C M Y K FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 (252) 436-2700 www.hendersondispatch.com 50 cents Volume XCV, No. 266 HELP NAME NEW V ANCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCAL NEWS, PAGE 4A SPARTANS COMPETE IN SCRIMMAGE SPORTS, PAGE 1B I SAW HER FAITH, NOW I’ M A BELIEVER OPINION, PAGE 8A Our Hometown 2A Business & Farm 5A Opinion 8A Light Side 11A Sports 1-5B Comics 6B Classifieds 7-9B Index Obituaries, 4A Deaths Henderson Anthony Bullock, 53 Barbara A Bullock, 63 Mattie AG Cheatham, 95 Johnny Fields Nashville Anna N Short, 91 Oxford Stephanie R Johnson, 14 Mary F McFalls, 73 Details, 3A Weather SATURDAY Clearing High: 67 Low: 46 Some rain High: 53 Low: 48 TODAY DAILY DISPATCH/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE Flames erupt from the roof of the former J.P. Taylor building off Raleigh Road early Thursday night. Fire units from across the county and area were called in shortly before 4 p.m. to reports of smoke. Flames were visible from the roof around 5:30 p.m. Fire ravages old tobacco plant FROM STAFF REPORTS Vance Sheriff Peter White announced Thurs- day the arrests by the Vice/ Narcotics Unit of 11 people on drugs charges. Antwone McLloyd Hargrove, 29, of 310 Plum Nutty Road was charged with: • Trafficking in cocaine. • Conspiracy to traffic cocaine. • Felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine. • Felony possession with intent to manufacture cocaine. He is being held in lieu of $20,000 bond. Ricky Alston, 25, of 663 Hibernia Road was charged with: • Trafficking in opiates. • Felony maintaining a vehicle for keeping and selling controlled sub- stances. • Felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a controlled substance 1,000 feet from a school. He is being held in lieu of $20,000 bond. Rashod Maurice Rich- mond, 28, of 195 Manor Lane was charged with: • Felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine. • Sell and deliver co- caine. • Conspire to sell and deliver cocaine. He is being held in lieu of $30,000 bond. Damon Fisher, 21, of 1109 Island Creek Estates Road was charged with: • Felony possession with 11 held on drugs charges 100 firefighters battle wind, rain BY GLENN CRAVEN DAILY DISPATCH EDITOR Dogged by persistent flames and hounded by a chill wind and drenching rain, around 100 firefighters from four counties battled into the night Thursday trying to bring under control a blaze that has ravaged a former tobacco plant at the south side of Henderson. Officials say that a Pacific Coast Feather storage facility — housed in the old J.P. Taylor building at 500 J.P. Taylor Road, within easy sight of Raleigh Road — was first reported ablaze at 3:34 p.m. Thursday. The first fire units on scene, from Vance County Station 3, arrived within five minutes. “Basically upon arrival we had smoke showing,” said Harold Hen- rich, Vance County fire marshal and EMS director. “We had crews initiate an internal attack.” Firefighters entered the build- ing and fought the flames for 30 to 45 minutes, Henrich said in an interview at about 9 p.m. Thurs- day from a trailer in the parking lot, which housed his command center. Tobacco product manufacturing ended at the plant in May of 2002 after J.P. Taylor had spent 118 years in business. The closure cost Vance County 130 full-time jobs and 400 seasonal positions. Now the old building and some newer structures on the property housed bedding and related materials for Pacific Coast Feather, creating an untenable situation for fire- fighters, forcing them to change tactics. “Due to the building construc- tion and conditions, we withdrew” and went on the defensive, Hen- rich said. Two aerial firefighting units, one from Henderson’s city depart- ment and one from Oxford, tried to douse the flames from outside and above. And firefighters con- tinued to swarm to the scene from throughout the region. “We had all of Vance County’s PLEASE SEE DRUGS, PAGE 3A DAILY DISPATCH/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE Firefighters prepare to enter a door to a warehouse at the J.P. Taylor com- plex off Raleigh Road shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday. PLEASE SEE FIRE, PAGE 3A Vance contract with new man is for 3 months BY AL WHELESS DAILY DISPATCH DIRECTOR James “Jim” R. Hinkle — one of 32 applicants to become Vance County’s full-time economic devel- opment director — will begin as interim director Monday under a three- month contract. Hinkle’s experience includes: • President of Treyburn Corporate Park in Dur- ham County for 16 years. • Part-time director of economic development in Columbus County for four years. • More than 12 years with the North Carolina Department of Commerce. • Former manager and vice-president of CP&L. • Consulting work. “While we had very good applicants initially for the position, we just did not find the right indi- vidual,” County Manager Jerry Ayscue said Thurs- day afternoon during an interview. “We are confident that our renewed recruitment efforts will be successful,” he added. According to Ayscue, Hinkle will be paid $6,000 a month, plus any neces- sary travel expenses. The salary range for the full-time position is $55,000 to $88,000. The search has been going on for about a year. The interim director will help promote the County and the City of Henderson in the recruit- ment of new businesses and assist with expansion of existing ones. Ayscue said Hinkle’s extensive background in economic development at the state and local levels “will be quite an asset” in his temporary role. “His vast experience will be valuable to the re- cently appointed Economic Development Commission as it continues to organize and develop strategies for the future,” Ayscue said. “Hinkle is able to begin immediately to network with his many contacts to promote our area and hopefully attract needed jobs” the county manager explained. “We are fortunate to have an individual of his caliber to work with us during these economic development times.” Asked how Hinkle made the switch from full-time director applicant to interim director, Ayscue replied: “It was just a mutually satisfactory ar- rangement.” Hinkle will work out of the EDC’s office on Gra- ham Avenue. He lives in Chatham County, but “will secure local housing while em- ployed by us,” Ayscue said. Contact the writer at awhe- less@hendersondispatchcom FROM STAFF REPORTS OXFORD — The 208th Army Band will perform at the Granville County Chamber of Commerce’s annual Thanksgiving breakfast and UNC System President Erskine Bowles will be the guest speaker. The event is set for 7:30 a.m. Nov. 25 in the Fam- ily Life Center of Oxford Baptist Church, 147 Main St. Mark Averette and the staff of Bandag are once again sponsoring the tradition- al buffet. State Rep. Jim Crawford, D-Granville and who is a businessman in Henderson, arranged for Bowles to speak. Bowles, formerly President Clin- ton’s chief of staff, has been UNC System president since 2006. The primary mission of the 208th Army Band is to promote an esprit de corps among the fighting forces and to serve as a goodwill ambassador throughout the Carolinas. Additionally, the staff of the law office of Royster Cross and Hensley is chal- lenging local businesses to participate in donating to Area Congregations in Ministry (ACIM), which was the victim of a bur- glary nearly a week ago and is in desperate need of non-perishable food. There is no charge to attend the breakfast. The Chamber, however, encour- ages everyone who attends the breakfast to donate to ACIM. Reservations are required to ensure a seat. Contact the Chamber of- fice in Oxford at (919) 693- 6125 or e-mail granville- [email protected]or contact the Chamber office in Southern Gran- ville County at (919) 528- 4994 or e-mail theresa@ granville-chamber.com for reservations. Send comments to the news- paper at news@hendersondis- patchcom Bowles Bowles to speak at annual Thanksgiving breakfast Interim economic development director hired
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Flames erupt from the roof of the former J.P. Taylor building off Raleigh Road early Thursday night. Fire units from across the county and area were called in shortly before 4 p.m. to reports of smoke. Flames were visible from the roof around 5:30 p.m.
Fire ravages old tobacco plant
From STAFF rEPorTS
Vance Sheriff Peter White announced Thurs-day the arrests by the Vice/Narcotics Unit of 11 people on drugs charges.
Antwone McLloyd Hargrove, 29, of 310 Plum Nutty Road was charged with:
• Trafficking in cocaine.• Conspiracy to traffic
cocaine.• Felony possession with
intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine.
• Felony possession with intent to manufacture cocaine.
He is being held in lieu of $20,000 bond.
Ricky Alston, 25, of 663 Hibernia Road was charged with:
• Trafficking in opiates.• Felony maintaining
a vehicle for keeping and selling controlled sub-stances.
• Felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a controlled substance 1,000 feet from a school.
He is being held in lieu of $20,000 bond.
Rashod Maurice Rich-mond, 28, of 195 Manor Lane was charged with:
• Felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine.
• Sell and deliver co-caine.
• Conspire to sell and deliver cocaine.
He is being held in lieu of $30,000 bond.
Damon Fisher, 21, of 1109 Island Creek Estates Road was charged with:
• Felony possession with
11 heldon drugscharges
100 firefightersbattle wind, rain
By GLENN CrAVENDaiLy DisPatch eDitor
Dogged by persistent flames and hounded by a chill wind and drenching rain, around 100 firefighters from four counties battled into the night Thursday trying to bring under control a blaze that has ravaged a former tobacco plant at the south side of Henderson.
Officials say that a Pacific Coast Feather storage facility — housed in the old J.P. Taylor building at 500 J.P. Taylor Road, within easy sight of Raleigh Road — was first reported ablaze at 3:34 p.m. Thursday. The first fire units on scene, from Vance
County Station 3, arrived within five minutes.
“Basically upon arrival we had smoke showing,” said Harold Hen-rich, Vance County fire marshal and EMS director. “We had crews initiate an internal attack.”
Firefighters entered the build-ing and fought the flames for 30 to 45 minutes, Henrich said in an interview at about 9 p.m. Thurs-day from a trailer in the parking lot, which housed his command center.
Tobacco product manufacturing ended at the plant in May of 2002 after J.P. Taylor had spent 118 years in business. The closure cost Vance County 130 full-time jobs and 400 seasonal positions. Now the old building and some newer structures on the property housed bedding and related materials for Pacific Coast Feather, creating an untenable situation for fire-fighters, forcing them to change tactics.
“Due to the building construc-tion and conditions, we withdrew” and went on the defensive, Hen-rich said.
Two aerial firefighting units, one from Henderson’s city depart-ment and one from Oxford, tried
to douse the flames from outside and above. And firefighters con-tinued to swarm to the scene from throughout the region.
“We had all of Vance County’s
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DaiLy DisPatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE
Firefighters prepare to enter a door to a warehouse at the J.P. Taylor com-plex off Raleigh Road shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday.
PLease see FIRE, pAGE 3A
Vance contractwith new manis for 3 months
By AL WHELESSDaiLy DisPatch Director
James “Jim” R. Hinkle — one of 32 applicants to become Vance County’s full-time economic devel-opment director — will begin as interim director Monday under a three-month contract.
Hinkle’s experience includes:
• President of Treyburn Corporate Park in Dur-ham County for 16 years.
• Part-time director of economic development in Columbus County for four years.
• More than 12 years with the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
• Former manager and vice-president of CP&L.
• Consulting work. “While we had very
good applicants initially for the position, we just did not find the right indi-vidual,” County Manager Jerry Ayscue said Thurs-day afternoon during an interview.
“We are confident that our renewed recruitment efforts will be successful,” he added.
According to Ayscue, Hinkle will be paid $6,000 a month, plus any neces-sary travel expenses.
The salary range for the full-time position is $55,000 to $88,000. The search has been going on for about a year.
The interim director will help promote the County and the City of Henderson in the recruit-ment of new businesses and assist with expansion of existing ones.
Ayscue said Hinkle’s
extensive background in economic development at the state and local levels “will be quite an asset” in his temporary role.
“His vast experience will be valuable to the re-cently appointed Economic Development Commission as it continues to organize and develop strategies for the future,” Ayscue said.
“Hinkle is able to begin immediately to network with his many contacts to promote our area and hopefully attract needed jobs” the county manager explained.
“We are fortunate to have an individual of his
caliber to work with us during these economic development times.”
Asked how Hinkle made the switch from full-time director applicant to interim director, Ayscue replied: “It was just a mutually satisfactory ar-rangement.”
Hinkle will work out of the EDC’s office on Gra-ham Avenue.
He lives in Chatham County, but “will secure local housing while em-ployed by us,” Ayscue said.
Contact the writer at awhe-less@hendersondispatch .com .
From STAFF rEPorTS
OXFORD — The 208th Army Band will perform at the Granville County Chamber of Commerce’s annual Thanksgiving breakfast and UNC System President Erskine Bowles will be the guest speaker.
The event is set for 7:30 a.m. Nov. 25 in the Fam-ily Life Center of Oxford Baptist Church, 147 Main
St. Mark Averette and the staff of Bandag are once again sponsoring the tradition-al buffet.
State Rep. Jim Crawford, D-Granville and who is a businessman in Henderson, arranged for Bowles to speak. Bowles, formerly President Clin-
ton’s chief of staff, has been UNC System president since 2006.
The primary mission of the 208th Army Band is to promote an esprit de corps among the fighting forces and to serve as a goodwill ambassador throughout the Carolinas.
Additionally, the staff of the law office of Royster Cross and Hensley is chal-lenging local businesses
to participate in donating to Area Congregations in Ministry (ACIM), which was the victim of a bur-glary nearly a week ago and is in desperate need of non-perishable food.
There is no charge to attend the breakfast. The Chamber, however, encour-ages everyone who attends the breakfast to donate to ACIM. Reservations are required to ensure a seat.
Contact the Chamber of-fice in Oxford at (919) 693-6125 or e-mail [email protected] or contact the Chamber office in Southern Gran-ville County at (919) 528-4994 or e-mail [email protected] for reservations.
Send comments to the news-paper at news@hendersondis-patch .com .
Bowles
Bowles to speak at annual Thanksgiving breakfast
Interim economic development director hired
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Walter and Edna Brown brought their hot air balloon for a second consecutive year to New Hope Elementary School near Townsville in October to show students and staff members how a hot air balloon inflates and then travels upward.
