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Abby, Graham, Bridge, Sudoku............................. 5BClassifieds ....................... 9BComics, Crosswords .......... 7BCommunity calendar .......... 2AHoroscope ........................ 5BObituaries ......................... 5AOpinion ............................ 4AScoreboard ....................... 4B
Vol. 80, No. 178
Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina
Sanford: Elijah Caddick, 5Aberdeen: John Bryant, 83Apex: Gertie Sears, 93Pittsboro: Odell Jackson, 77Spring Lake: Nancy Wooley, 82
INDEX
OBITUARIES
HAPPENING TODAYn Carolina DockDogs will hold open practice/introduc-tion for beginners at 2 p.m. at the Ole Gilliam Mill on Carbonton Road. For more information, visit www.caroli-nadockdogs.com.
CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
SCOTT MOONEYHAMThe legislature has not asked voters about term limits for three decades
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High: 95Low: 69
More Weather, Page 12A
FILM REVIEW
‘DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS’ DOESN’T LIVE UP TO HYPE
The new comedy featuring Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and Zack Galifi -anakis is high on talent but low on plotline, according to Herald fi lm critic Neil Morris
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STATEMOTHER FACING CHARGES IN SMITHFIELD MURDER
A mother knew her daughter had been abused by a man before she left the 4-year-old in his care while she went to military training, authorities said Thursday
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IMMIGRATION
ARIZONA APPEALS ORDER BLOCKING PARTS OF LAW
Arizona asked an appeals court Thursday to lift a judge’s order blocking most of the state’s immi-gration law as the city of Phoenix fi lled with protesters, including about 50 who were arrested for confronting offi cers in riot gear
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MORE THAN 6,600 BODIES MAY BE IN WRONG GRAVES
Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery’s former superinten-dent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster
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PIGSKIN SEASONBurton Cates and the Lee County Yellow Jackets will get
things started with a wrap up to their summer workouts tonight before opening the fi rst day of practice at 6 p.m. Monday.
Tom Paris and the Southern Lee Cavaliers will begin their practices at 8:30 a.m. Monday as they look to turn things around following an 0-11 season in 2009.
Coverage in next week’s Herald
By ALEXA [email protected]
PITTSBORO — When Chapin Thomas approaches Top Gun, a wild mustang, the horse keeps his distance. He looks timid and a little unsure, and he keeps his eyes fi xed on Thomas. But as Thomas reaches out to touch the side of Top Gun’s face, Top Gun lets him do it, standing still as Thomas gives him words of encour-agement.
It’s a small gesture, but Top Gun has made progress since arriving at the Thomas family’s ranch in Pittsboro just two weeks ago.
EXTREME MUSTANG MAKEOVER
ALEXA MILAN/The Sanford Herald
Chapin Thomas smiles after approaching Top Gun, a wild mustang, at the Thomas family’s ranch in Pittsboro Thursday. The family will compete in the Extreme Mustang Makeover, which culminates in October.
A FAMILY OF HORSE
WHISPERERSPittsboro family hopes to ‘break’ a wild mustang
in under 100 days for national competition
Top Gun gets a rub on the nose by Thomas on the family farm near Pittsboro on Thursday.
ELIJAH CADDICK
FuneralSaturdayfor youngSanford boy5-year-old diedMonday after beingpulled from area lake
From staff reports
SANFORD — The funeral for a 5-year-old Sanford boy who died Monday, a day after being pulled from a lake unconsious in Western Harnett County, is set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Turners Chapel Church.
Elijah Caddick, who had just started kindergarten at Tram-way Elementary this month, will be buried in the church’s cemetery following the service.
Caddick died Monday at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill after drowning at the Carolina Lakes Marina Sunday after-noon. According to the Harnett County Sheriff’s Offi ce, Cad-dick was playing with children who were attending a birth-day party at the lake when he disappeared in the water. He was sent by EMS to Central
FAITH & VALUES
Studentsback frommission trip in CanadaBy ALEXA [email protected]
SANFORD — Members of Grace Chapel Church lent a help-ing hand to a few fellow Chris-tians earlier this month during a week-long mission trip to Fredericton, a small town in New Brunswick, Canada.
The church sent 24 teenag-ers, six college students and four adults to the rural area to conduct a vacation Bible school at South Portage Baptist Church. The Grace Chapel youth ministry
INSIDEThe Herald’s
Ryan Sarda will join Grace Chapel’s “All-Stars” in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Read about it in sports.
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LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to every-one celebrating a birthday today, especially Janiyah Davis, Keosha Bland, Reggie Cox, Glen Robinson, Stephanie Haywood, Anthony Trusell, Allyson Von Canon, Makani McK-enzie, Madison Saunders, Garren Adams, Renetta Young, Teana Thomas, Timothy John Norris, Morgan Gillis, Richelle Buie, Cynthia Ann Deaton, Sandra Gail Norris, Tammy Pat-tishall, Shermaine Lee Ray, John Jason Hall, Carlos R. Allen, Debra White, Patrick Trusell, Maurice Gill and Jessica Gill.
CELEBRITIES: Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is 76. Blues musi-cian Buddy Guy is 74. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is 63. Actor Ken Olin is 56. Actress Delta Burke is 54. Actor Laurence Fishburne is 49. Actress Lisa Kudrow is 47. Actress Vivica A. Fox is 46. Movie director Christopher Nolan (“Inception”) is 40.
Birthdays
AlmanacToday is Friday, July 30, the 211th day of
2010. There are 154 days left in the year.
This day in history:On July 30, 1945, during World War II, the
Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapo-lis, which had just delivered components for the atomic bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine; only 316 out of some 1,200 men survived the sinking and shark-infested waters.
In 1792, the French national anthem “La Marseillaise” by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, was fi rst sung in Paris by troops arriv-ing from Marseille.
In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces tried to take Petersburg, Va., by exploding a gunpowder-fi lled mine under Confederate defense lines; the attack failed.
In 1918, poet Joyce Kilmer, a sergeant in the 165th U.S. Infantry Regiment, was killed during the Second Battle of the Marne in World War I. (Kilmer is perhaps best remem-bered for his poem “Trees.”)
In 1932, the Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
In 1960, the recently founded American Football League saw its fi rst pre-season game, in which the Boston Patriots defeated the host Buffalo Bills 28-7.
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Medicare bill, which went into effect the following year.
In 1975, former Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in suburban De-troit; although presumed dead, his remains have never been found.
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Rundown of local meetings in the area:
MONDAY■ The Chatham County Board of Commis-
sioners will meet at 9 a.m. at the Dunlap Classroom in Pittsboro.
■ The Harnett County Board of Commis-sioners will meet at 9 a.m. in Lillington.
■ The Moore County Board of Commis-sioners will meet at 5 p.m. at the Commis-sioners Room in Carthage.
■ The Chatham County Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Offi ce Board Room in Pittsboro.
■ The Harnett County Board of Educa-tion will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Lillington Education Building in Lillington.
■ The Siler City Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. at the Siler City Town Hall in Siler City.
TUESDAY■ The Sanford City Council will meet at 1
p.m. at the Sanford Municipal Center.■ The Moore County Board of Education
will hold a work session at 5:30 p.m. at the Central Offi ce in Carthage.
■ The Chatham County Planning Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Agriculture Exten-sion Building in Pittsboro.
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ONGOING/UPCOMING■ North Carolina Cooperative Extension
and the Lee County Environmental Health Department will sponsor SERVSAFE® Serving Safe Food seminar Aug. 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 and Sept. 1 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Farm Bureau Auditorium at the McSwain Extension Education and Agricul-ture Center, 2420 Tramway Road, Sanford. For additional information, contact N.C. Cooperative Extension at 775-5624 or Lee County Environmental Health at 718-4641. Enrollment will be limited to 25 participants.
■ The Lee County 2010 Idol competition (for ages 35 and above) will hold auditions at 7 p.m. Aug. 10 at Depot Park in San-ford. There is a $10 entry fee to audition. Offi cial entry forms should be submitted by Aug. 4. Entry forms are available at The Enrichment Center of Lee County, or for information call (919) 776-0501.
■ Central Fire Station at 512 Hawkins Avenue will check car seats between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. each Saturday. Appoint-ments are required. Contact Krista at 775-8310 by 5 p.m. Wednesday to schedule an appointment for the following Saturday. Child must be present for seat to be checked, unless mother is expecting.
■ Sanford Farmers Market will be held from 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday from May through October.
TODAY■ Carolina DockDogs will hold open
practice/introduction for beginners at 2 p.m. at the Ole Gilliam Mill on Carbonton Road. For more information, visit www.carolinadockdogs.com.
SATURDAY■ A blood drive will be held from noon
to 4:30 p.m. at Depot Park (Liberty Home Care and Hospice), 106 Charlotte Ave., Sanford. Free eco tote bag for all donors. Contact Dana Smith at 770-3333 or [email protected] to schedule your appointment.
■ Local farmers will be selling their fresh products from 9 a.m. to noon at Deport Park in downtown Sanford as part of the weekly Sanford Farmer’s Market. To get involved or to learn more, e-mail David Montgomery at [email protected].
■ Diving Dog Competition presented by Carolina DockDogs will be held at the Ole Gilliam Mill. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Competition waves are at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 942 will be serving food from the grill. For more information, visit www.carolinadockdogs.com.
■ Applebee’s in Sanford will partner with the Sprott Christian Youth Center to host a Flapjack Fundraiser. Proceeds raised will help the Moncure community renovate their youth center. Breakfast begins at 7 a.m., and tickets are $7 and can be pur-chased by calling Donald Lyerly at (919) 542-6103. Breakfast includes a short stack of pancakes, sausage, milk, juice and coffee.
SUNDAY■ Diving Dog Competition presented by
Carolina DockDogs will be held at the Ole Gilliam Mill. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Competition waves are 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and Divisional Finals at 2 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 942 will be serving food from the grill. For more information, visit www.carolinadockdogs.com.
TUESDAY■ The Sanford National Night Out event
will be held.■ The National Weather Service will
present a Severe Weather Spotter Training Class (Skywarn for Amateur Radio Opera-tors) at 7 p.m. at the McSwain Center at 2410 Tramway Road.
WEDNESDAY■ Celebrate your last free days before
school begins and beat the heat at the Lee County Library’s mini fi lm festival at 2:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the library’s main branch. Bring a beach towel or blanket and a light snack. The event is free and open to the public; children under 11 must be accompanied by an adult. For more information call the library at (919) 718-4665 x. 5483.
THURSDAY■ The Central Carolina Community Col-
lege summer graduation will be held at 11
a.m. at the Dennis Wicker Civic Center in Sanford.
■ Business After Hours will concide with the United Way of Lee County’s annual campaign kick-off from 5 to 7 p.m. at De-pot Park in Downtown Sanford. This year, the United Way is celebrating 50 years in Lee County. RSVP by calling (919) 775-7341 or online at www.sanford-nc.com.
■ Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic supper and “Function at the Junc-tion” at Depot Park. This free outdoor family event starts at 7 p.m. and includes a variety of music throughout the summer. For more information, visit downtownsan-ford.com or call 919-775-8332.
■ 55th Annual Robbins Farmers Day Parade events will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in Robbins.
AUG. 6■ Legal Aid Intake Day will be held from
10 a.m.-2 p.m. at The Enrichment Center in Sanford.
■ “Walk in ‘e Moon” book signing with author LaVerne Thornton and illustra-tor Perry Harrison will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Virlie’s Grill, 58 Hillsboro St., Pittsboro.
■ 55th Annual Robbins Farmers Day Parade events will be held from 6 p.m. to midnight in Robbins.
AUG. 7■ Local farmers will be selling their
fresh products from 9 a.m. to noon at Deport Park in downtown Sanford as part of the weekly Sanford Farmer’s Market. To get involved or to learn more, e-mail David Montgomery at [email protected].
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(From left) Ursula Lawrence, chief nursing offi cer for CCH; Bette Means, quality improvement program manager for the AHA/ASA; Jeanette Wood, clinical quality coordinator/Chest Pain Center coordinator; and Ree Yarnell, Stroke Center coor-dinator pose with Central Carolina Hospital’s Silver Performance Award from the American Stroke Association/American Heart Association for its efforts in the Get With The Guidelines – Stroke program. Earlier this year, the hospital was given the state’s fi rst Gold award in the GWTG program for heart failure care.
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Noah Johnson concentrates on his cast in hopes of catching a catfi sh at San Lee Park on Thursday afternoon.
Two nabbedfor drugs,moonshineBy BILLY [email protected]
SANFORD — Lee County and Sanford nar-cotics teams arrested two area men Thursday after a search of a home turned up drugs and moonshine.
The two men, 23-year-old Sergio Telanto Heag-gans of 170 Gilchrist Road in Cameron and 55-year-old Neomai Burch of 618 Matthews St. in Sanford, are both facing charges from the investigation.
Agents from the Sanford Police Department and Lee County Sheriff’s Offi ce searched Burch’s Mat-thews Street residence and found eight bags, or about 8 grams, of marijuana and a half-gallon of moonshine liquor.
The marijuana has an estimated street value of $80, according to police.
Heaggans, who was holding the marijuana, is charged with possession with intent to sell mari-juana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Burch is charged with possession of a non-tax paid liquor.
SPD seeksman whorobbed storeBy BILLY [email protected]
SANFORD — Sanford police are searching for a man who robbed a Horner Boulevard convenience store early Thursday.
Offi cers say a man wielding a rifl e robbed the Kangaroo station at 1130 N. Horner Blvd., making off with an undisclosed amount of money.
Police received the call around 2:18 a.m. Thursday. The clerk said the man en-tered with a long-barreled rifl e and demanded cash.
Afterwards, the suspect left the convenience store on foot heading north.
Police say the suspect is described as a white man in his early- to mid-20s, around 6 feet tall with a slender build. The man was wearing black clothes and a black mask, the clerk said.
MOORE COUNTY
Man, 20, arrested for relationshipwith 13-year-old girl he met onlineBy BILLY [email protected]
CAMERON — Moore County investigators are charging a Cameron man with meeting a juvenile girl on the Internet and starting a sexual relation-ship.
Dominique Elliott Ross, a 20-year-old resident at 115 Annie Place in Cam-eron, confessed Tuesday to having sex with a 13-year-old Cameron girl, the Moore County Sheriff’s Offi ce said.
Ross talked to the teenage girl in an Internet chat room and then met
her for sex. The two car-ried out their relationship over a month, said Lt. Bill Mackey of the Sheriff’s Offi ce.
Investigators got in-volved after the girl’s par-ents told law enforcement Tuesday that they believed their daughter had started a relationship with a man she met online.
Within hours, deputies had arrested Ross, Mackey said.
“It was pretty evident what was going on,” Mackey said.
Ross is charged with two counts of second-degree kidnapping, two
counts of statutory rape, two counts of indecent liberties with a minor, two counts of sexual battery and two counts of contrib-uting to the delinquency of a minor.
He is being held in the Moore County Detention Center under a $250,000 secured bond, the Sheriff’s Offi ce said.
Ross did not have a criminal history in North Carolina prior to his arrest Tuesday.
His fi rst court appear-ance is set for Aug. 5 in Moore County District Court in Carthage.
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LEE COUNTY
AFP voting rallyset for Aug. 6
SANFORD — The North Carolina Chapter of Ameri-cans for Prosperity will hold a “November is Coming” Rally, at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 6.
The event will be held at the McSwain Agricultural Center, 2420 Tramway Road, Sanford. It is free and open to the public. Free food and activities for children will be provided.
“We want to urge North Carolinians to hold their elected offi cials accountable for their votes to raise taxes and expand government on the state and local levels,” said Dallas Woodhouse, State Director of Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina. “Their decisions are killing jobs and raising taxes, and the North Carolina economy simply can’t afford it.”
Lloyd Jennings, chairman of Americans for Prosper-ity-Lee County, added, “Lee County has the highest tax and unemployment rates in the area. AFP wants citizens to know that our elected of-fi cials are, in large measure, responsible for these condi-tions.”
Concerned North Carolina citizens will be asked to sign petitions to the North Carolina General Assembly, urging them to “change course” and “vote against big government legislation” in November.
— from staff reports
CHATHAM COUNTY
Employment offi ceto close today formove in Siler City
SILER CITY — The Cha-tham County offi ce of the North Carolina Employment Security Commission will be close today to allow for a move to a bigger space.
The offi ce, currently located at 205 Chatham Street, will reopen Monday at 225 E. Beaver St. in Siler City.
Area Director Edith Ed-mond said the new, larger space will allow the offi ce to better serve its custom-ers.
The offi ce is the only one in Chatham County and the only one between Chapel Hill and Asheboro. Cur-rently, Chatham County’s unemployment rate of 6.9 percent is among the low-est in the state.
— by Jonathan Owens
LEE COUNTY
Library’s summermovie series hastwo dates left
SANFORD — Celebrate your last free days before school begins and beat the heat at the Lee County Library’s mini fi lm festival.
The library will show just-released, family-friendly movies on Wednesday, Aug. and Aug. 11, at 2:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the library’s main branch.
The library encourages guests to bring a beach towel or blanket and a light snack. These programs are free and open to the public; children under 11 must be accompanied by an adult.
For more information call the library at (919) 718-4665 x. 5483.
— from staff reports
LEE COUNTY
Attorny GeneralCooper to speakin Sanford today
SANFORD — North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper will participate in the inaugural Badges for Baseball Quickball Tourna-ment at 11 a.m. today in Snaford.
Cooper will give opening remarks and throw out the ceremonial fi rst pitch to kick off a fun-fi lled day of Quickball, a fast paced indoor/outdoor version of baseball. The 125 children compet-ing in the tour-nament represent the 20 Badges for Baseball programs throughout the state.
Badges for Baseball is a crime prevention program that pairs law enforcement professionals as mentors and coaches with youth. The program, developed by the Cal Ripken, Sr. Founda-tion, is a positive outlet for young people during out-of-school hours when they are most likely to commit or become victims of crime.
The Quickball Tournament will take place at the Boys and Girls Club of Sanford/Lee County located at 1414 Bragg Street in Sanford.
More information about Badges for Baseball is available at www.ncdoj.gov.
— from staff reports
AROUND OUR AREA
Greensboro News & Record
North Carolina climbed a big step this week in the federal Race to the Top
school funding competition. It’s one of 19 states named a fi nalist for a share of $3.4 billion.
It helped that North Carolina recently adopted national aca-demic standards, one of the keys to winning points from the U.S. Department of Education.
The Obama administra-tion is using its funding power to force states to reform their public school systems. Race to the Top was designed to reward innovation and punish busi-ness as usual. Top-down reform
is heavy-handed but effective, given that some states have set low expectations for too long.
North Carolina was one that needed prodding. Its own K-12 academic standards in the most basic subjects -- English language arts and math -- are “among the worst in the coun-try,” according to a new national survey by the Thomas B. Ford-ham Institute.
The evaluation was jarring, especially for English language arts, which analysts called “one of the most befuddling sets of standards reviewed for this report. It is diffi cult to describe its organization and purpose, for neither is obvious to the reader.
