BY WILLIAM F. WEST DAILY DISPATCH WRITER The Henderson-based Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments will receive $119,942 in federal funding to expand rural and community development in Vance County. U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, who made the announcement Friday afternoon, said Kerr-Tar was among 43 recipients in 27 states selected to receive part of more than $4 million in grants. The funding is being pro- vided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program. The program helps finance new and existing businesses, as well as employ- ment-related adult education programs. Such funds can be used for start-up and working capital loans, building and plant renova- tions, transportation improve- ments, project planning and other business needs. “These loans mean jobs in our communities and are lifesavers for local and rural businesses,” Etheridge said. “This announcement is good news for Vance County and puts USDA funds into communities that need them,” the congress- man said Etheridge said the funding was authorized in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, better known as the Obama administration’s stimulus program to help boost the weak national economy. Etheridge, 68, is a Democrat from Lillington who was first elected to Congress in 1996. He represents most of the southern part of Vance County. Kerr-Tar, 1724 Graham Ave., is one of 17 regional planning and development agencies in North Carolina that administer federal programs and grants and help local governments identify and meet needs that improve the quality of life. Kerr-Tar is governed by local government members in Vance, Granville, Warren, Franklin and Person counties. Contact the writer at bwest@hender- sondispatch.com. See suspicious activity? Then notify police BY DISPATCH STAFF A 911 call led to the ar- rest Thursday of a Hen- derson man on a felony breaking and entering charge. Henderson police said that Fred- daire Har- grove, 20, of 507 Hillside Ave. is being held in the Vance County jail on a secured $10,000 bond in connection with the crime. The caller reported see- ing a man break into the residence at 657 Charles St. around 7:34 a.m., police said. On arrival, officers saw a man running down Cherry Street removing items of clothing. After a short foot chase, the man was ap- prehended. Hargrove’s court date is Feb. 8. Henderson police en- courage citizens to call 911 when they see suspicious activity in their communi- ties. Callers may remain anonymous. Send comments to news@ hendersondispatch.com. 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In response to questions asked by The Daily Dispatch, the press release from the sheriff’s depart- ment stated: • The total amount of funds missing is $60,607.61, which includes $7,854.65 in cash and $52,752.96 in checks. • A particular county em- ployee, not identified by name, has served for many years as the courier to deposit county funds. • No one has been disci- plined or fired as a result of the disappearance of the deposit bag, due to the ongoing investigation and facts yet to be determined. • After the loss was discovered, security measures were imme- diately implemented to prevent future losses. These funds are now transported accompanied by armed security, identified as deputies. The press release states: “No other security measures can be disclosed because of safety concerns.” White indicated that additional information will be released to the extent possible as the investi- gation progresses. The deposit bag was first suspected to be missing on Dec. 17, according to Vance County Manager Jerry Ayscue. It was reported to the sheriff’s depart- ment on Dec. 28. The investigation has involved questioning and administering polygraph tests to a number of people. The State Bureau of Investigation is assisting with the investigation. Contact the writer at dirvine@hender- sondispatch.com. Sheriff: Over $60,000 in bank bag Cash, checks make up tax office receipts missing since Dec. 17 Vance hires tax administrator, Page 3A BY DAVID IRVINE DAILY DISPATCH WRITER S unday marks the 10th anniversary of what some Henderson residents call “the great snowstorm.” No need to say more to long-time residents. They know exactly what you’re talking about. It was that last week of January 2000. The total snowfall of 20.3 inches at Raleigh-Durham airport for the night of Jan. 24-25 set a record for the most ac- cumulation in a single storm, as well as a record for monthly accumulation. It was only the fourth time since the middle of the 20th Century that a single snowfall at RDU exceeded 10 inches. Snowfall in Henderson was reported at the time as at least 17 inches. Vance County Emergency Management Direc- tor Brian Short said the official total finally amounted to 22 inches. Whatever the exact amount, activity in the area skidded to a stop. Vance County had been teased with a light snowfall, sleet and freezing rain the week before. Even as the snow clouds were form- ing for the big one, school officials were considering how to make up the two days already lost to the weather. Their plans soon had to be modified significantly. The great snowstorm began during the afternoon of Jan. 24 and continued through the night. The heaviest snowfall amounts oc- curred in a strip along the North Caro- lina piedmont that stretched from Anson County east of Charlotte and extended northeast through Wake County and Vance County into Virginia. The great snowstorm: 10 years later DAILY DISPATCH/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE A group of people use their feet to travel to a nearby convenience store as a trio of sport utility vehicles approaches in this Jan. 25, 2000, file photo. Weath- er forecasts on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2000, predicted a few snow flurries, but when Vance County residents awoke on that Wednesday, they found 17 inches of snow crippling the community for weeks. DAILY DISPATCH/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE A city employee uses a front end loader to clean Garnett Street at Breckenridge Street in this Jan. 25, 2000, file photo. Etheridge Vance in line for federal rural development funds Area expected flurries, not waking up to nearly two feet PLEASE SEE SNOWSTORM, PAGE 3A
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By WILLIAM F. WESTDaily Dispatch Writer
The Henderson-based Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments will receive $119,942 in federal funding to expand rural and community development in Vance County.
U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, who made the announcement Friday afternoon, said Kerr-Tar was among 43 recipients in 27 states selected to receive part of more than $4 million in grants.
The funding is being pro-vided by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program. The program helps finance new and existing businesses, as well as employ-ment-related adult education programs.
Such funds can be used for start-up and working capital loans, building and plant renova-tions, transportation improve-ments, project planning and other business needs.
“These loans mean jobs in our communities and are lifesavers
for local and rural businesses,” Etheridge said.
“This announcement is good news for Vance County and puts USDA funds into communities that need them,” the congress-man said
Etheridge said the funding was authorized in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, better known as the Obama administration’s stimulus program to help boost the weak national economy.
Etheridge, 68, is a Democrat from Lillington who was first elected to Congress in 1996. He
represents most of the southern part of Vance County.
Kerr-Tar, 1724 Graham Ave., is one of 17 regional planning and development agencies in North Carolina that administer federal programs and grants and help local governments identify and meet needs that improve the quality of life.
Kerr-Tar is governed by local government members in Vance, Granville, Warren, Franklin and Person counties.
Vance County Sheriff Peter White on Friday released ad-ditional information about a miss-ing bank deposit bag containing receipts from the County Tax Office.
In response to questions asked by The Daily Dispatch, the press release from the sheriff’s depart-ment stated:
• The total amount of funds missing is $60,607.61, which
includes $7,854.65 in cash and $52,752.96 in checks.
• A particular county em-ployee, not identified by name, has served for many years as the courier to deposit county funds.
• No one has been disci-plined or fired as a result of the disappearance of the deposit bag, due to the ongoing investigation and facts yet to be determined.
• After the loss was discovered, security measures were imme-diately implemented to prevent future losses. These funds are now transported accompanied by armed security, identified as deputies.
The press release states: “No other security measures can be disclosed because of safety concerns.”
White indicated that additional information will be released to the extent possible as the investi-gation progresses.
The deposit bag was first suspected to be missing on Dec. 17, according to Vance County Manager Jerry Ayscue. It was reported to the sheriff’s depart-ment on Dec. 28.
The investigation has involved questioning and administering polygraph tests to a number of people. The State Bureau of Investigation is assisting with the investigation.
Sheriff: Over $60,000 in bank bagCash, checks make up tax office receipts missing since Dec. 17
Vancehires tax
administrator,Page 3A
By DAVID IRVINEDaily Dispatch Writer
Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of what some Henderson residents call “the great snowstorm.” No
need to say more to long-time residents. They know exactly what you’re talking about. It was that last week of January 2000.
The total snowfall of 20.3 inches at Raleigh-Durham airport for the night of Jan. 24-25 set a record for the most ac-cumulation in a single storm, as well as a record for monthly accumulation.
It was only the fourth time since the middle of the 20th Century that a single snowfall at RDU exceeded 10 inches.
Snowfall in Henderson was reported at the time as at least 17 inches. Vance County Emergency Management Direc-tor Brian Short said the official total
finally amounted to 22 inches. Whatever the exact amount, activity in the area skidded to a stop.
Vance County had been teased with a light snowfall, sleet and freezing rain the week before.
Even as the snow clouds were form-ing for the big one, school officials were considering how to make up the two days already lost to the weather. Their plans soon had to be modified significantly.
The great snowstorm began during the afternoon of Jan. 24 and continued through the night.
The heaviest snowfall amounts oc-curred in a strip along the North Caro-lina piedmont that stretched from Anson County east of Charlotte and extended northeast through Wake County and Vance County into Virginia.
The great snowstorm: 10 years later
Daily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE
A group of people use their feet to travel to a nearby convenience store as a trio of sport utility vehicles approaches in this Jan. 25, 2000, file photo. Weath-er forecasts on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2000, predicted a few snow flurries, but when Vance County residents awoke on that Wednesday, they found 17 inches of snow crippling the community for weeks.
Daily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE
A city employee uses a front end loader to clean Garnett Street at Breckenridge Street in this Jan. 25, 2000, file photo.
Etheridge
Vance in line for federal rural development funds
Area expected flurries, notwaking up to nearly two feet
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toDayBlood drive — Girl Scout Troops #769 and #961 are spon-
soring a blood drive in cooperation with Rex Blood Services from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church. Rex Blood Services has issued an urgent plea for Type O blood; however, all blood types are needed to build back up the blood supply after the drop in donations due to the holidays. Donors must sign up for 15-minute intervals by contacting Betty Craig at (919) 340-4444 or online at www2.mysignup.com/girlscout-snc.
HIV testing — Free HIV testing will be available at the Warren County Free Clinic, 546 W. Ridgeway St., Warrenton (behind the health department) from 9 a.m. to noon. Results will be available in 20 minutes. Free McDonald’s and Food Lion gift card will be given out while supplies last. Sponsored by the Northern Outreach Clinic/Rural Health Group. For more information, call (252) 257-1904.
Dee’s Music Barn — Dee’s Music Barn, 3101 Walters Road, Creedmoor, will be featuring Ace In The Hole with James Potreat at 7 p.m. For more information, call (919) 528-5878.
Ridgeway Opry House — Performing are Julia Morton, Jackie Turner, Joyce Chisenhall, Ronald Puett, Donnie Gillam, Bear White, Allen & Betsy Reid and Freida. Guest Band: The Warren County Travelers. Doors open at 6 p.m. Music starts at 7 p.m.
Alpha Phi Alpha — The brothers of the Rho Beta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. of Henderson will meet at 2 p.m. at The Silo Restaurant on Graham Avenue in Henderson. The chapter is celebrating its 11th year and invites anyone interested in becoming a member to attend this dutch luncheon celebration. All current members are also encouraged to attend.
Mental health meeting — The regularly scheduled meeting of the Five County Mental Health Authority will be held at 7 p.m. at the authority’s administrative building, 134 S. Garnett St., Henderson. The public is invited to attend.
Granville chamber banquet — The Granville County Chamber of Commerce will hold its 68th Annual Meeting and Banquet at 6:30 p.m. in the Civic Center on Vance-Granville Community College’s main campus. Former Marine Lt. Patrick Cleburne “Clebe” McClary will be the guest speaker. Tickets are $28.50 each. Corporate tables, with reserved seating, may also be purchased. Reservations may be made with either of the chamber’s offices: 124 Hillsboro St., Oxford, (919) 693-6125, [email protected]; or the South Office, 1598 N.C. Hwy. 56 between Butner and Creedmoor, (919) 528-4994, [email protected].
Community watch — The Ruin Creek Road Community Watch will meet at 7 p.m. at West Hills Presbyterian Church. A guest speaker is scheduled and a brief business meeting will follow. Members of the community are encouraged to attend.
Tax information meeting — Sisters Encouraging Sisters and the Oxford Housing Authority will sponsor a free money matters/tax information seminar at 5 p.m. at the Oxford Housing Author-ity Educational Center, 101 Hillside Dr., Oxford. Tax preparation information and tips for financial success will be shared during the meeting. Timothy Daye, owner of Daye’s Financial Enter-prise in Kittrell, will be the guest speaker. The public is invited to attend.
Spay/neuter clinic — Citizens for Animal Protection is spon-soring a cat an dog spay/neuter clinic in Warrenton. Animals residing in a home in Warren County or at a Littleton address are eligible. Cost is $40 for cats and $60 to $85 for dogs (limit two pets per family). For more information or for an appointment, call SNAP-NC at (919) 783-7627.
NAACP meeting — The monthly meeting of the NAACP will be held at 7 p.m. at the Gateway Center, 314 S. Garnett St., Henderson. Representatives from the Census Bureau and the Franklin, Granville, Vance and Warren weatherization organiza-tions will speak about their programs.
Stroke support group — The Maria Parham Medical Center Stroke Support Group will meet from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Cen-ter for Rehab Conference Room of the Brodie Waddill Building at Maria Parham Medical Center. The group follows the National Stroke Association Discovery Circles program, a nationally rec-ognized stroke support group format. Stroke survivors, families, friends and caregivers are invited to attend. Please contact Liz Karan at 436-1604 with any questions.
An online calendar of community events is available on our Web site at hendersondispatch.com. We invite you to post your upcoming events on the Web site calendar. To post an event, just click on the word “Calendar” in the gray bar at the top of the home page and follow the instructions for posting an event. If you would also like your event considered for publication in the daily “Mark It Down” calendar that appears on this page, please also submit the informa-tion via e-mail to [email protected].
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I expect many people end up as gardeners through hap-penstance. It may start with the impulse purchase of a few tomato plants on a sunny spring day. But small suc-cesses will leave you hungry for more.
And this is when budding gardeners are most fragile. They are blithely unaware of the havoc that weeds, in-sects and disease can wreak on the naïve and unsuspect-ing novice. While Democrats blame Republicans and vice versa, I have another theory on the source of society’s ills — the disillusioned gardener.
Herewith, I offer a few humble tips to guide the novice through that treacher-ous period so they may end up like me — a gardening ad-dict willing to max out three
credit cards to feed the habit.First, skimp not on stak-
ing. Pea, pole bean and to-mato plants are heavy when fully mature and laden with fruit. Forget skimpy bamboo or wooden sticks. My personal preference is metal “u-style” fence posts. They last forever and withstand tropical storm winds.
Next, there is no substitute for a raised bed. Yes, they are a lot of work to build. But everything from weeding to spraying to fertilizing to har-vesting will be easier. And the soil can be custom blended for ideal growing conditions. Start with a small one.
Pick up a planting guide and stick to it. Spinach plants, for example, should be planted by March 15, but can probably be purchased as late as April 15. Why? Because someone will buy it. Tomato plants should not go out until April 20, but can be purchased in late March. See if you can guess why.
Do succession plantings to maximize your space. Fill that small raised bed with leaf lettuce in early March. Eat a year’s worth of salads
in April, then pull out the lettuce plants and put in your tomatoes and peppers. You could even follow up with a fall crop planted in mid-summer.
After having a couple years of success, try starting your own seeds indoors. Rest as-sured that your first attempts will be marginally successful, at best, and you will be back at the store to buy trans-plants. To avoid embarrass-ment, buy your seed at one store and the transplants at another.
Include gardening in your weekly schedule. Gardens require regular maintenance. For a small raised bed, five minutes a day would be a great start.
Don’t plant the same crop in the same spot every year. A minimum rotation of three years is ideal. Aside from minimizing soil depletion and reducing pest problems, this also requires you to build a second bed in year two, and a third in year three, which was my secret agenda all along. After all, I’m trying to get you hooked.
Remember that next year
will be different. Winter is the perfect length of time to savor successes and forget failures. If it weren’t for “next year,” the entire garden-industrial complex would collapse and gardeners would take up go-kart racing en-masse. And that would defy even a bipartisan solution!
Paul McKenzie, horticul-ture extension agent for Vance and Warren counties, can be reached at (252) 438-8188 or (252) 257-3640.
