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BY KARISSA [email protected]

Rowan County tax officials arepreparing for a surge in appeals ofproperty tax values after they arereleased in March.Barbara McGuire, real and per-

sonal property manager with thecounty tax assessor’s office, saidThursday she expects as many as 15percent of property owners to chal-lenge the new values.This is nearly double the county’s

usual 8 percent and also higher thanthe state average of 7 percent to 10percent.“I think people who have listened

to the news may think their valueswill go down by a number other thanwhat it does,” McGuire said.Most of the disputes will be set-

tled through informal appeals to thecounty tax office, McGuire said.“We’ve got almost 79,000 parcels,”

she said. “Something out there is notgoing to be right. ... We may need tocorrect square footage or the num-ber of buildings on a property.”Property owners who still aren’t

satisfied can make a formal appealbefore the county’s board of equal-ization and review.In a typical revaluation year,

about 3,500 to 4,000 formal appealsare made to the board, McGuire said,which represents 10 percent to 15percent of all challenges. Next year,that number could be as high as6,000.McGuire said the county is work-

ing to prepare for a surge in tax val-ue appeals once new values are re-leased March 1.“The plan right now is to adver-

tise the board to meet maybe the sec-ond week of April and adjourn at theend of May, with any appointmentsin overflow to go into June,” she said.“Hopefully, by July 1, the board willbe finished.”July 1 is the day the county prop-

erty tax bills are sent out, but forsome people, the appeals processwon’t yet be complete.Once the board of equalization

and review sends out notices of itsdecisions, property owners will have30 days to appeal to the N.C. Proper-ty Tax Commission.At that point, McGuire said, prop-

erty owners can pay their tax bill infull and get a refund if their assessedvalue is lowered or wait until thematter is settled to pay the final taxbill plus interest. They can also paytaxes on what they argue the prop-erty is worth and settle the differ-ence later.During the appeals process, the

Busy yearahead forcounty tax officials

Salisbury rings in 2011

RALEIGH (AP) — NorthCarolina’s year-old smokingban has seen only sporadic op-position while building abroad range of support fromrestaurant patrons, businessowners and state officials whoare seeing documented im-provements in air quality.Even some smokers who

were worried the law in thenation’s top tobacco-produc-ing state would be a burdenare starting to approve.Steve Lewis, 57, stepped

outside Fox and Hound Puband Grill to have a cigaretteon a chilly Raleigh eveningthis week. For years, he hadgrown so accustomed to theatmosphere of cigarettes atthe local bar that he opposed

the ban — until it went into ef-fect at the beginning of 2010.“After a month or so, it was

fine,” he said. “I think it’s beenan overall positive.”Lewis said he sees health

benefits for patrons and bar-tenders. And he thinks itmight be helping his ownhealth because smoke doesn’tconstantly surround him atthe bar.At the 42nd St. Oyster Bar

and Seafood Grill in Raleigh,owner Brad Hurley has foundthat most smokers quickly ad-justed to the ban and accept-ed it.Nonsmokers, meanwhile,

have been elated.Paul Stone, president and

CEO of the North Carolina

Restaurant and Lodging Asso-ciation, said there has beenbetter compliance with thelaw than he expected and thatit appears the ban has beenpositive for business.“Our members, a lot of

them didn’t realize how mucheasier it was to operate arestaurant when you don’thave to worry about smokingsections and you don’t have todo as much cleaning on amonthly or nightly basis,”Stone said. “There’s beensome nice positive effectsabove and beyond just thehealth aspect.”State officials collected air

samples from dozens ofrestaurants and found a sharpdecline in the amount of dam-

aging smallair particleslinked to to-bacco smoke.The NorthCarolina De-partment ofHealth andHuman Serv-ices said thesmoking banhad resulted in an 89 percentimprovement in air quality inbars and restaurants.The greatest opposition has

come from taverns that pre-viously relied heavily on pa-trons who came to have adrink and smoke. Severalbusinesses have filed suit,claiming that the ban was un-fairly applied against them

even though itexempted pri-vate, nonprof-it clubs, suchas fraternalorganizations.L a u r e n

Wilhelm, own-er of EastsideBilliards inStatesville, es-

timated that his business hasbeen cut in half since the banstarted. He likened the law tocommunism and complainedthat it makes it difficult forbusinesses like his to survive.“It’s a smoking atmos-

phere,” Wilhelm said. “Peoplehave been smoking in barsand pool rooms all their lives.”North Carolina limits on in-

door smoking have laggedmuch of the nation, but dan-gers of secondhand smoke toemployees and patron com-plaints about the smell inrestaurants led the Legisla-ture to approve the ban in2009 after years of failure.Even though there are

about 24,000 venues in NorthCarolina that have to followthe law, the state is only re-ceiving an average of aboutone complaint per day frompeople who believe the law isnot being followed.“I think the citizens of

North Carolina were reallyready for this law,” said SallyHerndon, who leads NorthCarolina’s tobacco preventionand control efforts.

One year later: Smoking ban sparked little opposition“I think the citizensof North Carolina

were really ready forthis law.”

SALLY HERNDONTobacco prevention and control

See TAX, 2A

Crowd gathers for bell ringingBY KARISSA MINN

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As Rockwell resident Deanna Brandon waited near the BellTower for the new year to begin today, she said she is look-ing forward to 2011.

Her 13-year-old daughter, Savannah, faced a number of healthproblems in 2010. Savannah’s illnesses often kept her out of schooland on expensive medication.“I really couldn’t work while this was going on,” Brandon said,

adding that at least this meant she could spend more time withfamily.In 2011, Brandon said she hopes that her daughter’s medica-

tions work out. She also wants to “be back to doing some kind ofwork, whether it’s babysitting or something out of the home.”Savannah said she hopes she can spend more time in 7th grade. The mother and daughter rang in the new year at the Bell Tow-

er in Salisbury. Joining them were Deanna’s 3-year-old niece,Paige Snyder, her husband Lawrence Stephens, and her 15-year-old son, Lance Johnson, and his girlfriend.The festivities began at 11:30 p.m., as Salisbury resident Mary

Gillespie sang and played music for the crowd.Revelers enjoyed cookies, hot cocoa, hot cider, sparkling cider

at midnight, a round of “Auld Lang Syne” and drawings for Down-town Dollars gift certificates. The event is sponsored by down-town merchants and Downtown Salisbury Inc.Robin Carson of Salisbury was chosen in a drawing to ring the

bell first at midnight. After she took her turn, others eagerlystepped up to continue the ringing in celebration.Salisbury residents Crystal and Johnny Cameron said they had

thought about coming to the Bell Tower event before and finallygot around to it this year.Johnny said 2010 wasn’t a bad year for them, but they know it

has been for others as the country still struggles economically.His own workplace has been cutting back and he has had to moveto a job with less pay.“They’ve had to lay some people off,” he said.Crystal said she wants to find a job in 2010 — not because she

lost hers, but because she’s ready to enter the workforce againnow that her daughter is in college.

JON C. LAKEY/SALISBURY POST

Emily Stirewalt-Williams, front, heralds in the coming of 2011 with her family at the base of the Historic Salisbury Bell Tower at midnight.

New Year revelers listen to music by Mary Gillespie near the historic Presbyterian Bell Tower

See REVELRY, 2A

RALEIGH (AP) — NorthCarolina plans next fall toopen another high school on acollege campus that allowsstudents to earn college cred-it as they earn a high schooldiploma.The News & Observer of

Raleigh reports the latest ear-ly college high school will openon North Carolina State Uni-versity’s campus and comesshortly after a study found theschools have higher attendanceand lower suspension ratesthan traditional high schools.The state introduced the

schools in 2004 as an experi-ment to help lower incomestudents. The schools are atcommunity colleges or univer-sities, and students can get anassociate’s degree or twoyears of credit toward a bach-elor’s degree at the same timethey complete work for theirhigh school diplomas.Early results of a study by

the University of North Car-olina at Greensboro comparedninth-graders at the newschools to their peers who ap-plied, but did not get selectedin an admission lottery. Thestudy found 97 percent of ear-ly college students took Alge-bra I by ninth grade, com-pared to 76 percent of the tra-ditional high school students,said Julie Edmunds, projectdirector for high school re-form at the university’s edu-cation research institute.“A lot of these kids want

something different in theirlife, they really do,” Edmundssaid. “The traditional school

doesn’t give that to them.(Early college) helps them seetheir future.”The new school at N.C.

State will focus on science,technology, engineering andmath. Fifty ninth-graders willbe enrolled this fall, with plansto expand to 250 students.Students will study how to

solve major problems in theworld like making solar ener-gy affordable, preventing nu-clear terror and keeping theInternet secure.“They’re real and they’re

problems of the future,” saidRuth Steidinger, senior direc-tor of secondary education forthe Wake County publicschools. “These kids are goingto be so lucky.”North Carolina has one-

third of the early college highschools in the country, and anumber of the programs inother states have shut downduring the recession.

NEW YORK (AP) — Forinvestors, 2010 was a 12-month tug of war between op-timism and doubt. Stocks ini-tially strengthened, the jobmarket didn’t, and fears ofeconomic collapse in Europeand a chilling “flash crash”left many investors almosttoo stunned to act.The year ended with stock

markets at their highest lev-el since the 2008 financial cri-sis on signs of an improvingeconomy. But those samesigns are producing worri-some side effects: Interestrates are on the rise, goldnow tops $1,400 an ounce andoil prices, poised to exceed$100 a barrel, could sendpump prices to $4 a gallon.None of that seemed pos-

sible in the spring whenmany investors became con-vinced that the economywould fall back into reces-sion. Then starting in sum-mer, the mood shifted.Government reports start-

ed to show the economy wasgaining some strength. Cor-porate profits surged. AndFederal Reserve ChairmanBen Bernanke signaled thatthe central bank was pre-pared to pump hundreds ofbillions of dollars into theeconomy to stimulate de-mand.By the close of trading

Friday, double-dip recessionfears seemed like distantmemories.The Standard & Poor’s

500’s 15.1 percent gain forthe year, after dividends, was53 percent more than its av-erage historical gain.Whether the gains will

continue into 2011 will de-pend in part on how quicklythe unemployment rate, nowat 9.8 percent, drops. Many on Wall Street are

optimistic that the bull mar-ket won’t end in 2011. Trad-ing on Friday was quiet andmarked by some of the low-est trading volume of theyear. The Dow Jones Industrial

average rose 7.8 points to11,577.5. The S&P 500 fellless than a point to 1,257.64.The Nasdaq composite fell10.1 to 2,652.87.For the year, each index

returned double-digit gains.Over the course of 2010:• The Dow gained 1,149.46

points, or 11 percent. Withdividends, its total returnrose to 13.99 percent.• The S&P 500 index

gained 142.54 points, or 12.8percent. Including dividends,its total return came to 15.1percent.• And the Nasdaq index

gained 383.72, or 16.9 per-cent, to close at 2,652.87. Af-ter dividends, its total return

came to 18 percent.In other markets:• Oil prices ended the

year above $91 a barrel aftersurging 34 percent since Mayas demand increased fromChina and other emergingmarkets. That could pushgasoline prices to $4 a gallonby summer in some parts ofthe country, experts say.• Gold topped $1,420 an

ounce, up 31 percent for theyear. Grains and soybeanprices also ended the yearsharply higher. The reason:China’s seemingly insatiabledemand for raw materialsand speculators betting thatthey could profitably ride themomentum higher.• Economists are predict-

ing the dollar will fare betterin the new year after it fellagainst the euro and theJapanese yen in 2010.For stock investors, the

numbers mask the fact thatit was a rocky year. The Dowreached 11,205 and the S&P500 reached 1,217 in lateApril, then took a thrill ridedownward after it becameclear that Greece requiredan emergency bailout to dealwith its debt crisis and fearsof a double-dip U.S. recessiongrew.Then came what came to

be known as the “flash crash”on May 6. The Dow, alreadydown about 400 points onworries about Europe,dropped 600 points in sevenminutes. It rebounded 700, then

fluctuated before closingwith a loss of 347. The sud-den drop was later attributedto a fund company that useda complex computer tradingprogram. It had a profound effect

on individual investors.Stocks stayed in a funk

through the early summer aseconomic reports kept point-ing to an uncertain recovery,and as the battered housingmarket was hit again, thistime by the end of tax cred-its for homebuyers. By July2, the Dow bottomed out at9,686.48.What changed?Shipping company UPS

and construction equipmentmaker Caterpillar — viewedas two bellwether indicatorsfor the economy — both saidthey saw signs of improve-ment.Then just days after

Bernanke promised to floodthe economy with dollars, in-vestors got unexpectedlygood news on Sept. 1 aboutmanufacturing in the U.S.and China.Signs of stronger con-

sumer spending — includinga solid holiday shopping sea-son — also helped.

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Six dead after tornado strikesLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP)

— Tornadoes fueled by un-usually warm weather pum-meled the South and Midweston Friday, killing at least sixpeople and injuring dozensmore across Arkansas, Mis-souri and Illinois. Forecast-ers said storms could hitalong a stretch from nearChicago to New Orleans lat-er in the evening as NewYear’s Eve celebrations be-gin.Three people died in the

northwestern Arkansas ham-let of Cincinnati when a tor-nado touched down just be-fore sunrise, and three oth-ers died when a stormspawned by the same weath-er system ripped up the Mis-souri countryside near Rolla.A number of storms werealso reported in the St. Louisarea.“It sucked me out of my

house and carried me acrossthe road and dropped me,”Chris Sisemore of Cincinnatitold the Associated Press onFriday. “I was Superman fora while. ... You’re just free-floating through the air.Trees are knocking you andsmacking you down.”Sisemore said he tried to

crawl under his bed and clingto the carpet, fearful a near-by pecan tree would fall intohis home. As he nursed cuts,scrapes and bruises to hisarms, knees and back, he re-called opening his eyes as he

flew because he didn’t be-lieve he’d see 2011.“I wanted to see the end

coming. You’re only going tosee it one time and I thoughtthat was it,” he said. “It takesmore than a tornado to getme.”In south-central Missouri,

19-year-old Megan Ross andher 64-year-old grandmotherLoretta Anderson died at aLecoma farm where theirfamily lived among three mo-bile homes and two framehouses, Dent County Emer-gency Management Coordi-nator Brad Nash said.A mother and an infant in

the trailer were able to runto a sturdier home, he said.“We found debris from

one of the trailers a mileaway,” Nash said. “One of theframes of the trailer was 15feet up in a tree. All theframes were all twisted up,”and refrigerator from one ofthe mobile homes was found200 yards away, he said.Another woman was killed

north of Rolla, not far fromLecoma, when a tornado de-stroyed her home, accordingto emergency managers inPhelps County.In Arkansas, Gerald Wil-

son, 88, and his wife, Mamie,78, died in their home andDick Murray, 78, died afterbeing caught by the stormwhile milking cows, Wash-ington County Sheriff TimHelder said.

Sisemore’s mother,Margie Sisemore, said herson thought a tree had comecrashing through his window.“He jumped under his bed,

said it grabbed his legs —took him up through the ceil-ing and he landed over yon-der,” she said, gesturingacross the street near wherethe Wilsons died.At Fort Leonard Wood, a

storm damaged 20 homes ina neighborhood that housesofficers.The fort directed essen-

tial personnel to report forduty and that all nonessentialpersonnel should stay away.Spokesman Jeff S. Maddy

said many from the fort weretraveling for the holidays.“The good thing here is if

you had to have a storm likethis, it couldn’t happen at bet-ter time because we have theholiday season and so manypeople are visiting familyand friends away from FortLeonard Wood.”The region has been brac-

ing for severe weather formuch of the week. Gulf mois-ture riding southerly windspushed temperatures into theupper 60s and 70s on Thurs-day — ahead of a cold frontexpected to drop tempera-tures into the teens by thismorning.

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paige sizemore, 18, of Lincoln, ark., sits on the foundation ofa home behind a makeshift cross made from debris after a tor-nado tore through the small town of cincinnati, ark.

2010 ends wellfor investors

State may set upanother early college

Lottery numbers — RALEIGH (AP)— The winninglottery numbers selected Friday in the N.C. Education Lot-tery: Pick 3: 1-9-1, Pick 4: 7-4-9-5, Cash 5: 1-12-22-31-33, MegaMillions: 10-12-13-35-56 Mega Ball: 9

county will face the task ofdefending the values it hasset.Tax Administrator Jerry

Rowland told county commis-sioners in November that thenumber of parcels his officecan use for revaluation hasgone down from an averageof 14,000 to 2,000 this year.He said the county has

rarely lost an appeal to thestate because it had data toback it up, but now it mightnot have enough.Rowland advised the

board to delay revaluationuntil more valid sales data isavailable, but three commis-sioners voted to move aheadwith it out of fairness, ex-pressing doubt that nextyear would be better.McGuire said this week

that the data available toback up a value will dependhow many valid sales ofproperties in the same cate-gory have occurred.“If the data just doesn’t

support the values, we’ll put

a lot of weight on comparingthe value of other propertiesthat are similar in locationand use,” McGuire said.In large part, McGuire

said, the drop in valid data isdue to a decrease in “arm’slength” sales that involved awilling buyer and a willingseller. The state does not al-low the county to include inrevaluation data foreclosuresales or short sales, whichhave been frequent duringthe recession.This could add complica-

tions to the otherwise expect-ed drop in values. The reval-uation also will affect sometypes of properties differ-ently than others.McGuire said homes val-

ued the highest could seetheir values drop the most,while the value of homesconsidered to be affordablemay not decrease as sharplyor consistently.She recommends that

property owners disputingassessed values get in touchwith the county tax office be-fore making a formal appeal.

Contact reporter KarissaMinn at 704-797-4222.

TAXFROM 1a

Fire burns house in East SpencerFirefighters were battling

a fire at 318 E. Georid St. ear-ly today.Few details were avail-

able, but emergency commu-nications indicated that

flames were spotted burningthrough roof of a single-sto-ry home shortly after mid-night.The house was ablaze

when firefighters arrived.

“I’ve checked someplaces, and I’m going to looksome more,” she said. “Ihope it will be a good year.”Asheboro resident Ed-

ward Stills decided to cometo the Bell Tower celebra-tion while visiting family inRowan County.His 6-year-old niece,

Abby Tripp, and 7-year-olddaughter, Kayleigh, saidthey have never been to anevent like this before.“They’re all lying on the

couch,” Stills said of the restof his family. “I said, ‘Let’sgo do something. It doesn’tseem right to fall asleep.’ ”When asked what he was

looking forward to in 2011,Stills replied, “I think life ingeneral is something to lookforward to.”He said 2010 was a good

year for him, even if it was abit stressful.“I know it was a hard year

for a lot of people,” he said.“I think things can get betterfor the country if the rightdecisions are made.”

Contact reporter KarissaMinn at 704-797-4222.

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No pardon for Billy the KidALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

(AP) — The rehabilitation ofBilly the Kid lies dead in thedust.In one of his last official

acts — or non-acts — beforeleaving office, New Mexico’sgovernor refused to pardonthe Old West outlaw Fridayfor one of the many murdershe committed before he wasgunned down in 1881.Gov. Bill Richardson cited

ambiguity surrounding thepledge of a pardon 130 yearsago as the reason.“I felt I could not rewrite

history,” Richardson told theAssociated Press, hours afterannouncing his decision onABC’s “Good Morning Amer-ica” on his last day in office.The prospect of a pardon

for the notorious frontier fig-ure drew international atten-tion to New Mexico, centeringon whether New Mexico ter-ritorial governor Lew Wallacepromised Billy the Kid a par-don in return for testifyingabout killings he witnessed.Richardson concluded Wal-

lace did make a deal, “but it’suncertain why he did not keephis promise,” said the formerU.N. ambassador and Demo-cratic presidential candidate.He said he

could not par-don Billy theKid given thatam b i g u i t yand the facthe killed twod e p u t i e swhen he es-caped in April1881 from theLincoln Coun-ty jail, wherehe was await-ing hanging for the 1878killing of Sheriff WilliamBrady.A pardon document was

even drafted, “but in the end,I didn’t use it,” said Richard-son, adding that he didn’t de-cide until Thursday night.The proposed pardon cov-

ered only the killing of Brady,and not the deaths of thedeputies or any other killings.According to legend, Billy theKid killed 21 people, althoughthe New Mexico Tourism De-partment puts the total closerto nine.He was shot to death by

Sheriff Pat Garrett in July1881.Albuquerque attorney Ran-

di McGinn, who petitioned fora pardon after studying the is-sue, said she won the battle inproving there was a promisebut lost the war over the par-don.

She said, however, she did-n’t regret “one iota being Bil-ly the Kid’s lawyer.”Garrett’s grandson, J.P.

