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R OBESONIAN T HE Saturday August 28, 2010 Volume 141 No. 130 Lumberton, N.C. Established 1870 www.robesonian.com Heartland Publications, LLC All Rights Reserved 90/65 Game night Area prep teams go under the lights for a full slate of football action. Page 1B 50¢ $1 Daily Sunday Arbus Locklear, 64, Lumberton Joan John, 78, St. Pauls Page 6A I NDEX NDEX Classifieds . . . . . . 6B Comics . . . . . . . . 5B Editorial . . . . . . . 4A Nation . . . . . . . . . 5A Sports . . . . . . . . . 1B State . . . . . . . . . . 2A World . . . . . . . . . 7A O BITUARIES BITUARIES S PORTS PORTS W EATHER EATHER BEN BERNANKE: The Federal Reserve is ready to take action to prevent second recession. JOE CENTANNI STAFF WRITER LUMBERTON — A Maxton man was arrested Thursday and charged with burning the home of his girl- friend, according to Robeson County sher- iff’s Lt. Detective Brian Duckworth. Christopher Lee Hunt, 34, of 338 Old Baker Road, faces a charge of second- degree arson. He is accused of burning the home of Amy Locklear, 52, of Back Swamp Road, on Wednesday, Duckworth said. The report said Hunt had made several phone calls to Locklear instructing her to go to her home, which she was moving out of, on Back Swamp Road, and she would have a “surprise” waiting for her. Someone called authorities about the fire at 3:26 a.m., and firefighters and sheriff’s deputies arrived soon afterward. Lawmen found Hunt and he appeared to be intoxicated, Man faces arson charge Accused of torching girlfriend’s home CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — As weak as it was, the economy turns out to have been even worse — closer than the government first thought to stalling out completely or even falling back into recession. New figures issued Friday paint a darker picture of the economy’s perform- ance this spring, growing at a meager 1.6 percent annual pace. The initial estimate was 2.4 percent, and even that was ane- mic. Analysts say the summer should be disappointing, too. Shortly after the government’s revi- sion, Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke said the Fed was ready to take additional steps to prevent a second recession, if the economy deteriorates further. But he stopped short of promising any action. The Fed “will do all that it can to ensure continuation of the economic recovery,” he said. Several economists said they expected the economy to keep growing slowly for the rest of the year. That would almost cer- tainly not be enough to bring down the jobless rate, already at 9.5 percent, and unemployment could actually increase. The performance is “very disappoint- ing,” said Ethan Harris, an economist at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch. “Usually you get a bigger bounceback.” In the first quarter of the year, the econ- omy grew much faster, at a 3.7 percent pace. Since then, though, the housing Economy closer to stalling Barefoot seeks seat on council BOB SHILES STAFF WRITER PEMBROKE — A single candi- date filed Friday to run for a seat on the Lumbee Tribal Council in the Nov. 9 election. Lee Albert Barefoot, 43, of Maxton, is seeking to fill a District 12 seat on the 21-member council. District 12 encompasses Scotland County, Maxton and Alfordsville. “I’m running for a seat on the council because I would like to be able to help the elderly and dis- abled,” Barefoot said. “I’d like to be a voice for them.” Barefoot, who is running for his Eleven arts groups win grants AMANDA MUNGER STAFF WRITER LUMBERTON — Eleven Robeson County nonprofits have received a total of $27,155 from the North Carolina Arts Council to fund projects that promote the arts. The money is part of the $34,291 that the Carolina Civic Center Foundation recently received. The foundation served as the provisional county partner with the Grassroots Arts Program this year. The balance of the money — 20 percent — was used for administrative purposes. “The projects funded by this grant are going to not only help with cul- tural infrastructure of our community but we certainly hope draw more vis- itors to our community,” said Richard Sceiford, the executive director of the Carolina Civic Center Foundation. “Cultural tourists spend more time in the community and more money while here than most of the other cat- egories of visitors.” The Givens Performing Arts Center, which received the largest allotment — $7,500 — plans to use the money to fund an American Indian AMANDA MUNGER STAFF WRITER RED SPRINGS — Some members of the audience at Red Springs Middle School were moved to tears Friday as they heard about Rachel Scott, the first person killed during the Columbine High School shooting rampage. About 600 students and staff watched Rachel’s Challenge. The pro- gram is meant to prevent violence and bullying at schools. Patricia Price, the school counselor at Red Springs Middle School, said she hopes stu- dents got the message. “I hope they learn to treat each other with kindness,” she said. “That was the premise of Rachel’s life. It was based on being kind to people and hoping to start a chain reaction.” Scott was one of 13 people — 12 students and a teacher — who were murdered on April 20, 1999, as seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked through Columbine High School in Columbine, Colo., firing STAFF PHOTOS BY LUCY NEWMAN Students wishing to take the Rachel’s Challenge Pledge raise their hands Friday at Red Springs Middle School. Kids schooled on kindness See program based on Columbine shooting rampage Linda Locklear, data manager, right, and Patricia Price, coun- selor, close their eyes Friday to think about their loved ones during the Rachel’s Challenge presentation at Red Springs Middle School. HUNT Lumbee election See COUNCIL, Page 6A See ARSON, Page 6A See GRANTS, Page 6A See KINDNESS, Page 6A Government releases figures that paint bleak picture See ECONOMY, Page 3A TOP25.COM IT’S A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME. AP TOP 25 POLL Best of the Best Blog Content • Question of the Week • Top Photo of the Week Go to ROBESONIAN.COM and click on the APTOP25.COM link
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OOBITUARIESBITUARIES SSPORTSPORTSWWEATHEREATHER
BEN BERNANKE: The FederalReserve is ready to take action toprevent second recession.
JOE CENTANNISTAFF WRITER
LUMBERTON — A Maxton manwas arrested Thursday and chargedwith burning the home of his girl-friend, according toRobeson County sher-iff’s Lt. Detective BrianDuckworth.
Christopher LeeHunt, 34, of 338 OldBaker Road, faces acharge of second-degree arson. He isaccused of burning thehome of Amy Locklear,52, of Back Swamp Road, onWednesday, Duckworth said.
The report said Hunt had madeseveral phone calls to Locklearinstructing her to go to her home,which she was moving out of, onBack Swamp Road, and she wouldhave a “surprise” waiting for her.
Someone called authorities aboutthe fire at 3:26 a.m., and firefightersand sheriff’s deputies arrived soonafterward. Lawmen found Hunt andhe appeared to be intoxicated,
Man facesarsonchargeAccused of torching
girlfriend’s home
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — As weak as it was,the economy turns out to have been evenworse — closer than the government firstthought to stalling out completely oreven falling back into recession.
New figures issued Friday paint adarker picture of the economy’s perform-ance this spring, growing at a meager 1.6percent annual pace. The initial estimatewas 2.4 percent, and even that was ane-
mic. Analysts say the summer should bedisappointing, too.
Shortly after the government’s revi-sion, Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernankesaid the Fed was ready to take additionalsteps to prevent a second recession, if theeconomy deteriorates further. But hestopped short of promising any action.
The Fed “will do all that it can toensure continuation of the economicrecovery,” he said.
Several economists said they expectedthe economy to keep growing slowly for
the rest of the year. That would almost cer-tainly not be enough to bring down thejobless rate, already at 9.5 percent, andunemployment could actually increase.
The performance is “very disappoint-ing,” said Ethan Harris, an economist atBank of America-Merrill Lynch. “Usuallyyou get a bigger bounceback.”
In the first quarter of the year, the econ-omy grew much faster, at a 3.7 percentpace. Since then, though, the housing
Economy closer to stalling
Barefoot seeksseat on council
BOB SHILESSTAFF WRITER
PEMBROKE — A single candi-date filed Friday to run for a seat onthe Lumbee Tribal Council in theNov. 9 election.
Lee Albert Barefoot, 43, of Maxton,is seeking to fill a District 12 seat onthe 21-member council. District 12encompasses Scotland County,Maxton and Alfordsville.
“I’m running for a seat on thecouncil because I would like to beable to help the elderly and dis-abled,” Barefoot said. “I’d like to be avoice for them.”
Barefoot, who is running for his
Eleven arts groups win grantsAMANDA MUNGERSTAFF WRITER
LUMBERTON — Eleven RobesonCounty nonprofits have received atotal of $27,155 from the NorthCarolina Arts Council to fund projectsthat promote the arts.
The money is part of the $34,291that the Carolina Civic CenterFoundation recently received. The
foundation served as the provisionalcounty partner with the GrassrootsArts Program this year. The balance ofthe money — 20 percent — was usedfor administrative purposes.
“The projects funded by this grantare going to not only help with cul-tural infrastructure of our communitybut we certainly hope draw more vis-itors to our community,” said RichardSceiford, the executive director of the
Carolina Civic Center Foundation.“Cultural tourists spend more time inthe community and more moneywhile here than most of the other cat-egories of visitors.”
The Givens Performing ArtsCenter, which received the largestallotment — $7,500 — plans to use themoney to fund an American Indian
AMANDA MUNGERSTAFF WRITER
RED SPRINGS — Some membersof the audience at Red SpringsMiddle School were moved to tearsFriday as they heard about RachelScott, the first person killed duringthe Columbine High School shootingrampage.
About 600 students and staffwatched Rachel’s Challenge. The pro-gram is meant to prevent violenceand bullying at schools. Patricia Price,the school counselor at Red SpringsMiddle School, said she hopes stu-dents got the message.
“I hope they learn to treat eachother with kindness,” she said. “Thatwas the premise of Rachel’s life. It
was based on being kind to peopleand hoping to start a chain reaction.”
Scott was one of 13 people — 12students and a teacher — who weremurdered on April 20, 1999, as seniorsEric Harris and Dylan Kleboldwalked through Columbine HighSchool in Columbine, Colo., firing
STAFF PHOTOS BY LUCY NEWMAN
Students wishing to take the Rachel’s Challenge Pledge raise their hands Friday at Red Springs Middle School.
Kids schooled on kindnessSee program based on Columbine shooting rampage
Linda Locklear, datamanager, right, andPatricia Price, coun-
selor, close their eyesFriday to think about
their loved ones duringthe Rachel’s Challenge
presentation at RedSprings Middle School.
HUNT
Lumbee election
See COUNCIL, Page 6A
See ARSON, Page 6A
See GRANTS, Page 6A
See KINDNESS, Page 6A
Government releases figures that paint bleak picture
See ECONOMY, Page 3A
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GEORGE LINDSEY: Theactor played Goober Pyleon ‘The Andy GriffithShow.’
■ TheftLUMBERTON —
Peggy Ann Thompson,60, of Tapers Drive,Raleigh, reported cop-per wire was stolen froma residence onCalifornia Drive,according to a policereport.
The copper was val-ued at $1,000.
■ Break-inFAIRMONT — Billy
Henry, of MarshallDrive, Fairmont, report-ed someone broke intohis home, according to asheriff’s report. Thereport did not say whatwas stolen.
Crime ReportFROM STAFF REPORTS
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RALEIGH (AP) — NorthCarolina inmates given lifeterms under a quirky lawmore than 30 years ago shouldcontinue serving their sen-tences, North Carolina’sSupreme Court ruled Friday.
In a 5-2 decision, the jus-tices ruled in the cases of con-victed killers Alford Jones andFaye Brown. Their “life” sen-tences were defined as only 80years under a law that was ineffect during the 1970s, andthey had argued that creditsearned behind bars meanttheir sentences were complete.
Justice Robert H. EdmundsJr. wrote in the opinion thatthe Department of Correctionhad a rational basis for deny-ing sentence-reduction creditsto those convicted of first-degree murder. He said thatwas the case for all the first-degree murder convicts sen-tenced when the law was in
place from 1974 to 1978.“In light of the compelling
State interest in maintainingpublic safety, we conclude thatthese regulations do notrequire that DOC apply timecredits for purposes of uncon-ditional release to those whocommitted first-degree mur-der during (that period),”Edmunds wrote for the major-ity opinion. Justices RobinHudson and PatriciaTimmons-Goodson opposedthe decision.
“The undisputed recordreflects that Jones has fullyserved his term of imprison-ment and is thereby entitled toimmediate unconditionalrelease,” Timmons-Goodsonwrote in a dissenting opinionthat also applied to Brown’scase. “The decision to the con-trary offends all notions offundamental fairness.”
Staples Hughes, an attor-
ney representing both Brownand Jones with the state Officeof the Appellate Defender,said he’s considering whetherthere are grounds to take thecases to federal court.
“We knowthat this litiga-tion has beendifficult for thefamilies of thevictims in thesecases, but webelieve that therelevant prece-dents require ad i f f e r e n t
result,” Hughes said in a pre-pared statement.
Officials had said last year,following a Supreme Courtdecision confirming the 80-year limit on the life sentences,that they were preparing torelease some two dozen con-victs because credits wouldreduce their sentences to com-
pletion. Dozens more couldhave become eligible in themonths and years to come.
“We can all sleep a littlesounder tonight knowing thatviolent prisoners will not bereleased into our communitieswithout review or supervi-sion,” Gov. Beverly Perduesaid in a statement.
The ruling does not addressquestions about inmates whowere not convicted of first-degree murder. Some wereconvicted of rape.
Some of the inmates havealready been allowed out onwork release programs.Others have been let out onparole.
The 1970s law says that “asentence of life imprisonmentshall be considered as a sen-tence of imprisonment for aterm of 80 years in the state’sprison.” Attorneys for theinmates have argued that they
have accrued thousands ofcredits that now mean theirterms are complete.
Attorneys for the stateargued that while the inmatesdid store credits, they did notapply because the sentenceswere considered “life” terms.
Correction Secretary AlvinKeller said in a news confer-ence the rulings uphold a 50-plus year policy in the stateprison system that good-con-duct credits are used forchanging prisoner custodylevels and parole eligibility —not to determine an uncondi-tional release date.
The approximately 130prisoners that received lifesentences defined as 80 yearsduring the mid-1970s and arecontinuing their punishmentswill receive copies of the rul-ing and the opportunity to calltheir families and attorneys,the department said.
Supreme Court: ‘Life’ inmates to continue sentencesKillers lose bid for freedom
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RALEIGH (AP) — The director ofNorth Carolina's State Bureau ofInvestigation named eight people tohelp search for a new director of theagency's crime lab on Friday, the sameday a prosecutors' group called for anaudit of the entire lab.
