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Richard Williams

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Wanted: Kids who need gifts

MONROERock Worship Center in

Monroe is searching for chil-dren in need of Christmas gifts. The chuch will host a Christmas gala to distribute the gifts later this month.

“We just want to show our heart and show a community that we still do care,” Pastor Scott Alexander said. Last year’s event event reached about 200 local children up to 16 years old who were “touched that they had something on Christmas morning.”

It also meant a lot to their parents, he said, who were unable to afford gifts but could take the donations and wrap them before Christmas Day. Some families had up to five children, he added.

The church is asking parents or guardians to submit chil-dren’s names, age and gender by filling out a brief application at the church this week. Once applications are submitted, the church will check the names with the Christmas Bureau to make sure families aren’t getting help from both sources and free up spaces for families receiving no assistance.

The church will accept ap-plications today and Wednes-day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visitors must show identifica-tion to apply, but there are no income requirements.

Rock Worship Center is located at 3405 Old Charlotte Highway, Monroe. For more information, call the church at 704-283-5567.

The gala will be held at 6 p.m. Dec. 22 at the Ag Center in Monroe.

BIRTHDAYSBest wishes are extended

to everyone who is celebrat-ing a birthday today, especial-ly: Marty Nelson, Kenneth Stegall, Alice Collins, Violet T. Cook, Richard Deese, Marty Nelson, and Kevin Philemon.

Call (704) 261-2278 or e-mail birthdays@theej.com to add your names to t he list.

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Marshall:Gender is gettingin the wayBY JAmES ROmOSERMedia General News Service

RALEIGHIn recent years in North

Carolina, female politi-cians have had lots of suc-cess.

But in the race for the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Rich-ard Burr, Elaine Marshall believes her gender is working against her.

Marshall said in an in-terview last week that she believes some party lead-ers are tacitly supporting one of her opponents, Cal Cunningham, because they are looking for a male candidate to take on Burr, a Republican from Winston-Salem.

“They’ve never looked at a female candidate to the extent that they’ve looked at male candidates. The proof is in the pudding,” Marshall said.

She was referring to the power-brokers at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, or DSCC, the arm of the na-tional Democratic Party that is devoted to win-ning Senate seats across the country. The DSCC’s full-fledged support can be critical in a general elec-tion because of the group’s ability to pour millions of dollars into the race.

Officially, the DSCC doesn’t take sides in pri-maries. A spokesman for the group said Friday that it is focused on the general election and that it has a long record of supporting female candidates - in-cluding Sen. Kay Hagan in North Carolina in 2008.

But in recent weeks, it has become clear to cam-paign officials and party insiders that, in the 2010 race, the DSCC prefers Cunningham, and not Marshall, who is North Carolina’s secretary of state, or the other Demo-cratic candidate, Ken Lewis.

Earlier this year, the DSCC tried to recruit At-torney General Roy Coo-per and U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge to run against Burr. When both declined, party leaders went to Cun-ningham and asked him to run. Both Marshall and Lewis had already been in the race for months.

Cunningham, 36, agreed to run, and he announced his candidacy last week. He is a lawyer from Lex-ington who served one

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Townmovescloserto parkBY ELISABETH ARRIEROStaff Writer

WESLEY CHAPELWesley Chapel council

members approved Plan B1 of the proposed Page Price Park, moving the village one step closer to acquiring its first park.

The plan, selected from four choices, would in-clude a picnic area, out-door classroom, amphi-theater, garden as well as a 0.5 mile walking trail. It would only have one park-ing lot, with its entrance off of Highway 84.

With council approval of a specific park layout, the village will become an even better candidate for a grant from the state, said Councilwoman Sondra Bradford. The deadline for the application filing is Feb. 1.

Some council members and residents did raise questions, however, about the logistics of some of the park’s features. For instance, the wetlands on the property ¬ ¬¬- which is located across from Wesley Chapel Elementa-ry School – might be costly to build around.

Village Clerk Cheryl Bennett also questioned how the park would af-fect traffic on Highway 84, which she said is “always busy.”

The village approved the plan with the under-standing that the contrac-tor would come back with more cost analyses of the various limitations of the park.

Kim Ormiston and How-ard Brotton also took their seats on the council for the first time. Councilman Brad Horvath resigned from his position in order to take his elected position as mayor.

“It’s been a great four years. I have a lot of mem-ories here,” departing Mayor Tracy Clinton said. “I’m very happy to be out of the hot seat and am looking forward to watch-ing from a distance and spending more time with my family.”

Bradford was selected as the new mayor pro tem, following the departure of Rick Croffut. Bradford is the only senior council-person since Croffut and Sonya Pierce did not seek re-election.

“This makes the most logical sense,” Ormiston said.

BY JASON deBRUYNStaff Writer

MONROEHospital officials made a case

for a Waxhaw emergency depart-ment, but commissioners de-ferred discussion until January.

“It’s disappointing,” said Caro-linas Healthcare Systems region-al vice president Dennis Phillips after the decision. “Candidly, this could make the difference between life and death.”

Commissioner Tracy Kuehler did not see it quite the same

way. “This is the first time this has been on our agenda,” she said adding that the county staff wanted more information from Phillips and Carolinas Medical Center - Union president Michael Lutz.

County Manager Al Greene said that he and staff did not have “sufficient information to make a recommendation” to the commissioners. Kuehler said she wanted the staff to be satisfied before she would discuss it fur-ther.

The motion to defer a decision passed by a 3-2 vote with Com-missioners Allan Baucom and Parker Mills opposed.

CMC-Union, a nonprofit, wants to build a free-standing emergen-cy department in Waxhaw at the corner of Providence and Gray Byrum roads. CHS owns the land and building and CMC-Union will operate the emergency de-partment.

Because CMC-Union is a non-profit, it has a pot of money gen-erated from excess revenues over

expenditures that must be rein-vested in the community for bet-ter health care. It wants to spend about $5.173 million out of that pot mostly for medical equip-ment to operate the department.

At the Monroe hospital, the county owns the building and land and CMC-Union operates the hospital through a lease. Be-cause of that lease agreement, CMC-Union must seek commis-sioner approval for any expendi-

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E-J staff photos by Rick Crider

Cuthbertson High cheerleaders joined the Waxhaw Parade for this year’s celera-tion. It is the school’s first year in operation.

Christmas cheer comesto downtown Waxhaw

Parade queen Janna Wandzalak

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Tuesday, Dec. 15• MONROE INVES-

TORS, 8:30 a.m., Brown Derby, Skyway Drive, Monroe. Details, Elsie Smoluk, 704-363-8815.

• TODDLER TIME, 10 a.m., Union West Regional Library, for children ages 12 months to 36 months.

• TODDLER TIME, 10 a.m., Monroe Library, 316 E. Windsor St., for chil-dren ages 12 months to 36 months. For details, call 704-283-8184.

• TODDLER TIME, 10 a.m., 11 a.m., Waxhaw Li-brary, for children ages 12 months to 36 months.

• BASIC SPANISH, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., must be member of Ellen Fitzger-ald Senior Center and age 55 or over. Ellen Fitzger-ald Senior Center, 327 S. Hayne St. Details, 704-282-4657.

• BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS CLASS, 10 a.m., Monroe Library. Free. Registration required; call 704-283-8184.

• STORY TIME, 10:30 a.m., Monroe Library, 316 E. Windsor St., for chil-dren ages 3 to 5. For de-tails, call 704-283-8184.

• COUNCIL ON AG-ING CHRISTMAS PARTY, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 302 E. Windsor Street, Monroe. Bring a covered dish; door prizes and entertainment. The Christmas Party will take the place of the six regu-larly scheduled Union Seniors programs for the month of December.

• MONROE GARDEN CLUB, 11 a.m., Christmas luncheon, silent auction, Monroe Library’s Griffin Room, 316 E. Windsor St. Details, Joyce Ingold, 704-289-4644, ingold@caroli-nar.rr.com.

• MARSHVILLE RO-TARY CLUB, noon, Pier Restaurant, Marshville. For details, call Johnny Pigg, 704-624-2602.

• MONROE ROTARY CLUB, noon to 1 p.m., Roll-

ing Hills Country Club. Details, 704-283-4645.

• BOOKS FOR LUNCH, noon, Edwards Library, Marshville. Topic, “Holi-days on Ice” by David Sedaris. Details, 704-624-2828.

• HOMEWORK HELP NIGHT, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monroe Library. For grades one through eight. Details, Kim, 704-283-8184, ext. 238.

• UNION COUNTY HIV TASK FORCE, 5:30 p.m., Union County Health Department. Call 704-283-9188 for details.

• UNION WEST BOOK CLUB, 5:30 p.m., Union West Library. Topic, “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert. Details, 704-821-7475.

• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Low Bottom group, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., old Belk building, 200 Stewart St., Monroe. Details, 704-332-4387; 704-377-0244.

• TOPS NO. 373 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), 6 p.m. weigh-in, 6:30 p.m. meeting, 805 South Bragg Street, Monroe. For de-tails, call 704-282-0073.

• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Sunset group, 6 p.m., 1010 Mc-Manus St., Monroe. De-tails, 704-219-6245.

• UNION COUNTY WRITERS’ CLUB, 7 p.m., Union County Community Arts Council office, 120 N. Main St. For details, call Barbara Johns at 704-291-7829; or visit www.union-countywritersclub.org.

• UNION COUNTY AN-TIQUE TRACTOR AND POWER CLUB, 7 p.m., J.B.’s Fish Camp, N.C. 218, New Salem. For informa-tion, call 704-624-6105.

• MS SUPPORT GROUP, 7 p.m., Benton Heights Presbyterian Church, Concord High-way. Details, Carla Zottola, 704-282-0623. • FARMERS MARKET EXTENSION CLUB, 7 p.m., Farm Bu-reau Directory Board Room.

• OVERCOMERS OUT-REACH, 7 p.m., Waxhaw Bible Church. For details, call 704-764-3960.

• BENTON HEIGHTS LIONS CLUB OF MON-ROE, 7 p.m.,Brown Derby Restaurant on Skyway Drive. For details, call 704-283-6502 or 704-283-2400.

• PRENATAL CLASS, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., CMC-Union. Come during sev-enth month of pregnancy. For details, call 704-283-

3254.• PARENT MEETING,

7 p.m., Walter Bickett El-ementary School, spon-sored by Walter Bickett Parent-Teacher-Student Association.

• BOY SCOUT TROOP 1, 7 p.m., First Presbyteri-an, 302 E. Windsor St. For details, call Gale Brown at 704-764-7589.

• BINGO, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., American Legion Post 208, Highway 75 East, Waxhaw. Jackpot, $500. Smoke free.

• MEADOW BRANCH LODGE No. 578 A.F. and A.M. meeting, 7:30 p.m., Stewart Street, Wingate. Supper 6:30 p.m. For de-tails, call Joe Moore, 704-289-5911.

Wednesday, Dec. 16

• MONROE-UNION BREAKFAST ROTARY, 7:30 a.m., Golden Corral Restaurant. For details, call 704-507-3956.

• EXERCISE CLASS, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Ellen Fitzgerald Senior Center. Open to ages 55 and up. For details, call 704-282-4657.

• TODDLER TIME, 9:30 a.m., Marshville Li-brary, for children ages 12 months to 36 months.

• UNION COUNTY MOMMIES, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., meet and greet, Indian Trail Civic Build-ing, 100 Navajo Drive. For information, call Heather Becker at 704-779-6577 or visit www.unioncounty-mommies.com.

• STORY TIME, 10 a.m., 11 a.m., Waxhaw Library, for ages 3 to 5. For details, call 704-843-3131.

• STORY TIME, 10 a.m., Marshville Library, for ages 3 to 5. For details, call 704-624-2828.

• SENIOR FITNESS CLASS, 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., Bazemore Center, Winchester Avenue, Mon-roe. Free to all senior citi-zens. Details, 704-282-4654.

• TODDLER TIME, 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., Union West Regional Library. For ages 18 to 36 months.

• BABY TIME, 11 a.m., Monroe Library. Details, 704-283-8184.

• BASIC E-MAIL CLASS, 11 a.m., Monroe Library. Free. Registra-tion required; call 704-283-8184.

• STORY TIME, 11:30 a.m., Union West Regional Library, for children ages 3 to 5.

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DEATHS

Richard WilliamsMONROE

Richard Ephraim Williams, 61, of 1519 Hwy. 218 East, Monroe, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Cen-ter, Charlotte.

Mr. Williams was born February 17, 1948, in Union County. His father, Troy Webster Williams, preceded him in death. He was a Credit Manager for CIT Bank in Charlotte and the First and current Mayor of Fairview. He also previously served with the Fairview Fire Department for 14 years.

Survivors include his mother, Mary Alma Kizer Williams of Mon-roe; son, Jon Ryan Wil-liams; and brother, Ron-ald Wayne Williams.

Visitation will be Monday, December 14, at Hopewell Baptist Church, 420 Hopewell Church Road, Monroe, 7:00 – 9:00 pm. All other times the family will be at the home. The funeral service will be Tuesday, December 15, 2:00 pm, at Hopewell Church, officiated by Rev. Lee Pigg. Inter-ment will be in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be sent to the American Heart Association, 222 S. Church St., Char-lotte, NC 28202 and to Hopewell Baptist Church, 420 Hopewell Church Rd., Monroe, NC 28110.

Hartsell Funeral Home, Midland, is serving the Williams family.

Online condolences may be sent at www.hartsellfh.com.

PAID OBITUARY

Kenneth Lida, IIIMONROE

Kenneth “Trey” Eu-gene Lida, III

Our beloved Trey was called home to take his place among the an-gels in Heaven on De-cember 11, 2009. Born August 18, 1989, he was called into God’s care at the young age of 20. He lived his life to the fullest, always ensur-ing to put a smile on people’s faces wherever he went. Searching for his path in life after he graduated Forest Hills High School, he chose to be a servant for the Lord. He was an ex-traordinary leader to the youth of Covenant Baptist Church, mak-ing his faith a priority. He preached his first sermon just a few hours before he was lifted into the clouds of Heaven.

