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OBITUARIES SPORTSWEATHER

AMANDA MUNGER

STAFF WRITER

LUMBERTON — The sky over Lumberton will explode in a sea of red, white and blue on Saturday in celebration of the nation’s 235th birthday.

Lumberton’s annual Family Fourth of July celebration will begin at 7 p.m. at Lumberton

Senior High School’s Alton G. Brooks football stadium, with the big show — the ireworks — beginning about 9:30 p.m. Admission is free, but thousands of people elect to watch the pyro-technics from outside the stadi-um, and some from the yards of their own homes.

“It is a time when we celebrate

Annual ireworks showblasts off on Saturday The Family

Fourthcelebration will include military parachutists from Fort Bragg.

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BOB SHILES

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FAIRMONT — The Fairmont Board of Commissioners on Thursday night approved a 4-cent hike to the property tax rate, doing so on the eve of the new iscal year.

Linda Vause, the town’s inance director and acting manager, said the $2.9 million bud-get, which takes effect today, was approved when Mayor Charles Kemp broke a 3-3 tie among the commissioners. The budget raises the tax rate from 69 cents for every $100 of

property to 73 cents.“We were presented various budget options

over hours at four budget work sessions and this was the less drastic of them all,” Kemp told The Robesonian this morning. “With decreasing revenues and increasing expendi-tures, and a fund balance that we did not want to dip into, employees we didn’t want to lay off, and services we didn’t want to cut, the only other option was to accept this budget proposal. That’s why I voted for this particular

Fairmont bumps tax rate‘Tight’ budget forces 4-cent hike

Dirt bikeaccidentkills teen

STAFF REPORT

PEMBROKE — A Maxton teenager is one of two peo-ple killed in the past two days in unrelated vehicle crashes, according to the state Highway Patrol.

Dustin Alan Ramsay, 18, of Strickland Drive in Maxton, was a passenger on a 2011 Honda dirt bike when it ran off the road in Pembroke, struck drainage tile in the ditch and was sent airborne. Both Ramsay and the driver, Brandon Daris Oxendine, 20, of N.C. 711 in Pembroke, were ejected.

They were taken to Southeastern Regional Medical Center for their injuries. Ramsay was then air-lifted to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, were he died at 2:25 a.m. Thursday.

Not wearing helmets

The patrol said neither Ramsay nor Oxendine was wearing a helmet.

The accident occurred at about 7:06 p.m. Wednesday.

Ramsay graduated from Purnell Swett High School in June and planned to attend The University of North Carolina at Pembroke in the fall, his family told the Fayetteville Observer. He wanted to become a veteri-narian.

“It’s just a tragedy,” a fam-ily spokesperson told the Observer. “He was so young and just getting started.”

In an unrelated accident, a pedestrian was stuck and killed on a rural road near Rennert early this morning in a hit-and-run incident, according to the Highway Patrol.

The man, whose identity was not released because the family had not been notiied, was walking west in the mid-dle of Rural Paved Road 1749. A unidentiied vehicle, which was also headed west, struck the man at around 12:37 a.m. and continued driving, said the Highway Patrol.

Trooper M.D. Locklear is still investigating the incident.

SRMC to expand servicesto medical mall at Biggs Park

ALI ROCKETT

STAFF WRITER

LUMBERTON — Southeastern Regional Medical Center will spend $7 million to turn the former Winn Dixie building at Biggs Park Mall into a medical mall.

Duke Medicine and Southeastern Express Lab currently occupy about 11,000 square feet of the 40,000-square-foot space. The remain-ing space will be converted to an urgent care center, retail pharmacy and pharmacy clinic, weight management clinic and diabetes clinic. The project will also include administrative

ofice space for Southeastern Regional Medical Center’s Physician Services and Community Health Services departments.

“This project will allow us to better coordi-nate service, given its proximity to the hospital, and be able to provide our patients with more convenient and affordable health care and pre-ventative services,” said Joann Anderson, presi-dent and CEO of SRMC.

Anderson said the hospital and its board of trustees have spent months trying to decide what will go into the facility. The mall will get a

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JOANN ANDERSON: The SRMC CEO says months have been spent trying to decide what will go into the facility.See SRMC, Page 3A

Construction on SRMC’s medi-

cal mall at Bigs Park Mall in

Lumberton is expected to begin

in mid-August and cost about $7

million.

Staff photo by ALI ROCKETT

CHARLES KEMP: Mayor broke 3-3 tie to adopt budget.

“No one wanted to raise taxes, but like other small towns our state revenues have been reduced over the past few years.”

— Linda Vause,acting town manager

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LUMBERTON — Amy Otuel, 43, of Water Street, reported Tuesday that someone took 85 gemstone rings valued at $20,000 from her car, according to a police report.

Catawba County man rescued after ifty-ive-foot plunge

HICKORY — A Catawba County man who fell 55 feet into a well has been rescued after clinging to a cord until help arrived.

Catawba County authorities said Billy Townsend fell into the well while helping a relative with home improvements in the Vale community Thursday morning.

Townsend fell through the unused well’s metal covering and tumbled 40 feet before hitting water and sinking another 15 feet.

N.C. sales tax falls one cent as two-year temporary rise ends

RALEIGH — North Carolina shoppers will have a little more cash in their wallets now that a two-year temporary sales tax increase has ended. But gassing up the car will claim some of those savings.

The sales tax on most goods purchased is falling Friday by a penny. The base rate is now 6.75 percent. Less than 20 counties have a slightly higher tax.

More than 30 laws take effect in full or in part on Friday, the irst day of the new iscal year. Among them is a new budget that required spending cuts to make up for the lost temporary revenue.

The state gasoline tax rose automatically by 2.5 cents per gallon to 35 cents. Admission to the North Carolina Zoo and state Transportation Museum also have gone up.

Canadian auto-parts maker to employ 363 workers at N.C. plant

ASHEVILLE — A Canadian auto-parts maker says it will move into in a factory that shut down more than a year ago and employ 363 workers.

Gov. Beverly Perdue's ofice said Thursday Linamar Corp. will start production in 2012. Ontario-based Linamar produces precision metal parts for vehicle and power generation markets around the world.

The company could employ up to 400 and make an additional $45 million in capital investment by 2020.

Sampson prison guard arrested on drug charges

FAYETTEVILLE — A Fayetteville man who works at the Sampson Correctional Institute has been charged with traficking in heroin.

Fayetteville police say they arrested 50-year-old David Green and two others at Green’s home Wednesday.

Also charged are Green’s brother, Derrick Green, and his girlfriend, Michelle Banks.

Police say they found 32 grams of heroin, 27 grams of cocaine and six pounds of marijuana in the house. They estimated the drugs had a street value of about $49,000.

N.C. museum opens online exhibit about civil rights

RALEIGH. — The North Carolina Museum of History is beginning an online exhibit that highlights the experiences of North Carolinians who struggled for civil rights.

The exhibit is titled “A Change is Gonna Come: Black, Indian and White Voices for Racial Equality” and it’s accessible at www.nccivilrights.org begin-ning Friday. It focuses on the period between 1865 to the 1980s and includes stories from whites, African-Americans and American Indians.

Curator Earl Ijames says the exhibit tells stories of everyday people rather than those of well-known activists. It includes links to original documents, newspaper articles and other primary sources such as interviews with people.

Mooresville man acccused of targeting elderly investors

STATESVILLE — A Mooresville man has plead-ed guilty to 19 counts of defrauding investors of mil-lions of dollars.

A judge on Thursday ordered 73-year-old Shelby Dean Martin to spend nine years in prison for run-ning a Ponzi scheme that took $18 million from mostly elderly investors between 2004 and 2008. Prosecutors say investors were paid dividends from their own money or from other investors, not from the proits of an investment.

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RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue vetoed four more bills Thursday passed in the inal days of the General Assembly session, lauded by environmen-talists for blocking Republican-penned legislation that they said would have discouraged green energy and harmed North Carolina's water and air.

The vetoes bring her total this year to 15 as she cleared her desk by a midnight deadline after more than 200 bills were left for her when the GOP-led Legislature left town two weekends ago. She also took care of seven other bills on her desk by signing three into law and letting four others take effect without her signature. GOP leaders could have the last say on 10 recently vetoed bills with over-ride votes in July.

Perdue said she blocked legis-lation directing her to enter into agreements with the governors of Virginia and South Carolina to advance offshore energy drill-ing efforts off the Atlantic Coast. The governor countered that the Legislature was overreaching its authority to tell her what to do. Simultaneously, she announced the formation or extension of panels to study drilling, offshore wind energy and a controversial onshore method to collect natural gas using lots of water.

"I am completely committed to North Carolina's energy poli-cy of developing jobs that foster America's energy independence," Perdue said in a statement. "I know it is critical that we plan

and prepare for any eventual fed-eral approval to move forward. We cannot wait until we have authorization to get ready, we must do that now."

She also vetoed a package of regulatory changes that that the environmen-tal community argued could start the process for repealing impor-tant rules such as limiting mercury emissions from smokestacks and storm water run-

off.Perdue said she vetoed the

measure for other reasons — because it gave special judges the inal say-so in legal ights involv-ing state agencies, rather than the agency. Perdue's ofice pointed to a 1999 advisory opinion by then-Attorney General Mike Easley's ofice arguing such power to these judges as unconstitutional.

Whatever her explanations, several environmental groups, which had lobbied Perdue hard against the bills, praised her deci-sions.

"The great news here is that the people of North Carolina are ighting back against this strategy of making environmental man-agement impossible," said Sam Pearsall, a spokesman and staff scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund in Raleigh. "I'm tickled to death that she's giving the Legislature an opportunity to

listen."The General Assembly will

consider overrides when it returns to work in mid-July. The vote margins in the House and Senate for all four vetoed bills Thursday were veto-proof or likely would have been if enough lawmakers had voted.

Republicans accused Perdue of putting politics above sound policy with her vetoes on envi-ronmental laws to placate a key constituency entering her re-elec-tion campaign next year. The veto of the offshore drilling bill rep-resents another balancing act for Perdue, who originally opposed drilling early in her 2008 cam-paign before changing her mind.

"It's just another political ploy on her part to delay energy inde-pendence for North Carolina and the U.S.," said Sen. Tommy Tucker, R-Union, one of the off-shore drilling bill's primary spon-sors. "I know what task forces and commissions are in the politi-cal world — it means delay."

Republicans had made the regulatory overhaul bill one of their top priorities this year, say-ing it would cut red tape and bring certainty to business. Perdue should have voiced con-stitutional concerns before now, said Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham.

Perdue "now stands square-ly with fringe environmental groups and liberal special inter-ests in opposing the job-creating sector of North Carolina's econo-my," he said.

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Gold Rush band is scheduled to performour independence, and it also gives us a chance to thank those who ight for us to protect those free-doms and thank those who serve here and abroad, as well as honor our irst responders here at home,” Mayor Raymond Pennington said.

Gold Rush, a popular six-mem-ber band from Robeson County, will perform.

There will be face-painting and food and drink vendors. Paws and Claws will be selling lavored ice, lemonade, candy, glow necklac-es and bracelets. Free water and American lags will be distributed.

At 8:30 p.m., a group of military parachutists from Fayetteville will jump from a plane onto the foot-ball ield.

“It’s a very patriotic thing they come down with an American lag lying, and they are just so accurate,” said Bob Fisher, a mem-

ber of the Community Relations Committee that organized the event. “Then when they come down they hit that square on the football ield just perfectly.”

All the organizers of the event are volunteers. Ralph Ussery has been on the committee for more than 20 years.

“It seems to get better each year,” Ussery said. “… We’ll give you a program and a small lag. You’ll really enjoy it. There’s so many people that just stay at home and watch it. Every parking lot on this side of Lumberton will be full of cars watching the ireworks.

“… I think it’s wonderful that we can celebrate our heroes in the past and the boys an girls that are ighting today,” said Ussery. “They are doing it just so we can have freedom so we might go out and celebrate this Fourth of July

holiday.”Spectators can bring blankets as

will be able to sit on the stadium’s football ield once the jump dem-onstration has inished.

“It’s a family Fourth celebration that stated back in the early 90s and it’s grown bigger and big-ger every year,” Pennington said. “It’s a really fun event for all ages. People love ireworks.”

Zambelli Fireworks Internationale, the company that produced last year’s show, will return this year to present the ire-works, which typically last about 20 minutes. For more on the com-pany, visit http://www.zambel-liireworks.com/.

“The ireworks display that we are having here in the city usually gives people what they want,” said Police Chief Mike McNeill. “They really enjoy the ireworks there.”

new facade, and its inside will be gutted and renovated. The project is expected to begin in August and continue until about June 2013.

“We recently opened an urgent care facility in Pembroke with much success and saw a need for one in Lumberton,” Anderson said. “This gives people an alterna-tive to the emergency room.”

According to Anderson, the hospital sees about 80,000 patients in its emergency room each year, an average of about 220 a day. She said most of them need urgent care rather than emergen-cy services.

Urgent care cases are typically not life threat-ening, and include those that can be handled at a physician’s ofice.

The urgent care clin-ic will provide care at a lower cost to the patient and visitors will not have to scavenge for a parking spot in the crowded deck at the hospital.

The PharmCare Clinic, located at the end of the parking deck at the hos-pital, will be moved into the new building. The clinic gets sample medica-tion from pharmaceutical companies and provides them to SRMC patients for free. A retail pharma-cy will also be located in the new facility.

The diabetes and weight management clinics have outgrown their current locations, Anderson said. At the new facility, the clinics will be able to provide expanded services and bring in new doctors.

Two new general sur-geons will offer gastric

bypass and gastric band-ing procedures. The clinic will also have a dietitian and counseling services for a full-service medical management of weight.

Anderson estimates about 10 new positions will be created to support the new practice and three additional registered nurses will be trained for the diabetes clinic.

Anderson said that the project was partly a response to health-care reforms that encourage providers to consolidate services.

“Health-care reform aims to reduce the over-all cost for providing care for providers and patients, and location is part of that,” Anderson said. “This project will mean that patients will only have to go to one place to look for the type of intervention that is best for them. And they will ind comprehensive care in that one location.”

The space at Biggs Park Mall became vacant when Winn-Dixie closed several years ago. The hospital has leased it for the past four years for the Duke Medicine practices, which will remain.

“We are happy to be renovating a space that is sitting unused and repur-posing it for the health care needs of our com-munity,” Anderson said. “I’m really excited about this project. I can see some great things happening in that building.”

The project, which is expected to take about two years, will begin in mid-August.n Staff writer Ali Rockett can be reached at (910) 272-6127 or arockett@heartland-publications.com.

plan that was offered.“I’ve been in local government

in Fairmont for 34 years, 28 as a councilman and six as mayor, and this was the hardest and most dificult budget that I’ve had any association with,” Kemp said.

Charles Townsend, Wade Sealey and Waylon Lennon joined Kemp in voting for the budget, and J.J. McCree, Perry Ashley and Carol Leak-McKenzie voted against it.

“No one wanted to raise taxes, but like other small towns our state revenues have been reduced over the past few years,” Vause said. “Towns like us have been absorbing the loss, but this year we couldn’t do that any more.”

According to Vause, one penny on the tax rate generates $8,305. The average house in Fairmont is valued at about $70,000, mean-ing the average taxpayer will pay about $28 more, Vause said.

Vause said the budget includes no increase in user fees and no employee layoffs or new hirings. Employees for the third consecu-tive year will receive no raise, she said.

According to Vause, the budget includes a general fund of $1.8 million and a water and sewer fund of $1.07 million. The balance is basically grant money, she said.

‘This is really a very, very tight budget,” Vause said.

Vause had introduced a budget

that included no tax increase. That budget, however, had included a higher estimate of revenue being generated through the sale of town-owned land and buildings that the town isn’t using, Vause said.

“We still want to sell the prop-erty, but want to regroup on this. The real estate market is not good right now. We don’t want to give this property away,” said Vause.

Vause also said that $12,000 for a new police vehicle that had been included in her original budget proposal was removed from the budget that was adopted.n Staff writer Bob Shiles can be reached at (910) 272-6117 or bshiles@heartlandpublications.com.

RALEIGH (AP) — The 2011 North Carolina waterfowl conservation stamp and prints titled “Canadas in Pasture” are now available.

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission says signed and num-bered edition prints with mint stamps will sell for $145. The collector’s mint stamp will sell for $10.

It’s available through the commission’s N.C. Wild Store as of Friday.

Delaware artist Richard Clifton painted the acrylic portrait, which depicts a pair of Canada geese standing in a pas-ture.

Proceeds from the sales of the print and stamps will go to the commis-sion’s Waterfowl Fund.

Waterfowl conservationstamp now available

This is an architectural rendering of the reno-vations planned for the old Winn-Dixie build-ing at Biggs Park Mall.

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f someone asked me to describe the single-biggest result of conservative elec-toral gains in North Carolina over the past two years, my

answer would consist of two words: school choice.

Now, I admit that that the most signiicant legislative achievement of the new General Assembly was the passage of a 2011-13 budget without imposing or extending any tax hikes. It was a bipartisan vote, large enough to override Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto. It will save North Carolina taxpayers hundreds of mil-lions of dollars a year and create thousands of new jobs.

But the budget, prudent as it proved to be as a irst step towards iscal sanity, did not fundamen-tally alter public policy in North Carolina. State government will con-tinue to do virtually everything it used to do, albeit more eficiently.

The Left has alleged otherwise — that education and health care and environmental protection will be decimated — but the Left alleges a lot of things. That doesn’t make them real. The difference between Perdue’s budget proposal and the inal budget amounts to roughly 2 percent of General Fund spending — and less than that when it comes to public schools.