Garrett, of Albuquerque, sentan e-mail to the AssociatedPress: “Yea!!! No pardon!Looks like it will be a greatnew year!!!!”Wallace’s great-grandson,

William Wallace, of Westport,Conn., said Richardson “fol-lowed the correct, rationaltrack in forgoing a pardon fora convicted murderer.”Both men had expressed

outrage Richardson wouldeven consider a pardon, argu-ing there was no proof onewas ever offered.The historical record is un-

clear, Richardson said. Hisstaff told him in August thereare no written documents“pertaining in any way” to apardon in the papers of theterritorial governor, whoserved from 1878 to 1881.Richardson’s successor,

Gov. Susana Martinez, whotakes office Saturday, has saidshe won’t even consider a par-don because state issues weremore pressing.“There’s an awful lot of

work to be taken care of forus to be wasting so much time

on such a con-sideration,”the Republi-can said Tues-day.R ichard -

son’s officeset up a web-site in mid-December forpublic com-ments follow-ing McGinn’spetition. The

survey that ended Sundaybrought in 809 e-mails and let-ters from all over the world —430 favoring a pardon and 379opposed.McGinn argued Lew Wal-

lace promised to pardon theKid, also known as WilliamBonney. She said the Kid kept his

end of the bargain, but the ter-ritorial governor did not.McGinn said Friday she

was disappointed by Richard-son’s decision but thrilled thepardon question sparked in-terest. She said she hoped peo-ple would come to New Mex-ico, see letters Billy the Kidwrote to Wallace, walk Lin-coln’s single street and decidefor themselves whether Billythe Kid was “the Robin Hoodof the West or a notoriouskiller.”Richardson, who said he’s

read countless books and seen

numerous movies about theKid, said the issue gave thestate great exposure andprompted discussion over“one of those historical issuesthat deserves debate and had-n’t been tackled before.”Robert Utley, author of

“Billy the Kid: A Short and Vi-olent Life,” said he was gladRichardson decided against apardon.“Governor Wallace was a

romantic, and the few pressinterviews he granted, at the

time and 20 years later, cloudthe issue. He exaggerated forliterary effect, and the re-porters probably took it fromthere to more exaggeration. Idon’t believe a pardon waspromised, only an effort to ex-empt him from prosecution —a promise he couldn’t deliver,”Utley wrote in an e-mail to theAP on Friday.“If Billy deserves a pardon,

it will be granted by history,not the governor of New Mex-ico.”

associated press

this undated file ferrotype picture provided by the Lincolncounty, N.M., Heritage trust archive is believed to depictWilliam Bonney, also known as Billy the Kid, circa 1880.

www.salisburypost.comwww.salisburypost.comStandoff after bank robbery ends

Smoker awarded $4Mmore in tobacco caseNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)

— A Connecticut smokerwho won $8 million against atobacco company in May, thefirst such jury award in NewEngland, has been awarded$4 million in punitive dam-ages and stands to get mil-lions more in interest.Barbara Izzarelli, a Nor-

wich resident who developedlarynx cancer, won the juryaward against R.J. ReynoldsTobacco Co. after a two-weektrial, but the Bridgeport pan-el left the amount of punitivedamages up to the judge.Judge Stefan Underhill on

Thursday ordered punitivedamages of $3.97 million,bringing Izzarelli’s totalaward to nearly $12 million.The punitive damages willcover attorney fees and oth-er legal costs.The company’s attorney

and a spokesman for R.J.Reynolds, David Howard,didn’t immediately respondto telephone messages.Howard had said in May thatthe company was disappoint-ed and would appeal.Her attorney David Golub

said he expects the judge to

award $15.8 million worth ofinterest dating back morethan a decade, because statelaw requires such interestpayments in cases in whichsettlements are offered. Thatwould bring the total awardto almost $28 million.Izzarelli’s case was the first

smoker’s case to come to trialin Connecticut and the firstjury verdict against a tobaccocompany in New England,Golub said. He said his caseand a jury award in Bostontwo weeks ago involving an-other tobacco company showjuries in New England willaward damages to smokers.Izzarelli, who is 49 and

smoked Salem cigarettes formore than 25 years, under-went surgery at 36 that re-sulted in the removal of herlarynx. She must breaththrough a hole in her throatand has no sense of smell,and can only eat soft foods,Golub said.“It’s a great recovery for

her,” Golub said Friday.“Barbara Izzarelli has terri-ble injuries that she’s goingto live with for the rest of herlife.”

PEARLAND, Texas (AP) — A standoff at asuburban Houston bank where two maskedgunmen took seven hostages and three otherpeople hid in a closet ended peacefully Fridayafter a negotiation of more than four hours.The last two hostages and the second sus-

pect inside the Chase Bank branch left thebuilding about 4 p.m., Pearland Police Lt.Onesmio Lopez said.Lopez called the removal of the last gun-

man, accomplished with the help of a diver-sionary device that simulated gunfire, a suc-cessful end to a long day for negotiators.“They talked him out,” he said.Also at the end, police brought out three

bank employees who had been hiding in a clos-et. Lopez said police knew that the employeeswere hiding but never mentioned it publiclyto ensure their safety.Five hostages, including the bank manag-

er, came out earlier, as did the first gunman.

The standoff began at 11:30 a.m. when thegunmen entered the bank, injuring the man-ager when he refused to open the vault, Lopezsaid.The manager was treated at a hospital as a

result of the beating, Lopez said. Althoughshots were fired at the beginning of the stand-off, no one was harmed by them, he said.As the drama unfolded, dozens of police of-

ficers surrounded the bank, and nearby busi-nesses were locked down.Priscilla Medina, the manager of a fast-food

restaurant, said police occupied her buildingafter instructing her to stop serving cus-tomers.“They told us to close it down, so we did,”

she said.FBI agents from the nearby Texas City of-

fice also were on the scene, but they allowedPearland police to take the lead, an FBI spokes-woman said.

“If Billy deserves apardon, it will be

granted by history,not the governor of

New Mexico.”ROBERT UTLEY

author

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BY SHELLEY [email protected]

Robin Goodman has lived in Rowan County formost of her life. Moving around from 1974 and finally settling

down in 1998, she soon noticed a grisly trend aroundher Stokes Ferry Road home — deer carcassesstripped of meat and antlers, left on the side of theroad and in ditches near her home.“It just seems like each year I see more and more

deer dead on the side of the road,” she said. “It does-n’t look like they’ve been hit. Some will just takethe horns, some won’t.”

Goodman said she wisheshunters would at least take the car-casses into the woods.Sgt. Tony Sharum, an officer

with the North Carolina WildlifeResources Commission who over-sees Rowan and Davidson counties,said hunters usually take more thanthe antlers, but he has seen sever-al cases where only the skull capand antlers have been removed,which is illegal in North Carolina.

“A lot of times they’ll take parts of the deer, thehind legs or choice pieces of meat,” Sharum said.“Occasionally, we’ll see a whole deer, but most ofthe time it’s scavenged to a point.”In 2010, Sharum saw three deer left with just

antlers removed.“Most of the time the deer I’ve seen dumped out

are deer that have been shot,” he said. “A lot of timesthey will have the head, neck and front legs, backlegs removed and skinned on the back.”Although finding antlerless carcasses is infre-

quent, dumping carcasses is a “widespread” prob-lem.“Unless you actually see somebody do it, it’s hard

to catch them.”Sharum said the best way to dispose of a carcass

is to bury it. And if you’re going to dispose of thedeer on private land, the land owner must be con-tacted.A littering charge carries a minimum fine of

$250, plus $133 in court costs.“Litter greater than 15 pounds, (the fine) is up

to the judge, but it’s a lot more than $250,” Sharumsaid.It is also illegal to sell any part of a white-tailed

deer, however, leather, antlers made into knives,and other crafts can be sold, as long as the itemsare not advertised as being part of a white-taileddeer.“The big problem with commercialization of

wildlife species is that anytime a species has a pricetag associated with it, it generally fuels a marketfor that,” Sharum said, noting that he and WildlifeOfficer Andrew Smith investigate people sellingdeer heads, mounted deer and sometimes deer meatthree to five times each year.Despite the low numbers of antlerless deer car-

casses found in Rowan County, they happen andSharum said the most hunters are angered by it.“Most hunters are quick to turn someone in if

they feel this is happening,” he said.Violations can be reported by calling the N.C.

Wildlife Commission at 800-662-7137. Rowan resi-dents can also call the Rowan County Sheriff’s Of-fice at 704-216-8700.Deer season ends 30 minutes after sunset today.

Deer beingkilled forantlersAuthorities say hunters leave deercarcasses on side of the road

SHARUM

CHARLOTTE — One of the most frequent NewYear’s resolutions is to join a gym. If you resolve to get in shape in 2011, the Char-

lotte Better Business Bureau has information tohelp you get fit, without getting taken. The BBB has received 386 complaints about lo-

cal fitness clubs and exercise programs in the lastthree years. The most common complaints focuson two areas, contract disputes and billing issues. “After weeks of holiday parties and big meals,

many people resolve to join a gym and loseweight,” said BBB President Tom Bartholomy.“Given that the New Year is the peak time for gymmembership sales, the BBB encourages consumersto read the fine print before signing a fitness clubcontract.”While some complaints about billing are sim-

ple errors, the majority of billing complaints cen-ter on being billed after the member felt their con-tract had expired. Many consumers either as-sumed their contract would not be renewed, orfiled the appropriate paperwork to cancel theirmembership, but fees continued to be withdrawnfrom bank accounts. Contract-dispute complaints vary, but typical-

ly involve disagreements over promises made bythe salesperson versus what the membership ac-tually included, and the policy for getting out ofthe contract if the member relocated to another

Getting fit withoutgetting taken

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BY DAN COLLINSThe Winston-Salem Journal

INSTON-SALEM (AP) —When Rebecca Luffman’sphone rang at 8 p.m. onSept. 26, it truly was a callout of the blue.

On the other end of the line was BillEggleton. He was calling to say he hadsomething that had long ago belonged toLuffman’s father.

The prized possession was a ring award-ed to the members of the Memphis Chick-asaws baseball team for winning the 1955Southern Association championship. Kel-ly Jack Swift, Luffman’s father, hadpitched for Memphis that season at age 33— the eighth season of his distinguished11-season minor league career.Swift had lost the ring before dying of

kidney disease in 1966. That somewhereturned out to be a ball field in High Point,where he moved with his family from atobacco farm in Elkin after retiring frombaseball.Eggleton, whose hobby was collecting

lost objects with the help of a metal de-tector, had uncovered the ring under afew inches of dirt. Not knowing to whomit belonged, he took it with him when heand his wife, Gail, moved to California in1988.An engraving inside the ring said

“Jack Swift.” But it wasn’t until Eggletoncame across a comment from Luffmanconcerning her father on a website spe-cializing in baseball history —www.baseball-reference.com — that hewas able to locate the family of the ring’soriginal owner.Eggleton, who at age 71 helps assem-

ble floats for the Rose Bowl Parade inPasadena, Calif., was visiting back homein Hickory when he called Luffman tosay he had the ring and wanted to returnit. He and Gail would be driving the next

day from Hickory to West Virginia andwondered if they could meet.Luffman, a retired elementary school

teacher who lives in Roaring River, was,understandably, nervous.“Red flags,” Luffman said. “I really

thought this guy was setting me up to getme out of my house, and he was going tocome and rob my house, or something re-ally crazy. I really did.”As it turned out, she and her sister,

Linda Steelman, were already planning atrip to Hilton Head that would take themthrough Hickory. So she arranged tomeet the Eggletons at a Cracker Barrelrestaurant off the interstate.“It has just been a blessing and such a

wonderful thing to get it back,” Luffmansaid. “And this guy was just so nice. Hewas with his wife.“He asked for no money for it. It’s a

really heavy gold ring.”Kelly Jack Swift got started late in

baseball. Born in 1922, he was in theservice stationed in the Philippinesthrough World War II and didn’t break inuntil 1947 at age 25. By 1952, he had es-tablished himself enough to put togethera 19-12 record and 2.31 earned-run aver-age for Elkin of the Class D North Caroli-na State League.But he was really at the top of his

game the next season, when he was 30-7with a 2.54 ERA for Marion of the ClassD Tar Heel League. That was the lasttime, according to www.baseball-refer-ence.com, that a pitcher won 30 games ina minor league season.He signed with the Philadelphia A’s

(today the Oakland A’s) early in his ca-reer, but he was unaffiliated during hisboom years of 1952 and 1953. The 49wins over two seasons earned him a mi-nor league contract with the ChicagoWhite Sox, who were affiliated withMemphis.The 1955 season spent with Memphis

wasn’t one of Swift’s best. He won twogames and lost six, with an ERA of 4.50.But the Chicks were a powerhouse thatwon 90 games, beating the BirminghamBarons — a farm team of the New YorkYankees — by two games in the stand-ings.Luis Aparicio, a shortstop from

Venezuela who was inducted in the Base-ball Hall of Fame in 1984, hit .273 thatseason for the Chicks. Bob Cain, a left-hander pitcher who had already won 37games for the White Sox, Detroit Tigersand St. Louis Browns, was 6-7 for Mem-phis.And Sammy Esposito, who played 10

years for the White Sox and later won513 games as the head coach at N.C.State from 1967 to 1987, played third forthe Chicks and hit .281.Luffman knew her father was a good

pitcher, but she didn’t know how gooduntil recently, when she took the time af-forded by her retirement to begin look-ing into his career.Two of her five siblings, twins born

two months before Swift’s death, neverknew their father. So she was alreadycompiling newspaper accounts for fami-ly scrapbooks before that fateful nightwhen the phone rang.“None of his grandchildren ever knew

him,” Luffman said. “It’s the only way wecan kind of preserve his legacy. He wasgone at such an early age that it’s beendifficult for some of the younger chil-dren. I was almost 12, so I have a littlemore recollection than they do.“I believe in miracles, and I believe

things happen for a reason. And I believethat ring was a catalyst to get us goingand everything.”

Baseball championship ring returned to NC family

W“It has just been a blessing

and such a wonderful thingto get it back.”REBECCA LUFFMAN

on getting her father’s championshipbaseball ring back

BBB offers tips on joining a gym

SQUEEZING EVERY CENT

BY HUGH [email protected]

Prices at the pump are hov-ering around $3 per gallon forregular gasoline as a spike inprices hits holiday travelers.According to AAA Carolinas,

the average price per gallon ofgasoline was up 39 cents overDecember 2009.Drivers are quick to express

their frustration at what manysee as corporate greed and tak-ing advantage of travelers.Most stations Rowan and

northern Cabarrus counties areselling gas for a little less than$3 a gallon.The lowest price spotted Fri-

day was $2.97 and nine-tenths atthe Quality Mart off U.S. 52 inRockwell.The highest price was at the

Kangaroo station off Glen AftonBoulevard in Kannapolis, nextto the Afton Ridge shoppingcenter and just off Interstate 85.The price there: $3.04 and

nine-tenths.Business was brisk. A steady

stream of drivers moved in andout of the lane of pumps.Behind the counter, Jennifer

Butler said most people seem tobe taking gas prices in stride.“I’m surprise I haven’t heard

it more,” Butler said.Out at the pumps, a driver

who identified himself only asRodney said he used to get moreworked up about the price ofgas and oil.His worry is that the high

price of oil will kill any chanceof an economic recovery.“We’re in a down economy,”

he said. Rodney said he lives in Con-

cord and works in Charlotte.And for family travel, he

drives a Ford Expedition, whichhe said takes between $75 and$80 to fill up at current prices.He said that once gasoline

hits the $3 mark, his family hasto start cutting back on otherthings.

Drivers havefew options asgas prices hoveraround $3

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Micah Thompson, a native of Faith, fuels up at Sandy’s One Stop off N.C. 152 on Friday. Thomp-son is currently serving in the U.S. Navy; he said gasoline prices are higher here than in Virginiawhere he is stationed.

SALISBURY POST 2 0 1 1 C A L E N D A R SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 2011 • 5A

January• Jan. 1-2: Old Stone House

Christmas Celebration, 10 a.m. –4 p.m. Saturday, and Noon – 4 p.m.on Sunday. 704-633-5946, [email protected].

www.rowanmuseum.org• Jan. 3: Students return to

Rowan-Salisbury School Systemclasses for snow makeup day.

• Jan. 8: Big Band Bash bene-fiting Salisbury Symphony, beginsat 7:30 p.m. with a concert of bigband music in Hedrick Theatre, fol-lowed by music, dancing and din-ner in Crystal Lounge. 704-633-7329.

• Jan. 8: Elmwood UMCBrunswick stew dinner, 11 a.m.-2p.m., $7 all-you-can-eat, also pint-quart-gallon available. 3232 Old USHwy 70.

• Jan. 10: Spring semester be-gins, Rowan-Cabarrus CommunityCollege.

• Jan. 11: Master Gardener an-nual retreat, Rowan Public Library.

• Jan. 12: Classes begin at Liv-ingstone College.

• Jan. 14: Folk/AmericanaTriple Performance, with Jim Avett,Sue McHugh and Johnson’s Cross-road, Looking Glass Artist Collec-tive Black Box Theater, doors openat 7:30 p.m. $7 cover. Conces-sions available. www.johnson-scrossroad.com

• Jan. 15: Planetarium Show,Constellations Tonight, 5 p.m.Woodson Planetarium

• Jan. 17: Martin Luther KingJr. Day: Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. at J.F.Hurley Family YMCA; procession,9:30 a.m., from YMCA to Libertyand Church streets; parade, 11a.m.; live performances at CivicCenter, 12:30-4:30 p.m., Civic Cen-ter. [email protected],704-636-2811

• Jan. 18: Welcome back break-fast at Rowan Cabarrus Communi-ty College

• Jan. 21: Legislative Breakfastsponsored by Rowan County Cham-ber of Commerce, 7:30 a.m., Hol-iday Inn.

• Jan. 22: Waterworks OysterRoast, 6:30-11:30 p.m.

• Jan. 22: 10th Annual Wed-ding Extravaganza, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,Salisbury Civic Center. 704-638-5275

• Jan. 25: Carolina’s LargestBaby Shower, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Wal-mart, in conjunction with New Life

91.9. For information, contact thePregnancy Support Center at 704-633-7695.

• Jan. 26: General Assemblygoes back into session

• Jan. 27: Piedmont Players’“The Three Musketeers” — Jan.27-30, Feb. 2-5. Meroney Theater,213 S. Main St. 704-633-5471.www.piedmontplayers.com.

• Jan. 29: Winter Flight 8K, NCState 8K Championship, 28th An-nual, benefits Rowan Helping Min-istries, www.salisburyrowanrun-ners.org

• Jan. 29: Wreck of the Old 97,N.C. Transportation Museum, 1p.m.

• Jan. 30: “American Heroes”Family Concert by Salisbury Sym-phony Orchestra, 4 p.m., Varick Au-ditorium, Livingstone College, fea-turing the All-County Fifth GradeHonors Chorus; tickets at door, $2-$17, www.salisburysymphony.org/performancestextonly.asp

February• Feb. 5: 15th Annual

Father/Daughter Dance, 6-9 p.m.,Salisbury Civic Center, for girls ages4-13. Ticket sales begin Jan. 3for city residents; Jan. 6 for non-city residents. only. Non-city res-idents can purchase their ticketstarting Jan. 6. $6 for daughters,$8 for fathers.

• Feb. 6: Super Bowl Sunday.• Feb. 8: Salisbury Post Senior

Expo, Salisbury Mall, 10 a.m.-2p.m.

• Feb. 8: Spelling Bee forRowan-Salisbury School System,Teaching Auditorium, Rowan-Cabar-rus Community College North Cam-pus, 6 p.m.

• Feb. 8: Fatal Matrimony, Feb.8-9 at 6:55 p.m., Feb. 10-12 at7:30 p.m. , Hedrick Theatre, Cataw-ba College, presented by BlueMasque. One-act plays by SusanGlaspell and Eugene O’Neill. Feb.8-9 at 6:55 p.m. and Feb. 10-12at 7:30 p.m. Directed by Kurt Cor-riher. www.catawba.edu/academ-ic/theatrearts/productions.asp.704-637-4481

• Feb. 8: Salisbury / RowanSenior Games Bridge Party, TrinityOaks. Registration deadline Feb.1. 702-216-7780

• Feb. 10: Founder’s Day Con-vocation, Livingstone College

• Feb. 14: Valentine’s Day• Feb. 16: Salisbury Rowan

Newcomers Club’s fourth annualLuncheon, Fashion Show, Gameand Card Party to raise money forRowan Helping Ministries and theWomen’s Crisis Center. At Salis-bury Civic Center, 11:30 a.m.-3p.m. $20, in advance.

• Feb. 18: “Disney’s The Jun-gle Book Kids,” Feb. 18-19, TheNorvell Theater. Performances: Fri-day, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2:30p.m. and 7:30 p.m. www.pied-montplayers.com, 704-633-5471

• Feb. 19: “Passion,” N.C. Sym-phony, 7:30 p.m., Keppel Auditori-um, Catawba College

• Feb. 19: Family Laser Show,Laser Potpourr, Horizons Unlimit-ed, doors open at 4:30 p.m. 704-639-3004.

• Feb. 19: 21st Annual ModelCar Swap Meet, Salisbury CivicCenter, 9 a.m. Vendors set up 8-9a.m. Floor rights, 8-9 a.m., $15.Admission $5 for adults, free for10 and under. Contact Allen or Ly-dia Hilton, 704-856-1718.

• Feb. 19: Valentine CarriageDrive, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 1234Hurley School Road. Horses of allsizes compete in driving and ridingcourses. 704-213-7076 or [email protected].

• Feb. 19: March 10: Independ-ent/Home School Exhibition, Wa-terworks Visual Arts Center.

• Feb. 21: President’s Day• Feb. 23-27: “Bright Lights,

Big City,” by Paul Scott Goodman,Florence Busby Corriher Theatre,Catawba College, Blue Masque;Feb. 23-26 at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 27,2 p.m. www.catawba.edu/acade-mic/theatrearts/productions.asp,704-637-4481

• Feb. 24: Andrew JacksonLodge 576's annual BrunswickStew, at the Masonic Temple onFulton Street.

• Feb. 25: Opening receptionfor Spring Exhibitions, 6-8 p.m., Wa-terworks Visual Arts Center.

• Feb. 26: Mardi Gras Fundrais-er, Rowan Museum, 202 N. MainSt. Details TBA. www.rowanmuse-um.org

• Feb. 26: Scottssing for thecure of Cystic Fibrosis, TheLebeaus and Brothersake in con-cert, 6:30 p.m., East Rowan HighSchool Auditorium. www.scottss-ing.com

March• March 5: Southern Crappie

Kids fishing tournament, 9 a.m.,Salisbury Community Park, spon-sored by Southern Crappie Tourna-ment Trail and the SalisburyParks and Recreation Depart-ment. Prizes awarded in each agegroup for the biggest fish, totalnumber of fish caught, and over-all biggest fish. If you need trans-portation to the park please pre-register by calling Miller Recre-ation Center at 704-638-5297.No charge. Phone: 336-580-4016

• March 5: The HUNT Fami-ly, Rowan County Concert Asso-ciation, fiddlers and step-danc-ing, 7:30 p.m., Keppel Auditori-um, Catawba College.

• March 5: Granite Quarry Civ-itan Applebee Flapjack Fundrais-er 7-10 a.m., Applebee's Grill &Bar, 205 Faith Road, Salisbury.$7.

• March 9-11: Salisbury/Rowan SilverArts, Salisbury CivicCenter. Registration deadlineMarch 1. Coordinator contact;Phyllis Loflin-Kluttz 704-216-7780

• March 12: Shamrock 5K,Salisbury Fire Dept., www.salis-buryrowanrunners.org

• March 12-31: ElementarySchool Exhibition, Waterworks Vi-sual Arts Center. Reception,March 24.

