C M Y K SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2009 (252) 436-2700 www.hendersondispatch.com 50 cents Volume XCV, No. 291 KVA WRESTLING PINNED BY S. GRANVILLE SPORTS, PAGE 1B AMERICAN PROFILE MAGAZINE INSIDE TODAY THOMAS CHAPEL CALLS NEW PASTOR FAITH, PAGE 1C Our Hometown 2A Business & Farm 5A Opinion 6A Light Side 7A Sports 1-3B Faith 1-4C Comics 5C Classifieds 6-8C Index Obituaries, 4A Deaths Louisburg Jennie L Martinez, 49 Manson Emma Reid, 50 Rougemont Lindwood Adcock, 53 Queens, N.Y. Victor M Tarry Sr, 70 Details, 3A Weather SUNDAY Rain likely High: 45 Low: 34 Partly cloudy High: 46 Low: 35 TODAY BY AL WHELESS DAILY DISPATCH WRITER In the near future, some public high school students in Vance County will probably no longer be able to say, “My dog ate my homework.” Teaching teachers to teach teachers to teach freshmen in the next school year — and possibly sophomores “down the road” — how to use their new laptops was the purpose of an unusual class held Wednesday in the drama room at Southern Vance High School. Eventually, tests, homework, study exercises and other as- signments will be carried out on students’ computers and then transmitted to the teacher’s. Parents will also be getting the instructions on how to use the laptops. Eighteen teachers and administrators took the first of two sessions to gain the infor- mation they will disperse at Southern, Northern and Western Vance, as well as the Early College High School at Vance-Granville Com- munity College. They were taught by Orlando Terry, the technical support person at Southern Vance, and Tonya Williams, a career and technical education instructor at North Vance. Shortly after the class started, Williams told her pu- pils they had eight minutes to mingle with each other to trade names and interesting facts about themselves. “If you happen to make a love connection (during the process), that’s not what this is about, but if you do, send me an invita- tion (to the wedding),” Williams said. The next training class is scheduled to be conducted Jan. 25. Vance County Schools of- ficials have high hopes that many of the computers will be paid for with the help of at least $662,000 in grant money — and maybe more — from the Golden LEAF Foundation. Even if that doesn’t happen, a spokesperson for the school system said Wednesday, efforts will still be made to get lap tops into the hands of about 800 ninth-graders and, eventually, an equal number of 10th-grad- ers. The Dell computers, which are wireless, will each cost ap- proximately $400. Brian Creasman, Southern Vance’s principal, told the group that “there is a lot of train- ing for teachers, parents and students that needs to be done, and it needs to start right now, or we’ll run out of time.” He explained to them that DAILY DISPATCH/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE The glow of laptop computers helps illuminate the darkened drama room at Southern Vance High School during staff development for teachers from Southern Vance, Northern Vance, Western Vance and the Early College High School on Vance County Schools’ 1 to 1 Initiative Wednesday afternoon. DAILY DISPATCH/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE Sandra Wiggins, social studies teacher from Southern Vance, works on a laptop Wednesday afternoon while Janet White and Kirsha Robertson, teachers from Northern Vance, talk about a wiki page during staff develop- ment for Vance County Schools 1 to 1 Initiative at Southern Vance High School. School fight had start in incident in community BY DISPATCH STAFF An incident in the com- munity Sunday spilled over into a fight Wednesday among Western Vance High School students in the Southern Vance High School parking lot, West- ern’s principal, Eric Pierce, said Friday. Pierce said he could not comment on the cause of the fight because the students were arrested and are awaiting appearances in court. However, he said, the fight was about retali- ation. The fight involved seven students at about 8 a.m. when they were transfer- ring from a school bus that brought them to Southern Vance to one that would take them on to Western, Pierce said. He said that all seven have been suspended in accordance with school dis- trict policy and that further action against them could be taken. He said no one was injured. All seven were charged with misdemeanor simple affray and misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Each was given a secured bond of $2,000 and court date of Jan. 5. Those charged were Sha’Keema Hargrove, 17, of 1261 Americal Road Lot Former school employee to run for Wright’s seat BY DAVID IRVINE DAILY DISPATCH WRITER William Gordon Wilder has announced his intention to file for a position on the Vance County Board of Commissioners in Febru- ary 2010. He hopes to represent the citi- zens of District 3 in Vance County on the seat now occupied by Danny Wright, who has said he will not seek re-election. Wilder, 59, is a native of Franklin County but has lived and worked in Vance County for over 35 years. During this time he has served in both profes- sional and community volunteer capacities to promote and improve Vance County. He began his professional career with Vance County Schools in 1971, serving as an Automotive Technology instructor for 21 years and as Director of Transportation for nine years. He retired from the latter position in 2002. Since March 2002, Wilder has held the position of service man- ager with the local agribusiness firm Quality Equipment, LLC, formerly known as E&E Farm Equipment. He has also been actively engaged in farming in the Epsom community since 1976, growing tobacco, wheat and soybeans. Wilder is an active volunteer, working for his church, com- munity, schools and in several appointed county positions. He is a member of New Sandy Creek Baptist Church, where he holds numerous positions, including deacon, Sunday school teacher and chairman of the Family Life Center Building Committee. Wilder has been a member of the Vance County Fire Depart- ment, Vance County Rescue Squad and the Epsom Volunteer Fire Department. He has served as president of the Aycock School PTA, the Hen- derson Middle School PTA and the Southern Vance High School Athletic Booster Association. Wilder was a member of the Vance County Emergency Plan- DAILY DISPATCH/WILLIAM F. WEST The Historic Preservation Commission has granted a Certificate of Appropriateness to a contractor to restore the Manie Currin house at 203 Main St. in Oxford. Teachers learning how to teach use of laptops in high schools ‘These are computer-based children ... we are handing them paper and pencil’ District 3 candidate announces Wilder Students bickered earlier Currin house renovation gets panel’s blessing BY WILLIAM F. WEST DAILY DISPATCH WRITER OXFORD — The His- toric Preservation Com- mission granted a Certifi- cate of Appropriateness (COA) to a contractor to restore the decrepit-look- ing Manie Currin house at 203 Main St. The vote means the contractor, Steve Gregory, must begin work within six months or else the COA is void. And the COA would be voided if Gregory discontinues work for half a year. “We’ll be finished in six months,” Gregory said, with preservation commis- sioners applauding after their vote. Gregory said he be- lieved work would start sometime next month. A COA is an approval given to a local historic landmark or property in a historic district for altera- tions as proposed by the property owner. The COA assures maintenance of PLEASE SEE STUDENTS, PAGE 4A PLEASE SEE CANDIDATE, PAGE 4A PLEASE SEE LAPTOPS, PAGE 4A Request from Oxford Baptist Church for columbarium OK’d PLEASE SEE CURRIN, PAGE 3A
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In the near future, some public high school students in Vance County will probably no longer be able to say, “My dog ate my homework.”
Teaching teachers to teach teachers to teach freshmen in the next school year — and possibly sophomores “down the road” — how to use their new laptops was the purpose of an unusual class held Wednesday in the drama room at Southern Vance High School.
Eventually, tests, homework, study exercises and other as-signments will be carried out on students’ computers and then transmitted to the teacher’s.
Parents will also be getting the instructions on how to use the laptops.
Eighteen teachers and administrators took the first of two sessions to gain the infor-mation they will disperse at Southern, Northern and Western Vance, as well as the Early College High School at Vance-Granville Com-munity College.
They were taught by Orlando Terry, the technical support person at Southern Vance, and Tonya Williams, a career and technical education instructor at North Vance.
Shortly after the class
started, Williams told her pu-pils they had eight minutes to mingle with each other to trade names and interesting facts about themselves.
“If you happen to make a love connection (during the process), that’s not what this is about, but if you do, send me an invita-tion (to the
wedding),” Williams said.The next training class is
scheduled to be conducted Jan. 25.
Vance County Schools of-ficials have high hopes that many of the computers will be paid for with the help of at least $662,000 in grant money — and
maybe more — from the Golden LEAF Foundation.
Even if that doesn’t happen, a spokesperson for the school system said Wednesday, efforts will still be made to get lap tops into the hands of about 800 ninth-graders and, eventually, an equal number of 10th-grad-ers.
The Dell computers, which are wireless, will each cost ap-proximately $400.
Brian Creasman, Southern Vance’s principal, told the group that “there is a lot of train-ing for teachers, parents and students that needs to be done, and it needs to start right now, or we’ll run out of time.”
He explained to them that
daIly dISpatCh/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE
The glow of laptop computers helps illuminate the darkened drama room at Southern Vance High School during staff development for teachers from Southern Vance, Northern Vance, Western Vance and the Early College High School on Vance County Schools’ 1 to 1 Initiative Wednesday afternoon.
daIly dISpatCh/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE
Sandra Wiggins, social studies teacher from Southern Vance, works on a laptop Wednesday afternoon while Janet White and Kirsha Robertson, teachers from Northern Vance, talk about a wiki page during staff develop-ment for Vance County Schools 1 to 1 Initiative at Southern Vance High School.
School fight hadstart in incidentin community
By DISPATCH STAFF
An incident in the com-munity Sunday spilled over into a fight Wednesday among Western Vance High School students in the Southern Vance High School parking lot, West-ern’s principal, Eric Pierce, said Friday.
Pierce said he could not comment on the cause of the fight because the students were arrested and are awaiting appearances in court. However, he said, the fight was about retali-ation.
The fight involved seven students at about 8 a.m. when they were transfer-ring from a school bus that brought them to Southern Vance to one that would take them on to Western, Pierce said.
He said that all seven have been suspended in accordance with school dis-trict policy and that further action against them could be taken.
He said no one was injured.
All seven were charged with misdemeanor simple affray and misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Each was given a secured bond of $2,000 and court date of Jan. 5.
Those charged were Sha’Keema Hargrove, 17, of 1261 Americal Road Lot
Former schoolemployee to runfor Wright’s seat
By DAVID IRVINEdaIly dISpatCh WrIter
William Gordon Wilder has announced his intention to file for a position on the Vance County Board of Commissioners in Febru-ary 2010.
He hopes to represent the citi-zens of District 3 in Vance County on the seat now occupied by Danny Wright, who has said he will not seek re-election.
Wilder, 59, is a native of Franklin County but has lived and worked in Vance County for over 35 years. During this time he has served in both profes-sional and community volunteer capacities to promote and improve Vance County.
He began his professional career with Vance County Schools in 1971, serving as an Automotive Technology instructor for 21 years and as Director of Transportation for nine years. He retired from the latter position in 2002.
Since March 2002, Wilder has held the position of service man-ager with the local agribusiness firm Quality Equipment, LLC, formerly known as E&E Farm Equipment.
He has also been actively engaged in farming in the Epsom community since 1976, growing tobacco, wheat and soybeans.
Wilder is an active volunteer, working for his church, com-munity, schools and in several appointed county positions. He is a member of New Sandy Creek Baptist Church, where he holds numerous positions, including deacon, Sunday school teacher and chairman of the Family Life Center Building Committee.
Wilder has been a member of the Vance County Fire Depart-ment, Vance County Rescue Squad and the Epsom Volunteer Fire Department.
He has served as president of the Aycock School PTA, the Hen-derson Middle School PTA and the Southern Vance High School Athletic Booster Association.
Wilder was a member of the Vance County Emergency Plan-
daIly dISpatCh/WILLIAM F. WEST
The Historic Preservation Commission has granted a Certificate of Appropriateness to a contractor to restore the Manie Currin house at 203 Main St. in Oxford.
Teachers learning how to teachuse of laptops in high schools
‘These are computer-basedchildren ... we are handingthem paper and pencil’
District 3candidateannounces
Wilder
Studentsbickeredearlier
Currin house renovation gets panel’s blessing
By WILLIAM F. WESTdaIly dISpatCh WrIter
OXFORD — The His-
toric Preservation Com-mission granted a Certifi-cate of Appropriateness (COA) to a contractor to restore the decrepit-look-ing Manie Currin house at 203 Main St.
The vote means the contractor, Steve Gregory, must begin work within six months or else the COA is void. And the COA would be voided if Gregory discontinues work for half
a year.“We’ll be finished in six
months,” Gregory said, with preservation commis-sioners applauding after their vote.
Gregory said he be-lieved work would start sometime next month.
A COA is an approval given to a local historic landmark or property in a historic district for altera-tions as proposed by the property owner. The COA assures maintenance of
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Christmas parades — The Warren County Christmas parade will begin at 5 p.m. in downtown Warrenton. The Grassy Creek community in Granville County will hold its annual Christmas parade at 2 p.m. The Alert community in Franklin County will also hold its annual Christmas parade at 2 p.m.
Cookies with Santa — “Cookies and Milk with Santa” will be held at the Aycock Recreation Center from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the multipurpose room. Come out and celebrate the season with Santa! Enjoy cookies and milk and make a Christmas tree orna-ment. Have your picture made with Santa for only $2.
Holiday step show — The “Holiday Celebration Step Show,” sponsored by Southern Vance High School, will be held at the Henderson Middle School Auditorium, 219 Charles St., Henderson, at 5 p.m., featuring elementary, middle school, and high school step teams from Oxford, Warrenton, Greensboro, Durham, Hillsborough and Henderson. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and admission is $5 in advance, $8 day of show. For information and tickets, call (919) 616-8694 or (252) 767-9783.
Christmas event — “Cookies & Cocoa for Children with Special Needs” will be held at Grey Stone Baptist Church, 2601 Hillsborough Rd., Durham from 1-4 p.m. Special needs children from throughout the region, including Vance, Warren and Gran-ville counties, can have their picture taken with Santa, make crafts, play games and have treats. The event is free. Please RSVP by contacting the Family Support Network of North Cen-tral Carolina at (919) 560-3000 or [email protected].
Christmas dance — The Epsom Country Club will hold its annual Christmas dance at 7 p.m., featuring the Southwind Band.
Dee’s Music Barn — Dee’s Music Barn, 3101 Walters Road, Creedmoor, will be featuring Johnny Goodman & The Hard Liv-ing Band at 7 p.m. For more information, call (919) 528-5878.
Ridgeway Opry House — Performing this week are Julia Morton, Cindy Ramsey, Ronald Puett, Donnie Gillam, Matt Nel-son, and Allen & Betsy Reid and The Home Folks. Guest band is The Doc Branch Band. Doors open at 6 p.m. Music starts at 7 p.m.
Blood drive — Cornerstone Christian Community Church and The American Red Cross will host a blood drive from 1:30-5:30 p.m. Walk-in donors are welcome.
Holiday concert — The Vance-Granville Community Band will present its second annual holiday concert at 4 p.m. in the Civic Center on the college’s main campus in Vance County. Admission is free and the event is open to the public.
Masonic meeting — Beacon Light Masonic Lodge #249 will hold its stated communication at 7 p.m. at the lodge, located at 1204 West Andrews Ave. For more information, contact Michael Edwards at 767-3672.
City Council — The Henderson City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the council chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. The swearing in of the 2010-2012 mayor and council also will be conducted.
Community watch — The Henderson Heights Apartments Community Watch will meet at the Community Building, 550 W. Andrews Ave., at 6 p.m.
Genealogical society — The Vance County Genealogical Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the First Baptist Church fellow-ship hall.
Board of Education — The Vance County Board of Educa-tion will meet at 7 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center Board Room, 1724 Graham Avenue.
Masonic meeting — Henderson Masonic Lodge #229 will hold a Stated Communication at 7 p.m. at the lodge, 401 Brodie Road. Dinner is at 6 p.m., followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. All Master Masons are invited to attend. NAACP — The Vance County branch of the NAACP will meet at 7 p.m. at the Gateway Center, 314 S. Garnett St., Henderson.
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“It’s cold out there!” to borrow a line from a popu-lar Christmas song, and so it seems like a strange time to begin making sum-mer plans.
However, the days fly by and those long summer days will be here before we know it. In prepa-ration for that time and to help you parents and grand-parents plan better, let me offer 4-H summer camp programs as an option. 4-H is open to all youth regardless of whether they are in a club.