Greg McLeod, who became SBIdirector last month, said Friday that hehad named eight people to assist in anationwide search for a new director ofthe SBI crime lab, whichhas been under scrutinysince a groundbreakinginnocence hearing inFebruary.
"These are peoplewho care deeply aboutthe criminal justice sys-tem and who will bringtheir expertise and expe-rience to this search,"McLeod said in a statement Friday. "Wecan consult with the scientific commu-nity and review needs inside and out ofthe SBI lab to find the best candidate."
Last week, McLeod removed JerryRichardson as director of the lab.Intense criticism of the lab began inFebruary, when an SBI agent testified atan innocence hearing that analysts didnot always include the complete resultsof blood tests on lab reports that weresubmitted to court. That hearing result-ed in the exoneration and release ofGreg Taylor, who had served almost 17years in prison for the death of aRaleigh woman.
That testimony led to an outside
review of the SBI's blood unit that wasreleased last week. The scathing reviewfound that eight analysts omitted, over-stated or falsely reported blood evi-dence in dozens of cases, includingthree that ended in executions andanother where two men were impris-oned for killing Michael Jordan's father.
Members of the advisory groupinclude attorney Joe Cheshire, who haspushed for changes at the SBI; and SethEdwards, president of the N.C.Conference of District Attorneys,which called Friday for an audit of theentire crime lab.
Other members include: SuperiorCourt Judge Quentin Sumner; Carypolice Chief Pat Bazemore; WakeCounty District Attorney ColonWilloughby; Cabarrus County SheriffBrad Riley; Moore County DistrictAttorney Maureen Kreuger; and attor-ney Phil Baddour, president of theAdvocates for Justice, a group ofdefense attorneys.
The district attorneys' group calledFriday for Attorney General RoyCooper to commission an audit of thelab and for state budget leaders tomake the money available for the audit.Edwards said crime victims will sufferif the SBI's reputation isn't rehabilitat-ed.
"Restoring the public's confidencenot only in the SBI lab, but our entiresystem of justice, is our paramountconcern, and a full-scale audit of the labis a step in the right direction,"Edwards said.
Embattled crime lab
SBI director namespanel to pick chief
MOUNT AIRY (AP)— Goober Pyle wasknown around the fic-tional town of Mayberryfor his trademark beanie,but it’s his more formalattire that’s now on dis-play in the NorthCarolina town thatinspired “The AndyGriffith Show.”
Multiple media outletsreported that GeorgeLindsey, who played anauto mechanic, donated asuit worn by Goober onthe show to the Andy
Griffith Museum inMount Airy on Friday.
Lindsey, who lives inNashville, Tenn., says heplans to donate moreitems from the show atnext month’s MayberryDays festival.
Organizers predict ahuge turnout this year, asOctober marks the 50thanniversary of the show’spremiere.
The show’s idyllic set-ting was inspired byGriffith’s hometown ofMount Airy.
‘Goober’ donates suitto ‘Griffith’ museum
ASHEVILLE (AP) — The formerchief accounting officer for BeazerHomes USA is in court for a detentionhearing after he was charged in an 11-count federal indictment.
A hearing for Michael T. Rand wasbeing held Friday afternoon inAsheville. He is accused in the indict-ment unsealed this week of anaccounting fraud conspiracy tomanipulate Beazer’s financial state-ments along with witness tamperingand other charges. Federal authorities
said the conspiracy lasted for aboutseven years starting in 2000.
His charges each come with maxi-mum prison terms of between fiveand thirty years, along with maxi-mum fines of $250,000 to $1 million.An attorney for him did not immedi-ately return a call seeking comment.
The Atlanta-based company previ-ously accepted responsibility forcharges of conspiracy and securitiesfraud. Beazer agreed to pay restitutionof up to $50 million.
Ex-Beazer exec faces fraud charges
MCLEOD RALEIGH (AP) — As a federalinspector watched, a young girl fed amixture of Lucky Charms and cat foodto a six-month-old bear cub at a privateexhibit in western North Carolina,when the animal bit her, leaving toothmarks on her wrist.
The July 21 bite was the second timethat week a bear at Chief SaunookeBear Park in Cherokee bit a member ofthe public, according to a subsequentU.S. Department of Agriculture reportthat ordered the exhibit to add safetyfeatures.
“There must be some form of publicbarrier to protect both the animals andthe public from direct contact,” thereport says.
That isn’t enough for People for theEthical Treatment of Animals, thenational animal welfare advocacygroup that’s been criticizing the long-established attraction on EasternCherokee land for years.
In a letter this week to AgricultureSecretary Tom Vilsack, the group callsfor the revocation of the bear park’slicense to exhibit animals.
“It’s an outrageous situation andunbelievably cruel to the bears who areforced to be there,” said Lisa Wathne, acaptive exotic animal specialist forPETA.
The bear park has multiple animalexhibits, including the area near a giftshop where two cubs behind a chain-
link fence can be hand-fed by people.That was where the little girl, estimatedto be about 9 years old by the inspector,was bitten. Other exhibits include bearsin cement pits who can be fed by peo-ple dropping food into the enclosure.
“The animals live in truly archaicconditions. It’s like a throwback fromthe 1950s,” Wathne said.
Chief Saunooke Trading Post, whichincludes the bear park, was originallyfounded on Cherokee land in 1939 buthas been substantially enhanced andrenovated since then, especially after a1994 fire.
Multiple phone calls and e-mailmessages to the trading post seekingcomment weren’t returned Friday.
The park has been cited in the pastfor other problems. USDA inspectionreports going back two years show cita-tions related to overweight bears,cracks in the floors of the enclosureswhere bears live, and rusted doorsleading to the bear dens.
On Oct. 29, 2008, the inspector usedlanguage identical to last month’sreport to express concern about thebear cub enclosure near the gift shop,where people fed the animals with amixture of cereal and cat food that thereport says isn’t proper nutrition for thebears.
“There is no public barrier to preventdirect contact with these animals,” thereport warns.
Bear cub bites girlPETA wants park closed; cites cruelty to bears
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market has slumped after the expi-ration of a homebuyer tax credit,and business spending and manu-facturing activity are both coolingoff.
Bernanke, speaking to a Fedconference in Jackson Hole, Wyo.,acknowledged the economy hasslowed more than policymakershad anticipated and said it is “vul-nerable to unexpected develop-ments.”
He did say he expects growthwill pick up next year. The centralbank chairman also sought to reas-sure the financial markets that hehas the tools needed to bolster theeconomy and will use them if busi-ness activity slows further.
Bernanke outlined severaloptions, including having the Fedbuy more securities, most likelygovernment debt or mortgageinvestments, as a way to drivedown interest rates on all sorts ofdebt and spur more spending thatmight get the economy going.
Bernanke made clear “he is will-ing to act to ensure that the recov-ery remains on the right path,”said Zach Pandl, an economist atNomura Securities.
That reassured the financialmarkets, which rose sharply afterthe Fed chairman’s speech. TheDow Jones industrial average fin-ished 164 points higher and backover 10,000, and broader markersregistered solid gains.
Wall Street looked past a disap-pointing statement from computerchip maker Intel, which said it wascutting its sales forecast for thequarter after sensing weakerdemand from customers in theU.S. and Europe. A little more thana month ago, Intel reported itsbiggest quarterly profit in a
decade.How much the government
could help at this point is an openquestion. The Fed has already low-ered its key short-term interest rateto nearly zero, but that has yet torejuvenate the economy. The bene-fits of federal stimulus programsare fading, and Congress hasdeclined to pass any major newaid.
Bernanke said the prospect ofhigh unemployment for a longperiod is a central concern for theFed. He also made clear that he isdetermined to prevent the UnitedStates from slipping into a defla-tionary spiral — a prolonged dropin wages and prices.
The Fed chief said the founda-tion is being laid for strongergrowth in 2011: Households aresaving more and healthier banksare more willing to lend. Thatshould boost consumer spending,which makes up 70 percent of U.S.economic activity.
Corporate profits and personalincomes also rose in the secondquarter, noted Rebecca Blank,undersecretary for economicaffairs at the CommerceDepartment.
“There is some good news
here,” she said. “Those are thethings that will fuel a longer-termrecovery.”
Still, the report for April to Juneshowed that economic growth wasreduced by a surge of imports inJune and a smaller buildup in busi-ness inventories than previouslyestimated.
Without the trade deficit, theeconomy would have grown at ahealthy 5 percent pace. Instead, thegap essentially subtracted 3.4 per-centage points, the biggest hit froma trade imbalance since 1947.
Business investment in newmachinery, computers and soft-ware rose nearly 25 percent, driv-ing much of the growth last quar-ter. But much of that spending wason goods from other countries — a32 percent increase in imports, themost since 1984.
Bernanke and many privateeconomists seem to think that wasmostly an aberration. As business-es pare back their spending oninventories and reduce investmentin new equipment, imports shoulddecline and come more into align-ment with exports, they say.
Americans personally spent abit more in the second quarter thanpreviously calculated. Theirspending rose at a 2 percent annu-al rate, above the 1.6 percent esti-mated last month.
The government’s report meas-ures the gross domestic product,which covers goods and servicesfrom autos to haircuts. Friday’sreport is the second of three esti-mates the government makes eachquarter.
■ Associated Press Writers JeannineAversa and Alan Zibel contributed tothis report.
ECONOMYFROM PAGE 1A
Corporate profits increase in second quarter
“There is some goodnews here. Those arethe things that willfuel a longer-termrecovery.”
— Rebecca Blank,Commerce Department
undersecretary
MIAMI (AP) —Hurricane Danielle isgetting better organ-ized far out over theAtlantic as theCategory 4 storm headsin Bermuda’s directionand threatens to bringdangerous rip currentsto the U.S. East Coast.
Danielle’s maximumsustained winds Fridaywere near 135 mph. Thehurricane is about 440miles southeast ofBermuda and is fore-cast to pass well east ofthe island Saturdaynight.
The U.S. NationalHurricane Center inMiami says large wavesand dangerous surfconditions are expectedin Bermuda.
Also in the Atlantic,Tropical Storm Earl wasmoving west with max-imum sustained windsnear 45 mph.Forecasters say Earlcould become a hurri-cane by Sunday.
In the Pacific, Franklost strength offMexico’s coast andweakened to a tropicalstorm.
Danielle becomesCategory 4 storm
FORT BRAGG (AP)— A former chairmanof the Joint Chiefs ofStaff has been honoredwith a statue at a NorthCarolina museum.
The Army's SpecialOperations Commandunveiled the statue ofretired Gen. H. HughShelton on Friday dur-ing a ceremony at theAirborne SpecialOperations Museum inFayetteville.
The statue wasdonated by H. RossPerot and sculpted byPaul Moore of Norman,
Okla.Shelton called it the
most humbling experi-ence he has ever had.
The native of Speedis a graduate of NorthCarolina StateUnivesity who servedin the Special Forces inVietnam. Shelton latercommanded the 82ndAirborne Division andthe 18th AirborneCorps at Fort Braggbefore becoming the14th Chairman of theJoint Chiefs of Staff in1997. Shelton retired in2001.
General’s statue unveiledat special ops museum
RALEIGH (AP) —Gov. Beverly Perdue hasnamed a formerWashington Countyteacher to the NorthCarolina State Board ofEducation.
Perdue said Fridayshe has appointed JeanWoolard of Plymouth tothe board.
Woolard replaces thelate Kathy Taft, whodied following an attackat a Raleigh home inMarch. Taft died threedays after police said
she was found badlybeaten at the home of afriend in what appearedto be a random act.
A Raleigh man wascharged in April withfirst-degree rape andmurder in Taft's death.
Taft had served onthe board since 1995.
Perdue’s office saysWoolard will serve theremainder of Taft’s lastterm through March 31.No confirmation by theGeneral Assembly isrequired.
Perdue picks ex-teacherfor state education board
STATESVILLE (AP)— Authorities say a manwho was waiting withseveral friends for a"ghost train" from aNorth Carolina legendhas been killed when areal train came down thetracks.
Iredell County SheriffPhil Redmond says 29-year-old ChristopherKaiser of Charlotte waskilled about 2:45 a.m.Friday as he waited withfriends at a railroad tres-tle. Redmond says wit-nesses said about 12 peo-
ple were on the trestlehoping to see a ghosttrain when the real trainrounded a bend.
Everyone but Kaiserwas able to clear thetracks at the end of thetrestle. The train struckKaiser, who was throwninto a ravine.
The legend developedfrom a train wreck onAug. 27, 1891, that killedabout two dozen peopleand injured many others.Folklore Web sites claimthe accident can be heardon each anniversary.
Man waiting for ‘ghost train’gets killed by a real train
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t’s been proven that academicsuccess in our youth is stronglylinked with their health.
When children start the schoolyear “healthy and ready to
learn,” they are more alert, morefocused on learning, miss less schooland learn healthy behaviors to preventthe leading causes of death in NorthCarolina: heart disease, stroke andcancer.
Schools serve as a safety net forchildren’s health by ensuring the com-pletion of immunization schedules,assessment of physical/behavioralhealth (NC Kindergarten HealthAssessment Report) and school nurseshelp link clients with a medical home,a dental home and available healthinsurance.
State law requires students to havean up-to-date shot record and com-pleted health assessment for entry intokindergarten. The required HealthAssessment form can be obtainedfrom Public Schools of RobesonCounty elementary school offices orby visitinghttp://www.robeson.k12.nc.us/kha.Parents need to make appointments
for health assessments with their pri-vate provider or at the RobesonCounty Health Department at (910)608-2100.
State law also requires that all stu-dents enteringthe sixth gradereceive a Tdap(tetanus, diphthe-ria, pertussis)vaccination bythe time schoolstarts unlessproof is providedthat the studentreceived a Tdapor Td within thepast five years.
Immuniza-tions are provid-ed by theRobeson CountyHealthDepartmentMondays
through Thursdays between thehours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m and onFridaya from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.There is no charge and no appoint-ment is needed.
Immunization records and com-pleted kindergarten health assess-ments should be presented to schoolby the first day of the new schoolyear. Parents will have a 30-day graceperiod from the first day of school topresent the records. If requiredrecords are not provided by the endof that 30-day period, law requiresthat the child will be suspended untilthe requirements are met.