• March 17: St. Patrick’s Day• March 19: Family Laser

Show, “Laser Country,” at 5 p.m.;and Rock Laser Show, “Hypnoti-ca,” at 7 p.m. Horizons Unlimit-ed

• March 19: 2nd Annual Win-terBloom, Boxwood Lodge, bene-fiting Salisbury Academy. 704-636-3002

• March 20: First day ofspring

• March 28: Salisbury /Rowan Senior Games DuplicateBridge tournament, Oak Park Re-tirement. Registe by March 14.704-216-7780

• March 24: Pregnancy Sup-port Center 25th Anniversary An-nual Fundraising Banquet, 6:30p.m.-8:45 p.m., Holiday Inn. 704-633-7695.

• March 26: Spring CraftShow, Salisbury Civic Center, 315S. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.704-638-5275.

• March 31-April 3: “Hair-spray,” The Meroney Theater,7:30 p.m. March 31-April 2; 2:30p.m. April 3. www.piedmontplay-ers.com, 704-633-5471

April• April 5-9: Shakespeare’s “The

Merry Wives of Windsor,” HedrickTheatre, Catawba College, BlueMasque; April 5-6, 6:55 p.m.; April7-9, 7:30 p.m. www.catawba.edu/academic/theatrearts/produc-tions.asp, 704-637-4481

• April 9: Colonial Spring Frol-ic, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Old StoneHouse. 704-633-5946

• April 7-9: Artist Invitational,Waterworks Visual Arts Center; pre-view party Thursday night; galleryhours 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.

• April 8-10: 14th Annual Sal-isbury Confederate Prison Sympo-sium, sponsored by the Robert F.Hoke Chapter No. 78 of the Unit-ed Daughters of the Confederacy.Banquet, historical lectures andmemorial services. For informationcall 704-637-6411 or e-mail [email protected].

• April 9: Antique Tractors andTrains Show, N. C. TransportationMuseum, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

• April 11: Master GardenersEarth Day on the Greenway.

• April 12-14 & April 19-May 6:Salisbury / Rowan Senior Games.Coordinator contact; Phyllis Loflin-Kluttz 704-216-7780 Join in thefun…

• April 15: Earth Night Out,Downtown Salisbury.

• April 16: Salisbury FarmersMarket opens for 2011 season.

• April 16: Touch a Truck, 10a.m.-1 p.m., First Bank/Wa-chovia/Salisbury Post parking lotsin downtown Salisbury.

• April 16: Fit Community 10K,walking loop and fun run, City ParkShelter 1, Lake Drive. Sponsoredby Salisbury Parks and Recreation,benefits Relay for Life, www.salis-buryrowanrunners.org.

• April 16: Salisbury Sympho-ny presents “Fantasy.”

• April 16: The Mars Story Plan-etarium Show, 5 p.m., Horizons Un-limited.

• April 18: Passover begins atsunset

• April 21: Salisbury Post Tasteof Home Show, South Rowan HighSchool.

• April 22: Good Friday• April 23-May 14: High School

Exhibition, Waterworks Visual ArtsCenter; reception, May 5.

2011Community calendar of events

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The beginning of a new yearis a good time for reflectionand goal-setting. The Post

asked several influential people inthe community to share resolu-tions of three kinds: personal, pro-fessional and for their industry.Maybe their responses will inspireothers to look ahead with hope.

— Elizabeth Cook

Albert Aymer President, Hood Theological

SeminaryMy New Year resolution is to

renew my passionate conviction offostering a whole-some communityin which the dif-ferences of raceand ethnicity, ma-terial possession,national origin, re-ligious conviction,gender and sexualorientation, politi-cal allegiance, age,physical appear-ance or any other

differences are not used as occa-sions for prejudice and discrimi-nation. This is not to say that I re-gard as of no significance any andall types of human behavior.Rather, in embracing the totalityof our human family, I advocatestrongly the types of behaviorwhich in light of the Gospel ofChrist are true, honorable, just,pure, lovely, gracious, advocatesexcellence, and worthy of God’spraise.As you can tell, my strong con-

viction, and the resolution thatemanates from it, are grounded inthe teachings of the New Testa-ment, especially in the Gospel andthe letters of St. Paul. The witnessof the entire New Testament isthat the saving act of God is forthe entire human race (John 3:16). And in writing to the Christian

community in Galatia St. Paul ex-pressed it this way: “For as manyof you as were baptized in ChristJesus have put on Christ. There isneither Jew nor Greek, there isneither slave nor free, there is nei-ther male or female; for you areall one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:27-28). And concerning the acceptable

life-style, Paul wrote to the believ-ers of Philippi in Macedonia: “Fi-nally, brothers and sisters, what-ever is true, whatever is honor-able, whatever is just, whatever ispure, whatever is lovely, whateveris gracious, if there is any excel-lence, if there is anything worthyof praise, think about thosethings” (Phil. 3:8).I have attempted and will con-

tinue to do all I can to make thisconviction the basis of the semi-nary’s preparation of men andwomen for effective ministry inthe communities of faith wherethey serve or will eventuallyserve. I am convinced that nothingless than this is worthy of theGospel of Christ.

Darrell BlackwelderDirector, Rowan County Coop-

erative Extension ServicePersonal: Like the majority of

people I need to keep healthy bylosing more weight and relax

more at home. I’velost 20 poundsover the last fewmonths and needto lose much more.Losing weight andkeeping my“work” at workwill most likelymake my lifemuch better forme and my wife.

Professional: An-swer questions and requests in amore timely manner. I get quite afew phone calls and e-mail re-quests during the day and some-times it takes a day or two to re-spond to the request or question. Ineed to provide information to cit-izens as quickly as possible.

Industry: Resolution for Cooper-ative Extension in Rowan Countyis to have more exposure to thepublic as an organization that pro-vides many relevant programs toall citizens in our county. Mostthink of Cooperative Extension asproviding information only tofarmers or those in rural areas ofthe county. Cooperative Extensionprovides research based informa-tion to all citizens from healthy di-ets to healthy gardens. Look at ourwebsite:www.rowanextension.com to seehow we can help you.

Mac ButnerReal estate brokerPersonal: Be more concerned

about the board inmy own eye thanthe speck in some-one else’s eyes.

Professional: Re-train in a profes-sion that is reces-sion-depressionproof.

Industry: As ataxpayer, seek toquestion govern-

ment spending at all levels, for theenormous debt is the greatestthreat to our freedom.

Anne Cave Executive director, Rowan Arts

Council (Photo by Sean Meyers)Personal: To entertain more.

Professional: Topractice my pianoevery day.

Industry: To in-volve more volun-teers in the workof the Rowan ArtsCouncil, raisemore money, andcontinue to pro-mote the arts inRowan County.

Robert Crum ArtistProfessional: I plan to explore

new venues and participate in ex-hibitions that will promote andrecognize the visual art I createboth on a national basis and inter-

nationally.Personal: I will

read books and lit-erature and takeclasses that willaddress how spiri-tuality and physi-cal health areclosely connected.

Industry: Nowthat the economicrecovery appears

to be upon us, artists and art deal-ers and other venues that sell vi-sual art need to market and pro-mote work so art collectors andmuseums will begin acquiringmore visual art in the volumes ator above that being collected priorto the recession.

Kyna FosterExecutive director, Rowan

Helping MinistriesPersonal: I plan to be intentional

about my health. Not just to in-crease my physical exercise and

make healthy andnutritional foodchoices but to alsohave all my physi-cals and age ap-propriate healthscreenings that Ihave been puttingoff. My motherhad two differentkinds of cancerand my children

asked me to promise a while backto get these screenings. I resolveto deliver on that promise.

Professional: I want to live eachday with a heart for others and areliance on my faith as I workwith staff and volunteers atRowan Helping Ministries to helppeople in need.

Industry: We (non-profits,churches, businesses, and individ-ually) need to work together to re-store neighborhoods and build astronger community.

Ted Goins Jr.President, Lutheran Services

for the Aging: Professional: I want to spend at

least 5 minutes per day encourag-ing the concept of elderhood, that

every elder hasgreat value anddeserves venera-tion. Our ministryserves eldersacross N.C., andelders and agingare misunderstoodand mis-character-ized.

Personal: Can Ihave two? I want

to work every day on the right bal-ance between details and big pic-ture. My job requires both and im-balance can be disastrous. Also, Iwant to weigh under 206, so if yousee me overeating, it takes a vil-lage.

Industry: Future success hinges

on the support and education ofour children. Every person shouldvolunteer at a public school. CallCommunities In Schools today!

Bill GreeneMarket president, Wachovia

Bank, SalisburyPersonal: I always resolve to

leave things just a little betterthan I found them.Last year it was abuilding that need-ed a new face anda few books. Thisyear it was help-ing out with a chil-dren’s theater andthe United Way.I’m sure there willbe plenty for thisyear.

Professional: I resolve to helpmy customers as much as I can.It’s not easy, times are tough, andI can’t deliver miracles. But I amlucky enough to have some greatcustomers that deserve muchprosperity for their hard work.

Industry: I resolve to do my bestto make banking a proud profes-sion again and to help win backthe respect and trust that we havelong enjoyed. Banking shouldn’tbe a bad word, most bankers workhard, do a lot of good and love ourcommunities.

Judy GrissomSuperintendent, Rowan-Salis-

bury School SystemProfessional: At the top of this

list is my commit-ment to continueto work extremelyhard in protectingour classrooms asmuch as possiblefrom the unprece-dented pendingbudget cuts thatface our district inthe upcoming newschool year.

Personal: My personal resolu-tions are to place more impor-tance on taking better care of myhealth by scheduling additionaltime exercising at the YMCA andmore sleep time along with asmuch rest as possible. My familyis very important to me andspending time with them rankshigh on my personal goal list.

Industry: Realizing the severitythat the current economic climatehas and is predicted to continue tohave on public education, I plan tobe a much firmer advocate withour state and local officials inhelping them to understand theimportance of a strong educationsystem in our community andstate.

David HagyConductor, Salisbury Symphony

OrchestraPersonal: Stop biting my fingers

when I’m nervous.Professional: I

want to do theright thing(s) to in-sure a secure fu-ture for the Salis-bury Symphony.

Industry: I hopeeveryone can stopsenseless waste byboth using less andrecycling more.

Randy HemannExecutive director, Downtown

Salisbury Inc.Professional: Do a better job

thanking the special people that Iwork with and work for becausethey are the reason our downtown

is successful!Personal: I am

the consummate“cannot sit still”person so I wouldlike to spend moretime just “being”with my familyand friends.

Industry: Theeconomy is cer-tainly not what itwas and is not re-

turning to what we once thoughtof as “normalcy” but I am seeingsome very intelligent people inboth business and developmentadapting to the new economy. Asthe economy continues to evolve, Iwould like to see the my friendsacross N.C. in the downtown de-velopment industry be a part ofthis cutting edge movement that isfiguring out how to get thingsdone in the new economy and as-

sisting in the creation of jobs andredevelopment projects that areboth good for our communitiesand sustainable.

Marc HoffmanVirillion Music recording artist,

composer and children’s book au-thor

Professional: Re-lease two newprojects I’ve al-ready begun; a vo-cal CD of stan-dards and balladswith three neworiginal songs, anda CD of new origi-nal jazz with mytrio. Build my pub-lishing catalog

with works by other artists in ad-dition to my own. Release a compi-lation CD of original film music.Increase live performances thisyear to 100-plus dates. Begin newYoga for Musicians classes at Sal-isbury School of Music.

Personal: Spend more time withmy wife Anne and daughter Au-gust. Spend more time hiking inthe N.C. mountains (with Anne andAugust). Be more grateful.

Industry: Get active this year inBMI’s (Broadcast Music Incorpo-rated) lobbying efforts to increaseawareness and combat the digitalpiracy of intellectual property.For every song, movie, videogame etc., that is downloaded, theartist/creator is robbed of theirdue royalties. The practice of digi-tal piracy is no different than tak-ing a loaf of bread from the localgrocer without paying. Unfortu-nately, this fact hasn’t gottenthrough to the last couple of gen-erations.

Susan KluttzMayor of SalisburyProfessional: I plan to focus on

two areas as the New Year begins.The first is explor-ing how to bettercommunicate tothe public the im-portance of sup-porting our localbusinesses. Justmaking peopleaware that theirshopping here,whenever possi-ble, could make atremendous dif-

ference, not only to our local busi-ness owners, but also by increas-ing our declining sales tax rev-enue. The second area is providingmore outreach and support to ouryoung people to encourage themto be successful and to help themunderstand the importance of pub-lic service.

Personal: I plan to try to im-prove my time management skillsso that I can accomplish more in aday than I presently do. One area Ineed to improve is finding time topersonally thank individuals fortheir contributions to the city. Sal-isbury is the special place that it isbecause many people give theirtime and resources for others. Asmayor, I see so many good andpositive things happen here everyday, and I don’t think that peopleare thanked enough for what theydo.

Industry: For the New Year, Iwould like to see a renewed effortby those in all levels of govern-ment to understand the impor-tance of working with the businesscommunity to provide more jobsand employment as quickly as pos-sible. I remain concerned aboutthose in our own city who are frus-trated and suffering from unem-ployment, and my hope is thatthese combined efforts will soonproduce stability for all of our citi-zens. Right now, everyone knowsthis is critical, so I am optimisticthat it will happen.

James MeachamExecutive director, Rowan

County Tourism Development Au-thority

Professional:Push the envelopeand implementnew and effectivetourism marketingprograms.

Personal: Cher-ish every momentwith my wife anddaughters.

Industry: Contin-ue to see growth and investmentin the tourism sector of the econo-my.

Dyke Messinger President, Power CurbersPersonal: Be positive when

there are so manychallenges aroundme.

Professional: Bethe leader that myassociates expectme to be.

Industry contin-ue to work formanufacturingjobs in America.

Eleanor QadirahOrganizer, Rowan Blues and Jazz

FestivalProfessional: I want to train a few

people to become the best eventplanners in the re-gion.

Personal: I willimprove my well-ness and fitnessschedule and plans.

Industry:Encour-age people to be-come committed tothe success and fu-ture of the RowanBlues and Jazz So-ciety and Festival

with the intent of bringing morepeople together to experience an-other American art form.

Vicky SlusserExecutive director, Communi-

ties in Schools of Rowan CountyPersonal: I resolve to spend

more time at thegym and less timecomplaining aboutit.

Professional: Iresolve to takemore opportuni-ties to tell mystaff how wonder-ful they are.

Industry: I re-solve to do my

part to heighten the community’sawareness of how vital Non Prof-its are to the community.

John Wear Director, Center for the Envi-

ronment, Catawba CollegePersonal: Simplify my life. Let

go of everythingextraneous.

Professional:Give students theknowledge andleadership toolsthey need to havepositive impactsin their presentand future com-munities.

Community andworld:Help people understand thatwe must change the way we liveon the earth at a rate that exceedsthe rate at which the planet is be-ing degraded if we are going tohave a sustainable future

David WhisenantReporter, WBTVProfessional: To be fair, accu-

rate, and funny, when possible. Tobe faithful to pray for those peo-

ple and situationsGod allows me toencounter in mywonderful job.

Personal: Finishmy book, (writingit, not readingone), keep run-ning, and stopfreaking out overthings I reallycan’t control.

Industry: Stress quality overquantity and value getting it rightmore than getting it first.

Want to share your resolutions?E-mail them to [email protected].

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2011 RESOLUTIONS

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Common sense(Or uncommon wisdom, as

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We will open the book.Its pages are blank. We aregoing to put words on themourselves. The book iscalled Opportunity and itsfirst chapter is New Year'sDay.

— Edith Lovejoy Pierce

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Deena Rose MooreCorrection

SALISBURY— DeenaRose Moore, age 60, passedaway Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010.The correct address formemorials is, Grace UnitedMethodist Church BuildingFund, 846 Faith Road, Salis-bury, NC 28146. CremationConcepts of Salisbury is serv-ing the Moore Family.

Rita A. JohnsonSALISBURY — Rita An-

tionette Johnson, 81, of Salis-bury, passed away Friday,Dec. 31, 2010, at Rowan Re-gional Medical Center. Ar-rangements are incompletewith Lyerly Funeral Home incharge.

Have a Happy and Safe New Year!

Anthony B. HairstonCorrection

LEXINGTON — AnthonyBernard “Toka” Hariston, 42,passed away Monday, Dec.27, 2010. Mr. Hairston's fa-ther's name is Willie J. Haris-ton. Services were entrustedto Hairston Funeral Home,Inc.

• April 24: Easter• April 25-29: Spring Break

for Rowan-Salisbury School Sys-tem.

• April 30: Nathan BrownHouse 5K, www.salisburyrowan-runners.org

• April 30: 5th Annual Moth-er-Son Dance for Boys Ages 4-13, 6-9 p.m., Salisbury Civic Cen-ter, 315 S. Martin Luther King Jr.Ave. $6 for sons, $8 for moth-ers. 704-638-5275.

May• May 1: Buck Hurley

Triathlon, JF Hurley YMCA, Y In-vest in Youth,www.salisbury-rowanrunners.org

• May 6: Spring Night Out,downtown Salisbury

• May 6: First PresbyterianTeens with a Mission 5K,www.salisburyrowanrunners.org

• May 7: Commencement,Livingstone College

• May 7: The Diamonds inConcert, 7:30 p.m., Rowan Coun-ty Concert Association, KeppelAuditorium, Catawba College.

• May 7: Master GardenerPlant sale and swap.

• May 8: Mother’s Day• May 12-21: Norvell The-

atre presents “The Lion, theWitch, and the Wardrobe.”

• May 14: Commencement,Catawba College and Hood The-ological Seminary.

• May 21: Salisbury Sympho-ny Orchestra presents “Dance.”

• May 13-14 — 2011 RowanCounty Relay for Life, Openingceremony at 7 p.m.;closing cer-emony, 7 a.m.

• May 14: Bestowal of Mili-tary Service Awards Program,Stanback Auditorium, RowanPublic Library, sponsored by theRobert F. Hoke Chapter No. 78,United Daughters of the Confed-eracy. 704-637-6411.

• May 14: Family Fun Day(tentative), Waterworks VisualArts Center, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Arton Easy Street.

• May 14: 3rd annual Salis-bury BBQ FESTIVAL, SpencerPlaza, 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Sal-isbury Rowan Cultural Arts Foun-dation, BBQ Festival Committee

• May 14: 5th Annual MiddleSchool Prom, 6-10 p.m., CityPark Center, 316 Lake Driv. $10advance tickets only. 704-638-5297.

• May 18: Summer term be-gins, RCCC.

• May 21-Aug. 13: SummerExhibitions, Waterworks Visual

Arts Center; reception May. 27,6-8 p.m.

• May 28: Bare Bones 5K,benefits Rowan Helping Min-istries, Salisburyrowanrunners.org

• May 30: Memorial Day

June• June 2: Piedmont Players

presents “The Farnsworth Inven-tion.”

• June 3-5: North CarolinaRepublican Party state conven-tion, Wilmington Convention Cen-ter.

• June 4: Pops at the Post• June 10: China Grove Chal-

lenge 5K, South Rowan YMCA In-vest in Youth,www.salisbury-rowanrunners.org

• June 10: Last day of schoolfor Rowan-Salisbury School Sys-tem.

• June 10-12: SalisburyStage Race, Carolinas CyclingAssociation.

• June 11: Nazareth Chil-dren’s Home Fun Fest

• June 14: Flag Day• June 17-19: Salisbury

Parks and Rec and Kiwanis Jr.Open (USTA Sanctioned) TennisTournament, City Park TennisComplex. For registration info,call 704-638-5295.

• June 19: Father’s Day• June 21: First day of sum-

mer• June 25-26: Festival of

Spring Gardens, Salisbury Sym-phony Guild.

July• July 4: Independence Day• July 9: Master Gardeners

Second Annual Flower Show.• July 14-24: Norvell Theatre

presents Summer Youth Musical(TBA)

• July 15: Krazy Night Out,downtown Salisbury.

• July 23: Salisbury Parksand Recreation Run Walk for theGreenway 5k and Half-Mile FunRun, 8 a.m. Starts at Knox Mid-dle School. 704-638-5275.

• July 28-Aug. 6: PiedmontPlayers presents “The Prisonerof Second Avenue.”

AugustAugust, TBD---Tomato Trot 5K,

Woodleaf, Unity PresbyterianChurch www.salisburyrowanrun-ners.org

• Aug. 5: Summer Night Out,downtown Salisbury.

• Aug. 15: Fall semester be-gins, RCCC.

• Aug. 20: Woodleaf Tomato

Festival, Unity PresbyterianChurch.

• Aug. 29: Swingn’ forNazareth GolfTournament/Sapona GolfCourse.

September• Oyster Roast – Septem-

ber to benefit Nazareth Chil-dren’s Home

• Sept 2: BB&T Sunset Run,benefits United Way. NC State5K Championship, www.salis-buryrowanrunners.org

• Sept. 5: Labor Day• Sept. 11: Grandparents’

Day• Sept. 11: NFL, Punt, Pass

and Kick, 2 p.m., Catawba Col-lege. No charge. For more infor-mation call Hall Gym at 704-638-5289.

• Sept. 9-17: Cabarrus Coun-ty Fair

• Sept. 13: Salisbury PostSenior Expo, Salisbury Mall, 10a.m.-2 p.m.

• Sept. 19-24: Rowan Coun-ty Fair

• Sept. 23: First day of au-tumn

• Sept. 28: Rosh Hashanahbegins at sunset

• Sept. 30-Oct. 9, Dixie Clas-sic Fair, Winston-Salem.

October• Oct. 1-2: Autumn Jubilee,

Dan Nicholas Park.• Oct. 1: 45th Annual Gran-

ite Quarry Civitan Fiddler's Con-vention, East Rowan HighSchool, 6:30 p.m. - $1,600 cashprizes plus trophies and ribbons- admission $8.00 - also avail-able BBQ chicken and home-made desserts - for informationcall 704-633-5940 or 704-267-9439 - or www.granitequarryfid-dlers.com

• Oct. 1: Landis Cancer 5KRun/Walk www.salisburyrowan-runners.org

• Oct. 1: Fall Yard Sale, 7a.m.-noon, Salisbury Civic Cen-ter, 315 S. Martin Luther King Jr.Ave. For information call CivicCenter at 704-638-5275.

• Oct. 7: OctoberTour NightOut, downtown Salisbury.

• Oct. 7: Yom Kippur beginsat sunset.

