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Vol. 79, No. 140

Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina

Sanford: John Gaines Jr., 64; David Seymore, 89; Theodore Waddell, 87Siler City: Ruth Willett, 87

The Sanford Herald WednesdayJune 17, 200950¢‘To inform, challenge and celebrate’

n INSIDE • Page 3ARep. Jimmy Love Sr. says some

taxes and fees in the state budget were necessary to help schools.

By ERIN ZUREICKezureick@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Even with a newly approved 2008-09 county

budget that cuts spending by 10 percent, trims library hours and raises some parks and recreation fees, the Lee County Board of Commissioners will likely be looking for even more reductions soon.

Index

SPORTS: Report: Sosa failed drug test in 2003 • Page 1B sanfordherald.comOnline

Obituaries

Headline heren The American Red Cross

will hold a blood drive from 3 to 8 p.m. at Crossroads Ministry, 107 Milton Ave., Sanford. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Emily at 258-3774.

Community Calendar, Page 2A

R.V. HightColumnist R.V. Hight happy for Pinehurst and happier about his new cookbook

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High: 81Low: 69

More Weather, Page 14A

World series

UNC’s BATS COME ALIVEIN CWS WIN OVER USM

The Tar Heels tied a Col-lege World Series single-game record with 23 hits in an 11-4 victory over Southern Missis-sippi on Tuesday in an elimina-tion game in Omaha.

Full Story, Page 1B

QUICKREAD

Carolina

SWEET TREATS FROM THE GRILL AND IN A CUP

With strawberry season here, there are many different ways to enjoy the them

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sTaTeSPRING LAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY CEASE

New leader suggests cut-ting all officers and starting over after a corruption scandal rocked the small town

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WorldIRAN DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE INTO 2ND DAY

Thousands of pro-reform protestors take to the streets of Tehran; Obama said he has “deep concerns” but is encour-aged that change is coming to the hardline leadership there

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naTionDEMS HOPE TO CUT COST OF HEALTH CARE BILL

With cost estimates of more than $1 trillion, lawmakers are looking at to scale back subsi-dies and seek concessions to build a workable plan

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HOUSING STARTS UP; INFLATION DOWN

Surprisingly good news released Tuesday shows that the economy may be rebound-ing quicker than expected

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lee CoUnTY

Budget facing deeper cutsBoard watching state process carefully

Youth Ser-vices Librarian Jennifer Gillis places children books back on the shelves at the Lee County Library.

ASHLEY GARNER/The Herald

CCCC

By KATHERINE McDONALDSpecial to The Herald

SANFORD — Mayhem on the highway took place this week at Central Carolina Com-munity College’s Emergency Services Training Center.

Fortunately, dozens of fire-fighters and rescue personnel jumped to the rescue, working in 90-degree-plus weather to lift tractor-trailers, concrete trucks, a railroad car and a bus off of a pickup truck, passen-ger cars and motorcycle.

hEAvy LiFTiNg

KATHERINE McDONALD/CCCC

Firefighter David Ranes (kneeling) of the Cary Fire Department places a strut under a tractor-trail-er atop a car in a ditch during an accident scenario at the “Big Lift U” training this week at Central Carolina Community College’s Emergency Services Training Center.

Responders from all over train at ‘Big Lift U.’

Irakli West (left), captain of the Haar Fire Department in Bavaria, Germany, speaks with Kevin Cieciorka of Pittsboro, owner of Chatham County Alignment & Towing and an instructor.

Q&a WiTh loCal leaders

Public safety still a top priorityEditor’s Note: This is the

fourth of a five-part series featuring an in-depth “Q&A” with Sanford Mayor Cornelia Olive and Lee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Richard hayes about the state of Sanford and Lee County.

Q: Public safety has been at every politician’s “top

three” list for the last few elec-tion cycles. Assess our current state of public safety in Lee County, and talk about what challenges we have yet to ad-

dress adequately.

CO: New challenges have arisen because of the

economic downturn. Our po-lice officers must be afforded the best in equipment, training

and technology. They must be equipped to keep themselves safe, while creating peace and sense of safety for our citizens communitywide.

The city’s 2009-2010 budget includes purchase of new, sophisticated fingerprinting equipment. Several months ago, a special unit was estab-lished to assess local gang activity. We also have a special-ized drug unit.

We have applied for

OLIVE & HAYES

See Q&A, Page 6A

sanford

Chicken issue debated againCouncilmen worry owners could sell eggs commerciallyBy GORDON ANDERSONanderson@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — The chickens came home to roost Tuesday as the Sanford City Council debated amending a recent ordinance which allows city residents to raise the birds.

The council in May passed an ordinance allowing peoples to raise up to 20 hens on residential property within the city limits. But some council members had concerns that residents would be allowed to sell any eggs laid by the hens, leading city staff to draft an amendment forbidding resi-dents from doing so.

But the amendment failed by a vote of 4-3 Tuesday after councilmen Linwood Mann and J.D. Williams pointed out that the ordinance that was passed in May already con-tained a provision forbidding commercial hen operations.

That discussion led Coun-cilman Charles Taylor, who was in favor of the amendment, to ask City Attorney Susan Patterson what constituted a commercial enterprise.

“i would have to look at what the state defines as a commercial chicken house, but if i had to say off the cuff, i’d say ... something like what Pilgrim’s Pride has, or a large-scale operation like that,” she said.

Councilman Mike Stone said the issue boils down to “whether we want people sell-ing eggs in our neighborhoods. Do we or don’t we?”