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and increase positive par-enting practices such as selective ignoring, praise, sticker charts and time-out. Parents also reduce negative practices that may include hitting, jerk-ing, yelling and screaming. Classes began on Thurs-day, but registrations will be accepted until Feb. 4.
Call (252) 438-8188 to register.
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A total of 19 students at Eaton-Johnson Middle School are participating as ambassadors this year for their school. The Eaton-John-son Ambassadors consist of students in grades 6-8 who exhibit outstanding academics, behavior, attendance and character. The ambassadors serve in several capacities at school sponsored events including welcoming visitors to the school. Students must apply and then are selected to serve as ambassadors based on their school record and an interview. The ambassadors are led by Priscilla Chavis-Lockley, Ph.D., guidance counselor at Eaton-Johnson. Students who are serving as Eaton-Johnson Ambassadors include (front row, from left) Courtney Elliott, Tonyetta Perry, Amber Cousin, Jennifer Seaward, Tiarrah Small, Kayla Hawkins, Zadiedre Alston and Chavis-Lockley; (second row, from left) Annabelle Webb, Kywaun Taylor, Chattia Evans, Malik Williams, Nathan Oakes, Jake Wiggins and Danielle Jennings; (back row, from left) Dakota Parrish, Dominique Anderson, Bailey Farrington, Brandon Lopez-Hernandez and Heather Tharrington. The first-year ambassadors are sixth graders at Eaton-Johnson. Second-year ambassadors are called Royals and are in the seventh grade. Students who are in their third year as an ambassador and are in the eighth grade are called Imperials.
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Effective Feb. 1, Vance County’s new tax admin-istrator will be Porcha Brooks, a division manager in the Durham County Tax Office.
She has more than 20 years of property tax expe-rience, according to Vance County Manager Jerry Ayscue.
“It is anticipated that her extensive experience and education will enhance the operations of the Tax
Office,” Ayscue said Friday.“Her leadership skills
and other professional attributes will be of great value to our citizens,” he added.
The county has been re-cruiting to fill the position since last April. Since then,
Cindy Lloyd has served as interim Tax Administrator.
Brooks and her fam-ily will be relocating from Durham to Vance as soon as possible, Ayscue said.
200,000 power company customers lost electricity. Schools and many busi-ness were closed. More than 100 travelers were stranded at Raleigh-Durham Airport. Gov. Jim Hunt declared a state of emergency for all of North Carolina.
Closer to home, hun-dreds of motorists saw traffic on Interstate 85 south of the Virginia state line shut down by jack-knifed trucks and cars that had “spun out.”
Crews attempting to plow local roads as the snow was falling soon found that they couldn’t stay ahead of it.
Garnett Street in down-town Henderson lacked only the figure of Dr. Zhivago trudging through the snow to complete the image of the Russian steppes.
R. G. “Chick” Young, Jr. was mayor of Henderson in 2000. He recalled that one problem was created when traffic, limited as it was, got onto city streets before the snowplows could do their work. The result was packed snow frozen so solid that the city had no equipment to remove it.
“I called Gov. Hunt and he got some bigger equip-ment to us, heavy scrapers that could clear Dabney Drive and the main thor-oughfares,” he said.
Firefighters and emergency vehicles had difficulty reaching their destinations because of stalled automobiles block-ing roadways.
“We had citizens who had problems getting food and water.
“ÆThe National Guard came in. They were very, very effective in getting food to people who needed it,” Young said.
Schools were closed for
the second time in two weeks.
At week’s end, school officials were still waiting to see if road conditions would allow schools to reopen on the following Monday.
Looking back on the event this week, Wayne Adcock, Vance County Schools superintendent at the time, said, “What stands out is all the help we had from emergency management people and the police. They were re-ally good to work with.”
Adcock said the existing procedures for notifying parents of school closings did not change after the great snowstorm. They worked well under normal conditions, but “there was no way to change them to handle such an unusual event.”
Short recalled that the volume of calls at the 911 center was three to four times higher than had ever been recorded previ-ously.
“We had upgraded the 911 service four months before. If we hadn’t, there is no way we could have handled all the calls,” he said.
Of greatest concern were people with medical conditions who required transportation to the hos-pital or needed prescrip-tions refilled.
“We coordinated with the chief physician of the dialysis center,” Short said.
The physician developed a priority list of people needing dialysis, so EMT personnel could transport those most in need to the center.
Short listed improve-ments that were made based on what was learned from the great snowstorm:
• The emergency com-munication system was upgraded.
• The Emergency Management Agency purchased additional four-wheel-drive vehicles.
• EMA refined plans for mutual aid with other first responders.
• EMA revised plans for working with the military.
Short said a major innovation was the development of a RAPID plan, which stands for Readiness Assessment and Preparedness for Incidents and Disasters. RAPID contains nine pages of checklists of things to do before, during and after an emergency. The snowstorm was the first time emergency services in Vance County had been fully activated, Short said. As a result, “we’re a lot stronger.”
“This was a good ex-ample of how a community can come together when it has to,” Short said.
If Henderson residents were caught off guard by the storm, they weren’t the only ones.
Not a few faces at the National Weather Service would have been red, were
it not for the frigid tem-peratures.
They had predicted a light snowfall. On Sunday, Jan. 23, The Daily Dis-patch carried the official forecast: “Today — Freez-ing rain likely during the morning. Then diminish-ing to drizzle during the afternoon ... Tonight — Mostly cloudy ... Mon-day — Partly cloudy and brisk.” That was the day before 17 inches fell.
But two days earlier, the Dispatch had printed its own unscientific fore-cast under the headline “So what will happen Sunday?”
That off-the-top-of-the-head assessment read: “The arctic air that moved into the area Thursday should remain through the weekend, meaning any moisture that ar-rives could be in the form of snow ... Who knows, the area really could get another dose of the white stuff.”
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Mary S. Bowling
STEM — Mary S. Bowling, 84, of Stem, died Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be an-nounced later by Gentry-Newell and Vaughan Funeral Home.
Sarah T. Pugh
HENDERSON — Sarah Lucille Tiggs Pugh, 78, of 706 Marshall St., died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at the University of North Carolina Hospital in Cha-pel Hill.
The family will receive friends at the residence.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.
Edward Seward
WARRENTON — Ed-ward Seward, 38, of 369 Snow Hill Road, Warren-ton, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Hen-derson. Funeral services are incomplete at this time but will be announced by Boyd’s Funeral Service in Warrenton.
Vinso Small
HENDERSON — Vinso “Buck” Small, 68, of 2501 Spring Valley Road, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at Duke Hospice Inpatient Facility.
The family will receive friends at the residence.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.
Evelyn W. Thompson
OXFORD — Evelyn Watson Thompson, 78, of 2183 Smith Road, died Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at her home. A native of Granville County, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Mattie Moon Watson.
She was a member of Oxford Church of God and was a homemaker.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in the Eakes Fu-neral Chapel in Oxford by the Rev. Eddie Mauldin. Burial will be in Mead-owview Memorial Park.
Surviving are six sons, John C. “J.C.” Thompson of Bullock, Mike Thompson, Gene Thompson and Benny Setzer, all of Oxford, Ronnie Thompson of Chester, Va., and Timmy Thompson of Creedmoor; two sisters, Jeanette Dean of Rouge-mont and Rebecca Dease of Oxford; a brother, Ronald “Tubby” Watson of Oxford; 14 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
The visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday
at the Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford and at other times at the home.
Arrangements are by Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford.
Lucille H. Thompson
WARRENTON — Lu-cille Hicks Thompson was born Jan. 8, 1922, in Vance County to John T. and Gussie Evans Hicks and died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, at Treyburn Health-care in Durham.
She was the widow of H. Fred Thompson and was a former resident of Warren County.
Survivors include her daughter, Martha T. Tun-stall of Bahama; brother, Arthur Hicks of Greens-boro; and two grandsons. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her siblings, Sue H. Grahl, Pearl H. Finch, Lewis Hicks, Pryor Hicks, Fenner Hicks and Joseph Hicks.
She was a graduate of St. Leo’s Nursing School in Greensboro and was a registered nurse who devoted her life to caring for others, retiring from Warren General Hospital. She joined Shocco Method-ist Church at an early age, and later was a member of Hebron Methodist Church and Jerusalem United Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Hebron Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Dr. John Bergland. Burial will follow in the Jerusalem United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Jeru-salem United Methodist Church following the interment.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memo-rial donations to Hebron Methodist Church, P.O. Box 595, Warrenton, N.C. 27589.
Arrangements are by Blaylock Funeral Home.
James A. House
HENDERSON — James Albert “Jack” House, 85, of 725 Com-munity House Road, died Friday, January 22, 2010, at Britthaven Nursing Home in Louisburg after a lengthy illness. Mr. House was born May 12, 1924, in Lawrenceville, Va., and was the son of the late Percy Lee House and Mildred Moseley House.
He was a veteran of the United States Army serv-ing during World War II. He was a dairy farmer for 27 years, and an antique dealer for over 30 years. Mr. House was known as a man of integrity by all who knew him.
He was a member of Plank Chapel United Methodist Church, the Allen Bible Class, and the Senior Circle.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years, Katie “Kay” Locke House of the home; two daughters, Jacqueline Carter and Cindi Mullis and husband, David, of
Henderson; three grand-children, Lewis Bowen III, Stephanie Mullis and Stephen Mullis; his sis-ters, Laurice Sizer (Wes) of Emporia, Va., and Er-nestine Stark and Betsy Baird (Aubrey) of Bracey, Va. He was preceded in death by a brother, Percy A. House; and a sister, Mary Creasman.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the J.M. White Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Carol Dean. Burial with Military Honors will follow in Crestview Memorial Park in La Crosse, Va.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 to 2 p.m. prior to the service.
The family would like to thank the staff of Britthaven of Louisburg, Franklin Regional Medi-cal Center, and Hospice of Wake County for the care provided over the past two years.
Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home.
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James E. Winstead
July 16, 1941 — Jan. 21, 2010
KITTRELL — James E. “Fuzzy” Winstead, 68, of Kittrell, died Thurs-day, Jan. 21, 2010, at his home.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Alex and Ruby Winstead.
A memorial service will be held at Lancaster Fu-neral and Cremation at 3 p.m. today. The family members will meet one hour prior to the service, and all other times at the home.
He is survived by his wife, Lucille P. Winstead of Kittrell; daughters,
Tammie Cash (Corbett) and Lisa Cottrell (Tom-my); four grandchildren, Tanya Cash (Jeremiah), Carissa Roberson (Nick), Megan Cottrell and Thomas Cottrell, all of Kittrell; two great-grand-children, Ethan Creech and Wyatt Roberson, both of Kittrell; brother, Phillip Winstead; and sisters, Katie Jones and Brenda Gattis.
Arrangements are be-ing handled by Lancaster Funeral and Cremation Service, 804 N. Bickett Boulevard, Louisburg. Online condolences may be made to www.lancast-erfcs.com.
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OXFORD — City Public Works Director Larry Thomas said the City Com-mission will have to amend the budget by at least $6,200 to repair the water meter vault for the link from Oxford to Stovall.
Thomas told the com-mission’s Public Works Committee that a sump pump in the vault failed. A sump pump prevents the accumulation of groundwa-ter or rain.
The vault filled up with water, causing the failure of the mechanisms designed to activate the link. As a result, Oxford is having to manually make sure water is flowing to the overhead
tank at Stovall, Thomas told the Public Works Com-mittee, which met Wednes-day.
Thomas said the money would come from Oxford’s water fund. The seven-member commission’s next regular meeting is Feb. 9.
Stovall has been a water customer of Oxford since 2007, when the link along U.S. 15 from north of Oxford toward Stovall was com-pleted to relieve Stovall’s overburdened water wells.
The link, which cost more than $1.3 million, was paid for with grant funding, plus loans from Oxford and Granville County.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies in central Florida found a suspected car thief playing the “Grand Theft Auto” video game, and they later charged him with just that.
Polk County deputies investigating the theft of a 1998 Dodge Durango ar-rested 30-year-old Michael Ray Ekes on Thursday. They found the Sports Util-ity Vehicle outside a Haines
City home. Ekes was inside in the house, playing the popular video game.
Ekes was charged with grand theft auto, burglary and drug possession. At the time of his arrest, he was out of jail on bond for another grand theft auto charge, the Orlando Senti-nel reported.
According to Polk County jail records, Ekes remained in custody Friday.
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City Tire Incorporated has announced a change in ownership and plans for expansion.
Officials of the 523 W. Andrews Ave. business in Henderson announced that R4 Properties, LLC, became the new owners on Jan. 1, 2010.
The new stockholders — Mike Rainey, president; Ray Rainey, vice president; Pat Frazier, secretary; and Rebecca Aycock, treasurer — are the children of John A. Rainey, the former owner, and his wife, Betty.
At the same time, Mike Rainey announced plans for an expansion of the busi-ness to be announced in the near future. Rainey said the company has purchased
approximately eight acres of land adjoining the busi-ness and stretching along Andrews Avenue.
City Tire was established in Henderson in 1956 by J.W. Jenkins, Inc., with John A. Rainey as general manager. In addition to the Hender-son store, the company has operated stores in South Hill, Va., Louisburg, and Oxford, and a recapping plant and warehouse on the Raleigh Road in Henderson.
In 1984, the company was purchased by John Rainey, and a new store was built on Andrews Avenue. All opera-tions of the company are now consolidated at the Andrews Avenue location.
“The year 2009 had been a very good year for City Tire in spite of the poor economy,” Mike Rainey said.
City Tire’s new ownershave expansion plans
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“Nobody cares. Maybe they do just want us to starve to death.”
Phileas Justin, 78, a resident of the quake-damaged Municipal Nursing Home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where three people have died of hunger or exhaustion.
“We have to get this done. If these folks want a fight, it’s a fight I’m ready to have.”
President Barack Obama after ur-gently calling for limits on Wall Street banks’ size and investments to stave off a new economic meltdown.
“NBC dropped off all my CDs and picked up its lava lamp.”
“Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien after he and the network worked out a $45 million exit from the late-night show.
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On Friday, Vance County officials fi-nally came forward with information this newspaper has been seeking all week.
Was any of it controversial? No.Was any of it incriminating? No.Will any of the information derail the
investigation? No.So why did it take so long?On Tuesday, the county issued a short
press release that said: “The Vance County Sheriff’s Office is engaged in an ongoing investigation of a report of a missing bank deposit bag with receipts from a county office. Public funds are required by law to be deposited daily, and the contents of the missing bag were pre-pared accordingly for deposit into a local bank. Additional security measures have been implemented.”
We heard the amount missing was as much as $60,000 including cash and checks. So naturally, we had a few questions for the sheriff and the county manager.
But those questions were answered with a quick “no comment.”
Throughout the week, nuggets of information were slowly released from the county, but details we felt should be made public were withheld.
Until Friday. Vance County Sheriff Peter White
released additional information about the missing bank deposit bag.
That information included:• The total amount of funds missing is
$60,607.61, which includes $7,854.65 in cash and $52,752.96 in checks.
• A particular county employee, not identified by name, has served for many years as the courier to deposit county funds.
• No one has been disciplined or fired as a result of the disappearance of the deposit bag, due to the ongoing investiga-tion and facts yet to be determined.
• After the loss was discovered, secu-rity measures were immediately imple-mented to prevent future losses. These funds are now transported accompanied by armed security, identified as deputies.
White indicated that additional infor-mation will be released to the extent pos-sible as the investigation progresses.
We’re happy county officials decided to release the information, but it’s disap-pointing that it took so long for them to do it.
Obama looks for a rebound“Never let a serious crisis go
to waste,” White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said a few days after President Barack Obama’s election. A year into the Obama presidency, the crisis appears in many political ways to have been wasted.
A timely wake-up call came last week on the final night of Obama’s first year in office. Republican Scott Brown’s come-from-behind victory in Massa-chusetts cost Democrats their 60-seat majority in the Senate.