Access to health insurance plays akey role in students receiving the com-munity resources and services needed.North Carolina offers two healthinsurance programs for children:Health Check (Medicaid for Children)and N.C. Health Choice. Both offerfree or low cost health insurance forchildren and teens. For more informa-tion, parents may call SharandaMcNeill, Robeson County HealthCheck coordinator, at (910) 737-5002.
For information related to schoolhealth, parents may call me at (910)735-2413.
■ Kathryn McDaniel is the HealthServices supervisor for the Public Schoolsof Robeson County.
Good health is key to learning
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A head-in-the-sand approachow! The WashingtonPost has identified “rab-ble-rousing outsiders!” Idon’t think I’ve heardlanguage like that sinceSouthern segregationists
complained about young civil-rightsactivists descending on Mississippi. Sowho are these interlopers stirring upthe unwashed masses? No need toguess: It’s anyone who dares criticizeplans for an Islamic center nearGround Zero in Manhattan. Accordingto Jason Horowitz, the author of astory on the front page of the Post’sStyle section, New Yorkers take a “dimview” of them.
Horowitz informs us that theplanned Islamic center has become“the prime target of national conserva-tives who, after years of disparagingNew York as a hotbed of liberal activi-ty, are defending New York against amosque that will rise two city blocksfrom Ground Zero.”
Have they no shame?Horowitz was no doubt so busy
reporting this big story that he missedthe bulletins about Senate majorityleader Harry Reid and formerDemocratic National CommitteeChairman Howard Dean— no nastynational conservatives, they — alsoopposing the Ground Zero Islamicproject.
However, Horowitz did score aninterview with Ali Mohammed, whosells “falafel over rice” in the besiegedneighborhood and who has “reachedhis saturation point.” Opponents of theproject, he says, “got nothing to dowith New York and they don’t careabout New York. They are trying to cre-ate propaganda.”
Yes, of course, this is a New Yorkthing. Foreigners wouldn’t under-stand. The terrorists who broughtdown the Twin Towers had a bone topick with the Big Apple. That explainswhy Horowitz doesn’t askMohammed who he thinks attacked uson 9/11, or what their ideology andgoals were. Indeed, there is not a singlesentence in his article relating to suchmatters.
Horowitz also interviews Oz Sultan,a spokesman for the project, who singsfrom the same hymnal: “The peoplebehind this [Islamic center] are NewYorkers. These are local yokels.”
How does that square with Sultan’srefusal to rule out the possibility thatfunds for this $100 million project maybe raised in Saudi Arabia and Iran?Inquiring minds may want to know;Horowitz does not even ask.
Instead, he makes clear whom hedoes not view as local yokels or evenreal New Yorkers: “the city’s tabloids,”whose reporters and editors “knowthey have a good thing going” — instark contrast to Horowitz and theprestige media, which cover stories
like this strictly from a sense of civicobligation.
Similarly, a Washington Post inter-view with Daisy Khan, the wife ofImam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the key
organizer of theproject, is head-lined: “WhenWill Muslims BeAccepted?” Ms.Khan tells theveteran journalistSally Quinn: “TheRepublicans arereally going afterus.”
Quinnresponds by ask-ing Daisy Khan ...nothing. Nothing
about the project’s funding; nothingabout the imam’s past statementsregarding 9/11 (American policieswere an “accessory”), Osama binLaden (“made in America”), Hamas(the imam would prefer not to charac-terize the group), or terrorism (“com-plex”)— nothing.
Another interview with Ms. Khan,this one by Tamer El-Ghobashy in theWall Street Journal, also consisted ofone softball question after another. Forexample: How did you react to theAnti-Defamation League registeringtheir opposition to the location of thecenter? What are the features of theplanned center that people may nothave heard about? What element ofthe fallout from this proposed centerconcerns you most?
A New York Times piece on thecontroversy similarly avoids anyuncomfortable questions. Its reading ofrecent history: “On top of the fear andconfusion in New York about Islamafter 9/11, a movement had begun tospring up against Muslims seeking alarger role in American public life.”What movement would that be? Wholeads it? Where do they meet?Shouldn’t the Times — the Times! —include some attempt to substantiatethe announcement of the birth of sucha terrible “movement”?
Last week, I was a guest on To thePoint, a radio show broadcast on pub-lic stations around the country andmoderated by Warren Olney, whom Iconsider both professional and fair.But, to my chagrin, he asked not a sin-gle question about Imam Rauf’sbeliefs, and when I tried to quote thecleric he cut me off, saying that was adistraction from the real issue. Whichis what? Warren later told me he thinksit’s “America’s tradition of religiousfreedom.” But I — and most critics ofthis project — have never argued thatImam Rauf doesn’t have a FirstAmendment right to build a mosqueanywhere he owns property. I’veargued that he should not be abovescrutiny.
To some, that makes me anIslamophobe; and according to Timemagazine, I have plenty of company. Acover story titled “Is AmericaIslamophobic?” asserts that “manyopponents” of the Islamic center “aremotivated by deep-seatedIslamophobia.” Not a shred of evi-dence is offered, though Time does citea poll that finds 46 percent ofAmericans believe Islam is more likelythan other faiths to encourage violenceagainst nonbelievers.
Goodness, why would anyonethink that? Could it have something todo with the fact that there have beenclose to 16,000 terrorist attacks carriedout in the name of Islam since 9/11?Just last month, Time had on its coverthe photograph of an 18-year-oldAfghan girl whose nose and ears weresliced off by members of the Talibanbecause she had violated Islamic reli-gious law as they interpret it by “run-ning away from her husband’s house.”The word “Taliban” means “the stu-dents.” Students of what?Engineering? Dentistry? No. Of Islam.
Let’s say it one more time loudly forthe media moguls in the cheap seats:Most Muslims are not terrorists. But inthe 21st century, most of those slaugh-tering women and children in thename of religion are Muslims. This is amovement. This is a reality. And it is aproblem. It ought to be seen byMuslims as very much their problem— a pathology within their communi-ty, within the “Muslim world,” withinthe ummah.
Instead, the richest and most pow-erful Islamic organizations ó oftenfinanced by oil money from theMiddle East ó incessantly play the vic-tim card. Daisy Khan tells ABC’sChristiane Amanpour that in America,it’s “beyond Islamophobia. It’s hate ofMuslims.”
Time encourages this grievancementality (or tactic) by asserting that“to be a Muslim in America now is toendure slings and arrows against yourfaith — not just in the schoolyard andthe office but also outside your place ofworship and in the public square,where some of the country’s mostpowerful mainstream religious andpolitical leaders unthinkingly conflateIslam with terrorism and savagery.”
No, they don’t. What they conflatewith terrorism and savagery are al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Hezbollah, Hamas,Lashkar-e-Taiba, al-Shabaab, AbuSayyef, Fatah Al-Islam, the MuslimBrotherhood, and dozens of othergroups that justify their terrorism andsavagery based on their interpretationof Islamic doctrine.
■ Clifford D. May is president of theFoundation for the Defense of Democracies,a policy institute focusing on terrorism. E-mail him at [email protected].
CLIFFORD D.MAY
ith this month being the 75thanniversary of PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt signingthe nation’s Social Securitysystem into law, commentators
from all sides of the issue have been writ-ing and talking about Social Security andwhether a funding “crisis” lies ahead.
For many of the commentators, theirconclusions are rooted in their politicalviews. For instance, a writer who railsagainst obscene Pentagon expendituresor Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, likely willsee no impending financial disaster forSocial Security. On the other hand, some-one who complains of excessive govern-ment taxes and runaway governmentspending, likely sees a meltdown of theSocial Security system looming. Count usin that camp.
You heard the news earlier this yearfrom the Congressional Budget Office thatthose Social Security deductions from yourpaycheck soon will not be enough to coverthe payouts to retirees and other benefici-aries. But not to worry, say ardent support-ers of the system. The $2.5 trillion SocialSecurity Trust Fund can cover those pay-outs for decades to come.
Well technically, that’s true. But there’sa serious flaw in that position. Most of that$2.5 trillion isn’t cash in the bank, it’s IOUsfrom the federal government, the samefederal government that is borrowing bil-lions and billions and billions to pay its billstoday.
So, to say the Social Security system issound for decades to come is foolish.Those funds will be there to pay benefitsonly if the federal government raises taxes,borrows money, prints more money or, per-haps, begins controlling expenditures inorder to generate funds to repay thosetrust fund IOUs. We’d call that a crisis.
And we’d call this a crisis, too. You readin Sunday’s Enterprise a story from TheAssociated Press describing how FidelityInvestments is reporting a large increasein hardship withdrawals from 401(k) retire-ment plans Fidelity administers. Duringthese tough economic times, people areforced to withdraw retirement savings inorder to meet current expenses.
For many of us who don’t have a lot ofconfidence in the long-term viability ofSocial Security, the fact that people noware tapping their private retirementaccounts for current expenses is a badsign for the future. Despite what we arehearing from President Obama and VicePresident Biden, this isn’t a “summer ofrecovery.”
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BOSTON (AP) — An Americanheld captive for seven months inNorth Korea stepped off a plane in hishometown Friday, looking thin butjoyful as he hugged the former presi-dent who had helped win his releaseand family and friends surroundedhim in a group embrace.
Aijalon Gomes was accompaniedby former President Jimmy Carter,who had flown to Pyongyang to nego-tiate his freedom. Gomes, who hadbeen teaching English in South Korea,was imprisoned andsentenced to eightyears’ hard labor forcrossing into the Northfrom China on Jan. 25for unknown reasons.
North Korea’s state-run news agencyreported last month thatGomes had attemptedsuicide, leading his fam-ily to ask for his release on humanitar-ian grounds. North Korea said thisweek it would release Gomes to Carterif the former president went to gethim.
Gomes hugged Carter and then hismother before his loved ones encircledhim, praying and waving their handsskyward. One man gripped a smallAmerican flag, and others held a ban-ner behind them that read: “Welcomehome! Disciple of the Lord AijalonMahli Gomes. Salvation is ours.”
The banner also pictured aChristian cross and contained biblicalreferences to Acts, Psalms, and Job, anOld Testament book about a man whosurvived great tribulation.
Gomes’ mother and family mem-bers hugged Carter and shook hishand before the group headed insidethe terminal, as Gomes smiled andwaved at loved ones along the way. Afew minutes later, Carter reboardedthe plane and left Boston.
In a statement released earlierFriday, the family thanked Carter andsaid it felt blessed to welcome Gomeshome after what it called “a long, darkand difficult period.”
“I’m just joyful and grateful that myson is home and thank PresidentJimmy Carter for making sure that hewas home safely,” Gomes’ mother,Jacqueline McCarthy, said as she lefther home for the airport. “I thank God,I thank God, for everything everyonehas done for us.”
The family also thanked the NorthKorean government “for caring forAijalon during his darkest days, thenagreeing to release him on humanitar-ian grounds.”
The statement requested privacy soGomes could recover from the ordeal,saying that although he was returninghome, “the journey towards healingreally just begins today.” The familypassed by media microphones at theairport without commenting.
But later outside McCarthy’s home,several of Gomes’ relatives spoke tothe media and said Gomes appearedto be fine physically.
“He looks well, he looks very well,”his uncle Michael Farrow said.
His 19-year-old brother, MiltonMcCarthy Jr., described feeling “anoverwhelming amount of joy and hap-piness” when he hugged Gomes.
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Aijalon Gomes reaches for his mother Jacqueline McCarthy after arriv-ing Friday at Logan International Airport in Boston.
Gomes is homeAmerican was held prisoner by N. Korea
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PHOENIX (AP) — A massivemanhunt was under way Friday inthe remote desert along the Arizona-Utah border for a man accused ofshooting and killing a Utah sheriff’sdeputy with a high-powered rifleafter an attempted burglary and footchase.
Scott Curley, 23, fled into thewilderness covered with rock forma-tions and caves after Kane CountyDeputy Brian Harris was shot nearFredonia, a small town just south ofthe Utah border, authorities said.
Curley was familiar with the areaand may have stashed food and sup-plies in caves and cliffs described as“spider holes,” his friends told inves-tigators.
“I think he had malice in his heart,but I didn’t think it would go thisfar,” said Richard Pulliam, a neigh-bor of Curley in Fredonia.
Harris, 41, was shot Thursdaywhile chasing a man suspected oftrying to burglarize Fredonia HighSchool on Wednesday. Authoritiesdid not immediately provide detailsof the burglary or what led to the footchase.
Coconino County issued a tempo-rary felony warrant for first-degreemurder for Curley.
“He has been reportedly carryinga high-powered rifle and has alreadyshot and killed a sheriff’s deputy,”said Erika Wiltenmuth, a spokes-woman for the Coconino County
Sheriff’s Office, one of the 21 agen-cies looking for Curley. “Officer safe-ty and citizen safety is the primaryconcern.”
The manhunt lasted throughoutthe night and into Friday, with 120law officers, some in helicopters orhandling tracking dogs, searchingthe remote desert.
Pulliam, 68, who has lived acrossthe street from Curleyand three other mensince 2005, told TheAssociated Press theywould sometimesparty at the house intothe late-night hours ordrive home drunk andpass out on the lawnbefore making itinside.
“They’d have fights out on thestreets and get to whoopin’ and hol-lerin’ at 2 or 3 o’clock in the morn-ing,” he said.
Pulliam, a retired truck driver,recalled a wedding at his housewhen Curley and the others alleged-ly went through parked cars butstopped without any problems whenhe asked them to leave.
“They were just kids being kids,and if they were irritating or beingtoo loud, you’d go over and talk tothem,” he said. “They’d calm rightdown, say they’re sorry, that theywere just having a little fun and got alittle carried away.”
Manhunt continues forkiller of Arizona deputy
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PHOENIX (AP) — The first of 532National Guard troops are set tobegin their mission in the southernArizona desert on Monday underPresident Barack Obama’s plan tobeef up U.S.-Mexico border security,although they won’t have any lawenforcement authority.
Authorities would not say howmany troops would start Monday,but said waves of them will bedeploying every Monday until all 532are on the Arizona border, likely bythe end of September. In May, Obamaordered 1,200 National Guard troopsto boost security along the border.
California Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger has said the first of
224 National Guard troops allocatedfor his state have finished their train-ing and are expected to be deployedto the state’s border on Wednesday.Troops will also be stationed in NewMexico and Texas.
The troops will be “extra eyes andears” for U.S. Customs and BorderProtection agents, and though theywill have guns for self-defense, theywill not have the authority to arrestanyone, said Arizona NationalGuard spokesman Lt. ValentineCastillo.
He said if troops spot illegal immi-grants, they must report them to theBorder Patrol, whose agents wouldmake the arrest.
Guard troops headed for borderMission to bolster security to begin Monday
NEW ORLEANS (AP)— Engineers will soonstart the delicate work ofdetaching the temporarycap that stopped oil fromgushing from BP’s blown-out Gulf of Mexico welland the hulking devicethat failed to prevent theleak — all while trying toavoid more damage to theenvironment.
Retired Coast GuardAdm. Thad Allen, the gov-ernment’s point man forthe spill response, toldreporters Friday that engi-neers will remove the capstarting Monday so theycan raise the failedblowout preventer. Theblowout preventer is con-sidered a key piece of evi-dence in determiningwhat caused the April rigexplosion that unleashedthe gushing oil.
The leak was first con-tained when engineerswere able to place a capatop BP’s well. Workersthen pumped mud andcement in through the topin a so-called "static kill"operation that significant-ly reduced pressure insidethe well. Officials don’texpect oil to leak into thesea again when the cap isremoved, but Allen hasordered BP to be ready tocollect any leaking crudejust in case.
Work to lift the blowoutpreventer is extremely dif-ficult and delicate — allhappening a mile under-water.
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Death NoticesArbus LocklearLumberton
Arbus Earl Locklear, 64, of 528 Shannon Road,entered his eternal rest Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010,at home with family and friends.
The service will be 2 p.m. Sunday atRiverside Independent Baptist Churchin Lumberton, the Revs. Jerry R.McNeill and Mike Cummings officiating.Burial will follow in Lumbee MemorialGardens in Lumberton.
He was born Feb. 4, 1946, to Ertleand Murline Locklear, both of whom
preceded him in death. He was also preceded bytwo brothers and three sisters.
Locklear leaves to cherish his memories hiswife, Nelia A. Locklear; three sons, Arbus E.Locklear Jr., Theresa; Timothy W. Locklear, Carla,both of Lumberton; Jason B. Locklear, Jessica, ofKinston; a daughter, Pamela L. King, Mark, ofBladenboro; four grandchildren, Aaron J. Locklear,Zachary E. Locklear, Embrus L. Locklear andLeilani Locklear; five sisters, Alean Byers andCamma Morgan, both of Pembroke, DaphineStrickland of Jamestown, Connie Locklear ofGreensboro, and Patricia Morgan of Kodiak,Alaska; and a brother, Dr. Frank Worriax, ofPembroke; and a host of other friends and rela-tives.
The visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight atThompson’s Funeral Home in Pembroke.
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Joan Hardesty John, 78, of St. Pauls, died Aug.26, 2010, at Southeastern Hospice House.
The funeral will be 3:30 p.m. Sunday at LumberBridge Presbyterian Church in Lumber Bridge, theRevs. Archie Berringer and Michael McGehee offi-ciating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Surviving is a son, Henry John.The visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. today at McNeill
Mackie Funeral Home.
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IncompletesDayveonna Kemani McAllister, St. Pauls, died
Aug. 25, 2010.
Ernest K. Maynor Jr., 53, of Chappell Street,St. Pauls, died Aug. 27, 2010, at home. McKoy &Sons Mortuary in St. Pauls.
FuneralsToday
Alex Bardales, 10 a.m. at St. Andrews CatholicChurch in Red Springs.
Pauline Jones, 1 p.m. at Heaven Bound NewVision Church in Lumberton.
Mary McLeod, noon at Sandy GroveMissionary Baptist Church in Lumberton.
Katie Robinson, 1 p.m. at Shiloh BaptistChurch in St. Pauls.
Johnnie Grissom, 1 p.m. at Red SpringsMiddle School Auditorium.
Mya Odum, 3 p.m. at Thompson’s FuneralHome Chapel.
Sunday
James Locklear, 3 p.m. at Rogers and BreeceFuneral Home Chapel in Fayetteville.
Joan John, 3:30 p.m. at Lumber BridgePresbyterian Church in Lumber Bridge.
Arbus Locklear, 2 p.m. at RiversideIndependant Baptist Church in Lumberton.
their weapons. Twenty-four people wereinjured.
Harris and Kleboldkilled themselves.Subsequent investiga-tions found the two boyshad been bullied.
The program’s mes-sage was “You mightjust start a chain reac-tion,” a quote pulledfrom many of Rachel’sjournal entries. Shewrote about her missionto be kind to others,e s p e -c i a l l yt h o s ewho aretreatedpoorlyby oth-ers, ina ne s s a yand herdiary.
“She said, ‘I have thisidea that if one personcan go out of their wayto show compassion,they may just start achain reaction of thesame,’” said JimmyBraden, reading fromthe essay. “’People don’tknow how far a littlekindness can go.’”
The presentation waspart of the middleschool’s first few days ofclasses.
“We are gearing upfor success,” Price said.“It is another part of get-ting off on the right footthis year.”
Braden gave listenersfive challenges: look forthe best in others; dare todream and write downgoals; choose positiveinfluences; performsmall acts of kindness;and tell people howmuch you care aboutthem.
Braden said Rachelremains a role model.
“Rachel wasn’tfamous,” he said. “Shenever traveled out of theUnited States. She neverdid anything really big,but she did things thateveryone in here can do.She concentrated on thelittle things, which madea huge difference.”
Price said she thinksthe presentation is rele-vant to all schools.
“I think bullying is aproblem everywhere toan extent,” she said.“Now the cyber bullyingis becoming a big prob-lem.”
The program waspaid for by SallyEdwards, a Red Springsresident.
“She saw this pro-gram in South Carolinaand was very touchedand impacted by it,”Price said. “I said ‘Itsounds like a wonderfulprogram, but we can’tafford it.’
She said ‘Now youcan.’”
The presentation wasdone twice at the middleschool, to two differentaudiences.
“It was probably themost phenomenal pres-entation I’ve ever seen,”Price said. “It wasextremely emotional.Our students watchedintently. I couldn’tbelieve it.”
A sixth-grade studentwho watched the pro-gram said she has beenbullied before andthinks it will help withkids picking on eachother.
“I think it was reallynice and we should real-ly start a chain reaction,”she said.
PRICE
KINDNESSFROM PAGE 1A ‘Chain reaction’
first public office, works as a pipeinstallation fabricator.
He is married to Helen Barefootand has four children, Lee AlbertBarefoot Jr., Justin Lynn Chavis,Natasha Ann Chavis, and Hazel Marie
Barefoot. He also has three grandchil-dren, Jabarie Lynn Chavis, DesmondBarefoot, and Alisa Barefoot.
Friday ended the first week of thecandidate filing period, which contin-ues through Sept. 10.
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Duckworth said. Hunt was initiallycharged with violating a domestic vio-lence protection order, and wasprocessed and remained in custody atRobeson County jail under no bond.
Duckworth said Hunt was unable toappear before a judge Wednesday morn-ing because he was still intoxicated, butappeared in court Thursday morning onthe domestic violence charge and
remained in custody under a securedbond of $2,500. Hunt was later chargedwith arson and remains jailed under asecured bond of $50,000.
The house is owned by Gerald andAndrea Thompson, who live out of state,and it is rented, according to Duckworth.He said all that was left of the home,which was valued at $50,000, were someoutside bricks and masonry work.
ARSONFROM PAGE 1A Hunt in jail under no bond
concert and cultural event that will fea-ture Lumbee and Tuscarora artists.
“We are thrilled,” said PatriciaFields, the executive director said.“The Arts Council has always beenvery supportive of us, this just contin-ues their support. It’s a great opportu-nity.”
Because of recent state budget cuts,Fields said grant money is much need-ed.
“We are definitely focusing on cre-ative financial planning and takingadvantage of every resource that wehave,” she said.
Winning organizations were chosenby a volunteer community reviewpanel. The panel judged the 15 appli-cations based on quality of the applica-tion, quality of the project, and multi-cultural aspects. The requests totaled$60,200.
“The hardest part for them was thatthere were so many worthy organiza-tions,” Sceiford said. “They did the
best they could with what they had.”Other local organizations winning
grants were American Indian MothersInc., $2,000; The Exploration Station,$1,250; Community in SchoolsAcademy of Robeson County, $3,000;Lumbee Regional DevelopmentAssociation, $1,000; Red Springs ArtsCouncil, $2,905; Robeson County ArtsCouncil, $800; Robeson Road Runners,$2,500; Fairmont Farmers Festival,$2,000; Rowland CelebrationsCommittee, $2,000; The University ofNorth Carolina at Pembroke NativeAmerican Resource Center, $1,200; andthe Arts Council of Fayetteville andCumberland County, $1,000.
Grants can be used for marketing,supplies, as well as artist stipends.Organizations that receive funding arerequired to match the amount.
The money is part of 354 grants thisyear, totaling $7.4 million, from theNorth Carolina Arts Council for organ-izations and artists across the state.
GRANTSFROM PAGE 1A Volunteer panel picked winners
NEW YORK (AP) — The 17-year-old daughter of the U.S.ambassador to Thailand slippedoff her shoes and climbed out ontoa window ledge Friday at aManhattan apartment beforeplummeting more than 20 storiesto her death, police said.
Nicole John fell at about 4:15a.m. from the top floor of the 25-story Herald Towers, policeCommissioner Raymond Kellysaid. Her body landed on a third-floor ledge, a camera nearby. It’snot clear whether she had been try-ing to take a photo when she died,
and her death is believed to beaccidental.
The girl’s father, Eric John, wasappointed U.S. ambassador to theKingdom of Thailand in 2007.
John, an incoming freshman atParsons The New School forDesign in New York City, wasthought to have been drinking.Ilan Nassimi, 25, who rents theapartment, was arrested laterFriday on charges of giving alcoholto a minor, police said. He wasawaiting arraignment inManhattan court and it wasn’tclear if he had a lawyer.
Police say John had been outwith partying with friends atTenjune, a club in the trendyMeatpacking District, before thegroup headed back to Nassimi’sapartment at West 34th Street nearthe Empire State Building ataround 2 a.m. Friday.
Police believe the apartmentmight have been cleaned up by thetime investigators arrived, butthey think about a dozen peoplewere there and had been drinking.
The medical examiner wasscheduled to perform an autopsyand toxicology tests today.
Ambassador’s daughter falls to her death
CLE ELUM, Wash. (AP) — A busi-nessman who tried to pay a propertytax bill with 33,000 pennies got turneddown by a county treasurer inWashington state, who said she didn’thave the staff to count them.
Ron Spears told the EllensburgDaily Record he rolled buckets of thecoins into the Kittitas County treasur-er's office Tuesday to protest the fineshe incurred by failing to pay a $34 bill
that was due in April.Spears owns Spears Interiors in Cle
Elum and also serves on the city coun-cil.
He says his business is strugglingand he didn’t have the money at thetime.
When Treasurer Deanna Panattonirefused to accept the pennies. Spearsagreed to pay in a more conventionalmanner.
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CHANGCHUN, China(AP) — North Korean dictatorKim Jong Il reportedly met topChinese leaders on Friday inan apparent bid for Beijing’sdiplomatic and financial sup-port for a succession planinvolving his third andyoungest son, who is said to betraveling with him.
Many North Korea watch-ers predict the son — Kim JongUn, believed to be in his 20s —will be appointed to a keyparty position at a rulingWorkers’ Party meeting earlynext month — the first suchgathering in decades.
To pull off the event withsufficient fanfare, North Koreawill need Chinese aid, particu-larly following the devastatingfloods that battered the coun-try’s northwest this month,
analysts said.“The convention needs to be
festive with the party givingout food or normalizing day-to-day life for its people butwith the recent flood damages,they are not able to,” saidCheong Seong-chang, a seniorfellow at the Sejong Institutethink tank outside Seoul.
“The most important thingon Kim’s agenda is scoringChinese aid, which will ensurethat the meeting will be wellreceived by the people.”
Choi Jae-sung, an opposi-tion lawmaker in SouthKorea’s parliamentary intelli-gence committee, told TheAssociated Press that Kim JongIl had breakfast Friday with amember of China’s powerfulPolitburo Standing Committeein a hotel in northeast China’s
Jilin city, where he apparentlystayed the night before.
Choi said Kim Jong Unaccompanied his father, citingunidentified sources.
South Korea’s MBC televi-sion reportedKim may laterhave metPresident HuJintao inC h a n g c h u n ,about an hour’sdrive from Jilin.It cited anu n i d e n t i f i e dd i p l o m a t i c
source in Beijing as saying Huarrived in the afternoon andthe two held talks at the city’sSouth Lake Hotel.
South Korea’s Yonhap newsagency cited several unidenti-fied diplomatic sources as say-
ing Hu had gone toChangchun.
Asked whether Kim wasvisiting China, a duty officerwith the press office of theChinese Foreign Ministry saidlate Friday that “China andNorth Korea consistentlymaintain high level contacts.We will release the relevantinformation in good time.”
China, as North Korea’sbiggest diplomatic ally and amajor source of food aid andoil, would expect to be kept inthe loop about major politicaltransitions in Pyongyang, butthe Beijing leadership is notlikely to be enthusiastic aboutthe prospect of another dynas-tic succession next door, saidZhu Feng, director of PekingUniversity’s Center forInternational and Strategic
Studies.Kim has three sons but is
said to favor the youngest,despite his youth and inexperi-ence. However, little is knownabout Kim Jong Un. The onlyknown photo of him was takenwhen he was a child. If heassumes power, it will continuea dynastic tradition that beganwhen Kim Jong Il took overafter the death of his father, thelate President Kim Il Sung.
“No, I don’t think thatChina will be pleased to seethat sort of succession, withKim Jong Il’s third son alsonow taking over as princeheir,” said Zhu. “We wouldlike to see the transition ofpower go smoothly but I don’tthink China will show anyadmiration for this sort of suc-cession.”
JOHANNESBURG(AP) — A draft U.N.report says the Rwandanarmy that ended the 1994slaughter of more than500,000 people retaliatedwith barbaric killings inCongo two years laterthat also could be classi-fied as a genocide.
