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In a letter to city employees, Sal-isbury City Manager David Tremewarns of potential layoffs, furloughsand salary cuts next year in responseto a $2.7 million budget shortfall.To help close the expected budg-

et gap, the city is considering “costcontainment measures” including re-ductions in staffing, furloughs,salary reductions, service level pri-oritization, operation streamliningand service consolidation or elimi-

nation, Tremewrote Feb. 25.“As we move

through thisprocess, our firstpriority will be tocontinue to provideservices to our cit-izens at the optimallevel,” he wrote. “atthe same time, I

want you to know that we will makeevery effort to be sensitive to the

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County firstto share salaryinformation

BY KARISSA [email protected]

It doesn’t take much effort to findout what Rowan County employeesmake.Just a few clicks on the county

website will reveal their names, po-sitions, salaries or wages, hire datesand more.Sunshine Week, a celebration

of government transparency, beginstoday. Rowan County let a little morelight in this year by making employ-ee pay information availableonline. Similar data could not befound last week on any surroundingcounties’ websites.The county published two databas-

es — for employees with and withoutbenefits — in January at the requestof a majority of commissioners, ledby Jim Sides.

“I just think it’simportant to beopen,” Sides said thispast week. “We’vesaid for years we’regoing to let the sunshine in. Well, thesun’s shining today,and I like it.”To access the

data, visit www.co.rowan.nc.us, choose “Human Re-sources” under the “Departments”

BY SCOTT [email protected]

How much do you make?It’s a question that usually

evokes the same response, spo-ken or unspoken: “What businessis it of yours?”Well, when it comes to public

employees — the people who arepaid with taxpayer dollars — it’severybody’s business. That’swhy the Post decided to take a lookat local public employees’ salariesfor Sunshine Week.Sunshine Week is an annual, na-

tional initiative during which newsorganizations gauge just how opengovernments are — or how tighta grip some try to maintain on in-formation that rightly belongs topublic.And the series that starts today

in the Post is just as much abouthow transparent our governmentagencies are as it is about howmuch anyone working in govern-ment gets paid, though state lawsays that information is public andshould be turned over to anyonewho asks without question or quib-ble.A glaring example of why that’s

important is in the story of Bell,Calif., a city of 40,000 where theformer city manager, mayor, CityCouncil members and others arecharged with living large on tax-payer dollars.Prosecutors say the city man-

ager in Bell falsified records tohide the fact that he received anannual compensation package of$1.5 million — including an$800,000 salary that more thandoubled the pay of Los AngelesCounty’s manager — and loanedhimself and others millions fromcity coffers.Four of the five City Council

members got $100,000 a year tomeet once a month, when the staterecommends $400 a month for a

town Bell’s size. And the city’spolice chief made $457,000 ayear, twice as much as the chiefof the Los Angeles Police De-partment.The Bell city manager, may-

or and others are facing crimi-nal charges. The highly paidcouncil members were removedby voters this past week in a re-call referendum.It all went unnoticed in part

because no news organization reg-ularly covered Bell, which liesabout 10 miles from Los Angeles.It came to light last year after aLos Angeles Times investigation. Post reporters found no evi-

dence that anyone in Rowan orsurrounding counties is makinganywhere near the money Bell of-ficials were raking in, nor werethere ever any allegations that lo-cal officials were misspendingtaxpayers’ money. And, for the most part when re-

questing the salaries of public em-ployees in Rowan and pay rateselsewhere for comparison, thePost found that government agen-cies provided the information

Top pay is comparableto surrounding counties

SIDES

TREME

SalariesonlineDatabases for county,city, school systememployees atwww.salisburypost.com/watchdog

Transparency ingovernmentFreedom of Information Act meant tohelp the public. See Insight, Section D.

Gary L. Page County Manager $133,125.62

David E. Boling Information Systems Director $111,608.22

Robert G. Rowland Tax Administrator $106,253.68

Samantha R. Welton Dentist $106,253.68

Leslie E. Heidrick Finance Director $104,188.66

Leonard L. Wood Public Health Director $103,154.90

Sharon N. Owen Public Health Nursing Director II $94,431.58

Sandra M. Wilkes Social Services Director $90,773.28

Kathryn J. Osteen Environmental Services Director $86,416.51

Frank T. Thomason Emergency Services Director $86,416.51

Name Position SalaryANdY mOONEY/SALISBURY POST

Not as many revaluation appeals coming as expected

BY KARISSA [email protected]

When he got his revaluation no-tice earlier this month, Clyde Mot-ley was baffled.According to Rowan County, the

value of his house and 2.4 acres ofland on Cox Road fell 21 percent— from $121,000 in 2007 to $96,000in 2011.

“I just can’t understand how apiece of property can drop thatmuch,” Motley said. “Everybody Isaw around me has had a pretty baddrop.”Motley said he submitted an in-

formal appeal to the county. Otherproperty owners who disagree withtheir new values have until Tues-day to do the same.Barbara McGuire, real and per-

sonal property manager with thetax assessor’s office, said the coun-ty had received 1,300 appeals fromMarch 1 through Thursday. Offi-

Cavs shouldered through

RALEIGH — As North Rowan High basketballplayer Pierre Givens’ family waited for himand the rest of the newly crowned state cham-

pionship basketball team outside of Reynolds Colise-um, they told the story of the yellow shoes.

Givens had worn the yellowtreads most of the year, and for thechampionship final he had scribbledon an important reminder.His mother, Dionne Mitchell

Chambers, said the shoes’ messagewas clear: “This is the Last Supper.It’s time to eat.”In a remarkable comeback from

a 14-point halftime deficit, the NorthRowan Cavaliers scored a 64-57 vic-tory over Pender County Saturdayand brought the school its first N.C.basketball championship in 25

See DATA, 2A

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MARKWINEKA

See COUNTY, 5A

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Furloughs, job cuts may beahead for city employees

Government data open to public

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North Rowan fans cheer their team on to victory.

Some say propertyvalue too low afterseeing new figures

Top 10 Rowan government salaries

cials had projected 10,000 to12,000 appeals.“I was expecting more, but

we’ve got until the board ad-

journs,” McGuire said.Whether or not property

owners go through the infor-mal appeals process, they canappeal formally to the RowanCounty Board of Equalizationand Review. The board willconvene on April 4 and contin-ue hearings for at leasttwo months.

If they still aren’t satisfiedafter the board’s decision,property owners will thenhave 30 days to appeal to theNorth Carolina Property TaxCommission.McGuire said most of the

appeals received since noticeswent out March 1 have re-quested a lower value. Agrowing number, though,are reacting like Motley.“We’ve actually had

more people than ever be-fore say they think their val-ue is higher than what weestimated it to be,” McGuiresaid. “In the past, we wouldhave a handful.”Rowan County Commis-

sioners are considering rais-ing the property tax ratethis year to make up for anoverall decline in the coun-ty’s tax base.Motley said he knows a

lower assessed value resultsin a lower tax bill, but if hedecides to sell the house, hecould get less for it thanwhat he thinks the propertyis worth.He said a bank appraised

his property one year ago ata market value of $132,000.He included that informa-tion when he appealedthe county’s assessed value.“I’ve called before be-

cause I thought it was high,but I got used to thatamount,” Motley said. “Theysaid, ‘You’ve got prime landright next to Dan NicholasPark.’ ”While the Dan Nicholas

Park property value stayedsteady in the revaluation,Motley’s took a plunge.Motley also says he does-

n’t understand the assessedvalues of two additionalparcels he owns. A 0.6-acreparcel went up from $12,500to $12,900. Next to it, a par-cel with four goats on a halfacre of land stayed the sameat $5,900.

“If I wanted my house tohold value, I guess I needed toput goats on it,” Motley said.McGuire encourages prop-

erty owners to include asmuch supporting informationas possible in their appeals.That information can in-

clude a complete appraisal re-port from within the past twoyears, a recent sale listingwith asking price or a list ofaddresses of nearby homesthat the property owner thinks

are similar in value.It also can help to tell the

county if there have beenforeclosures in the area orif the property is in a flood-plain or substandard in someway.The informal appeal form

is attached to the bottomof each revaluation notice thatwent out March 1. It alsois available on the county web-site, www.rowancountync.gov.

readily, if not always quickly.Some had already made the

information more easily ac-cessible.Today, the Post looks at

how the counties reacted topublic information requests.That’s followed by articlesabout Salisbury and othercities Monday, Rowan-Salis-bury and other school systemsTuesday, Rowan-Cabarrusand other community collegesWednesday, and economic de-velopment executives Thurs-day.

• • •Rowan County posted em-

ployee salaries and wages on-line at the request of somecounty commissioners in Jan-uary, and that information isnow available to anyone whovisits the county website.When asked for the base

salary and total compensationof their highest paid employ-ees, county staff responded bye-mail the same day. The re-quest was made initially toCarolyn Athey, clerk to theboard, and Gary Page, countymanager.Human Resources Direc-

tor Darlene Boling sent basesalary information in about anhour, and Finance DirectorLeslie Heidrick sent addition-al compensation data twohours later. It took less than aday for them to reply to a sec-ond e-mailed request for in-formation about the membersand chair of the Rowan Coun-ty Board of Commissioners.Cabarrus, Davie, Davidson,

Iredell and Stanly countiestook a day or two to respondto each of the same requests.Stanly County staff sent thefirst set of information inabout a half hour and the sec-ond in one day. CabarrusCounty sent all of the data atonce after two days.The requests were made by

e-mail after initial phone callsto county offices. Once theyfigured out who should handlethe requests, staff membersfrom all counties answered in-quiries readily and sent the in-formation without question.

• • •

When asked for salary in-formation about their employ-ees, Salisbury and other citiesresponded promptly and with-out complaint. Salisbury provided a data-

base of all employee salaries.Although City Manager DavidTreme says the city has noplans to post the database onits website as Rowan Countydid, anyone can access it onthe Post’s website.Other than Salisbury, Lex-

ington was the first city to re-spond to the Post’s request.Kannapolis and Concord fol-

lowed. Statesville took thelongest because the city’s hu-man resources director wasout of town, but the Post stillreceived the information with-in five days.During the past week, staff

in the Salisbury city manag-er’s office fielded several ad-ditional requests for informa-tion and clarification.In addition to other infor-

mation, City Clerk MyraHeard provided a copy ofTreme’s employment contractthe day after it was request-ed, as well as a copy of min-utes from the Jan. 18 meetingwhen City Council approved abonus for Treme.The search for information

about Treme’s retirementbenefit in relation to his bonuswas more difficult.The Post requested a calcu-

lation of Treme’s retirementbenefit and asked whether thebonus would increase hismonthly payment.“The request for proposed

retention bonus informationis something we cannot pro-vide to you because we havenot calculated what effects itmight have, and we do notknow when he will actually re-

tire or actually receive thesebonuses,” Human ResourcesDirector Zack Kyle said in ane-mail.Retirement is calculated by

the N.C. Retirement System,Kyle said.The Post suggested three

hypothetical retirement datesand bonus scenarios, but thecity referred the paper to thestate.A spokesperson for the

N.C. Department of StateTreasurer said according tostate law, any bonus paid uponretirement is not consideredcompensation for purposes ofthe retirement system.Mayor Susan Kluttz on Fri-

day said City Council intend-ed to pay Treme a lump-sumbonus upon his retirement, notto increase his monthly retire-ment benefit.In response to a request for

information about his salaryand other compensation,Robert Van Geons, executivedirector for RowanWorksEconomic Development,replied immediately and pro-vided answers within fourdays.

• • •Reaction was varied when

the Post asked local school dis-tricts for salary information.The Post requested the ti-

tle, education, salary, supple-ment amount and hire date ofevery employee in the Rowan-Salisbury School District.The school system provid-

ed the Post with that informa-tion in hard copy form 14 dayslater.A request was made that

day to have the records in dig-ital form. A Post reporter wastold that could take some timeas each page would have to bescanned in by hand. After aformal e-mail request for therecords to be sent digitally, aPost reporter received themthe following day.That same information was

also requested for administra-tors, including central officestaff and school principals, inKannapolis City Schools,Cabarrus County Alamance-Burlington School System,Davidson County Schools andIredell-Statesville Schools.Each school system re-

sponded promptly after re-ceiving the request, but thetime that it took to get the in-formation into the hands ofthe Post reporter varied

greatly.Kannapolis City submitted

the requested reports withinthree days with Davidson andStatesville-Iredell fulfillingthe request in 10 and 11 days,respectively.Cabarrus took 20 days to

provide the information. Theschool system mailed it ratherthan sending it electronicallyand provided more informa-tion than requested, includingevery employee rather thanonly administrators.It took Alamance-Burling-

ton the longest to get the in-formation to a Post reporterat 23 days. The day the re-porter received the informa-tion it did not include thenames of each employee, onlypositions. The public informa-tion officer cited that nameswere not included in the ini-tial request.The Post also requested the

supplement history, datingback five years, of each super-intendent in the school sys-tems listed above, as well asWake County Public SchoolSystem and Charlotte Meck-lenburg Schools.Rowan-Salisbury provided

Superintendent Dr. Judy Gris-som's contract within twodays, but not without somequestions and an e-mail fromthe superintendent containingan accusation the Post was“trying to dig up somethingthat is not there to sensation-alize.”The Post received the re-

quested information fromWake, Charlotte-Mecklenburgand Iredell-Statesville withina day.Davidson and Kannapolis

schools got that informationout to the Post in two andthree days, respectively.Alamance-Burlington sup-

plied it in seven days andCabarrus sent it in within 10days.

• • •The Post received the

salaries of employees atRowan-Cabarrus CommunityCollege through a RowanCounty resident who request-ed the records.The Post also requested the

hire date, gross salary, de-ferred benefits, direct bene-fits and total gross compensa-tion including salary and ben-efits for top employees atDavidson Community College,Mitchell Community Collegeand Guilford-Technical Com-munity College.All three colleges sent the

requested reports withinthree days.

Coming Monday:ComparingSalisbury employee salariesto other nearby cities.

Emily Ford, Sarah Camp-bell and Karissa Minn con-tributed to this report.

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Posters• Public hearing, set by Salisbury-Rowan Community Action Agency

CSBG Program, 4 p.m Thursday, concerning the Community ServiceBlock Grant budget of $383,809.00 for 2011-2012. To be held inthe library at 1300 W.Bank St. All interested persons are invited toattend. For more information, call 704-633-6633. Joann P. Diggs,interim executive director.

Lottery numbers — RALEIGH (AP) — Here are thewinning numbers selected Saturday:

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Duke Energyguarantees$10 millionfor DemocratsCHARLOTTE (AP) —

Duke Energy Corp., one ofCharlotte’s biggest compa-nies, is guaranteeing a $10million line of credit for the2012 Democratic NationalConvention, The CharlotteObserver reported Satur-day.The guarantee would put

Duke Energy’s stockholders— not Duke’s electric cus-tomers — at risk if the Dem-ocratic National Committeedefaults on the loan, saidcompany spokesman TomWilliams.“We stepped in to do it as

a way to land this conven-tion and support this com-munity,” Williams said.“When our region is suc-cessful, Duke is more suc-cessful.”Duke chief executive Jim

Rogers is leading fundrais-ing efforts for the conven-tion. The company has longbeen a major arts and edu-cation backer in the commu-nity.The contract between the

DNC and the convention or-ganizing committee, whichwas finalized Friday, callsfor the host committee toraise $36.6 million. Thatwould cover the cost of im-provements to the TimeWarner Cable Arena as wellas production and trans-portation costs.“It is just security in the

event of a cash shortfall,”Will Miller, acting executivedirector of the Charlotte or-ganizing committee, said ofthe credit line provided byFifth Third Bank and guar-anteed by Duke. “The hostcommittee is obligated topay it back, and the hostcommittee will pay it back.”Some suggest the

arrangement is just anoth-er large corporate contribu-tion to curry favor withelected officials. But Dem-ocratic Party spokesmanBrad Woodhouse says no.“No one is giving us any-thing,” he said. “This is aline of credit.”Like many other electric

generating companies,Duke is facing high costs ofmaking its coal-fired powerplants meet federal environ-mental rules. The utility alsois planning a new nuclearpower plant in South Caroli-na that would require stateand federal approval.“Duke may not be an-

gling for a particular pay-back, but certainly they arecurrying favor with theDemocratic Party,” saidSheila Krumholz, executivedirector of Washington’sCenter for Responsive Poli-tics. “If it buys goodwillwithout having to spend adime, Duke will feel it’sbeen a good deal.”University of North Car-

olina Charlotte public poli-cy expert David Swindellsays Rogers’ involvement inplanning and fundraisingfor the convention can onlyhelp in dealings with theObama administration.

BY MARK [email protected]

There once was a bull, a pig and a dog.The punchline to this joke came Friday

from three Sacred Heart Catholic Schoolteachers who kissed these animals as a wayof saluting their students’ fundraising for theFaithful Friends Animal Sanctuary.None of the four-legged friends turned

into a handsome prince.But first things first.Matthew Chilton, an eighth-grader and

president of the student body, said his school-mates raised $1,226.71 in cash and gatheredseveral boxes of supplies for the animal sanc-tuary, now under construction on GraceChurch Road.The sanctuary will open sometime this

summer, President Mary Padavick said.Each 25 cents a Sacred Heart student

raised translated to a vote he or she could usefor a teacher. The teachers with the mostvotes received the high honor of kissing theanimals in front of the 230-student body Fri-day afternoon.All the money was raised in one week.The sixth grade, which includes 26 stu-

dents, collected the most — $265.The eighth grade came in second, bring-

ing in $162. But as a percentage, the eighth-graders raised more per student.“I’ve never, ever been as proud of this

school as I am today,” guidance counselorKaren Wenker said. More animals will becared for and have homes because of theschool’s efforts in raising money and sup-plies, she said.

But back to the kissing. Let’s introduce thewinning teachers:• First place, Katie Meseroll, athletic di-

rector and second-and third-grade mathteacher. She would get to kiss Ike, the minia-ture Hereford bull.• Second place, Crystal Cornelison, fourth-

grade teacher. She would pucker up forJames Hamilton, a pot-bellied pig.• Third place, Kay Paul, the middle school

language arts teacher. She would be kissingMaggie, the pug belonging to Father JohnPutnamMeseroll had some anxious moments while

waiting to perform her bull-kissing duties.“It’s not looking too miniature,” she said,

noting Ike’s size and owner Lori Watson’stight grip on his rope.But Meseroll had no doubts she would fol-

low through.“At least it’s for a good cause,” she said.To the delight of students, Paul started

things off by planting two kisses on Maggie,whose use of her tongue suggested she hadlearned a thing to two from the French.Cornelison inserted a pair of red plastic

lips into her mouth before trying to kissJames Hamilton, the pig.

Cries of “cheater” floated up from the stu-dent body.Raising a pot-bellied pig off the ground for

a kiss defies the law of gravity sometimes,especially when the pig is stubborn and hasits snout down looking for food.So Cornelison satisfied her pig-kissing du-

ties with a smooch on the top of his head.Meseroll did her best to reach the nerv-

ous Ike, who acted as though this was his firstschoolyard kiss. Meseroll got close enoughfor a peck on his forehead with her first try.On the second pass, she kissed Ike near

his nose. But Ike was having nothing to dowith anything closer, despite a good-faith ef-fort by Meseroll.The teachers’ brave efforts proved enough

for the Sacred Heart students. Faithful Friends President Padavick and

Vice President Shannon Moore gave theirthanks, and the kids left for the waiting cars,taking them home for the weekend.Out in the school driveway, Meseroll al-

ready was directing traffic.You kiss a bull and still have traffic duty?

Teachers know all about “kiss-met.”

Contact Mark Wineka at 704-797-4263.

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BY SHAVONNE [email protected]

LANDIS — The town willneed to look at a few options,including a possible increasein taxes and fees as well as re-instituting employee furloughdays to create a balancedbudget.The town board met Satur-

day for its annual budget re-treat to discuss the outlook forthe coming fiscal year, how-ever no final decision wasmade.Town Administrator Reed

Linn told the board the staffpredict being $38,000 overbudget in the general fund,which includes all depart-ments — administration,

streets, fire, police, recreationand sanitation.“This overage can be pre-

vented by avoiding all unnec-essary spending,” he said.He also said to remain rev-

enue neutral, the tax ratewould need to increase bythree cents. This would bringthe rate to 43 cents per $100evaluation. This was a routemany aldermen said they’dprefer not to go. Alderman James Furr said

rather than a tax increase he’drather increase fees.“I would like to see staff

look at anything we could doto save, change or cut. I am re-luctant to increase taxes ifthere’s a way to find that mon-ey,” said Alderman Tony

Hilton.Mayor Dennis Brown said

he would hope to leave the taxrate at 40 cents.“It’s something the whole

board would like,” he said.Finance Officer Ginger

Gibson said in the last fiscalyear, the town saved $60,000by implementing employeefurloughs.Linn said there were a few

employees who did not likefurloughs, but many more em-ployees perferred them to un-employment.“I’d rather not balance the

budget on the backs of the em-ployees,” Hilton said.Linn said there’s been

many accomplishments since2007, including:

• retired debt from F&MBank for the South Rowanarea annexation, retired debtfrom the garbage truck andthree police cars.The town also:• bought seven police ve-

hicles, two police bicycles(paid in full), bought four ve-hicles for the light department(paid in full), bought new com-puters for all the departments,a new fire engine, remodeledtown hall, developed a recre-ation master plan.Other accomplishments the

town has made in the lastthree years were:• completing electrical

conversions in the Beaver

School boardto talk budgetat its Mondaywork session

BY SARAH [email protected]

The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Educationwill talk budget Monday during a work session. Chief Financial Officer Tara Trexler will go

over information discussed during the board’sfinance subcommittee meeting earlier thismonth. Trexler will explain how the governor’s pro-

posed budget, if passed as is, could affect thedistrict by shifting workers compensation, busreplacement cost and tort claims to local schoolsystems. Current estimates show the district could

end up paying $1 million in workers compen-sation premiums as well as a possible $1.5 mil-lion toward open claims, Trexler said. Transportation Director Judy Burris said

three buses will likely need to be replaced nextyear at a cost of $240,000. Tort claims could cost the district another

$68,000. Trexler said the governor’s budget would

also slash 10 percent from central office staff— 127,000 locally. Instructional support, which includes nurs-

es, media specialists, intervention specialists,curriculum coaches and guidance counselors,could take a 5 percent — $323,000 — hit underthe governor’s proposal, according to Trexler. The board will also discuss the possible ef-

fects of Senate Bill 8, which would lift the capon the number of charter schools in the state. The county allotment request will also be

discussed during the meeting. Superintendent Dr. Judy Grissom said dur-

ing the finance subcommittee meeting that shedoesn’t want to ask the Rowan County commis-sioners for additional funding this year becauseof their own budget woes. School board chairman Dr. Jim Emerson

and board member Linda Freeze agreed, say-ing they would like county money to holdsteady. Board member Richard Miller requested a

history of the county’s allotment in previousyears before making up his mind. The board will not take action during Mon-

day’s meeting. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. at the Long

Street Administrative Office, 110 S. Long St.,East Spencer.

Contact reporter Sarah Campbell at 704-797-7683.

Landis may need to raise taxes, furlough employees to balance budget

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Sacred Heart Catholic Middle School language arts teacher Kay Paul gives Father John Putnam’s pug Maggie a kiss during an assem-bly as part of a fundraiser for Faithful Friends.

Ya gotta kiss a lot of four-leggedcritters ...

The student body at Sacred Heart Catholic School gathered for an assembly to witnessthree school staff members kiss a dog, pig and a bull for a fundraiser for Faithful Friends.

The Landis board of aldermen also:• Heard from Parks Director Andrew Morgan about

the needs of the Beaver Street Pavilion, tennis courts, play-ground equipment and the trails that lead to Lake Corri-her.The Pavilion roof needs to be repaired, he said.He obtained an estimate between $6,500 to $7,500.Mayor Brown suggested a metal roof because it would

last longer.Morgan said it woud likely cost $1,900 to $2,250 to re-

place the Pavilion doors.He plans to paint the building and benches at the Pavil-

ion as well as the playground equipment, which he said is-n’t that bad.Morgan suspects in the future the playground equip-

ment will need to be replaced.“The tennis courts are in bad shape,” Morgan said.The courts need to be resurfaced or a temporary fix

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Livingstone administratorretires after 22years of service

BY LAURIE D. WILLISLivingstone College News Service

An illustrious career at Livingstone College of-ficially came to an end Friday when Eldridge S.Williams — a past member of the Rowan-Salis-bury Board of Education and the Salisbury Plan-ning Board — bid farewell at a retirement partythat featured special videotaped remarks fromMayor Susan W. Kluttz.Williams, a member of the Class of 1969 at Liv-

ingstone College, started working at his almamater in 1989. During his 22 years at Livingstonehe has worked in several capacities, including as-sistant vice president of community developmentand community relations, director of human re-

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sources, director of communityand governmental relations andassistant director of career andcommunity services.State W. Alexander III, exec-

utive assistant to thepresident/director of public re-lations, opened the event by say-ing the Livingstone College fam-ily wanted to “give Mr. Williamshis roses while he can still enjoythem.”Vicki R. Gray, director of ca-

reer services, told Williams hedeserved to retire.“I’ve worked with you since

I started here, and you taughtme a lot,” Gray said. “I will missyou being my right hand, and thestudents will miss coming to youfor their community serviceneeds.”After detailing the list of jobs

Williams has held at Living-stone, Gray said: “So if anyonedeserves to retire, it is most def-initely you! Take care. We loveyou.”Williams, a soft-spoken man

who didn’t seek the limelight atLivingstone College but was al-ways willing to do whatever wasneeded of him, was clearlytouched throughout the ceremo-

ny. He sat at the head tableflanked by his wife, BrendaWilliams, Livingstone CollegePresident Dr. Jimmy R. JenkinsSr., Alexander and Augustus L.Jones Sr., president of the Liv-ingstone College National Alum-ni Association.His classmate, Delores John-

son, couldn’t say enough aboutWilliams.“You have always been dear

in our hearts,” Johnson said.“You are a bit mischievous attimes, but I’m glad this occasionhas come for us all to celebrateyou and love you.”Kluttz couldn’t attend the cer-

emony but sent a video tribute

that moved Williams to tears.“I’m delighted to be here to-

day on behalf of the city of Sal-isbury and also personally,”Kluttz said. “I wish I could behere in person, and I’m sorry aconflict kept me from attendingthis special event for you, El-dridge Williams. I was workingfor the school system way backin the early ’90s when you werefirst elected to the school board,so I was able to see firsthandyour dedication, your willing-ness to speak up, your willing-ness to make sure things wereright, not only for the African-American community, whichyou did excellently, but also for

all of our citizens, and particu-larly for our children.”Kluttz mentioned Williams’

time on the planning board, aswell.“I also remember back in the

late ’90s when you were a partof a very special team, whichwas the Vision 2020 Task Force,and you spent two and a halfyears along with other selectedpeople in the city to plan our fu-ture with a comprehensivegrowth plan that we still followtoday,” Kluttz said. “You’ve beena wonderful part of LivingstoneCollege; you’ve been an excel-lent representative in the city,always promoting what’s bestfor the college and for its stu-dents. You’ve done a wonderfuljob for our children and for allof our citizens, and for that I par-ticularly wanted to be able to ad-dress you at your reception heretoday and just say thank you, El-dridge Williams, to you and yourfamily for all that you’ve con-tributed to the city in the past.And I just wish you the very bestfor a wonderful future. Goodluck.”Jones, of Livingstone’s na-

tional alumni association, saidWilliams has always been an in-tegral part of the college. Hementioned homecoming andhow alumni knew they could al-ways count on Williams to wel-come them when they arrivedon campus.“We just wish you the best

and thank you for all you’vedone for our beloved Living-

stone,” Jones said. “We know,we know that you have madeLivingstone College a betterplace.”Linda Jones, executive direc-

tor of the Salisbury Symphony,said she didn’t know Williams aslong or as well as some of thepeople gathered for his party —but she knew enough.“I know his heart and his big,

welcoming arms,” she said.“He’s the best hugger you havehere. On behalf of the SalisburySymphony, we congratulateyou.”Williams’ wife said when she

thinks of her husband, she thinksof “a man who is truly humble,a servant and who is dedicated.”She referenced a devastating

fire that destroyed the Williams’home last year and thanked Liv-ingstone College “for whatyou’ve done for our family.”Jenkins joked about his love

of retirement parties, saying hehopes to attend his own someday. Then Jenkins turned seri-ous and likened Williams to aniconic personality capable ofmolding and shaping institutionsinto what they should be.“Eldridge Williams is that

kind of person,” Jenkins said.“There was always a positivespirit that came from him.When I’d see him on campus,he’d always say ‘Good morning,Mr. President.’ As I lookedaround, I realized he was mak-ing that kind of mark in the com-munity as well — to mold andshape the quality of life in the

community. Eldridge Williams,we here at Livingstone Collegetruly appreciate you.”Jenkins gave Williams a

plaque. Then it was time forWilliams to speak.“My wife asked me what I

was going to say and I said well,when I get up, I’ll say what’s onmy mind, and I guess that’s theway I’ve always been,” Williamsbegan. “I want to thank every-body who has spoken. I havejust given of myself and ...”Williams was unable to finishthrough his emotions and tears.Williams’ sons, Demond, 32,

a former Livingstone student,and Thaddeus, 19, a sophomorecomputer engineering major atJohnson C. Smith University, at-tended the celebration. Theirsister, Janoah, 18, a SalisburyHigh School senior, was at UNCCharlotte for early registrationand unable to attend. Severalother relatives and close fami-ly friends were on hand to helpWilliams celebrate.“He has given so much to the

college, and for them to have thisretirement party and for themayor to send a videotapedpresentation just shows that ifyou work hard, the end will begreat,” Thaddeus said. Brenda Williams was very

touched by the tribute.“I just was very over-

whelmed by how people reallyfeel about my husband, and forthem to go to this extent to hon-or my husband makes me feelglad, especially since I’m a Liv-ingstone College alum as well.”As people mingled, dined on

heavy hors d’oeuvres and lis-tened to hit tunes by StevieWonder, Marvin Gaye, JamesBrown, Earth Wind & Fire andothers, Williams reflected onthe retirement party, his timeat Livingstone College and hisservice to the city of Salisbury.“I was happy to work for the

institution I graduated from,”Williams said. “Whatever theyneeded, I just went with the flow.But this retirement party justgives me more appreciation formy college. As for the city, everyposition they ever appointed meto, I tried to serve the city as bestI could.”

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4A • SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 A R E A / C O N T I N U E D SALISBURY POST

would be to repair the cracks.The courts should be resur-

faced every five years andpressure washed every twoyears, Morgan said.Before the town and the

South Rowan YMCA havetheir Adventure Run and be-gin bringing activities to LakeCorriher, it needs to becleaned.There are some areas that

have trash and debris.Morgan said the Y has

planned a volunteer clean upday on April 2.• Heard from Police Chief

Brian McCoy who said his de-

partment didn’t have manyneeds outside of its operationalbudget.He did notify the board all

police radios must be digitalby 2013. The departments willno longer be able to use ana-log.The question was asked if

all the agencies that need dig-ital radios including EMS andfire departments go in togeth-er for a cheaper price?McCoy said to his knowl-

edge there has been a discus-sion that would cover fire andEMS, but not police.• Received information

from Division Fire Chief ArtDelaney, who said it appearsmuch of the fire equipmentneeds to be replaced.“I’m asking for an increase

in the maintenance budget,”he said.Delaney said the last two

years he didn’t ask for anyextra money, but now hedoes.“I will make cuts as best

as I can,” he said.• Heard from Charlotte

Swim Club representatives,who manage the town’s pool,about new Americans withDisabilities Act (ADA) leg-islation that would requirethe town to add fencing to itspool areas, a lift and slope.George Mulligan present-

ed the board with three dif-ferent options, one of whichwas to turn the baby poolinto a splash pad that wouldnot require a fence, lift orslope.

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Street area, completing numer-ous sidewalk repairs through-out town and completing a sew-

er video project, which wasfunded through the Cleanwa-ter Management Trust Fund.Linn pointed out to the

board that even through rougheconomic times where conser-vative spending was neces-

sary, the town has still man-aged to complete many ma-jor projects to benefit thetown and its residents.

Contact reporterShavonne Potts at 704-797-4253.

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eldridge S. Williams, delores Johnson and Augustus L. Jones Sr.SubMitted phOtOS

eldridge S. Williams and dr. Jimmy R. Jenkins Sr.

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menu and click “EmployeeInfo” under “Other UsefulLinks.”Before the databases were

put online, Rowan County’swebsite earned a C for trans-parency from the John LockeFoundation. Davidson andDavie counties received thesame grade, while Iredell andCabarrus counties’ websiteseach earned a B.The website gives Rowan

credit for making availableonline its annual financial in-formation, budget, health ex-penses, revenue report, trans-portation improvement planand salaries of employeesearning $50,000 or more.But it makes deductions for

several unavailable resources,including the checkbook, con-tracts, future liability for re-tirees, capital improvementplan, number of employees,audit reports, comprehensiveannual financial report andsalaries of employees by jobcode.Sides said the county’s rev-

enue and expenditure reportsare now available as spread-sheets in addition to PDF doc-uments, and he hopes tohelp put more information on-line.County Manager Gary

Page said he hasn’t heardmuch feedback from the pub-lic or employees about thedatabases. Sides said he hasheard people praise the coun-ty’s transparency, but Com-missioner Raymond Coltrainsays people have told him theonline databases are unneces-

sary.Coltrain said he doesn’t

see a benefit to putting poten-tially sensitive information on

the countywebsite whenit is alreadypublic.“That in-

formation hasalways beenavailable topeople whoask forit,” Coltrainsaid. “This

opens it up to individual em-ployees for the possibility ofunnecessary scrutiny or hardfeelings from other people orsome of their co-workers.”

• • •A Post reporter e-mailed a

request to Carolyn Athey,clerk to the board, and GaryPage, county manager, fora breakdown of total compen-sation for several of the toppaid employees as well as theBoard of Commissioners. Hu-man Resources Director Dar-lene Boling and Finance Di-rector Leslie Heidrick eachsent e-mail responses to twoseparate requests in less than24 hours.

Cabarrus, Davidson, Davie,Iredell and Stanly countiestook a day or two to respondto the same requests, and staffmembers sent the informationwithout question.Based solely on the com-

missioners’ salary of $12,208($14,650 for the chair), RowanCounty has the highest-paid board compared to sur-rounding counties. Cabarruscomes closest with $11,948,and Stanly offers commission-ers the lowest pay with $9,432.But when travel allowances

are factored in, at $15,808($18,250 for the chair),Rowan’s total compensation isthe second highest afterCabarrus at $18,548, andit’s nearly equal to thatof Iredell and Stanly counties.Rowan reimburses each

board member $3,600 for trav-el, compared to more than$6,000 in Cabarrus, Iredell andStanly counties. Davieand Davidson County Com-missioners are given a travelallowance of up to $2,400 each,and Davidson board membersalso receive $780 per year fora phone allowance.

• • •The salaries of Rowan

County’s top paid employeesdon’t differ drastically fromthose in surrounding counties.Tax Administrator Jerry Row-land and Information SystemsDirector David Boling are paidmore than their counterparts -only Cabarrus County’s tax ad-ministrator has a higher salary— but both have been workingfor the county for more than20 years.Sheriff Kevin Auten,

who was elected in November2010, is paid $79,106, comparedto salaries rangingfrom $66,417 inStanly County to $101,688 inIredell County. Auten receives$1,000 annually for a clothingallowance.The highest-paid full-time

position in the county isPage, the county manager, whois paid $133,126 per year plusa $4,200 travel allowance. Hissalary is the third highestamong managers of surround-ing counties, whose base payranges from $96,525 in StanlyCounty to $198,573 in CabarrusCounty.The lowest-paid full-time

position in the county is a cus-todial worker paid $10.49 perhour, or $21,825 per year —$111,300 less than the top

salary.Average county salaries

are $37,862 for full-time em-ployees and $36,983 for all em-ployees receiving benefits.According to a February re-

port from the N.C. Departmentof Commerce, the 2009 aver-age annual pay in Rowan Coun-ty is $37,804 (calculated fromthe average weekly wage for52 weeks). For all governmentemployees it is $53,404, and forprivate sector employees it is$33,332.The average hourly wage of

part-time county employeesnot receiving county benefitsis $10.69. Sixty-four part-timeemployees are paid $7.25 perhour, which is the minimumwage in North Carolina.

• • •Anyone can look up Rowan

County’s benefits package onits website, but Sides and Pagesaid benefits soon will be list-ed — and, where possible, giv-en a price tag — in theonline database of employeeswho receive them.“County employees think

I’m against them, but I’m nottheir enemy,” Sides said.“It’s simply that I think weneed to be above board and

transparent. When you tellsomebody that a county em-ployee makes $30,000 a year,that’s a lie, because they prob-ably make $45,000 a year ifyou add in benefits.”Rowan County pays the full

cost of health insurance for itsemployees. Coverage for anemployee plus children,spouse or family costs the em-ployee $130, $120 or $250 permonth, respectively.After a six-month proba-

tionary period, the county con-tributes 3 percent of an em-ployee’s annual salary - fivepercent for law enforcementofficers — into a 401(k) plan.County employees receive

11 or 12 paid holidays a yearand an average of 8 hours ofsick leave per month. Theyare given between 10 and 21days of vacation per year de-pending on years of service(less than 2 years through 15or more).Employees contribute 6

percent of their earnings to lo-cal government retirementbenefits, and the county addsalmost an equal amount. Afterfive years, an employee wholeaves county service mayleave their contributions inthe system and draw a retire-ment income beginning at age60.An employee can retire

with full benefits at age 65 andfive years of creditable serv-ice, at age 60 and 25 years ofservice or at any age with 30years in the retirement sys-tem. An employee can retirewith reduced benefits at age50 with 20 years of creditableservice or at age 60 with fiveyears of service.

Contact reporter KarissaMinn at 704-797-4222.

SALISBURY POST C O N T I N U E D SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 • 5A

County Commissioners Travel Total Annual Pay Board Chair Travel Total Annual PayRowan $12,208 $3,600 $15,808 $14,650 $3,600 $18,250Cabarrus $11,948^ $6,600 $18,548 $13,636 $7,200^ $20,836Davidson $9,860 $2,400 $13,040* $11,292 $2,700 $14,772*Davie $4,012 $2,400 $6,412 $6,038 $2,400 $8,438Iredell $10,137 $5,472 $15,609 $10,917 $6,240 $17,157Stanly $9,432 $6,000 $15,432 $10,690 $6,000 $16,690

* INCLUDeS $780 PHONe ALLOwANCe.

^ BOARD VICe CHAIR IN CABARRUS COUNTY IS PAID $12,369 ANNUALLY. A COMMISSIONeR wHO IS NOT BOARD CHAIR OR VICe

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needs of our employees as we eval-uate the overall needs of our organ-ization.”Treme told the Post the city faces

the toughest budget year he’s everseen, as a result of the Great Reces-sion. The local economy has takenmany hard hits, he wrote in the let-ter, and the adjustment to the neweconomy is painful.“We have to adapt to the econom-

ic environment we’re in,” he said.“For the last 40 years I’ve been in lo-cal government, I’ve seen many sit-uations like this, but none this se-vere.”Sales taxes, a major source of rev-

enue for the city, have fallen signif-icantly in the past two years. Prop-erty taxes, another source of cashfor the city, remain flat due to thelack of new construction.At the same time, expenses will

increase. The city’s cost for healthinsurance, gas, oil and mandatory re-tirement contributions will go upduring the next fiscal year, which

begins July 1.“You always have to adapt the

size of your government to the dol-lars that are available,” Treme said.The city must trim $2.7 million

from the current budget, he said.“I’m sure we can achieve this ob-

jective because we are overcomersin the city of Salisbury,” he wrote.The city will feel the effects of

the financial dilemma for years tocome, he wrote. The city already hasa hiring freeze for non-essential po-sitions and requires pre-approval forall capital and special expenditureprojects.

Treme said he’s encouraging em-ployees to consider early retirement,as well as asking for any ideas onhow to save money.He provided a cost-saving sugges-

tion form with his letter and said he’sreceived several replies. Employeeshave suggested streamlining andconsolidating various operations.All departments should limit

spending to only items essential tothe delivery of services, Tremewrote. “Since every dollar we save will

improve our overall financial stabil-ity, we all need to be mindful of this

in our day-to-day spending,” hewrote.While other sectors of the econo-

my have started to recover from therecession, government has not. Dr.John Connaughton of the Universi-ty of North Carolina at Charlotte toldCity Council last month to expect atleast five more years of slow, ane-mic growth in revenues.“Normally, local governments

feel the effects of these recessionslong after the private sector,” Tremetold the Post. “Nobody is surprised.”

Contact reporter Emily Ford at704-797-4264.

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years.Eat they did.A deafening roar went up on the green-

and-gold side of Reynolds Coliseum whenMalik Ford’s basket with 4 minutes left inthe game gave the Cavaliers their first lead.And the noise didn’t stop over the nail-bit-

ing finish as players such as Givens, T.J.Bates, Michael Bowman, Sam Starks, JavonHargrave and Jordan Kimmer refused towilt under immense pressure.In hindsight, no one should have been

worried. This was a team with broad shoulders

whose coaches and players brought a com-munity, a school and its alumni together fora magic season.Whether they knew it or not, the young

North Rowan High Cavaliers carried thehopes of two towns — Spencer and EastSpencer — on those broad shoulders. Old-timers who remember the days before inte-gration, when it was the Spencer High Rail-roaders and Dunbar High Tigers — rootedtogether in the stands for this group of kids.Those kids also carried the ghosts of that

1986 state championship basketball team,which had stars named Sifford, Kesler andKitley. Many of the players and coachesfrom that team were mixed into the hugeNorth Rowan crowd Saturday afternoon.But maybe the biggest burden the 2011

state champions carried was for the schoolitself — a school hungry for success and de-serving of it.Because of declining enrollment, North

Rowan had been forced into the 1A classifi-cation, which meant long road trips this sea-son to far-flung places such as Moore andChatham counties and no conference gamesagainst any other Rowan County team.And whether we like to acknowledge it or

not, the perception among parents from oth-er county school districts is — or was —they did not want their kids to be sent toNorth Rowan.The Cavalier family correctly resents

that attitude, which has prevented redis-tricting from helping increase North’s stu-dent population.The team’s broad shoulders carried a

pretty big chip because of it.Many “outsiders’ also questioned why

Cavalier Coach Andrew Mitchell, who suc-cessfully guided the Salisbury High Schoolgirls to back-to-back state championships,would leave another loaded girls team tocoach at 1A North Rowan.His parents, Andrew Sr. and Geraldine

Mitchell of East Spencer, said they were ec-static that he did. “We kind of helped makehis mind up,” Andrew Sr. said before thestart of Saturday’s game.Coach Mitchell was returning to his alma

mater, where he played basketball, and healways wanted to coach the North boysteam, his parents said.“It was worth it — every mile,” Geraldine

added.Andrew Mitchell Jr. was one of Patti Se-

creast’s former students, and she alsotaught many of the 2011 team members inseventh and eighth grades. “A lot of good,smart students are on the team,” she saidbefore Saturday’s tipoff. “This is a goodmorale booster for North Rowan.”David Billingsley and his wife, Kim, had

two children in the North Rowan pep bandSaturday. Kim is a 1982 North graduate. Theteam meant a lot in bringing newspaper cov-erage to the school and uniting the townsand alumni all season, David Billingsleysaid.Ralph Kitley, a member of the 1986 team

and now principal at Northwest GuilfordHigh, said, “Actually, there’s quite a few ofus here.”The frustrating part for him, Kitley ac-

knowledged at halftime when North facedan uphill climb, was not being able to con-trol anything from the stands.But Lola Jones, a former North Rowan

hoops star and now its girls junior varsitycoach, said she knew the Cavaliers wouldmake it a game in the second half.“They have the talent to come back,”

Dawn Bautista, the aunt of Pierre Givens,confirmed after the game, as if it were agiven.Bob Hundley, head coach of the 1986

team, wasn’t sure at halftime, but was allsmiles after the game.“It was real impressive,” he said of the

Cavalier comeback. “You don’t see that veryoften.”Yvette Bates, who had two sons on the

team — Javon Hargrave and T.J. Bates —had watched her kids and their teammateslong enough to know they had the characterto put the first half behind them.“I just told my sister they’re a comeback

team,” she said.And you have to believe, North Rowan is

a comeback school with prouder glory daysahead.

What did this particular team mean to thecommunity? “It meant everything,” Batessaid.

Lisa Bowman, whose son Michael was astar freshman player, said she was proud ofhim and the whole team.“North doesn’t get any respect in the Sal-

isbury Post or anywhere else,” she added.But Bates wasn’t bitter — how could she beon a day when North Rowan had won suchan important piece of hardware for its tro-phy case.Pastor Martha Starks, mother of Most

Valuable Player Samuel Starks, said sheprayed with her son the evening before thechampionship final.Truth be known, a lot of prayers went up

during the week.Starks credited God for giving the boys

the skills they needed for a win that meansso much to North Rowan.This team with broad shoulders became

an integral part of the community, PastorStarks added.Everyone came to the table in Raleigh for

these North Rowan Cavaliers — black,white, young, old, students, alumni, Spencerresidents and East Spencer residents.They feasted on a team with very broad

shoulders.It truly was a Last Supper kind of game.

