Forty-one years have gone by since the Endangered Species Act was passed by Congress. It was designed to protect imperiled species and their ecosystems and reverse the trend

toward extinction. North Carolina has 74 threatened and endangered species. Learn about them and what you can do to help protect them.

0nce common in the southeastern United States, the red wolf is now one of the world’s most endangered wild canids. A successful restoration program at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina has helped the population expand. More than 100 red wolves roam their native habitats in the eastern part of the state, and nearly 200 red wolves are maintained in captive breeding facilities.

The minnow’s habitat is threatened by chang-es in water flow from dams and other stream alterations. Pollution — including chemicals from fertilizers and pesticides, wastewater from stormwater and sediment runoff — also causes habitat destruction.

This perennial herb’s habitat is threatened by destruction from highway, residential and commercial development. Also roadside mainte-nance and utility rights of way. Collec-tion for horticultural and medicinal uses also threaten it.

The small shorebird’s primary threat is destruction of their habitat and human disturbance to nesting adults and flightless chicks. Commercial development and dune and inlet resto-ration has contributed to the their habitat loss. Foot traffic and motor vehicle traffic on beaches also contribute to loss of habitat.

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACROSS THE STATE

CAPE FEAR SHINER

RED WOLF PIPING PLOVER

SMOOTH CONEFLOWER

WHY THE WILDLIFE DECLINE?The National Wildlife Federation and other wildlife agencies agree that the loss and degradation of habitat as the No. 1 cause of species decline. This can happen from: AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS URBAN EXPANSION INVASIVE SPECIES TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITY

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PROTECTING HABITATS FOR WILDLIFENorth Carolina has 11 national wildlife refuges. They exist to protect wildlife populations through habitat preservation. They also give people opportunities to view wildlife in their natural habitats.

The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program has 146 conservation areas managed as dedicated nature preserves. These lands are owned by state agencies and private conservation organizations such as the Nature Conservancy, Triangle Land Conservancy and Botanical Garden Foundation.

The Guilford County Open Space Program was established in 2000 to enhance the county’s water quality, preserve wildlife habitats and protect natural areas for the enjoyment of current and future residents. It has pro-tected more than 1,700 acres as nature preserves in the county. For a chart of open space acquisitions, visit www.news-record.com. For more about the program, visit http://countyweb.co.guilford.nc.us/open-space-program.

ENDANGERED SPECIES IN THE PIEDMONTCaswell: James spinymussel

(mussel)Davidson: Schweinitz’s sunflower

(plant)Davie: Michaux’s sumac (plant)Forsyth: Red-cockaded wood-

pecker (bird), small-anthered bittercress (plant)

Guilford: Small whorled pogonia (plant)

Randolph: Cape Fear shiner (fish), Schweinitz’s sunflower (plant)

Rockingham: Roanoke logperch (fish), James spinymussel, (mussel), smooth coneflower (plant)

Stokes: James spinymussel (mussel), Schweinitz’s sunflower (plant), small-anthered bitter-cress (plant)

For a complete list of endangered species in North Carolina, see B2

THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES TOTALS, NORTH CAROLINASpecieS ThreaTened endangered ToTal

Mammals 0 13 13Birds 1 8 9Reptiles/ 4 3 7

amphibiansFish 2 4 6Insects/ 0 3 3

spidersMussels/ 1 8 9

snailsPlants 9 18 27Totals 17 57 74

Endangered: Any species in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its habitat.

Threatened: Any species that is likely to become an endangered species within the foresee-able future throughout all or a significant portion of its habitat.

Source: North Carolina Wildlife Federation; North Carolina Natural Heritage Program; Guilford County, Open Space Program — Compiled by Margaret Baxter, staff artist

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Have a favorite teacher?Today is the deadline to pay tribute to a favorite teacher. Write a poem about him or her in 200 words or less and we’ll print them in May during Teacher Appreciation Month. Email poems and teacher photos (optional) to morgan.josey@news -record.com. Include your name and town and the teacher’s name and school. Deadline is noon today.