After similar setbacks for Obama-backed candidates in Virginia and New Jersey governor races, the loss in overwhelmingly Democratic Massachusetts was particularly jarring. Brown could not have won without disenchanted Democrats who either sat out the race or crossed over to help Brown win — saying in many cases that they wanted to “send a message” to Washington.
In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Obama appeared to get the message: He admitted that his administration got so busy that it lost touch and left the public with “a feeling of remoteness and detachment.” Gee, do ya think?
What a difference a year makes. Remember Obama’s
inaugural address? “Now there are some who question the scale of our ambitions,” he said. “What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them.”
A year later, the ground has shifted beneath him, too. Unemploy-ment has hit 26-year highs, two of the biggest carmak-ers have declared bankruptcy,
and the president’s healthcare bill became hung up in the ugly sausage-making process of hag-gling, partisan sniping, back-room deals and other “old ways of doing politics” that candidate Obama promised to change. His approval ratings have slid from almost 70 percent in his first weeks to about 50 percent. Happy first year, Mr. President.
What went wrong? In some ways, Team Obama fell prey to the same hubris revealed in the early days of Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton and the conservative “revolution” of
House Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1994. They thought their electoral victories represented big shifts in the political para-digm, perhaps for decades to come. Instead, their tidal waves look like ripples in America’s constantly shifting political tides.
And even Obama seems to realize there’s substance to the rap from his critics that he’s been too aloof from everyday concerns of economically anx-ious Americans: “If there’s one thing that I regret this year,” he said, it is that “we were so busy just getting stuff done and deal-ing with the immediate crises ... that I think we lost some of that sense of speaking directly to the American people about what their core values are and why we have to make sure those in-stitutions are matching up with those values.” Indeed, how hard you’re working doesn’t matter much unless the public sees some good results or, at least, knows you’re working hard on getting good results.
Obama’s economic stimulus package cushioned the impact of the Great Recession -- more, it appeared, for bonus-hungry Wall Streeters than for the na-tion’s growing ranks of jobless. Health care stalled in mid-sum-mer as Senate Democrats tried
unsuccessfully to win at least a few Republican votes.
In polls, moderate Obama voters shifted to the right, if only to “send a message” to Washington. Progressive-wing Democrats, already disappoint-ed by Obama’s hawkish foreign policy and Wall Street coziness are outraged by compromises like the cave-in on a health care public option.
But as Democrats scramble to reassess and make course corrections, they’ll be missing a truly historic opportunity if they don’t support a scaled-back version, if it comes to that, of the present bloated and complicated package. Future lawmakers can return to it later, once it’s enacted and the public has a chance to get com-fortable with it.
By contrast, if Democrats try instead to ram a huge, compli-cated health care overhaul to passage against the current tide of public suspicions, they will only unite Republican opposition, a task Republican leaders have been remarkably unable to do on their own.
And if the Democrats’ big push for health care reforms fails now, it won’t just be the economic crisis that will look wasted in Obama’s first year. So will the entire year.
Does conservatism have a conscience or a soul?
As babies were being pulled, crushed and broken, from the rubble.
As people lay writhing on card-board mats, gashed and moaning under the sun.
As families placed their loved ones out at the curb for pick-up, like garbage.
As Haiti reeled and stag-gered and the rest of the world rushed to the aid of a humble, beleaguered people, two icons of American conservatism reared up last week and offered analyses of the earthquake that has devas-tated the impoverished island nation. The Rev. Pat Robertson opined on his program, “The 700 Club,” that Haiti’s woes stem from the fact that it made a deal with the devil two centuries ago and now is “cursed.” Rush Lim-baugh suggested the relief effort would “play right into” President Obama’s hands, allowing him to appear “humanitarian, compas-sionate” and thus, “burnish” his standing within the African-American community.
It left me wondering, just for the briefest of seconds, whether conservatism has a conscience, whether conservatism has a soul.
Yes, you’re right. It is a funda-mentally unfair question, if only because conservatives like col-umnist Kathleen Parker and TV personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck of “The View” promptly took the men to task.
And yet, by the same token: this is hardly the first time this has happened. To the contrary, it has become routine that after
disasters both natural and hu-man, icons of conservatism spout hateful, hurtful, cynical words,
words that belittle the victims and trivialize the suffering.
As in Neal Boortz blaming the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina on the “worth-less parasites” who lived in New Orleans.
As in Michael Savage reportedly saying the United States should not send “one nickel” of aid to South Asia when a tsunami killed 226,000 people because it is “a hotbed of radical Islam.”
As in Jerry Falwell blaming the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that took 3,000 lives on gays, femi-nism, abortion and the ACLU.
And if it is unfair to question conservatism’s possession of con-science and soul, perhaps one can be forgiven for simply wondering what is this weird reflex, this bizarre tic, that seems to repeat-edly compel its most high-profile adherents to victimize victims. Social conservatives — we know this, because they tell us repeat-edly — are righteous people, people gifted with a higher morality than the ordinary run of human beings.
But one sees little of that great-heartedness in the aftermath of
tragedy. Great-heartedness, after all, would include compassion for people suffering and bereft — and “preclude” ad hominem assaults on the vulnerable and helpless.
Apparently, some of us are so estranged from their very humanity, so besotted with their own righteousness, so deeply, damnably smug, self-centered, small and mean, that there is nothing — not the wail of orphan children, not the stink of rotting flesh, not death tolls that stag-ger imagining — they will not reduce to cheap morality plays to further their cultural and political agendas. Tens of thousands of people are dead in the poorest place in the western hemisphere and the preacher asks: How can that be used to buttress my vision of a vengeful, angry God? Relief is being rushed to the island as fast as humanly possible and the bloviator wonders: how can that be used to belittle Barack Obama?
Apparently, there’s never a timeout, never a pause button, never a moment when they remember to simply behave like human beings. A human being, faced with calamity on this scale, says, “Oh, my God.” A human being says, “Those poor people.” A human being says, “What can I do to help?”
But the Limbaughs and Robertsons of the world say some variation of, God hates you. Or, You had it coming. They call that conservative.
I call it obscene.
Closing the job gapCommunity college enroll-
ment is up — way, way up — but where are the jobs?
With any luck, the kind of jobs that the Triangle most needs are waiting in the wings. This week, the Dur-ham City Council prepared a $69,905 incentive offer for ACW Technology Ltd.
The British electronics manufacturer is heading to the region — somewhere — and dragging 155 jobs behind it.
Most of the jobs on offer aren’t lucrative by the area’s standards; 105 workers would make $23,718 per year.
So, why the excitement?Durham doesn’t have a
problem attracting new in-dustries and jobs per se, but these jobs are exactly what we need. Research Triangle Park has a knack for luring high-paying jobs for seriously educated people, but there is a deep and growing gap for Triangle residents without college or advanced degrees. Although 155 sounds like a comparative drop in the bucket, these are just the kinds of jobs we need, just when we need them.
The other good news is that, in the face of the economic downturn, many of those people are helping themselves, and in doing so may help the region’s economic development.
Education broadens an individual’s options, but a large, educated workforce can only broaden our appeal to a wider range of investors and businesses.
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DEAR ABBY: Last Sunday, I attended a church service, and the woman and her adult daughter seated behind me would not shut their mouths. All I could hear was the two of them catching up on the week’s gossip. The 5-year-old granddaughter also talked the whole time.
I scooted as far over in the pew as possible to avoid hear-ing the conversation.
I go to church for peace, quiet and reflection, and it’s frustrating to hear constant chatter. I’m glad they come to church, but I wish their idea of “fel-lowship” extended beyond visiting with each other.
Would it be rude to turn around and ask these people to be quiet? — PRAYING FOR SILENCE, MOUNT VER-NON, OHIO
DEAR PRAYING: No. How else will they know they’re creating a distrac-tion? This happens in other venues besides church, and by that I’m referring to movie theaters and theaters where actors are performing. It’s not only rude and thoughtless, but can be infuriating.
DEAR ABBY: I am
dating a guy, “Ryan,” I like very much. He invites me to his family’s house for dinner often, and this is where the problem lies.
I eat everything his mom cooks for us and I thank her for it, but she constantly tries to get me to eat more. It has reached the point where she flat-out tells me, “You need to eat more of my food. You didn’t have a large enough serving.” Even though I am already full, I wind up stuffing myself because I feel guilty, and then I’m uncom-fortable.
I don’t want to eat there anymore to avoid overeat-
ing or making Ryan’s mom feel bad. However, I know it means a lot to him that I go. How should I handle her constant badgering? — STUFFED IN TENNESSEE
DEAR STUFFED: Ryan’s mother may be well-meaning, but a polite hostess does not pressure a guest in her home the way she does. Have a private chat with Ryan. Tell him plainly how uncomfortable his mother’s badgering makes you feel. If he can’t put a stop to it, the next time his mother gives you a hard time, try this: Tell her you are stuffed and ask if you can please take home a doggie bag because her cook-ing is so delicious.
DEAR ABBY: I was
poking around your Web site recently, and while looking through the archives I read your columns featuring names for people in various professions like the urologist named Dr. Leake and the dentist named Dr. Payne.
I have a suggestion for a fun sequel: How about a list of appropriate car models for different professions -- real or made up? I’ll offer a few: The president of American Express driving a Dodge Charger, or an airline pilot driving a Honda Pilot, and — of course — the proctologist who travels everywhere in his Ford Probe.
I’ll bet your readers can come up with a bunch. — JAMES H., LAKEWOOD, WASH.
DEAR JAMES H.: I’m sure they’re up to the chal-lenge. Allow me to suggest a few: The tailor driving a Dodge Dart, the estate planner behind the wheel of his Subaru Legacy and, of course, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in their match-ing Volkswagen Beatles.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pau-line Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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By The AssociATed Press
Today is Saturday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2010. There are 342 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight:On Jan. 23, 1960, the
Swiss-Italian-made bathy-scaphe (BATH’-ih-skahf) Trieste, owned and operated by the U.S. Navy, carried two men to the deepest known point in the Pacific Ocean, reaching a depth of more than 35,000 feet inside the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.
On this date:In 1789, Georgetown
University was established in present-day Washington, D.C.
In 1845, Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
In 1849, English-born Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive a Doctor of Medi-cine degree, from the Medical Institution of Geneva, N.Y.
In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt an-nounced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
In 1950, the Israeli Knes-set approved a resolution affirming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
In 1964, the 24th amend-ment to the Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified.
In 1968, North Korea seized the Navy intelligence ship USS Pueblo, charging its crew with being on a spy-ing mission. (The crew was released 11 months later.)
In 1973, President Richard M. Nixon announced an ac-cord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
In 2002, Wall Street Jour-nal reporter Daniel Pearl was abducted in Karachi, Paki-stan, by a group demanding
the return of prisoners from the Afghan campaign; he was later slain.
Ten years ago: The dark satire “American
Beauty” won the Golden Globe for best film drama, while “The Sopranos” won best television drama. NFL star Derrick Thomas was injured when the sport util-ity vehicle he was driving overturned on an icy road in Missouri; Thomas died more than two weeks later. (The crash also claimed the life of Thomas’ friend, Michael Tellis.)
Five years ago: Former “Tonight Show”
host Johnny Carson died in Malibu, Calif. at age 79. Vik-tor Yushchenko was sworn in as president of Ukraine.
One year ago: President Barack Obama
quietly ended the Bush ad-ministration’s ban on giving federal money to interna-tional groups that perform abortions or provide informa-tion on the option.
Today’s Birthdays: Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg
(D-N.J.) is 86. Actress Jeanne Moreau is 82. Actress Chita Rivera is 77. Actor-director Lou Antonio is 76. Actor Gil Gerard is 67. Actor Rutger Hauer is 66. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jerry Lawson (The Persuasions) is 66. Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) is 63. Singer Anita Pointer is 62. Actor Richard Dean An-derson is 60. Rock musician Bill Cunningham is 60. Rock singer Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) is 57. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (vee-yah-ry-GOH’-sah) is 57. Princess Caroline of Monaco is 53. Singer Anita Baker is 52. Reggae musician Earl Falconer (UB40) is 51. Actress Gail O’Grady is 47. Actress Mariska Hargitay is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Marc Nelson is 39.
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By ERIC S. ROBINSONDispatch sports EDitor
Though it took a while to get started, Southern Vance’s girls’ basketball squad benefited from a total team effort in a 59-30 rout of Chapel Hill Friday night.
The tip took place more than an hour and a half after the scheduled start due to an apparent mis-communication between the schools. But once the ball was rolling, it was all Southern.
After seeing their first quarter lead close slightly in the second, the Lady Raiders exploded for a big third quarter, out-scoring Chapel Hill 22-3.
Shauna Terry had a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds to go with seven blocks.
But Terry wasn’t the only one scoring. Waynisha Hargrove matched her 12
points, sinking two from long range.
Southern coach Tracey Turner said having Har-grove in the game helps
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J.F. Webb’s Lameisha Terry tips the ball to herself for a re-bound over Northern Vance’s Sekeedrah Alston and Shar-quella Branche during the first half of the Warriors’ 66-24 win over the Vikings Friday night. To view or purchase photos, visit us on the Web at www.hendersondispatch.com.
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Southern Vance’s Kewonia Rodwell puts up a shot as Cha-pel Hill’s Juliet Schenk defends during Friday night’s game.
Southern solid in 72-59 win over Tigers
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Southern Vance’s Eric Hargrove looks to pass during Friday night’s game against Chapel Hill.
By ERIC S. ROBINSONDispatch sports EDitor
The Raiders showed Fri-day that they can still run late into the night.
After a scheduling mis-take postponed Southern Vance and Chapel Hill’s tip-off time from 7:30 until 9:21 p.m., The Raiders ran out to a quick lead and held on for the 72-59 Carolina 3A Conference win.
“I’m just so proud of my kids. We were good tonight. We were very good tonight,” said Southern coach Mike Rotolo.
It was the first confer-ence win for Southern, who improved to 8-6 overall and 1-2 in conference play.
In their last conference game against Cardinal Gibbons, the Raider offense sputtered in a 50-31 loss.
Friday’s game was a different story entirely, with four Raiders scoring in double figures.
“We were active at both ends,” Rotolo said.
Southern traded points early with the Tigers, lead-ing 20-17 after the first. They kept the pace in the second, and took a four-point 36-32 halftime lead.
George Richardson, play-ing in what Rotolo said was his best game of the year, knocked down some big free
throws in the final quarter. He finished the night with 12 points.
Hakim Jones and Eric Hargrove led the Raiders with 18 points. Darius Mor-gan added 15.
Rotolo cited good pay from B.J. Reavis, who scored six points in “valuable minutes.” “That was our best game of the year by far,” Rotolo said. “My team knows right now that they can go out and compete.”
Southern seems to be peaking at the right time, with a huge matchup with rival Northern Vance on Tuesday, and a game against a tough J.F. Webb squad Friday.
The game’s start time was pushed back because Chapel Hill reportedly thought they would be hosting the varsity girls’ matchup, while their JV boys’ team would play at SVHS at 6 p.m. South-ern had the JV boys’ game scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
The late start of the JV boys’ game — in addition to a 30-40 minute wait at its conclusion for the CHHS girls’ team to drive from Chapel Hill — forced the varsity boys’ game to begin nearly two hours after it’s scheduled start time.
‘Played like a rivalry’By KELLEN HOLTZMANDispatch sports WritEr
OXFORD — J.F Webb seemed to have all the momentum in Friday’s Carolina 3A battle with Northern Vance — but in the end, the Vikings made the final run to come out on top.
Quentin Rice hit the go-ahead three for Northern with 2:09 left in the fourth and followed with another triple at the 1:35 mark to give the Vikings a four-point lead in their 67-58 win over the Warriors.
“Everything but the final score seemed to go in their favor,” said Northern coach Wilton Baskett. “We prevailed. Somehow, some way, North-ern Vance prevailed again.”
Webb spent much of the game fighting back from an early deficit before taking a one-point lead into a fourth quarter that featured nine lead changes.