He leaves behind his parents, Kenny and JoAnne Lida of Mon-roe; sister, Kelly Lida and niece Morganna of Winston-Salem; sis-ter and brother-in-law, Jamie and Thomas Matthews and nephew Tommy of Monroe; grandparents, Rever-end Ken and Ann Lida of Jefferson, SC; grand-parents, Albin and Bernice Hellstrand of Charlotte; girlfriend, Casey Price of Monroe; many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. He was loved by many and will be missed for eternity. We will never understand why our sweet Trey was taken from us so early; we can only know that God had a plan for him by His side.

The funeral for Trey will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at Covenant Baptist Church, 2706 Secrest Shortcut Rd., Monroe. Following the service, there will be a graveside ceremony at Lakeland Memorial Park in Monroe. The family received friends Monday evening. In lieu of flowers, Trey would have wished do-nations be made to the Youth Group of Cov-enant Baptist Church.

Trey would like ev-eryone to keep in their hearts Psalm 23:6, “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for-ever.”

Godspeed, Trey. We love you.

PAID OBITUARY

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Angel GreeneMONROE

Angel Renee Thomp-son Greene, 36, of Union-ville Road, Monroe, died December 11, 2009, at her home.

Mrs. Greene was born May 15, 1973, in Union County. Her father, Ed-ward Maurice Thompson, preceded her in death.

Survivors include her husband, Chris, of the home; children, Alex Lee; Joseph Christopher; and Savannah Rose Greene of the home; and mother, Carolyn Sue Thompson of Mint Hill.

Visitation will be Tues-day, 9-11 am, at Antioch Baptist Church, 6223 Love Mill Road, Monroe. Fu-neral service will begin at 11 a.m. in the church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. All other times the family will be at the home.

Hartsell Funeral Home, Midland, is serving the family.

Online condolences may be sent at www.hart-sellfh.com.

Billy R. PrevatteMATTHEWS

Billy Ricks Prevatte, 49, of Matthews, died on Sunday, December 13, 2009 in Matthews, Mecklenburg County. He was the son of Robert Ricks and Beulah Jernigan Prevatte and was born in Robeson County, on August 18, 1960. He was self-em-ployed as a floor covering installer. He was preceded in death by his parents.

He is also is survived by two brothers, William “Buddy” Prevatte and wife, Linda of Matthews, and Gene Prevatte of In-dian Trail; five sisters, Ra-chel Townsend of Indian Trail, Ruth Allen of Indi-an Trail, Rene McKnight Proctorville, Alice Pre-vatte of Lumberton, and Patsy Mayers of Lumber-ton; a nephew, Ricky Britt of Lumberton; and numer-ous nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 7:00 PM at Trinity Fellowship Church, 13232 Idlewild Road, in Matthews.

A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, Decem-ber 18, 2009 at 2 p.m. at Floyd Memorial Chapel in Lumberton. Burial will follow in Floyd Memorial Cemetery in Fairmont.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, De-cember 17, 2009 from 7:00-9:00 PM at Floyd Mortuary & Crematory, Inc., 809 E. 5th Street in Lumberton.

In lieu of flowers memo-rials may be sent to Mon-roe Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region, 1420 East Seventh Street, Charlotte, NC 28204.

Barbara WellsMATTHEWS

Mrs. Barbara “Bob-bie” Wells, 59, died Sun-day, December 13, 2009 at Carolinas Medical Center - Mercy.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Good Shepherd Funeral Home, Indian Trail, is serving the family of Mrs. Wells.

Erma Henderson diesDETROIT (AP) — Erma

Henderson, a civil rights advocate who became the first black woman elected to the Detroit City Coun-cil, died Monday. She was 92.

She was considered one of the most powerful black women in the city’s history.

COMING EVENTS

Lake Park mayor Kendall Spence, left foreground (blue jacket) and Indian Trail mayor John Quinn, center, address the various agencies and individuals gathered to cel-ebrate the completion of the roadwork and traffic signals at the intersection of Unionville-Indian Trail Road and Faith Church Road .

BY JASON deBRUYNStaff Writer

INDIAN TRAILOne of Indian Trail’s most dangerous

intersections got its traffic light, some-thing that relieved Chris Labuda.

Politicians, N.C. Department of Trans-portation officials, police, first respond-ers and area residents gathered at the intersection of Unionville-Indian Trail Road and Faith Church Road, where a traffic signal and turn lanes were in-stalled. Mayors for Indian Trail and Lake Park lauded the project and said it would make the road much safer.

“It’s like a game of chicken,” Chris Labuda, an Arbor Glen resident, said about trying to drive past there at peak traffic hours. “This will make it a lot safer.”

Adam Lamb also lives near the inter-section and said there is an accident there at least once a week.

“The key word here is gratitude,” Indi-an Trail Mayor John Quinn said during a 15-minute ceremony to commemorate the new signal. He thanked especially the police and first responders who know the intersection all too well.

“This is a good improvement,” said Hemby Bridge Fire Department Chief Johnny Blythe. “This is a heavy-traffic area where there have been several seri-ous accidents.”

With all the new development in the area funneling traffic to U.S. Highway 74 through Unionville-Indian Trail Road, Blythe said the road has gotten far more dangerous in the past decade.

The light was still blinking red and yellow Monday afternoon; N.C. DOT district director John Underwood said it would be activated later this week or early next week, depending on weather conditions. The $600,000 project was funded with federal stimulus money.

Town officials, police cheeraddition of new traffic signal

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Confederate pri-vate’s grave lay in the old cemetery at Doro-thea Dix Hospital, anon-ymous and forgotten for more than a century.

But in a queer twist of history, Aristarchus Lee Jenkins’ service to the Southern cause is now honored with a brilliant white marble headstone bought by his former enemy, the U.S. govern-ment.

A foot soldier in the North Carolina Infantry, Jenkins survived some of the most horrific battles of the Civil War. He was twice wounded by Yankee lead and was likely present for the death of his older broth-er, a soldier in the same unit.

Not long after the guns fell silent, Jenkins was admitted to the state asy-lum suffering from “ma-nia.” He lived there until his death in 1891, accord-ing to the few hospital records still available.

Like hundreds of other patients shunned by their families even in death, the Granville County native was bur-ied in a plot in the Dix

cemetery marked with only his hospital case number, 821.

“Aristarchus laid his life on the line to defend his homeland,” said Gracie Jenkins, a great-great-niece and amateur genealogist who uncov-ered the soldier’s story. “I didn’t think he should be forgotten about. His life, what he went through, was so hard.”

The first body was bur-ied in the asylum ceme-tery in 1859, about three years after the hospital opened. It is perhaps representative of soci-ety’s view of the value of those buried there that by the time the last grave was dug in 1970, the cemetery was abut-ted on two sides by a City of Raleigh landfill.

“Those were times people just went to Dix and a lot of them were never heard from again,” said Burley Mitchell, a former chief justice of the N.C. Supreme Court who has worked to hon-or those buried on the hospital grounds. “They lived and died there, and were buried as pau-pers.”

There are thought to be

more than 1,000 graves at Dix, some lost under the tall, dirt-covered mounds of rotting refuse in the now-closed landfill. A modest restoration ef-fort began about 20 years ago after hospital work-ers noticed that garbage trucks had repeatedly run over a corner of the graveyard, exposing shards of decaying wood from some of the simple pine caskets crafted in a hospital workshop.

Volunteers used din-ner forks to probe the red clay for graves, and the hospital’s mainte-nance department erect-ed a modest chain fence to delineate what were thought to be the cem-etery’s boundaries.

In the 1990s, hospital employees dug through decades-old records in an attempt to identify who was where. About 700 graves are now topped with brick-sized stones cut by a local headstone company from bits and pieces of leftover gran-ite. There is only room on the small stones for a name and a date of death. Most are covered by a layer of grass, only visible if someone goes

rooting around for them.A handful of patients

did have larger markers paid for by loved ones, but many had been bro-ken or scattered over the years. With donations, the hospital erected a “Wall of Remembrance,” where some of the bro-ken stones are mounted.

Aristarchus Jenkins, long forgotten by even his own kin, was laid to rest with no such dis-tinctive marker.

Gracie Jenkins, a graphic artist from Raleigh, set out eight years ago to learn more about her ancestors. In researching her fam-ily tree, she learned her great-great-grandfather was one of 14 brothers raised on a family farm in Granville County.

AppealsCourt blocksinmaterelease

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Monday temporarily blocked the release of two convicted murderers sentenced to life in prison under a 1970s law, issuing an order an hour before they were to be set free.

The court of appeals clerk gave no explanation for the decision.

Earlier Monday, a Supe-rior Court judge mandated the 5 p.m. release of Alford Jones and Faye Brown, who were sentenced when North Carolina defined life terms as only 80 years. The inmates argued they also earned a variety of sentence-reduction cred-its, and that their terms were now complete.

Gov. Beverly Perdue was “furious” with the lower court’s ruling, and attor-neys for the state scram-bled to appeal.

“This is not how gov-ernment and courts are supposed to work for the people of North Caro-lina,” said Perdue, who was surrounded by High-way Patrol leaders and the head of a victims ad-vocacy group. “I’ve been in politics a long time, and I’ve never been this dis-gusted with the system in my life.”

There are some two doz-en other inmates who are in similar situations to Jones and Brown.

State lawyers had argued that the credits awarded to Jones and Brown were to be used for parole eligi-bility and other matters. They also said the Correc-tion Department has never given sentence-reduction credits to inmates with life sentences.

Superior Court Judge Ripley Rand disagreed. He said the inmates were allowed to and did receive credits that should be ap-plied to the 80-year terms.

“The Department of Correction could have put into effect rules awarding sentence reduction credits only for the purposes of parole eligibility, custody determinations, and sen-tence commutation cal-culations and not for the calculation of an uncondi-tional release date,” Rand wrote. “It did not.”

Jones was convicted of killing William B. Turner Sr., who was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery in January 1975. Brown was sentenced for her role in the 1975 shoot-ing death of a state trooper during a bank robbery.

Highway Patrol Col. Randy Glover said Brown’s involvement showed a lack of respect. “We are not ex-pendable,” Glover said.

Firmto move 430 jobsto state

RALEIGH (AP) — A Louisiana-based disaster management consultant said Monday it’s moving its headquarters to North Carolina in a move expect-ed to bring 430 jobs to the state in the next six years.

Innovative Emergency Management Inc. will move its headquarters from Baton Rouge, La., to Research Triangle Park. In return, the company was promised state tax breaks of up to $9 mil-lion if it meets job and investment targets. Local governments are also ex-pected to sweeten the deal for IEM.

The company will es-tablish 430 jobs in North Carolina paying an aver-age wage of nearly $63,000 a year, Gov. Beverly Per-due’s office said. It wasn’t clear how many of those jobs would be filled by cur-rent employees who trans-fer from other offices, IEM founder and chief execu-tive officer Madhu Beri-wal said.

The company has 350 employees, with about 150 at its Baton Rouge head-quarters, she said.

“We have sent a mes-sage companywide today and we are offering a re-location package to any of the employees who choose to move to RTP,” Beriwal said in an interview. Once the number of workers willing to move becomes clear, IEM will hire locally to fill its remaining needs, she said.

The new headquarters site will be fully operation-al by September, Beriwal said. A reduced Louisiana office will remain after the headquarters move, but staffing there will depend on needs and how many workers are willing to re-locate, she said.

The 24-year-old private company specializes in measuring and managing threats to people, infra-structure and informa-tion. Its clients include local, federal and foreign government agencies.

The chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Se-curity Appropriations Subcommittee, U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., at-tended the event announc-ing the move on Monday.

“We do a lot of govern-ment work, but we also do a lot of work for private industry,” Beriwal said.

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The production crew constructed a set to portray a sauna room for the commercial. Actor David Hensley, left, of Charlotte, interacts with NASCAR drivers, Denny Hamlin, center and Kasey Kahne in the steamy enclosure as part of the filming for the Gillette razor commercial .

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Four NASCAR drivers took a pit stop in Union County Monday afternoon to shoot a few commer-cial spots for the grooming-prod-uct maker.

“We needed an ice rink,” com-mercial producer Roger Jones said at Indian Trail’s Extreme Ice Center. “And the drivers are based out of Charlotte. This was the right size and just a good fit.”

Four of the Gillette Young Guns, Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin, did shoots at six locations in the area, including the ice center and Restaurant 74 in Indian Trail.

Logano’s parents own part of Extreme Ice, another reason it was a good fit for the commercial.

In one of the spots, the drivers are riding Zambonis and in an-other they are decked out in their race suits in a sauna. The drivers were not available for comment. The commercials will first air during the Daytona 500 and run throughout the 2010 NASCAR sea-son.

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County should do what is right for residents

After reading the paper this past week, I’m very concerned about some of the moves our commissioners are making with our healthcare system here in Union County.

My family and I reside in Waxhaw and to be honest, we’re very proud of our communi-ty and our county. For many months, I often ride by the land designated to be the new ER by CMC-Union in Waxhaw.

As a former EMT I simply do not understand the delay in ap-proving this life-saving medi-cal facility. I can tell you from experience that it used to take us 20- 25 minutes to take a pa-tient to the nearest emergency room. With this new facility a patient can receive emergency medical care within 10 minutes. A difference of 15 minutes can literally mean the difference between life and death.

Commissioner Kuehler has written and stated that her delay in approving this facil-ity is based on a concern of $5 million dollars and how that equates to a 2 cent tax increase on every citizen of Union County. How is this possible Ms. Kuehler when the money ($5 million) does not come from the general fund of the county but rather from the designated hospital fund which, according to the paper from Dennis Phil-lips, can only be spent on hos-pital capital expenditures.