The report also saysRwanda’s rebel allies,tied to the currentCongolese president,helped kill tens of thou-sands of Hutus — themajority of whom werewomen, children, thesick and the elderly.
“Upon entering alocality, they ordered thepeople to gather together... Once they were assem-bled, the civilians werebound and killed byblows of hammers orhoes to the head.”
The systematic andwidespread attacks“could be classified ascrimes of genocide” by acompetent court, thedraft said.
The leaked report is amajor embarrassment toRwandan President PaulKagame, an ally of theUnited States and Britainand whose governmentlong has claimed themoral high ground forending the 1994 geno-cide of Tutsis that includ-
ed the killings of somemoderate Hutus.
Le Monde, the Frenchnewspaper that firstleaked the report, saysKagame is threatening towithdraw Rwandantroops in the U.N.-African peacekeepingforce in Darfur, Sudan, ifthe genocide allegationsare officially published.
Congo’s PresidentJoseph Kabila was also acommander of theCongolese rebels namedin the report at the timeof the attacks. Congo’sgovernment on Fridaydenied the accusationsand derided the reportas partisan, incompleteand unjustifiable.
“The deeds are pre-sented as if it is theCongolese who are theassassins, the geno-ciders, when it is totallythe opposite,” it said in a50-page response to theU.N.
Rwanda’s govern-ment said the report was“dangerous and irre-sponsible,” risked creat-ing more instability inthe region, and suggest-ed it was leaked todivert attention fromU.N. peackeepers’ fail-ure to protect civilians ina recent mass rape atroc-ity.
LONDON (AP) —British scientists havedecoded the geneticsequence of wheat — oneof the world’s oldest andmost important crops — adevelopment they hopecould help the global sta-ple meet the challenges ofclimate change, diseaseand population growth.
Wheat is grown acrossmore of the world’s farm-land than any other cere-al, and researchers saidFriday they’re posting itsgenetic code to theInternet in the hope thatscientists can use it as atool to improve farmers’harvests. One academicin the field called the dis-covery “a landmark.”
“The wheat genome isthe holy grail of plantgenomes,” said NickTalbot, a professor of bio-sciences at the Universityof Exeter who wasn’tinvolved in the research.“It’s going to really revo-lutionize how we breedit.”
University ofLiverpool scientist NeilHall, whose team crackedthe code, said the infor-mation could eventuallyhelp breeders of varietiesof wheat better identifygenetic variations respon-sible for disease resist-ance, drought toleranceand yield. Although thegenetic sequence remains
a rough draft, and addi-tional strains of wheatneed to be analyzed forthe work to be useful,Hall predicted itwouldn’t take long for hiswork to make an impactin the field.
“Hopefully the benefitof this work will comethrough in the next fiveyears,” he said.
A genome is the fullcomplement of an organ-ism’s DNA, complexmolecules which directthe formation and func-tion of all living organ-isms. Sequencing anorganism’s genome,gives unparalleled insightinto how it is formed,develops and dies.
Wheat is a relative late-comer to the world ofgenetic sequencing. Thisyear marks the 10thanniversary of the datethe human genome waslaid bare. Other cropshave had their geneticcodes unscrambled with-in the past few years —rice in 2005, corn in 2009,and soybeans earlier thisyear.
The reason for thedelay in analyzingwheat’s genetic code,Hall said, was that thecode is massive — farlarger than corn or riceand five times the lengthof the one carried byhumans.
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Whoopi quits‘Sister Act’
LONDON — WhoopiGoldberg has left theLondon production of“Sister Act” to fly back tothe U.S. after her motherhad a stroke.
Goldberg was due toappear asthe MotherSuperior inthe con-v e n t - s e tm u s i c a luntil theend of themonth.
P r o -ducers say
the 54-year-old star flewhome Friday after learn-ing of her mother Emma’sillness. They said “thethoughts and sincere bestwishes of the producersand the entire ‘Sister Act’company are with her atthis difficult time.”
Goldberg is a producerof the stage version of herhit 1992 movie about anon-the-lam singer whohides out among a groupof nuns. It is due to openon Broadway next year.
Yankees, Jay-Zteam up
NEW YORK — Getyour New York Yankeeshats here — with a Jay-Zlogo.
The hip-hop mogul isteaming up with his
favorite baseball squad onco-branded clothes thatwill be sold exclusively atYankee Stadium begin-ning next week. All theitems, from baseball capsto T-shirts and hoodedsweat shirts, will featureYankees and Jay-Z logos.
In a news releaseThursday, the Yankeessaid the attire was created
to com-memoratethe firsto f f i c i a lconcerts atthe newY a n k e eS t a d i u mon Sept. 13and 14,when Jay-Z and
Eminem will co-headline.The shows mark the
second half of their“Home and Home” tour,following joint perform-ances at Detroit’sComerica Park on Sept. 3and Sept. 4.
The new merchandisewill be available at YankeeStadium from Aug. 30 toSept. 14.
8A — THE ROBESONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 2010 www.robesonian.comWEATHER
Dear Dr. Brothers:My circle of friends hasbeen undergoing thestrangest transforma-tion. It seems that oneafter another, everyoneis getting divorced! Idon’t know if this is justthe result of a coinci-dence, or if there issomething in the air inthis town, or what. Weall have teen kids, so Iam sure that no one istaking this lightly, but itis not just the usualsuspects — peoplewho don’t get alongand everyone knows it— who are falling bythe wayside. Is thiscontagious, or what?— B.H.
Dear B.H.: Althoughyou ask the question ina somewhat rhetoricalway, I have to tell youthat there has beensome research recent-ly suggesting thatdivorce might besomewhat contagiousafter all. But beforeexploring that option,take a look at thelength of the marriagesand the life circum-stances of you and allyour friends. Chancesare, in your town youall are at about thesame stage of life —established in yourcareers, children wellon their way to adult-hood, and that good
old-fashioned middle-age crisis might beupon you. So it’s nottoo unusual to seeactivity of separationand divorce aroundthis time. The trend istoward older peoplewith longer marriagesuntying the knot thesedays — yet more evi-dence of the babyboomer generationcontinuing to march tothe beat of a differentdrummer.
This new study ofdata from 5,000 peo-ple from researchersat Brown, Harvard andthe University ofCalifornia, San Diego,suggests that adivorce can spreadthrough social net-works and continue asfar as two degrees ofseparation. Their workshowed that peoplewith divorcing friendswere nearly 150 per-cent more likely to fol-low suit than if theyhad only friends with
intact marriages. It canspread in a virus-likefashion. One bit ofgood news: Peoplewith kids were lesssusceptible.
Dear Dr. Brothers: Iam a pretty calm per-son normally, but everyonce in a while I reallyblow my stack. It usu-ally is a matter of bot-tling things up for along time until the corkfinally pops off! I knowit isn’t supposed to begood for you to inter-nalize everything, but Ifind it hard to let it allout on a daily basis. Itis easier or more com-fortable or whatever forme to just keep it allinside until I can’tstand it any longer. Isthis healthy? What canI do to change my pat-terns if it isn’t? — V.C.
Dear V.C.: Yousound like an individualwho is very thoughtful,knows yourself welland wants to do theright thing for yourhealth and for yourrelationships with thosearound you. That is abig plus so far! I don’tthink you are the typeof person who will letthings get out of con-trol, so relax and let’ssee what your behaviorpatterns really mean toyou. We all have a cer-
tain temperament thatdoesn’t change veryeasily. Yours mayinclude a lot of sup-pression of emotion,which is a useful toolbut probably can bedetrimental if it is theonly strategy you everuse to deal with emo-tion. The fact that youeventually blow yourstack shows that it isn’treally working for you!
There is nothingwrong with being ableto regulate your emo-tions — but if you letoff a little steam asyou go along, youmight not have to blowat the end of the day.And that might makeyou feel a little more incontrol, as well as helpothers to see you asthe calm person youare meant to be. Asyou get older, accord-ing to some researchat Brandeis University,you may be betterable to regulate youremotions and recovermore rapidly fromupsetting thoughts.This might help yourealize that there isnothing to fear in hav-ing emotions thatseem disturbing atfirst. It’s when youbecome rigid and buryyour emotions thatthey can come back tohaunt you.
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LOS ANGELES (AP)— Leonardo DiCapriohas been granted a tem-porary restraining againsta woman he said claims tobe his wife and carryinghis baby.
Court records showSuperior Court JudgeCarol Boas Goodsongranted the orderWednesday against LiviaBistriceanu, 41, ofChicago.
“Given this obsessiveand harassing behavior, Iam frightened of Ms.Bistriceanu and feel thatmy personal safety, andthe personal safety ofthose around me, is injeopardy,” DiCaprio
wrote in a sworn declara-tion.
An e-mail messagesent Friday to Bistriceanuseeking comment was notimmediately returned.
DiCaprio’s requestincluded statements fromthe actor and his securityteam claiming Bistriceanuhad traveled fromChicago to Los Angeles atleast twice to try to meetDiCaprio at his home andbusiness office. Sherefused to leave the prop-erties and acted aggres-sively, the court filingsstate.
The Academy Award-nominated actor wrotethat she “has evidenced a
willingness to make phys-ical contact with meregardless of the conse-quences.”
Bistriceanu has beenplaced on a psychologicalhold twice, according tothe documents.
DiCaprio said he hasnever met Bistriceanu, butshe has sent him numer-ous handwritten letters.Some were attached to hisrequest for the restrainingorder and reviewed bythe judge.
One letter included thegreeting, “Dear husbandLeo,” and contained state-ments that Bistriceanubelieved DiCaprio wasthe father of baby Jesus.
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Section BSPREP SPORTS
PREP FOOTBALL SCOREBOARDOverhills 7Lumberton 41
Swett 33St. Pauls 0
S. Robeson 0W. Bladen 21
E. Bladen 52R. Springs 0
Fairmont 14N. Bruns. 20
Richmond 38Lee County 21
FRIDAY’STOP PERFORMERS� Purnell Swett safety Telvin Clarkintercepted his second pass of the seasonduring the Rams’ 33-0 win over St. Pauls andcaught a touchdown pass in the second half.� Purnell Swett sophomore widereceiver Tyrell McDonald caught fourpasses for 72 yards in his first varsity star.� Lumberton quarterback MarquezNorth tallied 122 yards of total offense andaccounted for two touchdowns duringLumberton’s 41-7 blowout victory at homeagainst Overhills.� East Bladen’s A.J. McKoy rushed for102 yards on 12 carries and scored twotouchdowns during the Eagles’ 52-0 win atRed Springs.� Taquan Conely of Red Springs tallied105 yards rushing on just four attempts.
SHAWN STINSONSPORTS EDITOR
RED SPRINGS — East Bladen has someunfinished business and the Eagles took theirfirst steps to competing the task.After falling in the regional finals last sea-
son, the Eagles started the new season with abang by scoring on their first five offensivepossessions and cruised to a 52-0 victory overRed Springs Friday night."I'm pleased with the team's progress since
Aug. 2," said East Bladen coach Lenon Fisher."We are having to rebuild anoffensive and defensive line.We still have a lot of work todo."The Eagles (1-0) racked up
290 yards of total offenseagainst Red Springs, withmost of the damage coming onthe ground. East Bladen'spower wishbone offense ram-bled for 209 rushing yards on34 carries. AJ McKoy rushedfor a team-high 102 yards andtwo touchdowns.First-year Red Springs coach Eric Puryear
was not pleased with his team's defensive per-formance watching the Eagles march up-and-down the field at will."We need to become a better defense,"
Puryear said. "We didn't stop them at all. Weneeded to shut them down."Both coaches agreed the turning point of the
contest came early — the first drive of thegame.
East Bladencatches fireon offense
See DEVILS, Page 3B
FISHER
Turning pointTurning point� Following a fumble onSt. Pauls’ first possessionof the game, PurnellSwett’s Juan Jones tookthe ensuing toss 34 yardsto the end zone for anearly, 6-0 lead.� The Rams scored 21points in the secondquarter, triggered by 60yards rushing and a pairof scores from juniortailback, Travon Clark.
‘Dogs derailed
Purnell Swettlimited RobesonCounty leadingrusher Anthony
Melvin to 49yards on 18
carries as MarkHeil’s Rams shut
out St. Pauls,33-0, on the
road.
PHOTO BY AABBBBIIGGAAIILL OOVVEERRFFEELLTT
Swett rebounds with 33-0 win at St. Pauls
BRAD CRAWFORDSTAFF WRITER
ST. PAULS — Supporters of thePurnell Swett football team canbreathe a sigh of relief.The offense is back on
track after a one-weekhiatus.Led by tailback
Travon Clark and anear flawless effort fromquarterback Chase Armstrong, theRams smothered St. Pauls 33-0 winFriday at G.S. Kinlaw Stadium."This was a little taste of our
potential," Swett safety Telvin Clark
said, after scoring one of his team'sfive touchdowns and grabbing hissecond interception of the season."Once we get it going, it's going tobe hard to stop us."Swett (1-1) won its sixth straight
over St. Pauls (0-2), limit-ing the Bulldogs to 91yards of total offense,while forcing fiveturnovers."We're still not where
we need to be but we're definitelygetting better," Swett coach MarkHeil said. "I thought we found afew more weapons tonight and
Lumbertondefensive endDarius LesanesacksOverhillsquarterbackDanny Karrsin the firsthalf of thePirates’ 41-7win at home.
PHOTO BY AABBBBIIGGAAIILLOOVVEERRFFEELLTT
Cruise control
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Lumberton assistant coaches congratulatetailback Larry Parker after his 8-yardtouchdown run in the first quarter.
Lumberton’s rushing attackeats up yardage, Overhills
KEVIN WALKERSTAFF WRITER
LUMBERTON — On anight when Lumbertondedicated its field house tolong-time volunteerWoodrow "Kool-aid" Williamsand their sea-son to fallent e a m m a t eJames "Rod"Sanderson, thePirates did not dis-appoint.In their home opener,
Lumberton cruised to a 41-7 victory at Alton G. BrooksStadium Friday over theOverhills Jaguars on thestrength of their rushing
attack and defense.Lumberton coach Mike
Brill declined comment toThe Robesonian.The Pirates started fast,
scoring just two plays intotheir opening drive -
as sophomorefullback DanielR o b i n s o nscored on a 39-yard touch-down run.Robinson added
another rushingtouchdown from a yard
out. Larry Parker closedout the first quarter with an8-yard run.In the second quarter,
See PIRATES, Page 3B
See RAMS, Page 3B
RUNAWAYS� In its 2-0 start,
Lumberton is averagingnearly 430 yards of total
offense per contest.