The standards are jam-packed with jargon and littered with generic skills that appear in mul-tiple strands (often nonacademic skills, such as personal refl ec-tion). Glimpses of good content can be found in early reading, vocabulary, analysis of argu-ments, and even conventions, but in many places the standards are devoid of academic content.”
The math standards were better, but not by much. Overall, both areas were graded as a D.
In contrast, the new national benchmarks, called the Common Core State Standards, scored a B-plus for English language arts and A-minus for math -- in both cases far superior to the current
North Carolina standards, the report said.
North Carolina’s race to the top for additional federal fund-ing should be encouraged. With state budget stagnation, help from Washington is sorely need-ed. The ultimate goal, however, is academic success for North Carolina children. Although im-provements were noted recently on 2010 state end-of-course and end-of-grade tests, the question lingers: Has the bar been set too low? More modest results on the National Assessment of Educa-tional Progress in recent years suggest the bar isn’t far off the ground, and the Fordham survey adds further evidence.
Education bar has been set too low
Editorial Board: Bill Horner III, Publisher • Billy Liggett, Editor • R.V. Hight, Special Projects Editor
There are ways to report loose animals who cause a nuisance
To the Editor:This letter is in response to the
July 24 letter to the editor written by Kelly Thomas. In this letter, Thomas asks whether or not Sanford has a leash law, because while out running and training for distance runs, she is all too often chased by loose dogs.
The various ordinances for the city and county can be found online but yes, Thomas, there is a leash law for the City of Sanford. There is also a City of Sanford and a Lee County ordinance for nuisance animals and specifi -cally there is a short section that states that an animal is consid-ered a nuisance when it disturbs the rights of, threatens the safety of, damages the property of or injures a member of the general public — or interferes with the ordinary use and enjoyment of private or public property.
Specifi cally, it is illegal to maintain an animal that repeat-edly chases, snaps at, attacks or otherwise molests pedestrians, bi-cyclists, motor vehicle passengers or domestic animals. In order for any action to be taken, any loose dog or animal that is considered a nuisance must be reported to Animal Control. The address or location of where the nuisance occurred and a description of the dog or dogs must be known and reported, and a request to have a citation issued must be made with you as the witness.
It is my experience as a bicycle rider who has reported loose dogs that an Animal Control offi cer does visit the home and talk with the owner. In the case of a citation, I can only assume that the owner is served the citation which after a fi rst warning is cause for a fi ne and after a number of citations it is possible the animal can be confi scated. Unfortunately the problem of loose animals is due more to irresponsible owners than to the animals themselves. But in the end, it is the animal that suffers.
JOE WILDSanford
Examples of goodSamaritans in Sanford
To the Editor:I would like to tell you about
an act of kindness and honesty I recently experienced that reminds us that there are still a lot of good people out there.
This past Monday afternoon I lost a church payroll check that I had endorsed ready to deposit at my local bank. I frantically retraced my steps that I had taken during my lunch hour; a stop at a different bank, a quick trip to a local thrift store and even back to my offi ce to see if by some chance I had left it on my desk. I even looked under the seats and throughout my car but had no luck in fi nding the missing check from my pocketbook.
I called the church offi ce to have them stop payment on the check. What to my surprise when soon after my call a couple entered the church offi ce to report that they had found the missing check. They had found it on a side road and when they discovered it was a check from First Baptist Church they went out of their way to return it to the church offi ce.
I want to publicly say a big thank you Mr. and Mrs. George Ballon for their honesty and showing that there is still goodness and acts of kindness in this world. Thank God for setting such a wonderful example to us all. I am overcome with gratitude.
GRETCHEN GRINDLESanford
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WASHINGTON — The tens of thousands of classifi ed military documents posted on the Internet
Sunday confi rm what critics of the war in Afghanistan already knew or suspected: We are wading deeper into a long-running, mor-ally ambiguous confl ict that has virtually no chance of ending well.
The Obama administration, our NATO allies and the Afghan government responded to the documents — made public by a gadfl y organization known as Wikileaks — by say-ing they tell us nothing new. Which is the problem.
We already had plenty of evidence that el-ements within Pakistan’s intelligence services were giving support and guidance to the Taliban insurgency inside Afghanistan, even though Pakistan is supposed to be our ally in the fi ght against the terrorists. The newly released documents don’t provide conclusive proof, but they do give a sense of how volu-minous the evidence is. “American soldiers on the ground are inundated with accounts of a network of Pakistani assets and collabo-rators,” according to The New York Times, one of three news organizations — along with the Guardian and Der Spiegel — with which Wikileaks shared the documents in advance.
We already knew that U.S. and other coali-tion forces were infl icting civilian casualties that had the effect of enraging local villagers and often driving them into the enemy camp. The documents merely reveal episodes that were previously unpublicized — an October 2008 incident in which French troops opened fi re on a bus near Kabul and wounded eight children, for example, and a tragedy two months later when a U.S. squad riddled another bus with gunfi re, killing four passen-gers and wounding 11 others.
We knew that U.S. and allied special forces units were authorized to assassinate senior Taliban or al-Qaeda fi gures. The leaked docu-ments sketch the activities of the secret “kill or capture” unit named Task Force 373 — and in the process, according to the Guardian, “raise fundamental questions about the legality of the killings ... and also pragmati-cally about the impact of a tactic which is inherently likely to kill, injure and alienate the innocent bystanders whose support the coalition craves.”
The Guardian highlights a 2007 incident in which Task Force 373, operating in a valley near Jalalabad, set out to apprehend or kill a Taliban commander named Qarl Ur-Rah-man. As the commandos neared the target, someone pointed a fl ashlight at them; they called for air support, and an AC-130 gunship strafed the area. Later, they discovered that they had killed seven Afghan National Police offi cers and wounded four others.
A few days later, according to the docu-ments, a Task Force 373 unit fi red rockets into a village where they believed a foreign jihadist fi ghter from Libya was hiding. They killed six Taliban fi ghters — but also seven civilians, all of them children. One was alive
when allied medics arrived. “The Med TM immediately cleared debris from the mouth and performed CPR,” the incident report states, but after 20 minutes the child died.
We knew that the Afghan government was spectacularly corrupt. The documents let us glimpse a bit of that corruption — how commonplace it is and how it destroys public trust.
The documents do tell us some things that we didn’t know — for example, that the Taliban apparently used a heat-seeking mis-sile to shoot down a coalition helicopter in 2007, at a time when U.S. offi cials were pooh-poohing the threat to allied aircraft from insurgent forces. Underestimating the enemy is rarely a good idea.
And the “Afghan War Diary,” as Wikileaks calls the documents, brings into clear focus the Catch-22 absurdity of trying to wage counterinsurgency warfare in a nation with a 2,000-year tradition of implacable resistance to foreign invaders. As the White House was quick to point out, the documents cover the period before President Obama ordered an escalation and a change of strategy. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Obama’s chosen commander, tried his best to limit civilian casualties — but soldiers complained, with some justifi cation, that they were not being allowed to fully engage and pursue the en-emy. Gen. David Petraeus, put in charge after McChrystal’s dismissal, is under pressure from the ranks to relax the rules of engage-ment — which would surely lead to more civilians killed, and more grieving relatives transformed into Taliban sympathizers.
Overall, though, the most shocking thing about the “War Diary” may be that they fail to shock. The documents illustrate how futile — and tragically wasteful — it is to send more young men and women to fi ght and die in Afghanistan.
But we knew this, didn’t we?
This was all secret?
Institutional reformRALEIGH — One of the more dis-
appointing aspects of the rounds of ethics reform that North Caro-
lina legislators have passed in recent years is how little institutional reform was included.
Ethics reform — whether it involves cutting out lobbyists-paid meals at swanky steakhouses or increasing crim-inal penalties for those who willfully violate campaign donor limits — inevi-tably means some fi nger-pointing. After all, the series of ethic laws passed since 2006 didn’t come about because all our elected offi cials were leading squeaky-clean lives.
So it’s not surprising when some of those targeted by these laws, but accused of no wrongdoing, feel a bit offended. ...
But political preservation demanded a response to scandals that rocked the legislature and state government. So, legislators bit their tongue and put a litany new ethics requirements into law.
They haven’t felt compelled to do the same for institutional reforms that can’t be characterized as a response to any shortcomings by the elected. Rather, they’re needs created by a changing world and shifting political dynamics.
House Speaker Joe Hackney recently renewed talk of limiting the terms of House and Senate leaders after saying that he may restrict himself to three terms in the job. ...
Before the mid-1970s, House speak-ers restricted themselves to a single two-year term. The Senate was overseen by the lieutenant governor, limited to a single four-year term.
Then North Carolina voters agreed to allow the governor and lieutenant gov-ernor to run for a second term. House speakers decided that they should have longer terms too. A Democratic Sen-ate stripped a Republican lieutenant governor of power, giving the chamber’s leadership to someone elected by the body, the Senate president pro tem.
In the 1990s, a more competitive political landscape led to more legisla-tive campaign fund-raising. The money fl owed through chamber leaders, mak-ing it more diffi cult than ever for them to walk away from the positions.
The obvious result has been a con-centration of power.
As those changes occurred, the legislature became older, populated by a growing number of retirees. Who else could take a job that paid $13,000 a year in salary and a $104 a day stipend?
Meanwhile, the population grew, the economy became more diverse, lawmaking became more complex and took longer and longer each year.
Eventually, legislators changed the rules designed to govern their behavior. They never really changed the rules that govern the legislating apparatus.
They never considered a full-time legislature with full-time pay. For three decades, they haven’t asked voters what they think about extending legislative terms to four years.
Apparently, they fear that voters will see those ideas as cynical power grabs.
Ironically, they’re exactly the kind of thing that has nothing to do with anyone’s bad behavior.
I am worn out, Lord, waiting for you to save me; I place my trust in your word. (Psalm 119:81 TEV)
PRAYER: Lord, help us give our waiting times to You and trust You even when we are worn out. Amen.
Today’s Prayer
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John BryantABERDEEN — John
Bryant, 83, died Saturday (7/24/10) at Wilson Medi-cal Center in Wilson.
He is survived by sisters, Mary Brown of Aberdeen and Dorethea Bryant of Raleigh; broth-ers, Robert Bryant of Aberdeen and Lemuel Bryant and wife Rosa of Greensboro; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Shiloh AME Zion Church in Aberdeen. Burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Wagram. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the service at the church.
Arrangements are by Pugh & Smith Funeral Home of Carthage .
Gertie SearsAPEX — Gertie Emma
Roberts Sears, 93, of 3000 Friendship Road, died Tuesday (7/27/10) at her home.
She was born May 20, 1917 in Wake County, daughter of the late Eugene D. and Sarah E. Tipett Roberts. She was a retired Tobacca Farmer and Housewife. She was preceded in death by her husband, John T. Sears.
She is survived by nu-merous neices, nephews, great-neices and neph-ews, and great-great-neices and nephews.
A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Apex Town Cemetery with the Rev. David Twigg offi -ciating. The family will receive friends at the home.
Arrangements are by Smith Funeral Home of Moncure.
Nancy WooleySPRING LAKE — Nan-
cy J. Wooley, 82, of 407 Duncan Road, died Mon-day (7/26/10) at Highland House in Memphis, Tenn.
She is survived by daughters, Diana Crosby of Spring Lake, Teresa Tucker of Memphis, Tenn. and Mary Kay Bridges of Hernando, Miss.; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at Elizabeth Street Mortuary.
Arrangements are by Elizabeth Street Mortu-ary, Inc. of Spring Lake.
For more information on obituaries in The Herald, contact Kim Edwards at
(919) 718-1224 or e-mail [email protected]
OBITUARIES Odell “Smiley” JacksonPITTSBORO — Mr. Odell “Smiley” Jackson,
77, of Hanks Chapel Road, Pittsboro, died in his home July 28, 2010, with his family by his side.
Mr. Jackson was born in Sampson County on August 23, 1932, the son of Luby Pete Jackson and Betty Thornton Jackson. He was manager of Burns Exxon in Pittsboro for 38 years. Mr. Jackson was a member of Hanks Chapel United Church of Christ, where he served on the Board of Trustees, as a deacon, an usher, and participated in the Men’s Fellowship. Mr. Jackson served in the U.S. Army dur-ing the Korean confl ict.
He is survived by his wife, Doris Keck Jackson; sons, Mike Jackson and wife Pam of Pittsboro, Charles Jackson and wife Diane of Sanford, Tommy Jackson and wife Kim of Phoenix, Ariz.; a daughter, Ruth Jackson Gunter of Pittsboro; a daughter-in-law, Sylvia G. Jackson of Pittsboro; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents, Mr. Jackson was pre-ceded in death by his son, Joe, and a brother, William L. “Bill” Jackson.
The funeral service for Mr. Jackson will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Hanks Chapel United Church of Christ with Pastors Bob Wachs and Ray Gooch presiding. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may visit with the family from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Hanks Cha-pel Church and other times at the residence.
Memorials may be made to either Hanks Chapel UCC Building Fund, P.O. Box 366, Pitts-boro, N.C. 27312 or to UNC Hospice, P.O. Box 1077, Pittsboro, N.C. 27312.
Online condolences may be sent to www.hallwynne.com, select “Obituaries”.
Arrangements for Mr. Jackson are under the care of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service of Pitts-boro.
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Jackson
Elijah CaddickSANFORD — Elijah Christian Caddick, age
5, died Monday, July 26, 2010, at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.
Elijah was born Nov. 8, 2004 in Lee County, son of David James Caddick and Melissa Wil-liams Caddick. He was a kindergarten student at Tramway. He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Billy and Mildred Thomas, Curt and Ruth Williams and James and Theresa O’Neill, and an aunt, Samantha Caddick.
Surviving relatives in addition to his parents are brothers, B.J. Caddick and Mason Caddick of the home; maternal grandparents, Gary and Beth Williams of Sanford; paternal grandpar-ents, David and Doreen Caddick of Sanford; paternal great grandparents, Ronald and Do-reen Caddick of Boca Raton, Fla.; uncles Daniel Caddick and Michael Williams and wife Mindy; aunt Destiny Lawton and husband William, cousins Porter Williams, Faith Lawton and Hope Lawton and a special friend Elisa Carver.
The family will receive friends Friday, July 30, 2010, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home and at other times at 764 Lower Moncure Road, Sanford. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 31, 2010, at Turn-ers Chapel with Pastor Brian Parker and Ronnie Whitaker presiding. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
In lieu of fl owers, memorials may be made to Lee County Chapter of the Autism Society, at BB&T or with April Brooks, 5803 Bryan Drive, Sanford, N.C. 27332.
Condolences may be made at www.bridges-cameronfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc.
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SANFORDn JT’s Car Wash
reported breaking and entering into a bu siness Wednesday at 1924 S. Horner Blvd.
n One Stop Minute Mart reported fraud Wednesday at 1844 S. Horner Blvd.
n Wilco Hess reported shoplifting Wednesday at 2224 S. Horner Blvd.
n Jose Guerrero Ar-royo reported vandalism Thursday at 49 Thorn-wood Court.
n Oscar Vera Jimi-nez reported vandalism Thursday at 50 Thorn-wood Court.
n Rolando Figueroa Herrera reported van-dalim Thursday at 63 Thornwood Court.
n Maria Idalia Becerra reported vandalism Thursday at 152 Thorn-wood Drive.
n Domingo Leonidez Munoz reported van-dalism Thursday at 118 Thornwood Court.
n Figueroa Luis Guti-errez, 33, was charged Wednesday at 112 Jack-son St. with violation of a valid protective order.
n Adrian Jerome Womack, 32, was charged Wednesday at 1100 Woodland Ave. with fail-ure to appear.
n Tanette Michele Headen, 42, was charged Wednesday at 1 Rose St. with worthless check.
n David Henry Ken-dall, 26, was charged Thursday at 520 Bounty Lane with communicat-
ing threats.n Cedric Remell
McNeil, 30, was charged Thursday at 209 S. Sec-ond St. with carrying a concealed weapon and marijuana possession.
n Express Care report-ed breaking and entering into a business Tuesday at 1810 S. Horner Blvd.
n Albert Glenn Mar-tindale reported property damage Tuesday at 1953 S. Horner Blvd.
n Ozark Motor Lines reported a larceny Tues-day at 2700 S. Horner Blvd.
n Haywood Bernard Snipes, 46, of 80 Variety Lane in Sanford, was charged Tuesday with witness intimidation and violation of a valid protective order.
n Jerry Wayne Saun-ders, 36, was charged Tuesday at 1400 S. Horner Blvd. with witness intimidation.
n Samuel Ryon Roofener, 17, of 3129 Parkwood Drive in Sanford, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear.
n Nakia Lashandra Baldwin, 35, of 1023 James St. in Sanford, was charged Tuesday with larceny.
n Kenneth Durward Jernigan, 47, was charged Tuesday at 520 W. Weath-erspoon St. with assault on a female.
LEE COUNTYJoseph Randall Lynn,
44, of 240 Holly Berry Lane in Sanford, was ar-rested Wednesday for a worthless check; he was released under $500 unse-cured bond.
William Gerald Hol-land, 43, of 151 Rental Lane in Sanford, was arrested Wednesday for failing to appear in court; he was held under $500 secured bond.
Roy Benjamin Louis Bailey Jr., of 2946 Nich-olson Road in Cameron, was arrested Wednesday for simple assault, harass-ing phone calls and violat-ing a protective order; he was held under no bond.
HARNETT COUNTYJoshua Allen Page,
32, of 16962 N.C. 27 West in Sanford, was charged Tuesday with burglary, possession of stolen goods, larceny after breaking and entering from storage buildings, motor vehicle theft, pos-session of a stolen motor vehicle and failure to ap-pear on littering charges.
Donna J. Duval, 40, of 105 Temple Road in Bunnlevel, was charged Tuesday with worthless check and failure to re-turn rental property.
Carol Alling reported a breaking and entering and larceny Tuesday at 181 Connecticut Way in Cameron.
POLICE BEAT
Benson to host Christian music festBENSON (MCT) —
Timothy Layaou is quick to concede that Christian music festivals are a dime a dozen these days.
But the event he’s planning for this Satur-day in Benson will be different, Layaou says. Rather than focusing solely on bluegrass, gos-pel or Christian rock, he wants to bring together all types of Christian music.
“Our dream was to break down the barriers between the churches,” Layaou said. “We really just want to get all these diverse groups together. Unity is what the whole festival is about.”
One Fest will kick off at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 31, and run all day with groups ranging from hardcore metal to hip-hop to country. The event takes place at Benson
Chamber Park, 355 J. Lee Road. Layaou expects thousands of people from around the state to attend.
Embracing Goodbye, a Southern metal/hard-core/Christian band from Four Oaks, will head-line the festival with an evening performance. Layaou, who performs as rapper The Disciple, will also headline.
Layaou is a Harnett County native who now lives in the Charlotte area. He’s hoping the Benson festival will be the fi rst in a series he’s organizing around the state and country. But he wanted to have the fi rst festival here in order to give back to his home-town. The festival’s other organizer, David Hous-ton, lives in the area and attended South Johnston High.