What can be accom-plished at camp that can’t be taught elsewhere? Summer camp is a life-changing experience for children. 4-H summer camps operating in North Carolina offer campers a greater chance to learn, develop life skills and form
attitudes that will help them to become self-direct-ing and productive mem-bers of society. At camp, youth focus on subjects that might be difficult to handle at home due to the need for special equip-ment. Camp then becomes a learning laboratory that allows youth to apply their new knowledge to real-life situations. Since the camp day is even longer than a school day, learning continues around the clock and is more intensive.
Youth will have a chance to interact with people of different races and backgrounds and from different parts of the state. In the process, campers increase their understand-ing and appreciation of other people. Being around supportive people for even a short period of time en-courages interdependence. For many youth, it’s their first experience being an equal member of a commu-nity. Campers also learn that a group’s success de-pends on teamwork when everyone accepts a fair share of the work. These traits can lead to camp-ers becoming productive
members of society. Teenagers often begin
to assume adult leader-ship responsibilities while at camp or may receive specific instruction in leadership. Campers of all ages are exposed to working professionals and role models who may lead discussions about selecting a career.
What does 4-H camp offer that can’t be found at home? 4-H camp leads to feelings of achievement and success for all. Less focus is on competition and failure, and more empha-sis is on group cooperation and shared success. The adventures, new experi-ences and new skills found at camp contribute to a positive sense of self.
The outdoor environ-ment at camp teaches a person how to relate to the natural world and gives campers a change of pace. Being surrounded by plants, animals, birds and fish is part of the picture. Since many 4-H camp programs focus on people’s impact on the woods and open lands, campers gain firsthand exposure to reasons for protecting
and wisely managing the natural resources.
Vance County 4-H will offer youth two opportuni-ties to attend 4-H summer camps in 2010. Your youth may choose to attend either Betsy Jeff Penn 4-H Center in the foothills near Reidsville or Eastern 4-H Environmental Edu-cation Conference on the Albemarle Sound at the coast near Columbia. Both camps will run concur-rently from June 27-July 2, 2010.
Registration will be Jan. 7 at the Vance County Cooperative Extension Center at 305 Young St. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A $75 deposit is due at that time. Final payment won’t be due until May.
This holiday season, consider giving your youth a gift that will last longer than the latest fad. Be cre-ative! Call the 4-H Youth Development office at the Vance County Cooperative Extension Center at (252) 438-8188 if you need more information.
Portions excerpted from www.nc4h.org.
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Parents and educators, BTW (by the way), do U know text message lingo? R U able to decipher this unique language?
Did you know POS means “parent over shoulder” and TIW means “teacher is watching”?
Knowing how to read your children’s text mes-sage abbreviations may help you keep your chil-
dren out of trouble. For a fairly comprehen-
sive glossary of text mes-saging lingo, visit the fol-lowing website http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/textmessageabbreviations.asp or call (252) 438-8188 for a copy of the list.
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the property’s historic integrity.
Gregory said he has been in negotiations with Currin, who was not pres-ent for the Preservation Committee meeting, which was held Thursday eve-ning at City Hall. Gregory was accompanied by his brother, Sid.
Preservation Com-mission Chairwoman Virginia Clay wanted to know when the negotia-tions with Currin would be completed and when the Gregory brothers would begin work.
Steve Gregory said that “unfortunately” Cur-rin has family members with health problems in addition to continuing her work. Currin is in the court reporting business.
“And we’ve just been unable to connect,” Steve Gregory said, noting details about the restora-tion are ready to submit to Currin.
When Clay asked whether a meeting is scheduled with Currin, Steve Gregory said, “She is very difficult. Yes, I’m trying.”
“Like I say, it’s a lot of personal issues,” Steve Gregory said.
Clay asked whether there is any point in issu-ing a COA when there is no contract.
“I think we ought to do what we can to encourage the work,” Preservation Commissioner Yancey Washington said.
“We’ve been trying very hard,” Steve Gregory said, also noting this has been the most difficult structure to obtain pricing regarding replacing materials.
“Anything to get the ball rolling,” Preserva-tion Commissioner Susan Wicker said.
“Please approve it,” Steve Gregory said with a smile and a laugh. “I’ve
been working on this thing since last December.”
Preservation Commis-sioner Cynthia Yancey led the vote, which was unanimous.
“And start soon,” Wicker said.
Earlier in the meeting, Steve Gregory presented what was a poor-quality image of the more-than-century-old house he said was provided to him by Currin.
Of the house, Sid Gregory said, “It’s got a lot of water damage. The roof-ing leaked for years.”
Steve Gregory said, “It’s actually not in as bad a shape as it actually looks,” noting the house was built with good materials.
Sid Gregory said, “It just looks bad, but we’re just trying to put it back to its original condition,” noting no aluminum or vinyl will be put on the property.
Steve Gregory said a major part of the plan is to remove slate roofing from the part of the roof extend-ing over the front porch to use in replacing slate roofing on the main part of the house.
That is because replace-ment slates were unavail-able, Steve Gregory said.
And Steve Gregory said he will replace the roofing over the front porch with black, steel standing seam roofing.
Standing seam roofing is composed of pans that run parallel to the slope of the roof. And Steve Gregory said metal roofing can be found on the back side of the house.
And Steve Gregory said the plans include repairs to chimney foundations.
That prompted Clay to ask what would happen if the Gregory brothers had to replace any deteriorated brick.
“She’s got some brick
around there,” Steve Gregory replied, clarifying his answer to say Currin has some bricks and slates below the residence.
“There’s a lot of stuff under the house,” Sid Gregory said, to laughter in the meeting room.
“All right, let’s be nice now,” Steve Gregory said in a good-natured tone.
Currin’s home has at times been a subject of talk by local officials.
Mayor Al Woodlief in late 2006 told this reporter that one of his priorities for 2007 was to select a beautification panel to come up with ways to clamp down on irrespon-sible property owners.
And Woodlief added, “You’re going to have some people to holler.”
Woodlief was refer-ring to Currin being one of them. Currin declined comment when offered the opportunity at the time by this reporter, except to say, “Let him (Woodlief) have his fun.”
Woodlief had even been describing the Currin residence as resembling the “Munster House,” a derogatory reference to the 1960s television sit-com that starred Fred Gwynne and humorously depicted the life of a family of hor-ror movie monsters who believed they were normal.
The City Commission in September did pass a demolition by neglect ordi-nance, which gives the city the power to act against delinquent property own-ers in the College Street and Main Street historic districts.
Currin’s residence is at the edge of a vibrant cen-tral business district and a
cluster of stately mansions and additionally is across from a Richard H. Thorn-ton Library undergoing renovation.
In other business Thursday evening, the Preservation Commission quickly approved a COA for Oxford Baptist Church, 147 Main St., to have a columbarium, which is a vault with niches contain-ing urns of the ashes of the dead.
The columbarium will be between the educa-tional building and the sanctuary.
“It’s very in keeping with the architecture of the church as it still is,” said Jed Pittard, who is a member of the church’s columbarium committee.
The Preservation Com-mission met for nearly 40 minutes.
Near the end of the meeting, Clay let her fel-low commissioners know she is not going to be will-ing to serve as chairwom-an after the next meeting because of the intensity of her private sector duties. Clay is a financial advisor.
“I need to get off of this responsibility,” Clay said, noting she will be support-ive in filling out her term, which ends in June.
The Preservation Com-mission will meet again Feb. 18.
Yancey is serving as the Preservation Commis-sion’s vice chairwoman and her term also ends in June. Juanita Rogers and Martha Sneed were absent from Thursday evening’s meeting. Their terms also end in June.
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Lindwood Adcock
OXFORD — Lindwood “Buck” Adcock, 53, a resident of 543 Highway 158 West, Rougemont, died Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, after a long battle with cancer. A native of Granville County, he was the son of the late Ben and Dolly Oakley Adcock.
He was an avid Dale Earnhart fan and was a mechanic by trade.
Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery by the Revs. Keith Williams and Matt Rummage.
The visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, prior to the graveside service, at the Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford and at other times at the home.
Jennie L. Martinez
LOUISBURG — Jen-nie Lewis Martinez, 49, of Louisburg, was born Dec. 2, 1960, and died Friday, Dec. 11, 2009.
She was preceded in death by her father, Wil-
liam V. Lewis, and her stepfather, Jack Barnes.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at White Level Baptist Church with the Rev. Henry Stamper officiating. The family will receive friends immediately after the service and other times at the home.
She is survived by her son, Adrian Martinez; mother, Millie Barnes both of Louisburg; brothers, Ron Lewis of Venice, Fla., Marshall Lewis of Louis-burg, and Mike Lewis of Chesapeake, Va.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to White Level Baptist Church, Building Fund, 2400 White Level Road, Louisburg, N.C. 27549.
Arrangements are by Strickland Funeral Home of Louisburg.
Emma Reid
MANSON — Emma Reid, 50, of Manson, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Oak Level
United Church of Christ in Manson. The Rev. Leon White will officiate and burial will follow in the church cemetery.
She is survived by two sons, Shawn E. Reid and Derrick J. Reid of Manson; her mother, Anna B. Reid of Manson; five sisters, Lucy Henderson, Eller Bullock, Hattie Alexander, Maggie Durham and Betty Yancey, all of Manson; and a brother, James Reid Jr. of Manson.
The body will be on view today from noon until 7 p.m. at Boyd’s Funeral Service Chapel in War-renton.
Arrangements are by Boyd’s Funeral Service Chapel of Warrenton.
Victor M. Tarry Sr.
QUEENS, N.Y. — Vic-tor Marcellus Tarry Sr., 70, a resident of Queens, N.Y., died Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. He was born in Richmond, Va., to the late Bailey Hal and Annie Mae Terry Tarry.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.
ning Committee and served for a number of years as the chairman of the Vance County Transportation Advisory Committee.
Wilder is married to Pamela Moss Wilder. They reside at 6086 N.C. 39 Highway South. They have two grown daughters.
In announcing his plans to file for the District 3 county commissioner’s seat, Wilder said, “I wish to continue serving the citizens of Vance County and, specifically, those in the Third District. Vance County has been good to me
and my family. I now wish to contribute to the improve-ment of life for all Vance County citizens.”
Wilder said that he has a simple agenda:
• To serve as a catalyst to improve communication and cooperation between the city and county governments and with the school board.
• To work with the local board members to present a united front to federal and state government represen-tatives.
• To explore creative ways to recruit new busi-nesses and to work with
current businesses in an effort to increase the local job base.
“we’re not doing away with paper. We’re just adding another device.”
He described the 1-to-1 Initiative Project, which it is called, as “one of the biggest programs the high schools have been involved in, besides the introduc-tion of chalk boards into the classrooms.”
Williams explained that “nine out of 10 of our students are no longer paper-and-book children. But when you walk in a classroom, we are teaching with paper and books.”
These days, she said, “We need to use the tools our students are using to reach them.” Williams was referring to the cell phone, MP3 player, Facebook and Twitter.
“These are computer-based children, and we are handing them paper and pencil which is torture to
them,” Terry said. “They are more interactive now than stationary.”
4; Tu’Keisha Person, 18, of 1261 Americal Road Lot 4; Elvis Morgan III, 16, of 1009 Harriett St.; James Kearney, 17, of 92 Casei Lane; Janequa Gregory, 16, of 160 S. Vance
Drive; Quontrell Eaton, 17, of 53 Faulkner Lane; and Larry Dennis Satterfield, 17, of 801 Bridgers St.
Except for Gregory, who is being held in the Vance
County jail, the students were released on bond, ac-cording to sheriff’s reports.
A brand new Dell Latitude 2100 laptop computer sits at a work station Wednesday afternoon for staff development for Vance County School’s 1 to 1 Initiative at Southern Vance High School. These smaller sized computers are like the ones the system will be purchasing for incoming freshman in August 2010.
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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina labor officials say Melrose South Pyrotechnics of South Carolina let its employees keep a cigarette pack and lighter right by a truck full of fireworks that exploded, killing four work-
ers on Ocracoke Island.The Department of Labor
issued nine citations and fines of more than $40,000 Friday against the firm for the July 4 explosion.
The company was fined for having the workers use
the back of the box truck to put fuses into the 680 pounds of fireworks.
It was also fined for hav-ing a motorcycle battery inside the truck and using steel tools that could create a spark.
N.C. fines S.C. fireworks firm $40,000 for fatal blast
HOPE MILLS (AP) — Authorities say a baby and two adults died in a four-vehicle wreck in North Carolina.
Police said that the driver of a Ford Mustang crossed the center line and hit a sport
utility vehicle around 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Hope Mills. Two other vehicles also crashed.
Hope Mills police said 26-year-old Tristan Hanna of Webster, N.Y., and 26-year-old Hien Truong of Parkton died
Thursday at hospitals. Hanna was driving the Mustang, and Truong was driving the SUV.
Truong’s infant daughter died Thursday night. Two other adults were in critical condition.
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AVONDALE, La. — A cer-emony steeped in shipbuild-ing tradition kicked off major construction Friday on a U.S. Navy assault vessel named in honor of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
It is the second of three new Navy ships named for the sites of the Sept. 11 at-tacks. The USS New York en-tered service last month and the Arlington, memorializing the strike on the Pentagon, is under construction.
At the Northrop Grum-man Corp. shipyard near New Orleans, the keel of the Somerset — named for the Pennsylvania county where Flight 93 went down, killing all 40 passengers and crew members — was authenticat-ed by the ship’s sponsor, Mary Joe Myers, the wife of retired Air Force Gen. Richard My-ers, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Myers initialed a plaque stating the keel — the ship’s basic foundation — has been “truly and fairly laid.” After-wards, Northrop Grumman welder Lanford Bridges cut the initials into the plaque with a torch.
The $1.2 billion vessel is expected to be delivered to the Navy in 2012. The Somerset
is 684 feet long, is serviced by a crew of 350 sailors and can carry up to 800 Marines into assault operations. It has a flight deck that can handle helicopters and the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.
Flight 93 had left Newark, N.J., for San Francisco when four terrorists commandeered the cockpit.
Investigators believe ter-rorists crashed the plane as passengers rushed the cock-pit, making it the only one of the four airliners hijacked that day that did not reach its intended target, believed to be Washington.
“We continue to inspired by the selfless courage of
those on Flight 93,” said Gordon Felt, who has worked at the Avondale yard for 19 years and lost a brother, Edward, in the crash. Felt is president of Families of Flight 93.
The ship is a San Antonio-class amphibious dock vessel. The first five ships in the se-ries — the USS San Antonio, USS New Orleans, USS Mesa Verde, USS Green Bay and USS New York — are in ser-vice. Three other ships in the class are under construction: Anchorage at the Avondale yard, and Arlington and San Diego at Northrop Grum-man’s yard in Pascagoula, Miss.
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lanford bridges welds the signature of sponsor Mary Jo Myers into a plaque during the keel authentication ceremony Friday for the amphibious transport dock ship Somerset at the Northrop Grumman Corp. shipyard in Avondale, la. Som-erset is named in honor of the heroes lost on Sept. 11, 2001 on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Somerset, Pa.
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — William Charles Rod-gers, head of Pace Airlines Inc. and accused of stopping payment on his employees’ group health insurance, can go home to Missouri for
the holidays. A judge also ruled that he has to turn over records related to the investigation.
Pace has filed for Chap-ter 7 bankruptcy. Three creditors say they are
owned nearly $5 million.A Pace attorney says
Rodgers no longer owned the company, but docu-ments registering an owner-ship change haven’t been filed.
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And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name [was] Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, [thou that art] highly favoured, the Lord [is] with thee: blessed [art] thou among women.
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Because it looked like snow and felt like snow on Friday, we’d like to take a moment to look around again at the sub-ject of Christmas snows in Henderson and the Tri-County area.
If you’ll recall from our words on this page this past Wednesday, we were lamenting our low-percentage chances of a white Christmas in these parts — less than 5 percent, the National Climatic Data Center says.
In the process, we were attempting to recall a “perfect” Christmas that brought both gifts from Santa AND snow! At the time, our best recollection of the last sig-nificant Christmas snow here in Hender-son was in the mid- to late 1960s.