This year’s event had an added twist with New Hope partnering with E.O. Young Jr. Elementary School in Middleburg to allow some of the E.O. Young students to share in the experience.
Principal Carolyn Harris of New Hope, invited Adrienne Morton, Ph.D., principal of E.O. Young, to bring some of her students to enjoy learning about the hot air balloon and even to take some “rides” on the balloon. E.O. Young brought 44 fifth-grade stu-dents to New Hope to see the hot air balloon.
The Browns, with as-sistance from Brenda Fariss, a fifth-grade teacher at New Hope, and her husband, teth-ered the balloon with long, heavy ropes to two pickup trucks and an SUV located on three sides of the balloon. They then allowed three people at a time to take a ride in the balloon, which, with the
tethers, rose about 30 feet in the air. School staff members and fifth graders from each school who had parental permission took turns riding upward in the balloon. Even the schools’ two principals
took a ride together in the balloon.
Fariss again this year inte-grated the hot air balloon visit with her classroom science instruction, teaching students about weight, air and how the
weather conditions affect the balloon.
“This is a great experience for the students,” Morton said. “How often would they get a chance to see a hot air balloon and get to ride in one? This is something different and exciting that we can bring to them.”
“The Browns have been wonderful in bringing their balloon to our school,” Harris added. “Our students have been looking forward to this ever since we told them the balloon was coming back this year.” All classes at New Hope had the opportunity to come onto the school grounds and see the balloon in action. However, time permitted only a chance for fifth graders to ride in the balloon.
“That’s a nice experience that we can offer our fifth graders,” Harris said. “Hope-fully, we can continue to get the balloon back and we can get a new class of fifth graders to ride each year.”
The Browns live in Raleigh, and their hot air balloon is their hobby. They participate in hot air balloon events in this area of North Carolina and even in nearby locations in Virginia.
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tODayWeight loss group — TOWN (Take Off Weight Now), a
non-profit weight loss group, will meet at Aycock Recreation Center at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend. This week, Julie Brockman with the Granville County Senior Center will be demonstrating chair exercises.
District Masons’ meeting — The 20th Masonic District meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. at the Murphy House Restau-rant in Louisburg. Oak Grove Masonic Lodge #393 will be the host lodge.
Oxford Farmers’ Market — The Oxford Farmers’ Mar-ket, located on the corner of McClanahan and Lanier streets across from the police station in Oxford, is open from 7 a.m. to noon. The market plans a fall festival today.
Vance County Farmers’ market — The Vance County Farmers’ Market is open from 8 a.m. to noon. The market is located at the intersection of Williams and Arch streets in downtown Henderson. Vendors interested in selling at the market should contact Wayne Rowland at 438-8188.
Warren County Farmers’ Market — The Warren County Farmer’s Market is open from 8 a.m. to noon at the corner of Market and Main streets in historic downtown Warrenton. All produce is locally grown by the vendors. For more information, contact the Warren County Extension Center at 257-3640.
Firehouse chili sale — The Kerr Lake Volunteer Fire De-partment will be selling its “Firehouse Chili” at the fire station at 5021 Satterwhite Point Road from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The chili is $5 a quart and all proceeds go towards purchasing protec-tive equipment for firefighters.
Dee’s Music Barn — Dee’s Music Barn, 3101 Walters Road, Creedmoor, will be featuring the Woodruff Band at 7 p.m. For more information, call (919) 528-5878.
Community dance — The Epsom Country Club will sponsor a community dance starting at 7 p.m., featuring the Southwind Band. For more information and directions, contact Curtis Strickland at 492-6834.
Historical society meeting — A meeting of the Vance County Historical Society will be held at 2:30 p.m. at St. John’s Church in Williamsboro. After a brief business meeting, a pro-gram will be presented by Danny Moody, chief of protocol of the Supreme Court of North Carolina and the official historian of the court, on the historical significance of Williamsboro and the families associated with the area.
VGCC Trustees’ meeting — The Vance-Granville Com-munity College Board of Trustees meets at 7 p.m. in the board room in Building 1 on the college’s main campus. Regular board meetings are held bimonthly on the third Monday of the month. Committee meetings are held on the same day usually beginning at 5 p.m.
Granville Commission — The Granville County Commis-sion will meet at 7 p.m. in the commission meeting room, 145 Williamsboro St., Oxford.
Vance Charter — The Vance Charter School Board of Directors will have its monthly business meeting at 7 p.m. in the school library.
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Kerr-Vance Academy paid a special tribute to veterans on Veteran’s Day by setting a remembrance table in the caf-eteria. This is a way to honor all veterans and those missing in action. These tables first appeared during the Vietnam War and are still used today at military gatherings. Each item on the table has a special significance: the small table symbolizes one soldier’s lonely battle against many, the white cloth represents a soldier’s pure heart in answering the call to duty, the lemon and salt represent bitter fate and tears of family members, the empty chair represents a missing soldier, the black napkin rep-resents the sorrow of captivity, the white candle symbolizes peace, and the red rose repre-sents hope that all the missing will one day return. The display table was based on Margot Theis Raven’s book, America’s White Table.
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Walter Brown of Raleigh gets ready to launch his hot air bal-loon as Adrienne Morton, principal of E.O. Young Jr. Elemen-tary School, front, and Carolyn Harris, principal of New Hope Elementary School, prepare for the ride.
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intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine.
• Felony possession with intent to manu-facture, sell and deliver marijuana.
• Sell and deliver cocaine.
• Sell and deliver mari-juana.
• Felony possession of cocaine.
• Felony maintaining a vehicle to sell and deliver marijuana and cocaine.
Fisher is being held in lieu of $20,000 bond.
Jerry Wayne Jones, 54, of 538 Skenes Ave. was charged with:
• Trafficking in opiates.• Conspire to traffic in
opiates.• Possession with intent
to manufacture, sell and deliver Percocet.
• Felony maintaining a dwelling for keeping and selling Percocet.
Jones is being held on $75,000 bond.
Eddie Roy Jones, 50, of 1284 Warrenton Road was charged with:
• Felony conspiracy to sell and deliver cocaine.
Jones is being held in lieu of $50,000 bond.
Jose Antonio Lopez, 22, of 185 Vincent Hoyle Road Lot 1 was charged with:
• Felony possession with intent to manu-facture, sell and deliver marijuana, two counts.
• Sell and deliver mari-juana, two counts.
• Felony maintaining a dwelling for keeping and selling marijuan, two counts.
• Felony conspiracy to traffic opiates.
Lopez is being held in lieu of $50,000 bond.
Maurin Antwon Solo-mon, 30, of 213 Hawkins Drive was charged with:
• Felony possession with intent to manu-facture, sell and deliver cocaine.
• Sell and deliver cocaine.
• Felony possession of cocaine.
• Felony possession with intent to manu-
facture, sell and deliver marijuana.
• Sell and deliver mari-juana.
• Possession with intent to manufacture marijuana.
Solomon is being held in lieu of $30,000.
Cordero Deshaun Sutton, 30, of 317 S. Cooper Drive Apt. 4A was charged with:
• Trafficking in cocaine, three counts.
• Felony possession with intent to manu-facture, sell and deliver cocaine.
• Felony possession with intent to manu-facture, sell and deliver marijuana.
• Sell and deliver mari-juana.
• Sell and deliver cocaine.
• Conspire to sell and deliver cocaine.
Sutton is being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.
Thomas Marquis Ow-ens, 30, of 242 Belmont Drive was charged with:
• Felony possession with intent to manu-
facture, sell and deliver marijuana.
• Felony possession with intent to manufacture marijuana.
• Sell and deliver mari-juana.
Owens is being held in lieu of $10,000 bond.
Tony Fisher, 37, of 9555 N.C. 39 Hwy. North was charged with:
• Felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine.
• Sell and deliver cocaine.
• Felony possession of cocaine.
• Felony maintaining a vehicle for keeping and selling cocaine.
Fisher is being held in lieu of $10,000.
All suspects are being held in the Vance County jail pending a Nov. 23 court date.
White said the arrests are not connected and not a part of a sweep.
FIRE, from page onefire departments and the city of Henderson” on scene, Henrich said. “Also units from Granville and Warren counties.”
Brian Short, Vance County Emergency Services director, added that two firefighting units also came from Franklin County — a Louisburg team and a crew from Franklinton.
With the exterior of the building brightened by floodlights in the pitch dark and rain, flames could still be seen through upstairs windows in the oldest section of the build-ing, and fire still flickered above portions of the roof.
Nevertheless, a number of the 100 or so firefighters
from some 14 companies had begun to head back to their stations by the time Henrich was interviewed.
“It is not under control yet,” Henrich said of the fire. “But we do have it contained. … We’re releas-ing some companies.”
Henrich said that fire-fighters who had fought the blaze — and the cold, wind and rain — for sev-eral hours, needed some time back at their station houses to warm up and rest.
Still, The scene re-mained abuzz with activity, as firefighters weren’t alone in their response. Henrich said Vance County Emergency Management, the Vance
County Sheriff’s Office, Vance County EMS, and the Vance County Rescue Squad all were present to assist.
There were no reported injuries from the fire, Hen-rich added.
Firefighters were certain to remain at the scene all night, Henrich said, trying to bring the fire fully under control and responding to
“hot spots” as they occur.Henrich said the cause
of the blaze at this time is unknown.
“Once the fire is under control and 100 percent extinguished, we will start the investigation,” Henrich said. “But that could take two or three days.”
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Anthony Bullock
HENDERSON — An-thony Bullock, 53, of 439 Bryant Abbott Road, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at Granville Medical Center. He was born in Vance County and was the son of James and Dermuest Hawkins Bullock.
At an early age, he joined Brookston Baptist Church and attended the Vance County public schools.
He worked some years as a truck driver and was the owner of Gateway Mo-tor Carrier Inc.
Funeral services will be conducted at noon on Saturday at Brookston Baptist Church by the Rev. Almice Floyd Gill. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Deborah Hargrove Bullock of the home; two brothers, Carmel Mat-lock of Danville, Va., and James Anthony Bullock of Martinsburg, W.Va.; his parents, James and Demurest Bullock of Hen-derson; a grandchild; three sisters, Zelphia Hanks of Williamsboro, Phynice Ty-son of Richmond, Va., and Alicia Ragland of Durham; and two brothers, Dolphin Bullock and Dennis Bull-ock, both of Henderson.
The family will receive friends at the residence.
Funeral arrangements are by Davis-Royster Fu-neral Service.
Barbara A. Bullock
HENDERSON — Bar-bara Ann Bullock, 63, of 3237 Epson Rocky Ford Road, died Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. She was born in Warren County and was the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Wilson Williams and the late Jim Williams.
She joined Jordan Chapel Baptist Church at a very young age and attended the Warren County public schools. She
was employed with the former J.P. Taylor Tobacco Company for more than 10 years.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at Jordan Cha-pel Baptist Church by the Rev. James E. Barham. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Jean Bullock of Henderson; a son, Dorsey Bullock of Louisburg; her mother, Mary Elizabeth Williams of Franklin County; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Annie Marie Bullock of Henderson; and a brother, Jimmy Williams of Louis-burg.
The body will be on view until taken to the church one hour before the service.
Arrangements are by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.
Johnny Fields
HENDERSON — John-ny Fields, a resident of 214 Swain St., died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center.
The family will be at the residence.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by E.C. Terry’s Funeral and Cre-mation Service.
Mattie A.G. Cheatham
HENDERSON — Mattie Anna Glover Cheatham, 95, of 3505-158 Business, the Old Oxford Road, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at her residence. She was born in Vance County and was the daughter of the late Henry and Cora Terry Glover.
She joined Mt. Moriah A.M.E. Zion Church at an early age and was the old-est member of the church where she attended faithfully until declining health. She worked for many years for the former J.P. Taylor Tobacco Com-pany until retirement. She was married to the late Jack Cheatham.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Moriah A.M.E. Zion Church by the Rev. Barbara Gill Massey. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Survivors include three daughters, Odessa Cheatham of Durham, and Evon Cheatham and Jean Cheatham-Reese, both of Richmond, Va.; four sons, Ira Cheatham of Portland, Ore., William Cheatham Sr. of Viola, Del., Brodie Cheatham of Durham, and Sterling Cheatham of Wilmington; 14 grandchil-dren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at the residence and the body will be at the church one hour before the service.
Funeral arrangements are by Davis-Royster Fu-neral Service.
StephanieR. Johnson
OXFORD — Stepha-nie R. “Tootie” Johnson, 14, died Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at Duke Medical Center.
She was a student at J.F. Webb High School. She was a student of Merit, was a member of the National Honor Soci-ety and was on the honor roll. She was a member of Amazing Grace Ministry Church.
Survivors include her mother, Sabrina Johnson; her father, Donald John-son; a sister, Tamanisa Lewis; two brothers, Dem-etrius Johnson and Chris-topher Dunkin; great-grandparents, Mary and Willie Jones; and grand-parents, Leroy and Ava K. Johnson, Irine A. Cameron and Marie Johnson.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sat-urday at Amazing Grace Ministry Church, with eulogy by Bishop Jessie Davis. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The viewing will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
today at the Betts and Son Funeral Home in Oxford.
Arrangements are by Betts and Son Funeral Home of Oxford.
Mary F. McFalls
OXFORD — Mary Frances “Ann” McFalls, 73, of 3552 Tar River Road, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center. A native of Mitchell County, she was the daughter of the late Jeter and Effie Autry McFalls.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Creedmoor and former owner and operator of Hester Country Store.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Eakes Fu-neral Chapel in Oxford by the Rev. Eddie Mauldin. Burial will be in Mead-owview Memorial Park.
