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Vol. 79, No. 289

Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina

SANFORD: James Albert “J.A.” Jamerson, 64; James Patrick Butler; Willie Mack Thomas, 74

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HAPPENING TODAYDowntown Sanford Inc. pres-

ents the “Screen on the Green” Fall Movie Series at 7 p.m. show-ing “Polar Express.” Patrons are encouraged to bring lawn blan-kets and chairs, purchase dinner from one of our many downtown restaurants, and enjoy a movie under the stars. These family-friendly movies are free.

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SCOTT MOONEYHAMYou still won’t fi nd a pile of expenses fi led by the hun-dreds of lobbyists in N.C.

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TWILIGHT MANIA

COMING SATURDAY:‘TWI-HARDS’ LINE UP FOR MIDNIGHT SHOWING

Fans of the ‘Twilight’ series and the new ‘Twilight: New Moon’ fi lm packed at least three theaters Thursday night for the midnight showing of the second fi lm of the hit vampire series.

The Herald’s Caitlin Mullen was on hand last night to talk to fans and learn more about the huge following the books and fi lms have amassed.

Read Mullen’s report and Neil Morris’ review of the fi lm in Saturday’s edition of The Herald.

‘Precious,’ ‘Blind Side’ reviews: 12A

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SHANIYA DAVIS MURDERED, FOUND IN SANFORD

SHANIYA WAS STRANGLEDMario McNeill charged with murder, rape of 5-year-old in Sanford

INSIDE • PAGE 6ALee County Emergency Management Director Shane Seagroves said he was overwhelmed by the support and number of volunteers during

the search for Shaniya in Lee County

INSIDE • PAGE 6AState Sen. Tony Rand said Mario McNeill’s

criminal history demonstrates the need for more tools to help probation offi cers do their jobs.

McNeill has a lengthy criminal record.

INSIDE • PAGE 6AA local woman hopes people from across the area

will join her for a candlelight vigil in memory of Shaniya Davis. Kathy McIver of Sanford will

lead prayers tonight in East Sanford

By GORDON ANDERSONanderson@sanfordherald.com

FAYETTEVILLE — Mario McNeill has been charged with murder and rape in connection with the death of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, Fayetteville po-lice announced late Thursday.

Police say McNeill, who was already accused of kidnapped Davis, asphyxiated Shaniya

before her body was dumped in a wooded area near N.C. 87 in Sanford.

Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine would not say whether the girl’s mother, Antoinette Davis, faced any additional charges. She was arrested Monday on charges of human traffi cking and felony child abuse.

“It is our sincere hope that the Davis family may now begin to put this horrifi c event behind them and begin the

healing process,” he said.A search warrant says Mc-

Neill picked the girl up in front of the home and drove her to a hotel where she was last seen alive.

Antoinette Davis is charged with traffi cking her daughter and child abuse involving pros-titution.

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Shaniya Davis’ body was discov-ered Monday in a wooded area near Carolina Trace in Sanford.See Shaniya, Page 6A

Mario McNeill

By CAITLIN MULLENcmullen@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — After the General Assembly recently cut $16 million in funding for the Smart Start program, administrators at local child care centers say they are worried the cuts could leave a lasting effect on child ser-vices.

The Smart Start program provides health, education and family support services to parents and young chil-dren, and in Lee County, the Partnership for Children (a nonprofi t organization) administers the Smart Start initiatives.

Funding for the local

Partnership services was cut 11.08 percent, said Ste-phon Hall, program fi nance manager for the nonprofi t. In total for services and administration, Hall said the Partnership has taken a hit of about $144,410 this year.

Lyn Hankins, executive director for Lee County Part-nership for Children, said the cuts are nothing new.

“There have been cuts over the last seven or eight years,” Hankins said. “It really has diminished our ability to expand services.”

State Rep. Jimmy Love, Sr., D-Sanford, said he regrets the cuts, which were part

GOVERNMENT

Offi cialschallengeEDC onincentivesEDC says it’s up tolocal government toset incentives policyBy GORDON ANDERSONanderson@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Community leaders gathered Thursday at the McSwain Agricultural Ex-tension Center to learn exactly what it is the Lee County Eco-nomic Development Corpora-tion does.

Members of the Sanford City Council, the Lee County Board of Commissioners and the Broadway Board of Com-missioners met with the EDC’s board of directors for an open forum on the role economic development — and especially incentives — play in bringing new industry to Lee County and keeping it here.

Sanford City Councilman Mike Stone and Lee County Commissioner Linda Shook — both of whom have pub-licly opposed EDC decisions on economic incentives in the past — each challenged recent incentives packages which were given to local companies Moore’s Machine and Red Wolf for expansions at their facili-ties.

Stone said that in the case of Moore’s Machine, area leaders knew the company was com-ing to the area from Chatham County before giving the incentive in 2007.

“Here we are giving an in-centive when we already know the company is coming,” he said. “We all know the biggest problem we’re having is jobs. If you look at the past, we’ve

CHILD CARE & THE ECONOMY

Cuts in fundinghurt Partnership

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Ann Wood (middle) reads with Breanna Cox, (left) 18 months, and Kyle Kennedy, 2, at Grandma and Grandpa Child daycare in Sanford on Thursday.

Partnership for Children is a non-profi t organization that provides programs and services for children and their families.

It focuses its efforts on children from birth to 5 years old, making sure they have adequate health care and what’s needed for success in school.

The Partnership adminis-ters state dollars through two programs: Smart Start and More at Four. Smart Start, a statewide initiative, includes activities that make up a comprehensive program across the community. Smart Start programs receive public and private funding.

WHAT PFC DOES

See Program, Page 7A See EDC, Page 7A

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CHRISTMAS COMING TODOWNTOWN SANFORD

The 2009 Sanford Christmas Parade, presented by Progress Energy, will begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday and will follow its tradi-tional route through downtown

Full Story, Page 3A

Smart Start program loses $144K locally

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CELEBRITIES: TV personality Richard Dawson is 77. Comedian Dick Smothers is 71. Singer Norman Greenbaum is 67. Vice President Joe Biden is 67. Actress Veronica Hamel is 66. Broadcast journal-ist Judy Woodruff is 63. Actor Samuel E. Wright is 63. Singer Joe Walsh is 62. Actor Richard Masur is 61. Opera singer Barbara Hendricks is 61. Actress Bo Derek is 53. Former NFL player Mark Gastineau is 53. Reggae musician Jim Brown (UB40) is 52. Actress Sean Young is 50. Pianist Jim Brickman is 48. Rock musician Todd Nance (Widespread Panic) is 47. Actress Ming-Na is 46. Actor Ned Vaughn is 45. Rapper Mike D (The Beastie Boys) is 44. Rapper Sen Dog (Cypress Hill) is 44. Actress Callie Thorne is 40. Actress Sabrina Lloyd is 39. Actor Joel McHale is 38. Actress Marisa Ryan is 35. Country singer Dierks Bentley is 34. Actor Joshua Gomez is 34. Actress Laura Harris is 33. Olympic gold medal gymnast Dominique Dawes is 33. Country singer Josh Turner is 32. Actress Nadine Velazquez is 31. Actor Dan Byrd is 24. Rock musician Jared Followill (Kings of Leon) is 23. Actor Cody Linley is 20.

Birthdays

AlmanacToday is Friday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of

2009. There are 41 days left in the year.

This day in history:On Nov. 20, 1947, Britain’s future queen,

Princess Elizabeth, married Philip Mount-batten, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey.

In 1789, New Jersey became the fi rst state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

In 1910, revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I. Madero.

In 1925, Robert F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Mass.

In 1929, the radio program “The Rise of the Goldbergs” debuted on the NBC Blue Network.

In 1945, 22 out of 24 indicted Nazi of-fi cials went on trial (one in absentia) before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.

In 1959, the United Nations issued its Declaration of the Rights of the Child.

In 1969, the Nixon administration an-nounced a halt to residential use of the pesticide DDT as part of a total phaseout. A group of American Indian activists began a 19-month occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.

In 1975, after nearly four decades of abso-lute rule, Spain’s General Francisco Franco died, two weeks before his 83rd birthday.

In 1992, fi re seriously damaged Wind-sor Castle, the favorite weekend home of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.

Ten years ago: A day after violent anti-American protests in Greece, President Bill Clinton sought to heal old wounds by acknowledging the United States had failed its “obligation to support democracy” when it backed Greek’s harsh military junta during the Cold War.

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Rundown of local meetings in the area:

NOV. 23■ The Historical Preservation Commission

will meet at 7 p.m. in the west end confer-ence room of City Hall, 225 Weatherspoon St.■ The Town of Broadway Commissioners

meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Council Chambers, 100 E. Lake Drive.

NOV. 30■ Chatham County and the Town of Cary

will host an opportunity for residents to review and comment on the current draft of a proposed Joint Land Use Plan for sections of eastern Chatham County from 2 to 4 p.m. at Bradford Hall, the community center for Carolina Preserve, located at 115 Allforth Place, Cary.

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TODAY■ The Lee County Red Cross is holding

an emergency holiday blood drive from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The blood drive will be held at the Red Cross offi ce in the Arts and Community building at 507 N. Steele St.. If you would like to make an appoint-ment, please call (919) 774-6857 or walk-ins are always welcome.■ Downtown Sanford, Inc. presents the

“Screen on the Green” Fall Movie Se-ries at 7 p.m. showing “Polar Express.” Patrons are encouraged to bring lawn blankets and chairs, purchase dinner from one of our many downtown restaurants, and enjoy a movie under the stars. These family friendly movies are free and open to the public. For further details, contact DSI at (919) 775-8332 or e-mail downtown@sanfordnc.net.■ The 46th annual turkey shoot will

be held at 7 p.m. at the Rocky River Coon Hunter’s Club, just off Hwy. 15-501 between Sanford and Pittsboro. For more information, call (919) 776-0670.■ Operation Christmas Child will take

donations at Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church (316 West Main St.) from 2 to 6 p.m.■ Deep River/Northview Optimist Turkey

Shoot will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Deep River/Northview Optimist Park on Hawkins Ave. Shooting rounds for shotguns, .22 LR (open sights, no peeps), and kids rifl e rounds.■ CCH Auxiliary is sponsoring a “Bake

Sale Featuring Thanksgiving Goodies,” the Cake and Homemade Goodies Ladies will be back with their “tasty treats” near the CCH main elevators from 7 a.m. until sold out.■ Cub Scout Pack 942 will host an all-

you-can-eat pancake supper from 5 to 7 p.m. at St. Luke United Methodist Church. Cost is $5. Proceeds will go toward the purchase of equipment.

SATURDAY■ The Sanford Area Society of Shag-

gers will host an amateur shag dance at 8:30 p.m. (doors open at 7) at VFW Post 5631 (the fi nest wooden dance fl oor around), 1500 Webb St. in Sanford. Cash prizes will be given to couples placing fi rst through sixth, and the night will feature a DJ, hor d’oeuvres, door prizes and a 50/50 raffl e. For more information, con-tact Sandy Forsythe at (919) 775-6364 or e-mail sandy.forsythe@marelliusa.com. ■ Lee County Cooperative Extension

will host “A Look at Lee” Family Agricul-tural Tour, a self-guided tour of land that produces timber, fi eld crops, ornamentals, fruits and livestock from 9 a.m. to noon. Pre-registration is required by Nov. 18. A $5 registration fee per car will cover lunch for the family. To register or for additional information, contact Cooperative Extension at (919) 775-5624.■ Operation Christmas Child will take

donations at Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church (316 West Main St.) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.■ Larose & Company, in conjunction with

Moore County BackPack Pals, will sponsor a “Shoes for Food” horseshoe tournament to raise funds to provide Thanksgiving Din-ner for some 30 local students and their families. The event will run from noon to 4 p.m. at Memorial Park in Southern Pines. Registration to participate is at $50 per team for two-man teams. Call (910) 693-3300 for more information.■ The Jordan-Matthews High School

Music Department will host the fi rst an-nual Chatham County Guitar Festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Jordan-Matthews High School, 910 E. Cardinal St., Siler City. Admission is free for all Chatham County students and suggested donation is $5 for community members.

■ Central Fire Department will check car seats between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 512 Hawkins Avenue. Appointments are required. Contact Krista at (919) 775-8310 by 5 p.m. Wednesday to schedule an appointment for the following Saturday.■ The Miss./Ms. Brick City and the Brick

City Princess and Prince Christmas Pag-eant will be held at the Civic Center.■ Deep River/Northview Optimist Turkey

Shoot will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Deep River/Northview Optimist Park on Hawkins Ave. Shooting rounds for shotguns, .22 LR (open sights, no peeps), and kids rifl e rounds.■ The antique shops of Cameron are

having their annual Christmas Open House from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.■ Sanford Woman’s Club will hold a fund-

raiser concert at 7 p.m. at the Kendale Entertainment Center with the Raymond Bradley and the Ramblin’ Fever Band

performing. Tickets are $10. For tickets, call (919) 499-3666, (919) 356-2041 and (919) 774-8839. Tickets will also be sold at the door. Proceeds will go toward local charitable and civic community organiza-tions.■ Chatham County’s last household

hazardous waste collection event for the season will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Chatham residents can bring items to Waste Management’s household hazard-ous waste facility, located six miles west of Pittsboro off U.S. 64 on County Landfi ll Road.■ The Northwood High School Acting

Ensemble will present its annual fall show, a 2009 production of “Our Town,” at 7 p.m. in the Benjamin J. Lee Auditorium at Northwood High School. Admission is $6 at the door.■ The second annual Birthday Splash for

Carbonton Dam Park will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Carbonton Community Cen-ter. Plates are $6 which will include pig, bird, red potatoes, green beans, bread, slaw, dessert and beverage. Bring your canoe, kayak, fi shing gear or chair. For more information, contact Dick Harrison at (919) 356-5678. All proceeds will go to Carbonton Dam Park.

SUNDAY■ The 2009 Sanford Christmas Parade,

presented by Progress Energy, will begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday and will follow its traditional route, which starts at the Elks Lodge on Wicker Street. After the parade, Santa will be available for pictures at De-pot Park. For questions about being a pa-rade vendor, contact the Central Carolina Jaycees at info@centralcarolinajaycees.org or (919) 356-5623.■ The antique shops of Cameron are

having their annual Christmas Open House from 1 to 5 p.m. This is the only Sunday during the year that all participating shops are open.

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T.J. McKay is pictured with his grandfather, Kenneth Harrison, after hitting the bullseye and winning a round at the Lemon Springs Turkey Shoot on Oct. 17. The competition was T.J.’s fi rst turkey shoot. He used an old .22 family rifl e.

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Christmas paradeset for Sunday indowntown Sanford

SANFORD — Christmas is more than a month away, but Santa will be here early to add to his Sanford wish-lists this weekend.

The 2009 Sanford Christ-mas Parade, presented by Progress Energy, will begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday and will follow its traditional route, which starts at the Elks Lodge on Wicker Street.

The Sanford Area Cham-ber of Commerce encourag-es all community members to come out on Sunday to cheer on their family, friends and neighbors who will be riding in the parade, as well as to show support for one of Sanford’s lon-gest-running holiday events. More than 60 fl oats, bands and other entries will be in the line-up once again.

After the parade, Santa will be available for pictures at Depot Park.

Chamber marketing director Jennifer St. Clair said last year’s event was the fi rst Sunday parade in Sanford, and if the turnout is the same this year, orga-nizers will be pleased.

“We received a lot of positive feedback last year from people who nor-mally couldn’t make it for a Monday night event,” St. Clair said. “We hope to see all those folks again this year, as well as many new people.”

All those riding and participating in the parade need to check in at 2 p.m. at the Elks Lodge Sunday. Anyone who plans to sell refreshments during the parade must arrive at the vendor/registration booth at that time, as well.

For questions about being a parade vendor, contact the Central Carolina Jaycees at info@central-carolinajaycees.org or (919) 356-5623.

— from staff reports

CHATHAM COUNTY

Vacancies available on Chatham mental health board

PITTSBORO — Three vacancies are currently available on the Orange-Per-son-Chatham Area Program Board, which provides comprehensive planning, budgeting, implementing, and monitoring group for community-based mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse programs.

A local political subdivi-

sion of the state, the board meets on the second Mon-day of the month at 7 p.m.

The OPC Board is in spe-cial need of specifi c catego-ries of individuals required by state law, including persons with professional fi nancial expertise, profes-sional business manage-ment skills and a family member of a person with a developmental disability.

For more information, visit www.opcareaprogram.com/board.htm or contact Janine Reda at (919) 913-4010.

To complete an applica-tion to serve, visit the Chatham County website at www.chathamnc.org/Index.aspx?page=49 or contact Elizabeth Plata at (919) 542-8200.

—from staff reports

HARNETT COUNTY

Chamber recruitercoming to Harnett

FAYETTEVILLE (MCT) — Cumberland County’s top business recruiter is leaving for a similar job in Harnett County.

The departure of Phyl-lis Owens, announced Wednesday by the Fayette-ville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce, will be more amiable than the recent exit of a chamber board member.

“When I looked at Har-nett County, I saw huge potential,” said Owens, who starts as the economic de-velopment director Dec. 1.

Owens, the chamber’s senior vice president for economic development, said she has worked well with Doug Peters, who has been chamber president for 18 months.

“He’s given me the reins, with the understanding that I’m fully capable,” said Ow-ens. “And he’s been taking care of some things that really needed to be done.”

Longtime chamber board member Rebecca Eat-man-Jackson resigned this month over what she described as a vague fi scal blueprint for the business advocacy group.

In a Nov. 6 letter, Eatman-Jackson said the chamber hasn’t had a “clear and detailed” fi nancial plan for fi ve months.”

Owens said Peters will do fi ne.

“There have been some staff situations that have caused us some head-aches,” said Owens, who is in her sixth year at the chamber. “But we’re over-coming those.”

— Fayetteville Observer

AROUND OUR AREA CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Chinese art show impressesBy KATHERINE McDONALDSpecial to The Herald

SANFORD — The language of art bridged the communication barrier between Chinese artists and those attending Central Carolina Commu-nity College’s Chinese Art Exhibition Thursday.

Visitors admired the delicate but powerful im-ages of nature captured in the paintings and the beauty of the calligraphic works.

“These works are differ-ent, beautiful,” said Geri Guwang, of Carolina Trace, one of several hundred area residents who came to enjoy both the art and the artists. “I wish the paintings were available. I would like to take some home.”

The one-day exhibition at the McSwain Cen-ter featured traditional Chinese paintings and calligraphy by faculty of the College of Fine Arts of Nanjing Normal University in the People’s Republic of China. It was exhibited Nov. 18 at North Carolina State University through the university’s Confucius Institute.

The Institute is a center for the teaching of Chinese Mandarin language and culture in cooperation with Nanjing Normal University and Han Ban, the People’s Republic of China’s National Offi ce of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. It also arranges intercultural events between China and the North Carolina, such as the art exhibition.

Central Carolina Com-munity College brought the exhibition to Sanford through its partnership with NCSU’s Confucius Institute. The college has started a Confucius Classroom under the aegis of the Institute, to bring Chinese language instruc-tion and cultural exchang-es to its service area of Chatham, Harnett and Lee counties.

Most of the artists did not speak English, but Professor Shuya Che, of the college’s Confucius Classroom, and Guanglin Dai, program manager for NCSU’s Confucius Insti-tute, translated for them.

“We are two differ-ent countries, but we can come together and understand each other,” said Professor Xiangwei

Li, Dean of Fine Arts at Nanjing Normal Univer-sity. “There is a wonderful feeling of the people in North Carolina. The scen-ery is beautiful, the people are friendly. I hope some people from America will come and learn about China so we can be mutu-ally benefi ted.”

Dai spoke to the visitors about the various styles of Chinese calligraphy, which is the writing of poetry and sayings in artistically drawn Chinese characters. She used works in the ex-hibition to illustrate them. Professors Ji-an Wang and Hanping Chang demon-strated the different styles.

Visitors were also im-pressed to learn that many of the paintings were in-spired by the teachings of Confucius or poetry. The opening words in a poem serve as a painting’s title. Traditional Chinese art

writes the poetry or saying as part of the painting, so artists are also callig-raphers. NNU Associate Professor Mi Lu delighted and impressed visitors with her Chinese folk art, including knot work, simi-lar to macramé, and fi nely detailed scissors art.

The artists gifted sev-eral works to the college in appreciation for hosting the exhibition and the friendship shared. Profes-sor Yue-zi Lu created a brush painting of autumn leaves and blue birds while visitors watched, then presented it to college President Bud Marchant.

“Thank you,” March-ant responded. “This is wonderful.”

Sarah Lawrence, of Sanford, was also among the many visitors to the exhibition.

“I’m loving it — it’s wonderful,” she said.

“I particularly liked the painting [Professor Lu] did for the college. He noticed the beauty of our area, the color in our woods and captured that. It was such a treat to see him do it.”

The Chinese artists are now on their way to Wash-ington, D.C., and New York for sightseeing before returning to China.

“We had a great turn-out,” Marchant said at the close of the event. “It is so important that we connect with the rest of the world. Today was a confi rmation that people in our area are looking to connect with other parts of the world as we become a global society. I’m excited that we were able to bring not only a great cultural resource here but also an important economic development tool as companies look for areas with a global outlook.”

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Chinese artist Yue-zi Lu (right) created a painting as a gift for Central Carolina Com-munity College during the Chinese Art Exhibition hosted by the college Thursday. He presented it to CCCC President Bud Marchant at the exhibition.

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Parents teach their chil-dren to look both ways before crossing the street,

to buckle their seat belts and to avoid talking with strangers — all good advice in a world full of physical dangers.

Parents and schools are not doing the same good job when it comes to teaching their children the financial dangers they will face. When it comes to credit — how it works and how it can overwhelm a young person — the lesson is not being taught adequately.

State Treasurer Janet Cowell recently toured four colleges and met with 53 students. She found

that this generation doesn’t un-derstand debt.

One can argue that the nation’s Wall Street bankers didn’t understand debt, either, and that’s how we got into our current economic mess. But if Americans hadn’t fallen for the questionable mortgages and the too-good-to-be-true credit-card deals, the recession would have been less severe. We must all admit that our own financial naivete contributed to today’s problems.

Cowell learned that students were using their credit cards to meet their everyday expenses and, in the process, piling up large balances. It’s an old story: college students leave home, don’t know how to use a card but

get one anyway. They pay only the minimum balance every month but keep driving the balance higher. As interest rates rise, the students are suddenly in too deep to get out.

The General Assembly has tried to address the situation in the past by directing public schools to focus more study on financial lit-eracy. But Cowell says more effort is needed. And she is right.

All high-school students should take a rigorous course in home and personal economics, learning how financial instru-ments such as credit cards, mortgages and car loans work. They should know how to prepare a personal budget, balance a checking account and determine

what is a good deal on a debit card.

Cowell also recommends that college-orientation classes include financial lessons. And she rightly calls for colleges and uni-versities to act responsibly when it comes to credit-card compa-nies and the offers they make on campus.

Of course, as with all family matters, the ultimate responsibil-ity for keeping a child or young adult safe rests with the parents. Mom and dad need to talk to their youngsters about these is-sues, teaching them the dangers not just of stepping into the street without looking but also of run-ning up too large a credit-card balance.

Parents: Teach kids financial literacyEditorial Board: Bill Horner III, Publisher • Billy Liggett, Editor • R.V. Hight, Special Projects Editor

Why didn’t greenwaytrail construction go to local company?

To the Editor:It is not infrequently that letters

appear in this space about the inflexibility of enforcement of the City of Sanford’s codes, rules, and regulations. The height of dandelions after a heavy rain was one such letter. Yes, chickens were approved in the backyard, but with a set of rules that rival those of OSHA.

Economically and socially Sanford would be better off not to have a nitpicking attitude. Right now, however, creating work for our unemployed should be the number one priority.

That is why it should not have awarded a a $1.2 million bid roughly for the first section of the Endor Iron Furnace green way trail to an out of town firm that did not follow the bid requirements. The award should have been in favor of local firm and civic citizen Sanford Paving that followed the bidding rules, Instead, Narron Contracting of Wilson was given the bid.

Sanford Contractors, was sec-ond in line with a bid $197,000 higher. Spokesman Donnie Old-ham spokesman asked, “Do the requirements stay a requirement throughout the process? Or if it’s convenient to the city, do they suddenly become ‘an irregular-ity?’” City staff told the council they have the right to waive rules such as the one requiring the paperwork from Narron.