Bob Pridgen of Norlina has pinpointed the year for us: 1966.
He wrote to us this week: “I was in the eighth grade the year we had the snow you wrote about, so that would have been Christmas 1966.
“Christmas Eve morning the system be-gan as sleet and freezing rain. As the day progressed, it turned into snow.
“I have a wonderful memory of sledding with friends on the little hill in front of our house Christmas Eve night.
“The snowflakes were big by then and showing up so pretty as they passed the street lights. Christmas trees lit in every window.
“It was awesome.”Awesome indeed!What a true appreciation for the beauty
of nature’s frozen wonderland that Mr. Pridgen had as an eighth grader.
Memories like that have got to be where Norman Rockwell got his inspira-tion.
A phone call to Mrs. Joyce Stevenson, the wife of the late George Stevenson, confirmed Mr. Pridgen’s memories of the date and even produced an inch count and some additional dates.
Mrs. Stevenson is carrying on her hus-band’s great legacy of keeping weather records and she definitely has his love for all things weather related. We learned a long time ago if you needed to know some-thing about the weather in Henderson, Mr. Stevenson and now his wife were the resident experts.
Officially, 1.7 inches of snow fell on Dec. 24, 1966, according to Mrs. Ste-venson. The following Christmas Day received one-tenth of an inch of additional snow.
That’s indeed a perfect Christmas.From her records, Mrs. Stevenson also
pulled these additional Christmas Day snows for Henderson: one inch in 1880, one inch in 1903, one inch in 1947 and traces in 1970 and 1975.
As for a Christmas Eve snow that may have left white stuff on the ground for Christmas morning, Mrs. Stevenson said 3.2 inches of snow fell on Dec. 24, 1939. There was a trace of snow on Christmas Eve in 1998 and snow flurries in 1999.
So, if we do the math, that’s 23 years between the snows of 1880 and 1903, 36 years between 1903 and 1939, just 8 years for the next snow in 1947, and 19 years before the last one in 1966.
Folks, that means it’s been 43 years since the last snow!
Surely some of us will be inclined to blame this unfortunate circumstance on global warming, but we’ll save that for another editorial.
We’ll simply conclude that the odds may not be good but they are getting bet-ter. It’s been a long time. We are now — officially — overdue!
Could this be the year? Kids, make sure there’s a sled on that Christmas list. You might need it.
Here’s the real fat cat partyOne of the great frustrations
of the libertarian-minded right is how Republicans got stuck being “the party of big busi-ness.”
The quotation marks around the term are at least somewhat necessary, because in many respects, it’s not true.
The notion that big busi-ness is “right wing” has always been more sloppy agitprop than serious analysis. It’s true that historically, big business is against socialism and com-munism -- and understandably so. Socialism and communism were once close to synonymous with expropriation of wealth and the nationalization of industry. What businessman or industrialist wouldn’t be against that? But many of those same industrialists saw nothing wrong with cutting deals with statist regimes. For example, the Swope Plan, put forward by Gerard Swope, president of General Electric, laid out the infrastructure for much of the early New Deal.
Yet the debate is always framed as if the choice is between “government inter-vention” on the one hand and free-market capitalism on the other. From 30,000 feet, that division is fine with me. My ob-jection is the glib and easy as-sociation of big business with the free-market guys. (Milton Friedman was no champion of public-private partnerships and industrial policy.)
This identification allows
self-described progressive Democrats to run against big business when they are in fact in bed with the fat cats.
For instance, the standard line from the Democrats is that the plutocrats and
corporate mustache-twirlers op-pose health care reform because, in President Obama’s words, they “profit financially or politi-cally from the status quo.” That sounds reasonable,
and in some cases it is reason-able. But it makes it sound as if Obama is bravely battling “malefactors of great wealth.”
But that’s not really how it works, as Timothy Carney documents in his powerful new book, “Obamanomics.” In 2008, Obama raked in more donations from the health sector than John McCain and the rest of the Republican field combined. Drug makers gave Obama $3.58 for every dollar they gave McCain. Pfizer gave to Obama at a 4-1 rate, as did the hospital and nursing home industries. In 2008, the insurance industry gave more money to House Democrats than House Republicans.
HMOs give to Democrats over Republicans by a margin of 60 to 40.
So far, the health care in-dustry has mostly been trying to cut insider deals with the government, not fighting to defend the status quo. Discus-sions between Big Pharma and the White House have been more like pillow talk than a shouting match.
This pattern is hardly unique to health care. The U.S. Climate Action Partner-ship, led by GE, includes many other Fortune 500 companies, including Goldman Sachs -- the company that has profited mightily from Obama’s brand of hope and change. CAP is an aggressive supporter of the Democrats’ climate change scheme. Why? Because GE and friends stand to make billions from carbon pricing, thanks largely to investments in technologies that cannot survive in a free market with-out massive subsidies from Uncle Sam. GE chief Jeffrey Immelt cheerleads big govern-ment as “an industry policy champion, a financier and a key partner.”
Going back to U.S. Steel and the railroads, the story of big business in America is often as not the story of fat cats rig-ging the system. And the story of progressivism is the same tale. The New Deal codes were mostly written by big busi-ness to squeeze out smaller competitors. The progressives
fought for these reforms on the grounds that it’s easier to steer a few giant oxen than a thousand cats.
But health care is the most troubling example of the trend. Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson notes that while everyone has been debating the government takeover of health care, what’s really transpired is health care’s takeover of government -- thanks to what he calls the “medical industrial complex.” Already 1 in 4 federal outlays are for health care; govern-ment pays, directly or indirect-ly, for half of all health care costs; and the entire industry is heavily regulated. Obama’s answer to this state of affairs is more -- much more -- of the same, on the phantasmagorical grounds that it will cut costs.
My biggest objection is not to what isn’t true about the claim that the right is the handmaiden to big business, it’s to what is true. Too many Republicans think being pro-business is the same as being pro-market. They defend the status quo against bad reforms and think they’ve defended economic freedom. The status quo stinks. And the sooner Republicans learn that, the sooner they’ll deserve to win again.
You can write to Jonah Goldberg in care of this news-paper or by e-mail at [email protected].
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Palinpalooza meets the mediaPalin-palooza rolls on.If you know what Wash-
ington’s Gridiron Club is all about, the idea of Sarah Palin addressing the group might sound pretty unlikely -- about as unlikely as, say, the National Organization for Women naming Tiger Woods their man of the year.
That’s because the Gridiron Club is made up of journalists who cover Washington. Like other leading right-wingers, the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presi-dential candidate speaks of Washington and the media in the way doctors speak of swine flu.
And yet, odd juxtaposi-tions happen. Bob Dylan has released a Christmas album. Bill Cosby has released an album of “socially conscious hip-hop.” And Sarah Palin has addressed the Gridiron Club as an honored guest -- and she got laughs!
That’s important because Washington journalists founded the Gridiron Club in America’s most serious town back in the 19th century for less-than-serious purposes: Two dinners, one in spring and one in summer, during which journalists make fun of the people they cover.
Suffice it to say the humor of this club, founded with the Victorian-era slogan, “The Gridiron singes but does not burn,” belongs to a less raucously polarized era than this age of Glenn Beck, Jon Stewart and YouTube. Nev-
ertheless, it is a worthwhile achievement these days sim-ply to bring members of oppos-ing parties together peaceably under the same roof, even if it takes the lure of being able to ridicule the media to the faces of those of us who work in them.
Palin not only interrupted her book tour, dubbed “Palin-palooza” by colorful headline
writers, to speak to a roomful of those darned me-dia, all gus-sied up in gowns and tuxedos but she black tie, but she held her own against this year’s Democratic speaker,
Washington liberal master of pithy one-liners, Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts.
If Palin won the evening -- and even my own Hyde Park liberal wife believes she did -- it is largely because everyone expected Frank to be funny, which he was. Palin defied expectations. I am so accustomed to her attack-dog role in last year’s presidential campaign and the angry spir-its of many of her supporters in the Tea Party wing of her party, that I was surprised to see how cheerfully and gracefully she can poke fun at herself without actually being
Tina Fey in disguise.A sampling:“It is good to be here and in
front of this audience of lead-ing journalists and intellectu-als. Or, as I call it, a death panel.”
“To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, this has to be the most extraordinary collection of people who have gathered to viciously attack me since the last corporate gathering at CBS.”
“I’ve been touring this great, great land of ours over the last few weeks. I have to say, the view is much bet-ter from inside the bus, than under it!”
I don’t know who writes her material now that she no longer has a governor’s office, Sen. John McCain’s presiden-tial campaign or many official friends in Washington’s party establishment to turn to for gags. But her timing was impeccable. She has a former sports announcer’s -- and former Miss Alaska finalist’s -- way of projecting her sincer-ity, a quality that the late George Burns famously called the secret to success: “Fake that and you’ve got it made.”
Yet, as much as her politics are not mine, after chatting with her and her husband, good-natured former “First Dude” Todd Palin, I came away with a new fondness and respect for both of them. If they were faking their enjoyment at being there, they certainly sounded mighty sincere about it.
They were warm and friendly in the infectious way that helped Ronald Reagan rise from B-movie actor to California governor and president. The fact that Ms. Palin’s next book-signing date was in Iowa only enhanced talk of her possibly taking the presidential plunge. More bizarre things have happened, like Reagan’s rise.
Although I still think Palin will use her new fame and political pull to influence poli-tics from some television talk show studio somewhere, her potential in politics awaits one something she has not shown us: A big speech.
Reagan polished his skills, ideas and delivery as a campaigner for Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater, the Repub-lican presidential nominee in 1964, and as a broadcast commentator before he ran for office. Then-Sen. Barack Obama memorably leaped to the national stage with his 2004 Democratic National Convention speech. Palin has yet to deliver a similarly original vision on such a grand scale. But she’s young. At this moment, she excites more vot-ers than other known Repub-lican hopefuls do, even if polls show quite a few more voters who love her than say they will vote for her.
E-mail Clarence Page at [email protected], or write to him c/o Tribune Media Services, 2225 Kenmore Ave., Suite 114, Buffalo, NY 14207.
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DEAR ABBY: I am nearly 50, and learned when I was in my early 30s that I was adopted. I became engaged to a man my adop-tive mother did not like. When I told her the news, her response was, “Do what you want — you aren’t ours anyway!” I was devastated. I didn’t realize it was liter-ally true until years later, when several of my cousins confirmed it.
Since then, I have located my birth family, although my birth mother died long ago. I asked my adoptive mother (who was and still is “Mom” to me) to please send me all the docu-ments she had relat-ing to the adoption, as well as some letters she mentioned that my birth mother had sent in later years saying she was thinking about me and hoping I was well. Mom told me she had thrown them all out! I was devastated all over again.
Mom says I’m overly sensitive, that the papers were worthless trash and were hers to dispose of. Over the years she had promised several times to show them to me but never did. Now she claims I knew all along that I was adopted and just wanted to find a better mom.
Abby, am I being ridicu-lous? I still have a hole in my heart because I’ll never speak to my birth mom, although my siblings have filled in a lot for me. I was able to get my birth certificate and some other papers, but would have loved to have read the letters my birth mom wrote asking about me. I haven’t spoken to Mom since, and I’m waiting on your verdict now. — JA-NET IN TEXAS
DEAR JANET: Your feelings are not “ridiculous.” It was cruel of your adoptive mother to promise to share your birth mother’s letters
with you and then to destroy them. She may have done it because she was deeply insecure about whether she would measure up in your eyes if you saw them. Her comment at the time of your engagement was also cruel in light of the fact that you had no clue that you were adopted when she said it.
Was this woman EVER a loving and supportive par-ent? If so, then try to forgive her. But from my perspec-tive, “Mom” has some glaring personality flaws, and whether you speak to her is strictly up to you.
DEAR ABBY: Please settle a disagreement I’m having with my boyfriend. In the song “Jingle Bells,” he in-sists the horse’s name is “Bob Tail.” However, I’m pretty sure it’s a description of the horse, as their tails used to be “bobbed,” or cut short.
Please understand my boyfriend is one of those guys who is “never wrong”! — JINGLE BELLE IN DALY CITY, CALIF.
DEAR JINGLE BELLE: Never wrong? Well, there’s always a first time. You happen to be 100 percent right. The lyric in the carol isn’t “Bob Tail,” it’s “bobtail.” The definition of the word is in Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. (What may need some “bobbing” may be your boyfriend’s ego, and I hope you had some money “riding” on this.)
DEAR ABBY: Is it impo-lite to ask for your favorite server at a restaurant you frequent? — DINING OUT IN WINCHESTER, VA.
DEAR DINING OUT: No, it’s not impolite — in fact, it’s done all the time. But if the server is popular, it’s always a good idea to call ahead to reserve a table in your favorite server’s section.
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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Today is Saturday, Dec. 12, the 346th day of 2009. There are 19 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight:On Dec. 12, 1917, Father
Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town outside Omaha, Neb.
On this date:In 1870, Joseph H. Rainey
of South Carolina became the first black lawmaker sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1897, “The Katzenjam-mer Kids,” the pioneering comic strip created by Ru-dolph Dirks, made its debut in the New York Journal.
In 1925, the first motel — the Motel Inn — opened in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
In 1937, Japanese aircraft sank the U.S. gunboat Panay on China’s Yangtze River. (Japan apologized, and paid $2.2 million in reparations.)
In 1939, swashbuckling actor Douglas Fairbanks died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 56.
In 1985, 248 American soldiers and eight crew members were killed when an Arrow Air charter crashed after takeoff from Gander, Newfoundland.
In 1989, in New York, hotel queen Leona Helmsley, 69, was sentenced to four years in prison and fined $7.1 million for tax evasion. (Helmsley served 18 months behind bars, plus a month at a halfway house and two months of house arrest.)
Ten years ago: Author Joseph Heller,
whose darkly comic first novel “Catch-22” defined the paradox of the no-win dilemma and added a phrase to the American language, died in East Hampton, N.Y., at age 76.
Five years ago: A bomb exploded in a mar-
ket in southern Philippines, killing at least 14 people. Militants blew up an Israeli base at the Gaza-Egypt cross-ing, killing five soldiers. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas apologized to Kuwaitis for Palestinian support for Saddam Hussein after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.
One year ago: A bomb exploded inside
the West Coast Bank in Woodburn, Ore., killing Woodburn Police Capt. Thomas Tennant and Oregon State Police Senior Trooper William Hakim. (Two sus-pects, Bruce Aldon Turnidge, 58, and his son, Joshua Abraham Turnidge, 32, face murder charges.) Actor Van Johnson died in Nyack, N.Y. at 92.
Today’s Birthdays: TV host Bob Barker (“The
Price Is Right”) is 86. Former New York City Mayor Ed-ward Koch is 85. Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Pettit is 77. Singer Connie Francis is 71. Singer Dionne Warwick is 69. Rock singer-musician Dickey Betts is 66. Former race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi is 63. Actor Wings Hauser is 62. Actor Bill Nighy is 60. Actor Duane Chase (“The Sound of Music”) is 59. Country singer LaCosta is 59. Gymnast-turned-actress Cathy Rigby is 57. Author Lorna Landvik is 55. Singer-musician Sheila E. is 52. Ac-tress Sheree J. Wilson is 51. Pop singer Daniel O’Donnell is 48. Rock musician Eric Schenkman (Spin Doctors) is 46. Rock musician Nicholas Dimichino (Nine Days) is 42. News anchor Maggie Rodri-guez is 40. Actress Jennifer Connelly is 39. Actress Mad-chen Amick is 39. Country singer Hank Williams III is 37. Actress Mayim Bialik is 34. Model Bridget Hall is 32.
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Section B
Trouble on the road
By DOUG FERGUSONaP Golf Writer
Tiger Woods said Friday he is taking an indefinite leave from golf to try to save his marriage, the biggest fallout yet from two shocking weeks filled with allega-tions of rampant extramarital affairs.
“I need to focus my atten-tion on being a better husband, father, and person,” Woods said on his Web site.
Woods and his wife, Elin, have been married five years and have a 2-year-old daughter and a 10-month-old son.