Surviving are a daugh-ter, Judy M. Thompson of Oxford; three sons, Ronald “Buck” McFalls of Oxford, Gary “Peanut” McFalls of Stem, and Scottie McFalls of Franklinton; a sister, Linda Self of Oxford; three brothers, Don McFalls of Stem, Ray McFalls of Oxford and Tony McFalls of Roxboro; 13 grandchil-dren; and 12 great-grand-children.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Wil-liam Wren McFalls; and a
sister, Hazel McFalls. The visitation will
be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford and at other times at the home of Sonny and Linda Self, 3552 Tar River Road, Oxford, N.C. 27565.
Arrangements are by Eakes Funeral Home of Oxford.
Anna N. Short
NASHVILLE — Anna Norford Short, 91, of Nashville, formerly of Lil-lington, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at Nash Grove Manor in Nashville. She was born in War-ren County and was the daughter of the late Mary Felts Kirby.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Wesley Short; and a son, John Short.
A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Harnett Memorial Park. The Rev. Ken Smith will be officiating. Burial will follow in the Harnett Me-morial Park.
Survivors include a son, Robert “Bobby” Wesley Short Jr. of Henderson; a daughter, Jane Callaway of Alexandria, Minn.; four grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are by O’Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home of Lilling-ton.
Public asked forsuggestions forVance elementary
By AL WHELESSDaily DispaTch WriTer
The public has until Nov. 24 to submit sugges-tions for a name for Vance County’s new elementary school.
They should be sent to Terry Hedrick, public in-formation officer for Vance County Schools.
The Facilities Nam-ing Committee will hold a public hearing Dec. 3 in the auditorium at Rollins Elementary School.
On Dec. 8, the committee will meet in the Adminis-trative Services Center on Graham Avenue to come up with a recommended name for the School Board to consider voting on at its Dec. 14 meeting.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Key currency ex-change rates Thursday:
Dollar vs: ExchgRate PvsDayYen 90.32 89.84Euro $1.4866 $1.4976Pound $1.6570 $1.6554Swiss franc 1.0162 1.0086Canadian dollar 1.0546 1.0463Mexican peso 13.2550 13.1620
Metal Price PvsDayNY Merc Gold $1106.00 $1114.00NY HSBC Bank US $1107.00 $1114.00NY Merc Silver $17.255 $17.527
Nonferrous NEW YORK (AP) — Spot nonferrous metal prices Thursday:
Aluminum - $.8790 per lb., London Metal Exch. Copper -$2.9913 Cathode full plate, LME. Copper $2.9435 N.Y. Merc spot Thu. Lead - $2312.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch. Zinc - $0.9775 per lb., London Metal Exch. Gold - $1114.75 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Gold - $1106.00 troy oz., NY Merc spot Thu. Silver - $17.275 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Silver - $17.255 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Thu. Platinum -$1368.00 troy oz., N.Y. (contract). Platinum -$1363.20 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Thu.n.q.-not quoted, n.a.-not available r-revised
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ACS 54.90ATT 26.29Ball Corp. 49.94BankAmerica 16.06BB&T 24.80Coca-Cola 55.94CVS 29.67Duke Energy 16.01Exxon 71.90Ford 8.20General Elec. 15.75Home Depot 27.24IBM 126.26Johnson & Johnson 61.15Kennametal 24.36Krispy Kreme 3.31Louisiana Pacific 6.17Lowes 21.47Lucent Tech. 3.73Pepsico 61.27Phillip Morris 19.02Procter & Gamble 61.30Progress Energy 37.96RF Micro Dev 4.30Royal Bk Can 54.24RJR Tobacco 49.32Revlon 15.10Sprint 3.05Sun Trust 20.25Universal 45.18Verizon Comm. 30.16Vulcan 47.66Wal-Mart 53.24Wells Fargo 28.22Wendy’s 4.16Establis Delhaize 75.74
RALEIGH (AP) — The face of a powerful lobbying group in North Carolina says he’ll leave his job at the end of the year.
Tim Kent has led the North Carolina Associa-tion of Realtors for more than nine years.
Kent said Thursday he’ll resign as association chief executive but remain available as a consultant to the group.
Kent led the group as it fought unsuccessfully in 2007 the Legislature’s de-
cision to let counties raise the local land transfer tax if voters approve the idea. No counties have agreed to a higher transfer tax.
State association Presi-dent Sandra O’Connor
called Kent one of the state’s most prominent public policy advocates.
The association’s politi-cal action committee is one of largest contributors to legislators.
CEO of N.C. real estate lobbying group to resign
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERap ecoNomics WriTer
WASHINGTON — Fewer people are claiming unem-ployment benefits — but still too many to signal that the economy is close to gaining jobs.
First-time claims for jobless benefits dropped last week to a seasonally adjusted 502,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s the fewest claims since the week ending Jan. 3, and below economists’ estimates.
Claims would have to fall to the high 400s to indicate the economy could soon produce even a slight gain in jobs, estimates Abiel Reinhart, an economist at JPMorgan Chase. That level of claims could be reached by January, he said, and the economy should start gaining jobs sometime in the first quarter of 2010.
Still, Reinhart doesn’t expect the gains to be strong enough to push down the un-employment rate — now at a 26-year high of 10.2 percent — until the second quarter.
Zach Pandl, an economist at Nomura Securities, said he thinks jobless claims would need to drop to about 425,000 before jobs would be added. Pandl expects the economy to produce a net gain in jobs by January.
President Barack Obama said Thursday he’ll host a White House summit next month on combating the joblessness that continues to drag on a struggling
economy.Many private economists
and Federal Reserve officials worry the nation could be in for a “jobless recovery” as the unemployment rate rises despite some overall economic growth. Companies would start hiring — but not enough to absorb new people seeking jobs.
For now, Pandl said the weekly jobless claims figures are “showing steady progress.”
“Firing activity is starting to taper off,” he said.
The four-week average of unemployment claims, which smooths fluctuations, dropped to 519,750, also the lowest in almost a year. It has fallen by more than 20 percent since its peak in the spring.
Economists closely watch initial claims as a gauge of the pace of layoffs. But claims also can provide a signal about the willingness of companies to hire, be-cause laid-off workers able to find jobs are less likely to request benefits.
The last time the economy saw job gains was in December 2007, when employers added 120,000 jobs. Claims that month averaged about 340,000, though Reinhart said claims don’t have to fall that far at the end of the recession to signal gains.
Many analysts estimate that job gains need to top 125,000 to account for popu-lation growth and lower the unemployment rate.
Employers cut a net total of 190,000 jobs in October, the government said last month, bringing total losses in the recession to 7.3 mil-lion.
The economy grew at a 3.5 percent annual rate in the July-September quarter after a record four straight quarterly drops. The disparity between the unemployment rate and economic growth figure has raised fears among many economists that the nation’s economy could be in for a “jobless recovery.”
The government also said Thursday that the number of people continuing to claim benefits dropped by 139,000 to 5.6 million, below ana-lysts’ estimates. The figures on continuing claims lag initial claims by a week.
Jobless claims fall, buthiring gains seem far off
ap phoTo/Jim Cole
in this Nov. 5 photo, job seekers wait for daily jobs at a Labor Ready office in Concord, N.H. New claims for unemployment insurance fell more than expected last week, evidence the job mar-ket is slowly healing as the economy recovers.
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Defense Secre-tary Robert Gates says a Wisconsin-based maker of advanced military trucks has the gratitude of count-less U.S. troops and their families.
Gates on Thursday visited Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Corp., which produces mine-resistant trucks, specially designed to handle Afghanistan’s
terrain.He says troops love the
trucks and commanders sleep better knowing their soldiers have them.
Hundreds of employees gathered for Gates’ speech. Many nodded when he said the work they do saves American lives.
The Pentagon has ordered about 6,200 of the vehicles from the Oshkosh, Wis.-based company.
The contracts are worth more than $3.2 billion.
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VANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Arrests
• Damien Yancey, 21, of 156 Bobcat Lane was arrested Nov. 11. Misdemeanor second degree trespassing. Secured bond set at $1,000. Court date Nov. 17.
• Chanel Ishea Graham, 27, of 418 Carolina Ave. was arrested Nov. 11. Misdemeanor possession of stolen goods. Misdemeanor no operator’s license. Bond was set at $1,000. Court date Dec. 14.
• Jonathan Terrell Simpkins, 22, of 209 Craig Ave. was served with an order for arrest on Nov. 11. Misdemeanor failure to appear. Secured bond set at $1,000. Court date Dec. 10.
• Dontrell Hester, 27, of 65 Morning Glory Lane was served with an order for arrest on Nov. 10. Misdemeanor assault on a female. Misdemeanor injury to personal property. Misdemeanor unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Secured bond set at $10,000. Court date Dec. 1.
• Carlos Saldana Hernandez,
74, of 34 Coupton Lane Lot 6 was served with an order for ar-rest. Misdemeanor failure to ap-pear on charges of driving while license revoked and expired or no inspection. Secured bond set at $1,000. Court date Dec. 28.
• Andrew Davis, 17, of 1607 Nicholas St. was arrested Nov. 10. Felony attempted breaking and entering. Secured bond set at $2,500. Court date Nov. 20.
• Jarquin Garcia German, 46, of 500 J.P. Taylor Road Lot 34 was served with an order for arrest on Nov. 10. Secured bond set at $1,000. Court date Dec. 17.
• Da-karii Fields, 18, of 206 Peebles lane was arrested Nov. 10. Felony larceny of a dog. Fel-ony possession of stolen goods/property. Secured bond set at $2,500. Court date Dec. 11.
• Latrone Eugene Magbie, 30, of 336 Foster Road Lot 1 was served with an order for arrest on Nov. 10. Misdemeanor failure to appear, 3 counts, on charges of failure to wear a seatbelt, driv-ing while license revoked and
possession of marijuana up to 1/2 ounce. Secured bond set at $1,500. Court date Dec. 28.
Larceny
• Flat Rock United Method-ist Church, 2560 Satterwhite Point Road reported Nov. 10 the theft of gasoline, no value listed. Damage to a fuel tank estimated at $1,100.
• Daisette Tillery, 54, of 1725 Graham Ave Apt. F reported Nov. 11 the theft of a Nautica digital camera valued at $400. The camera was reported taken for the victim’s desk at Western Vance High School.
• James Earl Faulkner, 54, of 1049 Jackson-Royster Road reported Nov. 11 the theft from a vehicle of the following items and their values: Superstar 120-channel CB radio, $250; Palomar/600 CB linear amplifier, $400; Wilson/5000 CB antenna, $150; 15-pack Winchester “00” buck shells, $12; and 20-pack 30-06 rifle bullets, $20.
Arrests
• Kelly Edwards, 31, of 460 Eaves Road was served with a citation on Nov. 10. Misdemean-or shoplifting. No bond listed. Court date Jan. 14.
• Tevin Lavar Stokes, 18, of 117 Cole Farm Road, Wise, was served with a citation on Nov. 9. Misdemeanor possession of a schedule VI substance. Mis-demeanor driving while license revoked. No bond listed. Court date Dec. 15.
• Alphonso Davis, 43, of 518 Thomas St. was arrested Nov. 9. Misdemeanor driving while license revoked. Misdemeanor fictitious tags. Misdemeanor possession of drug parapher-nalia. Secured bond was set at $400. Court date Dec. 15.
• Queenletta Dunston, 24, of 716 East Ave. was served with 3 orders for arrest on Nov. 10. Misdemeanor failure to ap-pear. Secured bond was set at $2,750. Court date Nov. 24.
• Christopher Coulter, 22, 631 Marshall St. was arrested Nov. 10. Misdemeanor domestic violence order violation. No bond. Court date Nov. 24.
• Jamal Harris, 22, of 1261 Americal Road Lot 107 was served with two orders for arrest
on Nov. 10. Misdemeanor failure to appear. Secured bond was set at $1,800. Court dte Nov. 24.
• Ryan Raquan Baskerville, 17, of 116 Zollicoffer Ave. was arrested Nov. 11. Misdemeanor shoplifting/concealment of goods. Secured bond was set at $1,000. Court date Nov. 30.
• Samecca Hawkins, 29, of 129 New Circle Lane was arrested Nov. 11. Misdemeanor shoplifting. Secured bond was set at $300. Court date Nov. 30.
Larceny
• Andrea Wilson, 39, of 617 Mason St. reported Nov. 10 the theft from the residence of the following items and their values: miscellaneous jewelry, $4,000; PSP game console, $299; 22-
inch Dell flat screen computer monitor, $419; HP computer system with 20-inch monitor and keyboard, $1,100; black suit with pale green seams, $39; Sony MP3 player, $119; and Playsta-tion 2 game console, $299.
• Scott Hughes, 34, of 1272 David Ave. reported Nov. 9 the theft from a vehicle of a check-book, valued at $5; ASP baton, valued at $40; Oakley sunglasses valued at $100; and cologne valued at $20.
• Charles Boyd, 284 Hwy. 158 reported Nov. 12 the theft of 4 tires and wheels valued at $2,400.
• Jacqueline Evans, 43, of 213 Lowery St. reported Nov. 11 the theft from the residence of an LG 50-inch TV valued at $600 and $130. Damage to the front door and a mirror estimated at $120.
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Henderson’s Sandy Creek sewage pumping station bypassed 21,000 gallons of untreated wastewater from 12:15 p.m. Nov. 11 to 5 a.m. Thursday, the city reported.
The bypass entered Sandy Creek, which is a tributary to the Tar Pamlico River Basin.
Inflow and infiltration that exceeded the station’s pumping capacity was caused by heavy rainfall.
In the report, the city
said he has been working in the Sandy Creek Basin to reduce inflow and infiltra-tion and has additional work planned to reduce it further.
Questions about the by-pass should directed to Tom Spain, Henderson Water Reclamation Facility Direc-tor, at (252) 431-6081.