CAN YOU HELP IN THE RECOVERY OF ENDANGERED SPECIES?The National Wildlife Federation recommends that people become good land stewards starting at home. Build your land-scape using only native plants, which benefit wildlife, save money and require less care and maintenance. Avoid using fertilizers and pesticides in places where they can run off into

waterways or ditches. Support community efforts to conserve wetlands, bays, rivers, forests and coastal habitats. These areas provide habitats for wildlife species, as well as enjoyable rec-reational opportunities, drinking water supplies and economic benefits, including tourism and some industry.

ActivitiesLinda P. Erickson of

Erickson Advisors and J. Aaron Bennett of Car-ruthers and Roth, both members of the Greens-boro Chapter of the Soci-ety of Financial Service Professionals, were recent presenters at the Leader-ship Development Confer-ence in Baltimore.

The two-day confer-ence is presented annually by the National Society of Financial Service Profes-sionals. It trains incoming local leaders in chapter or-ganization and planning, member recruitment and retention, professional de-velopment and marketing.

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Michael Hardy, an au-thor and expert on North Carolina history, spoke at a recent meeting of Sons of

Confederate Veterans Lt. F.C. Fra-zier Camp 668. The Laura Wes-son Chapter 5 also at-tended.

The two groups will observe Con-federate Memorial Day at 3 p.m. May 10 at Oakwood Memorial Park, 312 Mont-lieu Ave. in High Point.

Lt. Commander Larry Brandon will speak.

AnnouncementsThe Triad Chapter of

the North Carolina Native Plant Society will meet at 7 p.m. May 7 at the Kath-leen Clay Edwards Family Library, 1420 Price Park Drive in Greensboro.

Members will exchange native plants.

For information about this free meeting, call (336) 855-8022.

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The Piedmont Bird Club will participate in a Spring Bird Count on May 3.

Teams will count birds in assigned areas within a designated 15-mile cir-cle. Some teams need new counters for all or part of the day. New birders are welcome. For information, contact Elizabeth Link at (336) 273-4672 or elzlink @yahoo.com.

Also, the club has planned a field trip to visit the Summit at Haw River State Park on May 10.

For the meeting time and directions contact Emily Tyler at (336) 375-5770 or ettyler@triad.rr.com.

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The W.D. Hammer VFW Post 2972 in Gibsonville has placed brochures and order forms for the VFW-Gibsonville Memorial Wall in many businesses in Gib-sonville and Elon.

Memorial bricks may be donated in honor of any-one, including people who are not veterans.

Only the names of those

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laneous: He loves visitors, spending time with his family, singing and telling sto-ries. His

favorite goodies are pound cake and kolache.

To submit a listing, send an email at least a week in advance to birthdays@news-record.com with the person’s name, birthday, town, age, school or job, parents’ names for kids, most memorable birthday and favorite birthday dessert. Attach a JPG photo.

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E: Endangered T: Threatened *: Believed completely extermi-nated from North Carolina XN: Experimental nonessential population** S/A: Federally protected because of similarity of appearance

MAMMALSn Carolina northern flying squir-

rel (E)n Eastern cougar (E*)n Finback whale (E)n Gray bat (E)n Gray wolf (E*)n Humpback whale (E)n Indiana bat (E)n Red wolf (E, XN)n Right whale (E)n Sei whale (E)n Sperm whale (E)n Virginia big-eared bat (E)n West Indian manatee (E)

BIRDSn Bachman’s warbler (E*)n Cahaw (E)n Eskimo curlew (E*)n Ivory-billed woodpecker (E*)n Kirtland’s warbler (E*)n Piping plover (Atlantic) (T)n Red-cockaded woodpecker (E)n Roseate tern (E)n Wood stork (E)

REPTILESn American alligator (T, S/A)n Bog turtle (T, S/A)n Green sea turtle (T)n Hawksbill sea turtle (E)n Kemp’s (Atlantic) ridley sea

turtle (E)n Leatherback sea turtle (E)n Loggerhead sea turtle (T)