Rice, Vikings clutch in final minutes of win over Webb
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Northern Vance's Jordan Branch lays the ball up after slicing through the lane during the first half of the Vikings' 67-58 win over J.F. Webb Friday night. To view or purchase photos, visit us on the Web at www.hendersondispatch.com.
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Northern Vance’s Quentin Rice hits a three-pointer from the wing during the Vikings’ Friday night win over J.F. Webb.plEasE sEE RIVALRY, pAgE 4B
By DAILy DISPATCH STAFF
Kerr-Vance’s boys’ basketball team improved to 9-7 overall and 3-1 in Eastern Plains Indepen-dent Conference play with a 63-57 win over Rocky Mount Academy Friday.
KVA led 27-23 at halftime and the game was tied with two min-utes remaining before the Spartans pulled away.
“I really feel like we’re improving every day,” said KVA coach David Carrier.
Cameron Capell led the Spartans with 16 points and Devonne Smith had nine points and seven assists.
Ric Davis also had nine points and Tyler Bolton added seven.
Tyler Overby notched 10 points in the first half before leaving the game with an ankle injury.
“We played tough. We had guys step up and make a difference when T.O. went down,” Carrier said.
KVA heads to Cary Christian on Tuesday in another EPIC match.
The girls’ squad earned their second conference win of the season with a 60-44 win at Rocky Mount.
KVA led 31-19 at the half in the EPIC match-up.
Shameka Valentine led the Spartans with 35 points, shooting 12 of 16 from the free throw line and 3 for 5 from 3-point range.
“Even though Shameka is leading us right now, it’s still a team effort,” said Carrier. “The girls are doing a good job of opening the lane and cre-ating space for her.”
Amanda Wilson added 10 points for KVA, which plays at Cary Christian Tuesday.
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Lady Vikings no problem for WebbBy KELLEN HOLTZMANDispatch sports WritEr
OXFORD — J.F. Webb’s “big three” of Kiana Morton, Diamond Greene and Tyler Hob-good may soon be adding another member to the group.
Morton, Greene and Hobgood combined to score 35 points in Webb’s 66-24 win over North-ern Vance Friday, but Lameisha Terry came away as the star.
Terry scored a game-high 22 points, 12 of which came in the first quarter for the Warriors.
“Even though she is a freshman, she’s stepping up and playing a big role for us while Chasity White is injured,” said Warrior coach Kenneth Rogers. “When she’s on the court, we’re able to play a lot bigger.”
Webb exploded out of the gate, forcing 11 turn-overs and leading 28-7 after the first quarter.
The Warriors held
Northern to six total points in the second half.
“You can’t play like that against a great team like Webb and expect to win,” said Northern coach Vangie Mitchell. “Like I’ve been saying all along, we have to cut down on the turnovers.”
Webb scored the first
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Webb’s Diamond Greene shoots a 3-pointer from the corner during the second half of Friday’s game.
By RONALD BLUMAP SPortS Writer
NEW YORK — Unable to find regular playing time for Gary Matthews Jr., the Los Angeles Angels traded the outfielder to the New York Mets on Friday and agreed to pay $21.5 million as part of the deal.
Los Angeles received right-handed reliever Brian Stokes, a native Californian, in exchange for Matthews, who had slumped for three straight seasons since sign-ing a $50 million, five-year contract.
“He voiced his frustration to us because of his desire to play every day,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
New York wanted an-other outfielder after Carlos Beltran had knee surgery last week. Beltran, sidelined for much of last season, is not expected back until May, and Matthews will compete with Angel Pagan to play center field while Beltran is
on the disabled list.“I think it’s going to be
open competition,” Mets general manager Omar Mi-naya said. “Nobody’s going to be given the job.”
Matthews is owed sala-ries of $11 million this year and $12 million in 2011, plus a $500,000 bonus for getting traded. The Mets will pay just $1 million per season, and the Angels will give New York money to cover the remainder of the salary plus the bonus, a person familiar with the details told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the financial details were not announced.
Matthews hit .313 with 19 homers and 79 RBIs for Texas in 2006, when he made the AL All-Star team, then signed the big deal with the Angels that turned out to be the worst contract in the team’s history. He slumped to a .252 average with 18 homers and 72 RBIs
during his first season in Anaheim, then lost his cen-ter field job when the Angels signed Torii Hunter.
“It obviously wasn’t the role that Gary was looking for,” Scioscia said, adding that Matthews’ disappoint-ment was understandable. “To say that Gary was a disruptive influence or was not happy in our clubhouse is 180 degrees from the situ-ation.”
Matthews had 46 RBIs in 2008 and 50 last year, when
he started 80 games. Now 35, he is the son of Gary Matthews, the 1973 NL Rookie of the Year.
Minaya called him a “change-of-scenery guy” and said that once Beltran re-turns, he could back up the center fielder, in addition to left fielder Jason Bay and right fielder Jeff Francoeur.
“It’s an opportunity for him to come into New York and be able to hopefully get more playing time,” Minaya said.
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Former manager Bobby Bragan dies at 92
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Bobby Bragan, the longtime baseball man who managed Braves Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews and Warren Spahn, has died. He was 92. He died Thursday night at his Fort Worth home, his Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation said.
Bragan spent seven seasons as a major league manager: Pittsburgh (1956-57), Cleveland (1958) and the Milwaukee (1963-65) and Atlanta (1966) Braves. He compiled a record of 443-478.
“He was a dear friend of mine for nearly 50 years,” said commissioner Bud Selig, who met Bragan when he was manager of the Milwaukee Braves. “He had a long and wonderful baseball career as a player, coach, manager and executive.”
Bragan was dubbed “Mr. Baseball” for his decades of dedication. In 2005, he earned the distinction as the oldest manager of a pro baseball game. At 87, he led his former minor league team, the Fort Worth Cats.
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Tri-County Umpires Association to hold clinic
The Tri-County Umpires Association will hold a baseball/softball clinic at the Thompson Building in Creedmoor beginning Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 6 p.m.
All returning and new umpires must obtain registration with one of the following associations: NCHSAA, Babe Ruth, Dixie Youth or the ASA.
For more information, contact Ronald Edwards, supervisor of officials, at (919) 575-4334, or Darnell Gladden, umpire in chief, at (252) 432-8122.
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RALEIGH — These numbers were drawn Friday afternoon by the North Carolina Lottery:Early Pick 3: 5-2-4Late Pick 3: 6-9-4Pick 4: 8-9-0-4Cash 5: 17-27-31-34-37
RICHMOND, Va. — These numbers were drawn Friday afternoon by the Virginia Lottery:Pick 3: 2-0-1Pick 4: 5-9-3-2Cash 5: 1-5-21-25-31
These numbers were drawn Friday night:Pick 3: 0-3-5Pick 4: 6-2-6-8Cash 5: 4-6-12-19-26Mega Mill.: 8-13-27-28-52Mega Ball: 9
AAU to hold youth basketball tryouts
The Amateur Athletic Union will hold basketball tryouts boys’ eight and under and nine and under teams.
Tryouts will be Saturday, Jan. 30 at Hawley Middle School in Creedmoor at 1:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Terrence Harcum at (919) 450-7220, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.ncswarm.com.
Next Level Baseball to hold camps
Registration is going on now for a new session of classes at Next Level Baseball.
Call Jeff Tate at (252) 213-2766 to register for the skills class, which will meet on Wednesday nights, and/or the hitting classes, which will meet Tuesday and Thursday nights.
Also, a pitching and catching camp for all ages will be held Jan. 30-31. Contact Tate to register.
Saturday, Jan. 23BOXING 9:45 p.m.n HBO — Champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (16-0-0) vs. Rogers Mtagwa (26-13-2), for WBA featherweight title; champion Steven Luevano (37-1-1) vs. Juan Manuel Lopez (27-0-0), for WBO featherweight title, at New York
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 3 p.m.n ESPN2 — East-West Shrine Game, at Orlando, Fla.
FIGURE SKATING 3 p.m.n NBC — U.S. Championships, free dance, at Spokane, Wash. (includes some taped coverage) 9 p.m.n NBC — U.S. Championships, ladies’ free skate, at Spokane, Wash.
GOLF 8:30 a.m.n TGC — European PGA Tour, Abu Dhabi Championship, third round, at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (same-day tape) 4 p.m.n TGC — PGA Tour, Bob Hope Classic, fourth round, at La Quinta, Calif. 7:30 p.m.n TGC — Champions Tour, Mitsubishi Electric Championship, second round, at Ka’upulehu-Kona, Hawaii
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noonn CBS — Regional coverage, Michigan St. at Minnesota or Mis-sissippi St. at Alabaman ESPN — Villanova at St. John’s 1 p.m.n ESPN2 — Middle Tenn. at West-ern Kentucky 2 p.m.
n CBS — Regional coverage, Ohio St. at West Virginia or Oregon St. at Californian ESPN — Kansas at Iowa St. 4 p.m.n CBS — National coverage, Texas at Connecticutn ESPN — Michigan at Purduen FSN — Washington St. at UCLA 6 p.m.n ESPN — South Carolina at Floridan ESPN2 — N.C. State at Maryland 8 p.m.n ESPN2 — Houston at Memphis 9 p.m.n ESPN — Duke at Clemson
NBA BASKETBALL 8:30 p.m.n WGN — Chicago at Houston
NBA DL BASKETBALL 11 p.m.n VERSUS — Fort Wayne at Iowa (same-day tape)
RODEO 9 p.m.n VERSUS — PBR, Tecate Light Invitational, at Anaheim, Calif.
TENNIS 10 a.m.n ESPN2 — Australian Open, third round, at Melbourne, Australia (same-day tape) 10 p.m.n ESPN2 — Australian Open, round of 16, at Melbourne, Australia 3 a.m.n ESPN2 — Australian Open, round of 16, at Melbourne, Australia
WOMEN’S COLLEGE B-BALL Noonn FSN — Kansas St. at Nebraska 2 p.m.n FSN — Stanford at Oregon
Saturday, Jan. 23 College Basketballn Vance-Granville CC at Catawba Valley CC 3 p.m.
Wrestlingn Northern Vance at Cary Duals 9 a.m.
Mets obtain OF Gary Matthews Jr from Angels
Hawks strong in win over BobcatsBy PAUL NEWBERRy
AP SPortS Writer
ATLANTA — Jamal Crawford scored 24 points, Al Horford had 23 and the Atlanta Hawks over-whelmed Charlotte with dominating performances in the first and third quar-ters, beating the Bobcats 103-89 Friday night.
The first-place Hawks made 11 straight shots in the opening period and raced to a 16-point lead. Charlotte turned it around in the second quarter, closing the gap to 47-43 by halftime.
Then, just like that, Atlanta turned it back on again. The Hawks made 12-of-18 shots, converted a trio of three-point plays and stretched the margin back out to 22 points.
Gerald Wallace led Charlotte with 25 points, but the Bobcats failed to set a franchise record with their seventh straight win. They settled for tying the mark of six in a row.
The Hawks made 15 of 20 in the first quarter. Joe Johnson led the way with 11 points, while Charlotte had a hard time just holding on to the ball; the Bobcats turned it over seven times, leading to 12
Atlanta points.As if the first quarter
wasn’t bad enough for the Bobcats, point guard Raymond Felton had to be helped off the court after spraining his right ankle in the final minute of the period.
He was cutting through the lane at the offensive end when he stepped on
Crawford’s left foot and twisted the ankle. Felton went down in severe pain, then was taken to the locker room with arms wrapped around the shoul-ders of two team officials, putting no weight on his foot.
While X-rays were nega-tive, Felton didn’t return after testing his ankle at
halftime.Even without Felton,
Charlotte managed to change the flow of the game in the second quar-ter. Wallace and Stephen Jackson both knocked down all three of their shots, Charlotte hit 11 of 17 overall and the Hawks suddenly went cold (7 of 20).
Jackson finished with 24 points.
Charlotte headed to the locker room with all the momentum, but the Hawks figured things out during the break. Run-ning at every opportunity, Atlanta returned to its dominating form of the opening quarter, creating all sorts of easy baskets and three-point opportuni-ties. Horford scored nine points in the period, John-son added eight, while Marvin Williams and Josh Smith chipped in with six apiece.
Atlanta showed off its balance in this one. John-son had 19 points, Wil-liams and Smith 14 apiece.
The Bobcats didn’t quit. They got as close as nine with a little over two minutes remaining, but Crawford snuffed out the comeback with a 3-pointer from the corner.
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Atlanta’s Joe Johnson drives to the basket as Charlotte’s Stephen Jackson defends in the first half of Friday’s game in Atlanta.
By JOSH DUBOWAP SPortS Writer
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Oakland Raiders finally made a coaching decision, bringing Mike Waufle back as defensive line coach on Friday.
The move comes as head coach Tom Cable’s status remains in limbo nearly three weeks after the end of the regular season.
Waufle was an assistant in Oakland from 1998-2003, helping the Raiders go to the Super Bowl following the 2002 season. He spent the past six seasons with the New York Giants. He coached the defensive line that was key to New York’s Super Bowl victory over New England two years ago. Waufle was fired ear-
lier this month.While owner Al Davis
has not decided whether to bring Cable back next season, the news release announcing Waufle’s hiring highlighted his relationship with Cable.
“He and Coach Cable spent six years together at the University of California where they enjoyed working together,” the release said.
ESPN.com first reported Waufle’s hiring.
Cable has been talking with Davis about his job since the season ended Jan. 3. Cable went 5-11 in his first full season as Raiders coach. He is 9-19 since replacing Lane Kiffin early in the 2008 season, leading the Raiders to their NFL-worst seventh straight season with at least 11
losses.“It’s still a fluid deal,”
senior executive John Her-rera said. “The assumption is they will continue to meet on the agenda in front of us until it comes to a resolu-tion.”
Davis has also been talk-ing to potential assistant coaches while weighing Cable’s fate. Besides hiring Waufle, Davis has met with Baltimore Ravens quarterbacks coach Hue Jackson this week. Jackson also worked on the staff at California with Cable and Waufle in 1996.
Herrera denied reports in the Carroll County Times and the Baltimore Sun that Jackson was also interview-ing for the head coaching job.
“That’s not the case,” he
said. “We’re not interview-ing any head coaching candidates while Mr. Davis still talks to our head coach about the job. Those reports are untrue.”
Jackson played a key role in developing Joe Flacco in Baltimore. He also coached Carson Palmer at Southern California. That experience could make him attractive to the Raiders, who are waiting for former No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Rus-sell to become a legitimate NFL quarterback.
Russell was benched midway through his third season by Cable. He com-pleted 48.8 percent of his passes, with three touch-downs, 11 interceptions and a 50.0 passer rating that was the lowest in the NFL in 11 years.
Raiders hire assistant with Cable still in limbo
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The Kerr-Vance junior varsity boys’ basketball team lost their third straight Eastern Plains Independent Conference game, 50-44 to Rocky Mount Academy Friday
night.Their record fell to
1-3 in the EPIC and 6-8 overall.
The Spartans were in the lead for most of the first half, but the game slowly slipped away in the second.
Hayes Griggs led KVA with 22 points. Daniel Burnette and Dallas Smith followed with six each.
The Spartans’ next game is on Tuesday against Cary Christian.
The JV Lady Spartans
got their first EPIC win of the season in a 30-11 blow-out on Friday afternoon.
Rebecca Ross and Erin Crews scored six points each to lead KVA.
The team’s next game is Tuesday at Cary Chris-tian.
JV Spartan boys lose, girls win vs. Rocky Mount
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By AARON BEARDap sporTs WriTer
GREENVILLE — Ruffin McNeill didn’t say a word. He just walked into the room filled with report-ers and fans waiting to hear from East Carolina’s new coach and repeatedly pumped his right fist in the air.
He was home, back at his alma mater and in his native North Carolina.
“This is my destination job,” McNeill said Friday. “Let’s get that out front right now. This is not a stepping-stone hop for Ruff. This is where I want to be until you tow me away from here. You’ll have to drag me away.”
