE
MUTTS
ROSE IS ROSE
B.C.
GARFIELD
BEETLE BAILEY
PEANUTS
GET FUZZY
ZITS
DENNIS THE MENACE Bizarro by Dan Piraro
By
Eugene
Sheffer
CROSSWORD
8B / Tuesday, May 25, 2010 / The Sanford Herald
NOTICE OF PUBLICHEARING
FOR THE BIGBUFFALO WASTE-
WATER TREAT-MENT PLANT
EXPANSION TO 12MGD
CITY OF SANFORD,NORTH CAROLINA
A Public Hearing willbe held on Wednes-day, June 9, 2010 at
1:00 p.m. in the CityCouncil Chambers at
City Hall, 225 EastWeatherspoon Streetin Sanford for publicinformation and par-ticipation for the Big
Buffalo WastewaterTreatment Plant Ex-
pansion to 12 mgd.All interested per-
sons are welcome toattend. A copy of the
Engineering Reportwill be available for
review by the publicafter May 25, 2010 in
the Public Works De-partment, Office of
the City Engineer, atthe 225 E. Weather-
spoon Street location.
The project consistsof the upgrade and
ex-pansion of the Big
Buffalo Creek Waste-water Treatment
Plant from a permit-ted capacity of 6.8
mgd to 12 mgd. Theproject will bid as twoseparate constructioncontracts. Contract 1includes influent dis-tribution box modifi-
cations, screeningand grit removal im-provements, influentpump and force main
improvements, twonew sludge storage
tanks, existing sludgestorage tank improve-
ments, solids han-dling and thickening
improvements, twonew engine-genera-tors, and electrical
and HVAC associatedwith the preliminary
treatment facilities,influent pumping fa-
cilities, solids han-dling facilities, and
Clarifiers 2 and 3.
Contract 2 includesnew flow equalization
facilities (Base Bidonly), influent force
main improvements,modifications to ex-
isting aeration ba-sins, two new clarifi-ers and a new returnsludge pump station,improvements to thethree existing clarifi-
ers and existing re-turn sludge pump sta-tion, new denitrifica-
tion filters, conver-sion of existing
filtersto denitrification fil-ters, new ultraviolet
disinfection facilities,modifications to ex-
isting contact tanks,new backwash
pumps, new effluentwater pumps, a newAdministration and
Control Building,modifications to ex-
isting buildings, anew engine-genera-
tor, electrical andHVAC associated
with the main Plantfacilities as shown
and specified, and anew distributed in-strumentation andcontrol system in-
cluding monitoring ofremote pump sta-
NOTICE OF PUB-LIC HEARING
The Lee CountyBoard of Commis-sioners will hold aPublic Hearing on
moving fire protec-tion for the West
Sanford Fire Insur-ance District into
the Northview FireInsurance District.
The West SanfordFire Departmentwill cease opera-
tions at midnight,June 30, 2010, and
become part of theNorthview Fire Dis-
trict. The hearingwill be hold on
Monday, June 7,2010, at 3 p.m., oras soon thereafteras can be heard on
the agenda. Themeeting will takeplace in the Com-
missioners’ Room,First Floor, LeeCounty Govern-
ment Center, 106Hillcrest Drive,
Sanford, NC.