Write that down for your next encounter with the dandelion inspector.

Ironically one argument made by the staff for deviating from their own rules was that a portion of the fund was stimulus funds. Do they believe the stimulus money was actually for Wilson and just being routed through Lee County? These sticklers with paperwork should have stuck with the rules and helped the estimated 6000 people looking for work and kept the money home with Sanford Contractors. They played by the rules. They should have won, and our community with them.

KEITH CLARKSanford

We need to fighthuman trafficking inChina and United States

To the Editor: President Obama has left

“our” federal government’s bank-ers in China. For those of you that don’t know, China allows human trafficking, prison labor and forced child labor. For many years baby girls have been killed, left in the woods, or sold to pimps.

China has a one child policy, so a pregnant woman with “too many children” might be forced to have an abortion. Many pregnant women who find out that they are going to have a girl will have an abortion.

People in China who are limited to one child usually prefer to have a boy because they can work harder than girls, and they think that men who have male children are more manly.

Slavery, child prostitution, and “gendercide” are wrong. We need to oppose human trafficking in the United States, China and every other country .

CHUCK MANNGreensboro

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Nearly every Republican these days calls for tax cuts and lower deficits, and in the same sentence. Point out

that these goals clash — that taxes pay for government and not paying for government causes deficits, and the Republican counters, “We must shrink government, instead.”

Sure. And you’re just the boys to do it. There hasn’t been a balanced budget since

the last Democratic administration. During the George W. Bush years of mindless tax-cutting, the national debt doubled, and GOP claims to fiscal rectitude became a bizarre joke. The last fig leaf fell off this summer when Republicans demagogued efforts to save over $100 billion by ending subsidies for the private Medicare Advantage health plans.

Here was the lowest-hanging fruit in the fastest-growing government program. It was something most Medicare beneficiaries would barely notice was gone, yet Republi-cans hollered that Democrats were pulling the plug on grandma.

That dashed any residual Republican pretenses that Bush had led them astray on spending, and a lesson was learned. Clearly, they’re not changing a thing.

Bruce Bartlett, an econ-omist in Ronald Reagan’s Treasury Department, has criticizing such inconsis-tencies for several years. Republicans could have embraced his 2006 book, “Imposter: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy,” as evidence that they truly regretted the fiscal wreckage of the Bush years. Instead, they turned Bartlett into a Republican pariah.

Bartlett has just come out with another book, “The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward.” It has received an equally chilly reception from the right-wing media and as-sociated think tanks. That is, they’re making no mention of it.

I asked Bartlett whether he feels beaten up by former fellow Republicans. (He’s now an independent.) No, he said, “One of the funny things since ‘Imposter’ came out is the refusal of people on the right to even debate me.”

One can’t entirely blame them for trying to smother his book sales. Democrats would be hard-pressed to find better talking points anywhere else — though Bartlett does find fault with them, too.

Bartlett’s main point is that there’s al-most no place to cut domestic discretionary spending. Subtract money going for defense, entitlements (such as Medicare) and pay-ments on the debt, and there’s precious little left. Domestic discretionary spending in fis-

cal 2008 last year totaled $485 billion, while the deficit was $459 billion. You would have had to kill nearly every domestic program to balance the budget. That would have meant nothing for education, agriculture, housing, border patrols, the FBI, highways.

Taxes must go up, and on that subject, Bartlett takes issue with the current presi-dent. “You have to look at some other broad-based revenue raising,” he said, “but then you run up against the problem that Obama

has made the promise not to raise taxes on anyone earning less than $200,000.” He deems that approach “irresponsible.” The rich can’t bear all the costs of government.

The answer is a val-ue-added tax, which is basically a national sales tax. The VAT would tax consumption, rather than income, and at low cost to

economic growth. Europeans use a VAT to pay for their cushy benefits.

Bartlett thinks that Congress should com-mit itself to a number, say $1 trillion, for deficit savings over 10 years. Then it should ask a commission to find a third of that money from higher revenues, a third from entitlement cuts and a third from discretion-ary spending.

Welcome to the world of grownups, where tax cuts don’t magically pay for themselves — and where middle-class people must pay more for middle-class benefits. When it comes to addressing deficits, Democrats may be lax adolescents, but Republicans are total babies.

Party of fiscal babies

LobbyistsA few years ago, the North Carolina

legislature decided that lobbyists and those who employ them must

report lobbying expenses.The state already had a requirement

that lobbying expenses be reported, but a loophole made the rule largely tooth-less.

Looking at today’s lobbying expense reports, filed with the Secretary of State’s office, you still won’t find a pile of ex-penses filed by the hundreds of lobbyists registered in the state.

There are a couple of reasons for the zeros.

First, legislators approved a gift ban that prevents the kind of small group or one-on-one wining and dining that used to take place in Raleigh, when some lob-byists plied a few legislators with fancy steakhouse dinners.

The wining and dining isn’t done. Legislative receptions, with shrimp and other finger food, are still allowed under certain circumstances, the biggest being that large groups or even the general public is invited.

So, some of the lines on those reports aren’t blank.

Another reason you won’t find lots of companies employing lobbyists rack-ing up six-figure expenses is because of interpretations by the State Ethics Com-mission about what exactly constitutes lobbying.

Last year, the commission ruled that companies don’t necessarily have to report all of a lobbyist’s salary. When a lobbyist has responsibilities other than trying to persuade legislators to vote for or against legislation to benefit their clients, then the percentage of their salaries that doesn’t involve lobbying can be deducted.

The ruling makes sense in some instances.

For example, someone who heads up a trade association, representing com-panies in the same line of business, will typically do more than lobby.

But a more recent ruling by the State Ethics Commission could portend more reporting by companies that employ lob-byists.

The September ruling examined the question of whether the a lobbyist’s time spent developing legislative strategy, as opposed directly lobbying or following the legislative process, should be consid-ered a lobbying expense.

The commission came up with a “but-for” test to answer the question. But for the effort to lobby legislators, would these activities be taking place?

The answer seems obvious.But the interpretation raises the

possibility of another test that ought to be put to the firms employing lobbyists: But for the need for lobbying the North Carolina General Assembly, would you be employing a lobbyist?

If the answer is no, then shouldn’t the entire lobbyist’s salary be reported as a lobbying expense?

The answer isn’t always no. As stated, some registered lobbyists do more than lobbying.

But when companies report just a fraction of the salaries of people who essentially live in the Legislative Build-ing when the legislature is in session, the current rules and interpretations may not be sufficient.

I am zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great zeal. (Zechariah 1:14)

PRAYER: Help us, Father, not to be jealous of other people and their mate-rial blessings, and we pray that we can be thankful for all your blessings. Amen.

Today’s Prayer

‘Welcome to the world of grownups, where tax cuts

don’t magically pay for themselves — and where middle-class people must

pay more formiddle-class benefits.’

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Ray PattersonLILLINGTON — Fu-

nerals services for Ray Patterson, 78, who died Tuesday (11/17/2009), were conducted Thurs-day at Holly Springs Baptist Church by Rev. Jerry Parsons.

Burial was in the church cemetery. Soloist were Connie Arnold and Cynthia Spivey, and spe-cial music was provided by the HSBC choir.

Pallbearers were Stan Taylor, Mike Newton, Dick Taylor, Buck Cox, Steve Patterson, Lewis Norton and Vince Sell-ers.

Funeral arrangements were by O’Quinn-Pee-bles Funeral Home.

Brian TysonSILER CITY — Brian

Lamont Tyson, 35, of 602 N. 4th Ave., Siler City, died Wednesday (11/11/2009) at UNC HOSPITALS.

He was a native of Chatham County and a graduate of Jordan-Mat-thews High School.

Surviving are his parents Mr. and Mrs. L.T. Headen and broth-ers Reginald Tyson and Jermaine Headen, all of Siler City and brother Chris Fields and his wife Rolanda of Southern Pines

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Gees Grove AME Zion Church by Rev. Allen Moore.

Arrangements are by Farrar Funeral Service of Siler City.

Richard BrowerSILER CITY — Rich-

ard Howard Brower, 83, of Philadelphia, Pa., died Wednesday (11/11/2009).

He was a native of Chatham County and a graduate of Chatham Central High School and a member of St. Matthew Independent Church in Philadelphia.

Surviving are his sister Ruth Mapp of Siler City and sister-in-law Maudestine Brower.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Corinth AME Zion Church by the Rev. Mary Turner. the family will receive visitors from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Satur-day at the church.

Norman KellyVASS — Norman

Kelly, 92, of Vass, died Wednesday (11/18/2009) at Pinehurst Health and Rehabilitation in Pine-hurst.

He is survived by four daughters Mary Frances Daniels and her hus-band David of Pinebluff, Betty Lambert and her husband Lee Daniel of West End, Carolyn Wilkins of Vass and Norma Finch and her husband Otis of South-ern Pines, Two sones Freddie Kellie Sr. and his wife Mary of Vass and Colon Kelly and his wife Vanessa of Vass, one sis-ter Mary Dobbins of Vas, 20 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren and 23 great-great-grand-children.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Union Pines High School Auditorium with Rev. Chester Little officiating. Burial will follow in Frye’s Chapel Cemetery in Vass.

There will be a view-ing form 6-8 p.m. on Sat-urday at Pugh & Smith Funeral Home.

Mark Leon SmithANGIER — Mark

Leon Smith, 41, of 4053 Harnett Central Road, Angier, died Tuesday (11/17/2009) at Betsy Johnon Hospital in Dunn.

He is survived by his wife Lori G. Smith, and children Joshua and Tif-fany Smith of the home, mother Ezzie Lee Smith, brother Jimmy Smith and sisters Sharon Elkins and Teresa Kerns, all of Bonlee.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at East Sanford Baptist Church in San-ford by Robert Yandle.

Gradison WomackLILLINGTON —

Gradison Womack, 78, of Lillington, died Wednes-day (11/18/2009) at Cen-tral Carolina Hospital in Sanford.

He was born in Harnett County, the son of the late Emory and Lester Dickens Womack. He retired after 40 years of service with Sanford Brick and Tile. He was preceded in death by Eyvone Womack, broth-ers, Leroy Womack,

Landon Womack, Hal-ford Womack and Will “Homer” Womack.

Survivors are daugh-ters Vivian Davis and husband, Victor, of Lil-lington and Debra Mc-Neill of Broadway and son Barry Womack of Lillington, sister Shirley Maddox and husband Lacy of Sanford, two grandchildren and one great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Sat-urday at Antioch Baptist Church in Mamers with Rev. Martin Groover presiding. Burial will follow at Baptist Chapel Church Cemetery in Broadway

Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday at O’Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home and other times at the home of Vic-tor and Vivian Davis.

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James Albert “J.A.” Jamerson

SANFORD — James Albert “J.A.” Jamerson, 64, of Sanford, died Wednesday (11/18/2009) at his home.

Jamerson was born in Lee County, a son of the late James A. Jam-erson Sr and Lethia Lawson Jamer-son. He was pre-ceded in death by a daughter, Kimberly Jamerson, and brothers, Kenneth Jamerson and Ervin Jam-erson.

He is survived by his wife, Myrna Nelson Ja-merson; one son, Gerald Jamerson, and wife Lena of Sanford; daughters, Terena Lawrence of San-ford, Angela Adcock of Erwin, Christy Hollifield and husband Chris of West End, Denise Natte of Sanford; four sisters, Marie Dunlap of Olivia, Peggy Mason and hus-band Larry of Newport, Sylvia Druckermiller and Veronica Domingues and husband Omar both of Sanford; one brother, Johnny Jamerson and wife Timmer of Cam-eron; 15 grandchildren and 4 great grandchil-dren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Missionary Methodist Church by Rev. Curtis Norris. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will re-ceive friends at 1 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Missionary Methodist Church.

Online condolences can be made at www.rogerspickard.com

In Lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the funeral expense fund, 509 Car-thage St., Sanford, NC 27330.

James Patrick Butler

SANFORD — Fu-neral services for James Patrick Butler was held on Wednesday at Rocky Fork Christian Church in Sanford with Rev. Brad Marona and Rev. Misty Mowrey presiding.

Special music was played by Greg Pilson. Pianist for the ser-vice was Jay Locklear. Pallbearers were Ryan Gilmore, Bryan Atkins, Ethan McNeill, Justin Allred, Bryce Love and Alan Denny.

Following the fu-neral, a graveside service was held at Rocky Fork Christian Church in Sanford.

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OBITUARIES Willie Mack ThomasSANFORD — Mr. Willie Mack Thomas, 74,

of Sanford, entered into rest on Wednesday (11/18/2009) at his residence.

Mr. Thomas was born on April 2, 1935, in Lee County to the late Paul Thomas and Katie Wicker Thomas. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his only son, Richard Mack Thomas and by a brother, Paul Thomas, Jr.

He is survived by daughters, Cynthia Thomas Fowler and husband Michael J. Fowler of Carthage and Tammie Thomas McConnell of Raleigh; broth-ers, Jimmy Frank Thomas of Cameron and Harold Ray Thomas of Sanford; and by long-time loving friend, Erline S. Kelly of Sanford.

Mr. Thomas was a Mason for many years and was a member of Buffalo Lodge 172 in Sanford He was a hard working man who loved his family. He retired from GKN after twenty years of service, retiring in June of 2004. Prior to that, he worked at Saco-Lowell for twenty-fi ve years. In his leisure time, he enjoyed playing golf with friends and won many golf tournaments. He loved Roy Williams’ Tar Heels and the N.Y. Yankees.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home. At oth-er times the family will be at the home of Harold Ray Thomas, 4249 Center Church Road, Sanford.

The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sat-urday at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Chris D. Humphreys offi ciating. Burial will follow in Center United Methodist Church Cemetery.

In lieu of fl owers, memorials may be made to the Center United Methodist Church Build-ing Fund, 4141 South Plank Road, Sanford, N.C. 27330.

The family wishes to express its appreciation to close Christian friend, Carolee Mitchell, for her spiritual and emotional support to Mr. Thomas. The family also wishes to express their sincere gratitude to Dr. Robert H. McConville of Sandhillls Family Practice and to Dr. Amarendra B. Reddy and the staff at Raleigh Cardiology Associates for many years of dedicated service and attentive and extraordinary medical care.

Condolences may be made at www.bridg-escameronfuneralhome.com Arrangements by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc.

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SANFORD■ Reginald Renard

Prince, 43, of 2814 Acad-emy St. was charged Wednesday with worthless check.

■ Bernard Lee Shaw, 45, of 12 Barrett Bush Lane was charged Wednesday with failure to appear.

■ Kristy Lawson Whita-ker, 25, of 501 McIver St. was charged Wednesday with failure to appear.

■ Michael Bradley Cox, 27, no address given, was charged Wednesday with larceny from a coin-oper-ated machine.

■ William Owens, 42, no address given, was charged Wednesday with larceny.

■ Andre Dwight Taylor, 23, no address given, was charged Wednesday with failure to appear.

■ Henry Traver Man-ning, 58, no address given, was charged Wednesday with driving while im-paired.

LEE COUNTY■ Gary Mikal Coats,

25, of 25 Red Tip Lane was charged Wednesday with communicating threats. He was placed in Lee County Jail under $500 secured bond.

■ Francis Bailey Hick-man, 32, of 33 Walkabout Lane was charged Wednes-day with simple assault and assault by pointing a gun. She was released on $500 unsecured bond.

■ Brian Lee Warren of 470 Hill Top Road reported Wednesday that someone forcibly entered his resi-dence and took six guns, two cameras, a computer, tools, a watch, and fi shing equipment.

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Bergamine said no new charges have been fi led against Davis as of Thurs-day night.

Police issued the war-rant containing the new charges against McNeill after they collected hair and fi bers, clothes, and a straw from his 1997

Mitsubishi Galant.McNeill is seen in sur-

veillance footage taken on Nov. 10 at the Comfort Suites Hotel in Sanford holding Shaniya in front of an elevator. It has not yet been released whether McNeill allegedly killed her that day or whether he killed her in Sanford.

— The Associated Press contrib-uted to this report

ShaniyaContinued from Page 1A

SHANIYA DAVIS MURDERED, FOUND IN SANFORD

EM director thanks volunteersBy GORDON ANDERSONanderson@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — When search and rescue teams headed out Monday morn-ing to search for Shaniya Davis in the woods near the Lee-Harnett county line Monday morning, they hoped they’d have 72 people — just enough to fi ll all the spots required for teams to cover the entire search area.

Instead, 310 people showed up — most of them volunteers. Lee County Emergency Man-agement Director Shane Seagroves said he had to turn many more away as well.

“We turned countless numbers of volunteers away,” he said. “We were getting to the point where the number could become unmanageable and could have been a safety hazard.”

The rest of the story didn’t turn out as well — the workers located Davis’ body Monday afternoon, after covering 459 acres of land in fi ve hours. But Sea-groves said the response from people near and far was heartwarming.

“If there’s one good thing you can take out of this, it’s that the com-munity still cares,” he said. “Without all those volunteers, we wouldn’t have been able to do this. Most of them were from fi re departments and law enforcement agencies and other emergency services, but probably 100 of them weren’t affi liated with any-

thing like that.”Agencies which do-

nated manpower included the Lee County Sheriff’s Offi ce, the Harnett County Sheriff’s Offi ce, the Moore County Sheriff’s Offi ce, the Chatham County Sheriff’s Offi ce, the Johnston County Sheriff’s Offi ce, the state Highway Patrol, the State Bureau of Investiga-tion, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, fi re depart-ments throughout the area, and the American Red Cross.

Even police from the U.S. Virgin Islands, who were performing dog train-ing at Sanford’s Tarheel Canine, pitched in.

Seagroves said McDon-ald’s in Sanford donated more than $1,000 in food to the searchers, and the Red Cross donated water and snacks. Seagroves said a cost analysis of the operation showed that it would have cost $80,000 if every volunteer were paid.

“It wasn’t any one

person. It was really a team effort, and I just want to make sure everyone knows how much we appreciate it,” he said.

VIGIL SET FOR TODAYSANFORD — A local

woman hopes people from across the area will join her for a candlelight vigil in memory of Shaniya Davis tonight.

The vigil is set for 5 p.m. today at the park near the intersection of James Street and Fields Drive in San-ford. Kathy McIver of San-ford said she doesn’t know Davis or her family but was touched by the case.

“It just really touched my heart so bad. It was like someone could have told me it was one of my chil-dren,” she said. “I’ve never heard of something so aw-ful in my life, not so close to home. It really hurt. This is for everybody.”

McIver said she plans to read some of her own writ-ing, as well as Bible verses.

BILLY LIGGETT/The Sanford Herald

Police and volunteers gather near N.C. 87 Monday morning before heading back into the woods to search for Shaniya Davis. Davis’ body was discovered later that after-noon.

FAYETTEVILLE (MCT) — State Sen. Tony Rand said the criminal history of a Fayetteville man ac-cused of kidnapping 5-year-old Shaniya Davis demonstrates the need for more tools to help probation offi cers do their jobs.

“That’s why I have been raising hell and why we have put to-gether this pilot proj-ect,” said Rand, who announced this month that he is stepping down as Senate majority leader to become head of the state’s parole and probation system.

The pilot program, being set up in Raleigh, provides a database that allows law enforcement, probation offi cers, court clerks, district attor-neys, magistrates and others easy access to all criminal records. Rand said the system should be operating by spring.

“If somebody is ar-rested they can check to see if any other arrest warrants are out there,” Rand said.

Under the current system, government of-fi cials aren’t always able to share all of a person’s criminal information.

The new system may have helped in the case of Mario Andrette Mc-Neill, a Fayetteville man accused of kidnapping, raping and murder-ing Shaniya on Nov. 10. Shaniya’s body was found Monday in woods south of Sanford. Law offi cials say additional charges are pending.

McNeill has had a lengthy criminal history since 2001, when he was charged with shooting three people. He was sentenced to supervised probation for the shoot-ings, as well as drug charges.

McNeill violated terms of his probation and stayed in prison from October 2003 to May 2006.

He was charged with drug offenses shortly after getting out and was again sentenced to

supervised probation. As part of the sentence, McNeill was required to stay free of illegal drugs.

While on supervised probation, McNeill was charged with possess-ing cocaine and, a few months later, with strik-ing a police offi cer with his vehicle while trying to fl ee.

Despite those charg-es, a judge in November 2007 changed the status of McNeill’s probation to unsupervised.

Wayne Marshburn, head of the probation system for Cumberland County, said proba-tion offi cers may not have known about the pending charges against McNeill when he was al-lowed to go on unsuper-vised probation.

In April 2008, Supe-rior Court Judge Jack Thompson put McNeill back on supervised probation for hitting the offi cer and the cocaine charge. Court records show that Judge E. Lynn Johnson terminated that probation on Oct. 22, six months before it was set to expire. Nine-teen days later, police say, McNeill was cap-tured on a video camera carrying Shaniya into a Sanford motel. Her body was found less than a week later.

Rand said he did not know the particulars of McNeill’s case. But un-der the pilot system, he said, everyone involved in the judicial system would have been able to share McNeill’s history and could have made a different determina-tion of whether his probation status should have been changed or terminated.

“I think this kind of thing, more clearly than anything else, points out the needs to have this kind of informa-tion,” Rand said. “What we’re trying to do is make everybody aware of the data we have con-cerning a person’s re-cord or lack of record.”

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of the state’s budget, because the program is “very important.” If money is easier to come by in the future, he said, then fi nancial aid will be restored to the program.

But for now, Smart Start is “just gonna have to cut back, which is regrettable, or look for other funding,” he said.

In the Partnership’s offi ce, there are two open positions that are frozen due to the cuts, Hankins said.

“We’ve not been able to continue services at the same level. And there’s lots of need in our county,” she said.

Hankins said she looks forward to the day when the Partnership can restore its level of service to the community. From here, she said the non-profi t will have to look for other sources of revenue.

“We’re going to have to look for other services, other funds to supple-ment our program,” Hankins said. Due to the recession, she added, all nonprofi ts are hurting.

Kelli Womack, assis-tant director of Grandma and Grandpa’s Child CareCenter in Sanford, said the Partnership is invaluable.

“It’s great for child care centers because (the Partnership has) so much information and resourc-es,” she said.

The Partnership has been able to provide the daycare’s employees with assistance in continuing education, Womack said, like funding for classes at Central Carolina Com-munity College and opportunities to attend conferences.

Daycares also utilize the Partnership’s resource center, which provides updated information on child care, Womack said.

“Right now, we’re just kind of straddling the fence,” said Womack, who admitted that she is currently working with-out being paid. “Unless things pick up, it doesn’t look good for us. We can’t function if we don’t have

the children here and we certainly can’t expect the parents to keep them here if they can’t afford it. It costs a lot to put a child into daycare, unfortu-nately.”

If the current econom-ic situation continues, Womack said the daycare may not survive.

“It would be nice if the state could step in and do more for these kids,” Womack said. “I’d be lying if I said we’re going to be here another fi ve or six years, be cause I don’t know.”

Silvia Bayer, site co-ordinator for the Warren Williams Child Develop-ment Center in Sanford, said the cuts have left the center searching for more grants.

“This year, it has been a little bit of a struggle with the budget,” she said. “We’ll really appre-

ciate what we have and make sure we spend it wisely and carefully.”

Bayer said she would love to see more public awareness about the importance of education and development in the fi rst seven years of life.

“In economic times

such as this, we have to make hard decisions,” she said. “But we’re talk-ing about our future. It’s an investment. If we don’t invest in (them), what kind of future will we have?”

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been so responsive to the industry part. Now, the industry won’t come here because we don’t have the retail part. You may not like Target, but they want a Target. They want a Chik-Fil-A.”

Donnie Hunter, chair-man of the EDC, said he agrees that leaders need to pursue different types of industry, but noted that the EDC works with-in the confi nes of rules set by the funding boards — the Sanford City Coun-cil, the Lee County Board of Commissioners and the Broadway Board of Commissioners. He also said those same groups need to provide infra-structure.

“We do need to attract different businesses, and that means spending money on infrastructure. Look at Wilson. We com-pete with them, and they have a beautiful business park. Should we say ‘if you come, we’ll build it’ or should we say ‘if we build it, you’ll come,’” Hunter said.

Much of Hunter’s pre-sentation to the boards focused on clearing up misconceptions of the EDC’s role in the county.