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North Rowan’s Pierre Givens sported brightyellow Nike shoes with the handwritten mes-sage, ‘Last Supper’ and the date of the game.


North Rowan fans point to the scoreboard after one of the Cavaliers’ points didn’t register during the game against Pender High School.

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On a perfect morning fora race, more than 200 run-ners came to Salisbury torun the third annual St.Patrick’s Day 5K.Temperatures in the 40s,

with a light wind made forsome fast times. The Salis-bury Fire Department usedthe race as a fundraiser tocontinue restoring a 1941American LaFrance laddertruck. Race activities wereheld at the JF HurleyYMCA. Race director Terry

Smith was amazed that therace grew by 70 runnerssince last year. “I am very happy with

the great turnout, and therewere lots of quality runnershere. I just appreciateeveryone coming to Salis-bury. The interest was wayup this year. We hope tocontinue that trend,” Smithsaid.Overall winner was Matt

Rowell of Greensboro. He had moved to Greens-

boro from Arizona threeyears ago, and recently rancompetitively for QueensUniversity in Charlotte.Rowell said “I’ll look formore races in Salisbury.I’ve had fun. The course isgood and so was the compe-tition. The course was wellmarked too, and very safe.Rowell, in a true show ofsportsmanship, was a gra-cious winner, congratulat-ing other finishers long af-ter he won the race. Histime was 15 minutes and 41seconds.

Women’s winner was Dr.Delaine Fowler of Spencer. Her race was hotly con-

tested with only 3 secondsseparating Fowler and Sh-eryl Cline. Fowler led fromstart to finish, but felt thesecond-place finisher clos-ing near the end.

“I was really pumped tobe here with so many peo-

ple wanting to do somethinggood for themselves. I was

out there with a bunch ofmy heroes. The firemen andpolicemen kept us safe likethey always do,” she said.“Then there were all thepeople who wanted to trysomething new and run a5K, and those parents whoran with their kids. Therewas Margaret Haggerty,soon to be 88 years old, stillout there plugging away.She is definitely my hero. Ihope to be her when I am 88years old. It was amazinghow much positive energywas here today. The friendsand volunteers who got upearly to watch people runjust made my day.” Sponsors for the event

were Sportrax, Vac andDash of Albemarle, the Cityof Salisbury, Food Lion, andHarris Teeter. Timing wasprovided by the SalisburyRowan Runners.Age group winner Jordan

Leahy liked the loop course.“We didn’t have to turnaround and run back. Im-pressive work by the FireDepartment and Police De-partment. It was just agreat day for a race!” Thatsentiment was shared bymany.

Complete results can befound at http://www.salis-buryrowanrunners.org.

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There will be a food distri-bution Wednesday, forRowan County residents onlyat Salisbury Civic Center, 315Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.,9 a.m.-1 p.m. or until all thefood is gone.Food stamp recipients

should bring the letters theyreceived in the mail. Pleasealso bring boxes or bags tocarry out the food.

All others who do not re-ceive food stamps can cometo Salisbury Civic Center be-cause they may also be eligi-ble to receive the free food.However, they must disclosetheir total gross monthlyhousehold income.The following are exam-

ples of the income guidelines.Please note changes fromprevious food distributions:

family of one, $1,805; familyof two, $2,428; family of four,$3,675; family of six, $4,922.Available foods: apple sauce,

apple juice, chicken leg quar-ters, corn, milk UHT, mixedfruit, orange juice, peanut but-ter, peas, potatoes oven, pota-toes round and cereal.In agreement with feder-

al laws and policies of the De-partment of Agriculture, this

agency prohibits any dis-crimination based on race,skin color, nationality, sex,age or physical disability.Organizers ask partici-

pants not to form a line be-fore 4 a.m. The event is sponsored by

the Altrusa Club of Salisburyand the Salisbury Depart-ment of Parks and Recre-ation.

During 2008, RandyGraham decided to dosomething about his

weight. He had always beenheavy, but at that time, hewas on medication for blood

pressure, cho-lesterol andasthma.Randy’s

diet was fullof fast foodand sugaredsoft drinks.He weighed253 pounds atage 45. Randy de-

cided to getserious about

losing weight, and started bydoing the WeightWatchersprogram. Fruits, wholegrains, and protein-rich foodreplaced the unhealthychoices that were a constantpreviously. He got off to a good start,

and after the first year, wasdown to about 215. At thatpoint, Randy had hit a

plateau. He just couldn’tseem to lose more. When theSalisbury Rowan Runnersoffered a Beginning Run-ners Class at Sacred HeartCatholic Church that Sep-tember in 2009, Randy de-cided to join the class. Hehad been walking, but want-ed to run. Randy decided that he

loved running, and increasedhis weekly mileage. He tookthe class again at the CivicCenter, and has been run-ning ever since. Now at age48, Randy is a regular run-ner. He has remained amember of the runners club,eventually becoming a boardmember and club webmas-ter. But best of all, Randy’sweight is now at 175 pounds,his waist size decreasedfrom 44 to 34 inches, and hefeels great. The only med-ication he uses now is a nasalspray for allergies. All ofthis from a guy who had nev-er run before 2009. SRR will offer two sepa-

rate Beginning RunnersClasses, both beginning thisweek. On Tuesday March 15,the first class will begin inthe South Rowan area atFirst Reformed Church inLandis. Then on ThursdayMarch 17, the second classwill begin at the Salisbury

Civic Center. SRR is part-nering with Salisbury Parksand Recreation on this one.Both classes begin at 6:30p.m., and continue for eightconsecutive weeks. Meet-ings begin with a classroomsession that lasts for about30 minutes covering suchtopics as running form,stretching, strengthening,nutrition, safety, shoes andequipment, injury preven-tion and much more. All theclasses will be taught by pro-fessionals who are alsomembers of the runningclub. Then we’ll go outside torun as a group. On the firstnight, we’ll cover a distanceof one-half mile, either bywalking or running. We’llwork our way up to 3.1 milesby the end of eight weeks. Each student will be giv-

en a schedule for training.Days for running will totalfour each week, with rest orcross-training done on theother three. The emphasisthroughout the program will

be on camaraderie and justcovering the distance. We’llencourage running that iseasy, during which time con-versation can be held. At notime will anyone be asked torun faster than they want.All participants will get indi-vidual coaching as needed. Cost of the class is $55

per person. The fee includesthe cost of the class, a oneyear membership in the Sal-isbury Rowan Runners, aclub t-shirt, and free entryinto the Bare Bones 5K onMay 28th. At the completionof the class, those who com-plete the 5K distance will re-ceive a diploma suitable forframing during a graduationcelebration. Information requests for

the First Reformed Churchclass can be directed toMike Mangum at [email protected] and704-640-4401. Informationrequests for the Civic Cen-ter class should be directedto Steve Clark at sclar@salis-

burync.gov and 704-638-5275. Randy Graham is going to

help with the Civic Centerclass. He hopes that othersfeel the same benefits.Randy said, “I recall the ex-citement I felt after com-pleting a mile without stop-ping. Over the next fewmonths, my distance in-creased and I ran a few 5Ks.I was definitely hooked. I al-ways hated exercise, butrunning became a form ofexercise that didn’t feel likeit. It offers time to think or abreak from life’s stress, andI always feel better after arun.”You’ll feel better after a

run too, and probably youwill soon want it to be a reg-ular part of your day. Comeon out, meet Randy, experi-ence the fun, and I’ll makesure that you feel very wel-come. More information isavailable at http://www.sal-isburyrowanrunners.org and704-310-6741.

It’s time to sign up for beginning runners classes

Photos By melissa GRaham

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Before and after photos ofRandy Graham.

Food distribution scheduled for Wednesday for eligible people Hartsell earns GirlScouts’ Gold AwardTaylor Hartsell, a fresh-

man in the radiology pro-gram at Rowan-CabarrusCommunity College, recent-ly earned her Girl Scout GoldAward, the highest and mostprestigious award in GirlScouting.Taylor’s Gold Award proj-

ect was assisting the neona-tal unit at Levine Children’sHospital in a project calledBlankets of Hope. Blankets

are used to cover the isolatesand the foam shapes Levineuses to cuddle the babies. Thehospital also makes molds ofthe feet and hands of babieswho do not survive for the par-ents as keepsakes, and Taylordesigned a “pocket” to hold themolds.Taylor organized two sewing

parties consisting of 14 women,fellow scouts and her cousin,Linda. Together they made 15isolate blankets, 85 flannel blan-kets and 62 pockets.

Fire Department 5K raises funds to restore truck

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about 200runnersturned outfor the sal-isbury FireDepart-ment’s 5Krace.

above, Delaine Fowler was the women’s win-ner and matt Rowell, right, was the overallwinner.

A.L. Brown Classof 1963 to holdmini reunionsThe A.L. Brown High

School Class of 1963 willbe having its first of two“mini reunions” for thisyear at Logan’s Road-house, 2431 Wonder Drive,Kannapolis, near Sam’sand Walmart on Saturday,April 2, at 11:30 a.m.Please respond no later

than Wednesday, March 30in order for planners to letthe manager know thenumber to expect. Rsvp to Joyce E. Bost

via e-mail to redwdycruis-er@aol. com, phone 704-224-3776 or respond toMarty H. Tilley at [email protected] orcall 704-938-7922.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) —The largest crowd yet de-scended on Wisconsin’s Capi-tol to protest cuts to publicworker collective bargainingrights a day after Gov. ScottWalker signed the measureinto law.Protests have rocked the

Capitol almost every day sinceWalker unveiled his proposal.But Madison Police estimatedSaturday’s crowd as thelargest at 85,000 to 100,000 bylate afternoon.Demonstrators say they’re

undeterred after lawmakerspassed the legislation this pastweek and Walker to put hissignature on it Friday. Laborleaders have promised to fireup members and mount a ma-jor counterattack against Re-publicans at the ballot box in2012.High school English

teacher Judy Gump says pas-sage of the measure “is so notthe end.” She says “this iswhat makes people more de-termined and makes them digin.”Meanwhile, the White

House has stayed away fromthe union battles. The Obamaadministration is treadingcarefully on the contentiouspolitical issue that has led toa national debate over thepower that public sectorunions wield in negotiatingwages and benefits.A few labor leaders have

complained openly that Pres-ident Barack Obama is ignor-ing a campaign pledge hemade to stand with unions;most others say his publiccomments have been power-ful enough.The stakes are high as Oba-

ma looks toward a grueling re-election campaign. Republi-cans have begun airing televi-sion ads linking Obama to“union bosses” standing in theway of budget cuts in Wiscon-sin, Ohio and other states.As a candidate, Obama

seemed to promise more to or-ganized labor, among theDemocratic Party’s most loy-al constituencies.“If American workers are

being denied their right to or-ganize and collectively bar-gain when I’m in the White

House, I’ll put on a comfort-able pair of shoes myself,”Obama said at a speech in2007. “I’ll walk on that picketline with you as president ofthe United States of Americabecause workers deserve toknow that somebody is stand-ing in their corner.”Rose Ann DeMoro, execu-

tive director of National Nurs-es United, the nation’s largestnurses union, called Obama“largely a bystander” in thedebate over collective bar-gaining. “I think we’re feelinga sense of betrayal from himand not liking it much,” shesaid.Doug Schoen, a Democrat-

ic political strategist, saidObama’s strategy seems to be“keep your distance, avoid di-rect engagement, say most ofthe right things most of the

time, and hope for resolutionthrough sources other thanyour own.”Walker on Friday signed a

bill that strips most collectivebargaining rights from thestate’s public workers, exceptpolice and firefighters. Themeasure passed the Legisla-ture following more thanthree weeks of protests thatdrew tens of thousands of peo-ple to the state Capitol in op-position. The governor had an-nounced his plan on Feb. 11,saying his state was broke andthere was no point negotiatingwith the unions when therewas nothing to offer.Obama has called Walker’s

proposal an “assault onunions” and urged governorsnot to vilify public workers. After the state Senate re-

lied on a procedural moveThursday to pass the anti-bar-gaining rights measure with-out any Democrats in thechamber, White Housespokesman Jay Carney saidObama believes it is wrong forWisconsin to use its budgettroubles “to denigrate or vili-fy public sector employees.”Solis also pledged her sup-

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Pole shears off topof bus, killing 14NEW YORK (AP) — A tour

bus returning from a casino atdaybreak Saturday scrapedalong a guard rail, tipped onits side and slammed into apole that sheared it nearly endto end, leaving a jumble ofbodies and twisted metalalong Interstate 95. Fourteenpassengers were killed.The bus had just reached

the outskirts of New York Cityon a journey from the Mohe-gan Sun casino in Connecticutwhen the crash happened. The driver told police he

lost control trying to avoid aswerving tractor-trailer.As many as 20 passengers

were treated at area hospitals.Seven were in critical condi-tion, according to police. Sev-eral were in surgery later inthe day.The crash happened at 5:35

a.m., with some of the 31 pas-sengers still asleep. The busscraped along the guard railfor 300 feet, toppled andcrashed into the support polefor a highway sign indicatingthe exit for the HutchinsonParkway.The pole knifed through

the bus front to back along thewindow line, peeling the roofoff all the way to the backtires. Most people aboardwere hurled to the front of thebus on impact, fire chief Ed-ward Kilduff said.The southbound lanes of

the highway were closed forhours while emergency work-ers tended to survivors and re-moved bodies.Chung Ninh, 59, told The

New York Times and NY1News that he had been asleepin his seat, then suddenlyfound himself hanging upside-down from his seat belt, sur-rounded by the dead andscreaming. One man’s armwas severed.Ninh said when he tried to

help one bloodied woman, thedriver told him to stop, be-cause she was dead. “Forget

this one. Help another one,”he said the driver told him. Hesaid he and other passengerswho were able climbed outthrough a skylight.New York Police Commis-

sioner Raymond Kelly said po-lice were still looking for thetruck, which did not stop af-ter the crash. He said thetruck was in a lane to the bus’left, although it was unclearwhether the two vehiclestouched.Kelly said both the bus and

the rig were both moving at “asignificant rate of speed.”Limo driver Homer Mar-

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my God. Oh my God,’ holdingtheir hands on their heads,”Martinez said. “I saw peopletelling other people not to gothere, ‘You don’t want to seethis.’ ”Capt. Matthew Galvin of

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screaming for help,” he said.Some of the dead were tangledup with the living.Though dazed, about seven

people were able to walk awayfrom the wreck on their own,he said. Many of the passengers on

the bus were Chinatown resi-dents. They ranged in agefrom 20 to 50, officials said.The bus driver was “awake

and conscious,” said Dr.Ernest Patti, senior attendingphysician at St. Barnabas Hos-pital.

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Close, but no cigarMinnesota lawmaker a little offon Revolutionary War referencesNASHUA, N.H. (AP) —

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmannof Minnesota stood beforeNew Hampshire Republicanswith a tea bag clutched in herhand Saturday, but her graspon Revolutionary War geogra-phy wasn’t quite as tight.Before headlining a GOP

fundraiser, the possible pres-idential hopeful told a groupof students and conservativeactivists in Manchester,“You’re the state where theshot was heard around theworld in Lexington and Con-cord.”But those first shots of the

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earliest presidential primary,it was another day, anotherMinnesota politician with pos-sible White House aspirations.Bachmann’s trip overlappedone day with former Gov. TimPawlenty’s latest visit, offer-ing voters a glimpse of theircontrasting styles.

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Jerry Wayne DrewLEXINGTON, S.C. — Jer-

ry Wayne Drew, age 71, ofLexington, S.C., formerly ofGold Hill, N.C., died Thurs-

day, March 10,2011.

Mr. Drewwas born inVance County,

a son of the late H.B. “Red”and Mildred Wade Drew.

He served in the UnitedStates Marines, was a retiredelectrician. He was a memberof the Masons, Shriners, theMarine Corps League, Rock-well Amvets #845 and IBEWLocal Union #852.

In addition to his parentsHe was preceded in death bya son, Michael Wayne Drew; astepson, Kurt Smith; and abrother, Tommy Drew.

Survivors include his wife,Margie S. Drew of the home;two daughters, Angel D.Walker of Rockwell andTonya Burgess of Salisbury;two stepsons, Kerry Smithand Karl Smith, both ofLeesville, S.C.; two brothers,Johnny Drew of Gold Hill andBenny Drew of Salisbury;nine grandchildren; and eightgreat-grandchildren.

Visitation and Burial: Thefamily will receive friends onTuesday, March 15, from 5-8p.m. at the Russell-RustyShelter at Gold Hill Park.Burial at the National Ceme-tery in Salisbury, will be heldat a later date.

Culler-McAlhany FuneralHome in North, S.C. is assist-ing the Drew Family. Onlinecondolences may be made atwww.mcalhanyfh.com.

Loran Wagoner SellsSALISBURY — Loran

Wagoner Sells, age 99, of Sal-isbury and formerly of Rock-well, passed away Friday,

March 11,2011, at theLutheranHome at Trini-ty Oaks.

Mrs. Sellswas born onSept. 23, 1911,in Rowan

County, a daughter of the lateSimion Butler and Julia AnnPlyer Wagoner.

Mrs. Sells was educated inthe Rowan County Schoolsand retired from China GroveCotton Mill. She was a mem-ber of Matton's Grove UnitedMethodist Church and a for-mer member of the RockwellSenior Citizens Club.

She was preceded in deathby her first husband, MarvinMoose in 1986, and her sec-ond husband, Columbus Sellsin 1987.

Survivors include son,James A Moose and wife,Sharon of Chuluota, Fla.; anda special niece, Mary AnnAdams of Rockwell.

Visitation: 6-7:30 p.m. Sun-day, March 13, at Powles Fu-neral Home, Rockwell.

Service and Burial: 2 p.m.Monday, March 14, at Mat-ton's Grove United MethodistChurch, Misenheimer, con-ducted by Rev. Tony Bow-man, pastor of HildebranUnited Methodist Church,Hildebran. Mrs. Sells will liein state 30 minutes before theFuneral Service in thechurch. Burial will follow atMatton's Grove UnitedMethodist Church Cemetery.

Memorials: Matton'sGrove United MethodistChurch, PO Box 589, Misen-heimer, NC 28109.

“A special thanks to thestaff and nurses at the Luther-an Home at Trinty Oaks.”

Powles Funeral Home isassisting the Sells Family. On-line condolences made bemade to the Sells Family atwww.powlesfuneralhome.-com.

Lula Bostian WyrickSALISBURY — Lula Bos-

tian Wyrick, age 92 of Salis-bury, passed away on Friday,March 11, 2011, at Rowan Re-

gional MedicalCenter, Salis-bury.

Lula wasborn Sept. 16,1918, in RowanCounty, shewas a daugh-ter of the late

William and Ada Rainey Bos-tian.

Lula was educated in theRowan County Schools, amember of Coburn UnitedMethodist Church, Salisburyand she had retired fromCartex Mills.

In addition to her parents,Lula is also preceded in deathby her husband, Steadman B.Wyrick; son, Ray Wyrick; son-in-law, Cecil Peeler; brothers,Elbert Bostian, Crawford Bos-tian, Bub Bostian, Mose Bos-tian and Lee Bostian; sisters,Edith Cline, Marvin Brown,Addie Gaskey; and twin sis-ter, Lela Bost.

Survivors include sons,Terry Wyrick, (Judy ) of Chi-na Grove, Richard Wyrick,(Doris) of Linwood and LarryWyrick of Salisbury; daugh-ter, Jane Peeler of Lewisville;daughter-in-law, MargaretWyrick; 11 grandchildren; 21great-grandchildren; and twogreat-great-grandchildren.

Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Mon-day, March 14, at Powles Fu-neral Home, Rockwell.

Service and Burial: Funer-al Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday,March 15, at the Powles Fu-neral Home Chapel, conduct-ed by Rev. Steve Sprinkle,pastor of China Grove Churchof God and Rev. Max Shoaf,pastor of Psalms 91, of Tyro.Burial to follow at BrookhillMemorial Gardens, Rockwell.

Powles Funeral Home ofRockwell is assisting theWyrick family. Online condo-lences may be made towww.powlesfuneralhome.-com.

Mary Geneva MillsKANNAPOLIS — Mary

Geneva (Jane) Purser Mills,92, of Kannapolis, died March11, 2011, at Five Oaks Nursing

Center. She was

born May 10,1918, in UnionCounty, thedaughter ofthe late Juliusand LauraNelia Baucom

Purser. She retired from Cannon

Mills Co., Sheet Dept in 1981after 40 years.

She was a faithful memberof Sharon Baptist Church inConcord. She was well knownfor her cooking and especiallyher vegetable soup.

She was preceded in deathby her husband, A.Z. Mills in1981; and 17 brothers and sis-ters.

She is survived by herdaughter, Frances MillsHeglar (Donald) of Kannapo-lis; three granddaughters,Tammy Williams of Mt.Pleasant, Donna Walls (Ray)of Kannapolis and DebbieEfird (Darrell) of ChinaGrove; seven great-grandchil-dren, Justin Wyatt (Alisha),Jessica Efird Helms (Daniel),Brittany Wyatt and fiancéAdam, Macy Walls, MichaelWalls, Amanda Williams,Josiah Efird; and one great-great-grandchild, BrayleeHelms .

Service and Burial: Funer-al services will be at 2:30 p.m.Monday, March 14, at Whit-ley's Funeral Home Chapel,officiated by Dr. JamesStrickland. Burial will followat Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: The family willreceive friends from 1-2:30p.m. at funeral home prior toservice.

Memorials: Memorialsmay be made to Sharon Bap-tist Church, 2628 Shady Lane,Concord, NC 28027.

Online condolences may beleft at www.whitleysfuneral-home.com.

Nina Snipes AtheyCOOLEEMEE — Nina

Snipes Athey, age 76, of DukeStreet, went home to be withher Lord on Friday, March 11,2011, at Forsyth Medical Cen-ter in Winston-Salem.

Born July 23, 1934, in Er-win, to the late Cecil and Thel-ma Johnson Snipes.

Nina was retired fromCelanese and was of the Pres-byterian faith.

She was a big sports fan,especially of the CarolinaTarheels and also lovedwatching NBA basketball andJeff Gordon race.

In addition to her parents,she was preceded in death byher husband, Robert “Bob” C.Athey, Sr.; and a brother, Kei-th Snipes.

Survivors include fourchildren, Robert C. “R.C”Athey & Jodi of Farmington,Janet Athey Durant & Mike ofLexington, Mildred “Cindy”Athey Gaskins of Cooleemeeand Randy C. Athey & Susanof Mocksville; her pop,George P. “Phil” Johnson ofErwin; three brothers, WorthSnipes & Janice of Erwin,Allen Snipes & Diane ofCooleemee and Terry Snipes& Linda of Salisbury; one sis-ter, Debbie Jones & Donald ofRaleigh; four sisters-in-law,Nancy Snipes of Erwin,Sharon Athey of Mocksville,Rilla Athey of Cooleemee andJean Phelps of Salisbury; 11grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and manybeloved nieces & nephews.

Service and Burial: A fu-neral service will be conduct-ed at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March15, at Eaton Funeral Chapelwith the Rev. David Snipesand the Rev. Cheryl Skinnerofficiating. Interment will fol-low in Rowan Memorial Parkin Salisbury.

Visitation: The family willreceive friends from 6-8 p.m.on Monday, March 14, at thefuneral home.

Memorials: The family re-quests that memorials be con-sidered for charity of theirchoice.

Online condolences may bemade at www.eatonfuner-alservice.com.

Mrs. Betty Trexler Hicklin3:00 PM - Monday

Salem Lutheran ChurchVisitation: 1:30 - 3 PM Mon.

-Mr. Cleveland Eugene

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Kathy Eagle PattersonSALISBURY — Kathy Ea-

gle Patterson, age 55 of Salis-bury, passed away on Satur-day, March 12, 2011, at herresidence. Funeral arrange-ments are incomplete at thistime, Powles Funeral Home isassisting the Patterson Fami-ly.

Our Sincere ThanksThe family of the Late

Mrs. Marcie Pledger Long wishes to extend their sincerestappreciation and gratitude to all.

Your comforting prayers, thoughtsand deeds have a been a blessing.

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- Army Spc. Jason M. Weaver, 22, ofAnaheim, Calif., died March 3 in Kanda-har province, Afghanistan, of woundssuffered when insurgents attacked hisunit using an improvised explosive de-vice.

--------- Marine Cpl. Jordan R. Stanton, 20, of

Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., diedMarch 4 while conducting combat oper-ations in Helmand province,Afghanistan.

--------- Army Staff Sgt. Mark C. Wells, 31,

of San Jose, Calif., died March 5 in Hel-mand province, Afghanistan, of woundssuffered when insurgents attacked hisunit with an improvised explosive de-vice.

--------- Army Pfc. Kalin C. Johnson, 19, of

Lexington, S.C., died March 8 in Kanda-har province, Afghanistan, of injuriessustained in a non-combat incident.

--------- Army Cpl. Loren M. Buffalo, 20, of

Mountain Pine, Ark., died March 9 inKandahar province of wounds sufferedwhen enemy forces attacked his unitwith an improvised explosive device.

Doris Jean Combs HillSALISBURY — Doris Jean

Combs Hill, 66, of Salisbury,went to be with the Lord onThursday, March 10, 2011, at

Rowan Re-gional MedicalCenter.

BornMarch 24,1944, in RowanCounty, shewas thedaughter of

the late Lillie May LineberryCombs and Henry LesterCombs.

She attended Boyden HighSchool and was of the Baptistfaith.

Preceding her in deathwere her son, Terry Hill, whodied Sept. 30, 2002; and hersisters, Margaret Combs andArlene Stoner.

Survivors include her hus-band, Walter "Gene" Hill,whom she married Jan. 24,1970; a brother, Frank Combs(June) of Illinois; a sister, Mil-dred Moore of Salisbury; andnumerous nieces andnephews.

She was a loving wife andsister and a friend to all whoknew her.

Visitation and Service:Visitation is 9:30-10:30 a.m.Monday, March 14 at LyerlyFuneral Home; and at othertimes, the family will be ather home. The service will be-gin at 11 a.m. in the James C.Lyerly Chapel with the Rev.Ed Bitner officiating.

Memorials: National Kid-ney Foundation of N.C., Inc.,P.O. Box 2383, Chapel Hill,NC 27514.

Lyerly Funeral Home isserving the Hill family. On-line condolences may bemade at www.lyerlyfuneral-home.com

Betty Sue HicklinSALISBURY — Betty Sue

Trexler Hicklin, age 82, ofSalisbury, passed away Fri-day, March 11, 2011,

at Rowan Re-gional MedicalCenter.

Mrs. Hick-lin was bornSept. 1, 1928,in RowanCounty, thedaughter of

the late Georgia BarringerTrexler and N.A. Trexler.

She graduated from Boy-den High School and retiredfrom the City of CharlotteMotor Transport.

She was a member ofSalem Lutheran Church,Rufty Senior Center, Char-lotte Mecklenburg Retire-ment Association and StateRetirement Association.

Betty, Bette, Mom, Mam-Maw was many things tomany people. She enjoyedmusic, traveling, the moun-tains, sharing memories withher sisters and nieces, bustrips, good fitting shoes andnot cooking.

She is preceded in death byher parents, Narvey andGeorgie Trexler; sister,Muriel McGinnis; brotherJames Trexler; and son, Don-ald Pierce King Jr.

She is survived by her hus-band of 40 years, Albert Hick-lin; sons, Richard Mark(Kathy) and David Drew(Kim) King; daughter-in-law,Phyllis King; grandchildren,Carol, Kristen, Kelly, Can-dance, Christopher and Con-nie; eight great-grandchil-dren; one great-great-grand-child; and sisters, WilburnTaylor (Joe) and Sarah Dren-non.

Visitation: 1:30-3 p.m. Mon-day, March 14, at SalemLutheran Church.

Service and Burial: 3 p.m.Monday at Salem EvangelicalLutheran Church conductedby Rev. Doug Hefner withburial to follow at RowanMemorial Park.

Memorials: In lieu of flow-ers, tributes can be made tothe Alzheimer's Association,Western Carolina Chapter,3800 Shamrock Dr., Charlotte,NC 28215-3220 or SalemEvangelical Lutheran Church,5080 Sherrills Ford Rd., Salis-bury, NC 28147.

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COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — KathyKinane and her husband walked intothe upscale Waterfront restaurantwearing snorkeling gear, a joking ref-erence to the recent rain and risingwater levels outside the eatery housedon a barge.They almost needed it. The Ki-

nanes and 81 others found themselvesfloating downstream on the Ohio Riv-er during the dinner rush Friday nightwhen the restaurant broke from itsmoorings. All had to be rescued oneby one with a makeshift gangplank ofladders and ropes after the boat cameto rest against a bridge about 100 feetdownriver.“We were joking about the river,”

Kathy Kinane told the AssociatedPress on Saturday morning. “Well, thejoke’s on us now.”Officials said the hours-long res-

cue was orderly and calm. Womenwere rescued first, then the men. Onepatron would climb down the gang-plank wearing a life jacket, whichwould then be sent back up for thenext person. Kathy Kinane said shehad to take off her heels to make herway down. Among those rescued wasformer Cincinnati Bengals wide re-ceiver Cris Collinsworth, Covingtonfire Capt. Chris Kiely said.Collinsworth, a pro football com-

mentator for NBC, has long been as-sociated with Waterfront owner andrestaurateur Jeff Ruby. On the water-front’s menu for $40 is the “Steak

Collinsworth,” along with other steaksand high-end entrees including lob-ster, sea bass and tuna. The restau-rant is one of several on the river inCovington, just across from Cincin-nati.Kinane and her husband, Bill —

frequent patrons of the Waterfront —had arrived around 7:30 p.m. and lis-tened to music for a while before join-ing another couple at a table for din-ner. They were finishing up around10:15 when they felt an ominousbump. Kinane said her husbandpeered out the window and saw thatthe barge was moving with the fast-paced current. They had eaten therebefore with the water levels rising,but the boat had always remained inplace. “That was not a good thing,”she said. “We said, ‘Let’s get up andleave.’ ”However, they found a crowd near

the exit. The walkway ramp had bro-ken loose from shore, and the patronshad no way of getting off the barge.TV footage showed diners pacingaboard the boat as firefighters put to-gether the makeshift bridge above thewater, which was swirling with bro-ken tree limbs and other debris.Kiely said several patrons had used

cell phones to call for help. The pow-er never went out, and tugboats andemergency crews arrived quickly, Ki-nane said.The barge started moving when a

main cable came loose, leaving the

remaining cables to handle morepressure than they could withstand,said Covington Fire Chief ChuckNorris.The barge came to rest against a

bridge that spans the river, thoughthe U.S. Coast Guard and other work-ers were still working Saturday tokeep the boat secure until it could betowed back to its proper place. TheCoast Guard and other boats workedto keep the restaurant in place untilit could be moved — and it was un-clear when that would happen, saidU.S. Coast Guard Lt. Rob Reinhart.The river was already at least 3 feet

above flood stage, according to theNational Weather Service.Traffic flowed normally across

the bridge, and trains moved on anadjacent track uninterrupted.“If the bridge wasn’t there it could

have traveled down the river quite aways,” said Rob Carlisle, co-ownerof C&B Marine of Covington, whichhad dispatched a towboat to help se-cure the restaurant’s front end.Reinhart said the restaurant like-

ly would be heavily damaged if itbroke free again because the top ofthe barge stands higher than the bot-tom of the bridge.

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Howard Ray OvercashKANNAPOLIS — Howard

Ray Overcash, age 83, of 911N. Juniper Ave., Kannapolis,died at his home on Friday,

March 11,2011, after abrief illness.

Mr. Over-cash was bornin RowanCounty on July24, 1927, theson of the late

Purlee Britton Overcash andthe late Gracie Keller Over-cash.

Mr. Overcash was a mem-ber of The Kingdom Hall ofJehovah's Witnesses of Kan-napolis for 60 years. He loveddoing God's will and enjoyedtalking to people about God'spromises for the future. Henever met a stranger and wasalways ready to share a jokeor riddle.

He was a fixer with Can-non Mills Co. almost 50 yearsand after his retirement, heworked at A&P and Food Lion.He enjoyed fishing, watchingbaseball and racing and allthe “boy things” and dearlyloved spending time with hisfamily.

In addition to his parents,he is preceded in death by hiswife, Dorothy Jean BroadwayOvercash.

Survivors include his son,Kelly Overcash of ChinaGrove; his daughter, PatriciaO. James and husband,Claude of Yadkinville; fivegrandchildren, Cody Over-cash, Aaron Spivey, AllisonGrose, Lauren Callahan andAshley James; nine great-grandchildren; and threebrothers, Glenn Overcash,Leon Overcash and MarvinOvercash.

Service: A memorial ser-vice for Mr. Overcash will beheld at, the Kingdom Hall ofJehovah's Witnesses at 2 p.m.,Saturday, March 19, conduct-ed by Minister Willie Cham-bers.

Online condolences can beleft at www.whitleysfuneral-home.com.

Cleveland E. CampbellGRANITE QUARRY —

Cleveland Eugene “Gene”Campbell, age 72, of GraniteQuarry, died Saturday, March12, 2011, at Wake Forest Uni-versity Baptist Medical Cen-ter, Winston-Salem. Mr.Campbell will remain at theSummersett Funeral Homepending completion of funeralarrangements.

Timothy Wiseman, Sr.CHINA GROVE — Timo-

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TOKYO (AP) — Inside the troubled nuclear pow-er plant, officials knew the risks were high whenthey decided to vent radioactive steam from a se-verely overheated reactor vessel. They knew a hy-drogen explosion could occur, and it did. The deci-sion still trumped the worst-case alternative — to-tal nuclear meltdown.At least for the time being.The chain of events started Friday when a mag-

nitude-8.9 earthquake and tsunami severed elec-tricity to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex170 miles northeast of Tokyo, crippling its coolingsystem. Then, backup power did not kick in prop-erly at one of its units.From there, conditions steadily worsened, al-

though government and nuclear officials initiallysaid things were improving. Hours after the explo-sion, they contended that radiation leaks were re-duced and that circumstances had gotten better atthe 460-megawatt Unit 1. But crisis after crisis con-tinued to develop or be revealed.Without power, and without plant pipes and

pumps that were destroyed in the explosion of themost-troubled reactor’s containment building, au-thorities resorted to drawing seawater in an at-tempt to cool off the overheated uranium fuel rods.Robert Alvarez, senior scholar at the Institute

for Policy Studies and former senior policy advis-er to the U.S. secretary of energy, said in a brief-ing for reporters that the seawater was a desper-ate measure. “It’s a Hail Mary pass,” he said.He said that the success of using seawater and

boron to cool the reactor will depend on the vol-ume and rate of their distribution. He said the dous-ing would need to continue nonstop for days.

No one knows yet how many people died in thedisaster. Police found 200 to 300 bodies on beach-es near Sendai but were still assessing the devas-tation in the northeastern port of 1 million people.Japan’s overall death toll stood at 686, though thegovernment said the eventual tally could far ex-ceed 1,000.

Gadhafi pushes ahead front line asArab League calls for no-fly zoneRAS LANOUF, Libya (AP) — The world moved

a step closer to a decision on imposing a no-fly zoneover Libya but Moammar Gadhafi was swiftly ad-vancing Saturday on the poorly equipped and loose-ly organized rebels who have seized much of the

country.Gadhafi’s forces pushed the front line miles

deeper into rebel territory and violence erupted atthe front door of the opposition stronghold in east-ern Libya, where an Al-Jazeera cameraman slainin an ambush became the first journalist killed inthe nearly monthlong conflict.In Cairo, the Arab League asked the U.N. Secu-

rity Council to impose a no-fly zone to protect therebels, increasing pressure on the U.S. and otherWestern powers to take action that most have ex-pressed deep reservations about.In surprisingly swift action and aggressive lan-

guage, the 22-member Arab bloc said after an emer-gency meeting that the Libyan government had“lost its sovereignty.” It asked the United Nationsto “shoulder its responsibility ... to impose a no-flyzone over the movement of Libyan military planesand to create safe zones in the places vulnerableto airstrikes.”Western diplomats have said Arab and African

approval was necessary before the Security Coun-cil voted on imposing a no-fly zone, which wouldbe imposed by NATO nations to protect civiliansfrom air attack by Gadhafi’s forces.

American in Cuba gets 15 years afterconviction on crimes against stateHAVANA (AP) — A Cuban court on Saturday

found U.S. contractor Alan Gross guilty of crimesagainst the state and sentenced him to 15 years inprison, a verdict that brought a swift and stronglyworded condemnation from Washington.The court said prosecutors had proved that

Gross, 61, was working on a “subversive” programpaid for by the United States that aimed to bring

down Cuba’s revolutionary system. Prosecutorshad sought a 20-year jail term.Gloria Berbena, a spokeswoman for the U.S.

diplomatic mission on the island, termed the de-cision “appalling” and called on Cuba to releaseGross immediately.“We reject and deplore this ruling,” she told

The Associated Press. “It is appalling that theCuban government seeks to criminalize what mostof the world deems normal, in this case access toinformation and technology.”Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the White

House’s National Security Council, said the rul-ing “adds another injustice to Alan Gross’ ordeal.”

Calif. prosecutor was working despite warrant for his arrest

MERCED, Calif. (AP) — A prosecutor for acentral California county has resigned after hissuperiors discovered he had been working despitea nearly-year-old warrant for his arrest.The Merced Sun-Star reports that a bench war-

rant for the arrest of Merced County Deputy Dis-trict Attorney Matthew Shelton was issued lastApril for failing to appear in court for speedingand driving on a suspended license.Yet Shelton continued working, handling mis-

demeanors and felony cases, including a homi-cide. Police alerted his office about the warranton March 2.The newspaper says the 43-year-old may have

broken laws prosecuting cases while suspendedby the State Bar in 2008. He had been with the of-fice since 2007.District Attorney Larry Morse says Shelton

never brought up the warrant or suspension.

Talk of meltdownsurrounds crippled reactoroutside Tokyo

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a tsunami-drifted house sits below a bridge in sendai, Miyagi prefecture, on saturday morning afterthe strongest recorded earthquake ever to hit Japan caused damage along its eastern coast Friday.

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a woman walks down a fire ladder, used as an improvised ramp, as cus-tomers were off-loaded from Jeff ruby’s Waterfront in covington, Ky., aftermoorings broke loose.diners used cell phones to call for help Friday night.

For fishermen, ‘It’s going to be hard to recover’CRESCENT CITY, Calif. (AP) —

Fishermen who had escaped to sea be-fore the tsunami hit this strugglingcoastal town landed small loads ofcrab on Saturday, while crews sur-veyed damage and a family combedthe beach for any sign of a man whowas swept away a day ago as he pho-tographed the waves.“This harbor is the lifeblood of our

community and the soul of our com-munity,” said Del Norte County Sher-iff Dean Wilson as he looked acrosswhat was left of the Crescent City boatbasin, which last year saw landings ofcrab and fish worth $12.5 million. “Thefishing industry is the identity andsoul of this community, besidestourism.“It’s going to be hard to recover

here.”A series of powerful surges gener-

ated by the devastating earthquake inJapan arrived about 7:30 a.m. Fridayand pounded the harbor through theday and night. Waves funneled into thesheltered docks created furious cur-

rents that heaved up docks, brokeloose boats, and sent them careeningaround like billiard balls.Eight are believed sunk, and one

damaged. An unmanned sailboatsucked out of the harbor ran agroundon the coast.Among the losses was Dustin We-

ber of Bend, Ore., who was sweptaway Friday as he and two friendswatched the waves. His father, JonWeber, and his family searched thebeach Saturday about 20 miles to thesouth, in the community of Klamath.“He just didn’t respect the ocean

and didn’t understand the tsunami,”Weber said of his son. “The (firstsurge) hit about 7:30. It was the sec-ond wave that hit at 9:30 that got him.”The Coast Guard has suspended the

search for the 25-year-old man, whosefriends had tried to save him when thesurge came.Meanwhile, crews geared up for

the enormous task of assessing andfixing the damage to the city’s port,where a sheen of oil floated on the wa-

ter in the basin. Seagulls feasted onmussels exposed by upended docks,and sea lions barked. About 80 percentof the docks that once sheltered 140boats were gone.Divers could not go into the water

and workboats could not maneuver un-til the tsunami surges were complete-ly over, said Alexia Retallack, aspokeswoman for the California De-partment of Fish and Game. Local of-ficials were keeping a close eye onJapan through the weekend, knowingthat aftershocks could cause anothertidal surge.About 350 miles south in Santa

Cruz, the only other California harborhard-hit by the waves, the commercialfishing industry was minimally affect-ed. Most of the 850 boats that dock inSanta Cruz were pleasure boats, in-cluding 60 which are lived in full time.Cranes hauled up sunken boats —

some possibly salvageable, otherssnapped into pieces — while crews inlife jackets and rubber boots wadednear the shore, yanking chunks of bro-

ken docks, floating hunks of foamand other trash from the water.Divers with scuba tanks assessed

structural damage to snapped andtipping pylons, and a Coast Guardhelicopter hovered above, searchingfor oil sheens and other contamina-tion.Port Director Lisa Ekers said the

tsunami caused at least $17.1 millionin damage to the harbor, and anoth-er $4 million to private boats. Gov.Jerry Brown issued an emergencydeclaration for the harbor, which canexpedite funding for repairs.One dock, with close to 40 boats,

was ripped out during the surges. Sofar, they had found 18 vessels “sit-ting on the bottom,” creating an en-vironmental risk from leaking fuel,Ekers said.A dock-load of high end rowing

boats and kayaks also was washedaway, and dozens more boats thatsmashed into each other or were hitby debris, would need major re-pairs.

WASHINGTON (AP) —Father of two girls, PresidentBarack Obama says he wantsto improve the status ofwomen in the United States.Women are more likely

than men to graduate fromcollege today, yet earn less onaverage, face a greaterchance of living in povertyand are outnumbered in crit-ical subjects such as mathand science, he said in hisweekly radio and online ad-dress Saturday.“Achieving equality and

opportunity for women isn’tjust important to me as pres-ident. It’s something I careabout deeply as the father oftwo daughters who wants tosee his girls grow up in aworld where there are no lim-its to what they can achieve,”he said.Obama noted that one of

his first acts as president wasto sign legislation allowingwomen who’ve been discrim-inated against in theirsalaries to have their day incourt.Obama said he was disap-

pointed when the Senateblocked action on a proposalthat would treat gender dis-crimination involving pay inthe same as race, disabilityand age discrimination. The Senate in November

fell just short of the votesneeded to overcome GOP op-position.

Obama: No lettingup in fight forwomen’s equality

Dinner on the waterfront turns trickyas Kentucky restaurant’s moorings fail

HARRAH, Okla. (AP) —Cass Smith’s friends dugthrough the rubble of his fire-ravaged home Saturday andwere able to salvage a fewvaluables, including the ringshe and his wife exchanged ontheir wedding day and anoth-er ring that belonged to his fa-ther.“You don’t realize how

much nothing is until you havenothing,” said Smith, a citycouncil member in the Okla-homa City suburb of Harrah,where 30 homes were de-stroyed Friday by wind-driv-en wildfires.Gov. Mary Fallin and U.S.

Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla.,toured the area on Saturday.The governor urged home-owners to contact relief or-ganizations and take advan-tage of other emergency serv-ices while they wait for theirinsurance claims.A total of 49 homes were

destroyed in Oklahoma, andeight others were gutted inseparate fires in Texas.Officials said no major

fires continued to burn, al-though there were still somehotspots and smoky areas.Thousands of acres werecharred in both states, but nomajor injuries were reported.Texas Forest Service

spokeswoman April Saginordescribed Saturday as a dayfor mop-up operations. Allfires in the state were expect-ed to be fully contained byevening.“Today is a day where we

could go in and get everythingcleaned up from yesterday,”she said. “We don’t expect ex-treme fire danger for the nextfew days.”

In one Harrah neighbor-hood near the junior highschool, the damage was incon-sistent, with fire destroyingone house but leaving thehome next door untouched.Even though his home was

destroyed, Harrah residentDon Hatchett was happy thathis wife and six grandchildrenwere OK. “You just make thebest of it,” Hatchett said. “Wegot the grandkids out. Wewere lucky.”

