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WESTFIELD — Three people in-volved in a wreck Friday evening were transported to Wake Forest Baptist Health where one remains in critical condition.

At 4:34 p.m., Johnny Broomield and Roger Hayes were traveling along West-ield Road in opposing directions toward Hollingsworth Road. As they reached the intersection of Hollingsworth Road, those who were on the scene just as the wreck occurred said they both collided with a sedan driven by Virgie Pack as she turned out of Hollingsworth Road into Westield Road.

Broomield was driving a red four-door F-series pick-up truck belonging to Honey Do - The Original Handy-man. He also was pulling a trailer which appeared to be carrying con-struction supplies and tools. Hayes was driving a silver Chevy pick-up and was pulling a metal-framed plank trailer which was empty. Both trucks, Hayes’ trailer and Pack’s silver Toyota

Camry ended up off the side of the road and partially down an embank-ment into a wooded area.

Pack, 76, of Mount Airy, was the driver of the silver Toyota Camry and was in critical condition at the scene of the accident after she was cut out of the vehicle, according to Surry County Emergency Services Director John Shel-ton. She was transported to WFBH via AirCare from the old Westield School. Broomield, 53, of Mount Airy, and Hayes, 43, of Westield, were both trans-ported by ground to WFBH where both were in stable condition Friday night.

In addition to the N.C. Highway Patrol, Pilot Mountain Rescue Squad, Westield Volunteer Fire and First Re-sponse and Surry County Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene.

Trooper Bryan Jones with the N.C. Highway Patrol was unable to be reached by press time for further details.

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A Mount Airy man shot an-other man in the groin Friday morning after he felt threatened while walking along Franklin Road.

Officers are still investigat-ing the incident, which occurred around 5:45 a.m. Friday and re-sulted in Arnold Edward Moser,

67, shooting David Lee Thomas, 24, in the groin. Both men are residents of Mount Airy. As of Friday afternoon, detectives with the Surry County Sheriff’s Office had only been able to in-terview Moser.

Sheriff Graham Atkinson said according to Moser, he was taking his regular morning walk at Franklin Road and Airview Drive, not far from his home, when Thomas approached him

in a vehicle and started yelling at him with profane language to get out of the road. After a discussion where Moser said he was not in the road, Moser said Thomas got out of his car with his fists balled and came toward him. Feeling threatened, Moser shot Thomas once with a 32-cal-iber pistol. Atkinson said Moser regularly carries a firearm for protection while walking.

After shooting Thomas,

Moser is said to have returned to his house to call emergency communications and report the incident. Emergency personnel responded, and Thomas was tak-en to the trauma center at Wake Forest Baptist Health by ground transport. Emergency Servic-es Director John Shelton said Thomas was taken in “critical but stable” condition. Atkinson said early Friday afternoon that he had heard Thomas was out of

surgery and doing well.Officers are waiting to hear

Thomas’ side of the story. At-kinson said, “No charges have been filed, and the investigation is still going on.”

If Moser is found to have been acting in self defense, then he will likely not face any charges, Atkinson remarked.

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MEGHANN EVANS

STAFF REPORTER

DOBSON — Summer has arrived, and with it the annual summer day camp spon-sored by Surry County Parks and Recre-ation, offering area youth the opportunity to stay active during the school break.

The department has offered the ive-week summer camp for more than 25 years, and it is open to all school-age chil-

dren in the county. The camp offers half-day and full-day programs at Dobson El-ementary School and Franklin Elementary School. It started this week and will run through July 22.

According to Daniel White, Surry County Parks and Recreation director, participation in the camp is up this year, with more than 160 kids attending over-all. Of the full-day and half-day camps,

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County parks and reC Camp under way

Wreck sends three to hospital

TOM JOYCE

STAFF REPORTER

The Mitchell River was never far away from Bill Hall — right up to the end of his life.

Even as the longtime former Surry County sheriff was terminally ill in the hos-pital in 2008, its waters were there.

“At his funeral service, the preacher talked about him never being baptized,” Chet Jessup, a North Caroli-na Law Enforcement (ALE) oficer, recalled Friday. But a conventional baptism cer-emony was not possible due

to Hall being hospitalized in intensive care.

This led to an idea by persons close to the dying ex-sheriff to bring the water to him, somewhat in keep-ing with a longtime country tradition of river baptisms. “Some of them got water out of the Mitchell River and brought it to the hospital, and in essence, baptized him with that water,” Jessup said.

“It’s really close to his farm.” And since Hall also crossed a bridge spanning the Mitchell River many times, designating it in his honor seemed an appropriate ges-ture, Jessup said, especially

including the role its waters played at the end.

“That’s where I got the idea,” Jessup said in refer-ence to the baptism account delivered during Hall’s fu-neral and how it related to Jessup’s ongoing efforts to honor deceased law enforce-ment igures from across Surry County.

In Hall’s case, the N.C. Department of Transportation recently gave inal approval to name the bridge over the Mitchell River on Zephyr-Mountain Park Road for him. The longtime resident of west-

Bridge to be named for late sheriff

TOM JOYCE

STAFF REPORTER

It’s been a rough month for the Mount Airy Police Department.

But June 2011 will be long remembered for more than just the time when the city’s police chief and another high-ranking offi-cial were wounded during a standoff with a woman who was killed. It also will be recalled as the month when a group of “friends” got together to launch an effort in support of the de-partment.

A new organization, Friends of the Mount Airy Police Depart-ment, will hold its first public meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in the council chambers of the Munici-pal Building on South Main Street.

Its purpose will be to See GROUP, page 2

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Summer Fun Camp

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Kids play in Fisher River during the Surry County Parks and Recreation Day Camp.

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Members of the governing board for the Friends of

the Mount Airy Police Department group include, from

left, Melanie Jones, secretary; David Beal; Gray Park-

er, vice chairman; Tom Fawcett, chairman; Treasurer

Cathy Stevens; and Police Chief Dale Watson. It will

hold an organizational meeting Monday night.

Delissa Moore makes a splash landing

during the Summer Fun Camp held for

special needs adults and children at First

Baptist Church this week.

Meredith Cox, a junior helper at the Sum-

mer Fun Camp put on by Girl Scout Amy

Wilson, enjoys the inlatable water slide at

First Baptist Church on Friday afternoon.

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This three-vehicle accident on Westield Road sends all three drivers to the hospital.

aid the work of police in ways that aren’t covered through normal budgetary channels. Friends of the Mount Airy Police Depart-ment represents a way for

the community to come together to provide direct financial assistance and guidance for the mainte-nance, support, equipment and supply needs of the department, according to Melanie Jones, the group’s secretary.

Jones, a local Bank of America employee, is a graduate of the annual Citizens Police Academy (CPA), a 12-week course in which participants get a behind-the-scenes look at various police operations.

“In January of this year, a group of CPA graduates and concerned citizens set out to answer the question, ‘how can I help?’” Jones added in explaining the origins of the new group. This led to plans to estab-lish Friends of the Mount Airy Police Department as a foundation to support the law enforcement mis-sion. So far, a governing board has been established which includes Jones and other officers.

The groundwork for the organization was laid long before Chief Dale Wat-

son and Capt. Alan Free-man were hit by a shotgun blast on June 10 after re-sponding to the home of a 45-year-old woman who was armed and suicidal. She was killed by return fire from two other offi-cers who have been placed on paid administrative leave pending a review to determine if their use of deadly force was justified.

Watson and Freeman received minor injuries.

But Jones pointed out that such incidents high-light the potential dangers officers face constantly. “Each and every day, members of the Mount Airy Police Department work hard to serve and protect our community; far too often putting their lives on the line. The MAPD faces many chal-lenges on a daily basis, including drug trafficking, dealing and overdoses; domestic violence; mur-der; suicide; larceny; and the list goes on,” she com-mented.

In building the mem-bership of Friends of the Mount Airy Police De-partment, Gray Parker, its treasurer, said organizers naturally have targeted Citizens Police Academy graduates, although mem-

bership is open to the community at large.

“We have a couple of hundred people who have went through the Citi-zens Police Academy who know what the police are up against,” Parker said.

Plans For MeetingMonday night’s meet-

ing will be an information-al session that will explain the purpose and operations of Friends of the Mount Airy Police Department.

David Beal, a former city commissioner and police chief who is also a member of the group’s governing board, is sched-uled to speak along with its chairman, Tom Faw-cett. Police department representatives are to at-tend as well.

Details will be sup-plied on fundraising proj-ects and how individuals can assist in the work of Friends of the Mount Airy Police Department.

“The Friends of the MAPD Board has several membership drives and fundraisers planned for 2011,” Jones mentioned.

Persons unable to at-tend Monday’s meeting can still donate to, become a member of or volunteer for the organization.

It can be reached via email at FriendsMAPD@surry.net or regular mail at Friends of the MAPD, P.O. Box 6444, Mount Airy, NC, 27030.

“It’s going to be a good thing,” Parker added of the new group.

Contact Tom Joyce at 719-1924 or tjoyce@

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White said, “They seem to be going well.”At the day camp, kids spend their time playing games,

making crafts and going on ield trips. Michael Cook, co-ordinator of the p.m. camp at Dobson Elementary, said the groups can go on up to three ield trips a week, but they try to keep the ield trip cost at $10 a week per camper.

Cook said during the irst week his campers went skat-ing, went swimming at Beechnut Family Campground and spent an afternoon at Fisher River Park. They spent most of the time at the park playing in a shallow portion of the river.

“It’s hard to keep them out of the water,” Cook said with a laugh.

Campers also will go bowling, hiking, touring Sci-Works, and on other local outings. When they are located at the school sites, campers take part in crafts activities and play games like dodgeball. Cook said the camp staff also lets the kids suggest games and activities so they can do things they enjoy.

“We’re just here to provide a good environment for them,” said Cook. “They never run out of things to do. If we stay on site, we try to mix it up as much as possible.”

Cook said a lot of kids come back to the camp year after year. Taylor Osborne, 14, of State Road, has attended the camp for ive summers. He said, “It’s real fun … I just like everything we do.”