“Benson could really use some more entertain-ment, especially for the youth,” Layaou said. “It’s really about watering your roots.”
Furthering that goal, proceeds from the festivalwill go toward Belly Fish, a skate park and teen nightclub Houston and Layaou are trying to open in the Benson/Four Oaks area. The club will feature live music, paintball and an arcade.
“It’s really about giving those teens an alternative rather than partying all night,” Layaou said.
He feels the cause is important in part be-cause of his own troubled youth. He says he was involved with drugs and saw a friend murdered before he turned his life around and started rap-ping about Christianity.
— The Smithfi eld Herald
JOHNSTON COUNTY
LEE COUNTY HIGHSCHOOL CLASS OF 1990will have their 20 year class reunion on Friday, September 17 and Saturday, September 18.
For more information send your address to [email protected] or check out the
Lee Senior Class of 1990 group on Facebook.
Today, the family of Rev. William M. Gorham wants to express and share our deep thanks, gratitude and appreciation for the joy and
love Daddy Gorham brought into or lives.
On Thursday, June 17th, we encircled Daddy Gorham with love and released him to go to his next great adventure - - - - that being
in the presence of the Lord. His main love in life was his family. He is survived by his loving wife and lifelong soul mate, Helen L.
Gorham. Their beautiful romance was often challenged yet remained unwavering for 57 years. They were truly blessed by a love that brought them joy. Their legacy of love are their four sons, Melvin
(deceased), James Robert (deceased), Billy Ray and William Earl.
Rev. Gorham’s life was blessed with many deep friendship. This circle of friends became his extended family and
enriched his life immensely.
Those who knew Rev. Gorham will remember and treasure the qualities that defined him most. He lived life passionately and lit up
a room with positive attitude and resounding laughter. He had an innate ability to make others feel connected,
included, and warm in his presence.
Daddy Gorham lived life to the fullest, celebrating every day without regrets. He has left a legacy that makes our family proud - - - -
kindness, love, and doing for others. Our love for him will hold him in our hearts forever and ever.
From his “only” baby son, Rev. William Earl Gorham and the entire Gorham Family.
A Letter from the Gorham Family
In Loving Memory of
Kathleen Spivey Elliot
6A / Friday, July 30, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Local
“When I fi rst came in the pen, he’d be on the other side facing away from me,” Thomas said. “Now he’ll face me, and I can move his head a little.”
Thomas is working with Top Gun as part of Extreme Mustang Makeover, a nationwide competition in which horse trainers have about 100 days to train a wild mustang, culmi-nating with the fi nals in Murfreesboro, Tenn., in October. Only four train-ers from North Carolina were selected to com-pete. Chapin Thomas, 20; his sister Emily Thomas, 24; and their father Jim
Thomas, 51, are three of them.
The family has been involved with the com-petition for the past three years, and they usually place in the top 20.
“It’s just blossomed and grown into a family affair,” Jim Thomas said.
Sponsored by the Mustang Heritage Foundation, Extreme Mustang Makeover exists to demonstrate that mus-tangs are trainable and worthy of appreciation. Mustangs are wild horses that are protected under federal law, but because of overpopulation, the Bureau of Land Man-agement must remove some of them from their natural habitat. Some of these mustangs are used for the competition, and at the end of the event, they are auctioned off for adoption.
Jim Thomas said though many people view mustangs as crazy wild animals that can’t be tamed, with a little pa-tience and hard work, it is possible to train them.
“They don’t even have green grass where they’re from,” Jim Thomas said. “But we get a lot of horses that people have problems with here, so it’s exciting to make that connection.”
Since they picked up their mustangs on July 16, the Thomases have started working with them to varying degrees of success. Though Top Gun is learning a little slower than horses Chap-in Thomas has worked with in the past, he said he is making progress. But Emily Thomas said she is having some diffi culty gaining her mustang’s trust.
“They’ve had very little human contact, and what contact they have had has been forced,” Emily Thomas said.
Jim Thomas said he’s already passed both of his children in terms of his mustang’s progress, even though he was away on vacation the fi rst week and has had less time to work with the horse. One of the fi rst hurdles
is removing a numbered tag from the horse’s neck. Jim Thomas removed his mustang’s tag after only two sessions.
“It’s just a testament to how different these horses can be,” Emily Thomas said. “Just like people, they have differ-ent personalities.”
At the fi nal competi-tion in October, the train-ers will have to demon-strate that their mustang is in good physical condi-tion, they can mount and ride the horse and they can pick up all four of its feet. The mustang will also have to make its way through a number of ob-stacles. After the trainers have tamed the mustangsand gained their trust, they will begin working on routines.
“You’ve got a PA on and 2-3,000 people, and the horse is all by himself in the arena, so that af-fects them,” Jim Thomas said.
Emily Thomas said mustangs do require more work than other horses, but she hopes through the competition people will see that mus-tangs don’t have to be feared and can be tamed. All three Thomases agree that good communica-tion and confi dence are the most important keys to successfully training a mustang.
“That horse has to trust you beyond a doubt,” Jim Thomas said. “He feels everything you feel.”
responsible for planning the entire program from start to fi nish.
“Our kids did all of the crafts and games and mu-sic and everything,” said Joel Murr, youth pastor at Grace Chapel.
Because the area is relatively isolated, only a handful of children attend South Portage Baptist
Church. To expand the vacation Bible school, the Grace Chapel members went door to door inviting other Fredericton children to join the program.
“They only had about fi ve or six kids in their little church, so to be able to get 30 kids to show up was pretty cool,” Murr said.
In addition to see-ing the local children’s understanding of the Bible evolve, Murr said it was a great experience to see the young Grace Chapel
volunteers grow in the process.
“It was great to see them step up and be lead-ers,” Murr said. “There they really had the op-portunity to do that. Not a lot happens out there, so (the children) were so excited.”
Grace Chapel Church takes a youth mission trip every year. Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Mexico are just a few of the places the group has visited in the
past. Murr said the church is in the early stages of planning next year’s trip but hasn’t decided yet where to go.
But as for this year’s trip, Murr counts it as a success in every aspect.
“For a group like ours to come in and bring the excitement they did, the kids just had a blast,” Murr said. “We wanted them to see that you can have joy in the lord and that being a Christian can be fun.”
Carolina Hosptial before being transported to Chapel Hill.
Elijah was the son of David and Melissa Cad-dick of Sanford and was the middle of three sons by the couple. Accord-ing to Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, friends and family members will
gather today at the fu-neral home at at a local residence to remember Elijah’s life.
In lieu of fl owers, the family is requesting that memorials be made to the Lee County Chapter
of the Autism Society, at BB&T or with April Brooks of Sanford. An online condolences page has been created at the funeral home’s website, bridgescameronfuneral-home.com.
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SPRING LAKE (MCT) — Three people who were injured Tuesday in a three-vehicle wreck on N.C. 87 in Spring Lake remain hospitalized.
Tonja Belinda Scott and Kourtney Lynn Jay were in good condition Thursday at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, a hospital spokesman said.
Scott, 40, of Hunter Field, was the driver of a Chevrolet Blazer that was demolished when it
was struck by a Chevro-let truck about 11 a.m. near the Harnett County line, according to a report fi led by Trooper N.M. Oxendine.
Jay, 19, of Bloom Road in Cameron, and Kristain Nigel Otero Murray, 16, also of Hunter Field in Sanford, were passen-gers in the Blazer.
Murray was taken to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill and was in good condition Thurs-day morning, a hospital
spokesman said.The driver of the
truck, James Jordan Luna, 31, of the 200 block of Coachman Way in Sanford, was cited for exceeding a safe speed and traveling left of cen-ter, the report said.
Luna was headed north on N.C. 87 during heavy rain when he lost control of the truck and traveled into the path of Scott’s southbound sport utility vehicle, the report said.
The impact pushed the SUV into Toyota driven by Henry Ray Bowman, 44, of Morris Day Lane in Lillington, the report said.
Luna was taken to Womack Army Medical Center and treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, accord-ing to Oxendine.
Bowman was not injured, according to the report.
— The Fayetteville Observer
SPRING LAKE
Three still in hospital after wreck
APEX (MCT) — The town of Apex joined forces with Cary last week — at least partially — in approv-ing a response to state plans for a stretch of U.S. 64 be-tween Cary and Pittsboro.
But Apex offi cials steered clear of Cary’s latest addi-tions, including a request for a toll-free bypass of a proposed business portion of U.S. 64.
The Apex Town Council approved the response at its meeting on Tuesday. Cary leaders passed the state-ment two weeks ago.
Apex and Cary plan-ners had drafted a unifi ed response to the study to express concerns the towns had with the transit plan.
The joint response will be sent to state and regional transportation authori-ties who will spend the fall making more tweaks to the long-term road map for the area.
“[The response] adds a great deal of heft to what the citizens in the area — who live in both Cary and Apex — are saying,” Cary Councilwoman Gale Adcock said. “To have both local governments, the chambers [of com-merce] and the [Regional Transportation Alliance] agree on the bulk of our recommendations makes a difference.”
The N.C. Department of Transportation released the draft study report in May. The report, which takes a 30-year look at growing part of the four-lane, 19-mile stretch, has no allotted timeline or funding in place.
At Tuesday’s meeting, Apex planners and engi-
neers recommended ap-proval of a joint response that covers nine points. But they could not suggest aligning with some of Cary’s extra comments.
Apex wouldn’t support Cary’s toll-free bypass ef-fort in part because it’s not something the towns or the study can control. Cary wants the bypass on N.C. 540, which relies on the toll as its funding source. “It compromises your credibil-ity when you ask for things you can’t get,” said Apex transportation engineer Russell Dalton.
Apex offi cials said they supported bypass options but that it was too soon to decide on specifi cs. Cary had also backed a recom-mendation to rename the current U.S. 64 corridor to U.S. 64 Business/Tryon Road.
“When you try and downgrade [a road], you jeopardize your ability for future funding for im-provements,” Dalton said.
These recommenda-tions will still be presented in the letter — but they’ll be listed separately as sug-gestions from Cary. The latest draft of the study removed the recommen-dation for a so-called su-perstreet at Laura Duncan Drive in Apex. The removal came after intense public outcry. Apex offi cials ap-plauded the change to a modifi ed roundabout. “It’s much of an improvement over what DOT was trying to cram down our throats,” Apex Mayor Keith Weath-erly said.
The response letter doc-uments several contentions to the study that were also raised in a petition signed by thousands of Western Wake citizens.
Cary and Apex offi cials want the state to delay pro-posed plans to implement short-term road improve-ments along U.S. 64 from U.S. 1 to N.C. 540, at least until the state completes the Western Wake Freeway and opens it to traffi c.
— The Cary News
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Apex won’t back Cary’s effort for a toll-free bypass
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Mother charged in death of girl who was abused
SMITHFIELD (AP) — A mother knew her daughter had been abused by a man before she left the 4-year-old in his care while she went to military training, au-thorities said Thursday.
Multiple media out-lets reported that Helen Reyes, 27, of Raleigh was charged with negligent child abuse causing seri-ous bodily injury. Her daughter, Teghan Skiba, died July 19 at UNC Hos-pitals in Chapel Hill. She had cuts, lacerations, bite marks, head trauma and sexual assault inju-ries, authorities said.
Reyes “had fi rst-hand knowledge that this type of abuse had occurred
prior to July 5 by Jona-than Richardson,” the arrest warrant states.
Reyes left for military training in New Mexico on July 6. Richardson faces fi rst-degree murder charges in the child’s death.
The warrant also states that Reyes subject-ed her daughter to “ver-bal threats, intimidation, forced consumption of alcohol, severe physical beatings and assault by biting.”
The three had been living in a barn behind the home of Richardson’s grandparents, Wade and Helen Creech, near Smithfi eld. The barn had no bathroom, no run-
ning water and a single air mattress on the fl oor for sleeping, Johnston County Sheriff Steve Biz-zell said.
A Johnston County magistrate set Reyes’ bond at $50,000 bond. It wasn’t immediately clear if she has an attorney.
Wake County Human Services said in a report Wednesday that Reyes failed “to protect her child and to entrust her child to an appropriate caretaker.”
Social workers sub-stantiated that Reyes abused the girl by leav-ing her in Richardson’s custody.
“The fi nding concern-ing Ms. Reyes does not
mean that she person-ally infl icted injuries on Teghan,” the report stated. “The defi nition of abuse in (state law) includes creating or al-lowing to be created a substantial risk of serious physical injury by other than accidental means.”
Richardson, who initially told hospital workers that Teghan had fallen off the bed, later told Johnston County investigators that he whipped the girl with a cord after she went to the bathroom in the bed they were share, accord-ing to search warrants.
He explained that he is “bipolar and little things set him off.”
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SBI director moves to new jobBy MARTHA WAGGONERAssociated Press Writer
RALEIGH — As outside investigators continue looking into the State Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab, the SBI director has moved to a new job within state government, North Carolina’s attorney general said Thursday.
SBI Director Robin Pen-dergraft will become senior deputy attorney general of the newly expanded Med-icaid fraud unit, Attorney General Roy Cooper said Thursday. The new SBI di-rector is Greg McLeod, who has worked as Cooper’s legislative liaison.
Pendergraft’s Medicaid fraud job is a new position, a spokeswoman for the state Justice Department said. The new salary for Pendergraft, who earns $113,293 a year as SBI director, has not been determined, spokeswoman Noelle Talley said.
Defense attorney David Rudolf, who has represented clients who have sued the SBI, called Pendergraft’s move an important change in the agency. But he said he had hoped the new director would be someone from
outside North Carolina with experience running a similar agency.
“I don’t think all the blame can or should be laid at Robin’s feet,” he said Thursday. “Having said that, I don’t think she took the steps that were necessary to address the problems when she did become aware of them”
Two former assistant directors of the FBI are looking into practices at the state crime lab. Their contract, originally set to expire in June, now goes through the end of the year.
They were called in after a ruling last February that a North Carolina man who served almost 17 years in prison for murder was in-nocent. The state Inno-cence Commission heard evidence that complete blood test results had been excluded from crime lab reports presented at Greg Taylor’s trial. An SBI agent testifi ed that not all lab results were provided to attorneys.
Pendergraft confi rmed in February that the prac-tice existed before she took over the SBI.
She told The Associ-
ated Press that while it was not the best practice, the intent was not to withhold information.
The Medicare fraud unit that Pendergraft will lead nearly doubled in size when the state budget included new positions. Cooper praised Pender-graft’s work, saying she “has been an excellent SBI director and law enforce-ment leader.”
Cooper appointed Pendergraft to run the SBI in 2001. McLeod has been with the state Justice De-partment as policy adviser and legislative counsel since 2003. Cooper says
McLeod “will build on the SBI successes and continuewith the improvements.”
Also assigned to the Medicaid fraud unit was Mark Isley, who is one of two SBI agents being sued by Floyd Brown, a mental-ly retarded man who was held for 14 years at a state mental hospital in Raleigh after being charged with murder. Rudolf is one of Brown’s attorneys.
Agents said Brown confessed to the murder, but his attorneys said the confession was beyond his abilities. They said Isley and another agent violated his rights to due process.
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Man charged after 16 guns found in luggage
RALEIGH (AP) — Authorities say a North Carolina man attempted to illegally export 16 guns without getting a license.
Court documents unsealed Thursday say Steven Neal Greenoe attempted to travel with the disassembled weap-ons in checked luggage on a fl ight Sunday.
Greenoe had tickets from Raleigh Durham International Airport to New York and then to Manchester, England.
Investigators said Greenoe has made a series of trips to England this year and a series of gun purchases in North Carolina. Documents show that he told investigators that he knew he wasn’t supposed to bring the weapons in his luggage but was doing so to outfi t employees working on maritime security contracts abroad.
Expert: Gulf oil unlikely to reach East Coast
RALEIGH (AP) — An expert on marine sciences and coastal circulation says it’s unlikely that oil from the Gulf spill will each the eastern seaboard.
North Carolina State Univer-sity associate professor Roy He said Thursday the chances are low in part because the well is capped. He also says large amounts of oil haven’t been observed in the Loop Current, which could carry oil around Florida and into East Coast waters. He also points to the ongoing dilution and degradation of the oil.
A National Center for Atmospheric Research model released at the beginning of June projected that parts of the oil spill could come up the east coast during the sum-mer. Experts said at the time any oil that would reach the east coast would likely arrive in the form of small, weath-ered tar balls.
Law limits length of monitoring DWI offenders
CHARLOTTE (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers say they are willing to revisit the state’s laws on ankle-monitoring for people convicted for driving while impaired.
State law prohibits judges from putting the monitor-ing devices on serious DWI offenders for more than 60
days. That was the case for Howard Pasour, who was or-dered to wear an ankle brace-let after his third impaired driving conviction last year.
Pasour was allowed to remove the device in January. Authorities now say he was driving drunk on a two lane road on Sunday when his car crossed the center line and hit an oncoming car, killing 17-year-old Laura Fortenberry.
Democratic state Sen. John Snow tells the Charlotte Ob-server he’s willing to consider extending the maximum time the bracelets can be worn.
N.C. Highway Patrol panel discusses how to fi x force
RALEIGH (AP) — A high-profi le panel responsible for ideas on how to restructure North Carolina’s beleaguered Highway Patrol is meeting for the fi rst time.
WRAL-TV reported the six-member panel meets Thurs-day to begin coming up with ways to change the patrol’s policies and structure.
The group also will fi nd a new commander to replace Col. Randy Glover, who is retiring at the end of August after a series of scandals tarnished the Highway Patrol’s reputation.
The panel’s members are former state Supreme Court chief justice Burley Mitchell, law professor Julius Chambers, former FBI as-sistant director Chris Swecker, Mecklenburg County District Attorney Peter Gilchrist, former Appeals Judge Ralph Walker and University of North Carolina law professor Norma Houston.
2 from N.C. die in Interstate 95 wreck in Virginia
HANOVER, Va. (AP) — The Virginia State Police say two members of a North Carolina family have died from injuries suffered in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 95 in Hanover County.
Police say 75-year-old Joe L. Thomas and 45-year-old Garry W. Estes died at Virginia Com-monwealth University Medical Center in Richmond after the Thursday morning accident.
Police say the family was traveling in a vehicle driven by 51-year-old Teresa E. Bridges. The car ran off the highway and struck a tree.
Police say the family members were traveling from Durham, to a relative’s college graduation in Washington, D.C.
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Panel hits Rangel with 13 chargesWASHINGTON (AP) —
House investigators ac-cused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congres-sional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-de-cade political career and raising worries for fellow Democrats about the fall elections.
The allegations — which include failure to report rental income from vacation property in the Dominican Republic and more than $600,000 in other income on his congressional fi nancial disclosure statements — came as lawyers for Rangel and the House ethics committee worked on a plea deal.
One was struck, people familiar with the talks said, but Republi-cans indicated it was too late.
The deal between the lawyers will have little meaning if the committee members don’t approve it, and Republicans said at the proceeding they were insisting on going forward with a trial. The panel is evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans.