• Oct. 8: October Tour 5K,Historic Foundation,www.salis-buryrowanrunners.org

• Oct. 8-9: Historic SalisburyFoundation’s OctoberTour

• Oct. 10: Columbus Day• Oct. 13-23: North Carolina

State Fair, Raleigh.• Oct. 15: Rowan Blues and

Jazz Festival

• Oct. 15: Knights of Colum-bus 5K, Sacred Heart Catholic.www.salisburyrowanrunners.org.

• Oct. 28: Master GardenersFall Fun Days and Plant Sale.

• Oct. 29: Halloween FunFest, sponsored by DowntownSalisbury Inc. and SalisburyParks and Recreation, 3-6 p.m.,First Bank/Salisbury Post park-ing lot in downtown Salisbury. Forinformation, call Miller Recre-ation Center at 704-638-5297.

• Oct. 30: Rotary SpookySprint 5K, benefits Rotary proj-ects, www.salisburyrowanrun-ners.org

• Oct. 31: Halloween

November• Nov. 5: Fall Craft Show, 7

a.m.-noon, Salisbury Civic Cen-ter, 315 S. Martin Luther King Jr.Ave. For information call Salis-bury Civic Center at 704-638-5275.

• Nov. 8: Election Day for mu-nicipalities.

• Nov. 11: Veterans Day• Nov. 22: South Rowan

Christmas Parade• Nov. 23: Holiday Caravan• Nov. 24: Thanksgiving

• Nov. 25: Holiday Night Out,downtown Salisbury, featuringSanta and the Grinch.

• Nov. 26: Santa and theGrinch at the Bell Tower, WestInnes and South Jacksonstreets, 10 a.m.-noon.

December• Dec. 2: Tree Lighting Cere-

mony at City Park, 6-6:30 p.m.,City Park Lake.

• Dec. 2-4: The Arc Festivalof Trees, F&M Trolley Barn.

• Dec. 3: Santa’s Run forHunger 5K, benefits RowanHelping Ministries West,www.salisburyrowanrunners.org

• Dec. 11: Santa and theGrinch Fire Trucks, 10 a.m.-1p.m., 126 E. Innes St. Spon-sored by Downtown SalisburyInc.

• Dec. 17: Camp ChristmasChild Care, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., F&MTrolley Barn, 125 E. Liberty St.Contact Rowan County YouthServices Bureau, 704-633-5636, ext. 104.

• Dec. 20: Hanukkah beginsat sunset

• Dec. 22: First day of win-ter

• Dec. 25: Christmas• Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve

at the Bell Tower, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., sponsored by Down-town Salisbury Inc. 704-637-7814.

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area. “If you are looking to join

a gym, you should do yourresearch before you sign acontract,” addedBartholomy. “In the last 36months, the BBB has provid-ed 7,075 Reliability Reportson fitness clubs and exerciseprograms.”

The BBB offers the fol-lowing advice to help pick afitness facility that bestmeets your needs. • Get a free reliability re-

port at www.bbb.org. Findout what kind of trackrecord fitness clubs in yourarea. • Consider your budget

and monthly cash flow. Mostfacilities charge an up-frontmembership fee to join anda monthly fee that is usual-ly paid by automatic with-drawal from your checkingaccount.• Check out the facilities.

Visit several different clubson different days and attimes that you plan to exer-cise to see how crowdedthey are.

• Do not give in to salespressure. Many clubs willoffer “New Year’s Specials.”Walk away from clubs thatpressure you to sign a con-tract on the spot. instead,take a sample contract hometo read before signing. • Read the entire con-

tract. Does it list all servic-es and facilities and thehours of operation? Is every-thing that the salespersonpromised in the contract?What is included in themonthly fee, and what willcost you extra? What is thetotal cost and paymentschedule, including enroll-ment fees and financecharges? • Know the membership

details. How long is themembership term and isthere an automatic renewal?Can you pay month-to-month? What are your can-cellation rights if you moveto another area, are injured,or the club closes or is tak-en over by new manage-ment? Get the cancellationpolicy and the refund policyin writing.

For more information,please visit www.bbb.org orcall the BBB at 877-317-7236toll-free in North Carolinaand South Carolina.

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Man killed trying to free Jeep stuck in snowFAIRVIEW (AP) — State

troopers say a man has died af-ter he was run over by his ownJeep as he tried to free it aftergetting stuck in the snow on aprivate road east of Asheville.Authorities say 58-year-old

Nicholas Gannon was takinghis wife to a rental cabin shemanaged near Fairview onWednesday afternoon when hisJeep got stuck on the unplowedroad.Neighbor Dianne Trammel

told The Asheville Citizen-Times that Gannon sent hisdaughter and wife on up to thehouse to prepare for guestswhile he worked on the car.Trammel says Gannon’s

daughter came to check on himafter he didn’t join them andfound him pinned underneaththe Jeep.Troopers say the Jeep

slipped back on Gannon as hepushed it from the back to tryand get traction.

“You don’t go out as often,”Rodney said.But some people don’t

have that luxury.At Sandy’s One Stop off

N.C. 152, Kim Terry of Rock-well said her family can’t cutback much more.And going to work and run-

ning errands means drivingthat can’t be avoided.Meanwhile, she said, the

oil companies are makingrecord profits.“BP made a profit last

year. Even with the oil spill,they didn’t take a loss,” Ter-ry said.Leslie King, who works at

Sandy’s One Stop, said shehas heard a lot about gasprices from customers.“They can’t believe that

it’s so high,” King said.But, she added, it’s a part

of the holiday season. Everyyear, she said, gasoline startsgoing up in price around Hal-loween.Adding to the frustration

is the fact that local driversare convinced Rowan’s pricesare higher than elsewhere.“They hear about prices

dropping on the news, andthey complain that it’s not go-ing down here,” King said.One of King’s customers

was Micah Thompson, a na-tive of Faith who’s servingwith the U.S. Navy out ofNorfolk, Va.Home on leave for the hol-

idays, Thompson stopped atSandy’s One Stop to fuel uphis truck Friday evening.Gas costs more here than

it did in Norfolk, he said:“The price actually goes upas you come down.”Thompson is another per-

son who’s got very littlechoice when it comes to trav-el. Driving is the only travelmethod that makes sense eco-nomically, even with gasprices going up.$2.99 to $3.02 are the most

common prices this weekendaround North Carolina.According to AAA Caroli-

nas’ real-time fuel pricetracking, the highest pricesin the state are in Asheville,with costs up to $3.10 per gal-lon for regular.Meanwhile, some people

are predicting that gas willgo even higher in the yearahead.Former Shell Oil Co. pres-

ident John Hofmeister madeheadlines last week when hepredicted $5 per gallon gaso-line by 2012.At least that’s the claim

he’s making in a book on theoil industry that’s due for re-lease in May.There’s a lot of speculation

about whether or not priceswill actually go that high, orwhat to do about it.“People are going to go

where they’ve got to go,” saidTim Whitmore of Kannapo-lis.

Contact Hugh Fisher viathe editor’s desk at 704-797-4244.

hugh fisher/SaLISBURY POST

One of the highest prices for regular gasoline in our area: $3.04 and nine-tenths per gallon at the Kangaroo station off Glenafton Boulevard in Kannapolis.

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3rd man arrested inHigh Point killingHIGH POINT (AP) — Po-

lice have arrested a third sus-pect in the killing of a man inhis High Point home lastweek.Investigators told multiple

media outlets that 27-year-oldMichael McCollum Jr. was ar-rested Thursday and chargedwith first-degree murder,

first-degree burglary and kid-napping.Authorities say McCollum

was involved in a home inva-sion Dec. 23 that ended in theshooting death of 31-year-oldMontre Davis.Police arrested 27-year-old

Carl Fleming and 24-year-oldJermaine Watts earlier thisweek on similar charges.All three men are being

held without bail at the Guil-

ford County jail. It wasn’t im-mediately clear if they had at-torneys.

2 suffer injuries inhunting accidentMCLEANSVILLE (AP) —

Authorities say a deer hunterin Guilford County acciden-tally shot a man and his 13-year-old son.Deputies told WXII-TV

that the father and son werewalking on the edge of somewoods near McLeansville onThursday night when theywere hit.Authorities say they only

suffered minor injuries.Deputies say the hunter

was tracking a deer when thefather and son walked past.They say the hunter blamedpoor lighting and his failureto confirm his target.

HONOLULU (AP) — Thereare those who crave adven-ture and spontaneity duringtheir vacations. Then, there’sPresident Barack Obama.More than a week into his

Hawaiian holiday, Obama isproving to be a creature ofhabit, seeking refuge in thecomfort and consistency of afamiliar routine.The president’s itinerary

during his annual trip to Oahu,the island where he was bornand mostly raised, is down-right predictable.He’s almost certain to

spend his mornings workingout at Marine Corps BaseHawaii. A leisurely dinner with

friends and family at AlanWong’s Restaurant, an award-winner in the neighborhoodwhere Obama grew up, is ayearly tradition. And a guar-anteed place to spot the pres-ident is at Island Snow, a shopnear his rented oceanfronthome, where he treats daugh-ters, Malia and Sasha, to shaveice, the Hawaiian version ofthe snow cone.So, doesn’t the president

ever want to mix things up abit, maybe go somewherenew?Not really, says White

House spokesman Bill Burton,who is with the president inHawaii.“Like most Americans, the

president knows what he likesin his own hometown,” Burtonsaid. “He’s been going to a lotof these places since he was avery young child and theyhold an important place in hislife.”Of course, things have

changed since the days whenObama lived here with hisgrandparents and scooped icecream at a Baskin Robbins.The planning of any presiden-tial movement makes a trulyspontaneous stop nearly im-

possible. Advance teamsscope out all potential desti-nations ahead of Obama’s ar-rival, and Secret Serviceagents have to sign off on se-curity.Another familiar element

of Obama’s Hawaiian vaca-tions is the small circle offriends and family he sur-rounds himself with while he’shere. His sister, Maya Soetoro-

Ng, lives on Oahu with herfamily. Marty Nesbitt andEric Whitaker, two of Oba-ma’s friends from Chicagojoin him here for the holidays,as do childhood friends MikeRamos and Bobby Titcomb.

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Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf post small salesDETROIT (AP) — This was

the year General Motors Co.and Nissan made good on theirpromise to bring mass-pro-duced electric cars to the mar-ket. But don’t count on seeingone in traffic soon. Sales so farhave been microscopic andthey’re likely to stay that wayfor some time because of lim-ited supplies.GM sold between 250 and

350 Chevy Volts this monthand Nissan’s sales totaled lessthan 10 Leaf sedans in the pasttwo weeks. Production forboth is slowly ramping up.It will be well into 2012 be-

fore both the Volt and Leaf areavailable nationwide. And ifyou’re interested in buyingone, you’ll need to get behindthe 50,000 people already onwaiting lists.It’s still unclear just how

large the market for electriccars will be once those earlyadopters are supplied. Thebase sticker price is $40,280for the Volt and $32,780 forthe Leaf, much higher thanmost similar-sized, gas-pow-ered cars. If those prices rise,it could make them even moreof a niche product than pre-dicted. Buyers also are wor-ried that advertised leasedeals may not last, and a fed-eral tax rebate of $7,500 coulddisappear if Congress decidesbattery-powered cars are nolonger a priority.The first electric car sales

were marked with fanfare.The envy of green-car geeksacross the country, new own-ers were treated like rockstars at dealerships. Theywere greeted by high-levelGM and Nissan executives,followed by cameramen andinterviewed by local re-porters. When they got home,they blogged about their ex-periences, sent links of news-paper stories to their friends,and stopped to talk to anyonewho expressed interest intheir new wheels.Jeff Heeren of Nashville,

Tenn., became the sixth Nis-san Leaf owner on Dec. 22.Nissan’s advertising agency,Chiat Day, followed Heerenand his family around as theypicked up their silver-coloredLeaf, and have posted a videoon the Leaf’s Facebook page.Not surprisingly, Heeren is afan. “What’s amazed me themost in driving it is that it’sjust a car, like any other car,”he said.The Leaf is the only all-

electric car on the market. Itcan travel about 100 miles on

battery power before needingto be recharged. Using a stan-dard outlet, that takes 16 to 18hours. Nissan Motor Co. rec-ommends that Leaf owners in-stall a 220/240-volt outlet intheir homes so they canrecharge in about sevenhours.Japan-based Nissan initial-

ly sent only 10 Leafs to theU.S. and spokesman DavidReuter said a second shipmentof around 90 cars that arrivedby cargo ship on Dec. 23 is onthe way to dealers. Nissanwon’t give estimates on howmany Leaf sedans it expectsto sell in the U.S. next year,but says it has capacity tomake 50,000 annually at aplant in Oppama, Japan. Thosewill be sold in Japan, the U.S.and Europe.The Volt goes about 40

miles on battery power alonebefore needing to berecharged. But it comes witha backup gas engine that GMsays can extend its range to375 miles as it kicks in torecharge the batteries on thefly. GM believes the backupgenerator will make it a hitwith customers who worryabout being stranded with adead battery.The Volts are being assem-

bled in Detroit. GM predictsit will sell 10,000 of them in2011 and between 35,000 and45,000 in 2012. By way of com-parison, Chevrolet sold187,250 Malibu sedans in thefirst 11 months of the yearwith sticker prices that startat $21,975.Hybrids made up 2.4 per-

cent of U.S. sales this year andthe category that includes hy-brids and electric cars is ex-pected to double to 4.8 percentby 2013, according to con-sumer web site Edmunds.com.But electric vehicles likelywill be only a small part of thistotal, said Michelle Krebs,senior analyst at Edmunds,and she doubts they will be bigmoney makers for the carcompanies.Rumors that GM may end

on Jan. 3 the $350-a-monthlease promotion it began ad-vertising this summer sentsome Volt buyers scramblingto close early. Peter Schleck,an attorney in Rockville, Md.,knows his Volt is heading to-wards Maryland on a freighttrain. But he’s already signedthe papers making him its of-ficial owner.GM spokesman Rob Peter-

son says the Volt lease terms“will extend into 2011, but Idon’t have the specifics onhow long it will be out there.”He added that the companyexpects to honor the deal forpeople who have already putdown a deposit.Paul and Cari Sykes of Fort

Worth, Texas, made a $1,000deposit on a Volt earlier thismonth, expecting to pay $350a month for a lease. Theyknow their car is on its way —theirs was the 724th built —and they are both excited andworried that they may haveacted a bit irrationally.They’ve never purchased acar at sticker price before, norhave they bought a car sightunseen. They’ve never driven

the Volt. The closest theycame was when the buyer ofthe first Volt in Granbury,Texas, let them join him in atest drive. As passengers.“I’ve never done anything

like this before,” Cari Sykessaid. “I hope I can say threeyears from now that I waspart of the transformation,and will be ready to buy thenext generation.”Felix Kramer is doing his

part to boost electric car sales.The Redwood City, Calif., res-ident picked up his whiteChevy Volt last week, and heis on the waiting list for a Nis-san Leaf. Kramer is thefounder of CalCars.org, agroup promoting developmentof cars that get 100 mpg ormore.He said his family put 350

miles on the odometer in thefirst week and used only 2.4gallons of gas. He’s averaging about 35

miles on electric power percharge, right in the middle ofthe 25 miles to 50 miles he wasexpecting.His son Josh, 20, was driv-

ing the Volt around town andwas followed home off thefreeway by a state trooper.Rather than giving him a tick-et, the trooper peppered himwith questions about the car.Kramer said he’s im-

pressed by how quickly theVolt accelerates from a stopor on the highway. His onlycomplaint: the loud beepingnoise when the car is in re-verse. “I’m going to find out ifthere’s some way to changethat,” he said.

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Jeff Heeren gets into his new Nissan Leaf electric car in Nashville, tenn.

Obama craves familiarityon Hawaiian vacation

SCHUYLER COUNTY,Mo. (AP) — The abundance ofcheap land is drawing Amishpeople to rural northern Mis-souri.About 10,000 Amish now

call Missouri home, with manyof them relocating to SchuylerCounty in a sparsely populat-ed area at the Iowa border.The majority of the nation’s250,000 Amish still live inOhio, Pennsylvania and Indi-ana. But among states withmore than 1,000 Amish, Mis-souri trailed only New Yorkand Minnesota in the rate ofpopulation growth in the lastyear, according to a study bythe Young Center for Anabap-tist and Pietist Studies at Eliz-abethtown College in Pennsyl-vania.While many residents say

they enjoy cordial relationswith their Amish neighbors,others have been slower towarm to the newcomers.Conflict between the

Amish and locals is not unusu-al, said Karen Johnson-Wein-er, professor of anthropologyat State University of NewYork at Potsdam, who hasstudied Amish migration.Community rules vary on

technology, but many Amishgroups forbid owning automo-biles, tapping electricity frompublic utility lines, using self-propelled farm machinery orowning a television, comput-er or radio. They value sepa-ration from the wider world.Often, those who move to

new areas are among the mostconservative, anxious to pre-serve their agrarian way oflife, Johnson-Weiner said.Once in a new location, thoseAmish tend to remain isolat-ed, focused on their ownchurch community ratherthan building relations withneighbors.Lorraine Austin, editor of

the weekly Schuyler CountyTimes, said complaints aboutthe Amish have quieted.“They’re good people,”

Austin said. “They’re just ac-cepted.”

Michigan Jews,Muslims find way tooffer Christmas cheer DETROIT (AP) — Jews

and Muslims in the Detroit

area united Christmas Day toserve the community whileChristian neighbors celebrat-ed their holiday.The event traditionally

known as Mitzvah Day washeld on a Friday across south-east Michigan, since Christ-mas fell this year on a Satur-day, which is the Jewish Sab-bath. Observant Jews don’twork from sundown each Fri-day until sundown Saturday.About 50 Muslims joined

several hundred Jews at sitesserving food to the homeless,sorting used books for a saleto benefit literacy educationand taking the elderly to aChristmas Eve service.The interfaith sites con-

cluded by noon to accommo-date Muslims’ Friday prayers,and other sites were sched-uled to wrap up by 3 p.m. toavoid any conflict with Shab-bat.A few hundred Muslims

filled the gap Saturday, pro-viding meals for seniors andtoys for needy children at aDetroit center.Victor Begg, who leads the

Council of Islamic Organiza-tions of Michigan, said the cre-ative scheduling allows Mus-lims to help Christians andJews. “It’s a dual purpose asfar as we’re concerned: Serv-ing the people and . . . buildingrelationships,” Begg said.

Shiite Muslims inMalaysia make pleato freely practice faithKUALA LUMPUR,

Malaysia (AP) — Shiite Mus-lims in Malaysia have made arare public plea for authori-ties to let them legally worshipamid fears of a clampdown onoutlawed religious groups, ahuman rights official saidTuesday.Malaysian religious offi-

cials allow only Sunni Islam tobe openly practiced by Mus-lims, who make up nearly two-thirds of this Southeast Asiancountry’s population. All oth-er Islamic denominations in-cluding the Shiite are consid-ered illegal.Sunni Islam is the world’s

largest branch of the religion,followed by Shiite Islam,which is practiced mostly inIran, Iraq and Bahrain, though

there are sizable minority pop-ulations in many Muslim coun-tries.Islamic authorities de-

tained more than 200 ShiiteMuslims at a prayer meetingrecently in central Malaysiain one of the largest recentmass arrests of its kind. Gov-ernment-linked newspapershave since published articles

warning people to avoid ille-gal sects.About 30 Shiite communi-

ty representatives handed apetition to Malaysia’s govern-ment-backed Human RightsCommission this week seek-ing its help to curb any furthercrackdown, said MuhammadSha’ani Abdullah, a memberof the rights watchdog.

Islamic department offi-cials who could comment onthe issue were not immediate-ly available.The Shiites face a stiff chal-

lenge because authoritieshave repeatedly defendedtheir policies against non-Sun-ni teachings as necessary topreserve public stability andthe integrity of Islamic teach-

ings. Nevertheless, someMalaysian Islamic scholarssupport the right of Shiites topractice their beliefs.

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A strong winter storm continues sweeping across the nation on New Year\'s Day. A low pressure system that previously brought heavy rain and snow to the West Coast, then dumped heavy snow as it tracked over the Rockies, now brings heavy snow to the Central US. The system created strong winds and heavy snowfall over the Central and Northern Plains, producing blizzard conditions as well as dangerous road and travel conditions. Now the system makes its way northeastward over the Great Lakes. Flow around this system has produced a cold front, that will be pushed eastward toward the East Coast. Expect periods of heavy snowfall to persist over the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, and Midwest. Meanwhile, the cold front associated with the system will continue kicking up heavy rain and thunderstorms. This front has a history of producing strong and damaging winds with gusts up to 60 and 70 mph. Multiple tornadoes have developed along this front as well. As this front tracks up the Ohio River Valley and into the East Coast, expect strong storms to develop with heavy rain. The tail end of this front will reach into the Southeast, also triggering heavy storms as additional moisture from the Gulf of Mexico feeds energy into the system. The back side of the system will push cold air into the nation from Canada. Expect this cold air to bring drier conditions with it, but highs will only range from zero to ten degrees. Overnight lows will dip well below freezing and with strong winds, wind chill temperatures may drop below 30 degrees below zero. Further west, rainy weather will return to the West Coast as a Pacific Storm moves onshore. Expect periods of heavy rainfall and high elevation snow to develop across California as the system pushes a strong front through the state.

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From staff reports

Cleaning out the Moirnotebook ...

If you’re ready for theMoir Christmas Classic tolose its appeal anytimesoon, forget it.

The annual Christmasbasketball tournament,named in honor of leg-endary Catawba coach SamMoir, is as popular as ever.

Thursday’s champi-onship night, with Salis-bury taking both the girlsand boys titles, may havebeen a record-setter, ac-cording to Catawba athlet-ics director Dennis David-son.

“It is too early for mon-ey figures (have to deleteexpenses), but I think lastnight was one of thebiggest crowds in history,if not the largest,” he said.

There was barely roomto get everybody in.

“I was very, very closeto stopping ticket sales atthe beginning of the boyschampionship, simply be-cause we had people sittingin the aisles in parts of thegym,” Davidson wrote in ane-mail. “I went outside tocheck late-comers and didnot see enough to makethat final decision. Then Isaw a few people leaving,so we avoided that toughcall.”

Goodman Gym holds2,650 fans.

“We probably had 2,750for the boys game, withfolks in the aisles and stand-ing,” Davidson said.