Why are the commission-ers delaying this? Is it because they want to sell the hospital to the highest bidder? And if you sell the hospital will the money

go 100% to paying off our debt? What’s the cost of this? Can the money go toward paying off debt? From this resident’s point of view, a life-saving emergency facility is needed and it’s the citizens that lose if this project doesn’t go forward. And unfortunately it could well be the matter of life and death for some.

I would encourage our Coun-ty Commissioners to do what is right for the citizens of Union County and appropriate the funds needed.

James H. HowieWaxhaw

Remember police officers this holiday

The Christmas season is one which focuses on family. But there are persons whose jobs keep them away from family during the holidays.

Police Officers are in that category, spending much of their time away from their families, not only Christmas for many holidays.

Elizabeth Cooke Coordinator of Union County Project Blue Light thinks these officers should be recognized for their work.

I think we need to remember the police officers at this time of year, more often than not they are not remembered They give up time with their families to protect us.

As a way to recognize these officers I am asking citizens to put a single blue light in the window and/or blue in your Christmas Decorations during the Christmas season to show support for officers. I keep a

blue light in my window not only at Christmas but 365 days a year.

This is a simple way the pub-lic has to let the police officers know that we appreciate them, especially during the holiday season. A single light in your window, sting of blue lights on your tree or a blue ribbon on your car antenna shows the officers that you support them and realize that their person-al sacrifice make its possible for your family to have a safe Christmas season.

In 1986 Danny Gleason a Po-lice Officer in Philadelphia, PA was killed in the line of duty, his mother-in law Dolly Craig (now deceased) placed a sin-gle candle with a blue light in her window in memory of her son-in law. In 1988 Mrs. Craig notified the group Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS) to let them know what she had done. (COPS) adopted the idea and Project Blue Light began nationally. We need to show our support to all local Law Enforcement Officers who put their lives on the line 24-7-365

The color blue is symbolic of peace. By displaying your blue light your will be sending out a dual message that you support Americas peace keeps and that you hope the coming year will be a year of peace.

Let’s Keep The Blue Lights Shinning in Union County

If you would like more infor-mation on Union County Proj-ect Blue Light please contact me.

elizabetH CookeCoordinator

Union County Project Blue Light

Last year, when Governor Per-due selected Keith Crisco from Asheboro to serve as Secretary of Commerce in her cabinet, we had to admit that he was not exactly a household name in most of North Carolina.

But his name has held an honored place in my household since….well, that is the story I want to tell you again.

About 12 years ago, just a couple of years after my moth-er died, I visited Asheboro to give a talk to a civic club. Later, my host, Alan Pugh, took me to see Keith Crisco at Asheboro Elastics Corp. “He has a great business, and you all have some things in common politically,” he said.

As I walked into the lobby of the mill, I saw a giant framed color picture hanging on the wall. It was a blowup of an ad-vertisement for Asheboro Elas-tics. In the middle of the ad was an older, gray-headed woman seated in a rocking chair, sur-rounded by a shawl, smiling down towards her hands which were busy crocheting a long strip of elastic.

The woman in the picture was my mom.

First I was shocked to see her, almost as big as life, and looking really alive, active and happy.

What a coincidence, I thought.

Just then, Keith Crisco ap-peared to explain that he brought out the poster just for me to see. He then explained the history of the ad. Asheboro Elastics wanted to find a way to tell its potential customers that its ultra modern equipment gave it an edge in responding to orders quickly and reliably. So they designed an ad with a “grandmother-type” woman

slowly crocheting elastic web-bing side-by-side a photo of their modern machinery that could do the job thousands and thousands of times faster.

My mom had just happened to be the model selected for the job.

Seeing the ad brought back all the memories of my mom’s professional life as a model and actress--as it developed for her at an age long after most folks have retired. First, she broke into television ads, making a little bit of money and having a lot of fun with the production crews--and then watching for the ads as they appeared on TV.

Then, when she was about 75, she was cast in a professional stage production of “Steel Magnolias”--so successfully that when the production was revived several months later, she was called back to play her role again. She didn’t let a little surgery for breast cancer get in the way. The play had to go on, so she recovered very quickly.

Soon after the revival of “Steel Magnolias” came a stroke that took away my mom’s right

side mobility and made it very difficult to speak. It meant the end of many things--including, of course, her acting career.

But after a long hard reha-bilitation, she figured out a way to get back into modeling, and she landed the job for Asheboro Elastics’ ad.

I remember how proud she was of the photo in the rock-ing chair. She had lots of copies

made for family members and friends. “I could hardly hold the needles, and I surely couldn’t crochet in my condition--but it looks pretty good, doesn’t it?”

It did.It does.Keith Crisco gave me a copy

of the ad, which I treasure. So, after all this time, she is still there, looking “pretty good,” and saying to me strongly, “Don’t ever stop trying. We can all do more than we might think. And you can never know when something good we do might help someone else now. . . .or years later.”

As it did me, seeing her there in the lobby of the Asheboro Elastics mill.

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“As I walked into the lobby of the mill, I saw a giant framed color picture hanging on the wall. It was a blowup of an advertisement for Asheboro Elastics.”

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The N.C. General Assembly’s latest slate of new laws hit the books this week. State lawmakers made their mark on is-sues from probation to lizards.

The new law that is getting the most attention is a ban on texting while driving. Texting involves typing a message on a cell phone keypad that will be sent from that phone to anoth-er electronic device. Attempting this feat while driving is, for most of us, in the realm of “Do we really have to make laws about this?” Apparently, we do. The new rules threaten driv-ers reading or writing a text message or e-mail while their car is moving with a $100 fine.

Critics of the new law are concerned it is vague and does not go far enough in limiting cell phone distractions. “They need to definitely bring some clarity to this down the road, if we’re going to be able to enforce it,” Highway Patrol Capt. Everett Clendenin said.

Last year’s murder of University of North Carolina student President Eve Carson at the hands of two men on probation led to some reforms to the probation system. Probation offi-cers will now be given access to an offender’s juvenile records without a court order. And in a move that sends a tough mes-sage to repeat offenders, police will now be able to conduct a search on a probationer without a search warrant.

In an effort to reduce the need for 2,100 prison beds by 2020, new laws will change the guidelines state judges have used since 1995 to determine the length of sentences offend-ers must serve. Some sentences will be less severe — up to 28 months lighter in some cases — and some slightly longer for other low-grade felonies. Second-time offenders guilty of less serious felony crimes will be more likely to receive pro-bation. Also, offenders on probation and parole will have to appear before a District Court judge in order to be bonded out of jail if charged with a new felony. Previously, they only had to appear before a magistrate to arrange bond.

Reptiles — snakes, lizards, turtles, alligators, etc. — get of-fered a bit of protection as it is now a misdemeanor to handle them in an unsafe manner. People keeping reptiles as pets could face up to 150 days in jail if someone other than a fam-ily member or employee suffers a life-threatening injury or dies as a result of reptile bite or interaction.

Similar punishments await those who release nonnative reptiles into the wild, like the alligator found in the French Broad River in 2006.

Other new laws on the books now will ban the sale, pos-session and manufacture of Salvia divinorum, a hallucino-genic herb popular among young people. Laws governing the solicitation of children via computer have been expanded to include cell phones.

Owners of vehicles with a frame around the license plate will want to ensure the state’s name and the registration stickers are visible. After Nov. 30, 2010, a fine of up to $100 may be charged if officers determine they can’t easily read the plate because of a frame.

All in all, these new laws make sense. We particularly ap-plaud the new moves on checking in on probationers and pa-rolees.

There are a total of about 50 new laws, and we recommend North Carolinians familiarize themselves with all of them by paying a visit to the General Assembly Web site at www.ncga.state.nc.us

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term as a state senator. He is also a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves and served in the Iraq war.

Marshall, 64, is in her fourth term as secretary of state. She was the first woman in North Caro-lina to win a statewide election to an executive-branch office. In 2002, she ran for U.S. Senate and finished third in the primary.

Lewis, 48, is a lawyer and Democratic fund-raiser who has never held elective office.

Even though the pri-mary is not until May and the race has hardly begun, some Democrats are already describ-ing Cunningham as the front-runner. They see him as an eloquent new-comer whose military service will be a big as-set in the general elec-tion.

That characterization clearly bothers the Mar-shall campaign. Her sup-porters believe that her political resume is far su-perior to Cunningham’s, and that she should be the natural favorite to run against Burr. In the 2008 election, she re-ceived the second-most votes of any Democrat on the ballot, trailing only Cooper, but ahead of Barack Obama, Bev Perdue and Hagan.

Cunningham has won just one election, and that was for a state leg-islative seat in a district covering parts of David-son, Rowan and Iredell counties.

Marshall’s support-ers feel that some party leaders are quietly over-looking Marshall’s ex-perience because they want a younger, flashier candidate. Several ob-servers have already compared Cunningham to John Edwards - and it’s hard not to notice that the two men look alike.

Marshall said she be-lieves the DSCC had a pre-set profile in mind for the candidate that it wanted to run against Burr. Asked what profile that was, she answered with two words: “A man.”

Asked why she thought the DSCC might prefer a male candidate, Mar-shall said, “I can’t say. They did not disclose that to me. The women’s groups are very angry.”

Eric Shultze, a spokes-man for the DSCC, said that right now, the group’s focus is on de-feating Burr, who some Democrats see as vul-nerable in 2010.

In 2008, Hagan was backed by the DSCC, which was widely credit-ed when she defeated the Republican incumbent, Sen. Elizabeth Dole.

Hagan could not be reached last week and her spokesman did not respond to requests for comment. Hagan has not taken a public position

in the race between Mar-shall, Cunningham and Lewis.

Hagan is just one ex-ample of the rise of female politicians in North Carolina lately. Seven women were elect-ed to statewide offices in North Carolina last year, including Perdue, who became the state’s first female governor.

Most political analysts believe that female can-didates tend to have a slight advantage in elec-tions, because women vote in greater numbers than men.

“I think it’s hard to ar-gue that they don’t want a woman,” said Gary Pearce, a veteran Demo-cratic strategist in Ra-leigh. “I think the honest truth is that the DSCC doesn’t really care - they just want somebody who looks like a winner.”

In the eyes of party officials in Washington, looking like a winner en-tails showing an ability to raise money to com-pete with Burr. Marshall is not known for being a big fundraiser. Unlike other North Carolina politicians - such as Per-due - she has never run large, continuous fund-raising operations or built up large campaign war chests.

Of course, neither has Cunningham. But party officials will be watch-ing the candidates’ abil-ity to raise money on their own, early on in the race.

“The financial piece, at this point in the race, is really about showing viability,” said Morgan Jackson, Cunningham’s chief political consul-tant. “Democrats need to elect the person who’s going to be the strongest in the fall. And that’s what our message is.”

Jackson declined to comment on Marshall’s charge that Cunning-ham is being favored be-cause he is a man.

Lewis, who was the first candidate to an-nounce he is running, has not been helped by all the recent attention on Marshall and Cun-ningham.

“I don’t know what the DSCC’s or any voter’s process is for deciding who to support,” Lewis said.

Marshall has been endorsed by several women’s groups, includ-ing the National Orga-nization for Women. But Emily’s List, the politi-cally influential group that supports pro-choice female Democrats, said it is still examining the North Carolina race. A spokesman for the group declined to comment on whether gender might be playing a role in the race.

“We’re keeping an eye on the race, but no endorsement has been made,” said the spokes-man, Matt Burgess. “Like any candidate, we need to see a path to vic-tory before we would get involved in a race.”

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BY JASON deBRUYNStaff Writer

MONROEHazardous chemicals were seized

and two people arrested on drug charges Monday afternoon.

The liquid chemicals were deter-mined to be potentially dangerous, but not in enough quantity to pose a threat. Police believe the chemicals could be components of a metham-phetamine lab.

Mrunmay Vijay Mastakar, 19, of 5400 Ramsey St. in Fayetteville and Mistey Jean Norris, 19, of 1289 Chicora Road in Dunn were stopped on U.S. Highway 74 near the Tyson Foods plant after they were estimat-ed to be driving a 2005 Volkswagon Passat 90 mph through a 35 mph zone in Wingate. After the stop, marijuana was found in the car, which led to a search of the trunk

where Sheriff ’s deputy Billy Osteen found liquid and powder chemicals and goggles.

Monroe and Charlotte hazard-ous materials units investigated the chemicals and Sheriff ’s Chief Deputy Ben Bailey said they found only small quantities of potentially dangerous chemicals.

Out of caution, however, three hazardous materials officers dressed in yellow, full-body suits equipped with gas masks sampled the chemicals for more than 30 minutes. Two hazardous materi-als trucks were also at the scene to help determine what the chemicals were.

Norris was charged with posses-sion with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, carrying a con-cealed weapon (stungun), speeding

in excess of 15 mph over the posted limit, following too closely, and a window tint violation. Norris was in the Union County Jail under a $2,000 secured bond, and given a Jan. 6 court date.

Mastakar was charged with pos-session with intent to sell and de-liver marijuana, simple possession of a Schedule II controlled sub-stance (cocaine,) and possession of drug paraphernalia. Mastakar was in the Union County Jail under a $2,000 Secured Bond, and given a Jan. 6 court date.

“Deputy Osteen had every right to be concerned,” said Sheriff Ed-die Cathey in a news release. “These were highly unconventional chemi-cals, not utilized in daily household applications. You absolutely cannot take chances with these substanc-es.”

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ture of more than $500,000 out of the excess fund.

County commissioners put the hospital building up for sale, something Kuehler said could jeop-ardize the lease. If the lease were broken, she said the money from the fund would revert back to the county. Phillips said the lease is rock solid so the money would stay with CMC-Union until the end of the lease, which ex-pires August of 2020.