The city also reported that its sewer collection system bypassed 73, 650 gallons of untreated waste-water from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday at Neathery Street, Rock Spring Street,
Pinkston Street School, Pinkston and Adam streets and Pinkston Street apart-ments.
The wastewater also entered Sandy Creek.
Questions about this incident should be directed to Paul Brown, Public Utili-ties Operator in Responsible Charge, at (252) 431-6105 or Andy Perkinson, Utilities Maintenance Supervisor, at (252) 431-0419.
RALEIGH — The prosecutor handling the campaign finance case of former Gov. Mike Easley said Thursday he wants to decide by February whether to seek criminal charges against the two-term Democrat.
Rowan County District Attorney Bill Kenerly, ap-pointed to examine the case when the Wake County DA recused himself, told The Associated Press he’s still getting up to speed with the details presented in the State Board of Elections hearing completed two weeks ago.
A district attorney can seek felonies through a grand jury or misde-meanor charges through a magistrate. Kenerly also could decide not to pursue charges.
“My assumption is going into this it is in every-body’s best interest that it be resolved as quickly as possible,” Kenerly said in a phone interview.
The board on Oct. 30 ordered Easley’s campaign committee to pay $100,000 for failing to report in campaign filings dozens of airplane flights carrying Easley and piloted by a po-
litical ally. The board also referred the case to pros-ecutors to consider whether crimes were committed by Easley or others.
McQueen Campbell, the pilot, testified un-der oath at the hearing that Easley suggested to him that he falsify flight invoices so that he could be reimbursed for repairs to Easley’s Raleigh home that Campbell said reached $11,000. Easley, who left office in January, denied it vehemently to the board.
Easley’s campaign did pay Campbell on the invoices. Filing false cam-paign reports is illegal.
The board asked Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby to sort out who was telling the truth and if charges were warranted. Willoughby asked for someone else to step in because he and Eas-ley are longtime friends.
Kenerly said he un-derstands Easley and the public want the matter resolved quickly. But he said the investigation will be sandwiched around two upcoming first-degree mur-der trials he’s prosecuting, including one right after Thanksgiving.
“I still have a regular trial schedule,” Kenerly said. He said he hoped to
make a decision on Easley’s case by mid-February.
Kenerly will meet Friday with representatives of other agencies involved in investigating The Mike Easley Committee. He also expects to receive the board hearing transcript the week after Thanksgiving.
Federal prosecutors have been interested in the activities of Easley and Campbell, who was appointed by Easley to the trustee board at North Carolina State University and became chairman. A federal grand jury has been hearing testimony about a coastal subdivision where Easley and his wife purchased a lot and N.C. State’s hiring of former first lady Mary Easley.
Kenerly said he expected federal and state prosecu-tors would cooperate but declined to comment on the federal investigation.
Willoughby and the U.S. Attorney’s Office worked in tandem during the investi-gations of former Democrat-ic House Speaker Jim Black and Agriculture Commis-sioner Meg Scott Phipps.
Kenerly, a Republican first elected as a district attorney in 1990, already has announced he won’t seek another four-year term in 2010.
DA aims for mid-Februarydecision on Easley case
WILMINGTON (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue has signed an executive order that keeps the North Carolina Film Council in business.
Perdue signed the order re-authorizing the council Thurs-day at EUE Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington. Earlier
this year, she signed a bill al-lowing production companies a 25 percent tax credit for film projects in North Carolina, up from the previous credit of 15 percent.
The order adds duties for council members, including as-sisting in developing a market-
ing strategy for the film office.The governor appoints
members of the film coun-cil, which is made up of film-industry professionals, business leaders, and citizens. The council advises and offers guidance in the interest of the state’s film industry.
Perdue signs order to reauthorize N.C. Film Council
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By WILLIAM F. WESTDaily DispaTch WriTer
OXFORD — Rate payers
could be facing at least a 17 percent increase in their sewer bills and at least a five percent increase in their water bills next year.
The City Commission, at the recommendation of the commission’s Public Works Committee, in August gave the go-ahead for a $27,081 study of sewer and water rates by Raftelis Financial Consultants of Charlotte, with City Manager Mark Donham having specified future infrastructure needs as one of the reasons.
The commission, meeting on Tuesday evening, voted to formally accept a report after Committee Chairman Paul Kiesow, under questioning from fellow Commissioner Chance Wilkinson, specified the 17 percent hike for sewer fees and the five percent hike for water fees.
The most up-to-date cop-ies of the actual documents were not ready. Donham, citing the absence of City Engineer Larry Thomas due to illness, said the commis-sioners would each have cop-ies before the next meeting, which is set for Dec. 8.
In their vote, the com-missioners agreed to put the matter on the agenda of the Dec. 8 meeting as old business, meaning depart-ing Commissioners Kiesow, Steve Powell, Bob Shope and Chance Wilkinson would be in on the decision making.
Ron Bullock, Danny Cur-rin, Calvin “C.J.” Harris and Jackie Sergent, all elected
Nov. 3, will be sworn as new commissioners on Dec. 8.
Oxford’s seven commis-sioners serve staggered four-year terms. The four new commissioners will join Mayor Pro Tem Howard Herring and Commission-ers Walter Cantley and Bob Williford, as well as re-elected Mayor Al Woodlief, who serves a two-year term and chairs the commission meetings.
When the matter of the rate study came up at Tues-day evening’s commission meeting, Kiesow began read-ing aloud technical details.
The octogenarian Kiesow has been physically slowed since undergoing open heart surgery at Duke University Medical Center in 2006.
Kiesow at Tuesday evening’s meeting spoke ap-proximately seven minutes in reading aloud informa-tion, but his voice, after being clear at the beginning, became barely audible at times. This reporter has been placing a small, but high-powered digital audio recorder near Kiesow to help accurately quote what he says at commission meet-ings.
Kiesow, after finishing speaking, made the recom-mendation to put the study on next month’s agenda as old business.
Wilkinson, with a tone of concern, asked Kiesow, “What are you proposing we vote on next time, Paul?”
Kiesow said the 17 per-cent increase for sewer and the five percent increase for water.
Wilkinson asked about whether storm water fees
would be impacted. Kiesow said the committee did not address this.
Shope, emphasizing he would first like to read the details for himself, said, “That was a lot of info, Paul, and I did not understand it all. I’m not going to vote on something I don’t under-stand.”
Wilkinson, Herring and Cantley re-emphasized the commission was only voting to receive the study and Shope acknowledged.
Donham told the Dis-patch that the rate increases
will depend on whether a ratepayer is a resident or an industry “because it’s based on volume.”
Donham told the Dispatch that, for a five-year period, the sewer rate increase would be 17 percent for each of the first two years and no increase for the following three years.
And Donham said he believes what would happen is that, for a five-year period, the water rate increase would be 5 percent each of the first two years and four percent each of the following
three years.Donham outlined the
reasons for the study to the committee in August.
One is the Kerr Lake Re-gional Water System Advi-sory Board, of which Oxford is a partner, approving a 6 percent rate increase in April to help cover increasing op-erating expenses and plans for a future expansion of the plant, which is off Fleming-town Road in northeastern Vance County.
Another is a need to spend approximately $21 million on projects.
Donham at the time said that, in addition to this being for Oxford’s share of the Kerr Lake water plant, this would include building a third water tower in Oxford, up-grading aging utilities lines in the older part of the city and a potential expansion of the city’s state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant near the Interstate 85/N.C. 96 interchange.
And Donham at the time said the city needs to keep in mind potential customers in the Triangle North Granville business park, which has been taking shape near the I-85/U.S. 158 interchange and minutes away from Vance-Granville Community College and Henderson.
Donham and Thomas at the time additionally said Oxford was experiencing a decline in water consump-tion, with Thomas having
noted usage was down by approximately 200,000 gal-lons daily.
The previous City Com-mission in July 2006 unani-mously approved a study by Raftelis.
The study recommended a residential sewer rate increase of approximately 17 percent, to be timed after the wastewater treatment plant came on line and to soften the impact on the munici-pal treasury when the city repays loans for the plant.
The city discontinued discounts for industries using more than 500,000 gallons of water per day, with examples being the Revlon cosmetics plant, the Certain Teed roofing shingle plant and the Bandag tire re-treading plant.
The rate structure went into effect in January 2007.
Herring chaired Tuesday evening’s commission meet-ing in Woodlief’s place.
Woodlief earlier in the day was absent from a local and area official welcome at the future Shalag Industries plant, with Granville County Economic Development Director Jay Tilley noting Woodlief was with his wife, Anita. The mayor said in April 2006 that his wife has been dealing with treat-ments since having under-gone cancer surgery.
Oxford could hike sewer bills 17 percent, water 5 percentIn other business
The Oxford City Com-mission Tuesday evening:
• Approved $16,414 for restoring sidewalks along College Street from the intersection of Williamsboro and Hillsboro streets to West College Street.
The project will be paid for with state Powell Bill funds. The Powell Bill is the North Carolina law specifically allocating part of revenues collected on fuel sales to municipal govern-ments for them to build and improve streets.
• Approved spend-ing $2,347 to purchase a new ice machine for the gymnasium at the Hix site adjacent to City Hall. The present machine is broken and a new one is needed to provide ice for medical reasons and for instances when a person becomes de-hydrated. The cost to repair the present ice machine would be $1,200.
By consent, the commis-
sion additionally:• Adopted resolutions of
intent to consider annexing Meadow Heights lots one through six and Shadow Lane lots one through 13, with the date of the public information session being Jan. 4.
• Accepted a certificate of sufficiency for the voluntary annexation of 1020 Lewis St./U.S. 15 property owned by Dale Cates and adjacent to the new Shoppes at Oxford. The commission’s next step will be to adopt a resolution for a public hear-ing, which would be held in conjunction with the com-mission’s Nov. 30 agenda session.
• Approved demolishing a structure located at 512 Hillsboro St. and owned by Cornerstone Christian Community Church. The structure, which was pri-marily used for storage, is a fire hazard. The church has agreed to reimburse the city on a quarterly basis until the balance is paid in full.
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Vance Board of Commissioners Planning Retreat
By AL WHELESSDaily DispaTch WriTer
Technology and efficiency studies aimed at improving Vance County government will take different directions, according to discussions at the Board of Commissioners’ Planning Retreat Thursday.
County Manager Jerry Ayscue said he plans to give the commissioners a request for proposals for the technol-ogy study no later than their Dec. 7 meeting.
He hopes to have bids back by the first of February.
For the most part, Ayscue said, each County depart-ment has its own computer system, which vary in size
and complexity, depending upon the type of operations.
The County contracts out its computer support, according to Ayscue. He said there is significant inter-est in upgrading websites, improving mapping, linking departments together, and in further automating records through the Internet.
As for the efficiency study, board members said they would like to see county department heads and em-ployees come up with ways to streamline work processes, cut costs and save money.
When hunting with deer dogs in Vance was talked about at the retreat, the Public Safety Committee was
asked to confer with Sheriff Peter White.
The purpose would be to look at the recent concerns expressed to Ayscue’s office by a number of landowners.
On another issue, Com-missioners Scott Hughes said he would like to see the board find a way to come up with “$250,000 and some change” to make the third pay adjust-ment to County employees.
Also Thursday, board members agreed to have another retreat in mid-Febru-ary to generate goals for the various departments for the next fiscal year.
At a planning retreat Thursday, Vance Commis-sioners Deborah Brown and Terry Garrison urged their fellow board members to in-crease the hiring of qualified minorities for County govern-ment jobs.
The discussion came up when Brown said, “I would like to see a goal to address the lack of adversity in our employment.”
She told the commission-ers: “We’ve got to look at the population we are serving and the makeup of this county.”
If a minority person leaves the county’s employment, Brown said, “We should make a special effort to refill that position with a minority person.”
Chairman Dan Brummitt said he didn’t think addition-
al policies are needed in the effort to add more minority employees to county govern-ment’s work force.
“I think we are on the right track,” Brummitt said. “I want to hire the best quali-fied person for the job.”
Commissioner Danny Wright said the county’s new reporting process should reveal some issues that the board needs to address.
“I believe we will get on that,” he added.
Garrison said there is a need to set another goal to make more progress.
He was referring to the objective the commissioners agreed on last March in the form of hiring two percent more minorities for county employment.
“We are not where we ought to be,” Garrison said. “A great deal of racism still exists.” He used the term, “unconscious racism.”
Garrison mentioned that minorities constitute more than 50 percent of the county’s population.
“The more people of color we have in leadership and management positions, the more opportunities for role models and hope for kids,” he said.
“I think we need to set this as a priority and a goal,” Garrison told the other board members.
“If the makeup of our de-partments are not reflective of the racial makeup of the county, we need to address that,” Wright said.
“I believe whomever we hire should be qualified and capable,” Brown said. “There are some people who are qualified who are not being considered. We need to make some changes.”
The Volunteer Firefight-ers Association will be asked to get members to help out in the sign-up process in Phase 1A of Vance County’s Water District.
The idea surfaced Thursday during the Board of Commissioners’ planning retreat which was held at the Ambassador Inn & Suites.
Jordan McMillen, the County’s director of planning and development, said he will work with the Citizens Advisory Committee in getting people to become water customers of the rural system.
The committee is expected to have seven to nine mem-bers.
County Manager Jerry Ayscue said the sign-ups for Phases 2 A and 2B could follow quickly if anticipated funding for them becomes a reality.
He was referring to the prospect of receiving $2 mil-
lion in grants for each phase from USDA Rural Develop-ment.
The county manager noted that “The Kittrell Water Association continues to move forward in their interest in Phase 1B.”
As for the water district it-self, Ayscue said, “It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like it’s on the horizon.”
Commissioner Scott Hughes told the board: “We need to be able to make citizens understand there are other benefits with the dis-trict other than just water.”