SATISFIED� Swett avoided its first0-2 start since 2004.
Eagles torch Red Devilsin 2010 season opener
PHOTO BY SSHHAAWWNN SSTTIINNSSOONN
Red Springs running back XavierMcEachern looks for daylight againstEast Bladen. The Eagles blanked the RedDevils, 52-0.
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“This team is very resilient and very tough mentally.There’s a whole bunch of them that are doing
everything right.”— UGA football coach Mark Richtafter
suspending starting running back Washaun Ealey
ON TAPMonday’s Games
High School
Volleyball
4 p.m. — South Robeson at
Dillon Christian
6 p.m. — Cape Fear at
Lumberton
6 p.m. — West Bladen at St.
Pauls
Tennis
4 p.m. — Fairmont at Purnell
Swett
4 p.m. — Red Springs at Hoke
Soccer
6 p.m. — Purnell Swett at St.
Pauls
7 p.m. — Hoke at Red Springs
Golf
2 p.m. — Lumberton, Purnell
Swett at Richmond
ON THE TUBE
Today’s Games
National Youth Baseball
10 a.m. — Lumberton at
Banditos Black (MLB Network)
Auto Racing
11:30 a.m. — NASCAR,
Nationwide Series, final prac-
tice for NAPA Auto Parts 200,
at Montreal (ESPN2)
2 p.m. — Rolex Sports Car
Series, at Montreal (SPEED)
5 p.m. — NASCAR,
Nationwide Series, pole quali-
fying for NAPA Auto Parts
200, at Montreal (ESPN2)
Golf
1 p.m. — PGA Tour, The
Barclays, third round, at
Paramus, N.J. (The Golf
Channel)
3 p.m. — PGA Tour, The
Barclays, third round, at
Paramus, N.J. (CBS)
Major League Baseball
4 p.m. — Regional coverage,
Philadelphia at San Diego,
Minnesota at Seattle, or
Florida at Atlanta (FOX)
7 p.m. — N.Y. Yankees at
Chicago White Sox (WGN)
SPORTSNOTES
From staff and wire reports
PSA to hold soccer registrationPEMBROKE — The
Pembroke Soccer Associationwill be having fall soccer regis-tration Monday, Tuesday andThursday at the PembrokeRecreation Complex.
The league is for childrenages 3 to 14. Participants mustbe at least 3 years old but cannotturn 15 on or before April 1,2011.
For information, call BryanGraham (910) 521-7182 or RyanSampson at (910) 733-2225.
RCRD sets interestmeeting for officials
LUMBERTON — TheRobeson County RecreationDepartment will have a meetingfor anyone interested in officiat-ing middle school and recre-ation football this year.
The meeting is scheduled for7 p.m. at the county's recreationdepartment's office.
For information, contact thedepartment at (910) 671-3090.
Fall girls softballsignups slated
LUMBERTON — TheLumberton RecreationDepartment will be holdingsoftball sign-ups for girls (ages 7to 15) beginning Monday toSept. 10 at the Bill SappRecreation Center. The officesare open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Monday through Friday.
Children must be at least 7years old and cannot turn 16 onor by April 30, 2011.
Anyone interested in coach-ing or for more information,contact Scott Graham at (910)671-3869.
LYBA fall baseball registration beginsLUMBERTON — The
Lumberton Youth BaseballAssociation is currently accept-ing fall baseball registrationuntil Tuesday at the Bill SappRecreation Center.
Signups will be acceptedfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during theweek, as well as from 6 to 8 p.m.Monday and Tuesday.
The cost is $25. Childrenmust be 7 years of age beforeApril 20, 2011 and may not turn16 before May 1, 2011 to be eligi-ble.
Pembroke slates fallbaseball registration
PEMBROKE — ThePembroke RecreationDepartment will accept fallbaseball registrations until Sept.10 at the Pembroke RecreationComplex.
Signups are scheduled fromnoon to 6 p.m. weekdays.
Children must be 7 years oldand may not turn 19 by May 1,2011.
Contact Bryan Graham at(910) 521-7182 for information.
Pembroke to acceptfall softball signups
PEMBROKE — ThePembroke RecreationDepartment will hold signupsfor its fall fast pitch softballleague from Monday to Sept. 10at the Pembroke RecreationCenter.
The league is open to girlsfrom 7 to 15 years of age.
Registrations will be acceptedfrom noon to 6 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday.
Contact Bryan Graham at(910) 521-7182 for information.
Scotland baseballteam opens tryouts
LAURINBURG — ScotlandCounty is seeking three baseballplayers for their established 11andunder travel ball team.
For information on tryouts,contact Jeff Dial (910) 280-0779or Davie Snipes (910) 318-9557.
AMERICAN LEAGUEEast Division
W L Pct GBNew York 78 50 .609 —Tampa Bay 78 50 .609 —Boston 74 55 .574 4½Toronto 67 61 .523 11Baltimore 45 83 .352 33
Central DivisionW L Pct GB
Minnesota 73 55 .570 —Chicago 70 58 .547 3Detroit 64 65 .496 9½Kansas City 54 74 .422 19Cleveland 52 76 .406 21
West DivisionW L Pct GB
Texas 73 55 .570 —Oakland 63 64 .496 9½Los Angeles 63 65 .492 10Seattle 50 77 .394 22½
Fridayʼs ResultsCleveland 15, Kansas City 4Toronto 3, Detroit 2, 11 inningsBoston 3, Tampa Bay 1Texas 7, Oakland 3Chicago White Sox 9, N.Y. Yankees 4Baltimore at L.A. Angels, lateMinnesota at Seattle, late
Today's GamesDetroit (Bonderman 7-9) at Toronto (Morrow9-6), 1:07 p.m.Minnesota (Blackburn 7-8) at Seattle (Fister4-9), 4:10 p.m.Kansas City (Greinke 8-11) at Cleveland(J.Gomez 3-2), 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 17-5) at ChicagoWhite Sox (Danks 12-8), 7:05 p.m.Boston (C.Buchholz 15-5) at Tampa Bay(Garza 13-7), 7:10 p.m.Oakland (Braden 8-9) at Texas (Harden 5-4),8:05 p.m.Baltimore (Millwood 2-14) at L.A. Angels(Kazmir 8-11), 9:05 p.m.
Sundayʼs GamesKansas City at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.Detroit at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox, 2:05p.m.Oakland at Texas, 3:05 p.m.Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.Minnesota at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.Boston at Tampa Bay, 8:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUEEast Division
W L Pct GBATLANTA 73 55 .570 —Philadelphia 70 57 .551 2½Florida 65 62 .512 7½New York 64 64 .500 9Washington 54 75 .419 19½
Central DivisionW L Pct GB
Cincinnati 74 54 .578 —St. Louis 69 57 .548 4
Aug.28,2010
PREP SPORTS
Milwaukee 60 68 .469 14Houston 58 70 .453 16Chicago 54 75 .419 20½Pittsburgh 43 85 .336 31
West DivisionW L Pct GB
San Diego 76 50 .603 —San Francisco 71 57 .555 6Colorado 66 60 .524 10Los Angeles 66 62 .516 11Arizona 50 78 .391 27
Fridayʼs ResultsSt. Louis 4, Washington 2Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 1N.Y. Mets 2, Houston 1Florida 7, ATLANTA 1Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 2L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, latePhiladelphia at San Diego, lateArizona at San Francisco, late
Today's GamesPhiladelphia (Blanton 5-6) at San Diego(Garland 13-8), 4:10 p.m.St. Louis (Lohse 2-5) at Washington(L.Hernandez 8-9), 7:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 5-12) at Cincinnati(Arroyo 14-7), 7:10 p.m.Florida (Nolasco 14-8) at ATLANTA(T.Hudson 14-5), 7:10 p.m.Houston (Myers 9-7) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana10-8), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Duke 6-12) at Milwaukee(Capuano 2-2), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 10-7) at Colorado(J.Chacin 6-9), 8:10 p.m.Arizona (D.Hudson 3-1) at San Francisco(M.Cain 10-10), 9:05 p.m.
Sundayʼs GamesChicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.Houston at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.Florida at ATLANTA, 1:35 p.m.St. Louis at Washington, 1:35 p.m.Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.Arizona at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Philadelphia at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.
Marlins 7, Braves 1
Florida Atlantaab r h bi ab r h bi
Maybin cf 4 1 1 1 Infante 2b 4 0 0 0Stnton ph/rf1 0 0 0 Heywrd rf 4 1 2 1Morrsn lf 4 1 1 1 Prado 3b 4 0 1 0HRmrz ss 5 1 1 0 McCnn c 4 0 0 0Uggla 2b 4 1 1 2 D.Ross c 0 0 0 0GSnchz 1b3 1 1 1 D.Lee 1b 4 0 1 0Tracy 3b 4 1 2 0 Hinske lf 4 0 1 0Bonifac rf/cf4 1 2 0 AlGnzlz ss 4 0 1 0BDavis c 3 0 0 1 Ankiel cf 3 0 0 0Volstad p 3 0 1 1 Hanson p 2 0 0 0DMrph ph 0 0 0 0 CMrtnz p 0 0 0 0Sanchs p 0 0 0 0 Conrad ph 1 0 0 0
Kimrel p 0 0 0 0Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 107 Totals 34 1 6 1
Florida 221 002 000 —7Atlanta 000 000 010 —1
E—H.Ramirez (16), Hinske (2). DP—Atlanta 1.LOB—Florida 5, Atlanta 6. 2B—H.Ramirez (25),Tracy (3), D.Lee (24). HR—Maybin (6), Morrison(1), Uggla (29), G.Sanchez (16), Heyward (15).SF—B.Davis.
IP H R ER BB SOFloridaVolstad W,8-9 8 6 1 1 0 3Sanches 1 0 0 0 0 0AtlantaHanson L,8-10 5 8 7 6 0 3C.Martinez 2 1 0 0 0 2Kimbrel 1 1 0 0 1 2Wagner 1 0 0 0 2 1
White Sox 9, Yankees 4
New York 101 000 002 —4 6 1Chicago 401 400 00x —9 9 1A.J.Burnett, Mitre (4) and Cervelli; F.Garcia,Threets (8), Linebrink (9) and Pierzynski. W—F.Garcia 11-5. L—A.J.Burnett 9-12. HRs—New York, Swisher (23).
Cardinals 4, Nationals 2
St. Louis 102 000 010 —4 7 0Washington 000 000 011 —2 12 2J.Garcia, M.Boggs (6), T.Miller (7), McClellan(8), Franklin (9) and Bry.Anderson; Olsen,Batista (7), Clippard (9) and I.Rodriguez. W—J.Garcia 12-6. L—Olsen 3-7. Sv—Franklin(22). HRs—St. Louis, Pujols (35), Holliday(23). Washington, W.Harris (7).
Mets 2, Astros 1
Houston 000 000 001 —1 9 1New York 100 100 00x —2 3 1Figueroa, Melancon (8) and Ja.Castro;Pelfrey, Parnell (9), Takahashi (9) andH.Blanco. W—Pelfrey 13-7. L—Figueroa 3-2.Sv—Takahashi (2).
Reds 7, Cubs 1
Chicago 000 100 000 —1 6 0Cincinnati 101 040 10x —7 8 0Gorzelanny, Diamond (6), S.Maine (7), Mateo(8) and Soto; Cueto, LeCure (9) andR.Hernandez. W—Cueto 12-4. L—Gorzelanny 7-8. HRs—Cincinnati, Bruce 3(16), Valaika (1).
Brewers 7, Pirates 2
Pittsburgh 010 010 000 —2 7 1Milwaukee 000 001 60x —7 10 0Ja.McDonald, Resop (7), Ledezma (7), Park(8) and Snyder; Narveson, Loe (8), Braddock(8), Axford (9) and Lucroy. W—Narveson 10-7. L—Ja.McDonald 2-4. HRs—Pittsburgh,Snyder (12).
Red Sox 3, Rays 1
Boston 100 100 100 —3 11 1Tampa Bay 000 100 000 —1 3 0Lester, D.Bard (8), Papelbon (9) andV.Martinez; Price, Choate (8), Wheeler (9)and Shoppach. W—Lester 14-8. L—Price 15-6. Sv—Papelbon (33). HRs—Boston,V.Martinez 2 (12).
Rangers 7, Athletics 3
Oakland 000 002 010 —3 8 0Texas 310 300 00x —7 15 0Bre.Anderson, Bonser (3), Ziegler (7),A.Bailey (8) and K.Suzuki; Tom.Hunter,F.Francisco (8), N.Feliz (9) and Treanor. W—Tom.Hunter 11-2. L—Bre.Anderson 3-5.HRs—Oakland, Kouzmanoff (11), Barton (6).
VolleyballThursdayʼs result
St. Pauls 3, West Bladen 2
St. Pauls def. West Bladen 25-15, 20-25, 25-17, 21-25, 15-7Highlights: Bianca Palazzola 12 kills,Kandice Brown 11 kills, Shariyah Alexander10 kills, 8 blocks.Record: St. Pauls 2-2
FootballOverhills 7Lumberton 41OH 0 0 0 7 — 7LHS 21 7 6 7 — 41
1st QuarterLHS — Daniel Robinson 39 run (ConnorHaskins kick)LHS — Robinson 1 run (Haskins kick)LHS — Larry Parker 8 run (Haskins kick)
2nd QuarterLHS — Dorian Davis 62 pass from MarquezNorth (Haskins kick)
3rd QuarterLHS — North 60 run (Haskins kick failed)
4th QuarterLHS — Robinson 25 run (Haskins kick)OH — Buddy McCoy 10 run (HunterGunnerson kick)
OH LHSFirst Downs 16 13Total yards 205 373Rushes-yards 45-159 30-286Passing 46 87Comp-Att-Int 4-12-2 4-5-0Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-2Penalties-yards 4-48 3-25Punts-Avg 4-28 1-38
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Overhills, Massey 17-77,Bullock 15-68, McCoy 4-44, Richardson 2-27.Lumberton, Parker 8-79, North 8-70,Robinson 3-65, Kennedy 2-33, Lewis 2-16,Davis 1-13, Britt 1-10, McGill 1-6, Grissett 1-3, Bristow 1-(minus 7).PASSING — Overhills, Karrs 4-12-2 46.Lumberton, North 4-5-0 87.RECEIVING — Overhills, Ray 2-20, Rogers1-23, Massey 1-3. Lumberton, Davis 1-62, McGill 1-17, Kennedy 1-7, Stribblin 1-1.RECORDS — Lumberton 2-0, Overhills 0-2.