“There’s a percep-tion that we’re not being

creative,” he said. “That is absolutely not true. So much of our conversa-tions are trying to de-termine how to position ourselves at any given moment to give ourselves the best success.”

Hunter also noted that the EDC doesn’t make the incentive policy.

“I fi nd it curious when I read statements about the EDC’s incentives policy. We don’t have an incentives policy. We don’t rank,” he said. “The incentives policy belongs to the three funding boards.”

While there has been talk of changing the incentives policy, those changes would have to come from outside the EDC. Hunter also said the policy is fairly conserva-tive compared to policies elsewhere in the state.

“Incentives are what they are, and I respect anyone who is opposed to them philosophically,” he said.

“If your incentive policy was on a scale of one to 10 with one being conservative and 10 being very liberal, we might get to one. To be competi-tive with the game being played today, we need to look at our incentives policy — and not because it’s too lenient. Our policy is a low-risk or no-risk policy.”

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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s appeals court is considering a lawsuit fi led after a living man was declared dead, zipped into a body bag and taken to a morgue.

State Court of Appeals judges are considering whether to allow the lawsuit, which contends the mistake led to injuries from which Larry D. Green, 34, might never recover, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Thursday.

Green’s family and guard-ian sued offi cials to recoup money for the 24-hour care that Green needs in the Wilson rest home where he lives. He’s fed through a tube and is bedridden.

He needs care 24 hours a day,” said Judith Vincent-Pope, an attorney from Cary who represents Green. “He’s improved so little.”

Franklin County offi cials settled their part of the lawsuit for $1 million this summer. Paramedics from the town of Louisburg are still fi ghting the lawsuit.

A lower-court judge ruled this year that Franklin County’s former medical ex-aminer, J.B. Perdue, should face liability in state courts even though North Carolina law typically gives broad pro-tection to civil servants who make mistakes on the job.

Woman sentenced for hitting, killing girl at bus stop

RALEIGH (AP) — An 84-year-old North Carolina mo-torist has been sentenced for hitting and killing a child at a school bus stop.

WRAL-TV reported that Ger-aldine Baron Deitz of Raleigh

was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months’ probation. De-itz must pay a $500 fi ne and give up her driver’s license for one year after her car struck and killed 6-year-old Ashley Ramos-Hernandez in August.

The girl had gotten off the school bus and was crossing the street when she was hit by Deitz’s sport utility behicle.

A police report indicated that Deitz told police the school bus had not activated all its warning signals. Wit-nesses, though, told police that the signals and markers were properly activated.

FAA glitch causes delays, cancellationsat RDU airport

RALEIGH (AP) — Some fl ights were delayed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport and others were can-celed because of a problem with the FAA system that collects airline fl ight plans.

Airport spokeswoman Mindy Hamlin says she’s not sure how many fl ights were affected Thursday. She said most of the problems involved fl ights to the north-east and Atlanta. Airport offi cials urged passengers to contact airlines to get fl ight status updates.

A Charlotte-Douglas Inter-national Airport spokeswom-an did not return a phone call seeking comment.

The Federal Aviation Admin-istration said the problem was fi xed Thursday morning, but it was unclear how long fl ights would continue to be affected. A spokesman for the National Air Traffi c Con-trollers Union said control-lers were still entering fl ight plans manually in some locations.

Women found dead miles apart in S.C. acquainted

GASTONIA (AP) — Friends and family say two North Carolina women whose bodies were dumped miles apart in South Carolina knew each other.

Multiple media reports Thursday said authorities are investigating the slayings of both Gastonia women as homicides, but haven’t said the cases are connected.

The York County, S.C., Sheriff’s Offi ce said a badly burned body spotted on Sun-day by a horseback rider in Kings Mountain State Park was that of 30-year-old RandiDean Saldana. The body of 17-year-old Heather Marie Catterton was discovered three weeks ago about 10 miles away.

Catterton’s father said he had seen his daughter and Saldana together.

Saldana’s boyfriend said she knew Catterton, but they had little in common because of their age differ-ence.

Salvation Armykettles accepting credit cards

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina shoppers without the spare cash to drop into Salvation Army kettles can charge their good will this holiday season.

The red kettles appear-ing outside Raleigh-area stores Thursday include four equipped with credit card readers to take electronic donations.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that The Salvation Army’s Wake County chapter joins a handful across the country experimenting with plastic.

Chapters in Colorado, Tex-as and Wisconsin last year said they were responding to shoppers who increasingly carry only plastic.

Salvation Army administra-tors credited the cashless kettles as one reason their annual holiday donation cam-paign set a record of $130 million last year despite the recession.

STATE BRIEFSRALEIGH

‘Lifers’ can’t shorten sentencesBy MIKE BAKERAssociated Press Writer

RALEIGH — North Carolina offi cials said Thursday that a group of violent inmates who were nearly set free because of a quirky 1970s law that limited a life sentence to 80 years are not eligible to receive good behav-ior credits that would shorten their sentences.

Gov. Beverly Perdue said the credits will only be used to improve an inmate’s chance at parole. If the prisoners were never paroled, the earli-est release would be 2054.

“I will continue to pursue all legal means of preventing the release of

these inmates without any review by the parole board or any post-release supervision,” Perdue said in a statement.

Inmate Bobby Bowden had successfully argued in state courts that his life sentence was defi ned as 80 years — something Perdue conceded in her statement Thursday. He had also argued that a new sentencing law that began in the early 1980s had cut his time in half and that additional credits — 210 days of good conduct credit, 753 days of meritorious credit and 1,537 days of gain-time credit — made him immediately eligible for unconditional release.

Staples Hughes, the state appellate defender whose offi ce represented Bowden, said it was regrettable the state was spending so much money pursuing an argument that has no legal basis.

“They, in essence, are continuing to attempt to defy the rule of law,” Hughes said. “It has long since ceased to be a legal issue. It is simply a po-litical issue and a mecha-nism for the governor to use to attempt to raise her popularity.”

Some of the inmates, most convicted of rape or murder, were set to be re-leased last month. Perdue later blocked the release by arguing that offi cials

had improperly applied some of the credits.

The potential releases appalled victims and their advocates, par-tially because most of the inmates would be freed without any post-release supervision. Only one would have had offi cial supervision, although those convicted of rape would have to register as sex offenders.

A handful of those inmates have been work-ing toward time outside of prison, using volunteer or work-release programs to spend time in society. They can eventually be approved for supervised release by the parole board.

FORT BRAGG

Army limiting media at Palin eventBy MIKE BAKERAssociated Press Writer

RALEIGH — The U.S. Army will allow the media limited coverage of Sarah Palin’s appearance at Fort Bragg, but will bar report-ers from inter-viewing her or her support-ers on the post, offi cials said Thursday.

A Fort Bragg spokes-man initially said the Army

would ban the media from Palin’s book signing next week, fearing it would turn into political grand-standing against President Barack Obama. After The Associated Press and The Fayetteville Observer pro-tested, Col. Billy Buckner said the post would permit restricted access.

A small pool of report-ers will be allowed to view and document the event but will be barred from the interviews. The public will be allowed.

Buckner said the setup will allow reporters their right to access while

preventing the appear-ance from turning political — something that offi cials believe would violate policy.

“If media are pres-ent, they can capture the imagery of what’s going and sort of the ambiance of what’s taking place,” he said.

Fort Bragg, which is base for some 35,000 soldiers, does not hold many promotional events, especially not with politi-cal fi gures. Offi cials said they worried that media coverage would turn the appearance into a chance for people to express po-litical opinions “directed against the commander in chief.”

“The main reason is

to stop this from turning into a political platform,” said Fort Bragg spokesman Tom McCollum. “There are Army regulations that basically prohibit military reservations from becom-ing political platforms by politicians.”

Palin has already agreed not to give a speech, Mc-Collum said. Palin will sign her new book for people and will not stop to pose for photographs, offi cials said.

Palin began a pro-motional tour this week for her memoir, “Going Rogue,” with plans to travel through several states that were key to the 2008 election, including North Carolina.

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By ANNE GEARANAP National Security Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers hidden in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting rampage and lapses that might allow others to slip through bureaucratic cracks.

“It is prudent to determine immediately whether there are internal weaknesses or proce-dural shortcomings in the department that could make us vulnerable in the future,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.

A 45-day emergency investigation will examine personnel, medical, men-tal health, discharge and other policies in all cor-ners of the vast Defense Department. It will also look at ways to improve security and emergency response at Defense De-partment facilities.

“The shootings at Fort Hood raise a number of troubling questions that demand complete but prompt answers,” Gates told a Pentagon news conference.

The quick review will be led by two former Pentagon offi cials, former Army Secretary Togo West and former Navy chief Vernon Clark.

A longer, second review lasting about six months will look at what Gates called “systemic institutional shortcom-ings.” Gates, who has fi red several top offi cials in three years heading the Pentagon, did not address any possible consequenc-es of the inquiries he announced Thursday.

Gates broached little new information about the case of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the

Army psychiatrist ac-cused of killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 in the shootings at the Texas military post on Nov. 5.

Gates called it disturb-ing that Hasan has e-mail contact with a radical cleric in Yemen, but stressed that his review is separate from the crimi-nal investigation into Hasan and should not be interpreted as a fi nger-pointing exercise against Muslims or anyone else.

Investigators have said e-mails between Hasan and the imam, Anwar al-Awlaki, did not advocate or threaten violence. After the shootings, al-Awlaki’s Web site praised Hasan as a hero.

Both Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, the chair-man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the chief goal of the Pentagon probe is preventing another such attack and improving fu-ture responses by disaster teams.

West was Army secre-tary in the mid-1990s and later became secretary of veterans affairs. Clark was the chief of naval opera-tions from 2000 to 2005.

In 2007, Gates named West co-chairman of a panel created to review rehabilitation care prob-lems at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

In 1995, as Presi-dent Bill Clinton’s Army Secretary, West ordered a review of the Army’s racial climate, including whether there were ties between extremist groups and members of the military. The investiga-tion was prompted by the arrests of two paratroop-ers in connection with the murders of two black people and concerns that the two men may have had ties to white suprem-acist groups.

Gates would not comment Thursday on

whether he considers the Fort Hood attack a terrorist act. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., told a Senate hearing that he does, and urged a govern-ment investigation “to learn whether the federal government could have acted in a way that would have prevented these murders from occurring.”

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, questioned whether the government failed to connect dots about Hasan.

“We must better understand why law enforcement, intelligence agencies and our military personnel system may have failed in this case,” Collins said.

A joint terrorism task force overseen by the FBI learned late last year of Hasan’s repeated contact with al-Awlaki, who en-couraged Muslims to kill U.S. troops in Iraq. The FBI said the task force did not refer early informa-tion about Hasan to

superiors because it con-cluded he wasn’t linked to terrorism.

Hasan’s psychiatry su-pervisors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center had expressed concerns in May 2007 about what they described as Hasan’s “pat-tern of poor judgment and lack of professional-ism.”

President Barack Obama already has ordered a review of all intelligence related to Hasan, including his contacts with al-Awlaki, concerns raised about Hasan by some of his medical colleagues, and whether warnings were properly shared and acted upon within government agencies.

Results of that inquiry are due Nov. 30.

FORT HOOD SHOOTINGS

Pentagon looking for management lapses

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday to discuss the Fort Hood shootings.

Gates names West, Clark to lead review

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates is putting former Army Secretary Togo West and former Navy chief Vernon Clark in charge of a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances sur-rounding the Fort Hood shootings.

Gates says the 45-day review will look into gaps in how the military identifi es service mem-bers who might be a threat to others. It also will look at personnel and medical programs, and at how well U.S. bases are able to re-spond to mass casualty incidents.

West was Army secre-tary in the mid-1990s and later became secre-tary of veterans affairs. Clark was the chief of naval operations from 2000 to 2005.

Offi cial saysGov. Sanfordreportingmore trips

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford wants to report previously unre-corded fl ights he took on planes owned by friends and campaign donors, a state ethics offi cial said Thursday even as the governor’s lawyer contin-ued to defend his travel practices.

“He provided us with information about each of those fl ights and request-ed those be included as an amendment to previ-ous fi lings,” Herb Hayden, executive director of the State Ethics Commission, said a day after a panel charged the two-term Re-publican with violations of ethics laws.

The number and de-tails of the charges were not to be made public until next week, but the commission’s three-month probe focused in part on the governor’s travel on state, private and commercial planes.

Sanford’s attorney said in a statement the com-mission’s probe raised questions about only two dozen of more than 770 fl ights.

“Governor Sanford has been a good steward of public resources and has worked hard to ensure his administration adheres to both the letter and the spirit of the law,” said lawyer Butch Bowers.

Bowers did not com-ment specifi cally on the governor’s request to amend the ethics disclo-sures. Hayden said the governor provided docu-ments during the com-mission’s investigation to amend the ethics fi lings.

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A small, family-owned Connecticut newspaper sued the state’s largest newspaper Thursday, say-ing it repeatedly plagia-rized stories after cutting its own reporting staff to save money.

The Journal Inquirer of Manchester accuses the Hartford Courant of “pirating” at least 11 local news stories in August and September, then publish-ing them as its own work under Courant reporters’ bylines.

The Journal Inquirer’s lawsuit, fi led Thursday in Hartford Superior Court, alleges the Courant violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act and federal copyright law. It seeks at least $15,000 in damages, plus court and attorney fees.

It claims the Courant saved money by cutting back on some local cover-age, then took credit for its smaller competitor’s work on bread-and-butter stories such as town zon-ing board actions, school administrator appoint-ments and local political skirmishes.

“Either hire reporters to cover these towns or don’t. Their intent in taking our work was malicious and they did wrong, and they need their knuckles rapped over it,” said Chris Powell, managing editor of the Journal Inquirer, which covers 17 towns north and east of Hartford.

Messages were left Thursday for Courant representatives. Editor Naedine Hazell said the newspaper expected to issue a comment once it had a chance to review the lawsuit.

The Courant’s CEO and publisher, Richard Graziano, acknowledged in September that the Courant had plagiarized his competitors, apolo-gized to readers with a note on the opinion page, said it was not intentional and promised “corrective action” to prevent repeat occurrences.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the in-dependent panel whose new mammogram recom-mendations have led to confusion defended the task force’s report, say-ing Thursday that it was based on the most up-to-date, accurate informa-tion available.

Dr. Timothy Wilt, a member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, stuck by its recommendation that most women don’t need mammograms in their 40s and should get one

every two years starting at 50. The American Cancer Society’s long-standing position has been that women should get annual cancer-screening mam-mograms starting at age 40.

The panel’s recom-mendations “were based on the most rigorous peer review of up-to-date, accurate information about the evidence about the harms and benefi ts of treatment,” Wilt said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

On Wednesday, Health

and Human Services Sec-retary Kathleen Sebelius tried to ease the furor that has erupted since the panel issued its recom-mendations Monday. She said the task force does “not set federal policy and they don’t determine what services are covered by the federal government.” She advised women to “keep doing what you’ve been doing for years — talk to your doctor about your individual history, ask questions, and make the decision that is right for you.”

Wilt did not take issue with Sebelius’ statement. “Our recommendations support an individual-ized decision-making process,” he said, and each woman still needs to talk with her doctor to make the most informed decision.

The recommendations from the task force have left women confused about whose advice to follow. And opponents of changing health care policy have criticized the new recommendations as an example of what could

be expected from govern-ment-managed care.

Wilt denied accusa-tions that the recom-mendations were made to help the government spend less on mammo-grams.

“Costs are not consid-ered at all,” he said.

The panel of doctors and scientists concluded that such early and fre-quent screenings often lead to false alarms and unneeded biopsies, with-out substantially improv-ing odds of survival for women under 50.

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Doc stands by mammogram advice

ATLANTA (AP) — When the nation’s swine fl u vac-cination program began in early October, health offi cials predicted it was going to be “messy.” They were right.

The program has been plagued with problems and information gaps:

—Health offi cials have been terrible at predict-ing when and how much vaccine would be avail-able. Only about 44 million doses have been shipped so far. Initially, offi cials said more than three times that would be out by now.

—At times vaccine shipments have been inexplicably lopsided. For example, smaller counties in Illinois and California have received the same amount delivered to coun-ties with seven times as many people.

—Health offi cials have stressed that people most at risk for swine fl u com-plications should go to the head of the line, but they haven’t tried to make sure that actually happened.

—And despite pledges that they would be trans-parent about the vaccine

program, some health offi cials have refused to disclose where all the doses are going, and they have held back on public service announcements telling people who should be coming in for shots. Also, many states were slow to establish Web sites that give vaccination loca-tions.

To be fair, health offi cials say, the govern-ment deserves credit for a

herculean effort to develop and distribute a safe and effective vaccine against a deadly virus that was fi rst identifi ed only seven months ago.

“You have a brand-new disease that gets identi-fi ed in April. By October, you have a vaccine for it. By any standards, it’s a miracle,” said Dr. Diane Helentjaris, director of the Virginia Department of Health offi ce handling swine fl u response.

But complaints have been mounting, with law-makers this week holding hearings in Washington and elsewhere, pressing for explanations.

“Calls are still coming in to me about, ’Why can’t I get the vaccine?”’ said An-drea Stillman, a Connecti-cut state senator speaking at a Wednesday hearing in Hartford.

She noted reports of uneven distribution within her state, and of places where vulnerable patients can’t get the vac-cine. “Obviously we’re very frustrated in southeastern Connecticut,” she said.

People are frustrated everywhere, said Sen. Su-san Collins, R-Maine. At a hearing in Washington on Tuesday, she complained of “layers of misinforma-tion and miscommunica-tion.”

Arthur Caplan, direc-tor of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Bioethics, said health offi cials should have done more to make sure limited doses get to the people most at danger from the virus. And he said they should have been tougher on nurses and other health-care workers who are putting their patients at risk because they de-clined to get a shot.

“It is not working right at all,” Caplan said.

In their defense, offi -cials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention have said that the main issue is insuffi cient vaccine from manufactur-

ers — something CDC can’t control — and that health authorities are do-ing the best they can.

“A lot of this is a func-tion of not having as much vaccine as we would like to have,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat, who heads the agency’s immunization section.

The new swine fl u, also called 2009 H1N1, has not turned out to be the deadly global disaster that experts have long feared. But it has sickened an esti-mated 22 million Ameri-cans, hospitalized about 98,000 and killed 4,000. It has proved to be similar to seasonal fl u but a much bigger threat to children and young adults.

There was no vaccine to protect against the new virus, so manufacturers had to create a new one. In July, a government health offi cial estimated 120 mil-lion vaccine doses would be available by late Octo-ber. Later, the government backed away from that estimate when manufac-turers couldn’t crank out vaccine so rapidly.

The CDC has been coordinating the vaccine campaign, but it is not fully in charge. As a matter of tradition and law, states have had more public health authority than the federal government.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The holidays may not be so sweet this year.

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“Mother nature had other plans for us,” the company said in an open apology to cus-tomers online.

Grinch! North Pole irked at endto Santa replies

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Starry-eyed children writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season likely won’t get a response from Santa Claus or his help-ers.

The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular national program begun in 1954 in the small Alaska town of North Pole, where volunteers open and respond to thousands of letters addressed to Santa each year. Replies come with North Pole postmarks.

Last year, a postal worker in Maryland recognized an Opera-tion Santa volunteer there as a registered sex offender. The postal worker interceded before the individual could answer a child’s letter, but the Postal Service viewed the epi-sode as a big enough scare to tighten rules in such programs nationwide.

People in North Pole are in-censed by the change, likening the Postal Service to the Grin-ch trying to steal Christmas. The letter program is a revered holiday tradition in North Pole, where light posts are curved and striped like candy canes and streets have names such as Kris Kringle Drive and Santa Claus Lane. Volunteers in the letter program even sign the response letters as Santa’s elves and helpers.

FAA glitch causes widespread U.S. air travel delays

ATLANTA (AP) — Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.

The Federal Aviation Adminis-tration said the problem, which lasted about four hours, was fi xed around 9 a.m., but it was unclear how long fl ights would be affected.

It started when a single circuit board in a piece of networking equipment at a computer center in Salt Lake City failed around 5 a.m., the FAA said in a statement.

That failure prevented air traffi c control computers in different parts of the country from talking to each other. Air traffi c controllers were forced to type in complicated fl ight plans themselves because they could not be transferred automatically from computers in one region of the country to computers in another, slowing down the whole system.

Two large computer centers in Salt Lake City and near Atlanta were affected, as well as 21 regional radar centers around the country.

Delays were particularly bad at Hartsfi eld-Jackson At-lanta International Airport, the world’s busiest. The glitch also exacerbated delays caused by bad weather in the Northeast, with airports in the Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New York metro areas reporting problems.

NATION BRIEFS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government watch-dog overseeing economic stimulus spending said Thursday that, in its rush to take credit for saving hun-dreds of thousands of jobs, the Obama administration was overly confi dent in its job-counting and did not acknowledge signifi cant er-rors in the fi gures.

Numbers released last month identifi ed more than 640,000 jobs linked to stimulus projects around the country. Despite warn-ing signs that the numbers were fl awed, the White House said the public could have confi dence in them and they proved the administration was on track save or create 3.5 million jobs by the end of next year.

Since then, tens of thou-sands of problems have been documented, from the substantive to the cleri-cal. Republicans have been able to use those fl aws to attack what so far is the signature domestic policy of Obama’s presidency.

The criticism has resonated, even though

economic data shows that overall government efforts, from President George W. Bush’s bank bailout to President Barak Obama’s stimulus, have improved the economy. Fewer than 1 in 10 Americans think the stimulus has created any jobs so far, according to a CBS News poll this week.

Earl Devaney, the watchdog whose group compiled and released the job data, said he could not certify the numbers were correct. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., asked whether the administration should have been more conserva-tive and acknowledged it had “no idea” whether the jobs were being counted correctly.

“Wouldn’t that be a fairer way to put it?” Issa said.

“I like that statement,” Devaney replied.

The White House said Thursday that it had been up front about the errors. Spokeswoman Elizabeth Oxhorn noted that, on the day the fi gures were released, Vice President Joe Biden said, “This is an un-

precedented undertaking. And we know — we know that it’s not 100 percent accurate.”

The Obama administra-tion has expressed varying degrees of confi dence in the numbers, depending on who was talking and when:

■ Sept. 23, White House communications director Anita Dunn: “It is not go-ing to be a perfect process here at the beginning.”

■ Oct. 29, White House press release: “These reports have been re-viewed for weeks, errors have been spotted and corrected, and additional layers of review by state and local governments have further improved the data quality.”

■ Oct. 30, Biden, in a White House press release: “These reports are strong confi rmation that the Re-covery Act is responsible for over one million jobs so far.”

■ Oct. 30, White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein, in a report: “Fo-cusing on (mistakes in the reports) risks obscuring

a key point: Real-time re-porting about job creation, with reports coming from thousands of projects all across the country, has never even been attempt-ed before.”

■ Oct. 31, Obama: “It is clear that the recovery act has now created and saved more than a million jobs.”

■ Nov. 1, Treasury Sec-retary Timothy Geithner, when asked by NBC News whether the 640,000 fi gure was fact or spin: “This is a fact.”

■ Nov. 6, Transporta-tion Secretary Ray La-Hood, in remarks to the Chamber of Commerce: “We know for a fact that Recovery Act investments have created or saved more than 640,000 direct jobs so far. These are real, identifi able jobs directly funded by the Act.”

■ Thursday, Oxhorn, in a statement: “We have been clear from the beginning that the data would not be 100 percent perfect, but would provide a meaningful indication of Recovery Act job impact.”

STIMULUS

Did White House overplay job data?

NASA

Astronauts get work done in 1st spacewalkCAPE CANAVERAL,

Fla. (AP) — A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station on Thursday and even whipped off an extra chore.

Atlantis crewmen Michael Foreman and Dr. Robert Satcher Jr. had a

spare antenna installed in just two hours after venturing out on the fi rst spacewalk of their mis-sion. They also hooked up cables and a handrail, and greased some mecha-nisms, zooming two hours ahead at one point.

“You guys are rock-ing the house,” astronaut Randolph Bresnik called from inside the linked

shuttle-station complex.As Satcher — the fi rst

orthopedic surgeon in space — lubricated snares for a robot arm, Bresnik observed “it is a thing of beauty to see the good doctor at work.”

“We have photograph-ic evidence of the high-est recorded orthopedic surgery — ever,” Bresnik said.