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days before some people — especially thosein hard-hit areas of northern New Jersey —will be able to get back home. And others mayneed to be evacuated if somemajor regional waterwayscrest as expected this morn-ing.“This is not a game. This is

real. If you can, please seekhigher ground now,” PatersonMayor Jeffery Jones told res-idents on Saturday, warningthem that it could take at leasttwo days for the Passaic Riv-er to completely recede.Jones said he expects that

roughly 1,500 residents willhave to be evacuated fromtheir homes on Sunday, andthat shelters were being set upand six fire department res-cue boats would be availableto help residents if needed.Jones was among dozens of

officials from Maryland to Maine who weremonitoring rivers, creeks and streams thathad or were poised to overflow their banks,causing more hardships for communitieswhere major flooding forced hundreds of peo-ple from their homes.But by late Saturday afternoon, the only

major problems areas appeared to be in por-tions of New Jersey, New York and Pennsyl-vania. And Mother Nature appeared to be giv-ing the region a break: The National WeatherService said no major rains were expectedthere for several days, giving those areas achance to dry out after the waterways dropback below flood levels.But that provided little relief for evacuat-

ed residents who remained in shelters on Sat-urday, unsure of when they would be able to

return home and how much damage the floodshad caused.”This is getting to be a regular occurrence,

a greatly unwelcome regular occurrence,”said Mary Beth Thompson of Little Falls, whowas temporarily staying with friends in cen-tral New Jersey and checking television cov-erage and the Internet for weather updates.“This is my third time flooded out, and it

seems to make me more anx-ious each time.”New York state from Man-

hattan to the Canadian borderwas under a flood watch asheavy rains and melting snowclosed roads. And there weremajor concerns in New Eng-land that rising waters couldbreak up river ice, creating icejams that can cause flooding.The Coast Guard said it

started its springtime ice-breaking ritual Saturday onthe Kennebec River, and willcontinue through Tuesday toreduce the risk of propertydamage.Meanwhile, flooding along

the rain-swollen SusquehannaRiver in northeastern Pennsyl-

vania caused some road closures Saturdayand sent water into some basements, but noserious problems were reported.Police in Pittsburgh had set up detours for

revelers coming into the city for Saturdaymorning’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. The de-tours were to help motorists avoid flooding inthe low-lying sections of Interstate 376 alongthe Monongahela, though the waters had start-ed receding by early Saturday afternoon.The flooding was blamed for at least two

deaths.A 74-year-old Pennsylvania man’s car was

swept into Swatara Creek on Thursday in PineGrove, about 75 miles northwest of Philadel-phia. And a woman drowned in Ohio on Fri-day after getting out of her car in a ditch inWilliams County.

More rivers expected to cresttoday in flood-weary New Jersey

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the chicago river is dyed green ahead of the annual st. patrick’s day parade saturday inthe Windy city. st. patrick’s day is thursday.

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Fire destroys 49 homes in Okla.;eight others gutted in Texas

Homeless orderedout of encampmentat Virginia BeachVIRGINIA BEACH, Va.

(AP) — Virginia Beach offi-cials have ordered morethan 20 homeless people tovacate their encampment onproperty where two office-warehouse buildings are tobe built.Andrew Friedman, direc-

tor of the Housing andNeighborhood PreservationDepartment, said the prop-erty’s owners and nearbyresidents had raised safetyconcerns. The homelesspeople were told to clear outby today.According to the Virgin-

ian-Pilot, a preservationboard report says city offi-cials and neighborhood res-idents have said the peoplewho live in the “tent city”leave trash that is being dis-persed into a nearby marshand area waterways.Mounds of garbage bagscould be seen there Friday.

“This is my third timeflooded out, and itseems to make me

more anxious eachtime.”

MARY BETH THOMPSONresident of Little Falls, N.J.

Miller Davis Inc. and Sharp Capital Group LLCof Salisbury have established 3Dudes ProductionsLLC, an events production com-pany.

3Dudes Productions plans toproduce several regional showsthis year, including a new lineupfor Miller Davis Productions’Brick Street Live concert seriesin Salisbury, a Cinco de Mayo fes-tival in Charlotte and a regionalbeer fest in late summer.

“We are focusing our resourceson putting together top-notchevents,” said Mike Miller, presi-dent of Miller Davis. Last year,Miller Davis Productions organ-ized six concerts in the BrickStreet Live series. This year, un-der 3Dudes Productions, the se-ries will be expanded to other lo-cations in Salisbury with weekendevents added.

“Event production adds uniquediversity to our portfolio holdings,allows us to maintain our region-al focus and fills a void in the marketplace,” saidSkip Wood, co-founder and managing principal ofSharp Capital.

One Property Source adds SpatialMatch to website

KANNAPOLIS — One Property Source has in-tegrated the SpatialMatch neighborhood andlifestyle search engine its website.

Spatial Match is a map-based search withneighborhood and property search tool that incor-porate what a homebuyer needs.

“We’re very excited about One Property Sourcejoining our list of inno-vative real estate com-panies who want to of-fer their customers themost advanced ‘MLSwith lifestyle’ searchtechnology on the mar-ket,” said John Perkins,CEO of Home Junc-tions Inc., which devel-oped SpatialMatch. “Itdemonstrates OneProperty Source’s commitment to providing home-buyers with the best tools to find the right housewith the right lifestyle amenities.”

Paul Bessent, chief operating officer of OneProperty Source, said, “We are delighted to haveSpatialMatch as one of the many tools at our cus-tomers’ disposal to help them decide which prop-erty is right for them. SpatialMatch brings un-precedented levels of information on everythingfrom where they shop, eat out and go for enter-tainment, as well as determining if the neighbor-hood offers a good value in comparison to otherrecent sales.”

SpatialMatch can search a neighborhood foramenities such as schools, churches, parks, restau-rants, etc.

For more information, contact Bessent [email protected].

Allstate’s Hadi Rookie of Year for the state

CONCORD — Omar Hadi hasbeen recognized by Allstate Insur-ance Company as the Rookie ofthe Year for North Carolina.

Hadi has been an Allstate agentsince 2009, when he opened hisagency in Concord. He opened asecond office in Charlotte on Oct.1.

He can be reached at 704- 455-5977 or [email protected].

Attorney among magazine’s ‘Enterprising Women of the Year’

Kannapolis native Janet Ward Black, a Greens-boro attorney, has been named to the 2011 classof “Enterprising Women of the Year,” a globalcompetition sponsored by Enter-prising Women magazine, OfficeDepot and the Women’s BusinessEnterprise National Council. Theaward was to be presented Thurs-day in Boca Raton, Fla.

Award recipients were nomi-nated by their peers and reviewedby the Enterprising Women Advi-sory Board. Successful candidatesmanage fast-growth businesses,mentor or actively support otherwomen and girls involved in entrepreneurship andstand out as leaders in their communities.

Black has been involved in initiatives to nur-ture female entrepreneurs across the Triad. “Wehave so many bright, young ladies here that willbe the future Enterprising Women of the Year,”she said. “I applaud their efforts.”

Southeast Pain Care partners withStanly Regional Medical Center

ALBEMARLE — Southeast Pain Care, a divi-sion of the national medical group American Anes-

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Tax filing season is a great time to eval-uate your current financial situation andreview your financial goals. One of thosegoals should involve saving for retirement.Having adequate savings can mean the dif-ference between living comfortably andstruggling in retirement. There are a num-ber of things you can do now to achieveyour savings goals and reduce your tax li-ability at the same time.

Participate in your employer’s 401(k) or403(b) plan— Your contributions to a 401(k)or 403 (b) plan are made on a pre-tax basis,which reduces your taxable income. Someemployers will match your contribution upto a specified level. Make the most of thisfree money from your employer.

Contribute to an Individual Retirement Ac-count (IRA) — You can still reduce your tax-able income for the 2010 tax year by con-tributing to a Traditional IRA by the April18 filing deadline. Your local bank or cred-it union can give you additional informa-tion on opening an Individual RetirementAccount.

Use your tax refund to jumpstart your sav-ings goals— Open a savings account. Havea portion of your tax refund deposited intoan interest bearing savings account with afinancial institution. Make a commitmentto put a small amount of your paycheck intosavings each pay period.

Avoid decisions that result in tax penalties— Consult with your plan’s benefit admin-istrator or your tax advisor before makingany withdrawals from retirement accounts.Resist the temptation to take early with-drawals from your 401K plan to address afinancial crisis. While it may provide im-mediate relief, an early withdrawal carriesa heavy tax penalty in most cases.

Regardless of your income level, you cantake action now to help you prepare for amore comfortable future. The earlier youstart following a savings plan, the morelikely you are to have enough assets to en-joy a financially secure retirement.

For a semester at least, I’m back atschool. Emily Ford and I havebeen taking turns every Wednes-

day sitting in, then filing a Sunday busi-ness page report, on the discussions

taking place in a person-al finance class taughtby Professor Al Carterand Food Lion co-founder Ralph Ketner.

Ketner, who is a ro-bust 90, would disagreethat he’s doing muchteaching. But he alwayshas a good story to lendand advice to give theCatawba College stu-dents. He also has 70years of experience onthem and, believe me,

that’s worth something.Ketner recently shared with me a

letter he received from Ben Baker, whoteaches an annual personal financeworkshop for Davidson College seniors.Davidson has offered this daylong sem-inar for its senior class for more than10 years, and attendance averagesabout 130 kids — out of a class of ap-proximately 430.

“So it is clear that the young folkswant to learn these skills,” Baker toldKetner. “I will never understand whyour education system puts so little val-ue on practical things. While other sub-jects are extremely important, an un-derstanding of finance and personal re-sponsibility has a direct impact on thequality of life of everyone.”

Baker wished Ketner good luck withhis course.

Ketner personally remains amazedhe can stand in front of any audience.There was a time, when he was attend-ing Tri-State College in Angola, Ind.,that he suffered from what he calls se-vere stage fright. It probably kept himfrom graduating.

Ketner easily navigated his account-ing and advanced auditing courses, buthe couldn’t handle the required publicspeaking. He took the course five times,and dropped it every time it was histurn to make a speech.

He eventually ran out of money andreturned home, six months shy of a de-gree. The interesting thing is Ketnerlater did his own television commer-cials for Food Town (Food Lion) to savethe company from paying “talent.”

I think it was a woman Food Townshopper who famously told Ketner hewas so bad in those commercials he hadto be telling the truth about saving hermoney on her food bill.

Ketner eventually conquered hisstage fright and has always deliveredan interesting talk. In his most recentclass, the topic turned to going for jobinterviews, and Ketner rememberedhow nervous he had been as a young

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Chef Lo grills hibachi steak at Am’s thai-tokyo restaurant in Kannapolis.

Restaurant offers internationalcuisine with a flavor all its own

BY ROBIN PERRYFor the Salisbury Post

KANNAPOLIS —Son and Phongare back in busi-

ness. For those of youwho remember theRoyal Thai Steakhousein Kannapolis, that isgood news. For thosewho don’t remember,their new eatery, Am’sThai-Tokyo is open at1403 N. Cannon Blvd,serving up authenticThai and Japanesedishes that will pleasethe Thai food lover andwin over the novicewho hasn’t tried it yet.

Sykesone “Son” andSomphong “Phong”Chamnangam, alongwith family members,are back in the restaurant business andhappy to be there. Originally from Laos,Son met her future husband, Phong, at arefugee camp where he was a cook.Their country was at war then and theywere both teenagers. For the next eightyears or so, Phong traveled to Egypt andBangkok, working in restaurants and ho-

tels. Son came withher parents to theUnited States and set-tled in Salisbury.Phong joined them andthey were married.Both have workedhard to support thefamily. And they havebeen very grateful forthe opportunity to livein the United States.They enjoy giving backto the community, andSon does not know astranger. She truly en-joys talking and work-ing with the customer.She makes them feelwelcome immediately

Thai food has a fla-vor all its own, andmany mistakenly thinkthat it is spicy. It is notspicy, though hot and

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If you have been diagnosed with High Blood Pressure andType 2 Diabetes together, you may be eligible toparticipate in a voluntary clinical research study to evaluatethe efficacy and safety of (FDA approved drugs) aliskirenplus valsartan, compared to valsartan and placebo(inactive substance) for lowering high blood pressure. To qualify, you must Be at least 18 years old, Have stableType 2 Diabetes, Be willing to stop current blood pressuremedication.While participating, the following will be provided at nocost: Study Medication, Study-Related Lab Tests, Study-Related Physical Exams, Study-Related Blood PressureSupplies.Qualified participants may be provided financialcompensation for time and travel.

Do you have Gout withPainful Gout Flare-Ups?Gout Clinical Research Study

PMG Research of Salisbury is conducting aresearch study to see if an investigational drugcan lower uric acid levels in the body (high uricacid can cause gout).

If you have a history of gout or are currentlyexperiencing gout symptoms, you may qualify toparticipate in this research study.

Study participants will receive all related care atno charge, including physical exams, lab servicesand study drug.

Qualified participants may be compensated fortime & travel.

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thesiology, is partnering with Stanly Regional Medical Cen-ter to open a new location Tuesday on the hospital campus,301 Yadkin St.

Founded in Charlotte in 1997, Southeast Pain Care treatsback pain, diabetic neuropathy and others using interven-tional pain techniques that include nerve blocks, radiofre-quency and spinal cord stimulators.

The Stanly County location is the organization’s 13th inthe Southeast.

Southeast Pain Care accepts self-referrals for patientssuffering from sciatica, headaches, migraines, arthritis, fi-bromyalgia, shingles and others. To learn more, call 704-983-0081 or visit www.sepaincare.com.

Freightliner introduces SmartPlex electrical system, sales tool for iPad

Freightliner Trucks has introduced the SmartPlex elec-trical system for the Freightliner 114SD and Business ClassM2 platforms.

The SmartPlex system uses Freightliner’s proprietarycontrol modules that connect to the J1939 data bus, control-ling power to lights and other equipment. The SmartPlexflex switch and lamp module has a capacity for up to 24switches located in the overhead compartment – which canbe installed, programmed and labeled for specific bodyneeds.

Freightliner also announced a new sales tool app for iPad.Developed and provided to Freightliner Trucks dealers, theFreightliner app provides a resource for technical and op-erational information that encompasses the entire Freight-liner Trucks product line. It hosts a catalog of product de-tails, including truck model specs, videos, photos and moreso dealers and customers can have access to detailed prod-uct information.

Dealers will have instant access to the Daimler Truck Fi-nancial point-of-sale website, so sales personnel can uploadand submit credit applications, present terms and paymentsthrough the loan or lease calculator, and generate contractsand other customer documents through one simple portal.

Five-part leadership seminar series offered at MSU Mooresville

MOORESVILLE — Community members have the oppor-tunity to improve their leadership skills through a free sem-inar series hosted by Mountain State University Mooresville.The five-part series kicks off with Dr. Jimmy Arthur Atkinsspeaking on “Leading Self with Character” Wednesday,March 23, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., MSU Mooresville, Catali-na Bay, 517 Alcove Road, Lake Norman.

The first event will focus on self-reflection that leads toan understanding of emotional intelligence and sense of pur-pose.

The second seminar, “Leading Others and Connectingthrough Communication,” is scheduled for Wednesday, May25, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The remaining seminars — “Leadingfor Results with Resource Acumen,” “Leading in a Climateof Change” and “Leading across Boundaries and BuildingCoalitions” — will be held in coming months.

Attendees are urged to register online at www.mountain-state.edu/leadership-seminar. For more information, call704-664-3343 ext. 2011.

Submit information about new businesses, honors andmanagement promotions to [email protected] a daytime phone number.

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man, just out of the Army, trying toprepare himself for an interview withCannon Mills Co. in Kannapolis.

He walked around the lake outsidethe Cannon offices before going in, andin signing in, his hand was so unsteadyhe had to reassure everyone that hispenmanship, if hired, would look noth-ing like his signature.

The point was, Ketner told the stu-dents, that they would be nervous forall their important job interviews inthe future. Don’t let anyone tell themdifferently, he added.

“That’s like saying, ‘Don’t get wet,’if you jump in the water,” Ketnergroused.

Not many kids are taking this per-

sonal finance course. It’s only one-hourcredit, and it’s held at 9 a.m. — never agreat time for this age group.

The students come in with their bed-heads and clothes that look like theywere the closest things on the floor tothem when they dashed out of theirdorms or apartments.

But they are attentive and ask goodquestions, once they shake off thesleep.

The other day, Ketner said some-thing I think will stick with them. Hestressed the importance to him of re-ceiving a thank-you note, even frommembers of his own family.

In the past, he has purposely senthis grandchildren gifts — gifts muchsmaller than they probably expectedfrom their millionaire grandfather —as a test to see whether he would re-ceive a thank-you note in return.

A grandchild’s next gift might in-crease ten-fold because he receivedthat thank-you note, Ketner said.

Before we all go dashing off thank-you notes to Ketner, let me say onething I’ve always wanted to say:

Class dismissed. Now go.Contact Mark Wineka at 704-797-

4263, or [email protected].

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John and Abby, a couplefrom Charlotte, plan to save

their tax refund this year in-stead of spending it on a va-cation or a new big screenTV. John was laid off fromhis job and had been out ofwork for six months beforehe took a new job with a$17,000 pay cut.

The couple learned that

based on their reduced in-come, they qualified for theEarned Income Tax Credit(EITC), which led to a muchlarger tax refund than theywere expecting. The EITC isa federal and state tax cred-it for low-to-moderate in-come workers.

John and Abby continue tostick by the strict budgetthey created during John’slayoff. They have managedto become debt-free whileJohn contributes the maxi-mum amount toward his In-dividual Retirement Ac-count.

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her garden for them to use.The menu offers a wide selection of

Thai food and some Japanese, “forthose who might be afraid to try Thaifood,” Son says with a smile.

We tried samples of fried springrolls with the house sauce, shrimp tem-pura, Pha Nang Beef, a curry dish, PadGra Pow and Pad Thai, one of theirmost popular dishes with stir-friedrice, noodles with eggs, onions, beansprouts and Thai spicy sauce. All hadtheir own flavor and texture. I likedthe Pha Nang beef, and I do not likespicy foods. The combination of co-conut gravy with ground roastedpeanuts, bamboo strips, kaffir limeleaves, sweet basil and chili pasteblended to just pop in your mouth withgreat taste.

Unique dishes in addition to those onthe menu can also be ordered, and theyplan to have weekly specials such asred snapper and lobster tail. When wevisited, they were preparing Thai lob-ster and steak for a birthday party.Customers can call ahead and order

such delicacies for one or two, or awhole group.

The prices run from Thai entrees at$5.99 each, with chicken, beef, pork orvegetable to $7.99 with shrimp orseafood. Entrees include those men-tioned above and others such assesame chicken, beef with oyster sauceand red or green curry. Pho, their noo-dle soups, are also delicious and thebeef meat ball runs $6.99 and $8.99 forthe seafood bowl. This unique soup isserved in very large bowls. At lunch,they offer a soup of the day.

For the Japanese food lover, tastyHibachi steak, pork, chicken, shrimpor scallops and teriyaki chicken, pork,and steak can be ordered. Prices rangefrom $4.99 to $6.99 and include friedrice, sweet carrots, shrimp sauce and achoice of vegetables. Chef specialtiesinclude combination plates, such as

chicken and jumbo shrimp for $10.99with all the sides.

For dessert, we had a traditionalrice custard — which tasted terrific —and was interesting to see. The ricewas purple in color and cooked with co-conut and an egg custard on top. Theflavors again were so different, but sogood.

Am’s Thai Tokyo opened in Novem-ber in what used to be Don’s ’50s grill.Son and Phong and family members re-modeled the interior and fresh flowersare on every table, adding to thebright, cheery atmosphere. They aremaking this a family affair, with Son’ssister, Am, and brother, Don, helpingout. In addition to their new eatery,Son still maintains her job at theMayflower Restaurant and Phongworks in Troutman for ESC. I don’tknow when they take time to sleep!

In the future, they are hoping toserve beer and wine and also are think-ing about adding a sushi bar.

They are open Sunday-Thursday 11a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday –Saturday 11a.m. to 10 p.m.

Takeout is available by calling 704-933-0022; and they welcome privateparties.

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European leaders to boost region’s bailout fundBRUSSELS (AP) — After harrow-

ing late-night negotiations, the lead-ers of the 17-country eurozonethrashed out a strategy on how todeal with the debt crisis that hascrippled the currency union over thepast year and already pushed two ofits members into multibillion eurobailouts.

“The fundamental path washacked open,” German ChancellorAngela Merkel told journalists ear-ly Saturday morning.

Along the way, Merkel madesome serious concessions, whichmight cost her when she faces herelectorate at home.

Together with her eurozone coun-terparts, Merkel agreed to boost theregion’s bailout fund, the EuropeanFinancial Stability Facility, so it canlend the full Ä440 billion that it ini-tially promised.

Up to now, the EFSF was only ableto lend about Ä250 billion because ofseveral buffers required to get a

good credit rating — fanning fearsthat it would not be big enough tosave a large country like Spain.

The fund will also be allowed tobuy the bonds of governments in fi-nancial difficulties on the open mar-ket, but only if the respective coun-try is locked into a national bailoutprogram based on strict conditions.

That step marks an important ex-pansion in the fund’s powers, sincebuying bonds can help stabilize theirprices and a country’s funding costs.However, it falls short of demandsmade by the EU’s executive Com-mission as well as the European Cen-tral Bank, which wanted to see thefund take an even broader role, buy-ing bonds to calm financial marketslike the ECB has been doing formuch of the past year.

ECB President Jean ClaudeTrichet nevertheless viewed the an-nouncement as a partial success. “Itgoes in the right direction,” he said.

The leaders also agreed to give

Greece more time to repay itsbailout, extending the maturity of itsloans to 7 1⁄2 years.

On top of that, the country, whichwas the first victim of the crisis, willhave to pay less interest. Eurozoneleaders decided to lower the rate by1 percentage point, which shouldtake it down to an average of about4.2 percent.

Ireland, the crisis’ second victim,did not get the same leniency fromthe heads of state and government.

It will have to wait until another sum-mit on March 24-25 for a decision onthe interest rate for its bailout, cur-rently at about 5.8 percent.

The reason for the holdout wasIreland’s refusal to make conces-sions on its rock-bottom corporatetax rate — long a sore point forFrance and Germany.

“Ireland was asked to make a ges-ture, but we didn’t get satisfaction.So the renegotiation of loans thatGreece has was not done for Ire-land,” French President NicolasSarkozy told journalists. “It’s diffi-cult to ask others to help finance aplan but not concern themselveswith the tax side,” Sarkozy said.

The spat between Ireland’s new-ly elected prime minister and FrenchPresident Sarkozy — and less so Ger-many’s Merkel — was one of the rea-sons negotiations dragged on untilthe early morning hours. “We werenot really satisfied with what Irelandsaid,” said Merkel.

The timing of Saturday’s agree-ment came as a surprise, since poli-cymakers had insisted the big deci-sions would have to wait until thenext summit at the end of the month.But rising tension on financial mar-kets, following painful downgradesof Greece and Spain’s credit ratingsearlier in the week, had added moreurgency to Friday’s meeting.

At the same time, the eurozone’sweakest members also made conces-sions that made it easier for fiscal-ly stronger countries like Germany,Finland and the Netherlands to agreeto more help. Earlier in the day, Por-tugal — which most analysts see asthe next likely candidate for a bailout— announced further tax increasesand spending cuts, which were laud-ed not only by Germany but also theECB and the European Commission.

The entire eurozone also agreedto a so-called “pact for the euro,”which will see governments coordi-nate their economies more closely.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —The updated version of AppleInc.’s iPad tablet computerwent on sale Friday after-noon, and was greeted by thenow-familiar lines of buyersoutside Apple stores.

The Cupertino companyopened online sales of theiPad 2 at 4 a.m. Eastern time,well before they becameavailable in East Coast storesat 5 p.m. They were set to goon sale nationwide at thesame hour, local time.

Apple fans, as usual, wereeager to get their hands onthe device as they waited atthe company’s Apple’s FifthAvenue store in New York.The line of customers, includ-ing some who traveled fromJapan and Russia, snakedthrough the street-level plazaabove the subterranean storewhile bystanders gawked atthe crowd.

Employees cheered frominside the store as iPad buy-ers entered. Alex Shumilov, acustomer who traveled fromMoscow to snag two iPads,emerged first, beaming whileholding one tablet in each

hand. The trendy devicewon’t go on sale outside theU.S. for another two weeks.

When the original versionof the iPad debuted 11 monthsago, Apple said it sold morethan 300,000 in the first day.It ended up selling more than15 million in the first ninemonths, including 7.3 millionto holiday shoppers in the Oc-tober-December quarter.

The new iPad model comeswith several improvementsover the original version butthe same price tag — $499 to$829, depending on storagespace and whether they canconnect to the Internet overa cellular network. Analystsbelieve the improvementwould make it more difficultfor rivals to break Apple’shold on the emerging marketfor tablet computers.

The iPad 2 looks much likethe first iPad, only with asleeker, lighter body and acurved back. Among changesis the inclusion of cameras forvideoconferencing, one on thefront and one on the back.

With the original iPad, Ap-ple proved there is a large

market for a tablet that’s lessthan a laptop and more thana smart phone, yet performsmany of the same tasks. Com-petitors including Dell Inc.and Samsung Electronics Co.have been trying to lure con-sumers with smaller tablets,without much success. InFebruary, Motorola MobilityInc.’s Xoom went on sale witha new version of Google Inc.’sAndroid software designedespecially for tablets.

Underscoring the impor-tance of the iPad to theworld’s most valuable tech-nology company, Apple CEOSteve Jobs emerged from amedical leave earlier thismonth to unveil the new ver-sion to bloggers and Apple en-thusiasts. Jobs, 56, announcedin January that he would takehis third leave of absence inseven years to focus on hishealth. During that time, hehas survived a rare but cur-able form of pancreatic can-cer and undergone a livertransplant.

After its U.S. launch Fri-day, the iPad 2 goes on saleMarch 25 in 26 other markets.

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BY BRUCE WILLIAMSUnited Feature Syndicate

DEAR BRUCE: I am lookingto refinance my car. Unfortu-nately, my credit is poor. Ihave no one available to co-sign, nor would I want to asksomeone. My score is around610, and I tried to have thebank refinance my car withno luck. My current rate isaround 20 percent and mypayments are $275. I wouldlove to refinance and get alower rate and away from thecompany it is financed withnow. Do you have any sugges-tions for someone like me?Do you know of any certaincompanies that deal with sub-prime loans?

— Bethvia e-mail

DEAR BETH: You didn’tmention the reason for yourcredit situation, but a FICOscore at 610 and a used auto-mobile, I would say yourchances are very slim to nonefor getting a refi. I under-stand you would like to get alower rate and away from the

company that financed it, butthey were a company thatwas either owned by or con-nected with the people youbought the car from.

Given all the circum-stances, even the subprimecompanies are going to wanteven more than 20 percent in-terest rate because, simplyput, people in your circum-stance often default, and theloans become a non-perform-ing asset.

I can’t imagine any bankbeing remotely interested ina deal of this kind.

Your best bet is to get yourpayments as far ahead as youcan. In other words, pay it offearly. That may not be finan-cially helpful, depending onhow the interest is calculat-ed. All the way around youare in a bad situation and Isympathize, but the bestarrangement is to get outfrom under and then work onrebuilding your credit.

DEAR BRUCE: I am turning65 in May and I would like toknow what supplementalhealth insurance would be thebest to get. I am in good

health, just taking thyroidmedication each day andProzac. With so many plansout there, I don’t have a clueor know where to find help.Can you give me any insight?

— Deevia e-mail

DEAR DEE: I sympathizewith your situation. There areso many to choose from andthe only people generally will-ing to explore this with youare those who are selling aplan. That includes the organ-izations that are dedicated tosenior citizens such as, notlimited to AARP. The onlything I can tell you is that youare going to have to educateyourself. If you are comput-er literate you can find enor-mous amounts of information.However, this is not like read-ing a novel. You have to readslowly, underline and com-pare. I know precisely whatyou’re dealing with since Ihave been there.

I found it as confusing asyou.

Anyone selling the supple-mental insurance has somedegree of prejudice.

Smart money: Bad credit crashescar loan refinancing dream

associated press

ayano tominaga, center, of tokyo, arrived in New York on thursday to get to the apple storeon Fifth avenue in time to buy an ipad 2 on Friday. she came just to buy an ipad 2 and plannedon returning saturday — but that was before the massive earthquake hit.

“It’s difficult to ask othersto help finance a plan

but not concern themselves with the tax

side.”NICOLAS SARKOZY

French president

Amazon.compulling plug onIllinois affiliates

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)— Amazon.com has madegood on its threat to cut tieswith Illinois affiliates be-cause of a new law requir-ing the online store to col-lect sales taxes.

Amazon notified its Illi-nois partners Friday that itwill stop doing businesswith them April 15. It callsthe tax law “unconstitution-al and counterproductive.

Online retailer Over-stock.com said later that italso will cut ties with Illi-nois-based partners begin-ning May 1.

Gov. Pat Quinn signedlegislation Thursday that re-quires online companies tocollect sales taxes on Inter-net purchases if they haveany affiliates based in Illi-nois. Affiliates are business-es that refer customers toAmazon and Overstock andreceive commissions.

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Sunday, March 13Conditions that have a direct effect upon

your material affairs might need to be stabi-lized in the next year. This could mean thatyou will have to monitor and correct anyfaulty spending habits before you can moveonto higher levels.

Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Protect finan-cial dealings that you have with others by find-ing methods that have a chance of workingout to your best advantage. Be fair, but lookout for number one as well.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — If you have tomake a choice between an individual with agood track record and a new person makingbig promises, choose the person who hasproven him/herself. Rock the sure shot.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Don’t expectanything to fall into place as easily as it mayhave done in the past. If you take somethingfor granted and it doesn’t happen, you couldbe up the proverbial creek.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — A well-inten-tioned person might pass onto you somethings/he believes to be valuable information. Butwhen it really matters, do your own fact-find-ing.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Any ambitiousaims you might have aren’t likely to be ful-filled using standard measures. You’ll needto be bold, assertive, expectant and tenaciousin order to succeed.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — If a person whosehelp you need suspects you are holding backor disguising some of the facts, s/he won’t lifta finger to help. You need to be right up frontwithout being diffident or coy.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Stay on top of avested interest that you share with another,to make sure it is handled honestly. If youdon’t, you might get far less than that to whichyou are entitled.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Even small do-mestic disagreements need to be managedwith care. People are a bit touchy and couldallow a minor altercation get totally blown outof proportion if you’re not careful.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Someone withwhom you’ve previously had problems couldbe the source of irritation once again. Don’tlet this person manipulate you into handlingyour annoyance badly.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Guardagainst strong inclinations to gratify your ex-travagant whims without thought or concernfor the future. If you waste now, I guaranteeyou’ll want later.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — An involve-ment with a colleague will require some art-ful management that should be carried out asearly in the day as possible. As people tire,they tend to get more defiant.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Stop worryingabout what could go wrong, and begin concen-trating on how to do things right. Focusing onthe negative encourages self-doubt and sapsall your positive strengths.

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Today’s celebrity birthdaysSinger-songwriter Neil Sedaka is 72. Actor

William H. Macy is 61. Actress Deborah Raf-fin is 58. Comedian Robin Duke is 57. ActressGlenne Headly is 56. Actress Dana Delaneyis 55. Bassist Adam Clayton of U2 is 51. Jazztrumpeter Terence Blanchard is 49. Drum-mer Matt McDonough of Mudvayne is 42. Ac-tress Annabeth Gish is 40. Actress TracyWells (“Mr. Belvedere”) is 40. Rapper Com-mon is 39. Rapper Khujo of Goodie Mob is 39.Singer Glenn Lewis is 36.

Nilla Pizzi, whose voice was too sensual for radio, dies at 91ROME (AP) — Nilla Pizzi, an

Italian singer whose voice wasdeemed too sensual for radioduring the fascist regime ofBenito Mussolini has died. Shewas 91.Pizzi died on Saturday at a

clinic in Milan, where she wasconvalescing from an earlieroperation, the state televisionsaid.The Italian President Gior-

gio Napolitano hailed Pizzi inhis condolence message as asensitive interpreter of Italy’stradition of melodic song.During fascist rule in the

years before World War II,Pizzi was kept away from radiowork because her voice wasdeemed too “modern, exoticand sensual,” according to Ital-ian news agency ANSA.Pizzi triumphed at the 1951

inaugural edition of San Remo,the star-studded festival whichpromotes Italian song. Whenshe was 90, she sang at SanRemo to mark 60 years of thefestival and delighted the audi-ence with a still strong andlovely voice.She also won at San Remo

the second year, in 1952,sweeping the festival’s topthree prizes, but finished insecond place in 1958, whenDomenico Modugno won with“Nel blu dipinto di blu,” betterknown to countless peopleworldwide as “Volare.”Pizzi was born Adionilla

Pizzi, on April 16, 1919, in San-t’Agata Bolognese, a town nearBologna in the Emilia Romagnaregion of north central Italy.She once described the se-

cret of her success as singingthose songs which “bring on agood mood, happiness, andmaybe even some beautifulmemories.”

AssociAted Press

Nilla Pizzi performs in this1963 file photo. Nilla Pizzi, win-ner of the first san remo fes-tival, and whose voice wasdeemed too sensual to sing onradio during the fascist regimeof Benito Mussolini, died onsaturday.

Rare encore: Muticonducts audienceROME (AP) — It isn’t

every day that a conductorconcedes an encore for anopera chorus. Even rarer isasking the audience to sing it,but maestro Riccardo Mutihas just done so for the loveof homeland.Muti swirled about on his

podium late Saturday night toface the audience duringGiuseppe Verdi’s “Nabucco”at Rome’s Teatro dell’Operawhen shouts of “bis!” (en-core!) rang out. The chorushad just sung “Va’ pensiero,”a rousing number many Ital-ians say they wish were theirnational anthem.The Italian maestro, who

opened the performance bylamenting the government’srecent slashing of the artsbudget, said he would concedethe encore only if the audiencesang “Va’ pensiero” in supportof culture and with a patriot-ic spirit.Virtually every opera-goer

in the packed house, includingin the four tiers of privateboxes, rose to their feet, andthose who knew the words,sang.Saturday’s was the first of

several “Nabucco” perform-ances Muti will conduct thismonth, including a specialevening on Thursday, March17, which Premier SilvioBerlusconi’s government re-cently declared a national hol-iday to commemorate 150years of Italian unity.“Nabucco,” composed in

the first part of the 19th cen-tury when many in Italywhere chafing under Austri-an rule, is associated with in-spiring Italians’ successfuldrive for unity in 1861. Sur-veys in the last decades haveshown many Italians wouldwant to adopt “Va’ pensiero”as the national anthem.Just before lifting his ba-

ton to begin conducting the or-chestra, Muti reminded theaudience that “Nabucco” wasseen at its 1842 debut as a pa-triotic work aimed at Italy’sunity and identity.Bemoaning the cuts in the

culture ministry’s budget asthe conservative governmenttries to cope with a persistenteconomic crisis, he added: “Idon’t want, today, in 2011, that‘Nabucco” becomes a funeralhymn to culture and music.”Hands fluttering as he en-

couraged the chorus to give

their all during “Va’ pensiero,”Muti appeared full of energyduring the three-hour longopera, capping a physicalcomeback only five weeks af-ter the 69-year-old conductorfainted during rehearsal inChicago, and suffered jaw andfacial fractures.Musical director of the

Chicago Symphony Orchestra,he underwent surgery to havea pacemaker implanted in hisheart and was determined tomake it back on the podium inItaly in time to celebrate hiscountry’s 150 years of unity.After the opera, Muti

briefly chatted with a few re-porters backstage early Sun-day.“I tell the chorus, the or-

chestra, the technicians tokeep up their work, but theirsalaries don’t even let thempay their bills at the end of themonth,” the conductor said.“Culture is seen like some

kind of aristocratic bonus” bytoo many politicians, insteadof being intrinsic to the na-tion’s identity, the maestrocontended.

Sheen brings live showto Detroit, ChicagoLOS ANGELES (AP) —

Charlie Sheen is taking hisshow on the road.A spokesman for the out-

spoken actor said tickets goon sale Saturday for shows inDetroit and Chicago nextmonth called “Charlie SheenLive: My Violent Torpedo ofTruth.”Publicist Larry Solters said

Sheen is promoting the showhimself and has already begunrehearsals. Solters said hedoes not know the nature of

the show or whether addition-al performances will be sched-uled.Sheen announced the show

Thursday and Friday to hismore than 2 million Twitterfollowers, calling it “the REALstory.”The 45-year-old actor was

fired from the hit CBS show“Two and a Half Men” onMonday. He sued the show’sproducers Thursday for $100million for breach of contract.Hours later, he reached a cus-tody agreement with his es-tranged wife over their twinsons.Sheen has been making

headlines with his colorful,rambling interviews, in whichhe has claimed to be a “Vati-can assassin warlock” with“tiger blood” and “AdonisDNA.”Solters is apparently re-

placing the actor’s longtimepublicist, Stan Rosenfield,who abruptly resigned twoweeks ago when Sheen begangiving interviews to variousnews outlets and radio pro-grams. Solters described him-self Friday as “a warlock intraining.”

Exhibit draws onTennessee WilliamsNEW ORLEANS (AP) —

Legendary caricaturist AlHirschfeld had said his draw-ings reinvented the charactersof Tennessee Williams’ famousplays, from “The Rose Tattoo”to “A Streetcar Named Desire.”To mark Williams’ 100th

birthday this year, a new exhib-it at The Historic New OrleansCollection sheds a little light onthe lives of both men.The free exhibit, “Drawn to

Life: Al Hirschfeld and the The-ater of Tennessee Williams,”runs through April 3 in the col-lection’s French Quartergallery.“There’s no one else who

documentedTenne s s e eWilliams’ ca-reer like AlHirschfeld,”said DavidLeopold, co-curator for theexhibit andHirschfelda r c h i v i s t .“When he talked about great artin terms of the theater, he talkedabout Tennessee Williams.”The exhibit features 125

items, including 50 drawings byHirschfeld and 75 items fromthe collection’s permanentWilliams holdings. Among themare his mother’s diary, hand-written letters to and from theplaywright’s family and friends,manuscripts and unpublishedworks.

HIRSCHFELD

Volkswagen to build 2012 Passats in ChattanoogaCHATTANOOGA, Tenn.

(AP) — Volkswagen’s newassembly plant in Chat-tanooga has hired 1,500 em-ployees and plans a mid-April startup of building the2012 Passat.The top executive at the

$1 billion plant, Frank Fis-

cher, told reporters Fridaythat test models are alreadybeing driven in the area of theplant just off Interstate 75.Fischer said the Passats

will hit showrooms in the thirdquarter of this year.He said the plant has hired

1,500 of the planned 2,000 em-

ployees, from more than85,000 applications.Fischer was joined at the

news conference by Republi-can U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexan-der, who toured some areas ofthe plant and drove a Passat.Alexander said the car isroomy and is easy to drive.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —An abandoned mercury minethat for decades has sent pol-luted, orange waste into acreek that eventually feedsinto San Francisco Bay is athreat to human health andshould be added to a list of thenation’s worst pollutedplaces, federal environmen-tal regulators say.The New Idria mercury

mine in remote San BenitoCounty was shuttered by theU.S. Environmental Protec-tion Agency in 1972 becauseof pollution from piles ofmine waste and the site’s tow-ering blast furnace. Fordecades, however, the agencyrefused to add it to the Na-tional Priorities List, whichqualifies a site for millions ofdollars in federal Superfundcleanup funding.This past week, the EPA

proposed listing the site — ayear and a half after the As-sociated Press reported thatfederal and state regulatorshad failed to clean it despitetheir own studies showing themine was polluting nearbystreams and making fish un-safe to eat. The Blue Ledgecopper and cadmium mine,

along the Rogue River nearthe Oregon border, is also be-ing recommended for Super-fund status.“In 2010, we realized ...

that our previous investiga-tions had not sampled in ar-eas that were likely impacted(and) that the effects werelikely much farther down-stream than we previouslythought,” a group of EPAmine experts said in an e-mailed response to questionsfrom the AP about the pro-posed change.“Additional research was

conducted by USGS and oth-er universities that elucidat-ed our understanding of thefate and transport of mercu-ry in general, and specifical-ly from the New Idria site;and, that the local and stateagency efforts were not ade-quate to address the impacts,”the EPA said.Once the second largest

mercury mine in NorthAmerica, today New Idria isan eerie ghost town tuckedamid cattle ranches. The com-pany that owned the minewhen it closed sold it in the1980s, and officials have beentrying to figure out who’s re-

sponsible for it now.The hulking iron shell of

the blast furnace still loomsover the wreckage of aban-doned buildings and smallhomes where mine workerslived. Bright orange waterfrom one of the many minetunnels spits into a pool thatdrains through hill-sized pilesof mercury-tainted minewaste and into San CarlosCreek, which flows into theSan Joaquin River.Records show that in 1997,

the EPA found mercury in thecreek exceeding federal stan-dards. Despite this and otherevidence, neither the EPA norstate regulators conductedcleanup operations.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama ad-ministration has taken back the $2.4 billionallocated to Florida for high-speed trainsand is inviting other states to apply for themoney, Transportation Secretary Ray La-Hood said Friday.The project, which would have connect-

ed Tampa and Orlando with high-speedtrains, was rejected by Florida Gov. RickScott, a Republican. He said he didn’t wantto obligate the state to pay for what couldbe expensive operating costs for the line.However, the Florida Department of

Transportation on Wednesday released astudy showing the line connecting Tampato Orlando would have had an operating sur-plus in 2015, its first year of operation.It’s still possible for Florida supporters

of the project to reapply for the funds with-out state help if they create a regional tran-sit authority working in conjunction withAmtrak or another established transporta-tion authority. However, they would haveto work swiftly to meet the TransportationDepartment’s April 4 deadline for applica-tions, a very tight window for such a com-plex undertaking.“Hope is alive for thousands of good-pay-

ing jobs and a modernized transportationsystem,” Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., a support-er of the project, said in a statement.Several states, including New York, Vir-

ginia, Vermont, Delaware and Rhode Island,have asked LaHood for Florida’s rail funds.

But the only project that would achieve thehigh speeds associated with bullet trains inAsia and Europe would be California’s planfor trains traveling up to 220 mph betweenSan Francisco and Los Angeles and betweenSacramento and San Francisco.“States across the country have been bang-

ing down our door for the opportunity to re-ceive additional high-speed rail dollars and todeliver all of its economic benefits to theircitizens,” LaHood said in a statement.Scott’s decision was challenged by support-

ers of the project, but last week the stateSupreme Court upheld his right to reject themoney.Scott is the third Republican governor

elected in November to kill rail projects ap-proved by his predecessor. Governors in Wis-consin and Ohio also turned down funds pre-viously agreed to by their Democratic pred-ecessors. In Florida, the money had been ac-cepted by Republican-turned-independentCharlie Crist, who lost a Senate race last year.President Barack Obama has sought to

make a national network of high-speed trainsa signature project of his administration. Inhis state of the union speech in January, Oba-ma said he wants to provide 80 percent ofAmericans access to high-speed trains with-in 25 years.However, the rejections by three gover-

nors and opposition to high-speed rail byHouse Republicans has left the program’s fu-ture in doubt.

Hey, want $2.4 billion?Feds look for someone else to take allocation forhigh-speed trains after Florida’s governor says no

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Jessica Dittmar, a student from Switzerland studying environmental biochemistry, crosses acreek contaminated with mercury at an abandoned mine in New Idria, Calif.

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and fed Brielle Blaire for aneasy layup, forcing EastBladen to call a timeout.The Salisbury crowd rose

and cheered. Salisbury’slead was 66-41 with 3:40 leftand all there was left to dowas celebrate the Hornets’third straight 2A state cham-pionship.The final in the Dean E.

Smith Center was 76-44 —and it wasn’t that close.From the first Salisbury

basket — a Blaire layupeight seconds into the game— Salisbury completelyburied a 30-2 team. It be-

comes the first 2A girls teamin history to win threestraight titles.“It’s just a special day for

those young ladies,” saidfirst-year coach Chris Mc-Neil. “They wanted to leavea legacy in Rowan County.This afternoon, they accom-plished that.”East Bladen was left to do

nothing but praise the Hor-nets after losing to them forthe second straight year. TheEagles have been to four ofthe past five state titlegames and have lost all four.“We just couldn’t play

with them,” East Bladencoach Patty Evers said. “Wejust couldn’t.”That late Ayanna Holmes

to Blaire layup was signifi-cant. It typified the day.

SUNDAYMarch 13, 2011 1C

Ronnie Gallagher, Sports Editor, 704-797-4287 [email protected] www.salisburypost.com

SPORTSSUNDAYSALI S B U R Y P O S T

CHAPEL HILL —The argument, ifthere even was

one, is over.Open the record

books and give the Salis-bury girls basketballteam a line all to itself.The Hornets belong tohistory now.

Neverbeforehad a 2Agirlssquadcapturedthreestraightstate ti-tles. Nev-er had arookiecoach, a15-year

old phenom and a stableof seniors as reliable asDie Hards in winterswept through the post-season with such me-chanical precision.Never before Satur-

day, anyway.“We came here for a

purpose,” guard AshiaHolmes chirped at thehallowed Dean E. SmithCenter, where the Hor-nets placed their signa-ture on another master-piece of a season. “Wedidn’t come all this way

Double FeatureNorth boys, Salisbury girls win state championships

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Malik Ford holds up the championship banner as North Rowan celebrates.wayne hinshaw/SALISBURY POST

Salisbury's Isis Miller and Jessica Heilig stand and cheer as time runs out.

Swish anda salute forCavaliers

RALEIGH — Theanatomy of a come-back includes a swish

and a salute. If a Hollywooddirector were to make amovie about North Rowan’scompelling state champi-onship victory, one must-have shot would have beenPierre Givens’ declaration.

