March 23, 2010

Vol. 80, No. 67

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

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Barb Hruby, (from left) Christine Hilliard, and Becky Garrett work together during the annual Delta Rho spelling bee held on Monday at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center.

Church winsannual bee for 3rd straight yearBy CAITLIN [email protected]

SANFORD — Kendra Mar-tin’s Word of the Day calen-dar led the Trinity Lutheran Church-Reformer team to a third year of success at the Beginning Life With Books Spelling Bee Monday.

Thirty-one teams com-peted in the 11th annual bee Monday night at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, and after 39 words, the Trinity team won for the third year Jeremy Currim (left) and Gene Garner from Progress Energy

share a laugh as one of their balloons is popped after misspell-ing a word on Monday at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center.

ECONOMY

County’sjob newsa silverliningLee only county instate without spikein unemployment

By CAITLIN [email protected]

SANFORD — Lee County’s unemployment rate stayed the same from December to Janu-ary, and local economic leaders said things could be looking up for the county.

Of North Carolina’s 100 counties, Lee County was the only one that didn’t see un-employment rise in January. The number remained at 14.6 percent.

Bob Heuts, director of the Lee County Economic Devel-opment Corporation, said he’s encouraged that the number stayed the same from Decemberto January.

“The trend right now is good,

See Jobs, Page 6A

COURTS

Key pleadsguilty tomurders offather, boyMan admitted tohelping in boy’s 2004 murder after 2008 arrest forkilling his father

By BILLY [email protected]

SANFORD — The man accused of killing his father in 2008 and an 11-year-old Sanford boy in 2004 pleaded guilty to both murders Mon-day in Lee County Superior Court.

Kevin Lance Key, 28, was sen-tenced to two life sentences without parole Mon-day for the deaths of his father, Eddie Leroy Key, who was shot and killed in his home in October 2008; and Bradley Way, the fifth-grader who was found beaten to death in 2004 after

See Murder, Page 7A

Principal says listing on jobs site ‘cautionary;’ Puryear says he’s not leaving

CRIME

Police: Suspect in Food Lion robberyalso knocked off Papa John’s last weekFrom staff reports

SANFORD — The man who at-tempted to rob a Food Lion store Fri-day also was charged with the robbery of Papa John’s Pizza.

Charles Dauan Miller, 34, of 1007 James St. in Sanford was arrested and charged with one count of robbery

with a dangerous weapon and two counts of second degree kidnapping for the incident at Papa John’s.

On March 14, Miller allegedly took money from employees of Papa John’s Pizza, 722 S. Horner Blvd., by threat-ening the use of a handgun.

MillerSee Robbery, Page 7A

See Spelling, Page 6A

HAITI RELIEF

BUSH, CLINTON VISIT DEMOLISHED CAPITAL

Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton toured Haiti’s rubble-fi lled capital Mon-day to raise aid and investment for a country still reeling from a devastating Jan. 12 earthquake

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LOCALBYPASS TO BE HISTORIC

The U.S. 421 Sanford Bypass will be the 10,000th American Recovery and Reinvestment Act project according to V.P. Biden

Page 3A

QUICKREADHEALTH CARE

OBAMA TO SIGN BILL, THEN HIT THE ROAD

President Barack Obama is poised to sign the landmark health care bill ushering in near-universal medical cover-age for the fi rst time in the nation’s history — and then he’ll hit the road to resume selling it to a reluctant public

GOP VOWS TO CONTINUE FIGHTING TO THE END

In a last stand against a new-ly passed health care overhaul, opponents are trying everything they can to stop it from becom-ing the law of the land

ETHERIDGE EXPLAINS WHY HE VOTED ‘YES’

U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, who represents the state’s 2nd District, says the bill “will save lives and save money for our families, our businesses and our nation”

Complete coverage, Page 8A

Abby, Graham, Bridge, Sudoku............................. 6BClassifieds ....................... 8BComics, Crosswords .......... 7BCommunity calendar .......... 2AHoroscope ........................ 6BObituaries ......................... 5AOpinion ............................ 4AScoreboard ....................... 4B

Sanford: J.B. Cook; Johnnie Gunter, 82; Helen Hall, 98; Ida Hilliard, 86; Edward Judd, 69; Robert Malone; John Pechota, 89; Roberts Stroud, 72

INDEX

OBITUARIES

HAPPENING TODAYn The Republican Party of Lee County’s annual precinct meetings and convention will be held at 6 p.m. at Carolina Trace Country Club. For more information, contact Linda Shook at 775-5557.

CALENDAR, PAGE 2A

SCOTT MOONEYHAMPoliticians once believed in pay-as-you-go wars, not borrow-as-you-go wars

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High: 64Low: 40

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SOUTHERN LEE FOOTBALL

By ALEX [email protected]

SANFORD — Might there

be more drama in the ongo-ing saga that is the Southern Lee football program?

Maybe. Maybe not.

In another twist for a pro-gram that has been through its fair share of ordeals since the resignation of inaugural coach Bryan Lee three years ago, a posting for a vacant head football coach ap-peared on the state’s school

jobs online board on Monday morning.

But Southern Lee Princi-pal Bonnie Almond called the posting, which lists a hiring date of Aug. 17, 2010,

Head coach vacancy at SLHS?Cavaliers head

football coach Eric Puryear was 0-10 in his fi rst year at Southern Lee. The Cavs were 1-9 the prior year.See Coach, Page 7A

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LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, es-pecially Abigail Altman, Dottie Wilson, Bryan Rives, Davis Melton, Katherine Elizabeth Spencer, James Eli Vaughn, Trey Love, Jes-sica Ramon, Michelle Ramon, Cierro Arlona Campbell, Thomas Watson Buchanan, Eric Goldberg, Savanna Phelps, Courtney Charne Reid, Caitlynn Eggers, Kevin Linkous, Lillie Mae Smith, Lottie Buchanan, Brian K. Per-son, Roosevelt Brunson and Eston Stutts.

CELEBRITIES: Singer Chaka Khan is 57. Actress Amanda Plummer is 53. Actress Catherine Keener is 51. Actress Hope Davis is 46. Comedian John Pinette is 46. Actor Richard Grieco is 45. Actress-singer Melissa Errico is 40. Rock musician John Humphrey (The Nixons) is 40. Actress Michelle Monaghan is 34. Actress Keri Russell is 34. Actress Nicholle Tom is 32. Country singer Paul Martin (Marshall Dyl-lon) is 32.

Birthdays

AlmanacToday is Tuesday, March 23, the 82nd

day of 2010. There are 283 days left in the year.

This day in history:On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry deliv-

ered an address to the Virginia Provincial Convention in which he is said to have de-clared, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

In 1743, George Frideric Handel’s oratorio “Messiah” had its London premiere. (Dur-ing the “Hallelujah Chorus,” Britain’s King George II, who was in attendance, stood — followed by the entire audience.)

In 1806, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, having reached the Pacifi c coast, began their journey back east.

In 1919, Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy.

In 1933, the German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act, which effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers.

In 1965, America’s fi rst two-person space fl ight began as Gemini 3 blasted off from Cape Kennedy with astronauts Virgil I. Gris-som and John W. Young aboard for a nearly 5-hour fl ight.

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan fi rst proposed developing technology to inter-cept incoming enemy missiles — an idea that came to be known as the Strategic De-fense Initiative. Dr. Barney Clark, recipient of a Jarvik permanent artifi cial heart, died at the University of Utah Medical Center after 112 days with the device.

In 1994, Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexico’s leading presidential candidate, was assas-sinated in Tijuana.

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Rundown of local meetings in the area:

TODAY■ The Chatham County Board of Health

will meet at 6 p.m. at the Chatham County Public Health Department in Pittsboro.

THURSDAY■ The Siler City Town Board of Com-

missioners will meet from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Siler City Police Department for the purpose of fulfi lling required ethics training for elected offi cials. This is for instructional purposes only with no Town Board action being taken.

MARCH 29■ The Harnett County Board of Educa-

tion will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Lillington Education Building.

APRIL 5■ The Chatham County Board of Commis-

sioners will meet at 9 a.m. at the Agricul-tural Building Auditorium in Pittsboro.

■ The Harnett County Board of Commis-sioners will meet at 9 a.m. at the County Administration Building in Lillington.

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TODAY■ N.C. Beef Quality Assurance Program

training will be held at 6:45 p.m. at Carolina Stockyards in Siler City. Preregis-tration is required by March 19 by calling (919) 542-8202 or email [email protected].

■ The Republican Party of Lee County’s annual precinct meetings and convention will be held at 6 p.m. at Carolina Trace Country Club. Meet the May ballot can-didates for school board and the county commissioner District 4 primary, as well as Republican candidates for U.S. Con-gress, 2nd District. For more information, contact Linda Shook at 775-5557.

■ The Lee County Genealogical and Historical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Lee County Library auditorium, located at 107 Hawkins Ave. The program, by local his-tory buff Emory Sadler, will give historical aspects of the Deep and Haw rivers in a slide presentation using current and archived photographs and slides of 100-plus-year-old drawings. John Altenburger, co-president of the LCG & HS, will cover some interesting mill and dam designs. Visitors are welcome. For more informa-tion, call 499-7661 or 499-1909.

THURSDAY■ Temple Theatre’s production of Jason

Petty’s “El Paso” begins at 7 p.m. “El Paso” details the performing life of Marty Robbins and pays tribute to Robbins’ heroes such as Gene Autrey and Hank Williams Sr. For tickets, call the Temple box offi ce at (919) 774-4155, e-mail boxoffi [email protected] or visit www.templeshows.com.

■ The Chatham County Community Book Sale will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

at 307 Credle St. in Pittsboro.

FRIDAY■ You may be eligible for extra help on

your Medicare prescription drugs costs. To get help in applying, attend the Relay for Extra Help from 9 a.m. to noon at The Enrichment Center of Lee County, 1615 S. Third St., Sanford. For reservations and information, call The Enrichment Center at (919) 776-0501.

■ Temple Theatre’s production of Jason Petty’s “El Paso” begins at 8 p.m. “El Paso” details the performing life of Marty Robbins and pays tribute to Robbins’ heroes such as Gene Autrey and Hank Williams Sr. For tickets, call the Temple box offi ce at (919) 774-4155, e-mail boxoffi [email protected] or visit www.templeshows.com.

■ Chatham County Community Book Sale, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., at 307 Credle St., Pittsboro.

SATURDAY■ If you have a March birthday, come

celebrate another year at the annual pancake breakfast for Relay for Life at Meroney United Methodist Church. The breakfast runs from 7 to 10 a.m. Sat-urday with a menu of pancakes, bacon, sausage, juices, milk and coffee for $5 per person. All proceeds will benefi t the West Chatham Relay for Life of the American Cancer Society. The church is

located at 10568 Highway 902 near Bear Creek. For more information, contact Peg-gie Hart at 837-5363 or Barbara Dowdy at 898-4667.

■ Temple Theatre’s production of Jason Petty’s “El Paso” begins at 8 p.m. “El Paso” details the performing life of Marty Robbins and pays tribute to Robbins’ heroes such as Gene Autrey and Hank Williams Sr. For tickets, call the Temple box offi ce at (919) 774-4155, e-mail boxoffi [email protected] or visit www.templeshows.com.

■ Shrubbery, Plant & Pine Straw Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Lee County Arts & Community Center. All proceeds benefi t the Lee County Arts & Community Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profi t organization.

■ Chatham County Community Book Sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at 307 Credle St., Pittsboro.

■ “High Tech-High Touch” Robotics Workshop for middle-school students, will run from 8:30 a.m. to noon in Room 220, Wilkinson Hall, Central Carolina Commu-nity College’s Lee County Campus, 1105 Kelly Drive, Sanford. The workshop is sponsored by the college’s Electronics En-gineering Technology program. Students and their parent or adult mentors will build a working robot to keep. Registra-tion is $22 per pair. Register now to reserve a space by contacting Virginia Brown, (919) 718-734.

■ Sanford Area Society of Shaggers’ 21st annual benefi t dance, “Lucky 21,” will be held from 7:30 p.m. to midnight at the Sanford Elks Lodge, 910 Carthage St., Sanford. Admission is $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Special entertain-ment, heavy hors d’oeuvres, silent auc-tion and cash bar.

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“Cliques: A Stereotypical Musical Revue” — with script by Jordan-Matthews media specialist Rose Pate — features almost a dozen entertaining Broadway numbers from a huge range of shows, spanning the decades from “Oklahoma” to “Rent” and Wicked.” But the situations the characters fi nd themselves in are more geared to high school drama than that of Broadway. Pictured are (from left to right) Katie Haithcock, Amber Cross, Taylor Reneau, Gigi Leonard, Taylor Fox, Ana Santiago and Ke-nya Harris. “Cliques” will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday in the Jordan-Matthews auditorium.

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Workers continue to make progress on The Endor Trail at Riverbirch Shopping Center on Monday. Construction has begun on the stretch from U.S. 1 to Riverbirch, and when complete, the greenway will reach Cumnock (a seven-mile stretch.

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LEE COUNTY

Bypass will be 10,000th stimulus projectFrom staff reports

RALEIGH — Vice Presi-dent Joe Biden named the U.S. 421 Sanford Bypass as the nation’s 10,000th American Recovery and Reinvestment Act project during his recent visit to the Durham headquarters of Cree Inc., a manufac-turer of energy-effi cient LED lighting products.

When completed, the U.S. 421 Bypass, also named the Oscar Keller Bypsass, will provide another route for trucks traveling between Fayette-ville and Greensboro on existing U.S. 421, and ease congestion through San-ford on heavily congested Horner Boulevard.

A groundbreaking cer-emony for the bypass will take place March 29.

“We are honored to be a part of this important national milestone,”said State Transportation Sec-

retary Gene Conti. “The recovery act has provided much-needed jobs for North Carolinians and al-lowed us to move forward with critical improve-ments to the state’s trans-portation system — such as replacing aging bridges and building highways like the Sanford Bypass

that ease congestion and improve mobility — that would have otherwise been delayed for years due to a lack of funding.”

D.H. Griffi n Infrastruc-ture LLC, a Greensboro-based company, was awarded the $26.7 million contract to construct a 2.3-mile section of the

Bypass in Lee County.D.H. Griffi n plans to

hire more than 45 new employees to work on the project. The company was also awarded an $8.6 mil-lion contract to widen 2.3 miles of U.S. 401 in Wake County, and will hire up to 25 new people to com-plete that project.

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Alleged kidnapperturns himself in

SANFORD — A 57-year-old man turned himself in to Sanford Police today after he allegedly kidnapped and beat a woman with a gun this morning.

Ralph Edward Collins, of 110 Thistlecone Lane in Sanford, was charged with fi rst degree kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon after turning himself in Monday afternoon.

Around 8 a.m., a 24-year-old woman was leaving Stewart’s Con-venience Store on Broad-way Road when she was approached by Collins, who she recognized, said Sanford Police Capt. David Smith.

Collins allegedly forced her into his car and headed south, Smith said. The woman, who dialed 911 in the car, fought against Col-lins, even while he allegedly beat her with a gun.

Eventually, she was able to shift the car into a lower gear and jump out of it as Collins drove south on N.C. 87, Smith said.

The woman then ran to a Kangaroo Express on N.C. 87 and a clerk called the police.

Smith said the woman is “roughed up a little bit,” but doesn’t have any serious injuries.

Smith stressed that the incident was not random and didn’t want the community to worry.

Smith said Collins has a criminal record, but didn’t know specifi c details of his background.

Collins is held in Lee County Jail under $75,000 bond.

— by Caitlin Mullen

HARNETT COUNTY

Children learn joysof reading, giving

CAMERON — Second graders from Johnsonville Elementary in Harnett County are helping others while they help themselves this school year by participat-ing in Scholastic Book Clubs’ ClassroomsCare program, a philanthropy-based literacy campaign to teach children about the joys and impor-tance of reading and giving.