Foreman, meanwhile, had his hands full of wire ties needed to secure a slew of cables and other gear. He joked before the mission he was known as the wire-tie king, and that he was going after the 100 mark. His crewmates infl ated it just a bit.

“Welcome to the thou-sand wire-tie club, Mike,” Bresnik said.

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FILM REVIEW: PRECIOUS

‘Precious’ both illuminates, exploitsOnly an African-

American fi lm-maker could

get away with making Precious. That’s meant as both a compliment and a criticism.

Offi cially known as “Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire,” the fi lm has been a run-away train of accolades since its Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award wins at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, with a fi nal destination undoubtedly bound for the Academy Awards.

Set in the mean streets of Harlem circa 1987, it is a story of inspiration and uplift that shines a light onto a world that is both foreign and, thankfully, unfamiliar to most people. Unfortunately, it is equal parts illumination and ex-ploitation, a prefabricated passion play as preten-tious as its full title.

It is not that the horrifi c life endured by obese, illiterate teen-ager Chaireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) is far-fetched. You need only to peruse the morning newspaper or the nightly TV news to know that the world is an unspeakably brutal place for a great many people.

The cruel hand that life deals to Precious includes poverty, being repeatedly raped and impregnated twice by her absentee fa-ther (the fi rst child affl ict-ed with Down syndrome), and suffering constant physical and emotional abuse from her welfare mom, Mary (Mo’Nique). Precious’ hulking mass acts as both a prison and protection from har-rowing reality, her lone means of escape a vivid imagination in which she walks Hollywood red carpet premieres and

dances in music videos. Old photographs of her mother become animated in her mind’s eye, uttering the loving words never breathed by the fl esh-and-blood incarnation. Sometimes, Precious’ own refl ection in the mirror morphs into the image of a blond, white girl.

That Precious harbors self-loathing is painful but understandable. What is regrettable is the extent to which producer-direc-tor Lee Daniels himself indulges, even perpetu-ates, the racial stereotypes a fi lm of this sort should transcend. In one scene, Precious steals and scarfs down an entire bucket of fried chicken (not exactly Jean Valjean pinching bread to feed his family). Virtually all the innocent and/or benevolent fi gures in Precious’ life are cast with light-skinned actors. And, without proper con-text, you could be excused for walking out of Pre-cious believing the welfare rolls are fi lled primarily with uneducated, dys-

functional, AIDS-infested freeloaders who regard their children as a means to a welfare check to sub-sidize their indolence.

That segment of the population exists, no doubt. The sin here, how-ever, is a lack of perspec-tive. The cure for Precious’ harsh home-life proves to be her GED prep class, whose only dissimilarity with a setting like Free-dom Writers and its ilk is that the teacher here, Blu Rain (Paula Patton), isn’t Caucasian. Precious also enjoys helping hands from a welfare caseworker (a glammed-down Mariah Carey) and hospital nurse (Lenny Kravitz). That would be well and good were it not for a scene late in the fi lm in which Pre-cious befriends another young girl at the welfare offi ce whose vicious mother reminds Precious of her own. The message is clear and misguided: The fault lies not with gov-ernment or philanthropic support systems but with those who either misuse

or reject them.It is a viewpoint born,

like the fi lm, out of self-congratulatory, limousine liberalism — quite literally in the case of co-producer Oprah Winfrey, who was so touched by this movie that she vowed to look twice at the forgotten street-corner souls she passes while cruising by in her’s. The near-total absence of men is fi tting given the involvement of both O. and co-producer Tyler Perry, who has made millions dressing in drag and peddling his own farcical interpretations of African-American women.

Precious’ psyche un-masks Daniels’ pretension when she inserts her and her mother as the Ital-ian-speaking protagonists in Vittorio De Sica’s Two Women, a peculiar fan-tasy considering Precious reads at a second-grade level and confesses that Ms. Rain and her lesbian lover “talked liked TV sta-tions I didn’t even watch.” Moreover, Daniels betrays a predilection for the most salacious elements of his character’s misery. Flash-backs to Precious’ rape

are intercut with images of sweat, Vaseline, frying bacon, and pig’s feet sim-mering in a stovetop stew.

And then there’s Mo’Nique’s highly touted performance, which is volcanic and emotion-ally raw. Her despicable, almost cartoonish virago is also among the vilest fi ctional characters ever put on fi lm (on a par with Dennis Hopper’s Frank Booth in Blue Velvet and Dylan Baker’s pedophile in Happiness).

Only during a late-fi lm monologue does she fi nally approach anything close to a three-dimen-sional person, but in the event you’re tempted to view her as the least bit human, the reproving glare of Carey’s Mrs. Weiss is there to set you straight.

Precious is nicely produced, well-acted, enlightening, and both culturally and racially deplorable.

In other words, D.W. Griffi th would have been proud.

AP photo

Gabourey Sidibe, who plays the title role in the fi lm, “Precious,” is shown in a scene with a nurse played by Lenny Kravitz. “Precious” begins showing in theaters today.

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PRECIOUSGrade: CDirector: Lee DanielsStarring: Gabourey

Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Sheperd, and Lenny Kravitz

MPAA Rating: RTheaters: Crossroads

20 in Cary

‘Blind Side’full ofcardboardcharactersBy Neil Morris

Another tale of racial and cultural sancti-mony masquerading

as story of hope and inspi-ration is the essence of The Blind Side, a Sandra Bullock vehicle about a well-heeled Memphis family who be-come guardians to a home-less, teenage man-child, Michael Oher (newcomer Quinton Aaron), in hopes of improving his life, grades, and, oh by the way, the gentle giant’s chances at a college scholarship to play offensive left tackle at the University of Mississippi.

Based on a true story and adapted from author Michael Lewis’ 2006 foot-ball-focused novel, director John Lee Hancock makes a point of emphasizing that Sean and Leigh Ann Tuohy (Tim McGraw and Bullock) are conservative NRA-members, presumably so we won’t refl exively cast them as typical, liberal do-gooders. No problem, since the lone moment in this formulaic fi lm that holds any complexity is when the NCAA investigates the Tuo-hys – rapid Ole Miss back-ers, coincidentally enough – and Big Mike’s high school coach for recruiting viola-tions.

Of course, that confl ict, like every other throughout the movie, dissipates in quick and cursory fash-ion. The cardboard cutout characters come to life only during a closing credits montage of the actual people involved. Until then, the rest of The Blind Side is like Bullock’s faux-Southern lilt: grating, trite, and phony.

THE BLIND SIDEGrade: D +MPAA Rating: PG-13Theaters: Spring Lane Cin-

emas in Sanford; Sand Hills Cinemas in Southern Pines; Crossroads 20 in Car

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‘Planet 51’is no PixarBy Neil Morris

An American astro-naut, Charles T. Baker (voiced by

Dwayne Johnson), lands on the faraway Planet 51, inhabited by little green people who have a hearty fear of, well, aliens.

The world is draped in a 1950s Americana pastiche, and the fi lm itself plays off some ‘50s alien invasion conventions – the plot itself is essentially a dumbed-down version of The Day the Earth Stood Still. Of course, that era’s schlock was essentially a metaphor for Cold War paranoia, and there is no such political or social subtext found in this unfunny, derivative timewaster.

Like writer Joe Stillman’s Shrek fl icks, pop cultural references litter the land-scape. Constant, inane one-liners land like moon rocks, and even the paral-lel historical mash-ups have no internal logic: The aliens’ nascent technology includes rotary phones, black-and-white TV, and … hovercraft? Want to imaginehow the folks at Pixar might handle this material? Go rent The Iron Giant.

PLANET 51Grade: C – MPAA Rating: PGTheaters: Spring Lane Cin-

emas in Sanford; Sand Hills Cinemas in Southern Pines; Crossroads 20 in Cary

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Oprah to announce Friday show will end in 2011

CHICAGO (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s iconic television talk show will end in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, her production company said Thursday.

Winfrey plans to announce the fi nal date for “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on a live Friday broadcast, according to Chicago-based Harpo Productions Inc.

Winfrey started her broad-casting career in Nashville, Tenn., and Baltimore, Md., before relocating to Chicago in 1984 to host WLS-TV’s morning talk show “A.M. Chicago.” That show was re-named “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 1985.

A year later, Winfrey estab-lished Harpo and her talk show went into syndication. In 1990, Winfrey opened Harpo Studios in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood.

Over the years, Winfrey drew Chicago into her spotlight. In September, she drew more than 20,000 fans to a taping of her show on Michigan Avenue. A tearful Winfrey was in Chicago’s Grant Park as Barack Obama was elected president.

Final season of ‘Lost’ to begin Feb. 2

LOS ANGELES (AP) — ABC says the fi nal season of “Lost” will begin in February with a night devoted to the drama.

An hourlong special recounting the story line so far will air at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, followed by the two-hour season premiere.

“Lost” will move to its regular 9-10 p.m. EST time slot beginning the follow-ing week, on Feb. 9, the network said Thursday.

The series about an air-plane crash on a mysterious island and its aftermath is ending after six seasons. The stars of “Lost” include Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly.

Chris Browngets ‘extremely favorable’ report

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Brown has received an “extremely favorable” report from probation of-fi cials overseeing his felony assault case, a judge said Thursday.

Brown appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom to offer a judge his fi rst progress re-port since being sentenced for beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna earlier this year. He talked and laughed with his lawyer before the hearing, which took less than 10 minutes.

The R&B singer is serv-ing fi ve years of probation and must attend domestic violence counseling and perform six months of com-munity labor in Virginia.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Geragos, says Brown has already done 100 hours of community labor in Rich-mond, Va.

Los Angeles Patricia Sch-negg said Brown has also paid all of his court-ordered fees and fi nes.

Both Brown and Rihanna are trying to put the beating behind them by focusing on their careers. Rihanna has a popular new single titled “Russian Roulette.” Brown is due to release his third album on Dec. 8.

Parker-Broderick surrogate takes stand in Ohio

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The woman who bore twin girls for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broder-ick said Thursday that she was living in a West Virginia motel around the time a police chief is accused of breaking into her eastern Ohio home.

Michelle Ross, 26, testi-fi ed that ultrasound photos, surrogacy fi les and tax information were gone when she returned, that someone had riffl ed through photos; and that a plaster cast of her abdomen from when she was pregnant with her own son was misplaced.

Ross’ testimony came in the trial in Belmont County Common Pleas Court of suspended Police Chief Barry Carpenter of Martins Ferry, where Ross lived. He is accused of breaking into her home in May and then trying to sell items related to the pregnancy to paparazzi, with the help of Police Chief Chad Dojack of neighboring Bridgeport.

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NEW YORK (AP) — You might say our national nightmare is over. Or is it just a TV series?

In any case, TLC’s real-ity show “Jon & Kate Plus 8” will end its spectacular but stormy run Monday at 9 p.m.

During this fi nal hour, Jon and Kate Gosselin, the estranged parents of young twins and sex-tuplets, will venture on separate outings with the kids. (Jon will take them to a fi re station near the family home in Wer-nersville, Pa. With Kate, they visit a local dairy farm.) Individually, each newly single parent will refl ect on what the past has meant and what the future might hold.

And that will be that, says TLC.

It would seem the series is going out with a grateful sigh of relief, if not a whimper, after months in the midst of noise and upheaval. The feuding couple’s split came to dominate the series, as well as helping fuel a fi restorm of tabloid coverage.

It was all good for rat-ings, of course. When the pair made their separa-tion offi cial on a “Jon & Kate” episode that aired in June, it was seen by a remarkable 10.6 million viewers.

After that, production and airing of the series

lurched in fi ts and starts to accommodate the Gos-selins’ unraveling home life.

Outside the show, both Jon and Kate made dueling he-said-she-said appearances on the talk-show circuit.

It was all quite a change from 2007, when the series fi rst clicked with viewers for its heartwarming look at a devoted couple and the challenges they faced rearing eight young chil-dren.

Then, in September, a revamped series was announced. “Jon & Kate Plus 8” was meant to seg-ue smoothly into “Kate Plus Eight” this month, concentrating on the kids and their mom.

TLC’s president and general manager, Eileen

O’Neill, described the new concept as “not a huge shift,” and said Jon Gosselin would still be involved, though in a reduced role.

But that plan was ap-parently torpedoed by his objections to having the children displayed any longer on TV. Any fi lm-ing of the kids has been halted for weeks.

“’Kate Plus Eight’ is not in production,” TLC spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg said Thursday. “We are focusing on the launch of Kate’s new se-ries in early spring.”

She said no details were available on what kind of show it might be.

For now, a case of viewer fatigue with the Gosselins and their do-mestic drama might be understandable. A pair

of episodes premiering earlier this week averaged 2.1 million viewers.

Meanwhile, safely off-screen, the drama continues.

Along with the divorce battle between the Gos-selins, who’ve been wed for a decade, the end of “Jon & Kate” leaves unresolved a thicket of lawsuits entangling the warring spouses and the network.

Recently, Jon Gosselin fi led a lawsuit against TLC, claiming television producers violated Penn-sylvania’s child labor laws in fi lming the show. It was fi led in response to a network lawsuit alleging Gosselin failed to meet his obligations to TLC. (The network has said it retains an exclusive talent arrangement with him, as well as the rest of the family.)

In a separate matter, Gosselin was ordered to return $180,000 to a joint account he shared with his estranged wife.

But none of that need trouble viewers who are ready for a break. The fi nal fade-out of “Jon & Kate” is nigh.

Then sweetness will replace any bitter after-taste in the “Jon & Kate” time slot, soon to be inherited by baker Buddy Valastro and his reality series “Cake Boss.”

AP photo

Jon Gosselin, right, and his wife Kate Gosselin pose for a photo in Hawaii recently. Their show, “Jon & Kate Plus 8” will air its fi nale Monday.

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GENEVA (AP) — Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an interna-tional treaty to protect reli-gious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essen-tially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West.

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Algeria and Pakistan have taken the lead in lob-bying to eventually bring the proposal to a vote in the U.N. General Assembly.

If ratifi ed in countries that enshrine freedom of expression as a funda-mental right, such a treaty would require them to limit free speech if it risks seri-ously offending religious believers. The process, though, will take years and no showdown is imminent.

The proposal faces stiff resistance from Western countries, including the United States, which in the past has brushed aside other U.N. treaties, such as one on the protection of migrant workers.

Experts say the bid stands some chance of eventual success if Mus-lim countries persist. And whatever the outcome, the campaign risks reigniting tensions between Muslims and the West that President Barack Obama has pledged to heal, reviving fears of a “clash of civilizations.”

Four years ago, a Dan-ish newspaper published cartoons lampooning the prophet Muhammad, prompting angry mobs to attack Western embassies in Muslim countries, in-cluding Lebanon, Iran and Indonesia. In a counter-movement, several Euro-pean newspapers reprinted the images.

The countries that form the 56-member Organiza-tion of the Islamic Confer-ence are now lobbying a little-known Geneva-based U.N. committee to agree that a treaty protecting religions is necessary.

The move would be a fi rst step toward drafting an international protocol that would eventually be put before the General Assem-bly — a process that could take a decade or more.

The proposal may

have some support in the General Assembly. For several years the Islamic Conference has success-fully passed a nonbinding resolution at the General Assembly condemning “defamation of religions.”

If the treaty was ap-proved, any of the U.N.’s 192 member states that ratifi ed it would be bound by its provisions. Other countries could face criti-cism for refusing to join.

Just last month, the Obama administration came out strongly against efforts by Islamic nations to bar the defamation of religions, saying the moves would restrict free speech.

“Some claim that the best way to protect the freedom of religion is to implement so-called anti-defamation policies that would restrict freedom of expression and the free-dom of religion,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said. “I strongly disagree.”

But there are signs the U.S. is worried by the Islamic Conference cam-paign. Behind the scenes it has been lobbying hard to quash the proposal,

dispatching a senior U.S. diplomat to Geneva last month for talks described as akin to trench warfare.

“The U.S. presence can be signifi cant in determin-ing the whole destiny of the process,” said Lukas Machon, who represents the International Commis-sion of Jurists at the U.N.

From a legal point of view, “the whole exercise is dangerous from A-Z be-cause it’s a departure from the practice and concept of human rights,” Machon said. “It adds only restric-tions.”

In a letter obtained by the AP, Pakistan said insults against religion were on the increase.

The Islamic Conference “believes that the attack on sacredly held beliefs and the defamation of religions, religious symbols, person-alities and dogmas impinge on the enjoyment of hu-man rights of followers of those religions,” the letter said. It was sent last month to members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Comple-mentary Standards, a temporary committee cre-ated to consider a previous anti-racism treaty.

Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban IRAN

World powers weigh new sanctions

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the six nations dealing with Iran’s nuclear program will develop a package of seri-ous new punitive measures in coming weeks. The Eu-ropean Union said the six would gather immediately to begin consultations.

The EU said diplomats would meet in Brussels Friday to consider Iran’s apparent rejection of a U.N. plan to ship its low-enriched uranium abroad so that it could not be further enriched to make weapons. Talk of sanctions showed that Obama is pre-paring for the next phase should Iran fail to meet his year-end deadline for progress in negotiations.

The Brussels meeting will include the U.N. Secu-rity Council’s permanent members — Britain, China, France, Russia and the U.S. — plus Germany, EU foreign affairs spokeswom-an Cristina Gallach said. She said it would bring together foreign ministry offi cials from the six na-tions “to take stock of the situation.”

Iran announced on Wednesday it would not ex-port its enriched uranium for further processing, effectively rejecting the

latest plan brokered by the International Atomic Energy Agency. That plan aimed to delay Tehran’s ability to build a nuclear weapon by sending most of the uranium needed for that out of the country.

EUROPE

Belgian-British duo wins race for EU’s top jobs

BRUSSELS (AP) — EU leaders on Thursday handed the European Union’s top new jobs to two little-known compro-mise fi gures — Belgium’s prime minister and the EU’s trade commissioner — dashing hopes of those who wanted to raise the continent’s global profi le.

The choice caps years of choppy efforts to give a united Europe a voice on the world stage commen-surate with its economic heft. The EU leaders agreed on trade commis-sioner Catherine Ashton of Britain as the EU’s new foreign policy chief and Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as its president, diplomats said.

But their appointments suggested the need for compromise outweighed the desire for big names like Tony Blair, the former British leader who was once considered a leading contender for the presiden-tial job.

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NoteNorth Carolina’s game against Ohio State on Thursday night did not fin-ish by presstime

SportsThe Sanford Herald / Friday, November 20, 2009

By RYAN SARDAsarda@sanfordherald.com

PITTSBORO — Bill Hall insists that the Northwood Chargers have moved on.

Other than an extensive con-versation about it on Monday, Hall says that the team hasn’t really thought about its first and only loss of the season to South Granville, in a game where

Northwood turned the ball over five times en route to a 27-7 loss.

The Chargers (11-1), a No. 5 seed, will get another shot at the Vikings (9-3) when the two meet at 7:30 tonight in the second round of the 2-AA state playoffs at South Granville High School. With a win, the Chargers will move on to the third round of the playoffs for the fourth straight year.

During that conversation on Monday, Hall told his team not to take South Granville lightly. He says that the Vikings, a No. 4 seed in the playoffs and the top seed from the 1A/2A Carolina-9 Conference, are even better now than they were when the two teams met back on Oct. 23.

“I told them that South

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SELIG: SOME CLUBS LOST MONEY

CHICAGO (AP) — Some teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners meeting of the year.

“There was no question about that,” Selig said. “I don’t think the concerns have been amelio-rated at all. I think the con-cerns are still there because all these people have their own economists.”

Selig said final figures for this year are still being calculated and everyone is living in the most difficult economic times since the Great Depression. He declined to identify the teams.

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IVERSON CLEARS WAIVERS, BECOMES FREE AGENT

NEW YORK (AP) — Allen Iver-son has cleared waivers and is free to sign with any NBA team.

The former MVP was waived Tuesday after playing only three games with the Memphis Grizzlies and no team claimed him in the following 48 hours, making him a free agent.

The New York Knicks are dis-cussing whether they want to bring in the 34-year-old guard. Iverson was unhappy coming off the bench last season in Detroit and this season with the Grizzlies, so there isn’t expected to be much interest in him.

CANES PLACE STAAL, WARD ON INJURED LIST

RALEIGH (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have placed goalie Cam Ward and All-Star center Eric Staal on the injured list.

The team said on Thursday that Ward was put on the long-term injured list, while Staal was placed on injured list.

Ward has been out nearly two weeks since his leg was sliced by a skate. Staal has been out since Nov. 1 with an upper body injury.

The Hurricanes recalled right wing Patrick Dwyer from Albany of the AHL to fill a roster spot. Dwyer is eligible to make his season debut with Carolina on Thursday night against Toronto.

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SWARBICK PLANS QUICK DECISION ON WEIS

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick plans to make a decision on the future of coach Charlie Weis within days of the season’s end.

Swarbrick said Thursday that last season’s decision, when he met with Weis three days after the season ended and told him he would be back, would be “fairly representative of the timing” of what he does this year.

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NCHSAA 2-AA PlayoffsFootballSecond RoundFridayNo. 5 Northwood (11-1) at

No. 4 South Granville (9-3)Kickoff: 7:30 p.m.

County CLash: Lee County at southern Lee

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Lee County’s Dillon Teel (top), shown in this file photo, will lead the Yellow Jackets into Southern Lee to renew the schools’ rivalry on the hardwood on Friday night.

Jackets/Cavs a true rivalry?

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Southern Lee’s A.J. Jackson (3) will try to help the Cavaliers bounce back after their season-opening loss on the road at West Bladen on Wednesday.

By RYAN SARDAsarda@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Reggie Peace doesn’t think of the annual series with cross-town foe Southern Lee as a rivalry.

At least not until his Yellow Jackets manage to finally get a win in the series, which is some-thing that hasn’t been done since 2005. The Cavaliers lead the series 6-1, winning the last six over the Yellow Jackets.

Peace is hoping for that stat to change when the Yellow Jackets travel to Southern Lee in the first of two games in the annual meetings between the two teams. Tipoff is scheduled for 8

p.m. at Southern Lee High School. “I don’t think it’s much of a rivalry until the

Yellow Jackets get a win,” said Peace. “Anytime

In the Paint

Lee County (1-0) at Southern Lee (0-1)FridayTipoff: 8 p.m. Admission: $5Notes: Jackets are coming off a 52-43 win over Carrboro on Tuesday while Cavs opened with a 59-45 loss to West Bladen on Wednesday.

Lincecum wins 2nd straight Cy YoungBy JAY COHENAP Sports Writer

NEW YORK — Talk about a freak — Tim Lincecum needed just 15 wins to bag another NL Cy Young Award.

Yup, throw out those old baseball cards. Wins and losses don’t mean much anymore when it comes time for voters to pick baseball’s best pitchers. It’s all about WHIP, FIP, BABIP and other lines of alphabet soup.

“It’s turned into a game of complete numbers and sta-tistics and what people do with that,” Lincecum said.

Lincecum won the Cy Young Award on Thursday for the second straight year, emerging from one of the tightest votes in the history of the honor to become the first repeat winner since Randy Johnson.

Only 10 points separated the top three vote-getters. Chris Carpenter was second and St. Louis teammate Adam Wainwright finished third despite getting the most first-place votes.See Rivals, Page 4B

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Cougars trip St. Andrews

LAURINBURG — The Central Carolina Cougars handled their first game as a ranked team just fine.

Despite a sluggish start, the 10th-ranked Cougars overcame a four-point halftime deficit to beat St. Andrews’ JV team 93-87 on Thursday night.

Preseason All-American Adrian Jones led Central Carolina (6-1) with 22 points and 10 rebounds while Tra-vis Jackson added 17 points. Dejan Brown and Anthony Newby had 13 points each while Jerome Perkins had 12.

The Cougars found out they were nationally ranked for the first time in the program’s history when the new Division-3 poll was released on Wednesday. Central Carolina travels to Martinsville, Va., to play Patrick Henry Community College on Saturday.

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CalendarFriday, Nov. 20

Boys BasketballLee County at Southern

Lee 8 p.m.Grace Christian vs. TBA

at Cape Fear Classic, TBALee Christian vs. Cape

Fear at Cape Fear Classic, 7:30 p.m.