The announcement came two weeks after Woods crashed
his SUV into a tree outside his Florida home, setting in mo-tion a stunning downfall for the
world’s No. 1 player who for 13 years rarely made news off the golf course. One woman who said she had a 31-month affair with Woods shared a voice mail that she said Woods left her two nights before his Nov. 27 acci-dent.
“I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children,” Woods said. “I want to say again to everyone that I am profoundly sorry and that I ask forgiveness. It may not be possible to repair the damage I’ve done, but I want to do my best to try.”
Woods has not been seen in
public since the accident.He gave no indication when
he might return in what could be a pivotal year as he pursues the record 18 major championships won by Jack Nicklaus. Woods, who did not win a major this year, has 14.
The Masters, where Woods has won four times, is April 8-11. The U.S. Open is at Pebble Beach, where Woods won by a record 15 strokes in 2000, and the British Open returns to St. Andrews, where he has won twice by a combined 13 shots.
It will be the second straight year that a PGA Tour season
Tiger Woods to take ‘indefinite’ leave from golf
Viking boys, girls split vs. Franklinton
Raider boys fall, girls win vs. Warriors
By RALPH D. RUSSOaP colleGe football Writer
NEW YORK — With one brilliant display of brute force, Ndamukong Suh al-tered the Heisman Trophy race like no other player this season.
In fact, it’s doubtful that any one performance by one player has ever done more to determine who wins college football’s most prestigious award.
The Nebraska defensive tackle in one night went from Heisman dark horse to fast-finishing finalist and might have shaken the big bronze statue loose from Colt McCoy’s grasp as he was tossing the Texas quarterback around Cow-boys Stadium.
“I didn’t have any idea what my (Heisman) chanc-es were (going into the game),” Suh said Friday, not long after checking into a midtown Manhattan hotel with his parents and sister. “My focus was to go out there and play as hard as I can to win that Big 12 championship and go to the Fiesta Bowl.”
Suh might not win the Heisman when it is handed out Saturday night, but the guy who does should prob-ably thank him.
McCoy, despite the pounding he took from Suh and the Cornuskers in a 13-12 victory in the Big 12 title game, is also a Heisman finalist, along with running backs Toby Gerhart from Stanford and Mark Ingram from Ala-bama, and Florida quarter-back Tim Tebow.
Ingram seems to be the front-runner in what is expected to be a close vote. McCoy, the runner-up last year, was the favorite before he followed up a spectacular game on Thanksgiving night against Texas A&M with a clunker against Nebraska. Now there’s no guarantee
Suh blew up Texas and the Heisman race
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Nebraska’s Ndamukong Suh rushes against a Florida atlantic player during a Sept. 5 game in Lincoln, Neb. aP Photo/aLaStair GraNt
In this Sept. 26, 2006 file photo, tiger Woods and his wife elin walk away from the 16th green as euro-pean players celebrate on the last day of the 2006 ryder Cup.
FROm STAFF REPORTS
Northern Vance main-tained its perfect slate with a 58-42 win at Franklinton Friday.
The Vikings (7-0) led 31-20 at halftime and con-trolled the game through-out.
Northern defeated the Red Rams by nearly 30 points in the teams’ first outing.
“We went into the game a little overconfident. Our normal defensive effort wasn’t there,” said Vikings coach Wilton Baskett.
Cameron Butler led Northern with 15 points and Koffi Sneed had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
The Vikings head to Southeast Halifax for a non-conference battle Thursday.
The girls didn’t have the same luck. The Lady Vikings fell to Franklinton 39-20 in their rematch.
By DAVID GINSBURGaP SPortS Writer
WASHINGTON — Alexander Semin scored two goals, Mike Green connected with 3:44 left in overtime, and the Washing-ton Capitals rallied to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Friday night.
The Capitals entered with the best record in the NHL and Carolina had the worst. But the Hurricanes converted two of their first three shots to take a 2-0 lead with 14 minutes elapsed.
Semin tied it by scoring twice in the second period, and Tomas Fleischmann gave Washington its first lead with 17:08 remaining
in regulation, hammering home a pass from Mathieu Perreault dur-ing a delayed penalty call.
Carolina’s Tim Gleason then scored a short-handed goal with 6:30 left. Gleason, who had his face bloodied by a puck earlier in the period, stole the puck in his own end and skated in on a breakaway.
In overtime, Green ended it with a wrist shot from between the circles.
Jiri Tlusty and Eric Staal also scored for the Hurricanes, and Cam Ward made 36 saves. But it wasn’t enough to prevent Carolina from sinking to 1-12-3 on the road.
In rebounding from a 3-0 loss at
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Kerr-vance's Chris Frampton controls a South Granville wrestler during their 215 lbs. match Friday night. the Spartans lost 40-27 to the vikings. to view or purchase photos, visit us on the Web at www.hendersondispatch.com.
By KELLEN HOLTZmANdiSPatch SPortS Writer
South Granville used three straight wins in the 152, 160 and 171 lbs. weight classes to hold off Kerr-Vance 40-27 Friday.
Will Johnson kept the Spartans close with a win in the 145 lbs. class to make the overall score 22-18 before South Granville got points in three straight matches.
“I didn’t think we would lose like that,” said KVA coach Rick Frampton. “I thought it would be an even match. We lost by pins and that hurt us.”
The Spartans’ Josh Smith was pinned in the 152 lbs. matchup with 1:43 left in the second and trailed 8-3 before the pin.
The Vikings picked up another win in the 160 lbs. class when An-thony Montone was pinned trailing
10-1 with 32 seconds left in the third period.
A forfeit win at the 171 level
gave South Granville a 40-18 advantage.
“If we could have pulled out 152 or if we could have lost by decision instead of giving up six, that could have been the difference in the match,” said Frampton.
KVA was competing without the services of a sick Josh Commee and Jake Dorrance was wrestling on one day of practice after return-ing from injury. Frampton bumped Dorrance up to 140, where he lost by pin with 1:39 left in the third.
Dorrance was one of three Spar-tans wrestling up a class.
The Vikings picked up the first win of the match before KVA’s Brett Greenway answered with a win in the 112 lbs. level.
Greenway trailed 7-2 in the second period before he executed a
Spartan grapplers pinned by Vikes
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Washington’s alex ovechkin, left, reacts with teammate Mike Green after Green’s goal in the overtime period of Friday’s game with the Hur-ricanes in Washington.
Green’s OT goal lifts Caps past Canes, 4-3
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Kerr-vance’s Will Johnson attempts to free his leg from a South Granville wrestler during their 145lbs. match Friday night.
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FROm STAFF REPORTS
The Southern Vance boys basketball team failed to repeat a 69-46 win over Louisburg last week as the Raiders fell 61-54 in the return trip against the Warriors.
“We just didn’t have it tonight,” said Southern coach Mike Rotolo.
The Raiders trailed 27-26 at the half before ral-lying to take a lead in the third quarter.
Louisburg did not allow a field goal in the final period, pulling away for the seven-point win.
Darius Morgan led Southern with 13 points, followed by Hakim Jones with 12. Eric Hargrove and George Richardson each had nine.
The Raiders drop to 2-3 with the loss.
The Southern girls fol-lowed up Wednesday’s win over Northern Nash with a 36-25 win at Louisburg.
Defensively, the Raiders (3-2) matched their output from last week’s home win against the Warriors. This
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Prosecutors drop Beason’s assault charges
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a misdemeanor assault charge against Carolina Panthers linebacker Jon Beason because of a lack of evidence.
Mecklenburg Assistant District Attorney Bruce Lil-lie said Friday that no witnesses in a Charlotte strip club last month saw Beason throw a punch.
Beason was arrested after 29-year-old Gregory Frye told a judge the linebacker hit him in the face at a Charlotte strip club on Nov. 16. Frye sued Beason for more than $10,000 in damages a day later.
Lillie says the only evidence against Beason was Frye’s statement.
Busch enters ownership with Truck Series
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Kyle Busch is entering team ownership with two entries next season in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series.
Kyle Busch Motorsports will field the No. 18 Toyota and drive it himself in companion races to the Sprint Cup Series. Brian Ickler will drive the truck when Busch has other obligations.
Tyler Malsam will run the full season in the second entry, the No. 56 Toyota.
Busch was able to build his team by purchasing the assets of Xpress Motorsports. KBM will use Xpress Motorsports’ shop in Mooresville until construction is completed on a new building.
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Saturday, Dec. 12 Basketball-Boysn Warren County at Southern Vance 7:30 p.m.n South Granville at J.F. Webb 7:30 p.m.
Basketball-Girlsn Warren County at Southern Vance 6 p.m.n South Granville at J.F. Webb 6 p.m.
College Basketballn Pitt CC at Vance-Granville CC 3 p.m. (@ Aycock Rec)
Wrestlingn J.F. Webb at Wakefield Challengen Southern Vance at Wake-field Challenge
JV Basketball-Boysn Warren County at Southern Vance 4:30 p.m.n South Granville at J.F. Webb 4:30 p.m.
JV Basketball-Girlsn Warren County at Southern Vance 3 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 12BOXING 10:15 p.m.n HBO — LIVE: welterweights, Vic-tor Ortiz (24-2-1) vs. Antonio Diaz (46-5-1); welterweights, Juan Diaz (35-2-0) vs. Paul Malignaggi (26-3-0), at Chicago; SAME-DAY TAPE: champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2-0) vs. Kevin Johnson (22-0-0), for WBC heavyweight title, at Berne, Switzerland
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 1 p.m.n ESPN2 — NCAA, Division II Championship, championship game, teams TBA, at Florence, Ala. 2 p.m.n ESPN CLASSIC — Southwest-ern Athletic Conference, champi-onship game, Prairie View A&M vs. Alabama A&M, at Birmingham, Ala. 2:30 p.m.n CBS — National coverage, Army vs. Navy, at Philadelphia 4 p.m.n ESPN — NCAA, FCS Champion-ship, semifinal, Appalachian State at Montana 8 p.m.n ESPN — Heisman Trophy Pre-sentation, at New York
GOLF 9:30 a.m.n TGC — European PGA Tour, Alfred Dunhill Championship, third round, at Mpumalanga, South Africa (same-day tape) 4 p.m.n NBC — The Shark Shootout, second round, at Naples, Fla.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon
n CBS — National coverage, Kentucky at Indianan ESPN — Ohio St. at Butler 2 p.m.n ESPN — La Salle at KansasFSN — Wooden Classic, Washington vs. Georgetown, at Anaheim, Calif. 4 p.m.n VERSUS — Oklahoma at Utah 4:30 p.m.n FSN — Wooden Classic, UCLA vs. Mississippi St., at Anaheim, Calif. 5 p.m.n ESPN2 — Marquette at Wis-consin 7 p.m.n ESPN2 — Virginia Tech at Penn St. 9 p.m.n ESPN2 — Purdue at Alabama
PREP FOOTBALL 1:30 p.m.n VERSUS — Alabama-Missis-sippi All-Star Classic, at Mobile, Ala.
RODEO 11 p.m.n ESPN2 — PRCA, National Finals, final round, at Las Vegas (same-day tape)
SOCCER 7:30 a.m.n ESPN2 — Premier League, Stoke City vs. Wigan Athletic, at Stoke City, England
SPEED SKATING 11 p.m.n VERSUS — ISU, Long Track World Cup, at Kearns, Utah (same-day tape)
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Dinner, jewelry bazaar to help NVHS softball
A Christmas dinner and jewelry bazaar will be held on Saturday, Dec. 12 at the Kerr Lake Coun-try Club. Proceeds will benefit the Northern Vance softball field.
Tickets for the dinner may be obtained by contact-ing the NVHS front office (492-6041), but entrance to the jewelry bazaar is free to the public.
Patrons can choose between a prime rib or half-chicken dinner with all the trimmings, including dessert and drink. Cost for the prime rib is $25 per person, and the chicken is $20.
Reservation times for dinner may be 5, 6 or 7 p.m. The bazaar will be open from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. Customers can purchase samples off the floor and gift wrapping will be available.
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Ginyard out for No. 11 UNC with foot painCHAPEL HILL (AP)
— North Carolina says guard Marcus Ginyard will miss Saturday night’s game against Presbyterian with pain in his left foot.
School officials said Friday that the move is a precaution. Team doctor Tom Brickner says the senior’s pain is unrelated
to the stress fracture that cost him most of his 2008-09 season, and says he is being evaluated but that “he does not have a fracture.”
Ginyard missed all but three games in late December and early January last season and received a medical waiver that granted him a fifth year. He started each of the first nine games
for the 11th-ranked Tar Heels (7-2), is averag-ing 10.4 points and has the team’s best shooting percentage from 3-point range.
Guard Konner Tucker leaves Wake program
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Guard Konner Tucker is leaving the Wake Forest program for undisclosed reasons.
School officials said Friday that the sopho-more’s future plans are undecided. He played in six games with the Demon Deacons.
Tucker thanked coach Dino Gaudio for the op-portunity to play at Wake Forest. The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 2.2 points after joining the program this summer from Lon Morris Junior College.
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KVA girls fall in close one to Franklin AcademyKerr-Vance’s varsity
girls basketball team was defeated by Franklin Academy 45-40 on the road Friday night.
Emily Adkins led the Spartans with 17 points in her return to the court. Amanda Wilson scored eight points.
KVA fell to 2-6 overall with the loss.
Viking JV defeats Franklinton
Ryagine Burwell led Northern Vance’s ju-nior varsity basketball team with 19 points in a 75-55 Vikings’ win over Franklinton Friday.
Adam Hargrove scored 15 points, and Javonta Champ had 11 in the Vikings’ win.
KVA middle school girls fall to Franklin Academy
Kerr-Vance’s middle school girls’ team was defeated by Franklin Academy 30-14 Friday.
KVA coach Phillip Bur-nette said he was happy with his team’s perfor-mance against a more physical squad.
“I was very proud of
the way they played,” he said.
“But in the end, we couldn’t get many of our shots to fall down.”
Hailey Marshburn scored five points for the Spartans, and Alexandra Dozier had four.
The 3-2 Spartans do not play again until January.
time however, the Raid-ers registered 25 less points.
Coach Tracey Turner said turnovers hurt her team in Friday’s low-scoring affair.
Tremanisha Taylor led
Southern with 10 points and Kewonia Rodwell had eight. Leading scorer Shauna Terry was held to single digits with seven points.
Shauquaney Bull-ock had five points and
Kadedra Hayes, Shakeyla Hayes and Carslin Talley each had two.
Both the Raider girls and boys teams are back in action Saturday at Warren County at 6 and 7:30 p.m.
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Up 14-8 at the half-time, Northern was held to just six points in the second half of what coach Vangie Mitchell called a “very physical
game.”“We didn’t play very
well,” Mitchell said.Ciarea Thompson,
Kendall Wilson and Nal-inda Woods each scored
four points.The 3-4 Vikings will
look to regroup before their road rematch with Southeast Halifax on Thursday.
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Spurs extend Charlotte’s road woes in 104-85 winBy PAUL J. WEBER
associaTeD press WriTer
SAN ANTONIO — Manu Ginobili scored 22 points and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Charlotte Bobcats 104-85 Friday night.
Tim Duncan and Richard Jefferson added 17 apiece and the Spurs dropped the Bobcats to 1-9 on the road. Charlotte won’t get any breaks Saturday night against the Mavericks, a team the Bob-cats have never beaten.
Stephen Jackson had 23 points for the Bobcats. The Spurs held the Bobcats to just six baskets in the fourth.
Tony Parker had nine points and 10 assists for San Antonio.
The Spurs, still trying to find a rhythm after their biggest roster shake-up in years, now take consecu-tive wins on a three-game West Coast swing that will be their longest road trip yet. San Antonio will play the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday before going to Phoenix and Golden State.
The Spurs are 1-5 on
road, making them not much better than Char-lotte. But the way the Bobcats nearly rallied from a 22-point deficit in the third quarter, road win No.
2 looked possible — for a moment.
The Spurs led 65-43 two minutes into the second half when Charlotte began to push. Gerald Wallace
scored 12 of his 18 points in the third, the league’s best defense held San Antonio to five field goals in the quarter and the Bobcats went on a 28-7 run.