This spring, teacher Mary Oberlander’s classroom and thousands of others across the country read 50 books to show their support of Scholastic Book Clubs, a division of Scholastic, the global children’s publishing and media company, which will donate 250,000 new books to children of families living on military bases.

Classrooms kept track of books read on posters and online and told Scholastic when they’d fi nished. Any books students read in the classroom, with their parents or on their own, count toward the goal. Teachers also can use lesson plans and activi-ties available at www.scho-lastic.com/classroomscare to incorporate this program into their curriculum.

Books are donated this spring through two of Scho-lastic Book Club’s charity partners, Reach Out and Read and Kids in Distressed Situations, which help iden-tify children who need books most.

“It’s always exciting to see children helping children through ClassroomsCare pro-gram,” said Judy Newman, President of Scholastic Book Clubs.

“With the support and hard work of students across the country, thousands of chil-dren living on military bases whose parents are serving our country will get books of their own. The students at Johnsonville Elementary are spreading their love of reading and books while

becoming better readers themselves.”

— special to The Herald

CHATHAM COUNTY

Deputy recoveringafter crashing hisvehicle into a tree

PITTSBORO — A Chatham County deputy is recovering after crashing his vehicle while responding to an “of-fi cer needs assistance” call Monday morning.

Deputy Jon Purvis was transported to UNC Hos-pitals in Chapel Hill and is concious and alert after crashing his vehicle into a tree off the U.S. 1 ramp at Moncure Road. Chatham County 9-1-1 received a report from Union County requesting help to subde a combative suspect who had escaped his restraints, and several Chatham deputies arrived to assist in restrain-ing him.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol is conducting an inves-tigation into the crash.

— from staff reports

LEE COUNTY

FFA team attendsrally at NCA&T

SANFORD — West Lee Middle School’s Future Farm-ers of America team traveled to the Middle School FFA Rally held March 12 at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro to compete in the Exploring Biotechnology Career Development Event.

Students competed against middle school FFA chapters from across the state. Students were re-quired to identify 20 pieces of laboratory equipment, take a written test on the uses of 20 laboratory equip-ment pieces and complete a team practicum where they weighed a solid and mea-sured a liquid using proper laboratory techniques and procedures.

The West Lee team won third place at the event and was presented with a plaque.

— special to The Herald

AROUND OUR AREA

High school is a memorable time for young people. It’s a time when learning

— both from books and from life — should of major priority.

Of the many extracurricular activities that students have the opportunity to experience, the an-nual school prom is one event that provides memories for a lifetime.

But for some, it can be a disap-pointment — especially for those who would like to be dressed in tuxedos or dresses that equal their peers, but do not have the fi nan-cial means.

Thankfully, the Second Chance Gowns program — operated through the Christians United Outreach Center of Lee County

— is available for those young women who want the high school prom experience and the beautiful gowns that go with that experi-ence.

Let’s face it. Today, families may have more important items to deal with than the glitz and glamour of the high school prom experience. But through this program, these young women can have the prom experience that makes the mo-ment so special.

“It helps with their self-esteem,” volunteer Jamie Pedley told The Herald. “They’re princesses for the day and they don’t have to worry about cost.”

While the Christians United Outreach Center is gracious to host

such a benefi cial program, special thanks should go to the businesses and people in the community who donate these dresses for these women to wear to the prom.

In addition, of the many volun-teers, supervisor Reba Brewing-ton deserves special recognition. Brewington, an employee in the Career and Technical Education Department at Lee County High School, has been supervising the program for CUOC for the past fi ve years.

“I just think it does wonders. We treat them like they’re queens,” Brewington said. “We just want them to feel like it’s a special event for them.”

There may be more impor-

tant necessities that our young people need to succeed in life, but self-esteem is certainly one of those — something that is appar-ent by those students who benefi t from the Second Chance Gowns program.

One student told The Herald that she probably wouldn’t have been able to go to the dance without help from this program. Just being able to attend the prom, thanks to this program, is a self-esteem builder in itself.

Kudos the Second Chance Gowns program ... for its sponsors ... for its volunteers ... for those who have given gowns ... and for the students who will benefi t.

Prom dress give-away a wonderful program

Issue Many families can't

afford the glitz and glamour often as-sociated with the high school prom

Our stance Christians United

Outreach Center of Lee County has stepped in to provide free high-quality prom dresses for fami-lies who otherwise couldn’t afford them this year

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

Congress would benefi tfrom having more peoplelike Jimmy Love Sr.

To the Editor:In Tammy Rausch’s letter to

the Editor published March 3, she accuses Rep. Jimmy Love Sr. and I of being “ambulance-chasing trial lawyers.”

For the record, I am a trial lawyer and proud of it. I would rather see civil disputes resolved in a court of law than in a duel or in the streets with torches like the old days. How about you?

Rep. Love, however, is not a trial lawyer. He is a lawyer/leg-islator.

Rep. Love has maintained a successful small business, to wit: a small town general prac-tice of law for approximately 50 years and has assisted thousands of Lee County resi-dents and their families with will, real estate closings, traffi c tickets, business transactions, family and domestic matters ... and the list goes on.

He has served as city at-torney for the City of Sanford and currently serves as town attorney for the Town of Broadway. He currently serves as attorney for the Lee County Board of Education. Addition-ally, when Rep. Love is not in his law offi ce, he is in Raleigh ably representing the citizens of Lee County as he has done for numerous terms as our state legislator.

Rep. Love did not and does not have time to be chasing ambulances.

Ms. Rausch’s letter to the editor attacks lawyers gener-ally. The fact of the matter is that the percentage of lawyers in the legislature now is much less than it was 10, 20 or 30 years ago.

Does the legislature func-tion better now or then?

In William Shakespeare’s King Henry VI, Shakespeare’s recognition of the important role lawyers play in maintain-ing the rule of law and the fruits of civilization emerges when a conspirator engaged in a plot to establish a dictator-ship says, “The fi rst thing we do, lets kill all the lawyers.”

The conspirator’s goal, of course, was to destroy the rule of law so that the citizens would have no legal protec-tion.

In these trying times, we need more lawyers in the leg-islature not less and we need veteran lawyer/legislators like Jimmy Love, not rookies.

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WASHINGTON — It will surprise few to learn that the big picture often slips unnoticed past Washington’s

window.The tea party movement — organic, an-

gry and thriving — is only the most recent to take insiders by surprise. Out yonder, among shuttered storefronts and leaner lifestyles, the tea party has been a predictable re-sponse to supersized government spending and aggressive hubris.

Another movement percolating right in front of our noses seems to be equally invis-ible to establishment eyes. Independents — neither right nor left, but smack dab in the broad middle — today constitute 42 per-cent of the electorate, according to a recent CBS/New York Times poll.

Approximately 70 million strong, these are America’s new homeless class, people who are equally disgusted with both tradi-tional parties and the special interests that control them. They’re all ages, sexes, races, ethnicities, though younger Americans are crowding the front rows. Of those born after 1977, 44 percent self-identify as indepen-dent.

Independents as a group outnumber either party, in other words. Yet, given the hyperpartisanship that began under George W. Bush — and that has accelerated during President Obama’s first year, thanks in large part to the enabling mechanism of the In-ternet — one would think that America were divided into hard left and hard right.

We’re not. We’re a vast middle, slightly right-of-center nation. How is it that so many feel so disenfranchised by so few?

I run into the politically homeless every-where I go. Meet two South Carolina men named Joe, with whom I chatted with over the Christmas holiday. Neither a plumber nor a six-pack, both are successful business-men and lifelong Republicans now wander-ing the political desert. Fiscal conservatives alienated by the GOP excesses, they’re equally loath to identify themselves as Democrats.

Fast forward to the University of Penn-sylvania where I spoke to a journalism class a couple of weeks ago. I talked a bit about the wingnuttery that has hijacked politics and how some of us who consider ourselves moderates (otherwise known as apostates) have decided it’s time to denounce the harsh partisans who feed on polarization. It’s time to give independents a voice.

This is, of course, a punch line in true-be-liever circles, where independents are con-sidered squishy and lacking in principled conviction. This has never been true, or else George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, among others, never would have been president. Reagan probably wouldn’t win his party’s nomination today.

The far left is equally nutty, it goes with-out saying. For every Pat Robertson, there’s an Al Sharpton, as John McCain pointed out

in Virginia Beach in 2000, possibly his best speech ever. But how has this happened? Why have we given the loudest voices so much power when their numbers are so few?

As John Avlon writes in his book, “Wing-nuts,” the lunatic fringe may have networks and netroots, “but we (centrists) have the numbers.” Isn’t it time we stand up to the extremes on both sides?

After the Penn class, a female student ap-proached and said in a low, almost conspira-torial voice: “You know, what you said in there? Please do that. Do it soon.”

Centrists — who may be broadly defined as fiscally conservative, socially libertarian-ish — have been relatively quiet as “patri-ots” have made threats, building armies of “hunters” to bring down RINOs (Republi-cans in Name Only) and DINOs (Democrats in Name Only), or creating online “Leper Colonies” to post the names of those who, for example, dared speak out against Sarah Palin. The latter was the creation of Erick Erickson, founder of RedState.com, recently hired as a CNN commentator ...

Thusly, do hyperpartisans become main-stream.

It’s fine to be angry about bad policies; it’s fine to hold politicians’ (and journalists’) feet to the fire. But it is not fine to demonize dissent and cultivate rage. We should know by now where demagoguery leads.

America’s first popularly elected female senator, Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith, knew — and she bravely faced down fellow senator Joseph McCarthy in 1950 with her “Declaration of Conscience” against hate and character assassination. Twenty years later, on the anniversary of her declaration, she wrote words that resonate yet again:

“It is time that the great center of our people, those who reject the violence and unreasonableness of both the extreme right and the extreme left ... shed their intimidat-ed silence and declared their consciences.”

Hear, hear. And, dare I say, mega-dittos.

Declaration of Independents

Taxes well hiddenRALEIGH — In 1898, Congress ad-

opted a one penny tax on long-distance telephone calls to help

pay for the Spanish-American War.As amazing as it seems, politicians

and the America people once believed in pay-as-you-go wars, as opposed to borrow-as-you-go wars.

The tax was adopted as a temporary measure. Sure enough, it turned out to be temporary. After expiring and then being revived at higher rates during World War I and later the Great Depres-sion, the tax fi nally came off the books for good in 2006.

Even then, Congress didn’t do the deed. After several lawsuits, the Treasury Department agreed to stop collecting the tax.

North Carolina has its own version of the Spanish-American War phone tax. It’s a little-publicized, 60-cent 911 charge that shows up your local tele-phone bill.

Two decades after the charge was put in place, state legislators seem to have forgotten that it was intended to pay for a one-time expense — upgrad-ing 911 emergency calling technology and mapping so that police and emer-gency responders could match calls to locations. ...

These days, a state House study committee is debating whether to allow local governments to spend the money on more things, including furnishing 911 centers and training dispatchers. Local governments also want legislators to expand the types of communication equipment that can be bought.

County and municipal government offi cials argue that fee should pay for all parts of 911 calling, down to the radios that police carry.

But since the charges was put in place, legislators have limited how the money can be spent. The law was ad-opted with the idea that any expenses that predated the advanced 911 system — be it police car radios or dispatcher salaries — shouldn’t be paid for with the tax.

Just one problem, as local govern-ment offi cials see it: The spending re-strictions mean that tax collections are accumulating faster than the money can be spent.

Across the state, reserves totaling $92 million have built up. ...

Three years ago, legislators did protect consumers a bit. They gave a state board more oversight of the 911 fees and set a fl at rate of 70 cents per month per phone line, a fee that the board dropped to 60 cents last sum-mer.

Before 2007, local governments set their own rates. Some were $2 or more a month, fees set with the idea that the legislature might eventually swing open the door to allow more uses.

Three years later, legislators seem intent on fi nally giving them that opening.

If so, North Carolinians can prob-ably wait another century for it to close again.

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J.B. CookSANFORD — Joe

“J.B.” Cook died Monday (3/22/10) at his residence.

Arrangements will be announced by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Johnnie GunterSANFORD — Johnnie

Benjamin Gunter, 82, died Sunday (3/21/10) at Lau-rels of Chatham.

He was born in Cha-tham County, son of the late John Cole Gunter and Alta Wicker. He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Lassater Gunter; brothers, Floyd Gunter, Jake Gunter and Hallie Gunter; and a sister, Pauline Knight. He attended and gradu-ated from Pittsboro High School. He was a member of Asbury UMC where he served as a Trustee. He worked for Saco Lowell for 27 years and retired from Trion Corp.

He is survived by a son, Frankie Lynn Gunter and wife Wanda of Sanford, and one grandson.

The family will receive friends at the residence, 1449 Asbury Church Road, Sanford.

The funeral service will be conducted at 4 p.m. today at Asbury UMC Church with the Rev. Don-ald Burns offi ciating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Condolences may be made at www.bridgescam-eronfuneralhome.com.

Memorials may be made to the Building Fund, Asbury UMC, 500 Wade Bright Road, Sanford, N.C.

Arrangements are by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Helen HallSANFORD — Memorial

service for Helen Schwarz Hall, 98, formerly of Boca Raton, Fla., who died Sunday (3/14/10), was held Sunday at First Baptist Church Chapel by Dr. Jeff Clark.

The congregation sang. Eulogies and remarks were given by Robert Hall, Dr. Jennie Aldrink and Teresa Hall. Special music was by Dr. William Hall on the Cello, Mike Aldrink tenor, and Kevin Horan on trum-pet. Patricia Langston was the organist.

Arrangements were by Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home of Sanford.

Ida HilliardSANFORD — Funeral

service for Ida Mae Thomas Hilliard, 86, who died Saturday (3/20/10), was conducted Monday at East Sanford Baptist Church with the Rev. Robbie Gib-son and the Rev. Richard Leaptrott offi ciating. Burial followed at Carbonton United Methodist Church

Cemetery.Pianist was Rosemary

Parten, guitarist was Lau-rence Poindexter and a trio consisting of Julia Dossen-back, Amy McKinney and Laurence Poindexter sang two selections of music.

Pallbearers were Gary Banks Jr., William Thomas, Bobby Gordon, Jon Tighe, Jimmy Thomas and Jamie Rollins.

Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Edward JuddSANFORD — Edward

Nelson “Hard Hat” Judd, 69, of 301 N. Sixth St., died Sunday (3/21/10) at Cen-tral Carolina Hospital.

Arrangements will be announced by Watson Mortuary, Inc. of Sanford.

Robert MaloneSANFORD — Memo-

rial service for Robert C. Malone was held Saturday at St. Luke United Method-ist Church with Dr. Gene Cobb and the Rev. Gil Wise offi ciating. Internment was at the St. Luke Church Columbarium.

Eulogy was given by Rob Malone and special music was sung by the Rev. Gil Wise.

Arrangements were by Miller-Boles Funeral Home of Sanford.

Roberts StroudSANFORD — Roberts C.

Stroud, 72, of 926 Lansing St., died Sunday (3/21/10) at his residence.

Arrangements will be announced by Knotts Fu-neral Home of Sanford.

Mavis BrowerCAMERON — Mavis O.

Brower, 77, of 251 Madi-son Lane, died Saturday (3/20/10) at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.


Alfred Carl IIILILLINGTON — Al-

fred Henry Carl III, 57, died Sunday (3/21/10) at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford.

Arrangements will be announced by O’Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home of Lillington.

Esther DavisLILLINGTON — Funeral

service for Esther B. Davis, 86, who died Tuesday (3/16/10), was conducted Friday at Antioch Bap-tist Church with the Rev. Martin Groover offi ciat-ing. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Pianist was Sandra Dea-ton. Special music by Allen Howington. Soloist was the Rev. Martin Groover.

Pallbearers were Pat Bullard, Don Smith, Kevin

Davis, Lt. Robert Davis, Brandon Davis and John Davis.

Arrangements were by O’Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home of Lillington.

Vicky AlbrightSILER CITY — Vicky T.

Albright, 62, of 60 Albright Road, died Saturday (3/20/10) at her residence.