The biggest sticking point in this issue has been the dispute over who controls the pot of money. Phillips contends it belongs to CMC-Union while Kuehler says it is controlled by the county. The money must be spent for better health care in Union as long as the lease is in tact, but county com-missioners must approve a large expenditure.

Showing the support

they have during a pre-sentation in front of the board of commissioners, Lutz and Phillips held up a binder with 1,200 pieces of paper in it. Each piece represented a support let-ter from an area resident. The binder was about five inches thick.

The Waxhaw Board of Commissioners supports building an emergency department, but did not get in to funding recom-mendations

In his presentation to the commissioners, Lutz pointed out that the near-est emergency depart-ment from Waxhaw is CMC-Union, 13.8 miles away. He said the Wax-haw facility would break even by the second year and would turn an annual profit of $900,000 by year 10; it would add 71 jobs with an average annual salary of $53,000 by the third year, he added.

Kuehler had no qualms with the presentation or the request, she merely wanted to give staff more

time to work out details and bring commissioners more fiscal information. This was the first time the emergency depart-ment has been brought to the board, she argued, so there should be no rush.

Phillips said it was sup-posed to be on a November agenda, but was pushed because that meeting was only a work session. The commissioners con-solidated their December meetings to have only one meeting. Phillips added that the Waxhaw facility had already been blocked at the state level for about

a year by its competitor Presbyterian Healthcare, Furthermore, the infor-mation was submitted “weeks ago,” he contend-ed. The project was sched-uled to begin Jan. 4.

Commissioner Kim Rogers sympathized with the supporters. She said that as a parent she would be “foolish” to not sup-port the emergency de-partment, but that as a commissioner, she had to consider the financial im-plications.

Discussion was de-ferred to the January work session.

DETROIT (AP) — A decade-long decline in teens’ use of pot has stalled and some teen attitudes on how harmful marijuana can be may be softening, according to a survey on teen drug use released Monday.

The findings were based on a sur-vey of roughly 47,000 eighth, 10th and 12th-graders conducted by the University of Michigan for the Na-tional Institute on Drug Abuse.

The national debate over medical use of marijuana could be making the drugs seem safer to teenagers, researchers said. In addition to mari-juana, fewer teens also view prescrip-tion drugs and Ecstasy as dangerous, which often means more could use them in the future, said White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske.

“These latest data confirm that we

must redouble our efforts to imple-ment a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to preventing and treating drug use,” Kerlikowske, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, said in remarks prepared for his Monday speech at the National Press Club.

Marijuana use across the three grades showed a consistent down-ward trend starting in the late 1990s. But the decline has since stopped, and use rates for the three grades showed a slight uptick between 2007 and 2009, from about 12.9 percent to about 14.3 percent, lead researcher Lloyd Johnston said Monday night.

In the 2009 survey, reported past-year marijuana use was 32.8 percent of 12th graders, 26.7 percent of 10th graders and 11.8 percent of eighth

graders, generally not much changed from 2008.

Marijuana was at its recent peak in 1997, when 17.7 percent of eighth-grade students, 34.8 percent of 10th-grade students and 38.5 percent of 12th-grade reported using the drug at least once within a year of being interviewed.

Students were asked how much people risk harming themselves if they smoke marijuana occasionally or smoke marijuana regularly. Fewer eighth-grade students said that peo-ple who smoked pot put themselves at great risk than a year ago.

“When the perception of the dan-ger goes down, in the following years you see an increase in use,” said Na-tional Institute on Drug Abuse Direc-tor Nora Volkow.

The League of Women Voters of Union County marked the 218th anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights with a call for civic vigilance and participation in Union County.

For almost 90 years, the League of Women Voters has defended civil liberties and promoted citizen engagement in democracy, and we continue this work today,” Presi-dent Virginia Bjorlin said. “ It is particulary important for Ameri-cans, even between ‘big’ elections, to recognize the critical impor-tance of perfecting and honoring our most cherished constitutional rights.”

“Throughout the year, League members work in our community to protect our liberties and make the most of them by encouraging voting, discussing important is-

sues, and holding elected officials accountable for their actions.,” said, Bjorlin.

The protection of the individu-al liberties laid out in the Bill of Rights has been important to the League’s work throughout its histo-ry. During World War II, the League worked to balance the preservation of civil liberties with the impor-tance of national security. During the Communist “witch hunt” pe-riod of the early 1950s, the League conducted a community education program known as the Freedom Agenda, providing Americans with the opportunity to discuss and learn about the Bill of Rights. More recently the League has pro-moted a diverse and independent judiciary, advocated against war-rantless domestic surveillance and other harmful elements of the Pa-

triot Act, and sponsored numerous education projects aimed at inform-ing citizens of their rights.

“The Bill of Rights is not only an important part of our nation’s his-tory; it is a living document that will guide us into the future.” Bjor-lin concluded.

The League of Women Voters , a nonpartisan political oerganiza-tion, encourages informed and ac-tive participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and in-fluences public policy through edu-cation and advocacy. Membership in the League is open to men and women of all ages. With more than 89 yeatrs of experience and 850 lo-cal and state affiliates, the League is one of America’s most trusted grassroots organizations.

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By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) — The end game in sight, Senate Dem-ocrats coped with stubborn internal differences as well as implacable Republican opposi-tion on Monday in a struggle to pass health care legislation by Christmas.

A liberal-backed call to ex-pand Medicare as part of the legislation drew strong opposi-tion from Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. and quieter concerns from a dozen Democrats, rais-ing significant doubts about its ability to survive.

Congressional officials said the administration was recom-mending the provision be jet-tisoned to clear the way for the most sweeping health care leg-islation in a half-century. In re-sponse, a top presidential aide, Dan Pfeiffer, said, “The White

House is not pushing (Senate Majority Leader Harry) Reid in any direction, we are working hand in hand with the Senate leadership to work through the various issues and pass health reform as soon as possible.”

Disputes over abortion and the importation of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries also flared.

In an attempt to generate sup-port for the bill, Reid promised late in the day that any final compromise with the House would completely close a gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage generally known as a “doughnut hole.” The Senate bill goes only part way toward that goal.

Democrats are “looking for 60 votes,” said Dick Durbin of Illi-nois, the party’s second-ranking Senate leader — a statement that has characterized their ef-fort to overcome Republican op-

position for months.President Barack Obama, the

fate of his top domestic prior-ity in doubt, invited all Senate Democrats to a meeting at the White House complex on Tues-day — possibly the final day for an agreement if the legislation is to clear the Senate before Christmas.

In the interim, the president’s Monday schedule included a meeting with Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who has been trying to negotiate a compromise on the abortion issue with Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Both senators oppose abortions, but Nelson has been outspoken in demanding changes in the bill before he can vote for it.

The overall measure, costing nearly $1 trillion over a decade, is designed to expand coverage and ban the insurance industry practice of denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medi-

cal conditions. Obama has also urged Congress to slow the rate of growth in health care spend-ing nationally, and several days after Reid submitted a package of revisions, lawmakers awaited final word from the Congressio-nal Budget Office on that point.

Additionally, a top adminis-tration economic adviser ac-knowledged Monday that the Democratic-backed health care measure would raise spending in the short run, but she said it would eventually generate more than enough savings to offset the expense of expanded coverage.

“Our bottom line is that the bills as they are coming through will genuinely slow the growth of health care spending, both public and private, by about 1 percentage point a year for an extended period,” said Chris-tina Romer, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.

Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.,

led the effort to lift a long-stand-ing ban on the importation of prescription drugs from Canada and elsewhere. Obama favored the plan as a senator, but the pharmaceutical industry is op-posed, and the White House appeared anxious not to jeop-ardize a months-long alliance with drug makers who have been helpful in trying to pass the overhaul.

But the obstacle that loomed largest was a proposal to permit uninsured men and women to purchase Medicare coverage as early as age 55.

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Would it not be a dull and boring world if everyone looked pretty much the same? Imagine if every-

one were the same height and weight. Then imagine if everyone had the same hair and eye color. The only way you could be somewhat differ-ent is with your clothes and hairstyle. Of course, it would sure shorten the descriptions from the FBI concern-ing the Top Ten Most Wanted list. In addition, APBs (All Points Bulletins) would be shortened. Since everyone would be the same, they would just say, “Suspect has a mullet cut or buzz cut hairdo”. You can easily see that our world would be rather boring. (Ignore everything I said earlier if we are talking about Catherine Zeta Jones!)

Sometimes, you can create a rather boring garden or yard even though that is not your intention. That can especially be true if you have many perennials, not so much, if annuals are your thing. Why? It’s because annu-als bloom, bloom, bloom until frost. There are usually flowers. Where there are flowers, there are colors that are different. In the shrub or perennial department though, after their bloom cycle, you have just foliage. That is

where the dull, drab, or just the same comes in. The point I am trying to make is, since the foliage will be seen a lot longer on perennials or shrubs, you will have a more interesting garden or landscape if you will select some plants with various colors. In other words, do not plant all the same. I like plants with purple leaves because they are different, unique and such a contrast to green plants. However, a large area of nothing but purple foliage creates a dark hole in a garden where individual plants cannot be seen.

In years past, there was not much

variety in the leaf color of trees. With a couple of exceptions, green was it. Up north, and in the mountains, and to a lesser degree here, there are differ-ent colors in the fall. There are trees, though, that can give you different foli-age without waiting for autumn colors. Obviously, Japanese maples are the first that come to mind. Most are dwarfs less than 8 feet tall. These beauties are easy to spot with their deep burgundy or other colored leaves. You do not even have to settle for burgundy as many people think. Now, there’s ‘Autumn Moon’ with red coloring in the spring that matures to chartreuse. Other cultivars are pink or red in the spring. ‘Oridono nishiki’ can reach 18 feet tall. Its other unusual feature is tri-colored foliage of pink, white and green. In the fall, these colors change to yellow and red. There are a number of other cultivars with multi-colored leaves.

There are even a couple of flower-ing crabapple trees without the usual green leaves. ‘Candymint’ has leaves that start out a dark carmine. Although they slowly change to green, its veins and stems remain red. ‘Red Barron’ has purple and red-toned leaves in spring and fall, as well as pinkish-red blooms.

Going beyond the usual is easier when you are talking about shrubs. You can more easily replace a shrub than a tree. On a personal note, our home is surrounded by many large oaks, a couple of black tupelos and some maples. These trees, especially the white oaks should be here long after I am gone. Knowing what I do now, however, if I had an empty landscape, it would not be mostly oaks. There is too much beauty and diversity available now. Eventually, I learned shrubs do not have to be green and all the same. I have talked before about how removing our old Japanese hollies was one of the best things we ever did in our landscape.

To put color and diversity into shrubs around your home, two plants to consider are lorapetalum and euonymus. Since there are numerous cultivars for both, you should care-fully consider which one is best for you. For instance, ‘Pixie’ lorapetalum is not much over 1 foot tall, but really spreads out. The regular form grows over 6 feet in 3 years and has green leaves. ‘Pixie’ and several others have purple leaves and pink to fuchsia flow-ers. If winter is not unusually cold, it will bloom three different times.

Euonymus does not have signifi-cant blooms like lorapetalum, but it has cultivars with splashes of color as well as different sizes. Make sure you choose one that is evergreen,

if the planting will be close to your home (foundation planting). Several years ago, I planted ‘Golden Euony-mus’ beside our Rotty’s pen to shield her from the north wind. Two small 1-gallon containers are now 6 feet high and 10-12 feet wide. New growth has bright colors on this cultivar, which makes it especially attractive. ‘Silver King’ reaches 6 feet with green and silver/white leaves. ‘Emerald Gaiety’ is easily kept less than 3 feet with an equal spread. I think this is another great-variegated plant. In the past, euonymus shrubs have been known to attract scale (an insect that attaches to a leaf or stem and resembles a bump). Proper planting, regular inspection and keeping them healthy can help short circuit this. We have three dif-ferent euonymus shrubs and have had neither pests nor disease with them.

You cannot mention showy, stand-out shrubs without including barberry. Most have small, fine leaves. In addi-tion, the ones I consider to be the best, are dwarf shrubs. You do not even have to stick with purple foliage on some varieties. ‘Rose Glow’ and some of the other barberries are outstanding in the warm months. The only negative I see is that this great shrub loses its leaves in the fall. For that reason, do not plant them up against the house. Otherwise, you will be looking at sticks for months. Like most plant-ings, purchase an odd number and group them together. They will look much better planted in this way.

If you have sufficient moisture, there are some outstanding Pieris shrubs. ‘Variegata’ does not have the standard green leaves. Even some of the regular Pieris have leaves that emerge red, before changing to green. Remember, this is a shade plant. If you want winter interest, Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick will make your visitors stop and stare. This small tree is dull as dishwater when leaves appear. That is, unless they are the new hybrid I spotted in the spring. It had the demented shape and purple leaves. At 50 dollars, it was a steal. There are also acubas with colored foliage. In addition, do not forget several of the variegated liriopes (monkey grass). Skip the solid green as well as the spreading type. The clumping cultivars stay neater looking. If you have a bare bank or slope, the spreading liriopes are fine.

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By Eric rapEE-J Correspondent

MONROEWhile Piedmont High has so-

lidified itself as the top wres-tling team in Union County this year, the race for second is wide open.

Among the candidates: Mar-vin Ridge, Central Academy, Porter Ridge, Weddington and Sun Valley.

Sun Valley took second place at the Bobby Abernathy Me-morial Tournament over the weekend, behind tournament host Piedmont. The Spartans finished just ahead of Porter Ridge.

The Spartans have per-formed well at some individu-al events — placing second in two tournaments this season, with Ryan Henson leading the way with only two losses on the season.

MR has grueling scheduleMarvin Ridge were tested

over the weekend, going up to the Parkland Duals Tourna-ment and finding the compe-tition extremely tough. The

Mavs went 0-5, including a 79-0 loss to tournament host and perennial state powerhouse Parkland, which has won 132 matches in a row. Parkland has won three straight 3A state titles and are 14-0 this season with nine shutouts.