Purnell Swett 33St. Pauls 0PS 6 21 6 0 —33STP 0 0 0 0 —0
1st QuarterPS — Juan Jones 34 run (kick blocked)
2nd QuarterPS — Travon Clark 4 run (kick failed)PS — Clark 9 run (Clark run)PS — Harold Locklear 2 run (Nakota Locklearkick)
3rd QuarterPS — Telvin Clark 10 pass from ChaseArmstrong (kick failed)
PS STPFirst Downs 12 8Total yards 311 116Rushes-yards 28-203 27-78Passing 108 64Comp-Att-Int 8-12-1 5-15-2Fumbles-lost 0-0 4-3Penalties-yards 10-75 8-60
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — St. Pauls, Melvin 18-49,Williams 5-23. Swett, Clark 10-81, H.Locklear 9-42, Jones 6-50, OʼBrian Locklear3-30.PASSING —St. Pauls, Hunt 5-15-2-64.Swett, Armstrong 8-12-0-108.RECEIVING —St. Pauls, D. Locklear 3-37,Williams 1-22, P. Locklear 1-5. Swett,McDonald 4-72, Jacobs 3-26, Clark 1-10.RECORDS — Swett 1-1, St. Pauls 0-2.
South Robeson 0West Bladen 21SR 0 0 0 0 —0WB 0 14 0 7 —0
2nd QuarterWB — Lorenzo Drew 74 run (Josh Schultzkick)WB — Travis Cromartie 40 pass from MattFutrell (Schultz kick)
4th QuarterWB — Darren Collins 22 run (Schultz kick)
SR WBFirst Downs 6 11Total yards 84 379Rushes-yards 28-6 41-344Passing 78 35Comp-Att-Int 7-17-1 2-9-0Fumbles-lost 6-3 5-2Penalties-yards 8-65 12-100
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — West Bladen, Drew 15-202.South Robeson, Smith 14-50.PASSING — South Robeson, McIntyre 6-15-1, 72 yardsRECEIVING — South Robeson, McKee 2-52.RECORDS — South Robeson 0-2, WestBladen 1-0.
East Bladen 52Red Springs 0EB 13 26 7 6 — 52RS 0 0 0 0 — 0
1st QuarterEB — A.J. McKoy 4 run (kick failed)EB — Antonio Murchison 24 run (ScottBeasley kick)
2nd QuarterEB — Tyrell Shipman 2 run (kick blocked)EB — AJ McKoy 28 run (kick blocked)EB — Xavier McKoy 24 interception return(Beasley kick)EB — Murchison 17 run (Beasley kick)
3rd QuarterEB — Saquan Johnson 82 kickoff return(Beasley kick)
4th QuarterEB — Devon Rogers 10 run (run failed)
EB RSFirst Downs 11 7Total yards 290 135Rushes-yards 34-209 28-137Passing 81 -2Comp-Att-Int 4-6-0 1-7-1
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Fumbles-lost 4-1 4-3Penalties-yards 4-35 5-48
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — East Bladen, A.J.McKoy 12-102, Murchison 2-61, McLeod 2-6, Smith 1-11, Martin Jr. 2-9, Johnson 1-4, X.McKoy 3-7,Shipman 4-10, Rogers 3-20, Campbell 1-9.Red Springs, Conely 4-105, McEachern 9-51, Greene 2-minus 17, Gordon 7-26, Fairley1-0.PASSING — East Bladen, Burney 4-6-0 81.Red Springs, Gordon 1-6-0 minus 2, Greene0-1-1.RECEIVING — East Bladen, Horton 1-23,Smith 1-16, A.J. McKoy 1-4, Johnson 1-38.Red Springs, Cooper 1-minus 2.RECORDS — Red Springs 0-2, East Bladen1-0.
Fairmont 14North Brunswick 20FMT 6 0 0 8 — 14NB 0 20 0 0 — 20
1st QuarterFMT — Tyreke Addison fumble recovery(Brandon McDonald kick failed)
2nd QuarterNB — Jamelle Batts 50 run (kick blocked)NB — Jirese Thomas 1 run (Thomas run)NB — Dimierso Robinson interception 61return (kick failed)
4th QuarterFMT — Addison 4 run (Addison run)
FMT NBFirst Downs 13 10Total yards 270 141Rushes-yards 35-205 20-113Passing 65 28Comp-Att-Int 5-11-1 2-7-0Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1Penalties-yards 12-75 10-51
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Fairmont, Addison 15-124,Gilchrist 16-81, Washington 4-0. NorthBrunswick, 20-113. PASSING — Fairmont, Washington 2-6-1 19,Addison 3-5-0 46. North Brunswick,Hamilton 2-7-0 28.RECEIVING — Fairmont, Ford 2-17, Parker1-18, Gilchrist 1-4, McDonald 1-15.RECORDS — Fairmont 0-2, North Brunswick2-0.
Notable scoresfrom around the state
Cape Fear 17, Westover 8Jack Britt 27, Hoke County 6Douglas Byrd 27, Terry Sanford 7Seventy-First 30, Wilmington Hoggard 0E.E. Smith 54, Southern Lee 13South View 15, Gray's Creek 7Mallard Creek 61, Charlotte Harding 0Pender County 26, Topsail 10Raleigh Leesville Road 38, Green Hope 8Raleigh Millbrook 31, Knightdale 0Scotland County 35, New Hanover County 6Albemarle 42, West Stanly 14Alexander Central 28, West Iredell 10Andrews 48, Thomas Jefferson 30Apex 35, Durham Riverside 32Apex Middle Creek 14, Southern Durham 9Asheville 25, Waynesville Tuscola 0Asheville Erwin 42, Black Mountain Owen 39Asheville Roberson 21, West Henderson 14Carrboro 30, Orange County 0Catawba Bandys 26, Hickory St. Stephens13Charlotte Myers Park 39, Charlotte Olympic 6
PGA TourThe Barclays
At Ridgewood Country ClubParamus, N.J.
Second round resultsJason Day 67-67—134Kevin Streelman 72-63—135Vaughn Taylor 65-70—135Stewart Cink 67-69—136Martin Laird 69-67—136John Senden 67-69—136Webb Simpson 72-65—137Adam Scott 66-71—137Ben Crane 67-70—137Padraig Harrington 69-68—137Tim Petrovic 68-69—137Ryuji Imada 72-65—137Matt Kuchar 68-69—137D.J. Trahan 67-71—138Zach Johnson 69-69—138Paul Casey 69-69—138Tiger Woods 65-73—138Heath Slocum 67-71—138Brian Gay 66-72—138Jonathan Byrd 67-72—139Michael Sim 69-70—139Bryce Molder 72-67—139Charlie Wi 69-70—139Josh Teater 68-71—139Sean O'Hair 69-70—139Angel Cabrera 68-71—139Chris Couch 67-72—139David Duval 68-72—140Robert Allenby 73-67—140Dustin Johnson 71-69—140Y.E. Yang 73-67—140Charley Hoffman 68-72—140D.A. Points 70-70—140Pat Perez 67-73—140Troy Matteson 71-69—140Marc Leishman 70-70—140Nick Watney 69-71—140Steve Stricker 70-70—140Ryan Palmer 66-74—140Retief Goosen 70-70—140Greg Chalmers 70-71—141Kevin Na 72-69—141Rickie Fowler 71-70—141Justin Rose 72-69—141Jeff Overton 68-73—141Spencer Levin 72-69—141Robert Garrigus 69-72—141Davis Love III 67-74—141J.J. Henry 68-73—141Camilo Villegas 67-74—141Hunter Mahan 70-71—141Bubba Watson 71-70—141Stuart Appleby 70-71—141Chad Campbell 72-69—141Stephen Ames 73-68—141J.P. Hayes 72-69—141Andres Romero 73-69—142Aaron Baddeley 72-70—142Justin Leonard 71-71—142Scott Verplank 67-75—142Brian Davis 72-70—142Bill Haas 69-73—142Rory McIlroy 68-74—142Matt Jones 72-70—142John Merrick 73-69—142Chad Collins 68-74—142Kenny Perry 72-70—142Jimmy Walker 68-74—142Ernie Els 71-71—142Luke Donald 70-72—142Ian Poulter 70-72—142Rory Sabbatini 68-74—142
Nationwide TourKnoxville Open
At Fox Den Country ClubFarragut, Tenn.
Second round resultsGary Woodland 68-65—133Brian Stuard 68-67—135Brady Schnell 70-65—135Kirk Triplett 67-68—135William McGirt 67-68—135Skip Kendall 67-69—136Andrew Svoboda 67-69—136Jim Herman 69-67—136Zack Miller 66-70—136Ken Duke 70-66—136Ben Bates 72-65—137Rick Price 71-67—138Chris Kirk 68-70—138Casey Wittenberg 68-70—138Paul Claxton 71-67—138Won Joon Lee 71-67—138Daniel Summerhays 71-67—138John Riegger 68-70—138David Hearn 67-71—138Travis Bertoni 68-70—138Diego Vanegas 69-69—138Justin Peters 67-71—138Madalitso Muthiya 71-67—138Russell Knox 68-70—138Tommy Gainey 70-69—139Andrew Buckle 69-70—139Gavin Coles 71-68—139Todd Fischer 70-69—139Peter Malnati 70-69—139Aron Price 69-70—139Phil Tataurangi 71-68—139Jason Gore 71-69—140Mark Hensby 70-70—140Luke List 70-70—140Michael Putnam 71-69—140Robert Damron 67-73—140Ray Beaufils 71-69—140Robert Gamez 71-69—140Cameron Tringale 71-69—140Rob Oppenheim 71-69—140Jonas Blixt 68-72—140Kevin Kisner 69-71—140Peter Tomasulo 70-70—140Bradley Iles 69-71—140Scott Gutschewski 69-71—140John Daly 67-73—140Matt Davidson 73-67—140Chris Nallen 69-71—140Brad Elder 71-70—141Andrew McLardy 70-71—141Glen Day 72-69—141Craig Barlow 71-70—141Steve Pate 73-68—141Jason Enloe 72-69—141Jeff Brehaut 69-72—141Stephen Poole 75-66—141Fernando Mechereffe 73-68—141Mike Lavery 72-69—141Jeff Gallagher 72-69—141Keegan Bradley 74-67—141Bubba Dickerson 69-72—141Nate Smith 72-69—141Scott Stallings 71-70—141Adam Meyer 72-69—141Camilo Benedetti 69-72—141Jin Park 69-72—141
RAMSFROM PAGE 1B
Armstrong bounces back from sub-par performance with 108 yards, touchdown
DEVILSFROM PAGE 1B
Offense struggles
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PIRATESFROM PAGE 1B
Junior defensive end Darius Lesane recorded 12 tackles, 2 1/2 sacks in victoryPirates quarterback MarquezNorth showed off his passingtouch. North dropped a 62-yard
bomb just over the shoulder ofthe defender to wide receiverDorian Davis, and Davis wonthe foot race to the end zone forthe score.Although the Pirate offense
was running on all cylinders,the defense was flexing its mus-cle too.Junior defensive end Darius
Lesane wrecked havoc on theOverhills offense all night.Lesane recorded 12 total tack-les, 4 tackles for loss, 2 1/2sacks and a forced fumble in thewin. The junior gave the
Lumberton coaching staff ascare when he went down withan injury just before halftimeafter receiving a blow to thestomach. However, Lesanewalked off the field under hisown power and played the rest
of the way.Lumberton added rushing
scores from North andRobinson in the third andfourth quarter to push theirlead to 41-0.Although Overhills quarter-
back Danny Karrs struggled toman the Jaguars arial attack, therushing flashed some promise.Jaguars running backs com-bined for 159 yards on 45 car-ries, the highlight coming whenBuddy McCoy trucked aLumberton defender on hisway to a 10-yard touchdownrun in the fourth quarter.Jaguars coach Tim Karrs was
pleased with the effort he sawfrom his team, despite playingfrom behind for most of thegame."I'm obviously not pleased
with the outcome," Karrs said."I'm just pleased they didn'tquit, and they played hard."
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that's promising. It's exciting."Travon Clark, a 5-foot-6 jun-
ior who saw limited action inlast week's opener due to an ail-ing ankle, toted the football 10times for 81 yards and twotouchdowns. His 9-yard scamper around
the left side in the second quar-ter, capped a four-play drivefollowing the Bulldogs' thirdturnover in their own territory.Clark's two-point conversiongave the Rams a commanding20-0 lead."When we're able to run the
ball a little better, it's opens upeverything else," Heil said. "Ourguys ran the ball hard."Armstrong benefitted most
from the Rams' 203 yards rush-ing, bouncing back from adreadful three-interception per-formance against Pine Forestwith an 8-for-12, 108-yardeffort. Armstrong's tally included
his first touchdown pass of theseason — a 10-yarder to TelvinClark — in the third quarter.
"Chase has got great poten-tial," Heil said. "He stayed coolin the pocket and He madesome great play-action fakes."Armstrong waited all week
to clean his hands of the previ-ous Friday night."I really just settled myself
down," Armstrong said. "I tookthe first game alittle too serious.I just tried torelax tonightand have fun."The Rams'
offense hadplenty of fun inthe opening half,scoring on itsfirst play fromscrimmage afterJuan Jonesfound the end zone from 34yards out on a jet sweep threeminutes into the contest. On the next drive, Armstrong
found a streaking TyrellMcDonald down the right side-line for a 37-yard gain.McDonald's over-the-shoulder
grab was the top highlight dur-ing the sophomore's first varsitystart. McDonald caught fourpasses for 72 yards.McDonald gave Heil's
offense the deep threat itslacked all summer."Coach said he needed me to
come out and play hard."McDonald said. "I've been try-ing to practice hard and do mybest. I'm just trying to help ourteam win."Bad snaps and a multitude of
penalties damaged St. Pauls forthe second consecutive game.Three lost fumbles and a pair ofinterceptions from Kalem Huntled to three Swett touchdowns.After rushing for 143 yards in
the season opener, Bulldogsrunning back Anthony Melvinstruggled to find room to runagainst the Rams' front four.Melvin picked up 49 yards on18 carries and lost two fumbles.The Bulldogs also had twopunts partially blocked.