•MMM-MMM GOOD: David-

son said Peggy Mason, theconcessions manager, noted

the most popular itemswere popcorn (approximate-ly 2,000 boxes sold in threedays) and AirHeads, thecheapest item at 25 cents.Catawba sold nine cases.

“Kids love ’em,” David-son said.

Catawba also sold 35 cas-es of bottled water and plen-

ty of Cheerwine.“All that being said,”

Davidson pointed out, “thehigh schools probably makejust as much at a singlehome football game.”

•AND NEXT YEAR? David-

son had no comment onwhether an eighth team —

preferably A.L. Brown —will join the fun.

A.L. Brown coach Shel-wyn Klutz has made no se-cret that the Wonders wouldlove to play in the Moir.

MONROE DOCTRINE: Car-son junior guard Chloe Mon-roe has been a softball starfor a while, and she’s nowestablished herself as one ofthe county’s elite basketballplayers.

Monroe became the all-time leading scorer for Car-son’s girls program in theCougars’ last game beforethe Christmas tournament.

The previous record washeld by Monroe’s formerteammate Jazzmin Brown,who scored 360 points.

Monroe scored 44 pointsin the Moir Classic to lifther career total to 412. Shehad a career-high 22 in asemifinal victory againstWest Rowan.

Monroe was the most ac-curate shooter in the tour-nament (60 percent) and hitthe most 3-pointers (10).

She represented theCougars on the all-tourna-ment team voted by mediaand Catawba personnel.

BIG STEP: Carson’s girlswere 1-8 in their first fourMoirs, but they recorded

SATURDAYJanuary 1, 2011

Bold and baldCoach Mike Gurleygoes for 300th winat West/5C 1CSPORTS

Ronnie Gallagher, Sports Editor, 704-797-4287 [email protected] www.salisburypost.comS A L I S B U R Y P O S T

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dennis davidson, here handing out Carson’s runner-up plaque, said Goodman Gymnasium was packed to the rafters on the last night.

Record crowds showed for Moir

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Chloe Monroe became Carson’s all-time leading scorer before the Moir Christmas Classic.

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AssoCiAted Press

duke coach Mike Krzyzewski waves to the crowd after winning No. 880.

LinkedBY CAULTON TUDOR

Raleigh News & Observer

DURHAM — Before they became leg-endary basketball coaches, Dean Smith andMike Krzyzewski had to withstand harshcriticism.

At North Carolina, Smith was hanged ineffigy on campus after a stinging 107-85loss at Wake Forest in early January 1965.

Roughly 20 years later, Krzyzewski’ssecond and third seasons at Duke weremarked by such opposition that the strug-gling coach was hounded by a posse of“concerned Iron Dukes” who wanted athlet-ic director Tom Butters to make a changeto save the program. For unknown coacheswith modest resumes, such hostility is fair-ly common in athletics. And that is exactlywhat Krzyzewski and Smith were when

they arrived here.They were deemed by fans to be ordi-

nary guys with ordinary abilities, ratherthan sure-shot future basketball icons.Over time, Krzyzewski and Smith each won879 games, and they have six national titlesbetween them. With a win Wednesday nightagainst North Carolina-Greensboro atGreensboro Coliseum, Krzyzewski movedpast Smith into second place on the all-timewins list behind only Bob Knight. But earlyon, neither seemed assured of success.

Lee Shaffer was a star North Carolinaplayer when Frank McGuire brought inSmith as an assistant in the late 1950s. Alongtime Durham resident, Shaffer alsoclosely followed Krzyzewski’s career atDuke.

Smith, Coach K followed similar paths to glory

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A wildyear forHeels

BY AARON BEARDAssociated Press

CHAPEL HILL —North Carolina startedand ended the year insimilar fashion: Playersrunning in and out of thelineup in a game thatcame down to a franticfinish against a South-eastern Conference oppo-nent.

TheTar Heelsprovedthey wereresilientenough totake astep for-ward incoachButchDavis’

fourth season despite anongoing NCAA investiga-tion into the football pro-gram. Now they head intothe offseason awaitingthe results of the probeinto agent-related bene-fits and academic mis-conduct.

“We’re in a calmerstate, but we’re anxious,”athletic director DickBaddour said Friday, aday after the Tar Heels’double-overtime winagainst Tennessee in theMusic City Bowl. “Wewant resolution. We can’treally move on until weget resolution.”

The Tar Heels (8-5)started the year by trav-eling to Atlanta to faceLSU with a depleted ros-ter due to the NCAA re-view, which began wheninvestigators visited theChapel Hill campus inJuly. Thirteen playersmissed the opener,though things were so flu-id that two players werecleared to play at the lastminute and had to scram-ble to catch a late flightand join the team thenight before.

North Carolina nearlyrallied from a 30-10fourth-quarter deficit,driving all the way to the6 in the final seconds be-fore falling short on twopasses into the end zonein the 30-24 loss.

The season ended withThursday’s 30-27 winagainst the Volunteers inwhat amounted to a roadgame in an orange-filledstadium. It included achaotic sequence at theend of regulation inwhich the Tar Heels —with no timeouts — hadplayers sprinting on andoff the field in confusionbefore trying to spike theball to set up a tying field

See UNC, 6C

DAVIS

2C • SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 2011 SCOREBOARD SALISBURY POST

Saturday, Jan. 1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL

1 p.m. ABC — Outback Bowl, Florida vs. Penn

State, at Tampa, Fla.ESPN — Capital One Bowl, Alabama

vs. Michigan State, at Orlando, Fla.1:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — Gator Bowl, Mississippi Statevs. Michigan, at Jacksonville, Fla.

5:07 p.m. ESPN — Rose Bowl, Wisconsin vs.

TCU, at Pasadena, Calif.8:37 p.m.

ESPN — Fiesta Bowl, Connecticut vs.Oklahoma, at Glendale, Ariz.

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 11 a.m.

ESPN2 — West Virginia at Marquette@NHL HOCKEY

1 p.m. NBC — Winter Classic, Washington at

Pittsburgh (Heinz Field)SOCCER 7:30 a.m.

ESPN2 — Premier League, Manches-ter United at West Bromwich

ScoringName, school G Pts. Avg.Avery, West 12 223 18.6Steele, West 12 167 13.9Rankin, Salisbury 7 90 12.9Dulkoski, Carson 13 153 11.8Blaire, Salisbury 8 94 11.8Monroe, Carson 13 146 11.2Blackwell, Carson 13 140 10.8Cuthbertson, North 10 107 10.7Sabo, East 11 116 10.5Ay. Holmes, Salisbury 8 80 10.0Dixon, West 12 118 9.8Heilig, Salisbury 7 66 9.4A.Goins, East 10 85 8.5Gaddy, South 11 87 7.9As. Holmes, Salisbury 8 63 7.9Phillips, Carson 13 102 7.8Barringer, South 11 85 7.7Richardson, Salisbury 8 59 7.4

Area boys Name, school G Pts. Avg.T. Jones, Brown 9 212 23.6K. Sherrill, West 11 238 21.6Gaddy, South 12 228 19.0N. Jones, Davie 12 218 18.2Dillard, Davie 12 210 17.5Rankin, Salisbury 6 93 15.5Murphy, Salisbury 9 136 15.1Houston, Carson 13 188 14.5B. Sherrill, West 4 51 12.8Knox, Salisbury 6 75 12.5Medlin, South 12 147 12.3Weant, Salisbury 8 96 12.0Starks, North 10 115 11.5McDaniel, South 12 137 11.4A.Rogers, East 11 110 11.0Clanton, Carson 11 117 10.6Hargrave, North 10 104 10.4Ca. Martin, Davie 12 123 10.3Morgan, West 7 64 9.1Parks, West 11 99 9.0Smith, Brown 9 80 8.9Kimber, North 10 87 8.7Copeland, Brown 9 77 8.6D. Heggins, Carson 12 101 8.4Shepherd, East 11 92 8.4Wagner, Carson 13 105 8.1Petty, Salisbury 9 71 7.9R. Heggins, Carson 13 101 7.8McCain, Salisbury 4 30 7.5

Rowan girls careerAyana Avery, West, Sr. ...............1,699Olivia Rankin, Salisbury, Sr. .......734Ashia Holmes, Salisbury, Sr. ......630Ayanna Holmes, Salisbury, Sr. ...594Teaunna Cuthbertson, NR, Jr. ....538Jessica Heilig, Salisbury, Sr........444Chloe Monroe, Carson, Jr...........412Shay Steele, West, So................390Allison Blackwell, Carson, So. ....367Olivia Sabo, East, Sr...................336Sam Goins, South, Sr. ................303

Area boys careerDarien Rankin, Salisbury, Sr.......1,103Keshun Sherrill, West, Jr. ...........968Nick Houston, Carson, Sr. ..........781Shannon Dillard, Davie, Jr. .........684Javon Hargrave, North, Sr. .........671Teven Jones, Brown, Sr..............586Cody Clanton, Carson, Sr...........585John Knox, Salisbury, Sr.............534Alex Weant, Salisbury, Sr. ..........514B.J. Sherrill, West, Sr..................499Nate Jones, Davie, Jr. ................466Mark McDaniel, South, Sr...........412Romar Morris, Salisbury, Sr........363Jordan Kimber, North, Jr.............336Sam Starks, North, Sr.................321Devon Heggins, Carson, Sr. .......312Johnathan Gaddy, South, Sr.......310Domonique Noble, West, Sr. ......301

Standings1A Yadkin Valley

Boys YVC OverallNorth Rowan 4-0 7-3Albemarle 2-0 3-0West Montgomery 4-1 4-4North Moore 3-1 6-3Chatham Central 3-2 4-6East Montgomery 1-2 2-3South Davidson 1-4 3-7Gray Stone 1-4 2-9South Stanly 0-5 0-8

Girls YVC OverallChatham Central 5-0 7-2Albemarle 2-0 3-1North Moore 3-1 5-2North Rowan 3-1 4-6South Stanly 3-2 3-6East Montgomery 1-2 1-4South Davidson 1-4 3-7West Montgomery 1-4 1-7Gray Stone 0-5 0-8

Monday’s gameNorth Rowan at Salisbury

Tuesday’s gamesGray Stone at North MooreSouth Stanly at South DavidsonWest Montgomery at Chatham CentralNorth Rowan at East Montgomery

2A Central Carolina

Boys CCC OverallSalisbury 0-0 6-3East Davidson 0-0 7-5Central Davidson 0-0 5-5West Davidson 0-0 4-4Lexington 0-0 4-6Thomasville 0-0 2-6

Girls CCC OverallThomasville 0-0 9-1Salisbury 0-0 7-1Central Davidson 0-0 7-2East Davidson 0-0 9-3Lexington 0-0 5-3West Davidson 0-0 1-7

Monday’s gameNorth Rowan at Salisbury

Tuesday’s gameRandleman at Central Davidson

3A North Piedmont

Boys NPC OverallStatesville 3-0 7-3North Iredell 2-1 4-6West Rowan 2-1 4-7West Iredell 2-2 7-5Carson 2-2 5-8South Rowan 0-2 3-9East Rowan 0-3 0-11

Girls NPC OverallNorth Iredell 3-0 10-1Carson 3-1 9-4West Rowan 2-1 9-3South Rowan 1-1 4-7East Rowan 1-2 3-8West Iredell 1-3 1-9Statesville 0-3 0-9

Tuesday’s gamesSouth Rowan at CarsonEast Rowan at West RowanNorth Iredell at StatesvilleSt. Stephens at West Iredell

3A South Piedmont

Boys SPC OverallConcord 3-0 10-1A.L. Brown 3-0 7-2Hickory Ridge 3-0 8-3NW Cabarrus 2-1 7-5Cox Mill 1-2 3-8Central Cabarrus 0-3 6-5Robinson 0-3 4-6Mount Pleasant 0-3 3-6

Girls SPC Overall

Hickory Ridge 3-0 7-4Concord 3-0 5-5Robinson 2-1 8-3A.L. Brown 1-1 4-5Mount Pleasant 1-2 4-5NW Cabarrus 1-2 2-7Cox Mill 0-2 1-8Central Cabarrus 0-3 0-7

Tuesday’s gamesCentral Cabarrus at RobinsonConcord at Cox MillNW Cabarrus at Hickory RidgeA.L. Brown at Mount Pleasant

4A Central Piedmont

Boys CPC OverallReagan 0-0 11-0Davie County 0-0 11-1Mount Tabor 0-0 11-1North Davidson 0-0 7-3West Forsyth 0-0 5-5R.J. Reynolds 0-0 3-7

Girls CPC OverallMount Tabor 0-0 9-2R.J. Reynolds 0-0 7-2West Forsyth 0-0 7-2North Davidson 0-0 5-5Reagan 0-0 4-6Davie County 0-0 5-8

Tuesday’s gamesWest Forsyth at DavieNorth Davidson at ReaganR.J. Reynolds at Mount Tabor

StandingsACC

ACC OverallFlorida State 1-0 11-3Boston College 1-0 10-3Virginia 1-0 8-5Duke 0-0 12-0Miami 0-0 11-3North Carolina 0-0 9-4N.C. State 0-0 8-4Georgia Tech 0-0 7-5Wake Forest 0-0 6-7Clemson 0-1 10-4Maryland 0-1 9-4Virginia Tech 0-1 8-4

Friday’s gameGeorgia Tech 87, Mercer 78

Saturday’s gamesSan Diego at NC State, Noon, FS SouthBC at S. Carolina, 5:30 p.m., ESPNU

Sunday’s gamesGonzaga at Wake Forest, 1 p.m., FSNMount St. Mary’s at Va. Tech, 2 p.m.St. Francis at UNC, 3:30 p.m., FS South The Citadel at Clemson, 4 p.m.Charlotte at Georgia Tech, 5 p.m.LSU at Virginia, 5:30 p.m., FSNMiami at Duke, 7:45 p.m., FSN

Southeastern

Eastern SEC OverallGeorgia 0-0 11-2Kentucky 0-0 11-2Vanderbilt 0-0 10-2Florida 0-0 10-3Tennessee 0-0 9-4South Carolina 0-0 8-3Western SEC OverallArkansas 0-0 10-2Mississippi 0-0 9-3Mississippi State 0-0 8-6LSU 0-0 8-6Alabama 0-0 7-6Auburn 0-0 6-7

Friday’s gamesKentucky 78, Louisville 63Georgia 64, Eastern Kentucky 57College of Charleston 91, UTenn. 78Florida 71, Xavier 67Auburn 63, Grambling 45 Arkansas 87, Texas-Arlington 74

Saturday’s game BC at S. Carolina, 5:30 p.m., ESPNU

Other scoresEAST

Brown 84, Bryant 71 Connecticut 66, South Florida 61, OT Duquesne 91, Northwestern St. 64 Fairfield 68, Army 61 George Washington 58, Holy Cross 57 Harvard 84, MIT 58 Lehigh 62, Yale 57 Massachusetts 71, Boston U. 54 Saint Joseph’s 58, Siena 48

SOUTH Charleston Southern 77, High Point 69 Coastal Carolina 77, Radford 59 Liberty 64, Gardner-Webb 62, OT Samford 55, E. Michigan 51 The Citadel 67, Chowan 53 VMI 83, UNC Asheville 72 Winthrop 53, Presbyterian 51

MIDWEST Ball St. 80, N. Carolina A&T 68 James Madison 60, Kent St. 51 Kansas St. 100, North Florida 76 Michigan St. 71, Minnesota 62 N. Illinois 86, Utah Valley 76 Ohio St. 85, Indiana 67 Purdue 82, Northwestern 69 W. Michigan 69, E. Illinois 60

SOUTHWEST Texas 95, Coppin St. 75 Texas A&M 66, McNeese St. 57

FAR WEST Boise St. 81, New Mexico St. 78 Montana 75, Weber St. 56 Portland 88, Utah 79 Saint Mary's, Calif. 87, Hartford 63 San Diego St. 93, Occidental 50 Southern Cal 60, Washington St. 56 Washington 74, UCLA 63

Notable box Ga. Tech 87, Mercer 78

MERCER (3-10)Moore 5-12 2-3 12, Mills 6-13 4-6 16, M.

Hall 2-5 1-2 6, J. Smith 7-18 5-7 23, L. Hall4-6 0-0 12, O’Shaughnessey 1-1 0-0 3,Canevari 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, Cecil0-0 0-0 0, Gollon 0-0 0-0 0, C. Smith 2-3 2-66, Brown 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-58 14-24 78.GEORGIA TECH (7-5)

Holsey 5-6 3-4 13, D. Miller 4-5 1-3 9,Shumpert 4-8 6-6 15, M. Miller 0-3 2-2 2, RiceJr. 6-15 8-10 24, Udofia 2-6 2-2 7, Foreman0-0 0-0 0, Oliver 1-7 0-1 2, Morris 3-5 5-7 13,Hicks 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 26-56 27-35 87.

Halftime—Mercer 47-41. 3-Point Goals—Mercer 10-18 (L. Hall 4-5, J. Smith 4-8,O’Shaughnessey 1-1, M. Hall 1-3, Mills 0-1), Georgia Tech 8-22 (Rice Jr. 4-10, Morris2-2, Shumpert 1-3, Udofia 1-3, M. Miller 0-1, Oliver 0-3). Fouled Out—M. Hall. Re-bounds—Mercer 25 (Moore, J. Smith 6),Georgia Tech 42 (Rice Jr., Shumpert 7). As-sists—Mercer 14 (J. Smith 6), Georgia Tech18 (M. Miller 6). Total Fouls—Mercer 28,Georgia Tech 19. A—6,094.

Bowl gamesThursday, Dec. 30

Armed Forces BowlArmy 16, SMU 14

Pinstripe BowlSyracuse 36, Kansas State 34

Music City BowlUNC 30, Tennessee 27 (2OT)

Holiday BowlWashington 19, Nebraska 7

Friday, Dec. 31Meineke Bowl

South Florida 31, Clemson 26Sun Bowl

Notre Dame 33, Miami 17Liberty Bowl

UCF 10, Georgia 6Chick-fil-A Bowl

Florida State 26, South Carolina 17Saturday, Jan. 1TicketCity Bowl

Northwestern (7-5) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), Noon (ESPNU)

Capital One BowlMichigan State (11-1) vs. Alabama (9-

3), 1 p.m. (ESPN)Outback Bowl

Florida (7-5) vs. Penn State (7-5), 1 p.m.(ABC)

Gator BowlMichigan (7-5) vs. Mississippi State (8-

4), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2)Rose Bowl

TCU (12-0) vs. Wisconsin (11-1), 5 p.m.(ESPN)

Fiesta BowlConnecticut (8-4) vs. Oklahoma (11-2),

8:30 p.m. (ESPN)Monday, Jan. 3Orange Bowl

Stanford (11-1) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2),8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Meineke Bowl

S. Florida 31, Clemson 26

South Florida 7 10 7 7 — 31Clemson 3 10 0 13 — 26

First QuarterClem—FG Catanzaro 27, 5:30.USF—Murray 25 pass from Daniels (Bo-

nani kick), :39.Second Quarter

USF—FG Bonani 27, 13:42.USF—Bogan 15 pass from Daniels (Bo-

nani kick), 7:19.Clem—FG Catanzaro 44, 3:55.Clem—Harper 1 run (Catanzaro kick), :30.

Third QuarterUSF—Plancher 2 run (Bonani kick), 9:47.

Fourth QuarterUSF—Daniels 8 run (Bonani kick), 13:58.Clem—Ford 6 pass from Boyd (pass

failed), 1:47.Clem—Ford 10 pass from Boyd (Catan-

zaro kick), :43.A—41,122.

USF ClemFirst downs 18 17Rushes-yards 37-90 27-50Passing 189 246Comp-Att-Int 20-28-1 24-41-2Return Yards 131 0Punts-Avg. 3-29.3 5-42.6Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0Penalties-Yards 3-40 6-46Time of Possession 30:25 29:35

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING—South Florida, Plancher 14-

50, Murray 8-25, Daniels 11-22, Team 2-(minus 3), Lamar 2-(minus 4). Clemson,Harper 20-34, Wade 1-8, K.Parker 2-8, Boyd3-1, J.Brown 1-(minus 1).

PASSING—South Florida, Daniels 20-27-1-189, Landi 0-1-0-0. Clemson, Boyd 13-23-1-112, K.Parker 11-17-1-134, Team 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING—South Florida, Lamar 5-40,Murray 3-35, Gidrey 3-34, Landi 2-36, Miller2-10, Plancher 2-8, Bogan 1-15, Hornes 1-7, Bravo-Brown 1-4. Clemson, Hopkins 8-94, Harper 6-12, Ford 4-45.

Liberty BowlUCF 10, Georgia 6

UCF 0 3 0 7 — 10Georgia 3 0 3 0 — 6

First QuarterGeo—FG Walsh 20, 2:02.

Second QuarterUCF—FG Cattoi 22, :33.

Third QuarterGeo—FG Walsh 41, 9:23.

Fourth QuarterUCF—Murray 10 run (Cattoi kick), 9:01.A—51,231.

UCF GeoFirst downs 16 19Rushes-yards 30-124 32-82Passing 117 198Comp-Att-Int 16-30-2 21-38-2Return Yards 45 27Punts-Avg. 6-41.7 5-42.6Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 3-30 5-35Time of Possession 27:30 32:30

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING—UCF, Murray 18-104, God-

frey 10-20, Newsome 1-0, Weaver 1-0.Georgia, Ealey 16-60, Thomas 4-18.

PASSING—UCF, Godfrey 16-29-2-117,Team 0-1-0-0. Georgia, A.Murray 21-38-2-198.

RECEIVING—UCF, Watters 6-57, New-some 3-19, Aiken 3-15, Nissley 2-7,Kh.Williams 1-13, McDuffie 1-6. Georgia,Green 8-77, T.King 4-33, Durham 3-47,Charles 2-19, Brown 1-8, Figgins 1-8, Mun-zenmaier 1-6, Thomas 1-0.

Chick-fil-A BowlFSU 26, S. Carolina 17

South Carolina 0 3 7 7 — 17Florida St. 6 7 6 7 — 26

First QuarterFSU—FG Hopkins 29, 8:08.FSU—FG Hopkins 48, 2:42.

Second QuarterFSU—Thompson 27 run (Hopkins kick),

1:02.SC—FG Lanning 40, :00.