He is now part of the Counselor In Training program, which is open to most teen campers. They learn about being a counselor and what it takes to be a leader. Osborne said he spends time watching over kids, helping camp staff and playing with the other campers.

“It’s just fun,” he remarked.Cook said the camp leaders put forth rules at the begin-

ning of camp that the kids can’t bring in their video games. “We want them moving,” Cook said.

At $35 per child for the ive-week half-day camp and $180 for the full-day camp, the parks and rec department tries to offer an affordable camp for residents.

This year the county reduced the summer camp from ive sites to two after staff discussed the program with the county commissioners. The commissioners were in favor of reducing the number of sites since participation had been down in recent years at the other sites, but they advised White to look at the program again after the summer to see if there is enough interest to add back sites.

“We’ll revisit it in the fall,” White told the commission-ers.

For more information about Surry County Parks and Recreation programs, call 401-8235.

Contact Meghann Evans at 719-1952 or mevans@mtairynews.com.

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Kids sit on the banks or play in the river one afternoon of the Surry County Parks and Recreation Day Camp.

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Kids make a splash during Surry County Parks and Recreation’s summer day camp.

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ern Surry County was sheriff for four terms from the late 1970s to mid-1990s.

Ceremony SetA dedication ceremony

for the Bill Hall Bridge will be held at 3 p.m. on July 3 at Mountain Park Baptist Church. It is located at the in-tersection of Mountain Park Road and Zephyr-Mountain Park Road, across from Mountain Park Elementary School. The public is invited to the ceremony.

The bridge-naming is part of a series of gestures in recent years to honor law enforcement oficers, which have included bridges as well as highway and other facility designations along with spe-cial days of remembrance.

Unlike other cases, Hall is the irst designee who did not

die in the line of duty. Yet Jes-sup said he occupies a special place in Surry’s law enforce-ment history all the same.

“Obviously, he was a well-known, likable sher-iff,” Jessup said of Hall, who regularly was embraced by county voters despite not be-ing a candidate of the favored party at that time. “When he was elected, the Democrats far outnumbered the Repub-licans — and he was re-elect-ed four times.”

The ALE oficer added of Hall: “He was an everyday guy and good guy who had a good personality and could talk to anybody.”

Last fall, the Surry Coun-ty Board of Commissioners endorsed the idea of naming the bridge for Hall, leading to the inal state approval.

The upcoming dedication ceremony on July 3 will oc-cur on what would have been Bill and Barbara Hall’s 57th wedding anniversary.

Hall served county citi-zens for a total of 24 years,

including his 16 as sheriff. He also served in the Korean War Theater before being honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 1954, ac-cording to biographical in-formation assembled as part of the dedication.

After his military service, Hall worked numerous years for York Oil Co. delivering petroleum products to ru-ral family farmers through-out Surry County. He was a longtime member of the Mountain Park Ruritan Club

before helping to organize the Zephyr Ruritan Club.

As a leader in the Zephyr Ruritan Club, Hall helped raise money that was used by the club to aid the communi-ty’s needy. In addition to his Ruritan Club activities, Hall voluntarily assisted numer-ous needy people through-out Surry County and was a member of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post.

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LEONARDTHOMASVILLE

— Mrs. Ila Mae Hunt Leonard, 93, a resident of 2157 Kanoy Road, died Thursday, June 23, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Davidson County on May 27, 1918, daughter of the late George Elijah and Laura Kearns Hunt. She was a seamstress and a homemaker. She was a member of Cal-vary United Church of Christ, where she was a former Sunday school teacher, member of the Ladies Circle of Faith, Willing Workers Sunday school class, Alter Guild, she oper-ated the tape ministry, and served Meals on Wheels. On Aug. 15, 1937, she was married to Everette Edward Leonard, who preceded her in death on March 1, 1993. She also was pre-ceded in death by a son, Jerry V. Leonard; three sisters, Annie Belle Ce-cil, Onnie Hunt and An-nie Lee Hunt; and two brothers, Clay Hunt and Charlie Hunt. Mrs. Leonard is survived by two daughters, Rebecca

Gaddy and husband Calvin of New London, and Margaret “Mag-gie” Lowe and husband Jesse of Welcome; two sons, Roy Leonard and wife Ann of Mount Airy, and R. Dale Leon-ard and wife Delores of Thomasville; and one daughter-in-law, Carol Leonard of Friend-swood, Texas. Services for Mrs. Leonard will be held Sunday, June 26, 2011, at 4:30 p.m. at Calvary United Church of Christ with the Rev. Kelly Barefoot and the Rev. Harold Holste of-iciating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at J.C. Green and Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville and other times at the home. Me-morials may be directed to Calvary UCC, 1410 Lexington Ave., Thom-asville, NC 27360. On-line condolences may be sent to the Leonard family at www.jcgreen-andsons.com.

MARTINATPILOT MOUN-

TAIN — Mrs. Sylby

Pons Martinat, 89, widow of Mr. Donald H. Martinat Sr. of Pi-lot Mountain (formally of Valdese), passed away Thursday morn-ing, June 23, 2011, at her home. Mrs. Marti-nat was born in Burke County Dec. 15, 1921, to the late Silvio and Maude Jones Pons. She was a retired business professional having operated the Nation-wide Insurance ofice in Valdese for many years with her husband before retiring to Pilot Mountain. Mrs. Mar-tinat was a member of Waldensian Presbyte-rian Church in Valdese and attended Hills Presbyterian Church in Pilot Mountain. Surviv-ing are two sons and daughters-in-law, Don and Kathryn Martinat of Pilot Mountain and Bob and Libby Marti-nat of Rural Hall; one granddaughter, Lynn and husband Kevin Campbell of Pilot Mountain; one grand-son, Tres Martinat of Raleigh; two great-grandchildren, Tyler and Leslie Campbell of Pilot Mountain; one sis-

ter, Billie and husband T.J. Curtis of Valdese; and one brother, Frank Pons of Valdese. Mrs. Martinat was preceded in death by her par-ents; her husband of 48 years, Donald H. Martinat Sr.; one sis-ter, Marie Mullins; and one brother, John Pons. Graveside services will be conducted Monday, June 27, 2011, at 2 p.m. at the Waldensian Pres-byterian Church Cem-etery, Valdese, with the Rev. Mandy Santolla oficiating. The fam-ily will receive friends Sunday, June 26, 2011, at Hills Presbyterian Church in Pilot Moun-tain from 6 to 8 p.m. and at other times at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Don and Kathryn Martinat, Pilot Mountain. Me-morials may be made to the Hills Presbyte-rian Church, P.O. Box 1720, Pilot Mountain, NC 27041. The family would like to extend its sincere appreciation to Dr. Samuel Newsome and caregiver, Grace Simmons. Cox-Need-ham Funeral Home and Chapel in Pilot Moun-

tain is serving the Mar-tinat family.

VAUGHNMOUNT AIRY —

Mr. Brady Vaughn, 75, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2011, at North-ern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Vaughn was born in Carroll County on March 22, 1936, to the late James Early and Mary Ann Dowell Vaughn. He was retired from Har-lan Holder Sawmill and was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his wife, Rachel Vaughn of the home; half sisters and brother-in-law, Betty Jean and Troy Wilson of So-phia, Pauline Vaughn of Winston-Salem and Louise Via; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Mr. Vaughn was pre-ceded in death by two sons, Junior Lee and Jeffery Dean Vaughn; a brother, James Early Vaughn; half sister, Nonie Jones; and half brothers, James, Cas-sel, Matt and Lonnie Tolbert and Raymond and Melvin Vaughn.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, June 26, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Moody Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Butch Holder oficiat-ing. Burial will follow in Flat Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Moody Fu-neral Home in Mount Airy. Online condo-lences may be made at www.moodyfuneralser-vices.com.

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LEONARD, Mrs. Ila Mae Hunt, 93, of Thom-asville, wife of Calvin Leonard.

CREGGER, Mr. Loyd Willard “George,” 57, of King, husband of Kimberly Tuttle Cregger.

MARTINAT, Mrs. Sylby Pons, 89, of Pilot Mountain, widow of Mr. Donald H. Martinat Sr.

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Arrest made in lottery ticket theftSTAFF REPORT

STUART, Va. — An Ar-arat man has been arrested in connection with the theft of lottery tickets from a Pat-rick County business earlier this week.

Nelson Scott Hawks, 20, of Valley End Road, was charged Thursday with breaking and entering and grand larceny, according to

Sheriff Dan Smith. Hawks was conined in the Patrick County Jail in Stuart with-out privilege of bond.

The charges stem from a break-in at Willis Gap Gro-cery during the early morn-ing hours on Wednesday. Smith has said that more than $600 worth of lottery tickets were taken along with beer and cigarettes valued at around $175. En-try was gained after a front-

door glass was broken.Hawks was arrested af-

ter the evidence trail led Investigator Danny Martin to Carroll County, where some of the stolen lottery tickets had been redeemed.

A Virginia Lottery of-icial has said that stolen tickets can be tracked, which enables authorities to know when and where any attempt is made to cash in one.

Only the arrest of Hawks has been reported, although the Patrick sheriff said earli-er this week that three male suspects were believed to have been involved.

At that point, Smith was asking that anyone with information about the case call either him or Investi-gator Martin at (276) 694-5000, and pointed out that a Crimestoppers reward was being offered.

Man in critical condition after trail bike wreckSTAFF REPORT

PINNACLE —An 18-year-old man was airlifted to Wake Forest Baptist Health late Thursday night in critical condition after wrecking a trail

bike in the woods near his home.Andrew Scott, of 3815 Quaker

Church Road, was not wearing his helmet when he wrecked Thursday night, according to Surry County Emergency Services Director John Shelton. About an hour after the acci-

dent, Scott was showing signs of a se-vere head injury and authorities were called at 9:55 p.m.

AirCare landed beside of Shoals Volunteer Fire Department.

As of Friday afternoon, Scott had been discharged from the hospital.

State board approves calendar waiver policyRALEIGH — The State Board of Education yesterday ap-

proved a policy outlining the process for local school districts and charter schools to apply for waivers to the new 185-day instructional calendar for the 2011-12 school year.