The school held a news conference for McNeill, who was hired this week after Skip Holtz left to take over at South Florida after five seasons here. The 51-year-old spent the past 10 seasons as an assistant at Texas Tech, where he served as defensive coor-dinator and took over as interim coach when Mike Leach was suspended then fired just before the Alamo Bowl.
A formal contract hasn’t been signed and won’t be approved until the school’s trustees meet next month. Instead, the two sides are
operating under an outline for a five-year deal that could pay him $1 million per season with bench-marks for season-ticket sales, fundraising and academics.
There is also a $50,000 bonus if East Caro-lina reaches the Confer-ence USA champion-ship game, $100,000 if the Pirates win that game, and $50,000 if the Pirates win the bowl game following a league title.
McNeill — a Lumberton native with 24 seasons in college coaching, but none as a full-time head coach — inherits a program that has been to four straight bowl games and has won consecutive C-USA championships, a record of success that McNeill must maintain if he plans to stick around as long as he wants.
It’s also a program with a unique set of challenges, from fighting for headlines in a state dominated by Atlantic Coast Confer-ence programs like North Carolina and North Caro-lina State to a perennially challenging nonconference schedule.
In addition, East Caro-lina has broken ground on an expansion to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, meaning McNeill will have to put a winning team on the field to maintain ticket demand.
Not to mention hire a staff and maintain most of the program’s recruiting commitments with less than two weeks left until national signing day.
“This is a fun challenge,” McNeill said. “There’s noth-ing intimidating or hard about this.”
Athletic director Terry Holland had said he pre-ferred to hire someone with head-coaching experience. One of his top targets was Middle Tennessee’s Rick Stockstill, who announced earlier this week he was withdrawing his name from consideration due to the short time before national signing day next month.
Holland said he spoke with seven candidates about the job and had four come to campus. But McNeill’s experience as as-sistant head coach at Texas Tech was “very unique,” highlighted by his leading the Red Raiders to a win against Michigan State in the Alamo Bowl just days after Leach was fired.
“I realize that’s one bullet, but it certainly tells you that if you can walk
into that situation and stay calm, cool and collected, and move everything ahead with all those distractions, then you will be able to do it consistently,” Holland said.
McNeill was a candidate to be Leach’s permanent successor, but left after Tommy Tuberville took over in Lubbock. He has already added a former col-league to his staff, naming former Texas Tech receiv-ers coach Lincoln Riley as his offensive coordinator.
Riley was acting of-fensive coordinator for the Alamo Bowl.
McNeill met with the players after the school announced his hiring Thursday night and said he has also spoken to all the recruits who have verbally committed to the Pirates.
His next job, he said, was reaching out to the parents of the current players and assuring them he would take good care of “their most prized possession.” From there, he planned to focus on recruiting, saying he would see how many flights he could catch and hotels he could stay in next week.
“This is a dream come true for an East Carolina boy,” McNeill said. “This is my alma mater. This was an easy sell.”
Back at home: McNeill arrives in Greenville
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By DAN GELSTONap sporTs WriTer
PHILADELPHIA — Allen Iverson has gone from retirement to All-Star starter.
And if his critics don’t feel he deserves the nod to represent the Eastern Conference, well, that’s too bad. He’ll be ready to play the Feb. 14 game at Cowboys Stadium.
“The way I look at it is, what should I do?” Iverson said Friday night. “Should I worry about what those people say or concentrate on the million-plus people that voted for me. To me, it’s a no-brainer. My fans want to see me play and they
have the right to put in who they want to put in the game.
“They voted me in, and it’s an honor. I don’t want to disrespect them by not participating in the game,” he said.
Iverson, who returned to the Philadelphia 76ers in December, has played only 20 games this season and his 14.4 scoring average was well off his career mark (27.0). The former NBA MVP still has a loyal fanbase and he received 1,269,568 votes to earn a spot in the East lineup with Cleve-land’s LeBron James, Mi-ami guard Dwyane Wade, Orlando center Dwight Howard and Boston for-
ward Kevin Garnett.Iverson briefly retired
after an ill-fated stint with Memphis and his se-lection sparked criticism of the voting process.
He scored only 11 points on 4 of 14 shoot-ing in Philadelphia’s 92-81 win over Dallas on Friday night. It was the first time the Sixers won this season (1-6) when Iverson scores less than 15 points.
Iverson has been both-ered by an arthritic left knee that’s sometimes limited his availability. He’s been an All-Star for 11 straight seasons, but missed the 2007 game because of injury.
Iverson called the
fan support a blessing and said fans love him because he’s never pre-tended to be perfect.
“I don’t try and be the perfect man in this world,” he said. “I don’t think people are ever going to look at me like that. They never looked at me like that. I think a lot of people in the world respect that, me being true and honest to myself.”
Iverson was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1996 draft, but his first 10 tur-bulent seasons in Phila-delphia were marred by rants about practice, run-ins with former coach Larry Brown, arrests and a failed rap career.
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By JOHN PyEap sporTs WriTer
MELBOURNE, Aus-tralia — Serena Williams moved a step closer to successfully defending her Australian Open title and extracted some fam-ily revenge Saturday with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Carla Suarez Navarro.
Last year, Suarez Navarro beat Venus Williams in the second round.
The Spaniard didn’t even get close this time.
Serena Williams’ only real difficulty at Hisense Arena was in closing the first set, needing eight set points in a game that went to deuce 13 times and lasted longer than the previous five games combined.
Top-ranked Roger Federer had a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 31 Albert Montanes to register his 50th win at Melbourne Park, where he has won three of his record 15 Grand Slam singles titles.
“It was important to come through the first week,” Federer said. “I feel good, I feel confident. Physically I’m fine and mentally fresh and that’s the way you want to go into the second week.”
Nikolay Davydenko, Federer’s potential quarterfinal opponent, extended his impres-sive winning run with a 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 victory over No. 30 Juan Monaco of Argentina.
Sixth-seeded Davydenko counts wins against Federer and No. 2 Rafael Nadal at last year’s World Tour Final and this season’s open-ing event at Doha among his 12-match winning streak. The 28-year-old Russian has never gone beyond the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, and his best runs at a major ended in semifinal defeats at the French and U.S. Opens.
Women’s No. 1 Wil-liams, who has won the Australian title each odd-numbered year since beating sister Venus in the 2003 final, will next play No. 13 and local hope Sam Stosur, a 6-4, 6-1 winner over Italian Alberta Brianti.
She finished of Suarez Navarro, a quarterfinal-ist here last year, on her third match point in 1 hour, 21 minutes.
Venus Williams faced Australian Casey Dellac-qua later Saturday.
No. 7 Victoria Azaren-ka of Belarus had a 6-0, 6-2 win over Italy’s Tathi-ana Garbin in an early match to set up a fourth-round match against No. 9 Vera Zvonareva of Rus-sia, who beat Argentina’s Gisela Dulko 6-1, 7-5.
Play started slightly late due to light drizzle around Melbourne, which cleared toward midday. It only took seconds for the first result to be regis-tered, however, with No. 20 Mikhail Youzhny with-drawing from his sched-uled third-round match
against Poland’s Lukasz Kubot due to wrist pain.
No. 3-ranked Novak Djokovic, who beat Federer in the semifi-nals en route to his 2008 title here, was set to play Denis Istomin later Saturday.
Kim Clijsters came to the Australian Open as an inspiration to her countrywomen and moth-ers everywhere after her unexpected U.S. Open victory.
Any chance of back-to-back major titles ended in 52 minutes Friday eve-ning in a 6-0, 6-1 third-round loss to 19th-seeded Nadia Petrova.
Also lost was the chance of a quarterfinal against fellow Belgian Justine Henin, a former No. 1 playing her first major in two years.
“I was completely off,” Clijsters said. “I think tennis-wise, I didn’t feel the ball at all.”
Defending champion Nadal also was upset with his game, although he had a victory to show for it — a 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 decision over Germany’s Philipp Kohlscreiber at night.
“In the third, I started terrible, no?” the Span-iard said. “Everybody has not very good days.”
Juan Martin del Potro, who had a surprise win over Federer in the U.S. Open final last Septem-ber, advanced Friday night along with No. 5 Andy Murray, Americans John Isner and Andy Roddick and Fernando Gonzalez of Chile.
Nadal will next play Ivo Karlovic, who downed Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7), and could play a quarterfinal against Murray, a 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 winner over Florent Serra of France.
But Murray has to first get past Isner, a 6-foot-9 American who won his first title last week in Auckland.
“I was just kind of rid-ing a wave of momentum, and I still am,” Isner said after his 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) win over No. 12 Gael Monfils. “Hopefully I can keep it going.”
No. 2 Dinara Safina and No. 3 Svetlana Kuz-netsova went through and will be part of two all-Russian women’s matches in the last 16. Belgians Henin and Yanina Wick-mayer will vie for a place in the quarterfinals.
Former No. 1-ranked Henin, who was inspired to come back to the tour after watching Clijsters and her toddler daughter, Jada, celebrating the championship at Flushing Meadows last Septem-ber, found a way into the fourth round after recov-ering from a set and a break down to beat Alisa Kleybanova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Kuznetsova, the French Open champion who no doubt expected to play Clijsters, is just happy to get a chance at fellow Russian Petrova after holding off Ger-many’s Angelique Kerber 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
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Serena Williams serves the ball to Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro during their women’s singles match at the austra-lian open Saturday.
COLLEGE HOOPSFriday’s Men’s Scores
SoUThCentre 57, Trinity, Texas 50Coll. of Charleston 70, Wofford 68Embry-Riddle 73, Florida Memorial 62Kennesaw St. 69, Florida Gulf Coast 68King, Tenn. 92, Alice Lloyd 63Oglethorpe 76, Austin 70Rhodes 58, Millsaps 53Stetson 76, Mercer 69
eaSTCanisius 74, Rider 58Emory 69, NYU 57Hamilton 55, RPI 43Iona 56, Manhattan 53Scranton 80, Catholic 62St. Peter’s 74, Niagara 65Staten Island 82, Hunter 73Susquehanna 92, Drew 66Union 61, St. Lawrence 60Yale 71, Brown 63York, N.Y. 90, Berkeley 58
MIDWeSTAugustana,S.D. 89, SW Minnesota St. 58Bethany Lutheran 60, Northland 57Cleveland St. 64, Wis.-Green Bay 50DePauw 68, Southwestern, Texas 61Mary 76, St. Cloud St. 60Minn. St., Mankato 68, Wayne, Neb. 52Minn.-Morris 71, Crown, Minn. 60Monmouth, Ill. 67, Beloit 62Northern St., S.D. 81, Concordia, St.P. 60Northwestern, Minn. 67, Presentation 56St. Scholastica 73, Martin Luther 57Upper Iowa 71, Minn.-Crookston 52Winona St. 93, Minn. St., Moorhead 72Wis.-Milwaukee 69, Youngstown St. 59
FaR WeSTIdaho St. 80, E. Washington 74N. Colorado 79, Sacramento St. 65Weber St. 86, Portland St. 83
NHLStandings
eaSTeRN CoNFeReNCeatlantic Division
gP W L oT Pts gF gaNew Jersey 49 33 15 1 67 134 108Pittsburgh 52 31 20 1 63 166 149N.Y. Rangers 51 24 20 7 55 135 135N.Y. Islanders 51 23 20 8 54 137 153Philadelphia 49 25 21 3 53 150 140
Pacific Division gP W L oT Pts gF gaSan Jose 52 34 10 8 76 174 126Phoenix 51 29 17 5 63 137 131Los Angeles 50 28 19 3 59 148 141Dallas 51 22 18 11 55 148 164Anaheim 51 23 21 7 53 144 161
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Friday’s gamesMontreal 3, New Jersey 1Colorado 2, Nashville 1Dallas 4, Edmonton 3
Saturday’s gamesOttawa at Boston, 1 p.m.Carolina at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 7 p.m.New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Phoenix at Washington, 7 p.m.Toronto at Florida, 7 p.m.Los Angeles at Detroit, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Anaheim at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Columbus at Minnesota, 9 p.m.Chicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Buffalo at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
NBAStandings
eaSTeRN CoNFeReNCeatlantic Division
W L Pct gBBoston 28 13 .683 —Toronto 22 22 .500 7 1/2New York 17 25 .405 11 1/2Philadelphia 14 28 .333 14 1/2New Jersey 3 38 .073 25
Friday’s gamesMiami 112, Washington 88Toronto 101, Milwaukee 96Philadelphia 92, Dallas 81Orlando 100, Sacramento 84Atlanta 103, Charlotte 89Boston 98, Portland 95, OTMemphis 86, Oklahoma City 84New Orleans 96, Minnesota 94Indiana 105, Detroit 93L.A. Lakers 115, New York 105Houston 116, San Antonio 109New Jersey at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.Chicago at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday’s gamesPhiladelphia at Indiana, 7 p.m.Orlando at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Portland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Oklahoma City at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Chicago at Houston, 8:30 p.m.Minnesota at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.New Orleans at Denver, 9 p.m.New Jersey at Utah, 9 p.m.Golden State at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Friday’s Sports TransactionsBy The Associated Press
BaSeBaLLn american LeagueLOS ANGELES ANGELS—Agreed to terms with RHP Joel Pineiro on a two-year contract.TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with C Toby Hall on a minor league contract. Signed RHP Elizardo Ramirez to a minor-league contract.TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with RHP Shawn Hill on a minor league contract.n National LeagueCINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jose Arredondo on a minor league contract.
TRANSACTIONS
COLORADO ROCKIES—Agreed to terms with RHP Rafael Betancourt on a two-year contract. Agreed to terms with OF Jay Payton and C Paul Lo Duca on minor league contracts.HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms with C Kevin Cash on a minor league contract.MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms with LHP Doug Davis on a one-year contract.NEW YORK METS—Acquired OF Gary Matthews Jr. and cash from the L.A. Angels for RHP Brian Stokes.PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Agreed to terms with CF Shane Victorino on a three-year contract.SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Agreed to terms with C Bengie Molina on a one-year contract. Designated 1B Jesus Guzman for assignment.n Can-am LeagueSUSSEX SKYHAWKS—Signed RHP Tim Stringer.BROCKTON ROX—Signed C Dan Coury.n Northern LeagueGARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS—Traded LHP Tristan Facer to Edmonton (GBL) for OF Adam Klein. Agreed to terms with INF Chris Carrara.
BaSKeTBaLLn National Basketball associationATLANTA HAWKS—Signed G Mario West to a second 10-day contract.LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS—Signed G JamesOn Curry to a 10-day contract. Waived F Kareem Rush.
FooTBaLLn National Football LeagueDETROIT LIONS—Named Danny Crossman special teams coordinator.SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed G Brian De La Puente to a future contract.WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Named Sean McVay offensive assistant coach. Announced Steve Jackson will remain with the team as safeties coach.
hoCKeYn National hockey LeagueATLANTA THRASHERS—Assigned G Kari Lehtonen to Chicago (AHL).NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Recalled C Ben Walter from Lowell (AHL). Placed C Rod Pelley on injured reserve retroactive to Jan. 18.PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Assigned F Nick Johnson and F Dustin Jeffrey to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).OTTAWA SENATORS—Assigned F Zack Smith to Binghamton (AHL).VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Recalled D Nolan Boumgartner from Manitoba (AHL).WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Assigned D John Carlson to Hershey (AHL).
CoLLegeBUFFALO—Named Mike Dietzel defensive backs coach and co-special teams coordinator.LAKE ERIE—Named Nicole M. Rose swimming and diving coach.MINNESOTA—Suspended basketball guard Al Nolen from Saturday’s game against Michigan State because of academic issues.RUTGERS—Named Dan Donigan men’s soccer coach.SAN JOSE STATE—Named Bryant Young, Hugh Freeze, Tim Landis and Gary Bernardi assistant football coaches.WISCONSIN—Extended the contract of football coach Bret Bielema through Jan. 31, 2015.YOUNGSTOWN STATE—Named Rick Kravitz defensive coordinator.
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“spread the court,” and “balance the floor.”