McMillen said if the County is successful in efforts to get enough Golden LEAF Foundation grant money to buy Viper communications equipment and 360 fire hydrants, the combination
could help lower residents’ fire insurance rates substan-tially.
Minority hiring increase urgedCounty eyes technology study
Water district sign-up method proposed
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Ga. woman charged in N.C. deaths in 2008 found hanged
WAYNESVILLE (AP) — A Georgia woman ar-rested in the deaths of two men in North Carolina has been found hanged in her jail cell.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that Jada McCutcheon of Decatur, Ga., apparently hanged herself in the Haywood County jail in Waynesville on Wednesday afternoon.
McCutcheon was one of six people charged in the death of two men in Swain County last year.
Thirty-three-year-old James David Scott Wiggins and 34-year-old Michael Heath Compton were found shot to death in their home Aug. 5, 2008.
Haywood County Sher-iff Bobby Suttles says Mc-Cutcheon died at Haywood Regional Medical Center around midnight.
ASPCA: Dog thrown from roof toodangerous to live
NEW YORK (AP) — Animal welfare advocates say a dog that survived after her caretaker threw her from the roof of a six-story Brooklyn building is too dangerous to live among people or other dogs.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cru-elty to Animals announced that it will euthanize Oreo on Friday because of her uncontrollable aggression.
ASPCA President Ed Sayres says that every-thing the organization has tried to do for Oreo has not worked. He says she’s only gotten more aggressive.
Authorities say Oreo suffered two broken legs when she was thrown off a roof on June 18.
Nineteen-year-old Fabian Henderson pleaded guilty in October to aggra-vated cruelty to animals.
N.J. woman guiltyin international cus-tody case
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A woman accused of hiding her daughter in Spain to evade a cus-tody judgment has been convicted by a New Jersey jury of custody interfer-ence and ignoring a court order to return the girl to the United States.
Maria Jose Carrascosa has been held in a New Jersey jail for three years for refusing to bring her daughter Victoria back from Spain, where the girl, now 9, lives with Carras-cosa’s parents.
A U.S. court previously granted Carrascosa’s ex-husband, Peter Innes of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., sole custody of his daugh-ter. But Carrascosa got an order from a Spanish court for the girl to remain in Spain. New Jersey, U.S. and Spanish authorities have tried to mediate a
solution.Now, the mother is to
be sentenced in December. She could receive 10 years in prison.
Search halted for 3 missing fishermen
CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for three commercial fisher-men missing since their boat went down 20 miles off the Cape May coast.
Boats, planes and helicopters searched the storm-tossed ocean for 19 hours before halting just after 5 p.m. Thursday. A spokeswoman says there are no plans to resume searching Friday morning, when weather conditions are expected to be even worse.
Forty-nine-year-old Kenneth Rose Jr., the captain of the Sea Trac-tor; his 75-year-old father, Kenneth Sr., and 55-year-old crew member Larry Forrest were aboard
the 44-foot fishing boat Wednesday night.
All are believed to be from North Carolina.
Their presumed deaths bring the toll of Cape May commercial fishermen to nine this year. The Lady Mary sank in March, kill-ing six.
One dead, 15 hurtin eastern Oregonvan rollover
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a van carrying mostly college-age members of a Colorado church group overturned on black ice early Thurs-day in eastern Oregon, killing one person and in-juring 15, some critically.
The crash happened at about 5:20 a.m. on Inter-state 84 near Baker City.
Oregon State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings says most of the occupants were ejected. Five of the injured were taken to a hospital in Boise, Idaho; three were
taken to a hospital in La Grande; and seven were treated and released from a hospital in Baker City.
The van was carry members of the New Life Worship Center in Fed-eral Heights, Colo. Center spokeswoman Christy Gimer says the group was on its way to a Microsoft conference in Portland to earn money working as ushers and doing other tasks.
She declined to identify the survivors but said they were from all over the country, plus one woman from Iraq.
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dear abby
DEAR ABBY: My neigh-bors, “John” and “Marcia,” are such a nice couple, I’m not sure what to do. I don’t know them all that well, but what’s going on is extremely upsetting.
On several occasions, I have seen a woman park her car near my home after dark and walk to the back door of their house. About an hour later, I see John let her out the front door. He even has the nerve to kiss her goodbye right on the front porch! I’m sure he is slipping this tart in for sex — right under his wife’s nose.
I want to tell Marcia what’s going on, but I’m unsure how to go about it. I have contem-plated just going over, knocking on the door and blurting it out. I have also considered writing her an anonymous letter. What’s the right way to let someone know that her husband is cheating on her in her own house while she’s there? — NOT NOSY, JUST CONCERNED, NEW CUM-BERLAND, PA.
DEAR NOT NOSY: I strongly recommend that you mind your own business and do nothing. If there was any hanky-panky going on, I seriously doubt that John would be indulging in it while his wife was in the house — and kissing his illicit lover goodbye on their doorstep, yet. The woman may be a relative — a sister, cousin or daughter — so please do not embarrass yourself.
P.S. When someone is overly preoccupied with the sex life of a neighbor, it isn’t “concern.” It IS nosy, so please get a life.
DEAR ABBY: I am a 79-year-old recent widow. Shortly after I was married I had a brief, intense affair with a man at work. I’ll call him “Earl.”
Earl’s wife, “Lillian,” was
in her third trimester of pregnancy and he was needy. We fell hopelessly in love and our affair continued after his baby was born. We were happy together and nothing else seemed to matter.
Somehow Lillian found out and left him. The divorce she said she’d seek would have solved our problems because I would have immediately divorced my husband, but it never happened. She still loved him, and he decided to do the “honorable thing” and reconcile with her. We swore we would love each other forever, no matter what.
Earl and Lillian moved to a city 50 miles from here and we had no further contact. My husband forgave me, and we had a good life and three children.
A friend kept me informed about Earl — where he was and what he was doing. She told me he has spent his life making up to Lillian for his “indiscretion” and treating her like a queen. She is now in a nursing home suffering with Alzheimer’s. She no longer knows Earl, but he goes to see her every day.
Would it be wrong of me to get in touch with him to sympathize? I still love him. Perhaps he loves me, too. We are both old and lonely. — HOPING FOR MORE
DEAR HOPING: Please accept my condolences for the loss of your husband, but offering “sympathy” to Earl right now would not be a good idea. If your informant is correct, he has not only spent his life making amends to his wife for the affair, but he is still in love with her.
It would not be out of line to ask your friend to let Earl know that you are recently widowed, but don’t hold your breath waiting for him to renew the romance. He has an important commitment he needs to see through to the end. And if you love him, you’ll let him do it.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pau-line Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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By The AssociATed Press
Today is Friday, Nov. 13, the 317th day of 2009. There are 48 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight:On Nov. 13, 1909, 259 men
and boys were killed when fire erupted inside a coal mine in Cherry, Ill. (Nearly as many miners survived the disaster).
On this date:In 1789, Benjamin
Franklin wrote in a letter to a friend, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
In 1927, the Holland Tunnel opened to the public, providing access between lower Manhattan and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River.
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure lowering the mini-mum draft age from 21 to 18.
In 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws call-ing for racial segregation on public city and state buses.
In 1971, the U.S. space probe Mariner 9 went into orbit around Mars.
In 1974, Karen Silkwood, a technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Okla., died in a car crash while on her way to meet a reporter.
In 1979, former Califor-nia Gov. Ronald Reagan announced in New York his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
In 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedi-cated on the National Mall in Washington.
In 1985, some 23,000 residents of Armero, Colom-bia, died when a volcanic mudslide buried the city.
Ten years ago: The Navy recovered the
cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 31 with the loss of all 217 people aboard.
Five years ago: Vice President Dick
Cheney went to a hospital after experiencing shortness of breath; tests found nothing wrong. Harry Lampert, the illustrator who helped create the DC Comics superhero The Flash, died in Boca Ra-ton, Fla., at age 88.
One year ago: A wind-driven fire erupted
in Southern California; the blaze destroyed more than 200 homes in Santa Barbara and neighboring Montecito. Investors did an abrupt turnaround on Wall Street, muscling the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 550 points after three straight days of selling.
Today’s Birthdays: Actress Madeleine Sher-
wood is 87. Journalist-author Peter Arnett is 75. Producer-director Garry Marshall is 75. Actor Jimmy Hawkins is 68. Country singer-songwrit-er Ray Wylie Hubbard is 63. Actor Joe Mantegna is 62. Actress Sheila Frazier is 61. Actress Frances Conroy is 56. Musician Andrew Ranken (The Pogues) is 56. Actress Tracy Scoggins is 56. Actor Chris Noth is 55. Actress-comedian Whoopi Goldberg is 54. Actor Rex Linn (“CSI: Miami”) is 53. Actress Caroline Goodall is 50. Actor Neil Flynn (“Scrubs”) is 49. Former NFL quarterback Vinny Testaverde is 46. Rock musician Walter Kibby (Fish-bone) is 45. Comedian/talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel is 42. Actor Steve Zahn is 42. Writer-activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali is 40. Actress Aisha Hinds is 34. Rock musician Nikolai Fraiture is 31.
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By KELLEN HOLTZMANDispatch sports Writer
Kerr-Vance tipped off its varsity basketball season at home against Fayetteville Academy in a five-quarter scrimmage.
KVA fell by double-digits to the defending 2A state runners-up in the practice run. The Spartans led after the first quarter and trailed 30-23 at the half.
“We’re not in great shape. We haven’t got to practice much and it kind of showed,” said KVA coach David Car-rier. “But on the flip-side of that, we played really well. We defended well. We knocked down some shots. I’m en-couraged. I see things we need to work on, but that’s why you have a scrimmage.”
KVA tied the game at 11 with a basket from Tyler Overby before Chris Lanham gave the Spartans a 13-11 lead on a lay-in before the end of the first.
Cameron Capell led KVA with 18 points, including four 3-pointers. Eight different players scored for the Spar-tans — a team effort Carrier expects to see more of when the season is underway.
“We don’t have one kid that’s going to score 30 a night, but all of our guys can go out and make shots and defend,” said Carrier. “I feel like we will be a balanced team that relies on the team concept more than, ‘give a guy a ball and get out of the way.’”
Fayetteville distanced itself in the second, outscoring the Spartans 19-10. KVA played a competitive third period, trailing by only nine, before Fayetteville finally got some separation in the fourth.
Carrier said he switched from his normal man-to-man
By ERIC S. ROBINSONDispatch sports eDitor
Two players from both South-ern and Northern Vance have been suspended as a result of last Friday’s fight at the end of the teams’ annual football game, according to North Carolina High School Athletic Association Super-visor of Officials Mark Dreibelbis.
The jersey numbers of the four
players were turned in to the NCHSAA by the officials at the game. Efforts to get the numbers were unsuccessful, as neither the NCHSAA or local high school of-ficials would release them to The Dispatch.
According to Dreibelbis, the Southern Vance players will be
suspended for two football games, which would include their first-round playoff matchup with West Craven on Saturday.
For Northern Vance, whose football season ended that night, suspensions will carry over into any other sport in which the players participate. According
to Dreibelbis, the length of the suspensions could vary depend-ing on the sport. The players will face a four-game suspension if they play basketball.
The suspensions will not carry over into next season. If the play-ers only participate in football, they will not be ineligible for any
games next year, Dreibelbis said.Friday night’s game was
called with 1:38 left in the fourth quarter, when the fracas erupted after a play ended on the Northern sideline. The fight was brief, and players were separated by coaches and law enforcement officials.
Two Raiders, two Vikings suspended following fight at football gameTwo-game football suspensions could carry over to other sports
Spartans compete in scrimmage with Fayetteville
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North Carolina State’s Javier Gonzalez steals the ball from Georgia State’s Joe Dukes during the first half of thursday’s game in Raleigh.
By AARON BEARDap basketball Writer
RALEIGH — North Carolina State spent stretches of Thurs-day night’s game with top scor-ing option Tracy Smith sitting due to foul trouble and its shots struggling to fall.
The defense, however, was good enough to extend the Wolf-pack’s run of successful season openers.
Smith had 18 points and 11 rebounds while the Wolfpack pulled away late to beat Georgia State 69-53, giving the program an opening victory for the 16th straight season.
Julius Mays scored 14 of his 16 points after halftime for N.C. State (1-0), which blew most of a 12-point first-half lead and found itself in a tie game with about 14 minutes left. But Mays and Javi Gonzalez made plays to spark the decisive spurt that gave the Wolfpack some separa-tion and, ultimately, a double-digit margin of victory.
Coach Sidney Lowe, starting his fourth season in Raleigh, credited a defense that held the Panthers (0-1) to one field goal over a 7-minute stretch.
“We really got after it,” Lowe said. “We got up on them and put a little more pressure and
we dictated the game. We got some steals, got a few stops and then a couple of fast breaks. That was the difference when we blew the game out there. We just had to pick up the intensity.”
N.C. State shot just 41 percent — though it hovered in the high 30s for most of the second half — and missed 13 of 16 3-point attempts. But it helped itself at the free throw line, knocking down 14 of 16 after halftime and 26 of 35 for the game compared to a 6-of-12 effort from the Panthers.
Ousman Krubally had 14
Tip-off in RaleighPack opens up season with 69-53 win over Georgia St.
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Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler passes against San Fran-cisco in the first quarter of Thursday’s game.
49ers beat Bears 10-6, end 4-game skid
By MIKE CRANSTONap sports Writer
CHARLOTTE — The Caro-lina Panthers are trying to fix a dysfunctional passing game and replace a key defensive player as they hold out hope of salvaging their season.
Practicing on a cramped field with no football lines and a low ceiling while toddlers run around nearby and U2 blares from the speakers above isn’t the most ideal place to do it.