She was born Oct. 3, 1947 in Alabama, daugh-ter of Lester Earl and Hazel Smith Tracy. She was a home maker and a bookkeeper for Albright Diesel. She was a member of Rocky River Friends Meeting.

She is survived by her husband, James R. Albright; a daughter, Re-becca Parnell and husband Darrell of Siler City; sons, Richard L. Albright and wife Wendy and Daniel T. Albright and wife Angela, both of Siler City; and nine grandchildren.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. to-day at Rocky River Friends Meeting in Liberty with the Rev. Hank Brady and David Hobson offi ciating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of UNC, P.O. Box 1077, Pittsboro, N.C. 27312.

Arrangements are by Smith and Buckner Funeral Home of Siler City.

Marie JonesSILER CITY — Marie

Pond Jones, 76, of 710 Shef-fi eld Drive, died Sunday (3/21/10) at Hospice & Palliative Care Center of Burlington.

She was born Sept. 22, 1933, daughter of the late Richard Armstead and Carol Inez Jones Pond. She was a native of Chatham County and retired from Selig Manufacturing. She was preceded in death by a brother, Richard G. Pond.

She is survived by her husband, Jesse Jones; daughters, Janet J. Glass and husband Tom of Fuquay-Varina and Vickie J. Pate of Asheboro; a son, Dwight A. Jones and wife Patti of Burlington; a sister, Barbara Pond Walker and husband Ron of Lottsburg, Va.; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Ann Pond; and several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Smith and Buckner Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David

Bowden offi ciating. Burial will follow in Chatham Memorial Park.

Memorials may be made to Chatham County Council on Aging, P.O. Box 715, Pittsboro, N.C. 27312 or Hospice of Alamance and Caswell Counties, P.O. Box 2122, Burlington, N.C. 27216. Arrangements are by Smith and Buckner Fu-neral Home of Siler City.

Ronald CallowayVASS — Ronald Cal-

loway, 58, of 1769 Lobe-lia Road, died Monday (3/22/10) at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.


The Sanford Herald / Tuesday, March 23, 2010 / 5ALocalOBITUARIES Lois “Ma Ma” Allen

MAMERS — Lois “Ma Ma” Pearl Allen, 91, died Monday (3/22/10) at Kingswood Nursing Center in Aberdeen.

She was born in Johnston County, daughter of the late Elmon and Isabelle Parker Stanley. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Margie Al-len, and two grandsons, Dennis Lloyd Brown and Randy Allen Newsome.

She is survived by daughters, Patricia Brown and husband Weldon of Sanford and Bobbie Newsome and husband Richard of Mamers; a son, Jimmie Allen and wife Becky of Mamers; two grandchildren, Perry Brown and wife Kim and Pamela Allen Sut-ton and husband Blaine, both of Sanford, and three great-grand-children, Lindsey Brown, Jane Sutton and Rebekah Sutton, all of Sanford.

The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Wednesday prior to the service at the church and other times at the home of Bobbie and Richard Newsome.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Antioch Baptist Church in Mamers with the Rev. Martin Groover and the Rev. Rob-bie O’Quinn offi ciating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Condolences may be made at www.oquinnpee-bles.com. Memorials may be made to Antioch Baptist Church, Passport Kid’s Camp, P.O. Box 525, Mamers, N.C. 27552. Arrangements are by O’Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home of Lillington.

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Timothy Brumfi eldFAYETTEVILLE — Timothy “Timmy Riffe”

Brumfi eld, 49, of 105 Shadsford Blvd., passed away in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Sunday, March 21, 2010.

Timothy touched many lives in his 49 years of life. He was an avid Tarheel fan and loved his Lord Jesus Christ. He was predeceased in death by his parents, Col. Darrell and Shir-ley Brumfi eld; a brother, Randy Brumfi eld; and a sister, Sharon Hartley.

He leaves behind to cherish his memory, two sisters, Ruhama Bond of Cameron and Patty Kelly and husband Ned of Sanford; two nieces, Megan Joyce and Brooke Kelly; and four nephews, Will Cornell, Andrew Kelly, Ryan Kelly and Owen Kelly.

The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. today, March 23, 2010, at Rogers and Breece Fu-neral Home. A graveside service in Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery will be held at 10 a.m. Wednes-day, March 24, 2010, with Pastor Bruce Benton offi ciating.

In lieu of fl owers the family requests memori-als be made to Special Olympics of Cumberland County, 1600 Purdue Drive, Fayetteville, N.C. 28304.

The family wishes to thank all the caretakers at Preferred Alternatives.

Services entrusted to Rogers & Breece Funeral Home.

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John PechotaSANFORD — John Pechota, 89, died Friday,

March 19, 2010, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh.Mr. Pechota was born in New York, son of the

late Frank Pechota and Loretta Doyle Pechota. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II, a lifetime member of the VFW, a member of the Moose Lodge and a member of the Elks Lodge where he worked for many years.

Mr. Pechota is survived by his wife, Margaret Walker Pechota; a son, Thomas Pechota (Constance) of Colorado; daughters, Midge Toomey (Michael Smiley) of Colorado, Lau-rie Pechota of Sanford, and Kerrie Waldis (Robert) of New Jersey; four grandchildren, Kathy Lewis (Matthew) of Colorado, Damion Pechota of Colo-rado, Sean Pechota of Sanford, and Ryan Waldis of New Jersey.

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with what I’m hearing and seeing out in this local economy,” he said. “I really think that we’re going to be OK. ... It’s going to take much longer for businesses to get back to the normal. But I’m pleased that it didn’t get worse.”

It’s nice to fi nally be on the positive side of the ledger, though the number is “still way, way too high,” said Bob Joyce, president of the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce.

Because 30-35 percent of Lee County’s workforce is in the manufacturing fi eld — much higher than the rest of the state, Heuts said, which is about 21.5 percent — the county was hit hard as the recession set in.

“Our workforce is so tied to manufacturing and it has been for a century,” Joyce said, referring to Lee County’s involvement in making buggy parts decades ago. Today, Cat-erpillar, Moen and other manufacturing companies rare some of the largest employers in town.

“We were hurt early,” Joyce said. With the arrival of the recession in fall 2008, “we were having layoff after layoff after layoff. We went up early and, un-fortunately, it has stayed there.”

Now, it’s impacting other parts of the state’s economy, he said.

“Our difference is while our rate is still very high, we are beginning to see a return,” Joyce said. “We got bad early and we’re getting better early.”

Many companies are now beginning to employ people through temporary or contract work, which makes things easier for the companies, Joyce said.

But the hope is “if this

thing continues to get better, they’ll put some of those people on the regular payroll,” he said.

Caterpillar Lead Com-municator Michelle Noe said the Sanford branch has added 30-40 agency workers since January and the company will continue to add more temporary workers in the next several weeks. Caterpillar has laid off or furloughed hun-dreds of workers between the Sanford and Clayton facilities. The company doesn’t release the number of employees at individual facilities, but Noe said Caterpillar employs 1,800 people in North Carolina.

The manufacturing assembly technician posi-tions are fi lled by tempo-rary workers that are not considered Caterpillar employees, Noe said.

She did not know how many of the workers are from Lee County and she couldn’t say if the company hoped to hire the workers permanently.

“We can’t speculate what’s going to happen in the future,” Noe said. “We’re responding to needs at the Sanford facility.”

Even temporary work is benefi cial for the county, Joyce said.

“If it’s 200 to 300 families that we’re getting a pay-check that didn’t have one the month before ... they’re going to spend it at the restaurants or the fl orist or the dry cleaners,” he said. “It’s so important for us to get folks back to work.”

Heuts said some say manufacturing is dying in the U.S., but he doesn’t believe that. Americans will always build things with the drive to make them faster and better, he said.

“We’ve got some real strengths here in the ma-chining industry. We’ve got some great expertise here,” Heuts said. “We would expect to continue to build on what we have here.”

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Judges popped one of each team’s four balloons if a word was misspelled. In the first round, many balloons were popped after the words “saltatory” and “corporeal” were spelled; the teams cheered or gasped in response.

Near the end of the

second and final round, the word “armature” brought first-timers Lee County High School Da-gudspilurs down to one balloon, tying them with the Trinity team. But Trinity won on the next word, “plumbeous,” and the crowd erupted.

Trinity team member Kendra Martin said the team’s cheering section has been the key to their success. A small crowd showed up Monday night to support and ap-plaud them.

Team captain Joe Dilworth said they were confident they’d take the bee for the third year in a row.

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tion. It’s fun,” he said. “You can’t really study for a spelling bee. You just have to know deri-vations of words and things like that.”

The event’s organizer, Reinette Seaman, said the Delta Rho chapter of Delta Gamma uses the bee’s proceeds to provide both English and Spanish versions of “Goodnight Moon” to newborns at Central Carolina Hospital.

“Don’t stop spelling, because we want you to spell and win and provide money for those babies,” she told the crowd.

Seaman asked those who’ve received a copy

of “Goodnight Moon” to stand, and a large group of people stood, garnering a round of applause.

Family literacy is important to “continue to support their learn-ing efforts from read-ing when they’re tod-dlers to high school,” Seaman said.

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a robbery attempt in his home. Kevin Key had avoided charges in Way’s death for years, even after he was impli-cated by Victor Gamble, who received his life sentence in 2006.

According to District Attorney Susan Doyle, the state pursued a sentence of life without parole for Key at the request of Way’s family. She said the state may have also been pre-cluded from seeking the death penalty because of questions concerning Key’s mental capacity.

The families of both victims were in court Monday for the sentenc-ing.

“The victims’ families are pleased to now have some closure without the further pain of hav-ing to endure a trial,” Doyle said, speaking on the families’ behalf.

THE MURDERSOn Oct. 12, 2008,

Kevin Key called Lee County’s 9-1-1 and reported that his father had committed suicide at their residence at 521

Key Road north of Cam-eron. When deputies ar-rived, the found Kevin’s father, Eddie Key, 54, dead from a gunshot wound to his head.

At the time, Kevin Key told deputies he saw his father with a rifle to his head, and he said after he attempted to get the gun from his father, Eddie Key shot himself.

Lee County Sheriff Tracy Carter told The Herald at the time that the deputy who re-sponded first noticed the evidence didn’t cor-respond with the story. Crime scene investiga-tors were called to the scene, he said, and Key later admitted to inves-tigators that he was the one who shot his father, saying it was retaliation for “years of abuse.”

Key already had a history with the sheriff’s office after he was implicated in the 2004 death of 11-year-old Brandon Way. Way’s home near the Lee-Moore county line was broken into on July 12, 2004, and the burglar, Victor Gamble was surprised to see the boy there. According to deputies, Gamble beat Way to death and hid

his body inside a nearby abandoned mobile home.

According to the investigation, Gamble’s fingerprints were found inside the mobile home, and he pawned the jewelry he stole from the Way home. Gamble pleaded guilty to the murder in 2006 to avoid the death penalty, and he is currently serving a life sentence at Scotland County Correctional Institution without the possibility of parole.

Gamble implicated Key, whose home was less than a quarter-mile from Way’s, but Key never admitted to his involvement until he was questioned about his father’s death.

“He did admit to be-ing at the residence, and removing Way’s body,” said Capt. Jeff Johnson of the Lee County Sher-iff’s Office said in 2008. “But he never admitted to the actual partaking of the homicide.”

While Key was never arrested for the death, Carter said he had always remained a suspect.

MurderContinued from Page 1A

The Foof Lion store manager reported seeing a suspicious man enter the men’s bathroom. As the manager checked the bathroom, Miller — wear-ing a mask — placed a handgun in the face of the manager.

Prior to that, Miller allegedly kidnapped two employees of Papa John’s by confi ning them to a cooler in the pizzeria while he took an undisclosed amount of money.

Sanford Police Capt. David Smith said Miller wore the same outfi t while attempting to rob Food Lion at 2904 S. Horner Blvd. that he wore while allegedly robbing Papa John’s.

Miller was placed in Lee County Jail under a $500,000 secure bond, on top of the $500,000 se-cured bond for his charges regarding the attempted robbery and kidnapping at Food Lion Friday, Smith said.

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“cautionary”.“The advertisement

put on the Web site is cautionary and due to the terms of (Puryear’s) contract and the requirements he’s got to meet by June 14,” Almond said.

Citing personnel issues, Almond would not comment on what the requirements might be.

Puryear would not comment about the posting, but said he had no plans of leav-ing the school or the program after his first season.

“I am still the head coach and I am not quitting or resigning,” Puryear said Monday afternoon.

Puryear came to Southern Lee on June 9, 2009, following the brief and controver-sial one-year run of first-year head coach Bill Maczko, who was forced out of the posi-tion following a 1-9 season marred by com-plaints from football parents of verbal abuse of players.

“I think Coach Puryear will do an outstanding job for us,” former Southern Lee Principal Rob Dietrich said in June when Pur-year was approved by the Lee County School Board.

The Cavaliers did not win a game during the 2009 season, but there were no public com-plaints from parents about the treatment of players. Puryear was hired after a successful run as a position coach and coordinator at the college level, having coached on the defen-sive side of the ball at Johnson C. Smith and Wingate, among others.

Puryear did not have a teaching de-gree when he came to Southern Lee, and was not hired without some controversy. Many of the parents and play-ers connected to the Cavaliers program openly campaigned for then-offensive coor-dinator Mike Short to get the head job. Short, who was considered

for the opening before Maczko was hired, was not interviewed for the head coaching position a year later and subse-quently resigned from Lee County Schools.

In the job position, under the heading of “Minimum Experience”, reads: “Valid North Carolina Teaching. Coaching experience required.”

Lee left the Cavaliers to move closer to his hometown in southern Illinois after leading the team to the state play-offs in each of its first two varsity seasons. In Southern Lee’s first varsity season in 2006, Lee and the Cavaliers matched the state re-cord for most victories in an inaugural season, with five. A year later, Southern Lee advanced to the second round of the state playoffs after upsetting Cape Fear Valley Conference champion and No. 2-seeded South Johnston in the first round. As a No. 15 seed, it was the largest upset in the state playoffs in the opening round in 2007.

Since Lee left, how-ever, Southern Lee has won just one game.

CoachContinued from Page 1A

8A / Tuesday, March 23, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Health Care

BCBS-NC praises health care overhaul bill

CHAPEL HILL (AP) — The head of North Carolina’s largest health insurance company sees Washington’s overhaul of the health insurance landscape as a positive step.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina CEO Brad Wilson said Monday he hopes Congress will go fur-

ther by acting to hold down rising health care costs. Wilson says those costs are driving insurance premiums higher.

Legislation approved late Sunday bans insurance com-pany from denying coverage to people with pre-existing medical conditions.

Health insurers also would get a big increase in custom-ers since most Americans would be required to buy insurance or face penalties if they refused.

Blue Cross ended 2009 with its growth in policyhold-ers fl at and profi ts down 42 percent from the previous year.

3 N.C. Dems join GOP in opposing health care bill

RALEIGH (AP) — Three conservative congressional Democrats joined all fi ve North Carolina Republicans in voting against health care legislation that passed the U.S. House.

First-term lawmakers Larry Kissell and Heath Shuler joined Reps. Mike McIntyre in opposing the health care overhaul legislation. They were among 34 dissident Democrats who joined every Republican in opposition.

The Senate-passed bill cleared the House on a 219-212 vote. President Barack Obama plans to sign the measure into law.

All three dissident North Carolina Democrats also voted against a second measure clearing up details of the of the fi rst. That legislation cleared the House on a 220-211 vote and was sent to the Senate, where Democratic leaders say they have the votes needed to pass it quickly.

Health care companies pull stock market higher

NEW YORK (AP) — Drug and hospital companies led stocks higher Monday after lawmakers ended months of uncertainty and approved the health care overhaul bill.

The Dow Jones indus-trial average rose about 44 points. Broader indexes also climbed.