All those claims about “gutting education,” in other words, were a relection of political theatrics, not iscal metrics.

The real shift in North Carolina education policy this year came in separate legislation to abolish the statewide cap on charter schools and authorize a new tuition tax credit for families with special-needs students. These school-choice measures will

provide tens of thousands of North Carolinians with new educational opportunities while spending tax dollars more wisely. They will also expand the constituency for school

choice, making future reforms more likely.

The move-ment towards choice and competition in North Carolina education didn’t begin during the 2010 session, of course. Charter schools got their start in 1996. Also during the

1990s, privately funded scholarship programs in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and other cities demonstrat-ed the promise of parental choice programs aimed at low-income and special-needs populations.

More recently, school districts such as Winston-Salem/Forsyth and Cumberland County adopted enroll-ment policies that gave parents more ability to choose which public schools their students would attend. No longer would central-ofice staff make the decision on their own, based on expediency or social-engi-neering schemes.

These public-school choice pro-grams proved popular and effective. In 2009, the voters of Wake County, the state’s largest school district, voted in a new conservative major-ity on their school board. Its mem-bers immediately began work on a school-choice plan to replace Wake County’s unpopular forced-busing policy.

After a false start and the

employment of a new superinten-dent, Tony Tata, the school board resumed work on the plan early this year. Now it appears that the passage of a choice plan for Wake County public schools is imminent. To the southeast, New Hanover County is also in the process of implementing a choice-based assign-ment model.

As I have argued many times in the past, if you either hope or fear that charter schools, tuition tax cred-its, choice-based assignment plans, or similar policies will destroy public education in North Carolina, you are in for a shock. In most other states and nations with similar poli-cies in place, most families continue to choose district-run public schools for their children.

But that’s the point — parents make the choice. They have the most information about the needs of their children and the most to gain from making the right decision. The results include higher levels of satisfaction among students, par-ents, and educators; a more eficient utilization of tax dollars; and better academic performance.

That school choice has made substantial gains in North Carolina over the past two years is not to say that reformers have arrived at their destination. They’ve only just begun the journey, and the academic ben-eits of school choice will likely take years to manifest themselves (the social and iscal beneits will be more immediate).

For North Carolina families and taxpayers, however, the news is good. Let’s hope it keeps coming.n John Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation and publisher of CarolinaJournal.com.

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The black soul of Whitey Bulgerhe recent capture of Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger after more than 16 years on the run should make us think about why creatures from the dark side

have been so popular in American culture. Too often, gangsters are por-trayed as tragic heroes. Sure, when they die, it might be tragic; but these are far from great men.

Actor Gregory Peck once explained that audiences love vil-lains because they surprise with their willingness to live by no rules other than their own. It is said that Bulger strangled a young woman, appar-ently cutting off hands and remov-ing teeth to prevent identiication. When the crime boss was caught, the brother of the murdered young woman said that he was happy but would like the opportunity to do to Bulger exactly what had happened to his sister. But that would have been no more effective than spitting in the ocean. Whitey Bulger was what he was — and nothing would have changed him. That is why the victimized feel no more than “satis-faction and despair,” as the relative of one of the 19 people whom Bulger supposedly killed said.

From his irst arrest in 1943 on the same streets of Boston where he would later make his name, Bulger spent more than 60 years being a bad boy.

Yes, the man called Whitey did it all, from small theft to extortion to the kinds of terrifying murders that cement a reputation in the dark and blood-sticky streets of the shadow world.

And yet Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, did not make a big fuss last week in California. They were tricked into venturing outside their home, where the FBI made the collar. It may have seemed over-

blown, but all the casual killings had made the gangster a true menace to society.

Few of Bulger’s “colleagues” share any of the gloriied traits

Hollywood ped-dles — and yet the image of the heroic gangster remains.

Gangster ilms began a gold rush that illed the coffers of Hollywood in the 1930s, but had become petty earn-ers until “The Godfather” reig-

nited the trend when it was released on the silver screen in 1972, deliver-ing iconic characters and phrases that are as well known the world over as any entertainment ever invented in America. The trend was most recently reignited in the HBO series “The Sopranos,” in which protagonist Tony Soprano updated the image of the Italian-American gangster.

The mob boss as troubled sub-urban father was a new twist that became exceptionally popular but was troubling to some, including its creator.

Interestingly, “Sopranos” creator David Chase told me on more than one occasion that he was bewildered by the fact that the public loved Tony, even though Chase and his writers routinely reminded their viewers that he was a vicious mur-derer and extortionist.

Martin Scorsese has never had that problem. He has the ability to make his criminals glow in the dark, like the radioactive part of our culture that they actually are. He knows that gangsters are excre-

ment stuck to the bottom of society’s shoe. Unlike the criminals celebrated in gangster rap, Scorsese’s goons never make it to high places — and if they do, they don’t stay there for very long. They are so racist and cravenly narcissistic that even gangster-rap airheads do not put posters of them on their walls, refer to them in rap doggerel or pretend that they are just like their “home-boys.” Even such deluded buffoons sense the difference between the grim depths of Scorsese’s work and Brian De Palma’s grotesque cartoon “Scarface,” which is loved up to the edge of the sky in the world of extreme hip-hop.

The casual gore of Jack Nicholson’s Irish mob boss in Scorsese’s “The Departed” is a far cry from Tony Soprano’s suburban drama or Don Corleone’s world of familial loyalty, twisted ethics and pervasive violence. Based loosely on Bulger — including his being protected and warned by corrupt members of the FBI — Nicholson’s character, Frank Costello, perfectly shows the top-of-the-line gangster as a poisonous ball of slime, however outwardly shining. There it is.

Audiences may love villains, but they do not misunderstand what those villains really are when art-ists like Scorsese take on the task of putting them in realistic narra-tives. Perhaps our greatest living American director, he does not deny them their humanity, but also never fails to make it clear that these are indelibly corrupted human beings, without a doubt. Like Bulger, they suffer from advanced ethical cancers that eat them away but also gobble up as much of the world outside of them as possible, no matter the cry-ing, no matter the dying.n Stanley Crouch can be reached by e-mail at crouch.stanley@gmail.com.

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lot changes today in North Carolina.

The gas tax will go up 2.5 cents a gallon, so don’t be mad at the service station and convenience

store attendants if the price at the pump is higher. Not everybody can immediately make adjustments to maintain today’s prices tomor-row.

More people convicted of misdemeanors will serve time behind bars in county jails, not state prisons. The counties didn’t ask for this. It’s a state requirement. Imposing more inmates on county jails is a prime example of how elected oficials ix state budget prob-lems by shifting the burden elsewhere.

Some county jails already struggle with gender segregation requirements and over-crowding. They won’t have to take on extra inmates that would lead to serious infractions of constitutional guarantees for prisoners. The state still is getting a bargain on housing misdemeanants.

North Carolina has a balanced budget, but many local folks are footing bills once paid by the state. Some people will see beneits reduced. When the legislature refused to renew an extra 1 cent on the sales tax, the state had to make up for the projected $1.3 billion loss in revenue. Consumers are glad to see costs go down, even if ever so slightly, but the legislature would not agree to include $230 million for Medicaid and $117 million for the university system.

That money would have enabled spending to remain at recent levels. Now, there will be less inancial assistance for poor people who depend on Medicaid, and universities must cut their faculties — just like local school systems will jettison teacher assistants and other education professionals that once were deemed necessary for our children.

Those cuts, while they do help balance the state budget and alleviate the need for money that simply isn’t available without signiicant taxation or fee increases, mean a number of people will lose their jobs. The job losses run into the thousands if you believe some of the non-government, partisan stud-ies of the budget situation.

Today is the beginning of the budget year for the state, all 100 counties and every municipality in North Carolina. The state con-stitution mandates all government budgets will balance.

Balance they will, with oficials forced to make decisions on revenue and spending that will undoubtedly alienate and enrage at least part of their constituencies.

The effects of the changes coming today will be brought into closer focus as the year wears on. It is possible the state budget should be adjusted. Our lawmakers must be ready and willing to adapt to changing reali-ties and minimize the impact of spending cuts on people and jobs that can make a dif-ference in North Carolina.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas still has one abortion provider, but two others that don’t have state licenses were hoping to persuade a federal judge to block a new licensing law and health department regu-lations they consider bur-densome.

The state attorney general’s ofice argued ahead of a Friday hear-ing in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., that a license granted to a Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri clinic disproves critics’ contention that the new Kansas rules are designed to cut off access to abortion.

The licensing law was part of a wave of anti-abortion legisla-tion enacted across the nation this year, but had none of its three provid-

ers received a license, Kansas would have been the only state in the nation without a clinic or doctor’s ofice perform-ing abortions.

Its regulations tell pro-viders what drugs and equipment they must stock, set acceptable tem-peratures for procedure and recovery rooms and set minimum sizes for some rooms. Supporters believe those rules will protect patients. But abortion-rights advocates have called the licens-ing process a “sham” because Gov. Sam Brownback is an anti-abortion Republican, and abortion foes pushed the law through the GOP-controlled Legislature.

Planned Parenthood received a license Thursday from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment,

after initially being denied but having inspectors visit its clin-ic in Overland Park a second time. The new licensing law and the accompanying regula-tions, drafted over a few weeks, took effect Friday.

The lawsuit before U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia was iled earlier this week by Drs. Herbert Hodes and Traci Nauser, who provide abortions and other services at the Center for Women’s Health, also in Overland Park. The state’s other provider is the Aid for Women Clinic in Kansas City, and it’s seeking to intervene.

The attorney gen-eral’s ofice attached the Planned Parenthood license in a court docu-ment filed Thursday evening, shortly after the health department con-

irmed it had granted a license to one of the state’s providers and Planned Parenthood identiied itself as the recipient.

“Women in Kansas seeking abortion services will still be able to obtain medical care at a prop-erly licensed facility even if the statute and regula-tions are enforced exactly as written,” the attorney general’s ofice said.

But Bonnie Scott Jones, an attorney for the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing Hodes and Nauser, said the state still has a “crazy process” that involved abortion opponents rush-ing unreasonable regula-tions into place.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota stumbled into its second government shutdown in six years on Thursday, with a partisan divide over taxes and spending to close a $5 billion deicit becoming only more bitter as a midnight deadline came and went with-out agreement.

Any hope of a last-min-ute budget deal between Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican leg-islative leaders evaporated around 10 p.m., when Dayton appeared to say he and Republicans were still funda-mentally divided over how much the state should spend the next two years and that he saw no chance of avoiding a shutdown.

“It’s signiicant that this shutdown will begin on the Fourth of July weekend,” Dayton said. “On that date we celebrate our independence. It also reminds us there are causes and struggles worth

ighting for.”Republicans appeared

again minutes later, and tried to hang blame for the shut-down around the governor’s neck. They said the two sides were closer than he admit-ted, and they criticized his refusal to call a special session so lawmakers could pass a “lights on” budget bill to keep government running. Dayton refused, saying he’s been clear for months that he would only agree to a total budget approach.

“I think the governor’s insistence that we pass a full budget is not going to be of much comfort to Minnesotans who are going to see delays on the highways because construction projects stop,” said Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, R-Buffalo. “It’s not going to comfort people

who can’t use our state parks, or who can’t get a driver’s license.”

The two sides didn’t meet again ahead of the deadline.

The shut-down means t h o u s a n d s of layoffs, a standstill for road projects and padlocked state parks just ahead of the

Fourth of July weekend. The effects were already being felt hours ahead of the deadline, as people rushed Thursday to get driver’s and ishing licens-es, and park oficials began warning campers to pack their gear and leave.

Though nearly all states are having severe budget prob-lems this year, Minnesota was

alone in its futility, thanks to Dayton’s determination to raise taxes on high-earners to close a $5 billion deicit and the Republican Legislature’s insistance that the gap should be closed by cutting spending.

Negotiations between Dayton and legislative leaders were itful Thursday, starting and stopping with no outward signs of progress. After talks broke down for the last time, Dayton and GOP leaders gave conlicting accounts of the last few rounds of offers.

Republican Sen. Michelle Benson said earlier in the day she wasn’t budging, a posi-tion that Republican leaders held to even after it became clear the shutdown was com-ing.

“If we don’t start taking a different approach to how we manage our government,

we’re going to swing from one bad economic circumstance to another,” Benson said. “We can’t just keep throwing more money at government and hoping that makes things bet-ter.”

The showdown was some-thing of a small-stage version of the drama taking shape in Washington between President Barack Obama and the Republicans over taxes and the nation’s debt ceiling.

Though many states are having budget difficul-ties this year, those where political power is concen-trated in a single party eas-ily passed budgets. Some of those with divided govern-ment had healthy reserves, including Alaska, Iowa and Montana; Minnesota’s rainy-day accounts are drained. Others such as Louisiana and Nevada used one-time money or federal dollars to patch things together. Nevada and Missouri renewed taxes.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate canceled its planned July Fourth recess on Thursday, but partisan divi-sions remained razor sharp as the clock ticked on efforts to strike a deal to avoid a govern-ment default and trim huge federal deicits.

A day after President Barack Obama accused congressional leaders of procrastinating over the impasse, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced that the chamber would meet beginning next Tuesday. The Republican-run House is not in session this week but had already been scheduled to be at work next week.

Despite the Senate’s sched-ule change, there was no indi-cation the two sides had pro-

gressed in resolving their chief disagreement. Democrats insist that a deicit-cutting package of deep spend-ing cuts also include higher taxes for the w e a l t h i e s t A m e r i c a n s and fewer tax breaks for oil c o m p a n i e s . R e p u b l i c a n s say any such a g r e e m e n t would be defeated in Congress, a point Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., made anew when he invited Obama to meet with GOP lawmak-

ers at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon.

“That way he can hear directly from Republicans why what he’s proposing won’t pass,” McConnell said on the Senate loor. “And we can start talking about what’s actually possible.”

The stakes of the debate were underscored when a Standard & Poor’s executive said Thursday the credit-rating agency would give the govern-ment its lowest rating should lawmakers fail to agree on rais-ing the borrowing limit and cause a federal default.

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McConnell’s invitation to Obama seemed almost like a taunt, since well before McConnell spoke the White House had announced that Obama was heading to Philadelphia to attend Democratic fundraising events.

In Philadelphia, the presi-dent was met outside one fun-draising event by protesters demanding less spending.

Later, at a donor’s home, he reiterated his call for spending cuts and new tax revenues.

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ure out on the back of a napkin how to get this thing done,” he said. “The question is one of political will.”

White House spokesman Jay Carney defended Obama’s decision to attend the fund-raisers, saying, “We can walk and chew gum at the same time.” He also said McConnell had merely “invited the presi-dent to hear what would not pass. That’s not a conversation worth having.”

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Camp meetings

An East Coast Old-Fashioned Holy Ghost Camp Meeting will be at Pentecostal Faith of God Church, Lumberton. Services will be July 18-22 at 7:30.

Youth services will be 6-7:30, starting on Tuesday. Morning services will be 11 to 1, also starting on Tuesday.

The Rev. Stacy Floyd of Sumter, S.C., will speak in the night services.

Everyone is invited to hear anointed preaching and special singing.

Meals will be provided.The church is on McPhail Road, off

Seventh Street Road.

July Fourth

Newgate Community Church will host its annual fireworks party Saturday evening.

Everyone is invited to watch the fire-works from the Newgate location.

Children’s activities will include inflat-able bouncers and sidewalk chalk draw-ings. The church will give freeze pops, hot dogs and bottled water.

The fun begins at 7 p.m. For informa-tion, call the church at (910) 739-3145.

The Antioch Baptist Church fam-ily invites the community to “There is Freedom Here,” a patriotic musical celebration of our nation’s Christian heritage.

The celebration will be at 6 p.m. Sunday in the church’s worship center. Featured on the program will be: The Celebration Choir, Voices of Praise, soloists, and the Lumber River Brass Quintet.

There will be special recognition of the United States Armed Forces veter-ans and service men and women.

Antioch Baptist is at 5089 Old Whiteville Road, Lumberton.

Youth

Laurel Hill First Baptist Church will host “Jesus And Me, Annual Youth JAM” on July 9.

The event will be on the church grounds, and will be from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

There will be games, prizes, food, fun and a talent show with a cash prize.

Vendors are welcome, and may reg-ister for a small fee.

For information, call Minister Cheralyn Webber, (910) 217-5857, or Karen Cotton, (910) 373-3136.

Special services

Words of Life Worship Center, St. Pauls, invites everyone to Joy Night ser-vices held every Friday evening at 7:30.

Evangelist Terry Mitchell of Laurel Hill will be tonight’s speaker.

The church is at the corner of U.S.

301 South and Decker Road.For information, call (910) 674-9665

or (910) 843-2435.

VBS

Registration will be July 10 for Vacation Bible School at Singletary Baptist Church. Registration and an ice cream social will begin at 6 p.m.

Classes will be July 11-15, and will be for children and adults. Supper begins at 6 p.m. and classes will be from 6:30 until 8:30.

Graduation will be at 7 p.m. on July 15.

Ten Mile Baptist Church will have Vacation Bible School July 24-29 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Bible school is for all ages, including adults.

The church is at 5176 Barker Ten Mile Road, Lumberton.

Meetings

Ronnie McBrayer, an author and weekly religion columnist for the Bladen Journal and Red Springs Citizen, will be the keynote speaker in the July 23 meet-ing of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship in America, Robeson County Chapter.

The quarterly meeting will be at the Village Station. The buffet meal is free

for first-time visitors, and $10 for all oth-ers.