The General Assembly recently approved legislation that requires local school districts to increase instructional time for students to 185 days and 1,025 hours per year. This is an increase from the 180 days and 1,000 instructional hours re-quirement that has been in place for many years.

In the waiver process, the state board granted authority to the state superintendent to approve waivers in cases where lo-cal school districts or charter schools have submitted a plan to use up to ive instructional days as teacher workdays for professional development on the new essential standards and common core. The new essential standards and common core standards are scheduled for classroom implementation in the 2012-13 school year.

Waiver requests for purposes other than professional de-velopment on the essential standards and common core will be considered at the state board of education’s July 7 and Aug. 4 meetings. Most school districts begin their school year for students on Aug. 25, however, area school systems have re-ceived a weather-related waiver and are set to begin school Aug. 10 while Millennium Charter Academy is scheduled to begin classes Aug. 16. The deadlines for local district or char-ter waiver submissions are July 5 and July 28 respectively.

“The Board has long advocated increasing the instructional calendar year for students and the recently passed legislation is a positive step in this direction,” State Board of Education Chairman Bill Harrison said. “However, the reality is that school districts and charter schools have already adopted their instructional calendars for 2011-12 and this waiver policy pro-vides the needed sensitivity to that fact.”

The state superintendent has authority to act on waiver re-quests to use up to ive days of their instructional days for professional development on the essential standards and com-mon core standards. These requests are to be submitted in writing to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction Director of School Business and should show how the waived instruc-tional days will be used for professional development on the new essential standards and common core. If the school dis-trict or charter school has this professional development out-lined in its detailed scope of work of its federal Race to the Top plan that will serve as justiication. If the charter school or district does not have this included in their detailed scope of work, they will need to submit a detailed plan showing how these waived instructional days will be used for professional development on the essential standards and the common core.

N.C. Department of Public Instruction oficials say that requests will be processed in a timely manner so that local school districts can make key decisions about their 2011-12 school calendar and professional development calendar.

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Editorial

To Abigail Shepherd, a middle-school student at Millennium Charter Acade-my, who took a step recent-ly that many adults haven’t taken — seeking to help the homeless. Youth and adults alike can take a lead from Shepherd’s actions, by standing up for something they believe in and speak-ing up when they see some-thing that needs addressing.

*****To the local Rotary clubs

who again this year are funding a Fourth of July ireworks display for the entire community to enjoy. This task is not a cheap one, but they use it as a commu-nity service and welcome donations of money and food for area food pantries as well as a veterans relief fund.

*****To Girl Scout Amy Wil-

son who, with her fellow scouts and other volunteers, organized and lead a camp for special needs adults and children this week in Mount Airy. This camp was Wil-son’s Gold Award project, which is the highest honor among Girl Scouts, and something Wilson should be proud of implementing.

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it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

New cigarette labels another cheap shot at tobacco

Help for farm fresh food eaters — part one

Images of diseased lungs; a man pufing smoke through a tracheotomy (a hole in his throat); rotting teeth; a corpse of a dead smoker.

Such material might be perfectly acceptable within the pages of a medical text-book or iles of a doctor’s ofice, but I’m not sure they should be placed on the la-bels of cigarette packs. Yet that’s exactly what the U.S. Food and Drug Administra-tion (FDA) is poised to do next year through a 2009 law that gave the govern-ment the power to regulate tobacco.

The anti-smoking forces call the label makeover an-other tool in their mission to keep people, especially teens, from taking up an unhealthy habit.

I call it another unfair attack on what is still a le-gal product, the last time I checked.

First let me clear the air on one thing (pardon the pun): Smoking and tobacco use in general is a ilthy, disgusting — and yes — unhealthy practice. I per-sonally detest second-hand smoke, especially when it settles in my clothes or hair without me even lighting up at all. It’s like getting accused of stealing a horse you didn’t even have a chance to ride.

Another thing I hate about smokers is how they sometimes hold everyone and everything else hostage by having to stop whatever is occurring at the time

(work, play, rid-ing in vehicles, etc.) just so they can light up an-other cancer stick.

All that be-ing said, a line must be drawn between rea-sonable efforts by the govern-ment to warn consumers of the dangers of tobacco and the individual right of choice to light up — knowing the risks.

A person would have had to be living on Mars for the last 25 years to not be fully aware of what can happen when you smoke. The habit has been linked to a wide array of lung diseases and other health concerns, which have been strenuously reported.

But going so far as plac-ing pictures of ruined lungs or teeth on cigarette pack-ages is simply the latest ex-ample of a disturbing trend in which it’s become popu-lar to bash tobacco and its users. It’s so disturbing be-cause tobacco use is being singled out from among the many consumer products that can be harmful as well.

And using the FDA’s logic in campaigning against smoking because it is a dangerous practice, shouldn’t those other sub-stances be similarly target-ed, simply out of fairness?

For example, pictures of

diseased livers ought to be in-cluded on liquor bottles, and im-ages of gunshot victims on boxes of ammunition if the same criteria is applied as that leveled toward smoking.

And why stop there? Since some motor-ists drive reck-lessly, why not also place grisly wreck photos on the windshield of every vehicle

that is sold? Obesity kills, too, so it would seem ap-propriate to put images of arteries clogged by choles-terol on packages of fries sold at fast-food restau-rants.

Of course, such labeling would be considered absurd for those kinds of products. Which only further rein-forces the notion of tobac-co’s presence as a catch-all scapegoat for various medi-cal and regulatory issues — not to mention uneven tire wear, I suspect.

It’s understandable for people not to want to be exposed to smoke while they’re eating in a restau-rant or working at their jobs, especially in this day and age when it’s a capital crime to “offend” anybody in any way.

But I would guess that other factors explaining the ongoing condemnation of tobacco are politically and/

or economic-based.When you watch any

sporting event nowadays (football, baseball, racing and others) the airwaves are full of beer and liquor com-mercials. Their manufac-turers are pumping millions of dollars into the economy, and retailers and other out-lets are in turn proiting from alcohol sales. The same is true with certain fatty foods and other items.

My guess is that as long as the drinking of alcohol and eating of junk food re-main such viable industries, we won’t be seeing those photos of cirrhosis-stricken livers or clogged arteries anytime soon. That’s de-spite the fact alcoholic bev-erages and bad diets can be damaging to one’s health.

On the other hand, ciga-rette advertising on televi-sion has been banned for decades, tobacco isn’t any-where near the cash crop it once was and about the only ones still keeping it going at all are the smok-ers. Their habit is gradually made to appear as more and more of a cultural taboo, and they eventually could be declared public enemies if the trend continues.

However, until tobacco use is outlawed altogether (not out of the realm of pos-sibility), I would advocate keeping graphic images off cigarette labels.

Tom Joyce is a staff re-porter for The Mount Airy News. He can be reached at 719-1924 or tjoyce@mtairynews.com.

What is North Carolina’s most widely available sum-mertime pleasure that we most often pass by without partaking?

It is the bounty of deli-cious fresh foods that are available throughout the state all summer long.

I have been spoiled by the year-round availabil-ity and wide selection of fruits and vegetables at our grocery stores. So I some-times forget how much bet-ter foods are when they are fresh from the ield, tree, or vine.

Then somebody shares a fresh-picked ripe strawber-ry or peach or tomato.

And I remember joy-ously the pleasures of in-season eating.

This year I have help. It comes from four new books from food experts who celebrate the value of farm fresh eating. Each au-thor takes a little bit differ-ent approach to getting the food from farm to table.

James Beard award win-ning chef Andrea Reusing organizes her recipes and advice by seasons of the year. Sara Foster catalogues her favorite recipes and sto-ries by types of dishes, from hors d’oeuvres to sweets. Watauga County native Sheri Castle puts her collec-

tion of recipes in separate chap-ters for about 40 vegetables and fruits. They are in A to Z order from apples to zucchini. Final-ly, travel writer Diane Daniel organizes by geographical lo-cation the farms, markets, restau-rants and other places where we can ind and buy in-season fresh vegetables and fruit.

We will take up the Reus-ing’s and Fos-ter’s books in this column and follow up next week with a discussion of those by Cas-tle and Daniel.

Andrea Reusing owns of the acclaimed Chapel Hill restaurant Lantern, one of the former Gour-met Magazine’s top fifty restaurants. Her “Cook-ing In The Moment: A Year of Seasonal Recipes” takes its readers through every season, showing how to shop for and pre-pare the variety of local foods that are available in North Carolina during dif-

ferent times of the year. Reus-ing’s restau-rant is known for its complex Asian inspired flavors. There is some of that influence in the recipes in her book.

But, for the most part, the foods and the directions are simple and de-signed to take advantage of what is fresh and available. I loved her great advice about my favorite food, the toma-to: “The secret

to eating great tomatoes all summer long lies not in which variety…, but in watching them—making space for them to lie flat someplace cool near the kitchen, checking them daily, eating the ones that need eating and continu-ously making plans for the ones that are getting there. Even tomatoes that are picked ripe need a little time out at room tempera-ture to reach their peak flavor. It is shocking how long it can take even a just

slightly firm tomato to get there … and how fast a perfect one rots.”

Many folks in the Re-search Triangle area know Sara Foster for the won-derful food and fellow-ship at Foster’s Market in Durham and Chapel Hill. Fans throughout the coun-try admire her as a com-municator about southern foods, wonderful teacher, and author of lovely and understandable cooking books.

She grew up in Tennes-see in the country surround-ed by family and other rural and small town characters and family. Her recipes relect southern cooking traditions familiar to North Carolinians.

Foster also worked for and with Martha Stewart. The elegant photography to illustrate the recipes, the photos and stories about old time home cooking restau-rants throughout the South, and the overall presentation of the book show that Fos-ter knows how to produce a product Martha Stewart-style. As a result, when you have inished looking through her book, you will want to stand up and give an ovation for the produc-tion.

D.G. Martin

Syndicated Columnist

Tom Joyce

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RALEIGH (AP) — Lob-bying by equipment maker John Deere and other busi-ness interests this year per-suaded legislators to ex-pand state purchasing rules to allow government buyers to look beyond the lowest-priced item, a practice that state auditors last year cau-tioned may cost taxpayers.