Investors had expected the health care bill would pass the House, but the ap-proval late Sunday removed some of the anxiety about health care that has dogged stocks of hospitals and drug makers. A bill with changes made by the House now goes back to the Senate for approval. Debate could begin Tuesday.

The 10-year, $938 billion bill will extend benefi ts to 32 million uninsured Americans. That will far-reaching effects on health companies. With the bill in hand, investors could place bets on winners and losers. Hospital stocks rose on expectations they would see more business and increased revenue. Some insurers fell because of greater restrictions im-posed by the changes.

HEALTH CARE BRIEFS

Obama to sign health bill, take it on the roadBy ERICA WERNERAssociated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is poised to sign the landmark health care bill ushering in near-uni-versal medical coverage for the fi rst time in the nation’s history — and then he’ll hit the road to resume selling it to a reluctant public.

Obama will travel to Iowa City, Iowa, on Thurs-day, the White House said, as he turns to seeing a companion bill through the Senate and talking up the overhaul’s benefi ts on behalf of House members who cast risky votes.

Obama is expected to sign the bill Tuesday at the White House, spokes-man Robert Gibbs said Monday. A South Lawn ceremony is planned. Obama is inviting all lawmakers who sup-ported the bill and other Americans whose stories represent the need for reformed health care, Gibbs said.

“Last night we made history,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters as she signed the legislation, a formality before Obama’s own signature. “It’s on a par with passing Social Security and Medicare.”

The House voted 219-212 late Sunday to send

the legislation to Obama. The 10-year, $938 billion bill would extend cover-age to 32 million unin-sured Americans, reduce defi cits and ban insur-ance company practices such as charging more to women and denying coverage to people with medical problems.

“This is what change looks like,” Obama said after the vote, a remark echoing his 2008 cam-paign promise of “change we can believe in.”

“We proved that this government — a govern-ment of the people and by the people — still works for the people.”

Obama’s young presidency received a much needed boost from passage of the legisla-

tion, which would touch the lives of nearly every American. The battle for the future of the health insurance system — af-fecting one-sixth of the economy — galvanized Republicans and conser-vative activists looking ahead to November’s midterm elections.

A companion pack-age making a series of changes sought by House Democrats to the main bill, which already had passed the Senate, was approved 220-211. The fi x-it bill will now go to the Senate, where debate is expected to begin as early as Tuesday. Senate Democrats hope to ap-prove it unchanged and send it directly to Obama, though Republicans plan parliamentary objections

that could change the bill and require it to go back to the House.

Sen. John McCain said Monday morning that Democrats have not heard the last of the health care debate, and said he was repulsed by “all this euphoria going on.”

Appearing on ABC’s “Good Morning Amer-ica,” McCain, who was Obama’s GOP rival in the 2008 presidential cam-paign, said that “outside the Beltway, the American

people are very angry. They don’t like it, and we’re going to repeal this.”

The complicated two-step approval process for the legislation was made necessary because Sen-ate Democrats lost their fi libuster-proof superma-jority in a special elec-tion in January, a setback that caused even some Democratic lawmakers to pronounce the yearlong health care effort dead. Under the relentless prod-ding of Pelosi, in par-ticular, it was gradually

revived, and the fi x-it bill will be considered under fast-track Senate rules that don’t allow minority party fi libusters.

“We will be joining those who established Social Security, Medicare and now, tonight, health care for all Americans,” said a jubilant Pelosi, D-Calif., partner to Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the grueling campaign to pass the legislation.

“This is the civil rights act of the 21st century,” added Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, the top-ranking black member of the House.

AP photo

President Barack Obama makes a statement to the na-tion Sunday night following the fi nal vote in the House of Representatives for comprehensive health care legisla-tion, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Opponents take last stand against bill

In a defi ant last stand against a newly passed health care overhaul, opponents are trying everything they can to stop it from becoming the law of the land.

Republicans in the Senate are planning parliamentary maneuvers to keep a companion bill from reaching the president’s desk. And lawmakers in at least 30 states are working to prevent what they say is an unconstitution-al mandate forcing Americans to have health insurance.

Experts say none of it is likely to work, but it will keep the issue, and the outrage, alive until Election Day.

“I am surprised by the mobilization of the states. It does strike me as a kind of civil disobedience, a declara-tion that we’re not going to follow the law of the land,” said Mark Hall, a professor of law and public health at Wake Forest University.

“It doesn’t make sense. The federal Constitution couldn’t be any clearer that federal law is supreme,” Hall added.

The House passed the plan late Sunday, sparking a variety of protests and threats less than a day later.

By Monday, at least nine state attorneys general had promised to fi le suit against the federal government as soon as Obama signs the bill. The states were Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Michi-gan, Nebraska, Washington. Offi cials in North Dakota were weighing whether to join the case.

— by The Associated Press

Bob Etheridge’sStatement

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) released a statement on his vote for H.R. 4872, “The Health Care &Education Afford-ability Reconciliation Act of 2010”

“This vote is about get-ting past the campaign of misinformation and distortion and fear and doing right by the people of North Carolina. I’ve listened to the voices from all points of view, and I’m voting Yes for this plan that will save lives and save money for our families, our businesses and our nation.”

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Fetzer: Board should track Perdue campaign

RALEIGH (AP) — The state Republican Party wants North Carolina’s elections board to pursue harder an investigation of all the campaign fi nances of Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue.

GOP Chairman Tom Fetzer told reporters on Monday he’s unhappy with the pace and breadth of the review by the State Board of Elections into Perdue’s political commit-tee.

The Bev Perdue Commit-tee last Friday forfeited $48,000 in contributions from nine donors after the campaign became worried the nine were unlaw-fully reimbursed by their employer.

Board executive direc-tor Gary Bartlett has said staff is looking at the donations as well as cam-paign fl ights taken by 17 gubernatorial candidates since 2004.

Following a self-audit, Perdue’s campaign fi led paperwork recently on 31 previously undisclosed fl ights valued at more than $25,000.

Man loses lawsuit over Duke lacrosse fi ring

GRAHAM (AP) — A for-mer executive for a private North Carolina laboratory that provided DNA testing in the Duke lacrosse rape case has lost a lawsuit challenging his fi ring.

The Times-News of Burl-ington reported that Supe-rior Court Judge J.B. Allen

Jr. on Friday dismissed the lawsuit by former DNA Security Inc. director Brian Meehan. The Burlington company said it termi-nated Meehan in 2007 for “just cause.”

The lab’s initial report omitted the fact that evidence collected from the accuser matched none of the Duke lacrosse play-ers who underwent DNA testing.

Meehan later testi-fi ed the lab’s report was tailored to suit former Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong.

The three athletes were exonerated. Nifong was stripped of his law license.

Bogdanovich joins faculty of fi lmmaking school

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Hollywood director and actor Peter Bogdanovich is joining the faculty of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he’ll teach two classes this semester.

Bogdanovich is best known for directing fi lms including “The Last Picture Show,” “What’s Up, Doc?,” “Paper Moon” and “Mask.” Among his notable acting roles is that of Lorraine Bracco’s psychiatrist in HBO’s “The Sopranos.”

Bogdanovich will begin teaching in the fi lmmaking school in Winston-Salem in the 2010 term, which starts Monday. He will teach two classes on directing.

Filmmaking school dean Jordan Kerner says every major fi lm school in the country tried to hire Bog-danovich.

Bush Treasury head Paulson speaks at UNC-CH

CHAPEL HILL (AP) — The man who spearheaded the Bush Administration’s $700 billion bank bailout fund is explaining his decisions to a North Carolina crowd.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson visits the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday to discuss the economy, then and now.

Paulson recently au-thored a memoir in which he describes his role in stopping the feared collapse of the global fi nancial system in Octo-ber 2008, the worst such crisis since the Great Depression.

The former head of investment bank Goldman Sachs will answer ques-tions posed by a fellow former Wall Street banker, William Harrison Jr. Har-rison is a 1966 UNC graduate and the retired chairman and chief execu-tive offi cer of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

STATE BRIEFS

Postmaster’s tradition to end at workASHEVILLE (AP)

— Asheville Postmaster Danny Jones’ grandfather earned $5 a day when he started working for the U.S. Postal Service in the early 1920s — and he had to feed his transporta-tion.

“My mother tells a story where my grandfa-ther was delivering mail with a horse and buggy,” said Jones, whose father also worked for the Postal Service. “The snow was so deep, it was almost up to the waist of the horses’ legs. She remembers that as a little girl.”

Now, with his children interested in other pur-suits, Jones may be the last in a century’s worth of men in his family to work for the agency.

He could soon be witness to the end of another tradition, too — Saturday mail delivery.

“It’s part of change and

progress,” Jones said. “We just have to look at what the revenue can sustain.”

As the Postal Service debates cost-cutting measures, other options exist, Jones said, though many customers might be willing to do without weekend delivery.

“A lot of residential customers have informed me it really doesn’t mat-ter to them whether they get Saturday delivery or not,” he said.

The number of items handled by the Postal Service fell from 213 bil-lion in 2006 to 177 billion last year, offi cials said, largely because of elec-tronic communication.

The agency could face a cumulative loss of $238 billion over 10 years, Postmaster General John Potter said. Ending Saturday delivery would save about $3.5 billion per year.

Frederic V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Car-riers, also urged Congress to provide the post offi ce with “fi nancial breathing room,” but he opposed eliminating one day of delivery.

Potter said he would like to see mail delivery cut to fi ve days a week starting next year, but he still has to convince legislators and the Postal Regulatory Commission.

“This is something we’ve been discussing for over a year,” Jones said.

Other cost-cutting options include con-solidating routes, which the Postal Service cut by 12,000 in the past year, and allowing the agency to use a “pay-as-you-go” structure for retiree health benefi ts.

“I’m not sure the gen-eral public is aware that back in 2006, Congress

enacted the Postal Reform Act, which required us to prefund retiree health benefi ts,” Jones said.

The move cost the Postal Service $5 billion per year, he said.

“That’s really what’s been hampering us, along with the decline in mail volume,” he said. “And with the decline in volume, we don’t have the workload to sustain six days of delivery.”

So far, Jones hasn’t ex-perienced too much of an uproar over the proposed change. Though custom-ers may not see Saturday delivery as a necessity, he said, it remains a wel-come tradition.

“I think it’s something we’ve become accus-tomed to. It’s there, and we don’t want to lose it,” he said. “But I don’t think we’re putting thought into whether we can af-ford it.”

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An attorney for students Viktoria King and Jessica Hardy argued that their

actions did not give the school district the right to deny them access to education. King and Hardy were suspended in January 2008 during their sopho-more year and were not allowed to attend an alter-native school in the area.

“Their adolescent mis-steps do not give us the right to banish them and to strip from them their constitutional rights,” said

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Monday that the Obama ad-ministration will not accept a nuclear armed Iran and is working on sanctions “that will bite” to press it to come clean about its suspect atomic program.

In remarks to a pro-Israel group, Clinton said parts of Iran’s government are “a menace” to the Iranian people and the Middle East. Israel considers Iran a mor-tal threat in its back yard, especially since the develop-ment of better Iranian mis-siles and the advancement of Iran’s nuclear program to the point where a weapon could be feasible.

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French pres. shakes up Cabinet after vote losses

PARIS (AP) — President Nicolas Sarkozy dismissed his labor minister and reshuffl ed several other Cabinet posts Monday after leftists walloped his conser-vatives in France’s regional elections — a defeat that exposed his inability to convince the public on his economic reforms.

Labor Minister Xavier Dar-cos lost his job after being soundly defeated in his election bid in the western Aquitaine region. Twenty of Sarkozy’s Cabinet mem-bers ran for regional posts, and all lost. Budget Minis-ter Eric Woerth stepped in for Darcos, the presidency said.

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Bush, Clinton visit Port-au-princePORT-AU-PRINCE,

Haiti (AP) — Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton toured Haiti’s rubble-fi lled capital Monday to raise aid and investment for a country still reeling from a devas-tating Jan. 12 earthquake.

It is the fi rst joint visit to the impoverished Carib-bean nation for the two former leaders, who were tasked by President Barack Obama with leading the U.S. fundraising effort.

After meeting with President Rene Preval on the grounds of the col-lapsed national palace, they walked through the tarps-and-tent city on the adjacent Champ de Mars, the national mall fi lled with 60,000 homeless quake survivors living in squalor.

Both men, surrounded by Secret Service agents, Haitian police and U.N. peacekeepers, waded into the giant encampment to shake hands with earth-quake survivors.

Clinton said they hoped to get all the aid agen-cies working together to

make the most of the huge global outpouring of sup-port.

“We have to get the whole universe of people who want to help Haiti op-erating on the same page,” he said.

Bush told reporters their purpose was to see the devastation fi rst hand and “remind the Ameri-can people there is still suffering and work to be done here.” He said they also wanted to encourage

entrepreneurship in Haiti to create jobs and grow the economy.

“Hopefully, our visit will remind people that Haiti needs help,” Bush said.

Lucharles Jean-Laudi-us, one of hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by the earth-quake, welcomed the visit as a sign that the U.S. would continue to supply aid. He feared the recent withdrawal of American troops was a sign the world was losing interest in their plight.

“But if the presidents are coming it’s because they want to help, that’s a good thing,” said the

34-year-old Jean-Laudius, who lives under a plastic tarp with his wife and two children near the national palace.

While the government and business leaders hail their appearance as a signal of America’s com-mitment, the visit by two ex-presidents who have played major roles in Haiti’s recent political tra-jectory is also reminding the country of its tumultu-ous past.

Supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide staged a pro-test outside the national palace, with about 100 participants, burning tires and demanding the return of their exiled leader.

Clinton and Bush visit as the country struggles to feed and shelter victims of the magnitude-7 quake, which killed an estimated 230,000 people. Another 1.3 million quake survi-vors are homeless, with many living in camps prone to dangerous fl ooding in the April rainy season.

The visit aims to spot-light the dramatic need ahead of a critical March 31 U.N. donors conference in New York, where Haitian offi cials will ask for $11.5 billion in reconstruction help.

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Zeller out?Tyler Zeller’s latest injury could hurt UNC’s chances in the NIT quarterfi-nals

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joRDAn tAKIng pAtIEnt AppRoACh In ChARlottE

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Picture the NBA free agency period be-ginning and the first call LeBron James gets is a recruiting pitch from Michael Jordan.

It’s one the perks for the Charlotte Bobcats now that the Hall of Famer owns the team. Only being a big player in free agency isn’t on Jordan’s agenda — or even possible.

Unlike the New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets and Chicago Bulls, the Bobcats have no salary-cap space to participate in the summer free agency bonanza that could include James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Amare Stoudemire.

gooDEll plAnS to MEEt WIth RoEthlISBERgER

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell plans to meet with Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlis-berger about the star’s off-field problems.

Goodell already has spo-ken with team owners about Roethlisberger, who is accused of assaulting a 20-year-old college student in a Geor-gia nightclub on March 5. Roethlisberger’s attorney says the quarterback committed no crime. Roethlisberger has yet to be interviewed by police in Milledgeville, Ga., and charges have not been filed.

“We take this issue very seri-ously,” Goodell said Monday at the NFL meetings. “I am concerned that Ben continues to put himself in this position.

“I spoke with the Steel-ers and (team president) Art Rooney about it and, at some point, I will be meeting with Ben at the appropriate time.”

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ECU hIRES lEBo to CoACh BASKEtBAll tEAM

GREENVILLE (AP) — East Carolina has turned to former Auburn coach Jeff Lebo to lead its long-struggling men’s basketball program.

The school announced Mon-day it had hired Lebo to replace Mack McCarthy, who spent three seasons on the sideline for the Pirates before stepping down to take a fundraising job in the school’s athletics depart-ment. Lebo had spent the past six seasons at Auburn, going 96-93 overall and leading the Tigers to the NIT last season before he was fired earlier this month.

The 43-year-old coach played at North Carolina under Dean Smith in the late 1980s and had coached at Tennessee Tech and Chattanooga previ-ously.

The school has scheduled a news conference for Lebo on Tuesday.