Girls BasketballLee County at Southern

Lee 6 p.m.Grace Christian vs. TBA

at Cape Fear Classic, TBALee Christian vs. Cape

Fear at Cape Fear Classic, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 21Boys BasketballGrace Christian vs. TBA

at Cape Fear Classic, TBALee Christian vs. TBA at

Cape Fear Classic, TBAGirls BasketballGrace Christian vs. TBA

at Cape Fear Classic, TBALee Christian vs. TBA at

Cape Fear Classic, TBAMen’s BasketballCentral Carolina at

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Monday, Nov. 23Men’s BasketballGuilford Tech at Central

Carolina 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 24Boys BasketballApex at Lee County

7:30 p.m.Salem Christian at Lee

Christian 7:30 p.m.Pace Academy at Grace

Christian 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballLee County at Apex

7:30 p.m.Salem Christian at Lee

Christian 6 p.m.Pace Academy at Grace

Christian 6 p.m.WrestlingSouthern Lee at

Pinecrest 7 p.m.Lee County at Holly

Springs 7 p.m.SwimmingLee County, Middle

Creek, Leesville, Millbrook at TAC 7 p.m.

Southern Lee at Gray’s Creek 5 p.m.

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Boys BasketBallFalcons improve to 2-0 on young season

SANFORD — The Lee Chris-tian boys’ basketball team hit 10 free throws in the fourth quarter to pull away from Friendship Christian 69-63 on Thursday night to improve to 2-0 on the season.

The Falcons were led by Zach Gautier’s 18 points. Robert Sandidge and Jon Line-berry added 15 points each to contribute in the victory.

The Falcons shot 10-of-20 from the foul throw line for just 50 percent, something that coach Don Warcup says they need to improve on.

The Falcons will play Cape Fear Christian at 7:30 tonight in the Cape Fear Classic.

Girls BasketBallLady Falcons fall in their first game

SANFORD — Katie Make-peace overcame a slightly twisted ankle and led the Lee Christian girls’ basketball team with seven points, nine rebounds and six steals.

Unfortunately, it came in a losing effort as the Falcons fell in their season-opener to Friendship Christian 45-28 on Thursday night at Lee Christian School.

Whitney O’Quinn also had seven points to contribute for the Lady Falcons.

The Lady Falcons will travel to Erwin to participate in the Cape Fear Classic at Cape Fear Christian. They will play Cape Fear at 6 p.m. Friday.

Boys BasketBallCavaliers fall in season-opener

ELIZABETHTOWN — South-ern Lee lost is season-open-ing basketball game to West Bladen, 59-45, on Wednesday night.

Deshawn Bush led the Cava-liers with 16 points while Ace Chalmers added seven.

swiMMinGYellow Jackets open swimming season

CARY — Lee County’s varsity swim team got off to a good start Tuesday night with a meet in Cary.

The Yellow Jackets finished fourth behind Enloe, Apex and Broughton. The Jackets’ effort was led by Shawn Allen, Alex Wakefield, Michael Tessman and Charlie McCarthy on the boy’s side and Kelly Petrarca, Marissa Silva, Caitie Davis, Hayley Edwards and Rebecca Malcolm for the girls’ team, Lee County coach Mark Kline said.

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No. 18 Dayton tops No. 21 Georgia Tech

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Paul Williams scored seven of his 13 points in the final minute, including a go-ahead 3-pointer, in No. 18 Dayton’s 63-59 win over No. 21 Georgia Tech in the opening game of the O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off on Thursday.

Chris Johnson scored 19 points for the Flyers (2-0), going 4 for 8 from behind the 3-point line. Luke Fabrizius added 12 points.

The Yellow Jackets (1-1) trailed 31-22 at halftime, but rallied to take a 57-50 lead with 4:37 to play on a layup by Zachery Peacock.

Maurice Miller and Derrick Favors led Georgia Tech with 10 points apiece and Gani

Lawal had eight rebounds.

No. 5 Villanova clips George Mason

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Freshman Isaiah Armwood hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 17 seconds left, rallying No. 5 Villanova past George Mason 69-68 Thursday in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

Armwood won it for the Wildcats (3-0) with his only shot of the game. He played just four minutes and came off the bench after Antonio Pena and Taylor King both fouled out.

George Mason (2-1) led by 13 points in the first half. The Patriots never trailed until late in the second half, but didn’t get off a shot after Armwood’s basket.

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Granville is a much bet-ter football team this time around,” said Hall. “They’ve done everything right with their personnel. Their coach has done a great job with that pro-gram. At the same time, I also feel like we’re better than were back then, too. We just have to play smart and get after it.”

Despite being un-beaten on the road this season, Hall doesn’t think that Northwood has an advantage in the rematch. In the loss, the Vikings defeated the Chargers in Pittsboro.

“They’ve got the ad-vantage,” said Hall. “Our kids know that they are about 20-points better than us because they beat us earlier. Until we play better than we did the last time, they’re going to have the advantage over us. We’d much rather be playing at home than playing on the road, that’s for sure.”

This time around, the Chargers have a healthy offensive line. In the last meeting, the Chargers had just one starter on the offensive line. The others were either sick or injured. The lack of experience on the offensive line is one thing that Hall says hurt the Chargers in that loss.

With the O-line fully healthy, Hall feels bet-ter about Northwood’s chances against South Granville.

“Our offensive line is much healthier now,” said Hall. “Everyone participated at practice and they looked great. The

last time, we had just one starter that participated all week in practice and in the game. That’s what hurt us.”

Take away the five turnovers from the last meeting and the score certainly would have been closer than it actually was. The Chargers had three turnovers in the red zone, whichkept points off the scoreboard.

On first-and-goal on the 3-yard line, the Chargers fumbled the ball and the Vikings recovered. With about 2:00 remain-ing before halftime, the Chargers had another fumble on the 17-yard line. In the third quarter, quarterback Sam Griffin threw one of his three interceptions when the Chargers were on the 5. The ball was taken back 95 yards for the touch-down.

“I can also promise you that we won’t turn the ball over five times again,” said Hall. “That’s what killed us in the last game. You take away those turnovers and that’s a different ballgame. We might turn the ball over this time, but I can assure you that it won’t be five times.”

The Chargers are excited to get another shot at the Vikings. However, Hall says that the team is more excited about play-ing playoff football than anything.

“We’re excited that we get to play this late in the year,” said Hall. “That’s re-ally all that’s on our mind. We’re excited that we get an opportunity to get to the third round for the fourth straight year. We’re looking forward to getting out there and playing.”

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Ex-players say Mangino is abusive

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — University of Kansas officials are willing to talk with former players about allegations of abu-sive behavior by football coach Mark Mangino — and two former play-ers had plenty to say on Thursday.

For-mer Jay-hawks receiver Ray-mond Brown recalled how in 2007, after his younger brother was wounded in a shoot-ing near his home in St. Louis, teammates gath-ered around and warmly pledged their support.

A few days later, Brown said, an angry Mangino ordered him to the sideline during practice and made a shockingly insensitive comment.

“He went off on me yelling, which is fine,” Brown told The As-sociated Press. “I kept saying, ’Yes, sir, yes, sir,’ to everything he was saying. A teammate asked me what happened. Then he started on me again and I said, ’Yes, sir,’ and he said, ’Don’t you ’yes sir’ me. I’ll send you back to St. Louis where you can get shot by your homies.”’

Brown and another former player also told the AP that Mangino made insensitive com-ments about a player’s father being an alcoholic.

Mangino declined to return calls Thursday but defended himself later Thursday night on his weekly radio program, saying there were “people who are embarrassing this program just for their 15 minutes of fame.”

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Syracuse’s Kris Joseph (32) and Arinze Onuaku, block a shot attempt by California’s Omondi Amoke during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

’Cuse romps by CalNEW YORK (AP) — Scoop

Jardine scored a career-high 22 points, Wes Johnson had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Syracuse raced past No. 13 California 95-73 on Thursday night in the semifinals of the 2K Sports Classic.

Arinza Onuaku added 12 points for the Orange, who made Madison Square Garden feel like home in the tournament benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. Syra-cuse will play No. 6 North Carolina or No. 15 Ohio State for the championship on Friday night.

Syracuse confounded the Bears (2-1) from the tip with coach Jim Boeheim’s trademark zone defense, building a double-digit lead by halftime.

Cal star Jerome Randle finished with 25 points, while Jamal Boykin had 14 and Patrick Christopher 12.

No. 4 Kentucky outlasts Sam Houston State 102-92

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — De-Marcus Cousins had 27 points and 18 rebounds to help No. 4 Kentucky outlast Sam Houston State 102-92 on Thursday night in the

Cancun Challenge.Patrick Patterson had 20

points and nine boards and John Wall added 21 points and six assists as the Wild-cats (3-0) overcame a record-setting shooting performance by the Bearkats (2-1).

Sam Houston State (2-1) hung around deep into the second half behind stel-lar 3-point shooting, led by senior guard Corey Allmond, who poured in 37 points and made a Rupp Arena record 11 3-pointers. The Bearkats made 18 of 38 3-pointers and never let Kentucky get comfortable.

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NFL StandingsAMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC DivNew England 6 3 0 .667 259 150 5-0-0 1-3-0 4-3-0 2-0-0 2-1-0Miami 4 5 0 .444 218 227 3-2-0 1-3-0 3-3-0 1-2-0 3-1-0N.Y. Jets 4 5 0 .444 199 158 2-3-0 2-2-0 4-4-0 0-1-0 1-3-0Buffalo 3 6 0 .333 140 210 1-3-0 2-3-0 1-5-0 2-1-0 1-2-0

South W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC DivIndianapolis 9 0 0 1.000 252 142 5-0-0 4-0-0 5-0-0 4-0-0 3-0-0Jacksonville 5 4 0 .556 181 220 3-1-0 2-3-0 4-2-0 1-2-0 2-2-0Houston 5 4 0 .556 215 188 2-2-0 3-2-0 4-3-0 1-1-0 1-2-0Tennessee 3 6 0 .333 189 255 2-2-0 1-4-0 2-6-0 1-0-0 1-3-0

North W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC DivCincinnati 7 2 0 .778 198 147 3-2-0 4-0-0 5-2-0 2-0-0 5-0-0Pittsburgh 6 3 0 .667 207 157 4-1-0 2-2-0 4-2-0 2-1-0 1-2-0Baltimore 5 4 0 .556 222 154 3-1-0 2-3-0 5-3-0 0-1-0 2-2-0Cleveland 1 8 0 .111 78 225 0-4-0 1-4-0 1-5-0 0-3-0 0-4-0

West W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC DivDenver 6 3 0 .667 167 151 3-1-0 3-2-0 5-2-0 1-1-0 2-0-0San Diego 6 3 0 .667 237 202 3-2-0 3-1-0 4-3-0 2-0-0 3-1-0Kansas City 2 7 0 .222 142 215 0-4-0 2-3-0 1-4-0 1-3-0 1-2-0Oakland 2 7 0 .222 88 217 1-4-0 1-3-0 1-6-0 1-1-0 1-4-0

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC DivDallas 6 3 0 .667 224 169 3-1-0 3-2-0 5-2-0 1-1-0 1-1-0Philadelphia 5 4 0 .556 242 184 3-2-0 2-2-0 4-2-0 1-2-0 2-1-0N.Y. Giants 5 4 0 .556 232 204 2-2-0 3-2-0 3-3-0 2-1-0 2-1-0Washington 3 6 0 .333 140 171 3-2-0 0-4-0 2-5-0 1-1-0 0-2-0

South W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC DivNew Orleans 9 0 0 1.000 331 197 5-0-0 4-0-0 6-0-0 3-0-0 2-0-0Atlanta 5 4 0 .556 221 194 4-0-0 1-4-0 4-3-0 1-1-0 1-2-0Carolina 4 5 0 .444 176 215 2-2-0 2-3-0 4-4-0 0-1-0 2-2-0Tampa Bay 1 8 0 .111 157 256 1-4-0 0-4-0 1-5-0 0-3-0 0-1-0

North W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC DivMinnesota 8 1 0 .889 271 184 4-0-0 4-1-0 6-0-0 2-1-0 4-0-0Green Bay 5 4 0 .556 232 179 3-2-0 2-2-0 4-3-0 1-1-0 2-2-0Chicago 4 5 0 .444 186 201 3-1-0 1-4-0 2-4-0 2-1-0 1-1-0Detroit 1 8 0 .111 143 264 1-3-0 0-5-0 1-7-0 0-1-0 0-4-0

West W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC DivArizona 6 3 0 .667 229 184 2-3-0 4-0-0 4-2-0 2-1-0 2-1-0San Francisco 4 5 0 .444 184 180 3-2-0 1-3-0 4-2-0 0-3-0 3-0-0Seattle 3 6 0 .333 187 198 3-2-0 0-4-0 2-5-0 1-1-0 1-3-0St. Louis 1 8 0 .111 100 249 0-4-0 1-4-0 1-6-0 0-2-0 0-2-0

Thursday’s GamesSan Francisco 10, Chicago 6Sunday’s GamesTennessee 41, Buffalo 17Washington 27, Denver 17Miami 25, Tampa Bay 23Jacksonville 24, N.Y. Jets 22Cincinnati 18, Pittsburgh 12New Orleans 28, St. Louis 23Carolina 28, Atlanta 19Minnesota 27, Detroit 10Kansas City 16, Oakland 10Green Bay 17, Dallas 7San Diego 31, Philadelphia 23Arizona 31, Seattle 20Indianapolis 35, New England 34Open: N.Y. Giants, HoustonMonday’s GameBaltimore 16, Cleveland 0

Thursday, Nov. 19Miami at Carolina, 8:20 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 22Cleveland at Detroit, 1 p.m.Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m.San Francisco at Green Bay, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Seattle at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Arizona at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m.N.Y. Jets at New England, 4:15 p.m.San Diego at Denver, 4:15 p.m.Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:20 p.m.Monday, Nov. 23Tennessee at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 20, 2009AUTO RACING3 p.m.ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole quali-

fying for Ford 400, at Homestead, Fla.8 p.m.SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, Ford

200, at Homestead, Fla.COLLEGE FOOTBALL9:30 p.m.ESPN2 — Boise St. at Utah St.

GOLF4 p.m.TGC — LPGA Tour Championship, second

round, at Houston3 a.m.TGC — European PGA Tour, Dubai World

Championship, third round, at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL5 p.m.ESPN2 — 2K Sports Coaches vs. Cancer

Classic, third place game, teams TBA, at

New York7 p.m.ESPN2 — 2K Sports Coaches vs. Cancer

Classic, championship game, teams TBA, at New York

NBA BASKETBALL8 p.m.ESPN — Orlando at Boston10:30 p.m.ESPN — Denver at L.A. Clippers

Sports on TV

Sports ReviewFOOTBALLThe AP Top 25

By The Associated PressThe Top 25 teams in The Associated Press

college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 14, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs

1. Florida (36) 10-0 1,463 1 2. Alabama (14) 10-0 1,429 3 3. Texas (10) 10-0 1,424 2 4. TCU 10-0 1,307 4 5. Cincinnati 10-0 1,247 5 6. Boise St. 10-0 1,213 6 7. Georgia Tech 10-1 1,139 7 8. Pittsburgh 9-1 1,030 8 9. Ohio St. 9-2 990 1010. LSU 8-2 968 911. Oregon 8-2 918 1412. Oklahoma St. 8-2 754 1713. Penn St. 9-2 689 1914. Stanford 7-3 652 2515. Iowa 9-2 633 1516. Virginia Tech 7-3 559 2017. Wisconsin 8-2 547 2118. Clemson 7-3 442 2419. BYU 8-2 344 2220. Oregon St. 7-3 338 —21. Miami 7-3 255 1222. Southern Cal 7-3 223 1123. Utah 8-2 183 1624. Houston 8-2 149 1325. Rutgers 7-2 145 —

Others receiving votes: North Carolina 144, Nebraska 64, California 53, Arizona 50, Mississippi 45, Navy 41, Temple 23, Auburn 9, Georgia 9, West Virginia 8, Oklahoma 5, Texas Tech 4, Boston College 3, Nevada 1.

BASEBALLNL Cy Young Voting

By The Associated PressFirst-, second- and third-place votes and

total points on a 5-3-1 basisPlayer 1st 2nd 3rd TotalTim Lincecum, SF 11 12 9 100Chris Carpenter, StL 9 14 7 94Adam Wainwright, StL 12 5 15 90Javier Vazquez, Atlanta - 1 - 3Dan Haren, Arizona - - 1 1

NL Cy Young Award WinnersBy The Associated Press2009 — Tim Lincecum, San Francisco2008 — Tim Lincecum, San Francisco2007 — Jake Peavy-x, San Diego2006 — Brandon Webb, Arizona2005 — Chris Carpenter, St. Louis2004 — Roger Clemens, Houston2003 — Eric Gagne, Los Angeles2002 — Randy Johnson-x, Arizona2001 — Randy Johnson, Arizona2000 — Randy Johnson, Arizona1999 — Randy Johnson, Arizona1998 — Tom Glavine, Atlanta1997 — Pedro Martinez, Montreal1996 — John Smoltz, Atlanta1995 — Greg Maddux-x, Atlanta1994 — Greg Maddux-x, Atlanta1993 — Greg Maddux, Atlanta1992 — Greg Maddux, Chicago1991 — Tom Glavine, Atlanta1990 — Doug Drabek, Pittsburgh1989 — Mark Davis, San Diego1988 — Orel Hershiser-x, Los Angeles1987 — Steve Bedrosian, Philadelphia1986 — Mike Scott, Houston1985 — Dwight Gooden-x, New York1984 — Rick Sutcliffe-x, Chicago1983 — John Denny, Philadelphia1982 — Steve Carlton, Philadelphia1981 — Fernando Valenzuela, Los

Angeles1980 — Steve Carlton, Philadelphia1979 — Bruce Sutter, Chicago1978 — Gaylord Perry, San Diego1977 — Steve Carlton, Philadelphia1976 — Randy Jones, San Diego1975 — Tom Seaver, New York1974 — Mike Marshall, Los Angeles1973 — Tom Seaver, New York1972 — Steve Carlton-x, Philadelphia1971 — Ferguson Jenkins, Chicago1970 — Bob Gibson, St. Louis1969 — Tom Seaver, New York1968 — Bob Gibson-x, St. Louis1967 — Mike McCormick, San Francisco1966 — Sandy Koufax-x, Los Angeles1965 — Sandy Koufax-x, Los Angeles1963 — Sandy Koufax-x, Los Angeles1962 — Don Drysdale, Los Angeles1960 — Vernon Law, Pittsburgh1957 — Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves1956 — Don Newcombe, BrooklynNOTE: From 1956-1966 there was one

selection from both leagues.x-Unanimous choice

BASKETBALLThe AP Top 25

By The Associated PressThe top 25 teams in The Associated

Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 15, total points based on 25 points

for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and preseason ranking:

Record Pts Pvs 1. Kansas (58) 1-0 1,616 1 2. Michigan St. (5) 1-0 1,520 2 3. Texas (1) 1-0 1,412 3 4. Kentucky (1) 1-0 1,370 4 5. Villanova 1-0 1,353 5 6. North Carolina 3-0 1,301 6 7. Purdue 1-0 1,297 7 8. West Virginia 1-0 1,139 8 9. Duke 1-0 1,078 910. Tennessee 1-0 938 1011. Butler 1-0 859 1112. Connecticut 1-0 830 1213. California 2-0 792 1314. Washington 3-0 783 1415. Michigan 1-0 598 1515. Ohio St. 2-0 598 1617. Oklahoma 1-0 490 1718. Dayton 1-0 372 2119. Georgetown 1-0 358 2020. Louisville 0-0 344 1921. Georgia Tech 1-0 320 2222. Clemson 1-0 265 2423. Illinois 1-0 261 2324. Minnesota 1-0 170 2525. Maryland 1-0 167 —

Others receiving votes: Siena 125, Notre Dame 91, Vanderbilt 82, Florida St. 76, Syracuse 67, Wake Forest 59, Florida 58, Oklahoma St. 57, South Carolina 42, UCLA 36, Xavier 36, BYU 28, Gonzaga 22, Tulsa 21, Kansas St. 19, Mississippi St. 16, N. Iowa 16, Texas A&M 8, Missouri 7, Rider 7, Boston College 6, Mississippi 6, Pittsburgh 3, Va. Commonwealth 2, Cornell 1, Old Dominion 1, Utah St. 1, W. Kentucky 1.

Top 25 FaredBy The Associated PressThursday1. Kansas (2-0) vs. Central Arkansas.

Next: vs. Oakland, Mich., Wednesday.2. Michigan State (2-0) did not play. Next:

vs. Toledo, Friday.3. Texas (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. Iowa,

Monday.4. Kentucky (3-0) beat Sam Houston State

102-92. Next: vs. Rider, Saturday.5. Villanova (3-0) beat George Mason 69-

68. Next: vs. No. 18 Dayton, Friday.6. North Carolina (3-0) vs. No. 15 Ohio

State. Next: vs. No. 13 California or Syra-cuse, Friday.

7. Purdue (1-0) did not play. Next: vs. South Dakota State, Friday.

8. West Virginia (1-0) did not play. Next: vs. The Citadel, Tuesday.

9. Duke (3-0) did not play. Next: vs. Radford, Saturday.

10. Tennessee (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. East Carolina, Friday.

11. Butler (2-0) did not play. Next: at Evansville, Saturday.

12. Connecticut (3-0) did not play. Next: vs. LSU, Wednesday.

13. California (2-1) lost to Syracuse 95-73. Next: vs. No. 6 North Carolina or No. 15 Ohio State, Friday.

14. Washington (3-0) did not play. Next: vs. San Jose State, Friday.

15. Michigan (1-0) did not play. Next: vs. Houston Baptist, Friday.

15. Ohio State (2-0) vs. No. 6 North Carolina. Next: vs. No. 13 California or Syracuse, Friday.

17. Oklahoma (2-0) did not play. Next: at Virginia Commonwealth, Saturday.

18. Dayton (2-0) beat No. 21 Georgia Tech 63-59. Next: vs. No. 5 Villanova, Friday.

19. Georgetown (2-0) did not play. Next: at Savannah State, Saturday.

20. Louisville (1-0) did not play. Next: vs. ETSU, Saturday.

21. Georgia Tech (1-1) lost to No. 18 Day-ton 63-59. Next: vs. George Mason, Friday.

22. Clemson (2-0) did not play. Next: at North Carolina Greensboro, Friday.

23. Illinois (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. Presbyterian, Saturday.

24. Minnesota (2-0) vs. Utah Valley. Next: at No. 11 Butler, Thursday, Nov. 26.

25. Maryland (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. New Hampshire, Friday.

NCAA BoxscoreNO. 18 DAYTON 63, NO. 21 GEORGIA

TECH 59DAYTON (2-0) Wright 2-8 3-5 7, Huelsman 1-1 0-0

2, Searcy 1-1 0-0 2, Warren 2-3 1-2 5, M.Johnson 0-5 0-0 0, Perry 1-4 1-2 3, C.Johnson 7-13 1-2 19, Williams 4-9 4-4 13, Fabrizius 4-7 0-0 12, Kavanaugh 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-51 10-15 63.

GEORGIA TECH (1-1) Bell 1-2 0-0 2, Favors 4-6 2-4 10, Lawal

4-9 1-2 9, Udofia 1-3 3-4 5, Shumpert 4-11 1-2 9, M.Miller 3-5 4-8 10, Foreman 0-0 0-0 0, Storrs 0-1 0-0 0, Oliver 2-4 0-0 6, Sheehan 0-0 0-0 0, Peacock 4-4 0-0 8, Rice Jr. 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-45 11-20 59.

Halftime—Dayton 31-22. 3-Point Goals—Dayton 9-28 (Fabrizius 4-7, C.Johnson 4-8, Williams 1-4, Wright 0-2, Perry 0-3, M.Johnson 0-4), Georgia Tech 2-8 (Oliver 2-3, M.Miller 0-1, Storrs 0-1, Udofia 0-1, Shumpert 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Re-bounds—Dayton 26 (C.Johnson 7), Georgia Tech 34 (Lawal 8). Assists—Dayton 14 (War-ren 4), Georgia Tech 7 (Favors, Shumpert 2). Total Fouls—Dayton 17, Georgia Tech

17. A—NA.

Top 25 ScheduleBy The Associated PressAll Times ESTFriday’s GamesNo. 2 Michigan State vs. Toledo, 6:30

p.m.No. 5 Villanova vs. No. 18 Dayton or No.

21 Georgia Tech at Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1 or 3 p.m.

No. 6 North Carolina vs. No. 13 California or Syracuse at Madison Square Garden, 5 or 7:30 p.m.