Anniversary

A missionary anniversary program

will be July 10 at Greater New Bethel

Missionary Baptist Church. The ser-

vice will begin at 11 a.m., and Romauni

Qualls will be the speaker.

Special music will be performed by the

New Bethel Young Believers Choir.

Everyone is invited. Greater New

Bethel is at 172 Plainview Drive,

Lumberton.

Conference

Ebenezer Baptist Church will host its third annual Women’s Conference on July 9. Praise and worship begin at 10:45 a.m. and the conference starts at 11.

The conference theme is “Walk Into Your Destiny.”

Speakers will be: Erica Gaddy of Fairmont, Dion Terry of Burlington, Jessica Edwards of Lumberton, Sabreen Mutawally of Greensboro and Myra Blue McCullough of Raleigh.

Everyone is asked to bring their ten-nis shoes.

For information, call Virginia Ford, (910) 628-9723.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Greenville Baptist Church hosted an ‘Achievement Day’ program recently to honor students. Lumberton Police Chief Michael McNeill and Belva McDowell presented a certificates and gifts to each student. Students and adults par-ticipating in the event were Ann Billups, front row left, Stephen Love, Stefan Murphy, Amma Lewis, Kim McCormick, Jeremy Cox, and Alicia Graham; and Herbert White, back row left, the Rev. Jerome Billups, the Rev. Gregory Love, DeAndre Jones, Wiley Hill, Michael McCormick, Winfred Cox, and Chief McNeill.

Achievement Day

LITHIA, Fla. (MCT) — When life hand-ed Billy Allen piles of lumber, he decided to transform the 2 1/2 -acre property he shares with Linda, his wife of 46 years.

“A couple of guys from the Southern Pine (Timber Products) sawmill started bringing lumber they didn’t use,” Allen said. “A lot of people today are too sorry to get out and work, so I decided to do something with it.”

Allen recently completed work on, among other projects, a cracker house and a building he has dubbed the Cracker Church of Lithia on his property at 19007 Dorman Road.

“Building an old-fashioned church is something he really wanted to do, and that was really the only place he could put it,” Linda said. “He sees it as an educational thing. He’s showing his friends and some of the people he knows about the past.”

Allen, 66, is aware of the negative connotation the word “cracker” carries. Instead, he sees the word as a reference to rural, early settlers in Florida who were also incredibly self-sufficient.

“I was raised in a poor house,” said Allen, who grew up down the street from his current home on Dorman Road. “When I was growing up, I watched a lot of Western movies, and this is a tribute to how I grew up.”

Allen began work on the cracker house in October and completed it in about 12 weeks. Since that time, he has filled the house with antique furniture and appli-ances, some donated by friends and others purchased by Allen, including a refrigera-tor and a stove from the 1920s.

After that, he built himself a smoke-house and a meal house, where he makes his own grits.

“I would go off to work, come back and a little more of it would be done each time,” Linda said.

Although he suffered a broken foot and a couple of broken nails for his trouble, Allen’s real pride is the 400-square-foot church he finished building in early June.

“We were raised at church. I remember my mom carrying us there three times a week,” said Allen, who was one of eight children. “Now, I can go out there, get down and pray anytime I want to.

“I’m getting to the age where I don’t want to go anywhere.”

Though the church is on his property -- where he and Linda have lived for six years -- Allen insists the church will wel-come people beyond his friends and fam-ily members.

“Doesn’t matter what you believe in, the door’s always open for anyone who wants to come and pray,” he said.

The retired refrigeration mechanic -- who worked for U-Save Supermarkets for 30 years -- allowed himself one mod-ern touch in each of his buildings: air conditioning.

He plans to have an official open-ing for the church in October, but said people are welcome to stop by and check out the church.

“I drove every nail on it, and I put a lot of blood and sweat into this,” Allen said. “But I’ve really enjoyed it.”

(c) 2011, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

Man opens doors to church in his front yard

Billy Allen said he was raised at church, and now he has built one in his Florida front yard.

s soon as the account of tri-umph over Jericho ends,

God’s Word tells us about defeat for Joshua and Israel.Joshua 7:1 begins with: “But the children of Israel committed a tres-pass in the accursed thing.” The Lord made it clear to His people that they were not to take any of the spoils from Jericho. Scripture refers to the forbidden spoils as “the accursed thing.” The accursed thing is treasure that God commanded to be taken to the taber-nacle.

There are a couple of important points about the sixth chapter we ought to consider. First, the treasure was the Lord’s because He gave them victory over Jericho. Delivering the treasure to the Lord was a valuable reminder of this lesson.

Secondly, everyone in Jericho, with the excep-tion of Rahab and her family, died in the city’s fall. The reason for this seems to have been that the Lord used this to strike terror in the hearts of people Israel would face in the future.

In Joshua 7, we are told that Achan violated God’s order and took some of the treasure for himself. In effect, Achan stole from the Lord and brought trouble to the people of Israel.

Joshua, of course, was unaware of Achan’s dis-obedience. He prepared to go up against the city of Ai and he sent men to look over the situation and report back to him. The men told Joshua there were so few people in Ai that he need not trouble all of Israel’s war-riors by sending every man into battle.

Joshua sent about 3,000 men into battle, and Ai’s soldiers turned them back, killing 36 of Israel’s men. “The hearts of the people melted, and became as water” when they were defeated.

Joshua and the elders of Israel fell on their faces in prayer before the Lord. Why, Joshua asked, had the Lord brought them to this place of defeat? Now, the enemy would hear and Israel would surely suffer because of the defeat at Ai.

The Lord told Joshua that He would not be with Israel until the mat-ter of the stolen items was settled, and through a process of drawing lots, it was discovered that Achan had taken a royal robe, silver and gold.

Joshua sent men to recover the items, bur-ied under Achan’s tent. Achan, everything he owned, the items he stole, and his family were destroyed.

People too often act as if sin has no conse-quences. God proves, however, the He deals with sins. Achan, like so many people today, wrongly believed that he could hide his sins.

“Be sure your sin will find you out.” (Numbers 32:23)

n The Sunday school lesson is written by Ed Wilcox, pastor of Centerville Baptist Church. edwilcox@nc.rr.com

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CHURCHESBasic Training Center Church

120 Oakdale Church Rd. Fairmont -

B2D-A4D0

Berea Baptist Church

120 Odom St. Pembroke -

A21-4BB1

Breath Of Life

1EDA Roberts Fv. Lumberton

B1D-E2BA

Church Of Cod Of Prophency

Lumberton

C3D-20A2

Church of Cod Parsonage

EB Dresden Fv. Lumberton

C3D-220B

Church of The Living Cod Column

And Pillar of The Truth The Light

of the World

140A Carthage Road, Lumberton NC

B0D-20EA

Cornerstone Assembly of Cod

EA0 Linkhaw Rd. Lumberton

C3E-C0E0

Divine Refuge Ministries

E0D Hardin Rd. Lumberton

2C2-003E

Dogwood Baptist Church

Iona Church Rd. Rowland

422-D1D0

Aast Lumberton Church of Cod

100 Dresden Fve. Lumberton

C3E-33EC

Baith Temple Doliness Church

1202 N Pine St. Lumberton

C3E-E0D2

Birst Baptist Church

41B S Main St. Fairmont

B2D--0B2B

Birst New Testament Church

A13 E 20th St. Lumberton

Birst Orrum Missionary Baptist Church

1D011 NC 130 Hwy E.

Orrum B2D-B224

Bive Borks Baptist Church

1DD0 NC E04 Hwy Fairmont

B2D-1EBB

Bountain of Deliverance

24C0 E. Ath St. Lumberton

C3E-D20BCreater New Bethel MissionaryBaptist Church

1C2 Plainview Dr. Lumberton

BC1-EAAD

Dorace Crove Baptist Church

11001 Old C4 Evergreen

BC1-E1EC

Douse of Foy

104 Trinity St. Fairmont

B2D-D1DD

Living Waters Ministry

130D Linkhaw Rd. Lumberton

C3D-D00C

Long Branch Baptist Church

DDCD NC C2 Hwy. E Lumberton

C3E-BBE0

Mission Church

142 Mission Church Rd. Pembroke

A22-001E

Morning Star Community Church

C02 Dunn Rd. Lumberton

BC1-0B0C

Native American Enterfaith Ministry

4A0 Prospect Rd. Pembroke

A22-0E00

New Ceneration Ministry

103 N Grace St. Lumberton

C3E-D4DENew Ferusalem Enterdenomina-tional Ministries Enc.

C0D E 1st St. Lumberton

B0D-00A3New Light Apostolic Church ofFesus Christ

1E Fllen St. Lumberton C3E-144D

New Zion UMC

US C4 Hwy Pembroke A21-03DC

Riverside Church of Cod

D Taylor St. Lumberton

C3E-1240

Saddletree Church of Cod

1A0D Rennert Rd. Lumberton

C3E-31AD

St. Mary Doliness Church

BE Chambers St. Lumberton

C3E-2DDA

Sandy Crove Baptist Church of

Lumberton

1B00 Fairmont Rd. Lumberton

C3E-C202

Tabernacle of Praise & Worship

440E Pine Log Rd. Lumberton

BC4-4BD0

Victory in Christ Ministry

E03 E 2nd St. Lumberton

B0D-4002

Zions Tabernacle Church

34EB Tar Heel Rd. Lumberton

B1D-E41C

AMEMcCormick Chapel AMA

21A Main Street Lumberton

C3E-04B1

Mt. Pleasant AMA Church

E21 Echo Rd. Rowland

422-E3CA

St. Matthew AMA Church

B Ellison Rd. Rowland

422-DA00

Saint Paul AMA Church

31BE Oakdale Church Rd. Fairmont

B2D-EBD3

Turners Station AMA Church

Marietta Frea Fairmont

B2D-E224

AME - ZIONChrysolite AMA Zion Church

130C Meadow Rd. Lumberton

BC1-DDC4

Providence AMA Zion Church

2CE Purvis Rd. Rowland

422-EC3D

APOSTOLICBorn Again Church Ceneral Office

320 S Main St. Fairmont

B2D-1234

Birst Apostolic Church

Hwy 11AC Pembroke

A21-DDD0

Douse of Prayer

200C Oakwood Fv. Lumberton

C3D-B3B3

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

Birst Assembly of Cod Church

3201 W Ath St. Lumberton

C3D-2E11

Darvest Church of The

Assemblies of Cod

AE32 US 301 Hwy S Rowland

422-E00E

Pembroke Assembly of Cod

E0 Jaycee Hut Rd. Pembroke

A21-E100

Redeemed Assembly Enternational

Church

42D2 NC Hwy 211 W Lumberton

B0D-0230

BAPTIST

Aaron Swamp Baptist Church

3DA4 Iona Church Rd. Fairmont

422-D0D2

Antioch Baptist Church

2233 State Road Orrum

B2D-EBA0

Baker's Chapel Baptist Church

AD1 Old Baker Rd Maxton

A21-2A42

Barnesville Baptist Church

Waddell Rd. Orrum

B2D-CB0B

Bear Swamp Baptist Church

1E4D St. Fnna Rd. Pembroke

A21-EAE3

Benson Chapel Baptist Church

2C0 Benson Chapel Rd.

422-E300

Bethel Baptist Church

BAC3 NC 41 Hwy N Lumberton

BC1-DB11

Bethel Dill Baptist Church

2BB0 Shannon Rd. Lumberton

C3D-AAC0

Broad Ridge Baptist Church

E4E N Broadridge Rd. Orrum

C3D-AA14

Burnt Swamp Baptist Church

Rt. 4 Lumberton

C3E-00DA

Cedar Crove Baptist Church

33C3 Seventh Street Rd. Lumberton

C3E-003B

Cedar Crove Baptist Church

of Bairmont

410 S Morro St. Fairmont | B2D-DCC0

Clybornville Baptist Church

1E41 Carthage Rd. | C3E-B023

Aast Lumberton Baptist Church

201 Old Whiteville Rd. Lumberton

C3E-33AD

Alrod Baptist Church

A3D McRae Rd. Rowland | 422-D201

Baith Baptist Church

1BBC NC C10 Hwy S | A22-00E0

Baith of Calvary Baptist Church

3ED0 West Carthage Rd. Lumberton

C3E-1244

Birst Baptist Church

B0B N Walnut St Lumberton

C3E-433B

Birst Baptist Church

301 N Main St. Fairmont B2D-BD44

Birst Baptist Church

A04 W 2nd St. Lumberton

C3E-3E3E

Breedom Baptist Church

4020 W McDuffie Crossing Rd.

Lumberton | BC1-01A3

Briendship Missionary Baptist

Church

21C3 Prospect Rd. Pembroke

A21-EA1B

Codwin Deights Baptist Church

C04 Godwin Fve. Lumberton

C3E-CAC4

Creenville Baptist Church

Greenville Church Rd. Lumberton

C3E-203B

Darpers Berry Baptist Church

1A4E Harper's Ferry | A21-4412

Dilly Branch Baptist Church

1411 301 S Lumberton | C3D-23B4

Dog Swamp Baptist Church

Wire Grass Rd. Lumberton

C3D-444D

Doly Swamp Baptist Church

NC C2 Hwy Lumberton | BC1-4B0C

Dyde Park Baptist Church

301 Roberts Fve. Lumberton

C3E-4CD0

Esland Crove Baptist Church

John C Oxendine Rd. Pembroke

A21-E4C0

Fonesville Baptist Church

32C Mill Branch Road Fairmont

B2D-AABB

Living Water Baptist Church

1A4D Midway Rd. Maxton

A22-C3EC

Mill Branch Baptist Church

10310 NC 130 Byp Fairmont

B2D-E14B

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Rennert Rd. Lumberton

C3D-30E3

Mount Olive Baptist Church

14CB Mt. Olive Church Rd. Lumberton

C3D-13ED

Mount Tabor Baptist Church

30A Elm St. 422-4100

New Point Baptist Church

3410 S Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.

C3E-DB2D

North Lumberton Baptist Church

1E01 Carthage Rd. Lumberton

C3D-ACB2

Oak Crove Baptist Church

BE01 N Chicken Rd. Lumberton

C3D-ADDD

Oakton Baptist Church

203 Oakton Church Rd. Fairmont

B2D-1222

Parkton Baptist Church

10D E. David Parnell Street Parkton

DAD-33AA

Pleasant Dill Baptist Church

2A1A Tar Heel Rd. Lumberton

C3E-23CA

Pleasant Meadow Baptist Church10CA Pleasant Meadow Rd. Lumberton

C3D-DD12

Pleasant View Baptist Church

Hwy 130 West B2D-B4E0

Raft Swamp Baptist Church

Old Red Springs Rd. Lumberton

C3D-2CD4

Reedy Branch Baptist Church

304C E McDonald Rd. Fairmont

B2D-E11C

Rock Dill Baptist Church

3BED Pine Log Rd Lumberton

C3E-03B0

Rose Dill Baptist Church

3D1A NC 130 Hwy E

422-ECCB

Sand Dill Baptist Church

Pope's Crossing Rd.

C3E-AC4D

Singletary Baptist Church

40B1 Singletary Church Rd.

Lumberton

C3D-4BCE

Smyrna Baptist Church

Hwy 211-E

C3D-D44D

Spencer Chapel Baptist Church

B0D Stafford Street Fairmont

B2D-B24E

Spring Branch Baptist Church

Ftkinson Rd. Fairmont

B2D-AE41

Star of Bethlehem Church

C0C Cole St Ext

B2D-BAC4

Stoney Crove Baptist Church

3E1 Wilton Dr. Lumberton

BC1-EA00

Tabrnacle Baptist Church

1BEA Hardin Rd. Lumberton

C3D-2AB0

Tabernacle Baptist Church

NC C11 Hwy Lumberton | C3D-BEE2

Ten Mile Baptist Church

A1CB Barker Ten Mile Rd. Lumberton

C3D-B014

Ten Mile Center Baptist Church

Rt D Lumberton | C3E-BB23

Union Baptist Church

DDEA Elizabethown Rd Lumberton

B1D-0BAD

West And Baptist Church

West Dr. Lumberton | C3E-EE01

West Lumberton Baptist Church

2320 W Ath St. Lumberton

C3D-2D3D

White Dill Baptist Church

US C4 Hwy Pembroke | A21-DBAE

Word of Truth

32E3 Pine Log Rd. Lumberton

BC1-4E11

Zion Dill Baptist Church

12DD3 NC 41 Hwy | C3D-2E2C

BAPTIST-FREE WILLBarnesville Breewill Baptist Church

233A S Creek Rd. Orrum

B2D-AB31

Aastside Bree Will Baptist Church

2BE1 Dallas Rd. Lumberton

C3D-A34C

A. Lumberton Bree Will Baptist

101 Hollywood Dr. East Lumberton

Bairpoint Bree Will Baptist Church

1DB2 Marion Stage Rd. Fairmont

B2D-A040

Creenpine Breewill Baptist Church

Philadelphus Rd. Pembroke

A21-0C1A

METHODISTBeauty Spot United Methodist Ch.