“Mr. Rangel was given multiple opportunities to settle this matter. Instead, he chose to move forward to the public trial phase,” said Rep. Jo Bonner of Alabama, the senior Republican on the ethics panel
Chairman Zoe Lof-gren, D-Calif., has made clear that she wants the committee to be unanimous — leaving little chance for agree-ment without Rangel capitulating on virtually all counts.
Many Democrats had urged Rangel to settle the case to avoid the pros-pect of televised hearings right before November
congressional elections that will determine which party controls Congress next year.
However, as Friday’s public airing of the charges drew nearer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seem resigned to the case proceeding.
“The chips will have to fall where they may po-litically,” she told report-ers. Pursuing ethics cases against House members is “a serious responsibil-ity that we have,” she said.
The alleged violations of House standards of conduct also include us-ing congressional letter-head to solicit donations for a center for public service to bear Rangel’s name on the New York campus of the City Col-lege of New York.
Rangel was also accused of accepting a rent-stabilized prop-erty in Manhattan for his campaign offi ce and ini-tially not paying federal taxes on the Dominican Republic property.
The ethics panel said Rangel failed to report rental income on his original tax returns for 1998 through 2006 from
the Dominican Repub-lic villa. It also said he violated federal laws in addition to House ethics rules, including the 1989 Ethics Reform Act, Postal Service laws and govern-ment service codes.
The ethics charges, agreed upon after a two-year probe, were read in a public session of the Committee on Standards of Offi cial Conduct, as the ethics committee is formally known.
Rangel, 80, did not attend.
The session set the stage for a committee trial, expected to be held in September. Democrats had hoped to avoid such a public confrontation as November elections approach.
“We live at a time when public skepticism about the institutions in our country is very high,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., the ethics commit-tee chair.
She said it had been the panel’s goal “to by our actions rebuild and earn trust by the public and our colleagues.”
Republicans have been trying to turn the case into an indictment
of Democratic leadership. Rangel stepped down earlier this year as chair-man of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, one of the top posts in the House.
But Bonner told colleagues, “No one, re-gardless of their partisan stripes, should rejoice.”
“It is the duty of the House to punish its members for disorderly behavior. As such, this is truly a sad day,” the Ala-bama Republican said.
Under the tentative plea deal, it was not immediately clear how many of the 13 charges of ethical violations Rangel agreed to accept.
The ethics panel that will judge Rangel’s con-duct held its fi rst meeting Thursday.
It includes eight mem-bers, equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. Thus, for any deal to be accepted it must be approved by at least one Republican.
In the frantic hours leading up to the meet-ing, Rangel’s lawyer, Leslie Kiernan, talked to attorneys for the panel about how to avoid a trial for the 40-year veteran.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — More than 1 million people are expected to participate in what amounts to the largest-ever public opinion poll on the nation’s new health care law.
Missouri on Tuesday will become the fi rst state to the test the popularity of Presi-dent Barack Obama’s top policy accomplishment with a statewide ballot proposal attempting to reject its core mandate that most Ameri-cans have health insurance.
The legal effect of Mis-souri’s measure is question-able, because federal laws generally supersede those in states. But its expected passage could send an ominous political message to Democrats seeking to hang on to their congres-sional majority in this year’s midterm elections.
The Missouri measure, shepherded to the ballot by Republican state lawmakers, is a glaring example of the twisting, troubled politics surrounding the health overhaul. After years of campaigning for health care reform, Democrats fi nally accomplished it. Yet Demo-crats are largely silent and it is Republicans who now are highlighting the health care law in their campaigns.
From Florida to Washington and numerous states in between, Republican candi-dates for the U.S. Senate and House — and even for local offi ces that have little to do with the federal law — are calling for the repeal of what they derisively dub as “Obamacare.”
Sherrod will sue conservative blogger over video
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that made her appear racist.
Sherrod was forced to re-sign last week as director of rural development in Georgia after Andrew Breitbart post-ed the edited video online. In the full video, Sherrod, who is black, spoke to a lo-cal NAACP group about racial reconciliation and overcom-ing her initial reluctance to help a white farmer.
Speaking Thursday at the National Association of
Black Journalists conven-tion, Sherrod said she would defi nitely sue over the video that took her remarks out of context. Agriculture Secre-tary Tom Vilsack has since offered Sherrod a new job in the department. She has not decided whether to accept.
Sherrod said she had not received an apology from Breitbart and no longer wanted one. “He had to know that he was targeting me,” she said.
Breitbart did not immedi-ately respond to a call or e-mails seeking comment. He has said he posted the por-tion of the speech where she expresses reservations about helping the white farmer to prove that racism exists in the NAACP, which had just demanded that the tea party movement renounce any bigoted elements. Some members of the NAACP audi-ence appeared to approve when Sherrod described her reluctance to help the farmer.
Oil leak company was warned about its monitoring
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — A Canadian com-pany whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river was warned by govern-ment regulators in January that its monitoring of cor-rosion in the pipeline was insuffi cient.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration told Enbridge Energy Partners Chairman Terry McGill in a Jan. 21 letter that its corrosion moni-toring in Line 6B, the line that ruptured, did not comply with federal regulations.
According to the warning, Enbridge was implementing an alternate way of monitor-ing corrosion in the pipeline, and had detailed to regula-tors the steps it was taking to track corrosion in the meantime.
But the agency warned the company in the letter that it was violating code by not using a suffi cient amount of certain chemicals used to protect pipe interiors, not us-ing proper monitoring equip-ment to determine it those chemicals were working, and not examining its monitoring equipment at least twice a year.
“The transition from one technology to another must be implemented in a manner that ensures continued com-pliance with the regulations,” the agency wrote.
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The Sanford Herald / Friday, July 30, 2010 / 9ANationIMMIGRATION
Arizona appeals order blocking lawBy BOB CHRISTIEAssociated Press Writer
PHOENIX — Arizona asked an appeals court Thursday to lift a judge’s order blocking most of the state’s immigration law as the city of Phoenix fi lled with protesters, includ-ing about 50 who were arrested for confronting offi cers in riot gear.
Republican Gov. Jan Brewer called U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton’s Wednesday decision halting the law “a bump in the road,” and the state appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Thurs-day.
Outside the state Capi-tol, hundreds of protesters began marching at dawn, gathering in front of the federal courthouse where Bolton issued her rul-ing on Wednesday. They marched on to the offi ce of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has made a crackdown on illegal immigration one of his signature issues.
At least 32 demonstra-tors were arrested after blocking the entrance and beating on the large steel doors leading to the Maricopa County jail in downtown Phoenix. Sheriff’s deputies in riot gear opened the doors and waded out into the crowd, hauling off those who didn’t move.
Dozens of others were arrested throughout the day, trying to cross a police line, entering closed-off areas or sitting in the street and refusing to leave. Former state Sen. Alfredo Gutierrez, who ran unsuc-cessfully for governor in 2002, was among them. A photographer for the Arizona Republic also was detained.
Marchers chanted “Sheriff Joe, we are here,
we will not live in fear,” and in the crowd was a drummer wearing a papier-mache Sheriff Joe head and dressed in prison garb.
Arpaio vowed to go ahead with a crime sweep targeting illegal immi-grants. Phoenix police made most the early arrests, before protesters moved to the jail.
“My deputies will arrest them and put them in pink underwear,” Arpaio said, referring to one of his odd methods of punish-ment for prisoners. “Count on it.”
Arizona is the nation’s epicenter of illegal im-migration, with more than 400,000 undocumented residents. The state’s bor-der with Mexico is awash with smugglers and drugs that funnel narcotics and immigrants throughout the U.S., and supporters of the new law say the infl ux of illegal migrants drains vast sums of money from hospitals, education and other services.
In Tucson, between 50 and 100 people gathered at a downtown street corner
to both protest and defend the new law on Thursday morning. Tucson police spokeswoman Linda Galindo said one man was arrested for threatening people in the other group.
In Los Angeles, about 200 protesters invaded a busy intersection west of downtown. Police waited more than three hours be-fore declaring it an unlaw-ful assembly. Most of the demonstrators left peace-fully, but about a dozen, linked together with plas-tic pipes and chains, lay in the street in a circle as an act of civil disobedience. Offi cer Bruce Borihanh said police were cutting their chains and taking them away to be booked for failure to disperse.
The protesters chanted, “These are our streets” during the raucous dem-onstration.
In New York City, about 300 immigrant advocates gathered near the federal courthouse in lower Man-hattan.
New York City Council-man Jumaane Williams, a fi rst-generation Carib-bean-American, told the
crowd: “We won a slight battle in Arizona, we’ve got to continue with the war.”
Bolton indicated the government has a good chance at succeeding in its argument that federal immigration law trumps state law. But the key sponsor of Arizona’s law, Republican Rep. Russell Pearce, said the judge was wrong and predicted the state would ultimately win the case.
In her temporary injunction, Bolton delayed the most contentious pro-visions of the law, includ-ing a section that required offi cers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws. She also barred enforcement of parts requiring immi-grants to carry their papers and banned illegal immi-grants from soliciting em-ployment in public places — a move aimed at day laborers that congregate in large numbers in parking lots across Arizona. The judge also blocked offi cers from making warrantless arrests of suspected illegal immigrants.
AP Photo
A demonstrator shouts into a bullhorn in protest of Arizona’s SB1070 immigration-enforcement law in front of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s offi ce Thursday in Phoenix.
Texas man gets death penalty for beheading 3 kids
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A jury sentenced a south Texas man to death on Thursday, four days after convicting him of capital murder for beheading his common law wife’s three children in 2003.
It is the second death sen-tence for John Allen Rubio, who was convicted of killing the children all under the age of four — smothering, stab-bing and ultimately decapitat-ing them — in a windowless Brownsville apartment.
Jurors deliberated for about four hours before returning the sentence.
Before entering the sen-tence, Hidalgo County District Judge Noe Gonzalez asked Rubio if there was anything he would like to say.
Gonzalez, who said he had sentenced more people to death than any judge in south Texas, said he recognized that a lot of people went through what Rubio did, citing his abusive and troubled childhood.
Jurors on Monday found Rubio guilty on four counts of capital murder — one charge for each child and one for the children together.
Offi cials trap grizzly, cubs, after mauling at campground
COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) — A mother grizzly and two of her three cubs have been captured after killing a Michigan man and injuring two other people during an overnight rampage through a campground near Yellow-stone National Park.
The sow, estimated to weigh 300 to 400 pounds, was lured into a trap fashioned from culvert pipe covered by the dead victim’s tent Wednesday evening. The bear tore down the tent again and was caught in the trap, said Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman Ron
Aasheim.By Thursday morning, two of
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Montana wildlife offi cials on Thursday identifi ed the man killed in the mauling as Kevin Kammer, 48, of Grand Rapids, Mich. The bear pulled Kammer out his tent and dragged him 25 feet to where his body was found, Aasheim said.
The other victims, Deb Freele of London, Ontario, and an unidentifi ed male, have been hospitalized in Cody, Wyo.
Lee Boyd Malvo claims others were to help in attacks
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Convicted DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tells actor William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree and that his accomplice killed one man for backing out, according to the program set for airing Thursday.
In a telephone call from a southwest Virginia prison, Malvo told Shatner two men planned to join in the attacks to make them more deadly but reneged. Malvo said his fellow shooter, John Allen Muhammad, killed one of the men in retaliation. Malvo did not identify them in the interview for a show on the cable channel A&E.
Malvo’s revelations came in response to questions about claims by a psychiatrist that the duo had co-conspira-tors. The psychiatrist, Neil Blumberg, who worked with Malvo before his trial, also said Malvo had confessed to more shootings in addition to the spree that terrorized the Washington region in 2002, when 13 people were hit and 10 of them died.
An FBI spokeswoman de-clined to comment Thursday on the claims. Malvo’s lawyer during his trial, Timothy Sul-livan, did not immediately return a call.
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REVIEW: DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS
Nothing spectacular about these ‘Schmucks’“Dinner for
Schmucks” stars Steve
Carell and Paul Rudd, and, for better or worse, that’s all you really need to know about it. Rudd has built a career playing sardonic straight man to a bevy of clowns — Jason Segel, Seth Rogan, Will Ferrell, and even Steve Carell previously in “The 40 Year Old Virgin.” “Dinner for Schmucks” is offi cially a remake of the 1998 French fi lm “The Dinner Game,” an adaptation of a Francis Veber play.
In execution, it is yet another in the tired line of mismatched-buddy com-edies held together not by a script but arid improv.
Rudd plays Tim, an up-and-coming fi nancial executive who angling for a promotion by trying to land the account of Swiss multi-millionaire. Part of his induction up the corporation ladder also in-volves attending a monthly dinner party in which employees invite eccentric strangers who are secretly mocked and unwittingly compete for the title of the night’s biggest idiot.
Tim’s moral dilemma over taking part quickly ends when he literally runs into Barry (Carell), an IRS employee and amateur taxidermist with a pas-sion for creating elaborate diorama using dead, stuff mice. Tim invites Barry to the company dinner, unaware of the mayhem Barry’s entrée will have on
his personal and profes-sional life.
Carell is an amusing performer, but his shtick can get mired in a one-note rut. Here, Barry sports a funny hairstyle and a silly grin, a set-up accented by Rudd’s droll comebacks and one insipid sequence after another. The result is uneven and surprisingly dull — for me, the only real laugh seeing Ron Livings-ton, star of “Offi ce Space,” cast as a soulless corporate lackey.
The fact that Tim uses Barry for his own selfi sh motives at Barry’s expense is distasteful. But, the fi lm waves aside the fact that Barry blindly, gleefully wreaks havoc with Tim’s life by convincing both he and his art curator girlfriend Julie (Stephanie Szostak) that the other is carrying on an affair, Tim with a former fl ing and stalker named Darla (Lucy Punch) and Julie with Kieran (Jemaine Clement), her bizarro performance artist client. Instead, it reserves scorn only for Tim when he
has the temerity to express consternation about his new annoying acquain-tance.
But, director Jay Roach — who lacks the talent to carry off such a black comic conceit — saves the fi lm’s biggest fl aw for the titular dinner show. We are supposed to wag our fi ngers at Tim’s boss (Bruce Greenwood) and his rich minions for cruelly cackling at the evening’s “entertainment,” which includes a pet psychic, a vulture wrangler, a blind fencer, and even Therman (Zach Galifi anakis), Barry’s coworker who claims the gift of mind control and taunts Barry about the fact that he is sleeping with Barry’s ex-wife.
At the same time, however, the movie’s comic hook rests on the audience’s shared schaden-freude over these oddballs, Barry included, thereby encouraging us to partake in those same shark-tank antics. Ultimately, the only schmucks at this “Dinner” are the ones foolhardy enough to fork over money to see it.
DINNER FOR SCHMUCKSGrade: CDirector: Jay RoachStarring: Steve Carell, Paul
Rudd, Jemaine Clement, Stephanie Szostak, and Zach Galifi anakis
MPAA Rating: PG-13Theaters: Spring Lane Cin-
emas in Sanford; Sand Hills Cinemas in Southern Pines; Crossroads 20 in Cary
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Steve Carell, left, and Paul Rudd are shown in a scene from “Dinner for Schmucks.”
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By CHRISTY LEMIREAP Movie Critic
Dogs and cats, living together ... mass hysteria?
Maybe not so much.While these animals
were resourceful and well-equipped enemies in the original “Cats & Dogs” from 2001, now they’re forced to band together to fi ght a common foe in the sequel “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.”
As you can tell from the name, this is a spy send-up, specifi cally of James Bond movies — the open-ing titles alone are super clever, an indication of the kind of eye for detail that’s in store throughout — and from there, the jokes fl y fast and furious along with the fur. Surprisingly, most of them work in the script from Ron J. Fried-man and Steve Bencich. But as directed by Brad Peyton, the sequel is a mix of live action, puppetry and computer animation, and the jumbled look is its chief weakness: The animals are cute and all, but the visual effects that suggest they’re talking too often look jumpy and fake.
You want your talk-ing-animal movies to be realistic, don’t you? That’s not too much to ask.
And of course, because it’s a family fi lm coming out this summer, it’s in 3-D. It probably didn’t need to be — it never needs to be — but at least the ef-fects are more convincing than they were in, say, a lousy conversion from 2-D like “The Last Airbender.” They’re even more effec-tive in the cartoon that precedes “Cats & Dogs,” a new Looney Tunes of-fering that’s old-school in spirit, featuring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Run-ner. You could probably watch those guys go at it for an hour and a half and be totally satisfi ed.
Still, it’s a delightful idea that cats and dogs not only enjoy a rich in-terior life while adults are away, but also function as highly trained super spies, complete with elaborate gadgetry. You know you’ve wondered this yourself about your own furry friends at home.
So you may fi nd your-
self laughing the whole way through, even at a take-off on “The Silence of the Lambs,” a fi lm that’s been parodied ad infi nitum. Still, when it’s the fl uffy, white feline Mr. Tinkles strapped up in a cell, wearing that infa-mous mask — and voiced again by Sean Hayes — it adds another layer to the joke that’s at once twisted and kinda sweet.
This time, the self-styled uber-villain is Kitty Galore, whose hairless appearance is frightening enough. As voiced with campy menace by the great Bette Midler — who really should do more of this sort of thing — she’s an over-the-top, diaboli-cal drama queen. But in a good way.
Kitty has a plan to enslave dogs around the world and make cats the true rulers. The secret agents of DOG — led by Lou the beagle (Neil Patrick Harris) and Butch the Anatolian shepherd (Nick Nolte) — recruit the overeager German shepherd Diggs (James Marsden), who’s been
cast off the San Francisco police force for his in-ability to follow orders, to stop her. But they soon realize they have to team up with the underground cat group MEOWS, led by Catherine (Christina Applegate) and her boss, the tuxedoed Tab La-zenby (Roger Moore, a nice touch). Both teams get help, sort of, from the scatterbrained, fast-talk-ing pigeon Seamus (Katt Williams).
Among the people who populate “Cats & Dogs,” Chris O’Donnell plays Diggs’ former police partner and Jack Mc-Brayer gets some reliable laughs doing a version of his guileless doofus character — this time, a magician who’s Kitty Galore’s unsuspecting human companion, who insists on dressing her in humiliating costumes as part of his act.
But for grown-ups, kids, dogs, cats — who-ever’s watching, there’s enough here to keep them entertained.
HHH OUT OF FOUR
REVIEW: CATS & DOGS
Fur fl ies with the jokes
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Animal characters from left, Diggs, voiced by James Marsden, Catherine, voiced by Christina Applegate, and Butch, voiced by Nick Nolte are shown in a scene from, “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.”
REVIEW: “The Extra Man”The New York of the fi lm from directors Robert Pulcini
and Shari Springer Berman (“American Splendor”) is populated by eccentrics — a gigolo! a Swiss hunch-back! — whose eccentricities are meant to seem very eccentric.