The Mavericks are now 8-8 on the season, wrestling argu-ably the toughest schedule in the county, which they hope will help prepare them for the conference and postseason.

CATA coming on strongCentral Academy continues

to built a strong program. The

Cougars are now 5-1 overall with a 3-0 record against con-ference opponents. Their lone loss is to Weddington.

The Cougars have finished strong in the two individual tournaments they’ve wrestled, finishing second at the Red-hawk Invitational and fourth at West Montgomery’s War-riors Classic.

Heavyweight Will Robinson, a junior, has the best record on the team at 11-1. Robinson is among the returners on a team that qualified for the 1A Dual Team playoffs last sea-son.

See WrESTLiNG / Page 2B

By DaviD SENTENDrEyE-J Correspondent

ROUGHEDGEDespite trailing by double

figures after halftime, the Park-wood High boys basketball team rallied to defeat Piedmont 55-51 on Monday.

The Panthers (1-6) came out shooting accurately, connecting on four-of-five 3-pointers in the first quarter — in-cluding two from Cameron Leviner — to take a 16-12 into the second quarter.

Piedmont continued to add to its lead in the sec-ond quarter and carried a 31-22 lead into the half-time.

“I thought we shot too many threes in the first half, I really did,” said Parkwood coach Bobby McGee, whose team is now 4-2. “I thought we could have went inside more to Marcus (Leak) and Joe (Gordon).

“… We should have played more inside-outside, plus, Piedmont shot the ball very well in the first quarter and put us kind of back

on our heels. We felt like we had to match up more with a little bit of man-to-man to get back into the game.”

McGee said his team lacked en-ergy in the first half, but the Reb-els looked like a new team after the break, holding Piedmont to just six third-quarter points while posting 21 points of their own.

During the third quar-ter, sophomore guard Justin Crowder knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers, then drew a foul that he converted into two free throws.

Crowder finished with nine points and six as-sists.

“Crowder is playing good man, he’s one of

our better 3-point shooters – I’m asking him to take open threes,” McGee said. “Percentage-wise, he may be our best 3-point shooter. He seems to be shooting with con-fidence, but he’s been playing big all year – and those free throws were big.”

See rEBELS / Page 3B

By JUSTiN MUrDOcKE-J Sports Writer

MONROEFor the fourth straight

year, the Carolinas Medi-cal Center Union Holiday Classic will have a differ-

ent format.The annual high school

basketball tournament, held at Wingate University, will host 12 schools for the first time, but only eight teams on both the boys and girls sides

will have the opportunity to play for a title.

The top eight teams will be selected for the champion-ship bracket based on overall records through Dec. 18.

See TOUrNEy / Page 2B

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StrugglingPanthers not effective in passing game 3B

WHO’S NEWSPenn fires coach after 0-7 start

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Glen Miller did more than lose games at Penn. He struck the wrong chord with fans and

alumni from the day he was hired because he had no previous con-nections to the Ivy League school.

When losses piled up and at-tendance dipped at the famed Pal-estra, Miller was on his way out.

Pennsylvania fired Miller on Monday after the Quakers dropped their first seven games, a rare midseason college basketball coaching change for a pro-gram that not long ago was a regular in the NCAA tournament.

“This is not simply about the performance of the team this year,” athletic director Steve Bilsky said. “This really is about a sense of direction and leadership. Where we were at this point indicated it was time to make a change and this was the time to do it.”

The Quakers replaced Miller on an interim basis with former school great Jerome Allen, who served under Miller as an assistant coach.

Miller was 45-52 overall since being hired in 2006 to replace the departed Fran Dunphy. In his first season, Miller led the Quakers to a 22-9 record and an NCAA tournament appearance, but Penn has declined steadily since.

Cowboys’ Ware OK, could play Saturday

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cow-boys linebacker DeMarcus Ware could play Saturday night, an encouraging sign

after a scary head-first collision that left him sprawled on the field for several anxious minutes.

“He’s actually a lot better today,”

coach Wade Phillips said Monday. “He’s really in a day-to-day situation as far as where he’s going to be, as far as being able to play. He took quite a hit but has really bounced back strong. That’s encouraging for him and us.”

After Ware got hurt in the fourth quarter of a 20-17 loss Sunday against San Diego, the Cowboys on Monday de-scribed Ware’s injury as a strained muscle in his neck. Ware was taken off the field strapped to a stretcher and went to the hospital for further evaluation before being released several hours later.

“It’s not anything more than that,” said Phillips, adding that Ware had no concussion-like symptoms.

Top QB returning for senior season

SEATTLE (AP) — Jake Locker walked into the football offices at Washington on Monday morning and quickly ended any lingering question about his future.

Touted as a potential top 10 NFL draft selection, Locker is putting his profes-sional aspirations on hold and instead will return for his senior season and one more shot at helping restore the Huskies to prominence.

In a statement released through the university, Locker said he will not make himself available for the 2010 NFL draft.

“After a great deal of careful thought and deliberation, I have decided to return to Washington and play my senior year,” Locker said. “I am very excited about this team’s opportunities and potential for the upcoming season and I am looking forward to being a part of it.”

Locker’s decision is a major coup for coach Steve Sarkisian and a Washington program that showed signs of revival, going 5-7 this season after an 0-12 debacle in 2008. The Huskies won’t be trying to build on the momentum of their most wins since 2003 with a new quarterback.

“I think Jake feels like he’s got some unfinished work here at the University of Washington and I truly believe he wouldn’t have done this if he didn’t feel we were headed in the right direction,” Sarkisian said during a conference call Monday afternoon.

WORTH A LOOKPro basketballN.Y. Knicks at Charlotte 7 p.m., FOX Sports Carolinas

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Rebels rally in 2nd half

E-J staff photo by Rick Crider

Parkwood junior guard Deonte Hiatt soars in past Piedmont’s Ross Rushing for two of his 13 points during Monday’s home win.

After Piedmont, race is on for county’s top teamsPreP Wrestling

Parkwood boys overcome double- digit deficit to beat Piedmont

Photo by Jamie Belk

Kelly Godbout (20) and the Porter Ridge High girls basketball team are off to a 5-1 start, which means the Pirates will have a shot at the No. 1 seed for the Carolinas Medical Center Union Holiday Classic at Wingate University on Dec. 26-30.

My View

Jerry SnowE-J Sports Editor

Tournament will have new format

Jackson a short-termfix for Cats

I’m not a Stephen Jackson fan.I respect his talent as a bas-

ketball player, but it takes more than that for me.

I’m more inclined to pull for guys like Mark Ingram, the Alabama running back who even thanked the SIDs, trainers and tutors for their support when he won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday.

Jackson’s more brash and criti-cal, in the mold of an Allen Iverson.

When players like Jackson and Iverson publicly criticize their coaches — as both have done in the past — I consider it selfish behavior.

Conflicts within a team are common, but should always be handled behind closed doors.

I thought it was a mistake when the Dallas Cowboys started bring-ing in players with checkered pasts: Terrell Owens, Pacman Jones, Tank Johnson. At some point, athletes that lack char-acter will act selfishly and dis-rupt the chemistry of a team.

Jackson is helping the Char-lotte Bobcats this season, but he’s only a short-term solution.

The Bobcats are desperate to win games, not only to become a playoff team, but to generate some enthu-siasm for the struggling franchise.

Charlotte has a 9-13 record heading into tonight’s home game against the New York Knicks.

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x-clinched divisiony-clinched playoff spot

Thursday’s GameCleveland 13, Pittsburgh 6Sunday’s GamesHouston 34, Seattle 7Green Bay 21, Chicago 14Baltimore 48, Detroit 3New Orleans 26, Atlanta 23Buffalo 16, Kansas City 10Indianapolis 28, Denver 16New England 20, Carolina 10N.Y. Jets 26, Tampa Bay 3Miami 14, Jacksonville 10Minnesota 30, Cincinnati 10Tennessee 47, St. Louis 7Washington 34, Oakland 13San Diego 20, Dallas 17Philadelphia 46, N.Y. Giants 38Monday’s GameArizona at San Francisco, lateThursday, Dec. 17Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 8:20 p.m.Saturday’s GameDallas at New Orleans, 8:20 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 20Miami at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Arizona at Detroit, 1 p.m.Atlanta at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Houston at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Chicago at Baltimore, 1 p.m.New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.San Francisco at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Oakland at Denver, 4:05 p.m.Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 4:15 p.m.Minnesota at Carolina, 8:20 p.m.Monday, Dec. 21N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:30 p.m.

College football

Bowl GlanceSaturday, Dec. 19New Mexico BowlAt AlbuquerqueWyoming (6-6) vs. Fresno State (8-4),

2:30 p.m. (ESPN)St. Petersburg (Fla.) BowlRutgers (8-4) vs. UCF (8-4), 8 p.m.

(ESPN)

Sunday, Dec. 20New Orleans BowlSouthern Miss. (7-5) vs. Middle

Tennessee (9-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 22Las Vegas BowlBYU (10-2) vs. Oregon State (8-4), 8 p.m.

(ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 23Poinsettia BowlAt San DiegoUtah (9-3) vs. California (8-4), 8 p.m.

(ESPN)

Thursday, Dec. 24Hawaii BowlAt HonoluluSMU (7-5) vs. Nevada (8-4), 8 p.m.

(ESPN)

Saturday, Dec. 26Little Caesars Pizza BowlAt DetroitOhio (9-4) vs. Marshall (6-6), 1 p.m.

(ESPN)Meineke BowlAt Charlotte, N.C.North Carolina (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh

(9-3), 4 p.m. (ESPN)Emerald BowlAt San FranciscoSouthern Cal (8-4) vs. Boston College

(8-4), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Sunday, Dec. 27Music City BowlAt Nashville, Tenn.Clemson (8-5) vs. Kentucky (7-5), 8 p.m.

(ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 28Independence BowlAt Shreveport, La.Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Georgia (7-5), 5

p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 29EagleBank BowlAt WashingtonTemple (9-3) vs. UCLA (6-6), 4:30 p.m.

(ESPN)Champs Sports BowlAt Orlando, Fla.Miami (9-3) vs. Wisconsin (9-3), 8 p.m.

(ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 30Humanitarian BowlAt Boise, IdahoBowling Green (7-5) vs. Idaho (7-5),

4:30 p.m. (ESPN)Holiday BowlAt San DiegoNebraska (9-4) vs. Arizona (8-4), 8 p.m.

(ESPN)

Thursday, Dec. 31Sun BowlAt El Paso, TexasStanford (8-4) vs. Oklahoma (7-5),

Noon (CBS)Armed Forces BowlAt Fort Worth, TexasAir Force (7-5) vs. Houston (10-3),

Noon (ESPN)Texas BowlAt HoustonMissouri (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4), 3:30 p.m.

(ESPN)Insight BowlAt Tempe, Ariz.Minnesota (6-6) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 6

p.m. (NFL)Chick-fil-A BowlAt AtlantaVirginia Tech (9-3) vs. Tennessee (7-5),

7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Jan. 1Outback BowlAt Tampa, Fla.Northwestern (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 11

a.m. (ESPN)Capital One BowlAt Orlando, Fla.Penn State (10-2) vs. LSU (9-3), 1 p.m.

(ABC)Gator BowlAt Jacksonville, Fla.Florida State (6-6) vs. West Virginia

(9-3), 1 p.m. (CBS)Rose BowlAt Pasadena, Calif.Ohio State (10-2) vs. Oregon (10-2), 5

p.m. (ABC)Sugar BowlAt New OrleansFlorida (12-1) vs. Cincinnati (12-0), 8:30

p.m. (FOX)

Saturday, Jan. 2International BowlAt TorontoSouth Florida (7-5) vs. Northern

Illinois (7-5), Noon (ESPN2)Cotton BowlAt DallasOklahoma State (9-3) vs. Mississippi

(8-4), 2 p.m. (FOX)PapaJohns.com BowlAt Birmingham, Ala.Connecticut (7-5) vs. South Carolina

(7-5), 2 p.m. (ESPN)Liberty BowlAt Memphis, Tenn.East Carolina (9-4) vs. Arkansas (7-5),

5:30 p.m. (ESPN)Alamo BowlAt San AntonioMichigan State (6-6) vs. Texas Tech

(8-4), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Jan. 4Fiesta BowlAt Glendale, Ariz.Boise State (13-0) vs. TCU (12-0), 8 p.m.

(FOX)

Tuesday, Jan. 5Orange BowlAt Miami

Iowa (10-2) vs. Georgia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)

Wednesday, Jan. 6GMAC BowlMobile, Ala.Central Michigan (11-2) vs. Troy (9-3),

7 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Jan. 7BCS National ChampionshipAt Pasadena, Calif.Alabama (13-0) vs. Texas (13-0), 8 p.m.