001Legals
EXECUTOR NO-TICE
HAVING qualified as Executor of the estate of Loretta Ryan Rock-well, deceased, late of
Lee County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims against
the estate of said de-ceased to present
them to the under-signed within three
months from May 10,2010 or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate please
make immediate pay-ment. This 10th, day
of May, 2010.James C. Rockwell
2208 Piedmont DriveSanford, NC, 27330
Executor/trixof the estate of
Loretta Ryan Rock-well
(5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1)
EXECUTOR NO-TICE
HAVING qualified as Executor of the estate of Sarah Iona Gentry
Wagner, deceased,late of Lee County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all per-
sons having claims against the estate of
said deceased to pres-ent them to the un-
dersigned within three months from May 4, 2010 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their recov-
ery. All persons in-debted to said estate
please make immedi-ate payment. This 30,
day of April, 2010.George Richard Wag-
ner5103 Quail Hollow
RoadSanford, NC, 27332
Executor/trixof the estate of
Sarah Iona Gentry Wagner
(5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25)
EXECUTOR NOTICE
HAVING qualified as Executor of the estate
of Otis Allen Kelly,deceased, late of Lee
County, North Caroli-na, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the es-tate of said deceased
to present them to the undersigned within
three months from May 18, 2010 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their recov-
ery. All persons in-debted to said estate
please make immedi-ate payment. This 18,
day of May, 2010.Billie Kelly Foushee
221 Mallard RoadSanford, NC 27330
Lex Allen Kelly42 Pineridge RoadWhispering Pines
NC 28327Executor/trix
of the estate ofOtis Allen Kelly
(May 18th & 25th June 1st & 8th)
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830Mobile Homes
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For Sale 30 Acres in Moore County 20 Acres in Pasture
Call Billy Salmon Realty910-215-2958
810Land
800Real Estate
5 Vacant BuildingsJonesboro
•1250 Sq. Ft. Off/Work-shop - $450•1250 Sq Ft
Workshop/Bay Dr. - $450Tramway
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- $900Call 919-774-8033
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765Commercial
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Mobile Home For Rent936 Hancock Road
2 bedrooms/ 1.5 baths375 deposit/ 375 monthly
No Pets 919-775-3110
740For Rent - Mobile
Homes
Move In Special!Free Rent
2BR, Spring Lane Apartments
Adjacent To Spring Lane Galleria
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Appletree Apartments2619 Brick Capital Court2 & 3 BR Apts Available
$200 Security DepositNo Application Fee
919-774-0693Equal Housing Opportunity
Affordable Apartment Living!
Westridge APARTMENTSPathway Drive
Sanford, NC 27330(919) 775-5134
2 BR Unit AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY!
Washer/dryer hook up in each unit
Section 8 welcomedDisability accessible units
Equal Housing Opportunity
730For Rent -
Apts/Condos
THE SANFORD HERALDmakes every effort to follow
HUD guidelines in rental advertisements placed by
our advertisers. We reserve the right to refuse or change ad copy as
necessary for HUD compliances.
Rent to Own: West Sanford location. 3-4BR,1BA, over 1500 sq. ft., $650/mo.
204 Hillcrest Dr. 919-946-7078
Kenwood Terrace$510/mo 2BD/1.5BA
Adcock Rentals 774-6046
720For Rent - Houses
Carolina Trace 3BR/2BA,$900/mo. plus dep.
Amenities incl.910-639-3250 lv. msg.
3BR/1BA brick home in country. Acre lot. Unfurnish-ed. $600/mo $600/dep No pets. Call: 919-776-4737 after 6 for appoint.
35 Oakhill MHP$550/mo 3BD/2BAAdcock Rentals
774-6046
3/4 BR 1 BA, Washer/Dryer,
asking $550 + Security call 478-4312
1, 2, 3 BR Rentals Avail.Adcock Rentals
774-6046adcockrentalsnc.com
720For Rent - Houses
700Rentals
White Corn, Squash, Pick-ling Cucumbers, Spring
Cabbage, New Red Pota-tos, Peaches, Cantaloupes, Blueberries. B&B Market!
775-3032
680Farm Produce
Jack Russell puppies, 1st shots & wormed, 10
wks old, $125 each770-2409
8 Week Old registered German Rottweiler Puppies
For Sale. Call for more information 770-2759.
10x10x6 Dog Kennels $189.
German Shepherds, Chi-huahuas & SnoorkiesFins, Furs, & Feathers
919-718-0850
1 Female Plott Hound Call: 919-498-5525
*Pets/Animals Policy: Three different (Pet) ads per household per year at the
“Family Rate”. In excess of 3, billing will be at the
“Business Rate”.
675Pets/Animals
1 Year Old Filly Palomino-Saddles, Bridles & All Tacks
Included.Call: 919-498-5525
670Horses/Livestock
CLASSIFIED SELLS!“CALL TODAY,
SELL TOMORROW”Sanford HeraldClassified Dept.,
718-1201 or 718-1204
665Musical/Radio/TV
GOT STUFF?CALL CLASSIFIED!
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660Sporting Goods/Health & Fitness
Wheelchair: Electric w/Battery & Charger Ortho
Seat w/ Padded Leg Cushions, Is compact for
travel $2,800499-3729 or 499-6890
Laptops and Computers from $175-$425. Pallet
Racks. and Other Stuff Also919-542-2889
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605Miscellaneous
Wicker Set Love Seat 2 Chairs Coffee Table
Hanging Lame Table Lamp and Book Case $100 oboLg Fish Tank with wooded stand & all acc. $100 obo
919-663-1719
Free Church Pews to be given to anyone who is
interested in picking them up and transporting them to
their facility. Please call 919-774-6374
between 6pm-9pm.