Richmond struggles as Rams rally to victory

KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) — Del-roy James scored a career-high 34 points and Rhode Island held off Nevada 85-83 Monday in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament.

Former Southern Lee star Akeem Richmond was held to just three points on 1-of-6 shoot-ing.

The Rams (25-9) will play the winner of a late game between Connecticut and Virginia Tech on Wednesday.

Brandon Fields led the Wolf Pack (21-13) with 25 points but Rhode Island held WAC player of the year Luke Babbitt to 14 points — eight below his season average.

Late in the first half, Nevada fell behind by 7, but fought back to tie it at 37, only to watch Rhode Island score the last five points of the half to lead 42-37.

nIt: Rhode Island 85, nevada 83

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Rhode Island’s Akeem Richmond, shown in this file photo, finds puts up a 3-pointer during a recent NIT college basketball game in South Kingstown, R.I.

In the PaintRHODE ISLAND 85, NEVADA 83

NEVADA (21-13) Shaw 4-5 4-4 12, Babbitt 2-14 10-10

14, Hunt 3-7 1-2 7, Fields 10-18 6-7 28, Johnson 5-14 3-3 13, Giles 0-0 0-0 0, Cukic 3-4 1-2 7, Kraemer 0-2 0-0 0, Carp 0-0 0-0 0, Olson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 28-65 25-28 83.

RHODE ISLAND (25-9) Ulmer 4-9 0-1 8, James 10-19 9-11

34, Martell 2-5 6-8 10, Jones 0-8 2-2 2, Cothran 5-14 5-9 16, Mejia 1-2 0-0 3, Eaves 3-7 0-0 7, Richmond 1-6 0-0 3, Outerbridge 1-1 0-0 2, Brooks 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-71 22-31 85.

Halftime—Rhode Island 42-37. 3-Point Goals—Nevada 2-13 (Fields 2-6, Shaw 0-1, Kraemer 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Babbitt 0-3), Rhode Island 9-25 (James 5-7, Mejia 1-1, Richmond 1-4, Eaves 1-4, Cothran 1-5, Jones 0-2, Ulmer 0-2). Fouled Out—James, Shaw. Rebounds—Nevada 52 (Hunt 10), Rhode Island 35 (Ulmer 13). Assists—Nevada 13 (Babbitt, John-son 5), Rhode Island 10 (Jones 3). Total Fouls—Nevada 25, Rhode Island 19. Technical—Richmond. A—3,419.

By RYAN [email protected]

FAYETTEVILLE — This season, Trey Such is doing more than just leading the Methodist Monarchs in home runs, doubles and RBI.

The former Lee County baseball star is also taking on a new role as a leader and mentor to the younger players.

Such, who made the switch from first baseman to catcher at the beginning of the season, is accept-ing his new responsibility without any hesitation.

“I’m a year older and am now the team’s catcher,” said Such. “So I do feel like I’m in more of a leadership role than

before. I’m also hitting in the cleanup spot this year. That tells me that team is depending on me a lot this year and I need to step up.”

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Such (left) prepares to tag a runner. After a leg injury his freshman year, Such moved back to the catcher position at the beginning of 2010.

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Former Lee County slugger Trey Such leads the Methodist Monarchs in home runs with six and RBI with 28. The Monarchs are currently 15-7 overall and are 5-3 in the USA South Conference.

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Smith emerging as unsung hero for DukeA new role

Such taking on new position as leader, mentor for Monarchs

By BRYAN [email protected]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — If there is a such a thing as an odd man out in Duke’s so-called big three, it has to be Nolan Smith.

Jon Scheyer is the senior, an established name enter-ing the season whose hot start made him a candi-date for national player of the year.

Kyle Singler was a step ahead of even Scheyer to start the season, a versatile junior named preseason player of the year in the ACC.

Then there’s Smith, quickly cast as the third member of the big three after an up-and-down sophomore season, a step behind the others in terms of national recognition.

Sunday night, Smith caught the attention of fans from coast-to-coast, espe-cially the West coast, play-ing a leading role in ending Cal’s season while leading Duke into the Sweet 16.

“He has been probably the unsung hero, he and [Brian Zoubek], because you knew that Kyle and Jon coming in were going to be, and they have been, really good,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “And he can still get a lot better.

“He can get a lot better, but he’s been playing great basketball for us all year.”

Smith scored a game-high 20 points in the Blue Devils’ 68-53 victory over Cal and, just as important, didn’t allow his primary de-fensive assignment to come close to 20.

Lightning-quick point guard Jerome Randle, a threat to drive all the way to the basket or pull up from 25 feet, managed just 12 points against Smith, a pre-mier on-the-ball defender even if he’s not universally regarded as such.

“Playing against a player like him, it’s kind of a statement game,” Smith said. “People don’t really have my name out there

On the Diamond

n Former Lee County slugger Trey Such currently leads the Methodist Monarchs in home runs with six, in RBI with 28 and in doubles with seven

n Such is also second on the team in batting average at .405 and in hits with 34

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03.23.10nit: north Carolina vs. uab

soCCerFalcons win second straight match

RAMSEUR — The Lee Chris-tian Falcons shut out Faith Christian 3-0 on Monday to win their second straight soc-cer match.

Jessica Dunn scored the first goal of the match in the 34th minute thanks to a pass from Skylar Dubuc to put the Falcons up 1-0.

In the 70th minute, Whitney O’Quinn scored an unassist-ed goal to make it 2-0. Eight minutes later, Makaila Gillum scored an unassisted goal.

The Falcons improve to 2-5-1 overall and go to 1-3-1 in the NCCSA 3-A West Con-ference. They will travel to Franklin Academy at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Wake Forest.

tennisCavaliers defeat Douglas-Byrd

SANFORD — The Southern Lee tennis team defeated Douglas Byrd 5-1 on Monday afternoon.

The Cavaliers were led in singles by No. 2 seed Garri-son Lutz, who defeated Kyree Tittle 10-0. Jonathan Bur-chette beat Alex Sweat 10-2. Ethan Wicker edged Wesley Wolfe 11-9. Tyler Elseth beat Rakeem Blackshear 10-2. Alex Ayala rallied back to win in a tiebreaker 11-10.

tennisCougars shut out Yellow Jackets

APEX — The Lee County boys’ tennis team was shut out 9-0 in a gritty effort against one of the top teams in the Tri-9 Conference, Apex.

SPORTS SCENE

Zeller’s injury could hurt UNC’s chances in NIT quarters

UPCOMING

BY BRIANA [email protected]

CHAPEL HILL — The closing minutes of fourth-seeded North Carolina’s game against No. 1 seed Mississippi State in the second round of the NIT on Saturday were terrible for sophomore Tyler Zeller.

The forward spent the final 12 minutes of the contest in the training room getting five stitches in a cut above his left eye after get-ting hit while going up for a layup and was not allowed to go back into the arena because of a mild concus-sion.

Instead, he watched the rest of the game on a television. But before he saw teammate Larry Drew II drive the length of the court for a layup with two seconds remaining to give UNC a 76-74 victory, Zeller knew the Tar Heels had won the game.

“I could hear the crowd, and then five seconds later, I would hear what happened [on the TV],” Zeller said. “It was terrible, because I could already predict what was going to happen based on what the crowd was saying. … I had a pretty good idea that some-thing bad for Mississippi had happened, because they went quiet. It was the quietest it had been.”

The Tar Heels’ win over the Bulldogs set up today’s quarterfinal matchup at No. 2 Alabama-Birming-ham (9 p.m., ESPN), with a spot to the NIT final four in Madison Square Garden on the line.

Zeller, who was limited in practice Monday because of the concussion, said he thinks he will be able to play tonight as long he has no setbacks before the game. He said he had a headache Saturday but has had no other symptoms since then.

“My head was pound-ing at first,” said Zeller, who sported a black eye Mon-day. “I was more frustrated that I missed the shot than anything.”

Zeller’s presence could make a huge difference for the Tar Heels (18-16), not just because of his 7-0, 240-pound frame but because he has been playing some of his best basketball of the season the past few games.

In the ACC Tourna-ment loss to Georgia Tech, Zeller had 17 points and 10 rebounds and had 13 points in the first-round NIT win over William & Mary. He was limited to 13 minutes in Saturday’s victory because of his injury but had seven points and seven rebounds.

“Zeller’s a physical big man,” point guard Larry Drew II said. “He likes to get in there, stick his nose in there and sometimes you are the fly and sometimes you are the windshield. …He’s tough. He’s really tough.”

Zeller — who missed 10 games with a stress fracture in his right foot— said he is not quite sure what has gotten into him the past few games but said he thinks he is getting back into the flow and getting his timing back after missing so much time.

It also helps that the entire team is playing with a

sense of urgency that Coach Roy Williams has said was lacking at times. The Tar Heels said they are having fun right now after putting together back-to-back wins to extend their season.

“It’s the postseason tournament; if you don’t have an extra gear, then you’re probably not going to do very well in the tourna-ment and you’re probably not going to make it,” Drew said. “We just want to go out with a bang and just go out and try to end on a posi-tive note. We’re very lucky to still be playing, I think, and we’re just trying to take advantage of the situation.”

The Blazers (25-8) are led by guard Elijah Millsap who averages 16 points and 9.6

rebounds and had 27 points and 15 rebounds in UAB’s 72-52 win over N.C. State on Saturday. Forward Howard Crawford and guard Jamarr Sanders also average double figures for UAB, which lost its only other meeting with an ACC school this season when it fell at Virginia at the end of December.

UAB is coached by Mike Davis, who replaced Bobby Knight at Indiana in 2000 and headed the program until his resignation in 2006 after compiling a 115-79 record.

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North Carolina forward Tyler Zeller, center, reacts after getting cut around the eye while pulling in a second half rebound against Mississippi State, in their NIT college basketball game in Starkville, Miss. Saturday. North Carolina won 76-74.

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So far this season, Such is setting a good example for the Monarchs.

Such currently leads the 15-7 Monarchs with six homers and 28 RBI. He is second on the team with 34 hits and in batting average with .405.

The Monarchs are cur-rently 5-3 in the USA South Conference. Such was also named USA South Player of the Week earlier this month when he hit .467 with six runs scored, five RBI, two doubles, a homer during a span in which he led the Monarchs to a 3-1 record during the week.

“It’s been quite a year so far,” said Such. “Things are going pretty well. There are times when I don’t think that we’ve played as well as we can, but it’s still early. We still have plenty of time to fix it and turn things around.”

Coming on strong recently for the Monarchs is another former Yellow Jacket, freshman Ryan Stack, a player that Such grew up with.

Stack, who has played in 10 games as the team’s designated hitter, has gone 7-of-17 at the plate with five RBI, three runs and two doubles and recently pulled ahead of Such as the team’s leader in batting average at .412.

“The bats that I’ve had, I feel pretty good about,” said Stack. “I haven’t had a chance to see the field that much, though.

Such has been im-pressed with how quickly Stack is maturing as a col-legiate baseball player.

“Ryan’s come a long way this year and has done a great job,” said Such. “He stepped into our DH spot in our last few games and has done well.”

Such has worked with Stack several times throughout the season with the two going over different kinds of game situations. Such has also stressed how different playing college baseball is compared to high school.

“It’s a whole different

level playing college base-ball,” said Stack. “There’s a lot of different things that you have to learn and Trey has helped me get a better understanding at what has to be done for me to be successful.”

One item, for example, that Such has stressed to his former Lee County teammate is the difference of quality in pitching.

“College pitching is much different than high school pitching,” said Such. “The first pitch is probably going to be away. At first, you could tell he really wanted to pull the ball. I’ve given him a little advice here and there like how and when to hit with two strikes. He’s really done a great job.”

When Such was a true-freshman, he broke his leg and dislocated his ankle while sliding into second in his first career game back in 2008 and was forced to miss the remainder of the season. He was granted a medical hardship, which gave him an extra season of eligibility.

Last season, Such fin-ished his first season back from injury playing in 39 games with 38 starts at first. He hit .372 with 39 RBI. He was named USA South Rookie of the Year and

earned first team All-USA South honors.

“The leg’s doing great,” said Such. “It’s holding up much better than I ever could have hoped for. I’ve made the move to catcher and I feel no pain whatso-ever.”

Now completely

healthy, Such’s intense play this season is rubbing off on players like Stack and the rest of the Monarchs.

“He’s not just a leader to me, but to the entire team,” said Stack. “We’ve grown up together and it’s good to be playing with him again.”

W.Va. needs 1 more win for school record 30th

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia coach Bob Huggins has seen his team overcome double-digit deficits, struggle against over-matched opponents and pull out victories after relinquish-ing big leads.

The wins have come in many varieties for the Mountaineers, and one more on Thursday night against Washington (26-9) in the East Regional semifinals in Syracuse, N.Y,. would give West Virginia (29-6) a school record 30th.

Samhan dominates opponents, wins over fans

MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Omar Samhan walked into freshman orientation at Saint Mary’s in 2005 as an overweight teenager who was unwanted by almost every other school and boldly proclaimed that he would play in the NBA one day.

Samhan says everyone else in the room laughed.

Samhan got a similar reac-tion earlier this month when he predicted his Gaels would win the national champion-ship.

After leading the tourna-ment in scoring and one-lin-ers the first weekend to help Saint Mary’s make it to the regional semifinal for the first time in more than 50 years, it might be time to stop doubt-

ing Samhan.

Basketball success helping K-State over crisis

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — The embarrassing financial scandals that rocked Kansas State last year seem to be fading into distant memory with every 3-pointer that Jacob Pullen drills home.

For the once-reeling Wildcats, reaching the NCAA tournament’s round of 16 this weekend could translate into a lot more than renewed school spirit.

It could prompt fans to reopen their checkbooks.

Donations dropped last year when fans learned of a so-called secret agreement to pay football coach Ron Prince $3.2 million above the $1.2 million he was already due after being fired with a losing record.

Pearl says Vols know they stand 1 win from history

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —— Reaching the regional semifinals of the NCAA tour-nament has become quite a habit for Tennessee. Figuring out how to win once the Vols get there? Well, that’s been a problem for Tennessee.

The Vols have never ad-vanced past the round of 16.

Tennessee is in the round of 16 for the sixth time in school history and for the third time in Bruce Pearl’s five seasons.

TOURNEY BRIEFSSpartans prepare for life without Kalin Lucas

DETROIT (AP) — Michi-gan State coach Tom Izzo is relieved his banged-up team has four days off before its next game in the NCAA tournament.

Not that it will help Kalin Lucas.

Izzo told The Associated Press on Monday morning that there’s a “90 percent chance” tests later in the day would confirm Lucas has a torn left Achilles’ tendon that would keep him off the court for about five months.

“Even if it’s just a sprain, he wouldn’t play” Friday against Northern Iowa, Izzo said with a sigh.

Lucas’ replacement, Ko-rie Lucious, beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer that lifted the fifth-seeded Spartans to an 85-83 win over fourth-seeded Maryland on Sunday.

Michigan State has advanced to the round of 16 for the ninth time in 13 seasons, a string of consistency topped in the NCAA tournament by only by Duke, and is two wins away from a nation-high sixth Final Four appear-ance since 1999. The Spartans will play ninth-seeded Northern Iowa in the Midwest Regional semifinals on Friday night in St. Louis, facing the team that knocked top-seeded Kansas out of their path.

Purdue scores just enough to reach Sweet 16

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Purdue isn’t the of-fensive juggernaut it was with Robbie Hummel. Yet here are the Boilermakers in the Sweet 16.

Purdue struggled to make baskets in sev-eral games after Hummel went down with a torn ACL in his right knee late last month. The Boiler-makers (29-5) increased their productivity in NCAA tournament wins over Siena and Texas A&M, and No. 4 seed Pur-due has advanced to play No. 1 seed Duke (31-5) on Friday night in Houston.

“When Rob went down, we had to ad-just,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “We had

some growing pains with that, but I think we have.”