But trailing 72-71 to start the fourth was as close as Charlotte would get. The Bobcats crumbled again quickly, letting San Antonio shoot 71 percent in the fourth while being outscored 32-14.
It was not the pretti-est game: the Spurs and Bobcats combined for 49 personal fouls and 47 turn-overs, including a season-high 28 for San Antonio.
But the Spurs none-theless continued their dominance over Charlotte, improving to 10-1 in the all-time series. Dallas is the only team in the NBA that Charlotte has never beaten.
Boris Diaw scored 10 and was Charlotte’s only other player in double figures.
Ginobili scored 20 points in the first half, including four 3-pointers, then made just one shot the rest of the game. He finished 7 of 12 from the floor.
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Charlotte’s Derrick Brown dunks over San Antonio’s Theo Ratliff during the first half of Friday’s game.
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Villanova rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit, getting some help from a call that was overturned by instant replay to beat William & Mary 14-13 on Friday night in the Football Championship Subdivision semifinals.
The second-ranked Wildcats advanced to play the winner of Saturday’s semifinal between Ap-palachian State and No. 1 Montana next weekend in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The game was slowed by five instant replay reviews, but the only one that was overturned made perhaps the biggest difference.
Trailing 13-7 late in the third quarter, Villanova embarked on a time-con-suming drive that appeared to end when a third-and-7 pass play fell incomplete. The play was overturned
by replay, giving Villanova first-and-goal at the 6, and quarterback Chris Whitney scored from a yard out on fourth down with 10:57 left to take the lead.
Villanova didn’t score until there was about 9
minutes left in the third quarter, when wide receiver Matt Szczur scored on a 62-yard run out of the Wildcat formation. The touchdown made it 10 consecutive games that the junior has scored, and was his eighth
touchdown run of the year.Sixth-ranked William &
Mary rode the arm of quar-terback R.J. Archer, who completed 21 of 35 passes for 239 yards — although most of it came on one play early in the game.
Archer found junior receiver Cameron Dohse up the sideline, beating Villano-va cornerback Eric Loper for a 98-yard touchdown. The play gave the Tribe a 7-0 lead with 10:45 remaining in the first half, and was Archer’s first touchdown pass of the playoffs.
Villanova rallies past Tribe in FCS semis
Winning Tickets
RALEIGH — These numbers were drawn Friday afternoon by the North Carolina Lottery:Early Pick 3: 0-8-0Late Pick 3: 2-0-6Pick 4: 6-6-6-7Cash 5: 35-14-4-10-9
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Villanova running back Tony Canci tackles William & Mary kick returner B.W. Webb in the first half of Friday’s game.
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begins without its star player. A year ago, Woods was recovering from re-constructive knee surgery that kept him out a total of eight months.
This is different.“We knew before he
was coming back,” said Steve Stricker, one of Woods’ favorite players on tour. “Now, we’re not sure when he’s coming back. But this sounds good. I hope everything works out for him.”
The PGA Tour sup-ported the decision.
“His priorities are where they need to be, and we will continue to respect and honor his fam-ily’s request for privacy,” PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said in a statement, the tour’s first public comment since Woods mentioned his “personal failings” and “transgressions” in a Dec. 2 statement. “We look forward to Tiger’s return to the PGA Tour when he determines the time is right for him.”
Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, told The Associ-ated Press that it was the right decision for Woods and his family.
“The entirety of some-one’s life is more impor-tant than just a profes-sional career,” Steinberg said in an e-mail to the AP. “What matters most is a young family that is try-ing to cope with difficult life issues in a secluded and caring way. Whenever Tiger may return to the game should be on the family’s terms alone.”
Craig Parry, who played a practice round with Woods in Australia last month, said Woods brought the problems on himself.
“What he did was totally wrong,” Parry said at the Australian PGA Championship. “And he’s got no one to blame except himself. You can look at other people, but he’s the one who’s got to look in the mirror.”
Woods was out of action from July 2008 until the end of February this year, and television ratings dropped 50 percent.
The tour is trying to renew a half-dozen title sponsors, and it is to begin negotiations on the next television contract later next year.
As for Woods’ corporate endorsements, all have stood by him for now.
“Tiger has been part of Nike for more than a decade,” Nike said in a statement Friday. “He is the best golfer in the world and one of the
greatest athletes of his era. We look forward to his return to golf. He and his family have Nike’s full support.”
Meanwhile, Accenture no longer has an image of Woods on the home page of its Web site. Earlier this week, Woods stand-ing amid cactus plants studying his next shot was among three rotating pic-tures on the home page.
Steinberg said it would be “premature and inap-propriate” to talk about Woods’ specific business relationships.
“Suffice it to say, we have had thoughtful conversations and his sponsors have been open to a solution-oriented dia-logue,” Steinberg said. “Of course, each sponsor has unique considerations and ultimately the decisions they make we would fully understand and accept.”
Earlier this year, Woods became the world’s first athlete to surpass $1 billion in career earnings, according to Forbes maga-zine. His sponsors include Nike, Gillette, AT&T, Gatorade and Tag Heuer.
Woods last played a tournament Nov. 15 when he won the Australian Masters for his 82nd vic-tory around the world.
Stricker, who went undefeated as Woods’ partner at the Presidents Cup, said his leave was the right decision.
“I think it’s great that he’s going to put his family first and work things out,” Stricker said from Naples, Fla., where he is playing the Shark Shootout.
“Golf will always be there. He wants to make sure his marriage is right and everything is good on the homefront. We’ll sure miss him on tour until he gets things taken care of.”
Woods also indicated he would step away from the work of the Tiger Woods Foundation, which has served some 10 million children.
“There are millions of young people who have truly changed their lives through the foundation’s programs, and millions more still counting on us for help,” Woods said in a separate statement through his foundation. “I am committed to them and to the foundation’s ex-cellent work, and I know my staff will continue these efforts during my absence.”
———Associated Press Writer
Dennis Passa in Coolum, Australia, contributed to this report.
Buffalo on Wednesday night, the Capitals outshot Carolina 37-16 during regulation and improved to 8-0-0 this season within the Southeast Division.
Tlusty put the Hur-ricanes up 1-0 at 2:01 of the first period with his first goal since March 29, 2008, with Toronto. Tlusty was making his Carolina debut after being called up from Al-bany of the AHL earlier Friday.
Staal scored at 13:56, stuffing the puck past Jose Theodore after tak-ing a pass from Patrick Dwyer, who came from Albany with Tlusty.
After outshooting Carolina 14-4 in the
first period, the Capi-tals needed more than 7 1/2 minutes to get their first shot on goal in the second period.
Semin cut the gap to 2-1 with a shot from the right circle that went through Brett Carson’s legs and over Ward’s shoulder.
Carolina missed a chance to restore its two-goal cushion late in the middle period when it was determined by a replay that Tuomo Ru-utu kicked the goal into the net with the Hurri-canes on the power play.
Semin tied it with less than a second re-maining, lifting a loose puck over the prone Ward.
WOODS, from page 1B
CANES, from page 1Bheadlock to earn the pin on his opponent with 1:27 left.
“That’s about the fourth time this year that he’s been down and fought back. He’s never given up,” said Frampton. “That’s something we should have built on and we didn’t.”
South Granville re-sponded to the Greenway win with a pin at 125 and a 13-4 decision in the 130 lbs. match to take a 16-6 lead.
Frampton hopes his team sheds the mentality of being a private school wrestling team.
“We just need to wres-tle. Wrestling is wrestling. It doesn’t matter what the name of the school is,” he said.
Colton Tabbert and Chris Frampton capped off the match with two wins for the Spartans.
Tabbert won the 189
lbs. matchup with a late pin in the first period, before Frampton got a win by decision (8-2) in the 215 class.
“I think it’s a good time
for a break. All the guys are a little tired right now,” Frampton said.
KVA will practice over the Christmas break, but will not have any competi-
tions.
ResultsSOUTH GRANVILLE 40, KERR-VANCE 27
n 103 pounds — SG’s N. McNamara def. Pierce Tooley by pinfall with 7.3 seconds left in first (6-0)n 112 — KVA’s Brett Greenway def. B. Meeks by pinfall with 1:27 left in second (6-6)n 119 — Double forfeitn 125 — SG’s J. Molen def. Parkins Davis by pinfall with 1:15 left in first (12-6)n 130 — SG’s E. Daniels def. Brandon Frazier by decision, 13-4 (16-6)n 135 — KVA’s Daniel Currin wins by forfeit (16-12)n 140 — SG’s S. Arnold def. Jake Dorrance by pinfall with 1:39 left in third (22-12)n 145 — KVA’s Will Johnson def. B. Jackson by pinfall with 1:49 left in second (22-18)n 152 — SG’s D. Smith def. Josh Smith by pinfall with 1:43 left in second (28-18)n 160 — SG’s V. O’Neal def. Anthony Montone by pinfall with 32 seconds left in third (34-18)n 171 — SG’s R. Lawler won by forfeit (40-18)n 189 — KVA’s Colton Tabbert def. N. Moss by pinfall with 37 seconds left in first (40-24)n 215 — KVA’s Chris Frampton def. B. Thorpe by decision, 8-2 (40-27)n Heavyweight — Double forfeit
Exhibitions (1-minute periods)n SG’s B. Thorpe def. Hank Pelfrey by pinfall with 1:48 left in first
Kerr-Vance’s Josh Smith looks to secure a move against a South Granville wrestler during their 152 lbs. match Friday night. To view or purchase photos, visit us on the Web at www.hendersondispatch.com.
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he’ll finish in the top three,Suh, meanwhile, prob-
ably has a better chance at becoming the first defen-sive lineman, and just the second defensive player, to win the Heisman than Tebow has to become the second player to win No. 2.
“I’m a competitor so I’d like to win, but I don’t think I will,” said Tebow, who was the first sopho-more to win the award in 2007 and finished third in 2008.
Along with the Notre Dame coaching search and the usual BCS bashing, Suh’s thoroughly domi-nant performance vs. the Longhorns — 4 1/2 sacks, 12 tackles and more time in the Texas backfield than just about anybody but McCoy — has been the talk of college football.
Tebow called him a “dominant player.”
“Four and a half sacks is pretty ridiculous for a
nose guard in the two-gap defense,” Tebow said.
Ingram called Suh “a man,” “a game-changer” and “a force to be reckoned with.”
Gerhart said, “I can’t pronounce his name so I just call him the beast from Nebraska.”
Even with all the at-tention Suh has gotten, being named a finalist on Monday caught him off guard.
“I was definitely sur-prised,” the 300-pound senior said. “I would have assumed a lot of the votes were in already. I had some media people who had votes down at the Nagurski (Award presen-tation) and said they voted for me and said a lot of people waited until after the Big 12 game and SEC game and the other games that were played on Satur-day to make their votes.”
The only defensive
player to win the Heisman was Michigan cornerback Charles Woodson, but he also returned kicks and played some receiver.
Suh is the first line-man to be a finalist since Ohio State offensive tackle Orlando Pace in 1996. He’s the first defensive line-man since Miami’s Warren Sapp in 1994.
Sapp finished sixth that season. In 1991, Wash-ington’s Steve Emtman finished fourth in the Heis-man voting.
“It’s definitely a rare thing and I’m definitely proud to be in a position to represent the defensive line and offensive line as well,” Suh said. “I’m definitely glad to be here to represent them and if I were to win that would be a great honor to represent those guys.”
Ingram, who ran for 1,542 yards and scored 18 touchdowns, would be the
first Alabama player to win the award.
“All the All-Americans, all the SEC champion-ships, all the national championships, all the bowl victories, all the great coaches, great players that have come through here, it’s kind of crazy to me that nobody has even won the Heisman Trophy, not one person,” Ingram said.
Tebow, who has a vote as a former winner, de-clined to say who received his vote, but said he thinks Ingram is the favorite.
So did Gerhart, who has more yards rushing (1,736) and touchdowns (26) than any other player in the country.
Suh also said the tailbacks look like the favorites.
He doesn’t have a vote, but when it comes to this Heisman race, Suh might have been the deciding factor.
SUH, from page 1B
StandingsEASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GANew Jersey 30 21 8 1 43 87 67Pittsburgh 32 21 10 1 43 102 85N.Y. Rangers 30 14 14 2 30 84 90Philadelphia 29 14 14 1 29 86 83N.Y. Islanders 31 11 13 7 29 80 98
Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GASan Jose 32 19 7 6 44 108 87Los Angeles 33 20 10 3 43 103 99Phoenix 31 18 11 2 38 77 71Dallas 30 13 8 9 35 88 89Anaheim 31 11 13 7 29 88 102
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Friday’s GamesFlorida 4, New Jersey 2Washington 4, Carolina 3, OTDetroit 3, Anaheim 2, OTBuffalo 2, Chicago 1Edmonton 5, St. Louis 3Minnesota at Calgary, 9 p.m.Tampa Bay at Colorado, 9 p.m.Dallas at San Jose, 10 p.m.
Saturday’s GamesBoston at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m.Anaheim at Columbus, 7 p.m.Montreal at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Carolina at Ottawa, 7 p.m.Florida at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.San Jose at Phoenix, 8 p.m.Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m.Minnesota at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Friday’s Men’s ScoresSOUTH
Tennessee 75, Middle Tenn. St. 54EAST
Massachusetts 81, Grambling St. 58
Sacred Heart 76, Hartford 65
MIDWESTDayton 58, Old Dominion 50Drake 96, South Dakota 81Iowa St. 81, Iowa 71
Friday’s Sports TransactionsBy The Associated Press
BASEBALLn American LeagueCHICAGO WHITE SOX—Agreed to terms with RHP J.J. Putz on a one-year contract.CLEVELAND INDIANS—Named Greg Hibbard pitching coach, Jim Rickon coach and Chad Wolfe trainer for Akron (IL); Aaron Holbert manager, Tony Arnold pitching coach and Jeremy Heller trainer for Kingston (Carolina); Ted Kubiak manager, Mickey Callaway pitching coach, Phil Clark coach and Issei Kamada trainer for Lake County (SAL); Dennis Malave coach for Mahoning Valley (NY-Penn); and Chris Tremie manager for the Indians (Arizona) and catching coordinator.KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with C Jason Kendall on a two-year contract and with LHP Adam Bostick, LHP Bruce Chen, RHP Devon Lowery, 1B Ernesto Mejia, RHP Francisco Rosario and C Vance Wilson on minor league contracts.TAMPA BAY RAYS—Acquired RHP Rafael Soriano from Atlanta for RHP Jesse Chavez. Agreed to terms with Soriano on a one-year contract.n National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to terms with RHP Blaine Boyer and INF Augie Ojeda on one-year contracts.NEW YORK METS—Agreed to terms with RHP Elmer Dessens on a minor league contract.PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Agreed to terms with OF Chris Duffy, C Paul Hoover, INF Cody Ransom, INF Andy Tracy, OF DeWayne Wise, INF Wilson Valdez and LHP Bill White on minor league contracts.WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Agreed to terms with C Ivan Rodriguez on a two-year contract.
FOOTBALLn National Football LeagueNFL—Fined Tampa Bay OT Jeremy Trueblood $25,000 for unnecessary roughness and Tennessee DT Tony Brown $20,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct during Dec. 6 games.ARIZONA CARDINALS—Signed LB Mark Washington to the.BUFFALO BILLS—Placed OT Demetrius Bell on injured reserve. Signed OL Andre Ramsey from the practice squad.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed DE Chris Harrington from Arizona’s practice squad. Waived DB Kennard Cox.SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Announced the retirement of LB Jeff Ulbrich.
HOCKEYn National Hockey LeagueCAROLINA HURRICANES—Recalled F Patrick Dwyer and F Jiri Tlusty from Albany (AHL). Placed F Erik Cole and F Chad LaRose on injured reserve.DALLAS STARS—Activated D Karlis Skrastins from injured reserve.MONTREAL CANADIENS—Assigned D Yannick Weber to Hamilton (AHL).NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Assigned F Cal O’Reilly to Milwaukee (AHL).