Third QuarterFSU—FG Hopkins 35, 10:38.SC—Garcia 3 pass from A.Sanders (Lan-

ning kick), 3:49.FSU—FG Hopkins 45, :09.

Fourth QuarterSC—Maddox 7 run (Lanning kick), 11:56.FSU—Easterling 7 pass from Manuel

(Hopkins kick), 5:27.A—72,217.

SC FSUFirst downs 22 18Rushes-yards 32-139 45-218Passing 275 90Comp-Att-Int 21-36-3 12-21-1Return Yards 11 57Punts-Avg. 2-43.5 3-51.0Fumbles-Lost 2-2 3-0Penalties-Yards 5-58 6-50Time of Possession 26:32 33:28

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING—South Carolina, Miles 10-70,

Maddox 12-53, Garcia 8-14, Gilmore 1-3,Lattimore 1-(minus 1). Florida St., Thomp-son 25-147, Manuel 7-46, Pryor 2-10,T.Jones 4-7, Thomas 1-6, Ponder 5-3.

PASSING—South Carolina, Garcia 19-34-3-243, Gilmore 1-1-0-29, A.Sanders 1-1-0-3. Florida St., Manuel 11-15-0-84, Pon-der 1-5-0-6, Reed 0-1-1-0.

RECEIVING—South Carolina, A.Jeffery9-130, Lattimore 3-48, Gurley 2-49, Mad-dox 2-16, D..Moore 2-4, A.Sanders 1-16,Barnes 1-9, Garcia 1-3. Florida St., Reed2-25, Thompson 2-17, Haulstead 2-14, East-erling 2-10, Pryor 2-7, R.Smith 1-12.

Sun BowlNotre Dame 33, Miami 17

Notre Dame 14 13 3 3 — 33Miami 0 3 0 14 — 17

First QuarterND—Floyd 3 pass from Rees (Ruffer kick),

11:02.ND—Floyd 34 pass from Rees (Ruffer

kick), 4:35.Second Quarter

ND—C.Wood 34 run (Ruffer kick), 13:21.ND—FG Ruffer 40, 4:50.ND—FG Ruffer 50, :27.Mia—FG Bosher 47, :00.

Third QuarterND—FG Ruffer 19, 7:12.

Fourth QuarterMia—Hankerson 6 pass from Morris

(Bosher kick), 10:36.Mia—Streeter 42 pass from Morris (Bosh-

er kick), 4:01.ND—FG Tausch 34, 1:21.A—54,021.

ND MiaFirst downs 23 20Rushes-yards 48-196 24-103Passing 201 319Comp-Att-Int 15-29-0 26-40-4Return Yards 18 0Punts-Avg. 4-39.8 4-40.8Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 3-20 10-106Time of Possession 37:09 22:51

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING—Notre Dame, C.Wood 12-81,

Hughes 27-81, Riddick 8-32, Rees 1-2. Mi-ami, Berry 9-34, Morris 4-22, S.Johnson 2-20, James 4-14, Miller 5-13.

PASSING—Notre Dame, Rees 15-29-0-201. Miami, Morris 22-33-1-282, J.Harris 4-7-3-37.

RECEIVING—Notre Dame, Floyd 6-109,Eifert 4-31, Goodman 1-30, Jones 1-19,Hughes 1-8, Riddick 1-2, C.Wood 1-2. Mia-mi, Hankerson 6-71, Byrd 4-47, James 4-14, Benjamin 3-44, Ford 2-37, Miller 2-32,Streeter 1-42, Cleveland 1-15.

StandingsEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic DivisionGP W L OTPts GF GA

Pittsburgh 39 25 11 3 53 126 91Philadelphia 38 23 10 5 51 128 102N.Y. Rangers 38 22 14 2 46 118 98N.Y. Islanders 36 11 19 6 28 84 118New Jersey 37 10 25 2 22 65 116

Northeast DivisionGP W L OTPts GF GA

Boston 36 20 11 5 45 102 77Montreal 39 21 16 2 44 97 92Ottawa 39 16 18 5 37 89 116Buffalo 37 15 18 4 34 98 108Toronto 36 13 19 4 30 84 110

Southeast DivisionGP W L OTPts GF GA

Tampa Bay 38 22 11 5 49 119 121Washington 39 22 12 5 49 117 105Atlanta 41 20 15 6 46 127 122Carolina 36 17 15 4 38 102 108Florida 35 16 17 2 34 95 92

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OTPts GF GADetroit 38 24 9 5 53 131 107St. Louis 37 20 12 5 45 99 100Columbus 38 20 15 3 43 100 110Chicago 39 20 16 3 43 123 113Nashville 37 18 13 6 42 91 92

Northwest DivisionGP W L OTPts GF GA

Vancouver 36 23 8 5 51 125 91Colorado 37 20 12 5 45 129 120Minnesota 37 17 15 5 39 92 107Calgary 37 16 18 3 35 100 107Edmonton 36 12 17 7 31 94 124

Pacific DivisionGP W L OTPts GF GA

Dallas 39 22 13 4 48 110 109Los Angeles 37 22 14 1 45 113 91San Jose 38 20 13 5 45 114 108Anaheim 41 20 17 4 44 107 118Phoenix 37 17 13 7 41 101 107

Friday’s GamesNew Jersey 3, Atlanta 1Montreal 3, Florida 2, OTNashville 4, Minnesota 1N.Y. Islanders 4, Detroit 3, OTColumbus 4, Ottawa 3, OTAnaheim 5, Philadelphia 2Vancouver 4, Dallas 1St. Louis 4, Phoenix 3Colorado at Calgary, late

Saturday’s GamesBoston at Buffalo, 7 p.m.Toronto at Ottawa, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Washington vs. Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh,

PA, 8 p.m.San Jose at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.Calgary at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

StandingsEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic DivisionW L Pct GB

Boston 24 7 .774 —New York 18 14 .563 61⁄2Philadelphia 13 19 .406 111⁄2Toronto 11 21 .344 131⁄2New Jersey 9 24 .273 16

Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB

Miami 25 9 .735 —Orlando 21 12 .636 31⁄2Atlanta 21 14 .600 41⁄2CHARLOTTE 11 20 .355 121⁄2Washington 8 23 .258 151⁄2

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Chicago 21 10 .677 —Indiana 14 17 .452 7Milwaukee 12 18 .400 81⁄2Detroit 11 21 .344 101⁄2Cleveland 8 24 .250 131⁄2

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 28 4 .875 —Dallas 24 7 .774 31⁄2New Orleans 19 14 .576 91⁄2Houston 16 16 .500 12Memphis 14 18 .438 14

Northwest DivisionW L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 23 11 .676 —Utah 22 11 .667 1⁄2Denver 18 13 .581 31⁄2Portland 17 16 .515 51⁄2Minnesota 8 25 .242 141⁄2

Pacific DivisionW L Pct GB

L.A. Lakers 22 10 .688 —Phoenix 13 17 .433 8Golden State 13 19 .406 9L.A. Clippers 10 23 .303 121⁄2Sacramento 6 23 .207 141⁄2

Friday’s GamesChicago 90, New Jersey 81New Orleans 83, Boston 81Golden State 96, CHARLOTTE 95Indiana 95, Washington 86Houston 114, Toronto 105Oklahoma City 103, Atlanta 94Detroit at Phoenix, latePhiladelphia at L.A. Lakers, late

Saturday’s GamesCleveland at Chicago, 7 p.m.New Orleans at Washington, 7 p.m.Golden State at Miami, 7:30 p.m.New Jersey at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m.Memphis at Utah, 9 p.m.Dallas at Milwaukee, 9 p.m.

Notable boxWarriors 96, Bobcats 95

GOLDEN STATE (96)D.Wright 6-13 2-2 17, Radmanovic 3-5 0-

0 6, Lee 3-8 2-4 8, Curry 10-17 0-0 24, El-lis 11-23 1-2 25, Law 2-3 0-0 4, Udoh 0-0 4-4 4, Carney 0-1 0-0 0, Amundson 1-3 0-22, Williams 2-4 1-2 6. Totals 38-77 10-16 96.CHARLOTTE (95)

Wallace 5-15 7-10 20, Diaw 5-9 0-0 10,Mohammed 3-8 0-0 6, Augustin 5-12 1-112, Jackson 7-22 7-9 22, McGuire 2-3 0-04, Livingston 1-3 5-6 7, Diop 0-1 0-2 0,D.Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Henderson 5-6 0-0 10,Carroll 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 35-83 20-28 95.Golden State 30 22 25 19 — 96Charlotte 28 18 24 25 — 95

3-Point Goals—Golden State 10-24 (Cur-ry 4-5, D.Wright 3-8, Ellis 2-5, Williams 1-3,Carney 0-1, Radmanovic 0-2), Charlotte 5-16 (Wallace 3-3, Augustin 1-6, Jackson 1-6,Carroll 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Golden State 45 (Amundson, Lee 8), Char-lotte 56 (McGuire, Mohammed, Wallace 8).Assists—Golden State 16 (Ellis 5), Charlotte19 (Augustin 6). Total Fouls—Golden State21, Charlotte 16. Technicals—Golden Statedefensive three second. A—16,249 (19,077).

StandingsAMERICAN CONFERENCE

EastW L T Pct PF PA

y-New England 13 2 0 .867 480 306x-N.Y. Jets 10 5 0 .667 329 297Miami 7 8 0 .467 266 295Buffalo 4 11 0 .267 276 387

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

Indianapolis 9 6 0 .600 412 368Jacksonville 8 7 0 .533 336 385Tennessee 6 9 0 .400 336 316Houston 5 10 0 .333 356 410

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

x-Pittsburgh 11 4 0 .733 334 223x-Baltimore 11 4 0 .733 344 263Cleveland 5 10 0 .333 262 291Cincinnati 4 11 0 .267 315 382

WestW L T Pct PF PA

y-Kansas City 10 5 0 .667 356 295San Diego 8 7 0 .533 408 294Oakland 7 8 0 .467 379 361Denver 4 11 0 .267 316 438

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAy-Philadelphia 10 5 0 .667 426 363N.Y. Giants 9 6 0 .600 377 333Washington 6 9 0 .400 288 360Dallas 5 10 0 .333 380 423

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

x-Atlanta 12 3 0 .800 383 278x-New Orleans 11 4 0 .733 371 284Tampa Bay 9 6 0 .600 318 305CAROLINA 2 13 0 .133 186 377

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

y-Chicago 11 4 0 .733 331 276Green Bay 9 6 0 .600 378 237Minnesota 6 9 0 .400 268 328Detroit 5 10 0 .333 342 356

WestW L T Pct PF PA

St. Louis 7 8 0 .467 283 312Seattle 6 9 0 .400 294 401San Francisco 5 10 0 .333 267 339Arizona 5 10 0 .333 282 396

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division

Sunday, Jan. 2Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m.Miami at New England, 1 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m.CAROLINA at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Arizona at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m.San Diego at Denver, 4:15 p.m.Chicago at Green Bay, 4:15 p.m.Jacksonville at Houston, 4:15 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Washington, 4:15 p.m.Dallas at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m.Tennessee at Indianapolis, 4:15 p.m. St. Louis at Seattle, 8:20 p.m.

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Catawba women winFrom staff reports

Dana Hicks had 18 points and 13rebounds and dominated down thestretch as Catawba’s women’s basket-ball team beat Belmont Abbey 63-58at Goodman Gym on Friday.It was the 10th double-double of

the season for Hicks. Kisha Longadded 14 points and Milica Ivanovichad 11 as Catawba (8-4) won its fourstraight. Lauren Lewis hit two 3s.Catawba turned the ball over only

10 times in the game and shot 50 per-cent in the second half. Shayla Jackson scored 18 points

for Belmont Abbey (2-6), which ledby 11 points early in the second half.Both Catawba teams return to ac-

tion Wednesday night when Wingatevisits Goodman Gym for a big SACdoubleheader.

Men’s hoopsDonald Sims scored 24 points for

Appalachian State on Thursday in a91-71 win against Milligan and be-came the Mountaineers’ all-time lead-ing scorer.Sims finished the game with 1,803

points, surpassing Don King’s markof 1,794, which had stood since 1961.

Prep basketballTwo CCC girls squads battled for

the title in the NewBridge BankChristmas Classic championshipgame at Ledford on Friday.Central Davidson beat Lexington

52-49. The Lexington Dispatch report-ed it was the first Christmas title forCentral’s Spartans since 1993.The Spartans (8-2) upset 4A North

Davidson and strong Southeast Guil-ford to get to the title game.Lexington (5-4) also has been quite

a story early in the season.Coached by A.L. Brown and Cataw-

ba graduate Lamont Johnson, the Yel-low Jackets have played inspired ballin recent weeks and knocked off EastDavidson and Ledford to reach the fi-nal.Lexington’s Jasmine Carter was

tournament MVP. She scored 79points.

A pair of CCC boys teams alsoreached the final in the NewBridgeBank Christmas Classic.East Davidson (7-5) beat Central

Davidson 60-43 for the championshipbehind MVP Tyler Warren.

NPC favorite North Iredell wonthe girls championship in the Record& Landmark Holiday Classic at LakeNorman on Thursday.North Iredell beat Lake Norman

60-43 for the title. MVP Deesa Sin-gletery led the Raiders (9-1), alongwith all-tournament picks BrookeRedmond and Bri Johnson.

NPC favorite Statesville fell toLake Norman 72-54 in the boys final.All-tournament picks Nick

Schofield and Josh Gaither led theGreyhounds.

Basketball skillsABC Youth Development will be

conducting basketball skills trainingon Sunday, Jan. 2, at CompetitiveSports off Julian Road.

Boys and girls ages 7-12 trainfrom 3-4:30 p.m., while ages 13-18train from 4:30-6 p.m. Contact André Archie at 704-232-

0801.

Buckeyes hot from deepAssociated Press

College hoops roundup ...BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — William

Buford scored 24 points, and No. 2Ohio State made 13 of 19 3-pointersto pull away from Indiana for an 85-67 victory Friday.The Buckeyes (14-0, 1-0 Big Ten)

have won eight straight road games— their longest such streak since win-ning nine in a row from 1970-72. Andfor the first time in school history,the Buckeyes have won three consec-utive games at Assembly Hall. OhioState hadn’t won three straight inBloomington since 1968-70, before thecurrent arena opened.Ohio State shot 60.5 percent from

the field and tied the record for most3s by an opponent at Assembly Hall.Northwestern made 13 last season inBloomington.Christian Watford scored 17 points

for Indiana (9-6, 0-2), which has losttwo in a row at home.Freshman Jared Sullinger had 19

points for Ohio State.No. 4 UConn 66, S. Florida 61, OTHARTFORD, Conn. — Kemba

Walker had 24 points and eight re-bounds to lead Connecticut.The Huskies (11-1, 1-1 Big East),

coming off their first loss of the sea-son to No. 6 Pittsburgh, shot 37.5 per-cent from the field and trailed mostof the game. South Florida shot 41.8percent.Tied at 58 at the end of regulation,

UConn outscored South Florida 8-3 inthe 5-minute overtime and held theBulls (6-9, 0-2) scoreless until Antho-ny Crater hit a 3-pointer as time ex-pired.Alex Oriahki scored 15 points for

UConn.Augustus Gilchrist had 21 points

and Crater added 14 for the Bulls,who have lost six of seven.Crater hit a 3-pointer with 28 sec-

onds left in regulation to tie it afterWalker’s jumper had given theHuskies a 58-55 lead.

No. 7 San Diego St. 93, Occidental 50SAN DIEGO — Chase Tapley

scored a season-high 15 points whileKawhi Leonard had 14 points and 10rebounds for San Diego State.The Aztecs improved to 15-0 for

the first time in school history. Their15-game winning streak is the longestin school history and is second nation-ally to No. 1 Duke’s 22-game run.The 43-point victory margin tied

for 10th-largest in school history. TheAztecs were 21 of 24 (87.5 percent) inthe second half. They outreboundedthe Tigers 42-13.Deshun McCoy scored 18 points

and Jack Hanley added 10 for Divi-sion III Occidental (5-4).

No. 11 UK 78, No. 22 Louisville 63LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Brandon

Knight scored 25 points and Josh Har-rellson added a career-high 23 pointsand 14 rebounds for Kentucky.The Wildcats (11-2) dominated the

smaller Cardinals (11-2) in the lanebehind Harrellson, who took advan-tage while Louisville focused onfreshman Terrence Jones.Preston Knowles led the Cardinals

with 22 points and Chris Smith had 15points and six rebounds.Louisville hit nine straight shots

while slicing the lead to 59-49, but theCardinals couldn’t get any stops.

No. 12 Purdue 82, Northwestern 69WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — E’T-

waun Moore tied his career high with31 points, including a career-high sev-

en 3-pointers, for Purdue.Moore matched his point total

from a win over Southern Illinois onNov. 26, and had seven rebounds. Ja-Juan Johnson had 19 points and ninerebounds and Ryne Smith scored 10of his 13 points in the second half tohelp the Boilermakers (13-1, 2-0 BigTen) win their eighth straight game.Michael Thompson scored 18

points and Luka Mirkovic tied a ca-reer high with 16 for Northwestern(9-2, 0-1). John Shurna, ranked ninthnationally in scoring with a 23.3 av-erage, was held to a season-low 11.

No. 13 Texas 95, Coppin St. 75AUSTIN, Texas — Jordan Hamil-

ton hit five 3-pointers and scored 24points to lead Texas.Tristan Thompson scored a career-

high 22 points and pulled down ninerebounds for the Longhorns (11-2).With 11 minutes remaining in the

game and the Eagles (4-7) trailing 57-52, Hamilton stole an inbounds passand converted a layup on the fastbreak. Hamilton was fouled on theplay and his free throw completed thethree-point play.Tony Gallo scored 22 points for

Coppin State.No. 20 Mich. St. 71, No. 14 Minn. 62EAST LANSING, Mich. — Durrell

Summers scored 14 of his 19 pointsin the second half for Michigan Statein its Big Ten opener.Summers’ 3-pointer midway

though the second half started an 8-0 run that gave the Spartans (9-4, 1-0) the lead for good. It was the last offive straight 3s by Michigan State,which ended the game 8 for 24 frombehind the arc after making just oneof its first 14 tries.Draymond Green scored 14 points

and Korie Lucious and Delvon Roeboth added 11 for the Spartans, whoalso got 10 points and seven assistsfrom Kalin Lucas.Trevor Mbakwe had 17 points and

nine rebounds and Blake Hoffarberadded 12 points for the Golden Go-phers (11-3, 0-2).

No. 17 Kansas St. 100, N. Florida 76MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas

State, playing without three starters,got huge games from Jamar Samuelsand Wally Judge.Samuels had 26 points while Judge

added 22, both season highs, for theWildcats (11-3).Parker Smith hit seven 3-pointers

and scored 25 points to lead NorthFlorida (4-9).

No. 18 Texas A&M 66, McNeese 57COLLEGE STATION, Texas —

Khris Middleton scored 13 points forTexas A&M, which overcame a dou-ble-digit deficit for its ninth consec-utive victoryThe Aggies (12-1) trailed 28-18

with 7:51 remaining in the first half,and 37-30 at halftime.The Cowboys (8-5) led 44-39 with

14:28 remaining in the game beforethe Aggies went on a 14-3 run overthe next 7 minutes.Patrick Richard and P.J. Alawoya

paced McNeese State with 12 pointseach.

Ga. Tech 87, Mercer 78ATLANTA — Sophomore Glen

Rice Jr. scored a career-high 24points and Iman Shumpert added allof his 15 points in the second half tolead Georgia Tech to a come-from-behind win.Freshmen Jason Morris and Kam-

meon Holsey each added a career-high 13 points for the Yellow Jackets(7-5).

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Shaffer saw both men’searly struggles.“They weren’t star play-

ers during their careers,and they definitely weren’tbig-name coaches whenthey got here,” Shaffer said.“They were just young fel-lows with big hopes who Ithink were hired on hunch-es.“But they were taking

over a couple of programswith great histories of suc-cess. Folks expected a lotand a lot fast.”Former North Carolina

chancellor William Aycock,acting on a recommendationfrom the exiting McGuire,played the hunch on Smithand was roundly rebukedfor doing so in 1961.Compared with the criti-

cism Aycock heard, Buttersescaped with relative easewhen he picked Krzyzewskiin 1980.Folks merely laughed at

Butters for bringing in a kidcoach with an unpronounce-able name to engage thelikes of Smith, Maryland’sLefty Driesell and Vir-ginia’s Terry Holland.“People thought I was

crazy, and they thoughtMike was from anotherplanet,” Butters said someyears later.Krzyzewski was coming

off a couple of 14-11 and 9-17 seasons at Army.These days, an Army

coach with a 9-17 recordwould be highly unlikely toget a phone call, much less ajob offer, from Duke.It didn’t take long for

some hardcore Blue Devilsfans to rebel, either. By themiddle of the new coach’sthird season, Butters washearing from a growingnumber of Duke supporterswho wanted Krzyzewskishipped back to West Point.That 1982-83 Duke team

went 11-17. The ‘81-82 BlueDevils had gone 10-17 whenSmith won his first NCAAtitle (‘81-82) at UNC, andthird-year N.C. State coachJim Valvano won it all thefollowing season.“There is definitely a

similarity there,” Krzyzews-ki said. “I wasn’t there tofollow his first few years,but to hear somebody hungsomething in effigy, askedfor him to be fired, I canidentify with that.“There are people around

here that wanted me firedduring my third year. Hisschool stuck with him andmy school stuck with me,and they got stuck with usfor 30-something years. Butit was a good stuck. And Ithink it gave both of us anedge.“You start out poor. I

think when you start outpoor — when you’re per-ceived to be rich, you’renever that far away frombeing poor. And when youare born rich, sometimesyou may never have empa-thy for poor. We had the ad-vantage of having that hap-pen to both of us, and thenhaving the resources of twogreat universities and a

great conference to give usan opportunity to build twooutstanding programs.”At North Carolina, Smith,

shy and unassuming, was a180-degree change fromflamboyant, outspokenMcGuire.Not only that, Smith took

over a program on proba-tion and in a brief period ofde-emphasis following agambling scandal.Elliott Murnick was the

only student manager forSmith’s first team.“I think that Dean really

was a little surprised to getthe job, but I know he wasvery grateful for gettingthat chance,” Murnick said.“It was a tough situation forhim, too. Following FrankMcGuire wasn’t easy, evenfor someone with Dean’s un-derstanding of the gameand ability to teach.”That first team (8-9 over-

all, 7-7 ACC) tested Smith’snerves as much as hiscoaching potential, Murnicksaid.“We didn’t have a lot of

size, and we didn’t havemany players,” Murnicksaid. “Looking back on itnow, it’s pretty amazing hewon as much as he did thosefirst few seasons.“Players were different

then, too. Dean wasn’t mucholder than the players. Wehad a team clown — HughDonohue. Larry Brown hada big temper. Billy Cunning-ham came along later, andhe was kind of a free spiritplus being a great, greatplayer.“There was something

different every day, butDean earned everyone’s re-spect. The guys drove himcrazy at times, I know, buteveryone knew Dean was acoach to be listened to.”Cunningham and those

early teams fiercely stoodbehind him in difficulttimes. Cunningham pulleddown the hanging likenessof Smith and had to re-strained by teammates fromconfronting a nearby groupof hecklers.Years later, Cunningham

reflected on the incident,saying that Smith handledthe situation in much thesame manner he handleddifficult game conditions.“Things like that never

rattled or got to CoachSmith,” Cunningham said.“He knew what he could doif the school and fans gavehim the time. Now, ofcourse, everybody knows.”