“And I think it kind of boosted up the confidence of some of the other girls, because I started seeing people taking shots that they shouldn’t have been taking,” said Turner.
Terry scored six points in Southern’s opening 8-2 run. The Raiders led 12-4 after the first.
Chapel Hill narrowed the game in the second, out-scoring Southern 14-13 in the frame, but still trailed 25-18 going into the half.
In Southern’s big third quarter, Chapel Hill turned it over 11 times. The Raiders benefited from steals and fast
break baskets.Turner liked seeing
points scored by more than just the usual sus-pects, Terry and Treman-isha Taylor. Kewonia Rodwell scored nine, and Kadedra Hayes added eight for the Raiders. Taylor finished with 10 points and six rebounds.
“That’s always great. It takes a lot of pressure off, and you can actually get it to work running an offense without having to worry about them zeroing in on one or two people, which is what we’ve been — two people,” said Turner.
“If we had a little more time — and Heaven for-bid that we had any more
time — that I think some other girls would have gotten warm.”
Chapel Hill reportedly thought their school was to host junior varsity and varsity girls’ games, while Southern would host JV and varsity boys’.
The JV boys’ game between the two teams began around 6 p.m. at SVHS. When that game concluded, the Lady Raiders still were wait-ing for their opponent to arrive.
The game began shortly before 8 p.m., pushing the start of the boys’ game to 9:21 p.m.
The Warriors (7-8, 1-2) failed to take advantage of two missed Viking free throws and committed two turnovers down the stretch. Two free throws in the final 30 seconds from Jordan Branch sealed the win for Northern (13-2, 4-0).
“With a young team, it’s definitely something we can build on. The kids stepped up and played as hard as they could,” said Webb coach Leo Brunelli.
The Warriors went up 57-56 with 3:45 to play on a bucket from Leon Green, but Rice responded with a dagger from the wing, putting the Vikings ahead for good.
Rice finished with a game-high 21 points on 5-of-7 shooting from 3-point range.
“He’s been doing it in practice all season,” Baskett said. “Come game time, he’s been a little nervous about it, but I’m thankful that tonight he was calm and got it done.”
Webb outscored North-ern 20-14 in the third quarter to take a 47-46 lead into the final period.
The Vikings led by five at halftime, but the War-riors came out on fire to start the third. Becker Seif-ert knocked down a 3 from the corner to give Webb a 39-37 lead.
Green followed Seifert’s shot with an inside basket to give the Warriors a four-point cushion.
Shawn Brown knocked down two of his three free throws after drawing a foul outside the arc, helping Northern regain the lead at 46-45.
The Vikings had the ball under their own basket with five seconds left in the quarter, but Webb ended up with the final score of the period.
Isaiah Hicks came up with a block and Devante Hicks finished on the other end with a lay-up as the buzzer sounded to give his team a 47-46 lead.
“I thought we got on some runs and hit some shots and they did the same,” said Brunelli. “That’s what’s going to happen when you have two good teams. It’s just going to be a momentum thing.”
Brunelli’s side had plenty of momentum head-ing into the third after a thrilling end to the first half.
The Warriors trailed 32-20, but scored the last seven points of the second quarter, capped off by a thunderous dunk follow from Isaiah Hicks.
P.J. Thomas misfired on a 3-point attempt, but Hicks rebounded the shot with a two-hand slam with 30 seconds to play.
“I think, if there was a radio station, the people at home on their couches would have jumped up. I don’t know if there was anyone sitting after that happened,” Brunelli said.
Baskett thought the intensity surrounding the conference rivalry game had an impact on his play-ers.
“It was definitely played like a rivalry game, where
emotions and the moment gets the best of people,” he said. “I felt like the whole atmosphere just kind of dictated how we played tonight.”
The Vikings controlled the game early on, build-ing a 22-11 lead after one quarter of play.
Northern sank four shots from long range in the first. John Nelson hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Vikings a 20-7 lead with 1:32 to play.
Jordan Branch had 11 points for Northern, Cameron Butler had 10 and Brown chipped in with eight.
“Jordan Branch and
Quentin Rice stepped up huge tonight.” said Baskett. “Jordan did a great job all night long defensively and running the offense and Quentin just knocked shots down.”
Darquis Thomas led Webb with 16 points, followed by Isaiah Hicks with 13 and Seifert with seven. Greene and Quentin Cooper both had six for the Warriors, who head to Car-dinal Gibbons Tuesday.
Northern heads across town to renew its rivalry with Southern Vance in a 7:30 Tuesday tipoff.
J.F. Webb’s P.J. Thomas pulls down a rebound as Northern Vance’s Koffi Sneed tries to knock the ball free during the second half of the Warriors’ 67-58 loss to the Vikings Friday night. To view or purchase photos, visit us on the Web at www.hendersondispatch.com.
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Northern’s Cameron Butler hits a layup behind J.F. Webb's Leon Greene during the first half of Friday night’s game.
LADY WARRIORS, from page 1B
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — A trainer who previous-ly admitted supplying Jose Canseco with steroids now says he also gave perfor-mance enhancing-drugs to Mark McGwire.
Curtis Wenzlaff, ar-rested in 1992 for steroids distribution, told ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” that McGwire’s goal was to get “bigger, faster, stronger,” according to excerpts
released Friday. The in-terview is to be broadcast Sunday morning.
McGwire last week admitted for the first time that he used steroids and human growth hormone on and off for a decade, including when he set the season home run record with 70 in 1998. He said he took performance-en-hancing drugs for health, not for strength.
“There are other things you can take for health that are anabolic, but it wouldn’t be that type of combination,” Wenzlaff said. “If Paris Hilton were to take that array, she could run over Dick Butkus.”
McGwire, who retired as a player after the 2001 season, was hired in Octo-ber as hitting coach of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Report: Trainer admits giving McGwire steroids
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J.F. Webb's Kiana Morton hits a layup over Northern Vance's Shakeena Nelson after driving the lane during Friday night’s game.
12 points of the game and Terry scored 10 of the first 14 Warrior points.
Northern came to life in the second quarter, match-ing Webb with 11 points.
A jumper from Tanaya White cut the Warrior lead to 30-15 with 4:16 to play in the half. Nalinda Woods followed up White’s basket with a score to make it 30-17 and a free throw from White trimmed the lead to 12.
”We just haven’t been able to put it together for four quarters. You could say that that second quar-ter was the bright spot for us,” said Mitchell.
The Warriors opened the second half just like they opened the first — this time, reeling off 17 unanswered points.
Webb out-scored North-
ern 47-6 in the second half and held the Vikings scoreless in the third quarter.
“You saw in the second quarter, Northern looked like they were playing as good as we were,” said Rogers. “We have to remember that on a given night, any team can play with us.”
Greene finished with 15 points for the War-riors, knocking down three 3-pointers. Morton and Hobgood both had 10 points.
Northern faces South-ern Vance on Tuesday at 6 p.m., while Webb looks to remain unbeaten in Caro-lina 3A play at Cardinal Gibbons.
Modern experts tell us that in order to escape cabin fever, you should go outside more often dur-ing the bleak winter months.
Growing up in Colorado, that meant going outside even if the temperature was a balmy 30 degrees below zero. You can find an “after” shot of such a person by going on-line and typing in the words: Klondike Bar.
So, one wintry day, my friend, Kelly, and I de-cided to go snow-shoeing for the very first time.
For some bizarre reason, there was some-thing appealing about strapping tennis rackets to our feet and see-ing who would be the first one to sink into a 10-foot drift of snow.
Not one for taking shortcuts, we decided to start at the base of a 14,000-foot mountain. When we got there, bathed in the jagged shadow of Mt. Elbert, Kelly looked up and asked, “Where’s the eleva-tor?”
Now, I should mention that I also brought along my dog, Nakita, who is a Norwegian Elkhound – a dog with long fur and an insis-tence on having her paws wiped dry after coming in from the snow.
Ironically, about an hour into our hike, we finally cleared the treeline and were in the open snow. It was then that I began to sink into the white abyss and couldn’t lift my feet.
“This can’t be right,” I thought, and turned around to see Nakita trying to ride on the back of my snowshoes. She was tired of get-ting her paws wet.
Never before had I faced so much difficulty in trying to do the simplest of things — moving forward. We had to climb over fallen trees, cross frozen streams, and brave frosty winds that made our faces go numb. At times, we doubted if we’d ever reach the summit.
But we did. And the view from the top was the whole world unrolled at our feet into a tapestry of pine trees and snow – with the tips of golden prairie grass poking through.
In life, we all embark on a similar journey that’s filled with obstacles and moments of doubt — it’s our journey of faith in Jesus Christ. There are times when we question God, asking, “Why did this happen? Why am I so unhappy? How can You exist when there’s so much turmoil in the world?”
But, we need to realize that God is speaking to us throughout this journey.
In Psalm 65, the psalmist writes about God’s care for the Earth and for us, saying, “You answer us in righteousness, with awe-inspiring works … You establish the moun-tains by Your power, robed with strength; You silence the roar of the seas, the roar of their waves.”
Our God is one that provides for his creation. We see his majesty in purple mountains rising far off on the horizon. We hear his voice in the rushing of the rivers and streams, giving nourishment to the fields and to us.
When we cast our fears and burdens upon Christ, he will give us newfound strength. The further we’re willing to travel on this journey of faith, the greater we’ll see God’s pres-ence in our lives. Yes, there are times of doubt, but God will never allow us to face an obstacle without the power to overcome it and emerge stronger than before.
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Cokesbury Methodist publishes cookbook to fund mission work
By DIONNE WALKERaSSociated preSS writer
ATLANTA (AP) — Among the most hum-bling moments being confined to an electric wheelchair came when Shawana Bulloch realized it could prevent her from attending services at her Savannah church.
“The one place you should be able to go is in the church without assistance, you should be able to walk in — or roll in,” said Bulloch, who recently convinced her Full Gospel congregation to get a portable ramp.
The disabled faithful say such experi-ences remain common in houses of worship, stoked by ignorance of their needs and doc-trines that paint disability as proof of sin.
Years after federal law required accom-modations for the disabled, separation of church and state means houses of worship remain largely beyond the law’s reach. State laws and denominational measures meant to take up the slack are tricky to enforce and face resistance from churches who call them both costly and impractical.
The issue is gaining new attention as the disabled community expands, fed by aging baby boomers and a growing number of people with intellectual disabilities who are demanding a more prominent place in the pews.
A Centers for Disease Control report re-leased in April found that an estimated one in five U.S. adults — 47.5 million people — reported a disability. The National Organi-zation on Disability estimates less than half of disabled Americans attend services at least once a month compared to 57 percent without disabilities.
“While laws have their own power for forcing the public to not discriminate, faith communities really answer to a higher authority,” said Thomas Boehm, whose Nashville, Tenn.-based nonprofit Faith for All, counsels churches on improving access. “Why have they been so slow to respond, that’s the question.”
While the Americans with Disabilities Act sets accessibility requirements in govern-ment and public buildings, churches are mostly shielded by separation of church and state rights. Exceptions include secular businesses within a church building.
States have taken their own steps to
ensure equal religious accomodations for the disabled. In Kansas, for example, of-ficials have effectively applied the state’s own ADA-like law to houses of worship, according to state ADA coordinator Anthony Fadale.
“It’s not a matter of necessarily enforcing it — it’s that people want to know what the law is,” said Fadale, who credits an eager religious community interested in creat-ing churches with accessible bathrooms, benches and common areas.
Meanwhile Georgia has struggled to enforce measures on quasi-public buildings like churches. A 1995 opinion by the state attorney general deemed churches fell under the mandate.
Yet more than a decade later, do Georgia churches comply?
“I don’t think we can say that with certainty,” state ADA coordinator Mike Galifianakis said.
The law is enforced by local officials who can define a “reasonable accommodation.” That means a chair lift for an altar, for example, may be considered reasonable in one locality and excessive in another, he explained.
Yet activists say those areas are exactly where the disabled increasingly hope to access.
They want special touches like pew cut-outs that let wheelchair users sit alongside other worshippers, or listening devices that aid in confession — accommodations that can be pricey, according to the Rev. Barbara Ramnaraine, coordinator of the Episcopal Disability Network, the denomination’s disabled ministry.
Denominations like hers have passed efforts encouraging inclusion for years, but internal rules mean leaders can’t force a congregation’s hand.
“While we say our goal is accessibility in all congregations, neither the secular law nor the law of the Episcopal church makes that possible,” Ramnaraine said.
That leaves it to churches to make includ-ing disabled worshippers a focus, often with little guidance.
“Even congregations that have a decent level of awareness, many of them have stopped at basic accommodations,” said Mark Crenshaw, of the consulting group
Interfaith Disability Connection.They include St. John Neumann, a Ro-
man Catholic church in the Atlanta suburb of Lilburn. The church’s new $6.2 million worship space will include a moveable lec-tern to accommodate liturgy for those with trouble walking and textured flooring to help blind worshippers navigate the sanctu-ary, Monsignor David Talley said.
“Those of us who have worked in the min-istry know the disabled are out there, (but) they become invisible to most folks,” Talley said. “We want to invite them to make themselves present.”
Advocates say catering to the disabled can help boost congregations with dwindling memberships.
“(Churches) can’t imagine how many people are sitting at home wanting to come but can’t,” said Bulloch, a lupus patient who said she often wants to visit other churches, but can’t get inside them.
For some, there are still spiritual barriers more ingrained than the physical ones.
They include a history of labeling disabil-ity as a deviation to be corrected, typically through things like faith healing or even exorcism.
Modern prosperity gospel has only deep-ened the divide, said Kathy McReynolds, director of public policy at the Christian Institute on Disability in southern Califor-nia. That doctrine says good things come to true Christians.
Conversely, “Because of your own per-sonal sin, you have this disability and if you had faith, you would be healed,” McReyn-olds said.
Even after decades of blindness, Augusta churchgoer Willie Lee Jones said he still fields comments suggesting his sight could come back if he believed harder.
“People of faith will come to me and say, ’God wants to heal you,’ ” said Jones, who replies that he’s complete even without his sight.
McReynolds points to biblical book of Luke, with its references to the blind and lame.
“What Christ is saying there is they’re not an afterthought, they are central to my mission,” she said “ ... If they were crucial to Christ in his mission, why aren’t they in the church?”
Disabled worshippers struggle to find a home in pews of many congregations
By LINDA GUPTONdiSpatcH FeatureS editor
The members of the Friendship Class at Cokesbury United Methodist Church describe themselves as “ladies on a mission.”
Their latest missionary endeavor — a 307-page cookbook containing over 800 recipes — is designed to raise funds to support the church’s twice-monthly food pantry and other outreach efforts to help the needy in the community.
This is the third cookbook produced by the church over the past 50 years, said Libby Harris. The most recent one, published in the late 1990s, was such a hit that the church still gets calls asking for a copy, said Harris.
Recipes for the new edition were collected from church members, fam-ily members and friends, and include everything from soups and salads to cookies and candy. The cookbook also includes helpful cooking hints, a calorie counter, and an herb and spice list. A history of the church, which celebrated its 225th anniversary this past year, is also included.
Over 2,000 cookbooks were sold the last time the church published one, Harris said. A thousand copies of the most current edition have been printed, with the hope that more will be needed.
To order a cookbook, which is priced at $20, contact Harris at (252) 492-1484 or Cindy Journigan at (252) 438-2281.
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Pastor Nell Smith-Spells, (a.k.a., “Little Nell” Smith), will present the Living Word Crusade on Jan. 28-29 at The Ambassador’s Inn & Suites, 197 Parham Road, off of Interstate 85, exit 215. On Jan. 28, the service will begin at 7 p.m., with Smith-Spells as the speaker. On Jan. 29, a service at noon will feature the Rev. Mary Branch as the guest speaker and another service at 7 p.m. will feature Smith-Spells speaking. Music will be provided by the Rev. Roy Burroughs and Work In Progress, the Oak Level Pastor’s Choir, The McShaws, Union Grove United Church of Christ, and others. For more informa-tion, call (919) 924-1945 or e-mail [email protected].