The em-bodiment ofthe Cava-liers’ rallyfrom 19down to wintheir firststate cham-pionship in25 yearscame at theend of thethird quarterright after

Givens swished a trey.Givens turned toward

the North faithful andgraced his forehead withtwo fingers, pushed themoff and said, “We got this.”Givens was only 4-of-13

from the field, but 1-for-1on predictions. Once theCavaliers’ horses got run-ning, it might as well havebeen the final turn asChurchill Downs. The 47-42deficit with eight minutesto play seemed miniscule. “I was feeling it real

good,” said Givens, a jun-ior. “I was just telling them


North Rowan’s Pierre Givens drives on Pender’s JavonPowell. Givens hit several big shots in the fourth quarter.

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Ashia Holmes is all smiles after receiving one of the MVPawards after the 2A championship win.

HistorymakingHornets

Cardiac Cavs 1A champs 3 straight for SalisburyBY MIKE LONDON

[email protected]

RALEIGH — Javon Har-g r a v eg r a b b e dS a m u e lStarks in a

gleeful bear-hug that threat-ened to crush his lighterteammate’s rib cage, andNorth Rowan’s senior lead-ers celebrated a wild conclu-sion to an amazing season.A midcourt party seemed

unlikely most of the tense af-ternoon, but North dominat-ed the second half with de-fense, galloped out of ascary, 19-point hole and wongoing away. “Offense wins fans, but

defense and rebounding winchampionships,” Northcoach Andrew Mitchell re-

minded everyone.North beat Pender 64-57

for the 1A championship onSaturday afternoon atReynolds Coliseum, surviv-ing an onslaught by AddisonSpruill, who piled up 32points and 17 boards. Spruill,6-foot-4 and built like an NFLlinebacker, should’ve gonestraight to the NCHSAA Hallof Fame at halftime. He had25 points at the break,matching North’s output.North (27-5) started shak-

ily. The combination of Pen-der’s 6-foot-10 shotblockerKeynan Pittman and big-stage nerves led to ugly air-balls, bricks off the side ofthe backboard and freethrows that sailed so widethey nearly left the building.

See NORTH, 4CSee BISESI, 5C

RYANBISESI DAVID

SHAW

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N. Rowan 64Pender 57

Salisbury 76E. Bladen 44

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2C • SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 SCOREBOARD SALISBURY POST

Sunday, March 13 GOLF 1 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour/WGC, CadillacChampionship, final round, at Doral, Fla.

3 p.m. NBC — PGA Tour/WGC, Cadillac

Championship, final round, at Doral, Fla.7:30 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour, Puerto Rico Open,final round, at Rio Grande, Puerto Rico(same-day tape)

10:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, Toshiba Clas-

sic, final round, at Newport Beach, Calif.(same-day tape)

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 4 p.m.

WGN — Preseason, Chicago Cubs vs.L.A. Dodgers, at Las Vegas

MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1 p.m.

ABC — Southeastern Conference,championship game, Kentucky vs. Florida

CBS — Atlantic 10 Conference, cham-pionship game, Dayton vs. Richmond

ESPN — Atlantic Coast Conference,championship game, UNC vs. Duke

3:30 p.m. CBS — Big Ten Conference, champi-

onship game, Ohio State vs. Penn State 6 p.m.

CBS — Men's NCAA Division I tourna-ment Selection Show, at Indianapolis

NBA BASKETBALL 3:30 p.m.

ABC — Orlando at PhoenixNHL HOCKEY

12:30 p.m. NBC — Chicago at Washington

Sunday, March 13COLLEGE BASEBALL

1 p.m.Pfeiffer at Limestone

COLLEGE SOFTBALL9 a.m.

Catawba vs. Rollins (Florence, S.C.) 11 a.m.

Catawba vs. Hillsdale (Florence, S.C.)

Standings

SAC

SAC OverallCatawba 11-1 19-5Wingate 8-4 19-10Tusculum 7-4 18-4Lincoln Memorial 6-5 14-11Newberry 6-6 12-12Carson-Newman 6-6 10-16Anderson 5-6 11-14Mars Hill 4-7 10-15Brevard 2-9 9-13Lenoir-Rhyne 2-9 4-22

Saturday’s gamesCatawba 7, Newberry 4Catawba 13, Newberry 2Carson-Newman 10, Brevard 4Carson-Newman 8, Brevard 3Wingate 8, Lenoir-Rhyne 7Wingate 9, Lenoir-Rhyne 8Tusculum 5, Anderson 3Tusculum 4, Anderson 1Lincoln Memorial 15, Mars Hill 3Lincoln Memorial 10, Mars Hill 3

Sunday’s gamesMars Hill at Lincoln MemorialAnderson at Tusculum

ACC

Atlantic ACC OverallFlorida State 1-0 13-1N.C. State 1-1 8-6Boston College 0-1 6-6Wake Forest 0-1 4-8Clemson 0-2 7-5Maryland 0-2 8-6CoastalVirginia 2-0 15-1Georgia Tech 2-0 11-4North Carolina 1-0 14-1Miami 1-0 6-8Duke 1-1 12-4Virginia Tech 0-1 10-5

Saturday’s gamesDuke 8, N.C. State 3Virginia 8, Clemson 7Georgia Tech 9, Maryland 3UNC at Wake ForestBoston College at Florida StateVirginia Tech at Miami

Sunday’s gamesMaryland at Georgia TechNorth Carolina at Wake ForestN.C. State at DukeVirginia at ClemsonBoston College at Florida StateVirginia Tech at Miami

Standings1A Yadkin Valley

YVC OverallNorth Moore 3-0 4-0South Stanly 3-0 3-2North Rowan 2-1 2-1West Montgomery 2-1 2-3Chatham Central 1-1 1-2Albemarle 1-2 2-2East Montgomery 1-2 1-3South Davidson 1-3 1-3Gray Stone 0-4 0-4

Friday’s gamesNorth Rowan 10, Gray Stone 0Chatham Central at North Moore, ppd.Albemarle at South Davidson, ppd.West Montgomery at South Stanly, ppd.

Saturday’s game Red Springs at South Stanly

Monday’s gamesLexington at East Montgomery West Montgomery at South Stanly

Tuesday’s gamesSouth Stanly at East MontgomeryGray Stone at Chatham CentralNorth Rowan at AlbemarleSouth Davidson at North MooreJordan-Matthews at West Montgomery

2A Central Carolina

CCC OverallWest Davidson 0-0 2-2East Davidson 0-0 2-2Central Davidson 0-0 2-2Salisbury 0-0 1-1Lexington 0-0 1-1Thomasville 0-0 0-2

Friday’s game Central Davidson 3, Ledford 0

Monday’s gamesSouthern Guilford at East DavidsonLexington at East MontgomeryEast Wilkes at West Davidson

Tuesday’s gamesEast Davidson at LedfordForbush at Salisbury

3A North Piedmont

NPC OverallEast Rowan 2-0 4-1South Rowan 2-0 3-1Carson 1-1 2-3West Iredell 0-1 1-2Statesville 0-1 0-1North Iredell 0-1 0-1West Rowan 0-1 0-5

Friday’s gamesEast Rowan 8, Carson 1South Rowan 17, North Iredell 1Statesville at South IredellWest Rowan at West Iredell

Saturday’s game East Rowan 5, Davie 3

Monday’s gameRobinson at South Rowan

Tuesday’s gamesStatesville at East RowanWest Rowan at CarsonNorth Iredell at West Iredell

3A South Piedmont

SPC OverallRobinson 2-0 3-2Central Cabarrus 1-1 2-1Hickory Ridge 1-1 3-2Mount Pleasant 1-0 3-1NW Cabarrus 1-0 3-1Concord 0-1 3-1Cox Mill 0-1 1-2A.L. Brown 0-2 1-3

Friday’s gamesRobinson 8, A.L. Brown 3 Hickory Ridge 12, Central Cabarrus 11Concord at NW Cabarrus, ppd.Mount Pleasant at Cox Mill

Saturday’s game

Concord at NW CabarrusMonday’s game

Robinson at South RowanTuesday’s games

Central Cabarrus at A.L. BrownNW Cabarrus at Mount PleasantCox Mill at Hickory Ridge

4A Central Piedmont

CPC OverallReagan 0-0 1-0Davie County 0-0 3-1West Forsyth 0-0 3-1R.J. Reynolds 0-0 2-1North Davidson 0-0 2-1Mount Tabor 0-0 0-5

Friday’s gamesAlexander Central at West ForsythEast Forsyth at R.J. Reynolds Wesleyan Christian at North Davidson,

ppd.Saturday’s games

North Davidson 3, Kerr-Vance 2 East Rowan 5, Davie 3

Tuesday’s gamesR.J. Reynolds at West ForsythDavie at Mount TaborReagan at North Davidson

Championships1A Boys

North Rowan 64, Pender 572A Boys

East Rutherford 58, Northwood 563A Boys

Hunter Huss 63, South Central 624A Boys

West Charlotte 78, Raleigh Millbrook 691A Girls

Bishop McGuinness 57, SW Onslow 432A Girls

Salisbury 76, East Bladen 443A Girls

South Central 61, Hickory 584A Girls

SW Guilford 44, Raleigh Millbrook 35

TournamentsACC Tournament (Greensboro)

Thursday’s games(9) Miami 69, (8) Virginia 62 (OT) (5) BC 81, (12) Wake Forest 67(7) Maryland 75, (10) N.C. State 67(6) Virginia Tech 59, (11) Georgia Tech 43

Friday’s quarterfinals(1) North Carolina 61, (9) Miami 59(4) Clemson 70, (5) Boston College 47 (2) Duke 87, (7) Maryland 71 (6) Virginia Tech 52, Florida State 51

Saturday’s semifinals(1) North Carolina 92, (4) Clemson 87 (OT)(2) Duke 77, (6) Virginia Tech 63

Sunday’s semifinals(2) Duke vs. (1) North Carolina, 1 p.m.,

ACC Network/ESPN

SEC Tournament (Atlanta)Thursday’s games

(4E) Georgia 69, (5W) Auburn 51 (3W) Mississippi 66, (6E) S. Carolina 55 (5E) Tennessee 74, (4W) Arkansas 68(3E) Vanderbilt 62, (6W) LSU 50

Friday’s quarterfinals(1W) Alabama 65, (4E) Georgia 59(2E) Kentucky 75, (3W) Miss. 66(1E) Florida 85, Tennessee 74(3E)Vanderbilt 87, (2W) Miss. State 81

Saturday’s semifinals(2E) Kentucky 72, (1W) Alabama 58(1E) Florida 77, (3E )Vanderbilt 66

Sunday’s championship(2E) Kentucky vs. (1E) Florida, 1 p.m.,

ABC

D-II Southeast RegionalSaturday’s games

(1) Augusta St. 80, (8) UNC Pembroke 66(4) Queens 70, (5) Limestone 67(6) Montevallo 62, (3) Ga. Southwestern 59(7) Anderson 91, (2) Lincoln Memorial 86

Sunday’s semifinals(6) Montevallo vs. (7) Anderson(1) Augusta State vs. (4) Queens

Tuesday’s championshipTBD

D-II Atlantic RegionalSaturday’s games

(1) West Liberty 117, (8) Slippery Rock 73 (4) Shaw 75, (5) Winston-Salem St. 47(2) Indiana (Pa.) 66, (7) West Virginia

Wesleyan 59(3) Bowie State 76, (6) Mansfield 59

Sunday’s semifinals(3) Bowie State vs. (3) Indiana (Pa.)(1) West Liberty vs. (4) Shaw

Tuesday’s championshipTBD

TournamentsTOURNAMENT

America East Conference Championship

Boston U. 56, Stony Brook 54 Atlantic 10 Conference

Semifinals Dayton 64, Saint Joseph s 61 Richmond 58, Temple 54

Big East Conference Championship

Connecticut 69, Louisville 66Big 12 Conference

Championship Kansas 85, Texas 73

Big Ten Conference Semifinals

Ohio St. 68, Michigan 61 Penn St. 61, Michigan St. 48

Big West Conference Championship

Santa Barbara 64, Long Beach St. 56 Conference USA Championship

Memphis 67, UTEP 66 Mid-American Conference

Championship Akron 66, Kent St. 65, OT Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

Championship Hampton 60, Morgan St. 55

Mountain West Conference Championship

San Diego St. 72, BYU 54 Pacific-10 Conference

Championship Washington 77, Arizona 75, OT

Southland Conference Championship

UTSA 75, McNeese St. 72 Southwestern Athletic Conference

Championship Alabama St. 65, Grambling St. 48

Notable boxesUNC 92, Clemson 87 (OT)

CLEMSON (21-11)Stitt 9-20 6-10 25, Smith 5-9 0-0 14, Young

5-11 0-1 14, Booker 4-8 1-2 9, Grant 2-8 0-0 4, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Baciu 1-1 1-2 3,Stanton 0-0 0-0 0, Narcisse 1-1 0-0 2, Jen-nings 6-8 1-1 16. Totals 33-66 9-16 87.NORTH CAROLINA (26-6)

Strickland 0-2 4-6 4, Marshall 2-11 3-7 8,Henson 8-13 2-4 18, Barnes 12-17 10-1140, Zeller 6-12 2-2 14, McDonald 2-6 0-0 5,Watts 0-0 1-2 1, Knox 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 30-62 24-34 92.

Halftime—Clemson 38-28. End Of Regu-lation—Tied 73. 3-Point Goals—Clemson12-24 (Smith 4-7, Young 4-8, Jennings 3-5,Stitt 1-4), North Carolina 8-16 (Barnes 6-8,McDonald 1-3, Marshall 1-4, Henson 0-1).Fouled Out—Jennings. Rebounds—Clem-son 35 (Grant, Jennings 7), North Carolina39 (Henson 11). Assists—Clemson 16(Young 5), North Carolina 17 (Marshall 9).Total Fouls—Clemson 25, North Carolina17. A—23,381.

Duke 77, Va. Tech 63

VIRGINIA TECH (21-11)Allen 1-7 0-0 2, Bell 3-4 0-0 6, Green 7-16

2-2 17, Davila 4-9 3-8 11, Delaney 4-14 10-10 19, Garland 1-2 0-0 2, Atkins 1-5 4-4 6,Debnam 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-57 19-24 63.DUKE (29-4)

Smith 8-16 9-13 27, Ma. Plumlee 3-4 0-06, Singler 4-11 5-5 13, Mi. Plumlee 3-6 1-17, Curry 3-5 2-2 10, Thornton 0-0 0-0 0, Hair-ston 0-0 0-0 0, Dawkins 1-5 2-2 5, Kelly 3-6 3-3 9, Peters 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-53 22-26 77.

Halftime—Duke 39-28. 3-Point Goals—Virginia Tech 2-16 (Delaney 1-6, Green 1-6, Allen 0-1, Atkins 0-3), Duke 5-18 (Curry2-4, Smith 2-6, Dawkins 1-5, Kelly 0-1, Sin-gler 0-2). Fouled Out—Allen, Dawkins. Re-bounds—Virginia Tech 33 (Allen 7), Duke 35(Singler 11). Assists—Virginia Tech 3 (Davi-la, Delaney, Green 1), Duke 11 (Smith 6).Total Fouls—Virginia Tech 20, Duke 22.Technicals—Allen, Dawkins. A—23,381.

S. Diego State 72, BYU 54

SAN DIEGO ST. (32-2)Thomas 4-10 1-3 9, Leonard 9-16 0-0 20,

White 7-12 7-7 21, Tapley 5-10 2-2 14, Gay

0-3 0-0 0, Carlwell 1-3 1-2 3, Shelton 1-1 0-0 3, Rahon 1-5 0-0 2, J. Franklin 0-2 0-0 0.Totals 28-62 11-14 72.BYU (30-4)

Abouo 2-5 0-0 5, Collinsworth 1-4 0-0 2,Hartsock 2-10 0-0 4, Emery 4-11 0-0 11, Fre-dette 10-25 8-11 30, Magnusson 0-0 0-0 0,Zylstra 0-0 0-0 0, Anderson 0-3 0-0 0, Rogers0-1 2-2 2. Totals 19-59 10-13 54.

Halftime—San Diego St. 43-31. 3-PointGoals—San Diego St. 5-15 (Leonard 2-3,Tapley 2-4, Shelton 1-1, Gay 0-2, J. Franklin0-2, Rahon 0-3), BYU 6-24 (Emery 3-8, Fre-dette 2-7, Abouo 1-3, Rogers 0-1, Hartsock0-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—SanDiego St. 41 (White 12), BYU 36(Collinsworth 7). Assists—San Diego St. 12(Thomas 3), BYU 7 (Collinsworth 3). TotalFouls—San Diego St. 12, BYU 10. Techni-cal—Thomas. A—18,500.

Kansas 85, Texas 73

TEXAS (27-7)Johnson 1-9 2-4 4, Thompson 3-4 1-1

7, Hamilton 9-21 2-2 21, Balbay 0-0 0-00, Joseph 5-14 2-2 14, Lucas 3-4 0-0 6,Brown 5-12 3-4 17, Wangmene 1-1 2-2 4,Hill 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-66 12-15 73.

KANSAS (32-2)Mark. Morris 6-9 1-2 14, Marc. Morris 6-

9 4-5 17, Taylor 7-10 4-7 20, Morningstar5-7 2-2 13, Reed 4-12 1-1 11, Robinson 5-7 0-1 10, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Little 0-3 0-00, Selby 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-58 12-18 85.

Halftime—Kansas 48-33. 3-PointGoals—Texas 7-20 (Brown 4-8, Joseph 2-4, Hamilton 1-8), Kansas 7-17 (Taylor 2-2, Reed 2-6, Morningstar 1-2, Marc. Mor-ris 1-2, Mark. Morris 1-3, Little 0-1, Selby0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Texas 33 (Johnson 9), Kansas 38 (Mark.Morris, Robinson 9). Assists—Texas 12(Hamilton, Hill, Johnson, Joseph, Lucas2), Kansas 19 (Morningstar 6). TotalFouls—Texas 17, Kansas 19. Technical—Robinson. A—18,940.

Spring TrainingSaturday’s Games

Detroit 4, Toronto (ss) 3Philadelphia (ss) 11, Pittsburgh (ss) 4Toronto (ss) 6, Pittsburgh (ss) 4St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2Tampa Bay 6, Philadelphia (ss) 2Washington 6, N.Y. Yankees 5Atlanta 12, N.Y. Mets 0Baltimore 6, Houston 4Boston 9, Florida 2Seattle 10, Oakland 2Cincinnati (ss) 7, Chicago Cubs (ss) 6Texas 4, Chicago White Sox 1Milwaukee 6, Arizona 4San Francisco 8, L.A. Dodgers (ss) 7Kansas City 19, L.A. Dodgers (ss) 7Colorado 4, San Diego 3Cleveland 2, L.A. Angels 1Cincinnati (ss) 9, Chicago Cubs (ss) 8

StandingsEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic DivisionGP W LOT Pts GF GA

Philadelphia 68 42 19 7 91 219 182Pittsburgh 69 39 22 8 86 196 170N.Y. Rangers 69 35 30 4 74 195 169New Jersey 68 32 32 4 68 146 174N.Y. Islanders70 27 32 11 65 194 221

Northeast DivisionGP W LOT Pts GF GA

Boston 68 38 21 9 85 205 164Montreal 69 38 24 7 83 184 172Buffalo 68 33 27 8 74 197 197Toronto 69 30 29 10 70 182 212Ottawa 68 25 34 9 59 153 209

Southeast DivisionGP W LOT Pts GF GA

Washington 69 39 20 10 88 185 168Tampa Bay 69 38 22 9 85 204 209Carolina 69 31 28 10 72 196 209Atlanta 69 29 28 12 70 194 223Florida 69 28 32 9 65 173 191

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W LOT Pts GF GADetroit 69 41 20 8 90 227 199Chicago 68 37 24 7 81 223 189Nashville 69 35 24 10 80 177 161Columbus 68 32 27 9 73 188 206St. Louis 69 31 29 9 71 193 207

Northwest DivisionGP W LOT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 69 44 16 9 97 225 162Calgary 70 36 25 9 81 211 199Minnesota 69 35 27 7 77 176 184Colorado 68 26 34 8 60 191 239Edmonton 69 23 37 9 55 171 226

Pacific DivisionGP W LOT Pts GF GA

San Jose 68 39 22 7 85 192 174Dallas 68 37 23 8 82 191 190Los Angeles 68 38 25 5 81 189 166Phoenix 69 35 23 11 81 197 198Anaheim 68 37 26 5 79 193 197

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point forovertime loss.

Saturday’s GamesMontreal 3, Pittsburgh 0Toronto 4, Buffalo 3New Jersey 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OTAtlanta 5, Philadelphia 4, OTColumbus 3, Carolina 2Florida 4, Tampa Bay 3, OTDetroit 5, St. Louis 3Nashville 4, Colorado 2Vancouver at Calgary,lateN.Y. Rangers at San Jose, late

Sunday’s GamesChicago at Washington, 12:30 p.m.Edmonton at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m.Los Angeles at Dallas, 3 p.m.Ottawa at Buffalo, 5 p.m.Phoenix at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

StandingsEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic DivisionW L Pct GB

x-Boston 46 17 .730 —New York 34 30 .531 121⁄2Philadelphia 34 32 .515 131⁄2New Jersey 21 43 .328 251⁄2Toronto 18 47 .277 29

Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB

x-Miami 45 21 .682 —Orlando 41 25 .621 4Atlanta 38 28 .576 7CHARLOTTE 27 38 .415 171⁄2Washington 16 48 .250 28

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

y-Chicago 47 18 .723 —Indiana 27 38 .415 20Milwaukee 26 38 .406 201⁄2Detroit 23 43 .348 241⁄2Cleveland 12 52 .188 341⁄2

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBx-San Antonio 54 12 .818 —Dallas 47 18 .723 61⁄2New Orleans 39 29 .574 16Memphis 36 31 .537 181⁄2Houston 33 34 .493 211⁄2

Northwest DivisionW L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 41 23 .641 —Denver 38 27 .585 31⁄2Portland 37 29 .561 5Utah 34 33 .507 81⁄2Minnesota 17 50 .254 251⁄2

Pacific DivisionW L Pct GB

L.A. Lakers 46 20 .697 —Phoenix 33 30 .524 111⁄2Golden State 29 36 .446 161⁄2L.A. Clippers 26 41 .388 201⁄2Sacramento 15 49 .234 30

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched divisionSaturday’s Games

Miami 118, Memphis 85Atlanta 91, Portland 82L.A. Clippers 122, Washington 101Chicago 118, Utah 100Milwaukee 102, Philadelphia 74New Orleans 115, Sacramento 103San Antonio 115, Houston 107Detroit at Denver, lateL.A. Lakers at Dallas, late

Sunday’s GamesOklahoma City at Cleveland, 1 p.m.CHARLOTTE at Toronto, 1 p.m.Orlando at Phoenix, 3:30 p.m.Milwaukee at Boston, 6 p.m.Indiana at New York, 6 p.m.Minnesota at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Trucks resultsCamping World

Too Tough To Tame 200 ResultsSaturday

At Darlington RacewayLap length: 1.366 miles

(Start position in parentheses)1. (2) Kasey Kahne, Toyota, 147 laps,

145.3 rating, 0 points.2. (6) Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, 147,

119.3, 42.3. (12) Todd Bodine, Toyota, 147, 110.6,

41.4. (4) Matt Crafton, Chevrolet, 147, 96.6,

40.5. (7) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 147,

114.4, 40.6. (11) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 147,

96.9, 38.7. (8) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 147,

108.4, 0.8. (1) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 147, 96.6,

37.9. (3) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 147,

100.3, 35.10. (13) David Starr, Toyota, 147, 62.1,

34.11. (26) Clay Rogers, Chevrolet, 147,

61.3, 33.12. (31) Shane Sieg, Chevrolet, 147,

66.9, 32.13. (17) Justin Lofton, Toyota, 147, 68.6,

31.14. (18) Parker Kligerman, Dodge, 147,

83.4, 30.15. (5) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 147,

93.8, 29.16. (19) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 147, 58.1,

28.17. (24) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 147, 72.1,

27.18. (16) Max Papis, Toyota, 147, 50.5,

26.19. (27) Craig Goess, Toyota, 147, 65.2,

25.20. (35) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet,

147, 44.5, 24.21. (15) Dusty Davis, Toyota, 147, 64.4,

23.22. (29) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, 146, 45.2,

22.23. (33) Jamie Dick, Chevrolet, 146,

38.7, 21.24. (28) Justin Marks, Chevrolet, 145,

56.3, 20.25. (23) Brendan Gaughan, Toyota, 144,

68.7, 19.26. (34) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 143,

31, 18.27. (14) Miguel Paludo, Toyota, 135,

28.6, 17.28. (30) Joey Coulter, Chevrolet, 111,

37.9, 16.29. (36) Tayler Malsam, Toyota, engine,

103, 64.4, 15.30. (22) Ricky Carmichael, Chevrolet,

accident, 96, 71, 14.31. (32) Johanna Long, Toyota, accident,

96, 34, 13.32. (9) Nelson Piquet Jr., Chevrolet, ac-

cident, 93, 57.3, 12.33. (10) Jason White, Chevrolet, acci-

dent, 72, 64, 11.34. (25) Chase Mattioli, Ford, accident,

55, 29.3, 10.35. (20) Justin Johnson, Toyota, acci-

dent, 41, 50.6, 9.36. (21) Brad Sweet, Chevrolet, acci-

dent, 13, 32.4, 8.Race StatisticsAverage Speed of Race Winner:

100.625 mph.Time of Race: 1 hour, 59 minutes, 44

seconds.Margin of Victory: 1.116 seconds.Caution Flags: 10 for 44 laps.Lead Changes: 8 among 4 drivers.Lap Leaders: C.Whitt 1-27; E.Sadler 28-

40; K.Kahne 41-59; C.Whitt 60-62;K.Kahne 63; J.Buescher 64-69; K.Kahne70-92; E.Sadler 93-95; K.Kahne 96-147.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led,Laps Led): K.Kahne, 4 times for 95 laps;C.Whitt, 2 times for 30 laps; E.Sadler, 2times for 16 laps; J.Buescher, 1 time for 6laps.

Top 10 in Points: 1. M.Crafton, 111; 2.C.Whitt, 105; 3. T.Peters, 104; 4. C.Rogers,103; 5. J.Sauter, 102; 6. R.Hornaday Jr.,99; 7. T.Bodine, 92; 8. A.Dillon, 92; 9. M.Pa-pis, 87; 10. J.Earnhardt, 86.

DoralWorld Golf Championships

SaturdayAt TPC Blue Monster at Doral

Purse: $8.5 millionYardage: 7,334; Par: 72

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BASEBALLAmerican League

BOSTON RED SOX—Optioned RHPStolmy Pimentel and INF Oscar Tejeda toPortland (EL). Reassigned RHP Tony PenaJr., RHP Jason Rice, RHP Clevelan San-teliz, RHP Kyle Weiland, RHP Alex Wilson,C Tim Federowicz, C Ryan Lavarnway, INFBrent Dlugach, INF Hector Luna, and OFChe-Hsuan Lin to their minor league camp.Voided the minor league contract of RHPJason Bergmann.

TEXAS RANGERS—Added RHP BrettTomko to major league spring trainingcamp. Optioned OF Engel Beltre, RHPFabio Castillo, RHP Wilmer Font and LHPZach Phillips to their minor league camp.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Claimed LHPCesar Cabral off waivers from the TampaBay Rays.

National League PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Signed

senior vice president & general managerRuben Amaro Jr. to a four-year contractextension through the 2015 season.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—OptionedLHP Atahualpa Severino to Syracuse (IL)and OF Bryce Harper to Hagerstown(SAL). Reassigned RHP Ryan Mattheusand RHP Tim Wood to their minor leaguecamp.

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Mustangs top DavieFrom staff reports

East Rowan’s baseball team beatDavie 5-3 on Saturday at Rich Park ina matchup of area powerhouses.Avery Rogers, Jared Mathis,

Bradley Robbins and Will Johnsonpitched for the Mustangs (4-1). Math-is got the win. Johnson worked theseventh for the save.Justin Morris singled, doubled and

homered for East. Andy Austin hadtwo hits. Ashton Fleming whacked atriple.Davie led 3-1 going to the fifth, but

Morris’ solo homer made it 3-2, andNathan Fulbright’s two-run homerput the Mustangs in front.Corey Randall went 2-for-3 for

Davie (3-1) and drove in two runs.

Catawba sweepsThe Catawba Indians swept New-

berry in a SAC doubleheader on Sat-urday, winning Game 1 7-4 and tak-ing the finale 13-2.After falling behind 4-0 in the first

inning, Catawba (19-5, 11-1) tied thescore in the sixth on an infield hitfrom Greg Lawson. The Indians tookthe lead for keeps in the seventhwhen Austin Moyer singled home thego-ahead run with one out. KeatonHawks and Brett Underwood drovein the final runs for a 7-4 edge.After getting roughed up in the

first, Catawba starter J.J. Jankowskiallowed three baserunners after theopening frame and struck out 10 ineight innings. Clay Watson earned thesave with a scoreless ninth.Freshman Chris Dula drove in six

runs in the nightcap, going 3-for-3 andclubbing a two-run homer in the fifth.Moyer pitched five innings to earn

the win as he allowed one hit and onewalk while striking out seven. Hawksand Underwood had two hits in eachgame of the twin bill. Josh Hohnscored twice in each game. Catawba will host Pfeiffer on

Wednesday. Pfeiffer split a doubleheader

with Limestone on Saturday, losing5-2 and rebounding to win 4-2.

All-YVC hoopsNorth Rowan’s Javon Hargrave,

Samuel Starks and Malik Ford werenamed to the All-YVC boys basket-ball team. Hargrave and Starks areseniors. Ford is a sophomore.Hargrave was runner-up for play-

er of the year honors to Albemarle’sTerance Christian.Other All-YVC players include

Albemarle’s Berwyn Bennett andGregory Childress; East Mont-gomery’s Troy Wall; Gray Stone’s Lacario Sellers; North Moore’s XavierScotten and Corbin Brock; SouthDavidson’s Austin Hatfield and Tay-lor Hatfield, and West Montgomery’sTravante Moore, Michael Robinsonand Jaquil Capel

Albemarle’s Al Andrew wasnamed YVC Coach of the Year.

Middle schoolsKhaila Hall scored 21 points and

led the fifth-seeded West Rowan girlsto a 39-28 victory over No. 4 NorthRowan in the opening round of theRowan County Middle School Confer-ence seventh-grade basketball tour-nament at Knox on Friday.Hall, who also had 14 rebounds,

three assists and three blocked shots,poured in 19 points over the finalthree quarters. West (9-6) also got 14points from Tatciana Cowan and 14rebounds from Peyton Greene.North (10-5) was led by Special

Washington’s 17 points, 11 reboundsand four steals. Washington fouledout in the final quarter. Zykeria Tuck-er added five points and 14 rebounds.

The top-seeded Southeast girls(12-3) downed No. 8 China Grove 23-9. Taylor Martin led the winners witheight points, while Kalyn Ellenburgscored seven. Karli Snider had ninerebounds and three steals. AshleeWagoner grabbed seven boards. TheSoutheast and West girls will meet inthe semifinals at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

China Grove (0-15) was led byCasey Josey with six points, six re-bounds and five steals.

West Rowan’s second-seededboys (12-3) topped No. 7 China Grove48-32 behind Kreshon Alexander’s 17points, seven steals and four assists.Devon Morrison added 13 points, 10rebounds, five blocks and threesteals. Dearius Phillips had six points,10 rebounds and three steals. Josh

Lindsey added nine rebounds andthree steals. Noah Williams had eightrebounds.China Grove (4-11) was led by Pey-

ton Penninger’s 10 points. Ryan Bear-den had eight rebounds. Austin Cor-riher and Michael Morrison each hadsix rebounds. Morrison stole the ballthree times.West’s boys will play their semifi-

nal contest at 4:30 p.m. Wednesdayagainst the winner of Tuesday’s gamebetween No. 3 North Rowan and No.6 Mooresville.First-round action continues on

Monday with the No. 2 Erwin girlsmeeting No. 7 Corriher-Lipe at 4:30p.m., the No. 4 Corriher-Lipe boys fac-ing No. 5 Southeast at 6, and the No.1 Knox boys taking on No. 8 Erwin at7:30.

Pro baseballBobby Parnell (East Rowan)

pitched a scoreless inning for theNew York Mets against the FloridaMarlins on Friday.

Prep basketballThe North Hills Christian varsity

boys basketball team captured theMid-State Athletic Conference Tour-nament championship with a 76-66win against the Cabarrus Stallions.Justin Wright (25 points, 10 assists)

and Moussa Doucara (10 points) rep-resented North Hills on the all-con-ference team. Tony Nunn added 13points with J’quille Tracey pitchingin with 11.The North Hills girls fell to Cabar-

rus 50-41 in the tournament final.Lane Butner (13 points, nine re-bounds) and Abby Lane (six points,three rebounds, five assists) were all-conference selections.

Catawba lacrosseBraden Artem tied a Catawba

record with eight goals in a 21-15 tri-umph against Saint Leo in a DeepSouth Conference match on Saturday.Saint Leo led 12-11 before Artem

scored back-to-back goals to start a5-0 run to hand the Indians the leadpermanently.

Livingstone trackAhmad Garrison set a school

record in the discus with a top throwof 153 feet, 4 inches at UNC Wilming-ton’s Seahawk Invitational on Satur-day.Garrison placed third overall in

the event, and his heave beat the pre-vious record of 147-11 set in 2003. Histhrow of 47-13⁄4 in the shot put placedfourth. Bryan Aycoth (West Rowan)finished fourth in the javelin with athrow of 172-10.The Blue Bears placed sixth over-

all out of 11 teams.

Livingstone softballLivingstone defeated Lincoln 6-5

but fell to Virginia State 13-2 andChowan 13-1 at the CIAA SoftballRoundup in Raleigh on Saturday.Trailing 5-2 against Lincoln, the

Blue Bears (4-3, 1-2) put up four runsin the bottom of the fifth to take thelead for good.Livingstone will play Virginia

Union, Elizabeth City State and BowieState today in the Roundup.

Centralina CrossoverCentralina Crossover will contin-

ue tryouts on Sunday for boys andgirls AAU basketball.

Tryouts for girls in the seventh-11th grade will be from 2:30-4 p.m.,Boys seventh-eighth grade will befrom 4-5:30 p.m., and Boys fromninth-11th grade take place at 5:30-7p.m.

Tryouts will take place at the gym-nasium of Christian Outreach of thePiedmont, Inc. on 1424 Rickert Streetin Statesville. For more information,contact Teon Mauney or Glenn Usryat 704-881-0472.

North boostersThe North Rowan High Booster

Club will hold its monthly meetingMonday, March 14, at 7 p.m. at thehigh school.All parents are welcome and en-

couraged to attend. If you need any additional infor-

mation, please call Mark Jennings at(704) 213-2491.

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Gonzalez stars for Red SoxAssociated Press

Spring Training roundup ...FORT MYERS, Fla. — Adrian Gon-

zalez had a single and a sacrifice flyin his first game with the Boston RedSox, who beat the Florida Marlins 9-2 on Saturday. Gonzalez, who was ac-quired in a trade with San Diego inDecember, had been held back to re-hab his right shoulder.

Rockies (ss) 4, Padres 3SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Ubaldo

Jimenez threw four perfect inningsand Jason Giambi homered.

Reds (ss) 7, Cubs (ss) 6MESA, Ariz. — Dontrelle Willis

left the Cincinnati Reds’ win afterspraining his right ankle.

Tigers 4, Blue Jays (ss) 3LAKELAND, Fla. — Brad Penny

pitched five solid innings and pinch-hitter Ryan Strieby had a two-out sin-gle in the eighth to lead Detroit.

Nationals 6, Yankees 5VIERA, Fla. — A.J. Burnett

pitched four solid innings. Braves 12, Mets 0KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Tim Hudson

pitched four-hit ball for four inningsand Atlanta roughed up R.A. Dickey.Hudson struck out four. He and

five other Braves pitchers didn’t al-low a walk.

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The NBA roundup ...MIAMI — Dwyane Wade

blocked four shots in a daz-zling 55-second span shortlyafter tipoff and the MiamiHeat rolled past the Mem-phis Grizzlies 118-85 on Sat-urday for their secondstraight victory.

It was one of Miami's topdefensive displays of theseason, holding the Grizzliesto 39-percent shooting andforcing Memphis into miss-ing its final 10 shots of thefirst half.

Hawks 91, Blazers 82ATLANTA — Jeff Teague

matched a career high with24 points, Jamal Crawfordadded 20 and Atlantasnapped a four-game slidewith a victory over Portland.

LaMarcus Aldridgescored 22 points, and WesleyMatthews had 19 for Port-land.

Clippers 122, Wizards 101WASHINGTON — Blake

Griffin scored all of his 26points in the first half forLos Angeles.

In the matchup betweenthe last two No. 1 overallpicks, Griffin got the best of

John Wall, both on thescoreboard and in the indi-vidual battle. Wall had 25points, eight assists andseven rebounds.

Bulls 118, Jazz 100CHICAGO — Derrick

Rose and Luol Deng eachscored 26 points, and theChicago Bulls ran awaywith their 13th win in 15games, all but grabbing ashare of the Eastern Con-ference lead with an easy118-100 victory over theUtah Jazz.

Hornets 115, Kings 103NEW ORLEANS — Chris

Paul returned from a con-cussion and scored a sea-son-high 33 points to gowith 15 assists, seven re-bounds and five steals, andthe New Orleans Hornetsbeat the Sacramento Kings.

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Kansas guard tyshawn taylor (10) gets past texas forward Jordan Hamilton (3) for a basket.

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The Top 25 roundup ...KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tyshawn Taylor and Marcus Morris

sparked a quick start and No. 2 Kansas raced past No. 10Texas 85-73 on Saturday in the Big 12 title game, avengingone of the saddest losses the Jayhawks have experienced inyears.

Texas, which dropped to 0-6 in Big 12 championshipgames, whittled a 48-33 halftime deficit to 66-52 with about8 minutes left, taking advantage while Marcus and MarkieffMorris sat on the bench with three fouls.

But after Taylor and J'Covan Brown swapped 3-pointers,Tyrel Reed hit an uncontested 3 and rebounded a Texasmiss, leading to Markieff Morris' tip-in for a 68-55 lead. Amoment later, Reed's steal led to Markieff Morris' free throw.

Jordan Hamilton had 21 points for second-seeded Texas(27-7), which beat Kansas 74-63 and snapped the Jayhawks'team-record 69-game home court winning streak on a melan-choly afternoon in January.

BIG EASTNEW YORK — NEW YORK — Kemba Walker capped the

best five days an individual and team may have ever had incollege basketball, scoring 19 points to lead No. 21 Con-necticut to a 69-66 victory over No. 14 Louisville in the BigEast championship Saturday night.

Walker, a 6-foot-1 junior guard, took home the most obvi-ous MVP award in any conference tournament after leadingthe ninth-seeded Huskies (26-9) to five wins in as many days— the last four over teams ranked in the Top 25 — and theprogram's seventh conference title, tying Georgetown for themost in Big East history.

He finished the five games with 130 points, 46 more thanthe previous record. It wasn't just the points. He grabbed somany big rebounds, made so many key passes and clutchsteals, all while exhibiting leadership good enough to take ateam loaded with sophomores and freshmen to the champi-onship.

Preston Knowles had 18 points for the third-seeded Cardi-nals (25-8) and his 3-point attempt at the buzzer bounced offthe rim, setting off a well-deserved celebration by theHuskies.

BIG TENINDIANAPOLIS — Jared Sullinger had 14 points and 13

rebounds, and No. 1 Ohio State boosted its bid for the NCAAtournament's top overall seed with a 68-61 victory over rivalMichigan in the Big Ten semifinals Saturday.

The regular-season league champions and defending tour-nament champs will play in a record-tying third straight cham-pionship game Sunday against sixth-seeded Penn State. Illi-nois also played in three consecutive title games from 2003-05.

Jon Diebler scored 16 points and William Buford had 14for the Buckeyes (31-2).

Penn State 61, Michigan State 48INDIANAPOLIS — Talor Battle will have a chance to do

what he considers most important — win a championship.Battle scored 17 of his 25 points in the second half to

help Penn State defeat Michigan State 61-48 in the Big Tentournament semifinals

MOUNTAIN WESTLAS VEGAS — Billy White put on an offensive display and

bedeviled national scoring leader Jimmer Fredette in leadingSan Diego State past BYU for the Mountain West Conferencetitle.

Second-seeded San Diego State (32-2), whose only twolosses were against the Cougars (30-4), finally figured outhow to topple top-seeded BYU. Despite 30 points from a late-charging Fredette, the Cougars fell to 3-2 without Davies.

SECATLANTA — Kenny Boynton scored 24 points, Erving Walk-

er added 17 and Florida recovered from another slow start tobeat Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference semifinals.

The Gators (26-6) matched their biggest comeback of theseason, overcoming a 12-point deficit early in the secondhalf. They will meet Kentucky in the championship game Sun-day.

Florida beat the Commodores (23-10) at their 3-pointgame. Boynton hit five shots beyond the arc, Walker madethree and the Gators finished 11 of 21 overall.

No. 15 Kentucky 72, Alabama 58ATLANTA — Brandon Knight finally got rolling at the South-

eastern Conference tournament and Kentucky looked like ayoung team peaking at just the right time with a semifinal vic-tory over Alabama.

Knight scored 10 straight points to blow it open for theWildcats (24-8), who have won seven out of eight with theirthree freshman starters.

PAC TENLOS ANGELES — Isaiah Thomas hit a fadeaway jumper at

the buzzer, lifting Washington over Arizona for the Pac-10tournament championship in the first overtime title game inleague history.

Thomas scored 19 of his 28 points in the first half, andfreshman Terrence Ross added 16 for the third-seededHuskies (23-10), who successfully defended their title andearned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

ATLANTIC 10ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Kevin Anderson scored 22 points

and Richmond beat three-time defending champion Temple inthe semifinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament.

Justin Harper added 18 points and nine rebounds as thethird-seeded Spiders (26-7) avenged a loss to the No. 24-ranked Owls (25-7) in last year's title game and a 20-pointloss earlier this season.

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point play, then added his sixth 3-point-er to beat the shot clock with 1:14 left.That shot came after the Tar Heels hadgotten an offensive rebound and asWilliams was calling to reset the offense,prompting Williams to joke that the shotsaved his team from bad coaching.

“You know, Coach and I have beenback and forth between play calls andmy shot selection,” Barnes said. “I’vebeen in the situation where I’ve missedit before and I’ve come out alive, so I fig-ured why not try again?”

Demontez Stitt scored a career-high25 points to lead the fourth-seeded

Tigers, who appeared in good positionto reach their third final by shuttingdown Kendall Marshall and the UNCtransition game through the first half.But Barnes single-handedly kept NorthCarolina in it with 16 first-half points,then kept making big shots to thrill ahome-state crowd filled with plenty oflight blue.

Going back to the regular season,Barnes hit the go-ahead shots in the fi-nal 5 minutes of regulation or overtimein all three games against the Tigers.

“We couldn’t guard him, couldn’t stophim,” Clemson coach Brad Brownell said.“He was a real difference-maker forthem.”

A day after they didn’t take a lead un-til Tyler Zeller’s layup at the final buzzer,the Tar Heels led for all of 36 seconds in

regulation. They rallied to take a one-point lead on Zeller’s basket midwaythrough the second half only to see Tan-ner Smith answer with a 3-pointer to putClemson back in front.

Smith added another huge 3 with 4:37left to push the lead to 72-66, but theTigers didn’t manage another basket inregulation. That gave the Tar Heels theiropening, with Barnes cutting the gap to73-71 on a 3 over Milton Jennings beforeZeller scored on a hook shot in the laneover Jerai Grant to tie it with 45 secondsleft.

Stitt missed a contested shot as thehorn sounded on regulation, and Barnessoon put the Tar Heels ahead for good.

Clemson fell to 1-15 against North Car-olina in the ACC tournament and 0-18 all-time against the No. 1 seed.

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coach Seth Greenberg said.“We had beaten this team. Butwe needed to play well, not justplay hard. I thought we playedreally hard. Unfortunately, wedidn’t play as well tonight.”

Erick Green added 17points, including a layup overCurry that pulled VirginiaTech to 41-35 with just under18 minutes left. Singler fol-lowed with a jumper to startthe 11-2 run that pushedDuke’s lead into double fig-ures to stay.

Without question, the main

story line focused on Smith,the ACC player of the year.His status was in question un-til a few minutes before tipoffbecause he injured the secondtoe on his left foot late inDuke’s victory the night be-fore against Maryland. X-raysshowed no broken bones, andcoach Mike Krzyzewski saidSmith was walking “fairlywell” at a short team meetingat about midnight.

“Once we knew that it wasmore of a jammed toe, we feltthat he would be OK,”Krzyzewski said.

When he woke up Saturday,Smith said “it felt brand new.”After testing the toe duringwarmups, he took his familiar

place in the starting lineupand almost immediately wentto work.