FISHESn Cape Fear shiner (E)n Roanoke logperch (E)n Shortnose sturgeon (E)n Smalltooth sawfish (E)n Spotfin chub (T)n Waccamaw silverside (T)

INSECTSn American burying beetle (E*)n St. Francis’ satyr (butterfly) (E)

ARACHNIDSn Spruce-fir moss spider (E)

MUSSELSn Appalachian elktoe (E)n Carolina heelsplitter (E)n Cumberland bean (E*)n Dwarf wedgemussel (E)n Littlewing pearlymussel (E)n James spinymussel (E)n Tan riffleshell (E)n Tar spinymussel (E)

SNAILSn Noonday globe (T)

PLANTSn American chaffseed (E)n Blue Ridge goldenrod (T)n Bunched arrowhead (E)n Canby’s dropwort (E)n Cooley’s meadowrue (E)n Dwarf-flowered heartleaf (T)n Golden sedge (E)n Green pitcher plant (E)n Harperella (E)n Heller’s blazing star (T)n Michaux’s sumac (E)n Mountain golden heather (T)n Mountain sweet pitcher plant

(E)n Pondberry (E)n Roan Mountain bluet (E)n Rock gnome lichen (E)n Rough-leaved loosestrife (E)n Schweinitz’s sunflower (E)n Seabeach amaranth (T)n Sensitive joint-vetch (T)n Small-anthered bittercress (E)n Small whorled pogonia (T)n Smooth coneflower (E)n Spreading avens (E)n Swamp pink (T)n Virginia spiraea (T)n White irisette (E)

U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE FEDERAL ENDANGEREDAND THREATENED SPECIES OF NORTH CAROLINA

* Experimental populations are members of a listed species that are geographically separated from other populations of the same species as published in the federal register and are designated as “experimental populations.” An experimental population may be subject to relaxed restrictions as compared to the rest of the species to which it belongs.

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ASTROLOGYBy Holiday MathisForecast for Tuesday

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 22): You thought you had already experienced the full range of human emotion, but this year brings deeper love and greater excitement. The next three weeks feature a fortuitous business arrangement. June connects you with kindred spirits. There’s a crossroads in July, and it’s best to do what’s good for loved ones. Aquarius and Capricorn people adore you. Your lucky numbers are 20, 45, 2, 14 and 50.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Many people are good at what they do but poor at describing what they do. Sooner or later, marketing is important in every line of work. You’ll be helpful to those marketing-challenged types.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The work you’ve chosen is very important, but it’s not as important as friends and family. As you keep everything in balance, you’ll set a standard for those around you, who will follow suit.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): You will come to a professional impasse. You will have the right of way in this matter, but consider yielding anyway. Being right will be far less rewarding than making things work for all involved.

CANCER (June 22-July 22): Honest words are not always invited to the social party, and when they show up, they are often turned down at the door by security. If they do manage to slip in, they will be respected and feared.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It is natural to assume that others share your talents and are as capable as you are in the same areas. This is not true at all. Go in without assumption, and learn where people’s real strengths lie.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your focus will be on those much younger than you. It will help you to keep in mind that everything is new and therefore magnified in the eyes of a child. Also, children get only one childhood.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): “Pride goes before the fall” is how the saying goes. But is it really so wrong to find satisfac-tion in one’s own achieve-ments? They key is in knowing how far to take this. With your social instincts, you won’t go wrong.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Because you believe that everyone is great in some way, you would never value your own efforts while devaluing the efforts of another. You will have to search for the value that isn’t readily apparent.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): They’ll say you’re psychic, but the real reason for today’s accurate prediction is that you know the secret governing lies, vices and flaws: Some things are only as obvious as the effort made to hide them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ignorance is only accept-able when it is naive: No one is born knowing. The open-hearted and curious-minded have an excellent sense of what they need to learn.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll truly feel the equality of all people, and you have an affinity for everyone. That’s why your choice will be a real dilemma. Someone has to stay, and someone has to go. Don’t vacillate. Choose fast.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Before you go out and purchase anything, assess what you already have. This will save you money and trouble, and it will keep you in touch with and accountable to your past.