The cloying quirk stifl es the fi lm (based on Jonathan Ames’ novel), which is a shame mostly because it does Kevin Kline such a disservice. Louis Ives (Paul Dano) is a sensitive English teacher who fancies himself a 1920s gentleman out of “The Great Gatsby.” Fired from his teaching job, he seeks renewal in New York.
He moves in with Henry Harrison (Kline), a faded aristocrat whose shabby apartment and broken-down Buick don’t — in his mind — dull his sophistication a bit. He’s a character to the hilt, a mix of high and low, deeming Henry James “unreadable” and teaching tricks for urinating on the street.
Kline, the best thing in the fi lm, plays Henry with classical stage enunciation, but the character still fails to resonate. Henry isn’t much more than a bag of pecu-liarities, and the same can be said for the movie. With Katie Holmes and John C. Reilly. R for some sexual content. 108 minutes. H 1/2 out of four.
— Jake Coyle, AP Entertainment Writer
The Sanford Herald / Friday, July 30, 2010 / 11AEntertainmentTECHNOLOGY
Obama talks race, pop culture on ‘The View’
NEW YORK (AP) — Presi-dent Barack Obama said Thursday that the racial fi restorm that led to the ouster of a black Agriculture Department offi cial was a “phony controversy” gener-ated by the media. He said his administration overre-acted by forcing her out.
In an interview on ABC’s daytime talk show “The View,” Obama said the forced resignation of Shirley Sherrod shows racial ten-sions still exist in America.
“There are still inequali-ties out there. There’s still discrimination out there,” Obama said. “But we’ve made progress.”
Sherrod was forced to resign after a conservative website posted an edited video of her speaking about race. Sherrod said the video took her remarks out of con-text. When her full remarks were discovered, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack apolo-gized and offered Sherrod a new job at the department.
Obama pinned much of the blame for the incident on a media culture that he said seeks out confl ict and doesn’t always get the facts right. But he added, “A lot of people overreacted, including people in my administration.”
The Sherrod incident added another wrinkle to an administration already burdened by the slow pace of the economic recovery, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Gulf oil spill. While acknowledging that the coun-try has gone through a tough stretch since he took offi ce, Obama said he remains op-timistic about the direction the U.S. is headed.
“What has been satisfying is just seeing how resilient the American people are,” he said.
Obama’s interview with “The View” was the fi rst ap-pearance on a daytime talk show by a sitting president. The wide-ranging interview also dipped into Obama’s knowledge of pop culture, an area he showed some profi ciency, admitting that he knows actress Lindsey Lohan is in jail.
Lisa Kudrow prescribes laughter in Web series
NEW YORK (AP) — Former “Friends” star Lisa Kudrow is making herself laugh.
She’s reading tweets writ-ten by her character, Fiona Wallice, on the online show “Web Therapy.”
“Web Therapy” is avail-able on Hulu, lstudio.com and for purchase on iTunes. Showtime has said it will air at least 10 episodes starting next year, with new material shot for TV.
Kud-row’s character is a self-absorbed therapist who has decided that 3-minute sessions by webcam are suffi cient to diagnose a patient and dole out advice. The conversation often veers off-topic and onto Wallice.
Each episode plays out like viewers are looking at an actual computer screen with Kudrow and a co-star interacting in double boxes over web chat.
Moore wantsto bring back downtown theaters
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan-based docu-mentary fi lmmaker Michael Moore wants to bring back the single-screen movie theaters that used to be the pillars of city business districts.
Moore has a plan to refur-bish or prop up downtown movie houses in his home state, and eventually nation-wide.
Such efforts have been made before. But Moore’s approach has a unique twist, modeled on the success-ful resur-rection of the State Theatre in Traverse City, Mich.
Moore says the way to rescue downtown movie houses is to run them as nonprofi ts staffed mostly with volunteers.
Moore plans to provide grants and training to theater operators.
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Adult industry jumps on iPhone marketBy JOEL SCHECTMANAssociated Press Writer
NEW YORK — It’s a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will fi nd a way to cash in.
So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime vid-eoconference feature, it didn’t take long for adult-entertainment compa-nies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.
With more than 3 million of the phones already sold, the adult in-dustry stands to make big money on this new way to reach out and touch someone — even if it puts Apple, which has always taken pains to keep its iPhone apps squeaky clean, in an awkward spot.
In at least fi ve cit-ies, Craigslist ads seek models specifi cally for video sex chat on Face-Time. Many of the ads even offer to throw in a free iPhone 4 for the new employees.
FaceTime lets people call another iPhone 4 user and have live video conversations over a Wi-Fi connection through the phone’s camera and screen. In one TV ad, a soldier uses it to get a look at his faraway wife’s ultrasound pictures.
The adult industry
wants its customers to share moments of an entirely different kind with its stars. And while the technology may be new, the idea is not. Porn providers have always been early adopters.
In the 1970s, the de-mand for explicit videos at home helped VCRs become widespread, and the industry was the fi rst to embrace DVDs, too. Internet porn peddlers were some of the fi rst to make wide use of stream-ing video and online credit card payments.
“The fi rst time some-one created a camera there was someone who said, ’Wouldn’t it be good for someone to take off their clothes in front of this camera?”’ said Michael Gartenberg, vice president at Interpret LLC, a media research
company.And for years, cameras
mounted on comput-ers have helped connect people for racy online video sessions. But the portability and privacy of a cell phone makes FaceTime a new frontier for the industry.
“A phone is such an in-timate thing, you usually don’t lend it out or have someone else use it,” said Quentin Boyer, a spokes-man for Pink Visual, an adult production com-pany.
Boyer said his com-pany began planning for iPhone 4 video services almost as soon as the device hit stores. They should be ready in a mat-ter of weeks. Boyer said the company will offer FaceTime sessions with some of the same women who appear in its videos.
“It has a very personal feel — your mobile phone to hers,” he said.
Online exhibitionism is only growing. Take Chatroulette, which ran-domly connects strangers for video chats. While the service isn’t explicitly sexual, it’s common for users to stumble upon people looking for more than just conversation.
So far, most online video sex chat services have let the customer see the performer, but not the other way around. FaceTime may change that.
“We are seeing more and more that custom-ers want to be watched as much as they want to watch,” said Dan Hogue, owner of an adult chat company called Cam-World, which is planning FaceTime services.
The rise of FaceTime porn puts Apple in an awkward position. Its competitors have prod-ucts that allow video chat, too — HTC’s Evo 4G phone, for one. But Apple has made a big deal about keeping applica-tions sold in its iTunes store clean.
Apple has rejected book apps for featur-ing sexual content and political satires for their potential to offend. While some rejected apps have been approved after revi-sions, Apple has kept one strict rule: No porn.
AP photo
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, left, demonstrates the FaceTime feature on the iPhone 4 during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.
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ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
As many as 6,600 graves mixed upBy ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press Writer
WASHINGTON — Es-timates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery’s former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster.
John Metzler, who ran the historic military burial ground for 19 years, said he accepts “full responsibility” for the problems.
But he also denied some of the fi ndings by Army investigators and suggested cemetery employees and poor technology were to blame for remains that may have been misidentifi ed or misplaced. He said the system used to track grave sites relied mostly on a complicated paper trail vulnerable to error.
“Personally it is very painful for me that our team at Arlington did not perform all aspects of its mission to the high stan-dard required,” he told a Senate panel. He was subpoenaed to testify.
Metzler and his deputy, Thurman Higgin-botham, were forced to retire after Army inves-tigators found that as many as 211 graves were unmarked or misidenti-fi ed. The report by the Army Inspector General’s offi ce accused Metzler of repeatedly failing to ensure burials were being done properly and of failing to respond after
unmarked graves were discovered.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, chairwoman of an over-sight panel on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Reform Committee, said Thurs-day that her investigation has revealed far higher estimates of the num-ber of graves affected. McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, said she be-lieves that between 4,900 and 6,600 graves may be unmarked or mislabeled on cemetery maps.
Kathryn Condon, who was hired to fi x the cemetery’s problems, testifi ed that the Army was still trying to deter-mine exactly how many burial sites could be affected. But, she said, “I am confi dent there are probably other map errors” beyond the 211 sites initially identifi ed by Army investigators.
Metzler said an in-
spector general fi nding that more than 100 graves lacked a headstone or burial card was not entirely accurate and that it was mostly internal working maps used by cemetery employees that were mislabeled.
Metzler insisted that discrepancies on those maps wouldn’t necessar-ily affect operations.
He also said any prob-lems that came up over the years were quickly fi xed and suggested he was surprised by the fi ndings of the Army’s Inspector General.
His testimony angered and confused lawmakers.
“The notion that you would come in here and act like you didn’t know about it until a month ago is offensive. You did know about it, and you did nothing,” McCaskill said.
A visibly frustrated Sen. Scott Brown abrupt-
ly ended his questioning.“I’d have a lot of fun
with you in a deposition because I don’t think we’re getting straight talk here,” said Brown, R-Mass.
Higginbotham testi-fi ed in general about his tenure at the cemetery but left the hearing early after asserting his Fifth Amendment right not to respond to many of the lawmakers’ more pointed questions.
As deputy superin-tendent who ran day-to-day operations at the cemetery, Higginbotham is accused of directly contributing to the chaos. While Army offi cials have described Metzler as an ineffective manager who turned a blind eye to the cemetery’s problems, investigators accuse Hig-ginbotham of botching contracts and creating an “unhealthy organizational climate” for employees.
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Headstone markers are seen at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Thurs-day The former superintendent of the cemetery says he accepts “full responsibility” for the mix-up of graves at the famous military burial ground.
Body of 2nd Navy sailor recovered in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The discovery of the body of a second U.S. sailor who vanished in Afghanistan last week only deepened the mystery of the men’s disap-pearance nearly 60 miles from their base in a danger-ous area controlled by the Taliban.
An investigation is under way, but with both sailors dead, U.S. authorities remained at a loss Thursday to explain what two junior en-listed men in noncombat jobs were doing driving alone in Logar province, where much of the countryside is not under government control.
“This is like a puzzle,” said Abdul Wali, deputy head of the governing council in Logar.
Petty Offi cer 2nd Class Jus-tin McNeley — father of two boys aged 5 and 9 — from Kingman, Arizona, and Petty Offi cer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, 25, from the Seattle area, disappeared in the prov-ince July 23. McNeley’s body was recovered there Sunday and Newlove’s body was pulled from a river Wednes-day evening, Afghan offi cials said.
The U.S. Navy confi rmed Newlove death on Thursday.
Raging Russian fi res destroy homes, people fl ee
MOSCOW (AP) — Raging forest fi res encircled a south-ern Russian city and tore through provincial villages Thursday, forcing mass evac-uations as Moscow suffered through a record, weeks-long heat wave and smog cloud caused by peat-bog fi res.
Some 212,506 acres (86,000 hectares) were burn-ing nationwide, and fl ames all but encircled the city of Vo-ronezh, 300 miles southeast of Moscow. Forest fi res on Moscow’s outskirts reached the city’s western fringe, in the Krylatskoye district, but were extinguished toward nightfall.
State television pictures showed the evacuation by ambulance of a Voronezh city hospital. Channel One said more than 800 patients were transferred to other facili-
ties as fl ames approached the city’s outskirts and thick smoke lowered visibility. Hun-dreds of children were evacu-ated from at least seven summer camps, according to the regional Emergencies Ministry website.
Hundreds of homes in sur-rounding villages burned to the ground, the ministry said. The Interfax news agency reported that the 340 homes were destroyed in a village near Nizhny Novgorod, around 250 miles east of Moscow.
There were no reports of casualties.
Settlers seize home in Jerusalem’s Muslim Quarter
JERUSALEM (AP) — Jewish settlers on Thursday took over a building in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City and evicted dozens of Palestinian tenants, residents and police said, prompting a sharp protest by the top regional U.N. envoy.
The takeover comes at a time when the U.S. is strug-gling to restart Israeli-Pales-tinian talks. The international community, led by the U.S., has urged Israel to refrain from any steps that could raise tensions in east Jerusa-lem, including evictions and house demolitions.
East Jerusalem’s Old City was captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast War. The Palestinians claim the east-ern half of the city for their capital.
Over the years, about 2,000 Israeli settlers have moved into buildings Jews bought in established Arab sections of east Jerusalem, including the Old City, to make it harder to partition the city.
Relatives search for bodies at Pakistan air crash
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Rela-tives desperate to fi nd the bodies of loved ones joined emergency teams Thursday at the scene of Pakistan’s worst-ever plane crash, but recovery work was badly ham-pered by rain and thick mud on the slippery hills.
The Airbus A321 oper-ated by local carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking the capital, Islamabad, dur-ing monsoon storms, killing all 152 people on board. Wreckage was strewn over about a third of a square mile (one-square kilometer) of the forested slopes.
The Civil Aviation Author-ity said the plane had been ordered to take an alternative approach to the runway, but had veered off course. Find-ing out why will be a key task of the investigation team, said Riazul Haq, director general of the agency.
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TEBOW, BRONCOS AGREE TO $33M CONTRACT
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Tim Tebow has agreed to a contract with the Denver Broncos.
The two-time national cham-pion from Florida and 25th pick in the NFL draft missed the fi rst three workouts for rookies and selected veterans while his agent, Jimmy Sexton, and general manager Brian Xanders hammered out a deal.
ESPN has reported the deal is worth $33 million over fi ve years with $8.7 million guaranteed.
Tebow is expected to practice Friday morning, the fi nal session before training camp begins Sunday with a full squad.
The signing of Tebow leaves top pick Demaryius Thomas, a wide receiver out of Georgia Tech, as the only unsigned mem-ber of Denver’s draft class.
ORIOLES HIRE SHOWALTER AS MANAGER
BALTIMORE (AP) — Buck Showalter was hired to man-age the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, his latest rebuilding project in a major league career full of them.
Showalter’s fi rst game will be Tuesday night at Camden Yards against the Los Angeles Angels.
Baltimore had the worst re-cord in the majors at 31-70 go-ing into Thursday night against Kansas City and is headed toward its 13th straight losing season. The Orioles fi red man-ager Dave Trembley on June 4 and replaced him on an interim basis with Juan Samuel.
“Buck Showalter’s proven track record makes him the right choice for manager of the Orioles,” president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail said in a statement.
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The North Carolina All-Stars will travel to Brazil on Friday fusing their mision trip with the game of basketball. Team members are (front row, l-r) Nathan Fox, Kaycee Murr, Haley Bryant, Anna Murr, Jeremy Murr, (back row, l-r) Ryan Sarda, Tim Murr, Nate Woodruff, Ronnie Kruger, Jeffrey Bryant, Joel Murr and Arnold Hodges.
I’m taking my talents to BrazilWe’re going on a mission.
I’ve spent the last few months on San-
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I’m a competitor. It’s what we do.
Anyway, there’s been a reason behind all the challenges and
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ON A MISSION
Phillies complete trade for Oswalt
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There’s a new Roy in town — and he’s an ace, too.
Three-time All-Star Roy Oswalt gave his OK to a trade from Houston to Philadelphia on Thurs-day, becoming the latest star pitcher to join the hard-charging Phillies.
After getting Roy Hal-laday in the offseason, the two-time defend-ing NL champi-ons got Oswalt and a sizable amount of cash from the Astros for pitcher J.A. Happ and two speedy prospects, outfi elder An-thony Gose and shortstop Jonathan Villar. Hous-ton then traded Gose to Toronto.
Oswalt joins a rotation that includes Halladay, acquired from Toronto in the offseason, and Cole Hamels, the 2008 World Series MVP. Oswalt is scheduled to make his debut for the Phillies on Friday night, starting at Washington.
“We’re trying to do what we can to get back to the World Series and win it,” Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said. “To have Roy Oswalt,Roy Halladay and addi-tionally Cole Hamels, Joe Blanton and Kyle Kend-rick, we stack ourselves up as one of the best rota-tions in baseball.”
This was the second straight year the Phil-lies made a major trade for a pitcher in the days leading up to the July 31 deadline. Last season, they got Cliff Lee and he boosted them to another NL pennant — Lee was then sent to Seattle in a separate deal on the same day the Phillies acquired Halladay.
“I’m excited,” Halladay said. “It says a lot that this team is dedicated to winning.”
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Jimmy Clausen (2) throws a pass during practice at the NFL football team’s training camp in Spartanbrug, S.C., Thursday.
By MIKE CRANSTONAP Sports Writer
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — If Jimmy Clausen indeed becomes Carolina’s franchise quarterback, it’ll be after overcoming a humble beginning to his professional career.
Three months after his draft weekend snub, a nervous Clausen fumbled a couple of snaps early in his fi rst workout of training camp
with the Panthers on Thursday, before laboring in the intense heat in his new role: third-stringer.
It was a long way from all the high school hype, the brashness at Notre Dame and the declaration after the Panthers fi nally ended his two-day draft wait with the 48th selection that his goal was to be the starter from day one.
“That’s how you have to think. When you go out to practice you want to do as much as you can to
be the starting quarterback,” Clau-sen said. “At the end of the day, I can control only what I can control and the coaches are going to make the decisions, who’s going to play and who’s not going to play.”
It was the typical measured re-sponse Clausen has made routine since his fi rst NFL minicamp in April. He’s impressed coaches with his lengthy fi lm sessions and won
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hardwood, and is telling anyone who will listen. Find past re-cordings of his late-show rants on The PODcast at designated-hitter.wordpress.com
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Registration open for SASL rec season
SANFORD — Registra-tion for the Sanford Area Soccer League’s 2010-11 recreation season is open.
SASL is open to players born between the dates of Aug. 8, 1992, and July 31, 2007. Late registra-tion is open until Satur-day and will cost $80.
The league is designed for fun, with no scores be-ing kept and the focus on the players’ development of the skills.
Registration forms are available at www.sasl.net and can be mailed to: SASL, P.O. Box 1212, Sanford, N.C., 27331.
For more information, call (919) 708-6886 or visit www.sasl.net.
YOUTHDRNV holding registrations for fall ball
SANFORD — Registra-tion is currently underway for Deep River-Northview baseball and softball for the fall season.
Baseball registration is for boys ages 5-15 and fast pitch softball is available for girls between 7-12.
Registration may be completed online at www.drnvobaseball.com. The deadline for registration is Sunday, Aug. 8.
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About 60 youth golfers took part in the Sanford Golf Course Junior Camp earlier this month. The camp had skills challenges for all age groups and concluded with the annual junior tournament. Jay Minter shot a 42 in nine holes to win the 13--14-year-old division while Matthew Honeycutt was second with a 44. Stephanie Dunne won the 12-14 age group. The two winners of the club’s annual membership giveaway (one from the course and one from the Exchange Club of Lee County) were Madison Britt and R.J. Taylor.
SANFORD GOLF COURSE JUNIOR CAMP
Cavs golf team to hold tryouts
SANFORD – Any female student at Southern Lee HighSchool who is interested in going out for the golf team this season should come to practices at 6 p.m. on Tuesday evenings at Tobacco Road and at 6 p.m. on Thurs-day evenings at Quail Ridge.
The fi rst practice is Aug. 3. Those interested must bring
proof of a recent doctor’s physical exam to the fi rst practice.