The change in state law would allow state and lo-cal governments, school districts, and college cam-puses to look beyond the lowest-priced item by con-sidering the entire range of discounted products offered by multiple approved sell-ers who offer the same or similar items. That allows the selection of a tractor, for example, from one of the approved companies if buying agents can justify why their choice is better than the lowest bidder.

Emails between the company and state purchas-ing oficials collected at the request of The Associated Press show a trio of Repub-

lican lawmakers proposed the change three months af-ter a company oficial pro-posed what the legislation should say.

One of the lawmakers is a powerful Republican who is also a John Deere farm equipment dealer. Rep. Da-vid Lewis, R-Harnett, said his dealership wouldn’t proit from selling to the state.

“My outside vocation had nothing to do with my support of this. This is leg-islation modeled after that which has been very suc-cessfully implemented in other states,” Lewis said. “This is very, very much far above the dealership level. This has to do with multinational companies like John Deere, and Cat-erpillar, Cummings, like that. They’re the ones that actually make the bids and actually make the sales. It’s not the local dealer-ships.”

The legislation made moot efforts early this year

by the state Administration Department, which handles the state’s $4 billion an-nual purchases, to resolve complaints by some tractor makers that contract speci-ications were freezing out some producers, State Pur-chasing Oficer Sam Byas-see said.

“During that process, this bill was introduced,” he said.

A John Deere spokes-man said Friday the com-pany lobbied for the change because it had lost out on state government contracts when it wasn’t the low-est bidder. The company’s lobbyists included former Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker, a Democrat.

“We have seen instances in which we were excluded from actually participating in purchasing. We believe that this does add extreme value to the purchasing agencies and we could not seem to make it part of what gets done in North Carolina, so therefore we

were interested in whether or not North Carolina leg-islators wanted to take a stand on this particular top-ic,” spokesman Ken Golden said.

The change requires state purchasing oficials to recognize multiple sell-ers at different prices of ground maintenance, con-struction, communications, and forestry equipment by the end of August. The measure passed the General Assembly unanimously. Gov. Beverly Perdue must decide whether to accept or veto the bill.

The News & Observer of Raleigh was irst to re-port Friday on John Deere’s effort to change state pur-chasing law.

Using multiple vendors “limits potential savings because state agencies do not always purchase these products from the vendor offering the lower price,” a report by state auditors said last fall. The method “also limits the effective-

ness of the process be-cause vendors cannot reli-ably predict sales volume, which limits their abil-ity to provide the lowest price.”

The state Auditor’s Of-ice listed cases in which using multiple vendors

and different prices led to state agencies paying an average of four times more for remanufactured toner cartridges. “For many of these requisitions, agencies purchased from the higher-priced vendor,” the audit report said.

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N.C. to change purchasing law as corporation wanted

Stocks slide on tech earningsIf weak inancial results from big

tech companies are sign of what’s to come, stock indexes are in for a tough summer.

Stocks fell Friday after poor earnings reports from technology companies. Those results suggested that companies invested less in new technology as the economic recovery slowed.

Fears of a spreading European debt crisis also weighed on the markets. Italian bank shares plunged and trading of some companies was halted after Moody’s warned that it might downgrade the credit ratings of some Italian banks.

“I think it spooked a lot of people,” said Frederick Rizzo, who analyzes Eu-ropean banks for T. Rowe Price, adding that the move by Moody’s was expect-ed. “The markets are really emotional right now.”

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 94 points, or 0.8 percent, to 11,955 in afternoon trading. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 13, or 1 percent, to

1,270. The Nasdaq composite fell 30, or 1.1 percent, to 2,656.

The decline erased all of this week’s gains for the Dow Jones industrial av-erage and S&P index. The broad stock market is on track for its seventh weekly loss in the last eight weeks.

Technology stocks were broadly lower. Micron Technology Inc. fell nearly 14 percent after the company said lower sales of computer chips hurt its earnings, which were far less than analysts had expected. Oracle Corp. fell 4 percent after its sales of computer hardware fell sharply. Cisco Systems Inc. fell 3 percent, and Microsoft Corp. lost more than 1.5 percent.

Government bond prices rose to their highest level of the year as investors placed a higher-value on relatively safe assets. The yield on the 10-year Trea-sury dipped to 2.86 percent.

The U.S. economy has cooled since late April, pulling the stock market down in six of the past seven weeks. Re-

cent reports on housing, employment, manufacturing and retail sales all have been weak. The debt crisis in Greece and fears that China’s growth is slowing have also pushed markets lower.

“No one is expecting good news, but if it’s worse than expectations, this is re-ally a very shaky market,” said Uri Lan-desman, president of Platinum Partners, a hedge fund.

Landesman expects that the Standard & Poor’s 500 index will fall to 1,200 this summer as more companies report second-quarter earnings next month. The last time the S&P 500 crossed that threshold was in December 2010.

Stocks fell despite the fact that the government said the economy grew at a 1.9 percent annual rate in the irst quarter, slightly higher than an earlier estimate of 1.8 percent. The igure still indicated very slow growth for a post-recession recovery. Economists expect little improvement in the second quar-ter, which ends next week.

Pa. robot institute attracts presidential visitPITTSBURGH (AP) — Need help defusing a bomb,

mowing a lawn or scraping old paint?President Barack Obama saw robots that can do those

tasks on Friday when he visited the National Robotics En-gineering Center at Carnegie Mellon University. It’s one of eight research centers at the school’s Robotics Institute.

The institute has been a global force in robotics develop-ment over the last 30 years. Its scientists have created robot vehicles to scout out war zones, medical robots, entertainment robots and even the SnackBot, which ferries snacks to people so scientists can study how humans respond to machines.

After touring the facility Friday, Obama joked that “one of my responsibilities as commander-in-chief is to keep an eye on robots.”

But Obama’s main theme was that advanced manufactur-ing has the potential to fuel job growth. He called for a joint effort by industry, universities and the federal government to help reposition the United States as a leader in cutting-edge manufacturing.

With growing interest from the military, businesses and consumers, the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute has more than 500 technical experts and a $65 million annual budget. And its scientists aren’t just asking questions — they’re build-ing robots that ask questions, too.

Institute director Matthew Mason told The Associated

Press that in the early days of robotics research the vision was for machines to do the dull, dirty or dangerous jobs that hu-mans shun.

“But now we think not so much of a robot instead of a per-son, but of robotic technology working with people,” Mason said. That could mean helping the elderly or sick cope with basic household tasks, or helping a doctor perform surgery.

For Manuela Veloso, a scientist at the institute, a key step was building robots that are aware they don’t have all the an-swers.

“They know the bounds of their ability. If they are not con-ident, they stop,” and then ask a human a question, she said.

Her robots also learn that some people in the ofice don’t have the time or inclination to answer questions from a ma-chine.

“The robot plans not only with a model of the environ-ment, but a plan of the people in the environment,” she said.

Veloso now has two of the new designs — called co-bots for collaboration — and like humans who gossip about the best path to success at work, the co-bots compare notes.

“The two robots exchange information when they learn about the humans, and they negotiate who should go where among the two of them,” said Veloso, who is also president-elect of the Association for the Advancement of Artiicial In-telligence.

Wilkes Livestock ReportNORTH WILKESBORO — Sales

totaled 281 head, including cattle (281), during Wednesday’s sales at Wilkes Livestock Exchange.

Animals sold on the livestock mar-ket, based on 100-pound weights, were:

• Calves by the head: $105-$150.• Cow/calf pairs by the head: $525-

$1,130.• Cows by the head: $695-$1,075.• Cows: 500-595 pounds, $55;

600-695 pounds, $40-$59.50; 700-795 pounds, $50-$68.50; 800-895 pounds, $49.50-$73; 900-995 pounds,

$58-$73; 1,000-1,095 pounds, $65.50-$80; 1,100-1,195 pounds, $61-$77.50; 1,200-1,295 pounds, $70-$84.50; 1,300-1,395 pounds, $62-$81.50; 1,400-1,495 pounds, $68-$78.50; 1,500-1,595 pounds, $67-$82.50; 1,700-1,795 pounds, $67.50-$75.50.

• Steers: 200-295 pounds, $151; 300-395 pounds, $56.50; 400-495 pounds, $113-$133; 500-595 pounds, $110-$129.50; 600-695 pounds, $63.50-$120.

• Heifers: 200-295 pounds, $98-$124; 300-395 pounds, $80-$139; 400-495 pounds, $102-$132; 500-595

pounds, $46-$122.50; 600-695 pounds, $75-$108; 700-795 pounds, $84-$103; 800-895 pounds, $53-$99.50.

• Bulls: 100-195 pounds, $100-$177.50; 200-295 pounds, $141-$170; 300-395 pounds, $60-$165; 400-495 pounds, $84-$144; 500-595 pounds, $74-$126; 600-695 pounds, $80-$112.50; 700-795 pounds, $80-$100; 800-895 pounds, $74.50-$89; 1,100-1,195 pounds, $86.50; 2,000-2,095 pounds, $91.

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Three camps end, more on the wayJEFF LINVILLE

STAFF REPORTER

Three summer sports camps inished up this week, and more are on the way.

North Surry and Mount Airy held basketball sessions, while East Surry taught soccer skills.

“I was pleased with the week,” said North Surry basketball coach Travis Gammons. This was the irst boys camp here in a while, he noted, and there was pretty good turnout.

The camp had 20 or more boys in each of two age groups: rising third-graders to sixth-graders and seventh- to ninth-graders.

The boys seemed to really enjoy themselves, Gammons said.

The participants worked on their fundamentals, played in games and took part in skills contests like how many free throws they could make in a row and how fast they could run the lane slides and pro shuttles. Jacob Goins won all three run-ning categories, while Tanner Hodgin set the high mark for most three-pointers made in a minute (13).

The older age group showed a lot of ability and potential, the coach said. It gave him a chance to get familiar with the incoming freshmen, whom he described as “a fairly talented group.”

Mount Airy girls basketball coach Howard Mayo likewise got an early look at his freshmen class.