BRIDGEBy Tannah Hirsch and Bob Jones

Both vulnerable. West deals.

NORTH ♠ 7 5 2 ♥ A K Q 7 ◆ K J 9 6 ♣ K 8WEST EAST♠ A Q 10 ♠ J 8 4 3♥ J 9 ♥ 8 4 2◆ 5 ◆ 10 4 3 2♣ A Q J 9 6 4 3 ♣ 7 2 SOUTH ♠ K 9 6 ♥ 10 6 5 3 ◆ A Q 8 7 ♣ 10 5

The bidding:W N E S1♣ Dbl Pass 2♥3♣ 4♥ Pass PassPass

Opening lead: Ace of ♣

A good declarer will take time early in the hand to plan a line of play. Should he determine that there is a key point in the hand, he will try to move swiftly through that point without telegraphing how important it is. The hope

is that the defenders will not realize the importance of the moment and might make a careless play.

South won the club con-tinuation in dummy and took stock of his chances. The ace of spades was sure to be offside on the auction and the only hope was an endplay. He might need some help for this to succeed.

Declarer quickly drew trumps in three rounds and smoothly cashed all four diamond tricks, end-ing in dummy. He then smoothly led a low spade from the board, East smoothly followed low, South smoothly played the nine, and West was smoothly endplayed. He could cash his ace of spades or yield a ruff-sluff, providing South with his 10th trick either way.

East could have de-feated this contract had he been more alert. Rather than playing a low spade on the key trick, he should have risen smartly with his jack, scuttling the end-play. This is not a hard play for an alert defender, but East fell victim to de-clarer’s smooth tempo.

Dear Annie: I am quite a bit overweight. My 29-year-old daughter

is concerned that I might have a heart attack and die. Meanwhile, she has been smoking cigarettes since she was 16 years old. She said to me, “If you have gastric bypass surgery, I will quit smoking.”

My sister says I should absolutely do it because I might be saving my daugh-ter’s life. That is an awful burden to place on me. Of course, I would love to lose weight, but something as drastic as gastric bypass surgery is frightening to me.

Am I being selfish by not wanting to have the sur-gery? — Need Your Help

Dear Need: Not at all. We know your daughter’s heart is in the right place and that she is worried about you. But surgeries, includ-ing gastric bypass, come with serious risks.

Such surgery is a last re-sort for those who are mor-bidly obese and have been unable to lose weight any other way.

Have you tried programs like Weight Watchers or Overeaters Anonymous?

Have you seen a nutri-tionist about eating in a more healthful way?

Have you attempted

an exercise program or checked at your local gym for a personal trainer?

These are all steps you should take to get your weight into a healthy range.

So here’s a better bar-gain: Tell your daughter that you will get into a diet and exercise program while she works on giving up cigarettes. Someday, she may have a 29-year-old daughter who worries that her mother will die from smoking. We wish you both the best.

Dear Annie: I am so glad “Not a Prude” ad-dressed the issue of

“undressed” women in the TV news. It is vulgar and sad.

I can get past the sleeve-less dresses, but I’m sick of the cross-legged, too-short skirt pose and the deep cleavage.

What happened to sitting behind a news desk? Why do we have to see anyone’s legs?

I am not a prude, but I refuse to watch any news station where the women dress this way.

Our society glorifies sex. I remember one female announcer saying that

the reason women wear dresses is because “the man wears the pants.” I wonder whether she wears dresses at home with her husband. It is degrad-ing and sexist for any TV producer to insist that the female employees wear in-appropriate clothing just to get more viewers. And it is sad for any woman to give in to that pressure in order to keep her job.

Wearing short dresses and showing cleavage is unprofessional and sends the wrong message to other women and young girls who want to succeed in the professional world. — Another Woman Speak-ing Out

Dear Another: If enough people stop watching the stations that promote men as professionals and women as sex symbols, maybe things will change.

Annie’s Snippet for Earth Day (credit John Muir): When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the uni-verse.