COLLEGEFLORIDA—Named Zach Azzanni receivers coach.ILLINOIS—Fired offensive coordinator Mike Schultz, quarterbacks coach Kurt Beathard, receivers coach Jim Pry and special teams coach Mike Woodford. Announced TE Hubie Graham and WR A.J. Jenkins will transfer.LSU—Named Billy Gonzales wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator.NOTRE DAME—Named Brian Kelly football coach.
StandingsEASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W L Pct GBBoston 18 4 .818 —Toronto 10 15 .400 9 1/2New York 8 15 .348 10 1/2Philadelphia 5 18 .217 13 1/2New Jersey 2 21 .087 16 1/2
Friday’s GamesAtlanta 111, Toronto 89Indiana 107, New Jersey 91Houston 96, Philadelphia 91Dallas 106, Miami 93Oklahoma City 102, Memphis 94New York 113, New Orleans 96Chicago 96, Golden State 91, OTCleveland 104, Portland 99San Antonio 104, Charlotte 85Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.Orlando at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday’s GamesIndiana at Washington, 7 p.m.Golden State at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m.Charlotte at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Portland at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Utah, 9 p.m.Minnesota at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Sunday’s GamesHouston at Toronto, 12:30 p.m.New Jersey at Atlanta, 5 p.m.Memphis at Miami, 6 p.m.Cleveland at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
SOCCERNCAA Men’s Division I
Soccer TournamentSecond RoundSunday, Nov. 22
Drake 1, Ohio State 0, OTDuke 2, Michigan State 1Maryland 2, Penn State 1Portland 2, North Carolina State 1Virginia 5, Bucknell 0Indiana 1, Butler 0Harvard 3, Monmouth 0North Carolina 2, Brown 0Northwestern 3, Notre Dame 1Tulsa 4, St. Louis 3, OTAkron 2, South Florida 0Wake Forest 2, UNC Wilmington 1Boston College 1, St. John’s, N.Y. 0UC Santa Barbara 1, San Diego 0UCLA 2, Sacramento State 1Stanford 1, UC Irvine 0
Third RoundSunday, Nov. 29
Maryland 2, Harvard 0Virginia 1, Portland 0Drake 6, Boston College 4North Carolina 1, Indiana 0Tulsa 1, Northwestern 0Akron 2, Stanford 0Wake Forest 4, Duke 2UCLA 2, UC Santa Barbara 1
At Cary, N.C.Virginia 2, Wake Forest 1, OTAkron 0, North Carolina 0, Akron wins on penalty kicks 5-4
ChampionshipSunday, Dec. 13
At Cary, N.C.Virginia vs. Akron, 1 p.m
Football Championship Subdivision Playoff Schedule
First RoundSaturday, Nov. 28
Appalachian State 20, South Carolina State 13Villaonova 38, Holy Cross 28Richmond 16, Elon 13William & Mary 38, Weber State 0Southern Illinois 48, Eastern Illinois 7Montana 61, South Dakota State 48New Hampshire 49, McNeese State 13Stephen F. Austin 44, Eastern Washington 33
QuarterfinalsSaturday, Dec. 5
William & Mary 24, Southern Illinois 3Montana 51, Stephen F. Austin 0Villanova 46, New Hampshire 7Appalachian State 35, Richmond 31
SemifinalsFriday, Dec. 11
Villanova 14, William & Mary 13Saturday, Dec. 12
Appalachian State (11-2) at Montana (13-0), 4 p.m.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
ChampionshipFriday, Dec. 18
At Finley Stadium/Davenport FieldChattanooga, Tenn.Villanova (13-1) vs. Appalachian St.-Montana winner, 8 p.m.
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Pre-lit trees, Hanukkah and Jesus
I don’t who it is that conceived of the idea of the pre-lit Christmas tree, but whoever it is needs to be added to my Christmas card list forever. You see, my wife is slightly “OCD” when it comes to Christmas tree lights. They must be white and there must be as many as humanly possible. This is no easy feat for a man who has no technical skills.
One particular year, we hauled in a beautiful fresh tree and began the painstaking work of adding the lights. It is a ritual that takes hours upon hours that no one can truly understand unless you are married to a “lights lover.” Only after the five or six hours of gruel-ing work ended and I stepped back to survey the scene did I realize the problem — one strand was out. Oh, the agony! That was the first year of our pre-lit tree. It was pure joy to me.
December becomes, in many ways, a festival of lights. Hanukkah begins today — the Jewish celebration commonly known as “The Festi-val of Lights” because of the well known tradition of lighting the nine-branch candelabra called a menorah, or Hanukkah, every night of the eight-day festival. Ac-cording to tradition, the lighting of the menorah is to remind the Jews of a miracle that occurred during the second century B.C.
The Syrian ruler Antiochus had captured Jerusalem and defiled the temple. Though vastly outnum-bered, Jewish warriors recaptured the city and rededicated the tem-ple. According to legend, they only had enough sanctified oil to light the seven-branch menorah in that temple for one day. But one day’s oil lasted for eight days, enough time for more oil to be sanctified. That is why, according to tradition, the festival lasts for eight days.
David Brickner, executive direc-tor for Jews For Jesus, refers to this as legend as opposed to a his-torical event of his people because what they know for sure historical-ly is that when the Jewish people recaptured the temple, the most re-cent Jewish holiday to have passed was the Festival of Tabernacles. That great festival was detailed in the law of Moses. It was celebrated for eight days with many sacrifices offered at the temple.
During the time of the second temple, the Festival of Taber-nacles was especially known for its marvelous illumination ceremony. “Beginning on the second night of the festival and continuing for each subsequent evening, the court of the women in the temple was set a glow by four giant candelabras, each one some 73 feet tall,” said Brickner. “The Rabbinic commen-tary called the Mishna tells us ‘there was no courtyard in Jerusa-lem not illuminated by the light….’ And he who has not beheld this celebration has never seen joy.’ (Sukkah 5:1)”
It is within the context of this celebration that Jesus declared, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” (John 8:12)
Weeks later it was Hanukkah (John 10:12) when Jesus an-nounced, “I and My Father are one.” (John 10:30).
Jesus chose these two festivals to make his Messianic claims loud and clear. Today, it is also our privilege and responsibility to shine His light at all times and to all peoples. Jesus said, “I am the light of the world,” but he also said to his followers, “You are the light of world.”
And as we admire the lights on display, we can remark to any and all who will listen how the beauty of those lights reminds us of the one who truly is the glory of light itself.
The Rev. Robert Dowen has been named the new senior pastor of Thomas Chapel Pentecostal Holi-ness Church on Vicksboro Road in Henderson. With more than 30 years of pas-toral experience, he took over his new responsibili-ties at Thomas Chapel in early November.
Dowen and his wife, Marianne, are natives of New England. The pair were childhood sweet-hearts and have been mar-ried for 39 years in March. They originally became fa-miliar with North Carolina as they passed through the state on visits back home when Dowen was pastoring a church in Florida.
Most recently, they have lived in Clayton, N.C., where Dowen pastored a church in the Assemblies of God denomination at one point, but more recently taught classes in public speaking, communication and the Bible at John-ston Community College through a program that al-lowed high school students to earn college credits.
Dowen is new to the Pentecostal Holiness denomination after 28 years as a minister with the Assemblies of God. “We had visited with several churches, but the congre-gation at Thomas Chapel called me back several times. This is a wonderful group of people here,” he added. The church, which has approximately 100 members, had been with-out pastor for six months prior to Dowen’s arrival.
Thomas Chapel calls new pastor
The Dowens
St. Paul’s Lutheran
St. Paul Lutheran Church’s choir will present “The Christ-mas Story,” portrayed through carols and poetry, on Sunday at the church in Ridgeway. The program starts at 5 p.m. This seasonal performance will be dedicated to the memory of Tillie Daeke and Herman Brauer, both of whom were devoted members of St. Paul’s senior choir for many years. Immediately follow-ing the program, there will be a reception in the fellowship hall. Those who attend are asked to bring a non- perishable item to contribute to Warren County’s food bank, Loaves and Fishes.
St. Stephen MBC
St. Stephen Missionary Bap-tist Church, 3319 N.C. Highway 58, Inez, will observe its annual Christmas program at 11 a.m. Sunday. The message will be delivered by the Rev. Junious M. Debnam, with music by the Louisburg High School Gospel Chorus. A clarinet musical will be presented by Taiya Body, who is the granddaughter of Betty Johnson, vice president of the Missionary Department. Poems and recitations will be presented by the St. Stephen Youth Department, along with a solo by Jaleah Cooke, who is the granddaughter of Fannie Alston, the director of the youth depart-ment. A special presentation will be given by Deaconess Ella Wiggins, the president of the missionary department. Refresh-ments will be served by Deacon-ess Mary F. Alston, vice presi-dent of hospitality. All youth and the public are invited to attend.
Harriett Baptist
Harriett Baptist Church’s adult choir will present its annual
Christmas cantata, “Light of the World,” arranged by Mosie Lister, at 6 p.m. Sunday. The Christmas cantata is a festive Christmas celebration in music and scrip-ture, composed with a blend of traditional carols and seasonal fa-vorites focusing on Christmas and the birth of Jesus. The cantata will be under the direction of Tim Strange. Melissa Ayscue, Marlene Hayes and Butch Weaver will sing solos. Tracy Buchanan and Cathy Hope and Melinda Langs-ton and William Weaver will sing duets. Larue Fuller will serve as narrator. Immediately following the program, a social to honor the choir for its hard work will be held in the fellowship hall.
St. Andrew Christian
St. Andrew Christian Church, 203 Mulberry St., will present a Christmas cantata, entitled “The Christmas Story: Christ is Born,” at 5 p.m. on Dec. 20.
Church of Holy Innocents
The Church of the Holy Innocents at the corner of S. Chestnut and Pettigrew streets in Henderson invites the public to enjoy the carols of Christmas on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the church courtyard. The children’s choir, youth group and friends will stand in the shape of a Christmas tree as they sing.
Hebron Methodist
The historic Hebron Method-ist Church will have its annual Christmas candlelight service on Dec. 16, starting at 7:30 p.m. The church is located in the Oakville community on the Wise to Five-Forks Road (SR-1306). Hebron is one of the oldest Methodist churches in the United States and, some say, George Wash-ington actually worshipped
there. The church was started in 1771 and is still in use today for special occasions and as a shrine to Methodism. The candlelight service is an annual event, which has been ongoing for the past 30+ years. The officiating minis-ter will be John Strother, district superintendent for the Raleigh United Methodist District. Strother was instrumental in helping to start the candlelight service in the 1970’s. Accompa-nying Strother will be singers from his Raleigh district. For questions or directions, call Al Fleming at (252) 257-1779.
Brown’s Baptist
Brown’s Baptist Church, State Road 1001, Norlina, will have a Christmas lunch on Sunday, following the worship service. The guest speaker will be James Stain-back. Also, a candlelight service will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m., with refreshments to follow.
Davis Chapel
Davis Chapel will have its an-nual Christmas play Dec. 20 at 5 p.m. A light lunch will follow. The church will also have its Lighting of the Candle Advent Service Dec. 23 at 7 p.m. The public is invited. The church plans its New Year’s Eve ser-vices Dec. 31, starting at 10 p.m. The public is invited.
Pine Grove MBC
Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate Christmas Sunday at 2 p.m. The choirs will present a musical “Tree of Life” including recitations. After the program, a Christmas dinner will be held along with other activi-ties. Join us in our celebration!
Upcoming Christmas/New Year’s events plannedat many area churches
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Christian group will once again camp out in front of City Hall here and offer to pay off up to $10,000 dollars in parking tickets for any passers-by.
Organizers say the event, planned for today, is an example of how easy it is to receive God’s grace.
The Grace Gift Parable giveaway was first held in 2004, when Treasure Valley church leaders doled out nearly $7,500 to delinquent parkers, including one woman who arrived with more than a dozen tickets.
Montie Ralstin Jr., the pas-tor at Boise Valley Christian Communion, says the event is to help people understand that even though they’ve made mistakes, forgiveness is available.
The $10,000 for this year’s event was donated by area businesses and the Christian Churches of the Treasure Valley.
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Rainbow pageant
A Nehemiah (Rainbow) Pageant will be held at West Oxford Elementary School on Ivy Day Road in Oxford on Feb. 13, 2010. Doors open at 4 p.m. and the program starts at 5 p.m. The theme for this event is “Forever Onward.” There will be gospel sing-ing, food, a St. James Mis-sionary Baptist Church Nehemiah education event, and a pre-collegiate banquet/concert/pageant. The keynote speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Alvin
Augustus Jones. In concert will be The Spiritual Entertainers of Oxford, The Gospel Harmoneers of Warrenton, and the gospel mimes. Tickets are $15 in advance; $20 at the door; $5, children under eight years old. For ticket information, call St. James Missionary Baptist Church at 492-8500 or Minnie Toliver at 492-7861. This is a semi-formal affair.
Clothing closet
Full Gospel Faith Min-istries, 104 College Street,
Warrenton, will open its “God’s Blessings” Clothing Closet on Dec. 19 from 10 a.m. to noon. The public is invited.
Mothers in Prayer
Mothers In Prayer For Their Sons will meet via toll-free conference today at 8 a.m. Participants can dial in toll free at (605) 475-4825, access code: 470076# to join in the prayer. For further information visit www.Jesus-works.webs.com or call (252) 456-9121.
Singing anniversary
The 41st anniversary celebration of Freddie Branch and the Singing Stars will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Louisburg’s Senior Center. Featured will be: Freddie Branch and The Singing Stars, Roanoke Jubilees of Roa-noke Rapids, The Voices of Faith of Louisburg, The Singing Disciples of At-lanta, Ga., and The Voices of Calvary of Atlanta, Ga.
Appreciationservice
An appreciation and benefit service for Calvin Downey will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Central Children’s Home Gymnasi-um, 211 W. Antioch Drive, Oxford. This program is in recognition of Downey’s service to the community and surrounding areas. The doors will open at 3 p.m. Featured will be: The
Spiritual Entertainers of Oxford, James Martin and Harmony of Henderson, Senior Citizens Jubilee of Henderson, Pilgrim Harmonaires of Hender-son, The Soulful Singers of Oxford, The Carolina Kings of Henderson, The McShaws of Oxford, The Gospel Miracles of Oxford, and others. Larry Downey will emcee the event and if any group, church or individual is interested in participating, call him at (919) 693-4293.
Gospel sing
The first production of L-F Promotions will be held today at the Oxford Community Center, 125 Orange St., beginning at 5 p.m. Featured will be: Michael Boykin and The Mighty Voices of Clinton, George Dickens and The Gospel Disciples of Oak City, The Sensational Friendly Five of Bunn Level, The Spiritual
Entertainers of Oxford, Second Chance of Hillsbor-ough, Lil Soulful Singers of Oxford, Leroy Green and The Roadway Q.C.’s of Henderson, Sister Shirley McCaden of Oxford, and The Spiritual Messengers of Durham. Arnita Miles and Larry Downey will emcee the event. Food and drinks will be for sale. The doors open at 4 p.m. Admission is $13 at the door; $6, ages 12 and un-der; and free, ages 3 and under. Tickets will not be available in advance. For information, call Kiyonta Thorpe or Lisa Royster at (919) 693-0466.
Greater Love
Greater Love Minis-tries, 110 Court St., will have a musical program at 4 p.m. Dec. 20. Featured will be the Gospel Heralds, Chavis Family, Gospel Disciples and others.
Long Creek UHC
Long Creek United Holy Church in Kittrell will cel-ebrate the ninth anniver-sary of its pastor, the Rev. Ovid Yancey, at 3 p.m. Sunday. The speaker will be Elder Eula Coleman, pastor of Faith Tabernacle United Holy Church in Wake Forest, accompanied by her choir and congrega-tion.
Greenwood Baptist
The deacons, deaconess-es and trustees of Green-wood Baptist Church will have their annual service on Sunday, beginning at 3 p.m. The speaker for the program will be the Rev. Spencer Davis, interim pastor of Shiloh Mission-ary Baptist Church in Kittrell, accompanied by the choir.