He scored 16 points in thefirst half and finished 8 of 16from the field in the highest-scoring ACC tournamentgame of his career. The sen-ior captain keyed an early runthat gave the Blue Devilssome breathing room, then es-sentially put the game awaywith consecutive alley-oops toMason Plumlee in the final 8minutes while once again re-sembling what Curry called“the Nolan that we all know.”

Singler matched a schoolrecord by playing in his 144thconsecutive game while Cur-ry, the son of former Virginia

Tech sharpshooter Dell Cur-ry, atoned for a five-foul, no-point night in Duke’s 64-60loss in Blacksburg, Va.

“Any time you play badagainst a certain team, youwant to go out and make upfor it,” Curry said.

They teamed to help Duke— which hasn’t lost in theleague’s postseason eventsince the 2008 semifinals —move one step closer to its10th conference tournamenttitle in 13 years and ACC-record 19th overall. Standingin the way are the sixth-ranked Tar Heels, who beatthem 81-67 a week ago inChapel Hill to claim the topseed in this tournament.

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DARLINGTON, S.C. — KaseyKahne made the right choice in givingup a week off, running up front the fi-nal 51 laps to win Camping WorldTruck series event at Darlington Race-way on Saturday night.

The Sprint Cup star could’ve pow-ered down like his Cancun-bound truckowner Kyle Busch as NASCAR’s topseries took off. Instead, Kahne hoppedinto the No. 18 Toyota to win his sec-ond Darlington Trucks race in twostarts.

“I’ll buy (Kyle) a vacation anytimeto drive this thing again,” Kahne said.

He held off defending series champand Darlington winner Todd Bodine ona restart with three laps remaining.

Ron Hornaday Jr. finished second,and Bodine was third. Series pointsleader Matt Crafton took fourth andJames Buuescher finished fifth.

Kahne has three victories and a sec-ond in four career Trucks starts.

NFL LABORWASHINGTON — Welcome to The

NFL Lockout.As far back as two years ago, it be-

came a possibility.As recently as a week ago — when

owners and players agreed to extendthe deadline for reaching a labor deal— Commissioner Roger Goodell madeit sound avoidable.

And yet here we are: The country’smost popular sport — water-cooler fod-der for six months of Mondays; genera-tor of more than $9 billion in annualrevenues; responsible for the twomost-watched programs in U.S. TV his-tory, the 2010 and 2011 Super Bowls —is stuck in a holding pattern, thanks toits first work stoppage in nearly aquarter of a century.

The owners imposed a lockout on

the players Saturday, essentially shut-ting down operations. That came hoursafter talks broke off and the union dis-solved itself.

WICHARD DIESWESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. —

Gary Wichard, the longtime NFL play-er agent who was suspended last yearfor his role in a recruiting scandal atNorth Carolina, died Friday. He was60.

He died at his home in Westlake Vil-lage, Calif., from diabetes and pancre-atic cancer, the public relations firmRogers & Cowan said.

An agent since 1980, Wichard’s NFLclients included Dwight Freeney, JasonTaylor, Antonio Cromartie, ElvisDumervil, Terrell Suggs and DarrenSproles.

COLLEGE BASKETBALLPROVIDENCE, R.I. — An 11-2 start,

consecutive wins against ranked teamsand the nation’s second highest scorercouldn’t save Keno Davis’ job as men’sbasketball coach at Providence.

Davis, whose Friars struggled tocompete in the Big East, was fired af-ter three seasons.

• LOS ANGELES — Southern Cali-fornia coach Kevin O’Neill was sus-pended for the rest of the Pac-10 tour-nament after getting into a verbal con-frontation with an Arizona booster.

GOLFDORAL, Fla. — Dustin Johnson hit

his stride and found his swagger Satur-day on the back nine of the Blue Mon-ster at Doral to emerge with a two-shotlead going into the final round of theCadillac Championship.

Johnson hit what he called a "buntdrive" some 310 yards on the 17th andhit wedge to 2 feet for the last of hiseight birdies. Just as importantly, he

played the 18th hole without drama tofinish with a 7-under 65.

He was at 13-under 203, althougheight players are separated by threeshots. That group does not includeTiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, whoremain out of the mix.

HARPER SENT DOWNVIERA, Fla. — The Washington Na-

tionals have optioned top prospectBryce Harper to Class A Hagerstown,saying the top overall pick in lastyear's draft needs to get more playingtime to prepare for the season.

The 18-year-old Harper, who hit .389in 13 spring games, was disappointedbut determined to make it back to thebig leagues as soon as possible.

Harper was a catcher for most ofhis high school and college career, butthe Nationals drafted him as an out-fielder, and used him exclusively as aright fielder in spring training.

METS-BRAVESKISSIMMEE, Fla. — Tim Hudson

said he was getting a little bit bored ofspring training about a week ago, evenif his arm wasn't quite ready to startthe season.

He sure looked ready on Saturday.Hudson pitched four-hit ball over four

innings in the Atlanta Braves' 12-0 winover the New York Mets on Saturday.

Hudson struck out four and theBraves' six pitchers didn't allow a walkin the win. Hudson was 17-9 with a 2.83ERA last season.

Another Brave who appears ready isthird baseman Chipper Jones who iscoming off a torn ACL that ended his2010 season last summer. Jonesreached base in all four plate appear-ances and scored two runs in six in-nings, his longest stint yet in the field.Gonzalez said that Jones is runningbetter than he has all spring.

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The NHL roundup ...RALEIGH — Now that

the Atlanta Thrashers arewinning games on the roadand against the CarolinaHurricanes, maybe theycan make a run toward theplayoffs.

Tim Stapleton scored1:38 into overtime to helpthe Thrashers to a 3-2 vic-tory that snapped twostreaks — a six-game roadwinless streak and a four-game losing skid to theHurricanes.

Canadiens 3, Penguins 0PITTSBURGH — Carey

Price made 26 saves for hiseighth shutout of the sea-son and 12th overall in theMontreal Canadiens' 3-0victory over the PittsburghPenguins.

Maple Leafs 4, Sabres 3TORONTO — Mikhail

Grabovski and Phil Kesselscored in a 2:33 span earlyin the third period androokie James Reimer madea jaw-dropping save onTomas Vanek in the periodin the Toronto Maple Leafs'4-3 comeback victory overthe Buffalo Sabres.

Clarke MacArthur andTyler Bozak also scored tohelp Toronto end a three-

game slide and move backwithin four points of the fi-nal two playoff spots in theEastern Conference.

Panthers 4, Lightning 3SUNRISE, Fla. — Jason

Garrison scored with 16seconds left in overtime tolift the Florida Panthers toa 4-3 victory against theTampa Bay Lightning.

Vincent Levavalier andSimon Gagne scored in thethird period for Tampa Bayto erase a 3-1 deficit, butGarrison's sixth goal of theseason gave the Pantherstheir fourth win in fivegames against the Light-ning.

Devils 3, Islanders 2, OTNEWARK, N.J. — Anssi

Salmela scored his firstgoal of the season 3:09 intoovertime to keep the NewJersey Devils' playoffdrive another boost with a3-2 victory over the NewYork Islanders on Saturdaynight.

Salmela took a feedfrom Mattias Tedenby anddrilled a shot past Al Mon-toya as the Devils im-proved to 22-3-2 in theirlast 27 games. New Jerseyhad trailed 2-1 in the thirdperiod before rallying.

Jacob Josefson had hisfirst NHL goal.

North didn’t score until T.J. Batestrickled in a free throw more than fourminutes into the game and didn’t make afield goal until Starks dunked with 2:42left in the first quarter. North trailed 18-8 after a quarter — and the Cavs’ eight in-cluded a 3 that Starks banked in.As bad as it was, North didn’t point fin-

gers. Mitchell didn’t lose his composure.With three minutes left in the half,

Starks made a soaring tip-in with his backto the rim. Spruill didn’t bat an eye. Heanswered with a three-point play, and itwas 33-14. North still didn’t panic.Then, suddenly, the jitters evaporated.

In the last two minutes of the half, MichaelConnor, Jordan Kimber and Michael Bow-man hit 3-pointers. North shot 25 percentfrom the field and 1-for-8 from the foulline, but it was down by just 14 at half-time. And there was a long way to go.Mitchell was ready to yell in the lock-

er room, but his assistants jumped theplayers first. The words were strong. Themessage was clear. A focused group ofCavs came out for the second half.Spruill hit a 3-pointer to open the half.

Now he had 28 points, but he would addjust four more in the last 15 minutes. TheCavs had figured out he was the only Pen-der Patriot who could do any damage, andthey swarmed all over him. Starks scoredthree quick buckets. Reynolds vibratedwith noise. The tide turned.“We could feel we had a lot more ener-

gy than they did at the start of the secondhalf,” said Starks, who scored 19 andearned MVP honors. “And their energywas dropping. They were getting tired.”North’s 6-7 soph Malik Ford, silent in

the first half, got back-to-back dunks offfeeds by Bowman and Pierre Givens.North was pressuring every pass, everydribble, and Pender (24-5) was wilting.Givens, honored as North’s “outstand-

ing player” nailed a 3-pointer to end thethird quarter, and North fans stood as oneand roared. The deficit was five, but it wasclear it was just a matter of time.“Our kids felt like the game was theirs

and stopped playing as aggressive,” Pen-der coach Gary Battle said. “We got a lit-tle lazy. Then North came back. Theygained confidence, and we lost some.”An acrobatic drive by Givens with 4:41

left cut Pender’s lead to a single point, and

Givens found Bates for the go-ahead buck-et with 4:03 remaining. It was 53-52, andNorth led for the first time all day.Kimber scored on a hanging drive.

Spruill answered with two free throws.North was up 55-54 and had the ball with2:19 left. Mitchell called timeout.Kimber got caught in the air and turned

it over at 2:03, but Hargrave, all 275pounds of him, crashed to the floor toforce the turnover that got the ball back.After Kimber and Givens dribbled

away dozens of precious seconds, it camedown to whether or not the Cavalierscould make free throws.They could. Givens swished two with

a minute left. After Bowman picked off aPender pass, Bates hit two free ones with40 ticks to go, and North led 59-54.Pittman’s three-point play cut North’s

lead to two with 31 seconds left, but Batescalmly drilled two clutch two free throws,then grabbed a manly defensive reboundin traffic and drained two more.“It was a great feeling,” Mitchell said.

“Just to be able to stand there and watchthe guys know those free throws down.”Twenty-five years after they won their

first state title, the Cavs finally could cel-ebrate their second.It was time for bear-hugs.

NORTH ROWAN (64) — Starks 19, Givens 13, T. Bates9, Bowman 7, Ford 6, Kimber 5, Connor 3, Hargrave 2, Cham-bers, A. Bates.

PENDER (57) — Spruill 32, Hand 9, Powell 5, Pittman5, Tr. Hansley 4, K. Hansley 2, J. Hansley, Ty. Hansley,Spencer, Gresham.

N. Rowan 8 17 17 22 — 64Pender 18 21 8 10 — 57

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North Rowan’s Cavaliers celebrate in Reynolds Coliseum after winning the 1A state championship against Pender County on Saturday.


North freshman Michael Connor soars to block a shot by Pender’s Javon Powell (3). jon c. lakey/SALISBURY POST

MVP Sam Starks goes over 6-foot-10 Keynan Pittman.


Javon Hargrave goes between Pender’s Keynan Pittman,left, and Jamaal Gresham (42).

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North’s Jordan Kimber looks to pass.

to keep swinging it to me and Iwas going to knock it down.”

For those who saw the firsthalf, it was hard to believe Northwas in the game at all. Pender,winners of 24 straight coming intoSaturday’s championship, led byas many as 19 in the second quar-ter and the Cavaliers faced a 39-25deficit at halftime.

The third quarter saw the Cavsoutscore Pender 17-8. Pender’sleading scorer Addison Spruillscored 25 points in the first half,but only managed seven in thesecond. By the time the trophieswere handed out, North outscoredPender 39-18 in the last two quar-ters.

“If we were going to come backfrom down 19, it was going to bewith a team like this,” North coachAndrew Mitchell said. “They neverfelt panic, never felt like theycouldn’t come back.”

•Divine intervention was men-

tioned after the game.“The biggest statement I have

to make is that God is good and weall trusted and believed and hadfaith that we could get to thispoint,” Mitchell said.

But certainly not during half-time when Mitchell’s assistantstook the initiative.

“[Assistant] coach [Tim] Batesis a minister. He didn’t say any-thing out of the way, but he said it

forcefully,” said Mitchell with alaugh.

Givens, clinging tightly to hischampionship plaque after thegame, agreed the staff was para-mount in ruffling some feathers.

Givens pulled his team withinone with a layup in the fourthquarter and handed North a 57-54edge by swishing a pair of freethrows with 1:02 left.

“I loved the intensity at half-time,” Givens said. “The coachescame in and told us what to do sowe could execute it when we wentback out.”

Javon Hargrave, who’s framehelped negate Spruill, agreed.

“The speech at halftime moti-

vated us and we knew we could getback in the game,” said Hargrave.

•For Mitchell, another champi-

onship for the former Catawbastar was a reminder of the talenthe was graced with at Salisbury aswell as North.

“In both situations, we’ve hadgreat players. I don’t care howgreat a coach you are, try it with-out some great players.”

“The two to my right here (re-ferring to Hargrave and SamStarks) are two of the best playersin the state.”

If he hasn’t already, Mitchell isquickly becoming one of the bettercoaches in the state.

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It was a family affair for the Mitchell family on Saturday in Reynolds Coliseum. Sandra Mitchell hugs Sam Starks, left, while husband Andrew gives his Cavaliers a high five.


A stoic group of North Rowan Cavaliers stand during pregame introductions.


A confident Pierre Givens saluted his Cavalier fans after hitting a 3-pointer against Pender.

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North Rowan fans cheer during the comeback.


Malik Ford goes high for a bucket.

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A dapper Salisbury coach Chris McNeil is all smiles as he waits for the postgame awards ceremony. McNeil won a state championship in his first season as a high school coach.


The game’s MVP Brielle Blaire shoots a jumper over EastBladen star Courtney Melvin.


Ayanna Holmes grabs a rebound.wayne hinshaw/SALISBURY POST

Olivia Rankin is surrounded by East Bladen Eagles. Rankin finished with 14 points.

Ayanna and twin Ashiacombined for 13 steals and 15assists. Talk about a twinkilling.They were so effective, it

was easy for the inside three-some of Blaire, Jessica Heiligand Olivia Rankin to shoot justabout everything from closerange. Those three combinedfor a whopping 50 points on 22of 37 shooting.Blaire, a 6-foot-3, 15-year-

old freshman, was named thegame’s MVP, but it could’vebeen any of the five starters.“They have four Division I

players and a freshman winsMVP,” signed Evers. “They’rebetter than us.”Salisbury shot 56 percent

from the field and outscoredEast Bladen 58-14 in the paint.It led 14-0 on fast-breakpoints.And as hard as it might be

to imagine, Salisbury’s defensewas even better. It shackledCourtney Melvin, a 6-2 EastCarolina signee averaging 24points and 11 rebounds into afrustrating 10-point day. Amaz-ingly, she shot only seventimes, just once after halftime.She hit only three baskets andwas never a factor.“They had two on me

everywhere I went,” Melvinshrugged afterward. “We justdidn’t go out and play hard. Ididn’t play hard as well.”Evers added her star wasn’t

guarded by ordinary players.

“She was surrounded bylong, physical, big girls,”Evers noted.McNeil’s plan worked per-

fectly.“We kept two bodies on her

all night,” he said. “We want-ed somebody else to beat us.”The turning point of the

game came at the end of thefirst half. Petite Melissa Ma-con pumped in three 3s andSalisbury’s once-large leadwas suddenly down to 33-26with 1:44 left.“In a timeout in the second

quarter, I told them if wecould keep it under 10 we hada chance,” Evers said.Didn’t happen.Heilig hit two quick

jumpers and after a steal byAyanna Holmes, Ashia sank arunner for a 39-26 halftime ad-vantage.“The key was keeping our

heads up at all times and mak-ing steals,” Ayanna said.The start of the second half

was the same as the first.Ashia made one of the team’s18 steals on the first posses-sion and fed Heilig, who pow-ered over Melvin. She hit twofree throws and a beautifulspin move and Salisbury led53-32 after three.Heilig was asked when she

knew she could take EastBladen’s big girl.“After I did it the first

time,” Heilig said. “This wasmy last game. I was going outwith a bang.”The Hornets certainly did

that. After losing the openerto 4A Butler, they reeled off27 straight victories and

walked out of the Smith Cen-ter as one of the greatestteams in North Carolina his-tory.“I’m really going to miss

them,” McNeil said.Miss them, yes.Forget them?Never.

•NOTES: Ayanna Holmes had

11 assists. ... Salisbury got alift from 6-2 Eboni Feamster,who scored two points,

grabbed two rebounds andblocked two shots in 10 min-utes. ... Salisbury did not try a3-pointer. It didn’t have to. ...The Hornets held East Bladento 16 of 44 shooting.

SALISBURY (76) — Blaire 20, Heilig 16,Rankin 14, Ash. Holmes 10, Ay. Holmes 8,Miller 4, Feamster 2, Allison 2, Thompson,Hicks.EAST BLADEN (44) — Kemp 12, Melvin

10, Macon 9, Montgomery 7, Hatcher 6.

Salisbury 21 18 14 23 — 76E. Bladen 10 16 6 12 — 44


Jessica Heilig grabs the ball away from a swarm of players.Heilig had nine rebounds in the game.

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Salisbury’s inside players, from left, Olivia Rankin, Brielle Blaire and Jessica Heilig combined for 50 points in the victory over East Bladen.


Brielle Blaire goes in for two of her 20 points as she drives past Janet Hatcher.

just to put our hopes down.We came to win.”They did, in lopsided

fashion, over an East Bladenteam that never saw it com-ing. The Eagles had thor-oughly readied themselvesfor this test — their fourthstate final in five years —and believed they were well-equipped to dethrone Salis-bury, to gavel its undisputedreign to a close. Failing toprepare, the late John Wood-en told us, is the same aspreparing to fail. And hard-luck East coach Patty Evershad done her homework —analyzing the matchups,scrutinizing the numbersand turning herself upside-down in a comprehensivesearch for rightside-up —and a way to outscore Salis-bury.“Yeah, but they were just

better than us,” she conced-ed after Salisbury’s 76-44wipeout. “They were betterthan they were last year.”

•Perhaps no one could.

First-year coach Chris Mc-Neil assembled a team thatwouldn’t take ‘No’ for an an-swer, a team that that playedwith a casual insouciance,like the kid who alreadyknows what he’s getting forhis birthday. They routinelycrushed lesser opponents,then shrugged it off likethey’d just gone to the den-tist for a cleaning. Rarely, ifever, did they publically sipfrom the fountain of pureemotion. “We’re a very mature

team,” explained forwardOlivia Rankin, one of Sal-

ibury’s senior anchors. “Welove the game. We know howto go about our business.And we’ll do anything towin.”That they did — for the

27th consecutive time and56th in its last 57 games.Four Hornets scorersreached double figures.Ayanna Holmes did the dish-es, contributing 11 assists inher final game. JessicaHeilig was a force in thepaint, bumping and bruisingher way for 16 points andnine rebounds. And Rankinprovided another honey of astat from the Hornets’ bee-hive, quietly shooting 5-for-8from the floor and netting 14points.

•But nobody’s star shone

more luminously than fresh-man Brielle Blaire’s. With 20points in 21 care-free min-utes — and the game’s MVPplaque — her stock contin-ued its mercurial ascent,seemingly rising faster thangasoline prices. Considerthat she began the season asa hopeful walk-on and endsit walking on air.

“I just love my team-mates,” the 6-foot-3 forwardoffered in typical freshman-speak. “I’m so blessed to bepart of a team like this.”Blaire scored 10 of her

points before the game wasfour minutes old, helpingSalisbury lurch to a 12-3lead. For all intents and pur-poses East was cooked aftertwo quarters in Salisbury’soven. By the closing minutesMcNeil had next year’s mod-el on the floor and a coast-to-coast smile on his face. Fi-nally — and once again —SHS owned the house, theEagles and the champi-onship.

•When a remarkable sea-

son had run its course, AshiaHolmes broke character andinitiated an impromptudance near the Salisburybench. Meanwhile principalWindsor Eagle led of a cho-rus of “Three in a row —Way to Go!” to the Salisburyfaithful. Clearly, this was a team

that played with grand goalsand accomplished them insmall ways. A team thatsoared above the competi-tion while keeping its feetfirmly planted on theground. A team who’s reach,while extensive, never ex-ceeded its grasp.“We had a wonderful

team,” said the doe-eyedRankin. “One that I trusted,loved and cared about.”It was Heilig who penned

the final lyric when she wasasked what she’ll most fond-ly remember about the 2010-11 season: “That we didsomething special,” she an-swered. Something a lot offemale basketball playerswon’t be able to do. Ever.”And that’s pretty special.


Salisbury's Jessica Heilig and East Bladen's Zhane Johnsonfight for a loose ball.


Salisbury’s Ayanna Holmes drives past Jazmine Kemp for a layup.

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Salisbury’s Hornets have agroup hug.

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Farm Equipment& Supplies

Farm Equipment, new &used. McDaniel AuctionCo. 704-278-0726 or 704-798-9259. NCAL 48, NCFL8620. Your authorized farmequipment dealer.

Massey Ferguson 2402WD Diesel Tractor 789hrs. 16' dual axle all steeltrailer. 6' Bush Hog lessthan 10 hrs. 6' disc harrow4/5. One row cultivator.Sub soiler. 10' boom pole.6' home made dragharrow. 6' scrape blade.Want to sale as a pkg.$13,800. 704-239-1765

Flowers & Plants

3 ft. Leyland Cypress orGreen Giant Trees. Makesa beautiful property lineboundary or privacy screen.1 gallon $10 per tree. 3gallon 5 ft. & full, $40.Varieties of Gardenias,Nandina, Juniper, Holly,Ligustrum, Hosta, Viburn-um, Gold Mop, Camelias,Arbor-vitae, Azaleas ANDMORE! $8. All of theabove include delivery &installation! 704-274-0569

Fuel & WoodReduce heating cost!SALE. Central BoilerOUTDOOR WOOD FUR-NACE. Up to $2100savings. Financing avail-able. 704-202-3363

Furniture & Appliances

Air Conditioners, Wash-ers, Dryers, Ranges, Frig.$65 & up. Used TV & Ap-pliance Center Service af-ter the sale. 704-279-6500

Bedroom suite, new 5piece. All for $297.97.Hometown Furniture, 322S. Main St. 704-633-7777

Furniture & Appliances

Coffee Table, solidwood, $30; heavy woodend table with pull outsurface, $35. 704-239-0920

End (Coffee tables) 2pair, $25 per pair; 3single tables, $15-$40.704-857-0093

Exec. Ofc. furniture. Exec.Cherry Desk, Bookcase &Credenza. Very GoodCondition. Sell as a set$375, 704-640-2946

GorgeousVintage Bombay Chest,extremely heavy &ornate, 3 deep drawers.32” tall x 20” deep x 41”wide. Excellent cond.$500. 704-636-6575

Ice machine. Scotsmanmodular cubed icemachine. $2,400 new.$1,100. Fisher St. BaptistChurch. 704-467-3187

Refrigerator, Gibson 17.5cu.ft. W/a very small (9cu.ft.) freezer compartment.Great for a 2nd fridge. $175.336-492-6233

Washer/Dryer – Electric,Frigidaire Gallery Series,Commercial, heavy duty.4 years old, very goodcondition. $350. 704-680-4284 or 440-812-0498

Games and Toys

Let's play!Call of Duty Wii game$30, new Supermario Wii$40, Jenny 336-751-5279

Wii Game System with12 wii games, Like New2 remotes & charger unit,Sports accessories $250. 704-223-1325

WII SYSTEM like neww/2 controllers, 2nunchuck controllers, wiisports set and multiplegames $145.00 Jenny336-751-5279

Hunting and Fishing

Rods and reels, five.Four used three times.All for $85. 704-209-6460for more information.

Lawn and Garden

Holshouser Cycle ShopLawn mower repairs andtrimmer sharpening. Pick up& delivery. (704)637-2856

Mow it!Belly Mower, 60” WoodsF35 Model 8240, $350.704-213-1495.

Machine & Tools

Air Compressor- ChargeAir Pro. 5 Hp, 20gal tank,twin cylinder oillubricated. $300 or bestoffer. Call 336-940-3134

Black & Decker, 18 Vcharger, 2 batteries &case. $50. Call704-640-4373

Craftsman 16 piecesocket wrench set, 3/4”drive. $150. Call 704-279-1711 before 8pm

MedicalEquipment

Hoveround wheelchair,MPV5, new, never used.Retails $8,840. Will sellfor $4,400. 704-209-6460

Misc For Sale5th Wheel trailer/camperhitch. $100 obo. Call 704-279-1711. Call before 8pm

Bingham Smith Lumber Co.

!!!NOW AVAILABLE!!!Metal Roofing

Many colors. Customlengths, trim,

accessories, & trusses. Call 980-234-8093

Patrick Smith

BINGHAM-SMITHLUMBER CO.

Save money on lumber.Treated and Untreated.Round Fence Post in allsizes. Save extra whenbuying full units. CallPatrick at 980-234-8093.

Misc For SaleANDERSON'S SEW & SO,Husqvarna, Viking Sewing Ma-chines. Patterns, Notions, Fab-rics. 10104 Old Beatty FordRd., Rockwell. 704-279-3647

Benches, wood, back-less. 3 are 4 ft long, $11-$12 each. 1 is 5 ft. long,$15. Primed. 704-754-8837 after 10am.

Dodge Dakota/Durangoreceiver hitch. $150 Please Call 336-940-3134

Fence Posts (35), 6 ft.$2 each, excellentcondition. Please Call704-279-4947

Free Organic CoffeeSamples. To receivesample, send self-addressed stamped en-velope, with phone num-ber, to P.O. Box 2604,Salisbury, NC 28145.

HYPNOSIS will work for you!Stop Smoking~Lose WeightIt's Easy & Very Effective Decide Today 704-933-1982

Lumber All New!

2x6x16 $72x3x studs $1.252x6x8 studs $3.25

2x4x7 $1.50D/W rafters $5

Floor trusses $5 each704-202-0326

METAL: Angle, Channel,Pipe, Sheet & Plate Shear

Fabrication & WeldingFAB DESIGNS

2231 Old Wilkesboro RdOpen Mon-Fri 7-3:30

704-636-2349

Misc For SaleMachine Shop Equip-ment. Lathe, Mill, Brake,Generator/Welder, etc.For details, 704-279-6973

Patio furniture. Glider,rocker, lounger and straightchair with cushions. $50OBO. 980-234-2579

Playground. Jungle Ad-venture wooden play-ground. Swings, slide,monkey bars, climbingwall. $350. Good condition.Laura 704-637-1248

Quilting Frames & 4large boxes of material.$65 for all. Please Call704-857-0093

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STEEL, Channel, Angle,Flat Bars, Pipe Orders Cutto Length. Mobile HomeTruss- $6 ea.; Vinyl floorcovering- $4.89 yd.; Car-pet- $5.75 yd.; MasoniteSiding 4x8- $14; 12”x16'lap siding at $6.95 ea.School Desks - $7.50 ea.RECYCLING, Top pricespaid for Aluminum cans,Copper, Brass, Radiators,Aluminum.

Davis Enterprises Inc.7585 Sherrills Ford Rd.Salisbury, NC 28147

704-636-9821

Tools: 1950'S modeltools. Circular Sawincludes carbide blades,$50; Jig Saw, $15.Call336-766-8459

Trailer Axles (2), eachwith good tires. $75Please Call704-857-7186

Utility Trailer, all metal5'x4' ball hitch excellentcondition $325. Call 704-857-2825

Wardrobe. Large 3x6louver wooden clotheswardrobe. $200. Call704-636-4251

Instruction

Music Sales & Service

Beatles music. 3 CD's, 2DVD's "Beatles Anthology","Blackbird Singing". All 4$50. 704-278-0629

Sporting Goods

Wilson A2000-XLC Glovefor right hand thrower,$75, Excellent condition,Call 704-636-4173

Want to BuyMerchandise

All Coin CollectionsSilver, gold & copper.Will buy foreign & scrapgold. 704-636-8123

Timber wanted - Pine orhardwood. 5 acres ormore select or clear cut.Shaver Wood Products,Inc. Call 704-278-9291.

Watches –and scrap gold jewelry. 704-636-9277 or cell 704-239-9298

Business Opportunities

A COKE/M&M vendingroute! 100% Finc. Do youearn $2K/wk? Loc's in Salis.800-367-2106 x 6020

J.Y. Monk Real EstateSchool-Get licensed fast,Charlotte/Concord cours-es. $399 tuition fee. FreeBrochure. 800-849-0932

Free Stuff

Instruction

Education / Training

Electronic Health RecordSpecialist Training

Cross training for persons with healthcare (directcare, mgmt., admin, support, ancil. services, EMS)or Computer technology experience. Fed (US HHSONC HIT ARRA) funded. Placement assistanceprovided. Visit www.cvcc.edu/hitwd or call 828-327-7000-x 4816

Lost & FoundFound dog, male,Thursday, March 3,downtown Salisbury.Orange collar, no tags.Very distinctive breed /color/markings. Provideaccurate description forreturn 704-638-2697

Found dog. Small blackmale, no collar, off VanceSt., Kannapolis, March 8.Call to identify. 704-733-0069

Found Key between theDam and Bridge at HighRock Lake on Saturday,March 5. Call to identify.704-633-7405

Found on March 2, inLowe's parking lotsomething of great value.Call to identify. 704-798-4801

Found Small Yorkiearound Main Street inGranite Quarry. Pleasecall 704-859-4070

Found two dogs. SmallTerriers, West C St.,Enochville area. FoundMarch 10, 8am. Nocollars. Call to identify.704-791-3442

Lost dog. Black femaleRetriever Mix, in WestRowan, Sat., March 5,red collar, '06 rabies tag.Please call 704-872-1309or 704-657-0213

Monument &Cemetery Lots

Cemetery lots inBrookhill Memorial Gar-dens, Rockwell. 8 spacesoutside the inner circle.$1100 per space. 704-642-0308 leave msg.

Notices

Due to a large increase inthe cost of doing bus-iness, our fares will in-crease 5¢ March 14.

Homesfor Sale

AlexanderPlace

China Grove, 2 newhomes under construc-tion ... buy now and pickyour own colors. Pricedat only $114,900 andcomes with a stove anddishwasher. B&R Realty704-633-2394

Homesfor Sale

Bank Foreclosures & Dis-tress Sales. These homesneed work! For a FREE list: www.applehouserealty.com

BUYER BEWAREThe Salisbury PostClassified Advertisingstaff monitors all adsubmissions forhonesty and integrity.However, somefraudulent ads are notdetectable. Pleaseprotect yourself bychecking the validity ofany offer before youinvest money in abusiness opportunity,job offer or purchase.

E. Spencer

Bring AllOffers

3 BR, 2 BA, newer kitchen,large dining room, splitbedrooms, nice porches,huge detached garage,concrete drives. R51548$84,900. Monica Poole704-245-4628 B&R Realty

East Rowan

Rockwell, 3 BR, 2 BA.Cute brick home in quietsubdivision. Outbuilding,wooded lot, nice deck offback. Kitchen appliancesstay. R51385 $129,900B&R Realty Dale Yontz704.202.3663

East Rowan

WonderfulHome

Beautiful 3 BR, 2 BA in agreat location, walk-inclosets, cathedral ceiling,great room, doubleattached garage, largelot, back-up generator. Amust see. R51757.$249,900. B&R Realty,704-202-6041

Fulton Heights

Reduced

3 BR, 2 BA, Attached car-port, Rocking Chair frontporch, nice yard. R50846$119,900 Monica Poole704.245.4628 B&R Realtywww.bostandrufty-realty.com

Granite Quarry. 1112Birch St. (Eastwood Dev)3BR, 2BA. 1,900 sq. ft. w/in-ground pool. Beautifulhome inside with openfloor plan, hardwoodfloors, large master suite,cathedral ceilings andsunroom. Tastefully land-scaped outside. A MUSTSEE and owner is readyto sell! $179,800. Pleasecall 704-433-0111

Move in Ready!

Completely remodeled.3BR, 2BA. 1202 Bell St., Sal-isbury. Granite counter tops,new stainless steel appli-ances, new roof, windowsand heat & air, hardwoodfloors, fresh paint. MUSTSEE! $120,000. Will pay clos-ing and possibly down pay-ment. Call for appointment704-637-6567

New Listing

Hurry! Gorgeous 4 BR,2.5 BA, fantastic kitchen,large living and greatroom. All new paint,carpet, roof, windows,siding. R51926 $144,900Monica Poole B&RRealty 704-245-4628

Rockwell

New Listing!WOW!

Beautiful 3BR, 2½BA hasmany extras! Cathedralceiling, ceiling fans, cer-amic tile, dbl. detachedgarage w/upstairs apt,priced $66,000 below taxvalue. 51935 $358,000.Karen Rufty at B&RRealty 704-202-6041

Homesfor Sale

East Salis. 4BR, 2½BA.Lease option purchase.Interest rates are low. Goodtime to build. 704-638-0108

Rockwell

REDUCED

2 BR, 1 BA, hardwoodfloors, detached carport,handicap ramp. $99,900R47208 B&R Realty 704.633.2394

Rockwell

Reduced!

3 BR, 2 BA in HuntersPointe. Above ground pool,garage, huge area thatcould easily be finishedupstairs. R51150A.$174,900. B&R Realty704-633-2394

Salisbury

1200 Grady Street

Lot for sale, 50 by 150,with brick structure housepresent. Needs lots ofwork. $4500. Priced forquick sale. Call today(336)431-5092 or if noanswer (336)803-2104.

Salisbury

AwesomeLocation

3BR, 2BA. Wonderfullocation, new hardwoodsin master BR and livingroom. Lovely kitchen withnew stainless appliances.Deck, private back yard.R51492 $124,900Monica Poole B&RRealty 704-245-4628

Salisbury

Beautiful home with poolin Cameron Glen. 2800sq.ft. 4 BR, 2.5 BA plusfinished bonus room, gasfireplace in LR, master onmain, formal dining roomand eat in kitchen, largelaundry room, oversized2 car attached garage,fenced back yard withgreat landscaping and 16'x 36' inground pool,storage building withelectric and lots of extrasto stay. 704-212-2764

Salisbury

Convenient Location

Very nice 2 BR 2.5 BAcondo overlooking golfcourse and pool! Greatviews, freshly decorated,screened in porch atrear. T51378. $98,500Monica Poole B&RRealty 704-245-4628

Salisbury

ConvenientLocation

Timber Run Subdivision, 4BR, 2.5 BA, granitecountertops, wood floors,rec room, screened porch,deck. R51603 $349,900B & R Realty Dale Yontz704.202.3663

Salisbury

Great Location

Brand new & ready for you,this home offers 3BR, 2BA,hardwoods, ceramic, stain-less appliances, deck.R51547. $99,900. Call Monica today!704.245.4628 B&R Realty

Salisbury

GreatLocation

3 BR, 2 BA home inwonderful location!Cathedral ceiling, splitfloor plan, double garage,large deck, storagebuilding, corner lot. R51853 $154,900Monica Poole 704-245-4628 B&R Realty

Homesfor Sale

Genesis Realty704-933-5000genesisrealtyco.comForeclosure Experts

Salisbury

MotivatedSeller

New Listing

Cute 1 BR 1 BA waterfrontlog home with beautifulview! Ceiling fans, fireplace,front and back porches.R51875 $189,900. DaleYontz 704-202-3663 B&RRealty

Salisbury

Motivated Seller3 BR, 2 BA, Wellestablished neighborhood.All brick home with largedeck. Large 2 car garage.R50188 $163,900 B&RRealty 704.633.2394

Salisbury

New Listing

3 BR 2.5 BA has manyextras! Great kitchenw/granite, subzero ref.,gas cooktop. Formaldining, huge garage,barn, greenhouse. Greatfor horses or car buffs!R51894 $439,500. DaleYontz. 704-202-3663B&R Realty

Salisbury

New Listing

Take a look! 4 BR, 2BA inHistoric Salisbury. Over2,300 sq ft... A lot for the$. Convenient location onMitchell Ave. Call 704-633-2394 for privateshowing. $119,900 B&RRealty

Salisbury

Over 2 Acres

3 BR, 2.5 BA, wonderfulhome on over 2 acres,horses allowed, partiallyfenced back yard, stor-age building. $164,900R51465 B&R Realty 704.633.2394

Investment Property

Homesfor Sale

Salisbury

New Home

Forest Creek. 3 Bed-room, 1.5 bath. Newhome priced at only$98,900. R48764 B&RRealty 704.633.2394

Salisbury

Unique Property

Mechanics DREAM Home,28x32 shop with lift & aircompressor, storage space& ½ bath. All living spacehas been completelyrefurbished. Property hasspace that could be usedas a home office or diningroom, deck on rear, 3 BR,1 BA. R51824A $164,500B&R Realty, Monica Poole704-245-4628

Salisbury. 1212 OverhillRd. All brick. 3BR, 2BAlarge living room, den,screened porch, kitchenw/eating space. Family orgame room, carpeted. 9'ceilings with fans in everyroom. $200,000 negotiable.By owner. 704-633-1286

Homesfor Sale

Salisbury. 2 or 3 bedroomTownhomes. For informa-tion, call Summit Develop-ers, Inc. 704-797-0200

Salisbury. 3BR,2½BA.1.85 acres, corner lot.1,840 sq. ft. 2 car garage,$195,000. 1070 DunnsMtn. Church Rd. Call704-326-6490

Homesfor Sale

Salisbury. ProvidenceChurch Road. 3BR/2BA,garage, two car carport,new roof, new interiorpaint, washer, dryer anddishwasher, 3 large lots,3 outbuildings, central air& heat. $109,000. 704-637-6950

Spencer

Reduced

4 BR, 2BA, like newCraftsman Style, hugefront porch, renovatedkitchen and bath, freshpaint. R51516 $124,900Dale Yontz B&R Realty704-202-3663

Woodleaf. 4320 PotneckRd. 2-story house on .67acre. 1,985 sq. ft. livingspace w/attached 2-vehiclegarage. 4BR, 2 full BA,living, dining, den, pantry,hardwood floors. New roof& heating/cooling system.Detached 1-vehicle garageworkshop, 248 sq. ft. Walk-ing distance to WoodleafSchool. $115,000. Call704-278-4703 after 7 p.m.

Investment Property

China Grove

Child Care Facility/Commercial Bldg.

Approximately 5,000 sq. ft. Child care facility /commercial building with commercial kitchen onapproximately 1.75 acres. Daycare supplies included.Playground measures 10,000 sq. ft. Call 704-855-9768

Lake Property

Great View!

High Rock Lake. 4BR,2BA rustic home. Pier,ramp, floating dock.1,800± sq. ft. .90± waterfrontage. Decks, hard-wood floors. PantherPoint Trail. 336-751-5925or 704-450-0146

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704-637-55882205 Woodleaf Rd., Salisbury, NC 28147

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Jack’s Furniture & Piano Restoration

C o m p l e t e P i a n o R e s t o r a t i o n

Showroom located at 2143 C&E Statesville Blvd.704.637.3367 • 704.754.2287

We buy, sell, and move pianosWe o�er Steinway, Baldwin,Mason & Hamlin, & more

S45590

Land for Sale 3 acres, over looksbabbling creek, privatesetting, $43,900 ownerfinancing. 704-535-4159

Bringle Ferry Rd. 2 tracts.Will sell land or custombuild. A50140A. B&R Real-ty, Monica 704-245-4628

E. Rowan res. water frontlot, Shore Landing subd.$100,000 Monica PooleB&R Realty 704-245-4628

OWNER FINANCING onbasement lot, $16,900.Call Varina Bunts, B&RRealty, 704-640-5200

Lots for Sale

BEAUTIFUL WOODEDCORNER LOT

China Grove. One milefrom South Rowan HighSchool. Quiet neighbor-hood. Restricted to stickbuilt homes. Lot hasbeen perked and Pricedto Sell. $35,000. Call Jeff704-467-2352

Olde Fields Subdivision.½ acre to over 2 acre lotsavailable starting at$36,000. B&R Realty704.633.2394

Southwestern Rowan Co.

Barnhardt Meadows.Quality home sites incountry setting,restricted, pool and poolHouse complete. Useyour builder or let usbuild for you. Lots startat $24,900. B&R Realty704-633-2394

Western Rowan County

Knox Farm Subdivision.Beautiful lots available nowstarting at $19,900. B&RRealty 704.633.2394

ManufacturedHome Sales

$500 Down moves youin. Call and ask mehow? Please call(704) 225-8850

A Country Paradise

15 minutes N. of Salis-bury. 2 BR, 2 BA sin-glewide on large treedlot in quiet area withspace to plant flowers.$850 start-up, $450/moincl. lot rent, home pay-ment, taxes, insurance.RENT or RENT-TO-OWN. 704-210-8176.Call after noon.

For the lake orawesome back yards!Over 1800 sqft., truemodular with foundationon your land. $113,293.Call to see the “greatkitchen.” 704-463-1516

ManufacturedHome Sales

American Homes ofRockwell Oldest Dealer inRowan County. Best pricesanywhere. 704-279-7997

Fleetwood S/W 1994,2BR/1BA, appls, move incondition. $9,000. 704-209-1122 or 704-640-5365

Oakwood, 2002 DW, 3BR, 2 BA, excellentcondition. You pay tomove. 704-636-1400 orafter 6pm 704-310-1609

Salisbury Area 3 or 4bedroom, 2 baths, $500down under $700 permonth. 704-225-8850

Real Estate Services

Allen Tate RealtorsDaniel Almazan, Broker704-202-0091www.AllenTate.com

B & R REALTY704-633-2394www.bostandrufty-realty.com

Century 21Towne & Country474 Jake Alexander Blvd.(704)637-7721

Forest Glen RealtyDarlene Blount, Broker704-633-8867

KEY REAL ESTATE,INC. 1755 U.S. HWY 29.South China Grove, NC28023 704-857-0539

Rebecca Jones Realty610 E. Liberty St, ChinaGrove 704-857-SELLwww.rebeccajonesrealty.com

Rowan Realty www.rowanrealty.net, Professional, Accountable,Personable . 704-633-1071

William R. Kennedy Realty 428 E. Fisher Street704-638-0673

Real Estate Commercial

Convenience storebusiness for sale withlarge game room/minibar. Includes all stock,security system, icemaker, coolers, etc.$20,000. $8,000 Down,payments $155/mo.,Building rent $900/mo.or move business. 704-857-0625

Downtown Salis, 2300 sfoffice space, remodeled,off street pking. 633-7300

Salisbury

Commercial property,8194 heated sq.ft.,almost 12,933 alltogether. Showroom,offices, & warehousespace. $359,000.#51758 Call Varina @B&R Realty 704-640-5200 or 704-633-2394.

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Apartments 1 & 2 Bedroom ApartmentsAvailable Now! Ro-WellApartments, Rockwell.Central heat/air, laundryfacility on site, nice area.Equal Housing OpportunityRental Assistance whenavailable; handicappedequipped when available.704-279-6330, TDD users828-645-7196.

1 & 2BR. Nice, well main-tained, responsible land-lord. $415-$435. Salisbury,in town. 704-642-1955

1, 2, & 3 BR HugeApartments, very nice.$375 & up. 704-754-1480

2 BR, 1 BA off MorlanPark Rd., has refrig. &stove, furnished yardmaint. & garbage pickup.No pets. Rent $500, Dep.$500. Call RowanProperties 704-633-0446

2BR brick duplex withcarport, convenient tohospita. $450 per month.704-637-1020

403 Carolina Blvd. Du-plex For Rent. 2BR,1BA.$500/mo. Please call704-279-8467

Airport Rd., 1BR withstove, refrig., garbagepickup & water incl.Month-month lease. Nopets. $400/mo+$300 de-posit. Furnished $425/mo.704-279-3808

Available now! Spaciousand thoughtfully designedone bedroom apartmenthomes for Senior Citizens55+ years of age. $475rent with only a $99deposit! Call now for moreinformation 704-639-9692.We will welcome yourSection 8 voucher!

BEST VALUE Quiet & Convenient, 2bedroom town houses,1½ baths. All Electric,Central heat/air, no

pets, pool. $550/mo. Includes water &

basic cable.

West SideManor Apts.Robert Cobb

Rentals Variety World,

Inc.2345 Statesville Blvd.

Near Salisbury Mall704-633-1234

Condos and Townhomes

Apartments AAA+ Apartments

$425-$950/mo.Chambers Realty

704-637-1020

Airport Road, All elec.2BR, 1BA. $450 permonth + dep. & lease.Call 704-637-0370

China Grove. 1BRApartment completelyfurnished. No pets. 704-857-8503 Lv. Msg.

China Grove. 2BR, 2BA.All electric. Clean & safe.No pets. $575/month +deposit. 704-202-0605

China Grove. Nice 2BR,1BA. $550/month + de-posit & references. Nopets. Call 704-279-8428

CLANCY HILLS APARTMENTS

1, 2 & 3 BR, convenientlylocated in Salisbury.Handicap accessible unitsavailable. Section 8 assis-tance available. 704-636-6408. Office Hours: M–F9:00-12:00. TDD Relay1-800-735-2962 EqualHousing [email protected]

Clean, well main-tained, 2 BR Duplex.Central heat/air, allelectric. Section 8 wel-come. 704-202-5790

Colonial Village Apts.