No. 7 Purdue vs. South Dakota State at Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, St. Thomas, V.I., 8:30 p.m.

No. 10 Tennessee vs. East Carolina at Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, St. Thomas, V.I., 3:30 p.m.

No. 14 Washington vs. San Jose State, 11 p.m.

No. 15 Michigan vs. Houston Baptist, 7 p.m.

No. 15 Ohio State vs. No. 13 California or Syracuse at Madison Square Garden, 5 or 7:30 p.m.

No. 18 Dayton vs. No. 5 Villanova or George Mason at Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1 or 3 p.m.

No. 21 Georgia Tech vs. No. 5 Villanova or George Mason at Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1 or 3 p.m.

No. 22 Clemson at North Carolina Greens-boro, 7 p.m.

No. 25 Maryland vs. New Hampshire, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesNo. 4 Kentucky vs. Rider, 1 p.m.x-No. 7 Purdue vs. Saint Joseph’s or

Boston College at Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, St. Thomas, V.I., 8:30 p.m.

No. 9 Duke vs. Radford, 2 p.m.x-No. 10 Tennessee vs. DePaul or

Northern Iowa at Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, St. Thomas, V.I., 6 p.m.

No. 11 Butler at Evansville, 8:05 p.m.No. 17 Oklahoma at Virginia Common-

wealth, 7:30 p.m.No. 19 Georgetown at Savannah State,

1 p.m.No. 20 Louisville vs. ETSU, 4 p.m.No. 23 Illinois vs. Presbyterian, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesNo. 2 Michigan State vs. Valparaiso, NoonNo. 5 Villanova vs. TBA at Coliseo de

Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, TBAx-No. 7 Purdue vs. Saint Joseph’s or

Boston College at Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, St. Thomas, V.I., 8:30 p.m.

x-No. 10 Tennessee vs. DePaul or Northern Iowa at Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, St. Thomas, V.I., 6 p.m.

No. 18 Dayton vs. TBA at Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, TBA

No. 20 Louisville vs. Morgan State, 1 p.m.No. 21 Georgia Tech vs. TBA at Coliseo de

Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, TBAx-teams will play Saturday if they lose first-

round game, Sunday if they win

NBA GlanceAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBBoston 9 3 .750 —Philadelphia 5 6 .455 31⁄2Toronto 5 7 .417 4New York 2 9 .182 61⁄2New Jersey 0 12 .000 9

Southeast Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 10 2 .833 —Orlando 9 3 .750 1Miami 7 4 .636 21⁄2Washington 3 7 .300 6Charlotte 3 8 .273 61⁄2

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 8 4 .667 —Milwaukee 6 3 .667 1⁄2Chicago 6 4 .600 1Indiana 5 4 .556 11⁄2Detroit 5 7 .417 3

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBDallas 9 3 .750 —Houston 7 5 .583 2San Antonio 4 5 .444 31⁄2New Orleans 4 8 .333 5Memphis 3 8 .273 51⁄2

Northwest Division W L Pct GBDenver 8 3 .727 —Portland 9 4 .692 —Oklahoma City 6 6 .500 21⁄2Utah 5 6 .455 3Minnesota 1 11 .083 71⁄2

Pacific Division W L Pct GBPhoenix 10 2 .833 —L.A. Lakers 8 3 .727 11⁄2Sacramento 5 5 .500 4L.A. Clippers 4 9 .308 61⁄2Golden State 3 8 .273 61⁄2

———Wednesday’s GamesPhiladelphia 86, Charlotte 84Orlando 108, Oklahoma City 94Atlanta 105, Miami 90Washington 108, Cleveland 91New York 110, Indiana 103Boston 109, Golden State 95

BCS Standings ListNov. 15, 2009 Harris USA Today Computer BCS Rk Pts Pct Rk Pts Pct Rk Pct Avg Pv 1. Florida 1 2793 0.9800 1 1460 0.9898 1 0.980 0.9833 1 2. Alabama 3 2694 0.9453 3 1388 0.9410 2 0.970 0.9521 2 3. Texas 2 2711 0.9512 2 1397 0.9471 4 0.880 0.9261 3 4. TCU 4 2479 0.8698 4 1277 0.8658 5 0.870 0.8685 4 5. Cincinnati 5 2349 0.8242 5 1219 0.8264 3 0.910 0.8536 5 6. Boise St. 6 2317 0.8130 6 1183 0.8020 7 0.770 0.7950 6 7. Georgia Tech 7 2168 0.7607 7 1127 0.7641 6 0.790 0.7716 7 8. LSU 10 1813 0.6361 10 956 0.6481 8 0.710 0.6648 8 9. Pittsburgh 9 1895 0.6649 9 997 0.6759 10 0.630 0.6569 1210. Ohio St. 8 1960 0.6877 8 1019 0.6908 11 0.570 0.6495 1111. Oregon 11 1699 0.5961 11 875 0.5932 9 0.690 0.6265 1312. Oklahoma St. 13 1408 0.4940 13 750 0.5085 15 0.410 0.4708 1913. Iowa 14 1176 0.4126 15 584 0.3959 12 0.550 0.4529 1014. Penn St. 12 1467 0.5147 12 772 0.5234 21 0.200 0.4127 1815. Virginia Tech 16 976 0.3425 16 558 0.3783 13 0.490 0.4036 2116. Wisconsin 15 1134 0.3979 14 630 0.4271 19 0.250 0.3583 2017. Stanford 17 946 0.3319 17 516 0.3498 17 0.340 0.3406 NR18. Southern Cal 20 576 0.2021 21 239 0.1620 14 0.450 0.2714 919. Oregon St. 22 492 0.1726 20 256 0.1736 16 0.400 0.2487 2320. Miami 24 442 0.1551 24 156 0.1058 18 0.320 0.1936 1421. Utah 21 568 0.1993 23 212 0.1437 20 0.230 0.1910 1622. BYU 18 793 0.2782 18 404 0.2739 27 0.010 0.1874 2223. Clemson 19 578 0.2028 19 274 0.1858 23 0.160 0.1829 NR24. Houston 23 484 0.1698 22 229 0.1553 26 0.020 0.1150 1525. California 29 123 0.0432 30 55 0.0373 21 0.200 0.0935 NR

BCS Standings

NFL LeadersNFC Individual Leaders

By The Associated PressWeek 10

Quarterbacks Att Com Yds TD IntFavre, MIN 285 194 2269 17 3Brees, NOR 291 199 2559 19 9Rodgers, GBY 296 189 2444 17 5McNabb, PHL 218 131 1685 12 4Romo, DAL 303 183 2466 14 6Warner, ARI 353 236 2515 18 11E. Manning, NYG 275 165 2070 15 8J. Campbell, WAS 254 168 1870 10 8Hasselbeck, SEA 255 150 1622 11 6Sh. Hill, SNF 155 87 943 5 2

Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TDA. Peterson, MIN 181 917 5.07 64t 11S. Jackson, STL 191 915 4.79 58 2DeA. Williams, CAR 168 860 5.12 77 7M. Turner, ATL 165 831 5.04 58t 10R. Grant, GBY 168 700 4.17 37 4Jacobs, NYG 151 617 4.09 31 2Gore, SNF 105 551 5.25 80t 6Bradshaw, NYG 103 515 5.00 38 4Kev. Smith, DET 150 515 3.43 31 3Portis, WAS 124 494 3.98 78 1

Receivers No Yds Avg LG TDFitzgerald, ARI 63 705 11.2 27 8St. Smith, NYG 61 719 11.8 43 5Houshman, SEA 50 582 11.6 53 3Witten, DAL 49 438 8.9 22 1D. Hester, CHI 48 596 12.4 42 3R. White, ATL 47 668 14.2 90t 6Celek, PHL 46 533 11.6 42 5Burleson, SEA 45 562 12.5 44t 3Ve. Davis, SNF 45 493 11.0 40 7Hightower, ARI 45 328 7.3 23 0

ScoringTouchdowns

TD Rush Rec Ret PtsA. Peterson, MIN 11 11 0 0 66M. Turner, ATL 10 10 0 0 60Fitzgerald, ARI 8 0 8 0 48Austin, DAL 7 0 7 0 42Ve. Davis, SNF 7 0 7 0 42Gore, SNF 7 6 1 0 42DeA. Williams, CAR 7 7 0 0 42R. Bush, NOR 6 5 1 0 36Colston, NOR 6 0 6 0 36

AFC Individual LeadersQuarterbacks

Att Com Yds TD IntP. Manning, IND 357 249 2872 20 7Brady, NWE 352 233 2739 19 6Schaub, HOU 326 220 2653 17 9P. Rivers, SND 299 186 2476 16 6Roethlisberger, PIT 302 205 2469 14 8Orton, DEN 287 181 2031 11 4Flacco, BAL 300 196 2199 12 7C. Palmer, CIN 290 178 2010 14 7Garrard, JAC 292 178 2088 7 5Henne, MIA 189 110 1165 5 4

Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TDChr. Johnson, TEN 170 1091 6.42 91t 8Jones-Drew, JAC 169 860 5.09 80t 12Benson, CIN 205 859 4.19 28t 6T. Jones, NYJ 170 781 4.59 71t 8R. Rice, BAL 128 662 5.17 50 6Ro. Brown, MIA 147 648 4.41 45 8Mendenhall, PIT 113 609 5.39 39 4Ri. Williams, MIA 105 558 5.31 68t 6Moreno, DEN 132 520 3.94 28 2F. Jackson, BUF 120 493 4.11 43 0

Receivers No Yds Avg LG TDWayne, IND 69 879 12.7 39 8Dal. Clark, IND 64 768 12.0 80t 3Welker, NWE 64 662 10.3 48 4R. Moss, NWE 58 891 15.4 71t 7And. Johnson, HOU 54 800 14.8 72t 4H. Ward, PIT 53 670 12.6 52t 4Gates, SND 49 668 13.6 37 2B. Marshall, DEN 49 602 12.3 75t 6R. Rice, BAL 49 451 9.2 63 1H. Miller, PIT 47 397 8.4 25 4

ScoringTouchdowns

TD Rush Rec Ret PtsJones-Drew, JAC 12 12 0 0 72Chr. Johnson, TEN 9 8 1 0 56Addai, IND 9 6 3 0 54Ro. Brown, MIA 8 8 0 0 48T. Jones, NYJ 8 8 0 0 48Wayne, IND 8 0 8 0 48R. Moss, NWE 7 0 7 0 44V. Jackson, SND 7 0 7 0 42McGahee, BAL 7 5 2 0 42R. Rice, BAL 7 6 1 0 42

RivalsContinued from Page 1B

the two teams in the area get to play one another, it’s exciting. I’d like to actually turn it into a real rivalry by getting a victory in the series. Until we do that, it’s just another non-conference game for us.”

Cavaliers coach Gaston Collins feels otherwise. The second-year coach thinks that as long as there’s two teams in one town, it’s always going to be a rivalry no mat-ter the outcome because the community enjoys it.

“I think having two teams from the same town playing against each other is a great thing for the community,” said Collins. “The commu-nity enjoys seeing two rivals playing against each other and the kids love it, too.”

The last time the Yel-low Jackets and Cavaliers played, former Southern Lee superstar Akeem Richmond drilled a 3-pointer in the final seconds of the fourth quarter to give the Cavaliers a 64-62 victory in Lee County’s gym.

This year, however, the Cavaliers won’t have a true go-to guy like they had in Richmond. Collins is going to need the entire team to contribute and be ready.

“We’re going to be count-ing on a variety of different guys to step up whenever

their number is called,” said Collins. “It’s going to be a team effort. Different guys are going to step up for us on different occasions.”

The Yellow Jackets (1-0) opened their season with a 52-43 win over Carrboro on Tuesday night. Dante Rigsby was the top scorer for Lee County with 14 points. Dillon Teel and Russell Tatum each scored 10 in the victory.

“We did several things right the other night,” said Peace. “The things we didn’t do well on, we feel are very correctable mistakes. We’ve been coaching them up this week at practice. We hope that we’ll play better against Southern than we did against Carrboro.”

The Cavaliers (0-1), on the other hand, started off the season on the wrong foot, falling 59-45 to West Bladen on Wednesday night. De-Shawn Bush had 16 points and Ace Chalmers had seven in the loss.

Tonight’s game will be the home opener for the Cava-liers. After the loss, Collins feels that getting a win would do wonders for the young Cavaliers’ psyche.

“I think it’s real big for us to get a win to improve our confidence,” said Collins. “We’ve got a young group of guys and it’s real easy for them to get down on themselves. I think any win is good for us. After this game, we have 10 days off. We’d love

to go into this break with a win under our belt.”

Collins feels that play-ing the Yellow Jackets will be a true test of his team’s character.

“We’ll find out what kind of team we have,” said Col-lins. “How will we respond after a tough loss the other night? Will we come out fired up and ready to play? Or will we sulk and pout? I think this game will be a true test of our team’s character. Lee County’s going to make it tough on us, so it’s good to find out what kind of team we are early in the season.”

Southern Lee’s ability to hit the outside shot makes Peace a little worried about the Cavaliers.

“Southern Lee is very ath-letic,” said Peace. “They’ve got a lot of talented shooters and they know how to hit the outside shot. They’ve got some good athletes and some good shooters. It’s not going to be easy for us.”

It’s the confidence and the coaching of Peace that makes Collins wary of the Yellow Jackets.

“They’ve got an excellent coach in Reggie,” said Col-lins. “He knows the game real well and knows how to put his team in positions to win. They are also coming off a win, so I’m sure they’ve got a lot of confidence headed into this game. We’re coming off a loss and our confidence isn’t so high.”

DEAR ABBY: I’m 32 and a “large girl.” I am also intelligent, witty and fun to be around. I make friends wherever I go. The problem is my mother -- who is also big -- keeps telling me that heavy women are not desirable and we must “settle” when it comes to choosing a mate.

My mother has had two long, unhappy marriages. She’s always saying I think too highly of myself and my standards for men are out of my reach.

Abby, I would rather remain single than marry someone I’m not happy with just to have a man. I’m not looking for a movie star; I just want to fi nd someone I’m attracted to and who has the same values and ideals that I have.

Is Mother right? Am I setting my sights too high?

HAPPY BEING ME IN MASSACHUSETTS

DEAR HAPPY BEING YOU: I don’t think so. If you want to achieve the same level of satisfaction in your life that your mother has, then follow her roadmap. However, if you want more, then cross your fi ngers and keep looking.

Meeting “The One” is a matter of putting yourself out there, and luck and timing. There are worse things than being alone, and having two long and unhappy marriages ranks right up there. Just look at your mother.

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DEAR ABBY: A year ago, my boss was diagnosed with cancer. She had

major surgery and a round of radia-tion therapy. Last week, her doctor discovered a mass, and after biopsy, she may be going in for more surgery.

I am fi nding it diffi cult to show much empathy for my boss. Despite having had the disease she contin-ues to live an unhealthy lifestyle. She still smokes, has a couple of drinks a day and eats a lot of red meat. I don’t drink or smoke and I’m a vegetarian, so I can’t understand why a person would risk her health by doing these things.

We have received several news-letters at work from our insurance provider on how to prevent cancer, but she hasn’t taken any of the advice. Abby, it’s not like I have come right out and said, “It’s your own fault,” but it’s frustrating to listen to her problems when she won’t try to live a healthy lifestyle. She’s generally whiny to begin with, and now she seems to want everyone to feel sorry for her.

What do I need to do to be more sympathetic?

TRYING IN TEMPE

DEAR TRYING: You don’t know what caused your boss’s cancer and neither do I. Some people who live a healthy lifestyle get cancer anyway -- and that includes teeto-talling, nonsmoking vegetarians. Please try to remember that -- and then think about karma. If you do, it may help you become more sym-pathetic and less judgmental.

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DEAR ABBY: I was with a group of friends at a sports bar discussing the baseball playoffs when the own-

er of the bar made a racist comment about the game. I was so shocked and offended that I said nothing for the rest of the evening.

Later, I told my friends I was disap-pointed in myself for not speaking up -- that when someone makes a comment like he did and you let it go, you’re condoning that type of behavior. My friends said they just “considered the source” and I should not have been offended. How should we have handled this?

SECOND THOUGHTS IN FLORIDA

DEAR SECOND THOUGHTS: If the comment was offensive, you were right to be offended -- regardless of “the source.” The way to punish an ignorant bigot such as you described would be to hit him in the wallet. A way to have done that would have been for all of you to leave and tell him why. And another would be for all of you to spread the word about the incident.

Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: Ride out any turbulence going on around you and protect your interests. A change at home will allow you greater freedom, ensuring that you come out on top and unscathed. Your health and well-being must be a top priority. Regardless of what anyone else does, stick to your own game plan. Your numbers are 2, 9, 14, 22, 28, 34, 45

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Financial transactions will lead to good fortune. Focus on contracts, invest-ments, saving and budget-ing to build your assets. Don’t allow your emotions to interfere with your professional decisions. 2 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are being tugged in too many directions. You have so much going for you that you must stop and realize what’s best for you. Learn from past les-sons that if you don’t take care of your own matters first, you will lose out. 5 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll be drawn to people who are aggressive and playful who will spark enthusiasm in you and push you to finish what you start. Set your mind on whatever needs to be done and see where it leads. If you do a good job and are forthright, you’ll end up with benefits you weren’t expecting. 3 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your emotions will take over, causing prob-lems when you need to make a personal decision. Meddling in other people’s affairs will lead to reper-cussions. Take care of your own needs. Be careful while traveling. 3 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your ability to get others to listen to what you have to say will ensure that you get what you want and when. Don’t let anything stand in the way of what you should be doing. There is no time to waste. 3 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Sticking around home will lead to personal

problems, leaving you uncertain and questioning your motives. Through con-versations with new people you meet, you will learn something about yourself and what you want. 5 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep a lid on the way you feel. You won’t express yourself well emotionally. You aren’t likely to win a disagreement and will probably end up giving in just to keep the peace. 2 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Money can be made, changes to your home and personal life incorporated and new friendships or business partnerships put into play. Let go of the past. It will slow you down, hold you back or confuse you. 4 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Secret matters will surprise you and the thought of having to juggle quickly will be intimidating. Reassess your situation and you will realize what you want to hold on to and what you can part with. 3 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Emotional confu-sion will set in if you mix business with pleasure. Don’t be afraid to delegate a little in order to get what you want. With someone’s help, it will be easier to steady yourself and make a financial or professional move. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Put your finest effort into something you know will please the people who care about you. Your success will give you the confidence to do more. A renewed look at your life and where you see your-self heading should give you increased incentive. 3 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The rewards for kind-ness, generosity and genu-ine help will be recognized and will draw the attention of someone who can help you. A change in your sta-tus or your financial affairs is looking good. Love is apparent but so are secret affairs. Tread carefully. 4 stars

The Sanford Herald / Friday, November 20, 2009 / 5BFeaturesDEAR ABBY

Woman’s size is no deterrentin her search for lasting love

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God calls usto help stopevil trends

Q: Does God ever give up on a nation, because it keeps shutting Him out of its life? I can’t help but wonder if that’s happening to us, with all our evil ways. -- Mrs. E.. McD..

A: Yes, God can withdraw His protection from any na-tion that continually turns its back on Him. It happened with ancient Israel, and it can happen to us. The Bible says, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil. ... (the Lord’s) hand is raised and he strikes them down” (Isaiah 5:20, 25).

But that doesn’t mean we should stop praying for our nation, or quit standing up for what is right and oppos-ing what is wrong. After all, we don’t know the future -- and God may intervene in unexpected ways and bring spiritual revival in our midst. How different would our nation be if God’s people prayed for it every day? We also need to pray for our leaders, because they bear a very heavy burden and need God’s wisdom.

Do you remember Jonah? God told him to go to Nineveh, the capital city of one of the most pa-gan nations on earth. At fi rst, Jonah refused to go (which is why he fl ed and was swallowed by a great fi sh). But when he fi nally preached the message God had given him, the people of Nineveh repented of their evil ways. The Bible says that God “had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened” (Jonah 3:10). They were spared -- and the same could happen in our generation.

MY ANSWERODDS AND ENDS3 new ancient crocodile species fossils found

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 20-foot-long crocodile with three sets of fangs — like wild boar tusks — roamed parts of north-ern Africa millions of years ago, research-ers report Thursday.

While this fearsome creature hunted meat, not far away another newly found type of croc with a wide, fl at snout like a pancake was fi shing for food.

And a smaller, 3-foot-long relative with buckteeth was chomping plants and grubs in the same region.

The three new species, along with new examples of two previously known ancient crocodiles, were being detailed Thursday by researchers Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago and Hans Larsson of McGill University in Montreal. They were speaking at a news conference organized by the National Geographic Society, which sponsored the research.

“These species open a window on a croc world completely foreign to what was living on northern continents,” Sereno said of the unusual animals that lived 100 million years ago on the south-ern continent known as Gondwana.

The researchers suggest that these crocs could gallop across the landscape chasing prey and yet also dive into the water that then existed in the region and swim.

“My African crocs appeared to have had both upright, agile legs for bounding overland and a versatile tail for paddling in water,” Sereno wrote in an article for National Geographic magazine. “Their amphibious talents in the past may be the key to understanding how they fl ourished

in, and ultimately survived, the dinosaur era.”

The newly discovered species are:— Kaprosuchus saharicus, nicknamed

“BoarCroc,” found in Niger. BoarCroc was a 20-foot-long meat-eater with an ar-mored snout for ramming and three sets of dagger-shaped fangs for slicing.

— Araripesuchus rattoides, which the researchers call “RatCroc,” found in Mo-rocco. This 3-foot-long croc was a plant- and grub-eater with a pair of buckteeth in lower jaw it used to dig for food.

— Laganosuchus thaumastos, or “PancakeCroc,” found in Niger and Morocco. Also 20 feet long, it was a squat fi sh-eater with a 3-foot pancake-fl at head and spike-shaped teeth on slender jaws. Sereno said it probably remained motion-less for hours, its jaws open and waiting for prey.

In addition the researchers found new fossils of two previously named species:

■ Anatosuchus minor, “DuckCroc,” found in Niger, a 3-foot-long fi sh-, frog- and grub-eater with a broad snout and Pinocchio-like nose. Special sensory areas on the snout end allowed it to root around on the shore and in shallow water for prey. Its closest relative is in Madagas-car.

■ Araripesuchus wegeneri, or “DogCroc,” found in Niger, a 3-foot-long plant- and grub-eater with a soft, doglike nose pointing forward.

Sereno has focused since 2000 on fos-sils in the Sahara Desert, his fi rst fi nd be-ing Sarcosuchus imperator, a 40-foot-long creature that would have weighed 8 tons and which he called SuperCroc.

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No Sunday services will be held.

Ladies night will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The church is located at 1315 Horner Blvd. in Sanford.

Beaver Creek Baptist Church

The annual free com-munity Thanksgiving lunch will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Family Life Center. Menu consists of smoked ham, green beans with potatoes, candy yams, roles, desserts and refreshments. Water of Life’s 2nd annual Craft Bazaar will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Covenant Moravian Church.

The church is located at 2280 Nicholson Road in Cameron.

Buffalo Presbyterian Church

The Rev. Paul J. Shields will present the sermon, “What is the Truth?” at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. Celebration of the Lords Supper and Commu-nion will be offered.

The church is located at 1333 Carthage St. in Sanford.

Center United Methodist Church

The community Thanksgiving service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednes-day at the church. All local churches and neighbors are invited.

The church is located at 4141 South Plank Road in Sanford.

Christian Provisions Ministries

The super Sunday Thanksgiving service will held at 11 a.m. with Pastor JOhn Sauls of Crossroads Chuch in Broadway as guest speaker. The church dedication service will be held at 5 p.m. with Apostle otis Lockell Sr., choir and congregation of Evangel Fellowship Church in Greensboro rendering the service.

The church is located at 2300 Courtland Drive in Sanford.

Church of Many Colors

Elder Sylvester Quick will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service.

The church is located at 2320 Pilson Road in Lemon Springs.

Divine Outreach Church of Christ

Disciples of ChristA Rainbow Tea will be

held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the church. Proceeds will go to the building fund. Everyone is invited.

The church is located at 1015 Frazier Drive in Sanford.

East Sanford Baptist Church

The Rev. Robert Yandle will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service and the Rev. James Wright will speak at the 6 p.m. worship service. AWANA Clubs will meet at 5:20 p.m. Sunday.