Healing service
The public is invited to a special celebration service of outreach, deliverance
and healing to be held at 4 p.m. Dec. 20 at True Faith in Christ Worship Center, 137 S. William St. The theme for the service is “Is There Any Sick Among You?”, based on James 5:13-15. Elder Ricky Taylor of Greater Refuge Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of Apostolic Faith in Henderson will be the key-note speaker. Inspirational words will also be given by the Rev. Sharon Owens of Greater Love Ministry in Henderson. Music will be provided by Edith Green and the Echoes of Praise of Henderson. For more information, call Taylor at (252) 213-3097; Rev. Evans, (252) 767-4151; or Edith Green, (252) 492-2802.
Jones Chapel MBC
Jones Chapel Mis-sionary Baptist Church in Warren County will sponsor a building fund program in the memory of the late Deaconess Frankie Ragland Sunday at 3 p.m. The theme for this event is
“Disciples Under the Influ-ence of the Master.” The speakers will be the Revs. Shirley Hicks, Annette Harris, Tonya Jones and Sheila Alston. The male choir will sing and Dajah Gladden will present a praise dance.
Preaching festival
Harold Sims of Oxford, a student at Campbell University in Boiling Springs, N.C., will be one of 96 featured young people preaching at the first annual Festival of Young Preachers in Louis-ville, Ky., on Jan. 7-9. The Festival of Young Preach-ers offers young preachers from all denominations an opportunity to preach for their family and friends as well as other young preachers and seasoned evaluators. The event is hosted by The Academy of Preachers, a fresh initia-tive underwritten by the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment.
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Mount Zion United Church of Christ’s Youth Department sponsored its “Psalm 27 Black and White Ball” on Nov. 14 at Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center. The event was held to benefit Hemophilia of North Carolina. Sue Cowell, executive director of Hemophilia of N.C. (center) was present to accept a donation on behalf of the organization from Lisa Mosely (left), youth advisor president and Pastor Calvin Brooks Sr. (right). The event was designed to raise awareness and support members with the disorder. Radio personality Michael Reese of 103.9 “The Light” was the emcee. Gospel comedian LaSalle LaSalle performed, along with Another Direction Mime Ministry and Zion in Motion. So-ul Delicious of Henderson catered the event. Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder, predominantly affecting males. There are two major forms of the disease: hemophilia A (factor VIII deficiency) and hemophilia B (factor IX deficiency). People with no family history can also develop hemophilia A. The National He-mophilia Foundation says this accounts for a third of all cases. It usually happens after a new or spontaneous gene mutation. For more information on the disorder, visit www.hemophila-nc.org or call toll free at 1 (800) 990-5557.
Event raises funds for hemophilia research
Greater Love Ministry
Greater Love Ministry presents “A Night in The Royal Court,” its second annual Christmas Ball, on Dec. 19 at 5 p.m. at Central Children’s Home of North Carolina in Oxford. Tickets are $20. Con-tact any member or call (252) 430-3764 for more information.
Full Gospel Faith
Full Gospel Faith Ministries, 104 Col-lege St., Warrenton, will hold New Year’s Eve service on Dec. 31 at 10 p.m. The public is invited.
Ministers Outreach
The Ministers Outreach Tabernacle Youth Department will be hosting a Christmas play entitled “Life” on Dec. 19-20 at 6 p.m. each night. Admission is free, but the Youth Department is asking for support for their canned food drive. They will be accepting donations now through-out the holiday season. Please call for more information at (252) 438-6543. The church is located at 925 Lehman Street, Henderson.
Westwood PHC
The Westwood Pentecostal Holiness Church choir will present its “Great Day!” Christmas cantata in its “living” Christ-mas tree on Dec. 20 and Dec. 27 at 6 p.m.
New Hope Baptist
New Hope Baptist Church, Kittrell, will hold its Christmas program Dec. 20 at 6 p.m., followed by a time of fellowship and snacks.
Brookston Baptist
Brookston Baptist Church’s Music Department, along with friends from local area and regional churches, will present a Christmas cantata entitled “Dawn of Redemption,” created by Dawn and Lori Marsh, on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the church. The cantata is under the direction of Glendora Powell, L. L. Bartlett and Josephine Baskerville. Pas-tor Timothy L. Burrell will serve as the master of ceremonies. The narrators will be Roberta Scott and Wellington Scott Jr. The public is invited to attend.
Union Grove MBC
Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church will present its annual Christmas play entitled, “The Greatest Christmas Present Ever,” on Dec. 20 at noon after Sunday school. The public is invited to attend.
Big Ruin Creek
Big Ruin Creek Baptist Church will be hold its Christmas program on Dec. 20 at 4 p.m. featuring a Christmas play and carols. The public is invited to attend.
Winter carnival
I Believe God Outreach and Worship Center, 90 Thomas Road, Henderson (Williamsboro community) will be hosting a Winter Carnival today from 6:30-8 p.m. There will be fun for all ages.
Poplar Creek Baptist
Come and have breakfast with Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus on Dec. 19 from 9-10:30
a.m. at Poplar Creek Baptist Church. Cost is $5 per person and those attend-ing are encouraged to bring their own cameras.
St. Mary’s AME Zion
St. Mary’s AME Zion Church, located in the Bobbitt Community of Kittrell, will hold its Christmas program Dec. 19 at 5 p.m. The program is sponsored by the Christian Education Department and the youth will be participating. The church will also hold a “Watchnight” service on Dec. 31 at 10:30 p.m. The theme will be: “Releasing the old Resolution from 2009 and Renewing God’s Resolution for 2010.” Services will start promptly at 10:30 p.m.
White Rock MBC
The Pastor’s Choir of White Rock Mis-sionary Baptist Church will present a concert entitled, “A Gospel Christmas,” today at 6 p.m. at the church. Appearing in concert with the Pastor’s Choir will be Work in Progress of Henderson and the Inspirational Voices of Rock Spring from Creedmoor. The Rock of Prayer Praise Team of Henderson will lead in praise and worship. The public is invited to attend. The church is located at 6537 Old Roxboro Road, Oxford, in the Berea community.
Thomas Chapel
“Singspiration,” the start of a new seasonal tradition, will be held at Thomas Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church on Dec. 20 at 6 p.m. The program will feature Christmas music, poetry, and inspirational worship. The community is welcomed to attend. Thomas Chapel is
located at 5256 Vicksboro Road, Hender-son. Call the church at (252) 432-4445 for additional information.
Christmas program
James Martin and Harmony will be sponsoring a Christmas program for the less fortunate today at 6 p.m. at St. James Missionary Baptist Church, 3005 Old Oxford Road, Henderson. Featured will be The Gospel Heralds, The Senior Citizen Jubilees, Little Cedrick and Divine Sounds of Harmony, Work in Progress, Ernest Owens and The New Gospel Cliffs, St. James Mass Choir, and selections by Brian Foster. Everyone who attends is asked to bring non-perishable food items.
Christmas benefit musical
A Christmas benefit musical will be held at Oxford Community Center on Or-ange Street in Oxford on Dec. 19. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the program starts at 6 p.m. Admission at the door is $5; free for children under 12. Featured will be the Jonathan Creek Male Chorus, The Spiritual Message, The Gospel Miracles, The Li’l Soulful Singers, the Visionaries, Soul Seekers, The Chavis Family, Third Generation, Steven Gregory and The RemissionAires, The Gospel Disciples, Amen, Reunited of Durham, Calvin Wil-liams and Creative Souls, and others. Contributions will benefit families for the holiday. Larry Downey will emcee the event. Three cash prizes will be given away. Food, drinks, water, etc., will be available for purchase. For more informa-tion, call George (Pee Wee) Davis at (252) 492-6215 or (252) 492-5733.
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Blessed Hope Baptist Church, 741 Dabney Road, announces its regular schedule: Sunday — 9:45 a.m., Sunday school hour; 11 a.m., worship service and children’s church (nursery provided); 5 p.m., deacon meeting, choir practice and youth Bible study; 6 p.m., evening worship and radio broadcast on WIZS. Tuesday — 7 p.m., GROW Outreach. Wednesday — 7 p.m., prayer service, youth “Total Ac-cess,” and Team Kids. First and third Saturday — 9 a.m., visita-tion.
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Church will have its regular wor-ship service at 10 a.m. Sunday. Sunday school will be held at 11 a.m. The church is located at 720 Brookston Road, Henderson.
es this week’s schedule: Sunday — 9:45 a.m., Sunday School; 11 a.m., worship service; 7 p.m., Handbells’ Christmas concert. Wednesday — 7 p.m., prayer meeting, youth and children’s activities.
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210 S. Chestnut St., Hender-son, announces its schedule for Sunday: 8 a.m., Rite One, Holy Eucharist; 10:30 a.m., Rite Two, Holy Eucharist; 12:30 p.m., La Misa Spanish service.
<«–«Central Baptist Church, 2574
Ruin Creek Road, Henderson, announces its weekly schedule: Sunday — 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship service /Lottie Moon ingathering (nursery/pre-school children’s church pro-vided); 5 p.m., youth small group meets; 6 p.m., candlelight service. Monday — ladies book club at home of Connie Burnham. Tues-day — 10 a.m., ladies Bible study. Wednesday — 7 a.m., men’s Bible study; 4:15 p.m., puppet ministry practice; 5:30 p.m., fellowship din-ner/students depart for Christmas party at the Hawkins; 6:30 p.m., adult small group Bible study/chil-dren’s mission lesson; 7:45 p.m., Celebration Choir practice. Thurs-day — noon, power lunch for men at The Green Bean Restaurant; 6 p.m., college/career Christmas party at the Dulmes. Upcoming events: Dec. 20 — 6 p.m., church-wide Christmas caroling; Dec. 24, 6 p.m., Christmas Eve service.
<«–«City Road United Method-
ist Church, 903 N. Garnett St., Henderson, announces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 10 a.m., Brit-thaven Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship service; 6 p.m., Pridgen-Peace Christmas party at George‘s Restaurant in Oxford. Upcoming events: Dec. 20, 11 a.m., Christ-mas cantata; Dec. 24, 8 p.m., Christmas Eve candlelight/com-munion service.
<«–«Cokesbury United Methodist
Church, 2440 S. Cokesbury Road, announces its schedule: Sunday — 8:30 a.m., contemporary service; 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship service; 4 p.m., Heaven’s Harvest practice and youth group; 6 p.m., cantata choir practice and also Friendship Class party. Mon-day — 6 p.m., men’s Bible study. Wednesday — 6:30 p.m., Heaven’s Harvest Christmas play; 7 p.m., prayer and praise; 7:45 p.m., choir practice. Thursday — 10 a.m., ladies Bible study. Upcoming events: Dec. 20, 5 p.m., Christmas cantata; Dec. 24, Christmas Eve candlelight service.
Church announces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 9:30 a.m., worship service; 10:45 a.m., Sun-day school. Wednesday — noon, Lunch and Lessons (bring bag lunch). Thursday — 6:30 p.m., choir practice. Next Saturday — 2-4 p.m., open house at the parsonage.
<«–«Greater Refuge Church of Our
Lord Jesus Christ of Apostolic Faith, 235 Booth Ave., announces its regular schedule: Every Sunday — 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11:15 a.m., worship service. First, third and fifth Wednesday — 7:30 p.m., Bible study.
<«–«Guiding Star United Holy
Church, 650 Mt. Pleasant Church Road, Manson, announces this week’s schedule: Sunday – 10 a.m., Bible church school; 11 a.m., altar prayer; 11:15 a.m., praise and worship service. Monday — noontime prayer. Wednesday – 7 p.m., prayer and Bible study.
<«–«Harriett Baptist Church, 935
S. Carolina Ave., announces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 8:30 a.m., coffee and fellowship; 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., wor-ship service and children’s church; 6 p.m., adult choir Christmas can-tata practice; 6:45 a.m., social in fellowship hall honoring the choir. Wednesday — 6 p.m., fellowship supper; 7 p.m., Bible study and prayer service.
<«–«Harris Chapel United Meth-
odist Church will have worship services at 9:30 a.m., followed by Sunday school at 10:45 a.m. The church is located at 3870 Dabney Road, Henderson.
<«–«I Believe God Outreach Center
announces its schedule for this week: Sunday — 9:30 a.m., prayer; 11 a.m., worship service. Monday
2565 U.S. 1/U.S. 158, Henderson (on the left just before turning onto Satterwhite Point Road) announces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 10:30 a.m., Sunday school; 11:45 a.m., worship. Tuesday — 7 p.m., Bible study. For more information, call Co-Pastor Dixon at (252) 213-9000 or Tomika Brown at (252) 767-8289.
<«–«Joy Christian Center, an inter-
racial and nondenominational fellowship, holds services at 7 p.m. each Wednesday and 10 a.m. every Sunday. The church is located at 1120 S.E. Industry Drive, near Revlon, in Oxford. A radio ministry is broadcast at 10 a.m. Monday through Friday on both WHNC-AM 890 and WCBQ-AM 1340, and at 11 a.m. Sundays on WCBQ-AM 1340. A new ministry broadcast also can be heard Wednesdays on WIZS-AM 1450 at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (919) 690-8272.
<«–«Liberty Christian Church, Ep-
som, announces this week’s sched-ule: Sunday — 10 a.m., Sunday School; 11 a.m., worship service, Candle of Joy lighting. Tuesday — noon, women’s fellowship at De-nise Knott’s home. Wednesday — 7 p.m., Bible study; 8 p.m., choir practice. Upcoming events — Dec. 19, prepare health kits for Sunday; Dec. 20, deacon ordination.
<«–«Living Stones Church of God,
6096 Tabbs Creek Road, Oxford, has Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., followed by worship services at 10:30 a.m., each Sunday. Every second and fourth Sunday, youth services for ages 13 and up are held at 9:30 a.m. Check the an-nouncements for special evening services to be held at 6 p.m. on Sundays. On Wednesdays, evening services begin at 7 p.m. As part of the outreach ministries, rest home services are held at Magnolia Garden in Warrenton at 7 p.m. Tuesdays and at Britthaven in Louisburg at 4:30 p.m. every third Friday.
<«–«Middleburg Baptist Church an-
nounces its weekly schedule: Sun-day — 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship service/Christ-mas cantata; 6 p.m., Characters for Christ performance at Dexter Baptist. Wednesday — 6:30 p.m., Bible study; 7 p.m., choir practice. Thursday — 1 p.m., Sunshine Club meeting. Next Saturday — 7 p.m., Characters for Christ per-forms at Creedmoor Methodist.
<«–«Ministers Outreach Taber-
nacle, 925 Lehman St., Hen-derson, announces its weekly schedule: Sunday — 9:30 a.m., Bible teaching (adult and youth); 11 a.m., worship. Wednesday — noon, prayer; 7:30 p.m., mid-week service. For more information, call 438-6543.
<«–«Mount Zion Christian Church,
995 Burr St., announces its schedule: Sunday — 9:15 a.m., ministry class; 11 a.m., worship. Wednesday — 7:30 p.m., inter-cessory prayer; 8:30 p.m., Bible study. First and third Saturday — 10 a.m., BTCO youth ministry. Second and fourth Saturday — 10 a.m., outreach ministry. For more information or transportation, call (252) 430-7277.
<«–«New Jonathan Creek Mission-
ary Baptist Church, 9200 Corn-wall Road, Oxford, has Sunday school at 10 a.m. weekly. Worship services are held every second and fourth Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Bible study is held at 7 p.m. Wednes-days, except the Wednesday before the fourth Sunday. The church conference is held each Wednesday before the fourth Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
Church, 1699 Weldon’s Mill Road, announces its weekly schedule: Today — youth to Disney on Ice. Sunday — 8:30 a.m., early wor-ship; 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., morning worship/children’s church; 5:30 p.m., youth; 7 p.m., A Christmas Celebration. Wednes-day — 5:45 p.m., supper; 6:30 p.m., Bible study, youth, Team KIDS. Upcoming events: Dec. 19, 10 a.m., fruit basket ministry; Dec. 20, 7 p.m., Team KIDS Christmas cantata; Dec. 24, 6 p.m., Christ-mas Eve service.