2 Antique Drop Leaf End Tables, Mahogany, $70
Call 919-499-5242
601Bargain Bin/$250 or Less
Dell Computer Tower For Sale. $125 Negotiable
Monitor & Accessories Also Availabe. Call: 774-1066
Canon Digital Camera Model A520 w/ Original
Box & Accessories Plus Case. $60 774-1066
Cannon G3 Powershot Dig-ital Camera. Excellent Con-
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Clips, Fold Out LCD Screen. $100 Negotiable
Call: 774-1066
A box of boys newborn-6months clothes, baby tub, and breast feeding pillow $100 Antique solid wood rocker $250 356-0168
3 Packard Wheel Covers. 1 Buick Wheel Cover. 1
Cadillac Center Hub. 1 Air Condition Gage.Call: 776-5828
100 lb Barrel of Granular Chlorine $125919-499-6647
1 set Larson full view white storm doors, set up for 6 foot wide double doors,
have interchangeable glass & screens can be
separated for single use $100.00
3 porch columns 8" diam. with base & caps $150.00
for all. Will consider offers. Call 718-1842
1 Cu. Ft. Magic Shelf Mi-crowave. Many features in-cluding chld lock $35. 20 in. GE Color TV w/ remote $45. Both work great! 774-
4378
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must be included in the ad. Multiple items at a single price
(i.e., jars $1 each), and animals/pets do not qualify.
One free “Bargain Bin” ad per household per month.
601Bargain Bin/$250 or Less
600Merchandise
Black Lab Mix Puppies7 Weeks Old Free to Good
Home 919-774-3162
520Free Dogs
500Free Pets
Waitress & Cashier Need-ed Must be 18 or older. Lunch & Dinner. Apply in Person at La Montesina
2555 Hawkins Ave.919-708-5554
THE COFFEE POTTaking applications. Mon. thru Sat. Experienced only.No phone calls, please.
2941 Industrial Drive.Serious applicants only!
Random drug test.
475Help Wanted -Restaurants
Thriving, dynamic medical clinic looking for energetic,
knowledgeable CNA or CMA provide medical serv-ices. Competitive pay and benefits. Hourly wages
based on experience and productivity.
Please email resumes to AMBER.WILLIAMS@BAGI.
NET.Or fax to 919-776-4043
or send to:The Sanford Herald
Ad #15P.O. Box 100/208 St.
Clair CourtSanford, NC 27331
Regular Part-time Front Office Position
Our dental office inPinehurst, NC, is hiring for a part-time Patient Care Coordinator position for 16-20 hours per week. Duties include patient check-in/-out, filing
insurance, appointment confirmations, etc. We have an energetic and
friendly team committed to excellent patient care and
customer service. Accuracy in bookkeeping required. Fast-paced environment. Lots of flexibility for work-
ing days. Please send resume to: Office
Manager, 15 Aviemore Drive, Pinehurst,
NC, 28374.
Bilingual preferred. Salary/ benefits based on PER-
FORMANCE. Mail resume to:Management,
Carolina Doctors Med Care, PC, PO Box 2669 Sanford, NC 27331-2669
or fax to 774-3682
470Help Wanted -Medical/Dental
IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR CMA/Front Desk
Assistant Wanted efficient, energetic, self directed, responsible,
motivated and experienced person for position of
CMA/Front Desk As-sistant (medical office ex-perience required) PT or FT.
470Help Wanted -Medical/Dental
Experienced CMA/LPN Needed for busy family
medicine practice in San-ford/Pittsboro. Require-
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commensurate with experi-ence. Full Time Position with excellent benefits.
Please mail or fax resume to: Practice Manager
P.O. BOX 2886Sanford NC 27330Fax: (919)776-1751
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We offer• BOLD print
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Personal Trainer Position is now available. Individuals must have PT Certification from ACE, IFTA, ACSM or equivalent, experience in
working with all age groups in personalized pro-grams, and liability insur-
ance.Please Mail Resumes To:
7000 Harps Mill Rd.Suite 103
Raleigh, NC 27615
Now Hiring ManagersSonic Drive-In
717 S. Horner Blvd.
Movie Extras to stand in the backgrounds of a major film production. All looks
needed. Earn up to $150/day. Experience not
required. Call877-577-2952.