The men’s prayer break-fast will be held at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday at Mrs. Wenger’s Restaurant.

All Wednesday evening activities will begin at 7 p.m.

The church is located at

300 North Ave. in Sanford.

Evans Chapel AME Zion Chuch

A Thanksgiving Song-Fest will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday Divine Disciples of Goldston, Brother Rickey Dawson and Chosen Bethel of Fayetteville, Olivers Chapel Fellowship Choir of Staley, Pine Hill Praise Team of Siler City, Taylors Chapel Spiritual Voices of Sanford and more.

The church is located at 241 Evans Chapel Road, east of Siler City.

Exousia Christian Fellowship, Inc.

Pastor Steve Chesney will deliver the message at 11 a.m. Sunday at the church.

The church is located at 700 Bragg St. in Sanford.

First Congregational Christian Church

A yard sale will be held at 6 a.m. Saturday and the bazaar will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. at the church.

The church is located at 328 McIver St. in Sanford.

Gethsemane-Mt. Sinai Church

Elder Belinda P. McKoy will celebrate her 1st Pas-toral Anniversary at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Sherry Gray of Gethsemane – Mt. Sinai Church and congregation of Goldston rendering the service.

The church is located at 1316 Hodge Street in Siler City.

Greater Zion Holy TempleUnited Holy Temple

The Sunday worship service and free lunch will be held from 11 a.m. to

12:30 p.m. Sunday at the church.

The church is located at 608 Odd Fellow St. in Sanford.

Gulf Presbyterian Church

The church will cel-ebrate “Christ the King” at the 11 a.m. Sunday wor-ship service. Communion will be served. The Rev. Benton’s message will be “He’s Coming!”

For directions, visit www.gulfpresbyterian.org.

Hillmon Grove Baptist Church

A meeting in the sanctu-ary will be held during the Sunday school hour to hear information about the Spiritual Directions process with the Rev. Wayne Oakes. No Sunday school will be held for adults. Children’s classes will be held.

The joint Johnsonville community Thanksgiving service will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday at Country-side Presbyterian Church, 127 Ponderosa Road.

Cub Scouts will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the church.

CARE Team “E” will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednes-day in the church office with Karl and Van Wade.

Henry Randolph’s Sunday school class will host a Thanksgiving meal at 6 p.m. Thursday at the church. Please RSVP at 499-4913 by Nov. 23. The church office is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Horseshoe Presbyterian Church

Bluegrass Gospel singing by Salt Creek will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the church. Everyone is invited.

Jonesboro Presbyterian Church

Christmas Shoeboxes will be collected at 11 a.m. Sunday for Operation Christmas Child.

The church is located at 2200 Woodland Ave. in Sanford.

Mays Chapel Baptist Church

A community outreach event will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday at the church. The church will open their Clothes Closet to anyone who is need of clothing or a winter coat and a light meal will be avail-able along with a bag of food to take home for the holidays. Child care will be provided while parents pick out clothes for their family. If possible, please call (919) 542-9100 and leave a message as to the number in your family that will attend.

The church is located at 24 Rosser Road in Bear Creek.

Miller-Boles Funeral Home

The funeral home will hold a celebration of life ceremony at 3 p.m. Sat-urday at 1150 Fire Tower Road in Sanford.

Mt. Carmel Pen-tecostal Holiness Assembly

A pre-anniversary ser-vice for Dr. Julia Harris will conclude at 7 p.m. today with Prophetess Hattie Weathers speaking.

The annual mission-ary march will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday with Prophet-ess Anita spencer speak-ing.

The Thanksgiving day prayer service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday with Mother Robin McClurkin speaking.

Mt. Herman AME Zion Church

The Golden Stars of Goldston will sponsor their annual Thanksgiving pro-gram at 4 p.m. Sunday with various choirs and groups performing. The public is invited.

Mt. Nebo Freewill Baptist Church

The Senior Ushers will celebrate their annual usher program at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the church. All ushers are invited.

The church is located at 3292 Edwards Road in Lemon Springs.

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Spout Springs Presbyterian Church

A benefit program for De’Bora McNair will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday at the church. Spout Springs Presbyterian Church and New Zion Youth Choir will perform the play, “The Death of a Church.”

The church is located at 44 Allen Lane in Sanford.

New Church of Deliverance

A Deacon’s hour pro-gram will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday with Pastor Har-rison Ray as guest speaker. Jeffery Ray will be ordained as Deacon.

A Thanksgiving day service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the church.

The church is located at 218 Main St. in Sanford.

New Life Praise Church (SBC)

The men’s breakfast and Food Bank Distribu-tion will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday in the fellowship building.

Pastor Josh will continue with his series of messages on practical livng at the Sunday wor-ship service. A verse by verse study and discussion from the book of Revela-tion will be the focus at the 6 p.m.Sunday worship service.

Adult Bible studies, Kids Klub, and Uth meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the church

For more information about the church, contact Pastor Josh Dickinson at (919) 889-7519.

The church is located at 2398 Wicker St. in Sanford.

New Zion Baptist Church

The Youth Department will sponsor a Hungry Feed from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at the church.

The church is located at 3324 Truelove St. in Sanford.

Oak Grove Holiness Church

A building fund program will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday with Pastor Zenobia Crump of Christ Church of Deliverance as guest speaker. Other area church will participate.

The church is located at 202 Tempting Church Road in Sanford.

Poplar Springs AME Church

The Tri-County com-munity healther center will give free glucose, blood pressure, HIV and syphilis screenings from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church. A free lunch will be provided for all partici-pants. Event is being spon-sored by the health and wellness and the women’s missionary society. Also the lay organization will spon-sor a baby contest at 5 p.m.

The church is located at 1261 Blackstone Road in Sanford.

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Recovery Room Ministries

A new beginnings celebration for Pastors Nathane and Elect-lady Donna Hooker will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday in the McDonald building. Every-one is invited.

The church is located at 203 McReynolds St. in Carthage.

Rocky River Baptist Church

The Churchmen, a nationally-renowned bluegrass gospel group, will lead the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service.

The church is located at 4436 Siler City-Snow Camp Road, north of Siler City.

St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church

The church will observe Christ the King at 8 a.m. Sunday, the last Sunday in the Liturgical Year. Holy Communion, Rite I, with no music at 10 a.m., Holy Communion - Rite II, with music. Sunday School classes are provided for all age groups.

The Women of the Church will host their an-nual Food Fair from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday in the Lower Parish Hall.

There will be a commu-nity Thanksgiving Service at 7 p.m. Sunday at First Calvary Baptist Church. The church will have a Thanksgiving Eucharist at 10 a.m. Thursday.

The church is located at 312 N. Steele St. in Sanford.

Sandy Branch Baptist Church

A Thanksgiving service will be held at 11 a.m. Sun-day at the church. Lunch will follow the service. Those attending are asked to bring vegetables or desserts, the meat will be provided.

The church is located at 715 Sandy Branch Church Road in Bear Creek.

Sanford Community Church

Sanford Community Church and Living Waters Ministries will hold a “Love Feast” and Communion at 7 p.m. Saturday at the church.

The church is located at 5700 Peach Orchard in Sanford.

Sanford Freewill Holiness Church

The Taylors of Lilling-ton will perform at 6 p.m. Sunday at the church.

The church is located at 3000 Lemon Springs Road in Sanford.

Star of Hope Freewill Baptist Church

Elder Jason Trusell and Crusade Ministries presents “The Worshipers Gathering 09” at 7:30 p.m. today, 7 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday with Dr. Herbert Davis of Nehemiah Christian Center C.O.G.I.C. in Durham, Bishop Donnie Graves of Presiding Prelate of Deliverance Temple in Greensboro, Dr. Tonya Hunter of Life Church in Burlington and Bishop Rodney McCorkle of New Birth Fellowship in Char-lotte as guest speakers.

Women’s Encounter (Day) Session will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday “Deal-ing With The Woman With In” with Pastor Debbie Hutcherson of Henderson speaking.

Trinity Lutheran Church

The Christ the King Sunday Worship will be

ministered by the Rev. Tim Martin. The first service will be at 8:15 a.m. and the second service will be held at 10:30 a.m., both with Holy Communion. Coffee hour will follow the second service. Confirmation Class will follow the 10:30 a.m. service.

The Community Thanksgiving service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church. Please bring non-perishable donations.

Gamblers Anonymous (GA) will meet at 8 p.m. Friday.

The church is located at 525 Carthage St. in Sanford.

True Gospel United Church of God

A pastor’s aide program will be hel at 3 p.m. Sun-day with Elder Clarence Taylor of Carthage as guest speaker.

The church is located at 405 Third St. in Sanford.

Works For Christ Christian Center

The Rev. C.E. Willie of Rush Metropolitian A.M.E. Zion Church will speak at 7 p.m. today at the church.

The church is located at 1395 Fire Tower Road in Sanford.

ChurchContinued from Page 8B

Minnesota

Pastoral path runs through nursing homes, jails

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Callings from a higher power don’t come in the form of a well-written letter or a carefully worded voice mail, so Jerry David understands why the ministerial path he’s on has taken some detours.

When he left his job as a pastor at First Baptist Church in Lake Crystal in 2004, after 20 years, David thought his calling was clear. He was going to travel to rural areas and start churches through American Missionary Fellowship, a nationwide nondenominational mis-sion society established in 1812.

“Then I began to have some doubts, and my wife had more doubts,” he said. “So I went from being a pastor to being a car salesman.”

During his time sell-ing Fords, David didn’t give up the ministry completely. He worked as an associate chaplain at Immanuel St. Joseph’s Hospital and as a part-time pastor at Pathstone Living, a Mankato as-sisted-living center.

It was his work at Pathstone that kept him thinking about that higher calling.

Some of the people he was talking to were frail and facing the unknowns behind death’s door. Oth-ers weren’t sick but felt like they’d been “put on a shelf” for the last years of their lives.

“God really gave me a burden for these people,” David said. “I could help them with their spiritual needs. I was letting them know that God still wants to use them until he takes them home.

“So I called American Missionary Fellowship again,” David said. “I told them, ‘I know what God wants this time. I’m not going to be planting churches; I’m going to be planting ministries at senior-care facilities,’” David said.

The calling became even clearer later when a nurse he knew in Waton-wan County called David and told him about a man in jail there. Things weren’t going well for the man, who was despon-dent and needed some-one to talk to, she told him.

He thought it was go-ing to be a one-time visit.

“I think he was very anxious, very nervous about going to prison,” David said. “I talked to him and, after I left, I thought that was going to be the end of the experi-ence.”

The man left the jail and went to prison, but not before passing Da-vid’s name on to another inmate. That inmate wanted to start a biweekly Bible study.

Around the same time, David crossed paths with Steven Hultengren, a for-mer pastor who had fall-en away from the church. David asked Hultengren to help him with his work in Watonwan County.

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The Sanford Herald / Friday, November 20, 2009 / 11B

EXECUTOR NOTICE

Having qualified asExecutor of the estate

of Elsie T. Wester ,deceased, late of Lee

County, North Caroli-na, this is to notify all

persons havingclaims against the es-tate of said deceased

to present them to theundersigned within

three months fromNovember 13, 2009 or

this notice will bepleaded in bar of

their recovery. Allpersons indebted to

said estate pleasemake immediate pay-ment. This 13, day of

November, 2009.Gertrude Gaylor

WesterPO BOX 67

Damascus, Virginie,24236

Maria H. Campbell201 Leland Drive

Greensboro, NC 27455Executor/trix

of the estate ofElsie T. Wester.

(11/13, 11/20, 11/27,12/4)

87 South. The 9.53-acre tract adjoins the

principal use lot lo-cated at 10 Emory

Point. The propertyis the same as depict-ed on Lee County TaxMap 9660.04, Tax Par-

cel 9660-54-9401, LeeCounty Land Re-

cords. It is also all ofthat property depict-ed on a minor subdi-vision plat for Alyce

M. Clark, recorded inPlat Cabinet 2007,

Slide 50, Lee CountyRegistry of Deeds.

The public is cordial-ly invited to attend.

Further informationmay be obtained from

the Sanford/LeeCounty Community

Development Depart-ment, 900 Woodland

Avenue, Sanford, NC27330 or by calling

(919) 718-4656. Uponrequest and with 24-

hour notice, theCounty will provide

an interpreter for thehearing impaired or

any other neededtype of auxiliary aid.

Cualquier cuidadanoque tenga preguntas ocomentarios de las co-sas al referido, puedecomunicarse a el de-

partamento de desar-ollo para

Sanford/Condado deLee, llame al (919) 718-

4656.

By Gaynell M. Lee,Clerk

Lee County Board ofCommissioners

Please publish in theLegal Notice Section

of the Sanford Heraldon Friday, November

20, 2009 and Friday,November 27, 2009. If

you have any ques-tions regarding this

notice, please callPatsy Thomas at 718-

4656. Charge to Ac-count 01101981 and re-

fer to as Lee CountyZoning Notice..

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LEE COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby giv-en that the Lee Coun-ty Board of Commis-sioners and Planning

Board will hold a joint public hearing on Monday, Decem-

ber 07, 2009 in the Commissioners’

Board Room at the Lee County Govern-

ment Center, 106 Hill-crest Drive, Sanford,NC. The Boards will

consider one (1) appli-cation to amend the Official Zoning Map

of Lee County, NC.The hearing will be-gin at 6:00 p.m. or as

soon thereafter as deemed practical by

the Board.

Upon conclusion ofthe joint public hear-

ing, the Lee County Board of Adjustment

will hold a separate public hearing in the Gordon Wicker Con-ference Room of the Lee County Govern-ment Center to con-sider an application

for a Special Use Per-mit. The applications

are described below:

Application to Amend the Official Zoning Map of Lee

County

1. Application by Barry Wilson to re-

zone approximately 1.33± acres of land lo-

cated at the north-west corner of Center

Church Road and Henley Road from

Residential Agricul-tural (RA) district to

Highway Commercial (HC) district. The

property is the same as depicted on Tax

Map 9631.03, Tax Par-cel 9631-13-9766, Lee

County Land Re-cords. It is also the

same as Lot 2 on a mi-nor subdivision plat for Cline & McNeill,

recorded in Plat Cabi-net 10, Slide II, Lee County Registry of

Deeds.

Application for a Spe-cial Use Permit

1. Application by Mr. Kenneth Clark

for a Special Use Per-mit to allow an acces-

sory building on a parcel without a prin-cipal use or structure

pursuant to Article 5.1, Subsection 5.1.2.2 of the Unified Devel-

opment Ordinance.The accessory build-ing will be placed on

a vacant 9.53-acre tract of land east of

NC Highway 87 South, formerly 5565

and 5583 NC Highway

Substitute Trustee

(704) 619-6551

Posted:

Witness:Assistant/Deputy Clerk of Superior

Court

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this property for any reason, the sole reme-dy of the purchaser is

the return of the de-posit. Reasons of

such inability to con-vey include, but are

not limited to, the fil-ing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the

sale and reinstate-ment of the loan

with-out the knowledge of

the Trustee. If the validity of the sale is

challenged by any party, the Trustee, in his sole discretion, ifhe believes the chal-lenge to have merit,

may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The pur-

chaser will have no further remedy.

Additional Notice Where the Real Prop-

erty is Residential With Less Than 15

Rental Units:

An order for posses-sion of the property

may be issued pur-suant to G.S. 45-21.29

in favor of the pur-chaser and against

the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior

court of the county in which the property is

sold. Any person who occupies the

property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or re-

newed on or after Oc-tober 1, 2007, may, af-ter receiving the no-

tice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written

notice to the landlord. Upon ter-

mination of a rental agreement, the tenant

is liable for rent due under the rental

agreement prorated to the effective date of

the termination.

Any person who oc-cupies the property pursuant to a bona

fide lease or tenancy may have additional

rights pursuant to Ti-tle VII of 5.896 - Pro-

tecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act

which became effec-tive on May 20, 2009.

Dated: November 10,2009

_____________________________________

David A. Simpson,P.C.

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carry out and per-form the stipulations and agreements con-

tained therein and,pursuant to demand

of the owner and holder of the indebt-

ed-ness secured by said Deed of Trust,

the under-signed Sub-stitute Trustee will

place for sale, at pub-lic auction, to the highest bidder for

cash at the usual place of sale at Lee

County Courthouse,in Sanford, North

Carolina at 10:00 AM on Monday, Novem-

ber 30, 2009, that par-cel of land, including improvements there-

on, situated, lying and being in the City

of Sanford, County ofLee, State of North

Caro-lina, and being more particularly de-

scribed as follows:

BEING ALL of Lot No. 439, Phase I,

Woodbridge Forest,as shown on a plat

thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet 1, Slide 210, Lee County Reg-

istry.

Address ofproperty: 1312 Ce-

darhurst Drive, San-ford, NC 27330

Present Record Own-ers: Alex R. Taraba

and Jessica N. Tara-ba

The terms of the sale are that the real prop-erty hereinbefore de-

scribed will be sold for cash to the high-est bidder. A deposit

of five percent (5%) ofthe amount of the bid

or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars

($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered

in the form of certi-fied funds at the time

of the sale.In the event that the Owner and Holder or its in-

tended assignee is ex-empt from paying the

same, the successful bidder shall be re-

quired to pay revenue stamps on the Trust-

ee's Deed, and any Land Transfer Tax.

The real property hereinabove descri-bed is being offered

for sale "AS IS,WHERE IS" and will be sold subject to all

superior liens, un-paid taxes, and spe-

cial assessments.Other conditions will

be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as

by law required.

If the Trustee is un-able to convey title to

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8806.0000101

09-SP-258

NOTICE OF SUBSTI-TUTE TRUSTEE'S

FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL

PROPERTY

UNDER AND BY VIR-TUE of the power and

authority contained in that certain Deed

of Trust executed and delivered by Alex R.

Taraba and wife Jes-sica N. Taraba, dated

December 27, 2006 and recorded in the

Office of the Register of Deeds of Lee Coun-

ty, North Carolina,recorded on Decem-ber 29, 2006, in Book 1064 at Page 829; and because of default in

the payment of thein-

deb-tedness secured thereby and failure to

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12B / Friday, November 20, 2009/ The Sanford Herald

Truck Driver PositionThis End Up Furniture Co.,

Inc.This End Up is currently seeking an experienced truck driver to assist with

the delivery and installation of furniture to contract and

retail customers. Good communication skills are necessary as this person serves as the company

representative to retail and contract customers. Must

have a good driving record and be licensed to operate a truck, with a minimum of

2 years experience.

Key Responsibilities include:

Assist Shipping/Packing with the loading of the truckFollow mapped directions

to drive to delivery location(s)

Deliver furniture to destination

Installation of furniture as determined by order

Interact with customers to ensure delivery is accurate and delivery/installation is

satisfactoryMaintain logs of travel and cargo according to federal

and state regulationsOversee installation crew if

needed

Please reference this ad when you mail your resume

or apply in person at:This End Up Furniture Co.

500 N. 7th St.Sanford, NC 27330

Sales positions Salary + comm. Must have high en-ergy and be self-motivated.

Toyota of Sanford Call 919-708-5000

EX: 3123 EOE DFW

Parkdale Plant 29 at 1921 Boone Trail Rd opening & will be taking applications at 1921 Boone Trail Rd & The Employment Security

Office

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.

420Help Wanted -

General

400Employment

Looking to watch kids in my home. Infants to 12 years.

Will keep 2nd shift.Amanda - (919)356-8811

At Home Child Care Reasonable Rates

Over 7 years Experience Call 774-6408

For Details

Angela’s Angels Child Development Center 1112 Woodland Ave.

1 & 2 Year Old OpeningsMilitary Funding Available

Call or visit Angela 774-4023.

www.angelasangelscdc.com

320Child Care

300Businesses/Services

For Sale 1999 Ford WindStar Van SEL. Silver, gray leather interior. 157K miles, 1 owner, excellent cond. $4,500. 776-8493

260Vans

CLASSIFIED DEAD-LINE: 2:00 PMDAY BEFORE

PUBLICATION. (2:00 pm Friday for

Sat/Sun ads). San-ford Herald, Classi-

fied Dept.,718-1201 or

718-1204

255Sport Utilities

FOR SALE: 1999 Nissan Frontier 105.500 Miles

Great Running TruckLowered plus other customs

#3,000 OBOCall: 919-498-4818

919-776-7402

93 Chevy Truck350 Engine

Excellent ConditionTransmission Needs Work

(919)770-0867

250Trucks

Have 3 Saturns selling 1 2001 Saturn SL2. Every op-

tion plus leather, 103K miles, 5-speed manual,

very reliable, excellent cond,

$3900 Call 919-498-6959

Automobile Policy: Threedifferent automobile ads perhousehold per year at the

“Family Rate”. In excess of 3, billing will be at the

“Business Rate”.

97 Nissan Manual Drive Heat/AC , Runs Good

$1,500 499-7199

240Cars - General

2008 MustangV6 Auto

Fully LoadedAsking $16,400

258-0380

2005 Grand Caravan SXT. AC, pwr wnds, locks, doors, liftgate, 6-disc

cd/dvd video sys, plus more! $9500 neg. Call:

919-775-3734

240Cars - General

200Transportation

Yard/Inside SaleFri & Sat 9am - 5pm

3640 SpringHill Church Rd off Old 421 in Mamers HH Items, Shop & Workshop Tools, Auto Parts, Dining Table w/Benches, China Cabinet,, Antique Wine Cabinet, Tanning Bed Much, Much, More !!!

Yard Sale: 6156 Old US 421

Lillington in BackyardSat. 8 am - 2 pm

HH Items, Christmas Items, Furniture, Tools,

and Much More!!!

Yard Sale Sat. 7-12 across from Road Runner cafe in

Broadway. Lots of christmas items for children.

Yard Sale Sat. 8am - 12 pm

Kids Gator, Satellite Radio, Toys, HH Items, Clothes,

White Wooden Twin Bed, Kids Bedding, & lots more. 3109 WINDMERE DRIVE

WEST LANDING

Yard Sale Sat 8am - Until1801 Carbonton RoadNamed Brand Clothes, Nice Decorative Items & Furniture, White Leather

Chair With Ottoman

Yard Sale 911 Wilkins Dr. Fri & Sat 8-1 All new items! Men’s Nike sweatsuits, in-fant X-mas, dresses, boys

winter jacket, Snoopie Fig-urines, Snowbabies, Nas-car, ladies & girls boots, Bart Simpson dart set.

Yard Sale Sat. Nov. 21st. 7-124238 Deep River Rd

Coca Cola bric-brac, plus size clothes, & toys!

Sacrifice Yard Sale 448 Harman Drive. Camer-on, NC. Friday 11-20-09

8am-3pm. 5 pc. dinnette & other furniture, women’s

clothes, 500 tools, air com-pressor, drills. 910-245-

7909

Moving Sale: Sat, Nov. 21st. 7am - until. Bowflex, furniture, too much to list!

5305 Deep River Rd.

M O V I N G S A L ESaturday

8am - 1pm2303 Woodland Avenue

Corner Woodland & GlobeHH Items, Clothes, Toys, and Furniture

Huge Yard Sale8am - Until

Pack House Lane Upchurch Farms

SubdivisionBaby & Adult Clothes,

Kitchen Items, and Lots more

Garage SaleSat 11/21 7am - 11am112 Camden Square

(Heritage Pointe)Sanford NC

Indoor & Outdoor FurnitureElectronics, Clothes, House

Hold Goods, Etc

Estate Sale: Carolina TraceMon- Sat 8am - 2pmCall for Directions

499-9803/499-3429138 Holly Lane

Big 5 Family Yard SaleSat 7am - Until

675 Henley RoadHuge Amount of Extremely

Nice Baby & Toddler Clothes & Baby Items,

Adult Clothes, and Many HH Items, Too Much To List.

3 Family Yard Sale Sat. 8-12 Wilson Rd. (Mid State

Mobile Home) Full size mat-tress set, clothes, womens &

boys shoes, new & used purses, jewelry, home interi-

or pictures & toys.

190Yard Sales

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

7am - 12pm, Sat., 2102 N Shoreline Dr., Carbonton

Heights. Enter from Carbon-ton Rd or Spring Ln. Wom-

en’s clothes, large sizes 12W - 28W; crystal, china, HH items, decorative items,

many items! $1 -$5

3 Family Yard SaleCorner of Hickory House

Road & US 1.Furniture, Electronics,

Games, Clothes, Shoes, Books, Toys, Winter Jackets

Dishes, Nic-Nacs, Sports Equipment.