God’s Way of Deliverance
God’s Way of Deliverance, 691-A Bearpond Road, will have a pre-anniversary service at 6 p.m. today.
Jones Chapel MBC
The Pastor’s Aid Ministry of Jones Chapel Missionary Bap-tist Church in Warren County will have its annual program at 4 p.m. Sunday. Mass choirs from various churches will sing.
Jacob’s Well Outreach
Jacob’s Well Outreach Min-istries, 318 Manson Drewry Road in Manson, will have a two-night “Rejoicing Service” on Jan. 28-29. The services will start at 7:30 p.m. each night. On Jan. 28, the speaker will be the Rev. Moore H. Bynum of Solid Rock Faith Ministries of Warrenton. The speaker for Jan. 29 will be the Rev. Joseph Cook
of Cooks Chapel Baptist Church of Warrenton. Each speaker will be accompanied by his choir and congregation. For more informa-tion, call Loretta Pettaway at (252) 456-2751.
Taylor’s Chapel AME Zion
The men’s and women’s ministries of Taylor’s Chapel AME Zion Church, 106 N. Wil-liam St., Kittrell, will sponsor “Biblical Heroes of Faith” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Guest speakers will discuss various individuals who exemplified faith during biblical times. The speakers for the program will be Joseph Brandon, Tina Hunter, Dr. Leon Robinson and the Rev. Clayton Young. Joseph Ellis, president of the men’s ministry, will preside. The church’s ensemble will sing under the direction of Harriet Thomas.
Victorious Apostolic
Victorious Apostolic Minis-tries, 188 Shocco Springs Road, Warrenton, will celebrate the second anniversary of its ushers’ program at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 31. Featured will be The Senior Citizen Jubilees of Henderson, The Echoes of Joy of Warrenton, The All the Way Gospel Sing-ers of Henderson, The Welcome Chapel Baptist Church Choir of Henderson, and soloist Vanessa Williams of Welcome Chapel of Henderson.
Manson MBC
The Manson Missionary Bap-tist Church will have its first Recommitment Day on Sunday during the 11:30 a.m. service. This service is a celebration of Christ and an opportunity to share in recommitment to him. Additionally, it is a chance for members and others to rejoin with other sisters and brothers
in Christ and to return with full commitment to God and their church home at Manson Mis-sionary Baptist Church. Church officers will be installed, and the church covenant will be revisited. Members are asked to bring a covered dish to share for dinner after the service. Every-one is welcome to attend.
Upon This Rock Ministries
Upon This Rock Ministries of Oxford will hold a Pre-Anni-versary Service on Sunday at 4 p.m. The guest speaker will be Apostle Joseph White of God’s Anointed Ministries in Durham. For additional information, please contact the church at 919-692-0007.
Full Gospel Faith
Full Gospel Faith Ministries, 104 College St., Warrenton, will hold its “The Trinity” service on Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. The guest speaker will be Pastor Anthony Q. Alston from Jones Chapel along with his choir. The public is invited.
Coley Springs MBC
Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church will observe it’s Missionary and Commitment Worship Service on Sunday during the morn-ing worship service beginning at 10:45 a.m. The guest preacher will be Rev. Maggie Har-rison Stinnett. Music will be pro-vided by the Coley Springs Ensemble along with special musical selections from the Chapel Hill Gospel Choir.
Stinnett, a native of War-ren County, is the daughter of
Deacon Percell and Alice Har-rison of Norlina. She attended the Warren County Schools and furthered her studies at N.C. Central University, majoring in political science and criminol-ogy. Currently, she is pursuing a masters in divinity degree from Eastern Carolina College in Roa-noke Rapids. Stinette received and accepted the call of God into the ministry while serving at Ministers Outreach Tabernacle in Henderson. She was ordained Feb. 7, 2004.
She is an active member of the Chapel Hill Baptist Church in the Oine community. She serves as associate pastor, evan-gelism-Sunday school teacher, youth Bible study teacher, youth/young adult leader, youth/young adult choir coordinator and member of the program committee. She was ordained by the Reedy Creek Association on Nov. 11, 2006.
Stinnett is also a pianist and vocalist. She released her first recording, “Thou He Slay Me, Yet Will I Trust Him” in 2000. She is mother of one son and one daughter and resides in the Oine community, Norlina.
The public is invited to at-tend. For more information, please contact the church at (252) 257-4041.
Ministers Outreach
Ministers Outreach Taber-nacle and Cornerstone Christian Community Church will come together for a Fellowship Service Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. at Cornerstone Christian Community Church in Oxford. The public is invited to attend. For more information, please call (252) 438-6543 or (919) 690-1982.
I Believe God Outreach
I Believe God Outreach Church will sponsor a relation-ship conference on Feb. 11-13. Services will begin at 7 p.m. Feb.
11-12. Workshops will be held on Feb. 13 from 9 a.m. to noon. A service will also be held that evening at 6 p.m. Registration fee is $25 for couples and $15 for singles. For more information, call Connie Williamson at (252) 438-3473.
St. James MBC
St. James Missionary Baptist Church will include a presenta-tion on mental health during its Sunday services at 10:45 a.m. Each month, the Speak Life Health and Wellness Ministry shares information during the morning worship. The goal is to improve health outcomes in the church and community by providing educational programs that address mind-body and spiritual wellness. Dr. Gary Smith and the Speak Life Min-istry Team will share informa-tion using the theme “Humpty-Dumpty.”
Got Truth International
Every fourth Sunday is Outreach Sunday at Got Truth International Church of Eagles, 4586 N.C. 39 North, Louisburg. The church is reaching out to the body of Christ for fellow-ship and to build the Kingdom of God. This Sunday at 4 p.m., the guest speaker will be Pastor Natasha Lewis Alston of Temple of Deliverance in Henderson. Her choir and congregations will accompany her for this day of fellowship. All are welcome.
St. Delight Holy
St. Delight Holy Church will hold a Pastor’s Aid Service Feb. 7 at 4 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Charles Burwell, pastor from Big Ruin Creek Mis-sionary Baptist Church.
Music program
A music program will be held at Oxford Community Center on Orange Street in Oxford today. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the program starts at 6 p.m. The cost is $5 at the door; free, children under 12. Fea-tured will be: The Spiri-tual Message, The Gospel Miracles, The Li’l Soulful Singers, Visionaires, Soul Seekers, The Chavis Fam-ily, Gospel Harmonaires of Warrenton, Leroy Greene and The Roadway QC’s of Henderson, Third Genera-tion, Steven Gregory and The RemissionAires, The Gospel Disciples, Amen, Reunited of Durham, Cal-vin Williams and Creative Souls, Gloriaires of Towns-ville, and others. Larry Downey will emcee this event. Three cash prizes will be given away. Food, drinks, water, etc., will
be available for purchase. For more information, call George (Pee Wee) Davis at (252) 492-6215 or (252) 492-5733.
Gospel sing
New Covenant Faith Ministries will have its first “Gospel Shed Explo-sion,” featuring drummer Terry Davis, at 7 p.m. to-day. The church is located at 1200 King St. For more information, call Michael Rice at (252) 657-8084 or e-mail [email protected].
Rally for Haiti
The Vance County Missionary Union will sponsor a commu-nity rally relief effort for Haiti today from noon until 3 p.m. at St. James Missionary Baptist Church on Old Oxford Road, U.S. 158 Business, Henderson. Free hot dogs and drinks will be available in exchange for donations of water and medical supplies for Haiti. Area churches and the Kittrell Job Corps Choir will sing.
Rainbow pageant
A Nehemiah Rainbow Pageant will be held at West Oxford Elementary School on Ivy Day Road in Oxford on Feb. 13. 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 singing, food, a St. James Mis-sionary Baptist Church Nehe-miah education event, and a pre-collegiate banquet/concert/pageant. The keynote speaker
will be the Rev. Dr. Alvin Augus-tus Jones. In concert will be The Spiritual Entertainers of Oxford, The Gospel Harmoneers of War-renton, and the gospel mimes. Tickets are $15 in advance; $20 at the door; $5, children un-der eight years old. For ticket information, call St. James Mis-sionary Baptist Church at (252) 492-8500 or Minnie Toliver at (252) 492-7861. This is a semi-formal affair.
Choir practice
Vance County Sunday School Convention Choir will have practice at St. James Baptist Church on Old Oxford Road at 7 p.m. Tuesday. A representative from each church is requested to participate. For more informa-tion, call Patricia Ellis at (252) 915-7462 or Mark Ellis at (252) 915-7068.
Clothing closet
Mt. Zion United Church of Christ has a clothing closet on
N.C. 39 North in the Towns-ville area. Free clothing, shoes, household items and spiritual help will be available. The doors are open on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon.
Brunswick stew sale
The minister’s board of Jireh Deliverance Ministry will have an old-fashioned Brunswick stew sale today from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. The cost is $6 per quart, $3 per pint. Pick up or de-livery. The church is located at 2565 U.S. 158, Henderson. Call (252) 213-6312 or (434) 470-5588 to place orders.
Senior circle meets
The Senior Circle met on Dec. 16 in the fellowship hall of Plank Chapel United Methodist Church. President Faye Wood-lief presented a brief Christmas devotion. She then turned the meeting over to Grace Woodlief, who read the story of the Nativ-
ity from the Gospel of Luke, chapter two.
Woodlief also explained the history of Santa Claus, based on an article taken from the Christian Advocate, 2003. Fol-lowing the program, Kay House conducted a ceremony to honor deceased members of the circle.
Members and guests enjoyed participating in the annual Christmas bingo game in which over a hundred prizes were awarded, each individually wrapped by House. After the games, Christmas carols were sung by one and all.
A covered dish luncheon was served to celebrate the Christ-mas season.
Clothing closet
Full Gospel Faith Ministries, 104 College St., Warrenton, will open its “God’s Blessings” Cloth-ing Closet today from 10 a.m. to noon. The public is invited.
Fashion show
A “Seasons” fashion show
will be hosted by The Greater Love Ministry, 110 Court St., on Jan. 30 at 3 p.m. Bridal wear to sports/casual wear will be modeled, along with a comedy session on what not to wear! For more information, call Sherenia Branche at (252) 430-4045.
Marriage retreat
New Horizons Training Group will sponsor a marriage retreat on Feb. 12-14 just in time for Valentine’s Day. The theme is “Two Shall Become One” and will include several enrichment sessions, two nights’ accommo-dations, fun and games, buffet breakfasts and dinners, a vowel renewal ceremony, and special musical guests. Married couples are invited to come and receive spiritual guidance on how to become one physically, spiritu-ally, financially and emotionally. All activities will be done in a Christian atmosphere. For more information, contact Vincent Ragland at (252) 213-2095 to reserve a space.
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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., visitation.
<«–«Brookston Presbyterian
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.
104 College St., Warrenton, an-nounces its weekly schedule: Sunday — 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11:15 a.m., worship service (com-munion on third Sunday, “Come as you are” on fourth Sunday). Wednesday — 6:30 p.m., pastoral counseling; 7 p.m., intercessory prayer; 7:30 p.m., Bible study.
<«–«Fuller Chapel United Church of
Christ, Lynnbank Road, announc-es its weekly schedule: Sunday — 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship service, children’s church (nursery provided). Wednesday — 5:45 p.m., children/youth meet (supper provided); 7:30 p.m., adult choir practice. Upcoming events: Feb. 11, Women of Faith meeting (cookies). Visit the church online at fullerchapelchurch.com.
<«–«Gillburg United Methodist
Church, 4815 N.C. 39 South, announces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship service. Wednesday — noon, Lunch and Lessons (bring bag lunch); 5 p.m., community supper (chicken pot pie), $5 (all are welcome). Thursday — choir practice.
<«–«God’s Way of Deliverance, 691-
A Bearpond Road, announces its schedule for this week: Sunday — 10:30 a.m., Sunday school; 11:30 a.m., worship service. Wednesdays — 7 p.m., Bible study and Joy Night.
<«–«Guiding Star United Holy
Church, 650 Mt. Pleasant Church Road, Manson, announces this week’s schedule: Today — 1 p.m., Gospel Choir rehearsal. Sunday – 10 a.m., Bible church school; 11 a.m., altar prayer; 11:15 a.m., praise and worship service/com-munion. 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., Bap-tist Men’s Day worship service with Todd Hope and William Weaver Jr. as the lay speakers (children’s church provided); 5 p.m., adult choir practice; 6 p.m., evening Bap-tist Men’s Day worship service with Chris Ayscue and Butch Weaver as the lay speakers. Wednesday — 6 p.m., fellowship supper; 7 p.m., Bible study and prayer service; 7 p.m., youth and children’s Bible study.
<«–«Harris Chapel United Method-
ist Church, 3870 Dabney Road, Henderson, has worship services at 9:30 a.m., followed by Sunday school at 10:45 a.m., each Sunday. Upcoming events: Jan. 31, 7 p.m., board meeting.
<«–«Jireh Deliverance Ministries,
2565 U.S. 1/Hwy. 158, Henderson,
will hold Sunday school at 10:30 a.m., followed by worship at 11:45 a.m. On Tuesday, Bible study will be at 7 p.m. For more information, call Co-Pastor Thomosa 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 SE 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 with Dr. Marion Lark speaking, special offering. Tuesday — 7 p.m., Nominating Committee. Wednes-day — 7 p.m., Bible study; 8 p.m., choir practice. Upcoming events: Jan. 31, 11 a.m., guest speaker Jake Roberson.
<«–«Living Stones Church of God,
6096 Tabbs Creek Road, Oxford, announces its regular schedule: Sunday — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m., morning worship; 6 p.m., evening service. Second and fourth Sunday — 9:30 a.m., youth services for ages 13 and up. Wednesday — 7 p.m., evening service. As part of the outreach ministries, rest home ser-vices are held at Magnolia Gardens in Warrenton at 7 p.m. Tuesdays and at Britthaven in Louisburg at 4:30 p.m. every third Friday.
<«–«Middleburg Baptist Church
announces its weekly schedule: Sunday — 9 a.m., breakfast at church sponsored by Baptist Men; 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship service/Baptist Men’s Day, followed by quarterly business meeting; 5 p.m., Bible study. Tues-day — 11 a.m., worship service at Senior Citizens Home. Wednesday — 7 p.m., choir practice.
<«–«Ministers Outreach Taberna-
cle, 925 Lehman St., Henderson, announces its weekly schedule: Sunday — 9:30 a.m., Bible teach-ing (adult and youth); 11 a.m., wor-ship. Wednesday — noon, prayer; 7:30 p.m., mid-week service. For more information, call 438-6543.
<«–«Mount Carmel United Meth-
odist Church announces it’s schedule for this week: Sunday — 9:45 a.m., Sunday School; 11 a.m., worship service (children’s church and nursery provided); 5 p.m., Bible study. Tuesday — 7 p.m., choir practice.
<«–«New Life Baptist Church, 2174
Vicksboro Road, announces its regular schedule: Sunday — 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship; 6 p.m., evening service. Monday — 6:45 p.m., Soul Win-ning. Wednesday — 7 p.m., prayer service, children’s program called FAITH (Friends All Identifying True Hope). Friday — 7 p.m., Friday Night Prayer Warriors visit rest homes and the shut-in for a time of prayer.
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., Eastmen Quartet in con-cert. 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.
<«–«North Henderson Baptist
Church announces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 8:30 a.m., Baptist Men’s breakfast; 9:45 a.m., Sunday School; 11 a.m., morn-ing worship (Baptist Men’s Day); 4:30 p.m., choir practice; 6 p.m., evening worship. Tuesday — 10:30 a.m., Senior Citizen’s Home weekly prayer/worship service. Wednes-day — 6:15 p.m., youth council meeting; 7 p.m., business confer-ence, Youth Bible study, Children in Action. Upcoming events: Jan. 31, baby shower; Feb. 7, early ser-vice, “Souper” Bowl Sunday; Feb. 12, Parents Night Out; Feb. 14, Valentine’s Dinner; Feb. 21, Baptist Women’s Day.