Local company has an opening for Customer
Service Representative.Excellent phone skills
required. Knowledge of GoldMine or other CRM
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McLeod DriveSanford, NC 27330 or fax (919) 718-7792. No
phone calls please.
ATTENTIONLife + Health Agents
Due to recent expansion + promotion
3 Agents NeededWe Provide:
•Full Training Program•Weekly Pay
•4 – 6 AppointmentsPer Day
•Management Growth Opportunities
Call (919) 850-9095 or Sharon 1-800-280-5563
420Help Wanted -
General
400Employment
L.C Harrell Home ImprovementDecks, Porches, Buildings Remodel/Repair, Electrical
Pressure WashingInterior-Exterior Quality Work
Affordable Prices No job Too Small No Job Too Large (919)770-3853
370Home Repair
Big Dog Lawn CareMow, Hedge, Trim, & Lawn
Cleanup.Call: 910-494-6656 or
910-977-2484
340Landscaping/
Gardening
Now enrolling 12months-12 years. 1st Week Half Price Please call Shooting Stars Learning Center at
776-0190
Licensed Home Child Care Has 2 Openings.
Ages 5-12919-721-3505
320Child Care
300Businesses/Services
2005 Aries Ram 200 TE 20ft bass boat w/ 200hp
Merc w/trailr tourney ready-garage kept $13450
- call jeff 910-690-4476
295Boats/Motors/
Trailers
2001 Polaris Virage TXI PWC-1165cc/
3-Cylinder/ 2Stroke/135 HP-Direct inject engine. Only 46 Hours! Will go
65mph. 3 Seater. Electron-ic Reverse. Ready for the
water! Trailer & cover included. $3300.Contact Justin at
(864)304-0942 or [email protected]
295Boats/Motors/
Trailers
27 Ft Star Craft Self Contained Full Bath Sleeps 6 Slide Out Living Rm Mu-sic Throughout Good Con. Used Very Little 542-2073
2007 Monaco Travel Trailer 27ft, one slide out,
sleeps 6, $11,900 Call 499-5242
280RVs/Campers
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PUBLICATION. (2:00 pm Friday for
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fied Dept.,718-1201 or
718-1204
255Sport Utilities
92 Chevy Pick-UpNew Motor
400 Turbo Trans$2,500 OBO info call
258-6099 or 356-8859
1988 Chevy Long Bed Pick Up V8 Auto $1950
919-356-9221
250Trucks
For Sale: 94 Chrysler Labaron ConvertiblePrice Negotionable
919-898-4168
Automobile Policy: Threedifferent automobile ads perhousehold per year at the
“Family Rate”. In excess of 3, billing will be at the
“Business Rate”.
1991 Honda Civic DX 5 Speed, 2 Door, AC, 40
miles per gallon plus! $1,000
Call: 353-1043
240Cars - General
Junk Car Removal Paying Up To $500 for vehicles.
No Title/Keys No ProblemOld Batteries Paying. $5-$15 842-1606
210Vehicles Wanted
200Transportation
Ask about our YARD SALE SPECIAL
8 lines/2 days*$13.50
Get a FREE “kit”:6 signs, 60 price stickers,
6 arrows, marker, inventory sheet, tip sheet!
*Days must be consecutive
190Yard Sales
Found –extremely loving female cat, 1-2 years old,
near SpottswoodContact Jennifer –
776-0567
140Found
$200 R E W A R DLost Dog: 9 year old neu-tered male rottweiler and
lab mixed. Black with brown markings. Should be
wearing a green collar. Was last seen in the
Johnsonville Area near Granters Store. Please call
919-499-2141
130Lost
WILL MOVE OLD JUNK CARS! BEST PRICES
PAID. Call for complete car delivery price.
McLeod’s Auto Crushing. Day 499-4911.
Night 776-9274.
Junk Car RemovalService
Guaranteed top price paidBuying Batteries as well.
499-3743
110Special Notices
100Announcements
tions.