SR 11CE Rowland | 422-3DE3

Dopewell Methodist Church

3A12 Union School Rd Rowland

A21-1220

New Bethel Methodist Church

33EB Iona Church Rd. Fairmont

422-DDCE

New Dope United Methodist

Church

210 S Martin Luther King St. Rowland

422-3434

New Prospect Methodist Church

43AE NC C10 Hwy N Pembroke

A21-31BC

Riverside Memorial Methodist

Church

ABC4 US C4 Hwy W Rowland

A21-B00C

Saint Fohns AMA Church

C00 Leesville Rd. Fairmont

B2D-EA3E

Union Chapel Methodist Church

Eureka Rd Pembroke

A21-E0D4

METHODIST-UNITEDAsbury United Methodist Church

11D Orange St. Lumberton

C3D-D4C1Ashpole Center United MethodistChurch

323A South Robeson Rd Rowland

422-31BB

Bethesda United Methodist Church

4413 Leggett Rd Fairmont

B2D-CDAD

Branch Street United MethodistChurch

Case St Lumberton

C3D-BB3D

Chestnut Street United Methodist

Church

200 E Dth St Lumberton

C3E-3304

Birst United Methodist Church

101 Breece St Pembroke

A21-D1EC

Mount Olive Methodist Church

403 Elizabethtown Rd Lumberton

C3D-CB00

New Philadelphia United

Methodist Church

C02D NC C10 Hwy N. Red Springs

D43-10A3

Prospect United Methodist Church

3E2E Missouri Rd Maxton

Robertson Community Ministries

B00 W Ath St Lumberton

Rockingham District Native

American Co-Op Ministry

2C0D Union School Rd. Rowland

A22-0BC0

Rowland United Methodist Church

Ofc Church St Rowland

422-3414

Sandy Plains United Methodist

Church

24BD Union Chapel Rd Pembroke

A21-DB00

St. Fames United Methodist Church

20C N.Jones St.Pembroke | 2E1-EDC2

Trinity United Methodist Church

30C Trinity St Fairmont

B2D-C42C

West Robeson United Methodist

Church

10EEE US C4 Hwy W

A21-3D3A

NON-DENOMINATIONALAll Nations Church

Prospect Rd Maxton

A21-4400

Anointed Believers Ministries

E00 S MLKJ Dr. Lumberton

C3A-1133

Christian Baith Center

of Lumberton

1203 Lovette Rd Lumberton

BC1-1DDE

Cornerstone Bree Will Church

12C Freewill Ln Lumberton

A21-0AD0

Omega Christian Center

33AB Regan Church Rd Lumberton

4C4-320A

PRESBYTERIANAshpole Presbyterian Church

1E2 Fshpole Church Rd. Rowland

422-D0DA

Bethany Presbyterian Church

C00 E. Elizabethtown Rd. Lumberton

C3E-33AE

Birst Presbyterian Church

100B N. Elm St. Lumberton

C3E-CAD1

Birst Presbyterian Church

B0B Church St. Fairmont | B2D-BBB0

Mount Pelier Presbyterian Church

43DE NC 130 Hwy W. Rowland

422-D22B

Rowland Presbyterian Church

Main St. Rowland

422-30D4

Bairmont Northside Church of Cod

1331 Marion Stage Rd. Fairmont

B2D-00EE

Life Line Church of Cod

DC1 South 41 Highway, Lumberton,

A24-10B3

Oakdale Church of Cod

Rowland-Fair Bluff Rd. Fairmont

B2D-AADD

Pembroke Church of Cod

A1B Breece St Pembroke | A21-3323

Saddletree Church of Cod

1A0D Rennert Rd. Lumberton

C3E-31AD

Smith Chapel Bible Church of Cod

3D0 W Ath St. Lumberton

BC1-0E4C

CONGREGATIONAL HOLINESSPotters Douse Church

23E4 NC E04 Hwy Fairmont

B2D-DB00

COVENANTRainbow Covenant

BA3B NC C0 Hwy S Rowland

422-DEDE

EPISCOPALTrinity Apiscopal Church

1202 N Chestnut St Lumberton

C3E-3C1C

HOLINESSCromartie Temple Assembly Blding

CC4 Reva Rd Fairmont

B2D-1C10

Cromartie Temple of Praise

10C Lessane St. Lumberton

C3D-1CA1

Avergreen Doliness Church

32EA Oakgrove Chrc. Rd. Lumberton

A21-1D00

Baith Lighthouse Church

E2A Purvis Rd. Rowland

422-D222

Bloyd's Temple Number One

2E4B Regan Church Rd

BC1-03BB

Bresh Manna Bull Cospel

Doliness Church

211 N. Patterson St. Maxton

D44-2B41

Bull Cospel Doliness Church

4020 W McDuffie Crossing Rd Lumberton

C3D-3C2A

Creater Digher Crounds P.D.C.

320-F East 24th Lumberton

C3E-BAED | B1D-C0CC

Creater Dighway Church of Christ

132 Washington Rd. Fairmont

B2D-B030

Liberty Doliness Church

130 Greenview Dr. Lumberton

C3D-2C10

Mt Sinai Doliness Church

10B Page St Lumberton

C3D-A41B

New Zion Doliness Church

104 Linda's Dr. Fairmont | B2D-0DA0

Oak Crove Doliness Church

Union Chapel Frea Pembroke

A21-2BE2

Trinity Doliness Church

4BA0 Fayetteville Rd Lumberton

C3D-D0A0

West Lumberton Doliness Church

102C Odum Road Rd Lumberton

INDEPENDENTAnnease Dr. Praise & Worship Cntr

4E2 Fnnease Dr. Fairmont | 41B-1DC3

Northside Endependent Church

3CD Circle Dr. Lumberton | C3E-2DD4

INTERDENOMINATIONALBaith Community Christian Center

1220 Flamac Rd Lumberton

C3D-30C0

INTERNATIONAL PENTECOSTAL HOLINESSSt Peter's Church

40B W Cherry St Rowland | 422-0440

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSESFehovah's Witnesses Bairmont

Congregation

AE3E NC 130 Hwy E Fairmont

B2D-0DCD

Kingdom Dall of Fehovah's

Witnesses

E1D Piney Grove Rd Lumberton

C3E-ECA4

LATTER DAY SAINTSChurch of Fesus Christ of

Later Day Saints

100E Old Main Rd Pembroke

A21-2A11

Church of Fesus Christ of

Latter Day Saints

Lumberton Branch

4A0 Liberty Hill Rd Lumberton

C3D-34B1

LUTHERANSt Mark's Lutheran Church

202 W 24th St. Lumberton

C3E-232E

Mt. Zion Bree Will Baptist Church

1E4 Progressive Farm Rd. Fairmont

B2D-EEE4

St. Anna Bree Will Baptist Church

1BB2 St. Fnna Rd. Pembroke

A21-0B0A

BAPTIST- INDEPENDENTCalvary Way Endependent Baptist

30C S Jones St. Pembroke

A21-4114

Country Bible Baptist Church

NC 211 Hwy Lumberton

C3E-D224

Purvis Endependent Baptist Church

2EAD Purvis Rd. Rowland

422-EAAA

BAPTIST- MISSIONARYDeep Branch Baptist Church

40D2 Deep Branch Rd. Lumberton

C3E-BACA

Alizabeth Deights Baptist Church

231A Collins St. Lumberton

C3E-11A1

Lumber River Missionary Association

1AA Plainview Dr. Lumberton

C3E-CD2C

New Dope Missionary

Baptist Church

Leggett Rd. Fairmont

B2D-A02A

New St. Marks Missionary Baptist Church

11BD Persimmon Rd. Rowland

422-3B33

BAPTIST-SOUTHERNAntioch Baptist Church

A0DE Old Whiteville Rd. | C3E-E42A

Baltimore Baptist Church

1C1 Baltimore Church Rd. Fairmont

B2D-E3EA

Centerville Baptist Church

342D NC 41 Hwy S Lumberton

C3D-2CC3

Birst Baptist Church

B0B N Walnut St. Lumberton

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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — World War II shipwrecks off North Carolina and Civil War shipwrecks in Virginia are being analyzed with sonar technology so sophisticated that the public could one day view near photographic images in detail even better than diving at some of the sites could provide.

Federal researchers are using sonars to gath-er data that will result in vivid, three-dimension-al images of the ship-wrecks that will likely end up online, in muse-ums and as part of other programs designed to promote American mar-itime heritage.

“Not everybody dives, and so that’s why we embrace technologies like this that are cutting edge, cost effective and give you a three-dimen-sional sense of that ship on the bottom,” said

James Delgado, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric A d m i n i s t r a t i o n ’ s Maritime Heritage Program. “The kinds of imagery — it’s almost photographic.”

Shipwrecks are often popular dive sites, but obtaining detailed imag-es of the ships would allow the public to view them without risk of damaging them and also help scientists deter-mine the condition the ships are in as they try to develop better ways to preserve them. The technology also allows the public to view ship-wrecks in waters that aren’t very clear.

On Tuesday, researchers headed to North Carolina’s Outer Banks to begin creating images of ships sunk in 1942 during the Battle of Atlantic.

On July 14, 1942, a merchant convoy of 19

ships and ive military escorts left the Hampton Roads area of Virginia en route to Key West, Fla., to deliver cargo to aid the war effort. A German submarine attacked Convoy KS-520 the next day off Cape Hatteras, and the U-boat was sunk by depth charges dropped by U.S. Navy aircraft.

“These are sites that are miles out into the sea and so unless you’re a diver you’re likely not to going to be aware of them even. Many people may not know that there were U-boats off the coast of North Carolina during World War II that created a number of casualties,” said Alexis Catsambis, an underwa-ter archaeologist for the U.S. Navy.

Researchers have already identified potential shipwrecks from that battle and the 3-D mapping will help

them determine exactly what they’re looking at.

“There’s 400 years of ships sunken off the coast here, so it could be anything. You never know what you’re going to get,” said Joseph Hoyt, maritime archaeologist for the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.

Eventually, research-ers hope to develop 3-D video of individual Battle of the Atlantic shipwrecks.

NOAA researchers used the sonar to map the Civil War ship-wrecks USS Cumberland and CSS Florida in the murky waters of the James River near Newport News on Monday. The ships are being researched to identify the best way to protect them as the nation commemorates the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War.

The USS Cumberland

was sunk on March 8, 1862, during the Battle of Hampton Roads. The ship was part of the U.S. Navy’s North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and was sunk after being rammed by the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, which was formerly the USS Merrimack. More than 120 men died.

“In terms of the guys who died in the Cumberland that day, not only are they heroes, but they’re sons and fathers and grandsons and nephews and they left families who are still with us today and their stories resonate,” Delgado said.

The CSS Florida was a Confederate com-merce raider that had been captured by the U.S. Navy in Brazil. It was towed back to the U.S. and sank on Nov. 19, 1864, following a col-lision with a U.S. Navy

troop ferry. The ships are protected by federal law, but resources are limited. Researchers hope that by being able to better tell the ships’ stories with new visual-izations that they won’t be looted or damaged by divers or unknowing ishermen.

Gilbert StephensonLumberton

Gilbert Dorsey Stephenson, 85, of Lumberton, died on June 29, 2011, at Wesley Pines Retirement Center.

A memorial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian of Lumberton, Dr. Matt Rich ofi-ciating.

He was born in Nash County on Sept. 12, 1925, to the late Simon Gilmore and Sara Vick Stephenson. He formerly was president of Whitehead & Anderson Tobacco Company.

He was preceded in death by a son, Gilbert D. Stephenson Jr.; and two sisters, Joyce Rose and Jean Braswell.

Stephenson is survived by his beloved wife of 64 years, Chris W. Stephenson of the home; two sons, Bill Stephenson of Greenville, S.C., and David Stephenson and wife Lyn, both of Cary; two daughters, Anne S. Branch and husband Carroll, both of Lumberton, and Amy S. Fleishman and husband Ken, both of Potomac, Md.; a daughter-in-law, Linda Stephenson of Charlotte; a sister, Suzanne Armstrong of Norfolk, Va.; seven grand-children, Matt McLean, Lou Stephenson, Ashley Ausman, Gilbert D. Stephenson III (Bret), Sara Fleishman, Rebecca Fleishman and Katherine Stephenson; and six great-grandchildren.

The visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. today at Floyd Mortuary & Crematory Inc., 809 E. Fifth St., Lumberton.

Memorials may be sent to First Presbyterian Church of Lumberton, 1006 N. Elm St., Lumberton, N.C., 28358.

Online condolences may be made at www.loyd-mortuary.net.

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James LeonardPembroke

James Olin Leonard, 84, of Pembroke, was born Sept., 23, 1926, and departed this life on June 28, 2011, at the Agape Senior Rehabilitation, Nursing and Hospice in Conway, S.C.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Halifax United Methodist Church, the Revs. Terry Hunt and Steve Formo oficiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Leonard served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946. He married the former Jeanene Locklear on April 20, 1957, and was married for 54 years. To this union came three children, Kaulua Jeanelia Leonard Edwards and her husband Mark, of Kill Devil Hills, James Joburn Leonard and his wife, Teresa, of Bloomington, Ind., and Jamee Jo-Lynda Leonard Dickens and her husband Mark, of Winterville.

Leonard enjoyed and truly loved his children, but later acquired a greater love through his grandchildren. He was blessed to have seven wonderful grandchildren, Gary Dean Carroll Jr., who preceded him in death, Daniel Zane Carroll, and his wife Christina, Clarissa Edwards, Brittany Edwards, Stephen Edwards Jr., Brinley Dickens and Rylan Dickens. He was also blessed to have two great-grandchildren, Lucas Salfemoser and Chloe Carroll.

Leonard was a man of deep compassion, Christian love and devotion for his children, grand-children, family and friends. His life was a source of inspiration and blessing to his family and those who really knew him. He touched the lives of many as a father, educator and school principal. He inluenced the learning and lives of those he raised and the students he taught. The lessons he taught will be long remembered and highly valued by all whose lives he touched. He believed Jesus Christ to be his personal savior and was a member of the Halifax United Methodist Church in Halifax. He attended First United Methodist Church in Pembroke.

Askew Funeral & Cremation Services in Roanoke Rapids is handling the arrangements, where online condolences may be made to the family at www.askewfs.com.

The lag in front of the funeral home lies at half-staff in honor of Mr. Leonard’s service to his country.

The Lord’s PrayerOur Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be

thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

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Denita HarrisOrrum

Denita Harris, 41, of 221 Salvation Road, died June 27, 2011, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Worley Mortuary Chapel, Apostle Ruth Byrd ofi-ciating. Burial will follow at Hills Chapel Church Cemetery in Duford, S.C.

Surviving are a son, Joseph Harris of Orrum; three daughters, Carolyn Harris, Brittany Harris, and Evelyn Harris, all of Orrum; her parents, David Green and Carolyn Green, both of Orrum; three brothers, Isaiah Green of Orrrum, David Green Jr. of Pryor, Okla., and Jonathan Green of Columbia S.C; four sisters, Otiene Sande of Fairmont, DeNang Green of Orrum, Mary Green of Winnsboro S.C., and Andrea Green Thompson of Orrum.

The visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. today at Worley Mortuary and other times at the home.

Ronnie LocklearRed Springs

Ronnie P. Locklear, 53, of 173 Lulu Drive, died June 29, 2011, at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.

A memorial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Crumpler Funeral Home Chapel.

Surviving are two daughters, Tracy L. Surles of Woodford, Va., and Jessica L. Locklear of Fredericksburg, Va.; two sons, David P. Jacobs of Lumberton and Brandon Jones of Fredericksburg, Va.; his mother, Ruth Locklear of Red Springs; three brothers, Larry Locklear Jr., Bobby J. Locklear, and Clifton Locklear, all of Red Springs; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

The visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday at Crumpler Funeral Home.

Sarah MasseyWagram

Sarah Massey, 90, of 24020 Nazareth Church Road in Wagram,died June 29, 2011, at Morrison Manor in Laurinburg.

The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Unionville Baptist Church in Laurinburg, the Rev. Alfred Dudley oficiating. Burial will follow at Matthews-Springbranch Cemetery in Wagram.

Surviving are three sons, Hyder Massey Jr., Harvey Massey, and Samuel Massey, all of Wagram; three sisters, Hattie Harrington, Olivia McKoy and Annie Gales, all of Wagram; 11 grand-children; and 15 great-grandchildren.

The visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. on Saturday at McPhatter Funeral Home in Laurel Hill.

Charles HinesLaurinburg

Charles Hines, 77, of 414 Alpha St., died June 24, 2011, at Edwin Morgan Center in Laurinburg.

The funeral will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Galilee UMC in Laurinburg, the Rev. Dr. Jesse Brunson oficiating. Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Laurinburg.

Surviving are four sons, James Douglas of Norfolk, Va., Jerry Campbell of Laurinburg, Jackie Hines and Bernard Douglas, both of Greensboro; two daughters, Latisha Johnson of Laurinburg and Deloris Dixon of East Orange, N.J.; a brother, Grady Hines of Laurinburg; a sister, Elizabeth Perry of Laurinburg; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Arrangements by McPhatter Funeral Home in Laurel Hill.

Beatrice EatonRaeford

Beatrice Eaton, 74, of 254 S. Horace Walter Road, died June 29, 2011, at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.

The funeral will be 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Unionville Baptist Church in Laurinburg, the Rev. Alfred Dudley oficiating. Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Laurinburg.

Surviving are her husband, Leon Eaton of Raeford; a son, Steven Eaton of Laurinburg; a grandson; a daughter, Robin Eaton of New York City.; two brothers, Fenzo Allen of Laurinburg and Reynolds Allen of Richmond, Va.; two sisters, Mary Rogers of Laurinburg and Alma Kingsberry of Richmond; and two great-grandchildren.

Lucille WashingtonChadbourn

Lucille Stewart Washington, 44, of 130 Princess Lane, died June 23, 2011, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville.

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at S&L Funeral Home Chapel in Fair Bluff, Bishop Rudolph Powell oficiating.