Email anniesmailbox @comcast.net, or write to Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 Third St., Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

Mom feeling pressured by daughter to have surgery

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killed in action or who died from injuries are eligible to be listed on the wall. Names placed on the wall are free.

For information, call Jennifer Dean at (336) 446-0293.

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The High Point Repub-lican Women will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the private dining room of The Golden B, 1345 N. Main St., Suite 104, in High Point. Jim Davis of the High Point City Council will speak. There will be a question-and-answer ses-

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The Piedmont North Carolina Chapter of the CPCU Society will hold an Insurance Day Forum from 7:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. May 15 at the Sheraton Four Seasons in Greens-boro.

The forum theme with be “Flood and Property Is-sues” with speakers from Selective, ServiceMaster, Disaster One and North Carolina insurance com-missioner Wayne Goodwin.

The cost to attend is $85. Breakfast and lunch are provided.

For information, visit http://piedmontnc.cpcu

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The Young Professionals of the Risk Management Association Triad Chapter will host its seventh annual benefit golf tournament June 2 at Starmount Forest Country Club in Greens-boro.

The event will benefit the Greensboro Children’s Museum.

Registration, practice and a light lunch begin at 11:30 a.m. The tourna-ment format is captain’s choice with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for first-, second- and third-place teams, as well as closest to the pin and the longest drive.

Teams and hole sponsor-

ships are available. For information, contact

Erin Molinaro at (336) 478-1141 or ekm@crlaw.com.

AwardsJunior League of

Greensboro president Julie Copeland and president-elect Paige Butler accepted the North Carolina Gover-nor’s Award for Volunteer Organization of the Year on behalf of the league.

Presenting the award on behalf of Gov. Pat McCrory was Carley Swaim, execu-tive director of the Volun-teer Center of Greensboro.

Because of the league’s service and dedication to education at Ceasar Cone Elementary in Greensboro,

principal Chris Weikart nominated the league last fall. The league is provid-ing funding and volunteers to bring outside program-ming or develop internal programming at the school during the next three years.

The league’s community projects are being tailored to Cone’s needs in the ar-eas of academic progress, health/nutrition/wellness, basic needs (feeding pro-grams/supplies), literacy, parent involvement and school enrichment.

The award recognizes individuals, groups and/or businesses that make a significant contribution to their communities through volunteer service.

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Derby event to benefit Make-a-WishMake-a-Wish Central &

Western North Carolina will host the 2014 Ken-tucky Derby Classic at 4:30 p.m. May 3 at High Caliber Stables, 8506 Cedar Hollow Road in Greensboro.

The event will revolve around the Kentucky Derby and include mu-sic, dancing, traditional mint juleps, beer and wine bar, food, horse show by the HCS Hot-shots, hat contest, “betting,” auc-tions and a live feed of the Derby at Churchill Downs.

The fundraiser benefits Make-a-Wish.

Tickets are $75. Auction items and vol-

unteers are needed. To donate an auction item, contact Jodi Caruso at (336) 778-2522 or jcaruso@nc.wish.org. To volunteer, contact Angela Lilley at alilley@nc.wish.org

For information and tickets, contact Kate Berry at (336) 778-2523 or kberry@nc.wish.org.

Workshops planned for ages 55 and older

Senior Resources of Guilford is offering free Living Healthy workshops

to seniors from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each Monday, May 5 through June 16 at Center United Methodist Church, 6142 Lake Brandt Road in Summerfield.

The workshops are for ages 55 and older with chronic diseases.

Participants will learn how to manage symptoms, communicate with health- care professionals, lessen frustration, fight fatigue and more.

To register, contact Jen-nifer Nichols at (336) 373-4816 or seniorcenter @senior-resources -guilford.org.

Skin cancer screenings scheduled in Asheboro

The Randolph Can-cer Center will host a free skin cancer screen-ing from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 13 at the Randolph Cancer Center, 373 N. Fayetteville St. in Ashe-boro.

Drs. Steve Kimmel and Todd Williams and nurse practitioner Gay Markham, will offer their services. This screening is for anyone who has not had one in two years.

Participants must pre-register at (336) 633-7788.

— Staff Reports