JaJuan Johnson and E’Twaun Moore have done what was expected of them in the NCAA tournament, but other of-fense has finally emerged.

Chris Kramer, known as a defensive stopper, is averaging 13.5 points and made the game-winning layup in overtime against Texas A&M.

Keaton Grant, a senior, scored 11 points in the first-round win over Si-ena. D.J. Byrd, a seldom-used freshman guard, scored 10 points in the 63-61 overtime win over Texas A&M.

“This is what we’re going to have to have for

us to continue to win bas-ketball games,” Painter said. “Chris Kramer and Keaton Grant both scored in the Siena game, and we win the game. Chris Kramer steps up and scores tonight (against Texas A&M), we’re able to win the game. We need those next guys to score — the third, fourth guys to score.”

This time they’ll have to do it against Duke’s trademark man-to-man defense, which helped carry the Blue Devils past California and the Golden Bears’ high-scoring trio of Jerome Randle, Patrick Christopher and Theo Robertson on Sunday.

SuchContinued from Page 1B

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Purdue players and coaches cheer from the bench in the second half of an NCAA second-round college basketball game against Texas A&M in Spokane, Wash. Sunday.

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First RoundTuesday, March 16Connecticut 59, Northeastern 57N.C. State 58, South Florida 57UAB 65, Coastal Carolina 49Texas Tech 87, Seton Hall 69North Carolina 80, William & Mary 72Mississippi State 81, Jackson State

67Jacksonville 67, Arizona State 66Wednesday, March 17Kent State 75, Tulsa 74Dayton 63, Illinois State 42Cincinnati 76, Weber State 62Virginia Tech 81, Quinnipiac 61Rhode Island 76, Northwestern 64Mississippi 84, Troy 65Nevada 74, Wichita State 70Illinois 76, Stony Brook 66Memphis 73, St. John’s 71

Second RoundFriday, March 19Mississippi 90, Memphis 81Saturday, March 20North Carolina 76, Mississippi State

74Texas Tech 69, Jacksonville 64UAB 72, N.C. State 52Monday, March 22Rhode Island 85, Nevada 83Virginia Tech 65, Connecticut 63Kent State (24-9) at Illinois (20-14),

8 p.m.Dayton (21-12) at Cincinnati (19-15),

9 p.m.

QuarterfinalsTuesday, March 23Texas Tech (19-15) vs. Mississippi

(23-10), 7 p.m.North Carolina (18-16) vs. UAB (25-8),

9 p.m.TBDIllinois-Kent State winner vs. Dayton-

Cincinnati winner, TBAVirginia Tech (25-8) vs. Rhode Island

(25-9), TBA

SemifinalsTuesday, March 30At Madison Square GardenNew YorkSemifinalsFirst Game, 7 p.m.Second Game, 9:30 p.m. Champion-

shipThursday, April 1Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

NIT Glance

NBA StandingsEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Confy-Cleveland 56 15 .789 — 9-1 W-7 31-4 25-11 35-9x-Orlando 49 21 .700 61⁄2 9-1 W-2 28-7 21-14 33-12Atlanta 45 24 .652 10 7-3 W-2 28-7 17-17 25-15d-Boston 45 24 .652 10 7-3 W-4 21-12 24-12 30-15Milwaukee 38 30 .559 161⁄2 8-2 W-2 23-9 15-21 26-15Miami 36 34 .514 191⁄2 7-3 W-1 21-16 15-18 22-19Charlotte 35 34 .507 20 7-3 L-2 25-8 10-26 20-22Toronto 34 34 .500 201⁄2 3-7 W-1 23-11 11-23 25-18Chicago 32 37 .464 23 1-9 W-1 19-14 13-23 20-21New York 25 45 .357 301⁄2 4-6 L-1 15-22 10-23 18-28Indiana 24 46 .343 311⁄2 4-6 W-2 17-16 7-30 18-25Philadelphia 24 46 .343 311⁄2 2-8 L-2 11-23 13-23 12-30Detroit 23 47 .329 321⁄2 2-8 L-5 16-19 7-28 15-27Washington 21 47 .309 331⁄2 0-10 L-11 12-22 9-25 15-27New Jersey 7 62 .101 48 1-9 L-7 3-30 4-32 6-37

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Confx-L.A. Lakers 52 18 .743 — 7-3 W-6 32-5 20-13 30-11d-Denver 47 23 .671 5 8-2 L-1 30-6 17-17 29-15d-Dallas 46 23 .667 51⁄2 8-2 L-1 24-11 22-12 24-16Utah 45 25 .643 7 7-3 W-1 28-8 17-17 27-18Phoenix 44 26 .629 8 7-3 W-4 28-9 16-17 29-16Oklahoma City 42 26 .618 9 7-3 L-1 22-11 20-15 22-18San Antonio 41 27 .603 10 7-3 L-1 25-10 16-17 25-17Portland 42 29 .592 101⁄2 8-2 L-1 23-13 19-16 26-16Houston 36 32 .529 15 7-3 W-1 20-15 16-17 25-18Memphis 37 33 .529 15 7-3 W-1 22-15 15-18 19-24New Orleans 33 38 .465 191⁄2 2-8 L-3 21-12 12-26 22-23L.A. Clippers 26 44 .371 26 1-9 L-1 19-16 7-28 12-31Sacramento 24 46 .343 28 4-6 W-1 17-18 7-28 15-29Golden State 19 50 .275 321⁄2 2-8 L-2 15-20 4-30 10-32Minnesota 14 56 .200 38 0-10 L-12 9-25 5-31 7-38

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Sunday’s GamesHouston 116, New York 112Indiana 121, Oklahoma City 101Sacramento 102, L.A. Clippers 89Cleveland 104, Detroit 79Atlanta 119, San Antonio 114, OTL.A. Lakers 99, Washington 92Phoenix 93, Portland 87Monday’s GamesOrlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Miami at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.Houston at Chicago, 8 p.m.Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.Toronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Dallas at New Orleans, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Boston at Utah, 9 p.m.Memphis at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Phoenix at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.Tuesday’s GamesCharlotte at Washington, 7 p.m.Indiana at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Denver at New York, 7:30 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesOrlando at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Denver at Boston, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m.Utah at Toronto, 7 p.m.Sacramento at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.Cleveland at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Houston at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.Memphis at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Sports on TVTuesday, March 23

GOLF11 a.m.TGC — PGA Tour, Tavistock Cup, final

round, at Winderemere, Fla.MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL1 p.m.ESPN — Preseason, Atlanta vs. N.Y.

Mets, at Port St. Lucie, Fla.MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

7 p.m.ESPN — NIT, quarterfinal, Texas Tech

vs. Mississippi9 p.m.ESPN — NIT, quarterfinal, North

Carolina vs. UABNHL HOCKEY8 p.m.VERSUS — San Jose at MinnesotaWOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL7 p.m.

ESPN2 — NCAA Division I tournament, second round, Connecticut vs. Temple at Norfolk, Va.; Ohio State vs. Mississippi State at Pittsburgh; Vermont at Notre Dame; Vanderbilt at Xavier 9:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — NCAA Division I tournament, second round, Wisconsin-Green Bay at Iowa State; San Diego State vs. West Virginia at Austin, Texas; Nebraska vs. UCLA at Minneapolis; Arkansas-Little Rock at Oklahoma.

as one of the top defenders in the country, but I think of myself as one of the top defenders in the country. In a game like this, to play against a top scorer like that, I feel like I did a great job — with the help of my big guys.

“It’s definitely a personal matchup. All year long, the coaches have taught, ‘Win your matchup.’ That was my matchup. If I win my matchup and Jon and Kyle win their matchups, we have a great chance to win.”

Smith won his in a land-slide, dominating on both sides of the floor. Smith scored 11 of Duke’s first 26

points, getting to the rim the way Randle had hoped he’d be able.

It’s yet another sign of growth for Smith, who struggled offensively in the first half of several midsea-son games as he concen-trated on his defensive assignment at the expense of his scoring.

“I looked to attack early,” Smith said. “The coaches told me before the game that they were going to put me in positions to attack, and I did that.

“I attacked the hole with aggression.”

With Duke trailing for a total of 18 seconds in its first two NCAA Tournament games, the Blue Devils didn’t need Smith to assert himself on offense down

the stretch. That could well change in Houston, starting with the top-seeded Blue Devils’ matchup with No. 4 seed Purdue in the South Regional semifinals Friday (9:57 p.m., WRAL).

Smith still might sneak up on opposing fans, but it’s safe to say at this point that the opposition won’t be caught off-guard.

“Nolan, especially at the end of a clock, is our go-to guy,” Krzyzewski said. “He’s been our on-the-ball defender the whole year. So he’s scoring and defending on the ball.

“That’s a great combina-tion. You have to be a very, very good player to be able to do that.”

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By The Associated PressAll Times EDTOpening RoundTuesday, March 16At UD ArenaDayton, OhioArkansas-Pine Bluff 61, Winthrop 44

EAST REGIONALFirst RoundThursday, March 18At New Orleans ArenaNew OrleansKentucky 100, ETSU 71Wake Forest 81, Texas 80, OTAt HP PavilionSan Jose, Calif.Washington 80, Marquette 78New Mexico 62, Montana 57Friday, March 19At HSBC ArenaBuffalo, N.Y.West Virginia 77, Morgan State 50Missouri 86, Clemson 78 At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaJacksonville, Fla.Cornell 78, Temple 65Wisconsin 53, Wofford 49Second RoundSaturday, March 20At New Orleans ArenaNew OrleansKentucky 90, Wake Forest 60At HP PavilionSan Jose, Calif.Washington 82, New Mexico 64Sunday, March 21At HSBC ArenaBuffalo, N.Y.West Virginia 68, Missouri 59At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaJacksonville, Fla.Cornell 87, Wisconsin 69At The Carrier DomeSyracuse, N.Y.Regional SemifinalsThursday, March 25West Virginia (29-6) vs. Washington (26-9),

7:27 p.m.Kentucky (34-2) vs. Cornell (29-4), 30

minutes followingRegional ChampionshipSaturday, March 27Semifinal winners

SOUTH REGIONALFirst RoundThursday, March 18At Dunkin’ Donuts CenterProvidence, R.I.Villanova 73, Robert Morris 70, OTSaint Mary’s, Calif. 80, Richmond 71At New Orleans ArenaNew OrleansOld Dominion 51, Notre Dame 50Baylor 68, Sam Houston State 59Friday, March 19

At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaJacksonville, Fla.Duke 73, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 44California 77, Louisville 62At Spokane ArenaSpokane, Wash.Purdue 72, Siena 64Texas A&M 69, Utah State 53Second RoundSaturday, March 20At Dunkin’ Donuts CenterProvidence, R.I.Saint Mary’s, Calif. 75, Villanova 68At New Orleans ArenaNew OrleansBaylor 76, Old Dominion 68Sunday, March 21At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaJacksonville, Fla.Duke 68, California 53At Spokane ArenaSpokane, Wash.Purdue 63, Texas A&M 61, OTAt Reliant StadiumHoustonRegional SemifinalsFriday, March 26Saint Mary’s, Calif. (28-5) vs. Baylor (27-

7), 7:27 p.m.Duke (31-5) vs. Purdue (29-5), 30 minutes

followingRegional ChampionshipSunday, March 28Semifinal winners

MIDWEST REGIONALFirst RoundThursday, March 18At Dunkin’ Donuts CenterProvidence, R.I.Ohio 97, Georgetown 83Tennessee 62, San Diego State 59At The Ford CenterOklahoma CityNorthern Iowa 69, UNLV 66Kansas 90 Lehigh 74Friday, March 19At The Bradley CenterMilwaukeeGeorgia Tech 64, Oklahoma State 59Ohio State 68, UC Santa Barbara 51At Spokane ArenaSpokane, Wash.Michigan State 70, New Mexico State 67Maryland 89, Houston 77Second RoundSaturday, March 20At Dunkin’ Donuts CenterProvidence, R.I.Tennessee 83, Ohio 68At The Ford CenterOklahoma CityNorthern Iowa 69, Kansas 67Sunday, March 21At The Bradley CenterMilwaukeeOhio State 75, Georgia Tech 66At Spokane ArenaSpokane, Wash.Michigan State 85, Maryland 83At Edward Jones Dome

St. LouisRegional SemifinalsFriday, March 26Ohio State (29-7) vs. Tennessee (27-8),

7:07 p.m.Northern Iowa (30-4) vs. Michigan State

(26-8), 30 minutes followingRegional ChampionshipSunday, March 28Semifinal winners

WEST REGIONALFirst RoundThursday, March 18At The Ford CenterOklahoma CityBYU 99, Florida 92, 2OTKansas State 82, North Texas 62At HP PavilionSan Jose, Calif.Murray State 66, Vanderbilt 65Butler 77, UTEP 59Friday, March 19At HSBC ArenaBuffalo, N.Y.Gonzaga 67, Florida State 60Syracuse 79, Vermont 56At The Bradley CenterMilwaukeeXavier 65, Minnesota 54Pittsburgh 89, Oakland, Mich. 66Second RoundSaturday, March 20At The Ford CenterOklahoma CityKansas State 84, BYU 72At HP PavilionSan Jose, Calif.Butler 54, Murray State 52Sunday, March 21At HSBC ArenaBuffalo, N.Y.Syracuse 87, Gonzaga 65At The Bradley CenterMilwaukeeXavier 71, Pittsburgh 68At Energy Solution ArenaSalt Lake CityRegional SemifinalsThursday, March 25Syracuse (30-4) vs. Butler (30-4), 7:07

p.m.Kansas State (28-7) vs. Xavier (26-8), 30

minutes followingRegional ChampionshipSaturday, March 27Semifinal winners

FINAL FOURAt Lucas Oil StadiumIndianapolisNational SemifinalsSaturday, April 3East champion vs. South championMidwest champion vs. West championNational ChampionshipMonday, April 5Semifinal winners

DukeContinued from Page 1B

DEAR ABBY: I am a high school secretary, and I’m writing about your reply to “Sick of It in Iowa” (Jan. 28), who is upset at the school secretaries for questioning or commenting on her frequent absences. You were right that her medical history is of no concern to the secretary, but her attendance record is very much the business of the secretary.

The principal makes the deci-sion regarding when a student is required to bring a doctor’s note with every absence. This procedure is called Persistent Absence, and it means someone has been out of school at least 25 days that school year, or has developed a pattern with his or her absences.

School rules are governed by the state. You would be surprised how many parents receive citations and must go to court because of their student’s poor attendance. When a student has a chronic illness, backed by a physician’s statement, the school will bend over backward to work with them, ensuring they receive the best possible education available.

It’s not that I don’t empathize with that young lady, but part of an education is teaching students that in the real world, they have a responsibility to maintain a good attendance record that will precede them into college, the work force and life itself.

— DIANE S., SPRING CITY, PA.

DEAR DIANE S.: Thank you for straightening me out. It appears from the mail I have received from

educators and school administrative staff that my answer left something to be desired. Mea culpa. For the benefi t of parents and students who may not be aware, I’ll share a few more. Read on:

DEAR ABBY: For your informa-tion, many times school secretaries are charged with the unpleasant task of having to contact the tru-ant offi cer, children’s services and others in law enforcement if a child doesn’t come to school and can’t provide a valid doctor’s excuse. The principal and superintendent do these jobs, but it is up to US to track these kids and make sure they attend school as they are supposed to do.

— BOTHERED IN MUNCIE, IND.

DEAR ABBY: I’m a school secre-tary. We are required by law to ask for a doctor’s note when a student has accumulated more than fi ve absences due to illness. When a

student arrives at school more than 30 minutes late, or leaves more than 30 minutes early (three or more times), that student is considered truant.

With today’s economic mess we need to know why a student is not in school. In California, schools lose more than $30 a day when a student is not in his or her seat, and that money adds up. So, yes, Abby, it IS “our business” to know a student’s medical history.

— VICTORIA IN CALIFORNIA

DEAR ABBY: “Sick of It” and her mother should speak to the school social worker. She may qualify for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, including an individualized education plan that could cover services such as in-home schooling, extended time on assignments and the ability to leave school with little or no warning. This is called a 504 Plan.