Surviving are her father, Louis Stewart; step-father, Gaythaniel Powell; her mother, Glenda Powell; stepmother, Viola Stewart; four brothers, Louis Stewart Jr., Isaiah Stewart, Charles Lewis, and Jonathan Stewart; and three sisters, Allison Lewis, Miranda Lewis, and Ashantia Lewis.

8A — THE ROBESONIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2011 www.robesonian.comOBITUARIES

IncompletesLonzell Kelly died on June 29, 2011, at Moore

Regional. Butler Funeral Home of Raeford.

Willie McCormick, 62, of 216 Front St. in Lumberton, died July 1, 2011, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. Hills Funeral Home.

David Oxendine, 59, of 62 Mt. Zion Road in Lumberton, died June 30, 2011, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. Revels Funeral Home of Pembroke.

Dustin Alan Ramsay, 18, of 183 Strickford Drive in Maxton, died on June 30, 2011, at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Thompson’s Funeral Home.

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Sadie Jones, 11 a.m. in the Jones’s family cemetery in Evergreen.

Gilbert Stephenson, 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian of Lumberton.

James Leonard, 2 p.m. at Halifax United Methodist Church.

Denita Harris, 11 a.m. at Worley Mortuary Chapel.

Ronnie Locklear, 2 p.m. at Crumpler Funeral Home Chapel.

Charles Hines, 3 p.m. at Galilee UMC in Laurinburg.

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The colorful commen-tator will begin streaming a daily two-hour show for paying customers on his own Internet network, GBTV, in September.

His inale was vintage Beck, a continued mono-logue walking among his signature chalkboards. He took some shots at critics, promised fealty to his fans, came close to tears but didn’t succumb and even poked some fun at his image.

“I’m the only host who is supposedly the most dangerous per-son in America because of my inluence and the least inluential person in America because my ratings are supposedly declining,” he said.

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His popularity faded,

although Beck still led his time slot. He was averag-ing 1.86 million viewers a day so far this year, down 23 percent from the same period in 2010, the Nielsen Co. said. An advertising boycott that began after Beck said Obama had a “deep-seated hatred for white people” led to more than 400 advertisers tell-ing Fox they didn’t want their commercials seen on his show.

Fox will air a John Stossel special on Friday and a week of Beck reruns before launching a summertime replace-ment series, “The Five.” It will include a rotating crew of Fox personalities like Andrew Napolitano,

Geraldo Rivera, Juan Williams, Monica Crowley and Eric Bolling debating issues of the day.

Beck’s relationship with Fox soured over control issues in the inal months, and both sides seemed happy his show was ending. Beck warmly thanked Fox News chief Roger Ailes on Thursday, saying he was the smart-est man he’ll ever work with.

But he seemed to urge critics not to underes-timate him as he moves forward.

“You will pray for the time when I was only on the air for one hour a day,” he said.

He chided frequent crit-

ic Jon Stewart of Comedy Central, who has done a wicked Beck imper-sonation on “The Daily Show.” Beck showed a picture of Stewart’s large writing staff and brought out his two writers as comparison.

He had a causal told-you-so: “Two years ago we said there were going to be problems in Greece. Nobody paid attention.”

“We tried to teach you things to help,” he said. “I’m a dad, too. I want my country to be around. What we have been try-ing to tell you lately, over the last year, is that you are the answer. We must have faith, hope and char-ity in our hearts.”

Dear Dr. Brothers: My girlfriend cheated on me — with a girl. I’m a guy, and she’d never been with a woman before. She said she was just curi-ous what it was like, and that she still loves me and will never do anything like that again. I always imag-ined that I could never forgive a girlfriend who cheated on me, but for some reason, because it was with a woman, this feels different. Am I crazy to forgive her and move on? Or is there really a differ-ence? — J.W.

Dear J.W.: Regardless of whether there’s really a dif-ference, lots of guys seem to be with you on this one. According to a study published in a recent issue of the journal Personality and Individual Differences, more than half of

men who were asked whether they’d excuse a girlfriend闇s inidelity if it was with a woman responded just like you — with forgiveness. On the other hand, fewer than a quarter of men said they’d forgive a girlfriend who cheated on them with another guy. What’s the difference for you and that 25 percent of men? It might have to do with jealousy, or even be geneti-cally programmed. Even if reproduction is the last thing on your

mind, your mind itself might be evolutionarily inclined to be more forgiving of a situa-tion that doesn’t allow another man to pos-sibly impregnate your potential mate.

It also could be that you ind the idea of same-sex encounters arousing, as many men do, and that’s clouding your judg-ment with respect to the reality of your situation. Whatever the difference, you should take a look at your relationship and try to igure out if your girlfriend was just act-ing out a one-time-only fantasy, or if this might signal deeper problems between the two of you. If she’s insistent that it will never hap-pen again, and you believe her, it might be best to give in to your forgiving nature and just move on.

Dear Dr. Brothers: With a miserable win-ter gone and summer here, my wife now thinks she has some-thing called seasonal affective disorder. After listening to her expla-nation, I was hard-pressed to see how this is a psychological disorder, and not just a normal response to a change in the weather. Everyone feels a little crummy when it starts getting dark at 4 in the afternoon. Is this really a major psychological problem? And if so, how can my wife ind out if she has it? — B.Y.

Dear B.Y.: Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is indeed a well-established condition. It’s more than simply feeling a little down during the winter. In fact, people with SAD are actually experiencing clinical

depression, just with a seasonal manifesta-tion. These people have normal mental health for most of the year, but every year when winter hits, they become depressed. Unsurprisingly, the prevalence of SAD varies from place to place in the U.S., but is estimated to be as high as nearly 10 percent in snowy, wintry locals like New Hampshire.

In your wife’s case, it may be true that she’s suffering from SAD. One of the major features of this disor-der is that the onset of the symptoms of depression occur at the same time every year and go away at the same time in the spring. SAD shares the characteristic symptoms of depres-sion, including anxiety, tiredness and sleeping

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PEMBROKE — Over the next few weeks, Robeson County will be the center of the youth baseball uni-verse with several tournaments in Pembroke.

One of the first will take place this weekend at Purnell Swett High School, when Babe Ruth 13-, 14- and 15-year-old teams take the field to battle for the District 1 crown.

“I hope we have a good turnout,” said tournament director Larry Harris. “I think they will be some pretty good baseball being played.”

The 15-year-olds open play at 6 p.m. today when the Lumber River East team from Pembroke and sur-rounding communities faces off against Lumberton’s Border Belt squad. The nightcap has Lumber River West taking on Post 50

out of Laurinburg.In the 14-year-old division, Border

Belt battles Post 50 at 10 a.m. Saturday. Lumber River will await the winner at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Meanwhile, the 13-year-olds will also begin their tournament on Saturday. Border Belt and Post 50 will kick things off at noon, with

Lumber River playing the winner at 8 p.m.

Lumberton High will host the 15-year-old state Babe Ruth tourna-ment on the weekend of July 15.

District commissioner Roger Brooks is excited about the tournament, but is troubled by the lack of teams partici-pating his weekend. The East North Carolina Babe Ruth Baseball web site lists 10 leagues within the district.

“A lot of the counties don’t do the Babe Ruth leagues,” Brooks said.

Baseball tourneys headline weekend

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Maria Sharapova whacked some serves long and blasted others straight into the net, and all too often she did it one after another.

It didn’t matter much, though, because the fifth-seeded Russian overcame 13 double-faults in a woeful serving display to reach her first Wimbledon final since 2004, beating German wild card Sabine Lisicki 6-4, 6-3 Thursday.

“From the beginning I didn’t quite serve well,” said Sharapova, who won the first of her three Grand Slam titles at the All England Club seven years ago. “I felt like I was just rush-ing things, my first serve. ... I didn’t really want to give her too many looks on second serves. I think maybe I overthought it too

much.”Sharapova has yet to drop a

set at this year’s tournament, and she’ll be the favorite on Saturday when she faces Petra Kvitova in the championship match. The eighth-seeded Kvitova advanced by beating Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 3-6, 6-2, hitting nine aces en route to her first major final.

In the men’s semifinals today, Novak Djokovic will be first up on Centre Court against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Defending

champion Rafael Nadal is then scheduled to face Andy Murray.

At 24, Sharapova was the oldest semifinalist at this year’s tournament — and her seven-year gap between Wimbledon finals is the longest in the Open era. That extra experience could be what pulled her through even though her serve let her down early.

After Lisicki held to open the match, Sharapova was broken at love. The first point of the game was a double-fault, and so was the last.

Down 3-0, Sharapova again double-faulted twice, with the second miscue giving Lisicki another break point.

Sharapova saved that, and the

Maria, Maria

NBA

NEW YORK (AP) — The memories of a thrill-ing NBA season might have to last for a while.

There’s no telling when basketball will be back.

The NBA locked out its players early Friday when its collective bargaining agreement expired, becoming the second major pro sport shut down by labor strife.

The players and owners remained far apart on just about every major issue, from salaries to the sal-ary cap, revenues to revenue sharing.

“We had a great year in terms of the appre-ciation of our fans for our game. It just wasn’t a profitable one for the owners, and it wasn’t one that many of the smaller market teams particularly enjoyed or felt included in,” Commissioner David Stern said. “The goal here has been to make the league profitable and to have a league where all 30 teams can compete.”

It is believed to be only the second time that two leagues have been shut down simultane-ously by labor problems.

In 1994, both the NHL and MLB were idle from October through the end of the year. The NHL locked out its players from October 1994 until mid-January 1995 and reduced the 1994-95 season from 84 games to 48. MLB endured a 232-day strike from August 12, 1994 until April 2, 1995, which led to the cancellation of the entire 1994 postseason and World Series.

Bargaining fails; lockout stalls NBA

“The goal here has been to make the league profitable and to have a league where all 30 teams can compete.”

— David Stern,NBA

Commissioner

PHOTO BY SHAWN STINSON

Lumberton’s Connor Bridgeman tags out Purnell Swett’s Tyler Maynor during an attempted steal of second.

Despite sloppy serves, Sharapova defeats Lisicki to reach irst inal in six years

PHOTO BY SHAWN STINSON

Lumberton starter Brian Phillips lim-ited Purnell Swett to two unearned runs in the first four innings.

SHAWN STINSON

SPORTS EDITOR

LUMBERTON — Both Lumberton and Purnell Swett loaded the bases with no outs in their half of the eighth inning. But only one was able to push a run across the plate.

Austin McNeil raced home with the game-winning run for the Pirates on a wild pitch to lift Lumberton to a 4-3 extra-inning victory over the Rams in a Central Carolinas Scholastic Summer League contest Thursday night.

McNeil started the eighth inning by drawing a walk off Purnell

Swett reliever Jordan Brooks, one of nine issued by Ram pitchers on the evening. Ben Floyd followed with another base on balls before Hunter Davis ripped a single to left to load the bases with no outs.

With Zach McCartney at bat, Brooks uncorked a wild pitch which bounced away from Earl Woods and rolled down the first base foul line allowing McNeil to score the deciding tally.

Lumberton coach Paul Hodges was surprised his squad was able to pull out the victory despite managing three hits off Purnell Swett pitching.

Pirates edge Rams on wild pitch

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Maria Sharapova returns a

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American wins crown

HOPE MILLS — The WestRobeson American teamknocked off West RobesonNational 10-1 to capture theDixie Youth District 9 coachpitch title Thursday night.

Rockets to have

alumni hoops game

FAIRMONT — The RobesonRockets will hold its alumnibasketball contest at 5:30 p.m.Saturday at Fairmont HighSchool.

Tickets costs $5 and the day'sevents will begin with the 12uteam taking on theBennettsville, S.C. AAU team,followed by the 14u and 16usquads taking the court beforethe alumni contest.

In addition there will be a 3-point and dunk contests.

S. Robeson to host

girls hoops camp

ROWLAND — SouthRobeson basketball coach LulaRatley will hold a girls basket-ball camp from July 13 to 15 atthe high school.

The camp will run from 8a.m. to 1 p.m. and the cost if$15.

For information, contactRatley at (910) 674-8337 or (910)521-9932.

Soccer camp

scheduled for LHS

LUMBERTON — The 10thannual Total Control SoccerCamp is slated for July 11 to 14at Lumberton High School.

The camp runs from 8:30a.m. to noon each day and thecost is $60. The registrationdeadline is July 6.

To information or to register,contact Kenny Simmons at (910)258-8620 orktcsimmons@yahoo.com.

LHS to have

tennis camps

LUMBERTON —Lumberton tennis coachKristine Broadwell will havetwo tennis camps for childrenages 7 to 17 at the high schoolnext month.

The first camp is scheduledfor July 11 to 14 and the secondcamp will be held the followingweek from July 18 to 21. Thecamps run from 9 a.m. to nooneach day and the cost is $75 perweek.

Participants will need tobring a tennis racket, snack andwater. For information, contactBroadwell at (910) 316-8192.

Swett sets Big ‘Mo’

golf tourney

PEMBROKE — PurnellSwett’s Big "Mo" GolfTournament benefitting theschool’s athletic booster club isscheduled for Aug. 6 atPinecrest Country Club.

The four-man captain’schoice tournament is $50 perplayer and includes a cateredlunch at 12:30 p.m. with a shot-gun start at 2 p.m. Hole spon-sorships are available for $100.

For more information or toregister, contact Swett footballcoach Mark Heil at (910) 818-9330.

Youth triathlon

slated for UNCP

PEMBROKE — This year'sTri-Warriors Youth Triathlon isscheduled for Aug. 27 on thecampus of The University ofNorth Carolina at Pembroke.

The event is open to children6 to 15 years of age and is limit-ed to the first 300 signups. Thecost is $25 in July and $30 inAugust.

For information, contactMike DeCinti atmdecinti@lraxray.com or visitwww.triwarriors.net.

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BOXING11 p.m.

ESPN2 — Welterweights, Mark JasonMelligen (21-2-0) vs. Sebastian Lujan (37-5-2), at San Antonio

GOLF12:30 p.m.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL2:10 p.m.

WGN — Chicago White Sox at ChicagoCubs

7 p.m.MLB — Regional coverage, N.Y. Yankees atN.Y. Mets or San Francisco at Detroit

SOCCERNoon

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TENNISNoon

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Lumberton at Scotland, 7 p.m.Hoke at Purnell Swett, 7 p.m.

NASCAR SPRINT CUPPOINTS LEADERS

1. Carl Edwards, 573.2. Kevin Harvick, 548.3. Jimmie Johnson, 540.4. Kurt Busch, 539.5. Kyle Busch, 536.6. Matt Kenseth, 521.7. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 508.8. Clint Bowyer, 496.9. Jeff Gordon, 480.10. Ryan Newman, 475.11. Denny Hamlin, 463.12. Tony Stewart, 460.13. Greg Biffle, 446.14. Mark Martin, 443.15. A J Allmendinger, 433.16. Juan Pablo Montoya, 432.17. Paul Menard, 429.18. Martin Truex Jr., 412.19. Kasey Kahne, 411.20. David Ragan, 410.21. Marcos Ambrose, 408.22. Brad Keselowski, 398.23. Joey Logano, 398.24. Jeff Burton, 368.25. David Reutimann, 361.26. Brian Vickers, 356.27. Jamie McMurray, 355.28. Regan Smith, 351.29. Bobby Labonte, 332.30. David Gilliland, 287.31. Dave Blaney, 244.32. Casey Mears, 229.33. Robby Gordon, 183.34. Andy Lally, 169.35. Tony Raines, 117.36. Bill Elliott, 100.37. Ken Schrader, 73.38. Michael McDowell, 59.39. Terry Labonte, 52.40. J.J. Yeley, 51.41. David Stremme, 27.42. Michael Waltrip, 20.43. Andy Pilgrim, 18.44. Chris Cook, 17.45. Boris Said, 16.46. Brian Simo, 11.47. T.J. Bell, 5.48. Brian Keselowski, 3.49. Steve Park, 2.

UPCOMING SCHEDULESaturday — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach,Fla.July 9 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky.July 17 — Lenox Industrial Tools 301,Loudon, N.H.July 31 — Brickyard 400, IndianapolisAug. 7 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, Pa.Aug. 14 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips atThe Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.Aug. 21 — Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich.Aug. 27 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol,Tenn.Sep. 4 — Labor Day Classic 500, Hampton,Ga.Sep. 10 — One Last Race To Make TheChase 400, Richmond, Va.Sep. 18 — Chicagoland 400, Joliet, Ill.Sep. 25 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.Oct. 2 — AAA 400, Dover, Del.Oct. 9 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City,Kan.Oct. 15 — Bank of America 500, ConcordOct. 23 — Talladega 500, Talladega, Ala.Oct. 30 — TUMS Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway,Va.Nov. 6 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, TexasNov. 13 — Kobalt Tools 500, Avondale, Ariz.Nov. 20 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

The West Robeson 12U All-Stars finished second Sunday in the Dixie Youth SoftballDistrict 6 tournament in Raeford. Pictured are: front row, left to right, TelindaWhite, Grace McMillian, Harmony Oxendine, Taylor Edwards and Kaylee McMillian.Back row: Coach Ozro Hunt, Selena Brooks, Marya Oxendine, Hannah Mariani,Kerri Woriax, Krya Jacobs, Desaree Dunham and Coach Kevin Oxendine.

PGA TOURAt Aronimink Golf ClubNewtown Square, Pa.