Lee girls’ tennis tryouts scheduled
SANFORD — Lee County’s girls’ tennis team will hold tryouts in a couple of weeks.
Tryouts will take place from 3:30-5:30 p.m on Aug. 2 and will continue through Thurs-day at the same time. The tryouts will take place at the Lee County tennis courts.
All participants must have a current physical exam completed.
For more information pleasecontact coach Mary Tatum at (919) 775-3712.
Lee volleyball tryouts set
SANFORD — Tryout dates for the Lee County volleyball team have been announced.
The tryouts will be held between 8-10 a.m. beginning on Monday, Aug. 2.
In order to try out, stu-dents must have an updated physical. If they do not have a physical, they will not be allowed to participate.
For more information, contact Cindy Kelly at (919) 353-9887.
Wicker schedules Lee soccer tryouts
SANFORD — Tryouts for the Lee County soccer team undernew coach Brad Wicker will begin at 7 a.m. Monday.
Students are required to bring a current physical or they will not be allowed to par-ticipate. Participants are also required to bring a pair of ten-nis shoes. The team will meet at the baseball parking lot.
A mandatory afternoon prac-tice will also be held from 6-8 p.m. on Monday. All practices are mandatory in order to play for the Yellow Jackets this fall.
For more information, con-tact Wicker at (919)889-8552
CAMPGrace hosting soccer camp
SANFORD — Grace ChristianSchool is hosting a soccer camp soon.
The camp, hosted by Crusad-ers coach Chris Pratt, will be held on Aug. 2-6 and is for girls and boys in grades 1-8.
The cost is $60. For more information, contact
Grace Christian Athletic Director Chris Pratt at (919) 353-5755.
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Lee’s Boys & Girls Club takes part in Ripken camp
UPCOMING
From Staff Reports
SANFORD — One chaperone and three club members from the Boys & Girls Club of Sanford/Lee County had a chance to attend the four-day base-ball camp in Aberdeen,
Md., sponsored by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation.
Those that attended the camp were Timir TC Cox (Chaperone and B&GC Middle School Di-rector), Cortrell Woodard, 13, Deshun Alston,13, and D’Marco Thomason,
10.Out of 30 eligible
clubs to attend the camp, only eight partnerships were able to attend and the Boys & Girls Club of Sanford/Lee County was chosen. The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation is a nonprofi t organiza-tion, working throughout the country with Boys & Girls Clubs, P.A.L. centers, inner-city schools, and other organizations serv-ing and helping America’s youth to build character and teach critical life lessons to young people residing in America’s most distressed com-munities through base-ball and softball themed programs.
Led by former Major League Baseball great Cal Ripken Jr., and his borther and former big-leaguer Billy Ripken, the Cal Ripke, Sr. Foundation is reaching out to chil-dren who might other-wise never have access to positive mentors or team sports and bringing criti-cal life lessons to those in desperate need of a helping hand and chance
to succeed in life.The camp consisted
of baseball drills during the day and life lessons, sportsmanship training, ropes courses, respon-sibility and character-building during the evening and free time.
The Ripken Staff will be traveling to Sanford for the Inaugural Cal Ripken Sr. Quickball Fun Day at the OT Sloan Boys & Girls Club on 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Friday. The local Club is expecting 200 other Club members from across the state at this event. N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper, an avid baseball fan and supporter of the Ripken program, will be in at-tendance with members of the NC SBI staff, who will play ball with the children.
Quickball is a national enhancement program that was introduced in 1999 and is the offi cial stepping stone to Rip-ken Baseball. The main purpose of Quickball is to make baseball more fun and easier to play regard-less of skill level.
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AP source: Haynesworth fails conditioning test
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Al-bert Haynesworth failed his conditioning test Thursday and was forced to sit out the fi rst practice of the Washing-ton Redskins training camp, the latest twist in a test of wills between the two-time All-Pro defensive lineman and coach Mike Shanahan.
A person familiar with the situation told The Associ-ated Press that Haynes-worth did not pass the test Thursday morning. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Sha-nahan planned to address the matter after practice, which was scheduled to be held late in the afternoon.
Marlins trade 3B Cantu to Texas
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The AL West-leading Texas Rangers added another bat for the stretch, getting third baseman Jorge Cantu from the Florida Marlins on Thursday for two minor league pitchers.
Cantu got two hits, scored twice and made an error in the Marlins’ 5-0 win at San Francisco. The trade was completed right after the game ended.
Cantu hit .262 with 10 home runs and 54 RBIs for Florida. The Rang-ers already have All-Star Michael Young at third base — Cantu said in recent days he was prepared to switch back to his former spot at fi rst base, a position of need for the Rangers.
Padres get Tejada from Orioles
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The NL West-leading San Diego Padres obtained infi elder Miguel Tejada and cash
from the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday in exchange for Double-A right-hander Wynn Pelzer.
Tejada was scratched from the Orioles’ lineup before their game Thursday night at Kansas City. The trade was announced a short time later.
Tejada is hitting .269 with seven homers and 39 RBIs. The former AL MVP can play shortstop and third base. He has appeared in 93 games in the fi eld this sea-son, all at third base, after having played shortstop in each of his previous 1,846 games.
Roush transferred to Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — NASCAR team owner Jack Roush has been transferred to the Mayo Clinic following surgery on facial injuries he sus-tained in a plane crash in Wisconsin.
Roush Fenway Rac-ing said in a statement Thursday that Roush was taken to the Mayo Clinic on Wednesday and is in serious but stable condi-tion. The team does not say what kind of injuries he has from the accident Tuesday night.
Roush’s passenger, friend Brenda Stricklin, was treated and released from a Wisconsin hospital Wednesday afternoon.
Roush was attending the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. The aviation buff also survived a crash in 2002.
The EAA said a Beech-craft Premier business jet registered to Roush Fenway Racing, LLC was involved in a landing ac-cident at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday.
SPORTS BRIEFS
GOLF
Compton shares lead in PGA Tour event
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Double heart transplant recipient Erik Compton shot a 7-under 63 in the inaugural Greenbrier Clas-sic to share the fi rst-round lead with rookie Matt Every.
Playing on a sponsor’s exemption, Compton made nine birdies, seven over a nine-hole stretch on the Old White course Thursday.
The 30-year-old Compton has made four cuts in six starts this season.
He was diagnosed at age 9 with a disease that infl ames the heart and leaves it unable to pump as hard as it needs to. His fi rst transplant came three years later and his sec-ond one came in 2008.
George McNeill, Pat Perez and Jeff Overton opened with 64s.
Shin, Inkster take early lead at British Open
SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Yani Tseng shot a 4-under 68 in the opening round at Royal Birkdale on Thursday, and is tied for the lead as she pursues her third major title.
The rising star from Taiwan shot a bogey-free round that included a birdie and an eagle on the two fi nishing holes, putting her in a tie for the lead with Australian Katherine Hull.
“I played really, really solid. I hit all greens but one today and I putted pretty well,” said Tseng, who already has won the Kraft Nabisco Champion-ship this season to go with the LPGA Championship she won in 2008.
“The last two par-fi ves were just like long par-fours with the wind, so I stayed relaxed and tried to make birdies,” Tseng said. “It was pretty good
Hull was among the last
players on the course and also made an eagle on the 18th hole — in front of nearly deserted grandstands — to join Tseng at 4 under. Hull dropped a stroke at the fourth hole before rattling off three birdies in a four-hole stretch beginning at No. 7.
Vaughan takes lead at Senior Open
SAMMAMISH, Wash. (AP) — Bruce Vaughan took ad-vantage of cool morning con-ditions with an opening-round
66 to take a two-shot lead in the fi rst round of the U.S. Senior Open on Thursday.
Less than a week after fi nishing in a tie for 20th at the Senior British Open, Vaughan picked up where he left off with birdies on the 16th and 18th holes — the 18th a brutal, uphill 465-yard par 4, converted from a par 5. Vaughan then birdied the second, third and sixth holes on his back nine, before bo-geying the par-3 9th, his fi nal hole of the day.
T.O. misses fl ight, but gets number
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Terrell Owens missed his fl ight but got his number.
When he fi nally makes it to town — a little late — he’ll be wear-ing his familiar 81.
The Cincinnati Bengals’ latest addition missed his overnight fl ight from the West Coast and had to take a later one on Thursday, delaying his debut at training camp.
The Bengals had planned on him arriving early in the day, taking his physical and signing his one-year contract while the rest of the team held its fi rst workout. They scheduled an intro-ductory news confer-ence after the morning practice.
The news conference had to be rescheduled for after the evening session. Coach Marvin Lewis wasn’t sure whether the 36-year-old receiver would arrive in time to work out.
On his Twitter ac-count, Owens posted a note Wednesday night saying he was headed to see a movie. He didn’t explain why he missed his fl ight on Thursday, but confi rmed that his news conference had to be rescheduled.
“My Press conf about my “Decision” 2 take my talents 2 Cincy will b held 2nite after 7pm practice!!” he tweeted, playing off LeBron James’ one-hour television show announcing his decision to leave Cleveland.
MLB ROUNDUP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scott Olsen returned from the disabled list to win his fi rst appearance in more than two months, Adam Dunn and Ian Desmond each homered and doubled, and the last-place Washington Nationals beat NL East-leading Atlanta.
Olsen (3-2) gave up three runs — two earned — and fi ve hits in six innings before a thunderstorm caused a 1 1/2-hour delay. The Nation-als made room on the roster for the left-hander by putting rookie sensation Stephen Strasburg on the DL for the fi rst time.
Marlins 5, Giants 0SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
— Anibal Sanchez pitched a one-hitter for his fi rst shutout since a no-hitter in September 2006, and Jorge Cantu played
his fi nal game for Florida in the Marlins’ 5-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday.
Sanchez (8-6) retired his fi rst 13 batters and matched a career-high with eight strikeouts.
Giants rookie Buster Posey had his hitting streak snapped at 21 games, one shy of tying Hall of Famer Wil-lie McCovey’s San Francisco rookie record, set in 1959.
Mets 4, Cardinals 0NEW YORK (AP) — R.A.
Dickey took a three-hitter into the ninth inning and Ike Davis hit a three-run homer, leading the Mets to its fi rst series vic-tory in more than a month.
Rockies 9, Pirates 3DENVER (AP) — Ubaldo
Jimenez rebounded from two rough starts to pitch seven
effective innings and the Rockies snapped an eight-game skid.
Carlos Gonzalez and Brad Hawpe homered and Clint Barmes had two hits and three RBIs for the Rockies, who had dropped 11 of 13.
Jimenez (16-2) returned to the form that earned him a start in the All-Star game. He allowed one run and four hits, struck out six and walked three. Jimenez moved within a victory of tying the franchise record for wins held by three pitchers.
Rays 4, Tigers 2ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)
— David Price became the AL’s fi rst 14-game winner, Carlos Pena had four RBIs and Tampa Bay beat Detroit 4-2 to complete a four-game sweep.
AP photo
Washington Nationals’ Adam Dunn, right, runs to third base on a ball hit by Nation-als’ Josh Willingham during the second inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Thursday in Washington. Braves’ third baseman Chipper Jones is seen at left.
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4B / Friday, July 30, 2010 / The Sanford Herald ScoreboardSports ReviewRACINGNASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders
By The Associated PressThrough July 25Points1, Kevin Harvick, 2,920. 2, Jeff Gordon,
2,736. 3, Denny Hamlin, 2,660. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 2,659. 5, Kurt Busch, 2,658. 6, Kyle Busch, 2,630. 7, Jeff Burton, 2,615. 8, Matt Kenseth, 2,573. 9, Tony Stewart, 2,544. 10, Carl Edwards, 2,496.
11, Greg Biffl e, 2,462. 12, Clint Bowyer, 2,446. 13, Mark Martin, 2,384. 14, Dale Earn-hardt Jr., 2,353. 15, Ryan Newman, 2,299. 16, Jamie McMurray, 2,295. 17, Kasey Kahne, 2,290. 18, David Reutimann, 2,269. 19, Joey Logano, 2,241. 20, Martin Truex Jr., 2,145.
Money1, Jamie McMurray, $4,687,502. 2, Kurt
Busch, $4,628,322. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $4,408,193. 4, Kevin Harvick, $4,306,470. 5, Kyle Busch, $3,792,817. 6, Jeff Gordon, $3,595,042. 7, Denny Hamlin, $3,498,233. 8, Matt Kenseth, $3,307,517. 9, Kasey Kahne, $3,299,607. 10, Tony Stewart, $3,208,357.
11, Jeff Burton, $3,176,307. 12, David Re-utimann, $3,162,218. 13, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,155,253. 14, Carl Edwards, $3,138,541. 15, Greg Biffl e, $3,058,162. 16, Joey Logano, $3,007,293. 17, Ryan Newman, $2,982,052. 18 Juan Pablo Montoya, $2,978,237. 19, Clint Bowyer, $2,778,329. 20, A J Allmend-inger, $2,764,493.
Odds to Win Pennsylvania 500
By Keith Glantz and Russell CulverDRIVER ODDSDenny Hamlin 4-1Kyle Busch 6-1Jimmie Johnson 6-1Jeff Gordon 10-1Kevin Harvick 10-1Clint Bowyer 12-1Tony Stewart 12-1Jeff Burton 18-1Kurt Busch 18-1Greg Biffl e 20-1Carl Edwards 20-1Kasey Kahne 20-1Jamie McMurray 20-1Juan Pablo Montoya 20-1Mark Martin 25-1Matt Kenseth 30-1Dale Earnhardt Jr. 35-1Joey Logano 35-1Ryan Newman 40-1David Reutimann 40-1Martin Truex Jr. 45-1A.J. Allmendinger 65-1Brad Keselowski 80-1David Ragan 80-1Field (All Others) 100-1
BASEBALLNL Leaders
BATTING—Votto, Cincinnati, .322; Furcal, Los Angeles, .318; Prado, Atlanta, .316; Polanco, Philadelphia, .316; Byrd, Chicago, .313; Pagan, New York, .309; CGonzalez, Colorado, .308; AHuff, San Francisco, .308.
RUNS—BPhillips, Cincinnati, 74; Prado, Atlanta, 73; Votto, Cincinnati, 72; Weeks, Milwaukee, 71; Uggla, Florida, 70; Howard, Philadelphia, 65; AHuff, San Francisco, 65.
RBI—Howard, Philadelphia, 81; Pujols, St. Louis, 71; Hart, Milwaukee, 70; Votto, Cincinnati, 70; DWright, New York, 69; Weeks, Milwaukee, 67; Gomes, Cincinnati, 65; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 65; Loney, Los Angeles, 65.
HITS—Prado, Atlanta, 137; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 121; Howard, Philadelphia, 119; Byrd, Chicago, 116; CGonzalez, Colorado, 115; Votto, Cincinnati, 115; Weeks, Milwau-kee, 115.
DOUBLES—Werth, Philadelphia, 34; Torres, San Francisco, 32; Prado, Atlanta, 29; Byrd, Chicago, 28; ADunn, Washington, 28; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 27; DWright, New York, 27.
TRIPLES—Victorino, Philadelphia, 8; SDrew, Arizona, 7; AEscobar, Milwaukee, 7; Fowler, Colorado, 7; Pagan, New York, 7; Bay, New York, 6; JosReyes, New York, 6.
HOME RUNS—Votto, Cincinnati, 26; ADunn, Washington, 24; Fielder, Milwaukee, 24; Reynolds, Arizona, 24; Howard, Philadelphia, 23; Pujols, St. Louis, 23; Hart, Milwaukee, 22; Uggla, Florida, 22; Weeks, Milwaukee, 22.
STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Houston, 31; Morgan, Washington, 28; Pagan, New York, 23; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 21; HRamirez, Florida, 21; CYoung, Arizona, 21; JosReyes, New York, 20; Victorino, Philadelphia, 20.
PITCHING—Jimenez, Colorado, 16-2; Wainwright, St. Louis, 14-6; Halladay, Phila-delphia, 12-8; CCarpenter, St. Louis, 11-3; Latos, San Diego, 11-4; THudson, Atlanta, 11-5; Nolasco, Florida, 11-7.
STRIKEOUTS—Halladay, Philadelphia, 149; JoJohnson, Florida, 146; Lincecum, San Francisco, 143; Wainwright, St. Louis, 142; Haren, Arizona, 141; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 138; Dempster, Chicago, 134.
SAVES—BrWilson, San Francisco, 30; HBell, San Diego, 29; FCordero, Cincinnati, 27; Capps, Washington, 26; Nunez, Florida, 24; Wagner, Atlanta, 23; Lindstrom, Hous-ton, 22; FRodriguez, New York, 22.
AL LeadersBATTING—Hamilton, Texas, .358; MiCa-
brera, Detroit, .347; Morneau, Minnesota, .345; DelmYoung, Minnesota, .334; ABeltre, Boston, .332; Cano, New York, .330; DeJe-sus, Kansas City, .318.
RUNS—Crawford, Tampa Bay, 76; Teixeira, New York, 76; Youkilis, Boston, 74; MiCa-brera, Detroit, 72; Cano, New York, 71; Jeter, New York, 69; Hamilton, Texas, 67; MYoung, Texas, 67.
RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 89; ARodriguez, New York, 82; DelmYoung, Minnesota, 79; Guerrero, Texas, 78; JBautista, Toronto, 75; Hamilton, Texas, 74; Teixeira, New York, 72.
HITS—Hamilton, Texas, 140; ISuzuki, Se-attle, 129; Cano, New York, 128; MiCabrera, Detroit, 127; ABeltre, Boston, 125; MYoung, Texas, 124; Podsednik, Kansas City, 121.
DOUBLES—MiCabrera, Detroit, 35; Markakis, Baltimore, 33; Mauer, Minnesota, 33; Hamilton, Texas, 32; DelmYoung, Minne-sota, 31; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 30; VWells, Toronto, 30.
TRIPLES—Crawford, Tampa Bay, 7; AJackson, Detroit, 7; Span, Minnesota, 7; Pennington, Oakland, 6; Podsednik, Kansas City, 6; Granderson, New York, 5; FLewis, Toronto, 5; EPatterson, Boston, 5; Youkilis, Boston, 5.
HOME RUNS—JBautista, Toronto, 30; MiCabrera, Detroit, 25; Konerko, Chicago, 24; Hamilton, Texas, 23; CPena, Tampa Bay, 23; DOrtiz, Boston, 21; Guerrero, Texas, 20; Teixeira, New York, 20; VWells, Toronto, 20.
STOLEN BASES—Pierre, Chicago, 38; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 37; RDavis, Oakland, 30; Podsednik, Kansas City, 30; Gardner, New York, 28; Figgins, Seattle, 27; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 27.
PITCHING—Price, Tampa Bay, 14-5; Sabathia, New York, 13-4; Pavano, Min-nesota, 13-6; PHughes, New York, 12-3; Verlander, Detroit, 12-6; Pettitte, New York, 11-2; Lester, Boston, 11-5; Garza, Tampa Bay, 11-5; CBuchholz, Boston, 11-5; Danks, Chicago, 11-7.