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Fox knew end was near two years agoAssociated Press

CHARLOTTE — In a light atmos-phere full of smiles and laughs, thePanthers held their final full practiceunder John Fox on Friday, with thecoach insisting he’s been preparingfor the end of his run in Carolina forabout two years.The last workout at the Panthers’

practice complex was an odd scene,with the Meineke Bowl about to kickoff just a few steps away on theteam’s home field. Fox gathered theplayers around him shortly beforenoon, with a burst of laughter heardfrom players as they broke toward thelocker room.The team will hold a walkthrough

Saturday before closing the season aday later at Atlanta to end Fox’s nine-year stay in Carolina.

“It’s been a lot of great memories,a lot of fond memories, a lot of greatrelationships and something I’ll cher-ish forever,” Fox said. “Now (I’ll) justembark on the next chapter.”Fox was first denied a contract ex-

tension after the 2008 season. He en-tered the last year of his deal this fallafter the Panthers began a youthmovement that’s left them an NFL-worst 2-13.“It’s not new,” Fox said of his im-

pending departure. “It’s somethingI’ve been preparing for actually for acouple of years.”Owner Jerry Richardson, who was

attending the college bowl game yardsaway, hasn’t publicly said he won’t tryto retain Fox. But a rift has developedbetween the two men since Carolina’s33-13 loss to Arizona in the team’s lastplayoff game in January 2009.

Fox, who is making more than $6million this season, is 78-73 in Caroli-na, which includes the franchise’sonly Super Bowl appearance in the2003 season. But the Panthers havenever had consecutive winning sea-sons under Fox and have clinched theleague’s worst record this season.Still, many players have come out

in support of Fox, known as tough butalso a player’s coach.“I’ll say this,” Fox said before hus-

tling inside, “these guys have stayedenthusiastic and have continued towork very hard all season.”The Panthers will be without cor-

nerback Chris Gamble (ankle), full-back Tony Fiammetta (ankle) and de-fensive tackle Ed Johnson (knee)against the Falcons. Receiver SteveSmith (calf) is questionable aftermissing practice on Friday.

Power play lifts Islanders to overtime winAssociated Press

NHL roundup ...DETROIT — P.A. Parenteau scored

on a power play at 3:57 of overtime togive the New York Islanders a 4-3 vic-tory over the Western Conference-lead-ing Detroit Red Wings on Friday night.Parenteau put in a one-timer from

the left faceoff dot for his ninth goal.John Tavares had a goal and two as-

sists, Matt Moulson and Jesse Joensuualso scored and Dwayne Roloson made38 saves for New York. The Islanders,coming off a 2-1 shootout victory overEastern Conference-leading Pittsburghon Wednesday night, are 6-1-1 in theirlast eight games.

Devils 3, Thrashers 1NEWARK, N.J. — Backup goalie Jo-

han Hedberg made 28 saves and theNew Jersey Devils beat the AtlantaThrashers 3-1 on Friday to snap a six-

game losing streak and give JacquesLemaire his first victory since replacingJohn MacLean behind the bench.

Canadiens 3, Panthers 2, OTSUNRISE, Fla. — Montreal newcom-

er James Wisniewski scored his secondgoal of the game 3:41 into overtime togive the Canadiens a comeback victoryover Florida.

Blue Jackets 4, Senators 3, OTCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Jake Voracek,

a recent healthy scratch for his lack ofproduction, scored an unassisted goaloff a quirky bounce off the back boardsfor Columbus.The puck took a big ricochet and Ot-

tawa’s Alex Kovalev and Chris Campoliwere unable to corral it. Voracekswooped in and forced the puck betweengoalie Brian Elliott’s leg pads 2:06 intothe overtime.

Blues 4, Coyotes 3ST. LOUIS — Alex Steen had a goal

and an assist, Jaroslav Halak stopped30 shots and St. Louis won its fifthstraight game, holding off Phoenix.

Canucks 4, Stars 1DALLAS — Daniel and Henrik Sedin

scored power-play goals, Cory Schnei-der made 44 saves and Vancouver beatDallas for its fourth straight victory.

Ducks 5, Flyers 2ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jason Blake and

defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky eachscored two goals and Jonas Hiller made35 saves for Anaheim.

Predators 4, Wild 1ST. PAUL, Minn. — Pekka Rinne

made 22 saves to help Nashville end itslosing streak at five games.

Flames 3, Avalanche 2CALGARY, Alberta — Tom

Kostopoulos, Jarome Iginla and TimJackman scored in a 7:30 span in the sec-ond period and Calgary won its thirdstraight game.

Bobcats suffer one-point loss at homeAssociated Press

NBA roundup ...CHARLOTTE — Monta

Ellis came up with bigplays and then made a mis-take that nearly cost theGolden State Warriors thewin.Ellis scored 25 points

and the Warriors overcamehis late blunder to hold offa rally in the final minuteand beat the Charlotte Bob-cats 96-95 on Friday.“What can I say?” Ellis

said. “We still won. It’s allthat matters. Everythingelse is blanked out. We dida lot of great things andplayed well together. Wejust won it as a team andground it out.”Trailing 96-90, Charlotte

made a run in the finalminute, all keyed byStephen Jackson, who fin-ished with 22 points. He hita free throw to begin therun, Gerald Hendersontipped in Jackson’s miss,then Boris Diaw hit a layupoff Jackson’s inside feed topull the Bobcats within one point with14.5 seconds remaining.Then came the blunder — Ellis was

called for an offensive foul after push-ing off Henderson on an inbounds playwith 8.5 seconds left, giving Charlotteanother a chance.But the Bobcats’ planned move —

getting the ball to D.J. Augustin — didn’tmaterialize, forcing Jackson to put upa desperation 3-pointer, which clangedoff the back of the rim and bounced outof bounds as the horn sounded.“(Augustin) was supposed to get the

ball,” a despondent Jackson said afterthe game. “We were going to make aquick pick and let him try to make aplay.”Stephen Curry, who earned All-

America honors while playing at nearbyDavidson, hit four 3-pointers and scored24 points in his homecoming, whileDorell Wright added 17 for GoldenState, which won for the fourth time inits last five games.

Suns 92, Pistons 75PHOENIX — Jared Dudley scored

nine of his 19 points in the second quar-ter, and Phoenix’s reserves built a biglead that helped the Suns take controlof the game en route to a win over theDetroit Pistons on Friday night.Dudley made three 3-pointers during

a 22-4 run over seven minutes of the sec-ond quarter, and backup point guardGoran Dragic hit two 3s of his own tohelp the Suns to a 50-28 lead.Vince Carter also scored 19 points,

including seven during the decisivestretch, as Phoenix snapped a season-high four-game losing streak with itssecond in the last six home games.

Thunder 103, Hawks 94OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant

hit a season-high five 3-pointers andscored 33 points, Russell Westbrookfinished off a triple-double with his

10th assist in the final seconds and theOklahoma City Thunder beat theHawks.Durant went 3 for 3 on 3s during a

16-6 run in the fourth quarter as theThunder put the game away after At-lanta had pulled within two points.Westbrook finished with 23 points,

10 rebounds and 10 assists — the lastcoming when he rushed the ball up toSerge Ibaka for a dunk with 6.9 secondsleft instead of running out the clock.Players from both teams stayed on thecourt for a few moments after thegame as the Hawks were apparentlyupset by the final sequence.Jamal Crawford led Atlanta with 26

points and Josh Smith scored 23.Rockets 114, Raptors 105HOUSTON — Reserve guard Chase

Budinger scored a season-high 22points, Kevin Martin added 20 and theHouston Rockets beat the Raptors.Rookie Patrick Patterson set career

highs in points (15) and rebounds (9)for the Rockets, who have won eight oftheir last 10. Houston shook off a poorfirst quarter to shoot 48 percent (44 of91) and win for the ninth time in 10home games.DeMar DeRozan scored a career-

high 37 points and Jose Calderon added11 assists for the Raptors, who'vedropped 10 of their last 13 games. LinasKleiza had 17 points and 12 reboundsand Amir Johnson added 14 points and11 rebounds for Toronto.

Pacers 95. Wizards 86INDIANAPOLIS — Danny Granger

and Darren Collison scored 18 pointsapiece and the Indiana Pacers pulledaway early for a victory over theWashington Wizards on Friday.Granger shot 8 of 12 from the field

and scored 13 of his points in the firsthalf in helping Indiana snap a three-game losing streak.

John Wall scored 25 for the Wizards,who are 0-16 on the road this seasonand 8-7 at home.The Pacers took control of the game

with a 20-4 run in the second quarter,getting eight points from T.J. Ford ina spurt that gave them a 45-26 lead. TheWizards shot 2 of 14 in the quarter.

Hornets 83, Celtics 81BOSTON— Trevor Ariza made a

tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:34 to playand David West scored four of his 19points in the final minute, helping theNew Orleans Hornets pull out an 83-81win over the injury-riddled BostonCeltics on Friday.Chris Paul had 20 points and 11 as-

sists for New Orleans, which won forjust the third time in seven games.Emeka Okafor scored 18 points andgrabbed 13 rebounds.Ray Allen led Boston with 18 points,

but hit the back rim a desperation 3 inthe closing seconds. Paul Pierce had 12points and seven boards. Nate Robin-son scored 11 and had six rebounds.

Bulls 90, Nets 81CHICAGO — Carlos Boozer scored

20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, andthe Chicago Bulls won for the 12th timein 14 games, pulling away late to beatthe New Jersey Nets 90-81 on Fridayafternoon.Luol Deng and Derrick Rose scored

19 apiece, and the Bulls made enoughshots down the stretch after strugglingfrom the field for much of the game.Brook Lopez led New Jersey with 19

points. Travis Outlaw and Stephen Gra-ham each scored 16, but the Netsdropped their fourth straight.At least they didn't get blown out

this time.Outscored by a combined 51 points

over the previous three games, theNets hung in against the Central divi-sion leaders.

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Charlotte Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace (3) goes up for a rebound against Golden StateWarriors forward Dorell Wright (1) and center David Lee (10) in the first half of the game inCharlotte. The Warriors won 96-95.

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their first Classic winsagainst both East and Westto reach their first final.

IRONWOMAN: Carson’sAllison Blackwell playedthe most minutes of all theboys and girls in the tour-nament — 89 of a possible96.

TOUGH TOURNAMENT:East Rowan’s girls stillhave by far the best all-time record in the Moirthanks to decades of steadysuccess, but the Mustangs,who went 0-2, failed to takea game in the event for thefirst time since 1996.East hasn’t won the Moir

title since 2001, but it hadgone 2-1 in the tournamenteach of the past six sea-sons.There were bright spots

for the Mustangs. East’sOlivia Sabo (12.0) and Kar-leigh Wike (11.0) were twoof the four girls in the tour-nament who averaged dou-ble-digit rebounds. The oth-ers were all-tournamentpicks Shay Steele (West)and Brielle Blaire (Salis-bury).

POSITIVE TRIP: Davie’sgirls arrived at the Moirwithout any fanfare butthey left with two victories(one more than the school’sboys team) and one morethan anyone thought they’d

get.Davie lost to West but

beat East (in overtime) andSouth Rowan.As has been the case all

season, Davie’s Amy Stellerattacked the basket andmade a living at the foulline. She got to the stripemore than anyone in thetournament (male or fe-male) — a whopping 29times. She also had themost makes of anyone with20.Steller was the No. 2

scorer among the girls inthe tournament (16.3 ppg).Davie’s Brittani Stewart

led the tournament with 11steals.

GREEN LIGHT: West sen-ior Ayana Avery’s nextpoint will give her 1,700 forher career. Avery launched 48 shots

in the Moir tournament, in-cluding 30 3-point attempts.She hit 12 2s and eight 3sfor a respectable 42 per-cent from the field and wasthe tournament’s leadingscorer with 17.0 points agame.Avery also had more as-

sists than any girl in thetournament with 16 and hereight steals were amongthe leaders.It wasn’t possible for her

to make all-tournament,though, not with West fin-ishing third. West’s repre-sentative was Steele, asophomore who scored 43points and was the tour-ney’s leading rebounder(35), leading offensive re-bounder (19) and leading

shot-blocker (19, which hasto be a Moir record).To put Steele’s amazing

19 rejections in perspec-tive, Sabo, Wike and Blairetied for second place withfour.

BARBER SHOP: Therewas more good defense forthe Falcons. Brittney Bar-ber was one of the tourna-ment steal leaders withnine.

TOUGH STRETCH: TheMoir hasn’t been much funfor South’s girls in recentyears. The Raiders are 3-15in their last eight Moirs andhaven’t had a winningrecord in the event sincethey were 2-1 in 2001.South’s had a really mis-

erable time against Davie.The Raiders are 3-12 all-time in the Moir against theWar Eagles.The bright spot for

South was senior NicoleBarringer. She scored 25points in losses to Northand Davie.

HORN OF PLENTY: Salis-bury girls coach Chris Mc-Neil won his first Moir ti-tle, extending the pro-gram’s string to eightstraight titles.Jennifer Shoaf started

the run in 2003 and wonthe first four. Dee Millerled the Hornets to the 2007title, and Andrew Mitchellbrought home the hard-ware the last two seasons.Salisbury’s had five dif-

ferent MVPs during therun — Shayla Fields (2),Ashley Watkins, Shi-HeriaShipp (3), Bubbles Phiferand the latest — AyannaHolmes.

RANKING HIGH: Salisburysenior Olivia Rankin had a21-point championshipgame and has 734 for hercareer. The Hornets are going to

play a long time in the play-offs, so 1,000 isn’t out ofreach.

BRIGHT SIDE: A 1-2showing by the North girlsin the tournament includedlopsided losses to Salisburyand West, but the first-round win against Southmarked the first time the

Cavs have won their openerin the event since 2006.That win against South

was also the first timeNorth has beaten a foe out-side of its 1A Yadkin ValleyConference this season.Bright spots in the Moir

included Teaunna Cuth-bertson (10 steals) and Sab-rina Vann (22 rebounds).In a loss to West in the

third-place game, JoJo Car-by had a career-best 12points, and Vann scorednine to match her careerhigh.Five of North’s six losses

have been to West and Sal-isbury.

AMAZING FEAT: In the

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Salisbury’s Brielle Blaire (14) goes up for two points over Carson’s Tyesha Phillips in front of a packed house at Goodman Gymnasium.

Salisbury High’s Romar Morris (10) and South Rowan’s Johnathan Gaddy (10) battle in a first-round contest.

See MOIR, 5C

Left, West Rowan’s B.J. Sherrill and Carson’s Cody Clanton battle for the ball in their first-round matchup. Above, NorthRowan’s Tony Hillian yells out instructions during his team’s victory against South Rowan.

long history of the Christ-mas tournament, datingback to 1971, no male hadever won back-to-backMVPs before Salisbury’sDarien Rankin accom-plished the feat in 2008-09.After Salisbury 77-62

win against Davie in theMoir championship, Rankinbecame a three-peater, andit’s hard to argue with thestat sheet.He ranked among the

tournament leaders in scor-ing (16.0 ppg), rebounding(7.0), assists (3.7) and steals(2.3).Rankin, who scored his

1,100th point in the Moir,also was the tournament’sironman, playing 81 min-utes.

LUCKY 7: Salisbury cen-ter Alex Weant blockedseven shots in the Moir.

ROMAR: Salisbury’s epicbattle with North in thesemis was the game of thetournament, and the Hor-nets’ victory was due inlarge part to the powerfulcontribution of footballhero Romar Morris. Mor-ris’ defense and reboundingwere impressive, and he’llmake a bigger impact onthis season than most ex-pected.

FOUR-PEAT: The fourconsecutive titles for theSalisbury boys are an un-precedented accomplish-ment.They’ve beaten Davie,

West, North, and thenDavie again, for those ti-tles.

DAVIE MOVES ON: Daviewon’t have long to dwell onits disappointing loss toSalisbury in the Moir final.The War Eagles (11-1) fi-

nally open CPC play onTuesday at home againstWest Forsyth.Unbeaten Reagan and

Mount Tabor, which haslost only to Reagan, figureto be Davie’s toughest op-position in the CPC.Scouts from those

schools have been check-ing out Davie for weeks,and several Mount Taborcoaches were at the gameon Thursday.

LOOKING FOR SUNSHINE:East’s boys have gone 0-6 inthe last three Moirs.This year’s games were

a 25-point loss to North anda 15-point loss to South.Positives?Well, East’s Anthony

Oglesby can always tellpeople he was perfect in theMoir tournament. He shot4-for-4.Jared Hough and Jordan

Shepherd shot very well on3s, combining for 10-for-16accuracy.Junior Cole Honeycutt

made his season debut inthe Moir, and he shouldmake a difference. He aver-aged 8.5 points a game lastseason.East has lost 27 straight

games dating back to lastseason and returns to ac-tion on Tuesday in a toughvenue — at West Rowan.

GADDY-UP: South’s boyswent 1-2 in the Moir for the

fourth straight season.South senior Johnathan

Gaddy, who averaged 3.3points per game as a juniorreserve, was the Moir’sleading boys scorer with 50points. His 22-point game

against East in a Moir con-solation marked the sev-enth time this season he’stopped 20.Gaddy shot just under 50

percent (17-for-35) for theevent, and he was 13-for-15at the foul line.

ELECT-RIK: Carson soph

Rik Heggins led the Moirtournament in blockedshots with eight.Carson’s Nick Houston

launched 26 3s, the most ofany boy in the Moir, but heconnected on just five. Houston did shoot 7-for-

7 from the foul line.With Cody Clanton bat-

tling a back ailment, Car-son’s boys went 1-2 in theevent, losing their first-ever tournament meetingwith Davie in a semifinal.Carson did claim its

first-ever Moir triumphagainst West in a first-

round matchup and nowowns a Moir victory againstevery program except Sal-isbury.

NO WESTIVAL: The festi-val that is the Moir tourna-ment hasn’t been great funfor West Rowan’s boys inrecent seasons, but thisyear was better for the Fal-cons than last year’s 0-2.West was 1-1 this time,

holding off South in thefifth-place game.

HIP-HOP: West juniorKeshun Sherrill earned 23free-throw attempts in twotournament games, so he’sstill attacking the basketeven with a hip that’s lessthan 100 percent.Sherrill will be the coun-

ty’s next player to reach1,000 points. He produced33 in the Moir and has 968for his career.

MILESTONE: West coachMike Gurley shoots for his300th victory at the helm ofthe Falcons on Tuesdaywhen they host East. Gur-ley is an amazing 299-79 inMount Ulla.West’s basketball pro-

gram is 822-480 all-time, in-cluding 74-29 against theMustangs.

CAVALIERS: North lookedvery strong in three Moirtournament games, espe-cially the 79-77 overtimeloss to Salisbury in a semi-final.The return to action of

Pierre Givens was the bigstory for the Cavaliers. Hescored 32 points in the twogames he played. Givensprovides another ballhan-dler and another scorer forthe Cavaliers.North had plenty of

bright spots in the Moir.Sam Starks led the tour-

nament with nine steals.Daniel Chambers shot 7-

for-9 from the field. Givenswas 4-for-7 on 3s. Not surprisingly, North

muscleman Javon Har-grave led the tournament inrebounding (23) and offen-sive rebounding (13). The good news in the

paint for North was MalikFord also provided aggres-sive boardwork. He wasn’tfar behind Hargave with 22boards, half on the offen-sive end. Ford also blockedsix shots.

Ronnie Gallagher andMike London contributed tothe notebook.

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The Moir Classic’s high risers included dunkers Darien Rankinof Salisbury, above, and Shannon Dillard of Davie County.Rankin was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

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North Rowan’s Teaunna Cuthbertson (23), Ronesha Bradley(22) and Olivia Fortson and West Rowan’s Kym Caldwell (24)all try to take possession of the ball. West Rowan’s girls de-feated North to take third place in the annual Sam Moir Christ-mas Classic.

Above, Carson guard Kelly Dulkoski (4) defends East Rowan’s Ashley Goins (4) in a tight game in the first round of the SamMoir Christmas Classic. Right, Carson’s Rik Heggins (23) tries to block a shot as North’s Malik Ford (25) rises to shoot in theboys third-place game in the Moir tournament.

Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla — TheCapital One Bowl was notsupposed be the final desti-nation for its participants.Alabama was the over-

whelming favorite to repeatas national champions. Michi-gan State went 11-1, split theBig Ten title and was stillsnubbed by the BCS.So motivation shouldn’t be

a problem when the seventh-ranked Spartans face the No.15 Crimson Tide (9-3) today.“We get a chance to make

a statement whether we areone of the elite teams in thecountry at this point in timeor not,” Michigan State coachMark Dantonio said. “Andthat’s the challenge.”The game also features

enough ties between the pro-grams that nobody wants tomiss out on bragging rights.Alabama coach Nick Sa-

ban had stints as a head coachat Michigan State (1995-1999)and assistant (1984-1987). Healso hired Dantonio as his de-fensive backs coach while hewas there.Tight ends coach Bobby

Williams is another formerMichigan State coach, offen-sive coordinator Jim McEl-wain is an ex-Spartans assis-tant and 2009 Heisman Tro-phy winner Mark Ingramgrew up a Spartans fan inFlint, Mich., and has severalfamily members with con-nections to the school that

also made a big push to recruithim.“I had green and white bed

sheets,” said Ingram, whosefather, Mark, was a star re-ceiver for the Spartans.The game might also show

what direction these two pro-grams are headed.The Spartans have made

major strides in recent yearsbut are 0-3 in bowl games un-der Dantonio. They are usingthe game as a springboardinto next season after feelingcheated out of a more high-profile game.Michigan State shared the

Big Ten title with Wisconsinand Ohio State, but there wereonly two spots for the confer-ence in the BCS. The BCSstandings were used to breakthe deadlock, leaving theSpartans out of the mix de-spite a win over the Badgers.