(ABC)

Saturday, Jan. 23East-West Shrine ClassicAt Orlando, Fla.East vs. West, 3 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 30Senior BowlAt Mobile, Ala.North vs. South, 4 p.m. (NFL)

Saturday, Feb. 6Texas vs. The Nation All-Star

ChallengeAt El Paso, TexasTexas vs. Nation, 3 p.m. (CBSC)

Pro basketball

NBA StandingsAll Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBBoston 20 4 .833 —Toronto 11 15 .423 10New York 8 15 .348 11 1/2Philadelphia 6 18 .250 14New Jersey 2 22 .083 18

Southeast Division W L Pct GBOrlando 18 6 .750 —Atlanta 17 6 .739 1/2Miami 11 11 .500 6Charlotte 9 13 .409 8Washington 7 14 .333 9 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 17 7 .708 —Milwaukee 11 11 .500 5Detroit 11 12 .478 5 1/2Chicago 8 14 .364 8Indiana 8 14 .364 8

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBDallas 18 7 .720 —San Antonio 12 9 .571 4Houston 13 10 .565 4New Orleans 10 13 .435 7Memphis 10 14 .417 7 1/2

Northwest Division W L Pct GBDenver 17 7 .708 —Utah 14 9 .609 2 1/2Portland 14 11 .560 3 1/2Oklahoma City 12 10 .545 4Minnesota 3 21 .125 14

Pacific Division W L Pct GBL.A. Lakers 18 4 .818 —Phoenix 16 8 .667 3Sacramento 10 12 .455 8L.A. Clippers 9 13 .409 9Golden State 7 17 .292 12

Sunday’s GamesToronto 101, Houston 88Atlanta 130, New Jersey 107Memphis 118, Miami 90Cleveland 102, Oklahoma City 89San Antonio 115, L.A. Clippers 90Monday’s GamesPhiladelphia 117, Golden State 101Orlando 106, Indiana 98Boston 110, Memphis 105Dallas 94, New Orleans 90Oklahoma City at Denver, lateMinnesota at Utah, lateWashington at L.A. Clippers, lateToday’s GamesNew York at Charlotte, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Cleveland, 7 p.m.Toronto at Miami, 7:30 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 8 p.m.Detroit at Houston, 8:30 p.m.San Antonio at Phoenix, 9 p.m.Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesCharlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m.Utah at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.Detroit at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 8 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.Houston at Denver, 9 p.m.Washington at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

College basketball

USA Today/ESPN Top 25The top 25 teams in the USA Today-

ESPN men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 13, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Rec Pts Pvs 1. Kansas (30) 9-0 774 1 2. Texas 8-0 735 2 3. Kentucky (1) 10-0 701 4 4. Purdue 9-0 675 5 5. Syracuse 10-0 658 6 6. West Virginia 7-0 631 7 7. Duke 7-1 547 8 8. Tennessee 7-1 528 9 9. Villanova 9-1 524 310. North Carolina 8-2 497 1011. Georgetown 8-0 494 1312. Michigan State 8-2 423 1413. Florida 8-1 367 1114. Connecticut 6-2 358 1215. Georgia Tech 6-1 229 2115. Gonzaga 8-2 229 2217. Butler 7-3 184 2018. Ohio State 7-2 176 1519. New Mexico 10-0 164 —20. Texas Tech 9-0 150 —21. Washington 6-2 146 1622. Kansas State 9-1 136 —23. UNLV 7-1 112 1724. Clemson 8-2 110 2425. Mississippi 8-1 77 —

Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 76, Texas A&M 58, Wisconsin 58, Illinois 25, Temple 24, Memphis 21, Florida State 20, Brigham Young 17, Saint Mary’s 17, Oklahoma State 15, Wake Forest 15, Charlotte 14, St. John’s 14, Northwestern 13, Dayton 9, Seton Hall 9, Tulsa 9, Washington State 9, William & Mary 9, California 7, Missouri State 3, Western Carolina 3, Mississippi State 2, Baylor 1, Coastal Carolina 1, Northern Iowa 1.

Prep basketball

Monday’s boxscores

PHS boys 55, Piedmont 51Parkwood (4-2)Maurice Leak 8 1-2 18, Deonte Hiatt 6

0-0 13, Justin Crowder 2 3-4 9, Marcus Leak 4 1-2 9, Joseph Gordon 2 0-0 4, Jimmy Richardson 1 0-0 2, Totals: 23 5-8 55.

Piedmont (1-6)T.J. Doster 6 1-1 13, Ross Rushing 4 0-0

9, Cameron Leviner 3 0-0 8, Wesley Marsh 3 1-1 7, Wilson Broadway 2 1-1 5, Trenton Linville 1 2-2 5, Patrick King 2 0-0 4, Totals: 21 5-5 51.

Piedmont 16 15 6 14 - 51Parkwood 12 10 21 12 - 55

3-pointers: Parkwood 4 (Crowder 2, Hiatt 1, Maurice Leak 1); Piedmont 4 (Leviner 2, Linville 1, Rushing 1); Rebounds: Parkwood 25 (Marcus Leak 7, Gordon 5); Piedmont 35 (Marsh 12, Doster 9); Assists: Parkwood 9 (Crowder 6); Piedmont 10 (Rushing 3).

PHS girls 83, Piedmont 43Parkwood (6-0)Michelle Brown 9 5-11 24, Morgan

Brown 8 3-8 19, Justice McKinney 3 3-4 9,Chelsey Rains 3 1-2 8, Kate Howie 2 2-2 6, Cadeja Hood 3 0-0 6, Tori Tsitouris 1 2-2 4, Courtney Elliott 1 0-0 2, Lynne Hall 1 0-0 2, Bailey Sims 1 0-0 2, Daven Barnett 0 1-2 1, Totals: 32 18-31 83.

Piedmont (3-5)Amber Weaver 2 2-4 7, Kristina

McCallister 2 0-1 12, Sarah Wylie 2 2-4 6, Alison Florence 2 0-0 4, Nicole Hyatt 2 0-0 4, Alyssa McLamb 1 1-2 4, Callie

Rape 2 0-0 4, Hayley Whitely 2 0-0 4, Courtney Barrineau 1 0-0 2, Ashley Widner 0 2-4 2, Totals: 16 7-17 43.

Piedmont 5 14 16 8 - 43Parkwood 29 19 19 16 - 83

3-pointers: Parkwood 2 (Michelle Brown 1, Rains 1); Piedmont 4 (McCallister 2, McLamb 1,Weaver 1); Rebounds: Parkwood 45 (Tsitouris 12, Howie 9, Hall 6); Piedmont 32 (Weaver 7); Assists: Parkwood 10 (Morgan Brown 5); Piedmont 5.

Transactions

Monday’s Sports TransactionsBASEBALL

American LeagueOAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to

terms with LHP Cedrick Bowers, RHP Fernando Hernandez, RHP Marcus McBeth, RHP Matt Wright, INF Dallas McPherson and INF Matt Whitney on minor league contracts.

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Agreed to terms with 1B Chris Richard, RHP Winston Abreu, RHP Joe Bateman, RHP Jeff Bennett, RHP Richard De Los Santos, LHP Jason Cromer, LHP Carlos Hernandez and LHP R.J. Swindle on minor league contracts.

National LeagueHOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms

with OF Jason Michaels on a one-year contract and LHP Gustavo Chacin on a minor league contract.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms with LHP Randy Wolf on a three-year contract and INF Craig Counsell and RHP Claudio Vargas on one-year contracts.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Agreed to terms with LHP Scott Olsen on a one-year contract.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationNBA—Suspended Houston F Trevor

Ariza for one game for swinging his elbow at the head of the Toronto F DeMar DeRozan in a Dec. 13 game.

MIAMI HEAT—Waived F Shavlik Randolph.

PHOENIX SUNS—Recalled F Taylor Griffin from Iowa (NBADL).

FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueCHICAGO BEARS—Signed OT James

Marten from practice squad. Waived LB Cato June.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed FB Brock Bolen from the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS—Waived OT Ryan McKee.

HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueCOLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Placed

RW Derek Dorsett on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 12.

DETROIT RED WINGS—Recalled C Kris Newbury from Grand Rapids (AHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS—Recalled F Corey Elkins from Manchester (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD—Placed C Andrew Ebbett on injured reserve. Reassigned C Nathan Smith to Houston (AHL).

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Reassigned F Frazer McLaren and F Jamie McGinn to Worcester (AHL).

VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Recalled D Aaron Rome from Manitoba (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled D Karl Alzner and C Kyle Wilson from Hershey (AHL). Assigned C Mathieu Perreault to Hershey.

COLLEGEARKANSAS—Named Garrick McGee

offensive coordinator.KANSAS—Named Carl Torbush defen-

sive coordinator and Chuck Long offensive coordinator.

MARQUETTE—Announced freshman F Jeronne Maymon is leaving the men’s basketball team.

MISSOURI—Suspended senior F Amanda Hanneman and senior F Jessra Johnson indefinitely for being arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor assault on Dec. 13.

PENNSYLVANIA—Fired men’s basket-ball coach Glen Miller. Named Jerome Allen interim men’s basketball coach.

PFEIFFER—Announced the resignation of softball coach Todd Bradley, effec-tive immediately, to accept the same position at Incarnate Word. Named Jessica Clack softball coach.

SOUTH CAROLINA—Agreed to terms with men’s basketball coach Darrin Horn on a two-year contract extension through March 2015. Approved a one-year contract extension for football coach Steve Spurrier through the 2013 season.

Scoreboard

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PA AFC NFC DivNew England 8 5 0 .615 348 234 5-4-0 3-1-0 3-2-0Miami 7 6 0 .538 292 306 5-4-0 2-2-0 4-2-0N.Y. Jets 7 6 0 .538 275 211 5-5-0 2-1-0 2-4-0Buffalo 5 8 0 .385 215 271 3-7-0 2-1-0 2-3-0

South W L T Pct PF PA AFC NFC Divx-Indianapolis 13 0 0 1.000 359 217 9-0-0 4-0-0 5-0-0Jacksonville 7 6 0 .538 235 287 6-3-0 1-3-0 3-2-0Tennessee 6 7 0 .462 293 323 3-7-0 3-0-0 2-4-0Houston 6 7 0 .462 311 273 4-6-0 2-1-0 1-5-0

North W L T Pct PF PA AFC NFC DivCincinnati 9 4 0 .692 264 217 6-3-0 3-1-0 6-0-0Baltimore 7 6 0 .538 319 218 6-4-0 1-2-0 3-2-0Pittsburgh 6 7 0 .462 278 244 4-6-0 2-1-0 1-4-0Cleveland 2 11 0 .154 158 315 2-7-0 0-4-0 1-5-0

West W L T Pct PF PA AFC NFC DivSan Diego 10 3 0 .769 362 259 7-3-0 3-0-0 5-1-0Denver 8 5 0 .615 256 230 6-4-0 2-1-0 3-1-0Oakland 4 9 0 .308 155 316 3-6-0 1-3-0 1-4-0Kansas City 3 10 0 .231 206 342 2-7-0 1-3-0 1-4-0

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PA NFC AFC DivPhiladelphia 9 4 0 .692 373 273 8-2-0 1-2-0 4-1-0Dallas 8 5 0 .615 296 233 6-3-0 2-2-0 2-2-0N.Y. Giants 7 6 0 .538 341 331 5-4-0 2-2-0 3-2-0Washington 4 9 0 .308 234 251 2-8-0 2-1-0 0-4-0

South W L T Pct PF PA NFC AFC Divx-New Orleans 13 0 0 1.000 466 274 9-0-0 4-0-0 4-0-0Atlanta 6 7 0 .462 302 305 5-6-0 1-1-0 2-3-0Carolina 5 8 0 .385 225 282 5-4-0 0-4-0 3-2-0Tampa Bay 1 12 0 .077 190 356 1-8-0 0-4-0 0-4-0

North W L T Pct PF PA NFC AFC Divy-Minnesota 11 2 0 .846 389 243 8-1-0 3-1-0 5-0-0Green Bay 9 4 0 .692 344 243 7-3-0 2-1-0 4-2-0Chicago 5 8 0 .385 247 291 3-7-0 2-1-0 1-3-0Detroit 2 11 0 .154 209 406 1-8-0 1-3-0 0-5-0

West W L T Pct PF PA NFC AFC DivArizona 8 4 0 .667 297 234 6-2-0 2-2-0 3-1-0San Francisco 5 7 0 .417 245 233 4-4-0 1-3-0 3-1-0Seattle 5 8 0 .385 250 301 4-6-0 1-2-0 3-3-0St. Louis 1 12 0 .077 146 361 1-9-0 0-3-0 0-4-0

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Dwight Howard was hacked, scraped, scratched, pushed and punished by the Indiana Pacers, emerging in the locker room with a wrap around his left knee and a few blemishes on his broad shoulders.

So maybe he hurts after all.Fired up by all the physical

play, Howard overcame a slow start to finish with 21 points and 23 rebounds, powering the Orlando Magic past the Pacers 106-98 on Monday night.

“I don’t enjoy it,” Howard said. “But I just have to remain patient, remain calm and try not to get frustrated.”

Howard endured hard-hitting fouls and a Pacers team deter-mined not to let him dunk. He went 4 for 9 from the field, still struggled with free throws but helped Orlando snap its two-

game losing skid with some physical play in the paint.

He was hit so much that Mag-ic coach Stan Van Gundy was critical of the officials, again saying Howard is not getting the same calls as perimeter players such as Cleve-land’s LeBron James and Los Angeles’ Kobe Bryant.

“If you’re going to con-tinue to hit him around the head and grab him around the neck, look I don’t care, those are fla-grant fouls,” Van Gundy said. “I don’t care who you are, you’re only go-ing to take that for so long. It’s absurd what’s going on.”

The Magic center had some help with 28 points from Vince Carter, who missed the past two

days of practice because of a stomach ailment, sore right knee and slight hip discomfort.

But Carter sympathized most for Howard.

“It’s a scary feeling when somebody grabs your head and

neck like that,” Carter said. “I just hope it stops before somebody gets hit.”

Mike Dunleavy had 26 points, and Troy Murphy added 14 points after frustrating Howard early for Indi-ana, which had its two-game winning streak end.

Celtics 110, Grizzlies 105MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Paul

Pierce scored 19 points, Ray Al-len and Rajon Rondo added 18 apiece and the Boston Celtics

won their 11th straight game, beating the Memphis Grizzlies 110-105 on Monday night.

Rasheed Wallace added 15 points, while Kendrick Perkins and Kevin Garnett each scored 13. Rondo had nine of Boston’s 25 assists.

Rudy Gay led the Grizzlies with 23 points and O.J. Mayo had 21. Zach Randolph added 20 for Memphis, which has lost two of three.