“A Good Place to Live”1, 2, & 3 Bedrooms

Affordable & SpaciousWater Included704-636-8385

CONVENIENTLY LOCATED!

Salisbury. 2BR/1½BAtownhouse. Appliances,near hospitals & interstate.Private. $475/mo + $300dep. 704-279-6086

Duplexes & Apts, Rockwell-$500-$600. TWO BedroomsMarie Leonard-HartsellWallace Realty [email protected]

Eaman Park Apts. 2BR,1BA. Near Salisbury High.$375/mo. Newly renovated.No pets. 704-798-3896

East Rowan area. 2BR,1½BA. $465-$550/month.Chambers Realty704-637-1020

East Spencer - 2 BR, 1BA. $400 per month.Carolina-Piedmont Prop.704-248-2520

EastwindApartments

Low Rent Available

For Elderly & Disabled.Rent Based on Social Se-curity Income *Spacious 1

BR *Located on bus line*Washer/Dryer Hookups

Call Fisher Realty at:704-636-7485

for more information.

Apartments East Spencer, 2 BR, 1BA, section 8 accepted.$500 per month. Call704-421-0044

Fleming HeightsApartments 55 & older704-636-5655 Mon.-Fri.2pm-5pm. Call for moreinformation. EqualHousing Opportunity.TDD Sect. 8 vouchersaccepted. 800-735-2962

Apartments Granite Quarry, 2 BR, 2BA. Very nice, gas heat.Rent $550, Deposit $500.Call Rowan Properties704-633-0446

Granite Quarry. 3BR,1BA. Carport. Refrigerator& stove. Washer/dryerhook-up. 704-638-0108

Lovely DuplexRowan Hospital area. 2BR,1BA. Heat, air, water, appl.incl. $675. 704-633-3997

Moreland Pk area.2BR all appliances fur-nished. $495-$595/mo.Deposit negotiable.Section 8 welcome.336-247-2593

Moving to Town? Needa home or Apartment?We manage rentalhomes & apartments.Call and let us help you. Waggoner Realty Co. 704-633-0462 www.waggonerrealty.com

Oakwood Ave., 2BR, nrAldis. $450/mo. 3BR houseon Bringle Ferry Rd.$600/mo. 704-636-1633

Salisbury – 2 BR duplex inexcellent cond., w/ appl.$560/mo. + dep. RyburnRentals 704-637-0601

Salisbury. 1BR. Fully furn-ished apt. Utilities included.No pets. $550/mo. Deposit& ref. 704-855-2100

Spencer. 1BR, duplex apt.furnished, $400/mo.+ dep.Water & garbage P/U in-cluded. 336-596-6726

STONWYCK VILLIAGE IN GRANITE QUARRYNice 2BR, energy effi-cient apt., stove, refriger-ator, dishwasher, water &sewer furnished, centralheat/ac, vaulted ceiling,washer/dryer connection.$495 to $550 /Mo, $400deposit. 1 year lease, nopets. 704-279-3808

WELCOME HOME TODEER PARK APTS.

We have immediate open-ings for 1 & 2 BR apts.Call or come by and askabout our move-in spe-cials. 704-278-4340 forinfo. For immediate infocall 1-828-442-7116

Section 8ApplicationProcedures

The Rowan County Housing Authority 310 Long Meadow Drive

Salisbury, NC 28147will be accepting applications for Section 8Housing Assistance on the following dates

only:

March 16 and 17, 2011March 22 and 23, 2011

9:30 am – 5:00 pmNo applications will be accepted

without the following documents forevery member of the household

provided by the applicant:Birth CertificateSocial Security CardNorth Carolina Identification Cardor Valid Drivers License (head ofhousehold only)

Applicants who currently reside in publichousing will be required to complete anapplication for Section 8 & must providecopies of all documents listed above.

DO NOT ARRIVE AT OUR OFFICEBEFORE 9:30 AM ON THE DATES

LISTED ABOVE!!

Condos and Townhomes

E. Salisbury. 3BR, 2BAduplex. East Schools. Allelectric. Central air &heat. Call 704-638-0108

Hidden Creek, Large 2 BR,2 BA end unit, 1600 s.f.,great room & master suite,all appliances, W/D, pool &clubhouse, $795/mo + $400dep. References required.One yr. lease, no smoking,no pets. 704-640-8542

Wiltshire Village Condofor Rent, $700. 2nd floor.Want a 2BR, 2BA in a quietsetting? Call Bryce, Wal-lace Realty 704-202-1319

Houses for Rent

3 BED 2 BATHlarge yard, quietsubdivision west ofSalisbury, $1,150. Call704-795-8795

3 BR, 1 BA, hasrefrigerator, stove & bigyard. No pets. $625/rent+ $600/dep. Call RowanProperties 704-633-0446

3 BR, 2 BA, close toSalisbury Mall. Gas heat,nice. Rent $695, deposit$600. Call RowanProperties 704-633-0446

Colony Garden Apartments 2BR and 1-1/2 BA Town Homes $585/mo.

College Students Welcome!Near Salisbury VA Hospital

704-762-0795

Houses for Rent

475 Gaskey Rd. 3BR, 1½BA brick house. 1 acreland. $575/mo. + $300sec. dep. 704-326-5073

Concord, 87 Meadow Ave,3 BR, 1 BA, $700 mo.; Kannapolis, 314 NorthAve, 3 BR, 2 BA, $800 mo.First full month rent free.KREA 704-933-2231

Don't Pay Rent!3BR, 2BA home atCrescent Heights.Call 704-239-3690 forinfo.

East schools. Central air& heat. Appliances.Washer/ dryer hook-up.Please call 704-638-0108

East Spencer, 608Sides Lane. Brick ranchstyle house with 3BR, 2BA, LR, DR & Den. Eat inkitchen, laundry room,Central Heat & A/C.Carpet in all rooms. Sec8 only. No pets. Rent$750. Dep $500. Call732-770-1047.

Fairmont Ave., 3 BR, 1½ BA, has refrigerator &stove, large yard. Rent$725, dep. $700. NoPets. Call RowanProperties, 704-633-0446

Faith – 2BR, 1BA. Beauti-ful with carport, 12x20bldg, on 2 acres. Newhardwood, new stainlessappl. & microwave. Newcabinets, counters, tile.High efficiency heatpump. Dishwasher, W/D.$650/mo. 704-239-9351www.kenclifton.com

Faith, 3 BR, 2 BA withcarport, large lot, outsidestorage. No Pets.$700/mo. 704-279-3518

Fulton St. 4 BR, 1 ½ BA.Refrigerator, stovefurnished. Rent $625,Dep., $600. Call RowanProperties 704-633-0446

Granite Quarry & SellsRd 3BR/2BA, all elec, freewater, stove & refrig. $695-$750. 704-633-6035

Granite Quarry. 3BR,2BA. Double garage.Fenced backyard. $1,000/mo + dep. 704-642-1343

Houses: 3BRs, 1BA.Apartments: 2 & 3 BR's,1BA Deposit required. Faith Realty 704-630-9650

Move-In ReadySalisbury. 3BR, 1½BA. LR,den, kitchen & dinette.Storage building. Fencedyard. Great location.$850/mo. + dep. No pets.704-633-7344

Near Spencer andSalisbury, 2 bedroom,one bath house in quiet,nice neighborhood. Nopets. Lease, dep, appand refs req. $625/mo,$600 dep, 704-797-4212before 7pm. 704-239-5808 after 7pm.

PLANTATION RIDGELarge 4 BR, 2.5 bathhome with office.Master on main level,jetted tub, largekitchen with fridge.References required,no pets, no smoking$1600 mo. Call 828-295-8869

RENT - 2 BR - $650, ParkArea; 4 BR, 2 BA, 2,000sq', garage, basement,$1195. RENT TO OWN 3 BR, 2 BA, 2000 ± sq',country. $3000 dn; 5 BR, 2½ BA, 3400 ± sq', garage,basement, fenced. $6000dn. 704-630-0695

Rent-to-Own6850 Old Mocksville Rd..3BR, 2BA. Needs handy-man work. Last tenantleft unfinished work. Will-ing to deal. Central heat& air. $725 lease optionpayment. 704-433-4782

Rockwell 3BR/2BA. Alltile and wood flooring. Allappliances, just outsidecity limits. Nice quietneighborhood. $850/mo+ deposit. 704-239-4962or 704-223-1450

Rockwell, 2 BR, 1 BA.Very nice. Rent $595,Deposit $500. No Pets.Call Rowan Properties,704-633-0446

Rockwell. 2BR/1BA, Appl.,gas wall furnace. Windowair. Storage building, largeyard. $500/mo. 704-279-6850 or 704-798-3035

Rowan Hosp. area. 3BR /2BA. Cent. H & A. No Sect.8. No pets. $700/mo. 1St &last mo's rent & dep. Callbefore 5pm 704-636-4251

Salisbury

They don't build themlike this anymore!

2BR, 2BA. Hardwoodfloors, expansive kitchen,jetted tub, beautiful originalmantles & staircase, bed-rooms w/great storage,sunroom & deck, walkingdistance to shops & dining.704-616-1383

Houses for Rent

Mooresville Rd. area, 2BR, 2 person limit, $550+ deposit. 1 year lease.No pets. 704-633-7830

Salisbury 2BR/1BA, Privatecottage, new heating & air.All appls included. $775/mo + dep.704-798-5959

Salisbury City. 2BR /1BA, new vinyl, new roof,fenced bk yd. $495/mo +dep. 704-640-5750

Salisbury, in country.3BR, 2BA. $975/mo.Utilities included. No pets.Dep. & ref. 704-855-2100

Salisbury. 2BR, appls.,storage bldg., $475/mo. +deposit. 704-279-6850 or704-798-3035

Salisbury. 3 & 2 BedroomHouses. $500-$1,000. Also,Duplex Apartments. 704-636-6100 or 704-633-8263

Salisbury. 3BR, 2BA.Large lot. Water included.No pets. $850/mo. Deposit& ref. 704-855-2100

Salisbury. 504 Cruse Rd,3BRs in countryside,$850/mo., 922 N. Main St.& 426 Henderson St. 3BR,$650/mo. 704-645-9986

Salisbury. Nice 3BR/2 BAbrick home in lovely, quietneighborhood. Lots of stor-age, enclosed yard. $890per mo + dep., refs. & creditcheck required. No sec. 8.207-460-7306

Spencer. 4-5 BR, 2 BA,very private, wide yard ,shade house, electric cen-tral air. $550/mo. 704-637-1200 or 704-310-1052

Office andCommercial

Rental

1st Month FreeRent!

Salisbury, Kent Exec-utive Park officesuites, $100 & up. Utili-ties paid. Conferenceroom, internet access,break room, ampleparking. 704-202-5879

450 to 1,000 sq. ft. of Ware-house Space off JakeAlexander Blvd. Call 704-279-8377 or 704-279-6882

5,000 sq.ft. warehousew/loading docks & smalloffice. Call Bradshaw RealEstate 704-633-9011

China Grove. 1200 sq ft. $800/mo +deposit. Call 704-855-2100

Furnished Key Man Of-fice Suites - $250-350.Jake & 150. Util & inter-net incl. 704-721-6831

Granite Quarry-CommMetal Bldg units perfectfor contractor, hobbyist,or storage. 24 hoursurveillance, exteriorlighting and ampleparking. 900-1800 sq feetavail. Call for springspecials. 704-232-3333

Numerous Commercialand office rentals to suityour needs. Ranging from500 to 5,000 sq. ft. CallVictor Wallace at WallaceRealty, 704-636-2021

Office ComplexSalisbury. Perfect locationnear Court House & CountyBuilding. Six individual off-ices. New central heat/air,heavily insulated for energyefficiency, fully carpeted (tobe installed) except stone atentrance, conference room,employee break room, tilebathroom, complete inte-grated phone system withvideo capability in eachoffice & nice reception area.Want to lease but will sell.Perfect for dual occupancy.By appt only. 704-636-1850

Office Suite Available. Bradshaw Real Estate 704-633-9011

Rockwell. Nice retail oroffice building. $400/ mo.Call 704-279-6973 or704-279-7988

Salisbury 421 Faith Rd.Approx. 1,000 sq. ft.commercial property. $625 /mo. + dep. 704-633-9556

Salisbury

Office Space

We have office suitesavailable in the ExecutiveCenter. First Month Freewith No Deposit! With allutilities from $150 andup. Lots of amenities.Call Tom Bost at B & RRealty 704-202-4676www.bostandrufty-realty.com

Salisbury, Kent Exec.Park, $100 & up, 1st

month free, ground floor,incls conf rm, utilities, &ample pkg. 704-202-5879

Salisbury. 12,000 sq ftcorner building at JakeAlexander and IndustrialBlvd. Ideal for retail officespace, church, etc. Heatand air. Please call 704-279-8377 with inquiries.

Spencer Shops Leasegreat retail space for aslittle as $750/mo for 2,000sq ft at. 704-431-8636

Statesville Blvd.,Suitable for beauty shopor office. Please Call 704-636-6100

Warehouse space /manufacturing as low as$1.25/sq. ft./yr. Deposit.Call 704-431-8636

ManufacturedHome for Rent

Between Salis. & ChinaGrove. 2BR. No pets. Appl.& trash pickup incl. $475/mo + dep. 704-855-7720

ManufacturedHome for Rent

Bostian Heights. 2BR.Trash, lawn, & water ser-vice. No pets. $425/mo +deposit. 704-857-4843 LM

East Area. 2BR, water,trash. Limit 2. Dep. req.No pets. Call 704-636-7531 or 704-202-4991

EAST ROWANAREA

2BR/2BA, on 3 acreprivate lot, large deck,carport, appliances, $575per month + deposit. Nopets. 704-202-4668

East Rowan. 2BR.trash and lawn serviceincluded. No pets. $475month. 704-433-1255

Faith. 2BR, 1BA. Water,trash, lawn maint. incl. Nopets. Ref. $425. 704-279-4282 or 704-202-3876

Faith. 2BR, 2BA. Appli-ances, water, sewer incl.Pet OK. $500/mo + $500deposit. 704-279-7463

Granite Quarry, 3 BR, 2BA, DW. $700/mo. Salis., 2BR, 1 BA house, $425/ mo.No Pets. 704-239-2833

Granite Quarry. 2BR,2BA. 3 person limit. Nopets. $450/month +deposit. 704-279-5905

North area, single-wide,2BR, 1 bath. Private lot,dep. & ref. required. $450month, 704-603-4766.

Rockwell. 3BR, 1BA.Private, country setting.Kitchen appl. & wash-er/dryer hook-ups. $525/mo+ deposit. 704-279-6529

Salis. 2BR, 1BA. Stove,refrig. W/D incl. Trashpickup, water. No pets. $350& up + dep. 704-633-7788

Salisbury. 2BR, 1BAlarge lot. W/S and trashfurnished. $375/mo. +deposit. 704-279-7655

West & South Rowan. 2& 3 BR. No pets. Perfectfor 3. Water included.Please call 704-857-6951

Roommate Wanted

Nr Walmart. Furnished,utilities incl., cent. heat/air,cable TV, priv. driveway,$100/wk. 704-314-5648

Rooms for Rent

MILLER HOTELRooms for RentWeekly $110 & up704-855-2100

Salisbury. Upscale safearea. Luxury priv BA. Kit,LR, W/D access, carportpkg. 704-431-2091

Autos

BMW M3 Convertible,2004. Silver gray metallicexterior with gray interior.Stock #F11243A11-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Camaro SS, 1999 with whiteleather interior, V8, sixspeed, AM/FM/CD, MP3,DVD player w/JL subwoofer,T-tops, ridiculously lowmiles, chrome rims, EXTRACLEAN! 704-603-4255

FinancingAvailable!

HONDA, 2003, ACCORDEX. $500-800 down, willhelp finance. Credit, NoProblem! Private partysale. Call 704-838-1538

Autos

Ford Mustang GT, 2006.Satin Silver Metallic / LightGraphite cloth interior. 4.6V8 5-speed trans. SHAKERSOUND SYSTEM, all pwr,aftermarket rims. EXTRACLEAN MUSCLE MA-CHINE !!! Call Steve at 704-603-4255

Jaguar S-Type, 2005.Black w/black leatherinterior, 6 sp. auto trans,4.2L V8 engine, AM/FM/CDChanger, Premium Sound.Call Steve today! 704-603-4255

Lexus IS 300 Sedan,2003. Graphite gray pearlexterior with blackinterior. Stock #T11202B.$12,787. 1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Lincoln MKZ, 2007,Black Opal w/blackleather interior, 3.5 V6,auto trans, all power op-tions, dual power seats,AM/FM/CD, HEAT & AIRCOOLED SEATS, chromerims, AWESOME RIDE!!!704-603-4255

Maxda RX-8, 2004. 6-speed manual coupe.Winning blue metallicexterior with black interior.Stock #F11185C. $11,3871-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Mercedes S320, 1999Black on Grey leatherinterior, 3.2, V6, autotrans, LOADED, all powerops, low miles,SUNROOF, chrome rimsgood tires, extra cleanMUST SEE! 704-603-4255

NEW SOUNDSYSTEM

Ford, Focus SE 2000.Hunter green. Four door.Very clean. Great gasmileage. New tires, newCD player. Automatic.$3,800 obo. Please call704-798-4375

Nissan Altima 2.5 SCoupe, 2009. Code RedMetallic w/Charcoal in-terior. Stock #F10363A.$19,687. 1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

CASH FORYOUR CAR!

We want yourvehicle! 1999 to2011 under 150,000miles. Please call704-216-2663.

We are in need of inventoryand will pay top dollar foryour vehicle. Cash on thespot with title in hand. Wecan also refinance yourcurrent auto loan and loweryour payment. Please call1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Do you want first shotat the qualified

buyers, or the lastchance? Description

brings results!

SALISBURY POST C L A S S I F I E D SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 • 11C

CatsFree cat. Very sweet, small1 yr old, black & white,pretty markings. Looks likeSylvester the cat. Ok withsmall dogs and kids. Jenn704-738-4713

Free cats to a goodhome. Two adult femalespayed cats, onedeclawed, both littertrained. Call 704-633-5825 or 704-213-3490.

Giving awaykittens orpuppies?

Dogs

Adorable!

Puppies, Yorkinese.Ready on 3/11/11. 3females & 1 male. 1st

shots & wormings. $75male & $100 females.First come, first served.704 636-9867

Blonde Yorkies AKCwww.yorki-shop.com Toy& tea cup size. Readynow for Easter. Call Rhon-da 704-224-9692. Checkthe site for pricing andavailability.

DogsABCA BORDER

COLLIE PUPPIESWorking or agility dogs.Great companion.Black and white. READY NOW!! $300 each. Contact 704-789-3260

Free dog. AustralianShepherd/Golden Re-triever mix, 15 wks old,female, kennel trained &house broken. 704-209-1348 or cell 704-791-3769. Great dog!

Free hunting dog, togood home. Black andtan female. Rockwell.Call 704-209-3735

German ShepherdPuppies. Full blooded,beautiful, cute, friendly, 6weeks old, $250 each incash. Mother on site. 1st

shots, dewormed. Call704-232-0716 Lv msg

GOLDEN RETRIEVERPUPPIES

Quality puppies availableMarch 22nd. 1st shotsand dewormed. Parentson site. $200. 704-797-0569

Good with kids!Husky mix-4 free pupsleft, 8wks old, nicemarkings, Gold Hill area.704-210-8815 or 704-798-3760

DogsGORGEOUS PITBULL

PUPPIES

7 Pit Bull puppies readyto go. Mother is brindleand father is blue. Bothare onsite. They havebeen weaned, wormed,and spoiled. Come takeyour new best friendhome. $150 ea. ContactBill @ 704-791-6572.

Got puppies orkittens for sale?

Mixed breed male free toa good home. Goodtemper, loves attention.Needs fenced yard withroom to run. Call 704-278-9086, LM

Pit Bull pups, beautiful.Parents on site. Reds,browns, brown/whitecombos, and a coupleunique combos. 11 in all.$100 ea. Papers can beacquired but will costmore. Call Jeremy orLeah @ 980-234-6206anytime. Salisbury area

Puppies, English Point-er/ Black Lab mix. Born12/15. Variety of mark-ings. Free to good home.9 puppies. Male & femaleavailable. 336-998-3229

Dogs

Take Me Home!

Dog. CKC registered. Whitemale Boxer. 14 months old.$150. Healthy, shots cur-rent. Inside family dog. Call919-939-9541

WHAT ASWEETHEART!

Border Collie puppy. 1female left. 8 weeks old.$100. Please call Craig at704-400-2632

Livestock

Donkey, black, 6 mos old$300. Miniature horse,34” tall, 11 mos old $350.704-857-2044

Other Pets

H H H H H H H H HCheck Out Our MarchSpecial! Boarding 20%discount. Rowan AnimalClinic. Please call 704-636-3408 for appt.

Supplies andServices

March Special 20%discount on dentals. Followus on Face Book AnimalCare Center of Salisbury.704-637-0227

No. 61156NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICEDISTRICT COURT DIVISION

ROWAN COUNTY FILE NO 11 JT 15IN RE: Baby Boy McCleave, "Safe Rowan Surrender"DOB: 06/9/2010.A Minor Child.

TO RESPONDENT: Unknown Father.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Petition has been filed by the Rowan County De-partment of Social Services (petitioner) for the purpose of terminating your parentalrights with respect to Baby Boy McCleave/Safe Rowan Surrender, born on orabout June 9, 2010 to April Michelle McCleave in Rowan County, North Carolina,so that he can be placed for adoption. You are notified to appear and answer thepetition by serving the original of your written answer upon the Clerk of SuperiorCourt, Juvenile Court Division, Rowan County Courthouse, 210 N. Main Street,Salisbury, NC 28144, within forty (40) days from the date of the first publication ofthis notice. You also must serve a copy of the answer on the petitioner's attorney(address below). You will be notified of the time, date and place to appear for ahearing upon the filing of your answer. The purpose of the hearing is to seek ter-mination of your parental rights as they pertain to Baby Boy McCleave/Safe RowanSurrender. You are entitled to appear at the hearing. If you cannot afford an attor-ney, you are entitled to an appointed attorney to assist you provided you requestone before the time set for the hearing. If you fail to request counsel, you maywaive your right to appointed counsel. You may request an attorney by contactingthe Clerk of Superior Court, Juvenile Court Division, 210 N. Main St, Salisbury, NC28144 (704) 797-3054. This is a new case and any attorney appointed previouslyto represent you will not represent you in this termination of parental rights pro-ceeding unless otherwise ordered by the court. If you fail to file an answer withinthe time specified, Petitioner will apply to the court for termination of your parentalrights. Your parental rights may be terminated if you do not respond within the timerequired.

This the 8th day of March 2011. Cynthia Dry, Attorney for Petitioner, Rowan County Dept. of Social Services1813 East Innes Street, Salisbury NC 28146, (704) 216-8442Publish: 3/13, 3/20 & 3/27, 2011

Motorcycles& ATVs

Autos

Cadillac Seville SLSSedan, 2001. Cashmereexterior with oatmealinterior. Stock #F11236B.$7,987.1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Pontiac Bonneville SESedan, 2005. Sedonabeige metallic exteriortaupe interior. Stock#T11091A, $7,8871-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Saturn Aura XE-4, 2009.Deep blue exteriorw/gray interior. Stock#T10726B. $13,787. 1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Toyota Avalon XLSSedan, 2006. Phantomgray exterior with graphiteinterior. Stock #F11054A.$18,587. Call1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Volvo V70, 2.4 T, 2001.Ash Gold Metallic exteriorwith tan interior. 5 speedauto trans. w/ winter mode.704-603-4255

Hyundai 2011 Sonata,Charcoal gray, leatherinterior, fully loaded.1,800 miles, $23,500.Owner has title. 704-857-4721 Call Gary between8am-6pm

Volvo, 2006 S60 2.5T -Onyx black with creamleather interior, sunroof,cd player, all power, al-loy wheels, super nice!704-603-4255

Autos

Toyota Avalon XLS Sedan,2002. Woodland Pearlw/Ivory interior. Stock#T11232A. $10,787. 1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

AutosELLIS AUTO AUCTION10 miles N. of Salisbury,Hwy 601, Sale EveryWednesday night 5:30 pm.

Ford 2001 Mustang GT,V-8, red, 70,500 miles,immaculate condition. 704-857-8991. Leave message.

Pontiac 1990 GrandPrix, white, runs good.$550. Call 704-640-5365for more information.

Autos

Toyota Corolla LE, 2004.4-speed automatic trans-mission, AM/FM/CD Play-er. 704-603-4255

Thank You, Rowan, forVoting Us #1 for Pre-Owned Autos!

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WeeklySpecial

Only $16,995

2006 Mercedes Benz C Class SportOne of a Kind! Must See!

Call Steve today! 704-603-4255

Motorcycles& ATVs

Harley Davidson 2004Sportster, custom 1200,all factory, less than 800miles, not one scratch,garage kept. $6,900. Call704-279-0486

Honda 2005 VTX 1800Titanium Silver, manuf-acturers Warranty ineffect. Numerous extraswith unit. $8,800. 704-239-1765



TransportationDealerships

TransportationFinancing

Service& Parts

Authorized EZGODealer. 30 years selling,servicing GOLF CARSGolf Car Batteries 6 volt,8 volt. Golf car utilitysales. US 52, 5 milessouth of Salisbury.Beside East Rowan HS& Old Stone Winery.Look for EZGO sign.704-245-3660

TransportationDealerships

CLONINGER FORD, INC.“Try us before you buy.”511 Jake AlexanderBlvd. 704-633-9321

TEAM CHEVROLET,CADILLAC, BUICK, GMC.www.teamautogroup.com704-216-8000

Tim Marburger Dodge287 Concord Pkwy N.Concord, NC 28027704-792-9700

Tim Marburger Honda 1309 N First St. (Hwy52) Albemarle NC 704-983-4107

Troutman Motor Co. Highway 29 South, Concord, NC 704-782-3105



TransportationFinancing

We are the area's largest selection of quality pre-owned autos. Financing avail. to suit a variety of

needs. Carfax avail. No Gimmicks – We take pridein giving excellent service to all our customers.

Call Steve today! 704-603-4255 www.JakeAlexanderAutoSales.com

Trucks, SUVs& Vans

BMW X5, 2001. AlpineWhite / Tan leather interior3.0 v6 tiptronic trans.AWD, AM/FM/CD. Sunroof.Alloy rims, all pwr options.WHAT MORE COULDYOU ASK FOR!!!! CallSteve at 704-603-4255

Cadillac SRX, 2005. Allpower options, wood graininterior, heated seats, sun-roof. Like New! Call Steveat 704-603-4255

Chevrolet Avalanche1500 LTZ, 2007. Blackexterior w/ebony/lightcashmere interior. Stock#F10336A. $24,687. 1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Trucks, SUVs& Vans

Chevrolet Silverado2500HD LS Crew Cab,2005. Summit whiteexterior with dark charcoalinterior. Stock#P7656$14,587. Call 1-800-542-9758.www.cloningerford.com

Chevy Express Conversion Van, 2002.Home On Wheels! Must See! Call Steve at 704-603-4255

Dodge BR1500 SLTLaramie Regular Cab,1996. Black exterior withgray interior. Stock#F10549B. $5,787.1-800-542-9758.www.cloningerford.com

Dodge Dakota Sport,Regular Cab, 1999.White exterior with grayinterior. Stock #F10461A.$4,987. 1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Dodge Durango SLT,2001. 4x4, leather, 3rd rowseat, heated seats. CallSteve 704-603-4255

Dodge Ram 1500 SLT,2009. Austin Tan Pearlcoatw/Light Pebble Beige/BarkBrown interior. Stock#F10535A. $25,979. 1-800-542-9758.www.cloningerford.com

Eddie Bauer Ford Expedi-tion, 2006. Oxford white/tan cloth interior. 5.4 V8auto trans, all power ops,AM/FM/CD changer, Sun-roof, alloy rims. Lighted run-ning boards, 3rd seat. LIKENEW !!!! 704-603-4255

Ford Escape XLT SUV,2009. Gray exterior withcharcoal interior. Stock#T11062A. $19,687 1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Trucks, SUVs& Vans

Ford Escape XLT, 2001.Yellow exterior withmedium graphite interior.Stock # F10556A. $6,887. 1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Ford Expedition Limited,2007. Black clearcoat w/Charcoal Black/Caramelinterior. Stock #F11192A.$24,887. 1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Ford Expedition XLT,2001, silver metallicw/medium graphite clothinterior, 5.4 V8 autotrans., AM/FM/CD, powerdriver seat. READY FORFAMILY! 704-603-4255

Ford F-150 LariatExtended Cab, 1997.pacific green clearcoatmetallic exterior withmedium prairie taninterior. Stock #F11124B2. $6,987. 1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Ford Ranger ExtendedCab XLT, 2004. OxfordWhite with gray cloth. 5speed auto. trans. w/OD704-603-4255

GMC Yukon HybridSUV, 2009. Onyx blackexterior with ebonyinterior. Stock #F11224A.$39,287. 1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

GMC Yukon SLT, 2004.Summit white exterior withgray leather interior, 5.3 V8auto transmission, Bose ra-dio, full power ops, 4x4, al-loy rims, RUNS & DRIVESAWESOME! 704-603-4255

GMC Yukon XL 1500 SLTSUV, 2003. Green exteriorwith neutral/shale interior,Stock #F10528C2.$13,387. 1-800-542-9758.www.cloningerford.com

Trucks, SUVs& Vans

Honda Odyssey EXL,2004. Gold w/tan leatherint., V6, auto trans., AM,FM, CD changer, dual pow-er seats, power doors, 3rd

seat, DVD entertainment,alloy rims, PERFECT FAMI-LY TRANSPORTATION!704-603-4255

Honda S2000Convertible, blue exteriorwith black interior. Stock# T10727A. $7,887. 1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

Hummer H2 SUV, 2007.Pewter metallic exteriorwith ebony interior. Stock#F10462B. $32,987 1-800-542-9758www.cloningerford.com

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ATLANTA — The mount-ing losses and declining atten-dance finally caught up withPaul Hewitt.Saturday the Yellow Jack-

ets answered the long-runningquestion about the coach’s fu-ture when they fired him onlytwo days after another disap-pointing season.Hewitt, who took the Yel-

low Jackets to the national ti-tle game in 2004, muddledthrough his fourth losing sea-son in the last six years.“At the end of the day we

just didn’t win enoughgames,” Hewitt told The As-sociated Press on Saturday.“It’s part of the business.”In the end, the financial im-

pact of a half-filled arena forGeorgia Tech’s home gamesoverwhelmed the $7.2 millionbuyout Hewitt will be paidover five years.Athletic director Dan

Radakovich said Saturdaythat he hopes to hire a coachbefore the Final Four, whichbegins on April 2 in Houston.Radakovich said he already

has a few candidates on hislist to replace Hewitt, who didnot attend the press confer-ence. Radakovich will be as-sisted in the search by formerVanderbilt and South Caroli-na coach Eddie Fogler.Fogler also advised

Auburn during last year’ssearch which ended with thehiring of Tony Barbee.Radakovich said he “got to

know coach Fogler very well”when the two worked togeth-er at South Carolina. He saidFogler would not be a candi-date to replace Hewitt.Hewitt was not bitter

about being let go, which wasnot unexpected.“I had 11 years there,” He-

witt said. “I’ve got nothing butappreciation for how theydealt with me in my 11 years.It’s a great place and I knowthey’re going to get a greatcoach.”

BY AARON BEARDAssociated Press

GREENSBORO — Harri-son Barnesignored allt h edoubters ,

the questions about his game,even the bumpier-than-ex-pected start to his career atNorth Carolina.Those days felt long ago

Saturday as the freshman puton a record-setting show thathelped the sixth-ranked TarHeels escape once again at theACC tournament.Barnes set a freshman

tournament record with 40points to help North Carolinarally past Clemson 92-87 inovertime in the semifinals,sending the Tar Heels back tothe championship game forthe first time in three years.Barnes hit the go-ahead 3-

pointer with 4:13 left as partof a 9-0 spurt to open the ex-tra period for top-seededNorth Carolina (26-6), whichcontinued its living-danger-ously run in Greensboro withanother big comeback. A dayafter rallying from 19 down inthe final 10 minutes to beatMiami, the Tar Heels trailedthe Tigers (21-11) by 14 in thefirst half and rallied from sev-en down in the final 4 minutesof regulation to force over-time.“My goal was to be in the

final,” Barnes said. “This isnot how I imagined us doingit, but we find a way.”The Tar Heels have won 19

of 21 games since losing toTexas on a last-second shot inDecember here. They’re nowa win away from their 18thACC tournament title, whichwould tie Duke for most all-time. They’ll face the fifth-ranked Blue Devils in Sun-day’s final, marking the firsttime the fierce rivals havemet for the title in 10 years.Barnes finished 12 of 17

from the floor and went 10 for11 from the foul line, cappinghis day with two free throwswith 8.3 seconds left and theTar Heels ahead 90-87.

His 40 points also tied for-mer UNC great Tyler Hans-brough for the league’s fresh-man scoring record in anygame, stood as the first timea player had scored 40 in thetournament since Wake For-est’s Randolph Childress in1995 and was the most by a

North Carolina player in thetournament since CharlesScott had 41 in the 1970 quar-terfinals.It was fitting that Barnes’

big performance happenedhere, on the same court wherehe hit a tying 3 in the final sec-onds of the loss to the Long-

horns. Barnes had struggledwith his shot early, but thatbasket started a run of clutchlate-game shooting for theplayer widely regarded as thenation’s No. 1 recruit.“Early in the year, the

young man took a lot ofdoubters and criticism from

people who said, ‘Oh, he’s notthat good,’” coach RoyWilliams said. “He juststayed focused on being Har-rison Barnes.”Barnes capped the OT-

opening run with a three-

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ACC Final: UNC vs. Duke

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North carolina's Harrison Barnes, top, and clemson's tanner smith, bottom, chase a loose ball.

Barneshas 40 inOT win

SmithleadsDevils

See UNC, 3c

UNC 92Clemson 87

BY JOEDY MCCREARYAssociated Press

GRE EN S BORO —N o l a nSmith re-fused tolet a toe

injury stop him. VirginiaTech couldn’t do it, either.Smith scored 27 points

a day after jamming histoe, and No. 5 Dukeclaimed a spot in the ACCchampionship game bybeating the Hokies 77-63 inthe semifinals Saturday.“At this

s t a g e , ”S m i t hsaid, “noinjury isgoing tohold meback fromplaying.”K y l e

S i n g l e radded 13points and 11 rebounds andSeth Curry had 10 pointsfor the second-seeded BlueDevils (29-4).The two-time defending

league tournament cham-pions and reigning nation-al champs shot 47 percentand kept the Hokies atarm’s length throughoutthe second half to avenge alate-season loss and set upa third meeting with bitterrival North Carolina in thetitle game Sunday.“We were matched up

for the regular-seasonchampionship, and it’s thetwo best teams again,”Smith said.Malcolm Delaney, who’s

second to Smith in the ACCscoring race, finished with19 points on 4-of-14 shoot-ing for the sixth-seededHokies (21-11). They werejust 2 of 12 from 3-pointrange and couldn’t get clos-er than 10 in the final 14minutes.“Going into the game, I

felt we had earned confi-dence,” Virginia Tech

See DUKE, 3c

AssociAted Press

Paul Hewitt is out at tech.

Hewittfired byTech

Buzzer beater sends Amaker, Harvard homeAssociated Press

The college basketball roundup ...NEW HAVEN, Conn.— Princeton's

Douglas Davis hit a leaning jump shotat the buzzer to give the Tigers a trip tothe NCAA tournament for the first timesince 2004 with a wild 63-62 win overTommy Amaker-coached Harvard.The Crimson, who split the regular

season title with Princeton, were seek-ing their first NCAA bid since 1946.Davis had 15 points to lead the

Tigers (25-6), who will represent theIvy League for the 24th time in thetournament after overcoming aneight-point second half deficit.Keith Wright scored 16 points for

Harvard (23-6), which still has achance for an at-large bid.

CONFERENCE USA FINALEL PASO, Texas — Two years after

John Calipari left town, Memphis isback in the NCAA tournament.Joe Jackson made two free throws

with 7 seconds left and the Tigers ral-lied past UTEP 67-66 on Saturday towin the Conference USA champi-onship and an automatic bid to theNCAAs.UTEP had a final chance to win at

the buzzer, but Christian Polk'sjumper fell short.

SOUTHLAND FINALKATY, Texas — Freshman forward

Jeromie Hill scored 25 points to leadTexas-San Antonio to a 75-72 win overMcNeese State in the Southland Con-ference championship, giving theRoadrunners an automatic berth in

the NCAA tournament.

MEAC FINALWINSTON-SALEM — Ed "Little

Buck" Joyner got to achieve his goal inhis hometown in front of his father, un-cle and numerous other relatives andfriends in his coaching-rich family.Brandon Tunnell scored 20 points,

including four free throws in the finalminute, and Hampton secured its firstNCAA berth in five years with a 60-55victory over Morgan State in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title game.

MAC FINALCLEVELAND — Steve McNees

blocked Carlton Guyton's last-second 3-point attempt, giving Akron a wild 66-65 win over Kent State in overtime onSaturday night in the Mid-AmericanConference championship and theleague's automatic bid to the NCAAtournament.McNees, whose outside shooting in

the first half kept the Zips in the game,got his right hand on Guyton's long shotas the final horn sounded. It wasAkron's 15th block, and it gave the Zips(23-12) their second MAC title in threeyears.Brett McKnight scored 15 points and

it was his two free throws with 12.8 sec-onds left that put the Zips ahead 66-65and set up another furious finish to theMAC's finale.

AMERICA EAST FINALBOSTON — Boston University is

back in the NCAA tournament for thefirst time since 2002 because John Hol-land brought the Terriers back from a

15-point deficit in the second half.After going scoreless for the first 17

minutes, the America East player of theyear hit two free throws with 2.4 sec-onds left to cap a 27-point performanceand give BU a 56-54 win over StonyBrook in the conference championshipgame.

BIG WEST FINALANAHEIM, Calif. — Orlando John-

son scored 23 points to lead UC SantaBarbara to a 64-56 win over top-seededLong Beach State on Saturday night inthe championship game of the Big Westtournament.Fourth-seeded Santa Barbara (18-13),

which beat Long Beach State in lastyear's conference tournament, earned itssecond consecutive trip to the NCAAs.Long Beach State (22-11) fell behind

by 10 in the first half before clawingback to tie it at 27 at halftime. SantaBarbara took control with a 14-4 runmidway through the second half.

SWAC FINALGARLAND, Texas — Tremayne

Moorer scored 14 points and TramaineButler added 13, lifting Alabama Stateto a 65-48 victory over Grambling onSaturday night to win the SouthwesternAthletic Conference championship anda trip to the NCAA tournament.The Hornets are sure to be a low

seed considering they are only 17-17. Atleast they have momentum going forthem — they were 6-16 at the start ofFebruary, but head into the tournamenton an 11-1 run. This victory avengedtheir only loss in their recent spurt, aone-pointer on the road.

Duke 77Va. Tech 63

SMITH

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BooksA kaleidoscopicjourney throughnature andhistory/5D 1DINSIGHT

Chris Verner, Editorial Page Editor, 704-797-4262 [email protected] www.salisburypost.comS A L I S B U R Y P O S T

BY BETH FOUHYAssociated Press

NEW YORK — More opennessin government. Lawmakersacross the country, includ-

ing the Republicans who took con-trol in many states this year, saythey want it. But a survey of all 50states by the Associated Press hasfound that efforts to boost open-ness often are being thwarted byold patterns of secrecy.The survey did find signs of

progress in a number of states, es-pecially intechnologicalefforts tomake muchmore informa-tion availableonline. Butthere also arerestrictionsbeing put inplace for re-cent electronictrends, such as

limits on access to officials’ textmessages.The AP analysis was done in

conjunction with this year’s Sun-shine Week, an annual initiative be-gun in 2002 to promote greatertransparency in government. Toobserve Sunshine Week, whichruns March 13-20, AP journalists inall 50 statehouses reported on bothrecent improvements and the ob-stacles that still exist in manyplaces.First, the positive: In Alabama,

where Republicans won control ofthe Legislature for the first time in136 years, lawmakers can nolonger bring up budget votes with-out warning. And Budget Commit-tee meetings are now streamed liveonline. In the past, legislative lead-ers typically wrote state budgets inprivate.“The public and the press can

know where the dollars are beingspent and why they are beingspent,” Republican House BudgetChairman Jay Love said of the newpractices.In Indiana, there’s a new web-

site that pulls together budget data,spending reports and other finan-cial information that had previous-ly been spread across multiplesites. New Hampshire launched awebsite in December that gives thepublic a window on where thestate’s money comes from andwhere it goes — with links to budg-et documents. The public can alsolook up the salaries of state em-ployees.In Utah, lawmakers passed leg-

islation in 2008 making almostevery budget number available on-line, including detailed salary in-formation and revenue generatedby specific fees. Other states, too,are taking advantage of technologyto improve their transparency, theAP found.But the openness often goes

only so far. Secrecy still prevails inmany states among lawmakers ofboth parties, especially on budgetmatters where competing interestswith big money at stake jockey foradvantage.While political watchdogs in

Utah have praised the state’s trans-parency efforts, a purely politicalproblem remains: Republicans,who have more than a two-thirdsmajority in the House and Senate,

negotiate the budget in privatewith almost no input from Democ-rats. The same goes for meetingsbetween the governor and GOPleaders, which usually are unan-nounced and not open to the public.In New York’s state capital, Al-

bany, critics have compared thebudget process to the old SovietPolitburo — but, some suggest,even more secretive and more inthe red. Despite a reform bill thatpassed two years ago, legislativeleaders still craft budget bills be-hind closed doors and send themout for quick votes. DemocraticGov. Andrew Cuomo, who rode tooffice vowing to reform state gov-ernment, has focused more onethics and lobbying than on trans-parency.Even when there seems to be

progress in some states, governorsand legislators routinely exemptthemselves from open records lawsor defy them altogether.Take Kentucky, where lawmak-

ers long ago excluded themselvesfrom the provisions of the openmeeting law. They’ve used that ex-clusion to its fullest in recent budg-et negotiations, the AP found, clos-ing themselves into legislative con-ference rooms with state police of-ficers posted at the door as theyfigure out how to make up a $1.5billion shortfall.Or Nevada, a state where the

Legislature is exempt from openmeeting laws because it is not de-fined as a “public body” like localgovernments and agencies. While

many budget discussions are car-ried out in public, the AP surveyfound most key details will be de-cided behind closed doors.“Anytime you do that, go into a

secret meeting, it makes the tax-payers wonder, ‘What are they say-ing that they’re afraid to tell us?’”said Barry Smith of the NevadaPress Association, which monitorslawmakers’ openness.The public push for transparen-

cy stems in part from new politicalleadership in many states, the APsurvey found. Republicans nowcontrol 29 governorships and 26state legislatures, and manypledged to improve openness dur-ing campaign season last year.Technological advances have

also played a role, as have expecta-tions from a skeptical public de-manding more information abouthow their tax money is being spentduring the still-painful aftermathof the long and deep recession.Advocates for open government

say they believe many states are onthe right track.“We are seeing less of the back-

room deal and more openness andengagement with citizens,” saidEllen Miller, co-founder of the non-partisan Sunlight Foundation whichpromotes government transparen-cy. “Of course politics are whatpolitics are, and as long as there’smoney, well-heeled lobbyists mayalways have the inside track. Butthere is more engagement with thepublic than we’ve seen before.”Still, obstacles remain.In Iowa, Republican Gov. Terry

Branstad wants to create a non-profit organization to advise thestate Economic Development De-partment on attracting business.As a nonprofit, the group would beallowed to set up a private venturecapital fund and avoid publicrecords laws.Fred Hubbell, a former depart-

ment director, asks why it couldn’tbe open to scrutiny.“I suppose some people would

say that would discourage peoplefrom getting involved, but itstrikes me citizens have a right toknow,” Hubbell said. “Otherwise,you run the risk of a perceived con-

Your right to knowSunshine review finds progress, as well as some setbacks

ASSOCIATED PRESS

In North Carolina, lawmakers supported greater transparency after thescandals involving then-House Speaker Jim Black (left). But this legisla-tive session holds little promise of more advancements in openness.