With the remnants of Hur-ricane Ida stubbornly hover-ing over Charlotte and with the Panthers one of only 10 NFL teams without an indoor practice facility, the team’s workplace the last two days has been a small artificial turf field at a nearby indoor sports complex.
“For obvious reasons, you’re limited,” coach John Fox said Thursday. “You can’t punt the ball. You can’t throw deep passes.”
Carolina’s opponent Sun-day, Atlanta, has been hit with the same storm that dumped about four inches of rain on both cities. But the Falcons are one of 22 teams with an indoor facility, ranging from bubbles to airplane hangar-like buildings.
“You’re probably trying to take me down a path I’m not going to go,” Fox said when asked about the disadvantage his team faces. “I’m kind of (staying) in my lane.”
A lack of an indoor facility usually isn’t an issue here, where the sun shines more than 60 percent of the time and there’s only an average of only 43 inches of rain a year.
The Panthers have three full outdoor practice fields next to their stadium, and have used the lone artificial turf field for a couple workouts in the rain earlier this season. The trouble this time has been the extent of the rain and the high winds. Gusts were over
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By JANIE MCCAULEyap sports Writer
SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Singletary didn’t exactly hand it to his old team. That didn’t matter — Jay Cutler handed the desperate San Francisco 49ers a much-needed win.
Frank Gore ran for 104 yards and a touchdown, Cutler threw a career-high five interceptions with his last coming in the end zone on the game’s final play and San Francisco snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Chicago Bears 10-6 on Thursday night.
Niners quarterback Alex Smith won for the first time in eight starts since Week 2 in 2007, 17-
16 against St. Louis — but it was interesting until the end.
After Singletary elected to punt against his former team on fourth-and-6
from the Chicago 34 with 2:53 left, Cutler drove the Bears to the San Fran-cisco 12 with 13 seconds remaining. After an in-completion on first down,
Michael Lewis picked off Cutler’s next attempt in the end zone as time expired. That sealed San Francisco’s first win since a 35-0 rout of the Rams back on Oct. 4.
The game was far from a pretty display by two struggling teams still hop-ing to make the playoffs.
Four days after the 49ers (4-5) committed four turnovers that led to 24 points in a 34-27 loss to Tennessee Titans, they were penalized nine times and Smith threw an inter-ception and was sacked twice. San Francisco did just enough right to win.
Cutler took chances away all game from Chi-
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San Francisco wide receiver michael Crabtree runs between Chi-cago cornerback Charles tillman (33) and linebacker nick Roach (53) in the first quarter of Thursday’s game in San Francisco.
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Cleveland forward LeBron James shoots in the first quar-ter as Miami forward Michael Beasley and center Jermaine O’Neal defend during Thursday’s game.
By SAMUEL PETREQUINAP SPortS Writer
PARIS — A tired Andy Murray lost to Radek Stepanek 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, and a sluggish Rafael Nadal survived another three-setter in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday.
Nadal overcame fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, breaking twice in the last three games.
Novak Djokovic and defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga enjoyed more routine wins, U.S. Open champion Juan Mar-tin del Potro saved seven match points, and 2006 champ Nikolay Davydenko lost but secured one of the two last spots in the ATP World Tour Finals in London this month.
The fourth-seeded Mur-ray couldn’t overcome a lack of sleep following his three-set win over James Blake that ended at 1:45 a.m. on Thursday.
“It’s obviously lim-ited recovery after a long match,” Murray said. “It’s 4 a.m. by the time you get to bed. So it’s not perfect preparation for a match. But you still come out and you try and give it your best shot. Wasn’t good enough.”
After dominating the first set, Murray was broken early in the second and never recovered. Stepanek, a Paris finalist in 2004, gained a quar-terfinal matchup against fifth-seeded Del Potro.
He and Fernando Gon-zalez were at 6-7 (6), 7-6
(6) when Gonzalez retired just before 1 a.m. because of pains in his right knee.
Murray won his sixth title of the season last week in Valencia, where he returned to the tour af-ter a six-week layoff with a wrist injury.
“I played seven matches in the space of eight or nine days and that was ex-actly what I needed at this stage of the season after having a break,” he said.
Robredo broke Nadal to lead 5-4 in the third set and looked set to claim his first win in six meetings with Nadal, but he missed two easy forehands to let the former No. 1 back in the game.
Nadal, who staved off five match points in the previous round, held serve then broke Robredo again for the victory. Nadal, who lost in the Paris final two years ago, will face Tsonga
in the quarterfinals.Tsonga needed only
52 minutes to beat fellow Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-3, and can still grab the eighth and last available spot in London. Tsonga never faced a break point and broke his opponent’s serve three times.
“I’m not thinking about London,” said Tsonga, who had 13 aces. “I’m thinking
about defending my title.”Simon injured his right
knee against Ivan Ljubicic in the previous round and was hampered from the start.
French Open finalist Robin Soderling also has slim hopes of qualifying for the ATP finals follow-ing his victory over sixth-seeded Davydenko by 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Despite his loss, Davydenko secured his place when seventh-seeded Fernando Verdasco lost to Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Soderling’s next oppo-nent will be third-seeded Djokovic, who defeated French qualifier Arnaud Clement 6-2, 6-2.
“I was moving better (than yesterday),” said Djokovic, who is coming off a win over top-ranked Roger Federer in the Swiss Indoors final. “I was using the chances to go to the net and to make some winners when they were given to me.”
Julien Benneteau, who upset Federer on Wednes-day, lost to French compa-triot Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-3. Monfils will play Cilic in the quarterfinals.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — American Jason Dufner topped the Australian Masters leaderboard halfway through the second round Friday, shooting a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke advantage over late-starting Tiger Woods and five others.
Dufner bogeyed his final hole to finish at 7-under 137 at Kingston Heath. The former Auburn star is winless in three seasons on the PGA Tour.
Woods had a late tee time after opening with a 66 on Thursday.
Manny Villegas (68) and Ashley Hall (69) and Mathew Goggin (70) completed the second round at 6 under, while James Nitties and Brenden Grace had yet to tee off.
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Tyson faces jail if scuffle deemed a violation
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, who was arrested in a scuffle with a photographer, could be sent to jail if he’s found to have violated probation from a 2007 drug case, officials said Thursday.
The 43-year-old former heavyweight champion and a photographer, Tony Echeverria, made citizens’ ar-rests of each other following a confrontation at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport.
Each man claimed the other struck him, police said.
Airport police were called, and the men were taken away for booking on suspicion of misdemeanor battery. They were fingerprinted and photographed, then released without bail, Sgt. Jim Holcomb said.
The city attorney will decide whether to file crimi-nal charges.
Tyson is on probation after pleading guilty in Arizona to cocaine possession and driving under the influence. He spent 24 hours in jail there.
Zach Dal Pra, deputy chief of the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department, said his office is still trying to get in touch with Los Angeles authorities to figure out exactly what transpired during the airport incident.
“Did Mr. Tyson’s actions constitute a violation of probation here? If so, we’ll start court proceedings,” he said. “Right now, we’re still in that investigative mode.”
Tyson could face jail time if a court finds that he violated his probation, Dal Pra said.
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S. Vance playoff game moved to Saturday
Southern Vance’s opening-round playoff matchup with West Craven has been rescheduled.
The Raiders and the Eagles will kick off in Vance-boro Saturday at 7 p.m.
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RALEIGH — These numbers were drawn Thursday by the North Carolina Lottery:Early Pick 3: 2-5-8Late Pick 3: 8-6-0Pick 4: 4-1-2-7
Cash 5: 1-4-6-21-15RICHMOND, Va. —
These numbers were drawn Thursday after-noon by the Virginia Lottery:Pick 3: 5-5-4Pick 4: 6-6-0-0Cash 5: 2-13-18-27-30
These numbers were drawn Thursday night:Pick 3: 3-3-3Pick 4: 2-9-4-4Cash 5: 7-10-11-21-31
Friday, Nov. 13AUTO RACING 11:30 a.m.n SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for Able Body Labor 200, at Avondale, Ariz. 2 p.m.n ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, at Avondale, Ariz. 3:30 p.m.n SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, final practice for Able Body Labor 200, at Avondale, Ariz. 4:30 p.m.n SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, pole qualifying for Lucas Oil 150, at Avondale, Ariz. 5:30 p.m.n ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, at Avon-dale, Ariz. 8 p.m.n SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Se-ries, Lucas Oil 150, at Avondale, Ariz.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 8 p.m.n ESPN2 — West Virginia at
Cincinnati
GOLF 1 p.m.n TGC — PGA Tour, Children’s Miracle Network Classic, second round, at Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 4 p.m.n TGC — LPGA, Lorena Ochoa Invitational, second round, at Guadalajara, Mexico 10:30 p.m.n TGC — PGA Tour Australasia, JBWere Masters, third round, at Melbourne, Australia 1:30 a.m.n TGC — European PGA Tour, Hong Kong Open, third round (same-day tape)
NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m.n ESPN — Atlanta at Boston 10:30 p.m.n ESPN — L.A. Lakers at Denver
SOCCER 11 p.m.n ESPN2 — MLS, playoffs, West-ern Conference final, Houston at Los Angeles
Murray loses to Stepanek; Nadal survives
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Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Spain’s Tommy Ro-bredo during the BNP Masters indoor tennis tournament in Paris Thursday.
By GEORGE HENRyASSociAteD PreSS Writer
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Two people famil-iar with the situation say Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith has been fined $15,000 by the NFL for a sideline scuffle, while Washington cornerback DeAngelo Hall avoided any punishment.
The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the league has not officially commented on the situation. The NFL also fined Redskins safety LaRon Landry $7,500, Washington defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth
$5,000 and Falcons direc-tor of athletic performance Jeff Fish $2,500. Hall was not fined.
Smith acknowledged that he was fined when he came off the field after a Falcons practice on Thurs-day, though he didn’t discuss the amount.
“I received a letter from the NFL office this morn-ing,” he said. “I want to reiterate that I’m always going to have my players’ backs and I’m going to take care of them.”
The trouble started af-ter Landry delivered a late hit on quarterback Matt Ryan along the Atlanta sideline in Sunday’s game. Landry and Ryan hopped
up quickly and headed back to their huddles, but Hall jumped into the middle of things and was surrounded by opposing players, along with Smith and Fish.
Hall said that Smith “cussed me out” and Fish tried to “get some licks in” during the scrum, though replays showed no apparent punches during the pushing and shoving. Smith has maintained that he was merely trying to break things up, though he was clearly upset about the hit on Ryan and Hall jumping into the fray.
“I stay in Atlanta during the offseason, so if Mike Smith wants to see me,
he can definitely find me,” Hall said after the Falcons’ 31-17 victory.
The cornerback joined the Redskins last season after playing in Atlanta from 2004-07. In the week leading up to the game against his former team, the two-time Pro Bowler talked repeatedly of being treated unfairly by the Falcons before they traded him to Oakland. He didn’t make it through one sea-son with the Raiders and wound up in Washington.
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Joseph White in Ashburn, Va., and Paul Newberry in Atlanta contributed to this report.
Source: Falcons coach fined $15,000
By STEVEN WINEAP SPortS Writer
MIAMI — LeBron James had little to say Thursday about the prospect of playing with Dwyane Wade next season, and that was fine. Having them on the same court was enough of a treat for now.
The two All-Stars put on a show in their first showdown of the season, and James scored 34 points to help the Cleveland Cava-liers beat the Miami Heat 111-104.
Wade scored 36 points but couldn’t rally the Heat from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter.
Mo Williams made five 3-pointers and scored 25 points for the Cavs, while Shaquille O’Neal added 14 in a return to his former home court. J.J. Hickson, making his third consecu-tive start, had a career-high 18 points.
But in the end, it was James leading the way. He scored Cleveland’s final eight points over the last 2:42. He finished with seven assists and went 16 for 18 from the free-throw line.
The Cavs’ point total was
a season high. They won in Florida for the second time in as many nights after beating Orlando on Wednesday.
Michael Beasley scored 24 points for the Heat, who lost for only the second time.
James and Wade shared a long embrace just before tipoff, and they joked dur-ing a timeout near the end of the first half. They can opt out of their contracts next year, and on Wednes-day, Wade said the pair have talked about going to
the same team.James then said he
won’t discuss free agency with reporters any more until the end of the season. For now, at least, the two good friends entertain as opponents.
Wade made a 3-pointer, blocked a shot and sank another shot to cut the margin to 103-99 with three minutes left, but the Heat got no closer. James answered with a 3-pointer, then made five free throws to make it 111-102 with 57 seconds to go as the arena quickly emptied.
Wade made the first highlight-footage contribu-tion with a driving dunk over 6-foot-11 Anderson Varejao. They drew a double technical moments later for a heated exchange.
Wade sank a 3-pointer over James with 4 seconds left in the first quarter. James then hit a running 22-footer at the buzzer to put the Cavs up 35-33.
James missed his first five shots but still scored 15 points in the quarter.
Williams made seven consecutive shots dur-ing one stretch, and his 3-pointers helped the Cavs take a 92-84 lead into the final period.
James leads Cavs past Heat, 111-104
Rutgers routs No. 23 USF, 31-0
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Instead of getting even with Rutgers, No. 23 South Florida didn’t even get on the scoreboard for the first time in a regular-season game in its 13-year history.
Tom Savage threw for two touchdowns and Rutgers forced four turnovers, blocked a punt and recorded seven sacks in embarrassing the error-prone Bulls 31-0 in a nationally televised game on Thursday night.
The victory was the fourth straight for Rutgers (7-2, 2-2 Big East) over South Florida (6-3, 2-3), and this one made the Scarlet Knights bowl eligible for the fifth straight season.
The only other time South Florida was shut out was 14-0 in the Meineke Bowl in 2005 against North Carolina State.
Savage threw touchdown passes of 25 yards to Mohamed Sanu and 26 yards to Tim Brown. Joe Mar-tinek ran for 128 yards, including a 37-yard score. San San Te kicked field goals of 36, 26 and 49 yards.