Everything Must GoPriced to Sell

2 Family Yard SaleSat. 7am-noon. 1801 Co-lumbine Rd. Westlake Val-ley. Junior & Ladies Clothes & Shoes, Christmas & HH

items, Beanie Babies, books & more!

190Yard Sales

Missing Pitbullwhite w/ brown spots, 18 in. tall, black collar. Miss-ing since Nov. 15th from

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919-499-5470

M I S S I N GYellowish Color Lab

7 Weeks OldMissing Since Wednesday Morning Lemon Springs

Area Nicholson & Edwards Road No Tags or Collar Call 353-1473 If Found

"Lost Family Dogs" Female overweight, black Lab named Maggie (should

have collar and tag). Male Beagle saddle colored with

tan, black, brown, white (no collar), named Buddy. Both are over 10 years old and beagle is about 90% blind. Last seen on River Ridge Dr. off of Womack Rd in Broadway on Tues.

11/3. May have been seen in Mamers. REWARD. Please help! Foster -

919-258-0224"

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.

Wanted Old Barns &Buildings to TearDown for Lumber

Call Billy 777-9000

Buying WWII German, Japanese & US Military

items, swords, medals, uni-forms, patches & other. Brent, 336-288-5061

110Special Notices

100Announcements

YOU PERSONALLY.This 12th

day of November,2009.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERV-

ICES, INC.SUBSTITUTE

TRUSTEE

BY:Attorney at

LawThe Law

Firm of Hutchens,Senter & Britton, P.A.

Attorneys for Substitute Trust-

ee Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 10284317 Ramsey StreetFayetteville, North

Carolina 28311http://sales.hsbfirm.c

omCase No: 1019208

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($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

The proper-ty to be offered pur-

suant to this notice ofsale is being offered

for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS,

WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the

holder of the note se-cured by the deed of

trust/security agree-ment, or both, being

foreclosed, nor the of-ficers, directors, at-torneys, employees,

agents or authorized representative of ei-

ther the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representa-

tion or warranty re-lating to the title or any physical, envi-

ronmental, health or safety conditions ex-isting in, on, at or re-lating to the property being offered for sale,

and any and all re-sponsibilities or lia-

bilities arising out ofor in any way relat-

ing to any such condi-tion expressly are dis-

claimed. Also, this property is being sold

subject to all taxes,special assessments,

and prior liens or en-cumbrances of record

and any recorded re-leases. Said property is also being sold sub-ject to applicable Fed-

eral and State laws.A cash de-

posit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five per-

cent (5%) of the pur-chase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be re-quired at the time of

the sale.An order for posses-sion of the property

may be issued pur-suant to G.S. 45-21.29

in favor of the pur-chaser and against

the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior

court of the county in which the property is

sold.Any person

who occupies the property pursuant to

a rental agreement entered into or re-

newed on or after Oc-tober 1, 2007, may af-ter receiving the no-

tice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written

notice to the landlord.Upon termination ofa rental agreement,the tenant is liable for rent due under

the rental agreement prorated to the effec-

tive date of the termi-nation.

THIS IS A COMMU-NICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICA-

TION IS TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND

ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE

USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as

stated below in the in-stance of bankruptcy

protection.IF YOU ARE UNDER

THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPT-CY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED

AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PRO-CEEDING, THIS NO-

TICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO

STATUTORY RE-QUIREMENT AND

FOR INFORMATION-AL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED

AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO

COLLECT, ASSESS,OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION

OF THE DEBT FROM

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NOTICE OF FORE-CLOSURE SALE

09 SP 279

Under and by virtue of the pow-

er of sale containedin

a certain Deed ofTrust made by Sarah

T. Till and Michael A.Till to Rebecca W.

Shaia, Trustee(s), dat-ed the 8th day of

June, 2007, and re-corded in Book 1088,

Page 811, in Lee County Registry,

North Carolina, de-fault having been

made in the payment of the note thereby

se-cured by the said

Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substi-

tute Trustee Services,Inc. having been sub-stituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by

an instrument duly recorded in the Office

of the Register ofDeeds of Lee County,

North Carolina and the holder of the note

evidencing said in-debtedness having di-

rected that the Deed of Trust be fore-

closed, the under-signed Substitute

Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse

door in the City ofSanford, Lee County,

North Carolina at 2:00 PM on December 3,2009 and will sell to

the highest bidder for cash the following re-

al estate situated in the County of Lee,

North Carolina, and being more particu-

larly described as fol-lows:

BEGINNING at a stake in the southern

margin of N.C. No.1144, a common cor-

ner between Lots Nos. 102 and 103 as

shown on the map to which reference is hereinafter made,

and running thence South 10 deg. 25 min.

West 200 feet to a stake; thence North 78 deg. 13 min. West

150 feet to a stake;thence North 10 deg.25 min. East 200 feet to a stake; thence as

the southern margin of N.C. No. 1144 South

78 deg. 13 min. East 150 feet to the Point ofBEGINNING, and be-

ing all of Lot 102 as shown on map enti-

tled "Lemon Heights" recorded in Plat Cabi-

net 1, Page 120, Lee County Registry, to which reference is hereby made for a

more particular de-scription. Together with improvements

located thereon; said property being locat-

ed at 1735 Greenwood Road, Sanford, North

Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discre-

tion, delay the sale for up to one hour as

provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Should the property be pur-

chased by a third par-ty, that person must

pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars

Attorneys for Substitute Trust-

ee Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 10284317 Ramsey StreetFayetteville, North

Carolina 28311http://sales.hsbfirm.c

omCase No: 1010222

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special assessments,and prior liens or en-

cumbrances of record and any recorded re-

leases. Said property is also being sold sub-ject to applicable Fed-

eral and State laws.A cash de-

posit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five per-

cent (5%) of the pur-chase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be re-quired at the time of

the sale.An order for posses-sion of the property

may be issued pur-suant to G.S. 45-21.29

in favor of the pur-chaser and against

the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior

court of the county in which the property is

sold.Any person

who occupies the property pursuant to

a rental agreement entered into or re-

newed on or after Oc-tober 1, 2007, may af-ter receiving the no-

tice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written

notice to the landlord.Upon termination ofa rental agreement,the tenant is liable for rent due under

the rental agreement prorated to the effec-

tive date of the termi-nation.

THIS IS A COMMU-NICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICA-

TION IS TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND

ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE

USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as

stated below in the in-stance of bankruptcy

protection.IF YOU ARE UNDER

THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPT-CY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED

AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PRO-CEEDING, THIS NO-

TICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO

STATUTORY RE-QUIREMENT AND

FOR INFORMATION-AL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED

AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO

COLLECT, ASSESS,OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION

OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

This 12th day of November,

2009.SUBSTITUTE

TRUSTEE SERV-ICES, INC.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE

BY:

Attorney at Law

The Law Firm of Hutchens,

Senter & Britton, P.A.

001Legals

2009 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following re-

al estate situated in the County of Lee,

North Carolina, and being more particu-

larly described as fol-lows:

Beginning at a stake at the Southeastern intersection of Tho-

mas Street (State Road No. 1542) and an

unnamed street; and running thence with

the Eastern line ofsaid unnamed street

South 19 degrees West 200 feet to a

stake; thence South 67 degrees 43 minutes

East 217 feet to a stake; thence North 19 degrees East 200

feet to a stake in the Southern line of Tho-mas Street; thence as

the Southern line ofThomas Street North 67 degrees 43 minutes

West 217 feet to the point of

BEGINNING,containing 1.00 acres more or less, accord-

ing to map entitled "Survey for Roy W.

Garner and wife,Shirley Garner", by

Bracken & Associates dated February 13,1980. Reference to

said map is hereby made for a more per-fect description. To-

gether with improve-ments located there-on; said property be-

ing located at 6326 Bradley Road, San-

ford, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discre-

tion, delay the sale for up to one hour as

provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Should the property be pur-

chased by a third par-ty, that person must

pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

The proper-ty to be offered pur-

suant to this notice ofsale is being offered

for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS,

WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the

holder of the note se-cured by the deed of

trust/security agree-ment, or both, being

foreclosed, nor the of-ficers, directors, at-torneys, employees,

agents or authorized representative of ei-

ther the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representa-

tion or warranty re-lating to the title or any physical, envi-

ronmental, health or safety conditions ex-isting in, on, at or re-lating to the property being offered for sale,

and any and all re-sponsibilities or lia-

bilities arising out ofor in any way relat-

ing to any such condi-tion expressly are dis-

claimed. Also, this property is being sold

subject to all taxes,

001Legals

NOTICE OF FORE-CLOSURE SALE

09 SP 278

Under and by virtue of the pow-

er of sale containedin

a certain Deed ofTrust made by Mi-

chael K. Garner and Michelle L. Garner,

husband and wife (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Michael

K. Garner) to CTC Re-al Estate Services,

Trustee(s), dated the 14th day of May, 2002,and recorded in Book

788, Page 868, in Lee County Registry,

North Carolina, de-fault having been

made in the payment of the note thereby

se-cured by the said

Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substi-

tute Trustee Services,Inc. having been sub-stituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by

an instrument duly recorded in the Office

of the Register ofDeeds of Lee County,

North Carolina and the holder of the note

evidencing said in-debtedness having di-

rected that the Deed of Trust be fore-

closed, the under-signed Substitute

Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse

door in the City ofSanford, Lee County,

North Carolina at 2:00 PM on December 3,

CREDITOR’S NOTICE

Having qualified on the 28th day of Octo-ber, 2009 as Executor

of the Estateof Lawrence M.

Alexander, deceased,late of Lee County,

North Carolina, this is to

notify all persons,firms and corpora-

tions having claims against the decedent

toexhibit the same to

the undersigned on or before the 2 nd day ofFebruary, 2010 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recov-

ery. All persons,firms and corpora-

tions indebted to the estate should make

immediate payment.This the 30 th day of

October, 2009.Dorothy K. Alexand-

erExecutor of the Es-

tate ofLawrence M.

Alexander2206 Lakeland Drive

Sanford, NC 27330Attorneys:

W. Woods DosterStaton,Doster,Post,Silverman&Foushee, PA

P. O. Box 1320Sanford, NC 27331-

1320Publish On: October

30 and Nov. 6, 13, 20

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REAL ESTATE AUCTION December 5, 2009 at 3pm

3 Bed/ 2 Bath Home, Appr. 1184 sq.ft. on 1⁄2

acre 6880 S. Lower River Road,

Lillington, NC 27546 Help-U-Sell Chatham-Lee Re-

alty & Auction 2567 Hawkins Avenue,

Sanford, NC 27330 (919) 708-5464 David

Poe, Auctioneer For terms and conditions,

visit www.husauctions.com

LAND AUCTION December 5, 2009 at

11am Selling 3 Tracts: 1 & 2 - 29acres each, 3 -

11acres All with county wa-ter & 30’ ROW Additional sale of 15 homesites, .6 to 3.5 acres each with county

water & paved road Holly Springs Church Road

at Georgia Drive Broadway, NC 27505

Help-U-Sell Chatham-Lee Re-alty & Auction 2567 Haw-kins Avenue, Sanford, NC 27330 (919) 708-5464 David Poe, Auctioneer

For terms and conditions, visit www.husauctions.com

Council’s Auction. 7pmSit Down Christmas SalesFri-11/20 Eddy Sat - Chris& Thanksgiving Night 6pm Lakeview 910-245-7347. Lonnie Council #5665.

920Auctions

900Miscellaneous

CLASSIFIED LINE ADDEADLINE:2:00 PM

DAY BEFOREPUBLICATION. (2:00 pm Friday for Sat/Sun ads). Sanford Herald,

Classified Dept., 718-1201 or 718-

1204

830Mobile Homes

100's OF CHEAP REPOS !!1998 28x60 4/2 $14k 1996 28x68 4/2 $15k1991 14x60 3/2 $4k

919-673-2843/4. Espanol avail

825Manufactured

Homes

1st Time Home buyers SpecialReady for immediate occu-pancy. New 1450 Sq Foot

Home with Hardwood Floors in Living Room,Ceramic Tile Floors in

Kitchen and Baths. Home comes with a 24x24 Ga-

rage Large Front Porch and a Deck on the rear. Located

in Southern Lee County, Aprox. 20 Mins from

Sanford, Pinehurst, or Fort Bragg. A steal at only

$129,900 Call 919-718-2760For More Information

825Manufactured

Homes

PUBLISHER’SNOTICE

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act 1968 which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or dis-crimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handi-cap, familial status, or national origin or an inten-tion to make any such pref-erence, limitation or dis-crimination.”This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper available on an equal opportunity basis.To complain of discrimina-tion call 919-733-7996 (N.C. Human Relations Commission).

OPEN HOUSES: 6 New Plans @ NOTTINGHAM

US #1 @ Burns Dr. Sat.-Sun. 1 to 5

Older home, just outside city limits. New vinyl siding

and windows. 6.75 ac. 776-1328 or 776-2508

Model Now Open COPPER RIDGE

1+ acre homesites US #1 @ Farrell Rd

Sun. 1-5 or 770-4883

3 Bedroom/1.5 Bath Ranch Home, 1/2 acre corner lot.

500 Hickory StreetRemodeled. $32,500Call: 301-509-2524

*Houses/Mobile Homes/Real Estate Policy: One (house) per

household per year at the “Family Rate”.Consecutive

different locations/addresseswill be billed

at the “Business Rate”.

$8,000 Tax Credit. Brick Ranch! Remodeled! NEW appliances! W. Sanford.

$127,000 w/ $2500 from seller. Free Moving Truck.

721-0650

820Homes

10 ACRE TRACKMoore County Near Lee

County Line Call B Salmon Realty 910-215-2958

810Land

800Real Estate

Churches For Leasing•250 Vernie Phillips Road

Goldston, NCAvailable Now

•233 Harris StreetAberdeen, NC

Available Dec. 1, 2009For Further informationcall (919)258-3247

765Commercial

Rentals

Small 2BR $400/mo., $400 dep. NO PETS!

919-770-2246 or 919-499-7530.

Rent to Own Mobile Home 14x72 Ready to Move Olivia Area Completely

Remodeled $2,000 Down $500/mo 919-770-9660

3BR MH Washer/DryerNo Pets Quiet Private Lot

off Edwards Road $495/Mo Call: 499-9830

3BR MH Washer/DryerNo Pets Quiet Private Lot

off Edwards Road $495/Mo Call: 498-9830

350 - 500 Per MonthNo Pets

Johnsonville499-4423

2BR MH Washer/DryerNo Pets Quiet Private Lot

off Edwards Road $495/Mo Call: 498-9830

14X60 Trailer on nice private lot w/storage 2BR Ideal for couple or single person with wash/dry

$425/mo with water plus dep. 910-391-1744

740For Rent - Mobile

Homes

Rooms $80/week, private entrance & private bath.

Call: 919-771-5747

735For Rent - Room

West Sanford, $380/mo.1BR/1BA, park-like setting, cable & water incl. Ref. & sec. req. Rosemary Street

Properties, 919-548-3458.

Sanford GardensAge 62 and disabled under

62 who may qualify Adocck Rentals

774-6046EHO

MOVE IN SPECIALFREE RENT

High Ridge Village 1,2,3 bedroom apt. energy efficient, swimming pool, adjacent to Kiwanis parkcall today. 919-775-5512

Executive type apt in country. $475 mo, $200 cleaning dep. Water &

Direct TV incl. No Indoor Pets. 775-4308

1BR apt., large living rm.,BathRoom, kitchen

510 Carthage St. No pets. $450/mo. Must have refer-

ences. Call 775-9704.

730For Rent -

Apts/Condos

APPLY TODAYBrookside Park Apartments

1113 Richards StreetSouthern Pines, NC 28387

Tel. 910-692-7013TTY 1-800-735-2962

Apartments available for Immediate Occupancy

1, 2, 3, and 4 Bedrooms Available

Air ConditionWasher/Dryer Hookups

Stove & RefrigeratorWater included

On Site ManagementCommunity Center24 Hour on Call

Maintenance Section 8 is Available on

Most Units(For Those Who Qualify) To apply for residency,

stop by the office, pick an

application up today.

1 BR APT. Great Location Small Clean Launderette on

Sight Water Included $315/mon. $250/Dep.

No Hookups for Washer & Drye NO PETS Credit

Check Available Now !!!Jefferson Manor Apartments

919-774-4733 Office in Al’s Sale Store

building across the street.

730For Rent -

Apts/Condos

Tramway Area Extra Nice 3 BR/1 Bath, $650/moDep/Ref Req. NO PETS.

919-235-2770

Tramway area 3BR/2BA with family room, carport, office, large yard $850/

mo + dep (919)235-2770

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.

Quaint, Cozy 1 BR 1 BA private country cottageW/ app. & new carpet. $450/mo; $450 dep.

Lena-PrudentialSanford RE708-5100 or 356-6883

House For Rent 2BD 2BAW/Sunroom Central H/A Nice Yard Quail Ridge On Golf Course $800/mo +

Dep. 776-5638/770-1158

For Sale or Rent To Own: 3BR/1BA brick home,

newly remodeled inside & outside, $700/mo., $450/

dep. Call 775-2745

DW 2 bedroom/2 bath, $475/month $250/depBetween Sanford & Fort

Bragg. 919-258-5692 or 499-8877.

Clean, Brick House3BR 2BA, 1300 sq. ft.,

Laundry Room Open Kitchen, Avail. 12/6

$725/mo., $500 dep. 919-942-1157

Charming 3 BD/1 bath 2-story cottage. New carpet, tile, fp, screen porches. Ref req’d. W. Sanford 775/mo 775/dep 919-775-3679

Carolina Trace 3BR, 2BA, home. Pool & Tennis Incl.

Security Gate.Call 777-8419 Mike

720For Rent - Houses

81 Shadewood$425/mo 3BD/1BAAdcock Rentals

774-6046

1, 2, 3 BR AvailableAdcock Rentals

774-6046adcockrentalsnc.com

$850/mo West Sanford 3 BR 2 Bath deck nice yard Rosemary Street Properties

548-3458

720For Rent - Houses

700Rentals

Wanted to BuyNavy Wool Nursing Cape

from Watts Schoolof Nursing Size LG or XL

919-777-8273

695Wanted to Buy

Thank you for shopping B&B Market across from

Lee Courthouse New supply hamhocks, greens, collards, sweet potatoes. 775-3032

Collards - Morris Headingvariety. $1 ea. beside Old

feed mill in Broadway.Saturday 8 am - 4 pm

David Harrington

680Farm Produce

Young, gray, femaleChinchilla w/cage, food,

food bowl, watercontainer, little housing for

inside cage, big roll around ball & running wheel, $100 for everything.

919-356-8499

German Rottweiler Puppies For Sale 8 Weeks old.

Call for more information 770-2759

Chihuahuas For SaleReady for Christmas

(919)775-7438

*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

One Quarter Horse Mayer4 years old & One 6 year

old Mule Both Saddle Broke $300 to $500 Each

919-935-9919

2 fattening pigs for sale 250 lbs. $300919-353-4301

670Horses/Livestock

CLASSIFIED SELLS!“CALL TODAY,

SELL TOMORROW”Sanford HeraldClassified Dept.,

718-1201 or 718-1204

665Musical/Radio/TV

GOT STUFF?CALL CLASSIFIED!

SANFORD HERALDCLASSIFIED DEPT.,

718-1201 or 718-1204.

660Sporting Goods/Health & Fitness

Fire Wood For SaleSeveral Different Size Loads

258-3594/499-3053

640Firewood

Appliance Repair - all brands. Free estimate.All

work guaranteed. Call Mr. Paul anytime 258-9165.

615Appliances

We rent tractor trailers for storage at your place or

ours. IDS (old Lowes Bldg.) 774-3353. Industri-

al Delivery & Storage

HAVING A YARD SALE?

The DEADLINE for

Ads is 2 P.M.the day PRIOR to publication. PREPAYMENT IS REQUIRED FOR

YARD SALE ADS. THE SANFORD HERALD,

CLASSIFIED DEPT. 718-1201 or

718-1204

2 fattening pigs for sale 250 lbs. $300919-353-4301

605Miscellaneous

TV Stand $25, Christmas Tree $15, Exercise Bike $15, Baby Bouncy $15, Dale Jr. #8 Jacket $50

919-775-2266

Metal Office Desk Exc. Cond. $50, 2 Over the

Range Microwaves $15 & $30, Beige Oversize LR Chair Exc. Cond. $30

919-774-4569

3-piece Oak Bedroom Set. Dresser, Night stand &

Bed. $150. Please Call: 919-776-2487

601Bargain Bin/$250 or Less

King Size Waterbed Frame $225 holds a California KIng Mattress 2 Pedistool high-mirror & shelves on

headboard 919-353-9401

For Sale: 4 Goodyear P205/60 R16 Tires. Excel-

lent cond. At least 20K tread left. $20 a piece.

Call: 774-3535

Craft Wood Stove for Basement or Shop with

Blower $175, Pack-N-Play $25, Dresser $50.

919-774-7071

C O L L A R D Sfor Sale:

Lee Avenue Ext and Follow Collards Signs 919-718-0938

Antique Round Table with brass tipped claw feet - Drawer $60, Little Rock

“N” Roll Stepper $35, 20 Piece Set of Pewter dishes

$100 895-8520

4 Tires $100, 4 Couches 2 Long Full, 2 Love Seats

$100, 5 Color TVS $100, OBO, 4 Computers $100919-498-3030/478-4108

*“Bargain Bin” ads are free for five consecutive days. Items must total $250 or less, and the price

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

Red Bone / Cocker Spaniel Mix Puppies

Free to Good HomeJust in Time for ChristmasVery Friendly 258-5177

Free to a Good Home:Brown Jack Russell

Mixed Puppy 910-245-4635after 4:30pm

2 Male Black Labs Approximately 9 Months Free to a Good Home

499-0232 for more info

520Free Dogs

500Free Pets

DA IISalary plus benefits.

Resume mailed to Sloan and Sloan Dentistry PO Box 70, Broadway, NC 27505

470Help Wanted -Medical/Dental

Engineering Office Assistant

Detailed Oriented Person With Computer Skills a

Must, Will be responsible with coordinating our

Engineering Department logs, bids, contracts,

submittals, and endless paperwork. Send reply to

Sanford HeraldPO BOX 100 Sanford NC

27331 Box 03466

460Help Wanted -Clerical/Admin

Qualified Professional and Associate Professional

positions available to work with at risk youth or adults

with a MH or SA diagnosis. Must have 1 yr. exp. to work w/adults. Fax resume to 910 893-4731.

440Help Wanted -Professional

Fran’s Day Care is look-ing for someone to work FT with Credentials. No phone

calls. Accepting applica-tions at 906 South 3rd St

425Help Wanted -

Child Care

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Now Hiring: Briggs/Shaff-ner Company. Manufactur-ing positions; 2nd & swing shifts. $8.25/hour, full ben-efits. Apply at Performance Fibers. 338 Pea Ridge Rd. Moncure, NC or call 919-545-3103 for information.

Hampton Inn is now hiring for the following Part-time

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420Help Wanted -

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923 Woodland Ave919-774-4825

01 Olds. IntrIgueWhite super clean $4995

99 Mercury sable Clean $3995

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98 cutlass only 58,000 miles $4995

98 sIlver cadIllac devIlle $5500

99 black lexus g5300 $7995

03 chevy 1500 Reg. Cab, Extra clean, 22 in. Rims Low mileage $9995

00 burgundy cadillac dhsone owner, Extra Clean

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Sam Stout AuctioneersP.O. Box 410, Cameron, NC 28326NCAL 2147 NCAL 2147

ON-LINE AUCTION: Begins Fri., Nov. 13 at 5pm, Ends Sat., Nov. 21 at 9PMMcPherson’s Antiques Shop, 415 Carthage St., Cameron, NC

After almost 25 years of business, Mrs. Grace Jackson asked that we sell the remaining inventory of antiques and collectibles.

To view the Sale Catalog and bid, go to SamStoutAutioneers,.com, pick to the currenton-line auction side bar, then pick on the Proxibid Icon to get started.

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Bid Your Price, At Your Convenience, On-Line!

Sam Stout Auctioneers.comCelebrating 30 years of Service in the Sandhills!

On-Line & On-Site Auction Specialists

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