— KATHRYN IN NEWARK, DEL.

DEAR ABBY: The girl with frequent illness said she plays the clarinet. Has anyone suggested to her that her clarinet could be the culprit? As a band director for more than 30 years, one of the fi rst lessons I go over with beginning or continuing students is to throw away reeds that were used prior to any illness and clean the mouth-piece thoroughly.

— SARAH JANE IN SEVERNA PARK, MD.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Emotional frustration will make it difficult for you to concentrate. Think about what you want to see hap-pen and be concise in your presentation. Your willing-ness to work hard and take action will impress.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t give anyone a chance to challenge you or complain. Do what needs to be done without being asked and you will avoid a disgruntled individual look-ing for a fight. The more compromising and agree-able you are, the better your chance of getting what you want.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t let your person-al interests and emotions interfere when dealing with investments. Be shrewd if you want to get ahead economically. Your main concerns should be your health, welfare and getting what you want for your money.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You have to talk to the one you love. Voice your complaints instead of letting your hostility grow. Don’t let your personal feelings influence a profes-sional decision. Focus on what you can do and be willing to try something new.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A romantic encounter will leave you uncertain about your current status. Share your emotions and focus on the here and now. Happiness is dependent on doing what works best for everyone involved.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Be cautious about

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STATE OFNORTH

CAROLINAIN THE GENERAL

COURT OF JUSTICEDAVIDSON COUNTY

DISTRICTCOURT DIVISION

FILE NO.10 J 34

NOTICE OFSERVICE BY

PUBLICATION

IN THE MATTER OF:

AMANDA RENEEMORALES

TO:GABRIEL MORALES

and UNKNOWNFATHER, father of

the above-captionedfemale child born to

Sheila GwendolynMiller on or aboutAugust 14, 2000, in

High Point,North Carolina,

Respondents;

TAKE NOTICEthat a pleadingseeking relief

againstyou has been filed inthe District Court of

Davidson County,Lexington,

North Carolina in theabove-entitled action.

The nature of therelief is as follows:

Adjudication of theabove-captioned

child as a neglectedjuvenile and a

dependent juvenile.

You arerequired to make

defense to suchpleading no later

than the 3rd day ofMay, 2010, said date

being forty (40) daysfrom first publication

of this notice andupon your failure to

do so said juvenilewill be

adjudicated to be aneglected juvenile

and a dependentjuvenile.

This the23rd day of March,

2010.

ChristopherM. Watford

P.O. Box1067

Lexington,North Carolina

27293-1067

Telephone:(336) 236-3115

AssistantDavidson County

Attorney

DavidsonCounty

Creditor’s Notice

Having qualified onthe 19th day ofMarch, 2010 as

Administrator of theEstate of Wesley

Shane Owens,deceased, late of Lee

County, North Caroli-na, this is to notify all

persons, firms andcorporations having

claims against thedecedent to exhibit

the same to theundersigned on or

before the 25th day ofJune, 2010 or this

notice will be pleadedin bar of their

recovery. All persons,firms, or corpora-

tions indebted to theestate should make

immediate payment.This the 23rd day of

March, 2010.

Brenda Kelly Tucker,Administrator ofEstate of Wesley

Shane Owens,1400 Cool Springs

RoadSanford, NC 27330

Attorneys:W. Woods Doster

Staton, Doster, Post,Silverman &Foushee, PA

P. O. BOX 1320Sanford, NC

27331-1320

Attorneys atLaw

BY: ELIZA-BETH W. MURPHY

900 SouthMain StreetPost Office

Box 1118Lillington,

North Carolina 27546

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF LEE

NO-TICE TO CRED-

ITORS AND DEBT-ORS

OF

JEREMY CHRISTIAN JONES

deceased

Having qualified as Admin-

istrator of the Estate of

JEREMY CHRISTIAN JONES,deceased, late of Lee

County, this isto notify all

persons, firms and corporations having

claimsagainst said

Estate to exhibit them to the under-

signed on orbefore the

2nd day of June, 2010,or be barred from

theirrecovery. All

persons indebted to said estate are asked

toplease make

immediate payment.

This 2nd day of March, 2010.

Glenn Ray Jones,Administrator

2717 Bellaire Drive

San-ford, North Carolina

27330

KELLY & WEST, P.A.

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION FILE NO.

10 CVS 86

NOTICE OF SERV-ICE BY PUBLICA-

TION

VALERIE GOLDS TON

Plaintiff

vs.

NATHANIEL MOR-RISON

Defendant

To:NATHANIEL MOR-

RISON

Take notice that a pleading seeking re-lief against you has

been filed in the above-entitled action.The nature of the re-lief being sought is a

follows: Action to Quit Title to Lot 5,

Dixie Acres Subdivi-sion, Sanford, NC, al-

so known as 141 Sa-bre Drive, Sanford,NC 27330, as shown on plat recorded in

Plat Cabinet 9, Slide 30H, Lee County Reg-

istry. You are re-quired to make de-

fense to such plead-ing not later than

May 2, 2010 and upon your failure to do so

the party seeking service against you

will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This 19th day ofMarch, 2010

BRADSHAW &ROBINSON, LLP

Attorney for PlaintiffBy:

Nicolas P. RobinsonPost Office Box 607

Pittsboro, North Car-olina 27312

Telephone: 919-542-2400

Facsimile 919-542-1319State Bar No. 18464

landlord. Upon ter-mination of a rental

agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due

under the rental agreement prorated

to the effective date ofthe termination.

This the 22nd day ofFebruary, 2010.

SELLERS, HIN-SHAW, AYERS,

DORTCH & LYONS,P.A.

Substitute Trustee301 South McDowell

StreetSuite 410, Cameron-

Brown BuildingCharlotte, NC 28204-

2686(704) 377-5050Mark D. Gott

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lina, at 9:30 a.m. on the 30th day of

March, 2010, all that certain lot or parcel

of real estate, includ-ing all improvements

and fixtures located thereon, situated, ly-ing and being in Lee

County, North Caroli-na, and more particu-larly described in the Deed of Trust identi-fied above, which de-scription is incorpo-

rated by reference herein as amended,modified or supple-mented by other in-

struments, if any, re-corded subsequent to the Deed of Trust in the Lee County Pub-

lic Registry.

ADDRESS OF PROP-ERTY: 1802 Farrell Road, Sanford, NC

27330

PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S):

Var|0|1|0|||0|%H| Scott J. Johnson and

Schrieka D. Johnson,a/k/a Schricka John-son, Husband & Wife

The terms of the sale are that the property

will be sold for cash to the highest bidder

and a cash deposit not to exceed the

greater of five per-cent (5%) ) ) of the

amount of the bid, or Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($750) may be required at

the time of the sale.The property to be of-fered pursuant to this

Notice of Sale is be-ing offered for sale,

transfer and convey-ance "As Is, Where

Is". Neither the Sub-stitute Trustee nor

the holder of the Note secured by the Deed of Trust being fore-closed, nor the offi-

cers, directors, attor-neys, employees,

agents or authorized representatives of ei-

ther the Substitute Trustee or the holder of the Note make any

representation or warranty relating to

the title or any physi-cal, environmental,

health or safety con-ditions existing in,on, at or relating to

the property being of-fered for sale, and

any and all responsi-bilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to

any such conditions are expressly dis-

claimed. The proper-ty will be sold subject

to restrictions and easements of record,

any unpaid taxes, pri-or liens and special

assessments, any transfer tax associat-

ed with the foreclo-sure, and any tax re-quired to be paid by

N.C.G.S. § 7A-308(a)(1). The sale

will be held open for ten days for upset

bids as required by law.

An Order for posses-sion of the property

may be issued pur-suant to N.C.G.S. ' 45-

21.29 in favor of the purchaser and

against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Supe-

rior Court in which the property is sold.

Any person who oc-cupies the property pursuant to a rental

agreement entered in-to or renewed on or

after October 1, 2007,may, after receiving

notice of sale, termi-nate the rental agree-ment upon ten days= written notice to the

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NOTICE OFSUBSTITUTE

TRUSTEE'SSALE OF REAL

ESTATE2010-SP-28

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of

the power and au-thority contained in that certain Deed ofTrust executed and

delivered by Scott J.Johnson and Schrie-

ka D. Johnson, a/k/a Schricka Johnson,

Husband & Wife, dat-ed the 8th day of De-cember, 2004, and re-

corded in the Register of Deeds office for

Lee County, North Caroli-

na, in Deed of Trust Book 961, Page 373 ,and because of de-

fault in the payment of the indebtedness

thereby secured and failure to carry out

and perform the stip-ulations and agree-ments therein con-

tained and pursuant to an Order entered by the Clerk of the

Superior Court and pursuant to demand

of the owner and holder of the indebt-

edness secured by said Deed of Trust,

the undersigned Sub-stitute Trustee will

expose for sale at pub-lic auction to the

highest bidder for cash at the usual

place of sale in the Courthouse of Lee

County, in the City ofSanford, North Caro-

EXECUTOR NO-TICE

HAVING qualified as Executor of the estate

of Barbara A.Redding, deceased,late of Lee County,

North Carolina, this is to notify all per-

sons having claims against the estate of

said deceased to pres-ent them to the un-

dersigned within three months from

March 9, 2010 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recov-

ery. All persons in-debted to said estate

please make immedi-ate payment. This 9,day of March, 2010.

Leslie Redding404 San Lee Drive

Sanford, NC, 27330 Executor/trix

of the estate ofBarbara A. Redding(March 9, 16, 23, 30)

EXECUTOR NOTICE

HAVING qualified as Executor of the estate

of Zeb Harrington,de-

ceased, late of Lee County, North Caroli-na, this is to notify all

persons having claims against the es-

tate of said deceased to present them to the under-

signed within three months from March2, 2010 or this notice

will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All

persons indebted to said estate please

make immediate pay-ment. This 2, day of

March, 2010.Sue Ellen Harrington

3465 St. Andrews Sanford , NC, 27330

Executor/trixof the estate of

Tom H. Harrington(March 2, 9, 16, 23)

tute Trustee 1587 Northeast Express-

way Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181

Our File No.:221.1000872NC

Publication Dates:03/16/2010 &

03/23/2010

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East 75 feet to a found iron pipe; thence

North 56 degrees 50 minutes East 125 feet to a found iron pipe;thence North 33 de-

grees 10 minutes West 75 feet to a found iron pipe;

thence South 56 de-grees 50 minutes

West 125 feet to the point and place of be-

ginning, and being the Southern portion

of Lots 19 and 20,Block 6, Plat of Rose-

mont, said plat re-corded in Plat Cabi-net 2, Slide 269, Lee

County registry. Said property is common-ly known as 306 Gulf

Street, Sanford, NC 27330. Third party

purchasers must pay the excise tax, pur-

suant to N.C.G.S. 105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00)

per each Five Hun-dred Dollars ($500.00)

or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk

of Courts fee, pur-suant to N.C.G.S. 7A-308, in the amount ofForty-five Cents (45)

per each One Hun-dred Dollars ($100.00)

or fractional part thereof or Five Hun-

dred Dollars ($500.00),whichever is greater.A deposit of five per-cent (5%) of the bid,

or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars

($750.00), whichever is greater, will be re-quired at the time ofthe sale and must be tendered in the form

of certified funds.Fol-

lowing the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the re-

maining amounts will be immediately due and owing. Said

property to be offered pursuant to this No-tice of Sale is being

offered for sale, trans-fer and conveyance

AS IS WHERE IS.There are no repre-

sentations of warran-ty relating to the title or any physical, envi-ronmental, health or safety conditions ex-

isting in, on, at, or re-lating to the property being offered for sale.This sale is made sub-

ject to all prior liens,unpaid taxes, special

assessments, land transfer taxes, if any,and encumbrances ofrecord. To the best of

the knowledge and belief of the under-signed, the current

owner(s) of the prop-erty is/are Holly Day.

PLEASE TAKE NO-TICE: An order for

possession of the property may be is-

sued pursuant to G.S.45-21.29 in favor of

the purchaser and

against the party or parties in possession

by the clerk of superi-or court of the county in which the property

is sold. Any person who occupies the

property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or re-

newed on or after Oc-tober 1, 2007, may, af-ter receiving the no-

tice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written

notice to the landlord.The notice shall also

state that upon termi-nation of a rental

agreement, that ten-ant is liable for rent

due under the rental agreement prorated

to the effective date ofthe termination.

___________________________________

Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. Substi-

001Legals

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

SALE NORTH CARO-LINA, LEE COUNTY

10 SP 42 Under and by virtue of a Power of

Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust

executed by Holly R Day and Edward

John Rennie to Jack-ie Miller, Trustee(s),dated December 14,

2007, and recorded in Book 01116, Page 0032,

Lee County Registry,North Carolina. De-

fault having been made in the payment

of the note therebyse-

cured by the said Deed of Trust and the

undersigned, having been substituted as

Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instru-

ment duly recorded in the Office of the

Register of Deeds ofLee County, North Carolina, and the

holder of the note evi-dencing said indebt-

edness having direct-ed that the Deed of

Trust be foreclosed,the undersigned Sub-

stitute Trustees will offer for sale at the

Courthouse Door in Lee County, North

Carolina, at 12:45PM on March 30, 2010,and will sell to the highest bidder for

cash the following de-scribed property, to wit: Beginning at a

found in iron pipe lo-cated South 33 de-

grees 10 minutes East 75 feet from the inter-section of the North-eastern right-of-way

line of Gulf Streetand

the Southern right-of-way line of Cross

Street, and running thence with said

right-of-way line ofGulf Street South 33

degrees 10 minutes

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ALL CASH VENDING! Do You Earn Up to $800/day (potential)? Your own local route. 25 Machines and

Candy. All for $9,995. 1-888-753-3458, MultiVend,

LLC.

ATTEND COLLEGE ON-LINE from home. Medical, Business, Paralegal, Ac-

counting, Criminal Justice. Job placement assistance. Computer available. Finan-


Harris Realty & Auction“Since 1989” One

Call...We Sell It All!!Land, Houses, Equipment

Business Liquidation, Estates, Antiques, Coins, Furniture, Consignments,

etc. jerryharrisauction.com545-4637 or 498-4077

920Auctions

900Miscellaneous

For Sale: Winn M.H. 1988, 92K, New Tires,

Belts & New Frig.$11,500 Or Best OfferCall: 919-499-1155

CLASSIFIED LINE ADDEADLINE:2:00 PM

DAY BEFOREPUBLICATION. (2:00 pm Friday for Sat/Sun ads). Sanford Herald,

Classified Dept., 718-1201 or 718-

1204

830Mobile Homes

West Sanford Brick Ranch 3BR 2BA, Basement,

2 Car Garage Call Jennifer Exit Realty

919-280-6608

*Houses/Mobile Homes/Real Estate Policy: One (house) per

household per year at the “Family Rate”.Consecutive

different locations/addresseswill be billed

at the “Business Rate”.

3 bed brick ranch home in Sanford. Fenced in yard. 1 owner $96,900 Call Debi 356-7266 Call Exit Realty & Associates 774-4646

knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper available on an equal opportunity basis.To complain of discrimina-tion call 919-733-7996 (N.C. Human Relations Commission).

820Homes

PUBLISHER’SNOTICE

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act 1968 which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or dis-crimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handi-cap, familial status, or national origin or an inten-tion to make any such pref-erence, limitation or dis-crimination.”This newspaper will not

820Homes

800Real Estate

Cameron 3BR/2BA, quiet area, nice home $475 + dep, no pets

910-245-1208

4BR/2BA $450/mo $300/dep (Seminole MHP)

2BR/2BA $425/mo $300/dep (Seminole MHP)

Call: 919-770-5948

1 & 2 BR. $300 TO $485 Per Month, near Walmart call Johnson Real Estate

919-777-6060

740For Rent - Mobile

Homes

Studio apartment with carport, N. Horner,

$360/mo., deposit rqrd. 356-4687

Rooms for rent Single Rooms $125 per week, Double Rooms $140 per Week Utilities & Cable

Inc. $50 Dep 935-9868

NOW TAKINGAPPLICATIONS!