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points and 10 rebounds for Georgia State, which shot 37 percent.
“For the first 28 min-utes, I thought our kids did a really great job,” Panthers coach Rod Barnes said. “We put them on the free throw line way too much, but that was because of (N.C. State’s) aggressiveness. We’ve got a lot of work to do. We’ve shown some improvement, but this is a tough place to come and play your first game.”
It was a lively finish af-ter a sluggish start for the Wolfpack. For much of the game, Lowe’s team didn’t look sharp and was playing in front of a listless crowd in a half-empty RBC Cen-ter. N.C. State led 32-29 at halftime, but eventually built a comfortable lead and even got several tran-sition baskets in the final minutes to display some of the faster tempo that Lowe is looking for this season.
The news wasn’t all good, though. Senior guard
Farnold Degand sat out for what Lowe described after the game as an academic problem. Lowe wouldn’t say how long Degand — who wasn’t on the bench — will be out.
“I wasn’t pleased with Farnold’s effort academi-cally,” Lowe said. “He’s eligible, so that’s not the problem. But we have rules. I have rules academi-cally for this ballclub and if guys don’t meet them, then guys can’t play. All of them know it and he understood
it and we’ll see when he gets himself back and ready to go. Until he shows it and I’m satisfied with that, then he won’t play.”
Mays put the Wolfpack ahead for good with two free throws, then hit a hanging shot in the lane and two more foul shots for a 45-39 lead. Gonzalez soon followed with a 3 off an of-fensive rebound from just-inserted freshman Josh Davis to start the 18-5 run that blew the game open.
“I don’t think we were
really concerned,” Mays said of the 37-all tie in the second half. “It was to me like they were play-ing harder than we were (late in the first half). It’s something we don’t want to happen. We came out the second half with a whole different mindset and that was to turn it up defen-sively and get out on the break more.”
Dennis Horner added 15 points for the Wolfpack, while Gonzalez had eight points, eight rebounds and eight assists after winning the starting point guard job in the preseason.
The game was part of the Glenn Wilkes Classic, though the Wolfpack won’t play again in the event until facing Akron on Nov. 20 in Daytona Beach, Fla.
It also marked a home-coming for Panthers guard Marques Johnson, who sat out last year after transfer-ring from N.C. State. He had two points and two rebounds in 15 minutes as a reserve.
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20 mph on Thursday.“I think you get more
production going inside and being able to focus than out there with the wind flying, the rain and everything,” receiver Muhsin Muhammad said. “You can’t do much out there. You can’t throw the ball down the field in that situation.”
Jake Delhomme, who has struggled all season, couldn’t throw the ball deep the past two days at the Charlotte Sports
Center, either. The facility, a 10-minute drive from Bank of America Stadium, has a field that’s 72 yards long and 32 yards wide. An NFL field is 120 yards long and 53 yards wide.
The width forced the Panthers to run plays side-ways, with the equipment staff putting tape where the hash marks should be. Cones marked a virtual sideline.
“It’s somewhat like an NFL field,” Fox said.
Thursday’s practice
included curious onlookers as they climbed off nearby exercise bikes. Left tackle Jordan Gross paused for a picture with a child as Pearl Jam played from above, hardly the normal secret atmosphere of an NFL practice.
The lack of space has given some banged-up players more time to heal. Running back DeAngelo Williams practiced on a limited basis after sitting out Wednesday with a sore left knee. But there was
no room for his signature sprint the length of the field on each run.
Defensive end Julius Peppers practiced in full despite a hand injury. Landon Johnson, expected to start at weakside line-backer after Thomas Davis’ season-ending knee injury, got his work in, too.
But with a low ceiling, punter Jason Baker mostly stood around, unable to work on what is normally the busiest day of the week for special teams. Kickoff
specialist Rhys Lloyd was idle, too.
“If it was Week 2 or something I would prob-ably say I don’t really need that,” Baker said of the rest. “But at this time of the season I’m good with it.”
Kicker John Kasay did attempt some field goals during a special teams drill by kicking into a net that surrounded the field.
Other teams in colder areas (Cincinnati) and hotter (Arizona and Dallas
after the Cowboys’ bubble recently collapsed) don’t have indoor facilities, so the Panthers are hardly at the front of the complaint line.
Players mostly shrugged off the schedule change, with linebacker Jon Beason joking that he’d like a bubble — but at their training camp site in steamy Spartanburg, S.C.
“It’s hot, it’s 90 degrees in Spartanburg,” Beason said. “Who cares about rain and hurricanes and stuff?”
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north Carolina State’s tracy Smith looks for room as Georgia State’s James Fields defends during the first half of Thurs-day’s game in Raleigh.
defense to zone in the fourth as a favor to the opposing coach, who wanted his team to get a different defensive look.
The Eagles scored the first 12 points of the fourth before a Capell 3 finally got the Spartans on the board. Fayetteville outscored KVA 30-14 in the quarter.
The Eagles put togeth-er another strong effort in the fifth and final period to hold off KVA for the 85-61 (unofficial) win.
“They are a very good team. They were one point away from a state championship last year,” Carrier said of the Eagles. “It was a good measuring stick. We’re about where I thought we
would be.”Overby finished with
11 points and Tyler Bol-ton chipped in with eight.
The Spartans will take the court again Satur-day in another tuneup game with O’Neal School before officially beginning the season on Tuesday against Franklin Acad-emy.
“I think we have a lot of heart,” said Carrier. “There’s no selfishness on this team. They’re a true team. Tonight, we see things we can improve on and I have the utmost confidence this is going to be a step in the right direction for us.”
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Three freshmen Tennessee football players, includ-ing highly touted wide receiver recruit Nu’Keese Richardson and starting safety Janzen Jackson, were charged with at-tempted armed robbery Thursday morning.
Richardson, 18, and Jackson, 18, along with defensive back Mike Ed-wards, 18, and companion Marie Montmarquet, 22, were each charged with three counts of attempted armed robbery in connec-tion with an incident at a gas station in an area known as “The Strip” at the edge of Tennessee’s campus.
Richardson was being held Thursday afternoon on a $19,500 bond. Ed-wards was released on a $19,500 bond and Jackson was released on his own recognizance.
“Mr. Jackson vehement-ly asserts his innocence, and we hope that this will become apparent in the next 24 to 48 hours,” Jack-son’s attorney Don Bosch said in a statement. It was not immediately known if Richardson and Edwards
had attorneys.The three players are
the first arrested during the tenure of first-year coach Lane Kiffin, who on Thursday said he would not make any comment on the situation until he knew more. Kiffin’s prede-cessor, Phillip Fulmer, was often criticized for being too lax on a number of his players who had discipline problems.
“We’re gathering all the information so we don’t know exactly what happened. Unfortunately there was an incident. We made it 11 months and 11 days without (any inci-dents). We’ll deal with the information as it comes in,” Kiffin said.
Kiffin also declined to say if he had spoken with any of the players or what kind of discipline they might be facing. He also refused to comment on how the incident would affect the Volunteers as they prepare to travel to Mississippi on Saturday.
The three victims told police they were sitting in their parked vehicle just before 2 a.m. Thursday at a gas station near Tennes-see’s campus when two males dressed in hooded jackets, one brandishing
a handgun, approached and demanded, “Give us everything you’ve got.”
“The victims stated that they all presented their wallets to the suspects and showed them that they did not have money,” the police report said. “The victims stated that a third black male then approached and told the other two black males, ’We’ve got to go.”’
The three suspects were seen leaving in a Toyota Prius, and police pulled over a vehicle matching the description nearby. Police spotted a pellet gun and hooded jackets and later found drug parapher-nalia and a bag of what appeared to be marijuana.
Police say Montmarquet told them the drug para-phernalia and substance belonged to her and she was charged with simple possession.
The victims identified Richardson and Edwards as the men who ap-proached their vehicle.
The incident happened at a gas station oper-ated by Pilot, a company founded by former Ten-nessee football player and longtime booster Jim Haslam. Tennessee’s out-door football practice field
is named Haslam Field in his honor.
Richardson, a highly touted recruit from Pahokee, Fla., originally committed to Florida but switched to Tennessee after being recruited by coach Lane Kiffin. Kif-fin joked in a February recruiting celebration that Florida coach Urban Meyer cheated in trying to keep Richardson as a Gator, earning Kiffin a reprimand from the South-eastern Conference.
Richardson had told Kiffin recently he was frustrated with his lack of production but scored his first touchdown in a 56-28 win over Memphis on Saturday. He’s had six catches this season for 58 yards and served as a punt return specialist.
Edwards, a Cleveland, Ohio, native has played in eight games this season and registered five tackles.
Jackson, a Lake Charles, La., native, has started seven games this season, logging 33 tackles and a forced fumble. He was suspended for the Memphis game, a week after he was named SEC freshman of the week for a strong performance against South Carolina.
Three Tennessee players named in armed robbery attempt
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Evan Turner followed up his triple-double with 24 points and 17 rebounds and No. 16 Ohio State recovered from a listless spell to beat James Madi-son 72-44 on Thursday night in the 2K Sports Classic.
David Lighty added 14 points and Wil-liam Buford had 12 for the Buckeyes (2-0), who advance to meet sixth-ranked defending national champion North Carolina in the semifinals next Thursday night in Madison Square Garden.
Turner had the pro-gram’s second recorded triple-double in Monday night’s opener, going for 14 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists in a 100-60 win over Alcorn State. He finished with four assists and two steals Thursday night.
Pierre Curtis had nine points for James Madison (1-0), which was 21-15 last season.
Turner received a standing ovation from a crowd of 11,356 when he left the game with just over 5 minutes remain-ing.
Dallas Lauderdale, who had missed the
exhibition game and the season opener with a broken bone in his hand, also received a nice ova-tion when he entered the game at the 14:50 mark of the first half. Ohio State’s starting center last season played 13 minutes and had two points and four rebounds.
The Buckeyes broke out to a 10-2 lead in the opening 3 1/2 minutes but then went into a deep freeze. The Dukes pulled even at 16 on Matt Parker’s 3-pointer with 8:37 left.
But Ohio State fin-ished the half on an 11-5 run. Turner, who had 13 points and eight rebounds at halftime, hit a shot behind the arc with 5 sec-onds left for a 34-25 lead.
After the Dukes scored the first point of the second half, the Buckeyes went on a 10-0 run with Jon Diebler and Lighty each hitting a 3. James Madison scored the next four points before Ohio State went on another 10-0 run, this time Lighty scoring five points and Turner three.
The Dukes had won the only previous meet-ing between the schools, upsetting the Buckeyes 55-48 in the first round of the 1982 NCAA tourna-ment in Charlotte, N.C.
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ohio State’s Dallas lauderdale knocks the ball away from James Madison’s Andrey Semenov during the first half of thursday’s game.
Turner’s 24 lead No. 16 Buckeyes to 72-44 win
cago (4-5), which had 10 penalties and lost its second straight and fourth in five. Patrick Willis wreaked havoc on the Bears with 11 tackles, one of few bright spots for the 49ers.
Cutler threw four or more interceptions for the second time this season and has an NFL-worst 17 in all. He became the first Bears quarterback since Billy Wade in 1962 to have two four-interception games in a season.
The Bears got field goals of 50 and 38 yards from Robbie Gould in a game that quickly became about who could keep possession of the ball and make the fewest mistakes.
It marked the first time Singletary faced his former team as a head coach. The
Hall of Fame linebacker spent all 12 of his NFL seasons with the Bears, capturing two Defensive Player of the Year awards, being selected to 10 Pro Bowls and winning the Super Bowl following 1985 season.
Singletary wanted little to do with the hype of him facing the Bears, insisting he couldn’t think about anything but coaching the 49ers to victory to save the season.
San Francisco won its seventh straight home game against the Bears, including one in the play-offs. Chicago’s last victory at Candlestick Park came during the Bears’ ’85 Super Bowl season with Single-tary leading the defense. The Bears had won the last
three in the series.Gore ran for a 14-yard
touchdown run one play after Cutler’s second inter-ception late in the second quarter as the Niners took a 7-3 halftime lead. Joe Nedney added a 21-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter after missing a 39-yarder wide right on San Francisco’s opening drive — his first miss of the season from inside 40 yards.
Neither quarterback had impressive numbers. Smith was 16 of 23 for 118 yards and Cutler 29 of 52 for 307. Chicago outgained San Francisco 350-216.
Niners tight end Vernon Davis fired up the Bears with his trash talk Tues-day, saying: “I think we can destroy their front.” Davis and Bears defensive
lineman Adewale Ogunleye got into a pregame jawing session and some of the Chicago captains intention-ally avoided shaking Davis’ hand before the coin toss.
Davis dealt out his own punishment when he bowled over Bears lineback-er Nick Roach, sending him to the sideline briefly on his only catch of the half. Davis committed two false start penalties.
San Francisco punted with 2:53 left to give the Bears a final chance.
The Bears lost tight end Desmond Clark to a neck injury and cornerback Zack-ary Bowman to an abdomi-nal injury. Niners lineback-er Takeo Spikes left the game in the second quarter with a strained hamstring and didn’t return.
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ATLANTA — Tim Hudson agreed to a $28 million, three-year contract with the Atlanta Braves on Thursday, giving the team a wealth of starting pitch-ing and setting up a likely trade to bolster the offense.
Hudson could have returned to the Braves under a $12 million option, but the sides focused on a longer deal after the right-hander showed he had overcome major elbow surgery.
His new deal calls for salaries of $9 million in each of the next three seasons, and the Braves get a $9 million club option for 2013 with a $1 million buyout. If Hudson pitches at least 600 innings over the next three seasons, he would receive a $500,000 bonus after the 2012 season.