<«–«Norlina Baptist Church, 402
Division St., Norlina, (252) 456-4121, announces its schedule for this week: Sunday — 9:45 a.m., Sunday school (all ages); 11 a.m., worship; 5 p.m., Bible study; 6 p.m., evening worship. Wednesday — 6 p.m., prayer meeting; 6:30 p.m., men’s Bible study, adult Bible study, Children in Action, Mission Friends, Youth on Mission; 7:30 p.m., adult choir practice. Upcoming events: Dec. 27, 6 p.m., Unashamed in concert.
<«–«North Henderson Baptist
Church announces this week’s
schedule: Sunday — 9:45 a.m., Sunday School; 11 a.m., morning worship; 4:30 p.m., choir practice; 6 p.m., children’s Christmas pro-gram. Tuesday — 11 a.m., Senior Citizen’s Home weekly prayer/wor-ship service. Wednesday — 9 a.m., Salvation Army food drive; 6 p.m., mission supper; 7 p.m., planning for live nativity, business confer-ence/vote on budget, Youth Bible study, Children in Action. Friday — 6 p.m., live nativity. Upcoming events: Dec. 24, Christmas Eve service; Dec. 27, Westwood Pen-tecostal Christmas cantata (joint service).
<«–«Plank Chapel United Method-
ist Church, 3047 Bobbitt Road, Kittrell, announces its schedule for this week: Sunday — 9:30 a.m., “Beginnings” classes with refresh-ments, adult classes meet in the fellowship hall; 11 a.m., Pack Your Pew Advent worship service; 6 p.m., children/youth Christmas program. Monday — 5:30 p.m., aerobics. Wednesday — 7 p.m., choir practice. Thursday — 5:30 p.m., aerobics.
<«–«Poplar Creek Baptist Church,
1371 Poplar Creek Road, an-nounces its schedule for this week: Sunday — 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship service (children’s church/nursery provid-ed). Wednesday — 7 p.m., prayer time; 8 p.m., adult choir practice. Upcoming events: Dec. 19, 9 a.m., breakfast with Santa; Dec. 20, youth and children’s Christmas program/spaghetti supper; Dec. 24, 9 p.m., Christmas Eve candle-light service.
<«–«Power of Life Missionary
Baptist Church, 404 Hillsboro St., Oxford, has Sunday morning wor-ship starting at 11 a.m.
<«–«Raleigh Road Baptist Church
announces its schedule for this week: Sunday — 8 a.m., deacon’s meeting; 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., morning worship; noon, children’s birthday part for Jesus/Foot Joy; 4:45 p.m., adult and chil-dren’s choir rehearsal; 5 p.m., no discipleship training; 6 p.m., quar-terly business meeting, no chil-dren’s choir. Wednesday — 6 p.m., GAs to Pizza Inn; 6:15 p.m., pizza supper; 7 p.m., Mission Friends, GAs, RAs, youth, prayer meeting. Next Saturday — 7 p.m., adult and children’s choirs presentations.
<«–«Rehoboth United Method-
ist Church, 2975 Old Watkins Road, Henderson, announces its schedule for this week: Sunday — 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship (nursery and children’s church provided); lunch and sing-ing after worship. Tuesday — 9:30 a.m., ladies Bible study. Upcom-ing events: Dec. 20, Christmas cantata.
<«–«Rock of Ages Discipleship
Ministry, 2040 Francis Ave., Hen-derson, will have Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., followed by worship service at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday. Bible study is held at 7 p.m. Tues-days.
<«–«Room at the Cross Pentecostal
Holiness Church of Henderson will have praise and worship ser-vices at 11 a.m. Sunday.
3275 U.S. 158 Bypass, Oxford, an-nounces its Mass schedule for this
week: Today, 5 p.m.; Sunday, 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. The Spanish Liturgy (Misa en Espanol) is held at noon on Sundays. For further details, call 438-3124.
<«–«St. James’ Episcopal Church in
Kittrell will hold its regular month-ly service of Holy Communion at 3 p.m. on Sunday. All are welcome to this traditional language Anglican service, with music from the 1940 hymnal. The Rev. Canon E. T. Malone, Jr., priest-in-charge, will preach and celebrate this, the third Sunday in the season of Advent. St. James’, a lovely historic church built in 1871, is located on Main Street in Kittrell, about two blocks east of U.S. 1.
<«–«St. Mary’s AME Zion Church
located in the Bobbitt community announces its schedule for this week: Sunday — 10 a.m., church school; 11 a.m., worship service. Wednesday — 7 p.m., Bible study. The church also offers women’s and men’s ministries.
<«–«St. Paul AME Zion Church,
2309 Old County Home Road, will have its regular 11 a.m. wor-ship service on Sunday. For more information, call the Rev. William Harrison at (252) 456-2923 or (252) 213-0011.
<«–«St. Paul’s Lutheran Church,
part of the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, announces this week’s schedule: Today — 9:30-11:30 a.m., children’s Christmas program practice. Sunday — 8:30 a.m., worship service; 9:45 a.m., Sunday school and Bible classes; 11 a.m., worship service; noon, congregational meeting; 3 p.m., choir practice; 5 p.m., choir Christ-mas cantata. Monday — 7:30 p.m., Board of Christian Education and Sunday school teachers will meet. Wednesday — 7:30 p.m., prayer time. Friday — no confirmation class. Upcoming events: Dec. 20, 8:30 a.m., worship service can-celed; 11 a.m., children’s Christ-mas program. Dec. 24,, 7:30 p.m., Christmas eve candlelight com-munion worship service. Dec. 25, 10 a.m., Christmas Day worship service. The church is located at 114 Poplar Mount Road, Norlina. For further details or directions, call the church office at (252) 456-2747 or log on to www.splcridge-way.org.
<«–«St. Stephen Missionary Baptist
Church, 3319 N.C. 58, Inez, an-nounces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship service. Wednes-day — 7 p.m., prayer meeting, Bible study. The church meets all four Sundays of the month.
<«–«Tabernacle United Methodist
Church, 1725 Rock Spring Church Road, Townsville, announces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship service. Monday — 9:30 a.m., Bible study. Wednesday — 1 p.m., Bessie King Circle luncheon at Pink Giraffe in Clarksville; 5:45 p.m., Bible study; 7 p.m, choir practice. Thursday — 9 a.m., art class.
<«–«Unity Baptist Church, 41 Mar-
tin Creek Road, has Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., followed by morning worship at 11 a.m. Bible study is held at 5:30 p.m. each Wednesday. Choir practice will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
<«–«Victorious Apostolic, 188
Shocco Springs Road, Warrenton, announces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship service with the youth department in charge. Tuesday — 6:30 p.m., prayer service. Friday — 6:30 p.m., Bible study. For more information, call the church at (252) 257-9909.
<«–«Victory Baptist Church, 475
J.P. Taylor Road, announces its weekly schedule: Sunday — 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., morning worship (children’s church provided); 6 p.m., evening service. Wednesday — 7:30 p.m., prayer, Bible study, King’s Kids, TRAC (teens) Club. Upcoming events: Dec. 20, church Christmas dinner after morning service, fol-lowed by 6 p.m. Christmas play/cantata; Dec. 31, 8 p.m., New Year’s service. Sunday morning services are broadcast live on WIZS 1450 AM. Visit the church on-line at www.victorybaptistnc.com.
<«–«Warrenton Baptist Church, 226
N. Main St., Warrenton, announces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 7:30 a.m., men’s breakfast; 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., wor-ship; 5 p.m., youth group; 7 p.m., deacons’ meeting. Tuesday — 5:30 p.m., community supper at War-renton Presbyterian; 8 p.m., choir practice. Wednesday — 11 a.m., ecumenical service at Macon
United Methodist; 5 p.m., lec-tionary study group.
<«–«West Hills Presbyterian Church
announces its weekly schedule: Sunday — 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 10:30 a.m., worship service. Wednesday — 6:30 p.m., Fellowship of the Saints.
4C The Daily DispaTch Faith saTurDay, December 12, 2009
Weekly Programs and services
4 CHURCH
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’ll be surprised how much you can accomplish if you speak di-rectly from the heart. Discipline and hard work will pay off later in the month when you need a little time to yourself. A romantic moment will be enlightening. 3 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Talks and negotiations will enable you to make plans for the future. Get everything you want in writing or you may be short-changed. A change in plans can be to your advantage if you are adaptable. Emotional matters can be resolved if you reveal your true feelings. 3 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may be required to pay off an old debt. You can ask for financial assistance but, before accepting, go over the terms and decide if it is better to wait until the new year because of taxes. 3 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your status may be altered by the changes going on at work or within your community. Get involved so that you have a say. Expressing your concerns will allow you to raise awareness and your expertise and research will lead to an unex-pected advancement. 5 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll be impulsive when it comes to shopping and entertainment costs. Don’t be fooled by products that promise the impossible. Hold off making a move, decision or promise until you fully understand what’s involved. 2 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Discuss your plans with someone you respect and you will get an inside view that could potentially change your mind and your direc-tion regarding home and family. A relationship you thought was
secure may need special attention. 4 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Coming up with alternative sug-gestions will help you stay within your budget and please everyone around you. A bargain can be found if you look in the right place. Do your homework and you will succeed. 3 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Stick to what you know and do best. Appeal to the emotional side of any issue that concerns family members. Expect someone to take action at home without consulting you. Anger will not be the answer. 3 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Make travel plans or connect with someone from your past who has expertise or knowledge you need to tap into. Expect someone to make last-minute changes that will upset your plans. Regroup quickly and proceed. 3 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You have to share your thoughts before you make a move. Withholding information will slow you down. You’ll be surprised how quickly your decisions affect oth-ers. There is money to be made if you jump at an opportunity. 4 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What you have to offer will be welcomed and, in return, you should get the backing you need to proceed. Love is in the stars and will be a contributing factor to the proposal you want to make. 2 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Look at your options and you will see what needs to be done to prepare for a better future. A deal can be negotiated to your liking. A little friendly persuasion will make the difference you need to move forward with your plans. 5 stars
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We’ll buy-back your present vehicle for up to $4,000 over Kelley Blue Book value on trade towards the purchase of a brand new Toyota or pre-owned vehicle!**
Once a deal is struck we’ll pay-off your trade no matter how much you owe! ***
Interest rates as low as 0.0% APR will be offered on new Toyotas!†
Interest rates as low as 2.9% APR could be offered on used vehicles!†
Every application for credit will be immediately submitted and processed for review and on-the-spot delivery REGARDLESS OF PAST CREDIT HISTORY!† Call our credit hotline at 1-800-800-8696.
Just imagine... drive home in a new Toyota or pre-owned vehicle from the Toyota of Henderson Toyotathon Sale and pay nearly no interest!†
Just imagine... drive home in a new or pre-owned vehicle with payments less than or equal to what you currently pay.†††
Toyota of Henderson
800-800-TOYOTA800-800-8696
THREE DAYS ONLYWHERE: WHEN:
Who would have thought that you could buy our best-selling new 2010 Corolla for $12,995?‡ But that’s not where it stops. We also have a huge supply of Camry’s and the sought-after Tacoma and Tundra trucks! No reasonable offers will be refused. There’s no telling how long it will be before we see deals like this again. All offers will end Saturday, December 12th at 8pm!
At Toyota of Henderson, we are excited more than ever about this year’s
with a larger inventory of brand new Toyota’s than ever before, and we are motivated to sell these vehicles. No reasonable offer will be refused! To facilitate
6% - 30 YEARS QUALIFIES FOR $8000 AND $6500 TAX CREDIT
Call Prim Residential252-738-9771 Call 252-738-9771
PRIM RESIDENTIAL Apartments,Townhouses,
and Corporate Townhouses For Rent
White Ford high topconversion van. 1993. 1owner. Shed kept.Power everything. Rearheat & air. Electric bed.New tires. Excellentcondition. $3400 neg.252-438-4369.
Vans
Ford Taurus 2002. Only$1000. Priced to Sell!For Listings, 800-749-8104, Ext. 7042.
2006 Chevrolet ImpalaLT. All power options.
Remote start.Rear spoiler.
White w/gray interior.82K mi. 30+ MPG.
$11,000 OBO.252-430-6469.
Autos ForSale
2003 Saturn Vue. V6.Automatic. Sun roof,AM/FM stereo w/CD,cruise control, AC &
heat, air bags, PW/PL/PS. New tires.
Alloy wheels. $6600.252-432-5599.
Autos ForSale
1999 Eagle Internationalflatbed tractor trailer.
Complete w/everythingon trailer. Good
condition. $17,000.252-438-7928.
1974 Chevrolet weldingtruck w/pipe Lincoln
welder. 350 engine w/chrome wheels. $2800.
252-456-5123 or252-767-3788
Trucks &Trailers For
Sale
Kawasaki110cc dirt bike.
Excellent condition.Like new. $950.252-432-7630.
Christmas Sale! Fri. &Sat. 20% off all parts &accessories. 30% offOlympia Jackets. Up to$2500 rebates on NewUnits. brewercycles.com. 252-492-8553.
MotorcyclesFor Sale
Wanted to BuyUsed Farm Equipment
& Tractors919-603-7211
FarmEquipment
“Singlewide repo. $4900cash!” 1996 Brigadier
14x80. 3BR, 2BA.Central A/C. Needs
minor repairs &appliances. Bill Jordan.
919-740-7619or 919-604-7255
LEASE TO OWN4BR Doublewide.
Need Good Credit orLots of Cash. $69K
and $725/mo.919-693-8984
Beautiful country setting.Ready to move in!
3BR, 2BA singlewideon 1 acre of land.
336-597-5539.
1999 16x80 3BR, 2BA.Like new. Cash only!
I also buy SWs. BobbyFaulkner 252-438-8758
or 252-432-2035
ManufacturedHomes For
Sale
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Now you can add yourcompany logo to yourone column ads/noborder ads and get
noticed quicker! Callyour sales
representative or 252-436-2810
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ManufacturedHomes For
Sale
Homes & MHs. Leaseoption to owner finance.As low as $47,900.$2000 dn. $495/mo. 2, 3& 4BR. 252-492-8777
3007 Sydney Hill. 2859sq.ft. 3BR, 2.5BA. Quiet
cul-de-sac near HCCgolf course. Screened-in
porch, Florida room,more! Only $225,000!Call Denise at Remax/
2BR, 1BA. 2 car garage.Gas heat. 118 W.Rockspring St. $295/mo. 252-430-3777.
2BR, 1BA.1002 Beacon Ave.
$465/mo.252-430-3777.
Houses ForRent
Heritage HomesApartments in
Henderson is nowaccepting
applications for 1BRapartments forSeniors. Call
252-492-9091. EOH
Apartments/HousesWester Realty252-438-8701
westerrealty.com
* Apartments/Homes *1 to 3BR. $325 to
$995/mo. 252-492-8777.W W Properties
ApartmentFor Rent
HUD PUBLISHER’SNOTICE
All real estateadvertised herein issubject to the FederalFair Housing Actwhich makes it illegalto advertise anypreference, limitation,or discriminationbased on race, color,religion, sex,handicap, familialstatus or nationalorigin, or intention tomake any suchpreferences,limitations ordiscrimination.State laws forbiddiscrimination in thesale, rental oradvertising of realestate based onfactors in addition tothose protected underfederal law.We will not knowinglyaccept any advertisingfor real estate whichis in violation of thelaw. All persons arehereby informed thatall dwellingsadvertised areavailable on an equalopportunity basis.
EQUAL HOUSINGOPPORTUNITY
InvestmentProperties
Tom Cat’s AutoTOP DOLLAR
on junk cars!252-430-7680
Tim’s Scrap HaulingBuying Cars
Paying up to $125Same Day Pick-up
919-482-0169
SCRAP GOLD!HIGHEST PRICES!CHECK US OUT!MOODY BROS.252-430-8600
Aluminum, Copper,Scrap Metal&Junk Cars
Paying $75-$175Across Scales
Mikes Auto Salvage, 252-438-9000.
Wanted ToBuy
Yorktese Male Puppy12 weeks old 1st shots
and regs.UKC $550 For more info Call
252-492-1890
Toy Poodle pups. AKCreg. Shots & worming.White & cream. Male &female. Ready now.Dep. holds forChristmas. 252-456-4680.
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