BY JEFFREY COLLINSAssociated Press

THE WAXHAWS, Caroli-nas — South Carolinaclaims Andrew Jackson

as its only president. But wait— on the grounds of the NorthCarolina capitol, a bronze stat-ue of Jackson sits with twoothers as “Presidents NorthCarolina Gave the Nation.”For a century, the two Car-

olinas have quarreled overwhich can claim to be thebirthplace of the seventhAmerican president.Dueling monuments sit

within miles of each othersouth of Charlotte. Fordecades, one high school inLancaster County, S.C., and an-other in Union County, N.C.,played a football game inwhich the winner got to claimJackson for the next year. Anddon’t look to the White Housefor the answer: its websitelists Jackson’s birthplace a“backwoods settlement in theCarolinas.”In history’s great sweep,

where exactly Jackson wasborn on March 15, 1767, does-n’t matter much. In fact, Jack-son went on to become a proudTennessean, moving there inhis 20s and claiming that stateas his own for the rest of hislife. The plantation he built

just outside ofNashville, TheHermitage, isone of thecountry’s mostvisited presi-dential homes.The TennesseeCapitolgrounds boasta statue ofJackson on

horseback, routing the Britishas a general in the War of1812.Any state would gladly

claim the larger-than-life pres-ident who was nicknamed “OldHickory,” a man who lost hisfather before birth and hismother in his teens, rose frompoverty, practiced law in Salis-bury and become a war heroand president.A scar on his face came

from a sword blow receivedafter he refused to shine aBritish officer’s shoes afterbeing taken prisoner in theAmerican Revolution. At his1829 inauguration, Jacksonopened the White House to allfor a party so raucous that oneaccount had Jackson leavingthrough a window, the revelerslured out by punch bowls seton the lawn.During the three years he

spent in Salisbury, beginningin late 1784, Jackson studiedlaw at Judge Spruce Maccay’soffice, which was located nearthe Henderson Law Office. But don’t assume that Jack-

son kept his long nose stuck inmusty legal texts. Among Sal-isburians, he developed a repu-tation as a rounder and abrawler, taking delight incockfights, horse races and theladies. Early Jackson biographer

James Parton quoted a Salis-bury woman’s surprise that hewas running for president:“What! Jackson up for pres-

ident? Andrew Jackson whoused to live in Salisbury? Well,if Andrew Jackson can bepresident, anybody can!”While his Salisbury sojourn

is well documented, textbooksfrom either state in the Caroli-nas don’t solve the birthplacemystery.One North Carolina text-

book said Jackson was born“near North Carolina’s bor-ders,” according to Courtney

The battleover ‘OldHickory’continues

See SURVEY, 4D

How N.C. defines a public recordNorth Carolina General Statute 132-1 defines public records as “all

documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, soundrecordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data‑processingrecords, artifacts, or other documentary material, regardless of physi-cal form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordi-nance in connection with the transaction of public business by anyagency of North Carolina government or its subdivisions. Agency ofNorth Carolina government or its subdivisions shall mean and includeevery public office, public officer or official (State or local, elected orappointed), institution, board, commission, bureau, council, depart-ment, authority or other unit of government of the State or of anycounty, unit, special district or other political subdivision of govern-ment.

“The public records and public information compiled by the agen-cies of North Carolina government or its subdivisions are the propertyof the people. Therefore, it is the policy of this State that the peoplemay obtain copies of their public records and public information freeor at minimal cost unless otherwise specifically provided by law. Asused herein, ‘minimal cost’ shall mean the actual cost of reproducingthe public record or public information.”

Two Carolinaslay rival claimsto 7th president

See JACKSON, 4D

JACKSON

White House needs to lead on Libya

A reason to saveN.C. port projectWe must decide whether we

want North Carolina to remaincompetitive in the retention ofexisting industries and main-tain our ability to recruit newindustries and therefore cre-ate new jobs. North Carolina’sdecision to develop a deep-wa-ter port in Brunswick Countywill provide this cost competi-tive advantage our neighbor-ing coastal states are currentlydeveloping.Significant cost savings on

ocean shipping are beingachieved through larger con-tainer ships. Such ships, due togreater keel depth, cannot callon the Port of Wilmington.When the Panama Canal ex-pansion opens, large shipsfrom Pacific rim countries willcall on U.S. East Coast ports.These large ships requireports with channel depths of49-plus feet; therefore stateswith deepwater ports will pro-vide their customers cost com-petitive advantages. WithWilmington’s maximum depthof 42 feet, businesses in NorthCarolina will be at a shippingcost disadvantage if NorthCarolina cannot offer an addi-tional port with a 50-foot chan-nel. For North Carolina to re-

main cost competitive for busi-ness and industry, it must de-velop a deepwater port with atleast a 50 feet channel. The600-acre N.C. InternationalTerminal site is one of ourstate’s very few deep-water lo-cations with that amount of de-velopable acreage. It is imper-ative our state undertake theappropriate analysis and stud-ies that would provide the in-formation required to make aninformed decision on that sitedevelopment. To not undertakethat analysis is irresponsibleto our state’s future and its cit-izens.

— John SwopeClinton

Swope is economic develop-ment director for SampsonCounty.

Even casual perusers ofnewspapers and the Inter-net, let alone glossy maga-

zines and tabloid TV, here in theUnited States must frequentlyfeel they’re being stalked by theBritish royal family. These peo-ple are everywhere.And the royals are aided and

abetted by the media — theirsand ours — whochronicle themwith an obsessionwith detail wehere in thecolonies normallyreserve for con-gressional sexscandals.Flipping

though the Associ-ated Press’ inter-national file thismorning, we find

that Zara Phillips, 29, is to bemarried to renowned rugby play-er Mike Tindall.Phillips, of whose existence

until now I was unaware, isQueen Elizabeth II’s eldestgranddaughter and 12th in lineto the British throne, whichmeans that after her weddingand reception at a royal palacewe may never hear of her again.But with the royals, you neverknow.The story had two interesting

facts about the daughter ofPrincess Anne: She met her fu-ture husband in a bar in Aus-tralia; and she and her brother,Peter, are the only ones of thequeen’s eight grandchildrenwithout royal titles. Apparently,Princess Anne turned down hermother’s offer of titles for thetwo.That seems unfair. Being

Princess of Something or Otherseems little enough compensa-tion for minor royals whose du-ties seem to run heavily to hand-ing out livestock awards.On the same AP wire we find

that Kate Middleton’s future loy-al subjects are worried that she’sgetting too thin in advance of herApril 29 wedding to PrinceWilliam. Crowds of well-wishersat her appearances urge her notto lose any more weight, a back-handed way of telling the futurequeen she ought to pork up a bit.These bulletins about a young

woman’s weight are not at allodd coming from a news servicethat has a running story called“Royal Wedding: The Count-down.” As of Wednesday it was50 days off, if you’re keepingscore at home.And speaking of the news,

everybody’s favorite royal,Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess ofYork, is back in it — and, as usu-al, not in a good way.Fergie seems like one of those

good-time girls you’d want atyour parties, but not in yourfamily. This seems to be the waythe royal family feels about it,since even though she’s divorcedfrom Prince Andrew, they keepher around and, in fact, sheshares a house with him.The duchess’ function seems

to be as a source of glorious,cringe-inducing embarrassmentswhen interest in the royalswanes. It is a role she performsextremely well.There was the time she came

down to breakfast with the fami-ly gathered at one of the royalcastles to find that she was onthe front pages of a tabloid, top-less and getting a toe job from aTexas millionaire while Andrewwas out of town.And then there was the time

she was filmed shopping access,for about $800,000, to her ex-hus-band, who had surfaced as theUnited Kingdom’s Special Rep-resentative for Trade and In-vestment. With Fergie’s luck, theIndian businessman she thoughtshe was dealing with turned outto be a tabloid reporter.Despite a series of successful

children’s books, the duchessmanaged to be constantly indebt. It was in connection withthose debts that she had her lat-est scrape, accepting $24,000 to-ward those debts from a convict-ed pedophile who also happens tobe an associate of her ex-hus-band. For a change, he may be ineven more trouble than she is.Andrew, who was known as

“Randy Andy” in his youngerdays, we now learn is beingcalled “Air Miles Andy” becauseof his extensive travels at thepublic’s expense.All of this is great stuff, and

what’s great about it is we don’thave to foot the bill for it. TheBrits do. Don’t think we’re notgrateful.

• • • Dale McFeatters writes

columns and editorials forScripps Howard News Service.E-mailt [email protected].

As Libyan dictator MoammarGadhafi savages his peoplein a bid to stay in power and

the Obama administration dithersabout a response, the question aris-es: Haven’t we seen this movie be-fore?We have — several times, and

the plots have not been pretty.In 1956, when

Hungarians rebelledagainst their Com-munist rulers, RadioFree Europe cheeredthem on and ledthem to think Ameri-ca would come totheir aid. Of course,we didn’t and Soviettroops crushed therevolt.In 1991, after

U.S.-led forces oust-ed Saddam Hussein from Kuwaitand all but destroyed his army,President George H.W. Bush urgedIraqis to oust Saddam from power,then stood idle as his RepublicanGuards killed tens of thousands ofShiite and Kurdish rebels.In the early 1990s, too, the Bush

and Clinton administrations did ef-fectively nothing as Serbs massa-cred and raped Bosnians and ethnicAlbanians in the Balkans — until fi-nally President Bill Clinton by-passed the United Nations to orderNATO airstrikes to halt the fighting.As well, the United States armed

Islamists in Afghanistan when theywere fighting the Soviet Union inthe 1980s, then abandoned the coun-try until after al-Qaida launched theattacks of Sept. 11, 2001.Here we go again. After long

days of silence as Libyans rose upagainst Gadhafi, President BarackObama declared the dictator “needsto step down from power andleave.” But, as to action that wouldforce that result, the administrationseems decidedly indecisive, withSecretary of State Hillary RodhamClinton referring to the possibility

of a “no-fly zone” to prevent Libyanplanes from bombarding rebels, andDefense Secretary Robert Gates allbut flatly ruling it out.The administration is providing

humanitarian aid and is consultingwith allies but apparently will nottake decisive action without U.N.approval. Obama also may be con-flicted because popular rebellionsare under way in countries friendlyto the United States — notablyBahrain, Jordan and Egypt — andhe may fear that intervention inLibya would imply similar action inthose countries.Such fears should not determine

U.S. policy. The United States sure-ly can distinguish between a mad-man using terror and an authoritari-an using tear gas and truncheons.For in places where restive popu-

lations are demanding reform ornew governments, Sen. LamarAlexander, R-Tenn., last week float-ed a proposal made to him by IsraeliPrime Minister Benjamin Ne-tanyahu for a western Marshall Planusing non-governmental funds toprovide schools, clinics and cleanwater. Instead of $120 billion in U.S.government funds — what Americaprovided to Europeans in today’sdollars after World War II —Alexander said that private founda-tions and donors should raise tens ofbillions to go mainly to non-govern-ment institutions.The similarity to the original

Marshall Plan, according to Alexan-der, is that the recipient countrieswould design their own programsrather than having the United Statesimpose its ideas. The projects wouldhave to be attractive enough to winprivate support.For various reasons — notably

past support for dictators — theUnited States is deeply unpopular inmost of the Arab world. Promotingreform and organizing effective de-velopment programs can only helpbuild a more favorable image.And so would effective action to

rid Libya of Gadhafi. A “no-flyzone” might not be the most effec-tive method in as much as fighterplanes are not the dictator’s domi-nant method of beating back rebels.He’s using helicopters, tanks,

loyalist troops and mercenaries. Tocounter them militarily, the UnitedStates would have to engage inground combat, which is not an op-tion for a military already fightingtwo wars.Better ideas have been pressed

on Obama by Republicans such asSens. John McCain (Ariz.) and MitchMcConnell (Ky.), includingweapons, ammunition, intelligenceand training for anti-Gadhafi rebels.And former Bush administration

national security adviser StephenHadley has recommended othersteps such as offers to recognize therebels as the legitimate governmentof Libya, conversion of Gadhafi’s$15 billion in frozen assets as atrust fund for the Libyan peopleand threats of war crimes trials forthose who support Gadhafi.Of course there is no guarantee

that the regime taking over fromGadhafi would be friendly to theUnited States, but it’s clear that ifGadhafi stays in power, he will behostile, possibly returning to ter-rorism.Obama evidently does not want

the United States to be seen as re-sponsible, after Iraq, for topplinganother Arab government and hav-ing to manage its successor.But the fact is that he has al-

ready taken the fateful step of pre-scribing an outcome — Gadhafi’sdeparture. If he does not take stepsto make that happen, the UnitedStates will come out looking like apaper tiger, not a world leader.And, if a bloodbath occurs —

and, worse, if Gadhafi survives inpower after a bloodbath — it willbe 1956 and 1991 all over again.

• • • Morton Kondracke is executive

editor of Roll Call.

PALM CITY, Fla. — On a triphere to Florida last week,President Obama joined for-

mer Gov. Jeb Bush at a Miamihigh school and stressed theircommon interest in education re-form. That night, he made a cor-

dial reference toBush — brotherand son of Re-publican presi-dents — at aDemocraticfundraiser. Whenhis commentswere greetedwith catcallsfrom the parti-san audience, thepresidentprotested: “No,

no, no, no, now.” Then he added: “Iknow this is not a name you oftenhear at Florida Democraticfundraisers.”True. But Obama’s comment

was part of a deliberate strategyhe has been following since the“shellacking” the Democrats ab-sorbed last November. As he be-gins to organize his re-electioncampaign and road-test possiblethemes, the president is portray-ing himself as a bridge-builder, aconsensus-maker, someone who iswilling to find “common ground”with Republicans like Bush, evenif it means catcalls — and worse— from his liberal supporters.To understand this strategy,

just look at the results of the 2008election. A lot of attention hasbeen focused on self-described“independents,” and they are cer-tainly important. Twenty-nine

percent chose that label, and theyfavored Obama by 52 percent to44 percent. But a more importanttarget is “moderates,” a groupthat includes many independentsbut also centrist, pragmatic mem-bers of both parties. This groupwas considerably larger than in-dependents in 2008 — comprising44 percent of the electorate — andthey voted more heavily for Oba-ma, 60 percent to 39 percent.Obama’s appeal to these cen-

trists ran through everything hedid and said in Florida. A delega-tion of teachers gathered outsidethe Miami high school, protestingthe president’s embrace of Bushand if you were a cynic (and we’renot), you might even suspect thatTeam Obama bused in the criticsto emphasize the moderate mes-sage.At the fundraiser, the president

returned to the same theme, prais-ing Republican presidents fromAbraham Lincoln to Dwight Eisen-hower for investing in infrastruc-ture improvements like railroadsand highways. And then he de-clared: “The biggest contest weface is not between Democratsand Republicans. It’s between theUnited States and our workersand our businesses and our econo-my and our competitors aroundthe world.”This is clever and conscious.

The president is portraying him-self as the leader of the wholecountry, not just a party or a fac-tion, a country engaged in a globalbattle for economic survival. Andhow do you object to that? There’snot a big lobby in Washington that

favors “losing the future.”But there’s a paradox here. At

the very moment that Team Oba-ma is taking dead aim at moderatevoters, Congress has fewer mod-erate members than ever. In fact,moderates are easily the least-represented group in Americanpolitics.It has been a cliche for years,

and an accurate one, to lament the“polarization” on Capitol Hill, buta new study by the National Jour-nal shows exactly how serious thepartisan divide has become. Infact, America is approaching aEuropean model, with ideologicalparties that don’t overlap in themiddle and exert iron disciplineover their members.In the Congress that ended in

December, the most conservativeDemocratic senator (Ben Nelsonof Nebraska) had a more liberalvoting record than the most pro-gressive Republicans (GeorgeVoinovich of Ohio and SusanCollins and Olympia Snowe ofMaine). Thirty years ago, whenthe National Journal started keep-ing these records, 58 senators oc-cupied the middle ground betweenthe polar extremes. Last year,there were none. As Trent Lott,the former Republican leader ofthe Senate, told the Journal: “Overthe years, there is no question thatthe middle in the Senate hasshrunk considerably.”If anything, the House has seen

an even more dramatic shift to-ward ideological purity. In 1982,334 House members posted rat-ings somewhere between the mostliberal Republican and most con-

servative Democrat. By last year,the number had shriveled to sev-en, and today all but one of them— Republican Walter Jones ofNorth Carolina — has left Con-gress.There are many reasons for

this pattern, but one of the mostimportant is the rise of vocal ad-vocates and pressure groups —centered in cable TV, talk radioand the blogosphere — that de-mand ideological purity andthreaten reprisal against anyonewho dares to stray from party or-thodoxy.In this world of shrill shouters,

moderates have virtually no voice.But Obama knows they still holdthe key to his re-election. And heintends to speak to them and forthem.

• • • Steve and Cokie’s new book,

“Our Haggadah” (HarperCollins),has just been published.

There’s noescapingthe royals

An appeal to moderatesFlorida trip shows Obama’s strategy

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has taken a step back fromhis state’s generally strongrecord on transparency. Hisoffice has announced plansto charge a fee to fulfillopen records requests, apractice allowed understate law but waived by theprevious governor, Repub-lican-turned-independentCharlie Crist. Scott’sspokesman said the deci-sion was made to save tax-payer money, not to blockaccess to information.Some states have moved

toward greater transparen-cy in the wake of politicalscandals, the AP found.In Oklahoma, where

felony bribery charges arepending against a currentHouse member and formerstate senator, the state hastaken steps to open up thelegislative process. Confer-

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ers began moving towardgreater transparency aftera bribery scandal in 2006sent then-House SpeakerJim Black to prison. Repub-licans who took control ofthe Legislature for the firsttime in more than a centu-ry this year promised evenmore progress, but thepledge fell apart early inthe session after GOP law-makers closed a party cau-cus meeting with lobbyiststo discuss whether to legal-ize video poker in the state.House Speaker Thom

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Thomas, a senior editor attextbook publisher GibbsSmith Education. South Car-olina’s book doesn’t mentionthe exact spot either thoughit stiffly asserts Jacksonwas a “South Carolina na-tive.”Teachers don’t dwell on

the controversy because it’sjust part of an eventful life,said Leslie Wallace Skin-ner, who helps with design-ing social studies curricu-lum for the South CarolinaEducation Department.Skinner notes, “By the timewe talk about him as apresident, he’s a Ten-nessean.”Don’t tell that to people

in the Carolinas.The question lives on be-

cause of tragedies in Jack-son’s early life. His fatherdied late in his mother’spregnancy, and he wasborn as his mother made anarduous dozen-mile tripback from burying him tothe farms where her familylived in what was then abackwoods wildernesscalled The Waxhaws. There, Scots-Irish Pres-

byterians struggled to set-tle land so remote that theborder between North andSouth Carolina hadn’t beenofficially surveyed yet.Jackson wrote a letter in

1824 saying he was born athis uncle’s plantation inSouth Carolina and ap-proved a map around thattime indicating his birthhome was in that state’sLancaster County. Somesuggest Jackson claimed tobe a South Carolinian to at-tempt to find kinship with astate that wanted to nullifya federal tariff.A few decades later, a

son of a woman who saidshe was present when Jack-son was born wrote a lettersaying his mother placed

Jackson’s birth at anotheruncle’s home in North Car-olina.Jackson’s mother died

when he was 14 fromcholera while caring forsick Revolutionary War sol-diers in 1781, taking awayany light she could shed on

the matter.South Carolina backers

suggest the reason the dis-pute began was someonewas trying to sell the NorthCarolina land and figureddeclaring Andrew Jack-son’s birthplace wouldmake it more valuable.

The dispute intensifiedwhen a chapter of theNorth Carolina Daughtersof the American Revolutionerected a monument in1910 on the North Carolinaland, claiming it was thespot where Jackson wasborn. Later, a statue ofJackson was placed at theNorth Carolina state capi-tol, along with those ofJames Polk and AndrewJohnson — two presidentsdefinitively born in thatstate.South Carolina respond-

ed by building AndrewJackson State Park on thesite of South Carolina un-cle’s plantation. School-children raised funds for astatue there.“People believe he is ei-

ther from here or there andthat’s part of their story,”said Laura Ledford, aranger at Andrew JacksonState Park.Ledford gets several vis-

itors a month who want toargue the matter. She reck-ons it ultimately doesn’tmatter where exactly in theCarolina wilderness Jack-son was born, adding, “It’snot like the difference be-tween being born in NewYork City and Lancaster,S.C.The stories of what

Jackson did as the Ameri-can hero of the War of 1812and as president are farmore important than bick-ering over a birthplace,said Jean Goss, an eighth-grade teacher atJamestown Middle Schoolin Guilford County.“There’s some mysteries

we don’t get to solve Iguess,” Goss said. “We’lljust stake our claim wherewe can.”Where Jackson’s story

ends is not in dispute. Theman who survived a dozenduels and the Battle OfNew Orleans died quietly atThe Hermitage on June 8,1845. He was 78.

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This statue in Raleigh pays homage to North Carolina’s linkto Andrew Jackson, as well as to Presidents James Polkand Andrew Johnson.

Coming to termswith Newt Gingrich“Wife number three

and I made amovie about the

Pope, so my divorces andadulterous affairs don’tcount.”That’s how one person

greeted Newt Gingrich’s re-cent announcement that he isseriously considering thepossibility of running forpresident. Most followers ofthe presidential-primary

scramble fig-ured as muchalready. ButGingrich’spress confer-ence usheredin an openseason on theman and hispersonal life.The nega-

tive com-ments havefocused onmore than the

former congressional speak-er’s personal infidelity.They’ve gone after his pro-fessional record, too. It’s al-ways hard to divorce onefrom another.Especially when it’s

morality that Gingrich talksabout on the campaign trail.“Morality matters in econom-ics because balancing thebudget is an essentiallymoral, not economic, ques-tion about whether or notpoliticians ought to follow thesame rules as the rest of us,”he told a Faith and FreedomCoalition forum in Iowa re-cently. He went on to say,“There should be no distinc-tion between economic, na-tional-security and socialconservatives. We should allbase our principles on funda-mental questions of morali-ty.”I happen to wholehearted-

ly agree. Iowa caucus voterstend to agree too. But whenGingrich muses about moral-ity, people are reminded ofhis less than stellar record inthat field.Gingrich, mind you, didn’t

help matters when he told theChristian Broadcasting Net-work: “There’s no question attimes of my life, partiallydriven by how passionately Ifelt about this country, that Iworked far too hard andthings happened in my lifethat were not appropriate.”That sounded a bit like he

was walking away from re-sponsibility. But, in that sameinterview, he added: “Andwhat I can tell you is thatwhen I did things that werewrong ... I found that I feltcompelled to seek God’s for-giveness. Not God’s under-standing, but God’s forgive-ness.”Simultaneous to his com-

ments, many were gearingup for the Christian season ofLent. As it happened, Gin-grich was being ridiculed —“Patriotism made me do it!”was the most common barb— on Ash Wednesday, a dayfocused on sin and repen-tance.I don’t know the heart of

Newt Gingrich. I probablyknow him about as well asmany folks who have sound-ed off regarding his reap-pearance as a potential candi-date. Since we last saw himas an elected official, he hasconverted to Catholicism,and yes, made an excellentdocumentary about PopeJohn Paul II and the fall ofCommunism. Needless tosay, none of these things ex-cuse moral turpitude, andpeople have certainly beenknown to do things for politi-cally advantageous reasons.Yet “trust but verify” is a

political proverb. Gingrich’srecent years appear to haveinvolved a commitment topublic policy, as well as tofamily and his newfoundfaith. Confessing our failure,demonstrating a purpose ofamendment, these are at theheart of Christianity. Ofcourse, the voting booth isnot the confessional, and for

the most prudent reasons,voters can’t be as mercifulwith their elected officials asthey are with their neighbor.Or can we?Gingrich is just a man, too.

And his lack of finesse abouthis sins may simply resultfrom a discomfort withspeaking about his failurepublicly. Nevertheless, hehas to. And in being publiclyreflective, he, probably inad-vertently, is doing what hedoes best: teach.Back in January I wrote a

piece with Seth Leibsohn, co-author with Bill Bennett ofthe upcoming book “TheFight of Our Lives,” welcom-ing freshman members ofCongress to Washington andurging them to be good anddecent. For legislators, ourcapital can be a city of temp-tation: you may be away fromyour family; in many cases,you’re keeping irregularhours, attending a whirl ofsocial events. There are noexcuses for slip-ups, butthere is value in knowing theenemy is very much there,and that you need to protectyourself against it.In this way, Gingrich actu-

ally provided a little bit of apublic service in one of hisleast articulate moments. Ifyou can get past the ridicule,he serves as a cautionarytale: That boundlessly power-ful feeling you get whenyou’re doing things you deemimportant for the world canget you into trouble. Beware.As he told the crowd in Iowa,Newt Gingrich 2011 hits thestage “with maybe a littlemore wisdom” than the NewtGingrich who was king of the1994 Republican revolution.As for that whole presi-

dential dust-up: It’s not thecraziest idea ever. And, if wecan all put cynicism asidejust for a moment, maybe,just maybe, the fact thatGingrich can seriously con-sider such a notion is testi-mony to a little, amazing,transformative thing calledredemption.

• • • Kathryn Lopez is the edi-

tor of National Review On-line (www.nationalreview.com). E-mail: [email protected].

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As he contemplates a presi-dential run, Newt Gingrich ishaving to discuss his person-al life as well as public policy.

“By the time we talk about him as apresident, he’s a Tennessean.”

LESLIE SKINNERS.C. Education Department

“West of Here,” by JonathanEvison. Algonquin Books ofChapel Hill. 486 pp. $24.95.

BY ELIZABETH [email protected]

Readers who delve into thewilderness of Jonathan Evison’s“West of Here” are in for an ad-venture.

Covering two eras and 42points of view, the story windsalong an uncharted path thatappears fraught with distrac-tions and detours.

A man shivers in the dark,listening for Sasquatch. Othersseek fame for mapping new ter-ritory or fortune for damming amighty river. A woman search-es for truth and independence.Mothers try to protect theirmysterious sons. Indians try tomaintain sobriety.

Where is this going?By journey’s end on the

486th page, though, all the me-anderings have converged intoone grand tale of the PacificNorthwest. You’ll know not onlywhere the region is, figurativelyspeaking, but also how it gotwhere it is today.

Constructing the story is anamazing feat on Evison’s part,considering the opportunities toget readers lost. He zig zags be-tween 1890 and 2006 to portraythe rough beginnings of fiction-al Port Bonita — modeled afterPort Angeles — and its 21st cen-tury dilemma. In the earlier pe-riod, the town was the jumpingoff point for explorers and en-trepreneurs determined to tamethis last frontier. In the modernperiod, Port Bonita and the de-scendants of those early inhabi-tants are in a slump, and theremedy appears to be disman-tling the very dam that was sup-posed to drive prosperity.

This is Evison’s second nov-el, following “All About Lulu”(Soft Skull, 2008). He told an in-

terviewer on NPR he wanted totell this story in a different way.“So often when we historicizematerial we use this big wide-angle lens,” he said. “The novelI wanted to write, instead of awide-angle lens, was a kaleido-scope of clashing and overlap-ping first-person narratives.”

Indeed it is. The story devel-ops from seemingly countlessangles — showing both how dis-parate everyone is and how con-nected.

Thrown in among thestrivers and explorers and pros-titutes and Indian chiefs aremystical elements — includinga mute 19th century Klallam In-dian boy who temporarily ex-changes spirits with a 21st cen-tury teen tripping on LSD.

And then there’s Sasquatch.Or is there?

The cold, damp Olympicpeninsula, where Evison hasspent much of his life hikingand camping, provides the sto-ry’s central tension — man vs.nature. Also at work are deter-mined women vs. men whowould control them; Indians vs.whites and liquor; and individu-als vs. societal norms — fromsexual orientation to personalspace.

Heroes are hard to identifyin “West of Here” if by “hero”you mean a completely sympa-thetic character. Everyone isflawed in some way.

Aren’t we all? The character who frames

the story from beginning to endis a hapless supervisor from thefailing fish-packing plant, a di-vorcee who sabotages his rela-tionships by always pushing alittle too hard — and going ontoo long about Sasquatch.

But he is as much of PortBonita’s history as the 19th cen-tury visionary who decided todam the Elwha River. Ditto forthe specialist, Meriweather,who arrives at the hospital to di-

agnose the 21st century boyspouting 19th century words,with burned arms and no knowl-edge of how they got that way.

An Escalade-driving “littleraisin of an Indian,” Meriweath-er concludes that the boy walksbetween worlds. “He’s beenplaces he’s never been,” he tellsthe distraught mother.

That makes no sense, she

says. The specialist’s responsemay be the best signpost on thestrange, fascinating journeythat is “West of Here.”

“Our memories are not oursalone,” the specialist says. “Ourexperience belongs to all that isliving, and all that has everlived. It even belongs to thatwhich is not yet born and maynever be born.”

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Learn how important bees are to our food supplyBY MARISSA CREAMERRowan Public Library

Back in early February, on arare mild day following a longcold spell, I sat on my porch to en-joy the fresh air and warm sun. Iwas surprised to see a lone hon-ey bee gently buzzing in the vio-la blossoms, which had bloomedsteadily through the cold andsnow.

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To learn more about bees andthe important role they haveplayed not only in the garden, butin art, religion, literature andmedicine, read “Honey Bees: Let-ters from the Hive,” by StephenBuchmann. This book discussesbee biology and behavior and ex-amines our relationship with beesfrom prehistoric times to thepresent.

Humans have cultivated beessince ancient times. In lowerEgypt, bees and honey were soimportant to the economy that thehoney bee hieroglyph was chosenas the symbol for the entire re-gion.

Early Egyptians also appreci-ated honey’s healing properties,and honey prescriptions appearon clay tablets and papyrus dat-ing as far back as 1550 B.C.Beeswax was used in a number ofways, including mummification,shipbuilding and as a gel to slickdown their elaborate wigs.

Buchmann also provides infor-mation about how bees producehoney and how we collect and useit today. He provides descriptionsof many varieties, from the palewhite clover honey to the more

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Unfortunately, honey bees inthe U.S. are facing a mysteriousmalady — it is estimated thatnearly one third of all hives in thecountry have vanished. Re-searchers call the mass disap-pearance Colony Collapse Disor-der, and are still trying to deter-mine the cause.

You can learn more about CCDin “The Hive Detectives: Chron-icle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe,”by Loree Griffin Burns. Filledwith colorful photographs, thisbook chronicles the mystery ofthe vanishing honey bees from itsfirst report in 2006, when a bee-keeper in Florida inspected hishives and discovered that 20 mil-lion bees had simply disappeared.

For a more in-depth treatmentof CCD, check out “Fruitless Fall:the Collapse of the Honeybee andthe Coming Agricultural Crisis,”by Rowan Jacobsen. Focusing onthe larger ecological implicationsof CCD, particularly regardingthe food chain, Jacobson remindsus that “80 percent of the food weput in our mouths relies on polli-nation somewhere down the line.”

Concerns about declining hon-ey bee populations, along with agrowing desire for homegrownand organic food has led to an in-creased interest in beekeeping asa hobby. If you would like to learnmore about beekeeping, read“Storey’s Guide to Keeping Hon-ey Bees,” by Malcolm T. Stanfordand Richard E. Bonney. Thispractical guide will help you getstarted in this rewarding endeav-

or.You can find these and other

books about bees and beekeepingat Rowan Public Library.

Computer classes: Classes arefree. Sessions are approximately90 minutes. Class size is limitedand on a first-come, first-servebasis. Dates and times at all loca-tions are subject to change with-out notice.

Headquarters — Tuesday, 2p.m., Working with Windows;March 21, 7 p.m., Microsoft Ex-cel 2003 Part 1; March 28, 7 p.m.,Microsoft Excel 2003 Part 2.

South — Monday, 7 p.m., In-troduction to PowerPoint; March31, 11 a.m., Introduction to Pub-lisher.

East — Registration requiredfor East Branch only. Thursday,1 p.m., Basic Access.

Children’s Storytime: Nowthrough April 29, weekly storytime. For more information, call704-216-8234.

Headquarters — Toddler Time(18-35-month-olds), Tuesdays,10:30 a.m.; Baby Time (6-23-month-olds), Wednesdays, 11 a.m.Preschool Time (3-5-year-olds),Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.; Noodle-head (4-8 years), Thursdays, 4p.m.

South — Noodlehead, Mon-days, 4 p.m.; Baby Time, Tues-days, 10:30 a.m.; Preschool Time,Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m.; ToddlerTime, Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.

East — Preschool Time, Tues-days, 10:30 a.m.; Toddler Time,Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.; BabyTime, Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.

Book Bites Club: South only;March 29, 6:30 p.m., “The Forgot-ten Garden” by Kate Morton.Book discussion groups for bothadults and children will meet thelast Tuesday of each month. Thegroup is open to the public; any-

one is free to join at any time.There is a discussion of the book,as well as light refreshments ateach meeting. For more informa-tion please call 704-216-8229.

Book chats for children: South(only) — Thursday, 4:15 p.m.,“Stink & the World’s Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers,” by Megan Mc-Donald; grades three and four.

Children in grades 2-5 (differ-ent grade each month) are invit-ed to participate in “Book Chats,”a program at South Rowan Re-gional Library in China Grove.Registration is required andspace is limited. Please call 704-216-7728 for more information.

American Girl Club: Headquar-ters, March 19, 11 a.m., a book dis-cussion group about the life andtimes of the American Girls char-acters.

JR’s Adventure Club:Headquar-ters, March 26, 11 a.m. The clubwill choose a project to build, andhave books from the library andrecommended websites that goalong with the project. The clubis open to all school age children.Light refreshments will beserved. Call 704-216-8234 to learnmore.

Teen program:Digital Illusions— using Photoshop or Paint.netdiscover how to mix and mash im-ages together.

East — March 21, 5:30-7 p.m.Headquarters —March 22,

5:30-7 p.m.South — March 29, 5:30-7 p.m.Displays: Headquarters — Red

Cross; South — bobbin lace by PatRigsby; East — Ann Furr 4-H.

Literacy: Call the Rowan Coun-ty Literacy Council at 704-216-8266 for more information onteaching or receiving literacy tu-toring for English speakers or forthose for whom English is a sec-ond language.

Poet Steve Kistulentzcoming March 18

BY FORREST ANDERSONFor the Salisbury Post

Poet Steve Kistulentz, winner of the 2009Benjamin Saltman Award for his poetry col-lection, “The Luckless Age,” will lead a cre-ative writing workshop at Catawba College onFriday, March 18. A reading will follow at TheLiterary Bookpost.

Kistulentz defines the Luckless Age as a pe-riod of time bookended by the assassination ofJohn F. Kennedy and “the false optimism of theReagan era.” His poems explore those 25 yearsof our country’s history by juxtaposing politicsand religion with the pop culture figures of hisyouth such as Evel Knievel, Hank Williams Sr.,David Lee Roth and Frank Sinatra.

A quick read of the collection’s table of con-tents will have you laughing — “The Elegy forthe Bay City Rollers,” “Hot Child in the City”and “The Skipper Talks to His Therapist.”

Perhaps it isn’t so surprising that Kistulentz,who grew up in a suburb of Washington, D.C.,developed an obsession for pop culture. He saysthat in high school his life was like a John Hugh-es movie, “My school had 3,000 students andwas 98 percent upper middle class. Everyweekend, someone’s parents were in the islandssomewhere and there was a party with a kegof beer in the kitchen sink or the garage. Ilearned very early in that scene that it wasmore fun to be the person circling around thedrama rather than the person involved in it.”

After a 15-year career in national politics,working as a consultant in legislative and polit-ical affairs for a varied list of clients, he devot-ed himself full-time to writing and teaching.

He is an assistant professor of English atMillsaps College in Jackson, Miss., where heteaches courses in creative writing, literatureand popular culture. His poetry, fiction andnonfiction have appeared in numerous literaryjournals, and his poems have been anthologizedin “Best New Poets 2008” and the “Helen BurnsAnthology: New Voices from the Academy ofAmerican Poets.”

Kistulentz will lead a group of students andmembers of the community through a creativewriting workshop on Friday at 2:30 p.m. in theCatawba College Center for the Environment.

If you are interested in participating, pleaseemail or call Forrest Anderson [email protected] or 704-637-4279.

A reading will follow at The Literary Book-post, 110 S. Main St., at 5 p.m.

‘West of Here’ you’ll find an adventurous novel

1990 edition of ‘Sketches of Old Rowan’ available againAmerican Association of University

Women

“Sketches of Old Rowan” hasreappeared in local bookstoresthis month, making its way to thebestseller list at Literary Book-post.

Published originally in 1960 bythe American Association of Uni-versity Women (AAUW), “Sketch-es” captures the history of RowanCounty in the sketches of the lateartist Aubrey Atkinson, accompa-nied by stories by the late Salis-bury Post Editor George Raynor.

Corner Books in China Groveis also selling the books. Notecards featuring the sketches arealso available at both bookstores.

Atkinson’s sketches are wellknown in these parts. The draw-

ing first appeared in the Salis-bury Post in 1959 to accompanystories written about life inRowan County by Raynor. Atkin-son was a founder and first pres-ident of Rowan Art Guild. Heserved as an executive for theBoy Scouts before becoming busi-ness manager of the city schools.He died in 1970 of a heart attackat the age of 45.

As an artist, he was well knownthroughout the area and his paint-ings sold throughout the EastCoast, according to a SalisburyPost article in 1997, when 15 ofhis sketches were framed and do-nated to the Historic SalisburyFoundation.

The Salisbury Branch ofAAUW originally published“Sketches of Old Rowan” in 1960.

All 1,000 copies sold within amonth. AAUW published threemore editions, with some addi-tional sketches and revisions bylocal historians Claude Pickett,James Brawley and WilliamKizziah.

The current edition (1990) in-cludes 16 sketches, each 11-by-14-inches, suitable for framing,including the old Rowan CountyCourthouse, Rowan Museum, theold Law Office, the Old StoneHouse, Thyatira PresbyterianChurch, Lowerstone Church andseveral others. Each sketch is ac-companied by a short history. To-gether the sketches and commen-tary give a picture of life inRowan County in by-gone days.

The note cards feature fivesketches: The Law Office, the

Strachan Home, Setzer School,Old Stone House and LowerstoneChurch. AAUW will use the pro-ceeds from the sale of the booksand note cards for scholarship op-portunities for young womenfrom Rowan County.

The American Association ofUniversity Women, founded in1881, promotes equity for womenand girls through advocacy, edu-cation, philanthropy and re-search.

The Salisbury Branch ofAAUW, founded in 1951, is opento everyone supporting the mis-sion to advance equity for womenand girls. The branch meetsmonthly at various locations. Formore information [email protected] or704-855-8353.

Writers’ Workshop classThe Writers’ Workshop of Asheville is offer-

ing a class at Providence Presbyterian Church,Charlotte. Registration is in advance only, bymail or at www.twwoa.org. To RSVP, call 828-254-8111 or email writersw@gmail. com.

March 26: Writing for Young Adults withGail McAbee and Cynthia Witherspoon — Keyelements of writing the young adult novel willbe discussed, focusing on character develop-ment, dialogue and setting the scene. Publish-ing information will also be given, and studentsmay bring a story idea or synopsis to the classfor evaluation. McAbee is the author of 12books and 70 short stories. Her awards includethe Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence. With-erspoon is the award-winning author of “TheConcept” and “Chorus of the Dead.” Both in-structors are co-authors of The Balefire Chron-icles. Meets Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $75/$70members.

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Should Congress keep funding Planned Parenthood?BY JOEL MATHIS AND BEN BOYCHUK

RedBlueAmerica.com

Among the many programs facing theGOP budget knife this spring isPlanned Parenthood. House Republi-

cans want to end funding for the agency,cheered on by social conservatives who de-spise the organization’s abortion-providingservices.But federal dollars don’t directly subsi-

dize the abortions, and liberal defenders saythe budget cut will harm women’s health inother ways.What should take priority: balancing the

budget, reducing abortions, or supportingwomen’s health? Joel Mathis and Ben Boy-chuk, the RedBlueAmerican columnists, de-bate the issue.

Joel Mathis: Continue supportFor many years now, pro-choice liberals

have accused pro-life conservatives of beingmore concerned about the lives of the un-born than they are of living, breathing hu-man beings. Often, that charge is a bit over-the-top and unfair. In the case of thePlanned Parenthood debate, it’s not.

In the course of a singleyear, Planned Parenthoodcarries out nearly 1 millionscreenings for cervical can-cers. More than 800,000breast exams. It providescontraception to nearly 2.5million women. And it per-forms roughly 4 million testsfor sexually transmitted dis-eases.Planned Parenthood, in

other words, helps keep a great manywomen healthy. The agency’s efforts in thisregard are for the unmitigated good.The agency also provides more than

300,000 abortions a year. Federal fundingdoes not directly subsidize those abortions,but let’s be honest: If Planned Parenthoodcrumbles because it loses its federal fund-ing, it can’t carry out those abortions. Butneither can it do all the other good stuff it

does.Which is why thoughtful abortion oppo-

nents should carefully consider their sup-port for the effort to defund Planned Parent-hood. Maybe they succeed in putting a dentin the number of abortions — but they do soat the cost of condemning many women tolate detection of (and death from) cervicalcancer, breast cancer, HIV and more. Is thattrade-off worth it?Other conservatives will argue that, in a

time of belt-tightening, the federal govern-ment can’t afford to subsidize every goodthing. Perhaps that’s true, and we should setpriorities. Public health, it seems, should beamong the highest priorities — a societycan’t function if it’s sick and dying.Women’s health is a huge part of public

health.And Planned Parenthood is perhaps the

most reliable provider of women’s healthservices. The funding should stay.

Ben Boychuk: Cut if offWould public health suffer if Planned

Parenthood were deprived of $330 million infederal subsidies and contracts? Probablynot.Planned Parenthood isn’t the only

provider of cervical cancer screenings andHIV tests, after all. It’s a big country, with ahost of free and subsidized programs forlow-income women.Besides, Planned Parenthood is not really

in the women’s health business. Certainly,

those services lend a patina of liberal re-spectability to the enterprise. (Who, afterall, is against pap smears?) As the group’stax filings and other documents show, it’sreally in the population control business.And business is good. The group that eu-

genicist Margaret Sanger founded in 1921 asthe American Birth Control League is one ofthe most profitable non-profits in America.Between 2002 and 2008, Planned Parenthoodand its affiliates took in more than $2.3 bil-lion in government grants and spent just$657.1 million, according to a Government

Accountability Office auditlast year.Congress in the past ear-

marked tax dollars toPlanned Parenthood with thestrict proviso that no publicmoney be used for abortions.And Planned Parenthoodsolemnly swears that’s true.But it’s worth recalling thatabout one third of PlannedParenthood’s annual revenue

derives from abortion. About another thirdcomes from government sources. Govern-ment is padding Planned Parenthood’s bot-tom line.Fact is, the federal government is

wrestling with a budget deficit of $1.5 tril-lion. President Barack Obama, in his wis-dom, added more than $3 trillion in debt tothe U.S. account ledger in the past twoyears. A divided Congress, with Republicanscontrolling the House and Democrats run-ning the Senate, will need to find the nerveto offend some core constituents if fiscalsanity is to prevail.Under the circumstances, then, cutting

funding to the nation’s largest provider ofabortions is probably the easiest choice theycould make.

• • •Contact Ben Boychuk at

[email protected] and Joel Mathis [email protected]. Listen to Boychukand Mathis discuss the Supreme Court’s rul-ing on protests at military funerals with con-stitutional law scholar Hadley P. Arkes atwww.infinitemonkeysblog.com.

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Two women square off in heated debate during a recent Planned Parenthood rally at the In-diana Statehouse in Indianapolis. An Indiana House bill would end funding to Planned Par-enthood because it provides abortions.

It takes more than genetics to excel

Mook’s Place/Mark Brincefield

Women’s lib in the age of conservatism

‘Safe to use on theyoungest of athletes.”That’s what the website

for Atlas Sports Genetics says,and in the most narrow ofmedical senses, I don’t doubtit’s true. Compared to collect-ing a soccer ball in the nose or

eating a mouth-ful of infielddirt, a cottonswab swiped in-side the cheekseems prettybenign.

Apparently,quite a few par-ents think so,too, based onrecent storiesin USA Today

and other newspapers. AtlasSports Genetics is among thecompanies looking to cash inon a nascent trend: Genetictesting to gauge a child’s phys-ical potential for specificsports. Such testing, AtlasSports Genetics assures,“gives parents and coachesearly information on theirchild’s genetic predispositionfor success in team or individ-ual speed/power or endurancesports.”

Thus, through a mail-ordertesting kit, you can swab littleBobby or Becky and find outwhether their sinews andsynapses are better suited tosprints or marathons, basket-ball or badminton, soccer orsoftball. Or, perhaps — forthose who landed in the shal-lower regions of the athleticgene pool — arranging towelsin the locker room and keepingthe water jugs filled.

Given our culture’s obses-sion with sports and the com-pulsion to groom kids for com-petitive success at ever

younger ages, this shouldn’t besurprising — not when highschool athletes are juicingthemselves in pursuit of big-ger, stronger, faster, and par-ents assault umpires at recleague events.

Nor should it be surprisingthat the cracking of the humangenome, which holds thepromise of ridding mankind ofsome terrible maladies, wouldopen up a brave new world foridentifying and enhancing ath-letic potential. If genetic test-ing can pinpoint a predisposi-tion for diabetes or Hunting-ton’s disease, then why notconsult it for guidance onwhich sports to play? Alongwith helping identify potentialcandidates to be the nextMichael Jordan or Roger Fed-erer, maybe the test resultswould steer some kids awayfrom sports where they’ll nev-er excel, keeping those fieldsof dreams from turning intodeserts of frustration.