Mavericks 94, Hornets 90DALLAS — J.J. Barea scored

a season-high 23 points and Dirk Nowitzki scored four of his season-low 10 points in the final 59 seconds, sending the Dallas Mavericks to a 94-90 vic-tory over the New Orleans Hor-nets on Monday night.

Barea scored 19 points in the

first half, helping Dallas build an early 21-point lead. Then New Orleans coach Jeff Bower benched all his starters except Chris Paul and the Hornets got aggressive on both ends of the court. They tied it at 60 and kept clawing back, even after the Mavericks were back ahead 90-83 when Nowitzki made a 20-footer in the final minute.

But Paul and Darius Songaila made things interesting to the end. It took Nowitzki’s left-handed layup off an inbounds pass and two free throws by Ja-son Terry with 12.9 seconds left to seal Dallas’ fourth straight victory and New Orleans’ sec-ond straight loss.

Paul had 20 points, 16 assists and five steals. Songaila tied a season high with 12 points while playing only the fourth quarter.

Howard powers Magic to win over Pacers

WrestlingContinued from Page 1B

WHS overcoming lack of depthDespite being undermanned, Wed-

dington has been one of the best teams in the county thus far.

The Warriors have won seven straight matches but have not scored more than 47 points during that span.

The Warriors are stacked in the middle to upper weight classes, which has offset their shortcomings in the lower weight classes. WHS has been giving up two forfeits a match, giving the opponent an automatic 12 points if they have a full lineup.

The Warriors are young.Will Burch (130), Wes Chapman (160)

and Kyle Koening (145) are the only se-niors who have seen significant time.

WHS also starts four juniors, a sophomore and a freshman.

Juniors Jake Perkins (215) and Joe Centrella (189) have the best records on the team at 11-1 and 13-2, respec-tively.

TourneyContinued from Page 1B

Those eight teams on each side will then be seeded by a committee, according to Union County Athletic Direc-tor Doug Jones.

The four teams left out of the championship bracket will compete in a consolation bracket, which will also pro-

duce a champion.All 11 high schools in Union

County, along with Anson County, will be participants in the tournament, which is being held Dec. 26-30.

“The growth of the county has made change, so we’re trying to accommodate more than eight schools,” said Jones. “The tournament has outgrown itself with so many schools, so we’re trying to be fair to as many teams as possi-

ble. We threw the idea around earlier in the year and every-body seemed to buy into it, so all the coaches knew this was how it was going to be.”

Last year, the top eight teams in the championship bracket were determined based on records from the previous season. The year before, two boys and two girls champions were crowned in a bracket ‘A’ and ‘B’ format for the first time.

In 2006, only eight schools competed in one bracket since Marvin Ridge, Union Academy, Central Academy and Cuthbertson weren’t in existence.

Jones believes the tourna-ment will be a success.

“The tournament itself has always been a crowd-pleaser, regardless of the criteria,” he said. “You just hope the best eight teams get in to make it competitive.”

The Enquirer-Journal Tuesday, December 15, 2009 / 3B

JacksonContinued from Page 1B

Since Jackson’s ar-rival, Charlotte has enough offensive firepower to play with most teams in the league. He’s averag-ing 21.3 ppg this month, which is roughly what he averaged last season

for Golden State (20.7).At 6-foot-8, Jackson

can play shooting guard or small forward. He can create his own shot better than anyone on the team and also defends well.

But at some point, Jackson will for-get his manners.

He was outspoken about wanting to be traded from Golden State, but didn’t

want to go to a losing team.As nice as that sounds,

the Warriors were looking for the best deal. Contend-ing teams don’t usu-ally line up when selfish athletes hit the market.

Jackson wanted out of Golden State bad. The negativity he spewed was dragging down the team, and both sides wanted out of the situation.

Charlotte might squeak into the playoffs this season, and if that hap-pens, the trade for Jackson will look pretty sweet.

But the relationship will sour, because it always does for these kinds of characters.

Even if Jackson gets the Bobcats into the playoffs this year, I don’t agree with trading for his type. JACKSON

BOSTON (AP) — The retooling Red Sox made two key moves in one day, reaching tentative agreements with pitcher John Lackey and out-fielder Mike Cameron.

Lackey and Boston agreed on a five-year contract, according to a baseball official with knowledge of the negotiations. The deal is worth $16 million to $17 million a season, the official said Monday on con-dition of anonymity because the agreement was not yet final.

The Red Sox also reached a tenta-tive agreement on a two-year con-tract with Cameron, according to a person familiar with those negotia-tions. That deal is subject to a physi-cal, the person said on condition of anonymity because the agreement was not yet final.

The moves seem to indicate Bos-ton has abandoned an attempt to re-sign slugging outfielder Jason Bay.

Lackey, the top pitcher on the free-agent market after spending eight seasons with the Angels, was in Boston for a physical Monday needed to complete the deal, the baseball official said.

Red Sox president Larry Luc-chino and co-owner Tom Werner declined comment in e-mails to The Associated Press. Team owner John Henry and general manager Theo Epstein did not respond to e-mails.

The 31-year-old Lackey would give the Red Sox one of the best ro-tations in baseball, rivaling that of the New York Yankees, who added CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett be-fore last season and then won the World Series. Sabathia signed for $161 million over seven years, while Burnett got an $82.5 million, five-year deal.

Lackey would join a rotation headlined by Josh Beckett and Jon

Lester. Boston also has starters Daisuke Matsuzaka, Clay Buchholz and Tim Wakefield on the roster.

Lackey has a 102-71 regular-sea-son record with a 3.81 ERA in eight seasons, all with the Angels. At Fen-way Park, he is 2-5 with a 5.75 ERA in nine starts.

The right-hander is coming off a strong postseason in which he struck out 14 batters in 19 2-3 in-nings for Los Angeles while allow-ing five earned runs and 19 hits.

In the opener of the AL division series against Boston in Anaheim, Calif., Lackey allowed four hits with four strikeouts and a walk in 7 1-3 innings of a 5-0 win. Lester gave up three runs and four hits in six innings in that game. The Angels swept the series 3-0.

As a rookie in 2002, Lackey won Game 7 of the World Series against San Francisco.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Hideki Mat-sui is headed west.

The World Series MVP and the Los An-geles Angels have reached a preliminary agreement on a one-year contract worth about $6.5 million, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of ano-nymity Monday because the contract was not yet final.

“I can confirm that we are in serious discussions with the Angels,” Matsui’s agent, Arn Tellem, wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

Tellem declined further comment.Matsui surpassed 100 RBIs four times

in seven seasons with the Yankees after coming over from Japan, where he was an enormous star. He just completed a $52 million, four-year contract with

New York.Matsui hit .274 with 28 homers and 90

RBIs last season, then was selected World Series MVP despite starting only three of the six games against Philadelphia. He went 8 for 13 (.615) with three homers and eight RBIs, tying a Series record by driving in six runs in Game 6.

Slowed by surgically repaired knees, the 35-year-old Matsui would replace

Vladimir Guerrero as Los Angeles’ pri-mary designated hitter. Guerrero, also hobbled by injuries, will turn 35 in Feb-ruary. Both sluggers are free agents.

Matsui and the Yankees beat Los An-geles in the AL championship series last season. The Angels have won three straight AL West titles and five of the past six, but haven’t reached the World Series since winning the 2002 title.

World Series MVP reaches preliminary deal with Angels

Passing woes continue for 5-8 PanthersCHARLOTTE (AP) — Caro-

lina’s John Fox has always been a run-first coach. This season, he’s become a run-only coach.

No matter who plays quarter-back, the combination of receiv-ers or the playcalling, the Pan-thers’ passing game remains one of the NFL’s worst in their lost season.

“Contrary to popular belief, I’d like to be able to throw the ball better,” Fox said Monday, a day after Carolina (5-8) lost to New England 20-10. “The real-ity is we haven’t.”

Not with Jake Delhomme throwing 18 interceptions in 11 games, and not with replace-ment Matt Moore guiding a stalled offense to two touch-downs in two weeks.

With Steve Smith the only reli-able receiver and with a banged-up offense line, the Panthers rank 28th in the NFL in pass-

ing offense. Not even facing the Patriots’ struggling secondary Sunday could get the Panthers out of their funk.

Carolina has two touchdowns and 32 points in the past three games.

“There are a lot of moving parts. I don’t think it’s just the quarterback to be critical of,” Fox said. “Sometimes I think it’s been protection. Sometimes I think it’s been routes. Sometimes I think it’s been the throw. So that’s kind of where it is. All we can try to do is im-prove it.”

Perhaps the best scene to show where the Panthers stand on offense these days came on the second of consecutive illegal shift penalties in the second half against the Patriots Sunday.

With the inexperienced Moore apparently trying to change the play at the line of scrimmage, there was confusion between receivers Muhsin Muhammad and Dwayne Jarrett on where to line up. Muhammad then went in motion, drawing a flag.

Muhammad and Jarrett, by the way, have combined

for zero touchdown catches this season. Smith, on pace for the fewest catches and yards receiving since his second year in the league in 2002, has all

five of Carolina’s TD catches by a wide receiver.

It’s meant that despite another solid season from running back DeAngelo Williams, the Pan-thers are all but mathematically eliminated from the playoff race and guaranteed to continue the franchise’s history of never

posting consecutive winning seasons.

And while the defense has held its own despite numerous injuries — the latest a right an-kle injury that had cornerback Richard Marshall in a walking boot Monday — the offense has been meek. The Panthers have scored 30 or more points once this season after doing it seven times in 2008.

“I just can’t quite put my fin-ger on it,” Williams said.

There are several reasons for the passing game woes. Delhom-me was having the worst season of his career before breaking a finger. Moore was the best op-tion behind him, but he had started three NFL games before this season.

The Panthers for years have been trying to find a reliable No. 2 receiver, and the aging Mu-hammad and disappointing Jar-

rett are struggling. Left tackle Jordan’s Gross’ season-ending broken leg caused an offensive line shuffle.

Fox declined to declare Moore the starter next Sunday against Minnesota, saying Delhomme remains “day-to-day.” He also danced around whether Del-homme will return for mean-ingless late-season games ahead of Moore, who was 15 of 30 for 197 yards and one touchdown against the Patriots.

“He’s an athletic guy. He’s got good mobility. He can make all the throws. I think he has a strong arm. I think he’s shown the ability to throw the deep ball,” Fox said of Moore. “There are some game mechanics and execution that I think we need to continue to improve. And I think that will happen with ex-perience — or has a chance to happen with experience.”

RebelsContinued from Page 1B

By the fourth quarter, the Rebels turned the deficit into a 43-37 lead.

The Rebels held a double-digit lead for most of the fourth quarter.

Maurice Leak scored a game-high 18 points for the Rebels and Deonte Hiatt

added 13. Marcus Leak had a team-high seven rebounds and also contributed nine points.

For Piedmont, senior forward T.J. Doster led the way with 13 points and nine rebounds. Wesley Marsh, a junior center, had 12 rebounds for the Panthers.

Parkwood girls rollSenior Michelle Brown led the Parkwood

girls with 24 points, while her cousin, Mor-gan Brown, added 19 in an 83-43 win over Piedmont.

The Rebels are now 6-0.The Panthers (3-5) did not have a scorer

reach double figures, but had 11 players mark the scoring column. Amber Weaver had a team-high seven points.

Both teams are at home on Wednesday. Parkwood hosts CATA and Piedmont plays North Stanly.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Gani Lawal scored 29 points to lead No. 22 Georgia Tech to a 95-64 victory over Chattanooga on Monday night.

Derrick Favors had 14 points, Glen Rice added 11 and Mfon Udofia and Maurice Miller had 10 each for the Yel-low Jackets (7-1) in their first true road game of the season, about 2 hours from campus.

Ty Patterson scored 22 points, one off his career high, on 8-of-14 shooting for the Mocs (5-5), while Vanderbilt transfer Keegan Bell added 13 on 5-of-17 shooting.

The Mocs were hosting a ranked team for just the sec-ond time in 15 years. No. 10 Tennessee came into McKen-zie Arena two seasons ago and escaped with a 76-70 win.

Chattanooga trimmed a 16-point deficit to six before the Yellow Jackets closed the first half on a 13-0 run to take a 52-33 lead. They expanded the lead to 23 points by holding the Mocs scoreless for the first 3 minutes of the second half.

Georgia Tech controlled the second half, never leading by less than 15 points and the largest lead was 32 points with 3:54 to go.

The Yellow Jackets shot 60.8 percent from the field, includ-ing 43.8 percent from 3-point range, and finished with a 35-29 rebound advantage.

E-J staff photo by Rick Crider

Parkwood senior guard Maurice Leak, left, scored a game-high 18 points in Monday’s home win over Piedmont.

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DEAR ABBY: “Afraid for the Future in San Antonio, Tex-as” (Oct. 25), expressed con-cerns about having to provide care for her aging parents and in-laws. While the sentiments you conveyed were true, your answer didn’t go far enough.

“Afraid’s” concerns are le-gitimate. While ill and elderly parents may die quickly, it’s also entirely possible that they won’t. People are living longer and prolonging life by any means, so the problem of long-term care and the finan-cial and emotional burdens placed on adult children are very real.

“Afraid” and her husband need to have an honest con-versation with both sets of parents about the level of help they are willing to offer. They should also research resources with their state’s Department on Aging and check into sup-portive living facilities that

accept Medicare. The prepa-ration they do in advance will go a long way toward making their parents’ elder years eas-ier for everyone. -- LAURA IN MONTGOMERY, ILL.

DEAR LAURA: You’re right. Crossing one’s fingers and thinking positive does not go far enough. Thank you for of-fering a pragmatic approach to “Afraid’s” dilemma. You were among many readers who shared helpful experi-ences and resources. Read on:

DEAR ABBY: I found a lovely assisted living facil-

ity for my parents when they were unable to care for them-selves. They had a private one-bedroom apartment, and Medicaid paid for most of it. The facility had medical aides and a nurse, social activities, three meals a day plus snacks if they wished, with transpor-tation included.