1, 2, &3 BR Spacious Apartments

BROOKHOLLOW APARTMENTS

Brookhollow Drive, Sanford NC. Beautifully maintained.

Section 8 vouchers accepted. Credit and

criminal check required. Office Hours:

Mon. & Tues. 10am-3pmThurs. & Fri. 9am - 2pm

No application fee!(919)775-332

Equal Housing OpportunityHandicap units based

upon availability and need Professionally managed by

Partnership Property Manager, An Equal housing opportunity

provider and employer.

Low Rents: 1 & 2 BR’sEqual Housing OpportunityWoodbridge Apartments

919-774-6125

1 BR Dorm For RentUtilities Included with Cable Small Fridge & Microwave

$100/wk or $400/mo Dep & Criminal Record

Req. 919-774-4922

1 BR Apt $375/moWindow AC & Gas Heat

Criminal Background Check and Deposit Req.

774-4922

730For Rent -

Apts/Condos

THE SANFORD HERALDmakes every effort to follow

HUD guidelines in rental advertisements placed by

our advertisers. We reserve the right to refuse or change ad copy as

necessary for HUD compliances.

3009 Yellowbird2BD/2BA $900/moAdcock Rentals

774-6046

1515 Woodland Ave$400/mo 3BD/1BAAdcock Rentals

774-6046

1,2,3 BR Rentals Avail.Adcock Rentals

774-6046adcockrentalsnc.com

1 & 2 BR near hospital & down town, $350-$385

per month. No Pets Johnson Real Estate 919-777-6060

720For Rent - Houses

Looking for Roommate must be clean & have job. Needing someone to split rent. Util. paid. Call for more info 498-5326

715Roommate Wanted

700Rentals

Wanted Used Motor For 1994 Nissan Pickup

Low MileageCall: 919-356-6263

Looking to purchase small timber tracts.

Fully insured. Call919-499-8704

695Wanted to Buy

You want the best salad in town? Come to the B&B Market! Fresh Turnip &

Mustard Greens, Creasy, Collards, Side Meat & Ham

Hocks. 775-3032

680Farm Produce

Poo Be Gone: Weekly Pet Waste Clean Up $10 a week Call for more info

774-7028 910-703-2540

*Pets/Animals Policy: Three different (Pet) ads per household per year at the

“Family Rate”. In excess of 3, billing will be at the

“Business Rate”.

675Pets/Animals

CLASSIFIED SELLS!“CALL TODAY,

SELL TOMORROW”Sanford HeraldClassified Dept.,

718-1201 or 718-1204

665Musical/Radio/TV

GOT STUFF?CALL CLASSIFIED!

SANFORD HERALDCLASSIFIED DEPT.,

718-1201 or 718-1204.

660Sporting Goods/Health & Fitness

Mowing, Landscaping, Yard Work, Brush Clear-ing, Tree Removal, Fire Wood Delivery, ETC. Will do anything Call

498-4852 or 258-9360

640Firewood

Barger Services: Web services, networking, site hosting, vehicle transport-ing, HVAC Repair & More

Contact me @ [email protected] or

919-708-3034

635Computers

Wanting to clean out your barns, attics, basements, or buildings. Get rid your clutter. For More Info Call770-0059 or 721-3968

Pro Star tanning bed, 28 bulb, 7 ft bed, excellent

condition. $1200353-9521

[email protected]

KRISTA L. BRINKLEY - AN IMPORTANT LETTER

FOR YOU CAME TO 347 BEACH END, SANFORD WHICH I HAVE RON

PENNY 343 BEACH END - 776-9934

HAVING A YARD SALE?

The DEADLINE for

Ads is 2 P.M.the day PRIOR to publication. PREPAYMENT IS REQUIRED FOR

YARD SALE ADS. THE SANFORD HERALD,

CLASSIFIED DEPT. 718-1201 or

718-1204

For Sale Travel Resort of America. Pd to Dec. 31, 2010. $500 plus transfer fees. Dues pd until Aug.

2010 Call: 919-499-1155

Commercial Tanning Bed

Wolff Ovation 124 w/ Fa-cial Tanner, Head & Toe

Lamps. Bought Brand New Used Only For In Home Per-sonal use. Paid $4500 ask-

ing $1500. Call: 774-5563 or 770-7699

605Miscellaneous

Whirpool Washer $75919-499-4780

Small Desk & Chair $255 Arm Spider Light $75Round Chrome Glass Top

Coffee Table $60Best Offer for Everything 478-1836 or 478-7890

Single Bed$20

Call: 919-356-6357

601Bargain Bin/$250 or Less

Silvertone Acoustic Guitar New Strings, Comes with

Bag and Guitar Tuner.$250 OBO.

910-703-5584

Sage green couch/bed(queen size) $150.00. Green over-sized chair

$50.00. 919-770-4236.

Refrigerator $100

14.3 Cubic Feet258-5630

Large Authentic Dooney & Bourke Purse. Like New

Black & Gray$90

770-1408

Hannah Montana Malibu Doll House

with Furniture $125

(919)356-5706

Gateway Computer For Sale: Full Set Up Or Tower

Only. Call for details: 774-1066

Free Church PewsGood Condition

775-9939

Dog Kennel 12x12x12x12$175

2 Water Skis$50 a piece

Call: 919-356-6357

Computer Desk Good Condition $50

Truck Tool Box that fits a Chevy Z 71 $75

499-4729 or 721-2184

Chev Rear BumperFits 88-98 Chev, Argent Sil-ver Clear-Coat. Like New!

$100.(4) 15x8 Alum Wheels. Fits

78-98 Chev TK. Good Cond. $100 Call: 776-

8493

4 Feather Leather Bantams 3 Hens/1 Rooster

Young- Just starting to lay.$30

Call: 776-7955

18 Cubic Feet WhirlpoolNo Frost

Refrigerator/Freezer w/ Ice Maker. Excellent Cond. $100. Call: 776-3037

12 Foot John Boat$250

Call: 776-7955

*“Bargain Bin” ads are free for five consecutive days. Items must total $250 or less, and the price

must be included in the ad. Multiple items at a single price

(i.e., jars $1 each), and animals/pets do not qualify.

One free “Bargain Bin” ad per household per month.

601Bargain Bin/$250 or Less

600Merchandise

9 PuppiesMixed Breed8 Weeks Old

Free To Good Home!Call: 919-224-7048

2 Free Male PomeraniansBetween 2 & 3 years old.

Do not get along with other dogs.

Call: 919-356-8951

520Free Dogs

500Free Pets

MEDICAL OFFICERECEPTIONIST

Local outpatient Physical Therapy clinic looking for a Full Time Front Desk/Recep-tionist. Candidate should

possess excellent communication, customer

service, and organizational skills. Responsibilities

include checking patients in/out, answering phones, scheduling appointments

and data entry. Competitive pay andbenefits. Please fax

resume attn: Jason Osborne at (919) 708-7220 or

email: [email protected].

470Help Wanted -Medical/Dental

Smaller Scholars Montessori is looking for PT afternoon Teacher working 25-30 hours a week with

ability for full time. All applicants must be 18 years old with a high

school diploma. Apply in person1480 McNeil Road any questions please call

919-777-9374

425Help Wanted -

Child Care

We offer• BOLD print

• ENLARGED PRINT

• EnlargedBold Print

for part/all of your ad!Ask your Classified Sales

Rep for rates.

Movie Extras to stand in the backgrounds of a major film production. All looks

needed. Earn up to $150/day. Experience not

required. Call877-577-2952.

420Help Wanted -

General

Private Provider Agency seeking Administrative

Assistant. The individual is to manage the clerical and business functions of the

site and perform allrequired office duties in an

effective manner. A considerable amount of judgment required with minimal supervision. Candidate must have

typing and computer skills as well as other clerical

skills. Some bookkeeping experience and Associates

Degree preferred. Applicants can fax, mail or

email resumes to:Amy Smith

[email protected]: (910) 826-3695

P.O. Box 1261Fayetteville NC 28302

Attn: Amy Smith

Part-time cashier needed. Call 718-1717 for an ap-

pointment.

Movie Extras to stand in the backgrounds of a major film production. All looks

needed. Earn up to $150/day. Experience not

required. Call877-577-2952.

CROSSROADS AUTO-MOTIVE GROUP

has just acquired a new dealership in

Sanford N.C. We are cur-rently interviewing for sales

associates and service techs. We bring with us years of experi-

ence, proven sales excellence, and access to over 2500 new and used

vehicles. We are a fast growing automotive

group with over 25 unique franchises and we

offer top pay, benefits, and excellent opportunities with-

in the company for growth. We are a vol-ume dealership with home-

town values, business based on Christian princi-pals, and a five day work

week(always closed on Sundays!). Please con-tact me personally, Derek

Reavis; General Manager at 919-523-0661

or via email derek.reavis@crossroads-

cars.com to set up your interview.

Coordinator for Exchange Students P/T. Recruit hosts,

provide support and activities. Must be 25 years

of age and love teens. Make friends worldwide!

www.aspectfoundation.org

"Full time/permanent position for High School

Graduate with water treatment plant operation

and delivery system maintenance. Will train. Certified in Distribution a plus. Excellent benefits. Reply to PO Box 13,

Goldston, NC 27252"

420Help Wanted -

General

400Employment

L.C Harrell Home ImprovementDecks, Porches, Buildings Remodel/Repair, Electrical

Interior-Exterior Quality Work

Affordable Prices No job Too Small No Job Too Large (919)770-3853

370Home Repair

I’m Available To Clean Yards. Reasonable Prices.Has References. Whatever

Yard Work ThatNeeds to Be Done

356-2333 or 718-9502

340Landscaping/

Gardening

Personal or Home Health Care Aide : Provide

housekeeping and routine personal care services for

elderly, disabled, etc.individuals at home.

919-478-6533

315Elderly/In-Home

Care

300Businesses/Services

1999 Voyager Boat-14ft, all aluminum flat bottom w/

trailer, 20 horse power evinrude, w/ seats, life jackets, etc. $1,350.

Call: 770-0956

295Boats/Motors/

Trailers

1994 EZ-Go Golf CartBattery Operated, Lift Kit, Battery Charger Incl., Runs

Good! Priced To Sell $1500. 919-356-5602

275ATVs

CLASSIFIED DEAD-LINE: 2:00 PMDAY BEFORE

PUBLICATION. (2:00 pm Friday for

Sat/Sun ads). San-ford Herald, Classi-

fied Dept.,718-1201 or

718-1204

255Sport Utilities

Automobile Policy: Threedifferent automobile ads perhousehold per year at the

“Family Rate”. In excess of 3, billing will be at the

“Business Rate”.

1979 International School Bus- $850 Or Best Offer. Call: 919-498-3030 or

478-4108

240Cars - General

Big Boys Junk Cars looking for junk cars. Anywhere

from $100 to $200 a car.Call Anytime: 910-391-

1791

210Vehicles Wanted

200Transportation

Ask about our YARD SALE SPECIAL

8 lines/2 days*$13.50

Get a FREE “kit”:6 signs, 60 price stickers,

6 arrows, marker, inventory sheet, tip sheet!

*Days must be consecutive

190Yard Sales

What: KEYSWhere: THE SANFORD

HERALDWho: That’s the question!7 Keys, Car Door Opener, CVS, Lowes Foods, Food Li-

on, Hallmark, Kmart, & Wilkinson Cadillac Custom-

er Cards.Come by to claim!

140Found

Lost: Solid Black CatGoes by the name of

Whiner. Lost somewhere between Nicholson Road & Sanford. Believed to have climbed into back of truck.

$100 Reward for Safe Return. 770-4879

499-2768

Lost Female German Sheppard last seen in Saint Andrews Area 8 Months Old, Roughly 60 Pounds. Goes by the name Alita. $200 Reward. If found Please Call 770-2812

130Lost

WILL MOVE OLD JUNK CARS! BEST PRICES

PAID. Call for complete car delivery price.

McLeod’s Auto Crushing. Day 499-4911.

Night 776-9274.

110Special Notices

100Announcements

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE-

CURITY, OFFICE OF FINES, PENALTIES,

AND FORFEITURES,U.S. CUSTOMS AND

BORDER PROTEC-TION, CHARLOTTE,

NC, March 16, 2010.Notice is hereby giv-en that the following property was seized

in Sanford, North Carolina on March 1,2010, under the provi-sions of title 18, Unit-

ed States Code, sec-tion 981, for violation

of title 18, United States Code, section

1956:

One (1) 2006 Chrysler 300

VIN:2C3KA43R36H198962

(APV. $6,600.00)

Anyone asserting an interest and claim to

the property must file, within twenty (20) days from the

date of first publica-tion of this notice, a

claim with the Fines,Penalties, and Forfei-

tures Officer, Cus-toms and Border Pro-

tection, 1901 Cross Beam Drive, Char-

lotte, N.C., 28217, in default of which the seized property will

be forfeited as pre-scribed by law. Eliza-beth Sebik, FP&F Of-

ficer

Department of Social ServicesPublication dates:

March 23, 2010 March 30, 2010

April 6, 2010

001Legals

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ClassifiedAds

B9CLASSIFIEDS

B10SERVICE DIRECTORY

Phil StoneTREE REMOVAL

• Full Tree Service• Stump Grinding

• Chipping• Trim & Top Trees

• Fully Insured

Sanford’s #1 ChoiceFor All Your Tree Needswww.sanfordtreeremoval.com

919-776-4678

FREE ESTIMATEOwned & Operated By

Phil Stone & Sons

24-HR SERVICE

(919) 258-0572Cell: (919) 842-2974

UniversalPressure Washing

Residential/Commercial

PRESSURE WASHING

HARDWOOD FLOORS

HARDWOOD FLOORS

Wade Butner776-3008

Finishing & Refinishing

GRAHAM’S CARPENTRYHANDYMAN SERVICES

GRAHAM ARNOLDCell (919) 353-7338

LETT’S TREE REMOVAL SERVICE

Remove trees, Trim and top Trees, Lot clearing, stump

grinding, backhoe work, hauling, bush hogging, plus we buy tracts of

timber. We accept

Visa and Mastercard. Free estimates and

we are insured.

TREE SERVICE

Call258-3594

HUBBY 4 HIRE

Can’tgetthingsdonearoundthehouse?

Call Ross910-703-1979

or your display advertising sales rep for more information.

Quality Trucking & WeldingFabrication and Design

We can take care of all welding needs aluminum, stainless, carbon steel Tig., Stick., Mig Welding, We’re certified on x-ray welding on piping, and steel plate. We can fabricate whatever your design is, or we can help you with your design there’s no job to small if it’s a personal or residential or commercial we can do the job with quality work at our fab shop contact:

Leo Smith919-356-3288

City of SanfordCompost FacilityScreened Compost

$20.00 per pickup load

Regular Compost orWoodchips

$10.00 per pickup loadPublic Works Service Center,

located on Fifth Street across from the Lions Club Fairgrounds

Mon.-Fri. 7am-5:30 pmDelivery Available

(919) 775-8247

COMPOST/WOODCHIPS

Since 1978

PAINTING/CONTRACTORLarry Rice

Painting/ContractorResidential

Commercial

Fully insured.No job to small.Free estimates

919-776-7358Cell: 919-770-0796

The Helping HandPre Spring Cleanup

Let us get your yard back into shape without hurting your wallet!!!We are a small lawn service. So respect and great work ethics is what we are about.

The Helping Handproudly serving Lee, Harnett,

and Chatham Counties

5 tons of screenedtop soil

delivered $100

Larger and Loads Available

Crush and Run also Available

(919) 777-8012

By Estalla

Hand arranged baskets for Easter and all other occasions

Get your age appropriate baskets. Less Stuffing more Items for your cash

919-776-8684

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