The 34-year-old grew up in neighboring Alabama and said all along he was willing to give the Braves a discount to remain close to home. The agreement was reached quickly after the team completed its postseason organizational
meetings.The pitcher said it
actually took longer to schedule a physical and set up insurance for the new contract than the actual negotiations.
“I did all I could do to get healthy and show them they could have confidence in me,” said Hudson, who returned to start seven games late in the season after missing a full year. “They came to me with an opening offer than was more than fair. They showed me they really wanted to get something done, as did I.”
The Braves now have six starters under contract for next season: Hudson, Javier Vazquez, Jair Jurrjens, Tommy Hanson, Derek Lowe and Kenshin Kawakami.
Jurrjens (14-10, 2.60 ERA) and Hanson (11-4, 2.89), both 23, are the long-term cornerstones of the staff and Vazquez is coming off one of the best seasons (15-10, 2.87) of his career. Vazquez, who is heading into the final year of his contract, might be the most attractive pitcher in a trade since Lowe (15-10, 4.67) and Kawakami
(7-12, 3.86) are both in the middle of expensive, long-term deals.
“We felt like the strength of our ballclub was the starting rotation, and we wanted to con-tinue to have that as our strength,” general manager Frank Wren said. “Now we have the ability to go out and continue to mold our ballclub. Quite frankly, I don’t know what it’s going to look like on opening day, but it’s starting to take form. This is the first step.”
The Braves ranked third in the NL with a 3.57 ERA, while the offense improved after Wren made trades for first baseman Adam LaRo-che and center fielder Nate McLouth. But LaRoche is a free agent and the team may be reluctant to sign him to a long-term deal with top prospect Freddie Freeman close to being ready for the big leagues.
The outfield also needs an upgrade. Left fielder Garret Anderson is a free agent and unlikely to return, while Wren must weigh any moves with an eye toward making room for the team’s best prospect, outfielder Jason Heyward, who could make
the jump to the big leagues as soon as next season.
Then there’s the bullpen: co-closers Rafael Soriano and Mike Gonzalez have both filed for free agency; the team would like to bring at least one of them back.
“This does give us depth and strength in one area of our club and allows us to have flexibility to do other things now,” Wren said. “We’re a work in progress.”
Hudson, a former 20-game winner in Oakland, was the ace of the Braves’ staff until he tore up his elbow during the 2008 sea-son. He underwent Tommy John ligament replacement surgery and was out for a full year.
But he returned at the end of this past season to go 2-1 with a 3.61 ERA in his seven starts, proving to the Braves that his right elbow would be at full strength in 2010.
“I’ll tell you what, man, it feels really, really good,” said Hudson, who re-cently began his offseason conditioning program. “It feels just as normal as my left elbow. I didn’t think I would ever be able to say that.”
Hudson agrees on $28M, three-year deal with Braves
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New Orleans coach Byron Scott talks with Hornets for-ward James Posey in the first half of last Friday’s game.
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WESTWEGO, La. — The New Orleans Hornets fired Byron Scott only nine games into the season on Thursday and replaced him with general manager Jeff Bower, hoping the man who put the current roster together can get more out of it on the court.
“I told Jeff, ’The genie’s out of the bottle,”’ Hornets chief operating officer Hugh Weber said. “No-body can say he doesn’t have the right players. ... Jeff has hand-selected this team, and we like the idea that now he’ll be held ac-countable for the results.”
Scott, who only two seasons ago was the NBA coach of the year, was fired one day after a 124-104 loss at Phoenix dropped New Orleans to 3-6.
Bower, who also will remain general manager, immediately moved to name Tim Floyd his top assistant. Floyd, a former Hornets head coach, had more recently coached at Southern California. He led USC to three straight NCAA tournament ap-pearances, then resigned last June amid allegations he paid to have O.J. Mayo play for the Trojans. An NCAA investigation of the matter is ongoing.
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W L Pct GBDenver 6 3 .667 -Portland 6 3 .667 -Oklahoma City 4 4 .500 1.5Utah 3 5 .375 2.5Minnesota 1 8 .111 5.0
Pacific Division W L Pct GBPhoenix 8 1 .889 -L.A. Lakers 6 1 .857 1.0Sacramento 4 4 .500 3.5L.A. Clippers 3 6 .333 5.0Golden State 2 5 .286 5.0
Southwest Division W L Pct GBDallas 5 3 .625 -Houston 5 3 .625 -San Antonio 4 3 .571 .5New Orleans 3 6 .333 2.5Memphis 1 8 .111 4.5
Wednesday’s GamesIndiana 108, Golden State 94Toronto 99, Chicago 89Detroit 98, Charlotte 75Boston 105, Utah 86
Atlanta 114, New York 101Philadelphia 82, New Jersey 79Milwaukee 108, Denver 102Cleveland 102, Orlando 93Portland 107, Minnesota 84San Antonio 92, Dallas 83Houston 104, Memphis 79Oklahoma City 83, L.A. Clippers 79Phoenix 124, New Orleans 104
Thursday’s GamesCleveland 111, Miami 104Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Friday’s GamesUtah at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Orlando, 7 p.m.Golden State at New York, 7:30 p.m.Atlanta at Boston, 8 p.m.Portland at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Houston at Sacramento, 10 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Denver, 10:30 p.m.Toronto at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday’s GamesNew Orleans at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Boston at Indiana, 7 p.m.Portland at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m.Utah at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.New Jersey at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m.Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m.Golden State at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
NHLStandings
EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GANew Jersey 17 13 4 0 26 46 35Pittsburgh 19 12 7 0 24 55 51Philadelphia 15 10 4 1 21 57 38N.Y. Rangers 19 10 8 1 21 59 53N.Y. Islanders 18 6 6 6 18 48 55
Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GASan Jose 19 13 4 2 28 65 45Los Angeles 19 11 6 2 24 63 56Phoenix 17 10 7 0 20 45 39Dallas 17 7 4 6 20 54 52Anaheim 16 6 8 2 14 46 52
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Wednesday’s GamesWashington 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, SODetroit 9, Columbus 1New Jersey 3, Anaheim 1Buffalo 3, Edmonton 1Los Angeles 5, Carolina 2Chicago 3, Colorado 2, SO
Thursday’s GamesFlorida 1, Boston 0, SOPhiladelphia 5, Ottawa 1Atlanta 5, N.Y. Rangers 3Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 3, SONew Jersey 4, Pittsburgh 1Detroit 3, Vancouver 1Nashville 3, St. Louis 1Montreal at Phoenix, 9 p.m.Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Friday’s GamesMinnesota at Washington, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 7 p.m.Anaheim at Columbus, 7 p.m.Los Angeles at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Calgary at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.Toronto at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday’s GamesN.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 2 p.m.Calgary at Toronto, 7 p.m.Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 7 p.m.Anaheim at Detroit, 7 p.m.Washington at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Boston at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Dallas at Phoenix, 8 p.m.Montreal at Nashville, 8 p.m.Vancouver at Colorado, 10 p.m.
Sunday’s GamesMinnesota at Carolina, 1:30 p.m.Edmonton at Atlanta, 2 p.m.San Jose at Chicago, 7 p.m.
NFLStandings
AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast
W L T Pct PF PANew England 6 2 0 .750 225 115N.Y. Jets 4 4 0 .500 177 134Miami 3 5 0 .375 193 204Buffalo 3 5 0 .375 123 169
South W L T Pct PF PAIndianapolis 8 0 0 1.000 217 108Houston 5 4 0 .556 215 188Jacksonville 4 4 0 .500 157 198Tennessee 2 6 0 .250 148 238
North W L T Pct PF PACincinnati 6 2 0 .750 180 135Pittsburgh 6 2 0 .750 195 139Baltimore 4 4 0 .500 206 154Cleveland 1 7 0 .125 78 209
West W L T Pct PF PADenver 6 2 0 .750 150 124San Diego 5 3 0 .625 206 179Oakland 2 6 0 .250 78 201Kansas City 1 7 0 .125 126 205
South W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 8 0 0 1.000 303 174Atlanta 5 3 0 .625 202 166Carolina 3 5 0 .375 148 196Tampa Bay 1 7 0 .125 134 231
North W L T Pct PF PAMinnesota 7 1 0 .875 244 174Green Bay 4 4 0 .500 215 172Chicago 4 5 0 .444 186 201Detroit 1 7 0 .125 133 237
West W L T Pct PF PAArizona 5 3 0 .625 198 164San Francisco 4 5 0 .444 184 180Seattle 3 5 0 .375 167 167St. Louis 1 7 0 .125 77 221
Thursday’s Sports TransactionsBy The Associated Press
BASEBALLn American LeagueKANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with INF Wilson Betemit on a minor league contract. Named Mitch Webster midwest regional scouting supervisor.TEXAS RANGERS—Announced the retirement of vice president of community development Norm Lyons.TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Named Gary Rajsich professional crosschecker, Brandon Mozley regional crosschecker, Brian Parker professional scout and Dan Cox area scout. Promoted Tom Burns, Dan Cholowsky and Matt Briggs to regional crosscheckers.n National LeagueATLANTA BRAVES—Agreed to terms with RHP Tim Hudson on a three-year contract.WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Named Jim Riggleman manager.n Midwest LeagueDAYTON DRAGONS—Announced Ken Griffey was named hitting coach.n Can-Am LeagueBROCKTON ROX—Signed 1B Jabe Bergeron.n Frontier League
TRANSACTIONS
OAKLAND COUNTY CRUISERS—Exercised the 2010 contract options of RHP Arshwin Asjes, RHP Adam Dominick, LHP Eric Gilliand, RHP Jonathan Haldis, RHP Kurt Hayer, RHP Nate Kafka, RHP Earl Oakes, RHP Nolan Shaffer, RHP Scott Van Es, RHP P.J. Zocchi, catcher Ben Barrone, catcher Lee Rubin, 3B Jimmy Baker, INF Bryan Bonner, 1B Joash Brodin, 3B Robbie Knapp, SS Roberto Mena, OF Jeremy Jones, OF Clay McCord, and OF Zachary Pace.
BASKETBALLn National Basketball AssociationNEW ORLEANS HORNETS—Fired coach Byron Scott. Named Jeff Bower coach.TORONTO RAPTORS—Released G Quincy Douby.
HOCKEYn National Hockey LeagueNHL—Reinstated Anaheim owner Henry Samueli from his indefinite suspension on June 24, 2008. Suspended Vancouver F Darcy Hordichuk for one game for being assessed an instigator penalty in a Nov. 10 game against St. Louis. Fined Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault $10,000 for the because of the instigator penalty incident.BUFFALO SABRES—Reassigned G Jhonas Enroth to Portland (AHL).CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Placed C Dave Bolland on injured reserve.DETROIT RED WINGS—Recalled G Daniel Larsson from Grand Rapids (AHL). Released G Sebastien Centomo.NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Reassigned F Dave Scatchard to Milwaukee (AHL).PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Recalled D Ben Lovejoy from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Placed D Mike Komisarek on injured reserve. Recalled D Carl Gunnarsson from Toronto (AHL). Assigned F Jay Rosehill to Toronto.n ECHLKALAMAZOO WINGS—Announced G Julien Ellis has been returned from Lake Erie (AHL).
SOCCERn Major Indoor Soccer LeaguePHILADELPHIA KIXX—Signed F David Castellanos, F Jeremy Ortiz, F Leo Gibson and F Pete Rowley.
COLLEGEARIZONA—Promoted women’s assistant soccer coach Lisa Oyen to women’s soccer coach.
6B THE DAILY DISPATCH COMICS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009
DILBERT BY SCOTT ADAMSBLONDIE BY DEAN YOUNG & DENNIS LEBRUN
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Chil-dren get so engrossed in whatever itis they’re doing that they completelyforget about everything else aroundthem. Most of us lose this ability aswe get older, but not you. Whereveryou are, you are there, entirely.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).When a friend tells you a secret,you’ll keep it forever. It’s like light to ablack hole — once it goes in it nevercomes out again. Your friends recog-nize this, which is why you know somuch about them.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’rea rebel in the coolest way. Go outand buy a belt buckle that says ‘RockStar’ in all caps. Then saunter aroundlike a cowboy looking for trouble. Ac-tually, you don’t need to. It’s all inyour attitude.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).You’ll receive a message from afriend. It’s nothing urgent, thoughyour timely reply will bring some un-expected good fortune. Continue tobelieve that there are no accidents inlife, and things will shape up in an in-teresting way.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). They sayyou can’t please everyone all thetime, but then again, “they” nevermet you when you’re on your game.Today, without really trying, you seemto make most everyone happy.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’reblessed with so many material pos-sessions that you don’t have time toemploy them all. You’re trying to,though. You will finally figure out howto use a certain piece of equipmentand with highly successful results.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’relooking for someone who can helpyou, but the only problem is, you’renot really sure what needs doing justyet. The time you spend thinking,planning and brainstorming will bewell spent.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).You’ll be up to a bit of mischief.Whatever the rules are, you’ll investi-gate their flexibility. You’ll enjoy test-ing the accepted codes of behaviorto see how far they will stretch to ac-commodate your intentions.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).Most people can’t wait to get homefrom work. But you will find yourselfstaying late without realizing it. You’lljust get swept away in the current ofaccomplishment. Float on.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).From reality television to video blogs,you’ve had about enough of this eraof over-sharing. You long for the daysof discretion and decorum. Well,bring ‘em back. Your classy, con-tained style will influence thosearound you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).Greek pillars are not perfectlystraight. They swell at the bottomand taper at the top, so as to give asense of the organic curve of nature.Your strength is like this: powerfuland sturdy, but with a soft, gentlegrace.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).Even if you’re not normally a runner,you’ll benefit from this type of move-ment now. The lilting clip of a steadyjog will work out your angst. You’ll belight on your feet and in your spirit.
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