The camp had a strong turnout and a good time, Mayo said.Some of the rising ninth-graders took part in a two-day

tournament a week earlier at Mount Airy, the coach noted. And, a couple of players traveled down to Clemson Univer-sity with the Lady Bears team on Friday for some weekend exhibitions.

Littlejohn Coliseum is a big facility and will give the girls a chance to play in a much different environment than back home, he said before leaving on the trip.

Mayo said he enjoyed the opportunity to work with girls from all over the area. He pointed out that many of the girls came from outside the city school district. One girl was from Patrick County, another came from Carroll County, he said, and one was from Roanoke and stayed at night with her rela-tives in Fort Chiswell, Va.

East Surry’s soccer camp brought 32 kids in grades three to eight to the high school.

The camp, which stretched four hours a day in the morning, ended on Friday, under the direction of Coach Bill Hart.

Fundamentals like dribbling, passing and kicking were the heavy emphasis, according to the coach. One of the favorite

See CAMP, page 7

CHARLOTTE (AP) — UNC-Charlotte has scheduled its irst-ever football game for Aug. 31, 2013.

Somehow, Charlotte, the country’s 17th-largest city with a growing population of more than 700,000 residents, has never had a major college football team.

“We’re a best-kept secret and don’t want to be,” Char-lotte athletic director Judy Rose said.

Rose started lobbying for the school of more than 25,000 students to add football immediately after she was named athletic director in 1990. Finally, she got her wish last year.

During the next 18 months, the 49ers will try to etch their place in a basketball-crazed state, which has long been dominated by ACC schools like Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State and Wake Forest.

The ledgling football program also will have to com-pete for attention – and shrinking entertainment dollars – in a city where the sports landscape is dominated by the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats.

When college football’s landscape changed dramati-cally last year, after the Big Ten and Pac-10 expanded to 12 schools, Rose feared her other sports would be left behind. Charlotte’s basketball, baseball and other sports teams compete in the Atlantic-10 Conference. The A-10 doesn’t have a football league.

“Everything has been driven by football, and basketball hasn’t had anything to do with it,” Rose said. “I had this fear that we would be left out. I had a fear that there would be a break-off of the schools that have football and those that don’t have football. It scared the heck out of me.”

The 49ers’ irst football game two years from now will be against the Campbell Camels. The 49ers will play at least their irst two seasons as a Football Championship Subdivision independent, with long-term plans in place to eventually move to the larger, more lucrative Football Bowl Subdivision.

See UNC, page 7

UNC-Charlotte starting program

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When it comes to hitting, it’s been night and day for Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton this sea-son – and the reigning American League MVP has a theory as to why.

He has blue eyes.And an optometrist is going to

bat to support him.Under the sun, Hamilton’s num-

bers are dim. He is batting .122 (6-for-49) with no home runs, four RBIs and eight walks. He also has 17 strikeouts and a .429 OPS.

At night, it’s a very different sto-ry. Hamilton is hitting .374 (41-for-109) with six home runs, 28 RBIs, seven walks and a 1.076 OPS. And he only has 14 strikeouts while

playing under the lights.“I ask guys all the time,” Ham-

ilton told ESPN 103.3 FM’s Bryan Dolgin when asked if he had any theories to his drastic splits. “Guys with blue eyes, brown eyes, what-ever … and guys with blue eyes have a tough time.”

During his 2010 MVP season, the blue-eyed Hamilton hit a re-spectable .286 during the day and .384 at night.

“It’s just hard for me to see [at the plate] in the daytime,” Hamil-ton said. “It’s just what it is. Try to go up squinting and see a white ball while the sun is shining right off the plate, you know, and beam-ing right up in your face.”

Hamilton isn’t alone in subscrib-

ing to this theory.Dr. Richard L. Ison, an optom-

etrist since 1990 who is practicing in Murphy, Texas, said it’s true that having blue eyes makes it tougher to see during the day than those with darker eyes.

“Because of the lack of pigment in lighter color eyes – like blue or green eyes as opposed to brown – you get a lot more unwanted light and that can create glare prob-lems,” Ison said.

Ison said the phenomenon is called intraocular light scatter, meaning the light scatters as it en-ters, producing a focal point that isn’t as good.

See MVP, page 7

AL MVP blames blue eyes for struggles

Sook Hee Yang tops golf tourneySTAFF REPORT

The Cross Creek Ladies Golf Association hosted its annual Janice McCullough Memorial Golf Tournament Thursday.

Entrants had a choice of playing individual stroke play or captain’s choice format.

The overall winner in the Stroke Play was Sook Hee Yang with a score of 76.

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Jim mcisaac/Newsday/mcTJosh Hamilton, Texas Rangers, licks his bat after he strikes out in the irst inning against the Yankees. The

reigning AL MVP says he has trouble seeing the ball during daytime.

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drills for the kids was a pen-alty-kick challenge. Make the kick and stay in; miss it and sit down.

Helping the coach were coaches John Sigmon and Chad Freeman and student counselors Jacquelyn Hol-shouser, Panayiota Boutis, J.P. Sigmon and Cory Smith.

Cory was everybody’s fa-vorite student counselor, said Hart, as he worked very well with the kids.

The camp took place on the outield grass of Barry Hall Field.

“I can’t imagine any other baseball coach allowing a bunch of kids to run around on his ield,” Hart said, but that shows how much Coach Hall cares about children.

Not only did the camp have children from the East Surry district, Hart noted

that there were two kids from far away who took part while visiting family. One was from Granite Falls (near Hickory) and the other from Matthews (near Charlotte).

On tap for next week is a boys basketball camp by Mount Airy under Coach Kevin Spainhour and a girls basketball camp at East Surry under Coach Keith Gunter.

Next month, Gentry Mid-dle School will hold a bas-ketball camp, and North Sur-ry will hold camps for both volleyball and basketball.

North Coach Shane Slate will coach volleyball from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and basketball from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. from July 11-14.

For more information, contact Slate at slates@sur-ry.k12.nc.us. For the Gentry camp, contact T.C. Gam-mons at 710-7862 or tgam-mons109@wssu.edu.

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or 719-1920.

CAMP:Continued from page 6

His solution for Hamilton: Find a pair of sunglasses that he’s completely comfortable wearing while batting.

Hamilton had said Thursday that he finally found an-other pair of the sunglasses that he used while in the field last season and would give those a try.

“Hopefully that’ll help my eyes relax enough to take them off and bat and put them on again,” Hamilton said.

Ison noticed that in one of the Rangers’ recent day games in Atlanta, Hamilton twice adjusted the sun-glasses he was wearing during an at-bat. Then, with two strikes, Hamilton took them off completely.

“He has to find a pair that he likes and that will be the right tint for him,” the optometrist said. “He just has to try some different kinds and figure out the right light transmission factor for him.”

The Rangers said Friday that he’s going to try a new pair of contact lenses instead that Hamilton hopes will help with glare.

MVP:Continued from page 6

Rose had discussions with at least three FCS leagues – the Big South, Colonial Athletic Association and Southern Conference – about membership, but each league decided it wasn’t interested in expanding.

The 49ers have a lot of work to do between now and their irst game. The 49ers’ football ofices are on the sec-ond loor of Halton Arena, an on-campus basketball facility. Head coach Brad Lambert and his skeleton staff are work-ing without a secretary, and there isn’t even a refrigerator in their break room. A ield house, coaches’ ofices and weight room will be part of the new stadium, which will take about 14 months to build.

Lambert’s irst order of business is generating excite-ment for football at a school that has never had its own team.

“We want to give people a reason to stay on campus on the weekends,” Lambert said. “In the past, everyone left to go to Wake Forest, N.C. State or Clemson to watch foot-ball.”

“I’m not worried about the kids staying here,” Rose said. “I think they’ve left the campus [on weekends] out of necessity. We didn’t give them enough options. … When people come for football, they come for the entire day or weekend. It is an event.”

After a survey showed that Charlotte’s student body sup-ported adding football, the student government voted over-whelmingly to approve student fees to support the sport. Students will pay debt-services fees of $120 annually over the next 30 years to help pay for $45 million in stadium construction costs.

Additionally, students will pay football operating fees – freshmen will pay $50, sophomores $100, juniors $150 and seniors $200 – to help the school pay its increased athletic budget. Rose estimates the school will spend between $5 million and $6 million in football operating expenses an-nually.

The school has sold about 3,400 seat licenses, which have price tags ranging from $250 to $1,500 each.

“This university is very young ,” Rose said, as the school didn’t open its doors until 1946, more than 150 years after UNC-Chapel Hill was chartered. “We’re just starting to get alumni who are in position to give inancially.”

UNC:Continued from page 6

Logano takes pole at SonomaSONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Joey

Logano never thought he’d win the pole at Inineon Raceway, even after he claimed the top qualifying spot.

As he sat in his Joe Gibbs Rac-ing hauler Friday watching the inal drivers make their qualifying laps, Logano expected to be bumped. But when Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch all failed to beat him, Logano wound up with just the sec-ond pole of his career.

Logano turned a lap at 93.256 mph in his Toyota to claim the top starting spot in Sunday’s race.

“I was very surprised,” he said. “We were sitting in the trailer watch-ing the last three guys to go and it was Kasey, who got the pole here last year, Denny, who is really good here and our teammate, and then Kurt, who has got the last three poles in a row. We didn’t think we were going to be good enough to get the pole, but made some good adjustments and got some speed in the car.

“This is the last place I expected to get a pole. I never considered myself a road course racer.”

Logano snapped Busch’s streak of

three straight poles this season.Jamie McMurray qualiied second

in a Chevrolet with a lap at 93.223 and Paul Menard was third in a Chevrolet. Hamlin was fourth, Ryan Newman ifth and Kahne sixth.

Richard Petty Motorsports team-mates AJ Allmendinger and Marcos Ambrose qualiied seventh and eighth in Fords.

Clint Bowyer and Brian Vickers illed out the top 10.

Busch wound up 11th and defend-ing race winner Jimmie Johnson was 12th.

Tony Ave was the only driver to fail to qualify for the race.