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Mishaps continue for MustangsW. CURT VINCENT
THE BLADEN JOURNAL
DUBLIN— In a game thatfeatured a plethora of penal-ties and turnovers, SouthRobeson couldn't overcomethe pounding running of WestBladen's Lorenzo Drew andfell to the Knights on Friday,21-0.The loss extends the 2010
scoreless streak by SouthRobeson to eight quarters andpushed the Mustangs to 0-2on the season."We did a lot of good
things on offense, but we justhaven't put it together yet,"
said Mustangs coach GarronWarrick. "We have to stayfocused on our goals andkeep working hard."For the first 16 minutes of
the game, neither team gotmuch from its offense.Penalties moved the ball backand forth more than theMustangs and Knights did.But with just over seven min-utes to go in the half, theKnights' Drew took a handoff,ran to the right sideline andrumbled 74 yards for a touch-down — breaking severaltackles along the way. Theextra point was added andWest Bladen had a 7-0 lead.South Robeson managed to
answer with six-play drivethat picked up only its thirdfirst down of the game beforebeing forced to punt to theWest Bladen 22.The Knights manufactured
a nine-play drive that wascapped by a 40-yard touch-down pass from Matt Futrellto Travis Cromartie as the halfended. The point after wasgood and the Knights took a14-0 lead into halftime.The third quarter was near-
ly a repeat of the first, as nei-ther team could sustain adrive. South Robeson did manage
to find itself deep in WestBladen territory once when
Cory Seals recovered a WestBladen fumble and returned it40 yards to the Knights 20.But on their second play,
the Mustangs gave the ballright back with a fumble oftheir own.As the third quarter came
to a close, South Robesoncompleted a 46-yard passfrom Taeshawn McIntyre toShonrell McKee that took theball to the Knights 34. After a penalty gave the
Mustangs five more yards,McIntyre found Ty Mitchellfor an 11-yard pass comple-tion that took the ball to the18.But as the fourth quarter
started, McIntyre's next passwas intercepted at the goalline to stop the drive.Two possessions later, West
Bladen iced the game with a22-yard touchdown run byDarren Collins. The extrapoint was good and WestBladen took the 21-0 win.The Knights (1-0) out-
gained the Mustangs by a379-84 margin. Drew wascredited with 202 yards on 15carries.Rakale Smith led South
Robeson's ground attack with50 yards on 14 carries.Through the air, McIntyre was6 of 15 for 72 yards and oneinterception.
West Bladen blanks South Robeson in Dublin, 21-0
ARMSTRONG
PHOTO BY AABBBBIIGGAAIILL OOVVEERRFFEELLTT
Purnell Swett’s defense jumps on one of theBulldogs’ three lost fumbles during the Rams’convincing win at G.S. Kinlaw Stadium.
PHOTO BY AABBBBIIGGAAIILL OOVVEERRFFEELLTT
Lumberton’s Darius Lesane, 90, stayed in the backfield for most of the Pirates’41-7 win, compiling 12 tackles and 2 1/2 sacks.
STAFF REPORT
LELAND — The FairmontGolden Tornadoes had the ballat the North Brunswick 5-yardline with a chance for the win astime expired, but couldn't get inthe end zone for their first winfalling 20-14.Fairmont quarterback
Demetrius Washington wentdown with and injury afterthrowing an interception in thesecond quarter. Tyreke Addison filled in for
the injured starter, and went 3-for-5 with 46 yards through theair. Addison added a 4-yardtouchdown run and the two-point conversion.Fairmont (0-2) recorded more
total yards on offense than, butcouldn't overcome a 20-pointsecond quarter from NorthBrunswick.The Golden Tornadoes return
to home next week against WestBladen.
Fairmont drops to 0-2
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Fairmont quarterback Demetrius Washington and theGolden Tornadoe offense came up one play short as timeexpired at North Brunswick.
After a 49-yard run by Red Springs' TaquanConely gave the Red Devils a first-and-goal at theEast Bladen, the drive stalled and went backwards.Quarterback Joseph Gordon was flagged for inten-tional grounding on first down. The penalty moved the ball back to the East
Bladen 18 and a loss of down. On second down,Blake Greene was sacked for a 10-yard loss. Greenethrew an incomplete pass on third down. Gordonwas thrown by a 9-yard loss on fourth down to turn
the ball over to East Bladen ondowns.And from there, it was all Eagles."Red Springs came out ready to
play, but they made some mistakes,"Fisher said. "They have got a goodteam. Coach Puryear is doing agood job with his guys trying tolearn a new system. They will befine."Even though Fisher's words
encouraged Puryear, he felt histeam didn't capitalize on scoring
chances."We had our opportunities that we just left on the
field," Puryear said. "But in the end, they just out-played us."
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STAFF REPORT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After losing inits first contest of the day, theLumberton Major All-Star teamrebounded to defeat DBAT MustangsRed, the American Amateur BaseballCongress representative 14-4 Fridayafternoon in the National YouthBaseball Championships.
Austin Swiderski and Travis Suggseach had three hits and two runs bat-ted in for Lumberton. Alec Brewingtonalso had three hits in the win.
Earlier in the day, Ocala Highlands,the Babe Ruth representative, scoredfive runs in the top of the fourth andfour more in the fifth to pull away fora 16-8 victory over Lumberton.
Daniel Oxendine had four hits andthree RBIs, while Raleigh Forrest,Brewington, Swiderski and Suggs eachhad two hits.
Lumberton will return to the dia-mond this morning at 10 againstBanditos Black from the NationalAmateur Baseball Federation. Thegame will air on the MLB Network.
Lumberton will need a victory toguarantee themselves a spot in thesemifinals over the undefeatedBanditos. A loss and Lumbertonwould be eliminated.
Florida’s back-to-back HRslead the way past Braves
ATLANTA (AP) —Florida led off a game withback-to-back homers forthe first time in franchisehistory, Chris Volstadpitched eight stronginnings and the Marlinsromped past slumpingAtlanta.
The NL East leaders losttheir fourth in a row, theirworst slump since a nine-game skid in April. Thelast two defeats have beenespecially ugly — Atlantasquandered a 10-1 lead atColorado and fell 12-10,then got blown out by theMarlins, who have woneight of 10.
Cameron Maybin hit thefirst pitch of the game intothe left-field seats, endingTommy Hanson's streak of47 2-3 innings without giv-ing up a homer. LoganMorrison then connectedoff Hanson (8-10) for hisfirst major league homerun.
Reds 7, Cubs 1
CINCINNATI (AP) —Jay Bruce homered in threeconsecutive at-bats, match-ing his career high withfive RBIs, and the first-place Cincinnati Redsextended their two-weekplayoff surge by beatingthe Chicago Cubs 7-1 onFriday night.
The Reds are 10-3 sincegetting swept at home bythe St. Louis Cardinalsfrom Aug. 9-11. The streakpushed Cincinnati backahead of the Cardinals in
the NL Central, which theReds have led for the last13 days.
Johnny Cueto (12-4) gothis first win since serving aseven-game suspension forkicking a couple ofCardinals during a brawlin their series. The right-hander gave up a run andsix hits in eight innings.
Brewers 7, Pirates 2
MILWAUKEE (AP) —Alcides Escobar's two-runtriple sparked a six-runseventh inning forMilwaukee.
Chris Narveson pitchedseven innings in hislongest start since he wenteight in a 3-0 win June 27against Seattle. He allowedtwo runs on seven hitswhile striking out eightand walking one.
James McDonald (2-4)was cruising along in his10th major-league startbefore the seventh.
Cards 4, Nats 2
WASHINGTON (AP)— On the day injured phe-nom Stephen Strasburgwas declared done for theseason, another rookiekept humming along,pitching St. Louis to a vic-tory over Washington.
Jaime Garcia tossed 5 1-3 scoreless innings andAlbert Pujols hit his 401sthome run as the Cardinalsbroke a three-game skid.Matt Holliday also went
deep.Garcia (12-6) tied a sea-
son high with seven strike-outs and extended hisstreak to 20 1-3 inningswithout allowing anearned run. The 24-year-old left-hander leads majorleague rookies in wins.
Mets 2, Astros 1
NEW YORK (AP) —Mike Pelfrey pitched eightdominant innings andNew York took advantageof a wild outing by formerteammate Nelson Figueroato end Houston's five-game winning streak.
Pelfrey (13-7) went atleast seven innings for thefourth straight start, shut-ting down an Astros squadthat was coming off a four-game sweep inPhiladelphia. He threw acareer-high 124 pitchesand matched his majorleague best for wins in aseason.
Red Sox 3, Rays 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.(AP) — Jon Lester pitchedseven strong innings andVictor Martinez homeredtwice off All-Star DavidPrice, helping the BostonRed Sox beat the TampaBay Rays 3-1 Friday nightto tighten the AL wild-cardrace.
Indians 15, Royals 4
CLEVELAND (AP) —
Chris Gimenez drove in acareer-high four runs andthe Cleveland Indians hit atrio of three-run homers.
Matt LaPorta hit a three-run homer in Cleveland'ssix-run second inning offBryan Bullington (1-3).
W.Sox 9, Yanks 4
CHICAGO (AP) — A.J.Pierzynski hit a two-rundouble in Chicago's four-run first, and FreddyGarcia threw seven solidinnings while the WhiteSox roughed up A.J.Burnett and New York.
Omar Vizquel had twohits and two RBIs forChicago, which has wonthree of four after return-ing home following anugly 2-4 road trip.
Rangers 7, A’s 3
ARLINGTON, Texas(AP) — Tommy Hunterpitched into the eighthinning, Josh Hamilton hadhis 24th three-hit game ofthe season, and AL West-leading Texas pulled far-ther away from Oakland.
Jays 3, Tigers 2
TORONTO (AP) —Jose Bautista hit his majorleague-leading 42ndhomer and Aaron Hill sin-gled home the winningrun in the 11th.
Adam Lind also wentdeep for the Blue Jays.
McGirt shoots68, tied forsecond place
STAFF REPORT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Fairmontnative William McGirt fired a 4-under-par 68 in the second round ofthe Knoxville NewsSentinel Open.McGirt is now 9under for the tourna-ment and is twostrokes behind leaderGary Woodland.
McGirt is tied forsecond with threeother golfers, includ-ing Kirk Triplett, aformer winner onthe PGA Tour.
McGirt carded six birdies and twobogeys. He is tied for second ingreens in regulation for the tourna-ment and tied for third in birdies.
He is scheduled to tee off today at12:40 p.m. with former PGA Tourmember Skip Kendall.
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NORTH CAROLINA ROBESON COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OFJUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DI-VISIONFILE NO.: 10 CVS 1793ADAM CORY CLARK,Plaintiff,VS.DERWIN WADE BLEVINS andTAMMIE JONES,Defendants.NOTICE OF SERVICE OFPROCESS BY PUBLICATIONTO: DERWIN WADE BLEVINSADDRESS UNKNOWNTAKE NOTICE that a pleadingseeking relief against you has beenfiled in the above-titled action. Thenature of the relief being sought isas follows: motor vehicle negli-gence.YOU ARE REQUIRED to make adefense to such pleading not laterthan the 7th day of November,2010, said date being forty (40)days from the first publication of thisnotice; and upon your failure to doso the party seeking service againstyou will apply to the court for the re-lief sought.This the 28th day of August, 2010.MARK D. LOCKLEARAttorney for PlaintiffLocklear, Jacobs, Hunt & Brooks321 N. Elm StreetLumberton, NC 28358910.739.7327LJH082810 8/28 9/4 9/1
NORTH CAROLINA ROBESON COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OFJUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DI-VISIONFILE NO.: 10 CVS 1264GERRI MCKINNON,Plaintiff,VS.YOLANDA DENISE ALFORD andCOREY LAMORT PETERKINDefendants.NOTICE OF SERVICE OFPROCESS BY PUBLICATIONTO: YOLANDA DENISE ALFORDADDRESS UNKNOWNTAKE NOTICE that a pleadingseeking relief against you has beenfiled in the above-titled action. Thenature of the relief being sought isas follows: motor vehicle negli-gence.YOU ARE REQUIRED to make adefense to such pleading not laterthan the 7th day of November,2010, said date being forty (40)days from the first publication of thisnotice; and upon your failure to doso the party seeking service againstyou will apply to the court for the re-lief sought.This the 28th day of August, 2010.MARK D. LOCKLEARAttorney for PlaintiffLocklear, Jacobs, Hunt & Brooks321 N. Elm StreetLumberton, NC 28358910.739.7327LJH082810 8/28 9/4 9/11
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NORTH CAROLINA ROBESON COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OFJUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DI-VISIONFILE NO.: 10 CVS 1266ARLETHA THOMAS,Plaintiff,VS.YOLANDA DENISE ALFORD andCOREY LAMORT PETERKINDefendants.NOTICE OF SERVICE OFPROCESS BY PUBLICATIONTO: YOLANDA DENISE ALFORDADDRESS UNKNOWNTAKE NOTICE that a pleadingseeking relief against you has beenfiled in the above-titled action. Thenature of the relief being sought isas follows: motor vehicle negli-gence.YOU ARE REQUIRED to make adefense to such pleading not laterthan the 7th day of November,2010, said date being forty (40)days from the first publication of thisnotice; and upon your failure to doso the party seeking service againstyou will apply to the court for the re-lief sought.This the 28th day of August, 2010.MARK D. LOCKLEARAttorney for PlaintiffLocklear, Jacobs, Hunt & Brooks321 N. Elm StreetLumberton, NC 28358910.739.7327LJH082810 8/28 9/4 9/11
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Background checkwill be required uponoffer of employment.We are convenientlylocated in Lumbertonon Roberts Avenue.Employees with aproven track recordwill have the opportu-nity to earn an aboveaverage income andparticipate in our
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