Associated Press

Today’s previews ...GLENDALE, Ariz. —

There was a familiar feelingwhen Oklahoma stepped offthe plane at Phoenix’s SkyHarbor Airport, from thewarm weather to being ahuge favorite in the FiestaBowl.Not wanting it to turn into

a here-we-go-again feelingfor the New Year’s Daygame against No. 25 Con-necticut, Sooners coach BobStoops made everything asdifferent as he could on thistrip, including changing theteam hotel and practice site.After five straight losses

in BCS bowls, two of those inthe Fiesta Bowl, you can’tblame Oklahoma for wantingto change things up.“It’s a totally different

vibe, a totally different at-mosphere now,” Oklahomareceiver Cameron Kenneysaid. “Everybody is in a busi-nesslike mentality. I don’tknow how it was in the past.Everyone seems to be reallyfocused right now.”The Sooners need to be.Even as 161⁄2-point fa-

vorite, No. 9 Oklahoma can’tafford to take the hard-run-ning, Big East championHuskies lightly. Not afterwhat happened the past twotimes at The University ofPhoenix Stadium.In 2007, Boise State was

still a novelty, a bunch oftrick-playing Broncos tryingto prove to the rest of thecountry they belonged on thesame field with the mightSooners. They did just that,pulling off the upset in per-haps the most entertainingof the 39 Fiesta Bowls.

OUTBACKPenn State is appearing in

its 37th postseason game un-der Joe Paterno, the all-timeleader in bowl wins with 24.The 84-year-old coach hasshrugged off rumors thatthis may be his last game,saying he has no plans to re-tire, and the Nittany Lionsare approaching the gamewith intentions of setting thetone for the 2011 season.Florida, meanwhile, will

be playing its last game un-

der Urban Meyer, who re-signed Dec. 8 because ofhealth concerns and to spendmore time with his family.The Gators, who won two ofthe past four national cham-pionships, have hired formerTexas head coach-in-waitingWill Muschamp as his re-placement.

GATORANN ARBOR, Mich. —

Michigan quarterbackDenard Robinson would bemuch happier if no one knewwho he was, allowing him tolive under the radar."I'm not on Twitter or

Facebook because I justdon't like the attention,"Robinson said in an inter-view this week before trav-eling to Florida to be with

his family. "My teammatesare always on me to get onTwitter or Facebook, butthat's just not how I getdown."The player known as

"Shoelace" — because hedoesn't lace up his cleats orshoes — attracts eyes andears anyway. This year,Robinson set an NCAArecord for yards rushing bya quarterback with 1,643,and he became the first toboth run and throw for 1,500yards.He will break the school's

single-season record if heruns for 175 yards — for thefifth time — against No. 21Mississippi State in theGator Bowl today.

goal. The clock appeared to expire,though officials reviewed the play andput 1 second back on the clock that al-lowed North Carolina to force over-time and win.“Unbelievable for our team to fin-

ish the way it did after the stuffwe’ve been through this year,” sen-ior H-back Ryan Taylor said. “I don’tthink it could have ended any better.It was perfect for us to end thiscrazy season in a double-overtimegame.”With the win, the Tar Heels ended

up with the same record as the previ-ous two seasons. But the Tar Heelscould claim progress because theywon their first bowl game underDavis, not to mention they did it de-spite having 14 players miss at leastone game and seven miss the entire

season — including NFL first-rounddraft prospects Marvin Austin andRobert Quinn — due to the NCAA in-vestigation.That leads to obvious what-if ques-

tions about how much this groupcould have achieved with its completelineup, though sophomore defensiveend Donte Paige-Moss refused to lookat it that way.“We’re sending a signal to every-

body that we’re coming back,” hesaid. “This year wasn’t just going tobe our one-and-done year that we’resupposed to do something big. We re-cruit and we get studs from every-where, so I want everybody to knowthat we’re coming for you. This is justa sign for next year.”The Tar Heels are closing in on a

recruiting class ranked in the top 10nationally, though it’s possible somerecruits might back out of verbalcommitments if the NCAA issues sig-nificant sanctions in the offseason.Baddour said the program is “frus-

trated” with negative recruiting fromcompeting schools that are using theNCAA investigation to dissuade re-cruits from signing with the TarHeels in February.But Baddour, Chancellor Holden

Thorp and the school’s board oftrustees have all been publicly sup-portive of Davis, saying that he willreturn for a fifth season.For now, though, there’s little else

the school can do other than savorthat bowl win.“From the football standpoint, be-

cause of his bowl game and becauseof this victory, there’s tremendouspositive feeling and energy,” Baddoursaid. “You just have to be aroundthese players and this coaching staffto feel it.“I acknowledge if we get some

bad news we could have a setback,but I really don’t think it’s going toset this program back. I firmly be-lieve that. I believe the worst is be-hind us.”

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North Carolina defensive tackles Jordan Nix (78) and Jared McAdoo (97) hold the trophy after UNC beat tennessee.

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Sooners don’t want another letdown

overtime loss to No. 1 Auburn set offan avalanche of bad news and losses.“I’m going to do everything within

my power to make sure that I get usbetter as a football team and that thisnever happens again,” Swinney said.Parker’s final game before em-

barking on a baseball career endedabruptly when he was tackled nearthe goal line at the end of the secondquarter.Backup Tajh Boyd was picked off

by JaQuez Jenkins on the first playof the fourth.

His 48-yard return set up Daniels’8-yard TD run to make it 31-13 andgave the Tigers (6-7) their first losingseason in 11 years.It was a triumphant return to

North Carolina for Holtz, who leftEast Carolina in January to take overat South Florida after coach JimLeavitt’s surprise ouster after he wasaccused of mistreating a player lefta divided locker room.Holtz had insisted all week he’d

split the snaps between Daniels, whohad missed the regular-season finaleagainst Connecticut with a thigh in-jury, and freshman walk-on BobbyEveld.But a steady Daniels didn’t need

to share, completing 20 of 27 passesfor 189 yards and an interception to

win the MVP award.“B.J. is a veteran and I made the

comment we were going to need hisfeet with this defensive front with theway they get after the passer,” Holtzsaid. “I thought he did a great job outthere today. He made some super de-cisions.”It wasn’t the final season Parker

had in mind when the first-round pickforfeited $800,000 from the ColoradoRockies to put off baseball for a year.After getting benched in the regular-season finale against South Carolina,he contemplated skipping the bowlgame.Turned out, he was done at half-

time after completed 11 of 17 passesfor 134 yards and an interception. Hefinished with 12 touchdowns and 11interceptions.“Nothing really went the way I

wanted it to this year,” Parker said.“Obviously I’ll learn from it, moveon, and get healthy and just try tocontinue on a different path.”South Florida stormed to a 17-3

second-quarter lead behind Daniels’TD passes to Demetris Murray andDontavia Bogan. The Bulls added a field goal fol-

lowing Quenton Washington’s 45-yardinterception return.Parker led two scoring drives to

end the first half, but he was hurt ona 1-yard run before Jamie Harperpunched it in from yard out to makeit 17-13 at halftime.“It was kind of where I took that

shot earlier,” said Parker, who suf-fered bruised ribs in the Auburn loss.Plancher’s 2-yard TD run early in

the third quarter gave South Floridaa comfortable cushion again and theelusive Daniels was able to keepClemson’s stout defense at bay.Da’Quan Bowers, who came in

with a nation-best 151⁄2 sacks, nevergot to Daniels and failed to set theschool’s single-season sacks recordin what might be his final collegegame. Bowers is projected to be ahigh first-round draft pick.“I’m just going to take some days,

get to myself and think about my sit-uation,” Bowers said.Clemson made a last-gasp come-

back bid. Boyd threw a 6-yard touch-down pass to Brandon Ford with 1:47left.The Tigers recovered the onside

kick and Boyd found Ford again fora 10-yard TD. But Clemson’s secondonside kick was touched by theTigers about a half yard short of the10 it needed to travel and USF tookover.Clemson’s difficult season ended

with small group of its disgruntledfans making the 21⁄2 drive to Charlotteto see them. Fewer than 40,000 camethrough the turnstiles in the lowest-attended game in the bowl’s nine-yearhistory.“I don’t blame the fans one bit for

being ticked off,” Swinney said. “Theyshould be ticked off. I’m going to doeverything I can to make us better.”

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Georgia loses LibertyAssociated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Cen-tral Floridawants to bein a BCS au-t o m a t i c -

qualifying conference someday. A program that didn’tstart playing football until1979 just burnished its resumein a big way by beating a teamfrom one of those powerleagues.Latavius Murray scored on

a 10-yard touchdown run with9:01 left, and UCF held on tobeat Georgia 10-6 Friday inthe Liberty Bowl and cap thebest season in school historywith the program’s first post-season victory.The Knights (11-3) had nev-

er won more than 10 games ina season and had lost theirfirst three bowl games, includ-ing their last visit here in 2007.The Conference USA champsmade this win even sweeterby knocking off a Southeast-ern Conference team in theprocess, just their second winover that league. The Knightshad been 1-13 with the lonewin over Alabama in 2000.“It takes time to get a pro-

gram going, but I think thedepth is there now, and I thinkwe’ll be a solid program nextyear,” coach George O’Learysaid. “It doesn’t happen unlessthe school makes a commit-ment.”Georgia (6-7) snapped a

four-game bowl winningstreak with its first loss sincethe 2006 Sugar Bowl. Worsefor the Bulldogs is notchingtheir first losing season sincegoing 5-6 in 1996. Georgia

coach Mark Richt didn’t ac-cept the runner’s up trophy,instead telling an official toget it to him later.“We’re all disappointed,”

Richt said. “We didn’t want tofinish with a loss. We didn’twant to finish with a losingrecord. ... There are reasonswhy we ended up the way wedid. We’ve got to makechange. We’ve got to makesure it doesn’t happen again inthe future.”The Bulldogs had the ball

longer and last, convertingtwo fourth downs before Ke-mal Ishmael knocked downAaron Murray’s final longthrow into the end zone astime expired.And in an ending reminis-

cent of Thursday night’s Mu-sic City Bowl finish to regula-tion, the game seemed to beover before it actually was.Murray’s first deep throw intothe end zone landed incom-plete and the clock appearedto run out. But replay officialsreviewed the play and ruledthe clock should have stoppedwith 2 seconds left.Players from both teams

went back to their sideline.“All of the seniors just

stuck together and did ourpart to get the victory,” UCFlinebacker Josh Linam said.The Bulldogs had one more

shot to pull out the win. Mur-ray rolled to his left andheaved the ball into the endzone, but Ishmael knocked itto the ground with one hand tostart the Knights’ celebration.They had to move under

cover quickly because a stormfront that caused tornadoes inArkansas hit minutes after the

game ended, prompting secu-rity to order everyone off thefield and out of the stands dueto lightning.Latavius Murray finished

with 104 yards on 18 carries,but it was the Knights’ de-fense that pulled out this vic-tory.UCF came in with C-USA’s

stingiest defense and 18thbest in the nation. The Knightsheld Georgia to 280 yards totaloffense, well below the Bull-dogs’ average of 393.8. Seniorcaptain and two-time C-USAdefensive player of the yearBruce Miller had 11⁄2 sacks inthe fourth quarter, includingone on the final drive. Theypicked off Murray twice andsacked him a total of threetimes.“They just did what they

needed to do when it countedthe most,” Richt said of theUCF defense.So Georgia has a disap-

pointing end to a season thatstarted with so much promisebefore junior receiver A.J.Green sat out a four-gameNCAA suspension for sellinga bowl jersey. Richt tried touse Green as much as possi-ble, even putting him out to re-turn punts after he had fieldedonly one this season. Greenfair caught two and returnedthe other for 18 yards.The junior, who could be

high NFL draft pick if he de-cides to leave school early,also caught eight passes for 77yards.“They came out with some

pretty good schemes to keepme in front of them,” Greensaid. “Nothing special. Theyjust had a good gameplan.”

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over West Virginia to end the2009 season.Garcia responded by lead-

ing a 79-yard drive, capped byBrian Maddox’s 7-yard TDrun. Garcia helped set up thescore with a 29-yard pass toJeffery.Reid’s hit on Lattimore

knocked the freshman out ofthe game with an injury an-nounced as a cut to his mouth.But coach Steve Spurrier saidafter the game that Lattimorealso had “a little bit of a con-cussion” and was taken to ahospital for stitches.“It hurt a bit, no question

about that,” Spurrier said ofLattimore’s absence. “Wewould have kept trying to runa little bit more, that’s forsure.”Linebacker Kendall Smith

picked up the fumble afterReid’s hit and returned it 46yards as Lattimore remainedon his back. Trainers hurriedoff the sideline to surroundLattimore before the play end-ed. He was helped off the field

and had an ice pack on his chinfor the Gamecocks’ next pos-session.The lost fumble was the

first of Lattimore’s career.Ponder started in his return

from a right elbow injury, butappeared to be less than fullstrength. Ponder badly under-threw a fourth-down passfrom the South Carolina 2-yard line early in the secondquarter and Manuel took overon the Seminoles’ next posses-sion.Ponder may have suffered

the concussion when he washit on the play before hisfourth-down incompletion.Ponder missed Florida

State’s Atlantic Coast Confer-ence championship game lossto Virginia Tech with the el-bow injury.Garcia, who threw 11 inter-

ceptions in 13 games leadingup to the bowl, was picked offby Michael Harris, KendallSmith and Xavier Rhodes inthe Gamecocks’ turnover-filled first half. Including Lattimore’s lost

fumble on South Carolina’sopening drive, the Gamecockshad turnovers on each of theirfirst three possessions andfour in the first half.Spurrier said he considered

making a change at quarter-back.“There’s always the

thought of that but he got usthis far and I thought let’s lethim finish,” Spurrier said.“Stephen struggled early andthen he made some pretty de-cent throws in the secondhalf. It looked like we had achance to get back in thegame.”

throwing the ball to Mike,”Rees said. “He’s such a greatplayer. I knew that if I threwit anywhere near him he wasgoing to make the catch.”There were tough moments

for the Irish on the field andoff this season. The week be-fore the Tulsa loss at home,the team’s student videogra-pher was killed in an accidentat practice.Against Tulsa, Notre Dame

lost quarterback Dayne Cristto a season-ending injury.Rees’ interception in the endzone in the final secondssealed the 28-27 defeat inSouth Bend, Ind.Notre Dame, however, re-

covered down the stretch,then handled Miami (7-6) eas-ily.“There were some obsta-

cles along the way but I thinkwhat showed with four winsto close the season was theprogress we made,” Ruffersaid. “We kind of got a latejump with Coach Kelly com-ing in, but this last month ortwo months, we’ve madetremendous gains.”Notre Dame’s 30th bowl ap-

pearance was a New Year’sEve fiesta in El Paso, a pre-dominantly Roman Catholiccity on the Mexican borderthat embraced the Irish withhuge cheers from the firstglimpse of a golden helmetcoming from the lockerrooms.“El Paso treated Notre

Dame so very well,” Kellysaid.The Hurricanes trailed 30-

3 going into the fourth quar-ter, completing a season inwhich their coach was firedwith an ugly loss.Rees hardly looked like a

freshman, completing 15 of 29attempts without an intercep-tion. He struggled in the sea-son-ending victory over USCbut his performance againstMiami marked the first timea first-year starting quarter-back at Notre Dame won abowl game.“Those 15 practices from

USC to now helped a lot,” Reessaid. “They took some of thosemistakes out.”Floyd had a big day, too,

with six catches for 109 yardsreceiving, and he was close tohauling into to more scores.“I should have had four.

That was all on me,” Floydsaid, laughing.The game sold out in 21

hours, the fastest in the SunBowl’s 77-year history, andthe crowd of 54,021 set a bowlattendance record. Many fanswore Notre Dame jackets toward off the 34-degree weath-er as a round of overnightsnow dusted the FranklinMountains.

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south Florida’s Quenton Washington runs past clemson’s Bryce McNeal after an interception during the first half of theMeineke car care Bowl in charlotte.

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Georgia tight end orson charles (7) tries to get past central Florida defensive back reggieWeams (40) in the first quarter of the Liberty Bowl.

BY CHARLES ODUMAssociated Press

ATLANTA — EJ Manuelthrew af o u r t h -q u a r t e rtouchdownpass to stop

a South Carolina rally and leadFlorida State to a 26-17 victoryover the turnover-plaguedGamecocks in the Chick-fil-ABowl on Friday night.

Chris Thompson ran for147 yards and a touchdownand Dustin Hopkins kickedfour field goals for the No. 23Seminoles (10-4), who reached10 wins for the first time since2003. Hopkins tied his ownschool record for a bowl, andthe four field goals alsomatched the Chick-fil-A Bowlrecord.

Manuel took over for sen-ior quarterback Christian Pon-der, who left early in the sec-ond quarter with a concussion.No. 19 South Carolina lost run-ning back Marcus Lattimorewhen he was hit hard on theGamecocks’ first drive.

“I hate it for Christian,”Florida State coach JimboFisher said. “He got dinged onthe back of his head. He came

off and he was kind of out ofit a little bit. I hate that be-cause of what he means to usbut EJ, oh boy, I’m glad he’son our team.”

Manuel completed 11 of 15passes for 84 yards and atouchdown and had seven car-ries for 46 yards. He was 7-for-7 passing on the fourth-quarter touchdown drive.

“Man, I was so happy,”Manuel said. “We weren’tmoving the ball like we want-ed to. We weren’t gettingtouchdowns. We were gettingfield goals instead.”

South Carolina (9-5), whichwas seeking its first 10-win

season since 1984, committedfive turnovers. Stephen Gar-cia threw three first-half in-terceptions and Lattimore andAlshon Jeffery lost fumbles toleave the Gamecocks trailing16-3 in the third quarter.

Garcia recovered to leadtwo long touchdown drivesthat trimmed Florida State’slead to 19-17 before Manuelanswered with the 7-yardscoring pass to Taiwan East-erling.

Florida State cornerbackGreg Reid, whose hits causedthe fumbles by Lattimore andJeffery, deflected a fourth-down pass by Garcia with 3:23

remaining.Garcia completed 19 of 34

passes for 243 yards and alsoscored on a nifty play in thethird. On a third-down playfrom the Florida State 3, Gar-cia threw a screen pass toAce Sanders, who threw backacross the field to Garciaalone in the right side of theend zone.

The Seminoles answeredwith Hopkins’ fourth fieldgoal, from 45 yards, to pushthe lead to nine. Hopkins alsokicked four field goals in theSeminoles’ Gator Bowl win

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south Florida’s dontavia Bogan celebrates his touchdownagainst clemson during the first half.

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Florida state running back chris thompson (23) reaches for extra yardage as south carolinacornerback Brandan davis (23) hangs on in the first quarter of the chick-fil-A Bowl.

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CHARLOTTE —Skip Holtz came toSouth Florida in atough spot, replacing

a popular coach whose firing left somebad feelings in the locker room. The 3-3 start fueled by a shaky offense didn’thelp matters.

Slowly, Holtz got a grip on the youngprogram and thanks to an impressivecomeback from an injury by his quar-terback, the Bulls have reached another

milestone.B.J. Daniels threw two touchdowns

passes and ran for a third and in SouthFlorida’s 31-26 victory over Clemson onFriday in the Meineke Bowl that gaveHoltz a strong finish to his first seasonand left his team full of smiles.

“We are all so happy to be here,”Daniels said. “The coaches have beenso supportive and have put a lot of con-fidence in us.”

Mo Plancher also ran for a score forthe Bulls (8-5), who took control afterTigers quarterback Kyle Parker left athalftime with a cracked rib. South Flori-

da secured its fifth straight eight-winseason and earned its first bowl winover a team from a BCS automatic-qual-ifying league.

“It was really a great team effort allthe way around,” said Holtz, who helpedthe beleaguered Big East move to 3-1in bowls.

Holtz’s grin was in stark contrast toClemson coach Dabo Swinney after abad ending to a rough season that lefthim not ruling out changes to his coach-ing staff. The Tigers were 2-0 before an

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Florida St. 26S. Carolina 17

Notre Damemauls Miami

BY TIM KORTEAssociated Press

EL PASO, Texas — A far-from-perfect first season asNotre Dame coach could not

have end-ed muchbetter forBrian Kel-

ly and his Fighting Irish.Freshman Tommy Rees

passed for 201 yards and twotouchdowns to MichaelFloyd as Notre Dame beatMiami 33-17 in the Sun Bowlon Friday, making Kelly thefirst Fighting Irish coach towin a bowl game during hisfirst season.

The Irish started 1-3 un-der Kelly and consecutiveOctober losses to Navy andTulsa left them in precari-ous position to even get bowleligible. But Notre Damefinished with four straightvictories against Utah,Army, Southern Californiaand Miami that should buoyhopes for the future of theprogram.

“Clearly, we are gaininga lot of confidence,” Kellysaid. “We’ve beaten somegood football teams late inthe year as we’ve come to-gether and found our identi-ty. It’s going to taste a wholelot better in the offseasontalking about a win.”

After a 20-year break, it

was all Irish in the latest in-stallment of a storied rivalrythat became known duringthe 1980s as Catholics ver-sus Convicts.

Notre Dame (8-5) reachedthe end zone on three of itsfirst four possessions. Reestossed TD passes of 3 and 34yards to Floyd and CierreWood broke free on a 34-yard scoring run beforeDavid Ruffer added fieldgoals from 40, 50 and 19yards.

“It’s not hard when you’re

Notre Dame 33Miami 17

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Notre dame’s running backcierre Wood is lifted byteammates after scoring atouchdown.

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south Florida’s B.J. daniels, right, runs for a short gain as clemson’s Andre Branch chases during the first half of the Meineke car care Bowl.

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