Current points leader Carl Edwards qualiied 23rd and decided to skip the Nationwide Series race Saturday at Road America. Running the event in Wisconsin would have forced him to miss both practices Saturday in Sonoma, and he decided to let Billy Johnson race in his place to concen-trate on Cup.

It will snap Edwards’ streak of 210 consecutive starts — the longest ac-tive streak in the Nationwide Series.

“We felt like as a team that we

needed more practice on the Cup side,” Edwards said.

For Logano, the qualifying run was a much-needed boost for a strug-gling driver. After closing last sea-son strong, he was picked by many to make the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship this year.

But he’s had a rocky start to the year, and has just two top-10 inishes through the irst 15 races. He’s ranked 23rd in points.

Starting irst Sunday will give him his irst lap led at Sonoma, and in two previous starts, he’s not inished high-er than 19th.

“We’ve been going through a bit of a drought, so this is going to help us a lot,” Logano said. “I really think the big thing today is self-conidence in me and the team and giving us mo-mentum.

“Knowing you can do it now and you can drive around a road course, I think that is going to help us get our car setup better and in the race help us be as smart and methodical as you can.”

Jeff LinviLLe/The news

Joey Logano has won the pole for the Sonoma race this weekend, breaking Kurt Busch’s run of three-straight

poles.

Carl Edwards skips Nationwide raceSONOMA, Calif. (AP)

— Carl Edwards will skip the Nationwide Series race at Road America to focus on the Sprint Cup event at Inineon Raceway.

The decision to skip to-day’s race in Wisconsin was announced after Edwards qualiied 23rd on Friday. He had been scheduled to ly to Road America and miss today’s two practice sessions in Sonoma.

Now Billy Johnson, who led Nationwide practice in Edwards’ car, will race in-

stead. It will snap Edwards’ streak of 210 consecutive starts – the longest active streak in the Nationwide Series.

“I think Billy will do a great job,” Edwards said. “In the end, this puts us in the best position with both teams to perform well, so I’m grateful to be able to make the change and I feel like we are doing the right thing.”

Edwards, the current Sprint Cup points leader, had planned to rely on Mar-

cos Ambrose’s setup if his Roush Fenway Racing Ford struggled at Sonoma. He was scheduled to miss both practices at Sonoma.

Edwards said he called the sponsor of his Nation-wide car and asked if John-son could replace him in the race.

“I think this shows you just how much our sponsors and our team are able to work together and change things on the ly,” added Edwards. “We felt like as a team that we needed more

practice on the Cup side, so I called the CEO of Faste-nal, Will Oberton, and with-out any hesitation, he said, ‘Do what you need to do to have the best result and we are behind you 100 per-cent.’

“It just shows that Fas-tenal is truly behind our whole Roush Fenway team, and we have a great rela-tionship to be able to make this change.”

MEGHANN EVANS

STAFF REPORTER

On Sunday, people are encouraged to bring a picnic and a lawn chair or blanket to sit in Robert Smith Memorial Park and enjoy the gospel music of Vessels of Clay.

The gospel group will kick off the annual “Music in the Park” series that takes place each summer at Robert Smith Memorial Park, located behind the Uptown Gallery and Dr. Robert Smith House on North Main Street in Mount Airy. The music series — which takes place on the fourth Sunday in June, July and August — has been sponsored by the Gilmer-Smith Foundation for more than a decade.

“It’s like our gift to the community, offering a bit of cul-tural enlightenment, so to speak, and there being no charge to the community,” remarked Ann Vaughn, executive di-rector of the Gilmer-Smith Foundation.

The free concert will last from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the park. Local group Vessels of Clay also kicked off the concert series last year. The Southern gospel quartet sang standards like “The Anchor Holds,” “On the Jericho Road” and “This Old House” at last year’s concert.

“They’ve always packed the park, and people asked for them to return,” Vaughn noted.

While the focus of this month’s concert is gospel, the focus in July will be 1950s and ’60s doo wop. Brack and Angela Llewellyn and the NoneSuch Playmakers will per-form a doo wop show as they did at the Gertrude Smith House earlier this year. That show attracted a full house.

“They do just an outstanding job,” said Vaughn of the NoneSuch Playmakers.

For the August concert, renowned jazz singer Melva Houston will perform. Vaughn said it will be one of Hous-ton’s irst concerts upon returning from a music tour in Europe.

Vaughn said, “What we’ve tried to do is have a variety.”The Music in the Park concerts usually attract anywhere

from 50 to 150 people, Vaughn estimated.“We encourage our visitors and our community alike

to pack a picnic and bring a lawn chair or blanket, and to come and enjoy the ambiance of the park and fellowship of friends,” Vaughn remarked.

The Dr. Robert Smith House also will be open during the concert on Sunday, so restrooms will be available. People can view or purchase local artwork at the Uptown Gallery, which is located in the house.

For more information about the event, call 786-6856. The Dr. Robert Smith House is located at 615 N. Main St., Mount Airy. In case of heavy rain, the concert will likely be located elsewhere.

Contact Meghann Evans at 719-1952 or mevans@mtairynews.com.

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A local band, Rainjacket, will perform tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Blackmon Amphitheatre. Tickets are $10 or SAC season passes will be accepted. Children 12 and younger enter free. Shelton Vineyards wine and Dairy Center hot dogs will be sold along with soft drinks and water.

Music in the Park series kicks off Sundaymeghann evanS/the newS

People relax to the music of Vessels of Clay at a concert last summer. The band will kick off the annual “Music in the Park” series on Sunday at Robert Smith Memorial Park.

meghann evanS/the newS

Wayne Jones leads a song for Vessels of Clay at the kick-off for the annual “Music in the Park” series last year. The group also will kick off this year’s series at a concert on Sunday.

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This year, you experience a new beginning or accomplish a goal. Lady Luck rides with you, especially when dealing with friends and your ability to manifest more of what you want. Your immediate circle will expand, adding to your potential. If you are single, and if you want to change your status, you certainly will have the suitor to do it with! If you are attached, the two of you could realize a long-term dream. Work together to make it so. TAURUS comes through for you.

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You might be dragging in the morning. Take a nap, if need be. By late afternoon, you闇ll feel much better. A friend might inspire you to get off your duff with an invitation or by sharing some special news. Spontaneity serves you well. Tonight: The world is your oyster.GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

If you want to make time for yourself, there is no time like the present. Your humor and sense of direction always drive you. How about taking better care of yourself and perhaps indulging one other per-son? Tonight: Listen to what is being shared.CANCER (June 21-July 22)

A demand cannot be avoided, but it can be cleared out early in the day. Join friends in the afternoon, whether it is simply relaxing at a ballgame or going to the beach. You feel quite appreciated and cared about. Tonight: Pay attention to your social life.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

Make long-distance calls in the morning. Handling a responsibility at work or taking care of an older adult also might be a high priority this after-noon. The good news is, you come out feeling very good. Tonight: A must show. Enjoy what is happening.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

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You might not be as fun-loving as others would like. But once you get into the moment, it could be close to impossible to stop you. You闇re full of ideas and have lots of fun, and finally you relax. Tonight: Enjoying the moment.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

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WUNL 4 4 Song of the Mountains The Lawrence Welk Show Saluting the

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"Hospital" Keep Appearances "The Hostess"

Outnumbered "The Night Out"

Agatha Christie's Poirot "How Does Your Garden Grow?" Poirot falls in love.

MI-5 "One Last Dance" Pt. 3 of 6 cont'd July 2

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WXLV 10 7 The Insider Weekend

ABC World News With David Muir

George Lopez George Lopez 101 Ways/ Game Show Contestants are eliminated in spectacular ways.

Expedition Impossible Teams race through the exotic kingdom of Morocco.

Rookie Blue "Butterflies" A fresh-faced university student is shot at a concert.

Numb3rs "Pandora's Box" Charlie tries to determine what caused a jet to crash.

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WLXI 61 8 5:30 < Come What May ++ ('09) Victoria Emmons, Austin Kearney.

Touch of the Master's Hand

Zola Levitt Presents

It's Supernatural With Sid Roth

The Jewish Jesus Sessions Voice of Hope TriVita Gospel Legends Partnership 61

WFMY 2 9 News 2 at 6 CBS Saturday

Evening News Paid Program Paid Program CHAOS "Defending Sophia" The agents

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48 Hours Mystery A high-profile doctor is the subject of a manhunt.

News 2 at 11 Criminal Minds 2 2

WGHP 8 10 4:00 MLB Baseball New York Mets vs. Texas Rangers (L)

Access Hollywood Cops "Morons on Parade #3"

Cops "Morons on Parade #4"

Cops "Customs and Border Patrol"

Cops "Milestone 800"

Fox 8 10 p.m. News

:45 Fox 8 Sports Fringe The team investigates dreams that lead to violence.

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WXII 12 11 WXII 12 News at 6 NBC Nightly News Entertainment Tonight Weekend Minute to Win It Two girls go head-to-

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Law & Order: Los Angeles "El Sereno" Detectives face claims of racial profiling.

WXII 12 News at 11

Saturday Night Live

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WMYV 6 15 Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men

The Office The Office The Unit Bob and the team attempt an Embassy rescue in Abidjan.

Deadliest Catch "The Clock's Ticking" The Opilio crab season opens.

That '70s Show "Stone Cold Crazy"

'70s Show "You're My Best Friend"

House of Payne House of Payne 48 48

WGPX 9 16 3:30 < JFK +++ (1991, History) Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Kevin Costner. The assassination of President Kennedy is investigated.

< Demolition Man +++ (1993, Sci-Fi) Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Sylvester Stallone. A cryogenically frozen cop is revived.

< Demolition Man +++ ('93) Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone. A cryogenically frozen cop is revived.