First Round(a-amateur)

Adam Scott 32-34—66Hunter Haas 35-31—66Dean Wilson 34-33—67Joe Ogilvie 33-34—67Jhonattan Vegas 34-33—67Kyle Stanley 36-31—67Pat Perez 35-33—68Justin Leonard 33-35—68Robert Garrigus 33-35—68Bill Haas 33-35—68John Merrick 34-34—68Rickie Fowler 34-34—68Charles Howell III 34-34—68Troy Matteson 34-34—68D.A. Points 33-35—68Vijay Singh 36-32—68Charlie Wi 35-34—69Kevin Na 34-35—69Gary Woodland 33-36—69Bo Van Pelt 35-34—69David Hearn 36-33—69Scott Stallings 34-35—69Chris Riley 35-34—69Trevor Immelman 35-34—69K.J. Choi 35-34—69Webb Simpson 35-34—69Brian Gay 34-35—69Bryce Molder 33-36—69D.J. Trahan 37-33—70Ricky Barnes 36-34—70Brendon de Jonge 35-35—70Chris Stroud 34-36—70Vaughn Taylor 35-35—70J.J. Henry 35-35—70Nick Watney 34-36—70Kevin Chappell 34-36—70a-Patrick Cantlay 35-35—70Kris Blanks 38-32—70Chris Kirk 36-34—70Steve Marino 35-35—70Justin Rose 35-35—70Tag Ridings 36-34—70Scott McCarron 36-34—70George McNeill 35-35—70Spencer Levin 36-34—70Michael Thompson 34-36—70Jeff Overton 36-35—71Kent Jones 35-36—71Brian Davis 35-36—71Charley Hoffman 36-35—71Geoff Ogilvy 34-37—71Harrison Frazar 36-35—71David Mathis 36-35—71Andres Romero 37-34—71Tim Herron 35-36—71Kevin Streelman 34-37—71Mike Weir 35-36—71Johnson Wagner 36-35—71Robert Allenby 33-38—71Chris DiMarco 35-36—71Billy Mayfair 33-38—71Joe Durant 36-36—72Tommy Gainey 35-37—72Jason Dufner 35-37—72Michael Putnam 35-37—72Stuart Appleby 36-36—72Stephen Ames 34-38—72Ryuji Imada 38-34—72Roland Thatcher 36-36—72Tom Gillis 34-38—72William McGirt 35-37—72Chez Reavie 35-37—72Nick O'Hern 37-35—72Hunter Mahan 37-35—72Ryan Moore 36-36—72Josh Teater 38-34—72Bobby Gates 38-35—73J.B. Holmes 39-34—73Shaun Micheel 39-34—73Chris Couch 40-33—73Kevin Stadler 38-35—73Carl Pettersson 37-36—73Anthony Kim 36-37—73Cameron Beckman 39-34—73a-Peter Uihlein 34-39—73Garrett Willis 37-36—73Tim Petrovic 36-37—73Steve Flesch 36-37—73Michael Bradley 38-35—73Michael Sim 36-37—73Zack Miller 37-36—73Blake Adams 38-36—74Mark Wilson 36-38—74Keegan Bradley 36-38—74Bill Lunde 37-37—74Matt Bettencourt 34-40—74Michael Connell 36-38—74Troy Merritt 37-37—74Notah Begay III 37-37—74Camilo Villegas 36-38—74Ben Curtis 37-37—74Rod Pampling 36-38—74

Central Carolina ScholasticSummer League

Lumberton 4, P. Swett 3Purnell Swett 011 001 00 — 3 9 1Lumberton 012 000 01 — 4 3 2W — Austin McNeil. L — Jordan Brooks.Top Hitters — Purnell Swett: Brooks 3-3;Chase Armstrong 2-4, RBI. Lumberton:Connor Bridgeman 1-2, RBI; Hunter Davis 1-3, RBI.

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Designated OF Mike

Cameron for assignment. Recalled INF

Yamaico Navarro from Pawtucket (IL).

National League

COLORADO ROCKIES—Acquired 2B Mark

Ellis and cash from Oakland for RHP Bruce

Billings and a player to be named.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Purchased the

contract of RHP Brandon Dickson from

Memphis (PCL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

BOSTON CELTICS—Made a qualifying offer

to F Jeff Green. Exercised its option on G

Avery Bradley for the 2012-13 season.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Traded F J.J.

Hickson to Sacramento Kings for F Omri

Casspi and a future first-round draft pick.

DALLAS MAVERICKS—Exercised their

2011-12 contract options on G Roddy

Beaubois and G Dominique Jones.

DETROIT PISTONS—Fired president and

CEO Alan Ostfield.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Waived F

Jeff Adrien. Announced F Lou Amundson

exercised his contract option for next season.

MIAMI HEAT—Announced G Eddie House

exercised his contract option for the 2011-12

season.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Re-signed F

Jussi Jokinen to a three-year contract.

COLLEGE

ARKANSAS—Senior basketball G Jeff

Peterson is transferring to Florida State.

MARQUETTE—Announced the resignation

of athletic director Steve Cottingham.

NORTH TEXAS—Dismissed junior WR

Darius Carey from the team.

PITTSBURGH—Announced senior RB Zach

Brown will transfer from Wisconsin.

SANTA CLARA—Named Dan O'Brien base-

ball coach.

SETON HALL—Named Bett Shelby

women's assistant basketball coach.

SMU—Named Gerald Lewis director of bas-

ketball operations.

TULANE—Named Beth Dunkenberger direc-

tor of women's basketball operations.

AMERICAN LEAGUEEast Division

W L Pct GBNew York 48 31 .608 —Boston 46 34 .575 2½Tampa Bay 45 36 .556 4Toronto 40 42 .488 9½Baltimore 35 43 .449 12½

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Detroit 44 38 .537 —Cleveland 42 37 .532 ½Chicago 40 42 .488 4Minnesota 34 45 .430 8½Kansas City 33 48 .407 10½

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Texas 43 39 .524 —Los Angeles 42 40 .512 1Seattle 39 42 .481 3½Oakland 36 46 .439 7

Thursday's ResultsBoston 5, Philadelphia 2N.Y. Yankees 5, Milwaukee 0Detroit 5, N.Y. Mets 2Chicago White Sox 6, Colorado 4, 10 inningsFlorida 5, Oakland 4St. Louis 9, Baltimore 6Pittsburgh 6, Toronto 2Houston 7, Texas 0

Today's GamesPhiladelphia (K.Kendrick 4-4) at Toronto(R.Romero 7-7), 1:07 p.m.Chicago White Sox (E.Jackson 4-6) atChicago Cubs (R.Wells 1-2), 2:20 p.m.San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-9) at Detroit(Penny 5-6), 7:05 p.m.Cleveland (Masterson 5-6) at Cincinnati(Arroyo 7-6), 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Nova 7-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese7-6), 7:10 p.m.St. Louis (Westbrook 6-4) at Tampa Bay(W.Davis 7-5), 7:10 p.m.Baltimore (Guthrie 3-9) at ATLANTA (Jurrjens10-3), 7:35 p.m.Boston (Wakefield 4-3) at Houston (Norris 4-6), 8:05 p.m.Florida (Ani.Sanchez 6-1) at Texas (Ogando7-3), 8:05 p.m.Kansas City (Duffy 1-2) at Colorado (Nicasio2-1), 8:10 p.m.Milwaukee (Gallardo 9-4) at Minnesota(Liriano 4-7), 8:10 p.m.Arizona (Collmenter 4-4) at Oakland (Harden0-0), 10:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 5-9) at L.A. Angels(Chatwood 5-4), 10:05 p.m.San Diego (Moseley 2-7) at Seattle (Vargas 5-5), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday's GamesPhiladelphia (Halladay 10-3) at Toronto(C.Villanueva 5-1), 1:07 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Humber 7-4) at ChicagoCubs (Garza 4-6), 4:10 p.m.Cleveland (Carmona 4-10) at Cincinnati(H.Bailey 3-2), 4:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Colon 5-3) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 8-1), 4:10 p.m.Boston (A.Miller 1-0) at Houston (Happ 3-9),7:05 p.m.San Francisco (Undecided) at Detroit(Scherzer 9-3), 7:05 p.m.Baltimore (Arrieta 9-4) at ATLANTA(T.Hudson 6-6), 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee (Narveson 5-5) at Minnesota(Pavano 5-6), 7:10 p.m.St. Louis (McClellan 6-4) at Tampa Bay(Niemann 2-4), 7:10 p.m.Florida (Undecided) at Texas (D.Holland 6-3),8:05 p.m.Kansas City (Davies 1-6) at Colorado (Chacin8-5), 8:10 p.m.Arizona (J.Saunders 4-7) at Oakland (Outman3-2), 9:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-3) at L.A. Angels(Weaver 9-4), 9:05 p.m.San Diego (Luebke 1-2) at Seattle (Fister 3-8),10:10 p.m.

Sunday's GamesSan Francisco (Vogelsong 6-1) at Detroit(Porcello 6-6), 1:05 p.m.Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 9-5) at Toronto (Jo-.Reyes 3-7), 1:07 p.m.Cleveland (Talbot 2-4) at Cincinnati (Leake 7-4), 1:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (F.Garcia 7-6) at N.Y. Mets(Dickey 4-7), 1:10 p.m.Baltimore (Britton 6-6) at ATLANTA (Beachy3-1), 1:35 p.m.St. Louis (Lohse 8-4) at Tampa Bay(Hellickson 7-7), 1:40 p.m.Boston (Beckett 6-3) at Houston (Lyles 0-3),2:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Greinke 7-3) at Minnesota(Blackburn 6-6), 2:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Floyd 6-7) at ChicagoCubs (R.Lopez 0-2), 2:20 p.m.Kansas City (Hochevar 5-8) at Colorado(Hammel 4-7), 3:10 p.m.Arizona (I.Kennedy 8-2) at Oakland(G.Gonzalez 7-5), 4:05 p.m.San Diego (Latos 5-8) at Seattle (Undecided),4:10 p.m.Florida (Vazquez 4-8) at Texas (C.Wilson 8-3),8:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 7-6) at L.A. Angels(E.Santana 3-8), 8:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUEEast Division

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 51 31 .622 —ATLANTA 47 35 .573 4New York 41 40 .506 9½Washington 40 41 .494 10½Florida 36 45 .444 14½

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Milwaukee 44 38 .537 —St. Louis 44 38 .537 —Pittsburgh 41 39 .513 2Cincinnati 42 40 .512 2Chicago 34 48 .415 10Houston 29 53 .354 15

West DivisionW L Pct GB

San Francisco 46 36 .561 —Arizona 44 38 .537 2Colorado 39 42 .481 6½

San Diego 37 45 .451 9Los Angeles 36 46 .439 10

Thursdayʼs ResultChicago Cubs 5, San Francisco 2, 13innings

Todayʼs GamePittsburgh (Morton 7-4) at Washington(Gorzelanny 2-6), 7:05 p.m.

Saturdayʼs GamesPittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 5-4) at Washington(Lannan 5-5), 3:35 p.m., 1st gamePittsburgh (Undecided) at Washington(L.Hernandez 5-8), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game

Sundayʼs GamePittsburgh (Correia 10-6) at Washington(Marquis 7-2), 1:35 p.m.

Red Sox 5, Phillies 2Boston Philadelphia

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IP H R ER BB SOBostonLester W,10-4 7 2 0 0 2 5D.Bard 1 0 0 0 0 1Jenks 1/3 2 2 2 1 0Papelbon S,15 2/3 0 0 0 0 1PhiladelphiaHamels 4 2 0 0 0 2Herndon L,0-2 2 5 3 3 0 1Dr.Carpenter 2 4 2 2 0 4Mathieson 1 2 0 0 1 0

Yankees 5, Brewers 0Milwaukee New York

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IP H R ER BB SOMilwaukeeWolf L,6-5 7 7 4 4 3 3Axford 1 1 1 0 0 1New YorkSabtha W,11-47 2/3 6 0 0 2 13Logan 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Ayala 1 0 0 0 0 0HBP—by Wolf (Cano).

Tigers 5, Mets 2New York Detroit

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RSantg 2b 4 0 2 1Totals 34 2 102 Totals 31 5 10 4New York 010 000 010 — 2Detroit 013 010 00x — 5E—Pagan (4). DP—New York 2, Detroit 2.LOB—New York 7, Detroit 10. 2B—Jos.Reyes(22), Dan.Murphy (14), Thole (9), V.Martinez(21). 3B—Duda (1). HR—Beltran (12),Dan.Murphy (5), Dirks (6). SB—A.Jackson(14), Dirks (3). CS—Jos.Reyes (6). SF—Avila.

IP H R ER BB SONew YorkPelfrey L,4-7 4 2/3 8 5 4 5 3Byrdak 2/3 2 0 0 0 1D.Carrasco 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1Acosta 1/3 0 0 0 0 0Fr.Rodriguez 2/3 0 0 0 0 1DetroitVrlander W,11-3 7 7 1 1 2 6Benoit 1 2 1 1 0 1Valverde S,19 1 1 0 0 0 1HBP—by Fr.Rodriguez (Inge), by D.Carrasco(Dirks).

White Sox 6, Rockies 4Chicago 010 000 120 2—6 13 0Colorado 300 001 000 0—4 9 1

(10 innings)Peavy, Ohman (7), Sale (8), Crain (9),S.Santos (10) and R.Castro, Pierzynski; Cook,R.Betancourt (7), Brothers (7), Belisle (7),Lindstrom (8), Street (9), Mortensen (10) andPagnozzi. W—Crain 4-2. L—Mortensen 2-4.Sv—S.Santos (17). HRs—Chicago, Beckham(7). Colorado, Tulowitzki (15).

Marlins 5, Athletics 4Florida 010 040 000—5 10 1Oakland 000 000 112—4 10 2Volstad, Mujica (8), L.Nunez (9) and J.Buck;Cahill, Magnuson (5), Fuentes (9) andK.Suzuki. W—Volstad 4-7. L—Cahill 8-6. Sv—L.Nunez (22). HRs—Oakland, Crisp (3),K.Suzuki (6).

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STAFF AND WIRE REPORT

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Adam Scott must have felt as though he got another crack at the U.S. Open on Thursday in the AT&T National. Only this course felt more like a U.S. Open.

Aronimink built on its grow-ing reputation when only 28 players managed to break par in the opening round despite warm sunshine and a mild breeze. Scott and Hunter Haas, who were tied atop the leader-board at 4-under 66, followed a U.S. Open formula by trying to keep the ball in play off the tee and being cautious on the greens.

“It’s a great golf course, obvi-ously, but in great shape,” Scott said. “But they’ve set the course up beautifully. The greens are perfect and they’ve got very generous fairways, but severe rough, which is a nice balance. There are good scores out there, but you have to play well.”

Fairmont native William McGirt was among the play-ers who struggled in the irst round. McGirt shot a 2-over 72, carding four bogeys and two birdies. He is tied for 62nd place with 14 other golfers. McGirt is scheduled to begin his second round today at 1:39 p.m. with playing partners David Hearn and amateur Peter Uihlein.

DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander slowed down the rampaging Mets, pitching seven solid innings Thursday to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over New York.

The Mets had scored a team-record 52 runs in their previous four games, including 30 in the irst two of this series. Verlander (11-3) prevented a

sweep, holding New York to one run and seven hits.

Verlander inished June with a 6-0 record and a 0.92 ERA, and tied CC Sabathia for the major league lead in wins this season. Verlander has won his last seven starts, allowing two or fewer runs in each.

Jose Valverde inished for his 19th save.

Daniel Murphy and Carlos Beltran homered for New York’s only runs.

Cardinals 9, Orioles 6

BALTIMORE (AP) — Lance Berkman homered twice and Jon Jay hit a three-run shot as St. Louis completed a three-game sweep.

The Cardinals never trailed in the series and outscored Baltimore 20-9. In the inale, St. Louis built an 8-0 lead in the fourth inning and coasted to its fourth win in nine games since Albert Pujols went on the disabled list with a fractured wrist.

Pirates 6, Blue Jays 2

TORONTO (AP) — Jeff Karstens capped a brilliant June with another strong start and Brandon Wood hit a two-run homer as Pittsburgh won its

irst interleague road series since 2003.

The Pirates, who have won six of eight, had lost 17 straight interleague series away from home since taking two of three at Tampa Bay in June 2003.

Karstens (6-4) allowed two runs and ive hits in seven

innings, improving to 3-0 with a 1.52 ERA in six June starts. He walked one

and struck out two.Solo home runs by J.P. Arencibia

and Yunel Escobar were the only blem-ishes for Karstens, who has allowed ive home runs in his past two starts, all solo.

Astros 7, Rangers 0

HOUSTON (AP) — Jason Michaels homered and drove in three runs and Wandy Rodriguez and three relievers combined on a four-hitter as Houston snapped an eight-game home losing streak.

Carlos Lee homered for the second straight day in the fourth inning and Chris Johnson drove in two runs in Houston’s four-run ifth as the Astros won at Minute Maid Park for the irst time since June 13.

Michaels drove in a run in the ifth before pushing the lead to 7-0 with his two-run shot to left in the seventh.

Yankees 5, Brewers 0

NEW YORK (AP) — CC Sabathia tied his career high with 13 strikeouts and Mark Teixeira hit his 300th homer to help the New York Yankees inish off June with a season-best ive-game win-ning streak by beating the Milwaukee Brewers.

Sabathia (11-4) won for the eighth time in nine starts. He is tied with Detroit’s Justin Verlander for the major league lead in victories.

In 7 2-3 innings, Sabathia gave up six hits and two walks. Every batter he fanned came on a swinging third strike.