<«–«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., worship; 2
ist Church, 2975 Old Watkins Road, Henderson, announces its schedule for the week: Sunday — 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship (nursery and children’s church provided). Tuesday — 9:30 a.m., Ladies Bible study. Upcom-ing events: Jan. 31, chili lunch and ministries.
<«–«Ridgeway Missionary Bap-
tist Church, 156 Wycoff Road, Ridgeway, announces its schedule for this week: Sunday — 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., ushers’ meeting. Wednesday — 7 p.m., Bible class.
<«–«Shiloh Baptist Church of
Henderson announces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 9:15 a.m., Baptist Training Union; 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship. Monday — 10 a.m., Ministers’ Community Partnership meeting at Chamber of Commerce; 5:30 p.m., Adult Basic Education; 6 p.m., Laymen’s League meeting; 7 p.m., officers’ meeting. Tuesday — 5:30 p.m., Adult Basic Educa-tion. Wednesday — 7 p.m., prayer hour and Bible study. Thursday — noonday prayer; 6 p.m., men’s choir rehearsal. Friday — 5 p.m., Liturgical Dance rehearsal. Upcom-ing events: Jan. 30, 8:30 a.m., United Shiloh Association Lay-men’s Prayer Breakfast at Mitchell Baptist; 9:45 a.m., United Shiloh Association Church Union meet-ing.
<«–«South Henderson Pentecostal
Holiness Church, 905 Ameri-cal Road, announces this week’s schedule: Sunday (Sanctity of Human Life Sunday) — 8:30 a.m., early worship; 11 a.m., wor-ship service; 4:30 p.m., no choir practice; 6 p.m., evening worship service with Holy Communion. Monday — 6:30 p.m., men’s fellow-ship, Easter cantata choir practice. Tuesday — 10 a.m., clothes closet; 6:30 p.m., aerobics. Wednesday — 10 a.m., morning worship service/meal; 5:30 p.m., supper; 6:30 p.m., choir practice; 7 p.m., “The Way of the Master” study series; 7:30 p.m, men’s homeless shelter training meeting. Thursday — 4/12 Youth leave for Accelerant; 6:30 p.m., no aerobics. Friday — 7 p.m., River of Life Recovery Fellowship, prayer service.
<«–«Spring Green Missionary
Baptist Church, 240 Powell Mill Road, Warrenton, announces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship service honoring deacons and trustees with Deacon Fredrick Cheek of Shocco Chapel Mission-ary Baptist Church as the guest speaker, music by the inspira-tional choir, and dinner served immediately after the program. Wednesday — 7 p.m., Prayer and Praise service. The International Bible Institute resumed on Jan. 15. Sunday’s regular worship service is broadcast each Saturday at 11:30 a.m. on radio station WARR-1520 AM and also on the Web at www.1520.am. For prayer, call the Rev. George W. Wright at (252) 738-0651. Spring Green Mission-ary Baptist meets all four Sundays of the month.
in Kittrell, which has previously held only one Sunday service per month, will expand its schedule this year to include a second service. Services at St. James’ now
will include Holy Communion at 3 p.m. on the second and fourth Sundays and Evening Prayer at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. The next service is at 3 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev. Canon E. T. Malone Jr., priest-in-charge, as preacher and celebrant for Holy Communion. The public is wel-come at this traditional Anglican service, with music from the 1940 hymnal. St. James’ is located on Main Street, about two blocks east of U.S. 1.
<«–«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: Sunday — 8:30 a.m., worship service; 9:45 a.m., Sunday school and Bible classes; 11 a.m., worship service, imme-diately followed by choir practice. Tuesday — 7:30 a.m., Chronic Illness Support Group and the Renewal Bible Study class will meet. Wednesday — 7:30 p.m., prayer time. Thursday — 7:30 p.m., Renewal Bible Study. Friday — 4:30 p.m., Confirmation Class. 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.splcridgeway.org.
<«–«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., wor-ship service; 6 p.m., Administrative Board meeting. Monday — 9:30 a.m., Bible study. Wednesday — 5:45 p.m., Bible study; 7 p.m., choir practice. Thursday — 9 a.m., art class.
575 Horner St., announces its regular schedule: Sunday — 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 11:30 a.m., worship; 6 p.m., worship. First and third Wednesdays — 7 p.m., Bible study. Second and fourth Wednes-days — 7 p.m., prayer and praise.
<«–«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, followed by choir practice at 6:30 p.m.
<«–«Victorious Apostolic, 188
Shocco Springs Road, Warrenton, announces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship service. Tuesday — 6 p.m., prayer service. Friday — 6 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. Sunday morn-ing 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., Brotherhood Breakfast; 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship with guest speaker Brady Martin. Tuesday — 5:30 p.m., community supper. Wednesday — 11 a.m., ecumenical services; 5 p.m., lectionary study group.
<«–«West End Baptist Church,
619 Dabney Dr., Henderson, announces this week’s schedule: Sunday — 9:40 a.m., Sunday School; 10:55 a.m., worship ser-vice; 6 p.m., evening service, youth group. Monday — GROW Team W. Wednesday — 7 p.m., prayer and Bible study, youth, Children in Action, Mission Friends; 8 p.m., choir practice.
<«–«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.
Church has Sunday school at 10 a.m. each week. Every first and third Sunday, worship services begin at 11 a.m. The church is located on Jacksontown Road, Drewry.
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Monday - Friday 8AM - 5PM
CLASSIFIED PHONE: 252-436-2810
VISA and MASTERCARD
We accept VISA and Mastercard for commercial ads, private party ads and circulation payments. Minimum purchase of $5 required.
YARD SALES Ad information and payment must be in our office at 304 S. Chestnut Street by 10 AM the day prior to ad publication. All yard sales are cash in advance.
HAPPY ADS, CARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMOR Y
These ads may be placed by you for only $5.55 per column inch. Paid in advance by 10 AM one day prior to ad publication. Sunday deadline - Friday 10AM.
PLEASE CHECK YOUR A D We make every effort to avoid errors in advertisements. Each ad is carefully checked and proofread, but when hundreds of ads are handled each day, mistakes do slip through. We ask that you check your ad for any error and report it to the Classified Department immediately by calling 436-2810. The newspaper will be responsible for only one day’s incorrect insertion if you do not bring the error to our attention.
Reach An Additional 9.4 Million Classified Readers On Our Web Page.
www.hendersondispatch.com
Wood For SaleOak $65 & Mixed $55
426 Pearl StreetHenderson NC252-767-1593
Energy Items
Tom Cat’s AutoTOP DOLLAR
on junk cars!252-430-7680
Tim’s Scrap HaulingBuying Cars
Paying up to $175Same 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-$200Across Scales
Mikes Auto Salvage, 252-438-9000.
Wanted ToBuy
Pom pups. All colors.Male & female. 1st
shots. Taking deposits.Prices negotiable.
919-528-1952.
FREE to good homes.Cute & kind Retriever/Lab mix pups. Parentson site. Great pets! 252-456-3392.
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
If you miss your paper,PLEASE CALL before 11:00 am — 436-2800
If you miss your paper, PLEASE CALL
before 11:00 am 436-2800
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8C • THE DAILY DISPATCH • SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2010
C M Y KSAT 1/23 1/22/10 5:59 PM Page 3
C M Y K
Financial Aid AssistantVance-Granville Community College is seeking a Financial Aid Assistant for the main campus. Responsibilities include performing all functions related to the financial aid process including assisting students and families with FAFSAs, managing awarded funds, monitoring student academic success, maintaining financial aid procedures manual and providing administrative support to the Director of Financial Aid. A minimum of an Associate degree is required with relevant work experience; Bachelor’s degree preferred. Degrees and hours must be from a regionally accredited college or university. Knowledge of state and federal financial aid regulations and veterans’ benefits, strong computer skills, excellent communication, strong initiative and interpersonal skills also desired. Applicants may apply online at www.vgcc.edu or call the Human Resources office at (252) 492-206l to request applications. Open until filled; review of applications will begin immediately.
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
www.vgcc.edu
WARRENTON/MACON AREA
INDEPENDENT ROUTECARRIER NEEDEDMust be able to do door to
door sales. Have dependable transportation.
Must be available to deliver newspapers by 6:00 AM Tues, - Fri. and 7:00 AM Sat. & Sun. Must be able to re-deliver any
misdeliveries.Must be able to drive in all
weather conditions.This is a great business
opportunity for the right person.Serious Inquiries Only!Fill out an application at
The Daily Dispatch304 South Chestnut Street
HENDERSON
CITY
VANCE
COUNTY
INDEPENDENT ROUTECARRIER NEEDEDMust be able to do door to
door sales. Have dependable transportation.
Must be available to deliver newspapers by 6:00 AM Tues, - Fri. and 7:00 AM Sat. & Sun. Must be able to re-deliver any
misdeliveries.Must be able to drive in all
weather conditions.This is a great business
opportunity for the right person.Serious Inquiries Only!Fill out an application at
The Daily Dispatch304 South Chestnut Street
Lincare, leading national respiratory company seeks
friendly, attentive Customer Service Representative
with DME or health insurance claim billing experience.
Phone skills that provide warm customer interactions a must. Maintain patient files, process
doctors’ orders, manage computer data and filing.
Growth opportunities are excellent. Drug free workplace. Email resume
Down Payment Based On QualificationsCALL PRIM RESIDENTIAL 252-738-9771
6% - 30 YEARSQUALIFIES FOR $8000 AND $6500 TAX CREDIT
Now Accepting ApplicationsScott Mitchell I & II
Apartments30 units for elderly 62 or older
or disabledRent based on income.
NEW Scott Mitchell IIIAnnex Apartments14 units for elderly 62 or older
Rent based on income.
252-456-4103
FOXBOROUGH PINESA P A R T M E N T S
Move in by February 28, 2010 and receive $100 off the 1st month’s rent.
Prices starting at $448/mo.
252-431-1350
1, 2 & 3BRsavailable
Call 252-738-9771
PRIM RESIDENTIAL Apartments,Townhouses,
and Corporate Townhouses For Rent
Searching For A Deal? Searching For A Deal? Searching For A Deal? Try The Classifieds. Try The Classifieds. Try The Classifieds.
Put the spotlight on all sorts of deals when you use the classifieds! 436-2810
CLASSIFIED The Daily Dispatch CLASSIFIED HOURS:
Monday - Friday 8AM - 5PM
CLASSIFIED PHONE: 252-436-2810
VISA and MASTERCARD
We accept VISA and Mastercard for commercial ads, private party ads and circulation payments. Minimum purchase of $5 required.
YARD SALES Ad information and payment must be in our office at 304 S. Chestnut Street by 10 AM the day prior to ad publication. All yard sales are cash in advance.
HAPPY ADS, CARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMOR Y
These ads may be placed by you for only $5.55 per column inch. Paid in advance by 10 AM one day prior to ad publication. Sunday deadline - Friday 10AM.
PLEASE CHECK YOUR A D We make every effort to avoid errors in advertisements. Each ad is carefully checked and proofread, but when hundreds of ads are handled each day, mistakes do slip through. We ask that you check your ad for any error and report it to the Classified Department immediately by calling 436-2810. The newspaper will be responsible for only one day’s incorrect insertion if you do not bring the error to our attention.
Reach An Additional 9.4 Million Classified Readers On Our Web Page.
www.hendersondispatch.com
Wood For SaleOak $65 & Mixed $55
426 Pearl StreetHenderson NC252-767-1593
Energy Items
Tom Cat’s AutoTOP DOLLAR
on junk cars!252-430-7680
Tim’s Scrap HaulingBuying Cars
Paying up to $175Same 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-$200Across Scales
Mikes Auto Salvage, 252-438-9000.
Wanted ToBuy
Pom pups. All colors.Male & female. 1st
shots. Taking deposits.Prices negotiable.
919-528-1952.
FREE to good homes.Cute & kind Retriever/Lab mix pups. Parentson site. Great pets! 252-456-3392.
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
If you miss your paper,PLEASE CALL before 11:00 am — 436-2800
If you miss your paper, PLEASE CALL
before 11:00 am 436-2800
Daily Dispatch
8C • THE DAILY DISPATCH • SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2010
C M Y KSAT 1/23 1/22/10 5:59 PM Page 3
205 Toyota LaneHenderson, NC 27537
Mon.-Sat. 9:00am-8:00pm
438-2181
1-800-800TOYOTAtoyotaofhenderson.com
*Coupon Not Valid With Any Sale Priced Vehicle - Plus Tax, Tags & $294.50 Doc Fee
‘08 TOYOTA RAV4$18,450
PW, PL, PM, Moonroof, Pdr. Seat Stk#24624
‘07 TOYOTA SEQUOIA$35,995
Power Sunroof, Heated Seats, Loaded, Stk#17974A
‘07 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER$19,450
PW, PL, Cruise, ABS, TCS, RWW, PM, CC, Stk#17779A
‘08 BUICK LACROSSE$15,995
Low Miles, One Owner, All The Toys Stk#17959A
‘08 TOYOTA RAV4 $16,995
Pwr. Package, EBD Elec. Brake Stk#24627
‘06 TOYOTA COROLLA$11,495
Local Trade, Extremely Low Miles,CE Pkg., Stk#17853A
‘05 DODGE DAKOTA$15,995
TW, PDL, PM, Tilt, Cruise, Auto Stk#17883A
‘07 PONTIAC G6$18,499
GT, Covt., HardTop, 14,000 Miles Stk#18030AA
‘08 HONDA ACCORD$16,295
EX Package, Low Low Miles Stk#17971A
‘04 BUICK LESABRE$10,995
One Owner Local Trade,Only 48,000 Miles. Stk#18073AA
‘08 TOYOTA AVALON$24,995
This One Is A Beauty, Local TradeStk#17979A
‘07 TOYOTA CAMRY$16,995
Power Pkg., Power Seat, Local Trade Stk#17746A
‘08 TOYOTA MATRIX$15,895
Power Pkg., 6-Disc CD, Alloy Wheels. Stk#17969A
‘10 TOYOTA COROLLA $16,645
LE Package, PW, PL, PM, RWD Stk#24637
‘06 TOYOTA TACOMA$19,466
Prerunner, PS, Bucket Seats, Stk#17687A
‘08 TOYOTA COROLLA$12,950
Base Vehicle, Side Impact BeamsStk#17870A
‘07 TOYOTA SOLARA$12,850
One Owner, Local Trade, Loaded Stk#17219B
‘09 HONDA FIT$15,975
Low Low Miles, Great Gas MileageStk#17930A
‘07 TOYOTA CAMRY $18,733
SE Package, All the ToysStk#18022A
UNDER $10,000UNDER $10,,,000
$500 COUPONBRING THIS
IN AND RECEIVE A $500 DISCOUNT*
CREDITNO
PROBLEM$99
Down Delivers with Approved Credit
‘10 TOYOTA COROLLA $15,995
LE Pkg., PW, PL, PM, Side Air Bag System, Stk#24635
‘07 FORD FOCUS$9,495
4Cyl., Great Gas Mileage Stk#18006A
‘04 HONDA ODYSSEY$9,995
Leather, PW, PL, Cruise, Nice Car. Stk#18068A
‘07 FORD FUSION$9,995
4 Cyl., PW, PL, Cruise Stk#17838A
‘05 TOYOTA CAMRY$9,995
4 Cyl., PW, PL, Cruise, Low Miles. Stk#17984A
‘06 TOYOTA TACOMA$9,995
Great Little Work Truck, Manual Trans. Stk#18053A
‘06 PONTIAC G6$8,995
4 Cyl., PW, PL, Tilt, Cruise. Stk#17805A
Travel Breakdown Coverage 7yr/100K Rental Car Allowance See Dealer for Details
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
If you miss your paper,PLEASE CALL before 11:00 am — 436-2800
If you miss your paper, PLEASE CALL
before 11:00 am 436-2800
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