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FAM 18 < Billy Madison +++ ('95) Bradley Whitford, Bridgette Wilson, Adam Sandler. < Paul Blart: Mall Cop ++ ('09) Keir O'Donnell, Jayma Mays, Kevin James. < Mrs. Doubtfire +++ ('93, Com) Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Robin Williams. 180 311

HSN 20 Electronic Connection Home Solutions Malibu Pilates with Susan Lucci Electronic Connection Electronic Connection Victoria Wieck Absolute 222 240

QVC 21 Turquoise Jewelry Tanzanite Jewelry Jane's Rock Stars "Gemstone Jewelry" See new gemstone trends with host Jane Treacy. 226 408

CNBC 23 Paid Program Paid Program Money in Motion Debt do Us Part American Greed "Madoff Behind Bars" Suze Orman Show "Suze Intervention" Debt do Us Part Debt do Us Part American Greed "Madoff Behind Bars" 208 355

NICK 24 iCarly iCarly iCarly iCarly Big Time Rush Supah Ninjas Victorious iCarly That '70s Show That '70s Show Wife and Kids 1/2 Wife and Kids 2/2 170 299

CNN 25 The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer CNN Newsroom Michael Jackson "The Final Days" Piers Morgan Tonight CNN Newsroom Michael Jackson "The Final Days" 200 202

LIFE 26 5:00 < The Stepson (2010, Suspense) < You Belong to Me ++ ('07) Andrew Kenneth Martin, Shannon Elizabeth. < Deadly Honeymoon + ('10, Dra) Chris Carmack, Zoe McLellan, Summer Glau. < Awake +++ Hayden Christensen. 108 252

A&E 27 Parking Wars Parking Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Jewels "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" 118 265

DISC 29 Swamp Brothers Swamp Brothers Swamp Brothers Swamp Brothers River Monsters "Silent Assassin" River Monsters "Electric Executioner" River Monsters "Jungle Killer" River Monsters "Silent Assassin" 182 278

TBS 30 Seinfeld Seinfeld King of Queens King of Queens < The Longest Yard +++ ('05, Com) Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Adam Sandler. :10 Falling Skies "Pilot" A band of survivors struggle after an alien attack. 139 247

BET 31 5:30 < Stomp the Yard + ('06) Columbus Short. < Love and Basketball ++ (2000, Romance) Omar Epps, Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan. < Daddy's Little Girls ++ ('07, Rom) Idris Elba, Tasha Smith, Gabrielle Union. 124 329

ESPN2 32 SportsCenter NCAA Baseball Division I Tournament World Series -- Omaha, Neb. (L) NHRA Drag Racing Summit Equipment Nationals Qualifying 144 209

ESPN 33 5:30 NASCAR Auto Racing Bucyrus 200 Nationwide Series Site: Road America -- Elkhart Lake, Wis. (L) Rallycross Global Championship Baseball Tonight (L) SportsCenter 140 206

BRAV 34 Housewives NJ "Whine and Dine" < Bee Movie +++ ('07) Voices of Renee Zellweger, Jerry Seinfeld. < How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ++ ('03) Kate Hudson, Adam Goldberg, Matthew McConaughey. Movie 129 273

AMC 35 5:00 < The Cowboys ++ (1972, Western) Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, John Wayne. Boys are hired to drive cattle.

< Lonesome Dove: Leaving (1989, Adventure) Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Robert Duvall.

< Lonesome Dove: On the Trail (1989, Adventure) Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Robert Duvall.

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USA 36 NCIS "Hide and Seek" NCIS "Guilty Pleasure" NCIS "Two-Faced" NCIS "Dead Reflection" NCIS "Baltimore" Plain Sight "I'm a Liver Not a Fighter" 105 242

CMT 37 5:30 < Fletch Lives ++ ('89) Hal Holbrook, Chevy Chase. Home Videos < Police Academy +++ ('84) Michael Winslow, Steve Guttenberg. :15 < Airplane! +++ ('80, Com) Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Hayes. 166 327

COM 38 5:00 < Waiting ++ Ryan Reynolds. < Fired Up! ++ ('09) Eric Christian Olsen, Sarah Roemer, Nicholas D'agosto. I'm Not Fat... Ralphie May: Prime Cut < Employee of the Month ++ 107 249

VH1 39 5:00 < Bring It On: In It to Win It ++ < Bring It On: Fight to the Finish ++ ('09) Cody Longo, Christina Milian. Mob Wives Coldplay:Glastonbury Coldplay performs live from the Glastonbury Festival. (N) 162 335

MTV 40 < Freedom Writers +++ (2007, Drama) Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Hilary Swank. 16 and Pregnant "Allie" < Just Friends ++ (2005, Comedy) Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Ryan Reynolds. 160 331

CSPAN 41 :15 Pres. Address Communicators America and the Courts American Perspectives A look at political and cultural issues. American Perspectives 210 350

SYFY 42 5:00 < Malibu Shark Attack < Lake Placid 2 + ('07, Horror) Sam McMurray, Sarah Lafleur, Cloris Leachman. < Swamp Shark (2011, Sci-Fi) Richard Tanne, D.B. Sweeney, Kristy Swanson. (P) < Supergator + ('07) Meg Cionni. 122 244

NICKJR 44 Bubble Guppies Team Umizoomi Dora the Explorer Go, Diego, Go! Backyardigans Fresh Beat Band Wonder Pets Olivia Ni Hao, Kai-lan Yo Gabba Gabba Upside Show Upside Show 169 298

FXSS 46 Golden Age Boys in the Hall Streetball Ball Up WPT Poker L.A. Classic WPT Poker Bay 101 Shooting Star Boxing Top Rank Jones vs. Munoz (L) 420 646

SPIKE 47 :05 Repo Games :40 Repo Games :15 Repo Games :50 Repo Games :20 Repo Games "Bad Boys, Bad Boys" :55 Repo Games < Eraser ++ (1996, Action) Vanessa L. Williams, James Coburn, Arnold Schwarzenegger. 168 262

TLC 48 Cake Boss NY Ink "Back in a New York Groove" NY Ink "The Gloves Are Off" NY Ink "Dis-Appointment" NY Ink "Blood is Thicker Than Ink" NY Ink "The Gloves Are Off" 183 280

TNT 49 5:30 < The Guardian ++ ('06, Dra) Kevin Costner, Sela Ward, Ashton Kutcher. < The Dark Knight +++ ('08) Heath Ledger, Christian Bale. Batman battles a madman who causes chaos for fun. :15 < The Dark Knight +++ 138 245

MSNBC 50 Lockup "Raw: Devil's Workshop" Lockup "Raw: Time to Kill" Lockup Lockup "New Mexico: Fight or Flight" Lockup "New Mexico: Pros and Cons" Lockup "Raw: Predatory Behavior" 209 356

HIST 51 5:00 101 Gadgets Marvels "More Snackfood Tech" Quest "The Curse of the Monkey Man" Bigfoot: The Definitive Guide MonsterQuest "Sea Monsters" 120 269

TCM 57 5:45 < Mister Roberts ++++ (1955, Comedy) James Cagney, Jack Lemmon, Henry Fonda. Misadventures aboard a cargo ship.

< Out of the Past ++++ (1947, Mystery) Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum. A PI becomes entangled in a web of murder.

< The Big Steal +++ ('50, Cri) Jane Greer, William Bendix,Robert Mitchum. Accused trails the real thief.

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FX 58 4:00 < 27 Dresses ++ < What Happens in Vegas +++ ('08) Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz. Two and Half Men Two and Half Men Two and Half Men Two and Half Men Sons of Anarchy "Better Half" 137 248

FOXN 59 America's News HQ Fox Report Weekend Huckabee Justice With Judge Jeanine Geraldo at Large Journal Edit. Fox News Watch 205 360

TOON 60 Amazing Gumball Amazing Gumball < Surf's Up ++ ('07, Ani) Voices of Beau Bridges, James Woods, Shia LaBoeuf. The Venture Bros. King of the Hill King of the Hill Family Guy The Boondocks The Boondocks 176 296

HALL 62 Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Frasier Frasier Frasier Frasier Frasier Frasier Cheers Cheers 185 312

ANPL 63 I Shouldn't Be Alive "76 Days Adrift" It's Me or the Dog "The Rocky Road" Must Love Cats Cats 101 Dogs 101 "Designer Dogs" Must Love Cats 184 282

INSP 68 Campmeeting Giving Hope Campmeeting Campmeeting Campmeeting "Majesty" < Left Behind: World at War + (2005, Drama) Louis Gossett Jr., Kirk Cameron. < Left Behind: World at War + 259 364

HGTV 69 Favorite Place (N) Designed to Sell House Hunters House Hunters HGTV'd Curb: Block (N) Color Splash: Miami (N) House Hunters House Hunters House Hunters House Hunters 112 229

SS 71 Boxing Mississippi Fight Night Braves Pre-game MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves vs. San Diego Padres Site: Petco Park -- San Diego, Calif. (L) Braves Post-game 437 649

E! 72 5:00 The Voice "The Semifinals" The Voice "Result Show" < Pride and Prejudice ++ (2003, Romance) Orlando Seale, Henry Maguire, Kam Heskin. The Kardashians The Soup Chelsea Lately 114 236

TVL 73 :15 Sanford :50 Sanford :20 All in Family "The Stivics Go West" :55 All in Family All in the Family Loves Ray Loves Ray Loves Ray Loves Ray Loves Ray Happily Divorced 106 301

WE 74 My Fair Wedding "Spring Bride" Fair Wedding "Off to See the Wizard" My Fair Wedding "Mini-Truck Bride" Staten Island Cakes "Vinny Turns 21" The Cupcake Girls The Cupcake Girls Staten Island Cakes "Vinny Turns 21" 128 260

VH1C 76 5:00 Rock Docs Pop-Up Videos Classic "One Hit Wonders Alternative" < U2 Rattle and Hum ++ (1988, Docu-Drama) U2. Behind the Music "Judas Priest" That Metal Show 163 337

WGN 77 Home Videos The Lead-Off Man MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals Site: Kauffman Stadium -- Kansas City, Mo. (L) WGN News at Nine Scrubs Met Your Mother 239 307

STYLE 357 < Music and Lyrics ++ ('07, Romance) Zak Orth, Drew Barrymore, Hugh Grant. Do I Look? "80s Rocker Gets Rolled" Jerseylicious "Glam Slam" Supernanny "Williams Family" Do I Look? "80s Rocker Gets Rolled" 115 235

FMC 630 5:30 < The Fury +++ ('78) John Cassavetes, Kirk Douglas. A man and women save a boy with special powers.