Red Sox 5, Phillies 2

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jon Lester tossed two-hit ball over seven shut-out innings, Jason Varitek homered twice and the Boston Red Sox avoided a three-game sweep by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Phillies got a scare when lefty Cole Hamels was forced to leave soon after being struck on the glove hand by Adrian Gonzalez’s line drive in the fourth. The Phillies said X-rays were negative and Hamels will make his next start.

The three-game series was hyped as a potential World Series preview.

Marlins 5, Athletics 4

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Chris Volstad allowed one unearned run in seven innings and John Buck hit a two-run double to help the Florida Marlins cap a miserable June by beating the Oakland Athletics for their irst back-to-back wins in more than a month.

The Marlins had won just three of their irst 26 games in June before the strong starts by Ricky Nolasco and Volstad (4-7) gave them their irst con-secutive victories and irst series win since sweeping the Giants across the bay in San Francisco on May 24-26.

White Sox 6, Rockies 4

DENVER (AP) — Light-hitting Juan Pierre laced a tiebreaking, two-run sin-gle off the wall in the 10th inning, help-ing the Chicago White Sox rally past the Colorado Rockies.

With the bases loaded, Pierre, who’s known for his speed more than his power, turned on a pitch from Clayton Mortensen (2-4) that hit off the top of the wall in right.

The ball was hit so hard and on such a line that the runners held up on the bases, limiting Pierre to just a single.

Cubs 5, Giants 2

CHICAGO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Geovany Soto’s three-run homer capped a four-run rally with two outs in the 13th inning and sent the Chicago Cubs over the San Francisco Giants.

Soto’s drive inished off an eventful day for the Cubs. Starter Carlos Zambrano left in the second inning because of soreness in his lower back, then Aramis Ramirez hit a tying home run in the ninth off San Francisco closer Brian Wilson.

The Giants were leading 2-1 after a solo shot by Pablo Sandoval in the top of the 13th off John Grabow (1-0), but the Cubs struck back.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith ended a 15-hour bargaining session early today, barely breaking for a quick nap before resuming in the morning.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan, who is overseeing the pro-cess, said the sides will resume negotiations at 8 a.m.

The latest talks come as the NBA began its own lockout after it failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement with its players. It is believed to be only the second time that two leagues have been shut down simultaneously by labor prob-lems. The NHL and MLB were idle from October 1994 through mid-January 1995.

The negotiations in Minneapolis are aimed at end-ing the NFL’s longest work stoppage ever and began on Tuesday, with just Goodell, Smith, their attorneys and staffs.

The leaders of the two sides left the table to address incoming rookies an orientation symposium in Florida on Wednesday morning and then lew back to Minnesota.

Sitting down with Boylan at a Minneapolis law irm were a handful of owners — John Mara of the New York Giants, Clark Hunt of the Kansas City Chiefs, Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys and Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots — and players including Jeff Saturday of the Indianapolis Colts, Brian Waters of the Kansas City Chiefs and Domonique Foxworth of the Baltimore Ravens.

Owners and players are seeking a deal that would divide revenues for the $9 billion business — the

biggest hurdle to clear — and guide league activities for years to come.

John Hancock Jr., a labor law expert in Detroit for the irm Butzel Long who has closely followed the NFL situation, said he believes an agreement could be reached soon, perhaps early next week. He said one sign of progress was the smaller Tuesday meeting and the lack of details and updates being shared.

The recent cordiality between Smith and Goodell, at least in public, prompted speculation about where the talks stood.

“Both of them seemed relaxed,” Hancock said. “Both of them seemed amiable to one another. This did not look like two guys who are going to continue this strife much longer.”

Owners, players in 15-hour talks

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“I knew we didn’t have many,” Hodges said. “We had opportunities to score some runs because we had runners on base, but their pitchers buckled down.”

On the other side of the ield, Purnell Swett coach Kelly Chavis knows his team let an opportunity to seize the contest slip through their ingers in the top of the eighth.

The Rams (3-5), like the Pirates loaded the bases with no outs, but a baserunning mistake turned a possible big inning into a momentum changer.

Dakota Chavis and Chase Armstrong led off the inning

with back-to-back singles off McNeil, while Brooks drew a walk.

With the inield pulled in, Ricky Ivey, lifted a weak pop up just to the right of sec-ond base. McCartney fought through Armstrong to make an over the shoulder catch while falling down. On the play, Chavis broke for the plate and McCartney tossed to third to complete the dou-ble play.

McCartney said, “I had to swerve around him (Armstrong) to get to it.”

“Zach made a phenom-enal play,” Hodges said. “That was the key play in the game.”

Woods, the next batter, ripped a pitch to left, but the ball was reeled in by Bryan Carpenter to end the threat and set up McNeil’s heroics.

“It was totally my fault,” Kelly Chavis said. “I told Dakota to go. I was watching the play and I think 98 times out of 100, he doesn’t get it. He made a great play.”

Both teams return to action at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Lumberton (5-2) will travel to Scotland, while Purnell Swett will play host to Hoke.

n Sports editor Shawn Stinson can be reached at (910) 272-6111 or sstinson@heart-landpublications.com

“I think they really push the leagues for children 12 and under. Plus, the summer high school league is hurting us a lot. Some of the coaches tell the players you are either playing for me this summer or you won’t next year.”

While Harris agrees the summer high school league could be hurting some of the teams, he thinks it allows oth-ers the opportunity to shine.

Harris said, “It gives more kids the chance to play because of the summer league.”

Also beginning today is the Dixie Youth Minor League tournament at the Pembroke Athletic Complex with 10 teams vying for the District

9 title.There are three games

scheduled for 6 p.m. with West Robeson American bat-tling Hope Mills National, Scotland County facing off against Elizabethtown and Red Springs taking on Lumberton American. The late contests have West Robeson National squaring off with Lumberton National and Fairmont playing Hope Mills American.

The Minor League tourna-ment will continue through-out the weekend.

n Sports editor Shawn Stinson can be reached at (910) 272-6111 or at sstinson@heart-landpublications.com

PIRATESFROM PAGE 1B

Zach McCartney makes key double play

SHARAPOVAFROM PAGE 1B

Serve will have to improve to win a fourth major title against Kvitovamatch.

“The irst three games she played very well, and I did quite the opposite,” Sharapova said. “She served a lot better, and I was giving her way too many free points on my serve.

“And then, I told myself to take it one point at a time and really focus. I felt like I just kind of got in my zone, just remained focused, and kind of got back to 3-all.”

From there, Sharapova won 12 of the inal 16

games.“Today wasn’t my best match of the championships so I was real happy to get through in two sets,” said Sharapova, who also won the 2006 U.S. Open and the 2008 Australian Open. “But, yeah, it’s pretty amazing to be back on that stage.”

It is amazing, but mostly because of the shoulder surgery Sharapova went though in October 2008. Since then, the Russian had been in exactly one Grand Slam semiinal, and that came a few weeks

ago at the French Open.“I’m not really the type of person that ever gives

up,” Sharapova said. “Even though it was tough, I believed in myself.”

In the inal, Sharapova’s serve will have to improve if she wants to win a fourth major against Kvitova, who had never won a match on grass before last year’s tournament, when she reached the semiinals.

Against Azarenka, Kvitova dominated her service games, hitting three aces in a row in the inal game.

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BEETLE BAILEY Mort Walker

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE Chris Browne

HI & LOIS Brian and Greg Walker

FUNKY WINKERBEAN Tom Batiuk

MUTTS Patrick McDonnell

THE FAMILY CIRCUS

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, July 1, 2011:

This year, when you blow out your candles and make your wish, know that your dreams could happen. A new beginning is likely in a chosen area of your life. For some, there will be a closing out first to make room for something better. At times, you could be a bit down. Change is not easy for anyone, not even you. If you are single, that status doesn’t need to remain so. You could meet someone quite entrancing. If you are attached, your relationships could become much warmer with the caring you show your sweetie. A fellow MOON CHILD understands you well.

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HHHHH Zero in on what you want. If you have had a wish you are not sharing, perhaps now is the time to start verbalizing it. Putting out this desire to be heard is the first step in manifesting it. You can create more of what you want. Tonight: Where the action is.

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NORTH CAROLINA, ROBESON COUNTY

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

PRIVATE, SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

11-SP-222

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OFTHE DEED OF TRUST OF DEBORAH LYNN

JOHNSON and MATTHEW ALLAN ATKINSON,

Grantor,

To: MARK T. ADERHOLD, ESQUIRE

Substitute Trustee,

AS RECORDED IN BOOK 1088 AT PAGE 751 OF

THE ROBESON PUBLIC REGISTRY.

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S

SALE OF REAL ESTATE

Under and by virtue of the power and authority con-tained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and de-livered by DEBORAH LYNN JOHNSON andMATTHEW ALLAN ATKINSON, dated December 3,1999, and recorded in the Office of the Register ofDeeds in Book 1088 at Page 751, and because ofdefault in the payment of the indebtedness therebysecured and failure to carry out or perform the stip-ulations and agreements therein contained and pur-suant to the demand of the owner and holder of theindebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, andpursuant to the Order of the Clerk of Superior Courtentered in this foreclosure proceeding, the under-signed, MARK T. ADERHOLD, Substitute Trustee,will expose for sale at public auction on the 15th dayof July, 2011 at 10:30 AM at the door of the Robe-son County Courthouse, Lumberton, North Carolina,the real property described as follows (including per-manent structures, if any, and any other improve-ments attached to the real property including anymobile home or manufactured home, whether sin-

gle wide or double wide, located thereon):

In Saddletree Township, Robeson County, NorthCarolina: Being all of Lot Number Twenty-Two (22)as shown on that certain map entitled Revision ofNorth Sun Subdivision, Section Two prepared byJohnny W. Nobles & Associates, Registered LandSurveyors, dated September 1998 and recorded inBook of Official Maps No. 36, at page 95, RobesonCounty Registry. Subject to those certain RestrictiveCovenants recorded in Book 1022, at page 343,Robeson County Registry. The sale will be madesubject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, restrictionsand easements of record and assessments, if any.The record owner of the above described real prop-erty as reflected on the records of the RobesonCounty Register of Deeds not more than ten (10)days prior to the posting of this Notice is DEBORAHL. JOHNSON and MATTHEW A. ATKINSON. Pur-suant to North Carolina General Statutes Section45-21.10, and the terms of the Deed of Trust, anysuccessful bidder may be required to deposit withthe Substitute Trustee immediately upon conclusionof the sale a cash deposit not to exceed the greaterof five percent (5.0%) of the amount of the bid orseven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). Any suc-cessful bidder shall be required to tender the full bal-ance purchase price so bid in cash or certified checkat the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him adeed for the property or attempts to tender suchdeed, and should said successful bidder fail to paythe full balance purchase price so bid at that time, heshall remain liable on his bid as provided for in NorthCarolina General Statutes Sections 45-21.30(d) and(e). Should the property be purchased by a thirdparty, that party must pay the tax of Forty-five Cents($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuantto N.C.G.S. 7A-308(a)(1). Please be advised thatthe Clerk of Superior Court may issue an order forpossession of the property pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the partyor parties in possession. Any person who occupiesthe property pursuant to a rental agreement enteredinto or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may,after receiving this notice of sale, terminate the rentalagreement upon 10 days written notice to the land-lord. Upon termination of such rental agreement, thetenant is liable for rent due under the rental agree-ment prorated to the effective date of the termina-tion. The property to be offered pursuant to thisNotice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer andconveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS". Neither the Sub-stitute Trustee nor the holder of the Promissory Notesecured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, northe officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agentsor authorized representatives of either the Substi-tute Trustee or the holder of the Promissory Notemake any representation of warranty relating to thetitle or any physical, environmental, health or safetyconditions existing in, on, at or relating to the prop-erty being offered for sale, and any and all respon-sibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any wayrelating to any such condition expressly are dis-claimed. This sale will be held open ten (10) days

for upset bids as required by law.

This the 21st day of June, 2011.

MARK T. ADERHOLD, Substitute Trustee

2596 Reynolda Road, Suite C

Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27106

(336) 723-3530 MA070111 7/1 7/8

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Robeson County Board of Commissioners willhold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday July5, 2011 in the County Administration Building, 701North Elm Street, in the City of Lumberton, NorthCarolina. The purpose of this hearing is to consider

the following requests:

I

Case # 11-90999- Donald & Jewel Britt, OrrumTownship, District 7, is requesting a Conditional UsePermit to allow for the establishment of a FamilyCemetery on a 7.91 acre tract, more or less, in aResidential Agricultural District, with the propertybeing more particularly described in Deed Book1530, Page 715 of the Robeson County Register of

Deeds Office.

II

Case # 11-90617- Tiffany Oxendine, Rennert Town-ship, District 5, is requesting a Conditional Use Per-mit to allow for the establishment of a FamilyCemetery on a 2.0 acre tract, more or less, in a Res-idential Agricultural District, with the property beingowned by Mary Lowery Oxendine, and being moreparticularly described in Deed Book 16-J, Page 179& Deed Book 16-H, Page 296 of the Robeson

County Register of Deeds Office.

III

Case # 11-88821 Chris Chavis, Red Springs Town-ship, District 5, is requesting a Conditional Use Per-mit to allow for the establishment of a FamilyCemetery on a 0.65 acre tract, more or less, in aResidential Agricultural District, with the propertybeing more particularly described in Deed Book 651,Page 754 of the Robeson County Register of DeedsOffice. A copy of this request is available for reviewat the office of the Clerk to the Board of Commis-sioners, at 701 North Elm Street, City of Lumberton,

North Carolina.

THIS the 21st day of June, 2011.

TAMMY S. FREEMAN, CLERK

ROBESON COUNTY BOARD OF

COMMISSIONERS RCMO062411 6/24 7/1

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NORTH CAROLINA, ROBESON COUNTY

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION, BEFORE THE

CLERK, FILE NO. 11 SP 119

NOTICE OF SALE

LADONNA HORNE, GENERAL GUARDIAN OF

BETTY BRUMBLES, INCOMPETENT

PETITIONER

VS.

BILLY B. BRUMBLES AND WIFE,

ANGELA T. BRUMBLES, RESPONDENTS

Under and by virtue of an Order of the Clerk of Su-perior Court of Robeson County, entered in theabove entitled special proceeding, the undersignedCommissioner will offer for sale at public auction tothe highest bidder for cash at 12:00 o'clock noon, onthe 15th day of July, 2011, at the door of Robeson-ian County Courthouse in Lumberton, North Car-olina, the following described property: Tract Two:

Parcel I.D. No. 1209 04 016

In Orrum Township, Robeson County, North Car-olina. In the Town of Orrum. BEGINNING at a stakeon the south side of Railroad on Railroad boundsand on the east edge of Lumberton County road,and runs with Railroad bounds South 69 degreesEast 2 chains and 39 links to a stake; thence South21 West 4 chains and 40 links to a stake by a ditch;thence with said ditch about North 50 West about 3chains and 75 links to the Lumberton Road and withsaid road to the beginning, containing one acre,more or less.Being the same real property describedin a deed dated January 2, 1979, from J. CarlyleNye, Jr. and wife, Charlotte F. Nye, to Jack Brum-bles and wife, Betty B. Brumbles, recorded in Book447, at page 20, Robeson County Registry.Subjectto the lien of 2011 ad valorem taxes.The highest bid-der at the sale will be required to make a cash de-posit of 5% of the amount of the bid or $750.00,whichever is greater, pending confirmation or rejec-tion thereof. The Commissioner reserves the right toreject any bid.The sale will be reported to the courtand will remain open for advance or upset bids for aperiod of ten (10) days. If no advance bids are filedwith the Clerk of Superior Court of Robeson County,the sale will be subject to confirmation or rejection by

the Clerk of Superior Court of Robeson County.

This the 16th day of June, 2011.

David J. Ramsaur, Commissioner

P.O. Drawer 1087, Lumberton, NC 28359

910-738-5257, RM070111 7/1 7/8

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given that, in accordance with theprovisions set forth in N.C. General Statues Section160A-20, the City Council of the City of Lumbertonwill hold a public hearing on the 11th day of July,2011, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of theMunicipal Building, 500 N. Cedar Street. The pur-pose of the public hearing is to allow citizen input onthe consideration of levying the additional occu-pancy tax which has been authorized by the Gen-eral Assembly. Persons having interest in this matterand desiring to speak either for or against the levy-ing of additional tax are invited to be present and will

be given an opportunity to be heard.

Laney Mitchell-McIntosh, City Clerk

Control No. 1252, COL070111 7/1

Public Notice

The City Council of the City of Lumberton will hold apublic hearing to consider a waiver of competitivebidding under G.S. 143-129(g) at its regular meetingon July 11, 2011, for the purchase of one 2011 VAC-TOR Mid Size Combination Sewer Cleaning Truckor equal from Rush International Trucks, 3510 JeffAdams Drive, Charlotte, NC 28206, the seller havingagreed to extend to the City of Lumberton the sameor more favorable prices and terms set forth in itscontract with the City of Charlotte, NC, entered intoon April 11, 2011. Equipment Options include: 6000lb GVWR, 12 cubic yard debris storage body, 1500gallon fresh water tank, front mount flushing reel andvacuum boom. The purchase price for the equip-ment is $305,867.00. For additional information,contact Rob Armstrong, Public Works Director at

910-671-3851 (Phone), 910-671-3884 (FAX),

rarmstrong@ci.lumberton.nc.us (email).