STRIKEOUTS—JerWeaver, Los Angeles, 155; FHernandez, Seattle, 145; Lester, Boston, 143; Liriano, Minnesota, 139; Verlander, Detroit, 130; CLewis, Texas, 125; Morrow, Toronto, 125.
SAVES—NFeliz, Texas, 28; RSoriano, Tampa Bay, 28; Soria, Kansas City, 27; Papelbon, Boston, 24; Gregg, Toronto, 23; Jenks, Chicago, 21; MRivera, New York, 21; Valverde, Detroit, 21; Rauch, Minnesota, 21; Valverde, Detroit, 21.
FOOTBALLACC Player of the Year Media Poll
1. Christian Ponder, Florida State 452. Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech 163. Tyrod Taylor, Virginia Tech 11T4. Russell Wilson, NC State 6T4. Robert Quinn, North Carolina 66. Joshua Nesbitt, Georgia Tech 47. Kyle Parker, Clemson 3T8. Mark Herzlich, Boston College 2T8. Jacory Harris, Miami 2T10. Montel Harris, Boston College 1T10. Darren Evans, Virginia Tech 1T10. Bruce Carter, North Carolina 1
ACC Championship Game Media Predictions
1. Virginia Tech over FSU 352. Virginia Tech over Clemson 133. Florida State over Virginia Tech 114. Florida State over Miami 105. Miami over Florida State 96. Georgia Tech over Florida State 77. Florida State over North Carolina 3T8. Virginia Tech over Boston College 2T8. Florida State over Georgia Tech 2T10. Miami over Clemson 1T10. Georgia Tech over Clemson 1T10. Boston College over Georgia Tech 1T10. Boston College over Virginia Tech 1T10. North Carolina over Florida State 1T10. North Carolina over Clemson 1
2010 preseason All-ACC teamBy The Associated PressGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The 2010
preseason all-ACC football team as voted on by 52 media members at the league’s media days: OFFENSE
QB—Christian Ponder, Florida StateRB—Ryan Williams, Virginia TechRB—Montel Harris, Boston CollegeWR—Donovan Varner, DukeWR—Torrey Smith, MarylandTE—George Bryan, N.C. StateOT—Anthony Castonzo, Boston CollegeOT—Chris Hairston, ClemsonOG—Rodney Hudson, Florida StateOG—Thomas Claiborne, Boston CollegeC—Sean Bedford, Georgia TechK—Matt Bosher, Miami DEFENSEDE—Robert Quinn, North CarolinaDE—Allen Bailey, MiamiDT—Marvin Austin, North CarolinaDT—Jarvis Jenkins, ClemsonLB—Alex Wujciak, MarylandLB—Quan Sturdivant, North CarolinaLB—Luke Kuechly, Boston CollegeCB—Kendric Burney, North CarolinaCB—Brandon Harris, MiamiS—DeAndre McDaniel, ClemsonS—Deunta Williams, North CarolinaP—Matt Bosher, MiamiSpec.—Torrey Smith, Maryland
GOLFThe Greenbrier Classic Scores
By The Associated PressThursdayAt The Old White CourseWhite Sulphur Springs, W.Va.Purse: $6 millionYardage: 7,031; Par 70First Rounda-denotes amateur
Erik Compton 32-31 — 63Matt Every 33-30 — 63George McNeill 31-33 — 64Pat Perez 33-31 — 64Jeff Overton 31-33 — 64Brendon de Jonge 33-32 — 65Charles Howell III 32-33 — 65Aron Price 31-34 — 65Matt Bettencourt 31-34 — 65John Rollins 31-34 — 65Spencer Levin 31-35 — 66Bob Estes 32-34 — 66Jeff Quinney 32-34 — 66Dean Wilson 32-34 — 66Jay Williamson 32-34 — 66Stuart Appleby 32-34 — 66Ben Crane 32-34 — 66John Mallinger 31-35 — 66Mathew Goggin 34-32 — 66Chad Collins 33-33 — 66Scott Piercy 32-34 — 66Paul Goydos 33-33 — 66Richard S. Johnson 31-35 — 66Chris Couch 32-34 — 66Woody Austin 31-36 — 67Lee Janzen 33-34 — 67Justin Leonard 31-36 — 67Jeev Milkha Singh 31-36 — 67Aaron Baddeley 34-33 — 67Scott McCarron 32-35 — 67Brett Wetterich 33-34 — 67Boo Weekley 33-34 — 67Kevin Sutherland 33-34 — 67Skip Kendall 31-36 — 67Briny Baird 35-32 — 67Jimmy Walker 32-35 — 67Alex Hamilton 32-35 — 67Brian Stuard 34-33 — 67Joe Ogilvie 34-34 — 68Greg Chalmers 33-35 — 68Marc Leishman 32-36 — 68Brandt Snedeker 33-35 — 68Chris Riley 34-34 — 68Cameron Beckman 34-34 — 68Stephen Ames 34-34 — 68D.A. Points 34-34 — 68James Driscoll 33-35 — 68Justin Bolli 32-36 — 68Patrick Moore 31-37 — 68Drew Weaver 35-33 — 68Craig Bowden 31-37 — 68Greg Owen 35-33 — 68Davis Love III 33-35 — 68Steve Flesch 35-33 — 68Jim Furyk 33-35 — 68Sergio Garcia 33-35 — 68John Senden 33-35 — 68Arjun Atwal 33-35 — 68Garth Mulroy 33-35 — 68Brent Delahoussaye 32-36 — 68Tim Herron 35-34 — 69Charles Warren 34-35 — 69Bill Lunde 35-34 — 69Chris Stroud 33-36 — 69Paul Stankowski 34-35 — 69Troy Merritt 32-37 — 69Mark Wilson 34-35 — 69Derek Lamely 34-35 — 69Matt Kuchar 33-36 — 69Troy Matteson 33-36 — 69Ben Curtis 33-36 — 69Jonathan Byrd 34-35 — 69J.J. Henry 33-36 — 69Martin Laird 33-36 — 69Michael Bradley 34-35 — 69J.B. Holmes 34-35 — 69John Daly 35-34 — 69Charlie Wi 35-34 — 69Roger Tambellini 34-35 — 69Cameron Percy 32-37 — 69Jerod Turner 36-33 — 69Nicholas Thompson 35-35 — 70Daniel Chopra 33-37 — 70Jerry Kelly 36-34 — 70David Toms 36-34 — 70Steve Wheatcroft 35-35 — 70Charley Hoffman 32-38 — 70Billy Mayfair 35-35 — 70Ricky Barnes 34-36 — 70Matt Jones 36-34 — 70Graham DeLaet 37-33 — 70Joe Durant 34-36 — 70John Merrick 35-35 — 70Chris DiMarco 34-36 — 70Kevin Na 34-36 — 70Rocco Mediate 34-36 — 70a-Jonathan Bartlett 33-37 — 70Glen Day 34-37 — 71Carl Pettersson 35-36 — 71Blake Adams 34-37 — 71Jeff Maggert 36-35 — 71Brenden Pappas 35-36 — 71Robert Garrigus 33-38 — 71Rod Pampling 34-37 — 71Vance Veazey 35-36 — 71Gary Woodland 37-34 — 71Martin Flores 36-35 — 71Chris Wilson 36-35 — 71Andrew McLardy 36-35 — 71Garrett Willis 33-38 — 71Roland Thatcher 36-35 — 71Trevor Immelman 36-35 — 71John Huston 35-36 — 71Chris Tidland 37-34 — 71Jarrod Lyle 34-37 — 71Barry Evans 35-36 — 71Dick Mast 35-36 — 71Bob Sowards 34-37 — 71
AMERICAN LEAGUEEast Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayNew York 64 36 .640 — — 7-3 W-1 34-16 30-20Tampa Bay 63 38 .624 11⁄2 — 8-2 W-6 30-20 33-18Boston 58 44 .569 7 51⁄2 6-4 W-3 30-20 28-24Toronto 53 49 .520 12 101⁄2 6-4 W-3 27-22 26-27Baltimore 31 70 .307 331⁄2 32 2-8 L-5 18-33 13-37
Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayChicago 56 44 .560 — — 6-4 W-3 30-19 26-25Minnesota 56 46 .549 1 71⁄2 7-3 W-5 30-20 26-26Detroit 51 50 .505 51⁄2 12 3-7 L-4 35-17 16-33Cleveland 42 59 .416 141⁄2 21 5-5 L-1 23-26 19-33Kansas City 42 59 .416 141⁄2 21 3-7 L-4 20-28 22-31
West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayTexas 59 42 .584 — — 7-3 L-1 35-21 24-21Oakland 51 49 .510 71⁄2 111⁄2 7-3 W-1 30-22 21-27Los Angeles 52 52 .500 81⁄2 121⁄2 2-8 L-4 27-24 25-28Seattle 39 63 .382 201⁄2 241⁄2 3-7 L-3 24-28 15-35
NATIONAL LEAGUEEast Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayAtlanta 58 43 .574 — — 5-5 L-1 34-13 24-30Philadelphia 55 46 .545 3 2 7-3 W-7 31-17 24-29New York 52 50 .510 61⁄2 51⁄2 3-7 W-1 32-17 20-33Florida 51 51 .500 71⁄2 61⁄2 6-4 W-1 28-26 23-25Washington 44 58 .431 141⁄2 131⁄2 4-6 W-1 27-22 17-36
Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayCincinnati 57 46 .553 — — 6-4 W-2 31-22 26-24St. Louis 56 46 .549 1⁄2 11⁄2 5-5 L-1 34-16 22-30Milwaukee 48 55 .466 9 10 6-4 L-2 24-28 24-27Chicago 46 56 .451 101⁄2 111⁄2 5-5 L-2 26-27 20-29Houston 42 59 .416 14 15 5-5 W-2 23-29 19-30Pittsburgh 36 65 .356 20 21 4-6 L-1 23-26 13-39
West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwaySan Diego 59 40 .596 — — 7-3 W-1 31-20 28-20San Francisco 58 45 .563 3 — 7-3 L-1 30-20 28-25Los Angeles 54 47 .535 6 3 5-5 L-1 32-21 22-26Colorado 52 50 .510 81⁄2 51⁄2 2-8 W-1 32-18 20-32Arizona 37 64 .366 23 20 3-7 L-6 24-29 13-35
MLB Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUEWednesday’s GamesMinnesota 6, Kansas City 4Boston 7, L.A. Angels 3N.Y. Yankees 8, Cleveland 0Toronto 5, Baltimore 0Tampa Bay 7, Detroit 4Oakland 3, Texas 1Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle 5Thursday’s GamesTampa Bay 4, Detroit 2N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Baltimore at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.Friday’s GamesCleveland (Masterson 3-9) at Toronto (Marcum 9-4), 7:07 p.m.Detroit (Galarraga 3-3) at Boston (Lester 11-5), 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 12-3) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis 8-9), 7:10
p.m.Baltimore (Arrieta 3-3) at Kansas City (O’Sullivan 1-1), 8:10 p.m.Oakland (Bre.Anderson 2-1) at Chicago White Sox (D.Hudson
1-1), 8:10 p.m.Seattle (Fister 3-6) at Minnesota (S.Baker 8-9), 8:10 p.m.Texas (Tom.Hunter 8-0) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 9-7), 10:05 p.m.Saturday’s GamesCleveland at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.Detroit at Boston, 4:10 p.m.Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m.Baltimore at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Seattle at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.Sunday’s GamesCleveland at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.Detroit at Boston, 1:35 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m.Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.Baltimore at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.Seattle at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.Texas at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.NATIONAL LEAGUEWednesday’s GamesHouston 8, Chicago Cubs 1
Cincinnati 10, Milwaukee 2Philadelphia 7, Arizona 1Atlanta 3, Washington 1San Francisco 10, Florida 9, 10 inningsSt. Louis 8, N.Y. Mets 7, 13 inningsPittsburgh 6, Colorado 2San Diego 6, L.A. Dodgers 1Thursday’s GamesN.Y. Mets 4, St. Louis 0Washington 5, Atlanta 3Colorado 9, Pittsburgh 3Florida 5, San Francisco 0L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 6:35 p.m.Arizona at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.Friday’s GamesPhiladelphia (Oswalt 6-12) at Washington (Stammen 2-4), 7:05
p.m.Arizona (I.Kennedy 5-8) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 10-5), 7:10 p.m.Atlanta (Medlen 6-2) at Cincinnati (Cueto 10-2), 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee (M.Parra 3-7) at Houston (Happ 1-0), 8:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (Karstens 2-6) at St. Louis (C.Carpenter 11-3), 8:15
p.m.Chicago Cubs (Dempster 8-7) at Colorado (Francis 3-3), 9:10 p.m.Florida (Volstad 4-8) at San Diego (LeBlanc 5-8), 10:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Monasterios 3-2) at San Francisco (Lincecum
10-4), 10:15 p.m.Saturday’s GamesAtlanta at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 4:10 p.m.Milwaukee at Houston, 7:05 p.m.Philadelphia at Washington, 7:05 p.m.Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.Florida at San Diego, 8:35 p.m.Sunday’s GamesArizona at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.Atlanta at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.Philadelphia at Washington, 1:35 p.m.Milwaukee at Houston, 2:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.Florida at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m.
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Grand Prix, at Budapest, HungaryNoonSPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Pennsyl-
vania 500, at Long Pond, Pa.3:30 p.m.SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for
Pennsylvania 500, at Long Pond, Pa.5:30 p.m.SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, fi nal practice for
Pocono Mountains 125, at Long Pond, Pa.BOXING9 p.m.ESPN2 — Delvin Rodriguez (25-4-2) vs. Ashley
Theopane (26-4-1), welterweights, at Miami, Okla.EXTREME SPORTS2 p.m.ESPN — X Games, at Los Angeles7 p.m.ESPN — X Games, at Los Angeles3 a.m.
ESPN2 — X Games, at Los Angeles (delayed-tape)GOLF9 a.m.ESPN — Women’s British Open, second round, at
Southport, England10 a.m.TGC — European PGA Tour, Irish Open, second
round, at Killarney, Ireland3 p.m.TGC — PGA Tour, The Greenbrier Classic, second
round, at White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.5 p.m.ESPN2 — USGA, U.S. Senior Open Championship,
second round, at Redmond, Wash.MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL9 p.m.WGN — Chicago Cubs at ColoradoTENNIS3 p.m.ESPN2 — ATP World Tour, Farmers Classic, quarterfi -
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my life forever.I’ve decided to take my talents to
Sao Paulo, Brazil, and join the North Carolina All-Stars.
The North Carolina All-Stars, led by both Joel and Tim, are leaving today for their mission trip to Brazil to use the game of basketball to help bring kids closer to God.
For the next nine days, the All-Stars will be doing dribbling clinics for students at various Brazilian schools each morning. In between these clinics, there will be a message delivered by different members of the team to the kids about what it means to have God in their lives.
At night, the All-Stars will play dif-ferent semipro Brazilian teams.
The purpose of the trip is to help young people grow closer to God and understand what it means to have him play such a pivotal role in your life.
The All-Stars are a group of men and women from Sanford coming together, egos aside, to help accom-plish that mission.
For me, this trip will be the fi rst time that I’ve played competitive basketball since playing in a recre-ation league in 2004. Until making my decision to come out of retire-ment and join the All-Stars, I haven’t even stepped onto a basketball court.
But I’m back. Bum shoulder and all. And while my game isn’t as fi ne-
tuned as it should be, I’m still excited about this rare opportunity that will probably never come my way again.
Not only am I amped up about getting back onto the hardwood, I’m also very excited about the people I’m going with and the things we’re going to be doing.
My suitcase is all packed up with my uniform, different team T-shirts (some of which have my name on them to prove that I am, in fact, on the team), team warm-ups and other equipment. My white/Atlantic Blue 1996 Air Penny’s are all laced up and ready to go as well.
My game? Well, that never left, despite the time away from the court. The Sarda Spectacular has fully evolved and is ready to be unleashed.
The challenges and the call-outs on the PODCast have been mainly to get my teammates motivated and excited about this once-in-a-lifetime trip.
After seeing the All-Stars put on a dribbling clinic on Wednesday night at the Grace Christian gymnasium, I can honestly say that it worked.
Everybody seems ready to go on this mission.
More importantly, though, every-one seems ready to accomplish this mission.
Ryan Sarda is a sportswriter for The Herald. Reach him at (919) 718-1223 or at [email protected]. Read his blog for updates on his mission trip to Brazil at ryansarda.wordpress.com. Follow him on twitter @RyanSarda.
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over many of his teammates with his work ethic.
“He’s quiet. He’s kept his mouth shut and has just been working hard,” said left tackle Jordan Gross, who added Clausen sent him a couple of text messages over the summer. “I think that’s the right way to do it as a quarterback or any player.
“I think he’s got great po-tential. I know Matt (Moore) is our starter right now and that’s who I support. But anybody that’s got a Panthers helmet on, I want them to do their best. I’d love for him to succeed beyond anybody’s expectations. That would just make us better.”
A day after signing a four-year contract that could be worth up to $6.3 million, Clausen blamed “a little pre-practice jitters” for bobbling a couple of snaps in a walk-through before Thursday’s fi rst practice.
He then settled in mostly as the third-string QB behind Moore and Hunter Cantwell, although Clausen did take some snaps with the second unit and appeared to be sharp with his throws.
The Californian acknowl-
edged that despite being warned about the South Carolina humidity, it “caught me off guard a little bit.”
“I feel like I’m in a good position right now playing in an offense that I did at Notre Dame for three years,” Clau-sen said. “At the same time you’ve got to get used of the speed. You’ve got to get used to different guys running routes. There’s a lot of timing that goes into everything, so that’s a big thing that I’m going to be working on in camp.”
The 6-foot-2 Clausen threw 60 touchdown passes and 27 interceptions with the Fighting Irish, but was just 16-18 as a starter, hardly what fans expected after the high school phenom arrived in a limousine to announce his college choice. Questions about his attitude caused him to tumble in the draft after he left school a year early.
“I really don’t think about it too often, but I’m sure it’ll be in the back of my head,” Clausen said. “That’s one of the things that makes me strive to be the best quarter-back I can be. Go out each and every day and work as hard as I can and try to be perfect.”
While the Panthers believe Clausen could
eventually becoming their entrenched starter, Moore is clearly No. 1 at the start of camp after Jake Delhomme’s release. Clausen’s immedi-ate goal is to pass Cantwell, who spent most of his rookie season on the practice squad as Moore’s backup.
“Him and I had a great conversation today talking about some little things with the offense,” said Moore, who has started only eight NFL games. “I guess I’m kind of a mentor. I don’t see myself as one but I guess I play that role.”
Coach John Fox provided little insight when asked what Clausen needs to work on, saying only that he needs practice time to get more comfortable. Clausen is expected to see consid-erable playing time in the preseason. The exhibition opener is Aug. 12 at Balti-more.
Until then, Clausen plans to stay quiet, learn and say nothing infl ammatory.
“Whenever you get your reps, you have to go out there and make plays,” Clausen said. “I think that’s the biggest thing. When your name gets called, whether it’s one play or fi ve plays, it doesn’t really matter. You have to produce.”