After Film School "Jason Gann"

< Strange Days +++ (1995, Sci-Fi) Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Ralph Fiennes. An ex-cop sells voyeuristic scenes.

< Suspiria +++ ('77) Stefania Casini, Joan Bennett, Jessica Harper. A student discovers her school is run by witches.

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SHOW 728 Movie < Youth in Revolt +++ ('09) Michael Cera. Nurse Jackie United States of < Letters To Juliet ('10) Amanda Seyfried. :45 Summer Nurse Jackie United States of 318 537

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Dear Annie: I’m con-fused about what to do with a situation in my family. At the age of 21, I am the oldest of four children. My parents have been divorced for seven years and still re-main good friends. Dad re-married six years ago and is miserable. I know because he told me.

I have evidence that makes me believe my father is having an affair with my best friend’s mother. (She is divorced.) I am convinced he is in love with her. I am not condoning his affair, but I want him to be happy. I want him to get out of his current marriage with some integrity left.

The only person this is going to hurt is my step-mom. I don’t wish her ill, but I have seen how unhap-py my father is and have been hoping for a long time

that he could see his way out of his misery. Should I encour-age him to ight for his happi-ness? — Dis-traught Son

Dear Son: We know you love your father and want him to be happy, but you truly need to stay out of this. Too often, well-meaning fam-ily and friends get blamed for whatever hap-pens. You can tell Dad that he deserves to be content and you want that for him. You can also tell him to seek counseling if he’s having trouble. But that’s

it. He needs to handle his mar-riage in his own way.

Dear Annie: Why is it that when you hit the magic age of 60, people auto-matically think of you as being old? I am 62 years old. I do not act old, and I do not dress old. But ever since I turned 60, peo-ple have been treating me like I should be sit-ting in a rocking chair waiting to die.

I had a 22-year job with a

large company that decided those of us with years of ex-perience should no longer

be working for them. And now it’s impossible to ind another position.

Companies should not be afraid to hire older peo-ple. We are good, reliable and responsible workers. We don’t take time off for maternity leave and are willing to work long and late hours.

I have been looking for full-time employment for more than a year. I am not ready to retire. I know how important it is to keep active at any age, so I’ve taken a series of part-time jobs. Please tell businesses not to be afraid to hire an older adult. We are willing to give our all for the better-ment of YOUR company. — Young at Heart

Dear Young at Heart: In most instances, com-panies drop older work-ers for economic reasons.

However, they lose a great deal when it comes to ex-perience and continuity, which can end up costing more in the long run. Se-niors can ind information on job searches and training at foundation.aarp.org and through experienceworks.org (1-866-976-5939).

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Michigan,” who was worried about her future connection to her sons after they marry. Please allow me to give her the advice my father gave to me.

Before I married, my father sat me down at the kitchen table and said, “You’ll have a couple of houses, several cars, maybe some kids and even the pos-sibility of another wife, but let me tell you something, boy. You’re only going to have one mother. Treat her

well while she’s here.”Two years ago, I buried

both parents and have no regrets because I was there for them. — Still Miss Them

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Daughter should stay out of father’s marital issues

Dear Dr. Graham: Can you give me even one rea-son to become a Christian? I’m in high school, and a couple of my Christian friends keep bugging me to give my life to Jesus. I like the life I’m liv-ing right now, and I don’t see any reason to change. But I promised I’d e-mail you. — K.W.

Dear K.W.: Thank you for your e-mail, and for your hon-esty in admit-ting why you don’t want to turn your life over to Jesus. And you’re right about one thing: If you ever do give yourself to Jesus Christ, it will change your life.

But you’re wrong to think it would change it for the worse! For one thing, right now you’re living only for yourself, and to you it seems like the best way to live. But is this true? The answer is no — because that kind of life will never bring you lasting peace and

stability. You’ll always be look-ing for one more thrill… one more r e l a t i onsh ip… one more experi-ence.

E v e n t u a l l y, however, you’ll come to the same conclusion as the writer of Eccle-siastes in the Old Testament: “Everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind” (Ecclesi-astes 2:11). Only God can give us lasting joy and peace; every other way will prove false. And that’s one reason why I hope you’ll

give your life to Jesus. His promise is for you: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you” (John 14:27).

Don’t be deceived into thinking God’s way is dull and boring, and every other way is exciting and fun. The opposite is true! Life’s greatest joy comes from knowing Christ and learn-ing to walk with Him every day. Discover this truth by asking Christ to come into your life today. You’ll never regret it.

Only God can give us lasting joy and peace

Peter Falk, TV’s rumpled Columbo, has diedNEW YORK (AP) —

The best way to celebrate Peter Falk’s life is to savor how Columbo, his signa-ture character, fortiied our lives.

Thanks to Falk’s affec-tionately genuine portrayal, Lt. Columbo established himself for all time as a champion of any viewer who ever felt less than graceful, elegant or well-spoken.

Falk died Thursday at age 83 in his Beverly Hills, Calif., home, according to a statement released Friday by family friend Larry Larson. In a court document iled in December 2008, Falk’s daughter Catherine Falk said her father was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

But Columbo lives on as the ideal of anyone with a smudge on his tie, whose car isn’t the sportiest, who typi-cally seems clueless, who gets dissed by fancy people.

As a police detective, Columbo’s interview tech-nique was famously dis-jointed, with his inevitable awkward after-thought (“Ahhh, there’s just one more thing…”) trying the patience of his suspect when he was already half-way out the door.

Columbo was underesti-mated, patronized or simply

overlooked by nearly every-one he met — especially the culprit.

And yet Columbo, draw-ing on inner pluck for only he (and an actor as skilled as Falk) could have accounted, always prevailed. Contrary to all evidence (that is, until he nailed the bad guy), Co-lumbo always knew what he was doing.

Even more inspiring for viewers, he was unconcerned with how other people saw him. He seemed to be per-fectly happy with himself, his life, his pet bassett, Dog, his wheezing Peugeot, and his never-seen wife. A squat man chewing cigars in a rumpled trench coat, he stands tall among TV’s most self-assured heroes.

What viewer won’t take solace forever from the les-sons that Columbo taught by his enduring example?

Columbo — he never had a irst name — presented a refreshing contrast to other TV detectives. “He looks like a lood victim,” Falk once said. “You feel sorry for him. He appears to be see-ing nothing, but he’s seeing everything. Underneath his dishevelment, a good mind is at work.”

On another occasion, he described Columbo as “an ass-

backwards Sherlock Holmes.”Somehow ittingly, Falk

— the perfect choice — failed to be the irst choice. Instead, it was easygoing crooner Bing Crosby, who, fortunately, passed on the project.

With Falk in place, “Co-lumbo” began its run in 1971 as part of the NBC Sunday Mystery Movie series, ap-pearing every third week. The show became by far the most popular of the three mysteries, the others being “McCloud” and “McMillan and Wife.”

Falk was reportedly paid $250,000 a movie and could have made much more if he had accepted an offer to convert “Columbo” into a weekly series. He de-clined, reasoning that carry-ing a weekly detective series

would be too great a burden.NBC canceled the three

series in 1977. In 1989 ABC offered “Columbo” in a two-hour format usually appear-ing once or twice a season. The movies continued into the 21st century. “Columbo” appeared in 26 foreign coun-tries and was a particular fa-vorite in France and Iran.

Columbo’s trademark was an ancient raincoat Falk had once bought for himself. After 25 years on television, the coat became so tattered it had to be replaced.

Falk was already an ex-perienced Broadway actor and two-time Oscar nomi-nee when he began playing Columbo. And, long before then, he had demonstrated a bit of Columbo-worthy spunk: at 3, he had one eye removed because of cancer.

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• Wallets were reported stolen from two women this week at Walmart, according to Mount Airy Police De-partment reports. In each case, they were taken from the victim’s purses while they were inside the store. One of the two, Mary Sue Williams of Carolina Road, had her wallet stolen Tuesday afternoon; it contained $500 in $100 bills along with her BB&T checkbook, driver’s license, Social Security card and additional items. The other case was reported Tuesday morning, involving a wallet containing nearly $50 being taken from Judith Bailey Moore of Lee Roy Hicks Trail.

• A case of someone impersonating a police officer was reported Sunday. Peggy McCutcheon of Stuart, Va., told police that an individual in a Lincoln car drove around her vehicle in the Walmart parking lot, then stopped in front of her and became “very irate verbally,” according to an incident report. It provided no further details concerning how the individual impersonated an officer.

• A larceny occurred at Radio Shack in Mayberry Mall last Saturday involving a black and silver Apple iPhone valued at nearly $650. A police report indicated that two suspects might have been involved, one of whom — a black female — appeared to be pregnant.

• William Brian Hawks, 40, of 1185 N. Frank-lin Road, was served last Saturday with a warrant and criminal summons on violations of assault with a deadly weapon and communicating threats which had been filed in late May. Hawks was observed by two officers who were undergoing K9 training at Westwood Park and was released under a $1,000 unsecured bond. The complain-ant is Donald Ray Robinson of Sparger Road. Hawks is scheduled to be in Surry District Court on July 8.

• Robert Anthony Coleson, 32, was arrested last Sat-urday on charges of resisting, obstructing or delaying a public officer and disorderly conduct. Coleson, who was found to have a blood-alcohol content of .26 percent, al-legedly refused to cooperate with officers and screamed profanities in public. He also attempted to damage a pa-trol car and subsequently was sprayed with pepper spray, arrest records show. Coleson was confined in the Surry County Jail under a $2,000 secured bond and is to be in District Court on Aug. 3.

• Jerwin Kai Dobson, 20, of 2128 Clement St., Win-ston-Salem, is facing violations of displaying fictitious registration and possession of marijuana as a result of a vehicle stop on Snowhill Drive on June 17. A 1979 Chevrolet Caprice operated by Dobson originally was pulled over for an alleged headlight violation, leading to the other offenses. Dobson’s court date is July 20.

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Josh Wilmoth portrays a Spanish bullighter in the

Dewey Decimal Players performance of “Around the

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The bull is portrayed by Will Bryant.