The agenda for Tuesday’s meeting had also contained a public hearing on whether to give Score Energy, an indepen-dent supplier of aeroderivative gas turbine services located on Tramway Road, more than

See Lifting, Page 8A

See City, Page 8A

See Budget, Page 3A

AMAIN FRONT

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There were no injuries. In fact, there were no driv-ers or passengers in any of the vehicles involved in the eight accidents. Each collision was a realistic, hands-on training scenar-io for 77 firefighters and rescue workers to learn how to safely and effec-tively deal with accidents of this magnitude. They gathered at the ESTC from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Geor-gia, Maryland, Michigan, Connecticut, Florida and Germany for this special-ized training.

The training event, known as “Big Lift U” or “Heavy Lifting University,” focused on the effec-tive use of strut supports and low, medium, and high-pressure airbags for stabilizing and lift-ing large, heavy vehicles during extrication rescue situations.

The firefighters and rescue workers learned and practiced assessing heavy load accident sce-narios, developing plans of action, and executing them. Vehicles had to be stabilized with struts and straps to prevent further movement. Then heavy-duty airbags were placed and inflated to lift the heavy vehicles off the smaller ones. In a real ac-cident, this would enable the removal of people trapped in the smaller vehicles.

“A lot of people think that all firefighters do is put out fires,” said Ed Terry, safety officer for the Carolina Trace Fire Department. “Fire de-partments have broader

missions than ever. These are the guys who untangle cars, get the bodies out, and deal with hazardous materials. At Trace, we get about 200 calls a year and half of those are accidents or medical emergencies.”

At the “Big Lift U,” the fire fighters, working in small teams, trained on four scenarios on Satur-day and four on Sunday: railroad car-two vehicle collision, tractor trailer overturned on car, cement mixer on car in ditch, ce-ment mixer drum on car, cement mixer truck over-turned on car, motorcycle under school bus, car crushed by concrete slabs and car under-ride with tractor trailer.

Each team assessed the scenarios, then went into action. Tapered blocks of lumber were forced under the vehicles on the bottom to keep them from further collapse and destabilizing the larger vehicle. In the stifling heat, firefighters wielded sledgehammers,

pounding spikes into the asphalt road surface to secure struts to stabilize the larger vehicles. Strap-ping was also attached to the vehicles for additional stability.

Then, slowly, air bags were inflated and the huge vehicles were lifted off the smaller ones. Had they been real accidents, the emergency workers would then have been able to reach those trapped in the smaller vehicles.

The training exer-cises were repeated as the teams rotated through the scenarios, each time becoming more confi-dent in their abilities to deal with tractor-trailer, concrete truck, train, or bus collisions with smaller vehicles.

Steve Williamson was a fire fighter with Fayette County, Ga., for 20 years before retiring for health reasons. Now, he’s the territorial manager for Pa-ratech Inc., the company that provided the airbags,

struts, straps and other materials, as well as one of the instructors, for the Big Lift training. Williamson was on hand to see that the firefighters had the equipment they needed to do the job.

“This training is so important,” he said. “People do what they’re trained to do repetitively. They have to keep the training up because, when an emergency comes, the firefighters’ response must be second nature.”

Chris Barrow, a fire-fighter with the Raleigh Fire Department, agreed, saying that the most criti-cal factor is to correctly size up the situation when arriving at an accident site.

“There’s a challenge in dealing with big vehicles,” he said. “We have to identify the hazards. Is it something simple or will we have call for more help? When firefight-ers have this training on dealing with heavy load

accidents, it’s something we can fall back on when the situations come up.”

Irakli West, captain of the Haar Fire Depart-ment in Germany, said he came both to compare fire services training with that in his country and to learn about dealing with the large vehicle extrica-tions. West also runs the largest online firefighters magazine in Germany, Feuerwehr im Netz. His pictures and commentary of the Big Lift event can be found at www.fwnetz.de.

Before flying home, West posted his thoughts on the Big Lift training on his twitter page, (twitter.com/rakeman):

“Had a smashing time at “Big Lift University” in North Carolina - strongly recommended course.”

North Carolina Fire and Rescue departments sending personnel for the training were Apex, Carrboro, Cary, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Dunn, Jacksonville, Lincolnton, Moncure, Mooresville, Raleigh, Rosewood, Spout Springs, Tramway and West Sanford.

“It is obvious from the wide geographical area that our students come from that this type of spe-cialized technical rescue training is important to the emergency response community,” said Landis Phillips, ESTC director.

“We are pleased to work in partnership with companies such as Parat-ech Inc. and instructors who are recognized na-tionally for their expertise in emergency response training. The ESTC is committed to serving the emergency response com-munity as they respond and serve their respective communities.”

KATHERINE McDONALD/CCCC

Firefighters Jon Slusar (left) of the Abingdon (Md.) Fire Department, and Francis Malta (back) of the Frederick Fire Department, pull on a strap to hold a spike being ham-mered by Tim Sapp, of the Pooler (Ga.) Fire Department during a scenario at the ‘Big Lift U’ heavy load lifting training event.

LiftingContinued from Page 1A

City Continued from Page 1A

$28,000 in economic incentives for a planned expansion. That public hearing, and plans to award the incentives, was scrapped after city officials realized that the company is outside the Sanford city limits.

The Lee County Board of Commission-ers voted Monday to approve more than $36,000 in incentives funds for the company’s expansion.

Student arrested for ‘monster’

RALEIGH (AP) — Joseph Carnevale didn’t have a grandiose point when he chopped up traffic barrels and turned them into a hitchhiking roadside monster.

But the North Caro-lina State University student has become a celebrity since city police arrested him.

He has hundreds of followers on Facebook and numerous hits on his personal Web site. Even the construction company he stole from wants a replica of the “barrel monster.”

Carnevale took three traffic barrels from roadside construction near the N.C. State campus on May 31. He reassembled it into a hitchhiking, 10-foot figure looking toward passing vehicles.

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