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DEAR ABBY: I’m a gay 44-year-old man with self-esteem prob-lems. I have never seen myself as worthy of affection, and I don’t consider myself attractive. I have never been in a relationship, and no one outside of my family has ever said “I love you” to me.
I have recently tried to come out of my shell. As a result, the network of people I associate with has tripled -- and I think that has compounded my problem. Aside from parties where everyone is invited, I never hear from any of these people. I have only a couple of good friends, people I can talk to.
I have leaned on my friends to try to help me with my problem. But I’m afraid if I keep unloading on them it’ll wear them down, and I don’t want to burden them.
I wish I didn’t feel so worthless. I know part of my problem is the fact that I am unemployed and worried about money. But this is who I have been my whole life. How do I break the cycle and start feeling good about myself? I’m tired of being lonely all the time.
— LONELY IN CHICAGO
DEAR LONELY: One way to stop feeling lonely is to give yourself less time to feel that way. Because you are unemployed and have the time, volunteer some of it. Find a nonprofi t that helps homeless gay youth or senior citizens — or, be-cause the political scene is heating up, the party of your choice.
And while you’re at it, contact a gay and lesbian center and ask what kind of counseling services it offers, because your problems predate your unemployment. There is help available in your city.
Once you understand why you feel “unworthy of affection” you’ll be able to improve your self-esteem. There are better days ahead.
o
DEAR ABBY: My offi ce was relocated recently, a bit farther away from home than the old one. My new commute involves riding public transportation and then a shared shuttle van.
One of my co-workers, “Phil,” rides the same shuttle. He always waits for me to get off the shuttle so he can walk with me to the of-fi ce. He seems nice enough and well-meaning, but my mornings are my time to prepare myself for the day. He also occasionally touches my arm, which makes me uncomfortable. He also talks about personal things I would rather not hear about.
I would prefer to walk without him, but there is no other way to get to the offi ce. I have debated being 10 minutes late to work each day, but then I would need to stay 10 minutes later and it would be much harder for me to catch the
later shuttle.What do I do? Tell Phil I don’t
want to walk with him? Walk faster? Go in later?
— UNCOMFORTABLE IN SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
DEAR UNCOMFORTABLE: Tell Phil that as you walk to the of-fi ce you meditate — that it helps “center” you in preparing for the workday. Explain that when he talks to you or touches you it’s distracting, so you would prefer that he go on ahead. It’s the truth, and he should accommodate you.
o
DEAR ABBY: I recently had a child and would like to join a church for the community, moral messages and the music. I grew up going to one and got a lot out of it.
However, exploration through-out my 20s made me realize that I didn’t believe what was being taught. I tried hard to accept the doctrines, but truthfully, I doubt I ever will. Would it be dishonest to start attending again?
— NEW MOM IN ARKANSAS
DEAR NEW MOM: Many people consider themselves to be more “spiritual” than “religious.” And I’m willing to bet that in many congregations there is a range in the intensity of belief among the attendees.
I encourage you to select a denomination with which you feel most comfortable. Some — like the Unitarian Universalist faith (www.uua.org) — have no dogma or creed and support their members in following their own spiritual paths.
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Happy Birthday: It’s all about learning, experienc-ing and doing this year. A new way of looking at old ideas and concepts will keep you in the game. Travel will lead to knowl-edge and experience, furthering your goals. Dealing with friends, neigh-bors and relatives will be stressful if you don’t learn to say no. Your numbers are 3, 7, 17, 21, 30, 36, 42
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep your secrets to yourself. Take on respon-sibilities so everyone can see you are serious about your work. Socialize in the evening and you will come across someone with an interesting take on the future.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Love and romance are highlighted. Finish your work quickly and prepare to spend time with the one you love. If single, attend events where you can meet people and find love. Short trips will be frustrating due to delays but you will engage in conversations with interesting people.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Just when you think you are home free, you’ll face someone unhappy with the way you have done things. Try to avoid any sort of confrontation. The best alternative is to volunteer to help an organization you believe in.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t let the little things bother you so much and you will discover there is plenty to be thankful for and to enjoy. If you strive to be positive, you will beat the odds and find comfort in your home, family and relationships.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You need to get away either mentally or physical-ly. If you can take a mini vacation, do so. If not, lose yourself in a good book or a hobby. A new concept or pastime will introduce you to different philosophies or lifestyles. It’s never too late to make changes.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22): This can turn into a fabulous weekend if you put everything aside and focus on your love life. Don’t let financial worries stop you from enjoying the comfort you get from spending time with family.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll be back and forth and back again when it comes to making a person-al or professional decision. Before you drive yourself and everyone around you crazy, ask someone you trust for advice.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Put everything aside and focus on love and self-improvement. This is a great time to evaluate your personal life. Once you sort out how you can be more effective as a com-panion, friend and lover, the other uncertainties will clear up.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Keep your emotional feelings out of any conversation you get into, especially if it involves friends, relatives or neigh-bors. Keep things light and stand true to your prom-ises. Problems while travel-ing can be expected.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Deal with paperwork and personal business involving settle-ments, legalities, invest-ments or health issues rather than trying to get along with someone look-ing for a fight. Travel and communication will only lead to frustration and dif-ferences.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look back and you will see what needs to be done in the future. Past partners and financial mis-takes you have made will come to mind, reminding you not to repeat what you did the last time. A resi-dential move will help you change your life.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Make a professional move. Interviews, send-ing out your resume and exploring ways to offer your skills will all bring positive results. A relationship you have with someone will improve if you listen to the ideas, plans and intentions being suggested.
The Sanford Herald / Friday, July 30, 2010 / 5BFeaturesDEAR ABBY
Solitary man reaches out, but now is lonely in a crowd
Abigail Van Buren
Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or
P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Billy GrahamSend your queries to “My
Answer,” Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc.,
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Pray for courage andforgiveness
Q: I’ve hurt a lot of people in my life, especially my ex-wives and our children. I feel bad about it now, and I guess I ought to tell them I’m sorry, but for some reason I just can’t bring myself to do it. Please pray I’ll do the right thing. -- D.C.
A: Often, the right thing to do in life isn’t necessarily the easy thing to do -- and this is true in your situation. Yes, it would be easier just to do nothing -- but it would be wrong, and your feelings of failure and guilt would hang over you the rest of your life.
But don’t just think of your-self; think especially of those you’ve hurt. Your letter doesn’t go into detail, but how would you feel if you were a child whose father had walked out on him? How would you feel if you were a wife and mother who only knew heartache and betrayal, and fi nally abandon-ment, from her husband? I don’t know if these describe you exactly, but from what you say, your legacy hasn’t been any better.
What should you do? My prayer is that you will fi rst of all turn to Jesus Christ and commit your life to Him. You need God’s forgiveness, and You need His strength to live the way you should. The Bible’s promise is for you: “Everyone who believes in him (Christ) receives forgiveness of sins through his name” (Acts 10:43).
Then ask God to give you the courage to tell those you’ve hurt that you know you were wrong, and you want their forgiveness.
MY ANSWERODDS AND ENDS
Police: Cheeseburger found in SC woman’s gas tank
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina woman found out fast food won’t make your car go fast.
The Herald of Rock Hill reported Thursday a 30-year-old woman made a complaint to police after she took her car to a Rock Hill mechanic last week because it would suddenly stop run-ning.
Police said a mechanic found a cheeseburger and pickle inside the car’s gas tank. The woman told offi cers she had no idea how it happened.
Investigators said the damage cost about $1,000 to repair.
500-pound alligator rounded up in SC lagoon
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — As gators go, the one found in a South Carolina lagoon was downright gargantuan.
The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that an 11-foot-long, 500 pound alligator was removed from a lagoon on the resort island on Wednesday. It took three gator wrestlers from the Critter Management company and a truck to pull the gator from the lagoon near a church.
A worker said the gator was so big, it was a like a frog in a puddle.
Critter Management owner Joe Maffo said most encounters with gators occur during the spring and early summer. He said the gator probably just found a lagoon where he felt comfortable.
Prodigal gun: Man reunited with stolen revolver
TERRELL, Texas (AP) -- A rural East Texas man has been reunited with his long-lost gun more than two decades after it was stolen.
According to a Kaufman County Sheriff’s Offi ce statement, burglars took Bruce Garner’s H&R nine-shot revolver from the Terrell man’s home soon after he moved there in June 1989.
Although the thieves were never caught, depu-ties located the stolen fi rearm at a pawn shop. Sheriff’s Offi ce spokeswoman Pat Laney said Garner and his gun were reunited at an upbeat property hearing Thursday morning.
The 59-year-old leathersmith says “it’s a hoot” to have his favorite dispatch gun back again. “I was astounded.”
Fla. deputy shoots himself in leg during training
CRESTVIEW, Fla. (AP) -- An Okaloosa Sheriff’s deputy is on leave after shooting himself in the leg during a training exercise at a fi ring range.
Miguel Rojas accidentally hit himself Tuesday when deputies were forced to use their less-dominant hand to shoot. The 35-year-old caught his fi nger in the trigger guard while trying to hol-ster his gun. The bullet broke a small bone in Rojas’ leg, but the injury didn’t require surgery.
The department’s chief deputy said Rojas is in good spirits, but won’t get any relief from his co-workers for a while.
He is an eight-year sheriff’s department veteran and a member of its Special Response Team.
The objective of the game is to fill all the blank squares in a game with the correct numbers.
n Every row of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order
n Every column of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order
n Every 3 by 3 subsection of the 9 by 9 square must include all digits 1 through 9
See answer, page 2A
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Christian Healthcare Adult Daycare
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re there simple things that we take for granted in our lives? Do we overlook the fact that the
ordinary activities throughout our day can delight and mean the most to us? Consider Psalm 118:24, “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Watch for the moments to treasure; give thanks for the simple things. Rejoice with God at your house of worship this week!
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TuesdayJohn
8.1-20
WednesdayJohn
10.1-21
ThursdayJohn
10.22-42
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Broadway Presbyterian Church
The congregation will welcome the new pastor, Rev. Richard Rodda, at the 9:30 a.m. Sunday service.
The church is lo-cated at 211 S. Main St. in Broadway.
Buffalo Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Paul J. Shields will present the sermon ”If You Have Been Raised” at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service.
The church is located at 1333 Carthage St. in Sanford.
Chapel Hill AME Zion Church
Homecoming service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday followed by a fi sh fry.
Revival services will be held at 7 p.m. Wednes-day through Friday with the following speakers: Wednesday, Rev. Hill and choir of Trinity Church in Dunn; Thursday, Min-ister Curtis Weathers of Christian Faith Ministries in Sanford; Friday, Rev. Glover and choir of House of Prayer in Goldston.
The church is located at 167 Womack Road in Broadway.
Chestnut AME Zion Church
National Nightout 2010 will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church.
The church is located at 4522 Buckhorn Road in Sanford.
Christ Church of Deliverance
Apostle Zenobia Crump’s 22nd pastoral an-niversary will be celebrat-ed at 7 p.m. Thursday with Pastor Denise Upchurch of Increasing Faith Min-istries in Sanford as guest speaker.
The church is located
at 2233 Lower Moncure Road in Sanford.
Church of Many Colors
Minister Mark Yarbor-ough will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service.
The church is located at 2320 Pilson Road in Lemon Springs.
East Sanford Baptist Church
Church breakfast will be served at 8 a.m. Sunday in the fellowship hall. The Rev. Robbie Gibson will speak at the 11 a.m and 6 p.m. Sunday worship service. Vacation Bible School Recognition will be observed at the morning worship.
The men’s fellowship breakfast will be at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday at Mrs. Wenger’s Restaurant.
The church is located at 300 North Ave. in San-ford.
Emmanuel Congregational Christian Church
The Sunday worship service has been changed to 10 a.m. through the summer months of June, July and August. Begin-ning in September the service will go back to 11 a.m. again.
There will be a Flea Market held at 8 a.m. Saturday in the church fellowship hall with a lot of nice items for sale, especially some furniture items.
The church is located at 1089 Wilkins Drive in Sanford.
Exousia Christian Fellowship, Inc.
Pastor Steve L. Chesney will deliver the message at the 11 a.m. Sunday wor-ship service.
The church is located at 700 Bragg St. in San-ford.
Fair Promise AME Zion Church
A church breakfast will be served from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Donation $5. Eat in or take out.
Kick-off worship service leading to family and friends day will be held at 7 p.m. Monday through Friday with the following speakers: Mon-day, Dr. Alice Hooker of Works for Christ Chris-tian Center; Tuesday, Dr. Thomas E. Smith of First Calvary Baptist Church; Wednesday, Rev. Deloris Washington of Ebene-zer Gospel Assembly; Thursday, youth night, Rev. Bruce Petty of Trinity United Methodist Church; and Friday, Rev. Herman Morris of Prevailing Life Ministries.
Faith Hope Deliverance Christian Center
National Nightout 2010 will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the church.
The church is located at 646 Oakwood Ave. in Sanford.
First Presbyterian Church
The church will celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper at the 9 a.m. contemporary service and the 11 a.m. traditional service.
The church is located at 203 Hawkins Ave. in Sanford.
Fountain of Life Ministries
A Gospel Train sing-ing will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday with Bishop War-ren Anderson and friends performing.
The church is located at 3491 Cameron Drive in Sanford.
Gorham Prayer Room
Bible study will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 218 Simmons St. in Sanford.
Grace Chapel Church
Steve Horne will be the guest speaker at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service.
The church is located at 2605 Jefferson Davis Hwy. in Sanford.
Greater Zion Holy Temple
Next Generation of Young Christian Lead-ers will present a youth conference, “Operation - Take Back” at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday with Minister Aaron McNair Jr. of Farmville and Min-ister Sherman Blandon of Greenville speaking. Registrationis free. Special music will be provided each night.
The church is located at 608 Oddfellow St. in Sanford.
Hillmon Grove Baptist Church
Pastor Shannon Arnold will bring the 11 a.m. Sunday message following Sunday school held for all ages.
Deacons meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the church offi ce build-ing.
CARE Team “C” will meet at 10 a.m. Wednes-day in the church offi ce with Hugh and Joyce Rosser. The business meeting will be held at 7 p.m. and choir practice at 8 p.m.
The church is located at 384 Hillmon Grove Church Road.
Mays Chapel Baptist Church
Homecoming will be observed at 11 a.m. Sunday with the Rev. Eric N. Davidson delivering the message and special music by Trent Jones, Minister to Families, and Gail Bryant. A covered dish lunch will immedi-ately follow the service.
The church is located at 24 Rosser Road in Bear Creek.
Mission of Hope Independent Church
Bishop Ted Lane will not have services this Sunday.
The church is located at 522 John Garner Road in Sanford.
Mt. Carmel Pentecostal Holiness Assembly
Youth revival will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday with-Pastor Nicholas Worrell of Resurrection Temple in Goldston as guest speaker.
The church is located at 744 Minter School Road in Sanford.
Mt. Nebo Freewill Baptist Church
The 98th church an-niversary will be cel-ebrated at 11 a.m. Sunday with Pastor James Leach speaking and at 2:30 p.m. with Pastor Charlie Hawes speaking. Dress in old-fashion attire.
The church is located at 3292 Edwards Road in Lemon Springs.
Mt. Zion Freewill Baptist Church
The 186th church anniversary will be cel-ebrated at 11 a.m. Sunday with Pastor Ernest Dunn speaking and at 3 p.m. with Minister Wayne McKoy and the Lillington Grove Inspirational Sing-ers conducting the ser-vice. Dinner will be served following the morning service.
Revival services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday with Elder Willie Hunter of St. Mary Freewill Baptist Church in Holly Springs as guest preacher. Differ-ent choirs will perform each night.
The church is located at 903 Burgess Circle in Broadway.
New Church of Deliverance
The pastoral anniver-sary for Bishop William and Pastor Barbara Powell will be held at 7 p.m. today with Pastor Marilyn Cross of Mt. Carmel Pen-tecostal Holiness Assem-bly as guest speaker.
The closing of the an-niversary will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday with Pastor Nathan Hooker of The Recovery Room Ministries as guest speaker.
The church is located at 218 Main St. in Sanford.
New Life Praise Church (SBC)
Pastor Josh Dickinson will continue with his se-ries of messages from the gospel of John at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service. A verse by verse study and discussion from the book of Revelation is the focus of the 6 p.m. Sunday worship service.
The church is located at 2398 Wicker St. in Sanford.
Red Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Homecoming service will be observed at 3 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. An-gela Davis speaking. Re-vival services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday through Friday with the Rev. Willie Purcell speaking.
The church is located at 1160 Red Hill Road in Cameron.
St. John Pentecostal Holy Ministries
Homecoming ser-vice will be observed at 11:15 a.m. Sunday at the church.
Revival services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednes-day through Friday with Evangelist Addie Rawls of Clayton as guest preacher.
The church is located on Dove Road in Cam-eron.
St. Paul AME Zion Church
Homecoming service will be observed at 11 a.m.Sunday at the church.
Revival services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday with Dr. Otis Thomas McMil-lan of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church as guest preacher.
The church is located at 550 Cumnock Road in Sanford.
Solid Rock Community Church
Pastor Craig Dodson will speak on “There Are No Un-important People in the Body of Christ” at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service. Con-temporary services will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday with the mes-sage “Fallen From Grace.” Nursery and children’s church provided. Trans-portation available, call (919) 777-6579.
The church is located at 989 White Hill Road in Sanford.
Star of Hope Original Freewill Baptist Church
The annual mission program will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday with Minister Tawanna Harrell speak-ing. Theme is “100 Womenand Men in White.”
The church is located at 2834 Dalrymple St. in Sanford.
Tempting Congregational Church
One hundred men in black and red will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday with Ervin Fox speaking on the topic of Man, Deacon Jeff Reaves speaking on Black and Donate’ Ross speak-ing on Red. Music will be rendered by The Traveling Sons and the Tempting Travelers. All men are asked to wear red and black.
Trinity Lutheran Church
The tenth Sunday after Pentecost worship service will be delivered by the Rev. Tim Martin. Services will be held at 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. with Holy Communion served at both services.
Gamblers Anonymous meet at 8 p.m. today.
The church is located at 525 Carthage St. in Sanford.
Union Grove United Methodist Church
Women’s Day will be observed at 9 a.m. Sunday with Minister Tawanna Harrell of Star of Hope Freewill Baptist Church as guest speaker. Music will be rendered by the Holy Mission Holiness Church Choir of Lillington.
The church is located at 84 Howard-Mac Lane in Broadway.
White Oak AME Zion Church
If you have a loved one or know someone who is buried in the White Oak Cemetery, please help us by contacting their family or family members in or-der to assist us in identify-ing their graves or burial sites. Many of the graves have no markers. We are in the process of cleaning up and restoring this once beautiful and historical site.
If you would like to send a donation, make all checks and money orders payable to: White Oake AME Zion Church, P.O. Box 564, Sanford, N.C. 27330.
The church is located at 1255 Lower Moncure Road in Sanford.
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