The total estimated cost for the project is $67.342 million. It is
expected that $17.5 million will be fi-
nanced through State Revolving Loan
Funds. The balance of the project costs
will be financed
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B9CLASSIFIEDS
Accounts PAyAble AssistAnt
We are seeking an Accounts Payable Assistant at our Sanford, NC office. Emphasis will be placed on accuracy and attention to detail while working in a fast paced environment as well as being comfortable working with numbers, and possessing good communication skills. Applicants must have an Associate’s degree in accounting and good computer skills. Experience working in an accounts payable position and prior experience with programs such as MAS 200, Micro-Soft Excel and Mill Net 32 is considered a plus. We offer an excellent benefit packing including medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, vacation, holidays, and 401 (k) plan. Salary is commensurate with experience. Please submit your resume and salary history to:
Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc.Attn. Human Resources - A/P Position
1823 Boone Trail RoadSanford, NC 27330
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Apartments Available Now1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Luxury ApartmentsStarting at $525/monthSwimming Pool, Tennis Court, Car Wash, Playground, Pet Friendly
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Larger and Loads Available
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Bath RemodelingWill Terhune
919-770-7226
CROWNLawn Services
Mow, Sow, Weed & Feed
Serving Moore, Lee, Chatham, & Wake Counties
670 Deep River Road Sanford NC 27330
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Remove trees, Trim and top Trees, Lot clearing, stump
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TREE SERVICE
Call258-3594
or your display advertising sales rep for more information.
PAINTING/CONTRACTORLarry Rice
Painting/ContractorResidential
Commercial
Fully insured.No job to small.Free estimates
919-776-7358Cell: 919-770-0796
Phil StoneTREE REMOVAL
• Full Tree Service• Stump Grinding
• Chipping• Trim & Top Trees
• Fully Insured
Sanford’s #1 ChoiceFor All Your Tree Needswww.sanfordtreeremoval.com
919-776-4678
FREE ESTIMATEOwned & Operated By
Phil Stone & Sons
24-HR SERVICE
WILL PAYCA$HFOR YOUR
USEDMOBILEHOME
919-777-4379
Since 1978
City of SanfordCompost FacilityScreened Compost
$20.00 per pickup load
Regular Compost orWoodchips
$10.00 per pickup loadPublic Works Service Center,
located on Fifth Street across from the Lions Club Fairgrounds
Mon.-Fri. 7am-5:30 pmDelivery Available
(919) 775-8247
COMPOST/WOODCHIPS
We cover your home andsteel your heart.
We build decks and dreams.
Jim (919)935-9137
Time (919)258-3637
J & TMetal Roofing
&Deck Building
The Neatestand Best Priced Roofer in Lee
County!
Window King
775-5802
Call us today
DECKS BY MIKEThe Sandhills Premiere Deck Builder
We Offer The Highest QualityBuilt Deck At An Affordable PriceOver 10 Years of Experience
FREE ESTIMATES INSURED
WE BUILD ANYTHING WOOD
PorchesScreened PorchesHandicap Ramps
Well Houses
Trellises, GazebosArbors, Pergolas
Yard BridgesBreezeways
CALL (910) 391-6057 NOW!Mon - Sat 9-7 for Estimate
8x10 $80010x12 $120010x16 $200010x20 $200012x12 $144012x16 $192016x16 $256020x20 $4000
DECKS$
WE ALSO DO REPAIRS ANDADD-ONS TO DECKS
Davis General Repairs LLC
919-499-9599
HARDWOOD FLOORS
HARDWOOD FLOORS
Wade Butner776-3008
Finishing & Refinishing
Contact Jordan at 718-1201 [email protected] at 718-1204 [email protected] or
your display advertising Sales Rep. for more information.1x2 24 Runs $125 – only $5.21 per day1x3 24 Runs $150 – only $6.25 per day
Ask us how $25 can double your coverage!
HelpingHand
Proudly Serving Lee County
AND MORE ....
Helping YOU Cut Down
On The Yard Work
Free EstimatesCommercial & Residential
Call Mike919-498-4818
Roof MaintenanceCompany
Phone: 919-352-0816if no answer please leave message
AFFORDABLE PRICES
ResidentialRepairs, reroofingShinglesMetal Roofing at its finest
Get your Government energy tax rebate by going with a Metal roof (only certain colors apply)
Commercial
Hot tar built upEPDM RubberTorch down
modified
Fuse downvinylAll type
repairs