After Dad died in 2007, Mom stayed on, surrounded by friends her own age. She keeps busy with life enrichment ac-tivities. “Afraid” should check with her state’s senior servic-es for help. -- GAIL IN ASH-LAND, ORE.

DEAR ABBY: It is never too late to prepare for the future. That young couple should IN-SIST their parents see an el-der care attorney NOW. This is a serious issue, and they should not risk the future of their marriage or children be-cause their parents were self-ish or ignorant. Everyone will

be better off if they make an effort to educate themselves and their parents today. -- BURDENED DAUGHTER IN FLORIDA

DEAR ABBY: A more proac-tive response would have been to encourage “Afraid” to seek information on nursing and elder care options, including free-care funds through larger nursing centers. Then she and her husband should discuss their concerns, rather than ignore them. They may find greater peace once they know all the options. -- TRYING TO HELP IN PENNSYLVANIA

DEAR ABBY: All parties need to sit down and have a frank discussion about what the financial expectations are and what will happen if their money runs out. “Afraid” and her husband should have their parents speak to a financial adviser, who can give them a realistic picture of what their

life will be like unless they make provisions now. If they cannot have their parents move in with them, that fact needs to be clearly stated. -- COLLEEN IN PITTSBURGH

DEAR ABBY: My paternal grandmother lived with us while I was growing up. There were annoyances, of course, but it seemed totally natural to me. Grandma helped with us kids, making dinner and doing laundry. She always had time to read to us or do jigsaw puzzles.

When my husband’s grand-mother was no longer able to live on her own, she moved in with us until she passed. It was from her that I learned how to knit and how to make a pie crust from scratch. It was the most wonderful experi-ence knowing she was happy in life. The wisdom, love and care we received from her shaped our lives. -- SATIS-FIED IN ST. LOUIS

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Plans made now ease fear for elderly parents’ future

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004 LegalsSTATE OF

NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF UNION

IN THE GENERAL COURTOF JUSTICE

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

BEFORE THE CLERK9EO694

ADMINISTRATOR-EXECUTOR NOTICE

Having duly qualified before the Honorable J.R. Rowell, Clerk of Superior Court of Union County, as personal representative of the Estate of the Katharina H. Trinker, deceased.This is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 12th day of March 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per-sons indebted to said estate please make immediate pay-ment.This 4th day of December, 2009.Susanna Laxton1284 Pear Dr.Conover, NC 28613December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Don Wayne Hinson and wife, Kathy S. Hinson, to Dale Fussell, trustee for Ameri-can General Financial Services, Inc., recorded in Book 4709 Page 871 Un-ion County Public Registry, and because of default in the payment of the indebt-edness thereby secured and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the Owners and Holders of the indebted-ness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale in the County Courthouse of Union County, in the City of Monroe, North Carolina at 12:00 NOON on December 28, 2009 all of that certain parcel of land situated and being in Union County, North Carolina, as said land is more particularly described as follows:Legal description:Deed Book 1862 Page 821, Book 1315 Page 624Property address:6602 & 6608 Love Mill Rd., Monroe NC 28110Tax parcel number: 08006006, 08006006EPresent Record Owner: Don Wayne Hinson and wife, Kathy S. HinsonThe Trustee reserves the right to require of the suc-cessful bidder at such sale a deposit as provided in the Deed of Trust or by law.Subject to liens, encum-brances of record, unpaid taxes and assessments, if any. This sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law re-quired.This the 2nd day of De-cember, 2009.Dale Fussell, Trustee447 South Sharon Amity Road Suite 140Charlotte, NC 28211-2836(704)365-6515December 15, 22, 2009

AMENDED Notice of

Foreclosure Sale NORTH CAROLINA

06-SP-0883 FR#: 200501372 Union County

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by David W.

004 LegalsFriendly and Richard Dean Whitlock to The King Law Firm, PLLC, Trustee(s), dated June 28, 2004, and recorded July 1, 2004, in Book 3487, on Page 643, Union County Public Registry, the under-signed Substitute Trustee declares as follows: There is a default by the Owner or other person(s) owing an obligation, the perform-ance of which is secured by said Deed of Trust, or by their successor in inter-est, with respect to provi-sions therein which author-ize sale in the event of de-fault of such provision; and the undersigned, on behalf of Peter J. Underhill or Frances S. White or Kirs-ten K. Gallant, either one of whom may act, having been substituted as Trust-ee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly record-ed in the Office of the Reg-ister of Deeds of Union County, North Carolina, and the Owner and Holder of the Note evidencing said indebtedness having direct-ed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the under-signed Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse door or other usual and customary loca-tion as designated by the Clerk's Office on December 29, 2009, at 10:00 am, and will sell to the highest bid-der for cash the real prop-erty secured by the above-described Deed of Trust re-corded July 1, 2004 in Book 3487, on Page 643, situated in Union County, North Carolina, as more particularly described

004 Legalstherein, which legal de-scription is made a part hereof and incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. Said property as shown on the above-described Deed of Trust is commonly known as 2335 Lexington Avenue, Monroe, North Carolina 28110. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property within 10 days of the post-ing of this notice is/are Da-vid W. Friendly and Ri-chard Dean Whitlock. In the event the property which is the subject of this Notice of Sale is residential real property with less than fifteen (15) rental units, an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the pur-chaser and against the par-ty or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court. Any person who oc-cupies the property pur-suant to a rental agree-ment entered into or re-newed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiv-ing the notice of sale, ter-minate the rental agree-ment upon ten (10) days’notice to the landlord. The tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of forty-five cents (45¢) per one hun-dred dollars ($100.00), up to a maximum of $500.00. A cash deposit (cashier's check or certified funds, no

004 Legalspersonal checks) of five percent (5%) of the pur-chase price, or seven hun-dred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the ex-piration of the statutory up-set bid period, all of the re-maining amounts are im-mediately due and owing. Should the foreclosure ac-tion be dismissed or any portion have to be redone for any reason, the bid de-posit will be returned to the third party bidder and no other remedies will be as-sertable. The third party bidder acts upon their own risk if they expend any funds in favor of the fore-closed property prior to the receipt of a deed from the Substitute Trustee. Said sale will be made, but with-out covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, re-garding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. There are no rep-resentations of warranty re-lating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relat-ing to the property being of-fered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, and encum-brances of record. Dated:

004 LegalsNovember 24, 2009 Peter J. Underhill or Frances S. White or Kirsten K. Gallant, either one of whom may act, Substitute Trustee NC Bar No. 6418 P.O. Box 30368 Charlotte, NC 28230-0368 704.909.5656 TAC: 874781N December 15, 22, 2009

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IN THE GENERAL COURTOF JUSTICE

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BEFORE THE CLERK9EO694

ADMINISTRATOR-EXECUTOR NOTICE

Having duly qualified before the Honorable J.R. Rowell, Clerk of Superior Court of Union County, as personal representative of the Estate of the Katharina H. Trinker, deceased.This is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 12th day of March 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per-sons indebted to said estate please make immediate pay-ment.This 4th day of December, 2009.Susanna Laxton1284 Pear Dr.Conover, NC 28613December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Don Wayne Hinson and wife, Kathy S. Hinson, to Dale Fussell, trustee for Ameri-can General Financial Services, Inc., recorded in Book 4709 Page 871 Un-ion County Public Registry, and because of default in the payment of the indebt-edness thereby secured and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the Owners and Holders of the indebted-ness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale in the County Courthouse of Union County, in the City of Monroe, North Carolina at 12:00 NOON on December 28, 2009 all of that certain parcel of land situated and being in Union County, North Carolina, as said land is more particularly described as follows:Legal description:Deed Book 1862 Page 821, Book 1315 Page 624Property address:6602 & 6608 Love Mill Rd., Monroe NC 28110Tax parcel number: 08006006, 08006006EPresent Record Owner: Don Wayne Hinson and wife, Kathy S. HinsonThe Trustee reserves the right to require of the suc-cessful bidder at such sale a deposit as provided in the Deed of Trust or by law.Subject to liens, encum-brances of record, unpaid taxes and assessments, if any. This sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law re-quired.This the 2nd day of De-cember, 2009.Dale Fussell, Trustee447 South Sharon Amity Road Suite 140Charlotte, NC 28211-2836(704)365-6515December 15, 22, 2009

AMENDED Notice of

Foreclosure Sale NORTH CAROLINA

06-SP-0883 FR#: 200501372 Union County

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by David W.

004 LegalsFriendly and Richard Dean Whitlock to The King Law Firm, PLLC, Trustee(s), dated June 28, 2004, and recorded July 1, 2004, in Book 3487, on Page 643, Union County Public Registry, the under-signed Substitute Trustee declares as follows: There is a default by the Owner or other person(s) owing an obligation, the perform-ance of which is secured by said Deed of Trust, or by their successor in inter-est, with respect to provi-sions therein which author-ize sale in the event of de-fault of such provision; and the undersigned, on behalf of Peter J. Underhill or Frances S. White or Kirs-ten K. Gallant, either one of whom may act, having been substituted as Trust-ee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly record-ed in the Office of the Reg-ister of Deeds of Union County, North Carolina, and the Owner and Holder of the Note evidencing said indebtedness having direct-ed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the under-signed Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse door or other usual and customary loca-tion as designated by the Clerk's Office on December 29, 2009, at 10:00 am, and will sell to the highest bid-der for cash the real prop-erty secured by the above-described Deed of Trust re-corded July 1, 2004 in Book 3487, on Page 643, situated in Union County, North Carolina, as more particularly described

004 Legalstherein, which legal de-scription is made a part hereof and incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. Said property as shown on the above-described Deed of Trust is commonly known as 2335 Lexington Avenue, Monroe, North Carolina 28110. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property within 10 days of the post-ing of this notice is/are Da-vid W. Friendly and Ri-chard Dean Whitlock. In the event the property which is the subject of this Notice of Sale is residential real property with less than fifteen (15) rental units, an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the pur-chaser and against the par-ty or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court. Any person who oc-cupies the property pur-suant to a rental agree-ment entered into or re-newed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiv-ing the notice of sale, ter-minate the rental agree-ment upon ten (10) days’notice to the landlord. The tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of forty-five cents (45¢) per one hun-dred dollars ($100.00), up to a maximum of $500.00. A cash deposit (cashier's check or certified funds, no

004 Legalspersonal checks) of five percent (5%) of the pur-chase price, or seven hun-dred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the ex-piration of the statutory up-set bid period, all of the re-maining amounts are im-mediately due and owing. Should the foreclosure ac-tion be dismissed or any portion have to be redone for any reason, the bid de-posit will be returned to the third party bidder and no other remedies will be as-sertable. The third party bidder acts upon their own risk if they expend any funds in favor of the fore-closed property prior to the receipt of a deed from the Substitute Trustee. Said sale will be made, but with-out covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, re-garding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. There are no rep-resentations of warranty re-lating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relat-ing to the property being of-fered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, and encum-brances of record. Dated:

004 LegalsNovember 24, 2009 Peter J. Underhill or Frances S. White or Kirsten K. Gallant, either one of whom may act, Substitute Trustee NC Bar No. 6418 P.O. Box 30368 Charlotte, NC 28230-0368 704.909.5656 TAC: 874781N December 15, 22, 2009

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and rear decks, septic tank, Pela storm doors, counter tops, whirlpool tub with jets. heat pump is 2 yrs old.

Refri, stove and dishwasher and gas logs to remain. This home is top of the line. Home can be seen on my web site : terripurser.remax-carolina.com list price $79,500.

Call 704-488-5869 Terri Purser Re/Max Steeplechase Monroe

Enjoy entertaining in this wonderful Marshville home: over 3500 sq. ft. on

2 acres. Holiday dinners a breeze to prepare in the spacious kitchen. Grand living

and dining rooms. 5 bedrooms; 5 fireplaces; den; screeened porch.

Call Elsie: 704-363-8815 PRUDENTIAL CAROLINAS REALTY

Attention Golfers FOR SALE BY OWNER 2731 Rolling Hills Drive

704-283-6519 or 704-242-1303 Brick home w/approx. 3200 sq. ft. w/4 large BDs, 3 Full BAs, 2 half BAs, GR room w/rock fireplace w/gas logs. Formal dining room, Bkfst room & kitchen w/pantry. Rear deck overlooking large yard w/garden spot. Oversized garage. Porter Ridge School District.

.87 ac cul-de-sac lot. Gated Community with full amenities; Swim,Tennis,

Club House. $189,000. MLS#850338.

SKYECROFT

Call Remax Executive: 704.602.8295, Lara Taylor

Lot $30,000 5930 Timbertop Lane Charlotte, NC 28215

Jeff Hall - Realtor/Broker 980-722-6702-cell jeffhall@kw.com

3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Ranch home with all new tile flooring/all new neutral

carpet thru out/Master bath has dual sinks/garden tubshower.

Kitchen has new installed oven. Jeff Hall - Realtor/Broker

980-722-6702-cell jeffhall@kw.com

3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath. Gourmet kitchen with granite countertops/

hardwoods and ceramic tile/jacuzzi jet master bath.

Jeff Hall - Realtor/Broker 980-722-6702-cell jeffhall@kw.com

Hamilton Place • 2808 Arrowhead Ct. $172,500 3 Bed/2 1/2 Bath/+Bonus Room,

1760 sq. ft. / .39 acre premium lot, 2 Car Garage, Gas FP, New Paint, Carpet, ceramic tile, counter tops

& gutters. Master suite w/trey ceiling. Contact Perkins Properties, 704-579-1364 MLS 717444

For Sale by Owner, 50 acres Piedmont schools, well installed perk permitted.

Mostly wooded, some grass.

Call day 704-291-1061 or night 704-289-1734

$500,000

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