But I can’t help wondering... If this type of genetic analy-sis had been available back inearlier eras, what would ithave told Jackie Robinson,who broke the color barrier inMajor League baseball? What

would it have revealed aboutRoger Bannister, the first run-ner to break the four-minutemile? What would it have saidabout Lou Gehrig, HankAaron, Billie Jean King ... orJim Abbott?

Abbott, you may recall, wasa left-handed hurler for theCalifornia Angels and the NewYork Yankees. He was not, byhis own admission, Hall ofFame material. But he had arespectable career. He was acollegiate All-American,pitched for the U.S. GoldMedal Olympic team in 1988and threw a no-hitter for theYankees against Cleveland in1993.

Quite a few Major Leaguepitchers have thrown no-hit-ters. Abbott was the first, andthus far only, one-handed pitch-er to do so. He was born withonly a stub where his righthand should have been. What-ever DNA might say, the fatesare speaking pretty loudly to akid who’s born with no righthand. Professional baseballwouldn’t seem within reach.

But Abbott didn’t listen tofate, and DNA testing wasn’tan option. He had to decide forhimself what his life would be.

He was determined fromchildhood to play baseball. Asa youngster, he has recounted,he spent hours hurling ballsagainst walls to refine the fol-low-through technique that en-abled him to field, as well aspitch. Abbott wore a fielder'sglove at the end of his rightarm. While completing his fol-low-through, he rapidlyswitched the glove to his lefthand so he could handle anyballs hit back to him.

Abbott, now a motivationalspeaker (www.jimabbott.net),acknowledges there weresome who questioned his abili-ty or, more bluntly, told him hewas dreaming‚ which was true.He had to overcome obstacles.

“You have to be determinednot to let someone else’s opin-ion of you define what youthink of yourself,” he says inone of his speeches. “Only youknow in your heart all thethings you are capable of.”

Abbott’s story is one ofsports’ most inspiring sagas.But for me, the inspirationdoesn’t come from those im-ages of a victorious pro pitch-er fist-pumping the air afterthe last pitch of a no-hitter, orthe collegiate hurler celebrat-ing a Gold Medal. It’s the im-age of a freckle-faced, one-handed youngster, bouncingballs against a wall and some-how persevering against mo-mentous odds and doubtfuldefinitions.

No doubt, DNA holds someof the answers to who we areand our place in the universe.The rest of it, you have to de-code for yourself.

• • • Chris Verner is editorial

page editor of the SalisburyPost.

Defining the role ofwomen in an ever-evolv-ing world where the di-

vision of labor is not so clearand women are being reared tobe whatever they want, runssmack dab in the face of reali-

ty where manystill want to de-fine womenbased on theirgender and re-productive ca-pacity not theirminds.

This is notjust a sexist is-sue but one forconservativesto ponder. For

though we support marriage be-tween one man and one womanat one time, there aren’t enoughmen for everyone who mightlike one. And me, I don’t believein sharing in this regard.

The pro-life segment is de-picted as binding women totheir uterine roles and desiringto control all expressions of fe-male sexuality. This flies in theface of women who want theright to act like men, “dresslike the opposite sex” or loosenthe ties that bind. Mama Griz-zlies speak with forked tongues

as do the Soccer Moms andothers who try to convincewomen they can have it all.That may be true; but in theprocess each woman loses a bitof herself in putting othersfirst and neglecting her ownneeds. These groups also putblame and responsibility main-ly on women with little ac-countability of men for thechildren they helped produced.

The single-parent dramasmainly involve young womenwho do not have the glamorousresources they see on realitytelevision or the money of thesingle stars who are flauntingtheir pregnancy and theirwealth. Women who chose orare forced to parent alone aremore likely to live in poverty,be subjected to limited educa-tional opportunities, becomevictimized by violence — like-ly at the hands of those whopurport to love them — andsee this pattern repeated intheir offspring.

A shocking recent Pew Re-search Center study, reportedon NPR, found that single par-ent females were felt the mostundesirable group to raisechildren, placing them belowgay parents in general accept-

ability. Women are beingblamed, usurped and held sole-ly accountable for the fruit oftheir wombs.

Professional women areusually described in non-glow-ing terms by the mainstreammedia. Women in politics suchas a Sarah Palin, Hilary Clin-ton and Meg Whitman find thefocus of scrutiny on their fam-ily and appearance, whichmale candidates don’t face.The harsh questions hurled atwomen often imply that some-thing must be wrong withthem to run or, no matter theircredentials, they may not be asgood as a man. Housewivesare idealized while the legionsof them turning to the bottle orpills to drown their pain re-main hidden.

Doctors, lawyers and otherswho are women with partnersfind at the end of their daythere are still children to takecare of, food to prepare andminimum relief from women’straditional roles. It is almost asif women are penalized for hav-ing a brain and a functioninguterus and daring to use them.

The rise of the religiousright, Sharia Law in Islam andother movements are per-

ceived as a threat to women’srights. Maybe it is theunchecked ability of men tocontrol women and treat themas chattel property, not anequal, which needs to be exam-ined. “God created man in Hisown image, in the image ofGod He created him; male andfemale He created them.”(Genesis 1:27 King JamesBible) In His image, so whythe disparate treatment?

So what do we tell ourdaughters? Abraham Lincolnsaid “The hand that rocks thecradle rules the world.”

First find somethinggreater than yourself to be-lieve in. Second, develop yourmind and the opportunitiesshould follow. Third, you have aright to be whatever you wantto be. Fourth, give back. Andlastly, what type of world wehave will depend on you, for thehand that rocks the cradle trulyshapes and rules the world.

• • •Dr. Ada M. Fisher is a

physician, former school boardmember and N.C. RepublicanNational Committeewoman.Contact her at P.O. Box 777,Salisbury, N.C. 28145 orDRADAMFISHER.ORG.

Government pay is a hot topic thisyear, with officials at every leveltalking about making government

smaller. That usually means cutting orfreezing staff positions. Rather than specu-late about what those positions cost taxpay-ers, Post readers can base their opinions onthe facts and figures found in our Sunshine

Week series on local gov-ernment salaries, The Peo-ple’s Payroll, starting on to-day’s front page. Salaries are a sensitive

subject. When you work forthe government, though,you live with the knowl-edge that your pay is a mat-ter of public information.Taxpayers have the right toknow how their money is

spent, including paying employees. The Post used databases from local gov-

ernments to compile the stories. Coming up: • Monday: City government• Tuesday: Public schools• Wednesday: Community college• Thursday: Economic developmentIn addition to stories and charts about

The People’s Payroll, readers can find data-bases on www.salisburypost.com/watchdogthat list all salaries for Salisbury city gov-ernment, Rowan County government andthe Rowan-Salisbury School System. Moredatabases will be added. Sunshine Week, which celebrates the

public’s right to know, is a good time toshare such information. For an example ofwhat can go wrong if citizens aren’t moni-toring their government, look to Bell, Calif.Last year the Los Angeles Times discoveredthe Bell city manager had an annual com-pensation package of $1.5 million and CityCouncil members were paid $100,000 a year.You won’t find anything like that in RowanCounty — not even close. Public employees often receive generous

benefits to compensate for their traditional-ly low pay. For example, employees of thestate, Rowan County and Salisbury do notpay premiums for their own health insur-ance, unlike most peers in the private sec-tor. In most instances, public employees dopay for family members’ coverage. But is government sticking to the low-pay

tradition? Last year USA Today analyzeddatabases and reported that federal employ-ees earn higher average salaries than pri-vate-sector workers in more than eight outof 10 occupations. Whether the same holdstrue on the state and local level is still a mat-ter for study. You’d never have the information to

make those comparisons, though, withoutlaws that require transparency in govern-ment. To reinforce those laws, the GeneralAssembly is considering an amendment thatwould write open government into the N.C.Constitution and require a two-thirds “su-permajority” vote to create new exemptionsto the public records and open meetingslaws. Ask your state lawmakers to supportthe Sunshine Amendment, HB 87 and SB 67. As U.S. citizens, we have the right and the

responsibility to stay informed about ourgovernment. People in many other countrieswish they could say the same. That’s some-thing to appreciate — in Sunshine Week andevery other week of the year.

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“The truth shall make you free”

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Common sense(Or uncommon wisdom, as the case may be)

Political language is designed to make liessound truthful ... and to give an appearance ofsolidity to pure wind.

— George Orwell, 1946

CHRISVERNER

ADAFISHER

Born with astub at theend of hisright arm,Jim Abbotttaught him-self to pitchwith his lefthand andwent onto a MajorLeaguecareer.

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Katie Scarvey, Lifestyle Editor, 704-797-4270 [email protected] www.salisburypost.com

PEOPLES A L I S B U R Y P O S T

BY KATIE [email protected]

When Candace Nealgraduated fromCatawba College in

2008 with a theatre degree,she was dead set on becominga working actor. And why not? During her

years at Catawba, Candace ap-peared in — actually, stood outin — plenty of productions, in-cluding “The Marriage ofBette and Boo,” “The Exoner-

ated,” “The Mystery of EdwinDrood” and “Trojan Women.”You might also remember

that Candace won herself anaudition for the Broadwayshow “Rent” by being votedamong the top three contest-ants in a popular onlineYouTube competition. And now, her savvy about

the potential to get herself outthere via the Internet, includ-ing social networking sites,has led to the production of aCD, funded entirely by

friends, family and even com-plete strangers. Of course it didn’t happen

overnight.After graduation, Candace

was “wide-eyed and penni-less,”as she puts it, and dream-ing of traveling the world withvarious theatre troupes, “cov-ering the entire spectrum ofblack boxes and amphithe-aters and auditoriums.” After all, that’s what her

friends were doing. It’s whather years at Catawba had pre-pared her for. “It seemed right,” she said. And in keeping with the

plan, for the past three yearsshe’s maintained a steady the-atrical career, supplementingan actor’s meager paycheckswith jobs like barista, free-lance graphic designer,restaurant hostess, children'stheatre teaching artist, chore-ographer and a Disney “Mer-chantainer” — which is, infact, Candace says, what theWalt Disney World folks calltheir merchandise employees. At some point, the lure of

continued auditioning with“one hundred tiny blondes inspiky stilettos” began to wanefor Candace (who is, by theway, six feet tall). It was then that something

Candace did for fun — “up-loading silly little videos toYouTube” — got her consider-ing a different path. “I suddenly realized, ‘Hey I

could give this music thing ago,’” she said. For years, she’d been

noodling around on the piano,writing melodies with no cleargoal of what would become ofthem beyond entertaining herlegion of FaceBook friends. Candace creates her videos

with a tiny webcam attachedto her Apple laptop, recordingwith “ a crappy little USB-powered microphone that Istole from my 15-year-old sis-ter’s bedroom, “ she admits.She creates most of her per-cussion with forks and wooden

spoons.She does her own unique

versions of songs like “Playthat Funky Music” (yes, real-ly) and Aerosmith’s “Pink.”But she also writes her own

songs, which convey her ownunique worldview about love,mostly, in all its permutations.She didn’t hold out a lot of

hope for people being interest-ed in what a 20-something hadto say about love. Surely, shewondered, people have hadenough of silly love songs?Maybe not. Candace kept

getting enthusiastic feedback.People loved her songs, lovedher voice.And that included a musi-

cian friend she had in Floridawho told her if she was ever tofind herself in Orlando, he’dlove to record her music, freeof charge. She didn’t really envision

moving to Orlando. As shenotes, “it’s hot, sticky and“covered in tourists with Mick-ey Mouse ears on their heads.”Still, two of her best friends

had recently moved there toperform at Disney World andits magical counterpart — TheWizarding World of HarryPotter at Universal StudiosOrlando. Plus, they needed aroommate. After getting some advice

and support from her parents— who as artists themselves,understood their daughter’sneed to make her creativemark — she packed up herHonda Element and headedsouth. The first few months

weren’t so much fun. Candacedidn’t really know anyone, andhanding out menus at Maca-roni Grill wasn’t exactly heridea of a dream job. One she started recording

her album, however, every-thing changed. “Suddenly, people wanted

to know what this project wasthat I was working on. Friendswould hear work-in-progressdemos of songs and tell their

friends, who would tell theirfriends, who would tell theirfriends.”She was heartened and in-

spired by the duo called “Pom-plamoose,” who found famethrough YouTube alone andwho were featured on Searscommercials over the holidays. Candace’s friend Jameson

Boyce, a keyboardist and bandmember of Walt DisneyWorld’s own rock band“Mulch, Sweat and Shears,”recorded her album in a “fan-cy shmancy recording studioin his own home,” Candacesays.Jameson suggested that

Candace try the website Kick-starter.com to raise money tomake the album. The site is used to fund arts

projects through donations. “You set a financial goal

and a time period in which youhope to reach that goal,” Can-dace explains. “You then askfor donations and promise re-wards for certain levels of do-nations (like a copy of the fin-ished CD, for example). Onlyafter you reach your goal doany of the donators actuallyhave to pay. “Candace set a goal of $1,000

in three weeks. Amazingly, ittook only six hours for her tohit four figures— a testamentto an already strong fan base. At the end of the three-

week period, she had nearly$3,500 committed by family,friends and fans. With that money, she was

able to have 1,000 copies ofher album professionally man-ufactured by Discmakers.com,in addition to 300 posters, 100buttons, 250 postcards, as wellas media distribution toiTunes, CDBaby and Amazon.She was even able to purchaseher first full-size electric pi-ano without investing a dimeof her own money. “I recommend Kickstarter

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to any artist on any scale,”Candace says. “Whether youneed a few bucks for a paintproject or a few thousandbucks to make an independ-ent film, with the right toolsand a ton of trust and dedica-tion, you can do whateveryou want.”

And the end result, called“Music from a Can” is im-pressive — the furthestthing from amateurish.

The songs reflect theartist herself, of course.They’re quirky. Bubbly. Wit-ty. Soulful. Entirely original.

Take the song “StupidBoys,” for example, which isbound to strike a chord withany girl who’s ever beendriven to distraction by aboy.

“Stupid, stupid boys arethe reason that I cry

Stupid stupid boys keepin’me up at night....

They’ll take you to themovies

They’ll give you cooties....”But while boys can be the

grape jelly to her peanut but-ter, Candace explores aslightly darker theme in ‘Bit-ter,” an anthem of unrequitedlove addressed to the onewho has caused pain. “I’mbusy,” she sings — beingalone and bitter, that is.

With Candace, it’s not justabout solid, original song-writing. The girl can sing.Her voice is strong and rich,controlled enough to weave adreamlike and wistful songlike “Unrequited” but bigenough to belt out musicaltheatre.

And really, who knowswhat she’ll end up doing? Al-though music has taken on abigger role in her life, shehasn’t given up acting.

She’s been working at theWinter Park Playhouse,which she describes as “abrilliant little professionaltheatre” in Winter Park, Fla.

She’s in “Shout! The ModMusical,” a 60s revue aboutfive girls in swinging Lon-don. Last fall she did “PumpBoys and Dinettes” and willbe in the upcoming produc-tion of “Sugar Babies.”

This past winter, she per-formed in Universal Studio's

production of “How TheGrinch Stole Christmas,”which is a 30- minute versionof the Jim Carey movie.

“It was a very cool experi-ence,” she says, waxing par-ticularly enthusiastic aboutgetting her makeup doneeach morning in a REALmakeup trailer. Still, shedoesn’t miss the hour it tookto have a prosthetic nose ap-plied.

Although fame may beknocking, fortune hasn’tdarkened the door just yet.

She remembers going tocomplimentary breakfasts inhotels she wasn’t actuallystaying in because she could-n’t afford food between pay-checks.

“They say you have to hitrock bottom before you canmake your way up,” she says.“Financially, that's exactlywhere I was.”

She’s making it by pinch-ing pennies, doing her ownpublicity, shopping at Good-will and checking the OrlandoCraigslist “free” page daily.

It’s a condition she minesmusically in “Poor,” a songstruggling artists every-where will relate to.

“Whatcha gonna do whenyou ain’t got no funds

And suddenly you are liv-ing on hot dog buns?”

Somewhat reminiscent ofthe quirky style of Bare-naked Ladies, “Poor” is likemany of Candace’s songs —likely to wear a groove inyour brain.

She’s happy with whereshe is now. In just a year,she’s not only made her firstalbum but says she’s foundthe love of her life. No more“stupid boys.”

She’s not getting rich fromher music but she is makingmoney that helps alleviatethe struggles of an independ-ent artist in a tough economy.She performs when she can.

She’s happier than she’sever been, she says, becauseshe’s doing what she loves.

Candace offers some re-sources she’s used that shebelieves help other aspiringindie artists.

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Homecoming finalist Karishma Kishor Lalchan-

dani, daughter of Kishor andGeetu Lalchandani of Salis-bury, has been selected asa finalist for North Caroli-na’s 31st Annual Home-coming Queen Selection tobe held March 12 and 13 atthe Charlotte Marriott Ex-ecutive Park. Lalchandani is the Salis-

bury High School Home-coming Queen. North Car-olina’s 2011 HomecomingQueen will receive a cashscholarship plus an all ex-pense paid trip to the na-tional finals to competewith the queens from otherstates for the title of Amer-ican’s Homecoming Queen.The finals are in July.

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Report all your exciting news to thecommunity on the Salisbury Post’s Celebrations page, which runs in ourSunday paper. These announcementsinclude engagements, weddings, anniversaries, births, multiple gener-ations, retirements, adoptions, congratulations, graduations, specialbirthday celebrations and pageantwinners. Call Syliva at 704-797-7682or visit www.salisburypost.com andclick on Celebrations for online forms.

ANNIVERSARYLupton - Hicks

David and Jena Lupton of New Bern are pleased to announcethe engagement of their daughter, Courtney Lynn Lupton, to Dr.Travis Martin Hicks, DDS, both of Raleigh.

Courtney is the granddaughter of James and Evelyn Harrell ofNew Bern and Julian and the late Lois Lupton of Pamlico. A 2001graduate of New Bern High School and 2005 graduate of NorthCarolina State University, she is employed by Franklin CountySchools.

Travis is the son of John Hicks and Beverly Smith of Salisburyand the grandson of Cecil and Mary Fisher of Salisbury and PeggyFisher of Charlotte. A 2000 graduate of East Rowan High Schooland 2004 cum laude graduate of Wake Forest University, he is aPediatric Dental Resident with UNC Hospitals.

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Bringle-Handy

Roderick Bringle of Salis -bury is pleased to announce theengagement of his daughter,Jennifer Catherine Bringle, toRodney Dale Handy, both ofGreensboro.

Jennifer is the daughter of thelate Judy Bringle and the grand-daughter of the late Clarence andMar jorie Long and the late Gar -land and Annie Bringle. A 1997graduate of North Rowan HighSchool and 2001 graduate of N.C.State University, she is editor atPace Communications and doesfreelance writing for The News &Record, The News & Observer,among other publications.

Rodney is the son of Rodgerand Sheila Handy of King andthe grandson of the late Ferrisand Kay Dulaney and Esther andthe late Lawrence Handy ofWinston-Salem. A 1994 graduateof R.J. Reynolds High School, hestudied at Forsyth TechnicalSchool and is a seating technicianat United Seating and Mobility.

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Annette Adams

Congratulations to AnnetteAdams of Salisbury on beingnamed Associate of the Monthfor January 2011 at BrookdaleSenior Living.

Mrs. Adams extends a bigthank you to all the residents atBrookdale who expressed theirlove and support to her bybestowing this honor on her.

Annette says, “God usuallydoesn’t show us where He istaking us. He just asks us totrust Him. Always stand onJames 1:3.” R128924

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The Shive familyrecently had occasion forthis five generation photoat the celebration ofAddison Drew Barrier’sone-month birthday.

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Dean MoweryA son, Dean Austin, was

born to Gretchen and LewisMowery of Salisbury on Feb.24, 2011, at Rowan RegionalMedical Center. He weighed6 pounds, 7 ounces. He hasthree brothers, Ross, 10;Mark, 8; Trevor, 2; and twosisters, Ashley, 16; Emily, 14.Grandparents are Harold andAnne Crouch of Cartersville,Ga., Fred Mowery Jr. andKaren Smith of Salisburyand Nancy Shetley of Or-mond Beach, Fla. Great-grandparents are Robert E.and Mattie Lee Sloop of Chi-na Grove.

Madden CoatesA son, Madden Ellis, was

born to Nicholas and BrynnCoates of Linwood on March3, 2011, at Carolinas MedicalCenter NorthEast. Heweighed 8 pounds, 10ounces. He has two broth-ers, Brandon Bennett, 12,and Chester Coates, 2, and asister, Mycaela Bennett, 10.Grandparents are Tim andDonna Howard and BarryCoates, all of Linwood, LanaRattz of Salisbury and thelate Dana Burchette Grif-fith. Great-grandparents areDoris Howard of Linwood,Beatrice Troutman andFred Sr. and MarthaBurchette, all of Salisbury.

The weekly Monday dupli-cate game at the Salisbury

Woman’s Clubwill be held at1 p.m. tomor-row. Newplayers arewelcomed.G l o r i a

Bryant andJudy Hurderplaced first inlast Monday’sgame.Other win-

ners were:Marie Pugh and Loyd Hill,second; Myrnie and JohnMcLaughlin, third.This was the deal on board

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The Bryant/Hurder pairfulfilled a one spade contractfor the top E/W score on thisdeal.The McLaughlins defeat-

ed their West opponent’sthree clubs contract threetricks for the best N/S score.In the Evergreen Club’s

March 4 duplicate gameMarie Pugh and Ruth Bowlesplaced first.Other winners were: Mar-

garet and Charles Rimer, sec-ond; Myrnie and JohnMcLaughlin, third.On Monday, March 21,

there will be no game at theSalisbury Woman’s Club. Onthat day players who registerwith Myrnie McLaughlin(704-636-9781) will competein the special Seniors’ gameat the Oak Park RetirementCenter.

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Dear Amy: I’ve been datinga guy for about a year. Our re-lationship got serious veryfast. We moved across thecountry together to be closeto his family. Ever since wemoved here, he has shown his

true colors.When we ar-

gue aboutthings such ash o u s e h o l dchores (justone of themany issueswe have), helikes to ignoreme, tune meout, etc. Hecalls me child-ish, but I’m

pretty sure ignoring me isacting a little like a 5-year-old.Seeing a therapist is not an

option right now, and I’m onthe verge of packing up mythings and leaving. I want totry to work things out beforegiving up completely.My guy does have many

good qualities, and I do lovehim very dearly, but my pa-tience is wearing very thin.Any advice?— Pulling Out My Hair

Dear Pulling: Living togeth-er and moving across thecountry when you are stillgetting to know each other ischallenging. The phrase“What were you thinking?”springs to mind.Before pulling up stakes,

however, gauge your guy’s in-terest in changing by askinghim to read a book with you:“The Seven Principles forMaking Marriage Work: APractical Guide From theCountry’s Foremost Relation-ship Expert” by John M.Gottman and Nan Silver(Three Rivers Press, 2000).Gottman has observed and

studied data from hundredsof couples in his research.One thing he notes is thatwhile good communication isone key to a successful long-term relationship, some cou-ples succeed by simply goingto their separate corners andagreeing to disagree.Name-calling, however,

will never work. Contempt isa deal breaker.You two can work togeth-

er to change the dynamic be-tween you.If he is not open to talking

about this, or if he thinks theunhealthy dynamic is yourfault and your sole responsi-bility, then you should proba-bly get out your wheelie bag.Start with the shoes. They’rebulky.

• • •Dear Amy: I am interested

in amplifying your responseto 22-year-old “Confused,”who wondered whether it’ssocially acceptable to go slowsexually in a new relationship.I’m an older guy who,

when I was single, never hadsex early on in relationships

with women. My personal-ity is such that I could notbe comfortable physicallywith a partner without anemotional connection first.When I met the wonder-

ful woman whom I’ve beenwith for 18 years, we spentseveral months becomingfriends before gettingphysical, which was rightfor us.For me, this has nothing

to do with morals, values,respectability or whatworks for other people, buteverything to do with myown emotional makeup. Idoubt that I’m unique.In my hippie youth I

couldn’t understand why Iwasn’t having sex whenmany of my peers were!Only years later did I

come to understand that Ihad simply been unwillingto have physical intimacywithout emotional intima-cy.

— Happy I Waited

Dear Happy: Thank youfor sharing a man’s pointof view.I’ve heard from many

readers responding to“Confused.” Several reportregretting they had hadsex too soon in a relation-ship.So far, no one has told

me they were happy they’dhad sex early.

• • •Dear Amy: My husband

and I frequent a localrestaurant every week. Wehave been going to thisplace for at least fouryears now and sometimestwo or three times a week.There is one waitress

who insists on taking careof us. She is good at whatshe does, but every timeshe greets us she kisses uson our lips.It is very uncomfort-

able, and we do not like it.I have mentioned to her

a few times that I have acold and so “no kisses forme,” but then the next timewe go in she does it again!We would hate to stop

going to this place, butwhat else could we do?

— Diner in a Dilem-ma

Dear Diner: The onlything left to do is to tell thisperson, “I apologize be-cause I should have toldyou a long time ago, but Ireally don’t like to bekissed when we come in. Itmakes me uncomfortable.I hope you understand.”

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Melena KetnerA daughter, Melena Rose,

was born to Jon and Jan Ket-ner of Salisbury on Oct. 30,2010, at Rowan RegionalMedical Center. She weighed7 pounds, 4.5 ounces. Grand-parents are Jeff and JeanKetner of Salisbury, PatFisher of Granite Quarry andDavid and Gail Fisher ofLandis.

Darconte 25th Anniversary

Dominic Jess Darconte and Leigh Barringer Darconte of GoldHill are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary March 15, 2011.Their celebration will include a family vacation at Carolina Beachthis summer. The Darcontes were married March 15, 1986, at RockGrove United Methodist Church by the Rev. Robert Crook. Theyhave both been employed at Athena Marble for 25 years.

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LONDON (AP) — Howdo you solve a problemlike Prince Andrew?

The embarrassing anticsof Queen Elizabeth II’s sec-ond son are just the latestroyal misdemeanors to vexBritish politicians. FromPrince Harry and his Nazicostume to the Duke ofWindsor and his Nazi sym-pathies, members of themonarch’s family have of-ten troubled governments— who find there is littlethey can do to rein in way-ward royals.Andrew is facing pres-

sure to step down as aBritish trade envoy becauseof a string of unfortunaterelationships. He hosted theson of Tunisia’s dictatorshortly before a popular up-rising overthrew the leader,associated with the Libyanleader’s son Seif al-IslamGadhafi, and is friends withbillionaire U.S. sex offend-er Jeffrey Epstein.Labour Party lawmaker

Chris Bryant, a former gov-ernment minister, hascalled for Andrew to befired because of his “boor-ish gaffes and dodgyfriendships,” and historianMax Hastings wrote in anarticle Tuesday that “a manas bereft of judgment, tasteand discretion as theprince” should never havebeen allowed to representBritain.The government has giv-

en Andrew its backing, al-beit tersely. Prime MinisterDavid Cameron, through aspokesman, expressed “fullconfidence” in the prince.And Business Secretary

Vince Cable noted that thegovernment has no powerto fire him — he’s a volun-teer, not an employee.Andrew’s royal status

leaves politicians in a bind.When Bryant raised thesubject of the prince in theHouse of Commons, he wasreprimanded by SpeakerJohn Bercow, who said ref-erences to the royal familyin Parliament should be“very rare, very sparingand very respectful.”As with so much in

Britain’s unwritten consti-tution, that tradition — law-makers shouldn’t discussthe royals, because theycan't answer back — is theproduct of custom ratherthan law. But it meanspoliticians often find thereis little they can do but gri-mace and bear it when roy-als go astray.Prince Charles has been

writing to politicians foryears with his suggestionson agriculture, architectureand the environment. Somesee it as well-intentionedadvice, others as meddling.The gaffes of the queen’s

husband, Prince Philip, areso plentiful that they havebeen compiled into a book,“Duke of Hazard.” He onceasked a Scottish driving in-structor: “How do you keepthe natives off the boozelong enough to pass thetest?” On another occasionhe joked to a blind woman:“Do you know they haveeating dogs for the anorexicnow?”Philip, at least, has a

clearly defined role as thequeen’s consort, and dili-

gently carries out scores ofpublic engagements as heapproaches his 90th birth-day.It’s often the younger

offspring of the royal fami-ly — those not expected toinherit the throne — whoget into trouble. The tradi-tion stretches at least as farback as George, Duke ofClarence, brother of KingEdward IV — a notorious15th-century drinker com-memorated by Shake-speare as having drownedin a vat of wine.Monarchs are supposed

to have “an heir and aspare” — but what to dowith the spare, who oftenseems to have too muchtime on his or her hands?The queen’s younger

sister, Princess Margaret— the first modern seniorroyal to divorce — had aracy reputation and likedto associate with celebri-ties including ElizabethTaylor and Warren Beat-ty. Jazzman Louis Arm-strong once called her“one hip chick.”Prince Harry had a

wild-child reputation dur-ing a youth in which hewas caught smoking mari-juana, nightclubbed hisway through London’s hotspots and attended a cos-tume party wearing aswastika and German mil-itary uniform.Harry apologized for

the Nazi costume, and hislater military career andgood grace in public havegone some way to com-pensate for his youthfulmisbehavior.

The king of all problem-atic royals was EdwardVIII, who became the Dukeof Windsor after he gave upthe throne in 1936 to marrytwice-divorced AmericanWallis Simpson — anepisode chronicled in theOscar-winning film “TheKing’s Speech.”There was little prece-

dent to suggest what role anex-king should have, and

the duke’s pro-Germanviews became increasinglyproblematic as Britain wasdrawn into war with NaziGermany.The duke, who met

Hitler during a trip to Ger-many in 1937, has been ac-cused of sympathizing withthe Nazi cause; governmentdocuments show that then-Prime Minister WinstonChurchill reprimanded him

for airing his “defeatist”opinions.In 1940 he was appointed

governor of the Bahamas, apost that kept him far fromEurope and the war. He andthe duchess lived out theirlives drifting around theworld in aimless luxury.Modern-day royals like

Andrew are keen to appearmore useful. But “Air MilesAndy,” as he is known inthe tabloid press, doesn’tseem to have done much re-cently for Britain’s image— or his own. In one of theU.S. diplomatic cables re-leased by WikiLeaks, theU.S. ambassador to Kyr-gyzstan describes withbarely concealed horror a2008 lunch with the princeas an “astonishingly can-did” affair in which theprince railed against “ourstupid British and Ameri-can governments” and saidendemic Central Asian cor-ruption “sounds exactly likeFrance.”Constitutional historian

Vernon Bogdanor said An-drew deserves a secondchance, and thinks the roy-als are often unfairly criti-cized.“They’re born to the role,

they don't choose it,” hesaid. “They have to workfor their privileges, andthey put in a lot of hours.“We don't notice the things

they do well, because it’s notreported. We only noticewhen something goeswrong.”

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Britain's Prince Andrew arrives in canary Wharf recently to visit the headquarters of the London crossrail project in London. Prince Andrew will have todecide whether he can continue his role as a trade envoy amid a controversy about his links to a convicted pedophile, a British cabinet minister saidMonday.

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Music festival heldThe National Federation

of Music Clubs is an organi-zation that promotes and en-courages students in musicalendeavors through competi-tions, scholarships, musiccamps and Junior Music Fes-tivals. North Carolina hosts12 Junior Musical Festivals,one of which is held in Salis-bury. The 20th annual Salis-bury Junior Music Festivalwas Saturday, March 5 atGloria Dei Lutheran Church.The NFMC Festival’s pro-

gram is designed to promoteopportunity to perform andreceive evaluation. Studentsthat participate prepare twoselections to be judged.

Doris Swain and ElizabethDobson, both of Statesville,adjudicated this year’s event.The following students of

Diane Freeman received thehighest rating of superior inPiano Solo: Addi Bost, CarlieDarnell, Nancy Gamewell,Bethany Hogan, Brittney Hogan,Lexi Kluttz, Dorothy Malone,Spencer Mason, Jackson Safrit,Jaydn Safrit, Bryson Shive, AldenWright, Baron Wright and Emi-ly Yates. The following stu-dents also received a ratingof superior in Hymn Playing:Carlie Darnell, BethanyHogan, Brittney Hogan, Brit-tany Hopkins, Gracie Hudson,Samantha Rife, Jackson Safrit,Jaydn Safrit and AldenWright.The following students of

Susan McLain received thehighest rating of superior:Rosalyn D’Mello, Charlotte Kauf-mann, Mary Kaufmann andJoshua Schiemann. This wasSchiemann’s ninth consecu-tive superior.The following students of

Angela Robbins received thehighest rating of superior:Catherine Johnson, Allison Mur-phy and Micaela Sharp.The following students of

Deanna Smith received thehighest rating of superior:Makalie Beaver, Molly Kimmins,Rachel Kimmins, Kaitly Russell,Cheyenne Smith, Marshall Smithand Matthew Smith.The following students of

Jan Sywenki received the high-est rating of superior: KatieCorriher, Paige Gregaire, Emily

Hammer, Kathryn Marino, JudeSmeltzer, Michael Stanley andAshley Wood. The followingstudents received a rating ofsuperior in Hymn Playing:Reaghan Moore, JudeSmeltzer, Meridith Stanley,Michael Stanley and AshleyWood.

Woman’s ClubFor the March Salisbury

Woman’s Club meeting, JaneJackman, director of ArcRowan, continued the themeof “Literacy: Adventure of aLifetime,” with a presenta-tion on their scope of servic-es assisting individuals withdevelopmental disabilitieswho have specific needs thatcannot be met by traditionalor governmental fundingsources.Jackman reviewed the

history of Arc Rowan, howthey connect families toneeded services, the sum-mer program for childrenand services to individualswho cannot read. “Readingis the key to opportunity,”she stated.

Ann Bingham used true sto-ries for devotions prior tothe luncheon catered byTrinity Oaks.

Angelia Bates, president,conducted the business ses-sion including changes inClubhouse schedules and aninvitation from the SpencerWoman’s Club to the April 16Spring Banquet Luncheon.Linda Jones requested that theClub participate in making abasket to benefit the Sympho-ny.Linda Jones and Betty

Mohs, hostesses, decoratedthe club house in a St.Patrick motif with individ-ual favors of a packet offlower seed at each placesetting.

McGill studio recitalStudents of McGill Music

Studios were feted at a mid-winter studio recital at thehome of Frances McGill inFebruary. Guests were treated to

games, party, supper, funand learning for the purpose

of preparing for the upcom-ing NCMTA District Festi-val at Pfeiffer College onMarch 12. After a program entitled

“Digging for Clues in prac-ticing,” the students hadpizza and cupcakes andplayed Musical Jeopardy tobrush up on music theoryand history.Recitalists were: Brianna

Aguillar from Hickory play-ing, Laura Lara from Hicko-ry performing “Morning”from the Peer Gynt Suite byGrieg. Giselle and Mildredwere special guests fromHickory who will be newstudents on the followingprogram in May.

Ray Sain from Concordplayed “Holy, Holy, Holy,”arr. by Faber in duet withMcGill; Monica Sain fromConcord performed; LukeSain performed one of hisFestival entries, “PreludeNo. 3 in C Minor” by J.S.Bach; “La Cloche du Matin”by Burgmuller and “EtudeNo. 5 in Contrary MotionFigures” by Waxman.

Salem Hockett from Con-cord performed “Sinfonia inG Minor,” by J.S. Bach,“Dancing Shadows,”byMacDowell, and “PetitesLitanies de Jesus” byGenouvez which she isreadying for the juried per-formance this weekend.

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P E O P L E A N D P L A C E SWhy love means neverhaving to say, ‘Yes, but...’As the cameras zoomed in,

he started to squirm. Whenthey cut to the close up, hisentire head looked like it wasabout to explode.He had come on the Dr.

Phil show be-cause he want-ed to repairhis marriagein the after-math of his af-fair.But with

his personallife displayedout on nationaltelevision, hedid what any

normal person would do. Hegot defensive, and he devel-oped a bad case of the “Yesbuts.”“Yes, but” is a frequent de-

fault response that wreakshavoc on our personal andprofessional relationships.We use it when we want

the other person to know thatwe heard what they said, butwe don’t totally agree with it.For example:“Yes, I did that, but you

did this.”“Yes, the IT project is im-

portant, but operations is stillour top priority.”The “but” negates whatev-

er precedes it.In the case of the Dr. Phil

couple, I have no doubt thatthe poor husband was terri-fied. What man in his rightmind enjoys hearing his wifetalk about his failings? OnTV. With Dr. Phil.He clearly regretted the

affair. He had come back tohis family; he had tried to

make amends. Yet the wifewas having a hard time let-ting go of it.As she reiterated the obvi-

ously well-trod ground of“You don't know how muchyou hurt me,” the husbandlooked contrite for a while.But he eventually got frus-trated, saying, “Yes, but ithappened over a year ago.Can’t we just put it behind usand move on?”Enter Dr. Phil, who wisely

told the man, “A woman can'tmove on until she feelsheard.”I hate to break it to you:

It’s not just women, and it’snot just personal relation-ships.I’ve seen similar scenarios

play out in business settings,parent-teacher conferences,and on the world stage. I’vewatched executives' failure tovalidate each other provokesuch anger that businessmeetings threatened to cometo blows.The longer people feel un-

heard, the more angry andemotional they get.Nothing improved for the

Dr. Phil couple until thecourageous husband (withDr. Phil’s coaching) was ableto say, “It must have felt likeI had stomped on your heart.”In that one marriage-

changing moment, the wife fi-nally felt heard. The tensionleft her body, she exhaled inrelief, and just like that, poof,the self-erected barrier ofanger was gone.It’s a dramatic example of

how quickly you can changethe energy of a conflict or

disagreement by simply vali-dating the other person’s per-spective.You don’t have to agree

with them, just demonstratethat you heard and under-stand.The magic word here —

AND.Yes, the IT project is im-

portant, AND operations isalso a top priority.It helps if you really mean

it, but this is one of those in-stances where faking it untilyou make it really does work.If you replace “Yes, but,”

with “Yes, and,” you’ll see abig difference in the wayyour conversations play out.Here’s the bottom line:

The other person's thoughts,needs, goals and emotionsaren’t going to go away. Youcan try to understand theirperspective, or you can try toblow past it.“Yes, but” leaves the other

side feeling hurt and angry.“Yes, and” validates their

perspective and makes themfeel heard.Which one do you think is

more effective?

Excerpted from “The Trian-gle of Truth: The SurprisinglySimple Secret To ResolvingConflicts Large And Small”(Penguin).

Lisa Earle McLeod is thePresident of McLeod & More,Inc. an international trainingand consulting firm and authorof The Triangle of Truth: TheSurprisingly Simple Secret ToResolving Conflicts Large andSmall (Penguin 2010). www.Tri-angleofTruth.com

LISA EARLEMCLEOD

Local AA group meetingsSunday, 9 a.m., Courage to

Change Group, 304 Depot St.,non-smoking; 6:30 p.m., BasicGroup, 304 Depot St., bookstudy, non-smoking; 8 p.m.,Central Group, Haven Luther-an Church, 207 W. HarrisonSt., open speaker, no smoking;8 p.m., Courage to ChangeGroup, 304 Depot St., opendiscussion, no smoking.Monday, 1 p.m., Friendship

Group, Gloria Dei LutheranChurch, 1908 Statesville Blvd.,open discussion, no smoking;6:30 p.m. Basic Group, 304 De-pot St., 12/12 Book study, nosmoking; 8 p.m., Courage toChange Group, 304 Depot St.,open discussion, no smoking. Tuesday, 1 p.m., Gloria Dei

Lutheran Church, 1908Statesville Blvd.; 6:30 p.m.,Basic Group, 304 Depot St.,open discussion, no smoking;8 p.m., Central Group, HavenLutheran Church, 207 W. Har-rison St., park in front, opendiscussion, no smoking; 8 p.m.,Courage to Change Group, 304Depot St., open discussion, nosmoking; Rockwell VisionGroup, 8 p.m., Vision BaptistChurch, 10165 Old BeattyFord Road, Rockwell. Infor-mation, 704-209-6578. Wednesday, 1 p.m., Friend-

ship Group, Gloria Dei Luther-an Church, 1908 StatesvilleBlvd., open discussion, nosmoking; 6:30 p.m., Women's

Group We’re Not Alone, 304Depot St., open discussion, nosmoking; 6:30 p.m., RowanHelping Ministries, 226 N.Long St., open discussion; 6:30p.m. Men’s Meeting, 111 W.Bank St. closed discussion, nonsmoking; 7:30 p.m., AlphaGroup, VA Medical Center,1601 Brenner Ave., Building 4,second floor, open speaker, nosmoking; 8 p.m., Courage toChange Group, 304 Depot St.,open discussion, no smoking.Thursday, 1 p.m., Gloria

Dei Lutheran Church, 1908Statesville Blvd.; 6:30 p.m.,Basic Group, 304 Depot St.,open discussion, no speakers,no smoking; 7 p.m. DavieMocksville, St. Francis of As-sisi Church fellowship hall,862 Yadkinville Road,Mocksville, closed discussion;8 p.m., Primary PurposeGroup, First United MethodistChurch, 217 S. Church St.,open discussion, no smoking;8 p.m. Courage to ChangeGroup, 304 Depot St., speakerfirst Thursdays, open discus-sion other meetings, no smok-ing; Rockwell Vision Group, 8p.m., Vision Baptist Church,10165 Old Beatty Ford Road,Rockwell. Information, 704-209-6578.Friday, 1 p.m., Friendship

Group, Gloria Dei LutheranChurch, 1908 StatesvilleBlvd., open discussion, no

smoking; 6:30 p.m., BasicGroup, 304 Depot St.,open dis-cussion, no smoking; 8 p.m.,Primary Purpose Group, FirstUnited Methodist Church, 217S. Church St., closed discus-sion, no smoking; 8 p.m.,Courage To Change Group,304 Depot St., open discus-sion, no smoking.Saturday, 9 a.m., Newcom-

ers Meeting, 304 Depot St.,open discussion, no smoking;6:30 p.m., Basic Group, 304Depot St., open discussion, nosmoking; 8 p.m., Courage toChange Group, 304 Depot St.,open discussion, no smoking;8 p.m. Primary PurposeGroup, First UnitedMethodist Church, 217 S.Church St. Information, 704-636-1361.• AL-ANON, 8 p.m. Tues-

day, Haven Lutheran Church,207 W. Harrison St. Informa-tion, 704-431-4923; 8 p.m.Thursdays and Fridays, FirstUnited Methodist Church, 217S. Church St. Information, 704-636-4642 or 704-431-4923;Serenity Al-anon FamilyGroup, 11 a.m. Saturdays, 304Depot St. Information 704-637-5857, 704-630-6661 or 705-639-1655.• Alateen, 8 p.m. Thurs-

days, First United MethodistChurch, 217 S. Church St.Closed meeting. Information,Cynthia at 704-636-4642.

Jesse C. Carson Highclaimed first place in last Sat-urday’s All-Rowan CountyHigh School CheerleadingChampionship, in the processtaking home the prestigiousJessica Grady Cup for the sec-ond year in a row.Held at the Cabarrus Are-

na, the competition couldn’thave been much tighter.Carson won with 85 points,followed by East Rowan with83, West Rowan with 79.83,Salisbury with 79.17 andNorth Rowan with 76.5.South Rowan did not com-pete.The Grady Cup is a rotat-

ing award. The winningschool keeps it for a year be-fore bringing it back and try-ing to win the cup again atthe next year’s competition.The cup is named for Jessi-ca Grady, a West Rowancheerleader from 2002 to2004 who was killed in an au-tomobile accident.Saturday’s championship

also served as the venue atwhich the All-Rowan CountyCheerleaders for 2010-2011 wereannounced. Coaches from eachschool nominated up to four cheer-leaders and submitted videos forjudging prior to Saturday’s cham-pionship.The 2010-2011 All-Rowan Coun-

ty Cheerleaders are:

• Taylor Campbell, Jesse C. Car-son High• Kayla Morris, East Rowan High• Nicole Messina, Jesse C. Car-

son High• Emily Hiatt, Jesse C. Carson

High• Allison Baucom, West Rowan

High

• Masyn Burgess, East RowanHigh• Kristin Harmon, North Rowan

High• Nicole Chamberlain, Salisbury

High• Jesse Troutman, Jesse C. Car-

son High

In addition, Taylor Campbell wasnamed “Player of the Year” and wona $200 cash award.The All-Rowan County High

School Cheerleading Championshipwas co-directed by Jessica Mooreand Judy Corriher. Nationally cer-tified judges selected the winningteams.


West Rowan cheerleaders perform theirroutine.

The Jesse C. Carson High School cheerleading squad won first place in this year’s All-Rowan CountyHigh School Cheerleading Championship.

The East Rowan squad performs.

The North Rowan cheerleaders take center stage.

All-Rowan CountyCheerleaders in-clude, front row, leftto right: Allison Bau-com, Taylor Camp-bell, Kristin Harmonand Jesse Troutman.Back row, left to right,are Emily Hiatt, KaylaMorris, NicoleMessina, NicoleChamberlain,Masyn Burgess.

The SalisburyHigh Schoolcheerleadersperform anaerial move.

Photos by Scott Pilling

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