Laney Mitchell-McIntosh, City Clerk

Control No. 1502, COL070111 7/1

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Robeson County Board of Zoning Adjustmentwill hold a public hearing at 5:00 o'clock p.m. onTuesday July 5, 2011 in the County AdministrationBuilding, 701 North Elm Street, in the City of Lum-berton, North Carolina. The purpose of this hearing

is to consider the following request:

I

Case # 11-91552 Kiem Jones, Philadelphus Town-ship, District 5, is requesting a Variance of RobesonCounty Zoning Ordinance Section 17.2 (a) whichstates that there is to be a 20,000 square foot mini-mum per lot area per dwelling. The purpose of thisVariance is to allow for the placement of a fourth(4th) Dwelling on a 18.16 acre tract, more or less, ina Residential Agricultural District, with the propertybeing owned by Willie & Every Lee Jones and beingmore particularly described in Deed Book 837, Page599 of the Robeson County Register of Deeds Of-fice.A copy of these requests is available for reviewat the Office of the Clerk to the Board of Commis-sioners, at 701 North Elm Street, City of Lumberton,

North Carolina.

This the 21st day of June, 2011.

MICHELLE S. FRIZZELL, CLERK

ROBESON COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING

ADJUSTMENT, RCMO062411 6/24 7/1

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF ROBESON

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Of

Grace Cox Walters DECEASED

The undersigned having qualified as Co-Executor

and Co-Executrix, of the estate of Grace Cox

Walters, deceased, late of Robeson County, this isto notify all persons, firms and corporations havingclaims against said estate to exhibit them to the un-dersigned on or before the 26th day of September,2011, or be barred from their recovery. All personsindebted to said estate are asked to please make

immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 24th day of June, 2011.

Willis Walters, Jr., Co-Executor

8462 NC Hwy 72 East

Lumberton, NC 28358

Myra L. Walters Wilkins, Co-Executrix

1124 Kite Road

Lumberton, NC 28358

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IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF

NORTH CAROLINA, SUPERIOR COURT

DIVISION, ROBESON COUNTY, 11SP218

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF ADEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY DONNA C.REEVES DATED JANUARY 28, 2008 ANDRECORDED IN BOOK 1650 AT PAGE 58 IN THEROBESON COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH

CAROLINA

NOTICE OF SALE

Under and by virtue of the power and authority con-tained in the above-referenced deed of trust and be-cause of default in the payment of the securedindebtedness and failure to perform the stipulationand agreements therein contained and, pursuant todemand of the owner and holder of the secureddebt, the undersigned substitute trustee will exposefor sale at public auction to the highest bidder forcash at the usual place of sale at the county court-house of said county at 10:00 AM on July 14, 2011the following described real estate and any other im-provements which may be situated thereon, inRobeson County, North Carolina, and being moreparticularly described as follows: All that certain par-cel of land in City of Lumberton, Robeson County,State of NC, as more fully described in Book 1093Page 568 ID# 324503009, being known and desig-nated as Lot 53 Map of Mannsfield Mills. Preparedby Paul King, Civil Engineer, dated September 24,1948, in Book of Official Maps No. 7, at Page 129-A, 129-B, and 129-C. And Being more commonly

known as:

53 South Carolina Ave, Lumberton, NC 28358

The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected onthe records of the Register of Deeds, is/are DonnaC. Reeves. The property to be offered pursuant tothis notice of sale is being offered for sale, transferand conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither theTrustee nor the holder of the note secured by thedeed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, di-rectors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorizedrepresentative of either Trustee or the holder of thenote make any representation or warranty relatingto the title or any physical, environmental, health orsafety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to theproperty being offered for sale. Any and all respon-sibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way re-lating to any such condition expressly aredisclaimed. This sale is made subject to all priorliens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and as-sessments including but not limited to any transfertax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of fivepercent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hun-dred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, isrequired and must be tendered in the form of certi-fied funds at the time of the sale. This sale will beheld open ten days for upset bids as required by law.Following the expiration of the statutory upset pe-riod, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUEAND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely man-ner will result in a Declaration of Default and any de-posit will be frozen pending the outcome of anyre-sale. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TEN-ANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, beadvised that an Order for Possession of the prop-erty may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also,if your lease began or was renewed on or after Oc-tober 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminatethe rental agreement upon 10 days written notice tothe landlord. You may be liable for rent due underthe agreement prorated to the effective date of the

termination.

The date of this Notice is June 23, 2011.

11-016172

Elyse Johnson

Attorney for Substitute Trustee

10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400

Charlotte, NC 28216, (704) 333-8107

http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/

SI070111 7/1 7/8

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF ROBESON

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Of Clara

Biggs Pait DECEASED

The undersigned having qualified as Executor, of theestate of Clara Biggs Pait, deceased, late of Robe-son County, this is to notify all persons, firms andcorporations having claims against said estate to ex-hibit them to the undersigned on or before the 26thday of September, 2011, or be barred from their re-covery. All persons indebted to said estate areasked to please make immediate payment to the un-

dersigned.

This the 24th day of June, 2011.

Ronald Gregg Pait, Sr.

1325 Deep Branch Road

Lumberton, NC 28358

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF ROBESON

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Of

Eva Jones Thomas DECEASED

The undersigned having qualified as Executrix, ofthe estate of Eva Jones Thomas, deceased, late ofRobeson County, this is to notify all persons, firmsand corporations having claims against said estateto exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the12th day of September, 2011, or be barred from theirrecovery. All persons indebted to said estate areasked to please make immediate payment to the un-

dersigned.

This the 10th day of June, 2011.

Dorothy Locklear

2029 Ashley Road

Charlotte, NC 28208

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF ROBESON

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Of

Joyce A. Locklear DECEASED

The undersigned having qualified as Executrix, ofthe estate of Joyce A. Locklear, deceased, late ofRobeson County, this is to notify all persons, firmsand corporations having claims against said estateto exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the26th day of September, 2011, or be barred from theirrecovery. All persons indebted to said estate areasked to please make immediate payment to the un-

dersigned.

This the 24th day of June, 2011.

Shelly Tyler

151 Old Allenton Road

Lumberton, NC 28358

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100Legals

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF

NORTH CAROLINA, SUPERIOR COURT

DIVISION, ROBESON COUNTY, 11sp230

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF ADEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MIGUELRAMIREZ AND PAULETTE RAMIREZ DATED DE-CEMBER 14, 2004 AND RECORDED IN BOOK1432 AT PAGE 32 IN THE ROBESON COUNTY

PUBLIC REGISTRY,

NORTH CAROLINA

NOTICE OF SALE

Under and by virtue of the power and authority con-tained in the above-referenced deed of trust and be-cause of default in the payment of the securedindebtedness and failure to perform the stipulationand agreements therein contained and, pursuant todemand of the owner and holder of the secureddebt, the undersigned substitute trustee will exposefor sale at public auction to the highest bidder forcash at the usual place of sale at the county court-house of said county at 10:00 AM on July 14, 2011the following described real estate and any other im-provements which may be situated thereon, inRobeson County, North Carolina, and being moreparticularly described as follows: Being all of LotNumber Six (6) as shown on a map recorded in MapBook 37, Page 23, Robeson County Registry. Ref-erence to said plat is hereby made for a more com-

plete, accurate and particular description of said lot.

And Being more commonly known as: 2225 Mount

Zion Church Rd, Red Springs, NC 28377

The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected onthe records of the Register of Deeds, is/are MiguelRamirez. The property to be offered pursuant to thisnotice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer andconveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither theTrustee nor the holder of the note secured by thedeed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, di-rectors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorizedrepresentative of either Trustee or the holder of thenote make any representation or warranty relatingto the title or any physical, environmental, health orsafety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to theproperty being offered for sale. Any and all respon-sibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way re-lating to any such condition expressly aredisclaimed. This sale is made subject to all priorliens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and as-sessments including but not limited to any transfertax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of fivepercent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hun-dred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, isrequired and must be tendered in the form of certi-fied funds at the time of the sale. This sale will beheld open ten days for upset bids as required by law.Following the expiration of the statutory upset pe-riod, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUEAND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely man-ner will result in a Declaration of Default and any de-posit will be frozen pending the outcome of anyre-sale. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TEN-ANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, beadvised that an Order for Possession of the prop-erty may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also,if your lease began or was renewed on or after Oc-tober 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminatethe rental agreement upon 10 days written notice tothe landlord. You may be liable for rent due underthe agreement prorated to the effective date of the

termination.

The date of this Notice is June 23, 2011.

08-108448

Elyse Johnson

Attorney for Substitute Trustee

10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400

Charlotte, NC 28216, (704) 333-8107

http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/

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VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

PUBLIC HEARING LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Public Law No.100-647 S1013(a)(24)(A) (1988), the undersigned

will hold a public hearing on July 18, 2011 at

7:00 pm at the location of the undersigned listedbelow to discuss its acquisition by lease purchaseof the construction & acquisition of one (1) new fire

station as per department's specifications and

financial arrangements related thereto.

Approximate amount of issue: $600,000.00

All interested persons are invited to attend.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set myhand and Official Seal at my office in Lumberton this

23rd day of June, 2011.

Randy Lawson, Corporate Secretary

Britts Township Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.

9495 Hwy 72 East, Lumberton, NC 28358

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Notices

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1000 Parkview Drive

Lumberton, N.C. 28358

910-738-9684

910-738-1200 Fax

Now accepting bids forLawn care. Please stop

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Treasure Island

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874-7419.

300Services

Health

Retired Nurse available to as-sist with family members spe-

cial care. Referencesavailable. Call 910-740-5571

Lawn Service

" Pop's " Weed-eat & Mow"

Service. Senior discount.

910-739-9667

600Animals

Livestock

Chicks for sale: mixed breed.$3 each. Call 910-740-2595

Pets

Free Indoor kittens. Some

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700Agriculture

Farm Equipment

TRACTOR FOR SALE

140 Farmall with 6 ft Mower$2,850. 910-608-7374

Garden & Produce

BLANKS PRODUCE

Dixie Lee Pea & Silver QueenCorn For Sale. 910-737-9669

BUTTER BEANS

Fresh daily Packhouse Farms910-739-6981

Butterbeans & Peas ReadyCall Mission Appliances

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PEAS FOR SALE: 521-2071

900Merchandise

Auctions

Saturday July 2nd Noon

Sterling silver coffeeand tea set, Blenko floor vase,

jewelry, so much more.Air conditioned show room.Lumberton Auction and

Estate Sales 1023 West 5th

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Yard Sale

2 Family Yard SaleSat. July 2nd (7am - 12)

3995 King Cross Road

MAYFAIR

Clothes, housewares, newdorm refrigerator and table.

3 Family

Yard Sale

Sat. July 2nd

505 French Ave.

7am - UntilSomething for everyone.

Moving/Estate Sale Fri.

1pm-6pm & Sat. 8am-3pm

409 Meadow Rd.

Piano, Dinning table/chairs,Victorian Settee/chairs, China,Buffet, Lots of Silver/Glass,

Catering supplies.

Multi Family Yard Sale

Saturday, July 2nd1005 Furman Dr. Lumberton,

7:00am - Until

Yard Sale

SAT. 07/02/11 @ 7:00 am

NO EARLY BIRDS!

210 E. 14th St Lumberton (1-

1/2 blocks off Elm St.)

Lots of nice baby items- deluxeswing, car seat, stroller,

bouncer, Breast pump, toys:boys clothes 8-10: Teen boysclothes, household items.

Sat. July 2nd 6AM Discount

Tire 1986 N. Roberts Ave. In-fant/toddler, twin girl, boys,

ladies, men clothes, car seats,crib, play pen, toys, com-

forters, home interior, pictures,crafts, housewares, & books.

Yard Sale Rain or Shine 800 East 13th St.

Sat. July 2nd 7:30am

Cheap Plus size clothes 16-18,shoes sizes 6-10 & household

items.

1000Recreational Vehicles

Boats / Accessories

18' Atlantic Netting Boat 70HPEvinrude, Good Condition

Call 910-736-4643

Campers / RVs & Trailers

2007 Montana, 5th wheel, 37ft. Model 3475RL. $31,500.910-739-7839 or 734-2624

Other

'98, 28 inch Dutchmenin excellent condition $4500.

30 ft. Four Windsfixer upper, $1500.

E-Z Go Golf Cart $1400.Ask for Dallas 910-521-2774

or 910-737-6004

2000Automotive

Autos

1998 BMW Z3

Leather, Auto $8,999

Baker Chevrolet

843-5168

CHRIS HAWKE - I would liketo announce since movingback to Rob. Co. that I haverejoined the staff. Stop in andsay hi. Baker Chevy 843-5168

Sport Utility

2004 Tahoeblack w/22" chrome rims,

dvd, new brakes,battery & radio.Runs good!

Asking $9,500Call 910-740-3320

Trucks

02 AVALANCHE Z71

4WD, One-Owner$12,999

Baker Chevrolet

910-843-5168

03 GMC SIERRA

Z71, 4WD$9,999

Baker Chevrolet

843-5168

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2001 Ford Ranger 4 door,Auto, Air, new tires, reduced to$6995. Trinity Auto Sales 910-

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Vans

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3000Real Estate Sales

Houses For Sale

REDUCED $65,000 3bd, 2ba.

Commercial sized detached build-ing 1280 sq ft, fenced yard. Cen-tury 21 The Real Estate Centercall Georgia Stamper 910-740-

8151

Commercial Lease 1988Roberts Ave- Nearly 8000 sq.ft. showroom. 2500 +/- sq. ft.

warehouse. 910-738-3441

Houses For Sale

House for Sale Side StreetLumberton Reduced Price.

Contact Rozier Realty 910-624-1008

REDUCED $67,000Remolded. 3bd, 2ba. Wired build-ing heated and cooled 90 sq ft.Century 21 The Real Estate CenterCall Georgia Stamper 910-740-8151

Land (Acreage)

COUNTRY ACREAGEAlmost 2 acres, nice building

tract, wooded. Bladen County,near Tarheel. Only $12,900.OWNER FINANCING 803-

473-7125

3500Real Estate Rentals

Apartments / Townhouses

1 BR in Shannon $350,1 BR on 11th St L'ton $365

Call 910-736-7453

1Bd/1Ba Apt. on 506 1/2 Bryan

St. Lumberton $375 + dep.910-258-8442 or 258-7811

2BR ApartmentLumberton Area $475/mo.

910-272-8303

CONDO - WALNUT COVE,3 Bd/,2.5 Ba, hardwood floors,

fireplace, spacious,& view of the lake. $795.Call 738-7183, ext. 206

CONDO- WALNUT COVE,-3Bd,/ 2Ba, $775. per month +

$1550., Deposit.Call 738-7183 ext. 206

Nice 2BR in Quiet Area be-tween F'mont & Orrum.

$370/mo. w/water 797-2941

Nice Remodled 2BR Duplex,in city. $400 + $400 Dep. Sec-tion 8 Approved. 910-740-7250

Commercial

Commerical Office in Pem-broke $650/mo. 1st Choice910-734-3637 or 521-8301

Store front locatedat 720A Roberts Ave

816 sq ft plus 190 sq ftof storage spaceUtilities included$700 per month

739-5106

Houses for Rent

2 Bd House, 1009 Cherry St.Lumberton. $450 + Dep.910-740-2191 REMAX

Room For Rent $400/mo.Single Male/Female

910-740-7883

4000Manufactured Housing

Rentals

1600 sq. ft. ManufacturedHome 3 Bedroom, 2 bath, 1/2acre lot. Lawn maintenance.Included, Decks on front and

back. Great location. 739-5106

2 & 3 BR Mobile Homes inL'ton $325-$450. Also PrivateLots for Rent $100 628-8510

2 & 3 Bedrooms, & LotsFor Rent at Rosewood

Call (910) 739-1941

3 Bd/ 2Ba, Singlewideon 1/2 acre land, Hwy 41

between Lumberton &Fairmont. $450 + $450 Dep.

Land & Home Package1 acre, 28x56, 3Bd/2Ba,

Owner financing. $52,000608-3083 or 536-7757

3BR Mobile Homein Ralf Swamp $380/mo.

910-272-8303

4B/2B Doublewide. Long Brancharea. $675/month. Call 910-739-7749

Donleigh Properties

Like new Single &Doublewides for rent.

Alarm Systems in Every Home

Lumberton area.(910)827-9851

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3BR / 2B in a small park.$375 per month + $375 Dep.with credit check. Call 910-

740-3731 or 521-4500

Nice 2Bd/2Ba in Lumberton.

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Very Nice 3 Bd/ 2 Ba, Pem-broke location, $425 per month

+$425 Dep. Call 734-6783

6000Employment

Clerical

Office Manager for MobileHome Park. Computer, phone

& communication skillsrequired. Must be organized &honest. Spanish a plus. Faxresume to 910-739-5771 or

Call 910-739-1941

Clerical

Receptionist: Lumberton, NC.Local healthcare office seeks

candidate with excellentphone, writing and interper-sonal skills. No experience

necessary; will train. Please submit resume to

Applications, PO Box 1811,

Little River, SC 29566.

Construction

Experienced shingle & metalroofers. Must be willing to

travel, must have proper ID &social. Call (910)618-9935.

Hangers Framers & FinisherNeeded for work in N.C.,

for hire call John Hunt 910-736-1925

Drivers & Delivery

EARN EXTRA CASHThe Robesonian has anindependent contractor

newspaper route available inthe Lumberton area.

Deliver newspapers a fewhours in the afternoons andearly morning on weekendsand net over $200.00 per

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are welcome to apply.Call Dahlia Hunt at 272-6115.

Help Wanted - General

LPNs needed at local clinicin Lumberton. Please fax re-

sume to 919-362-5796

Medical

Psychiatric Resident

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Has immediate openings forRNs and Residential Mentors

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and fax to 910-359-0288Ph: 910-843-2097.

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